Joe Lee Griffing Hope Lodge

Medical Properties Trust is a self-advised real estate company formed to capitalize on the changing trends in health care delivery by acquiring, developing and leasing health care facilities. The company leases facilities to experienced healthcare operators pursuant to long-term net-leases, which require the tenant to bear most of the costs associated with the property. The company also focuses on acquiring and developing rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, cancer centers, regional and community hospitals, women's and children's hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, as well as other specialized single-discipline and ancillary facilities. Medical Properties Trust is headquartered in Birmingham, Ala.