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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 10-K
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from
to
AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Commission file number: 001-35030
AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Commission file number: 33-202342-01
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Maryland |
(American Assets Trust, Inc.) |
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27-3338708 |
(American Assets Trust, Inc.) |
Maryland |
(American Assets Trust, L.P.) |
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27-3338894 |
(American Assets Trust, L.P.) |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization) |
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
3420 Carmel Mountain Road, Suite 100
San Diego, California 92121
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
(858) 350-2600
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:
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Registrant |
Title of Each Class |
Trading Symbol |
Name Of Each Exchange On Which Registered |
American Assets Trust, Inc. |
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share |
AAT |
New York Stock Exchange |
American Assets Trust, L.P. |
None |
None |
None |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Act:
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American Assets Trust, Inc. |
None |
American Assets Trust, L.P. |
None |
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned
issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
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American Assets Trust, Inc. |
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Yes |
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No |
American Assets Trust, L.P. |
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Yes |
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No |
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file
reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Act.
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American Assets Trust, Inc. |
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Yes |
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No |
American Assets Trust, L.P. |
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Yes |
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No |
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed
all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or
for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file
such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
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American Assets Trust, Inc. |
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Yes |
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No |
American Assets Trust, L.P. |
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Yes |
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No |
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted
electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every
Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant
to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or
for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit
and post such files).
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American Assets Trust, Inc. |
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Yes |
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No |
American Assets Trust, L.P. |
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Yes |
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No |
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant
to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and
will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in
definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by
reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or
a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated
filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and
"emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
American
Assets Trust, Inc.
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Large Accelerated Filer |
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The aggregate market value of American Assets Trust, Inc.'s common
shares held by non-affiliates of the Registrant, based upon the
closing sales price of the Registrant's common shares on
June 30, 2021 was $1.971 billion.
The number of American Assets Trust, Inc.’s common shares
outstanding on February 11, 2022 was
60,523,831.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of American Assets Trust, Inc.'s Proxy Statement with
respect to its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed not
later than 120 days after the end of its fiscal year are
incorporated by reference into Part III hereof.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This report combines the annual reports on
Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2021 of
American Assets Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and American
Assets Trust, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership, of which
American Assets Trust, Inc. is the parent company and sole general
partner. Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context requires
otherwise, all references in this report to “we,” “us,” “our” or
“the company” refer to American Assets Trust, Inc. together with
its consolidated subsidiaries, including American Assets Trust,
L.P. In statements regarding qualification as a REIT, such terms
refer solely to American Assets Trust, Inc. Unless otherwise
indicated or unless the context requires otherwise, all references
in this report to “our Operating Partnership” or “the Operating
Partnership” refer to American Assets Trust, L.P. together with its
consolidated subsidiaries.
American Assets Trust, Inc. operates as a real estate investment
trust, or REIT, and is the sole general partner of the Operating
Partnership. As of December 31, 2021, American Assets
Trust, Inc. owned an approximate 78.8% partnership
interest in the Operating Partnership. The remaining 21.2%
partnership interests are owned by non-affiliated investors and
certain of our directors and executive officers. As the sole
general partner of the Operating Partnership, American Assets
Trust, Inc. has full, exclusive and complete authority and control
over the Operating Partnership’s day-to-day management and
business, can cause it to enter into certain major transactions,
including acquisitions, dispositions and refinancings, and can
cause changes in its line of business, capital structure and
distribution policies.
The company believes that combining the annual reports on Form 10-K
of American Assets Trust, Inc. and the Operating Partnership into a
single report will result in the following benefits:
•better
reflects how management and the analyst community view the business
as a single operating unit;
•enhance
investors' understanding of American Assets Trust, Inc. and the
Operating Partnership by enabling them to view the business as a
whole and in the same manner as management;
•greater
efficiency for American Assets Trust, Inc. and the Operating
Partnership and resulting savings in time, effort and expense;
and
•greater
efficiency for investors by reducing duplicative disclosure by
providing a single document for their review.
Management operates American Assets Trust, Inc. and the Operating
Partnership as one enterprise. The management of American Assets
Trust, Inc. and the Operating Partnership are the
same.
There are a few differences between American Assets Trust, Inc. and
the Operating Partnership, which are reflected in the disclosures
in this report. We believe it is important to understand the
differences between American Assets Trust, Inc. and the Operating
Partnership in the context of how American Assets Trust, Inc. and
the Operating Partnership operate as an interrelated consolidated
company. American Assets Trust, Inc. is a REIT, whose only material
asset is its ownership of partnership interests of the Operating
Partnership. As a result, American Assets Trust, Inc. does not
conduct business itself, other than acting as the sole general
partner of the Operating Partnership, issuing public equity from
time to time and guaranteeing certain debt of the Operating
Partnership. American Assets Trust, Inc. itself does not hold any
indebtedness. The Operating Partnership holds substantially all the
assets of the company, directly or indirectly holds the ownership
interests in the company’s real estate ventures, conducts the
operations of the business and is structured as a partnership with
no publicly-traded equity. Except for net proceeds from public
equity issuances by American Assets Trust, Inc., which are
generally contributed to the Operating Partnership in exchange for
partnership units, the Operating Partnership generates the capital
required by the company’s business through the Operating
Partnership’s operations, by the Operating Partnership’s direct or
indirect incurrence of indebtedness or through the issuance of
operating partnership units.
Noncontrolling interests and stockholders’ equity and partners’
capital are the main areas of difference between the consolidated
financial statements of American Assets Trust, Inc. and those of
American Assets Trust, L.P. The partnership interests in the
Operating Partnership that are not owned by American Assets Trust,
Inc. are accounted for as partners’ capital in the Operating
Partnership’s financial statements and as noncontrolling interests
in American Assets Trust, Inc.’s financial statements. To help
investors understand the significant differences between the
company and the Operating Partnership, this report presents the
following separate sections for each of American Assets Trust, Inc.
and the Operating Partnership:
•consolidated
financial statements;
•the
following notes to the consolidated financial
statements:
◦Debt;
◦Equity/Partners'
Capital; and
◦Earnings
Per Share/Unit;
•Market
for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities; and
•Liquidity
and Capital Resources in Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
This report also includes separate Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
sections and separate Exhibit 31 and 32 certifications for each of
American Assets Trust, Inc. and the Operating Partnership in order
to establish that the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief
Financial Officer of American Assets Trust, Inc. have made the
requisite certifications and American Assets Trust, Inc. and the
Operating Partnership are compliant with Rule 13a-15 or Rule 15d-15
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C.
§1350.
AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, INC. AND AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST,
L.P.
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Forward Looking Statements.
We make statements in this report that are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 (set forth in Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or the Exchange Act). In particular, statements pertaining
to our capital resources, portfolio performance and results of
operations contain forward-looking statements. Likewise, our
statements regarding anticipated growth in our funds from
operations and anticipated market conditions, demographics and
results of operations are forward-looking statements. You can
identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking
terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,”
“seeks,” “approximately,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates” or
“anticipates” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar
words or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events
or trends and which do not relate solely to historical matters. You
can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of
strategy, plans or intentions.
Forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties
and you should not rely on them as predictions of future events.
Forward-looking statements depend on assumptions, data or methods
which may be incorrect or imprecise and we may not be able to
realize them. We do not guarantee that the transactions and events
described will happen as described (or that they will happen at
all). The following factors, among others, could cause actual
results and future events to differ materially from those set forth
or contemplated in the forward-looking statements:
•the
impact of epidemics, pandemics, or other outbreaks of illness,
disease or virus (such as the outbreak of COVID-19 and its
variants) and the actions taken by government authorities and
others related thereto, including the ability of our company, our
properties and our tenants to operate;
•adverse
economic or real estate developments in our markets;
•our
failure to generate sufficient cash flows to service our
outstanding indebtedness;
•defaults
on, early terminations of or non-renewal of leases by tenants,
including significant tenants;
•difficulties
in identifying properties to acquire and completing
acquisitions;
•difficulties
in completing dispositions;
•our
failure to successfully operate acquired properties and
operations;
•our
inability to develop or redevelop our properties due to market
conditions;
•fluctuations
in interest rates and increased operating costs;
•risks
related to joint venture arrangements;
•our
failure to obtain necessary outside financing;
•on-going
litigation;
•general
economic conditions;
•financial
market fluctuations;
•risks
that affect the general office, retail, multifamily and mixed-use
environment;
•the
competitive environment in which we operate;
•decreased
rental rates or increased vacancy rates;
•conflicts
of interests with our officers or directors;
•lack
or insufficient amounts of insurance;
•environmental
uncertainties and risks related to adverse weather conditions and
natural disasters;
•other
factors affecting the real estate industry generally;
•limitations
imposed on our business and our ability to satisfy complex rules in
order for American Assets Trust, Inc. to continue to qualify as a
real estate investment trust, or REIT, for U.S. federal income tax
purposes; and
•changes
in governmental regulations or interpretations thereof, such as
real estate and zoning laws and increases in real property tax
rates and taxation of REITs.
While forward-looking statements reflect our good faith beliefs,
they are not guarantees of future performance. We disclaim any
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors,
or new information, data or methods, future events or other
changes. For a further discussion of these and other factors that
could impact our future results, performance or transactions, see
the section entitled “Item 1A. Risk Factors.”
Summary of Risk Factors
An investment in our securities is subject to numerous risks and
uncertainties, including those highlighted in the section entitled
"Item 1.A Risk Factors." The following is a summary of some of the
principal risks related to an investment in our
company.
•Our
portfolio of properties is dependent upon regional and local
economic conditions and is geographically concentrated in
California, Oregon, Washington, Texas and Hawaii, which may cause
us to be more susceptible to adverse developments in those markets
than if we owned a more geographically diverse
portfolio.
•We
have a substantial amount of indebtedness, which may expose us to
the risk of default under our debt obligations.
•The
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions intended to prevent its
spread, could adversely impact our business, financial condition,
results of operations, cash flows, liquidity and ability to satisfy
our debt service obligations and to pay dividends and distributions
to security holders.
•Work
from home, flexible work schedules, open workplaces,
videoconferencing, and teleconferencing are becoming more common,
particularly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which may reduce
the demand for office space and cause a reduction of rental rates
and property valuation at our office properties on a temporary
and/or prolonged basis.
•We
depend on significant tenants in our office properties, and a
bankruptcy, insolvency or inability to pay rent of any of these
tenants may adversely affect the income produced by our office
properties and could have an adverse effect on our financial
condition, results of operations, cash flow and the per share
trading price of our common stock.
•Our
retail shopping center properties depend on anchor stores or major
tenants to attract shoppers and could be adversely affected by the
loss of, or a store closure by, one or more of these
tenants.
•Many
of the leases at our retail properties contain “co-tenancy” or
“go-dark” provisions, which, if triggered, may allow tenants to pay
reduced rent, cease operations or terminate their leases, any of
which could adversely affect our performance or the value of the
applicable retail property.
•We
may be unable to renew leases, lease vacant space or re-let space
as leases expire, thereby increasing or prolonging vacancies, which
could adversely affect our financial condition, results of
operations, cash flow and per share trading price of our common
stock.
•We
face significant competition for acquisitions of real properties,
which may reduce the number of acquisition opportunities available
to us and increase the costs of these acquisitions.
•High
mortgage rates and/or unavailability of mortgage debt may make it
difficult for us to finance or refinance properties, which could
reduce the number of properties we can acquire, our net income and
the amount of cash distributions we can make.
•Mortgage
debt obligations expose us to the possibility of foreclosure, which
could result in the loss of our investment in a property or group
of properties subject to mortgage debt.
•Our
third amended and restated credit facility, note purchase
agreements and amended term loan agreement restrict our ability to
engage in some business activities, including our ability to incur
additional indebtedness, make capital expenditures and make certain
investments, which could adversely affect our financial condition,
results of operations, cash flow and per share trading price of our
common stock.
•We
are subject to risks that affect the general retail environment,
such as weakness in the economy, the level of consumer spending,
the adverse financial condition of large retailing companies and
competition from discount and internet retailers, any of which
could adversely affect market rents for retail space and the
willingness or ability of retailers to lease space in our shopping
centers.
•We
face significant competition in the leasing market, which may
decrease or prevent increases of the occupancy and rental rates of
our properties.
•We
are subject to the business, financial and operating risks inherent
to the hospitality and tourism industries, including competition
for guests with other hospitality properties and general and local
economic conditions that may affect demand for travel in general,
any of which could adversely affect the revenues generated by our
hospitality or other properties.
•Our
real estate development activities are subject to risks particular
to development, such as unanticipated expenses, delays and other
contingencies, particularly in light of the ongoing COVID-19
pandemic, any of which could adversely affect our financial
condition, results of operations, cash flow and the per share
trading price of our common stock.
•Our
success depends on key personnel whose continued service is not
guaranteed, and the loss of one or more of our key personnel could
adversely affect our ability to manage our business and to
implement our growth strategies, or could create a negative
perception in the capital markets.
•Potential
losses from earthquakes in California, Oregon, Washington and
Hawaii may not be fully covered by insurance.
•We
may be adversely affected by laws, regulations or other issues
related to climate change.
•Our
growth depends on external sources of capital that are outside of
our control and may not be available to us on commercially
reasonable terms or at all, which could limit our ability, among
other things, to meet our capital and operating needs or make the
cash distributions to American Assets Trust, Inc.'s stockholders
necessary to maintain our qualification as a REIT.
•Our
performance and value are subject to risks associated with real
estate assets and the real estate industry, including local
oversupply, reduction in demand or adverse changes in financial
conditions of buyers, sellers and tenants of properties, which
could decrease revenues or increase costs, which would adversely
affect our financial condition, results of operations, cash flow
and the per share trading price of our common stock.
•Our
property taxes could increase due to property tax rate changes or
reassessment, which would adversely impact our cash
flows.
•As
an owner of real estate, we could incur significant costs and
liabilities related to environmental matters.
•Failure
to maintain our qualification as a REIT would have significant
adverse consequences to us and the value of our common
stock.
•To
maintain our REIT status, we may be forced to borrow funds during
unfavorable market conditions, and the unavailability of such
capital on favorable terms at the desired times, or at all, may
cause us to curtail our investment activities and/or to dispose of
assets at inopportune times, which could adversely affect our
financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and per share
trading price of our common stock.
PART I
ITEM 1.BUSINESS
General
Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context requires
otherwise, references to “we,” “our,” “us” and “our company” refer
to American Assets Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, together
with our consolidated subsidiaries, including American Assets
Trust, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership, of which we are the
sole general partner and which we refer to in this report as our
Operating Partnership. In statements regarding qualifications as a
REIT, such terms refer solely to American Assets Trust,
Inc.
We are a full service, vertically integrated and self-administered
real estate investment trust, or REIT, that owns, operates,
acquires and develops high quality office, retail, multifamily and
mixed-use properties in attractive, high-barrier-to-entry markets
in Southern California, Northern California, Oregon, Washington,
Texas and Hawaii. As of December 31, 2021, our portfolio is
comprised of twelve retail shopping centers; eleven office
properties; a mixed-use property consisting of a 369-room all-suite
hotel and a retail shopping center; and six multifamily properties.
Additionally, as of December 31, 2021, we owned land at three
of our properties that we classified as held for development and
construction in progress. Our core markets include San Diego,
California; San Francisco, California; Portland, Oregon; Bellevue,
Washington and Oahu, Hawaii.
American Assets Trust, Inc. is a Maryland corporation that was
formed on July 16, 2010 to acquire the entities owning various
controlling and noncontrolling interests in real estate assets
owned and/or managed by Ernest S. Rady or his affiliates, including
the Ernest Rady Trust U/D/T March 13, 1983, or the Rady Trust, and
did not have any operating activity until the consummation of our
initial public offering and the related acquisition of such
interest on January 19, 2011. After the completion of our initial
public offering and the related acquisitions, our operations have
been carried on through our Operating Partnership. Our company, as
the sole general partner of our Operating Partnership, has control
of our Operating Partnership and owned 78.8% of our Operating
Partnership as of December 31, 2021. Accordingly, we
consolidate the assets, liabilities and results of operations of
our Operating Partnership.
Our Competitive Strengths
We believe the following competitive strengths distinguish us from
other owners and operators of commercial real estate and will
enable us to take advantage of new acquisition and development
opportunities, as well as growth opportunities within our
portfolio:
•Irreplaceable
Portfolio of High Quality Office, Retail and Multifamily
Properties.
We have acquired and developed a high quality portfolio of office,
retail and multifamily properties located in affluent neighborhoods
and sought-after business centers in San Diego, California, San
Francisco, California, Portland, Oregon; Bellevue, Washington; San
Antonio, Texas and Oahu, Hawaii. Many of our properties are located
in in-fill locations where developable land is scarce or where we
believe current zoning, environmental and entitlement regulations
significantly restrict new development. We believe that the
location of many of our properties will provide us an advantage in
terms of generating higher internal revenue growth on a relative
basis.
•Experienced
and Committed Senior Management Team with Strong
Sponsorship.
The members of our senior management team have significant
experience in all aspects of the commercial real estate
industry.
•Properties
Located in High-Barrier-to-Entry Markets with Strong Real Estate
Fundamentals.
Our core markets currently include Southern California, Northern
California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii, which we believe have
attractive long-term real estate fundamentals driven by favorable
supply and demand characteristics.
•Extensive
Market Knowledge and Long-Standing Relationships Facilitate Access
to a Pipeline of Acquisition and Leasing Opportunities.
We believe that our in-depth market knowledge and extensive network
of long-standing relationships in the real estate industry provide
us access to an ongoing pipeline of attractive acquisition and
investment opportunities in and near our core markets, while also
facilitating our leasing efforts and providing us with
opportunities to increase occupancy rates at our
properties.
•Internal
Growth Prospects through Development, Redevelopment and
Repositioning.
The development and redevelopment potential at several of our
properties presents compelling growth prospects and our expertise
enhances our ability to capitalize on these
opportunities.
•Broad
Real Estate Expertise with Office, Retail and Multifamily
Focus.
Our senior management team has strong experience and capabilities
across the real estate sector with significant expertise in the
office, retail and multifamily asset classes, which provides for
flexibility in pursuing attractive acquisition, development and
repositioning opportunities. Ernest Rady, our Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, and Robert Barton,
our Chief Financial Officer, each have over 30 years of commercial
real estate experience, and the other members of senior management,
including Adam Wyll, our President and Chief Operating Officer,
each have over 20 years of commercial real estate
experience.
Business and Growth Strategies
Our primary business objectives are to increase operating cash
flows, generate long-term growth and maximize stockholder value.
Specifically, we pursue the following strategies to achieve these
objectives:
•Capitalizing
on Acquisition Opportunities in High-Barrier-to-Entry
Markets.
We intend to pursue growth through the strategic acquisition of
attractively priced, high quality properties that are well located
in their submarkets, focusing on markets that generally are
characterized by strong supply and demand characteristics,
including high barriers to entry and diverse industry bases, that
appeal to institutional investors.
•Repositioning/Redevelopment
and Development of Office, Retail and Multifamily
Properties.
Our strategy is to selectively reposition and redevelop several of
our existing or newly-acquired properties, and we will also
selectively pursue ground-up development of undeveloped land where
we believe we can generate attractive risk-adjusted
returns.
•Disciplined
Capital Recycling Strategy.
Our strategy is to pursue an efficient asset allocation strategy
that maximizes the value of our investments by selectively
disposing of properties whose returns appear to have been maximized
and redeploying capital into acquisition, repositioning,
redevelopment and development opportunities with higher return
prospects, in each case in a manner that is consistent with our
qualification as a REIT.
•Proactive
Asset and Property Management.
We actively manage our properties, employ targeted leasing
strategies, leverage our existing tenant relationships and focus on
reducing operating expenses to increase occupancy rates at our
properties, attract high quality tenants and increase property cash
flows, thereby enhancing the value of our properties.
Human Capital
At December 31, 2021, we had 208 employees. None of our
employees are represented by a collective bargaining unit. We
believe that our relationship with our employees is good. We
believe our commitment to our human capital resources is an
important component of our business that enables us to deliver
superior performance in the ownership, operation, acquisition, and
development of our high quality office, retail, multifamily and
mixed-use properties and tenant relationships. We provide all
employees with the opportunity to share their opinions in open
dialogues with our human resources department and senior
management. We also provide all employees with a wide range of
professional development experiences, both formal and
informal.
The safety and wellbeing of our employees is a paramount value for
us, and the health and wellness of our employees is critical to our
success. We provide our employees with access to a variety of
flexible and convenient health and wellness programs designed to
support their physical and mental health by providing tools and
resources to help them improve or maintain their health and
encourage healthy behaviors. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic
and its variants, we implemented significant changes that we
believe were and continue to be in the best interests of our
employees and which comply with government orders in all the states
and counties where we operate. These changes include a number of
new health-related measures, such as vaccination mandates for all
employees (subject to certain permitted exceptions), requirements
to wear face-masks at our properties to the extent required by
government regulations, increased hygiene, cleaning and sanitizing
procedures at our properties, social-distancing at our properties
and limiting in-person meetings and other gatherings.
Additionally, we provide competitive compensation and benefits. In
addition to salaries, employees may be eligible to receive annual
bonuses, stock-based compensation awards, a 401(k) plan with
employee matching opportunities, healthcare and insurance benefits,
health savings and flexible spending accounts, paid time off,
family leave, and family care resources.
We are committed to cultivating a diverse culture of inclusion that
we believe makes a positive difference in our employees’ lives and
we actively work to improve workplace diversity, equity and
inclusion. As of December 31, 2021, our employees
were:
•48%
female; 52% male; and
•52%
ethnically diverse (i.e., Asian, African American, Hispanic or
Latino and other (Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander and two or more
of the foregoing)).
Tax Status
We have elected to be taxed as a REIT and believe we are organized
and operate in a manner that has allowed us to qualify and will
allow us to remain qualified as a REIT for federal income tax
purposes commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2011.
To maintain REIT status, we must meet a number of organizational
and operational requirements, including a requirement that we
annually distribute at least 90% of our net taxable income to our
stockholders (excluding any net capital gains).
Insurance
We carry comprehensive liability, fire, extended coverage, business
interruption and rental loss insurance covering all of the
properties in our portfolio under a blanket insurance policy, in
addition to other coverages, such as trademark and pollution
coverage, that may be appropriate for certain of our properties. We
believe the policy specifications and insured limits are
appropriate and adequate for our properties given the relative risk
of loss, the cost of the coverage and industry practice; however,
our insurance coverage may not be sufficient to fully cover our
losses. We do not carry insurance for certain losses, including
losses caused by riots or war. Some of our policies, like those
covering losses due to terrorism and earthquakes, are insured
subject to limitations involving large deductibles or co-payments
and policy limits that may not be sufficient to cover losses for
such events. In addition, all our properties except our property
located in San Antonio, Texas are subject to an increased risk of
earthquakes. While we carry earthquake insurance on all of our
properties, the amount of our earthquake insurance coverage may not
be sufficient to fully cover losses from earthquakes. We may reduce
or discontinue earthquake, terrorism or other insurance on some or
all of our properties in the future if the cost of premiums for any
of these policies exceeds, in our judgment, the value of the
coverage discounted for the risk of loss. Also, if destroyed, we
may not be able to rebuild certain of our properties due to current
zoning and land use regulations. As a result, we may be required to
incur significant costs in the event of adverse weather conditions
and natural disasters. In addition, our title insurance policies
may not insure for the current aggregate market value of our
portfolio, and we do not intend to increase our title insurance
coverage if the market value of our portfolio increases. If we or
one or more of our tenants experiences a loss that is uninsured or
that exceeds policy limits, we could lose the capital invested in
the damaged properties as well as the anticipated future cash flows
from those properties. In addition, if the damaged properties are
subject to recourse indebtedness, we would continue to be liable
for the indebtedness, even if these properties were irreparably
damaged. Furthermore, we may not be able to obtain adequate
insurance coverage at reasonable costs in the future as the costs
associated with property and casualty renewals may be higher than
anticipated.
Regulation
Our properties are subject to various covenants, laws, ordinances
and regulations, including laws such as the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990, or ADA, and the Fair Housing Amendment
Act of 1988, or FHAA, that impose further restrictions on our
properties and operations. Under the ADA and the FHAA, all public
accommodations must meet federal requirements related to access and
use by disabled persons. Some of our properties may currently be in
non-compliance with the ADA or the FHAA. If one or more of the
properties in our portfolio is not in compliance with the ADA, the
FHAA or any other regulatory requirements, we may be required to
incur additional costs to bring the property into compliance and we
might incur governmental fines or be required to pay damages to
private litigants. In addition, we do not know whether existing
requirements will change or whether future requirements will
require us to make significant unanticipated expenditures. For
additional information, see the section titled “Risk Factors –
Risks Related to the Real Estate Industry – We may incur
significant costs complying with various federal, state and local
laws, regulations and covenants that are applicable to our
properties.”
Under various federal, state and local laws and regulations
relating to the environment, as a current or former owner or
operator of real property, we may be liable for costs and damages
resulting from the presence or discharge of hazardous or toxic
substances, waste or petroleum products at, on, in, under or
migrating from such property, including costs to investigate and
clean up such contamination and liability for harm to natural
resources. Such laws often impose liability without regard to
whether the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the
presence of such contamination, and the liability may be joint and
several. These liabilities could be substantial and the cost of any
required remediation, removal, fines or other costs could exceed
the value of the property and/or our aggregate assets. In addition,
the presence of contamination or the failure to remediate
contamination at our properties may expose us to third-party
liability for costs of remediation and/or personal or property
damage or materially adversely affect our ability to sell, lease or
develop our properties or use our properties as collateral for
future borrowings. In addition, environmental laws may create liens
on contaminated sites in favor of the government for damages and
costs it incurs to address such contamination. Moreover, if
contamination is discovered on our properties, environmental laws
may impose restrictions on the manner in which property may be used
or businesses may be operated, and these restrictions may require
substantial expenditures.
