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ACA Expansion Favors MOB Outlook

CALABASAS, CA—Deal flow for medical office buildings was up 17% during the trailing 12 months ended June 30, according to the latest report on the sector from Marcus & Millichap.

By Paul Bubny | Updated on October 14, 2016
Alan Pontius photo Pontius leads Marcus & Millichap’s Healthcare Real Estate Group.

CALABASAS, CA—A Wall Street Journal story earlier this week on healthcare REITs noted that many real estate trusts in the sector are scaling back their skilled-nursing holdings and looking to hospital and medical-office acquisitions as better bets. Marcus & Millichap’s latest report on the medical office building sector offers insight into why: a combination of increased healthcare coverage and an aging population.

“Since the inception of the Affordable Care Act, medical insurance coverage has extended to nearly 90% of the US population, up from a low of approximately 84% in 2010,” according to Marcus & Millichap’s third-quarter Medical Office Research report, prepared with input from the firm’s Healthcare Real Estate Group, led by SVP and national director Alan Pontius. “This, combined with the aging of our nation’s baby boomer generation as they move closer to their golden years, is increasing the need for medical services across the country.”

The report sees healthcare providers moving toward “a more patient-centered model, placing medical facilities in retail-like settings and into local communities, capitalizing on strong traffic and demographic patterns and providing patients with easier access to healthcare. Rising demand for healthcare services will bode well for the medical office building segment, though a potential physician shortage, rising popularity of in-store clinics and telemedicine, and industry consolidation will remain influences on the market.”

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