Development Activity
At the end of the fourth quarter, the Company’s development pipeline totaled $491.5 million, of which 50 percent of this cost had been incurred. The Company’s active pipeline includes five development communities, one each in Addison, TX; Denver, CO; Dublin, CA; Washington, D.C.; and King of Prussia, PA, for a combined total of 1,378 homes. During the quarter construction commenced at Village at Valley Forge, a $68.0 million, 200-home community in the King of Prussia submarket of Philadelphia, PA.
Developer Capital Program (“DCP”) Activity
At the end of the fourth quarter, the Company’s DCP investments, including accrued return, totaled $429.0 million with a weighted average return rate of 8.3 percent and weighted average remaining term of 2.4 years.
During the quarter, the Company’s $53.7 million investment balance and accrued return on its mezzanine loan for The Portals development in Washington, D.C., was repaid.
Subsequent to quarter-end, the Company committed to invest $30.2 million into Makers Rise, a 356-home multifamily development located in suburban Washington, D.C. (Herndon, VA). The investment yields 9.0 percent on the Company’s capital outstanding with five years until expected redemption and includes profit participation upon a liquidity event. The community is fully capitalized, inclusive of $16.7 million of developer equity (or approximately 15 percent of the $110.3 million total project cost), and construction is scheduled to commence during the first quarter of 2021.
Capital Markets and Balance Sheet Activity
During the quarter, the Company settled approximately 2.1 million shares of common stock under its previously-announced forward equity sales agreements at a weighted average net price of $48.23 for proceeds of $102.3 million.
As previously announced, during the quarter the Company issued $350.0 million of unsecured debt at an effective interest rate of 1.94 percent that matures in March 2033. The Company expects to allocate the net proceeds from the offering to eligible Green projects. Pending allocation for such purposes, the Company used a portion of the proceeds to redeem $183.1 million of 3.75 percent medium-term unsecured notes originally due July 2024 and repay other outstanding indebtedness, including the Company’s $67.5 million of 4.0 percent secured indebtedness originally maturing in 2023 and outstanding balances on the Company’s commercial paper program and working capital credit facility. The combined prepayment and make-whole amounts, netted against fair market value adjustments, totaled approximately $23.8 million.
Subsequent to quarter-end, UDR and its joint venture partner MetLife refinanced $302.9 million of mortgage loans with a weighted average interest rate of 3.7 percent on Columbus Square (Manhattan, NY) that were scheduled to mature in 2022 with $229.6 million of fixed rate mortgage loans at a weighted average interest rate of 2.6 percent that mature in 2031.
As of December 31, 2020, the Company had $958.4 million of liquidity through a combination of cash and undrawn capacity on its credit facilities. Please see Attachment 15 of the Company’s related quarterly Supplemental Financial Information for additional details on projected capital sources and uses.
The Company’s total indebtedness as of December 31, 2020 was $5.0 billion with no remaining consolidated maturities until 2023, excluding principal amortization, amounts on the Company’s commercial paper program and amounts on the Company’s working capital credit facility. The Company ended the quarter with fixed-rate debt representing 94.4 percent of its total debt, a weighted average interest rate of 2.91 percent and a weighted average years to maturity of 8.0 years. The Company’s consolidated leverage was 34.9 percent versus 34.2 percent a year ago, its consolidated net-debt-to-EBITDAre was 6.8x versus 6.1x a year ago and its consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio was 4.5x versus 4.9x a year ago.