The Ensign Group, Inc. announced that it acquired the real estate and operations of Champions Healthcare at Willowbrook, a healthcare campus consisting of a 98-bed skilled nursing facility and a 144-bed assisted living facility located in Houston, Texas. The real estate was acquired by a subsidiary of Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, Inc., Ensign?s captive real estate company, and the acquisition was effective November 1, 2023. This acquisition brings Ensign's growing portfolio to 297 healthcare operations, 27 of which also include senior living operations, across thirteen states.

Ensign subsidiaries, including Standard Bearer, own 113 real estate assets. Mr. Port reaffirmed that Ensign is actively seeking opportunities to acquire real estate and to lease both well-performing and struggling skilled nursing, senior living and other healthcare related businesses throughout the United States.