American Strategic Investment Co. - Quarter Report: 2022 June (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)



☒			QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022


			OR
☐			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _________ to __________

Commission file number: 001-39448

New York City REIT, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

46-4380248

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

650 Fifth Ave., 30th Floor, New York, NY 10019

______________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 415-6500

Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report: Not Applicable

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act: None.

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share

NYC

New York Stock Exchange

Class A Preferred Stock Purchase Rights

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

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Accelerated filer

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Non-accelerated filer

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Smaller reporting company

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Emerging growth company

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ☐ Yes ☒ No

As of August 8, 2022, the registrant had 13,810,868 shares of Class A common stock outstanding.

NEW YORK CITY REIT, INC.

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30 , 2022 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2021			3
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30 , 2022 and 2021 (Unaudited)			4
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30 , 2022 (Unaudited)			5
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 202 1 (Unaudited)			6
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30 , 2022 and 2021 (Unaudited)			7
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)			8

Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			34

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			49

Item 4. Controls and Procedures			49

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION			50

Item 1. Legal Proceedings			50

Item 1A. Risk Factors			50

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds			51

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities			52

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures			52

Item 5. Other Information			52

Item 6. Exhibits			53

Signatures			54

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

NEW YORK CITY REIT, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except for share and per share data)


	June 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
ASSETS	(Unaudited)
Real estate investments, at cost:
Land	$	192,600	$	192,600
Buildings and improvements	574,454		572,576
Acquired intangible assets	87,119		87,478
Total real estate investments, at cost	854,173		852,654
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(171,287)		(157,880)
Total real estate investments, net	682,886		694,774
Cash and cash equivalents	8,097		11,674
Restricted cash	12,444		16,754
Operating lease right-of-use asset	55,061		55,167
Prepaid expenses and other assets	9,174		9,293
Derivative asset, at fair value	776		—
Straight-line rent receivable	28,075		25,838
Deferred leasing costs, net	9,428		9,551
Total assets	$	805,941	$	823,051

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Mortgage notes payable, net	$	393,388	$	398,117
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities (including amounts due to related parties of $214 and $141 at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively)	15,377		8,131
Operating lease liability	54,744		54,770
Below-market lease liabilities, net	3,572		4,224
Derivative liability, at fair value	—		1,553
Deferred revenue	3,717		5,120

Total liabilities	470,798		471,915

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021	—		—
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 300,000,000 shares authorized, 13,638,789 and 13,277,738 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively	136		133
Additional paid-in capital	693,695		691,118
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	819		(1,553)
Distributions in excess of accumulated earnings	(375,837)		(350,709)
Total stockholders’ equity	318,813		338,989
Non-controlling interests	16,330		12,147
Total equity	335,143		351,136
Total liabilities and equity	$	805,941	$	823,051

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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NEW YORK CITY REIT, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(In thousands, except for share and per share data)

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Revenue from tenants	$	16,231	$	14,977	$	31,877	$	30,163

Operating expenses:
Asset and property management fees to related parties	1,785		1,847		3,707		3,754
Property operating	8,270		8,323		16,848		17,059




Equity-based compensation	2,201		2,120		4,321		4,235
General and administrative	3,506		1,984		5,904		4,716
Depreciation and amortization	7,041		7,023		14,022		15,549
Total operating expenses	22,803		21,297		44,802		45,313
Operating loss	(6,572)		(6,320)		(12,925)		(15,150)
Other income (expense):
Interest expense	(4,703)		(4,763)		(9,418)		(9,476)
Other income (expense)	2		31		(35)		39
Total other expense	(4,701)		(4,732)		(9,453)		(9,437)


Net loss and Net loss attributable to common stockholders	$	(11,273)	$	(11,052)	$	(22,378)	$	(24,587)

Other comprehensive income (loss):
Change in unrealized gain on derivative	622		233		2,372		822
Other comprehensive income	622		233		2,372		822
Comprehensive loss	$	(10,651)	$	(10,819)	$	(20,006)	$	(23,765)



Weighted-average shares outstanding — Basic and Diluted	13,433,690		12,799,703		13,367,040		12,789,919
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders — Basic and Diluted	$	(0.84)	$	(0.87)	$	(1.68)	$	(1.93)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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NEW YORK CITY REIT, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(In thousands, except for share data)

(Unaudited)


	Six Months Ended June 30, 2022
	Common Stock
	Number of Shares	Par Value		Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Distributions in excess of accumulated earnings		Total Stockholders’ Equity		Non-controlling Interests		Total Equity
Balance, December 31, 2021	13,277,738	$	133	$	691,118	$	(1,553)	$	(350,709)	$	338,989	$	12,147	$	351,136

Common stock issued to the Advisor	215,306	2		2,319		—		—		2,321		—		2,321



Equity-based compensation	135,702	1		137		—		—		138		4,183		4,321
Common stock issued to directors in lieu of cash for board fees	10,043	—		121		—		—		121		—		121
Dividends declared on common stock, $0.10 per share	—	—		—		—		(2,670)		(2,670)		—		(2,670)
Distributions paid to non-controlling interest holders	—	—		—		—		(80)		(80)		—		(80)
Net loss	—	—		—		—		(22,378)		(22,378)		—		(22,378)
Other comprehensive income	—	—		—		2,372		—		2,372		—		2,372
Balance, June 30, 2022	13,638,789	$	136	$	693,695	$	819	$	(375,837)	$	318,813	$	16,330	$	335,143


	Three Months Ended June 30, 2022
	Common Stock
	Number of Shares	Par Value		Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Distributions in excess of accumulated earnings		Total Stockholders’ Equity		Non-controlling Interests		Total Equity
Balance, March 31, 2022	13,371,810	$	134	$	692,212	$	197	$	(363,183)	$	329,360	$	14,239	$	343,599

Common stock issued to the Advisor	126,426	1		1,312		—		—		1,313		—		1,313



Equity-based compensation	135,702	1		109		—		—		110		2,091		2,201
Common stock issued to directors in lieu of cash for board fees	4,851	—		62		—		—		62		—		62
Dividends declared on common stock, $0.10 per share	—	—		—		—		(1,341)		(1,341)		—		(1,341)
Distributions paid to non-controlling interest holders	—	—		—		—		(40)		(40)		—		(40)
Net loss	—	—		—		—		(11,273)		(11,273)		—		(11,273)
Other comprehensive income	—	—		—		622		—		622		—		622
Balance, June 30, 2022	13,638,789	$	136	$	693,695	$	819	$	(375,837)	$	318,813	$	16,330	$	335,143

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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NEW YORK CITY REIT, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(In thousands, except for share data)

(Unaudited)


	Six Months Ended June 30, 2021
	Common Stock
	Number of Shares	Par Value		Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Distributions in excess of accumulated earnings		Total Stockholders’ Equity		Non-controlling Interests		Total Equity
Balance, December 31, 2020	12,802,690	$	129	$	686,715	$	(3,404)	$	(305,882)	$	377,558	$	4,009	$	381,567
Proceeds from sale of common stock, net	254,602	3		2,840		—		—		2,843		—		2,843
Repurchase and cancellation of common stock	(26,236)	—		(183)		—		—		(183)		—		(183)
Redemption of fractional shares of common stock and restricted shares	(6)	—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Redemption of Class A Units	13,100	—		230		—		—		230		(230)		—
Equity-based compensation	21,546	—		51		—		—		51		4,184		4,235
Dividends declared on common stock, $0.10 per share	—	—		—		—		(2,562)		(2,562)		—		(2,562)
Distributions paid to non-controlling interest holders								(80)		(80)				(80)
Net loss	—	—		—		—		(24,587)		(24,587)		—		(24,587)
Other comprehensive income	—	—		—		822		—		822		—		822
Balance, June 30, 2021	13,065,696	$	132	$	689,653	$	(2,582)	$	(333,111)	$	354,092	$	7,963	$	362,055


	Three Months Ended June 30, 2021
	Common Stock
	Number of Shares	Par Value		Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Distributions in excess of accumulated earnings		Total Stockholders’ Equity		Non-controlling Interests		Total Equity
Balance, March 31, 2021	12,776,448	$	129	$	686,555	$	(2,815)	$	(320,737)	$	363,132	$	6,101	$	369,233
Proceeds from sale of common stock, net	254,602	3		2,840		—		—		2,843		—		2,843
Redemption of Class A Units	13,100	—		230		—		—		230		(230)		—
Equity-based compensation	21,546	—		28		—		—		28		2,092		2,120


Dividends declared on common stock, $0.10 per share	—	—		—		—		(1,282)		(1,282)		—		(1,282)
Distributions paid to non-controlling interest holders	—	—		—		—		(40)		(40)		—		(40)
Net loss	—	—		—		—		(11,052)		(11,052)		—		(11,052)
Other comprehensive income	—	—		—		233		—		233		—		233
Balance, June 30, 2021	13,065,696	$	132	$	689,653	$	(2,582)	$	(333,111)	$	354,092	$	7,963	$	362,055

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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NEW YORK CITY REIT, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)


	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$	(22,378)	$	(24,587)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	14,022		15,549
Amortization of deferred financing costs	771		771
Accretion of below- and amortization of above-market lease liabilities and assets, net	(101)		(440)
Equity-based compensation	4,321		4,235
Management fees reinvested by the Advisor	2,321		—


Changes in assets and liabilities:
Straight-line rent receivable	(2,233)		(1,078)
Straight-line rent payable	54		54
Prepaid expenses, other assets and deferred costs	(499)		70
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	6,862		(356)
Deferred revenue	(1,403)		385
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	1,737		(5,397)
Cash flows from investing activities:




Capital expenditures	(1,374)		(1,114)
Net cash used in investing activities	(1,374)		(1,114)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments on mortgage note payable	(5,500)		—


Common stock issuance proceeds	—		3,352
Dividends paid on common stock	(2,670)		(2,562)

Repurchase of common stock	—		(183)
Distributions to non-controlling interest holders	(80)		(80)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(8,250)		527
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(7,887)		(5,984)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period	28,428		39,994
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	$	20,541	$	34,010

Cash and cash equivalents	$	8,097	$	23,875
Restricted cash	12,444		10,135
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	$	20,541	$	34,010




Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:

Common stock issued to directors in lieu of cash for board fees	$	121	$	—
Accrued capital expenditures	504		158
Common stock issued to the Advisor	2,321		—

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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NEW YORK CITY REIT, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2022

(Unaudited)

Note 1 — Organization

New York City REIT, Inc. (including, New York City Operating Partnership L.P., (the “OP”) and its subsidiaries, the “Company”) is an externally managed entity that has qualified to be taxed as a real estate investment trust for United States (“U.S.”) federal income tax purposes (“REIT”). We invest primarily in office properties located exclusively within the five boroughs of New York City, primarily Manhattan. The Company has also purchased certain real estate assets that accompany office properties, including retail spaces and amenities, and may purchase hospitality assets, residential assets and other property types also located exclusively within the five boroughs of New York City. As of June 30, 2022, the Company owned eight properties consisting of 1.2 million rentable square feet, acquired for an aggregate purchase price of $790.7 million. At our 1140 Avenue of the Americas property, in the third quarter of 2021 we began operating Innovate NYC, a co-working company that is specific to this property only, that offers move-in ready private offices, virtual offices, and meeting space on bespoke terms to clients.

Substantially all of the Company’s business is conducted through the OP and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The Company’s advisor, New York City Advisors, LLC (the “Advisor”), manages the Company’s day-to-day business with the assistance of the Company’s property manager, New York City Properties, LLC (the “Property Manager”). The Advisor and Property Manager are under common control with AR Global Investments, LLC (“AR Global”) and these related parties receive compensation and fees for providing services to the Company. The Company also reimburses these entities for certain expenses they incur in providing these services.

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company included herein were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The information furnished includes all adjustments and accruals of a normal recurring nature, which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair statement of results for the interim periods. The results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire year or any subsequent interim period.

These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021, which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 18, 2022. Except for those required by new accounting pronouncements discussed below, there have been no significant changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, the OP and its subsidiaries. All inter-company accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation. In determining whether the Company has a controlling financial interest in a joint venture and the requirement to consolidate the accounts of that entity, management considers factors such as ownership interest, authority to make decisions and contractual and substantive participating rights of the other partners or members as well as whether the entity is a variable interest entity (“VIE”) for which the Company is the primary beneficiary. Substantially all of the Company’s assets and liabilities are held by the OP. The Company has determined the OP is a VIE of which the Company is the primary beneficiary.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management makes significant estimates regarding revenue recognition, purchase price allocations to record investments in real estate, and fair value measurements, as applicable.

Non-controlling Interests

The non-controlling interests represent the portion of the equity in the OP that is not owned by the Company. Non-controlling interests are presented as a separate component of equity on the consolidated balance sheets and presented as net

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2022

(Unaudited)

loss attributable to non-controlling interests on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Non-controlling interests are allocated a share of net loss based on their share of equity ownership. During the second quarter of 2021, 13,100 units of limited partnership designated as “Class A Units” (“Class A Units”), which represented a non-controlling interest in the OP, were redeemed for an equal number of shares of Class A common stock. These Class A Units were held by a third party.

In addition, under the multi-year outperformance agreement with the Advisor (the “2020 OPP”), the OP issued a class of units of limited partnership designated as LTIP Units (“LTIP Units”) during 2020, which are also reflected as part of non-controlling interest as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 (see Note 7 - Stockholders’ Equity and Note 11 - Equity-Based Compensation for additional information).

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. During the first quarter of 2020, the global COVID-19 pandemic that has spread around the world and to every state in the United States commenced. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved rapidly and resulted in a decrease in economic activity particularly in the New York City area. Measures such as “shelter-in-place” or “stay-at-home” orders issued by relevant governmental authorities for much of 2020 and early part of 2021 and required social distancing measures had resulted in closure and limitations on the operations of many businesses. While strict “shelter-in-place” and similar orders have generally been lifted, continued limitations on indoor occupancy or other restrictions applicable to in-person operations may in the future be re-instituted along with other steps such as mandatory vaccination as rates of infection increase, including in light of the current spread of the Omicron variant and other potentially more contagious variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. On March 7, 2022, New York City lifted its indoor mask and vaccine mandates. Some of the Company’s tenants operate businesses that require in-person interactions, such as retail stores, gyms, fitness studios and parking garages. Even for businesses that have not closed or have closed and reopened, concern regarding the transmission of COVID-19 has impacted, and will likely continue to impact, the willingness of persons to engage in in-person commerce which has and may continue to impact the revenues generated by the Company’s tenants.

The Company considered the impact of COVID-19 on the assumptions and estimates underlying its consolidated financial statements and believes the estimates and assumptions are reasonable and supportable based on the information available as of June 30, 2022. However, given the rapid evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and the global response to curb its spread, these estimates and assumptions as of June 30, 2022 are inherently less certain than they would be absent the actual and potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Actual results may ultimately differ from those estimates.

New York City, where all the Company’s properties are located, has been among the hardest hit locations in the country and has recently fully reopened on March 7, 2022. The Company’s properties remain accessible to all tenants, although, even as operating restrictions have expired, not all tenants have resumed in person operations. In addition, one of the Company’s tenants, Knotel, Inc. (“Knotel”), which was a tenant at the Company’s 123 William Street and 9 Times Square properties, declared bankruptcy in early 2021 and its leases with the Company were terminated. Management has already re-leased a portion of the vacant space formerly occupied by Knotel at its 123 William Street building, and other previously vacant space at 123 William Street, and is working on securing additional new leases to replace Knotel’s former space at it 9 Times Square building. Also, the leases with the original tenant of the garages at both the 200 Riverside Boulevard property and 400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium property were terminated on October 26, 2021 and the Company received a lease termination fee of $1.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 for these two terminations. Concurrently, the Company simultaneously entered into six month license agreements with a new operator at both garage properties, and subsequently extended these agreements, set to expire at the end of October 2022, in April 2022. Subsequently in July 2022, the previous short-term extensions noted above were terminated, and commenced new leases that expire in June 2037. There can be no assurance, however, that the Company will be able to lease all or any portion of the currently vacant space at any property on acceptable or favorable terms, or at all.

The financial stability and overall health of tenants is critical to the Company’s business. The negative effects that the global pandemic has had on the economy includes the closure or reduction in activity for many retail operations such as some of those operated by the Company’s tenants. This did impact the ability of some of the Company’s tenants to pay their monthly rent either temporarily or in the long term. As a result, the Company did experience delays in rent collections during 2021, however this trend has not continued into the first half of 2022. Also, there is only one tenant for which we are recording rent on a cash basis as of June 30, 2022. The Company did take a proactive approach to achieve mutually agreeable solutions with its tenants and in some cases, in 2020 and 2021, the Company executed different types of lease amendments. These agreements

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2022

(Unaudited)

included deferrals and abatements and, in some cases, extensions to the term of the leases. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company executed lease amendments with multiple tenants, which include deferrals, abatements, extensions to the terms of the lease, and in one instance, a reduction of the lease term. The Company did not enter into any new deferral or abatement agreements in the first half of 2022.

As a result of the financial difficulties of the Company’s tenants during 2020 and 2021, and early lease terminations during 2020 and 2021, the Company has had breaches of debt covenants on mortgages secured by its 9 Times Square, 1140 Avenue of Americas, Laurel/Riverside and 8713 Fifth Avenue properties under the non-recourse mortgages for those properties. These breaches caused cash trap events that continued into the second quarter of 2022 (except for the Laurel/Riverside property), but were not events of default. The Company is now no longer in breach of the covenants for the Laurel/Riverside property because it satisfied the required debt service coverage for the property for each of the two consecutive quarters ended on December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022 and continued to satisfy the required debt service coverage for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. See Note 4 — Mortgage Notes Payable, Net for further details regarding the current status, as of June 30, 2022, of the debt covenants under the mortgages secured by these properties.

For accounting purposes, in accordance with ASC 842: Leases, normally a company would be required to assess a lease modification to determine if the lease modification should be treated as a separate lease and if not, modification accounting would be applied which would require a company to reassess the classification of the lease (including leases for which the prior classification under ASC 840 was retained as part of the election to apply the package of practical expedients allowed upon the adoption of ASC 842, which does not apply to leases subsequently modified). However, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in which many leases are being modified, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) have provided relief that allows companies to make a policy election as to whether they treat COVID-19 related lease amendments as a provision included in the pre-concession arrangement, and therefore, not a lease modification, or to treat the lease amendment as a modification. In order to be considered COVID-19 related, cash flows must be substantially the same or less than those prior to the concession. For COVID-19 relief qualified changes, there are two methods to potentially account for such rent deferrals or abatements under the relief, (1) as if the changes were originally contemplated in the lease contract or (2) as if the deferred payments are variable lease payments contained in the lease contract. For all other lease changes that did not qualify for FASB relief, the Company would be required to apply modification accounting including assessing classification under ASC 842.

Some, but not all of the Company’s lease modifications qualify for the FASB relief. In accordance with the relief provisions, instead of treating these qualifying leases as modifications, the Company has elected to treat the modifications as if previously contained in the lease and recast rents receivable prospectively (if necessary). Under that accounting, for modifications that were deferrals only, there would be no impact on overall rental revenue and for any abatement amounts that reduced total rent to be received, the impact would be recognized ratably over the remaining life of the lease.

For leases not qualifying for this relief, the Company applied modification accounting and determined that there were no changes in the current classification of its leases impacted by negotiations with its tenants.

