Annual Report 2019
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Years ended December 31
(Amounts in thousands except per share amounts)
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| | | 2019 | | 2018 | | Change |
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| Revenues | | $ | 23,756 | | | | 22,022 | | | | 7.9 | |
| Operating profit | | $ | 5,756 | | | | 1,962 | | | | 193.4 | |
| Income from continuing operations | | $ | 8,822 | | | | 959 | | | | 819.9 | |
| Income from discontinued operations, net | | $ | 6,856 | | | | 122,129 | | | | (94.4 | ) |
| Loss attributable to noncontrolling interest | | $ | (499 | ) | | | (1,384 | ) | | | (63.9 | ) |
| Net income attributable to the Company | | $ | 16,177 | | | | 124,472 | | | | (87.0 | ) |
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| Per common share: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Income from continuing operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | | $ | 0.89 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 790.0 | |
| Diluted | | $ | 0.89 | | | | 0.09 | | | | 888.9 | |
| Income from discontinued operations, net: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | | $ | 0.69 | | | | 12.16 | | | | (94.3 | ) |
| Diluted | | $ | 0.69 | | | | 12.09 | | | | (94.3 | ) |
| Net income attributable to the Company: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | | $ | 1.64 | | | | 12.40 | | | | (86.8 | ) |
| Diluted | | $ | 1.63 | | | | 12.32 | | | | (86.8 | ) |
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| Total Assets | | $ | 538,148 | | | | 505,488 | | | | 6.5 | |
| Total Debt | | $ | 88,925 | | | | 88,789 | | | | 0.2 | |
| Shareholders' Equity | | $ | 374,888 | | | | 364,607 | | | | 2.8 | |
| Common Shares Outstanding | | | 9,817 | | | | 9,969 | | | | (1.5 | ) |
| Book Value Per Common Share | | $ | 38.19 | | | | 36.57 | | | | 4.4 | |
BUSINESS. FRP Holdings, Inc. is a holding company engaged in the real estate business, namely (i) leasing and management of commercial properties owned by the Company, (ii) leasing and management of mining royalty land owned by the Company, (iii) real property acquisition, entitlement, development and construction primarily for apartment, retail, warehouse, and office, (iv) leasing and management of a residential apartment building. The Company disposed of all but one of its warehouse properties in May 2018. The Company’s operating subsidiaries are FRP Development Corp. and Florida Rock Properties, Inc.
STRATEGY. Our strategy will consist of a re-deployment of proceeds from the May 2018 warehouse sale into asset classes that allow management to exploit its knowledge and expertise. The asset classes of choice are mix-use, raw land, existing buildings, and strategic partnerships located in core markets with growth potential. Emphasis will be placed on generating returns through opportunistic disposition versus cash-flow and long-term appreciation.
OBJECTIVE.We strive to improve shareholder value through (1) active engagement with properties and partners to grow asset value, (2) contributing our operating expertise and connections to maximize value and NOI growth, and (3) manage our capital structure in an efficient and responsible manner, with a watchful eye on projected future market conditions and trends to facilitate timely disposition of selected assets, (4) balancing growth against market pressure.
To Our Shareholders,
In many ways, 2019 was an embodiment of SALY, the old accounting acronym- “Same As Last Year.” Like last year, we were able to push rents at Dock 79 despite additional supply entering the market. Like last year, with the second quarter sales of 1502 Quarry Drive and 7030 Dorsey Road, we continued the disposition of our “heritage” assets. Like last year, our mining royalty segment had its biggest year ever in terms of both revenue and operating profit. And like last year, we remain a company in transition. The industrial asset sale of 2018 continues to present us with the enviable problem of determining the best way to redeploy a substantial amount of money. Despite the frothiness of the market and the seemingly unsustainable heights achieved by asset prices, we were able to put some of the proceeds to work in projects where we believe both the market and the “pop” in value from development will still translate into shareholder value. However, same as last year, we believe a strong cash position and a fortress balance sheet are the best foot forward for this Company in the near term. This unprecedented run of economic growth will not last forever and given the level of market and political uncertainty looming in 2020, we have every reason to believe that having cash and a lot of it will prove useful when things go from SALY to stormy.
Asset Management
The vast majority of what constituted the Asset Management Segment was sold in 2018. That liquidation continued this year with the sale of our office property at 7030 Dorsey Road in the second quarter for $8.85 million. Of the 43 properties in the Asset Management Segment at the start of 2018, all that remains is the Company’s home office building in Sparks, MD and the vacant lot in Jacksonville still under lease to Vulcan that used to house Florida Rock Industries’ home office. This past year, we added two properties to this segment—Cranberry Run and 1801 62nd Street. Cranberry Run is a five-building industrial park in Harford County, MD totaling 268,010 square feet of industrial/ flex space. We made substantial progress in 2019 on our plan to implement approximately $2 million in improvements in order to lease-up the property. An additional $1 million of capital is projected for future leasing costs bringing the total investment to approximately $9.5 million or $35 per square foot. At year end it was 26.1% leased and occupied. 1801 62nd Street is our most recent spec building in Hollander Business Park and is our first warehouse with a 32-foot clear-height ceiling. We completed construction on this building earlier this year and it is now 100% leased and occupied. These additions, the former a value-add, opportunistic acquisition and the latter, an in-house development of one of the parcels remaining at Hollander Business Park, are indicative of the types of assets we intend to add periodically to this segment. But they should not be mistaken as the first steps on the road to rebuilding the kind of Asset Management segment we operated prior to last year’s sale. We are no longer in the develop and hold business when it comes to industrial assets. Rather, we will develop buildings from our existing land bank and from new raw land purchases, or rehabilitate an existing industrial asset acquired at a discount with the aim of selling the fully leased buildings individually or in groups when the market dictates these actions. Total revenues in this segment were $2,190,000, down $119,000 or 5.2%, over the same period last year. Operating loss was ($450,000), down $1,348,000 from an operating profit of $898,000 in the same period last year due to higher allocation of corporate expenses and increased operating expenses associated with the Cranberry Run acquisition in the first quarter and the addition of 1801 62nd Street to Asset Management second quarter.
Mining Royalty
Total revenues in this segment were $9,438,000 versus $8,139,000 in the same period last year. Total operating profit in this segment was $8,521,000, an increase of $1,231,000 versus $7,290,000 in the same period last year. As mentioned previously, this was the single greatest year in terms of financial performance for this segment. But even that very lofty sentence fails to capture just how remarkably well this segment performed. Operating profit this year was higher than last year’s revenue, which until this year was the highest revenue total in this segment’s history. Had the year ended after the first three quarters, which is to say, had we collected no royalties whatsoever in the fourth quarter, this segment would still have experienced its third highest revenue total.
It is perfectly rational to see numbers like these and both continue to project revenues up and to the right, while at the same time wonder when the music is going to stop. We have every reason to believe that as good as this year was, next year will be even better. Demand for housing still exceeds supply. The Savannah market served by our Macon Quarry is incredibly active. The increased production at our Ft. Myers quarry that fueled this record year should only continue. Looking to the end of next year and beyond, now that Cemex has fully permitted our Lake Louisa property,
its ability to realize these reserves in one of the country’s best sand markets should positively impact revenue and income over the term of the lease beyond the minimums we’ve been collecting.
Though it would be unreasonable to expect the party to go on forever, the aggregates industry is in a very different place than it was at the end of the last period of economic expansion and, we believe, well positioned to absorb a downturn. The high barriers to entry (capital and regulatory) inherent to the industry allow our tenants to maintain prices even if volumes fall. Furthermore, aggregates consumption is still well below its peak both at a national level (2.46 billion metric tons of crushed stone and sand and gravel in the twelve months ended September 30, 2019 vs 3.01 billion metric tons in 2006) and for this company (8.6 million tons this year vs 10.3 million tons in 2006). That the industry has not recovered the volumes achieved during the housing boom is partly a function of the simple fact that there was more construction going on than the market could bear. Volumes like we saw in 2006 were unsustainable at that time. However, that difference in volumes is also a function of a decade of low unemployment. A limited supply of qualified labor from which the industry could pull has created a bottleneck where project demand exceeds capacity. Though this has hampered the ability of the industry to grow, this situation has also precipitated a backlog of projects that should keep demand steady in the future. We do not think the delta between current and apex volumes is a sure sign of things to come, but rather, an indicator that if we are at or close to the current economic peak, this is a far less frothy peak with a far less precipitous drop and a much longer runway as a result of the pent-up demand caused by this sustained labor shortage.
Our reserves of more than half a billion tons represent a “long” bet on the Virginia, Georgia, and Florida markets served by our properties. Both the mining leases and the potential “second lives” of these properties reflect our confidence in the long-term future growth in this segment.
Development
Our overall goal in this segment is to convert all our non-income producing lands into income production. Whether through the orderly development of our existing properties, joint ventures, and/or selling land to acquire developed assets, this segment is how we leverage and convert potential shareholder value into actual income.
In keeping with this plan, during the second quarter of 2018, we began construction on a 94,350-square foot spec building at Hollander Business Park. This Class “A” facility was our first building with a 32-foot clear-height ceiling and was added to the Asset Management Segment this year. It is now 100% leased and occupied. There are four remaining lots at Hollander Business Park. One lot is ground leased for a compressed natural gas station. The remaining three lots are in various stages of entitlements. Two lots are currently being entitled for two warehouse buildings totaling 145,750 square feet on which we plan to begin construction in 2020. We should begin entitling the final lot at Hollander in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Beyond Hollander, we have three pad sites totaling 14.6 acres remaining at our Lakeside Business Park. In April 2019, we entered into a contract to sell these sites for $3.75 million. The buyer has finished its due diligence and we expect to close in April 2020.
Shell construction on all buildings at our joint venture with St. John Properties was completed in January 2019. We are now in the process of leasing these four single-story buildings totaling 100,030 square feet of office and retail space. At the end of the year, Phase I was 44% leased and occupied.
In April 2018, we began construction on Phase II of our RiverFront on the Anacostia project, now known as “The Maren.” Construction is nearly complete on this 264-unit-building and we have already begun pre-leasing in anticipation of delivering the first units in the first quarter of 2020. In December 2018, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with MRP for the first phase of a multifamily, mixed-use project in northeast Washington, DC along the Metro known as “Bryant Street.” FRP contributed $32 million in common equity and another $23 million in preferred equity. The development is in what is known as an Opportunity Zone, which has allowed us to defer and possibly partly eliminate $14.9 million in state and federal taxes. Construction began in February 2019 with the first building scheduled to deliver by fourth quarter 2020 with the balance by third quarter 2021.
In December 2019, the company entered into two joint ventures in Greenville, SC with a new partner, Woodfield Development. Woodfield specializes in Class-A multi-family, mixed use developments primarily in the Carolinas and
DC. Our first joint venture with them is a 200-unit multifamily project known as “Riverside.” FRP contributed $6.2 million in common equity for a 40% ownership interest. Construction is set to begin in the first quarter of 2020 and should be complete in the third quarter of 2021. The second joint venture in Greenville with Woodfield is a 227-unit multifamily development known as “.408 Jackson.” It will have 4,700 square feet of retail and is located across the street from Greenville’s minor league baseball stadium. FRP contributed $9.7 million in common equity for a 40% ownership interest. Construction is set to begin in the second quarter of 2020 and should be complete in the second quarter of 2022. Though these projects are a step outside of our traditional geographic footprint, we were really impressed with Greenville and felt the growth potential of the market and the track record of our partner warranted the investment. Both projects are qualified opportunity zone investments and will defer a combined $4.3 million in taxes.
In the final days of 2019, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with MRP for the development of a mixed-use project known as “1800 Half Street.” The development is located in the Buzzard Point area of Washington, DC, less than half a mile downriver from Dock 79 and the Maren. It lies directly between our two acres on the Anacostia, currently under lease by Vulcan, and Audi Field, the home stadium of the DC United. The ten-story structure will have 344 apartments and 11,246 square feet of ground floor retail. FRP contributed $37.3 million in common equity. Beyond investing in one of the best markets in the country, what really attracted us to this deal is the ability to augment our footprint in an area where we already planned to develop, with partners we know and trust, and the added benefit of investing in an opportunity zone which allows us to defer just over $10 million in taxes associated with last year’s asset sales. Construction should begin in May 2020 with the expectation of delivering the first units in April 2022. As alluded to previously, we think this investment will only further enhance and serve as a launching point for Square 664E, our two acres on the Anacostia River, when Vulcan’s lease finally runs out in 2026.
Beyond our development pipeline, we have two more pieces of property in our Ft. Myers Quarry and Hampstead Overlook that we see potential in monetizing in the next few years. Hampstead was originally purchased as a commercial business park, but management determined that the best use for the property was residential. We have sought to rezone the property for that use in order to sell it and redeploy this capital into assets with more near-term income producing potential. We are fully engaged in the formal process of seeking PUD entitlements for this 118-acre tract which received non-appealable rezoning from industrial to residential during the first quarter of this year.
Finally, now that Vulcan is starting to mine the reserves at Ft. Myers, we anticipate that the second life of that quarry will be upon us within seven years. Once our reserves are depleted on the developable segment of the property, we will have land in place around two lakes sufficient to accommodate 105 one-acre, waterfront, residential lots. The sale of that many lots of that size in that market should provide significant value to our shareholders.
We will continue to monitor all our sites and their markets and remain opportunistic regarding their best use.
Stabilized Joint Ventures
2019 was the second full year of having Dock 79 consolidated on to the Company’s books. Average occupancy for 2019 was 95.46% and at the end of the year, Dock 79 was 91.48% leased and 93.44% occupied. Over the course of the year, 60.68% of expiring leases renewed with an average increase in rent of 2.76%. Net Operating Income for this segment was $7,167,000, up $629,000 or 9.62% compared to the same period last year, primarily due to substantial increases in NOI from our retail tenants compared to last year. We were pleasantly surprised with the strength of these numbers, particularly the renewals and rent increases. That we renewed a higher percentage of tenants than we did in 2018 (60.68% vs. 58.40%) with a comparable percentage increase in rent (2.76% vs 3.29%), all during the construction of the Maren next door (in the case of some tenants, mere feet away)—we believe is a powerful reminder of both the quality of the asset and the demand for waterfront real estate… and in no way bears responsibility for the Nationals three home losses during the World Series.
Dock 79 is a joint venture between the Company and MRP, in which FRP Holdings, Inc. is the majority partner with 66% ownership.
In light of the performance of the Mining Royalties Segment or Dock 79 or the transformation of our Asset Management Segment, one could look back at the twelve months since this letter last found you with some degree of satisfaction. This was an excellent year for many of our assets—in some cases, the best year they’ve ever had. And
yet the asset that looms largest in the minds of management—our substantial cash holdings—remains by and large unchanged and presents us with the same challenges we faced a year ago. We are actively pursuing different projects in which to put the money to use while remaining cautious and perhaps conservative in terms of the standard of quality of any project we consider. From an outsider’s perspective, the end result of having a foot on both the accelerator and the brakes looks exactly the same as doing nothing. Rest assured, that is not the case. The $53 million in opportunity zone investments made at the end of the year speak to that, as do the over $8 million in share repurchases we made in 2019. But the $160 million that remains deserves a better home than fixed income, and so we are faced with a choice in investment philosophy: do we find a home for the money today that can generate a better return than investment-grade bonds, or do we sit pat and wait for something extraordinary? We opted for the latter, and the shareholder patience required to execute it has not gone unappreciated by management. In the end, it is our belief that it won’t go unrewarded
Respectfully yours,
John D. Baker II
C.E.O. and Executive Chairman
OPERATING PROPERTIES
The Company owns, directly or through interests in joint ventures, over 20,000 acres of land in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia. This land is generally held by the Company in four distinct segments (i) Asset Management Segment (land owned and operated as income producing rental properties in the form of office building properties), (ii) Mining Royalty Lands Segment (land owned and leased to mining companies for royalties or rents), (iii) Development Segment (land owned and held for investment to be further developed for future income production or sales to third parties), and (iv) Stabilized Joint Venture Segment.
Asset Management Segment. On May 21, 2018, the Company completed the disposition of 40 industrial warehouse properties and three additional land parcels to an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VIII, L.P. for $347.2 million. One warehouse property valued at $11.7 million was excluded from the sale due to the tenant exercising its right of first refusal to purchase the property. On June 28, 2019, the Company completed the sale of the excluded property to the same buyer for $11.7 million. These properties comprised substantially all the assets of our Asset Management segment and have been reclassified as discontinued operations for all periods presented.
As of December 31, 2019, the Asset Management Segment owned four commercial properties as follows:
1) 34 Loveton Circle in suburban Baltimore County, Maryland consists of one office building totaling 33,708 square feet which is 95.2% occupied (16% of the space is occupied by the Company for use as our Baltimore headquarters).
2) 155 E. 21st Street in Duval County, Florida was an office building property that remains under lease through March 2026. We permitted the tenant to demolish all structures on the property during 2018.
3) Cranberry Office Park consists of five office buildings totaling 268,010 square feet which are 26.1% occupied at December 31, 2019.
4) 1801 62nd Street consists of 94,350 square feet and was completed in second quarter. The building is 100% leased at December 31, 2019.
Mining Royalty Lands Segment – Mining Properties. The following table summarizes the Company's mining royalty lands and estimated reserves at December 31, 2019 a substantial portion of which are leased to Vulcan Materials.
| | | | | | Tons of |
| | | | Tons Sold | | Estimated |
| | | | in Year | | Reserves |
| | | | Ended | | at |
| | | | 12/31/2019 | | 12/31/2019 |
| | | | | (000’s) | | | | (000’s) | |
| The Company owns nine locations | | | | | | | | | |
| currently being mined in Grandin, | | | | | | | | | |
| Ft. Myers, Keuka, Newberry, | | | | | | | | | |
| and Astatula, Florida; Columbus, | | | | | | | | | |
| Macon, and Tyrone, Georgia; | | | | | | | | | |
| and Manassas, Virginia comprising approximately 12,742 acres. | | | | 7,815 | | | | 437,892 | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
| The Company owns four locations that | | | | | | | | | |
| are leased for mining but are not currently | | | | | | | | | |
| being mined in Marion County and Lake Louisa and Lake Sand in Lake County, Florida | | | | | | | | | |
| and Forest Park Georgia comprising approximately 2,452 acres. | | | | 0 | | | | 73,369 | |
This table excludes the Brooksville, Florida property, approximately 4,280 acres, as it was transferred on October 4, 2006 to a joint venture with Vulcan Materials Company (“Vulcan Materials”) for future development.
In May 2014 the Company entered into an amendment to our lease agreement for our Ft. Myers location requiring that the mining be accelerated and that the mining plan be conformed to accommodate the future construction of up to 105 residential dwelling units around the mined lakes. In return, the Company agreed to sell Lee County a right of way for a connector road that would benefit the residential area on our property and to place a conservation easement on part of the property. In April 2017, Lee County issued a Mine Operating Permit that permits mining activity to take place on land owned by the Company in Ft. Myers. This action fully entitled the property and allowed Vulcan to begin production. Mining commenced in September 2017.
In November 2017, Lake County commissioners voted to approve a permit to Cemex to mine the Company’s land in Lake Louisa, Florida. The county issued the mining permit in July 2019. After completing the work necessary to prepare this site to become an active sand mine, Cemex expects to begin mining by early 2021.
Mining Royalty Lands Segment - Brooksville Joint Venture.On October 4, 2006, a subsidiary of the Company (Florida Rock Properties, Inc.) entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Vulcan Materials Company to jointly own and develop approximately 4,280 acres of land near Brooksville, Florida as a mixed-use community. In April 2011, the Florida Department of Community Affairs issued its Final Order approving the development of the Project consisting of 5,800 residential dwelling units and over 600,000 square feet of commercial and 850,000 of light industrial uses. The Master Plan zoning for the Project was approved by the County in August 2012. Vulcan Materials still mines on the property and the Company receives 100% of the royalty on all tons sold at the Brooksville location. In 2019, 295,000 tons were sold, and estimated reserves were 4,611,000 as of December 31, 2019. During 2017, the Company agreed to extend the mining lease on this property for an additional ten years, through the year 2032, in exchange for a requirement to increase production 100,000 tons by December 31, 2023.
Mining Royalty Lands Segment - Other Properties. The segment also owns an additional 1,775 acres of investment properties in Gulf Hammock (approximately 1,600 acres currently listed for sale), Brooksville, and Polk County, Florida.
Development Segment – Warehouse/Office Land.
At December 31, 2019 this segment owned the following future development parcels:
| 1) | 15 acres of horizontally developed land available for future construction of an additional 187,550 square feet of warehouse/office product at Lakeside Business Park in Harford County, Maryland. |
| 2) | 25 acres of horizontally developed land capable of supporting 227,490 square feet of warehouse, office, and flex buildings at Hollander 95 Business Park in Baltimore City, Maryland. |
Development Segment – Land Held for Investment or Sale.
| 1) | The RiverFront on the Anacostia property is a 5.8-acre parcel of real estate in Washington D.C. that fronts the Anacostia River and is adjacent to the Washington Nationals Baseball Park. A revised Planned Unit Development (PUD) plan was approved in 2012 and permits the Company to develop a four building, mixed use project, containing approximately 1,161,050 square feet, constructed in four phases. The approved development would include numerous publicly accessible open spaces and a waterfront esplanade along the Anacostia River. The first phase (now known as Dock 79), completed through a joint venture, consisted of a single building with residential and retail uses and became our fourth business segment in July 2017, now known as the Stabilized Joint Venture Segment. The second phase (now known as Maren) commenced construction in April 2018 under a joint venture with substantial completion estimated in June 2020 and also consists of a single building with residential and retail uses. The final two phases, Phase 3 and Phase 4 remain under a first-stage PUD approval expiring April 5, 2023, permitting 599,535 square feet of development. |
| 2) | The Hampstead Trade Center property in Hampstead, Carroll County, Maryland is a 118-acre parcel located adjacent to the State Route 30 bypass. The parcel was previously zoned for industrial use. On December 22, 2018, The Town of Hampstead re-awarded FRP its request for rezoning with a 30-day appeal period. No appeal |
was filed, therefore, FRP can now move forward with its residential concept plan. Management believes this to be a higher and better use of the property. We are fully engaged in the formal process of seeking PUD entitlements for this 118-acre tract in Hampstead, Maryland, now known as “Hampstead Overlook”.
| 3) | Bryant Street Partnerships: On December 24, 2018 the Company and MRP Realty formed four partnerships to purchase and develop approximately 5 acres of land at 500 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, D.C. This property is the first phase of the Bryant Street Master Plan. The property is located in an Opportunity Zone, which provides tax benefits in the new communities development program as established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. |
| 4) | 1800 Half Street. On December 20, 2019 the Company and MRP formed a joint venture to acquire and develop a mixed-use project located at 1800 Half Street, Washington, D.C. This property is located in the Buzzard Point area of Washington, DC, less than half a mile downriver from Dock 79 and the Maren. It lies directly between our two acres on the Anacostia current under lease by Vulcan and Audi Field, the home stadium of the DC United. The project is located in an Opportunity Zone, which provides tax benefits in the new communities’ development program as established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. |
| 5) | The Company’s Square 664E property is approximately two acres and sits on the Anacostia River at the base of South Capitol Street less than half a mile down river from our RiverFront on the Anacostia property. This property is currently under lease to Vulcan Materials for use as a concrete batch plant. The lease terminates on August 31, 2021 and Vulcan has the option to renew for one additional period of five years. In July 2018, Audi Field, the home of the DC United professional soccer club, opened its doors to patrons in Buzzard Point. The 20,000-seat stadium hosts 17 home games each year in addition to other outdoor events. The stadium is separated from our property by 1800 Half Street, the property acquired in a joint venture between the Company and MRP in December 2019. In March 2017 reconstruction of the bulkhead was completed at a cost of $4.2 million in anticipation of future high-rise development. |
| 6) | Greenville/Woodfield: In December 2019, the company entered into two joint ventures in Greenville, SC with a new partner, Woodfield Development. Woodfield specializes in Class-A multi-family, mixed use developments primarily in the Carolinas and DC. Our first joint venture with them is a 200-unit multifamily project known as “Riverside.” The second joint venture in Greenville with Woodfield is a 227-unit multifamily development known as “.408 Jackson.” It will have 4,700 square feet of retail and is located across the street from Greenville’s minor league baseball stadium. |
Stabilized Joint Venture Segment.
