John Smelter joined Blueprint in 2024 as a Senior Managing Director on the Medial Properties team. With 35 years of expertise in healthcare real estate and a track record of over $5 billion in sales for major hospital systems, healthcare REITs, developers, and institutional and private investors across 24 states, John has become a leading figure in the industry.

Prior to joining Blueprint, John served as a Senior Director of the Healthcare Real Estate Group at Marcus & Millichap for two decades where he was consistently ranked in the top 1% to 10% of the firm's 1,600 agents nationwide. Most recently, John served as Senior Managing Director of a private equity firm acquiring medical outpatient buildings nationally and he established the Smelter Healthcare Real Estate Group to further serve his clients. With the longest tenure of any agent in healthcare real estate investment sales, regardless of firm, John is recognized as one of the top agents nationally and a leader on the West Coast.

John holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Arizona. He has been an editorial advisory board member of HREI for 20 years. In his spare time, John enjoys skiing double diamond expert runs, playing competitive league tennis, golfing with his friends and clients, and spending time with his two sons and grandson.

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