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Omega confirms it acquired 45 Four Seasons care homes

US healthcare REIT Omega Healthcare Investors has confirmed it was the acquirer of 45 of the final batch of 47 UK care homes that were sold earlier this year in the final stage of the years-long liquidation of Four Seasons, formerly the UK’s largest for-profit elderly care group.

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.

PHP attempts to outbid KKR for Assura

Primary Healthcare Properties (PHP), a listed UK REIT focused on the primary care sector, has upped its bid for Assura, its main competitor as the only other REIT with a significant portfolio of UK GP practices. US PE firms KKR and Stonepeak have meanwhile reiterated their joint offer for Assura, saying PHP’s would be more risky. Assura has delayed its planned shareholder vote on the KKR/Stonepeak offer to properly consider the new PHP offer.

Cofinimmo rejects Aedifica takeover offer but suggests it would accept a higher one

The merger of two of Europe’s largest listed healthcare REITs, Aedifica and Cofinimmo, to create a giant pan-European healthcare REIT with ~€11 billion healthcare assets under management (AUM), may still be on the table. Cofinimmo's board unanimously rejected Aedifica’s offer for the REIT but has suggested it would accept a higher offer.

Spanish and Portuguese hospital groups show us the future of European private healthcare — Alberto Fernandez, Healthcare Activos

Like most healthcare REITs, Healthcare Activos is primarily focused on investing in nursing homes. But since 2018 it has begun investing in hospitals as well. In a conversation with HBI, Co-CEO Alberto Fernandez explained why the largely privately funded hospitals run by Spanish and Portuguese private hospital groups are much more attractive investment prospects than the equivalents in Bismarckian countries.

FREE BLOG Standout themes from this year’s Healthcare Property Report

We are soon to release our 2025 Healthcare Property Report. Last year we released our first Special Report on Europe’s healthcare real estate market. This year’s report is structured similarly to last year’s, covering the latest market developments and deep dives into different sub sectors, but at roughly double the length of last year’s, it is substantially more indepth and features more case study interviews with specialist healthcare real estate investors.

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