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Real Estate and Other Activities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Real Estate [Abstract]  
Real Estate and Other Activities

3. Real Estate and Other Activities

New Investments

For the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, we acquired or invested in the following net assets (in thousands):

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Land and land improvements

 

$

135,301

 

 

$

642,312

 

 

$

365,281

 

Buildings

 

 

487,698

 

 

 

2,381,654

 

 

 

2,547,313

 

Intangible lease assets — subject to amortization
   (weighted-average useful life of
21.3 years in 2022,
   
34.5 years in 2021, and 27.5 years in 2020)

 

 

45,394

 

 

 

262,385

 

 

 

642,699

 

Investment in financing leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

114,797

 

Mortgage loans(1)(2)

 

 

159,735

 

 

 

1,113,300

 

 

 

176,840

 

Investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures

 

 

399,456

 

 

 

 

 

 

233,593

 

Investments in unconsolidated operating entities

 

 

131,105

 

 

 

1,033,096

 

 

 

205,000

 

Other loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

103,195

 

Other assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,328

 

Liabilities assumed

 

 

(25,727

)

 

 

(82,508

)

 

 

(140,866

)

 

 

$

1,332,962

 

 

$

5,350,239

 

 

$

4,249,180

 

Loans repaid(1)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,103,410

)

 

 

(834,743

)

Total net assets acquired

 

$

1,332,962

 

 

$

4,246,829

 

 

$

3,414,437

 

 

(1)
The 2021 column includes an £800 million mortgage loan advanced to the Priory Group (“Priory”) in the first quarter of 2021 and converted to fee simple ownership of 35 properties in the second quarter of 2021 as described below. The 2020 column includes approximately $740 million of loans advanced to Steward in 2017 and exchanged for the fee simple real estate of two hospitals as described below, as well as approximately $100 million of loans advanced to Ernest Health, Inc. (“Ernest”) in 2012 and exchanged for the fee simple real estate of four hospitals as described below.
(2)
In the 2022 second quarter, we increased our mortgage loan to Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. ("Prospect") that was originated in 2019 and that is secured by a first lien on a California hospital. The loan bears interest at a current market rate plus a component of additional interest upon repayment.

2022 Activity

Macquarie Transaction

On March 14, 2022, we completed a transaction with Macquarie Asset Management (“MAM”), an unrelated party, to form a partnership (the “Macquarie Transaction”), pursuant to which we contributed eight Massachusetts-based general acute care hospitals that are leased to Steward, and a fund managed by MAM acquired, for cash consideration, a 50% interest in the partnership. The transaction valued the portfolio at approximately $1.7 billion, and we recognized a gain on sale of real estate of approximately $600 million from this transaction, partially offset by the write-off of unbilled straight-line rent receivables. The partnership raised nonrecourse secured debt of 55% of asset value, and we received proceeds, including from the secured debt, of approximately $1.3 billion. We obtained a 50% interest in the real estate partnership valued at approximately $400 million (included in the "Investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures" line of our consolidated balance sheets), which is being accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

In connection with this transaction, we separated the eight Massachusetts-based facilities into a separate master lease with terms generally identical to the other master lease, and the initial fixed lease term of both master leases were extended to 2041.



Other Transactions

On December 9, 2022, we acquired six behavioral health facilities in the United Kingdom for £233 million ($286 million), plus customary tax and other transaction costs. These hospitals are leased to Priory pursuant to separate long-term leases with inflation-based escalators. As part of this transaction, the third-party seller of the real estate provided £105 million of seller financing - see Note 4 for further details on this debt.

On March 11, 2022, we acquired four general acute care hospitals in Finland for €178 million ($194 million). These hospitals are leased to Pihlajalinna pursuant to a long-term lease with annual inflation-based escalators. We acquired these facilities by the share purchase of real estate holding entities that included deferred income tax and other liabilities of approximately $26 million.

