ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

A medical office portfolio housing a 15-physician practice has sold for $20 million, the acquisition's seller, Capital Real Estate Group's U.S. Healthcare Investment Sales practice said in a March 6 news release shared with Becker's. 

VillageMD, a company majority owned by Walgreens, has acquired a 30-location physician group. 

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Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, Deerfield, Ill.-based SCA Health and Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners are four of the largest ASC operators in the country. 

A medical office building in Upper Macungie Township, Pa., was sold for $69.58 million, The Morning Call reported March 1.

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, the largest ASC chain in the U.S. and subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare, employs more than 11,000 physicians. 

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Ground has been broken on a 60,000-square-foot medical office building — the Frisco Medical Pavilion II, in Frisco, Texas, according to a Feb. 23 report from REJournals.

Major healthcare transactions have ramped up in recent weeks with companies like Optum, Amazon and CVS Health making or announcing multimillion-dollar acquisitions.