Other Real Estate Investments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Real Estate [Abstract]

Other Real Estate Investments

OTHER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS

In December 2014, the Company completed a $7.5 million preferred equity investment with Signature Senior Living, LLC and Milestone Retirement Communities. The preferred equity investment yields 12.0% calculated on a quarterly basis on the outstanding carrying value of the investment. The investment is being used to develop Signature Senior Living at Arvada, a planned 134-unit upscale assisted living and memory care community in Arvada, Colorado constructed on a five-acre site. In connection with its investment, CareTrust REIT obtained an option to purchase the Arvada development at a fixed-formula price upon stabilization, with an initial lease yield of at least 8.0%. The project was completed in the second quarter of 2016 and began lease-up in the third quarter of 2016.

In July 2016, the Company completed a $2.2 million preferred equity investment with an affiliate of Cascadia Development, LLC. The preferred equity investment yields a return equal to at least 12% calculated on a quarterly basis on the outstanding carrying value of the investment. The investment will be used to develop a 99-bed skilled nursing facility in Nampa, Idaho. In connection with its investment, CareTrust REIT obtained an option to purchase the development at a fixed-formula price upon stabilization, with an initial lease yield of at least 9.0%. The project is expected to be completed by October 2017.

In September 2016, the Company completed a $2.3 million preferred equity investment with an affiliate of Cascadia Development, LLC. The preferred equity investment yields a return equal to at least 12% calculated on a quarterly basis on the outstanding carrying value of the investment. The investment will be used to develop a 99-bed skilled nursing facility in Boise, Idaho. In connection with its investment, CareTrust REIT obtained an option to purchase the development at a fixed-formula price upon stabilization, with an initial lease yield of at least 9.0%. The project is expected to be completed by early 2018.

During the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company recognized $0.7 million, $0.9 million and $32,000 of interest income and these unpaid amounts were added to the outstanding carrying values of these preferred equity investments.