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| We were very pleased with the outcome of our recent financings, given the challenges facing the office sector, and we believe they demonstrate the quality of our assets as well as the value of the support from the RMR platform that helped facilitate these transactions |
| and Seattle, sold noncore assets, and successfully executed new financings in both the CMBS and bond markets |
| The project will be delivered with four move-in ready spec lab suites, which we believe serves as a differentiator as tenants evaluate options in the market |
| So they've been very helpful guiding us and helping us navigate some of this stuff and they'll continue to do that in the future |
| Looking ahead, we hope to continue to build on this momentum and further execute on our operational and financial priorities in 2024 |
| So if we're able to exercise on those dispositions, then our occupancy will obviously be better |
| Have a nice weekend |
| Our progress was greatly supported by the efforts and reach of our manager, The RMR Group, with its deep bench of experienced real estate professionals and banking relationships |
| And Moelis, we actually engaged them in the early part of the fourth quarter, and that helped us all along the way as far as sifting through our options, bringing new ideas, bringing different capital alternatives to the table |
| The project is 28% pre-leased to Sonoma Biotherapeutics, and we are actively marketing the remaining vacancy with good activity |
| Our portfolio is well diversified by industry and geography with 64% of our revenues coming from investment grade-rated tenants |
| This will help us address future leasing costs, capital expenditures and our upcoming debt maturities |
| So I think that is our hope |
| Kevin Barry Thank you, and good morning, everyone |
| To begin the year, we have made significant progress addressing our upcoming debt maturities |
| Before I turn it over to Brian, I would like to acknowledge that OPI, despite challenges facing the office sector, accomplished many of its objectives in 2023 and to start the new year |
| We hope to see these trends continue as we head into 2024 |
| So we had to look at our options on the table as far as getting a revolver, which gives us liquidity and more flexibility |
| Thanks |
| Brian Donley Thanks, Yael, and good morning, everyone |
| Thank you |
| Thanks so much |
| Yael Duffy Thank you, Kevin, and good morning |
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| We reported normalized FFO of $45.9 million or $0.95 per share for the quarter, which came in $0.01 below our guidance range due to higher operating expenses |
| While we see evidence of large companies across corporate America urging workers to return to the office, including in-person mandates, the office sector faces subdued demand driven by headwinds associated with macroeconomic uncertainty and the impact of work from home |
| We expect same-property cash basis NOI to be down 14% to 16% as compared to the first quarter of 2023, driven by elevated free rent and tenant vacancies |
| Same-property cash basis NOI decreased 12.5% compared to the fourth quarter of 2022 and was in line with our guidance range, which was a decline of 11% to 13% |
| Concessions and capital commitments declined 12% quarter-over-quarter and were 21% lower than our average for the year |
| However, our work on the balance sheet is not finished and challenges remain |
| Additionally, competition among landlords have put further pressure on net effective rents |
| The decrease sequentially from Q4 is made up of several items, most notably increased interest expense related to our financing activity and lower rental income |
| Most markets experienced declines in asking rents and occupancy levels in 2023, and we expect this trend to continue into 2024 |
| As Yael mentioned, based on the deterioration in market conditions, combined with OPI's near-term cash priorities, last month, we reduced our quarterly dividend to $0.01 per share |
| So that's about, assuming we don't do any other new leasing, which I don't anticipate, it would be about somewhere around 2% a quarter of decline in occupancy |
| The decrease on a sequential quarter basis was driven by higher interest expense and lower NOI as a result of Q4 tenant vacates and operating cost increases |
| I think some of the challenges we have with these vacancies is that these are generally single-tenant properties, and so it is hard to find a single tenant or a large block in this environment |
| However, as many of these tenants have requirements in 2025 and beyond, feedback has been slow |
| The decrease is mainly driven by elevated free rent concessions, vacancies and higher operating costs |
| As market conditions in the office sector remain challenging, we felt it was prudent to reduce the dividend to increase our liquidity and financial flexibility |
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