The property developers behind Nashville’s medical mart have finally publicly admitted what’s been obvious for awhile — the project isn’t going to hit its slated opening date of 2013.The CEO of property developer Market Center Management said construction wouldn’t begin this year on the Nashville Medical Trade Center, as originally projected, meaning the project won’t [...]

Nashville’s medical mart has secured a commitment from Nashville-based clinical services provider SpecialtyCare to lease 8,500 square feet.SpecialtyCare, which has signed a lease for the space, marks the fifth tenant signed by the Nashville Medical Trade Center, with those leases set to cover about 70,000 square feet, a spokesman said.The property developers behind Nashville’s project [...]

The Nashville medical mart has a signed five-year lease with another anchor tenant, publicly traded furniture maker Steelcase (NYSE:SCS).Nurture, the healthcare-focused brand of Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Steelcase, plans to occupy up to 4,000 square feet of space in the Nashville Medical Trade Center, which is slated for a 2013 opening, according to a report in [...]

The property developers behind Nashville’s medical mart have released a virtual video tour of the proposed project. The video highlights the Nashville Medical Trade Center’s showrooms, exhibition hall, health information technology innovation center and training and education facilities.

Nashville’s medical mart project has announced its fourth tenant, which it’s calling the “China Pavilion” — a showroom that will feature products and services from yet-to-be-determined Chinese medical technology companies.

From hospitals to device manufacturers to health IT companies to furniture makers, the list of the Cleveland medical mart’s first announced tenants is impressive in breadth. But the lack of many big-name, high-profile national healthcare leaders makes the list seem, at first glance, underwhelming.

When the backers of Cleveland’s medical mart finally announce the project’s tenants Friday at a ceremonial groundbreaking, savvy observers will scan the list for the identities of big-name “anchor tenants.” The reason is simple: Those anchor tenants will be crucial to the success of the $465-million project by luring buyers who’ll also visit the project’s smaller, lesser-known tenants.

The property development company behind Nashville’s medical mart have reached an agreement with its third tenant, New York-based mdi Consultants Inc.

For Bill Winsor, building a successful medical mart is all about attracting a “critical mass” of healthcare products sellers. In Winsor’s view, his Nashville project has what it takes to create that critical mass, and Cleveland’s competing medical mart doesn’t.

Developers of Nashville’s medical mart project are in the final stages of negotiating leases with 15 new tenants.