UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30,MARCH 31, 20232024

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 001-37420

SERITAGE GROWTH PROPERTIES

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland

38-3976287

(State of Incorporation)

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

 

500 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1530, New York, New York

10110

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 355-7800

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

Trading Symbols

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share

SRG

New York Stock Exchange

7.00% Series A cumulative redeemable preferred shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share

SRG-PA

New York Stock Exchange

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

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See 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 No ☒

As of August 11, 2023,May 7, 2024, the registrant had the following common shares outstanding:

 

Class

Shares Outstanding

Class A common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share

56,182,52256,268,317

Class B common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share

0

Class C common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share

0

 


SERITAGE GROWTH PROPERTIES

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

QUARTER ENDED June 30, 2023March 31, 2024

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

Item 1.

Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

3

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 and December 31, 20222023

3

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023 and 2022

4

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023 and 2022

5

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023 and 2022

6

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

8

 

 

 

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

2627

 

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk

3635

 

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

3635

 

 

 

PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

3736

 

 

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

3736

 

 

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

3736

 

 

 

Item 3.

Defaults upon Senior Securities

3736

 

 

 

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

3736

 

 

 

Item 5.

Other Information

3736

 

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

3837

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

3938

 


PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

SERITAGE GROWTH PROPERTIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

June 30, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in real estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

$

134,291

 

 

$

172,813

 

 

$

72,562

 

 

$

102,090

 

Buildings and improvements

 

 

356,952

 

 

 

463,616

 

 

 

300,148

 

 

 

344,972

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

 

(43,369

)

 

 

(57,330

)

 

 

(31,514

)

 

 

(36,025

)

 

 

447,874

 

 

 

579,099

 

 

 

341,196

 

 

 

411,037

 

Construction in progress

 

 

128,931

 

 

 

185,324

 

 

 

132,210

 

 

 

135,305

 

Net investment in real estate

 

 

576,805

 

 

 

764,423

 

 

 

473,406

 

 

 

546,342

 

Real estate held for sale

 

 

98,084

 

 

 

455,617

 

 

 

75,574

 

 

 

39,332

 

Investment in unconsolidated entities

 

 

301,493

 

 

 

382,597

 

 

 

199,810

 

 

 

196,437

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

124,850

 

 

 

133,480

 

 

 

114,875

 

 

 

134,001

 

Restricted cash

 

 

12,904

 

 

 

11,459

 

 

 

15,883

 

 

 

15,699

 

Tenant and other receivables, net

 

 

22,188

 

 

 

41,495

 

 

 

9,907

 

 

 

12,246

 

Lease intangible assets, net

 

 

1,524

 

 

 

1,791

 

 

 

191

 

 

 

886

 

Prepaid expenses, deferred expenses and other assets, net

 

 

30,119

 

 

 

50,859

 

 

 

24,922

 

 

 

28,921

 

Total assets (1)

 

$

1,167,967

 

 

$

1,841,721

 

 

$

914,568

 

 

$

973,864

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term loan facility, net

 

$

549,965

 

 

$

1,029,754

 

 

$

330,000

 

 

$

360,000

 

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

56,320

 

 

 

89,368

 

 

 

40,970

 

 

 

50,700

 

Total liabilities (1)

 

 

606,285

 

 

 

1,119,122

 

 

 

370,970

 

 

 

410,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders' Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A common shares $0.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized;
56,182,522 and 56,052,546 shares issued and outstanding
as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively

 

 

562

 

 

 

561

 

Series A preferred shares $0.01 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized;
2,800,000 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2023 and
December 31, 2022; liquidation preference of $
70,000

 

 

28

 

 

 

28

 

Class A common shares $0.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized;
56,262,944 and 56,194,727 shares issued and outstanding
as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively

 

 

562

 

 

 

562

 

Series A preferred shares $0.01 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized;
2,800,000 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2024 and
December 31, 2023; liquidation preference of $
70,000

 

 

28

 

 

 

28

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

1,360,718

 

 

 

1,360,411

 

 

 

1,362,386

 

 

 

1,361,742

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(800,674

)

 

 

(640,531

)

 

 

(820,552

)

 

 

(800,342

)

Total shareholders' equity

 

 

560,634

 

 

 

720,469

 

 

 

542,424

 

 

 

561,990

 

Non-controlling interests

 

 

1,048

 

 

 

2,130

 

 

 

1,174

 

 

 

1,174

 

Total equity

 

 

561,682

 

 

 

722,599

 

 

 

543,598

 

 

 

563,164

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

1,167,967

 

 

$

1,841,721

 

 

$

914,568

 

 

$

973,864

 

(1) The Company's consolidated balance sheets include assets and liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities ("VIEs"). See Note 2. The consolidated balance sheets, as of June 30, 2023, include the following amounts related to our consolidated VIEs, excluding the Operating Partnership: $3.3 million of land, $2.8 million of building and improvements, $(0.8) million of accumulated depreciation and $2.3 million of other assets included in other line items. The Company's consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2022, include the following amounts related to our consolidated VIEs, excluding the Operating Partnership: $6.6 million of land, $3.9 million of building and improvements, $(1.0) million of accumulated depreciation and $4.0 million of other assets included in other line items.

 

(1) The Company's consolidated balance sheets include assets and liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities ("VIEs"). See Note 2. The consolidated balance sheets, as of March 31, 2024, include the following amounts related to our consolidated VIEs, excluding the Operating Partnership: $3.3 million of land, $2.8 million of building and improvements, $(0.8) million of accumulated depreciation and $2.6 million of other assets included in other line items. The Company's consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023, include the following amounts related to our consolidated VIEs, excluding the Operating Partnership: $3.3 million of land, $2.8 million of building and improvements, $(0.8) million of accumulated depreciation and $2.4 million of other assets included in other line items.

(1) The Company's consolidated balance sheets include assets and liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities ("VIEs"). See Note 2. The consolidated balance sheets, as of March 31, 2024, include the following amounts related to our consolidated VIEs, excluding the Operating Partnership: $3.3 million of land, $2.8 million of building and improvements, $(0.8) million of accumulated depreciation and $2.6 million of other assets included in other line items. The Company's consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023, include the following amounts related to our consolidated VIEs, excluding the Operating Partnership: $3.3 million of land, $2.8 million of building and improvements, $(0.8) million of accumulated depreciation and $2.4 million of other assets included in other line items.

 

 

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

- 3 -


SERITAGE GROWTH PROPERTIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

REVENUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental income

 

$

5,517

 

 

$

29,418

 

 

$

5,935

 

 

$

58,502

 

 

$

5,725

 

 

$

418

 

 

Management and other fee income

 

 

367

 

 

 

286

 

 

 

629

 

 

 

2,107

 

 

 

48

 

 

 

262

 

 

Total revenue

 

 

5,884

 

 

 

29,704

 

 

 

6,564

 

 

 

60,609

 

 

 

5,773

 

 

 

680

 

 

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property operating

 

 

5,196

 

 

 

10,801

 

 

 

13,381

 

 

 

21,833

 

 

 

3,673

 

 

 

8,185

 

 

Real estate taxes

 

 

2,170

 

 

 

6,425

 

 

 

3,707

 

 

 

14,575

 

 

 

1,393

 

 

 

1,537

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

4,151

 

 

 

10,669

 

 

 

8,715

 

 

 

22,603

 

 

 

5,271

 

 

 

4,564

 

 

General and administrative

 

 

10,099

 

 

 

11,093

 

 

 

22,319

 

 

 

20,185

 

 

 

9,192

 

 

 

12,220

 

 

Litigation settlement

 

 

 

 

 

35,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

35,000

 

Total expenses

 

 

21,616

 

 

 

73,988

 

 

 

48,122

 

 

 

114,196

 

 

 

19,529

 

 

 

26,506

 

 

Gain on sale of real estate, net

 

 

33,488

 

 

 

68,031

 

 

 

45,880

 

 

 

67,016

 

 

 

1,139

 

 

 

12,392

 

 

Gain on sale of interest in unconsolidated entities

 

 

7,323

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,323

 

 

 

 

Impairment of real estate assets

 

 

(104,467

)

 

 

(109,343

)

 

 

(107,043

)

 

 

(110,334

)

 

 

(1,148

)

 

 

(2,576

)

 

Equity in loss of unconsolidated entities

 

 

(13,698

)

 

 

(33,720

)

 

 

(50,070

)

 

 

(66,796

)

Interest and other income

 

 

9,869

 

 

 

99

 

 

 

15,454

 

 

 

110

 

Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated entities

 

 

379

 

 

 

(36,372

)

 

Interest and other income, net

 

 

1,423

 

 

 

5,585

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

(12,528

)

 

 

(22,663

)

 

 

(27,730

)

 

 

(45,251

)

 

 

(7,011

)

 

 

(15,202

)

 

Loss before income taxes

 

 

(95,745

)

 

 

(141,880

)

 

 

(157,744

)

 

 

(208,842

)

 

 

(18,974

)

 

 

(61,999

)

 

Benefit (provision) for income taxes

 

 

38

 

 

 

(203

)

 

 

51

 

 

 

(228

)

(Provision) benefit for income taxes

 

 

(11

)

 

 

13

 

 

Net loss

 

 

(95,707

)

 

 

(142,083

)

 

 

(157,693

)

 

 

(209,070

)

 

 

(18,985

)

 

 

(61,986

)

 

Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

31,328

 

 

 

 

 

 

46,110

 

Net loss attributable to Seritage

 

$

(95,707

)

 

$

(110,755

)

 

$

(157,693

)

 

$

(162,960

)

Preferred dividends

 

 

(1,225

)

 

 

(1,225

)

 

 

(2,450

)

 

 

(2,450

)

 

 

(1,225

)

 

 

(1,225

)

 

Net loss attributable to Seritage common shareholders

 

$

(96,932

)

 

$

(111,980

)

 

$

(160,143

)

 

$

(165,410

)

 

$

(20,210

)

 

$

(63,211

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss per share attributable to Seritage Class A
common shareholders - Basic

 

$

(1.73

)

 

$

(2.56

)

 

$

(2.85

)

 

$

(3.79

)

 

$

(0.36

)

 

$

(1.13

)

 

Net loss per share attributable to Seritage Class A
common shareholders - Diluted

 

$

(1.73

)

 

$

(2.56

)

 

$

(2.85

)

 

$

(3.79

)

 

$

(0.36

)

 

$

(1.13

)

 

Weighted average Class A common shares
outstanding - Basic

 

 

56,173

 

 

 

43,677

 

 

 

56,116

 

 

 

43,656

 

 

 

56,215

 

 

 

56,059

 

 

Weighted average Class A common shares
outstanding - Diluted

 

 

56,173

 

 

 

43,677

 

 

 

56,116

 

 

 

43,656

 

 

 

56,215

 

 

 

56,059

 

 

 

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

 

- 4 -


SERITAGE GROWTH PROPERTIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

Class A
Common

 

 

Series A
Preferred

 

 

Additional
Paid-In

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

Non-
Controlling

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Deficit

 

 

Interests

 

 

Equity

 

Balance at January 1, 2022

 

 

43,632

 

 

$

436

 

 

 

2,800

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

1,241,048

 

 

$

(553,771

)

 

$

157,059

 

 

$

844,800

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(162,960

)

 

 

(46,110

)

 

 

(209,070

)

Preferred dividends declared ($0.875 per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,450

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,450

)

Vesting of restricted share units

 

 

45

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,118

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,118

 

Balance at June 30, 2022

 

 

43,677

 

 

$

437

 

 

$

2,800

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

1,242,165

 

 

$

(719,181

)

 

$

110,949

 

 

$

634,398

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2023

 

 

56,053

 

 

$

561

 

 

 

2,800

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

1,360,411

 

 

$

(640,531

)

 

$

2,130

 

 

$

722,599

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(157,693

)

 

 

 

 

 

(157,693

)

Preferred dividends declared ($0.875 per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,450

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,450

)

Vesting of restricted share units

 

 

130

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,443

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,443

 

Sale of consolidated joint venture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,135

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,082

)

 

 

(2,217

)

Balance at June 30, 2023

 

 

56,183

 

 

$

562

 

 

 

2,800

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

1,360,718

 

 

$

(800,674

)

 

$

1,048

 

 

$

561,682

 

 

Class A
Common

 

 

Series A
Preferred

 

 

Additional
Paid-In

 

Accumulated

 

Non-
Controlling

 

Total

 

 

Class A
Common

 

 

Series A
Preferred

 

 

Additional
Paid-In

 

Accumulated

 

Non-
Controlling

 

Total

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Deficit

 

 

Interests

 

 

Equity

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Deficit

 

 

Interests

 

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at April 1, 2022

 

 

43,675

 

 

$

437

 

 

 

2,800

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

1,241,583

 

 

$

(607,201

)

 

$

142,277

 

 

 

777,124

 

Balance at January 1, 2023

 

 

56,053

 

 

$

561

 

 

 

2,800

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

1,360,411

 

 

$

(640,531

)

 

$

2,130

 

 

$

722,599

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(110,755

)

 

 

(31,328

)

 

 

(142,083

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(61,986

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(61,986

)

Preferred dividends declared ($0.4375
per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,225

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,225

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,225

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,225

)

Vesting of restricted share units

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

582

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

582

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

784

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

784

 

Balance at June 30, 2022

 

 

43,677

 

 

$

437

 

 

 

2,800

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

1,242,165

 

 

$

(719,181

)

 

$

110,949

 

 

$

634,398

 

Sale of consolidated VIEs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,135

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,082

)

 

 

(2,217

)

Balance at March 31, 2023

 

 

56,060

 

 

$

561

 

 

$

2,800

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

1,360,060

 

 

$

(703,742

)

 

$

1,048

 

 

$

657,955

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at April 1, 2023

 

 

56,060

 

 

$

561

 

 

 

2,800

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

1,360,060

 

 

$

(703,742

)

 

$

1,048

 

 

 

657,955

 

Balance at January 1, 2024

 

 

56,195

 

 

$

562

 

 

 

2,800

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

1,361,742

 

 

$

(800,342

)

 

$

1,174

 

 

$

563,164

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(95,707

)

 

 

 

 

 

(95,707

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(18,985

)

 

 

 

 

 

(18,985

)

Preferred dividends declared ($0.4375
per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,225

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,225

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,225

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,225

)

Vesting of restricted share units

 

 

123

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

68

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

659

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

659

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

644

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

644

 

Balance at June 30, 2023

 

 

56,183

 

 

$

562

 

 

 

2,800

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

1,360,718

 

 

$

(800,674

)

 

$

1,048

 

 

$

561,682

 

Balance at March 31, 2024

 

 

56,263

 

 

$

562

 

 

 

2,800

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

1,362,386

 

 

$

(820,552

)

 

$

1,174

 

 

$

543,598

 

 

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

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SERITAGE GROWTH PROPERTIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands)

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(157,693

)

 

$

(209,070

)

 

$

(18,985

)

 

$

(61,986

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity in loss of unconsolidated entities

 

 

50,070

 

 

 

66,796

 

Gain on sale of interest in unconsolidated entities

 

 

(7,323

)

 

 

 

Equity in (income) loss of unconsolidated entities

 

 

(379

)

 

 

36,372

 

Gain on sale of real estate, net

 

 

(45,880

)

 

 

(67,016

)

 

 

(1,139

)

 

 

(12,392

)

Impairment of real estate assets

 

 

107,043

 

 

 

110,334

 

 

 

1,148

 

 

 

2,576

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

1,427

 

 

 

892

 

 

 

644

 

 

 

774

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

8,715

 

 

 

22,603

 

 

 

5,271

 

 

 

4,564

 

Amortization of deferred financing costs

 

 

211

 

 

 

211

 

 

 

 

 

 

105

 

Amortization of above and below market leases, net

 

 

93

 

 

 

121

 

 

 

38

 

 

 

48

 

Straight-line rent adjustment

 

 

14,638

 

 

 

(4,320

)

 

 

67

 

 

 

10,842

 

Interest on sale-leaseback financing obligations

 

 

 

 

 

25

 

Litigation settlement

 

 

 

 

 

35,000

 

Change in operating assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenants and other receivables

 

 

4,666

 

 

 

(10,370

)

 

 

4,351

 

 

 

4,668

 

Prepaid expenses, deferred expenses and other assets

 

 

5,017

 

 

 

1,713

 

 

 

2,406

 

 

 

5,034

 

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

(12,511

)

 

 

(1,420

)

 

 

(10,046

)

 

 

(12,557

)

Net cash used in operating activities

 

 

(31,527

)

 

 

(54,501

)

 

 

(16,624

)

 

 

(21,952

)

CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in unconsolidated entities

 

 

(11,127

)

 

 

(15,432

)

 

 

(2,925

)

 

 

(7,665

)

Distributions from unconsolidated entities

 

