Medical Properties Trust sells Colorado properties; Alabama hotel tops USA Today survey; Oxford transportation firms acquired; UAH student wins national Department of Energy competition

Birmingham-based Medical Properties Trust has sold 11 freestanding health care facilities in Colorado

Medical Properties Trust sells Colorado properties

Birmingham-based Medical Properties Trust has sold 11 freestanding health care facilities in Colorado to University of Colorado Health for $80 million. The facilities include emergency department, primary care, imaging and urgent care facilities. – Business Wire

Alabama hotel tops USA Today survey

Florence’s GunRunner Boutique Hotel is the nation’s best boutique hotel, according to USA Today’s 10Best survey. The hotel has only 10 suites, each celebrating the history and people of the region. – AL.com

Oxford transportation firms acquired

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B.R. Williams Trucking and B.R. Williams LTL Logistics, based in Oxford, have been acquired by Kentucky-based Haney and White Enterprise, which owns Haney and White Logistics and Running Ox Logistics. They will combine as BRW. – Business Wire

UAH student wins national Department of Energy competition

Hunter Wittenborn, a sophomore computer science major at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, won the 2024 Department of Energy CyberForce competition based around cybersecurity. He beat 149 students from 77 universities and colleges across the U.S. – University of Alabama in Huntsville

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