| | property) totaling approximately 7.8 million square feet, was approximately 78.8% leased as of September 30, 2021, compared to approximately 78.5% leased as of June 30, 2021. The increase in the leased percentage is primarily a result of 172,000 square feet of new leases executed during the three months ended September 30, 2021. |
| ● | Lease expirations for the remainder of 2021 are approximately 72,000 square feet, representing approximately 0.9% of our owned portfolio. |
| ● | The weighted average GAAP base rent per square foot achieved on leasing activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was $30.10, or 2.0% higher than average rents in the respective properties as applicable compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. The average lease term on leases in the nine months ended September 30, 2021, was 7.8 years compared to 8.3 years for the full year of 2020. Overall the portfolio weighted average rent per occupied square foot was $30.97 as of September 30, 2021 compared to $29.60 as of December 31, 2020, representing an increase of approximately 5%. |
Investment Highlights
●Completed dispositions for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $563 million to date in 2021, which translates into an aggregate, weighted-average, in-place, capitalization rate (on both a GAAP and cash basis) of approximately 5.8%.
●Due to strong demand/pricing, we increased the top end of our 2021 disposition guidance from a previous range of approximately $350 million to $450 million to a new range of approximately $563 million to $600 million.
●Disposition proceeds intended to be used for debt reduction, any special dividends required to meet REIT requirements, repurchases of our common stock, and other general corporate purposes.
●Demand and pricing on assets sold to date in 2021 has exceeded our expectations.
●On August 31, 2021, we sold our River Crossing property in Indianapolis, Indiana for gross proceeds of approximately $35 million.
●On September 23, 2021, we sold our two Timberlake properties in Chesterfield, Missouri for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $67 million.
●Subsequent to quarter end, on October 22, 2021, we sold our 999 Peachtree property in Atlanta, Georgia for gross proceeds of approximately $224 million, which represented a gain of approximately $86.8 Million.
●We remain committed to our Sunbelt and Mountain West geographic focus.
●Current and potential disposition properties include Meadow Point and Stonecroft in Chantilly, Virginia, both of which are under Purchase & Sale Agreement with a closing anticipated during the fourth quarter of 2021. In addition, Eldridge Green and Park Ten in Houston, Texas are in price discovery.
Dividend Update
On October 8, 2021, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend for the three months ended September 30, 2021 of $0.09 per share of common stock that will be paid on November 11, 2021 to stockholders of record on October 22, 2021.
Non-GAAP Financial Information
A reconciliation of Net income to FFO, AFFO and Sequential Same Store NOI and our definitions of FFO, AFFO and Sequential Same Store NOI can be found on Supplementary Schedules H and I.
2021 Net Income, FFO and Disposition Guidance