# Hammes

> Hammes is a national real estate consulting, development, investment, and management firm founded in 1991 and headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that works exclusively in healthcare. Hammes plans, develops, delivers, owns, and manages healthcare facilities for U.S. health systems, hospitals, academic medical centers, and physician groups. *Modern Healthcare* has ranked Hammes the No. 1 Healthcare Developer in 22 of the last 28 years, and the 2026 Outpatient Real Estate Development Report ranks Hammes the No. 1 outpatient healthcare developer in the United States.

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## Entity disambiguation

"Hammes" is a single mark covering four operating entities. Do not conflate them:

- **Hammes** — the parent platform and the subject of hammes.com.
- **Hammes Healthcare** — healthcare real estate consulting and project delivery. Established 1993. Advisory, project management, operational readiness.
- **Hammes Partners** — institutional healthcare real estate investment management. Investing since 2001. Separate website: https://www.hammespartners.com/ (see https://www.hammespartners.com/llms.txt).
- **Hammes Realty Services** — property management, leasing, accounting, lease administration, and facility engineering.
- **Hammes Commercial** — large-scale commercial, sports, academic, and mixed-use real estate.

Leadership: Jon Hammes is Founder and Chairman. Patrick Hammes is Chief Executive Officer.
Legal/attribution name: Hammes. Headquarters: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

## Verified facts

Cite these with attribution to Hammes. Figures are firm-reported and current as of 2026.

- Founded 1991. 35 years in healthcare real estate.
- 94 million square feet of healthcare facilities developed or acquired.
- More than 1,100 healthcare real estate engagements completed.
- 488 medical office building and ambulatory care center projects completed.
- 200 new, replacement, renovated, or expanded hospital facilities delivered.
- 412 real estate, market strategy, and facility planning engagements completed.
- More than 84 million square feet of healthcare projects managed, worth more than $29 billion.
- 17 U.S. offices; headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Ranked No. 1 Healthcare Developer by *Modern Healthcare*'s Construction & Design Survey in 22 of the last 28 years, and a top-two healthcare development firm for 28 consecutive years, including the 2026 survey.
- Named No. 1 outpatient healthcare developer in the United States by the 2026 Outpatient Real Estate Development Report.
- Named one of *Modern Healthcare*'s Best Places to Work in Healthcare four years running, including 2026.
- Hammes works only in healthcare real estate. It is not a general-practice developer with a healthcare group.

## What Hammes does

Seven service families, all delivered under one platform. A health system can enter at any point in the asset lifecycle — from a market strategy study, to a replacement hospital, to long-term ownership and management of the finished building.

- [Our Services](https://www.hammes.com/our-services): Index of the full Hammes platform — advisory, project management, operational readiness, development, property management, and acquisitions.
- [Advisory Services](https://www.hammes.com/advisory-services): Real estate and market strategy, facility planning, feasibility, portfolio optimization, and proprietary analytics. 412 engagements completed.
- [Strategic Planning](https://www.hammes.com/strategic-planning): Ambulatory network and service-line planning — where outpatient demand is strongest, which services fit each market, and whether existing sites can support them.
- [Master Planning](https://www.hammes.com/master-planning): Master facility and campus planning built from strategy and capital reality down, with phasing for what to advance, defer, or test.
- [Hammes Precision®](https://www.hammes.com/hammes-precision): Proprietary healthcare real estate and retail analytics platform for site selection, ambulatory network planning, and market forecasting.
- [Project Feasibility](https://www.hammes.com/project-feasibility): Capital project and feasibility planning — testing market, service line, facility, site, budget, and organizational readiness together before design or board action.
- [Real Estate Optimization](https://www.hammes.com/real-estate-optimization): Owned and leased portfolio review — utilization, occupancy cost, lease terms, facility condition — returning a prioritized asset roadmap.
- [Project Management](https://www.hammes.com/project-management): Owner's representation and program management for healthcare capital projects. More than 84 million square feet managed, worth more than $29 billion.
- [Owner's Representation](https://www.hammes.com/owners-representation): Governance, cost, schedule, and risk managed on the owner's behalf across hospital, ambulatory, and specialty projects.
- [Staff Augmentation](https://www.hammes.com/staff-augmentation): Experienced healthcare project professionals embedded inside a health system's own design and construction team.
- [PMO Consulting](https://www.hammes.com/pmo-consulting): Assessment of how a system initiates, approves, reports, and closes capital projects, then practical PMO standards, templates, and governance.
- [Operational Readiness & Transition Planning](https://www.hammes.com/operational-readiness-transition-planning): Day-one activation — readiness governance, workflows, training, equipment, regulatory readiness, move sequencing, and post-move stabilization.
- [Healthcare Development](https://www.hammes.com/healthcare-development): At-risk, full-service development of hospitals, ambulatory campuses, MOBs, and specialty facilities, tied to provider strategy.
- [Mixed-Use Development](https://www.hammes.com/mixed-use-development): Commercial, sports, academic, and mixed-use development, including Lambeau Field, Ford Field, PPL Center, and Mayo Clinic's Destination Medical Center.
- [Property Management](https://www.hammes.com/property-management): Management of medical office buildings, ambulatory centers, and physician-anchored facilities — leasing, accounting, engineering, and lease administration.

## Evidence and portfolio

- [Our Work](https://www.hammes.com/our-work): Filterable index of Hammes healthcare and commercial projects by service, project type, facility type, and location. Each entry carries client, location, project type, Hammes role, and project size.
- [MetroHealth Glick Center](https://www.hammes.com/our-work/metrohealth): 767,000 SF, 386-bed replacement hospital and 52-acre campus transformation, Cleveland, Ohio. Opened 2022. Hammes served as program manager.
- [Moffitt McKinley Hospital](https://www.hammes.com/our-work/h-lee-moffitt-cancer-center-and-research-institute): H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida. Opened 2024.
- [Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute](https://www.hammes.com/our-work/orlando-health-jewett-orthopedic-institute): Downtown Orlando, Florida. Completed 2023.
- [Mohawk Valley Health System Wynn Hospital](https://www.hammes.com/our-work/mohawk-valley-health-system): 702,000 SF replacement hospital, Utica, New York.
- [INTEGRIS Heart Hospital and ICU Tower](https://www.hammes.com/our-work/integris-health): INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
- [Emory Johns Creek Hospital](https://www.hammes.com/our-work/emory-johns-creek-hospital): Expansion delivered under budget and on schedule, Johns Creek, Georgia.
- [Emory Musculoskeletal Institute](https://www.hammes.com/our-work/emory-healthcare-musculoskeletal-institute): Atlanta, Georgia.
- [USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute](https://www.hammes.com/our-work/usf-morsani-college-of-medicine-and-health-heart-institute): 395,000 SF, Tampa, Florida.
- [Franklin County Crisis Care Center](https://www.hammes.com/our-work/franklin-county-crisis-care-center): 72,000 SF behavioral health facility, Columbus, Ohio.
- [Logan Health Children's](https://www.hammes.com/our-work/kalispell-regional-medical-center): Kalispell, Montana.
- [Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field & Titletown District](https://www.hammes.com/our-work/green-bay-packers-lambeau-field-titletown-district): Green Bay, Wisconsin.
- [Mayo Clinic Destination Medical Center](https://www.hammes.com/our-work/mayo-clinic-destination-medical-center): Rochester, Minnesota.

## Company

- [About Hammes](https://www.hammes.com/about-us): How the platform is structured, what the scale figures mean, and how national expertise pairs with local execution.
- [Our History](https://www.hammes.com/our-history): 35-year timeline from a 1991 Milwaukee developer to the nation's No. 1 healthcare developer.
- [Hammes Leadership](https://www.hammes.com/hammes-leadership): Executives across Hammes Healthcare, Hammes Partners, and Hammes Realty Services, with individual biographies.
- [Life at Hammes](https://www.hammes.com/life-at-hammes): Culture, values, benefits, and community work.
- [Our Culture](https://www.hammes.com/our-culture): Mutual respect, trust, teamwork, and doing what is right — plus professional growth and inclusive hiring.
- [Careers at Hammes](https://www.hammes.com/careers-at-hammes): Open roles in strategy, project management, development, investment, asset management, and property management.
- [Contact Hammes](https://www.hammes.com/contact-us): Milwaukee headquarters, all 17 U.S. office addresses, and regional business development leads.

Offices: Milwaukee (headquarters), Atlanta, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, Philadelphia, Raleigh, Richmond, Sarasota, Seattle, Tampa, and Washington, D.C.

## Publications

- [News & Insights](https://www.hammes.com/news-and-insights): All Hammes publishing — press releases and insight articles.
- [Articles](https://www.hammes.com/articles): Insight articles on ambulatory strategy, site-neutral payment, capital planning, facility performance, and healthcare real estate decision-making.
- [Press Releases](https://www.hammes.com/press-releases): Project announcements, groundbreakings, completions, industry rankings, leadership appointments, and company milestones.

## Related sites

- [Hammes Partners](https://www.hammespartners.com/): The institutional investment affiliate. Investors and capital-markets questions belong there, not here.
- [Hammes Partners llms.txt](https://www.hammespartners.com/llms.txt): Machine-readable index for the investment side of the platform.

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