United States
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark one)
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2020March 31, 2021
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from   to
Commission file number: 001-37716
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Stratus Properties Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware72-1211572
(State or other jurisdiction of(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization) 

212 Lavaca Street, Suite 300
AustinTX78701
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
(512) 478-5788
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per shareSTRSThe NASDAQ Stock Market
Series D Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock Purchase RightsSTRSThe NASDAQ Stock Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes  No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes   No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer  

Smaller reporting company
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes  No
On July 31, 2020,April 30, 2021, there were issued and outstanding 8,210,1398,234,828 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share.


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

STRATUS PROPERTIES INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)
(In Thousands)

June 30,
2020
December 31,
2019
March 31,
2021
December 31,
2020
ASSETSASSETS  ASSETS  
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents$16,138  $19,173  Cash and cash equivalents$12,560 $12,434 
Restricted cashRestricted cash18,734  19,418  Restricted cash18,682 21,749 
Real estate held for saleReal estate held for sale6,960  14,872  Real estate held for sale2,000 4,204 
Real estate under developmentReal estate under development94,351  95,026  Real estate under development110,464 98,137 
Land available for developmentLand available for development56,574  45,539  Land available for development43,555 53,432 
Real estate held for investment, netReal estate held for investment, net324,341  329,103  Real estate held for investment, net283,899 286,529 
Lease right-of-use assetsLease right-of-use assets11,067  11,378  Lease right-of-use assets10,784 10,871 
Deferred tax assets9,580  12,311  
Other assetsOther assets13,960  14,548  Other assets19,927 20,144 
Assets held for sale - The Saint MaryAssets held for sale - The Saint Mary36,516 
Total assetsTotal assets$551,705  $561,368  Total assets$501,871 $544,016 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITYLIABILITIES AND EQUITY  LIABILITIES AND EQUITY  
Liabilities:Liabilities:Liabilities:
Accounts payableAccounts payable$10,346  $16,053  Accounts payable$8,659 $8,047 
Accrued liabilities, including taxesAccrued liabilities, including taxes8,861  11,580  Accrued liabilities, including taxes5,477 12,868 
DebtDebt363,849  365,749  Debt339,213 351,055 
Lease liabilitiesLease liabilities12,894  12,636  Lease liabilities13,467 13,269 
Deferred gainDeferred gain7,030  7,654  Deferred gain5,936 6,173 
Other liabilitiesOther liabilities12,738  13,614  Other liabilities15,585 17,233 
Liabilities held for sale - The Saint MaryLiabilities held for sale - The Saint Mary25,607 
Total liabilitiesTotal liabilities415,718  427,286  Total liabilities388,337 434,252 
Commitments and contingenciesCommitments and contingenciesCommitments and contingencies00
Equity:Equity:  Equity:  
Stockholders’ equity:Stockholders’ equity:  Stockholders’ equity:  
Common stockCommon stock93  93  Common stock94 94 
Capital in excess of par value of common stockCapital in excess of par value of common stock186,422  186,082  Capital in excess of par value of common stock188,121 186,777 
Accumulated deficitAccumulated deficit(40,503) (43,567) Accumulated deficit(57,413)(66,357)
Common stock held in treasuryCommon stock held in treasury(21,600) (21,509) Common stock held in treasury(21,753)(21,600)
Total stockholders’ equityTotal stockholders’ equity124,412  121,099  Total stockholders’ equity109,049 98,914 
Noncontrolling interests in subsidiariesNoncontrolling interests in subsidiaries11,575  12,983  Noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries4,485 10,850 
Total equityTotal equity135,987  134,082  Total equity113,534 109,764 
Total liabilities and equityTotal liabilities and equity$551,705  $561,368  Total liabilities and equity$501,871 $544,016 

The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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STRATUS PROPERTIES INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (Unaudited)
(In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)

Three Months EndedSix Months EndedThree Months Ended
June 30,June 30,March 31,
2020201920202019 20212020
Revenues:Revenues:  Revenues:
Real estate operationsReal estate operations$1,893  $4,129  $14,229  $7,077  Real estate operations$6,621 $12,336 
Leasing operationsLeasing operations5,718  4,413  11,450  8,042  Leasing operations5,167 5,732 
HotelHotel1,030  8,962  6,941  17,287  Hotel2,118 5,911 
EntertainmentEntertainment290  6,220  4,445  11,016  Entertainment609 4,155 
Total revenuesTotal revenues8,931  23,724  37,065  43,422  Total revenues14,515 28,134 
Cost of sales:Cost of sales:Cost of sales:
Real estate operationsReal estate operations1,921  3,795  12,176  3,841  Real estate operations4,344 10,255 
Leasing operationsLeasing operations4,070  2,447  7,152  4,586  Leasing operations2,377 3,082 
HotelHotel1,766  6,831  7,665  13,506  Hotel2,902 5,899 
EntertainmentEntertainment1,208  4,441  4,306  7,920  Entertainment1,307 3,098 
DepreciationDepreciation3,377  2,703  7,010  5,333  Depreciation3,002 3,633 
Total cost of salesTotal cost of sales12,342  20,217  38,309  35,186  Total cost of sales13,932 25,967 
General and administrative expensesGeneral and administrative expenses3,103  2,919  5,918  6,118  General and administrative expenses4,544 2,815 
Income from forfeited earnest money(15,000) —  (15,000) —  
Loss (gain) on sale of assets—  161  —  (1,952) 
Gain on sale of assetsGain on sale of assets(22,931)
TotalTotal445  23,297  29,227  39,352  Total(4,455)28,782 
Operating income8,486  427  7,838  4,070  
Operating income (loss)Operating income (loss)18,970 (648)
Interest expense, netInterest expense, net(3,666) (2,911) (7,581) (5,483) Interest expense, net(3,035)(3,915)
Gain (loss) on interest rate derivative instruments42  (123) (79) (182) 
Loss on interest rate derivative instrumentsLoss on interest rate derivative instruments(121)
Loss on early extinguishment of debtLoss on early extinguishment of debt—  —  —  (16) Loss on early extinguishment of debt(63)
Other income, netOther income, net89  12  108  311  Other income, net19 
Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in unconsolidated affiliates' lossIncome (loss) before income taxes and equity in unconsolidated affiliates' loss4,951  (2,595) 286  (1,300) Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in unconsolidated affiliates' loss15,875 (4,665)
(Provision for) benefit from income taxes(Provision for) benefit from income taxes(207)2,518 
Equity in unconsolidated affiliates' lossEquity in unconsolidated affiliates' loss—  (13) —  (13) Equity in unconsolidated affiliates' loss(2)
(Provision for) benefit from income taxes(1,148) 218  1,370  (215) 
Net income (loss) and total comprehensive income (loss)Net income (loss) and total comprehensive income (loss)3,803  (2,390) 1,656  (1,528) Net income (loss) and total comprehensive income (loss)15,666 (2,147)
Total comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries331   1,408   
Total comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiariesTotal comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries(6,722)1,077 
Net income (loss) and total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to common stockholdersNet income (loss) and total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to common stockholders$4,134  $(2,389) $3,064  $(1,527) Net income (loss) and total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to common stockholders$8,944 $(1,070)
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders$0.50  $(0.29) $0.37  $(0.19) 
Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders:Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders:
BasicBasic$1.09 $(0.13)
DilutedDiluted$1.08 $(0.13)
Weighted-average common shares outstanding:Weighted-average common shares outstanding:Weighted-average common shares outstanding:
BasicBasic8,210  8,177  8,205  8,172  Basic8,223 8,200 
DilutedDiluted8,228  8,177  8,230  8,172  Diluted8,273 8,200 

The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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STRATUS PROPERTIES INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(In Thousands)

Six Months EndedThree Months Ended
June 30, March 31,
20202019 20212020
Cash flow from operating activities:Cash flow from operating activities:  Cash flow from operating activities:  
Net income (loss)Net income (loss)$1,656  $(1,528) Net income (loss)$15,666 $(2,147)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:
DepreciationDepreciation7,010  5,333  Depreciation3,002 3,633 
Cost of real estate soldCost of real estate sold8,732  4,324  Cost of real estate sold3,112 8,146 
Gain on sale of assetsGain on sale of assets—  (1,952) Gain on sale of assets(22,931)
Loss on interest rate derivative instruments79  182  
Loss on early extinguishment of debtLoss on early extinguishment of debt—  16  Loss on early extinguishment of debt63 
Amortization of debt issuance costs and stock-based compensationAmortization of debt issuance costs and stock-based compensation1,095  546  Amortization of debt issuance costs and stock-based compensation529 538 
Equity in unconsolidated affiliates' lossEquity in unconsolidated affiliates' loss—  13  Equity in unconsolidated affiliates' loss
Increase in deposits46  185  
Deferred income taxesDeferred income taxes2,731  (38) Deferred income taxes2,477 
Loss on interest rate derivative instrumentsLoss on interest rate derivative instruments121 
Purchases and development of real estate propertiesPurchases and development of real estate properties(8,655) (5,756) Purchases and development of real estate properties(2,489)(6,222)
Decrease in depositsDecrease in deposits(20)(185)
Municipal utility district reimbursements applied to real estate under development—  920  
Decrease (increase) in other assetsDecrease (increase) in other assets1,215  (1,636) Decrease (increase) in other assets238 (3,967)
Decrease in accounts payable, accrued liabilities and otherDecrease in accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other(8,464) (2,187) Decrease in accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other(7,543)(6,828)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities5,445  (1,578) 
Net cash used in operating activitiesNet cash used in operating activities(10,371)(4,434)
Cash flow from investing activities:Cash flow from investing activities:Cash flow from investing activities:
Capital expendituresCapital expenditures(4,397) (44,990) Capital expenditures(1,009)(2,328)
Proceeds from sale of assetsProceeds from sale of assets—  3,170  Proceeds from sale of assets59,488 
Payments on master lease obligationsPayments on master lease obligations(691) (766) Payments on master lease obligations(270)(287)
Purchase of noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiary—  (4,589) 
Other, netOther, net—  (4) Other, net(5)
Net cash used in investing activities(5,088) (47,179) 
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activitiesNet cash provided by (used in) investing activities58,204 (2,615)
Cash flow from financing activities:Cash flow from financing activities:Cash flow from financing activities:
Borrowings from credit facilityBorrowings from credit facility12,800  14,086  Borrowings from credit facility17,000 12,500 
Payments on credit facilityPayments on credit facility(21,304) (15,648) Payments on credit facility(26,227)(5,681)
Borrowings from project loansBorrowings from project loans11,926  51,006  Borrowings from project loans458 5,905 
Payments on project and term loansPayments on project and term loans(6,976) (5,619) Payments on project and term loans(28,708)(6,380)
Cash dividend paid for stock-based awards(8) (17) 
Cash dividend paid on vested stock-based awardsCash dividend paid on vested stock-based awards(4)(8)
Stock-based awards net paymentsStock-based awards net payments(91) (100) Stock-based awards net payments(153)(91)
Distributions to noncontrolling interestsDistributions to noncontrolling interests(13,087)
Financing costsFinancing costs(423) (231) Financing costs(53)(81)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activitiesNet cash (used in) provided by financing activities(4,076) 43,477  Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities(50,774)6,164 
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cashNet decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash(3,719) (5,280) Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash(2,941)(885)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of yearCash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year38,591  38,919  Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year34,183 38,591 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of periodCash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period$34,872  $33,639  Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period$31,242 $37,706 

The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited), which include information regarding noncash transactions, are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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STRATUS PROPERTIES INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY (Unaudited)
(In Thousands)

THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30

 Stockholders’ Equity  
Common Stock
Held in Treasury
Total Stockholders' Equity
 Common StockCapital in Excess of Par ValueAccum-ulated DeficitNoncontrolling Interests in Subsidiaries 
Number
of Shares
At Par
Value
Number
of Shares
At
Cost
Total
Equity
Balance at March 31, 20209,347  $93  $186,244  $(44,637) 1,137  $(21,600) $120,100  $11,906  $132,006  
Stock-based compensation—  —  178  —  —  —  178  —  178  
Total comprehensive income (loss)—  —  —  4,134  —  —  4,134  (331) 3,803  
Balance at June 30, 20209,347  $93  $186,422  $(40,503) 1,137  $(21,600) $124,412  $11,575  $135,987  

Balance at March 31, 20199,305  $93  $186,424  $(40,241) 1,128  $(21,360) $124,916  $18,076  $142,992  
Stock-based compensation—  —  (90) —  —  —  (90) —  (90) 
Total comprehensive loss—  —  —  (2,389) —  —  (2,389) (1) (2,390) 
Balance at June 30, 20199,305  $93  $186,334  $(42,630) 1,128  $(21,360) $122,437  $18,075  $140,512  
 Stockholders’ Equity  
Common Stock
Held in Treasury
Total Stockholders' Equity
 Common StockCapital in Excess of Par ValueAccum-ulated DeficitNoncontrolling Interests in Subsidiaries 
Number
of Shares
At Par
Value
Number
of Shares
At
Cost
Total
Equity
Balance at December 31, 20209,358 $94 $186,777 $(66,357)1,137 $(21,600)$98,914 $10,850 $109,764 
Exercised and vested stock-based awards19 — — — — — 
Stock-based compensation— — 182 — — — 182 — 182 
Grant of restricted stock units under the Profit Participation Incentive Plan— — 1,162 — — — 1,162 — 1,162 
Tender of shares for stock-based awards— — — — (153)(153)— (153)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests— — — — — — — (13,087)(13,087)
Total comprehensive income— — — 8,944 — — 8,944 6,722 15,666 
Balance at March 31, 20219,377 $94 $188,121 $(57,413)1,143 $(21,753)$109,049 $4,485 $113,534 

















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STRATUS PROPERTIES INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY (Unaudited)
(In Thousands)

SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30

 Stockholders’ Equity  
Common Stock
Held in Treasury
Total Stockholders' Equity
 Common StockCapital in Excess of Par ValueAccum-ulated DeficitNoncontrolling Interests in Subsidiaries 
Number
of Shares
At Par
Value
Number
of Shares
At
Cost
Total
Equity
Balance at December 31, 20199,330  $93  $186,082  $(43,567) 1,133  $(21,509) $121,099  $12,983  $134,082  
Exercised and vested stock-based awards17  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  
Stock-based compensation—  —  340  —  —  —  340  —  340  
Tender of shares for stock-based awards—  —  —  —   (91) (91) —  (91) 
Total comprehensive income (loss)—  —  —  3,064  —  —  3,064  (1,408) 1,656  
Balance at June 30, 20209,347  $93  $186,422  $(40,503) 1,137  $(21,600) $124,412  $11,575  $135,987  

Balance at December 31, 20189,288  $93  $186,256  $(41,103) 1,124  $(21,260) $123,986  $22,665  $146,651  
Balance at December 31, 2019Balance at December 31, 20199,330 $93 $186,082 $(43,567)1,133 $(21,509)$121,099 $12,983 $134,082 
Exercised and vested stock-based awardsExercised and vested stock-based awards17  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  Exercised and vested stock-based awards17 — — — — — 
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation—  —  78  —  —  —  78  —  78  Stock-based compensation— — 162 — — — 162 — 162 
Tender of shares for stock-based awardsTender of shares for stock-based awards—  —  —  —   (100) (100) —  (100) Tender of shares for stock-based awards— — — — (91)(91)— (91)
Purchase of noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiary—  —  —  —  —  —  —  (4,589) (4,589) 
Total comprehensive lossTotal comprehensive loss—  —  —  (1,527) —  —  (1,527) (1) (1,528) Total comprehensive loss— — — (1,070)— — (1,070)(1,077)(2,147)
Balance at June 30, 20199,305  $93  $186,334  $(42,630) 1,128  $(21,360) $122,437  $18,075  $140,512  
Balance at March 31, 2020Balance at March 31, 20209,347 $93 $186,244 $(44,637)1,137 $(21,600)$120,100 $11,906 $132,006 

The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


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STRATUS PROPERTIES INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

1.GENERAL
The unaudited consolidated financial statements, and the accompanying notes, are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP) and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2019,2020, included in Stratus Properties Inc.’s (Stratus) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20192020 (Stratus 20192020 Form 10-K) filed with the United States (U.S.) Securities and Exchange Commission. The information furnished herein reflects all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods reported and consist of normal recurring adjustments.

Operating results for the secondfirst quarter of 20202021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020.2021. In particular, Stratus recognized a $22.9 million gain on the impactsale of the COVID-19 pandemic intensified lateassets in the first quarter of 20202021 and hasthe COVID-19 pandemic continued during and subsequent to the second quarter of 2020.affect Stratus' operations. As a result, this interim period, as well as future interim periods in 2020,while the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing, will not be comparable to past performance or indicative of future performance.

