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Property Portfolio
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
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Note 3 – Property Portfolio
 
Summary of Properties under Executed Asset Purchase Agreements as of September 30, 2016
 
Sandusky Facilities
 
On September 13, 2016, the Company entered into an assignment and assumption agreement to assume from a third party a purchase contract to acquire a portfolio of seven properties known as the NOMS portfolio located in Northern Ohio, for a total purchase price of $10.0 million. As disclosed in Note 11 – “Subsequent Events,” on October 7, 2016, the Company closed on the sale of five of the seven facilities representing approximately $4.6 million of the total $10 million purchase price. The acquisition of the remaining two buildings for approximately $5.4 million is expected to close in December 2016. The total NOMS portfolio covers an aggregate of 50,931 square feet. The NOMS portfolio was owned by a multi-specialty physician group which has been in operation since 2000. The group includes over 120 physicians of which approximately half are primary care providers. The Company is leasing the five acquired properties to NOMS and will lease the remaining two properties to NOMS using a triple-net lease structure with initial terms of 11 years with four additional five-year renewal options. NOMS was the tenant in the five buildings prior to the Company’s acquisition and is also currently the tenant in the remaining two buildings. The acquisition of the five buildings was funded using a portion of the proceeds from the Company’s initial public offering. The acquisition of the remaining two buildings will also be funded using proceeds from the initial public offering.
 
Summary of Properties Acquired During the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
 
During the three months ended September 30, 2016, the Company completed three acquisitions. Including these three acquisitions the Company completed a total of six acquisitions during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. A description of each facility acquired during that period is as follows.
 
Watertown Facilities
 
On September 30, 2016, the Company closed on an asset purchase agreement with Brown Investment Group, LLC, a South Dakota limited liability company, to acquire a 30,062 square foot clinic and a 3,136 square foot administration building located at 506 1st Avenue SE, Watertown, South Dakota and a 13,686 square foot facility located at 511 14th Avenue NE, Watertown South Dakota (collectively, the “Facilities”), for a purchase price of approximately $9.0 million (approximately $9.1 million including legal and related fees). The acquisitions included the Facilities, together with the real property, the improvements, and all appurtenances thereto. The Facilities are operated by the Brown Clinic, P.L.L.P. (“Brown Clinic”), a South Dakota professional limited liability partnership.
 
Upon the closing of the transaction, the Company leased the portfolio properties to Brown Clinic via a 15-year triple-net lease that expires in 2031. The lease provides for two additional five-year extensions at the option of the tenant. The acquisition was funded using a portion of the proceeds from the Company’s initial public offering.
 
East Orange Facility
 
On September 29, 2016, the Company closed on an asset purchase agreement with Prospect EOGH, Inc. (“Prospect”), a New Jersey corporation, and wholly-owned subsidiary of Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. (“PMH”), a Delaware corporation, to acquire a 60,442 square foot medical office building (“MOB”) located at 310 Central Avenue, East Orange, New Jersey on the campus of the East Orange General Hospital, for a purchase price of approximately $11.86 million (approximately $12.3 million including legal and related fees). The building currently houses physician offices, a 29-bed dialysis center, a wound center, a diagnostic lab, a hyperbaric chamber and a pharmacy. The acquisitions included the MOB, together with the real property, the improvements, and all appurtenances thereto.
 
Upon the closing of the transaction, the Company leased the MOB to PMH via a 10-year triple-net lease that expires in 2026. The lease provides for four additional five-year extensions at the option of the tenant. The acquisition was funded using a portion of the proceeds from the Company’s initial public offering.
 
Reading Facilities
 
On July 20, 2016, the Company closed on an asset purchase agreement to acquire a 17,000 square foot eye center located at 1802 Papermill Road, Wyomissing, PA 19610 (the “Eye Center”) owned and operated by Paper Mill Partners, L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership, and a 6,500 square foot eye surgery center located at 2220 Ridgewood Road, Wyomissing, PA 19610 (the “Surgery Center”) owned and operated by Ridgewood Surgery Center, L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership, for a purchase price of approximately $9.20 million (approximately $9.38 million including legal and related fees). The acquisition included both facilities, together with the real property, the improvements, and all appurtenances thereto.
 
Upon the closing of the transaction, the Eye Center was leased back to Berks Eye Physicians & Surgeons, Ltd., a Pennsylvania professional corporation (the “Eye Center Tenant”) and the Surgery Center was leased back to Ridgewood Surgery Associates, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company (the “Surgery Center Tenant”). Both leases are 10-year absolute triple-net lease agreements that expire in 2026 and are cross defaulted. Both leases also provide for two consecutive five-year extensions at the option of the tenants. The Eye Center lease is guaranteed by the Surgery Center Tenant and the Surgery Center lease is guaranteed by the Eye Center Tenant, each pursuant to a written guaranty. The acquisition was funded using a portion of the proceeds from the Company’s initial public offering.
 
Melbourne Facility
 
On March 31, 2016, the Company closed on a purchase agreement to acquire a 78,000 square-foot medical office building located on the Melbourne Bayfront for a purchase price of $15.45 million (approximately $15.5 million including legal and related fees) from Marina Towers, LLC, a Florida limited liability company. The facility is located at 709 S. Harbor City Blvd., Melbourne, FL on 1.9 acres of land. The acquisition included the site and building, an easement on the adjacent property to the north for surface parking, all tenant leases, and above and below ground parking garages. The entire facility has been leased back to Marina Towers, LLC via a 10-year absolute triple-net master lease agreement that expires in 2026. The tenant has two successive options to renew the lease for five-year periods on the same terms and conditions as the primary non-revocable lease term with the exception of rent, which will be adjusted to the prevailing fair market rent at renewal and will escalate in successive years during the extended lease period at two percent annually.
 
The Melbourne facility acquisition was financed in full using proceeds from the third party Cantor Loan, which is disclosed in Note 4 – “Notes Payable Related to Acquisitions.”
 
The Melbourne facility’s obligations under the lease with Marina Towers, LLC are fully guaranteed by its parent company, First Choice Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (OTCMKTS: FCHS). Information about First Choice Healthcare Solutions, Inc., including its audited historical financial statements, can be obtained from its Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports and filings available on its website at http://www.myfchs.com/ or on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
 
Westland Facility
 
On March 31, 2016, the Company closed on a purchase agreement to acquire a two-story medical office building and ambulatory surgery center located in Westland, Michigan for an aggregate purchase price of $4.75 million (approximately $4.8 million including legal and related fees) from Cherry Hill Real Estate, LLC (“Cherry Hill”). The property contains 15,018 leasable square feet and is located on a 1.3-acre site. Under the purchase agreement, the Company acquired the site and building, including parking. Also on March 31, 2016, the Company executed a lease agreement for the entire facility with The Surgical Institute of Michigan, LLC under a triple-net master lease agreement that expires in 2026, subject to two successive ten-year renewal options for the tenant on the same terms as the initial lease, except that the rental rate will be subject to adjustment upon each renewal based on then-prevailing market rental rates. The purchase agreement contains customary covenants, representations and warranties. Commensurate with the execution of its lease with the Company, The Surgical Institute of Michigan, LLC terminated its lease agreement with Cherry Hill that was in place at the time of the sale of the facility to the Company. The Company has accounted for this acquisition as a business combination in accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 805, “Business Combinations,” and accordingly the transaction has been recorded at fair value with all values allocated to land and building based upon their fair values at the date of acquisition. No intangible assets were identified in connection with this acquisition.
 
The Westland facility acquisition was financed in full using proceeds from the third party Cantor Loan, which is disclosed in Note 4 – “Notes Payable Related to Acquisitions.”
 
