By Mindy Berman, Managing Director at JLL - U.S. seniors housing has been a magnet for global capital with $3.4 billion in investments in the last 10 years, most in the last five years. Canada leads the pack with 40% of the total investment activity, followed closely by Asia-Pacific at 35%.

Combined with off peak total transaction volume, the numbers seem to reflect what a lot of us are feeling - a very competitive market with more interested buyers than there are opportunities.

How large is the medical office sector and how fast is it growing? Who are the sector’s major owners and investors, and what type of financing is available? How does the industry perform during typical real estate cycles, and how has medical office performed in recent years? For answers to those and

Revista has released its 2016 Year End Transaction Reports. There are 2 reports; one covering the US and another covering the Top 50 Metro Areas. The transaction report covers medical real estate transactions including medical office properties (MOBs) and hospital real estate.

During the past few years, investors have become increasingly interested in the $600B+ US hospital real estate sector...

Each year, Revista updates its size and scope of the US Healthcare Real Estate Sector. We maintain a database of all hospital, medical office (MOB) and other healthcare properties located throughout the continental United States.

We have analyzed recently how private investors are buying substantially more healthcare real estate than they have previously, and how they are taking up a larger percentage of buyer activity. To look at the whole picture, we need to look at how much these groups are selling as well.

As we posted back in March, private equity as a group is buying significantly more medical real estate than they have previously. As we posted back in March, private equity as a group is buying significantly more medical real estate than they have previously. They also make up a greater percentage of overall volume.

Overall, the sector is performing near cyclical highs in terms of occupancy and NOI growth. The occupancy rate as of the 2nd quarter 2016 was 92.5%.

Orange County Medical Office Buildings have been a prized possession of real estate investors for several years. In fact, over the past several years, investors have acquired over $1.5 Billion of MOBs in Orange County.