Some of our properties have been or may be impacted by
contamination arising from current or prior uses of the property,
or adjacent properties, for commercial or industrial purposes. Such
contamination may arise from spills of petroleum or hazardous
substances or releases from tanks used to store such materials. For
example, Del Monte Center is currently undergoing remediation of
dry cleaning solvent contamination from a former onsite dry
cleaner. The environmental issue is currently in the final stages
of remediation which entails the long term ground monitoring by the
appropriate regulatory agency over the next five to seven years.
The prior owner of Del Monte Center entered into a fixed fee
environmental services agreement in 1997 pursuant to which the
remediation will be completed for approximately $3.5 million, with
the remediation costs paid for through funds held in an escrow
account funded by the prior owner. We expect that the funds in this
escrow account will cover all remaining costs and expenses of the
environmental remediation. However, if the Regional Water Quality
Control Board - Central Coast Region were to require further work
costing more than the remaining escrowed funds, we could be
required to pay such overage although we may have a claim for such
costs against the prior owner or our environmental remediation
consultant. In addition to the foregoing, though we possess Phase I
Environmental Site Assessments for certain of the properties in our
portfolio, these assessments are limited in scope (e.g., they do
not generally include soil sampling, subsurface investigations or
hazardous materials survey) and may have failed to identify all
environmental conditions or concerns. Furthermore, we do not have
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment reports for all of the
properties in our portfolio and, as such, we may not be aware of
all potential or existing environmental contamination liabilities
at the properties in our portfolio. As a result, we could
potentially incur material liability for these issues, which could
adversely impact our financial condition, results of operations,
cash flow and the per share trading price of our common
stock.
As the owner of the buildings on our properties, we could face
liability for the presence of hazardous materials (e.g., asbestos
or lead) or other adverse conditions (e.g., poor indoor air
quality) in our buildings. Environmental laws govern the presence,
maintenance, and removal of hazardous materials in buildings, and
if we do not comply with such laws, we could face fines for such
noncompliance. Also, we could be liable to third parties (e.g.,
occupants of the buildings) for damages related to exposure to
hazardous materials or adverse conditions in our buildings, and we
could incur material expenses with respect to abatement or
remediation of hazardous materials or other adverse conditions in
our buildings. In addition, some of our tenants routinely handle
and use hazardous or regulated substances and wastes as part of
their operations at our properties, which are subject to
regulation. Such environmental and health and safety laws and
regulations could subject us or our tenants to liability resulting
from these activities. For additional information, see the section
titled “Risk Factors – Risks Related to the Real Estate Industry –
As an owner of real estate, we could incur significant costs and
liabilities related to environmental matters.”
Competition
We compete with a number of developers, owners and operators of
office, retail, multifamily and mixed-use real estate, many of
which own properties similar to ours in the same markets in which
our properties are located and some of which have greater financial
resources than we do. In operating and managing our portfolio, we
compete for tenants based on a number of factors, including
location, rental rates, security, flexibility and expertise to
design space to meet prospective tenants needs and the manner in
which the property is operated, maintained and marketed. As leases
at our properties expire, we may encounter significant competition
to renew or re-let space in light of the large number of competing
properties within the markets in which we operate. As a result, we
may be required to provide rent concessions or abatements, incur
charges for tenant improvements and other inducements, including
early termination rights or below market renewal options, or we may
not be able to timely lease vacant space. In such cases, our
financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, per share
trading price of our common stock and ability to satisfy our debt
service obligations and to pay dividends may be adversely
affected.
We also face competition when pursuing acquisition and disposition
opportunities. Our competitors may be able to pay higher property
acquisition prices, may have private access to opportunities not
available to us and otherwise may be in a better position to
acquire a property. Competition may also have the effect of
reducing the number of suitable acquisition opportunities available
to us, increasing the price required to consummate an acquisition
opportunity and generally reducing the demand for office, retail,
mixed-use and multifamily space in our markets. Likewise,
competition with sellers of similar properties to locate suitable
purchasers may result in us receiving lower proceeds from a sale or
in us not being able to dispose of a property at a time of our
choosing due to the lack of an acceptable return.
Segments
We operate in four business segments: office, retail, multifamily
and mixed-use. Information related to our business segments for
2021, 2020 and 2019 is set forth in Note 17 to our consolidated
financial statements in Item 8 of this Report.
Tenants Accounting for over 10% of Revenues
None of our tenants accounted for more than 10% of total revenues
in any of the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 or 2019.
Google LLC at The Landmark at One Market accounted for
approximately 13.6%, 14.1% and 10.4% of total office segment
revenues for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019,
respectively. LPL Holdings, Inc. at La Jolla Commons accounted for
approximately 14.4%, 15.3% and 9.2% of total office segment
revenues for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019,
respectively.
Foreign Operations
We do not engage in any foreign operations or derive any revenue
from foreign sources.
Available Information
We file our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on
Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and all
amendments to those reports with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or the SEC. You may obtain copies of these documents by
accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, as soon as
reasonably practicable after such materials are furnished to the
SEC, we make copies of these documents available to the public free
of charge through our website at www.americanassetstrust.com, or by
contacting our Secretary at our principal office, which is located
at 3420 Carmel Mountain Road, Suite 100, San Diego, California
92121. Our telephone number is (858) 350-2600. Specifically,
we use the investor relations section of our website as a means of
disclosing material non-public information and for complying with
our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Investors should
monitor such website, in addition to following our press releases,
SEC filings and public calls and webcasts. The information
contained on our website and accessible through the SEC’s website
is not a part of this report and is not incorporated herein by
reference.
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Business Conduct and
Ethics, Policies and Procedures for Complaints Regarding
Accounting, Internal Accounting Controls, Fraud or Auditing
Matters, Insider Trading Compliance Program and the charters of our
Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee are all available in the Governance
section of the Investors page of our website.
ITEM 1A.RISK
FACTORS
The following section includes the most significant factors that
may adversely affect our business and operations. The risk factors
describe risks that may affect these statements but are not
all-inclusive, particularly with respect to possible future events.
Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing
environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time
and it is not possible for us to predict all such risk factors, nor
can we assess the impact of all such risk factors on our business
or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may
cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in
any forward-looking statements. This discussion of risk
factors includes many forward-looking statements. For cautions
about relying on forward-looking statements, please refer to the
section entitled “Forward Looking Statements” at the beginning of
this Report immediately prior to Item 1.
Risks Related to Our Business and Operations
Our portfolio of properties is dependent upon regional and local
economic conditions and is geographically concentrated in
California, Oregon, Washington, Texas and Hawaii, which may cause
us to be more susceptible to adverse developments in those markets
than if we owned a more geographically diverse
portfolio.
Our properties are located in California, Oregon, Washington, Texas
and Hawaii, and substantially all of our properties are
concentrated in California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii, which
exposes us to greater economic risks than if we owned a more
geographically diverse portfolio. As a result, we are particularly
susceptible to adverse economic or other conditions in these
markets (such as periods of economic slowdown or recession,
business layoffs or downsizing, industry slowdowns, changes in the
local or global tourism industry, relocations of businesses,
increases in real estate and other taxes and the cost of complying
with governmental regulations or increased regulation), as well as
to natural disasters that occur in these markets (such as
earthquakes, wildfires, tropical storms, hurricanes, tornadoes and
other events). If there is a downturn in the economy in these
markets, our operations and our revenue and cash available for
distribution, including cash available to pay distributions to
American Assets Trust, Inc.'s stockholders or American Assets
Trust, L.P.'s unitholders, could be materially adversely affected.
We cannot assure you that these markets will grow or that
underlying real estate fundamentals will be favorable to owners and
operators of office, retail, mixed-use or multifamily properties.
Our operations may also be affected if competing properties are
built in any of these markets. Moreover, submarkets within any of
our core markets may be dependent upon a limited number of
industries. In addition, the State of California is regarded as
more litigious, highly regulated and taxed than many other states,
all of which may reduce demand for office, retail, mixed-use or
multifamily space in California. Any adverse economic or real
estate developments in the California, Oregon, Washington, Texas or
Hawaii markets, or any decrease in demand for office, retail,
multifamily or mixed-use space resulting from the regulatory
environment, business climate or energy or fiscal problems, could
adversely impact our financial condition, results of operations,
cash flow, our ability to satisfy our debt service obligations and
our ability to pay distributions to American Assets Trust, Inc.'s
stockholders or American Assets Trust, L.P.'s
unitholders.
We may be adversely affected by trends in office real
estate.
In 2021, approximately 55% of our net operating income was from our
office properties. Work from home, flexible work schedules, open
workplaces, videoconferencing, and teleconferencing are becoming
more common, particularly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
These practices may enable businesses to reduce their office space
requirements. There is also an increasing trend among some
businesses to utilize shared office spaces and co-working spaces. A
continuation of the movement towards these practices could, over
time, erode the overall demand for office space and, in turn, place
downward pressure on occupancy, rental rates and property
valuations, which may adversely affect our financial condition,
results of operations and cash flow.
We have a substantial amount of indebtedness, which may expose us
to the risk of default under our debt obligations.
At February 11, 2022, we had total debt outstanding of $1.66
billion, excluding debt issuance costs, a portion of which contains
non-recourse carve-out guarantees and environmental indemnities
from us and our Operating Partnership, and we may incur significant
additional debt to finance future acquisition and development
activities. At December 31, 2021, we also had a second amended
and restated credit facility, or the credit facility, with a
capacity of $450 million, consisting of a revolving line of credit
of $350 million and an unsecured term loan of $100 million. On
January 5, 2022, we amended and restated the credit facility, or
the third amended and restated credit facility, to provide for a
capacity of $500 million, consisting of a revolving line of credit
of $400 million and an unsecured term loan of $100 million.
Payments of principal and interest on borrowings may leave us with
insufficient cash resources to operate our properties or to pay the
dividends currently contemplated or necessary to maintain our REIT
qualification. Our level of debt and the limitations imposed on us
by our debt agreements could have significant adverse consequences,
including the following:
•our
cash flow may be insufficient to meet our required principal and
interest payments;
•we
may be unable to borrow additional funds as needed or on favorable
terms, which could, among other things, adversely affect our
ability to meet operational needs;
•we
may be unable to refinance our indebtedness at maturity or the
refinancing terms may be less favorable than the terms of our
original indebtedness;
•we
may be forced to dispose of one or more of our properties, possibly
on unfavorable terms or in violation of certain covenants to which
we may be subject;
•we
may violate restrictive covenants in our loan documents, which
would entitle the lenders to accelerate our debt obligations;
and
•our
default under any loan with cross-default provisions could result
in a default on other indebtedness.
If any one of these events were to occur, our financial condition,
results of operations, cash flow and per share trading price of our
common stock could be adversely affected. Furthermore, foreclosures
could create taxable income without accompanying cash proceeds,
which could hinder our ability to meet the REIT distribution
requirements imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the
Code.
Uncertainty relating to the LIBOR calculation process and potential
phasing out of LIBOR after 2021 may materially adversely affect
us.
Certain of our existing debt instruments and other financial
arrangements (excluding our third amended and restated credit
facility) provide for borrowings to be made at variable interest
rates that use the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR (or
metrics derived from or related to LIBOR), as a benchmark for
establishing the interest rate applicable to outstanding borrowings
thereunder, and we may incur additional indebtedness or enter into
new financial arrangements that use LIBOR as a benchmark for
establishing the interest rate for borrowing thereunder. On July
27, 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that it
intends to stop persuading or compelling banks to submit LIBOR
rates after 2021. The cessation date for submission and publication
of rates for certain tenors of LIBOR has since been extended by the
ICE Benchmark Administration until mid-2023. Notwithstanding this
extension, a joint statement by key regulatory authorities calls on
banks to cease entering into new contracts that use U.S. dollar
LIBOR as a reference rate by no later than December 31,
2021.
In response to concerns regarding the future of LIBOR, the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York convened the Alternative Reference Rates
Committee, or ARRC, to identify alternatives to LIBOR. The ARRC has
recommended benchmark replacement procedures to assist issuers in
continued capital market entry while safeguarding against LIBOR’s
discontinuation. The initial steps in the ARRC’s recommended
provision reference variations of the Secured Overnight Financing
Rate, or SOFR which we utilize for our third amended and restated
credit facility. At this time, it is not possible to predict
whether any such changes will occur, whether LIBOR will be phased
out or SOFR or any other alternative reference rates or other
reforms to LIBOR will be enacted in the United Kingdom, the United
States or elsewhere, or the effect that any such changes, phase
out, alternative reference rates or other reforms, if they occur,
would have on the amount of interest paid on, or the market value
of, our LIBOR-based securities, including our notes, as well as our
debt instruments and other financial arrangements, including our
third amended and restated credit facility. Uncertainty as to the
nature of such potential changes, phase out, alternative reference
rates or other reforms may materially adversely affect the trading
market for LIBOR-based securities. Reform of, or the replacement or
phasing out of, LIBOR and proposed regulation of LIBOR and other
benchmarks may materially adversely affect the market value of and
the amount of interest paid on our LIBOR-based securities, debt
instruments, derivatives and other financial arrangements, and
could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition and results of operations.
We depend on significant tenants in our office properties, and a
bankruptcy, insolvency or inability to pay rent of any of these
tenants may adversely affect the income produced by our office
properties and could have an adverse effect on our financial
condition, results of operations, cash flow and the per share
trading price of our common stock.
As of December 31, 2021, the three largest tenants in our
office portfolio - Google LLC, LPL Holdings, Inc. and Autodesk,
Inc. - represented approximately 30.9% of the total annualized base
rent in our office portfolio in the aggregate, and 13.7%, 10.3% and
6.9%, respectively, of the annualized base rent generated by our
office properties. Google LLC is a subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc. and
provides internet related products and services. LPL Holdings, Inc.
is a subsidiary of LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. and provides an
integrated platform of brokerage and investment advisory services
to independent financial advisors and financial advisors at
financial institutions in the United States. Autodesk, Inc. is an
American multinational corporation that focuses on 3-D design
software for use in the architecture, engineering, construction,
manufacturing, media and entertainment industries. The inability of
a significant tenant to pay rent or the bankruptcy or insolvency of
a significant tenant may adversely affect the income produced by
our office properties. If a tenant becomes bankrupt or insolvent,
federal law may prohibit us from evicting such tenant based solely
upon such bankruptcy or insolvency.
In addition, a bankrupt or insolvent tenant may be authorized to
reject and terminate its lease with us. Any claim against such
tenant for unpaid, future rent would be subject to a statutory cap
that might be substantially less than the remaining rent owed under
the lease. If any of these tenants were to experience a downturn in
its business or a weakening of its financial condition resulting in
its failure to make timely rental payments or causing it to default
under its lease, we may experience delays in enforcing our rights
as landlord and may incur substantial costs in protecting our
investment. Any such event could have an adverse effect on our
financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and the per
share trading price of our common stock.
Our retail shopping center properties depend on anchor stores or
major tenants to attract shoppers and could be adversely affected
by the loss of, or a store closure by, one or more of these
tenants.
Our retail shopping center properties typically are anchored by
large, nationally recognized tenants. At any time, our tenants may
experience a downturn in their business that may significantly
weaken their financial condition. As a result, our tenants,
including our anchor and other major tenants, may fail to comply
with their contractual obligations to us, seek concessions in order
to continue operations or declare bankruptcy, any of which could
result in the termination of such tenants' leases and the loss of
rental income attributable to the terminated leases. In addition,
certain of our tenants may cease operations while continuing to pay
rent, which could decrease customer traffic, thereby decreasing
sales for our other tenants at the applicable retail property. In
addition to these potential effects of a business downturn, mergers
or consolidations among large retail establishments could result in
the closure of existing stores or duplicate or geographically
overlapping store locations, which could include stores at our
retail properties.
Loss of, or a store closure by, an anchor or major tenant could
significantly reduce our occupancy level or the rent we receive
from our retail properties, and we may not have the right to
re-lease vacated space or we may be unable to re-lease vacated
space at attractive rents or at all. Moreover, in the event of
default by a major tenant or anchor store, we may experience delays
and costs in enforcing our rights as landlord to recover amounts
due to us under the terms of our agreements with those parties. The
occurrence of any of the situations described above, particularly
if it involves an anchor tenant with leases in multiple locations,
could seriously harm our performance and could adversely affect the
value of the applicable retail property.
As of December 31, 2021, our largest anchor tenants were
Lowe's, Nordstrom Rack and Sprouts Farmers Market, which together
represented approximately 11.3% of our total annualized base rent
of our retail portfolio in the aggregate, and 5.2%, 3.1% and 3.0%,
respectively, of the annualized base rent generated by our retail
properties.
Many of the leases at our retail properties contain “co-tenancy” or
“go-dark” provisions, which, if triggered, may allow tenants to pay
reduced rent, cease operations or terminate their leases, any of
which could adversely affect our performance or the value of the
applicable retail property.
Many of the leases at our retail properties contain “co-tenancy”
provisions that condition a tenant's obligation to remain open, the
amount of rent payable by the tenant or the tenant's obligation to
continue occupancy on certain conditions, including: (1) the
presence of a certain anchor tenant or tenants; (2) the continued
operation of an anchor tenant's store; and (3) minimum occupancy
levels at the applicable retail property. If a co-tenancy provision
is triggered by a failure of any of these or other applicable
conditions, a tenant could have the right to cease operations, to
terminate its lease early or to a reduction of its rent. In periods
of prolonged economic decline or government-imposed restrictions on
operations (such as restrictions intended to reduce the spread of
COVID-19), there is a higher than normal risk that co-tenancy
provisions will be triggered as there is a higher risk of tenants
closing stores or terminating leases during these periods. In
addition to these co-tenancy provisions, certain of the leases at
our retail properties contain “go-dark” provisions that allow the
tenant to cease operations while continuing to pay rent. This could
result in decreased customer traffic at the applicable retail
property, thereby decreasing sales for our other tenants at that
property, which may result in our other tenants being unable to pay
their minimum rents or expense recovery charges. These provisions
also may result in lower rental revenue generated under the
applicable leases. To the extent co-tenancy or go-dark provisions
in our retail leases result in lower revenue or tenant sales or
tenants' rights to terminate their leases early or to a reduction
of their rent, our performance or the value of the applicable
retail property could be adversely affected.
We may be unable to identify and complete acquisitions of
properties that meet our criteria, which may impede our
growth.
Our business strategy involves the acquisition of office, retail,
multifamily and mixed-use properties. These activities require us
to identify suitable acquisition candidates or investment
opportunities that meet our criteria and are compatible with our
growth strategies. We continue to evaluate the market of available
properties and may attempt to acquire properties when strategic
opportunities exist. However, we may be unable to acquire
properties identified as potential acquisition opportunities. Our
ability to acquire properties on favorable terms, or at all, may be
exposed to the following significant risks:
•we
may incur significant costs and divert management attention in
connection with evaluating and negotiating potential acquisitions,
including ones that we are subsequently unable to
complete;
•even
if we enter into agreements for the acquisition of properties,
these agreements are subject to conditions to closing, which we may
be unable to satisfy; and
•we
may be unable to finance the acquisition on favorable terms or at
all.
If we are unable to finance property acquisitions or acquire
properties on favorable terms, or at all, our financial condition,
results of operations, cash flow and per share trading price of our
common stock could be adversely affected. In addition, failure to
identify or complete acquisitions of suitable properties could slow
our growth.
We face significant competition for acquisitions of real
properties, which may reduce the number of acquisition
opportunities available to us and increase the costs of these
acquisitions.
The current market for acquisitions continues to be extremely
competitive. This competition may increase the demand for the types
of properties in which we typically invest and, therefore, reduce
the number of suitable acquisition opportunities available to us
and increase the prices paid for such acquisition properties. We
also face significant competition for attractive acquisition
opportunities from an indeterminate number of investors, including
publicly traded and privately held REITs, private equity investors
and institutional investment funds, some of which have greater
financial resources than we do, a greater ability to borrow funds
to acquire properties and the ability to accept more risk than we
can prudently manage, including risks with respect to the
geographic proximity of investments and the payment of higher
acquisition prices. This competition will increase if investments
in real estate become more attractive relative to other forms of
investment. Competition for investments may reduce the number of
suitable investment opportunities available to us and may have the
effect of increasing prices paid for such acquisition properties
and/or reducing the rents we can charge and, as a result, adversely
affecting our operating results.
We may be unable to renew leases, lease vacant space or re-let
space as leases expire, thereby increasing or prolonging vacancies,
which could adversely affect our financial condition, results of
operations, cash flow and per share trading price of our common
stock.
As of December 31, 2021, leases representing 8.7% of the
square footage and 9.7% of the annualized base rent of the
properties in our office, retail and retail portion of our
mixed-use portfolios will expire in 2022, and an additional 8.7% of
the square footage of the properties in our office, retail and
retail portion of our mixed-use portfolios was available. We cannot
assure you that leases will be renewed or that our properties will
be re-let at rental rates equal to or above the current average
rental rates or that substantial rent abatements, tenant
improvements, early termination rights or below market renewal
options will not be offered to attract new tenants or retain
existing tenants. In addition, our ability to lease our multifamily
properties at favorable rates, or at all, is dependent upon the
overall level of spending in the economy, which is adversely
affected by, among other things, job losses and unemployment
levels, recession, personal debt levels, the downturn in the
housing market, stock market volatility and uncertainty about the
future. If the rental rates for our properties decrease, our
existing tenants do not renew their leases or we do not re-let a
significant portion of our available space and space for which
leases will expire, our financial condition, results of operations,
cash flow and per share trading price of our common stock could be
adversely affected.
Our ability to grow will be limited if we cannot obtain additional
capital.
If economic conditions and conditions in the capital markets are
not favorable at the time we need to raise capital, we may need to
obtain capital on less favorable terms than our current debt
financings. Equity capital could include our common shares or
preferred shares. We cannot guarantee that additional financing,
refinancing or other capital will be available in the amounts we
desire or on favorable terms. Our access to debt or equity capital
depends on a number of factors, including the market's perception
of our growth potential, our ability to pay dividends, and our
current and potential future earnings. Depending on the outcome of
these factors as well as the impact of the economic environment, we
could experience delay or difficulty in implementing our growth
strategy, including the development and redevelopment of our
assets, on satisfactory terms, or be unable to implement this
strategy.
High mortgage rates and/or unavailability of mortgage debt may make
it difficult for us to finance or refinance properties, which could
reduce the number of properties we can acquire, our net income and
the amount of cash distributions we can make.
If mortgage debt is unavailable at reasonable rates, we may not be
able to finance the purchase of properties. If we place mortgage
debt on properties, we may be unable to refinance the properties
when the loans become due, or to refinance on favorable terms. If
interest rates are higher when we refinance our properties, our
income could be reduced. If any of these events occur, our cash
flow could be reduced. This, in turn, could reduce cash available
for distribution to our stockholders and unitholders and may hinder
our ability to raise more capital by issuing more stock or by
borrowing more money.
Mortgage debt obligations expose us to the possibility of
foreclosure, which could result in the loss of our investment in a
property or group of properties subject to mortgage
debt.
Incurring mortgage and other secured debt obligations increases our
risk of property losses because defaults on indebtedness secured by
properties may result in foreclosure actions initiated by lenders
and ultimately our loss of the property securing any loans for
which we are in default. Any foreclosure on a mortgaged property or
group of properties could adversely affect the overall value of our
portfolio of properties. Moreover, repayment of mortgage and other
secured debt obligations could limit the funds that are available
to repay our unsecured debt obligations. For tax purposes, a
foreclosure on any of our properties that is subject to a
nonrecourse mortgage loan would be treated as a sale of the
property for a purchase price equal to the outstanding balance of
the debt secured by the mortgage. If the outstanding balance of the
debt secured by the mortgage exceeds our tax basis in the property,
we would recognize taxable income on foreclosure, but would not
receive any cash proceeds, which could hinder our ability to meet
the REIT distribution requirements imposed by the
Code.
Our future acquisitions may not yield the returns we expect, and we
may otherwise be unable to operate these properties to meet our
financial expectations, which could adversely affect our financial
condition, results of operations, cash flow and per share trading
price of our common stock.
Our future acquisitions and our ability to successfully operate the
properties we acquire in such acquisitions may be exposed to the
following significant risks:
•even
if we are able to acquire a desired property, competition from
other potential acquirers may significantly increase the purchase
price;
•we
may acquire properties that are not accretive to our results upon
acquisition, and we may not successfully manage and lease those
properties to meet our expectations;
•our
cash flow may be insufficient to meet our required principal and
interest payments;
•we
may spend more than budgeted amounts to make necessary improvements
or renovations to acquired properties;
•we
may be unable to quickly and efficiently integrate new
acquisitions, particularly acquisitions of portfolios of
properties, into our existing operations, and as a result our
results of operations and financial condition could be adversely
affected;
•market
conditions may result in higher than expected vacancy rates and
lower than expected rental rates; and
•we
may acquire properties subject to liabilities and without any
recourse, or with only limited recourse, with respect to unknown
liabilities, such as liabilities for clean-up of undisclosed
environmental contamination, claims by tenants, vendors or other
persons dealing with the former owners of the properties,
liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and claims
for indemnification by general partners, directors, officers and
others indemnified by the former owners of the
properties.
If we cannot operate acquired properties to meet our financial
expectations, our financial condition, results of operations, cash
flow and per share trading price of our common stock could be
adversely affected.