We have renamed this segment from RiverFront on the Anacostia to the Stabilized Joint Venture segment as we intend to transfer additional joint ventures from our Development segment into this segment as they reach stabilization.
In 2014, approximately 2.1 acres (Phase I) of the total 5.8-acres was contributed to a joint venture owned by the Company (77%) and our partner, MRP Realty (23%), and construction commenced in October 2014 on a 305-unit residential apartment building with approximately 18,000 sq. ft. of first floor retail space. Lease up commenced in May 2016 and rent stabilization of the residential units of 90% occupied was achieved in the third quarter of 2017. The attainment of stabilization resulted in a change of control for accounting purposes as the veto rights of the minority shareholder lapsed and the Company became the primary beneficiary. As such, beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value based on a third-party opinion), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture. This consolidation resulted in a gain on remeasurement of investment in real estate partnership of $60,196,000 of which $20,469,000 was attributed to the noncontrolling interest. The Company used the fair value amount to calculate adjusted ownership under the Conversion election. As such for financial reporting purposes effective July 1, 2017 the Company ownership is based upon this substantive profit-sharing arrangement and is 66.0% on a prospective basis.
In July 2019, the Company completed a like-kind exchange by reinvesting $6,000,000 into a Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) known as CS1031 Hickory Creek DST. The DST owns a 294-unit garden-style apartment community known as Hickory Creek consisting of 19 three-story apartment buildings containing 273,940 rentable square feet. Hickory Creek was constructed in 1984 and substantially renovated in 2016 and is located in Henrico County, Virginia. FRP is a 26.649% beneficial owner and receives monthly distributions.
Real Estate Summary Schedule at December 31, 2019 (dollars in thousands).
| | | | Encumb- | | | | Gross | | | | Net | | | | Date | | | | Revenue | |
| County | | | Rances | | | | Book Cost | | | | Book Value | | | | Acquired | | | | 2019 | |
| Mining Royalty Lands | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alachua, FL | | | | | | $ | 1,442 | | | $ | 1,272 | | | | 4/86 | | | $ | 1,201 | |
| Clayton, GA | | | | | | | 369 | | | | 364 | | | | 4/86 | | | | 93 | |
| Fayette, GA | | | | | | | 885 | | | | 773 | | | | 4/86 | | | | 700 | |
| Lake, FL | | | | | | | 403 | | | | 245 | | | | 4/86 | | | | 150 | |
| Lake, FL | | | | | | | 1,083 | | | | 77 | | | | 4/86 | | | | 479 | |
| Lake Louisa, FL | | | | | | | 11,039 | | | | 11,039 | | | | 5/12 | | | | 1,024 | |
| Lee, FL | | | | | | | 4,703 | | | | 4,542 | | | | 4/86 | | | | 798 | |
| Monroe, GA | | | | | | | 792 | | | | 494 | | | | 4/86 | | | | 1,148 | |
| Muscogee, GA | | | | | | | 324 | | | | 0 | | | | 4/86 | | | | 373 | |
| Prince William, VA | | | | | | | 298 | | | | 0 | | | | 4/86 | | | | 1,289 | |
| Putnam, FL | | | | | | | 15,039 | | | | 10,277 | | | | 4/86 | | | | 1,717 | |
| Putnam, FL | | | | | | | 300 | | | | 17 | | | | 4/86 | | | | 0 | |
| Spalding, GA | | | | | | | 20 | | | | 20 | | | | 4/86 | | | | 6 | |
| Marion, FL | | | | | | | 1,185 | | | | 585 | | | | 4/86 | | | | 146 | |
| Investment Property | | | | | | | 1,225 | | | | 623 | | | | 4/86 | | | | 0 | |
| Brooksville Joint Venture | | | | | | | 7,500 | | | | 7,500 | | | | 4/86 | | | | 314 | |
| | | | 0 | | | | 46,607 | | | | 37,828 | | | | | | | | 9,438 | |
| Asset Management Properties | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Baltimore, MD | | | | | | | 6,284 | | | | 2,542 | | | | 10/89 | | | | 521 | |
| Duval, FL | | | | | | | 198 | | | | 159 | | | | 4/86 | | | | 730 | |
| Harford, MD | | | | | | | 8,119 | | | | 7,907 | | | | 2/19 | | | | 407 | |
| Harford, MD | | | | | | | 1,682 | | | | 1,682 | | | | 8/95 | | | | 0 | |
| Baltimore City, MD | | | | | | | 7,384 | | | | 7,176 | | | | 4/19 | | | | 24 | |
| Anne Arundel, MD | | | | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 7/07 | | | | 508 | |
| | | | 0 | | | | 23,667 | | | | 19,466 | | | | | | | | 2,190 | |
| Development Properties | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Baltimore, MD | | | | | | | 5,391 | | | | 5,391 | | | | 12/02 | | | | 0 | |
| Carroll, MD | | | | | | | 8,243 | | | | 8,243 | | | | 3/08 | | | | 0 | |
| Baltimore City, MD | | | | | | | 4,258 | | | | 4,058 | | | | 12/10 | | | | 66 | |
| Washington D.C. | | | | | | | 8,010 | | | | 6,098 | | | | 4/13 | | | | 79 | |
| Washington D.C. | | | | | | | 8,480 | | | | 8,010 | | | | 4/86 | | | | 1,019 | |
| Washington D.C. | | | | | | | 58,353 | | | | 58,353 | | | | 12/18 | | | | 0 | |
| Washington D.C. | | | | | | | 25,975 | | | | 25,975 | | | | 5/18 | | | | 0 | |
| Henrico Cty, VA | | | | | | | 6,000 | | | | 6,000 | | | | 7/19 | | | | 0 | |
| Baltimore Cty, MD | | | | | | | 3,492 | | | | 3,492 | | | | 2/19 | | | | 0 | |
| Prince George Cty, MD | | | | | | | 508 | | | | 508 | | | | 7/19 | | | | 0 | |
| Washington D.C. | | | | | | | 37,314 | | | | 37,314 | | | | 12/19 | | | | 0 | |
| Greenville, SC | | | | | | | 9,718 | | | | 9,718 | | | | 12/19 | | | | 0 | |
| Greenville, SC | | | | | | | 6,201 | | | | 6,201 | | | | 12/19 | | | | 0 | |
| | | | 0 | | | | 181,943 | | | | 179,361 | | | | | | | | 1,164 | |
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| Riverfront | | | 88,925 | | | | 149,074 | | | | 134,365 | | | | 07/17 | | | | 10,964 | |
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| Grand Totals(1) | | $ | 88,925 | | | $ | 401,291 | | | $ | 371,020 | | | | | | | $ | 23,756 | |
| (1) | Includes investments in joint ventures of $160,452. |
Five Year Summary
(Amounts in thousands except per share amounts)
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| | | December 31, | | December 31, | | September 30, |
| | | 2019 | | 2018 | | 2017 | | 2016 | | 2016 | | 2015 |
| Summary of Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Revenues | | $ | 23,756 | | | | 22,022 | | | | 15,602 | | | | 2,754 | | | | 11,306 | | | | 9,674 | |
| Operating profit | | $ | 5,756 | | | | 1,962 | | | | 1,041 | | | | 516 | | | | 3,236 | | | | (633 | ) |
| Interest expense | | $ | 1,054 | | | | 3,103 | | | | 2,741 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (50 | ) |
| Income (loss) from continuing operations | | $ | 8,822 | | | | 959 | | | | 49,548 | | | | (394 | ) | | | 5,010 | | | | (526 | ) |
| Per Common Share: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | | $ | 0.89 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 4.97 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | 0.51 | | | | (0.05 | ) |
| Diluted | | $ | 0.89 | | | | 0.09 | | | | 4.94 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | 0.51 | | | | (0.05 | ) |
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| Income from discontinued operations, net | | $ | 6,856 | | | | 122,129 | | | | 11,003 | | | | 2,076 | | | | 7,014 | | | | 8,798 | |
| Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest | | $ | (499 | ) | | | (1,384 | ) | | | 18,801 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
| Net income attributable to the Company | | $ | 16,177 | | | | 124,472 | | | | 41,750 | | | | 1,682 | | | | 12,024 | | | | 8,272 | |
| Per Common Share: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | | $ | 1.64 | | | | 12.40 | | | | 4.19 | | | | 0.17 | | | | 1.22 | | | | 0.85 | |
| Diluted | | $ | 1.63 | | | | 12.32 | | | | 4.16 | | | | 0.17 | | | | 1.22 | | | | 0.84 | |
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| Financial Summary: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Property and equipment, net | | $ | 202,187 | | | | 206,553 | | | | 209,914 | | | | 224,247 | | | | 220,616 | | | | 207,205 | |
| Total assets | | $ | 538,148 | | | | 505,488 | | | | 418,734 | | | | 266,560 | | | | 264,789 | | | | 251,737 | |
| Long-term debt | | $ | 88,925 | | | | 88,789 | | | | 118,317 | | | | 40,745 | | | | 41,932 | | | | 47,801 | |
| Shareholders' equity | | $ | 374,888 | | | | 364,607 | | | | 243,530 | | | | 198,820 | | | | 196,099 | | | | 182,342 | |
| Net Book Value per common share | | $ | 38.19 | | | | 36.57 | | | | 24.32 | | | | 20.05 | | | | 19.87 | | | | 18.62 | |
| Other Data: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Weighted average common shares - basic | | | 9,883 | | | | 10,040 | | | | 9,975 | | | | 9,879 | | | | 9,846 | | | | 9,756 | |
| Weighted average common shares - diluted | | | 9,926 | | | | 10,105 | | | | 10,040 | | | | 9,923 | | | | 9,890 | | | | 9,827 | |
| Number of employees | | | 12 | | | | 10 | | | | 19 | | | | 18 | | | | 18 | | | | 18 | |
| Shareholders of record | | | 342 | | | | 355 | | | | 382 | | | | | | | | 414 | | | | 423 | |
Quarterly Results(unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands except per share amounts)
| | For the Quarter Ended | | |
| | March 31, | | June 30, | | September 30, | | December 31, | | |
| | 2019 | | 2019 | | 2019 | | 2019 | | Total Fiscal Year 2019 |
| Revenues | $ | 5,714 | | | | 6,363 | | | | 5,883 | | | | 5,796 | | | | 23,756 | |
| Operating profit | $ | 1,355 | | | | 2,107 | | | | 1,358 | | | | 936 | | | | 5,756 | |
| Income from continuing operations | $ | 1,641 | | | | 2,952 | | | | 1,902 | | | | 2,327 | | | | 8,822 | |
| Discontinued operations, net | $ | 86 | | | | 6,776 | | | | (13 | ) | | | 7 | | | | 6,856 | |
| Net income attributable to the Company | $ | 1,898 | | | | 9,825 | | | | 2,001 | | | | 2,453 | | | | 16,177 | |
| Earnings per common share (a): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Income from continuing operations- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | $ | 0.16 | | | | 0.30 | | | | 0.19 | | | | 0.24 | | | | 0.89 | |
| Diluted | $ | 0.16 | | | | 0.30 | | | | 0.19 | | | | 0.24 | | | | 0.89 | |
| Discontinued operations- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | $ | 0.01 | | | | 0.68 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.69 | |
| Diluted | $ | 0.01 | | | | 0.68 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.00 | | | | 0.69 | |
| Net income attributable to the Company- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | $ | 0.19 | | | | 0.99 | | | | 0.20 | | | | 0.25 | | | | 1.64 | |
| Diluted | $ | 0.19 | | | | 0.99 | | | | 0.20 | | | | 0.25 | | | | 1.63 | |
| Market price per common share (b): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| High | $ | 53.78 | | | | 55.77 | | | | 54.02 | | | | 53.70 | | | | 55.77 | |
| Low | $ | 45.75 | | | | 46.30 | | | | 47.71 | | | | 47.50 | | | | 45.75 | |
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| | For the Quarter Ended | | |
| | March 31, | | June 30, | | September 30, | | December 31, | | |
| | 2018 | | 2018 | | 2018 | | 2018 | | Total Fiscal Year 2018 |
| Revenues | $ | 5,075 | | | | 5,553 | | | | 5,742 | | | | 5,652 | | | | 22,022 | |
| Operating profit (loss) | $ | 97 | | | | (456 | ) | | | 1,668 | | | | 653 | | | | 1,962 | |
| Income (loss) from continuing operations | $ | (693 | ) | | | (879 | ) | | | 2,030 | | | | 501 | | | | 959 | |
| Discontinued operations, net | $ | 1,722 | | | | 120,465 | | | | (78 | ) | | | 20 | | | | 122,129 | |
| Net income attributable to the Company | $ | 1,560 | | | | 119,982 | | | | 2,224 | | | | 706 | | | | 124,472 | |
| Earnings per common share (a): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Income (loss) from continuing operations- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | $ | (0.07 | ) | | | (0.09 | ) | | | 0.20 | | | | 0.05 | | | | 0.10 | |
| Diluted | $ | (0.07 | ) | | | (0.09 | ) | | | 0.20 | | | | 0.05 | | | | 0.09 | |
| Discontinued operations- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | $ | 0.17 | | | | 12.01 | | | | (0.01 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | 12.16 | |
| Diluted | $ | 0.17 | | | | 11.92 | | | | (0.01 | ) | | | 0.00 | | | | 12.09 | |
| Net income attributable to the Company- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | $ | 0.16 | | | | 11.96 | | | | 0.22 | | | | 0.07 | | | | 12.40 | |
| Diluted | $ | 0.15 | | | | 11.87 | | | | 0.22 | | | | 0.07 | | | | 12.32 | |
| Market price per common share (b): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| High | $ | 57.30 | | | | 64.75 | | | | 67.35 | | | | 61.43 | | | | 67.35 | |
| Low | $ | 43.70 | | | | 55.30 | | | | 61.75 | | | | 42.97 | | | | 42.97 | |
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(a) Earnings per share of common stock is computed independently for each quarter presented. The sum of the quarterly net earnings per share of common stock for a year may not equal the total for the year due to rounding differences.
(b) All prices represent high and low daily closing prices as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
The following discussion includes a non-GAAP financial measure within the meaning of Regulation G promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to supplement the financial results as reported in accordance with GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measure discussed is net operating income (NOI). The Company uses this metric to analyze its continuing operations and to monitor, assess, and identify meaningful trends in its operating and financial performance. This measure is not, and should not be viewed as, a substitute for GAAP financial measures. Refer to “Non-GAAP Financial Measure” below in this annual report for a more detailed discussion, including reconciliations of this non-GAAP financial measure to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.
Executive Overview
FRP Holdings, Inc. (“FRP” or the “Company”) is a holding company engaged in the real estate business, namely(i) mining royalty land ownership and leasing, (ii) land acquisition, entitlement and development primarily for future warehouse/office or residential building construction, (iii) ownership, leasing, and management of a residential apartment building, and (iv) warehouse/office building ownership, leasing and management.
On May 21, 2018, the Company completed the disposition of 40 industrial warehouse properties and three additional land parcels to an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VIII, L.P. for $347.2 million. One warehouse property valued at $11.7 million was excluded from the sale due to the tenant exercising its right of first refusal to purchase the property. On June 28, 2019, the Company completed the sale of the excluded property to the same buyer for $11.7 million. This resulted in the disposition of all the Company’s industrial flex/office warehouse properties and constituted a major strategic shift and as a result, these properties have been reclassified as discontinued operations for all periods presented.
Stabilized Joint Venture became our fourth segment in July 2017 as we consolidated our joint venture which was formed to construct our first apartment building.
The Company’s operations are influenced by a number of external and internal factors. External factors include levels of economic and industrial activity in the United States and the Southeast, construction activity and costs, aggregates sales
by lessees from the Company’s mining properties, interest rates, market conditions in the Baltimore/Northern Virginia/Washington DC area, and our ability to obtain zoning and entitlements necessary for property development. Internal factors include administrative costs, success in leasing efforts and construction cost management.
Highlights of 2019.
- Our Mining Royalty segment had its best year ever in terms of revenue and operating profit.
- Construction began in February 2019 on the first phase of a multifamily, mixed-use development in northeast Washington, DC known as “Bryant Street.” This third FRP/MRP joint venture is in an Opportunity Zone.
- The Company invested $53 million in three qualified opportunity zone investments, one near our RiverFront property and two in Greenville.
Asset Management Segment.
The Asset Management segment owns, leases and manages commercial properties. These assets create revenue and cash flows through tenant rental payments, lease management fees and reimbursements for building operating costs. The major cash outlays incurred in this segment are for operating expenses, real estate taxes, building repairs, lease commissions and other lease closing costs, construction of tenant improvements, capital to acquire existing operating buildings and closing costs related thereto and personnel costs of our property management team.
As of December 31, 2019, the Asset Management Segment owned four commercial properties as follows:
1) 34 Loveton Circle in suburban Baltimore County, Maryland consists of one office building totaling 33,708 square feet which is 95.2% occupied (16% of the space is occupied by the Company for use as our Baltimore headquarters).
2) 155 E. 21st Street in Duval County, Florida was an office building property that remains under lease through March 2026. We permitted the tenant to demolish all structures on the property during 2018.
3) Cranberry Office Park consists of five office buildings totaling 268,010 square feet which are 26.1% occupied at December 31, 2019.
4) 1801 62nd Street consists of 94,350 square feet and was completed in second quarter. The building is 100% leased and occupied at December 31, 2019.
Management focuses on several factors to measure our success on a comparative basis in this segment. The major factors we focus on are (1) revenue growth, (2) net operating income, (3) growth in occupied square feet, (4) actual occupancy rate, (5) average annual occupied square feet, (6) average annual occupancy rate (defined as the occupied square feet at the end of each month during a fiscal year divided by the number of months to date in that fiscal year as a percentage of the average number of square feet in the portfolio over that same time period), (7) growth of our portfolio (in square feet), and (8) tenant retention success rate (as a percentage of total square feet to be renewed).
Mining Royalty Lands Segment.
Our Mining Royalty Lands segment owns several properties comprising approximately 15,000 acres currently under lease for mining rents or royalties (this does not include the 4,280 acres owned in our Brooksville joint venture with Vulcan Materials). Other than one location in Virginia, all of these properties are located in Florida and Georgia. The typical lease in this segment requires the tenant to pay us a royalty based on the number of tons of mined materials sold from our property during a given fiscal year multiplied by a percentage of the average annual sales price per ton sold. As a result of this royalty payment structure, we do not bear the cost risks associated with the mining operations, however, we are subject to the cyclical nature of the construction markets in these states as both volumes and prices tend to fluctuate through those cycles. In certain locations, typically where the reserves on our property have been depleted but the tenant still has a need for the leased land, we collect a minimum annual rental amount. We believe strongly in the potential for future growth in construction in Florida, Georgia, and Virginia which would positively benefit our profitability in this segment. Our mining properties had estimated remaining reserves of 516 million tons as of December 31, 2019 after a total of 8.1 million tons were consumed in 2019.
The major expenses in this segment are comprised of collection and accounting for royalties, management’s oversight of the mining leases, land entitlement for post-mining uses and property taxes at our non-leased locations and at our Grandin location which, unlike our other leased mining locations, are not paid by the tenant. As such, our costs in this business are very low as a percentage of revenue, are relatively stable and are not affected by increases in production at our locations. Our current mining tenants include Vulcan Materials, Martin Marietta, Cemex, Argos and The Concrete Company.
Additionally, these locations provide us with opportunities for valuable “second lives” for these assets through proper land planning and entitlement.
Significant “2nd life” Mining Lands:
| Location | Acreage | Status |
| Brooksville, Fl | 4,280 +/- | Development of Regional of Impact and County Land Use and Master Zoning in place for 5,800 residential unit, mixed-use development |
| Ft. Myers, FL | 1,993 +/- | Approval in place for 105, 1 acre, waterfront residential lots after mining completed. |
| Gulf Hammock, Fl | 1,600 +/- | Currently on the market |
| Total | 7,873 +/- | |
Development Segment.
Through our Development segment, we own and are continuously monitoring for their “highest and best use” several parcels of land that are in various stages of development. Our overall strategy in this segment is to convert all our non-income producing lands into income production through (i) an orderly process of constructing new commercial and residential buildings for us to own and operate or (ii) a sale to, or joint venture with, third parties. Additionally, our Development segment will purchase or form joint ventures on new developments of land not previously owned by the Company.
Revenues in this segment are generated predominately from land sales and interim property rents. The significant cash outlays incurred in this segment are for land acquisition costs, entitlement costs, property taxes, design and permitting, the personnel costs of our in-house management team and horizontal and vertical construction costs.
Since 1990, one of our primary strategies in this segment has been to acquire, entitle and ultimately develop commercial/industrial business parks providing 5–15 building pads which we typically convert into warehouse/office buildings. To date, our management team has converted 30 of these pads into developed buildings. Our typical practice has been to transfer these assets to the Asset Management segment on the earlier to occur of (i) commencement of rental revenue or (ii) issuance of the certificate of occupancy. We have also occasionally sold several of these pad sites over time to third parties.
Development Segment – Warehouse/Office Land.
