Medical Office REIT Healthcare Trust Expects to be Active in Acquisitions in 2017

Robert Milligan, CFO of Healthcare Trust of America (NYSE: HTA), joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWorld 2016: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge.

Milligan explained that Healthcare Trust, a medical office building specialist, focuses on 20 to 25 gateway markets where the company expects to see growth in the next 10 to 20 years.

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Physicians Realty Offering “New Level of Service” in Medical Office, CEO Says

John Thomas, president and CEO of health care REIT Physicians Realty Trust (NYSE: DOC), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2016: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge.

Physicians Realty was an active acquirer of properties in 2016. During the year, the company closed on a $ 700 million deal that Thomas described as “the largest transaction ever in the medical office space.”

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Office REIT Columbia Property’s NYU Medical Center Lease “Very Significant,” CEO Says

Nelson Mills, president and CEO of Columbia Property Trust (NYSE: CXP), joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2016: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the Waldorf Astoria New York.

Columbia owns and operates class A office buildings concentrated in central business district locations, with more than half its portfolio in high-barrier-to-entry markets, including San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C., and Boston.

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Duke Realty Sees Solid Fundamentals in Industrial, Medical Office Portfolios

Denny Oklak, chairman and CEO of Duke Realty Corp. (NYSE: DRE), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.

With bulk distribution facilities now making up more than 70 percent of Duke’s portfolio, Oklak provided an overview of industrial market fundamentals.

“The industrial business is really very good at this time,” he said. Oklak noted that Duke’s in-service occupancy rates within its bulk industrial portfolios are at almost 97 percent.

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