Dispositions, Real Property Held for Sale and Impairment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Dispositions, Real Property Held for Sale and Impairment

We periodically sell properties for various reasons, including favorable market conditions, the exercise of tenant purchase options or reduction of concentrations (e.g. property type, relationship or geography). At December 31, 2024, six Seniors Housing Operating properties and one Triple-net property, with an aggregate net real estate balance of $51,866,000, were classified as held for sale. Expected gross sales proceeds related to these held for sale properties are approximately $56,217,000.

During the year ended December 31, 2024, we recorded impairment charges of $92,793,000 related to 18 Seniors Housing Operating properties, three Triple-net properties and one Outpatient Medical property. During the year ended December 31, 2023, we recorded $36,097,000 of impairment charges related to seven Seniors Housing Operating properties and three Triple-net properties. During the year ended December 31, 2022, we recorded $17,502,000 of impairment charges related to one Seniors Housing Operating property, two Triple-net properties and one Outpatient Medical property.

Operating results attributable to properties sold or classified as held for sale which do not meet the definition of discontinued operations, are not reclassified on our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. We recognized income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and other items from properties sold or classified as held for sale of $(47,257,000) for the year ended December 31, 2024, and $64,052,000 and $(18,855,000) for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The following is a summary of our real property disposition activity for the periods presented (in thousands):


	Year Ended
	December 31, 2024		December 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Real estate dispositions:(1)
Seniors Housing Operating	$	390,226	$	385,128	$	85,413
Triple-net(2)	355,580		6,391		89,827
Outpatient Medical	42,761		—		393
Total dispositions	788,567		391,519		175,633
Gain (loss) on real estate dispositions and acquisitions of controlling interests, net(3)	176,376		67,898		16,043
Net other assets (liabilities) disposed	(194,092)		(846)		7,820
Non-cash consideration	(434,326)		(361,830)		—
Cash proceeds from real estate dispositions	$	336,525	$	96,741	$	199,496

(1) Dispositions occurring in the year ended December 31, 2024 include the disposition of unconsolidated equity method investments that owned six Seniors Housing Operating properties and one Outpatient Medical property. Dispositions occurring in the year ended December 31, 2023 include the disposition of unconsolidated equity method investments related to Revera. See discussion below for further information.

(2) For the year ended December 31, 2024, excludes $79,695,000 of net real property derecognized related to four properties upon the reclassification of one lease from operating to sales-type and includes $297,000,000 of net real property derecognized in the third quarter related to 11 properties upon reclassification of one lease from operating to sales-type for which the underlying properties were sold and the sales-type lease terminated in the fourth quarter. (see Note 6 for additional details).

(3) For the year ended December 31, 2024, excludes the $182,642,000 gain recognized in conjunction with the joint venture consolidation (see Note 3 for additional details) and the $92,593,000 gain recognized as a result of the reclassification of two leases from operating to sales-type.

Strategic Dissolution of Revera Joint Ventures

During the year ended December 31, 2023, we entered into definitive agreements to dissolve our existing Revera joint venture relationships across the U.S., U.K. and Canada. The transactions included acquiring the remaining interests in 110 properties from Revera, while simultaneously selling interests in 31 properties to Revera.

In June 2023, we closed the U.K. portfolio portion of the transaction through the acquisition of the remaining ownership interest in 29 properties previously held in two separate consolidated joint venture structures in which we owned 75% and 90% of the interests in exchange for the disposition to Revera of our interests in four properties. In addition, we received cash from Revera of $107,341,000 relating to the net settlement of loans previously made to the joint ventures. Operations for the 29 retained properties were transitioned to Avery Healthcare.

Total proceeds related to the four properties disposed were $222,521,000, which included non-cash consideration from Revera of $241,728,000, comprised of the fair value of interests received by us of $198,837,000 and an allocation of Revera's noncontrolling interests of $42,891,000, partially offset by $9,049,000 of transaction-related expenses as well as the $10,158,000 of cash paid to equalize the value exchanged between the parties. We disposed of net real property owned of $224,208,000, resulting in a loss of $1,687,000 recognized within gain (loss) on real estate dispositions and acquisitions of controlling interests, net within our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. Consideration transferred to acquire the additional interests in the 29 properties was comprised of the fair value of interests transferred by us of $198,837,000 and $5,776,000 of cash paid for transaction-related expenses. We derecognized $180,497,000 of noncontrolling interests and $22,270,000 of liabilities previously due to Revera with an adjustment of $1,846,000 recognized in capital in excess of par value.

