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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>06/30/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
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        <issuerName>American Healthcare REIT, Inc.</issuerName>
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        <issuerName>American Healthcare REIT, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>18191 VON KARMAN AVENUE, SUITE 300, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
92612</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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        <filingPersonName>PRINCIPAL REAL ESTATE INVESTORS, LLC

PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>PRINCIPAL REAL ESTATE INVESTORS, LLC
711 HIGH STREET
DES MOINES, Iowa
50392-0300

PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS
711 HIGH STREET
DES MOINES, Iowa
50392-0300
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PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS - DELAWARE</citizenship>
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PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS - 0</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
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PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS - 1,116,973</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
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        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.</certifications>
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    <exhibitInfo>This statement is filed by Principal Real Estate Investors LLC and Principal Global Investors LLC jointly pursuant to a Joint Filing Agreement, which is filed with this Schedule 13G as Exhibit 99.1.</exhibitInfo>
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      <reportingPersonName>PRINCIPAL REAL ESTATE INVESTORS, LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ J. Markham Penrod</signature>
        <title>Chief Compliance Officer - North America, Principal Asset Management</title>
        <date>08/08/2025</date>
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      <reportingPersonName>PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS</reportingPersonName>
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        <signature>/s/ J. Markham Penrod</signature>
        <title>Chief Compliance Officer - North America, Principal Asset Management</title>
        <date>08/08/2025</date>
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