EDGAR 10-K Filing

Company CIK: 1873923
Filing Year: 2025
Filename: 1873923_10-K_2025_0001873923-25-000032.json

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ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Item 1. Business.
Overview
Orion Properties Inc. is an internally managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”) engaged in the ownership, acquisition, and management of a diversified portfolio of office properties located in high-quality suburban markets across the United States and leased primarily on a single-tenant net lease basis to creditworthy tenants. Our portfolio is comprised of traditional office properties, as well as governmental, medical office, flex/laboratory and R&D and flex/industrial properties. On March 5, 2025, we changed our name from Orion Office REIT Inc. to Orion Properties Inc. to better describe our broader investment strategy to shift our portfolio concentration over time away from traditional office properties, towards more dedicated use assets that have an office component. We define dedicated use assets as those that include a substantial specialized use component such as government, medical, laboratory and research and development, and flex operations, and would therefore not be considered traditional office properties.
Orion was initially formed as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Realty Income Corporation (“Realty Income”). Following completion of the merger transaction involving Realty Income and VEREIT, Inc. (“VEREIT”) on November 1, 2021, Realty Income contributed the combined business comprising certain office real properties and related assets previously owned by subsidiaries of Realty Income, and certain office real properties and related assets previously owned by subsidiaries of VEREIT (the “Separation”), to the Company and its operating partnership, Orion Properties LP (“Orion OP”), and on November 12, 2021, effected a special distribution to the Company’s stockholders of all the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Distribution”).
Following the Distribution, we became an independent and publicly traded company, and our common stock, par value $0.001 per share, trades on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “ONL.” The Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, commencing with its initial taxable year ended December 31, 2021.
As of December 31, 2024, we owned and operated 69 operating properties with an aggregate of 7.9 million leasable square feet located in 29 states with an occupancy rate of 73.0% and a weighted-average remaining lease term of 5.2 years. We also owned a 20% equity interest in the Arch Street Joint Venture which, as of December 31, 2024, owned a portfolio of six properties with an aggregate of 1.0 million leasable square feet located in six states with an occupancy rate of 100% and a weighted-average remaining lease term of 5.2 years. Including our proportionate share of leasable square feet and annualized base rent from the Arch Street Joint Venture, we owned an aggregate of 8.1 million leasable square feet with an occupancy rate of 73.7%, or 73.1% adjusted for two operating properties that are currently under agreements to be sold, and a weighted-average remaining lease term of 5.2 years as of December 31, 2024.
As of December 31, 2024, one tenant exceeded 10% of our annualized base rent: the General Services Administration at 16.3%. As of December 31, 2024, we had a total of 15 leases with the General Services Administration with a weighted average remaining lease term of 4.7 years.
As of December 31, 2024, properties located in the following states accounted for over 10% of our annualized base rent:
Geographic Concentration % of Total Annualized Base Rent
Texas 16.5%
New Jersey 12.5%
As of December 31, 2024, tenants in the following industries accounted for over 10% of our annualized base rent:
Tenant Industry Concentration % of Total Annualized Base Rent
Government & Public Services 16.8%
Health Care Equipment & Services 13.4%
Financial Institutions 11.4%
Capital Goods 11.0%
Investment Strategy
We employ a proven, cycle-tested investment evaluation framework which serves as the lens through which we make capital allocation decisions. This framework prescribes that investments are evaluated along the following parameters:
Asset Management. We employ active asset management strategies and work to leverage our tenant relationships to attract and retain high-quality creditworthy tenants, drive re-leasing and renewal activity and maximize our tenant retention rates. As part of our asset management efforts, we assess each property in our portfolio, including with respect to its existing leases, property type and tenant utilization, future leasing opportunities, geographic market, and marketability for sale, as well as how each property contributes to the portfolio as a whole, to determine the appropriate strategy, including potential disposition opportunities. Additionally, we may seek to address any lease roll or vacancy in our portfolio by converting the space to multi-tenant office or other use if our management team considers conversion to be the value-maximizing alternative for the subject property.
Capital Recycling. We intend to shift our portfolio concentration over time away from traditional office properties, towards more dedicated use assets that have an office component. We expect to continue to selectively dispose of properties in our current portfolio if we determine that they do not fit our investment strategies. Proceeds from the sale of real estate assets are expected to be redeployed to fund capital investment into our existing portfolio to further enhance the quality of our portfolio and stability of our cash flows, selective acquisitions and other general corporate purposes. As part of our capital recycling efforts, we are seeking opportunities to invest in properties featuring, among other uses, government, medical, laboratory and research and development, and flex operations. Our experience is that these properties have greater tenant utilization and higher renewal probability, given their generally specialized uses and general inability for the tenant’s employees to conduct business at these sites on a remote or hybrid basis. Consistent with the foregoing capital recycling strategy, during the year ended December 31, 2024, we acquired an approximately 97,000 square foot flex/laboratory and R&D facility in San Ramon, California for a gross purchase price of $34.6 million. The property is fully leased to a high credit quality tenant through August 2039. As of December 31, 2024, approximately 31.8% of our annualized base rent was derived from properties we deemed dedicated use assets. We will continue to invest in the properties we own today when we believe those properties will produce attractive risk-adjusted yields on our investment plus any incremental capital we must invest and we will consider adding traditional office properties to the portfolio when we expect those properties to produce attractive, risk adjusted yields during our hold period through disposition but we intend to increase our focus on and exposure to dedicated use assets.
Suburban Market Features. We primarily own commercial real properties located in suburban markets and seek to capitalize on de-urbanization trends amplified by the migration of millennials to the suburbs in the post-COVID environment. 39.2% of our annualized base rent as of December 31, 2024 was from Sun Belt markets. We believe these markets will continue to benefit from an increasing number of corporate relocations from urban coastal markets to inland secondary markets, as companies and employees alike seek a lower cost of living, business-friendly tax and regulatory environments, less density, and better weather. Additionally, we believe there are a variety of markets outside the Sun Belt which possess similar attractive characteristics and will benefit from similar trends. We will look to opportunistically emphasize both Sun Belt and other similar high-quality markets to the extent we are able to grow our portfolio.
Net Lease Investment Characteristics. We seek to invest in stable cash flow from primarily long-term leases with high credit quality tenants and inflation protection from embedded rent growth. Net leases can enhance stability of cash flows by shifting some or all operating expense burden to the tenant.
Tenant Credit Underwriting. We primarily own commercial real properties leased to investment-grade rated tenants and creditworthy non-investment-grade rated or unrated tenants. To the extent we are able to continue to grow our portfolio, we intend to utilize our credit underwriting and real estate expertise to underwrite creditworthy investment-grade and non-investment-grade tenants that we believe will offer enhanced yield and attractive risk-adjusted returns.
Real Estate Attributes. Our portfolio includes regional and corporate headquarters office locations and other properties that are well-located with easy access to commuting routes and on-site amenities that enhance the tenant’s propensity to renew. As part of our asset management efforts, we expect to increase the quality and desirability of our portfolio by continuing to make capital investments in our properties to add amenities and to create more modern floor plans configured to optimize collaboration and enhance employee productivity.
External Growth. We intend to grow our portfolio by acquiring properties that fit the characteristics defined in our investment evaluation framework, including dedicated use assets that have an office component, through multiple sourcing channels, leveraging our management team’s extensive relationship network with an average of over 25 years of experience
transacting in the single-tenant net lease market. We intend to pursue both individual assets as well as portfolio opportunities sourced from a wide range of marketed and off-market transactions. As described in more detail in the section in this report entitled “Risk Factors”, our acquisition strategy is subject to risks, including that we may not be in a position or have the opportunity in the future, to make suitable property acquisitions on advantageous terms and/or that such acquisitions will fail to perform as expected.
Financing
We employ prudent amounts of leverage and use debt as a means of providing additional funds for asset management and other general corporate purposes. We expect to use leverage prudently, assessing the appropriateness of new equity or debt capital based on market conditions, including reasonable assumptions regarding future cash flow, the creditworthiness of tenants and future rental rates. If our Board of Directors determines to seek additional capital, we may raise such capital by offering equity or debt securities, creating joint ventures with existing ownership interests in properties, entering into joint venture arrangements for new development projects, retaining cash flows or a combination of any of these methods. Borrowings may be in the form of bank borrowings, publicly and privately placed debt instruments or purchase money obligations to the sellers of properties. Any such indebtedness may be secured or unsecured. Any such indebtedness may also have full or limited recourse to the borrower or be cross-collateralized with other debt, or may be fully or partially guaranteed by us.
We believe we are positioned to enable access to multiple forms of capital. If the Board of Directors determines to raise equity capital, it may, without stockholder approval, authorize us to issue additional shares of common stock or other capital stock. Our Board of Directors may authorize us to issue a number of shares up to the amount of our authorized capital in any manner and on such terms and for such consideration as it deems appropriate. Such securities may be senior to the outstanding class of common stock.
In November 2022, we established an “at the market” offering program for our common stock (the “ATM Program”), although we have not utilized this program to sell any shares of our common stock to date. Pursuant to the ATM Program, we may from time to time offer and sell shares of our common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $100.0 million. Such offers or sales of shares of our common stock may be made in privately negotiated transactions, including block trades, brokers’ transactions that are deemed to be “at the market” offerings as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act, including sales made directly on the NYSE, or through forward transactions under separate master forward sale confirmations and related supplemental confirmations for the sale of shares of our common stock on a forward basis.
As of December 31, 2024, we had $492.0 million of total consolidated debt outstanding, consisting of a $355.0 million fixed rate securitized mortgage note collateralized by 19 properties (the “CMBS Loan”), $119.0 million borrowed under our $350.0 million senior revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”) and an $18.0 million fixed rate mortgage note on the San Ramon, California property we acquired in September 2024 (the “San Ramon Loan”). In May 2024, in connection with the election of our option to extend the maturity of the Revolving Facility to May 12, 2026, we agreed to reduce the borrowing capacity of the Revolving Facility to $350.0 million from $425.0 million and to certain financial covenant changes. Additionally, our proportionate share of the non-recourse mortgage notes associated with the Arch Street Joint Venture was $26.3 million as of December 31, 2024.
We believe our prudent leverage and liquidity will enable us to continue to make the capital investments needed to enhance the quality of our existing portfolio and stability of our cash flows, as well as opportunistically take advantage of high-quality acquisition opportunities as market conditions permit.
Competitive Strengths
Our portfolio consists of high-quality, diversified properties with favorable exposure to investment-grade credit and is located in attractive suburban markets across the United States and leased primarily on a single-tenant net lease basis.
We have a strong management team with a wide-ranging network of industry relationships and an average of over 25 years of experience transacting in the single-tenant net lease market.
Our platform is vertically integrated across functions, including investment, finance, property management, leasing and legal. Our integrated structure enables us to identify value creation opportunities and realize significant operating efficiencies. Our organization includes property managers and leasing professionals who maintain direct relationships and dialogue with our tenants and broker communities. We believe proactive, in-house property management and leasing allows us to exercise greater control of operating and capital expenditures while improving propensity to renew and maximizing re-leasing spreads.
Regulations
Compliance with various governmental regulations has an impact on our business, including our capital expenditures, earnings and competitive position, which can be material. We incur costs to monitor and take actions to comply with governmental regulations that are applicable to our business, which include, among others, federal securities laws and regulations, applicable stock exchange requirements, REIT and other tax laws and regulations, environmental and health and safety laws and regulations, local zoning, usage and other regulations relating to real property, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”).
Human Capital
As of December 31, 2024, we had 40 employees. We value our employees and their individual and collective contributions to Orion in the furtherance of our corporate, operational, social, environmental and governance initiatives. Our corporate culture is based on treating others the way we would like to be treated and we strive to foster a work environment that is inclusive, fair and engaged.
Available Information
We electronically file Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports, and proxy statements, with the SEC. You may access any materials we file with the SEC through the EDGAR database at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, copies of our filings with the SEC may be obtained free of charge from our website at www.onlreit.com. We are providing our website address solely for the information of investors. We do not intend for the information contained on our website to be incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K or other filings with the SEC.
Summary of Risk Factors
The following section sets forth a summary of principal risk factors that we believe are material to our investors, and could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, our ability to pay distributions and the value of an investment in our common stock. For a more extensive discussion of these factors, as well as other risks related to the Company, see “1A. Risk Factors” contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
•If global market and economic conditions deteriorate, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.
•Changes in workplace practices and office space utilization, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, have reduced the demand for office space at our properties and may continue to do so.
•Leases representing approximately 13.5% of our annualized base rent are scheduled to expire in 2025, and we could experience difficulties or delays renewing leases or re-leasing vacant space, which will increase our costs to operate and maintain such properties without receiving income.
•Most of our properties depend upon a single tenant for all or a majority of their rental income; therefore, our financial condition, including our ability to make distributions to stockholders, may be adversely affected by the bankruptcy or insolvency, a downturn in the business, or a lease termination of such a single tenant.
•We expect to continue to convert certain vacant properties to multi-tenant use, and cannot provide any assurance that the investments we make of time and capital to do so will increase the value of the subject properties.
•Government budgetary pressures and priorities, and trends in government employment and office leasing may adversely impact our business.
•Our partner in the Arch Street Joint Venture has not had access to sufficient liquidity to contribute its share of the capital requirements that have recently arisen, thereby exposing us to liabilities in excess of our share of the joint venture and other risks.
•We may be unable to successfully execute on our strategy to shift our portfolio concentration over time away from traditional office properties, towards more dedicated use assets.
•Competition for acquisitions may reduce the number of acquisition opportunities available to us and increase the costs of those acquisitions.
•We may suffer adverse effects from acquisitions of commercial real estate properties.
•We face considerable competition in the leasing market and may be unable to renew existing leases or re-let space on terms similar to our existing leases, or we may expend significant capital in our efforts to re-lease space, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
•Tenant payment defaults may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
•Some of our leases provide tenants with the right to terminate their leases early, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
•We have a significant amount of indebtedness and may need to incur more in the future.
•We have existing debt and refinancing risks that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations, including the risk that we will be unable to extend or refinance some or all of our debt.
•Financial covenants could materially adversely affect our ability to conduct our business.
•We depend on external sources of capital that are outside of our control, which may affect our ability to achieve our business strategies.
•Our expenses may remain constant or increase, even if our revenues decrease, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
•Real estate property investments are illiquid. We may not be able to dispose of properties when desired or on favorable terms.
•Our assets may be subject to impairment charges.
•Uninsured and underinsured losses may adversely affect our operations.
•The obligations and requirements to which we are subject as a public company are extensive and will increase when we no longer qualify as an “emerging growth company.”
•Our failure to maintain our qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes could have a material adverse effect on us.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
You should carefully consider the following risks and other information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K in evaluating our company and our common stock. Any of the following risks could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Risks Related to Our Properties and Business
If global market and economic conditions deteriorate, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.
Weak economic conditions generally, sustained uncertainty about global economic conditions, a tightening of credit markets, business layoffs, downsizing, industry slowdowns and other similar factors that affect our tenants have negatively impacted commercial real estate fundamentals and may continue to do so, which has resulted and may continue to result in lower occupancy, lower rental rates and declining values in our real estate portfolio. Additionally, these factors and conditions have had and may continue to have an impact on our lenders or tenants, which could cause them to reduce their business with us or fail to meet their obligations to us. We are subject to the risk of rising interest rates, including that our borrowing costs may increase and we may be unable to extend or refinance our debt obligations on favorable terms or at all. We are also subject to the risk of inflation, including that our operating costs, such as insurance premiums, utilities, real estate taxes and capital expenditures and repair and maintenance costs, may rise. We also may be unable to offset any increases in our borrowing costs or operating costs by increases in our rental revenues which are generally fixed. No assurances can be given regarding such macroeconomic factors or conditions, and our ability to lease our properties and increase or maintain rental rates or the profitability of our properties may be negatively impacted, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Changes in workplace practices and office space utilization, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, have reduced the demand for office space at our properties and may continue to do so.
Changes in workplace practices and office space utilization, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, have negatively impacted our company and these factors may continue and worsen. For example, the increased adoption of and
familiarity with remote and hybrid work practices has resulted in decreased demand for and utilization of office space. These trends have impacted our leasing efforts as certain of our tenants have elected to not renew their leases, or to renew them for less space than they were occupying, resulting in increases in vacancy rates at our properties and decreases in rental income. Remote and hybrid work practices may continue to persist, which may cause the trends impacting our leasing efforts to continue or even accelerate. Tenants’ evolving preferences regarding office space configuration either in response to the COVID-19 pandemic or for other reasons, may impact their space requirements and also has required and may continue to require us to spend increased amounts for tenant improvements. If substantial office space reconfiguration is required, a tenant may explore other office space and find it more advantageous to relocate than to renew its lease and renovate the existing space. Less successful leasing efforts, lower rents and increased leasing costs have caused our business, operating results, financial condition and prospects to be materially adversely impacted, and may continue to do so.
