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Real Estate and Other Activities
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Real Estate [Abstract]  
Real Estate and Other Activities

3. Real Estate and Other Activities

New Investments

We acquired or invested in the following net assets (in thousands):

 

 

 

For the Three Months
Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Land and land improvements

 

$

2,163

 

 

$

19,905

 

Buildings and other

 

 

24,340

 

 

 

19,409

 

Intangible lease assets — subject to amortization
   (weighted-average useful life of
25.1 years in 2026)

 

 

2,819

 

 

 

 

Total net assets acquired

 

$

29,322

 

 

$

39,314

 

 

2026 Activity

During the first quarter of 2026, we closed on the acquisition of one property in Germany for approximately €23 million (along with real estate transfer tax) leased to Median Kliniken S.à r.l ("MEDIAN") pursuant to a long-term lease with annual inflation-based escalators.

2025 Activity

In the first quarter of 2025, we funded approximately $39 million to Steward Health Care System's ("Steward") secured lender in order to obtain control over certain real estate assets for use by our new tenants.

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
March 31, 2026

 

 

Cost Remaining

 

IMED Hospitales ("IMED") (Spain)

 

$

65,952

 

 

$

49,820

 

 

$

16,132

 

IMED (Spain)

 

 

42,780

 

 

 

42,594

 

 

 

186

 

HSA (Florida)

 

 

43,500

 

 

 

4,421

 

 

 

39,079

 

NOR (California)

 

 

24,333

 

 

 

289

 

 

 

24,044

 

Other (Various)

 

 

554

 

 

 

210

 

 

 

344

 

 

 

$

177,119

 

 

$

97,334

 

 

$

79,785

 

We have two other development projects ongoing in Texas (Texarkana development) and Massachusetts (Norwood redevelopment). These are not highlighted above; however, we have completed 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 March 31, 2026, we estimate that the cost of additional construction that we believe will be more efficient if completed in the near-term (such as electing to accelerate completion of a parking structure at one hospital), approximates between $5 million and $10 million.

2026 Activity

During the first quarter of 2026, we completed construction and began recording rental income on a $10.7 million capital addition project at an Avondale, Arizona facility leased to Lifepoint Behavioral.

2025 Activity

During the first quarter of 2025, we completed construction and began recording rental income on a $10.5 million capital addition project at a Gilbert, Arizona facility leased to Lifepoint Behavioral.

Disposals

2026 Activity

During the first three months of 2026, we completed the sale of two facilities for total proceeds of approximately $31 million, of which $12 million was received in advance of the sale in the first quarter of 2025, resulting in a loss on real estate of $0.8 million.

2025 Activity

During the first three months of 2025, we completed the sale of two facilities and an ancillary facility for approximately $20 million, resulting in a gain on real estate of $8.1 million.

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 Consumer Price Index ("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.

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 March 31, 2026, we account for all of these leases as operating leases, except where GAAP requires alternative classification, including leases on certain Ernest Health, Inc. ("Ernest") facilities that are accounted for as either direct financing or other financing type leases. The components of our total investment in financing leases consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

As of March 31,
   2026

 

 

As of December 31,
   2025

 

Minimum lease payments receivable

 

$

564,783

 

 

$

570,150

 

Estimated unguaranteed residual values

 

 

203,818

 

 

 

203,818

 

Less: Unearned income and allowance for credit loss

 

 

(517,683

)

 

 

(523,746

)

Net investment in direct financing leases

 

 

250,918

 

 

 

250,222

 

Other financing leases (net of allowance for credit loss)

 

 

130,671

 

 

 

171,462

 

Total investment in financing leases

 

$

381,589

 

 

$

421,684

 

Other Leasing Activities

At March 31, 2026, our vacant properties represented 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 abatements or rent deferrals to be paid back in full, or in the form of temporary loans. See below for an update on some of our current and former tenants.

Prospect

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 $1.6 billion.

On May 23, 2023, Prospect completed a recapitalization plan, which included receiving $375 million in new financing from several lenders. Along with this new capital from third-party lenders, we agreed to the following restructuring of our then $1.7 billion investment including: a) maintaining the master lease covering six California hospitals without any changes in rental rates or escalator provisions, b) transitioning the Pennsylvania properties back to Prospect in return for a $150 million first lien mortgage, c) providing up to $75 million in a loan secured by a first lien on Prospect's accounts receivable and certain other assets, and d) obtaining a non-controlling ownership interest in PHP Holdings in exchange for unpaid rent and interest, among other things.