We closed the portion of the transactions predominantly related to the U.S. portfolio during the third quarter of 2023 through (i) the acquisition of the remaining interests in ten properties currently under development or recently developed by Sunrise Senior Living ("Sunrise") that were previously held within an equity method joint venture owned 34% by us and 66% by Revera, (ii) the disposition of our minority interests in 12 U.S. properties and one Canadian development project and (iii) the disposition of our 34% interest in Sunrise Senior Living Management, Inc. ("Sunrise ManCo"). We recorded net real estate investments of $479,525,000 related to the ten acquired and now consolidated properties, which was comprised of $31,456,000 of cash consideration and $448,069,000 of non-cash consideration. Non-cash consideration primarily includes $270,486,000 of assumed mortgage debt secured by the acquired properties, which was subsequently repaid in full by us immediately following the transaction, $47,734,000 of carryover investment from our prior 34% equity method ownership interest and $119,258,000 of fair value interests in the 13 properties transferred by us to Revera. We also derecognized $56,905,000 of equity method investments related to the 13 properties retained by Revera and recorded a gain on real estate dispositions of $62,075,000. In conjunction with this transaction, operations for two of the now wholly owned properties, along with operations for 26 existing wholly owned properties, transitioned to Oakmont Management Group.

In April 2024, we closed the Canadian portfolio portion of the transaction through the acquisition of the remaining ownership interest in 71 properties previously held in consolidated joint venture structures in which we owned 75% of the interests, in exchange for the disposition to Revera of our interests in 14 properties. In addition, we received $60,614,000 of cash relating to the net settlement of loans previously made to Revera to fund its share of the pay-off of third-party secured debt of the joint ventures. Operations for the 71 retained properties previously transitioned to Cogir Senior Living (53), Levante Living (12) and Optima Living (6) during 2023.

Total net proceeds related to the 14 properties disposed were $430,898,000, which included non-cash consideration from Revera of $434,326,000, comprised primarily of the net fair value of interests received by us in the amount of $219,940,000, debt which we were relieved of in the amount of $164,640,000 and an allocation of Revera's noncontrolling interests in the disposed properties of $53,174,000. We disposed of net real property owned of $293,257,000 and paid $3,428,000 of cash transaction-related expenses for the sale of the 14 properties, resulting in a gain of $137,641,000 recognized within gain (loss) on real estate dispositions and acquisitions of controlling interests, net within our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. Consideration transferred to acquire the additional interests in the 71 properties was primarily comprised of the $219,940,000 of fair value of interests transferred by us, a cash payment of $51,986,000 to equalize the value exchanged between the parties and $17,258,000 of cash paid for transaction-related expenses. We derecognized $246,564,000 of Revera's noncontrolling interests in the acquired properties with an adjustment of $42,619,000 recognized in capital in excess of par value.

The non-cash investing activity with respect to the sale of the properties to Revera and non-cash financing activity with respect to the acquisition of Revera's interests have been excluded from our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Genesis HealthCare

As part of the substantial exit of the Genesis HealthCare ("Genesis") operating relationship, which we disclosed on March 2, 2021, we transitioned the sublease of a portfolio of seven facilities from Genesis to Complete Care Management in the second quarter of 2021. As part of the March 2021 transaction, we entered into a forward sale agreement for the seven properties valued at $182,618,000, which was expected to close when the Welltower-held purchase option became exercisable. As of March 31, 2023, the right of use assets related to the properties were $115,359,000 and were reflected as held for sale with the corresponding lease liabilities of $66,530,000 on our Consolidated Balance Sheet.

On May 1, 2023, we executed a series of transactions that included the assignment of the leasehold interest to a newly formed tri-party unconsolidated joint venture comprised of Aurora Health Network, Peace Capital (an affiliate of Complete Care Management) and us, and culminated with the closing of the purchase option by the joint venture. The transactions resulted in net cash proceeds to us of $104,240,000 (excluded from the dispositions table above) after our retained interest of $11,571,000 in the joint venture and a gain from the loss of control and derecognition of the leasehold interest of $65,485,000, which we recorded in other income within our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.