 

 

 

 

160

 

Net proceeds from sale of real estate

 

 

518,446

 

 

 

168,186

 

 

 

44,312

 

 

 

279,985

 

Net proceeds from disposition of interest in unconsolidated entities

 

 

49,376

 

 

 

 

Development of real estate

 

 

(49,903

)

 

 

(53,032

)

 

 

(12,480

)

 

 

(32,030

)

Net cash provided by investing activities

 

 

506,792

 

 

 

99,882

 

 

 

28,907

 

 

 

240,290

 

CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repayment of term loan

 

 

(480,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

(30,000

)

 

 

(230,000

)

Preferred dividends paid

 

 

(2,450

)

 

 

(2,450

)

 

 

(1,225

)

 

 

(1,225

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(482,450

)

 

 

(2,450

)

 

 

(31,225

)

 

 

(231,225

)

Net (decrease) and increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(7,185

)

 

 

42,931

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(18,942

)

 

 

(12,887

)

Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period

 

 

144,939

 

 

 

113,753

 

 

 

149,700

 

 

 

144,939

 

Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period

 

$

137,754

 

 

$

156,684

 

 

$

130,758

 

 

$

132,052

 

 

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SERITAGE GROWTH PROPERTIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands)

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

RECONCILIATION OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

$

133,480

 

 

$

106,602

 

 

$

134,001

 

 

$

133,480

 

Restricted cash at beginning of period

 

 

11,459

 

 

 

7,151

 

 

 

15,699

 

 

 

11,459

 

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period

 

$

144,939

 

 

$

113,753

 

 

$

149,700

 

 

$

144,939

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

124,850

 

 

$

149,529

 

 

$

114,875

 

 

$

120,476

 

Restricted cash at end of period

 

 

12,904

 

 

 

7,155

 

 

 

15,883

 

 

 

11,576

 

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period

 

$

137,754

 

 

$

156,684

 

 

$

130,758

 

 

$

132,052

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash payments for interest

 

$

29,690

 

 

$

52,188

 

 

$

6,108

 

 

$

16,273

 

Capitalized interest

 

 

2,513

 

 

 

7,674

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,409

 

Income taxes (refunded) paid

 

 

(51

)

 

 

228

 

Income taxes paid

 

 

11

 

 

 

(13

)

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND
FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Development of real estate financed with accounts payable

 

$

21,799

 

 

$

28,561

 

 

$

20,581

 

 

$

22,196

 

Preferred dividends declared and unpaid

 

 

1,225

 

 

 

1,225

 

 

 

1,225

 

 

 

1,225

 

Transfer to / (from) real estate assets held for sale

 

 

(357,533

)

 

 

117,013

 

 

 

36,242

 

 

 

(209,723

)

 

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

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SERITAGE GROWTH PROPERTIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

Note 1 – Organization

Seritage Growth Properties (“Seritage”) (NYSE: SRG), a Maryland real estate investment trust formed on June 3, 2015, operated as a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”) as defined under Section 856(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) from formation through December 31, 2021. On March 31, 2022, Seritage revoked its REIT election and became a taxable C Corporation effective January 1, 2022. Seritage’s assets are held by and its operations are primarily conducted, directly or indirectly, through Seritage Growth Properties, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”). Under the partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership, Seritage, as the sole general partner, has exclusive responsibility and discretion in the management and control of the Operating Partnership. Unless otherwise expressly stated or the context otherwise requires, the “Company” and “Seritage” refer to Seritage, the Operating Partnership and its owned and controlled subsidiaries.

Prior to the adoption of the Company’s Plan of Sale (defined below), Seritage was principally engaged in the ownership, development, redevelopment, disposition, management and leasing of diversified retail and mixed-use properties throughout the United States. Seritage will continue to actively manage each remaining location until such time as each property is sold. As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company’s portfolio consisted of interests in 5027 properties comprised of approximately 6.83.5 million square feet of gross leasable area (“GLA”) or build-to-suit leased area, approximatelyand 157410 acres held for or under development until time of sale and approximately 3.6 million square feet or approximately 303 acres to be disposed of in its current state.land. The portfolio consists of approximately 5.22.3 million square feet of GLA and 276 acres held by 3818 consolidated properties (such properties, the “Consolidated Properties”) and 1.71.2 million square feet of GLA and 134 acres held by 12nine unconsolidated properties (such properties, the “Unconsolidated Properties”).

The Company commenced operations on July 7, 2015, following a rights offering to the shareholders of Sears Holdings Corporation (“Sears Holdings” or “Sears”) to purchase common shares of Seritage in order to fund, in part, the $2.7 billion acquisition of certain of Sears Holdings’ owned properties and its 50% interests in three joint ventures which were simultaneously leased back to Sears Holdings under a master lease agreement (the “Original Master Lease” and the “Original JV Master Leases,” respectively).

As of March 15, 2021, the Company no longer had any remaining properties leased to Transform Holdco LLC (“Holdco”), an affiliate of ESL Investments, Inc. or Sears Holdings.

On March 1, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Trustees had commenced a process to review a broad range of strategic alternatives. The Board of Trustees has created a Special Committee (the “Special Committee”) of the Company’s Board of Trustees to oversee the process. The Special Committee has retained Barclays as its financial advisor. The agreement with Barclays expired in August 2023. The Company’s strategic review process remains ongoing as the Company executes sales pursuant to the Plan of Sale.Sale, and the Company remains open minded to pursuing value maximizing alternatives, including a potential sale of the Company. There can be no assurance that the review process will result in any transaction or that the Company will be successful in fully executing the Plan of Sale.

On March 31, 2022, the Company announced that its The Board of Trustees withis currently overseeing the recommendationPlan of Sale.

As a result of the Special Committee, approved a plan to terminate the Company’sCompany's revocation of its REIT status and become a taxable C Corporation, effective for the year ended December 31, 2022. As a result,election, the Company is no longer required to operate under REIT rules, including the requirement to distribute at least 90% of REIT taxable income to its stockholders, which provides the Company with greater flexibility to sell its assets and use its free cash flow.flow to make principal repayments on its Term Loan Facility. Effective January 1, 2022, the Company is subject to federal and state income taxes on its taxable income at applicable tax rates and is no longer entitled to a tax deduction for dividends paid. The Company operated as a REIT since inception and through the 2021 tax year, and existing REIT requirements and limitations, including those established by the Company’s organizational documents, remained in place until December 31, 2021.

As a result of the Company’s change in corporate structure to a taxable C Corporation in fiscal year 2022, the Company incurred a one-time, non-cash deferred tax benefit of approximately $161.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The Company also recorded a full valuation allowance against the deferred tax asset pursuant to ASC 740, Income Taxes, as discussed in more detail below.

The Company sought a shareholder vote to approve a proposed plan of sale of the Company’s assets and dissolution (the “Plan of Sale”) that would allow the Board to sell all of the Company’s assets, distribute the net proceeds to shareholders and dissolve the Company. The Plan of Sale allows Seritage and potential buyers to enter into and complete value maximizing transactions without subjecting any such transaction to the delay and conditionality associated with having to seek and obtain shareholder approval. On July 6, 2022, Edward Lampert, the Company’s former Chairman, entered into a Voting and Support Agreement under which he exchanged his equity interest in the Operating Partnership for Class A common shares and agreed to vote his shares in favor of the Plan of Sale. As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, Mr. Lampert owns approximately 26.824.0% of the Company’s outstanding Class A common shares, and Seritage, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is the sole owner of all outstanding Operating Partnership interests.

 

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The affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of all outstanding common shares of the Company was required to approve the Plan of Sale. The 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders occurred on October 24, 2022, following the Company's filing of a final proxy statement with the SEC on September 14, 2022. During the meeting, the Plan of Sale was approved by the shareholders. The strategic review process remains ongoing as the Company executes the Plan of Sale.Sale, and the Company remains open minded to pursuing value maximizing alternatives, including a potential sale of the Company. There can be no assurance that the review process will result in any transaction or that the Company will be successful in fully executing on the Plan of Sale.

Liquidity

The Company’s primary uses of cash include the payment of property operating and other expenses, including general and administrative expenses and debt service (collectively, “Obligations”), and certain development expenditures. Property rental income, which is the Company’s primary source of operating cash flow, did not fully fund Obligations and certain development expenditures incurred during the sixthree months ended June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 and the Company incurred net operating cash outflows of $31.516.6 million. Additionally, the Company generated investing cash inflows of $506.828.9 million during the sixthree months ended June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, which were driven by asset sales partially offset by development expenditures and investments in unconsolidated entities.

Obligations are projected to continue to exceed property rental income and the Company expects to fund such costs with a combination of capital sources including, but not limited to, cash on hand, and sales of Consolidated and Unconsolidated Properties. and potential financing transactions. During the sixthree months ended June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company sold 435 consolidated assets and five unconsolidated properties for gross proceeds of $588.548.8 million and made aggregate principal prepayments of $480.030.0 million on the Term Loan Facility, reducing the outstanding Term Loan Facility balance to $550.0330.0 million at June 30, 2023. PursuantMarch 31, 2024. Subsequent to March 31, 2024, the termsCompany made additional principal prepayments totaling $50.0 million reducing the balance of the Term Loan Facility by reducing the outstanding principal balance to $800280.0 million the maturity date for the Term Loan Facility was extended for two years to July 31, 2025.as of May 1, 2024.

Going Concern

In accordance with ASC 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern, for each annual and interim reporting period, management evaluates whether there are conditions and events that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued. As part of this evaluation, the Company takes into consideration all obligationsObligations due within the subsequent 12 months, as well as cash on hand and expected cash receipts. Management has determined that it is probable its plans, as described under Liquidity, will be effectively implemented within one year after the date the financial statements are issued and that these actions will provide the necessary cash flows to fund the Company’s obligationsObligations and development expenditures for the one-year period.

As the outstanding balance of the Term Loan Facility, which matures on July 31, 2025, is not due within the 12 month period subsequent to the date that thethese financial statements are issued, the Company’s Term Loan Facility is not factored into the Company’s analysis as a current obligation.Obligation.

The anticipated proceeds from the sales of assets under contract and expected minimum proceeds from the exercise of its put options of $160.230.0 million and existing cash on hand, would allow the Company to fund its Obligations and certain development expenditures.expenditures because the Term Loan Facility is not presently a current obligation as noted in the preceding paragraph. As a result, the Company has concluded that management’s plans do alleviate substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.concern within one year after the date that these financial statements are issued.

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, (the “Annual Report”), for the year ended December 31, 2022.2023. Certain footnote disclosures which would substantially duplicate those contained in our Annual Report have been condensed or omitted from this quarterly report. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation (which include only normal recurring adjustments) have been included in this quarterly report. Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 may not be indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the year ending December 31, 2023.2024. Capitalized terms used, but not defined in this quarterly report, have the same meanings as set forth in our Annual Report.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, the Operating Partnership, each of their consolidated properties, and all other entities in which the Company has a controlling financial interest. For entities that meet the definition of a variable interest entity (“VIE”), the Company consolidates those entities when the Company is the primary beneficiary of the entity. The Company is determined to be the primary beneficiary when it possesses both the unilateral power to direct activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE. The Company continually evaluates whether it qualifies as the primary beneficiary and reconsiders its determination of whether an entity is a VIE upon reconsideration

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events. As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company consolidates one VIE in which we are considered the primary beneficiary, as the Company has the power to direct the activities of the entity, specifically surrounding the development plan. As of June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 and

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December 31, 2022,2023, the Company has several investments in unconsolidated VIEs and does not consolidate these entities because the Company is not the primary beneficiary. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

To the extent such variable interests are in entities that are not evaluated under the VIE model, the Company evaluates its interests using the voting interest entity model.

As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company, and its wholly owned subsidiaries, holds a 100% interest in the Operating Partnership and is the sole general partner which gives the Company exclusive and complete responsibility for the day-to-day management, authority to make decisions, and control of the Operating Partnership.

Certain prior period amounts, if any, have been reclassified to conform to the current period’s presentation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. The most significant assumptions and estimates relate to real estate impairment assessments and assessing the recoverability of accounts receivable. These estimates are based on historical experience and other assumptions which management believes are reasonable under the circumstances. Management evaluates its estimates on an ongoing basis and makes revisions to these estimates and related disclosures as experience develops or new information becomes known. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Segment Reporting

The Company currently operates in a single reportable segment which includes the ownership, development, redevelopment, management, sale and leasing of real estate properties. The Company’s chief operating decision maker, its principal executive officer, assesses and measures the operating and financial results for each property on an individual basis and does not distinguish or group properties based on geography, size, or type. The Company, therefore, aggregates all properties into one reportable segment due to their similarities with regard to the nature and economics of the properties, tenants, and operational process.

Real Estate Investments

Real estate assets are recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization.

Expenditures for ordinary repairs and maintenance will be expensed as incurred. Significant renovations which improve the property or extend the useful life of the assets are capitalized. As real estate is undergoing redevelopment activities, all amounts directly associated with and attributable to the project, including planning, development and construction costs, interest costs, personnel costs of employees directly involved, and other miscellaneous costs incurred during the period of redevelopment, are capitalized. The capitalization period begins when redevelopment activities are underway and ends when the project is substantially complete.

Depreciation of real estate assets, excluding land, is recognized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives which generally range between:

Buildings:

25 – 40 years

Site improvements:

5 – 15 years

Tenant improvements:

shorter of the estimated useful life or non-cancelable term of lease

The Company amortizes identified intangibles that have finite lives over the period they are expected to contribute directly or indirectly to the future cash flows of the property or business acquired, generally the remaining non-cancelable term of a related lease.

The Company, on a periodic basis, assesses whether there are indicators, including macroeconomic conditions, that the value of the real estate assets may be impaired. If an indicator is identified, management will estimate the real estate asset recoverability based on projected operating cash flows (undiscounted and unleveraged), taking into account the anticipated holding period and capitalization rates, to determine if the undiscounted cash flows are less than a real estate asset’s carrying value. If the carrying value of an asset exceeds the undiscounted cash flows, an analysis is performed to determine the estimated fair value of the real estate asset. In estimating the fair value of an asset, various factors are considered, including expected future operating income, trends and leasing prospects and the effects of demand, competition, and other economic factors such as discount rates and market comparables. Changes in any estimates and/or assumptions, including the anticipated holding period, could have a material impact on the projected operating cash flows. If management determines that the carrying value of a real estate asset is impaired, a loss will be recorded for the excess of its carrying amount over its estimated fair value. The Company recognized impairment charges of $104.51.1 million and $109.32.6 million during the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023, and 2022, respectively, and impairment charges of $107.0 million and $110.3 million during the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Real Estate Dispositions

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When the Company disposes of all or a portion of a real estate asset, it recognizes a gain or loss on sale of real estate as the difference between the carrying value and consideration received. Consideration consists of cash proceeds received.

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The following table summarizes our gain on sale of real estate, net during the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023 and 2022 (in millions):

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

Dispositions to third parties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross proceeds

 

$

248.7

 

 

$

163.4

 

 

$

539.5

 

 

$

172.3

 

 

$

48.8

 

 

$

290.8

 

 

Gain on sale of real estate, net

 

 

33.5

 

 

 

68.0

 

 

 

45.9

 

 

 

67.0

 

 

 

1.1

 

 

 

12.4

 

 

Real Estate Held for Sale

When a real estate asset is identified by management as held for sale, the Company ceases depreciation of the asset and estimates its fair value, net of estimated costs to sell. If the estimated fair value, net of estimated costs to sell, of an asset is less than its net carrying value, an adjustment is recorded to reflect the estimated fair value. Properties classified as real estate held for sale generally represent properties that are either under contract for sale or have been identified for sale and all requirements to sell have been satisfied and are probable to close within a year.

In evaluating whether a property meets the held for sale criteria, the Company makes a determination as to the point in time that it is probable that a sale will be consummated. Given the nature of all real estate sales contracts, it is not unusual for such contracts to allow potential buyers a period of time to evaluate the property prior to formal acceptance of the contract. In addition, certain other matters critical to the final sale, such as financing arrangements, often remain pending even upon contract acceptance. As a result, properties under contract may not close within the expected time period or at all.

As of June 30, 2023, nineMarch 31, 2024, seven properties including three partial sites and pad sites, were classified as held for sale with assets of $98.175.6 million and no liabilities, and, as of December 31, 2022,2023, 34six properties including three partial sites and pad sites, were classified as held for sale with assets of $455.639.3 million and no liabilities.

Investments in Unconsolidated Entities

The Company accounts for its investments in unconsolidated entities using the equity method of accounting as the Company exercises significant influence but does not have a controlling financial interest. These investments are initially recorded at cost and are subsequently adjusted for cash contributions, cash distributions, and earnings which are recognized in accordance with the terms of the applicable agreement.

On a periodic basis, management assesses whether there are indicators, including the operating performance of the underlying real estate and general market conditions which include macroeconomic conditions, that the value of the Company’s investments in unconsolidated entities may be impaired. An investment’s value is impaired if management’s estimate of the fair value of the Company’s investment is less than its carrying value and such difference is deemed to be other-than-temporary. To the extent impairment has occurred, the loss is measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the investment over its estimated fair value.

The Company recorded $12.7no million and $32.5 million inother-than-temporary impairment losses in investments in unconsolidated entities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 and 2022, respectively.2023.

Restricted Cash

As of June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2022,2023, respectively, restricted cash represents cash collateral for a letterletters of credit and cash escrowed for development purposes.

Rental Revenue Recognition and Tenant Receivables

Rental income is comprised of base rent and reimbursements of property operating expenses. The Company commences rental revenue recognition when the lessee takes control of the physical use of the leased asset based on evaluation of several factors. Base rent is recognized on a straight-line basis over the non-cancelable terms of the related leases. For leases that have fixed and measurable base rent escalations, the difference between such rental income earned and the cash rent due under the provisions of the lease is recorded as straight-line rent receivable and included as a component of tenant and other receivables on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Reimbursement of property operating expenses arises from tenant leases which provide for the recovery of all or a portion of the operating expenses and real estate taxes of the respective property. This revenue is accrued in the same periods as the expenses are incurred.

The Company periodically reviews its receivables for collectability, taking into consideration changes in factors such as the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates, and economic conditions in the area where the property is located. Tenant receivables, including receivables arising from the straight-lining of rents, are written-off directly when management deems that the collectability of substantially all future lease payments from a specified lease

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is not probable of collection, at which point, the Company will begin recognizing revenue on a cash basis, based on actual amounts received. Any receivables that are deemed to be uncollectible are recognized as a reduction to rental income in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. If future circumstances change such that the Company believes that it is reasonably

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certain that the Company will collect all rental income remaining on such leases, the Company will resume accruing rental income and recognize a cumulative catch up for previously written-off receivables.

The Company recorded an increase to rental income of $1.7 million and a reduction to rental income of $0.429.7 thousand and $0.9 million during the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023, and 2022, respectively, as a result of the Company’s evaluation of collectability. The Company recorded a reduction to rental income of $0.1 million and $0.2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. In addition, the Company recorded a reduction of income of previously recorded straight-line rent of $3.866.5 millionthousand and an increase of $0.1 million of straight-line rent for the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023, and 2022, respectively. The Company recorded a reduction of income of previously recorded straight-line rent of $14.7 million and $0.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 there was no impact on income related to deferral agreements. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded an increase to rental income of $0.2 million and $0.1 million related to the allowance for deferral agreements, respectively.

In leasing tenant space, the Company may provide funding to the lessee through a tenant allowance. In accounting for a tenant allowance, the Company will determine whether the allowance represents funding for the construction of leasehold improvements and evaluate the ownership of such improvements. If the Company is considered the owner of the improvements for accounting purposes, the Company will capitalize the amount of the tenant allowance and depreciate it over the shorter of the useful life of the improvements or the related lease term. If the tenant allowance represents a payment for a purpose other than funding leasehold improvements, or in the event the Company is not considered the owner of the improvements for accounting purposes, the allowance is considered a lease incentive and is recognized over the lease term as a reduction of rental revenue on a straight-line basis.

Tenant and Other Receivables

Tenant and other receivables includes unpaid amounts billed to tenants, accrued revenues for future billings to tenants for property expenses, and amounts arising from the straight-lining of rent, as discussed above. Tenant and other receivables also includes management fees receivable for services performed for the benefit of certain unconsolidated entities. In the event that the collectability of a management fee receivable is in doubt, a provision for uncollectible amounts will be established or a direct write-off of the specific receivable will be made.

Management and Other Fee Income

Management and other fee income represents property management, construction, leasing and development fees for services performed for the benefit of certain unconsolidated entities.

Property management fee income is reported at 100% of the revenue earned from such unconsolidated properties in management and other fee income on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company’s share of management expenses incurred by the unconsolidated entities is reported in equity in loss of unconsolidated entities on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and in other expenses in the combined financial data in Note 4.

Leasing and development fees are initially reported at the portion of revenue earned attributable to outside ownership of the related unconsolidated entities. The Company’s share in leasing and development fee income is recognized over the useful life of the associated development project, in the case of development fees, or lease term, in the case of leasing fees, as the associated asset is depreciated over the same term and included in equity in loss of unconsolidated entities on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and in other expenses in the combined financial data in Note 4.

Management determined that property and asset management and construction and development management services each represent a series of stand-ready performance obligations satisfied over time with each day of service being a distinct performance obligation. For property and asset management services, the Company is typically compensated for its services through a monthly management fee earned based on a specified percentage of monthly rental income or rental receipts generated from the property under management. For construction and development services, the Company is typically compensated for planning, administering and monitoring the design and construction of projects within our unconsolidated entities based on a percentage of project costs or a fixed fee. Revenues from such management contracts are recognized over the life of the applicable contract.

Conversely, leasing services are considered to be performance obligations, satisfied as of a point in time. The Company’s leasing fee is typically paid upon the occurrence of certain contractual event(s) that may be contingent and the pattern of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of payment. For these services, the obligations are typically satisfied at lease execution and tenant opening date, and revenue is recognized in accordance with the related agreement at the point in time when the obligation has been satisfied.

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Share-Based Compensation

The Company generally recognizes equity awards to employees as compensation expense and includes such expense within general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Compensation expense for equity awards is based on the grant date fair value of the awards. Compensation expense is recognized ratably over the vesting period for awards with time-based vesting and awards with market-based vesting conditions (e.g. total shareholder return). For awards with performance-based vesting determined by Company operating criteria, the Company recognizes compensation expense at the date the achievement

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of performance criteria is deemed probable for the amount which would have been recognized ratably from the date of the grant through the date the achievement of performance criteria is deemed probable, and then ratably from the date the achievement of performance criteria is deemed probable through the remainder of the vesting period. The Company utilized a third-party valuation firm to measure the grant date fair value of restricted stock unit awards with market-based criteria using the Monte Carlo model. Forfeitures are recorded on an actual basis.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Concentrations of credit risk arise when a number of operators, tenants, or obligors related to the Company’s investments are engaged in similar business activities, or activities in the same geographic region, or have similar economic features that would cause their ability to meet contractual obligations, including those to the Company, to be similarly affected by changes in economic conditions. Management believes the Company’s portfolio is reasonably diversified and does not contain any significant concentrations of credit risk. As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company has twoone tenantstenant that comprisecomprises 33.715.4% of annualized based rent, with no other tenants exceeding 10.0% of annualized based rent. The Company’s portfolio of 3818 Consolidated Properties and 129 Unconsolidated Properties was diversified by location across 1810 states.

Earnings/(Loss) per Share

The Company has three classes of common stock. The rights, including the liquidation and dividend rights, of the holders of the Company’s Class A common shares and Class C non-voting common shares are identical, except with respect to voting. As the liquidation and dividend rights are identical, the undistributed earnings are allocated on a proportionate basis. The net earnings (loss) per share amounts are the same for Class A and Class C common shares because the holders of each class are legally entitled to equal per share distributions whether through dividends or in liquidation. Since August 29, 2018, all outstanding Class C common shares had been exchanged for Class A common shares and there are currently no Class C common shares outstanding.

Class B non-economic common shares are excluded from earnings/(loss) per share computations as they do not have economic rights. Since December 31, 2020, all outstanding Class B common shares have been surrendered and there are currently no Class B common shares outstanding.

All outstanding non-vested shares that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends are considered participating securities and are included in computing earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method which specifies that all outstanding non-vested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to distributions are considered participating securities and should be included in the computation of earnings/(loss) per share.

Income Taxes

The condensed consolidated financial statements reflect provisions for federal, state and local income taxes. The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis, as well as operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. The Company measures deferred tax assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences and carryforwards are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities as a result of a change in tax rates is recognized as income in the period that includes the enactment date. For years prior to 2022, the Company was taxed as a REIT and did not expect to pay federal, state or local income taxes at the REIT level (including its qualified REIT subsidiaries). While a REIT, the Company was required to distribute at least 90% of its REIT level taxable income to shareholders, and the resulting dividends paid deduction offset its REIT taxable income. Consequently, while a REIT, since the Company did not expect to pay taxes on its REIT taxable income, it did not recognize deferred tax assets or liabilities.

Deferred income taxes are determined based on the estimated future tax effects of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities given the provisions of enacted tax laws. Significant judgments are required to determine the consolidated provision (benefit) for income taxes. Deferred income tax provisions and benefits are based on changes to the assets or liabilities from year to year. Realization of the Company’s deferred tax assets is dependent upon many factors such as tax regulations applicable to the jurisdictions in which the Company operates, estimates of future taxable income and the character of such taxable income.

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was enacted on August 16, 2022 and iswas effective January 1, 2023. The Inflation Reduction Act includes a 15% corporate alternative minimum tax (the “CAMT”) based on the adjusted financial statement income (“book income”) of applicable corporations. The CAMT generally applies to corporations with average annual book income over a 3-year period

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exceeding $1 billion. The Company does not expect this legislation to have a material effect on the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. A valuation allowance is recorded to adjust net deferred tax assets to the amount which management believes will more likely than not be recoverable. In making such determination, management considers available positive and

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negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, future taxable income, and the implementation of prudent tax planning strategies. In the event that the Company is able to utilize its deferred tax assets in excess of their recorded amount, the valuation allowance will be reduced with a corresponding reduction to income tax expense.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

The Company has not adopted any Accounting Standards Updates (“ASUs”) issued by the FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023. Any other recentlyMarch 31, 2024.

In November 2023, the FASB issued accounting standards or pronouncements not disclosed have been excluded as they eitherASU 2023-07, Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (Topic 280). ASU 2023-07 requires disclosure of significant segment expenses that are not applicableregularly provided to the chief operating decision maker ("CODM") and included within the segment measure of profit or loss, an amount and description of its composition for other segment items to reconcile segment profit or loss, and the title and position of the entity's CODM. ASU 2023-07 will be effective retrospectively for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company or they are not expected to have a material effectis currently evaluating the impact of the guidance on the condensedits consolidated financial statementsstatements.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures that requires public companies to annually (1) disclose specific categories in the rate reconciliation and (2) provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold (if the effect of those reconciling items is equal to or greater than five percent of the Company.amount computed by multiplying pretax income or loss by the applicable statutory income tax rate). ASU 2023-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

Note 3 – Lease Intangible Assets and Liabilities

The following tables summarize the Company’s lease intangible assets (acquired in-place leases and above-market leases) and liabilities (acquired below-market leases, which is included in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets), net of accumulated amortization, as of June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 and December 31, 20222023 (in thousands):

June 30, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

Lease Intangible Assets

 

Asset

 

 

Amortization

 

 

Balance

 

 

Asset

 

 

Amortization

 

 

Balance

 

In-place leases, net

 

$

3,387

 

 

$

(1,983

)

 

$

1,404

 

 

$

294

 

 

$

(103

)

 

$

191

 

Above-market leases, net

 

 

435

 

 

 

(315

)

 

 

120

 

Total

 

$

3,822

 

 

$

(2,298

)

 

$

1,524

 

 

$

294

 

 

$

(103

)

 

$

191

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

Lease Intangible Liabilities

 

Liability

 

 

Amortization

 

 

Balance

 

 

Liability

 

 

Amortization

 

 

Balance

 

Below-market leases, net

 

$

1,602

 

 

$

(668

)

 

$

934

 

 

$

1,304

 

 

$

(470

)

 

$

834

 

Total

 

$

1,602

 

 

$

(668

)

 

$

934

 

 

$

1,304

 

 

$

(470

)

 

$

834

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

Lease Intangible Assets

 

Asset

 

 

Amortization

 

 

Balance

 

 

Asset

 

 

Amortization

 

 

Balance

 

In-place leases, net

 

$

8,614

 

 

$

(6,978

)

 

$

1,636

 

 

$

1,541

 

 

$

(655

)

 

$

886

 

Above-market leases, net

 

 

908

 

 

 

(753

)

 

 

155

 

Total

 

$

9,522

 

 

$

(7,731

)

 

$

1,791

 

 

$

1,541

 

 

$

(655

)

 

$

886

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

Gross

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

Lease Intangible Liabilities

 

Liability

 

 

Amortization

 

 

Balance

 

 

Liability

 

 

Amortization

 

 

Balance

 

Below-market leases, net

 

$

1,826

 

 

$

(848

)

 

$

978

 

 

$

1,304

 

 

$

(456

)

 

$

848

 

Total

 

$

1,826

 

 

$

(848

)

 

$

978

 

 

$

1,304

 

 

$

(456

)

 

$

848

 

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Amortization of acquired below-market leases, net of acquired above-market leases, resulted in additional rental income of $13.4 thousand and $0.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023, and 2022, respectively. Amortization of an acquired below-market ground lease resulted in additional property expense of $0.150.7 millionthousand for each of the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023, and 2022, respectively. Amortization of acquired in-place leases resulted in additional depreciation and amortization expense of $0.119.3 millionthousand and $0.60.2 million for the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023, and 2022, respectively and $0.2 million and $1.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Future amortization of these leases intangibles is set forth below (in thousands):

 

 

 

(Above) / below market leases, net

 

 

Below market ground lease

 

 

In-place leases

 

Remainder of 2023

 

$

13

 

 

$

101

 

 

$

154

 

2024

 

 

26

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

309

 

2025

 

 

35

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

203

 

2026

 

 

54

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

82

 

2027

 

 

54

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

77

 

2028

 

 

54

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

77

 

Thereafter

 

 

579

 

 

 

9,027

 

 

 

501

 

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(Above) / below market leases, net

 

 

Below market ground lease

 

 

In-place leases

 

Remainder of 2024

 

$

7

 

 

$

152

 

 

$

1

 

2025

 

 

8

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

2

 

2026

 

 

8

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

2

 

2027

 

 

8

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

2

 

2028

 

 

8

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

2

 

2029

 

 

8

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

2

 

Thereafter

 

 

787

 

 

 

8,841

 

 

 

180

 

 

Note 4 – Investments in Unconsolidated Entities

The Company conducts a portion of its property rental activities through investments in unconsolidated entities. The Company’s partners in these unconsolidated entities are unrelated real estate entities or commercial enterprises. The Company and its partners in these unconsolidated entities make initial and/or ongoing capital contributions to these unconsolidated entities. The obligations to make capital contributions are governed by each unconsolidated entity’s respective operating agreement and related governing documents.

As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company had investments in seven unconsolidated entities as follows:

 

Seritage %

 

# of

 

Total

 

 

Seritage %

 

# of

 

Total

 

Unconsolidated Entities

 

Entity Partner(s)

 

Ownership

 

Properties

 

GLA

 

 

Entity Partner(s)

 

Ownership

 

Properties

 

GLA

 

GS Portfolio Holdings II LLC
("GGP I JV")

 

Brookfield Properties Retail
   (formerly GGP Inc.)

 

50.0%

 

2

 

 

136,000

 

 

Brookfield Properties Retail
   (formerly GGP Inc.)

 

50.0%

 

1

 

 

87,500

 

GS Portfolio Holdings (2017) LLC
("GGP II JV")

 

Brookfield Properties Retail
   (formerly GGP Inc.)

 

50.0%

 

3

 

 

262,500

 

 

Brookfield Properties Retail
   (formerly GGP Inc.)

 

50.0%

 

1

 

 

93,500

 

SPS Portfolio Holdings II LLC
("Simon JV")

 

Simon Property Group, Inc.

 

50.0%

 

3

 

 

275,700

 

 

Simon Property Group, Inc.

 

50.0%

 

3

 

 

275,700

 

Mark 302 JV LLC
("Mark 302 JV")

 

An investment fund managed
   by Invesco Real Estate

 

50.0%

 

1

 

 

51,500

 

 

An investment fund managed
   by Invesco Real Estate

 

50.0%

 

1

 

 

51,500

 

SI UTC LLC
("UTC JV")

 

A separate account advised by
   Invesco Real Estate

 

50.0%

 

1

 

 

106,200

 

 

A separate account advised by
   Invesco Real Estate

 

50.0%

 

1

 

 

106,200

 

Tech Ridge JV Holding LLC
("Tech Ridge JV")

 

An affiliate of
   RD Management

 

50.0%

 

1

 

 

 

 

An affiliate of
   RD Management

 

50.0%

 

1

 

 

 

Landmark Land Holdings, LLC
("Landmark JV")

 

The Howard Hughes Corporation and Foulger-Pratt

 

31.3%

 

1

 

 

 

 

The Howard Hughes Corporation and Foulger-Pratt

 

31.3%

 

1

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

831,900

 

 

9

 

 

614,400

 

 

The Company has contributed certain properties to unconsolidated entities in exchange for equity interests in those unconsolidated entities. The contribution of property to unconsolidated entities is accounted for as a sale of real estate and the Company recognizes the gain or loss on the sale (the “Gain (Loss)”) based upon the transaction price attributed to the property at the closing of the unconsolidated entities transaction (the “Contribution Value”). The Gain or (Loss) is included in gain on sale of real estate on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

In certain circumstances, the Contribution Value is subject to revaluation as defined in the respective unconsolidated entity agreements, which may result in an adjustment to the gain or loss recognized. If the Contribution Value is subject to revaluation, the Company initially recognizes the gain or loss at the value that is the expected amount within the range of possible outcomes and will re-evaluate the expected amount on a quarterly basis through the final determination date.

