NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2022 June (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
☒ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022
or
☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Commission File Number: 000-55190
NORTHSTAR HEALTHCARE INCOME, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Maryland | 27-3663988 | ||||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of | (IRS Employer | ||||
Incorporation or Organization) | Identification No.) |
4350 East West Highway, Suite 1050, Bethesda, MD 20814
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
(240) 479-7115
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | None | None |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ý No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ¨ | Accelerated filer | ¨ | Non-accelerated filer | ý | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | ||||||||||||||||
Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ý
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:
The Company has one class of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 194,666,180 shares outstanding as of August 11, 2022.
NORTHSTAR HEALTHCARE INCOME, INC.
FORM 10-Q
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “potential,” “intend,” “expect,” “seek,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “could,” “project,” “predict,” “continue,” “future” or other similar words or expressions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance and are based on certain assumptions, discuss future expectations, describe plans and strategies, contain projections of results of operations or of financial condition or state other forward-looking information. Such statements include, but are not limited to, those relating to our ability to make distributions to our stockholders, our reliance on our Advisor and our Sponsor (each, as defined below), the operating performance of our investments, our financing needs, the effects of our current strategies and investment activities and our ability to effectively deploy capital. Our ability to predict results or the actual effect of plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, our actual results and performance could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements and you should not unduly rely on these statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results in future periods to differ materially from those forward-looking statements.
All forward-looking statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are based on information available to us on the date hereof and we are under no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this report to conform these statements to actual results.
Factors that could have a material adverse effect on our operations and future prospects are set forth in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, including Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under the heading “Risk Factors.” The risk factors set forth in our filings with the SEC could cause our actual results to differ significantly from those contained in any forward-looking statement contained in this report.
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PART I—Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements
NORTHSTAR HEALTHCARE INCOME, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Data)
June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) | December 31, 2021 | ||||||||||
Assets | |||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 105,431 | $ | 200,473 | |||||||
Restricted cash | 11,646 | 10,465 | |||||||||
Operating real estate, net | 952,009 | 972,599 | |||||||||
Investments in unconsolidated ventures | 208,030 | 212,309 | |||||||||
Receivables, net | 3,757 | 3,666 | |||||||||
Intangible assets, net | 2,421 | 2,590 | |||||||||
Other assets | 7,248 | 10,771 | |||||||||
Total assets(1) | $ | 1,290,542 | $ | 1,412,873 | |||||||
Liabilities | |||||||||||
Mortgage and other notes payable, net | $ | 919,525 | $ | 929,811 | |||||||
Due to related party | 3,769 | 7,338 | |||||||||
Escrow deposits payable | 1,113 | 1,171 | |||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 17,472 | 24,671 | |||||||||
Other liabilities | 2,854 | 3,064 | |||||||||
Total liabilities(1) | 944,733 | 966,055 | |||||||||
Commitments and contingencies (Note 12) | |||||||||||
Equity | |||||||||||
NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity | |||||||||||
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 | — | — | |||||||||
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 400,000,000 shares authorized, 194,456,480 and 193,120,940 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively | 1,945 | 1,930 | |||||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 1,725,976 | 1,720,719 | |||||||||
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) | (1,380,869) | (1,277,688) | |||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (3,424) | (486) | |||||||||
Total NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc. stockholders’ equity | 343,628 | 444,475 | |||||||||
Non-controlling interests | 2,181 | 2,343 | |||||||||
Total equity | 345,809 | 446,818 | |||||||||
Total liabilities and equity | $ | 1,290,542 | $ | 1,412,873 |
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(1)Represents the consolidated assets and liabilities of NorthStar Healthcare Income Operating Partnership, LP (the “Operating Partnership”). The Operating Partnership is a consolidated variable interest entity (“VIE”), of which NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc. (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Company”) is the sole general partner and owns approximately 99.99%. As of June 30, 2022, the Operating Partnership includes $227.7 million and $179.2 million of assets and liabilities, respectively, of certain VIEs that are consolidated by the Operating Partnership. Refer to Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.”
Refer to accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
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NORTHSTAR HEALTHCARE INCOME, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Data)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Property and other revenues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resident fee income | $ | 10,958 | $ | 28,254 | $ | 21,713 | $ | 56,536 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rental income | 34,277 | 35,612 | 66,836 | 64,663 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other revenue | 139 | 41 | 157 | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total property and other revenues | 45,374 | 63,907 | 88,706 | 121,241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income on debt investments | — | 1,387 | — | 3,600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property operating expenses | 33,230 | 45,101 | 66,124 | 90,719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 10,554 | 15,962 | 20,863 | 31,987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Transaction costs | — | — | — | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Asset management fees - related party | 2,457 | 2,769 | 5,104 | 5,538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | 3,755 | 3,079 | 7,441 | 6,112 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 9,540 | 15,557 | 19,463 | 30,944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment loss | 13,002 | — | 13,002 | 786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 72,538 | 82,468 | 131,997 | 166,140 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other income (loss) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other income, net | 5 | (468) | 77 | 6,892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Realized gain (loss) on investments and other | (252) | (111) | 335 | 7,404 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) before equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated ventures and income tax expense | (27,411) | (17,753) | (42,879) | (27,003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated ventures | 34,053 | 10,766 | 36,555 | 9,876 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax expense | (15) | (11) | (30) | (26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | 6,627 | (6,998) | (6,354) | (17,153) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests | 180 | 135 | 225 | (173) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc. common stockholders | $ | 6,807 | $ | (6,863) | $ | (6,129) | $ | (17,326) | ||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) per share of common stock, basic/diluted(1) | $ | 0.04 | $ | (0.04) | $ | (0.03) | $ | (0.09) | ||||||||||||||||||
Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding, basic/diluted(1) | 194,044,709 | 191,273,318 | 193,708,466 | 190,953,795 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions declared per share of common stock | $ | 0.50 | $ | — | $ | 0.50 | $ | — |
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(1) The Company issued 49,872 and 66,840 restricted stock units in June 2022 and 2021, respectively. The impact of the restricted stock units on the diluted earnings per share calculation is de minimis for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
Refer to accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
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NORTHSTAR HEALTHCARE INCOME, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(Dollars in Thousands)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 6,627 | $ | (6,998) | $ | (6,354) | $ | (17,153) | ||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments related to investment in unconsolidated venture | (2,370) | (108) | (2,938) | (582) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total other comprehensive income (loss) | (2,370) | (108) | (2,938) | (582) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive income (loss) | 4,257 | (7,106) | (9,292) | (17,735) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests | 180 | 135 | 225 | (173) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc. common stockholders | $ | 4,437 | $ | (6,971) | $ | (9,067) | $ | (17,908) |
Refer to accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
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NORTHSTAR HEALTHCARE INCOME, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
(Dollars and Shares in Thousands)
Common Stock | Additional Paid-in Capital | Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Total Company’s Stockholders’ Equity | Non-controlling Interests | Total Equity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of December 31, 2020 | 190,409 | $ | 1,904 | $ | 1,710,023 | $ | (1,302,755) | $ | 467 | $ | 409,639 | $ | 2,423 | $ | 412,062 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based payment of advisor asset management fees | 643 | 6 | 2,494 | — | — | 2,500 | — | 2,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization of equity-based compensation | — | — | 46 | — | — | 46 | — | 46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-controlling interests - contributions | — | — | — | — | — | — | 240 | 240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-controlling interests - distributions | — | — | — | — | — | — | (350) | (350) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) | — | — | — | — | (474) | (474) | — | (474) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | — | — | — | (10,463) | — | (10,463) | 308 | (10,155) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of March 31, 2021 (Unaudited) | 191,052 | $ | 1,910 | $ | 1,712,563 | $ | (1,313,218) | $ | (7) | $ | 401,248 | $ | 2,621 | $ | 403,869 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based payment of advisor asset management fees | 643 | 6 | 2,494 | — | — | 2,500 | — | 2,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization of equity-based compensation | — | — | 73 | — | — | 73 | — | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-controlling interests - contributions | — | — | — | — | — | — | 146 | 146 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-controlling interests - distributions | — | — | — | — | — | — | (33) | (33) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) | — | — | — | — | (108) | (108) | — | (108) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | — | — | — | (6,863) | — | (6,863) | (135) | (6,998) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of June 30, 2021 (Unaudited) | 191,695 | $ | 1,916 | $ | 1,715,130 | $ | (1,320,081) | $ | (115) | $ | 396,850 | $ | 2,599 | $ | 399,449 |
Refer to accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
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NORTHSTAR HEALTHCARE INCOME, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
(Dollars and Shares in Thousands)
Common Stock | Additional Paid-in Capital | Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Total Company’s Stockholders’ Equity | Non-controlling Interests | Total Equity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of December 31, 2021 | 193,121 | $ | 1,930 | $ | 1,720,719 | $ | (1,277,688) | $ | (486) | $ | 444,475 | $ | 2,343 | $ | 446,818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based payment of advisor asset management fees | 698 | 7 | 2,722 | — | — | 2,729 | — | 2,729 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization of equity-based compensation | — | — | 15 | — | — | 15 | — | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-controlling interests - contributions | — | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-controlling interests - distributions | — | — | — | — | — | — | (53) | (53) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) | — | — | — | — | (568) | (568) | — | (568) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | — | — | — | (12,936) | — | (12,936) | (45) | (12,981) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of March 31, 2022 (Unaudited) | 193,819 | $ | 1,937 | $ | 1,723,456 | $ | (1,290,624) | $ | (1,054) | $ | 433,715 | $ | 2,309 | $ | 436,024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based payment of advisor asset management fees | 637 | 8 | 2,507 | — | — | 2,515 | — | 2,515 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization of equity-based compensation | — | — | 13 | — | — | 13 | — | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-controlling interests - contributions | — | — | — | — | — | — | 113 | 113 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-controlling interests - distributions | — | — | — | — | — | — | (61) | (61) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions declared | — | — | — | (97,052) | — | (97,052) | — | (97,052) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) | — | — | — | — | (2,370) | (2,370) | — | (2,370) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | — | — | — | 6,807 | — | 6,807 | (180) | 6,627 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) | 194,456 | $ | 1,945 | $ | 1,725,976 | $ | (1,380,869) | $ | (3,424) | $ | 343,628 | $ | 2,181 | $ | 345,809 |
Refer to accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
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NORTHSTAR HEALTHCARE INCOME, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Dollars in Thousands)
(Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | |||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (6,354) | $ | (17,153) | |||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities: | |||||||||||
Equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated ventures | (36,555) | (9,876) | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 19,463 | 30,944 | |||||||||
Impairment loss | 13,002 | 786 | |||||||||
Amortization of below market debt | 1,614 | 1,575 | |||||||||
Straight-line rental (income) loss, net | — | 7,085 | |||||||||
Amortization of discount/accretion of premium on investments | — | (243) | |||||||||
Amortization of deferred financing costs | 312 | 932 | |||||||||
Amortization of equity-based compensation | 93 | 119 | |||||||||
Paid-in-kind interest on real estate debt investment | — | (194) | |||||||||
Realized (gain) loss on investments and other | (335) | (7,404) | |||||||||
Change in allowance for uncollectible accounts | 186 | (845) | |||||||||
Issuance of common stock as payment for asset management fees | 5,104 | 5,000 | |||||||||
Changes in assets and liabilities: | |||||||||||
Receivables | (277) | 1,512 | |||||||||
Other assets | 3,838 | (4,727) | |||||||||
Due to related party | (3,432) | (4,624) | |||||||||
Escrow deposits payable | (58) | 341 | |||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | (8,735) | (6,210) | |||||||||
Other liabilities | 32 | 169 | |||||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | (12,102) | (2,813) | |||||||||
Cash flows from investing activities: | |||||||||||
Capital expenditures for operating real estate | (10,660) | (10,093) | |||||||||
Sales of operating real estate | — | 28,078 | |||||||||
Repayment of real estate debt investment | — | 46,631 | |||||||||
Investments in unconsolidated ventures | — | (250) | |||||||||
Distributions from unconsolidated ventures | 38,140 | 3,029 | |||||||||
Real estate debt investment modification fee | — | 559 | |||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 27,480 | 67,954 | |||||||||
Cash flows from financing activities: | |||||||||||
Borrowings from mortgage notes | — | 26,000 | |||||||||
Repayments of mortgage notes | (12,012) | (53,361) | |||||||||
Payment of deferred financing costs | — | (708) | |||||||||
Payments under finance leases | (272) | (295) | |||||||||
Distributions paid on common stock | (97,018) | — | |||||||||
Contributions from non-controlling interests | 177 | 386 | |||||||||
Distributions to non-controlling interests | (114) | (383) | |||||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (109,239) | (28,361) | |||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | (93,861) | 36,780 | |||||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash-beginning of period | 210,938 | 93,570 | |||||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash-end of period | $ | 117,077 | $ | 130,350 |
Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: | |||||||||||
Cash paid for interest | $ | 18,725 | 53,140 | ||||||||
Cash paid for income taxes | 23 | 10 | |||||||||
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: | |||||||||||
Accrued capital expenditures | $ | 1,047 | $ | 561 | |||||||
Distribution payable | 34 | — | |||||||||
Refer to accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).
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NORTHSTAR HEALTHCARE INCOME, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
1. Business and Organization
NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries (the “Company”), manages a diversified portfolio of investments in healthcare real estate, owned directly or through joint ventures, with a focus on the mid-acuity seniors housing sector, which the Company defines as assisted living (“ALF”), memory care (“MCF”), skilled nursing (“SNF”), independent living facilities (“ILF”) and continuing care retirement communities (“CCRC”), which have independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing and memory care available on one campus. Primarily through joint ventures, the Company is also invested in other healthcare property types, including medical office buildings (“MOB”), hospitals, rehabilitation facilities and ancillary healthcare services businesses. The Company’s investments are predominantly in the United States, but through its joint ventures also has international investments in the United Kingdom.
The Company was formed in October 2010 as a Maryland corporation and commenced operations in February 2013. The Company elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2013. The Company has conducted its operations, and intends to do so in the future, so as to continue to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Substantially all of the Company’s business is conducted through NorthStar Healthcare Income Operating Partnership, LP (the “Operating Partnership”). The Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. The limited partners of the Operating Partnership are NorthStar Healthcare Income Advisor, LLC (the “Prior Advisor”) and NorthStar Healthcare Income OP Holdings, LLC (the “Special Unit Holder”), each an affiliate of the Sponsor. The Prior Advisor invested $1,000 in the Operating Partnership in exchange for common units and the Special Unit Holder invested $1,000 in the Operating Partnership and was issued a separate class of limited partnership units (the “Special Units”), which are collectively recorded as non-controlling interests on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. As the Company issued shares, it contributed substantially all of the proceeds from its continuous, public offerings to the Operating Partnership as a capital contribution. As of June 30, 2022, the Company’s limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership was 99.99%.
The Company’s charter authorizes the issuance of up to 400.0 million shares of common stock with a par value of $0.01 per share and up to 50.0 million shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.01 per share. The board of directors of the Company is authorized to amend its charter, without the approval of the stockholders, to increase the aggregate number of authorized shares of capital stock or the number of shares of any class or series that the Company has authority to issue.
The Company is externally managed and has no employees. On February 28, 2022, the Company’s former Sponsor, DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (NYSE: DBRG) (the “Former Sponsor”), completed the previously announced disposition of its wellness infrastructure platform (the “Sponsor Transaction”). Following completion of the Sponsor Transaction, NRF Holdco, LLC (“NRF” or the “New Sponsor”) (and together with the Former Sponsor, the Sponsor as the context requires), owns the Company’s advisor, CNI NSHC Advisors, LLC (the “Advisor”), as well as its own diversified portfolio of medical office buildings, senior housing facilities, skilled nursing facilities and specialty hospitals. NRF is wholly owned by CWP Bidco LP, an entity affiliated with Highgate, a privately held real estate investment and hospitality management company, and Aurora Health Network LLC, a privately held healthcare-focused investment firm. In addition, upon completion of the Sponsor Transaction, employees of the Former Sponsor focused on the wellness infrastructure platform became employees of the New Sponsor. The Advisor, now a subsidiary of the New Sponsor, continues to manage the Company’s day-to-day operations pursuant to an advisory agreement.
From inception through June 30, 2022, the Company raised $2.0 billion in total gross proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock in its continuous, public offerings (the “Offering”), including $232.6 million pursuant to its distribution reinvestment plan (the “DRP”).
Impact of COVID-19
The world continues to experience the broad effects of the coronavirus 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemic. The Company's healthcare real estate business and investments have been challenged by suboptimal occupancy levels, lower labor force participation rates, which has driven increased labor costs, and inflationary pressures on other operating expenses.
The continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s operational and financial performance will depend on a variety of factors, which may differ considerably across regions and fluctuate over time. An extended recovery period increases the risk of a prolonged negative impact on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. While the Company has
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the ability to meet its near term liquidity needs, general market concerns over credit and liquidity continue, and the effects of COVID-19 may also lead to heightened risk of litigation, with an ensuing increase in litigation and related costs.
At this time, the progression of the global economic recovery from the broad effects of COVID-19 remains difficult for the Company to assess and estimate the future impact of COVID-19 on the Company's results of operations. Accordingly, any estimates of the effects of COVID-19 as reflected or discussed in these financial statements are based upon the Company's best estimates using information known to the Company as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and such estimates may change, the effects of which could be material. The Company will continue to monitor the progression of the economic recovery from COVID-19 and reassess its effects on the Company’s results of operations and recoverability of value across its assets as conditions change.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Accounting
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial reporting and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, certain information and note disclosures normally included in the consolidated financial statements prepared under U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows have been included and are of a normal and recurring nature. The operating results presented for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2022.
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, the Operating Partnership and their consolidated subsidiaries. The Company consolidates entities in which it has a controlling financial interest by first considering if an entity meets the definition of a variable interest entity (“VIE”) for which the Company is deemed to be the primary beneficiary or if the Company has the power to control an entity through majority voting interest or other arrangements. All significant intercompany balances are eliminated in consolidation.
Variable Interest Entities
A VIE is an entity that lacks one or more of the characteristics of a voting interest entity. A VIE is defined as an entity in which equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. The determination of whether an entity is a VIE includes both a qualitative and quantitative analysis. The Company bases its qualitative analysis on its review of the design of the entity, its organizational structure including decision-making ability and relevant financial agreements and the quantitative analysis on the forecasted cash flow of the entity. The Company reassesses its initial evaluation of an entity as a VIE upon the occurrence of certain reconsideration events.
A VIE must be consolidated only by its primary beneficiary, which is defined as the party who, along with its affiliates and agents, has both the: (i) power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance; and (ii) obligation to absorb the losses of the VIE or the right to receive the benefits from the VIE, which could be significant to the VIE. The Company determines whether it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE by considering qualitative and quantitative factors, including, but not limited to: which activities most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and which party controls such activities; the amount and characteristics of its investment; the obligation or likelihood for the Company or other interests to provide financial support; consideration of the VIE’s purpose and design, including the risks the VIE was designed to create and pass through to its variable interest holders and the similarity with and significance to the business activities of the Company and the other interests. The Company reassesses its determination of whether it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE each reporting period. Judgments related to these determinations include estimates about the current and future fair value and performance of investments held by these VIEs and general market conditions.
The Company evaluates its investments and financings, including investments in unconsolidated ventures and securitization financing transactions to determine whether each investment or financing is a VIE. The Company analyzes new investments and
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financings, as well as reconsideration events for existing investments and financings, which vary depending on type of investment or financing.
As of June 30, 2022, the Company has identified certain consolidated and unconsolidated VIEs. Assets of each of the VIEs, other than the Operating Partnership, may only be used to settle obligations of the respective VIE. Creditors of each of the VIEs have no recourse to the general credit of the Company.
Consolidated VIEs
The most significant consolidated VIEs are the Operating Partnership and certain properties that have non-controlling interests. These entities are VIEs because the non-controlling interests do not have substantive kick-out or participating rights. The Operating Partnership consolidates certain properties that have non-controlling interests. Included in operating real estate, net on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2022 is $215.3 million related to such consolidated VIEs. Included in mortgage and other notes payable, net on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2022 is $174.4 million, collateralized by the real estate assets of the related consolidated VIEs.
Unconsolidated VIEs
As of June 30, 2022, the Company identified unconsolidated VIEs related to its real estate equity investments with a carrying value of $208.0 million. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss as of June 30, 2022 would not exceed the carrying value of its investment in the VIEs. Based on management’s analysis, the Company determined that it is not the primary beneficiary of these VIEs and, accordingly, they are not consolidated in the Company’s financial statements as of June 30, 2022. The Company did not provide financial support to its unconsolidated VIEs during the six months ended June 30, 2022. As of June 30, 2022, there were no explicit arrangements or implicit variable interests that could require the Company to provide financial support to its unconsolidated VIEs.
