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| As we enter this year, Getty is well-positioned for the current environment given the essential nature of our assets, the operating strength of our institutional tenant base, our distinctive sourcing and underwriting capabilities and our strong balance sheet |
| 2023 proved to be another strong year for Getty and set us up for continued growth in 2024 |
| So the demand for development funding remains strong as a source of capital for those new builds, Chris emphasized in his remarks about the benefits of adding new industry units into our portfolio and it remains a very active product and an option for our growing tenants relative to other sources of capital |
| I think the biggest trends we're seeing, right, our memberships continue to be quite strong |
| Our successful investment activities combined with our healthy in place portfolio produced strong revenue and AFFO per share growth and a sector leading dividend increase |
| I think the -- from our perspective, the beauty of the sale leaseback, the direct nature of our transactions is we think we are and the team that we've put in place, we think we or set up to have another year of strong investment volumes |
| The net result of our record investment activity was an annual total revenue increase of 12.2% and when you factor in our effective capital market executions, AFFO per share grew 5.1% for the year ended 2023 meeting the high end of our revised guidance range |
| We think these would be strong results in any given year, but I'd argue they were exceptional in light of all that transpired in 2023 |
| So we feel really good about those investments and the technology really dovetails with all of that |
| So, we feel really good about how we're positioned against the current pipeline, what we're seeing beyond that and honestly, like it is most years as we move through the year, it will be pipeline dependent and capital markets dependent as we continually look to match funder activity and do it accretively |
| Pro forma for these investments in capital activity, we expect our balance sheet to remain well-positioned to support continued growth |
| This growth was driven primarily by our strong acquisition activity as well as recurring rent escalators in our leases and rent commencements and completed redevelopment projects |
| From an operations standpoint, we believe it benefits our portfolio to acquire state-of-the-art new builds that reflect the latest tenant prototypes including increased store sizes, prominent branding, the latest technology and in certain cases drive thru lanes |
| We remain confident in the strength of Getty's in place portfolio and our ability to create value through earnings growth and portfolio diversification |
| Our target retail sectors continue to be healthy as evidenced by the resilience of the U.S |
| Another core principle at Getty is the concept of continuous improvement with respect to our operations |
| So yes, I think we've been able to extract value in addition to the total initial cash returns that we always reference |
| We're certainly very bullish on the sectors we invest in, right? Ultimately, the counterparty certainly has to look at what's best for their balance sheet and what's best for their growth perspective |
| We're excited about our relationships in that sector and what's causing a lot of the health of our operators there |
| We think our relationships, underwriting expertise and liquidity will serve us well as we source and diligently underwrite opportunities to acquire new convenience and automotive retail assets |
| We invested a record $326 million raised $295 million of attractively priced capital and continued to advance our portfolio diversification objectives |
| We had a strong quarter in which we invested $61.8 million through sale leasebacks or development funding transactions, bringing our full year investments to a record $326.3 million |
| To that end, we strengthened relationships with existing tenants and aggressively pursued new business with both mature and emerging retailers |
| So we're still very excited about the car wash sector |
| Our performance was driven by our focused strategy and the competitive advantages we believe we've developed over many years in our space |
| This is one of the largest year-over-year increases we've achieved in ABR and we think reflects the efforts we've made to scale the platform |
| I think again, in the car wash sector, right, you had several years of explosive growth |
| We also launched a multiyear technology initiative to ensure that we have the systems in place to support a larger platform and to make us more efficient and better investors |
| This excellent performance was the direct result of the hard work the Getty team, who embrace the challenge to accelerate our growth despite precarious and at times unpredictable market conditions |
| Away from the income statement, I'd highlight that our annualized base rent of $172.8 million as of December 31, was up 12.1% from the $154.1 million we reported at the end of 2022 |
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| The market for our property types continues to adjust to the changed rate environment and remains challenged |
| With the expectation that there will be rate cuts in the second half of 2024, whereas been a decline in overall transaction activity in our retail sectors thus far this year |
| With that said, car washes are not immune to what's going on in the broader economy |
| I think drive up visits, right, are -- where our tenants are seeing some softness at this time |
| Farrell Granath And this may be a little repetitive in comments you just made about seeing kind of a trend that 2024 transaction volumes are going to be pulling back |
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