The preparation of Stratus’ consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions, including those related to the potential impacts arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and related government actions, that affect the amounts reported in these financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, and the extent of its impact cannot be determined with certainty, estimates and assumptions about future events and their effects require increased judgement. Stratus’ assessment of the future magnitude and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic disruption, as well as other factors could result in material changes to the estimates used in and material impacts to Stratus’ consolidated financial statements in future reporting periods.

Terminated Block 21 Sale. Block 21 is Stratus’ wholly owned mixed-use real estate development and entertainment business in downtown Austin, Texas that contains the 251-room W Austin Hotel and is home to Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater, a 2,750-seat entertainment venue that serves as the location for the filming of Austin City Limits, the longest running music series in American television history. Block 21 also includes Class A office space, retail space and the 3TEN ACL Live entertainment venue and business.

On December 9, 2019, Stratus entered into definitive agreements to sell Block 21 to Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (Ryman) for $275 million. Ryman deposited $15.0 million in earnest money to secure its performance under the agreements governing the sales. As the proposed sale represented a strategic shift for Stratus, the assets and liabilities of Block 21 were classified as held for sale - discontinued operations in the consolidated balance sheet of Stratus' 2019 Form 10-K. On May 21, 2020, Ryman delivered a termination letter, which was agreed to and accepted by Stratus, terminating the agreements to sell Block 21 and authorizing the release of Ryman's $15.0 million in earnest money to Stratus. During the second quarter of 2020, Stratus recorded the $15.0 million as operating income, used $13.8 million of the $15.0 million earnest money to pay down its Comerica Bank revolving credit facility and used the remaining $1.2 million for Block 21 debt service and required monthly reserves. As a result of the termination of the agreements to sell Block 21, Stratus has concluded that such assets and liabilities no longer qualified as held for sale. The carrying amounts as of December 31, 2019, of Block 21’s major classes of assets and liabilities, which were previously classified as held for sale - discontinued operations in the consolidated balance sheet of Stratus' 2019 Form 10-K follow (in thousands):

Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$10,408 
Restricted cash13,574 
Real estate held for investment131,286 
Other assets3,480 
Total assets$158,748 
Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities, including taxes$7,005 
Debt141,184 
Other liabilities7,036 
Total liabilities$155,225 
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COVID-19 Pandemic Impact. Since January 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused substantial disruption in international and U.S. economies and markets. The World Health Organization designated the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic in mid-March 2020. The impacts of the pandemic are expected to continue during 2021 but are anticipated to lessen through the year. The pandemic has resulted in government restrictions of various degrees and effective at various times, including stay-at-home orders, bans on travel, limitations on the size of gatherings, limitations on the operations of businesses deemed non-essential, closures of work facilities, schools, public buildings and businesses, cancellation of events (including entertainment events, conferences and meetings), quarantines and social distancing measures. BeginningEffective March 10, 2021, the Governor of Texas issued an executive order lifting the mask mandate in mid-June 2020, there have been reportsTexas and increasing the capacity of increasing numbers of new COVID-19 cases throughoutall businesses and facilities in the United States,state to 100 percent. Businesses in Texas may still limit capacity or implement additional safety protocols at their own discretion. While Stratus is ramping up its hotel and entertainment operations, it will continue to increase capacity gradually and safely and in particular, Texas, resulting in some governments extending or re-imposing restrictions. The pandemic and responses to it have also caused a steep increase in unemployment in the U.S.compliance with all applicable regulations. As a result, the pandemic has had, and is expected to continue to have, a significant adverse impact on Stratus' business and operations. As mentioned above, Stratus' previously disclosed transaction to sell Block 21 was terminated by Ryman as a result ofoperations, particularly on the capital marketshotel and economic environment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, Stratus is continuing to defer progress on development projects pending improvements in health and market conditions, but Stratus continues to advance its land planning, engineering and permitting activities.entertainment segments. Because the pandemic is unprecedented in recent history, and its severity, duration and future economic consequences are difficult to predict, Stratus cannot predict its future impact on the company with any certainty.

Stratus’ revenue, operating income and cash flow in its hotel and entertainment segments were adversely impacted beginning late in the first quarter of 2020 were more adversely impacted inand through the secondfirst quarter of 20202021, and are expected to continue to be adversely impacted beyond second-quarter 2020.during 2021, although the adverse impacts are currently anticipated to lessen through the year. For example, while the hotel has remained open throughout the pandemic, average occupancy in the secondfirst quarter of 20202021 was 12 percent. Stratus' entertainment venue, ACL Live, remains closed. All second-quarter 2020 scheduled events at ACL Live were either rescheduled or cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, Stratus' smaller capacity venue, 3TEN ACL Live, hosted only 15 events in second-quarter 2020.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of Stratus’ retail leasing tenants, other than grocery and liquor stores, closed or were operating at significantly reduced capacity beginning late21 percent, compared to 50 percent in the first quarter of 2020 and continuing during and subsequent to2020. However, the secondaverage occupancy in the first quarter of 2020. Beginning2021 was higher than the average occupancy in April 2020, Stratus agreed, generally, to 90-day base rent deferrals with a majority of these tenants. The deferred rents are scheduled to be collected over a 12-month or 24-month period starting in January 2021. These rent deferrals resulted in a reduction of scheduled base rent collections of 23 percent during the second quarter of 2020. As of June 30, 2020, most of Stratus’ retail tenants had reopened. At its multi-family properties, Stratus has granted rent deferral accommodations on a case-by-case basis, which during the secondfourth quarter of 2020, resulted inwhich was 13 percent. Stratus' entertainment venues, ACL Live and 3TEN ACL Live, hosted a reductionlimited number of scheduled rent collections of less than 1 percent of contractual rents,events with no material decline in occupancy. In the aggregate, Stratus’ second-quarter retail and multi-family rent collections were 10 percent less than scheduled rents.restricted capacity during first-quarter 2021.

Stratus assessed its rents receivable for potential credit losses as of June 30, 2020, and recorded a $1.4 million charge for estimated uncollectible rents receivable and unrealizable deferred costs. The following is an updateRefer to Stratus' revenue recognition accounting policy included in Note 1 of its 2019the Stratus 2020 Form 10-K. Stratus recognizes its rental income on a straight-line basis based on the terms of its signed leases with tenants. Recoveries from tenants for taxes, insurance and other commercial property operating expenses are recognized as revenues in the period the related costs are incurred. If upon, or subsequent to, lease commencement, the assessed collectability of lease payments is not probable, recognized lease income is limited to collected lease payments. In addition, any previously recognized rents receivable and deferred lease costs associated with that lease are charged to cost of sales in the period that assessed collectability is considered not probable.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) was signed into law on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act provides retroactive tax provisions and other stimulus measures to affected companies including the ability to carry back net operating losses, raising the limitation on the deductibility of interest expense, technical corrections to accelerate tax depreciation for qualified improvement property, and delaying the payment of employer payroll taxes. On April 22, 2020, Stratus received a $4.0 million loan under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP loan) of the CARES Act. The PPP loan bears interest at 1 percent and matures April 15, 2022, except for the portion that may be forgiven. The proceeds from the loan must be used to retain workers and maintain payroll or make mortgage interest payments, lease payments and utility payments. Refer to Note 810-K for further discussion of income tax benefits.the pandemic's impacts on Stratus' business.

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Subsequent Events. Stratus evaluated events after March 31, 2021, and through the date the financial statements were issued, and determined any events or transactions occurring during this period that would require recognition or disclosure are appropriately addressed in these financial statements.

2. EARNINGS PER SHARE
Stratus’ basic net income (loss) per share of common stock was calculated by dividing the net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding during the period. A reconciliation of net income (loss) and weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding for purposes of calculating diluted net income (loss) per share (in thousands, except per share amounts) follows:
Three Months EndedSix Months EndedThree Months Ended
June 30,June 30,March 31,
202020192020201920212020
Net income (loss) and total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to common stockholdersNet income (loss) and total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to common stockholders$4,134  $(2,389) $3,064  $(1,527) Net income (loss) and total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to common stockholders$8,944 $(1,070)
Basic weighted-average shares of common stock outstandingBasic weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding8,210  8,177  8,205  8,172  Basic weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding8,223 8,200 
Add shares issuable upon exercise or vesting of dilutive stock options and restricted stock units (RSUs)Add shares issuable upon exercise or vesting of dilutive stock options and restricted stock units (RSUs)18  
a
—  
b
25  
a
—  
b
Add shares issuable upon exercise or vesting of dilutive stock options and restricted stock units (RSUs)50 ab
Diluted weighted-average shares of common stock outstandingDiluted weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding8,228  8,177  8,230  8,172  Diluted weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding8,273 8,200 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders$0.50  $(0.29) $0.37  $(0.19) 
Basic net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholdersBasic net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders$1.09 $(0.13)
Diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholdersDiluted net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders$1.08 $(0.13)

a.Excludes 5916 thousand shares for second-quarter 2020 and 37 thousand shares for the first six months of 2020of common stock associated with RSUs that were anti-dilutive.
b.Excludes 9478 thousand shares for second-quarter 2019 and 95 thousand shares for the first six months of 2019 of common stock associated with RSUs and stock options that were anti-dilutive as a result of the net loss.

3. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Saint Mary, L.P. OnIn June 19, 2018, The Saint Mary, L.P., a Texas limited partnership and a subsidiary of Stratus, completed a series of financing transactions to develop The Saint Mary, a 240-unit luxury, garden-style apartment project in the Circle C community in Austin, Texas. The financing transactions included (1) a $26.0 million construction loan with Texas Capital Bank, National Association and (2) an $8.0 million private placement. As one of the participants in the private placement offering, LCHM Holdings, LLC (LCHM), a related party as a result of its greater than 5 percent beneficial ownership of Stratus’ common stock, purchased limited partnership interests representing a 6.1 percent equity interest in The Saint Mary, L.P. Refer to Note 2 of the Stratus 20192020 Form 10-K for further discussion.

The Saint Mary, L.P. sold The Saint Mary property in January 2021. In connection with the sale, The Saint Mary, L.P. distributed $1.8 million to LCHM. Refer to Note 4 for further discussion.

Stratus Kingwood Place, L.P. OnIn August 3, 2018, Stratus Kingwood Place, L.P., a Texas limited partnership and a subsidiary of Stratus (the Kingwood, L.P.), completed a $10.7 million private placement, approximately $7 million of which, combined with a $6.75 million loan from Comerica Bank, was used to purchase a 54-acre tract of land located in Kingwood, Texas for $13.5 million, for the development of Kingwood Place, a new H-E-B, L.P.-anchored, mixed-use development project (Kingwood Place). As one of the participants in the private placement offering, LCHM purchased Class B limited partnership interests initially representing an 8.8 percent equity interest in the Kingwood, L.P. Refer to Note 2 of the Stratus 20192020 Form 10-K for further discussion.

Stratus has performed evaluations and concluded that The Saint Mary, L.P. and the Kingwood, L.P. are variable interest entities and that Stratus is the primary beneficiary. Stratus will continue to evaluate which entity is the primary beneficiary of The Saint Mary, L.P. and the Kingwood, L.P. in accordance with applicable accounting guidance. The Saint Mary, L.P. and the Kingwood, L.P.’s results are consolidated in Stratus’ financial statements.


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Stratus’ consolidated balance sheets include the following combinedassets and liabilities of the Kingwood, L.P. (in thousands). The assets and liabilities of The Saint Mary L.P.(primarily the real estate held for investment and the Kingwood, L.P. (in thousands):related debt) are presented as held for sale in Stratus' consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2020.
June 30, 2020December 31, 2019March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Assets:Assets:Assets:
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents$2,525  $1,110  Cash and cash equivalents$437 $745 
Real estate under developmentReal estate under development10,741  3,703  Real estate under development2,380 2,380 
Land available for developmentLand available for development4,210  9,273  Land available for development8,155 8,143 
Real estate held for investmentReal estate held for investment63,901  64,637  Real estate held for investment31,810 31,962 
Other assetsOther assets1,954  1,807  Other assets2,060 2,195 
Total assetsTotal assets$83,331  $80,530  Total assets44,842 45,425 
Liabilities:Liabilities:Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilitiesAccounts payable and accrued liabilities$5,586  $8,680  Accounts payable and accrued liabilities669 850 
DebtDebt53,310  45,848  Debt31,469 31,215 
Total liabilitiesTotal liabilities$58,896  $54,528  Total liabilities32,138 32,065 
Net assetsNet assets$24,435  $26,002  Net assets$12,704 $13,360 
Other Transactions. Stratus has an arrangement with Austin Retail Partners for services provided by a consultant of Austin Retail Partners who is the son of Stratus' President and Chief Executive Officer. Payments to Austin Retail Partners for the consultant's general consulting services related to the entitlement and development of properties and expense reimbursements totaled approximately $26$37 thousand in second-quarter 2020, $29first-quarter 2021 and $39 thousand in second-quarter 2019, $65 thousand for the first six months of 2020 and $56 thousand for the first six months of 2019. Refer to Note 2 of the Stratus 2019 Form 10-K for further discussion.first-quarter 2020.

4. DISPOSITIONS
Circle C. The Saint Mary.In January 2019, Stratus2021, The Saint Mary, L.P. sold a retail pad subject to a ground lease located in the Circle C communityThe Saint Mary for $3.2$60.0 million. Stratus used a portionAfter closing costs and payment of the outstanding construction loan, the sale generated net proceeds of approximately $34 million. After establishing a reserve for remaining costs of the partnership, Stratus received $20.9 million from the subsidiary in connection with the sale to repay $2.5and $12.9 million of its Comerica Bank credit facility borrowings and, after adjustments recorded in second-quarter 2019, recordedthe net proceeds were distributed to the noncontrolling interest owners. Stratus recognized a gain on thisthe sale totaling $2.0of $22.9 million for($16.2 million net of noncontrolling interests) in the first six monthsquarter of 2019.2021. Stratus also recognized a $63 thousand loss on extinguishment of debt related to the repayment of The Saint Mary construction loan.

Stratus reported the assets and liabilities of The Saint Mary as held for sale in its December 31, 2020, consolidated balance sheet. The carrying amounts of the major classes of assets and liabilities for The Saint Mary as of December 31, 2020, follow (in thousands):
Assets:
Real estate held for investment, net$36,341 
Other assets175 
Total assets held for sale$36,516 
Liabilities:
Accrued liabilities$68 
Debt25,319 
Other liabilities220 
Total liabilities held for sale$25,607 

The Saint Mary had rental revenue of $0.1 million in first-quarter 2021 prior to the sale and $0.7 million in first-quarter 2020. Interest expense, net of capitalized amounts, related to The Saint Mary construction loan was less than $0.1 million in first-quarter 2021 and $0.3 million in first-quarter 2020.

5. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Fair value accounting guidance includes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 inputs) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 inputs).

The carrying value for certain Stratus financial instruments (i.e., cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts payable and accrued liabilities) approximates fair value because of their short-term nature and generally negligible credit losses.

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A summary of the carrying amount and fair value of Stratus' other financial instruments follows (in thousands):
 June 30, 2020December 31, 2019
Carrying
Value
Fair
Value
Carrying
Value
Fair
Value
Assets:
Interest rate cap agreement$—  $—  $ $ 
Liabilities:
Debt363,849  367,813  365,749  370,558  
Interest rate swap agreement190  190  114  114  

Interest Rate Cap and Swap Agreements. In September 2019, a Stratus subsidiary paid $24 thousand to enter into an interest rate cap agreement, which caps the maximum London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) at 3.0 percent, on a total notional amount of $75.0 million (the principal amount of The Santal loan). The interest rate cap agreement provides that the Stratus subsidiary will collect the difference between 3.0 percent and one-month LIBOR if one-month LIBOR is greater than 3.0 percent (refer to Note 6 in the Stratus 2019 Form 10-K for further discussion of The Santal loan). The interest rate cap agreement terminates on October 5, 2021.

The interest rate swap agreement with Comerica Bank was entered into in 2013, is effective through December 31, 2020, and has a fixed interest rate of 2.3 percent compared to the variable rate based on the one-month LIBOR. As
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of June 30, 2020, the agreement had a notional amount of $15.0 million, which will amortize to $14.8 million by the end of the agreement, and as of December 31, 2019, the agreement had a notional amount of $15.3 million.

The interest rate cap and swap agreements do not qualify for hedge accounting so changes in the agreements' fair values are recorded in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss). Stratus uses an interest rate pricing model that relies on market observable inputs such as LIBOR to measure the fair value of both agreements. Stratus also evaluated the counterparty credit risk associated with both agreements, which is considered a Level 3 input, but did not consider such risk to be significant. Therefore, the interest rate cap and swap agreements are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Carrying
Value
Fair
Value
Carrying
Value
Fair
Value
Liabilities:
Debt$339,213 $342,214 $351,055 $354,380 

Debt. Stratus' debt is recorded at cost and is not actively traded. Fair value is estimated based on discounted future expected cash flows at estimated current market interest rates. Accordingly, Stratus' debt is classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of debt does not represent the amounts that will ultimately be paid upon the maturities of the loans.

