Safehold Inc. /MD - Quarter Report: 2017 September (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q
(Mark One) | |
ý | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2017 | |
OR | |
o | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to | |
Commission File No. 001-38122
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Safety, Income & Growth Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | 30-0971238 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | |
1114 Avenue of the Americas, 39th Floor | ||
New York, NY (Address of principal executive offices) | 10036 (Zip code) | |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 930-9400
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As of October 25, 2017, there were 18,190,000 shares, $0.01 par value per share, of Safety, Income & Growth Inc. common stock outstanding.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I. COMBINED AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
Safety, Income & Growth Inc.
Combined and Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands)
As of | |||||||
September 30, 2017 (unaudited) | December 31, 2016 | ||||||
ASSETS | The Company | Predecessor | |||||
Real estate | |||||||
Real estate, at cost | $ | 413,145 | $ | 165,699 | |||
Less: accumulated depreciation | (2,752 | ) | (61,221 | ) | |||
Total real estate, net | 410,393 | 104,478 | |||||
Real estate-related intangible assets, net | 140,069 | 32,680 | |||||
Total real estate, net and real estate-related intangible assets, net | 550,462 | 137,158 | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 91,327 | — | |||||
Restricted cash | 2,976 | — | |||||
Ground and other lease income receivable, net | — | 3,482 | |||||
Deferred ground and other lease income receivable, net | 2,422 | 8,423 | |||||
Deferred expenses and other assets, net | 3,337 | 6,604 | |||||
Total assets | $ | 650,524 | $ | 155,667 | |||
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | |||||||
Liabilities: | |||||||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities | $ | 6,783 | $ | 1,576 | |||
Real estate-related intangible liabilities, net | 58,114 | — | |||||
Debt obligations, net | 227,396 | — | |||||
Total liabilities | 292,293 | 1,576 | |||||
Commitments and contingencies (refer to Note 7) | — | — | |||||
Equity: | |||||||
Safety, Income & Growth Inc. Predecessor Equity | — | 154,091 | |||||
Safety, Income & Growth Inc. shareholders' equity: | |||||||
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 400,000 shares authorized, 18,190 and 0 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively | 182 | — | |||||
Additional paid-in capital | 363,465 | — | |||||
Retained earnings (deficit) | (5,173 | ) | — | ||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (243 | ) | — | ||||
Total equity | 358,231 | 154,091 | |||||
Total liabilities and equity | $ | 650,524 | $ | 155,667 | |||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the combined and consolidated financial statements.
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Safety, Income & Growth Inc.(1)
Combined and Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
For the Three Months Ended September 30, | For the Period from April 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017 | For the Period from January 1, 2017 to April 13, 2017 | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
Revenues: | The Company | Predecessor | The Company | Predecessor | |||||||||||||||
Ground and other lease income | $ | 6,172 | $ | 4,749 | $ | 10,374 | $ | 5,916 | $ | 14,005 | |||||||||
Other income | 84 | 23 | 86 | 108 | 32 | ||||||||||||||
Total revenues | 6,256 | 4,772 | 10,460 | 6,024 | 14,037 | ||||||||||||||
Costs and expenses: | |||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | 2,445 | 2,090 | 4,313 | 2,432 | 6,072 | ||||||||||||||
Real estate expense(2) | 472 | 241 | 897 | 210 | 604 | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 2,266 | 786 | 4,139 | 901 | 2,356 | ||||||||||||||
General and administrative | 1,672 | 706 | 2,821 | 1,143 | 2,089 | ||||||||||||||
Other expense | 122 | — | 615 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Total costs and expenses | 6,977 | 3,823 | 12,785 | 4,686 | 11,121 | ||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from operations | (721 | ) | 949 | (2,325 | ) | 1,338 | 2,916 | ||||||||||||
Income from sales of real estate | — | — | — | 508 | — | ||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (721 | ) | $ | 949 | $ | (2,325 | ) | $ | 1,846 | $ | 2,916 | |||||||
Per common share data: | |||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | |||||||||||||||||||
Basic and diluted | $ | (0.04 | ) | N/A | $ | (0.18 | ) | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||
Weighted average number of common shares: | |||||||||||||||||||
Basic and diluted | 18,190 | N/A | 12,731 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||
Dividends declared per share(3) | $ | 0.15 | N/A | $ | 0.1566 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||
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(1) | The combined statements of operations prior to April 14, 2017 represent the activity of Safety, Income & Growth Inc. Predecessor. |
(2) | For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, real estate expense includes reimbursable property taxes at one of the Company's properties of $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, real estate expense includes non-cash rent expense related to the amortization of a below market lease asset at one of the Company's hotel properties of $0.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively. |
(3) | Dividends declared per share for the period from April 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017 represents the dividends declared per share for the period beginning with the Company's initial public offering on June 27, 2017 to September 30, 2017. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the combined and consolidated financial statements.
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Safety, Income & Growth Inc.(1)
Combined and Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(In thousands)
(unaudited)
For the Three Months Ended September 30, | For the Period from April 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017 | For the Period from January 1, 2017 to April 13, 2017 | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
The Company | Predecessor | The Company | Predecessor | ||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (721 | ) | $ | 949 | $ | (2,325 | ) | $ | 1,846 | $ | 2,916 | |||||||
Other comprehensive income: | |||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized (loss) gain on derivatives | (117 | ) | — | (243 | ) | 415 | — | ||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) | (117 | ) | — | (243 | ) | 415 | — | ||||||||||||
Comprehensive income (loss) | $ | (838 | ) | $ | 949 | $ | (2,568 | ) | $ | 2,261 | $ | 2,916 | |||||||
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(1) | The combined statements of comprehensive income prior to April 14, 2017 represent the activity of Safety, Income & Growth Inc. Predecessor. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the combined and consolidated financial statements.
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Safety, Income and Growth, Inc.(1)
Combined and Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity
(In thousands)
(unaudited)
Safety, Income & Growth Inc. Predecessor Equity | Common Stock at Par | Additional Paid-In Capital | Retained Earnings (Deficit) | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Total Equity | |||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of December 31, 2015 | $ | 144,029 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||||
Net income | 2,916 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Net transactions with iStar Inc. | 666 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of September 30, 2016 | $ | 147,611 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||||
Balance as of December 31, 2016 | $ | 154,091 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||||
Net income | 1,846 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized gain on cash flow hedge | 415 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Net transactions with iStar Inc. | (220,813 | ) | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Balance as of April 13, 2017 | (64,461 | ) | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
The Company | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (2,325 | ) | $ | — | $ | (2,325 | ) | ||||||||||
Proceeds from issuance of common stock to initial investors | — | 57 | 112,943 | — | — | 113,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from issuance of common stock in initial public offering | — | 125 | 249,875 | — | — | 250,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Contributions from iStar | — | — | 20,113 | — | — | 20,113 | ||||||||||||||||||
Offering costs | — | — | (20,232 | ) | — | — | (20,232 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock to directors | — | — | 766 | — | — | 766 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dividends declared | — | — | — | (2,848 | ) | — | (2,848 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Change in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | — | — | — | — | (243 | ) | (243 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance as of September 30, 2017 | $ | — | $ | 182 | $ | 363,465 | $ | (5,173 | ) | $ | (243 | ) | $ | 358,231 | ||||||||||
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(1)The combined statements of changes in equity prior to April 14, 2017 represent the activity of Safety, Income & Growth Inc. Predecessor.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the combined and consolidated financial statements.
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Safety, Income & Growth Inc.(1)
Combined and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
(unaudited)
For the Period from April 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017 | For the Period from January 1, 2017 to April 13, 2017 | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 | |||||||||
The Company | Predecessor | ||||||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | |||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (2,325 | ) | $ | 1,846 | $ | 2,916 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash flows from operating activities: | |||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 4,139 | 901 | 2,356 | ||||||||
Non-cash expense for stock-based compensation | 766 | — | — | ||||||||
Deferred ground and other lease income | (2,422 | ) | (1,271 | ) | (3,261 | ) | |||||
Income from sales of real estate | — | (508 | ) | — | |||||||
Amortization of real estate-related intangibles, net | 754 | 118 | 310 | ||||||||
Amortization of premium and deferred financing costs on debt obligations, net | 226 | — | — | ||||||||
Other operating activities | 1,447 | 24 | — | ||||||||
Changes in assets and liabilities: | |||||||||||
Changes in ground and other lease income receivable, net | 1,394 | 2,088 | 2,208 | ||||||||
Changes in deferred expenses and other assets, net | 96 | (576 | ) | (136 | ) | ||||||
Changes in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities | 390 | (13 | ) | 496 | |||||||
Cash flows provided by operating activities | 4,465 | 2,609 | 4,889 | ||||||||
Cash flows from investing activities: | |||||||||||
Acquisitions of real estate | (270,734 | ) | — | (3,915 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds from sales of real estate | — | 508 | — | ||||||||
Changes in restricted cash held in connection with investing activities | (2,976 | ) | — | — | |||||||
Other investing activities | 415 | (1,042 | ) | (1,662 | ) | ||||||
Cash flows used in investing activities | (273,295 | ) | (534 | ) | (5,577 | ) | |||||
Cash flows from financing activities: | |||||||||||
Net transactions with iStar Inc. | — | (220,813 | ) | 666 | |||||||
Contribution from iStar Inc. | 14,350 | — | — | ||||||||
Proceeds from issuance of common stock | 363,000 | — | — | ||||||||
Proceeds from debt obligations | — | 227,000 | — | ||||||||
Payments for deferred financing costs | (2,821 | ) | (7,217 | ) | — | ||||||
Payment of offering costs | (14,372 | ) | (779 | ) | — | ||||||
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities | 360,157 | (1,809 | ) | 666 | |||||||
Changes in cash and cash equivalents | 91,327 | 266 | (22 | ) | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | — | — | 22 | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 91,327 | $ | 266 | $ | — | |||||
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activity: | |||||||||||
Assumption of debt obligations | $ | 227,415 | $ | — | $ | — | |||||
Contribution from iStar Inc. | 5,763 | — | — | ||||||||
Dividends declared to common shareholders | 2,848 | — | — | ||||||||
Accrued offering costs | 1,567 | — | — | ||||||||
Accrued finance costs | 42 | 21 | — | ||||||||
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(1)The combined statements of cash flows prior to April 14, 2017 represent the activity of Safety, Income & Growth Inc. Predecessor.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the combined and consolidated financial statements.
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Safety, Income and Growth, Inc.
Notes to Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
Note 1—Business and Organization
Business—Safety, Income & Growth Inc. (the "Company") operates its business through one segment by acquiring, managing and capitalizing ground leases. Ground leases are long-term contracts between the landlord (the Company) and a tenant or leaseholder ("Ground Leases"). The Company believes that it is the first publicly-traded company formed primarily to acquire, own, manage, finance and capitalize Ground Leases. Ground Leases generally represent ownership of the land underlying commercial real estate projects that is net leased by the fee owner of the land to the owners/operators of the real estate projects built thereon. Ground Leases are typically ‘‘triple net’’ leases, meaning that the tenant is responsible for development costs, capital expenditures and all property operating expenses, such as maintenance, real estate taxes and insurance. Ground Leases are typically long-term (base terms ranging from 30 to 99 years, often with tenant renewal options) and have contractual base rent increases (either at a specified percentage or consumer price index ("CPI") based, or both) and sometimes include percentage rent participations.
The Company intends to target investments in long-term Ground Leases in which: (i) the initial value of its Ground Lease represents 30% to 45% of the combined value of the land and buildings and improvements thereon as if there was no Ground Lease on the land ("Combined Property Value"); (ii) the ratio of underlying property net operating income to the Ground Lease payment due the Company ("Ground Rent Coverage") is between 2.0x to 5.0x; and (iii) the Ground Lease contains contractual rent escalation clauses or percentage rent that participates in gross revenues generated by the commercial real estate on the land. A Ground Lease lessor (the Company) typically has the right to regain possession of its land and take ownership of the buildings and improvements thereon upon a tenant default. The Company believes that the Ground Lease structure provides an opportunity for future investment value accretion through the reversion to the Company, as the Ground Lease owner, of the buildings and improvements on the land at the expiration or earlier termination of the lease, for no additional consideration from the Company.
The Company is managed by SFTY Manager, LLC (the "Manager"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of iStar Inc. ("iStar"), the Company's largest shareholder, pursuant to a management agreement (refer to Note 11). The Company has no employees, relying on its Manager to provide all services. The Company intends to draw on the extensive investment origination and sourcing platform of its Manager to actively promote the benefits of the Ground Lease structure to prospective Ground Lease tenants.