Leases representing approximately 13.5% of our annualized base rent are scheduled to expire in 2025 and we could experience difficulties or delays renewing leases or re-leasing vacant space, which will increase our costs to operate and maintain such properties without receiving income.
We derive nearly all of our net income from rent received from our tenants, and our profitability is significantly dependent upon our ability to minimize vacancies in our properties and ensure our tenants timely pay rent at an attractive rate. If a tenant experiences a downturn in its business or other types of financial distress, it may be unable to make timely rental payments. If lease defaults occur, we may experience delays in enforcing our rights as landlord. Leases representing approximately 13.5% of our annualized base rent are scheduled to expire in 2025, and as of December 31, 2024, our portfolio, including our proportionate share of properties owned by the Arch Street Joint Venture, had a weighted average lease term of 5.2 years, and had 11 vacant operating properties, with an aggregate 1.7 million square feet, including six properties, with an aggregate of 0.6 million square feet, that have remained vacant for over one year. If our tenants decide not to renew their leases, terminate their leases early or default on their leases, we will experience a loss in the associated rental revenue and will incur property operating costs that will no longer be reimbursed by the vacating tenant. When tenant leases expire, we confirm the condition of the premises and will seek to enforce the performance of any outstanding tenant obligations, such as repair and maintenance and lease surrender obligations. These efforts can lead to disputes with the tenants, and we cannot provide any assurance we will be successful in enforcing the tenant’s obligations. Accordingly, we may incur enforcement and property operating and capital costs in connection with expired leases that may not be recoverable. Tenant lease expirations, delays in re-leasing vacant space and tenant defaults could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and ability to pay dividends to stockholders.
Most of our properties depend upon a single tenant for all or a majority of their rental income; therefore, our financial condition, including our ability to make distributions to stockholders, may be adversely affected by the bankruptcy or insolvency, a downturn in the business, or a lease termination of such a single tenant.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, most of our rental revenue was from our properties leased to single tenants. The value of our single tenant properties is materially dependent on the performance of those tenants under their respective leases. These tenants face competition within their industries and other factors that could reduce their ability to pay us rent. Lease payment defaults by such tenants could cause us to reduce the amount of distributions that we pay to our stockholders. A default by a single or major tenant, the failure of a guarantor to fulfill its obligations or premature termination of a lease to such a tenant or such tenant’s election not to extend a lease upon its expiration could have an adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and ability to pay distributions to our stockholders.
We expect to continue to convert certain vacant properties to multi-tenant use, and cannot provide any assurance that the investments we make of time and capital to do so will increase the value of the subject properties.
Where we determine it will maximize the value of the subject property, we have converted certain vacant properties to multi-tenant use and expect we will continue to do so. Our multi-tenant properties are subject to a variety of risks not typically encountered in real estate properties that are operated by or for a single tenant, which could materially adversely affect the value of our investment, including:
•conversion to multi-tenant use will require us to make significant investment in the subject property, such as to create common areas, separate building systems, construct new demising walls and corridors and install restrooms and access points;
•in order to attract high quality anchor tenants, we may be required to install and guarantee the full operation of significant amenities like cafeterias and gyms and the cost to operate these amenities may not be recoverable particularly if the building is not fully occupied; and
•multi-tenant properties generally require greater landlord responsibility to manage and operate the properties and bear the associated costs, which will place added burden on our property management team and will result in costs that may not be recoverable from the tenants.
We may incur costs to convert properties to multi-tenant use and to operate multi-tenant properties that may not be recoverable and we cannot provide any assurance that our decision to convert properties to multi-tenant will increase the value of the subject properties.
Government budgetary pressures and priorities, and trends in government employment and office leasing may adversely impact our business.
We believe that recent government budgetary and spending priorities and enhancements in technology have resulted in a decrease in government office use for employees. Furthermore, over the past several years, government tenants have reduced their space utilization per employee and consolidated government tenants into existing government owned properties. Persistent remote and hybrid work practices have also reduced space utilization at many of our government properties. These factors have reduced the demand for government leased space, and may continue to do so. The Trump Administration’s initiative to dramatically cut government spending introduces additional uncertainty for our portfolio of properties leased to the United States Government. The Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”) has begun to look at ways to increase government office utilization and shrink the federal government’s real estate portfolio. This could lead to the General Services Administration (“GSA”) exercising termination options under or otherwise seeking to terminate our leases with the United States Government or make it more likely the United States Government terminates the applicable lease at lease expiration. As of December 31, 2024, approximately 94,000 of our occupied square feet leased to the GSA were within periods during which the tenant has the right to terminate their space without a termination fee, or “non-firm terms.” The GSA recently announced a suspension of the execution of substantially all GSA funded obligations, including new leases and lease amendments. This action by the GSA has resulted in delays of the GSA authorizing us to proceed with landlord work at our property in Lincoln, Nebraska and that is a condition to lease commencement of our lease with the United States Government at this property, as well as delays in lease negotiations at certain other properties leased to the United States Government. We do not know how long the suspension will continue and cannot provide any assurance as to how ongoing developments with respect to DOGE and the Trump Administration’s efforts to reduce government spending may impact our portfolio of properties leased to the United States Government. Efforts to manage space utilization rates and reduce government spending may result in the government tenants exercising early termination rights under our leases, vacating our properties upon expiration of our leases in order to relocate, or renewing their leases for less space than they currently occupy. Also, our government tenants’ desire to reconfigure leased office space to manage utilization per employee may require us to spend significant amounts for tenant improvements, and tenant relocations are often more prevalent in those circumstances. Compared to our historical experience with government tenants, the government tenants’ leasing decisions and strategies may be less predictable. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath have had negative impacts on government budgets and resources, and it is unclear what the effect of these impacts will be on government demand for leasing office space.
Our partner in the Arch Street Joint Venture has not had access to sufficient liquidity to contribute its share of the capital requirements that have recently arisen, thereby exposing us to liabilities in excess of our share of the joint venture and other risks.
We are invested in the Arch Street Joint Venture where we own a 20% minority, non-controlling interest and our partner owns the remaining 80% interest. Our partner in the Arch Street Joint Venture did not have access to sufficient liquidity to contribute its share of capital call obligations that have recently arisen, and this issue may continue to the extent additional partner capital is required in the future. During November 2024, our joint venture partner was unable to contribute its proportionate share of the capital required to pay down $3.4 million of principal on the Arch Street Joint Venture non-recourse mortgage notes to satisfy the 60% loan-to-value condition to extend the maturity date of such debt. As a result, we made a member loan to the Arch Street Joint Venture in the amount of $1.4 million. As of December 31, 2024, the outstanding principal associated with the Arch Street Joint Venture mortgage notes was $131.6 million, and our proportionate share was $26.3 million. During February 2025, we made an additional member loan of $8.3 million when our partner was unable to contribute its share of leasing costs related to a lease extension that was completed for one of the properties in the Arch Street Joint Venture portfolio. As part of the terms of the recent extension of the Arch Street Joint Venture mortgage notes, the mortgage lender is expected to re-appraise the property where the lease was extended in February 2025, and we are also committed to make an additional member loan as and if needed to repay principal on the mortgage notes to continue to satisfy the 60% loan-to-value extension condition. Our member loan to the Arch Street Joint Venture, which had $9.2 million receivable as of March 5, 2025, earns interest at 15% per annum and is non-recourse and unsecured, and structurally subordinate to the Arch Street Joint Venture mortgage notes. Interest and principal are payable monthly solely out of the excess
cash from the joint venture after payment of property operating expenses, interest and principal on the Arch Street mortgage notes and other joint venture expenses and excess proceeds from the sale of any of the joint venture properties. Our partner’s failure to meet capital call obligations exposes us to certain risks, including:
•we may have insufficient liquidity or decide it is no longer in our best interest to continue to make member loan or other investments to fund the joint venture’s capital requirements, which could expose us to loss of all or substantially all of our investment in the joint venture;
•we may be unable to recover our member loan or other investments in the joint venture in a timely manner or at all; and
•the investments we have recently made or may make in the future in the joint venture reduce our available liquidity and therefore may limit our ability to grow or make other investments in our portfolio.
The Arch Street Joint Venture and any other joint venture investments we make could be adversely affected by the lack of sole decision-making authority, reliance on joint venture partners’ financial condition and any disputes that may arise between us and our joint venture partners.
We are invested in the Arch Street Joint Venture and have co-invested and may in the future co-invest with third parties through partnerships, joint ventures or other structures in which we acquire non-controlling interests in, or share responsibility for, managing the affairs of a property, partnership, co-tenancy or other entity. Our ability to determine the strategy with respect to properties we own through the Arch Street Joint Venture is materially limited compared to acquisitions we make directly, including with respect to leasing, disposition and joint venture opportunities (including if such actions are necessary to maintain compliance with our debt commitments).
We also may enter into future joint ventures pursuant to which we will not be able to exercise sole decision-making authority regarding the properties owned through such joint ventures or similar ownership structure. In addition, investments in joint ventures may, under certain circumstances, involve risks not present when a third party is not involved, including potential deadlocks in making major decisions, restrictions on our ability to exit the joint venture, reliance on joint venture partners and the possibility that a joint venture partner might become bankrupt or fail to fund its share of required capital contributions, thus exposing us to liabilities in excess of our share of the joint venture or jeopardizing our REIT status. The funding of our capital contributions to such joint ventures may be dependent on proceeds from the sale of real estate assets, credit facility advances or sales of equity securities. Joint venture partners, including Arch Street Capital Partners, may have business interests or goals that are inconsistent with our business interests or goals, and may be in a position to take actions contrary to our best interests. We may, in specific circumstances, be liable for the actions of our joint venture partners. In addition, any disputes that may arise between us and joint venture partners, including Arch Street Capital Partners, may result in litigation or arbitration that would increase our expenses. Any of the foregoing may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The United States Government’s “green lease” policies may adversely affect us.
In recent years, the United States Government has instituted “green lease” policies which allow a government tenant to require Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for commercial interiors, or LEED®-CI, designation in selecting new premises or renewing leases at existing premises, and these policies have and may continue to be expanded to cover additional enhanced requirements. In addition, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 allows the United States Government to give preference to buildings for lease that have received an “Energy Star” label. Complying with enhanced requirements may be costly and time consuming, but our failure to do so may result in our competitive disadvantage in acquiring new or retaining existing government tenants.
We may be unable to successfully execute on our strategy to shift our portfolio concentration over time away from traditional office properties, towards more dedicated use assets.
As part of our investment strategy, we intend to shift our portfolio concentration over time away from traditional office properties, towards more dedicated use assets that have an office component. We believe that by doing so we will increase that value of our portfolio, as it is our experience that dedicated use assets have greater tenant utilization and higher renewal probability. As of December 31, 2024, our portfolio was comprised of 75.0% and 68.2% traditional office properties, calculated based on rentable square feet and annualized base rent, respectively. In order to increase the percentage of dedicated use assets in our portfolio, we will need to acquire additional dedicated use assets and/or dispose of traditional office properties. Our ability to acquire new properties and dispose of existing properties in our portfolio is dependent upon competitive and market conditions, which may not be favorable to us at any given time, as well as other factors outside of our control. We may not be
successful in executing our strategy of shifting our portfolio concentration over time towards more dedicated use assets, and whether or not we are successful in executing such strategy, we may not achieve our objective of increasing the value of our portfolio.
Competition for acquisitions may reduce the number of acquisition opportunities available to us and increase the costs of those acquisitions.
We may acquire properties if market conditions permit and we are presented with an attractive opportunity to do so. We may face competition for such acquisition opportunities from other investors, and such competition may adversely affect us by subjecting us to the following risks:
•an inability to acquire a desired property because of competition from other well-capitalized real estate investors, including publicly traded and privately held REITs, private real estate funds, domestic and foreign financial institutions, life insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, pension trusts, partnerships and individual investors;
•we may incur costs on unsuccessful acquisitions that we will not be able to recover; and
•an increase in the purchase price for such acquisition property in the event we are able to acquire such desired property.
Accordingly, competition for acquisitions may limit our opportunities to grow our business, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We may suffer adverse effects from acquisitions of commercial real estate properties.
We intend to pursue acquisitions of additional commercial real estate properties as part of our business strategy. Acquisitions of commercial properties entail risks, such as the risk that we may not be in a position, or have the opportunity in the future, to make suitable property acquisitions on advantageous terms and/or that such acquisitions fail to perform as expected.
We may pursue selective acquisitions of properties in regions where we have not previously owned properties. These acquisitions may entail risks in addition to those we face with acquisitions in more familiar regions, such as our not sufficiently anticipating conditions or trends in a new market and therefore not being able to operate the acquired property profitably.
In addition, we may acquire properties that are subject to liabilities in situations where we have no recourse, or only limited recourse, against the prior owners or other third parties with respect to unknown liabilities. As a result, if a liability were asserted against us based upon ownership of those properties, we might have to pay substantial sums to settle or contest it. Examples of unknown liabilities with respect to acquired properties include, but are not limited to:
•liabilities for remediation of disclosed or 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.
Our performance is subject to risks inherent in owning real estate investments.
We are generally subject to risks incidental to the ownership of real estate. These risks include:
•changes in supply of or demand for office properties in our market or sub-markets;
•competition for tenants in our market or sub-markets;
•the ongoing need for capital improvements;
•increased operating costs, which may not necessarily be offset by increased rents, including insurance premiums, utilities, real estate taxes, capital expenditures and repair and maintenance costs, due to inflation and other factors;
•changes in tax, real estate and zoning laws;
•changes in governmental rules and fiscal policies;
•inability of tenants to pay rent;
•competition from the development of new space in our market or sub-markets and the quality of competition, such as the attractiveness of our properties as compared to our competitors’ properties based on considerations such as convenience of location, rental rates, amenities and safety record; and
•civil unrest, acts of war, terrorism, adverse political conditions, acts of God, including earthquakes, hurricanes and other natural disasters (which may result in uninsured losses) and other factors beyond our control.
Should any of the foregoing occur, it may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We face considerable competition in the leasing market and may be unable to renew existing leases or re-let space on terms similar to our existing leases, or we may expend significant capital in our efforts to re-lease space, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We compete with a number of other owners and operators of office properties to renew leases with our existing tenants and to attract new tenants. If our properties are not as attractive to existing or new tenants as properties owned by our competitors due to the age of the buildings, physical condition, lack of amenities or other similar factors, we could lose tenants, it could take longer to re-lease our properties and we could suffer lower rental rates. To the extent that we are able to renew leases that are scheduled to expire in the short-term or re-let such space to new tenants, heightened competition may require us to give rent concessions or provide tenant improvements to a greater extent than we otherwise would have.
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 potential tenants, and we may be pressured to reduce our rental rates below those we currently charge, or may not be able to increase rates to market rates, in order to retain tenants upon expiration of their existing leases. Even if our tenants renew their leases or we can re-let the space, the terms and other costs of renewal or re-letting, including the cost of required renovations, increased tenant improvement allowances, leasing commissions, declining rental rates, and rent or other potential concessions, may be less favorable than the terms of our current leases and could require significant capital expenditures. Our inability to renew leases or re-let space in a reasonable time, a decline in rental rates or an increase in tenant improvement allowances, leasing commissions, rent concessions or other costs may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Tenant payment defaults may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Nearly all of our revenues and income comes from rental income from real property. As such, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected if our tenants default on their lease payment obligations. Our ability to manage our assets is also subject to federal bankruptcy laws and state laws that limit creditors’ rights and remedies available to real property owners to collect delinquent rents. If a tenant becomes insolvent or bankrupt, we cannot be sure that we could recover the premises from the tenant promptly or from a trustee or debtor-in-possession in any bankruptcy proceeding relating to that tenant. We also cannot be sure that we would receive any rent in the proceeding sufficient to cover our expenses with respect to the premises. If a tenant becomes bankrupt, the federal bankruptcy code will apply and, in some instances, may restrict the amount and recoverability of our claims against the tenant. A tenant’s default on its payment obligations may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Some of our leases provide tenants with the right to terminate their leases early, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Certain of our leases permit our tenants to terminate their leases as to all or a portion of their leased premises prior to their stated lease expiration dates under certain circumstances, such as providing notice by a certain date and, in most cases, paying a termination fee. As of December 31, 2024, 11.2% of our occupied square footage was subject to early termination provisions. During the year ended December 31, 2024, one tenant exercised an early termination option which will result in the partial termination of approximately 30,000 square feet under an approximately 127,000 square foot lease in the year ending December 31, 2025. During the year ended December 31, 2023, one tenant exercised an early termination option, which resulted in the partial termination of approximately 30,000 square feet under an approximately 200,000 square foot lease in the year ended December 31, 2023. To the extent that our tenants exercise early termination rights, our cash flow and earnings will be adversely affected, and we can provide no assurances that we will be able to generate an equivalent amount of net effective rent by leasing the vacated space to new third-party tenants. If our tenants elect to terminate their leases early, it may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We have a significant amount of indebtedness and may need to incur more in the future.