At December 31, 2019 this segment owned the following future development parcels:
| 1) | 15 acres of horizontally developed land available for future construction of an additional 187,550 square feet of warehouse/office product at Lakeside Business Park in Harford County, Maryland. |
| 2) | 25 acres of horizontally developed land capable of supporting 227,490 square feet of warehouse, office, and flex buildings at Hollander 95 Business Park in Baltimore City, Maryland. |
We will continue to actively monitor these submarkets where we have lots ready for construction and take advantage of the opportunities presented to us. We will also look for new parcels to place into development.
We have three properties that were either spun-off to us from Florida Rock Industries in 1986 or acquired by us from
unrelated 3rd parties. These properties, as a result of our “highest and best use” studies, are being prepared for income generation through sale or joint venture with third parties, and in certain cases we are leasing these properties on an interim basis for an income stream while we wait for the development market to mature.
Significant Investment Lands Inventory:
| Location | Approx. Acreage | Status | NBV |
| RiverFront on the Anacostia Phases III-IV | 2.5 | Phase II contributed to JV and under construction. | $6,099,000 |
| Hampstead Trade Center, MD | 73 | Residential conceptual design program ongoing | $8,243,000 |
| Square 664E, on the Anacostia River in DC | 2 | Under lease to Vulcan Materials as a concrete batch plant through 2021 with one 5-year renewal option. | $8,011,000 |
| Total | 77.5 | | $22,353,000 |
RiverFront on the Anacostia Phases III-IV:This property consists of 2.5 acres on the Anacostia River and is immediately adjacent to the Washington National’s baseball park in the SE Central Business District of Washington, DC. Once zoned for industrial use and under a ground lease, this property is no longer under lease and has been rezoned for the construction of approximately 600,000 square feet of “mixed-use” development in two phases. See “Stabilized Joint Venture Segment” below for discussion on Phase I and Development Joint Ventures below for discussion of Phase II. Phases III and IV are slated for office, and hotel/residential buildings, respectively, all with permitted first floor retail uses.
On August 24, 2015, in anticipation of commencing construction of the new Frederick Douglass bridge at a location immediately to the west of the existing bridge, the District of Columbia filed a Declaration of Taking for a total of 7,390 square feet of permanent easement and a 5,022-square-foot temporary construction easement on land along the western boundary of the land that will ultimately hold Phase III and IV. Previously, the Company and the District had conceptually agreed to a land swap with no compensation that would have permitted the proposed new bridge, including construction easements, to be on property wholly owned by the District. As a result, the Planned Unit Development was designed and ultimately approved by the Zoning Commission as if the land swap would occur once the District was ready to move forward with the new bridge construction. In September 2016 the Company received $1,115,400 as settlement for the easement. The Company will continue to seek an agreement from the District that the existing bridge easement will terminate when the new bridge has been placed in service and the existing bridge has been removed. The Company’s position is that otherwise Phase IV will be adversely impacted, and additional compensation or other relief will be due the Company.
Hampstead Trade Center:We purchased this 118-acre tract in 2005 for $4.3 million in a Section 1031 exchange with plans of developing it as a commercial business park. The “great recession” caused us to reassess our plans for this property. As a result, Management has determined that the prudent course of action is to attempt to rezone the property for residential uses and sell the entire tract to another developer such that we can redeploy this capital into assets with more near-term income producing potential. On December 22, 2018, The Town of Hampstead re-awarded FRP its request for rezoning with a 30-day appeal period. No appeal was filed, therefore, FRP can now move forward with its residential concept plan. We are fully engaged in the formal process of seeking PUD entitlements for this 118-acre tract in Hampstead, Maryland, now known as “Hampstead Overlook”.
Square 664E, Washington, DC:This Company owned property sits on the Anacostia River at the base of South Capitol Street in an area named Buzzard Point, less than half a 1 mile down river from our RiverFront on the Anacostia property. The Square 664E property consists of approximately 2 acres and is currently under lease to Vulcan Materials for use as a concrete batch plant. The lease terminates on August 31, 2021 and Vulcan has the option to renew for one additional period of five years. In July 2018, Audi Field, the home of the DC United professional soccer club, opened its doors to patrons in Buzzard Point. The 20,000 seat stadium hosts 17 home games each year in addition to other outdoor events. The stadium is separated from our property by 1800 Half Street, the property acquired in a joint venture between the Company and MRP in December 2019.
The third leg of our Development Segment consists of investments in joint venture for properties in development as described below:
Development Segment - Investments in Joint Ventures(in thousands):
| | As of December 31, 2019 | | Total |
| | RiverFront | | Bryant Street | | DST Hickory | | 1800 Half St. | | Greenville/ | | Apartment/ |
| | Holdings II, LLC | | Partnership | | Creek | | Partnership | | Woodfield | | Mixed Use |
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| Investments in real estate, net | $ | 87,521 | | | | 95,903 | | | | 46,685 | | | | 14,391 | | | | 1,889 | | | $ | 246,389 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | | 630 | | | | 387 | | | | 1,764 | | | | 25,770 | | | | 17,325 | | | | 45,876 | |
| Unrealized rents & receivables | | 82 | | | | 158 | | | | 446 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 686 | |
| Deferred costs | | 2 | | | | 29 | | | | 474 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 505 | |
Total Assets | $ | 88,235 | | | | 96,477 | | | | 49,369 | | | | 40,161 | | | | 19,214 | | | $ | 293,456 | |
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| Secured notes payable | $ | 38,564 | | | | 1,660 | | | | 29,246 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | $ | 69,470 | |
| Other liabilities | | 6,771 | | | | 17,183 | | | | 120 | | | | 1,363 | | | | 1,889 | | | | 27,326 | |
| Capital - FRP | | 37,284 | | | | 57,479 | | | | 6,000 | | | | 37,314 | | | | 15,919 | | | | 153,996 | |
| Capital - Third Parties | | 5,616 | | | | 20,155 | | | | 14,003 | | | | 1,484 | | | | 1,406 | | | | 42,664 | |
Total Liabilities and Capital | $ | 88,235 | | | | 96,477 | | | | 49,369 | | | | 40,161 | | | | 19,214 | | | $ | 293,456 | |
| | As of December 31, 2019 | | |
| | Brooksville | | BC FRP | | | | Amber Ridge | | Apartment/ | | Grand |
| | Quarry, LLC | | Realty, LLC | | Hyde Park | | Loan | | Mixed Use | | Total |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Investments in real estate, net. | $ | 14,293 | | | | 22,423 | | | | 3,492 | | | | 509 | | | | 246,389 | | | $ | 287,106 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | | 18 | | | | 15 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 45,876 | | | | 45,909 | |
| Unrealized rents & receivables | | 0 | | | | 220 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 686 | | | | 906 | |
| Deferred costs | | 5 | | | | 311 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 505 | | | | 821 | |
| Total Assets | $ | 14,316 | | | | 22,969 | | | | 3,492 | | | | 509 | | | | 293,456 | | | $ | 334,742 | |
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| Secured notes payable | $ | 0 | | | | 12,103 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 69,470 | | | $ | 81,573 | |
| Other liabilities | | 2 | | | | 196 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 27,326 | | | | 27,524 | |
| Capital - FRP | | 7,500 | | | | 5,335 | | | | 3,492 | | | | 509 | | | | 153,996 | | | | 170,832 | |
| Capital - Third Parties | | 6,814 | | | | 5,335 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 42,664 | | | | 54,813 | |
| Total Liabilities and Capital | $ | 14,316 | | | | 22,969 | | | | 3,492 | | | | 509 | | | | 293,456 | | | $ | 334,742 | |
Brooksville Quarry, LLC..In 2006, the Company entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Vulcan Materials Company to jointly own and develop approximately 4,300 acres of land near Brooksville, Florida. Under the terms of the joint venture, FRP contributed its fee interest in approximately 3,443 acres formerly leased to Vulcan under a long-term mining lease which had a net book value of $2,548,000. Vulcan is entitled to mine a portion of the property until 2032 and pay royalties to the Company. FRP also contributed $3,018,000 for one-half of the acquisition costs of a 288-acre contiguous parcel. Vulcan contributed 553 acres that it owned as well as its leasehold interest in the 3,443 acres that it leased from FRP and $3,018,000 for one-half of the acquisition costs of the 288-acre contiguous parcel. The joint venture is jointly controlled by Vulcan and FRP. Distributions will be made on a 50-50 basis except for royalties and depletion specifically allocated to the Company. Other income for the year ended December 31, 2019 includes a loss of $42,000 representing the Company’s portion of the loss of this joint venture (not including FRP’s royalty revenues).
BC Realty, LLC (Windlass Run). In March 2016, we entered into an agreement with a Baltimore development company (St. John Properties, Inc.) to jointly develop the remaining lands of our Windlass Run Business Park. The 50/50 partnership initially calls for FRP to combine its 25 acres (valued at $7,500,000) with St. John Properties’ adjacent 10 acres fronting on a major state highway (valued at $3,239,536) which resulted in an initial cash distribution of $2,130,232 to FRP in May 2016. Thereafter, the venture will jointly develop the combined properties into a multi-
building business park to consist of approximately 329,000 square feet of single-story office space. The project will take place in several phases, with construction of the first phase, which includes two office buildings and two retail buildings totaling 100,030-square-feet (inclusive of 27,950 retail), commenced in the fourth quarter of 2017 and projected to stabilize in the fourth quarter of 2020. The start of subsequent phases will follow with the final phase commencing in the 4th quarter of 2024. On September 28, 2017 BC FRP Realty, LLC obtained $17,250,000 of construction financing commitments for 4 buildings through September 15, 2022 from BB&T at 2.5% over LIBOR. The balance outstanding on these loans at December 31, 2019 was $12,002,000. Shell building construction of the two office buildings and two retail buildings in the first phase of our joint venture with St. John Properties was completed in December 2018.
RiverFront Holdings II, LLC. On May 4, 2018, the Company and MRP formed a Joint Venture to develop Phase II and closed on construction financing with Eagle Bank. Phase II on the Anacostia known as The Maren is a 250,000-square-foot mixed-use development which supports 264 residential units and 6,900 SF of retail. The Company has contributed its land with an agreed value of $16.3 million (cost basis of $4.6 million) and $6.2 million of cash. MRP contributed capital of $5.6 million to the joint venture including development costs paid prior to the formation of the joint venture and a $725,000 development fee. The Company further agreed to fund $13.75 million preferred equity financing at 7.5% interest rate all of which was advanced through December 31, 2019. The loan from Eagle Bank allows draws of up to $71 million during construction at an interest rate of 3.25% over LIBOR. The loan is interest only and matures in 36 months with a 12-month extension assuming completion of construction and at least one occupancy. There is a provision for an additional 60 months extension with a 30-year amortization of principal at 2.15% over seven-year US Treasury Constant if NOI is sufficient for a 9% yield. The Company’s equity interest in the joint venture is accounted for under the equity method of accounting as MRP acts as the administrative agent of the joint venture and oversees and controls the day to day operations of the project. Construction began in April 2018, with substantial completion estimated in June 2020, and stabilization (meaning 90% of the individual apartments are leased and occupied by third party tenants) in late 2021.
Bryant Street Partnerships:On December 24, 2018 the Company and MRP formed four partnerships to purchase and develop approximately 5 acres of land at 500 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, D.C. This property is the first phase of the Bryant Street Master Plan. The property is located in an Opportunity Zone, which provides tax benefits in the new communities development program as established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. This first phase is a mixed-use development which supports 487 residential units and 86,042 SF of first floor and stand-alone retail on approximately five acres of the roughly 12-acre site. The Company contributed cash of $32 million in exchange for a 61.36% common equity in the partnership. The Company also contributed cash of $23 million as preferred equity financing at 8.0% interest rate. The Company records interest income for this loan and a loss in equity in joint ventures for our 61.36% equity in the partnership. On March 13, 2019 the partnerships closed on a construction loan with a group of lenders for up to $132 million at an interest rate of 2.25% over LIBOR. The loan matures March 13, 2023 with up to two extensions of one year each upon certain conditions including, for the first, a debt service coverage of at least 1.1 and a loan-to-value that does not exceed 65% and for the second, a debt service coverage of 1.25 and a maximum loan-to-value of 65%. The Company and MRP guaranteed $26 million of the loan in exchange for a 1% lower interest rate. The Company and MRP have a side agreement limiting the Company’s guarantee to its proportionate ownership. The value of the guarantee was calculated at $1.9 million based on the present value of the 1% interest savings over the anticipated 48 month term. This amount is included as part of the Company’s investment basis and is amortized to expense over the 48 months. The Company will evaluate the guarantee liability based upon the success of the project and assuming no payments are made under the guarantee the Company will have a gain for $1.9 million when the loan is paid in full. Borrower may prepay a portion of the unpaid principal to satisfy such tests. The Company’s equity interest in the joint venture is accounted for under the equity method of accounting as all the major decisions are shared equally. Construction began in February 2019, with substantial completion estimated in 3rd quarter 2021, and stabilization (meaning 88% of the individual apartments and retail are leased and occupied by third party tenants) in late 2022.
Hyde Park. On January 27, 2018 the Company entered into a loan agreement with a Baltimore developer to be the principal capital source of a residential development venture in Essexshire now known as “Hyde Park.” We have committed up to $3.5 million in exchange for an interest rate of 10% and a preferred return of 20% after which a “waterfall” determines the split of proceeds from sale. Entitlements for the development of the property are complete, a homebuilder is under contract to purchase all of the 126 recorded building lots, and settlement is expected in the second quarter of 2020.
Amber Ridge.On June 26, 2019 the Company entered into a loan agreement with a Baltimore developer to be the principal capital source of a residential development venture in Prince Georges County, Maryland known as “Amber Ridge.” We have committed up to $18.5 million in exchange for an interest rate of 10% and a preferred return of 20% after which the Company is also entitled to a portion of proceeds from sale. This project will hold 190 single-family town homes. We are currently pursuing entitlements and have two homebuilders under contract to purchase all of the 190 units upon completion of infrastructure development.
1800 Half Street.On December 20, 2019 the Company and MRP formed a joint venture to acquire and develop a mixed-use project located at 1800 Half Street, Washington, D.C. This property is located in the Buzzard Point area of Washington, DC, less than half a mile downriver from Dock 79 and the Maren. It lies directly between our two acres on the Anacostia currently under lease by Vulcan and Audi Field, the home stadium of the DC United. The project is located in an Opportunity Zone, which provides tax benefits in the new communities’ development program as established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Company contributed cash of $37.3 million. The land will be acquired in two pieces over first quarter 2020 and the construction loan is expected to close in the second quarter of 2020. The ten-story structure will have 344 apartments and 11,246 square feet of ground floor retail. The Company’s equity interest in the joint venture is account for under the equity method of accounting as all major decisions are shared equally.
Greenville Partnerships. On December 23, 2019 the Company and Woodfield Development formed a joint venture to develop a mixed-use project located at 408 Jackson, Greenville SC across the street from Greenville’s minor league baseball stadium. The project will hold 227 multifamily units and 4,700 square feet of retail space. It is located in an Opportunity Zone, which provides tax benefits in the new communities’ development program as established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Company contributed cash of $9.7 million in exchange for a 40% common equity in the joint venture. The Company’s equity interest in the joint venture is accounted for under the equity method of accounting through the construction and lease up period. Woodfield personally guaranteed the loan and will be managing the projects day to day operations. Major decisions for the entity must be made unanimously between both members.
On December 23, 2019 the Company and Woodfield formed a joint venture to develop a 200-unit multifamily apartment project located at 1430 Hampton Avenue, Greenville, SC. The project is located in an Opportunity Zone, which provides tax benefits in the new communities’ development program as established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Company contributed $6.2 million in exchange for a 40% common equity in the joint venture. The Company’s equity interest in the joint venture is accounted for under the equity method of accounting through the construction and lease up period. Woodfield personally guaranteed the loan and will be managing the projects day to day operations. Major decisions for the entity must be made unanimously between both members.
Stabilized Joint Venture Segment.
Currently the segment includes two stabilized joint ventures which own, lease and manage buildings. These assets create revenue and cash flows through tenant rental payments, and reimbursements for building operating costs. The major cash outlays incurred in this segment are for property taxes, full service maintenance, property management, utilities, marketing and our management.
Dock 79.In 2014, approximately 2.1 acres (Phase I) of the total 5.8-acres was contributed to a joint venture owned by the Company (77%) and our partner, MRP Realty (23%), and construction commenced in October 2014 on a 305-unit residential apartment building with approximately 18,000 sq. ft. of first floor retail space. Lease up commenced in May 2016 and rent stabilization of the residential units of 90% occupied was achieved in the third quarter of 2017. Upon reaching stabilization, the Company had, for a period of one year, the exclusive right to (i) cause the joint venture to sell the property or (ii) cause the Company’s and MRP’s percentage interests in the joint venture to be adjusted so as to take into account the contractual payouts assuming a sale at the value of the development at the time of this “Conversion election”. The attainment of stabilization also results in a change of control for accounting purposes as the veto rights of the minority shareholder lapsed and the Company became the primary beneficiary. As such, beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value based on a third-party opinion), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture. This consolidation resulted in a gain on remeasurement of investment in real estate partnership of $60,196,000 of which $20,469,000 was attributed to the noncontrolling interest. The Company used the fair value amount to calculate adjusted ownership under the Conversion election. As such for financial reporting purposes effective
July 1, 2017 the Company ownership is based upon this substantive profit-sharing arrangement and is 66.0% on a prospective basis.As of December 31, 2019, the residential units were 93.44% occupied and 91.48% leased, while retail units are 76% leased with just one space remaining.
DST Hickory Creek.In July 2019, the Company invested $6 million in 1031 proceeds from two sales in 2019 into a Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) known as CS1031 Hickory Creek Apartments, DST. The Company is 26.649% beneficial owner and receives monthly distributions. The DST owns a 294-unit garden-style apartment community consisting of 19 three-story apartment buildings containing 273,940 rentable square feet. The property was constructed in 1984 and substantially renovated in 2016. The property is located in Henrico County, providing residents convenient access to some of the largest employment and economic drivers in metro Richmond, including ten Fortune 1,000 companies. The project is a qualified 1031 like-kind exchange investment and will defer $790,000 in taxes associated with last year’s asset sales of 7030 Dorsey Road and 1502 Quarry Drive. The Company’s equity interest in the trust is accounted for under the cost method because we don’t have significant influence over the operating and financial policies. Monthly distributions are recorded as equity in gain or loss of joint ventures.
COMPARATIVE RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Consolidated Results
| (dollars in thousands) | Twelve Months Ended December 31, |
| | 2019 | | 2018 | | Change | | % |
| Revenues: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lease revenue | $ | 14,318 | | | $ | 13,883 | | | $ | 435 | | | | 3.1 | % |
| Mining lands lease revenue | | 9,438 | | | | 8,139 | | | | 1,299 | | | | 16.0 | % |
| Total Revenues | | 23,756 | | | | 22,022 | | | | 1,734 | | | | 7.9 | % |
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| Cost of operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Depreciation/Depletion/Amortization | | 5,855 | | | | 7,898 | | | | (2,043 | ) | | | -25.9 | % |
| Operating Expenses | | 4,134 | | | | 4,285 | | | | (151 | ) | | | -3.5 | % |
| Environmental remediation recovery | | — | | | | (465 | ) | | | 465 | | | | -100.0 | % |
| Property Taxes | | 2,941 | | | | 2,625 | | | | 316 | | | | 12.0 | % |
| Management Company indirect | | 2,514 | | | | 1,765 | | | | 749 | | | | 42.4 | % |
| Corporate Expense | | 2,556 | | | | 3,952 | | | | (1,396 | ) | | | -35.3 | % |
| Total cost of operations | | 18,000 | | | | 20,060 | | | | (2,060 | ) | | | -10.3 | % |
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| Total operating profit | | 5,756 | | | | 1,962 | | | | 3,794 | | | | 193.4 | % |
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Net investment income, including realized gains (losses) of $949 and ($1,195) | | 8,375 | | | | 2,672 | | | | 5,703 | | | | 213.4 | % |
| Interest Expense | | (1,054 | ) | | | (3,103 | ) | | | 2,049 | | | | -66.0 | % |
| Equity in loss of joint ventures | | (1,954 | ) | | | (88 | ) | | | (1,866 | ) | | | 2120.5 | % |
| Gain on sale of real estate | | 661 | | | | 40 | | | | 621 | | | | 1552.5 | % |
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| Income before income taxes | | 11,784 | | | | 1,483 | | | | 10,301 | | | | 694.6 | % |
| Provision for income taxes | | 2,962 | | | | 524 | | | | 2,438 | | | | 465.3 | % |
| Income from continuing operations | | 8,822 | | | | 959 | | | | 7,863 | | | | 819.9 | % |
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| Income from discontinued operations, net | | 6,856 | | | | 122,129 | | | | (115,273 | ) | | | -94.4 | % |
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| Net income | | 15,678 | | | | 123,088 | | | | (107,410 | ) | | | -87.3 | % |
| Loss attributable to noncontrolling interest | | (499 | ) | | | (1,384 | ) | | | 885 | | | | -63.9 | % |
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| Net income attributable to the Company | $ | 16,177 | | | $ | 124,472 | | | $ | (108,295 | ) | | | -87.0 | % |
Net income for 2019 was $16,177,000 or $1.63 per share versus $124,472,000 or $12.32 per share in the same period last year. Income from discontinued operations for 2019 was $6,856,000 or $.69 per share versus $122,129,000 or $12.09 per share in the same period last year. Income from continuing operations was impacted by the following items:
- Federal and state tax refunds of $26 million were received including $302,000 of interest income. This refund impacted the balance sheet and cash flow statement but, apart from the interest income, had no impact on the income statement because the credit to current tax expense and charge to deferred tax expense net out.
- Income tax expense was reduced $341,000 due to favorable state apportionment.
- Operating expenses includes $627,000 professional fees for Anacostia legal fees for environmental recovery efforts.
- We incurred $142,000 professional legal fees related to three new opportunity zone joint ventures.
- Interest income includes $1,709,000 for Bryant Street and The Maren preferred interest.
- Interest income includes $949,000 realized gain on bonds.
- Loss on joint ventures includes $1,232,000 for our share of Bryant Street and The Maren preferred interest and $373,000 amortization of guarantee liability related to the Bryant Street loan.
Calendar year 2018 income from continuing operations of $959,000 included $1,457,000 in stock compensation expense ($1,055,000 for the 2018 director stock grant and $402,000 for vesting of option grants from 2016 and 2017 due to the asset disposition).