Organization—Safety, Income & Growth Inc. (prior to April 14, 2017, "Original Safety") is a Maryland corporation that was formed as a wholly-owned subsidiary of iStar on October 24, 2016. iStar contributed a pre-existing portfolio of Ground Leases to Original Safety and sought third party capital to grow its Ground Lease business. A second entity, SIGI Acquisition, Inc. ("SIGI"), was capitalized on April 14, 2017 by iStar and two institutional investors. On April 14, 2017, Original Safety merged with and into SIGI with SIGI surviving the merger and being renamed Safety, Income & Growth Inc. References herein to the Company refer to Original Safety before such merger and to the surviving company of such merger thereafter. Through these and other formation transactions, the Company (i) acquired iStar's entire Ground Lease portfolio consisting of 12 properties (the "Initial Portfolio"), all of which were wholly-owned by the Company as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, (ii) completed the $227 million 2017 Secured Financing (refer to Note 6) on March 30, 2017, (iii) issued 2,875,000 shares of the Company's common stock to two institutional investors for $20.00 per share, or $57.5 million (representing a 51% ownership interest in the Company at such time), and 2,775,000 shares of the Company's common stock to iStar for $20.00 per share, or $55.5 million (representing a 49% ownership interest in the Company at such time), and (iv) paid $340.0 million in total consideration to iStar for the Initial Portfolio.
On June 27, 2017, the Company completed its initial public offering raising $205.0 million in gross proceeds and concurrently completing a $45.0 million private placement with iStar, its largest shareholder. The initial public offering price was $20.00 per share. iStar incurred a total of $18.9 million of organization and offering costs, of which it has paid $18.7 million, in connection with these transactions, including commissions payable to the underwriters and other offering expenses. iStar received no compensation for its payment of the organization and offering costs. The payment of such costs were treated as capital contributions from iStar with an offsetting cost of capital in the Company's consolidated statements of changes in equity.
The Company intends to elect to qualify as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") for U.S. federal income tax purposes, commencing with the tax year ending December 31, 2017. The Company was structured as an Umbrella Partnership REIT ("UPREIT"). As such, all of the Company's properties are owned by a subsidiary partnership, Safety Income and Growth Operating Partnership LP (the "Operating Partnership"), which is currently wholly-owned by the Company. The UPREIT structure may afford
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Safety, Income and Growth, Inc.
Notes to Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(unaudited)
the Company with certain benefits as it seeks to acquire properties from third parties who may want to defer taxes by contributing their Ground Leases to the Company.
Note 2—Basis of Presentation and Principles of Combination and Consolidation
Basis of Presentation—For periods prior to April 14, 2017, the accompanying combined financial statements do not represent the financial position and results of operations of one legal entity, but rather a combination of entities under common control (the "Predecessor") that have been ‘‘carved out’’ from iStar’s consolidated financial statements. For periods prior to April 14, 2017, these combined financial statements reflect the revenues and expenses of the Predecessor and include certain material assets and liabilities of iStar that are specifically identifiable and generated through, or associated with, an in-place lease, which have been reflected at iStar’s historical basis. For periods subsequent to April 14, 2017, the accompanying consolidated financial statements represent the consolidated financial statements of the Company. In addition, as a result of the Company's acquisition of the Initial Portfolio from iStar, the consolidated financial statements subsequent to April 14, 2017 are presented on a new basis of accounting pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 805 (refer to Note 4).
The preparation of these combined and consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (‘‘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 dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. These combined financial statements for the periods prior to April 14, 2017 include an allocation of general and administrative expenses and interest expense to the Predecessor from iStar. General and administrative expenses include certain iStar corporate functions, including executive oversight, treasury, finance, human resources, tax compliance and planning, internal audit, financial reporting, information technology and investor relations. General and administrative expenses, including stock based compensation, represent a pro rata allocation of costs from iStar’s net lease and corporate business segments based on our average net assets as a percentage of iStar’s average net assets. Interest expense was allocated to the Predecessor by calculating its average net assets as a percentage of the average net assets in iStar’s net lease business segment and multiplying that percentage by the interest expense allocated to iStar’s net lease business segment (only for the number of days in the period in which the Predecessor did not have debt obligations outstanding—refer to Note 6). The Company believes the allocation methodology for the general and administrative expenses and interest expense is reasonable. Accordingly, the general and administrative expense allocation presented in our combined statements of operations for historical periods does not necessarily reflect what our general and administrative expenses will be as a standalone public company for future reporting periods. In the opinion of management, the accompanying combined financial statements contain all adjustments consisting of normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods presented.
For the periods prior to April 14, 2017, most of the entities included in the Predecessor financial statements did not have bank accounts for the periods presented, and most cash transactions for the Predecessor were transacted through bank accounts owned by iStar. For the periods prior to April 14, 2017, the combined statements of cash flows for the periods presented were prepared as if operating, investing and financing transactions for the Predecessor had been transacted through its own bank accounts. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified in the Company's consolidated financial statements and the related notes to conform to the current period presentation.
Principles of Combination and Consolidation—For the periods prior to April 14, 2017, the combined financial statements include on a carve-out basis the historical balance sheets and statements of operations and cash flows attributed to the Predecessor. For the periods subsequent to April 14, 2017, the consolidated financial statements include the accounts and operations of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Note 3—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Cash and cash equivalents—Cash and cash equivalents include cash held in banks or invested in money market funds, if applicable, with original maturity terms of less than 90 days.
Restricted Cash—Restricted cash represents amounts required to be maintained under certain of the Company's derivative transactions.
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Safety, Income and Growth, Inc.
Notes to Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(unaudited)
Ground and other lease income—Ground and other lease income includes rent earned from leasing land and buildings owned by the Company to its tenants. Ground and other lease income is recognized on the straight-line method of accounting, generally from the later of the date the lessee takes possession of the space and it is ready for its intended use or the date of acquisition of the asset subject to existing leases. Accordingly, contractual lease payment increases are recognized evenly over the term of the lease. The periodic difference between ground and other lease income recognized under this method and contractual lease payment terms is recorded as deferred ground and other lease income receivable and is included in ‘‘Deferred ground and other lease income receivable, net’’ on the Company's consolidated and combined balance sheets. The Company is also entitled to percentage rent pursuant to some of its leases and records percentage rent as ground and other lease income when earned. Ground and other lease income also includes the amortization of finite lived intangible assets and liabilities, which are amortized over the period during which the assets or liabilities are expected to contribute directly or indirectly to the future cash flows of the business acquired.
Earnings per share—The Company has one class of common stock. Earnings per share ("EPS") is calculated by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding (refer to Note 9 for a summary of shares outstanding).
Deferred financing fees—Deferred financing fees associated with the 2017 Revolver (refer to Note 6) are recorded in ‘‘Deferred expenses and other assets, net’’ on the Company’s combined and consolidated balance sheets. The amortization of deferred financing fees is included in ‘‘Interest expense’’ in the Company’s combined and consolidated statements of operations.
Dispositions—Gains on the sale of real estate assets are recognized in "Income from sales of real estate" in accordance with ASC 360-20, Real Estate Sales. Gains on sales of real estate are recognized for full profit recognition upon closing of the sale transactions, when the profit is determinable, the earnings process is virtually complete, the parties are bound by the terms of the contract, all consideration has been exchanged, any permanent financing for which the seller is responsible has been arranged and all conditions for closing have been performed. The Company primarily uses specific identification and the relative sales value method to allocate costs.
Stock-based compensation—The Company adopted an equity incentive plan to provide equity incentive opportunities to members of the Manager’s management team and employees who perform services for the Company, the Company's independent directors, advisers, consultants and other personnel. The Company's equity incentive plan provides for grants of stock options, shares of restricted common stock, phantom shares, dividend equivalent rights and other equity-based awards, including long-term incentive plan units. The Company accounts for stock-based compensation awards using the fair value method, which requires an estimate of fair value of the award at the time of grant. On June 27, 2017, the Company's directors who are not officers or employees of the Manager or iStar were granted a total of 40,000 shares in the Company's common stock with an aggregate grant date fair value of $0.8 million. The shares granted to the directors vested immediately and the Company recognized $0.8 million in stock-based compensation, which is classified within "General and administrative" in the Company's consolidated statements of operations.
Derivative instruments and hedging activity—The Company's use of derivative financial instruments is associated with debt issuances and primarily limited to the utilization of interest rate swaps, interest rate caps or other instruments to manage interest rate risk exposure. The Company does not enter into derivatives for trading purposes.
The Company recognizes derivatives as either assets or liabilities on the Company's combined and consolidated balance sheets at fair value. If certain conditions are met, a derivative may be specifically designated as a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of a recognized asset or liability, a hedge of a forecasted transaction or the variability of cash flows to be received or paid related to a recognized asset or liability.
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Safety, Income and Growth, Inc.
Notes to Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(unaudited)
For the Company's four derivatives designated as cash flow hedges, the effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivatives is reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). The ineffective portion of the change in fair value of the derivatives is recognized directly in the Company's consolidated statements of operations. The table below presents the Company's cash flow hedges that are designated in hedging relationships as well as their classification on the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2017 ($ in thousands)(1):
Derivative Type | Maturity | Notional Amount | Fair Value(2) | Balance Sheet Location | ||||||||
Interest rate swap(3) | October 2020 | $ | 45,000 | $ | 48 | Deferred expenses and other assets, net | ||||||
Interest rate swap | October 2020 | 10,000 | 55 | Deferred expenses and other assets, net | ||||||||
Interest rate swap | October 2030 | 10,000 | 114 | Deferred expenses and other assets, net | ||||||||
Interest rate swap | October 2030 | 95,000 | 460 | Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities | ||||||||
(1) | For the three months ended September 30, 2017 and the period from April 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017, the Company recognized $(0.1) million and $(0.2) million, respectively, in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). |
(2) | The fair value of the Company's derivatives are based upon widely accepted valuation techniques utilized by a third-party specialist using observable inputs such as interest rates and contractual cash flow and are classified as Level 2. Over the next 12 months, the Company expects that $0.2 million related to cash flow hedges will be reclassified from "Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)" into interest expense. |
(3) | On October 1, 2017, the notional balance of this interest rate swap was increased to $95.0 million. |
In February 2017, the Company entered into and settled a rate lock swap in connection with the 2017 Secured Financing (refer to Note 6). As a result of the settlement, the Company recorded a $0.4 million unrealized gain in other comprehensive income, which was recorded in "Safety, Income & Growth Inc. Predecessor equity" on the Company’s combined and consolidated balance sheets. In connection with the Company's acquisition of the Initial Portfolio, the 2017 Secured Financing was recorded at fair value and the resulting premium will be recorded as a reduction to interest expense over the term of the 2017 Secured Financing.
Fair Values—The Company is required to disclose fair value information with regard to its financial instruments, whether or not recognized in the combined and consolidated balance sheets, for which it is practical to estimate fair value. The Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") guidance defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The Company determines the estimated fair values of financial assets and liabilities based on a hierarchy that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company and the Company’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions. The Company determined the carrying values of its financial instruments including cash and cash equivalents; restricted cash; ground and other lease income receivable; deferred ground and other lease income receivable, net; deferred expenses and other assets, net; and accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities approximated their fair values. For the Company's debt obligations not traded in secondary markets, the Company determines fair value primarily by using market rates currently available for debt obligations with similar terms and remaining maturities. The Company determined that the significant inputs used to value its debt obligations, net fall within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The Company determined the fair value of its debt obligations, net approximated its carrying value as of September 30, 2017.
In connection with the Company's acquisition of the Initial Portfolio and its acquisition of two separate Ground Leases on June 28, 2017 (refer to Note 4), the Company was required to account for the acquisitions as business combinations pursuant to ASC 805. The Company utilized a third-party specialist to assist the Company in recognizing and measuring the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and estimating the remaining useful life of the identifiable assets acquired in accordance with ASC 350.
As of September 30, 2017, the remainder of the Company’s significant accounting policies, which are detailed in the Company’s Prospectus, dated June 21, 2017 (the "Prospectus"), have not changed materially.
The Company is an "emerging growth company" as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the "JOBS Act") and is eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other publicly-traded companies that are not "emerging growth companies," including not being required to comply with the auditor
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Notes to Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(unaudited)
attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Company has elected to utilize the exemption for auditor attestation requirements.
In addition, the JOBS Act provides that an "emerging growth company" can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. However, the Company has chosen to "opt out" of this extended transition period, and as a result, it will comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for all public companies that are not emerging growth companies. The Company's decision to opt out of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards is irrevocable.
The Company will remain an "emerging growth company" until the earliest to occur of (i) the last day of the fiscal year during which our total annual revenue equals or exceeds $1.07 billion (subject to adjustment for inflation), (ii) the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the Company's initial public offering, (iii) the date on which the Company has, during the previous three-year period, issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt or (iv) the date on which the Company is deemed to be a "large accelerated filer" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
New Accounting Pronouncements—In August 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging - Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities ("ASU 2017-12") to better align an entity’s risk management activities and financial reporting for hedging relationships through changes to both the designation and measurement guidance for qualifying hedging relationships and the presentation of hedge results. ASU 2017-12 expands and refines hedge accounting for both nonfinancial and financial risk components and aligns the recognition and presentation of the effects of the hedging instrument and the hedged item in the financial statements. ASU 2017-12 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. Management does not believe the guidance will have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
In February 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-05, Other Income—Gains and Losses from the Derecognition of Nonfinancial Assets ("ASU 2017-05") to clarify the scope of Subtopic 610-20, Other Income—Gains and Losses from the Derecognition of Nonfinancial Assets, and to add guidance for partial sales of nonfinancial assets. The amendments in ASU 2017-05 simplify GAAP by eliminating several accounting differences between transactions involving assets and transactions involving businesses. The amendments in ASU 2017-05 require an entity to initially measure a retained noncontrolling interest in a nonfinancial asset at fair value consistent with how a retained noncontrolling interest in a business is measured. Also, if an entity transfers ownership interests in a consolidated subsidiary that is within the scope of ASC 610-20 and continues to have a controlling financial interest in that subsidiary, ASU 2017-05 requires the entity to account for the transaction as an equity transaction, which is consistent with how changes in ownership interests in a consolidated subsidiary that is a business are recorded when a parent retains a controlling financial interest in the business. ASU 2017-05 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted beginning January 1, 2017. Management is evaluating the impact of the guidance on the Company's consolidated financial statements and expects to adopt the retrospective approach, which would require the Company to recast revenue and expenses for all prior periods presented in the year of adoption of the new standard.