We may not be able to control our operating costs or our expenses
may remain constant or increase, even if our revenues do not
increase, causing our results of operations to be adversely
affected.
Factors that may adversely affect our ability to control operating
costs include the need to pay for insurance and other operating
costs, including real estate taxes, which could increase over time,
the need periodically to repair, renovate and re-lease space, the
cost of compliance with governmental regulation, including zoning
and tax laws, the potential for liability under applicable laws,
interest rate levels and the availability of financing. If our
operating costs increase as a result of any of the foregoing
factors, our results of operations may be adversely
affected.
The expense of owning and operating a property is not necessarily
reduced when circumstances such as market factors and competition
cause a reduction in income from the property. As a result, if
revenues decline, we may not be able to reduce our expenses
accordingly. Costs associated with real estate investments, such as
real estate taxes, insurance, loan payments and maintenance,
generally will not be reduced even if a property is not fully
occupied or other circumstances cause our revenues to decrease. If
we are unable to decrease operating costs when demand for our
properties decreases and our revenues decline, our financial
condition, results of operations and our ability to make
distributions to American Assets Trust, Inc.'s stockholders or
American Assets Trust, L.P.'s unitholders may be adversely
affected.
Some of our financing arrangements involve balloon payment
obligations, which may adversely affect our ability to make
distributions.
Some of our financing arrangements require us to make a lump-sum or
“balloon” payment at maturity. Our ability to make a balloon
payment at maturity is uncertain and may depend upon our ability to
obtain additional financing or our ability to sell the property. At
the time the balloon payment is due, we may or may not be able to
refinance the existing financing on terms as favorable as the
original loan or sell the property at a price sufficient to make
the balloon payment. The effect of a refinancing or sale could
affect the rate of return to stockholders and the projected time of
disposition of our assets. In addition, payments of principal and
interest made to service our debts may leave us with insufficient
cash to pay the distributions that we are required to pay to
maintain our qualification as a REIT.
Failure to hedge effectively against interest rate changes may
adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations,
cash flow and per share trading price of our common
stock.
Rules and regulations applicable to REITs impose certain
restrictions on our ability to utilize hedges, swaps and other
types of derivatives to hedge our liabilities. Subject to these
restrictions, we may enter into hedging transactions to protect us
from the effects of interest rate fluctuations on floating rate
debt. Our hedging transactions may include entering into interest
rate cap agreements or interest rate swap agreements. As described
under Note 8. "Derivative and Hedging Activities," to the
accompanying consolidated financial statements, we have entered
into several interest rate swap agreements that are intended to
reduce the interest rate variability exposure with respect to
certain of our indebtedness. These agreements involve risks, such
as the risk that such arrangements would not be effective in
reducing our exposure to interest rate changes or that a court
could rule that such an agreement is not legally enforceable. In
addition, interest rate hedging can be expensive, particularly
during periods of rising and volatile interest rates. Hedging could
reduce the overall returns on our investments. Failure to hedge
effectively against interest rate changes could materially
adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations,
cash flow and per share trading price of our common stock. In
addition, while such agreements would be intended to lessen the
impact of rising interest rates on us, they could also expose us to
the risk that the other parties to the agreements would not
perform, we could incur significant costs associated with the
settlement of the agreements or that the underlying transactions
could fail to qualify as highly-effective cash flow hedges under
Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, Accounting Standards
Codification, or ASC, Topic 815,
Derivatives and Hedging.
Our third amended and restated credit facility, note purchase
agreements and amended term loan agreement restrict our ability to
engage in some business activities, including our ability to incur
additional indebtedness, make capital expenditures and make certain
investments, which could adversely affect our financial condition,
results of operations, cash flow and per share trading price of our
common stock.
Our third amended and restated credit facility, note purchase
agreements and amended term loan agreement contain customary
negative covenants and other financial and operating covenants
that, among other things:
•restrict
our ability to incur additional indebtedness;
•restrict
our ability to incur additional liens;
•restrict
our ability to make certain investments (including certain capital
expenditures);
•restrict
our ability to merge with another company;
•restrict
our ability to sell or dispose of assets;
•restrict
our ability to make distributions to American Assets Trust, Inc.'s
stockholders or American Assets Trust, L.P.'s unitholders;
and
•require
us to satisfy minimum financial coverage ratios, minimum tangible
net worth requirements and/or maximum leverage ratios.
These limitations restrict our ability to engage in some business
activities, which could adversely affect our financial condition,
results of operations, cash flow and per share trading price of our
common stock. In addition, our credit facility contains specific
cross-default provisions with respect to specified other
indebtedness, giving the lenders and/or note purchasers the right
to declare a default if we are in default under other loans in some
circumstances.
The effective subordination of our unsecured indebtedness may
reduce amounts available for payment on our unsecured
indebtedness.
Our third amended and restated credit facility, the notes issued
under our note purchase agreements and our amended term loan
agreement and our 3.375% senior notes due 2031 represent unsecured
indebtedness. The holders of our secured debt may foreclose on the
assets securing such debt, reducing the cash flow from the
foreclosed property available for payment of unsecured debt. The
holders of any of our secured debt also would have priority over
unsecured creditors in the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or
similar proceeding.
If we invest in mortgage receivables, including originating
mortgages, such investment would be subject to several risks, any
of which could decrease the value of such investments and result in
a significant loss to us.
From time to time, we may invest in mortgage receivables, including
originating mortgages. In general, investments in mortgages are
subject to several risks, including:
•borrowers
may fail to make debt service payments or pay the principal when
due, which may make it necessary for us to foreclose our mortgages
or engage in costly negotiations;
•the
value of the mortgaged property may be less than the principal
amount of the mortgage note securing the property;
•interest
rates payable on the mortgages may be lower than our cost for the
funds to acquire these mortgages; and
•the
mortgages may be or become subordinated to mechanics' or
materialmen's liens or property tax liens, in which case we would
need to make payments to maintain the current status of a prior
lien or discharge it in its entirety to protect such mortgage
investment.
If any of these risks were to be realized, the total amount we
would recover from our mortgage receivables may be less than our
total investment, resulting in a loss and our mortgage receivables
may be materially and adversely affected.
Adverse economic and geopolitical conditions and dislocations in
the credit markets could have a material adverse effect on our
financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and per share
trading price of our common stock.
Our business may be affected by market and economic challenges
experienced by the U.S. economy or real estate industry as a whole,
including dislocations in the credit markets. These conditions, or
similar conditions existing in the future, may adversely affect our
financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and per share
trading price of our common stock as a result of the following
potential consequences, among others:
•decreased
demand for office, retail, multifamily and mixed-use space, which
would cause market rental rates and property values to be
negatively impacted;
•reduced
values of our properties may limit our ability to dispose of assets
at attractive prices or to obtain debt financing secured by our
properties and may reduce the availability of unsecured
loans;
•our
ability to obtain financing on terms and conditions that we find
acceptable, or at all, may be limited, which could reduce our
ability to pursue acquisition and development opportunities and
refinance existing debt, reduce our returns from our acquisition
and development activities and increase our future interest
expense; and
•one
or more lenders under our third amended and restated credit
facility could refuse to fund their financing commitment to us or
could fail and we may not be able to replace the financing
commitment of any such lenders on favorable terms, or at
all.
We are subject to risks that affect the general retail environment,
such as weakness in the economy, the level of consumer spending,
the adverse financial condition of large retailing companies and
competition from discount and internet retailers, any of which
could adversely affect market rents for retail space and the
willingness or ability of retailers to lease space in our shopping
centers.
A portion of our properties are in the retail real estate market.
This means that we are subject to factors that affect the retail
sector generally, as well as the market for retail space. The
retail environment and the market for retail space have previously
been, and could again be, adversely affected by weakness in the
national, regional and local economies, the level of consumer
spending and consumer confidence, the adverse financial condition
of some large retailing companies, the ongoing consolidation in the
retail sector, the excess amount of retail space in a number of
markets, increasing competition from discount retailers, outlet
malls, internet retailers (including Amazon.com) and other online
businesses and the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Increases in consumer spending via the internet may significantly
affect our retail tenants' ability to generate sales in their
stores and could affect the way future tenants lease space. In
addition, some of our retail tenants face
competition from the expanding market for digital content and
hardware. New and enhanced technologies, including new digital
technologies and new web services technologies, may increase
competition for certain of our retail tenants. While we devote
considerable effort and resources to analyze and respond to tenant
trends, preferences and consumer spending patterns, we cannot
predict with certainty what future tenants will want, what future
retail spaces will look like and how much revenue will be generated
at traditional “brick and mortar” locations. If we are unable to
anticipate and respond promptly to trends in the market, our
occupancy levels and rental amounts may decline. We also might be
susceptible to weakness in retail real estate as a result of trends
relating to consumers preference to utilize e-commerce in lieu of
in-person shopping experiences.
Any of the foregoing factors could adversely affect the financial
condition of our retail tenants and the willingness of retailers to
lease space in our shopping centers. In turn, these conditions
could negatively affect market rents for retail space and could
materially and adversely affect our financial condition, results of
operations, cash flow, the trading price of our common shares and
our ability to satisfy our debt service obligations and to pay
distributions to American Assets Trust, Inc.'s stockholders or
American Assets Trust, L.P.'s unitholders.
We face significant competition in the leasing market, which may
decrease or prevent increases of the occupancy and rental rates of
our properties.
We compete with numerous developers, owners and operators of real
estate, many of which own properties similar to ours in the same
submarkets in which our properties are located. If our competitors
offer space at rental rates below current market rates, or below
the rental rates we currently charge our tenants, we may lose
existing or potential tenants and we may be pressured to reduce our
rental rates below those we currently charge or to offer more
substantial rent abatements, tenant improvements, early termination
rights or below market renewal options in order to retain tenants
when our tenants' leases expire. As a result, our financial
condition, results of operations, cash flow and per share trading
price of our common stock could be adversely affected.
We may be required to make rent or other concessions and/or
significant capital expenditures to improve our properties in order
to retain and attract tenants, causing our financial condition,
results of operations, cash flow and per share trading price of our
common stock to be adversely affected.
We may be required, upon expiration of leases at our properties, to
make rent or other concessions to tenants, accommodate requests for
renovations, build-to-suit remodeling and other improvements or
provide additional services to our tenants. As a result, we may
have to make significant capital or other expenditures in order to
retain tenants whose leases expire and to attract new tenants in
sufficient numbers. Additionally, we may need to raise capital to
make such expenditures. If we are unable to do so or capital is
otherwise unavailable, we may be unable to make the required
expenditures. This could result in non-renewals by tenants upon
expiration of their leases, which could cause an adverse effect to
our financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and per
share trading price of our common stock.
The actual rents we receive for the properties in our portfolio may
be less than our asking rents, and we may experience lease roll
down from time to time, which could negatively impact our ability
to generate cash flow growth.
As a result of various factors, including competitive pricing
pressure in our submarkets, adverse conditions in the California,
Oregon, Washington, Texas and Hawaii real estate markets and the
desirability of our properties compared to other properties in our
submarkets, we may be unable to realize the asking rents across the
properties in our portfolio. In addition, the degree of discrepancy
between our asking rents and the actual rents we are able to obtain
may vary both from property to property and among different leased
spaces within a single property. If we are unable to obtain rental
rates that are on average comparable to our asking rents across our
portfolio, then our ability to generate cash flow growth will be
negatively impacted. In addition, depending on asking rental rates
at any given time as compared to expiring leases in our portfolio,
from time to time rental rates for expiring leases may be higher
than starting rental rates for new leases.
We may acquire properties or portfolios of properties through tax
deferred contribution transactions, which could result in
stockholder dilution and limit our ability to sell or refinance
such assets.
In the future we may acquire properties or portfolios of properties
through tax deferred contribution transactions in exchange for
partnership interests in our Operating Partnership, which may
result in stockholder dilution through the issuance of Operating
Partnership units that may be exchanged for shares of our common
stock. This acquisition structure may have the effect of, among
other things, reducing the amount of tax depreciation we could
deduct over the tax life of the acquired properties, and may
require that we agree to protect the contributors' ability to defer
recognition of taxable gain through restrictions on our ability to
dispose of, or refinance the debt on, the acquired properties.
Similarly, we may be required to incur or maintain debt we would
otherwise not incur so we can allocate the debt to the contributors
to maintain their tax bases. These restrictions could limit our
ability to sell an asset at a time, or on terms, that would be
favorable absent such restrictions.
We are subject to the business, financial and operating risks
inherent to the hospitality and tourism industries, including
competition for guests with other hospitality properties and
general and local economic conditions that may affect demand for
travel in general, any of which could adversely affect the revenues
generated by our hospitality or other properties.
Because we own the Waikiki Beach Walk-Embassy Suites™ in Hawaii and
the Santa Fe Park RV Resort in California, we are susceptible to
risks associated with the hospitality industry,
including:
•competition
for guests with other hospitality properties, some of which may
have greater marketing and financial resources than the managers of
our hospitality properties;
•increases
in operating costs from inflation, labor costs (including the
impact of unionization), workers' compensation and healthcare
related costs, utility costs, insurance and other factors that the
managers of our hospitality properties may not be able to offset
through higher rates;
•the
fluctuating and seasonal demands of business travelers and tourism,
which seasonality may cause quarterly fluctuations in our
revenues;
•general
and local economic conditions that may affect demand for travel in
general (including as it may relate to the ongoing impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic);
•periodic
oversupply resulting from excessive new development;
•unforeseen
events beyond our control, such as terrorist attacks,
travel-related health concerns, including pandemics and epidemics,
imposition of taxes or surcharges by regulatory authorities,
travel-related accidents, climate change and unusual weather
patterns, including natural disasters such as earthquakes,
wildfires, tropical storms, hurricanes and tornadoes;
and
•decreased
reimbursement revenue from the licensor for traveler reward
programs.
If our hospitality properties do not generate sufficient revenues,
our financial position, results of operations, cash flow, per share
trading price of our common stock and ability to satisfy our debt
service obligations and to pay distributions to American Assets
Trust, Inc.'s stockholders or American Assets Trust, L.P.'s
unitholders may be adversely affected.
In addition, because tourism is a major component of both the local
economies in Hawaii and California, our properties in California
and Hawaii may be impacted by the local and global tourism
industry. These properties are susceptible to any factors that
affect travel and tourism related to Hawaii and California,
including cost and availability of air services and the impact of
any events that disrupt air or other travel to and from these
regions. Moreover, these properties may be affected by risks such
as acts of terrorism and natural disasters, including major fires,
floods and earthquakes, as well as severe or inclement weather,
which could also decrease tourism activity in Hawaii or
California.
We must rely on third-party management companies to operate the
Waikiki Beach Walk-Embassy Suites™ in order to maintain our
qualification as a REIT under the Code, and, as a result, we will
have less control than if we were operating the hotel
directly.
In order to assist us in maintaining our qualification as a REIT,
we have leased the Waikiki Beach Walk-Embassy Suites™ to WBW Hotel
Lessee, LLC, our taxable REIT subsidiary, or TRS, lessee, and
engaged a third-party management company to operate our hotel.
While we have some input into operating decisions for the hotel
leased by our TRS lessee and operated under a management agreement,
we have less control than if we managed the hotel ourselves. Even
if we believe that our hotel is not being operated efficiently, we
may not have sufficient rights under the management agreement to
enable us to force the management company to change its method of
operation. We cannot assure you that the management company will
successfully manage our hotel. A failure by the management company
to successfully manage the hotel could lead to an increase in our
operating expenses or a decrease in our revenue, or both, which
could adversely impact our financial condition, results of
operations, cash flow, our ability to satisfy our debt service
obligations and our ability to pay distributions to American Assets
Trust, Inc.'s stockholders or American Assets Trust, L.P.'s
unitholders.
If our relationship with the franchisor of the Waikiki Beach
Walk-Embassy Suites™ was to deteriorate or terminate, it could have
a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition,
results of operations and our ability to make distributions to
American Assets Trust, Inc.'s stockholders or American Assets
Trust, L.P.'s unitholders.
We cannot assure you that disputes between us and the franchisor of
the Waikiki Beach Walk- Embassy Suites™ will not arise. If our
relationship with the franchisor were to deteriorate as a result of
disputes regarding the franchise agreement under which our hotel
operates or for other reasons, the franchisor could, under certain
circumstances, terminate our current license with them or decline
to provide licenses for hotels that we may acquire in the future.
If any of the foregoing were to occur, it could have a material
adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of
operations and our ability to make distributions to American Assets
Trust, Inc.'s stockholders or American Assets Trust, L.P.'s
unitholders.
Our franchisor, Embassy Suites™, could cause us to expend
additional funds on upgraded operating standards, which may
adversely affect our results of operations and reduce cash
available for distribution to stockholders and
unitholders.
Under the terms of our franchise license agreement, our hotel
operator must comply with operating standards and terms and
conditions imposed by the franchisor of the hotel brand, Embassy
Suites™. Failure by us, our TRS lessees or any hotel management
company that we engage to maintain these standards or other terms
and conditions could result in the franchise license being canceled
or the franchisor requiring us to undertake a costly property
improvement program. If the franchise license is terminated due to
our failure to make required improvements or to otherwise comply
with its terms, we may be liable to the franchisor for a
termination payment, which we expect could be as high as
approximately $4.0 million based on operating performance through
December 31, 2021. In addition, our franchisor may impose upgraded
or new brand standards, such as substantially upgrading the
bedding, enhancing the complimentary breakfast or increasing the
value of guest awards under its “frequent guest” program, which can
add substantial expense for the hotel. Furthermore, under certain
circumstances, the franchisor may require us to make certain
capital improvements to maintain the hotel in accordance with
system standards, the cost of which can be substantial and may
adversely affect our results of operations and reduce cash
available for distribution to our stockholders and
unitholders.
Embassy Suites™, our franchisor, has a right of first offer with
respect to the Waikiki Beach Walk-Embassy Suites™, which may limit
our ability to obtain the highest price possible for the
hotel.
Pursuant to the terms of our franchise agreement for the Waikiki
Beach Walk-Embassy Suites™, the franchisor has a right of first
offer to purchase the hotel if we propose to sell all or a portion
of the hotel or any interest therein. In the event that we choose
to dispose of the hotel, we would be required to notify the
franchisor, prior to offering the hotel to any other potential
buyer, of the price and conditions on which we would be willing to
sell the hotel, and the franchisor would have the right, within 30
days of receiving such notice, to make an offer to purchase the
hotel. If the franchisor makes an offer to purchase that is equal
to or greater than the price and on substantially the same terms
set forth in our notice, then we will be obligated to sell the
hotel to the franchisor at that price and on those terms. If the
franchisor makes an offer to purchase for less than the price
stated in our notice or on less favorable terms, then we may reject
the franchisor's offer. The existence of this right of first offer
could adversely impact our ability to obtain the highest possible
price for the hotel as, during the term of the franchise agreement,
we would not be able to offer the hotel to potential purchasers
through a competitive bid process or in a similar manner designed
to maximize the value obtained for the property without first
offering to sell this property to the franchisor.
Our real estate development activities are subject to risks
particular to development, such as unanticipated expenses, delays
and other contingencies, any of which could adversely affect our
financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and the per
share trading price of our common stock.
We may engage in development and redevelopment activities with
respect to certain of our properties. To the extent that we do so,
we will be subject to the following risks associated with such
development and redevelopment activities (including as they may
relate to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19
pandemic):
•unsuccessful
development or redevelopment opportunities could result in direct
expenses to us;
•construction
or redevelopment costs of a project may exceed original estimates,
possibly making the project less profitable than originally
estimated, or unprofitable;
•time
required to complete the construction or redevelopment of a project
or to lease up the completed project may be greater than originally
anticipated, thereby adversely affecting our cash flow and
liquidity;
•contractor
and subcontractor disputes, strikes, labor disputes or supply
disruptions;
•failure
to achieve expected occupancy and/or rent levels within the
projected time frame, if at all;
•delays
with respect to obtaining or the inability to obtain necessary
zoning, occupancy, land use and other governmental permits, and
changes in zoning and land use laws;
•occupancy
rates and rents of a completed project may not be sufficient to
make the project profitable;
•our
ability to dispose of properties developed or redeveloped with the
intent to sell could be impacted by the ability of prospective
buyers to obtain financing given the current state of the credit
markets; and
•the
availability and pricing of financing to fund our development
activities on favorable terms or at all.
These risks could result in substantial unanticipated delays or
expenses and, under certain circumstances, could prevent completion
of development or redevelopment activities once undertaken, any of
which could have an adverse effect on our financial condition,
results of operations, cash flow and the per share trading price of
our common stock.
Our success depends on key personnel whose continued service is not
guaranteed, and the loss of one or more of our key personnel could
adversely affect our ability to manage our business and to
implement our growth strategies, or could create a negative
perception in the capital markets.
Our continued success and our ability to manage anticipated future
growth depend, in large part, upon the efforts of key personnel,
particularly Messrs. Rady, Barton and Wyll who have extensive
market knowledge and relationships and exercise substantial
influence over our operational, financing, acquisition and
disposition activity. Among the reasons that these individuals are
important to our success is that each has a national or regional
industry reputation that attracts business and investment
opportunities and assists us in negotiations with lenders, existing
and potential tenants and industry personnel. If we lose their
services, our relationships with such personnel could
diminish.
Our Board has implemented an emergency succession plan in case of
the sudden or unanticipated resignation, termination, death or
temporary or permanent disability of Mr. Rady, or otherwise in case
Mr. Rady is unable to perform his duties as Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer. This plan is reviewed at least
annually by our Board with input from our Nominating and Governance
Committee and currently includes Dr. Robert Sullivan (Board
member), Mr. Barton and Mr. Wyll, as potential interim candidates
for the roles of Chairman and/or Chief Executive Officer and/or as
emergency interim executive committee members.
Many of our other senior executives also have extensive experience
and strong reputations in the real estate industry, which aid us in
identifying opportunities, having opportunities brought to us and
negotiating with tenants and build-to-suit prospects. The loss of
services of one or more members of our senior management team, or
our inability to attract and retain highly qualified personnel,
could adversely affect our business, diminish our investment
opportunities and weaken our relationships with lenders, business
partners, existing and prospective tenants and industry
participants, which could adversely affect our financial condition,
results of operations, cash flow and per share trading price of our
common stock.
Mr. Rady is involved in outside businesses, which may interfere
with his ability to devote time and attention to our business and
affairs.
We rely on our senior management team, including Mr. Rady, for the
day-to-day operations of our business. Our employment agreement
with Mr. Rady requires him to devote a substantial portion of his
business time and attention to our business. Mr. Rady continues to
serve as our chairman of the board of directors and president of
American Assets, Inc. and chairman of the board of directors of
Insurance Company of the West. As such, Mr. Rady has certain
ongoing duties to American Assets, Inc., Insurance Company of the
West and other business ventures that could require a portion of
his time and attention. Although we expect that Mr. Rady will
continue to devote a majority of his business time and attention to
us, we cannot accurately predict the amount of time and attention
that will be required of Mr. Rady to perform such ongoing duties.
To the extent that Mr. Rady is required to dedicate time and
attention to American Assets, Inc. and/or Insurance Company of the
West, his ability to devote a majority of his business time and
attention to our business and affairs may be limited and could
adversely affect our operations.
We may be subject to on-going or future litigation and otherwise in
the ordinary course of business, which could have a material
adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations,
cash flow and per share trading price of our common
stock.
We may be subject to on-going litigation at our properties and
otherwise in the ordinary course of business. Some of these claims
may result in significant defense costs and potentially significant
judgments against us, some of which are not, or cannot be, insured
against. We generally intend to vigorously defend ourselves;
however, we cannot be certain of the ultimate outcomes of currently
asserted claims or of those that may arise in the future.
Resolution of these types of matters against us may result in our
having to pay significant fines, judgments, or settlements, which,
if uninsured, or if the fines, judgments, and settlements exceed
insured levels, could adversely impact our earnings and cash flows,
thereby having an adverse effect on our financial condition,
results of operations, cash flow and per share trading price of our
common stock. Certain litigation or the resolution of certain
litigation may affect the availability or cost of some of our
insurance coverage, which could adversely impact our results of
operations and cash flows, expose us to increased risks that would
be uninsured, and/or adversely impact our ability to attract
officers and directors.
Potential losses from earthquakes in California, Oregon, Washington
and Hawaii may not be fully covered by insurance.
Many of the properties we currently own are located in California,
Oregon, Washington and Hawaii, which are areas especially subject
to earthquakes. While we carry earthquake insurance on all of our
properties, the amount of our earthquake insurance coverage may not
be sufficient to fully cover losses from earthquakes and will be
subject to limitations involving large deductibles or co-payments.
In addition, we may reduce or discontinue earthquake insurance on
some or all of our properties in the future if the cost of premiums
for any such policies exceeds, in our judgment, the value of the
coverage
discounted for the risk of loss. As a result, in the event of an
earthquake, we may be required to incur significant costs, and, to
the extent that a loss exceeds policy limits, we could lose the
capital invested in the damaged properties as well as the
anticipated future cash flows from those properties. In addition,
if the damaged properties are subject to recourse indebtedness, we
would continue to be liable for the indebtedness, even if these
properties were irreparably damaged.
We may be adversely affected by laws, regulations or other issues
related to climate change.
We may become subject to laws or regulations related to climate
change, which could cause our business, results of operations and
financial condition to be impacted adversely. The federal
government has enacted, and some of the states and localities in
which we operate may enact, certain climate change laws and
regulations or have begun regulating carbon footprints and
greenhouse gas emissions. Although these laws and regulations have
not had any known material adverse effects on our business to date,
they could result in substantial costs, including compliance costs,
increased energy costs, retrofit costs and construction costs,
including monitoring and reporting costs, and capital expenditures
for environmental control facilities and other new equipment.