As of December 31, 2024, we had approximately $492.0 million of total outstanding consolidated indebtedness. In addition, in connection with executing our business strategies going forward, we expect to invest in our current portfolio and, as market conditions permit, intend to acquire additional properties and make strategic investments, and we may elect to finance these endeavors by incurring additional indebtedness. The amount of such indebtedness could have material adverse consequences for us, including:
•hindering our ability to adjust to changing market, industry or economic conditions;
•limiting our ability to access the capital markets to raise additional equity or refinance maturing debt on favorable terms to fund acquisitions, respond to competitive challenges or otherwise execute our business strategy;
•limiting the amount of free cash flow available for future operations, reinvestment in our portfolio, acquisitions, dividends or other uses;
•making us more vulnerable to economic or industry downturns, including interest rate increases; and
•placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to less leveraged competitors.
Our ability to arrange additional financing will depend on, among other factors, our financial position and performance, as well as prevailing market conditions and other factors beyond our control. If we are able to obtain additional financing, such financing could further raise our borrowing costs and adversely impact our ability to satisfy our obligations under our indebtedness, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In addition, our charter and bylaws do not limit the amount of indebtedness we may incur. Accordingly, our Board of Directors may permit us to incur additional debt and would do so, for example, if it were necessary to maintain our status as a REIT. We might become more highly leveraged as a result, and our financial condition, results of operations and funds available for distribution to stockholders might be negatively affected, and the risk of default on our indebtedness could increase, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We have existing debt and refinancing risks that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations, including the risk that we will be unable to extend or refinance some or all of our debt.
We have both fixed and variable rate indebtedness and may incur additional indebtedness in the future, including borrowings under our Revolving Facility. Our Revolving Facility under which we had $119.0 million borrowed as of December 31, 2024 is scheduled to mature in May 2026, and our $355.0 million CMBS Loan is scheduled to mature in February 2027. We are dependent upon the Revolving Facility, which is a fully recourse borrowing facility guaranteed in full by us, for liquidity to execute our business strategies, and our CMBS Loan provides cross-collateralized financing for a total of 19 properties in our portfolio, and therefore the lender will have recourse to any and all of the assets that secure the debt in the event we default. We cannot provide assurance we will be able to extend, refinance or repay these debt obligations at maturity. Our ability to extend or refinance debt will be affected by our financial condition and various other factors existing at the relevant time, including factors beyond our control, such as capital and credit market conditions, the state of the national and regional economies, local real estate conditions and the equity in and value of the related collateral. We may be required to make significant principal repayments to extend or refinance our debt obligations.
Following the Arch Street Joint Venture’s exercise of the first extension option and satisfaction of the related conditions in November 2024, the non-recourse mortgage notes associated with the Arch Street Joint Venture of $131.6 million as of December 31, 2024 are scheduled to mature on November 27, 2025, and the Arch Street Joint Venture has one remaining one-year option to extend the maturity until November 27, 2026. Our proportionate share of the mortgage notes was $26.3 million as of December 31, 2024. The extension option is subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, including satisfaction of certain financial and operating covenants. The Arch Street Joint Venture may be unable to satisfy the extension conditions, and we cannot provide any assurance the Arch Street Joint Venture will be able to satisfy the extension conditions or otherwise extend or refinance the mortgage notes. If the Arch Street Joint Venture is unable to extend or refinance the mortgage notes, our investment in the Arch Street Joint Venture could be materially adversely affected.
As a result of the indebtedness we incur, we are, and expect to be, subject to the risks normally associated with debt financing including:
•that we will be unable to extend, refinance or repay our debt as it becomes due or increase the availability of overall debt on terms as favorable as those of our existing debt, or at all;
•that interest rates may rise;
•that our cash flow could be insufficient to make required payments of principal and interest;
•that required payments on mortgages and on our other debt are not reduced if the economic performance of any property declines;
•that debt service obligations will reduce funds available for distribution to our stockholders;
•that any default on our debt, due to noncompliance with financial covenants or otherwise, could result in acceleration of those obligations;
•that we may be unable to extend, refinance or repay the debt as it becomes due; and
•that if our degree of leverage is viewed unfavorably by lenders or potential joint venture partners, it could affect our ability to obtain additional financing.
If we are unable to extend, refinance or repay our indebtedness as it becomes due, we may need to sell assets or to seek protection from our creditors under applicable law, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Financial covenants could materially adversely affect our ability to conduct our business.
We have incurred debt pursuant to the Revolving Facility and the CMBS Loan. The credit agreement governing the Revolving Facility and the CMBS Loan each contain various financial and other covenants, including, with respect to the Revolving Facility, various financial covenants and other covenants restricting, subject to certain exceptions, liens, investments, mergers, asset sales, and the payment of certain dividends and share repurchases. The financial covenants under the Revolving Facility are discussed in the section in this report entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition - Liquidity and Capital Resources - Credit Agreements - Revolving Facility Covenants”. The CMBS Loan includes a minimum debt yield test of 8.0%. Failure to satisfy this test, although not an event of default under the indebtedness, could cause cash flows from the 19 properties financed, after debt service, and certain property operating expenses and loan reserves, to be diverted to the lender, as additional collateral until the minimum debt yield test has been satisfied. Under the CMBS Loan agreement, we are permitted to prepay outstanding principal under the indebtedness to satisfy the debt yield test. As of September 30, 2024 (most recent reporting period available and confirmed with lender) the minimum debt yield was satisfied. Our ability to continue to meet the debt yield test will be dependent upon whether leases that are scheduled to expire in the collateral pool are extended and if they do not the pace at which we re-lease the properties following lease expiration. We cannot provide any assurance that we will continue to satisfy the minimum debt yield test under the CMBS Loan through maturity of the indebtedness in February 2027, and our failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity.
The financial and other covenants under our existing indebtedness, as well as any additional restrictions to which we may become subject in connection with additional financings or refinancings, could restrict our ability to pursue business initiatives, effect certain transactions or make other changes to our business that may otherwise be beneficial to us, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, violations of these covenants could cause declarations of default under, and acceleration of, any related indebtedness, which would result in material adverse consequences to our financial condition. The Revolving Facility contains cross-default provisions that give the lenders the right to declare a default if we are in default resulting in (or permitting the) acceleration of other debt under other loans in excess of certain amounts. In the event of a default, we may be required to repay such debt with capital from other sources, which may not be available to us on attractive terms, or at all, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We depend on external sources of capital that are outside of our control, which may affect our ability to achieve our business strategies.
We will be required to make significant capital investments in our existing portfolio, including tenant improvement allowances to attract and retain tenants, as well as normal building improvements to replace obsolete building components. As market conditions permit, we intend to acquire new properties which will similarly require us to make capital investments. We do not expect our cash flows from operations alone to be sufficient to fund our future capital investments and, therefore, we will be dependent upon our ability to access third-party sources of capital, including the Revolving Facility and other sources of debt and equity capital. Our access to third-party sources of capital depends on a number of factors, including general market conditions, the market’s view of the quality of our assets, the market’s perception of our growth potential, our current debt levels and our current and expected future earnings. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain the capital necessary to fund the investments we will be required to make in our existing portfolio or to acquire new properties on terms
favorable to us or at all. If we are unable to obtain a sufficient level of third-party financing to fund our capital needs, our ability to achieve our business strategies will be materially adversely affected.
Our expenses may remain constant or increase, even if our revenues decrease, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Costs associated with our business, such as debt repayments, real estate taxes, insurance premiums and maintenance costs, are relatively inelastic and generally do not decrease, and may increase, when a property is not fully occupied, rental rates decrease, a tenant fails to pay rent or other circumstances cause a reduction in property revenues. As a result, if revenues drop, we may not be able to reduce our expenses accordingly, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Property taxes may increase without notice.
The real property taxes on our properties may increase as property tax rates change and as those properties are assessed or reassessed by tax authorities. While the majority of our leases are under a net lease structure, some or all of such property taxes may not be collectible from our tenants, and for our vacant properties, we are unable to recover property taxes from any tenants. In such event, our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, trading price of our common stock and our ability to satisfy our principal and interest obligations and to pay dividends to our stockholders could be adversely affected, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Real estate property investments are illiquid. We may not be able to dispose of properties when desired or on favorable terms.
Real estate investments are relatively illiquid. Our ability to quickly sell or exchange any of our properties in response to changes in economic and other conditions will be limited. No assurances can be given that we will recognize full value, at a price and at terms that are acceptable to us, for any property that we determine to sell. Our ability to successfully execute on our asset disposition and capital recycling sale program is dependent on market conditions, and such conditions have been and may continue to be unfavorable for commercial real estate generally and office assets in particular, as well as for buyer financing of these assets. In general, when we sell properties that are vacant or soon to be vacant, the valuation will be discounted if the new owner is required to make capital improvements and to reflect that the new owner will bear carrying costs until the property has been leased up and take the risk that the property may not be leased up on a timely basis, favorable terms or at all. As part of our asset disposition activities, we have sought and may continue to seek to sell properties to buyers who intend to re-develop the subject property. While these sale transactions can result in higher sale valuations, they also normally require us as seller to bear a portion of the buyer’s redevelopment risk through longer due diligence periods during which we remain responsible for carrying costs of the property and the buyer may terminate the transaction. Our inability to respond rapidly to changes in the performance of our investments could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We could be exposed to losses on loans we have made to buyers of the properties we have sold.
As part of our asset disposition activity, we have provided seller financing to certain buyers and may continue to do so. To date, these loans have been structured as first mortgage loans with an unsecured recourse guaranty from the buyer principal(s). The properties sold and that are collateral for the loans are currently vacant and not income producing, and therefore, payment of debt service is dependent upon the existence of independent assets or income of the buyer and the buyer principal(s), until the properties have been leased up and are generating income, or until the loan can be refinanced. These loans are subject to risk of default and delinquencies by buyers in paying debt service and foreclosure, and the risks of loss are greater than similar risks associated with mortgage loans made on income producing properties. Foreclosure of a mortgage loan and/or enforcing the recourse guaranty can be an expensive and lengthy process, and there can be no assurance we would be able to recover our investment and expected returns on the loans. The loans are subject to risks of a buyer’s inability to lease up the property or obtain permanent financing to repay the loan. In the event of any default under our loans, we bear the risk of loss of principal and non-payment of interest and fees to the extent of any deficiency between the amounts we recover from the mortgaged collateral and the recourse guaranty, and the principal amount and unpaid interest of the loan. To the extent we suffer such losses with respect to these loans, it could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We, our tenants and our properties are subject to various federal, state and local regulatory requirements, such as environmental laws, state and local fire and safety requirements, building codes and land use regulations.
We, our tenants and our properties are subject to various federal, state and local regulatory requirements, such as environmental laws, state and local fire and safety requirements, building codes and land use regulations. Failure to comply with these requirements could subject us, or our tenants, to governmental fines or private litigant damage awards. In addition,
compliance with these requirements, including new requirements or stricter interpretation of existing requirements, may require us, or our tenants, to incur significant expenditures. We do not know whether existing requirements will change or whether future requirements, including any requirements that may emerge from pending or future climate change regulations or legislation, will develop. Environmental noncompliance liability also could impact a tenant’s ability to make rental payments to us. Furthermore, our reputation could be negatively affected if we violate environmental laws or regulations, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In addition, as a current or former owner or operator of real property, we may be subject to liabilities resulting from the presence of hazardous substances, waste or petroleum products at, on, under or emanating from such property, including investigation and cleanup costs, natural resource damages, third-party liability for cleanup costs, personal injury or property damage and costs or losses arising from property use restrictions. In particular, some of our properties are adjacent to or near other properties that have contained or currently contain underground storage tanks used to store petroleum products or other hazardous or toxic substances. In addition, certain of our properties are on, adjacent to or near sites upon which others, including former owners or tenants of our properties, have engaged, or may in the future engage, in activities that have released or may have released petroleum products or other hazardous or toxic substances. Cleanup liabilities are often imposed 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. The presence of hazardous substances also may result in use restrictions on impacted properties or result in liens on contaminated sites in favor of the government for damages it incurs to address contamination. We also may be liable for the costs of removal or remediation of hazardous substances or waste disposal or treatment facilities if we arranged for disposal or treatment of hazardous substances at such facilities, whether or not we own such facilities. Moreover, buildings and other improvements on our properties may contain asbestos-containing material or other hazardous building materials or could have indoor air quality concerns (e.g., from airborne contaminants such as mold), which may subject us to costs, damages and other liabilities including abatement cleanup, personal injury, and property damage liabilities. The foregoing could adversely affect occupancy and our ability to develop, sell or borrow against any affected property and could require us to make significant unanticipated expenditures that may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We are subject to risks associated with climate change.
The physical effects of climate change could have a material adverse effect on our properties, operations and business. To the extent the physical effects of climate change impact our markets, over time, we could experience declining demand for leasing our buildings or increasing costs associated with remediation and adaptation. Climate change may also make property insurance unavailable or available only with less favorable terms and increase energy and other operating costs. In addition, we face risks associated with the transition to a lower-carbon economy related to, among other things, federal, state and local legislation and regulations that are being implemented or are under consideration to mitigate the effects of climate change as well as evolving tenant preferences. The operating costs and capital expenditures associated with meeting new and evolving regulatory and legal requirements and tenant preferences, including those related to reporting and managing greenhouse gas emissions, could negatively impact our financial results.
Increased scrutiny and changing expectations from investors, tenants, employees, and others regarding our sustainability, social, and governance practices (“sustainability”) and reporting could cause us to incur additional costs, devote additional resources and expose us to additional risks.
Companies across all industries are facing increasing scrutiny related to their sustainability practices and reporting. Investors, tenants, employees, and other stakeholders have begun to focus increasingly on sustainability practices and to place increasing importance on the implications and social costs of their investments, business decisions and consumer choices. Many investors, particularly institutional investors, may use sustainability practices and scores to benchmark companies against their peers and as a basis for making investment or voting decisions. Given this increased focus and demand as well as the potential for future legal or regulatory requirements, public reporting regarding sustainability practices is becoming more broadly expected. If our sustainability practices and reporting do not meet investor, tenant, or employee expectations, which continue to evolve, our reputation and investor interest and tenant and employee retention may be negatively impacted. Any disclosure we make may include our policies and practices on a variety of sustainability matters, including corporate governance, environmental compliance, employee health and safety practices, human capital management and workforce inclusion and diversity. It is possible that investors and other stakeholders may not be satisfied with our sustainability reporting, our sustainability practices or the speed or comprehensiveness with which we adopt and implement them. In addition, the criteria by which we are benchmarked against our peers and scored may change. We could also incur additional costs and devote additional resources to monitoring, reporting and implementing various sustainability practices. Our failure, or perceived failure, to meet any goals and objectives we may set in any sustainability disclosure or the expectations of our various
stakeholders could negatively impact our reputation, investor interest and tenant and employee retention, as well as our cost of or access to capital.
Compliance or failure to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act could result in substantial costs.
Our properties must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (the “ADA”) and any equivalent state or local laws, to the extent that our properties are public accommodations as defined under such laws. Under the ADA, all public accommodations must meet federal requirements related to access and use by disabled persons. If one or more of our properties is not in compliance with the ADA or any equivalent state or local laws, we may be required to incur additional costs to bring such property into compliance with the ADA or similar state or local laws. Noncompliance with the ADA or similar state and local laws could also result in the imposition of fines or an award of damages to private litigants. We cannot predict the ultimate amount of the cost of compliance with the ADA or any equivalent state or local laws. If we incur substantial costs to comply with the ADA or any equivalent state or local laws, it may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our assets may be subject to impairment charges.
We regularly review our real estate assets for impairment, and based on these reviews, we have recorded and may continue to record impairment losses on our properties. Negative or uncertain market and economic conditions, as well as market volatility, increase the likelihood of incurring impairment losses. Other factors that could increase the likelihood of incurring impairment include actual or expected tenant vacancies, identification of a property for potential sale and a tenant bankruptcy or default. Such impairment losses may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Uninsured and underinsured losses may adversely affect our operations.