Upon revaluation, the primary inputs in determining the Contribution Value will be updated for actual results and may result in a cash settlement or capital account adjustment between the unconsolidated entity partners, as well as an adjustment to the initial gain or loss.

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Each reporting period, the Company re-analyzes the primary inputs that determine the Contribution Value and the gain or loss for those unconsolidated entities subject to a revaluation. The following table summarizes the properties contributed to the Company’s unconsolidated entities (in millions):

 

 

June 30, 2023

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

Unconsolidated Entities

 

Contribution Date

 

Contribution Value

 

 

Gain (Loss)

 

 

Contribution Date

 

Contribution Value

 

 

Gain (Loss)

 

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tech Ridge JV (1)

 

September 27, 2019

 

$

3.0

 

 

$

0.1

 

 

September 27, 2019

 

$

3.0

 

 

$

0.1

 

 

(1)
The Tech Ridge JV is subject to a revaluation primarily based upon the number of residential units constructed by the Tech Ridge JV. The Contribution Value cannot be less than $2.75 million.

Summarized Financial Information for Unconsolidated Entities

The following tables present summarized financial data for UTC JV (in thousands):

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in real estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

$

27,993

 

 

$

27,992

 

Buildings and improvements

 

 

158,264

 

 

 

149,625

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

 

(8,119

)

 

 

(6,592

)

 

 

 

178,138

 

 

 

171,025

 

Construction in progress

 

 

2,437

 

 

 

2,362

 

Net investment in real estate

 

 

180,575

 

 

 

173,387

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

8,347

 

 

 

7,355

 

Tenant and other receivables, net

 

 

11,206

 

 

 

11,289

 

Other assets, net

 

 

2,550

 

 

 

11,927

 

Total assets

 

$

202,678

 

 

$

203,958

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS' INTERESTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

14,592

 

 

 

18,133

 

Total liabilities

 

 

14,592

 

 

 

18,133

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members' Interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional paid in capital

 

 

185,918

 

 

 

180,628

 

Retained earnings

 

 

2,168

 

 

 

5,197

 

Total members' interest

 

 

188,086

 

 

 

185,825

 

Total liabilities and members' interest

 

$

202,678

 

 

$

203,958

 

Carrying value of Company's investments in equity investments

 

$

98,651

 

 

$

97,018

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

Total revenue

 

$

4,571

 

 

$

1,943

 

 

Property operating expenses

 

 

(785

)

 

 

(776

)

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

(1,475

)

 

 

(973

)

 

Operating income

 

 

2,311

 

 

 

194

 

 

Other expenses

 

 

(143

)

 

 

(52

)

 

Net income

 

$

2,168

 

 

$

142

 

 

Equity in income of unconsolidated
   entities (1)

 

$

1,122

 

 

$

71

 

 

(1) Equity in income of unconsolidated entities on the consolidated statements of operations includes basis difference adjustments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summarized Financial Information for Unconsolidated Entities

The following tables present combined condensed financial data for the Company’s unconsolidated entities, excluding UTC JV (in thousands):

 

June 30, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in real estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

$

207,508

 

 

$

263,169

 

 

$

117,439

 

 

$

117,439

 

Buildings and improvements

 

 

393,538

 

 

 

419,920

 

 

 

96,099

 

 

 

96,016

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

 

(73,869

)

 

 

(68,482

)

 

 

(43,828

)

 

 

(43,070

)

 

 

527,177

 

 

 

614,607

 

 

 

169,710

 

 

 

170,385

 

Construction in progress

 

 

144,164

 

 

 

219,870

 

 

 

112,275

 

 

 

104,866

 

Net investment in real estate

 

 

671,341

 

 

 

834,477

 

 

 

281,985

 

 

 

275,251

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

37,930

 

 

 

29,072

 

 

 

7,558

 

 

 

2,795

 

Investment in unconsolidated entities

 

 

53,901

 

 

 

55,247

 

Tenant and other receivables, net

 

 

5,408

 

 

 

5,041

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

6

 

Other assets, net

 

 

45,577

 

 

 

14,245

 

 

 

31,505

 

 

 

34,098

 

Total assets

 

$

814,157

 

 

$

938,082

 

 

$

321,072

 

 

$

312,150

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS' INTERESTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

495

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

88,555

 

 

 

52,808

 

 

 

69,890

 

 

 

65,522

 

Total liabilities

 

 

89,050

 

 

 

52,808

 

 

 

69,890

 

 

 

65,522

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members' Interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional paid in capital

 

 

729,375

 

 

 

957,154

 

 

 

296,790

 

 

 

340,311

 

Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)

 

 

(4,268

)

 

 

(71,880

)

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(45,608

)

 

 

(93,683

)

Total members' interest

 

 

725,107

 

 

 

885,274

 

 

 

251,182

 

 

 

246,628

 

Total liabilities and members' interest

 

$

814,157

 

 

$

938,082

 

 

$

321,072

 

 

$

312,150

 

Carrying value of Company's investments in equity investments

 

$

101,159

 

 

$

99,419

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Total revenue

 

$

5,072

 

 

$

7,919

 

 

$

11,376

 

 

$

15,759

 

 

$

199

 

 

$

4,361

 

Property operating expenses

 

 

(2,852

)

 

 

(3,110

)

 

 

(5,845

)

 

 

(7,036

)

 

 

(923

)

 

 

(2,217

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

(4,563

)

 

 

(6,503

)

 

 

(9,538

)

 

 

(14,011

)

 

 

(758

)

 

 

(4,002

)

Operating loss

 

 

(2,343

)

 

 

(1,694

)

 

 

(4,007

)

 

 

(5,288

)

 

 

(1,482

)

 

 

(1,858

)

Other expenses

 

 

(115

)

 

 

(826

)

 

 

(391

)

 

 

(2,260

)

 

 

18

 

 

 

(224

)

Gains (losses) and (impairments)

 

 

(24,918

)

 

 

(32,474

)

 

 

(95,718

)

 

 

(93,614

)

 

 

 

 

 

(70,806

)

Net loss

 

$

(27,376

)

 

$

(34,994

)

 

$

(100,116

)

 

$

(101,162

)

 

$

(1,464

)

 

$

(72,888

)

Equity in loss of unconsolidated
entities (1)

 

$

(13,698

)

 

$

(33,720

)

 

$

(50,070

)

 

$

(66,796

)

 

$

(743

)

 

$

(36,443

)

(1)
Equity in loss of unconsolidated entities on the condensed consolidated statements of operations includes basis difference adjustments.

The Company shares in the profits and losses of these unconsolidated entities generally in accordance with the Company’s respective equity interests. In some instances, the Company may recognize profits and losses related to investment in an unconsolidated entity that differ from the Company’s equity interest in the unconsolidated entity. This may arise from impairments that the Company recognizes related to its investment that differ from the impairments the unconsolidated entity recognizes with respect to its assets, differences between the Company’s basis in assets it has transferred to the unconsolidated entity and the unconsolidated entity’s basis in those assets or other items. In conjunction with the Plan of Sale, the Company recognized a change in plan to reduce the holding periods of all its investments in unconsolidated entities, which triggered the need for a quarterly impairment analysis pursuant to ASC 323, Equity Method and Joint Ventures. The Company utilizes appraisals and third-partyinternally prepared fair value estimates as well as negotiated offers to sell the investments for the impairment analysis. As a result of the Company’s analysis, other-than-temporary impairment of $12.7No million and $32.5 millionother-than-temporary-impairment was recorded against equity method investments in three unconsolidated entities for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023, and 2022, respectively.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company sold its interest in one unconsolidated entity, resulting in a gain of $7.3 million which is included on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

During the three months ended June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company did not exercise any put rights. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company exercised its put right on one Unconsolidated Property. The Company has exercised its put rights on seven Unconsolidated Properties since January 1, 2022. The Company closeddid not close on the sale of oneany previously exercised put rightrights during the three and six

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months ended June 30, 2023.March 31, 2024. During the year ended December 31, 2022,2023, the Company closed on the sale of threefour of the previously exercised put rights.rights and as of December 31, 2023 the sale of all exercised put rights have closed. The Company’s partners assess impairment on its underlying assets pursuant to ASC 360, Property, Plant and Equipment, and recorded impairment on unconsolidated properties of $70.80 million and $61.170.8 million for the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023, and 2022, respectively. The Company's50% share of these impairment charges is included in equity in loss of unconsolidated entities on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.No

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 such impairment was recorded during the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Unconsolidated Entity Management and Related Fees

The Company acts as the operating partner and day-to-day manager for the Mark 302 JV, the UTC JV, and Tech Ridge JV. The Company is entitled to receive certain fees for providing management, leasing, and construction supervision services to certain of its unconsolidated entities. During the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023, and 2022, the Company recorded management and related fees of $0.450.0 millionthousand and $0.3 million, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded management and related fees of $0.6 million and $2.1 million, respectively. These fees are included in management and other fee income on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Refer to Note 2 for the Company’s accounting policies.

Note 5 – Leases

Lessor Disclosures

Future minimum rental receipts, excluding variable payments and tenant reimbursements of expenses, under non-cancelable operating leases executed as of June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 are approximately as follows:

 

(in thousands)

 

June 30, 2023

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

Remainder of 2023

 

$

12,720

 

2024

 

 

26,593

 

Remainder of 2024

 

$

15,385

 

2025

 

 

26,793

 

 

 

22,720

 

2026

 

 

24,538

 

 

 

21,543

 

2027

 

 

23,116

 

 

 

20,268

 

2028

 

 

20,077

 

 

 

17,690

 

2029

 

 

15,302

 

Thereafter

 

 

61,717

 

 

 

84,764

 

Total

 

$

195,554

 

 

$

197,672

 

The components of lease revenues for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023 and 2022 were as follows:

 

(in thousands)

 

Three Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended
June 30,

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

Fixed rental income

 

$

7,902

 

 

$

21,341

 

 

$

20,056

 

 

$

45,119

 

 

$

4,837

 

 

$

12,154

 

 

Variable rental income

 

 

1,404

 

 

 

4,482

 

 

 

508

 

 

 

9,083

 

 

 

942

 

 

 

(895

)

 

Total rental income

 

$

9,306

 

 

$

25,823

 

 

$

20,564

 

 

$

54,202

 

 

$

5,779

 

 

$

11,259

 

 

 

Lessee Disclosures

The Company has one ground lease and one corporate office lease which are classified as operating leases. As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2022,2023, the outstanding amount of right-of-use, or ROU, assets were $14.914.2 million and $16.214.4 million, respectively, which is included in prepaid expenses, deferred expenses and other assets, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. During the three months ended June 30, 2023, the Company entered into a sublease agreement to sublease a portion of its corporate office. As a result, this triggered the need for an ROU impairment assessment and the Company determined that the ROU asset was impaired. The Company recorded impairment of $0.8 million which is included in impairment of real estate assets on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The Company recorded rent expense related to leased corporate office space of $0.3 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 and 2022, respectively and $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.2023. Such rent expense is classified within general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

In addition, the Company recorded ground rent expense of approximately $0.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 and 2022.2023. Such ground rent expense is classified within property operating expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The ground lease requires the Company to make fixed annual rental payments and expires in 2073 assuming all extension options are exercised.

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The Company expects to make cash payments on operating leases of $0.60.8 million for the remainder of 2023, $1.2 million in 2024, $1.2 million in 2025, $1.2 million in 2026, $1.2 million in 2027, $0.8 million in 2028, $45.0 thousand in 2029 and $2.92.0 million for the periods thereafter. The present value discount is ($3.53.1) million.

The following table sets forth information related to the measurement of our lease liabilities as of June 30, 2023:March 31, 2024:

 

June 30, 2023

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)

 

 

11.0

 

 

 

10.7

 

Weighted average discount rate

 

 

6.75

%

 

 

6.77

%

Cash paid for operating leases (in thousands)

 

$

1,161

 

 

$

330

 

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Subsequent to March 31, 2024, the Company exercised its early termination right provision of the corporate office lease. This reduced the lease term by 37 months, amending the initial lease end date from August 30, 2028 to July 31, 2025. In connection with electing its termination right, the Company paid a $1.6 million termination fee subsequent to March 31, 2024.

Note 6 – Debt

Term Loan Facility

On July 31, 2018, the Operating Partnership, as borrower, and the Company, as guarantor, entered into a Senior Secured Term Loan Agreement (the “Term Loan Agreement”) providing for a $2.0 billion term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) with Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company of Nebraska (“Berkshire Hathaway”) as lender and administrative agent. The Term Loan Facility provided for an initial funding of $1.6 billion at closing and includes a $400.0 million incremental funding facility (the “Incremental Funding Facility”) subject to certain conditions described below. On February 2, 2023, the Company made a $230230.0 million voluntary prepayment, reducing the unpaid principal balance to $800800.0 million, and the debt maturity was extended for two years to July 31, 2025. The Company made additional voluntary prepayments in 2023 aggregating $250440.0 million and an additional payment of $30.0 million during the secondfirst quarter of 2023,2024, reducing the unpaid principal balance to $550330.0 million at June 30, 2023.March 31, 2024. Subsequent to June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company made an additional $70principal payments aggregating $50.0 million, in principal prepayments reducing the balance of ourthe Term Loan Facility to $480 million.$280.0 million as of May 1, 2024.

Funded amounts under the Term Loan Facility bear interest at an annual rate of 7.0% and unfunded amounts under the Incremental Funding Facility are subject to an annual fee of 1.0% until drawn. The Company prepays the annual fee and amortizes the expense to interest expense on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The Company’s ability to access the Incremental Funding Facility is subject to (i) the Company achieving rental income from non-Sears Holdings tenants, on an annualized basis (after giving effect to SNO Leases expected to commence rent payment within 12 months) for the fiscal quarter ending prior to the date of incurrence of the Incremental Funding Facility, of not less than $200 million, (ii) the Company’s good faith projection that rental income from non-Sears Holdings tenants (after giving effect to SNO Leases expected to commence rent payment within 12 months) for the succeeding four consecutive fiscal quarters (beginning with the fiscal quarter during which the incremental facility is accessed) will be not less than $200 million, and (iii) the repayment by the Operating Partnership of any deferred interest permitted under the amendment to the Term Loan Amendment as further described below. As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company has not yet achieved the requirements to access the Incremental Funding Facility.

The Term Loan Facility is guaranteed by the Company and, subject to certain exceptions, is required to be guaranteed by all existing and future subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership. The Term Loan Facility is secured on a first lien basis by a pledge of the capital stock of the direct subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership and the guarantors, including its joint venture interests, except as prohibited by the organizational documents of such entities or any joint venture agreements applicable to such entities, and contains a requirement to provide mortgages and other customary collateral upon the breach of certain financial metrics described below, the occurrence and continuation of an event of default and certain other conditions set forth in the Term Loan Agreement. During 2019, mortgages were recorded on a majority of the Company’s portfolio and during the year ended December 31, 2021, mortgages were recorded on the remaining unmortgaged properties in all but threetwo locations.

The Term Loan Facility includes certain financial metrics to govern springing collateral requirements and certain covenant exceptions set forth in the Term Loan Agreement, including: (i) a total fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.00 to 1.00 for each fiscal quarter beginning with the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2018 through the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2023, and not less than 1.20 to 1.00 for each fiscal quarter thereafter;quarter; (ii) an unencumbered fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.05 to 1.00 for each fiscal quarter beginning with the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2018 through the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2023, and not less than 1.30 to 1.00 for each fiscal quarter thereafter;quarter; (iii) a total leverage ratio of not more than 65%; (iv) an unencumbered ratio of not more than 60%; and (v) a minimum net worth of at least $1.2 billion. Any failure to satisfy any of these financial metrics limits the Company's ability to dispose of assets via sale or joint venture and triggers the springing mortgage and collateral requirements but will not result in an event of default. The Term Loan Facility also includes certain limitations relating to, among other activities, the Company’s ability to: sell assets or merge, consolidate or transfer all or substantially all of its assets; incur additional debt; incur certain liens; enter into, terminate or modify certain material leases and/or the material agreements for the Company’s properties; make certain investments (including limitations on joint ventures) and other restricted payments; pay distributions on or repurchase the Company’s capital stock; and enter into certain transactions with affiliates.

