Acquisitions
In 2011, the company acquired most real estate assets of Genesis HealthCare for $2.4 billion, adding 147 properties, including post-acute, skilled nursing, and assisted living facilities, in 11 states. Genesis continues to operate the properties.[11]
In 2011, it formed a partnership valued at $890 million with Benchmark Senior Living, which included 34 private-pay senior housing complexes. In January 2015, the company acquired nine Benchmark Senior Living complexes in New England for $360 million.[12][13]
In 2012, the company invested about $5 billion, primarily in private-pay senior housing and medical office buildings; $530 million purchased assets from Belmont Village Senior Living, and $240 million acquired a property portfolio from Brookdale Senior Living.[14]
On January 8, 2013, the company acquired nearly all the real estate assets of Sunrise Senior Living in a $4.3 billion transaction, including 125 properties in large urban areas in the U.S., Canada, and the UK, with 120 owned properties and five joint-venture properties among them. In a related deal, Sunrise's property management business was recapitalized and spun-off to a partnership including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Coastwood Senior Housing Partners LLC, for $130 million. The company bought out their interests in late 2014 through a joint venture with Canadian senior living operator Revera, with Revera owning a 76% equity interest in the Sunrise Senior Living real estate management, and the remainder retained by Health Care REIT.[15]
The company first partnered with Revera in May 2013 when it formed a joint venture to share ownership of 47 Revera retirement residences in Canada. The company bought a 75 percent interest in the approximately CAD$1.35 billion portfolio, with Revera owning the remaining 25 percent. In 2015, the joint venture then acquired Regal Lifestyle Communities for CAD$764 million, including 23 private-pay senior housing properties, thirteen properties in Ontario and seven in Quebec, totalling 3,600 units. One property each is located in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland.[16]
In early 2015, the company purchased all of Aspen Healthcare's four London hospitals for £226 million, including Holly House Hospital, Highgate Hospital, and Parkside Hospital and Cancer Centre, which were then leased back to Aspen for a 25-year terms.[17]
In August 2015, Welltower formed a joint venture with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to acquire a combined interest of 50.5 percent in a portfolio of medical office buildings in Southern California from healthcare REIT G&L Realty. In February 2016, Welltower formed another joint venture with the CPPIB to buy a 97.5 percent interest in senior housing run by Discovery Senior Living in Florida for $555 million. The remaining 2.5 percent equity was retained by Discovery, which operates all six properties, known as "Aston Gardens".[18]
Welltower acquired 19 properties from Vintage Senior Living for $1.15 billion in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas, in September 2016, making Welltower the largest owner of senior housing in the state.[19]
In April 2018, Welltower and ProMedica acquired Healthpeak Properties spin-off Quality Care Properties, along with HCR ManorCare, for $4.4 billion.[20]
In 2025, Welltower acquired Amica Senior Lifestyles from the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, for US$4.6 billion[21][22] and, that June, it acquired NorthStar Healthcare Income REIT for $US900 million in cash.[23][24]
In October 2025, the company acquired Barchester Healthcare, a British care home company, for $6.875 billion.[25]