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, Business Combinations: Clarifying the Definition of a Business ("ASU 2017-01") to provide a more robust framework to use in determining when a set of assets and activities is a business. The amendments provide more consistency in applying the guidance, reduce the costs of application, and make the definition of a business more operable. The Company's real estate acquisitions have historically been accounted for as a business combination or an asset acquisition. Under ASU 2017-01, certain transactions previously accounted for as business combinations under the existing guidance would be accounted for as asset acquisitions under the new guidance. As a result, the Company expects more transaction costs to be capitalized under real estate acquisitions and less transaction costs to be expensed under business combinations. ASU 2017-01 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. Management is evaluating the impact of the guidance on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows: Restricted Cash ("ASU 2016-18") which requires that restricted cash be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling beginning and ending cash and cash equivalents on the statement of cash flows. In addition, ASU 2016-18 requires disclosure of what is included in restricted cash. ASU 2016-18 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. Management does not believe the guidance will have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
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Notes to Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(unaudited)
In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows: Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments ("ASU 2016-15") which was issued to reduce diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments, including debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs, distributions from equity method investees, and other separately identifiable cash flows, are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-15 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. Management does not believe the guidance will have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (‘‘ASU 2016-13’’) which was issued to provide financial statement users with more decision useful information about the expected credit losses on financial instruments held by a reporting entity. This amendment replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. ASU 2016-13 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Management does not believe the guidance will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (‘‘ASU 2016-02’’), which requires the recognition of lease assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases. For operating leases, a lessee will be required to: (i) recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, initially measured at the present value of the lease payments, in its statement of financial position; (ii) recognize a single lease cost, calculated so that the cost of the lease is allocated over the lease term, generally on a straight line basis and (iii) classify all cash payments within operating activities in its statement of cash flows. The accounting applied by a lessor is largely unchanged from that applied under previous GAAP. However, in certain instances a long-term lease of land could be classified as a sales-type lease, resulting in the lessor derecognizing the underlying asset from its books and recording a profit or loss on the sale and a net investment in the lease. ASU 2016-02 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. Management is evaluating the impact of the guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (‘'ASU 2014-09’') which supersedes existing industry-specific guidance, including ASC 360-20, Real Estate Sales. The new standard is principles-based and requires more estimates and judgment than current guidance. Certain contracts with customers, including lease contracts and financial instruments and other contractual rights, are not within the scope of the new guidance. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers—Deferral of the Effective Date, to defer the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year. ASU 2014-09 is now effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption was permitted beginning January 1, 2017. Management is evaluating the impact of the guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and expects to adopt the full retrospective approach, which would require the Company to recast revenue and expenses for all prior periods presented in the year of adoption of the new standard. Management does not believe the guidance will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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Notes to Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(unaudited)
Note 4—Real Estate and Real Estate-Related Intangibles
The Company's real estate assets consist of the following ($ in thousands)(1):
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Land and land improvements, at cost | $ | 220,749 | $ | 41,160 | |||
Buildings and improvements, at cost | 192,396 | 124,539 | |||||
Less: accumulated depreciation | (2,752 | ) | (61,221 | ) | |||
Total real estate, net | $ | 410,393 | $ | 104,478 | |||
Real estate-related intangible assets, net | 140,069 | 32,680 | |||||
Total real estate, net and real estate-related intangible assets, net | $ | 550,462 | $ | 137,158 | |||
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(1) | On April 14, 2017, the Company, through a merger and other formation transactions, acquired the Initial Portfolio from iStar and accounted for the acquisition as a business combination pursuant to ASC 805. As a result, the Company recorded the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition date fair values. In February 2017, the Company sold a parking facility from its Hilton Western Portfolio for $0.5 million that had been previously impaired and had a carrying value of zero. |
Real estate-related intangible assets, net consist of the following items ($ in thousands)(1):
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Above-market lease assets, net(2) | $ | 77,528 | $ | — | |||
In-place lease assets, net(3) | 36,510 | — | |||||
Below-market lease asset, net(4) | 26,031 | — | |||||
Lease incentives, net(5) | — | 32,545 | |||||
Other intangible assets, net | — | 135 | |||||
Real estate-related intangible assets, net | $ | 140,069 | $ | 32,680 | |||
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(1) | On April 14, 2017, the Company, through a merger and other formation transactions, acquired the Initial Portfolio from iStar and accounted for the acquisition as a business combination pursuant to ASC 805. As a result, the Company recorded the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition date fair values. |
(2) | Above-market lease assets are recognized during business combinations when the present value of market rate rental cash flows over the term of a lease is less than the present value of the contractual in-place rental cash flows. Accumulated amortization on above-market lease assets was $0.6 million as of September 30, 2017. The amortization of above-market lease assets decreased "Ground and other lease income" in the Company's combined and consolidated statements of operations by $0.6 million for the period from April 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017. Above-market lease assets are amortized over the term of the leases. |
(3) | In-place lease assets are recognized during business combinations and are estimated based on the value associated with the costs avoided in originating leases comparable to the acquired in-place leases as well as the value associated with lost rental revenue during the assumed lease-up period. Accumulated amortization on in-place lease assets was $1.4 million as of September 30, 2017. The amortization expense for in-place leases was $1.4 million for the period from April 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017. This amount is included in "Depreciation and amortization" in the Company's combined and consolidated statements of operations. In-place lease assets are amortized over the term of the leases. |
(4) | Below-market lease asset, net resulted from the acquisition of the Initial Portfolio and relates to a property that is majority-owned by a third party and is ground leased to the Company. The Company is obligated to pay the third-party owner of the property $0.4 million, subject to adjustment for changes in the CPI, per year through 2044; however, the Company's tenant pays this expense directly under the terms of a master lease. Accumulated amortization on the below-market lease asset was $0.5 million as of September 30, 2017. The amortization expense for the Company's below-market lease asset was $0.5 million for the period from April 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017. This amount is included in "Real estate expense" in the Company's combined and consolidated statements of operations. The below-market lease asset is amortized over the term of the lease. |
(5) | Accumulated amortization on lease incentives was $2.1 million as of December 31, 2016. The amortization of lease incentives decreased "Ground and other lease income" in the Company's combined and consolidated statements of operations by $0.1 million for the period from January 1, 2017 to April 13, 2017, respectively, and $0.1 million and $0.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively. Lease incentive assets are amortized over the term of the leases. |
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Notes to Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(unaudited)
The estimated expense from the amortization of real estate-related intangible assets for each of the five succeeding fiscal years is as follows ($ in thousands) (1):
Year | Amount | |||
2017 (remaining three months) | $ | 1,344 | ||
2018 | 5,376 | |||
2019 | 5,376 | |||
2020 | 5,376 | |||
2021 | 5,376 | |||
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(1) | As of September 30, 2017, the weighted average amortization period for the Company's real estate-related intangible assets was approximately 60 years. |
Real estate-related intangible liabilities, net consist of the following items ($ in thousands)(1):
As of | |||||||
September 30, 2017 | December 31, 2016 | ||||||
Below-market lease liabilities(2) | $ | 58,114 | $ | — | |||
Real estate-related intangible liabilities, net | $ | 58,114 | $ | — | |||
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(1) | On April 14, 2017, the Company, through a merger and other formation transactions, acquired the Initial Portfolio from iStar and accounted for the acquisition as a business combination pursuant to ASC 805. As a result, the Company recorded the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition date fair values. |
(2) | Below-market lease liabilities are recognized during business combinations when the present value of market rate rental cash flows over the term of a lease exceeds the present value of the contractual in-place rental cash flows. Accumulated amortization on below-market lease liabilities was $0.3 million as of September 30, 2017. The amortization of below-market lease liabilities increased "Ground and other lease income" in the Company's combined and consolidated statements of operations by $0.3 million for the period from April 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017. |
Acquisitions—On April 14, 2017, the Company, through a merger and other formation transactions, acquired the Initial Portfolio from iStar and accounted for the acquisition as a business combination pursuant to ASC 805. On June 28, 2017, the Company separately acquired two additional Ground Leases (described below) from third party sellers for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $142.0 million and accounted for the acquisitions as business combinations pursuant to ASC 805.
The Company acquired the Ground Lease at 6200 Hollywood Boulevard, a 143,151 square foot land parcel subject to a long term Ground Lease located in Los Angeles, CA in the Hollywood neighborhood adjacent to the Hollywood/Vine metro station. The site is currently under construction; once completed, it will be improved with approximately 507 apartments, 56,100 square feet of retail space, 1,237 underground parking spaces, and signage facing Hollywood Boulevard. The Ground Lease has 87 years remaining on its term.
The Company also acquired the Ground Lease at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard, a 183,802 square foot land parcel subject to a long term Ground Lease located in Los Angeles, CA in the Hollywood neighborhood adjacent to the Hollywood/Vine metro station. The land is improved with approximately 535 apartments, 71,200 square feet of retail space, 1,300 underground parking spaces, and signage facing Hollywood Boulevard. The Ground Lease has 87 years remaining on its term.
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Notes to Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(unaudited)
The Company's preliminary purchase price allocations for the acquisitions accounted for as business combinations are presented in the table below ($ in thousands):
Initial Portfolio | 6200 Hollywood Blvd. | 6201 Hollywood Blvd. | Total | |||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||
Land and land improvements, at cost | $ | 73,472 | $ | 68,140 | $ | 72,836 | $ | 214,448 | ||||||||
Buildings and improvements, at cost | 192,396 | — | — | 192,396 | ||||||||||||
Real estate | 265,868 | 68,140 | 72,836 | 406,844 | ||||||||||||
Real estate-related intangible assets(1) | 124,017 | 5,500 | 3,258 | 132,775 | ||||||||||||
Other assets | 1,174 | — | — | 1,174 | ||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 391,059 | $ | 73,640 | $ | 76,094 | $ | 540,793 | ||||||||
Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
Real estate-related intangible liabilities(2) | $ | 50,644 | $ | — | $ | 7,734 | $ | 58,378 | ||||||||
Debt obligations | 227,415 | — | — | 227,415 | ||||||||||||
Total liabilities | 278,059 | — | 7,734 | 285,793 | ||||||||||||
Purchase Price(3) | $ | 113,000 | $ | 73,640 | $ | 68,360 | $ | 255,000 | ||||||||
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(1) | Intangible assets primarily includes above market and in-place lease assets related to the acquisition of real estate assets. The amortization of above market lease assets is recorded as a reduction to "Ground and other lease income" in the Company's combined and consolidated statements of operations and are amortized over the term of the leases. The amortization expense for in-place leases is recorded in "Depreciation and amortization" in the Company's combined and consolidated statements of operations. In addition, intangible assets from the acquisition of the Initial Portfolio includes a below market lease asset on a property that is majority-owned by a third party that is ground leased to the Company. The Company is obligated to pay the third-party owner of the property $0.4 million, subject to adjustment for changes in the CPI, per year through 2044; however, the Company's tenant pays this expense directly under the terms of a master lease. The amortization of the below market lease asset is recorded to "Real estate expense" in the Company's combined and consolidated statements of operations. |
(2) | Intangible liabilities includes below market lease liabilities related to the acquisition of real estate assets. The amortization of below market lease liabilities is recorded as an increase to "Ground and other lease income" in the Company's combined and consolidated statements of operations. |
(3) | The Company paid $340.0 million in total consideration to iStar for the Initial Portfolio, including the proceeds from the 2017 Secured Financing. |
The following unaudited table summarizes the Company's pro forma revenues and net income (loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, as if the acquisition of these properties was completed on January 1, 2016 ($ in thousands):
For the Three Months Ended September 30, | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||
2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||
Pro forma revenues | $ | 6,256 | $ | 6,161 | $ | 18,916 | $ | 18,228 | |||||||
Pro forma net income (loss) (1) | (721 | ) | 615 | 387 | 1,607 | ||||||||||
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(1) | The combined statements of operations prior to April 14, 2017 represented the activity of the Predecessor and EPS was not applicable. The acquisition of the Initial Portfolio is included in EPS for the period from April 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017. The acquisitions of 6200 Hollywood Boulevard and 6201 Hollywood Boulevard would have increased EPS by $0.08 if the acquisitions had occurred on April 14, 2017. |
From the date of acquisition through September 30, 2017, $10.4 million in total revenues and $5.4 million in net income associated with the properties were included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. The pro forma revenues and net income are presented for informational purposes only and may not be indicative of what the actual results of operations of the Company would have been assuming the transaction occurred on January 1, 2016, nor do they purport to represent the Company’s results of operations for future periods.