Furthermore, our reputation could be negatively affected if we
violate climate change laws or regulations. We cannot predict how
future laws and regulations, or future interpretations of current
laws and regulations, related to climate change will affect our
properties, business, results of operations and financial
condition. Lastly, the potential physical impacts of climate change
on our operations are highly uncertain, and would be particular to
the geographic circumstances in areas in which we operate. These
may include changes global weather patterns, which could include
local changes in rainfall and storm patterns and intensities, water
shortages, changing sea levels and changing temperature averages or
extremes. These impacts may adversely affect our properties, our
business, financial condition and results of
operations.
Climate change may adversely impact our properties directly, and
may lead to additional compliance obligations and costs as well as
additional taxes and fees.
We cannot reliably predict the extent, rate, or impact of climate
change. As such, the potential physical impacts of climate change
on our operations are highly uncertain, and would be particular to
the geographic circumstances in areas in which we operate. These
may include changes in global weather patterns, which could include
local changes in rainfall and storm patterns and intensities, water
shortages, changing sea levels and changing temperature averages or
extremes. Further, population migration may occur in response to
these or other factors and negatively impact our properties.
Climate and other environmental changes may result in volatile or
decreased demand for space at certain of our properties or, in
extreme cases, our inability to operate certain properties at all.
Climate change may also have indirect effects on our business by
increasing the cost of insurance, or making insurance unavailable.
Although we strive to identify, analyze, and respond to the risk
and opportunities that climate change presents, at this time, there
can be no assurance that climate change will not have an adverse
effect on the value of our properties and our financial
performance.
Geographic concentration of our properties makes our business more
vulnerable to natural disasters, severe weather conditions and
climate change.
A significant number of our properties are located in areas that
are susceptible to earthquakes, tropical storms, tornadoes,
wildfires, and sea-level rise due to climate change, and other
natural disasters. At December 31, 2021, 58% of the gross leaseable
area of our portfolio is located in the State of California.
Additionally, 13%, 13%, and 8% of the gross leaseable area of our
portfolio is located in the States of Washington, Oregon and Texas,
respectively, and we have a meaningful presence in Oahu, Hawaii.
Insurance costs for properties in these areas have increased, and
recent intense weather conditions may cause property insurance
premiums to increase significantly in the future. We recognize that
the frequency and/or intensity of extreme weather events, sea-level
rise, and other climatic changes may continue to increase, and as a
result, our exposure to these events may increase. These weather
conditions may disrupt our business and the business of our
tenants, which may affect the ability of some tenants to pay rent
and may reduce the willingness of tenants or residents to remain in
or move to these affected areas. Therefore, as a result of the
geographic concentration of our properties, we face risks,
including disruptions to our business and the businesses of our
tenants and higher costs, such as uninsured property losses, higher
insurance premiums, and potential additional regulatory
requirements by government agencies in response to perceived
risks.
We may not be able to rebuild our existing properties to their
existing specifications if we experience a substantial or
comprehensive loss of such properties.
In the event that we experience a substantial or comprehensive loss
of one of our properties, we may not be able to rebuild such
property to its existing specifications. Further, reconstruction or
improvement of such a property would likely require significant
upgrades to meet zoning and building code requirements.
Environmental and legal restrictions could also restrict the
rebuilding of our properties. For example, if we experienced a
substantial or comprehensive loss of our Torrey Reserve Campus in
San Diego, California, reconstruction could be delayed or prevented
by the California Coastal Commission, which regulates land use in
the California coastal zone.
Joint venture investments could be adversely affected by our lack
of sole decision-making authority, our reliance on co-venturers'
financial condition and disputes between us and our
co-venturers.
We may co-invest in the future with other third parties through
partnerships, joint ventures or other entities, acquiring
non-controlling interests in or sharing responsibility for managing
the affairs of a property, partnership, joint venture or other
entity. Consequently, with respect to any such arrangement we may
enter into in the future, we would not be in a position to exercise
sole decision-making authority regarding the property, partnership,
joint venture or other entity. Investments in partnerships, joint
ventures or other entities may, under certain circumstances,
involve risks not present were a third party not involved,
including the possibility that partners or co-venturers might
become bankrupt or fail to fund their share of required capital
contributions. Partners or co-venturers may have economic or other
business interests or goals which are inconsistent with our
business interests or goals, and may be in a position to take
actions contrary to our policies or objectives, and they may have
competing interests in our markets that could create conflict of
interest issues. Such investments may also have the potential risk
of impasses on decisions, such as a sale, because neither we nor
the partner or co-venturer would have full control over the
partnership or joint venture. In addition, a sale or transfer by us
to a third party of our interests in the joint venture may be
subject to consent rights or rights of first refusal, in favor of
our joint venture partners, which would in each case restrict our
ability to dispose of our interest in the joint venture. Where we
are a limited partner or non-managing member in any partnership or
limited liability company, if such entity takes or expects to take
actions that could jeopardize our status as a REIT or require us to
pay tax, we may be forced to dispose of our interest in such
entity. Disputes between us and partners or co-venturers may result
in litigation or arbitration that would increase our expenses and
prevent our officers and/or directors from focusing their time and
effort on our business. Consequently, actions by or disputes with
partners or co-venturers might result in subjecting properties
owned by the partnership or joint venture to additional risk. In
addition, we may in certain circumstances be liable for the actions
of our third-party partners or co-venturers. Our joint ventures may
be subject to debt and, in the current volatile credit market, the
refinancing of such debt may require equity capital
calls.
Increased competition and increased affordability of residential
homes could limit our ability to retain our residents, lease
apartment homes or increase or maintain rents at our multifamily
apartment communities.
Our multifamily apartment communities compete with numerous housing
alternatives in attracting residents, including other multifamily
apartment communities and single-family rental homes, as well as
owner occupied single and multifamily homes. Competitive housing in
a particular area and an increase in the affordability of owner
occupied single and multifamily homes due to, among other things,
housing prices, oversupply, mortgage interest rates and tax
incentives and government programs to promote home ownership, could
adversely affect our ability to retain residents, lease apartment
homes and increase or maintain rents.
Our growth depends on external sources of capital that are outside
of our control and may not be available to us on commercially
reasonable terms or at all, which could limit our ability, among
other things, to meet our capital and operating needs or make the
cash distributions to
American Assets Trust, Inc.'s stockholders necessary to maintain
our qualification as a REIT.
In order to maintain our qualification as a REIT, we are required
under the Code, among other things, to distribute annually at least
90% of our REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the
dividends paid deduction and excluding any net capital gain. In
addition, we will be subject to federal corporate income tax to the
extent that we distribute less than 100% of our REIT taxable
income, including any net capital gains. Because of these
distribution requirements, we may not be able to fund future
capital needs, including any necessary acquisition financing, from
operating cash flow. Consequently, we intend to rely on third-party
sources to fund our capital needs. We may not be able to obtain
such financing on favorable terms or at all and any additional debt
we incur will increase our leverage and likelihood of default. Our
access to third-party sources of capital depends, in part,
on:
•general
market conditions;
•the
market's perception of our growth potential;
•our
current debt levels;
•our
current and expected future earnings;
•our
cash flow and cash distributions; and
•the
market price per share of our common stock.
If we cannot obtain capital from third-party sources, we may not be
able to acquire or develop properties when strategic opportunities
exist, meet the capital and operating needs of our existing
properties, satisfy our debt service obligations or make the cash
distributions to American Assets Trust, Inc.'s stockholders
necessary to maintain our qualification as a REIT.
We rely on information technology in our operations, and any
breach, interruption or security failure of that technology could
have a negative impact on our business, operations and/or financial
condition.
Information security risks have generally increased in recent years
due to the rise in new technologies and the increased
sophistication and activities of perpetrators of
cyber-attacks. We face risks associated with security
breaches, whether through cyber-attacks or cyber-intrusions over
the internet, malware, computer viruses, attachments to e-mails
and/or employees or third-parties with access to our systems. We
face the risk of ransomware or other cyber-attacks aimed at
disrupting the availability of systems, applications, networks or
data important to our business operations.
Our information technology, or IT, networks and related systems,
are essential to the operation of our business and our ability to
perform day-to-day operations, and, in some cases, may be critical
to the operations of certain of our tenants.
Additionally, we collect and hold personal information of our
residents and prospective residents in connection with our leasing
activities at our multifamily locations. We also collect and
hold personal information of our employees in connection with their
employment. In addition, we engage third-party service providers
that may have access to such personal information in connection
with providing business services to us, whether through our own IT
networks and related systems, or through the third-party service
providers’ IT networks and related systems.
We mitigate the risk of disruptions, breaches or disclosure of this
confidential personally identifiable information by implementing a
variety of security measures including (among others) engaging
reputable, recognized firms to help us design and maintain our
information technology and data security systems, and to test and
verify their proper and secure operations on a periodic
basis.
There can be no assurance that our efforts to maintain the
confidentiality, integrity, and availability and controls of our
(or our third-party service providers') IT networks and related
data and systems will be effective or that attempted security
breaches or disruptions would not be successful or
damaging. A security breach or other significant
disruption involving our (or our third-party service providers') IT
networks and related systems could materially and adversely impact
our income, cash flow, results of operations, financial condition,
liquidity, the ability to service our debt obligations, the market
price of our common stock, our ability to pay dividends and/or
other distributions to our shareholders and unitholders. A
security breach could additionally cause the disclosure or misuse
of confidential or proprietary information (including personal
information of our residents and/or employees) and damage to our
reputation.
Risks Related to the Real Estate Industry
Our performance and value are subject to risks associated with real
estate assets and the real estate industry, including local
oversupply, reduction in demand or adverse changes in financial
conditions of buyers, sellers and tenants of properties, which
could decrease revenues or increase costs, which would adversely
affect our financial condition, results of operations, cash flow
and the per share trading price of our common stock.
Our ability to make expected distributions to American Assets
Trust, Inc.'s stockholders or American Assets Trust, L.P.'s
unitholders depends on our ability to generate revenues in excess
of expenses, scheduled principal payments on debt and capital
expenditure requirements. Events and conditions generally
applicable to owners and operators of real property that are beyond
our control may decrease cash available for distribution and the
value of our properties. These events include many of the risks set
forth above under “Risks Related to Our Business and Operations,”
as well as the following:
•local
oversupply or reduction in demand for office, retail, multifamily
or mixed-use space;
•adverse
changes in financial conditions of buyers, sellers and tenants of
properties;
•vacancies
or our inability to rent space on favorable terms, including
possible market pressures to offer tenants rent abatements, tenant
improvements, early termination rights or below market renewal
options, and the need to periodically repair, renovate and re-let
space;
•increased
operating costs, including insurance premiums, utilities, real
estate taxes and state and local taxes;
•a
favorable interest rate environment that may result in a
significant number of potential residents of our multifamily
apartment communities deciding to purchase homes instead of
renting;
•rent
control or stabilization laws, or other laws regulating rental
housing, which could prevent us from raising rents to offset
increases in operating costs;
•civil
unrest, acts of war, terrorist attacks, pandemics and natural
disasters, including earthquakes, wildfires, tropical storms,
hurricanes, tornadoes and floods, which may result in uninsured or
underinsured losses;
•decreases
in the underlying value of our real estate;
•changing
submarket demographics; and
•changing
traffic patterns.
In addition, periods of economic downturn or recession, rising
interest rates or declining demand for real estate, or the public
perception that any of these events may occur, could result in a
general decline in rents or an increased incidence of defaults
under existing leases, which would adversely affect our financial
condition, results of operations, cash flow and per share trading
price of our common stock.
Illiquidity of real estate investments could significantly impede
our ability to respond to adverse changes in the performance of our
properties and harm our financial condition.
The real estate investments made, and to be made, by us are
relatively difficult to sell quickly. As a result, our ability to
promptly sell one or more properties in our portfolio in response
to changing economic, financial and investment conditions is
limited. Return of capital and realization of gains, if any, from
an investment generally will occur upon disposition or refinancing
of the underlying property. We may be unable to realize our
investment objectives by sale, other disposition or refinancing at
attractive prices within any given period of time or may otherwise
be unable to complete any exit strategy. In particular, our ability
to dispose of one or more properties within a specific time period
is subject to weakness in or even the lack of an established market
for a property, changes in the financial condition or prospects of
prospective purchasers, changes in national or international
economic conditions, such as the recent economic downturn, and
changes in laws, regulations or fiscal policies of jurisdictions in
which the property is located.
In addition, the Code imposes restrictions on a REIT's ability to
dispose of properties that are not applicable to other types of
real estate companies. In particular, the tax laws applicable to
REITs effectively require that we hold our properties for
investment, rather than primarily for sale in the ordinary course
of business, which may cause us to forgo or defer sales of
properties that otherwise would be in our best interest. Therefore,
we may not be able to vary our portfolio in response to economic or
other conditions promptly or on favorable terms, which may
adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations,
cash flow and per share trading price of our common
stock.
Our property taxes could increase due to property tax rate changes
or reassessment, which would adversely impact our cash
flows.
Even if we continue to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax
purposes, we will be required to pay some state and local taxes on
our properties. The real property taxes on our properties may
increase as property tax rates change or as our properties are
assessed or reassessed by taxing authorities. If the property taxes
we pay increase, our cash flow would be adversely impacted, and our
ability to pay any expected dividends to our stockholders and
unitholders could be adversely affected.
As an owner of real estate, we could incur significant costs and
liabilities related to environmental matters.
Under various federal, state and local laws and regulations
relating to the environment, as a current or former owner or
operator of real property, we may be liable for costs and damages
resulting from the presence or discharge of hazardous or toxic
substances, waste or petroleum products at, on, in, under or
migrating from such property, including costs to investigate, clean
up such contamination and liability for harm to natural resources.
Such laws often impose liability without regard to whether the
owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of
such contamination, and the liability may be joint and several.
These liabilities could be substantial and the cost of any required
remediation, removal, fines or other costs could exceed the value
of the property and/or our aggregate assets. In addition, the
presence of contamination or the failure to remediate contamination
at our properties may expose us to third-party liability for costs
of remediation and/or personal or property damage or materially
adversely affect our ability to sell, lease or develop our
properties or to borrow using the properties as collateral. In
addition, environmental laws may create liens on contaminated sites
in favor of the government for damages and costs it incurs to
address such contamination. Moreover, if contamination is
discovered on our properties, environmental laws may impose
restrictions on the manner in which property may be used or
businesses may be operated, and these restrictions may require
substantial expenditures.
Some of our properties have been or may be impacted by
contamination arising from current or prior uses of the property,
or adjacent properties, for commercial or industrial purposes. Such
contamination may arise from spills of petroleum or hazardous
substances or releases from tanks used to store such materials. For
example, Del Monte Center is currently undergoing remediation of
dry cleaning solvent contamination from a former onsite dry
cleaner. The environmental issues is currently in the final stages
of remediation which entails the long term ground monitoring by the
appropriate regulatory agency over the next five to seven years.
The prior owner of Del Monte Center entered into a fixed fee
environmental services agreement in 1997 pursuant to which the
remediation will be completed for approximately $3.5 million, with
the remediation costs paid for through funds held in an escrow
account funded by the prior owner. We expect that the funds in this
escrow account will cover all remaining costs and expenses of the
environmental remediation. However, if the Regional Water Quality
Control Board - Central Coast Region were to require further work
costing more than the remaining escrowed funds, we could be
required to pay such overage although we may have a claim for such
costs against the prior owner or our environmental remediation
consultant. In addition to the foregoing, we possess Phase I
Environmental Site Assessments for certain of the properties in our
portfolio, these assessments are limited in scope (e.g., they do
not generally include soil sampling, subsurface investigations or
hazardous materials survey) and may have failed to identify all
environmental conditions or concerns. Furthermore, we do not have
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment reports for all of the
properties in our portfolio and, as such, we may not be aware of
all potential or existing environmental contamination liabilities
at the properties in our portfolio. As a result, we could
potentially incur material liability for these issues, which could
adversely impact our financial condition, results of operations,
cash flow and the per share trading price of our common
stock.
As the owner of the buildings on our properties, we could face
liability for the presence of hazardous materials (e.g., asbestos
or lead) or other adverse conditions (e.g., poor indoor air
quality) in our buildings. Environmental laws govern the presence,
maintenance, and removal of hazardous materials in buildings, and
if we do not comply with such laws, we could face fines for such
noncompliance. Also, we could be liable to third parties (e.g.,
occupants of the buildings) for damages related to exposure to
hazardous materials or adverse conditions in our buildings, and we
could incur material expenses with respect to abatement or
remediation of hazardous materials or other adverse conditions in
our buildings. In addition, some of our tenants routinely handle
and use hazardous or regulated substances and wastes as part of
their operations at our properties, which are subject to
regulation. Such environmental and health and safety laws and
regulations could subject us or our tenants to liability resulting
from these activities. Environmental liabilities could affect a
tenant's ability to make rental payments to us, and changes in laws
could increase the potential liability for noncompliance. This may
result in significant unanticipated expenditures or may otherwise
materially and adversely affect our operations, or those of our
tenants, which could in turn have an adverse effect on
us.
We cannot assure you that costs or liabilities incurred as a result
of environmental issues will not affect our ability to make
distributions to you or that such costs or other remedial measures
will not have an adverse effect on our financial condition, results
of operations, cash flow and per share trading price of our common
stock. If we do incur material environmental liabilities in the
future, we may face significant remediation costs, and we may find
it difficult to sell any affected properties.
Our properties may contain or develop harmful mold or suffer from
other air quality issues, which could lead to liability for adverse
health effects and costs of remediation.
When excessive moisture accumulates in buildings or on building
materials, mold growth may occur, particularly if the moisture
problem remains undiscovered or is not addressed over a period of
time. Some molds may produce airborne toxins or irritants. Indoor
air quality issues can also stem from inadequate ventilation,
chemical contamination from indoor or outdoor sources, and other
biological contaminants such as pollen, viruses and bacteria.
Indoor exposure to airborne toxins or irritants above certain
levels can be alleged to cause a variety of adverse health effects
and symptoms, including allergic or other reactions. As a result,
the presence of significant mold or other airborne contaminants at
any of our properties could require us to undertake a costly
remediation program to contain or remove the mold or other airborne
contaminants from the affected property or increase indoor
ventilation. In addition, the presence of significant mold or other
airborne contaminants could expose us to liability from our
tenants, employees of our tenants or others if property damage or
personal injury is alleged to have occurred.
We may incur significant costs complying with various federal,
state and local laws, regulations and covenants that are applicable
to our properties.
The properties in our portfolio are subject to various covenants
and federal, state and local laws and regulatory requirements,
including permitting and licensing requirements. Local regulations,
including municipal or local ordinances, zoning restrictions and
restrictive covenants imposed by community developers may restrict
our use of our properties and may require us to obtain approval
from local officials or restrict our use of our properties and may
require us to obtain approval from local officials of community
standards organizations at any time with respect to our properties,
including prior to acquiring a property or when undertaking
renovations of any of our existing properties. Among other things,
these restrictions may relate to
fire and safety, seismic or hazardous material abatement
requirements. There can be no assurance that existing laws and
regulatory policies will not adversely affect us or the timing or
cost of any future acquisitions or renovations, or that additional
regulations will not be adopted that increase such delays or result
in additional costs. Our growth strategy may be affected by our
ability to obtain permits, licenses and zoning relief. Our failure
to obtain such permits, licenses and zoning relief or to comply
with applicable laws could have an adverse effect on our financial
condition, results of operations, cash flow and per share trading
price of our common stock.
In addition, federal and state laws and regulations, including laws
such as the ADA and the FHAA, impose further restrictions on our
properties and operations. Under the ADA and the FHAA, all public
accommodations must meet federal requirements related to access and
use by disabled persons. Some of our properties may currently be in
non-compliance with the ADA or the FHAA. If one or more of the
properties in our portfolio is not in compliance with the ADA, the
FHAA or any other regulatory requirements, we may be required to
incur additional costs to bring the property into compliance and we
might incur governmental fines or be required to pay damages to
private litigants. In addition, we do not know whether existing
requirements will change or whether future requirements will
require us to make significant unanticipated expenditures that will
adversely impact our financial condition, results of operations,
cash flow and per share trading price of our common
stock.
Risks Related to Our Organizational Structure
Ernest S. Rady and his affiliates, directly or indirectly, own a
substantial beneficial interest in our company on a fully diluted
basis and have the ability to exercise significant influence on our
company and our Operating Partnership, including the approval of
significant corporate transactions.
As of December 31, 2021, Mr. Rady and his affiliates owned
approximately 14.4% of our outstanding common stock and 19.5% of
our outstanding common units, which together represent an
approximate 33.9% beneficial interest in our company on a fully
diluted basis. Consequently, Mr. Rady may be able to significantly
influence the outcome of matters submitted for stockholder action,
including the approval of significant corporate transactions,
including business combinations, consolidations and mergers. In
addition, we may not, without prior limited partner approval,
directly or indirectly transfer all or any portion of our interest
in the Operating Partnership before the later of the death of Mr.
Rady and the death of his wife, in connection with a merger,
consolidation or other combination of our assets with another
entity, a sale of all or substantially all of our assets, a
reclassification, recapitalization or change in any outstanding
shares of our stock or other outstanding equity interests or an
issuance of shares of our stock, in any case that requires approval
by our common stockholders. As a result, Mr. Rady has substantial
influence on us and could exercise his influence in a manner that
conflicts with the interests of other stockholders.
Conflicts of interest may exist or could arise in the future
between the interests of our stockholders and the interests of
holders of units in our Operating Partnership, which may impede
business decisions that could benefit our
stockholders.
Conflicts of interest may exist or could arise in the future as a
result of the relationships between us and our affiliates, on the
one hand, and our Operating Partnership or any partner thereof, on
the other. Our directors and officers have duties to our company
under Maryland law in connection with their management of our
company. At the same time, we, as the general partner of our
Operating Partnership, have fiduciary duties and obligations to our
Operating Partnership and its limited partners under Maryland law
and pursuant to the partnership agreement of our Operating
Partnership in connection with the management of our Operating
Partnership. Our fiduciary duties and obligations as the general
partner of our Operating Partnership may conflict with the duties
of our directors and officers to our company.
Under Maryland law, a general partner of a Maryland limited
partnership has fiduciary duties of loyalty and care to the
partnership and its partners and must discharge its duties and
exercise its rights as general partner under the partnership
agreement or Maryland law consistently with the obligation of good
faith and fair dealing. The partnership agreement provides that, in
the event of a conflict between the interests of our Operating
Partnership or any partner, on the one hand, and the separate
interests of our company or our stockholders, on the other hand,
we, in our capacity as the general partner of our Operating
Partnership, are under no obligation not to give priority to the
separate interests of our company or our stockholders, and that any
action or failure to act on our part or on the part of our
directors that gives priority to the separate interests of our
company or our stockholders that does not result in a violation of
the contract rights of the limited partners of the Operating
Partnership under its partnership agreement does not violate the
duty of loyalty that we, in our capacity as the general partner of
our Operating Partnership, owe to the Operating Partnership and its
partners.
Additionally, the partnership agreement provides that we will not
be liable to the Operating Partnership or any partner for monetary
damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred or benefits not
derived by the Operating Partnership or any limited partner, except
for liability for our intentional harm or gross negligence. Our
Operating Partnership must indemnify us, our directors and
officers, officers of our Operating Partnership and our designees
from and against any and all claims that relate to the operations
of our Operating Partnership, unless (1) an act or omission of the
person was material to the matter giving rise to the action and
either was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and
deliberate dishonesty, (2) the person actually
received an improper personal benefit in violation or breach of the
partnership agreement or (3) in the case of a criminal proceeding,
the indemnified person had reasonable cause to believe that the act
or omission was unlawful. Our Operating Partnership must also pay
or reimburse the reasonable expenses of any such person upon its
receipt of a written affirmation of the person's good faith belief
that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification has been
met and a written undertaking to repay any amounts paid or advanced
if it is ultimately determined that the person did not meet the
standard of conduct for indemnification. Our Operating Partnership
will not indemnify or advance funds to any person with respect to
any action initiated by the person seeking indemnification without
our approval (except for any proceeding brought to enforce such
person's right to indemnification under the partnership agreement)
or if the person is found to be liable to our Operating Partnership
on any portion of any claim in the action. No reported decision of
a Maryland appellate court has interpreted provisions similar to
the provisions of the partnership agreement of our Operating
Partnership that modify and reduce our fiduciary duties or
obligations as the general partner or reduce or eliminate our
liability for money damages to the Operating Partnership and its
partners, and we have not obtained an opinion of counsel as to the
enforceability of the provisions set forth in the partnership
agreement that purport to modify or reduce the fiduciary duties
that would be in effect were it not for the partnership
agreement.
Our charter and bylaws, the partnership agreement of our Operating
Partnership and Maryland law contain provisions that may delay,
defer or prevent a change of control transaction that might involve
a premium price for our common stock or that our stockholders
otherwise believe to be in their best interest.
