Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc.
Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. is a U.S.-based real estate investment trust that owns and finances healthcare-related properties, with a focus on skilled nursing and other long-term care facilities. Its business model centers on acquiring real estate, leasing properties to operators, and funding those assets with mortgage debt and other secured borrowings.
Fiscal year 2025 · change from previous year
Development 2021–2025
Business
Share of revenueAcquisition and ownership of skilled nursing and other healthcare-related real estate.
Long-term leases of facilities to healthcare operators and tenants.
Debt structures tied to property acquisitions and refinancings, including HUD-backed loans.
Customers
The company’s customers are healthcare operators that lease and use its facilities, especially skilled nursing and long-term care tenants. It also relies on lenders, HUD-related financing programs, and capital markets counterparties that support property acquisitions and refinancing. Demand is driven by operators’ need for specialized real estate rather than by end-consumer sales.
Lease and operate nursing facilities on company-owned real estate for patient care and reimbursement-driven operations.
Use specialized healthcare properties for assisted living, rehabilitation, or related care services.
Provide secured property financing used to acquire and refinance healthcare assets.
Strategy
The company’s strategy is to expand its portfolio of income-producing healthcare real estate through acquisitions and secured financing. It also manages its capital structure with a mix of fixed-rate and floating-rate debt, HUD-guaranteed loans, and bank facilities to support property growth and refinancing flexibility. The portfolio is structured to match long-duration assets with long-duration liabilities.
Growth depends on adding income-producing facilities that can be leased to operators.
Property ownership is capital intensive, so debt mix and maturity profile affect flexibility.
Floating-rate borrowings can change cash flow and refinancing economics.
Geography
The company’s portfolio is concentrated in the United States, where it owns and finances healthcare properties across multiple states. Reported disclosures mention properties and loans tied to states such as Missouri, Indiana, and Tennessee, indicating a multi-state operating footprint. It also notes exposure to Israeli shekel exchange rates, suggesting some tenant or operator exposure outside the U.S. structure.
Risks
The main business risks come from tenant/operator credit quality, interest rate exposure, and the specialized nature of healthcare real estate. Because rental income depends on operators’ ability to pay and refinance debt, property-level stress or covenant pressure can affect cash flow and asset values. The company also faces valuation and refinancing risk tied to secured debt, lease structures, and regional economic conditions.
A meaningful portion of debt is floating rate and tied to SOFR, so higher rates reduce cash flow.
Exposure: Floating-rate senior debt and mortgage facilities
Lease payments depend on healthcare operators that may face reimbursement, occupancy, or liquidity pressure.
Exposure: Skilled nursing and long-term care tenants
Debt maturities and financial covenants can constrain capital access if operating performance weakens.
Exposure: Commercial bank loans and bond facilities
Disclosures mention local/regional economic conditions and Israeli shekel exchange-rate effects.
Exposure: Tenant or operator exposure outside the U.S. dollar base
Accounting
Judgemental itemsLease income may be recognized over time rather than strictly when cash is received, affecting reported revenue.
Impact: Can create timing differences between cash flow and earnings
Property values and useful lives drive non-cash expense and potential write-downs.
Impact: Affects net income and asset carrying values
SOFR-based borrowings, fixed-rate bonds, and possible hedges influence interest expense and disclosures.
Impact: Affects financing costs and sensitivity to rate changes
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Last updated: 24/09/2026