Company: FR
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000921825-25-000019
Chunk: 85

Company: FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 85
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 to have access to sufficient capital. However, our cost of borrowing would increase and our ability to access certain financial markets may be limited.

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Our other material cash requirements from known contractual and other obligations as of December 31, 2024 include an estimate of remaining payments on the completion of development projects under construction for the Company of $177.5 million which includes all costs necessary to place the properties into service. In addition, the remaining estimated equity that the Company will need to contribute to complete the development projects in our Joint Venture is approximately $9.7 million. The majority of the construction costs and our proportionate share of equity contributions to the Joint Venture need to be funded in one year or less. 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

At December 31, 2024, we had letters of credit and performance bonds outstanding amounting to $32.2 million in the aggregate. The letters of credit and performance bonds are not reflected as liabilities on our balance sheet. We have no other off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, results of operation or liquidity and capital resources.

Environmental

We paid approximately $0.8 million and $0.7 million during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, related to environmental expenditures. We estimate 2025 expenditures of approximately $1.9 million which has been accrued at December 31, 2024. We estimate that the aggregate expenditures which need to be expended in 2025 and beyond with regard to currently identified environmental issues will not exceed approximately $4.6 million which has been accrued at December 31, 2024.

Inflation 

Inflation had a minimal impact on the operating performance of our industrial properties across our markets prior to 2021, due to relatively low inflation rates. However, inflation increased significantly in 2021 and 2022, remain elevated relative to pre-2021 levels and the future direction of inflation rates is uncertain. If inflation rates increase, this could impact our operations and financial performance. Many of our leases contain provisions designed to mitigate the adverse impact of inflation, including contractual rent escalations and requirements for tenants to pay their proportionate share of property operating expenses.  Such expenses include common area expenses, utilities, insurance, real estate taxes, and certain capital expenditures for property maintenance. These measures help reduce our exposure to inflation-driven increases in property operating expenses. However, we remain exposed to certain non-reimburs