Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We have issued our report dated January 10, 2013 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust II, Inc. (a Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage) and subsidiary contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. We consent to the inclusion of the aforementioned report in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption “Experts.”
/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 26, 2013