On February 16, 2022, we agreed to participate in an existing syndicated term loan with a term of six years originated on behalf of Priory. We funded £96.5 million towards a £100 million participation level, reflecting a 3.5% discount. The loan carries a variable rate that was 8.3% at December 31, 2022.

Other investments in 2022 included the acquisition of six general acute care facilities and the origination of a CHF 60 million mortgage loan to Infracore SA ("Infracore"). Of the assets acquired, three were general acute care facilities located throughout Spain, acquired on April 29, 2022 for 27 million, and leased to GenesisCare pursuant to a long-term lease with annual inflation-based escalators. In addition, two general acute care facilities, one in Arizona and the other in Florida, were acquired on April 18 and 25, 2022, respectively, for approximately $80 million and leased to Steward pursuant to an already existing master lease agreement with annual inflation-based escalators. The other general acute care facility, located in Colombia, was acquired on July 29, 2022 for $26 million and leased to Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia pursuant to a long-term lease with inflation-based escalators.

 

2021 Activity

Priory Group Transaction

On January 19, 2021, we completed the first of two phases in the Priory transaction in which we funded an £800 million interim mortgage loan on an identified portfolio of Priory real estate assets in the United Kingdom. On June 25, 2021, we completed the second phase of the transaction in which we converted this mortgage loan to fee simple ownership in a portfolio of 35 select real estate assets from Priory (which is currently owned by Waterland Private Equity Fund VII C.V. (“Waterland VII”)) in individual sale-and-leaseback transactions. Therefore, the net aggregate purchase price for the real estate assets we acquired from Priory was approximately £800 million, plus customary stamp duty, tax, and other transaction costs. As part of the real estate acquisition (for which some of the assets were acquired by the share purchase of real estate holding entities), we incurred deferred income tax liabilities and other liabilities of approximately £47.1 million.

In addition to the real estate investment, on January 19, 2021, we made a £250 million acquisition loan to Waterland VII, in connection with the closing of Waterland VII’s acquisition of Priory, which was repaid in full plus interest on October 22, 2021.

Finally, we acquired a 9.9% passive equity interest in the Waterland VII affiliate that indirectly owns Priory.

 

Other Transactions

On December 2, 2021, we acquired the remaining 50% interest in a general acute hospital operated by IMED Hospitales ("IMED") in Valencia, Spain, which was formerly owned by our joint venture partner. We followed the asset acquisition cost accumulation model to account for this acquisition and included the carrying amount of our previously held equity interest, along with the approximately €46 million consideration paid and direct transaction costs incurred, in determining the total cost allocated to the net assets acquired.

On October 21, 2021, we acquired an acute care facility in Portugal for €17.8 million. This facility is leased to Atrys Health pursuant to a long-term master lease with annual escalations.

On October 19, 2021, we invested in 18 inpatient behavioral health facilities throughout the U.S. and an interest in the operations of Springstone for total consideration of $950 million (including an acquisition loan of approximately $185 million), plus closing and other transaction costs. We also incurred deferred income tax liabilities of approximately $8.0 million. These facilities are leased to Springstone pursuant to a long-term master lease with annual escalations and multiple extension options.

On August 1, 2021, we completed the acquisition of five general acute care hospitals located in South Florida for approximately $900 million, plus closing and other transaction costs. These hospitals are leased to Steward pursuant to a master lease, with annual inflation-based escalators.

On July 6, 2021, we acquired four acute care hospitals and two on-campus medical office buildings in Los Angeles, California for $215 million. These hospitals are leased to Pipeline Health System, LLC ("Pipeline") pursuant to a long-term lease with annual inflation-based escalators.

On July 6, 2021, we also acquired an acute care hospital in Stirling, Scotland for £15.6 million. This hospital is leased to Circle Health Ltd. (“Circle”) pursuant to a long-term lease with annual inflation-based escalators.

On April 16, 2021, we made a CHF 145 million investment in Swiss Medical Network, our tenant via our Infracore equity investment.

