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| The property level, it's better than it's been in a very long time |
| That's worked out really well in addition to the fact that it helps the rest of our properties pretty significantly also |
| But the sales are significantly better than where they were and there's something really important to understand about that |
| There is an advantage and it's a hidden advantage, effectively, of Federal that we deal with a bunch and that is these large mixed-use properties clearly are worth more than $100 a share in Federal Realty common stock price suggests |
| 2023 was an exceptional year for us in controlling costs |
| We've also come back stronger than anybody |
| 2023 showed record earnings for the company, about $6.55 a share and with a -- also includes a mixed use portfolio that makes up about a third of the company and the mixed use stuff includes some of the best assets in the country |
| So I think we do a pretty good job of controlling it, as Dan says, but I also think we do a pretty good job of getting a return on that capital that's expended |
| So the ability to be able to have the strongest core, to provide the best growth from the core perspective and then be able to supplement that with development or redevelopment, when that knob can be turned up, when conditions in the economy allow that to be turned up, acquisitions up or down, when those – when that can be part of the picture, having the ability to do that, to look at a shopping center not just narrowly as the operation of a shopping center, but as a piece of real estate |
| Will we be able to continue to have that operating leverage? I think we're optimistic we can continue to maintain cost controls at the property level, the operating level that allows us to have revenue growth above that expense growth line item to be able to drive higher POI and that's something that we've focused on and I think we've achieved that and the proof is in the pudding in our 2023 results |
| We have significantly outperformed our underwriting there |
| They have higher profitability |
| So we've been really successful in that |
| We actually have done an exceptional job, I think, coming -- starting in COVID and coming through out of COVID |
| So it's a good time fundamentally for the business |
| I think we had growth of maybe 1% year-over-year, which is really, really strong |
| Very nice |
| Leasing is strong |
| That's really important because when you look at the internal growth and the foundation that that provides, things like redevelopment, things like development itself, things like acquisitions, the other ways to grow the company are on top of a really strong base |
| So there's been a disproportional benefit from us – from our point of view of COVID, the results of COVID, in these first-ring suburbs and Coconut Grove is just a great example, made me think of it |
| That's terrific |
| Placer AI data is good data |
| Having them come to places like Federal's places has always been our huge advantage and I don't see that changing |
| That's a good thing |
| And what best – what is the highest and best use for that real estate? And then having the ability to create and produce the highest and best use for that piece of property is what it is – is what our business plan is |
| And when you sit and you think about the valuation of the company today relative to the underlying assets, I think there's more upside in this company with these high quality assets than there are in others |
| Our job is to create a group of tenants together on a piece of land that provides the highest productivity for them overall |
| It’s -- they're great growing assets, et cetera |
| I believe that's significantly higher than anybody else out there |
| What it is an amazing piece of land that has the ability to have rents increase dramatically, merchandising change dramatically |
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| Our earnings growth, other than COVID, where we were hurt and we were hurt during COVID largely, because we are in states that closed for longer, whether that's Maryland or Massachusetts, California, et cetera |
| That certainly dilutes the bottomline FFO growth of what the properties are delivering |
| Federal, your rents are too high |
| That's going to be a headwind |
| So, the two main things that you would normally see if things weren't going well, we're not seeing right now |
| Real estate is cyclical |
| And it was like a light that went off |
| That's a bad capital decision |
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