Revenue Recognition

The Company’s revenues, which are derived primarily from lease contracts, include rents that each tenant pays in accordance with the terms of each lease reported on a straight-line basis over the initial term of the lease. As of June 30, 2022, these leases had a weighted-average remaining lease term of 7.1 years. Because many of the Company’s leases provide for rental increases at specified intervals, straight-line basis accounting requires that the Company record a receivable for, and include in revenue from tenants, unbilled rent receivables that the Company will receive if the tenant makes all rent payments required through the expiration of the initial term of the lease. When the Company acquires a property, the acquisition date is considered to be the commencement date for purposes of this calculation. For new leases after acquisition, the commencement date is considered to be the date the tenant takes control of the space. For lease modifications, the commencement date is considered to be the date the lease modification is executed. The Company defers the revenue related to lease payments received from tenants in advance of their due dates. Pursuant to certain of the Company’s lease agreements, tenants are required to reimburse the Company for certain property operating expenses (recorded in total revenue from tenants), in addition to paying base rent, whereas under certain other lease agreements, the tenants are directly responsible for all operating costs of the respective properties. To the extent such costs exceed the applicable tenant’s base year, many but not all of the Company’s leases require the tenant to pay its allocable share of increases in operating expenses, which may include common area maintenance costs, real estate taxes and insurance. Under ASC 842, the Company has elected to report combined lease and non-lease components in a single line “Revenue from tenants.” For expenses paid directly by the tenant, under both ASC 842 and 840, the Company has reflected them on a net basis.

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The Company continually reviews receivables related to rent and unbilled rents receivable and determines collectability by taking into consideration the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located. Under the leasing standard adopted on January 1, 2019, the Company is required to assess, based on credit risk, if it is probable that the Company will collect virtually all of the lease payments at the lease commencement date and it must continue to reassess collectability periodically thereafter based on new facts and circumstances affecting the credit risk of the tenant. In fiscal year ended 2021, this assessment has included consideration of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s tenant’s ability to pay rents in accordance with their contracts. Partial reserves, or the ability to assume partial recovery are no longer permitted. If the Company determines that it is probable that it will collect virtually all of the lease payments (base rent and additional rent), the lease will continue to be accounted for on an accrual basis (i.e. straight-line). However, if the Company determines it is not probable that it will collect virtually all of the lease payments, the lease will be accounted for on a cash basis and the straight line rent receivable accrued will be written off, as well as any accounts receivable, where it was subsequently concluded that collection was not probable. Cost recoveries from tenants are included in operating revenue from tenants in accordance with current accounting rules, on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss in the period the related costs are incurred, as applicable.

In accordance with lease accounting rules the Company records uncollectible amounts as reductions in revenue from tenants. During the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company had no such reductions in revenue which excludes rents from tenants on a cash basis not collected.

Accounting for Leases

Lessor Accounting

As a lessor of real estate, the Company has elected, by class of underlying assets, to account for lease and non-lease components (such as tenant reimbursements of property operating expenses) as a single lease component as an operating lease because (a) the non-lease components have the same timing and pattern of transfer as the associated lease component; and (b) the lease component, if accounted for separately, would be classified as an operating lease. Additionally, only incremental direct leasing costs may be capitalized under the accounting guidance. Indirect leasing costs in connection with new or extended tenant leases, if any, are being expensed.

Lessee Accounting

For lessees, the accounting standard requires the application of a dual lease classification approach, classifying leases as either operating or finance leases based on the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase by the lessee. Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease, while lease expense for finance leases is recognized based on an effective interest method over the term of the lease. Also, lessees must recognize a right-of-use asset (“ROU”) and a lease liability for all leases with a term of greater than 12 months regardless of their classification. Further, certain transactions where at inception of the lease the buyer-lessor accounted for the transaction as a purchase of real estate and a new lease, may now be required to have symmetrical accounting to the seller-lessee if the transaction was not a qualified sale-leaseback and accounted for as a financing transaction. For additional information and disclosures related to the Company’s operating leases, see Note 8 - Commitments and Contingencies.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Adopted as of January 1, 2021

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Topic 470) and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Topic 815). The new standard reduces the number of accounting models for convertible debt instruments and convertible preferred stock, and amends the guidance for the derivatives scope exception for contracts in an entity's own equity. The standard also amends and makes targeted improvements to the related earnings per share guidance. The Company adopted the new guidance on January 1, 2021 and determined it did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Pending Adoption

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848). Topic 848 contains practical expedients for reference rate reform related activities that impact debt, leases, derivatives and other contracts. The guidance in Topic 848 is optional and may be elected over the period from March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022 as reference rate reform activities occur. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company elected to apply the hedge accounting expedients related to (i) the assertion that the Company’s hedged forecasted transactions remain probable and (ii) the

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assessments of effectiveness for future LIBOR-indexed cash flows to assume that the index upon which future hedged transactions will be based matches the index on the corresponding derivatives. Application of these expedients preserves the presentation of the Company’s derivatives, which will be consistent with the Company’s past presentation. The Company will continue to evaluate the impact of the guidance and may apply other elections, as applicable, as additional changes in the market occur.

Note 3 — Real Estate Investments

There were no real estate assets acquired or liabilities assumed during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2022 or 2021. Also, there were no dispositions of real estate during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2022 or 2021. However, the Company is evaluating its options for its 421 W. 54th Street - Hit Factory property, which includes marketing the property for sale. As no buyer has been identified for the property, it does not qualify to be classified as held for sale on the consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2022.

Significant Tenants

As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were no tenants whose annualized rental income on a straight-line basis, based on leases commenced, represented greater than 10% of total annualized rental income for all portfolio properties on a straight-line basis.

The following table discloses amounts recognized within the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss related to amortization of in-place leases and other intangibles and amortization and accretion of above- and below-market lease assets and liabilities, net, for the periods presented:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
In-place leases (1)	$	1,326	$	1,361	$	2,606	$	2,866
Other intangibles	177		291		354		583
Total included in depreciation and amortization	$	1,503	$	1,652	$	2,960	$	3,449

Above-market lease intangibles	$	263	$	273	$	526	$	538
Below-market lease liabilities	(326)		(488)		(652)		(1,003)
Total included in revenue from tenants	$	(63)	$	(215)	$	(126)	$	(465)

Below-market ground lease, included in property operating expenses	$	12	$	12	$	25	$	25

The following table provides the projected amortization expense and adjustments to revenues for the next five years as of June 30, 2022:


(In thousands)	2022 (remainder)		2023		2024		2025		2026
In-place leases	$	1,945	$	3,333	$	2,425	$	1,366	$	673
Other intangibles	354		708		708		708		708
Total to be included in depreciation and amortization	$	2,299	$	4,041	$	3,133	$	2,074	$	1,381

Above-market lease assets	$	448	$	825	$	495	$	206	$	138
Below-market lease liabilities	(519)		(949)		(890)		(502)		(183)
Total to be included in revenue from tenants	$	(71)	$	(124)	$	(395)	$	(296)	$	(45)

Write-off of Deferred Leasing Commissions

In January 2021, the Company’s former tenant, Knotel, filed for bankruptcy and all leases with the Company were terminated effective January 31, 2021. As a result of these terminations, the Company wrote-off $1.3 million of deferred leasing

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costs in the first quarter of 2021, which are included in depreciation and amortization expense in our consolidated statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2021.

Note 4 — Mortgage Notes Payable, Net

The Company’s mortgage notes payable, net as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are as follows:


		Outstanding Loan Amount
Portfolio	Encumbered Properties	June 30, 2022		December 31, 2021		Effective Interest Rate		Interest Rate		Maturity
		(In thousands)		(In thousands)
123 William Street (1)	1	$	140,000	$	140,000	4.73	%	Fixed		Mar. 2027
1140 Avenue of the Americas (2)	1	99,000		99,000		4.17	%	Fixed		Jul. 2026
400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium / 200 Riverside Boulevard - ICON Garage (2)	2	50,000		50,000		4.58	%	Fixed		May 2028
8713 Fifth Avenue (2)	1	10,000		10,000		5.04	%	Fixed		Nov. 2028
9 Times Square (2) (3)	1	49,500		55,000		3.72	%	Fixed	(4)	Apr. 2024
196 Orchard Street	1	51,000		51,000		3.90	%	Fixed		Aug. 2029
Mortgage notes payable, gross	7	399,500		405,000		4.35	%
Less: deferred financing costs, net (5)		(6,112)		(6,883)
Mortgage notes payable, net		$	393,388	$	398,117

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(1)As of June 30, 2022, $1.6 million was in escrow in accordance with the conditions under the loan agreement and presented as part of restricted cash on the unaudited consolidated balance sheet. The escrow amount will be released to fund leasing activity, tenant improvements and leasing commissions related to this property.

(2)Due to covenant breaches resulting in cash traps for these properties, all cash generated from operating these properties is being held in a segregated account, and the Company no longer has access to the excess cash flows. As of June 30, 2022 an aggregate of $7.7 million is held in cash management accounts pursuant to these cash traps, which is included in restricted cash on the balance sheet. See “Debt Covenants” section below for additional details. For Laurel/Riverside, as of June 30, 2022, the Company was neither in covenant breach nor in cash traps based on current results.

(3)The Company made a $5.5 million in principal payment in March 2022 pursuant to a waiver and amendment of the loan on the Company’s 9 Times Square property. See “Debt Covenants” section below for additional details.

(4)Fixed as a result of the Company having entered into a “pay-fixed” interest rate swap agreement, which is included in derivatives, at fair value on the consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2022 (see Note 6 — Derivatives and Hedging Activities for additional information).

(5)Deferred financing costs represent commitment fees, legal fees, and other costs associated with obtaining commitments for financing. These costs are amortized to interest expense over the terms of the respective financing agreements using the effective interest method. Unamortized deferred financing costs are expensed when the associated debt is refinanced or repaid before maturity. Costs incurred in seeking financial transactions that do not close are expensed in the period in which it is determined that the financing will not close.

Collateral and Principal Payments

Real estate assets and intangible assets of $835.9 million, at cost (net of below-market lease liabilities), at June 30, 2022 have been pledged as collateral to the Company’s mortgage notes payable and are not available to satisfy the Company’s other obligations unless first satisfying the mortgage note payable on the property. The Company is required to make payments of interest on its mortgage notes payable on a monthly basis.

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The following table summarizes the scheduled aggregate principal payments subsequent to June 30, 2022:


(In thousands)	Future Minimum Principal Payments
2022 (remainder)	$	—
2023	—
2024	49,500
2025	—
2026	99,000
Thereafter	251,000
Total	$	399,500

Debt Covenants

9 Times Square

The Company breached both a debt service coverage and a debt yield covenant under the non-recourse mortgage loan secured by 9 Times Square for each of the quarters in the year ended December 31, 2020, through December 31, 2021. The debt service coverage and debt yield covenants are calculated quarterly using the 12 preceding months. The principal amount of the loan was $49.5 million as of June 30, 2022. The breaches, through the fourth consecutive quarter (September 31, 2021), while not events of default, required the Company to enter into a cash management period requiring all rents and other revenue of the property, if any, to be held in a segregated account as additional collateral under the loan. Thereafter, the contract provided for specific financial remedies to be completed or the loan would be in default. As of December 31, 2021 there was $4.3 million cash trapped under the loan being held in the cash management account, which was classified in restricted cash on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021.

On March 2, 2022 the Company entered into a waiver and amendment to this mortgage loan, under which the lender agreed to waive any potential existing default that may have existed under the loan, subject to the Company paying $5.5 million of the principal amount under the loan. To fund the payment, which was made on March 3, 2022, the Company was permitted to use $5.5 million that was being held in a cash management account as of that date, $4.3 million of which was part of the Company’s restricted cash balance on its consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021.

Other significant changes from the waiver and amendment include: (1) revision of how the “debt service coverage ratio” is calculated by reducing the hypothetical interest rate used in this calculation to the actual interest rate on the loan; (2) a reduction the "debt yield" covenant to 7.5% from 8.0%; and (3) permits the Company to include free rent periods (subject to maximum limits) in calculating compliance with the debt service and debt yield covenants. The waiver and amendment also replaces the LIBOR rate provisions to provide for a successor benchmark using the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) effective with the second quarter of 2022 and amends the spreads to 1.60% from 1.50%, per annum. The previously existing “pay-fixed” interest swap that was designated as a cash flow hedge on the 9 Times Square mortgage was terminated in conjunction with the modification described above. A new swap was entered into for a notional value that aligns with the remaining principal balance owed on the mortgage using a new SOFR effective rate (see Note 6 — Derivatives and Hedging Activities).

With the waiver as of September 30, 2021, the Company is permitted to be in breach for up to four consecutive quarters without causing an event of default. While the Company also breached the debt service coverage and debt yield covenant as of December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022, the Company expects that it will not be in breach as of June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2022. As a result, the Company will have two consecutive quarters that it will not be in breach and, at such time, the Company will be able to request to exit the cash trap. The maintenance of the separate cash management account described above will remain a requirement until the Company is able to comply with all of the applicable covenants. As of June 30, 2022, there was $2.5 million held in a cash management account which was part of the Company’s restricted cash balance on its consolidated balance sheet.

The Company expects that it will not be in breach as of June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2022, however if it were in breach, the Company may remain in breach of the covenants through the reporting of third quarter of 2022 results at which time, if the Company remains in breach, the Company will again enter the “right sizing” period which would require (1) repaying a portion of the loan or (ii) provide the lenders with additional collateral in the form of cash or a letter of credit, in each case in an amount sufficient to cure the covenant breaches when applied as a reduction of the loan balance. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to cure the breaches before such time, which could result in the lender accelerating the principal amount due under the loan and exercising other remedies including foreclosing on the property. Further, funding any

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substantial principal repayment would significantly impact the Company’s capital resources which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to fund its operating expenses (including debt service obligations), acquisitions, capital expenditures and dividends to the holders of shares of our Class A common stock. The agreement governing this loan requires the Company to maintain $10.0 million in liquid assets, which includes cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, which totaled $20.5 million as of June 30, 2022.

1140 Avenue of the Americas

The Company has breached both a debt service coverage provision and a reserve fund provision under its non-recourse mortgage secured by the 1140 Avenue of the Americas property in each of the last eight quarters ended June 30, 2022. The debt service coverage covenant is calculated quarterly using the 12 preceding months. The principal amount of the loan was $99.0 million as of June 30, 2022. These breaches are not events of default, rather they require excess cash, if any, generated at the property (after paying operating costs, debt service and capital/tenant replacement reserves) to be held in a segregated account as additional collateral under the loan. The covenants for this loan may be cured if the Company satisfies the required debt service coverage ratio for two consecutive quarters, whereupon the additional collateral will be released. The Company can remain subject to this reserve requirement through maturity of the loan without further penalty or ramifications. As of June 30, 2022, the Company has $5.2 million in cash that is retained by the lender and maintained in restricted cash on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium/200 Riverside Boulevard - Icon Garage

The Company breached a debt service coverage covenant under the non-recourse mortgage loan secured by 400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium/200 Riverside Boulevard - Icon Garage in the first, second and third quarters of 2021. The Company satisfied the debt service coverage covenant for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022. The debt service coverage covenant is calculated quarterly using the 12 preceding months.

The principal amount of the loan was $50.0 million as of June 30, 2022. The two previous parking garage tenants at this property had not paid rent in accordance with their lease agreements for 19 months and were placed on a cash basis in the fourth quarter of 2020. On October 26, 2021, the Company signed a termination agreement with the original tenants of the garages at both the 200 Riverside Boulevard property and 400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium property, which required the tenants to pay a $1.4 million termination payment to the Company, which was received during the fourth quarter of 2021. The $1.4 million in cash received for the lease termination fee was deposited into a cash management account and was originally classified in restricted cash on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021, and it was subsequently reclassified to cash and cash equivalents on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet in the first quarter of 2022 (see below for more information). Also, upon the signing of the termination agreement, the Company simultaneously entered into six-month license agreements with a new operator at both garage properties, and subsequently, in July 2022, the Company terminated the six-month license agreements and commenced new leases that expire in June 2037.

The Company’s breaches of the debt services coverage covenant were not events of default but rather required the Company to enter into a cash management period requiring all rents and other revenue of the property, if any, to be held in a segregated account as additional collateral under the loan, whereby it could have remained subject to this reserve requirement through maturity of the loan without further penalty or ramifications. However, the Company is now no longer in breach of the covenants for Laurel/Riverside because it satisfied the required debt service coverage for the property for each of the two consecutive quarters ended on December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022, which ended the cash management period. The Company also satisfied the debt service coverage for the period June 30, 2022. Accordingly, the $1.4 million, which was classified in restricted cash on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021, was reclassified to cash and cash equivalents on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet in the first quarter of 2022.

8713 Fifth Avenue

The Company breached a debt service coverage ratio covenant under the non-recourse mortgage secured by 8713 Fifth Avenue during the second, third and fourth quarters of 2021 and the first and second quarters of 2022, respectively. The debt service coverage covenant is calculated quarterly using the 12 preceding months. The principal amount for the loan was $10.0 million as of June 30, 2022. The breach of this covenant did not result in an event of default but rather triggered an excess cash flow sweep period. The Company has the ability to avoid the excess cash flow sweep period by electing to fund a reserve in the amount of $125,000 of additional collateral in cash or as a letter of credit. As of June 30, 2022, the Company had not yet determined whether it will do so. The Company also has the ability to continue to avoid an excess cash flow sweep period by funding an additional $125,000 each quarter until the covenant breaches are cured in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement. If the Company does not elect to continue to fund the $125,000 additional collateral in a subsequent quarter, then the excess flow sweep period would commence in such quarter and continue until the covenant breaches are cured in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement. Additionally, in the event that the debt service coverage ratio covenant

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remains in breach at or below the current level for two consecutive calendar quarters and the lender reasonably determines that such breach is due to the property not being prudently managed by the current manager, the lender has the right, but not the obligation, to require that the Company replace the current manager with a third party manager chosen by the Company. As of June 30, 2022, no cash was trapped related to this property. The Company signed a lease with a new tenant at this property in November 2021 and expects the new tenant to occupy the space in the third quarter of 2022, which will bring the occupancy at this property back to 100%.

Other Debt Covenants

The Company was in compliance with the remaining covenants under its other mortgage notes payable as of June 30, 2022, however, it continues to monitor compliance with those provisions. If the Company experiences additional lease terminations, due to tenant bankruptcies or otherwise, or tenants placed on a cash basis continue to not pay rent, it is possible that certain of the covenants on other loans may be breached and the Company may also become restricted from accessing excess cash flows from those properties. Similar to the loans discussed above, the Company’s other mortgages also contain cash management provisions that are not considered events of default, and as such, acceleration of principal would only occur upon an event of default.

LIBOR Transition

The Company had a mortgage loan agreement and a related derivative agreement for a “pay-fixed” interest swap that had terms that were previously based on LIBOR. However, in March of 2022, effective with the 9 Times Square loan modification and the termination and replacement of the “pay-fixed” swaps, both the mortgage loan and agreement and the current “pay-fixed” interest swaps are now based on SOFR.

Note 5 — Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company determines fair value based on quoted prices when available or through the use of alternative approaches, such as discounting the expected cash flows using market interest rates commensurate with the credit quality and duration of the instrument. This alternative approach also reflects the contractual terms of the instrument, as applicable, including the period to maturity, and may use observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and implied volatilities, and unobservable inputs, such as expected volatility. The guidance defines three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:



Level 1	—	Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2	—	Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset and liability or can be corroborated with observable market data for substantially the entire contractual term of the asset or liability.

Level 3	—	Unobservable inputs that reflect the entity’s own assumptions that market participants would use in the pricing of the asset or liability and are consequently not based on market activity, but rather through particular valuation techniques.

The determination of where an asset or liability falls in the hierarchy requires significant judgment and considers factors specific to the asset or liability. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

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Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

Derivative Instruments

The Company’s derivative instruments are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. Although the Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value its derivatives fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit valuation adjustments associated with this derivative utilize Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads to evaluate the likelihood of default by the Company and its counterparty. However, as of June 30, 2022, the Company has assessed the significance of the impact of the credit valuation adjustments on the overall valuation of its derivative positions and has determined that the credit valuation adjustments are not significant to the overall valuation of the Company’s derivatives. As a result, the Company has determined that its derivatives valuation in its entirety is classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The valuation of derivative instruments is determined using a discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, as well as observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and implied volatilities. In addition, credit valuation adjustments are incorporated into the fair values to account for the Company’s potential nonperformance risk and the performance risk of the counterparties.


