HOUSTON-With an investment of $38.1 million, Healthcare Trust ofAmerica Inc. has acquired an 84% interest in a partnership thatowns a 176,000-square-foot medical office building.

The non-traded REIT bought the interest from Plan B-MOB LP, alimited partnership created by local developer Stonehenge RealEstate Investment Co. It also modified the partnership agreement soHTA has the right to control partnership decisions and to allow HTAfirst right of refusal to purchase remaining limited partnerinterests.

Located at 7900 Fannin St., the medical office building isadjacent to The Woman's Hospital of Texas, an HCA-affiliatedhospital within the Texas Medical Center. The Texas Medical Centeris the largest medical center in the world with 49 medicine-relatedinstitutions, 13 renowned hospitals, two specialty institutions,two medical schools, four nursing schools, schools of dentistry andother health related schools and practices that receiveapproximately six million patient visits per year.