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Real Estate and Other Activities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Real Estate [Abstract]  
Real Estate and Other Activities

3. Real Estate and Other Activities

New Investments

For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022, we acquired or invested in the following net assets (in thousands):

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Land and land improvements

 

$

 

 

$

28,916

 

 

$

135,301

 

Buildings

 

 

 

 

 

114,966

 

 

 

487,698

 

Intangible lease assets — subject to amortization
   (weighted-average useful life of
24.8 years in 2023
    and
21.3 years in 2022)

 

 

 

 

 

16,305

 

 

 

45,394

 

Mortgage loans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

159,735

 

Investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures

 

 

107,908

 

 

 

 

 

 

399,456

 

Investments in unconsolidated operating entities

 

 

 

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

131,105

 

Other loans

 

 

 

 

 

25,000

 

 

 

 

Liabilities assumed

 

 

(2,290

)

 

 

 

 

 

(25,727

)

 

$

105,618

 

 

$

235,187

 

 

$

1,332,962

 

Loans repaid(1)

 

 

 

 

 

(22,900

)

 

 

 

Total net assets acquired

 

$

105,618

 

 

$

212,287

 

 

$

1,332,962

 

 

(1)
The 2023 column includes a $23 million mortgage loan that was converted to fee simple ownership of one property as described under the Lifepoint Transaction below.

2024 Activity

Utah Transaction

On April 12, 2024, we sold our interests in five Utah hospitals for an aggregate agreed valuation of approximately $1.2 billion to a newly formed joint venture (the "Utah partnership") with an institutional asset manager (the "Fund"), which we call the Utah Transaction, and we recognized a gain on real estate of approximately $380 million, partially offset by a $20 million write-off of unbilled straight-line rent receivables. We retained an approximately 25% interest in the Utah partnership valued initially at approximately $108 million, which is being accounted for on the equity method on a quarterly lag basis and included in the "Investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures" line of the consolidated balance sheets. The Fund purchased an approximate 75% interest for $886 million. In conjunction with this transaction closing, the Utah partnership placed new non-recourse secured financing, providing $190 million of additional cash to us. In total, the Utah Transaction generated $1.1 billion of cash to us. The Utah lessee (an affiliate of CommonSpirit Health ("CommonSpirit")) may acquire the leased real estate at a price equal to the greater of fair market value and the approximate $1.2 billion lease base at the fifth or tenth anniversary of the 2023 master lease commencement. We granted the Fund certain limited and conditional preferences based on the possible execution of the purchase option, which we accounted for as a derivative liability with an initial value of approximately $2.3 million.

2023 Activity

Prospect Transaction

In August 2019, we invested in a portfolio of 14 acute care hospitals in three states (California, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut) operated by and master leased to or mortgaged by Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. ("Prospect") for a combined investment of approximately $1.5 billion. In addition, we originated a $112.9 million term loan cross-defaulted to the master lease and

mortgage loan agreements and further secured by a parent guaranty. In the 2022 second quarter, we funded an additional $100 million towards the existing mortgage loan that was secured by a first lien on a California hospital. Prospect's operations were negatively impacted by the coronavirus global pandemic commencing in early 2020, but Prospect remained current with respect to contractual rent and interest payments until the fourth quarter of 2022. Accordingly, and due further to the termination of certain refinancing negotiations between Prospect and certain third parties in early 2023 that would have recapitalized Prospect and provided for payment of unpaid rent and interest, we recorded an approximate $280 million impairment charge in the 2022 fourth quarter. 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 unbilled rent accruals for a total of $112 million.

However, Prospect continued to pursue a recapitalization plan, and, in late March 2023, Prospect received a binding commitment from several lenders to provide liquidity to pay down certain debt instruments. Along with these commitments from third-party lenders, we agreed to pursue certain transactions with Prospect as part of their recapitalization plan, including originating a $50 million convertible loan to PHP Holdings, the managed care business of Prospect, in the first quarter of 2023.

On May 23, 2023, Prospect completed its recapitalization plan, which included receiving $375 million in new financing from several lenders. Along with this new debt capital from third-party lenders, we agreed to the following restructuring of our then $1.7 billion investment in Prospect including: a) maintaining the master lease covering six California hospitals without any changes in rental rates or escalator provisions, but with cash payments to start in September 2023 for a substantial portion of the contractual monthly rent due on these California properties, b) transitioning the Pennsylvania properties back to Prospect in return for a $150 million first lien mortgage on the facilities, c) providing up to $75 million in a loan secured by a first lien on Prospect's accounts receivable and certain other assets, of which we funded in full during 2023, d) continuing to pursue the sale of the three Connecticut properties to Yale New Haven ("Yale"), and e) obtaining a non-controlling ownership interest in PHP Holdings of approximately $654 million consisting of an approximate $68 million equity investment and $586 million loan convertible into equity of PHP Holdings (collectively, the "Prospect Transaction"). This non-controlling ownership interest was received in exchange for unpaid rent and interest through December 2022, previously unrecorded rent and interest revenue in 2023 totaling approximately $82 million, our $151 million mortgage loan on a California property, our $112.9 million term loan, and other obligations at the time of such investment.

See subheading "Leasing Operations (Lessor)" in this Note 3 for further updates on Prospect.

