Jones Lang LaSalle has appointed Managing Director Mindy Berman to lead the firm’s healthcare practice within its Americas capital markets business.

In her new role, Berman will be charged with the advancement of the firm’s client service delivery of healthcare-related capital markets transactions.

"Healthcare real estate has become a prized asset class for investors and developers. On the heels of the recession and with the passage of healthcare reform, growth in medical facilities is expected to be at historically high levels in the coming years to handle the 32 million people who will now have health insurance," said Jay Koster, Jones Lang LaSalle’s Americas capital markets president. "By appointing Mindy to lead our healthcare capital markets practice, we are ready to serve our clients’ growth in this pivotal sector."

Berman will act as a capital markets liaison to the firm’s recently expanded healthcare solutions practice. She has been a managing director with the firm’s corporate capital markets practice for the past four years. In the past 15 years, she has advised and arranged more than $3 billion of healthcare industry real estate property for providers and developers involving sale-leasebacks, developer build-to-suits and synthetic leases of acute care hospitals, medical office buildings, outpatient facilities and senior housing and skilled nursing facilities, according to a statement.

Ken Ferretti will also join Berman as an associate in the group. Ferretti has eight years of experience in real estate, working for the past three years in the capital markets group at Jones Lang LaSalle, according to a statement.