Flagler Investment Property Group (“Flagler”) is a real estate private equity, management and consulting group based in Miami. Key principals for Flagler are Didier Choukroun, Chris Coots, Esther Egozi Choukroun and Hervé Puyplat, long time veterans in the real estate industry. Flagler focuses primarily on the acquisition of office buildings in core downtown areas, and prime real estate assets in the Healthcare, Technology and Education sectors throughout the Southeastern U.S and Texas. Flagler also offers a full complement of services that provide asset and property management, consulting and transaction management to third parties.
Flagler’s healthcare division is headed by Hervé Puyplat, former Director of Real Estate at Vitalia Group, a Blackstone company and the second largest healthcare organization in France with 47 private hospitals, medical office buildings, ambulatory surgery and rehabilitation centers.
In October 2011, Flagler partnered with Bahrain-based Investcorp Real Estate to acquire the 133,473 sq ft. Bethesda Health City, one of the first medical malls in the country developed and formerly owned by Boynton Beach-based Bethesda Healthcare System (“BHS”) and its flagship Hospital Bethesda Memorial. At closing of the transaction, BHS signed a 15-year lease for approximately 64,000 sqft and remained Bethesda Health City’s primary anchor.
Flagler seeks to grow its portfolio through the acquisition of selected medical office and outpatient facilities in mid-size to large markets with growing demographics. A member of the South Florida Hospital and Healthcare Association and the Florida Hospital Association, Flagler strives to establish long-term relationships with health care systems and offers a variety of financing programs from direct acquisition to development and monetization, which can be tailored to meet the specific needs of each client.
Utilizing its management, consulting and brokerage platform, Flagler also provides Healthcare Providers with core healthcare real estate services such as leasing, acquisition, disposition, management, as well as market research, site selection, development advisory, financing and consulting. Flagler’s clients’ transactions range from individual physicians to physician groups, dental practices to various medical facilities such as ambulatory surgery centers, cancer care, primary care facilities, diagnostic facilities along with other health care providers such as research centers, clinical laboratories, and pharmaceutical companies. With Flagler as a partner, a healthcare provider can differentiate itself with the right approach to real estate.