6. DEBT
The components of Stratus' debt are as follows (in thousands):
June 30, 2020December 31, 2019 March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Block 21 loanBlock 21 loan$140,115  $141,184  Block 21 loan$138,417 $139,013 
The Santal loanThe Santal loan74,158  73,972  The Santal loan74,439 74,343 
Comerica Bank credit facilityComerica Bank credit facility33,977  42,482  Comerica Bank credit facility34,077 43,304 
New Caney land loanNew Caney land loan4,929  4,908  New Caney land loan4,485 4,949 
PPP loan3,988  —  
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loanPaycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan3,987 3,987 
Construction loans:Construction loans:Construction loans:
Kingwood PlaceKingwood Place28,067  23,991  Kingwood Place31,469 31,215 
The Saint Mary25,243  21,857  
Jones CrossingJones Crossing22,370 22,377 
Lantana PlaceLantana Place24,085  23,268  Lantana Place21,926 24,051 
Jones Crossing22,095  21,354  
West Killeen MarketWest Killeen Market7,187  7,213  West Killeen Market6,674 6,707 
Amarra Villas credit facilityAmarra Villas credit facility 5,520  Amarra Villas credit facility1,369 1,109 
Total debta
Total debta
$363,849  $365,749  
Total debta
$339,213 $351,055 
a.Includes net reductions for unamortized debt issuance costs of $2.8$1.9 million at June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, and $3.5$2.2 million at December 31, 2019.2020.

As of June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, Stratus had $25.9$25.8 million available under its $60.0 million Comerica Bank credit facility, with a $150 thousand of lettersletter of credit committed against the credit facility. Effective

In January 2021, Stratus entered into an amendment to the Lantana Place construction loan in which Stratus' Lantana Place subsidiary was granted a waiver of the debt service coverage ratio covenant until September 30, 2021, at which point the ratio is measured by reference to the three-month period then ended, and subsequently builds each quarter until measured by reference to the 12-month period ending June 30, 2022, and then on a trailing 12-month period for each quarter thereafter. As part of the January 2021 amendment, Stratus repaid $2.0 million in principal on the Lantana Place construction loan.

In March 2021, Stratus exercised its option to extend the New Caney land loan for an additional 12 months from March 8, 2021, to March 8, 2022, which required a principal payment of $0.5 million.

In April 14, 2020,2021, Stratus and Comerica Bank agreedentered into an amendment to modify the Comerica Bank credit facilityThe Santal loan to (i) extend the maturity date of the credit facility from June 29, 2020,October 5, 2022, to September 27, 2020, and (ii) revise the definition of LIBOR to provide for an increase in the LIBOR floor from zero percent to one percent. On June 12, 2020, Stratus entered into a further amendment to its credit facility agreement with Comerica BankOctober 5, 2024 (and remove two options to extend the maturity date for an additional 12 months); (ii) revise the interest rate from LIBOR (or, if applicable, a replacement rate) plus 2.85 percent, with a 4.80 percent floor, to LIBOR (or, if applicable, a replacement rate) plus 3.25 percent, with a 3.40 percent floor; (iii) eliminate the requirement that Stratus' Santal subsidiary make minimum amortization payments beginning in November 2022; (iv) extend the period during which The Santal loan may not be prepaid from April 2020 to June 2022; and (v) revise certain events or circumstances that would qualify as an event of default or violate the facility to September 27, 2022.

During second-quarter 2020, Stratus entered into amendments toprohibition on conveyances under the Lantana Place and West Killeen Market construction loans in which Stratus was granted waivers of the debt service coverage ratio covenants for the quarters needed such that it believes that it will be able to remain in compliance if rent payments do not further deteriorate materially as currently anticipated.applicable provisions.

In JanuaryApril 2020, Stratus received a $4.0 million loan under the Kingwood Place constructionPaycheck Protection Program (PPP loan) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act), which was signed into law on March 27, 2020. The PPP loan was modified to increaseaccrues interest at one percent and will mature on April 15, 2022, except for the portion that may be forgiven. The proceeds from the loan amount by $2.5 millionwere to a total of $35.4 million. The increase wasbe used to fundretain workers and maintain payroll or make mortgage interest payments, lease payments and utility payments. Stratus intends to apply for forgiveness of its PPP loan prior to the constructionJune 2021 deadline; however, no assurance of a retail building on an existing Kingwood Place retail pad.full forgiveness can be provided.
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For a description ofadditional information regarding Stratus' other debt, refer to Note 6 in the Stratus 20192020 Form 10-K.

Interest Expense and Capitalization. Interest costs (before capitalized interest) totaled $4.9$4.3 million in second-quarter 2020, $5.1first-quarter 2021 and $5.2 million in second-quarter 2019, $10.1 million for the first six months of 2020 and $9.7 million for the first six months of 2019.first-quarter 2020. Stratus' capitalized interest totaled $1.2$1.3 million in second-quarterboth first-quarter 2021 and first-quarter 2020, $2.1 million in second-quarter 2019, $2.5 million for the first six months of 2020 and $4.2 million for the first six months of 2019, primarily related to development activities at Barton Creek. The 2019 periods also included capitalized interest related to development activities at Kingwood Place and The Saint Mary.
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7. PROFIT PARTICIPATION INCENTIVE PLAN
In July 2018, the Stratus Compensation Committee of theStratus' Board of Directors (the Committee) unanimously adopted the Stratus Profit Participation Incentive Plan (the Plan), which provides participants with economic incentives tied to the success of the development projects designated by the Committee as approved projects under the Plan. Estimates related to the awards may change over time as a result of differences between projected and actual development progress and costs, market conditions and the timing of capital transactions or valuation events. Refer to Note 8 of the Stratus 20192020 Form 10-K for further discussion.

During second-quarterfirst-quarter 2021, Stratus added $0.2 million to project development costs and charged $0.5 million to general and administrative expense related to the Plan. In March 2021, Stratus granted 53,411 stock-settled RSUs with a grant-date value of $1.5 million, based on Stratus' stock price on the date of issuance, under the Plan for West Killeen Market, which reached a valuation event under the Plan in October 2020. Stratus transferred the $1.2 million accrued liability balance under the Plan for West Killeen Market to capital in excess of par value and will amortize the $0.3 million balance of the grant date value with a charge to general and administrative expenses and a credit to capital in excess of par value over the three-year vesting period of the RSUs. The sale of The Saint Mary in January 2021, was a capital transaction under the Plan. The accrued liability under the Plan related to The Saint Mary project totaled $2.2 million at March 31, 2021, and is expected to be paid in cash to eligible participants no later than March 15, 2022.

During first-quarter 2020, Stratus recorded a $0.4 million increase$49 thousand reduction to the accrued liability for the Plan of which $0.2 million increased$4 thousand reduced project development costs and $0.2 million increased$45 thousand reduced general and administrative expenses. During second-quarter 2019, Stratus accrued $0.2 million to project development costs and $0.2 million in general and administrative expenses related to the Plan. During the first six months of 2020, Stratus accrued $0.2 million to project development costs and $0.2 million in general and administrative expense related to the Plan. During the first six months of 2019, Stratus accrued $0.4 million to project development costs and $0.5 million in general and administrative expense related to the Plan. The accrued liability for the Plan totaled $2.9$5.7 million at June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, and $2.5$6.2 million at December 31, 20192020 (included in other liabilities). As of June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, 0 amounts had been paid in cash to participants under the Plan.

8. INCOME TAXES
Stratus’ accounting policy for and other information regarding its income taxes is further described in Notes 1 and 7 in the Stratus 20192020 Form 10-K.

Stratus had deferred tax assets (net of deferred tax liabilities)liabilities and valuation allowances) totaling $9.6 million$44 thousand at June 30, 2020March 31, 2021, and $12.3December 31, 2020. Stratus' deferred tax assets had valuation allowances totaling $11.9 million at March 31, 2021, and $10.7 million at December 31, 2019.2020. In evaluating the recoverability of the deferred tax assets, management considered available positive and negative evidence, giving greater weight to the recent current cumulative losses and uncertainty regarding projected future financial results. Upon a change in facts and circumstances, management may conclude that sufficient positive evidence exists to support a reversal of, or decrease in, the valuation allowance in the future, which would favorably impact Stratus' results of operations. Stratus’ future results of operations may be negatively impacted by an inability to realize a tax benefit for future tax losses or for items that will generate additional deferred tax assets.assets that are not more likely than not to be realized.

The difference between Stratus' consolidated effective income tax rate of 1 percent for the first sixthree months of 2021 and the U.S. Federal statutory income tax rate of 21 percent was primarily attributable to a forecasted taxable loss for 2021, noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries, the presence of a full valuation allowance against U.S. Federal deferred tax assets, and the Texas state margin tax. The difference between Stratus' consolidated effective income tax rate of 54 percent for the first three months of 2020 and the U.S. Federal statutory income tax rate of 21 percent, was primarily attributable to the CARES Act, which among other impacts, allowsallowed Stratus to carry backcarryback losses to 2017 when the U.S. corporate tax rate was 35 percent, among other impacts, resulting in a discretefirst-quarter 2020 tax benefit of $1.4$1.3 million, and the Texas state margin tax. The difference between Stratus' consolidated effective income tax rate for the first six months of 2019 and the U.S. Federal statutory income tax rate of 21 percent, was primarily attributable to the Texas state margin tax and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act's executive compensation deductibility limitation.

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9. BUSINESS SEGMENTS
Stratus currently has 4 operating segments: Real Estate Operations, Leasing Operations, Hotel and Entertainment.

The Real Estate Operations segment is comprised of Stratus’ real estate assets (developed for sale, under development and available for development), which consists of its properties in Austin, Texas (including the Barton Creek community; the Circle C community; the Lantana community, including a portion of Lantana Place planned for a future commercialmulti-family phase; and one condominium unit at the W Austin Hotel & Residences)Residences in Block 21, which was sold in February 2021); in Lakeway, Texas, located in the greater Austin area (Lakeway); in College Station, Texas (a portion of Jones Crossing and vacant pad sites); in Killeen, Texas (vacant pad sites at West Killeen Market); and in Magnolia, Texas (Magnolia)(Magnolia Place), Kingwood, Texas (a portion of Kingwood Place, land(land for future multi-family development and vacant pad sites) and New Caney, Texas (New Caney), located in the greater Houston area.

The Leasing Operations segment is comprised of Stratus’ real estate assets, both residential and commercial, that are leased or available for lease and includes The Santal, West Killeen Market, The Saint Mary, office and retail space at the W Austin Hotel & ResidencesBlock 21 and completed portions of Lantana Place, Jones Crossing and Kingwood Place. The Saint Mary was included in Leasing Operations until it was sold in January 2021 (see Notes 3 and 4 for further discussion).

The Hotel segment includes the W Austin Hotel located at the W Austin Hotel & ResidencesBlock 21 in downtown Austin, Texas.

The Entertainment segment includes ACL Live, a live music and entertainment venue, and 3TEN ACL Live, both located at the W Austin Hotel & Residences.Block 21. In addition to hosting concerts and private events, ACL Live is the home of Austin City Limits, the longest running music series in American television history.
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Stratus uses operating income or loss to measure the performance of each segment. General and administrative expenses, which primarily consist of employee salaries, wages and other costs, are managed on a consolidated basis and are not allocated to Stratus’ operating segments. The following segment information reflects management determinations that may not be indicative of what the actual financial performance of each segment would be if it were an independent entity.

Revenues from Contracts with Customers. Stratus' revenues from contracts with customers follow (in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,Three Months Ended March 31,
202020192020201920212020
Real Estate Operations:Real Estate Operations:Real Estate Operations:
Developed property salesDeveloped property sales$1,832  $4,048  $14,140  $6,882  Developed property sales$4,040 $12,308 
Undeveloped property salesUndeveloped property sales2,500 
Commissions and otherCommissions and other61  81  89  195  Commissions and other81 28 
1,893  4,129  14,229  7,077  6,621 12,336 
Leasing Operations:Leasing Operations:Leasing Operations:
Rental revenueRental revenue5,718  4,413  11,450  8,042  Rental revenue5,167 5,732 
5,718  4,413  11,450  8,042  
Hotel:Hotel:Hotel:
Rooms, food and beverageRooms, food and beverage932  8,445  6,007  16,182  Rooms, food and beverage1,760 5,075 
OtherOther98  517  934  1,105  Other358 836 
1,030  8,962  6,941  17,287  2,118 5,911 
Entertainment:Entertainment:Entertainment:
Event revenueEvent revenue293  5,598  3,851  9,822  Event revenue595 3,558 
OtherOther(3) 622  594  1,194  Other14 597 
290  6,220  4,445  11,016  609 4,155 
Total revenues from contracts with customersTotal revenues from contracts with customers$8,931  $23,724  $37,065  $43,422  Total revenues from contracts with customers$14,515 $28,134 



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Financial Information by Business Segment. The following segment information was prepared on the same basis as Stratus’ consolidated financial statements (in thousands).
Real Estate
Operationsa
Leasing OperationsHotelEntertainment
Corporate, Eliminations and Otherb
Total
Real Estate
Operationsa
Leasing OperationsHotelEntertainment
Corporate, Eliminations and Otherb
Total
Three Months Ended June 30, 2020:     
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021:Three Months Ended March 31, 2021:
Revenues:Revenues:Revenues:
Unaffiliated customersUnaffiliated customers$1,893  $5,718  $1,030  

$290  $—  $8,931  Unaffiliated customers$6,621 $5,167 $2,118 $609 $$14,515 
IntersegmentIntersegment 216  16  (1) (235) —  Intersegment230 32 (266)
Cost of sales, excluding depreciationCost of sales, excluding depreciation1,886  

4,074  
c
1,767  
d
1,305  (67) 8,965  Cost of sales, excluding depreciation4,333 2,381 2,902 1,425 (111)10,930 
DepreciationDepreciation57  2,034  931  404  (49) 3,377  Depreciation56 1,711 880 401 (46)3,002 
General and administrative expensesGeneral and administrative expenses—  —  —  —  3,103  3,103  General and administrative expenses4,544 4,544 
Gain on sale of assetsGain on sale of assets(22,931)c(22,931)
Income from forfeited earnest money—  —  —  —  (15,000) 
e
(15,000) 
Operating income (loss)Operating income (loss)$2,236 $24,236 $(1,632)$(1,217)$(4,653)$18,970 
Capital expenditures and purchases and development of real estate propertiesCapital expenditures and purchases and development of real estate properties$2,489 $919 $72 $18 $$3,498 
Total assets at March 31, 2021Total assets at March 31, 2021161,471 195,234 91,191 32,787 21,188 501,871 
Operating (loss) income$(46) $(174) $(1,652) $(1,420) $11,778  $8,486  
Capital expenditures and purchases and development of real estate properties$2,433  $1,682  $283  $104  $—  $4,502  
Total assets at June 30, 2020163,900  233,268  94,359  36,784  23,394  551,705  


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Real Estate
Operationsa
Leasing OperationsHotelEntertainment
Corporate, Eliminations and Otherb
Total
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019:
Revenues:
Unaffiliated customers$4,129  $4,413  $8,962  $6,220  $—  $23,724  
Intersegment 229  80  45  (358) —  
Cost of sales, excluding depreciation3,795  2,451  6,868  4,585  (185) 17,514  
Depreciation64  1,388  899  396  (44) 2,703  
General and administrative expenses—  —  —  —  2,919  2,919  
Loss on sale of assets—  161  
f
—  —  —  161  
Operating income (loss)$274  $642  $1,275  $1,284  $(3,048) $427  
Capital expenditures and purchases and development of real estate properties$2,458  $15,391  $156  $—  $—  $18,005  
Total assets at June 30, 2019205,265  174,258  97,464  45,396  20,348  542,731  

Six Months Ended June 30, 2020:
Revenues:
Unaffiliated customers$14,229  $11,450  $6,941  $4,445  $—  $37,065  
Intersegment 443  64  14  (529) —  
Cost of sales, excluding depreciation12,068  7,162  
c
7,675  
d
4,531  (137) 31,299  
Depreciation116  4,081  2,036  
g
887  
g
(110) 7,010  
General and administrative expenses—  —  —  —  5,918  5,918  
Income from forfeited earnest money—  —  —  —  (15,000) 
e
(15,000) 
Operating income (loss)$2,053  $650  $(2,706) $(959) $8,800  $7,838  
Capital expenditures and purchases and development of real estate properties$8,655  $3,965  $310  $122  $—  $13,052  

