Company: NXDT
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001356115-25-000003
Chunk: 420

Company: NEXPOINT DIVERSIFIED REAL ESTATE TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 420
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 property exceeds the operating expenses paid by tenants and/or the amounts budgeted.

Competition that traditional retail tenants face from e-commerce retail sales, or the integration of brick-and-mortar stores with e-commerce retail operators, could adversely affect our business.

Our retail tenants face increasing competition from e-commerce businesses. E-commerce sales continue to account for an increasing percentage of retail sales in the U.S. and this trend is likely to continue. These trends may have an impact on decisions that retail businesses make regarding their utilization of “brick and mortar” stores. Changes in shopping trends as a result of the growth in e-commerce may also impact the profitability of retail operators that do not adapt to changes in market conditions. The continued growth of e-commerce sales could decrease the need for traditional retail outlets and reduce the demand for retail space and property requirements. These conditions could adversely impact our results of operations and cash flows if we or underlying property owners for our investments are unable to meet the needs of tenants or if tenants encounter financial difficulties as a result of changing market conditions.

Tenant demand in our office portfolio may decline due to disruptions to the office sector, which could materially and adversely affect us.

Companies have been increasing their utilization of shared office spaces, co-working spaces, telecommuting, flexible work schedules, work-from-home alternatives and videoconferencing. To the extent these trends continue, tenant demand for our office space may be reduced, which could materially and adversely affect us or underlying property owners for our investments. 

Certain provisions of the Company's leases may be unenforceable.

The Company's, or the underlying property owner’s for our investments, rights and obligations with respect to its leases are governed by written agreements with its tenants. A court could determine that one or more provisions of such an agreement are unenforceable, such as a particular remedy, a termination provision, or a provision governing the Company's or the underlying property owner's remedies for default of the tenant. If we were unable to enforce provisions of a lease agreement or agreements, our results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows could be adversely impacted.

Many of our operating costs and expenses associated with our investments are or may be fixed and will not decline if revenues decline.

Our results of operations or the results of operations of underlying property owners for our investments depend, in large part, on the level of revenues, operating costs, and expenses. The operating costs or expenses associated with ownership of a property by us or underlying property owners for our investments is not necessarily reduced when circumstances such as market factors and