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| However, we have healthy prospect activity for these properties, which should provide growth to NOI, FFO and cash flow in future years |
| We are confident in the long-term outlook for our markets and BBDs, based on the limited new supply expected to be added over the next few years |
| We are pleased with these full year results as $0.04 of upside, mostly from higher NOI, overcame the $0.03 we lost from the combination of higher interest rates, asset sales, and the earlier-than-expected repayment of our preferred investment in M&O |
| We are laser focused on owning a portfolio that is resilient throughout all business cycles, well positioned to attract, retain and return our customers' most valuable resource, their employees, to their workplaces |
| So, I think we feel very good about the modifying lease that's there |
| Again, early prospects just to our activity, but we feel good given we're still a year away |
| So we feel really good there the activity |
| We continue to be bullish on the long-term demographics of the Sunbelt |
| Simply put, we are in the best markets and best business districts to create long-term value for our shareholders |
| During 2023, we further strengthened our balance sheet by putting out our maturity ladder, which puts us in excellent shape for the next several years |
| Our strong balance sheet with ample liquidity, combined with our high-quality portfolio in the BBDs of high-growth Sunbelt markets, is a large reason why Moody's affirmed our Baa2 credit rating with a stable outlook just last week |
| And fourth, we will continue to maintain a best-in-class balance sheet |
| As demonstrated over the past 90 days, having ample liquidity and access to multiple sources of capital throughout the cycle is an important differentiator for us |
| And with the fourth quarter's average rent bumps at 2.7%, we believe we have meaningful rent growth embedded in the quarter's results |
| So I think we feel like we've got a lot of a lot of good growth drivers, and we're coming at this from a position of strength if you think about dividend coverage in 2023 going forward |
| We expect these developments will provide meaningful growth in future years as they stabilize |
| In 2023, we once again had healthy cash flows, demonstrating the resiliency of our portfolio and platform |
| And you've placed a big emphasis on securing additional liquidity in the past year and have been very successful at raising capital |
| Nothing is etched by any stretch, but just the activity, seeing the tour activity pick up is pretty encouraging from our standpoint |
| We believe the resiliency of our cash flows should give our shareholders confidence in our long-term outlook |
| So we feel good about backfilling that specific space |
| Competitive development pipelines are at record lows, and we believe our resilient portfolio, ongoing [indiscernible] efforts, strong balance sheet, and sizable land bank will enable us to capitalize on opportunities in our markets as they arise |
| And so we have well-positioned assets |
| Our well-located and high-quality portfolio, reputation as a best-in-class operator and strong financial sponsorship, positions us to continue to gain market share |
| However, based on the modified lease we've discussed and the solid interest we're seeing from prospects, we believe Cool Springs V will be a significant driver of growth in future years |
| In summary, our balance sheet is in excellent shape, our high-quality Sunbelt portfolio is located in the BBDs where talent wants to be, and our team is cycle-tested and optimistic about future value creation |
| And I think the brokers, as I think, I've talked about on prior calls, they're doing a really good job this cycle of understanding the capital stack for office buildings |
| In addition, we have meaningful future growth potential from our development pipeline |
| We are pleased with these financial results, given asset sales and the unanticipated rise in interest rates during the year, neither of which were factored into our initial outlook |
| First, we have significant organic growth potential within our current operating portfolio with high-quality pockets of vacancy where we're seeing solid interest from prospects |
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| We expect Cool Springs V will generate negative NOI in 2024 |
| Because our practice has long been not to take in-service properties available for lease out of our operating or same-store portfolio regardless of occupancy, these two empty buildings negatively impacted FFO and cash flow |
| So, this is a very long-term lease that we have and the business cycle is a little bit uncertain |
| I think virtually all the capital sources is very difficult |
| In addition, we have backfilled a significant amount of larger known move-outs that impacted 2023 NOI and occupancy |
| They just -- is just very difficult from a layout perspective |
| While 2024 share FFO is projected to be down compared to the core results in 2023, the decline is primarily attributable to higher financing costs associated with our capital raising activities in the fourth quarter of 2023 and the modification of the lease and accounting treatment related to our backfill customer at Cool Springs V in Nashville |
| So our expectations are we'll see those numbers come down and will look more like probably prior years that you saw before prior to 2023 in terms of that spend |
| And we knew that |
| Given the known move-outs that we've discussed for some time, occupancy is likely to dip in late 2024 and early 2025 |
| So, some of the earlier questions about Zombie buildings, not only did that talk about funding TI and commissions, that also is difficult to fund kind of repositionings or what we call hybridizing where we kind of upgrade the experience |
| While the overall market saw another quarter of negative absorption Cushman and Wakefield noted, Buckhead broke from this trend of 240,000 square feet of positive absorption |
| But that is going to be then will come down as those development properties deliver and stabilize and generate significant amounts of NOI |
| I do think after the year turned, rates came down brokers are a little bit more confident |
| So our intention is still to exit Pittsburgh, but just given a very difficult capital market environment for office and then you layer on a very big office transactions |
| It's been slow on the decision-making |
| So it's not to say that this is -- that's a foregone conclusion |
| As we all know, we've got several coming up late starting in the fourth quarter this year, leaking over in the first quarter next year |
| And I will say that, that's not dissimilar from things that we do other industries that we tend to view as a little bit more volatile than maybe our core customer base |
| So I think they are difficult conversations that are going on with a lot of loans that are -- have near-term maturities |
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