Medical Properties Trust to buy 30 UK hospital facilities for 1.5 billion pounds
(Reuters) - Medical Properties Trust Inc (MPT) <MPW.N> said on Monday it agreed to buy 30 acute care hospital facilities in the UK for about 1.5 billion pounds.
The facilities are leased to affiliates of BMI Healthcare, a private operator of acute hospitals in the UK, healthcare-based real estate investment trust MPT said https://reut.rs/2EMsckX in a statement.
The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020.
In a related transaction, affiliates of Circle Health, another U.K.-based hospital operator, will buy BMI.
(Reporting by Bharath Manjesh in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)