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| We have seen terrific demand in Richmond, small incremental demand coming in Downtown Denver and in suburban Denver |
| We are looking forward to 2024, and we are certainly feeling very, very positive about our debt level now and opportunities that may present themselves in 2024 to us |
| Importantly, FSP continues to see real interest from buyers as certain investors continue to seek high-quality and well-located office properties, and we are optimistic that we will continue to make progress on prospective select dispositions during 2024 |
| In regards to what we are expecting here over the next six to 12-months, we have seen steady improving demand in the suburbs of Houston |
| With meaningful progress on deleveraging our balance sheet having been made and a strong value growth potential that we believe is embedded in our existing property portfolio, we will continue to search for the best opportunities and times to generate additional new sources and paths of shareholder value that could potentially enhance growth in FSP’s stock price |
| So we are doing very well on that front |
| But over the last few months and into the first quarter here with activity, Houston has been very, very strong with leasing activity |
| We have appealed nearly all assessed values over historically and currently with great success |
| To be clear, our objective is to maximize achieved values on all property sales for our shareholders, and we strongly believe that in this present investment climate that being cautious with details that have even the possibility of forming potential sales efforts is beneficial to that objective |
| The positive trends in demand have continued in FSP suburban markets including Houston, Dallas and Richmond |
| We believe this debt reduction has reduced risk to all FSP stakeholders in this currently challenged and uncertain office property, while increasing the quality and longer-term potential of their continued investment |
| And then we hope to see some improvement in the remaining assets in Dallas |
| The 706,000 square feet for 2023 represents an increase of 62% in total leasing year-over-year |
| We think the extensions align well with our current footprint and continued effort to reduce or eliminate debt |
| We very much appreciate the support and got 100% participation on these extensions from our long-standing lender groups |
| Good morning, everyone |
| The 706,000 square feet of total leasing was 77% greater than scheduled lease expirations |
| We are pleased to report that we have extended the maturities of our debt through April 1, 2026 |
| John? John Demeritt Thank you, Scott, and good morning, everyone |
| Jeffrey Carter Thank you, John, and good morning, everyone |
| Thank you |
| Thank you |
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| The currently constricted environment for liquidity has resulted in very difficult conditions for buyers in their sourcing of both potential debt and equity capital, which when combined with the rise in interest rates and the post-COVID office environment are primarily responsible for the significant decline in national sales volume |
| As we have reported over recent quarters, the market for office property sales and financings remains highly challenged and in particular, with respect to procuring the necessary capital to purchase larger office properties and to our bulk office portfolios, where national sales volumes have dropped materially |
| And taxes and insurance, which you can find in the supplemental on Page 5, have actually gone down from $5.17 per square foot in calendar 2022 to about $4.54 in calendar 2023 |
| The decreases in leased occupancy were attributable to 4 property dispositions during the year, and due to lease expirations in multiple markets, including Denver and Minneapolis among others |
| Actually, they decreased about $0.05 here over the last calendar year compared to the previous year |
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