On January 8, 2021, we made a $335 million loan to affiliates of Steward, all of the proceeds of which were used to redeem a similarly sized convertible loan held by Steward’s former private equity sponsor.

2020 Activity

 

Circle Transaction

On January 8, 2020, we acquired a portfolio of 30 acute care hospitals located throughout the United Kingdom for approximately £1.5 billion from affiliates of BMI Healthcare, Inc. (“BMI”), as part of a share purchase in which we also inherited certain net deferred income tax and other liabilities and £27.6 million of unearned rent revenue. In a related transaction, affiliates of Circle acquired BMI and assumed its operations in the United Kingdom. As part of our acquisition, we inherited 30 existing leases with the operator that had initial fixed terms ending in 2050, with no renewal options but with annual inflation-based escalators. Effective June 16, 2020, these 30 leases were amended to include two five-year renewal options and improve the annual inflation-based escalators. These 30 leases are cross-defaulted and guaranteed by Circle.

 

Other Transactions

On December 31, 2020, we acquired an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in South Carolina for approximately $17 million. As part of the transaction, we acquired the fee simple real estate of three inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and one long-term acute care hospital in exchange for the reduction of the mortgage loans made to Ernest for such properties in 2012. These five facilities, with an approximate $115 million total investment, are leased to Ernest pursuant to an existing long-term master lease with multiple extension options and annual escalation provisions.

On December 29, 2020, we increased our equity ownership and related investment in Infracore by investing an additional CHF 206.5 million. We are accounting for our total investment in this joint venture (this investment along with our initial investment in 2019 as noted below) under the equity method.

On August 13, 2020, we acquired a general acute care hospital in Lynwood, California for a total investment of approximately $300 million. This property is leased to Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. (“Prime”) pursuant to a long-term master lease with annual escalations and multiple extension options.

On July 8, 2020, we acquired the fee simple real estate of two general acute care hospitals located in the Salt Lake City, Utah area, Davis Hospital & Medical Center and Jordan Valley Medical Center, in exchange for the reduction of the mortgage loans made to Steward for such properties and additional cash consideration of $200 million based on their relative fair value. The approximate $950 million investment in these two facilities is subject to a Steward master lease.

On June 24, 2020, we originated a CHF 45 million secured loan to Infracore, which was paid in full on December 2, 2020.

On May 13, 2020, we formed a joint venture for the purpose of investing in the operations of international hospitals. As part of the formation, we originated a $205 million acquisition loan. We have a 49% interest in this joint venture and are accounting for our investment using the fair value option election. The joint venture simultaneously purchased from Steward the rights and existing assets related to all present and future international opportunities previously owned by Steward for strategic, regulatory, and risk management purposes. Through this joint venture, we invested, on November 17, 2020, in the real estate of three general acute care hospitals in Colombia for approximately $135 million. These properties are operated by the international joint venture.

Other acquisitions in 2020 included three inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, two general acute care hospitals, and one private acute care hospital totaling approximately $300 million. One inpatient rehabilitation facility, located in Dahlen, Germany, was acquired on August 5, 2020 for €12.5 million and is leased to MEDIAN Kliniken S.á.r.l. (“MEDIAN”) pursuant to the existing master lease. One of the general acute care facilities, located in Darlington, United Kingdom, was acquired on August 7, 2020 for £29.4 million and is leased to Circle pursuant to a long-term lease. The other general acute care hospital, located in London, United Kingdom, was acquired on November 25, 2020 for £50 million via the purchase of a 999-year ground lease and is leased to The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust pursuant to a long-term lease. The inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, one in Texas and one in Indiana, were acquired on December 17, 2020 for approximately $58 million and are leased to Post Acute Medical, LLC pursuant to a long-term lease. The private acute care hospital, located in Reading, United Kingdom, was acquired on December 18, 2020 for £85.0 million and is leased to Circle pursuant to the existing long-term Circle master lease.

