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Hall Render is interested in talking with real estate lawyers in Dallas, TX! Please reach out to Andrew Dick at adick@wp.hallrender.com with any leads. A recent report from CBRE indicated that construction input prices are up 42.5% from March 2020 to March 2022. CBRE expects output prices (for construction work) to rise similarly in... READ MORE

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights happening across the nation. Last week, there were a number of new legislative updates. The Public Health Emergency was extended, CMS proposed a small increase in skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) reimbursement rates and South Carolina is pushing... READ MORE

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights currently happening across the nation. Last week, there were quite a few stories about hospitals and health care facilities that are worth mentioning. Most of the headlines were about skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”), the lack of staffing and... READ MORE

This was another dynamic year for the health care industry and for health care real estate, which is demonstrating remarkable resiliency and innovative success in the face of unprecedented challenges. This article summarizes a number of key 2021 takeaways and trends that were discussed during our 2021 Health Care Real Estate Year in Review... READ MORE

As the end of 2021 looms closer, COVID-19 still dominates the conversation as to health care, including health care real estate. And many of the pandemic-related challenges have not changed. The staffing, supply and hospital-bed shortages that health care providers and real estate developers hoped were temporary are now long-term issues that will reshape... READ MORE

In recent years, several actions by legislatures and courts across multiple states have challenged the tax-exempt status of nonprofit hospital property. Actions have ranged from proposed legislation in Indiana to eliminate the property tax exemption for nonprofit hospitals to a New Jersey Tax Court that ruled a hospital was not entitled to a property... READ MORE

As COVID-19 cases stay relatively low and the number of vaccinated individuals continues to increase, health providers are faced with a new normal for operating medical office space in a safe and sanitary manner. In order to avoid potential liability from tenants, patients and other visitors, medical office landlords should update facility management plans... READ MORE

With over three million people receiving a COVID-19 vaccine daily in the United States, the return to every day, pre-COVID life seems tantalizingly close. Yet, the economic effects of COVID-19 are unlikely to subside immediately. Health care real estate was and is not immune to the pandemic (although the industry’s “symptoms” are mild when... READ MORE

With the transition towards value-based care, more health care providers recognize environmental factors play a significant role in health outcomes. As highlighted in a recent Hall Render article, these environmental factors, otherwise known as social determinants of health (“SDOH”), are the conditions in which people are born, live and age that affect one’s quality-of-life... READ MORE

December 2020 was one of the deadliest months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 77,000 people died from the disease, and over 6.4 million tested positive with daily COVID-19 counts averaging over 205,000 cases. Yet despite these increased numbers and the corresponding effect on the domestic and global economy (another 140,000 workers lost their jobs... READ MORE