Global Medical REIT Growing Quickly Since 2016 IPO

03/13/2018 | by

Jeffrey Busch, chairman, president and CEO of Global Medical REIT Inc. (NYSEMKT: GMRE), participated in a video interview at Nareit’s 2018 CEO Forum & Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.

Global Medical REIT acquires licensed, state-of-the-art, purpose-built health care facilities and leases them to clinical operators with leading market share.

Since its IPO in 2016, the company has acquired more than $500 million in assets, mostly medical office buildings (MOBs) and surgery centers in suburban and secondary markets, Busch said. “We’ve been growing quite quickly,” he noted.

Priorities for the coming year include covering the dividend and continuing to grow and secure the stock and its liquidity, Busch commented.

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