Summary
On March 1, 2024, Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (NYSE: PEAK) (Healthpeak) announced that it closed its previously announced merger (the Transaction) with Physicians Realty Trust (NYSE: DOC) (Physicians Realty Trust). The all-stock merger of equals is valued at approximately $21 billion. At close, each Physicians Realty Trust common share was converted into 0.674 of a newly issued Healthpeak common share. The combined company operates under the name “Healthpeak Properties, Inc.” and began trading under the ticker symbol “DOC” at the open of trading on The New York Stock Exchange on March 4, 2024.
The combined company is the leading real estate platform dedicated to healthcare discovery and delivery with a 52-million-square-foot portfolio, including 40 million square feet of outpatient medical properties concentrated in high-growth markets such as Dallas, Houston, Nashville, Phoenix, and Denver. The Transaction is expected to generate merger-related synergies of $40 million during 2024 with potential for $20 million or more of additional synergies by year-end 2025. In connection with the completion of the merger, the Healthpeak Board of Directors expanded to 13 directors with the addition of five new directors that previously served on the board of trustees of Physicians Realty Trust.
Physicians Realty Trust is a self-managed health care real estate company organized to acquire, selectively develop, own, and manage health care properties leased to physicians, hospitals, and health care delivery systems. As of December 31, 2023, DOC’s consolidated portfolio consisted of 278 health care properties in 32 states with approximately 15.6 million net leasable square feet, which were approximately 94% leased with a weighted average remaining lease term of approximately 5.1 years.
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