Meditrina, First Columbia and Prime at Saratoga National Band Together “For the Love of Sophie”
March 16, 2010
Diane Ethier, nominee for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) 2010 Man & Woman of the Year, recently found a new mission in her fundraising efforts. Last month, a local six-year-old girl, Sophia Rossetti, lost her two and a half year battle with Leukemia. Ethier focused her involvement with the LLS onto the inspiring story of the Rossetti family and transformed what would have been a small kick-off event into a large fundraising effort on behalf of Sophie, as well as the Boy and Girl of the Year, Jacob Kaminski and Kassidy Krenzer.
Jury Out on New Medical Office Development
December 29, 2009
New medical office development in the U.S. in 2010 and beyond may be the industry's savior as President Barack Obama's priority health reform legislation goes to a Senate vote Christmas Eve.
A final version of the bill won't be voted on until mid-January. Many provisions in the bill won't kick in until 2014.
In the meantime, commercial real estate industry pundits are divided on what immediate benefits the landmark legislation will have for developers, investors, tenants and landlords.
Medical Office Get a Clean Bill of Health
July/August 2009
Demand will tick upward as the population ages, and healthcare reform could spur more growth in this sector. As increasing numbers of baby boomers reach their “mature years.” And as the healthcare reform inches closer to reality in Washington, at least one sector of the real estate community stands to benefit: medical office buildings.
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Proceed With Caution: What Constitutes a 'Good' Deal in This Market
In this difficult economy, deal-hungry healthcare real estate developers and investors might
be tempted to consider just about any opportunity that comes down the pike. But that makes it all the more important for them to remain objective and disciplined, and to temper their yearning to do deals with a dispassionate analysis of the specific opportunities at hand.
Bucking the Recession: Healthcare Helps Keep San Antonio Humming
What recession? Sure, there are signs that the weak economy is affecting San
Antonio, as most business people in SA-Town will tell you.
For example, the construction of speculative general office buildings has slowed considerably, and probably will continue to be slow until demand catches up with supply, according to local commercial real estate brokers and developers.
But when it comes to the healthcare industry, and subsequently healthcare real estate, business is chugging along rather nicely, thank you
Medical Office Buildings: Vital Signs Fairly Stable in Sickly Market
Deal Volume Has Dropped But Long-Term Demographics Continue to Favor Medical Office Investors
One of the major marketing claims developers made to investors regarding medical office buildings (MOB) is that they are "recession-proof" -- immune from the wild swings of market cycles that plague other property types due to their limited supply, the steady growth seen in health-care employment, and the oncoming wave of aging baby boomers sure to need medical care for the next few decades.