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The Term Loan Facility contains customary events of default, including (subject to certain materiality thresholds and grace periods) payment default, material inaccuracy of representations or warranties, and bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings. If there is an event of default, the lenders may declare all or any portion of the outstanding indebtedness to be immediately due and payable, exercise any rights they might have under any of the Term Loan Facility documents, and require the Company to pay a default interest rate on overdue amounts equal to 2.0% in excess of the then applicable interest rate.

As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company was not in compliance with certain of the financial metrics described above. As a result, the Company was previously required to receive the consent of Berkshire Hathaway to dispose of assets via sale or joint venture.contribution to another entity and as of June 16, 2022, Berkshire Hathaway had provided such consent for all such transactions submitted for approval. The Third Term Loan Amendment (defined below), which was executed on June 16, 2022, eliminateseliminated this requirement and allows the Company to dispose of assets without Berkshire Hathaway's consent.requirement. There are no other impacts under the Term Loan Facility from non-compliance with the financial metrics.metrics described above.

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The Company incurred $2.1 million of debt issuance costs related to the Term Loan Facility which arewere recorded as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the Term Loan Facility and amortized over the initial term of the Term Loan Agreement. As of June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2022,2023, the unamortized balance of the Company’sCompany's debt issuance costs were $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively.fully amortized.

On May 5, 2020, the Operating Partnership and Berkshire Hathaway entered into an amendment (the “Term Loan Amendment”) to the Term Loan Agreement by and among the Operating Partnership and Berkshire Hathaway as initial lender and administrative agent that permits the deferral of payment of interest under the Term Loan Agreement if, as of the first day of each applicable month, (x) the amount of unrestricted and unencumbered (other than liens created under the Term Loan Agreement) cash on hand of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries, minus (y) the aggregate amount of anticipated necessary expenditures for such period (such sum, “Available Cash”) is equal to or less than $30.0 million. In such instances, for each interest period, the Operating Partnership is obligated to make payments of interest in an amount equal to the difference between (i) Available Cash and (ii) $20.0 million (provided that such payment shall not exceed the amount of current interest otherwise due under the Term Loan Agreement). Any deferred interest shall accrue interest at 2.0% in excess of the then applicable interest rate and shall be due and payable on July 31, 2023; provided, that the Operating Partnership is required to pay any deferred interest from Available Cash in excess of $30.0 million (unless otherwise agreed to by the administrative agent under the Term Loan Agreement in its sole discretion). In addition, repayment of any outstanding deferred interest is a condition to any borrowings under the $400.0 million Incremental Funding Facility under the Term Loan Agreement. The Company has paid all interest due under the Term Loan Agreement and has not deferred any interest as permitted under the amendment to the Term Loan Amendment.

Additionally, the First Term Loan Amendment provides that the administrative agent and the lenders express their continued support for asset dispositions, subject to the administrative agent’s right to approve the terms of individual transactions due to the occurrence of a Financial Metric Trigger Event, as such term is defined under the Term Loan Agreement.

On November 24, 2021, the Operating Partnership, the Company and Berkshire Hathaway entered into an amendment (the “Second Term Loan Amendment”) to the Term Loan Agreement by and among the Operating Partnership, the Company and Berkshire Hathaway to which the Operating Partnership, the Company and Berkshire Hathaway mutually agreed that (i) the “make whole” provision in the Senior Secured Term Loan Agreement shall not be applicable to prepayments of principal ; and (ii) the Senior Secured Term Loan Agreement, as amended for (i) above, may at the Operating Partnership's election be extended fortwo years from July 31, 2023 to July 31, 2025 (the “Maturity Date”) if its principal has been reduced to $800 million by the July 31, 2023. The outstanding principal balance was reduced to $800 million on February 2, 2023, and the Maturity Date has been extended to July 31, 2025.

On June 16, 2022, the Operating Partnership, the Company and Berkshire Hathaway entered into an amendment (the “Third Term Loan Amendment”) to the Term Loan Agreement by and among the Operating Partnership, the Company and Berkshire Hathaway to which the Operating Partnership, the Company and Berkshire Hathaway mutually agreed that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the asset sale covenant, the parent, borrower, and their respective subsidiaries will be permitted without the consent of the administrative agent to sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of properties (including but not limited to properties or equity interests of any subsidiary) to unaffiliated third parties for no less than fair market value, provided that the borrower deposits all net proceeds received into a controlled account and the use of such net proceeds will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Term Loan Agreement, including but not limited to the restricted payments and investments/loans covenants.

As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company has paid down a total of $1.051.27 billion towards the Term Loan’s unpaid principal balance. The aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Term Loan Facility as of June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 was $550330.0 million. Subsequent to June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company made an additional $70principal prepayment aggregating $50.0 million, in principal prepayments reducing the balance of ourthe Term Loan Facility to $480$280.0 million.

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Note 7 – Income Taxes

The Company had previously elected to be taxed as a REIT as defined under Section 856(a) of the Code for federal income tax purposes upon formation and through December 31, 2021. On March 31, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Trustees unanimously approved a plan to terminate the Company’s REIT status and become a taxable C Corporation, effective for the year ended December 31, 2022. As a result, the Company is no longer required to operate under REIT rules, including the requirement to distribute at least 90% of REIT taxable income to its stockholders, which provides the Company with greater flexibility to use its free cash flow. Effective January 1, 2022, the Company is subject to federal, state and local income taxes on its taxable income at applicable tax rates and is no longer entitled to a tax deduction for dividends paid. The Company operated as a REIT since inception and through the 2021 tax year, and existing REIT requirements and limitations, including those established by the Company’s organizational documents, remained in place until December 31, 2021.

As a result of the Company’s revocation of its REIT status in fiscal year 2022, the Company incurred a one-time, non-cash deferred tax benefit of approximately $161.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and had a deferred tax benefit balance of $162.8 million as of December 31, 2022. As a result of ongoing operations and sales activity, the Company recognized a deferred tax benefit of $33.04.8 million and $38.55.5 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023.March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company has recorded a full valuation allowance of $201.3203.6 million

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against the deferred tax asset pursuant to ASC 740, as discussed in more detail below. While the Company has recorded a full valuation allowance against its DTAs due to the uncertainty that it will be able to utilize them, if the Company is able to sell assets at prices above its tax basis, the DTAs will be utilized to offset any taxes due on those gains to the extent of the DTAs.

The Company’s effective tax rate of 0% differs from the U.S. statutory rate of 21% in 20232024 primarily due to the placement of a valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets.

The significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets of $201.3203.6 million as of June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 consist of book to tax basis differences, net operating losses, and carryover net operating losses. As discussed below, the Company has recorded a full valuation allowance on the deferred tax assets as of June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023, and 2022, respectively.

Valuation allowances are recorded related to deferred tax assets based on the “more likely than not” criteria. ASC 740 states that deferred tax assets shall be reduced by a valuation allowance if there is insufficient objectively verifiable evidence to support that it is more likely than not that they will be realized. This evaluation requires significant judgment which should be weighted commensurate with the extent to which the evidence can be objectively verified. Additionally, under ASC 740, forming a conclusion that a valuation allowance is not needed is difficult when there is negative evidence such as cumulative losses in recent years. Given the Company’s history of cumulative losses combined with the fact that the Company’s utilization of deferred tax assets is highly dependent on the outcome of the review of a broad range of strategic alternatives announced by its Board of Trustees and the uncertainty in timing and volume of future property sales, we have deemed that their realization, at this time, cannot be objectively verified. The Company has therefore recorded a full valuation allowance against the Company’s deferred tax assets as of June 30, 2023.March 31, 2024. The Company will evaluate this position each quarter as verifiable positive evidence becomes available, such as the execution of asset sales, to support the future utilization of the deferred tax assets.

Note 8 – Fair Value Measurements

ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, defines fair value and establishes a framework for measuring fair value. The objective of fair value is to determine the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (the “exit price”). ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used to measure fair value into three levels:

Level 1 - quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities

Level 2 - observable prices based on inputs not quoted in active markets, but corroborated by market data

Level 3 - unobservable inputs used when little or no market data is available

The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs and the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs. In determining fair value, the Company utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible. The Company also considers counterparty credit risk in its assessment of fair value.

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Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis

The following tables present the Company's assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2022,2023 (in thousands), aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall:

 

Balance

 

Fair Value Measurements Using

 

 

Balance

 

Fair Value Measurements Using

 

Description (1)

 

June 30, 2023

 

 

(Level 1)

 

 

(Level 2)

 

 

(Level 3)

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

 

(Level 1)

 

 

(Level 2)

 

 

(Level 3)

 

Impaired real estate assets

 

$

216,768

 

 

$

6,000

 

 

$

13,800

 

 

$

196,968

 

 

$

8,325

 

 

$

8,325

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

Impaired right-of-use assets

 

 

3,020

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,020

 

Other-than-temporary impaired investments in unconsolidated entities

 

 

108,116

 

 

 

67,414

 

 

 

40,702

 

 

 

-

 

(1) Represents non-recurring fair value measurement. The fair value is calculated as of the impairment date.

 

Balance

 

Fair Value Measurements Using

 

 

Balance

 

Fair Value Measurements Using

 

Description (1)

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

(Level 1)

 

 

(Level 2)

 

 

(Level 3)

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

 

(Level 1)

 

 

(Level 2)

 

 

(Level 3)

 

Impaired real estate assets

 

$

343,237

 

 

$

68,125

 

 

$

254,005

 

 

$

21,107

 

 

$

207,968

 

 

$

6,000

 

 

$

5,000

 

 

$

196,968

 

Impaired right-of-use assets

 

 

3,020

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,020

 

Other-than-temporary impaired investments in unconsolidated entities

 

 

153,215

 

 

 

23,795

 

 

 

38,124

 

 

 

91,296

 

 

 

14,739

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

14,739

 

 

 

-

 

(1) Represents non-recurring fair value measurement. The fair value is calculated as of the impairment date.

During the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, inIn accordance with ASC 360-10, Property, Plant and Equipment, the Company reviews the carrying value of its real estate assets at each reporting period. The Company recorded impairment losses of $104.51.1 million and $109.32.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023, respectively, on real estate assets which are included in impairment on real estate assets within the condensed consolidated statements of operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, the Company recorded impairment losses of $107.0 million and $110.3 million, respectively. The $104.5 million of impairment recorded during the three months ended June 30, 2023 is the result of continued increases to development and construction costs, deteriorating market conditions and, in certain instances excluding Aventura, the Company agreeing to sell a property for less than its carrying value. We continue to evaluate our portfolio, including our development plans and holding periods, which may result in additional impairments in future periods on our consolidated properties.

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In accordance with ASC 323, Equity Method and Joint Ventures,, the Company recordedreviews the carrying value in its investments in unconsolidated entities at each reporting period. The Company did not record any other-than-temporary impairment losses on investments in unconsolidated entities of $12.7 millionduring the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 32.5 million, respectively, as a result of the Company agreeing to sell Unconsolidated Properties for less than their carrying value.2023, respectively.

The fair value estimates used to determine the impairment charges for consolidated and unconsolidated properties were determined primarily by discounted cash flow analyses, market comparable data third-party appraisals/valuations and/or offers received, as applicable. The cash flows utilized in such analyses are comprised of unobservable inputs which include, among other things, estimated revenue and expense growth rates, discount rates and capitalization rates based upon market conditions and future expectations. The most significant unobservable inputs utilized in determining the fair value of these assets are capitalization rates and discount rates which were between 5.5% and 8.0%. Because of these inputs, we have determined that the fair values of these properties are classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The most significant observable inputs utilized in determining the fair value of these assets are market comparables for land and building. Comparable data utilizes comparable sales, listings, sales contracts and letters of intent which are subject to judgment as to comparability to the valued property. Because these inputs are derived from observable market data, we have determined that the fair values of these properties are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. We consider fair values based upon the agreed-upon contract sales price to be classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Financial Assets and Liabilities not Measured at Fair Value

Financial assets and liabilities that are not measured at fair value on the condensed consolidated balance sheets include cash equivalents, restricted cash and the term loan facility. The fair value of cash equivalents and restricted cash are classified as Level 1 and the fair value of term loan facility is classified as Level 2. Cash equivalents and restricted cash are carried at cost, which approximates fair value. The fair value of debt obligations is calculated by discounting the future contractual cash flows of these instruments using current risk-adjusted rates available to borrowers with similar credit ratings. As of June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2022,2023, respectively, the estimated fair values of the Company’s debt obligations were $0.5322.7 billion and $1.0349.5 billion,million, respectively, which approximated the carrying value at such dates as the current risk-adjusted rate approximates the stated rates on the Company’s debt obligations.

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Note 9 – Commitments and Contingencies

Insurance

The Company maintains general liability insurance and all-risk property and rental value, with sub-limits for certain perils such as floods and earthquakes on each of the Company’s properties. The Company also maintains coverage for terrorism acts as defined by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, which expires in December 2027.

Insurance premiums are charged directly to each of the properties. The Company will be responsible for deductibles and losses in excess of insurance coverage, which could be material. The Company continues to monitor the state of the insurance market and the scope and costs of coverage for acts of terrorism. However, the Company cannot anticipate what coverage will be available on commercially reasonable terms in the future.

Environmental Matters

Under various federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations, the Company may be considered an owner or operator of real property or may have arranged for the disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic substances. As a result, the Company may be liable for certain costs including removal, remediation, government fines and injuries to persons and property.

Litigation and Other Matters

In accordance with accounting standards regarding loss contingencies, the Company accrues an undiscounted liability for those contingencies where the incurrence of a loss is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated, and the Company discloses the amount accrued and the amount of a reasonably possible loss in excess of the amount accrued or discloses the fact that such a range of loss cannot be estimated. The Company does not record liabilities when the likelihood that the liability has been incurred is probable but the amount cannot be reasonably estimated, or when the liability is believed to be only reasonably possible or remote.

Beginning in 2019, the Company had been in litigation related to the bankruptcy of Sears Holdings (the “Litigation”). On September 2, 2022, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York entered an order approving a settlement amongst the parties to the Litigation and, on October 18, 2022, the Litigation was dismissed.

The Company made a settlement payment of $35.5 million based on the Company’s contributions to the settlement of the Litigation. This payment is recorded as litigation settlement in the consolidated statements of operations during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022.

On March 2, 2021, the company brought a lawsuit in Delaware state court against QBE Insurance Corporation, Endurance American Insurance Company, Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company and Continental Casualty Company, each of which are D&O insurance providers of the Company (the “D&O Insurers”). The Company’s lawsuit sought, among other things, declaratory relief and money damages as a result of certain of the D&O Insurers refusal to pay certain costs and expenses related to the defense of the Litigation.litigation related to the bankruptcy of Sears Holdings (the "Litigation"). The Litigation was settled in 2022 and the Litigation was dismissed. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company reached settlement agreements with two of the D&O Insurers and received gross proceeds of $12.7 million, which was recorded in interest and other income in the consolidated statements of operations during the year ended December 31, 2022. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company reached settlement agreements with the other two D&O Insurers for gross proceeds of $11.6 million. The Company received $11.63.8 million

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during the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2023, which is recorded in interest and other income in the consolidated statements of operations.

In addition to the litigation described above, the Company is subject, from time to time, to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business and due to the current environment. While the resolution of such matters cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes, based on currently available information, that the final outcome of such matters will not have a material effect on the consolidated financial position, results of operations, cash flows or liquidity of the Company.

Note 10 – Related Party Disclosure

Edward S. Lampert

Edward S. Lampert is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ESL, which owns Holdco, and was Chairman of Sears Holdings. Mr. Lampert was also the Chairman of Seritage prior to his retirement effective March 1, 2022.

On July 6, 2022, Mr. Lampert converted all Operating Partnership Units (“OP Units”) to Class A common shares. As a result, he owns 26.824.0% of the outstanding Class A shares as of June 30, 2023.March 31, 2024.

Subsidiaries of Holdco, as lessees, and subsidiaries of the Company, as lessors, were parties to the Holdco Master Lease and subsidiaries of Sears Holdings, as lessees, and subsidiaries of the Company, as lessors, were parties to the Original Master Lease.

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Winthrop Capital Advisors

On December 29, 2021, the Company entered into a Services Agreement with Winthrop Capital Advisors LLC to provide additional staffing to the Company. On January 7, 2022, the Company announced that John Garilli, an employee of Winthrop, has been appointed interim chief financial officer on a full-time basis, effective January 14, 2022. The Company pays Winthrop a monthly fee for services and reimbursement for certain employees. The Company paid Winthrop $0.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company paid Winthrop $1.10.8 million and $0.7 million during the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023, and 2022, respectively.

