Form: S-3ASR

Automatic shelf registration statement of securities of well-known seasoned issuers

January 15, 2010

S-3ASR: Automatic shelf registration statement of securities of well-known seasoned issuers

Published on January 15, 2010


Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Auditors


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in this Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-) and related Prospectus of Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. for the registration of 2,714,959 shares of its common stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated December 18, 2009, with respect to the combined statement of revenues and certain expenses of the Healthcare Real Estate Carve-out of CapitalSource Inc.: Closings I and II included in Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated December 22, 2009 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
 
 
 
                                                     /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
 
 
 
McLean, Virginia
January 11, 2010