Disposition Pipeline
During the 2021 fourth quarter, INDUS completed four separate, previously-announced disposition transactions that generated approximately $34.5 million in aggregate gross proceeds before transactions costs. INDUS utilized $14.1 million of these proceeds, inclusive of debt extinguishment costs, to extinguish three mortgages with a weighted average interest rate of approximately 5.0%. The dispositions completed during the quarter included one industrial/logistics property and three office/flex properties, which (on a combined basis) contributed approximately $2.0 million and $1.8 million in NOI and Cash NOI, respectively, during the full year 2021. Furthermore, during the 2021 fourth quarter, INDUS completed the sale of approximately 670 acres of land in East Granby and Granby, Connecticut, which is leased to a nursery operator and contributed $0.7 million in both NOI and Cash NOI during the full year 2021. Also during the 2021 fourth quarter, the buyer under the previously announced East Granby/Windsor Option Agreement elected not to proceed with the purchase.
Subsequent to quarter end, INDUS announced its intention to sell all of its remaining office/flex buildings (the “Office/Flex Portfolio”) along with a small storage facility totaling approximately 18,000 square feet that is located within the same business park. The Office/Flex Portfolio is comprised of seven buildings located in Windsor and Bloomfield Connecticut totaling approximately 175,200 square feet. Following the sale of the Office/Flex Portfolio, INDUS is expected to be a pure-play industrial/logistics REIT with a modern portfolio located in select high-growth markets.
Liquidity & Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2021, the Company maintained $250.3 million of liquidity which reflects $150.3 million of cash and cash equivalents and $100 million of borrowing capacity under the revolving credit facility. In addition, the Company had $10.6 million of restricted cash that was principally comprised of cash held by an intermediary and was subsequently used in connection with the purchase of 782 Paragon Way in January 2022.
On October 8, 2021, INDUS completed an underwritten public equity offering at a public offering price of $66.00 per share. INDUS received proceeds of $152.8 million, after expenses, from the aggregate of 2,443,228 shares issued on October 8, 2021, the date of the initial offering, and on October 22, 2021, the date upon which the underwriters exercised their option to purchase additional Common Stock from INDUS.
Fourth Quarter & Full year Earnings Conference Call, Earnings Supplement and Investor Presentation
INDUS is hosting a live earnings conference call on Monday, March 7, 2022, at 10:00 am Eastern Time, to discuss its results and to provide a business update, followed by a live question and answer session. Supplemental materials containing additional financial and operating information will be available on INDUS’ website at the start of the call. All investors and other interested parties are invited to either dial in to the call (to participate in a live Q&A) or log in to a listen-only webcast which, together with the supplemental information, can be accessed via the Investors section of INDUS’ website at ir.indusrt.com, by clicking this link, or by calling the following numbers:
PARTICIPANT DIAL IN (TOLL FREE): 1-866-777-2509
PARTICIPANT INTERNATIONAL DIAL IN: 1-412-317-5413
An archived recording of the webcast will be available for three months under the Investors section of INDUS’ website at ir.indusrt.com.
About INDUS
INDUS is a real estate business principally engaged in developing, acquiring, managing and leasing industrial/logistics properties. INDUS owns 36 industrial/logistics buildings totaling approximately 5.4 million square feet in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida.
Forward-Looking Statements:
This Press Release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements include INDUS’ beliefs and expectations regarding future events or conditions including, without limitation, the completion of acquisitions and dispositions under agreements, construction and development plans and timelines, the estimated underwritten stabilized Cash NOI of its developments and Cash NOI yield estimates, expected total development and stabilization costs of developments in INDUS’ pipeline, and expected capital availability and liquidity. Although INDUS believes that its plans, intentions and expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable,