Healthcare Real Estate

Urgent care operators are moving into retail spaces in shopping malls and strip centers, and they are driving retail occupancy as a result.

A roundup of recent deals, leases, executive moves, and other news from the past week.

A $430-million sale-leaseback, along with a minority stake in an Enlivant portfolio announced last week, "repositions the company well beyond" its merger with Care Capital Properties, says Sabra CEO Rick Matros.

The UTC submarket has by far the highest concentration of physicians in the county, while the entire 78 Corridor has had a disproportionately high amount of new medical-office development, JLL's Chris Ross tells GlobeSt.com.

Although providers are under a lot of pressure to increase efficiency, at the same time many need new office spaces.

The submarket has lost millions of square feet in office space in the last 25 years, but its remaining tenants are loyal, and rent increases are outpacing the CBD.

The deal entails acquiring 36 Kindred-leased skilled nursing facilities from Ventas, bringing the healthcare REIT's exposure down to 1% of its total business.

CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS—Empty big box spaces have opened up across the US, but top locations could see expansions from players not previously in the market.