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ADVERTORIAL
Medical Real Estate
Wherever you are in the world, you’re going to pay for two things:
healthcare and education, regardless of whether you have the money or
not. I don’t think that fundamental ever changes.’
PAUL SHAILENDRA
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BY DENISE NEL
M
edical real estate is a niche within the real estate
market - not only is healthcare a service everyone
needs, it’s also a sector backed by demographic
growth. With supply low and demand high, medical office
buildings are a premium investment for investors. Many
first world countries are saddled with an ageing population,
longer life-expectancy, and the overall increase in demand
for healthcare services. The U.S.A alone is expected to dou-
ble its number of 65+ citizens by 2050. These factors are
supported by large government healthcare funding and this
leads to an increase in demand for medical-based property.
Moreover, due to the numbers of seniors requiring health
care and the expense and difficulty in relocating, tenants
typically sign long-term leases that allow them to remain
in one location.
“Demographics in certain countries make health-care
very attractive as a long-term investment,” according to Pe-
ter Ballon, head of CPPIB’s real estate investment in the
Americas. “We do think that there’s going to be growing
demand for health-care real estate, and we believe that pric-
ing is relatively attractive right now for certain health-care
assets.”
While medical real estate investment is not a short-term
investment strategy, the medium and long-term outlook for
medical property remains strong, making it an attractive
proposition for investors.
“There are many factors we look at when evaluating the
suitability of a potential site. We look at more than just
the broad locational factors that present good prospects for
medical real estate. We look at things on a smaller, site spe-
cific scale too. Accessibility, parking, exposure, council zon-
ing and requirements, location of competitors can all play a
part in making sure it’s as sound an investment as possible”
says Scott Picken CEO of Wealth Migrate.
Wealth Migrate is a leading global real estate investment
platform, to date, we have over 10 000 registered members
on our platform from 100 countries, investors have invested
$64M+, with a 70% repeat investment rate and the inves-
tors received over $3.36M in dividends from the real estate
investments.
Medical real estate remains the most important asset
class for our Investors. With proven management capabil-
ities and our highly experienced partners, we have gained
the trust of our investors by consistently outperforming
their expectations. To date, we have funded six medical in-
vestments on our platform.
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Our medical real estate investment per-
formance:
Hennie Bezuidenhout, Co-Founder and Chairman of
Wealth Migrate, reflects on his personal experience in the
industry, noting 'In all the time I’ve been doing medical
office suites and day-hospital development in Africa, I’ve
never had a day’s vacancy.' When the facts are presented,
medical real-estate investments make sense, even if you
don't come from a financial or investing background.
Wealth Migrate’s mission is to make quality real estate
investments available and affordable to everyone by giving
investors access to exclusive real estate investment opportu-
nities in premier markets worldwide. Our FinTech invest-
ment platform opens this previously unattainable market-
place in a secure, globally compliant, and highly regulated
environment.
What used to be only accessible and reserved for a select
few can now be done in minutes. It’s never been so easy to
create true, global wealth.
Denise Nel is the Chief Marketing Officer of Wealth Mi-
grate
Find out more on our current Medical Investments by
visiting www.wealthmigrate.com