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| In our largest apartment region, in the Mountain West, we saw occupancies improved by 1.5% leading to revenue growth of 3% and NOI growth of 2% |
| Fundamental fundamentals remain very strong within our multi-family credit and industrial portfolio |
| The platform's economics continue to be very attractive |
| KW's ownership interest in these new loans is 2.5% and the returns have benefited from the high interest rate environment |
| The significant growth was driven by a 148% increase in our credit platform, which benefited from the $4.1 billion construction loan portfolio acquisition, which was the largest single transaction in our company's history |
| The team's long-term successful track record, strong relationships, and the lack of traditional lenders in the market positions us extremely well to deploy the $4 billion of dry powder and continue expanding this platform in 2024 and beyond |
| We saw strong performance in our Dublin stabilized portfolio with occupancy of 95% and same property NOI increasing by 6% due to successful rent reviews which as a reminder has a unique feature allowing it mark-to-market on rents during the lease term |
| Fundamentals for our European industrial portfolio remain healthy with supply chain pressures undersupply in certain markets and continued strength in the occupational markets, all leading to strong demand |
| We've also seen strong demand from our existing tenants to remain on our properties with tenants engaging and early discussions to extend their leases ahead of expiration |
| For the full year, we completed 78 leasing transactions delivering a 53% increase in rents, which was well ahead of our business plan |
| We are well-positioned as one of the very few active multifamily construction lenders in the market today |
| Yesterday, we reported our results for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2023 which highlighted further expansion of our investment management business, NOI growth across our global multifamily portfolio and solid progress on completing and stabilizing our newly developed assets, including almost 4,000 multifamily units in the Western US and Dublin |
| At our Vintage Housing affordable portfolio, we saw strong revenue growth of almost 10% driven by increasing levels of area median income resulting in a real robust NOI growth of 7% |
| Consolidated revenues improved to $140 million in the quarter and $563 million for the year, an increase of 4% compared to 2022 and 24% compared to 2021 |
| So we feel pretty good about that asset |
| However, since year end the outlook remains favorable as we believe we are entering a period of time with a more supportive backdrop with expected improvements in both inflation and the cost of capital |
| are growing at solid growth rates |
| And so we're going to have, some of the best-in-class products, at affordable prices in markets that continue to attract people for, job growth and other factors |
| So we feel great about the portfolio, but the days of 10% rent growth there are probably behind us |
| We are encouraged with the improvements we saw in January with renewal spreads increasing to 3.8% and asking rents of 2% |
| Fee-bearing capital grew by an impressive 42% to a record $8.4 billion |
| I am proud of the progress we have made across a number of our initiatives and importantly, how we are positioned -- how we have positioned the Company to take advantage of future opportunities that may arise in 2024 |
| The most important benefit of the transaction was the exceptional team of 38 people that originated the loans and join KW |
| This led to strong revenue growth of over 5% and NOI growth of 4% |
| So, during the pandemic, those markets were obviously roaring, doing extremely well, and kind of outpacing the business plan |
| Overall, we believe renter fundamentals in the US remain healthy |
| So to add to Matt's point, we have an attractive cost basis in the asset |
| Our investment management platform outperformed expectations in 2023 |
| And the operating cash flow after debt service on our 3.62% fixed rate debt with an average maturity of 5.5 years has grown by more than 20% including growth of 10% in 2023 alone |
| We have very minimal debt maturities in 2024 and has repeatedly happened at KW periods of this location have presented us our greatest growth opportunities |
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| That all being said, I mean, there clearly has been, a higher level of supply that's come on recently in those markets, which has put some pressure on our ability to grow the rents at the pace we were growing them at over the past several years |
| Adjusted EBITDA totaled a loss of $129 million in Q4 |
| Obviously, the Seattle market is challenged right now |
| I mean, I'd say certainly, construction activity overall is, has reduced from where it was a couple of years ago |
| Our dispositions remained muted in the quarter with a focus on non-core assets |
| Overall, we have recaptured approximately two-thirds of our units from nonpaying tenants in 2023 with our California assets still seeing elevated levels of legal and turnover costs and currently having a loss-to-lease of 4% |
| So there's no question that housing starts as an example, are slowing |
| But on the flipside, I wonder this capital stopped becoming too expensive for someone, who wants to take a loan and actually there's going to be less construction activity going forward, so less opportunities |
| And so, what we feel like is that the overall pie may be shrinking |
| In total, we had a GAAP net loss of $1.78 per share, which includes non-cash items such as depreciation and fair value adjustments, totaling $1.54 per share |
| However, due to increases in implied cap rates, off of a limited transaction data and based on third-party appraisals, we took a $40 million non-cash mark-to-market loss on these assets during 2023 |
| What I'd say there is we have a very, very low basis in that asset |
| I mean the other side of it too is, in terms of payoffs, some people who are looking for permanent financing are not paying off as quickly as we expected |
| And so I think in terms of the runoff of the book, it may be a bit slower certainly for the first half of this year |
| In Q4, we saw valuations depreciate by 4% resulting in $176 million of fair value reductions with estimated values being impacted by higher implied cap rates as a result of the overall interest rate environment |
| Just wanted to ask about maybe first just like the trends that you're seeing in the Mountain West markets for your multi-family business and just it looks like maybe the rent growth slowing there from a market wise perspective |
| Actual results may materially differ from forward-looking information, discussed on this call, due to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors, indicated in reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission |
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