Six Months Ended June 30, 2019:
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020:Three Months Ended March 31, 2020:
Revenues:Revenues:Revenues:
Unaffiliated customersUnaffiliated customers$7,077  $8,042  $17,287  $11,016  $—  $43,422  Unaffiliated customers$12,336 $5,732 $5,911 $4,155 $$28,134 
IntersegmentIntersegment 459  127  74  (669) —  Intersegment227 48 15 (294)
Cost of sales, excluding depreciationCost of sales, excluding depreciation3,841  
h
4,595  13,566  8,192  (341) 29,853  Cost of sales, excluding depreciation10,182 

3,088 5,908 3,226 (70)22,334 
DepreciationDepreciation125  2,795  1,799  790  (176) 5,333  Depreciation59 2,047 1,105 d483 d(61)3,633 
General and administrative expensesGeneral and administrative expenses—  —  —  —  6,118  6,118  General and administrative expenses2,815 2,815 
Gain on sale of assets—  (1,952) 
f
—  —  —  (1,952) 
Operating income (loss)Operating income (loss)$3,120  $3,063  $2,049  $2,108  $(6,270) $4,070  Operating income (loss)$2,099 $824 $(1,054)$461 $(2,978)$(648)
Capital expenditures and purchases and development of real estate propertiesCapital expenditures and purchases and development of real estate properties$5,756  $44,611  $254  $125  $—  $50,746  Capital expenditures and purchases and development of real estate properties$6,222 $2,283 $27 $18 $$8,550 
Municipal utility district (MUD) reimbursements applied to real estate under developmenth
920  —  —  —  —  920  
Total assets at March 31, 2020Total assets at March 31, 2020160,691 235,734 e96,484 42,639 23,390 558,938 
a.Includes sales commissions and other revenues together with related expenses.
b.Includes consolidated general and administrative expenses and eliminations of intersegment amounts.
c.Includes a $1.4 million charge for estimated uncollectible rents receivable and unrealizable deferred costs. Refer to Note 1.Represents the gain on the January 2021 sale of The Saint Mary.
d.Includes a $0.8 million credit related to a business interruption insurance claim filed as a result of water and smoke damage in the W Austin hotel in January 2018.
e.Represents income from earnest money received as a result of Ryman's termination of the agreements to sell Block 21.
f.Relates to the first-quarter 2019 sale of a retail pad subject to a ground lease located in the Circle C community, including adjustments recorded in second-quarter 2019. Refer to Note 4.
g.Includes a $202 thousand adjustment in the Hotel segment and an $89 thousand adjustment in the Entertainment segment for the period in December 2019 when the hotel and entertainment venues were held for sale and, therefore, not depreciated.
h.e.In the first quarter of 2019, Stratus received $4.6Includes assets held for sale at The Saint Mary, which totaled $37.1 million of proceeds related to MUD reimbursements of infrastructure costs incurred for development of Barton Creek. Of the total amount, Stratus recorded $0.9 million as a reduction of real estateat March 31, 2020.
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under development on the consolidated balance sheets, and $3.4 million as a reduction in real estate cost of sales and $0.3 million in other income, net in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss). Refer to Note 1 of the Stratus 2019 Form 10-K for further discussion of Stratus' accounting policy for MUD reimbursements.

10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Stratus evaluated events after June 30, 2020, and through the date the financial statements were issued, and determined any events or transactions occurring during this period that would require recognition or disclosure are appropriately addressed in these financial statements.

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

In Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A), “we,” “us,” “our” and "Stratus" refer to Stratus Properties Inc. and all entities owned or controlled by Stratus Properties Inc. You should read the following discussion in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes, related MD&A and discussion of our business and properties included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (20192020 (2020 Form 10-K) filed with the United States (U.S.) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the unaudited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in this Form 10-Q. The results of operations reported and summarized below are not necessarily indicative of future operating results, and future results could differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements (refer to “Cautionary Statement” and Part II, Item 1A. "Risk Factors" herein and Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our 20192020 Form 10-K for further discussion). In particular, the impactimpacts of the COVID-19 pandemic intensified late in the first quarter of 2020 and has continued during and subsequentcontinue to the second quarter of 2020.affect our operations. As a result, our performance during this interim period, as well as future interim periods in 2020,while the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing, will not be comparable to past performance or indicative of future performance. Stratus expectsWe expect continued uncertainty in itsour business and the global economy as a result of the duration and intensity of the COVID-19 pandemic and its related effects.All subsequent references to “Notes” refer to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) located in Part I, Item 1. “Financial Statements” herein, unless otherwise stated.

We are a diversified real estate company with headquarters in Austin, Texas. We are engaged primarily in the acquisition, entitlement, development, management operation and sale of commercial, and multi-family and single-family residential real estate properties, real estate leasing, and the operation of hotel and entertainment businesses located in the Austin, Texas area, and other select, fast-growing markets in Texas. We generate revenues and cash flows from the sale of our developed properties, rental income from our leased properties and from our hotel and entertainment operations. Refer to Note 9 for further discussion of our operating segments.segments and “Business Strategy” below for a discussion of our business strategy.

BUSINESS STRATEGY

Our portfolio consists of approximately 1,700 acres of undeveloped acreage and acreage under development for commercial and multi-family and single-family residential projects, plusas well as several completed retailcommercial and residential projects. Our W Austin Hotel and our ACL Live and 3TEN ACL Live entertainment venues are located in downtown Austin at our Block 21 property and are central to the city's world-renowned, vibrant music scene.

Our primary business objective is to create value for stockholders by methodically developing and enhancing the value of our properties and then selling them profitably.or holding them for lease. Our full cycle development program of acquiring properties, securing and maintaining development entitlements, developing and stabilizing properties, and then preparingselling them for sale or refinancingholding them as part of our leasing operations is a key element of our strategy. We currently have projectsmay also seek to refinance properties, in certainorder to benefit from the increased value of these stages as described below in “Development Activities - Current Residential Activities” and “Development Activities - Current Commercial Activities.”the property, from lower interest rates or for other reasons.

We believe that Austin and other select, fast-growing markets in Texas continue to be desirableattractive locations. Many of our developments are in locations where development approvals have historically been subject to regulatory constraints, which has made it difficult to obtain or change entitlements. Our Austin properties, which are located in desirable areas with significant regulatory constraints, are entitled and have utility capacity for full buildout. As a result, we believe that through strategic planning, development and marketing, we can maximize and fully realize their value.

Our development plans require significant additional capital, which we may pursue through joint ventures or other arrangements. Our business strategy requires us to rely on cash flow from operations and debt financing as our primary sources of funding for our liquidity needs. We have also, from time to time, relied on project-level equity financing of our subsidiaries. We have formed strategic relationships as part of our overall strategy for particular development projects and may enter into other similar arrangements in the future.

In January 2021, we sold The Saint Mary, a 240-unit luxury garden-style apartment project in the Circle C community, for $60.0 million. After closing costs and payment of the outstanding construction loan, the sale generated net proceeds of approximately $34 million. After establishing a reserve for remaining costs of the partnership, we received $20.9 million from the subsidiary in connection with the sale and $12.9 million of the net proceeds were distributed to the noncontrolling interest owners. We recognized a gain on the sale of $22.9 million ($16.2 million net of noncontrolling interests) in the first quarter of 2021.
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Our Board of Directors (Board) has authorized an in-depth exploration of a conversion from a C-Corporation to a real estate investment trust (REIT). We have engaged financial, tax, accounting and legal advisors, and the Board will closely monitor and evaluate the findings to ultimately determine if conversion to a REIT is in the best interest of our stockholders. If the Board determines to move forward, we expect the conversion would occur no earlier than 2022. We believe that the REIT conversion would require consent from our major lenders and amendments to our major debt agreements, among other third-party consents. We also expect to seek stockholder approval to implement provisions in our organizational documents consistent with a public REIT structure, if the Board ultimately determines that a REIT conversion is in stockholders’ best interests.

OVERVIEW OF THE IMPACTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Since January 2020, the COVID-19 outbreakpandemic has caused substantial disruption in international and U.S. economies and markets, intensifying in the latter part of the first quarter of 2020 and continuing during and subsequent to the second quarter of 2020, and its impact is expected to continue beyond the third quarter of 2020. On March 11, 2020, themarkets. The World Health Organization designated the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.pandemic in mid-March 2020. The impacts of the pandemic are expected to continue during 2021 but are anticipated to lessen through the year. The pandemic has resulted in government restrictions of various degrees and effective at various times, including stay-at-home orders, bansresulting in limitations on
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Impacts on our Business
travel, limitations on the size of gatherings, limitations on the operations of businesses deemed non-essential, closures of work facilities, schools, public buildingsThe COVID-19 pandemic has had, and businesses, cancellation of events (including entertainment events, conferences and meetings), quarantines and social distancing measures. For example, on March 6, 2020, the annual South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas was cancelled, on July 1, 2020, the annual Austin City Limits music festival in Austin, Texas was cancelled, and on July 24, 2020, the Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix plannedis expected to be held in Austin, Texas was cancelled. The pandemic and responses to it have also caused a steep increase in unemployment in the U.S. As a result, the pandemic is having, and we believe will continue to have, a significant adverse impact on our business and operations, as discussed further below.

Stateparticularly on the hotel and local governmentsentertainment segments which were adversely impacted beginning late in Texas have implemented phased reopening processes, often with reduced capacitythe first quarter of 2020 and social distancing restrictions. Beginningto date in mid-June 2020, there have been reports of increasing numbers of new COVID-19 cases2021, and are expected to continue to be adversely impacted during 2021, although the impacts are anticipated to lessen through the year. For example, while the hotel has remained open throughout the United States,pandemic, average occupancy in the first quarter of 2021 was 21 percent, compared to 50 percent in the first quarter of 2020. However, the average occupancy in the first quarter of 2021 was higher than the average occupancy in the fourth quarter of 2020, which was 13 percent. Our entertainment venues, ACL Live and in particular, Texas, resulting in some governments extending or re-imposing restrictions.3TEN ACL Live, hosted a limited number of events with restricted capacity during first-quarter 2021. Our team continues to create innovative programming at our entertainment venues, and we currently expect to see improved results as schedules are filled and capacity increases over time. The extent to which the adverse impacts of the pandemic remains complexcontinue depends on numerous evolving factors that we cannot predict. Moreover, even as travel advisories and rapidly-evolving. For example, in June 2020,restrictions are lifted, travel and entertainment demand may remain weak for a significant length of time, and attractions and events that previously brought visitors and artists to the city of Austin extended its Stay-at-Home order through August 15, 2020. On July 24, 2020,may not proceed or may proceed with limited capacity.

The Austin market, as well as the cityother Texas markets where we operate, continue to rebound from pandemic lows. Our residential properties have been positively impacted by home-centric trends resulting from the pandemic and from the increased attractiveness of Austin, extendedTexas as a desirable place to live. For example, we have sold almost all of our single-family lot inventory at Barton Creek at attractive prices. However, with increased demand and construction activity in our markets, we have also experienced cost increases in certain construction materials, particularly lumber. We continue to actively manage and monitor these costs. In addition, the moratoriumongoing trend toward online shopping has accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have been adjusting to these retail trends by incorporating more multi-family residential space and more food and beverage and entertainment space into our development plans.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, we have continued to advance our land planning, engineering and permitting activities. In the first quarter of 2021, we completed site clearing on evictionsThe Saint June, a 182-unit multi-family project in Barton Creek. In April 2021, we announced development plans for Holden Hills, a new residential development formerly known as Section KLO, in the Barton Creek community. The project consists of 495 acres and the community is designed to feature 475 unique residences to be developed in multiple phases with a focus on sustainability and energy conservation.


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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and beginning in April 2020, we agreed, generally, to 90-day base rent deferrals with a majority of our retail leasing tenants, which had closed or were operating at significantly reduced capacities. Rent deferrals with our retail tenants resulted in a reduction of scheduled base rent collections of 10 percent during the period from April through September 30,December 2020. The deferred rents are scheduled to be collected over a 12-month or 24-month period that started in January 2021. During the first quarter of 2021, we began collecting these rent deferrals and as of March 31, 2021, all of our retail tenants that were open prior to the pandemic had reopened, although some were still operating at reduced capacity. Further, despite the pandemic, we have added new tenants and all of our tenants are currently paying rent per their leases, as well as monthly payments pursuant to the base rent deferral arrangements. At our multi-family properties, we have granted rent deferral accommodations on a case-by-case basis, with no material decline in rent collections or occupancy.

Our previously disclosed transaction to sell Block 21 for $275 million was terminated by the purchaser in May 2020 as a result of the negative impact on capital markets and the overall economic environment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Because the pandemic is unprecedented in recent history, and its severity, duration and future economic consequences are difficult to predict, we cannot predict its future impact on ourthe company with any certainty.

Termination of Sale of Block 21
As previously disclosed, our transaction to sell Block 21, which contains the W Austin Hotel and the ACL Live and 3TEN ACL Live entertainment venues, to Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (Ryman) was terminated by Ryman on May 21, 2020. As a result of Ryman’s termination of the transaction, Ryman forfeited to us its $15.0 million of earnest money. We used $13.8 million of the earnest money to pay down our Comerica Bank credit facility and used the remaining $1.2 million for Block 21 debt service and required monthly reserves. We recorded the $15.0 million as operating income during the second quarter of 2020.

Impacts on our Business
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,At this time, we are deferring progressfocusing on development projects, includingtaking action to maintain liquidity and control costs; closing on asset sales in our previously disclosed Magnolia Place project, pending improvements in health and market conditions, but we continue to advancereal estate operations segment; closely monitoring our land planning, engineering and permitting activities. Many of our retail leasing tenants, other than grocery and liquor stores, closed or were operating at significantly reduced capacity beginning late in the first quarter of 2020income-producing properties and continuing duringto lease up certain properties; regularly communicating with our lenders and subsequent to the second quarter of 2020. Beginning in April 2020, we agreed, generally, to 90-day base rent deferrals with a majority of these tenants. The deferred rents are expected to be collected over a 12-month or 24-month period starting in January 2021. These rent deferrals resulted in a reduction of scheduled base rent collections of 23 percent during the second quarter. As of June 30, 2020, most of our retail tenants had reopened. At our multi-family properties, we have granted rent deferral accommodations on a case-by-case basis, which during the second quarter of 2020 resulted in a reduction of scheduled rent collections of less than one percent of contractual rents, with no material decline in occupancy. In the aggregate, our second-quarter 2020 retail and multi-family rent collections were 10 percent less than scheduled rents. We also terminated one lease during second-quarter 2020 and recorded charges related to this lease totaling $1.3 million, primarily related to uncollectible rents receivable and unrealizable deferred costs. Subsequently, in July 2020, we entered into a new lease agreement with this tenant.

Our revenue, operating income and cash flow from our hotel and entertainment segments were adversely impacted in the second quarter of 2020 and are expected to continue to be adversely impacted beyond second-quarter 2020. For example, while our hotel has remained open throughout the pandemic, average occupancy in the second quarter of 2020 was 12 percent, with June having the highest occupancy in the second quarter, averaging 22 percent. The average occupancy during July 2020 was 10 percent.

We have implemented measures such as increased sanitizing, physical distancing and remote work arrangements, with the goal of protecting employees, tenants, guests, customers and suppliers. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on each of our segments are described below in more detail in “Results of Operations.”

Our current plans call for us to focus on protecting existing cash flows from our Leasing Operations properties,investor groups; advancing our land planning, engineering and permitting activitiesactivities; and evaluating refinance opportunities for our development projects, ramping up operations at Block 21 as healthlarger, stabilized assets to take advantage of historic low interest rates. As previously discussed, we are also moving forward to complete the financing for The Saint June, and market conditions permitto secure financing for our Holden Hills and assessing new opportunities for future projects.Magnolia Place developments. Further, we are considering a refinancing of our Jones Crossing construction loan.


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Impacts on our Liquidity and Capital Resources
On June 12, 2020, we extended the maturity date of our $60 million revolving credit facility to September 27, 2022. As of June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, we had $25.9$25.8 million available under our $60.0 million Comerica Bank credit facility, with a $150 thousand of lettersletter of credit committed against the credit facility. During the pandemic we have proactively engaged with our project lenders in connection with formulating rent deferral arrangements for our tenants, receiving waivers of and amendments to certain financial covenants for specific project loans and extending maturity dates on project loans with near-term maturities. See Note 6 for further discussion.

As discussedWith respect to our Block 21 loan, Stratus Block 21, LLC, our wholly owned subsidiary that owns Block 21 (the Block 21 subsidiary) continues to not meet the quarterly debt service coverage ratio test resulting in more detail below,a "Trigger Period," which is not a default but restricts our ability to receive cash distributions from the project. Although the Block 21 loan agreement is a non-recourse loan, we may contribute cash to our Block 21 subsidiary in order to prevent our Block 21 subsidiary from defaulting under the Block 21 loan agreement. Additionally, under our subsidiary’s hotel operating agreement, the hotel operator has and may continue to request funds from us if it reasonably determines that such funds are required in order to fund the operation of the hotel and specified reserves. Pursuant to such provisions, we contributed $6.3 million during 2020 and $5.0 million during first-quarter 2021, and based on current projections, we expect to make additional contributions of approximately $12 million through early 2022.