Development Activities

2022 Activity

During 2022, we agreed to finance the development of five new projects. One of these development projects is a behavioral health facility in McKinney, Texas with a total budget of approximately $35 million. This facility will be leased to Springstone pursuant to the existing long-term master lease. The second development project is an inpatient rehabilitation facility in Cayce, South Carolina with a total budget of approximately $22 million. This facility will be leased to Ernest pursuant to an existing long-term master lease. In addition, we agreed to finance the development of and lease three general acute care facilities located throughout Spain for a total commitment of approximately €120 million. These facilities will be leased to our existing tenant, IMED, under a long-term master lease agreement.

During the 2022 first quarter, we completed construction and began recording rental income on an inpatient rehabilitation facility located in Bakersfield, California. This facility commenced rent on March 1, 2022 and is being leased to Ernest pursuant to an existing long-term master lease.

2021 Activity

In the fourth quarter of 2021, we agreed to finance the development of and lease an acute care facility in Texarkana, Texas for $169.4 million. After initial delays with a change in the general contractor, physical construction has begun with an updated expected completion date of the first quarter of 2026. This facility will be leased to Steward pursuant to an existing long-term master lease.

2020 Activity

On November 23, 2020, we agreed to finance the development of and lease an inpatient rehabilitation facility in Stockton, California for $47.7 million. This facility will be leased to Ernest pursuant to an existing long-term master lease.

During 2020, we completed construction on two general acute care facilities and one inpatient rehabilitation facility and began recognizing revenue on these properties immediately thereafter.

See table below for a status summary of our current development projects (in thousands):

Property

 

Commitment

 

 

Costs
Incurred as of
December 31, 2022

 

 

Estimated Rent
Commencement
Date

Ernest (Stockton, California)

 

$

47,700

 

 

$

45,739

 

 

1Q 2023

IMED (Spain)

 

 

50,411

 

 

 

13,037

 

 

2Q 2023

Ernest (South Carolina)

 

 

22,400

 

 

 

7,541

 

 

2Q 2023

IMED (Spain)

 

 

45,408

 

 

 

33,801

 

 

3Q 2023

Springstone (Texas)

 

 

34,600

 

 

 

1,962

 

 

1Q 2024

IMED (Spain)

 

 

36,734

 

 

 

8,320

 

 

3Q 2024

Steward (Texas)

 

 

169,408

 

 

 

57,020

 

 

1Q 2026

 

 

$

406,661

 

 

$

167,420

 

 

 

 

Disposals

2022 Activity

On March 14, 2022, we completed the previously described partnership with MAM, in which we sold the real estate of eight Massachusetts-based general acute care hospitals, with a fair value of approximately $1.7 billion. See "New Investments" in this Note 3 for further details on this transaction.

During 2022, we also completed the sale of 15 other facilities (including 11 properties sold on September 1, 2022 related to the Prime repurchase option for proceeds of $366 million) and five ancillary properties for total proceeds of approximately $522 million and recognized a gain on real estate of approximately $100 million, along with a $42 million write-off of straight-line rent receivables due to the early termination of certain properties' expected lease terms.

Summary of Operations for Disposed Assets in 2022

The properties sold during 2022 do not meet the definition of discontinued operations. However, the following represents the operating results from these properties for the periods presented (in thousands):

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Revenues(1)

 

$

17,831

 

 

$

180,549

 

 

$

174,362

 

Real estate depreciation and amortization(2)

 

 

(4,683

)

 

 

(28,579

)

 

 

(38,059

)

Property-related expenses

 

 

(1,588

)

 

 

(5,065

)

 

 

(12,509

)

Other income(3)

 

 

536,813

 

 

 

181

 

 

 

1,228

 

Income from real estate dispositions, net

 

$

548,373

 

 

$

147,086

 

 

$

125,022

 

(1)
Includes approximately $42 million of straight-line rent and other write-offs associated with the non-Macquarie disposal transactions for the year ended December 31, 2022.
(2)
Lower in 2022 as we stopped depreciating the properties making up the Macquarie Transaction once deemed held for sale in September 2021.
(3)
Includes $536.8 million of gains (net of $125 million write-off of straight-line rent receivables related to the Macquarie Transaction) for the year ended December 31, 2022.

