REIT Sale/Leasebacks Are Not Dead
It is very easy to say that sale/leaseback structures with REITs are dead, especially if your leases are dead in the water. But then you have to ask, why are they dead in the water, and why did you enter into long-term leases in the first place? You could have always financed your properties with debt at 70% to 80% loan-to-value, but the odds are you wanted to recapture some of your equity for growth (or your retirement), and there is always a price you pay for essentially leveraging your property 100%. The real benefit of a sale/leaseback, in addition to the cash you take out, is that everything above the lease payment is yours. The REIT gets its fixed lease return,... Read More »
Ignite Medical Resorts Acquires Kansas City SNF
Ignite Medical Resorts is doubling down on the Kansas City skilled nursing market. Last week, the operator took over management of a 90-bed SNF on the Missouri side that was acquired by LTC Properties for $19.5 million, or $216,700 per bed. The facility was just built in 2018 and leased to Ignite under a 12-year term at an initial cash yield of 8.3%, escalating 2% annually, with two five-year renewals. Occupancy was already strong at 90%, and the facility generated more than $12 million in annualized revenues. It was also announced that Ignite would take over the operations of a 90-bed post-acute/skilled nursing facility in Independence, Missouri currently being developed by LTC and Avenue... Read More »
REITs Are Moving Assets Again
Just when we thought it was safe to go outside again, it was revealed that Welltower had transferred the operations of 20 memory care and Alzheimer’s communities from one of its formerly favored tenants, Silverado Senior Living, to a formerly much smaller tenant, Frontier Management. These 20 properties represent 50% of Silverado’s memory care operations, and the transition is obviously a serious blow. To say that people were shocked by this development would be an understatement. Of the 20 properties, 11 are located in Texas and the rest scattered among four other western and midwestern states. We understand that sometimes a REIT or a lender has to make difficult decisions to protect its... Read More »
Public Companies Trade Assisted Living Portfolio
National Health Investors purchased from LTC Properties a portfolio of four assisted living communities and an AL/memory care community in Pennsylvania and Ohio for $67.5 million, or $210,900 per unit. Known as the Sunrise Portfolio, these communities will now be operated by Bickford Senior Living at an initial rate of 6.85% with annual fixed escalators and a 15-year maturity. Rental revenue under the lease for the four months ended April 30, 2018 was approximately $1.5 million. The properties, located in Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio and Erie, Pennsylvania, are also due to receive $1.75 million in capital improvements. KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. and CS Capital Advisors, LLC acted as... Read More »Schedule a demo
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