- PwC and ULI’s Emerging Trends in Real Estate identified senior housing as a leading property-sector opportunity, supported by favorable demographics, improving occupancy and constrained construction. Medical office was also listed as an attractive sector, while hospitals and investors continue emphasizing outpatient facilities and lower-cost ambulatory settings.
- Walker & Dunlop’s Seniors Housing Outlook reports 90.1% national occupancy, 4.7% rent growth and only 23,700 units under construction in Q2 2026. Limited supply, improving operations and expanding debt liquidity are increasing competition for existing assets while making selective development more viable.
- An affiliate of Bon Secours Mercy Health submitted a $5.7B bid to acquire Surgery Partners, a national operator of ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals with more than 200 locations in 30 states and approximately 5,000 affiliated physicians. The proposed transaction highlights continued health system investment in outpatient networks and could create significant facility integration and capital-planning activity.
- Atrium Health announced a $340M regional behavioral health care investment, including a planned 168-bed behavioral health hospital, intended to expand access, modernize facilities and establish a more comprehensive care continuum. The initiative represents a significant health system commitment to behavioral health infrastructure amid continuing shortages of inpatient and outpatient capacity.
- The North Carolina Supreme Court agreed to consider two cases involving certificate-of-need (“CON”) disputes. The decisions could clarify standing, agency review and other procedural requirements affecting challenges to health care facility approvals, potentially influencing the timing and litigation risk associated with future hospital and outpatient developments.
- Duke Health, CaroMont Health, Atrium Health and Novant Health continue pursuing hospital and outpatient expansion across the Charlotte region. The competing projects illustrate how population growth, service-area strategy and North Carolina’s CON process are shaping health care development throughout the market.
- Tennessee’s CON requirements are drawing renewed scrutiny as the state directs additional funding toward rural health care. The debate centers on whether CON protections preserve financially vulnerable hospitals or restrict new providers and facilities that could expand access in underserved communities.
- West Virginia health care providers and lawmakers are debating whether to retain, revise or repeal the state’s CON program. Supporters argue that CON review protects essential providers and limits duplicative facilities, while critics contend it restricts competition and delays investment in new health care capacity.
- HCA acquired the Wilmore Center, a mixed-use project in Wheat Ridge, CO, that will likely be used as a medical park with medical office and emergency services.
- Intermountain’s Las Vegas children’s hospital received a $150M philanthropic commitment, providing substantial support for development of the standalone pediatric facility. The gift advances a major health care construction project intended to expand specialized children’s services in Southern Nevada.
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