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— Specialty · Healthcare Real Estate

Medical office, ambulatory campuses, and clinical infrastructure for institutional healthcare capital.

Healthcare real estate is an operating-business problem disguised as a real estate problem. The cap rate is downstream of payor mix, physician retention, and clinical workflow. We underwrite the operating business first.

— Practice Thesis

How we work in healthcare real estate.

The most expensive mistake institutional capital makes in healthcare real estate is treating an MOB as an industrial-style net-lease asset. It is not. The tenants are clinical practices whose revenue depends on referral patterns, payor contracts, and physician age demographics: variables that do not appear on a rent roll.

Our practice models physician retirement curves, payor mix, and competitive clinical density before we underwrite the building. A 95% occupied MOB anchored by two physicians within five years of retirement is a different asset than the same building anchored by a thirty-five-year-old multi-specialty group on a fifteen-year tenancy.

Canadian healthcare real estate is also structurally different from US healthcare real estate. Provincial funding models, the absence of CMS-style reimbursement complexity, and the dominant role of hospital authorities change the underwriting. We work with capital sources who understand the Canadian model, and translate it for cross-border investors who do not.

— Market Intelligence

The numbers that actually matter.

— Active MOB Inventory (Canada)
38M sf
2026 estimate, professional and institutional held
— Typical Cap Rate Spread
125-200 bps
Over comparable office
— Avg. Tenancy Length
8.4 yr
Multi-specialty MOB
— Physicians Over 60 (ON)
24%
Active medical license, 2025
— Common Questions

What clients ask us.

What types of healthcare assets do you cover?
Medical office buildings (MOBs), ambulatory surgical campuses, specialty clinics (dialysis, ophthalmology, imaging), seniors-clinical-adjacent properties, and ground-up healthcare development sites. We do not work hospital-owned facilities directly; those transactions go through provincial channels.
How do you underwrite an MOB differently from office?
We model the operating business of each clinical tenant before the lease. That means a physician demographic review, a payor mix analysis where applicable, a referral-pattern map, and a competitive clinical density study within a three to five kilometre radius. Then the rent roll.
Do you work cross-border with US institutional buyers?
Yes. A meaningful share of our healthcare mandate volume is sourced from US healthcare REITs and private equity sponsors who want Canadian exposure. We translate the Canadian model (provincial funding, hospital authority relationships, regulatory differences) into US underwriting frameworks.
What about long-term care and seniors housing?
Long-term care and seniors housing are a separate specialty vertical we run; see Seniors Housing & Long-Term Care. We treat them as distinct from clinical MOB because the operating economics are fundamentally different.
Do you have a development advisory practice?
Yes. We advise on healthcare development site selection, particularly for ambulatory campuses targeting commuter corridors and aging suburban demographics. The advisory engagement typically runs 12-18 months and may or may not result in a transaction.
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