September 24, 2020
VIA EDGAR AND EMAIL
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Stacie Gorman
| Re: | Acceleration Request of Healthcare Trust, Inc. |
Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-248826)
CIK No. 0001561032
Dear Ms. Gorman:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Healthcare Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated so that it may become effective at 4:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on September 25, 2020, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
Once the Registration Statement has been declared effective, please orally confirm that event with our counsel, Proskauer Rose LLP, by telephoning Michael Choate at (312) 962-3567.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Very truly yours,
HEALTHCARE TRUST, INC.
| By: | /s/ Edward M. Weil, Jr. |
Edward M. Weil, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer and President
| cc: | James A. Tanaka, AR Global |
Michael J. Choate, Proskauer Rose LLP
Daniel L. Forman, Proskauer Rose LLP
