Merger Arbitrage Mondays - Healthcare Trust Of America To Combine With Healthcare Realty Trust Merger activity increased last week with six new deals announced and six deals completed. Three of the six new deals announced were potential deals in the works. Healthcare Trust of America (NYSE: HTA ) Founded in 2006, Healthcare Trust of America is a healthcare focused REIT and the largest operator of dedicated medical office buildings (MOB) in the United States. The company owns real estate though 461 on-campus and off-campus properties around hospitals and Universities in 32 states. We added HTA to our ‘Deals in the Works‘ tool on October 6, 2021, when Bloomberg reported that activist investor Elliott Investment Management was pushing for the company to launch a strategic review that included a potential sale of the company. The price of HTA was $30.02 before the announcement. On February 28, 2022 HTA announced that it is combining with Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE: HR ) in a cash plus stock deal. We wrote the following about HTA for our October 2021 Mid-Month Update: HTA has performed admirably through the COVID-19 pandemic as demand for medical office buildings remained strong.