Description of Operations and Formation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Description of Operations and Formation

1. Description of Operations and Formation

Aviv REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (AVIV or the REIT), is the sole general partner of Aviv Healthcare Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, and its subsidiaries (the Partnership). The Partnership is a majority owned subsidiary that indirectly owns all of the real estate properties. In these footnotes, the Company refers generically to AVIV, the Partnership, and their subsidiaries. The Partnership was formed in 2010 and directly or indirectly owned or leased 313 properties, principally skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), across the United States at September 30, 2014. The Company is a fully integrated self-administered real estate investment trust that owns, acquires, develops and generates the majority of its revenues by entering into long-term triple-net leases with qualified local, regional, and national operators. In addition to the base rent, leases provide for operators to pay the Company an ongoing escrow for real estate taxes. Furthermore, all operating and maintenance costs of the buildings are the responsibility of the operators. Substantially all depreciation expense reflected in the consolidated statements of operations relates to the ownership of real estate properties.

The Partnership is the general partner of Aviv Healthcare Properties Operating Partnership I, L.P. (the Operating Partnership), a Delaware limited partnership, the sole stockholder of Aviv Healthcare Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and the sole member of Aviv Asset Management, L.L.C. (AAM), a Delaware limited liability company. The Operating Partnership has five wholly owned subsidiaries: Aviv Financing I, L.L.C. (Aviv Financing I), a Delaware limited liability company; Aviv Financing II, L.L.C. (Aviv Financing II), a Delaware limited liability company; Aviv Financing III, L.L.C. (Aviv Financing III), a Delaware limited liability company; Aviv Financing IV, L.L.C. (Aviv Financing IV), a Delaware limited liability company; and Aviv Financing V, L.L.C. (Aviv Financing V), a Delaware limited liability company.

All of the business, assets and operations of the Company are held by the Partnership and its subsidiaries. The REIT’s equity interest in the Partnership is linked to future investments in the REIT, such that future equity issuances by the REIT (pursuant to the Partnership’s partnership agreement) will result in a corresponding increase in the REIT’s equity interest in the Partnership. The REIT is authorized to issue 300 million shares of common stock (par value $0.01) and 25 million shares of preferred stock (par value $0.01). The REIT was funded in September 2010 with 13.2 million shares and approximately $235 million from one of the REIT’s stockholders, and approximately 8.5 million additional shares of common stock were issued by the REIT in connection with $159 million of equity contributions by one of the REIT’s stockholders. The Partnership’s capital consists of partnership units, referred to as OP units, which are owned by AVIV and other investors.

On March 7, 2013, the Board of Directors and stockholders of the REIT approved an increase in the number of authorized shares of common stock to 300,000,000 shares of common stock and a 60.37-for-one split of issued and outstanding common stock. The increase in the authorized shares and the stock split became effective on March 8, 2013 when the REIT’s charter was amended for such increase in the number of authorized REIT shares and the stock split. The common share and per common share amounts in these consolidated financial statements and notes to consolidated financial statements have been retrospectively restated to reflect the 60.37-for-one split.

On March 26, 2013, the REIT completed an initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC, which became effective on March 20, 2013. The Company received net proceeds, after underwriting discounts and commissions, of $282.3 million, exclusive of other costs of raising capital in consideration for the issuance and sale of approximately 15.2 million shares of common stock (which included approximately 2.0 million shares sold to the underwriters upon exercise of their option to purchase additional shares to cover over-allotments) at a price to the public of $20.00 per share. In connection with the IPO, the Partnership’s existing Class A, B, C, D and F Units were converted into a single class of OP units.

Immediately prior to the completion of the IPO, there were outstanding approximately 21.7 million shares of common stock of the REIT, limited partnership units of the Partnership which were converted into approximately 11.9 million OP units in connection with the IPO, and 125 shares of preferred stock of the REIT. On April 15, 2013, the 125 shares of preferred stock outstanding were redeemed. At September 30, 2014, there were approximately 47.2 million shares of common stock outstanding and 11.4 million OP units outstanding, which OP units are redeemable for cash or, at the REIT’s option, for shares of common stock of the REIT. The operating results of the Partnership are allocated based upon the REIT’s and the limited partners’ respective economic interests therein. The REIT’s ownership of the Partnership was 80.5% and 76.4% as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. The REIT’s weighted average economic ownership of the Partnership for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 were 80.52%, 79.15%, 75.7%, and 73.1%, respectively.