Northwest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust is an open-ended real estate investment trust. The Company is the owner and operator of healthcare real estate infrastructure in North America, Brazil, Europe and Australasia. The principal business of the Company is to invest in healthcare real estate globally. It focuses on the cure segment of healthcare real estate, such as hospitals, medical office buildings, and clinics. Its asset class segmentation includes hospitals and healthcare facilities; medical office buildings; and life sciences, research, and education. It provides investors with access to a portfolio of international healthcare real estate infrastructure of interests in a diversified portfolio of about 196 income-producing properties located throughout major markets in North America, Brazil, Europe and Australasia. Its portfolio of medical office buildings, clinics, and hospitals is characterized by long-term indexed leases and stable occupancies.