We project that we will be able to meet our debt service and other cash obligations for at least the next 12 months, without any significant asset sales or reductions in general and administrative expenses. However, ourmonths. Our projections are based on many detailed and complex underlying assumptions, including (1) that operating income for our hotel and entertainmentBlock 21 businesses will not improve in 2020 and will gradually ramp up to a break-even point in the first half of 2021 and that Block 21 will generate sufficient cash to cover debt service by early 2022, (2) that current conditions in our leasing operations will not further deteriorate materially.materially and that our anchor tenant at Lantana Place will renew its lease on terms acceptable to us, (3) that we close on projected asset sales in our real estate operations segment, including certain land sales at our mixed-use properties, on anticipated terms, and (4) that we are able to secure anticipated financing for certain development projects. No assurances can be given that the results anticipated by our projections will occur. See Note 6 and “Capital Resources and LiquidityLiquidity” below “Risk Factors” included in Part II, Item 1A. herein and “Risk Factors” included in Part I, Item 1A. of our 2019 Form 10-K, for further discussion.

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OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR SECOND-QUARTER 2020FIRST-QUARTER 2021
Our net income attributable to common stockholders totaled $4.1$8.9 million, $0.50or $1.08 per share, in second-quarter 2020,first-quarter 2021, compared with a net loss of $2.4$1.1 million, $0.29or $0.13 per share, in second-quarter 2019. During the first six months of 2020 our net income attributable to common stockholders totaled $3.1 million, $0.37 per share, compared with a net loss of $1.5 million, $0.19 per share, during the first six months of 2019.first-quarter 2020. Our net income attributable to common stockholders in the 2020 periods,first-quarter 2021, compared to ourthe net lossesloss in the 2019 periods, isfirst-quarter 2020, was primarily the result of $15.0the $22.9 million gain on the sale of The Saint Mary in income from earnest money received as a resultJanuary 2021 ($16.2 million net of the termination of the Block 21 transaction,noncontrolling interests), partially offset by (i) operating losses from our hotel and entertainment segments incaused by the 2020 periods, primarily as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic (ii) municipal utility district (MUD) reimbursements and a gain on sale of assets being recognized in the first six monthsquarter of 2019 (as discussed below) and (iii) higher interest expense related to higher average debt balances in the 2020 periods and lower capitalized interest as projects under development are completed.2021.
Our revenues totaled $8.9$14.5 million in second-quarter 2020,first-quarter 2021, compared with $23.7$28.1 million in second-quarter 2019. During the first six months of 2020, our revenues totaled $37.1 million, compared with $43.4 million, during the first six months of 2019.first-quarter 2020. The decrease in revenues in the 2020 periods,first-quarter 2021, compared to the 2019 periods,first-quarter 2020, primarily reflects the decreasedecreases in revenue from our hotel and entertainment segments caused by the COVID-19 pandemic partially offset by an increaseand from a decrease in revenue from leasing operations. Revenue during the first six monthsnumber of 2020 also benefited from the sales of two homes built on Amarra Drive Phase IIIdeveloped residential lots and an increase in lot sales.homes sold as available inventory decreased. See "Results of Operations" below for further discussion of our segments.

During the first six months of 2019, we received $4.6 million of proceeds related to Travis County MUD reimbursements of infrastructure costs incurred for development of Barton Creek. Of the total amount, we recorded $0.9 million as a reduction of real estate under development on the consolidated balance sheet, and $3.4 million as a reduction in real estate cost of sales and $0.3 million in other income, net in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss). The first six months of 2019 also included a gain on the sale of assets totaling $2.0 million, primarily related to the sale of a retail pad subject to a ground lease located in the Circle C community.
UPDATE ON PROJECT AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
Current Residential Activities.
In second-quarter 2020,first-quarter 2021, we sold two Amarra Drive Phase IIIII lots, and onea five-acre multi-family tract of land in Amarra Drive Phase III lotand our last remaining condominium unit at the W Austin Residences for a total of $1.8$6.5 million. During the first six monthsFor further discussion, see "Results of 2020, we sold four Amarra Drive Phase II lots, seven Amarra Drive Phase III lots and two homes built on Amarra Drive Phase III lots for a total of $14.1 million. Sales include lots sold under the new homebuilder contract discussed below.Operations — Real Estate Operations." As of June 30, 2020, 10March 31, 2021, three developed Amarra Drive Phase III lots and 3 developed Amarra Drive Phase II lots remained unsold, one of which 3 Phase III lotswas under contract and 2 Phase II lots were subject to the new homebuilder contract discussed below.
In September 2019, we amended a contract previously entered intosubsequently sold in March 2018, pursuant to which we agreed to sell 2 Amarra Drive Phase II lots and 15 Amarra Drive Phase III lots to a homebuilderApril 2021 for a total of $11.6 million (the original homebuilder contract). In January 2020, the original homebuilder contract was terminated and replaced with a similar contract with the same homebuilder in which we agreed to sell the three remaining Amarra Drive Phase III
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lots under the original contract as well as three new Amarra Drive Phase II lots and two new Amarra Drive Phase III lots for $5.2 million (the new homebuilder contract). In accordance with the new homebuilder contract the parties are required to close on the sale of these lots ratably before March 31, 2021. If the purchaser fails to close on the sale of the minimum number of lots by any of the specified closing dates, we may elect to terminate the homebuilder contract but would retain the related $45 thousand earnest money. In second-quarter 2020, in accordance with the contract, we sold one Amarra Drive Phase II lot and one Amarra Drive Phase III lot for a total of $1.3 million under the terms of the new homebuilder contract. During the first six months of 2020, we sold one Amarra Drive Phase II lot and two Amarra Drive Phase III lots for a total of $2.0 million under the terms of the new homebuilder contract.

As of June 30, 2020, pursuant to the new homebuilder contract, we had contracts to sell five Amarra Drive lots totaling $3.2 million, not yet recognized in revenue. Subsequent to June 30, 2020, and through August 4, 2020, we signed two new contracts for Amarra Drive lot sales for a total of $1.5 million, bringing the total contracts up to $4.7$0.6 million.

The Villas at Amarra Drive (Amarra Villas) townhome project is a 20-unit development in the Barton Creek community for which we completed construction of the first seven townhomeshomes during 2017 and 2018. We sold the last two completed townhomeshomes in 2019. We began construction of the next two Amarra Villas townhomeshomes during the first quarter of 2020.2020, which are expected to be completed in mid-2021. As of May 10, 2021, one home was under contract, and a contract had been signed to sell one home on which we began construction in second-quarter 2021. As of May 10, 2021, a total of 11 units (1 of which is under construction and 10 of which construction has not started) remain available of the initial 20-unit development.

The Santal, a multi-family projectgarden-style luxury apartment complex consisting of 448 units in Section N in the Barton Creek community, is fully leased and stabilized. The Saint Mary, a multi-family project consisting of 240 units in the Circle C community, was approximately 80 percent leased as of June 30, 2020.

For further discussion of our multi-family and single-family residential properties, see MD&A in our 20192020 Form 10-K.
Current Commercial Activities.
During 2019, we completed construction of two retail buildings totaling 41,000We have constructed approximately 152,000 square feet and a 103,000-square-foot H-E-B, L.P. (HEB) grocery storeof retail space at Kingwood Place, including an HEB-anchored, mixed-use development in Kingwood, Texas. An 8,000-square-foot retail building was completed in July 2020,HEB grocery store, and we have signed ground leases on two of the retail pads. Three pad sites remain available for lease. As of June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, we had signed leases for approximately 9085 percent of the retail space, including the HEB grocery store. We continue to advance the potential multi-family project at Kingwood Place, which is currently planned for 261approximately 275 units.

In March 2019, we finalized the lease for the HEB store at New Caney, an HEB-anchored, mixed-use development in New Caney, Texas, and acquired HEB's interest in the partnership for approximately $5 million. We currently do not anticipate commencing construction on the New Caney project prior to 2021.

Lantana Place is a partially developed, mixed-use development project located in southwest Austin. As of June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, we had signed leases for approximately 4085 percent of the retail space after our lease within the first phase, including the anchor tenant, Moviehouse & Eatery (Moviehouse), was terminated in June 2020. A. In July 2020, we entered into a new six-month lease agreement was signed with Moviehouse in Julywhich rent is based on a percentage of Moviehouse's revenue. The new lease was amended in December 2020 at which point we had signed leases for approximately 80 percent ofto extend the retail space.term through June 30, 2021. We are currently in discussions with Moviehouse to extend this lease. We also have a ground lease for an AC Hotel by Marriott. Construction of the hotel began in May 2019 and is expected to be completed in JanuaryJune 2021. We rezoned a portion of the Lantana property for a potential multi-family development of up to 350320 units.

As of June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, we had signed leases for approximately 95 percentsubstantially all of the retail space at the first phase of Jones Crossing, an HEB-anchored, mixed-use development located in College Station, Texas, and approximately 70 percent of the retail space at West Killeen Market, our retail project located in Killeen, Texas, shadow-anchored by an adjacent HEB grocery store. Block 21's Class A leasable office space was approximately 60 percent leased as of March 31, 2021, including 9,000 square feet occupied by our corporate office, and the retail space was substantially fully leased as of March 31, 2021. Currently, we are considering a refinance of the Jones Crossing construction loan to improve loan terms and take advantage of the low-interest rate market.
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For further discussion of our commercial properties, see MD&A in our 20192020 Form 10-K.

Projects in Planning.
We are deferring progress on our development projects, including the previously disclosed first phase of development of Magnolia Place, a mixed-use project in Magnolia, Texas, currently planned for 133,605 square feet of commercial space; 7 pad sites; 2 hotel sites; and 96 single-family lots and 588 multi-family units, pending improvements in health and market conditions.
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We are advancing the planning and permitting process for development of future phases of Barton Creek, including Holden Hills, a new residential development formerly known as Section KLO, and commercial and multi-family Section N. We redesigned Section KLO using

Holden Hills, our final residential development within the Barton Creek community, consists of 495 acres and the community is designed to feature 475 unique residences to be developed in multiple phases with a combination of single family lotsfocus on sustainability and residential condominium lots, which is expected to increase our density from 154 to approximately 420 home sites.energy conservation. The city of Austin and Travis County approved initial subdivision permit applications for Section KLOHolden Hills in October 2019. The2019 and the engineering for roads and utilities for the initial phasesphase has been completed. We anticipate securing final permits in the second or third quarter of Section KLO is2021. We currently expect to complete site work for phase one, including the construction of road, utility, drainage and other required infrastructure, approximately 17 months from the issuance of the final permits. Accordingly, our projections anticipate that we would begin sales in process. Holden Hills in late 2022 or early 2023. Phases one and two of the Holden Hills development plan encompass the development of the home sites. We may sell the developed home sites, or may elect to build and sell, or build and lease, homes on some or all of the home sites, depending on financing and market conditions.

Using a conceptual approach similar to that used for Section KLO,Holden Hills, we are also evaluating a redesign of Section N, our approximately 570 acre570-acre tract located along Southwest Parkway in the southern portion of the Barton Creek community. If successful, this new project would be designed as a dense, mid-rise, mixed-use project surrounded by an extensive greenspace amenity, and resultresulting in ana significant potential increase in potential densities. development density, as compared to our prior plans.

These potential development projects require extensive additional permitting and will be dependent on market conditions.conditions and financing. Because of the nature and cost of the approval and development process and uncertainty regarding market demand for a particular use, there is uncertainty regarding the nature of the final development plans and whether we will be able to successfully execute the plans. In addition, our development plans for Section KLOHolden Hills and Section N will require significant capital, which we maycurrently intend to pursue through bank debt and/orand third-party equity financings, joint ventures, commercial, partner or othercapital arrangements.

We are planning to proceed, subject to financing, with the first phase of development of Magnolia Place, a mixed-use project in Magnolia, Texas, currently planned for 18,410 square feet of commercial space, 9 pad sites, 194 single-family lots and 495 multi-family units. Magnolia Place will be shadow-anchored by a 95,000-square-foot HEB grocery store to be constructed by HEB on an adjoining 18-acre site owned by HEB, with a targeted opening date in May 2022. We have targeted the commencement of construction on Magnolia Place for June 2021, and are in the process of negotiating financing and terms with lenders and HEB. We are also evaluating a sale of the land for the single-family residential component of Magnolia Place.

In March 2021, we completed site clearing on The Saint June, a 182-unit multi-family project within the Amarra subdivision. We expect to begin project construction in the second quarter of 2021, subject to completion of financing.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

We are continually evaluating the development and sale potential of our properties and will continue to consider opportunities to enter into transactions involving our properties, including possible sales, joint ventures or other arrangements. As a result, and because of the COVID-19 pandemic and numerous other factors affecting our business activities as described herein and in our 20192020 Form 10-K, our past operating results are not necessarily indicative of our future results. We use operating income or loss to measure the performance of each operating segment. Corporate, eliminations and other includes consolidated general and administrative expenses, which primarily consist of employee salariescompensation and other costs.


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The following table summarizes our operating results for the first quarters of 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,Three Months Ended March 31,
2020201920202019 20212020
Operating income (loss):Operating income (loss):  Operating income (loss):
Real Estate Operationsa
Real Estate Operationsa
$(46) $274  $2,053  $3,120  
b
Real Estate Operationsa
$2,236 $2,099 

Leasing OperationsLeasing Operations(174) 
c
642  650  
c
3,063  Leasing Operations24,236 b824 
HotelHotel(1,652) 1,275  (2,706) 2,049  Hotel(1,632)(1,054)
EntertainmentEntertainment(1,420) 1,284  (959) 2,108  Entertainment(1,217)461 
Corporate, eliminations and otherd
11,778  
e
(3,048) 8,800  
e
(6,270) 
Operating income$8,486  $427  $7,838  $4,070  
Corporate, eliminations and otherc
Corporate, eliminations and otherc
(4,653)(2,978)
Operating income (loss)Operating income (loss)$18,970 $(648)
Interest expense, netInterest expense, net$(3,666) $(2,911) $(7,581) $(5,483) Interest expense, net$(3,035)$(3,915)
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiariesNet (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries$(6,722)$1,077 
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholdersNet income (loss) attributable to common stockholders$4,134  $(2,389) $3,064  $(1,527) Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders$8,944 $(1,070)
a.Includes sales commissions and other revenues together with related expenses.
b.Includes $3.4a $22.9 million gain on the sale of MUD reimbursements, which were recorded as a reduction of cost of sales.The Saint Mary.
c.Includes a $1.4 million charge for estimated uncollectible rents receivable and unrealizable deferred costs.
d.Includes consolidated general and administrative expenses and eliminations of intersegment amounts.
e.Includes $15.0 million in income from earnest money received as a result of Ryman's termination of the agreements to sell Block 21.
We have four operating segments: Real Estate Operations, Leasing Operations, Hotel and Entertainment (refer to Note 9). The following is a discussion of our operating results by segment.

Real Estate Operations
COVID-19 Pandemic Impact
The pandemic is negatively affecting our real estate operations. We are deferring progress on development projects as we continue to monitor developments in the market, but we continue to advance our land planning, engineering and permitting activities. We cannot predict when we will be able to recommence the active pursuit of our development projects. For further discussion, see Part II, Item 1A. "Risk Factors."