Voting Interest Entities
A voting interest entity is an entity in which the total equity investment at risk is sufficient to enable it to finance its activities independently and the equity holders have the power to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact its economic performance, the obligation to absorb the losses of the entity and the right to receive the residual returns of the entity. The usual condition for a controlling financial interest in a voting interest entity is ownership of a majority voting interest. If the Company has a majority voting interest in a voting interest entity, the entity will generally be consolidated. The Company does not consolidate a voting interest entity if there are substantive participating rights by other parties and/or kick-out rights by a single party or through a simple majority vote.
The Company performs on-going reassessments of whether entities previously evaluated under the voting interest framework have become VIEs, based on certain events, and therefore subject to the VIE consolidation framework.
Investments in Unconsolidated Ventures
A non-controlling, unconsolidated ownership interest in an entity may be accounted for using the equity method or the Company may elect the fair value option.
The Company will account for an investment under the equity method of accounting if it has the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an entity, but does not have a controlling financial interest. Under the equity method, the investment is adjusted each period for capital contributions and distributions and its share of the entity’s net income (loss). Capital contributions, distributions and net income (loss) of such entities are recorded in accordance with the terms of the governing documents. An allocation of net income (loss) may differ from the stated ownership percentage interest in such entity as a result of preferred returns and allocation formulas, if any, as described in such governing documents. Equity method investments are recognized using a cost accumulation model, in which the investment is recognized based on the cost to the investor, which includes acquisition fees. The Company records as an expense certain acquisition costs and fees associated with consolidated investments deemed to be business combinations and capitalizes these costs for investments deemed to be acquisitions of an asset, including an equity method investment.
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Non-controlling Interests
A non-controlling interest in a consolidated subsidiary is defined as the portion of the equity (net assets) in a subsidiary not attributable, directly or indirectly, to the Company. A non-controlling interest is required to be presented as a separate component of equity on the consolidated balance sheets and presented separately as net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) attributable to controlling and non-controlling interests. An allocation to a non-controlling interest may differ from the stated ownership percentage interest in such entity as a result of a preferred return and allocation formula, if any, as described in such governing documents.
Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that could affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates and assumptions. Any estimates of the effects of COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, rising interest rates, risk of recession and other economic conditions as reflected and/or discussed in these financial statements are based upon the Company's best estimates using information known to the Company as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Such estimates may change and the impact of which could be material.
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
The Company considers all highly-liquid investments with an original maturity date of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash, including amounts restricted, may at times exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation deposit insurance limit of $250,000 per institution. The Company mitigates credit risk by placing cash and cash equivalents with major financial institutions. To date, the Company has not experienced any losses on cash and cash equivalents.
Restricted cash consists of amounts related to operating real estate (escrows for taxes, insurance, capital expenditures, security deposits received from residents and payments required under certain lease agreements) and other escrows required by lenders of the Company’s borrowings.
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash as reported on the consolidated balance sheets to the total of such amounts as reported on the consolidated statements of cash flows (dollars in thousands):
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Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 105,431 | $ | 200,473 | ||||||||||
Restricted cash | 11,646 | 10,465 | ||||||||||||
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | 117,077 | $ | 210,938 |
Operating Real Estate
Operating real estate is carried at historical cost less accumulated depreciation. Major replacements and betterments which improve or extend the life of the asset are capitalized and depreciated over their useful life. Ordinary repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred. Operating real estate is depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the assets, summarized as follows:
Category: | Term: | |||||||
Building | 30 to 50 years | |||||||
Building improvements | Lesser of the useful life or remaining life of the building | |||||||
Land improvements | 9 to 15 years | |||||||
Tenant improvements | Lesser of the useful life or remaining term of the lease | |||||||
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | 5 to 14 years |
Construction costs incurred in connection with the Company’s investments are capitalized and included in operating real estate, net on the consolidated balance sheets. Construction in progress is not depreciated until the asset is available for its intended use.
Lessee Accounting
A leasing arrangement, a right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration, is classified by the lessee either as a finance lease, which represents a financed purchase of the leased asset, or as an operating
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lease. For leases with terms greater than 12 months, a lease asset and a lease liability are recognized on the balance sheet at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term.
Lease renewal or termination options are included in the lease asset and lease liability only if it is reasonably certain that the option to extend would be exercised or the option to terminate would not be exercised. As the implicit rate in most leases are not readily determinable, the Company’s incremental borrowing rate for each lease at commencement date is used to determine the present value of lease payments. Consideration is given to the Company’s recent debt financing transactions, as well as publicly available data for instruments with similar characteristics, adjusted for the respective lease term, when estimating incremental borrowing rates.
Lease expense is recognized over the lease term based on an effective interest method for finance leases and on a straight-line basis for operating leases.
Right of Use (“ROU”) - Finance Assets
The Company has entered into finance leases for equipment which are included in on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. As of June 30, 2022, furniture, fixtures and equipment under finance leases totaled $2.5 million. The leased equipment is amortized on a straight-line basis. For the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, payments for finance leases totaled $0.3 million, including assets that were disposed of through portfolio sales.
The following table presents the future minimum lease payments under finance leases and the present value of the minimum lease payments, which are included in on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets (dollars in thousands):
July 1 through December 31, 2022 | $ | 202 | ||||||
Years Ending December 31: | ||||||||
2023 | 93 | |||||||
2024 | 60 | |||||||
2025 | 29 | |||||||
2026 | 24 | |||||||
Thereafter | 28 | |||||||
Total minimum lease payments | $ | 436 | ||||||
Less: Amount representing interest | (33) | |||||||
Present value of minimum lease payments | $ | 403 |
The weighted average interest rate related to the finance lease obligations is 6.7% with a weighted average lease term of 2.7 years.
As of June 30, 2022, there were no leases that had yet to commence which would create significant rights and obligations to the Company as lessee.
Intangible Assets and Deferred Costs
Deferred Costs
Deferred costs primarily include deferred financing costs and deferred leasing costs. Deferred financing costs represent commitment fees, legal and other third-party costs associated with obtaining financing. These costs are recorded against the carrying value of such financing and are amortized to interest expense over the term of the financing using the effective interest method. Unamortized deferred financing costs are expensed to realized gain (loss) on investments and other, when the associated borrowing is repaid before maturity. Costs incurred in seeking financing transactions which do not close are expensed in the period in which it is determined that the financing will not occur. Deferred lease costs consist of fees incurred to initiate and renew operating leases, which are amortized on a straight-line basis over the remaining lease term and are recorded to depreciation and amortization in the consolidated statements of operations.
Identified Intangibles
The Company records acquired identified intangibles, such as the value of in-place leases and other intangibles, based on estimated fair value at the acquisition date. The value allocated to the identified intangibles is amortized over the remaining lease term. In-place leases are amortized into depreciation and amortization expense.
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Impairment analysis for identified intangible assets is performed in connection with the impairment assessment of the related operating real estate. An impairment establishes a new basis for the identified intangible asset and any impairment loss recognized is not subject to subsequent reversal. Refer to “—Impairment on Operating Real Estate and Investments in Unconsolidated Ventures” for additional information.
Identified intangible assets are recorded in intangible assets, net on the consolidated balance sheets. Intangible assets relate to the Company’s in-place lease values for the Company’s four triple net lease properties. The following table presents intangible assets, net (dollars in thousands):
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In-place lease value | $ | 120,149 | $ | 120,149 | ||||||||||
Less: Accumulated amortization | (117,728) | (117,559) | ||||||||||||
Intangible assets, net | $ | 2,421 | $ | 2,590 |
The Company recorded $0.1 million and $0.2 million of amortization expense for in-place leases for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, amortization expense for in-place leases and deferred costs was $0.5 million and $0.9 million, respectively.
The following table presents future amortization of in-place lease value (dollars in thousands):
July 1 through December 31, 2022 | $ | 169 | ||||||
Years Ending December 31: | ||||||||
2023 | 337 | |||||||
2024 | 337 | |||||||
2025 | 337 | |||||||
2026 | 337 | |||||||
Thereafter | 904 | |||||||
Total | $ | 2,421 |
Revenue Recognition
Operating Real Estate
Rental income from operating real estate is derived from leasing of space to healthcare operators, including rent received from the Company’s net lease properties and rent, ancillary service fees and other related revenue earned from ILF residents. Rental income recognition commences when the operator takes legal possession of the leased space and the leased space is substantially ready for its intended use. The leases are for fixed terms of varying length and generally provide for rentals and expense reimbursements to be paid in monthly installments. Rental income from leases, which includes community and move-in fees, is recognized over the term of the respective leases. ILF resident agreements are generally short-term in nature and may allow for termination with 30 days’ notice.
The Company also generates revenue from operating healthcare properties. Revenue related to operating healthcare properties includes resident room and care charges, ancillary fees and other resident service charges. Rent is charged and revenue is recognized when such services are provided, generally defined per the resident agreement as of the date upon which a resident occupies a room or uses the services. Resident agreements are generally short-term in nature and may allow for termination with 30 days’ notice. Revenue derived from our ALFs, MCFs and CCRCs is recorded in resident fee income in the consolidated statements of operations.
Revenue from operators and residents is recognized at lease commencement only to the extent collection is expected to be probable in consideration of operators’ and residents’ creditworthiness. This assessment is based on several qualitative and quantitative factors, including and as appropriate, the payment history, ability to satisfy its lease obligations, the value of the underlying collateral or deposit, if any, and current economic conditions. If collection is assessed to not be probable thereafter, lease income recognized is limited to amounts collected, with the reversal of any revenue recognized to date in excess of amounts received. If collection is subsequently reassessed to be probable, revenue is adjusted to reflect the amount that would have been recognized had collection always been assessed as probable.
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The operator of the Company’s remaining four net lease properties failed to remit contractual monthly rent obligations and the Company deemed it not probable that these obligations will be satisfied in the future. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded rental income to the extent rental payments were received.
For the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, total property and other revenue includes variable lease revenue of $7.1 million and $6.7 million, respectively. Variable lease revenue includes ancillary services provided to operator/residents, as well as non-recurring services and fees at the Company’s operating facilities.
The Company did not receive or recognize any grant income from the Provider Relief Fund administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the six months ended June 30, 2022. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company recognized $7.4 million of grant income. The grant income is classified as other income, net in the consolidated statements of operations. These grants are intended to mitigate the negative financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as reimbursements for expenses incurred to prevent, prepare for and respond to COVID-19 and lost revenues attributable to COVID-19. Provided that the Company attests to and complies with certain terms and conditions of the grants, the Company will not be required to repay these grants in the future.
Real Estate Debt Investments
Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis and any related premium, discount, origination costs and fees are amortized over the life of the investment using the effective interest method. The amortization is reflected as an adjustment to interest income in the consolidated statements of operations. The amortization of a premium or accretion of a discount is discontinued if such investment is reclassified to held for sale. The Company had one debt investment, which was repaid in full in August 2021.
Impairment on Operating Real Estate and Investments in Unconsolidated Ventures
At this time, it is difficult for the Company to assess and estimate the future economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, rising interest rates, risk of recession and other economic conditions with any meaningful precision. The future economic effects will depend on many factors beyond the Company’s control and knowledge. The resulting effect on impairment of the Company's real estate held for investment and held for sale and investments in unconsolidated ventures may materially differ from the Company's current expectations and further impairment charges may be recorded in future periods.
Operating Real Estate
The Company’s real estate portfolio is reviewed on a quarterly basis, or more frequently as necessary, to assess whether there are any indicators that the value of its operating real estate may be impaired or that its carrying value may not be recoverable. A property’s value is considered impaired if the Company’s estimate of the aggregate expected future undiscounted cash flow generated by the property is less than the carrying value. In conducting this review, the Company considers U.S. macroeconomic factors, real estate and healthcare sector conditions, together with asset specific and other factors. To the extent an impairment has occurred, the loss is measured as the excess of the carrying value of the property over the estimated fair value and recorded in impairment loss in the consolidated statements of operations.
Real estate held for sale is stated at the lower of its carrying amount or estimated fair value less disposal cost, with any write-down to disposal cost recorded as an impairment loss. For any increase in fair value less disposal cost subsequent to classification as held for sale, the impairment may be reversed, but only up to the amount of cumulative loss previously recognized.
The Company considered the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, rising interest rates, risk of recession and other economic conditions on the future net operating income of its healthcare real estate held for investment as an indicator of impairment. Fair values were estimated based upon the income capitalization approach, using net operating income for each property and applying indicative capitalization rates.
During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded impairment losses on its operating real estate totaling $13.0 million. The Company recorded impairment losses of $8.5 million and $3.9 million for facilities in its Winterfell and Rochester portfolios, respectively, as a result of declining operating margins and lower projected future cash flows. In addition, the Company recorded impairment losses totaling $0.6 million for property damage sustained by facilities in its Winterfell portfolio. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company recorded impairment losses totaling $0.8 million on its Smyrna net lease property, which was sold in May 2021.
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Investments in Unconsolidated Ventures
The Company reviews its investments in unconsolidated ventures for which the Company did not elect the fair value option on a quarterly basis, or more frequently as necessary, to assess whether there are any indicators that the value may be impaired or that its carrying value may not be recoverable. An investment is considered impaired if the projected net recoverable amount over the expected holding period is less than the carrying value. In conducting this review, the Company considers global macroeconomic factors, including real estate sector conditions, together with investment specific and other factors. To the extent an impairment has occurred and is considered to be other than temporary, the loss is measured as the excess of the carrying value of the investment over the estimated fair value and recorded in equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated ventures in the consolidated statements of operations.
During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company did not impair any of its investments in unconsolidated ventures, however, the underlying joint ventures recorded impairments and reserves on properties in their respective portfolios, which the Company recognized through equity in earnings (losses), of which the Company’s proportionate share was de minimis. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company did not impair any of its investments in unconsolidated ventures, nor did the underlying joint ventures record any impairments or reserves on properties in their respective portfolios.
Credit Losses on Receivables
The current expected credit loss model, in estimating expected credit losses over the life of a financial instrument at the time of origination or acquisition, considers historical loss experiences, current conditions and the effects of reasonable and supportable expectations of changes in future macroeconomic conditions. The Company assesses the estimate of expected credit losses on a quarterly basis or more frequently as necessary. The Company considers historical credit loss information that is adjusted for current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts.
The Company measures expected credit losses of receivables on a collective basis when similar risk characteristics exist. If the Company determines that a particular receivable does not share risk characteristics with its other receivables, the Company evaluates the receivable for expected credit losses on an individual basis.
When developing an estimate of expected credit losses on receivables, the Company considers available information relevant to assessing the collectability of cash flows. This information may include internal information, external information, or a combination of both relating to past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. The Company considers relevant qualitative and quantitative factors that relate to the environment in which the Company operates and are specific to the borrower.
Further, the fair value of the collateral, less estimated costs to sell, may be used when determining the allowance for credit losses for a receivable for which the repayment is expected to be provided substantially through the sale of the collateral when the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty.
As of June 30, 2022, the Company has not recorded an allowance for credit losses on its receivables.
Acquisition Fees and Expenses
The total of all acquisition fees and expenses for an investment, including acquisition fees to the Advisor, cannot exceed, in the aggregate, 6.0% of the contract purchase price of such investment unless such excess is approved by a majority of the Company’s directors, including a majority of its independent directors. The Company records as an expense for certain acquisition costs and fees associated with transactions deemed to be business combinations in which it consolidates the asset and capitalizes these costs for transactions deemed to be acquisitions of an asset, including an equity investment. Effective January 1, 2018, the Advisor no longer receives an acquisition fee in connection with the Company’s acquisitions of real estate properties or debt investments.
Equity-Based Compensation
The Company accounts for equity-based compensation awards using the fair value method, which requires an estimate of fair value of the award at the time of grant. All fixed equity-based awards to directors, which have no vesting conditions other than time of service, are amortized to compensation expense over the awards’ vesting period on a straight-line basis. Equity-based compensation is classified within general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
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Income Taxes
The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT and to comply with the related provisions of the Internal Revenue Code beginning in its taxable year ended December 31, 2013. Accordingly, the Company will generally not be subject to U.S. federal income tax to the extent of its distributions to stockholders as long as certain asset, gross income and share ownership tests are met. To maintain its qualification as a REIT, the Company must annually distribute dividends equal to at least 90.0% of its REIT taxable income (with certain adjustments) to its stockholders and meet certain other requirements. The Company believes that all of the criteria to maintain the Company’s REIT qualification have been met for the applicable periods, but there can be no assurance that these criteria will continue to be met in subsequent periods. If the Company were to fail to meet these requirements, it would be subject to U.S. federal income tax and potential interest and penalties, which could have a material adverse impact on its results of operations and amounts available for distributions to its stockholders. The Company’s accounting policy with respect to interest and penalties is to classify these amounts as a component of income tax expense, where applicable. The Company has assessed its tax positions for all open tax years, which include 2018 to 2021, and concluded there were no material uncertainties to be recognized.
The Company may also be subject to certain state, local and franchise taxes. Under certain circumstances, federal income and excise taxes may be due on its undistributed taxable income.
The Company made a joint election to treat certain subsidiaries as taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRS”) which may be subject to U.S. federal, state and local income taxes. In general, a TRS of the Company may perform services for managers/operators/residents of the Company, hold assets that the Company cannot hold directly and may engage in any real estate or non-real estate related business.
Certain subsidiaries of the Company are subject to taxation by federal and state authorities for the periods presented. Income taxes are accounted for by the asset/liability approach in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Deferred taxes, if any, represent the expected future tax consequences when the reported amounts of assets and liabilities are recovered or paid. Such amounts arise from differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are adjusted for changes in tax laws and tax rates in the period which such changes are enacted. A provision for income tax represents the total of income taxes paid or payable for the current period, plus the change in deferred taxes. Current and deferred taxes are provided on the portion of earnings (losses) recognized by the Company with respect to its interest in the TRS. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are calculated based on temporary differences between the Company’s U.S. GAAP consolidated financial statements and the federal and state income tax basis of assets and liabilities as of the consolidated balance sheet date. The Company evaluates the realizability of its deferred tax assets (e.g., net operating loss and capital loss carryforwards) and recognizes a valuation allowance if, based on the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of its deferred tax assets will not be realized. When evaluating the realizability of its deferred tax assets, the Company considers estimates of expected future taxable income, existing and projected book/tax differences, tax planning strategies available and the general and industry specific economic outlook. This realizability analysis is inherently subjective, as it requires the Company to forecast its business and general economic environment in future periods. Changes in estimate of deferred tax asset realizability, if any, are included in provision for income tax benefit (expense) in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company has a deferred tax asset, which as of June 30, 2022 totaled $13.9 million and continues to have a full valuation allowance recognized, as there are no changes in the facts and circumstances to indicate that the Company should release the valuation allowance.
The Company recorded an income tax expense of approximately $15,000 and $30,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively. The Company recorded an income tax expense of approximately $11,000 and $26,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The Company reports consolidated comprehensive income (loss) in separate statements following the consolidated statements of operations. Comprehensive income (loss) is defined as the change in equity resulting from net income (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss) (“OCI”). The only component of OCI for the Company is foreign currency translation adjustments related to its investment in an unconsolidated venture.
Foreign Currency
Assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency for which the functional currency is a foreign currency are translated using the currency exchange rate in effect at the end of the period presented and the results of operations for such entities are translated into U.S. dollars using the average currency exchange rate in effect during the period. The resulting foreign currency translation adjustment is recorded as a component of accumulated OCI in the consolidated statements of equity.
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Assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency for which the functional currency is the U.S. dollar are remeasured using the currency exchange rate in effect at the end of the period presented and the results of operations for such entities are remeasured into U.S. dollars using the average currency exchange rate in effect during the period.
As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had exposure to foreign currency through an investment in an unconsolidated venture, the effects of which are reflected as a component of accumulated OCI in the consolidated statements of equity and in equity in earnings (losses) in the consolidated statements of operations.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting Standards Adopted in 2022
Disclosures by Business Entities about Government Assistance—In November 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2021-10: Disclosures by Business Entities about Government Assistance. The guidance requires expanded disclosure for transactions involving the receipt of government assistance. Required disclosures include a description of the nature of transactions with government entities, accounting policies for such transactions and their impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company adopted ASU No. 2021-10 on January 1, 2022, with no transitional impact upon adoption.
