Special Report: Ventas looks to grow MOB platform

CEO DEBRA CAFARO TALKS ABOUT RECENT ACQUISITIONS, REIT’S FUTURE PLANS

By John Mugford

Debra A. Cafaro

In early 2011, Chicago-based Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) made quite a news splash when it entered an agreement to acquire another large, publicly traded  healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT), Newport Beach, Calif.-based Nationwide Health Properties Inc. (NYSE: NHP).

By summer, the $7.5 billion transaction had closed as planned, with Ventas bringing into its fold NHP’s 294 seniors housing properties, 217 skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), 135 medical office buildings (MOBs), 12 continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) and seven specialty hospitals.

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