On August 31, 2017, the Company closed on a Ground Lease at 3333 LifeHope in Atlanta, GA for a purchase price of $16.0 million and accounted for the acquisition as an asset acquisition recording $6.3 million in "Real estate, net" and $9.7 million
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(unaudited)
in "Real estate-related intangible assets, net" on the Company's consolidated balance sheet. The property is being converted into a class-A medical office building. The building is 100% pre-leased to 23 subtenants with a weighted average lease term of 17.6 years. The Ground Lease has a term of 99 years and initial rent of $0.9 million, subject to annual increases of 2%. In addition, the ground lessee will construct a 185-space parking deck adjacent to the building scheduled to be completed in 2018, which will be engineered to accommodate future development of the site. The Company has a right of first refusal to provide funding for up to 30% of the construction cost of an additional 160,000 square feet of development on terms consistent with the Ground Lease. iStar, the Company's largest shareholder, committed to provide a $24.0 million construction loan to the ground lessee with an initial term of one year for the renovation of the property, of which $5.1 million was funded as of September 30, 2017. In accordance with the Company's policy with respect to transactions in which iStar, the Company's largest shareholder, is also a participant, the Company's purchase of this Ground Lease was approved by the Company’s independent directors.
Future Minimum Ground and Other Lease Payments—Future minimum Ground and Other Lease payments to be collected under non-cancelable leases, excluding percentage rent and other lease payments that are not fixed and determinable, in effect as of September 30, 2017, are as follows by year ($ in thousands):
Year | Leases with CPI Based Escalations | Leases with Fixed Escalations | Leases with Revenue Participation (1) | Total | ||||||||||||
2017 (remaining three months) | $ | 1,248 | $ | 1,283 | $ | 2,508 | $ | 5,039 | ||||||||
2018 | 4,993 | 5,172 | 10,032 | 20,197 | ||||||||||||
2019 | 4,993 | 5,245 | 10,032 | 20,270 | ||||||||||||
2020 | 4,993 | 5,323 | 10,032 | 20,348 | ||||||||||||
2021 | 4,993 | 5,409 | 10,032 | 20,434 | ||||||||||||
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(1) | Represents contractual base rent only and does not include percentage rent that is not fixed and determinable. |
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Notes to Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(unaudited)
Note 5—Deferred Expenses and Other Assets, Net and Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities
Deferred expenses and other assets, net, consist of the following items ($ in thousands)(1):
As of | |||||||
September 30, 2017 | December 31, 2016 | ||||||
Deferred finance costs, net(2) | $ | 2,617 | $ | — | |||
Other assets(3) | 681 | 5,841 | |||||
Leasing costs, net(4) | 39 | 763 | |||||
Deferred expenses and other assets, net | $ | 3,337 | $ | 6,604 | |||
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(1) | On April 14, 2017, the Company, through a merger and other formation transactions, acquired the Initial Portfolio from iStar and accounted for the acquisition as a business combination pursuant to ASC 805. As a result, the Company recorded the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition date fair values. |
(2) | Accumulated amortization of deferred finance costs was $0.2 million as of September 30, 2017. |
(3) | As of December 31, 2016, other assets included a $4.1 million receivable related to the funding provided to a certain investment in a Ground Lease the Company entered into during the year ended December 31, 2016. In addition, as of December 31, 2016 other assets includes $1.7 million in deferred offering costs. |
(4) | Accumulated amortization of leasing costs was $28 thousand as of December 31, 2016. |
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities consist of the following items ($ in thousands)(1):
As of | |||||||
September 30, 2017 | December 31, 2016 | ||||||
Dividends declared and payable | $ | 2,848 | $ | — | |||
Accounts payable(2) | 1,567 | 779 | |||||
Other liabilities(3) | 1,350 | 89 | |||||
Interest payable | 574 | — | |||||
Accrued expenses(4) | 444 | 708 | |||||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities | $ | 6,783 | $ | 1,576 | |||
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(1) | On April 14, 2017, the Company, through a merger and other formation transactions, acquired the Initial Portfolio from iStar and accounted for the acquisition as a business combination pursuant to ASC 805. As a result, the Company recorded the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition date fair values. |
(2) | As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, accounts payable includes accrued offering costs. |
(3) | As of September 30, 2017, other liabilities includes $0.6 million due to the Manager for costs it paid on the Company's behalf, unearned rent and derivative liabilities. |
(4) | As of September 30, 2017, accrued expenses primarily includes accrued legal expenses, accrued audit expenses and recoverable real estate taxes paid by the Company and reimbursed by the tenant. As of December 31, 2016, accrued expenses primarily includes recoverable real estate taxes paid by the Company and reimbursed by the tenant. |
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Notes to Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(unaudited)
Note 6—Debt Obligations, net
The Company's debt obligations consist of the following ($ in thousands)(1):
As of | Stated Interest Rate | Scheduled Maturity Date | ||||||||||
September 30, 2017 | December 31, 2016 | |||||||||||
Secured credit financing: | ||||||||||||
2017 Secured Financing | $ | 227,000 | $ | — | 3.795 | % | April 2027 | |||||
Total secured credit financing | 227,000 | — | ||||||||||
Total debt obligations | 227,000 | — | ||||||||||
Debt premium, net(1) | 396 | — | ||||||||||
Total debt obligations, net | $ | 227,396 | $ | — | ||||||||
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(1) | On April 14, 2017, the Company, through a merger and other formation transactions, acquired the Initial Portfolio from iStar and accounted for the acquisition as a business combination pursuant to ASC 805. As a result, the Company recorded the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition date fair values. |
2017 Secured Financing—In March 2017, the Company entered into a $227.0 million non-recourse secured financing transaction (the "2017 Secured Financing") that bears interest at a fixed rate of 3.795% and matures in April 2027. The 2017 Secured Financing was collateralized by the Initial Portfolio including seven Ground Leases and one master lease (covering the accounts of five properties). In connection with and prior to the closing of the 2017 Secured Financing, the Company entered into a $200 million notional rate lock swap, reducing the effective rate of the 2017 Secured Financing from 3.795% to 3.773%.
2017 Revolver—In June 2017, the Company entered into a recourse senior secured revolving credit facility with a group of lenders in the maximum aggregate initial original principal amount of up to $300.0 million (the "2017 Revolver"). The 2017 Revolver has a term of three years with two 12-month extension options exercisable by the Company, subject to certain conditions, and bears interest at an annual rate of applicable LIBOR plus 1.35%. An undrawn credit facility commitment fee ranges from 0.15% to 0.25%, based on utilization each quarter. This fee is waived for the first six months after the closing date of June 27, 2017. The 2017 Revolver will allow the Company to leverage Ground Leases up to 67%. The 2017 Revolver provides an accordion feature to increase, subject to certain conditions, the maximum availability up to $500.0 million. The Company incurred $2.9 million of lender and third-party fees, all of which were capitalized in "Deferred expenses and other assets, net" on the Company's consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 2017, the Company did not have any amounts outstanding on the 2017 Revolver.
Debt Covenants—The Company is subject to financial covenants under the 2017 Revolver, including maintaining: a limitation on total consolidated leverage of not more than 70%, or 75% for no more than 180 days, of the Company's total consolidated assets; a consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio of at least 1.45x; a consolidated tangible net worth of at least 75% of the Company's tangible net worth at the date of the 2017 Revolver plus 75% of future issuances of net equity; a consolidated secured leverage ratio of not more than 70%, or 75% for no more than 180 days, of the Company's total consolidated assets; and a secured recourse debt ratio of not more than 5.0% of the Company's total consolidated assets. Additionally, the 2017 Revolver restricts the Company's ability to pay distributions to its stockholders. For the remainder of 2017, the Company will be permitted to make distributions based on an annualized distribution rate of 3.0% of the initial public offering price per share of its common stock. Beginning in 2018, the Company will be permitted to make annual distributions up to an amount equal to 110% of the Company's adjusted funds from operations, as calculated in accordance with the 2017 Revolver. In addition, the Company may make distributions to the extent necessary to maintain the Company's qualification as a REIT. As of September 30, 2017, the Company was in compliance with all of its financial covenants.
Note 7—Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Proceedings—The Company evaluates developments in legal proceedings that could require a liability to be accrued and/or disclosed. Based on its current knowledge, and after consultation with legal counsel, the Company believes it is not a party to, nor are any of its properties the subject of, any pending legal proceeding that would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s combined and consolidated financial statements.
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Notes to Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(unaudited)
Note 8—Risk Management
In the normal course of its ongoing business operations, the Company encounters credit risk. Credit risk is the risk of default on the Company’s leases that result from a tenant’s inability or unwillingness to make contractually required payments.
Risk concentrations—Concentrations of credit risks arise when the Company has multiple leases with a particular tenant or credit party, or a number of the Company’s tenants are engaged in similar business activities, or activities in the same geographic region, or have similar economic features, such that their ability to meet contractual obligations, including those to the Company, could be similarly affected by changes in economic conditions.
The Company underwrites the credit of prospective tenants and often requires them to provide some form of credit support such as corporate guarantees. Although the Company’s real estate assets are geographically diverse and the tenants operate in a variety of industries and property types, to the extent the Company has a significant concentration of ground and other lease income from any tenant, the inability of that tenant to make its payment could have a material adverse effect on the Company. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company’s two largest tenants accounted for approximately $7.9 million and $4.0 million, or 48% and 24%, respectively, of the Company’s revenues.
Five hotels leased by the Company under a master lease guaranteed by Park Intermediate Holdings LLC represented 33% of the Company’s total assets at September 30, 2017. Park Intermediate Holdings LLC is a subsidiary of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., which is a public reporting company. According to Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.’s public Securities and Exchange Commission filings, Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. conducts substantially all of its business and holds substantially all of its assets through Park Intermediate Holdings LLC. For detailed financial information regarding Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., please refer to its financial statements, which are publicly available on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov.
Note 9—Equity
Common Stock—On April 14, 2017, two institutional investors acquired 2,875,000 shares of the Company's common stock for $57.5 million and iStar acquired 2,775,000 shares of the Company's common stock for $55.5 million.
On June 27, 2017, the Company sold 10,250,000 shares of its common stock in its initial public offering for proceeds of $205.0 million. Concurrently with the initial public offering, the Company sold $45.0 million in shares, or 2,250,000 shares, of its common stock to iStar in a private placement and issued a total of 40,000 shares to its directors who are not employees of the Manager or iStar in consideration for their services as directors.
The following table presents a summary of the Company's ownership as of the initial public offering on June 27, 2017:
Event | Date | Owner | # of shares | Price paid Per Share | |||||||
Initial capitalization | April 14, 2017 | Third parties | 2,875,000 | $ | 20.00 | ||||||
Initial capitalization | April 14, 2017 | iStar | 2,775,000 | 20.00 | |||||||
Initial public offering | June 27, 2017 | Third parties | 10,250,000 | 20.00 | |||||||
Concurrent iStar placement | June 27, 2017 | iStar | 2,250,000 | 20.00 | |||||||
Issuance of shares to directors | June 27, 2017 | Directors | 40,000 | — | |||||||
Shares outstanding at June 27, 2017 | 18,190,000 | ||||||||||
Subsequent to the initial public offering, iStar purchased 1.3 million shares of the Company's common stock for $24.5 million, at an average cost of $19.20 per share, pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan (the “10b5-1 Plan") in accordance with Rules 10b5-1 and 10b-18 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, under which it could buy in the open market up to $24.5 million in the aggregate of the Company’s common stock. As of September 30, 2017, iStar had utilized all of the availability authorized in the 10b5-1 Plan and owned 34.6% of the Company's common stock.
In addition, subsequent to the initial public offering, trusts established by Jay Sugarman, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Geoffrey Jervis, the Company's Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, purchased 26 thousand shares in the aggregate of the Company's common stock for an aggregate $0.5 million, at an average cost of $19.20 per
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Notes to Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(unaudited)
share, pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan (the “10b5-1 Plan") in accordance with Rules 10b5-1 and 10b-18 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, under which they could buy in the open market up to $0.5 million in the aggregate of the Company’s common stock. As of September 30, 2017, the trusts established by Jay Sugarman, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Geoffrey Jervis, the Company's Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, had utilized all of the availability authorized in the 10b5-1 Plan.
Safety, Income & Growth Inc. Predecessor Equity—For the periods prior to April 14, 2017, Safety, Income & Growth Inc. Predecessor Equity represents net contributions from and distributions to iStar. Most of the entities included in the Predecessor’s financial statements did not have bank accounts for the periods presented and most cash transactions for the Predecessor were transacted through bank accounts owned by iStar and are included in Safety, Income & Growth Inc. Predecessor Equity.
