Ventas (NYSE: VTR), a Chicago-based real estate investment trust that invests primarily in healthcare real estate, struck a deal with Blackstone Real Estate Partners VIII to acquire a life science, research and medical campus in Providence, RI for nearly $130 million.

The acquisition includes the South Street Landing, a 269,000-square-foot building fully leased to Brown University and the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College’s Nursing…