Healthcare Real Estate Transactions and New Construction 

World’s First COVID-Conscious Skyscraper and Medical Center.

An all-in-one residential, hotel, and medical skyscraper in downtown Miami was recently annuonced. Miami Worldcenter is currently the nation’s largest urban core construction project and America’s second-largest real estate development. The 55-story, $500-million, 600-foot-tall Legacy Tower at the Mammoth Miami Worldcenter is the result of a revolutionary joint venture and partnership between Adventist Health, Accor Hotels, Blue Zones, Royal Palm Companies. Who are these companies? Adventist Health is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit, faith-based hospital and healthcare systems; Blue Zones, ...

Healthcare Real Estate Transactions and New Construction 

Texas Children’s $201 Million Expansion in Houston

Texas Children’s is planning to reconfigure the real estate at its existing 15-story tower at 6620 Main St., which is getting renamed Main Tower, as well as changing its operations across the street at 6651 Main St. Texas Children’s bought 6620 Main St. from Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in 2016. Baylor College of Medicine vacated two of three of its floors in 2020 and still leases one floor in the building, a Texas Children’s spokeswoman said. The first phase of the expansion ...

Healthcare Real Estate Transactions and New Construction 

$1 Billion Hospital Campus to Serve As Centerpiece of Remade Landmark Mall in Alexandria, Virginia

Foulger-Pratt to redevelop the 52 Acre tract into a walkable urban village to include medical office buildings, multifamily units, retail, commercial, and entertainment offerings.  At the heart of the redevelopment project is a new $1 Billion hospital and medical campus for Inova which would replace nearby Alexandria Hospital and employ roughly 2,000 health care workers. The $2 billion proposal also calls for affordable housing, outdoor parks, a new fire station, and a transit ...

Healthcare Real Estate Transactions and New Construction 

Medical Properties Trust To Buy 18 Springstone Hospital Facilities for $760 Million

Medical Properties Trust has agreed to acquire 18 Springstone inpatient behavioral health hospitals in a $760 million sale-leaseback deal. The transaction also involves acquiring an interest in Springstone’s operations for $190 million. The seller of the properties is San Francisco-based private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. Louisville, Kentucky-based Springstone provides behavioral health services in its purpose-built, inpatient facilities in nine states, with five in Texas, four in Ohio, two in Arizona and Indiana, and ...

In previous years, discussion around value-based reimbursement programs typically included questions like “Will they continue to be proposed?” and “Will they be adopted and implemented?”. These questions are answered by reviewing the 2022 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rules. Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) programs are being expanded, and in the case of Home Healthcare (HH), accelerated.

In the recent Federal Registry, CMS is proposing an early end to the current HH VBP (limited to certain States), ...

By Allison Carty, JD, MBA

In collaboration with AHLA’s Women’s Council, we take a look at how to engage talented women leaders within the healthcare valuation industry.

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Background

The year 2020 was one characterized as an upheaval across the globe given the impact of Covid-19.  The effect of the pandemic on the healthcare industry was particularly notable.  Part of the reason is of course the industry’s close proximity to the virus; however, the closures of many office-based businesses (including medical operations) and cancellations on elective procedures during the apex of the crisis resulted in a further impact amongst the healthcare world.  While states imposed various mandates across the country, patient reticence also played a role in the decline in healthcare volumes.  With ...