We generally lease our senior housing facilities to tenants on a triple net basis, with an initial leasehold term of 10 to 15 years with one or more five-year renewal options. Under a triple net lease, the tenant pays or reimburses the owner for all or substantially all property operating expenses and capital expenditures.
Each of our tenants holds the license to operate the facility, employs all facility employees (facility administrator, nurses, housekeeping staff, etc.), contracts directly with residents or patients and receives all facility-related revenue, and bears all of the expenses and other obligations of the property, including rent payments to us. Most, if not all, of our tenants engage a separate, affiliated management company (“operator/manager”) to assist with back-office management of the facility (e.g. bookkeeping, human resources, and payroll processing).
Cornerstone Healthcare Partners LLC – Consolidated Joint Venture
We own 95% of Cornerstone Healthcare Partners LLC (“CHP LLC”), which was formed in 2012, and the remaining 5% noncontrolling interest is owned by Cornerstone Healthcare Real Estate Fund, Inc. (“CHREF”), an affiliate of CRA. CHP LLC is consolidated within our financial statements and owns four properties (each, a “JV Property” and collectively, the “JV Properties”).
As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, we own a 95.3% interest in the four JV Properties, and CHREF owns a 4.7% interest.
Summit Union Life Holdings, LLC – Equity-Method Investment
In April 2015, through our Operating Partnership, we entered into a limited liability company agreement (as amended, the “SUL LLC Agreement”) with Best Years, LLC (“Best Years”), an unrelated entity and a U.S.-based affiliate of Union Life Insurance Co, Ltd. (a Chinese corporation), and formed Summit Union Life Holdings, LLC (the “SUL JV”). The SUL JV is not consolidated in our consolidated financial statements and is accounted for under the equity-method in our consolidated financial statements. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, we have a 10% interest in the SUL JV which owns 17 properties.
Summit Fantasia Holdings, LLC – Equity-Method Investment
In September 2016, through our Operating Partnership, we entered into a limited liability company agreement (the “Fantasia LLC Agreement”) with Fantasia Investment III LLC (“Fantasia”), an unrelated entity and a U.S.-based affiliate of Fantasia Holdings Group Co., Limited (a Chinese corporation listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKEX)), and formed Summit Fantasia Holdings, LLC (the “Fantasia JV”). The Fantasia JV is not consolidated in our consolidated financial statements and is accounted for under the equity-method in our consolidated financial statements. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, we have a 35% in the Fantasia JV which owns one property as of December 31, 2022 and owned two properties at December 31, 2021.
Summit Fantasia Holdings II, LLC – Equity-Method Investment
In December 2016, through our Operating Partnership, we entered into a limited liability company agreement (the “Fantasia II LLC Agreement”) with Fantasia, and formed Summit Fantasia Holdings II, LLC (the “Fantasia II JV”). The Fantasia II JV is not consolidated in our consolidated financial statements and is accounted for under the equity-method in our consolidated financial statements. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, we have a 20% interest in the Fantasia II JV which owns two properties.
Summit Fantasia Holdings III, LLC – Equity-Method Investment
In July 2017, through our Operating Partnership, we entered into a limited liability company agreement (“Fantasia III LLC Agreement”) with Fantasia and formed Summit Fantasia Holdings III, LLC (the “Fantasia III JV”). The Fantasia III JV is not consolidated in our consolidated financial statements and is accounted for under the equity-method in our consolidated financial statements. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, we have a 10% interest in the Fantasia III JV which owns nine properties.
Summit Fantasy Pearl Holdings, LLC – Equity-Method Investment
In October 2017, through our Operating Partnership, we entered into a limited liability company agreement (“FPH LLC Agreement”) with Fantasia, Atlantis Senior Living 9, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Atlantis”), and Fantasy Pearl LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Fantasy”), and formed Summit Fantasy Pearl Holdings, LLC (the “FPH JV”). The FPH JV is not consolidated in our consolidated financial statements and is accounted for under the equity-method in our consolidated financial statements. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, we have a 10% interest in the FPH JV which owns six properties.