Schorsch: ‘Tomorrow's Healthcare REIT, Today'

NEW YORK CITY—It’s a good time for an established, but still young, healthcare REIT to begin trading, and this is what the three-year-old American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust has done. With listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market now a done deal, the stage is set for what executive chairman Nicholas Schorsch calls “tomorrow’s healthcare REIT, today.”

Since its IPO in February 2011, ARC Healthcare has assembled a 141-property portfolio focused primarily on medical office buildings and seniors housing communities, along with hospitals, post-acute care facilities and other assets. With more efficient access to capital markets thanks to its NASDAQ listing as of Monday, the REIT is positioned for further acquisitions driven by its long-term view of the $1-trillion market, which is still highly fragmented.