HEALTHCARE INFLUENCER: Anchor Health Properties

Anchor Health Properties’ leadership team consists of (clockwise, from top left) founders Paula Crowley and Lou Sachs, chief investment officer James A. Schmid III and Ben Ochs, chief executive officer.

Established in 1985 as a developer of innovative retail centers, Anchor Health Properties is a national firm that has been devoted exclusively to the development, management and investment of medical facilities for more than 30 years.

The Charlottesville, VA-based firm’s founders, Lou Sachs and Paula Crowley, began their development careers at the Rouse Co., a national retail center developer. Upon leaving Rouse, the two formed a company based in the tradition of retail customer service—the entity that would become Anchor Health.

Two decades later, it merged with another healthcare company, Brinkman Management & Development. The 2015 deal further strengthened Anchor Health’s full-service platform with expertise in ground-up development, management and leasing, to acquisitions and dispositions. Since then, Anchor Health has continued to grow through diversification of its offerings and expansion of its geographic reach. As 2018 reaches a close, its 12 nationwide offices house 59 employees who work on a portfolio of four million square feet of assets under management, and another 2.5 million square feet under development. And since June 2016, the firm has bought over $900 million worth of MOB assets.