We, or in certain instances, tenants at our properties, carry comprehensive commercial general liability, fire, extended coverage, business interruption, rental loss coverage, environmental and umbrella liability coverage on all of our properties. We also carry wind and flood coverage on properties in areas where we believe such coverage is warranted, in each case with limits of liability that we deem adequate. Similarly, we are insured against the risk of direct physical damage in amounts we believe to be adequate to reimburse us, on a replacement cost basis, for costs incurred to repair or rebuild each property, including loss of rental income during the reconstruction period. However, we may be subject to certain types of losses that are generally uninsured losses, including, but not limited to losses caused by riots, war or acts of God. In the event of substantial property loss, the insurance coverage may not be sufficient to pay the full current market value or current replacement cost of the property. In the event of an uninsured loss, we could lose some or all of our capital investment, cash flow and anticipated profits related to one or more properties. Inflation, changes in building codes and ordinances, environmental considerations and other factors also might make it not feasible to use insurance proceeds to replace a property after it has been damaged or destroyed. Under such circumstances, the insurance proceeds we receive might not be adequate to restore our economic position with respect to such property, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our business could be materially adversely affected by security breaches through cyber-attacks, cyber intrusions or otherwise.
We face risks associated with security breaches, whether through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusions, malware, computer viruses, business email compromise, compromised vendor software, attachments to e-mails, persons inside our organization or persons with access to systems inside our organization and other significant disruptions of our information technology networks and related systems, which are essential to the operation of our business. These risks include potential operational interruptions, fraudulent transfer of assets or unauthorized access to and exposure of valuable and confidential data, ransom costs, increased cybersecurity protection and insurance costs, litigation and remediation costs and damage to our relationships with our tenants, among other things. There can be no assurance that our efforts to maintain the security and integrity of our information technology networks and related systems will be effective. A security breach involving our information technology networks and related systems could disrupt our operations in numerous ways that may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The obligations and requirements to which we are subject as a public company are extensive and will increase when we no longer qualify as an “emerging growth company.”
As a public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Act and are required to prepare our financial statements in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC. These and other public company obligations and requirements place significant demands on our management, administrative and operational resources, including accounting and information technology resources. If we are unable to satisfy these compliance obligations in a timely and effective fashion, our ability to comply with our financial reporting requirements and other rules that apply to reporting companies could be impaired and our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations could be harmed.
As of the date of filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we qualify as an “emerging growth company.” As such, we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that apply to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including, but not limited to, compliance with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the requirements to hold a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and any golden parachute payments not previously approved. These exemptions will expire no later than December 31, 2026 (the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the first sale of our common equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act), at which time our public company compliance demands and costs will increase. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we will rely on the exemptions available to us as an emerging growth company. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.
Our business could be adversely impacted if there are deficiencies in our disclosure controls and procedures or internal control over financial reporting.
The design and effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting may not prevent all errors, misstatements or misrepresentations. While management will continue to review the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting, there can be no assurance that our internal control over financial reporting will be effective in accomplishing all control objectives all of the time. Even if we continue to conclude that our internal control over financial reporting provides reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect fraud or misstatements. Failure to implement or maintain required controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation or maintenance, could harm our results of operations or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. If we or our independent registered public accounting firm discover a material weakness in our internal control, the disclosure of that fact, even if quickly remedied, could reduce the market’s confidence in our financial statements and harm our stock price. In addition, a delay in compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could subject us to a variety of administrative sanctions, including ineligibility for short form resale registration, action by the SEC, the suspension or delisting of our common stock from and the inability of registered broker-dealers to make a market in our common stock, which would further reduce our stock price and could harm our business.
The success of our business depends on retaining officers and employees.
Our continued success depends to a significant degree upon the contributions of certain key personnel including, but not limited to, Paul H. McDowell, our Chief Executive Officer, who would be difficult to replace. We cannot provide any assurance that Mr. McDowell or any of our other key personnel will remain employed by us. Our ability to retain such individuals, or to attract a suitable replacement should he leave, is dependent on the competitive nature of the employment market. The loss of services of Mr. McDowell or other key personnel may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. No assurance can be given that we will be able to retain key employees, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Failure to hedge effectively against interest rate changes may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The interest rate hedge instruments we have used and may continue to use to manage some of our exposure to interest rate volatility involve risk, such as the risk that counterparties may fail to honor their obligations under these arrangements. Failure to hedge effectively against such interest rate changes may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We may amend our investment strategy and business policies without stockholder approval.
Our Board of Directors may change our investment strategy or any of our investment guidelines, financing strategy or leverage policies with respect to investments, developments, acquisitions, growth, operations, indebtedness, capitalization and dividends at any time without the consent of our stockholders, which could result in an investment portfolio with a different risk profile. Such a change in our strategy may increase our exposure to interest rate risk, default risk and real estate market fluctuations, among other risks. These changes could adversely affect our ability to pay dividends to our stockholders and may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The Revolving Facility may limit our ability to pay dividends on our common stock, including repurchasing shares of our common stock.
Under the credit agreement governing the Revolving Facility, our dividends may not exceed the greater of (1) 100% of our adjusted funds available for distribution (as defined in the credit agreement), and (2) the amount required for us to maintain our qualification as a REIT. Any inability to pay dividends may negatively impact our REIT status or could cause stockholders to sell shares of our common stock, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The market price of our common stock may vary substantially.
The market price of our common stock may fluctuate widely as a result of a number of factors, many of which are outside of our control. In addition, the stock market is subject to fluctuations in share prices and trading volumes that affect the market prices of the shares of many companies. These fluctuations in the stock market may adversely affect the market price of our common stock. Among the factors that could affect the market price of our common stock are:
•actual or anticipated quarterly fluctuations in our business, financial condition and operating results;
•changes in revenues or earnings estimates or publication of research reports and recommendations by financial analysts or actions taken by rating agencies with respect to our securities or those of other REITs;
•the ability of our tenants to pay rent to us and meet their other obligations to us under current lease terms;
•our ability to re-lease spaces as leases expire;
•our ability to extend or refinance our indebtedness as it matures;
•any changes in our dividend policy;
•any future issuances of equity securities;
•strategic actions by us or our competitors, such as acquisitions or restructurings;
•general economic, political and financial market conditions and, in particular, developments related to market conditions for the real estate industry; and
•domestic and international economic factors unrelated to our performance.
Risks Related to Our Status as a REIT
Our failure to maintain our qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes could have a material adverse effect on us.
We have elected to be taxed as a REIT and believe we have been organized and have operated in a manner that has allowed us to qualify and to remain qualified as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes commencing with our initial taxable year ended December 31, 2021. We have not requested and do not plan to request a ruling from the IRS that we qualify as a REIT and the statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are not binding on the IRS or any court. Therefore, we cannot guarantee that we have qualified as a REIT or that we will remain qualified as such in the future. If we fail to maintain our qualification as a REIT or lose our REIT status, we will face significant tax consequences that would substantially reduce our cash available for distribution to our stockholders for each of the years involved because:
•we would not be allowed a deduction for dividends paid to stockholders in computing our taxable income and would be subject to regular U.S. federal corporate income tax;
•we 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 stockholders. In addition, if we fail to maintain our qualification as a REIT, we will not be required to make distributions to our stockholders. As a result of all these factors, our failure to qualify as a REIT also could impair our ability to expand our business and raise capital and could materially and adversely affect the trading price 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 determination of various factual matters and circumstances not entirely within our control may affect our ability to qualify 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 common stock, requirements regarding the composition of our assets and a requirement that at least 95% of our gross income in any year must be derived from qualifying sources, such as “rents from real property.” Also, we must make distributions to stockholders aggregating annually at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and excluding any net capital gains. In addition, legislation, new regulations, administrative interpretations or court decisions may materially and 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 remain qualified 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 income tax as regular corporations in the jurisdictions in which they operate.
If either Realty Income or VEREIT failed to qualify as a REIT during certain periods prior to the Distribution, we would be prevented from electing to qualify as a REIT.
Under applicable Treasury Regulations, if Realty Income or VEREIT failed to qualify as a REIT during certain periods prior to the Distribution, unless Realty Income’s or VEREIT’s failure was subject to relief under U.S. federal income tax laws, we would be prevented from electing to qualify as a REIT prior to the fifth calendar year following the year in which Realty Income or VEREIT failed to qualify.
If certain of our subsidiaries, including our operating partnership, fail to qualify as partnerships or disregarded entities for federal income tax purposes, we would cease to qualify as a REIT and would suffer other adverse consequences.
One or more of our subsidiaries may be treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes and, therefore, will not be subject to federal income tax on its income. Instead, each of its partners or its members, as applicable, which may include us, will be allocated, and may be required to pay tax with respect to, such partner’s or member’s share of its income. We cannot assure you that the IRS will not challenge the status of any subsidiary partnership or limited liability company in which we own an interest as a disregarded entity or partnership for federal income tax purposes, or that a court would not sustain such a challenge. If the IRS were successful in treating any subsidiary partnership or limited liability company as an entity taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes, we could 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 any subsidiary partnerships or limited liability company to qualify as a disregarded entity or partnership for applicable income tax purposes 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 or members, including us.
Any taxable REIT subsidiaries owned by us are subject to corporate-level taxes and our dealings with our taxable REIT subsidiaries may be subject to 100% excise tax.
A REIT may own up to 100% of the stock of one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries. Both the subsidiary and the REIT must jointly elect to treat the subsidiary as a taxable REIT subsidiary. A corporation of which a taxable REIT subsidiary directly or indirectly owns more than 35% of the voting power or value of the stock will automatically be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary. Overall, no more than 20% of the gross value of a REIT’s assets may consist of stock or securities of one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries. In addition, the taxable REIT subsidiary rules limit the deductibility of amounts paid or accrued by a taxable REIT subsidiary to its parent REIT to assure that the taxable REIT subsidiary is subject to an appropriate level of corporate taxation. The rules also impose a 100% excise tax on certain transactions between a taxable REIT subsidiary and its parent REIT that are not conducted on an arm’s length basis.
Taxable REIT subsidiaries that we own or may form will pay federal, state and local income tax on their taxable income, and their after-tax net income will be available for distribution to us but will not be required to be distributed to us, unless
necessary to maintain our REIT qualification. In certain circumstances, the ability of our taxable REIT subsidiaries to deduct interest expenses for U.S. federal income tax purposes may be limited. While we plan to monitor the aggregate value of the securities of our taxable REIT subsidiaries and intend to conduct our affairs so that such securities will represent less than 20% of the value of our total assets, there can be no assurance that we will be able to comply with the taxable REIT subsidiary limitation or avoid the application of the 100% excise tax discussed above in all market conditions.
Distribution requirements imposed by law limit our flexibility.
To maintain our status as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, we generally are required to distribute to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and excluding any net capital gains, each year. We also are subject to tax at regular corporate rates to the extent that we distribute less than 100% of our taxable income (including net capital gains) each year.
In addition, we are subject to a 4% non-deductible excise tax to the extent that we fail to distribute during any calendar year at least the sum of 85% of our ordinary income for that calendar year, 95% of our capital gain net income for the calendar year, and any amount of that income that was not distributed in prior years.
We intend to continue to make distributions to our stockholders to comply with the distribution requirements of the Code as well as to reduce our exposure to federal income taxes and the non-deductible excise tax. Differences in timing between the receipt of income and the payment of expenses to arrive at taxable income, along with the effect of required debt amortization payments, could require us to borrow funds to meet the distribution requirements that are necessary to achieve the tax benefits associated with qualifying as a REIT.
We may make distributions on our common stock in common stock and/or cash. Our stockholders may sell shares of our common stock to pay tax on such dividends, placing downward pressure on the market price of our common stock.
In order to satisfy our REIT distribution requirements, we are permitted, subject to certain conditions and limitations, to make distributions that are in part payable in shares of our common stock. Distributions of cash and common stock will be treated as dividends to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits, as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, stockholders may be required to pay income tax with respect to such dividends in excess of the cash received in the distribution. If a stockholder sells shares of our stock 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 the stock at the time of the sale. Moreover, if a significant number of our stockholders sell shares of our stock to pay such taxes, it may cause the stock distribution to be viewed as economically equivalent to a dividend reduction and put downward pressure on the market price of our stock. Furthermore, we may be required to withhold federal income tax with respect to dividends paid to certain non-U.S. stockholders, including dividends payable in our stock.
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 in inventory 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 inventory held for sale to customers in the ordinary course of our business, 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.
Legislative or other actions affecting REITs could have a negative effect on us or our investors.
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 us or our investors, including holders of our common stock or debt securities. We cannot predict how changes in the tax laws might affect us or our investors. 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 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.
Risks Related to an Investment in Our Common Stock
Limitations on the ownership of our common stock and other provisions of our charter may preclude the acquisition or change of control of our Company.
Certain provisions contained in our charter and certain provisions of Maryland law may have the effect of discouraging a third party from making an acquisition proposal for us and may thereby inhibit a change of control. Provisions of our charter are designed to assist us in maintaining our qualification as a REIT under the Code by preventing concentrated ownership of our capital stock that might jeopardize REIT qualification. Among other things, unless exempted by our Board of Directors, no person may actually or constructively own more than 9.8% of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of our common stock by value or by number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, or 9.8% of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of all classes and series of our outstanding stock by value. Our Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, grant exemptions to the stock ownership limits, subject to such conditions and the receipt by our Board of Directors of certain representations and undertakings.
In addition to these ownership limits, our charter also prohibits any person from:
•beneficially or constructively owning, as determined by applying certain attribution rules of the Code, shares of our capital stock that would result in us being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code;
•transferring our capital stock if such transfer would result in our stock being owned by fewer than 100 persons (determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code);
•beneficially or constructively owning shares of our capital stock to the extent such ownership would result in us owning (directly or indirectly) an interest in a tenant if the income derived by us from that tenant for our taxable year during which such determination is being made would reasonably be expected to equal or exceed the lesser of one percent of our gross income or an amount that would cause us to fail to satisfy any of the REIT gross income requirements; and
•beneficially or constructively owning shares of our capital stock that would cause us otherwise to fail to qualify as a REIT.
If any transfer of our shares of stock occurs which, if effective, would result in any person beneficially or constructively owning shares of stock in excess, or in violation, of the above transfer or ownership limitations (such person, a prohibited owner), then that number of shares of stock, the beneficial or constructive ownership of which otherwise would cause such person to violate the transfer or ownership limitations (rounded up to the nearest whole share), will be automatically transferred to a charitable trust for the exclusive benefit of a charitable beneficiary, and the prohibited owner will not acquire any rights in such shares. If the transfer to the charitable trust would not be effective for any reason to prevent the violation of the above transfer or ownership limitations, then the transfer of that number of shares of our capital stock that otherwise would cause any person to violate the above limitations will be void. The prohibited owner will not benefit economically from ownership of any shares of our capital stock held in the charitable trust, will have no rights to dividends or other distributions and will not possess any rights to vote or other rights attributable to the shares of our capital stock held in the charitable trust.
Generally, the ownership limits imposed under the Code are based upon direct or indirect ownership by “individuals,” but only during the last half of a taxable year. The ownership limits contained in our charter are based upon direct or indirect ownership at any time by any “person,” which term includes entities. These ownership limitations in our charter are common in REIT governing documents and are intended to provide added assurance of compliance with the tax law requirements, and to minimize administrative burdens. However, the ownership limits on our common stock also might delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change in control of our company that might involve a premium price for shares of our common stock or otherwise be in the best interest of our stockholders.
Furthermore, under our charter, our Board of Directors has the authority to classify and reclassify any of our unissued shares of capital stock into shares of capital stock with such preferences, rights, powers and restrictions as our Board of Directors may determine. The authorization and issuance of a new class of capital stock could have the effect of delaying or preventing someone from taking control of us, even if a change in control were in our stockholders’ best interests, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Maryland law may limit the ability of a third party to acquire control of us.
The Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”) provides protection for Maryland corporations against unsolicited takeovers by limiting, among other things, the duties of the directors in unsolicited takeover situations. The duties of directors of Maryland corporations do not require them to:
•accept, recommend or respond to any proposal by a person seeking to acquire control of the corporation;
•authorize the corporation to redeem any rights under, or modify or render inapplicable, any stockholder rights plan;
•make a determination under the Maryland Business Combination Act; or
•act or fail to act solely because of the effect the act or failure to act may have on an acquisition or potential acquisition of control of the corporation or the amount or type of consideration that may be offered or paid to the stockholders in an acquisition.
Moreover, under the MGCL, the act of a director of a Maryland corporation relating to or affecting an acquisition or potential acquisition of control is not subject to any higher duty or greater scrutiny than is applied to any other act of a director. The MGCL also contains a statutory presumption that an act of a director of a Maryland corporation satisfies the applicable standards of conduct for directors under the MGCL.
The MGCL also provides that unless exempted, certain Maryland corporations may not engage in business combinations, including mergers, dispositions of 10% or more of its assets, certain issuances of shares of stock and other specified transactions, with an “interested stockholder” or an affiliate of an interested stockholder for five years after the most recent date on which the interested stockholder became an interested stockholder, and thereafter unless specified criteria are met. An interested stockholder is generally a person owning or controlling, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the voting power of the outstanding stock of the Maryland corporation, unless the stock had been obtained in a transaction approved by its Board of Directors. These and other provisions of the MGCL could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or other change in control, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Market interest rates may have an effect on the value of our common stock.