Lifepoint Transaction

On February 7, 2023, a subsidiary of Lifepoint Health, Inc. ("Lifepoint") acquired a majority interest in Springstone (now Lifepoint Behavioral Health, "Lifepoint Behavioral") (the "Lifepoint Transaction") based on an enterprise value of $250 million. As part of the transaction, we received approximately $205 million in full satisfaction of our initial acquisition loan, including accrued interest, and we retained our minority equity investment in the operations of Lifepoint Behavioral. Separately, we converted a mortgage loan (as part of our initial acquisition in 2021) into the fee simple ownership of a property in Washington, which is leased, along with other behavioral health hospitals, to Lifepoint Behavioral, under a master lease agreement. In connection with the Lifepoint Transaction, Lifepoint extended its lease on eight existing general acute care hospitals by five years to 2041.

In the first quarter of 2024, we sold our minority equity investment in Lifepoint Behavioral for approximately $12 million.

Other Transactions

In the second quarter of 2023, we acquired three inpatient rehabilitation facilities for a total of approximately €70 million (approximately $77 million). These hospitals are leased to Median Kliniken S.á.r.l ("MEDIAN") pursuant to a long-term master lease with annual inflation-based escalators.

On April 14, 2023, we acquired five behavioral health hospitals located in the U.K. for approximately £44 million (approximately $58 million). These hospitals are leased to Priory pursuant to five separate lease agreements with annual inflation-based escalators.

2022 Activity

Macquarie Transaction

On March 14, 2022, we completed a transaction with Macquarie Asset Management ("Macquarie"), an unrelated party, to form a partnership (the “Macquarie Transaction”), pursuant to which we contributed eight Massachusetts-based general acute care hospitals that were leased to Steward, and a fund managed by Macquarie 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 was accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

See subheading "Leasing Operations (Lessor)" in this Note 3 for an update on this partnership.


Other Transactions

On December 9, 2022, we acquired six behavioral health facilities in the U.K. 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 purchasing the shares of the real estate holding entities, which 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, of which we funded £96.5 million towards a £100 million participation level in the variable rate loan.

Other investments in 2022 included six general acute care facilities. Three general acute care facilities, located throughout Spain, were acquired on April 29, 2022 for €27 million and are leased to GenesisCare pursuant to a long-term lease with annual inflation-based escalators. 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 are leased to Steward pursuant to a 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 is leased to Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia pursuant to a long-term lease with inflation-based escalators.

Development and Capital Addition Activities

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

 

Property

 

Commitment

 

 

Costs
Paid as of
December 31, 2024

 

 

Cost Remaining

 

Lifepoint Behavioral (Arizona)

 

$

10,504

 

 

$

5,411

 

 

$

5,093

 

Lifepoint Behavioral (Kansas)

 

 

20,183

 

 

 

11,584

 

 

 

8,599

 

Surgery Partners (Idaho)

 

 

15,993

 

 

 

5,590

 

 

 

10,403

 

Lifepoint Behavioral (Arizona)

 

 

10,659

 

 

 

470

 

 

 

10,189

 

IMED Hospitales (Spain)

 

 

49,749

 

 

 

21,355

 

 

 

28,394

 

IMED Hospitales (Spain)

 

 

36,294

 

 

 

29,261

 

 

 

7,033

 

Other (Various)

 

 

799

 

 

 

494

 

 

 

305

 

 

$

144,181

 

 

$

74,165

 

 

$

70,016

 

We have two other development projects ongoing in Texas (Texarkana development) and Massachusetts (Norwood redevelopment). These are not highlighted above; however, we are presently completing construction to the stage where the building is "weathered in" and environmentally secure so as to physically protect our investment while we actively market the hospitals for sale or lease. As of December 31, 2024, we estimate that the cost to complete construction to this stage approximates $30 million.

Separately, on the Norwood redevelopment, we recovered from our casualty insurers cash in November 2024 that was in excess of our recovery receivable related to the 2020 storm losses (included in "Other assets" in the consolidated balance sheets), resulting in a $24 million additional recovery in the 2024 third quarter.

2024 Activity

During the fourth quarter of 2024, we completed construction and began recording rental income on an existing general acute care facility located in Idaho Falls, Idaho for a total amount of approximately $50 million.

During the first quarter of 2024, we completed construction and began recording rental income on a $35.4 million behavioral health facility located in McKinney, Texas, that is leased to Lifepoint Behavioral. We also completed construction and began recording rental income on a €46 million (approximately $49.0 million) general acute care facility located in Spain that is leased to IMED.

2023 Activity

During 2023, we completed construction and began recording rental income on one inpatient rehabilitation facility located in Lexington, South Carolina, which commenced rent on July 1, 2023, and another inpatient rehabilitation facility located in Stockton, California, which commenced rent on May 1, 2023. Both of these facilities are leased to Ernest Health, Inc. ("Ernest") pursuant to an existing long-term master lease.

2022 Activity

During 2022, 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 leased to Ernest pursuant to an existing long-term master lease.