Unconsolidated Entities

Certain unconsolidated entities have engaged the Company to provide management, leasing, construction supervision and development services at the properties owned by the unconsolidated entities. Refer to Note 2 for the Company’s significant accounting policies.

In addition, as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, the Company had incurred no development expenditures at properties owned by certain unconsolidated entities for which the Company will be repaid by the respective unconsolidated entities.

The Company has certain put rights on properties held by the Unconsolidated Entities, which may require the Company’s partner to buy out the Company’s investment in such properties. During the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2024, the Company did not exercise any put rights. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company exercised its put rights on one property. During the three and six months June 30, 2022, the Company put two and four properties, respectively to two of their partners.

Note 11 – Non-Controlling Interests

Partnership Agreement

On July 7, 2015, Seritage and ESL entered into the agreement of limited partnership of the Operating Partnership which was amended and restated on December 14, 2017 and further amended and restated on January 4, 2023. Pursuant to this partnership agreement, as the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, Seritage exercises exclusive and complete responsibility and discretion in its day-to-day management, authority to make decisions, and control of the Operating Partnership, and may not be removed as general partner by the limited partners.

On July 6, 2022, ESL converted all Operating Partnership Units to Class A common shares. As a result, the Company, and its wholly owned subsidiaries, holds a 100% interest in the Operating Partnership as of June 30, 2023.March 31, 2024.

Note 12 – Shareholders’ Equity

Class A Common Shares

As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, 56,182,52256,262,944 Class A common shares were issued and outstanding. Class A shares have a par value of $0.01 per share.

Class B Non-Economic Common Shares

As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, there were no Class B non-economic common shares issued and outstanding.

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Series A Preferred Shares

In December 2017, the Company issued 2,800,000 7.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (the “Series A Preferred Shares”) in a public offering at $25.00 per share. The Company received net proceeds from the offering of approximately $66.4 million, after deducting payment of the underwriting discount and offering expenses.

As of December 14, 2022, the Company may redeem any or all of the Series A Preferred Shares at $25.00 per share plus any accrued and unpaid dividends. The Series A Preferred Shares have no stated maturity, are not subject to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption and will remain outstanding indefinitely unless the Company redeems or otherwise repurchases them or they are converted.

Dividends and Distributions

The Company’s Board of Trustees has not declared dividends on the Company’s Class A common shares during 20232024 or 2022.2023. The last dividend on the Company’s Class A and C common shares that the Board of Trustees declared was on February 25, 2019, which was paid on April 11, 2019 to shareholders of record on March 29, 2019.

The Board of Trustees will determine future distributions following the pay down of the Term Loan Facility.

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The Company’s Board of Trustees declared the following dividends on preferred shares during 20232024 and 2022:2023:

 

 

Series A

 

 

Series A

 

Declaration Date

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Preferred Share

 

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Preferred Share

 

2024

 

 

 

 

 

May 2

 

June 28

 

July 15

 

$

0.43750

 

February 29

 

March 29

 

April 15

 

 

0.43750

 

2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 30

 

December 29

 

January 16, 2024

 

$

0.43750

 

July 25

 

September 29

 

October 13

 

$

0.43750

 

 

September 29

 

October 13

 

 

0.43750

 

April 27

 

June 30

 

July 14

 

 

0.43750

 

 

June 30

 

July 14

 

 

0.43750

 

February 15

 

March 31

 

April 17

 

 

0.43750

 

 

March 31

 

April 17

 

 

0.43750

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

November 1

 

December 30

 

January 16, 2023

 

$

0.43750

 

July 26

 

September 30

 

October 17

 

 

0.43750

 

April 26

 

June 30

 

July 15

 

 

0.43750

 

February 16

 

March 31

 

April 15

 

 

0.43750

 

 

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Note 13 – Earnings per Share

The table below provides a reconciliation of net loss and the number of common shares used in the computations of “basic” earnings per share (“EPS”), which utilizes the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding without regard to dilutive potential common shares, and “diluted” EPS, which includes all such shares. Potentially dilutive securities consist of shares of non-vested restricted stock and the redeemable non-controlling interests in the Operating Partnership.

All outstanding non-vested shares that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends are considered participating securities and are included in computing EPS pursuant to the two-class method which specifies that all outstanding non-vested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to distributions are considered participating securities and should be included in the computation of EPS.

 

(in thousands except per share amounts)

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

Numerator - Basic and Diluted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(95,707

)

 

$

(142,083

)

 

$

(157,693

)

 

$

(209,070

)

 

$

(18,985

)

 

$

(61,986

)

 

Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

 

31,328

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

46,110

 

Preferred dividends

 

 

(1,225

)

 

 

(1,225

)

 

 

(2,450

)

 

 

(2,450

)

 

 

(1,225

)

 

 

(1,225

)

 

Net loss attributable to common shareholders - Basic

 

$

(96,932

)

 

$

(111,980

)

 

$

(160,143

)

 

$

(165,410

)

 

$

(20,210

)

 

$

(63,211

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator - Basic and Diluted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average Class A common shares outstanding

 

 

56,173

 

 

 

43,677

 

 

 

56,116

 

 

 

43,656

 

 

 

56,215

 

 

 

56,059

 

 

Weighted average Class A common shares
outstanding - Basic

 

 

56,173

 

 

 

43,677

 

 

 

56,116

 

 

 

43,656

 

 

 

56,215

 

 

 

56,059

 

 

Weighted average Class A common shares
outstanding - Diluted

 

 

56,173

 

 

 

43,677

 

 

 

56,116

 

 

 

43,656

 

 

 

56,215

 

 

 

56,059

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss per share attributable to Class A
common shareholders - Basic

 

$

(1.73

)

 

$

(2.56

)

 

$

(2.85

)

 

$

(3.79

)

 

$

(0.36

)

 

$

(1.13

)

 

Loss per share attributable to Class A
common shareholders - Diluted

 

$

(1.73

)

 

$

(2.56

)

 

$

(2.85

)

 

$

(3.79

)

 

$

(0.36

)

 

$

(1.13

)

 

 

No adjustments were made to the numerator for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023, and 2022, respectively, because the Company generated a net loss. During periods of net loss, undistributed losses are not allocated to the participating securities as they are not required to absorb losses.

No adjustments were made to the denominator for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023, and 2022, respectively, because (i) the inclusion of outstanding non-vested restricted shares would have had an anti-dilutive effect and (ii) including the non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership would also require that the share of the Operating Partnership loss attributable to such interests be added back to net loss, therefore, resulting in no effect on earnings per share.

As of June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2022,2023, there were 379,71898,398 and 535,650361,645 shares, respectively, of non-vested restricted shares outstanding.

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Note 14 – Share-Based Compensation

On July 7, 2015, the Company adopted the Seritage Growth Properties 2015 Share Plan (the “Plan”). The number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the Plan is 3,250,000. The Plan provides for grants of restricted shares, share units, other share-based awards, options, and share appreciation rights, each as defined in the Plan (collectively, the “Awards”). Directors, officers, other employees, and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates are eligible for Awards.

Restricted Shares and Share Units

Pursuant to the Plan, the Company has periodically made grants of restricted shares or share units. The vesting terms of these grants are specific to the individual grant and vary in that a portion of the restricted shares and share units vest in equal annual amounts over the subsequent three years (time-based vesting) and a portion of the restricted shares and share units vest on the third anniversary of the grants subject to the achievement of certain performance criteria (performance-based and market-based vesting).

In general, participating employees are required to remain employed for vesting to occur (subject to certain limited exceptions). Restricted shares and share units that do not vest are forfeited. Dividends on restricted shares and share units with time-based vesting are paid to holders of such shares and share units and are not returnable, even if the underlying shares or share units do not ultimately vest. Dividends on restricted shares and share units with performance-based vesting are accrued when declared and paid to holders of

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such shares on the third, and in some instances, the fourth anniversary of the initial grant subject to the vesting of the underlying shares. See Note 2 for valuation information related to the grants of the awards that are subject to market-based vesting conditions.

The following table summarizes restricted share activity for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2023:March 31, 2024:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2023

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-

 

 

 

 

 

Average Grant

 

 

 

 

 

Average Grant

 

 

Shares

 

 

Date Fair Value

 

 

Shares

 

 

Date Fair Value

 

Unvested restricted shares at beginning of period

 

 

535,650

 

 

$

14.31

 

 

 

361,645

 

 

$

14.31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share units granted

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

Restricted shares vested

 

 

(144,173

)

 

 

13.81

 

 

 

(131,272

)

 

 

13.48

 

Restricted shares forfeited

 

 

(11,759

)

 

 

24.52

 

 

 

(131,975

)

 

 

17.18

 

Unvested restricted shares at end of period

 

 

379,718

 

 

$

14.18

 

 

 

98,398

 

 

$

11.55

 

 

The Company recognized $0.6 million and $0.50.8 million in compensation expense related to the restricted shares for the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023, and 2022, respectively and $1.4 million and $0.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Compensation expenses related to the restricted shares are included in general and administrative expenses on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.

As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, there were approximately $3.11.0 million of total unrecognized compensation costs related to the outstanding restricted shares which are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 1.4 0.9years. As of June 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, there were approximately $6.33.7 million of total unrecognized compensation costs related to the outstanding restricted shares which were expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.31.6 years.

 

 

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

Certain statements contained herein constitute forward-looking statements as such term is defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. They represent our intentions, plans, expectations and beliefs and are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Our future results, financial condition and business may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. You can find many of these statements by looking for words such as “approximates,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “would,” “may”“may,” "will," "continue to." "pro forma" or the opposite of these words and phrases or other similar expressionswords or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and which do no relate solely to historical matters in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Many of the factors that will determine the outcome of these and our other forward-looking statements are beyond our ability to control or predict. For further discussion of factors that could materially affect the outcome of our forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.2023. For these statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. We do not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Part 1 of this Quarterly Report.

Overview

Prior to the adoption of the Company’s Plan of Sale (defined below), Seritage was principally engaged in the ownership, development, redevelopment, disposition, management and leasing of diversified retail and mixed-use properties throughout the United States. Seritage will continue to actively manage each remaining location until such time as each property is sold. As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company’s portfolio consisted of interests in 5027 properties comprised of approximately 6.83.5 million square feet of gross leasable area (“GLA”) or build-to-suit leased area, approximately 157and 410 acres held for or under development until time of sale and approximately 3.6 million square feet or approximately 303 acres to be disposed of in its current state.land. The portfolio consists of approximately 5.22.3 million square feet of GLA and 276 acres held by 3818 consolidated properties (such properties, the “Consolidated Properties”) and 1.71.2 million square feet of GLA and 134 acres held by 12nine unconsolidated properties (such properties, the “Unconsolidated Properties”).

Review of Strategic Alternatives

On March 1, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Trustees has commenced a process to review a broad range of strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value. The Board of Trustees created a special committee of the Board of Trustees (the “Special Committee”) to oversee the process. The Special Committee has retained aBarclays Capital, Inc. as its financial advisor.advisor from March 2022 through August 2023 to assist with the strategic review. The Company sought a shareholder vote to approve a proposed plan of sale of our assets and dissolution (the “Plan of Sale”) that would allow our board to sell all of our assets, distribute the net proceeds to shareholders and dissolve the Company. The Plan of Sale can be suspended by the Board of Trustees.

The 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders occurred on October 24, 2022, at which time the Plan of Sale was approved by the shareholders, following our filing of a final proxy statement with the SEC on September 14, 2022. See Note 1 – Organization of the Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information about the Plan of Sale. The strategic review process remains ongoing as the Company executes the Plan of Sale.Sale, and the Company remains open minded to pursuing value maximizing alternatives, including a potential sale of the Company. There can be no assurance that the review process will result in any transaction or that the Company will be successful in fully executing on the Plan of Sale. The Board of Trustees is currently overseeing the Plan of Sale.

Impairment of Real Estate Assets and Investments in Unconsolidated Entities

In the first quarter of 2022, we announced a Review of Strategic Alternatives and during the second quarter determined that the best plan for all assets is to pursue sales. As a result of the foregoing, the Company’s anticipated holding periods with respect to certain assets has changed. This affected our view of recoverability ofDuring the carrying value of those assets over their respective holding periods and during the yearthree months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2022, $126.9 million of impairment was recorded. Due to increasing development and construction costs, deteriorating market conditions and, in certain instances excluding Aventura, agreeing2024, we agreed to sell two assets below carryingbook value we have recognized $104.5 million and $107.0 millionresulting in the recognition of impairment losses during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively,of $1.1 million, which areis included in impairment onof real estate assets within the condensed consolidated statements of operations. We recognized $12.7 million ofdid not recognize any other-than-temporary impairment losses toon our investments in unconsolidated entities during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively.March 31, 2024. We continue to evaluate our portfolio, including our development plans and offers received, which may result in additional impairments in future periods on our consolidated properties and investments in unconsolidated entities.

 

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REIT Election

On March 31, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Trustees, with the recommendation of the Special Committee, approved a plan to terminate the Company's REIT status and become a taxable C Corporation, effective for the year ended December 31, 2022. As a result, the Company is no longer required to operate under REIT rules, including the requirement to distribute at least 90% of REIT taxable income to its stockholders, which provides the Company with greater flexibility to use its free cash flow. Effective January 1, 2022, the Company is subject to federal and state income taxes on its taxable income at applicable tax rates and is no longer entitled to a tax deduction for dividends paid. The Company operated as a REIT since inception and through the 2021 tax year, and existing REIT requirements and limitations, including those established by the Company’s organizational documents, remained in place until December 31, 2021. Refer to Note 7 – Income Taxes of the Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Business Strategies

The Company’s primary objective is to create value for its shareholders through the monetization of the Company's assets through the Plan of Sale, which can be suspended by the Board of Trustees. Additionally, we have identified various sites that we believe have the demand and demographic profile to support other uses such as residential, biotechnology, office and others. Given our fee ownership of these properties and control over parking lots and outparcels, we believe that these sites are well positioned for such value creation opportunities. We additionally look to further lease our built retail footprint and densify any excess parking land through the addition of triple net (“NNN”) pad sites, which are standalone sites upon which a customized space can be built or leased for a tenant, to the extent that we believe these actions would be accretive to shareholder value.

The Company continues to assess the best use for all sites within its portfolio, including residential, retail and converting land area to pad sites. In order to achieve its objective, the Company intends to execute the following strategies:

Multi-tenant Retail: Our portfolio of eightfive multitenant retail assets provides positive cash flow and are primarily leased to a variety of national credit tenants. As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, this portfolio was 73.0% leased with a pipeline of 0.1 million square feet.68.8% leased. A majority of our leases are effectively NNNprovide for the collection of recoveries from tenants based on the structure of our leases, providing an important inflation hedge. This portfolio also affords numerous further densification opportunities through the addition of pads on excess parking areas. We are working to maximize value of these assets and position them for sale.
Densification and Redevelopment Opportunities: In particular, we have identified various sites that we believe have the demand and demographic profile to support other uses such as residential, biotechnology, office and others. Given our fee ownership of these properties and control over parking lots and outparcels, we believe that these sites are well positioned for such value creation opportunities through entitlements, leasing and developments.development. As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, our full portfolio included approximately 719410 acres of land, or an average of 14.417.9 acres per site, and our most significant geographic concentrations were in higher growth markets in California, Florida, Texas, and the Northeast. We have developed a number of properties to completion or near completion and have achieved leasing of 100% at UTC and 70% at Aventura.
Non-core Assets for Monetization: We continue to assess the best use for all sites within our portfolio, including residential, retail, and converting excess land area to pad sites. The non-core assets are those assets where we believe we will maximize value by selling in its current state.

Results of Operations

We derive substantially all of our revenue from rents received from tenants under existing leases at each of our properties. This revenue generally includes fixed base rents and recoveries of expenses that we have incurred and that we pass through to the individual tenants, in each case as provided in the respective leases.

Our primary cash expenses consist of our property operating expenses, general and administrative expenses, interest expense, and construction and development related costs. Property operating expenses include real estate taxes, repairs and maintenance, management fees, insurance, ground lease costs and utilities; general and administrative expenses include payroll, office expenses, professional fees, and other administrative expenses; and interest expense is on our term loan facility. In addition, we incur substantial non-cash charges for depreciation of our properties and amortization of intangible assets and liabilities.

