American Healthcare REIT (AHR) Stock News

American Healthcare REIT (AHR) has published its 2025 Corporate Responsibility Report, its second annual report and the first to include a measurable greenhouse gas reduction target.

The company commits to cut combined Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions intensity by 25% by 2033, using 2024 as the base year. Environmental initiatives include a water management program with Liquified Solutions across 27 assets, expected to deliver about $800,000 in annual water and sewer savings, and a rooftop solar installation at an outpatient medical building in Indianapolis. The report also notes a 97% employee retention rate, new governance policies, and continued cybersecurity oversight.

American Healthcare REIT (AHR) will participate in a roundtable presentation at the BofA Securities Global Real Estate Conference on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, from 12:45 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. Eastern Time.

Chairman and CEO Jeff Hanson, President and COO Gabe Willhite, and VP of Investor Relations & Finance Alan Peterson are expected to speak. A live webcast and subsequent replay, available for up to one year after the conference ends on September 16, 2026, can be accessed via an online link. The company plans to release its investor presentation before market open on Monday, September 14, 2026, on its investor relations events and presentations webpage.

American Healthcare REIT (AHR) has appointed Ann Lacey as Executive Vice President, Asset Management – Senior Housing, to lead day-to-day asset management across its senior housing operating properties (SHOP) and integrated senior health campuses (ISHC).

Lacey joins from Artemis Real Estate Partners, where she was Managing Director, Healthcare, overseeing a senior housing portfolio valued at more than $2 billion and an overall portfolio above $5 billion. She previously spent over a decade at Sunrise Senior Living in operational and performance improvement roles, including building an internal consulting group that supported approximately 250 North American communities and implementing clinical outcome reporting dashboards and balanced scorecards.

The company also named Joshua Miller Vice President, Investments – Senior Housing, responsible for participating in senior housing acquisition and disposition transactions, including sourcing, underwriting, structuring and closing.

American Healthcare REIT (AHR) appointed Jon Crosier as Chief Technology Officer, adding enterprise data and technology leadership to support its growing senior housing platform.

Crosier, who has more than 18 years of experience and previously served as SVP and CTO at Kilroy Realty and in technology leadership roles at Irvine Company, will develop AHR’s data, analytics and technology capabilities. His mandate includes building scalable infrastructure that links portfolio-level insight with property-level execution, strengthening architecture, governance and tools across investment, asset management, finance and operating partners.

AHR also named Kate Jones as Corporate Counsel to support securities reporting, corporate governance, SEC filings, board and committee matters, and legal work on capital markets and transaction activity.

American Healthcare REIT (AHR) acquired eight Class A senior housing communities for approximately $696 million, expanding into supply-constrained East Coast markets and forming a new operating relationship with LCB Senior Living.

The eight properties, built between 2020 and 2022, total 867 units across Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Georgia. The transaction was part of a broader 10-community opportunity in which AHR secured all assets but assigned two non-core communities at its allocated basis to another institutional investor, preserving its capital allocation strategy. AHR’s total year-to-date investments now exceed $2.0 billion, and its awarded investment pipeline is about $675 million, which the company expects to fund with equity proceeds from unsettled forward agreements. LCB developed five and operates seven of the acquired communities, giving AHR its first meaningful Northeast senior housing footprint, while Holbrook Life will continue to manage The Holbrook of Sugar Hill in Georgia.

American Healthcare REIT (AHR) appointed Aric Chang as Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1, 2026, succeeding Brian Peay, who will retire after serving as CFO for 10 years on September 30, 2026.

Chang joins from Public Storage (PSA), where he serves as Chief Financial Officer, Real Estate, overseeing real estate and corporate finance, FP&A, investment underwriting and real estate data analytics, and approximately $16 billion of capital deployment across acquisitions, development, lending and mergers and acquisitions. His background spans senior roles at NYSE-listed REITs, J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s real estate platform and REIT research firms. He will lead AHR’s finance organization alongside existing senior leaders, with the company emphasizing his role in capital allocation, capital markets strategy and supporting future growth.

American Healthcare REIT (NYSE: AHR) announced it has closed on the acquisition of six Class A senior housing communities from Kensington Senior Living for approximately $572 million. These 464 units are part of an eight-community, 745-unit portfolio with an aggregate contract purchase price of about $873 million, which AHR describes as well below replacement cost.

Following these closings, AHR’s year-to-date investments exceed $2 billion, and its awarded investment pipeline is over $675 million, which the company expects to fund with equity from unsettled forward agreements. The remaining two Kensington communities are under definitive purchase agreements and are expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to specified conditions. Kensington will continue to operate all communities, establishing a long-term strategic partnership focused on higher-acuity assisted living and memory care in affluent, supply-constrained U.S. markets.

American Healthcare REIT (NYSE: AHR) priced an underwritten public offering of 13,250,000 common shares via forward sale agreements, with expected aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $712.2 million before expenses. Underwriters have a 30-day option to buy up to 1,987,500 additional shares. Forward purchasers are expected to borrow and sell the shares to underwriters, with physical settlement of the forward agreements expected within about 24 months. According to American Healthcare REIT, net proceeds upon settlement are expected to fund a pending senior housing portfolio acquisition, potential future investments and general corporate purposes.

American Healthcare REIT (NYSE: AHR) has launched an underwritten public offering of 13,250,000 common shares structured via forward sale agreements with Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and KeyBanc Capital Markets, which are also joint book-running managers. Underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,987,500 shares.

Forward purchasers (or affiliates) are expected to borrow and sell these shares to the underwriters, with the company intending to physically settle the forward sale agreements within about 24 months, issuing up to 15,237,500 shares in total if the option is fully exercised. The company will receive cash only upon settlement and plans to contribute net proceeds to its operating partnership for a pending senior housing portfolio acquisition, potential future investments and general corporate purposes.