Assura said on Monday it would consider a 1.61 billion pound ($2.1 billion) offer from U.S. private equity group KKR and Stonepeak Partners, pushing shares of the British healthcare real estate investment trust up 14%.

Healthcare property investor Assura favours higher cash offer from consortium over PHP's all-share merger proposal

(Reuters) -British healthcare real estate investment trust Assura on Monday said it will likely consider a 1.61 billion pounds ($2.08 billion) offer from KKR and Stonepeak Partners, after rejecting four previous offers from another KKR-led consortium.

Assura, the UK-listed property business that designs and invests in key NHS buildings, has received an indicative, non-binding cash offer from a consortium consisting of private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) and Stonepeak Partners.