MDVIP Gets New PE-Sponsors
The primary care operator MDVIP is being traded in a new deal announced last week. Goldman Sachs Asset Management Private Equity, the primary investing area within Goldman Sachs, and Charlesbank Capital Partners, a middle-market private investment firm with more than $15 billion of capital raised since inception, are taking majority ownership in MDVIP from Leonard Green & Partners. MDVIP was bought by Leonard Green & Partners in 2017 from Summit Partners, and the latter has maintained minority ownership until now. No financial terms were disclosed in the new deal. MDVIP provides membership-based healthcare with a national network of over 1,100 primary care physicians serving... Read More »
NexCore & Nuveen Buy 29-Asset Healthcare Portfolio for $620.4 Million
NexCore Group, a national healthcare real estate developer, and Nuveen Real Estate, one of the five largest global real estate investment managers, have closed on their sixth transaction together. The pair have struck a deal to acquire a healthcare real estate portfolio, which includes 29 assets spanning 13 states and totaling 1,165,173 square feet, from IRA Capital for $620.4 million, or $532 per square foot. It’s one of the largest healthcare real estate transactions in 2021 so far. The portfolio consists of $463 million in medical office buildings (MOBs) and $157 million in life sciences facilities. The release did not specify the facilities or the locations. The transaction expands... Read More »The Primary Care Market Heats Up
Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, there have been more than the usual number of large deals focused on primary care providers and clinics in North America. These clinics staff physicians (but are not run by them, like a physician group) and other healthcare providers to help patients with routine, non-emergency medical issues, and are often the first stop for a patient seeking treatment. A wide range of investors and strategic buyers have been moving into this space this year. Cano Health, Inc. (NYSE: CANO), one of the more active buyers, announced two deals in the second quarter expanding its primary care network in Florida. In June, it purchased University Health Care and its affiliates,... Read More »
Cornerstone Grabs 12-Property Healthcare Portfolio
Cornerstone Companies, Inc. announced last week it has closed on its sixth medical office building portfolio, acquiring 12 healthcare real estate properties in nine states totaling more than 155,000 square feet. The portfolio was valued at $48.7 million, or close to $314 per square foot, and was completed by Cornerstone Fund VI, a private equity fund focused solely on medical real estate. The portfolio has a wide range of healthcare properties, including six individual clinical MOBs, three clinic/ambulatory surgery centers, an imaging and diagnostics center, a senior care facility, and a single stand-alone ambulatory surgery center. The medical office buildings are Gateway Clinic Medical... Read More »