Sabra Sells Nine Genesis Facilities For $81.4M

Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA) completed the sale of nine facilities leased to Genesis Healthcare (NYSE: GEN) for $81.4 million and one facility leased to Signature HealthCARE for $7 million.

The Genesis facilities included seven skilled nursing facilities, one senior housing community and one continuing care retirement community (CCRC). As a result of the sale, Genesis’ annual rent obligations to Sabra were reduced by $7.4 million, according to a press release announcing the sale. The sale of the Genesis facilities was completed on June 29.

The Signature SNF sale reduced yearly rent obligations to Sabra by $600,000. The sale of that facility took place on July 2.

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Sabra expects to use the sales proceeds to repay borrowings under its revolving credit facility, according to the release.

The sale of the Genesis facilities continues Sabra’s so-called “Genesis Exodus,” which recently saw the sale of 12 properties operated by the skilled nursing giant. Rick Matros, the CEO of the Irvine, Calif.-based real estate investment trust (REIT), said in the 2017 fourth-quarter earnings conference call that Genesis’ large-scale model does not work.

The sale of the Signature facility comes after the skilled nursing operator reached a lease restructuring agreement with both Sabra and the REIT Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE: OHI) earlier this year.

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Genesis’ stock closed on Monday at $2.07, down 13%, or $0.31. Sabra’s shares closed at $22.32, down 1.5%, or $0.34.

Written by Maggie Flynn

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