(In thousands)	Quoted Prices in Active Markets Level 1		Significant Other Observable Inputs Level 2		Significant Unobservable Inputs Level 3		Total
June 30, 2022
Interest rate “Pay - Fixed” swaps - assets	$	—	$	776	$	—	$	776
Total	$	—	$	776	$	—	$	776

December 31, 2021
Interest rate “Pay - Fixed” swaps - liabilities	$	—	$	(1,553)	$	—	$	(1,553)
Total	$	—	$	(1,553)	$	—	$	(1,553)

Financial Instruments that are not Reported at Fair Value

The Company is required to disclose at least annually the fair value of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate the value. The fair value of short-term financial instruments such as cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, prepaid expenses and other assets, accounts payable and distributions payable approximates their carrying value on the consolidated balance sheets due to their short-term nature. The fair value of the variable mortgage note payable is deemed to be equivalent to its carrying value because it bears interest at a variable rate that fluctuates with the market and there has been no significant change in the credit risk or credit markets since origination.

The fair values of the Company’s financial instruments that are not reported at fair value on the consolidated balance sheet are reported below:

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		June 30, 2022				December 31, 2021
(In thousands)	Level	Gross Principal Balance		Fair Value		Gross Principal Balance		Fair Value
Mortgage note payable — 123 William Street	3	$	140,000	$	132,465	$	140,000	$	145,827
Mortgage note payable — 1140 Avenue of the Americas	3	99,000		92,354		99,000		100,616
Mortgage note payable — 400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium / 200 Riverside Boulevard - ICON Garage	3	50,000		46,319		50,000		51,750
Mortgage note payable — 8713 Fifth Avenue	3	10,000		9,450		10,000		10,633
Mortgage note payable — 9 Times Square	3	49,500		48,123		55,000		53,654
Mortgage note payable — 196 Orchard Street	3	51,000		44,380		51,000		50,423
Total		$	399,500	$	373,091	$	405,000	$	412,903

Note 6 — Derivatives and Hedging Activities

Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives

The Company currently uses derivative financial instruments, including an interest rate swap, and may in the future use others, including options, floors and other interest rate derivative contracts, to hedge all or a portion of the interest rate risk associated with its borrowings. The principal objective of such arrangements is to minimize the risks and costs associated with the Company’s operating and financial structure as well as to hedge specific anticipated transactions. The Company does not intend to utilize derivatives for speculative or other purposes other than interest rate risk management. The use of derivative financial instruments carries certain risks, including the risk that the counterparties to these contractual arrangements are not able to perform under the agreements. To mitigate this risk, the Company endeavors to only enter into derivative financial instruments with counterparties with high credit ratings and with major financial institutions with which the Company and its affiliates may also have other financial relationships. The Company does not anticipate that any of the counterparties will fail to meet their obligations.

The table below presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

(In thousands)

Balance Sheet Location

June 30,
2022

December 31, 2021

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

Interest Rate “Pay-fixed” Swap

Derivative asset (liability), at fair value

776

(1,553)

Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk

The Company’s objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to add stability to interest expense and to manage its exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective, the Company primarily uses interest rate swaps and collars as part of its interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount. Interest rate collars designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts if interest rates rise above the cap strike rate on the contract and payments of variable-rate amounts if interest rates fall below the floor strike rate on the contract.

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The changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and that qualify as cash flow hedges are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income and are subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. During the six months ended June 30, 2022 and year ended December 31, 2021, such derivatives were used to hedge the variable cash flows associated with variable-rate debt. In connection with the modification and partial paydown of the Company’s mortgage loan on its 9 Times Square property (see Note 4 — Mortgage Notes Payable, Net), the Company terminated its existing $55.0 million notional, LIBOR based “pay-fixed” interest rate swap and replaced it with a new $49.5 million notional, SOFR based “pay-fixed” interest rate swap. In connection with this termination/replacement of the swap derivatives, the Company reflected as a charge (associated with the reduced notional amount) of approximately $38,338 in Other Income (Expense) on the Company’s Statement of Operations for the six month period ended June 30, 2022. At the time of the modification a net carrying amount reflecting the amount paid and the off market value rolled into the new swap and remained in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“AOCI”). The amount will be amortized into interest expense over the term of the hedged item. The unamortized amount as of June 30, 2022 was $43,000.

Amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives will be reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are made on the Company’s variable-rate debt. During the next 12 months, the Company estimates that $0.5 million will be reclassified from other comprehensive income (loss) as an increase to interest expense.

As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had the following derivatives that were designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk.

June 30, 2022

December 31, 2021

Interest Rate Derivative

Number of
Instruments

Notional Amount

Number of
Instruments

Notional Amount

(In thousands)

Interest Rate “Pay-fixed” Swap

49,500

55,000

The table below details the location in the financial statements of the gain or loss recognized on interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges for the periods indicated.


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2022		2021		2022		2021
Amount of gain (loss) recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss on interest rate derivatives (effective portion)	$	454	$	(54)	$	1,878	$	253
Amount of loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss into income as interest expense	$	(168)	$	(287)	$	(494)	$	(568)
Total interest expense recorded in consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss	$	4,703	$	4,763	$	9,418	$	9,476

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Offsetting Derivatives

The table below presents a gross presentation, the effects of offsetting, and a net presentation of the Company’s derivatives as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The net amounts of derivative assets or liabilities can be reconciled to the tabular disclosure of fair value. The tabular disclosure of fair value provides the location that derivative assets and liabilities are presented on the Balance Sheet.


									Gross Amounts Not Offset on the Balance Sheet
(In thousands)	Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets		Gross Amounts of Recognized (Liabilities)		Gross Amounts Offset on the Balance Sheet		Net Amounts of Assets (Liabilities) Presented on the Balance Sheet		Financial Instruments		Cash Collateral Received (Posted)		Net Amount
June 30, 2022	$	776	$	—	$	—	$	776	$	—	$	—	776
December 31, 2021	$	—	$	(1,553)	$	—	$	(1,553)	$	—	$	—	(1,553)

Credit-risk-related Contingent Features

The Company has agreements with its derivative counterparty that contain a provision where if the Company either defaults or is capable of being declared in default on any of its indebtedness, then the Company could also be declared in default on its derivative obligations.

As of June 30, 2022, the fair value of derivatives in a net asset position including accrued interest but excluding any adjustment for nonperformance risk related to these agreements was $0.7 million. As of June 30, 2022, the Company has not posted any collateral related to these agreements and was not in breach of any agreement provisions. If the Company had breached any of these provisions, it could have been required to settle its obligations under the agreements at their aggregate termination value of $0.7 million.

Note 7 — Stockholders’ Equity

As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had 13.6 million and 13.3 million shares of common stock outstanding, respectively, including unvested restricted shares. As of June 30, 2022, all of the Company’s shares of common stock outstanding was Class A common stock, including unvested restricted shares.

During the first six months of 2022 and during the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company paid dividends to common stockholders in the amount of $0.40 per share ($0.10 per share, per quarter) of common stock per year, payable to holders of record on a single quarterly record date. On July 1, 2022, the Company announced that it suspended its policy regarding dividends paid on its Class A common stock, beginning with the dividend that would have been payable for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, in accordance with the Side Letter (as defined in Note 9 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements), the Advisor reinvested base management fees, aggregating approximately $1.5 million and $2.5 million, in shares of the Company’s Class A common stock respectively. The number of shares purchased was based on a 10-day trading average price subject to a “Minimum Price” as defined in Section 312.04(h) of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual (the “Listed Company Manual”) computed upon executing the side letter to be $10.55 per share. As a result the side letter, during the first six months of 2022, the Company issued 45,372, 43,508, 38,786, 40,247 and 47,393 shares of its Class A common stock in February, March 2022, April, May and June 2022, respectively, in connection with the monthly base management fee earned by the Advisor. For accounting purposes, these shares are treated as issued using the closing price on date of issue and the related expense for the year are reflected as $1.3 million and $2.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively.

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company’s independent board of directors made an election to receive stock in lieu of cash for board services rendered during the fourth quarter 2021 and accordingly, the expense was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2021. Also, during the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company’s independent board of directors

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made an election to receive stock in lieu of cash for board services rendered during the first quarter of 2022, and accordingly, the expense was recorded in the first quarter of 2022. As a result of these elections, the Company issued:

•5,192 shares of its Class A common stock to the Company’s independent board of directors in the first quarter of 2022 (for services rendered in the fourth quarter 2021), and

•4,851 shares of its Class A common stock to the Company’s independent board of directors in the second quarter of 2022 (for services rendered in the first quarter of 2022).

The Company paid all directors fees in cash during the second quarter of 2022.

Equity Offerings

Class A Common Stock

On October 1, 2020, the Company entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement, pursuant to which the Company may, from time to time, offer, issue and sell to the public, through its sales agents, shares of Class A common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $250.0 million in an “at the market” equity offering program (the “Common Stock ATM Program”).

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company did not sell any shares of Class A common stock through the Common Stock ATM Program.

Repurchase Program

The Company’s directors adopted a resolution authorizing consideration of share repurchases of up to $100 million of shares of Class A common stock over a long-term period following the listing of the Company’s Class A common stock on the NYSE (the “Listing”). Actual repurchases would be reviewed and approved by the Company’s board of directors based on management recommendations taking into consideration all information available at the specific time including the Company’s available cash resources (including the ability to borrow), market capitalization, trading price of the Company’s Class A common stock, state law considerations and other contractual or regulatory limitations and capital availability. Repurchases, if approved by the Company’s board of directors, would typically be made on the open market in accordance with SEC rules creating a safe harbor for issuer repurchases but may also occur in privately negotiated transactions. The Company’s board of directors has not considered or authorized any repurchases since the adoption of the initial resolution.

Tender Offer

On December 28, 2020, in response to an unsolicited offer to the Company’s stockholders, the Company commenced a tender offer, (as amended, the “December Offer”) to purchase up to 65,000 shares of Class B common stock for cash at a purchase price equal to $7.00 per share. The December Offer expired on January 27, 2021 and, in accordance with the terms of the December offer, the Company purchased 26,236 shares of Class B common stock for a total cost of approximately $0.2 million, including fees and expenses relating to the tender offer, with cash on hand in February 2021.

Stockholder Rights Plan

In May 2020, the Company announced that its board of directors had approved a stockholder rights plan, but did not take actions to declare a dividend for the plan to become effective. In August 2020, in connection with the Listing and the related bifurcation of common stock into Class A and Class B common stock, the Company entered into an amended and restated rights agreement, which amended and restated the stockholders rights plan approved in May 2020 and declared a dividend payable in August 2020, of one Class A right for and on each share of Class A common stock and one Class B right for and on each share of Class B common stock, in each case, outstanding on the close of business on August 28, 2020 to the stockholders of record on that date. Each right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Series A Preferred Stock”), of the Company at a price of $55.00 per one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, represented by a right, subject to adjustment. On August 12, 2021 the expiration date of these rights was extended from August 16, 2021 to August 16, 2022. On August 9, 2022 the expiration date of these rights was extended again from August 16, 2022 to August 18, 2025.

Distribution Reinvestment Plan

Until August 28, 2020, the Company had a distribution reinvestment plan (“DRIP”), pursuant to which, stockholders may elect to reinvest distributions paid in cash in additional shares of common stock. The Company had the right to amend any aspect of the DRIP or terminate the DRIP with ten days’ notice to participants.

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An amendment and restatement of the DRIP (the “A&R DRIP”) in connection with the Listing became effective on August 28, 2020. The A&R DRIP allows stockholders who have elected to participate to have dividends paid with respect to all or a portion of their shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock reinvested in additional shares of Class A common stock. Shares received by participants in the A&R DRIP will represent shares that are, at the election of the Company, either (i) acquired directly from the Company, which would issue new shares, at a price based on the average of the high and low sales prices of Class A common stock on the NYSE on the date of reinvestment, or (ii) acquired through open market purchases by the plan administrator at a price based on the weighted-average of the actual prices paid for all of the shares of Class A common stock purchased by the plan administrator with proceeds from reinvested dividends to participants for the related quarter, less a per share processing fee.

Shares issued by the Company pursuant to the DRIP or the A&R DRIP were or are recorded within stockholders’ equity in the consolidated balance sheets in the period dividends or other distributions are declared. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, any DRIP transactions were settled through open market transactions and no shares were issued by the Company.

Note 8 — Commitments and Contingencies

Lessee Arrangement - Ground Lease

The Company entered into a ground lease agreement in 2016 related to the acquisition of 1140 Avenue of the Americas under a leasehold interest arrangement and recorded an ROU asset and lease liability related to this lease upon adoption of ASU 2016-02 during the year ended December 31, 2019. The ground lease is considered an operating lease. In computing the lease liabilities, the Company discounts future lease payments at an estimated incremental borrowing rate at adoption or acquisition if later. The term of the Company’s ground lease is significantly longer than the term of borrowings available to the Company on a fully-collateralized basis. The Company’s estimate of the incremental borrowing rate required significant judgment.

As of June 30, 2022, the Company’s ground lease had a weighted-average remaining lease term of 44.5 years and a discount rate of 8.6%. As of June 30, 2022, the Company’s balance sheet includes an ROU asset and liability of $55.1 million and $54.7 million, respectively, which are included in operating lease right-of-use asset and operating lease liability, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheet. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company paid cash of $1.2 million and $2.4 million, respectively, for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities and recorded expense of $1.2 million and $2.4 million, respectively, on a straight-line basis in accordance with the standard. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company paid cash of $1.2 million and $2.4 million, respectively, for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities and recorded expense of $1.2 million and $2.4 million, respectively, on a straight-line basis in accordance with the standard.

The lease expense is recorded in property operating expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The Company did not enter into any additional ground leases as lessee during the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.

The following table reflects the ground lease rent payments due from the Company and a reconciliation to the net present value of those payments as of June 30, 2022:


(In thousands)	Future Base Rent Payments
2022 (remainder)	$	2,373
2023	4,746
2024	4,746
2025	4,746
2026	4,746
Thereafter	197,754
Total lease payments	219,111
Less: Effects of discounting	(164,367)
Total present value of lease payments	$	54,744

Litigation and Regulatory Matters

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In the ordinary course of business, the Company may become subject to litigation, claims and regulatory matters. There are no material legal or regulatory proceedings pending or known to be contemplated against the Company.

Environmental Matters

In connection with the ownership and operation of real estate, the Company may potentially be liable for costs and damages related to environmental matters. As of June 30, 2022, the Company has not been notified by any governmental authority of any non-compliance, liability or other claim, and is not aware of any other environmental condition that it believes will have a material adverse effect on the results of operations.

Note 9 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements

As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, entities wholly owned by AR Global owned 215,306 and 56,091 shares, respectively, of the Company’s outstanding common stock.

Cash Management Plan

To potentially enhance the Company’s cash resources to fund operating and capital needs, Bellevue Capital Partners, LLC, which is an entity that controls the Advisor (“Bellevue”) has expressed a desire to invest additional capital in the Company. Although no agreement exists, the Shares would likely be purchased by Bellevue from time to time at its discretion directly from the Company through block trades executed under the Company’s Common Stock ATM Program. The Company’s board of directors has authorized the issuance of up to 1,000,000 shares its Class A common stock for these purposes although there is no assurance as to the number of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, if any, that Bellevue may seek to purchase. The Advisor and Property Manager likewise have told the Company that one or both of them, each in their sole discretion, may be willing to accept shares of the Company’s Class A common stock in lieu of cash as payment for certain fees or expense reimbursements. To facilitate the potential investments, Bellevue, the Advisor and the Property Manager (referred to collectively as the “AR Parties”) proposed, and the Company agreed, to amend the Waiver Agreements and the Company decided to lower the ownership limit applicable to all other stockholders. For additional information on the amendments to the Waiver Agreements and ownership limit changes, see Note 13 — Subsequent Events.

Fees and Participations Incurred in Connection with the Operations of the Company

Summary of Advisory Agreement

Pursuant to the advisory agreement with the Advisor (as amended from time to time, the “Advisory Agreement”), the Advisor manages the Company’s day-to-day operations. The initial term of the Advisory Agreement ends in July 2030, and will automatically renew for successive five-year terms unless either party gives written notice of its election not to renew at least 180 days prior to the then-applicable expiration date. The Company may only elect not to renew the Advisory Agreement on this basis with the prior approval of at least two-thirds of the Company’s independent directors, and no change of control fee (as defined in the Advisory Agreement) is payable if the Company makes this election.

Asset Management Fees and Variable Management/Incentive Fees

The Company pays the Advisor a base asset management fee on the first business day of each month equal to (x) $0.5 million plus (y) a variable amount equal to (a) 1.25% of the equity proceeds received after November 16, 2018, divided by (b) 12. The base asset management fee is payable in cash, shares of common stock, units of limited partnership interest in the OP, or a combination thereof, at the Advisor’s election. Equity proceeds are defined as, with respect to any period, cumulative net proceeds of all common and preferred equity and equity-linked securities issued by the Company and its subsidiaries during the period, including: (i) any equity issued in exchange or conversion of exchangeable notes based on the stock price at the date of issuance and convertible equity; (ii) any other issuances of equity, including but not limited to units in the OP (excluding equity-based compensation but including issuances related to an acquisition, investment, joint-venture or partnership); and (iii) effective following the time the Company commences paying a dividend of at least $0.05 per share per annum to its stockholders, (which occurred in October 2020), any cumulative Core Earnings (as defined in the Advisory Agreement) in excess of cumulative distributions paid on the Company’s common stock since November 16, 2018, the effective date of the most recent amendment and restatement of the Advisory Agreement.

The Advisory Agreement also entitles the Advisor to an incentive variable management fee. Currently and during the year ended December 31, 2021, the variable management fee is equal to (i) the product of (a) the diluted weighted-average outstanding shares of common stock for the calendar quarter (excluding any equity-based awards that are subject to performance metrics that are not currently achieved) multiplied by (b) 15.0% multiplied by (c) the excess of Core Earnings Per Adjusted Share for the previous three-month period in excess of $0.1458, plus (ii) the product of (x) the diluted weighted-

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average outstanding shares of common stock for the calendar quarter (excluding any equity-based awards that are subject to performance metrics that are not currently achieved) multiplied by (y) 10.0% multiplied by (z) the excess of Core Earnings Per Adjusted Share for the previous three-month period in excess of $0.1944. The variable management fee is payable quarterly in arrears in cash, shares of common stock, units of limited partnership interest in the OP or a combination thereof, at the Advisor’s election. No incentive variable management fees were earned during the three months ended June 30, 2022 or 2021.

On February 4, 2022, the Company entered into a side letter (the “Side Letter”) with the Advisor to the Advisory Agreement pursuant to which the Advisor agreed to, from the date of the Side Letter until August 4, 2022, immediately invest all fees received by the Advisor under Section 10(c)(i)-(ii) of the Advisory Agreement in shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), in an amount aggregating no more than $3.0 million. The price of the Shares was determined, at each issuance, in accordance with Section 10(c)(iii) of the Advisory Agreement and was not less than the “Minimum Price” as defined in Section 312.04(h) of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual (the “Listed Company Manual”), which minimum price was $10.55 per share. The Advisor’s obligation to invest its fee in Shares under the Side Letter was in consideration of, and subject to the provisions of the Waiver Agreements (defined below). In addition, the Company was not required to issue any Shares under the Side Letter if doing so would have required the Company to seek shareholder approval under Section 312 of the Listed Company Manual or any subsequent rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange.

