MOB acquisitions hit record $5.5B in first half of 2017

Nearly $5.5 billion worth of medical office buildings were sold during the first half of the year.

That's the largest first six months of a year in MOB acquisitions, according to research from JLL.

JLL officials say 2017 could be on track to beat the full-year record of $9 billion set in 2015.

The largest purchase so far this year was $2.2 billion acquisition of the Duke Realty health care portfolio.

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