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Newmark Arranges Disposition Of 15-MOB Portfolio Across Seven High-Growth Sunbelt States And Facilitates Acquisition Financing For The Assets

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Newmark announed it has facilitated the sale of the Southern Core Medical Office Portfolio, a 15-building, approximately 400,000-square-foot medical office building portfolio located across seven Sunbelt states.

Newmark Executive Managing Director Ben Appel, Senior Managing Directors Jay Miele and Michael Greeley and Managing Director John Nero of Newmark’s Healthcare Capital Markets Group represented the seller, Montecito Medical, and advised the buyer, KKR Real Estate Select Trust Inc. (KREST) on debt financing which was provided by BMO Harris Healthcare Real Estate Finance.

“This acquisition provides instant scale across high-growth Sunbelt markets, making it an attractive first investment in core healthcare real estate assets for KREST,” said Appel. “With Montecito Medical retaining its interest in and operational responsibility for the portfolio, this investment is able to provide long-term, stable income for its new ownership while aligning with Montecito Medical’s operational expertise in the healthcare sector.”

The portfolio comprises 15 outpatient medical office buildings and ambulatory surgery centers located across the southern United States in growth submarkets within Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and South Carolina. The portfolio is over 99% leased to a mix of leading investment-grade health systems and specialist medical groups in practice areas including gastroenterology, nephrology, orthopedics, ophthalmology and urology.

Newmark’s Healthcare Capital Markets group worked in partnership with the firm’s Debt and Structured Finance practice to arrange portfolio financing for the acquirer.

“We appreciate the opportunity to support KREST on this important portfolio financing, which was well received by the lender market given the portfolio’s attractive investment fundamentals and quality provider tenancy,” said John Nero, Managing Director.

 

Source: HREI

KKR Forms JV To Target $1B In Healthcare Real Estate

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Global investment firm KKR has formed a joint venture with Cornerstone Companies, a healthcare real estate investment, development and management firm, to acquire and develop a portfolio of healthcare properties across the United States.

KKR and Cornerstone have seeded the portfolio with the recapitalization of 25 healthcare properties owned by Cornerstone. With funding commitments provided by KKR’s real estate and credit funds and Cornerstone, the Joint Venture is positioned to acquire more than $1 billion in real estate assets over the next few years.

The portfolio recapitalized by KKR and Cornerstone includes 713,705 square feet of medical office buildings and ambulatory surgery centers located across 12 states, with in place long-term leases to a high quality group of healthcare systems, physician group practices and surgery center operators. Cornerstone and KKR will work together to grow the portfolio through acquisitions and net lease development opportunities, with a focus primarily on long-term leased single-tenant medical office buildings, ambulatory surgery centers and facility-based outpatient healthcare assets.

“KKR is one of the world’s largest investment firms with incredible connectivity across industries, including deep experience investing in the healthcare and real estate sectors,” said Tag Birge, President and CEO of Cornerstone. “This strategic partnership significantly increases our reach and capacity to deliver investment and development solutions for leading physician groups and health systems. We are very excited to work with a partner in KKR who shares our commitment to lasting client relationships and strong focus on portfolio construction and underwriting.”

“We are pleased to collaborate with the highly-regarded team of industry specialists at Cornerstone to invest in a scaled portfolio of healthcare properties,” said Peter Sundheim, Director at KKR. “The recapitalization of 25 well-situated seed assets creates a strong foundation for our Joint Venture.”

“We will contribute capabilities from across KKR’s real estate, credit and healthcare industry teams to support sourcing and underwriting of assets for the Joint Venture,” said Michelle Hour, Director at KKR. “As investors in the healthcare sector for more than two decades, our relationships and understanding of the needs of tenants will help us to provide attractive ownership for their mission-critical real estate.”

Additional financial terms of the Joint Venture and recapitalization transaction were not disclosed.

Newmark’s Healthcare Capital Markets Group advised Cornerstone and KKR on establishing the Joint Venture, represented Cornerstone on the portfolio recapitalization transaction, and provided advice to KKR on debt financing. CBRE’s Healthcare and Life Sciences Capital Markets Group provided buyside advisory services to KKR on the portfolio recapitalization transaction. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP acted as legal counsel to KKR.

 

Source: Real Estate Weekly