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The healthcare sector was one of the beneficiaries of the pandemic. The healthcare industry is rapidly growing. As investors plan for 2022, Meridian CEO John Pollock is predicting three trends will drive activity healthcare real estate.

1. More outpatient facilities. The transition to outpatient facilities has been an ongoing trend over the last decade, and it accelerated during the pandemic. "Services are migrating away from the acute care centers to more convenient outpatient centers" Pollock tells GlobeSt.com. "Ambulatory outpatient care facilities have been at the center of Meridian's focus for years and we expect this trend to continue to accelerate and translate into more opportunities for investors, developers, and providers alike."

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.