LTC Properties reported its third quarter earnings, and in addition to a healthy loan originations strategy, the company made some M&A moves in the quarter. Most notably, the REIT contributed $61.7 million into a joint venture that purchased three skilled nursing facilities located in Florida for $75.8 million, or $253,500 per bed, and leased the properties to affiliates of PruittHealth, Inc. under a 10-year master lease, with two five-year renewal options. Additionally, the master lease provided PruittHealth with a purchase option exercisable at the beginning of the fourth year through the end of the fifth year. LTC expects to receive net income from this investment of approximately $700,000 during the fourth quarter of 2022, and approximately $4.6 million during 2023.
In addition, LTC Properties sold a closed skilled nursing facility in Texas for $485,000 and terminated a master lease covering 12 assisted living communities with a total of 625 units, transitioning the communities to an existing LTC operator. LTC had been providing some rent deferrals and abatements to the outgoing operator, so in connection with the lease termination, LTC abated rent for June 2022 and has forgiven the former operator’s outstanding deferred rent balance of $7.1 million. Also, LTC paid the former operator a $500,000 lease termination fee in exchange for cooperation and assistance in facilitating an orderly transition.
The new master lease has a two-year term, with zero rent for each of July, August, September, and October of 2022. Thereafter, cash rent with the new operator will be based on mutually agreed upon fair market rent. In connection with the new master lease, LTC paid the new operator a $410,000 lease incentive payment which will be amortized as a yield adjustment to rental income over the two-year lease term.
LTC Properties also provided a temporary reduction of rent totaling $900,000 in the third quarter 2022 to Anthem, bringing the total temporary reduction for 2022 to $1.5 million. The annual agreed upon rent from Anthem is $10.8 million of which $6.6 million was paid through the end of September 2022. In October 2022, to date, LTC received an additional $1.2 million of rent and still expects to receive a total of $10.8 million by year end, upon Anthem receiving additional money from the Employee Retention Tax Credit and from improving operating results, hopefully.