On February 4, 2022, concurrently with the execution of the Side Letter, the Company’s board of directors granted (i) a waiver from the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit, as defined and contained in Section 5.7 of the Company’s charter, to permit each of Bellevue, the Advisor, entities controlled by Bellevue, Edward M. Weil. Jr, who is an officer and director of the Company, an officer of the Advisor and a holder of a non-controlling interest in Bellevue, and their respective affiliates and certain other entities and individuals who would be treated as Beneficially Owning or Constructively Owning (each as defined in the Charter) Shares held by either or both of Bellevue and the Advisor, including Mr. Weil, to Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares in an amount up to 20% of the outstanding Shares (subject to certain constraints for each such entity and individual on the total actual ownership of Shares by such entities and individuals), to the extent and on the terms set forth in each ownership limit waiver agreement (collectively, the “Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements”); and (ii) a waiver from the provisions contained in Section 1.1 of the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated August 17, 2020 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated August 12, 2021, the “Rights Plan”), to permit each party to the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements to Beneficially Own (as defined in the Rights Plan) Shares to the maximum extent allowed by the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements without being deemed an “Acquiring Person” under Section 1.1 of the Rights Plan, subject to the terms set forth in the rights plan waiver agreement (the “Rights Plan Waiver Agreement,” and together with the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements, the “Waiver Agreements”). The terms and conditions of the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements entered into with each of these entities or individuals are the same except for the actual number of Shares the entities or individuals may own or acquire. All other terms and conditions contained in the Company’s charter will otherwise continue to apply to the Shares that the entities or individuals may own or acquire.

The Company paid $1.3 million and $2.8 million in cash base asset management fees during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, and the Company paid $1.5 million and $3.0 million in cash base asset management fees during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively. There were no variable management fees incurred in any of these periods. In accordance with the Side Letter, the Advisor reinvested base management fees, aggregating $1.0 million and $1.5 million, in shares of the Company’s Class A common stock in the first and second quarters of 2022, respectively. As a result, the Company issued 45,372, 43,508, 38,786, 40,247 and 47,393 shares of its Class A common stock in February, March, April, May and June 2022 in connection with the monthly base management fee earned by the Advisor. For accounting purposes, these shares were issued using the closing price on date of issue and the related expense for the year are reflected as $1.3 million and $2.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively.

Property Management Fees

Pursuant to the Property Management and Leasing Agreement (the “PMA”), as most recently amended on November 16, 2018, except in certain cases where the Company contracts with a third party, the Company pays the Property Manager a property management fee equal to: (i) for non-hotel properties, 3.25% of gross revenues from the properties managed, plus market-based leasing commissions; and (ii) for hotel properties, a market-based fee based on a percentage of gross revenues. The term of the PMA is coterminous with the term of the Advisory Agreement.

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Pursuant to the PMA, the Company reimburses the Property Manager for property-level expenses. These reimbursements are not limited in amount and may include reasonable salaries, bonuses, and benefits of individuals employed by the Property Manager, except for the salaries, bonuses, and benefits of individuals who also serve as one of the Company’s executive officers or as an executive officer of the Property Manager or any of its affiliates. The Property Manager may also subcontract the performance of its property management and leasing services duties to third parties and pay all or a portion of its property management fee to the third parties with whom it contracts for these services.

On April 13, 2018, in connection with the loan for its 400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium and 200 Riverside Boulevard properties, the Company entered into a new property management agreement with the Property Manager (the “April 2018 PMA”) to manage the properties secured by the loan. With respect to these properties, the substantive terms of the April 2018 PMA are identical to the terms of the PMA, except that the property management fee for non-hotel properties is 4.0% of gross revenues from the properties managed, plus market-based leasing commissions. The April 2018 PMA has an initial term of one year that is automatically extended for an unlimited number of successive one-year terms at the end of each year unless any party gives 60 days’ written notice to the other parties of its intention to terminate.

The Company incurred approximately $0.5 million and $0.9 million in property management fees during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, and the Company incurred $0.3 million and $0.8 million in property management fees during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.

Professional Fees and Other Reimbursements

The Company pays directly or reimburses the Advisor monthly in arrears, for all the expenses paid or incurred by the Advisor or its affiliates in connection with the services it provides to the Company under the Advisory Agreement, subject to the following limitations:

•With respect to administrative and overhead expenses of the Advisor, including administrative and overhead expenses of all employees of the Advisor or its affiliates directly or indirectly involved in the performance of services but not including their salaries, wages, and benefits, these costs may not exceed in any fiscal year,

(i) $0.4 million, or

(ii) if the Asset Cost (as defined in the Advisory Agreement) as of the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the month is equal to or greater than $1.25 billion, (x) the Asset Cost as of the last day of the fiscal quarter multiplied by (y) 0.10%.

•With respect to the salaries, wages, and benefits of all employees of the Advisor or its affiliates directly or indirectly involved in the performance of services (including the Company’s executive officers), these amounts must be comparable to market rates and reimbursements may not exceed, in any fiscal year,

(i) $2.6 million, or

(ii) if the Asset Cost as of the last day of the fiscal year is equal to or greater than $1.25 billion, (x) the Asset Cost as of the last day of the fiscal year multiplied by (y) 0.30%.

Professional fees and other reimbursements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 were $1.2 million and $2.7 million, respectively, and were $1.0 million and $2.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively. These amounts include reimbursements to the Advisor for administrative, overhead and personnel services, which are subject to the limits noted above, as well as costs associated with directors and officers insurance which are not subject to those limits.

The amount of expenses included within professional fees and other reimbursements related to administrative, overhead and personnel services provided by and reimbursed to the Advisor for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 were $0.9 million and $2.1 million, respectively, of which $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively, related to administrative and overhead expenses and $0.7 million and $1.7 million, respectively, were for salaries, wages, and benefits. As of June 30, 2022 we have reached our annual limit of $0.4 million for professional fees and other reimbursements related to administrative, overhead and personnel service expenses paid to the Advisor.

Summary of Fees, Expenses and Related Payables

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The following table details amounts incurred in connection with the Company’s operations-related services described above as of and for the periods presented:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,				Payable (receivable) as of
(In thousands)	2022		2021		2022		2021		June 30, 2022		December 31, 2021



Ongoing fees:
Asset and property management fees to related parties	$	1,785	$	1,847	3,707		3,754		$	214	$	141
Professional fees and other reimbursements (1)	1,223		975		2,739		2,367		—		—

Total related party operation fees and reimbursements	$	3,008	$	2,822	$	6,446	$	6,121	$	214	$	141

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(1)Amounts for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 are included in general and administrative expenses in the unaudited consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

Listing Arrangements

Listing Note

Pursuant to the limited partnership agreement of the OP, which was amended and restated in connection with the effectiveness of the Listing on the Listing Date (as so amended and restated, the “A&R OP Agreement”), in the event the Company’s shares of common stock was listed on a national exchange, the OP was obligated to distribute to the Special Limited Partner a promissory note in an aggregate amount (the “Listing Amount”) equal to 15.0% of the difference (to the extent the result is a positive number) between:

•the sum of (i) (A) the average closing price of the shares of Class A common stock over the Measurement Period (as defined below) multiplied by the number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of the Listing, plus (B) the sum of all distributions or dividends (from any source) paid by the Company to its stockholders prior to the Listing; and (ii) (X) the aggregate purchase price (without deduction for organization and offering expenses or any other underwriting discount, commissions or offering expenses) of the initial public offering of the Company’s common stock, plus (Y) the total amount of cash that, if distributed to the stockholders who purchased shares of the Company’s common stock in the initial public offering, would have provided those stockholders with a 6.0% cumulative, non-compounded, pre-tax annual return on the aggregate purchase price of shares sold in the initial public offering through the listing, minus any distributions of net sales proceeds made to the Special Limited Partner prior to the end of the Measurement Period (as defined below).

Effective at the Listing, the OP entered into a listing note agreement with respect to this obligation (the “Listing Note”) with the Special Limited Partner. The Listing Note evidences the OP’s obligation to distribute to the Special Limited Partner the Listing Amount, which will be calculated based on the Market Value of the Company’s common stock. The measurement period used to calculate the average Market Value of the Company’s Class A common stock was from February 9, 2022 to March 23, 2022, the end of the 30 consecutive trading dates commencing on February 9, 2022, which is the 180th day after August 13, 2021, which was the day all of the shares of the Company’s Class B common stock fully converted into shares of Class A common stock and began trading on the NYSE. Based on the actual Market Value during the measurement period, the Listing Amount was zero, and the Company has no distribution obligation to the Special Limited Partner related to the Listing Note. The final fair value of the Listing Note is zero, and the fair value of the Listing Note was nominal at issuance. The fair value at issuance was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation, which used a combination of observable and unobservable inputs.

Termination Fees Payable to the Advisor

The Advisory Agreement requires the Company to pay a termination fee to the Advisor in the event the Advisory Agreement is terminated prior to the expiration of the initial term in certain limited scenarios. The termination fee will be payable to the Advisor if either the Company or the Advisor exercises the right to terminate the Advisory Agreement in connection with the consummation of the first change of control (as defined in the Advisory Agreement). The termination fee is equal to

•$15 million plus an amount equal to the product of

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(i) three (if the termination was effective on or prior to June 30, 2020) or four (if the termination is effective after June 30, 2020), multiplied by

(ii) applicable Subject Fees.

The “Subject Fees” are equal to (i) the product of

•(a) 12, multiplied by (b) the actual base management fee for the month immediately prior to the month in which the Advisory Agreement is terminated, plus

(ii) the product of (x) four multiplied by (y) the actual variable management fee for the quarter immediately prior to the quarter in which the Advisory Agreement is terminated, plus,

(iii) without duplication, the annual increase in the base management fee resulting from the cumulative net proceeds of any equity issued by the Company and its subsidiaries in respect of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the fiscal quarter in which the Advisory Agreement is terminated.

In connection with the termination or expiration of the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor will be entitled to receive (in addition to any termination fee) all amounts then accrued and owing to the Advisor, including an amount equal to then-present fair market value of its shares of the Company’s common stock and interest in the OP.

Note 10 — Economic Dependency

Under various agreements, the Company has engaged or will engage the Advisor, its affiliates and entities under common control with the Advisor to provide certain services that are essential to the Company, including asset management services, supervision of the management and leasing of properties owned by the Company, asset acquisition and disposition decisions, as well as other administrative responsibilities for the Company including accounting services, transaction management services and investor relations.

As a result of these relationships, the Company is dependent upon the Advisor and its affiliates. In the event that the Advisor and its affiliates are unable to provide the Company with the respective services, the Company will be required to find alternative providers of these services.

Note 11 — Equity-Based Compensation

Equity Plans

Restricted Share Plan

Prior to the Listing, the Company had an employee and director incentive restricted share plan (as amended, the “RSP”). The RSP provided for the automatic grant of the number of restricted shares equal to $30,000 divided by the then-current Estimated Per-Share NAV, which were made without any further approval by the Company’s board of directors or the stockholders, after initial election to the board of directors and after each annual stockholder meeting, with such restricted shares vesting annually over a five-year period following the grant date in increments of 20.0% per annum. The RSP also provided the Company with the ability to grant awards of restricted shares to the Company’s board of directors, officers and employees (if the Company ever has employees), employees of the Advisor and its affiliates, employees of entities that provide services to the Company, directors of the Advisor or of entities that provide services to the Company, certain consultants to the Company and the Advisor and its affiliates or to entities that provide services to the Company.

2020 Equity Plan

Effective at the Listing, the Company’s independent directors approved an equity plan for the Advisor (the “Advisor Plan”) and an equity plan for individuals (the “Individual Plan” and together with the Advisor Plan, the “2020 Equity Plan”). The Advisor Plan is substantially similar to the Individual Plan, except with respect to the eligible participants. Awards under the Individual Plan are open to the Company’s directors, officers and employees (if the Company ever has employees), employees, officers and directors of the Advisor and as a general matter, employees of affiliates of the Advisor that provide services to the Company. Awards under the Advisor Plan may only be granted to the Advisor and its affiliates (including any person to whom the Advisor subcontracts substantially all of responsibility for directing or performing the day-to-day business affairs of the Company).

The 2020 Equity Plan succeeded and replaced the existing RSP. Following the effectiveness of the 2020 Equity Plan at the Listing, no further awards have been or will be granted under the RSP; provided, however, any outstanding awards under the RSP, such as unvested restricted shares held by the Company’s independent directors, will remain in effect in accordance with

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their terms and the terms of the RSP, until all those awards are exercised, settled, forfeited, canceled, expired or otherwise terminated. The Company accounts for forfeitures when they occur. While the RSP provided only for awards of restricted shares, the 2020 Equity Plan has been expanded to also permit awards of restricted stock units, stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards, LTIP Units and other equity awards. In addition, the 2020 Equity Plan eliminates the “automatic grant” provisions of the RSP that dictated the terms and amount of the annual award of restricted shares to independent directors. Grants to independent directors after the Listing are made in accordance with the Company’s new director compensation program, as described below under “—Director Compensation.” The 2020 Equity Plan has a term of 10 years, expiring August 18, 2030. The number of shares of the Company’s capital stock that may be issued or subject to awards under the 2020 Equity Plan, in the aggregate, is equal to 20.0% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock on a fully diluted basis at any time. Shares subject to awards under the Individual Plan reduce the number of shares available for awards under the Advisor Plan on a one-for-one basis and vice versa.

Director Compensation

Effective on the Listing Date, the Company’s independent directors approved a change to the Company’s director compensation program. Starting with the annual award of restricted shares made in connection with the Company’s 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, the amount of the annual award was increased from $30,000 to $65,000. No other changes have been made to the Company’s director compensation program.

Restricted Shares

Restricted share awards entitle the recipient to receive shares of common stock from the Company under terms that provide for vesting over a specified period of time. Restricted shares may not, in general, be sold or otherwise transferred until restrictions are removed and the shares have vested. Holders of restricted shares receive cash dividends on the same basis as dividends paid on shares of common stock, if any, prior to the time that the restrictions on the restricted shares have lapsed and thereafter. Any dividends payable in shares of common stock are subject to the same restrictions as the underlying restricted shares.

In March 2022, the compensation committee delegated authority to the Company’s chief executive officer to award up to 200,000 restricted shares to employees of the Advisor or its affiliates who are involved in providing services to the Company, including the Company’s chief financial officer, subject to certain limits and restrictions imposed by the compensation committee. The compensation committee remains responsible for approving and administering all grants of awards to the Company’s chief financial officer or any other executive officer of the Company, including any award of restricted shares recommended by the Company’s chief executive officer. No awards under the 2020 Equity Plan may be made pursuant to this delegation of authority to anyone who is also a partner, member or equity owner of the parent of the Advisor. As of June 30, 2022 there have been no shares awarded.

Restricted share awards that have been granted to the Company’s directors provide for accelerated vesting of the portion of the unvested restricted shares scheduled to vest in the year of the recipient’s voluntary termination or the failure to be re-elected to the Company’s board of directors.

During the second quarter of 2022, the Company granted 109,875 restricted shares to employees of the Advisor. The restricted shares granted to employees of the Advisor or its affiliates will vest in 25% increments on each of the first four anniversaries of the grant date. Except in connection with a change in control (as defined in the award agreement) of the Company, any unvested restricted shares will be forfeited if the holder’s employment with the Advisor terminates for any reason. Upon a change in control of the Company, 50% of the unvested restricted shares will immediately vest and the remaining unvested restricted shares will be forfeited.

The following table displays restricted share award activity during the six months ended June 30, 2022:


	Number of Restricted Shares	Weighted-Average Issue Price
Unvested, December 31, 2021	25,172	$	15.00
Granted	135,702	10.96
Vested	(5,406)	17.20

Unvested June 30, 2022	155,468	11.40

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As of June 30, 2022, the Company had $0.4 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted share awards granted and is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 4.2 years. Restricted share awards are expensed in accordance with the service period required. Compensation expense related to restricted share awards was approximately $109,516 and $137,262 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, and $27,843 and $51,035 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively. Compensation expense related to restricted share awards is recorded as equity-based compensation in the accompanying unaudited consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

Multi-Year Outperformance Award

On the Listing Date, the Company, the Company, the OP and the Advisor entered into the 2020 OPP pursuant to which a performance-based equity award was granted to the Advisor. The award was based on the recommendation of the Company’s compensation consultant, and approved by the Company’s independent directors, acting as a group.

Initially, the award under the 2020 OPP was in the form of a single Master LTIP Unit. On September 30, 2020, the 30th trading day following the Listing Date, in accordance with its terms, the Master LTIP Unit automatically converted into 4,012,841 LTIP Units, the quotient of $50.0 million divided by $12.46, representing the average closing price of one share of one share of Class A common stock over the ten consecutive trading days immediately prior to September 30, 2020. This number of LTIP Units represents the maximum number of LTIP Units that may be earned by the Advisor during a performance period ending on the earliest of (i) August 18, 2023, (ii) the effective date of any Change of Control (as defined in the 2020 OPP) and (iii) the effective date of any termination of the Advisor’s service as advisor of the Company.

For accounting purposes, July 19, 2020 is treated as the grant date (the “Grant Date”), because the Company’s independent directors approved the 2020 OPP and the award made thereunder on that date. The Company engaged third party specialists, who used a Monte Carlo simulation, to calculate the fair value as of the date the Master LTIP Unit converted (September 30, 2020), on which date the fair value was also fixed. The total fair value of the LTIP Units of $25.8 million is being recorded over the requisite service period of 3.07 years beginning on the Grant Date and ending on the third anniversary of the Listing Date (August 18, 2023). As a result, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded equity-based compensation expense related to the LTIP Units of $2.1 million and $4.2 million, respectively, and $2.1 million and $4.2 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively. Equity-based compensation expense related to the LTIP Units is recorded in equity-based compensation in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. As of June 30, 2022, the Company had $9.5 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to the LTIP Units, which is expected to be recognized over a period of 1.1 years.

LTIP Units/Distributions/Redemption

The rights of the Advisor as the holder of the LTIP Units are governed by the terms of the LTIP Units set forth in the agreement of limited partnership of the OP. Holders of LTIP Units are entitled to distributions on the LTIP Units equal to 10% of the distributions made per Class A Unit (other than distributions of sale proceeds) until the LTIP Units are earned. Distributions paid on a Class A Unit are equal to dividends paid on a share of Class A common stock. Distributions paid on LTIP Units are not subject to forfeiture, even if the LTIP Units are ultimately forfeited. The Advisor is entitled to a priority catch-up distribution on each earned LTIP Unit equal to 90% of the aggregate distributions paid on Class A Units during the applicable performance period. Any LTIP Units that are earned become entitled to receive the same distributions paid on the Class A Units. If and when the Advisor’s capital account with respect to an earned LTIP Unit is equal to the capital account balance of a Class A Unit, the Advisor, as the holder of the earned LTIP Unit, in its sole discretion, is entitled to convert the LTIP Unit into a Class A Unit, which may in turn be redeemed on a one-for-one basis for, at the Company’s election, a share of Class A common stock or the cash equivalent thereof. On July 1, 2022, the Company announced that it temporarily suspended its policy regarding dividends paid on its Class A common stock, beginning with the dividend that would have been payable for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. Thus, the Board did not declare a dividend payable for the quarter ended June 30, 2022

For each of the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company paid $40,000 and $80,000, respectively, of distributions related to the LTIP units.

Performance Measures

With respect to one-half of the LTIP Units granted under the 2020 OPP, the number of LTIP Units that become earned (if any) will be determined as of the last day of the performance period based on the Company’s achievement of absolute total stockholder return (“TSR”) levels as shown in the table below.

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Performance Level	Absolute TSR				Percentage of LTIP Units Earned
Below Threshold	Less than	12%			0	%
Threshold		12%			25	%
Target		18	%		50	%
Maximum		24	%	or higher	100	%

If the Company’s absolute TSR is more than 12% but less than 18%, or more than 18% but less than 24%, the percentage of the Absolute TSR LTIP Units that become earned is determined using linear interpolation as between those tiers, respectively.

