Medical Properties Trust Inc MPW

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. is a self-administered real estate investment trust established in 2003 with the objective of acquiring and developing net-leased hospital properties. MPT's financing strategy enables hospitals to use the value of its real estate assets to finance facility enhancements, technology upgrades, and other operational initiatives. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, the firm is the first and only of its type to concentrate entirely on hospital facilities in the US and worldwide.

With about 46,000 hospital beds and a fully financed US portfolio of $13.3bn, it is the second largest owner of hospital beds in the United States. MPT owns hospitals in 32 states in the US, six nations in Europe, Australia, and South America.

Medical Properties Trust is publicly listed on the NYSE under the ticker MPW. In June 2021, the firm announced that it had entered into formal agreements to purchase 18 inpatient mental health hospital facilities and an interest in the operations of Springstone, LLC from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe for a total consideration of $950m. Springstone, located in Louisville, Kentucky, is a prominent supplier of mental health services in the United States characterised by its purpose-built, inpatient facilities in carefully chosen markets with complete behavioural care delivery.

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