Medical Properties Trust is a provider of acquisition financing, sale leasebacks, new development capital and expansion capital to healthcare industry. The company is a self-advised real estate investment trust which acquires, develops, leases and makes other investments in healthcare facilities providing state-of-the-art healthcare services. The company also makes mortgage loans to healthcare operators collateralized by their real estate assets. The corporate development team seeks to acquire businesses through mergers, acquisitions and investments which would help the firm expand and develop net-leased healthcare facilities, allowing hospitals and other healthcare facilities to unlock the value of their underlying real estate in order to fund facility improvements, technology upgrades, staff additions and new construction.