Benefits of Retaining Ownership When Selling Your Healthcare Real Estate

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RETAINED REAL ESTATE OWNERSHIP

Retained Ownership in the real state enables the existing Ownership/Seller to capitalize on current market conditions and continue to maintain physician alignment between the ownership of the practice group and the property.

With this structure, the Ownership group sells a portion of the existing real estate, which can be structured as a non-taxable and tax-deferred transaction for the retained ownership portion. The ownership interest that is sold consists of each member’s interest in the LLC that directly owns the property.

TAX DEFERRED SCENARIO

  • The Investor provides the Seller with a valuation for the property.

  • Investor and Seller determine the retained ownership percentage to be held by the physician practice group members wishing to remain as investors in the property.

  • Each member of the selling entity will have the option to:

a) remain as owners of the real estate

b) receive cash

c) a combination of the two

  • The prospective investors’ membership interests are redeemed by the Seller in exchange for an LLC interest in the newly formed company that acquires the property.

  • The Seller will contribute the property to a new entity formed by the Investor prior to closing and will convey a percentage of the LLC interests to the Seller in the form of a tenancy-in-common ownership interest.

  • The percentage conveyed to Investor is 100% minus their retained ownership percentage. For example, if the prospective investors are retaining 20% of the LLC interest, the Investor will own 80% of the LLC interest.

  • The lease can be structured such that the existing owners have an ongoing Right of First Refusal to purchase the property at FMV in the future from the new owner during the term of the lease. Providing a purchase option would not impact the value of the real estate.

BENEFITS OF PHYSICIAN REINVESTMENT

  • Monthly cash distributions around 7% - 8% per annum

  • Reduces real estate buy-in for new physicians

  • Structured as a non-taxable event

  • Flexibility to own as much of the property as you choose

  • Allows physicians to perform individual buy/sell transactions internally for succession planning

  • The property will likely be part of a Portfolio of properties that will garner a Portfolio Premium when sold


Your Trusted Healthcare Real Estate Partner

CREG | U.S. HEALTHCARE INVESTMENT SALES

Andrew R. Larwood
Managing Partner & Principal 
m: +1 (770) 845-2091
andrew.larwood@capitalre.com 

Allen C. Inman
Managing Partner & Principal
m: +1 (404) 550-7897
allen.inman@capitalre.com

Joshua D. H. Rees
Managing Partner & Principal
m: +1 (858) 312-0657
josh.rees@capitalre.com 

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