Disposals

2024 Activity

During 2024, we had the following disposal activities:

See Utah Transaction above for a discussion of the five Utah hospitals sold on April 12, 2024.
On April 9, 2024, we sold five properties to Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. ("Prime") for total proceeds of approximately $250 million along with a $100 million interest-bearing mortgage loan (which was fully repaid on August 29, 2024). This transaction resulted in a gain on real estate of approximately $53 million, partially offset by a non-cash straight-line rent write-off of approximately $30 million. As part of this sale transaction, we extended the lease maturity of four other facilities with Prime to 2044. This amended lease has inflation-based escalators, collared between 2% and 4%, and a purchase option on or prior to August 26, 2028 for a value of $238 million, which is greater than our net book value for these properties at December 31, 2024. After August 26, 2028, this option price reverts to $260 million (subject to annual escalations).
On July 23, 2024, we sold the 50-bed Arizona General Hospital in Mesa, Arizona and seven freestanding emergency departments to Dignity Health ("Dignity") for $160 million. This sale resulted in a gain on real estate of approximately $85 million, partially offset by a non-cash straight-line rent write-off of approximately $20 million.
On August 14, 2024, we sold 11 freestanding emergency departments to UCHealth for $86 million. This sale resulted in a gain on real estate of approximately $40 million, partially offset by a non-cash straight-line rent write-off of approximately $16 million.
As a result of the Company’s global settlement with Steward Health Care System ("Steward") approved by the bankruptcy court on September 18, 2024 (as discussed further under "Leasing Operations (Lessor)" under this same Note 3), we consented to the sale of three facilities located in Florida ("Space Coast" properties) to Orlando Health, which closed on October 23, 2024. In accordance with the terms of the global settlement, the Steward bankruptcy estate retained $395 million of the approximately $440 million total proceeds, and we recognized an approximate $2 million gain in the fourth quarter of 2024.
In the third quarter of 2024, Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Corporation notified us of their intent to exercise their purchase option on the Watsonville facility. This transaction, which closed on October 31, 2024, resulted in cash proceeds of approximately $40 million and an approximate $4 million gain.
During 2024, we also completed the sale of six other facilities and two ancillary facilities for approximately $14 million.

Summary of Operations for Disposed (or to be Disposed) Assets in 2024

The following represents the operating results from properties sold for 2024 and properties designated as held for sale at December 31, 2024 (in thousands):

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Revenues(1)

 

$

72,362

 

 

$

88,938

 

 

$

220,183

 

Real estate depreciation and amortization(2)

 

 

(26,476

)

 

 

(331,099

)

 

 

(53,350

)

Property-related expenses

 

 

(8,277

)

 

 

(4,697

)

 

 

(1,759

)

Real estate impairment charges(3)

 

 

(129,159

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other (expense) income(4)

 

 

480,416

 

 

 

(90

)

 

 

(19

)

(Loss) income from real estate dispositions, net

 

$

388,866

 

 

$

(246,948

)

 

$

165,055

 

(1)
The 2023 column includes an approximate $95 million write-off of straight-line rent receivables related to the hospital operations of the five Utah facilities that were acquired by CommonSpirit on May 1, 2023.
(2)
The 2023 column includes approximately $286 million of lease intangible amortization acceleration related to the hospital operations of the five Utah facilities that were acquired by CommonSpirit on May 1, 2023.
(3)
Includes the charge associated with the three Space Coast facilities in the third quarter of 2024 due to the global settlement reached with Steward and its lenders.
(4)
The 2024 column includes approximately $24 million of gains (net of approximately $16 million write-off of straight line receivables) related to the UCHealth disposal and $65 million of gains (net of approximately $20 million write-off of straight-line rent receivables) related to the Dignity disposal. In addition, the 2024 column includes $360 million of gains (net of approximately $20 million write-off of straight-line rent receivables) related to the Utah Transaction and $23 million of gains (net of $30 million write-off of straight-line rent receivables) related to the sale of five Prime properties.

2023 Activity

On March 30, 2023, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell our 11 general acute care facilities located in Australia and operated by Healthscope Ltd. ("Healthscope") (the "Australia Transaction") to affiliates of HMC Capital for cash proceeds of approximately A$1.2 billion. As a result, we designated the Australian portfolio as held for sale in the first quarter of 2023 and recorded approximately $79 million of net impairment charges at that time, which included $37.4 million of straight-line rent receivable write-offs and approximately $8 million in fees to sell the hospitals, partially offset by approximately $16 million of gains from our interest rate swap and foreign currency translation amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income that were reclassified to earnings in 2023 as part of the transaction. This transaction closed in two phases. The first phase closed on May 18, 2023, in which we sold seven of the 11 facilities for A$730 million, and the final phase closed on October 10, 2023, in which we sold the remaining four facilities for approximately A$470 million.

On March 8, 2023, we received notice that Prime planned to exercise its right to repurchase from us the real estate associated with one master lease for approximately $100 million. As such, we recorded an approximate $11 million impairment charge in the first quarter of 2023 related to non-cash rent receivables on the three facilities that were sold on July 11, 2023.

2022 Activity

On March 14, 2022, we completed the previously described partnership with Macquarie, 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 same 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 to Prime for proceeds of $366 million) and five ancillary properties for total proceeds of approximately $522 million and recognized a gain on the sale of 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.

Intangible Assets

At December 31, 2024 and 2023, our intangible lease assets were $0.8 billion ($0.6 billion, net of accumulated amortization) and $1.0 billion ($0.9 billion, net of accumulated amortization), respectively.

We recorded amortization expense related to intangible lease assets of $205.6 million (including $170 million for accelerating the amortization of the in-place lease intangibles associated with two master leases, including the Steward master lease that was terminated effective September 11, 2024), $332.5 million (including $286 million for accelerating the amortization of the in-place lease intangibles related to re-leasing the Utah properties to CommonSpirit as described in this same Note 3), and $55.9 million in 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively, and expect to recognize amortization expense from existing lease intangible assets as follows (amounts in thousands):

 

For the Year Ended December 31:

 

 

 

2025

 

$

29,201

 

2026

 

 

29,052

 

2027

 

 

28,730

 

2028

 

 

28,566

 

2029

 

 

26,726

 

 

As of December 31, 2024, capitalized lease intangibles have a weighted-average remaining life of 23.5 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. 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.