Asset Management Segment Results
| | | Twelve months ended December 31 | | | | |
| (dollars in thousands) | | 2019 | | % | | 2018 | | % | | Change | | % |
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| Lease revenue | | $ | 2,190 | | | | 100.0 | % | | | 2,309 | | | | 100.0 | % | | | (119 | ) | | | -5.2 | % |
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| Depreciation, depletion and amortization | | | 708 | | | | 32.3 | % | | | 540 | | | | 23.4 | % | | | 168 | | | | 31.1 | % |
| Operating expenses | | | 650 | | | | 29.7 | % | | | 452 | | | | 19.6 | % | | | 198 | | | | 43.8 | % |
| Property taxes | | | 286 | | | | 13.0 | % | | | 164 | | | | 7.1 | % | | | 122 | | | | 74.4 | % |
| Management company indirect | | | 350 | | | | 16.0 | % | | | 102 | | | | 4.4 | % | | | 248 | | | | 243.1 | % |
| Corporate expense | | | 646 | | | | 29.5 | % | | | 153 | | | | 6.6 | % | | | 493 | | | | 322.2 | % |
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| Cost of operations | | | 2,640 | | | | 120.5 | % | | | 1,411 | | | | 61.1 | % | | | 1,229 | | | | 87.1 | % |
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| Operating profit | | $ | (450 | ) | | | -20.5 | % | | | 898 | | | | 38.9 | % | | | (1,348 | ) | | | -150.1 | % |
Most of the Asset Management Segment was reclassified to discontinued operations leaving one recent industrial acquisition, Cranberry Run, which we purchased during the first quarter of 2019, 1801 62nd Street which joined this business segment on April 1, and two commercial properties that remained after the sale this year of our office property at 7030 Dorsey Road. Cranberry Run is a five-building industrial park in Harford County, MD totaling 268,010 square feet of industrial/ flex space.We made substantial progress in 2019 on our plan to implement approximately $2 million in improvements in order to lease-up the property. An additional $1 million of capital is projected for future leasing costs bringing the total investment to approximately $9.5 million or $35 per square foot.1801 62nd Street is our most recent spec building in Hollander Business Park and is our first warehouse with a 32-foot clear-height ceiling. We completed construction of this building earlier this year and it is 100% leased and occupied as of December 31, 2019. Total revenues in this segment were $2,190,000, down $119,000 or 5.2%, over the same period last year. Operating loss was ($450,000), down $1,348,000 from an operating profit of $898,000 in the same period last year due to higher allocation of corporate expenses, increased operating expenses associated with the Cranberry Run acquisition in the first quarter and the addition of 1801 62nd Street to Asset Management second quarter.
Mining Royalty Lands Segment Results
Highlights of 2019
- Mining Royalty and rents revenue were up $1,299,000, or 16.0% versus the twelve months ended December 31, 2018.
| | | Twelve months ended December 31 | | | | |
| (dollars in thousands) | | 2019 | | % | | 2018 | | % | | Change | | % |
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| Mining lands lease revenue | | $ | 9,438 | | | | 100.0 | % | | | 8,139 | | | | 100.0 | % | | | 1,299 | | | | 16.0 | % |
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| Depreciation, depletion and amortization | | | 177 | | | | 1.9 | % | | | 198 | | | | 2.4 | % | | | (21 | ) | | | -10.6 | % |
| Operating expenses | | | 99 | | | | 1.0 | % | | | 168 | | | | 2.1 | % | | | (69 | ) | | | -41.1 | % |
| Property taxes | | | 271 | | | | 2.9 | % | | | 269 | | | | 3.3 | % | | | 2 | | | | 0.7 | % |
| Management company indirect | | | 201 | | | | 2.1 | % | | | — | | | | 0.0 | % | | | 201 | | | | 0.0 | % |
| Corporate expense | | | 169 | | | | 1.8 | % | | | 214 | | | | 2.6 | % | | | (45 | ) | | | -21.0 | % |
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| Cost of operations | | | 917 | | | | 9.7 | % | | | 849 | | | | 10.4 | % | | | 68 | | | | 8.0 | % |
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| Operating profit | | $ | 8,521 | | | | 90.3 | % | | | 7,290 | | | | 89.6 | % | | | 1,231 | | | | 16.9 | % |
Total revenues in this segment were $9,438,000 versus $8,139,000 in the same period last year. Total operating profit in this segment was $8,521,000, an increase of $1,231,000 versus $7,290,000 in the same period last year. Among the reasons for this increase in revenue and operating profit is the contribution from our Ft. Myers quarry, the revenue from which, now that mining has begun in earnest, was more than double the minimum royalty we have been receiving until recently. Royalties were reduced by $115,000 due to a volumetric adjustment from the Manassas quarry.
Development Segment Results
Highlights of 2019
- Construction began in February 2019 on the first phase of a multifamily, mixed-use development in northeast Washington, DC known as “Bryant Street.” This third FRP/MRP joint venture is in an Opportunity Zone.
- Invested $53 million in three qualified opportunity zone investments, one near our RiverFront property and two in Greenville.
| | | Twelve months ended December 31 | |
| (dollars in thousands) | | 2019 | | 2018 | | Change | |
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| Lease revenue | | $ | 1,164 | | | | 1,206 | | | | (42 | ) | |
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| Depreciation, depletion and amortization | | | 214 | | | | 228 | | | | (14 | ) | |
| Operating expenses | | | 768 | | | | 1,198 | | | | (430 | ) | |
| Environmental remediation | | | — | | | | (465 | ) | | | 465 | | |
| Property taxes | | | 1,226 | | | | 1,037 | | | | 189 | | |
| Management company indirect | | | 1,773 | | | | 1,312 | | | | 461 | | |
| Corporate expense | | | 1,581 | | | | 1,984 | | | | (403 | ) | |
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| Cost of operations | | | 5,562 | | | | 5,294 | | | | 268 | | |
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| Operating loss | | $ | (4,398 | ) | | | (4,088 | ) | | | (310 | ) | |
The Development segment is responsible for (i) seeking out and identifying opportunistic purchases of income producing warehouse/office buildings, and (ii) developing our non-income producing properties into income production.
With respect to ongoing projects:
- PUD entitlements for our 118-acre tract in Hampstead, Maryland, now known as “Hampstead Overlook” are ongoing. Earlier this year Hampstead Overlook received non-appealable rezoning from industrial to residential.
- We finished shell building construction in December 2018 on the two office buildings in the first phase of our joint venture with St. John Properties. Shell building construction of the two retail buildings was completed in January 2019. We are now in the process of leasing these four single-story buildings totaling 100,030 square feet of office and retail space. At quarter end, Phase I was 44% leased and occupied.
- We are the principal capital source of a residential development venture in Baltimore County, Maryland known as “Hyde Park.” We have committed up to $3.5 million in exchange for an interest rate of 10% and a preferred return of 20% after which a “waterfall” determines the split of proceeds from sale. Entitlements for the development of the property are complete, a homebuilder is under contract to purchase all of the 126 recorded building lots, and settlement is expected in the second quarter of 2020.
- We are the principal capital source of a residential development venture in Prince George’s County, Maryland known as “Amber Ridge.” We have committed up to $18.5 million in exchange for an interest rate of 10% and a preferred return of 20% after which a “waterfall” determines the split of proceeds from sale. Amber Ridge will hold 190 town homes. We are currently pursuing entitlements and have two homebuilders under contract to purchase all of the 190 units upon completion of development infrastructure.
- In April 2018, we began construction on Phase II of our RiverFront on the Anacostia project, now known as “The Maren.” We expect to deliver the first units of the building in April 2020.
- In December 2018, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with MidAtlantic Realty Partners (MRP) for the development of the first phase of a multifamily, mixed-use development in northeast Washington, DC known as “Bryant Street.” FRP contributed $32 million for common equity and another $23 million for preferred equity to the joint venture. Construction began in February 2019 and as of the end of the year was 46% complete. The Project is currently on time, within budget, and expected to be complete in the fourth quarter of 2021. This project is located in an opportunity zone and has allowed us to defer $14.9 million in taxes associated with last year’s asset sales.
- In December 2019, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with MRP for the development of a mixed-use project known as “1800 Half Street.” The development is located in the Buzzard Point area of Washington, DC, less than half a mile downriver from Dock 79 and the Maren. It lies directly between our two acres on the Anacostia, currently under lease by Vulcan, and Audi Field, the home stadium of the DC United. The ten-story structure will have 344 apartments and 11,246 square feet of ground floor retail. FRP contributed $37.3 million in common equity. The project is a qualified opportunity zone investment and will defer just over $10 million in taxes associated with last year’s asset sales.
- In December 2019, the company entered into two joint ventures in Greenville, SC with a new partner, Woodfield Development. Woodfield specializes in Class-A multi-family, mixed use developments primarily in the Carolinas and DC. Our first joint venture with them is a 200-unit multifamily project known as “Riverside.” FRP contributed $6.2 million in common equity for a 40% ownership interest. Construction is set to begin in the first quarter of 2020 and should be complete in the third quarter 2021. The second joint venture in Greenville with Woodfield is a 227-unit multifamily development known as “.408 Jackson.” It will have 4,700 square feet of retail and is located across the street from Greenville’s minor league baseball stadium. FRP contributed $9.7 million in common equity for a 40% ownership interest. Construction is set to begin in the second quarter of 2020 and should be complete in the second quarter of 2022. Both projects are qualified opportunity investments and will defer a combined $4.3 million in taxes.
Stabilized Joint Venture Segment Results
Highlights of 2019:
- In July 2019, the Company completed a like-kind exchange by reinvesting $6,000,000 into a Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) known as CS1031 Hickory Creek DST.
| | | Twelve months ended December 31 | | | | |
| (dollars in thousands) | | 2019 | | % | | 2018 | | % | | Change | | % |
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| Lease revenue | | $ | 10,964 | | | | 100.0 | % | | | 10,368 | | | | 100.0 | % | | | 596 | | | | 5.7 | % |
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| Depreciation, depletion and amortization | | | 4,756 | | | | 43.4 | % | | | 6,932 | | | | 66.9 | % | | | (2,176 | ) | | | -31.4 | % |
| Operating expenses | | | 2,617 | | | | 23.9 | % | | | 2,467 | | | | 23.8 | % | | | 150 | | | | 6.1 | % |
| Property taxes | | | 1,158 | | | | 10.6 | % | | | 1,155 | | | | 11.1 | % | | | 3 | | | | 0.3 | % |
| Management company indirect | | | 190 | | | | 1.7 | % | | | 351 | | | | 3.4 | % | | | (161 | ) | | | -45.9 | % |
| Corporate expense | | | 160 | | | | 1.4 | % | | | 393 | | | | 3.8 | % | | | (233 | ) | | | -59.3 | % |
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| Cost of operations | | | 8,881 | | | | 81.0 | % | | | 11,298 | | | | 109.0 | % | | | (2,417 | ) | | | -21.4 | % |
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| Operating profit | | $ | 2,083 | | | | 19.0 | % | | | (930 | ) | | | -9.0 | % | | | 3,013 | | | | n/a | |
Average occupancy for 2019 at Dock 79 was 95.46%, and at the end of the year, Dock 79 was 91.48% leased and 93.44% occupied. Through 2019, 60.68% of expiring leases have renewed with an average increase in rent of 2.76%. Net Operating Income for this segment was $7,167,000, up $629,000 or 9.62% compared to the same period last year, primarily due to substantial increases in NOI from our retail tenants compared to this period last year. Dock 79 is a joint venture between the Company and MRP, in which FRP Holdings, Inc. is the majority partner with 66% ownership.
In July 2019, the Company completed a like-kind exchange by reinvesting $6,000,000 into a Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) known as CS1031 Hickory Creek DST. The DST owns a 294-unit apartment community known as Hickory Creek consisting of 19 three-story apartment buildings containing 273,940 rentable square feet. Hickory Creek was constructed in 1984 and substantially renovated in 2016. The property is eleven miles from downtown Richmond in Henrico County, Virginia. The Company is 26.649% beneficial owner and receives monthly distributions. Distributions in 2019 were $123,000.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The growth of the Company’s businesses requires significant cash needs to acquire and develop land or operating buildings and to construct new buildings and tenant improvements. As of December 31, 2019, we had $26,607,000 of cash and cash equivalents along with $137,867,000 of investments available for sale. As of December 31, 2019, we had no debt borrowed under our $20 million Wells Fargo revolver, $411,000 outstanding under letters of credit and $19,589,000 available to borrow under the revolver. In November 2017, we secured $90 million in permanent financing for Dock 79 from EagleBank, the proceeds of which were used to pay off $79 million of construction and mezzanine debt. The remainder was distributed pari passu between the Company and our partners.
Cash Flows- The following table summarizes our cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities for each of the periods presented (in thousands of dollars):
| | | Years ended December 31, |
| | | 2019 | | 2018 | | 2017 |
| Total cash provided by (used for): | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Operating activities | | | 47,023 | | | | (37,186 | ) | | | 21,059 | |
| Investing activities | | | (33,819 | ) | | | 90,945 | | | | (15,154 | ) |
| Financing activities | | | (9,144 | ) | | | (35,736 | ) | | | (1,381 | ) |
| Increase in cash and cash equivalents | | | 4,060 | | | | 18,023 | | | | 4,524 | |
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| Outstanding debt at the beginning of the period | | | 88,789 | | | | 118,317 | | | | 40,745 | |
| Outstanding debt at the end of the period | | | 88,925 | | | | 88,789 | | | | 118,317 | |
Operating Activities -Net cash provided by operating activities in 2019 was $47,023,000 versus cash used for operating activities of $37,186,000 in the same period last year. Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations was $1,742,000. Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations was higher primarily due to the deferral of income taxes related to a 1031 exchange on the sales of 1502 Quarry Drive and 7020 Dorsey Road and the placement of $50 million in two opportunity zone funds.
Current income tax expense in 2019 includes an $13,797,000 provision to return adjustment related to the deferral of
current federal and state taxes due in connection with $50 million additional Opportunity Zone investment funds invested in June of 2019 but applied to the 2018 returns. In addition, 2019 includes an additional deferral reduction of $4,213,000 of current state taxes related to the $55 million Opportunity Zone investment in December of 2018 which were deferred rather than our prior 2018 tax position that the state taxes would not conform to the federal treatment. The aggregate of the provision to return adjustments in 2019 of $18 million offset current tax provision of $2 million absent these adjustments for a net current tax benefit of $16 million. As of December 31, 2019 the company has deferred taxes of approximately $31 million associated with $112 million of gains on sales reinvested through Opportunity Zone investments. These taxes are deferred until the earlier of the sale of the related investments or December 31, 2026 and 10% of gains are excluded from tax once the investments are held five years plus an additional 5% is excluded at seven years.
Net cash used for operating activities in 2018 was $37,186,000 versus cash provided by operating activities of $21,059,000 in 2017. Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations was $43,580,000 primarily due to income tax payments on the taxable gains on the sale of buildings. Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations was lower primarily due to a $6,892,000 increase in Federal and state income taxes receivable and a $1,945,000 reduction in other long-term liabilities primarily from environmental remediation payments related to Phase II of RiverFront construction.
Investing Activities – Net cash used in investing activities in 2019 was $33,819,000 versus cash provided by investing activities of $90,945,000 in 2018. The decrease was due primarily to the proceeds on the sale of investments available for sale offset by the purchase of investments available for sale, and the acquisition of Cranberry Business Park.
Net cash provided by investing activities increased to $90,945,000 2018 versus cash used in investing activities of $15,154,000 in 2017 due primarily to the proceeds on the sale of the buildings which were reinvested in our real estate investments and joint ventures or used to purchase investments available for sale.
At December 31, 2019 the Company was invested in 63 corporate bonds with individual maturities ranging from 2020 through 2022. The unrealized loss on these bonds of $1,212,000 was recorded as part of comprehensive income and was based on the estimated market value by National Financial Services, LLC (“NFS”) obtained from sources that may include pricing vendors, broker/dealers who clear through NFS and/or other sources (Level 2). The Company recorded a realized gain of $949,000 in its net investment income related to bonds that were sold in 2019.
Financing Activities – Net cash required by financing activities was $9,144,000 versus $35,736,000 in the same period last year primarily due to the payoff of mortgage loans related to the buildings sold in the prior year.
Net cash required by financing activities in 2018 was $35,736,000 versus $1,381,000 in 2017 primarily due to the payoff of mortgage loans related to the buildings sold and increased repurchase of company stock.
Credit Facilities - On February 6, 2019, the Company entered into a First Amendment to the 2015 Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”), effective February 6, 2019. The Credit Agreement modifies the Company’s prior Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo dated January 30, 2015. The Credit Agreement establishes a five-year revolving credit facility with a maximum facility amount of $20 million. The interest rate under the Credit Agreement will be a maximum of 1.50% over LIBOR, which may be reduced quarterly to 1.25% or 1.0% over LIBOR if the Company meets a specified ratio of consolidated debt to consolidated total capital, as defined which excludes FRP Riverfront. A commitment fee of 0.25% per annum is payable quarterly on the unused portion of the commitment but the amount may be reduced to 0.20% or 0.15% if the Company meets a specified ratio of consolidated total debt to consolidated total capital. The Credit Agreement contains certain conditions, affirmative financial covenants and negative covenants. As of December 31, 2019, there was no debt outstanding on this revolver, $411,000 outstanding under letters of credit and $19,589,000 available for borrowing. The letters of credit were issued to guarantee certain obligations to state agencies related to real estate development. Most of the letters of credit are irrevocable for a period of one year and typically are automatically extended for additional one-year periods. The letter of credit fee is 1% and applicable interest rate would have been 2.80% on December 31, 2019. The credit agreement contains certain conditions and financial covenants, including a minimum tangible net worth and dividend restriction. As of December 31, 2019, these covenants would have limited our ability to pay dividends to a maximum of $219 million combined. The Company was in compliance with all covenants as of December 31, 2019.
On November 17, 2017, Riverfront Holdings I, LLC (the "Joint Venture") refinanced the Dock 79 project pursuant to a Loan Agreement and Deed of Trust Note entered into with EagleBank ("Loan Documents"). The Joint Venture, which was formed between the Company and MRP in 2014 in connection with the development of the Riverfront on the Anacostia property, borrowed a principal sum of $90,000,000 in connection with the refinancing. The loan is secured by the Dock 79 real property and improvements, bears a fixed interest rate of 4.125% per annum and has a term of 120 months. During the first 48 months of the loan term, the Joint Venture will make monthly payments of interest only, and thereafter, make monthly payments of principal and interest in equal installments based upon a 30-year amortization period. The loan is a non-recourse loan. However, all amounts due under the Loan Documents will become immediately due upon an event of default by the Joint Venture, such events including, without limitation, Joint Venture's (i) failure to: pay, permit inspections or observe covenants under the Loan Documents, (ii) breach of representations made under the Loan Documents (iii) voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy, and (iv) dissolution, or the dissolution of the guarantor. MidAtlantic Realty Partners, LLC, an affiliate of MRP, has executed a carve-out guaranty in connection with the loan.
Cash Requirements – The Board of Directors has authorized Management to repurchase shares of the Company’s common stock from time to time as opportunities arise. During 2019 the Company repurchased 169,251 shares of stock. As of December 31, 2019, $10,939,000 was authorized for future repurchases of common stock. The Company does not currently pay any cash dividends on common stock.
The Company expended capital of $83,963,000 during 2019 for real estate development including investments in joint ventures. These capital expenditures were funded from cash and investments on hand, cash generated from operations and property sales, or borrowings under our credit facilities.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures.
To supplement the financial results presented in accordance with GAAP, FRP presents a non-GAAP financial measure within the meaning of Regulation G promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The non-GAAP financial measure included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K is net operating income (NOI). FRP uses this non-GAAP financial measure to analyze its continuing operations and to monitor, assess, and identify meaningful trends in its operating and financial performance. This measure is not, and should not be viewed as, a substitute for GAAP financial measures.
| Net Operating Income Reconciliation | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Twelve months ended 12/31/19 (in thousands) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Stabilized | | | | | | |
| | Asset | | | | Joint | | Mining | | Unallocated | | FRP |
| | Management | | Development | | Venture | | Royalties | | Corporate | | Holdings |
| | Segment | | Segment | | Segment | | Segment | | Expenses | | Totals |
| Income (loss) from continuing operations | | 63 | | | | (2,988 | ) | | | 736 | | | | 6,277 | | | | 4,734 | | | | 8,822 | |
| Income Tax Allocation | | 23 | | | | (1,108 | ) | | | 458 | | | | 2,327 | | | | 1,262 | | | | 2,962 | |
| Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes | | 86 | | | | (4,096 | ) | | | 1,194 | | | | 8,604 | | | | 5,996 | | | | 11,784 | |
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| Less: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gains on sale of buildings | | 536 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 125 | | | | — | | | | 661 | |
| Unrealized rents | | 5 | | | | — | | | | 22 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 27 | |
| Interest income | | — | | | | 2,337 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 6,038 | | | | 8,375 | |
| Equity in gain of Joint Venture | | — | | | | — | | | | 123 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 123 | |
| Plus: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Unrealized rents | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 123 | | | | — | | | | 123 | |
| Equity in loss of Joint Venture | | — | | | | 2,035 | | | | — | | | | 42 | | | | — | | | | 2,077 | |
| Interest Expense | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,012 | | | | — | | | | 42 | | | | 1,054 | |
| Depreciation/Amortization | | 708 | | | | 214 | | | | 4,756 | | | | 177 | | | | — | | | | 5,855 | |
| Management Co. Indirect | | 350 | | | | 1,773 | | | | 190 | | | | 201 | | | | — | | | | 2,514 | |
| Allocated Corporate Expenses | | 646 | | | | 1,581 | | | | 160 | | | | 169 | | | | — | | | | 2,556 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Net Operating Income (loss) | | 1,249 | | | | (830 | ) | | | 7,167 | | | | 9,191 | | | | — | | | | 16,777 | |
| Net Operating Income Reconciliation | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Twelve months ended 12/31/18 (in thousands) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Asset | | | | Stabilized | | Mining | | Unallocated | | FRP |
| | Management | | Development | | Joint Venture | | Royalties | | Corporate | | Holdings |
| | Segment | | Segment | | Segment | | Segment | | Expenses | | Totals |
| Income (loss) from continuing operations | | 2,282 | | | | (2,844 | ) | | | (3,316 | ) | | | 5,305 | | | | (468 | ) | | | 959 | |
| Income Tax Allocation | | 847 | | | | (1,054 | ) | | | (717 | ) | | | 1,967 | | | | (519 | ) | | | 524 | |
| Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes | | 3,129 | | | | (3,898 | ) | | | (4,033 | ) | | | 7,272 | | | | (987 | ) | | | 1,483 | |
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| Less: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gains on investment land sold | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 43 | | | | — | | | | 43 | |
| Unrealized rents | | — | | | | — | | | | 208 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 208 | |
| Interest income | | 2,231 | | | | 220 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 221 | | | | 2,672 | |
| Plus: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Unrealized rents | | 16 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 494 | | | | — | | | | 510 | |
| Loss on investment land sold | | — | | | | 3 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3 | |
| Equity in loss of Joint Venture | | — | | | | 27 | | | | — | | | | 61 | | | | — | | | | 88 | |
| Interest Expense | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,103 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,103 | |
| Depreciation/Amortization | | 540 | | | | 228 | | | | 6,932 | | | | 198 | | | | — | | | | 7,898 | |
| Management Co. Indirect | | 102 | | | | 1,312 | | | | 351 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,765 | |
| Allocated Corporate Expenses | | 153 | | | | 1,984 | | | | 393 | | | | 214 | | | | 1,208 | | | | 3,952 | |
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| Net Operating Income | | 1,709 | | | | (564 | ) | | | 6,538 | | | | 8,196 | | | | — | | | | 15,879 | |
OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
The Company has outstanding letters of credit described above under “Liquidity and Capital Resources.” The Company has guaranteed debt as described above under “Bryant Street Partnerships”. The Company unconsolidated Joint Ventures have debt as described above under “Investments in Joint Ventures”. The Company does not have any other off-balance sheet arrangements that either have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future material effect on its financial condition.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Management of the Company considers the following accounting policies critical to the reported operations of the Company:
Accounts Receivable and Unrealized Rents Valuation. The Company is subject to customer credit risk that could affect the collection of outstanding accounts receivable and unrealized rents, that is rents recorded on a straight-lined basis. To mitigate these risks, the Company performs credit reviews on all new customers and periodic credit reviews on existing customers. A detailed analysis of late and slow pay customers is prepared monthly and reviewed by senior management. The overall collectibility of outstanding receivables and straight-lined rents is evaluated and allowances are recorded as appropriate. Significant changes in customer credit could require increased allowances and affect cash flows.