Dividends—The Company intends to elect to qualify as a REIT beginning with its taxable year ending December 31, 2017. To qualify as a REIT, the Company must annually distribute, at a minimum, an amount equal to 90% of its taxable income, excluding net capital gains, and must distribute 100% of its taxable income (including net capital gains) to eliminate corporate federal income taxes payable by the REIT. Because taxable income differs from cash flow from operations due to non-cash revenues and expenses (such as depreciation and other items), in certain circumstances, the Company may generate operating cash flow in excess of its dividends, or alternatively, may need to make dividend payments in excess of operating cash flows. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company declared a cash dividend on its common stock of $2.8 million, or $0.1566 per share, which was paid in October 2017.
Note 10—Earnings Per Share
EPS is calculated by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding for the period. The following table presents a reconciliation of income (loss) from operations used in the basic and diluted EPS calculations ($ in thousands, except for per share data)(1):
Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 | For the Period from April 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017 | ||||||
Income (loss) from operations | $ | (721 | ) | $ | (2,325 | ) | |
Income (loss) from operations attributable and allocable to common shareholders for basic and diluted earnings per common share | $ | (721 | ) | $ | (2,325 | ) | |
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(1) | The combined statements of operations prior to April 14, 2017 represented the activity of the Predecessor and EPS was not applicable. |
Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 | For the Period from April 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017 | ||||||
Earnings allocable to common shares: | |||||||
Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share: | |||||||
Income (loss) from operations attributable to Safety, Income & Growth Inc. and allocable to common shareholders | $ | (721 | ) | $ | (2,325 | ) | |
Net income (loss) | $ | (721 | ) | $ | (2,325 | ) | |
Denominator for basic and diluted earnings per share: | |||||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding for basic and diluted earnings per common share | 18,190 | 12,731 | |||||
Basic and diluted earnings per common share: | |||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to Safety, Income & Growth Inc. and allocable to common shareholders | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | (0.18 | ) | |
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Notes to Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
(unaudited)
Note 11—Related Party Transactions
The Company is externally managed by an affiliate of iStar, the Company's largest shareholder. Although the Manager was recently formed, iStar has been an active real estate investor for over 20 years and has executed transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $35.0 billion. iStar has an extensive network for sourcing investments, which includes relationships with brokers, corporate tenants and developers that it has established over its long operating history. As of June 30, 2017, iStar had total assets of approximately $4.9 billion and 192 employees in its New York City headquarters and its seven regional offices across the United States.
Management Agreement
The Company has designed what it believes to be a management agreement with unique features that create alignment and incentives. A summary of the terms of the management agreement is below:
Manager | SFTY Manager, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of iStar Inc. |
Management Fee | Annual fee of 1.0% of total shareholder's equity (up to $2.5 billion) Annual fee of 0.75% of total shareholder's equity (> $2.5 billion) |
Management Fee Consideration | Payment will be made exclusively in the Company's common stock (valued at the greater of (i) the volume weighted average market price during the quarter for which the fee is being paid or (ii) the initial public offering price) |
Lock-up | Restriction from selling common stock received for management fees for 2 years from the date of such issuance (restriction will terminate in the event of and effective with the termination of the management agreement) |
Management Fee Waiver | No management fee paid to the Manager during the first year (through June 30, 2018) |
Incentive Fee | None |
Term | 1 year |
Renewal Provision | Annual renewal to be approved by majority of independent directors |
Termination Fee | None |
For the period from April 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017, the Company recorded $1.1 million in management fees to the Manager. These management fees are recorded in "General and administrative expenses" in the Company's consolidated statements of operations. The management fees were not actually paid to the Manager because no management fees are payable during the first year of the agreement. The fees were accounted for as a non-cash capital contribution from iStar despite iStar not receiving any compensation for its services.
Expense Reimbursements
The Company pays, or reimburses the Manager for, all of the Company's operating expenses, except those specifically required to be borne by the Manager under the management agreement. In addition, because the Manager’s personnel perform certain legal, accounting, due diligence tasks and other services that third-party professionals or consultants otherwise would perform, the Manager is reimbursed, solely in shares of the Company's common stock, for the documented cost of performing such tasks.
For the period from the initial public offering on June 27, 2017 to September 30, 2017, the Company was allocated $0.3 million in expenses from the Manager. These expenses are recorded in "General and administrative expenses" in the Company's consolidated statements of operations. In accordance with the provisions of the management agreement, the expenses were waived by the Manager and, accordingly, were accounted for as a non-cash capital contribution from iStar despite iStar not receiving any reimbursement for these allocated expenses.
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Certain statements in this report, other than purely historical information, including estimates, projections, statements relating to our business plans, objectives and expected operating results, and the assumptions upon which those statements are based, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). Forward-looking statements are included with respect to, among other things, Safety, Income & Growth Inc.'s (the "Company's") current business plan, business strategy, portfolio management, prospects and liquidity. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "believe," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "strategy," "plan," "may," "should," "will," "would," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. In assessing all forward-looking statements, readers are urged to read carefully all cautionary statements contained in this Form 10-Q and the uncertainties and risks described in the Risk Factors section in our Prospectus dated June 21, 2017 (the "Prospectus"), all of which could affect our future results of operations, financial condition and liquidity. For purposes of Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, the terms "we," "our" and "us" refer to Safety, Income & Growth Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.
The discussion below should be read in conjunction with our combined and consolidated financial statements and related notes in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q and our Prospectus. These historical financial statements may not be indicative of our future performance. We have reclassified certain items in our combined and consolidated financial statements of prior periods to conform to our current financial statements presentation.
Introduction
Business
We believe that we are the first publicly-traded company formed primarily to acquire, own, manage, finance and capitalize ground leases. Ground leases generally represent ownership of the land underlying commercial real estate projects that is net leased by the fee owner of the land to the owners/operators of the real estate projects built thereon ("Ground Leases"). Ground Leases are typically ‘‘triple net’’ leases, meaning that the tenant is responsible for development costs, capital expenditures and all property operating expenses, such as maintenance, real estate taxes and insurance. Ground Leases are typically long-term (base terms ranging from 30 to 99 years, often with tenant renewal options) and have contractual base rent increases (either at a specified percentage or consumer price index ("CPI") based, or both) and sometimes include percentage rent participations.
We believe that a Ground Lease represents a safe position in a property’s capital structure. This safety is derived from the typical structure of a Ground Lease, which we believe creates a low likelihood of a tenant default and a low likelihood of a loss by the Ground Lease owner in the event of a tenant default. A Ground Lease lessor typically has the right to regain possession of its land and take ownership of the buildings and improvements thereon upon a tenant default, which provides a strong incentive for a Ground Lease tenant to make the required Ground Lease rent payments. Additionally, the value of a property subject to a Ground Lease typically exceeds the amount of the Ground Lease owner’s investment at the time it was made; therefore, even if the Ground Lease owner takes over the property following a tenant default or upon expiration of the Ground Lease, the owner is reasonably likely to recover substantially all of its Ground Lease investment, and possibly amounts in excess of its investment, depending upon prevailing market conditions.
We target Ground Leases because we believe that rental income from Ground Leases can provide us with a safe, secure and growing cash flow stream. We believe that Ground Leases offer us the opportunity to realize superior risk-adjusted total returns when compared to certain other alternative commercial property debt and equity investments. We intend to target investments in long-term Ground Leases in which: (i) the initial value of our Ground Lease represents 30% to 45% of the combined value of the land and buildings and improvements thereon as if there was no Ground Lease on the land ("Combined Property Value"); (ii) the ratio of underlying property net operating income to the Ground Lease payment due us ("Ground Rent Coverage") is between 2.0x to 5.0x; and (iii) the Ground Lease contains contractual rent escalation clauses or percentage rent that participates in gross revenues generated by the commercial real estate on the land. We believe that these target attributes will mitigate the effects of inflation, compensate for anticipated increases in land values over time and establish a conservative position in the case of defaults. We also believe that the Ground Lease structure provides an opportunity for future investment value accretion through the reversion to us, as the Ground Lease owner, of the buildings and improvements on the land at the expiration or earlier termination of the lease, for no additional consideration from us. We intend to construct a portfolio of Ground Leases diversified by property type, geography, tenant and lease term.
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We believe that there is a significant market opportunity for a dedicated provider of Ground Lease capital like us. We believe that the market for existing Ground Leases is a fragmented market with ownership comprised primarily of high net worth individuals, pension funds, life insurance companies, estates and endowments. However, while we intend to pursue acquisitions of existing Ground Leases, our investment thesis is predicated, in part, on what we believe is an untapped market opportunity to expand the use of the Ground Lease structure to a broader component of the approximately $7.0 trillion institutional commercial property market in the United States. We intend to capitalize on this market opportunity by utilizing multiple Ground Lease sourcing and origination channels, including acquiring existing Ground Leases, manufacturing new Ground Leases with third-party owners of commercial real estate and originating Ground Leases to provide capital for development and redevelopment. We further believe that Ground Leases generally represent an attractive source of capital for our tenants and may allow them to generate superior returns on their invested equity as compared to utilizing alternative sources of capital.
We are managed by SFTY Manager, LLC (the "Manager"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of iStar Inc. (“iStar”), our largest shareholder, pursuant to a management agreement (refer to Note 11). We have no employees, relying on our Manager to provide all services. We intend to draw on the extensive investment origination and sourcing platform of iStar, the parent company of our manager, to actively promote the benefits of the Ground Lease structure to prospective Ground Lease tenants.
Organization
Safety, Income & Growth Inc. ("Original Safety") is a Maryland corporation that was formed as a wholly-owned subsidiary of iStar on October 24, 2016. iStar contributed a pre-existing portfolio of Ground Leases to Original Safety and sought third party capital to grow its Ground Lease business. A second entity, SIGI Acquisition, Inc. ("SIGI") was capitalized on April 14, 2017 by iStar and two institutional investors. On April 14, 2017, Original Safety merged with and into SIGI with SIGI surviving the merger and being renamed Safety, Income & Growth Inc. References herein to us or we refer to Original Safety before such merger and to the surviving company of such merger thereafter. Through these and other formation transactions, we (i) acquired iStar's entire Ground Lease portfolio consisting of 12 properties (the "Initial Portfolio"), all of which were wholly-owned as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, (ii) completed the $227 million 2017 Secured Financing (refer to Note 6) on March 30, 2017, (iii) issued 2,875,000 shares of our common stock to two institutional investors for $20.00 per share, or $57.5 million (representing a 51% ownership interest in us at such time), and 2,775,000 shares of our common stock to iStar for $20.00 per share, or $55.5 million (representing a 49% ownership interest in us at such time), and (iv) paid $340.0 million in total consideration to iStar for the Initial Portfolio.
On June 27, 2017, we completed our initial public offering raising $205.0 million in gross proceeds and concurrently completing a $45.0 million private placement with iStar. The initial public offering price was $20.00 per share. iStar paid organization and offering costs in connection with these transactions, including commissions payable to the underwriters and other offering expenses. iStar received no compensation for its payment of the organization and offering costs.
We intend to elect to qualify as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") for U.S. federal income tax purposes, commencing with the tax year ending December 31, 2017. We were structured as an Umbrella Partnership REIT ("UPREIT"). As such, all of our properties are owned by a subsidiary partnership, Safety Income and Growth Operating Partnership LP (the "Operating Partnership"), which is currently wholly-owned by us. The UPREIT structure may afford us with certain benefits as we seek to acquire properties from third parties who may want to defer taxes on the contribution of their Ground Leases to us.
Executive Overview
We operate our business through one segment by acquiring, managing and capitalizing Ground Leases. We believe owning a portfolio of Ground Leases affords our investors the opportunity for safe, growing income. Safety is derived from a Ground Lease's senior position in the commercial real estate capital structure. Growth is realized through (i) long-term leases with periodic contractual increases in rent, and (ii) growth in the value of the ground over time. Capital appreciation is realized when, at the end of the life of the lease, the commercial real estate property reverts back to us, as landlord, and we are able to realize the value of the leasehold, which may be substantial. Our leases share similarities with triple net leases in that typically we are not responsible for any operating or capital expenses over the life of the lease, making the management of our portfolio relatively simple, with limited working capital needs.
Our Initial Portfolio was comprised of 12 properties located in major metropolitan areas that were acquired or originated by iStar over the past 20 years. All of the properties in our Initial Portfolio are subject to long-term leases consisting of seven Ground Leases and one master lease (covering five properties) that provide for periodic contractual rental escalations or percentage rent participations in gross revenues generated at the relevant properties.
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In June 2017, we acquired two additional Ground Leases. The Ground Leases were purchased from third-party sellers for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $142.0 million. Both transactions are well located urban developments, and based upon our estimated net operating income at the properties upon stabilization, have significant coverage to the initial Ground Lease payment due under the leases, greater than 5.4x. We intend to grow our portfolio through future acquisitions and originations of Ground Leases and believe these transactions are indicative of some of the types of Ground Leases we are pursuing for acquisition and origination. We acquired the Ground Lease at 6200 Hollywood Boulevard, a 143,151 square foot land parcel subject to a long term Ground Lease located in Los Angeles, CA in the Hollywood neighborhood adjacent to the Hollywood/Vine metro station. The site is currently under construction; once completed, it will be improved with approximately 507 apartments, 56,100 square feet of retail space, 1,237 underground parking spaces, and signage facing Hollywood Boulevard. The Ground Lease has 87 years remaining on its term. We also acquired the Ground Lease at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard, a 183,802 square foot land parcel subject to a long term Ground Lease located in Los Angeles, CA in the Hollywood neighborhood adjacent to the Hollywood/Vine metro station. The land is improved with approximately 535 apartments, 71,200 square feet of retail space, 1,300 underground parking spaces, and signage facing Hollywood Boulevard. The Ground Lease has 87 years remaining on its term. Total development cost of these leasehold improvements is estimated to be $450 million, giving the projects a Combined Property Value of approximately $600 million. The $450 million of leasehold improvements reverts back to us as lessor at the end of the lease, which we refer to as the value bank ("Value Bank").
