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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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