Net Real Estate Investments and Impairment of Assets. Net real estate investments are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and depletion. Provision for depreciation of Net real estate investments is computed using the straight-line method based on the following estimated useful lives:
| | Years | |
| Buildings and improvements | 3-39 | |
Depletion of sand and stone deposits is computed on the basis of units of production in relation to estimated reserves.
The Company periodically reviews Net real estate investments for potential impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate the carrying amount of a long-lived asset may not be recoverable. This review consists of comparing cap rates on recent cash flows and market value estimates to the carrying values of each asset group. If this review indicates the carrying value might exceed fair value then an estimate of future cash flows for the remaining useful life of each property is prepared considering anticipated vacancy, lease rates, and any future capital expenditures. Changes in estimates or assumptions could have an impact on the Company’s financials.
All direct and indirect costs, including interest and real estate taxes, associated with the development, construction, leasing or expansion of real estate investments are capitalized as a development cost of the property. Included in indirect costs is an estimate of internal costs associated with development and rental of real estate investments. Changes in estimates or assumptions could have an impact on the Company’s financials.
Accounting for Real Estate Investments.The Company accounts for its real estate investments which are not wholly owned using either the cost method, the equity method or by consolidation with related non-controlling interest. Consolidation is required if the Company controls an investment and is the primary beneficiary. Equity method is required when the Company has significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the investment but is not in control or not the primary beneficiary. Cost method applies when the Company does not have significant influence of the operating and financial policies. Significant judgment is required and regular review as the facts change.
Income Taxes.The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset-and-liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities represent items that will result in taxable income or a tax deduction in future years for which the related tax expense or benefit has already been recorded in our statement of earnings. Deferred tax accounts arise as a result of timing differences between when items are recognized in the Consolidated Financial Statements compared with when they are recognized in the tax returns. The Company assesses the likelihood that deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income. To the extent recovery is not probable, a valuation allowance is established and included as an expense as part of our income tax provision. No valuation allowance was recorded at December 31, 2019, as all deferred tax assets are considered more likely than not to be realized. Significant judgment is required in determining and assessing the impact of complex tax laws and certain tax-related contingencies on the provision for income taxes. As part of the calculation of the provision for income taxes, we assess whether the benefits of our tax positions are at least more likely than not of being sustained upon audit based on the technical merits of the tax position. For tax positions that are more likely than not of being sustained upon audit, we accrue the largest amount of the benefit that is more likely than not of being sustained in our consolidated financial statements. Such accruals require estimates and judgments, whereby actual results could vary materially from these estimates. Further, a number of years may elapse before a particular matter, for which an established accrual was made, is audited and resolved.
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
The following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2019:
| | | Payments due by period |
| | | | | | | Less than | | | | 1-3 | | | | 3-5 | | | | More than | |
| | | | | Total | | | | 1 year | | | | years | | | | years | | | | 5 years | |
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| | Mortgages Including Interest | | $ | 118,182 | | | | 3,713 | | | | 9,074 | | | | 10,468 | | | | 94,927 | |
| | Income Taxes Opportunity Zones | | | 26,541 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 26,541 | |
| | Purchase Commitments | | | 1,434 | | | | 1,434 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
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| | Total Obligations | | $ | 146,157 | | | | 5,147 | | | | 9,074 | | | | 10,468 | | | | 121,468 | |
INFLATION
Most of the Company’s operating expenses are inflation-sensitive, with inflation generally producing increased costs of operations. Substantially all of the Company’s royalty agreements are based on a percentage of the sales price of the related mined items. Minimum royalties and substantially all lease agreements provide escalation provisions.
SEASONALITY
The Company’s business is subject to limited seasonality due to the cyclical nature of our royalty revenues with revenues generally declining slightly during winter months.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain matters discussed in this report contain forward-looking statements, including without limitation relating to the Company's plans, strategies, objectives, expectations, intentions, capital expenditures, future liquidity, and plans and timetables for completion of pending development projects. The words or phrases “anticipate,” “estimate,” ”believe,” “budget,” “continue,” “could,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “expect,” “objective,” “projection,” “forecast,” “goal,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “effort,” “target” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The following factors and others discussed in the Company’s periodic reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission are among the principal factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements: levels of construction activity in the markets served by our mining properties; risk insurance markets; availability and terms of financing; competition; interest rates, inflation and general economic conditions; demand for flexible commercial and residential properties in the Baltimore-Washington area; and ability to obtain zoning and entitlements necessary for property development. However, this list is not a complete statement of all potential risks or uncertainties.
These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof based on management’s current expectations, and the Company does not undertake an obligation to update such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Additional information regarding these and other risk factors may be found in the Company’s other filings made from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME – Years ended December 31
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
| | | Years Ended December 31, | |
| | | | 2019 | | | | 2018 | | | | 2017 | |
| Revenues: | | | | | | | |
| Lease revenue | | $ | 14,318 | | | | 13,883 | | | | 8,361 | |
| Mining Royalty and rents | | | 9,438 | | | | 8,139 | | | | 7,241 | |
| Total Revenues | | | 23,756 | | | | 22,022 | | | | 15,602 | |
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| Cost of operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortization | | | 5,855 | | | | 7,898 | | | | 5,934 | |
| Operating expenses | | | 4,134 | | | | 4,285 | | | | 2,136 | |
| Environmental remediation recovery | | | — | | | | (465 | ) | | | — | |
| Property taxes | | | 2,941 | | | | 2,625 | | | | 2,016 | |
| Management company indirect | | | 2,514 | | | | 1,765 | | | | 1,295 | |
| Corporate expenses (Note 4 Related Party) | | | 2,556 | | | | 3,952 | | | | 3,180 | |
| Total cost of operations | | | 18,000 | | | | 20,060 | | | | 14,561 | |
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| Total operating profit | | | 5,756 | | | | 1,962 | | | | 1,041 | |
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| Net investment income, including realized gains (losses) of $949, ($1,195) and $0, respectively | | | 8,375 | | | | 2,672 | | | | — | |
| Interest expense | | | (1,054 | ) | | | (3,103 | ) | | | (2,741 | ) |
| Equity in loss of joint ventures | | | (1,954 | ) | | | (88 | ) | | | (1,598 | ) |
| Gain on remeasurement of investment in real estate partnership | | | — | | | | — | | | | 60,196 | |
| Gain on sale of real estate | | | 661 | | | | 40 | | | | — | |
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| Income from continuing operations before income taxes | | | 11,784 | | | | 1,483 | | | | 56,898 | |
| Provision for income taxes | | | 2,962 | | | | 524 | | | | 7,350 | |
| Income from continuing operations | | | 8,822 | | | | 959 | | | | 49,548 | |
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| Income from discontinued operations, net of tax | | | 6,856 | | | | 122,129 | | | | 11,003 | |
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| Net income | | | 15,678 | | | | 123,088 | | | | 60,551 | |
| Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest | | | (499 | ) | | | (1,384 | ) | | | 18,801 | |
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| Net income attributable to the Company | | $ | 16,177 | | | | 124,472 | | | | 41,750 | |
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| Earnings per common share: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Income from continuing operations- | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | | $ | 0.89 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 4.97 | |
| Diluted | | $ | 0.89 | | | | 0.09 | | | | 4.94 | |
| Discontinued operations- | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | | $ | 0.69 | | | | 12.16 | | | | 1.10 | |
| Diluted | | $ | 0.69 | | | | 12.09 | | | | 1.10 | |
| Net Income- | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic | | $ | 1.64 | | | | 12.40 | | | | 4.19 | |
| Diluted | | $ | 1.63 | | | | 12.32 | | | | 4.16 | |
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| Number of shares (in thousands) used in computing: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| -basic earnings per common share | | | 9,883 | | | | 10,040 | | | | 9,975 | |
| -diluted earnings per common share | | | 9,926 | | | | 10,105 | | | | 10,040 | |
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See accompanying notes.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME –Years ended December 31
(In thousands)
| | | Years Ended December 31, | |
| | | 2019 | | 2018 | | 2017 | |
| Revenues: | | | | | | | |
| Net income | | $ | 15,678 | | | | 123,088 | | | | 60,551 | |
| Other comprehensive income (loss) net of tax: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Unrealized gain (loss) on investments available for sale, | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| net of income tax effect of $602, ($275) and $0 | | | 1,624 | | | | (739 | ) | | | — | |
| Deferred compensation liability, net of tax effect of $0, $0 and ($14) | | | — | | | | — | | | | 24 | |
| Comprehensive income | | | 17,302 | | | | 122,349 | | | | 60,575 | |
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| Less comp. income attributable to noncontrolling interest | | | (499 | ) | | | (1,384 | ) | | | 18,801 | |
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| Comprehensive income attributable to the Company | | $ | 17,801 | | | | 123,733 | | | | 41,774 | |
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See accompanying notes.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS –As of December 31
(In thousands, except share data)
| | | December 31 | | December 31 |
| Assets: | | 2019 | | 2018 |
| Real estate investments at cost: | | | | | | | | |
| Land | | $ | 84,383 | | | | 83,721 | |
| Buildings and improvements | | | 147,019 | | | | 144,543 | |
| Projects under construction | | | 1,056 | | | | 6,683 | |
| Total investments in properties | | | 232,458 | | | | 234,947 | |
| Less accumulated depreciation and depletion | | | 30,271 | | | | 28,394 | |
| Net investments in properties | | | 202,187 | | | | 206,553 | |
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| Real estate held for investment, at cost | | | 8,380 | | | | 7,167 | |
| Investments in joint ventures | | | 160,452 | | | | 88,884 | |
| Net real estate investments | | | 371,019 | | | | 302,604 | |
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| Cash and cash equivalents | | | 26,607 | | | | 22,547 | |
| Cash held in escrow | | | 186 | | | | 202 | |
| Accounts receivable, net | | | 546 | | | | 564 | |
| Investments available for sale at fair value | | | 137,867 | | | | 165,212 | |
| Federal and state income taxes receivable | | | — | | | | 9,854 | |
| Unrealized rents | | | 554 | | | | 53 | |
| Deferred costs | | | 890 | | | | 773 | |
| Other assets | | | 479 | | | | 455 | |
| Assets of discontinued operations | | | — | | | | 3,224 | |
| Total assets | | $ | 538,148 | | | | 505,488 | |
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| Liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
| Secured notes payable | | $ | 88,925 | | | | 88,789 | |
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | | 2,431 | | | | 3,545 | |
| Other liabilities | | | 1,978 | | | | 100 | |
| Deferred revenue | | | 790 | | | | 27 | |
| Federal and state income taxes payable | | | 504 | | | | — | |
| Deferred income taxes | | | 50,111 | | | | 27,981 | |
| Deferred compensation | | | 1,436 | | | | 1,450 | |
| Tenant security deposits | | | 328 | | | | 53 | |
| Liabilities of discontinued operations | | | — | | | | 288 | |
| Total liabilities | | | 146,503 | | | | 122,233 | |
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| Commitments and contingencies | | | | | | | | |
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| Equity: | | | | | | | | |
Common stock, $.10 par value 25,000,000 shares authorized, 9,817,429 and 9,969,174 shares issued and outstanding, respectively | | | 982 | | | | 997 | |
| Capital in excess of par value | | | 57,705 | | | | 58,004 | |
| Retained earnings | | | 315,278 | | | | 306,307 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income, net | | | 923 | | | | (701 | ) |
| Total shareholders’ equity | | | 374,888 | | | | 364,607 | |
| Noncontrolling interest MRP | | | 16,757 | | | | 18,648 | |
| Total equity | | | 391,645 | | | | 383,255 | |
| Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity | | $ | 538,148 | | | | 505,488 | |
See accompanying notes.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS – Years ended December 31
(In thousands)
| | 2019 | | 2018 | | 2017 |
| Cash flows from operating activities: | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Net income | $ | 15,678 | | | | 123,088 | | | | 60,551 | |
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to | | | | | | | | | | | |
| net cash provided by continuing operating activities: | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Income from discontinued operations, net | | (6,856 | ) | | | (122,129 | ) | | | (11,003 | ) |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortization | | 6,158 | | | | 8,209 | | | | 5,978 | |
| Deferred income taxes | | 22,130 | | | | 1,999 | | | | 9,527 | |
| Equity in loss of joint ventures | | 1,954 | | | | 88 | | | | 1,598 | |
| Gain on remeasurement of invest in real estate partnership | | — | | | | — | | | | (60,196 | ) |
| Gain on sale of equipment and property | | (674 | ) | | | (82 | ) | | | (15 | ) |
| Stock-based compensation | | 232 | | | | 1,662 | | | | 713 | |
| Realized (gain) loss on available for sale investments | | (949 | ) | | | 1,195 | | | | — | |
| Net changes in operating assets and liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Accounts receivable | | 18 | | | | 51 | | | | (247 | ) |
| Deferred costs and other assets | | (1,072 | ) | | | (234 | ) | | | 784 | |
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | (350 | ) | | | 1,384 | | | | (745 | ) |
| Income taxes payable and receivable | | 10,358 | | | | (6,892 | ) | | | (3,849 | ) |
| Other long-term liabilities | | 2,138 | | | | (1,945 | ) | | | (4 | ) |
| Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations | | 48,765 | | | | 6,394 | | | | 3,092 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities of discontinued operations | | (1,742 | ) | | | (43,580 | ) | | | 17,967 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | | 47,023 | | | | (37,186 | ) | | | 21,059 | |
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| Cash flows from investing activities: | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Investments in properties | | (10,434 | ) | | | (7,294 | ) | | | (3,296 | ) |
| Investments in joint ventures | | (73,529 | ) | | | (71,007 | ) | | | (693 | ) |
| Purchases of investments available for sale | | (86,261 | ) | | | (446,974 | ) | | | — | |
| Proceeds from sales of investments available for sale | | 116,434 | | | | 279,553 | | | | — | |
| Cash at consolidation of real estate partnership | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,295 | |
| Cash held in escrow | | 16 | | | | 131 | | | | (162 | ) |
| Proceeds from sale of assets | | 8,422 | | | | 447 | | | | 16 | |
| Net cash used in investment activities of continuing operations | | (45,352 | ) | | | (245,144 | ) | | | (1,840 | ) |
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities of discontinued operations | | 11,533 | | | | 336,089 | | | | (13,314 | ) |
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | | (33,819 | ) | | | 90,945 | | | | (15,154 | ) |
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| Cash flows from financing activities: | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Distribution to noncontrolling interest | | (1,392 | ) | | | (1,020 | ) | | | (2,167 | ) |
| Decrease in bank overdrafts | | — | | | | — | | | | (254 | ) |
| Proceeds from long-term debt | | — | | | | — | | | | 90,496 | |
| Repayment of long-term debt | | — | | | | (1,552 | ) | | | (79,310 | ) |
| Payment on revolving credit facility | | — | | | | — | | | | (6,441 | ) |
| Debt issue costs | | — | | | | — | | | | (1,406 | ) |
| Repurchase of company stock | | (8,210 | ) | | | (5,733 | ) | | | (74 | ) |
| Exercise of employee stock options | | 458 | | | | 1,415 | | | | 2,297 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities of continuing operations | | (9,144 | ) | | | (6,890 | ) | | | 3,141 | |
| Net cash used in financing activities of discontinued operations | | — | | | | (28,846 | ) | | | (4,522 | ) |
| Net cash used in financing activities | | (9,144 | ) | | | (35,736 | ) | | | (1,381 | ) |
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| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | | 4,060 | | | | 18,023 | | | | 4,524 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year | | 22,547 | | | | 4,524 | | | | — | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year | $ | 26,607 | | | | 22,547 | | | | 4,524 | |
| Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cash paid during the year for: | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Interest, net of capitalized amounts | $ | 914 | | | | 2,851 | | | | 3,960 | |
| Income taxes (refunded) paid | $ | (26,380 | ) | | | 50,427 | | | | 1,657 | |
See accompanying notes.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In thousands, except share amounts)
| | | | | | | | | | Accumu- | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | Other | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Compre- | | Total | | | | |
| | | | | | Capital in | | | | hensive | | Share | | Non- | | |
| | Common Stock | | Excess of | | Retained | | Income, net | | Holders’ | | Controlling | | Total |
| | Shares | | Amount | | Par Value | | Earnings | | of tax | | Equity | | Interest | | Equity |
| Balance at January 1, 2017 | | 9,914,054 | | | $ | 991 | | | $ | 52,647 | | | $ | 145,168 | | | $ | 14 | | | $ | 198,820 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 198,820 | |
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| Exercise of stock options | | 92,130 | | | | 9 | | | | 2,288 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,297 | | | | | | | | 2,297 | |
| Stock option compensation | | | | | | | | | | 268 | | | | | | | | | | | | 268 | | | | | | | | 268 | |
| Shares granted to Directors | | 10,483 | | | | 1 | | | | 444 | | | | | | | | | | | | 445 | | | | | | | | 445 | |
| Shares purchased and cancelled | | (2,000 | ) | | | | | | | (11 | ) | | | (63 | ) | | | | | | | (74 | ) | | | | | | | (74 | ) |
| Net income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 41,750 | | | | | | | | 41,750 | | | | 18,801 | | | | 60,551 | |
| Contributions from partners | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4,418 | | | | 4,418 | |
| Distributions to partners | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (2,167 | ) | | | (2,167 | ) |
| Deferred comp. liability, net | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24 | | | | 24 | | | | | | | | 24 | |
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| Balance at December 31, 2017 | | 10,014,667 | | | | 1,001 | | | | 55,636 | | | | 186,855 | | | | 38 | | | | 243,530 | | | | 21,052 | | | | 264,582 | |
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| Exercise of stock options | | 56,232 | | | | 6 | | | | 1,409 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,415 | | | | | | | | 1,415 | |
| Stock option compensation | | | | | | | | | | 607 | | | | | | | | | | | | 607 | | | | | | | | 607 | |
| Shares granted to Directors | | 20,092 | | | | 2 | | | | 1,053 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,055 | | | | | | | | 1,055 | |
| Shares purchased and cancelled | | (121,817 | ) | | | (12 | ) | | | (701 | ) | | | (5,020 | ) | | | | | | | (5,733 | ) | | | | | | | (5,733 | ) |
| Net income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 124,472 | | | | | | | | 124,472 | | | | (1,384 | ) | | | 123,088 | |
| Distributions to partners | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (1,020 | ) | | | (1,020 | ) |
| Unrealized loss on investment, net | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (739 | ) | | | (739 | ) | | | | | | | (739 | ) |
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| Balance at December 31, 2018 | | 9,969,174 | | | $ | 997 | | | $ | 58,004 | | | $ | 306,307 | | | $ | (701 | ) | | $ | 364,607 | | | $ | 18,648 | | | $ | 383,255 | |
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| Exercise of stock options | | 15,034 | | | | 2 | | | | 456 | | | | | | | | | | | | 458 | | | | | | | | 458 | |
| Stock option compensation | | | | | | | | | | 112 | | | | | | | | | | | | 112 | | | | | | | | 112 | |
| Shares granted to Employee | | 1,012 | | | | | | | | 50 | | | | | | | | | | | | 50 | | | | | | | | 50 | |
| Shares granted to Directors | | 1,460 | | | | | | | | 70 | | | | | | | | | | | | 70 | | | | | | | | 70 | |
| Shares purchased and cancelled | | (169,251 | ) | | | (17 | ) | | | (987 | ) | | | (7,206 | ) | | | | | | | (8,210 | ) | | | | | | | (8,210 | ) |
| Net income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16,177 | | | | | | | | 16,177 | | | | (499 | ) | | | 15,678 | |
| Distributions to partners | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (1,392 | ) | | | (1,392 | ) |
| Unrealized gain on investment, net | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,624 | | | | 1,624 | | | | | | | | 1,624 | |
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| Balance at December 31, 2019 | | 9,817,429 | | | $ | 982 | | | $ | 57,705 | | | $ | 315,278 | | | $ | 923 | | | $ | 374,888 | | | $ | 16,757 | | | $ | 391,645 | |
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
ORGANIZATION - FRP Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) is a holding company engaged in various real estate businesses. The segments of the Company include: (i) leasing and management of commercial properties owned by the Company (the “Asset Management Segment”), (ii) leasing and management of mining royalty land owned by the Company (the “Mining Royalty Lands Segment”), (ii) real property acquisition, entitlement, development and construction primarily for apartment, retail, warehouse, and office buildings either alone or through joint ventures (the “Development Segment”), (iv) ownership, leasing and management of buildings through joint ventures (the “Stabilized Joint Venture Segment”).
FRP Holdings, Inc. was incorporated on April 22, 2014 in connection with a corporate reorganization that preceded the Spin-off of Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc. The Company’s successor issuer was formed on July 20, 1998. The business of the Company is conducted through our wholly-owned subsidiaries FRP Development Corp., a Maryland corporation and Florida Rock Properties, Inc., a Florida corporation, and the various subsidiaries of each.