In August 2017, we originated a Ground Lease at 3333 LifeHope in Atlanta, GA for a purchase price of $16.0 million. The property is being converted into a class-A medical office building. The building is 100% pre-leased to 23 subtenants with a weighted average lease term of 17.6 years. The Ground Lease has a term of 99 years and initial rent of $0.9 million, subject to annual increases of 2%, and based upon the anticipated net operating income at the property upon stabilization, has coverage of more than 3.5x to the initial Ground Lease payment due under the lease. In addition, the ground lessee will construct a 185-space parking deck adjacent to the building scheduled to be completed in 2018, which will be engineered to accommodate future development of the site. We have a right of first refusal to provide funding for up to 30% of the construction cost of an additional 160,000 square feet of development on terms consistent with the Ground Lease. iStar, our largest shareholder, committed to provide a $24.0 million construction loan to the ground lessee with an initial term of P1Y year for the renovation of the property, of which $5.1 million was funded as of September 30, 2017.
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Portfolio Overview
The tables below present an overview of our portfolio as of September 30, 2017, unless otherwise indicated ($ in millions):
Lease Terms | Rent(1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Property Name | Location | Lease Expiration / As Extended | Fixed Escalations or Revenue Participation | In-Place Base Rent(2) | % Rent(3) | Total In-Place Cash Rent | GAAP Rent | |||||||||||||||
Doubletree Seattle Airport(4) | Seattle, WA | 2025 / 2035 | % Rent | $ | 4.5 | $ | 1.0 | $ | 5.5 | $ | 5.5 | |||||||||||
One Ally Center | Detroit, MI | 2114 / 2174 | 1.5% / p.a. CPI Lookback(5) | 2.6 | N/A | 2.6 | 5.3 | |||||||||||||||
Hilton Salt Lake(4) | Salt Lake City, UT | 2025 / 2035 | % Rent | 2.7 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | |||||||||||||||
Hollywood Blvd - South | Los Angeles, CA | 2104 / 2104 | % of CPI / 4 yrs(6) | 2.6 | N/A | 2.6 | 2.6 | |||||||||||||||
3333 LifeHope | Atlanta, GA | 2116 / 2176 | 2.0% / p.a. | 0.9 | N/A | 0.9 | 2.6 | |||||||||||||||
Hollywood Blvd - North | Los Angeles, CA | 2104 / 2104 | % of CPI / 4 yrs(7) | 2.4 | N/A | 2.4 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||||
Doubletree Mission Valley(4) | San Diego, CA | 2025 / 2035 | % Rent | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | |||||||||||||||
Doubletree Durango(4) | Durango, CO | 2025 / 2035 | % Rent | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |||||||||||||||
Doubletree Sonoma(4) | San Francisco, CA | 2025 / 2035 | % Rent | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||||
Northside Forsyth Medical Center | Atlanta, GA | 2115 / 2175 | 1.5% / p.a. CPI Lookback(8) | 0.5 | N/A | 0.5 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||||
Dallas Market Center - Sheraton Suites | Dallas, TX | 2114 / 2114 | 2.0% / p.a.(9) | 0.4 | N/A | 0.4 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||
The Buckler Apartments | Milwaukee, WI | 2112 / 2112 | 15% / 10yrs | 0.3 | N/A | 0.3 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||
NASA/JPSS Headquarters | Washington, DC | 2075 / 2105 | 3.0% / 5yrs | 0.4 | N/A | 0.4 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||||
Lock Up Self Storage Facility | Minneapolis, MN | 2037 / 2037 | 3.5% / 2 yrs | 0.1 | N/A | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||||||||||||||
Dallas Market Center - Marriott Courtyard | Dallas, TX | 2026 / 2066 | % Rent | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | — | |||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 20.2 | $ | 3.2 | $ | 23.4 | $ | 29.5 | ||||||||||||||
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(1) | Rent payments do not include any payments made by our tenants to us in respect of reimbursement expenses. |
(2) | Annualized cash base rental income in place as of September 30, 2017. |
(3) | Total percentage cash rental income during the 12 months ended September 30, 2017. |
(4) | Property is part of the Hilton Western Portfolio and is subject to a master lease. In November 2016, the master lease governing the Hilton Western Portfolio was amended to change the look back period for which annual percentage rent is computed from the trailing twelve months ended September 30 to the trailing twelve months ended December 31. In March 2017, we recorded $0.5 million of income representing a one-time stub payment of percentage rent for the three months ended December 31, 2016, to account for the change in the look back period. The aggregate $3.0 million percentage rent shown above for the hotels comprising the Hilton Western Portfolio excludes the one-time $0.5 million stub period payment. |
(5) | During each 10th lease year, annual fixed rent is adjusted to the greater of (i) 1.5% over the prior year’s rent, or (ii) the product of the rent applicable in the initial year of the 10 year period multiplied by a CPI factor, subject to a cap on the increase of 20% of the rent applicable in that initial year. |
(6) | Base rent is subject to increase every 4 years based on a percentage of growth in the CPI for the greater Los Angeles area, California in that time span. Rent increase capped at 12.0% from one rent period to the next. Next potential base increase is May 2018. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in 2058 and 2078, the annual base rent will be reset based on a calculation derived from the then fair market value of the land, but not less than the annual base rent that was in effect before the reset. |
(7) | Base rent is subject to increase every 4 years based on a percentage of growth in the CPI for the greater Los Angeles area, California in that time span. Rent increase capped at 12.0% from one rent period to the next. Next potential base increase is February 2019. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in 2059 and 2079, the annual base rent will be reset based on a calculation derived from the then fair market value of the land, but not less than the annual base rent that was in effect before the reset. |
(8) | During each 10th lease year, annual fixed rent is adjusted to the greater of (i) 1.5% over the prior year’s rent, or (ii) the product of the rent applicable in the initial year of the 10 year period multiplied by a CPI factor, subject to a cap on the increase of 20% of the prior year’s rent. |
(9) | For the 51st through 99th years of the lease, the base rent is the greater of (i) the annual rent calculated based on 2.0% annual rent escalation throughout the term of the lease, and (ii) the fair market rental value of the property. |
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Property Name | Property Type | Units/Keys | Square Feet | Underlying Property NOI(1) | Ground Rent Coverage(1) | |||||||||
Doubletree Seattle Airport(2) | Hospitality | 850 | 579,432 | $ | 14.8 | 3.3x | ||||||||
One Ally Center | Office | N/A | 957,355 | N/A | (3) | >5.0x | (3) | |||||||
Hilton Salt Lake(2) | Hospitality | 499 | 425,000 | 10.0 | 3.7x | |||||||||
Hollywood Blvd - South | Multi-Family | 507 | (4) | 143,151 | >14.0 | (5) | >5.4x | |||||||
3333 LifeHope | Office | N/A | 117,355 | 3.1 | (6) | 3.6x | ||||||||
Hollywood Blvd - North | Multi-Family | 535 | (4) | 183,802 | >14.5 | (7) | >6.0x | |||||||
Doubletree Mission Valley(2) | Hospitality | 300 | 236,745 | 6.7 | 6.0x | |||||||||
Doubletree Durango(2) | Hospitality | 159 | 132,384 | 2.9 | 3.3x | |||||||||
Doubletree Sonoma(2) | Hospitality | 245 | 213,000 | 3.6 | 4.9x | |||||||||
Northside Forsyth Medical Center | Office | N/A | 92,573 | (8) | 1.5 | 3.0x | ||||||||
Dallas Market Center - Sheraton Suites | Hospitality | 251 | 178,331 | 2.1 | (9) | 5.9x | ||||||||
The Buckler Apartments(2) | Multi-Family | 207 | 206,712 | 2.3 | 9.2x | |||||||||
NASA/JPSS Headquarters | Office | N/A | 120,000 | 2.1 | (10) | 4.9x | ||||||||
Lock Up Self Storage Facility | Industrial | 812 | 104,000 | 0.8 | (9) | 6.5x | ||||||||
Dallas Market Center - Marriott Courtyard | Hospitality | 184 | 158,805 | 2.3 | (9) | 18.5x | ||||||||
Weighted Average | 4.6x | |||||||||||||
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(1) | Underlying Property NOI is defined as the net operating income of the commercial real estate being operated at the property without giving effect to any rent paid or payable under our GL. Net operating income is calculated as property-level revenues less property-level operating expenses as reported to us by the tenant. We rely on net operating income as reported to us by our tenants without any independent investigation or verification by us. Underlying Property NOI is shown for the 12 months ended September 30, 2017 unless otherwise noted. Ground Rent Coverage is defined as the ratio of the Underlying Property NOI to the base rental payment due to us under the Ground Lease. |
(2) | We own the buildings and site improvements at these properties. |
(3) | Underlying Property NOI information provided by our Ground Lease tenant is confidential. Our estimate is based on available market information. |
(4) | Reflects the estimated number of apartments at 6201 Hollywood and to be constructed at 6200 Hollywood. |
(5) | The property is currently under renovation. We currently expect renovation to be completed in April 2018. Represents our underwritten stabilized net operating income at the property upon stabilization. Our estimates are based on available market information, including leasing activity at comparable properties in the market. |
(6) | The property is currently being renovated and converted into a class-A medical office building. We currently expect construction to be completed in 2018. Represents our underwritten stabilized net operating income at the property (which is 100% pre-leased) upon stabilization. |
(7) | Construction was completed in 2016 and the property is currently in the lease up phase. A full year of property results is not yet available. Underlying Property NOI represents our underwritten stabilized net operating income at the property upon stabilization. Our estimates are based on leasing activity at the property and available market information, including leasing activity at comparable properties in the market. |
(8) | Represents square footage of initial building. The site can accommodate an additional 115,100 square feet. |
(9) | Based on available information, represents Underlying Property NOI for the 12 months ended June 30, 2017. |
(10) | Does not reflect $0.2 million of legal expenses incurred by our Ground Lease tenant from January 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017. |
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Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2016 (1)
For the Three Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||
2017 | 2016 | $ Change | % Change | |||||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
The Company | Predecessor | |||||||||||||
Ground and other lease income | $ | 6,172 | $ | 4,749 | $ | 1,423 | 30 | % | ||||||
Other income | 84 | 23 | 61 | >100% | ||||||||||
Total revenue | 6,256 | 4,772 | 1,484 | 31 | % | |||||||||
Interest expense | 2,445 | 2,090 | 355 | 17 | % | |||||||||
Real estate expense(2) | 472 | 241 | 231 | 96 | % | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 2,266 | 786 | 1,480 | >100% | ||||||||||
General and administrative | 1,672 | 706 | 966 | >100% | ||||||||||
Other expense | 122 | — | 122 | 100 | % | |||||||||
Total costs and expenses | 6,977 | 3,823 | 3,154 | 83 | % | |||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (721 | ) | $ | 949 | $ | (1,670 | ) | >(100%) | |||||
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(1) | Operations prior to April 14, 2017 represent the activity of Safety, Income & Growth Inc. Predecessor. In addition, as a result of our acquisition of the Initial Portfolio from iStar, the periods subsequent to April 14, 2017 are presented on a new basis of accounting pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 805. |
(2) | Real estate expense includes reimbursable property taxes at one of our properties. |
Ground and other lease income increased to $6.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $4.7 million for the same period in 2016. The increase in 2017 was primarily due to additional rental income earned on three Ground Leases originated in 2017. Beginning on April 14, 2017 we accounted for the acquisition of the Initial Portfolio from iStar in accordance with ASC 805.
Other income for the three months ended September 30, 2017 consists primarily of interest income earned on our cash balances. Other income for the three months ended September 30, 2016 consists primarily of interest income earned on fundings provided to a certain investment in a Ground Lease.
During the three months ended September 30, 2017, we incurred interest expense from our 2017 Secured Financing of $2.4 million. During the three months ended September 30, 2016, interest expense of $2.1 million represents the amount of interest expense allocated to us by iStar. Interest expense was allocated to us by calculating our average net assets as a percentage of the average net assets in iStar’s net lease business segment and multiplying that percentage by the interest expense allocated to iStar’s net lease business segment.
Real estate expense was $0.5 million and $0.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2017, real estate expenses consisted primarily of non-cash rent expense related to the amortization of a below market lease asset at one of our hotel properties, recoverable property taxes at one of our properties and insurance, consulting and legal fees. During the three months ended September 30, 2016, real estate expenses consisted primarily of recoverable property taxes at one of our properties. The increase in 2017 was primarily due to the non-cash rent expense related to the amortization of a below market lease asset at one of our hotel properties.