Our charter contains certain ownership limits with respect to our
stock. Our charter, subject to certain exceptions, authorizes our
board of directors to take such actions as it determines are
advisable to preserve our qualification as a REIT. Our charter also
prohibits the actual, beneficial or constructive ownership by any
person of more than 7.275% in value or number of shares, whichever
is more restrictive, of the outstanding shares of our common stock
or more than 7.275% in value of the aggregate outstanding shares of
all classes and series of our stock, excluding any shares that are
not treated as outstanding for federal income tax purposes. Our
board of directors, in its sole and absolute discretion, may exempt
a person, prospectively or retroactively, from these ownership
limits if certain conditions are satisfied. Our board of directors
has granted to each of (1) Mr. Rady (and certain of his
affiliates), (2) Cohen & Steers Management, Inc. and (3)
BlackRock, Inc. an exemption from the ownership limits that will
allow them to own, in the aggregate, up to 19.9%, 10.0% and 10.0%,
respectively, in value or in number of shares, whichever is more
restrictive, of our outstanding common stock, subject to various
conditions and limitations. The restrictions on ownership and
transfer of our stock may (a) discourage a tender offer or other
transactions or a change in management or of control that might
involve a premium price for our common stock or that our
stockholders otherwise believe to be in their best interests; or
(b) result in the transfer of shares acquired in excess of the
restrictions to a trust for the benefit of a charitable beneficiary
and, as a result, the forfeiture by the acquirer of the benefits of
owning the additional shares.
We could increase the number of authorized shares of stock,
classify and reclassify unissued stock and issue stock without
stockholder approval.
Our board of directors, without stockholder approval, has the power
under our charter to amend our charter to increase the aggregate
number of shares of stock or the number of shares of stock of any
class or series that we are authorized to issue, to authorize us to
issue authorized but unissued shares of our common stock or
preferred stock and to classify or reclassify any unissued shares
of our common stock or preferred stock into one or more classes or
series of stock and set the terms of such newly classified or
reclassified shares. As a result, we may issue series or classes of
common stock or preferred stock with preferences, dividends, powers
and rights, voting or otherwise, that are senior to, or otherwise
conflict with, the rights of holders of our common stock. Although
our board of directors has no such intention at the present time,
it could establish a class or series of preferred stock that could,
depending on the terms of such series, delay, defer or prevent a
transaction or a change of control that might involve a premium
price for our common stock or that our stockholders otherwise
believe to be in their best interest.
Certain provisions of Maryland law could inhibit changes in
control, which may discourage third parties from conducting a
tender offer or seeking other change of control transactions that
could involve a premium price for our common stock or that our
stockholders otherwise believe to be in their best
interest.
Certain provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law, or
MGCL, may have the effect of inhibiting a third party from making a
proposal to acquire us or of impeding a change of control under
circumstances that otherwise could provide the holders of shares of
our common stock with the opportunity to realize a premium over the
then-prevailing market price of such shares, including (1)
“business combination” provisions that, subject to limitations,
prohibit certain business combinations between us and an
“interested stockholder” (defined generally as any person who
beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power of our shares or
an affiliate thereof or an affiliate or associate of ours who was
the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the
voting power of our then outstanding voting stock at any time
within the two-year period
immediately prior to the date in question) for five years after the
most recent date on which the stockholder becomes an interested
stockholder, and thereafter impose fair price and/or supermajority
and stockholder voting requirements on these combinations; and (2)
“control share” provisions that provide that “control shares” of
our company (defined as shares that, when aggregated with other
shares controlled by the stockholder, entitle the stockholder to
exercise one of three increasing ranges of voting power in electing
directors) acquired in a “control share acquisition” (defined as
the direct or indirect acquisition of ownership or control of
issued and outstanding “control shares”) have no voting rights with
respect to their control shares, except to the extent approved by
our stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of
all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, excluding all
interested shares. As permitted by the MGCL, our board of directors
has, by board resolution, elected to opt out of the business
combination provisions of the MGCL. However, we cannot assure you
that our board of directors will not opt to be subject to such
business combination provisions of the MGCL in the
future.
Certain provisions of the MGCL permit our board of directors,
without stockholder approval and regardless of what is currently
provided in our charter or bylaws, to implement certain corporate
governance provisions, some of which (e.g., a classified board) are
not currently applicable to us. These provisions may have the
effect of limiting or precluding a third party from making an
unsolicited acquisition proposal for us or of delaying, deferring
or preventing a change in control of us under circumstances that
otherwise could provide the holders of shares of our common stock
with the opportunity to realize a premium over the then current
market price. Our charter contains a provision whereby we elected
to be subject to certain provisions the MGCL relating to the
filling of vacancies on our board of directors.
Certain provisions in the partnership agreement of our Operating
Partnership may delay or prevent unsolicited acquisitions of
us.
Provisions in the partnership agreement of our Operating
Partnership may delay, or make more difficult, unsolicited
acquisitions of us or changes of our control. These provisions
could discourage third parties from making proposals involving an
unsolicited acquisition of us or change of our control, although
some stockholders might consider such proposals, if made,
desirable. These provisions include, among others:
•redemption
rights of qualifying parties;
•a
requirement that we may not be removed as the general partner of
our Operating Partnership without our consent;
•transfer
restrictions on common units;
•our
ability, as general partner, in some cases, to amend the
partnership agreement and to cause the Operating Partnership to
issue units with terms that could delay, defer or prevent a merger
or other change of control of us or our Operating Partnership
without the consent of the limited partners; and
•the
right of the limited partners to consent to direct or indirect
transfers of the general partnership interest, including as a
result of a merger or a sale of all or substantially all of our
assets, in the event that such transfer requires approval by our
common stockholders.
In particular, we may not, without prior “partnership approval,”
directly or indirectly transfer all or any portion of our interest
in our Operating Partnership, before the later of the death of Mr.
Rady and the death of his wife, in connection with a merger,
consolidation or other combination of our assets with another
entity, a sale of all or substantially all of our assets, a
reclassification, recapitalization or change in any outstanding
shares of our stock or other outstanding equity interests or an
issuance of shares of our stock, in any case that requires approval
by our common stockholders. The “partnership approval” requirement
is satisfied, with respect to such a transfer, when the sum of (1)
the percentage interest of limited partners consenting to the
transfer of our interest, plus (2) the product of (a) the
percentage of the outstanding common units held by us multiplied by
(b) the percentage of the votes that were cast in favor of the
event by our common stockholders equals or exceeds the percentage
required for our common stockholders to approve the event resulting
in the transfer. As of December 31, 2021, the limited
partners, including Mr. Rady and his affiliates and our other
executive officers and directors, owned approximately 22.6% of our
outstanding common units and approximately 19.4% of our outstanding
common stock, which together represent an approximate 36.4%
beneficial interest in our company on a fully diluted
basis.
Our charter and bylaws, the partnership agreement of our Operating
Partnership and Maryland law also contain other provisions that may
delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change of control that
might involve a premium price for our common stock or that our
stockholders otherwise believe to be in their best
interest.
Our board of directors may change our investment and financing
policies without stockholder approval and we may become more highly
leveraged, which may increase our risk of default under our debt
obligations.
Our investment and financing policies are exclusively determined by
our board of directors. Accordingly, our stockholders do not
control these policies. Further, our charter and bylaws do not
limit the amount or percentage of indebtedness, funded or
otherwise, that we may incur. Our board of directors may alter or
eliminate our current policy on
borrowing at any time without stockholder approval. If this policy
changed, we could become more highly leveraged which could result
in an increase in our debt service. Higher leverage also increases
the risk of default on our obligations. In addition, a change in
our investment policies, including the manner in which we allocate
our resources across our portfolio or the types of assets in which
we seek to invest, may increase our exposure to interest rate risk,
real estate market fluctuations and liquidity risk. Changes to our
policies with regards to the foregoing could adversely affect our
financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and per share
trading price of our common stock.
Our rights and the rights of our stockholders to take action
against our directors and officers are limited.
As permitted by Maryland law, our charter eliminates the liability
of our directors and officers to us and our stockholders for money
damages, except for liability resulting from (1) actual receipt of
an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services; or
(2) a final judgment based upon a finding of active and deliberate
dishonesty by the director or officer that was material to the
cause of action adjudicated.
As a result, we and our stockholders may have more limited rights
against our directors and officers than might otherwise exist.
Accordingly, in the event that actions taken in good faith by any
of our directors or officers impede the performance of our company,
your ability to recover damages from such director or officer will
be limited.
We are a holding company with no direct operations and, as such, we
will rely on funds received from our Operating Partnership to pay
liabilities, and the interests of our stockholders will be
structurally subordinated to all liabilities and obligations of our
Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries.
We are a holding company and conduct substantially all of our
operations through our Operating Partnership. We do not have, apart
from an interest in our Operating Partnership, any independent
operations. As a result, we rely on distributions from our
Operating Partnership to pay any dividends we might declare on
shares of our common stock. We also rely on distributions from our
Operating Partnership to meet our obligations, including any tax
liability on taxable income allocated to us from our Operating
Partnership. In addition, because we are a holding company, claims
of stockholders are structurally subordinated to all existing and
future liabilities and obligations (whether or not for borrowed
money) of our Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries.
Therefore, in the event of our bankruptcy, liquidation or
reorganization, our assets and those of our Operating Partnership
and its subsidiaries will be available to satisfy the claims of our
stockholders only after all of our and our Operating Partnership's
and its subsidiaries' liabilities and obligations have been paid in
full.
Our Operating Partnership may issue additional partnership units to
third parties without the consent of our stockholders, which would
reduce our ownership percentage in our Operating Partnership and
would have a dilutive effect on the amount of distributions made to
us by our Operating Partnership and, therefore, the amount of
distributions we can make to American Assets Trust, Inc.'s
stockholders or American Assets Trust, L.P.'s
unitholders.
We may, in connection with our acquisition of properties or
otherwise, issue additional partnership units to third parties.
Such issuances would reduce our ownership percentage in our
Operating Partnership and affect the amount of distributions made
to us by our Operating Partnership and, therefore, the amount of
distributions we can make to American Assets Trust, Inc.'s
stockholders or American Assets Trust, L.P.'s unitholders. To the
extent that our stockholders do not directly own partnership units,
our stockholders will not have any voting rights with respect to
any such issuances or other partnership level activities of our
Operating Partnership.
Our operating structure subjects us to the risk of increased hotel
operating expenses.
Our lease with our TRS lessee requires our TRS lessee to pay us
rent based in part on revenues from the Waikiki Beach Walk-Embassy
Suites™. Our operating risks include decreases in hotel revenues
and increases in hotel operating expenses, which would adversely
affect our TRS lessee's ability to pay us rent due under the lease,
including but not limited to the increases in:
•wage
and benefit costs;
•repair
and maintenance expenses;
•energy
costs;
•property
taxes;
•insurance
costs; and
•other
operating expenses.
Increases in these operating expenses can have an adverse impact on
our financial condition, results of operations, the market price of
our common stock and our ability to make distributions to American
Assets Trust, Inc.'s stockholders or American Assets Trust, L.P.'s
unitholders.
Future sales of common stock or common units by our directors and
officers, or their pledgees, as a result of margin calls or
foreclosures could adversely affect the price of our common stock
and could, in the future, result in a loss of control of our
company.
Our directors and officers may pledge shares of common stock or
common units owned or controlled by them as collateral for loans or
for margin purposes in favor of third parties. Depending on the
status of the various loan obligations for which the stock or units
ultimately serve as collateral and the trading price of our common
stock, our directors and/or officers, and their affiliates, may
experience a foreclosure or margin call that could result in the
sale of the pledged stock or units, in the open market or
otherwise. Unlike for our directors and officers, sales by these
pledgees may not be subject to the volume limitations of Rule 144
of the Securities Act. A sale of pledged stock or units by pledgees
could result in a loss of control of our company, depending upon
the number of shares of stock or units sold and the ownership
interests of other stockholders. In addition, sale of these shares
or units, or the perception of possible future sales, could have a
materially adverse effect on the trading price of our common stock
or make it more difficult for us to raise additional capital
through sales of equity securities.
Risks Related to Our Status as a REIT
Failure to maintain our qualification as a REIT would have
significant adverse consequences to us and the value of our common
stock.
We have elected to be taxed as a REIT and believe we are organized
and operate in a manner that has allowed us to qualify and will
allow us to remain qualified as a REIT for federal income tax
purposes commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2011.
We have not requested and do not plan to request a ruling from the
Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, that we qualify as a REIT.
Therefore, we cannot assure you that we have qualified as a REIT,
or that we will remain qualified as such in the future. If we lose
our REIT status, we will face serious tax consequences that would
substantially reduce the funds available for distribution to you
for each of the years involved because:
•we
would not be allowed a deduction for distributions to American
Assets Trust, Inc.'s stockholders in computing our taxable income
and would be subject to the regular U.S. federal corporate income
tax rate (and we could be subject to the federal alternative
minimum tax for taxable years prior to 2018);
•we
also could be subject to increased state and local taxes;
and
•unless
we are entitled to relief under applicable statutory provisions, we
could not elect to be taxed as a REIT for four taxable years
following the year during which we were disqualified.
Any such corporate tax liability could be substantial and would
reduce our cash available for, among other things, our operations
and distributions to American Assets Trust, Inc.'s stockholders or
American Assets Trust, L.P.'s unitholders. In addition, if we fail
to maintain our qualification as a REIT, we will not be required to
make distributions to American Assets Trust, Inc.'s stockholders.
As a result of all these factors, our failure to maintain our
qualification as a REIT also could impair our ability to expand our
business and raise capital, and could materially and adversely
affect the value of our common stock.
Qualification as a REIT involves the application of highly
technical and complex Code provisions for which there are only
limited judicial and administrative interpretations. The complexity
of these provisions and of the applicable Treasury regulations that
have been promulgated under the Code, or the Treasury Regulations,
is greater in the case of a REIT that, like us, holds its assets
through a partnership. The determination of various factual matters
and circumstances not entirely within our control may affect our
ability to maintain our qualification as a REIT. In order to
maintain our qualification as a REIT, we must satisfy a number of
requirements, including requirements regarding the ownership of our
stock, requirements regarding the composition of our assets and
requirements regarding the sources of our gross income. Also, we
must make distributions to American Assets Trust, Inc.'s
stockholders aggregating annually at least 90% of our net taxable
income, excluding net capital gains. In addition, legislation, new
regulations, administrative interpretations or court decisions may
materially adversely affect our investors, our ability to maintain
our qualification as a REIT for federal income tax purposes or the
desirability of an investment in a REIT relative to other
investments.
Even if we maintain our qualification as a REIT for federal income
tax purposes, we may be subject to some federal, state and local
income, property and excise taxes on our income or property and, in
certain cases, a 100% penalty tax, in the event we sell property as
a dealer. In addition, our taxable REIT subsidiaries will be
subject to tax as regular corporations in the jurisdictions they
operate.
If our Operating Partnership failed to qualify as a partnership for
federal income tax purposes, we would cease to qualify as a REIT
and suffer other adverse consequences.
We believe that our Operating Partnership is treated as a
partnership for federal income tax purposes. As a partnership, our
Operating Partnership is not subject to federal income tax on its
income. Instead, each of its partners, including us, is allocated,
and may be required to pay tax with respect to, its share of our
Operating Partnership's income. We cannot be
assured, however, that the IRS will not challenge the status of our
Operating Partnership or any other subsidiary partnership in which
we own an interest, as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes, or that a court would not sustain such a challenge. If
the IRS were successful in treating our Operating Partnership or
any such other subsidiary partnership as an entity taxable as a
corporation for federal income tax purposes, we would fail to meet
the gross income tests and certain of the asset tests applicable to
REITs and, accordingly, we would likely cease to qualify as a REIT.
Also, the failure of our Operating Partnership or any subsidiary
partnerships to qualify as a partnership could cause it to become
subject to federal and state corporate income tax, which would
reduce significantly the amount of cash available for debt service
and for distribution to its partners, including us.
The asset tests applicable to REITs limit our ability to own
taxable REIT subsidiaries, and we will be required to pay a 100%
penalty tax on certain income or deductions if our transactions
with our taxable REIT subsidiaries are not conducted on arm's
length terms.
We own an interest in one taxable REIT subsidiary, our TRS lessee,
and may acquire securities in additional taxable REIT subsidiaries
in the future. A taxable REIT subsidiary is a corporation other
than a REIT in which a REIT directly or indirectly holds stock, and
that has made a joint election with such REIT to be treated as a
taxable REIT subsidiary. If a taxable REIT subsidiary owns more
than 35% of the total voting power or value of the outstanding
securities of another corporation, such other corporation will also
be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary. Other than some activities
relating to lodging and health care facilities, a taxable REIT
subsidiary may generally engage in any business, including the
provision of customary or non-customary services to tenants of its
parent REIT. A taxable REIT subsidiary is subject to federal income
tax as a regular C corporation. In addition, a 100% excise tax will
be imposed on certain transactions between a taxable REIT
subsidiary and its parent REIT that are not conducted on an arm's
length basis.
Not more than 20% of the value of a REIT’s total assets may be
represented by the securities of one or more taxable REIT
subsidiaries. A REIT's ownership of securities of a taxable REIT
subsidiary is not subject to the 5% or 10% asset tests applicable
to REITs. Not more than 25% of a REIT's total assets may be
represented by securities (including securities of one or more
taxable REIT subsidiaries), other than those securities includable
in the 75% asset test. We anticipate that the aggregate value of
the stock and securities of our taxable REIT subsidiaries and other
nonqualifying assets will be less than 25% of the value of our
total assets, and we will monitor the value of these investments to
ensure compliance with applicable ownership limitations. In
addition, we intend to structure our transactions with our taxable
REIT subsidiaries to ensure that they are entered into on arm's
length terms to avoid incurring the 100% excise tax described
above. There can be no assurance, however, that we will be able to
comply with these ownership limitations or to avoid application of
the 100% excise tax discussed above.
To maintain our REIT status, we may be forced to borrow funds
during unfavorable market conditions, and the unavailability of
such capital on favorable terms at the desired times, or at all,
may cause us to curtail our investment activities and/or to dispose
of assets at inopportune times, which could adversely affect our
financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and per share
trading price of our common stock.
To maintain our REIT status, we generally must distribute to our
stockholders at least 90% of our net taxable income each year,
excluding net capital gains, and we will be subject to regular U.S.
federal corporate income taxes to the extent that we distribute
less than 100% of our net taxable income each year, including net
capital gains. In addition, we will be subject to a 4%
nondeductible excise tax on the amount, if any, by which
distributions paid by us in any calendar year are less than the sum
of 85% of our ordinary income, 95% of our capital gain net income
and 100% of our undistributed income from prior years. In order to
maintain our REIT status and avoid the payment of income and excise
taxes, we may need to borrow even if the then-prevailing market
conditions are not favorable for these borrowings. These borrowing
needs could result from, among other things, differences in timing
between the actual receipt of cash and inclusion of income for
federal income tax purposes, or the effect of non-deductible
capital expenditures, the creation of reserves or required debt or
amortization payments. These sources, however, may not be available
on favorable terms or at all. Our access to third-party sources of
capital depends on a number of factors, including the market's
perception of our growth potential, our current debt levels, the
market price of our common stock, and our current and potential
future earnings. We cannot assure you that we will have access to
such capital on favorable terms at the desired times, or at all,
which may cause us to curtail our investment activities and/or to
dispose of assets at inopportune times, and could adversely affect
our financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and per
share trading price of our common stock.
We may in the future choose to make dividends payable partly in our
common stock, in which case you may be required to pay tax in
excess of the cash you receive.
To maintain our REIT status, we generally must distribute to our
stockholders at least 90% of our net taxable income each year,
excluding net capital gains. In order to preserve cash to repay
debt or for other reasons, we may choose to satisfy the REIT
distribution requirements by distributing taxable dividends that
are payable partly in our stock and partly in cash. Taxable
stockholders receiving such dividends will be required to include
the full amount of the dividend as ordinary income to
the
extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits for
federal income tax purposes. As a result, a U.S. stockholder may be
required to pay tax with respect to such dividends in excess of the
cash received. If a U.S. stockholder sells the stock it receives as
a dividend in order to pay this tax, the sales proceeds may be less
than the amount included in income with respect to the dividend,
depending on the market price of our stock at the time of the sale.
Furthermore, with respect to non-U.S. stockholders, we may be
required to withhold U.S. tax with respect to such dividends,
including in respect of all or a portion of such dividend that is
payable in stock. In addition, if a significant number of our
stockholders determine to sell shares of our stock in order to pay
taxes owed on dividends, such sales may have an adverse effect on
the per share trading price of our common stock.
Dividends payable by REITs do not qualify for the reduced tax rates
available for some dividends.
The maximum tax rate applicable to dividends treated as “qualified
dividend income” payable to U.S. stockholders that are individuals,
trusts and estates is 20%. Dividends payable by REITs, however,
generally are not eligible for the 20% rate. Although these rules
do not adversely affect the taxation of REITs or dividends payable
by REITs, investors who are individuals, trusts and estates may
perceive investments in REITs to be relatively less attractive than
investments in the stocks of non-REIT corporations that pay
dividends, which could adversely affect the value of the shares of
REITs, including the per share trading price of our common stock.
Non-corporate stockholders, including individuals, generally may
deduct 20% of dividends from a REIT, other than capital gain
dividends and dividends treated as qualified dividend income, for
taxable years beginning before January 1, 2026. If we fail to
qualify as a REIT, such stockholders may not claim this deduction
with respect to dividends paid by us.
The tax imposed on REITs engaging in “prohibited transactions” may
limit our ability to engage in transactions which would be treated
as sales for federal income tax purposes.
A REIT's net income from prohibited transactions is subject to a
100% penalty tax. In general, prohibited transactions are sales or
other dispositions of property, other than foreclosure property,
held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of
business. Although we do not intend to hold any properties that
would be characterized as held for sale to customers in the
ordinary course of our business, unless a sale or disposition
qualifies under certain statutory safe harbors, such
characterization is a factual determination and no guarantee can be
given that the IRS would agree with our characterization of our
properties or that we will always be able to make use of the
available safe harbors.
Complying with REIT requirements may affect our profitability and
may force us to liquidate or forgo otherwise attractive
investments.
To maintain our qualification as a REIT, we must continually
satisfy tests concerning, among other things, the nature and
diversification of our assets, the sources of our income and the
amounts we distribute to our stockholders. We may be required to
liquidate or forgo otherwise attractive investments in order to
satisfy the asset and income tests or to qualify under certain
statutory relief provisions. We also may be required to make
distributions to American Assets Trust, Inc.'s stockholders or
American Assets Trust, L.P.'s unitholders at disadvantageous times
or when we do not have funds readily available for distribution. As
a result, having to comply with the distribution requirement could
cause us to: (1) sell assets in adverse market conditions; (2)
borrow on unfavorable terms; or (3) distribute amounts that would
otherwise be invested in future acquisitions, capital expenditures
or repayment of debt. Accordingly, satisfying the REIT requirements
could have an adverse effect on our business results, profitability
and ability to execute our business plan. Moreover, if we are
compelled to liquidate our investments to meet any of these asset,
income or distribution tests, or to repay obligations to our
lenders, we may be unable to comply with one or more of the
requirements applicable to REITs or may be subject to a 100% tax on
any resulting gain if such sales constitute prohibited
transactions.
Legislative or other actions affecting REITs could have a negative
effect on our investors or us, including our ability to maintain
our qualification as a REIT or the federal income tax consequences
of such qualification.
The rules dealing with federal income taxation are constantly under
review by persons involved in the legislative process and by the
IRS and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Changes to the tax
laws, with or without retroactive application, could adversely
affect our investors or us. We cannot predict how changes in the
tax laws might affect our investors or us. New legislation,
Treasury Regulations, administrative interpretations or court
decisions could significantly and negatively affect our ability to
qualify as a REIT, the federal income tax consequences of such
qualification or the federal income tax consequences of such
qualification or the federal income tax consequences of an
investment in us. Also, the law relating to the tax treatment of
other entities, or an investment in other entities, could change,
making an investment in such other entities more attractive
relative to an investment in a REIT.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and governmental restrictions
intended to prevent its spread could adversely impact our business,
financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity
and ability to satisfy our debt service obligations and to pay
dividends and distributions to security holders.
The continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and governmental
restrictions intended to prevent its spread are highly
unpredictable and volatile have already had a significant adverse
impact on economic and market conditions around the world during
the last two years, including in the United States and the markets
in which we own properties (including development projects). The
severity and specific impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to
evolve, including with respect to current and future variants of
COVID-19. There is considerable uncertainty regarding the extent to
which COVID-19 and its variants will continue to spread and the
extent and duration of governmental measures aimed to contain the
virus, such as instituting quarantines, restrictions on travel,
“shelter in place” rules, stay-at-home orders, density limitations,
social distancing measures, restrictions on business operations
and/or construction projects (including, for some types of business
operations and construction projects, possible required
shut-downs). Although some state governments and other authorities
were in varying stages of lifting or modifying some of these
measures, some have already been forced to, and others may in the
future, reinstitute these measures or impose new, more restrictive
measures, they determine that the risks related to COVID-19 and its
variants warrant doing so. As a result, we may not be able to avoid
adverse impacts on our business, financial condition, results of
operations, cash flows, liquidity and ability to satisfy our debt
service obligations and to pay dividends and distributions to
security holders. For instance we have previously seen a material
reduction in rent collections from certain tenants, particularly
retail tenants, as a result of such measures. There can be no
assurance as to how long current or future restrictions intended to
prevent the spread of COVID-19 may remain in place in the states
and cities where we own properties, and even if such restrictions
are lifted, they may later be reinstituted. If such restrictions
remain in place for an extended period of time, we may experience
further reductions in rents from our tenants.
During 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we continued to provide
lease concessions to certain tenants, primarily within the retail
segment, in the form of rent deferrals and abatements. As of
December 31, 2021, we have entered into lease modifications that
resulted in COVID-19-related adjustments (including rent deferrals
and other monetary lease concessions) for approximately 1% of the
rent originally contracted for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Although we are and will continue to be actively engaged in rent
collection efforts related to uncollected rent, as well as working
with certain tenants who may request rent deferrals (particularly
those occupying retail space), we can provide no assurance that
such efforts or our efforts in future periods will be successful.