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Comparison of the Three Months Ended June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2022March 31, 2023

The following table presents selected data on comparative results from the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2022March 31, 2023 (in thousands):

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

$ Change

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

$ Change

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental income

 

$

5,517

 

 

$

29,418

 

 

$

(23,901

)

 

$

5,725

 

 

$

418

 

 

$

5,307

 

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property operating

 

 

(5,196

)

 

 

(10,801

)

 

 

5,605

 

 

 

(3,673

)

 

 

(8,185

)

 

 

4,512

 

Real estate taxes

 

 

(2,170

)

 

 

(6,425

)

 

 

4,255

 

 

 

(1,393

)

 

 

(1,537

)

 

 

144

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

(4,151

)

 

 

(10,669

)

 

 

6,518

 

 

 

(5,271

)

 

 

(4,564

)

 

 

(707

)

General and administrative

 

 

(10,099

)

 

 

(11,093

)

 

 

994

 

 

 

(9,192

)

 

 

(12,220

)

 

 

3,028

 

Litigation settlement

 

 

-

 

 

 

(35,000

)

 

 

35,000

 

Gain on sale of real estate, net

 

 

33,488

 

 

 

68,031

 

 

 

(34,543

)

 

 

1,139

 

 

 

12,392

 

 

 

(11,253

)

Gain on sale of interest in unconsolidated entities

 

 

7,323

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,323

 

Impairment of real estate assets

 

 

(104,467

)

 

 

(109,343

)

 

 

4,876

 

 

 

(1,148

)

 

 

(2,576

)

 

 

1,428

 

Equity in loss of unconsolidated entities

 

 

(13,698

)

 

 

(33,720

)

 

 

20,022

 

Interest and other income

 

 

9,869

 

 

 

99

 

 

 

9,770

 

Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated entities

 

 

379

 

 

 

(36,372

)

 

 

36,751

 

Interest and other income, net

 

 

1,423

 

 

 

5,585

 

 

 

(4,162

)

Interest expense

 

 

(12,528

)

 

 

(22,663

)

 

 

10,135

 

 

 

(7,011

)

 

 

(15,202

)

 

 

8,191

 

Rental Income

The following table presents the results for rental income for the three months ended June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, as compared to the corresponding period in 20222023 (in thousands):

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

 

 

 

Rental Income

 

 

% of Total
Rental Income

 

 

Rental Income

 

 

% of Total
Rental Income

 

 

$ Change

 

 

Rental Income

 

 

% of Total
Rental Income

 

 

Rental Income

 

 

% of Total
Rental Income

 

 

$ Change

 

In-place retail leases

 

$

9,306

 

 

 

168.7

%

 

$

25,823

 

 

 

87.8

%

 

 

(16,517

)

 

$

5,779

 

 

 

100.9

%

 

$

11,259

 

 

 

2693.5

%

 

 

(5,480

)

Straight-line rent (expense)

 

 

(3,796

)

 

 

(68.8

%)

 

 

3,599

 

 

 

12.2

%

 

 

(7,395

)

 

 

(67

)

 

 

(1.2

%)

 

 

(10,843

)

 

 

(2594.0

)%

 

 

10,776

 

Amortization of the above/below market leases

 

 

7

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

(4

)

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

11

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

2

 

 

 

0.5

%

 

 

11

 

Total rental income

 

$

5,517

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

29,418

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

(23,901

)

 

$

5,725

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

418

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

5,307

 

The decrease of $16.5$5.5 million in in-place retail lease rental income during 20232024 is primarily due to property sales.

The decrease of $7.4$10.8 million in straight-line rental incomeexpense was primarily due to a reversalwrite off of $3.8 million of straight-line rent duedeferred rents related to property sales.sales during the quarter ended March 31, 2023.

Property Operating Expenses and Real Estate Taxes

The decrease of $5.6$4.5 million in property operating expense for the three months ended June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 was due primarily to asset sales and partially offset by a decrease in amounts capitalized.

The decrease of $4.3 million in real estate taxesinsurance refunds for sold properties that were less than the three months ended June 30, 2023 was due primarily to asset sales and refunds received during the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Depreciation and Amortization Expenses

The decrease of $6.5 million in depreciation and amortization expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2023 was primarily due to a decrease of $7.1 million in net scheduled depreciation due to property sales.estimated receivables.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses consist of personnel costs, including amortization of costs associated with share-based compensation awarded in prior years, professional fees, office expenses and overhead expenses.

The decrease of $1.0$3.0 million in general and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 was driven by a decrease in legal expenses resulting from settling the outstanding Litigation described below in 2022 as well as a decrease inemployee compensation expenses due to reduced headcount and a decrease in employee headcount. This was partially offset by an increasereduction in consulting related expenses utilized to execute the plan of sale.services.

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Gain on Sale of Real Estate, Net

During the three months ended June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company sold 19five properties for aggregate consideration of $248.7$48.8 million and recorded a gain totaling $33.5$1.1 million, which is included in gain on sale of real estate, net within the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Gain on Sale of Interest in Unconsolidated Entities

During the three months ended June 30, 2023, the Company sold its interest in one unconsolidated entity, and recorded a gain totaling $7.3 million, which is included in gain on sale of interest in unconsolidated entities within the consolidated statements of operations.

Impairment of Real Estate Assets

During the three months ended June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company recognized $104.5$1.1 million in impairment of real estate assets which is included withinas a result of the condensed consolidated statements of operations. This impairment arose primarily from recognizing $101.5 million of impairmentCompany accepting offers below book value on the Company's development property in Aventura, FL due to continued increasing development and construction costs and deteriorating market conditions, which triggered the need for an impairment analysis pursuant to ASC 360, Property, Plant and Equipment. The Company determined the fair value of this property by applying a discount to projected cash flows.two properties. During the three months ended June 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, the Company recognized $109.3$2.6 million of impairment losses as a result of the Company's plan to pursue the Plan of Sale.Sale, which is included within the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

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Equity in Loss of Unconsolidated Entities

The decreaseincrease of $20.0$36.8 million in lossincome (loss) of unconsolidated entities for the three months ended June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 was driven by a $12.7$70.8 million other-than-temporary impairment charge recorded against two investments compared to recording a $32.5 million other-than-temporary impairment charge against three investmentsby one unconsolidated entity during the three months ended June 30, 2022. These impairments arose fromMarch 31, 2023. The Company's share of the Company’s impairment analysis pursuant to ASC 323, Equity Methodwas $35.4 million and Joint Ventures.was included in the equity in loss of consolidated entities on the consolidated statements of operations.

Interest and other income, net

The increasedecrease of $9.8$4.2 million of interest and other income is primarily due todriven by the receiptrecognition of $7.8$3.8 million during the three months ended June 30, 2023, relatingof income related to the settlement with the D&O Insurers.insurers for the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Interest Expense

The decrease of $10.1$8.2 million in interest expense for the three months ended June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 was driven by the partial Term Loan Facility pay down totaling $1.1 billion as of June 30, 2023.

Comparison of the Six Months Ended June 30,downs between April 1, 2023 to the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022

The following table presents selected data on comparative results from the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2023, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2022 (in thousands):

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

$ Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental income

 

$

5,935

 

 

$

58,502

 

 

$

(52,567

)

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property operating

 

 

(13,381

)

 

 

(21,833

)

 

 

8,452

 

Real estate taxes

 

 

(3,707

)

 

 

(14,575

)

 

 

10,868

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

(8,715

)

 

 

(22,603

)

 

 

13,888

 

General and administrative

 

 

(22,319

)

 

 

(20,185

)

 

 

(2,134

)

Litigation settlement

 

 

 

 

 

(35,000

)

 

 

35,000

 

Gain on sale of real estate, net

 

 

45,880

 

 

 

67,016

 

 

 

(21,136

)

Gain on sale of interest in unconsolidated entities

 

 

7,323

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,323

 

Impairment of real estate assets

 

 

(107,043

)

 

 

(110,334

)

 

 

3,291

 

Equity in loss of unconsolidated entities

 

 

(50,070

)

 

 

(66,796

)

 

 

16,726

 

Interest and other income

 

 

15,454

 

 

 

110

 

 

 

15,344

 

Interest expense

 

 

(27,730

)

 

 

(45,251

)

 

 

17,521

 

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Rental Income

The following table presents the results for rental income for the three months ended June 30, 2023, as compared to the corresponding period in 2022 (in thousands):

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental Income

 

 

% of Total
Rental Income

 

 

Rental Income

 

 

% of Total
Rental Income

 

 

$ Change

 

In-place retail leases

 

$

20,564

 

 

 

346.5

%

 

$

54,202

 

 

 

92.6

%

 

$

(33,638

)

Straight-line rent (expense)

 

 

(14,638

)

 

 

(246.6

%)

 

 

4,320

 

 

 

7.4

%

 

 

(18,958

)

Amortization of above/below market leases

 

 

9

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

(20

)

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

29

 

Total rental income

 

$

5,935

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

58,502

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

(52,567

)

The decrease of $33.6 million in in-place retail lease rental income during 2023 is primarily due to property sales.

The decrease of $19.0 million in straight-line rental income was primarily due to a reversal of $14.6 million of straight-line rent due to property sales.

Property Operating Expenses and Real Estate Taxes

The decrease of $8.5 million in property operating expense for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was due primarily to asset sales and partially offset by a decrease in amounts capitalized.

The decrease of $10.9 million in real estate taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was due primarily to asset sales and refunds received during the six months ended June 30, 2023.

Depreciation and Amortization Expenses

The decrease of $13.9 million in depreciation and amortization expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was primarily due to a decrease of $13.7 million in net scheduled depreciation due to property sales.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses consist of personnel costs, including share-based compensation, professional fees, office expenses and overhead expenses.

The increase of $2.1 million in general and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2023 increases in consulting expenses utilized to execute the plan of sale and bonuses to retain employees. This was partially offset by decreases in legal expenses resulting from settling the outstanding Litigation described below in 2022 and compensation expenses due to a decrease in employee headcount.

Gain on Sale of Real Estate, Net

During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company sold 43 properties for aggregate consideration of $539.5 million and recorded a gain totaling $45.9 million, which is included in gain on sale of real estate, net within the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Gain on Sale of Interest in Unconsolidated Entities, Net

During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company sold its interest in one unconsolidated entity, and recorded a gain totaling $7.3 million, which is included in gain on sale of interest in unconsolidated entities within the consolidated statements of operations.

Impairment of Real Estate Assets

During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company recognized $107.0 million in impairment of real estate assets, which is included within the condensed consolidated statements of operations. This impairment arose primarily from recognizing $101.5 million of impairment on the Company's development property in Aventura, FL due to continued increasing development and construction costs and deteriorating market conditions, which triggered the need for an impairment analysis pursuant to ASC 360, Property, Plant and Equipment. The Company determined the fair value of this property by applying a discount to projected cash flows. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recognized $110.3 million of impairment losses as a result of the Company's plan to pursue the Plan of Sale.

Equity in Loss of Unconsolidated Entities

The decrease of $16.7 million in loss in the unconsolidated entities for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was driven by a $12.7 million other-than-temporary impairment charge recorded against two investments compared to recording a $32.5 million

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other-than-temporary impairment charge against three investments during the three months ended June 30, 2022. These impairments arose from the Company’s impairment analysis pursuant to ASC 323, Equity Method and Joint Ventures.

Interest and other income

The increase of $15.3 million of interest and other income is primarily due to the receipt of $11.6 million relating to the settlement with the D&O Insurers.

Interest Expense

The decrease of $17.5 million in interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was driven by the partial Term Loan Facility pay down totaling $1.1 billion as of June 30, 2023.March 31, 2024.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our primary uses of cash include the payment of property operating and other expenses, including general and administrative expenses and debt service (collectively, “Obligations”), and certain development expenditures. Property rental income, which is the Company’s primary source of operating cash flow, did not fully fund obligations incurred during the sixthree months ended June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 and the Company recorded net operating cash outflows of $31.5$16.7 million. Additionally, the Company generated investing cash inflows of $506.8$28.9 million during the sixthree months ended June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, which were driven by asset sales and partially offset by development expenditures.

Obligations are projected to continue to exceed property rental income and we expect to fund such obligations and any development expenditures with cash on hand and a combination of capital sources including, but not limited to the following, subject to any approvals that may be required under the Term Loan Agreement:

Sales of Consolidated Properties. We began our capital recycling program in July 2017 and have been monetizing assets since. In March of 2022, we elected to terminate our REIT status effective January 1, 2022 in order to remove any restrictions around asset sales. On October 24, 2022, we received shareholder approval of the Plan of Sale.
o
We sold 90 Consolidated Properties, and additional outparcels at certain properties, and generated approximately $986.8 million of gross proceeds from the beginning of our capital recycling program in July 2017 through the date our REIT status terminated on December 31, 2021;
o
We sold 40 Consolidated Properties, and additional outparcels at certain properties, and generated approximately $438.1 million of gross proceeds from December 31, 2021, the date we terminated our REIT status, through the approval of the Plan of Sale on October 24, 2022;
o
From the approval of the Plan of Sale on October 24, 2022 through June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, we sold 5981 Consolidated Properties, and additional outparcels at certain properties, and generated approximately $694.0$905.3 million of gross proceeds.
Sales of interests in Unconsolidated Properties. Certain of our unconsolidated entity agreements also include rights that allow us to sell our interests in select Unconsolidated Properties to our partners at fair market value;
o
We sold our interests in 15 Unconsolidated Properties and generated approximately $278.1 million of gross proceeds from the beginning of our capital recycling program in July 2017 through the date our REIT status terminated on December 31, 2021;
o
We sold our interests in 8 Unconsolidated Properties and generated approximately $84.8 million of gross proceeds since we terminated our REIT status on December 31, 2021, through the approval of the Plan of Sale on October 24, 20222;2022;
o
From the approval of the Plan of Sale on October 24, 2022 through June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, we sold our interests in fiveeight Unconsolidated Properties and generated approximately $46.7$140.7 million of gross proceeds.
Unconsolidated Properties. As of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, we had contributed interests in 12 properties to unconsolidated entities, which generated approximately $242.4 million of gross proceeds since July 2017. In addition to generating liquidity upon closing, these entities also reduce our development expenditures by the amount of our partners’ interests in the unconsolidated entities;

Unconsolidated entities debt. We may incur property-level debt in new or existing unconsolidated entities, including construction financingSubsequent to March 31, 2024, we sold two Consolidated Properties for propertiesaggregate gross proceeds of $31.8 million. As of May 7, 2024, we had two assets under developmentcontracts for sale with no due diligence contingencies for total anticipated proceeds of $8.3 million and longer-term mortgage debt for stabilized properties; and

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Other credit and capital markets transactions. We may raise additional capital through the public or private issuance of debt securities, common or preferred equity or other instruments convertible into or exchangeable for common or preferred equity.

 

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As previously disclosed, on May 5, 2020, the Operating Partnership and Berkshire Hathaway entered into an amendment (the “Term Loan Amendment”) to the Term Loan Agreement by and among the Operating Partnership and Berkshire Hathaway as initial lender and administrative agent that permits the deferral of payment of interest under the Term Loan Agreement if, as of the first day of each applicable month, (x) the amount of unrestricted and unencumbered (other than liens created under the Term Loan Agreement) cash on hand of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries, minus (y) the aggregate amount of anticipated necessary expenditures for such period (such sum, “Available Cash”) is equal to or less than $30.0 million. In such instances, for each interest period, the Operating Partnership is obligated to make payments of interest in an amount equal to the difference between (i) Available Cash and (ii) $20.0 million (provided that such payment shall not exceed the amount of current interest otherwise due under the Term Loan Agreement). Any deferred interest shall accrue interest at 2.0% in excess of the then applicable interest rate and shall be due and payable on July 31, 2023; provided, that the Operating Partnership is required to pay any deferred interest from Available Cash in excess of $30.0 million (unless otherwise agreed to by the administrative agent under the Term Loan Agreement in its sole discretion). In addition, repayment of any outstanding deferred interest is a condition to any borrowings under the $400.0 million incremental funding facility under the Term Loan Agreement (the “Incremental Funding Facility”).

Additionally, the Term Loan Amendment provides that the administrative agent and the lenders express their continued support for asset dispositions, subject to the administrative agent’s right to approve the terms of individual transactions due to the occurrence of a Financial Metric Trigger Event, as such term is defined under the Term Loan Agreement. The Third Term Loan Amendment (as defined in Note 6 – Debt of the Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q) executed on June 16, 2022 eliminatedprovided exceptions to this right.

Our Term Loan Facility includes a $400.0 million Incremental Funding Facility, access to which is subject to rental income from non-Sears Holdings tenants of at least $200.0 million, on an annualized basis and after giving effect to SNO leases expected to commence rent payment within 12 months, which we have not yet achieved, as disclosed in Note 6. There is no assurance of the Company’s ability to access the Incremental Funding Facility.

During the sixthree months ended June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, we have repaid $480.0$30.0 million against the principal of the Term Loan Facility. Our outstanding balance as of June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, is $550.0$330.0 million. Subsequent to June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company made an additional $70principal payments totaling $50.0 million in principal prepayments reducing the balance of ourthe Term Loan Facility to $470 million.$280.0 million as of May 1, 2024.

See Note 1 – Organization of the Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of liquidity and going concern.