Certain Leases with Variable Lease Payments—In July 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-05, Leases (Topic 842): Lessors—Certain Leases with Variable Lease Payments. The guidance in ASU 2021-05 amends the lease classification requirements for the lessors under certain leases containing variable payments to align with practice under ASC 840. Under the guidance, the lessor should classify and account for a lease with variable lease payments that does not depend on a reference index or a rate as an operating lease if both of the following criteria are met: 1) the lease would have been classified as a sales-type lease or a direct financing lease in accordance with the classification criteria in ASC 842-10-25-2 through 25-3; and 2) the lessor would have otherwise recognized a day-one loss. The amendments in ASU 2021-05 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. The Company adopted ASU No. 2021-05 on January 1, 2022, with no transitional impact upon adoption.
Future Application of Accounting Standards
Reference Rate Reform—In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The guidance in Topic 848 is optional, the election of which provides temporary relief for the accounting effects on contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions impacted by the transition from interbank offered rates (such as London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”)) to alternative reference rates (such as Secured Overnight Financing Rate). Modification of contractual terms to effect the reference rate reform transition on debt, leases, derivatives and other contracts is eligible for relief from modification accounting and accounted for as a continuation of the existing contract. Topic 848 is effective upon issuance through December 31, 2022, and may be applied retrospectively to January 1, 2020. The Company may elect practical expedients or exceptions as applicable over time as reference rate reform activities occur.
In January 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-01, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Scope. The guidance amends the scope of the recent reference rate reform guidance issued in ASU No. 2020-04. New optional expedients allow derivative instruments impacted by changes in the interest rate used for margining, discounting, or contract price alignment to qualify for certain optional relief. The guidance was effective immediately and may be applied retrospectively to January 1, 2020. The Company may elect practical expedients or exceptions as applicable over time as reference rate reform activities occur.
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3. Operating Real Estate
The following table presents operating real estate, net (dollars in thousands):
June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) | December 31, 2021 | |||||||||||||
Land | $ | 121,518 | $ | 121,518 | ||||||||||
Land improvements | 18,027 | 17,798 | ||||||||||||
Buildings and improvements | 961,506 | 965,630 | ||||||||||||
Tenant improvements | 251 | — | ||||||||||||
Construction in progress | 7,842 | 8,141 | ||||||||||||
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | 87,461 | 84,813 | ||||||||||||
Subtotal | $ | 1,196,605 | $ | 1,197,900 | ||||||||||
Less: Accumulated depreciation | (244,596) | (225,301) | ||||||||||||
Operating real estate, net | $ | 952,009 | $ | 972,599 |
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, depreciation expense was $9.5 million and $19.3 million, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, depreciation expense was $15.1 million and $30.0 million, respectively.
Within the table above, buildings and improvements have been reduced by accumulated impairment losses of $162.7 million and $149.7 million as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. Impairment loss, as presented on the consolidated statements of operations, totaled $13.0 million and $0.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Refer to Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” for further discussion.
4. Investments in Unconsolidated Ventures
All investments in unconsolidated ventures are accounted for under the equity method. The following table presents the Company’s investments in unconsolidated ventures (dollars in thousands):
Carrying Value(1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio | Acquisition Date | Ownership | June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) | December 31, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Trilogy | Dec-2015 | 23.2 | % | $ | 126,469 | $ | 126,366 | |||||||||||||||||||
Diversified US/UK | Dec-2014 | 14.3 | % | 74,447 | 80,766 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Eclipse | May-2014 | 5.6 | % | 3,640 | 4,856 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Espresso(2) | Jul-2015 | 36.7 | % | 3,212 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal | $ | 207,768 | $ | 211,988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Solstice(3) | Jul-2017 | 20.0 | % | 262 | 321 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 208,030 | $ | 212,309 |
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(1)Includes $1.3 million, $13.4 million and $9.8 million of capitalized acquisition costs for the Company’s investments in the Eclipse, Diversified US/UK, and Trilogy joint ventures, respectively.
(2)As a result of impairments and other non-cash reserves recorded by the joint venture, the Company’s carrying value of its investment in Espresso was reduced to zero in the fourth quarter of 2018. The Company recognized its proportionate share of earnings and losses of the Espresso joint venture through the carrying value of its mezzanine loan debt investment, which was originated to a subsidiary of the Espresso joint venture, through the time of its repayment in August 2021. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Espresso joint venture recognized gains on sub-portfolio sales, which increased the Company’s carrying value in its investment as of June 30, 2022.
(3)Represents investment in Solstice Senior Living, LLC (“Solstice”), the manager of the Winterfell portfolio. Solstice is a joint venture between affiliates of Integral Senior Living, LLC (“ISL”), a management company of ILF, ALF and MCF founded in 2000, which owns 80.0%, and the Company, which owns 20.0%.
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The following table presents the results of the Company’s investment in unconsolidated ventures (dollars in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio | Equity in Earnings (Losses) | Cash Distribution | Equity in Earnings (Losses) | Cash Distribution | Equity in Earnings (Losses) | Cash Distribution | Equity in Earnings (Losses) | Cash Distribution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trilogy | $ | 2,678 | $ | 2,299 | $ | (325) | $ | — | $ | 4,705 | $ | 4,600 | $ | (3,602) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diversified US/UK | (301) | — | 641 | 1,431 | (1,449) | 1,932 | (2,057) | 2,290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eclipse | (301) | — | 4,073 | — | (596) | 620 | 3,933 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Espresso(1) | 31,999 | 28,788 | 5,686 | — | 33,953 | 30,988 | 10,943 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Envoy | — | — | 740 | 739 | — | — | 740 | 739 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal | $ | 34,075 | $ | 31,087 | $ | 10,815 | $ | 2,170 | $ | 36,613 | $ | 38,140 | $ | 9,957 | $ | 3,029 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Solstice | (22) | — | (49) | — | (58) | — | (81) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 34,053 | $ | 31,087 | $ | 10,766 | $ | 2,170 | $ | 36,555 | $ | 38,140 | $ | 9,876 | $ | 3,029 |
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(1)During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Espresso joint venture recognized net gains related to sub-portfolio sales, of which the Company’s proportionate share totaled $31.2 million and $32.0 million, respectively. The Company was distributed its proportionate share of the net proceeds generated from the sales totaling $27.4 million.
Summarized Financial Data
The following table presents the combined balance sheets as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 and combined statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 of the Diversified US/UK and Trilogy unconsolidated ventures (dollars in thousands):
June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) | December 31, 2021 | Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating real estate, net | $ | 3,377,455 | $ | 3,417,133 | Total revenues | $ | 356,314 | $ | 327,405 | $ | 709,268 | $ | 614,520 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other assets | 901,916 | 943,087 | Net income (loss) | $ | 9,442 | $ | 3,098 | $ | 10,153 | $ | (29,872) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 4,279,371 | $ | 4,360,220 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities and equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities | $ | 3,307,708 | $ | 3,344,710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity | 971,663 | 1,015,510 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities and equity | $ | 4,279,371 | $ | 4,360,220 |
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5. Borrowings
The following table presents the Company’s mortgage and other notes payable (dollars in thousands):
June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) | December 31, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recourse vs. Non-Recourse | Initial Maturity | Contractual Interest Rate(1) | Principal Amount(2) | Carrying Value(2) | Principal Amount(2) | Carrying Value(2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Watermark Aqua Portfolio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisco, TX(3) | Non-recourse | Feb 2026 | 3.0% | 26,000 | 25,495 | 26,000 | 25,431 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milford, OH | Non-recourse | Sep 2026 | LIBOR + 2.68% | 18,467 | 18,226 | 18,661 | 18,388 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rochester Portfolio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rochester, NY | Non-recourse | Feb 2025 | 4.25% | 18,562 | 18,509 | 18,911 | 18,853 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rochester, NY(4) | Non-recourse | Aug 2027 | LIBOR + 2.34% | 101,224 | 100,555 | 101,224 | 100,495 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rochester, NY(5) | Non-recourse | Aug 2023 | LIBOR + 2.90% | 11,638 | 11,635 | 11,732 | 11,716 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arbors Portfolio(6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Various locations | Non-recourse | Feb 2025 | 3.99% | 84,401 | 83,930 | 85,369 | 84,799 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winterfell Portfolio(7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Various locations | Non-recourse | Jun 2025 | 4.17% | 602,639 | 592,905 | 608,810 | 597,460 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Avamere Portfolio(8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Various locations | Non-recourse | Feb 2027 | 4.66% | 68,621 | 68,270 | 69,144 | 68,755 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal mortgage notes payable, net | $ | 931,552 | $ | 919,525 | $ | 939,851 | $ | 925,897 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oak Cottage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Barbara, CA(9) | Non-recourse | Repaid | 6.00% | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 3,914 | $ | 3,914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal other notes payable, net | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 3,914 | $ | 3,914 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total mortgage and other notes payable, net | $ | 931,552 | $ | 919,525 | $ | 943,765 | $ | 929,811 |
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(1)Floating-rate borrowings total $131.3 million of principal outstanding and reference one-month LIBOR.
(2)The difference between principal amount and carrying value of mortgage notes payable is attributable to deferred financing costs, net for all borrowings, other than the Winterfell portfolio which is attributable to below market debt intangibles.
(3)The mortgage note carries a fixed interest rate of 3.0% through February 2024, followed by the greater of the fixed rate or one-month LIBOR plus 2.80% through the initial maturity date of February 2026.
(4)Composed of seven individual mortgage notes payable secured by seven healthcare real estate properties, cross-collateralized and subject to cross-default.
(5)In July 2022, the Company extended the initial maturity date one additional year from August 2022 to August 2023. Refer to Note 13, “Subsequent Events” for additional information regarding the extension.
(6)Composed of four individual mortgage notes payable secured by four healthcare real estate properties, cross-collateralized and subject to cross-default.
(7)Composed of 32 individual mortgage notes payable secured by 32 healthcare real estate properties, cross-collateralized and subject to cross-default.
(8)Composed of five individual mortgage notes payable secured by five healthcare real estate properties, cross-collateralized and subject to cross-default.
(9)In June 2022, the Company repaid the outstanding financing on the Oak Cottage portfolio at a discounted payoff of $3.7 million.
The following table presents future scheduled principal payments on mortgage and other notes payable based on initial maturity (dollars in thousands):
July 1 through December 31, 2022 | $ | 9,449 | ||||||
Years Ending December 31: | ||||||||
2023 | 31,032 | |||||||
2024 | 20,406 | |||||||
2025 | 670,302 | |||||||
2026 | 46,964 | |||||||
Thereafter | 153,399 | |||||||
Total | $ | 931,552 |
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(Unaudited)
As of June 30, 2022, the operator for the Arbors portfolio failed to remit contractual rent and comply with other contractual terms of its lease agreements, which resulted in defaults under the operator’s leases, which in turn, resulted in a non-monetary default under the mortgage notes collateralized by the properties. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company remitted contractual debt service and is in compliance with the other contractual terms under the mortgage notes collateralized by the properties.
As of June 30, 2022, a property within the Rochester portfolio did not satisfy the financial covenants under its mortgage note. The financial covenant requirements have been waived by the lender through December 31, 2022. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company remitted contractual debt service and is in compliance with the other contractual terms under the mortgage note. As of June 30, 2022, the mortgage note payable had an outstanding principal balance of $18.6 million, which matures in February 2025. The mortgage note payable is not cross collateralized by the other properties in the Rochester portfolio.
Line of Credit - Related Party
In October 2017, the Company obtained a revolving line of credit from an affiliate of the Sponsor (the “Sponsor Line”). As of June 30, 2022, the Sponsor Line has a borrowing capacity of $35.0 million at an interest rate of 3.5% plus LIBOR. In connection with the Sponsor Transaction, in February 2022, the maturity date was extended through February 2024. If the Company terminates its advisory agreement with the Advisor, it will no longer have access to the Sponsor Line. Upon termination of the advisory agreement for any reason, amounts drawn under the Sponsor Line, if any, would become immediately due. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under the Sponsor Line.
6. Related Party Arrangements
Advisor
Subject to certain restrictions and limitations, the Advisor is responsible for managing the Company’s affairs on a day-to-day basis and for identifying, acquiring, originating and asset managing investments on behalf of the Company. The Advisor may delegate certain of its obligations to affiliated entities, which may be organized under the laws of the United States or foreign jurisdictions. References to the Advisor include the Advisor and any such affiliated entities. For such services, to the extent permitted by law and regulations, the Advisor receives fees and reimbursements from the Company. Pursuant to the advisory agreement, the Advisor may defer or waive fees in its discretion. Below is a description and table of the fees and reimbursements incurred to the Advisor.
In connection with the Sponsor Transaction, the Company’s advisory agreement was renewed for a one-year term commencing on February 28, 2022 upon terms identical to those in effect through February 28, 2022, but for certain updates to remove the Former Sponsor and add NRF as the New Sponsor for certain limited provisions.
Fees to Advisor
Asset Management Fee
Effective January 1, 2018, the Advisor receives a monthly asset management fee equal to one-twelfth of 1.5% of the Company’s most recently published aggregate estimated net asset value, as may be subsequently adjusted for any special distribution declared by the board of directors in connection with a sale, transfer or other disposition of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets. Effective July 1, 2021, the asset management fee is paid entirely in shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share equal to the most recently published net asset value per share, and effective January 1, 2022 the fee is reduced if the Company’s corporate cash balance exceeds $75.0 million, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the advisory agreement.
Incentive Fee
The Advisor is entitled to receive distributions equal to 15.0% of net cash flows of the Company, whether from continuing operations, repayment of loans, disposition of assets or otherwise, but only after stockholders have received, in the aggregate, cumulative distributions equal to their invested capital plus a 6.75% cumulative, non-compounded annual pre-tax return on such invested capital. From inception through June 30, 2022, the Advisor has not received any incentive fees from the Company.
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Acquisition Fee
Effective January 1, 2018, the Advisor no longer receives an acquisition fee in connection with the Company’s acquisitions of real estate properties or debt investments.
Disposition Fee
Effective June 30, 2020, the Advisor no longer has the potential to receive a disposition fee in connection with the sale of real estate properties or debt investments.
Reimbursements to Advisor
Operating Costs
The Advisor is entitled to receive reimbursement for direct and indirect operating costs incurred by the Advisor in connection with administrative services provided to the Company. The Advisor allocates, in good faith, indirect costs to the Company related to the Advisor’s and its affiliates’ employees, occupancy and other general and administrative costs and expenses in accordance with the terms of, and subject to the limitations contained in, the advisory agreement with the Advisor. The indirect costs include the Company’s allocable share of the Advisor’s compensation and benefit costs associated with dedicated or partially dedicated personnel who spend all or a portion of their time managing the Company’s affairs, based upon the percentage of time devoted by such personnel to the Company’s affairs. The indirect costs also include rental and occupancy, technology, office supplies and other general and administrative costs and expenses. However, there is no reimbursement for personnel costs related to executive officers (although there may be reimbursement for certain executive officers of the Advisor) and other personnel involved in activities for which the Advisor receives an acquisition fee or a disposition fee. The Advisor allocates these costs to the Company relative to its and its affiliates’ other managed companies in good faith and has reviewed the allocation with the Company’s board of directors, including its independent directors. The Advisor updates the board of directors on a quarterly basis of any material changes to the expense allocation and provides a detailed review to the board of directors, at least annually, and as otherwise requested by the board of directors. The Company reimburses the Advisor quarterly for operating costs (including the asset management fee) based on a calculation for the four preceding fiscal quarters not to exceed the greater of: (i) 2.0% of its average invested assets; or (ii) 25.0% of its net income determined without reduction for any additions to reserves for depreciation, loan losses or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets for that period. Notwithstanding the above, the Company may reimburse the Advisor for expenses in excess of this limitation if a majority of the Company’s independent directors determines that such excess expenses are justified based on unusual and non-recurring factors. The Company calculates the expense reimbursement quarterly based upon the trailing twelve-month period. As of June 30, 2022, the Advisor did not have any unreimbursed operating costs which remained eligible to be allocated to the Company.
Summary of Fees and Reimbursements
The following table presents the fees and reimbursements incurred and paid to the Advisor (dollars in thousands):
Type of Fee or Reimbursement | Due to Related Party as of December 31, 2021 | Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 | Due to Related Party as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial Statement Location | Incurred | Paid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fees to Advisor Entities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asset management | Asset management fees-related party | $ | 937 | $ | 5,104 | $ | (5,244) | $ | 797 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Operating costs | General and administrative expenses | 6,401 | 6,256 | (9,685) | 2,972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 7,338 | $ | 11,360 | $ | (14,929) | $ | 3,769 |
Pursuant to the advisory agreement, for the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company issued 1.3 million shares totaling $5.2 million, based on the estimated value per share on the date of each issuance, to an affiliate of the Advisor as part of its asset management fee. As of June 30, 2022, the Advisor, the Sponsor and their affiliates owned a total of 8.7 million shares, or $34.2 million of the Company’s common stock based on the Company’s most recent estimated value per share. As of June 30, 2022, the Advisor, the Sponsor and their affiliates owned 4.5% of the total outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock.
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(Unaudited)
Investments in Joint Ventures
Solstice, the manager of the Winterfell portfolio, is a joint venture between affiliates of ISL, which owns 80.0%, and the Company, which owns 20.0%. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recognized property management fee expense of $2.7 million paid to Solstice related to the Winterfell portfolio.
The below table indicates the Company’s investments for which the Sponsor is also an equity partner in the joint venture. Each investment was approved by the Company’s board of directors, including all of its independent directors. Refer to Note 4, “Investments in Unconsolidated Ventures” for further discussion of these investments:
Portfolio | Partner(s) | Acquisition Date | Ownership | |||||||||||||||||
Eclipse | NRF and Partner/ Formation Capital, LLC | May 2014 | 5.6% | |||||||||||||||||
Diversified US/UK | NRF and Partner | December 2014 | 14.3% |
Line of Credit - Related Party
The Company has the Sponsor Line, which provides up to $35.0 million at an interest rate of 3.5% plus LIBOR. Refer to Note 5, “Borrowings” for further discussion.
7. Equity-Based Compensation
The Company adopted a long-term incentive plan, as amended (the “Plan”), which it may use to attract and retain qualified officers, directors, employees and consultants, as well as an independent directors compensation plan, which is a component of the Plan. Under the Plan, 2.0 million shares of restricted common stock were eligible to be issued for any equity-based awards granted under the Plan.
Pursuant to the Plan, as of June 30, 2022, the Company’s independent directors were granted a total of 159,932 shares of restricted common stock and 116,712 restricted stock units totaling $1.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively, based on the share price on the date of each grant.
The restricted common stock and restricted stock units granted generally vest quarterly over two years in equal installments and will become fully vested on the earlier occurrence of: (i) the termination of the independent director’s service as a director due to his or her death or disability; or (ii) a change in control of the Company. The restricted stock units are convertible, on a one-for-one basis, into shares of the Company’s common stock upon the earlier occurrence of: (i) the termination of the independent director’s service as a director; or (ii) a change in control of the Company.
The Company recognized equity-based compensation expense of $45,667 and $73,208 for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $93,167 and $118,833 for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Equity-based compensation expense is recorded in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
Unrecognized expense related to unvested restricted common stock and restricted stock units totaled $325,000 and $223,167 as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. The Company had 4,800 shares of restricted common stock that were unvested as of December 31, 2021 and have fully vested as of June 30, 2022. Unvested restricted stock units totaled 83,292 and 50,130 as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
8. Stockholders’ Equity
Common Stock
The Company stopped accepting subscriptions for its Offering on December 17, 2015 and all of the shares initially registered for its Offering were issued on or before January 19, 2016. The Company issued 173.4 million shares of common stock generating gross proceeds of $1.7 billion, excluding proceeds from the DRP.
Distribution Reinvestment Plan
The Company adopted the DRP through which common stockholders may elect to reinvest an amount equal to the distributions declared on their shares in additional shares of the Company’s common stock in lieu of receiving cash distributions. The purchase price under the Company’s initial DRP was $9.50. In connection with its determination of the offering price for shares of the Company’s common stock in the follow-on offering, the board of directors determined that distributions may be
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reinvested in shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $9.69 per share, which was approximately 95% of the offering price of $10.20 per share established for purposes of the follow-on offering. In April 2016, the board of directors determined that distributions may be reinvested in shares of the Company’s common stock at a price equal to the most recent estimated value per share of common stock. The following table presents the estimated value per share of common stock based on when the value became effective:
Effective Date | Estimated Value per Share | Valuation Date | ||||||||||||
April 2016 | $ | 8.63 | 12/31/2015 | |||||||||||
December 2016 | 9.10 | 6/30/2016 | ||||||||||||
December 2017 | 8.50 | 6/30/2017 | ||||||||||||
December 2018 | 7.10 | 6/30/2018 | ||||||||||||
December 2019 | 6.25 | 6/30/2019 | ||||||||||||
December 2020 | 3.89 | 6/30/2020 | ||||||||||||
November 2021 | 3.91 | 6/30/2021 |
No selling commissions or dealer manager fees were paid on shares issued pursuant to the DRP. The board of directors of the Company may amend, suspend or terminate the DRP for any reason upon ten-days’ notice to participants, except that the Company may not amend the DRP to eliminate a participant’s ability to withdraw from the DRP. In April 2022, the Company’s board of directors elected to suspend the DRP, effective April 30, 2022. As a result, all future distributions, if any, will be paid in cash.
