Outpatient Center One ofMcCarthy's projects will be a build-out of a cleanroom in theoutpatient center.

HOUSTON—In the last few years, more total joint and spineprocedures, along with MRIs and CT scans have moved to outpatientsettings, and moderate M&A activity within the outpatient surgery setting isimpacting the industry, according to Becker's Hospital Review.Outpatient migration has been a multi-decade trend and is a topiccovered in almost every healthcare real estate conference orindustry whitepaper. This theme remains as relevant as ever, as theshift toward outpatient off-campus settings continues unabated thisyear.

Two projects are soon to begin at Houston Methodist Hospitalthat illustrate this phenomenon. Demolition, renovation andexpansion of Houston Methodist Research Institute's imaging suiteand a build-out of a new GMP cleanroom in the institution'soutpatient center are expected to be complete in spring 2019.

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Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.