On May 21, 2018, the Company completed the disposition of 40 industrial warehouse properties and 3 additional land parcels to an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VIII, L.P. for $347.2 million. One warehouse property valued at $11.7 million was excluded from the sale due to the tenant exercising its right of first refusal to purchase the property. On June 28, 2019, the Company completed the sale of the excluded property to the same buyer for $11.7 million. This resulted in the disposition of all of the Company’s industrial flex/office warehouse properties and constituted a major strategic shift and as a result, these properties have been reclassified as discontinued operations for all periods presented. The Asset Management segment currently contains four commercial properties.
CONSOLIDATION - The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company inclusive of our operating real estate subsidiaries, FRP Development Corp. (“Development”) and Florida Rock Properties, Inc. (“Properties”) and all wholly-owned or controlled entities. Our investments in real estate partnerships which are conducted through limited liability corporations (“LLC”) are also referred to as joint ventures. Investments in real estate joint ventures not controlled by the Company are accounted for under the equity or cost method of accounting as appropriate (See Note 2). All significant intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.
Effective July 1, 2017 the Company consolidated the assets (at fair value), liabilities and operating results of our Riverfront Investment Partners I, LLC joint venture (“Dock 79”) which was previously accounted for under the equity method. Subsequent to the July 1, 2017 consolidation, the ownership of Dock 79 attributable to our partner MRP Realty is reflected on our consolidated balance sheet as a noncontrolling interest. Such noncontrolling interests are reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets within equity but separately from shareholders' equity. On the Consolidated Statements of Income, all of the revenues and expenses from Dock 79 are reported in net income, including both the amounts attributable to the Company and the noncontrolling interest. The amounts of consolidated net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest is clearly identified on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments with maturities of three months or less at time of purchase to be cash equivalents. Bank overdrafts consist of outstanding checks not yet presented to a bank for settlement, net of cash held in accounts with right of offset.
INVESTMENTS AVAILABLE FOR SALE - The Company determines the appropriate classification of its investments in debt securities at the time of purchase and reevaluates such determinations at each balance sheet date. Debt securities are classified as held to maturity when the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold the
securities to maturity. Marketable securities that are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term are classified as trading securities and are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses recognized in earnings. Debt and marketable equity securities not classified as held to maturity or as trading, are classified as available-for-sale, and are carried at fair value, with the unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, included in the determination of comprehensive income and reported in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. The fair value of securities is determined using quoted market prices. At December 31, 2019, no investments were held for trading purposes or classified as held to maturity.
REVENUE AND EXPENSE RECOGNITION - Real estate rental revenue and mining royalties are generally recognized when earned under the leases and are considered collectable. Rental income from leases with scheduled increases or other incentives during their term is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Reimbursements of expenses, when provided in the lease, are recognized in the period that the expenses are incurred.
Sales of real estate are recognized when the collection of the sales price is reasonably assured and when the Company has fulfilled substantially all of its obligations, which are typically as of the closing date.
Accounts receivable are recorded net of discounts and provisions for estimated allowances. We estimate allowances on an ongoing basis by considering historical and current trends. We record estimated bad debts expense as part of operating expenses. We estimate the net collectibility of our accounts receivable and establish an allowance for doubtful accounts based upon this assessment. Specifically, we analyze the aging of accounts receivable balances, historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer credit-worthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment terms.
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT - Property and equipment is recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and depletion. Provision for depreciation of property, plant and equipment is computed using the straight-line method based on the following estimated useful lives:
| | | Years |
| Building and improvements | | | 3-39 |
Depletion of sand and stone deposits is computed on the basis of units of production in relation to estimated reserves. Reserve estimates are periodically adjusted based upon surveys.
The Company recorded depreciation and depletion expenses for fiscal year 2019, 2018 and 2017, of $5,784,000, $5,709,000 and $3,491,000, respectively.
All direct and indirect costs, including interest and real estate taxes, associated with the development, construction, leasing or expansion of real estate investments are capitalized as a cost of the property. Included in indirect costs is an allocation of internal costs associated with development of real estate investments. The cost of routine repairs and maintenance to property and equipment is expensed as incurred.
IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS – The Company reviews its long-lived assets, which include property and equipment and purchased intangible assets subject to amortization for potential impairment annually or whenever events or circumstances indicate the carrying amount of a long-lived asset may not be recoverable. This review consists of comparing cap rates on recent cash flows and market value estimates to the carrying values of each asset group. If this review indicates the carrying value might exceed fair value then an estimate of future cash flows for the remaining useful life of each property is prepared considering anticipated vacancy, lease rates, and any future capital expenditures.
DEVELOPED PROPERTY RENTALS PURCHASE ACCOUNTING – Acquisitions of rental property, including any associated intangible assets, are measured at fair value at the date of acquisition. Any liabilities assumed or incurred are recorded at their fair value at the time of acquisition. The fair value of the acquired property is allocated between land and building (on an as-if vacant basis) based on management’s estimate of the fair value of those components for each type of property and to tenant improvements based on the depreciated replacement cost of the tenant improvements, which approximates their fair value. The fair value of the in-place leases is recorded as follows:
| · | the fair value of leases in-place on the date of acquisition is based on absorption costs for the estimated lease-up period in which vacancy and foregone revenue are avoided due to the presence of the acquired leases; |
| · | the fair value of above and below-market in-place leases based on the present value (using a discount rate that reflects the risks associated with the acquired leases) of the difference between contractual rent amounts to be paid under the assumed lease and the estimated market lease rates for the corresponding spaces over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the related leases; and |
| · | the fair value of intangible tenant or customer relationships. |
The Company’s determination of these fair values requires it to estimate market rents for each of the leases and make certain other assumptions. These estimates and assumptions affect the rental revenue, and depreciation and amortization expense recognized for these leases and associated intangible assets and liabilities.
INVESTMENTS IN JOINT VENTURES - The Company uses the equity method to account for its investments in Brooksville. BC FRP Realty, and Greenville/Woodfield, in which it has a voting interest of 50% or less and has significant influence but does not have control. The Company uses the cost method to account for its investment in DST Hickory Creek because it does not have significant influence over operating and financial policies. The Company uses the equity method to account for its investment in Riverfront Investment Partners Phase II, in which it has a voting interest of 80% and has significant influence but does not have control as the minority partner has day to day management responsibility and veto rights on significant decisions during the construction and lease up phase prior to stabilization. The Company uses the equity method to account for its investment in the Bryant Street Partnerships and 1800 Half Street, in which it has a voting interest in excess of 50% because all major decisions are shared equally. Under the equity method, the investment is originally recorded at cost and adjusted to recognize the Company’s share of net earnings or losses of the investee, limited to the extent of the Company’s investment in and advances to the investee and financial guarantees on behalf of the investee that create additional basis. The Company regularly monitors and evaluates the realizable value of its investments. When assessing an investment for an other-than-temporary decline in value, the Company considers such factors as, the performance of the investee in relation to its own operating targets and its business plan, the investee’s revenue and cost trends, as well as liquidity and cash position, and the outlook for the overall industry in which the investee operates. From time to time, the Company may consider third party evaluations or valuation reports. If events and circumstances indicate that a decline in the value of these assets has occurred and is other-than-temporary, the Company records a charge to investment income (expense).
INCOME TAXES - Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized based on differences between financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using presently enacted tax rates. Deferred income taxes result from temporary differences between pre-tax income reported in the financial statements and taxable income. The Company recognizes liabilities for uncertain tax positions based on a two-step process. The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates that it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained on audit. The second step is to estimate and measure the tax benefit as the largest amount that is more than 50% likely to be realized upon ultimate settlement. It is inherently difficult and subjective to estimate such amounts, as the amounts rely upon the determination of the probability of various possible outcomes. The Company reevaluates these uncertain tax positions on a quarterly basis. This evaluation is based on factors including, but not limited to, changes in facts or circumstances, changes in tax law and expiration of statutes of limitations, effectively settled issues under audit, and audit activity. Such a change in recognition or measurement would result in the recognition of a tax benefit or an additional charge to the tax provision. It is the Company's policy to recognize as additional income tax expense the items of interest paid and penalties directly related to income taxes.
STOCK BASED COMPENSATION – The Company accounts for compensation related to share based plans by recognizing the grant date fair value of stock options and other equity-based compensation issued to employees in its income statement over the requisite employee service period using the straight-line attribution model. In addition, compensation expense must be recognized for the change in fair value of any awards modified, repurchased or cancelled after the grant date. The fair value of each grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The assumptions used in the model and current year impact are discussed in Note 8.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN - The Company has a deferred compensation plan, the Management Security Plan (MSP) for our President. The accruals for future benefits are based upon actuarial assumptions.
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE - Basic earnings per common share are based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the periods. Diluted earnings per common share are based on the weighted average number of common shares and potential dilution of securities that could share in earnings. The differences between basic and diluted shares used for the calculation are the effect of employee and director stock options and restricted stock.
USE OF ESTIMATES - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United State requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Certain accounting policies and estimates are of more significance in the financial statement preparation process than others. The most critical accounting policies and estimates include the economic useful lives of our mining reserves, property and equipment, provisions for uncollectible accounts receivable and collectibility of unrealized rents, accounting for real estate investments, estimates of exposures related to our insurance claims plans and environmental liabilities, and estimates for taxes. To the extent that actual, final outcomes are different than these estimates, or that additional facts and circumstances result in a revision to these estimates, earnings during that accounting period will be affected.
ENVIRONMENTAL - Environmental expenditures that benefit future periods are capitalized. Expenditures that relate to an existing condition caused by past operations, and which do not contribute to current or future revenue generation, are expensed. Liabilities are recorded for the estimated amount of expected environmental assessments and/or remedial efforts. Estimation of such liabilities includes an assessment of engineering estimates, continually evolving governmental laws and standards, and potential involvement of other potentially responsible parties.
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME – Comprehensive income consists of net income and other comprehensive income (loss). Other comprehensive income (loss) refers to expenses, gains, and losses that are not included in net income, but rather are recorded directly in shareholders’ equity.
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS – In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” which replaces existing revenue recognition standards and significantly expand the disclosure requirements for revenue arrangements. It may be adopted either retrospectively or on a modified retrospective basis to new contracts and existing contracts with remaining performance obligations as of the effective date. Lease contracts with customers constitute a materially all of our revenues and are a specific scope exception. The new standard was adopted beginning with the first quarter of 2018 in connection with our revenues not subject to leases and did not have a material impact on our financial statements.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)”, which requires lessees to recognize a right-to-use asset and a lease obligation for all leases. The Company is not a significant lessee. Lessors will account for leases using an approach that is substantially equivalent to existing accounting standards. The Company's existing leases will continue to be classified as operating leases. Leases entered into after the effective date of the new standard may be classified as operating or sales-type leases, based on specific classification criteria. Operating leases will continue to have a similar pattern of recognition as under current GAAP. Sales-type lease accounting, however, will result in the recognition of selling profit at lease commencement, with interest income recognized over the life of the lease. The new standard also includes a change to the treatment of internal leasing costs and legal costs, which can no longer be capitalized. Only incremental costs of a lease that would not have been incurred if the lease had not been obtained may be deferred as initial direct costs. The new standard also requires lessors to exclude from variable payments certain lessor costs, such as real estate taxes, that the lessor contractually requires the lessee to pay directly to a third party on its behalf. The new standard requires our expected credit loss related to the collectability of lease receivables to be reflected as an adjustment to the line item Lease Revenue. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the credit loss related to the collectibility of lease receivables was recognized in the line item Operating expenses and was not significant. Additionally, the new standard requires lessors to allocate the consideration in a contract between the lease component (right to use an underlying asset) and non-lease component (transfer of a good or service that is not a lease). However, lessors are provided with a practical expedient, elected by class of underlying asset, to account
for lease and non-lease components of a contract as a single lease component if certain criteria are met. The terms of the Company's leases generally provide that the Company is entitled to receive reimbursements from tenants for operating expenses such as real estate taxes, insurance and common area maintenance, in addition to the base rental payments for use of the underlying asset. Under the new standard, common area maintenance is considered a nonlease component of a lease contract, which would be accounted for under Topic 606. However, the Company will apply the practical expedient to account for its lease and non-lease components as a single, combined operating lease component. While the timing of recognition should remain the same, the Company is no longer presenting reimbursement revenue from tenants separately in our Consolidated Statements of Income beginning January 1, 2019. The new standardalong with the adoption of ASU No. 2018-11, Leases - Targeted Improvements which the FASB issued in July 2018, was adopted effective January 1, 2019 and we have elected to use January 1, 2019 as our date of initial application. Consequently, financial information will not be updated and disclosures required under the new standard will not be provided for periods presented before January 1, 2019 as these prior periods conform to the Accounting Standards Codification 840. We elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within the new standard. By adopting these practical expedients, we were not required to reassess (1) whether an existing contract meets the definition of a lease; (2) the lease classification for existing leases; or (3) costs previously capitalized as initial direct costs. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our financial statements.
| 2. | Investments in Joint Ventures. |
Brooksville.In 2006, the Company entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Vulcan Materials Company to jointly own and develop approximately 4,300 acres of land near Brooksville, Florida. Under the terms of the joint venture, FRP contributed its fee interest in approximately 3,443 acres formerly leased to Vulcan under a long-term mining lease which had a net book value of $2,548,000. Vulcan is entitled to mine a portion of the property until 2032 and pay royalties to the Company. FRP also contributed $3,018,000 for one-half of the acquisition costs of a 288-acre contiguous parcel. Vulcan contributed 553 acres that it owned as well as its leasehold interest in the 3,443 acres that it leased from FRP and $3,018,000 for one-half of the acquisition costs of the 288-acre contiguous parcel. The joint venture is jointly controlled by Vulcan and FRP. Distributions will be made on a 50-50 basis except for royalties and depletion specifically allocated to the Company. Other income for the year ended December 31, 2019 includes a loss of $42,000 representing the Company’s portion of the loss of this joint venture.
BC FRP Realty (Windlass Run).In 2016, the Company entered into an agreement with a Baltimore development company (St. John Properties, Inc.) to jointly develop the remaining lands of our Windlass Run Business Park. The 50/50 partnership initially calls for FRP to combine its 25 acres (valued at $7,500,000) with St. John Properties’ adjacent 10 acres fronting on a major state highway (valued at $3,239,536) which resulted in an initial cash distribution of $2,130,232 to FRP in May 2016. Thereafter, the venture will jointly develop the combined properties into a multi-building business park to consist of approximately 329,000 square feet of single-story office space. On September 28, 2017 BC FRP Realty, LLC obtained $17,250,000 of construction financing commitments for 4 buildings through September 15, 2022 from BB&T at 2.5% over LIBOR. The balance outstanding on these loans at December 31, 2019 was $12,002,000.
RiverFront Holdings II, LLC. On May 4, 2018, the Company and MRP formed a partnership to develop Phase II of our RiverFront on the Anacostia project and closed on construction financing with Eagle Bank. The Company has contributed its land with an agreed value of $16.3 million (cost basis of $4.6 million) and $6.2 million of cash. MRP contributed capital of $5.6 million to the partnership including development costs paid prior to the formation of the partnership and a $725,000 development fee. The Company further agreed to fund $13.75 million preferred equity financing at 7.5% interest rate all of which was advanced through June 30, 2019. The Company records interest income for this loan and a loss in equity in ventures for our 80% equity in the partnership. The loan from Eagle Bank allows draws of up to $71 million during construction at an interest rate of 3.25% over LIBOR. The loan is interest only and matures in 36 months with a 12-month extension assuming completion of construction and at least one occupancy. There is a provision for an additional 60 months extension with a 30-year amortization of principal at 2.15% over seven-year US Treasury Constant if NOI is sufficient for a 9% yield. The loan balance at December 31 was $39,866,000. The Company’s equity interest in the joint venture is accounted for under the equity method of accounting through the construction and lease up period as MRP acts as the administrative agent of the joint venture
and oversees and controls the day to day operations of the project.
Bryant Street Partnerships.On December 24, 2018 the Company and MRP formed four partnerships to purchase and develop approximately five acres of land at 500 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, D.C. This property is the first phase of the Bryant Street Master Plan. The property is located in an Opportunity Zone, which provides tax benefits in the new communities development program as established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Company contributed cash of $32 million in exchange for a 61.36% common equity in the partnership. The Company also contributed cash of $23 million as preferred equity financing at 8.0% interest rate. The Company records interest income for this loan and a loss in equity in ventures for our 61.36% equity in the partnership. On March 13, 2019 the partnerships closed on a construction loan with a group of lenders for up to $132 million at an interest rate of 2.25% over LIBOR. The loan matures March 13, 2023 with up to two extensions of one year each upon certain conditions including, for the first, a debt service coverage of at least 1.10 and a loan-to-value that does not exceed 65% and for the second, a debt service coverage of 1.25 and a maximum loan-to-value of 65%. Borrower may prepay a portion of the unpaid principal to satisfy such tests. The loan balance at December 31, 2019 was $5,243,000. The Company and MRP guaranteed $26 million of the loan in exchange for a 1% lower interest rate. The Company and MRP have a side agreement limiting the Company’s guarantee to its proportionate ownership. The value of the guarantee was calculated at $1.9 million based on the present value of the 1% interest savings over the anticipated 48 month term. This amount is included as part of the Company’s investment basis and is amortized to expense over the 48 months. The Company’s equity interest in the joint venture is accounted for under the equity method of accounting as all the major decisions are shared equally.
Hyde Park.On January 27, 2018 the Company entered into a loan agreement with a Baltimore developer to be the principal capital source of a residential development venture in Essexshire now known as “Hyde Park.” We have committed up to $3.5 million in exchange for an interest rate of 10% and a preferred return of 20% after which the Company is also entitled to a portion of proceeds from sale. Entitlements for the development of the property are complete, a homebuilder is under contract to purchase all of the 126 recorded building lots, and settlement is expected in the second quarter of 2020.
DST Hickory Creek. In July 2019, the Company invested $6 million in 1031 proceeds from two sales in 2019 into a Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) known as CS1031 Hickory Creek Apartments, DST. The Company is 26.65% beneficial owner and receives monthly distributions. The DST owns a 294-unit garden-style apartment community consisting of 19 three-story apartment buildings containing 273,940 rentable square feet on approximately 20.4 acres of land. The property was constructed in 1984 and substantially renovated in 2016. The DST purchased the property in April, 2019 for $45,600,000 with ten-year financing obtained for $29,672,000 at 3.74% with a 30 year amortization period, interest only for five years. The Company’s equity interest in the trust is accounted for under the cost method because we don’t have significant influence over the operating and financial policies. Monthly distributions are recorded as equity in gain or loss of joint ventures. Distributions of $123,000 were received in 2019.
Amber Ridge.On June 26, 2019 the Company entered into a loan agreement with a Baltimore developer to be the principal capital source of a residential development venture in Prince Georges County, Maryland known as “Amber Ridge.” We have committed up to $18.5 million in exchange for an interest rate of 10% and a preferred return of 20% after which the Company is also entitled to a portion of proceeds from sale. This project will hold 190 single-family town homes. We are currently pursuing entitlements and have two homebuilders under contract to purchase all of the 190 units upon completion of development infrastructure.
1800 Half Street.On December 20, 2019 the Company and MRP formed a joint venture to acquire and develop a mixed-use project located at 1800 Half Street, Washington, D.C. This property is located in the Buzzard Point area of Washington, DC, less than half a mile downriver from Dock 79 and the Maren. It lies directly between our two acres on the Anacostia current under lease by Vulcan and Audi Field, the home stadium of the DC United. The project is located in an Opportunity Zone, which provides tax benefits in the new communities’ development program as established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Company contributed cash of $37.3 million. MRP will contribute the remainder of its equity in 2020. The land will be acquired in two pieces over first quarter 2020 and the construction loan is expected to close in the second quarter of 2020. The ten-story structure will have 344 apartments and 11,246 square feet of ground floor retail. The Company’s equity interest in the joint venture is account for under the equity method of accounting because all major decisions are shared equally.
Greenville/Woodfield Partnerships. On December 23, 2019 the Company and Woodfield Development formed a joint venture to develop a mixed-use project located at 408 Jackson, Greenville SC across the street from Greenville’s minor league baseball stadium. The project will hold 227 multifamily units and 4,700 square feet of retail space. It is located in an Opportunity Zone, which provides tax benefits in the new communities’ development program as established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Company contributed cash of $9.7 million in exchange for a 40% common equity in the joint venture. The Company’s equity interest in the joint venture is accounted for under the equity method of accounting through the construction and lease up period. Woodfield personally guaranteed the loan and will be managing the projects day to day operations. Major decisions for the entity must be made unanimously between both members.
On December 23, 2019 the Company and Woodfield formed a joint venture to develop a 200-unit multifamily apartment project located at 1430 Hampton Avenue, Greenville, SC. The project is located in an Opportunity Zone, which provides tax benefits in the new communities’ development program as established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Company contributed $6.2 million in exchange for a 40% common equity in the joint venture. The Company’s equity interest in the joint venture is accounted for under the equity method of accounting through the construction and lease up period. Woodfield personally guaranteed the loan and will be managing the projects day to day operations. Major decisions for the entity must be made unanimously between both members.
Investments in Joint Ventures (in thousands):
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| | | Common | | | Total | | | Total Assets of | | | Profit (Loss) | | | (Loss) of the | |
| | | Ownership | | | Investment | | | The Partnership | | | Of the Partnership | | | Partnership (1) | |
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| As of December 31, 2019 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brooksville Quarry, LLC | | 50.00 | % | $ | 7,499 | | | 14,316 | | | (84 | ) | | (42 | ) |
| BC FRP Realty, LLC | | 50.00 | % | | 5,391 | | | 22,969 | | | (1,114 | ) | | (591 | ) |
| RiverFront Holdings II, LLC | | 80.00 | % | | 25,975 | | | 88,235 | | | (95 | ) | | (871 | ) |
| Bryant Street Partnerships | | 61.36 | % | | 58,353 | | | 96,477 | | | 260 | | | (573 | ) |
| Hyde Park | | | | | 3,492 | | | 3,492 | | | — | | | — | |
| DST Hickory Creek | | 26.65 | % | | 6,000 | | | 49,369 | | | (168 | ) | | 123 | |
| Amber Ridge Loan | | | | | 509 | | | 509 | | | — | | | — | |
| 1800 Half St. Owner, LLC | | 59.73 | % | | 37,314 | | | 40,161 | | | — | | | — | |
| Greenville/Woodfield Partnerships | | 40.00 | % | | 15,919 | | | 19,214 | | | — | | | — | |
| Total | | | | $ | 160,452 | | | 334,742 | | | (1,201 | ) | | (1,954 | ) |
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| As of December 31, 2018 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brooksville Quarry, LLC | | 50.00 | % | $ | 7,449 | | | 14,325 | | | (122 | ) | | (61 | ) |
| BC FRP Realty, LLC | | 50.00 | % | | 5,976 | | | 21,371 | | | — | | | — | |
| Hyde Park | | | | | 594 | | | 594 | | | 39 | | | 39 | |
| RiverFront Holdings II, LLC | | 80.00 | % | | 19,865 | | | 38,869 | | | (66 | ) | | (66 | ) |
| Bryant Street Partnerships | | 61.36 | % | | 55,000 | | | 77,541 | | | — | | | — | |
| Total | | | | $ | 88,884 | | | 152,700 | | | (149 | ) | | (88 | ) |
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(1): RiverFront Holdings II, LLC includes $788,000 for the Company’s share of preferred interest. Bryant Street Partnerships includes $444,000 the Company’s share of preferred interest and $373,000 amortization of guarantee liability related to the Bryant Street loan.
