Report: Denver’s Medical Office Building Market Picks Up Momentum

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Metro Denver’s medical office building (MOB) market recorded strong fundamentals in the first half of 2021, according to CBRE’s Denver Medical Office MarketView H1 2021 report.

Saint Joseph Medical Office Pavilion, a 99,000-square-foot medical facility completed by Dallas-based Fidelis Healthcare Partners at 1818 Ogden Street in Denver. (PHOTO CREDIT: CBRE)

Positive new absorption of 150,318 square feet was recorded in H1 2021 with On-Campus space contributing to most of the absorption activity. Direct vacancy sat at 10.7% in H1 2021, a modest 28 basis points (bps) increase year-over-year, while overall availability was unchanged at 12.3%.

The average direct asking rate rose to $30.68 per square foot full-service gross (FSG), a 5.4% increase since H1 2020. A total of 174,000 square feet of newly constructed MOB space was delivered to the market in H1 2021 with 70.1% of the space already leased. The Denver MOB investment activity picked up momentum this year totaling $104.9 million in H1 2021, up 101.8% year-over-year.

Outlook

With absorptions rebounding sharply to pre-pandemic levels in the first half of 2021, the Denver medical office market will continue to flourish as owners realign their space needs and discuss future projects.

Though economics is still driving transactions, there has been a flight to quality among tenants that is expected to continue over the next several quarters. The increased demand for healthcare properties is driving strong investor interest as seen by the increased sales activity in H1 2021 which is forecast to be even stronger throughout the balance of 2021 and beyond.

While there has been some impact to the medical office market from the COVID-19 pandemic, the activity during the first half of 2021 showed resiliency and a necessity for healthcare space.

 

Source: Mile High CRE

$1 Million Dollar Grant Awarded To Support Construction Of Parkland’s New RedBird Health Center In South Dallas County

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The Bank of America Charitable Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to support construction of Parkland Health & Hospital System’s new RedBird Health Center, Parkland Foundation and Bank of America just announced.

The new health center will provide residents in southern Dallas County access to a variety of preventive vital health services close to home when it opens in September 2021.

“Guided by Bank of America’s commitment to helping our communities move forward, we deeply appreciate the opportunity to partner with Parkland and the RedBird Health Center,” said Jennifer Chandler, Bank of America Dallas President. “We understand the persisting challenges many areas of our city face in accessing quality healthcare, including southern Dallas County, and we are honored to play a part in this project and support Parkland’s mission to serve the most vulnerable in our community.”

As the population grows in Dallas County, there has been a disproportionate growth in the number of vulnerable populations and, in turn, an increase in the need for affordable, accessible health services. Parkland’s most recent Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) found that disparities in access to medical care are contributing to a nearly 25-year gap between ZIP codes with the highest and lowest life expectancies.

The CHNA further indicates there is also a geographic divide, with our neighbors in southern Dallas County being underserved by existing healthcare services needed to get healthy and stay healthy. A high percentage of patients from these ZIP codes come to Parkland’s emergency department for basic primary care, need specialized care to manage their diabetes and associated complications, and require life-saving cancer treatment at later stages because they did not have access to screenings and early intervention to treat the disease.

Fighting The Inequities In Healthcare

“Today in Dallas County your ZIP code is a better predictor of health than your genetic code,” said Christina Mintner, Senior Vice President Of Population Health At Parkland. “We believe that where you live should not define how long and how well you live. That’s why we’re building the new RedBird Health Center in the heart of southern Dallas County, to fight the inequities in healthcare.”

Located at U.S. Route 67 and Interstate 20 in the award-winning Reimagine RedBird development, the new 40,000 square-foot health center will provide care close to home with services including adult and geriatric primary care, specialty care for women, behavioral health, breast cancer screenings, a pharmacy, social work, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and other services targeted to the specific health needs of the residents in the Red Bird area.

The health center will further address transportation barriers by including the technology needed to provide virtual methods of care such as telehealth, e-consults and virtual shared medical appointments.

Projections indicate that once fully staffed, the new RedBird Health Center will provide 18,000 preventive and primary care visits each year and 23,000 women’s specialty health visits each year for people living in southern Dallas County, including Duncanville, DeSoto and Cedar Hill.

‘A Beacon of Hope For Our Neighbors In Southern Dallas County’

“We are grateful to Bank of America for their generous grant in support of our mission to provide equitable access to healthcare for everyone in our community,” said Michael A. Horne, EdD, MPP, President and CEO, Parkland Foundation. “The new RedBird Health Center will serve as a beacon of hope for our neighbors in southern Dallas County. Donor support is critical to helping Parkland provide comprehensive health services close to home. Thank you, Bank of America, for standing for Parkland and providing an opportunity for all residents to live healthy, active lives.”

Donors contributing $100,000 or more to support construction of the new RedBird Health Center include Amazon, Anonymous, Bank of America and The Pollock Foundation. To learn more about the new RedBird Health Center or to make a gift, please contact Parkland Foundation at 214-266-2000 or visit www.IStandforParkland.org.

About Parkland Foundation

Parkland Foundation is dedicated to securing substantial financial resources that advance the goals of Parkland Health & Hospital System. Through this support, Parkland is able to extend its services to reach more people in need and enhance the quality of care available to them. Learn more at www.IStandforParkland.org.

 

Source: Focus Daily News

Texas Health Huguley’s $73M Expansion

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Texas Health Huguley Fort Worth South will be undergoing a $73 million expansion project to add more than 108,000 square feet to the 291-bed acute care hospital.

The Beck Group designed the addition, which will focus on the hospital’s emergency department and add a four-story patient tower that will house intensive care, cardiac, surgical and other services. Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South is a joint venture between Texas Health Resources and Adventist Health System, which runs care sites in nine states and employs 80,000 caregivers.

After years of expansion in the northern suburbs, southern areas are beginning to garner the attention of the region’s major health systems. In recent years, Texas Health opened a hospital in Mansfield, and Methodist Health System built a Midlothian hospital. Population growth in DFW continues to boom, and new hospitals and expansions have followed the growth. In Dallas, the former Red Bird mall is being transformed into a retail medical center, with Parkland, UT Southwestern, and Children’s Health all planning to be a presence.

“This is exactly what our community needs,” said President and CEO of Texas Health Huguley and the Southwest Region of AdventHealth Penny Johnson via release. “We’ve seen tremendous growth in the number of families moving south of Fort Worth. This expansion is another milestone in our longstanding commitment to provide the highest-quality health care in South Tarrant and Johnson County, so residents do not need to travel outside of our community for care.”

The hospital emergency department has treated more patients in recent years, and the expansion will improve capacity and efficiency.

Construction will begin early next year and is expected to be complete in 2023.

 

Source:  DMagazine