Welltower Announces $23 Billion Seniors Housing Transactions, Buying Large UK Portfolios and Repositioning Assets
October 28, 2025
Welltower announced approximately $23 billion of transactions to deepen its focus on seniors housing, including a £5.2 billion acquisition of a Barchester‑operated UK real estate portfolio and a £1.2 billion purchase of the complete HC‑One‑operated portfolio. The company is also under contract or closed roughly $4 billion of North American seniors housing acquisitions (about 150 communities / 12,000 units) and will divest an 18 million‑square‑foot outpatient medical portfolio in a $7.2 billion transaction to Remedy Medical Properties to fund the strategy.
- Buyers
- Welltower Inc., Remedy Medical Properties
- Targets
- Barchester‑operated UK seniors housing portfolio, HC‑One‑operated UK seniors housing portfolio, North American seniors housing portfolio (approx. 150 communities)
- Sellers
- HC‑One, Welltower Inc.
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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