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| Fundamental supported the senior living industry remains strong entering 2024 driven by continual growth within the 80-plus population, a decrease in new supply and moderating wage and labor costs |
| And so I think seeing that and seeing those comps, I think, bodes well for senior living as a whole |
| Looking ahead, we remain optimistic about the outlook for our SHOP segment in 2024 and beyond |
| 2023 was a pivotal year for DHC as we made significant progress with operational performance across our sectors contributing to a full-year 2023 increase to normalized FFO by 207% to $41.1 million |
| We expect there will be minimal disruption during the transition period and anticipate this will lead to meaningful improved operating and financial performance towards the back half of the year and into future years |
| Charter has demonstrated significant success turning around 17 DHC communities currently under their management |
| For the quarter, revenue increased from the prior year by more than $26 million and sequentially by $1.2 million, primarily driven by occupancy gains and corresponding rate increases |
| Notably, NOI increased $8.1 million from the prior year, resulting in an NOI margin increase of 250 basis points |
| And while early in the year, our January 2024 SHOP results point to improved NOI and margin expansion in part from these changes |
| We are encouraged by the performance trends and remain steadfast in our commitment to identifying and pursuing capital investment opportunities to support sustainable performance improvement |
| These investments, coupled with operational improvements that the community serve as a platform to drive performance |
| SHOP same-property cash basis NOI was $16.3 million, representing another significant year-over-year increase of more than $10 million |
| For the full-year 2023, we executed 886,000 square feet of leasing activity with an average rent roll up 11.1% and overall improvement over the prior year |
| These focus areas, along with those initiated from our operators, have contributed to our organic growth and have also helped identify additional opportunities, including the following: First, AlerisLife transition to annual rental rate increases effective each January |
| And I would say within those, these are kind of institutional quality properties where we invest in meaningful capital, and we think there's continued upside |
| Throughout the year, we refreshed or underwent full renovations at nearly 65 of our SHOP communities, serving as a stepping stone for occupancy and NOI growth and contributing to our 2023 cash basis NOI increase to $236.2 million or 43% over the prior year |
| The changes by segment are as follows: Office same-property cash basis NOI was $29.5 million, representing a year-over-year improvement of $1 million or 3.5%, mainly driven by free rent burning off |
| We expect to continue with improvements across our communities into 2024 with roughly 25 refresh projects currently underway, specifically targeted in communities where we expect improvement to enable higher rents and occupancy |
| Our consolidated same-property cash basis NOI was $56.3 million, representing an $11.9 million or 26.8% year-over-year improvement |
| Capital deployment continues to be a priority across our communities to ensure we are offering a best-in-class experience for current and future residents |
| Since its onboarding in 2021, Charter has increased occupancy from 76% at the time of transition to 87%, an increased NOI from $1.3 million to $5.9 million in Q4 2023 |
| Across our SHOP segment, we ended the fourth quarter with occupancy of 79.3%, an increase of 300 basis points and an average monthly rate increase of 5.5% year-over-year |
| On a sequential quarter basis, cash basis NOI improved $645,000 or 2.2%, mainly driven by reductions in utilities that were higher in Q3 due to seasonal cooling |
| Last evening, DHC reported fourth quarter and year-end results, along with our January SHOP performance updates that reflect operating and financial improvements across our portfolio |
| Across our SHOP segment, in 2024, we are forecasting to end the year with occupancy growth of 300 basis points to 400 basis points, RevPAR growth of 10% to 12%, along with NOI improvements, which Matt will speak to in more detail |
| But I think, in general, I would view this as a good kind of comp for the industry |
| Despite some of these known vacates, we are off to an active start this year, having signed 65,000 square feet of new and renewal leases, reflecting a 14% increase in rents |
| Our pipeline remains healthy with approximately 650,000 square feet of total leasing activity and includes close to 390,000 square feet of potential absorption |
| So certainly, we would expect incremental improvement in addition to some of those things that Matt referenced specifically attributed to occupancy |
| So we definitely expect in 2024 margin expansion, a lot of that is going to come from the topline |
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| NOI margin were down sequentially due to increased labor, food, utility and insurance expenses |
| At year-end 2023, these collective communities contributed negative EBITDA of $3.2 million, and occupancy of 69% |
| But after 2025, we expect it to come down very significantly |
| I think as an industry with inflation where it's been, the expense side has definitely been pressured and it is a huge focus of our operators to not just grow the topline to drive that NOI growth, but to also really manage and rationalize the operating expenses at our communities |
| As a result of these financing activities, we have concluded that we no longer have substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern |
| While we saw an increase in wages and benefits, it is important to note that contract labor decreased $8.7 million over the prior year period |
| So it's still a little higher than normal |
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