Depreciation and amortization was $2.3 million and $0.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and primarily relates to our ownership of the hotels under our master lease and our ownership of the structure at the Buckler Apartments property. Beginning on April 14, 2017 we accounted for the acquisition of the Initial Portfolio from iStar in accordance with ASC 805 and began recognizing amortization expense resulting from in-place intangible lease assets.
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During the three months ended September 30, 2017, general and administrative expenses include management fees (which our Manager is waiving during the first year of the management agreement), costs of operating as a public company and an allocation of expenses to us from our Manager (which our Manager is waiving during the first year of the management agreement). During the three months ended September 30, 2016, general and administrative expenses primarily includes an allocation of expenses to us from iStar. General and administrative expenses were allocated to us for certain iStar corporate functions, including executive oversight, treasury, finance, human resources, tax compliance and planning, internal audit, financial reporting, information technology and investor relations. General and administrative expenses, including stock based compensation, were allocated to us based on a pro rata allocation of costs from iStar’s net lease and corporate business segments based on our average net assets. The following table presents our general and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 ($ in thousands):
Three Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||
2017 | 2016 | |||||||
Non-cash expenses | ||||||||
Allocation from iStar | $ | — | $ | 706 | ||||
Management fees | 915 | — | ||||||
Expense reimbursements to the Manager | 304 | — | ||||||
Subtotal - non-cash expenses | 1,219 | 706 | ||||||
Cash expenses | ||||||||
Public company costs | 453 | — | ||||||
Subtotal - cash expenses | 453 | — | ||||||
Total general and administrative expenses | $ | 1,672 | $ | 706 | ||||
During the three months ended September 30, 2017, other expense consists primarily of unsuccessful investment pursuit costs.
Results of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 (1)
For the Period from April 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017 | For the Period from January 1, 2017 to April 13, 2017 | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||||||
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The Company | Predecessor | |||||||||||||||||
Ground and other lease income | $ | 10,374 | $ | 5,916 | $ | 14,005 | $ | 2,285 | 16 | % | ||||||||
Other income | 86 | 108 | 32 | 162 | >100% | |||||||||||||
Total revenue | 10,460 | 6,024 | 14,037 | 2,447 | 17 | % | ||||||||||||
Interest expense | 4,313 | 2,432 | 6,072 | 673 | 11 | % | ||||||||||||
Real estate expense(2) | 897 | 210 | 604 | 503 | 83 | % | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 4,139 | 901 | 2,356 | 2,684 | >100% | |||||||||||||
General and administrative | 2,821 | 1,143 | 2,089 | 1,875 | 90 | % | ||||||||||||
Other expense | 615 | — | — | 615 | 100 | % | ||||||||||||
Total costs and expenses | 12,785 | 4,686 | 11,121 | 6,350 | 57 | % | ||||||||||||
Income from sales of real estate | — | 508 | — | 508 | (100 | )% | ||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (2,325 | ) | $ | 1,846 | $ | 2,916 | $ | (3,395 | ) | >(100%) | |||||||
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(1) | Operations prior to April 14, 2017 represent the activity of Safety, Income & Growth Inc. Predecessor. In addition, as a result of our acquisition of the Initial Portfolio from iStar, the periods subsequent to April 14, 2017 are presented on a new basis of accounting pursuant to ASC 805. |
(2) | Real estate expense includes reimbursable property taxes at one of our properties. |
Ground and other lease income increased to $16.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $14.0 million for the same period in 2016. The increase in 2017 was primarily due to additional rental income earned on three Ground
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Leases originated in 2017 and to a one-time stub payment of $0.5 million of percentage rent in respect of the Hilton Western Portfolio, due to a change in the look back period for which percentage rent is calculated.
Other income for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 consists primarily of interest income earned on our cash balances. Other income for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 consists primarily of interest income earned on fundings provided to a certain investment in a Ground Lease.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we incurred interest expense from our 2017 Secured Financing of $4.3 million and we incurred an allocation of interest expense from iStar of $2.4 million for the period prior to the 2017 Secured Financing. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, interest expense of $6.1 million represents the amount of interest expense allocated to us by iStar. Interest expense was allocated to us by calculating our average net assets as a percentage of the average net assets in iStar’s net lease business segment and multiplying that percentage by the interest expense allocated to iStar’s net lease business segment.
Real estate expense was $1.1 million and $0.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, real estate expenses consisted primarily of non-cash rent expense related to the amortization of a below market lease asset at one of our hotel properties, recoverable property taxes at one of our properties and insurance, consulting and legal fees. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, real estate expenses consisted primarily of recoverable property taxes at one of our properties. The increase in 2017 was primarily due to the non-cash rent expense related to the amortization of a below market lease asset at one of our hotel properties.
Depreciation and amortization was $5.0 million and $2.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and primarily relates to our ownership of the hotels under our master lease and our ownership of the structure at the Buckler Apartments property. Beginning on April 14, 2017 we accounted for the acquisition of the Initial Portfolio from iStar in accordance with ASC 805 and began recognizing amortization expense resulting from in-place intangible lease assets.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, general and administrative expenses include management fees to (which our Manager is waiving during the first year of the management agreement), stock-based compensation for equity awards granted to our directors who are not employees of our Manager or iStar, costs of operating as a public company and an allocation of expenses to us from our Manager and iStar (which our Manager is waiving during the first year of the management agreement). During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, general and administrative expenses primarily includes an allocation of expenses to us from iStar. General and administrative expenses were allocated to us for certain iStar corporate functions, including executive oversight, treasury, finance, human resources, tax compliance and planning, internal audit, financial reporting, information technology and investor relations. General and administrative expenses, including stock based compensation, were allocated to us based on a pro rata allocation of costs from iStar’s net lease and corporate business segments based on our average net assets. The following table presents our general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 ($ in thousands):
Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||
2017 | 2016 | |||||||
Non-cash expenses | ||||||||
Allocation from iStar | $ | 1,053 | $ | 2,089 | ||||
Stock-based compensation | 766 | — | ||||||
Management fees | 1,069 | — | ||||||
Expense reimbursements to the Manager | 324 | — | ||||||
Subtotal - non-cash expenses | 3,212 | 2,089 | ||||||
Cash expenses | ||||||||
Public company costs | 752 | — | ||||||
Subtotal - cash expenses | 752 | — | ||||||
Total general and administrative expenses | $ | 3,964 | $ | 2,089 | ||||
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, other expense consists primarily of non-recurring acquisition costs and unsuccessful investment pursuit costs.
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During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we recognized income from sales of real estate of $0.5 million resulting from the sale of a parking facility from our Hilton Western Portfolio that had been previously impaired and had a carrying value of zero.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to net income (loss) prepared in conformity with GAAP, we use certain non-GAAP financial measures to measure our operating performance. We present below a discussion of funds from operations ("FFO"), and adjusted funds from operations ("AFFO").
We present FFO and AFFO because we consider them to be important supplemental measures of our operating performance and believe that they are frequently used by management, securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of REITs. FFO is a widely recognized non-GAAP financial measure for REITs that we believe, when considered with financial statements determined in accordance with GAAP, is useful to investors in understanding financial performance and providing a relevant basis for comparison among REITs.
We compute FFO in accordance with the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"), which defines FFO as net income (loss) (determined in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains or losses from sales of depreciable operating property, plus real estate-related depreciation and amortization. We compute AFFO by adding (or subtracting) to FFO the following items: straight-line rental income, the amortization of real estate-related intangibles, non-cash management fees and expense reimbursements, stock-based compensation, acquisition costs and the amortization of deferred financing costs and other expenses related to debt obligations.
We consider AFFO to be a useful metric when evaluating the key drivers of our long term operating performance, which are relatively straightforward. Our Ground Lease investments generate rental income and our tenants are typically responsible for all property level expenses. As a result, we incur minimal property level cash expenses that are not reimbursed. Furthermore, we subtract straight-line rent because it represents non-cash GAAP income, which creates a material difference between our GAAP rental income recorded and the cash rent we receive, particularly due to the very long duration of our leases. AFFO is presented prior to the impact of the amortization of lease intangibles, non-cash management fees and expense reimbursements, stock-based compensation, and other expenses which represent non-cash expenses. We also add back acquisition expenses incurred for the acquisition of Ground Leases due to the long-term nature of our Ground Lease business. Our Ground Lease assets typically have long-term leases (typically 30-99 years) and acquisition expenses will only affect our operations in periods in which Ground Leases are acquired.
In addition, we believe FFO and AFFO are useful to investors as they capture features particular to real estate performance by recognizing that real estate has generally appreciated over time or maintains residual value to a much greater extent than do other depreciable assets.
Investors should review FFO and AFFO, along with GAAP net income (loss), when trying to understand the operating performance of an equity REIT like us. However, because FFO and AFFO exclude depreciation and amortization and do not capture the changes in the value of our properties that result from use or market conditions, which have real economic effect and could materially impact our results from operations, the utility of FFO and AFFO as measures of our performance is limited. There can be no assurance that FFO and AFFO as presented by us is comparable to similarly titled measures of other REITs. FFO and AFFO do not represent cash generated from operating activities and should not be considered as alternatives to net income (loss) (determined in accordance with GAAP) or to cash flow from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP). FFO and AFFO are not indicative of cash available to fund ongoing cash needs, including the ability to make cash distributions to our stockholders. Although FFO and AFFO are measures used for comparability in assessing the performance of REITs, as the NAREIT White Paper only provides guidelines for computing FFO, the computation of FFO and AFFO may vary from one company to another.
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The following table presents a reconciliation of our pro forma and historical combined and consolidated net income (loss), the most directly comparable GAAP measure, to FFO and AFFO, for the periods presented (1):
For the Three Months Ended September 30, | For the Period from April 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017 | For the Period from January 1, 2017 to April 13, 2017 | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Funds from Operations | The Company | Predecessor | The Company | Predecessor | |||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (721 | ) | $ | 949 | $ | (2,325 | ) | $ | 1,846 | $ | 2,916 | |||||||
Add: Depreciation and amortization | 2,266 | 786 | 4,139 | 901 | 2,356 | ||||||||||||||
Less: Income from sales of real estate | — | — | — | (508 | ) | — | |||||||||||||
FFO | $ | 1,545 | $ | 1,735 | $ | 1,814 | $ | 2,239 | $ | 5,272 | |||||||||
Adjusted Funds from Operations | |||||||||||||||||||
FFO | $ | 1,545 | $ | 1,735 | $ | 1,814 | $ | 2,239 | $ | 5,272 | |||||||||
Straight-line rental income | (1,378 | ) | (1,113 | ) | (2,422 | ) | (1,271 | ) | (3,261 | ) | |||||||||
Amortization of real estate-related intangibles, net | 408 | 104 | 754 | 118 | 310 | ||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | — | 51 | 766 | 246 | 250 | ||||||||||||||
Acquisition costs | — | — | 381 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Non-cash management fees and expense reimbursements | 1,219 | — | 1,393 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Non-cash interest expense | 225 | 271 | 226 | 20 | 742 | ||||||||||||||
AFFO(2) | $ | 2,019 | $ | 1,048 | $ | 2,912 | $ | 1,352 | $ | 3,313 | |||||||||
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(1) | Operations prior to April 14, 2017 represent the activity of Safety, Income & Growth Inc. Predecessor. |
(2) | For the three months ended September 30, 2017, AFFO does not include any percentage rent from the Hilton Western Portfolio, which is recorded annually in the first quarter of each year. For the year ended December 31, 2016, we recorded $3.0 million in percentage rent from the Hilton Western Portfolio. |
We present below a discussion of earnings before interest, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA. We compute EBITDA as the sum of net income (loss) before interest expense and depreciation and amortization. We present EBITDA because we believe that EBITDA, along with cash flow from operating activities, investing activities and financing activities, provides investors with an additional indicator of our ability to incur and service debt. EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) (determined in accordance with GAAP), as an indication of our financial performance, as an alternative to net cash flows from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP), or as a measure of our liquidity.
The following table presents a reconciliation of our historical combined and consolidated net income, the most directly comparable GAAP measure to EBITDA, for the periods presented (1):
For the Three Months Ended September 30, | For the Period from April 14, 2017 to September 30, 2017 | For the Period from January 1, 2017 to April 13, 2017 | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
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EBITDA | The Company | Predecessor | The Company | Predecessor | |||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (721 | ) | $ | 949 | $ | (2,325 | ) | $ | 1,846 | $ | 2,916 | |||||||
Add: Interest expense | 2,445 | 2,090 | 4,313 | 2,432 | 6,072 | ||||||||||||||
Add: Depreciation and amortization | 2,266 | 786 | 4,139 | 901 | 2,356 | ||||||||||||||
EBITDA | $ | 3,990 | $ | 3,825 | $ | 6,127 | $ | 5,179 | $ | 11,344 | |||||||||
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(1) | Operations prior to April 14, 2017 represent the activity of Safety, Income & Growth Inc. Predecessor. |
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity is a measure of our ability to meet potential cash requirements, including to pay interest and repay borrowings, fund and maintain our assets and operations, complete acquisitions and originations of investments, make distributions to our stockholders and meet other general business needs. In order to qualify as a REIT, we are required under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to distribute to our stockholders, on an annual basis, at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains. We expect to make quarterly cash distributions to our stockholders sufficient to meet REIT qualification requirements.
