CareTrust REIT Announces $55 Million Acquisition of Two California Facilities in Separate Transactions

CareTrust REIT, Inc. (NYSE: CTRE) announced today the acquisition of two facilities in separate transactions with a total investment amount of approximately $55 million.

On April 1, 2025, the company acquired a skilled nursing and assisted living campus facility located in Los Alamitos, California. The campus includes a 150-bed skilled nursing facility and a 140-bed residential care facility for the elderly. CareTrust’s acquisition of the campus facility was completed through a joint venture arrangement entered into between CareTrust and a third-party healthcare real estate owner. At closing, CareTrust provided a combined common equity and preferred equity investment totaling approximately $34 million at an initial contractual yield on its combined preferred and common equity investments in the joint venture of approximately 9.7%. The joint venture has leased the facility to affiliates of The Ensign Group (NASDAQ: ENSG) pursuant to a new 15-year NNN lease that includes two, 5-year extension options and annual CPI-based escalators.

CareTrust has also announced that on March 1, 2025, the company acquired a 160-bed residential care facility for the elderly located in Concord, California for approximately $20.6 million, inclusive of transaction costs. The Concord facility will be operated by, and has been added to CareTrust’s existing master lease with, affiliates of Kalesta Healthcare Group. Annual cash rent for the first year is approximately $1.9 million, with CPI-based annual escalators.

“We are excited to add two additional, solidly-performing facilities to our portfolio,” said James Callister, CareTrust’s Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Callister went on to state that, “We are always excited to expand our relationship with affiliates of The Ensign Group as they bring their outstanding operating expertise to the employees, residents, and patients of this Los Alamitos community.’

Joe Callan, a Senior Vice President at CareTrust, stated that, “To expand our relationship with an operator of Kalesta’s quality is an exciting seniors housing opportunity for us as we continue our mission of matching opportunities with best-in-class operators.”

The investments were funded using cash on hand.

About CareTrust^TM

CareTrust REIT, Inc. is a self-administered, publicly-traded real estate investment trust engaged in the ownership, acquisition, development and leasing of skilled nursing, seniors housing and other healthcare-related properties. With a nationwide portfolio of long-term net-leased properties, and a growing portfolio of quality operators leasing them, CareTrust REIT is pursuing both external and organic growth opportunities across the United States and internationally. More information about CareTrust REIT is available at www.caretrustreit.com.

About Ensign^TM

The Ensign Group, Inc.'s independent operating subsidiaries provide a broad spectrum of skilled nursing and senior living services, physical, occupational and speech therapies and other rehabilitative and healthcare services at 343 healthcare facilities in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin. More information about Ensign is available at http://www.ensigngroup.net.

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