Millennials Reshape the Medical Office Building

HSA PrimeCare’s newly completed Drexel Town Square Health Center in Oak Creek, WI, a 109,000-square-foot center that offers an array of services to patients in suburban Milwaukee.

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CHICAGO—Millennials have already reshaped US office design, and due to a penchant for online shopping, they have also helped transfigure the nation’s product distribution network. But the influence of this new generation is felt throughout commercial real estate, and developers in other sectors must respond. Even the builders and managers of medical office buildings, which older patients use far more often, have to consider their needs and desires.

“The millennials are treating their healthcare needs differently,” John Wilson, president of Chicago-based HSA PrimeCare, a division of HSA Commercial Real Estate, tells GlobeSt.com. They are far more interested in preventive healthcare and wellness, for example, and place a lot of emphasis on convenience and the use of technology.