Since inception, the Company issued 25.7 million shares of common stock, generating gross offering proceeds of $232.6 million pursuant to the DRP. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company has not issued shares of common stock pursuant to the DRP.
Distributions
Effective February 1, 2019, the Company’s board of directors determined to suspend recurring distributions in order to preserve capital and liquidity.
On April 20, 2022, the Company’s board of directors declared a special distribution of $0.50 per share (the “Special Distribution”) for each stockholder of record on May 2, 2022 totaling $97.1 million. On or around May 5, 2022, $97.0 million of the Special Distribution was paid in cash and an outstanding distribution payable as of June 30, 2022 is attributable to restricted stock units and will be paid upon the conversion of the units to shares of the Company’s common stock. The outstanding distribution payable of $33,419 is recorded as other liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2022.
In order to continue to qualify as a REIT, the Company must distribute annually dividends equal to at least 90% of its REIT taxable income (with certain adjustments). The Company did not have REIT taxable income for its taxable year ending December 31, 2021, therefore, it was not required to make distributions to its stockholders in 2021 to qualify as a REIT. The Company’s most recently filed tax return is for the year ended December 31, 2020 and includes a net operating loss carry-forward of $122.9 million.
Share Repurchase Program
The Company adopted the share repurchase program (the “Share Repurchase Program”) that enabled stockholders to sell their shares to the Company in limited circumstances. The Company is not obligated to repurchase shares under the Share Repurchase Program. The Company may amend, suspend or terminate the Share Repurchase Program at its discretion at any time, subject to certain notice requirements.
In April 2020, the Company’s board of directors determined to suspend all repurchases under the Share Repurchase Program effective April 30, 2020 in order to preserve capital and liquidity and has not repurchased any shares during the six months ended June 30, 2022.
The Company previously funded repurchase requests with cash on hand, borrowings or other available capital.
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9. Non-controlling Interests
Operating Partnership
Non-controlling interests include the aggregate limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership held by limited partners, other than the Company. Income (loss) attributable to the non-controlling interests is based on the limited partners’ ownership percentage of the Operating Partnership. Income (loss) allocated to the Operating Partnership non-controlling interests for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 was de minimis.
Other
Other non-controlling interests represent third-party equity interests in ventures that are consolidated with the Company’s financial statements. Net loss attributable to the other non-controlling interests was $0.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. Net loss attributable to the other non-controlling interests was $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021, and net income attributable to the other non-controlling interests was $0.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
10. Fair Value
Fair Value Measurement
The fair value of financial instruments is categorized based on the priority of the inputs to the valuation technique and categorized into a three-level fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). If the inputs used to measure the financial instruments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets are categorized based on the inputs to the valuation techniques as follows:
Level 1.Quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market.
Level 2.Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on the following:
a)Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets.
b)Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in non-active markets.
c)Pricing models whose inputs are observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
d)Pricing models whose inputs are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
Level 3.Prices or valuation techniques based on inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
U.S. GAAP requires disclosure of fair value about all financial instruments. The following disclosure of estimated fair value of financial instruments was determined by the Company using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret market data and develop estimated fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company could realize on disposition of the financial instruments. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on estimated fair value.
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The following table presents the principal amount, carrying value and fair value of certain financial assets and liabilities (dollars in thousands):
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Principal Amount | Carrying Value | Fair Value | Principal Amount | Carrying Value | Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial liabilities:(1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mortgage and other notes payable, net | $ | 931,552 | $ | 919,525 | $ | 883,102 | $ | 943,765 | $ | 929,811 | $ | 889,485 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1)The fair value of other financial instruments not included in this table is estimated to approximate their carrying value.
Disclosure about fair value of financial instruments is based on pertinent information available to management as of the reporting date. Although management is not aware of any factors that would significantly affect fair value, such amounts have not been comprehensively revalued for purposes of these consolidated financial statements since that date and current estimates of fair value may differ significantly from the amounts presented herein.
Mortgage and Other Notes Payable, Net and Line of Credit - Related Party
The Company primarily uses rates currently available with similar terms and remaining maturities to estimate fair value. These measurements are determined using comparable U.S. Treasury and LIBOR rates as of the end of the reporting period. These fair value measurements are based on observable inputs, and as such, are classified as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company did not have any outstanding borrowings under its Sponsor Line.
Derivative Instruments
For certain mortgage notes payable, the Company has interest rate caps with fair values that are de minimis as of June 30, 2022.
Nonrecurring Fair Values
The Company measures fair value of certain assets on a nonrecurring basis when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the assets may not be recoverable. Adjustments to fair value generally result from the application of lower of amortized cost or fair value accounting for assets held for sale or otherwise, write-down of asset values due to impairment.
The following table summarizes the fair value, measured at the time of impairment, of Level 3 assets which have been measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis during the periods presented and the associated impairment losses (dollars in thousands):
June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) | December 31, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fair Value | Impairment Losses | Fair Value | Impairment Losses | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating real estate, net(1) | $ | 18,329 | $ | 12,400 | $ | 11,793 | $ | 5,386 | ||||||||||||||||||
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(1)During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded impairment losses totaling $0.6 million for property damage sustained by facilities in its Winterfell portfolio. The fair value and impairment losses of these facilities are excluded from the table as of June 30, 2022.
Operating Real Estate, Net
Operating real estate that is impaired is carried at fair value at the time of impairment. Impairment was driven by various factors that impacted undiscounted future net cash flows, including declines in operating performance, market growth assumptions, and expected margins to be generated by the properties. Fair value of impaired operating real estate was estimated based upon various approaches including discounted cash flow analysis using terminal capitalization rates ranging from 6.00% to 7.25% and discount rates ranging from 8.50% to 10.44%, third party appraisals and offer prices.
Assets Held For Sale
Assets held for sale are carried at the lower of amortized cost or fair value. Assets held for sale that were written down to fair value were generally valued using either broker opinions of value, or a combination of market information, including third-party appraisals and indicative sale prices, adjusted as deemed appropriate by management to account for the inherent risk associated with specific properties. In all cases, fair value of real estate held for sale is reduced for estimated selling costs. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company did not have any assets classified as held for sale.
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11. Segment Reporting
The Company conducts its business through the following five segments, which are based on how management reviews and manages its business.
•Direct Investments - Operating - Healthcare properties operated pursuant to management agreements with healthcare managers.
•Direct Investments - Net Lease - Healthcare properties operated under net leases with an operator.
•Unconsolidated Investments - Healthcare joint ventures, including properties operated under net leases with operators or pursuant to management agreements with healthcare managers, in which the Company owns a minority interest.
•Debt Investments - Mortgage loans or mezzanine loans to owners of healthcare real estate. The Company had one mezzanine loan, which was repaid in August 2021.
•Corporate - The corporate segment includes corporate level asset management fees - related party and general and administrative expenses.
The Company primarily generates rental and resident fee income from its direct investments. Additionally, the Company reports its proportionate interest of revenues and expenses from unconsolidated investments through equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated ventures. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company generated interest income on its real estate debt investment.
The following tables present segment reporting (dollars in thousands):
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 | Net Lease | Operating | Unconsolidated Investments | Debt | Corporate(1) | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property and other revenues | $ | 247 | $ | 44,988 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 139 | $ | 45,374 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income on debt investments | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property operating expenses | (11) | (33,219) | — | — | — | (33,230) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (903) | (9,651) | — | — | — | (10,554) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transaction costs | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asset management fees - related party | — | — | — | — | (2,457) | (2,457) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | — | (17) | — | — | (3,738) | (3,755) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | (868) | (8,672) | — | — | — | (9,540) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment loss | — | (13,002) | — | — | — | (13,002) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other income, net | — | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Realized gain (loss) on investments and other | (206) | (46) | — | — | — | (252) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated ventures | — | — | 34,053 | — | — | 34,053 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax expense | — | (15) | — | — | — | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (1,741) | $ | (19,629) | $ | 34,053 | $ | — | $ | (6,056) | $ | 6,627 |
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 | Net Lease | Operating | Unconsolidated Investments | Debt | Corporate(1) | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property and other revenues | $ | 5,706 | $ | 58,160 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 41 | $ | 63,907 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income on debt investments | — | — | — | 1,387 | — | 1,387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Real estate properties - operating expenses | — | (45,101) | — | — | — | (45,101) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (2,890) | (12,753) | — | — | (319) | (15,962) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transaction costs | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asset management fees - related party | — | — | — | — | (2,769) | (2,769) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | (66) | (114) | — | — | (2,899) | (3,079) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | (4,006) | (11,551) | — | — | — | (15,557) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment loss | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other income, net | — | (468) | — | — | — | (468) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Realized gain (loss) on investments and other | (159) | 48 | — | — | — | (111) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated ventures | — | — | 10,766 | — | — | 10,766 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax benefit (expense) | — | (11) | — | — | — | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (1,415) | $ | (11,790) | $ | 10,766 | $ | 1,387 | $ | (5,946) | $ | (6,998) |
(1)Includes unallocated asset management fee-related party and general and administrative expenses.
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 | Net Lease | Operating | Unconsolidated Investments | Debt | Corporate(1) | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property and other revenues | $ | 496 | $ | 88,053 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 157 | $ | 88,706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income on debt investments | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property operating expenses | (35) | (66,089) | — | — | — | (66,124) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (1,801) | (19,062) | — | — | — | (20,863) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transaction costs | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asset management fees - related party | — | — | — | — | (5,104) | (5,104) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | — | (17) | — | — | (7,424) | (7,441) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | (1,731) | (17,732) | — | — | — | (19,463) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment loss | — | (13,002) | — | — | — | (13,002) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other income, net | — | 77 | — | — | — | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Realized gain (loss) on investments and other | (206) | 295 | 246 | — | — | 335 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated ventures | — | — | 36,555 | — | — | 36,555 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax expense | — | (30) | — | — | — | (30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (3,277) | $ | (27,507) | $ | 36,801 | $ | — | $ | (12,371) | $ | (6,354) |
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(1)Includes unallocated asset management fee-related party and general and administrative expenses.
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 | Net Lease | Operating | Unconsolidated Investments | Debt | Corporate(1) | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property and other revenues | $ | 4,931 | $ | 116,268 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 42 | $ | 121,241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income on debt investments | — | — | — | 3,600 | — | 3,600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property operating expenses | (25) | (90,694) | — | — | — | (90,719) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (5,763) | (25,588) | — | — | (636) | (31,987) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transaction costs | — | (54) | — | — | — | (54) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asset management fees - related party | — | — | — | — | (5,538) | (5,538) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | (107) | (114) | — | — | (5,891) | (6,112) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | (7,860) | (23,084) | — | — | — | (30,944) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment loss | (786) | — | — | — | — | (786) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other income, net | — | 6,892 | — | — | — | 6,892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Realized gain (loss) on investments and other | (159) | 7,563 | — | — | — | 7,404 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated ventures | — | — | 9,876 | — | — | 9,876 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax benefit (expense) | — | (26) | — | — | — | (26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (9,769) | $ | (8,837) | $ | 9,876 | $ | 3,600 | $ | (12,023) | $ | (17,153) |
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(1)Includes unallocated asset management fee-related party and general and administrative expenses.
The following table presents total assets by segment (dollars in thousands):
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Total Assets: | Net Lease | Operating | Unconsolidated Investments | Debt | Corporate(1) | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) | $ | 103,546 | $ | 885,335 | $ | 208,030 | $ | — | $ | 93,631 | $ | 1,290,542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
December 31, 2021 | 104,809 | 908,517 | 212,309 | — | 187,238 | 1,412,873 |
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(1)Represents primarily corporate cash and cash equivalents balances.
The following table presents the operators and managers of the Company’s properties, excluding properties owned through unconsolidated joint ventures (dollars in thousands):
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Operator / Manager | Properties Under Management | Units Under Management(1) | Property and Other Revenues(2) | % of Total Property and Other Revenues | |||||||||||||||||||
Solstice Senior Living(3) | 32 | 4,000 | $ | 53,612 | 60.4 | % | |||||||||||||||||
Watermark Retirement Communities | 14 | 1,753 | 22,360 | 25.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Avamere Health Services | 5 | 453 | 9,657 | 10.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Integral Senior Living | 1 | 44 | 2,424 | 2.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Arcadia Management(4) | 4 | 572 | 496 | 0.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Other(5) | — | — | 157 | 0.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | 56 | 6,822 | $ | 88,706 | 100.0 | % |
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(1)Represents rooms for ALFs and ILFs and beds for MCFs and SNFs, based on predominant type.
(2)Includes rental income received from the Company’s net lease properties as well as rental income, ancillary service fees and other related revenue earned from ILF residents and resident fee income derived from the Company’s ALFs and MCFs, which includes resident room and care charges, ancillary fees and other resident service charges.
(3)Solstice is a joint venture of which affiliates of ISL own 80%.
(4)During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded rental income to the extent payments were received.
(5)Consists primarily of interest income earned on corporate-level cash accounts.
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12. Commitments and Contingencies
As of June 30, 2022, the Company believes there are no material contingencies that would affect its results of operations, cash flows or financial position.
Litigation and Claims
The Company may be involved in various litigation matters arising in the ordinary course of its business. Although the Company is unable to predict with certainty the eventual outcome of any litigation, any current legal proceedings are not expected to have a material adverse effect on its financial position or results of operations.
The Company’s tenants, operators and managers may be involved in various litigation matters arising in the ordinary course of their business. The unfavorable resolution of any such actions, investigations or claims could, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect such tenants’, operators’ or managers’ liquidity, financial condition or results of operations and their ability to satisfy their respective obligations to the Company, which, in turn, could have a material adverse effect on the Company. The effects of COVID-19 may also lead to heightened risk of litigation, with an ensuing increase in litigation-related costs.
Environmental Matters
The Company follows a policy of monitoring its properties for the presence of hazardous or toxic substances. While there can be no assurance that a material environmental liability does not exist at its properties, the Company is not currently aware of any environmental liability with respect to its properties that would have a material effect on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. Further, the Company is not aware of any material environmental liability or any unasserted claim or assessment with respect to an environmental liability that it believes would require additional disclosure or the recording of a loss contingency.
General Uninsured Losses
The Company obtains various types of insurance to mitigate the impact of professional liability, property, business interruption, liability, flood, windstorm, earthquake, environmental and terrorism related losses. The Company attempts to obtain appropriate policy terms, conditions, limits and deductibles considering the relative risk of loss, the cost of such coverage and current industry practice. There are, however, certain types of extraordinary losses, such as those due to acts of war or other events, including those that are related to the COVID-19 pandemic, that may be either uninsurable or not economically insurable.
Other
Other commitments and contingencies include the usual obligations of real estate owners and operators in the normal course of business, as well as commitments to fund capital expenditures for certain net lease properties. These commitments do not have a required minimum funding and are limited by agreed upon maximum annual funding amounts.
13. Subsequent Events
The following is a discussion of material events which have occurred subsequent to June 30, 2022 through the issuance of the consolidated financial statements.
Borrowings
In July 2022, the Company exercised its option to extend the maturity date of a mortgage note payable collateralized by a property within the Rochester portfolio from August 2022 to August 2023 and made a $0.2 million principal repayment toward the outstanding principal balance.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Part I, Item 1. “Financial Statements” and the risk factors in Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors.” References to “we,” “us,” “our,” or “NorthStar Healthcare” refer to NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc. and its subsidiaries unless the context specifically requires otherwise.
Overview
We were formed to acquire, originate and asset manage a diversified portfolio of equity, debt and securities investments in healthcare real estate, directly or through joint ventures, with a focus on the mid-acuity seniors housing sector, which we define as assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing and independent living facilities and continuing care retirement communities. We also invest in other healthcare property types, including medical office buildings, hospitals, rehabilitation facilities and ancillary healthcare services businesses. Our investments are predominantly in the United States, but we also selectively make international investments.
We were formed in October 2010 as a Maryland corporation and commenced operations in February 2013. We elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Internal Revenue Code, commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2013. We conduct our operations so as to continue to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
We are externally managed and have no employees. On February 28, 2022, our former Sponsor, DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (NYSE: DBRG), or our Former Sponsor, completed the previously announced disposition of its wellness infrastructure platform, or the Sponsor Transaction. Following completion of the Sponsor Transaction, NRF Holdco, LLC, or NRF or our New Sponsor (and together with our Former Sponsor, our Sponsor as the context requires), owns CNI NSHC Advisors, LLC, or our Advisor, as well as its own diversified portfolio of medical office buildings, senior housing facilities, skilled nursing facilities and specialty hospitals. NRF is wholly owned by CWP Bidco LP, an entity affiliated with Highgate, a privately held real estate investment and hospitality management company, and Aurora Health Network LLC, a privately held healthcare-focused investment firm. In addition, upon completion of the Sponsor Transaction, employees of our Former Sponsor focused on the wellness infrastructure platform became employees of our New Sponsor. Our Advisor, now a subsidiary of our New Sponsor, continues to manage our day-to-day operations pursuant to an advisory agreement.
From inception through June 30, 2022, we raised $2.0 billion in total gross proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock in our continuous, public offerings, including $232.6 million pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan, or our DRP, collectively referred to as our Offering.
Significant Developments
Operating Performance
The following is a summary of the performance of our investment segments for the three months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022. The world continues to experience the broad effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our healthcare real estate business and investments have been challenged by suboptimal occupancy levels, lower labor force participation rates, which have driven increased labor costs, and inflationary pressures on other operating expenses. We continue to monitor the progression of the economic recovery from COVID-19 and its effects on our results of operations and assess recoverability of value across our assets as conditions change. For additional information on financial results, refer to “—Results of Operations.”
Direct Investments - Operating
During the three months ended June 30, 2022, our direct operating investments experienced a 2.4% increase in the number of resident move-ins over the three months ended March 31, 2022, while the number of move-outs decreased 7.0% over the same period. A summary of average occupancy by manager is as follows:
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Operator / Manager | June 2022 | March 2022 | Variance | Q2 2022 | Q1 2022 | Variance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Solstice Senior Living | 82.4 | % | 78.4 | % | 4.0 | % | 81.4 | % | 78.0 | % | 3.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Watermark Retirement Communities | 77.0 | % | 77.0 | % | — | % | 76.9 | % | 77.4 | % | (0.5) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Avamere Health Services | 88.5 | % | 86.8 | % | 1.7 | % | 87.7 | % | 85.4 | % | 2.3 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Integral Senior Living | 97.5 | % | 97.5 | % | — | % | 99.2 | % | 96.7 | % | 2.5 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Direct Investments - Operating | 81.4 | % | 78.7 | % | 2.7 | % | 80.7 | % | 78.5 | % | 2.2 | % |
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On a same store basis, rental and resident fee income of our direct operating investments increased to $45.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to $43.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 as a result of improved occupancy.
On a same store basis, property operating expenses of our direct operating investments increased to $33.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to $32.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase was attributable to additional repairs and maintenance projects, inflationary pressures on operating costs and staffing challenges, which have resulted in increased use of agency labor. The overall increase in operating expenses was partially offset by lower utilities costs due to seasonality.
Overall, on a same store basis, rental and resident fee income, net of property operating expenses, of our direct operating investments increased to $11.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to $10.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
Direct Investments - Net Lease
The operator of our Arbors portfolio continues to make partial contractual rental payments based on availability of cash and liquidity and has not satisfied full contractual rent obligations. We have recorded rental income to the extent rental payments were received during the three months ended June 30, 2022. The Arbors portfolio recognized rental income of $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and March 31, 2022.
Unconsolidated Investments
Equity in earnings recognized from our unconsolidated investments, totaled $34.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to $2.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase was primarily a result of net gains recognized from sub-portfolio sales within the Espresso joint venture, of which our proportionate share totaled $31.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022.
During the three months ended June 30, 2022, we received distributions from our unconsolidated investments, which totaled $31.1 million as compared to $7.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase in distributions was a result of sales transactions in the Espresso joint venture completed during the three months ended June 30, 2022. Distributions continued to be limited by reinvestment and development in the Trilogy joint venture and operational challenges in the Diversified US/UK and Eclipse joint ventures.