One of the factors that will influence the price of our common stock will be its dividend yield, or the dividend per share as a percentage of the price of our common stock, relative to market interest rates. If market interest rates remain elevated or increase, prospective purchasers of our common stock may expect a higher dividend yield, and higher interest rates would likely increase our borrowing costs and potentially decrease funds available for distribution. If market interest rates increase and we are unable to increase our dividend in response, including due to an increase in borrowing costs, insufficient funds available for distribution or otherwise, investors may seek alternative investments with a higher dividend yield, which would result in selling pressure on, and a decrease in the market price of, our common stock. As a result, the price of our common stock may decrease as market interest rates increase, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The number of shares of our common stock available for future issuance or sale could adversely affect the per share trading price of our common stock and may be dilutive to current stockholders.
Our charter authorizes our Board of Directors to, among other things, issue additional shares of our common stock without stockholder approval. In addition, our Board of Directors has the power under our charter to amend our charter to increase (or decrease) the number of authorized shares of our stock of any class from time to time, without approval of our stockholders. We cannot predict whether future issuances or sales of shares of our common stock, or the availability of shares for resale in the open market, will decrease the per share trading price of our common stock. The issuance of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the open market or the issuance of a substantial number of shares of our common stock upon the exercise of the warrants granted to affiliates of Arch Street Capital Partners in connection with the Distribution or the exchange of OP units or other securities exchangeable or convertible into shares of our common stock, or the perception that such issuances might occur, could adversely affect the per share trading price of our common stock. In addition, any such issuance could dilute our existing stockholders’ interests in our company. In addition, we have adopted an equity compensation plan, and we have issued and expect to continue to issue shares of our common stock or grant equity incentive awards exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into shares of our common stock under the plan. Future issuances of shares of our common stock may be dilutive to existing stockholders, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Future offerings of debt securities, which would be senior to our common stock upon liquidation, or preferred equity securities which may be senior to our common stock for purposes of dividends or upon liquidation, may materially adversely affect the per share trading price of our common stock.
In the future, we may attempt to increase our capital resources by making additional offerings of debt or equity securities (or causing Orion OP to issue such debt securities), including medium-term notes, senior or subordinated notes and additional classes or series of preferred stock. Upon liquidation, holders of our debt securities and shares of preferred stock or preferred units and lenders with respect to other borrowings will be entitled to receive our available assets prior to distribution of such assets to holders of our common stock. Additionally, any convertible or exchangeable securities that we may issue in the future may have rights, preferences and privileges more favorable than those of our common stock and may result in dilution to owners of our common stock. Holders of our common stock are not entitled to preemptive rights or other protections against dilution. Any shares of preferred stock or preferred units that we issue in the future could have a preference on liquidating distributions or a preference on dividends that could limit our ability to pay dividends to the holders of our common stock. Because our decision to issue securities in any future offering will depend on market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of our future offerings. Any such future offerings may reduce the per share trading price of our common stock, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our ability to pay dividends is limited by the requirements of Maryland law.
Our ability to pay dividends on our common stock is limited by Maryland law. Under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation, including Orion, generally may not pay a dividend if, after giving effect to the dividend, the corporation would not be able to pay its debts as such debts become due in the ordinary course of business or the corporation’s total assets would be less than the sum of its total liabilities plus, unless the corporation’s charter permits otherwise, the amount that would be needed, if the corporation were dissolved at the time of the dividend, to satisfy the preferential rights upon dissolution of stockholders whose preferential rights are superior to those receiving the dividend. If we are unable to pay dividends, or our ability to pay dividends is limited, investors may seek alternative investments, which would result in selling pressure on, and a decrease in the market price of, our common stock. As a result, the price of our common stock may decrease, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We may change our dividend policy.
Future dividends will be declared and paid at the discretion of our Board of Directors, and the amount and timing of dividends will depend upon cash generated by operating activities, our business, financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, annual distribution requirements under the REIT provisions of the Code, and such other factors as our Board of Directors deems relevant. Our Board of Directors may change our dividend policy at any time, and there can be no assurance as to the manner in which future dividends will be paid or that the current dividend level will be maintained in future periods. Any reduction in our dividends may cause investors to seek alternative investments, which would result in selling pressure on, and a decrease in the market price of, our common stock. As a result, the price of our common stock may decrease, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
None.

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
Item 2. Properties.
The Company leases its corporate office space, including its corporate headquarters, which is located in Phoenix, Arizona. As of December 31, 2024, the Company owned 69 operating properties with an aggregate of 7.9 million leasable square feet located in 29 states, with an occupancy rate of 73.0% and a weighted-average remaining lease term of 5.2 years. Including the Company’s proportionate share of leasable square feet and annualized base rent from the Arch Street Joint Venture, it owned an aggregate of 8.1 million leasable square feet, with an occupancy rate of 73.7%, or 73.1% adjusted for two operating properties that are currently under agreements to be sold, and a weighted-average remaining lease term of 5.2 years as of December 31, 2024. See Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation for more information about the Company’s properties and see Note 6 - Debt, Net for more information about mortgages and other indebtedness related to the Company’s properties.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, we split the properties located in Amherst, New York and Denver, Colorado, each containing two buildings, into four separate properties for reporting purposes. Also during the year ended December 31, 2024, we commenced classifying certain of our properties which are being repositioned, redeveloped, developed or held for sale as non-operating properties rather than operating properties, resulting in seven properties being removed from the presentation of the Company’s portfolio of operating properties as of December 31, 2024.
Tenant Industry Diversification
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the tenant industry concentrations in our operating property portfolio, including our proportionate share of square feet and annualized base rent from properties owned by the Arch Street Joint Venture, as of December 31, 2024 (dollars and square feet in thousands):
Industry Number of Leases (1)
Occupied Square Feet % of Total Rentable Square Feet Annualized Base Rent % of Total Annualized Base Rent
Government & Public Services 17 769 9.5 % $ 20,179 16.8 %
Health Care Equipment & Services 10 846 10.4 % 16,158 13.4 %
Financial Institutions 2 546 6.7 % 13,772 11.4 %
Capital Goods 10 846 10.4 % 13,207 11.0 %
Consumer Durables & Apparel 3 375 4.6 % 8,971 7.5 %
Materials 5 462 5.7 % 8,378 7.0 %
Telecommunication Services 5 420 5.2 % 7,202 6.0 %
Energy 1 309 3.8 % 5,866 4.9 %
Commercial & Professional Services 10 281 3.5 % 5,516 4.6 %
Software & Services 3 263 3.3 % 5,056 4.2 %
Top Ten Tenant Industries 66 5,117 63.1 % 104,305 86.8 %
Remaining Tenant Industries:
Transportation 4 279 3.5 % 4,536 3.8 %
Media & Entertainment 2 264 3.3 % 3,803 3.2 %
Insurance 1 116 1.4 % 3,671 3.0 %
Retailing 3 157 1.9 % 3,368 2.8 %
Utilities 1 25 0.3 % 394 0.3 %
Restaurant 4 15 0.2 % 168 0.1 %
Real Estate 1 2 - % 48 - %
Total 82 5,975 73.7 % $ 120,293 100.0 %
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(1)The Company has certain operating properties that are subject to multiple leases.
Geographic Diversification
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the geographic concentrations (by state) in our operating property portfolio, including our proportionate share of square feet and annualized base rent from properties owned by the Arch Street Joint Venture, as of December 31, 2024 (dollars and square feet in thousands):
Location Number of Properties Rentable Square Feet % of Total Rentable Square Feet Annualized Base Rent % of Total Annualized Base Rent
Texas 15 1,352 16.7 % $ 19,910 16.5 %
New Jersey 3 714 8.8 % 15,023 12.5 %
Kentucky 2 458 5.6 % 10,470 8.7 %
Colorado 4 452 5.6 % 8,581 7.1 %
California 4 341 4.2 % 8,144 6.8 %
Oklahoma 3 585 7.2 % 7,017 5.8 %
New York 6 781 9.6 % 6,151 5.1 %
Maryland 2 236 2.9 % 4,756 4.0 %
Tennessee 4 240 3.0 % 4,708 3.9 %
Georgia 3 284 3.5 % 4,669 3.9 %
Top Ten States 46 5,443 67.1 % 89,429 74.3 %
Remaining States:
Virginia 2 240 3.0 % 4,623 3.8 %
Missouri 2 207 2.5 % 2,981 2.5 %
South Carolina 1 64 0.8 % 2,513 2.1 %
Ohio 2 169 2.1 % 2,463 2.0 %
Rhode Island 2 206 2.5 % 2,446 2.0 %
Wisconsin 1 155 1.9 % 2,357 2.0 %
Illinois 2 163 2.0 % 2,240 1.9 %
Iowa 2 92 1.1 % 2,001 1.7 %
West Virginia 1 63 0.8 % 1,457 1.2 %
Nebraska 2 180 2.2 % 1,411 1.2 %
Pennsylvania 2 233 2.9 % 1,345 1.1 %
Oregon 1 69 0.9 % 1,165 1.0 %
Kansas 2 196 2.4 % 1,075 0.9 %
Massachusetts 2 378 4.7 % 742 0.6 %
Idaho 1 35 0.4 % 741 0.6 %
Indiana 1 83 1.0 % 581 0.5 %
Minnesota 1 39 0.5 % 493 0.4 %
Florida 1 6 0.1 % 230 0.2 %
Arizona 1 91 1.1 % - - %
Total 75 8,112 100.0 % $ 120,293 100.0 %
Tenant Diversification
The following table sets forth certain information regarding tenants comprising over one percent of annualized base rent in our operating property portfolio, including our proportionate share of square feet and annualized base rent from properties owned by the Arch Street Joint Venture, as of December 31, 2024 (dollars and square feet in thousands):
Tenant Number of Leases Occupied Square Feet % of Total Rentable Square Feet Annualized Base Rent % of Total Annualized Base Rent
General Services Administration 15 725 8.9 % $ 19,631 16.3 %
Bank of America 1 482 5.9 % 11,260 9.4 %
Coterra Energy 1 309 3.8 % 5,866 4.9 %
Cigna/Express Scripts 2 274 3.4 % 4,770 4.0 %
MDC Holdings Inc. 1 144 1.8 % 4,473 3.7 %
T-Mobile 3 217 2.7 % 4,065 3.4 %
Charter Communications 2 264 3.3 % 3,803 3.2 %
Banner Life Insurance 1 116 1.4 % 3,670 3.1 %
Encompass Health 1 65 0.8 % 3,575 3.0 %
Collins Aerospace 1 207 2.6 % 3,440 2.9 %
Top Ten Tenants 28 2,803 34.6 % 64,553 53.9 %
Remaining Tenants:
Home Depot/HD Supply 2 153 1.9 % 3,292 2.7 %
AT&T 1 203 2.5 % 3,137 2.6 %
Ingram Micro 1 170 2.1 % 2,985 2.5 %
Linde 1 175 2.2 % 2,800 2.3 %
Maximus 2 168 2.1 % 2,610 2.2 %
Citigroup 1 64 0.8 % 2,513 2.1 %
Hasbro 1 136 1.7 % 2,446 2.0 %
Valent U.S.A. 1 97 1.2 % 2,417 2.0 %
CVS/Aetna 1 127 1.6 % 2,403 2.0 %
GE Vernova 1 152 1.9 % 2,055 1.7 %
Pulte Mortgage 1 95 1.2 % 2,053 1.7 %
NetJets 1 140 1.7 % 2,015 1.7 %
Elementis 1 66 0.8 % 1,980 1.6 %
Day Pitney 1 56 0.7 % 1,783 1.5 %
FedEx 1 90 1.1 % 1,744 1.4 %
AGCO 1 126 1.6 % 1,607 1.3 %
Intermec 1 81 1.0 % 1,503 1.2 %
Abbott Laboratories 1 131 1.6 % 1,412 1.2 %
Becton Dickinson 1 72 0.9 % 1,397 1.2 %
Ifm Efector 1 45 0.6 % 1,345 1.1 %
Peraton 1 33 0.4 % 1,184 1.0 %
Total 51 5,183 64.2 % $ 109,234 90.9 %
Lease Expirations
The following table sets forth certain information regarding scheduled lease expirations in our operating property portfolio, including our proportionate share of square feet and annualized base rent from properties owned by the Arch Street Joint Venture, as of December 31, 2024 (dollars and square feet in thousands):
Year of Expiration Number of Leases
Expiring (1)
Occupied
Square Feet % of Total Rentable Square Feet Annualized Base Rent % of Total Annualized Base Rent
2025 9 859 10.6 % $ 16,200 13.5 %
2026 15 688 8.5 % 15,572 12.9 %
2027 13 973 12.0 % 16,524 13.7 %
2028 12 992 12.2 % 21,091 17.5 %
2029 5 398 4.9 % 6,174 5.1 %
2030 6 214 2.7 % 7,094 5.9 %
2031 1 11 0.1 % 431 0.4 %
2032 3 300 3.7 % 3,875 3.2 %
2033 3 358 4.4 % 6,364 5.3 %
2034 4 172 2.1 % 2,532 2.1 %
Thereafter 11 1,010 12.5 % 24,436 20.4 %
Total 82 5,975 73.7 % $ 120,293 100.0 %
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(1)The Company has certain operating properties that are subject to multiple leases.
Operating Property Type
The following table sets forth certain information regarding property types in our operating property portfolio, including our proportionate share of square feet and annualized base rent from properties owned by the Arch Street Joint Venture, as of December 31, 2024 (dollars and square feet in thousands):
Property Type Number of Properties Rentable Square Feet % of Total Rentable Square Feet Annualized Base Rent % of Total Annualized Base Rent
Traditional Office 46 6,081 75.0 % 82,001 68.2 %
Governmental 16 789 9.7 % 20,269 16.8 %
Flex/Industrial 7 819 10.1 % 8,238 6.8 %
Flex/Laboratory and R&D 4 268 3.3 % 6,210 5.2 %
Medical Office 2 155 1.9 % 3,575 3.0 %
Total 75 8,112 100.0 % 120,293 100.0 %

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
As of December 31, 2024, we are not a party to, and none of our properties are subject to, any material pending legal proceedings.

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ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
PART II

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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Market Information
The Company’s common stock trades on the NYSE under the trading symbol “ONL”. The Company’s common stock began trading on the NYSE on November 15, 2021.
Stock Price Performance Graph
Set forth below is a line graph comparing the cumulative total stockholder return on the Company’s common stock, based on the market price of the common stock and assuming reinvestment of dividends, with the Russell 2000 Index and the FTSE National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts All Equity Office REITs Index (“FTSE Nareit All Equity Office REITs Index”) for the period commencing November 15, 2021 and ending December 31, 2024. The graph assumes an investment of $100 on November 15, 2021.
The graph above and the accompanying text are not “soliciting material,” are not deemed filed with the SEC and are not to be incorporated by reference in any filing by us under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any such filing. In addition, the stock price performance in the graph above is not indicative of future stock price performance.
Distributions
Our future distributions may vary and will be determined by the Company’s Board of Directors based upon the circumstances prevailing at the time, including our financial condition, operating results, estimated taxable income and REIT distribution requirements, and may be adjusted at the discretion of the Board of Directors. The Company’s Board of Directors declared and paid a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share for each of the four quarters of 2024. On March 4, 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.02 per share for the first quarter of 2025, payable on April 15, 2025 to stockholders of record as of March 31, 2025, representing a new annualized dividend rate of $0.08 per share. This change in dividend policy will enable us to retain approximately $17.9 million of cash annually. The new policy is also consistent with our strategy shift as we seek the lowest cost of funds to maintain and grow existing tenancy, continue to shift towards more dedicated use assets and efficiently refinance our debt obligations as they come due.
As of February 28, 2025, the Company had approximately 8,986 stockholders of record of its common stock.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
None.
Issuer Repurchases of Equity Securities
On November 1, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $50.0 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock until December 31, 2025, as market conditions warrant (the “Share Repurchase Program”). Repurchases may be made through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, structured or derivative transactions, including accelerated stock repurchase transactions, or other methods of acquiring shares in accordance with applicable securities laws and other legal requirements. The Share Repurchase Program does not obligate the Company to make any repurchases at a specific time or in a specific situation. Repurchases are subject to prevailing market conditions, the trading price of the Company’s common stock, the Company’s liquidity and anticipated liquidity needs, financial performance and other conditions. Shares of common stock repurchased by the Company under the Share Repurchase Program, if any, will be returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares of common stock.
