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Healthcare Realty Trust Announces $338 Million Of Fourth Quarter 2023 Asset Sales

Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated just announced the completion of $338 million of asset sales during the fourth quarter of 2023 bringing full year additional dispositions to $656 million at an average cap rate of 6.6%.

The full year additional dispositions resulted in proceeds of $597 million as well as $59 million of seller financing across three transactions, including $14 million of seller financing in the fourth quarter. Proceeds were used for general corporate purposes, including the funding of development commitments and repayment of debt. Healthcare Realty had no outstanding balance on its revolving credit facility as of December 31, 2023.

The 2023 additional dispositions of $656 million do not include the $112.5 million of asset sales in January 2023 that fully repaid the July 2022 merger-related special dividend.

Healthcare Realty is a real estate investment trust that owns and operates medical outpatient buildings primarily located around market-leading hospital campuses. The company selectively grows its portfolio through property acquisition and development. As the first and largest REIT to specialize in medical outpatient buildings, Healthcare Realty’s portfolio includes more than 700 properties totaling over 40 million square feet concentrated in 15 growth markets.

In addition to the historical information contained within, the matters discussed in this press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks are discussed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Healthcare Realty Trust, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 under the heading “Risk Factors,” and as updated in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed thereafter. Forward-looking statements represent the company’s judgment as of the date of this release. Healthcare Realty disclaims any obligation to update forward-looking statements.

 

Source: HREI

REIT Welltower Still Looking To Acquire Healthcare Realty Trust After $5B Bid Rejected

Welltower remains interested in making a play for fellow real estate investment trust Healthcare Realty Trust after making an all-cash bid for it earlier this year.

Welltower, a REIT that owns senior housing, medical facilities and medical offices, made a $4.8B all-cash bid for Healthcare Realty Trust in February, The Wall Street Journal reported. The offer came soon after Healthcare Realty agreed to a merger with Healthcare Trust of America.

Welltower offered to pay the $163M termination fee that the Nashville-based Healthcare Realty would’ve had to pay for backing out of the $10B, mostly stock deal, but Healthcare Realty’s board decided it wasn’t a better offer than the merger and rejected it in March.

Welltower’s offer was for $31.75 a share, and it could make another offer, the WSJ reports. An acquisition would give Welltower a deeper medical office presence, an area it has already been growing in recent months.

In August, Welltower bought six medical office buildings in New York City via a joint venture with Aspect Health, paying $98M. It has also been picking up senior housing at a fast clip; last summer it spent $1.58B on a portfolio of 86 senior housing sites from Holiday Retirement. In November, it bought 14 senior housing properties managed by Watermark Retirement.

“Since pivoting to offense 13 months ago, Welltower is pleased to have executed on its value-driven investment thesis, largely through granular and off-market transactions completed at a significant discount to estimated replacement cost,” CEO Shankh Mitra said at the time, Senior Housing News reported.

Healthcare Realty’s shares jumped to $28.55 Monday, per the WSJ, an increase of 5.4%. Healthcare Trust’s fell by 1.6% to $29.96.

 

Source: Bisnow

Ventas Inc. Completes $2.3 Billion Acquisition Of The New Senior Investment Group Inc.

Ventas, Inc. and New Senior Investment Group Inc. announced that Ventas has completed its acquisition of New Senior in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $2.3 billion, including New Senior debt assumed or repaid by Ventas.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, New Senior stockholders are entitled to receive 0.1561 shares of newly issued Ventas common stock for each share of New Senior common stock that they owned immediately prior to the effective time of the merger.

“The acquisition of the New Senior portfolio positions Ventas to capture the powerful senior housing upside at a cyclical inflection point, adds a high quality independent living portfolio in advantaged markets with positive supply and demand fundamentals, and builds on existing relationships with leading operators and our deep experience in independent living at an attractive valuation that is accretive to Ventas,” said Debra A. Cafaro, Ventas Chairman and CEO. “I commend Susan Givens and her excellent team for their professionalism and accomplishments.”

Ventas’s third quarter 2021 guidance issued on August 6, 2021 excluded any contribution or impact from the Transaction.

Effective today, shares of New Senior common stock will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Ventas, an S&P 500 company, operates at the intersection of two powerful and dynamic industries – healthcare and real estate. As one of the world’s foremost Real Estate Investment Trusts, Ventas’s portfolio of approximately 1,300 properties is buoyed by the demographic tailwind of a large and growing aging population. Ventas uses the power of capital to unlock the value of senior living communities, life science, research & innovation properties, medical office & outpatient facilities and other healthcare real estate, working with leading care providers, developers, research, educational and medical institutions, innovators and healthcare organizations. Ventas has followed a successful strategy that endures: combining a high-quality diversified portfolio of properties and capital sources to manage through cycles, working with industry leading partners, and a collaborative and experienced team focused on producing consistent growing cash flows and superior returns on a strong balance sheet, ultimately rewarding Ventas stakeholders.

New Senior Investment Group Inc. is a real estate investment trust with a diversified portfolio of senior housing properties located across the United States. New Senior is one of the largest owners of senior housing properties, with 103 properties across 36 states.

 

Source: yahoo! finance