Prospect filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on January 11, 2025 with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. On March 20, 2025, the bankruptcy court approved a global settlement (including a recovery waterfall) between us, Prospect, and other stakeholders. Due to the bankruptcy, 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, resulting in a full reserve of the asset-backed loan and our Pennsylvania mortgage loan, along with a decrease in the value in our Connecticut properties. No charge was recorded on our California properties.

In 2025 and in accordance with the global settlement and the estimated recovery waterfall, we recorded approximately $140 million of additional impairment charges (including $55 million of impairment charges in the 2025 first quarter that further reduced our investment in the Connecticut properties). In determining the 2025 first quarter impairment charges, we compared the carrying value of our investments to our estimate of expected proceeds (net of any possible future cash outlays) to be received under the bankruptcy court approved recovery waterfall, factoring in an estimated recovery of Prospect assets (including our real estate assets as applicable) and applying the priority of claims associated with the bankruptcy. In estimating the fair value of the California, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut 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 sales prices of similar properties. For the income approach, we divided the expected operating income from the property by an estimated market capitalization rate (ranging from 8.25% to 8.5%).

In 2025 and through the first quarter of 2026, all the Connecticut and Pennsylvania properties (along with our investment in PHP Holdings discussed below) have been sold, and Prospect's bankruptcy plan has been deemed effective.

During the 2026 first quarter, we received approximately $45 million from these asset sales and collection of Connecticut accounts receivable that serve as collateral for our remaining investment, while funding $45 million of the $70 million bankruptcy court approved funding commitment, as disclosed in our 2025 Annual Report. At March 31, 2026, our remaining investment in Prospect is approximately $61 million. In addition, we expect to fund the remaining $25 million of the $70 million commitment in the 2026 second quarter. We believe this total investment is fully recoverable from the collection of Connecticut accounts receivable (of which we received $9 million in April 2026) and proceeds from litigation and other causes of action, the ultimate outcome and timing of which are uncertain.

Re-tenanting Activity

In December 2025, we re-leased the six California properties to NOR as a result of their successful bid to acquire the hospital operations. Terms of the lease include an initial annualized rent almost identical to the previous rent amount due from Prospect in 2025, annual inflation-based escalators starting in the 2027 first quarter, and an initial fixed term of 15 years. All rent is to be deferred for six months (until mid-June 2026), and 50% of rent is to be deferred for an additional six months, after which the aggregate deferred rent will be paid over the remaining lease term. We are accounting for rent revenue associated with the NOR lease on the cash basis. We have committed to fund approximately $24 million for a new emergency department at one facility and up to $60 million in seismic improvements that may be required by California regulators over the next four years, both of which will increase the lease base and result in additional rent.

PHP Investment

In regard to our investment in PHP Holdings, we accounted for this investment using the fair value option method. In 2025, we recorded an approximate $147 million negative fair value adjustment, including $18 million in the 2025 first quarter. The adjustment in 2025 was made based on changes to the purchase agreement between PHP Holdings and Astrana Health and updates to PHP Holdings' working capital position. On July 1, 2025, we received $2.3 million from the sale of PHP Holdings to Astrana Health.

Other Re-tenanting Activity

As discussed in previous filings, we entered into agreements in September 2024 with six operators (HSA, Honor Health, Insight Health ("Insight"), Quorum, College Health, and Tenor Health ("Tenor")) to lease 18 of the 23 former Steward-operated facilities. Since then, we have sold three of the facilities (including one in the 2026 first quarter) at a net gain. These leases included a rent ramp up period. In the 2025 first quarter, cash rents received from these operators were approximately $3.4 million, ramping up to $11 million in the 2025 second quarter, approximately $12 million in the 2025 third quarter, $26.1 million in the 2025 fourth quarter (including approximately $4 million of September 2025 rent from a cash-basis tenant that was received on October 1, 2025), and $24.5 million in the first quarter of 2026. Based on these lease contracts (adjusted for the sales noted above), rent payments are to increase to approximately 79% of contractual rent by the second quarter 2026, and 100% of contractual rent starting with October 2026. As of March 31, 2026, all of these new operators have paid the rent due under their respective leases, except for cash-basis tenants Insight/Tenor who represent less than 1% of our annual revenues.

As of March 31, 2026, we have approximately $130 million in working capital and other loans related to these operators to assist in the takeover of these operations and the transition of certain services (such as revenue cycle management). These loans are generally secured by accounts receivables and/or other assets (like personal property). Approximately $3 million of working capital loans have been repaid to-date, and we impaired a portion of the loans associated with Insight/Tenor in the 2026 first quarter.

