A trend coined as “reverse monetization, health systems are on track to buy $1 billion of their leased medical office buildings in 2020 between closed and announced transactions.
The eight properties are in Tennessee (three), Minnesota (three), Ohio and Connecticut includes all Class A and Class B+ off-campus assets that have an average building age of 10 years.
Welltower and global alternative investment platform Wafra may partner on other deals and expand their footprint together in growing sectors with the shared goal of further collaboration on healthcare.
Real change will come three to four years from now, when the impact of new designs implemented on existing and new healthcare facilities are deployed based on what architects and physicians have learned over the past nine months.
According to The Boulder Group’s 2020 Net Lease Medical Report, national asking cap rates in the single-tenant medical sector increased to 6.50%—a 5-basis point increase when compared to the prior year.