Ventas Inc. - VTR- Profile

Ventas Incorporated. The Group's principal activity is to own and lease healthcare-related and senior housing facilities. At 30-Sep-2006, the portfolio of the Group consisted of 200 skilled nursing facilities, 41 hospitals and 147 senior housing and other healthcare facilities, with geographic distribution across 42 states. The Group has real estate loan investments relating to 33 healthcare and senior housing facilities located in Ohio and Maryland. The Group leases these facilities to healthcare operating companies under leases. The Group has been approved as a real estate investment trust by the internal revenue code of 1986. On 07-Jun-2005, the Group acquired Provident Senior Living Trust. Real Estate Investment Trust which provides finance, owns and leases health-care related and senior housing facilities