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Verlinvest invests $75m in The Eye Foundation

Verlinvest, the Belgium-based family investment firm, has invested $75 million for a minority stake in The Eye Foundation, an Indian ophthalmology chain with more than 25 hospitals across southern India.

Aedifica shareholders back merger with Cofinimmo

Aedifica and Cofinimmo, two of Europe’s biggest listed healthcare-focused REITs, are one step closer to merging and becoming Europe’s largest healthcare real estate investor, after a majority of Aedifica’s shareholders gave their approval to the board’s proposal to acquire Cofinimmo.

Aedifica and Cofinimmo boards back merger

Aedifica and Cofinimmo, two of Europe’s largest listed healthcare REITs, look set to merge. The boards of both companies have reached an agreement over terms for a share swap, which will now be put to shareholders. HBI spoke to Aedifica’s Chief Investment Officer, Charles-Antoine van Aelst, and Cofinimmo’s Head of External Communications, Philippe Etienne, to understand the motivations behind a deal that, if completed, will create Europe’s largest specialist healthcare real estate investor with ~€11 billion healthcare assets under management.

German care consumables supplier Medi-Markt and homecare provider Unizell GmbH merge to form Liveo Gruppe

Mannheim-based Medi-Markt Group, a supplier of medical aids and consumables to care companies, and Unizell Medicare GmbH, a homecare provider and supplier, have merged to create the Liveo Gruppe, backed by Belgian-headquartered investment firm Gimv. The new entity will employ 450 people across Germany with expected combined sales of €150m, while retaining both existing brands. […]

Activos enters Germany

Spanish REIT Healthcare Activos has acquired its first nursing home asset in Germany, and three new nursing homes in Belgium. Activos has acquired the propco of a nursing home located in Stuttgart, Germany. This is a new build with 88 individual rooms and 31 apartments and is operated by “the largest elderly care operator in […]

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