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Ventas

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Ventas, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate investment trust focused on senior housing, healthcare properties, and research facilities.

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Last updated September 25, 2026

Contents

  1. 1. Overview
  2. 2. History
  3. 3. Products and positioning
  4. 4. Related entries
  5. 5. Sources

Company facts

Ventas

Industry
Real Estate · Regional Banks
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Founded
1998
Website
www.ventasreit.com
Country
United States
Owner
Public shareholders
On this page5
  1. 1. Overview
  2. 2. History
  3. 3. Products and positioning
  4. 4. Related entries
  5. 5. Sources

Overview

Ventas, Inc. is a U.S.-based real estate investment trust (REIT) whose business is centered on property serving an aging population. The company describes itself as a leading S&P 500 company and says its portfolio includes senior housing, healthcare properties, and research facilities. Its website characterizes Ventas as the world’s second-largest owner of senior housing and presents the company’s role as bringing together real estate, finance, operations, and market expertise to support residents, operators, and investors. Ventas’s stated strategy emphasizes senior housing and the broader longevity economy. The company points to demographic aging, rising demand for senior housing, and limited new construction as drivers of opportunity. It says its data capabilities, operating expertise, and strategic investments support outcomes for residents and operators while creating value for investors. Its senior-housing communities are part of a broader portfolio designed to serve the needs of an aging population. The company reports approximately 1,450 properties across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Its public website identifies its shares as listed on the New York Stock Exchange under VTR. Ventas presents its organizational values as ethics and integrity, excellence, expertise, collaboration, commitment, and achievement. It describes its purpose as enabling environments that benefit an aging population and help people live longer, healthier, and happier lives.

History

Ventas is a commercial real estate company organized as a real estate investment trust. Its current public-facing identity centers on owning and investing in properties connected to aging, including senior housing, healthcare properties, and research facilities. The company describes its platform as having been developed over more than 25 years, but the supplied evidence does not specify a founding date, founder, or a dated account of its early corporate history. In its present-day positioning, Ventas links its business to demographic change and the expansion of the longevity economy. It identifies senior housing as a major area of focus and says that a growing older population, combined with historically low new construction, creates a multiyear growth opportunity. The company describes its approach as combining data, operating expertise, market knowledge, and strategic investment across its portfolio. Ventas presents itself as an S&P 500 company and a publicly traded REIT, with shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker VTR. The company says its portfolio comprises approximately 1,450 properties across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. It also describes its work as a collaboration among specialists in real estate, finance, public markets, operations, and governance, with an organizational purpose focused on environments that benefit an aging population. The supplied company materials emphasize the present strategy and corporate purpose rather than a detailed chronology of acquisitions, leadership changes, or product launches. Accordingly, no specific dated milestones or early-history claims are included here.

Products and positioning

A publicly traded healthcare-focused REIT positioned around senior housing and the growing longevity economy.

  • Senior housing

    A core property category in Ventas’s portfolio, presented as serving demand associated with an aging population.

  • Healthcare properties and research facilities

    Additional property categories identified by the company as part of its portfolio.

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Sources2 sources

  1. 1Home | Ventas, Inc.ventasreit.com
  2. 2Who We Are | Ventas, Inc.ventasreit.com

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