The Company did not purchase any shares under the Share Repurchase Program during the three months ended December 31, 2024. Since inception of the Share Repurchase Program, the Company has repurchased approximately 0.9 million shares of common stock, at a weighted average price of $5.46 for an aggregate purchase price of $5.0 million. As of December 31, 2024, the approximate dollar value of shares that remain available for repurchase under the Share Repurchase Program was $45.0 million.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Item 6. [Reserved]

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Orion Properties Inc. (the “Company,” “Orion,” “we,” or “us”) makes statements in this section that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. For a complete discussion of forward-looking statements, see the section in this report entitled “Forward-Looking Statements”. Certain risks may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the following discussion. For a complete discussion of such risk factors, see the section in this report entitled “Risk Factors”.
Overview
Orion is an internally managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”) engaged in the ownership, acquisition, and management of a diversified portfolio of office properties located in high-quality suburban markets across the United States and leased primarily on a single-tenant net lease basis to creditworthy tenants. Our portfolio is comprised of traditional office properties, as well as governmental, medical office, flex/laboratory and R&D and flex/industrial properties. On March 5, 2025, we changed our name from Orion Office REIT Inc. to Orion Properties Inc. to better describe our broader investment strategy to shift our portfolio concentration over time away from traditional office properties, towards more dedicated use assets that have an office component. We define dedicated use assets as those that include a substantial specialized use component such as government, medical, laboratory and research and development, and flex operations, and would therefore not be considered traditional office properties.
The Company was initially formed as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Realty Income Corporation (“Realty Income”). Following completion of the merger transaction involving Realty Income and VEREIT, Inc. (“VEREIT”) on November 1, 2021, Realty Income contributed the combined business comprising certain office real properties and related assets previously owned by subsidiaries of Realty Income, and certain office real properties and related assets previously owned by subsidiaries of VEREIT (the “Separation”), to the Company and its operating partnership, Orion Properties LP (“Orion OP”), and on November 12, 2021, effected a special distribution to its stockholders of all the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Distribution”).
Following the Distribution, we became an independent and publicly traded company, and our common stock, par value $0.001, trades on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “ONL.” The Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, commencing with its initial taxable year ended December 31, 2021.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, we split the properties located in Amherst, New York and Denver, Colorado, each containing two buildings, into four separate properties for reporting purposes. Also during the year ended December 31, 2024, we commenced classifying certain of our properties which are being repositioned, redeveloped, developed or held for sale as non-operating properties rather than operating properties, resulting in seven properties being removed from the presentation of the Company’s portfolio of operating properties as of December 31, 2024.
As of December 31, 2024, we owned and operated 69 operating properties with an aggregate of 7.9 million leasable square feet located in 29 states with an occupancy rate of 73.0% and a weighted-average remaining lease term of 5.2 years. We also owned a 20% equity interest in the Arch Street Joint Venture, which as of December 31, 2024, owned a portfolio of six properties with an aggregate of 1.0 million leasable square feet located in six states with an occupancy rate of 100% and a weighted-average remaining lease term of 5.2 years. Including our proportionate share of leasable square feet and annualized base rent from the Arch Street Joint Venture, we owned an aggregate of 8.1 million leasable square feet with an occupancy rate of 73.7%, or 73.1% adjusted for two operating properties that are currently under agreements to be sold, and a weighted-average remaining lease term of 5.2 years, as of December 31, 2024.
Executive Summary
The Company is a real estate investment trust that owns and operates primarily single tenant office properties in suburban locations leased to high credit quality tenants. Our largest tenant as measured by annualized base rent is the United States Government, representing 16.3% of our annualized base rent as of December 31, 2024. We were formed in 2021 and spun-off as an independent publicly traded company in November 2021, by our former parent company, Realty Income Corporation.
We continue to be significantly impacted by declining demand for office space which began with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. We have experienced significant lease expirations over the last few years, including 1.3 million square feet during the year ended December 31, 2024. This has resulted in declines in both our revenues and earnings since our spin-off from Realty Income. During the year ended December 31, 2024, our total revenues decreased $30.2 million, or 15.5%, versus the prior year, primarily driven by the impact of lease expirations. At the same time, our property operating expenses, which include taxes, insurance, utilities and repair and maintenance costs, have been increasing, primarily due to the impact of vacant property carrying costs. During the year ended December 31, 2024, our property operating expenses increased $4.4 million, or 7.2%, versus the prior year. As of December 31, 2024, we owned a total of 18 fully vacant properties, including seven non-operating properties, compared to 12 fully vacant properties owned as of December 31, 2023.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, office leasing market conditions began to improve and we completed the highest volume of lease renewals and new leases since our inception with approximately 1.1 million square feet, compared to approximately 0.3 million square feet during the year ended December 31, 2023, and 0.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2022.
We have agreed to provide rent concessions to tenants and incur leasing costs with respect to our properties, including amounts paid directly to tenants to improve their space and/or building systems, or tenant improvement allowances, landlord agreements to perform and pay for certain improvements, and leasing commissions. During year ended December 31, 2024, we made aggregate commitments for tenant improvement allowances and base building allowances, leasing commissions and free rent of $46.9 million, or $43.14 per rentable square foot leased. As of December 31, 2024, we had total outstanding commitments for rent concessions and leasing costs of approximately $95.9 million, including $64.3 million of tenant improvement allowances. The actual amount we pay for tenant improvement allowances may be lower than the amount agreed upon in the applicable lease and will depend upon the tenant’s use of the capital on the agreed upon timeline. We anticipate that we will continue to agree to tenant improvement allowances and to pay leasing commissions, the amount of which may increase in future periods.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, we completed our first property acquisition. We acquired the fee simple interest in one property and the improvements thereon comprised of a 97,000 square foot flex/laboratory/R&D facility in San Ramon, California for a gross purchase price of $34.6 million. This property is fully leased to a single tenant and had a remaining lease term of 15.0 years as of the acquisition date in September 2024. We financed this property with an $18.0 million, seven-year, 5.90% per annum fixed rate mortgage loan. We intend to shift our portfolio concentration over time away from traditional office properties, towards more dedicated use assets that have an office component. Our experience is that dedicated use assets have greater tenant utilization and higher renewal probability, given their generally specialized uses and general inability for the tenant’s employees to conduct business at these sites on a remote or hybrid basis. We define dedicated use assets as those that include a substantial specialized use component such as government, medical, laboratory and research and development, and flex operations, and would therefore not be considered traditional office properties. As of December 31, 2024, approximately 31.8% of our annualized base rent was derived from properties we deemed dedicated use assets, compared to 27.7% as of December 31, 2023.
We continued our efforts to divest of vacancies by closing on the sale of two properties totaling approximately 164,000 square feet for an aggregate gross sales price of $5.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2024. As of March 5, 2025, we had pending agreements in place to sell three additional vacant or soon to be vacant traditional office properties for an
aggregate gross sales price of $35.9 million. We expect to continue to selectively dispose of properties in our current portfolio if we determine that they do not fit our investment strategies. The sale of these assets will allow us to both reduce carry costs and avoid the uncertainty and significant capital expenditures associated with re-tenanting. Proceeds from the sale of real estate assets are expected to be redeployed to fund capital investment into our existing portfolio to further enhance the quality of our portfolio and stability of our cash flows, selective acquisitions and other general corporate purposes.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, we took certain steps to strengthen our balance sheet. This included rightsizing our revolving credit facility (“Revolving Facility”) to $350.0 million, through a $75.0 million capacity reduction, and exercising our option to extend the maturity date for 18 months, from November 12, 2024 to May 12, 2026. We have also maintained prudent leverage and liquidity. As of December 31, 2024, we had $492.0 million of consolidated debt outstanding, compared to $471.0 million as of December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2024, we had $15.6 million of cash and cash equivalents and $231.0 million of borrowing capacity under our Revolving Facility.
General and administrative expenses increased $1.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the prior year, primarily due to increased stock compensation expense. Beginning in 2025, we have made and intend to continue making various changes to our general and administrative costs such as restructuring the composition of the team and responsibilities to streamline operations and more efficiently managing general and administrative expenses. One of these changes is the retirement of Gary Landriau, our Chief Investment Officer, effective June 30, 2025. It is our intention to reallocate his responsibilities with the team already in place and we do not plan to replace the position. In order to allow for a smooth transition, Mr. Landriau will remain in a consulting role until January 31, 2026. Mr. Landriau’s retirement is estimated to result in approximately $1.0 million in annualized general and administrative expense savings. However, we cannot provide any assurance we will be successful in achieving this or any level of general and administrative expense savings.
Interest expense, net increased $3.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2024, as compared to the prior year, primarily due to higher interest rates, partially offset by lower outstanding debt. We expect our overall debt levels to increase as we continue to re-invest in our property portfolio and execute on our shift in portfolio concentration away from traditional office properties. We are also exposed to changes in market interest rates on our floating rate borrowings, including those under our Revolving Facility.
On March 4, 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.02 per share for the first quarter of 2025, payable on April 15, 2025 to stockholders of record as of March 31, 2025, representing a new annualized dividend rate of $0.08 per share. This change in dividend policy will enable us to retain approximately $17.9 million of cash annually. The new policy is also consistent with our strategy shift as we seek the lowest cost of funds to maintain and grow existing tenancy, continue to shift towards more dedicated use assets and efficiently refinance our debt obligations as they come due.
Factors That May Influence Our Operating Results and Financial Condition
Rental Revenues
Our operating results depend primarily upon generating rental revenue from the properties in our portfolio. The amount of rental revenue generated by these properties is affected by our ability to maintain or increase occupancy levels, which will depend upon our ability to re-lease expiring space at favorable rates (see “Economic Environment and Tenant Retention” below). In addition, we have agreed to provide rent concessions to tenants and incur leasing costs with respect to our properties, including amounts paid directly to tenants to improve their space and/or building systems, or tenant improvement allowances, landlord agreements to perform and pay for certain improvements, and leasing commissions, and we anticipate we will continue to do so in future periods (see “Leasing Activity and Capital Expenditures” below).
Economic Environment and Tenant Retention
Our portfolio comprises primarily single-tenant leases, and tenant retention remains a significant challenge, as we have faced and will continue to face significant lease expirations the next few years. For example, leases representing approximately 13.5% and 12.9% of our annualized base rent are scheduled to expire during 2025 and 2026, respectively, and we may be unable to renew leases or find replacement tenants. Certain changes in office space utilization, including increased remote and hybrid work arrangements and tenants consolidating their real estate footprint, continue to impact the office leasing market. The utilization and demand for office space continue to face headwinds and the duration and ultimate impact of current trends on the demands for office space at our properties remains uncertain and subject to change. Accordingly, we do not yet know what the full extent of the impacts will be on our or our tenants’ businesses and operations or the long-term outlook for leasing our properties. Higher interest rates, inflationary pressures, geopolitical hostilities and tensions, and concerns that the United States
economy may enter an economic recession have caused disruptions in the financial markets and these factors could adversely affect our and our tenants’ financial condition and the ability or willingness of our tenants to renew their leases or pay rent to us.
Our leasing and asset disposition activity since the completion of our distribution from Realty Income continues to be adversely impacted by a variety of market and property specific conditions. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the office leasing market has experienced significantly reduced demand for space and changes in space usage as tenants seek to attract employees back to the office, in newer, renovated properties with more amenities. As of December 31, 2024, 63.3%, 31.6% and 5.1% of our properties by rentable square feet were classified as class A, class B and class C, respectively, as determined primarily by the most recent appraisals of the properties. As of December 31, 2024, our class B and class C properties collectively included the following 10% or greater geographic concentrations as measured by rentable square feet: Texas (17.6%) and California (11.5%); and the following 10% or greater property type concentrations as measured by rentable square feet: traditional office (64.4%) and flex/industrial (20.6%). In the current office environment, class B and class C properties generally have been experiencing reduced demand and lease or sell at discounts to class A properties and our tenants and prospective new tenants across our portfolio sometimes compare the cost and the value of leasing space in our property to the value of newer space with more amenities asking higher rent in other properties in the market. The class of buildings we own may be negatively impacting our leasing velocity and pushing our leasing costs higher and may also be negatively impacting our sales price on non-core asset sales.
Indebtedness
We have incurred significant amounts of indebtedness and, therefore, are subject to the risks normally associated with debt financing, including that we may be unable to extend, refinance or repay our debt obligations as they come due. Deteriorating office fundamentals, high interest rates and market sentiment towards the office sector may restrict our access to, and increase our cost of, capital as we seek to extend, refinance or repay our debts. On May 16, 2024, we exercised our option to extend the maturity date of our senior revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”) for 18 months from November 12, 2024 to May 12, 2026.
Our nearest debt maturity is the non-recourse mortgage notes associated with the Arch Street Joint Venture, which are scheduled to mature on November 27, 2025. As of December 31, 2024, our proportionate share of the non-recourse mortgage notes associated with the Arch Street Joint Venture was $26.3 million. The Arch Street Joint Venture has one remaining one-year option to extend the maturity date until November 27, 2026, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, including satisfaction of certain financial and operating covenants. We cannot provide any assurance the Arch Street Joint Venture will be able to satisfy the extension conditions for the second loan extension or otherwise extend or refinance this debt obligation prior to maturity. If the Arch Street Joint Venture is unable to extend or refinance the mortgage notes, our investment in the Arch Street Joint Venture could be materially adversely affected. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors - Our partner in the Arch Street Joint Venture has not had access to sufficient liquidity to contribute its share of the capital requirements that have recently arisen, thereby exposing us to liabilities in excess of our share of the joint venture and other risks” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information related to the mortgage note associated with the Arch Street Joint Venture.
Property Acquisitions and Dispositions
We intend to shift our portfolio concentration over time away from traditional office properties, towards more dedicated use assets that have an office component. We expect to continue to selectively dispose of properties in our current portfolio if we determine that they do not fit our investment strategies. Proceeds from the sale of real estate assets are expected to be redeployed to fund capital investment into our existing portfolio to further enhance the quality of our portfolio and stability of our cash flows, selective acquisitions and other general corporate purposes. As part of our capital recycling efforts, we are seeking opportunities to invest in properties featuring, among other uses, government, medical, laboratory and research and development, and flex operations. We cannot provide any assurance as to whether we will be able to acquire new properties or sell non-core assets on favorable terms and in a timely manner, or at all. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors - We may be unable to successfully execute on our strategy to shift our portfolio concentration over time away from traditional office properties, towards more dedicated use assets” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for risks related to property acquisitions and dispositions.
Emerging Growth Company Status
We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”). As such, we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that apply to other public
companies that are not emerging growth companies, including compliance with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the requirements to hold a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we rely on the exemptions available to us as an emerging growth company. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.
In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company may take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period and, therefore, will not be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies until we can no longer avail ourselves of the exemptions applicable to emerging growth companies or until we affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of the extended transition period.
We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our annual gross revenues exceed $1.235 billion, (ii) the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of our common equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, (iii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur on the last day of the fiscal year in which the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700.0 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, or (iv) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three-year period. As of June 30, 2024, the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates was less than $700.0 million, and therefore, we expect to remain an “emerging growth company” at least until the next measuring date, which is June 30, 2025.
Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, include the accounts of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, including Orion OP, and a consolidated joint venture. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation.
Election as a REIT
The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2021. To maintain our qualification as a REIT, we must meet certain organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement to distribute annually at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, subject to certain adjustments and excluding any net capital gain, to stockholders. As a REIT, except as discussed below, we generally are not subject to federal income tax on taxable income that we distribute to our stockholders so long as we distribute at least 90% of our annual taxable income (computed without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains). REITs are subject to a number of other organizational and operational requirements. Even if we maintain our qualification for taxation as a REIT, we may become subject to certain state and local taxes on our income and property, and federal income taxes on certain income and excise taxes on our undistributed income.
Critical Accounting Estimates
Our accounting policies have been established to conform with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires us to use judgment in the application of accounting policies, including making estimates and assumptions. These judgments affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Management believes that we have made these estimates and assumptions in an appropriate manner and in a way that accurately reflects our financial condition. We continually test and evaluate these estimates and assumptions using our historical knowledge of the business, expectations and projections regarding future events and plans, as well as other factors, to ensure that they are reasonable for reporting purposes. However, actual results may differ from these estimates and assumptions. If our judgment or interpretation of the facts and circumstances relating to the various transactions had been different, it is possible that different accounting estimates would have been applied, thus resulting in a different presentation of the financial statements. Additionally, other companies may utilize different assumptions or estimates that may impact comparability of our
results of operations to those of companies in similar businesses. We believe the critical accounting policies described below involve significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our financial statements, which should be read in conjunction with the more complete discussion of our accounting policies and procedures included in Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to our consolidated financial statements.
Real Estate Impairment
We invest in real estate assets and subsequently monitor those investments quarterly for impairment. The risks and uncertainties involved in applying the principles related to real estate impairment include, but are not limited to, the following:
•The review of impairment indicators and subsequent determination of the undiscounted future cash flows could require us to reduce the carrying value of assets and recognize an impairment loss.
