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Chiron Real Estate Posts $63.3 Million Q2 Profit as Senior Housing Pivot Takes Shape
Chiron Real Estate Inc. reported second quarter 2026 net income attributable to common stockholders of $63.3 million, or $4.78 per diluted share, reversing a $0.8 million loss a year earlier, even as funds from operations slipped to $0.88 per share from $0.98 and core FFO fell to $1.04 from $1.14. The healthcare landlord closed its first-ever senior housing operating acquisitions in June, paying $249 million for The Landing and The Riviera, two newly built luxury communities in Alexandria, Virginia's Potomac Yard submarket, with management expecting a double-digit unlevered return. The Landing was 93% occupied at quarter-end and 96% by July 31, while The Riviera, which opened in March, was just 23% occupied at quarter-end and 26% by July 31, and management does not expect either community to hit a stabilized yield on cost above 7% until the second half of 2028. Leverage fell to 39.9% of total gross assets from 44.7% three months earlier after Chiron sold seven inpatient rehabilitation facilities for $217 million at a 7.3% exit cap rate, and the company has no debt maturities in 2026 or 2027, with 78% of its $633.1 million in debt fixed-rate. White Rock Medical Center, a tenant at Chiron's Dallas, Texas facility, filed a modified reorganization plan on July 17 and intends to affirm its lease, though Chiron says no assurance holds, and the company raised $100 million through 6.00% Series C convertible preferred stock while $350 million of matured interest rate swaps that had capped borrowing costs at 1.36% rolled into new swaps fixing that rate at 3.29%.