Logan Freeman of Midwest CRE Advisors arranged the confidential off‑market sale of a 43,326‑square‑foot Lenexa medical office building to New Era Companies, leveraging targeted buyer relationships and strong healthcare‑corridor demand to secure a discreet disposition and value‑add acquisition opportunity.
-- Logan Freeman of Midwest CRE Advisors has closed a confidential, off-market transaction involving a 43,326-square-foot medical office building located at 8550 Marshall Drive in Lenexa, Kansas. The property was sold without public marketing, providing ownership with a discreet exit from a non-core healthcare asset.
The Class B medical outpatient building was approximately 30% vacant at the time of engagement and required operational repositioning, including common area renovations, deferred maintenance coordination and energy efficiency upgrades. However, the property benefits from a core group of healthcare tenants and excellent visibility and patient access directly on Interstate 35, one of the Kansas City metro’s primary traffic corridors. Ownership, experienced in other asset classes but not specialized in healthcare, sought a streamlined disposition strategy that would avoid open-market exposure, tenant disruption, and extended negotiation timelines.
Freeman structured the transaction by leveraging an existing relationship with New Era Companies, a Texas based healthcare private equity buyer active in the Midwest. Rather than launching a formal listing campaign, the property was presented directly to a pre-qualified group that understood the Lenexa medical corridor fundamentals and value-add profile.
The investment thesis centered on the undersupply of renovated medical options within the rapidly expanding healthcare ecosystem anchored by AdventHealth’s $247 million, 244,000-square-foot hospital campus, which opened in July 2025. As healthcare employment and outpatient volumes grow across the submarket, the existing inventory of renovated, well-located medical office space has not kept pace, creating a favorable environment for properties that can offer functional clinical space without the cost or timeline of ground-up development."
The Marshall Drive asset will be positioned with rents roughly 30% to 40% below new construction alternatives, offering tenants a cost-effective option within proximity to the hospital campus and dense surrounding residential population. At closing, the property’s tenant roster included Encompass Medical Group —now part of UnitedHealth Group, Preferred Physical Therapy – a private equity-backed physical therapy group with 850 locations nationwide, and QTC Management – a national provider of government and military medical exams, providing a stable foundation for future lease-up of the remaining vacancy.
The buyer’s business plan includes targeted capital improvements and an active lease-up program designed to bring the property to stabilized occupancy. A comprehensive energy audit conducted prior to disposition identified utility savings and operations and maintenance reductions through HVAC modernization, LED retrofits, and building control enhancements. When capitalized at a market cap rate, those improvements represented significant potential value creation. Available incentives included Evergy utility rebates and potential federal tax deductions under Section 179(d), further strengthening the buyer’s underwriting.
Throughout due diligence, deferred maintenance items were quantified and incorporated into the buyer’s value-add strategy rather than treated as transaction barriers. The acquisition was financed through conventional bank lending, and the process from initial discussion to closing was completed in under 90 days.
“This transaction reflects the importance of buyer relationships and submarket intelligence,” Freeman said. “When an owner requires discretion and certainty, a targeted off-market strategy can deliver stronger outcomes than broad market exposure.”
“Johnson County is a market where we have existing rehabilitation hospital operations, and acquiring clinical assets near those facilities where we can leverage established relationships is a core part of our growth strategy,” said Jake Katzen, Managing Director of Real Estate Investments at New Era Companies. “Logan helped us identify an opportunity with an established and growing primary care provider as the foundational anchor, a central location with excellent visibility along I-35, and a relative lack of quality medical office options in the submarket, making this a compelling addition to our healthcare footprint in Kansas City.”
Lenexa, located within Johnson County in the Kansas City metropolitan area, has experienced sustained demographic and economic growth, including double-digit population expansion over the past decade and median household income levels significantly above the national average. Healthcare infrastructure investment has positioned the submarket as a growing node for outpatient medical demand.
The seller achieved a confidential exit without public listing, marketing costs, or tenant disruption. The buyer acquired a value-add medical office building with lease-up potential, operational efficiency upside, and proximity to a newly established regional hospital anchor.
About Midwest CRE Advisors
Midwest CRE Advisors is a commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, strategic asset positioning, and complex transaction execution across the Midwest. The firm focuses on disciplined market exposure, adaptive pricing strategy, and active deal management to deliver measurable results for property owners and investors.
Website: https://www.mwcreadvisors.com/client-success-stories
About New Era Companies
Established in 2009, New Era Companies is a vertically integrated healthcare real estate and operations firm with more than 25 years of experience delivering value across the care continuum. The company specializes in value-driven acquisitions, developments, and partnerships with over $3 billion of completed healthcare projects. Its multidisciplinary platform spans the full real estate lifecycle, from strategy and site selection through development, operations, and capital structuring.
Website: https://neweracompanies.com
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Name: Logan Freeman
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Address: 15245 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66223
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