Vesey Street Capital Partners Sells Portfolio Company QualityMetric

Vesey Street Capital Partners Sells Portfolio Company QualityMetric

Vesey Street Capital Partners (VSCP) announced last week that it completed the full sale of its portfolio company, QualityMetric.  Founded in 1997, QualityMetric combines its proprietary scientifically validated general health and disease-specific surveys with its technology, advanced analytics and sector expertise to work with all the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies in clinical trials and patient surveillance.  VSCP is a strategic private equity manager founded in 2014 that focuses on healthcare services. Since its inception, the firm has consummated 39 transactions across 9 platform businesses and has deployed approximately $600 million in capital.  VSCP had... Read More »
Montecito Medical Acquires Two Las Vegas Medical Office Buildings 

Montecito Medical Acquires Two Las Vegas Medical Office Buildings 

Montecito Medical Real Estate announced on August 22 its acquisition of two medical office buildings (MOBs) in Las Vegas.  The properties, which total1 6,536 square feet, are fully occupied by Women’s Health Associates of Southern Nevada. One of the two properties serves as the group’s practice hub, and the other is adjacent to a 297-bed hospital, Valley Hospital Medical Center, in the heart of a medical corridor.  Montecito Medical Real Estate specializes in healthcare-related real estate acquisitions and funding. Since 2006, it has completed transactions across the United States involving more than $5.1 billion in medical real estate.  With the addition of these two... Read More »
Medical Properties Trust Cuts Dividend in Half to Bolster its Balance Sheet 

Medical Properties Trust Cuts Dividend in Half to Bolster its Balance Sheet 

After several large-scale divestments, one of the largest hospital landlords in the country is cutting its dividend to investors by nearly 50%. Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (​​​​NYSE: MPW) announced on Monday that “its Board of Directors has adopted an updated capital allocation strategy designed to significantly strengthen its balance sheet.”  The dividend will be slashed from $0.29 per quarter to $0.15, which, according to the company, should help reduce leverage and improve long-term debt and equity capital costs.  This change follows a number of divestments from MPW’s portfolio after the past 18 months that have resulted in lower adjusted funds from operations, including its... Read More »
M3 Acquires NHS Staffing Platform Messly

M3 Acquires NHS Staffing Platform Messly

M3, Inc., a Japanese healthcare investment firm, is acquiring Messly, a London-based company which aims to combat NHS staffing shortages. Christopher Kurwie and Abrar Gundroo, founders of Messly, have sold their businesses to M3 for an undisclosed price. The pair had jointly control just under 50% of the share capital of Messly, which they founded in 2017. Messly is a recruiting marketplace platform for U.K. doctors, for surgeries and hospitals to hire locums, or temporary doctors, at short notice. According to the press release, around 70% of trainee doctors in the United Kingdom have registered with Messly. M3, Inc. is. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Tokyo. M3,... Read More »
BV Investment Partners Announces Investment in Hardenbergh Group

BV Investment Partners Announces Investment in Hardenbergh Group

Private equity firm BV Investment Partners has announced a growth-oriented investment in Hardenbergh Group, a provider of non-clinical professional staffing, consulting, physician peer review and outsourced solutions to healthcare organizations nationwide. Founded in 1991 by Mary Hardenbergh and based in Livonia, Michigan, Hardenbergh Group offers services in consulting and the interim staffing of medical services professionals and other non-clinical roles essential to patient safety, quality of care and other governance, risk and compliance requirements of leading healthcare organizations. BV Investment Partners is one of the oldest and most experienced sector-focused private equity firms... Read More »
Montecito Medical Acquires Two Las Vegas Medical Office Buildings 

Thomas Park Investments Acquires Reliant Health Southborough

Thomas Park Investments (TPI) announced that it acquired Reliant Health Southborough, an outpatient medical office building (MOB) through a joint venture with an equity partner. JLL represented the joint venture. The MOB totals 125,000 square feet. The outpatient medical center is anchored by Reliant Medical Group, UMass Memorial and Walgreens. TPI is a private equity real estate firm focused on healthcare real estate within the mid-Atlantic region. The firm was founded in 2019 and offers more than 28 years of commercial real estate experience. It manages nearly 700,000 square feet of medical office capacity. According to data captured in the LevinPro HC database, this transaction... Read More »