The following is a summary of operations and performance for the Trilogy, Diversified US/UK, and Espresso joint ventures for the three months ended June 30, 2022:
•Trilogy: The joint venture's facilities experienced improvements to resident occupancy and revenues, however, its operating margin continues to be impacted by the effects of labor shortages and inflationary pressures. Additionally, the joint venture recognized federal and state COVID-19 provider relief grants as income.
•Diversified US/UK: The joint venture continues to receive substantially all contractual monthly rent from its MOB tenants. The operators of the joint venture’s net lease portfolios, including its portfolio in the United Kingdom, continue to face occupancy and expense pressures, which impacted certain operator’s ability to pay contractual rent during the quarter. CCRC, SNF and ALF operating portfolios continue to sustain suboptimal occupancy levels, and experienced staffing challenges. These factors, along with rising interest rates have reduced the joint venture’s net cash flows.
•Espresso: The joint venture received full contractual rent from its net lease operators. During the three months ended June 30, 2022, the joint venture distributed proceeds from the sales of two sub-portfolios and excess cash flows from operations, of which our proportionate share totaled $28.8 million. Rental income collected has declined as a result of the sub-portfolio sales and the joint venture continues to hold its remaining 62 properties as held for sale as of June 30, 2022.
Investments, Financings and Disposition Activities
•During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Espresso joint venture distributed proceeds from sub-portfolio sales, of which our proportionate share totaled $27.4 million.
•In June 2022, we repaid the outstanding financing on the Oak Cottage portfolio at a discounted payoff of $3.7 million.
•We recorded impairment losses totaling $13.0 million for facilities within the Winterfell and Rochester portfolios during the three months ended June 30, 2022.
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Special Distribution
•On April 20, 2022, our board of directors declared a Special Distribution of $0.50 per share for each stockholder of record on May 2, 2022 totaling $97.1 million. On or around May 5, 2022, $97.0 million of the Special Distribution was paid in cash.
Recent Developments
The following is a discussion of material events which have occurred subsequent to June 30, 2022 through August 11, 2022.
Borrowings
In July 2022, we exercised our option to extend the maturity date of a mortgage note payable collateralized by a property within the Rochester portfolio from August 2022 to August 2023 and made a $0.2 million principal repayment toward the outstanding principal balance.
Resignation of Chief Executive Officer, President and Vice Chairman; Appointment of Interim Chief Executive Officer and President
On July 29, 2022, Ronald J. Jeanneault provided notice of his resignation as our Chief Executive Officer, President and Vice Chairman and as a member of our board of directors, effective as of August 12, 2022. On August 3, 2022, our board of directors appointed Ann B. Harrington as our Interim Chief Executive Officer and President, effective upon Mr. Jeanneault’s resignation. Refer to our Form 8-K filed on August, 4, 2022 for additional information.
Our Investments
We have invested in independent living facilities, or ILFs, assisted living facilities, or ALFs, memory care facilities, or MCFs, and continuing care retirement communities, or CCRCs, which we collectively refer to as seniors housing facilities, skilled nursing facilities, or SNFs, medical office buildings, or MOBs, and hospitals.
Our investments are categorized as follows:
•Direct Investments - Operating - Healthcare properties operated pursuant to management agreements with healthcare managers.
•Direct Investments - Net Lease - Healthcare properties operated under net leases with an operator.
•Unconsolidated Investments - Healthcare joint ventures, including properties operated under net leases with an operator or pursuant to management agreements with healthcare managers, in which we own a minority interest.
We generate revenues from resident fees and rental income. Resident fee income from our seniors housing facilities is recorded when services are rendered and includes resident room and care charges and other resident charges. Rental income is generated from our real estate for the leasing of space to various types of healthcare operators/tenants/residents. Additionally, we report our proportionate interest of revenues and expenses from unconsolidated joint ventures, which own healthcare real estate, through equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated ventures on our consolidated statements of operations.
For financial information regarding our reportable segments, refer to Note 11, “Segment Reporting” in our accompanying consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1. “Financial Statements.”
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The following table presents a summary of investments as of June 30, 2022 (dollars in thousands):
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Investment Type / Portfolio | Amount(2)(3) | Seniors Housing | MOB | SNF | Hospitals | Total | Primary Locations | Ownership Interest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Direct Investments - Operating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winterfell | $ | 904,985 | 32 | — | — | — | 32 | Various | 100.0% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rochester | 219,518 | 10 | — | — | — | 10 | Northeast | 97.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Watermark Aqua | 77,521 | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | Southwest/Midwest | 97.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Avamere | 99,438 | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | Northwest | 100.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oak Cottage | 19,427 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | West | 100.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other(4) | 2,030 | — | — | — | — | — | West | 97.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal | $ | 1,322,919 | 52 | — | — | — | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arbors | $ | 126,825 | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | Northeast | 100.0% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Diversified US/UK | $ | 445,855 | 92 | 106 | 39 | 9 | 246 | Various | 14.3% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trilogy(5) | 420,689 | 22 | — | 73 | — | 95 | Southwest/Midwest | 23.2% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eclipse | 37,291 | 42 | — | 9 | — | 51 | Various | 5.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Espresso(6) | — | — | — | — | — | — | Midwest | 36.7% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Solstice(7) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20.0% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal | $ | 903,835 | 156 | 106 | 121 | 9 | 392 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Investments | $ | 2,353,579 | 212 | 106 | 121 | 9 | 448 |
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(1)Classification based on predominant services provided, but may include other services.
(2)Excludes properties held for sale.
(3)Based on cost for real estate equity investments, which includes purchase price allocations related to net intangibles, deferred costs, other assets, if any, and adjusted for subsequent capital expenditures. For real estate equity investments, includes cost associated with purchased land parcels that are not included in the count.
(4)Represents seven condominium units for which we hold future interests.
(5)Includes institutional pharmacy, therapy businesses and lease purchase buy-out options in connection with the Trilogy investment, which are not subject to property count.
(6)As a result of the joint venture pursuing dispositions of its various sub-portfolios, the remaining 62 properties are classified as held for sale as of June 30, 2022.
(7)Represents our investment in Solstice Senior Living, LLC, or Solstice, the manager of the Winterfell portfolio. Solstice is a joint venture between affiliates of Integral Senior Living, LLC, or ISL, a management company of ILF, ALF and MCF founded in 2000, which owns 80.0%, and us, who owns 20.0%.
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The following presents our real estate equity portfolio diversity across property type and geographic location based on cost:
Real Estate Equity by Property Type(1) | Real Estate Equity by Geographic Location | |||||||
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(1)Classification based on predominant services provided, but may include other services.
Our investments include the following types of healthcare facilities as of June 30, 2022:
•Seniors Housing Facilities. We define seniors housing facilities to include ILFs, ALFs, MCFs and CCRCs, as described in further detail below. Revenues generated by seniors housing facilities typically come from private pay sources, including private insurance, and to a much lesser extent government reimbursement programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid.
◦Assisted living facilities. ALFs provide services that include minimal assistance for activities in daily living and permit residents to maintain some of their privacy and independence as they do not require constant supervision and assistance. Services bundled within one regular monthly fee usually include three meals per day in a central dining room, daily housekeeping, laundry, medical reminders and 24-hour availability of assistance with the activities of daily living, such as eating, dressing and bathing. Professional nursing and healthcare services are usually available at the facility on call or at regularly scheduled times. ALFs typically are comprised of one and two bedroom suites equipped with private bathrooms and efficiency kitchens.
◦Independent living facilities. ILFs are age-restricted multi-family properties with central dining facilities that provide services that include security, housekeeping, nutrition and limited laundry services. ILFs are designed specifically for independent seniors who are able to live on their own, but desire the security and conveniences of community living. ILFs typically offer several services covered under a regular monthly fee.
◦Memory care facilities. MCFs offer specialized options for seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Purpose built, free-standing MCFs offer an attractive alternative for private-pay residents affected by memory loss in comparison to other accommodations that typically have been provided within a secured unit of an ALF or SNF. These facilities offer dedicated care and specialized programming for various conditions relating to memory loss in a secured environment that is typically smaller in scale and more residential in nature than traditional ALFs. Residents require a higher level of care and more assistance with activities of daily living than in ALFs. Therefore, these facilities have staff available 24 hours a day to respond to the unique needs of their residents.
◦Continuing care retirement community. CCRCs provide, as a continuum of care, the services described for ILFs, ALFs and SNFs in an integrated campus. CCRCs can be structured to offer services covered under a regular monthly rental fee or under a one-time upfront entrance fee, which is partially refundable in certain circumstances.
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•Skilled Nursing Facilities. SNFs provide services that include daily nursing, therapeutic rehabilitation, social services, housekeeping, nutrition and administrative services for individuals requiring certain assistance for activities in daily living. A typical SNF includes mostly one and two bed units, each equipped with a private or shared bathroom and community dining facilities. Revenues generated from SNFs typically come from government reimbursement programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, as well as private pay sources, including private insurance.
•Medical Office Buildings. MOBs are typically either single-tenant properties associated with a specialty group or multi-tenant properties leased to several unrelated medical practices. Tenants include physicians, dentists, psychologists, therapists and other healthcare providers, who require space devoted to patient examination and treatment, diagnostic imaging, outpatient surgery and other outpatient services. MOBs are similar to commercial office buildings, although they require greater plumbing, electrical and mechanical systems to accommodate physicians’ requirements such as sinks in every room, brighter lights and specialized medical equipment.
•Hospitals. Services provided by operators and tenants in hospitals are paid for by private sources, third-party payers (e.g., insurance and Health Maintenance Organizations), or through the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Our hospital properties typically will include acute care, long-term acute care, specialty and rehabilitation hospitals and generally are leased to operators under triple-net lease structures.
Direct Investments - Operating
For our operating properties, we enter into management agreements that generally provide for the payment of a fee to a manager, typically 4-5% of gross revenues with the potential for certain incentive compensation, and have direct exposure to the revenues and operating expenses of a property. As a result, our operating properties allow us to participate in the risks and rewards of the operations of healthcare facilities. Revenue derived from ILFs within our direct operating investments is classified as rental income on our consolidated statements of operations. Revenue derived from ALFs and MCFs within our direct operating investments is classified as resident fee income on our consolidated statements of operations.
The weighted average resident occupancy of our operating properties was 80.7% for the three months ended June 30, 2022.
Direct Investments - Net Lease
For our net lease properties, we enter into net leases that generally provide for fixed rental payments, subject to periodic increases based on certain percentages or the consumer price index, and obligate the operator to pay all property-related expenses, including maintenance, utilities, repairs, taxes, insurance and capital expenditures. Revenue derived from our net lease properties is classified as rental income on our consolidated statements of operations.
Our remaining four net lease properties are leased and operated by Arcadia Management with a lease term that expires in August 2029. However, the operator has failed to remit contractual rent and comply with other contractual terms of its lease agreements, which resulted in defaults under the operator’s leases as of June 30, 2022.
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Operators and Managers
The following table presents the operators and managers of our direct investments (dollars in thousands):
As of June 30, 2022 | Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operator / Manager | Properties Under Management | Units Under Management(1) | Property and Other Revenues(2) | % of Total Property and Other Revenues | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Solstice Senior Living(3) | 32 | 4,000 | $ | 53,612 | 60.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Watermark Retirement Communities | 14 | 1,753 | 22,360 | 25.2 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Avamere Health Services | 5 | 453 | 9,657 | 10.9 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Integral Senior Living | 1 | 44 | 2,424 | 2.7 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Arcadia Management(4) | 4 | 572 | 496 | 0.6 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other(5) | — | — | 157 | 0.2 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 56 | 6,822 | $ | 88,706 | 100.0 | % |
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(1)Represents rooms for ALFs and ILFs and beds for MCFs and SNFs, based on predominant type.
(2)Includes rental income received from our net lease properties as well as rental income, ancillary service fees and other related revenue earned from ILF residents and resident fee income derived from our ALFs and MCFs, which includes resident room and care charges, ancillary fees and other resident service charges.
(3)Solstice is a joint venture of which affiliates of ISL own 80%.
(4)During the six months ended June 30, 2022, we recorded rental income to the extent rental payments were received.
(5)Consists primarily of interest income earned on corporate-level cash accounts.
Watermark Retirement Communities and Solstice, together with their affiliates, manage substantially all of our operating properties. As a result, we are dependent upon their personnel, expertise, technical resources and information systems, proprietary information, good faith and judgment to manage our properties efficiently and effectively. Through our 20.0% ownership of Solstice, we are entitled to certain rights and minority protections. As Solstice is a joint venture formed exclusively to operate the Winterfell portfolio, Solstice has generated, and may continue to generate, operating losses if declines in occupancy and operating revenues at our Winterfell portfolio continue.
Unconsolidated Investments
The following table presents our unconsolidated investments (dollars in thousands):
Properties as of June 30, 2022(1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio | Partner | Acquisition Date | Ownership | AUM(2) | Equity Investment(3) | Seniors Housing Facilities | MOB | SNF | Hospitals | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diversified US/UK | NRF and Partner | Dec-2014 | 14.3 | % | $ | 445,855 | $ | 243,544 | 92 | 106 | 39 | 9 | 246 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trilogy | American Healthcare REIT / Management Team of Trilogy Investors, LLC | Dec-2015 | 23.2 | % | 420,689 | 189,032 | 22 | — | 73 | — | 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eclipse | NRF and Partner/ Formation Capital, LLC | May-2014 | 5.6 | % | 37,291 | 23,400 | 42 | — | 9 | — | 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Espresso(4) | Formation Capital, LLC/Safanad Management Limited | Jul-2015 | 36.7 | % | — | 55,146 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal | $ | 903,835 | $ | 511,122 | 156 | 106 | 121 | 9 | 392 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Solstice | Jul-2017 | 20.0 | % | — | 402 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 903,835 | $ | 511,524 | 156 | 106 | 121 | 9 | 392 |
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(1)Excludes properties classified as held for sale.
(2)Represents our proportionate share of assets under management based on cost, which includes purchase price allocations related to net intangibles, deferred costs, other assets, if any, and adjusted for subsequent capital expenditures. Does not include cost of properties held for sale.
(3)Represents initial and subsequent contributions to the underlying joint venture through June 30, 2022.
(4)As a result of the joint venture pursuing dispositions of its various sub-portfolios, the remaining 62 properties are classified as held for sale as of June 30, 2022.
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•Diversified US/UK. Portfolio of SNFs, ALFs, MOBs and hospitals across the United States and care homes in the United Kingdom. Our Sponsor and other minority partners own the remaining 85.7% of this portfolio.
•Trilogy. Portfolio of predominantly SNFs located in the Midwest and operated pursuant to management agreements with Trilogy Health Services, as well as ancillary services businesses, including a therapy business and a pharmacy business. American Healthcare REIT, Inc., or AHR, and management of Trilogy own the remaining 76.8% of this portfolio.
•Eclipse. Portfolio of SNFs and ALFs leased to, or managed by, a variety of different operators/managers across the United States. Our Sponsor and other minority partners and Formation Capital, LLC, or Formation, own 86.4% and 8.0% of this portfolio, respectively.
•Espresso. Portfolio of predominantly SNFs located in the Midwest and organized in sub-portfolios under net leases. An affiliate of Formation acts as the general partner and manager of this investment. Formation and Safanad Management Limited own the remaining 63.3% of this portfolio.
•Solstice. Operator platform joint venture established to manage the operations of the Winterfell portfolio. An affiliate of ISL owns the remaining 80.0%.
Our Strategy
Our primary objective is to maximize value and generate liquidity for shareholders. Although our short-term strategy may continue to be impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, rising interest rates and other economic industry conditions, the key elements of our strategy include:
•Grow the Operating Income Generated by Our Portfolio. Through active portfolio management, we will continue to review and implement operating strategies and initiatives in order to enhance the performance of our existing investment portfolio.
•Deploy Strategic Capital Expenditures. We will continue to invest capital into our operating portfolio in order to maintain market position, functional and operating standards, and provide an optimal mix of services and enhance the overall value of our assets.
•Pursue Dispositions and Opportunities for Asset Repositioning and Other Strategic Initiatives to Maximize Value. We will actively pursue dispositions of assets and portfolios where we believe the disposition will achieve a desired return and generate value for shareholders. Additionally, we will continue to assess the need for strategic repositioning or sale of assets, joint ventures, operators and markets to position our portfolio for optimal performance. We will also opportunistically explore other strategic initiatives to create value for shareholders.
Portfolio Management
Our Advisor and its affiliates maintain a comprehensive portfolio management process that generally includes oversight by asset management and capital markets teams, regular management meetings and operating results review process. These processes are designed to enable management to evaluate and proactively identify asset-specific issues and trends on a portfolio-wide, sub-portfolio or asset type basis. Nevertheless, we cannot be certain that our Advisor’s review will identify all issues within our portfolio due to, among other things, adverse economic conditions or events adversely affecting specific assets; therefore, potential future losses may also stem from issues that are not identified during these portfolio reviews or the asset and portfolio management process.
Our Advisor’s asset management and capital markets teams are experienced and use many methods to actively manage our asset base to enhance or preserve our income, value and capital and mitigate risk. Our Advisor’s asset management and capital markets teams seek to identify opportunities for our investments that may involve replacing, converting or renovating facilities in our portfolio which, in turn, would allow us to provide optimal mix of services and enhance the overall value of our assets. To manage risk, our Advisor’s asset management and capital markets teams engage in frequent review and dialogue with operators/managers/borrowers/third party advisors and periodic inspections of our owned properties and collateral. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we performed virtual site tours of our properties in order to comply with safety measures and restrictions and began resuming in person inspections as conditions have allowed. In addition, our Advisor’s asset management and capital market teams consider the impact of regulatory changes on the performance of our portfolio.
We will continue to monitor the performance of, and actively manage, all of our investments. However, there can be no assurance that our investments will continue to perform in accordance with the contractual terms of the governing documents or underwriting and we may, in the future, record impairment, as appropriate, if required.
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Outlook and Recent Trends
The healthcare industry, which includes ILFs, ALFs, MCFs, CCRCs, SNFs, MOBs and hospitals, continues to be impacted by the effects of COVID-19, along with inflation, rising interest rates and other economic market conditions. While the healthcare industry continues to experience occupancy recovery, operating margins will continue to be impacted by cost inflation, labor pressures, additional staffing needs and related cost burdens. The healthcare industry’s operational and financial recovery will depend on a variety of factors, which may differ considerably across regions, fluctuate over time and are highly uncertain.
The healthcare industry experienced a higher pace of move-ins during the second quarter of 2022 as compared to the first quarter of 2022. As a result of overall increase in resident demand, improving consumer sentiment and easing restrictions on visitation and admissions, the seniors housing industry occupancy average rose to 81.4% during the second quarter of 2022 from 80.5% in the first quarter of 2022. In addition, annual inventory growth decreased to 1.7% during the second quarter of 2022, while construction versus inventory ratio of 5.1% remained elevated in the second quarter of 2022 (source: The National Investment Centers for Seniors Housing & Care, or NIC).
The CARES Act has provided over $100 billion in grants to eligible health care providers for health care related expenses or lost revenues that are attributable to COVID-19. Licensed assisted living providers became eligible to apply for funding under the Provider Relief Fund Phase 2 General Distribution allocation and remain eligible under the Provider Relief Fund Phase 3 and Phase 4 General Distributions. In addition, the CMS has provided accelerated and advance payments to Medicare providers. Operators continue to evaluate their options for financial assistance, such as utilizing programs within the CARES Act as well as other state and local government relief programs. However, the uncertainty regarding future availability of such relief, and its ultimate impact, including the extent to which relief funds from such programs will provide meaningful support for lost revenue and increasing costs, is uncertain. Additionally, although we continue to evaluate and monitor the terms and conditions associated with relief programs, we cannot ensure ultimate compliance with all the requirements related to the assistance received. If any of our operators fail to comply with all of the terms and conditions, they may be required to repay some or all of the grants received and may be subject to other enforcement action, which could have a material adverse impact on our business and financial condition.
Seniors Housing
Notwithstanding the demographics and forecasted spending growth, economic and healthcare market uncertainty, development, and competitive pressures have had a negative impact on the seniors housing industry, weakening the market’s fundamentals and ultimately reducing operating income for managers and operators.
Supply growth, which has outpaced demand, has challenged the seniors housing industry over the past several years. New inventory, coupled with the average move-in age of seniors housing residents increasing over time, has resulted in declining occupancy for the industry on average. Further, to remain competitive with the new supply, owners and operators of older facilities have increased capital expenditure spending, which in turn has negatively affected cash flow. While off its peak of 7.7% in the fourth quarter of 2017, seniors housing under construction as a share of inventory was 5.1% in the second quarter of 2022 (source: NIC). It is expected that, as demographics and demand continue to increase long-term, supply growth will follow.
