Focus Healthcare Partners
Chicago, IL 11–50 employees 8 principals
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About Focus Healthcare Partners
Focus Healthcare Partners is a real estate operator headquartered in Chicago, IL. Focus Healthcare Partners operates in Atlanta, Georgia, Birmingham, Alabama and Chicago, Illinois. Its investment focus is on Affordable Housing, Medical Office & Healthcare and Preferred Equity.
Focus Healthcare Partners LLC is a private real estate investment and asset management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2009 by Paul Froning and Curt Schaller, the company has completed 17 years of continuous operations. The institutional-scale investment manager operates with a specialized workforce of approximately 11 to 50 capital and healthcare real estate professionals. The corporation concentrates its business model entirely on the North American healthcare and senior housing real estate sectors. Its operational framework manages private equity fund syndication, proprietary capital allocation, asset repositioning, and strategic oversight alongside regional operating partners. The firm targets asset acquisitions across the acuity spectrum, focusing primarily on private-pay facilities to mitigate government reimbursement risks. The organization's geographical investment footprint spans a national platform across the United States, targeting premier submarkets within the top 100 metropolitan statistical areas. Prior to launching the firm, the co-founders directed real estate transactions exceeding 4,500,000,000 dollars. Its investment vehicles, including Focus Senior Housing Fund I, II, and III, deploy programmatic equity into premium independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities, alongside strategic allocations in medical office buildings, skilled nursing, and distressed special situations.