2021 Activity

During the 2021 fourth quarter, we sold our interest in the operations of three operators (two of which were in Germany) for proceeds of approximately $54.5 million, resulting in a net gain of approximately $40 million.

During 2021, we also completed the sale of 16 facilities and an ancillary property for approximately $246 million, resulting in a net gain on real estate of approximately $52.5 million.

2020 Activity

During 2020, we completed the sale of nine facilities and six ancillary properties for approximately $94 million, resulting in a net loss of $2.8 million.

Intangible Assets

At December 31, 2022 and 2021, our intangible lease assets were $1.4 billion ($1.2 billion, net of accumulated amortization) and $1.4 billion ($1.3 billion, net of accumulated amortization), respectively.

We recorded amortization expense related to intangible lease assets of $55.9 million, $56.0 million, and $42.4 million in 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively, and expect to recognize amortization expense from existing lease intangible assets as follows (amounts in thousands):

 

For the Year Ended December 31:

 

 

 

2023

 

$

56,740

 

2024

 

 

56,683

 

2025

 

 

56,535

 

2026

 

 

56,266

 

2027

 

 

55,932

 

 

As of December 31, 2022, capitalized lease intangibles have a weighted-average remaining life of 23.7 years.

Leasing Operations (Lessor)

We acquire and develop healthcare facilities and lease the facilities to healthcare operating companies. The initial fixed lease terms of these infrastructure-type assets are typically at least 15 years, and most include renewal options at the election of our tenants, generally in five year increments. Over 99% of our leases provide annual rent escalations based on increases in the CPI (or similar indices outside the U.S.) and/or fixed minimum annual rent escalations. Many of our domestic leases contain purchase options with pricing set at various terms but in no case less than our total initial investment. For three properties with a carrying value of approximately $110 million at December 31, 2022, our leases require a residual value guarantee from the tenant. Our leases typically require the tenant to handle and bear most of the costs associated with our properties including repair/maintenance, property taxes, and insurance. We routinely inspect our properties to ensure our assets are being maintained properly and in compliance with the terms of our leases.

The following table summarizes total future minimum lease payments to be received, excluding operating expense reimbursements, from tenants under noncancelable leases as of December 31, 2022 (amounts in thousands):

 

 

 

Total Under
Operating Leases

 

 

Total Under
Financing Leases

 

 

Total

 

2023

 

$

984,353

 

 

$

161,079

 

 

$

1,145,432

 

2024

 

 

1,001,456

 

 

 

164,357

 

 

 

1,165,813

 

2025

 

 

1,016,367

 

 

 

167,701

 

 

 

1,184,068

 

2026

 

 

1,031,717

 

 

 

171,112

 

 

 

1,202,829

 

2027

 

 

1,048,409

 

 

 

174,591

 

 

 

1,223,000

 

Thereafter

 

 

25,851,987

 

 

 

4,376,304

 

 

 

30,228,291

 

 

 

$

30,934,289

 

 

$

5,215,144

 

 

$

36,149,433

 

For all of our properties subject to lease, we are the legal owner of the property and the tenant's right to use and possess such property is guided by the terms of a lease. At December 31, 2022, we account for all of these leases as operating leases, except where GAAP requires alternative classification, including leases on 13 Ernest facilities and three Prime facilities that are accounted for as DFLs and leases on 13 of our Prospect facilities and five of our Ernest facilities that are accounted for as a financing. The components of our total investment in financing leases consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2022

 

 

As of December 31, 2021

 

Minimum lease payments receivable

 

$

880,253

 

 

$

1,183,855

 

Estimated unguaranteed residual values

 