As a result of increased supply, the seniors housing industry has experienced competitive pressures that have limited rent growth over the past several years. Average market rent growth reached its peak of 4.2% in 2016 and has since decreased to 3.7% as of the second quarter of 2022, with pressures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic contributing to the decline (source: NIC). Limited future supply growth and reestablishing normal operations in a post-pandemic environment will be factors in achieving near and long term revenue growth for the industry.
Further, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a tight labor market and competition to attract quality staff had resulted in increased wages and personnel costs, resulting in lower margins. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated operating expense growth, with increased staffing needs and personal protective equipment requirements. While it is expected that the increases in expenses to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will be temporary, wage and benefits increases may continue to impact the industry’s margins in the future, as labor represents 60% of the seniors housing industry’s operating expenses (source: Green Street).
Skilled Nursing
While generally impacted by the same conditions as the seniors housing industry, SNF operators are currently facing various operational, reimbursement, legal and regulatory challenges. Increased wages and labor costs, narrowing of referral networks, shorter lengths of stay, staffing shortages, expenses associated with inspections, enforcement proceedings and legal actions related to professional and general liability claims have contributed to compressed margins and declines in cash flow.
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SNF operators receive a majority of their revenues from governmental payors, primarily Medicare and Medicaid. With a dependence on government reimbursement as the primary source of their revenues, SNF operators are also subject to intensified efforts to impose pricing pressures and more stringent cost controls, through value-based payments, managed care and similar programs, which could result in lower daily reimbursement rates, lower lease coverage, decreased occupancy and declining operating margins, liquidity and financial conditions.
Regulatory initiatives announced in 2022 and aimed at improving safety and quality of nursing home care could further increase the cost burdens for our SNF operators and expose them to financial penalties. The Biden Administration announced its focus on establishing a minimum nursing home staffing requirement, reducing resident room crowding and reinforcing safeguards against unnecessary medications and treatments. These reforms might result in increased government inspections, financial penalties and other enforcement sanctions against facilities not meeting the set standards.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or U.S. GAAP, which requires the use of estimates and assumptions that involve the exercise of judgment and that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Certain accounting policies are considered to be critical accounting policies. Critical accounting policies are those that are most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and require management’s subjective and complex judgments, and for which the impact of changes in estimates and assumptions could have a material effect on our financial statements. We believe that all of the decisions and assessments upon which our financial statements are based were reasonable at the time made, based upon information available to us at that time.
For a summary of our accounting policies, refer to Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in our accompanying consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1. “Financial Statements.”
We believe impairment to be a critical accounting estimate based on the nature of our operations and/or require significant management judgment and assumptions. Our investments are reviewed on a quarterly basis, or more frequently as necessary, to assess whether there are any indicators that the value of our investments may be impaired or that carrying value may not be recoverable. In conducting these reviews, we consider macroeconomic factors, including healthcare sector conditions, together with asset and market specific circumstance, among other factors. To the extent an impairment has occurred, the loss will be measured as compared to the carrying amount of the investment. Fair values can be estimated based upon the income capitalization approach, using net operating income for each property and applying indicative capitalization and discount rates or sales comparison approach, using what other purchasers and sellers in the market have agreed to as price for comparable properties.
Impairment
During the six months ended June 30, 2022, we recorded impairment losses on our operating real estate totaling $13.0 million. We recorded impairment losses of $8.5 million and $3.9 million for facilities in our Winterfell and Rochester portfolios, respectively, as a result of declining operating margins and lower projected future cash flows. In addition, we recorded impairment losses totaling $0.6 million for property damage sustained by facilities in our Winterfell portfolio.
Accumulated impairment losses for operating real estate that we continue to hold as of June 30, 2022 totaled $162.7 million. Refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 for additional information regarding impairment recorded in prior years.
During the six months ended June 30, 2022, we did not impair any of our investments in unconsolidated ventures, however, our unconsolidated ventures have recorded impairments and reserves on properties in their respective portfolios, which have been recognized through our equity in earnings (losses), of which our proportionate share was de minimis.
At this time, it is difficult to assess and estimate the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, rising interest rates, risk of recession and other economic conditions with any meaningful precision. As the future impact will depend on many factors beyond our control and knowledge, the resulting effect on impairment of our operating real estate and investments in unconsolidated ventures may materially differ from our current expectations and further impairment charges may be recorded in the future.
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Results of Operations
Comparison of the Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 to June 30, 2021 (dollars in thousands)
Three Months Ended June 30, | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Property and other revenues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resident fee income | $ | 10,958 | $ | 28,254 | $ | (17,296) | (61.2) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Rental income | 34,277 | 35,612 | (1,335) | (3.7) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other revenue | 139 | 41 | 98 | 239.0 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total property and other revenues | 45,374 | 63,907 | (18,533) | (29.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income on debt investments | — | 1,387 | (1,387) | (100.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property operating expenses | 33,230 | 45,101 | (11,871) | (26.3) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 10,554 | 15,962 | (5,408) | (33.9) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Asset management fees - related party | 2,457 | 2,769 | (312) | (11.3) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | 3,755 | 3,079 | 676 | 22.0 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 9,540 | 15,557 | (6,017) | (38.7) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment loss | 13,002 | — | 13,002 | NA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 72,538 | 82,468 | (9,930) | (12.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other income, net | 5 | (468) | 473 | (101.1) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Realized gain (loss) on investments and other | (252) | (111) | (141) | 127.0 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated ventures | 34,053 | 10,766 | 23,287 | 216.3 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax expense | (15) | (11) | (4) | 36.4 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 6,627 | $ | (6,998) | $ | 13,625 | (194.7) | % |
Resident Fee Income
The following table presents resident fee income generated by our direct investments (dollars in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30, | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Same store ALF/MCF properties (excludes properties sold) | $ | 10,958 | $ | 9,995 | $ | 963 | 9.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Properties sold | — | 18,259 | (18,259) | (100.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total resident fee income | $ | 10,958 | $ | 28,254 | $ | (17,296) | (61) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Resident fee income decreased $17.3 million as a result of property sales during 2021. The Watermark Fountains portfolio sold in December 2021, the Kansas City portfolio in June 2021 and a property within the Aqua portfolio sold in March 2021.
Excluding properties sold, resident fee income increased by $1.0 million primarily as a result of an increase in occupancy and rates at our ALFs and MCF.
Rental Income
The following table presents rental income generated by our direct investments (dollars in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30, | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Same store ILF properties (excludes properties sold) | $ | 34,030 | $ | 29,907 | $ | 4,123 | 13.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Same store net lease properties (excludes properties sold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rental payments | 247 | 830 | (583) | (70.2) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Properties sold | — | 4,875 | (4,875) | (100.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total rental income | $ | 34,277 | $ | 35,612 | $ | (1,335) | (3.7) | % |
Rental income decreased by $1.3 million primarily as a result of the sale of the Fountains net lease portfolio in December 2021.
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On a same store basis, rental income at our ILFs increased by $4.1 million as a result of improved occupancy, while rental payments from our net lease properties decreased due to the operator of our Arbors net lease portfolio remitting less contractual rent as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2021.
Interest Income on Debt Investments
There was no interest income on debt investments recognized during the three months ended June 30, 2022 as a result of receiving the full repayment of outstanding principal on our mezzanine loan debt investment in August 2021.
Property Operating Expenses
The following table presents property operating expenses incurred by our direct investments (dollars in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30, | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Same store (excludes properties sold and COVID-19 related expenses) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ALF/MCF properties | $ | 8,587 | $ | 7,609 | $ | 978 | 12.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
ILF properties | 24,479 | 21,961 | 2,518 | 11.5 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net lease properties | 11 | — | 11 | NA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
COVID-19 related expenses | 102 | 556 | (454) | (81.7) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Properties sold | 51 | 14,975 | (14,924) | (99.7) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total property operating expenses | $ | 33,230 | $ | 45,101 | $ | (11,871) | (26.3) | % |
Overall, total operating expenses decreased $11.9 million primarily as a result of property sales during the year ended December 31, 2021.
Excluding properties sold, operating expenses increased $3.1 million primarily as a result of our operators experiencing staffing challenges, which has increased salaries and wages due to additional overtime hours and use of agency and contract labor to fill open positions. In addition, sales and marketing expenses have increased with the improved volume of resident move-ins, while the resumption of normalized business operations has allowed our managers to complete deferred repairs and maintenance projects.
Interest Expense
The following table presents interest expense incurred on our borrowings (dollars in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30, | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Same store (excludes properties sold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ALF/MCF properties | $ | 1,435 | $ | 1,395 | $ | 40 | 2.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
ILF properties | 8,216 | 8,285 | (69) | (0.8) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net lease properties | 903 | 925 | (22) | (2.4) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Properties sold | — | 5,038 | (5,038) | (100.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Corporate | — | 319 | (319) | (100.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total interest expense | $ | 10,554 | $ | 15,962 | $ | (5,408) | (33.9) | % |
Interest expense decreased $5.4 million primarily as a result of the repayment of mortgage notes payable which were collateralized by properties sold during the year ended December 31, 2021 and the repayment of the borrowings under our revolving line of credit from an affiliate of our Sponsor, or the Sponsor Line, in July 2021.
While average mortgage notes principal balances have decreased as compared to June 30, 2021 due to continued principal amortization, interest expense on our floating rate debt has increased as a result of a higher London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR.
Asset Management Fees - Related Party
Our Advisor receives a monthly asset management fee equal to one-twelfth of 1.5% of our most recently published aggregate estimated net asset value. Effective January 1, 2022, according to the amendment to our advisory agreement, the monthly management fee is reduced if our corporate cash balances exceed $75.0 million, resulting in a $0.3 million decrease in asset management fees.
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General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses increased $0.7 million primarily as a result of amortizing our directors’ and officers’ insurance premium incurred and reimbursed to our Advisor over the term of the policy, beginning in December 2021.
Depreciation and Amortization
The following table presents depreciation and amortization recognized on our direct investments (dollars in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30, | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Same store (excludes properties sold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ALF/MCF properties | $ | 1,815 | $ | 1,729 | $ | 86 | 5.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
ILF properties | 6,857 | 7,290 | (433) | (5.9) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net lease properties | 868 | 861 | 7 | 0.8 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Properties sold | — | 5,677 | (5,677) | (100.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total depreciation and amortization | $ | 9,540 | $ | 15,557 | $ | (6,017) | (38.7) | % |
Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $6.0 million primarily as a result of properties sold during the year ended December 31, 2021.
Impairment Loss
During the three months ended June 30, 2022, impairment losses on operating real estate totaled $13.0 million. Refer to “—Impairment” for additional discussion.
During the three months ended June 30, 2021, we did not incur any impairment losses on operating real estate assets.
Other Income, Net
Other income, net for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was de minimis. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, we recognized a $0.5 million non-operating loss at a property within the Watermark Fountains portfolio.
Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments and Other
During the three months ended June 30, 2022, we recognized losses on investment activity, which were partially offset by a gain recognized on the Oak Cottage portfolio discounted financing payoff.
During the three months ended June 30, 2021, we recognized a $0.2 million loss on the sale of the Smyrna property, which was partially offset by a gain on the sale of the Kansas City portfolio.
Equity in Earnings (Losses) of Unconsolidated Ventures
The following table presents the results of our unconsolidated ventures (dollars in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30, | Three Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio | Equity in Earnings (Losses) | FFO and MFFO adjustments(1) | Equity in Earnings, after FFO and MFFO adjustments | Increase (Decrease) | Cash Distributions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eclipse | $ | (301) | $ | 4,073 | $ | 279 | $ | (3,931) | $ | (22) | $ | 142 | $ | (164) | (115.5) | % | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Envoy | — | 740 | — | (744) | — | (4) | 4 | (100.0) | % | — | 739 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diversified US/UK | (301) | 641 | 1,568 | 2,993 | 1,267 | 3,634 | (2,367) | (65.1) | % | — | 1,431 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Espresso | 31,999 | 5,686 | (30,215) | (3,399) | 1,784 | 2,287 | (503) | (22.0) | % | 28,788 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trilogy | 2,678 | (325) | 4,200 | 3,575 | 6,878 | 3,250 | 3,628 | 111.6 | % | 2,299 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal | $ | 34,075 | $ | 10,815 | $ | (24,168) | $ | (1,506) | $ | 9,907 | $ | 9,309 | $ | 598 | 6.4 | % | $ | 31,087 | $ | 2,170 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Solstice | (22) | (49) | — | 1 | (22) | (48) | 26 | (54.2) | % | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 34,053 | $ | 10,766 | $ | (24,168) | $ | (1,505) | $ | 9,885 | $ | 9,261 | $ | 624 | 6.7 | % | $ | 31,087 | $ | 2,170 |
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(1)Represents our proportionate share of revenues and expenses excluded from the calculation of FFO and MFFO for unconsolidated investments. Refer to “—Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for additional discussion.
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Our equity in earnings generated by our unconsolidated investments increased by $23.3 million primarily due to gains recognized on property sales in the Espresso joint venture during the three months ended June 30, 2022 exceeding the gains recognized on property sales in the Espresso and Eclipse joint ventures during the three months ended June 30, 2021.
Equity in earnings, after FFO and MFFO adjustments, increased by $0.6 million as a result of the operational and financial performance improvements in the Trilogy joint venture, partially offset by lower rental income recognized by the Diversified US/UK and Espresso joint ventures during the three months ended June 30, 2022.
Comparison of the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 to June 30, 2021 (dollars in thousands)
Six Months Ended June 30, | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Property and other revenues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resident fee income | $ | 21,713 | $ | 56,536 | $ | (34,823) | (61.6) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Rental income | 66,836 | 64,663 | 2,173 | 3.4 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other revenue | 157 | 42 | 115 | 273.8 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total property and other revenues | 88,706 | 121,241 | (32,535) | (26.8) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest income on debt investments | — | 3,600 | (3,600) | (100.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property operating expenses | 66,124 | 90,719 | (24,595) | (27.1) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 20,863 | 31,987 | (11,124) | (34.8) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Transaction costs | — | 54 | (54) | (100.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Asset management fees - related party | 5,104 | 5,538 | (434) | (7.8) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | 7,441 | 6,112 | 1,329 | 21.7 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 19,463 | 30,944 | (11,481) | (37.1) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment loss | 13,002 | 786 | 12,216 | 1,554.2 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 131,997 | 166,140 | (34,143) | (20.6) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other income, net | 77 | 6,892 | (6,815) | (98.9) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Realized gain (loss) on investments and other | 335 | 7,404 | (7,069) | (95.5) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated ventures | 36,555 | 9,876 | 26,679 | 270.1 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax expense | (30) | (26) | (4) | 15.4 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (6,354) | $ | (17,153) | $ | 10,799 | (63.0) | % |
Resident Fee Income
The following table presents resident fee income generated by our direct investments (dollars in thousands):
Six Months Ended June 30, | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Same store ALF/MCF properties (excludes properties sold) | $ | 21,713 | $ | 19,910 | $ | 1,803 | 9.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Properties sold | — | 36,626 | (36,626) | (100.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total resident fee income | $ | 21,713 | $ | 56,536 | $ | (34,823) | (62) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Resident fee income decreased $34.8 million as a result of property sales during 2021. The Watermark Fountains portfolio sold in December 2021, the Kansas City portfolio in June 2021 and a property within the Aqua portfolio sold in March 2021.
Excluding properties sold, resident fee income increased by $1.8 million primarily as a result of an increase in occupancy and rates at our ALFs and MCF.
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Rental Income
The following table presents rental income generated by our direct investments (dollars in thousands):
Six Months Ended June 30, | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Same store ILF properties (excludes properties sold) | $ | 66,340 | $ | 59,732 | $ | 6,608 | 11.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Same store net lease properties (excludes properties sold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rental payments | 496 | 1,830 | (1,334) | (72.9) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Straight-line rental income (loss) | — | (7,350) | 7,350 | (100.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Properties sold | — | 10,451 | (10,451) | (100.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total rental income | $ | 66,836 | $ | 64,663 | $ | 2,173 | 3.4 | % |
Overall, rental income increased by $2.2 million as compared to six months ended June 30, 2021.
Excluding properties sold, rental income increased by $12.6 million primarily as a result of the write-off of straight-line rent receivables at our Arbors portfolio during 2021 and improved occupancy at our ILFs during the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase was partially offset by the loss of revenues from properties sold in 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021.
Interest Income on Debt Investments
There was no interest income on debt investments recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2022 as a result of receiving the full repayment of outstanding principal on our mezzanine loan debt investment in August 2021.
Property Operating Expenses
The following table presents property operating expenses incurred by our direct investments (dollars in thousands):
Six Months Ended June 30, | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Same store (excludes properties sold and COVID-19 related expenses) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ALF/MCF properties | $ | 17,067 | $ | 14,402 | $ | 2,665 | 18.5 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
ILF properties | 48,676 | 43,236 | 5,440 | 12.6 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net lease properties | 35 | 25 | 10 | 40.0 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
COVID-19 related expenses | 259 | 1,561 | (1,302) | (83.4) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Properties sold | 87 | 31,495 | (31,408) | (99.7) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total Property operating expenses | $ | 66,124 | $ | 90,719 | $ | (24,595) | (27.1) | % |
Overall, total operating expenses decreased $24.6 million primarily as a result of property sales during the year ended December 31, 2021.
Excluding properties sold, operating expenses increased $6.8 million, primarily as a result of the impact of inflation and the labor market conditions. These factors resulted in additional overtime hours and use of staffing agencies due to labor shortages, as well as utilities and other operating expense costs pressures. Additionally, sales and marketing activities have increased expenses, while the resumption of normalized business operations has allowed our managers to complete deferred repairs and maintenance projects.
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Interest Expense
The following table presents interest expense incurred on our borrowings (dollars in thousands):
Six Months Ended June 30, | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Same store (excludes properties sold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ALF/MCF properties | $ | 2,813 | $ | 2,768 | $ | 45 | 1.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
ILF properties | 16,249 | 16,531 | (282) | (1.7) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net lease properties | 1,801 | 1,845 | (44) | (2.4) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Properties sold | — | 10,207 | (10,207) | (100.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Corporate | — | 636 | (636) | (100.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total interest expense | $ | 20,863 | $ | 31,987 | $ | (11,124) | (34.8) | % |
Interest expense decreased $11.1 million primarily as a result of the repayment of mortgage notes payable which were collateralized by properties sold during the year ended December 31, 2021. In addition, average mortgage notes principal balances decreased as compared to June 30, 2021 due to continued principal amortization, partially offset by increase in interest expense on our floating rate debt, as a result of higher LIBOR. Corporate interest expense represents interest resulting from the borrowings under our revolving line of credit from an affiliate of our Sponsor, or the Sponsor Line, which was repaid in full in July 2021.
Asset Management Fees - Related Party
Our Advisor receives a monthly asset management fee equal to one-twelfth of 1.5% of our most recently published aggregate estimated net asset value. Effective January 1, 2022, according to the amendment to our advisory agreement, the monthly management fee is reduced if our corporate cash balances exceed $75.0 million, resulting in a $0.4 million decrease in asset management fees.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses increased $1.3 million primarily as a result of amortizing our directors’ and officers’ insurance premium incurred and reimbursed to our Advisor over the term of the policy, beginning in December 2021.
Depreciation and Amortization
The following table presents depreciation and amortization recognized on our direct investments (dollars in thousands):
Six Months Ended June 30, | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Same store (excludes properties sold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ALF/MCF properties | $ | 3,628 | $ | 3,457 | $ | 171 | 4.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
ILF properties | 14,104 | 14,536 | (432) | (3.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net lease properties | 1,731 | 1,722 | 9 | 0.5 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Properties sold | — | 11,229 | (11,229) | (100.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total depreciation and amortization | $ | 19,463 | $ | 30,944 | $ | (11,481) | (37.1) | % |
Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $11.5 million, primarily as a result of properties sold during the year ended December 31, 2021.
Impairment Loss
During the six months ended June 30, 2022, impairment losses on operating real estate totaled $13.0 million. Refer to “—Impairment” for additional discussion.
During the six months ended June 30, 2021, impairment losses on operating real estate totaled $0.8 million for our Smyrna net lease property, which was sold in May 2021.
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Other Income, Net
Other income, net for the six months ended June 30, 2022 consisted of $0.1 million in COVID-19 testing reimbursements received and recognized at our Avamere portfolio. For the six months ended June 30, 2021, other income, net consisted of $7.4 million in federal COVID-19 provider relief grants from DHHS, partially offset by a $0.5 million non-operating loss recognized at a property within the Watermark Fountains.
Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments and Other
During the six months ended June 30, 2022, we recognized gains on mortgage interest rate caps, a discounted financing payoff and a distribution that exceeded our carrying value for an unconsolidated investment. Gains were partially offset by losses recognized on investment activity.
During the six months ended June 30, 2021, we recognized gains on the sale of four properties totaling $7.4 million.
Equity in Earnings (Losses) of Unconsolidated Ventures
The following table presents the results of our unconsolidated ventures (dollars in thousands):
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2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio | Equity in Earnings (Losses) | FFO and MFFO adjustments(1) | Equity in Earnings, after FFO and MFFO adjustments | Increase (Decrease) | Cash Distributions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eclipse | $ | (596) | $ | 3,933 | $ | 567 | $ | (3,592) | $ | (29) | $ | 341 | $ | (370) | (108.5) | % | $ | 620 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Envoy | — | 740 | — | (744) | — | (4) | 4 | (100.0) | % | — | 739 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diversified US/UK | (1,449) | (2,057) | 5,378 | 9,989 | 3,929 | 7,932 | (4,003) | (50.5) | % | 1,932 | 2,290 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Espresso | 33,953 | 10,943 | (29,738) | (5,717) | 4,215 | 5,226 | (1,011) | (19.3) | % | 30,988 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trilogy | 4,705 | (3,602) | 8,168 | 7,602 | 12,873 | 4,000 | 8,873 | 221.8 | % | 4,600 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal | $ | 36,613 | $ | 9,957 | $ | (15,625) | $ | 7,538 | $ | 20,988 | $ | 17,495 | $ | 3,493 | 20.0 | % | $ | 38,140 | $ | 3,029 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Solstice | (58) | (81) | — | 1 | (58) | (80) | 22 | (27.5) | % | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 36,555 | $ | 9,876 | $ | (15,625) | $ | 7,539 | $ | 20,930 | $ | 17,415 | $ | 3,515 | 20.2 | % | $ | 38,140 | $ | 3,029 |
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(1)Represents our proportionate share of revenues and expenses excluded from the calculation of FFO and MFFO for unconsolidated investments. Refer to “—Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for additional discussion.
Our equity in earnings generated by our unconsolidated investments increased by $26.7 million primarily due to gains recognized on property sales in the Espresso joint venture during the six months ended June 30, 2022 exceeding the gains recognized on property sales in the Espresso and Eclipse joint ventures during the six months ended June 30, 2021. Additionally, operational performance in the Trilogy joint venture improved during the six months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021.
Equity in earnings, after FFO and MFFO adjustments, increased by $3.5 million as a result of the improvements in the Trilogy joint venture, partially offset by lower rental income recognized in the Diversified US/UK and Espresso joint ventures during the six months ended June 30, 2022.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Funds from Operations and Modified Funds from Operations
We believe that Funds from Operations, or FFO, and Modified Funds from Operations, or MFFO, are additional appropriate measures of the operating performance of a REIT and of us in particular. We compute FFO in accordance with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, as net income (loss) (computed in accordance with U.S. GAAP), excluding gains (losses) from sales of depreciable property, the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles, real estate-related depreciation and amortization, impairment on depreciable property owned directly or indirectly and after adjustments for unconsolidated ventures.
Changes in the accounting and reporting rules under U.S. GAAP that have been put into effect since the establishment of NAREIT’s definition of FFO have prompted an increase in the non-cash and non-operating items included in FFO. For instance, the accounting treatment for acquisition fees related to business combinations has changed from being capitalized to being expensed. Additionally, publicly registered, non-traded REITs are typically different from traded REITs because they generally
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have a limited life followed by a liquidity event or other targeted exit strategy. Non-traded REITs typically have a significant amount of acquisition activity and are substantially more dynamic during their initial years of investment and operation as compared to later years when the proceeds from their initial public offering have been fully invested and when they may seek to implement a liquidity event or other exit strategy. However, it is likely that we will make investments past the acquisition and development stage, albeit at a substantially lower pace.
Acquisition fees paid to our Advisor in connection with the origination and acquisition of debt investments have been amortized over the life of the investment as an adjustment to interest income, while fees paid to our Advisor in connection with the acquisition of equity investments were generally expensed under U.S. GAAP. In both situations, the fees were included in the computation of net income (loss) and income (loss) before equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated ventures and income tax benefit (expense), both of which are performance measures under U.S. GAAP. We adjusted MFFO for the amortization of acquisition fees in the period when such amortization was recognized under U.S. GAAP or in the period in which the acquisition fees were expensed. Acquisition fees were paid in cash that would otherwise have been available to distribute to our stockholders. Such fees and expenses will not be reimbursed by our Advisor or its affiliates and third parties. However, in general, we earned origination fees for debt investments from our borrowers in an amount equal to the acquisition fees paid to our Advisor. Effective January 1, 2018, our Advisor no longer receives an acquisition fee in connection with our acquisition of real estate properties or debt investments.
Due to certain of the unique features of publicly-registered, non-traded REITs, the Institute for Portfolio Alternatives, or IPA, an industry trade group, standardized a performance measure known as MFFO and recommends the use of MFFO for such REITs. Management believes MFFO is a useful performance measure to evaluate our business and further believes it is important to disclose MFFO in order to be consistent with the IPA recommendation and other non-traded REITs. MFFO adjustments for items such as acquisition fees would only be comparable to non-traded REITs that have completed the majority of their acquisition activity and have other similar operating characteristics as us. Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, nor any other regulatory body has approved the acceptability of the adjustments that we use to calculate MFFO. In the future, the SEC or another regulatory body may decide to standardize permitted adjustments across the non-listed REIT industry and we may need to adjust our calculation and characterization of MFFO.
MFFO is a metric used by management to evaluate our future operating performance once our organization and offering and acquisition and development stages are complete and is not intended to be used as a liquidity measure. Although management uses the MFFO metric to evaluate future operating performance, this metric excludes certain key operating items and other adjustments that may affect our overall operating performance. MFFO is not equivalent to net income (loss) as determined under U.S. GAAP. In addition, MFFO is not a useful measure in evaluating net asset value, since impairment is taken into account in determining net asset value but not in determining MFFO.
We define MFFO in accordance with the concepts established by the IPA, and adjust for certain items, such as accretion of a discount and amortization of a premium on borrowings and related deferred financing costs, as such adjustments are comparable to adjustments for debt investments and will be helpful in assessing our operating performance. Similarly, we adjust for the non-cash effect of unrealized gains or losses on unconsolidated ventures. Our computation of MFFO may not be comparable to other REITs that do not calculate MFFO using the same method MFFO is calculated using FFO. FFO, as defined by NAREIT, is a computation made by analysts and investors to measure a real estate company’s operating performance. The IPA’s definition of MFFO excludes from FFO the following items:
•acquisition fees and expenses;
•non-cash amounts related to straight-line rent and the amortization of above or below market and in-place intangible lease assets and liabilities (which are adjusted in order to reflect such payments from an accrual basis of accounting under U.S. GAAP to a cash basis of accounting);
•amortization of a premium and accretion of a discount on debt investments;
•non-recurring impairment of real estate-related investments that meet the specified criteria identified in the rules and regulations of the SEC;
•realized gains (losses) from the early extinguishment of debt;
•realized gains (losses) on the extinguishment or sales of hedges, foreign exchange, securities and other derivative holdings except where the trading of such instruments is a fundamental attribute of our business;
•unrealized gains (losses) from fair value adjustments on real estate securities, including CMBS and other securities, interest rate swaps and other derivatives not deemed hedges and foreign exchange holdings;
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•unrealized gains (losses) from the consolidation from, or deconsolidation to, equity accounting;
•adjustments related to contingent purchase price obligations; and
•adjustments for consolidated and unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures calculated to reflect MFFO on the same basis as above.
Certain of the above adjustments are also made to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, such as for the amortization of a premium and accretion of a discount on debt and securities investments, amortization of fees, any unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives, securities or other investments, as well as other adjustments.
MFFO excludes non-recurring impairment of real estate-related investments. We assess the credit quality of our investments and adequacy of reserves/impairment on a quarterly basis, or more frequently as necessary. Significant judgment is required in this analysis. With respect to debt investments, we consider the estimated net recoverable value of the loan as well as other factors, including but not limited to the fair value of any collateral, the amount and the status of any senior debt, the prospects for the borrower and the competitive situation of the region where the borrower does business. Fair value is typically estimated based on discounting expected future cash flow of the underlying collateral taking into consideration the discount rate, capitalization rate, occupancy, creditworthiness of major tenants and many other factors. This requires significant judgment and because it is based on projections of future economic events, which are inherently subjective, the amount ultimately realized may differ materially from the carrying value as of the consolidated balance sheet date. If the estimated fair value of the underlying collateral for the debt investment is less than its net carrying value, a loan loss reserve is recorded with a corresponding charge to provision for loan losses. With respect to a real estate investment, a property’s value is considered impaired if a triggering event is identified and our estimate of the aggregate future undiscounted cash flow to be generated by the property is less than the carrying value of the property. The value of our investments may be impaired and their carrying values may not be recoverable due to our limited life. Investors should note that while impairment charges are excluded from the calculation of MFFO, investors are cautioned that due to the fact that impairments are based on estimated future undiscounted cash flow and the relatively limited term of a non-traded REIT’s anticipated operations, it could be difficult to recover any impairment charges through operational net revenues or cash flow prior to any liquidity event.
We believe that MFFO is a useful non-GAAP measure for non-traded REITs. It is helpful to management and stockholders in assessing our future operating performance once our organization and offering, and acquisition and development stages are complete. However, MFFO may not be a useful measure of our operating performance or as a comparable measure to other typical non-traded REITs if we do not continue to operate in a similar manner to other non-traded REITs, including if we were to extend our acquisition and development stage or if we determined not to pursue an exit strategy.
However, MFFO does have certain limitations. For instance, the effect of any amortization or accretion on debt investments originated or acquired at a premium or discount, respectively, is not reported in MFFO. In addition, realized gains (losses) from acquisitions and dispositions and other adjustments listed above are not reported in MFFO, even though such realized gains (losses) and other adjustments could affect our operating performance and cash available for distribution. Any mark-to-market or fair value adjustments may be based on many factors, including current operational or individual property issues or general market or overall industry conditions.
Neither FFO nor MFFO is equivalent to net income (loss) or cash flow provided by operating activities determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP and should not be construed to be more relevant or accurate than the U.S. GAAP methodology in evaluating our operating performance. Neither FFO nor MFFO is necessarily indicative of cash flow available to fund our cash needs including our ability to make distributions to our stockholders. FFO and MFFO do not represent amounts available for management’s discretionary use because of needed capital replacement or expansion, debt service obligations or other commitments or uncertainties. Furthermore, neither FFO nor MFFO should be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) as an indicator of our operating performance.
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The following table presents a reconciliation of net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders to FFO and MFFO attributable to common stockholders (dollars in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Funds from operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc. common stockholders | $ | 6,807 | $ | (6,863) | $ | (6,129) | $ | (17,326) | ||||||||||||||||||
Adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 9,540 | 15,557 | 19,463 | 30,944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization related to non-controlling interests | (72) | (144) | (144) | (289) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization related to unconsolidated ventures | 6,926 | 7,592 | 14,096 | 15,400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Realized (gain) loss from sales of property | 454 | 111 | 425 | (7,417) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Realized gain (loss) from sales of property related to non-controlling interests | (7) | — | (6) | 226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Realized (gain) loss from sales of property related to unconsolidated ventures(1) | (41,591) | (14,857) | (43,902) | (21,379) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment losses of depreciable real estate | 13,002 | — | 13,002 | 786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment loss on real estate related to non-controlling interests | (117) | — | (117) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment losses of depreciable real estate held by unconsolidated ventures | — | (327) | 20 | (327) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Funds from operations attributable to NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc. common stockholders | $ | (5,058) | $ | 1,069 | $ | (3,292) | $ | 618 | ||||||||||||||||||
Modified funds from operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Funds from operations attributable to NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc. common stockholders | $ | (5,058) | $ | 1,069 | $ | (3,292) | $ | 618 | ||||||||||||||||||
Adjustments: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transaction costs | — | — | — | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Straight-line rental (income) loss | — | (554) | — | 7,085 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization of premiums, discounts and fees on investments and borrowings | 975 | 1,151 | 1,944 | 2,303 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Realized (gain) loss on investments and other | (202) | — | (760) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustments related to unconsolidated ventures(1)(2) | 10,497 | 6,087 | 14,161 | 13,845 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustments related to non-controlling interests | (3) | (26) | 4 | (40) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Modified funds from operations attributable to NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc. common stockholders | $ | 6,209 | $ | 7,727 | $ | 12,057 | $ | 23,878 |
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(1)Certain prior period amounts related to gains from sales of property have been reclassified to a FFO adjustment from a MFFO adjustment as previously presented for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021.
(2)Primarily represents our proportionate share of liability extinguishment gains, loan loss reserves, transaction costs and amortization of above/below market debt adjustments, straight-line rent adjustments, debt extinguishment losses and deferred financing costs, incurred through our investments in unconsolidated ventures.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our current principal liquidity needs are to fund: (i) operating expenses, including corporate general and administrative expenses; (ii) principal and interest payments on our borrowings and other commitments; and (iii) capital expenditures, including capital calls in connection with our unconsolidated joint venture investments.
Our current primary sources of liquidity include the following: (i) cash on hand; (ii) proceeds from full or partial realization of investments; (iii) cash flow generated by our investments, both from our operating activities and distributions from our unconsolidated joint ventures; and (iv) secured or unsecured financings from banks and other lenders, including investment-level financing and/or a corporate credit facility.
We generated significant liquidity in 2021 from proceeds from asset sales and other realization events. As a result, on April 20, 2022, our board of directors declared the Special Distribution of $0.50 per share for each stockholder of record on May 2, 2022. The Special Distribution paid in cash on or around May 5, 2022 totaled $97.0 million. While we do not anticipate recurring dividends in the near future, in light of the cash flow generated by our investments as compared to our capital expenditure needs and debt service obligations, our management and board of directors will evaluate special distributions in connection with asset sales and other realizations of our investments on a case-by-case basis based on, among other factors, current and projected liquidity needs, opportunities for investment in our assets (such as capital expenditure and de-levering opportunities) and other strategic initiatives.
As of August 11, 2022, we had approximately $103.9 million of unrestricted cash and currently believe that our capital resources are sufficient to meet our capital needs for the following 12 months.
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Cash From Operations
We primarily generate cash flow from operations through net operating income from our operating properties and rental income from our net lease properties. In addition, we received distributions from our investments in unconsolidated ventures, which are classified as cash flows from investing activities on our consolidated statements of cash flows. Net cash used in operating activities was $12.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, debt service payments, which include principal amortization, on our borrowings exceeded our cash flow from operations. We have utilized cash reserves generated from asset realizations to fund debt service payments, which is expected to continue until the operating margins of our direct investments improve from current levels.
A substantial majority of our direct investments are operating properties whereby we are directly exposed to various operational risks. While our direct operating investments have not experienced any significant issues collecting rents or other fees from residents as a result of COVID-19, cash flow has continued to be negatively impacted by suboptimal occupancy levels, rate pressures, cost inflation, rising interest rates and other economic market conditions. We expect that these factors will continue to materially impact our revenues, expenses and cash flow generated by the communities of our direct operating investments.
The operator of our Arbors net lease portfolio has been impacted by the same factors discussed above, which has and will continue to affect its ability and willingness to pay rent. The operator continues to make partial contractual rental payments based on availability of cash and liquidity and has not satisfied full contractual rent obligations. The operator has applied for and benefited from federal relief assistance, however, the operator’s ability to pay rent in the future is currently unknown. Numerous state, local, federal and industry-initiated efforts have also affected or may affect the landlord and its ability to collect rent and/or enforce remedies for the failure to pay rent.
We have significant joint ventures and will not be able to control the timing of distributions, if any, from these investments. As of June 30, 2022, our unconsolidated joint ventures and consolidated joint ventures represented 38.4% and 12.7%, respectively, of our total real estate equity investments, based on cost. Our unconsolidated joint ventures, which have been similarly impacted as our direct investments by the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, rising interest rates and other economic market conditions, may continue to limit distributions to preserve liquidity.
Borrowings
We use asset-level financing as part of our investment strategy to leverage our investments while managing refinancing and interest rate risk. We typically finance our investments with medium to long-term, non-recourse mortgage loans, though our borrowing levels and terms vary depending upon the nature of the assets and the related financing. In addition, our Sponsor has made available our Sponsor Line to provide additional short-term liquidity as needed.
We are required to make recurring principal and interest payments on our borrowings. As of June 30, 2022, we had $931.6 million of consolidated asset-level borrowings outstanding and paid $27.1 million in recurring principal and interest payments on borrowings during the six months ended June 30, 2022. Our unconsolidated joint ventures also have significant asset level borrowings, which may restrict cash distributions from the joint ventures if certain lender requirements are not met and may require capital to be funded if favorable refinancing is not obtained.
The operator for the Arbors portfolio has failed to remit contractual rent and satisfy other conditions under its leases, which resulted in defaults under the operator’s leases, and in turn, resulted in a non-monetary default under the mortgage notes collateralized by the properties as of June 30, 2022. We have remitted contractual debt service and are in compliance with the other contractual terms under the mortgage notes collateralized by the properties.
As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, rising interest rates, risk of recession and other economic market conditions continue to influence our investments’ performance, we may experience defaults in the future and it may have a negative impact on our ability to service or refinance our borrowings.
Our charter limits us from incurring borrowings that would exceed 300.0% of our net assets. We cannot exceed this limit unless any excess in borrowing over such level is approved by a majority of our independent directors. We would need to disclose any such approval to our stockholders in our next quarterly report along with the justification for such excess. An approximation of this leverage limitation, excluding indirect leverage held through our unconsolidated joint venture investments and any securitized mortgage obligations to third parties, is 75.0% of our assets, other than intangibles, before deducting loan loss reserves, other non-cash reserves and depreciation. As of June 30, 2022, our leverage was 55.8% of our assets, other than intangibles, before deducting loan loss reserves, other non-cash reserves and depreciation. As of June 30, 2022, indirect leverage on assets, other than intangibles, before deducting loan loss reserves, other non-cash reserves and depreciation, held through our unconsolidated joint ventures was 58.2%.
For additional information regarding our borrowings, including principal repayments, timing of maturities and loans currently in
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default, refer to Note 5, “Borrowings” in our accompanying consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1. “Financial Statements.”
Capital Expenditures Activities
We are responsible for capital expenditures for our operating properties and, from time to time, may also fund capital expenditures for certain net lease properties. We continue to invest capital into our operating portfolio in order to maintain market position, functional and operating standards, increase operating income, achieve property stabilization and enhance the overall value of our assets. However, there can be no assurance that these initiatives will achieve these intended results.
We are also party to certain agreements that contemplate development of healthcare properties funded by us and our joint venture partners. Although we may not be obligated to fund such capital contributions or capital projects, we may be subject to adverse consequences under our joint venture governing documents for any such failure to fund.
Realization and Disposition of Investments
We will actively pursue dispositions of assets and portfolios where we believe the disposition will achieve a desired return, improve our liquidity position and generate value for shareholders. As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, rising interest rates, risk of recession and other economic market conditions continue to influence the properties’ performance, it may have a negative impact on our ability to generate desired returns on dispositions.
We have made significant investments through both consolidated and unconsolidated joint ventures with third parties. We may share decision-making authority for these joint ventures that could prevent us from selling properties or our interest in the joint venture. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, our Espresso joint venture distributed the net proceeds generated from sub-portfolios sales, of which our proportionate share totaled $27.4 million.
Distributions
To continue to qualify as a REIT, we are required to distribute annually dividends equal to at least 90% of our taxable income, subject to certain adjustments, to stockholders. We have generated net operating losses for tax purposes and, accordingly, are currently not required to make distributions to our stockholders to qualify as a REIT. Refer to “—Distributions Declared and Paid” for further information regarding our distributions.
Repurchases
We adopted a share repurchase program, or the Share Repurchase Program, effective August 7, 2012, which enabled stockholders to sell their shares to us in limited circumstances. Our board of directors may amend, suspend or terminate our Share Repurchase Program at any time, subject to certain notice requirements. In October 2018, our board of directors approved an amended and restated Share Repurchase Program, under which we only repurchased shares in connection with the death or qualifying disability of a stockholder. On April 7, 2020, our board of directors suspended all repurchases under our existing Share Repurchase Program effective April 30, 2020 in order to preserve capital and liquidity.
