Instant Insights Healthcare Real Estate

Healthcare Real Estate Insights magazine reveals the finalists for the sixth annual awards recognizing excellence in healthcare real estate development and leadership.

In preparation for the upcoming RealShare Healthcare conference in Scottsdale, GlobeSt.com chats with experts on rising costs, dwindling Medicare reimbursements and expected mergers and acquisitions in the sector.

More total joint and spine procedures, along with MRIs and CT scans have moved to outpatient settings, and continued M&A activity within the outpatient surgery setting is impacting the industry.

According to Jacob Gehl, senior managing director of Blueprint, the market fundamentals are excellent in the medium to long term but are challenged in the short-run.

These interim loans allows for the faster acquisition of skilled nursing facilities.

HCP, Welltower and Ventas all highlighted in their earnings report a strategy for the medical office asset class, says. Mizuho REITs analyst Richard Anderson.

“Desirable medical office properties located in markets with strong demographics are the types of attractive acquisition opportunities we continue to seek for the remainder of 2018 and into next year,” says Inland Real Estate Acquisitions' Mark Cosenza.

The October employment report represented the 99th consecutive month where monthly private sector job numbers in Connecticut exceeded the numbers in the same month in the previous year.