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Finding Heathcare Real Estate Development Opportunities In A Tough Market

The current healthcare real estate development market is a bit of an enigma.

The GlobeSt Healthcare conference developer panel discussion included (from left to right): Sean Miller of Anchor Health Properties, Jaime Northam of Ryan Cos. US Inc., Sharon Harper of The Plaza Companies, Jake Dinnen of based PMB and Malcolm Sina of Sina Companies. Not pictured: Moderator Murray W. Wolf of HREI™. (PHOTO CREDIT: HREI)

But panelists at a recent GlobeSt Healthcare conference developer panel discussion say they are staying busy despite a challenging environment

The number of medical office building projects under construction remained somewhat steady from 2022 and into 2023. Yet the total square footage started nationwide during a 12-month period from the third quarter (Q3) of 2022 to Q3 2023, fell 41.6 percent. In Q3 2022, 23.3 million square feet of space was started, while Q3 2023 saw that drop to 13.8 million square feet.

Murray W. Wolf, the publisher and founding editor of Healthcare Real Estate Insights, presented these stats compiled by Arnold, Md.-based Revista, an HRE research firm, during a panel discussion focused on development at the ALM/GlobeSt. Healthcare conference on Dec. 12 at the Andaz Scottsdale Resort. Mr. Wolf served as the moderator of the session titled, “Through the Lens of Developers: Reimaging Healthcare CRE.”

Although HRE project starts were down in late 2023 versus 2022, Mr. Wolf pointed out that the number of projects under construction nationwide as of the end of Q3.

 

Source: HREI

25 Fastest Growing Medical Office Building Markets

42floors.com gathered data from corporate real estate research and listing platform CommercialEdge to analyze the last decade of medical office building construction activity between 2012 and 2021.

The report examined 25 major commercial real estate markets, analyzing how deliveries and sales volumes in these markets progressed over the last 10 years. (Read more about the methodology here.)

Minneapolis-St. Paul (Minn.) was the fastest growing medical office building market, seeing 24 percent growth over 10 years, according to the report from 42floors.com.

The 10-year growth of the top 25 medical office building markets, according to 42floors.com:

1. Minneapolis-St. Paul (Minn.) – 24 percent

2. Richmond-Tidewater (Va.) – 22 percent

3. Philadelphia – 21 percent

4. Tampa (Fla.) – 18 percent

5. Chicago – 18 percent

6. Dallas – 16 percent

7. San Francisco – 16 percent

8. Houston – 15 percent

9. Denver – 14 percent

10. Indianapolis – 14 percent

11. Atlanta – 14 percent

12. Bridgeport-New Haven (Conn.) – 13 percent

13. San Francisco Bay Area – 12 percent

14. Baltimore – 11 percent

15. Seattle – 10 percent

16. Miami: 10 percent

17. Washington, D.C. – 10 percent

18. Phoenix – 9 percent

19. Los Angeles – 9 percent

20. Boston – 9 percent

21. San Diego – 8 percent

22. New Jersey – 7 percent

23. Orange County (Calif.) – 7 percent

24. Cleveland-Akron (Ohio) – 5 percent

25. Detroit – 5 percent

 

Source: Becker’s ASC Review

New Medical Office Building Is On The Way In Frisco

Dallas-based medical property firm Caddis Partners is building an office building in Frisco.

The 60,000-square-foot Frisco Medical Pavilion II will be located at 12950 Dallas Parkway near Texas Health Frisco hospital. Construction is set to start midyear with an opening in the summer of 2023. Transwestern Real Estate Services is marketing the project to medical tenants.

“Building on the success of our Frisco Medical Pavilion development, which broke ground in 2018 and is now 100% leased, we are excited to begin the development of Frisco Medical Pavilion II in the fast-growing Frisco, Texas, market,” Caddis’ W. Todd Jensen said in a statement.

The medical office building will include space for a potential ambulatory surgical center on the first floor.

“Built with both the physician and patient in mind, Frisco Medical Pavilion II is an excellent opportunity for specialty medical practices seeking Class A space in one of the fastest-growing submarkets in the United States,” Transwestern’s Brooke Sutherland said.

Caddis oversees a portfolio of more than 70 properties across 16 states with almost 5 million square feet. Caddis has offices in Dallas, Atlanta, Phoenix, Houston and Washington, D.C.

 

Source: The Dallas Morning News