The Company’s Investments in Joint Ventures as of December 31, 2019 are summarized in the following two tables (in thousands):
| | As of December 31, 2019 | | Total |
| | RiverFront | | Bryant Street | | DST Hickory | | 1800 Half St. | | Greenville/ | | Apartment/ |
| | Holdings II, LLC | | Partnership | | Creek | | Partnership | | Woodfield | | Mixed Use |
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| Investments in real estate, net | $ | 87,521 | | | | 95,903 | | | | 46,685 | | | | 14,391 | | | | 1,889 | | | $ | 246,389 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | | 630 | | | | 387 | | | | 1,764 | | | | 25,770 | | | | 17,325 | | | | 45,876 | |
| Unrealized rents & receivables | | 82 | | | | 158 | | | | 446 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 686 | |
| Deferred costs | | 2 | | | | 29 | | | | 474 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 505 | |
Total Assets | $ | 88,235 | | | | 96,477 | | | | 49,369 | | | | 40,161 | | | | 19,214 | | | $ | 293,456 | |
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| Secured notes payable | $ | 38,564 | | | | 1,660 | | | | 29,246 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | $ | 69,470 | |
| Other liabilities | | 6,771 | | | | 17,183 | | | | 120 | | | | 1,363 | | | | 1,889 | | | | 27,326 | |
| Capital - FRP | | 37,284 | | | | 57,479 | | | | 6,000 | | | | 37,314 | | | | 15,919 | | | | 153,996 | |
| Capital - Third Parties | | 5,616 | | | | 20,155 | | | | 14,003 | | | | 1,484 | | | | 1,406 | | | | 42,664 | |
Total Liabilities and Capital | $ | 88,235 | | | | 96,477 | | | | 49,369 | | | | 40,161 | | | | 19,214 | | | $ | 293,456 | |
| | As of December 31, 2019 | | |
| | Brooksville | | BC FRP | | | | Amber Ridge | | Apartment/ | | Grand |
| | Quarry, LLC | | Realty, LLC | | Hyde Park | | Loan | | Mixed Use | | Total |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Investments in real estate, net. | $ | 14,293 | | | | 22,423 | | | | 3,492 | | | | 509 | | | | 246,389 | | | $ | 287,106 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | | 18 | | | | 15 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 45,876 | | | | 45,909 | |
| Unrealized rents & receivables | | 0 | | | | 220 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 686 | | | | 906 | |
| Deferred costs | | 5 | | | | 311 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 505 | | | | 821 | |
| Total Assets | $ | 14,316 | | | | 22,969 | | | | 3,492 | | | | 509 | | | | 293,456 | | | $ | 334,742 | |
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| Secured notes payable | $ | 0 | | | | 12,103 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 69,470 | | | $ | 81,573 | |
| Other liabilities | | 2 | | | | 196 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 27,326 | | | | 27,524 | |
| Capital - FRP | | 7,500 | | | | 5,335 | | | | 3,492 | | | | 509 | | | | 153,996 | | | | 170,832 | |
| Capital - Third Parties | | 6,814 | | | | 5,335 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 42,664 | | | | 54,813 | |
| Total Liabilities and Capital | $ | 14,316 | | | | 22,969 | | | | 3,492 | | | | 509 | | | | 293,456 | | | $ | 334,742 | |
The Company’s capital recorded by the unconsolidated Joint Ventures is $10,380,000 more than the Investment in Joint Ventures reported in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet due to the lower basis in property contributed.
| | | As of December 31, 2018 | | | |
| | | Brooksville | | BC FRP | | | | RiverFront | | Bryant Street | | | |
| | | Quarry, LLC | | Realty, LLC | | Hyde Park | | Holdings II, LLC | | Partnerships | | Total | |
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| Investments in real estate, net | | $ | 14,299 | | | | 21,352 | | | | 594 | | | | 38,793 | | | | 41,821 | | | $ | 116,859 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | | | 20 | | | | 11 | | | | — | | | | 76 | | | | 35,670 | | | | 35,777 | |
| Deferred costs | | | 6 | | | | 8 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 50 | | | | 64 | |
| Total Assets | | $ | 14,325 | | | | 21,371 | | | | 594 | | | | 38,869 | | | | 77,541 | | | $ | 152,700 | |
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| Secured notes payable | | $ | — | | | | 9,549 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 9,549 | |
| Other liabilities | | | 119 | | | | 38 | | | | — | | | | 1,887 | | | | 2,886 | | | | 4,930 | |
| Capital – FRP | | | 7,449 | | | | 5,892 | | | | 594 | | | | 31,347 | | | | 55,000 | | | | 100,282 | |
| Capital - Third Parties | | | 6,757 | | | | 5,892 | | | | — | | | | 5,635 | | | | 19,655 | | | | 37,939 | |
| Total Liabilities and Capital | | $ | 14,325 | | | | 21,371 | | | | 594 | | | | 38,869 | | | | 77,541 | | | $ | 152,700 | |
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The amount of consolidated retained earnings for these joint ventures was $(4,127,000) and $(2,702,000) as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.
| 3. | Consolidation of RiverFront Investment Partners I, LLC. |
On March 30, 2012 the Company entered into a Contribution Agreement with MRP to form a joint venture to develop the first phase only of the four-phase master development known as RiverFront on the Anacostia in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the Joint Venture is to develop and own an approximately 300,000-square-foot residential apartment building (including approximately 18,000 square feet of retail) on approximately two acres of the roughly 5.82-acre site. The joint venture, RiverFront Investment Partners I, LLC (“RiverFront I”) was formed in June 2013 as contemplated. The Company contributed land with an agreed to value of $13,500,000 (cost basis of $6,165,000) and
contributed cash of $4,866,000 to the Joint Venture for a 77.14% stake in the venture. MRP contributed capital of $5,553,000 to the joint venture including development costs paid prior to formation of the joint venture. Construction commenced in October 2014, and first occupancy was in August 2016. The Company’s equity interest in the joint venture was previously accounted for under the equity method of accounting as MRP acted as the administrative agent of the joint venture and oversaw and controlled the day to day operations of the project.
In July 2017, Phase I (Dock 79) reached stabilization, meaning 90% of the individual apartments had been leased and occupied by third party tenants. Upon reaching stabilization, the Company has, for a period of one year, the exclusive right to (i) cause the joint venture to sell the property or (ii) cause the Company’s and MRP’s percentage interests in the joint venture to be adjusted so as to take into account the contractual payouts assuming a sale at the value of the development at the time of this “Conversion election”.
The attainment of stabilization resulted in a change of control for accounting purposes as the veto rights of the minority shareholder lapsed and the Company became the primary beneficiary. As such, beginning July 1, 2017, the Company consolidated the assets (at fair value), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture. This consolidation resulted in a gain on remeasurement of investment in real estate partnership of $60,196,000 of which $20,469,000 was attributed to the noncontrolling interest. In accordance with the terms of the Joint Venture agreements, the Company used the fair value amount at date of conversion and calculated an adjusted ownership under the Conversion election. As such for financial reporting purposes effective July 1, 2017 the Company ownership is based upon this substantive profit sharing arrangement and is 66.0% on a prospective basis.
| | | As of July 1, 2017 (in thousands) |
| | | Riverfront | | Gain on Remeasure- | | | | |
| | | Holdings I, LLC | | ment | | | Revised | |
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| Land | | $ | 7,220 | | | $ | 21,107 | | | | | $ | 28,327 | |
| Building and improvements, net | | | 81,773 | | | | 34,362 | | | | | | 116,135 | |
| Value of leases in place | | | — | | | | 4,727 | | | | | | 4,727 | |
| Cash | | | 2,295 | | | | — | | | | | | 2,295 | |
| Cash held in escrow | | | 171 | | | | — | | | | | | 171 | |
| Accounts receivable | | | 40 | | | | — | | | | | | 40 | |
| Prepaid expenses | | | 142 | | | | — | | | | | | 142 | |
| Total Assets | | $ | 91,641 | | | $ | 60,196 | | | | | $ | 151,837 | |
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| Long-term Debt | | $ | 78,587 | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 78,587 | |
| Amortizable debt costs | | | (852 | ) | | | — | | | | | | (852 | ) |
| Other liabilities | | | 905 | | | | — | | | | | | 905 | |
| Equity – FRP | | | 8,583 | | | | 39,727 | | | | | | 48,310 | |
| Equity – MRP | | | 4,418 | | | | 20,469 | | | | | | 24,887 | |
| Total Liabilities and Capital | | $ | 91,641 | | | $ | 60,196 | | | | | $ | 151,837 | |
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| 4. | Related Party Transactions. |
The Company is a party to a Transition Services Agreement which resulted from our January 30, 2015 spin-off of Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc. (Patriot). The Transition Services Agreement sets forth the terms on which Patriot will provide to FRP certain services that were shared prior to the Spin-off, including the services of certain shared executive officers. The boards of the respective companies amended and extended this agreement for one year effective April 1, 2019.
The consolidated statements of income reflect charges and/or allocation from Patriot for these services of $1,389,000 and $1,512,000 for 2019 and 2018, respectively. Included in the charges above are amounts recognized for corporate executive stock-based compensation expense. These charges are reflected as part of corporate expenses.
To determine these allocations between FRP and Patriot as set forth in the Transition Services Agreement, we employ an allocation method to allocate said expenses and thus we believe that the allocations to FRP are a reasonable approximation of the costs related to FRP’s operations, but any such related-party transactions cannot be presumed to be carried out on an arm’s-length basis.
Debt is summarized as follows (in thousands):
| | | December 31, | | December 31, |
| | | 2019 | | 2018 |
| Revolving credit agreements | | $ | — | | | | — | |
| Riverfront permanent loan | | | 88,925 | | | | 88,789 | |
| | | | 88,925 | | | | 88,789 | |
| Less portion due within one year | | | — | | | | — | |
| | | $ | 88,925 | | | | 88,789 | |
On May 21, 2018 in conjunction with the sale of the warehouse business the Companies mortgages notes were prepaid and the credit line with First Tennessee Bank, N.A. was terminated. Prepayment penalties of $3,420,000 were paid.
The aggregate amount of principal payments, excluding the revolving credit, due subsequent to December 31, 2019 is: 2020 - $0; 2021 - $127,000; 2022 - $1,556,000; 2023 - $1,622,000; 2024 and subsequent years - $85,620,000.
On February 6, 2019, the Company entered into a First Amendment to the 2015 Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”), effective February 6, 2019. The Credit Agreement modifies the Company’s prior Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo dated January 30, 2015. The Credit Agreement establishes a five-year revolving credit facility with a maximum facility amount of $20 million. The interest rate under the Credit Agreement will be a maximum of 1.50% over LIBOR, which may be reduced quarterly to 1.25% or 1.0% over LIBOR if the Company meets a specified ratio of consolidated debt to consolidated total capital, as defined which excludes FRP Riverfront. A commitment fee of 0.25% per annum is payable quarterly on the unused portion of the commitment but the amount may be reduced to 0.20% or 0.15% if the Company meets a specified ratio of consolidated total debt to consolidated total capital. The Credit Agreement contains certain conditions, affirmative financial covenants and negative covenants. As of December 31, 2019, there was no debt outstanding on this revolver, $411,000 outstanding under letters of credit and $19,589,000 available for borrowing. The letters of credit were issued to guarantee certain obligations to state agencies related to real estate development. Most of the letters of credit are irrevocable for a period of one year and typically are automatically extended for additional one-year periods. The letter of credit fee is 1% and applicable interest rate would have been 2.80% on December 31, 2019. The credit agreement contains certain conditions and financial covenants, including a minimum tangible net worth and dividend restriction. As of December 31, 2019, these covenants would have limited our ability to pay dividends to a maximum of $219 million combined. The Company was in compliance with all covenants as of December 31, 2019.
On November 17, 2017, Riverfront Holdings I, LLC (the "Joint Venture") refinanced the Dock 79 project pursuant to a Loan Agreement and Deed of Trust Note entered into with EagleBank ("Loan Documents"). The Joint Venture, which was formed between the Company and MRP in 2014 in connection with the development of the Riverfront on the Anacostia property, borrowed a principal sum of $90,000,000 in connection with the refinancing. The loan is secured by the Dock 79 real property and improvements, bears a fixed interest rate of 4.125% per annum and has a term of 120 months. During the first 48 months of the loan term, the Joint Venture will make monthly payments of interest only, and thereafter, make monthly payments of principal and interest in equal installments based upon a 30-year amortization period. The loan is a non-recourse loan. However, all amounts due under the Loan Documents will become immediately due upon an event of default by the Joint Venture, such events including, without limitation, Joint Venture's (i) failure to: pay, permit inspections or observe covenants under the Loan Documents, (ii) breach of representations made under the Loan Documents (iii) voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy, and (iv) dissolution, or the dissolution of the guarantor. MidAtlantic Realty Partners, LLC, an affiliate of MRP, has executed a carve-out guaranty in connection with the loan.
Debt cost amortization of $136,000 was recorded in 2019. During 2019 and 2018, the Company capitalized interest costs of $2,889,000 and $1,056,000, respectively.
At December 31, 2019, the total carrying value of property owned by the Company which is leased or held for lease to others is summarized as follows (in thousands):
Construction aggregates property | | $ | 35,294 | |
| Commercial property | | | 54,534 | |
| | | | 89,828 | |
| less accumulated depreciation and depletion | | | 14,477 | |
| | | $ | 75,351 | |
The minimum future straight-lined rentals due the Company on noncancelable leases as of December 31, 2019 are as follows: 2020 - $9,658,000; 2021 - $3,839,000; 2022 - $3,008,000; 2023 - $3,000,000; 2024 - $3,001,000; 2025 and subsequent years $16,636,000.
The following details the computations of the basic and diluted earnings per common share (in thousands, except per share amounts):
| | | Years Ended December 31 |
| | | 2019 | | 2018 | | 2017 |
| Common shares: | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| Weighted average common shares | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| outstanding during the period - | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| shares used for basic earnings | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| per common share | | | 9,883 | | | | 10,040 | | | | 9,975 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Common shares issuable under share | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| based payment plans which are | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| potentially dilutive | | | 43 | | | | 65 | | | | 65 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Common shares used for diluted | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| earnings per common share | | | 9,926 | | | | 10,105 | | | | 10,040 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Income from continuing operations | | | 8,822 | | | | 959 | | | | 49,548 | |
| Discontinued operations | | | 6,856 | | | | 122,129 | | | | 11,003 | |
| Net income attributable to the Company | | | 16,177 | | | | 124,472 | | | | 41,750 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Basic earnings per common share: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Income from continuing operations | | $ | 0.89 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 4.97 | |
| Discontinued operations | | $ | 0.69 | | | | 12.16 | | | | 1.10 | |
| Net income attributable to the Company | | $ | 1.64 | | | | 12.40 | | | | 4.19 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Diluted earnings per common share | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Income from continuing operations | | $ | 0.89 | | | | 0.09 | | | | 4.94 | |
| Discontinued operations | | $ | 0.69 | | | | 12.09 | | | | 1.10 | |
| Net income attributable to the Company | | $ | 1.63 | | | | 12.32 | | | | 4.16 | |
For 2019 and 2018, 19,950 and 22,470 shares, respectively, attributable to outstanding stock options were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.
During 2019 the Company repurchased 169,251 shares at an average cost of $48.51.
| 8. | Stock-Based Compensation Plans. |
The Company has two Stock Option Plans (the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan and the 2016 Equity Incentive Option Plan) under which options for shares of common stock were granted to directors, officers and key employees. The 2016 plan permits the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, or stock awards. The options awarded under the plans have similar characteristics. All stock options are non-qualified and expire ten years from the date of grant. Stock based compensation awarded to directors, officers and employees are exercisable immediately or become exercisable in cumulative installments of 20% or 25% at the end of each year following the date of grant. When stock options are exercised the Company issues new shares after receipt of exercise proceeds and taxes due, if any, from the grantee. The number of common shares available for future issuance was 487,838 at December 31, 2019.
The Company utilizes the Black-Scholes valuation model for estimating fair value of stock compensation for options awarded to officers and employees. Each grant is evaluated based upon assumptions at the time of grant. The assumptions were no dividend yield, expected volatility between 29% and 41%, risk-free interest rate of 1.0% to 2.9% and expected life of 3.0 to 7.0 years.
The dividend yield of zero is based on the fact that the Company does not pay cash dividends and has no present intention to pay cash dividends. Expected volatility is estimated based on the Company’s historical experience over a period equivalent to the expected life in years. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury constant maturity interest rate at the date of grant with a term consistent with the expected life of the options granted. The expected life calculation is based on the observed and expected time to exercise options by the employees.
As previously disclosed, Thompson S. Baker II resigned from his position as CEO and from the board of directors on March 13, 2017. In recognition of his outstanding service to the Company, the Board approved the vesting of all of Mr. Baker's outstanding FRP stock options, which expired 90 days following the termination of his employment. The vesting of Mr. Baker’s outstanding FRP options that were issued prior to the spin-off required Patriot to record modification stock compensation expense of $150,000. FRP reimbursed Patriot for this cost under the transition services agreement. The vesting of Mr. Baker’s outstanding FRP options that were issued subsequent to the spin-off required modified stock compensation expense of $41,000.
On May 21, 2018, under the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan change-in-control clause, all unvested stock options held by the Company’s named executive officers became vested and fully exercisable. Included in stock compensation expense was $402,000 for the vesting of option grants from 2016 and 2017 due to the asset disposition.
The Company recorded the following stock compensation expense in its consolidated statement of income (in thousands):
| | | Years Ended December 31, |
| | | 2019 | | 2018 | | 2017 |
| Stock option grants | | $ | 112 | | | | 607 | | | | 268 | |
| Unrestricted employee stock award | | | 50 | | | | — | | | | — | |
| Annual director stock award | | | 70 | | | | 1,055 | | | | 445 | |
| | | $ | 232 | | | | 1,662 | | | | 713 | |
A summary of changes in outstanding options is presented below (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):
| | | | Weighted | | Weighted | | Weighted |
| | Number | | Average | | Average | | Average |
| | of | | Exercise | | Remaining | | Grant Date |
| Options | Shares | | Price | | Term (yrs) | | Fair Value(000's) |
| Outstanding at | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| January 1, 2017 | | 236,385 | | | $ | 25.35 | | | | 6.1 | | | $ | 2,440 | |
| Granted | | 30,255 | | | $ | 43.45 | | | | | | | $ | 440 | |
| Modification | | — | | | $ | 30.21 | | | | | | | $ | (137 | ) |
| Exercised | | (92,130 | ) | | $ | 24.93 | | | | | | | $ | (842 | ) |
| Outstanding at | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| December 31, 2017 | | 174,510 | | | $ | 28.70 | | | | 6.0 | | | $ | 1,901 | |
| Granted | | 29,260 | | | $ | 45.97 | | | | | | | $ | 427 | |
| Exercised | | (56,232 | ) | | $ | 25.17 | | | | | | | $ | (546 | ) |
| Outstanding at | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| December 31, 2018 | | 147,538 | | | $ | 33.48 | | | | 6.7 | | | $ | 1,782 | |
| Exercised | | (15,034 | ) | | $ | 30.42 | | | | | | | $ | (151 | ) |
| Outstanding at | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| December 31, 2019 | | 132,504 | | | $ | 33.82 | | | | 5.8 | | | $ | 1,631 | |
| Exercisable at | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| December 31, 2019 | | 114,189 | | | $ | 32.11 | | | | 5.3 | | | $ | 1,333 | |
| Vested during | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| twelve months ended | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| December 31, 2019 | | 9,509 | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 138 | |
The following table summarizes information concerning stock options outstanding at December 31, 2019:
| | | | | Shares | | | Weighted | | | Weighted | |
| Range of Exercise | | | | under | | | Average | | | Average | |
| Prices per Share | | | | Option | | | Exercise Price | | Remaining Life |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Non-exercisable: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| $37.26 - $45.97 | | | $ | 18,315 | | | | | 44.48 | | | | 8.6 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Exercisable: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| $16.71 - $24.75 | | | | 14,100 | | | | | 16.72 | | | | 1.9 | |
| $24.76 - $37.25 | | | | 33,729 | | | | | 21.56 | | | | 2.8 | |
| $37.26 - $45.97 | | | | 66,360 | | | | | 40.75 | | | | 7.3 | |
| | | | $ | 114,189 | | | | $ | 32.11 | | | | 5.3 | Years |
| Total | | | $ | 132,504 | | | | $ | 33.82 | | | | 5.8 | Years |
The aggregate intrinsic value of exercisable in-the-money options was $2,021,000 and the aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding in-the-money options was $2,118,000 based on the market closing price of $49.81 on December 31, 2019 less exercise prices.
The unrecognized compensation cost of options granted to FRP employees but not yet vested as of December 31, 2019 was $290,000, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.6 years.
Gains of $299,000 were realized by option holders during the year ended December 31, 2019. Patriot realized the tax benefits of $175,000 of these gains because these options were exercised by Patriot employees for options granted prior to the spin-off.
Fourth quarter 2017 net income included $12,043,000, or $1.20 per share, due to a deferred tax benefit resulting from
revaluing the Company’s net deferred tax liabilities per the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Company’s net deferred tax liability was reduced as a result of the lower corporate income tax rates applicable to the Company going forward. The adjustment included $209,000 from reducing the effective tax rate for 2017 from 39.5% to 39.07% as a result of not being required to add to deferred taxes in anticipation of future taxable income in excess of $10 million where the federal rate increases from 34% to 35%.
Our tax rate including the effect of state income taxes, but not including excess tax benefits from stock option exercises, decreased from 39.07% to 27.05% for 2018. 2018 included $44.6 million in tax expense related to discontinued operations as a result of the taxes related to the gain on sale of our warehouses. Our effective income tax expense may vary, possibly materially, due to, changes in interpretations of the Tax Act or related accounting guidance and projected effective state tax rates.