With respect to the remaining one-half of the LTIP Units granted under the 2020 OPP, the number of LTIP Units that become earned (if any) will be determined as of the last day of the performance period base on the difference (expressed in terms of basis points, whether positive or negative, as shown in the table below) between the Company’s absolute TSR on the last day of the performance period relative to the average TSR of a peer group consisting of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Franklin Street Properties Corp., Paramount Group, Inc. and Clipper Realty Inc. as of the last day of the performance period.


Performance Level	Relative TSR Excess			Percentage of LTIP Units Earned
Below Threshold	Less than	-600	basis points	0	%
Threshold		-600	basis points	25	%
Target		0	basis points	50	%
Maximum		+600	basis points	100	%

If the relative TSR excess is between -600 basis points and zero basis points, or between zero basis points and +600 basis points, the number of LTIP Units that become earned is determined using linear interpolation as between those tiers, respectively.

Other Terms

In the case of a Change of Control or a termination of the Advisor without Cause (as defined in the Advisory Agreement), the number of LTIP Units that become earned will be calculated based on actual performance through the last trading day prior to the effective date of the Change of Control or termination (as applicable), with the hurdles for calculating absolute TSR prorated to reflect a performance period of less than three years but without prorating the number of LTIP Units that may become earned to reflect the shortened performance period.

In the case of a termination of the Advisor for Cause, the number of LTIP Units that become earned will be calculated based on actual performance through the last trading day prior to the effective date of the termination, with the hurdles for calculating absolute TSR and the number of LTIP Units that may become earned each prorated to reflect a performance period of less than three years.

The award of LTIP Units under the 2020 OPP is administered by the Company’s compensation committee, provided that any of the compensation committee’s powers can be exercised instead by the Company’s board of directors if the board of directors so elect. Promptly following the performance period, the compensation committee will determine the number of LTIP Units earned, (if any) based on a calculations prepared by an independent consultant engaged by the Committee and as approved by the compensation committee in its reasonable and good faith discretion. The compensation committee also must approve the transfer of any LTIP Units or any Class A Units into which LTIP Units may be converted in accordance with the terms of the A&R OP Agreement. Any LTIP Units that are not earned will automatically be forfeited effective as of the end of the performance period and neither the Company nor the OP will be required to pay any future consideration in respect thereof.

Other Share-Based Compensation

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The Company may issue common stock in lieu of cash to pay fees earned by the Company’s board of directors at the respective director’s election. There are no restrictions on the shares issued. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company’s independent board of directors made an election to receive stock in lieu of cash for board services rendered during the fourth quarter 2021 and accordingly, the expense was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2021. Also, during the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company’s independent board of directors made an election to receive stock in lieu of cash for board services rendered during the first quarter of 2022 and accordingly, the expense was recorded in the first quarter of 2022. As a result, the Company issued 5,192 and 4,851 shares of its Class A common stock to the Company’s independent board of directors in the first and second quarters of 2022, respectively, relating to services rendered and expenses recorded in the immediately preceding quarterly period. There were no shares of common stock issued in lieu of cash during the six months ended June 30, 2021.

Note 12 — Net Loss Per Share

The following is a summary of the basic and diluted net loss per share computation for the periods presented:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands, except share and per share data)	2022		2021		2022		2021
Net loss attributable to common stockholders (in thousands)	$	(11,273)	$	(11,052)	$	(22,378)	$	(24,587)
Adjustments to net loss attributable to common stockholders	(40)		(40)		(80)		(80)
Adjusted net loss attributable to common stockholders	$	(11,313)	$	(11,092)	$	(22,458)	$	(24,667)
Weighted average shares outstanding — Basic and Diluted	13,433,690		12,799,703		13,367,040		12,789,919
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders — Basic and Diluted	$	(0.84)	$	(0.87)	$	(1.68)	$	(1.93)

Under current authoritative guidance for determining earnings per share, all unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to distributions are considered to be participating securities and therefore are included in the computation of earnings per share under the two-class method. The two-class method is an earnings allocation formula that determines earnings per share for each class of common shares and participating security according to dividends declared (or accumulated) and participation rights in undistributed earnings. The Company’s unvested restricted shares, Class A Units and unearned LTIP Units contain rights to receive distributions considered to be non-forfeitable, except in certain limited circumstances, and therefore the Company applies the two-class method of computing earnings per share. The calculation of earnings per share above adjusts net loss to exclude the distributions to the unvested restricted shares, Class A Units and the unearned LTIP Units that were issued under the 2020 OPP from the numerator.

Diluted net income per share assumes the conversion of all Common Stock share equivalents into an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock, unless the effect is anti-dilutive. The Company considers unvested restricted shares, Class A Units and unvested LTIP Units to be common share equivalents. The following table shows common share equivalents on a weighted average basis that were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share as their effect would have been antidilutive for the periods presented.


	Three Months Ended June 30,		Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022	2021	2022	2021
Unvested restricted shares (1)	111,122	15,107	68,384	10,311
Class A Units (2)	—	8,205	—	10,639
LTIP Units (3)	4,012,841	4,012,841	4,012,841	4,012,841
Total weighted-average anti-dilutive common share equivalents	4,123,963	4,036,153	4,081,225	4,033,791

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(1) There were 155,468 and 26,946 unvested restricted shares outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

(2) Formerly known as OP Units. As of June 30, 2022 or 2021, there were no Class A Units outstanding.

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(3) There were 4,012,841 LTIP Units outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively (see Note 11 — Equity-Based Compensation for additional information).

If dilutive, conditionally issuable shares relating to the 2020 OPP award (see Note 11 — Equity-Based Compensation for additional information) would be included, as applicable, in the computation of fully diluted EPS on a weighted-average basis for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2022 based on shares that would be issued if the applicable balance sheet date was the end of the measurement period. No LTIP Unit share equivalents were included in the computation for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2022 because (i) no LTIP Units would have been earned based on the trading price of Class A common stock including any cumulative dividends paid (since inception of the 2020 OPP) at December 31, 2021 and 2020 or (ii) the Company recorded a net loss to common stockholders for all periods presented, any shares conditionally issuable under the LTIPs would be anti-dilutive.

Note 13 — Subsequent Events

Quarterly Dividend

On July 1, 2022, the Company announced that it suspended its policy regarding dividends paid on its Class A common stock, beginning with the dividend that would have been payable for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.

Side Letter to the Advisory Agreement

In accordance with the Side Letter, the Advisor reinvested base management fees, aggregating $0.5 million, in shares of the Company’s Class A common stock in July 2022. As a result, the Company issued 47,393 shares of its Class A common stock using the $10.55 minimum price in July 2022 in connection with the monthly base management fee earned by the Advisor (see Note 9 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements).

August 2022 Asset Management Fees

In August 2022, the compensation committee of the Company’s board of directors approved the issuance 124,685 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock in lieu of cash for the August 2022 management fee using the 10-day average price of $4.01 per share which was greater than the minimum price under NYSE rules. This issuance was completed at the Advisor’s request as permitted under Advisory Agreement.

New Leases - 400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium/200 Riverside Boulevard

In July 2022, the Company terminated the six-month license agreements which were set to expire in October 2022 at the parking garages at its 400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium/200 Riverside Boulevard properties and commenced new leases that expire in June 2037.

Cash Management Plan

To potentially enhance the Company’s cash resources to fund operating and capital needs, Bellevue has expressed a desire to invest additional capital in the Company. Although no agreement exists, the Shares would likely be purchased by Bellevue from time to time at its discretion directly from the Company through block trades executed under the Company’s Common Stock ATM Program. The Company’s board of directors has authorized the issuance of up to 1,000,000 shares its Class A common stock for these purposes although there is no assurance as to the number of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, if any, that Bellevue may seek to purchase. The Advisor and Property Manager likewise have told the Company that one or both of them, each in their sole discretion, may be willing to accept shares of the Company’s Class A common stock in lieu of cash as payment for certain fees or expense reimbursements. To facilitate the potential investments, Bellevue, the Advisor and the Property Manager (referred to collectively as the “AR Parties”) proposed, and the Company agreed, to amend the Waiver Agreements as discussed below and the Company decided to lower the ownership limit applicable to all other stockholders as discussed below.

As part of the discussions, the Company advised the AR Parties, that any shares of its Class A common stock purchased directly from the Company by Bellevue through block trades executed under the Company’s Common Stock ATM Program would be sold at a per share price equal to the greater of (i) the closing market price of the shares on the NYSE on the most recent trading day prior to an issuance or (ii) the “Minimum Price” as defined in Section 312.04(h) of the Listed Company Manual; provided, however, that the Company would not sell any shares of its Class A common stock to Bellevue if doing so would otherwise require the Company to seek shareholder approval under Section 312 of the Listed Company Manual or any subsequent rules and regulations of the NYSE. Additionally, the Company agreed to (1) amend the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements to (i) immediately increase the Excepted Holder Limit (as defined therein) to 21%, and (ii) prospectively increase the Excepted Holder Limit to up to 25% if the Company is advised by Proskauer Rose LLP, outside counsel to the

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Company, that Proskauer Rose LLP is prepared to render an opinion that, among other things, the Company’s actual and proposed method of operation will enable it to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code notwithstanding the increase in the Excepted Holder Limit to up to 25%, there being no assurance, however, that an opinion will be rendered (the “Charter Waiver Agreement Amendments”), and (2) amend the Rights Plan Waiver Agreement to implement corresponding changes. Concurrent with these amendments, the Company’s board of directors reduced the Series Limit and the Overall Limit (each as defined in the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements) to 6% for all stockholders of the Company that are not otherwise Bellevue, the Advisor, their respective affiliates or persons who would be treated as Beneficially Owning or Constructively Owning (each as defined in the Company’s charter) shares of the Company’s Class A common stock held by either or both of Bellevue and the Advisor (the “Excluded Persons”). As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Excluded Persons owned 13.7% of the outstanding Class A common shares in the aggregate, which includes Class A common shares issued to the Advisor in July 2022 pursuant to the Side Letter and Shares issued to the Advisor in August 2022 in lieu of cash payments for advisory fees.

The Company also advised the AR Parties that to the extent that the Advisor or the Property Manager decided to accept shares of its Class A common stock in lieu of cash payments for fees or the reimbursement of expenses, the Company would not issue shares of its Class A common stock exceeding the number permitted to be Beneficially Owned or Constructively Owned by the Excluded Persons pursuant to the Charter Waiver Agreement Amendments (as may be amended from time to time) and any issuance would be at a per share price equal to the greater of (i) the price as determined in accordance with Section 10(c)(iii) of the Advisory Agreement or (ii) the Minimum Price; provided, that no issuance would be permitted if the issuance of shares of Class A common stock in lieu of fees due to the Advisor or the Property Manager, as applicable, would not be permitted under that certain 2020 Advisor Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan of the Company (the “Advisor Plan”); provided further that, in the event that any shares of the Company’s Class A common stock to be issued in lieu of cash for reimbursement of operating expenses or in lieu of advisory or property management fees are not so issuable under the Advisor Plan, the Company may issue shares of its Class A common stock but only after complying with all NYSE requirements including, but not limited to, the filing with, and approval by, the NYSE of a supplemental listing application or applications, as the case may be, and only if the issuance would not otherwise require the Company to seek shareholder approval under Section 312 of the Listed Company Manual or any subsequent rules and regulations of the NYSE.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are forward-looking statements including statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of New York City REIT, Inc. (including, as required by context, New York City Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “OP”) and its subsidiaries, “we,” “our” or “us”) and members of our management team, as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based, and generally are identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “seeks,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “should” or similar expressions. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Further, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time, unless required by law.

These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are outside of our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Some of the risks and uncertainties, although not all risks and uncertainties, that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those presented in our forward-looking statements are set forth in the Risk Factors section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, this and our other Quarterly Repots on Form 10-Q and our other filings with the Security and Exchange Commission.

Overview

We are an externally managed entity that has qualified to be taxed as a real estate investment trust for U.S. Federal income tax purposes (“REIT”). We invest primarily in office properties located exclusively within the five boroughs of New York City, primarily Manhattan. We have also purchased certain real estate assets that accompany office properties, including retail spaces and amenities, and may purchase hospitality assets, residential assets and other property types also located exclusively within the five boroughs of New York City. As of June 30, 2022, we owned eight properties consisting of 1.2 million rentable square feet, acquired for an aggregate purchase price of $790.7 million. At our 1140 Avenue of the Americas property, in the third quarter of 2021 we began operating Innovate NYC, a co-working company that is specific to this property only, that offers move-in ready private offices, virtual offices, and meeting space on bespoke terms to clients.

Substantially all of our business is conducted through the OP and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. New York City Advisors, LLC (our “Advisor”) manages our day-to-day business with the assistance of New York City Properties, LLC (our “Property Manager”). Our Advisor and Property Manager are under common control with AR Global Investments, LLC (“AR Global”) and these related parties receive compensation and fees for providing services to us. We also reimburse these entities for certain expenses they incur in providing these services to us.

Management Update on the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic

New York City, where all of our properties are located, has been among the hardest hit locations in the country and has recently fully reopened on March 7, 2022. Our properties remain accessible to all tenants, although, even as the operating restriction have now expired, not all tenants have fully resumed operations and some tenants have vacated or left due to bankruptcy or did not renew their lease. The COVID-19 global pandemic has created several risks and uncertainties that have affected and may continue to impact our business, including our financial condition, future results of operations and our liquidity. We have experienced an increase in non-reimbursable property operating expenses and general and administrative expenses for legal fees associated with litigation against tenants that have not paid amounts contractually due under their leases and tenant lease amendment negotiations. We expect that continued vaccination efforts will result in a continued progression towards a “return to normalcy” in 2022; however, there can be no assurance in this regard due to, among other factors, the ongoing vaccine hesitancy and resistance in certain segments of the population and the recent spread of more transmissible COVID -19 variants, which could result in restrictions being re-imposed or otherwise disrupt the reopening plans of some offices and businesses.

The negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020 and 2021 caused and may in the future cause certain of our tenants to be unable to make rent payments to us timely, or at all. However, this trend has not continued into the first half of 2022. During the quarter ended March 31, 2021, we experienced one large termination due to the termination of leases within two of our buildings, 123 William Street and 9 Times Square, with our former tenant, Knotel, after declaring bankruptcy in January 2021, and an expiration without a renewal. A portion of the vacant space formerly occupied by Knotel at its 123 William Street, and other previously vacant space at 123 William Street, has been re-leased and we are working on securing additional new leases to replace Knotel’s former space at our 9 Times Square building. However, the annualized straight-line rent per square foot for the leases we have entered into to replace Knotel is lower than the annualized straight-line rent per square foot under Knotel’s leases. Also, the leases with the original tenant of the garages at both the 200 Riverside Boulevard property and 400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium property were terminated on October 26, 2021 and received a lease termination fee of $1.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 for these two terminations. Concurrently, we simultaneously entered into six-month license agreements with a new operator at both garage properties, and subsequently extended these

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agreements, set to expire in October 2022, in April 2022. Subsequently, in July 2022, the tenant terminated the six-month leases and commenced new leases that expire in June 2037. There can be no assurance, however, that the Company will be able to lease all or any portion of the currently vacant space at any property on acceptable or favorable terms, or at all. There can be no assurance we will be able to lease all or any portion of our currently vacant space at any property on acceptable or favorable terms, or at all, or experience additional terminations. The impact of COVID-19 on our tenants led to early lease terminations and expirations without renewals that has caused cash trap events, currently on three of our mortgages aggregating $164.0 million in principal amount, all as described in detail further below in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section and Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

We have taken several steps to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on our business. We have been in direct contact with our tenants since the crisis began, continuing to cultivate open dialogue and deepen the fundamental relationships that we have carefully developed through prior transactions and historic operations. We have taken a proactive approach to achieve mutually agreeable solutions with our tenants and in some cases, in 2020 and 2021, we executed different types of lease amendments, including rent deferrals and abatements and, in some cases, extensions to the term of the leases. Based on this approach and the overall financial strength and creditworthiness of our tenants, we believe that we have had positive results in our cash rent collections during this pandemic. A deferral or abatement agreement is an executed or approved amendment to an existing lease to defer a certain portion of cash rent due to a future period or grant the tenant a rent credit for some portion of cash rent due. The rent credit is generally coupled with an extension of the lease. The terms of the lease amendments providing for rent credits differ by tenant in terms of length and amount of the credit and may also provide for payments of additional amounts to us if the tenant’s gross sales exceed a certain threshold.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, we entered into 12 approved abatement or deferral agreements that commenced during the year ended December 31, 2021. The total amount deferred for the year ended December 31, 2021 under these approved agreements was $0.6 million. The total amounts of abatements (i.e. rent credits) during the year ended December 31, 2021 was $0.9 million. We did not enter into any additional deferral or abatement agreements during the first and second quarter of 2022.

Our portfolio is primarily comprised of office and retail tenants. We have collected 98% of original cash rent due across our entire portfolio for the second quarter of 2022, including 100% of original cash rent due from our top ten tenants (based on annualized straight-line rent as of June 30, 2022). The original cash rent received across our entire portfolio was consistent with the fourth quarter of 2021 in which we reported total portfolio original cash rent collections of 98% and 97% due for the first quarter of 2022 and fourth quarter of 2021, respectively. We expect our cash rent collections will stay at current levels, however there can be no assurance that we will be able to collect cash rent at these levels in the future. The cash rent collections for the second quarter of 2022 includes cash receipts through July 31, 2022 and therefore is inclusive of cash received in July for rent due in the second quarter of 2022. Such cash receipts are not included in cash and cash equivalents on our June 30, 2022 consolidated balance sheet. “Original cash rent” refers to contractual rents on a cash basis due from tenants as stipulated in their originally executed lease agreement at inception or as amended, prior to any rent deferral agreement. We calculate “original cash rent collections” by comparing the total amount of rent collected during the period to the original cash rent due. Total rent collected during the period includes both original cash rent due and payments made by tenants pursuant to rent deferral agreements.

Also, during the year ended December 31, 2021, we entered into percentage rent leases with a new tenant at our Laurel/Riverside garages which expired in June 2022. In April of 2022, the tenant extended the percentage rent deal that would have expired in October 2022. These percentage rent deals provided us with the opportunity to capture more of the original cash rent due as New York City began rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic, as compared to executing a flat deferral or abatement agreement. As of July 2022, we have subsequently entered into new leases with the tenant which expire in June of 2037.

We may receive requests from tenants for future rent deferrals and abatements. Generally, for tenants with which we have entered into abatement and deferral agreements, we received the deferred amounts when due. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we did not collect any cash rent due from any of the tenants that were moved to a cash basis in 2020, however, we did receive a lease termination fee of $1.4 million in the fourth quarter 2021 relating to our two garages lease to one of the tenants that was placed on a cash basis in 2020. We only had one tenant on a cash basis during the first and second quarters of 2022 at our 8713 Fifth Avenue property that consisted of 2,000 square feet.

Our cash rent collections may not be indicative of any future period and remain subject to changes based ongoing collection efforts and negotiation of additional agreements. Moreover, there is no assurance that we will be able to collect the cash rent that is due in future months including the deferred 2021 rent amounts that we expect to receive during the remainder of 2022 under deferral agreements we have entered into with our tenants. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our tenants and thus our ability to collect rents in future periods cannot be determined at present.

Significant Accounting Estimates and Critical Accounting Policies

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required by new accounting pronouncements discussed below, there have been no material changes from these significant accounting estimates and critical accounting policies.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements to our consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion.