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Second-Quarter Results
The following table summarizes our Real Estate Operations results for the first quarters of 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
 2020201920202019
Revenues:  
Developed property sales$1,833  $4,048  $14,140  $6,882  
Commissions and other64  85  97  204  
Total revenues1,897  4,133  14,237  7,086  
Cost of sales, including depreciation1,943  3,859  12,184  3,966  
a
Operating (loss) income$(46) $274  $2,053  $3,120  
a.Includes $3.4 million credit related to MUD reimbursements.
Three Months Ended March 31,
 20212020
Revenues:
Developed property sales$4,040 $12,308 
Undeveloped property sales2,500 — 
Commissions and other85 32 
Total revenues6,625 12,340 
Cost of sales, including depreciation4,389 10,241 

Operating income$2,236 $2,099 

Developed Property Sales. The following table summarizes our developed property sales (dollars in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30,Three Months Ended March 31,
20202019 20212020
Lots/HomesRevenuesAverage Cost Per Lot/HomeLots/HomesRevenuesAverage Cost Per Lot/Home Lots/UnitsRevenuesAverage Cost Per Lot/UnitLots/HomesRevenuesAverage Cost Per Lot/Home
Barton CreekBarton Creek  Barton Creek  
Amarra Drive:Amarra Drive:Amarra Drive:
Phase II lotsPhase II lots $1,183  $179  —  —  —  Phase II lots— $— $— $1,190 $208 
Phase III lotsPhase III lots 650  257   $2,283  $230  Phase III lots1,640 332 3,940 314 
Amarra Villas townhomes—  —  —   1,765  1,627  
Homes built on Phase III lotsHomes built on Phase III lots— — — 7,178 3,273 
W Austin Residences at Block 21:W Austin Residences at Block 21:
Condominium UnitCondominium Unit2,400 1,721 — — — 
Total ResidentialTotal Residential $1,833   $4,048  Total Residential$4,040 10 $12,308 

Six Months Ended June 30,
 20202019
 Lots/UnitsRevenuesAverage Cost Per Lot/UnitLots/UnitsRevenuesAverage Cost Per Lot/Unit
Barton Creek  
Amarra Drive:
Phase II lots $2,372  $193  —  $—  $—  
Phase III lots 4,590  306   3,432  229  
Homes built on Phase III lots 7,178  3,273  —  —  —  
Amarra Villas townhomes—  —  —   3,450  1,607  
Total Residential13  $14,140   $6,882  
Real Estate Revenues.The decrease in revenues in second-quarter 2020,first-quarter 2021, compared to second-quarter 2019,first-quarter 2020, primarily reflects a decrease in the number of lot saleslots and the sale of an Amarra Villas townhome in second-quarter 2019. The increase in revenues inhomes sold during first-quarter 2021, compared to first-quarter 2020, as available inventory decreased.
Undeveloped Property Sales. During the first six monthsquarter of 2020, compared to the first six months2021, we sold a five-acre multi-family tract of 2019, primarily reflects the sales of two homes built onland in Amarra Drive Phase III lots and an increase in lot sales in the first six monthsfor $2.5 million.
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Cost of Sales. Cost of sales includes costs of property sold, project operating and marketing expenses and allocated overhead costs, partly offset by reductions for certain MUDmunicipal utility district (MUD) reimbursements. Cost of sales decreased to $1.9$4.4 million in second-quarter 2020first-quarter 2021 from $3.9$10.2 million in second-quarter 2019,first-quarter 2020, primarily reflecting a decrease in real estate sales. Cost of sales increased to $12.2 million for the first six months of 2020 from $4.0 million for the first six months of 2019, primarily reflecting the sales of two homes in first-quarter 2020 built on Phase III lots, which have a higher average cost, and an increase in the number of lots and homes sold during first-quarter 2021. First-quarter 2020 included the first six monthssale of 2020. The increase also results from $3.4 million in MUD reimbursements received in the first six months of 2019 recorded as a reduction in real estate cost of sales as the reimbursed propertytwo homes built on Amarra Drive Phase III lots that had previously been sold.higher average costs.


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Leasing Operations
COVID-19 Pandemic Impact
The pandemic is negatively affecting our leasing operations, primarily at our retail properties. Tenants at our retail locations are diverse and include grocery and liquor stores, which have remained open and have paid rent owed to-date, and restaurants, healthcare services, fitness centers, a movie house and other retail products and services, many of which were closed or operating at significantly reduced capacity beginning late in the first quarter of 2020 and continuing during and subsequent to the second quarter of 2020. Beginning in April 2020, Stratus agreed, generally, to 90-day base rent deferrals with a majority of these tenants. The deferred rents are expected to be collected over a 12-month or 24-month period starting in January 2021. These rent deferrals resulted in a reduction of scheduled base rent collections of 23 percent during the second quarter of 2020. As of June 30, 2020, most of our retail tenants had reopened.

At our multi-family properties, we have granted rent deferral accommodations on a case-by-case basis, which during the second-quarter of 2020 resulted in a reduction of scheduled rent collections of less than one percent of contractual rents, with no material decline in occupancy. We will continue to consider rent deferral accommodations on a case-by-case basis. In the aggregate, our second-quarter 2020 retail and multi-family rent collections were 10 percent less than scheduled rents.

As a result of these rent deferral arrangements, and as a result of some other tenants not paying rent, our rental collections in our leasing segment declined significantly in the second quarter of 2020. We cannot assure you that our tenants will recommence rental payments in accordance with our agreements when the deferral period ends nor whether tenants will request additional accommodations or be willing or able to meet future lease obligations. For further discussion, see Part II, Item 1A. "Risk Factors."

Second-Quarter Results
The following table summarizes our Leasing Operations results for the first quarters of 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30, Three Months Ended March 31,
2020201920202019 20212020
Rental revenueRental revenue$5,934  $4,642  $11,893  $8,501  Rental revenue$5,397 $5,959 
Rental cost of sales, excluding depreciationRental cost of sales, excluding depreciation4,074  
a
2,451  7,162  
a
4,595  Rental cost of sales, excluding depreciation2,381 3,088 
DepreciationDepreciation2,034  1,388  4,081  2,795  Depreciation1,711 2,047 
Loss (gain) on sale of assets—  161  —  (1,952) 
Operating (loss) income$(174) $642  $650  $3,063  
Gain on sale of assetsGain on sale of assets(22,931)— 
Operating incomeOperating income$24,236 $824 
a. Includes a $1.4 million charge for estimated uncollectible rents receivable and unrealizable deferred costs.
Rental Revenue. Rental revenue primarily includes revenue from The Santal, Lantana Place, Jones Crossing, The Saint Mary, Kingwood Place, the office and retail space at the W Austin Hotel & Residences, andBlock 21, West Killeen Market.Market, and The increaseSaint Mary until our sale of it in January 2021. The decrease in rental revenue in the 2020 periods,first-quarter 2021, compared with the 2019 periods,first-quarter 2020 primarily reflects the commencementsale of new leases atThe Saint Mary. The Saint Mary Kingwood Place and The Santal.had rental revenue of $0.1 million in first-quarter 2021 prior to the sale compared to $0.7 million in first-quarter 2020.

Rental Cost of Sales and Depreciation. Rental cost of sales and depreciation expense increaseddecreased in the 2020 periods,first-quarter 2021, compared with the 2019 periods,first-quarter 2020, primarily as a result of the completionsale of construction and the start of leasing operations at The Saint Mary and Kingwood Place. During the second-quarter of 2020, our lease with Moviehouse, our anchor tenant at Lantana Place, was terminated and we charged $1.3 million to cost of sales to write off uncollectible rents receivable and unrealizable deferred costs associated with this lease. Subsequently, in July 2020, we entered into a new lease agreement with Moviehouse.Mary.

Loss (Gain)Gain on Sale of Assets. In January 2019,2021, our subsidiary sold The Saint Mary for $60.0 million. After closing costs and payment of the outstanding construction loan, the sale generated net proceeds of approximately $34 million. After establishing a reserve for remaining costs of the partnership, we soldreceived $20.9 million from the subsidiary in connection with the sale and $12.9 million of the net proceeds were distributed to the noncontrolling interest owners. We recognized a retail pad subject to a ground lease locatedgain on the sale of $22.9 million ($16.2 million net of noncontrolling interests) in the Circle C community for $3.2 million. We used a portionfirst quarter of the proceeds from the sale to repay $2.5 million of our Comerica Bank credit facility borrowings and, after adjustments recorded in second-quarter 2019, recorded a gain of $2.0 million for the first six months of 2019.2021.


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Hotel
COVID-19 Pandemic Impact
The pandemic has had, and we believe will continue to have, a significant adverse impact on the hospitality industry, as it has resulted in dramatically curtailed business and leisure travel and caused cancellations of events or rescheduling of events until later in 2020 and beyond. Accordingly, the pandemic has resulted in a significant decrease in revenue and expected revenue from our hotel rooms, conference facilities and hotel amenities. For example, while our hotel has remained open throughout the pandemic, average occupancy in the second quarter of 2020 was 12 percent, with June having the highest occupancy in the second quarter, averaging 22 percent. The average occupancy during July 2020 was 10 percent. As a result of the pandemic, hotel revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, was significantly lower than in the prior-year periods and hotel revenue for the third quarter of 2020 will be significantly lower than hotel revenue in the prior-year quarter. We incurred a significant operating loss in the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, and expect to incur significant operating losses in the segment during the third quarter of 2020. We are working with the hotel operator on plans to gradually ramp up hotel operations to a break-even point in the first half of 2021, health and market conditions permitting.

The pandemic is expected to continue to negatively affect our hotel business, and the extent to which such adverse impacts continue depends on numerous evolving factors that we cannot predict. Moreover, even as travel advisories and restrictions are lifted, travel demand may remain weak for a significant length of time and attractions and events that previously brought visitors to the city of Austin may not proceed or may proceed with limited capacity. We cannot predict if or when our hotel will return to pre-pandemic demand or pricing. For further discussion, see Part II, Item 1A. "Risk Factors."

Second-Quarter Results
The following table summarizes our Hotel results for the first quarters of 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2020201920202019
Hotel revenue$1,046  $9,042  $7,005  $17,414  
Hotel cost of sales, excluding depreciation1,767  
a
6,868  7,675  
a
13,566  
Depreciation931  899  2,036  1,799  
Operating (loss) income$(1,652) $1,275  $(2,706) $2,049  

a.Includes a $0.8 million credit related to a business interruption insurance claim filed as a result of water and smoke damage in the W Austin hotel in January 2018.
Three Months Ended March 31,
20212020
Hotel revenue$2,150 $5,959 
Hotel cost of sales, excluding depreciation2,902 5,908 
Depreciation880 1,105 
Operating loss$(1,632)$(1,054)

Hotel Revenue. Hotel revenue primarily includes revenue from W Austin Hotel room reservations and food and beverage sales. The decrease in Hotel revenues in the 2020 periods,first-quarter 2021, compared to the 2019 periods,first-quarter 2020, is primarily a result of lower room reservations and food and beverage sales as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.pandemic, which had a less significant impact in the first quarter of 2020 prior to the pandemic being declared in mid-March 2020. The hotel's average occupancy in the first quarter of 2021 was 21 percent, compared to 50 percent in the first quarter of 2020. Revenue per available room (RevPAR), which is calculated by dividing total room revenue by the average total rooms available, was $29$51 in second-quarter 2020 and $89 for the first six months of 2020,first-quarter 2021, compared with $242$150 in second-quarter 2019 and $240 for the first six months of 2019.first-quarter 2020.

Our hotel operations are beginning to show improvement compared to during the peak of the pandemic in 2020. The average occupancy in the first quarter of 2021 of 21 percent was higher than the average occupancy in the fourth quarter of 2020, which was 13 percent. In addition, RevPAR of $51 for first-quarter 2021 was up from $31 in fourth-quarter 2020.


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Hotel Cost of Sales. The decrease in Hotel cost of sales, excluding depreciation, in the 2020 periods,first-quarter 2021, compared to the 2019 periods,first-quarter 2020, is primarily a result of lower room reservations and food and beverage sales. The increasedecrease in depreciation during the first six months of 2020,in first-quarter 2021, compared to the first six months of 2019,first-quarter 2020, is primarily because of a$202a $202 thousand adjustment made in first-quarter 2020 for the period in December 2019 when the hotel was held for sale and, therefore, not depreciated.

Hotel Renovation. We are considering proceeding with a modest renovation of the hotel guest rooms and public spaces, subject to various approvals, including from our lender, and coordination with the hotel operator. We expect to use approximately $7 million of reserves previously set aside for hotel improvements under our agreement with the hotel operator and reflected in restricted cash on our balance sheet.

Entertainment
COVID-19 Pandemic Impact
The pandemic has had, and we believe will continue to have, a significant adverse impact on the entertainment industry and our entertainment operations. Our entertainment venue, ACL Live, remains closed. Many events previously scheduled during the remainder of 2020 have been rescheduled and some have been cancelled. As a result of the pandemic, our Entertainment revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 was
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significantly lower than in the prior-year periods and entertainment revenue for the third quarter of 2020 will be significantly lower than in the prior-year period. It is also unclear whether and to what extent pandemic-related concerns will continue to impact the use of and/or demand for our entertainment venues, even as government restrictions are modified or lifted. We have several events scheduled at our venues later in the year, but we expect that most, if not all, of our remaining events will be cancelled or rescheduled unless health conditions improve. Our scheduled programs will occur only to the extent health and safety conditions, and regulations, permit. We incurred a significant operating loss in the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, and expect to incur operating losses in the segment during the third quarter of 2020. For further discussion, see Part II, Item 1A. "Risk Factors."

Second-Quarter Results
The following table summarizes our Entertainment results for the first quarters of 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,Three Months Ended March 31,
202020192020201920212020
Entertainment revenueEntertainment revenue$289  $6,265  $4,459  $11,090  Entertainment revenue$609 $4,170 
Entertainment cost of sales, excluding depreciationEntertainment cost of sales, excluding depreciation1,305  4,585  4,531  8,192  Entertainment cost of sales, excluding depreciation1,425 3,226 
DepreciationDepreciation404  396  887  790  Depreciation401 483 
Operating (loss) incomeOperating (loss) income$(1,420) $1,284  $(959) $2,108  Operating (loss) income$(1,217)$461 

Entertainment Revenue. Entertainment revenue primarily reflects the results of operations for ACL Live, including ticket sales, revenue from private events, sponsorships, personal seat license sales and suite sales, and sales of concessions and merchandise. Entertainment revenue also reflects revenues associated with events hosted at 3TEN ACL Live. Revenues from the Entertainment segment vary from period to period as a result of factors such as the price of tickets and number of tickets sold, as well as the number and type of events hosted at ACL Live and 3TEN ACL Live. Entertainment revenues decreased in the 2020 periods,first-quarter 2021, compared to the 2019 periods,first-quarter 2020, which primarily as a result of a decrease in the number of events hosted at ACL Live and 3TEN ACL Live, as many scheduled events in the first six months of 2020 were cancelled or rescheduled as a result ofreflects the COVID-19 pandemic including allpreventing a full show schedule, with reduced capacity at events scheduled in the second quarter of 2020 for ACL Livethat could be held. Our team continues to create innovative programming at our entertainment venues, and most events scheduled in the second quarter of 2020 for 3TEN ACL Live.we currently expect to see improved results as schedules are filled and capacity increases over time.

Certain key operating statistics specific to the concert and event hosting industry are included below to provide additional information regarding our ACL Live and 3TEN ACL Live operating performance.

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
 2020201920202019
ACL Live
Events: 
Events hosted—  69  38  133  
Estimated attendance—  79,813  45,446  144,212  
Ancillary net revenue per attendee$—  $45.41  $61.04  $45.73  
Ticketing:
Number of tickets sold—  68,153  37,703  116,901  
Gross value of tickets sold (in thousands)$—  $3,736  $1,881  $6,259  
3TEN ACL Live
Events:
Events hosted15  52  51  102  
Estimated attendance777  9,528  8,232  18,490  
Ancillary net revenue per attendee$62.69  $35.75  $34.82  $36.49  
Ticketing:
Number of tickets sold—  7,271  5,278  12,325  
Gross value of tickets sold (in thousands)$—  $175  $126  $296  


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Three Months Ended March 31,
 20212020
ACL Live
Events:
Events hosted28 38 
Estimated attendance3,416 45,446 
Ticketing:
Number of tickets sold3,710 37,703 
Gross value of tickets sold (in thousands)$373 $1,881 
3TEN ACL Live
Events:
Events hosted22 36 
Estimated attendance1,828 7,455 
Ticketing:
Number of tickets sold114 5,278 
Gross value of tickets sold (in thousands)$$126 
Entertainment Cost of Sales. The decrease in Entertainment cost of sales, excluding depreciation, in the 2020 periods,first-quarter 2021, compared to first-quarter 2020, reflects the 2019 periods, reflectslimited number of events that many scheduled eventswere held in the first six monthsquarter of 2020, including all ACL Live events in the second-quarter of 2020, were rescheduled or cancelled2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The increasedecrease in depreciation for the first six months of 2020,in first-quarter 2021, compared to the first six months of 2019,first-quarter 2020, is primarily because of an $89 thousand adjustment made in first-quarter 2020 for the period in December 2019 when the entertainment venues were held for sale and, therefore, not depreciated.

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Corporate, Eliminations and Other
Corporate, eliminations and other (refer to Note 9) includes consolidated general and administrative expenses, which primarily consist of employee salariescompensation and other costs. Consolidated general and administrative expenses increased to $3.14.5 million in second-quarter 2020first-quarter 2021 from $2.92.8 million in second-quarter 2019,first-quarter 2020, primarily reflecting increaseda $1.1 million increase in consulting, legal, fees incurred in connection withand public relation costs mostly for the Block 21 sale that ultimately did not close, partially offset by lowerREIT exploration process and proxy contest. The remaining increase is primarily the result of higher employee incentive compensation accruals. Consolidated general and administrative expenses decreased to$5.9 million forcosts in first-quarter 2021 as the first six monthsquarter of 2020 comparedincluded significant reductions to$6.1 million for the first six months of 2019, primarily reflecting lower estimated incentive compensation for the first six months of 2020, including those related to our Profit Participation Incentive Plan. Refer to Note 7 for further discussion of the Profit Participation Incentive Plan.accruals. Corporate, eliminations and other also includes eliminations of intersegment transactions among the four operating segments.
For the second quarter and first six months of 2020, corporate, eliminations and other includes $15.0 million in income from earnest money that was received from Ryman in May 2020 upon their termination of the agreements to acquire Block 21.

