Healthcare industry changes, viewed cumulatively as 'retailization,' are changing medical office space needs, according to an article on the FaciltyCare website.
Healthcare consumers are acting more like retail consumers in their approach to selection and payment. Meanwhile, providers are looking for the lowest-cost, most accessible location to serve their consumers.
Colliers International’s 2015 Medical Office Outlook Report shows that this retailization is causing providers to seek technology-friendly locations in ground-floor and second-floor urban retail spaces, mixed-use residential buildings, and suburban shopping centers, the article said.
This movementoff campus and into the community, in both traditional medical office buildings as well as nontraditional settings such as retail and nonmedical office buildings.
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