4. Acquisitions, Dispositions and Other Significant Transactions

Formation of Venture with Blackstone

On March 29, 2017, the Company and affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Advisors VIII L.P. (collectively, "Blackstone") formed a venture (the “Blackstone Venture”), that acquired 64 senior housing communities for a purchase price of $1.1 billion. The Company had previously leased the 64 communities from HCP, Inc. ("HCP") under long-term lease agreements with a remaining average lease term of approximately 12 years. At the closing, the Blackstone Venture purchased the 64-community portfolio from HCP subject to the existing leases, and the Company contributed its leasehold interests for 62 communities and a total of $179.2 million in cash to purchase a 15% equity interest in the Blackstone Venture, terminate leases, and fund its share of closing costs. As of the formation date, the Company continued to operate two of the communities under lease agreements and began managing 60 of the communities on behalf of the venture under a management agreement with the venture. The two remaining leases will be terminated, pending certain regulatory and other conditions, at which point we will manage the communities; however, there can be no assurance that the terminations will occur or, if they do, when the actual terminations will occur. Two of the communities are managed by a third party for the venture. The results and financial position of the 62 communities for which leases were terminated were deconsolidated from the Company prospectively upon formation of the Blackstone Venture. The Company's interest in the venture is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Under the terms of the venture agreement, the Company may be entitled to distributions which are less than or in excess of the Company's 15% equity interest based upon specified performance criteria.

The results of operations of the 62 communities for which leases were terminated were reported in the following segments within the condensed consolidated financial statements through the formation date: Assisted Living (47 communities), Retirement Centers (eight communities) and CCRCs-Rental (seven communities). The Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements included resident fee revenue of $64.0 million, facility operating expenses of $43.9 million and cash lease payments of $22.2 million for the 62 communities for the three months ended March 31, 2017, and resident fee revenue of $65.2 million, facility operating expenses of $44.1 million and cash lease payments of $21.3 million for the 62 communities for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Initially, the Company determined that the contributed carrying value of the Company's investment was $66.8 million, representing the amount by which the $179.2 million cash contribution exceeded the carrying value of the Company's liabilities under operating, capital and financing leases contributed by the Company net of the carrying value of the assets under such operating, capital and financing leases. However, the Company estimated the fair value of its 15% equity interest in the Blackstone Venture at inception to be $47.1 million. As a result, the Company recorded a $19.7 million charge within asset impairment expense for the three months ended March 31, 2017 for the amount of the contributed carrying value in excess of the estimated fair value of the Company's investment.

Additionally, these transactions related to the Blackstone Venture required the Company to record a significant increase to the Company's existing tax valuation allowance, after considering the change in the Company's future reversal of estimated timing differences resulting from these transactions, primarily due to removing the deferred positions related to the contributed leases. During the three months ended March, 31, 2017, the Company recorded a provision for income taxes to establish an additional $85.0 million of valuation allowance against its federal and state net operating loss carryforwards and tax credits as the Company anticipates these carryforwards and credits will not be utilized prior to expiration. See Note 12 for more information about the Company's deferred income taxes.

Community Dispositions

The Company began 2017 with 16 of its owned communities classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2016. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company completed the disposition of one community previously classified as held for sale. The results of operations of the disposed community are reported within the CCRCs-Rental segment within the condensed consolidated financial statements through the disposition date. Additionally, the Company entered into an agreement to sell one community and to terminate the lease for one adjacent community.

As of March 31, 2017, $106.3 million was recorded as assets held for sale and $60.5 million of mortgage debt was included in the current portion of long-term debt within the condensed consolidated balance sheet with respect to the 16 communities held for sale as of such date. This debt will either be repaid with the proceeds from the sales or be assumed by the prospective purchasers. The results of operations of the 16 communities are reported in the following segments within the condensed consolidated financial statements: Assisted Living (13 communities) and CCRCs-Rental (three communities). The 16 communities had resident fee revenue of $13.8 million and $14.2 million and facility operating expenses of $11.9 million and $12.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2016, respectively.

The closings of the sales of the unsold communities classified as held for sale and the termination of the lease of an adjacent community are subject to receipt of regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions and are expected to occur during fiscal 2017; however, there can be no assurance that the transactions will close or, if they do, when the actual closings will occur.

The Company completed dispositions, through sales and lease terminations, of 59 communities during the period from January 1, 2016 through March 31, 2017 (excluding the 62 communities for which the financial results were deconsolidated from our financial statements prospectively upon formation of the Blackstone Venture on March 29, 2017). The Company's condensed consolidated financial statements included resident fee revenue of $0.7 million and $43.5 million and facility operating expenses of $1.3 million and $33.8 million for the 59 communities for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2016, respectively.

Dispositions and Restructurings of Leased Communities

On November 1, 2016, the Company announced that it had entered into agreements to, among other things, terminate triple-net leases with respect to 97 communities, four of which were contributed to an existing unconsolidated venture in which the Company holds an equity interest and 64 of which were acquired by the Blackstone Venture. In addition to the formation of the Blackstone Venture described above, the transactions include the following components:

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The Company and HCP agreed to terminate triple-net leases with respect to 25 communities, which the Company expects to occur in stages through the end of fiscal 2017. The results of operations of the 25 communities are reported in the following segments within the consolidated financial statements: Assisted Living (23 communities) and CCRCs-Rental (two communities). The 25 communities had resident fee revenue of $18.4 million, facility operating expenses of $14.9 million and cash lease payments of $2.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and resident fee revenue of $18.0 million, facility operating expenses of $14.8 million and cash lease payments of $4.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

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The Company and HCP agreed to terminate triple-net leases with respect to eight communities. HCP agreed to contribute immediately thereafter four of such communities, to an existing unconsolidated venture with HCP in which the Company has a 10% equity interest. During the three months ended December 31, 2016, the triple-net leases with respect to seven communities were terminated and HCP contributed four of the communities to the existing unconsolidated venture. The triple-net lease with respect to the remaining community was terminated during January 2017. The results of operations of the eight communities are reporting in the following segments within the condensed consolidated financial statements through the respective disposition dates: Assisted Living (six communities), Retirement Centers (one community) and CCRCs-Rental (one community). The eight communities had resident fee revenue of $11.4 million, facility operating expenses of $8.0 million and cash lease payments of $3.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016.