Arlington Capital Partners’s Everest Clinical Research Acquires Brightech International
Everest Clinical Research, an Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company, announced on December 1 its acquisition of Brightech International. Brightech will continue to be led by Dr. Tai Xie, the company’s CEO and founder, and the existing management team. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2002, Brightech International is a contract research organization (CRO) that specializes in complex, value-add biostatistics, programming and clinical data management services. Like Everest, Brightech has built a reputation as a critical partner for some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical and biotech companies. In addition to its New Jersey headquarters, Brightech has an expanded... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Brokers Sale of Escondido, California MOB
Cushman & Wakefield brokered the sale of a 26,945-square-foot freestanding medical and office building in Escondido, California. The property sold for $8.1 million, approximately $301 per square foot. The buyer was The Elizabeth Hospice, which for more than 40 years has been providing medical care and grief support to patients and families dealing with the challenges associated with an advanced, life-limiting illness. The Elizabeth Hospice will initially occupy 80% of the building with plans to occupy the entire building as the existing tenants vacate. A team from Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a private local investor, in the transaction. According to the LevinPro HC... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Arranged the Sale of New Jersey Medical Office Building Portfolio
Cushman & Wakefield on November 28 announced that it arranged the sale of a medical office building portfolio in Wayne, New Jersey, that sold for $22.25 million. Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller Chopp Holdings. The buyer was undisclosed. Oak Hill Park is a Class A medical and office park totaling 122,600 square feet across two buildings. The property is 95% leased to more than 30 tenants, with a 42% medical tenant base. Medical practices include pediatrics, foot and ankle specialists, neurology, spine orthopedics, dentistry, plastic surgery and more. The price was $181 per square foot. According to the LevinPro HC database, this acquisition marks the 193rd medical... Read More »
A Resilient Industry: M&A Trends in Specialty Pharmacy
Significant changes have swept the specialty pharmacy market over the past several years. It was once a niche in the pharmacy industry but has grown significantly in market size. According to a report by Axtria, specialty drug spending is growing and constituted about 46% ($222.9 billion) of all prescription drugs in 2019, compared with 34.9% ($132 billion) in 2014. These numbers make sense with the tailwinds that pushed the industry, such as an aging population in the U.S. creating a greater need for medications that treat chronic and complex diseases. Most of the changes in the market have come from M&A activity. Consolidation has swept the industry, with a few players controlling... Read More »
Excelsior Capital Acquires Chattanooga MOB
Nashville-based private equity firm Excelsior Capital has purchased a 17,837-square-foot medical office building (MOB) in Chattanooga, Tennessee for $7.4 million, or approximately $415 per square foot. The MOB was built in 2014 and houses the Center MedSpa on the first floor and the Center for Integrative Medicine on the second floor. The property is at 100% occupancy and the 1.2-acre site includes both on-street and off-street parking. Excelsior Capital is a real estate private equity firm based in Nashville, Tennessee. Excelsior Capital typically targets stable assets, typically in the $8 million to $20 million range, in healthy submarkets that have a strong history of occupancy. ... Read More »Schedule a demo
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