CareTrust REIT has elevated nine internal executives and added four new hires to strengthen its pursuit of diversified growth. Derek Bunker has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer, succeeding the role responsible for overseeing financial strategy across a market capitalization that has expanded from approximately $2 billion to over $8 billion in the past two years. Joe Layne now serves as Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel, while Rory Williams assumes the role of Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management. Additional promotions include Brandon Keller to Vice President, Asset Management; Josh Hillman to Vice President, Investments; Shane Archer to Asset Manager in Asset Management; Nick Winthrop to Senior Associate, Investments; Michael Pellegrino to Senior Analyst, Asset Management; and Tara Mohammadi to Accounting Supervisor. New external hires are designed to deepen expertise: Kyle Bennion joins as Senior Vice President of Investments and Transactions Counsel; Dan Chin as Vice President of Data & Analytics; Emily Meckler as Finance Director; and Landon Hallmark as Machine Learning Engineer in Data & Analytics. CEO Dave Sedgwick highlighted that these moves reflect an ownership mentality and readiness to support CareTrust’s next phase of growth across the United States and United Kingdom.

Effective January 1, 2026, CareTrust completed the acquisition of six skilled nursing facilities in the Mid-Atlantic region for approximately $142 million, including transaction costs. The portfolio adds 532 licensed beds and is leased under a long-term triple-net structure to a tenant new to CareTrust. The lease features annual inflation-based rent escalators and multiple renewal options, further securing predictable cash flows. This transaction represents CareTrust’s 260th property acquisition since the beginning of its recent growth cycle and underscores its strategy to augment external growth with quality operators and net-leased healthcare properties.