Properties

The following table presents certain information about the investment properties we owned as of June 30, 2022:


Portfolio	Acquisition Date	Number of Properties	Rentable Square Feet	Occupancy			Remaining Lease Term (1)

421 W. 54th Street - Hit Factory	Jun. 2014	1	12,327	—	%		—
400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium	Sept. 2014	1	58,750	100.0	%	(2)	5.0
200 Riverside Boulevard - ICON Garage	Sept. 2014	1	61,475	100.0	%	(2)	15.0
9 Times Square	Nov. 2014	1	167,390	64.3	%	(3)	6.7
123 William Street	Mar. 2015	1	542,676	92.3	%	(3)	6.2
1140 Avenue of the Americas	Jun. 2016	1	242,646	76.1	%		6.1
8713 Fifth Avenue	Oct. 2018	1	17,500	57.1	%	(4)	8.6
196 Orchard Street	Jul. 2019	1	60,297	100.0	%		12.9
		8	1,163,061	84.6	%		7.1

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(1)Calculated on a weighted-average basis as of June 30, 2022, as applicable.

(2)The leases with the original tenant of the garages at both the 200 Riverside Boulevard property and 400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium property were terminated on October 26, 2021 and we simultaneously entered into six-month license agreements with a new operator at the garages at both properties. In October 2021, we signed a termination agreement with the original tenants, which required the tenants to pay an aggregate of $1.4 million in termination fees to us, which was all received during the fourth quarter of 2021. In July 2022, the parties terminated the six-month license agreements and commenced new leases that expire in June 2037.

(3)In January 2021, our former tenant, Knotel, filed for bankruptcy and the leases with this tenant were terminated effective January 31, 2021, which impacted two of our properties. These terminations and new leasing activity in the first half of 2022 represented a net decline of 14.4% in the occupancy of 9 Times Square as of June 30, 2022 compared to December 31, 2020. After taking into account the former Knotel space that has been re-leased as of June 30, 2022, occupancy of 123 William Street has increased 2.0% from December 31, 2020 to June 30, 2022.

(4)Occupancy at 8713 Fifth Avenue as of June 30, 2022 has declined by 11.5% occupied compared to December 31, 2021 as the result of a termination. We signed a new lease in November 2021 and the tenant will occupy the space in the third quarter of 2022 that will partially replace some of the vacated space.

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Results of Operations

As of June 30, 2022 and 2021, our overall portfolio occupancy was 84.6% and 84.5%, respectively. The following table is a summary of our quarterly leasing activity for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022. There were no replacement leases during the quarter ended March 31, 2022 or June 30, 2022.


	Q1 2022		Q2 2022
Leasing activity:
New leases:
New leases commenced	1		1
Total square feet leased	3,940		3,416
Annualized straight-line rent per square foot (1)	$	52.72	$	48.02
Weighted-average lease term (years) (2)	5.3		3







Terminated or expired leases: (4)
Number of leases terminated or expired	—		2
Square feet	—		10,293
Annualized straight-line rent per square foot (2)	$	—	$	60.34

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(1)Represents the GAAP basis annualized straight-line rent that is recognized over the term on the respective leases, which includes free rent, periodic rent increases, and excludes recoveries.

(2)The weighted-average remaining lease term (years) is based on annualized straight-line rent.

In addition to the comparative period-over-period discussions below, please see the “Overview — Management Update on the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic” section above for additional information on the risks and uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and management’s responses.

The Table above does not include the long term licensing arrangement for the two garages see Note 13 - Subsequent Events which did not commence until July 2022.

Comparison of Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021

As of June 30, 2022, we owned eight properties, all of which were acquired prior to January 1, 2021. Our results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2021 primarily reflect changes due to leasing activity and occupancy.

Revenue from Tenants

Revenue from tenants increased $1.3 million to $16.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, from $15.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The increase was due to increased leasing activity of vacant space (primarily 8713 Fifth Ave and 9 Times Square) during the three months ended June 30, 2022 and the addition of $0.2 million of revenue from Innovate NYC, our co-working space at our 1140 Avenue of the Americas property.

Asset and Property Management Fees to Related Parties

We incurred $1.8 million in fees for asset and property management services paid to our Advisor and Property Manager for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021. See Note 9 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements to our consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information on fees incurred from our Advisor and Property Manager. In accordance with the side letter entered into with the Advisor, (the “Side Letter”), the Advisor reinvested base management fees, aggregating $1.5 million, in shares of the Company’s Class A common stock in the second quarter of 2022. For accounting purposes, these shares as issued using the closing price on date of issue and the related expense was $1.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022.

Property Operating Expenses

Property operating expenses remained consistent at $8.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and $8.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021.

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Equity-Based Compensation

Equity-based compensation increased $0.1 million to $2.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $2.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. These amounts primarily related to the amortization of our multi-year outperformance award granted to the Advisor in August 2020 (the “2020 OPP”) which is generally consistent period over period. The increase relates to other stock compensation on restricted share grants which increased to $109,516 from $28,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, due to additional share grants in 2022. See Note 11 — Equity-Based Compensation to our consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further details on the 2020 OPP and restricted shares of common stock.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses increased to $3.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 from $2.0 million for three months ended June 30, 2021. The increase was primarily due to costs incurred in connection with the annual meeting of stockholders and related proxy contest and overall higher costs incurred for labor in the second quarter of 2022. The legal and other costs related to the 2022 proxy were incurred in the second quarter of 2022, while the same costs for the 2021 proxy were incurred in the first quarter of 2021. We also incurred overall higher legal and other costs of approximately $0.6 million, which were attributable to the portion of our 2022 proxy contest materials. We also incurred higher reimbursements to our Advisor for administrative and personnel services (see below).

Total reimbursement expenses for administrative and personnel services provided by the Advisor during the three months ended June 30, 2022 were $0.9 million, of which $0.1 million related to administrative and overhead expenses and $0.7 million related to salaries, wages, and benefits. Pursuant to our advisory agreement, reimbursement for administrative and overhead expenses and reimbursements for salaries, wages, and benefits are subject to annual limits of $2.6 million related to salaries, wages, and benefits and $0.4 million related to administrative and overhead expenses. See Note 9 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements to our consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further details. As of June 30, 2022 we have reached our annual limit of $0.4 million for professional fees and other reimbursements related to administrative, overhead and personnel service expenses paid to the Advisor. In 2021, we reached this limit during the quarter ended September 30, 2021.Total reimbursement expenses for administrative and personnel services provided by the Advisor during the three months ended June 30, 2021 were $0.7 million, of which $0.1 million related to administrative and overhead expenses and $0.7 million related to salaries, wages, and benefits.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense remained the same at $7.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 from $7.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. There have been no new acquisitions during the six months ended June 30, 2022 that would increase the depreciable base.

Interest Expense

Interest expense was $4.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $4.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. the $0.1 million decline was due to the partial pay-down of our loan secured by 9 Times Square in March of 2022. During the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, our weighted-average outstanding debt balance was $399.5 million and $405.0 million, respectively, and had a weighted-average effective interest rate of 4.35% in each period.

Comparison of Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021

As of June 30, 2022, we owned eight properties, all of which were acquired prior to January 1, 2020. Changes in our results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021 was primarily due to a increase in occupancy which increased rental revenue for previously vacant spaces.

Revenue from Tenants

Revenue from tenants increased $1.7 million to $31.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, from $30.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The increase was due to changes in occupancy that increased rent (primarily 8713 Fifth Ave and 9 Times Square) during the six months ended June 30, 2022 and the addition of $0.4 million of revenue from Innovate NYC, our co-working space at our 1140 Avenue of the Americas property.

Asset and Property Management Fees to Related Parties

Fees for asset and property management services paid to our Advisor and Property Manager were $3.7 million and $3.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. See Note 9 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements to our consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information on fees incurred from our Advisor and Property Manager. In accordance with the Side Letter, the Advisor reinvested base management fees, aggregating $1.5 million in shares of the Company’s Class A common stock in the second quarter of 2022. For accounting purposes these shares are issued using the closing price on date of issuance and the related expense was $2.3 million for the six

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months ended June 30, 2022. The advisor may, in the future, request shares in lieu of cash for these fees but is under no obligation to do so (see Note 13 — Subsequent Events — Cash Management Plan to our consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information ).

Property Operating Expenses

Property operating expenses decreased $0.2 million to $16.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 from $17.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. This is due to a increase in other non-reimbursable expenses, such as real estate taxes which are the responsibility of certain tenants that have not reimbursed us for the taxes. As a result, these taxes for the cash-basis tenants have been paid by us during 2022 and 2021. The increase was partially offset by lower legal fees in the current period due to higher activity in the prior year period related to tenant lease amendment negotiations.

Equity-Based Compensation

Equity-based compensation remained consistent at $4.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021. These amounts primarily related to the amortization of our multi-year outperformance award granted to the Advisor in August 2020 (the “2020 OPP”). Approximately $0.1 million of expense was also recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 for the amortization of restricted shares of common stock. See Note 11 — Equity-Based Compensation to our consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further details on the 2020 OPP and restricted shares of common stock.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses increased $1.2 million to $5.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $4.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The increase was primarily due to overall higher legal and other costs of approximately $0.6 million, which were attributable to the portion of our 2022 proxy contest materials, as well as the timing of certain other expenses. We also incurred higher reimbursements to our Advisor for administrative and personnel services (see below).

Total reimbursement expenses for administrative and personnel services provided by the Advisor during the six months ended June 30, 2022 were $2.1 million, of which $0.4 million related to administrative and overhead expenses and $1.7 million were related to salaries, wages, and benefits. During the six months ended June 30, 2021 total reimbursement expenses for administrative and personnel services provided by the Advisor were $1.9 million, of which $0.4 million related to administrative and overhead expenses and $1.6 million were related to salaries, wages, and benefits. Pursuant to our advisory agreement, reimbursement for administrative and overhead expenses and reimbursements for salaries, wages, and benefits are subject to an annual limit. See Note 9 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements to our consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further details. As of June 30, 2022 we have reached our annual limit of $0.4 million for professional fees and other reimbursements related to administrative, overhead and personnel service expenses paid to the Advisor.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $1.5 million to $14.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $15.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The decrease was the result of a lower depreciable/amortizable asset base during the three months ended March 31, 2022 due to impairments, write-offs of lease intangibles and write off of tenant improvements recorded in prior periods. There have been no new acquisitions during the six months ended June 30, 2022 that would increase the depreciable base.

Interest Expense

Interest expense decreased $0.1 million to $9.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, from $9.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The $0.1 million decline was due to the partial pay-down of the loan secured by 9 Times Square in March of 2022. During the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, our weighted average outstanding debt balance was $401.3 million and $405.0 million and had a weighted-average effective interest rate of 4.35% in each period.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

The level of cash flows used in or provided by operating activities is affected by the restricted cash we are required to maintain, the timing of interest payments, the receipt of scheduled rent payments and the level of general, administrative and property operating expenses.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $1.7 million during the six months ended June 30, 2022 and was impacted primarily by a net loss of $22.4 million, adjusted for non-cash items of $21.3 million, including depreciation and amortization of tangible and intangible real estate assets, amortization of deferred financing costs, accretion/amortization of below market and above market lease liabilities and assets, equity-based compensation and management fees reinvested by the Advisor. Net

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cash provided by operating activities also included a decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets of $0.5 million and an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses associated with operating activities of $6.9 million, a decrease in deferred revenue (prepaid rent) of $1.4 million and an increase in straight-line receivable of $2.2 million.

Net used in operating activities was $5.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and consisted primarily of a net loss of $24.6 million, adjusted for non-cash items of $20.1 million, including depreciation and amortization of tangible and intangible real estate assets, amortization of deferred financing costs, accretion/amortization of below market and above market lease liabilities and assets and share-based compensation. Net cash used in operating activities also included a decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets of $0.1 million which reflects both a reduction due to property taxes paid in 2020 that applied to first half of 2021 and an increase, or outflow, for second-half 2021 taxes that were paid in June 2021. In addition, net cash used in operating activities included a decrease related to accounts payable and accrued expenses associated with operating activities of $0.4 million, an increase in deferred revenue (prepaid rent) of $0.4 million and an increase in straight-line receivable of $1.0 million.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities of $1.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2022 consisted of the funding of capital expenditures relating to tenant and building improvements at 123 William Street and 1140 Avenue of the Americas.

Net cash used in investing activities of $1.1 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021 consisted of the funding of capital expenditures relating to tenant and building improvements at 123 William Street and 1140 Avenue of the Americas.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Net cash used by financing activities was $8.3 million during the six months ended June 30, 2022 related to payments on mortgage notes payable of $5.5 million and the payment of dividends on common stock of $2.7 million.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $0.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021 related to net proceeds from the issuance of common stock of $3.4 million, partially offset by the payment of dividends on common stock of $2.6 million and the repurchase of common stock as part of the tender offer completed in January 2021 of $0.2 million.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our principal demands for cash are to fund operating and administrative expenses, capital expenditures, tenant improvement and leasing commission costs related to our properties, our debt service obligations and, subject to capital availability, acquisitions and share repurchases.

On July 1, 2022, we announced that we suspended our policy regarding dividends paid on our Class A common stock, beginning with the dividend that would have been payable for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. As previously disclosed, we recently entered into new or renewal leases with tenants at 9 Times Square, with the entities leasing our parking garages at Laurel/Riverside, and with a tenant at 123 William Street. In connection with this leasing activity, we incurred approximately $3.9 million in tenant improvement costs and leasing commissions (including approximately $0.4 million incurred during the period ended March 31, 2022 with the remainder incurred in 2021), exclusive of free rent. As we continue to proactively increase occupancy at our properties, our board of directors concluded that it was in our best interest to suspend paying dividends to generate additional working capital to fund future leasing and tenant improvement costs and to account for the fact that certain leases include periods of free rent, including one of the recent leases entered with the tenant at 9 Times Square which includes a period of free rent for the first four months of the lease which began in July 2022 and thus a delay in cash flow generated by the lease. Our board of directors plans to reevaluate the dividend policy on a quarterly basis but there is no assurance as to when or if the board will authorize future dividends or the amount of any future dividends.

As of June 30, 2022, we had cash and cash equivalents of $8.1 million as compared to $10.3 million as of March 31, 2022, $11.7 million as of December 31, 2021, $23.2 million as of September 30, 2021, $23.9 million as of June 30, 2021 and $29.4 million as of March 31, 2021. Under the guarantee of certain enumerated recourse liabilities of the borrower under one of our mortgage loans, we are required to maintain a minimum net worth in excess of $175.0 million and minimum liquid assets (i.e. cash and cash equivalents) of $10.0 million, which includes cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, which totaled $20.5 million as of June 30, 2022.

We had restricted cash of $12.4 million as compared to $13.0 million and $16.8 million as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. We are able to use a portion of our restricted cash for certain property operating expenses and capital expenditures. For certain property operating expenses and capital expenditures specifically related to our 9 Times Square and 1140 Avenue of the Americas properties, lender approval is required to use any of the cash that is held in restricted cash accounts resulting from the breach of covenants on loans secured by those properties. As a result, some of the property operating expenses and capital expenditures that will be paid with restricted cash may reside in accounts payable and accrued expenses on our consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2022.

As of June 30, 2022, we had $2.5 million and $5.2 million of cash maintained in segregated and restricted cash accounts resulting from the breach of covenants on loans secured by our 9 Times Square and 1140 Avenue of the Americas properties,

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respectively. We may not access this cash without lender approval unless and until the various breaches have been cured. We entered into a waiver and amendment with the lender for the loan secured by 9 Times Square in March, 2022. As part of this agreement, we were permitted to use the restricted cash which aggregated $5.5 million at the time of the agreement repay principal. Excess cash generated by the property, continues to be deposited in a separate cash management account until the borrower under the loan is able to comply with all of the applicable covenants.

Cash flows from operating activities during the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $1.7 million. We anticipate the need to continue to fund a portion of our operating expenses and capital requirements over the next 12 months with cash on hand, proceeds from our Common Stock ATM Program (as defined below), dispositions if we are able to sell an asset(s) and cash received from the immediate reinvestment by the Advisor of up to $0.5 million of base management fees to be paid to our Advisor in July 2022 (the remaining amount under the $3.0 million in the Side Letter agreement with our Advisor) in shares of our Class A Common stock (see below for details). Our Advisor and the controlling holder of the Advisor, Bellevue Capital Partners, have expressed a desire to invest additional capital in the Company through purchases directly form the Company or accepting Shares in lieu of cash for certain fees or expense reimbursements. See Note 13 — Subsequent Events to our consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on this Form 10-Q for additional information. During the first six months of 2022 the Advisor reinvested $2.5 million, leaving $0.5 million to be invested during the remainder of 2022. In August of 2022, the compensation committee of our board of directors approved the issuance 124,685 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock in lieu of cash for the August 2022 management fee using the 10-day average price of $4.01 per share, which is greater than the minimum price under NYSE rules. This issuance was completed at the Advisor’s request as permitted under Advisory Agreement (see Note 13 - Subsequent Events to our consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on this Form 10-Q). We do not have any significant scheduled debt principal repayments due until 2024, and we believe that we will have sufficient cash available to us to meet our operating cash requirements over the next year. We expect to fund our future capital needs primarily through proceeds from our Common Stock ATM Program (if market conditions allow), unsecured debt offerings, other future debt refinancing or potentially other future equity offerings. We may also fund our future capital needs through a combination of net cash, if any, provided by our current property operations, or the operations of properties that we may acquire in the future and proceeds from property dispositions (if any). There can be no assurance, however, that capital sufficient to meet our capital needs, including from any future debt or equity offerings, will be available to us on favorable terms, or at all.

The negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused and may continue to cause certain of our tenants to be unable to make rent payments to us timely, or at all, and could continue to have, an adverse effect on the amount of cash we receive from our operations and therefore our ability to fund operating expenses and other capital requirements, which, beginning in October 2020 through its suspension in July 2022, include dividends to our common stockholders. Since the third and fourth quarters of 2020, the operating results at 1140 Avenue of the Americas, 9 Times Square, 400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium/200 Riverside Boulevard Garage and 8713 Fifth Avenue properties were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic causing cash trap events under the non-recourse mortgages for those properties to be triggered, as described below. Specifically for these properties, there were early lease terminations, expirations without renewal and a tenant bankruptcy for a significant tenant in the 9 Times Square property (Knotel). Also, the leases with the original tenant of the garages at both the 200 Riverside Boulevard property and 400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium property were terminated on October 26, 2021 with these tenants required them to pay a $1.4 million termination fee to us, which was all received during the fourth quarter of 2021. Concurrently, we simultaneously entered into six-month license agreements with a new operator at both garage properties, and subsequently extended these agreements in April 2022, which were set to expire at the end of October 2022. In July 2022, we terminated the six-month license agreements and commenced new leases that expire in June 2037. However, the Company is now no longer in breach of the covenants for the Laurel/Riverside property because it satisfied the required debt service coverage for the property for each of the two consecutive quarters ended on December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022.

As a result of the breaches at the remaining three properties are operating under cash traps as of June 30, 2022, which together represent 37% of the rentable square feet in our portfolio as of as of June 30, 2022. Thus, we were not be able to use excess cash flow, if any, from the properties to fund operating expenses at our other properties and other capital requirements during the six months ended June 30, 2022, and we will not be able to use excess cash flow from the remaining properties that are under breach to fund operating expenses at our other properties and other capital requirements until the breaches have been cured, which also is not assured. On March 2, 2022 we entered into a waiver and amendment to the mortgage loan secured by our 9 Times Square property, under which the lender agreed to waive any potential existing default that may have existed under the loan as of June 30, 2022, subject to us paying $5.5 million of the principal amount under the loan. This amount was paid on March 3, 2022 using the cash held in a segregated account as of that date, $4.3 million of which was part of our restricted cash balance on our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021. However, the cash trap is still in place as of the date of this report (see below for more details).