 

203,818

 

 

 

203,818

 

Less: Unearned income and allowance for credit loss

 

 

(731,915

)

 

 

(918,584

)

Net investment in direct financing leases

 

 

352,156

 

 

 

469,089

 

Other financing leases (net of allowance for credit loss)

 

 

1,339,167

 

 

 

1,584,238

 

Total investment in financing leases

 

$

1,691,323

 

 

$

2,053,327

 

 

The decrease in total investment in financing leases during 2022 is primarily related to financing leases associated with two properties sold on September 1, 2022 associated with the Prime repurchase transaction, along with the impairment associated with our Prospect properties, as discussed further below.

 

COVID-19 Rent Deferrals

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our tenants’ business, we agreed to defer collection of a certain amount of rent for a few tenants. Pursuant to our agreements with these tenants, we expect repayments of previously deferred rent to continue, with the remaining outstanding deferred rent balance of approximately $14.6 million as of December 31, 2022, to be paid over specified periods in the future with interest.

Prospect Medical Holdings

In August 2019, we invested in a portfolio of 14 acute care hospitals in three states (California, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut) operated by Prospect for a combined purchase price of approximately $1.5 billion. In addition, we originated a $112.9 million term loan secured by a parent guaranty. In the 2022 second quarter, we funded an additional $100 million towards the existing mortgage loan that is secured by a first lien on a California hospital.

Prospect (like other healthcare systems around the world) struggled through the COVID-19 pandemic, starting in early 2020 and continuing through much of the 2022 first quarter with the impact from the Omicron variant. Although admissions, surgeries, and ER

visits are back above pre-COVID levels at their California and Connecticut properties, Prospect’s four Pennsylvania facilities are still trailing. Now with the impact of higher labor and other costs due to inflation, Prospect has experienced a decline in cash flows during 2022. Prospect has been working through various restructuring plans to manage their cash flow. Some of these plans have made it to the binding commitment stage, including the expected sale of their Connecticut properties to Yale New Haven Health ("Yale") announced in October 2022, while others have not.

Until the 2022 fourth quarter, Prospect was current on its rent and interest obligations under the various agreements. However, with rent and interest now past due and certain of Prospect’s restructuring plans yet to be finalized, we recorded an approximate $280 million impairment charge in the 2022 fourth quarter, as shown in "Real estate and other impairment charges, net" on the consolidated statements of net income. As part of this charge, we reduced the carrying value of the underperforming Pennsylvania properties by approximately $170 million (to approximately $250 million) and reserved all non-cash rent for a total of $112 million. We expect to record rent on our Prospect leases on a cash basis for the foreseeable future. At December 31, 2022, we believe our remaining investment in the Prospect real estate and other assets are fully recoverable, but no assurances can be given that we will not have any further impairments in future periods.

Pipeline Health System

On October 2, 2022, Pipeline filed for reorganization relief under Chapter 11 protection of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the Southern District of Texas, while keeping its hospitals open to continue providing care to the communities served. On February 6, 2023, Pipeline emerged from bankruptcy. Per the bankruptcy settlement, Pipeline's current lease of our California assets remains in place, and we were repaid on February 7, 2023 for all rent that was outstanding at December 31, 2022, along with what was due for January and February 2023. We have agreed to defer $5.6 million, or approximately 30%, of rent in 2023 to be paid in 2024 with interest. We also agreed to provide approximately $11 million in capital funding for Pipeline to complete their behavioral facility addition to the Coast Plaza Hospital, which will result in increased rent to us upon completion. As of December 31, 2022, assets leased to Pipeline represent 1% of our total assets, which we believe are fully recoverable at this time. However, no assurances can be given that we will not have any write-offs or impairments in future periods.

