– Poised for Further NOI Growth and Value Creation –

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

LTC Properties, Inc. ( LTC ) , a real estate investment trust that invests in seniors housing and health care properties, today announced a $108 million Senior Housing Operating Portfolio (“SHOP”) acquisition.

Acquisition Highlights

Atlanta, Georgia: $108 million for a three-property portfolio, including nearly 400 independent living, assisted living and memory care units stabilized at 92% occupancy, built between 2014 and 2018 and managed by The Arbor Company (“Arbor”), an existing LTC SHOP operator who was retained as the operator of these communities.

Financial Summary: Purchased below replacement cost with a year-one yield of approximately 7%; expected unlevered IRR in the low teens.

Funding: Revolving line of credit.

SHOP Portfolio Composition:

LTC is enhancing the intrinsic growth profile of its portfolio by pairing top-tier operators with high-quality real estate built for long-term success.

SHOP Acquisitions: $360 million in 2025; $108 million year-to-date in 2026

SHOP as % of Gross Investment: 27%, up from 0% at May, 2025

Average Age of SHOP Properties: 9 years

Skilled Nursing as % of Gross Investment: 35%, down from 46% at year-end 2024

Well Positioned for Accelerating Growth

“This acquisition sets the tone for 2026,” said Dave Boitano, LTC’s Chief Investment Officer. “With SHOP now comprising 27% of our real estate portfolio and a robust pipeline in front of us, we’re positioned to scale quickly and convert that momentum into sustained NOI growth by continuing to add newer, high-quality assets while deepening our relationship with quality operators like Arbor.”

About LTC

LTC is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on seniors housing and health care properties, principally investing through SHOP, as well as triple-net leases, and joint ventures. The Company’s portfolio includes nearly 190 properties throughout the United States. Based on gross real estate investments, approximately 64% of the Company’s assets are seniors housing communities with the remainder skilled nursing centers. Learn more at www.ltcreit.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains 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, adopted pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not purely historical may be forward-looking. You can identify some of the forward-looking statements by their use of forward-looking words, such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates” or “anticipates,” or the negative of those words or similar words. Examples of forward-looking statements include statements regarding the expected year-one yield, unlevered IRR, future SHOP acquisitions, portfolio composition targets, NOI growth expectations, and other statements regarding future strategy including NOI growth and long-term value creation. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties regarding events, conditions and financial trends that may affect the Company’s future plans of operation, business strategy, results of operations and financial position. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those included within or contemplated by such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the Company’s dependence on its operators for revenue and cash flow; operational and legal risks and liabilities under the Company’s new SHOP segment; government regulation of the health care industry; changes in federal, state, or local laws limiting REIT investments in the health care sector; federal and state health care cost containment measures including reductions in reimbursement from third-party payors such as Medicare and Medicaid; required regulatory approvals for operation of health care facilities; a failure to comply with federal, state, or local regulations for the operation of health care facilities; the adequacy of insurance coverage maintained by the Company’s operators; the Company’s reliance on a few major operators; the Company’s ability to renew leases or enter into favorable terms of renewals or new leases; the impact of inflation, operator financial or legal difficulties; the sufficiency of collateral securing mortgage loans; an impairment of the Company’s real estate investments; the relative illiquidity of the Company’s real estate investments; the Company’s ability to develop and complete construction projects; the Company’s ability to invest cash proceeds for health care properties; a failure to qualify as a REIT; the Company’s ability to grow if access to capital is limited; and a failure to maintain or increase the Company’s dividend. For a discussion of these and other factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contemplated in the forward-looking statements, please see the discussion under “Risk Factors” contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, the Company’s subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10‑Q, and the Company’s publicly available filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake any responsibility to update or revise any of these factors or to announce publicly any revisions to forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. 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.

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Source: LTC Properties Inc. ( LTC )