Medical Office Buildings Have Remained Strong Through It All

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As was predicted, albeit with some caution, medical office buildings (MOBs) have held up very well from as an investment and property type since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This statement comes not just from an anecdotal point of view, but from one of statistics and data.

During the Healthcare Virtual Conference 2020 sponsored and webcast Sept. 24 by Seattle-based Colliers International, Mike Hargrave, principal with healthcare real estate (HRE) research and data firm Revista, provided the most recent data concerning the health of the MOB product type. Mr. Hargrave provided the virtual audience with a lot to chew on during the “Revista Lunch and Learn” presentation.

 

Source: HREI

 

Dallas Investors Buy The Las Colinas Medical Building In Irving, Texas

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Dallas-based Ridgeline Capital Partners has purchased a 70,000-square-foot medical office building in Irving.

The three-story building is at 6121 N. State Highway 161 and was acquired in a joint venture with Harrison Street, a Chicago-based investor. The building was constructed in 2019 to house primary care physicians.

The property is near Medical City Las Colinas hospital and is more than 80% leased to tenants including UT Southwestern Medical Center. An ambulatory surgery center will open in the building early next year.

“This is a medical campus with best-in-class tenants that provide a wide range of services for patients in one convenient location,” Jeff Axley, managing principal for Ridgeline, said in a statement. “The building was attractive to us due to its triple A credit-rated anchor tenant UT Southwestern Medical Center, Ambulatory Surgery Center and strategic location adjacent to Healthcare Associates of Texas, which provide additional primary care patient referrals to our tenants.”

Ridgeline Capital Partners acquires and operates medical office buildings, health care real estate and behavioral health facilities in Texas and the Southeast.

 

Source: The Dallas Morning News

Cambridge-Based BioLabs Selects Dallas Site For Central U.S. Hub

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Dallas-Fort Worth‘s 23-acre Pegasus Park office campus is the future landing site for life sciences firm BioLabs’ central U.S. hub.

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based BioLabs plans to open BioLabs at Pegasus Park inside the under-development Pegasus Park campus. The future tenant also plans to occupy private lab and office space at the site.

The redeveloped Pegasus Park near Stemmons Freeway in Dallas (PHOTO CREDIT: Small Investments, Lydia Hill Philanthropies and GFF)

Pegasus Park is the brainchild of J. Small Investments and Lyda Hill Philanthropies, which partnered to transform a former ExxonMobil office campus into a mixed-use development with specialty hubs and office sites dedicated to life sciences, biotech and philanthropic tenants.

To date, CoStar Group has identified 188 sites in DFW dedicated to life sciences tenants, with over 15,000 employees.

“The largest tenant so far is Alcon Laboratories, which occupies 1.6M SF at 6201 South Freeway in Fort Worth. Other DFW life and medical sciences tenants include Stryker, Abbott Labs and Pfizer,” CoStar Group Director of Market Analytics Paul Hendershot said. “With a rich history of technology and innovation, Dallas-Fort Worth is in a strong position to grow its already robust life sciences industry cluster.”

Still under development, the new life sciences campus sits off Stemmons Freeway between Southwestern Medical District and the Dallas Design District. J. Small Investments acquired the campus in 2015 from ExxonMobil and intends to convert the site into a mixed-use development offering 550K SF of office space, with a biotech hub featuring 37K SF of lab and training space.

“BioLabs is one of the biggest names in the biotech startup industry. Their decision to choose Dallas as their first location in the central U.S. is significant for our city, region and state,” CEO of LH Capital Inc. and Lyda Hill Philanthropies Nicole Small said in a statement.

 

Source: Bisnow