Non-Operating Results
Interest Expense, Net. Interest costs (before capitalized interest) totaled $4.9$4.3 million in second-quarter 2020 and $10.1 million for the first six months of 2020,first-quarter 2021, compared with $5.1$5.2 million in second-quarter 2019 and $9.7 million for the first six months of 2019.first-quarter 2020. Interest costs in second-quarter 2020first-quarter 2021 were lower, compared to second-quarter 2019,the 2020 periods, primarily reflecting a decreasedecreases in average interest rates. Interest costs for the first six months of 2020 were higher, compared to the first six months of 2019, primarily reflecting higherrates and average debt to finance development activities, partially offset by a decrease in average interest rates.balances.
Capitalized interest totaled $1.2$1.3 million in second-quarterboth first-quarter 2021 and first-quarter 2020, and $2.5 million for the first six months of 2020, compared with $2.1 million in second-quarter 2019 and $4.2 million for the first six months of 2019, and is primarily related to development activities at Barton Creek.
Other Income, Net.Loss on Early Extinguishment of Debt. Other income, netWe recorded a loss on early extinguishment of $108 thousand for the first six monthsdebt of 2020 decreased, compared with $311 thousand for the first six months of 2019, as a result of receiving proceeds$0.1 million in first-quarter 2019 related to MUD reimbursements2021 associated with the repayment of infrastructure costs incurred for developmentThe Saint Mary construction loan upon the sale of Barton Creek. Of the total MUD reimbursements received in first-quarter 2019, we recorded $0.3 million as interest income in other income, net in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss).property.
(Provision for) Benefit from Income Taxes. We recorded a (provision for) benefit fromprovision for income taxes of $(1.1) million in second-quarter 2020 and $1.4 million for the first six months of 2020, compared with $0.2 million in second-quarter 2019 and $(0.2)first-quarter 2021, compared to a benefit of $2.5 million for the first six months of 2019.in first-quarter 2020. Refer to Note 8 for further discussion of income taxes.
Total Comprehensive (Income) Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests in Subsidiaries. Our partners' share of lossesincome totaled $0.3$6.7 million in second-quarter 2020 and $1.4first-quarter 2021 compared to their share of losses of $1.1 million forin first-quarter 2020. In first-quarter 2021, our partners were allocated $6.7 million of the first six monthsgain from the sale of 2020 for projects that began operations in late 2019, primarily The Saint Mary. Of the total share of losses for the six months ofIn first-quarter 2020, $573 thousand relates$0.6 million related to losses incurred prior to 2020.
CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY

Volatility in the real estate market, including the markets in which we operate, can impact the timing of and proceeds received from sales of our properties, which may cause uneven cash flows from period to period. Our cash flows have also been, and will continue for some time to be, adversely affected by the pandemic, as discussed throughout this report. However, we believe that the unique nature and location of our assets will provide us positive cash flows over time.


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Comparison of Cash Flows for the SixThree Months Ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019
Operating Activities. Cash provided by (used in)used in operating activities totaled $5.4$10.4 million for the first six months of 2020,in first-quarter 2021, compared with $(1.6)$4.4 million for the first six months of 2019.in first-quarter 2020. Expenditures for purchases and development of real estate properties totaled $8.7$2.5 million for the first six months ofin first-quarter 2021 and $6.2 million in first-quarter 2020, and $5.8 million for the first six months of 2019, primarily related to development of our Barton Creek properties.properties, including Amarra Villas. The cash outflowoutflows resulting from the decrease in accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other for the first six months ofin both first-quarter 2021 and first-quarter 2020 isare primarily related to the timing of property tax payments as well contractor retention payments associated with the completion of The Saint Mary and Kingwood Place.payments.
During the first six months of 2019, our operating cash flows included MUD reimbursements totaling $4.6 million related to infrastructure costs incurred in Barton Creek (of which $3.7 million increased net income before taxes for the period and $0.9 million reduced purchases and development of real estate properties).
Investing Activities. Cash used inprovided by (used in) investing activities totaled $5.1$58.2 million for the first six months of 2020in first-quarter 2021 and $47.2$(2.6) million for the first six months of 2019.in first-quarter 2020. Capital expenditures totaled $4.4$1.0 million forin first-quarter 2021, primarily related to the first six months ofMagnolia Place and Lantana Place projects, and $2.3 million in first-quarter 2020, primarily related to development of the KingwoodLantana Place, LantanaKingwood Place and Jones Crossing projects, and $45.0 million forprojects.
In first-quarter 2021, we received proceeds, net of closing costs, from the first six months of 2019, primarily related to development of the Kingwood Place and The Saint Mary projects. Capital expenditures were lower in the first six months of 2020, compared to the first six months of 2019, primarily as a result of the completionsale of The Saint Mary and Kingwood Place in late 2019 and the deferral of progress on development projects because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the first six months of 2019, we recorded a purchase of noncontrolling interest totaling $4.6 million as a result of our acquisition of HEB's interests in the New Caney partnership in which we and HEB collectively purchased a tract of land for the future development of an HEB-anchored mixed-use project in New Caney, Texas.$59.5 million.
We also made payments totaling $0.7$0.3 million for the first six months ofin both first-quarter 2021 and first-quarter 2020 and $0.8 million for the first six months of 2019 under our master lease obligations associated with the 2017 sale of The Oaks at Lakeway.
Financing Activities. Cash (used in) provided by financing activities totaled $(4.1)$(50.8) million for the first six months of 2020in first-quarter 2021 and $43.5$6.2 million for the first six months of 2019.in first-quarter 2020. During the first six months of 2020,first-quarter 2021, net repayments on the Comerica Bank credit facility totaled $8.5$9.2 million, primarily using proceeds from the sale of The Saint Mary, compared with net borrowings of $6.8 million in first-quarter 2020, primarily to fund working capital changes. In first-quarter 2021, net repayments on other
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project and term loans totaled $28.3 million, primarily reflecting the userepayment of $13.8 million of the $15.0 million earnest money to pay down the revolving credit facility,The Saint Mary construction loan, compared to net repayments of $1.6$0.5 million for the first six months of 2019. Net borrowings from project and term loans totaled $5.0 million for the first six months ofin first-quarter 2020, primarily from the Paycheck Protection Program loan (referrelated to Note 1 for further information) and for the Kingwood and The Saint Mary projects, partially offset by repayment of the Amarra Villas credit facility compared with netpartially offset by borrowings of $45.4 million for the first six months of 2019, primarily for The Saint Mary and Kingwood Place Jones Crossing and New Caney projects. See “Credit Facility, Other Financing Arrangements and Liquidity Outlook” below for a discussion of our outstanding debt at June 30, 2020.March 31, 2021.

In first-quarter 2021, we paid distributions to noncontrolling interest owners of $13.1 million, primarily related to the sale of The Saint Mary.

Credit Facility, Other Financing Arrangements and Liquidity Outlook
At June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, the total principal amount of our outstanding debt was $366.6$341.2 million, compared with $369.2$353.2 million at December 31, 2019.2020. We had borrowings of $34.0$34.1 million under theour $60.0 million Comerica Bank revolving credit facility, $25.9$25.8 million of which was available at June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, net of a $150 thousand of lettersletter of credit committed against the credit facility.
On June 12, 2020,During the pandemic we amendedhave proactively engaged with our credit facility agreementproject lenders in connection with Comerica Bankformulating rent deferral arrangements for our tenants, receiving waivers of and amendments to extend thecertain financial covenants for specific project loans and extending maturity date from September 27, 2020, to September 27, 2022.dates on project loans with near-term maturities. Refer to Note 6 in this report and in our 20192020 Form 10-K for further discussion of our outstanding debt.discussion. Refer to “Debt Maturities and Other Contractual Obligations” below for a table illustrating the timing of principal payments due on our outstanding debt as of June 30, 2020.March 31, 2021.

Several of our financing instruments contain customaryOur debt agreements require compliance with specified financial covenants. The West Killeen Market construction loan includes a requirement that we maintain a minimum total stockholders’ equity balance of $110.0 million. The Santal loan includes a requirement that we maintain liquid assets, as defined in the agreement, of not less than $7.5 million. The Saint Mary construction loan and the New Caney land loan includeincludes a requirement that we maintain liquid assets, as defined in eachthe agreement, of not less than $10 million. The Comerica Bank credit facility, the Lantana Place construction loan, the Jones Crossing construction loan, The Saint Mary construction loan, the Amarra Villas credit facility, the Kingwood Place construction loan, the West Killeen Market construction loan, the New Caney land loan and The Santal loan include a requirement that we maintain a net asset value, as defined in each agreement, of $125 million. The Comerica Bank credit facility, the Amarra Villas credit facility and the Kingwood Place construction loan also include a requirement that we maintain a promissory note debt-to-gross asset value, as defined in the agreement, of less
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than 50 percent. The Santal loan, the West Killeen Market construction loan, the Jones Crossing construction loan, and the Lantana Place construction loan each include a financial covenant requiring the applicable Stratus subsidiary to maintain a debt service coverage ratio as defined in each agreement. In addition,As of March 31, 2021, we were in compliance with all of our financial covenants; however, for the last three quarters of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021, our Block 21 subsidiary did not pass the debt service coverage ratio financial test under the Block 21 loan, agreementswhich, though not a financial covenant, caused the Block 21 subsidiary to enter into a “Trigger Period” as discussed below.

Stratus’ and its subsidiaries’ debt arrangements contain significant limitations that may restrict Stratus’ and its subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things: borrow additional money or issue guarantees; pay dividends, repurchase equity or make other distributions to equityholders; make loans, advances or other investments; create liens on assets; sell assets; enter into sale-leaseback transactions; enter into transactions with affiliates; permit a change of control; sell all or substantially all of its assets; and engage in mergers, consolidations or other business combinations. Our Comerica Bank requirecredit facility requires Comerica Bank’s prior written consent for any common stock repurchases in excess of $1.0 million or any dividend payments. As

Our project loans are generally secured by all or substantially all of June 30, 2020, we were in compliance withthe assets of the project, and our Comerica Bank credit facility is secured by substantially all of our assets other than those encumbered by separate project financing. In addition, we are typically required to guarantee the payment of our project loans, in some cases until certain development milestones and/or financial covenantsconditions are met, except for the debt service coverage ratio covenant under the Block 21 loan as discussed below.

We proactively engaged and will continueThe Santal loan guarantees that are generally limited to proactively engage withnon-recourse carve-out obligations. Refer to Note 6 in our project lenders in connection with formulating rent deferral arrangements2020 Form 10-K for tenants at our projects as a result of the pandemic. Each of our projects is expected to generate sufficient revenue to pay debt service. During second-quarter 2020, we entered into amendments to the Lantana Place and West Killeen Market construction loans in which we were granted waivers of the debt service coverage ratio covenants for the quarters needed such that we believe we will be able to remain in compliance if rent payments do not further deteriorate materially as currently anticipated.additional discussion.

The Block 21 loan agreement secured by the Block 21 assets contains financial covenant requirementstests that we must meet in order to avoid a “Trigger Period” (as described below). Specifically, we must maintain (i) a net worth in excess of $125 million and (ii) liquid assets having a market value of not less thanat least $10 million, and (iii)each as defined in the Block 21 loan agreement. Additionally, our Block 21 subsidiary must maintain a trailing-12-month debt service coverage ratio, tested quarterly, each as defined in the Block 21 loan agreement. If any of these financial covenantstests are not met, a “Trigger Period”, which is not a default, results. As a result of the pandemic, weour Block 21 subsidiary did not meet the debt
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service coverage ratio test on the June 30, 2020, September 30, 2020, December 31, 2020, and March 31, 2021, test date,dates, resulting in a Trigger"Trigger Period." During a Trigger"Trigger Period," any cash generated from the Block 21's hotel, entertainment and office and retail space21 project in excess of amounts necessary to fund loan obligations, budgeted operating expenses and specified reserves would not be available to be distributed to us until after we meet a higher debt service coverage ratio requirement for two consecutive quarters. As the ratio is calculated on a trailing-12-month basis, we currently do not expect the Trigger Period"Trigger Period" to terminate before earlycontinue through at least 2022.

TheAlthough the Block 21 loan agreement requires us tois a non-recourse loan, we may contribute cash to our Block 21 subsidiary if fundsin order to prevent our Block 21 subsidiary from defaulting under the Block 21’s operations are insufficient to fund all payments and reserves as required under our21 loan agreement. Additionally, under our subsidiary’s hotel operating agreement, the hotel operator has and may continue to request funds from us if it reasonably determines that such funds are required in order to fund the operation of the hotel and specified reserves. We have been requiredPursuant to contribute such fundsprovisions, we contributed $6.3 million during 2020 and our$5.0 million during first-quarter 2021, and based on current projections, reflect that we will be requiredexpect to do so in future periods in 2020 andmake additional contributions of approximately $12 million through early 2021.

2022. As of June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, we had $6.0 million of liabilities for deferred income and deposits that primarily related to ticket and sponsorship presales at our venues. We have refunded amounts related to events that have been cancelled, and we may refund additional amounts if more events are cancelled in the future.

We project that we will be able to meet our debt service and other cash obligations for at least the next 12 months, without any significant asset sales or reductions in general and administrative expenses. Prior to the start of the pandemic, our retail and multi-family projects were in advanced lease-up phases, and we expect that they will generate sufficient revenue to pay debt service. We have no significant principal maturities of debt during the remainder of 2020. In addition, we have no material commitments for capital expenditures and have deferred progress on development projects as we continue to evaluate market conditions.months. Our projections are based on many detailed and complex underlying assumptions, including (1) that operating income for our hotel and entertainmentBlock 21 businesses will not improve in 2020 and will gradually ramp up to a break-even point in the first half of 2021 and that Block 21 will generate sufficient cash to cover debt service by early 2022, (2) that current conditions in our leasing operations will not further deteriorate materially.materially and that our anchor tenant at Lantana Place will renew its lease on terms acceptable to us, (3) that we close on projected asset sales in our real estate operations segment, including certain land sales at our mixed-use properties, on anticipated terms, and (4) that we are able to secure anticipated financing for certain development projects. No assurances can be given that the results anticipated by our projections will occur. See “Risk Factors” includedNote 6 in Part II, Item 1A. hereinour 2020 Form 10-K and “Risk Factors” included in Part I, Item 1A. of our 20192020 Form 10-K, , for further discussion.


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DEBT MATURITIES AND OTHER CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

The following table summarizes our debt maturities based on the principal amounts outstanding as of June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 (in thousands):
2020 2021202220232024ThereafterTotal 2021 2022202320242025ThereafterTotal
Block 21 loanBlock 21 loan$1,173  $2,470  $2,613  $2,765  $2,904  $128,967  $140,892  Block 21 loan$1,839 $2,613 $2,765 $2,905 $3,094 $125,872 $139,088 
The Santal loana
The Santal loana
—  —  75,000  —  —  —  75,000  
The Santal loana
— 75,000 — — — — 75,000 
Comerica Bank credit facilityb
—  —  33,977  —  —  —  33,977  
Comerica Bank credit facilityComerica Bank credit facility— 34,077 — — — — 34,077 
New Caney land loanc
—  5,000  —  —  —  —  5,000  
New Caney land loanNew Caney land loan— 4,500 — — — — 4,500 
PPP loanPPP loan—  —  3,988  —  —  —  3,988  PPP loan— 3,987 — — — — 3,987 
Construction loans:Construction loans:Construction loans:
Kingwood Placea
—  —  28,534  —  —  —  28,534  
The Saint Marya
—  25,395  —  —  —  —  25,395  
Kingwood Placeb
Kingwood Placeb
— 31,791 — — — — 31,791 
Jones CrossingJones Crossing293 409 21,878 — — — 22,580 
Lantana PlaceLantana Place42  497  513  23,193  —  —  24,245  Lantana Place604 830 20,610 — — — 22,044 
Jones Crossing—  281  392  21,660  —  —  22,333  
West Killeen MarketWest Killeen Market73  151  7,039  —  —  —  7,263  West Killeen Market126 6,597 — — — — 6,723 
Amarra Villas credit facilityAmarra Villas credit facility—  —   —  —  —   Amarra Villas credit facility— 1,369 — — — — 1,369 
TotalTotal$1,288   $33,794  $152,061  $47,618  $2,904  $128,967  $366,632  Total$2,862  $161,173 $45,253 $2,905 $3,094 $125,872 $341,159 
a.In April 2021, we entered into an amendment to The Santal loan to, among other provisions, extend the maturity date from October 5, 2022 to October 5, 2024.
b.We have the option to extend the maturity date for two additional 12-month periods, subject to certain conditions.
b.Refer to Note 6 for further information, including the June 2020 amendment to extend the maturity to September 27, 2022.
c.We have the option to extend the maturity date for one additional 12-month period, subject to certaindebt service coverage conditions.