The following table summarizes total future contractual minimum lease payments, excluding operating expense reimbursements, tenant recoveries, and other lease/loan-related adjustments to revenue (i.e., straight-line rents, deferred revenues, or reserves/write-offs), from tenants under noncancelable leases as of December 31, 2024 (amounts in thousands):

 

 

 

Total Under
Operating Leases

 

 

Total Under
Financing Leases

 

 

Total

 

2025

 

$

721,305

 

 

$

118,855

 

 

$

840,160

 

2026

 

 

810,002

 

 

 

121,289

 

 

 

931,291

 

2027

 

 

856,426

 

 

 

123,772

 

 

 

980,198

 

2028

 

 

868,390

 

 

 

126,304

 

 

 

994,694

 

2029

 

 

869,681

 

 

 

128,887

 

 

 

998,568

 

Thereafter

 

 

20,744,147

 

 

 

3,075,567

 

 

 

23,819,714

 

 

$

24,869,951

 

 

$

3,694,674

 

 

$

28,564,625

 

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, 2024, we account for all of these leases as operating leases, except where generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires alternative classification, including leases on 13 Ernest facilities that are accounted for as DFLs and leases on nine 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, 2024

 

 

As of December 31, 2023

 

Minimum lease payments receivable

 

$

591,142

 

 

$

611,669

 

Estimated unguaranteed residual values

 

 

203,818

 

 

 

203,818

 

Less: Unearned income and allowance for credit loss

 

 

(547,770

)

 

 

(571,059

)

Net investment in direct financing leases

 

 

247,190

 

 

 

244,428

 

Other financing leases (net of allowance for credit loss)

 

 

810,580

 

 

 

987,202

 

Total investment in financing leases

 

$

1,057,770

 

 

$

1,231,630

 

 

Other Leasing Activities

At December 31, 2024, our vacant properties represent less than 1% of total assets. We are in various stages of either re-leasing or selling these vacant properties.

Our tenants’ financial performance and resulting ability to satisfy their lease and loan obligations to us are material to our financial results and our ability to service our debt and make distributions to our stockholders. Our tenants operate in the healthcare industry, which is highly regulated, and changes in regulation (or delays in enacting regulation) may temporarily impact our tenants’ operations until they are able to make the appropriate adjustments to their business. In addition, our tenants may experience operational challenges from time-to-time as a result of many factors, including those external to them, such as cybersecurity attacks, public health crises, economic issues resulting in high inflation and spikes in labor costs, extreme or severe weather and climate-related events, and adverse market and political conditions. We monitor our tenants' operating results and the potential impact from these challenges. We may elect to provide support to our tenants from time-to-time in the form of short-term rent deferrals to be paid back in full, or in the form of temporary loans. See below for an update on some of our tenants.

Steward Health Care System

As discussed in previous filings, Steward experienced significant operational and liquidity challenges that led to rent payment shortfalls in the 2023 fourth quarter and our decision to move to the cash basis of accounting effective December 31, 2023. Steward's business worsened in 2024, and they ultimately filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 6, 2024 with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. On September 11, 2024, the bankruptcy court entered an interim order, subsequently made final on September 18, 2024, approving a global settlement between Steward, its lenders, the unsecured creditors committee, and the Company. The order provided for the following: a) termination of our master lease with Steward; b) the release of claims against 23 of our properties (including the release of claims by the secured lender over its liens on equipment, inventory, and licenses), allowing us to begin the process of re-tenanting or selling these properties; and c) a full release of claims against us from all parties. In return, we consented to the sale of the operations and our real estate in three facilities in the Space Coast region of Florida, along with a full release of our claims in Steward including claims to past due rent and interest, outstanding loans, and our equity investment. The three Space Coast facilities were sold in October 2024, and we received $47 million, with the remaining proceeds going to Steward in accordance with the global settlement.

In regard to our real estate partnership with Macquarie that owned and leased eight properties in Massachusetts to Steward, the bankruptcy court approved the termination of the master lease with Steward during the 2024 third quarter. We and Macquarie entered into an agreement with the mortgage lender of the joint venture to transition the eight properties to them along with cash proceeds of approximately $40 million (representing our share), in return for full payment of the underlying mortgage debt and a release of claims against each party.

With this global settlement and termination of the joint venture master lease, our relationship with Steward effectively ended.

Impairment Charges

Due to the events discussed above, we recorded various impairment charges during 2024 and 2023, which included the following (in millions):

 

 

For the Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

Description

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

Income Statement
Classification

Reserve for unpaid rent and interest and straight-line
   rent receivables

 

$

 

 

$

413

 

 

Total revenues

Working capital and other loans(1)

 

 

787

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate and other
impairment charges, net

Investment in Massachusetts partnership(2)

 

 

445

 

 

 

30

 

 

(Loss) earnings from
equity interests

Real estate(2)

 

 

277

 

 

 

100

 

 

Real estate and other
impairment charges, net

Equity investment and other(1)

 

 

54

 

 

 

171

 

 

Real estate and other
impairment charges, net

Total

 

$

1,563

 

 

$

714

 

 

 