As of September 30, 2017, we had $91 million of available cash. Our primary sources of cash to date have been proceeds of $205 million from our initial public offering, proceeds of $45 million from our private placement to iStar and proceeds of $113 million from our initial capitalization by iStar and two institutional investors. Our primary uses of cash to date have been the $113 million acquisition of the Initial Portfolio from iStar (which was subject to the 2017 Secured Financing, as defined below) and the acquisition/origination of three Ground Leases for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $158 million. Our primary sources of liquidity going forward will generally consist of cash on hand and cash generated from our operating activities, financings and unused borrowing capacity under our 2017 Revolver.
We expect our short-term liquidity requirements to include:
•debt service;
•distributions to our stockholders; and
•working capital.
We expect to meet our short-term liquidity requirements through our cash on hand, our cash flows from operations and our 2017 Revolver. The availability of our 2017 Revolver is subject to the conditions set forth in the applicable loan agreement.
We expect our long-term liquidity requirements to include:
•acquisitions and originations of Ground Lease investments; and
•debt maturities.
We expect to meet our long-term liquidity requirements through our cash on hand, cash flows from operations, mortgage financings, debt issuances, common and/or preferred equity issuances and asset sales.
Contractual Obligations—The following table outlines the contractual obligations related to our long-term debt obligations as of September 30, 2017 (refer to Note 6 to the combined and consolidated financial statements).
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Total | Less Than 1 Year | 1 - 3 Years | 3 - 5 Years | 5 - 10 Years | After 10 Years | ||||||||||||||||||
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Long-Term Debt Obligations: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 Secured Financing | $ | 227,000 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 227,000 | $ | — | |||||||||||
Total principal maturities | 227,000 | — | — | — | 227,000 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Interest Payable | 83,730 | 8,734 | 17,493 | 17,469 | 40,034 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Total(1) | $ | 310,730 | $ | 8,734 | $ | 17,493 | $ | 17,469 | $ | 267,034 | $ | — | |||||||||||
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(1) | We are also obligated to pay the third-party owner of a property that is ground leased to us $0.4 million, subject to adjustment for changes in the CPI, per year through 2044; however, our tenant pays this expense directly under the terms of a master lease through 2035. |
2017 Secured Financing—In March 2017, we entered into a $227.0 million non-recourse secured financing transaction (the "2017 Secured Financing") that bears interest at a fixed rate of 3.795% and matures in April 2027. The 2017 Secured Financing was collateralized by the Initial Portfolio including seven Ground Leases and one master lease (covering the accounts of five properties). In connection with and prior to the closing of the 2017 Secured Financing, we entered into a $200 million notional rate lock swap, reducing the effective rate of the 2017 Secured Financing from 3.795% to 3.773%.
2017 Revolver—In June 2017, we entered into a recourse senior secured revolving credit facility with a group of lenders in the maximum aggregate initial original principal amount of up to $300.0 million (the "2017 Revolver"). The 2017 Revolver has a term of three years with two 12-month extension options exercisable by us, subject to certain conditions, and bears interest
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at an annual rate of applicable LIBOR plus 1.35%. An undrawn credit facility commitment fee ranges from 0.15% to 0.25%, based on utilization each quarter. This fee is waived for the first six months after the closing date of June 27, 2017. The 2017 Revolver will allow us to leverage Ground Leases up to 67%. The 2017 Revolver provides an accordion feature to increase, subject to certain conditions, the maximum availability up to $500.0 million. We incurred $2.9 million of lender and third-party fees, all of which were capitalized in "Deferred expenses and other assets, net" on our consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 2017, we did not have any amounts outstanding on the 2017 Revolver.
Debt Covenants—We are subject to financial covenants under the 2017 Revolver, including maintaining: a limitation on total consolidated leverage of not more than 70%, or 75% for no more than 180 days, of our total consolidated assets; a consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio of at least 1.45x; a consolidated tangible net worth of at least 75% of our tangible net worth at the date of the 2017 Revolver plus 75% of future issuances of net equity; a consolidated secured leverage ratio of not more than 70%, or 75% for no more than 180 days, of our total consolidated assets; and a secured recourse debt ratio of not more than 5.0% of our total consolidated assets. Additionally, the 2017 Revolver restricts our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders. For the remainder of 2017, we will be permitted to make distributions based on an annualized distribution rate of 3.0% of the initial public offering price per share of our common stock. Beginning in 2018, we will be permitted to make annual distributions up to an amount equal to 110% of our adjusted funds from operations, as calculated in accordance with the 2017 Revolver. In addition, we may make distributions to the extent necessary to maintain our qualification as a REIT. As of September 30, 2017, we were in compliance with all of our financial covenants.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements—We are not dependent on the use of any off-balance sheet financing arrangements for liquidity.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and judgments in certain circumstances that affect amounts reported as assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. We have established detailed policies and control procedures intended to ensure that valuation methods, including any judgments made as part of such methods, are well controlled, reviewed and applied consistently from period to period. We base our estimates on historical corporate and industry experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be appropriate under the circumstances. For all of these estimates, we caution that future events rarely develop exactly as forecasted, and, therefore, routinely require adjustment.
Cash and cash equivalents—Cash and cash equivalents include cash held in banks or, if applicable, invested in money market funds with original maturity terms of less than 90 days.
Restricted Cash—Restricted cash represents amounts required to be maintained under certain of our derivative transactions.
Ground and other lease income—Ground and other lease income includes rent earned from leasing land and buildings owned by us to our tenants. Ground and other lease income is recognized on the straight-line method of accounting, generally from the later of the date the lessee takes possession of the space and it is ready for its intended use or the date of acquisition of the asset subject to existing leases. Accordingly, contractual lease payment increases are recognized evenly over the term of the lease. The periodic difference between ground and other lease income recognized under this method and contractual lease payment terms is recorded as deferred ground and other lease income receivable and is included in ‘‘Deferred ground and other lease income receivable, net’’ on our consolidated and combined balance sheets. We are also entitled to percentage rent pursuant to some of its leases and records percentage rent as ground and other lease income when earned. Ground and other lease income also includes the amortization of finite lived intangible assets and liabilities, which are amortized over the period during which the assets or liabilities are expected to contribute directly or indirectly to the future cash flows of the business acquired.
Earnings per share—We have one class of common stock. Earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common stock outstanding (refer to Note 9 for a summary of shares outstanding).
Deferred financing fees—Deferred financing fees associated with debt obligations are recorded as a reduction of the carrying value of ‘‘Debt obligations, net’’ on our combined and consolidated balance sheets. The amortization of deferred financing fees is included in ‘‘Interest expense’’ in our combined and consolidated statements of operations.
Dispositions—Gains on the sale of real estate assets are recognized in "Income from sales of real estate" in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (‘‘ASC’’) 360-20, Real Estate Sales. Gains on sales of real estate are recognized for full
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profit recognition upon closing of the sale transactions, when the profit is determinable, the earnings process is virtually complete, the parties are bound by the terms of the contract, all consideration has been exchanged, any permanent financing for which the seller is responsible has been arranged and all conditions for closing have been performed. We primarily uses specific identification and the relative sales value method to allocate costs.
Stock-based compensation—We account for stock-based compensation awards using the fair value method, which requires an estimate of fair value of the award at the time of grant. On June 27, 2017, our directors who are not officers or employees of our Manager or iStar were granted 40,000 restricted shares in our common stock with an aggregate grant date fair value of $0.8 million. The shares granted to our board of directors vested immediately and we recognized $0.8 million in stock-based compensation which is classified within "General and administrative" in our consolidated statements of operations.
Derivative instruments and hedging activity—Our use of derivative financial instruments is primarily limited to the utilization of interest rate swaps, interest rate caps or other instruments to manage interest rate risk exposure. We do not enter into derivatives for trading purposes.
We recognize derivatives as either assets or liabilities on our combined and consolidated balance sheets at fair value. If certain conditions are met, a derivative may be specifically designated as a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of a recognized asset or liability, a hedge of a forecasted transaction or the variability of cash flows to be received or paid related to a recognized asset or liability.
Fair Values—We are required to disclose fair value information with regard to our financial instruments, whether or not recognized in the combined and consolidated balance sheets, for which it is practical to estimate fair value. The Financial Accounting Standards Board guidance defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. We determine the estimated fair values of financial assets and liabilities based on a hierarchy that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of us and our own assumptions about market participant assumptions. We determined the carrying values of our financial instruments including cash and cash equivalents; restricted cash; ground and other lease income receivable; deferred ground and other lease income receivable, net; deferred expenses and other assets, net; and accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities approximated their the fair values of the instruments. For our debt obligations not traded in secondary markets, we determine fair value primarily by using market rates currently available for debt obligations with similar terms and remaining maturities. We determined that the significant inputs used to value our debt obligations, net fall within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. We determined the fair value of our debt obligations, net approximated its carrying value as of September 30, 2017.
As of September 30, 2017, the remainder of our significant accounting policies, which are detailed in our Prospectus, have not changed materially.
New Accounting Pronouncements—For a discussion of the impact of new accounting pronouncements on our financial condition or results of operations, refer to Note 3 to the combined and consolidated financial statements.
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Market Risks
Our future income, cash flows and fair values relevant to financial instruments are dependent upon prevalent market prices and interest rates. Market risk refers to the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices and interest rates. One of the principal market risks facing us is interest rate risk on our floating rate indebtedness.
Subject to qualifying and maintaining our qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we may mitigate the risk of interest rate volatility through the use of hedging instruments, such as interest rate swap agreements and interest rate cap agreements. Our primary objectives when undertaking hedging transactions will be to reduce our floating rate exposure and to fix a portion of the interest rate for anticipated financing and refinancing transactions. However, we can provide no assurances that our efforts to manage interest rate volatility will successfully mitigate the risks of such volatility on our portfolio. Our current portfolio is not subject to foreign currency risk.
Our objectives with respect to interest rate risk are to limit the impact of interest rate changes on operations and cash flows, and to lower our overall borrowing costs. To achieve these objectives, we may borrow at fixed rates and may enter into hedging instruments such as interest rate swap agreements and interest rate cap agreements in order to mitigate our interest rate risk on a related floating rate financial instrument. We do not enter into derivative or interest rate transactions for speculative purposes.
As of September 30, 2017, we had $227 million principal amount of fixed-rate debt outstanding from the 2017 Secured Financing.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company's Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company has formed a disclosure committee that is responsible for considering the materiality of information and determining the disclosure obligations of the Company on a timely basis. The disclosure committee reports directly to the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the disclosure committee and other members of management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(b) or Rule 15d-15. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures are effective to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
There have been no changes during the last fiscal quarter in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that it will detect or uncover failures within the Company to disclose material information otherwise required to be set forth in the Company's periodic reports.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
From time to time, we may be party, or our properties may be subject to, various claims, lawsuits or other legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business. We are not currently a party, as plaintiff or defendant, to any legal proceedings which, individually or in the aggregate, would be expected to have a material effect on our business, financial position, liquidity or results of operations if determined adversely to us.
Item 1a. Risk Factors
For a discussion of the Company's potential risks and concentrations, see information under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Prospectus, dated June 21, 2017, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There were no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in the Company's Prospectus.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Use of Proceeds
On August 31, 2017, the Company closed on a Ground Lease at 3333 LifeHope in Atlanta, GA for a purchase price of $16.0 million. The property is being converted into a class-A medical office building. The building is 100% pre-leased to 23 subtenants with a weighted average lease term of 17.6 years. The Ground Lease has a term of 99 years and initial rent of $0.9 million, subject to annual increases of 2%. In addition, the ground lessee will construct a 185-space parking deck adjacent to the building scheduled to be completed in 2018, which will be engineered to accommodate future development of the site. The Company has a right of first refusal to provide funding for up to 30% of the construction cost of an additional 160,000 square feet of development on terms consistent with the Ground Lease.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
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Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
None.
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Item 6. Exhibits
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number | Document Description |
3.1+ | Articles of Amendment |
31.0 | |
32.0 | |
101* | The following financial information from the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2017 is formatted in XBRL ("eXtensible Business Reporting Language"): (i) the Combined and Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2017 (unaudited) and December 31, 2016, (ii) the Combined and Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, (iii) the Combined and Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (unaudited) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, (iv) the Combined and Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity (unaudited) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, (v) the Combined and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 and (vi) the Notes to the Combined Financial Statements (unaudited). |
+ | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 23, 2017. |
* | In accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the XBRL related information in Exhibit 101 is deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, is deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Exchange Act of 1934 and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
Safety, Income & Growth Inc. Registrant | ||
Date: | October 26, 2017 | /s/ JAY SUGARMAN |
Jay Sugarman Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) | ||
Safety, Income & Growth Inc. Registrant | ||
Date: | October 26, 2017 | /s/ GEOFFREY G. JERVIS |
Geoffrey G. Jervis Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer) | ||
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