The remaining five former Steward-operated properties (with a net book value of approximately 4% of our total assets), including two developments (see "Development and Capital Addition Activities" above), are in various stages of being re-tenanted or sold.

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 March 31,
   2026

 

 

As of December 31,
   2025

 

Swiss Medical Network

 

70%

$

609,795

 

 

$

611,347

 

MEDIAN

 

50%

 

474,120

 

 

 

486,695

 

CommonSpirit (Utah partnership)

 

25%

 

169,269

 

 

 

162,278

 

Policlinico di Monza

 

50%

 

85,503

 

 

 

86,091

 

HM Hospitales

 

45%

 

51,698

 

 

 

53,366

 

Total

 

 

$

1,390,385

 

 

$

1,399,777

 

 

The Utah partnership applies specialized accounting and reporting for investment companies under Topic 946, which measures the underlying investments at fair value. For the quarters ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, our share of the Utah partnership's income included a favorable fair value adjustment of approximately $7.2 million (primarily related to an unrealized gain on investments in real estate) and $6.0 million (primarily related to its interest rate swap), respectively.

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 March 31,
   2026

 

 

As of December 31,
   2025

 

Swiss Medical Network

 

$

195,838

 

 

$

197,497

 

Aevis Victoria SA ("Aevis")

 

 

63,346

 

 

 

64,859

 

Priory Group ("Priory")

 

 

45,844

 

 

 

43,913

 

Aspris Children's Services ("Aspris")

 

 

15,900

 

 

 

15,910

 

Total

 

$

320,928

 

 

$

322,179

 

 

For our investments marked to fair value (including our investments in Aevis, the international joint venture, and PHP Holdings through the first half of 2025), we recorded approximately $2 million in unfavorable non-cash fair value adjustments during the first three months of 2026; whereas, this was a $30 million unfavorable non-cash fair value adjustment for the same period of 2025.

Credit Loss Reserves

We apply a forward-looking "expected loss" model to our financing receivables, including financing leases and loans, based on historical credit losses of similar instruments.

The following table summarizes the activity in our credit loss reserves (in thousands):

 

 

 

For the Three Months
Ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

Balance at beginning of the year

 

$

553,297

 

 

$

511,473

 

 

Provision for credit loss, net (1)

 

 

14,554

 

 

 

65,982

 

 

Expected credit loss reserve written off or related to financial
     instruments sold, repaid, or satisfied (2)

 

 

(525,079

)

 

 

 

 

Balance at end of the period

 

$

42,772

 

 

$

577,455

 

 

(1)
The amount in 2025 is primarily related to Prospect. See "Leasing Operations (Lessor)" in this Note 3 for further discussion.
(2)
The amount in 2026 is primarily related to write-offs of previously reserved Prospect mortgages and other financing leases. See "Leasing Operations (Lessor)" in this Note 3 for further discussion.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

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 March 31, 2026

 

 

As of December 31, 2025

 

Operators

 

Total Assets (1)

 

 

Percentage of
Total Assets

 

 

Total Assets (1)

 

 

Percentage of
Total Assets

 

Circle Health Ltd ("Circle")

 

$

2,069,009

 

 

 

14.0

%

 

$

2,121,848

 

 

 

14.1

%

Priory

 

 

1,273,725

 

 

 

8.6

%

 

 

1,301,888

 

 

 

8.7

%

HSA

 

 

1,209,459

 

 

 

8.2

%

 

 

1,200,996

 

 

 

8.0

%

Swiss Medical Network

 

 

868,978

 

 

 

5.9

%

 

 

873,703

 

 

 

5.8

%

Lifepoint Behavioral

 

 

806,344

 

 

 

5.5

%

 

 

809,492

 

 

 

5.4

%

Other operators

 

 

6,624,284

 

 

 

44.9

%

 

 

6,688,287

 

 

 

44.6

%

Other assets

 

 

1,910,878

 

 

 

12.9

%

 

 

2,005,561

 

 

 

13.4

%

Total

 

$

14,762,677

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

15,001,775

 

 

 

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.

 

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

 

 

As of March 31, 2026

 

 

As of December 31, 2025

 

U.S. States and Other Countries

 

Total Assets

 

 

Percentage of
Total Assets

 

 

Total Assets

 

 

Percentage of
Total Assets

 

Texas

 

$

1,403,311

 

 

 

9.5

%

 

$

1,427,391

 

 

 

9.5

%

California

 

 

1,024,998

 

 

 

7.0

%

 

 

977,890

 

 

 

6.5

%

Florida

 

 

832,712

 

 

 

5.6

%

 

 

834,940

 

 

 

5.6

%

Arizona

 

 

329,471

 

 

 

2.2

%

 

 

328,873

 

 

 

2.2

%

Ohio

 

 

317,842

 

 

 

2.2

%

 

 

330,189

 

 

 

2.2

%

All other states

 

 

2,422,158

 

 

 

16.4

%

 

 

2,480,182

 

 

 

16.5

%

Other domestic assets

 

 

1,046,367

 

 

 

7.1

%

 

 

1,072,900

 

 

 

7.2

%

Total U.S.