(1)
For our non-real estate investments in Steward, we compared our carrying value of all such investments to the fair value of the underlying collateral, which was no value after the global settlement and our release of claims against Steward as discussed above.
(2)
The three Space Coast properties and certain excess properties previously leased to Steward were deemed held for sale in the 2024 third quarter. We recognized a real estate impairment charge of approximately $180 million to adjust our net book value to align with fair value less cost to sell based on expected proceeds, including from a binding agreement for the Space Coast properties. For the other real estate held for use, we made a comparison of the projected undiscounted future cash flows with the net book value of each asset. For those properties where the carrying value was deemed not recoverable, we recorded an impairment charge to reduce the carrying value to its estimated fair value. For the real estate in the Massachusetts partnership, there was no fair value as we transitioned those properties to the mortgage lender to satisfy the mortgage debt. For the remaining properties (less than 10 in total in 2024 and 2023), we, along with assistance from a third-party, independent valuation firm, estimated fair value using a combination of cost, market, and income approaches using Level 3 inputs. The cost approach used comparable sales to value the land and cost manuals to value the improvements. The value derived from the market approach was based on sale prices of similar properties. For the income approach, we divided the expected operating income (rent revenue less expenses, if any) from the property by a market capitalization rate (range from 8% to 10%).

In addition with the lease termination discussed above, we fully amortized the related in-place lease intangibles resulting in $149 million of amortization expense in 2024 as reflected in the real estate depreciation and amortization line of our consolidated statements of net income.

Re-tenanting Activity

Subsequent to the release of claims on the 23 properties as part of the global settlement, we reached definitive agreements with six operators (Healthcare Systems of America, Honor Health, Insight Health, Quorum Health, College Health, and Tenor Health) to lease 18 of these facilities in 2024 and early 2025. As of December 31, 2024, we have provided less than $100 million in short-term working capital loans to these operators. As of January 2025, we have started receiving partial cash rental payments from the re-tenanted portfolio, and based on our lease contracts, rent payments are ramped up to approximately 57% of contractual rent by the fourth quarter of 2025, 78% of contractual rent by second quarter 2026, and 100% of contractual rent by year end 2026. Excluding the two developments, the remaining three former Steward properties (with a net book value of less than 1% of our total assets) are in various stages of being re-tenanted or sold.

Other Activity

During 2024, we received and recorded rent and interest revenue from Steward of $40 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. In addition, we were benefited from rent paid by Steward to the Massachusetts joint venture of $76 million ($38 million representing our share) for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Prospect

We lease real estate assets to Prospect in California and Connecticut (for which we account for as financing leases), have a mortgage loan secured by four properties operated by Prospect in Pennsylvania, and have a $75 million asset-backed loan outstanding. In addition, in connection with the Prospect Transaction in May 2023, we acquired a non-controlling investment in PHP Holdings.

In recent periods, Prospect’s operating losses in multiple East Coast markets, including Pennsylvania and Rhode Island (a state in which we have no investment), have adversely impacted Prospect’s overall liquidity. Starting January 1, 2023, we began accounting for our leases and loans to Prospect on a cash basis. In 2024, we recognized approximately $25 million of revenue representing cash received for rents on our California properties. In addition, we received and recorded approximately $3.8 million of interest on the $75 million asset-backed loan. However, Prospect has not made any scheduled rent or interest payments since the second quarter of 2024. In comparison, we recognized approximately $96 million of revenue in 2023, including $14 million received in cash and $82 million was recorded as part of the Prospect Transaction, in which we received additional monetizable investments in PHP Holdings, in lieu of cash for rent and interest owed.

On October 5, 2022, we entered into definitive agreements to sell three Prospect facilities located in Connecticut to Yale in a transaction for which we are contractually entitled to receive $355 million at closing. In addition, on November 8, 2024, Astrana Health entered into a binding agreement to purchase the majority of PHP Holdings, pursuant to which we are contractually entitled to receive a portion of the proceeds.

Due to its ongoing operational and liquidity challenges, Prospect filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on January 11, 2025 with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. Prospect’s bankruptcy filing constitutes a default under the terms of our master leases and loan agreements with Prospect, and imposes a stay on our ability to exercise contractual rights with respect to these defaults. The bankruptcy filing bars us from collecting pre-bankruptcy debts from Prospect unless we receive an order permitting us to do so from the bankruptcy court. While we have engaged in negotiations with Prospect and other stakeholders and have reached a tentative agreement with Prospect, the outcome of any such negotiations and remedies is uncertain at this time and will

be subject in all cases to the approval of the bankruptcy court. In addition, there is a risk that parties may seek to bring claims against us in Prospect’s bankruptcy proceeding.

The bankruptcy court has the power to approve and direct the sale of Prospect’s real estate free and clear of any associated mortgages and loans, whether or not there are sufficient net proceeds to repay them, in whole or in part. As a result, we may recover none or substantially less than the full value of our claims. In addition, the bankruptcy process related proceedings may negatively impact the sale of the three Connecticut facilities to Yale as planned, and our ability to receive the full amount of proceeds we are contractually entitled to receive from the sale of PHP Holdings and the repayment of our asset-backed loan.