•The evaluation of real estate assets for potential impairment requires our management to exercise significant judgment and make certain key assumptions, including the following: (1) capitalization rate; (2) discount rate; (3) number of years the property will be held; (4) property operating expenses; and (5) re-leasing assumptions including the number of months to re-lease, market rental revenue and required tenant improvements. There are inherent uncertainties in making these estimates such as market conditions and performance and sustainability of our tenants.
•Changes related to management’s intent to sell or lease the real estate assets used to develop the forecasted cash flows may have a material impact on our financial results.
Allocation of Purchase Price of Real Estate Assets
We generally account for acquisitions of properties as asset acquisitions and we measure the real estate assets acquired based on the purchase price or total consideration exchanged, inclusive of acquisition costs, and allocate the total consideration exchanged to tangible and intangible assets and liabilities based on their respective estimated fair values. Tangible assets consist of land, buildings, fixtures and improvements. Intangible assets and liabilities consist of any above-market and below-market leases, acquired in-place leases and other identified intangible assets and assumed liabilities (including ground leases, if applicable). Our purchase price allocations are developed utilizing third-party appraisal reports, industry standards and management experience. The risks and uncertainties involved in applying the principles related to purchase price allocations include, but are not limited to, the following:
•The value allocated to land, as opposed to buildings, fixtures and improvements, affects the amount and timing of depreciation expense we record. If more value is attributed to land, depreciation expense is lower than if more value is attributed to buildings, fixtures and improvements.
•Intangible lease assets and liabilities can be significantly affected by estimates, including market rent, lease term (including renewal options at rental rates below estimated market rental rates), carrying costs of the property during a hypothetical expected lease-up period, and current market conditions and costs, including tenant improvement allowances and rent concessions.
•If any financing is assumed, we determine whether such financing is above-market or below-market based upon comparison to similar financing terms for similar investment properties.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Recently issued accounting pronouncements are described in Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to our consolidated financial statements.
Significant Transactions Summary
Activity during the year ended December 31, 2024
Real Estate Operations
•On September 11, 2024, we acquired fee simple interest in one real property and the improvements thereon including a 97,000 square foot flex/laboratory/R&D facility in San Ramon, California for a gross purchase price of $34.6 million. This property is fully leased to a single tenant and had a remaining lease term of 15.0 years as of the acquisition date.
•During the year ended December 31, 2024, we closed on the sale of two vacant properties totaling approximately 164,000 square feet for an aggregate gross sales price of $5.3 million. As of March 5, 2025, we had pending agreements in place to sell three vacant or soon to be vacant traditional office properties for an aggregate gross sales price of $35.9 million. Our pending sale agreements are subject to a variety of conditions outside of our control, such as the buyer’s satisfactory completion of its due diligence and receipt of governmental approvals, and therefore, we cannot provide any assurance the transaction will close on the agreed upon price or other terms, or at all.
•During the year ended December 31, 2024, we completed approximately 1.1 million square feet of lease renewals and new leases across 12 different properties with a weighted average lease term of 7.9 years.
•During the year ended December 31, 2024, 11 leases expired consisting of 1.3 million square feet. As of December 31, 2024, we had a total of 11 fully vacant operating properties.
Debt
•On May 3, 2024, we entered into an amendment to the Credit Agreement (the “Third Amendment”), pursuant to which we have rightsized the Revolving Facility to $350.0 million through a $75.0 million-capacity reduction.
•On May 16, 2024, we exercised our option to extend the maturity date of our Revolving Facility for 18 months from November 12, 2024 to May 12, 2026.
•As of December 31, 2024, we had $231.0 million of borrowing capacity under the Revolving Facility and $119.0 million of outstanding borrowings thereunder. Our interest rate collar agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $60.0 million remain in effect until May 12, 2025.
•On November 7, 2024, we financed the San Ramon, California property with an $18.0 million, seven-year, 5.90% per annum fixed rate mortgage note.
•During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Arch Street Joint Venture elected its first option to extend the maturity date on its non-recourse mortgage notes for an additional 12 months from November 27, 2024 to November 27, 2025.
•On November 27, 2024, in connection with the extension, the Arch Street Joint Venture repaid $3.4 million of principal on its mortgage notes to satisfy the 60% maximum loan-to-value extension condition. We provided a member loan to the Arch Street Joint Venture of $1.4 million in connection with the partial repayment of the Arch Street Joint Venture mortgage notes. As of December 31, 2024, the outstanding principal associated with the Arch Street Joint Venture mortgage notes was $131.6 million, and our proportionate share was $26.3 million.
•During February 2025, we made an additional member loan of $8.3 million to fund leasing costs related to a lease extension that was completed for one of the properties in the Arch Street Joint Venture portfolio. As part of the terms of the recent extension of the Arch Street Joint Venture mortgage notes, the mortgage lender is expected to re-appraise the property where the lease was extended in February 2025, and we are also committed to make an additional member loan as and if needed to repay principal on the mortgage notes to continue to satisfy the 60% loan-to-value extension condition. Our member loan to the Arch Street Joint Venture, which had $9.2 million receivable as of March 5, 2025, earns interest at 15% per annum and is non-recourse and unsecured, and structurally subordinate to the Arch Street Joint Venture mortgage notes.
Equity
•The Company’s Board of Directors declared quarterly cash dividends of $0.10 per share for each of the four quarters of 2024, which were paid on April 15, 2024, July 15, 2024, October 15, 2024 and January 15, 2025.
•On March 4, 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.02 per share for the first quarter of 2025, payable on April 15, 2025 to stockholders of record as of March 31, 2025, representing a new annualized dividend rate of $0.08 per share. This change in dividend policy will enable us to retain approximately $17.9 million of cash annually. The new policy is also consistent with our strategy shift as we seek the lowest cost of funds to maintain and grow existing tenancy, continue to shift towards more dedicated use assets and efficiently refinance our debt obligations as they come due.
Portfolio Overview
Real Estate Portfolio Metrics
Our financial performance is impacted by the timing of acquisitions and dispositions and the operating performance of our properties. The following table shows the property statistics of our operating properties as of the periods indicated below, including our proportionate share of the applicable statistics of the properties owned by the Arch Street Joint Venture:
December 31, 2024 December 31, 2023
Portfolio Metrics
Operating properties (1)
69 75
Arch Street Joint Venture properties 6 6
Rentable square feet (in thousands) (1) (2)
8,112 8,884
Annualized base rent (in thousands) $120,293 $141,293
Occupancy rate (3)
73.7% 80.4%
Leased rate (4)
74.7% 80.4%
Investment-grade tenants (5)
74.4% 70.6%
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years) 5.2 4.0
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(1)During the year ended December 31, 2024, we split the properties located in Amherst, New York and Denver, Colorado, each containing two buildings, into four separate properties for reporting purposes. Also during the year ended December 31, 2024, we commenced classifying certain of our properties which are being repositioned, redeveloped, developed or held for sale as non-operating properties rather than operating properties, resulting in seven properties being removed from the presentation of the Company’s portfolio of operating properties and the associated rentable square feet as of December 31, 2024.
(2)Represents leasable square feet of operating properties and the Company’s proportionate share of leasable square feet of properties owned by the Arch Street Joint Venture.
(3)Occupancy rate equals the sum of occupied square feet divided by rentable square feet of operating properties. Adjusting for two operating properties that are currently under agreements to be sold, the occupancy rate as of December 31, 2024 equals 73.1%.
(4)Leased rate equals the sum of leased square feet divided by rentable square feet of operating properties.
(5)Based on annualized base rent of our real estate portfolio, including the Company’s proportionate share of annualized base rent for properties owned by the Arch Street Joint Venture, as of December 31, 2024. Investment-grade tenants are those with a credit rating of BBB- or higher by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC or a credit rating of Baa3 or higher by Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. The ratings may reflect those assigned by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC or Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. to the lease guarantor or the parent company, as applicable.
Operating Performance
In addition, management uses the following financial metrics to assess our operating performance (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Year Ended December 31,
2024 2023 2022
Financial Metrics
Total revenues $ 164,862 $ 195,041 $ 208,118
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $ (103,012) $ (57,302) $ (97,494)
Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders $ (1.84) $ (1.02) $ (1.72)
FFO attributable to common stockholders (1)
$ 47,078 $ 86,641 $ 99,657
FFO attributable to common stockholders per diluted share (1)
$ 0.84 $ 1.54 $ 1.76
Core FFO attributable to common stockholders (1)
$ 56,755 $ 94,770 $ 108,178
Core FFO attributable to common stockholders per diluted share (1)
$ 1.01 $ 1.68 $ 1.91
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(1)See the Non-GAAP Measures section below for descriptions of our non-GAAP measures and reconciliations to the most comparable U.S. GAAP measure.
Leasing Activity and Capital Expenditures
We remain highly focused on leasing activity, given the 5.2 year weighted-average remaining lease term and the significant lease maturities which will occur across the portfolio over the next few years. If our tenants decide not to renew their leases, terminate their leases early or default on their leases, we will seek to re-lease the space to new tenants. We may not, however, be able to re-lease the space to suitable replacement tenants on a timely basis, or at all. Our properties may not be as attractive to existing or new tenants as properties owned by our competitors due to age of buildings, physical condition, lack of amenities or other similar factors. Even if we are able to renew leases with existing tenants or enter into new leases with replacement tenants, the terms of renewals or new leases, including the cost of required renovations, improvements or concessions to tenants, may be less favorable to us than current lease terms. As a result, our net income and ability to pay dividends to stockholders could be materially adversely affected. Further, if any of our properties cannot be leased on terms and conditions favorable to us, we may seek to dispose of the property; however, such property may not be marketable at a suitable price without substantial capital improvements, alterations, or at all, which could inhibit our ability to effectively dispose of those properties and could require us to expend capital to fund necessary capital improvements or alterations. In general, when we sell properties that are vacant or soon to be vacant, the valuation will be discounted to reflect that the new owner will bear carrying costs until the property has been leased up and take the risk that the property may not be leased up on a timely basis, favorable terms or at all.
As an owner of commercial real estate, we are required to make capital expenditures with respect to our portfolio, which include normal building improvements to replace obsolete building components and expenditures to extend the useful life of existing assets and lease related expenditures to retain existing tenants or attract new tenants to our properties. We have agreed to provide rent concessions to tenants and incur leasing costs with respect to our properties, including amounts paid directly to tenants to improve their space and/or building systems, or tenant improvement allowances, landlord agreements to perform and pay for certain improvements, and leasing commissions. We anticipate that we will continue to agree to tenant improvement allowances, the amount of which may increase in future periods. These rent concessions and leasing costs could be significant and are expected to vary due to factors such as competitive market conditions for leasing of commercial office space and the volume of square footage subject to re-leasing by us.
As of December 31, 2024, we had the following estimated total outstanding rent concessions and leasing costs commitments (in thousands, except per square foot amounts):
Outstanding Amount Leased Square Feet (1)
Outstanding Amount Per Square Foot (1)
Rent concessions (2)
$ 17,275 971 $ 17.79
Tenant improvement allowances 64,274 1,785 $ 36.01
Reimbursable landlord work (3)
6,478 128 $ 50.61
Non-reimbursable landlord work (3)
7,577 482 $ 15.72
Leasing commissions 323 170 $ 1.90
Total $ 95,927 2,166 $ 44.29
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(1)Certain leases may contain more than one of the above rent concessions and leasing costs. The total leased square feet associated with our outstanding rent concessions and leasing costs excludes any duplicate square footage for the purpose of calculating the total outstanding amount per square foot.
(2)Rent concessions include free rent for future periods under our executed leases which include certain leases for which the lease term has yet to commence, and include estimates of property operating expenses, where applicable.
(3)Landlord work represents specific improvements agreed to within the lease agreement to be performed by us, as landlord, as a new non-recurring obligation and in order to induce the tenant to enter into a new lease or lease renewal or extension. Outstanding commitments for reimbursable and non-reimbursable landlord work amounts include estimates and are subject to change.
The actual amount we pay for tenant improvement allowances may be lower than the amount agreed upon in the applicable lease and will depend upon the tenant’s use of the capital on the agreed upon timeline. The timing of our cash outlay for tenant improvement allowances is significantly uncertain and will depend upon the applicable tenant’s schedule for the improvements and corresponding use of capital, if any. We estimate that the foregoing rent concessions and leasing costs will be funded between 2025 and 2039.
We have funded and intend to continue to fund our outstanding leasing costs with cash on hand, which may include proceeds from dispositions. For assets financed on our CMBS Loan, we have funded reserves with the lender for tenant improvement allowances and rent concessions. As of December 31, 2024, total restricted cash of $41.5 million was reserved for
outstanding leasing costs, including $30.1 million for tenant improvement allowances and $11.4 million for rent concession commitments, and is included in other assets, net in our consolidated balance sheets.
During the periods indicated below, we entered into new and renewal leases as summarized in the following tables (dollars and square feet in thousands):
Year Ended December 31, 2024
New Leases Renewals Total
Number of leases 6 9 15
Rentable square feet leased 287 799 1,086
Weighted average rental rate change (cash basis) (1) (2)
(9.7) % (6.6) % (7.0) %
Tenant rent concessions and leasing costs (3)
$ 27,268 $ 19,607 $ 46,875
Tenant rent concessions and leasing costs per rentable square foot (4)
$ 94.86 $ 24.54 $ 43.14
Weighted average lease term (by rentable square feet) (years) (5)
10.5 6.9 7.9
Tenant rent concessions and leasing costs per rentable square foot per year $ 9.00 $ 3.55 $ 5.48
Year Ended December 31, 2023
New Leases Renewals Total
Number of leases 4 5 9
Rentable square feet leased 21 240 261
Weighted average rental rate change (cash basis) (1) (2)
(19.8) % 6.8 % 5.3 %
Tenant rent concessions and leasing costs (3)
$ 932 $ 3,211 $ 4,143
Tenant rent concessions and leasing costs per rentable square foot (4)
$ 44.30 $ 13.36 $ 15.85
Weighted average lease term (by rentable square feet) (years) (5)
8.1 9.1 9.0
Tenant rent concessions and leasing costs per rentable square foot per year $ 5.45 $ 1.47 $ 1.76
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(1)Represents weighted average percentage increase or decrease in (i) the annualized monthly cash amount charged to the applicable tenants (including monthly base rent receivables and certain fixed contractually obligated reimbursements by the applicable tenants, which may include estimates) as of the commencement date of the new lease term (excluding any full or partial rent abatement period) compared to (ii) the annualized monthly cash amount charged to the applicable tenants (including the monthly base rent receivables and certain fixed contractually obligated reimbursements by the applicable tenants, which may include estimates) as of the expiration date of the prior lease term. Contractually obligated reimbursements include estimated amortization of certain landlord funded improvements under our United States Government leases. If a space has been or will be vacant for more than 12 months prior to the commencement of a new lease or was previously otherwise not generating full cash rental revenue, the lease will be excluded from the rental rate change calculation.
(2)Excludes four new leases for approximately 149,000 square feet and two new leases for approximately 7,000 square feet for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, that had been or will be vacant for more than 12 months at the time the new lease commences.
(3)Includes tenant improvement allowances and base building allowances, leasing commissions and rent concessions (includes estimates of property operating expenses, where applicable). Beginning in 2024, we have updated this calculation to also include estimates for certain reimbursable and non-reimbursable landlord funded improvements, and have applied this change retrospectively for comparison purposes. For our multi-tenant properties, we have allocated the estimated cost of landlord funded improvements that benefit the property generally and/or the common areas and not the tenant’s premises in particular, to the applicable lease based on square footage of the related tenant.
(4)Includes reimbursable landlord funded improvements and reimbursable tenant improvement allowances per rentable square foot of $23.43 for new leases, $0.34 for renewals and $4.65 in total for the year ended December 31, 2024. There were no reimbursable landlord funded improvements or reimbursable tenant improvement allowances for the year ended December 31, 2023.
(5)Weighted average lease term does not include specified periods of the stated lease term during which a tenant has the right to terminate their space without a termination fee, or “non-firm terms.” The total weighted average lease term for new leases and renewals executed during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 would be 8.6 years and 10.6 years, respectively, if such non-firm terms were included.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, 11 leases expired consisting of approximately 1.3 million square feet across 10 properties. We closed on the sale of two of these properties totaling approximately 164,000 square feet during the year ended December 31, 2024. During the three months ended December 31, 2024, four leases expired consisting of approximately 215,000 square feet across four properties. We closed on the sale of one of the properties and executed one new lease for approximately 2,000 square feet during the three months ended December 31, 2024. We currently intend to re-let the remaining vacancies from the three months ended December 31, 2024. The expired base rent per square foot and our market rent estimates for these vacancies are as follows (square feet in thousands):
Vacancy Location Rentable Square Feet Expired Base Rent Per Square Foot Estimated Market Rent Per Square Foot Range
Plano, Texas 54 $23.50 $18.50 - $20.50
Phoenix, Arizona 91 $25.25 $24.00 - $26.00
Our market rent estimates are based on a variety of assumptions which are subject to change and we cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to re-let vacant space to new tenants on these or any other terms, in a timely manner, or at all. Our plans with respect to vacant properties are subject to change.