 

$

7,376,859

 

 

 

50.0

%

 

$

7,452,365

 

 

 

49.7

%

United Kingdom

 

$

4,084,982

 

 

 

27.7

%

 

$

4,184,188

 

 

 

27.9

%

Switzerland

 

 

868,978

 

 

 

5.9

%

 

 

873,703

 

 

 

5.8

%

Germany

 

 

761,421

 

 

 

5.1

%

 

 

751,806

 

 

 

5.0

%

Spain

 

 

306,718

 

 

 

2.1

%

 

 

302,323

 

 

 

2.0

%

All other countries

 

 

499,208

 

 

 

3.4

%

 

 

504,729

 

 

 

3.4

%

Other international assets

 

 

864,511

 

 

 

5.8

%

 

 

932,661

 

 

 

6.2

%

Total international

 

$

7,385,818

 

 

 

50.0

%

 

$

7,549,410

 

 

 

50.3

%

Grand total

 

$

14,762,677

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

15,001,775

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

Total Assets by Facility Type (1)

 

 

As of March 31, 2026

 

 

As of December 31, 2025

 

Facility Types

 

Total Assets

 

 

Percentage of
Total Assets

 

 

Total Assets

 

 

Percentage of
Total Assets

 

General acute care hospitals

 

$

8,673,783

 

 

 

58.8

%

 

$

8,769,909

 

 

 

58.5

%

Behavioral health facilities

 

 

2,407,964

 

 

 

16.3

%

 

 

2,445,418

 

 

 

16.3

%

Post acute care facilities

 

 

1,668,629

 

 

 

11.3

%

 

 

1,671,616

 

 

 

11.1

%

Freestanding ER/urgent care facilities

 

 

101,423

 

 

 

0.7

%

 

 

109,271

 

 

 

0.7

%

Other assets

 

 

1,910,878

 

 

 

12.9

%

 

 

2,005,561

 

 

 

13.4

%

Total

 

$

14,762,677

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

15,001,775

 

 

 

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 less than 2% of our total assets as of March 31, 2026.

On a revenue basis, concentration in 2026 compared to the same periods of 2025 is as follows:

Total Revenues by Geographic Location

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Geographic Location

 

Total Revenues

 

 

Percentage of
Total Revenues

 

 

Total Revenues

 

 

Percentage of
Total Revenues

 

Total U.S.

 

$

134,861

 

 

 

53.5

%

 

$

116,840

 

 

 

52.2

%

United Kingdom

 

 

96,396

 

 

 

38.2

%

 

 

88,653

 

 

 

39.6

%

All other countries

 

 

20,808

 

 

 

8.3

%

 

 

18,306

 

 

 

8.2

%

Grand total

 

$

252,065

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

223,799

 

 

 

100.0

%

Total Revenues by Facility Type

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Facility Types

 

Total Revenues

 

 

Percentage of
Total Revenues

 

 

Total Revenues

 

 

Percentage of
Total Revenues

 

General acute care hospitals

 

$

156,194

 

 

 

62.0

%

 

$

135,019

 

 

 

60.3

%

Behavioral health facilities

 

 

55,575

 

 

 

22.0

%

 

 

51,520

 

 

 

23.0

%

Post acute care facilities

 

 

38,370

 

 

 

15.2

%

 

 

35,256

 

 

 

15.8

%

Freestanding ER/urgent care facilities

 

 

1,926

 

 

 

0.8

%

 

 

2,004

 

 

 

0.9

%

Total

 

$

252,065

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

223,799

 

 

 

100.0

%

The following shows those tenants that represented 10% or more of our total revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Operators

 

Total Revenues

 

 

Percentage of
Total Revenues

 

 

Total Revenues

 

 

Percentage of
Total Revenues

 

Circle

 

$

54,961

 

 

 

21.8

%

 

$

50,711

 

 

 

22.7

%

Priory

 

 

27,496

 

 

 

10.9

%

 

 

24,941

 

 

 

11.1

%

Other operators

 

 

169,608

 

 

 

67.3

%

 

 

148,147

 

 

 

66.2

%

Total

 

$

252,065

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

223,799

 

 

 

100.0

%