Due to the events discussed above, we recorded more than $400 million of impairment charges and negative fair value adjustments associated with our investments in Prospect in the 2024 fourth quarter. With these charges, we have fully reserved for the asset-backed loan and our Pennsylvania mortgage loan and have decreased the value in our Connecticut properties. No charge was recorded on our California properties. In determining the impairment charges needed for these investments, we compared the carrying value of such investment to the fair value of the underlying collateral (which includes real estate assets) less cost to sell, and factored in the priority of claims associated with the bankruptcy. In estimating the fair value of the real estate, we, along with assistance from a third-party, independent valuation firm, used a combination of cost, market, and income approaches using Level 3 inputs. The cost approach used comparable sales to value the land and cost manuals to value the improvements. The value derived from the market approach was based on sale prices of similar properties. For the income approach, we divided the expected operating income from the property by a market capitalization rate (range from 8.25% to 8.5%).

In regard to our investment in PHP Holdings, we account for this investment (both the equity investment and convertible loan) using the fair value option method. Each quarter, we mark such investment to fair value as more fully described in Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements. In the fourth quarter of 2024 (and as part of the total $400 million of charges noted above), we recorded an approximate $50 million negative fair value adjustment. This charge is in addition to the $498 million of negative fair value adjustments made through the first nine months of 2024, resulted in approximately $150 million remaining value at December 31, 2024. These adjustments in 2024 were made based on the binding purchase agreement with Astrana Health, along with consultations with a third-party, independent valuation firm.

Prospect is early in its bankruptcy proceedings and the ultimate outcome of such proceedings is uncertain. At this time, we are unable to predict the timing of any of the foregoing matters or the timing for a resolution of the Prospect bankruptcy proceeding. We cannot assure you that we will be able to recover or preserve the remaining approximately $835 million of our investments in Prospect and PHP Holdings in whole or in part.

International Joint Venture

As discussed in previous filings, we placed our loan to the international joint venture on the cash basis of accounting in 2023, as we determined that it was no longer probable that the borrower would pay its future interest in full. This loan, accounted for under the fair value option method, was collateralized by the equity of Steward held by an investor in both Steward and the international joint venture. Consistent with the discussion above on non-real estate investments in Steward, we recorded a $225 million unfavorable fair value adjustment in the 2024 first quarter to fully reserve for the loan and related equity investment. These investments, which are included in “Investments in unconsolidated operating entities” on our consolidated balance sheets, were adjusted for after comparing our carrying value to an updated fair value analysis of the underlying collateral, with assistance from a third-party, independent valuation firm.

CommonSpirit

On May 1, 2023, Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado ("CHIC"), a wholly owned subsidiary of CommonSpirit, acquired the Utah hospital operations of five general acute care facilities previously operated by Steward. The new lease, at the time, for these Utah assets had an initial fixed term of 15 years with annual escalation provisions. As part of this transaction, we severed these facilities from the master lease with Steward, and accordingly accelerated the amortization of the associated in-place lease intangibles (approximately $286 million) and wrote-off approximately $95 million of straight-line rent receivables related to the former lease. As described earlier, these five properties make up the Utah Transaction.

Pipeline Health System

On October 2, 2022, Pipeline Health System ("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 lease of our California assets remained 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 the first quarter of 2023. As part of the settlement, we deferred approximately $6 million of rent in 2023 to be paid with interest. As of December 31, 2024, Pipeline is current on their monthly base rent obligations per the terms of the lease, and we hold a rent deposit that more than covers the remaining $5 million of unpaid deferred rent.

Other Tenant Matters

In the 2023 third quarter, we moved to cash basis of accounting for a tenant that comprised approximately 1% of our total assets due to declines in operating results. As a result, we recorded a $49 million charge to reserve billed and straight-line rent receivables. During the 2024 third quarter, we terminated the lease with this tenant, resulting in the acceleration of lease intangible amortization of $22 million. On December 31, 2024, we entered into a forbearance and restructuring agreement with the former tenant. This forbearance and restructuring agreement was then amended on February 28, 2025 to, among other things, give the former tenant more time to complete its third-party financing which is scheduled to be completed in the 2025 first quarter. The substantive terms of the amended forbearance and restructuring agreement include the: repayment of $10 million of unpaid rent in cash, which we received on December 31, 2024; acquisition by this former tenant of certain of our facilities (with a net book value of approximately $39 million) for approximately $45 million (of which $10 million will be in the form of a secured loan), one of which closed in early January 2025 for approximately $3 million (and we received payment in full); repayment of a mortgage loan; and entering into a new 20 year triple-net lease agreement of three properties with a net book value of approximately $156 million.

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 investments. 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 through unconsolidated real estate joint ventures. The underlying real estate and leases in these unconsolidated real estate joint ventures are generally 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, 2024

 

 

As of December 31, 2023

 

Swiss Medical Network

 

70%

 

$

483,770

 

 

$

472,434

 

MEDIAN

 

50%

 

 

431,964

 

 

 

471,336

 

CommonSpirit (Utah partnership)

 

25%

 

 

113,202

 

 

 

 

Policlinico di Monza

 

50%

 

 

77,592

 

 

 

80,562

 

HM Hospitales

 

45%

 

 

49,869

 

 

 

56,071

 

Steward (Macquarie partnership)

 

50%

 

 

 

 

 

394,052

 

Total

 

 

 

$

1,156,397

 

 

$

1,474,455

 

 

The decrease in our total investment in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures since December 31, 2023, is primarily due to the impairment recorded to our Massachusetts-based partnership with Macquarie in the second quarter of 2024 as more fully described above in this same Note 3. In the third quarter of 2024, we and the other equity owners funded capital contributions (our share being approximately $40 million) to the Swiss Medical Network investment, proceeds of which were used to pay off debt inside the joint venture. As discussed previously, we acquired a 25% interest in the Utah partnership in the 2024 second quarter as part of the Utah Transaction.

