Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. Executes Agreement to Acquire a 108,500 SF Medical Office Building Located in Spartanburg, South Carolina

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. Executes Agreement to Acquire a 108,500 SF
Medical Office Building Located in Spartanburg, South Carolina

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare Trust of America, Inc.
(the "REIT"), a self-managed, non-traded, real estate investment trust,
announced the execution of a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the "Agreement") to
acquire a medical office building located in Spartanburg, South Carolina for
approximately $16,250,000. The closing of the acquisition is subject to a
number of conditions.

The approximate 108,500 SF Mary Black Medical Office Building is located on
the campus of Mary Black Memorial Hospital and is attached to the hospital.
Sixty-five percent of the 3-year old medical office building is leased on a
long-term basis to the Mary Black Health System. The Mary Black Health System
operates approximately 209 acute licensed beds and has approximately 386
active physicians on their medical staff. Mary Black Health System is part of
the Community Health System in Brentwood, Tennessee.

"This acquisition allows us to continue the growth we started in the South
Carolina marketplace in September with a strategically located on-campus
property that has significant tenant occupancy," stated Mark D. Engstrom, the
REIT's Executive Vice President of Acquisitions.

For more information on Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. and to download the
current prospectus, please visit www.htareit.com.

AboutHealthcare Trust of America, Inc.
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. (formerly known as Grubb & Ellis Healthcare
REIT, Inc.) is a self-managed, publicly registered, non-traded, real estate
investment trust. The REIT has made 45 geographically diverse acquisitions
valued at approximately $1.2 billion based on purchase price, which includes
154 buildings and one real estate-related asset, as of October 31, 2009. The
REIT's portfolio totals approximately 6.4 million square feet, and includes
137 medical office buildings, four hospitals, 9 skilled nursing and assisted
living facilities and four other office buildings located in 19 states,
including: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas,
Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.

FORWARD-LOOKING LANGUAGE

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to
the growth and value of the REIT's portfolio and the value that the Mary Black
Medical Office Building adds to the REIT. Forward-looking statements are
statements that are not descriptions of historical facts and include
statements regarding management's intentions, beliefs, expectations, plans or
predictions of the future, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. Because such statements include risks, uncertainties and
contingencies, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and
contingencies include, but are not limited to, the following: the acquisition
of the Mary Black Medical Office Building may not be completed if the
conditions to closing are not satisfied; the strength and financial condition
of the property; the strength and financial condition of the tenants;
uncertainties relating to the local economy of the Spartanburg, South Carolina
area; uncertainties relating to changes in general economic and real estate
conditions; uncertainties regarding changes in the healthcare industry; the
uncertainties relating to the implementation of the REIT's investment
strategy; and other risk factors as outlined in the REIT's prospectus, as
amended from time to time, and as detailed from time to time in the REIT's
periodic reports, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SOURCE Healthcare Trust of America, Inc.

Acquisitions, Mark D. Engstrom, EVP - Acquisitions, Healthcare Trust of
America, Inc. +1-480-998-3478, markengstrom@htareit.com; or Media, Claire
Koeneman, President, Financial Relations Board, +1-312-640-6745,
ckoeneman@mww.com, for Healthcare Trust of America, Inc.