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| So I think that's a good dynamic that we're seeing |
| And we think that looking forward to probably '25 and '26, we could see more growth in storage and probably better fundamentals in the space as well |
| But I think in the short term, we're very well capitalized |
| We have a very well-capitalized balance sheet |
| Number two, we have extremely favorable liquidity position |
| but the rest of our companies are very well capitalized, market leaders, strong operators and no real concerns on -- from our perspective on the credit side |
| We think the opportunity set for sale leasebacks right now is very strong given the continued dislocation in the credit markets |
| And we've seen some particularly strengthening fundamentals in the transaction markets in Europe which have largely been frozen over the last 12 to 24 months |
| So we think there's a good growth story going forward and certainly a good entry price currently |
| But I think that complexity is really a competitive advantage for us |
| Maybe more going forward, but I think that we're certainly well positioned to compete given our track record of executing in Europe, and again, the liquidity position that we're in currently |
| investors, and I think it's shined a brighter spotlight on the benefits and value creation opportunities of being in Europe that we've realized and enjoyed for quite some time now |
| And that's a big competitive advantage for us |
| I think if you look at the several months after the announcement, we performed quite strongly |
| But the context is that we're seeing good opportunities in Europe |
| So meaningful outperformance perhaps what we expected to pick up, I think we realized within the market |
| We are very confident in leasing that property up |
| So first, you think attractive valuation given the fourth quarter call, that was kind of bumpy, and I think stocks pulled back on that, favorable balance sheet with investment capacity and diversification across geographies and tenants |
| So making good progress on it |
| I think it's optionality that's good to have in this environment |
| This was the package that they sought and got all of the stakeholders comfortable that this puts them in a much better position |
| So making good progress |
| And we also have a credit facility that's largely undrawn, a $2 billion credit facility and additional capital sources to the extent we see good opportunities in investment market |
| So that is an excellent property, large building |
| We're pleased to have with us W |
| We still think sale-leasebacks are priced very attractively relative to the alternative capital sources the company can raise |
| I'm confident we'll get that done |
| Our ability to fund deals is a big component of that, and we've talked about our liquidity position and how that gives us confidence |
| So we think there's a really good entry point into the pricing right now |
| I think that's been a benefit to us |
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| I think we've even seen Home Depot have a number of sales decreases over the last number of quarters |
| I think the expectations around office, as we all know, the fundamentals will continue to get worse is our expectation |
| And I think that has a lot to do with the German consumer really hitting quite a slow patch towards the back half of the year |
| Smedes Rose The stock hasn't performed as well as maybe you would have thought it was |
| I think it's about a 13% total overall decline for year one |
| I think, number one, we had an overreaction to a recent earnings call |
| But look, storage, while the growth has slowed down |
| There's a clear understanding that we eliminated a lot of the headwinds to growth going forward that we think we were going to experience with office re-leasing |
| One, really the outperformance of COVID, the slowdown for them was quite sharp versus some of the other COVID darling retailers, which we've seen a little bit more of a steady year decline |
| We've also lowered our payout ratio in the fourth quarter to generate more free cash flow that should add about $250 million |
| Just to give you some one, Europe saw a much more severe increase in rates |
| So that cleaned up the composition of our portfolio, and we think removed a bit of an overhang |
| And then I guess the third thing that was a little bit surprised the bankruptcy of a tenant with four cold storage facilities is about $5 million and change of rents |
| The first I wanted to ask about was the Hewitt restructuring where you'll receive -- or they received $7.5 million of rent abatement and about a $4 million decline in rents annually thereafter |
| What happened with that tenant, that is one that had been on our watch less for some time and had been operating in bankruptcy |
| This is particularly the case in Europe |
| I think that it's probably hard to argue that the portfolio without office is going to be less attractive in the same portfolio with office |
| I mean it's mainly based on the dropout that a lot of the private equity firms have raised I think if the rate markets settle |
| So when we got their Q3 financials, which tend to come on a lag -- by a 60-day lag, so towards the end of our Q4, that's when we saw a visibility into what was a very sharp decline in their operations in Q3, a few different contributing factors there from our perspective |
| That said, we're going to keep them on our credit watch list and they will need to operate through this slower period of time, but we do think the actions that we and the other stakeholders have taken and have put them on a much firmer footing to execute |
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