GlobeSt.com: Why did you decide to launch the Health Care REIT earlier this year? What was the timing?

Hanson: We had started Healthcare REIT I in mid-2006, and we did a three year IPO on that deal and raised just over $1.2 billion in equity and sent them out self-advised just a few weeks ago. So we timed the process with Health Care REIT II such that we'd work through a plus or minus six or seven month process with the regulatory agencies to get it approved while we were transitioning out from Health Care I. We concluded our advisory agreement with Healthcare I on Sept. 20, and we began raising equity the very next day on Healthcare II.

GlobeSt.com: Are investors finding health care more stable right now due to what's happening in the economy?

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