Watsonville Community Hospital

On September 30, 2019, we acquired the real estate of Watsonville Community Hospital in Watsonville, California for $40 million, which was then leased to Halsen Healthcare. In addition, we made a working capital loan to Halsen Healthcare. The hospital operator faced significant financial challenges over a two-year period that were worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time, we increased the loan in an effort to support the operator of this facility, allowing it to continue to serve the community's needs. On December 5, 2021, Halsen Healthcare filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in order to reorganize, while keeping the hospital open. As such, we recorded a credit loss reserve of approximately $40 million against the estimated uncollectible portion of the loan and wrote off approximately $2.5 million of billed and straight-line rent receivables.

On February 23, 2022, the bankruptcy court approved the bid by Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Corporation ("Pajaro") to purchase the operations of the Watsonville Community Hospital and lease the real estate from us. On August 31, 2022, Pajaro completed this purchase of the operations of the Watsonville Community Hospital. As a result of this transaction, we were repaid approximately $32 million of the loans previously provided to the hospital. This loan repayment resulted in a net credit loss recovery of approximately $15 million in 2022 and reflected in the "Real estate and other impairment charges, net" line of the consolidated statements of net income. To date, Pajaro has been current on its monthly rental payments to us.

Other Leasing Activities

2022 Activity

At September 30, 2022, 99% of our properties are occupied by tenants, leaving five properties as vacant, representing less than 0.3% of total assets. We are in various stages of either releasing or selling these vacant properties, for one of which we received and recorded a significant termination fee in 2019.

2021 Activity

On December 23, 2021, Lifepoint Health, Inc. ("Lifepoint") announced the completion of the transaction with Kindred Healthcare (“Kindred”), in which Lifepoint acquired Kindred, and announced the related launch of ScionHealth, a new healthcare company made up of a combination of former Kindred and Lifepoint hospitals. With this transaction, we have eight properties leased to ScionHealth and nine properties leased to Lifepoint.

2020 Activity

On July 24, 2020, we re-leased our five San Antonio, Texas free standing emergency facilities (with a total investment of approximately $30 million) to Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio, a joint venture between HCA and Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, pursuant to a long-term master lease. As a result, we recorded an approximate $1.5 million write-off of straight-line rent in the 2020 third quarter.

Investments in Unconsolidated Entities

Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Joint Ventures

Our primary business strategy is to acquire real estate and lease to providers of healthcare services. Typically, we directly own 100% of such investment. However, from time-to-time, we will co-invest with other investors that share a similar view that hospital real estate is a necessary infrastructure-type asset in communities. In these types of investments, we will own undivided interests of less than 100% of the real estate and share control over the assets through unconsolidated real estate joint ventures. The underlying real estate and leases in these unconsolidated real estate joint ventures are structured similarly and carry a similar risk profile to the rest of our real estate portfolio.

 

The following is a summary of our investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures by operator (amounts in thousands):

 

Operator

 

Ownership Percentage

 

As of December 31, 2022

 

 

As of December 31, 2021

 

MEDIAN

 

50%

 

$

482,735

 

 

$

517,648

 

Swiss Medical Network

 

70%

 

 

454,083

 

 

 

476,193

 

Steward (Macquarie Transaction)

 

50%

 

 

417,701

 

 

 

 

Policlinico di Monza

 

50%

 

 

86,245

 

 

 

95,468

 

HM Hospitales

 

45%

 

 

57,139

 

 

 

63,618

 

Total

 

 

 

$

1,497,903

 

 

$

1,152,927

 

 

For the increase in our investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures since December 31, 2021, see "New Investments" section in this same Note 3 for a discussion of the Macquarie Transaction.

Investments in Unconsolidated Operating Entities

Our investments in unconsolidated operating entities are noncontrolling investments that are typically made in conjunction with larger real estate transactions in which the operators are vetted as part of our overall underwriting process. In many cases, we would not be able to acquire the larger real estate portfolio without such investments in operators. These investments also offer the opportunity to enhance our overall return and provide for certain minority rights and protections.

