Northwest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust is a Toronto-based global healthcare real estate investor and asset manager that owns and operates healthcare infrastructure assets across North America, Europe, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand. Founded in 2004 by Paul Dalla Lana as part of Northwest Value Partners, the company initially operated as a local healthcare real estate business in Ontario before expanding across Canada and internationally. The REIT completed its initial public offering in 2010 and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker NWH.UN. The REIT manages a portfolio comprising essential healthcare infrastructure including inpatient hospitals, medical outpatient centers, ambulatory surgery centers, diagnostic and imaging facilities, and rehabilitation centers. The company operates across eight countries: Canada, the United States, Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. Northwest's investment strategy focuses on the cure segment of healthcare real estate, partnering with large hospital operators and healthcare practitioners typically supported by direct or indirect government funding. Northwest expanded internationally beginning in 2012 with acquisitions in Germany, followed by entry into Brazil in 2013, the Netherlands in 2019, the UK in 2020, the US in 2022, and Australia through a joint venture with GIC.