For 2024 and 2023, we received $45 million and $69 million, respectively, in dividends from these real estate joint ventures.

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,
2024

 

 

As of December 31,
2023

 

Swiss Medical Network

 

$

172,453

 

 

$

186,113

 

PHP Holdings

 

 

149,027

 

 

 

699,535

 

Aevis Victoria SA ("Aevis")

 

 

63,409

 

 

 

77,345

 

Priory

 

 

38,739

 

 

 

163,837

 

Aspris Children's Services ("Aspris")

 

 

15,950

 

 

 

15,986

 

Steward (loan investment)

 

 

 

 

 

361,591

 

International joint venture

 

 

 

 

 

225,960

 

Steward (equity investment)

 

 

 

 

 

35,696

 

Lifepoint Behavioral

 

 

 

 

 

11,429

 

Caremax

 

 

 

 

 

1,148

 

Total

 

$

439,578

 

 

$

1,778,640

 

 

See "Leasing Operations (Lessor)" under this same Note 3 for details behind the change from 2023 to 2024 in our Steward investments (loan and equity).

For our investments marked to fair value (including our investments in PHP Holdings, Aevis, Caremax, and the international joint venture), we recorded approximately $794 million in unfavorable non-cash fair value adjustments during 2024; whereas, this was an approximately $45 million favorable non-cash fair value adjustments during 2023. The amount recorded in 2024 includes an approximate $550 million unfavorable fair market value adjustment to our investment in PHP Holdings, as further described in the "Prospect" subheading of this Note 3 and included in the "Other (including fair value adjustments on securities)" line of the consolidated statements of net income. In addition, we recorded a $225 million unfavorable fair value adjustment in the 2024 first quarter related to our international joint venture investments as described in Note 3 and included in the "Real estate and other impairment charges, net" line of the consolidated statements of net income. The $45 million favorable fair market value adjustment in 2023 primarily related to PHP Holdings and an approximate CHF 20 million favorable adjustment to our investment in Swiss Medical Network, partially offset by decreases in value from marking other securities to market, including our equity investment in the international joint venture.

In the first quarter of 2024, we sold our interest in the Priory syndicated term loan for £90 million (approximately $115 million), resulting in an approximate £6 million ($7.8 million) economic loss. In addition, we sold our remaining minority equity investment in Lifepoint Behavioral in the 2024 first quarter.

Other Investment Activities

In the third quarter of 2023, we invested approximately $105 million for a participation in Steward's syndicated asset-backed credit facility, and we loaned an additional $40 million. On August 17, 2023, we sold the $105 million interest to a global asset manager for approximately $100 million, and Steward paid approximately $2 million on November 3, 2023. The remainder was written off as part of the $425 million loan impairment charge in the 2024 third quarter as discussed in the "Leasing Operations (Lessor)" section of this same Note 3.

In the second quarter of 2023, we received repayment of the CHF 60 million mortgage loan from Infracore that was originally made in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Concentrations 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. See below for our concentration details (dollars in thousands):

Total Assets by Operator

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2024

 

 

As of December 31, 2023

 

Operators

 

Total Assets (1)

 

 

Percentage of
Total Assets

 

 

Total Assets (1)

 

 

Percentage of
Total Assets

 

Circle

 

$

2,026,778

 

 

 

14.2

%

 

$

2,119,392

 

 

 

11.6

%

Priory

 

 

1,233,462

 

 

 

8.6

%

 

 

1,391,005

 

 

 

7.6

%

Healthcare Systems of America

 

 

1,187,006

 

 

 

8.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lifepoint Behavioral

 

 

813,584

 

 

 

5.7

%

 

 

813,527

 

 

 

4.4

%

Swiss Medical Network

 

 

719,632

 

 

 

5.1

%

 

 

735,891

 

 

 

4.0

%

Steward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,518,537

 

 

 

19.2

%

Other operators

 

 

6,624,256

 

 

 

46.3

%

 

 

7,709,095

 

 

 

42.2

%

Other assets

 

 

1,689,876

 

(2)

 

11.8

%

 

 

2,017,397

 

(2)

 

11.0

%

Total

 

$

14,294,594

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

18,304,844

 

 

 

100.0

%

(1)
Total assets by operator are generally comprised of real estate assets, mortgage loans, investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures, investments in unconsolidated operating entities, and other loans.
(2)
Includes our investment in PHP Holdings of approximately $150 million and $700 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively — see Prospect Transaction and tenant update described previously in this same Note 3 for more information.

Total Assets by U.S. State and Country (1)

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2024

 

 

As of December 31, 2023

 

U.S. States and Other Countries

 

Total Assets

 

 

Percentage of
Total Assets

 

 

Total Assets

 

 

Percentage of
Total Assets

 

Texas

 

$

1,394,296

 

 

 

9.8

%

 

$

1,891,482

 

 

 

10.3

%

California

 

 

935,470

 

 

 

6.4

%

 

 

1,252,674

 

 

 

6.8

%

Florida

 

 

840,876

 

 

 

5.9

%

 

 

1,348,210

 

 

 

7.4

%

Arizona

 

 

379,801

 

 

 

2.7

%

 

 

547,789

 

 

 

3.0

%

Ohio

 

 

327,577

 

 

 

2.3

%

 

 

349,140

 

 

 

1.9

%

All other states

 

 

2,636,587

 

 

 

18.5

%

 

 

4,385,814

 

 

 

24.0

%

Other domestic assets

 

 

951,486

 

 

 

6.6

%

 

 

1,397,170

 

 

 

7.6

%

Total U.S.