 

The following is a summary of our investments in unconsolidated operating entities (amounts in thousands):

 

Operator

 

As of December 31,
2022

 

 

As of December 31,
2021

 

Steward (loan investment)

 

$

362,831

 

 

$

360,164

 

International joint venture

 

 

231,402

 

 

 

219,387

 

Springstone

 

 

200,827

 

 

 

187,450

 

Priory

 

 

156,575

 

 

 

42,315

 

Swiss Medical Network

 

 

157,145

 

 

 

159,208

 

Steward (equity investment)

 

 

125,862

 

 

 

139,000

 

Prospect

 

 

112,777

 

 

 

112,283

 

Aevis Victoria SA ("Aevis")

 

 

72,904

 

 

 

61,271

 

Aspris Children's Services ("Aspris")

 

 

16,023

 

 

 

8,356

 

Caremax

 

 

8,526

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

1,444,872

 

 

$

1,289,434

 

 

The increase during 2022 is primarily due to our investment in the Priory syndicated term loan as described under "New Investments" in this Note 3. In the 2022 fourth quarter, Steward sold its managed care business to Caremax and received shares of Caremax plus cash, along with the potential for additional stock contingent on performance. As part of this transaction, we received a dividend of Caremax shares that are marked to fair value each period.

Pursuant to our approximate 5% stake in Aevis and other investments marked to fair value, we recorded a $2.3 million favorable non-cash fair value adjustment during 2022 as shown in the "Other (including fair value adjustments on securities)" line of the

consolidated statements of net income; whereas, this was an $8.2 million favorable non-cash fair value adjustment in 2021. We also earned approximately $4 million of dividend income from our Switzerland investments during 2022.

Pursuant to our existing 9.9% equity interest in Steward, we received an $11 million cash distribution during 2021, which was accounted for as a return of capital.

Other Investment Activities

In the 2022 second quarter, we loaned $150 million to Steward pursuant to a five-year secured loan. The loan bears interest at a current market rate (comparable to recent lease rates) plus a component of additional interest upon repayment. The loan is prepayable without penalty and is mandatorily prepayable upon certain sales of Steward assets and operations.

Concentration of Credit Risks

We monitor concentration risk in several ways due to the nature of our real estate assets that are vital to the communities in which they are located and given our history of being able to replace inefficient operators of our facilities, if needed, with more effective operators:

1)
Facility concentration – At December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, our largest single property represented approximately 2.7% of our total assets.
2)
Operator concentration – For the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, revenue from each of Steward, Circle, and Prospect individually represented more than 10% of our total revenues.
3)
Geographic concentration – At December 31, 2022, investments in the U.S, Europe, Australia, and South America represented approximately 61%, 33%, 5%, and 1%, respectively, of our total assets compared to 64%, 30%, 5%, and 1%, respectively, of our total assets at December 31, 2021.
4)
Facility type concentration – For the year ended December 31, 2022, approximately 76% of our revenues were generated from our general acute care facilities, while revenues from our behavioral and rehabilitation facilities made up 13% and 7%, respectively. Freestanding ER/urgent care facilities and long-term acute care facilities combined to make up the remaining 4%. In comparison, general acute care, behavioral, and rehabilitation facilities made up 81%, 8%, and 7%, respectively, of our total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2021. Revenues from our freestanding ER/urgent care, and long-term acute care facilities combined to make up approximately 4% for the year ended December 31, 2021.

(For geographic and facility type concentration metrics above, we allocate our investments in operating entities pro rata based on the gross book value of the real estate. Such pro rata allocations are subject to change from period to period.)

Related Party Transactions

Lease and interest revenue earned from tenants and real estate joint ventures in which we had an equity interest (accounted for under either the equity or fair value option methods) during the year were $135.5 million, $63.9 million, and $29.8 million for 2022, 2021, and 2020, respectively.

See subsections “New Investments” and “Disposals” in this Note 3 as it relates to our investments in Springstone and the international and Infracore ventures for other related party transactions during 2022, 2021, and 2020.