In addition, we are and will continue to be actively engaged in
discussions with certain tenants regarding the adverse impacts of
the COVID-19 pandemic and related governmental restrictions on
their businesses, and may afford certain additional accommodations
to such tenants.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including future mutations and
related variants of the virus, could have significant adverse
impacts on our business, financial condition, results of
operations, cash flows, liquidity and ability to satisfy our debt
service obligations and to pay dividends and distributions to
security holders in a variety of ways that are difficult to
predict. Such adverse impacts could depend on, among other
factors:
•the
financial condition of our tenants and their ability or willingness
to pay rent in full on a timely basis;
•state,
local, federal and industry-initiated efforts that may adversely
affect landlords, including us, and their ability to collect rent
and/or enforce remedies for the failure to pay rent;
•our
need to defer or forgive rent and restructure leases with our
tenants and our ability to do so on favorable terms or at
all;
•significant
job losses in the industries of our tenants, which may decrease
demand for our office and retail space, causing market rental rates
and property values to be negatively impacted;
•increased
working from home as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which may
decrease demand for office space causing market rental rates and
property values to be negatively impacted;
•our
ability to stabilize our development projects, renew leases or
re-lease available space in our proprieties on favorable terms or
at all, including as a result of a general decrease in demand for
our office and retail space and occupancy in our hotel,
deterioration in the economic and market conditions in the markets
in which we own properties or due to restrictions intended to
prevent the spread of COVID-19 that frustrate our leasing
activities;
•a
severe and prolonged disruption and instability in the global
financial markets, including the debt and equity capital markets,
all of which have already experienced and may continue to
experience significant volatility, or deteriorations in credit and
financing conditions, may affect our or our tenants’ ability to
access capital necessary to fund our respective business operations
or replace or renew maturing liabilities on a timely basis, on
attractive terms or at all and may adversely affect the valuation
of financial assets and liabilities, any of which could affect our
and our tenants’ ability to meet liquidity and capital expenditure
requirements;
•a
refusal or failure of one or more lenders under our revolving line
of credit to fund their respective financing commitments to us may
affect our ability to access capital necessary to fund our business
operations and to meet our liquidity and capital expenditure
requirements;
•the
ability of potential buyers of properties identified for potential
future capital recycling transactions to obtain debt financing,
which has been and may continue to be constrained for some
potential buyers;
•a
reduction in the values of our properties that could result in
impairments or limit our ability to dispose of them at attractive
prices or obtain debt financing secured by our
properties;
•complete
or partial shutdowns of one or more of our tenants’ manufacturing
facilities or distribution centers, temporary or long-term
disruptions in our tenants’ supply chains from local, national and
international suppliers or delays in the delivery of products,
services or other materials necessary for our tenants’ operations,
which could force our tenants to reduce, delay or eliminate
offerings of their products and services, reduce or eliminate their
revenues and liquidity and/or result in their bankruptcy or
insolvency;
•our
ability to avoid delays or cost increases associated with building
materials or construction services necessary for construction that
could adversely impact our ability to continue or complete
construction as planned, on budget or at all;
•our
and our tenants’ ability to manage our respective businesses to the
extent our and their management or personnel are impacted in
significant numbers by the COVID-19 pandemic and are not willing,
available or allowed to conduct work;
•certain
of our tenants filing for bankruptcy due to financial hardships
they suffered as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic;
and
•our
and our tenants’ ability to ensure business continuity in the event
our continuity of operations plan is not effective or improperly
implemented or deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The rapid development of the COVID-19 pandemic,
restrictions intended to prevent its spread, and the volatile
financial, economic and capital markets environment present
material risks and uncertainties with respect to our business,
financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity
and ability to satisfy our debt service obligations and to pay
dividends and distributions to security holders and could also have
a material adverse effect on the market value of our
securities.
ITEM 1B.UNRESOLVED
STAFF COMMENTS
None.
ITEM 2.PROPERTIES
Our Portfolio
As of December 31, 2021, our operating portfolio was comprised
of 30 office, retail, multifamily and mixed-use properties with an
aggregate of approximately 7.1 million rentable square feet of
office and retail space (including mixed-use retail space), 2,112
residential units (including 122 RV spaces) and a 369-room hotel.
Additionally, as of December 31, 2021, we owned land at three
of our properties that we classified as held for development or
construction in progress.
Retail and Office Portfolios
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Property |
Location |
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Year Built/
Renovated |
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Number
of
Buildings |
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Net
Rentable
Square
Feet |
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Percentage
Leased |
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Annualized
Base Rent
(1)
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Annualized
Base Rent
Per Leased
Square
Foot |
OFFICE PROPERTIES |
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La Jolla Commons |
San Diego, CA |
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2008/2014 |
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2 |
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724,208 |
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98.3 |
% |
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$ |
43,140,280 |
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$ |
60.60 |
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Torrey Reserve Campus |
San Diego, CA |
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1996-2000/2014-2016 |
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14 |
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521,740 |
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81.2 |
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20,806,364 |
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49.11 |
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Torrey Point
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San Diego, CA |
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2017 |
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2 |
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93,264 |
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94.9 |
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5,246,319 |
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59.28 |
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Solana Beach Corporate Centre
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Solana Beach, CA |
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1982/2005 |
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4 |
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224,009 |
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84.3 |
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8,306,632 |
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43.99 |
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The Landmark at One Market
(2)
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San Francisco, CA |
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1917/2000 |
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1 |
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422,426 |
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100.0 |
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38,442,273 |
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91.00 |
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One Beach Street |
San Francisco, CA |
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1924/1972/1987/1992 |
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1 |
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100,270 |
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— |
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First & Main
(7)
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Portland, OR |
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2010 |
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1 |
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360,314 |
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94.3 |
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10,838,438 |
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31.90 |
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Lloyd Portfolio |
Portland, OR |
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1940-2015 |
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3 |
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515,928 |
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98.5 |
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16,788,015 |
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33.03 |
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City Center Bellevue |
Bellevue, WA |
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1987 |
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1 |
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496,437 |
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93.0 |
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23,957,153 |
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51.89 |
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Eastgate Office Park |
Bellevue, WA |
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1985 |
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4 |
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280,053 |
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86.7 |
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9,023,004 |
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37.16 |
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Corporate Campus East III |
Bellevue, WA |
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1986 |
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4 |
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157,163 |
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85.9 |
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5,115,751 |
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37.89 |
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Subtotal / Weighted Average Office Portfolio
(3)
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37 |
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3,895,812 |
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90.4 |
% |
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$ |
181,664,229 |
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$ |
51.58 |
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RETAIL PROPERTIES |
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Carmel Country Plaza |
San Diego, CA |
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1991 |
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9 |
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78,098 |
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84.2 |
% |
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$ |
3,575,947 |
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$ |
54.38 |
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Carmel Mountain Plaza
(4)
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San Diego, CA |
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1994/2014 |
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15 |
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528,416 |
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95.0 |
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12,605,920 |
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25.11 |
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South Bay Marketplace
(4)
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San Diego, CA |
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1997 |
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9 |
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132,877 |
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100.0 |
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2,453,978 |
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18.47 |
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Gateway Marketplace |
San Diego, CA |
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1997/2016 |
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3 |
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127,861 |
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100.0 |
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2,624,425 |
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20.53 |
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Lomas Santa Fe Plaza |
Solana Beach, CA |
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1972/1997 |
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9 |
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208,297 |
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96.4 |
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6,117,616 |
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30.47 |
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Solana Beach Towne Centre |
Solana Beach, CA |
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1973/2000/2004 |
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12 |
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246,651 |
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94.7 |
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6,225,096 |
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26.65 |
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Del Monte Center
(4)
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Monterey, CA |
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1967/1984/2006 |
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16 |
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673,155 |
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82.1 |
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8,985,980 |
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16.26 |
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Geary Marketplace |
Walnut Creek, CA |
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2012 |
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3 |
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35,159 |
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100.0 |
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1,276,954 |
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36.32 |
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The Shops at Kalakaua |
Honolulu, HI |
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1971/2006 |
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3 |
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11,671 |
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77.7 |
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672,886 |
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74.20 |
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Waikele Center |
Waipahu, HI |
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1993/2008 |
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9 |
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418,047 |
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100.0 |
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12,231,181 |
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29.26 |
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Alamo Quarry Market (4)
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San Antonio, TX |
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1997/1999 |
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16 |
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588,148 |
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94.0 |
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13,968,360 |
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25.27 |
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Hassalo on Eighth - Retail
(5)
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Portland, OR |
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2015 |
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3 |
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44,236 |
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71.0 |
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1,017,659 |
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32.40 |
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Subtotal / Weighted Average Retail Portfolio
(1)
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107 |
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3,092,616 |
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92.6 |
% |
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$ |
71,756,002 |
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$ |
25.06 |
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Total / Weighted Average Retail and Office Portfolio
(1)
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144 |
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6,988,428 |
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91.4 |
% |
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$ |
253,420,231 |
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$ |
39.67 |
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Mixed-Use Portfolio
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Retail Portion |
Location |
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Year Built/
Renovated |
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Number
of
Buildings |
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Net
Rentable
Square
Feet |
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Percent
Leased |
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Annualized
Base Rent |
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Annualized
Base Rent
Per Leased
Square
Foot |
Waikiki Beach Walk—Retail |
Honolulu, HI |
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2006 |
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3 |
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93,925 |
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89.6 |
% |
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$ |
6,413,365 |
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$ |
76.21 |
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Hotel Portion |
Location |
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Year Built/
Renovated |
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Number
of
Buildings |
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Units |
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Average
Occupancy |
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Average
Daily Rate |
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Revenue
per
Available
Room |
Waikiki Beach Walk—Embassy SuitesTM
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Honolulu, HI |
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2008/2014/2020 |
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2 |
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369 |
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66.4 |
% |
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$ |
278.87 |
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$ |
185.13 |
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Multifamily Portfolio
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Property |
Location |
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Year Built/
Renovated |
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Number
of
Buildings |
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Units |
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Percentage
Leased |
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Annualized
Base Rent |
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Average Monthly Base Rent per Leased Unit |
Loma Palisades |
San Diego, CA |
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1958/2001 - 2008/2021 |
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80 |
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548 |
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97.5 |
% |
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$ |
15,005,424 |
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$ |
2,340 |
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Imperial Beach Gardens |
Imperial Beach, CA |
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1959/2008 |
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26 |
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160 |
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95.6 |
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4,134,048 |
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2,252 |
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Mariner’s Point |
Imperial Beach, CA |
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1986 |
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8 |
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88 |
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95.5 |
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1,988,148 |
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1,971 |
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Santa Fe Park RV Resort
(6)
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San Diego, CA |
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1971/2007-2008 |
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1 |
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126 |
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93.7 |
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1,793,688 |
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1,266 |
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Pacific Ridge Apartments |
San Diego, CA |
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2013 |
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3 |
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533 |
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97.7 |
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19,541,508 |
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3,127 |
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Hassalo on Eighth - Multifamily
(5)
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Portland, OR |
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2015 |
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3 |
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657 |
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94.1 |
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11,094,504 |
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1,495 |
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Total / Weighted Average Multifamily |
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121 |
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2,112 |
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96.0 |
% |
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$ |
53,557,320 |
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$ |
2,201 |
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(1)Annualized
base rent is calculated by multiplying base rental payments
(defined as cash base rents (before abatements)) under commenced
leases for the month ended December 31, 2021 by 12. In the
case of triple net or modified gross leases, annualized base rent
does not include tenant reimbursements for real estate taxes,
insurance, common area or other operating expenses. The foregoing
notwithstanding:
a.The
annualized base rent for La Jolla Commons has been adjusted for
this presentation to reflect that the contractual triple net leases
were instead structured as modified gross leases, by adding the
contractual annualized triple net base rent of $30,714,816 to our
estimate of annual triple net operating expenses of $12,425,464 for
an estimated annualized base rent on a modified gross lease basis
of $43,140,280 for La Jolla Commons.
b.The
annualized base rent for Eastgate Office Park has been adjusted for
this presentation to reflect that the contractual triple net leases
were instead structured as modified gross leases, by adding the
contractual annualized triple net base rent of $6,536,442 to our
estimate of annual triple net operating expenses of $2,486,562 for
an estimated annualized base rent on a modified gross lease basis
of $9,023,004 for Eastgate Office Park.
c.The
annualized base rent for Corporate Campus East III has been
adjusted for this presentation to reflect that the contractual
triple net leases were instead structured as modified gross leases,
by adding the contractual annualized triple net base rent of
$3,760,412 to our estimate of annual triple net operating expenses
of $1,355,339 for an estimated annualized base rent on a modified
gross lease basis of $5,115,751 for Corporate Campus East
III.
(2)This
property contains 422,426 net rentable square feet consisting of
The Landmark at One Market (378,206 net rentable square feet) as
well as a separate long-term leasehold interest in approximately
44,220 net rentable square feet of space located in an adjacent
six-story leasehold known as the Annex. We currently lease the
Annex from an affiliate of the Paramount Group pursuant to a
long-term master lease effective through June 30, 2026, which
we have the option to extend until 2031 pursuant to one remaining
five-year extension option.
(3)Lease
data for signed but not commenced leases as of December 31,
2021 is in the following table:
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Leased Square Feet |
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Annualized Base |
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Pro Forma Annualized |
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Under Signed But |
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Annualized |
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Rent per |
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Base Rent per |
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Not Commenced Leases (a) |
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Base Rent (b) |
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Leased Square Foot (b) |
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Leased Square Foot (c) |
Office Portfolio |
$ |
53,388 |
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$ |
4,089,350 |
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$ |
76.60 |
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$ |
51.65 |
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Retail Portfolio |
79,424 |
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1,721,495 |
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$ |
21.67 |
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$ |
25.67 |
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Total Retail and Office Portfolio |
$ |
132,812 |
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$ |
5,810,845 |
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$ |
43.75 |
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$ |
40.00 |
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(a) Office portfolio leases signed but not
commenced of 1,511, 19,529 and 32,348 square feet are expected to
commence during the first quarter of 2022, third quarter of 2022
and the fourth quarter of 2023, respectively. Retail portfolio
leases signed but not commenced of 59,686, 8,438 and 11,300 square
feet are expected to commence during the second and third quarters
of 2022, and the second quarter of 2023, respectively.
(b) Annualized base rent is calculated by
multiplying base rental payments (defined as cash base rents
(before abatements)) for signed but not commenced leases as of
December 31, 2021 by 12. In the case of triple net or modified
gross leases, annualized base rent does not include tenant
reimbursements for real estate taxes, insurance, common area or
other operating expenses. Annualized base rent per leased square
foot is calculated by dividing annualized base rent, by square
footage for signed by not commenced leases.
(c) Pro forma annualized base rent is
calculated by dividing annualized base rent for commenced leases
and for signed but not commenced leases as of December 31,
2021, by square footage under lease as of December 31,
2021.
(4)Net
rentable square feet at certain of our retail properties includes
square footage leased pursuant to ground leases, as described in
the following table:
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Property |
Number of Ground Leases |
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Square Footage Leased Pursuant to Ground Leases
(a) |
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Aggregate Annualized Base Rent |
Carmel Mountain Plaza |
5 |
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17,607 |
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$ |
805,561 |
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South Bay Marketplace |
1 |
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2,824 |
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$ |
102,276 |
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Del Monte Center |
1 |
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212,500 |
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$ |
96,000 |
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Alamo Quarry Market |
3 |
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20,694 |
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$ |
301,371 |
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(a) For
the ground leases above, 13,680 square feet have lease expirations
during the third quarter of 2022, with one or more five year
extension options which have not been exercised as of December 31,
2021.
(5)The
Hassalo on Eighth property is comprised of three multifamily
buildings, each with a ground floor retail component: Velomor,
Aster Tower and Elwood.
(6)The
Santa Fe Park RV Resort is subject to seasonal variation, with
higher rates of occupancy occurring during the summer months. The
number of units at the Santa Fe Park RV Resort includes 122 RV
spaces and four apartments.
(7)Including
swing-space currently leased by an existing tenant on a rolling
30-day basis, First & Main is 99.4% leased
In the tables above:
•The
net rentable square feet for each of our retail properties and the
retail portion of our mixed-use property is the sum of (1) the
square footages of existing leases, plus (2) for available space,
the field-verified square footage. The net rentable square feet for
each of our office properties is the sum of (a) the square footages
of existing leases, plus (b) for available space, management's
estimate of net rentable square feet based, in part, on past
leases. The net rentable square feet included in such office leases
is generally determined consistently with the Building Owners and
Managers Association, or BOMA, 2010 measurement guidelines. Net
rentable square footage may be adjusted from the prior period to
reflect re-measurement of leased space at the
properties.
•Percentage
leased for each of our retail and office properties and the retail
portion of the mixed-use property is calculated as square footage
under leases as of December 31, 2021, divided by net rentable
square feet, expressed as a percentage. The square footage under
lease includes leases which may not have commenced as of
December 31, 2021. Percentage leased for our multifamily
properties is calculated as total units rented as of
December 31, 2021, divided by total units available, expressed
as a percentage.
•Annualized
base rent is calculated by multiplying base rental payments
(defined as cash base rents, before abatements) for the month ended
December 31, 2021, by 12. Annualized base rent per leased
square foot is calculated by dividing annualized base rent, by
square footage under lease as of December 31, 2021. In the
case of triple net or modified gross leases, annualized base rent
does not include tenant reimbursements for real estate taxes,
insurance, common area or other operating expenses. Total
abatements for leases in effect as of December 31, 2021 for
our retail and office portfolio equaled approximately $14.5 million
for the year ended December 31, 2021. Total abatements for leases
in effect as of December 31, 2021 for our mixed-use portfolio
equaled approximately $5.2 million for the year ended December 31,
2021. Total abatements for leases in effect as of December 31,
2021 for our multifamily portfolio equaled approximately $1.5
million for the year ended December 31, 2021.
•Units
represent the total number of units available for sale or rent at
December 31, 2021.
•Average
occupancy represents the percentage of available units that were
sold during the 12-month period ended December 31, 2021, and
is calculated by dividing the number of units sold by the product
of the total number of units and the total number of days in the
period. Average daily rate represents the average rate paid for the
units sold and is calculated by dividing the total room revenue
(i.e., excluding food and beverage revenues or other hotel
operations revenues such as telephone, parking and other guest
services) for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2021, by
the number of units sold. Revenue per available room, or RevPAR,
represents the total unit revenue per total available units for the
12-month period ended December 31, 2021 and is calculated by
multiplying average occupancy by the average daily rate. RevPAR
does not include food and beverage revenues or other hotel
operations revenues such as telephone, parking and other guest
services.
•Average
monthly base rent per leased unit represents the average monthly
base rent per leased units as of December 31,
2021.
Tenant Diversification
At December 31, 2021, our operating portfolio had
approximately 810 leases with office and retail tenants, of which 3
expired on December 31, 2021 and there were 10 that had not
yet commenced as of such date. Our residential properties had 1,910
leases with residential tenants at December 31, 2021,
excluding Santa Fe Park RV Resort. The retail portion of our
mixed-use property had approximately 64 leases with retailers. Only
one tenant or affiliated group of tenants accounted for more than
9.6% of our annualized base rent as of December 31, 2021 for
our office, retail and retail portion of our mixed-use property
portfolio. The following table sets forth information regarding the
25 tenants with the greatest annualized base rent for our combined
office, retail and retail portion of our mixed-use property
portfolios as of December 31, 2021.
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Tenant |
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Property(ies) |
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Lease
Expiration |
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Total Leased
Square Feet |
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Rentable
Square
Feet as a
Percentage
of Total |
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Annualized
Base Rent (1)
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Annualized
Base Rent
as a
Percentage
of Total |
Google LLC |
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The Landmark at One Market |
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12/31/2029 |
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253,198 |
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3.6 |
% |
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$ |
24,904,188 |
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9.6 |
% |
LPL Holdings, Inc. |
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La Jolla Commons |
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4/30/2029 |
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421,001 |
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5.9 |
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18,724,794 |
|
|
7.2 |
|
Autodesk, Inc. |
|
The Landmark at One Market |
|
12/31/2022
12/31/2023 |
|
138,615 |
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
12,615,795 |
|
|
4.9 |
|
Smartsheet, Inc. |
|
City Center Bellevue |
|
12/31/2026
4/30/2029 |
|
123,041 |
|
|
1.7 |
|
|
6,664,187 |
|
|
2.6 |
|
VMware, Inc |
|
City Center Bellevue |
|
11/30/2022
5/31/2025
9/30/2027 |
|
109,985 |
|
|
1.6 |
|
|
5,584,938 |
|
|
2.1 |
|
Illumina, Inc. |
|
La Jolla Commons |
|
10/31/2027 |
|
73,176 |
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
4,453,345 |
|
|
1.7 |
|
Lowe's |
|
Waikele Center |
|
5/31/2028 |
|
155,000 |
|
|
2.2 |
|
|
3,720,000 |
|
|
1.4 |
|
Clearesult Operating, LLC |
|
First & Main |
|
4/30/2025 |
|
101,848 |
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
3,283,536 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
State of Oregon: Department of Environmental Quality |
|
Lloyd District Portfolio |
|
10/31/2031 |
|
87,787 |
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
2,849,538 |
|
|
1.1 |
|
Genentech, Inc. |
|
Lloyd District Portfolio |
|
10/31/2026 |
|
66,852 |
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
2,269,545 |
|
|
0.9 |
|
Internal Revenue Service (2) |
|
First & Main |
|
8/31/2030 |
|
63,648 |
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
2,189,700 |
|
|
0.8 |
|
Nordstrom Rack (3) |
|
Alamo Quarry Market,
Carmel Mountain Plaza |
|
10/31/2027
9/30/2027 |
|
69,047 |
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
2,189,648 |
|
|
0.8 |
|
Sprouts Farmers Market |
|
Solana Beach Towne Centre,
Carmel Mountain Plaza,
Geary Marketplace |
|
6/30/2024
3/31/2025
9/30/2032 |
|
71,431 |
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
2,121,187 |
|
|
0.8 |
|
Veterans Benefits Administration |
|
First & Main |
|
8/31/2030 |
|
74,885 |
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
1,997,006 |
|
|
0.8 |
|
California Bank & Trust |
|
Torrey Reserve Campus |
|
2/29/2024 |
|
34,731 |
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
1,975,300 |
|
|
0.8 |
|
WeWork |
|
Lloyd District Portfolio |
|
1/31/2032 |
|
55,395 |
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
1,939,933 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
Industrious |
|
City Center Bellevue |
|
3/31/2034 |
|
37,166 |
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
1,888,472 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
Perkins Coie, LLP |
|
Torrey Reserve Campus |
|
12/31/2028 |
|
36,980 |
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
1,859,601 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
Troutman Sanders, LLP |
|
Torrey Reserve Campus,
First & Main |
|
3/31/2025
4/30/2025 |
|
33,812 |
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
1,746,292 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
Marshalls |
|
Solana Beach Towne Centre,
Carmel Mountain Plaza |
|
1/31/2025
1/31/2029 |
|
68,055 |
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
1,728,228 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
MEI Pharma, Inc. |
|
Torrey Reserve Campus |
|
3/31/2028 |
|
32,775 |
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
1,519,121 |
|
|
0.6 |
|
Vons |
|
Lomas Santa Fe Plaza |
|
12/31/2022 |
|
25,689 |
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
1,384,693 |
|
|
0.5 |
|
At Home Stores |
|
Carmel Mountain Plaza |
|
7/31/2029 |
|
107,870 |
|
|
1.5 |
|
|
1,384,552 |
|
|
0.5 |
|
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
|
City Center Bellevue |
|
2/28/2023 |
|
29,415 |
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
1,382,130 |
|
|
0.5 |
|
Ruth's Chris Steak House |
|
Waikele Beach Walk,
Torrey Reserve Campus |
|
2/29/2025
1/31/2030 |
|
14,833 |
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
1,332,035 |
|
|
0.5 |
|
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
|
2,286,235 |
|
|
32.3 |
% |
|
$ |
111,707,764 |
|
|
42.9 |
% |
(1)Annualized
base rent is calculated by multiplying (i) base rental payments
(defined as cash base rents before abatements) for the month ended
December 31, 2021 for the applicable lease(s) by (ii)
12.
(2)The
earliest option termination date under this lease is August 31,
2028.
(3)For
Nordstrom Rack, (a) on January 20, 2022, we entered into an
extension for 30,000 of leased square footage which is now set to
expire on October 31, 2027 (Alamo Quarry Market); (b) 39,047 of
leased square feet is set to expire on September 30, 2027 (Carmel
Mountain Plaza)
Geographic Diversification
Our properties are located in Southern California, Northern
California, Oregon, Washington, Texas and Hawaii. The following
table shows the number of properties, the net rentable square feet
and the percentage of total portfolio net rentable square footage
in each region as of December 31, 2021. Our six multifamily
properties are excluded from the table below and are located in
Southern California and Portland, Oregon. The hotel portion of our
mixed-use property is also excluded and is located in
Hawaii.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Region |
Number of Properties |
|
Net Rentable Square Feet |
|
Percentage of Net Rentable
Square Feet (1)
|
Southern California |
10 |
|
|
2,885,421 |
|
|
40.7 |
% |
Northern California |
4 |
|
|
1,231,010 |
|
|
17.4 |
|
Oregon |
3 |
|
|
920,478 |
|
|
13.0 |
|
Washington |
3 |
|
|
933,653 |
|
|
13.2 |
|
Texas |
1 |
|
|
588,148 |
|
|
8.3 |
|
Hawaii
(2)
|
3 |
|
|
523,643 |
|
|
7.4 |
|
Total |
24 |
|
|
7,082,353 |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
(1)Percentage
of Net Rentable Square Feet is calculated based on the total net
rentable square feet available in our retail portfolio, office
portfolio and the retail portion of our mixed-use
portfolio.