Plano Facility
 
On January 28, 2016, the Company closed on an asset purchase agreement with an unrelated party Star Medreal, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, to acquire an approximately 24,000 square foot, eight bed acute hospital facility located in Plano, Texas, along with all real property and improvements thereto for approximately $17.5 million (approximately $17.7 million including legal and related fees). Under the terms of the agreement, the Company was obligated to pay a development fee of $500,000 to Lumin, LLC at closing. The property has been leased back via an absolute triple-net lease agreement that expires in 2036. The tenant will be Star Medical Center, LLC and Lumin Health, LLC will serve as guarantor. Lumin Health, LLC is an affiliate and management company for Star Medical Center, LLC. The tenant has two successive options to renew the lease for ten-year periods on the same terms and conditions as the primary non-revocable lease term with the exception of rent, which will be computed at then prevailing fair market value as determined by an appraisal process defined in the lease. The terms of the lease also provide for a tenant allowance up to $2.75 million for a 6,400 square foot expansion to be paid by the Company.
 
Also on January 28, 2016, the Company entered into a Promissory Note and Deed of Trust with East West Bank to borrow a total of $9,223,500. Deferred financing costs of $53,280 were incurred and capitalized by the Company in securing this loan. The loan was scheduled to mature on January 28, 2021, five years from the closing date. At closing the Company paid the lender a non-refundable deposit of $50,000 and a non-refundable commitment fee of $46,118. The loan bears interest at a rate per annum equal to the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate (as quoted in the "Money Rates" column of The Wall Street Journal (Western Edition), rounded to two decimal places, as it may change from time to time, plus 0.50%, but not less than 4.0%. Interest expense of $64,551 was incurred on this note for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, prior to its repayment. As discussed in Note 4 – “Notes Payable Related to Acquisitions,” the Company used a portion of the proceeds from another third party loan to repay the $9,223,500 principal balance of the note with East West Bank in full as of September 30, 2016. The Company also wrote off the deferred financing costs of $53,280 as of September 30, 2016 related to this note.
 
 Additional funding for this transaction was received from ZH USA, LLC during the year ended December 31, 2015 in the amount of $9,369,310 (consisting of $9,025,000 funded directly for this transaction and $344,310 that was held in escrow from previous funding from ZH USA, LLC). The $9,369,310 was recorded by the Company as unsecured Convertible Debentures due to related party on demand, bearing interest at eight percent per annum. ZH USA, LLC may elect to convert all or a portion of the outstanding principal amount of the Convertible Debenture into shares of the Company’s common stock in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Convertible Debenture, together with accrued but unpaid interest, divided by $12.748. See Note 6 – “Related Party Transactions” for details regarding the conversion to common stock or pay-off of the Convertible Debenture balance as of September 30, 2016.
 
A rollforward of the gross investment in land, building and improvements as of September 30, 2016, resulting from the six acquisitions completed during the nine-month period, is as follows:
 
 
 
Land
 
Building & Improvements
 
Gross Investment
 
Balances as of January 1, 2016
 
$
4,563,852
 
$
51,574,271
 
$
56,138,123
 
Acquisitions:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Watertown Facilities
 
 
1,100,000
 
 
8,002,171
 
 
9,102,171
 
East Orange Facility
 
 
2,150,000
 
 
10,112,200
 
 
12,262,200
 
Reading Facilities
 
 
1,440,000
 
 
7,939,985
 
 
9,379,985
 
Melbourne Facility
 
 
1,200,000
 
 
14,250,000
 
 
15,450,000
 
Westland Facility
 
 
230,000
 
 
4,520,000
 
 
4,750,000
 
Plano Facility
 
 
1,050,000
 
 
16,696,139
 
 
17,746,139
 
Total Additions:
 
 
7,170,000
 
 
61,520,495
 
 
68,690,495
 
Balances as of September 30, 2016
 
$
11,733,852
 
$
113,094,766
 
$
124,828,618
 
 
Depreciation expense was $585,449 and $1,528,281 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively. Depreciation expense was $153,148 and $446,491 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively.
 
