Download the 2025 Healthcare Annual Report
Welcome to Building Design+Construction’s second Healthcare Annual Report. This annual “state of the state” update on the $70 billion healthcare construction sector includes five sections (six reports in all). The special report covers the top 10 trends in children’s hospitals and medical office buildings; provides a 2025-26 market outlook for the U.S. healthcare construction sector; offers an AIA continuing education course on sustainability trends in the healthcare buildings sector; highlights the top opportunities and obstacles in the U.S. healthcare real estate market; and presents a roundup of innovations from leading healthcare design and construction firms. See the full table of contents on the previous page. Enjoy!
- David Barista, Editorial Director
- John Caulfield, Senior Editor
- Quinn Purcell, Managing Editor
- Novid Parsi, Contributing Editor
- Robyn Feller, Contributing Editor
TABLE OF CONTENTS
MEET THE EXPERTS
The BD+C editors connected with more than 50 healthcare market experts for this special report. Meet our contributors and sponsors.
SECTION 1
2025-26 HEALTHCARE CONSTRUCTION OUTLOOK
Tracking the current and future states of the $70 billion healthcare market: hospitals, outpatient facilities, specialty medical buildings, and medical office buildings.
SECTION 2
HEALTHCARE SUBSECTOR TRENDS
Top 10 Trends in the Children’s Hospitals Market
Top 10 Trends in the Medical Office Buildings Market
SECTION 3
HEALTHCARE REAL ESTATE TRENDS
BD+C takes a closer look at the factors that move healthcare projects from concept to construction.
SECTION 4
INNOVATIONS ROUNDUP
2025: A Year of Innovation in the Healthcare Market
We present a roundup of our favorite healthcare market innovations.
SECTION 5
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Resilient By Design: Advancing Sustainability In Healthcare Construction
This AIA-accredited course worth 1.0 AIA HSW discusses how architects, engineers, and contractors are shaping healthcare environments through resilient materials, systems, and strategies that prioritize human and environmental well-being.
