Wadsworth says that the new unit is a response to increaseddemand for healthcare services in response to changingdemographics. "The Orange County population is aging, which hascreated a need for more healthcare services, translating into ademand for more medical office space in the region," Wadsworthsays.

The specialized practice group that Wadsworth heads will providea wide range of medical real estate services for what Wadsworthcalls "the highly underserved medical office market." The new groupoffers medical real estate services including property ownerrepresentation, marketing and leasing, tenantrepresentation,investment services, development services,consulting, market analysis,property valuation, property managementand construction management.

According to Wadsworth, CHCS has assembled detailed statisticson all of the medical office properties in Orange County.Wadsworth, who began working in the medical office sector of realestate in 2001, has since built a team that servesthe specificneeds of including developers and owners, local doctors, regionalhospitals and national healthcare systems that are involved withmedical real estate.