As of December 31, 2015, the Company had acquired the following facilities:
 
Tennessee Facilities
 
On December 31, 2015, the Company acquired a six building, 52,266 square foot medical clinic portfolio for a purchase price of $20.0 million (approximately $20.2 million including legal and related fees). Five of the facilities are located in Tennessee and one facility is located in Mississippi. The portfolio will be leased back through the Gastroenterology Center of the Midsouth, P.C. via an absolute triple-net lease agreement that expires in 2027. The tenant has two successive options to renew the lease for five-year periods on the same terms and conditions as the primary non-revocable lease term with the exception of rent, which will be computed at the same rate of escalation used during the fixed lease term. Base rent increases by 1.75% each lease year commencing on January 1, 2018. The property is owned in fee simple. Funding for the transaction and all related costs was received in the form of a convertible debenture (“Convertible Debenture”) the Company issued to ZH USA, LLC in the total amount of $20,900,000. Refer to Note 6 – “Related Party Transactions” for additional details regarding the funding of this transaction.
 
West Mifflin Facility
 
On September 25, 2015, the Company acquired a combined approximately 27,193 square foot surgery center and medical office building located in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania and the adjacent parking lot for approximately $11.35 million (approximately $11.6 million including legal and related fees). The facilities are operated by Associates in Ophthalmology, LTD and Associates Surgery Centers, LLC, respectively, and leased back to those entities by the Company via two separate lease agreements that expire in 2030. Each lease has two successive options by the tenants to renew for five-year periods. Base rent increases by 2% each lease year commencing on October 1, 2018. The property is owned in fee simple. In connection with the acquisition of the facilities, the Company borrowed $7,377,500 from Capital One and funded the remainder of the purchase price with the proceeds from a Convertible Debenture it issued to ZH USA, LLC in the total amount of $4,545,838. Refer to Note 4 – “Notes Payable Related to Acquisitions” and Note 6 – “Related Party Transactions” for additional details regarding the funding of this transaction.
 
Asheville Facility
 
On September 19, 2014, the Company acquired an approximately 8,840 square foot medical office building known as the Orthopedic Surgery Center, located in Asheville, North Carolina for approximately $2.5 million. The Asheville facility is subject to an operating lease which expires in 2017, with lease options to renew up to five years. The property is owned in fee simple. In connection with the acquisition of the Asheville facility, the Company borrowed $1.7 million from the Bank of North Carolina and funded the remainder of the purchase price with the proceeds from a Convertible Debenture it issued to ZH USA, LLC and with the Company’s existing cash. Refer to Note 4 – “Notes Payable Related to Acquisitions” for additional details regarding the funding of this transaction.
 
Omaha Facility
 
On June 5, 2014, the Company completed the acquisition of a 56-bed long term acute care hospital located at 1870 S. 75th Street, Omaha, Nebraska for approximately $21.7 million (approximately $21.9 million including legal and related fees). The Omaha facility is operated by Select Specialty Hospital – Omaha, Inc. pursuant to a sublease which expires in 2023, with sub lessee options to renew up to 60 years. The real property where the Omaha facility and other improvements are located is subject to a land lease with Catholic Health Initiatives, a Colorado nonprofit corporation (the “land lease”). The land lease initially was to expire in 2023 with sub lessee options to renew up to 60 years. However, as of September 30, 2016, the Company exercised two five-year lease renewal options and therefore the land lease currently expires in 2033, subject to future renewal options by the Company. In connection with the acquisition of the Omaha facility in June 2014, the Company borrowed $15.06 million from Capital One and funded the remainder of the purchase price with funds from ZH USA, LLC. Refer to Note 4 – “Notes Payable Related to Acquisitions” for details regarding the payment in full of the outstanding borrowings from Capital One using the proceeds received from the initial public offering.
 
The Omaha facility’s obligations under the sublease with Select Specialty Hospital – Omaha, Inc. are fully guaranteed by its parent company, Select Medical Corporation (NYSE: SEM). Information about Select Medical Corporation, including its audited historical financial statements, can be obtained from its Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports and filings available on its website at http://www.selectmedical.com/ or on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.