(2)Includes
the retail portion related to the mixed-use property.
Segment Diversification
The following table sets forth information regarding the total
property operating income for each of our segments for the year
ended December 31, 2021 (dollars in thousands).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment |
Number of Properties |
|
Property Operating Income |
|
Percentage of Property Operating Income |
Office |
11 |
|
|
$ |
136,133 |
|
|
55.4 |
% |
Retail |
12 |
|
|
66,679 |
|
|
27.1 |
|
Mixed-Use |
1 |
|
|
29,104 |
|
|
11.8 |
|
Multifamily |
6 |
|
|
14,138 |
|
|
5.7 |
|
Total |
30 |
|
|
$ |
246,054 |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
Lease Expirations
The following table sets forth a summary schedule of the lease
expirations for leases in place as of December 31, 2021, plus
available space, for each of the ten calendar years beginning
January 1, 2022 at the properties in our retail portfolio, office
portfolio and the retail portion of our mixed-use portfolio. The
square footage of available space includes the space from 3 leases
that terminated on December 31, 2021. In 2022, we expect a
similar level of leasing activity for new and expiring leases
compared to prior years with overall positive increases in rental
income. However, changes in rental income associated with
individual signed leases on comparable spaces may be positive or
negative, and we can provide no assurance that the rents on new
leases will continue to increase at the above disclosed levels, if
at all.
The lease expirations for our multifamily portfolio and the hotel
portion of our mixed-use portfolio are excluded from this table
because multifamily unit leases generally have lease terms ranging
from seven to 15 months, with a majority having 12-month lease
terms, and because rooms in the hotel are rented on a nightly
basis. The information set forth in the table assumes that tenants
do not exercise any renewal options.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year of Lease Expiration |
|
Square
Footage of
Expiring
Leases |
|
Percentage
of Portfolio
Net
Rentable
Square
Feet |
|
Annualized Base
Rent
(1)
|
|
Percentage
of Portfolio
Annualized
Base Rent |
|
Annualized Base Rent Per Leased
Square Foot (2)
|
Available |
|
613,558 |
|
|
8.7 |
% |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
— |
% |
|
$ |
— |
|
Month to Month |
|
66,621 |
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
1,077,249 |
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
16.17 |
|
2022 |
|
614,263 |
|
|
8.7 |
|
|
23,525,088 |
|
|
9.7 |
|
|
38.30 |
|
2023 |
|
664,843 |
|
|
9.4 |
|
|
27,878,687 |
|
|
11.4 |
|
|
41.93 |
|
2024 |
|
738,838 |
|
|
10.4 |
|
|
25,953,027 |
|
|
10.7 |
|
|
35.13 |
|
2025 |
|
578,208 |
|
|
8.2 |
|
|
21,714,290 |
|
|
8.9 |
|
|
37.55 |
|
2026 |
|
613,853 |
|
|
8.7 |
|
|
23,539,658 |
|
|
9.7 |
|
|
38.35 |
|
2027 |
|
574,651 |
|
|
8.1 |
|
|
22,420,057 |
|
|
9.2 |
|
|
39.02 |
|
2028 |
|
743,126 |
|
|
10.5 |
|
|
17,981,232 |
|
|
7.4 |
|
|
24.20 |
|
2029 |
|
996,420 |
|
|
14.1 |
|
|
53,608,330 |
|
|
22.0 |
|
|
53.80 |
|
2030 |
|
235,733 |
|
|
3.3 |
|
|
8,621,930 |
|
|
3.5 |
|
|
36.57 |
|
2031 |
|
279,759 |
|
|
4.0 |
|
|
9,173,880 |
|
|
3.8 |
|
|
32.79 |
|
Thereafter |
|
228,757 |
|
|
3.2 |
|
|
8,072,803 |
|
|
3.3 |
|
|
35.29 |
|
Signed Leases Not Commenced |
|
133,723 |
|
|
1.9 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Total: |
|
7,082,353 |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
$ |
243,566,231 |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
$ |
34.39 |
|
(1)Annualized
base rent is calculated by multiplying base rental payments
(defined as cash base rents (before abatements)) for the month
ended December 31, 2021 for the leases expiring during the
applicable period, by 12.
(2)Annualized
base rent per leased square foot is calculated by dividing
annualized base rent for leases expiring during the applicable
period by square footage under such expiring leases.
ITEM 3.LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
We are not currently a party, as plaintiff or defendant, to any
legal proceedings that we believe to be material or which,
individually or in the aggregate, would be expected to have a
material effect on our business, financial condition or results of
operation if determined adversely to us. We may be subject to
ongoing litigation and we expect to otherwise be party from time to
time to various lawsuits, claims and other legal proceedings that
arise in the ordinary course of our business.
ITEM 4.MINE
SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
PART II
ITEM 5.MARKET
FOR OUR COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER
PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
American Assets Trust, Inc. Market Information and
Holders
Shares of American Assets Trust, Inc.'s common stock are listed on
the NYSE under the symbol “AAT”. On February 4, 2022, we had
81 stockholders of record of our common stock. Certain
shares are held in “street” name and accordingly, the number of
beneficial owners of such shares is not known or included in the
foregoing number.
American Assets Trust, L.P.
There is no established trading market for American Assets Trust,
L.P.'s operating partnership units. As of February 4, 2022, we
had 20 holders of record of American Assets Trust, L.P.'s operating
partnership units, including American Assets Trust,
Inc.
Distribution Policy
We pay and intend to continue to pay regular quarterly dividends to
holders of our common stock and unitholders of our Operating
Partnership and to make dividend distributions that will enable us
to meet the distribution requirements applicable to REITs and to
eliminate or minimize our obligation to pay income and excise
taxes. Dividend amounts depend on our available cash flows,
financial condition and capital requirements, the annual
distribution requirements under the REIT provisions of the Code and
such other factors as our board of directors deems
relevant.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Equity Securities
No unregistered equity securities were sold by us during
2021.
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated
Purchasers
No equity securities were purchased by us during 2021.
Equity Compensation Plan Information
Information about our equity compensation plans is incorporated by
reference in Item 12 of Part III of this annual report on
Form 10-K.
Stock Performance Graph
The information below shall not be deemed to be “soliciting
material” or to be “filed” with the SEC or subject to Regulation
14A or 14C, other than as provided in Item 201 of Regulation S-K,
or to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, except to
the extent we specifically request that such information be treated
as soliciting material or specifically incorporate it by reference
into a filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act.
The graph below compares the cumulative total return on the
company’s common stock with that of the Standard & Poor's 500
Stock Index, or S&P 500 Index, and an industry peer group, SNL
US REIT Equity Index from December 31, 2016 through
December 31, 2021. The stock price performance
graph assumes that an investor invested $100 in each of American
Assets Trust, Inc. and these indices, and the reinvestment of any
dividends. The comparisons in the graph are provided in
accordance with the SEC disclosure requirements and are not
intended to forecast or be indicative of the future performance of
American Assets Trust, Inc. shares of common stock.
ITEM 6.SELECTED
FINANCIAL DATA
The following tables set forth, on a historical basis, selected
financial and operating data. The financial information has been
derived from our consolidated balance sheets and statements of
operations. You should read the following summary selected
financial data in conjunction with “Item 7. Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and
“Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.” The
following data is in thousands, except per share and share
data.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Assets Trust, Inc. |
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
2019 |
|
2018 |
|
2017 |
Statement of Operations Data: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rental income |
$ |
360,208 |
|
|
$ |
330,312 |
|
|
$ |
343,865 |
|
|
$ |
309,537 |
|
|
$ |
298,803 |
|
Other property income |
15,620 |
|
|
14,261 |
|
|
22,876 |
|
|
21,330 |
|
|
16,180 |
|
Total revenues |
375,828 |
|
|
344,573 |
|
|
366,741 |
|
|
330,867 |
|
|
314,983 |
|
Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rental expenses |
86,980 |
|
|
79,178 |
|
|
91,967 |
|
|
86,482 |
|
|
84,006 |
|
Real estate taxes |
42,794 |
|
|
41,941 |
|
|
40,013 |
|
|
34,973 |
|
|
32,671 |
|
General and administrative |
29,879 |
|
|
26,581 |
|
|
24,871 |
|
|
22,784 |
|
|
21,382 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
116,306 |
|
|
108,292 |
|
|
96,205 |
|
|
107,093 |
|
|
83,278 |
|
Total operating expenses |
275,959 |
|
|
255,992 |
|
|
253,056 |
|
|
251,332 |
|
|
221,337 |
|
Operating income |
99,869 |
|
|
88,581 |
|
|
113,685 |
|
|
79,535 |
|
|
93,646 |
|
Interest expense |
(58,587) |
|
|
(53,440) |
|
|
(54,008) |
|
|
(52,248) |
|
|
(53,848) |
|
Loss on early extinguishment of debt |
(4,271) |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Gain on sale of real estate |
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
633 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Other income (expense), net |
(418) |
|
|
447 |
|
|
(122) |
|
|
(85) |
|
|
334 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
36,593 |
|
|
35,588 |
|
|
60,188 |
|
|
27,202 |
|
|
40,132 |
|
Net income attributable to restricted shares |
(564) |
|
|
(383) |
|
|
(381) |
|
|
(311) |
|
|
(241) |
|
Net income attributable to unitholders in the Operating
Partnership
|
(7,653) |
|
|
(7,545) |
|
|
(14,089) |
|
|
(7,205) |
|
|
(10,814) |
|
Net income attributable to American Assets Trust, Inc.
stockholders
|
$ |
28,376 |
|
|
$ |
27,660 |
|
|
$ |
45,718 |
|
|
$ |
19,686 |
|
|
$ |
29,077 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income attributable to common stockholders per
share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings per share |
$ |
0.47 |
|
|
$ |
0.46 |
|
|
$ |
0.84 |
|
|
$ |
0.42 |
|
|
$ |
0.62 |
|
Diluted earnings per share |
$ |
0.47 |
|
|
$ |
0.46 |
|
|
$ |
0.84 |
|
|
$ |
0.42 |
|
|
$ |
0.62 |
|
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding -
basic
|
59,990,740 |
|
|
59,806,309 |
|
|
54,110,949 |
|
|
46,950,812 |
|
|
46,715,520 |
|
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding -
diluted
|
76,172,277 |
|
|
76,119,763 |
|
|
70,786,132 |
|
|
64,136,559 |
|
|
64,087,250 |
|
Dividends declared per share |
$ |
1.16 |
|
|
$ |
1.00 |
|
|
$ |
1.14 |
|
|
$ |
1.09 |
|
|
$ |
1.05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Assets Trust, Inc. |
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
2019 |
|
2018 |
|
2017 |
Balance Sheet Data: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net real estate |
$ |
2,681,981 |
|
|
$ |
2,492,734 |
|
|
$ |
2,523,475 |
|
|
$ |
2,039,853 |
|
|
$ |
2,076,707 |
|
Total assets |
3,017,927 |
|
|
2,817,309 |
|
|
2,790,333 |
|
|
2,198,250 |
|
|
2,259,864 |
|
Notes payable and line of credit |
1,649,203 |
|
|
1,406,751 |
|
|
1,357,659 |
|
|
1,290,772 |
|
|
1,325,020 |
|
Total liabilities |
1,807,804 |
|
|
1,563,903 |
|
|
1,496,661 |
|
|
1,395,779 |
|
|
1,415,720 |
|
Stockholders' equity |
1,238,964 |
|
|
1,271,442 |
|
|
1,313,917 |
|
|
802,977 |
|
|
833,710 |
|
Noncontrolling interests |
(28,841) |
|
|
(18,036) |
|
|
(20,245) |
|
|
(506) |
|
|
10,434 |
|
Total equity |
1,210,123 |
|
|
1,253,406 |
|
|
1,293,672 |
|
|
802,471 |
|
|
844,144 |
|
Total liabilities and equity |
3,017,927 |
|
|
2,817,309 |
|
|
2,790,333 |
|
|
2,198,250 |
|
|
2,259,864 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Data: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Funds from operations (FFO)
(1)
|
$ |
152,899 |
|
|
$ |
143,880 |
|
|
$ |
155,760 |
|
|
$ |
134,295 |
|
|
$ |
123,410 |
|
FFO attributable to common stock and units |
152,342 |
|
|
143,503 |
|
|
155,384 |
|
|
133,990 |
|
|
123,174 |
|
(1)We
present FFO because we consider FFO an important supplemental
measure of our operating performance and we believe it is
frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other
interested parties in the evaluation of REITs, many of which
present FFO when reporting their results. We calculate FFO in
accordance with the standards established by the National
Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT. FFO
represents net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP),
excluding gains (or losses) from sales of depreciable operating
property, impairment losses, real estate related depreciation and
amortization (excluding amortization of deferred financing costs)
and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint
ventures. FFO is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure.
Management uses FFO as a supplemental performance measure because
it believes that FFO is beneficial to investors as a starting point
in measuring our operational performance. Specifically, in
excluding real estate related depreciation and amortization and
gains and losses from property dispositions, which do not relate to
or are not indicative of operating performance, FFO provides a
performance measure that, when compared year over year, captures
trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating costs. We
also believe that, as a widely recognized measure of the
performance of REITs, FFO will be used by investors as a basis to
compare our operating performance with that of other REITs.
However, because FFO excludes depreciation and amortization and
captures neither the changes in the value of our properties that
result from use or market conditions nor the level of capital
expenditures and leasing commissions necessary to maintain the
operating performance of our properties, all of which have real
economic effects and could materially impact our results from
operations, the utility of FFO as a measure of our performance is
limited. In addition, other equity REITs may not calculate FFO in
accordance with the NAREIT definition as we do, and, accordingly,
our FFO may not be comparable to such other REITs' FFO.
Accordingly, FFO should be considered only as a supplement to net
income as a measure of our performance. FFO should not be used as a
measure of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available
to fund our cash needs, including our ability to pay dividends or
service indebtedness. FFO also should not be used as a supplement
to or substitute for cash flow from operating activities computed
in accordance with GAAP.
The following table sets forth a reconciliation of our FFO to net
income, the nearest GAAP equivalent, for the periods presented (in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
2019 |
|
2018 |
|
2017 |
Net income |
$ |
36,593 |
|
|
$ |
35,588 |
|
|
$ |
60,188 |
|
|
$ |
27,202 |
|
|
$ |
40,132 |
|
Plus: Real estate depreciation and amortization |
116,306 |
|
|
108,292 |
|
|
96,205 |
|
|
107,093 |
|
|
83,278 |
|
Less: Gain on sale of real estate |
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
(633) |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Funds from operations, as defined by NAREIT |
152,899 |
|
|
143,880 |
|
|
155,760 |
|
|
134,295 |
|
|
123,410 |
|
Less: Nonforfeitable dividends on restricted stock
awards |
(557) |
|
|
(377) |
|
|
(376) |
|
|
(305) |
|
|
(236) |
|
FFO attributable to common stock and units |
$ |
152,342 |
|
|
$ |
143,503 |
|
|
$ |
155,384 |
|
|
$ |
133,990 |
|
|
$ |
123,174 |
|
ITEM 7.MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the
audited historical consolidated financial statements and notes
thereto appearing in “Item 8. Financial Statements and
Supplementary Data” of this report. As used in this section, unless
the context otherwise requires, “we,” “us,” “our,” and “our
company” mean American Assets Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation
and its consolidated subsidiaries, including American Assets Trust,
L.P. In statements regarding qualification as a REIT, such terms
refer solely to American Assets Trust, Inc. This discussion may
contain forward-looking statements based upon current expectations
that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ
materially from those anticipated in these forward looking
statements as a result of various factors, including those set
forth under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” or elsewhere in this document.
See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking
Statements.”
Overview
Our Company
We are a full service, vertically integrated and self-administered
REIT that owns, operates, acquires and develops high quality
office, retail, multifamily and mixed-use properties in attractive,
high-barrier-to-entry markets in Southern California, Northern
California, Oregon, Washington, Texas, and Hawaii. As of
December 31, 2021, our portfolio was comprised of eleven
office properties; twelve retail shopping centers; a mixed-use
property consisting of a 369-room all-suite hotel and a retail
shopping center; and six multifamily properties. Additionally, as
of December 31, 2021, we owned land at three of our properties
that we classified as held for development or construction in
progress. Our core markets include San Diego, California; San
Francisco, California; Portland, Oregon, Bellevue; Washington and
Oahu, Hawaii. Our company, as the sole general partner of our
Operating Partnership, has control of our Operating Partnership and
owned 78.8% of our Operating Partnership as of December 31,
2021. Accordingly, we consolidate the assets, liabilities and
results of operations of our Operating Partnership.
Taxable REIT Subsidiary
On November 5, 2010, we formed American Assets Services, Inc., a
Delaware corporation that is wholly owned by our Operating
Partnership and which we refer to as our services company. We have
elected, together with our services company, to treat our services
company as a taxable REIT subsidiary for federal income tax
purposes. A taxable REIT subsidiary generally may provide
non-customary and other services to our tenants and engage in
activities that we may not engage in directly without adversely
affecting our qualification as a REIT, provided a taxable REIT
subsidiary may not operate or manage a lodging facility or provide
rights to any brand name under which any lodging facility is
operated. We may form additional taxable REIT subsidiaries in the
future, and our Operating Partnership may contribute some or all of
its interests in certain wholly owned subsidiaries or their assets
to our services company. Any income earned by our taxable REIT
subsidiaries will not be included in our taxable income for
purposes of the 75% or 95% gross income tests, except to the extent
such income is distributed to us as a dividend, in which case such
dividend income will qualify under the 95%, but not the 75%, gross
income test. Because a taxable REIT subsidiary is subject to
federal income tax and state and local income tax (where
applicable) as a regular corporation, the income earned by our
taxable REIT subsidiaries generally will be subject to an
additional level of tax as compared to the income earned by our
other subsidiaries.
Outlook
We seek growth in earnings, funds from operations, and cash flows
primarily through a combination of the following: growth in our
same-store portfolio, growth in our portfolio from property
development and redevelopments and expansion of our portfolio
through property acquisitions. Our properties are located in some
of the nation's most dynamic, high-barrier-to-entry markets
primarily in Southern California, Northern California, Oregon,
Washington and Hawaii, which we believe allow us to take advantage
of redevelopment opportunities that enhance our operating
performance through renovation, expansion, reconfiguration, and/or
retenanting. We evaluate our properties on an ongoing basis to
identify these types of opportunities.
We intend to opportunistically pursue projects in our development
pipeline including future phases of La Jolla Commons and Lloyd
Portfolio, as well as other redevelopments at Waikele Center. The
commencement of these developments is based on, among other things,
market conditions and our evaluation of whether such opportunities
would generate appropriate risk adjusted financial returns. Our
redevelopment and development opportunities are subject to various
factors, including market conditions and may not ultimately come to
fruition. We continue to review acquisition opportunities in our
primary markets that would complement our portfolio and provide
long-term growth opportunities. Some of our acquisitions do not
initially contribute significantly to earnings growth; however, we
believe they provide long-term re-leasing growth, redevelopment
opportunities and other strategic opportunities. Any growth from
acquisitions is contingent on our ability to find properties that
meet our qualitative standards at prices that meet our financial
hurdles. Changes in interest rates may affect our success
in
achieving earnings growth through acquisitions by affecting both
the price that must be paid to acquire a property, as well as our
ability to economically finance a property acquisition. Generally,
our acquisitions are initially financed by available cash, mortgage
loans and/or borrowings under our credit facility, which may be
repaid later with funds raised through the issuance of new equity
or new long-term debt.
COVID-19
We continue to closely monitor the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
on all aspects of our business and geographies, including how it
has and will impact our tenants and business partners. We are
unable to predict the future impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will
have on our financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows due to numerous uncertainties. These uncertainties include
the scope, severity and duration of the pandemic (including as the
pandemic evolves due to future mutations of the COVID-19 virus),
the ongoing governmental, business and individual actions taken to
contain the pandemic or mitigate its impact, the availability and
adoption of COVID-19 vaccines and the direct and indirect economic
effects of the pandemic and containment measures, among others. The
outbreak of COVID-19 in many countries, including the United
States, has significantly adversely impacted global economic
activity and has contributed to significant volatility and negative
pressure in financial markets. The global impact of the pandemic
continues to rapidly evolve. Certain states and cities, including
where we own properties, have development sites and where our
principal place of business is located, have at various points in
time, reacted by instituting quarantines, restrictions on travel,
"stay-at-home" orders or “shelter in place” rules, social
distancing measures, and restrictions on business operations
and/or
construction projects (including,
required shut-downs in some instances). It is unclear how
customers’ concerns about COVID-19 transmission and sensitivities
to the transmission of other diseases will impact their willingness
to visit certain of our tenants' businesses. As a result, the
COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted almost every industry
directly or indirectly, including industries in which the Company
and our tenants operate, and may continue to do so. Further, the
impacts of a potential worsening of global economic conditions and
the continued disruptions to, and volatility in, the credit and
financial markets, consumer spending as well as other unanticipated
consequences remain unknown.
In addition, we cannot predict the impact that COVID-19 will
ultimately have on our tenants and other business partners;
however, any material effect on these parties could adversely
impact us. For the fourth quarter of 2021, we have collected to
date approximately 100% of office rents, 97% of retail rents
(including retail component of Waikiki Beach Walk) and 97% of
multifamily rents that were due during such period. Additionally,
for the fourth quarter of 2021, we collected approximately $0.5
million or 96% of the deferred rent repayments due during such
period.
We believe our financial condition and liquidity are currently
strong. Although there is uncertainty related to the the COVID-19
pandemic’s impact on our future results, we believe our efficient
business model and steps we have taken to strengthen our balance
sheet will continue to allow us to manage our business through this
evolving crisis. We continue to manage all aspects of our business
including, but not limited to, monitoring the financial health of
our tenants, vendors, and other third-party relationships, and
developing new opportunities for growth. Due to the constantly
changing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot reasonably
estimate with any degree of certainty the future impact the
pandemic may have on our results of operations, financial position,
and liquidity.
Same-store
We have provided certain information on a total portfolio,
same-store and redevelopment same-store basis. Information provided
on a same-store basis includes the results of properties that we
owned and operated for the entirety of both periods being compared
except for properties for which significant redevelopment or
expansion occurred during either of the periods being compared,
properties under development, properties classified as held for
development and properties classified as discontinued operations.
Information provided on a redevelopment same-store basis includes
the results of properties undergoing significant redevelopment for
the entirety or portion of both periods being compared. Same-store
and redevelopment same-store is considered by management to be an
important measure because it assists in eliminating disparities due
to the development, acquisition or disposition of properties during
the particular period presented, and thus provides a more
consistent performance measure for the comparison of the company's
stabilized and redevelopment properties, as applicable.
Additionally, redevelopment same-store is considered by management
to be an important measure because it assists in evaluating the
timing of the start and stabilization of our redevelopment
opportunities and the impact that these redevelopments have in
enhancing our operating performance.
While there is judgment surrounding changes in designations, we
typically reclassify significant development, redevelopment or
expansion properties to same-store properties once they are
stabilized. Properties are deemed stabilized typically at the
earlier of (1) reaching 90% occupancy or (2) four quarters
following a property's inclusion in operating real estate. We
typically remove properties from same-store properties when the
development, redevelopment or expansion has or
is expected to have a significant impact on the property's
annualized base rent, occupancy and operating income within the
calendar year. Acquired properties are classified to same-store
properties once we have owned such properties for the entirety of
comparable period(s) and the properties are not under significant
development or expansion.
In our determination of same-store and redevelopment same-store
properties, One Beach Street has been identified as a same-store
redevelopment property due to significant construction
activity.
Below is a summary of our same-store composition for the years
ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019. For the year ended
December 31, 2021, when compared to the designations for the
year ended December 31, 2020, Waikele Center was reclassified
to same-store properties as there is currently no redevelopment
activity on the property. Waikiki Beach Walk-Retail and Embassy
Suites™ Hotel is classified as a non-same-store property due to
significant spalling repair activity impacting the hotel portion of
the property's operations, which was completed on September 30,
2020. Eastgate Office Park is classified as a non-same-store
property, as it was acquired on July 7, 2021. Corporate Campus East
III is also classified as a non-same-store property, as it was
acquired on September 10, 2021.
For the year ended December 31, 2020, when compared to the
designations for the year ended December 31, 2019, Torrey Point was
reclassified to same-store properties as the property was placed
into operations and became available for occupancy in August 2018.
One Beach Street was reclassified to non-same-store properties when
compared to the designations for the year ended December 31,
2019 due to redevelopment activity to renovate the property.
Waikiki Beach Walk Retail and Embassy Suites™ Hotel is classified
as a non-same-store properties due to spalling repair activity
disrupting the hotel portion of the property's operations. Waikele
Center is classified as a non-same-store property due to
significant redevelopment activity. La Jolla Commons is classified
as a non-same-store property, as it was acquired on June 20,
2019.
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
2019 |
Same-Store |
26 |
|
|
24 |
|
|
25 |
|
Non-Same Store |
4 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
3 |
|
Total Properties |
30 |
|
|
28 |
|
|
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Redevelopment Same-Store |
27 |
|
|
26 |
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Development Properties |
3 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
3 |
|
Revenue Base
Rental income consists of scheduled rent charges, straight-line
rent adjustments and the amortization of above market and below
market rents acquired. We also derive revenue from tenant
recoveries and other property revenues, including parking income,
lease termination fees, late fees, storage rents and other
miscellaneous property revenues.
Office Leases.