 

$

7,466,093

 

 

 

52.2

%

 

$

11,172,279

 

 

 

61.0

%

United Kingdom

 

$

3,985,672

 

 

 

27.9

%

 

$

4,261,944

 

 

 

23.3

%

Switzerland

 

 

719,632

 

 

 

5.0

%

 

 

735,891

 

 

 

4.0

%

Germany

 

 

672,343

 

 

 

4.7

%

 

 

734,630

 

 

 

4.0

%

Spain

 

 

247,996

 

 

 

1.7

%

 

 

252,529

 

 

 

1.4

%

Finland

 

 

199,721

 

 

 

1.4

%

 

 

218,322

 

 

 

1.2

%

All other countries

 

 

264,747

 

 

 

1.9

%

 

 

309,022

 

 

 

1.7

%

Other international assets

 

 

738,390

 

 

 

5.2

%

 

 

620,227

 

 

 

3.4

%

Total international

 

$

6,828,501

 

 

 

47.8

%

 

$

7,132,565

 

 

 

39.0

%

Grand total

 

$

14,294,594

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

18,304,844

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

Total Assets by Facility Type (1)

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2024

 

 

As of December 31, 2023

 

Facility Types

 

Total Assets

 

 

Percentage of
Total Assets

 

 

Total Assets

 

 

Percentage of
Total Assets

 

General acute care hospitals

 

$

8,493,331

 

 

 

59.4

%

 

$

11,764,151

 

 

 

64.3

%

Behavioral health facilities

 

 

2,376,460

 

 

 

16.7

%

 

 

2,576,983

 

 

 

14.1

%

Post acute care facilities

 

 

1,617,596

 

 

 

11.3

%

 

 

1,716,248

 

 

 

9.4

%

Freestanding ER/urgent care facilities

 

 

117,331

 

 

 

0.8

%

 

 

230,065

 

 

 

1.2

%

Other assets

 

 

1,689,876

 

 

 

11.8

%

 

 

2,017,397

 

 

 

11.0

%

Total

 

$

14,294,594

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

18,304,844

 

 

 

100.0

%

(1)
For geographic and facility type concentration metrics in the tables above, we allocate our investments in unconsolidated 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.

On an individual property basis, our largest investment in any single property was approximately 2% of our total assets as of December 31, 2024.

On a revenue basis, concentration for the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the two prior years is as follows:

The following shows those tenants that represented 10% or more of our total revenues by year (in thousands):

 

2024

 

Operator

 

Total Revenues

 

 

Percentage of
Total Revenues

 

Circle

 

$

205,582

 

 

 

20.7

%

Priory

 

 

101,675

 

 

 

10.2

%

 

2023

 

Operator

 

Total Revenues

 

 

Percentage of
Total Revenues

 

Circle

 

$

194,390

 

 

 

22.3

%

Priory

 

 

107,557

 

 

 

12.3

%

 

2022

 

Operator

 

Total Revenues

 

 

Percentage of
Total Revenues

 

Steward

 

$

427,912

 

 

 

27.7

%

Circle

 

 

189,565

 

 

 

12.3

%

Prospect

 

 

169,335

 

 

 

11.0

%

Total Revenues by Geographic Location

 

 

 

For the Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Geographic Location

 

Total Revenues

 

 

Percentage of
Total Revenues

 

 

Total Revenues

 

 

Percentage of
Total Revenues

 

 

Total Revenues

 

 

Percentage of
Total Revenues

 

Total U.S.

 

$

561,673

 

 

 

56.4

%

 

$

407,329

 

 

 

46.7

%

 

$

1,096,465

 

 

 

71.1

%

United Kingdom

 

 

359,991

 

 

 

36.2

%

 

 

352,594

 

 

 

40.4

%

 

 

317,013

 

 

 

20.5

%

All other countries

 

 

73,883

 

 

 

7.4

%

 

 

111,876

 

 

 

12.9

%

 

 

129,373

 

 

 

8.4

%

Grand total

 

$

995,547

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

871,799

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

1,542,851

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

Total Revenues by Facility Type

 

 

 

For the Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Facility Types

 

Total Revenues

 

 

Percentage of
Total Revenues

 

 

Total Revenues

 

 

Percentage of
Total Revenues

 

 

Total Revenues

 

 

Percentage of
Total Revenues

 

General acute care hospitals

 

$

628,622

 

 

 

63.1

%

 

$

541,888

 

 

 

62.2

%

 

$

1,167,233

 

 

 

75.7

%

Behavioral health facilities

 

 

209,668

 

 

 

21.1

%

 

 

213,292

 

 

 

24.5

%

 

 

204,420

 

 

 

13.2

%

Post acute care facilities

 

 

139,859

 

 

 

14.0

%

 

 

92,787

 

 

 

10.6

%

 

 

146,780

 

 

 

9.5

%

Freestanding ER/urgent care
   facilities

 

 

17,398

 

 

 

1.8

%

 

 

23,832

 

 

 

2.7

%

 

 

24,418

 

 

 

1.6

%

Total

 

$

995,547

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

871,799

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

1,542,851

 

 

 

100.0

%

Related Party Transactions

Revenues 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 $33.9 million, $83.0 million, and $135.5 million for 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively.