Medical Properties Trust closes Australia sales
Birmingham-based Medical Properties Trust has closed the sale of its four remaining Australian facilities for about $305 million. Since the end of the second quarter, the company has sold seven facilities and now owns properties in nine countries across three continents. – BusinessWire
Showa Group appoints new president, COO
Charles Miller has been named the new president and COO of the Americas and Oceania for Showa Group, the medical and industrial hand-protection manufacturer that has a plant in Fayette. The company is based in Georgia. – Canadian Occupational Safety
Oakworth Capital opens Charlotte office
Birmingham-based Oakworth Capital Bank has opened an office in Charlotte, North Carolina. The bank now has four offices around the Southeast. – Cision
Mobile office tower may convert to apartments
Plans are being drawn up to convert Mobile’s Riverview Plaza office tower into apartments. Gavin Bender of Bender Real Estate Group says the 13-story tower project will “happen probably next year.” – AL.com