The provision for income tax expense included in the financial statements (in thousands):
| | | Years Ended December 31, |
| | | 2019 | | 2018 | | 2017 |
| Included in Net income: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Continuing operations | | $ | 2,962 | | | | 524 | | | | 7,350 | |
| Discontinued operations | | | 2,542 | | | | 45,286 | | | | (21 | ) |
| | | | 5,504 | | | | 45,810 | | | | 7,329 | |
| Comprehensive income | | | 602 | | | | (275 | ) | | | (14 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Total tax expense | | $ | 6,106 | | | | 45,535 | | | | 7,315 | |
The provision for income taxes (income tax benefit) consists of the following (in thousands):
| | | Year Ended December 31, |
| | | 2019 | | 2018 | | 2017 |
| | Current: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Federal | | | $ | (8,225 | ) | | | 28,512 | | | | (1,779 | ) |
| | State | | | | (7,799 | ) | | | 15,024 | | | | (433 | ) |
| | | | | | (16,024 | ) | | | 43,536 | | | | (2,212 | ) |
| | Deferred | | | | 22,130 | | | | 1,999 | | | | 9,527 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Total | | | $ | 6,106 | | | | 45,535 | | | | 7,315 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Current income tax expense in 2019 includes an $13,797,000 provision to return adjustment related to the deferral of current federal and state taxes due in connection with $50 million additional Opportunity Zone investment funds invested in June of 2019 but applied to the 2018 returns. In addition, 2019 includes an additional deferral reduction of $4,213,000 of current state taxes related to the $55 million Opportunity Zone investment in December of 2018 which were deferred rather than our prior 2018 tax position that the state taxes would not conform to the federal treatment. The aggregate of the provision to return adjustments in 2019 of $18 million offset current tax provision of $2 million absent these adjustments for a net current tax benefit of $16 million. As of December 31, 2019 the company has deferred taxes of approximately $31 million associated with $112 million of gains on sales reinvested through Opportunity Zone investments. These taxes are deferred until the earlier of the sale of the related investments or December 31, 2026 and 10% of gains are excluded from tax once the investments are held five years plus an additional 5% is excluded at seven years.
A reconciliation between the amount of tax shown above and the amount computed at the statutory Federal income tax rate follows (in thousands):
| | | Year Ended December 31 |
| | | 2019 | | 2018 | | 2017 |
| Amount computed at statutory | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Federal rate | | $ | 5,006 | | | | 35,351 | | | | 16,723 | |
| State income taxes (net of Federal | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| income tax benefit) | | | 1,623 | | | | 10,186 | | | | 2,476 | |
| Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 | | | - | | | | - | | | | (11,834 | ) |
| Other, net | | | (523 | ) | | | (2 | ) | | | (50 | ) |
| Provision for income taxes | | $ | 6,106 | | | | 45,535 | | | | 7,315 | |
In this reconciliation, the category “Other, net” consists of permanent tax differences related to non-deductible expenses, special tax rates and tax credits, interest paid and penalties, and adjustments to prior year estimates.
The types of temporary differences and their related tax effects that give rise to deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are presented below (in thousands):
| | | December 31, |
| | | 2019 | | 2018 | | 2017 |
| Deferred tax liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Property and equipment | | $ | 49,932 | | | | 28,329 | | | | 25,212 | |
| Depletion | | | 718 | | | | 721 | | | | 660 | |
| Unrealized rents | | | 27 | | | | 52 | | | | 1,166 | |
| Prepaid expenses | | | 76 | | | | 38 | | | | 431 | |
| Gross deferred tax liabilities | | | 50,753 | | | | 29,140 | | | | 27,469 | |
| Deferred tax assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Employee benefits and other | | | 642 | | | | 1,159 | | | | 1,487 | |
| Gross deferred tax assets | | | 642 | | | | 1,159 | | | | 1,487 | |
| Net deferred tax liability | | $ | 50,111 | | | | 27,981 | | | | 25,982 | |
The Company has no unrecognized tax benefits.
FRP tax returns in the U.S. and various states that include the Company are subject to audit by taxing authorities. As of December 31, 2019, the earliest tax year that remains open for audit is 2014.
The Company and certain subsidiaries have a savings/profit sharing plan for the benefit of qualified employees. The savings feature of the plan incorporates the provisions of Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code under which an eligible employee may elect to save a portion (within limits) of their compensation on a tax deferred basis. The Company contributes to a participant’s account an amount equal to 50% (with certain limits) of the participant’s contribution. Additionally, the Company may make an annual discretionary contribution to the plan as determined by the Board of Directors, with certain limitations. The plan provides for deferred vesting with benefits payable upon retirement or earlier termination of employment. The Company’s cost was $35,000 in 2019 and $50,000 in 2018.
The Company has a deferred compensation plan, the Management Security Plan (MSP) for our President. The accruals for future benefits are based upon actuarial assumptions. Life insurance on his life has been purchased to partially fund this benefit and the Company is the owner and beneficiary of that policy. The expense for 2019 and 2018, was ($14,000) and ($7,000), respectively. The accrued benefit under this plan as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 was $1,424,000 and $1,440,000, respectively.
The Company is reporting its financial performance based on four reportable segments, Asset Management, Mining Royalty Lands, Development and Stabilized Joint Venture, as described below.
The Asset Management segment owns, leases and manages commercial properties. The flex/office warehouses in the Asset Management Segment were sold and reclassified to discontinued operations leaving only two commercial properties, one recent industrial acquisition, Cranberry Run, which we purchased in 2019, and 1801 62nd Street, our most recent spec building in Hollander Business Park, which was constructed by our Development segment and transferred to Asset Management on April 1, 2019.
Our Mining Royalty Lands segment owns several properties comprising approximately 15,000 acres currently under lease for mining rents or royalties (this does not include the 4,280 acres owned in our Brooksville joint venture with Vulcan Materials). Other than one location in Virginia, all of these properties are located in Florida and Georgia.
Through our Development segment, we own and are continuously monitoring for their “highest and best use” several parcels of land that are in various stages of development. Our overall strategy in this segment is to convert all of our non-income producing lands into income production through (i) an orderly process of constructing new buildings for us to own and operate or (ii) a sale to, or joint venture with, third parties. Additionally, our Development segment will form joint ventures on new developments of land not previously owned by the Company.
The Company operates a residential apartment building Riverfront Investment Partners I, LLC partnership (“Dock 79”). The ownership of Dock 79 attributable to our partner MRP Realty is reflected on our consolidated balance sheet as a noncontrolling interest. Such noncontrolling interests are reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheets within equity but separately from shareholders' equity. On the Consolidated Statements of Income, all of the revenues and expenses from Dock 79 are reported in net income, including both the amounts attributable to the Company and the noncontrolling interest. The amounts of consolidated net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest is clearly identified on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income.
On May 21, 2018, the Company completed the disposition of 40 industrial warehouse properties and 3 additional land parcels to an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VIII, L.P. for $347.2 million. One warehouse property valued at $11.7 million was excluded from the sale due to the tenant exercising its right of first refusal to purchase the property. On June 28, 2019, the Company completed the sale of the excluded property to the same buyer for $11.7 million. This sale constituted a major strategic shift and as a result, these properties have been reclassified as discontinued operations for all periods presented. We plan to develop our remaining owned office/warehouse pad sites in a timely, opportunistic manner and sell the fully leased buildings in groups of two or three.
Operating results and certain other financial data for the Company’s business segments are as follows (in thousands):
| | | Years Ended December 31, |
| | | 2019 | | 2018 | | 2017 |
| Revenues: | | | | | | |
| Asset management | | $ | 2,190 | | | | 2,309 | | | | 2,284 | |
| Mining royalty lands | | | 9,438 | | | | 8,139 | | | | 7,241 | |
| Development | | | 1,164 | | | | 1,206 | | | | 1,230 | |
| Stabilized Joint Venture | | | 10,964 | | | | 10,368 | | | | 4,847 | |
| | | $ | 23,756 | | | | 22,022 | | | | 15,602 | |
| Operating profit: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Before corporate expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Asset management | | $ | 196 | | | | 1,051 | | | | 1,035 | |
| Mining royalty lands | | | 8,690 | | | | 7,504 | | | | 6,732 | |
| Development | | | (2,817 | ) | | | (2,104 | ) | | | (1,528 | ) |
| Stabilized Joint Venture | | | 2,243 | | | | (537 | ) | | | (2,018 | ) |
| Operating profit before corporate expenses | | | 8,312 | | | | 5,914 | | | | 4,221 | |
| Corporate expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Allocated to asset management | | | (646 | ) | | | (153 | ) | | | (154 | ) |
| Allocated to mining royalty lands | | | (169 | ) | | | (214 | ) | | | (167 | ) |
| Allocated to Development | | | (1,581 | ) | | | (1,984 | ) | | | (1,231 | ) |
| Allocated to Stabilized Joint Venture | | | (160 | ) | | | (393 | ) | | | (65 | ) |
| Unallocated | | | — | | | | (1,208 | ) | | | (1,563 | ) |
| | | | (2,556 | ) | | | (3,952 | ) | | | (3,180 | ) |
| | | $ | 5,756 | | | | 1,962 | | | | 1,041 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Interest expense | | $ | 1,054 | | | | 3,103 | | | | 2,741 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortization: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Asset management | | $ | 708 | | | | 540 | | | | 512 | |
| Mining royalty lands | | | 177 | | | | 198 | | | | 110 | |
| Development | | | 214 | | | | 228 | | | | 337 | |
| Stabilized Joint Venture | | | 4,756 | | | | 6,932 | | | | 4,975 | |
| | | $ | 5,855 | | | | 7,898 | | | | 5,934 | |
| Capital expenditures: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Asset management | | $ | 9,487 | | | | 335 | | | | 221 | |
| Mining royalty lands | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
| Development | | | 631 | | | | 6,396 | | | | 2,218 | |
| Stabilized Joint Venture | | | 316 | | | | 563 | | | | 857 | |
| | | $ | 10,434 | | | | 7,294 | | | | 3,296 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Identifiable net assets at end of period: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Asset management | | $ | 18,468 | | | | 10,593 | | | | 2,960 | |
| Discontinued operations | | | — | | | | 3,224 | | | | 176,694 | |
| Mining royalty lands | | | 38,409 | | | | 37,991 | | | | 38,656 | |
| Development | | | 179,357 | | | | 119,029 | | | | 46,684 | |
| Stabilized Joint Venture | | | 133,956 | | | | 138,206 | | | | 144,386 | |
| Investments available for sale at fair value | | | 137,867 | | | | 165,212 | | | | — | |
| Cash items | | | 26,793 | | | | 22,749 | | | | 4,524 | |
| Unallocated corporate assets | | | 3,298 | | | | 8,484 | | | | 4,830 | |
| | | $ | 538,148 | | | | 505,488 | | | | 418,734 | |
| 12. | Fair Value Measurements. |
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. Level 1 means the use of quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 means the use of values that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. Level 3 means the use of inputs are those that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.
At December 31, 2019 the Company was invested in 63 corporate bonds with individual maturities ranging from 2020 through 2022. The unrealized gain on these bonds of $1,212,000 was recorded as part of comprehensive income and was based on the estimated market value by National Financial Services, LLC (“NFS”) obtained from sources that may include pricing vendors, broker/dealers who clear through NFS and/or other sources (Level 2). The Company recorded a realized gain of $949,000 in its net investment income related to bonds that were sold in 2019. The amortized cost of the investments was $136,655,000 and the carrying amount and fair value of such bonds were $137,867,000 as of December 31, 2019.
At December 31, 2019 and 2018, the carrying amount reported in the consolidated balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents and revolving credit approximate their fair value based upon the short-term nature of these items.
The fair values of the Company’s other mortgage notes payable were estimated based on current rates available to the Company for debt of the same remaining maturities. At December 31, 2019, the carrying amount and fair value of such other long-term debt was $88,925,000 and $93,065,000, respectively. At December 31, 2018, the carrying amount and fair value of such other long-term debt was $88,789,000 and $87,983,000, respectively.
| 13. | Contingent Liabilities. |
Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries are involved in litigation on a number of matters and are subject to certain claims which arise in the normal course of business. The Company has retained certain self-insurance risks with respect to losses for third party liability and property damage. The liability at any point in time depends upon the relative ages and amounts of the individual open claims. In the opinion of management, none of these matters are expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
The Company executed a letter of intent with MRP in May 2016 to develop Phase II of the Riverfront on the Anacostia project and recorded an estimated environmental remediation expense of $2.0 million for the Company’s estimated liability under the proposed agreement. The Company substantially completed the remediation and reduced the estimated liability in the quarter ending September 30, 2018 by $465,000. The Company has no obligation to remediate any known contamination on Phases III and IV of the development until such time as it makes a commitment to commence construction on each phase.
The Company, at December 31, 2019, had entered into various contracts to develop and maintain real estate with remaining commitments totaling $1,434,000.
The mining royalty lands segment has a total of five tenants currently leasing mining locations and one lessee that accounted for 31% of the Company’s consolidated revenues during 2019 and $297,000 of accounts receivable at December 31, 2019. The termination of these lessees’ underlying leases could have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents with Wells Fargo Bank and First Tennessee Bank. At times, such amounts may exceed FDIC limits.
| 16. | Unusual or Infrequent Items Impacting Quarterly Results. |
On May 21, 2018, the Company completed the disposition of 40 industrial warehouse properties and three additional land parcels to an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VIII, L.P. for $347.2 million.
The Company has allocated the purchase price of property acquisitions based upon the fair value of the assets acquired, consisting of land, buildings and intangible assets, including in-place leases and below market leases. These deferred leasing intangible assets are recorded within Deferred Costs and Deferred lease intangible, net in the consolidated balance sheets. The value of the in-place lease intangibles will be amortized to amortization expense over the remaining lease terms. The fair value assigned pertaining to the above market in-place leases values are amortized as a reduction to rental revenue, and the below market in-place lease values are amortized as an increase to rental revenue over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the respective leases.
DOCK 79 –The Company will recognize the amortization related to the Dock 79 intangible assets according to the following schedule (in thousands):
| | | | | | In-place | | |
| | | | | | Leases | | |
| | Initial Values | | | $ | 4,727 | | |
| | Annual Amortization: | | | | | | |
| | 2017 | | | $ | 2,501 | | |
| | 2018 | | | | 2,201 | | |
| | 2019 | | | | 25 | | |
CRANBERRY BUSINESS PARK –The Company will recognize the amortization related to the Cranberry Business Park intangible assets according to the following schedule (in thousands):
| | | | | | In-place | | |
| | | | | | Leases | | |
| | Initial Values | | | $ | 183 | | |
| | Annual Amortization: | | | | | | |
| | 2019 | | | $ | 79 | | |
| | 2020 | | | | 46 | | |
| | 2021 | | | | 46 | | |
| | 2022 | | | | 12 | | |
The Company reviews intangible assets for impairment, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability of long-lived assets is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of the asset group to the future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by those assets. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment charge recognized is the amount by which the carrying amounts of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets.
The gross amounts and accumulated amortization of identifiable intangible assets are as follows (in thousands):
| | | December 31, 2019 | | December 31, 2018 |
| | | Gross | | Accumulated | | Gross | | Accumulated |
| | | Amount | | Amortization | | Amount | | Amortization |
| Amortizable intangible assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| In-place leases (useful life 0-8 years) | | $ | 4,910 | | | | 4,806 | | | | 4,727 | | | | 4,702 | |
| Above Market leases (useful life 5 years) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | $ | 4,910 | | | | 4,806 | | | | 4,727 | | | | 4,702 | |
| 18. | Discontinued Operations. |
On May 21, 2018, the Company completed the disposition of 40 industrial warehouse properties and three additional land parcels to an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VIII, L.P. for $347.2 million. One warehouse property valued at $11.7 million was excluded from the sale due to the tenant exercising its right of first refusal to purchase the property. On June 28, 2019, the Company completed the sale of the excluded property to the same buyer for $11.7 million. These properties comprised substantially all the assets of our Asset Management segment and have been reclassified as discontinued operations for all periods presented. The results of operations associated with discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 were as follows (in thousands):
| | | Years Ended December 31, |
| | | 2019 | | 2018 | | 2017 |
| | | | | | | |
| Lease Revenues | | $ | 460 | | | | 12,098 | | | | 27,589 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cost of operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortization | | | 17 | | | | 3,161 | | | | 7,598 | |
| Operating expenses | | | 248 | | | | 1,742 | | | | 3,485 | |
| Property taxes | | | 41 | | | | 1,286 | | | | 3,008 | |
| Management company indirect | | | — | | | | 1,360 | | | | 734 | |
| Corporate expenses | | | — | | | | 1,462 | | | | 200 | |
| Total cost of operations | | | 306 | | | | 9,011 | | | | 15,025 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Total operating profit | | | 154 | | | | 3,087 | | | | 12,564 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Interest expense | | | — | | | | (587 | ) | | | (1,582 | ) |
| Gain on sale of buildings | | | 9,244 | | | | 164,915 | | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Income before income taxes | | | 9,398 | | | | 167,415 | | | | 10,982 | |
| Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | | | 2,542 | | | | 45,286 | | | | (21 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Income from discontinued operations | | $ | 6,856 | | | | 122,129 | | | | 11,003 | |
The components of the balance sheet are as follows (in thousands):
| | | December 31 | | December 31 |
| Assets: | | 2018 | | 2017 |
| Real estate investments at cost: | | | | | | | | |
| Land | | $ | 546 | | | | 40,465 | |
| Buildings and improvements | | | 3,315 | | | | 186,657 | |
| Projects under construction | | | — | | | | 6,617 | |
| Total investments in properties | | | 3,861 | | | | 233,739 | |
| Less accumulated depreciation and depletion | | | 2,374 | | | | 68,049 | |
| Net investments in properties | | | 1,487 | | | | 165,690 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Accounts receivable, net | | | 910 | | | | 405 | |
| Unrealized rents | | | 473 | | | | 4,088 | |
| Deferred costs | | | 354 | | | | 6,509 | |
| Other assets | | | — | | | | 2 | |
| Assets of discontinued operations | | $ | 3,224 | | | | 176,694 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
| Secured notes payable, current portion | | $ | — | | | | 23,825 | |
| Secured notes payable, less current portion | | | — | | | | 4,338 | |
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | | 205 | | | | 2,289 | |
| Deferred revenue | | | 45 | | | | 967 | |
| Tenant security deposits | | | 38 | | | | 861 | |
| Liabilities of discontinued operations | | $ | 288 | | | | 32,280 | |
Report of Management
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Management of the Company is responsible for the preparation and integrity of the consolidated financial statements appearing in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. The financial statements were prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States appropriate in the circumstances and, accordingly, include certain amounts based on our best judgments and estimates. Financial information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K is consistent with that in the financial statements.
Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining a system of internal controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the consolidated financial statements. Our internal control system is supported by a program of internal audits and appropriate reviews by management, written policies and guidelines, careful selection and training of qualified personnel, and a written Code of Business Conduct adopted by our Company's Board of Directors, applicable to all officers and employees of our Company and subsidiaries.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements and, even when determined to be effective, can only provide reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"). Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 Framework) ("COSO") in Internal Control—Integrated Framework. Based on this assessment, management believes that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019.
The Company's independent auditors, Hancock Askew& Co., LLP, a registered public accounting firm, are appointed by the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors, subject to ratification by our Company's shareowners. Hancock Askew & Co., LLP has audited and reported on the consolidated financial statements of FRP Holdings, Inc. and the Company's internal control over financial reporting. The reports of the independent auditors are contained in this annual report.
Audit Committee's Responsibility
The Audit Committee of our Company's Board of Directors, composed solely of Directors who are independent in accordance with the requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards, the Exchange Act, and the Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines, meets with the independent auditors, management and internal auditors periodically to discuss internal controls and auditing and financial reporting matters. The Audit Committee reviews with the independent auditors the scope and results of the audit effort. The Audit Committee also meets periodically with the independent auditors and the chief internal auditor without management present to ensure that the independent auditors and the chief internal auditor have free access to the Audit Committee. Our Audit Committee's Report can be found in the Company's 2020 Proxy Statement.
Report of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm
The Shareholders and Board of Directors
FRP Holdings, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of FRP Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements (collectively, the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three-year period ended December 31, 2019, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) and our report dated March 15, 2019 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Hancock Askew & Co., LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2006.
Savannah, Georgia
March 12, 2020
Report of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm
on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The Shareholders and Board of Directors
FRP Holdings, Inc.
Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited FRP Holdings, Inc. (the “Company’s”) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the “COSO”) criteria. In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, based on the COSO criteria.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows, for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements and our report dated March 12, 2020 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit of internal control over financial reporting in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Hancock Askew & Co., LLP
Savannah, Georgia
March 12, 2020
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Directors
John D. Baker II (1)
Chief Executive Officer of the Company
Charles E. Commander III (2)(3)
Retired Partner
Foley & Lardner
H. W. Shad III (2)(4)
Owner, Bozard Ford Company
Martin E. Stein, Jr. (3)(4)
Executive Chairman of Regency Centers Corporation
William H. Walton (2)(3)(4)
President of Rockpoint Group LLC
Margaret Wetherbee (4)
Attorney
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(1) Member of the Executive Committee
(2) Member of the Audit Committee
(3) Member of the Compensation Committee
(4) Member of the Nominating Committee
Officers
John D. Baker II
Chief Executive Officer
John D. Baker III
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
David H. deVilliers, Jr.
President
President, FRP Development Corp. and
Florida Rock Properties, Inc.
John D. Klopfenstein
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
FRP Holdings, Inc.
200 West Forsyth Street, 7th Floor
Jacksonville, Florida, 32202
Telephone: (904) 396-5733
Annual Meeting
Shareholders are cordially invited to attend the Annual Shareholders Meeting which will be held at 11 a.m. local time, on Wednesday May 6, 2020, at The River Club, Ortega Room, on the 34th floor of the Wells Fargo Building, One Independent Drive, Jacksonville, Florida.
Transfer Agent
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
59 Maiden Lane
Plaza Level
New York, NY 10038
Telephone: 1-800-937-5449
General Counsel
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Jacksonville, Florida
Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm
Hancock Askew & Co., LLP
Savannah, Georgia
Common Stock Listed
The Nasdaq Stock Market
(Symbol: FRPH)
Form 10-K
Shareholders may receive, without charge, a copy of FRP Holdings, Inc.’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by writing to the Treasurer at 200 West Forsyth Street, 7th Floor, Jacksonville, Florida 32202. The most recent certifications by our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are filed as exhibits to our Form 10-K.
Company Website
The Company’s website may be accessed atwww.frpholdings.com. All of our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission can be accessed through our website promptly after filing. This includes annual reports on Form 10-K, proxy statements, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports filed or furnished on Form 8-K and all related amendments.
