The facilities are leased to affiliates of BMI Healthcare, a private operator of acute h
ospitals in the UK, healthcare-based real estate investment trust MPT saidhttps://reut.rs/2EMsckX in a statement.

The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020.

In a related transaction, affiliates of Circle Health, another U.K.-based hospital operator, will buy BMI.

(Reporting by Bharath Manjesh in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)