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| So one thing that I did want to highlight that may not jump off the page in the supplement is we’re feeling pretty good, really over the next five to six years about having sort of a smooth expiration |
| markets, probably less marketed activity, which is typically why we view the fact that we’re here and we have the relationships as a competitive advantage to us |
| The fourth quarter again demonstrated the strength of our outstanding team in the quality of our retail, industrial and ground lease assets |
| We are excited about focusing on growing our commercial real estate portfolio and are well positioned to do so |
| Our portfolio of primarily grocery-anchored neighborhood centers continues to benefit from the economic environment here in Hawaii |
| So we expect another very solid leasing year overall |
| During the fourth quarter, we also completed a number of strategic objectives that position us well for the long-term |
| Our high quality CRE portfolio of retail, industrial and ground lease assets performed well |
| We’ve seen consistent demand across all retail categories, still strong interest from QSRs, community services like vet clinics, dental services, et cetera |
| We were really pleased to get the build to suit at Maui Business Park over the line and start there, adding to photovoltaic, which is starting to actually add some meaningful NOI to our portfolio |
| This is the second rooftop PV system in our portfolio and follows the successful installation of our first system at Pearl Highlands Center last year, which provided about $675,000 of incremental NOI in 2023 |
| These accomplishments in the fourth quarter add to our achievements from earlier in the year, including our off market acquisition of Kaomi Loop Industrial, a 33,000 square foot property in the second quarter, and the completion of our Manoa Marketplace refresh in the third quarter |
| Same-store economic occupancy at year-end was also up 100 basis points from the last quarter to 93.8% |
| And so for that reason and the fact that now with simplification behind us, the sale of Grace last year was a big milestone |
| Second, we can fully utilize the strength of our balance sheet to fund these growth initiatives |
| Same-store leased occupancy at year-end was 95.5%, 100 basis points higher than the third quarter |
| And so with respect to our guidance around FFO, what that’s conveying is the fact that we have continued growth in our commercial real estate business |
| So what I can say is that the year has started off strong in 2024 |
| And importantly, our investments team is engaging with local real estate owners to source external opportunities, and our balance sheet provides us with the liquidity needed to support these efforts |
| We also executed 50 leases in our improved property portfolio for approximately 114,000 square feet, and achieved blended spreads of 7.8% with spreads for new leases at 11.4% and spreads for renewal leases at 7% |
| We have often said that our grocery-anchored portfolio benefits from, but is not dependent on tourism |
| In the fourth quarter, total NOI growth was 4.7% and we achieved same-store NOI growth of 4.3% |
| Each of these metrics for the fourth quarter of 2023 benefited from collections of amounts reserved in previous years of approximately $400,000 or a $0.01 per diluted share |
| I’m pleased to say that 2023 ended on a high note |
| Aloha, and have a great day |
| For 2024, we expect the composition of our total company FFO to primarily reflect our commercial real estate business, in which we anticipate that portion of FFO growing from $0.94 per share in 2023 to between $0.99 per share and $1.04 per share in 2024, reflecting a growth rate of 5% to 11% |
| While we cannot provide more information at this time, we believe the short-term decrease in office related NOI resulting from tenant move outs will enable us to reposition these assets for higher and better use going forward |
| So as we’ve been simplifying the company, we’ve been identifying ways in which we’re able to also simplify our overall overhead |
| The higher land operations adjusted EBITDA in 2022 is due primarily to the gain recognized related to the McBryde sale that occurred in 2022 |
| I guess suffice it to say that we are – we feel like we are properly reserved from a balance sheet perspective for any potential outcomes |
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| Our guidance also reflects lower NOI at our non-strategic office assets, primarily from tenant move outs |
| So the market remains challenged |
| It’s below what we in the Street were expecting |
| And then you mentioned office was a bit weak, obviously, we all know what’s going on there, but you also mentioned repurposing for higher and better |
| And so where you’re seeing the softness, both really in vacancy and where we were sort of signaling with NOI is coming from our three Maui assets, two in particular, that sit on the same block |
| If you keep selling, like, selling office and selling land parcels, obviously it’s harder to grow |
| The change was due primarily to lower sales of unimproved property in the fourth quarter of 2023 as compared to the year before |
| Net loss available to shareholders was $3.5 million, or $0.05 per diluted share |
| And if you think that there’s any chance that they won’t be able to achieve their goals, which case that property comes back to the company |
| Unemployment was 2.9% at the end of 2023, improving 80 basis points from a year earlier and lower than the national average of 3.7% |
| Capital markets is still impacting pricing with some dislocation in terms of what sellers are expecting versus what we think assets should be trading for |
| Last one for me, just speak, it seems like land contribution for the year is kind of flat to ish to maybe a little bit of a drag |
| Whereas in years past, we did have a lot of noise in our FFO, and that was attributed to the various episodic sales that we had of non-core businesses |
| Is there anything operationally, whether or not it’s the lower NOI from the office assets or anything else that you’re expecting to sort of be a drag on sort of core property NOI or FFO in 2024 at this point |
| It’s not to say that we may not see some distress, but we don’t have a lot of these higher levered, sort of larger office portfolios or other asset classes that may lead to more distress situations here than you may see in other areas |
| So we’re really looking to sort of fire in all cylinders when it comes to increasing the portfolio |
| We reported a loss from discontinued operations of $11.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, primarily related to Grace Pacific, which was sold in November |
| Sale of Grace is significant for three reasons |
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