Cash Flows for the SixThree Months Ended June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 Compared to the SixThree Months Ended June 30, 2022March 31, 2023

The following table summarizes the Company’s cash flow activities for the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023, and 2022, respectively (in thousands):

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

$ Change

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

 

$ Change

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

$

(31,527

)

 

$

(54,501

)

 

$

22,974

 

 

$

(16,624

)

 

$

(21,952

)

 

$

5,328

 

Net cash provided by investing activities

 

 

506,792

 

 

 

99,882

 

 

 

406,910

 

 

 

28,907

 

 

 

240,290

 

 

 

(211,383

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(482,450

)

 

 

(2,450

)

 

 

(480,000

)

 

 

(31,225

)

 

 

(231,225

)

 

 

200,000

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Significant components of net cash used in operating activities include:

- In 2023,2024, a decrease in rental income and a decrease to accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities, partially offset by a decrease to tenant and other receivables.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Significant components of net cash provided by investing activities include:

In 2023, $567.8 million of net proceeds from the sale of real estate and investments in unconsolidated entities, offset by development of real estate of ($49.9) million and investments in unconsolidated entities of ($11.1) million; and
In 2022, $168.22024, $44.3 million of net proceeds from the sale of real estate, offset by development of real estate of ($53.0)12.5) million and investments in unconsolidated entities of ($15.4)2.9) million; and
In 2023, $280.0 million of net proceeds from the sale of real estate offset by development of real estate of ($32.0) million and investments in unconsolidated entities of ($7.7) million.

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Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Significant components of net cash used in financing activities include:

In 2023,2024, ($480.0)30.0) million cash repayment of Term Loan Facility principal and cash payments of preferred dividends, ($2.5)1.2) million; and
In 2022,2023, ($230.0) million cash repayment of Term Loan Facility principal and cash payments of preferred dividends, ($2.5)1.2) million.

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Dividends and Distributions

The Company’s Board of Trustees did not declare dividends on the Company’s Class A common shares during the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023, and 2022, respectively.

The Company’s Board of Trustees declared the following dividends on preferred shares during 20232024 and 2022:2023:

 

Series A

 

 

Series A

 

Declaration Date

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Preferred Share

 

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Preferred Share

 

2024

 

 

 

 

 

May 2

 

June 28

 

July 15

 

$

0.43750

 

February 29

 

March 29

 

April 15

 

 

0.43750

 

2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 30

 

December 29

 

January 16, 2024

 

$

0.43750

 

July 25

 

September 29

 

October 13

 

$

0.43750

 

 

September 29

 

October 13

 

 

0.43750

 

April 27

 

June 30

 

July 14

 

 

0.43750

 

 

June 30

 

July 14

 

 

0.43750

 

February 15

 

March 31

 

April 17

 

 

0.43750

 

 

March 31

 

April 17

 

 

0.43750

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

November 1

 

December 30

 

January 16, 2023

 

$

0.43750

 

July 26

 

September 30

 

October 17

 

 

0.43750

 

April 26

 

June 30

 

July 15

 

 

0.43750

 

February 16

 

March 31

 

April 15

 

 

0.43750

 

The Board of Trustees will determine future distributions on the Company's common shares following the pay down of the Term Loan Facility.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

The Company accounts for its investments in entities that it does not have a controlling interest in or is not the primary beneficiary using the equity method of accounting and those investments are reflected on the condensed consolidated balance sheets of the Company as investments in unconsolidated entities. As of June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2022,2023, we did not have any off-balance sheet financing arrangements.

Contractual Obligations

There have been no significant changes in the contractual obligations disclosed in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.2023.

Capital Expenditures

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, the Company invested $17.9$12.5 million and $49.9 million, respectively, in our consolidated development and operating properties and an additional $3.5$2.9 million and $11.1 million, respectively, into our unconsolidated joint ventures, as we continue to advance our business plans, including our previously announced projects.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022,March 31, 2023, the Company invested $30.6 and $53.0$32.0 million respectively, in our consolidated development and operating properties and an additional $7.8$7.7 million and $15.4 million, respectively, into our unconsolidated joint ventures.

During the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023, and 2022, respectively, we incurred no maintenance capital expenditures that were not associated with re-tenanting and redevelopment projects.

Litigation and Other Matters

In accordance with accounting standards regarding loss contingencies, we accrue an undiscounted liability for those contingencies where the incurrence of a loss is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated, and we disclose the amount accrued and the amount of a reasonably possible loss in excess of the amount accrued or disclose the fact that such a range of loss cannot be estimated. We do not record liabilities when the likelihood that the liability has been incurred is probable but the amount cannot be reasonably estimated, or when the liability is believed to be only reasonably possible or remote. In such cases, we disclose the nature of the contingency, and an estimate of the possible loss, range of loss, or disclose the fact that an estimate cannot be made.

Beginning in 2019, the Company had been engaged in litigation related to the bankruptcy of Sears Holding (the “Litigation”). On September 2, 2022, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York entered an order approving a settlement amongst the parties to the Litigation and, on October 18, 2022, the Litigation was dismissed.

We made a settlement payment of $35.5 million based on our contributions to the settlement of the Litigation. This payment is recorded as litigation settlement in the consolidated statements of operations during the year ended December 31, 2022.- 32 -


 

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On March 2, 2021, we brought a lawsuit in Delaware state court against QBE Insurance Corporation, Endurance American Insurance Company, Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company and Continental Casualty Company, each of which are D&O insurance providers of the Company (the “D&O Insurers”). Our lawsuit sought, among other things, declaratory relief and money damages as a result of certain of the D&O Insurers refusal to pay certain costs and expenses related to the defense of the Litigation.litigation related to the bankruptcy of Sears Holdings (the "Litigation"). The Litigation was settled in 2022 and the Litigation was dismissed. Any amounts received from the insurers will offset the Seritage Defendants’ contribution. We reached settlement agreements with two of the D&O Insurers for gross proceeds of $12.7 million which is recorded in interest and other income in the consolidated statements of operations during the year ended December 31, 2022. During the six months ended June 30,In 2023, we reached settlement agreements with the other two D&O Insurers for gross proceeds of $11.6 million. We received $11.6$3.8 million during the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2023, which is recorded in interest and other income in the consolidated statements of operations.

We are subject, from time to time, to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business and due to the current environment. While the resolution of such matters cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes, based on currently available information, the final outcome of such ordinary course legal proceedings and claims will not have a material effect on the condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity of the Company.

See Note 9 – Commitments and Contingencies Litigation and Other Matters of the Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of the Litigation and related matters.

Critical Accounting Policies

A summary of our critical accounting policies is included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20222023 in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. For the sixthree months ended June 30, 2023,March 31, 2024, there were no material changes to these policies.

Non-GAAP Supplemental Financial Measures and Definitions

The Company makes reference to NOI and Total NOI which are financial measures that include adjustments to GAAP.

Net Operating Income (“NOI”) and Total NOI

NOI is defined as income from property operations less property operating expenses. Other real estate companies may use different methodologies for calculating NOI, and accordingly the Company’s depiction of NOI may not be comparable to other real estate companies. The Company believes NOI provides useful information regarding Seritage, its financial condition, and results of operations because it reflects only those income and expense items that are incurred at the property level.

The Company also uses Total NOI, which includes its proportional share of unconsolidated properties. The Company believes this form of presentation offers insights into the financial performance and condition of the Company as a whole given our ownership of unconsolidated properties that are accounted for under GAAP using the equity method.

The Company also considers NOI and Total NOI to be a helpful supplemental measure of its operating performance because it excludes from NOI variable items such as termination fee income, as well as non-cash items such as straight-line rent and amortization of lease intangibles.

Due to the adjustments noted, NOI and Total NOI should only be used as an alternative measure of the Company’s financial performance.

 

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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to GAAP Financial Measures

Neither NOI nor Total NOI are measures that (i) represent cash flow from operations as defined by GAAP; (ii) are indicative of cash available to fund all cash flow needs, including the ability to make distributions; (iii) are alternatives to cash flow as a measure of liquidity; or (iv) should be considered alternatives to net income (which is determined in accordance with GAAP) for purposes of evaluating the Company’s operating performance. Reconciliations of these measures to the respective GAAP measures we deem most comparable are presented below on a comparative basis for all periods.

The following table reconciles NOI and Total NOI to GAAP net loss for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2024 and 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

NOI and Total NOI

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Net loss

 

$

(95,707

)

 

$

(142,083

)

 

$

(157,693

)

 

$

(209,070

)

 

$

(18,985

)

 

$

(61,986

)

Termination fee income

 

 

 

 

 

(92

)

 

 

 

 

 

(369

)

Management and other fee income

 

 

(367

)

 

 

(286

)

 

 

(629

)

 

 

(2,107

)

 

 

(48

)

 

 

(262

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

4,151

 

 

 

10,669

 

 

 

8,715

 

 

 

22,603

 

 

 

5,271

 

 

 

4,564

 

General and administrative expenses

 

 

10,099

 

 

 

11,093

 

 

 

22,319

 

 

 

20,185

 

 

 

9,192

 

 

 

12,220

 

Litigation settlement

 

 

 

 

 

35,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

35,000

 

Equity in loss of unconsolidated entities

 

 

13,698

 

 

 

33,720

 

 

 

50,070

 

 

 

66,796

 

Gain on sale of interest in unconsolidated entities

 

 

(7,323

)

 

 

 

 

 

(7,323

)

 

 

 

Equity in (income) loss of unconsolidated entities

 

 

(379

)

 

 

36,372

 

Gain on sale of real estate, net

 

 

(33,488

)

 

 

(68,031

)

 

 

(45,880

)

 

 

(67,016

)

 

 

(1,139

)

 

 

(12,392

)

Impairment of real estate assets

 

 

104,467

 

 

 

109,343

 

 

 

107,043

 

 

 

110,334

 

 

 

1,148

 

 

 

2,576

 

Interest and other income

 

 

(9,869

)

 

 

(99

)

 

 

(15,454

)

 

 

(110

)

Interest and other income, net

 

 

(1,423

)

 

 

(5,585

)

Interest expense

 

 

12,528

 

 

 

22,663

 

 

 

27,730

 

 

 

45,251

 

 

 

7,011

 

 

 

15,202

 

(Benefit) provision for income taxes

 

 

(38

)

 

 

203

 

 

 

(51

)

 

 

228

 

Provision (Benefit) for income taxes

 

 

11

 

 

 

(13

)

Straight-line rent

 

 

3,796

 

 

 

(3,599

)

 

 

14,638

 

 

 

(4,320

)

 

 

67

 

 

 

10,843

 

Above/below market rental expense

 

 

45

 

 

 

56

 

 

 

93

 

 

 

121

 

 

 

38

 

 

 

48

 

NOI

 

$

1,992

 

 

$

8,557

 

 

$

3,578

 

 

$

17,526

 

 

$

764

 

 

$

1,587

 

Unconsolidated entities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating income of unconsolidated entities

 

 

1,301

 

 

 

2,267

 

 

 

2,959

 

 

 

4,113

 

 

 

1,531

 

 

 

1,659

 

Straight-line rent

 

 

(294

)

 

 

(228

)

 

 

(440

)

 

 

(556

)

 

 

(188

)

 

 

(147

)

Above/below market rental expense

 

 

(3

)

 

 

6

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

(9

)

 

 

5

 

Total NOI

 

$

2,996

 

 

$

10,602

 

 

$

6,099

 

 

$

21,095

 

 

$

2,098

 

 

$

3,104

 

 

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk

There were no material changes in the Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk set forth in our 20222023 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.Procedures

UnderWe maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d – 15(e) under the supervisionSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”)). Because of inherent limitations, disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of disclosure controls and procedures are met.

Our management, with the participation of our management, including the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluationevaluated the effectiveness of the effectivenessdesign and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report.procedures. Based on thisthat evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded that, as of the end of the reporting period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the material weaknessweaknesses described below.

Notwithstanding the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q fairly present, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Material WeaknessWeaknesses

A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. In

As previously reported, management identified material weaknesses due to deficiencies in the coursedesign and operating effectiveness of preparingour controls over the impairment of investments in real estate and other than temporary impairment of equity method investments. The deficiencies related to the identification of impairment indicators. Additionally, as management determined that it had not maintained adequate evidence of the review of information used in the impairment indicator analysis and the fair value of investments in real estate and equity method investments. As further reported, management had identified a deficiency in the operating effectiveness in our review over the calculation of other than temporary impairments. These deficiencies contributed to the potential for there to be material errors in our financial statements for the interim period ended June 30, 2023,statements.

Additionally, as previously reported, management identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting that existed due to a deficiency in the design of our controlcontrols over the identification of impairment indicatorsaccounting for investments in real estate and documentation of evidence of review. The deficiency relates to the failure to identify potential indicators of impairmentcertain non-routine transactions, particularly related to development projectsaccounting for transactions with joint ventures and certain consulting contracts. For these transactions, Management did not possess the adequate technical capabilities to appropriately assess these non-routine transactions to ensure compliance with accounting principles generally accepted in a timely manner.the United States. This deficiency contributed to the potential for there to be material errors in our financial statements.

Update on Remediation Plan

Management is enhancing its internal control overAs previously reported, in response to the identification of impairment indicators for investments in real estate to include specific indicators related to development assets. In addition,material weaknesses, management, is enhancing the documentation of evidence reviewed as partwith oversight of the control.Audit Committee began to implement steps to remediate the material weaknesses. While the Company has made progress with the remediation of these material weaknesses, the remediation efforts are ongoing, because additional time is needed to complete the remediation and allow for the internal controls to be tested by management.

TheHowever, the material weaknessweaknesses discussed above cannot be considered completely remediated until the applicable control hascontrols are fully implemented, have operated for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that the control isthese controls are operating effectively. Accordingly, we will continue to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.

Changes in Internal Controls.Controls over Financial Reporting

Other than the remediation efforts described above, there were no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the three monthsquarter ended June 30, 2023March 31, 2024 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to Note 9 of the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Please refer to Item 1A—Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20222023 for a description of certain material risks and uncertainties to which our business, financial condition and results of operations are subject. There have been no material changes to the risk factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, except as set forth below.2023.

We have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting, and our management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the period covered by this report. While we are working to remediate the identified material weakness, we cannot assure you that additional material weaknesses or significant deficiencies will not occur in the future. If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud. As a result, our stockholders could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which could harm our business and the trading price of our common stock

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. As disclosed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in the course of preparing our interim financial statements for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, we identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. The material weakness was due to a deficiency in the design of our control over the identification of impairment indicators for investments in real estate and documentation of evidence of review. The deficiency relates to the failure to identify potential indicators related to development projects in a timely manner, as described in more detail under the heading Part I—Item 4. Controls and Procedures in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We have commenced efforts to remediate the material weakness as described in more detail under the heading Part I—Item 4. Controls and Procedures in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting will not be considered remediated until the controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls operate effectively. If we do not successfully remediate the material weakness, or if other material weaknesses or other deficiencies arise in the future, we may be unable to accurately report our financial results, which could cause our financial results to be materially misstated and require restatement. In such case, we may be unable to maintain compliance with securities law requirements regarding timely filing of periodic reports in addition to applicable stock exchange listing requirements, investors may lose confidence in our financial reporting and our stock price may decline as a result. We cannot assure you that the measures we have taken to date, or any measures we may take in the future, will be sufficient to remediate the control deficiencies that led to a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting or that they will prevent or avoid potential future material weaknesses. In addition, the Company will continue to evaluate its portfolio, including its development plans and holdings periods, which may result in additional impairments in future periods.

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

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

a)
None.
b)
None.
c)
During the three months ended March 31, 2024, no director or officer of the Company adopted

or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.

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Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

SEC Document Reference

 

 

 

 

 

  31.1

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

Filed herewith.

 

 

 

 

 

  31.2

 

Certification of the Interim Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

Filed herewith.

 

 

 

 

 

  32.1

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

 

Furnished herewith.

 

 

 

 

 

  32.2

 

Certification of the Interim Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

 

Furnished herewith.

 

 

 

 

 

101.INS

 

Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear

in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded

within the Inline XBRL document.

 

Filed herewith.

 

 

 

 

 

101.SCH

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

Filed herewith.

 

 

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

Filed herewith.

 

 

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

Filed herewith.

 

 

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

Filed herewith.

 

 

 

 

 

101.PRE

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

Filed herewith.

 

 

 

 

 

104

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

 

Filed herewith.

 

† Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

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SIGNATURES

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.

 

 

 

 

 

SERITAGE GROWTH PROPERTIES

 

 

 

Dated: August 14, 2023May 10, 2024

 

 

 

/s/ Andrea Olshan

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Andrea Olshan

 

 

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: August 14, 2023May 10, 2024

 

 

 

/s/ John Garilli

 

 

 

 

By:

 

John Garilli

 

 

 

 

Interim Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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