CapitalSource Inc., a commercial lending company with an extensive healthcare portfolio, has sold the last of its nursing home interests. This marks the company’s exit from the skilled nursing ownership business, the company said Tuesday.
CapitalSource sold the 37 nursing homes to an undisclosed buyer for an all-cash price of $100 million, the company said in a statement. The money will be used to pay down debts associated with the properties. The sale is part of a wider sale of its net lease portfolio, including the already disclosed divestiture of 143 skilled nursing facilities to Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. CapitalSource will continue to provide financing for owners and operators in the long-term care industry, according to a company spokesman.
This final sale, along with the Omega sale and a Department of Housing and Urban Development mortgage financing deal, should net CapitalSource $495 million. The company said it would use these revenues to reduce the balance on its syndicated bank facility and add to overall company liquidity. The additional liquidity should put the company in a position to expand its healthcare lending franchise, the CapitalSource release said.
