WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE: LTC), a real estate investment trust that primarily invests in seniors housing and health care properties, today announced it has sold a portfolio of six assisted living and memory care communities for $67.5 million.
Known as the Sunrise Portfolio, the six communities, five assisted living and one memory care, span 320 units and five locations in Ohio and Pennsylvania. As a result of the transaction, LTC expects to recognize a net gain on sale of approximately $48.0 million in the second quarter. The transaction was structured to close concurrent with the April 30 lease expiration. Rental revenue under this lease for the four months ended April 30, 2018 is approximately $1.5 million.
“This transaction demonstrates the asset value of our portfolio, affording us the opportunity to strategically recycle capital and continue investing in newer, modernized assets,” said Wendy Simpson, LTC’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “We plan to continue identifying additional opportunities to add value to LTC and our shareholders.”
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. and CS Capital Advisors, LLC acted as LTC’s financial advisors on the transaction. Sherry Meyerhoff Hanson Crance LLP served as LTC’s legal advisor.
About LTC
LTC (NYSE: LTC) is a real estate investment trust that invests in seniors housing and health care properties primarily through sale-leaseback transactions, mortgage financing and structured finance solutions including mezzanine lending. The company’s portfolio currently includes approximately 200 assisted living communities, memory care communities and post-acute/skilled nursing centers, located in 29 states with 29 regional and national operating partners. For more information, visit www.LTCreit.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release includes statements that are not purely historical and are “forward looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements regarding the Company’s expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. All statements other than historical facts contained in this press release are forward looking statements. These forward looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Please see LTC’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its other publicly available filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. All forward looking statements included in this press release are based on information available to the Company on the date hereof, and LTC assumes no obligation to update such forward looking statements. Although the Company’s management believes that the assumptions and expectations reflected in such forward looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. The actual results achieved by the Company may differ materially from any forward looking statements due to the risks and uncertainties of such statements.
