2020 has been undeniably a devastating year for everyone and every field. The lockdowns, quarantines, social distancing, and the casualties caused by the virus has shaken humanity beyond imagination. Although the construction sector faced a significantly worst side...
More Designers Focusing on Acoustic Properties of Buildings
A growing number of designers are paying close attention to the acoustic properties of buildings, according to a BBC Future report. With studies indicating that noisy work and home settings are linked to depression, anxiety, and reduced performance, architects are...
Mall of America to Open Walk-in Health Clinic This Fall
A walk-in clinic will open at the Mall of America in November, offering services for both workers and customers alike. The new clinic was announced Tuesday, and will be part of M Health Fairview, a partnership between Fairview Health Services and the University of...
Smart Buildings Can Optimize Wellness
Despite spending most of our week working, currently only 9.8% of world employees are covered by a workplace wellness program. We know there is a performance gap in the workplace. Employees want wellness initiatives built into their employee experience, especially...
Retail-Based Healthcare Clinics Expanding at Fast Pace
Changes in healthcare reform, tech, demographics and consumer preferences are fueling the growth of a new retail format. Retail-based healthcare clinics have grown 47% in the past three years, according to new research from JLL. The Retail and the New Healthcare...
Retail-Based Healthcare Clinics Expanding at Fast Pace
Changes in healthcare reform, tech, demographics and consumer preferences are fueling the growth of a new retail format. Retail-based healthcare clinics have grown 47% in the past three years, according to new research from JLL. The Retail and the New Healthcare...
Michigan Health Systems Team for $48M Detroit Laundry Facility
Three Michigan health-care systems are partnering to reactivate a vacant industrial building in Detroit for a $48 million medical laundry service facility. Henry Ford Health System, Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan and St. Joseph Mercy Health System...
Michigan Health Systems Team for $48M Detroit Laundry Facility
Three Michigan health-care systems are partnering to reactivate a vacant industrial building in Detroit for a $48 million medical laundry service facility. Henry Ford Health System, Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan and St. Joseph Mercy Health System...
Life Sciences Space Continues to Be in High Demand, with Low Vacancies and Rising Rents
Expansion in medical research around DNA is driving growth in the biotech sector and boosting demand for life science space. Advances in technology over the last decade changed the way medical scientists work, first modeling their theories or ideas on computers before...
The Top Markets for Medical Office Buildings
The medical office building sector is considered one of the safest in commercial real estate investments due to, among other factors, a national trend to lower healthcare property operating costs. “MOBs are a lot more efficient to run, cheaper to operate and are...
What’s the Long-Term Outlook for the Nursing Home Sector?
The number of freestanding nursing homes is declining across the country. In 2018, there were only 21 nursing care facility openings in the U.S., compared to 51 openings five years earlier, in 2013, according to findings from brokerage firm Marcus & Millichap....
Beaumont Submits Plan to Build 117-Bed Hospital in Oxford
Beaumont Health submitted a certificate-of-need application Feb. 1 to build a 117-bed, $140 million hospital in Oxford, an area the Michigan Certificate-of-Need Commission last September designated a "limited access area" because of a lack of beds within 30 minutes...
What is the Role of the Architect in Healthcare Data Security?
According to data compiled by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, more than 2,180 healthcare data security breachesoccurred between 2009 and 2017. Those breaches affected 54% of the U.S. population. As a result of the severity of this...
CBRE Report Finds Philadelphia Among Top US Markets for Life Sciences Sector
The US life sciences industry and the real estate that it occupies have ridden a wave of momentum into this year that has positioned various industry hubs—including Philadelphia—for continued growth, according to a new report from CBRE. Numerous indicators point to...
Convene to Add Primary Healthcare Centers to Workplaces
Office landlords have been increasingly paying attention to health and wellbeing amenities to attract tenants. Now, Convene, a flexible workplace and amenity services provider, is adding Eden Health primary care offices to spaces for the convenience of its network of...
The Family Doctor is No Longer In(dependent)
The independent family practitioner is disappearing due to changes in how patients receive care. Stats show independent doctors’ migration into large hospital groups is unmistakable, according to a report by Colliers International. Private practice physicians are...
New Walgreens Program Blurs Lines Between Pharmacy, Retail
Walgreens is rolling out a program to help patients better manage all the side effects of cancer treatment. The initiative, which marks the first time the company has blurred the lines between pharmacists and retail employees, comes at a time when Walgreens is...
Detroit’s Sachse Construction Names Senior VP
Detroit’s Sachse Construction has named Ron Henry as the firm’s new senior vice president. Henry’s experience includes prior leadership roles with Beaumont Health as corporate vice president of real estate, design and construction; Detroit Medical Center as senior...
Nonresidential Building Spending to Grow through 2019, Cautious Outlook for 2020
Nonresidential construction spending on buildings is projected to grow by 4.4 percent through 2019, according to a new consensus forecast from The American Institute of Architects. Healthy gains in the industrial and institutional building sectors have bolstered...
Six REITs to Watch in 2019
All in all, 2018 wasn’t a stellar year for REITs. According to trade group Nareit, the total return for REITs slid to a negative 4.1 percent last year, on the heels of a positive total return of almost 9.3 percent in 2017. Last year, the poor overall performance of...
2018 Dodge Momentum Index up 4.3%
Dodge Data & Analytics reported that its Momentum Index for the full year of 2018 was up 4.3% from 2017. The overall increase represented gains in the first six months that buoyed the index in the wake of decreases in the last six months of the year. The index...
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