Company: FRT-PC
Filing Date: 2025-10-31
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000034903-25-000063
Chunk: 41

Company: FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-10-31
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1
Chunk 41
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 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. We capitalized external and internal costs related to other property improvements of $72 million and $4 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, and $74 million and $4 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. We capitalized external and internal costs related to leasing activities of $15 million and $3 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, and $14 million and $3 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The amount of capitalized internal costs for salaries and related benefits for development and redevelopment activities, other property improvements, and leasing activities were $6 million, $3 million, and $3 million, respectively, for both the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. Total capitalized costs were $220 million and $204 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Outlook

Our long-term growth strategy is focused on growth in earnings, funds from operations, and cash flows primarily through a combination of the following:

•growth in our comparable property portfolio,

•expansion of our portfolio through property acquisitions, and

•growth in our portfolio from property redevelopments and expansions.

Although general economic impacts of elevated levels of inflation and higher interest rates are impacting us in the short-term, our long-term focus has not changed. See our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 13, 2025, for additional discussion of our long-term strategies.

Our comparable property growth is primarily driven by increases in rental rates on new leases and lease renewals, changes in portfolio occupancy, and the redevelopment of those assets. Over the long-term, the infill nature and strong demographics of our properties provide a strategic advantage allowing us to maintain relatively high occupancy and generally increase rental rates. We continue to experience strong demand for our commercial space as evidenced by the 2.4 million square feet of comparable space leasing we've completed in the last twelve months, and the 1.6% spread between our leased rate of 95.4% and our occupied rate of 93.8%. However, the effects of inflationary pressures and elevated interest rates continue to negatively impact our business with the largest impacts being higher interest costs, increased material costs, and higher operating costs. Additionally, significant impacts from supply chain disruptions or tariffs could