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We continue to focus on increasing occupancy of the portfolio by seeking replacement tenants for leases that had expired or otherwise have been terminated. We believe that certain market tenant incentives we have used and expect to continue to use, including free rent periods and tenant improvements, will support our occupancy rate and extend the average duration of our leases upon commencement of executed leases. While we do not receive cash during initial free rent periods, which has impacted and may continue to impact the net cash provided by our property operations in recent periods adversely, we believe this helps position us to negotiate longer, more attractive lease terms by having the flexibility to include such a feature. Our ability to generate net cash from our property operations depends, in part on the amount of additional cash we are able to generate through our leasing initiatives, which is not assured, and on our ability to access any excess cash we are able to generate from properties that are encumbered by mortgages where a cash trap event has occurred (see below for more details), which also is not assured.

Subsequent to December 31, 2021, on February 4, 2022, we entered into a side letter (the “Side Letter”) with the Advisor to the Advisory Agreement. Pursuant to the Side Letter, and subject to the conditions below, the Advisor agreed to, from the date of the Side Letter until August 4, 2022, immediately invest the base management fees and variable management fee (if earned) of the Advisory Agreement in shares of our Class A common stock, in an amount aggregating no more than $3.0 million. The number of shares purchased was based on a 10-day trading average price subject to a to “Minimum Price” as defined in Section 312.04(h) of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual (the “Listed Company Manual”), which minimum price was $10.55 per share. As a result of the Side Letter, we issued 45,372, 43,508, 38,786, 40,247, 47,393 and 47,393 shares of our Class A common stock in February, March, April, May, June and July 2022 in respect of these purchases. Our cash resources were enhanced over the term of the Side Letter by amounts reinvested by the Advisor, as well as the August 2022 issuance completed at the Advisor’s request under the Advisory Agreement (see Note 13 - Subsequent Events to our consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on this Form 10-Q ).

Mortgage Loans

We have six mortgage loans secured by seven of our eight properties with an aggregate balance of $399.5 million as of June 30, 2022 with a weighted-average effective interest rate of 4.35%. All of our mortgage loans bear interest at a fixed rate, except for a mortgage loan agreement secured by Capital One N.A. that has terms now based on SOFR for which we have a related derivative agreement for a “pay-fixed” swap which effectively converts the loan to a fixed rate.

We do not currently have a commitment for a corporate-level revolving credit facility or any other corporate-level indebtedness, and there can be no assurance we would be able to obtain corporate-level financing on favorable terms, or at all. Our only asset that is not serving as collateral for a mortgage is 421 W. 54th Street - Hit Factory, which is unoccupied and therefore unlikely to be accepted as collateral for a new mortgage loan. See “-Acquisitions and Dispositions” section below for further detail on this property. We do not currently anticipate incurring additional indebtedness secured by our existing properties, however, despite a tightening of the credit markets, we expect to be able to continue to use debt financing as a source of capital especially if we acquire additional properties.

We do not have any scheduled principal payments due on our mortgage notes payable for the year ending December 31, 2022. As noted, herein (below), however, we did repay $5.5 million of principal on the loan secured by our 9 Times Square property during the first quarter of 2022.

9 Times Square

We breached both a debt service coverage and a debt yield covenant under the non-recourse mortgage loan secured by 9 Times Square for each of the quarters in the year ended December 31, 2020, through December 31, 2021. The debt service coverage and debt yield covenants are calculated quarterly using the 12 preceding months. The principal amount of the loan was $49.5 million as of June 30, 2022. The breaches, through the fourth consecutive quarter (September 31, 2021), while not events of default, required us to enter into a cash management period requiring all rents and other revenue of the property, if any, to be held in a segregated account as additional collateral under the loan. Thereafter, the contract provided for specific financial remedies to be completed or the loan would be in default. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 there was $2.5 million and $4.3 million, respectively, of cash trapped under the loan being held in the cash management account, which was classified in restricted cash on our consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

On March 2, 2022 we entered into a waiver and amendment to this mortgage loan, under which the lender agreed to waive any potential existing default that may have existed under the loan, subject to us paying $5.5 million of the principal amount under the loan. To fund the payment, which was made on March 3, 2022, we were permitted to use $5.5 million that was being held in a cash management account as of that date, $4.3 million of which was part of our restricted cash balance on its consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021.

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second quarter of 2022 and amends the spreads to 1.60% from 1.50%, per annum. The previously existing “pay fixed” interest swap that was designated as a cash flow hedge on the 9 Times Square mortgage was terminated in conjunction with the modification described above. A new swap was entered into for a notional value that aligns with the remaining principal balance owed on the mortgage using a new SOFR effective rate.

With the waiver as of September 30, 2021, we are permitted to be in breach for up to four consecutive quarters without causing an event of default. While we also breached the debt service coverage and debt yield covenant as of December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022, we expect that we will not be in breach as of June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2022. As a result, we will have two consecutive quarters that it will not be in breach and, at such time, we will be able to request to exit the cash trap. The maintenance the separate cash management account described above will remain a requirement until we are able to comply with all of the applicable covenants. As of June 30, 2022, there was $2.5 million held in a cash management account which was part of our restricted cash balance on its consolidated balance sheet.

We expect that we will not be in breach as of June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2022, however if we were in breach, we may remain in breach of the covenants through the reporting of third quarter of 2022 results at which time, if we remain in breach, we will again enter the right sizing period which would require us to (i) repay a portion of the loan or (ii) provide the lenders with additional collateral in the form of cash or a letter of credit, in each case in an amount sufficient to cure the covenant breaches when applied as a reduction of the loan balance. There is no assurance that we will be able to cure the breaches before such time, which could result in the lender accelerating the principal amount due under the loan and exercising other remedies including foreclosing on the property. Further, funding any substantial principal repayment would significantly impact our capital resources which could have a material adverse effect on our ability to fund our operating expenses (including debt service obligations), acquisitions, capital expenditures and dividends to the holders of shares of our Class A common stock. The agreement governing this loan requires us to maintain $10.0 million in liquid assets, which includes cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, which totaled $20.5 million as of June 30, 2022.

1140 Avenue of the Americas

We breached both a debt service coverage provision and a reserve fund provision under our non-recourse mortgage secured by the 1140 Avenue of the Americas property in each of the last eight quarters ended June 30, 2022. The debt service coverage covenant is calculated quarterly using the 12 preceding months. The principal amount of the loan was $99.0 million as of June 30, 2022. These breaches are not events of default, rather they require excess cash, if any, generated at the property (after paying operating costs, debt service and capital/tenant replacement reserves) to be held in a segregated account as additional collateral under the loan. The covenants for this loan may be cured if we satisfy the required debt service coverage ratio for two consecutive quarters, whereupon the additional collateral will be released. We can remain subject to this reserve requirement through maturity of the loan without further penalty or ramifications. As of June 30, 2022, we had $5.2 million in cash that is retained by the lender and maintained in restricted cash on our consolidated balance sheet.

400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium/200 Riverside Boulevard - Icon Garage

We breached a debt service coverage covenant under the non-recourse mortgage loan secured by 400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium/200 Riverside Boulevard - Icon Garage in the first, second and third quarters of 2021. We satisfied the debt service coverage covenant for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022. The debt service coverage covenant is calculated quarterly using the 12 preceding months.

The principal amount of the loan was $50.0 million as of June 30, 2022. The two previous parking garage tenants at this property had not paid rent in accordance with their lease agreements for 19 months and were placed on a cash basis in the fourth quarter of 2020. On October 26, 2021, we signed a termination agreement with these tenants, which required the tenants to pay us a $1.4 million termination payment, which was received during the fourth quarter of 2021. The $1.4 million in cash received for the lease termination fee was deposited into a cash management account and was originally classified in restricted cash on our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021, and it was subsequently reclassified to cash and cash equivalents on our consolidated balance sheet in the first quarter of 2022 (see below for more information). Also, upon the signing of the termination agreement, we simultaneously entered into six-month license agreements with a new operator at both garage properties, and subsequently, in July 2022, we terminated the six-month license agreements and commenced new leases with the tenants that expire in June 2037.

Our breaches of the debt services coverage covenant were not events of default but rather required us to enter into a cash management period requiring all rents and other revenue of the property, if any, to be held in a segregated account as additional collateral under the loan, whereby it could have remained subject to this reserve requirement through maturity of the loan without further penalty or ramifications. However, we are now no longer in breach of the covenants for Laurel/Riverside because we satisfied the required debt service coverage for the property for each of the two consecutive quarters ended on December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022, which ended the cash management period. We have also satisfied the debt service coverage for the period June 30, 2022. Accordingly, the $1.4 million, which was classified in restricted cash on our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021, was reclassified to cash and cash equivalents on our consolidated balance sheet during the first quarter of 2022.

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8713 Fifth Avenue

We breached a debt service coverage ratio covenant under the non-recourse mortgage secured by 8713 Fifth Avenue during the second, third and fourth quarters of 2021 and the first and second quarters of 2022, respectively. The debt service coverage covenant is calculated quarterly using the 12 preceding months. The principal amount for the loan was $10.0 million as of June 30, 2022. The breach of this covenant did not result in an event of default but rather triggered an excess cash flow sweep period. We have the ability to avoid the excess cash flow sweep period by electing to fund a reserve in the amount of $125,000 of additional collateral in cash or as a letter of credit. As of June 30, 2022, we had not yet determined whether it will do so. We also have the ability to continue to avoid an excess cash flow sweep period by funding an additional $125,000 each quarter until the covenant breaches are cured in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement. If we do not elect to continue to fund the $125,000 additional collateral in a subsequent quarter, then the excess flow sweep period would commence in such quarter and continue until the covenant breaches are cured in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement. Additionally, in the event that the debt service coverage ratio covenant remains in breach at or below the current level for two consecutive calendar quarters and the lender reasonably determines that such breach is due to the property not being prudently managed by the current manager, the lender has the right, but not the obligation, to require that we replace the current manager with a third party manager chosen by us. As of June 30, 2022, no cash was trapped related to this property. We signed a lease with a new tenant at this property in November 2021 and we expect the new tenant to occupy the space in the third quarter of 2022, which will bring the occupancy at this property back to 100%.

Other Information

We entered into one new lease at 9 Times Square that represents over 3,400 square feet during the six months ended June 30, 2022. We are working to find new tenants to replace the portion of the space previously leased to Knotel at 123 William Street that has not yet been re-leased and to increase the rental income at our 1140 Avenue of the Americas and 9 Times Square properties through leasing activity. There can be no assurance, however, that we will be able to lease all or any portion of our currently vacant space at any property on acceptable or favorable terms, or at all, or that we will not experience further terminations. Unless we are able to increase the occupancy at the properties described herein on terms that allow us to cure the covenant breaches described above, we will be unable to access excess cash flow from those properties and the lenders may be able to exercise additional remedies.

Any cash that is restricted for these breaches (as disclosed above) is not available to be used for other corporate purposes. There is no assurance that we will be able to cure these breaches. Moreover, if we experience additional lease terminations, due to tenant bankruptcies or otherwise, or tenants placed on a cash basis continue to not pay rent, it is possible that certain of the covenants on other loans may be breached and we may also become restricted from accessing excess cash flows from those properties. Except as described herein, we were in compliance with the remaining covenants under our mortgage notes payable as of June 30, 2022.

Common Stock ATM Program

On October 1, 2020, we entered into an equity distribution agreement, pursuant to which we may, from time to time, offer, issue and sell to the public, through our sales agents, shares of Class A common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $250.0 million in an “at the market” equity offering program (the “Common Stock ATM Program”). During the six months ended June 30, 2022, we did not sell any shares of our Class A common stock under the Common Stock ATM Program.

Repurchase Program

Our board of directors adopted a resolution authorizing consideration of share repurchases of up to $100.0 million of shares of Class A common stock over a long-term period following the listing of our Class A common stock on the NYSE. Actual repurchases would be reviewed and approved by our board of directors based on management recommendations taking into consideration all information available at the specific time including our available cash resources (including the ability to borrow), market capitalization, trading price of our Class A common stock, state law considerations and other contractual or regulatory limitations and capital availability. Repurchases, if approved by our board of directors would typically be made on the open market in accordance with SEC rules creating a safe harbor for issuer repurchases but may also occur in privately negotiated transactions. Our board of directors has not considered or authorized any repurchases since the adoption of the initial resolution. As of June 30, 2022, we also had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $8.1 million. We are also subject to a covenant under one of our mortgage loans requiring us to maintain minimum liquid assets (i.e. cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash) of $10.0 million.

Tender Offer

On December 28, 2020, in response to an unsolicited offer to our stockholders, we commenced a tender offer to purchase up to 65,000 shares of Class B common stock for cash at a purchase price equal to $7.00 per share. The offer expired on January 27, 2021, and we purchased 26,236 shares of Class B common stock for a total cost of approximately $0.2 million, including fees and expenses relating to the tender offer, with cash on hand in February 2021.

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Leasing Activity/Occupancy

We had an occupancy level of 84.6% across our portfolio as of June 30, 2022, as compared to 82.9% as of December 31, 2021. The significant occupancy changes were as follows:

•Occupancy at 9 Times Square increased to 64.3% as of June 30, 2022, compared to 59.3% as of December 31, 2021. The increase was due to new leases signed during the six months ended June 30, 2022.

•Occupancy at 123 William Street increased to 92.3% as of June 30, 2022, compared to 90.8% as of December 31, 2021. The increase was due to new leases signed during the six months ended June 30, 2022.

Capital Expenditures

For the six months ended June 30, 2022, we funded an aggregate of $1.4 million of capital expenditures primarily related to tenant and building improvements at 123 William Street, 9 Times Square and 1140 Avenue of the Americas. The capital expenditures for the six months ended June 30, 2021 of $1.1 million were primarily related to improvements at 123 William Street and 1140 Avenue of the Americas. We may invest in additional capital expenditures to further enhance the value of our properties. Additionally, many of our lease agreements with tenants include provisions for tenant improvement allowances. The amount we invest in capital expenditures during the full year 2022, including amounts we are, or expect to be, contractually obligated to fund under new or replacement leases, will likely be in-line with the amount invested in 2021 of $3.4 million. We funded our capital expenditures during the six months ended June 30, 2022 from cash on hand consisting of proceeds from previous financings and, cash retained from the Advisor reinvesting their base management fees in shares of our common stock (as discussed above) over the six-month period from February to July 2022. The economic uncertainty created by the COVID-19 global pandemic has impacted and could continue to impact our decisions on the amount and timing of future capital expenditures.

Acquisitions and Dispositions

We had no acquisitions or dispositions during the three months ended June 30, 2022.

We also continue to evaluate our strategic alternatives for our 421 W. 54th Street - Hit Factory property, which includes marketing the property for sale. The sole tenant terminated its lease early and vacated the space during the second quarter of 2018.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This section discusses the non-GAAP financial measures we use to evaluate our performance, including Funds from Operations (“FFO”), Core Funds from Operations (“Core FFO”) and Cash Net Operating Income (“Cash NOI”). A description of these non-GAAP measures and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, which is net income (loss), is provided below.

Funds from Operations and Core Funds from Operations

Funds from Operations

Due to certain unique operating characteristics of real estate companies, as discussed below, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), an industry trade group, has promulgated a performance measure known as FFO, which we believe to be an appropriate supplemental measure to reflect the operating performance of a REIT. FFO is not equivalent to net income or loss as determined under GAAP.

We calculate FFO, a non-GAAP measure, consistent with the standards established over time by the Board of Governors of NAREIT, as restated in a White Paper and approved by the Board of Governors of NAREIT effective in December 2018 (the “White Paper”). The White Paper defines FFO as net income or loss computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding depreciation and amortization related to real estate, gains and losses from sales of certain real estate assets, gain and losses from change in control and impairment write-downs of certain real estate assets and investments in entities when the impairment is directly attributable to decreases in the value of depreciable real estate held by the entity. Adjustments for consolidated partially-owned entities (including our OP) and equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates are made to arrive at our proportionate share of FFO attributable to our stockholders. Our FFO calculation complies with NAREIT’s definition.

The historical accounting convention used for real estate assets requires straight-line depreciation of buildings and improvements, and straight-line amortization of intangibles, which implies that the value of a real estate asset diminishes predictably over time. We believe that, because real estate values historically rise and fall with market conditions, including inflation, interest rates, unemployment and consumer spending, presentations of operating results for a REIT using historical accounting for depreciation and certain other items may be less informative. Historical accounting for real estate involves the use of GAAP. Any other method of accounting for real estate such as the fair value method cannot be construed to be any more accurate or relevant than the comparable methodologies of real estate valuation found in GAAP. Nevertheless, we believe that the use of FFO, which excludes the impact of real estate related depreciation and amortization, among other things, provides a more complete understanding of our performance to investors and to management, and when compared year over year, reflects

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the impact on our operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, operating costs, general and administrative expenses, and interest costs, which may not be immediately apparent from net income.

Core Funds from Operations

Beginning in the third quarter 2020, following the listing of our Class A common stock on the NYSE, we began presenting Core FFO, also a non-GAAP metric. We have presented prior periods on a comparable basis so that the metric is useful to the users of our financial statements. We believe that Core FFO is utilized by other publicly-traded REITs although Core FFO presented by us may not be comparable to Core FFO reported by other REITs that define Core FFO differently. In calculating Core FFO, we start with FFO, then we exclude the impact of discrete non-operating transactions and other events which we do not consider representative of the comparable operating results of our real estate operating portfolio, which is our core business platform. Specific examples of discrete non-operating items include acquisition and transaction related costs for dead deals, debt extinguishment costs, non-cash equity-based compensation and costs incurred for the 2022 proxy that were specifically related to the portion of our 2022 proxy contest materials. We add back non-cash write-offs of deferred financing costs and prepayment penalties incurred with the early extinguishment of debt which are included in net income but are considered financing cash flows when paid in the statement of cash flows. We consider these write-offs and prepayment penalties to be capital transactions and not indicative of operations. By excluding expensed acquisition and transaction dead deal costs as well as non-operating costs, we believe Core FFO provides useful supplemental information that is comparable for each type of real estate investment and is consistent with management’s analysis of the investing and operating performance of our properties. In future periods, we may also exclude other items from Core FFO that we believe may help investors compare our results.

The table below reflects the items deducted or added to net loss in our calculation of FFO and Core FFO for the periods presented.


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2022		2021		2022		2021
Net loss attributable to common stockholders (in accordance with GAAP)	$	(11,273)	$	(11,052)	$	(22,378)	$	(24,587)

Depreciation and amortization	7,041		7,023		14,022		15,549

FFO (deficit) (As defined by NAREIT) attributable to common stockholders	(4,232)		(4,029)		(8,356)		(9,038)

Equity-based compensation (1)	2,201		2,120		4,321		4,235

Expenses attributable to portion of 2022 proxy contest (2)	555		—		555		—
Core FFO (deficit) attributable to common stockholders	$	(1,476)	$	(1,909)	$	(3,480)	$	(4,803)

(1) Includes expense related to the amortization of the Company's restricted common shares and LTIP Units related to its multi-year outperformance agreement for all periods presented. Management has not added back the cost of shares issued to the Advisor under the Side Letter to reinvest their management fees because such amounts are considered a normal operating expense. Such amounts included in net loss were $1.3 million and $2.3 million for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2022, respectively.

(2) Amount relates to costs incurred for the 2022 proxy that were specifically related to the portion of our 2022 proxy contest materials. We do not consider these expenses to be part of its normal operating performance and has, accordingly, increased its Core FFO for this amount.

Cash Net Operating Income

Cash NOI is a non-GAAP financial measure equal to net income (loss), the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, less income from investment securities and interest, plus general and administrative expenses, acquisition and transaction-related expenses, depreciation and amortization, other non-cash expenses and interest expense. In calculating Cash NOI, we also eliminate the effects of straight-lining of rent and the amortization of above- and below-market leases. Cash NOI should not be considered an alternative to net income (loss) as an indication of our performance or to cash flows as a measure of our liquidity.

