ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

A 34,697-square-foot Warner Robbins, Ga., building housing two orthopedic practices and an ASC was sold.

Nine real estate sales involving ASCs that Becker's has covered in the last two weeks:

The pandemic accelerated consolidation in healthcare with more physicians becoming employed and practices selling to hospitals or corporate entities. But the ASC industry remains fragmented, with 72 percent of surgery centers still independent, according to VMG Health.

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International spent $78 million to acquire the ownership of eight Compass Surgical Partners ASCs last year, USPI's parent company Tenet Healthcare revealed during the company's 2021 earnings call Feb. 8.

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners boosted revenue and case volume last year.

The Stonegate Office Park in Peoria, Ariz., sold for $1.82 million, seller SVN Desert Commercial Advisors said Feb. 5. 

Indianapolis-based healthcare real estate firm Cornerstone Companies purchased a portfolio of ophthalmology properties on the West Coast.

First Step Holdings sold a 45,000-square-foot Chicago medical office building housing an ASC, according to a Feb. 7 REJourals report.

Principal Real Estate Investors has purchased a 59,205-square-foot medical office building that houses a surgery center that opened in early 2021, the New England Real Estate Journal reported Feb. 4.

Newport Lido Medical Center, a medical office complex in Newport Beach, Calif., has been sold for $125 million to real estate firm Lionstone Investments, according to Commercial Property Executive.