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Other than debt transactions (as discussed in Note 6), there have been no material changes in our contractual obligations since December 31, 2019.2020. Refer to Part II, Items 7. and 7A. "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" in our 20192020 Form 10-K for further information regarding our contractual obligations.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

There have been no changes in our critical accounting estimates from those discussed in our 20192020 Form 10-K.

NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

There have been no changes inNo new accounting standards from those discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements included in our 2019 Form 10-K.2021 have had a material impact on us.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

There have been no material changes in our off-balance sheet arrangements since December 31, 2019.2020. Refer to Note 9 in our 20192020 Form 10-K for further information.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements in which we discuss factors we believe may affect our future performance. Forward-looking statements are all statements other than statements of historical fact, such as plans, projections or expectations related to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, its duration and its economic effects, rent deferrals or other concessions to our tenants, our ability to collect rents timely,meet our future debt service and other cash obligations, our ability to ramp-up operations at Block 21 according to our currently anticipated timeline, our ability to open and hold events at our venues, our ability to collect rents timely, future cash flows and liquidity, our ability to comply with or obtain waivers of financial and other covenants in debt agreements, our ongoing in-depth exploration of conversion to a REIT, potential steps necessary prior to conversion to a REIT, the potential timing of any REIT conversion, our expectations about the Austin and to meet other cash obligations,Texas real estate markets, potential changes in governance practices and Board composition, the planning, financing, development, construction, completion and stabilization of our development projects, plans to sell, recapitalize, or refinance properties, future operational and financial performance, MUD reimbursements for infrastructure costs, regulatory matters, leasing activities, estimated costs and timeframes for development and stabilization of properties, tax rates, the impact of interest rate changes, future capital expenditures and financing plans, possible joint ventures, partnerships, strategic relationships or other arrangements,strategic relationships, our projections with respect to our obligations under the master lease agreements entered into in connection with the 2017 sale of The Oaks at Lakeway, other plans and objectives of management for future operations and development projects, and future dividend payments and
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share repurchases. The words “anticipate,” “may,” “can,” “plan,” “believe,” “potential,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” "target," “intend,” “likely,” “will,” “should,” “to be” and any similar expressions and/or statements that are not historical facts and are intended to identify those assertions as forward-looking statements.

Under our loan agreements with Comerica Bank credit facility, we are not permitted to pay dividends on common stock without Comerica Bank’sBank's prior written consent. The declaration of dividends is at the discretion of our Board, subject to restrictions under our loan agreements with Comerica Bank credit facility, and will depend on our financial results, cash requirements, projected compliance with covenants in our debt agreements, outlook and other factors deemed relevant by the Board.

We caution readers that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated, expected, projected or assumed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that can cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, evolving risks relative to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic effects, including the impact of the actions taken by governmental authorities to contain the virus or address the impact of the virus on the economy, fear of the further spread or further accelerated spread of COVID-19, the duration and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic and impact thereof including the pace of recovery, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on us and the hospitality and entertainment industries generally, including the demand for travel, hotel rooms, group gathering and events at our venues, our ability to pay or refinance our debt or comply with or obtain waivers of financial and other covenants in debt agreements and to meet other cash obligations, our ability to ramp up operations at Block 21, collect anticipated rental payments and close projected asset sales, the availability and terms of financing for development projects and other corporate purposes, the implementation, operational, financing and tax complexities to be evaluated and addressed before our Board decides whether to recommend a REIT conversion to shareholders, our ability to qualify as a REIT, which involves the application of highly technical and complex provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, our ability to complete the steps that must be taken in order to convert to a REIT and the timing thereof, the potential costs of converting to and operating as a REIT, whether our Board will determine that conversion to a REIT is in the best interests of our shareholders, whether shareholders will approve changes to our organizational documents consistent with a public REIT structure, our
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ability to enter into and maintain joint ventures, partnerships, strategic relationships or other arrangements,strategic relationships, our ability to effectimplement our business strategy successfully, including our ability to develop, construct and sell or lease properties at priceson terms our Board considers acceptable, market conditions or corporate developments that could preclude, impair or delay any opportunities with respect to plans to sell, recapitalize or refinance properties, our ability to obtain various entitlements and permits, a decrease in the demand for real estate in select markets in Texas where we operate, changes in economic, market and business conditions, reductions in discretionary spending by consumers and businesses, competition from other real estate developers, hotel operators and/or entertainment venue operators and promoters, our ability to openhold events and hold eventsincrease attendance at our venues, challenges associated with booking events and selling tickets and event cancellations at Stratus’our entertainment venues, which may result in refunds to customers, the termination of sales contracts or letters of intent because of, among other factors, the failure of one or more closing conditions or market changes, our ability to secure qualifying tenants for the space subject to the master lease agreements entered into in connection with the 2017 sale of The Oaks at Lakeway and to assign such leases to the purchaser and remove the corresponding property from the master leases, the failure to attract customers or tenants for our developments or such customers’ or tenants’ failure to satisfy their purchase commitments or leasing obligations, grants of rent deferral accommodations or other concessions to our tenants and ability of our tenants to resume rent payments as agreed, our ability to collect rents timely, increases in interest rates and the phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate, declines in the market value of our assets, increases in operating costs, including real estate taxes and the cost of building materials, including lumber, and labor, our ability to ramp-up operations at Block 21 according to our currently anticipated timeline, changes in external perception of the W Austin Hotel, unanticipated issues experienced by the third-party operator of the W Austin Hotel, changes in consumer preferences, industry risks, changes in laws, regulations or the regulatory environment affecting the development of real estate, opposition from special interest groups or local governments with respect to development projects, weather-related risks, loss of key personnel, cybersecurity incidents and other factors described in more detail under the heading “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A. of our 20192020 Form 10-K, filed with the SEC, and “Risk Factors” included in Part II, Item 1A. herein.SEC.

We can provide no assurance as to when, if at all, we will convert to a REIT. We can give no assurance that our Board will approve a conversion to a REIT, even if there are no impediments to such conversion. Our exploration of a potential REIT conversion may divert management's attention from traditional business concerns. If we determine to convert to a REIT, we cannot give assurance that we will qualify or remain qualified as a REIT.

Investors are cautioned that many of the assumptions upon which our forward-looking statements are based are likely to change after the date the forward-looking statements are made, some of which we may not be able to control.made. Further, we may make changes to our business plans that could affect our results. We caution investors that we do not intendundertake no obligation to update our forward-looking statements, more frequently than quarterlywhich speak only as of the date made, notwithstanding any changes in our assumptions, business plans, actual experience, or other changes, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.changes.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

(a)           Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, with the participation of management, have evaluated the effectiveness of our “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. Based on this evaluation, they have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2020.March 31, 2021.

(b)           Changes in internal control over financial reporting. There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1A. Risk Factors

We are supplementing the risk factors described under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2019 Form 10-K with the additional risk factor set forth below, which should be read in conjunction with the risk factors and other disclosures in this report and in our 2019 Form 10-K.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operation and liquidity, such impact worsened during and subsequent to the second quarter of 2020, and could continue to last with unknown severity and for an unknown period of time.

OnMarch 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and on March 13, 2020, the U.S. declared a national emergency with respect to COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic is complex and rapidly evolving, with federal, state and local governments, public institutions and other organizations imposing or recommending, and businesses and individuals implementing, restrictions on activities in order to combat its spread. These restrictions have included stay-at-home orders, bans on travel, limitations on the size of gatherings, limitations on the operations of businesses deemed non-essential, closures of work facilities, schools, public buildings and businesses, cancellation of events (including entertainment events, conferences and meetings), quarantines and social distancing measures. State and local governments have implemented phased reopening processes, often with reduced capacity and social distancing restrictions. Beginning in mid-June, there have been reports of increasing numbers of new COVID-19 cases throughout the United States, and in particular, Texas, resulting in some governments extending or re-imposing restrictions. In June, the city of Austin extended its Stay-at-Home order through August 15, 2020..

The pandemic has caused a sharp global slowdown of economic activity resulting in a recession, a steep increase in unemployment in the U.S. and significant volatility and disruption of financial markets. The pandemic had a significant adverse impact on our company in the first and second quarters of 2020 and is expected to continue to adversely impact our company beyond second-quarter 2020. Because the pandemic is unprecedented in recent history, and its severity, duration and future economic consequences are difficult to predict, we cannot predict its future impact on our company with any certainty. The COVID-19 pandemic has subjected our business, financial condition, results of operations, and liquidity to a number of risks, including, but not limited to, those discussed below:

Risks RelatedThere have been no material changes to our Liquidity. Although we project that we will be able to meet our debt service and other cash obligations for at least the next 12 months, our projections depend on many detailed and complex underlying assumptions, including that our hotel and entertainment businesses will not improve in 2020 and will gradually ramp up to a break-even point in the first half of 2021, and that current conditions in our leasing operations will not further deteriorate materially. No assurances can be given that the results anticipated by our projections will occur. If we later determine that we will likely not be able to meet our debt service and other cash obligations, or will likely not be able to meet covenants under our debt agreements, we may seek further amendments to, waivers of provisions of, or restructuring of our debt agreements, seek to sell assets, seek to reduce operating expenses, and/or seek to raise additional capital, any or all of which actions may not be successful. If we cannot meet our debt service obligations, or otherwise default under a debt agreement, our lenders may declare all amounts outstanding under
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the loans due and payable, seek to foreclose on the collateral securing the loans and/or seek to force us into involuntary bankruptcy proceedings.

Risks Related to our Hotel Operations. The pandemic has had, and we believe will continue to have, a significant adverse impact on the hospitality industry, as it has resulted in dramatically curtailed business and leisure travel and caused cancellations of events or rescheduling of events until later in 2020 and beyond. Accordingly, the pandemic has resulted in a significant decrease in revenue and expected revenue from our hotel rooms, conference facilities and hotel amenities, as discussed throughout this report. The pandemic is expected to continue to negatively affect our hotel business, and the extent to which such adverse impacts continue depends on numerous evolving factors that we cannot predict. Moreover, even as travel advisories and restrictions are lifted, travel demand may remain weak for a significant length of time and attractions and events that previously brought visitors to the city of Austin may not proceed or may proceed with limited capacity. We cannot predict if or when our hotel will return to pre-pandemic demand or pricing.

Risks Related to our Entertainment Operations. The pandemic has had, and we believe will continue to have, a significant adverse impact on the entertainment industry and our entertainment operations, as discussed throughout this report. It is unclear whether and to what extent pandemic-related concerns will impact the use of and/or demand for our entertainment venues as government restrictions are modified or lifted. Prolonged repercussions from the pandemic and government-mandated restrictions or other factors could continue to negatively affect our entertainment venues and the financial performance of our entertainment operations, and the extent to which such adverse impacts continue depends on numerous evolving factors that we cannot predict, including if or when our entertainment operations will return to pre-pandemic demand.

Risks Related to our Leasing Operations. The COVID-19 pandemic is negatively affecting our retail and multi-family leasing operations, as discussed throughout this report. As a result of the pandemic and the related economic downturn, our retail tenants have requested, and may continue to request, additional rent deferrals, rent abatement, lease renegotiations or early termination of their leases as well as may be forced to temporarily or permanently close or declare bankruptcy, which could further reduce our cash flows. Our multi-family tenants may request future rent deferrals. In addition, state, local or industry-initiated efforts, such as tenant rent freezes or suspension of a landlord’s ability to enforce evictions, may also affect our ability to collect rent or enforce remedies for the failure to pay rent. Further, our ability to renew leases or re-lease vacant spaces on favorable terms, or at all, is constrained in the current environment, which may worsen.

Risks Related to our Real Estate and Development Operations. The pandemic has negatively affected our real estate and development operations, as discussed throughout this report. We may be unable to sell assets in the current economic environment at a price that we find acceptable or at all. We have deferred progress on our development projects as we continue to monitor developments in the market. We cannot predict when we will be able to recommence the active pursuit of our development projects. Also, the economic downturn caused by the pandemic could diminish the demand for and value of our properties for an indeterminate period. The pandemic has also constrained the availability of capital to companies in the real estate industry, and we can provide no assurances that, once we resume our development plans, we will be able to access the required capital at a reasonable cost. Prolonged inability to pursue our development plans will have a negative effect on our business and future profits.

These and other impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic could also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our 2019 Form 10-K. While we believe the risk factors above describe current material risks to our company related toduring the COVID-19 pandemic, there are other risks that we currently believe will not have a material adverse impact on us that may do so. In addition, there are other risks to our company, not necessarily related to the pandemic, which may adversely affect our business.three-month period ended March 31, 2021. For additional discussion,information on risk factors, refer to Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in the 2019of our 2020 Form 10-K.

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

There were no unregistered sales of equity securities and no repurchases of common stock during the three months ended June 30, 2020.March 31, 2021.
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Item 6. Exhibits.
   Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit TitleFiled with this Form 10-QFormFile No.Date Filed
Agreement of Sale and Purchase, dated February 15, 2017, between Stratus Lakeway Center, LLC and FHF I Oaks at Lakeway, LLC.8-K001-377162/21/2017
Agreement of Sale and Purchase, dated December 9, 2019 between Stratus Block 21, L.L.C. and Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.8-K001-3771612/11/2019
Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated December 9, 2019 between Stratus Block 21, Investments, L.P. and Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.8-K001-3771612/11/2019
Termination Letter dated May 21, 2020 with respect to Block 21 purchase agreements.8-K001-377165/22/2020
Composite Certificate of Incorporation of Stratus Properties Inc. 8-A/A000-19989001-377168/26/20103/15/2021
   
Second Amended and Restated By-Laws of Stratus Properties Inc., as amended effective August 3, 2017.10-Q001-377168/9/2017
Investor Rights Agreement by and between Stratus Properties Inc. and Moffett Holdings, LLC dated as of March 15, 2012.8-K000-199893/20/2012
Assignment and Assumption Agreement by and among Moffett Holdings, LLC, LCHM Holdings, LLC and Stratus Properties Inc., dated as of March 3, 2014.13D000-19989005-426523/5/2014
Stockholder Rights Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2020, by and between the Company and Computershare Inc., as rights agent (which includes the Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit C thereto).8-A001-377169/22/2020
Amendment to Stockholder Rights Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2021, by and between Stratus Properties Inc. and Computershare Inc., as Rights Agent.8-K001-377163/15/2021
Construction Loan Agreement by and between Lantana Place, L.L.C., as borrower, and Southside Bank, as lender, dated April 28, 2017.8-K001-377165/3/2017
Promissory Note by and between Lantana Place, L.L.C.L.L.C, and Southside Bank dated April 28, 2017.8-K001-377165/3/2017
First amendmentAmendment to Construction Loan Agreement by and between Lantana Place, L.L.C., as borrower, and Southside Bank, as lender, dated December 13, 2017.10-K001-377163/16/2018
Loan Modification Agreement by and between Lantana Place, L.L.C., as borrower, and Southside Bank, as lender, effective June 19, 2020.10-Q001-377166/25/2020
Second Loan Modification Agreement by and between Stratus Properties Inc., certain of its subsidiariesLantana Place, L.L.C and ComericaSouthside Bank, datedeffective as of June 29, 2018.January 4, 2021.8-K10-K001-377167/5/20183/15/2021
Revolving Promissory NoteLoan and Security Agreement by and between Stratus Properties Inc.Santal, L.L.C., certain of its subsidiariesas borrower and Comerica Bank,ACRC Lender LLC, as lender, dated as of June 29, 2018.September 30, 2019.8-K001-377167/5/201810/4/2019
Modification AgreementNote by and between Stratus Properties Inc., certain of its subsidiariesSantal, L.L.C. and Comerica Bank, effective as of April 14, 2020.ACRC Lender LLC, dated September 30, 2019.8-K001-3771610/4/17/20202019
Second Modification of Loan Agreement, Note, Mortgage and Other Loan Documents by and betweenamong Santal, L.L.C., as borrower, Stratus Properties Inc., certain of its subsidiariesas guarantor, and Comerica Bank, effectiveACRE Commercial Mortgage 2017-FL3 Ltd., as lender, dated as of June 12, 2020.April 1, 2021.8-K001-377164/6/15/20202021

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Exhibit TitleFiled with this Form 10-QFormFile No.Date Filed
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a).X
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a).X
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.X
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.X
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SIGNATURE


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

STRATUS PROPERTIES INC.

By: /s/ Erin D. Pickens
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Erin D. Pickens
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(authorized signatory and
Principal Financial Officer)

Date: August 10, 2020May 17, 2021
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