We use Cash NOI internally as a performance measure and believe Cash NOI provides useful information to investors regarding our financial condition and results of operations because it reflects only those income and expense items that are incurred at the property level. Therefore, we believe Cash NOI is a useful measure for evaluating the operating performance of our real estate assets and to make decisions about resource allocations. Further, we believe Cash NOI is useful to investors as performance measures because, when compared across periods, Cash NOI reflects the impact on operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, operating costs and acquisition activity on an unlevered basis. Cash NOI excludes certain components from net income in order to provide results that are more closely related to a property’s results of operations. For example, interest expense is not linked to the operating performance of a real estate asset and Cash NOI is not affected by whether the financing is at the property level or corporate level. In addition, depreciation and amortization, because of historical cost accounting and useful life estimates, may distort operating performance at the property level. Cash NOI presented by us may not be comparable to Cash NOI reported by other REITs that define Cash NOI differently. We believe that in order to

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facilitate a clear understanding of our operating results, Cash NOI should be examined in conjunction with net income (loss) as presented in our consolidated financial statements.

The table below reflects the items deducted or added to net loss in our calculation of Cash NOI for the periods presented.


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2022		2021		2022		2021
Net loss (in accordance with GAAP)	$	(11,273)	$	(11,052)	$	(22,378)	$	(24,587)
Depreciation and amortization	7,041		7,023		14,022		15,549
Interest expense	4,703		4,763		9,418		9,476


Equity-based compensation	2,201		2,120		4,321		4,235
Other expense	(2)		(31)		35		(39)
Asset and property management fees to related parties	1,785		1,847		3,707		3,754
General and administrative	3,506		1,984		5,904		4,716

Accretion of below- and amortization of above-market lease liabilities and assets, net	(50)		(225)		(101)		(440)
Straight-line rent (revenue as a lessor)	(930)		(438)		(2,233)		(1,078)
Straight-line ground rent (expense as lessee)	27		26		54		54
Cash NOI	$	7,008	$	6,017	$	12,749	$	11,640

Dividends

We are required to distribute annually at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard for the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains. A tax loss for a particular year eliminates the need to distribute REIT taxable income to meet the 90% distribution requirement for that year and may minimize or eliminate the need to pay distributions in order to meet the distribution requirement in one or more subsequent years. We had a loss for tax purposes in 2021 and therefore there was no REIT taxable income requiring distribution to maintain our qualification as a REIT in 2021.

During the six months ended June 30, 2022 and year ended December 31 2021, we paid dividends to our common stockholders at our current annual rate of $0.40 per share of common stock or $0.10 per share quarterly.

Decisions regarding the frequency and amount of any future dividends we pay on our common stock will remain at all times entirely at the discretion of our board of directors, which reserves the right to change our dividend policy at any time and for any reason. Our ability to pay dividends in the future depends on our ability to operate profitably and to generate sufficient cash flows from the operations of our existing properties and any properties we may acquire. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to pay dividends on a regular basis on our common stock or any other class or series of stock we may issue in the future. The amount of dividends payable to our stockholders is determined by our board of directors and is dependent on a number of factors, including funds available for dividends, our financial condition, provisions in our loans and any agreement we are party to that may restrict our ability to pay dividends or repurchase shares, capital expenditure requirements, as applicable, requirements of Maryland law and annual distribution requirements needed to maintain our status as a REIT. Our net cash provided by operating activities was approximately $1.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, we paid dividends of $2.7 million. These dividend payments were funded from cash from operations and cash on hand.

The following table shows the sources for the payment of dividends to holders of common stock and distributions to holders of LTIP Units for the periods indicated:

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	Three Months Ended				Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 31, 2022				June 30, 2022				June 30, 2022
(In thousands)			Percentage of Dividends				Percentage of Dividends						Percentage of Dividends
Dividends and Distributions:
Dividends to holders of common stock	$	1,329			$	1,341				$	2,670
Distributions to holders of LTIP Units	40				40					80
Total dividends and distributions	$	1,369			$	1,381				$	2,750

Source of dividend coverage:
Cash flows provided by operations	$	1,369	100	%	$	—	—	%		$	1,737	(1)	63	%
Available cash on hand	—		—	%	1,381		100	%		1,013		(1)	37	%
Total sources of dividend and distribution coverage	$	1,369	100	%	$	1,381	100	%		$	2,750		100	%

Cash flows provided by operations (GAAP basis) (2)	$	2,178			$	(441)				$	1,737

Net loss attributable to common stockholders (in accordance with GAAP)	$	(11,105)			$	(11,273)				$	(22,378)

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(1) Year-to-date totals may not equal the sum of the quarters. Each quarter and year-to-date period is evaluated separately for purposes of this table.

(2) During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Advisor reinvested base management fees, aggregating approximately $2.5 million, which is included as a component of cash flows from operations.

Election as a REIT

We elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Code, effective for our taxable year ended December 31, 2014. We believe that, commencing with such taxable year, we have been organized and have operated in a manner so that we qualify as a REIT under the Code. We intend to continue to operate in such a manner but can provide no assurances that we will operate in a manner so as to remain qualified as a REIT. To continue to qualify as a REIT, we must distribute annually at least 90% of our

REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP) determined without regard for the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains, and comply with a number of other organizational and operational requirements. If we continue to qualify as a REIT, we generally will not be subject to U.S. federal corporate income

tax on the portion of our REIT taxable income that we distribute to our stockholders. Even if we qualify as a REIT, we may be subject to certain state and local taxes on our income and properties as well as U.S. federal income and excise taxes on our undistributed income. A tax loss for a particular year eliminates the need to distribute REIT taxable income to meet the 90% distribution requirement for that year and may minimize or eliminate the need to pay distributions in order to meet the distribution requirement in one or more subsequent years. We had a loss for tax purposes in 2021 and therefore there was no REIT taxable income requiring distribution to maintain our qualification as a REIT in 2021.

Inflation

We may be adversely impacted by inflation on the leases that do not contain indexed escalation provisions, or those leases which have escalations at rates which do not exceed or approximate current inflation rates. As of June 30, 2022, the increase to the 12-month CPI for all items, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was 9.1%. To help mitigate the adverse impact of inflation, approximately 86% of our leases with our tenants contain rent escalation provisions which increase the cash rent that is due over time by an average cumulative increase of 2.28% per year. These provisions generally increase rental rates during the terms of the leases either at fixed rates or other measures. As of June 30, 2022 approximately 86% based on straight line rent are fixed-rate, and 14% do not contain any escalation provisions.

In addition, we may be required to pay costs for maintenance and operation of properties which may adversely impact our results of operations due to potential increases in costs and operating expenses resulting from inflation. However, to the extent such costs exceed the tenants base year, certain but not all of our leases require the tenant to pay its allocable share of operating expenses, which may include common area maintenance costs, real estate taxes and insurance. This may reduce our exposure to increases in costs and operating expenses resulting from inflation. As the costs of general goods and services continue to rise, we may be adversely impacted by increases in general and administrative costs due to overall inflation.

Related-Party Transactions and Agreements

See Note 9 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements to our consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have had or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

There has been no material change in our exposure to market risk during the six months ended June 30, 2022. For a discussion of our exposure to market risk, refer to Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk,” contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

In accordance with Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded, as of the end of such period, that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, on a timely basis, information required to be disclosed by us in our reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act.

No change occurred in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the three months ended June 30, 2022 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we are not a party to any material pending legal proceedings.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

There have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and we direct your attention to those risk factors, other than those disclosed below:

Actual or threatened terrorist attacks and other acts of violence, civilian unrest or war may affect the markets in which we operate our business and our profitability.

All our properties are located in New York City, which is a major metropolitan areas that is susceptible to terrorist attack or damage. Because many of our properties are open to the public, they are exposed to a number of incidents that may take place within or around their premises and that are beyond our control or ability to prevent. If an act of terror, a mass shooting or other violence were to occur, we may lose tenants or be forced to close one or more of our properties for some time. If any of these incidents were to occur, the relevant property could face material damage to its image and the revenues generated therefrom. In addition, we may be exposed to civil liability and be required to indemnify the victims, and our insurance premiums could rise in a material amount.

Furthermore, on February 24, 2022, Russian troops invaded Ukraine starting a military conflict, the length and breadth of which is highly unpredictable. Coupled with existing supply disruptions and changes in Federal Reserve policies on interest rates, this war has exacerbated, and may continue to exacerbate, inflation and significant volatility in commodity prices, credit and capital markets, as well as supply chain disruptions.

The U.S., the European Union, and other countries, as well as other public and private actors and companies have imposed sanctions and other penalties on Russia including removing Russian-based financial institutions from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication payment system and restricted imports of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas and coal. The sanctions have caused supply disruptions in the oil and gas markets and could continue to cause significant increases in energy prices, which could have a material effect on inflation and may trigger a recession in the U.S. and Europe, among other areas.

These and other sanctions that may be imposed as well as the ongoing conflict could further adversely affect the global economy and financial markets and cause further instability negatively impacting liquidity in the capital markets and potentially making it more difficult for us to access additional debt or equity financing on attractive terms in the future.

The United States government has warned of the potential risk of Russian cyberattacks, which may create market volatility and economic uncertainty particularly if these attacks occur and spread to a broad array of countries and networks.

Any actual or threatened terrorist activity or violent criminal acts, including terrorist acts against public institutions or buildings or modes of public transportation (including airlines, trains or buses) could have a negative effect on our business, the value of our properties and our results of operations. More generally, any terrorist attack, other act of violence or war, including armed conflicts, could result in increased volatility in, or damage to, the worldwide financial markets and economy, including demand for properties and availability of financing. Increased economic volatility could adversely affect our tenants’ abilities to conduct their operations profitably or our ability to access capital markets.

Certain provisions in our bylaws and agreements may deter, delay or prevent a change in our control.

Provisions contained in our bylaws may deter, delay or prevent a change in control of our board of directors, including, for example, provisions requiring qualifications for an individual to serve as a director and a requirement that certain of our directors be “Managing Directors” and other directors be “Independent Directors,” as defined in our governing documents. As changes occur in the marketplace for corporate governance policies, the provisions may change, be removed, or new ones may be added

The limit on the number of shares a person may own may discourage a third party from acquiring us in a manner that might result in a premium price to our stockholders.

Our charter, with certain exceptions, authorizes our directors to take such actions as are necessary and desirable to preserve our qualification as a REIT. Unless exempted (prospectively or retroactively) by our board of directors, no person may own more than 6.0% in value of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of our stock or more than 6.0% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of shares of our stock. This restriction may, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us, including an extraordinary transaction (such as a merger, tender offer or sale of all or substantially all our assets) that might provide a premium price for holders of our Class A common stock.

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The share ownership restrictions for REITs and the 6.0% share ownership limit in our charter may inhibit market activity in shares of our stock and restrict our business combination opportunities.

In order to qualify as a REIT, five or fewer individuals, as defined in the Code, may not own, actually or constructively, more than 50% in value of the issued and outstanding shares of our stock at any time during the last half of each taxable year, other than the first year for which a REIT election is made. Attribution rules in the Code determine if any individual or entity actually or constructively owns shares of our stock under this requirement. Additionally, at least 100 persons must beneficially own shares of our stock during at least 335 days of a taxable year for each taxable year, other than the first year for which a REIT election is made. To help ensure that we meet these tests, among other purposes, our charter restricts the acquisition and ownership of shares of our stock.

Our charter, with certain exceptions, authorizes our directors to take such actions as are necessary and desirable to preserve our qualification as a REIT while we so qualify. Unless exempted by our board of directors, for so long as we qualify as a REIT, our charter prohibits, among other limitations on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock, any person from beneficially or constructively owning (applying certain attribution rules under the Code) more than 6.0% in value of the aggregate outstanding shares of stock and more than 6.0% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of the outstanding shares of our stock. Our board of directors may not grant an exemption from these restrictions to any proposed transferee whose ownership in excess of the 6.0% ownership limit would result in the termination of our qualification as a REIT. These restrictions on transferability and ownership will not apply, however, if our board of directors determines that it is no longer in our best interests to continue to qualify as a REIT or that compliance with the restrictions is no longer required in order for us to continue to so qualify as a REIT

These ownership limits or certain waivers therefrom such as the waivers granted to Bellevue and its affiliates may impact the desire of investors to purchase our shares and could delay or prevent a transaction or a change in control that might involve a premium price for shares of our stock or otherwise be in the best interests of the stockholders.

The stockholder rights plan adopted by our board of directors may discourage a third party from acquiring us in a manner that might result in a premium price to our stockholders.

Our board of directors has adopted a stockholder rights plan that will expire in August 2025 unless further extended by our board. If a person or entity, together with its affiliates and associates, acquires beneficial ownership of 4.9% or more of our then outstanding common stock, subject to certain exceptions (including our board’s right to grant waivers), each right would entitle its holder (other than the acquirer, its affiliates and associates) to purchase a fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock. In addition, under certain circumstances, we may exchange the rights (other than rights beneficially owned by the acquirer, its affiliates and associates), in whole or in part, for shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis. The stockholder rights plan could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us or a large block of our Class A common stock without the approval of our board or directors, which may discourage a third party from acquiring us in a manner that might result in a premium price to our stockholders. These rights may not be exercised if, in the judgment of our board of directors based on the advice of counsel, the exercise could result in us failing to qualify as a REIT.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds of Registered Securities.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

On February 4, 2022, we entered into a side letter (the “Side Letter”) with the Advisor to the Advisory Agreement. Pursuant to the Side Letter, and subject to the conditions below, the Advisor agreed to, from the date of the Side Letter until August 4, 2022, immediately invest the base management fees and variable management fee (if earned) of the Advisory Agreement in shares of our Class A common stock (the “Shares”), in an amount aggregating no more than $3.0 million. We will be obligated to issue up to $3.0 million of Shares to the Advisor pursuant to, and subject to, the terms of the Side Letter. Each issuance of Shares pursuant to the Side Letter will be made in reliance on the exemption from registration in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

The Advisor reinvested base management fees of $1.5 million in our common shares during the three months ended June 30, 2022 for 126,426 shares of our Class A Common Stock and an additional $0.5 million during the period subsequent to June 30, 2022 through the date of this 10-Q filing for 47,393 shares of our Class A Common Stock.

Use of Proceeds from Sales of Registered Securities

None.

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

None.

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Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.

Waiver Agreements.

On August 10 2022, the Company’s board of directors granted (i) a waiver from the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit, as defined and contained in Section 5.7 of the Company’s charter, to permit each of Bellevue Capital Partners, LLC, which is an entity that controls the Advisor (“Bellevue”), the Advisor, entities controlled by Bellevue and their respective affiliates and certain other entities and individuals who would be treated as Beneficially Owning or Constructively Owning (each as defined in the Charter) Shares held by either or both of Bellevue and the Advisor to Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares in an amount up to 21% of the outstanding Shares (subject to certain constraints for each such entity and individual on the total actual ownership of Shares by such entities and individuals that equals 21% of the outstanding Shares in the aggregate), to the extent and on the terms set forth in each ownership limit waiver agreement (collectively, the “Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements”); and (ii) a waiver from the provisions contained in Section 1.1 of the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated August 17, 2020 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated August 12, 2021, and Amendment No. 2, dated August 10, 2022, the “Rights Plan”), to permit each party to the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements to Beneficially Own (as defined in the Rights Plan) Shares to the maximum extent allowed by the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements without being deemed an “Acquiring Person” under Section 1.1 of the Rights Plan, subject to the terms set forth in the rights plan waiver agreement (the “Rights Plan Waiver Agreement,” and together with the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements, the “Waiver Agreements”). The terms and conditions of the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreements entered into with each of these entities or individuals are the same except for the actual number of Shares the entities or individuals may own or acquire. In no event may the number of Shares Beneficially Owned or Constructively Owned by these entities and individuals exceed 21% of the outstanding Shares. All other terms and conditions contained in the Company’s charter will otherwise continue to apply to the Shares that the entities or individuals may own or acquire. The Company has been advised that any further purchases will only be made by Bellevue and the Advisor. A copy of the Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreement granted to the Advisor is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1. A copy of the Rights Plan Waiver Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2. In connection with the Waiver Agreements, the Company will file a Certificate of Notice reflecting the decrease in the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit (as defined in the Company’s charter) for all other stockholders of the Company that are not otherwise Excepted Holders (as defined in the Company’s charter).

The foregoing summary of the material terms of the Waiver Agreements does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Waiver Agreements filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Certificate of Notice

On August 10, 2022, pursuant to Section 5.7(ii)(h) of the Company’s charter, the Company’s board of directors adopted resolutions decreasing the Aggregate Share Ownership Limit (as defined in the Company’s charter) from 7.0% to 6.0% in value of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of the Company’s stock and from 7.0% to 6.0% (in value or in number of shares of the Company’s stock, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of shares of the Company’s stock for all other stockholders of the Company that are not otherwise Excepted Holders (as defined in the Company’s charter). The Company will file with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland a Certificate of Notice reflecting the decrease in the ownership limits described above (the “Certificate of Notice”).

The foregoing summary of the material terms of the Certificate of Notice does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Certificate of Notice which is attached as Exhibit 4.2 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and incorporated herein by reference.

Stockholder Rights Plan Amendment

On August 10, 2022, we amended our rights agreement with Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent, solely to extend the expiration date of the rights under the stockholder rights plan from August 16, 2022 to August 18, 2025, unless earlier exercised, exchanged, amended, redeemed, or terminated. Please see Note 7-Stockholders’ Equity-Stockholder Rights Plan to our consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion of our stockholder rights plan.

The foregoing description of the material terms of the amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the amendment, which is filed as an exhibit to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 6. Exhibits.

The following exhibits are included, or incorporated by reference, in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2022 (and are numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K).


Exhibit No.						Description
3.1 (1)						Articles of Amendment and Restatement
3.2 (2)						Articles of Amendment relating to corporate name change
3.3 (1)						Amended and Restated Bylaws of New York City REIT, Inc.
3.4 (3)						Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of New York City REIT, Inc.
3.5 (4)						Articles of Amendment relating to reverse stock split
3.6 (4)						Articles of Amendment relating to par value decrease and common stock name change
3.7 (4)						Articles Supplementary classifying and designating Class B common stock
3.8 (5)						Articles Supplementary classifying and designating Series A Preferred Stock
3.9 (6)						Articles Supplementary reclassifying Class B common stock into Class A common stock
3.10 (7)						Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of New York City REIT, Inc.
4.1 (8)						Amendment, dated as of August 12, 2021, to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of August 17, 2020, between New York City REIT, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as Rights Agent
4.2 *						Second Amendment, dated as of August 10, 2022, to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, as amended, dated as of August 17, 2020, between New York City REIT, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as Rights Agent
4.3 *						Certificate of Notice of New York City REIT, Inc.
10.1 *						First Amendment to Ownership Limit Waiver Agreement, dated August 10, 2022, by and between New York City REIT, Inc. and New York City Advisors, LLC
10.2 *						First Amendment to Ownership Limit Waiver Agreement, dated August 10, 2022, by and between New York City REIT, Inc. and Bellevue Capital Partners, LLC
10.3 *						First Amendment to Waiver Agreement, dated August 10, 2022, by and among New York City REIT, Inc., Bellevue Capital Partners, LLC and New York City Advisors, LLC
31.1 *						Certification of the Principal Executive Officer of the Company pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2 *						Certification of the Principal Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32 *						Written statements of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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* Filed herewith

(1) Filed as an exhibit to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 14, 2018.

(2) Filed as an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 15, 2019.

(3) Filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 19, 2020.

(4) Filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 5, 2020.

(5) Filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 18, 2020.

(6) Filed as an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 18, 2022.

(7) Filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 19, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference.

(8) Filed as an exhibit to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 12, 2021.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


			NEW YORK CITY REIT, INC.

			By:			/s/ Edward M. Weil, Jr.
						Edward M. Weil, Jr.
						Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary (Principal Executive Officer)

			By:			/s/ Christopher J. Masterson
						Christopher J. Masterson
						Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

Dated: August 12, 2022