Other Commitments
We expect to continue to make payments to our Advisor, or its affiliates, pursuant to our advisory agreement, as applicable, in connection with the management of our assets and costs incurred by our Advisor in providing services to us. In connection with the Sponsor Transaction, our advisory agreement was renewed for an additional one-year term commencing on February 28, 2022. Refer to “—Related Party Arrangements” for further information regarding our advisory fees.
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Cash Flows
The following presents a summary of our consolidated statements of cash flows (dollars in thousands):
Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cash flows provided by (used in): | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 vs. 2021 Change | |||||||||||||||||
Operating activities | $ | (12,102) | $ | (2,813) | $ | (9,289) | ||||||||||||||
Investing activities | 27,480 | 67,954 | (40,474) | |||||||||||||||||
Financing activities | (109,239) | (28,361) | (80,878) | |||||||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | (93,861) | $ | 36,780 | $ | (130,641) |
Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities totaled $12.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to $2.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The change in cash flow from operating activities was a result of recognizing $7.4 million in federal COVID-19 provider relief grants from HHS during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and lower rental and resident fee income, net of property operating expenses during the six months ended June 30, 2022 as a result of portfolio sales during the year ended December 31, 2021.
Investing Activities
Our cash flows from investing activities are primarily proceeds from investment dispositions, net of any capital expenditures. Net cash provided by investing activities was $27.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to $68.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. Cash flows provided by investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2022 were from distributions received from our unconsolidated investments. Cash inflows were used to fund recurring capital expenditures and operating shortfalls for existing investments and to pay corporate general and administrative expenses. Cash flows provided by investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2021 were from collections of outstanding principal on our real estate debt investment and proceeds from property sales.
On a same store basis, capital expenditures increased during the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021. The resumption of normalized business operations has allowed our managers to commence additional improvement projects as we continue to invest capital into our operating portfolios in order to maintain market position and enhance overall asset value.
The following table presents cash used for capital expenditures, excluding our unconsolidated ventures (dollars in thousands):
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ALF/MCF properties | $ | 627 | $ | 989 | $ | (362) | ||||||||||||||
ILF properties | 9,782 | 5,325 | 4,457 | |||||||||||||||||
Net lease properties | 251 | — | 251 | |||||||||||||||||
Properties sold | — | 3,779 | (3,779) | |||||||||||||||||
Total capital expenditures | $ | 10,660 | $ | 10,093 | $ | 567 |
Financing Activities
Cash flows used in financing activities were $109.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $28.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, net cash flows used in financing activities were primarily attributable to the payment of the Special Distribution to stockholders, repayment of the financing on the Oak Cottage portfolio and continued principal amortization on our mortgage notes. Cash flows used in financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2021 represented principal amortization and the repayment of the mortgage note payable that was collateralized by the property sold within our Aqua portfolio, partially offset by the refinancing of a mortgage note for a property within the Aqua portfolio.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of June 30, 2022, we are not dependent on the use of any off-balance sheet financing arrangements for liquidity. We have made investments in unconsolidated ventures. Refer to Note 4, “Investments in Unconsolidated Ventures” in Part I. Item 1. “Financial Statements” for a discussion of such unconsolidated ventures in our consolidated financial statements. In each case, our exposure to loss is limited to the carrying value of our investment.
Inflation
Macroeconomic trends such as increases in inflation and rising interest rates can have a substantial impact on our business and financial results. Many of our costs are subject to inflationary pressures. These include labor, repairs and maintenance, food costs, utilities, insurance and other operating costs. Our managers’ ability to offset increased costs by increasing the rates charged to residents may be limited, therefore, cost inflation may substantially affect the net operating income of our operating properties as well as the ability of our net lease operator to make payments to us.
Distributions Declared and Paid
Since inception of our first investment, through June 30, 2022, we declared $530.9 million in distributions, inclusive of the recent Special Distribution, and generated cumulative FFO of $128.6 million. From the date of our first investment on April 5, 2013 through December 31, 2017, we declared an annualized distribution amount of $0.675 per share of our common stock. From January 1, 2018 through January 31, 2019, we declared an annualized distribution amount of $0.3375 per share of our common stock. Effective February 1, 2019, our board of directors suspended recurring distributions in order to preserve capital and liquidity. On April 20, 2022, our board of directors declared the Special Distribution of $0.50 per share for each stockholder of record on May 2, 2022 totaling $97.1 million. On or around May 5, 2022, $97.0 million of the Special Distribution was paid in cash from sources other than our cash flow provided by operations, including cash proceeds generated from asset sales and realizations during the year ended December 31, 2021. While we do not anticipate recurring dividends in the near future, in light of the cash flow generated by our investments as compared to our capital expenditure needs and debt service obligations, our management and board of directors will evaluate special distributions in connection with asset sales and other realizations of our investments on a case-by-case basis based on, among other factors, current and projected liquidity needs, opportunities for investment in our assets (such as capital expenditure and de-levering opportunities) and other strategic initiatives.
To the extent distributions are paid from sources other than FFO, the ownership interest of our public stockholders may be diluted. Future distributions declared and paid may exceed FFO and cash flow provided by operations. FFO, as defined, may not reflect actual cash available for distributions.
Related Party Arrangements
Advisor
Subject to certain restrictions and limitations, our Advisor is responsible for managing our affairs on a day-to-day basis and for identifying, acquiring, originating and asset managing investments on our behalf. Our Advisor may delegate certain of its obligations to affiliated entities, which may be organized under the laws of the United States or foreign jurisdictions. References to our Advisor include our Advisor and any such affiliated entities. For such services, to the extent permitted by law and regulations, our Advisor receives fees and reimbursements from us. Pursuant to our advisory agreement, our Advisor may defer or waive fees in its discretion. Below is a description and table of the fees and reimbursements incurred to our Advisor.
In connection with the Sponsor Transaction, our advisory agreement was renewed for an additional one-year term commencing on February 28, 2022, upon terms identical to those in effect through February 28, 2022, but for certain updates to remove our Former Sponsor and add NRF as our New Sponsor for certain limited provisions.
Fees to Advisor
Asset Management Fee
Effective January 1, 2018, our Advisor receives a monthly asset management fee equal to one-twelfth of 1.5% of our most recently published aggregate estimated net asset value, as may be subsequently adjusted for any special distribution declared by our board of directors in connection with a sale, transfer or other disposition of a substantial portion of our assets. Effective July 1, 2021, the asset management fee is paid entirely in shares of our common stock at a price per share equal to the most recently published net asset value per share, and effective January 1, 2022, the fee is reduced if our corporate cash balances exceed $75.0 million, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the advisory agreement.
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Incentive Fee
Our Advisor is entitled to receive distributions equal to 15.0% of our net cash flows, whether from continuing operations, repayment of loans, disposition of assets or otherwise, but only after stockholders have received, in the aggregate, cumulative distributions equal to their invested capital plus a 6.75% cumulative, non-compounded annual pre-tax return on such invested capital. From inception through June 30, 2022, our Advisor has not received any incentive fees.
Acquisition Fee
Effective January 1, 2018, our Advisor no longer receives an acquisition fee in connection with our acquisitions of real estate properties or debt investments.
Disposition Fee
Effective June 30, 2020, our Advisor no longer has the potential to receive a disposition fee in connection with the sale of real estate properties or debt investments.
Reimbursements to Advisor
Operating Costs
Our Advisor is entitled to receive reimbursement for direct and indirect operating costs incurred by our Advisor in connection with administrative services provided to us. Our Advisor allocates, in good faith, indirect costs to us related to our Advisor’s and its affiliates’ employees, occupancy and other general and administrative costs and expenses in accordance with the terms of, and subject to the limitations contained in, the advisory agreement with our Advisor. The indirect costs include our allocable share of our Advisor’s compensation and benefit costs associated with dedicated or partially dedicated personnel who spend all or a portion of their time managing our affairs, based upon the percentage of time devoted by such personnel to our affairs. The indirect costs also include rental and occupancy, technology, office supplies and other general and administrative costs and expenses. However, there is no reimbursement for personnel costs related to our executive officers (although there may be reimbursement for certain executive officers of our Advisor) and other personnel involved in activities for which our Advisor receives an acquisition fee or a disposition fee. Our Advisor allocates these costs to us relative to its and its affiliates’ other managed companies in good faith and has reviewed the allocation with our board of directors, including our independent directors. Our Advisor updates our board of directors on a quarterly basis of any material changes to the expense allocation and provides a detailed review to the board of directors, at least annually, and as otherwise requested by the board of directors. We reimburse our Advisor quarterly for operating costs (including the asset management fee) based on a calculation, or the 2%/25% Guidelines, for the four preceding fiscal quarters not to exceed the greater of: (i) 2.0% of our average invested assets; or (ii) 25.0% of our net income determined without reduction for any additions to reserves for depreciation, loan losses or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets for that period. Notwithstanding the above, we may reimburse our Advisor for expenses in excess of this limitation if a majority of our independent directors determines that such excess expenses are justified based on unusual and non-recurring factors. We calculate the expense reimbursement quarterly based upon the trailing twelve-month period. As of June 30, 2022, our Advisor did not have any unreimbursed operating costs which remained eligible to be allocated to us.
Summary of Fees and Reimbursements
The following table presents the fees and reimbursements incurred and paid to our Advisor (dollars in thousands):
Type of Fee or Reimbursement | Due to Related Party as of December 31, 2021 | Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 | Due to Related Party as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial Statement Location | Incurred | Paid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Asset management | Asset management fees-related party | $ | 937 | $ | 5,104 | $ | (5,244) | $ | 797 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Operating costs | General and administrative expenses | 6,401 | 6,256 | (9,685) | 2,972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 7,338 | $ | 11,360 | $ | (14,929) | $ | 3,769 |
Pursuant to our advisory agreement, for the six months ended June 30, 2022, we issued 1.3 million shares totaling $5.2 million based on the estimated value per share on the date of each issuance, to an affiliate of our Advisor as part of its asset management fee. As of June 30, 2022, our Advisor, our Sponsor and their affiliates owned a total of 8.7 million shares, or $34.2 million of our common stock based on our most recent estimated value per share. As of June 30, 2022, our Advisor, our Sponsor and their affiliates owned 4.5% of the total outstanding shares of our common stock.
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Investments in Joint Ventures
Solstice, the manager of the Winterfell portfolio, is a joint venture between affiliates of ISL, who owns 80.0%, and us, who owns 20.0%. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, we recognized property management fee expense of $2.7 million paid to Solstice related to the Winterfell portfolio.
The below table indicates our investments for which our Sponsor is also an equity partner in the joint venture. Each investment was approved by our board of directors, including all of its independent directors. Refer to Note 4, “Investments in Unconsolidated Ventures” of Part I, Item 1. “Financial Statements” for further discussion of these investments:
Portfolio | Partner(s) | Acquisition Date | Ownership | |||||||||||||||||
Eclipse | NRF and Partner/ Formation Capital, LLC | May 2014 | 5.6% | |||||||||||||||||
Diversified US/UK | NRF and Partner | December 2014 | 14.3% | |||||||||||||||||
Line of Credit - Related Party
In October 2017, we obtained our Sponsor Line, which was approved by our board of directors, including all of our independent directors. In April 2020, we borrowed $35.0 million under the Sponsor Line to improve our liquidity position in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In July 2021, we repaid, in full, the $35.0 million outstanding borrowing and as of June 30, 2022, we had no outstanding borrowings under our Sponsor Line. Our Sponsor Line has a borrowing capacity of $35.0 million at an interest rate of 3.5% plus LIBOR and has a maturity date of February 2024.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
The principal market risks affecting us are interest rate risk, inflation risk, and credit risk. These risks are dependent on various factors beyond our control, including monetary and fiscal policies, domestic and international economic conditions and political considerations. Our market risk sensitive assets, liabilities and related derivative positions (if any) are held for investment and not for trading purposes.
Interest Rate Risk
Changes in interest rates may affect our net income as a result of changes in interest expense incurred in connection with floating-rate borrowings used to finance our equity investments. As of June 30, 2022, 14.1% of our total borrowings were floating-rate liabilities, which are related to mortgage notes payable of our direct operating investments.
Our interest rate risk management objectives are to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings, prepayment penalties and cash flows and to lower overall borrowing costs by borrowing primarily at fixed rates. When borrowing at variable rates, we seek the lowest margins available and evaluate hedging opportunities. For our floating-rate borrowings we have entered into interest rate caps that involve the receipt of variable amounts from a counterparty if interest rates rise above the strike rate on the contract in exchange for an up-front premium.
For longer duration, relatively stable real estate cash flows, such as those derived from net lease assets, we seek to use fixed rate financing. For real estate cash flows with greater growth potential, such as operating properties, we may use floating-rate financing which provides prepayment flexibility and may provide a better match between underlying cash flow projections and potential increases in interest rates.
The interest rate on our floating-rate liabilities is a fixed spread over an index such as LIBOR and typically reprices every 30 days based on LIBOR in effect at the time. As of June 30, 2022, a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates would increase net interest expense by $1.3 million annually.
In July 2017, the Chief Executive of the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, or FCA, announced that the FCA intends to stop persuading or compelling banks to submit rates for the calculation of LIBOR after 2021. The FCA subsequently announced on March 5, 2021 that the publication of LIBOR will cease for the one-week and two-month USD LIBOR settings immediately after December 31, 2021, and the remaining USD LIBOR settings immediately after June 30, 2023. Based on undertakings received from the panel banks, the FCA does not expect that any LIBOR settings will become unrepresentative before these dates. Nevertheless, the U.S. Federal Reserve System, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have issued guidance encouraging market participants to adopt alternatives to LIBOR in new contracts as soon as practicable.
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The discontinuation of a benchmark rate or other financial metric, changes in a benchmark rate or other financial metric, or changes in market perceptions of the acceptability of a benchmark rate or other financial metric, including LIBOR, could, among other things result in increased interest payments, changes to our risk exposures, or require renegotiation of previous transactions. In addition, any such discontinuation or changes, whether actual or anticipated, could result in market volatility, adverse tax or accounting effects, increased compliance, legal and operational costs, and risks associated with contract negotiations.
Inflation Risk
Many of our costs are subject to inflationary pressures. These include labor, repairs and maintenance, food costs, utilities, insurance and other operating costs. Higher rates of inflation affecting the economy may substantially affect the operating margins of our investments. While our managers have an ability to partially offset cost inflation by increasing the rates charged to residents, this ability is often limited by competitive conditions and timing may lag behind cost volatility. Therefore, there can be no assurance that cost increases can be offset by increased rates charged to residents in real time or that increased rates will not result in occupancy declines.
Credit Risk
We are subject to the credit risk of the operators of our healthcare properties. Where appropriate, we may seek to augment the operator’s commitment to the facility by structuring various credit enhancement mechanisms into the underlying leases. These mechanisms could include security deposit requirements or guarantees from entities we deem creditworthy. In addition, we actively monitor lease coverage at each facility within our healthcare portfolio. The extent of pending or future healthcare regulation may have a material impact on the valuation and financial performance of this portion of our portfolio.
Risk Concentration
The following table presents the operators and managers of our properties, excluding properties owned through unconsolidated joint ventures (dollars in thousands):
As of June 30, 2022 | Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operator / Manager | Properties Under Management | Units Under Management(1) | Property and Other Revenues(2) | % of Total Property and Other Revenues | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Solstice Senior Living(3) | 32 | 4,000 | $ | 53,612 | 60.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Watermark Retirement Communities | 14 | 1,753 | 22,360 | 25.2 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Avamere Health Services | 5 | 453 | 9,657 | 10.9 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Integral Senior Living | 1 | 44 | 2,424 | 2.7 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Arcadia Management(4) | 4 | 572 | 496 | 0.6 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other(5) | — | — | 157 | 0.2 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 56 | 6,822 | $ | 88,706 | 100.0 | % |
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(1)Represents rooms for ALFs and ILFs and beds for MCFs and SNFs, based on predominant type.
(2)Includes rental income received from our net lease properties, as well as rental income, ancillary service fees and other related revenue earned from ILF residents and resident fee income derived from our ALFs and MCFs, which includes resident room and care charges, ancillary fees and other resident service charges.
(3)Solstice is a joint venture of which affiliates of ISL own 80%.
(4)During the three months ended June 30, 2022, we recorded rental income to the extent rental payments were received.
(5)Consists primarily of interest income earned on corporate-level cash accounts.
Watermark Retirement Communities and Solstice, together with their affiliates, manage substantially all of our operating properties. As a result, we are dependent upon their personnel, expertise, technical resources and information systems, proprietary information, good faith and judgment to manage our properties efficiently and effectively. Through our 20.0% ownership of Solstice, we are entitled to certain rights and minority protections. As Solstice is a joint venture formed exclusively to operate the Winterfell portfolio, Solstice has generated, and may continue to generate, operating losses if declines in occupancy and operating revenues at our Winterfell portfolio continue.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that material information relating to us and our subsidiaries required to be disclosed in reports that are filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Exchange Act, are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
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As of the end of the period covered by this report, management conducted an evaluation as required under Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act).
Based on this evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that it will detect or uncover failures to disclose material information otherwise required to be set forth in the Company’s periodic reports.
Our internal control framework, which includes controls over financial reporting and disclosure, continues to operate effectively. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, we have supplemented our framework by instituting certain entity level procedures and controls that ensure communication amongst our team that enhances our ability to prevent and detect material errors and omissions.
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
There have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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Part II—Other Information
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
We may be involved in various litigation matters arising in the ordinary course of our business. The effects of COVID-19 may also lead to heightened risk of litigation, with an ensuing increase in litigation-related costs. Although we are unable to predict with certainty the eventual outcome of any litigation, in the opinion of management, any current legal proceedings are not expected to have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There are no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on March 18, 2022, except as noted below.
If we pay distributions from sources other than our cash flow provided by operations, we will have less cash available for investments and your overall return may be reduced.
Our organizational documents permit us to pay distributions from any source, including offering proceeds, borrowings, our Advisor’s agreement to defer, reduce or waive fees (or accept, in lieu of cash, shares of our common stock) or sales of assets or we may make distributions in the form of taxable stock dividends. We have not established a limit on the amount of proceeds we may use to fund distributions. We have funded distributions in excess of our cash flow from operations. From February 2019 through April 2022, we did not declare any distributions.
We may not have sufficient cash available to pay distributions at the rate we had paid during preceding periods or at all. If we pay distributions from sources other than our cash flow provided by operations, our book value may be negatively impacted and stockholders’ overall return may be reduced. In May 2022, we paid the Special Distribution, which totaled $97.0 million, from sources other than our cash flow provided by operations.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
We adopted our Share Repurchase Program effective August 7, 2012 which enabled stockholders to sell their shares to us in limited circumstances. On April 7, 2020, our board of directors determined to suspend all repurchases under our Share Repurchase Program effective April 30, 2020 in order to preserve capital and liquidity.
We are not obligated to repurchase shares under our Share Repurchase Program when our Share Repurchase Program is in effect. Our board of directors may, in its sole discretion, amend, suspend or terminate our Share Repurchase Program at any time provided that any amendment that adversely affects the rights or obligations of a participant (as determined in the sole discretion of our board of directors) will only take effect upon ten days’ prior written notice except that changes in the number of shares that can be repurchased during any calendar year will take effect only upon ten business days’ prior written notice. In addition, our Share Repurchase Program will terminate in the event a secondary market develops for our shares or if our shares are listed on a national exchange or included for quotation in a national securities market.
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, we have not repurchased any shares of our common stock.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
On April 30, 2022, May 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022 we issued 218,996, 218,502 and 205,203 shares of common stock at $3.91 per share, respectively, to our Advisor as part of its asset management fee, pursuant to our advisory agreement. These shares were issued pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act for transactions not involving a public offering.
On June 22, 2022 we granted 16,624 shares of restricted stock units at $3.91 per share to each of our independent directors totaling an aggregate of 49,872 shares of restricted stock units, pursuant to our independent directors’ compensation plan. These shares were issued pursuant to an exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act for transactions not involving a public offering.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Not applicable.
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Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
Not applicable.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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101.SCH* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |||||||
101.CAL* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |||||||
101.DEF* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | |||||||
101.LAB* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | |||||||
101.PRE* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | |||||||
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
NorthStar Healthcare Income, Inc. | ||||||||||||||
Date: | August 12, 2022 | By: | /s/ RONALD J. JEANNEAULT | |||||||||||
Name: | Ronald J. Jeanneault | |||||||||||||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer, President and Vice Chairman | |||||||||||||
By: | /s/ PAUL V. VARISANO | |||||||||||||
Name: | Paul V. Varisano | |||||||||||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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