Our office portfolio included eleven properties with a total of
approximately 3.9 million rentable square feet available for lease
as of December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, these
properties were 90.4% leased. For the year ended December 31, 2021,
the office segment contributed 49.6% of our total revenue.
Historically, we have leased office properties to tenants primarily
on a full service gross or a modified gross basis and to a limited
extent on a triple-net lease basis. We expect to continue to do so
in the future. A full-service gross or modified gross lease has a
base year expense stop, whereby the tenant pays a stated amount of
certain expenses as part of the rent payment, while future
increases in property operating expenses (above the base year stop)
are billed to the tenant based on such tenant's proportionate
square footage of the property. The increased property operating
expenses billed are reflected as operating expenses and amounts
recovered from tenants are reflected as rental income in the
statements of operations.
During the year ended December 31, 2021, we signed 52 office leases
for 255,485 square feet with an average rent of $49.05 per square
foot during the initial year of the lease term. Of the leases, 42
represent comparable leases where there was a prior tenant, with an
increase of 8.2% in cash basis rent and an increase of 14.2% in
straight-line rent compared to the prior leases.
Retail Leases.
Our retail portfolio included twelve properties with a total of
approximately 3.1 million rentable square feet available for lease
as of December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, these
properties were 92.6% leased. For the year ended December 31, 2021,
the retail segment contributed 25.2%, of our total revenue.
Historically, we have leased retail properties to tenants primarily
on a triple-net lease basis, and we expect to continue to do so in
the future. In a triple-net lease, the tenant is responsible for
all property taxes and operating expenses. As such, the base rent
payment does not include any operating expense, but rather all such
expenses, to the extent they are paid by the landlord, are billed
to the tenant. The full amount of the expenses for this lease type,
to the extent they are paid by the landlord, is reflected in
operating expenses, and the reimbursement is reflected as rental
income in the statements of operations.
During the year ended December 31, 2021, we signed 105 retail
leases for 408,397 square feet with an average rent of $40.30 per
square foot during the initial year of the lease term, including
leases signed for the retail portion of our mixed-use property. Of
the leases, 85 represent comparable leases where there was a prior
tenant, with an decrease of 11.2% in cash basis rent and an
decrease of 5.4% in straight-line rent compared to the prior
leases.
Multifamily Leases.
Our multifamily portfolio included six apartment properties, as
well as an RV resort, with a total of 2,112 units (including 122 RV
spaces) available for lease as of December 31, 2021. As of
December 31, 2021, these properties were 96.0% leased. For the
year ended December 31, 2021, the multifamily segment contributed
13.9% of our total revenue. Our multifamily leases, other than at
our RV resort, generally have lease terms ranging from 7 to 15
months, with a majority having 12-month lease terms. Tenants
normally pay a base rental amount, usually quoted in terms of a
monthly rate for the respective unit. Spaces at the RV resort can
be rented at a daily, weekly, or monthly rate. The average monthly
base rent per leased unit; other than at our RV resort, as of
December 31, 2021 was $2,201, compared to $2,238 at
December 31, 2020.
Mixed-Use Property Revenue.
Our mixed-use property consists of approximately 94,000 rentable
square feet of retail space and a 369-room all-suite hotel. Revenue
from the mixed-use property consists of revenue earned from retail
leases, and revenue earned from the hotel, which consists of room
revenue, food and beverage services, parking and other guest
services. As of December 31, 2021, the retail portion of the
property was 89.6% leased, and for the year ended December 31,
2021, the hotel had an average occupancy of 66.4%. For the year
ended December 31, 2021, the mixed-use segment contributed 11.3%,
of our total revenue. We have leased the retail portion of such
property to tenants primarily on a triple-net lease basis, and we
expect to continue to do so in the future. As such, the base rent
payment under such leases does not include any operating expenses,
but rather all such expenses, to the extent they are paid by the
landlord, are billed to the tenant. Rooms at the hotel portion of
our mixed-use property are rented on a nightly basis.
Leasing
Our same-store growth is primarily driven by increases in rental
rates on new leases and lease renewals and changes in portfolio
occupancy. Over the long-term, we believe that the infill nature
and strong demographics of our properties provide us with a
strategic advantage, allowing us to maintain relatively high
occupancy and increase rental rates. Furthermore, we believe the
locations of our properties and diversified portfolio will mitigate
some of the potentially negative impact of the current economic
environment. In the short-term, however, due to the COVID-19
pandemic, we have seen a meaningful negative impact on certain of
our tenants' operations and ability to pay rent, primarily in the
retail sector; and any reduction in our tenants' abilities to pay
base rent, percentage rent or other charges, including as a result
of the COVID-19 pandemic, will adversely affect our financial
condition and results of operations.
During the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, we signed 52
office leases for a total of 255,485 square feet of office space
including 189,531 square feet of comparable space leases, at an
average rental rate increase of 8.2% on a cash basis and an average
rental increase of 14.2% on a straight-line basis. New office
leases for comparable spaces were signed for 56,652 square feet at
an average rental rate increase of 21.9% on a cash basis and an
average rental rate increase of 32.4% on a straight-line basis.
Renewals for comparable office spaces were signed for 132,879
square feet at an average rental rate increase of 2.5% on a cash
basis and increase of 6.4% on a straight-line basis. Tenant
improvements and incentives were $50.30 per square foot of office
space for comparable new leases for the twelve months ended
December 31, 2021. There were $2.33 per square foot of office space
of tenant improvement or incentives for comparable renewal leases
for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021.
During the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, we signed 105
retail leases for a total of 408,397 square feet of retail space
including 333,338 square feet of comparable space leases (leases
for which there was a prior tenant), a decrease of 11.2% on a cash
basis and a decrease of 5.4% on a straight-line basis. New retail
leases for comparable spaces were signed for 60,983 square feet at
an average rental rate decrease of 33.4% on a cash basis and an
average rental rate decrease of 20.2% on a straight-line basis.
Renewals for comparable retail spaces were signed for 272,355
square feet at an average rental rate decrease of 4.1% on a cash
basis and an increase of 1.7% on a straight-line basis. Tenant
improvements and incentives were $59.59 per square foot of retail
space for comparable new leases for the twelve months ended
December 31, 2021. There were $1.61 per square foot of retail space
of tenant improvement or incentives for comparable renewal leases
for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021.
The rental increases associated with comparable spaces generally
include all leases signed in arms-length transactions reflecting
market leverage between landlords and tenants during the period.
The comparison between average rent for expiring leases and new
leases is determined by including minimum rent and percentage rent
paid on the expiring lease and minimum rent and, in some instances,
projections of first lease year percentage rent, to be paid on the
new lease. In some instances, management exercises judgment as to
how to most effectively reflect the comparability of spaces
reported in this calculation. The change in rental income on
comparable space leases is impacted by numerous factors including
current market rates, location, individual tenant creditworthiness,
use of space, market conditions when the expiring lease was signed,
capital investment made in the space and the specific lease
structure. Tenant improvements and incentives include the total
dollars committed for the improvement of a space as it relates to a
specific lease, but may also include base building costs (i.e.,
expansion, escalators or new entrances) which are required to make
the space leasable. Incentives include amounts paid to tenants as
an inducement to sign a lease that do not represent building
improvements.
The leases signed in 2021 will typically become effective in 2022,
though some may not become effective until 2023. Further, there is
risk that some new tenants will not ultimately take possession of
their space and that tenants for both new and renewal leases may
not pay all of their contractual rent due to operating, financing
or other matters.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that in
certain circumstances affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and
revenues and expenses. These estimates are prepared using
management's best judgment, after considering past and current
events and economic conditions. In addition, information relied
upon by management in preparing such estimates includes internally
generated financial and operating information, external market
information, when available, and when necessary, information
obtained from consultations with third party experts. Actual
results could differ from these estimates. A discussion of possible
risks which may affect these estimates is included in the section
above entitled “Item 1A. Risk Factors.” Management considers an
accounting estimate to be critical if changes in the estimate could
have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations or
financial condition.
Our significant accounting policies are more fully described in the
notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere
in this report; however, the most critical accounting policies,
which involve the use of estimates and assumptions as to future
uncertainties and, therefore, may result in actual amounts that
differ from estimates, are as follows:
Revenue Recognition and Accounts Receivable
Our leases with tenants are classified as operating leases.
Substantially all such leases contain fixed rent escalations which
occur at specified times during the term of the lease. Base rents
are recognized on a straight-line basis from when the tenant
controls the space through the term of the related lease, net of
valuation adjustments, based on management's assessment of credit,
collection and other business risks. When we determine that we are
the owner of tenant improvements and the tenant has reimbursed us
for a portion or all of the tenant improvement costs, we consider
the amount paid to be additional rent, which is recognized on a
straight-line basis over the term of the related lease. For first
generation tenants, in instances in which we fund tenant
improvements and the improvements are deemed to be owned by us,
revenue recognition will commence when the improvements are
substantially completed and possession or control of the space is
turned over to the tenant. When we determine that the tenant is the
owner of tenant improvements, tenant allowances are recorded as
lease incentives and we commence revenue recognition and lease
incentive amortization when possession or control of the space is
turned over to the tenant for tenant work to begin. Percentage
rents, which represent additional rents based upon the level of
sales achieved by certain tenants, are recognized at the end of the
lease year or earlier if we have determined the required sales
level is achieved and the percentage rents are collectible. Real
estate tax and other cost reimbursements are recognized on an
accrual basis over the periods in which the related expenditures
are incurred.
Other property income includes parking income, general excise tax
billed to tenants, fees charged to tenants at our multifamily
properties and food and beverage sales at the hotel portion of our
mixed-use property. Other property income is recognized when we
satisfy performance obligations as evidenced by the transfer of
control of our services to customers. For a tenant to terminate its
lease agreement prior to the end of the agreed term, we may require
that they pay a fee to cancel the lease agreement. Lease
termination fees for which the tenant has relinquished control of
the space are generally recognized on the later of the termination
date or the satisfaction of all conditions precedent to the lease
termination, including, without limitation, payment of all lease
termination fees. When a lease is terminated early but the tenant
continues to control the space under a modified lease agreement,
the lease termination fee is generally recognized evenly over the
remaining term of the modified lease agreement.
Current accounts receivable from tenants primarily relate to
contractual minimum rent and percentage rent as well as real estate
tax and other cost reimbursements. Accounts receivable from
straight-line rent is typically longer term in nature and relates
to the cumulative amount by which straight-line rental income
recorded to date exceeds cash rents billed to date under the
contractual lease agreement.
We recognize revenue on the hotel portion of our mixed-use property
from the rental of hotel rooms and guest services when we satisfy
performance obligations as evidenced by the transfer of control
when the rooms are occupied and services have been provided. Food
and beverage sales are recognized when the customer has been served
or at the time the transaction occurs. Revenue from room rental is
included in rental revenue on the statement of comprehensive
income. Revenue from other sales and services provided is included
in other property income on the statement of comprehensive
income.
We make estimates of the collectability of our current accounts
receivable and straight-line rents receivable which requires
significant judgment by management. The collectability of
receivables is affected by numerous different factors including
current economic trends, including the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on tenant's businesses and changes in tenants' payment
patterns, tenant bankruptcies, the status of collectability of
current cash rents receivable, tenants' recent and historical
financial and operating results, changes in our tenants' credit
ratings, communications between our operating personnel and
tenants, the extent of security deposits and letters of credits
held with respect to tenants, and the ability of the tenant to
perform under the terms of their lease agreement when evaluating
the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts. If our
assessment of these factors indicates it is probable that we will
be unable to collect substantially all rents, we recognize a charge
to rental income and limit our rental income to the lesser of lease
income on a straight-line basis plus variable rents when they
become accruable or cash collected. If we change our conclusion
regarding the probability of collecting rent payments required by a
lessee, we may recognize an adjustment to rental income in the
period we make a change to our prior conclusion.
Due to the nature of the accounts receivable from straight-line
rents, the collection period of these amounts typically extends
beyond one year. Our experience relative to unbilled straight-line
rents is that a portion of the amounts otherwise recognizable as
revenue is never billed to or collected from tenants due to early
lease terminations, lease modifications, bankruptcies and other
factors. Accordingly, the extended collection period for
straight-line rents along with our evaluation of tenant credit risk
may result in the nonrecognition of a portion of straight-line
rental income until the collection of such income is reasonably
assured. Any changes to our conclusion regarding these assessments
of collectability would have a direct impact on our net
income.
During the year ended December 31, 2021, due to the impacts of the
COVID-19 pandemic, we provided lease concessions to certain
tenants, primarily within the retail segment, in the form of rent
deferrals and abatements. These lease concessions generally
included an increase in our rights as a lessor. We assess each
lease concession and determine whether it represents a lease
modifications under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 842,
Leases ("ASC 842"). The FASB staff provided guidance that entities
may elect to account for COVID-19-related lease concessions
consistent with how those concessions would be accounted for under
ASC 842 as though enforceable rights and obligations for such
concessions existed in the existing lease contract. We have elected
to account for such COVID-19-related concessions as lease
modifications. As of December 31, 2021, we entered into lease
modifications that resulted in COVID-19-related adjustments
(including rent deferrals and other monetary lease concessions) for
approximately $3.9 million, or 1% of the rent originally contracted
for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Real Estate
Depreciation and maintenance costs relating to our properties
constitute substantial costs for us. Land, buildings and
improvements are recorded at cost. Depreciation is computed using
the straight-line method. Estimated useful lives range generally
from 30 years to a maximum of 40 years on buildings and major
improvements. Minor improvements, furniture and equipment are
capitalized and depreciated over useful lives ranging from 3 to 15
years. Maintenance and repairs that do not improve or extend the
useful lives of the related assets are charged to operations as
incurred. Tenant improvements are capitalized and depreciated over
the life of the related lease or their estimated useful life,
whichever is shorter. If a tenant vacates its space prior to
contractual termination of its lease, the undepreciated balance of
any tenant improvements are written off if they are replaced or
have no future value. Our estimates of useful lives have a direct
impact on our net income. If expected useful lives of our real
estate assets were shortened, we would depreciate the assets over a
shorter time period, resulting in an increase to depreciation
expense and a corresponding decrease to net income on an annual
basis.
Acquisitions of properties are accounted for in accordance with the
authoritative accounting guidance on acquisitions and business
combinations. Our methodology of allocating the cost of
acquisitions to assets acquired and liabilities assumed is based on
estimated fair values, replacement cost and appraised values. When
we acquire operating real estate properties, the purchase price is
allocated to land and buildings, intangibles such as in-place
leases, and to current assets and liabilities acquired, if any.
Such valuations include a consideration of the noncancelable terms
of the respective leases as well as any applicable renewal
period(s). The fair values associated with below market renewal
options are determined based on a review of several qualitative and
quantitative factors on a lease-by-lease basis at acquisition to
determine whether it is probable that the tenant would exercise its
option to renew the lease agreement. These factors include: (1) the
type of tenant in relation to the property it occupies, (2) the
quality of the tenant, including the tenant's long term business
prospects, and (3) whether the fixed rate renewal option was
sufficiently lower than the fair rental of the property at the date
the option becomes exercisable such that it would appear to be
reasonably assured that the tenant would exercise the option to
renew. Each of these estimates requires a great deal of
judgment, and some of the estimates involve complex
calculations. These allocation assessments have a direct
impact on our results of operations because if we were to allocate
more value to land, there would be no depreciation with respect to
such amount. If we were to allocate more value to the
buildings, as opposed to allocating to the value of tenant leases,
this amount would be recognized as an expense over a much longer
period of time, since the amounts allocated to buildings are
depreciated over the estimated lives of the buildings whereas
amounts allocated to tenant leases are amortized over the remaining
terms of the leases.
The value allocated to in-place leases is amortized over the
related lease term and reflected as depreciation and amortization
in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income. The value
of above and below market leases associated with the original
noncancelable lease terms are amortized to rental income over the
terms of the respective noncancelable lease periods and are
reflected as either an increase (for below market leases) or a
decrease (for above market leases) to rental income in the
consolidated statement of comprehensive income. If a tenant vacates
its space prior to contractual termination of its lease or the
lease is not renewed, the unamortized balance of any in-place lease
value is written off to rental income and amortization expense. The
value of the leases associated with below market lease renewal
options that are likely to be exercised are amortized to rental
income over the respective renewal periods. We make assumptions and
estimates related to below market lease renewal options, which
impact revenue in the period in which the renewal options are
exercised and could result in significant increases to revenue if
the renewal options are not exercised at which time the related
below market lease liabilities would be written off as an increase
to revenue.
Transaction costs related to the acquisition of a business, such as
broker fees, transfer taxes, legal, accounting, valuation, and
other professional and consulting fees, are expensed as incurred
and included in “general and administrative expenses” in our
consolidated statements of comprehensive income. For asset
acquisitions not meeting the definition of a business, transaction
costs are capitalized as part of the acquisition cost.
Capitalized Costs
Certain external and internal costs directly related to the
development and redevelopment of real estate, including
pre-construction costs, real estate taxes, insurance, interest,
construction costs and salaries and related costs of personnel
directly involved, are capitalized. We capitalize costs under
development until construction is substantially complete and the
property is held available for occupancy. The determination of when
a development project is substantially complete and when
capitalization must cease involves a degree of judgment. We
consider a construction project as substantially complete and held
available for occupancy upon the completion of landlord-owned
tenant improvements or when the lessee takes possession of the
unimproved space for construction of its own improvements, but not
later than one year from cessation of major construction activity.
We cease capitalization on the portion substantially completed and
occupied or held available for occupancy, and capitalize only those
costs associated with any remaining portion under
construction.
We capitalized external and internal costs related to both
development and redevelopment activities combined of $53.3 million
and $8.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and
2020, respectively.
We capitalized external and internal costs related to other
property improvements combined of $40.2 million and $56.7 million
for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020,
respectively.
Interest costs on developments and major redevelopments are
capitalized as part of developments and redevelopments not yet
placed in service. Capitalization of interest commences when
development activities and expenditures begin and end upon
completion, which is when the asset is ready for its intended use
as noted above. We make judgments as to the time period over which
to capitalize such costs and these assumptions have a direct impact
on net income because capitalized costs are not subtracted in
calculating net income. If the time period for capitalizing
interest is extended, more interest is capitalized, thereby
decreasing interest expense and increasing net income during that
period. We capitalized interest costs related to both development
and redevelopment activities combined of $3.0 million and $1.1
million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020,
respectively.
Segment capital expenditures for the years ended December 31, 2021
and 2020 are as follows (dollars in thousands):
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Year Ended December 31, 2021 |
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Segment |
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Tenant Improvements and Leasing Commissions |
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Maintenance Capital Expenditures |
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Total Tenant Improvements, Leasing Commissions and Maintenance
Capital Expenditures |
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Redevelopment and Expansions |
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New Development |
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Total Capital Expenditures |
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Office Portfolio |
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$ |
38,309 |
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$ |
11,334 |
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$ |
49,643 |
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$ |
16,486 |
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$ |
26,987 |
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$ |
93,116 |
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Retail Portfolio |
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5,506 |
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1,705 |
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7,211 |
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21 |
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7,232 |
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Multifamily Portfolio |
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9 |
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5,702 |
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5,711 |
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130 |
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5,841 |
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Mixed-Use Portfolio |
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274 |
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1,267 |
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1,541 |
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— |
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— |
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1,541 |
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Total |
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$ |
44,098 |
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$ |
20,008 |
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$ |
64,106 |
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$ |
16,637 |
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$ |
26,987 |
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$ |
107,730 |
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Year Ended December 31, 2020 |
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Segment |
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Tenant Improvements and Leasing Commissions |
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Maintenance Capital Expenditures |
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Total Tenant Improvements, Leasing Commissions and Maintenance
Capital Expenditures |
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Redevelopment and Expansions |
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New Development |
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Total Capital Expenditures |
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Office Portfolio |
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$ |
35,732 |
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$ |
8,745 |
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$ |
44,477 |
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$ |
4,096 |
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$ |
4,309 |
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$ |
52,882 |
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Retail Portfolio |
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4,504 |
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4,089 |
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8,593 |
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3 |
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— |
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8,596 |
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Multifamily Portfolio |
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— |
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3,897 |
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3,897 |
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3,897 |
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Mixed-Use Portfolio |
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36 |
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3,666 |
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3,702 |
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3,702 |
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Total |
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$ |
40,272 |
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$ |
20,397 |
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$ |
60,669 |
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$ |
4,099 |
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$ |
4,309 |
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$ |
69,077 |
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The increase in tenant improvements and leasing commissions for the
year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December
31, 2020 was primarily related to tenant buildouts at The Landmark
at One Market and First & Main, partially offset by tenant
buildouts at Lloyd Portfolio, City Center Bellevue, La Jolla
Commons and Torrey Plaza that were completed in the prior
year.
The increase in new development expenditures for the year ended
December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 21, 2020 was
primarily related to costs incurred for the development of Tower 3
at La Jolla Commons. The increase in redevelopment expenditures for
the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended
December 31, 2020, was primarily related to the modernization costs
of One Beach Street.
Our capital expenditures during the year ending December 31, 2022
will depend upon acquisition opportunities, the level of
improvements and redevelopments on existing properties and the
timing and cost of development of our held for development and
construction in progress properties. While the amount of future
expenditures will depend on numerous factors, we expect
expenditures incurred in the year ending December 31, 2022 to
increase from the year ending December 31, 2021 in connection with
our development activities at La Jolla Commons, renovations at One
Beach Street, and completion of various tenant
improvements.
Derivative Instruments
We may use derivative instruments to manage exposure to variable
interest rate risk. We may enter into interest rate swaps to manage
our exposure to variable interest rate risk and treasury locks to
manage the risk of interest rates rising prior to the issuance of
debt.
Any interest rate swaps associated with our cash flow hedges are
recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. We assess
effectiveness of our cash flow hedges both at inception and on an
ongoing basis. The effective portion of changes in fair value of
the interest rate swaps associated with our cash flow hedges is
recorded in other comprehensive income which is included in
accumulated other comprehensive income on our consolidated balance
sheet and our consolidated statement of equity. Our cash flow
hedges become ineffective if critical terms of the hedging
instrument and the debt instrument do not match, such as notional
amounts, settlement dates, reset dates, calculation periods and the
use of LIBOR or SOFR, as the case may be. In addition, we evaluate
the default risk of the counterparty by monitoring the credit
worthiness of the counterparty which includes reviewing debt
ratings and financial performance. However, management does not
anticipate non-performance by the counterparty. If a cash flow
hedge is deemed ineffective, the ineffective portion of changes in
fair value of the interest rate swaps associated with our cash flow
hedges is recognized in earnings in the period
affected.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
We review for impairment on a property by property basis.
Impairment is recognized on properties held for use when the
expected undiscounted cash flows for a property are less than its
carrying amount at which time the property is written-down to fair
value. The calculation of both discounted and undiscounted cash
flows requires management to make estimates of future cash flows
including revenues, operating expenses, required maintenance and
development expenditures, market conditions, demand for space by
tenants and rental rates over long periods. Since our properties
typically have a long life, the assumptions used to estimate the
future recoverability of book value requires significant management
judgment. Actual results could be significantly different from the
estimates. These estimates have a direct impact on net income
because recording an impairment charge results in a negative
adjustment to net income. The evaluation of anticipated cash flows
is highly subjective and is based in part on assumptions regarding
future occupancy, rental rates and capital requirements that could
differ materially from actual results in future
periods.
Properties held for sale are recorded at the lower of the carrying
amount or the expected sales price less costs to sell. Although our
strategy is to hold our properties over the long-term, if our
strategy changes or market conditions otherwise dictate an earlier
sale date, an impairment loss may be recognized to reduce the
property to fair value and such loss could be
material.
No impairment charges were recorded for the years ended
December 31, 2021, 2020 or 2019.
Income Taxes
We elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Code commencing with the
taxable year ended December 31, 2011. To maintain our qualification
as a REIT, we are required to distribute at least 90% of our net
taxable income to our stockholders, excluding net capital gains,
and meet the various other requirements imposed by the Code
relating to such matters as operating results, asset holdings,
distribution levels and diversity of stock ownership. Provided we
maintain our qualification for taxation as a REIT, we are generally
not subject to corporate level income tax on the earnings
distributed currently to our stockholders. If we fail to maintain
our qualification as a REIT in any taxable year, and are unable to
avail ourselves of certain savings provisions set forth in the
Code, our taxable income generally would be subject to regular U.S.
federal corporate income tax. Any such corporate tax liability
could be substantial and would reduce our cash available for, among
other things, our operations and distributions to American Assets
Trust, Inc.'s stockholders or American Assets Trust, L.P.'s
unitholders.
We, together with one of our subsidiaries, have elected to
treat such subsidiary as a taxable REIT subsidiary for federal
income tax purposes. A taxable REIT subsidiary is subject to
federal and state income taxes.
Property Acquisitions and Dispositions
2021 Acquisitions and Dispositions
On July 7, 2021, we acquired Eastgate
Office Park, consisting of an approximately 280,000 square feet,
multi-tenant office campus in Bellevue, Washington. The purchase
price was approximately $125 million, excluding closing costs
of approximately $0.2 million.
On September 10, 2021, we acquired Corporate Campus East III in
Bellevue, Washington, consisting of an approximately
161,000
square feet, multi-tenant office campus. The purchase price was
approximately
$84 million,
less seller credits of (i) approximately $1.1 million of future
rent abatement (ii) approximately $2.1 million of contractual
tenant improvements and closing costs of approximately $0.1
million.
The properties were acquired with cash on hand.
During 2021, there were no dispositions.
2020 Acquisitions and Dispositions
During 2020, there were no acquisitions or
dispositions.
2019 Acquisitions and Dispositions
On June 20, 2019, we acquired La Joll