Healthcare Real Estate

If the legislation changes, the demand for urgent care centers, which are now leasing retail spaces, could subside as a result.

Comprising a $700-million sale-leaseback and a $700-million mortgage investment, the completion of the deal with Medical Properties Trust coincides with Steward Health Care's merger with IASIS.

The eight-story steel and glass facility will include an Advanced Imaging Center, Ambulatory Surgery Center and Heart and Vascular Institute, in addition to a 20,000-square-foot expansion of private rooms for the medical center and 75,000 additional square feet for physicians' offices.

Developer research for Viamonte showed that most buyers are coming from the surrounding affluent area, which was an impetus for the site placement, GlobeSt.com learns in this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b>.

A diverse group of real estate CEOS, COOs, CFOs said in a new survey that healthcare and industrial properties were the most attractive for investors.

Urgent care operators are moving into retail spaces in shopping malls and strip centers, and they are driving retail occupancy as a result.