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| These assets garnered interest from real estate investors due to their below-market rents and strong real estate fundamentals which bodes well for our remaining exposure |
| Despite the transaction market experiencing a roughly 70% decline in volumes versus previous years, we managed to acquire high-quality net lease assets at favorable pricing throughout the year |
| Additionally, this well-timed capital raise, which was done on a 100% forward basis, allows us to remain opportunistic and thoughtful in today's increasingly attractive investment environment |
| We believe our high credit quality and minimal lease expiration risk adds stability to our underlying cash flow, which we see providing a consistent and growing earnings stream to investors |
| Due to the credit of these tenants and fungible nature of the real estate, we have recycled these assets at a positive spread to our recent purchase prices, which we expect to continue |
| We saw a good opportunity with the dollar stores more recently |
| With nearly all of our fourth quarter investments being leased to investment-grade tenants, our investment-grade tenancy has now reached 70.5%, which is a record high for the company |
| So I think to the degree, the opportunity set became more attractive, and we were able to achieve spreads that were certainly in line or if not better than where we're seeing right now |
| We've seen pretty good interest -- inbound interest for those locations, more from the types of buyers that value the real estate in below market rents |
| And so where we've been able to take advantage of some 1031 buyers looking to acquire some investment-grade assets, we've been able to sell flatter leases with less lease term and then turn around and use that capital to buy longer lease term assets with better escalations |
| And so fortunately, that's really kind of what we're left with, good performing assets for Big Lots in terms of foot traffic, but locations that we think would be very attractive to other buyers |
| Our ABR grew 33% to $131.9 million at 2023 year-end from $99.2 million the previous year |
| Our relationships with tenants and developers, which includes a focus on solving problems for all parties, including us, has allowed us to negotiate many win-win outcomes that were not previously available to us due to prior strength of the transaction market |
| As a testament to our disciplined underwriting and focus on high-quality real estate, we have identified and acquired multiple Winn-Dixie locations over the past few years that we believe were high-performing locations with underappreciated intrinsic real estate value |
| But really, what we're seeing currently is a very attractive acquisitions market |
| Our proactive approach to lease expirations leaves us with an enviable lease expiration schedule with only $84,000 of rent expiring in 2024 and 2% of total ABR expiring through 2025 |
| Core FFO was $21.2 million or $0.30 per diluted share, and AFFO was $21.6 million or $0.31 per diluted share, which represented 7% year-over-year growth |
| It sounds like you have a fairly good kind of line of sight, I guess, in the near term |
| We do not anticipate raising any additional debt capital this year as our $400 million revolving credit facility provides us with ample capacity to fulfill our 2024 debt needs |
| And you also mentioned the focus on selling flatter lease assets reflecting a positive spread |
| With that in mind, cap rates moved sequentially higher again in the fourth quarter as evidenced by the 7.2% initial cash yield on $119.1 million of investments, which brought our 2023 investment activity to $480.5 million |
| So we've seen some opportunities where some tenants have moved to longer lease terms with better escalations |
| So that's been an uptick |
| For the full year, we reported net income of $0.11 per diluted share, core FFO of $1.19 per diluted share and AFFO of $1.22 per diluted share, which represented 5% growth year-over-year in 2023 |
| Have a good day |
| Next, I want to thank the NETSTREIT team for their efforts in executing our investment strategy in 2023, which required our investment professionals to be nimble and creative in the face of volatility, inflation and rising interest rates |
| Last year, it was announced that ALDI will acquire the brand, which is a substantial credit upgrade for us |
| As such, we have deliberately pushed our investment volume with certain tenants to higher levels in order to achieve longer lease terms and better rent escalations with said tenants |
| But we really want to keep some optionality |
| Thank you |
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| But that's really not new news that the front end has always kind of been an area that Walgreens and CVS have struggled in |
| There's been some pressure on the consumer that's kind of hit their front-end sales a little bit |
| So if they don't have a gun to their head and don't have a reason to have to sell the property, then they're probably not going to sell, which is why you've seen transaction volumes down north of 70% over the past year |
| So there's still a market for those assets in the event that we start to see deterioration at the unit level, but we don't really see much risk as it relates to their ability to pay rent |
| Historically, in a fragmented market, we really weren't running into the larger public REITs unless it was a large portfolio, which we always had trouble competing with them to try to make those work |
| Things are pretty choppy out there |
| Total G&A expense, excluding onetime items, was $4.8 million for the quarter, which was down 5.5% sequentially |
| This is evidenced by our declining Big Lots exposure, which is now down to 8 properties or 1.5% of ABR |
| I saw that the Big Lots exposure decreased during the quarter |
| And as we recycle out of some of those assets, that may tick down a little bit |
| And based on what you've said before, is that kind of 100 plus? Mark Manheimer I think that's unlikely for us to completely pull back |
| Our initial focus has been to sell assets that generated the lowest foot traffic within our portfolio |
| But our internal growth is typically just a little bit less than 1% in any given year |
| So while there's fewer transactions to work on, across the industry, there's even less competition |
| So I would expect it to likely gravitate slightly downward, but not too far off from where we are today |
| But on the other hand, the cost of debt has been choppy |
| Furthermore, when including the net proceeds from our foreign offering this January, our quarter end pro forma leverage declines to 2.5x |
| So yes, I mean, the competition has really gone away significantly |
| While we are comfortable with the assets we still own, we will still continue to look for opportunities to decrease our exposure |
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