During the periods indicated below, amounts capitalized by the Company for capital expenditures were as follows (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
2024 2023 2022
Lease related costs (1)
$ 10,058 $ 1,405 $ 4,362
Lease incentives (2)
656 2,431 1,810
Building, fixtures and improvements (3)
13,354 17,476 8,452
Total capital expenditures $ 24,068 $ 21,312 $ 14,624
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(1)Lease related costs generally include lease commissions paid in connection with the execution of new and/or renewed leases.
(2)Lease incentives generally include expenses paid on behalf of the tenant or reimbursed to the tenant, including expenditures related to the construction of tenant-owned improvements.
(3)Building, fixtures and improvements generally include expenditures to replace obsolete building or land components, expenditures that extend the useful life of existing assets and expenditures to construct landlord owned improvements.
Future Lease Expirations
For a tabular summary of scheduled lease expirations in our property portfolio as of December 31, 2024, see the Lease Expirations table under “Item 2. Properties” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Results of Operations
Comparison of the year ended December 31, 2024 to the year ended December 31, 2023 (dollars in thousands)
The results of operations discussed in this section include the accounts of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.
Revenues
The table below sets forth, for the periods presented, revenue information and the dollar amount change year over year (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
2024 2023 2024 vs 2023
Increase/(Decrease)
Rental $ 164,055 $ 194,241 $ (30,186)
Fee income from unconsolidated joint venture 807 800 7
Total revenues $ 164,862 $ 195,041 $ (30,179)
Rental
The decrease in rental revenue of $30.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023 was primarily due to the decrease in our overall occupied square footage from scheduled expiration of leases totaling $26.8 million in rental revenues and the impact from property dispositions of $8.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2024. We had 69 operating properties with an aggregate of 7.9 million leasable square feet and an occupancy rate of 73.0% as of December 31, 2024, as compared to 75 properties with an aggregate of 8.7 million leasable square feet and an occupancy rate of 80.0% as of December 31, 2023. The decrease in revenues during the year ended December 31, 2024 was partially offset by $3.3 million of reimbursements from previous tenants for real estate taxes and $0.9 million of rental revenue from our acquired property.
Fee income from unconsolidated joint venture
Fee income from unconsolidated joint venture consists of fees earned for providing various services to the Arch Street Joint Venture. Fee income from unconsolidated joint venture remained consistent at $0.8 million during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.
Operating Expenses
The table below sets forth, for the periods presented, certain operating expense information and the dollar amount change year over year (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
2024 2023 2024 vs 2023
Increase/(Decrease)
Property operating $ 65,151 $ 60,783 $ 4,368
General and administrative 20,094 18,720 1,374
Depreciation and amortization 100,820 109,111 (8,291)
Impairments 47,552 33,112 14,440
Transaction related 539 504 35
Total operating expenses $ 234,156 $ 222,230 $ 11,926
Property operating expenses
Property operating expenses such as taxes, insurance, ground rent and maintenance include both reimbursable and non-reimbursable property expenses. Property operating expenses increased $4.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023. The increase is the result of operating expenses from additional property vacancies of $4.4 million, the timing of certain operating expenses of $0.9 million and property operating expenses from our acquired property of $0.3 million, offset by decreases in property operating expenses resulting from property dispositions of $1.5 million.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses increased $1.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to increased stock compensation expense of $1.2 million for additional equity award issuances. Beginning in 2025, we have made and intend to continue making various changes to our general and administrative costs such as restructuring the composition of the team and responsibilities to streamline operations and more efficiently managing general and administrative expenses. One of these changes is the retirement of Gary Landriau, our Chief Investment Officer, effective June 30, 2025. It is our intention to reallocate his responsibilities with the team already in place and we do not plan to replace the position. In order to allow for a smooth transition, Mr. Landriau will remain in a consulting role until January 31, 2026. Mr. Landriau’s retirement is estimated to result in approximately $1.0 million in annualized general and administrative expense savings. However, we cannot provide any assurance we will be successful in achieving this or any level of general and administrative expense savings.
Depreciation and amortization expenses
Depreciation and amortization expenses decreased $8.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023, due to the $24.4 million impact of full amortization of certain intangible assets, as well as the impact from depreciation and amortization expenses from disposed properties of $1.1 million, offset by depreciation and amortization expenses from capitalized assets of $1.3 million and our acquired property of $0.5 million. The decrease of depreciation and amortization expense during the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023 was also partially offset by the full depreciation of $15.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 of the buildings at a six-property campus in Deerfield, Illinois. This accelerated depreciation was the result of the adjustment to the useful life of the assets due to management’s plans to demolish the buildings.
Impairments
Impairments increased $14.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023. The impairment charges of $47.6 million in the year ended December 31, 2024 include a total of 12 properties and the charges were incurred primarily with respect to real estate assets sold or expected to be sold and reflect management’s estimates of lease renewal probability, timing and terms of such renewals, carrying costs for vacant properties, sale probability and estimates of sale proceeds. Impairment charges totaling $33.1 million with respect to eight properties were recorded during the year ended December 31, 2023. See Note 5 - Fair Value Measures for further information.
Transaction related expenses
Transaction related expense remained relatively consistent at $0.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023.
Other (Expense) Income and Provision for Income Taxes
The table below sets forth, for the periods presented, certain financial information and the dollar amount change year over year (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
2024 2023 2024 vs 2023
Increase/(Decrease)
Interest expense, net $ (32,637) $ (29,669) $ 2,968
Gain on disposition of real estate assets $ - $ 31 $ (31)
Loss on extinguishment of debt, net $ (1,078) $ (504) $ 574
Other income, net $ 987 $ 911 $ 76
Equity in loss of unconsolidated joint venture, net $ (740) $ (435) $ 305
Provision for income taxes $ (214) $ (456) $ (242)
Interest expense, net
Interest expense, net increased $3.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023, which was primarily due to higher interest rates, partially offset by lower outstanding debt during the year ended December 31, 2024. The Company’s average debt outstanding was $481.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $500.5 million during the same period in 2023. The Company’s weighted-average interest rate on its debt obligations was 5.85% for the year ended December 31, 2024 and 4.66% for the same period in 2023. Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2024 included no offsets of reclassified previous gains or losses on interest rate derivatives from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), compared with $6.7 million of reclassified previous gains during the same period in 2023. We expect our overall debt levels to increase as we continue to re-invest in our property portfolio and execute on our shift in portfolio concentration away from traditional office properties. We are also exposed to changes in market interest rates on our floating rate borrowings, including those under our Revolving Facility.
Gain on disposition of real estate assets
There was no gain on disposition of real estate assets recognized during the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to less than $0.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2023. The gain recognized in the year ended December 31, 2023 was related to three of the Company’s dispositions. These properties were subject to cumulative impairment losses of $16.0 million in prior periods.
Loss on extinguishment of debt, net
Loss on extinguishment of debt, net during the year ended December 31, 2024 related to the proportionate write off of deferred financing costs due to the reduction of the borrowing capacity of the Revolving Facility of $75.0 million in connection with the Third Amendment to the Credit Agreement defined below and discussed in Note 6 - Debt, Net. Loss on extinguishment of debt, net during the year ended December 31, 2023 related to the write off of deferred financing costs due to the early extinguishment of the Company’s Term Loan Facility, as defined below and discussed in Note 6 - Debt, Net.
Other income, net
Other income, net increased modestly during the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023.
Equity in loss of unconsolidated joint venture, net
Equity in loss of the unconsolidated joint venture increased $0.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to an increase in interest expense following the expiration of an interest rate swap agreement on the Arch Street Joint Venture non-recourse mortgage notes during the year ended December 31, 2024.
Provision for income taxes
The provision for income taxes consists of certain state and local income and franchise taxes. The provision for income taxes decreased modestly during the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023.
Comparison of the year ended December 31, 2023 to the year ended December 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands)
For a comparison of the year ended December 31, 2023 to the year ended December 31, 2022, see “Item. 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 27, 2024.
Non-GAAP Measures
Our results are presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We also disclose certain non-GAAP measures, as discussed further below. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in our internal analysis of results and believes these measures are useful to investors for the reasons explained below. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as substitutes for any measures derived in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Funds From Operations (“FFO”) and Core Funds From Operations (“Core FFO”) Attributable to Orion
Due to certain unique operating characteristics of real estate companies, as discussed below, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. (“Nareit”), an industry trade group, has promulgated a supplemental performance measure known as funds from operations (“FFO”), which we believe to be an appropriate supplemental performance measure to reflect the operating performance of the Company. FFO is not equivalent to our net income (loss) as determined under U.S. GAAP.
Nareit defines FFO as net income (loss) computed in accordance with U.S. GAAP adjusted for gains or losses from disposition of real estate assets, depreciation and amortization of real estate assets, impairment write-downs on real estate, and our proportionate share of FFO adjustments related to the unconsolidated joint venture. We calculate FFO in accordance with Nareit’s definition described above.
In addition to FFO, we use Core FFO as a non-GAAP supplemental financial performance measure to evaluate the operating performance of the Company. Core FFO, as defined by the Company, excludes from FFO items that we believe do not reflect the ongoing operating performance of our business such as transaction related expenses, spin related expenses, amortization of deferred financing costs, amortization of deferred lease incentives, net, equity-based compensation, amortization of premiums and discounts on debt, net and gains or losses on extinguishment of swaps and/or debt, and our proportionate share of Core FFO adjustments related to the unconsolidated joint venture.
We believe that FFO and Core FFO allow for a comparison of the performance of our operations with other publicly-traded REITs, as FFO and Core FFO, or a substantially similar measure, are routinely reported by publicly-traded REITs, each adjust for items that we believe do not reflect the ongoing operating performance of our business and we believe are often used by analysts and investors for comparison purposes.
For all of these reasons, we believe FFO and Core FFO, in addition to net income (loss), as defined by U.S. GAAP, are helpful supplemental performance measures and useful in understanding the various ways in which our management evaluates the performance of the Company over time. However, not all REITs calculate FFO and Core FFO the same way, so comparisons with other REITs may not be meaningful. FFO and Core FFO should not be considered as alternatives to net income (loss) and are not intended to be used as a liquidity measure indicative of cash flow available to fund our cash needs. Neither the SEC, Nareit, nor any other regulatory body has evaluated the acceptability of the exclusions used to adjust FFO in order to calculate Core FFO and its use as a non-GAAP financial performance measure.
The table below presents a reconciliation of FFO and Core FFO to net loss attributable to common stockholders, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure, for the periods indicated below (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Year Ended December 31,
2024 2023 2022
Net loss attributable to common stockholders $ (103,012) $ (57,302) $ (97,494)
Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets 100,682 109,011 131,297
Gain on disposition of real estate assets - (31) (2,352)
Impairment of real estate 47,552 33,112 66,359
Proportionate share of adjustments for unconsolidated joint venture 1,856 1,851 1,847
FFO attributable to common stockholders $ 47,078 $ 86,641 $ 99,657
Transaction related 539 504 675
Spin related (1)
- - 964
Amortization of deferred financing costs 3,686 3,974 4,364
Amortization of deferred lease incentives, net 509 302 116
Equity-based compensation 3,757 2,728 1,756
Loss on extinguishment of debt, net 1,078 504 468
Proportionate share of adjustments for unconsolidated joint venture 108 117 178
Core FFO attributable to common stockholders $ 56,755 $ 94,770 $ 108,178
Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding - basic 55,903 56,410 56,632
Effect of weighted-average dilutive securities (2)
74 - -
Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding - diluted 55,977 56,410 56,632
FFO attributable to common stockholders per diluted share $ 0.84 $ 1.54 $ 1.76
Core FFO attributable to common stockholders per diluted share $ 1.01 $ 1.68 $ 1.91
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(1)Spin related primarily consist of attorney fees and accountant fees related to the Separation and the Distribution and the Company’s start-up activities.
(2)Dilutive securities include unvested restricted stock units net of assumed repurchases in accordance with the treasury stock method and exclude Performance-Based RSUs for which the performance thresholds have not been met by the end of the applicable reporting period. Such dilutive securities are not included when calculating net loss per diluted share applicable to the Company for the year ended December 31, 2024 as the effect would be antidilutive.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
General
Our principal liquidity needs for the next twelve months are to: (i) fund operating expenses; (ii) pay interest on our debt; (iii) pay dividends to our stockholders; (iv) fund capital expenditures and leasing costs at properties we own; (v) fund capital contributions to the Arch Street Joint Venture and (vi) fund new acquisitions. We believe that our principal sources of short-term liquidity, which are our cash and cash equivalents on hand, cash flows from operations, proceeds from real estate dispositions, and borrowings under the Revolving Facility, are sufficient to meet our liquidity needs for the next twelve months. As of December 31, 2024, we had $15.6 million of cash and cash equivalents and $231.0 million of borrowing capacity under the Revolving Facility.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, we acquired fee simple interest in one real property and the improvements thereon including a 97,000 square foot flex/laboratory and R&D facility in San Ramon, California for a gross purchase price of $34.6 million. The property was fully leased to a single tenant and has a remaining lease term of 15.0 years as of the acquisition date. On November 7, 2025, following the acquisition, we financed the San Ramon, California property with an $18.0 million fixed rate mortgage note (the “San Ramon Loan”). The San Ramon Loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 5.90% per annum and matures on December 1, 2031. The balance of the purchase price for this property was funded with a combination of cash on hand and borrowings under the Revolving Facility.
On May 3, 2024, we entered into the Third Amendment to the Credit Agreement. Under the terms of the Third Amendment, we and the lenders agreed to reduce the borrowing capacity of the Revolving Facility to $350.0 million from $425.0 million, and to certain financial covenant changes, including a proportional reduction in the minimum unencumbered asset value that we must maintain to $500.0 million, from $600.0 million. We do not expect the reduced commitment under the Revolving Facility to adversely impact the execution of our business plan, and the reduced commitment will modestly benefit us by lowering the unused fees we are obligated to pay to the lenders. On May 16, 2024, we elected our option to extend the maturity of the Revolving Facility for 18 months from November 12, 2024 to May 12, 2026.
The non-recourse mortgage notes associated with the Arch Street Joint Venture are scheduled to mature on November 27, 2025, with one remaining option to extend the maturity for an additional 12 months until November 27, 2026. On November 22, 2024, the Arch Street Joint Venture repaid $3.4 million of principal on the mortgage notes to satisfy the 60% maximum loan-to-value extension condition and effected the first 12-month loan extension option, which extended the maturity date of the mortgage notes to November 27, 2025. As of December 31, 2024, there was $131.6 million outstanding under the mortgage notes and our proportionate share was $26.3 million. The mortgage notes have a variable interest rate and during the 12-month extension term the spread on a SOFR (the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York) loan is 2.60% per annum (increased from 1.60% per annum), and in the cased of a base rate loan, the spread is unchanged at 0.50% per annum. The Arch Street Joint Venture has entered into an interest rate cap agreement that caps the SOFR rate at 5.50% per annum during the 12-month extension term.
We provided a member loan to the Arch Street Joint Venture of $1.4 million in connection with the partial repayment of the Arch Street Joint Venture mortgage notes to satisfy the maximum 60% loan-to-value extension condition. During February 2025, we made an additional member loan of $8.3 million to fund leasing costs related to a lease extension that was completed for one of the properties in the Arch Street Joint Venture portfolio. As part of the terms of the recent extension of the Arch Street Joint Venture mortgage notes, the mortgage lender is expected to re-appraise the property where the lease was extended in February 2025, and we are also committed to make an additional member loan as and if needed to repay principal on the mortgage notes to continue to satisfy the 60% loan-to-value extension condition. Our member loan to the Arch Street Joint Venture, which had $9.2 million receivable as of March 5, 2025, earns interest at 15% per annum and is non-recourse and unsecured, and structurally subordinate to the Arch Street Joint Venture mortgage notes. Interest and principal are payable monthly solely out of the excess cash from the joint venture after payment of property operating expenses, interest and principal on the Arch Street mortgage notes and other joint venture expenses and excess proceeds from the sale of any of the joint venture properties.
Our principal liquidity needs beyond the next twelve months are to: (i) extend, refinance or repay debt at or prior to maturity; (ii) pay dividends to our stockholders; (iii) fund capital expenditures and leasing costs at properties we own; and (iv) fund new acquisitions. We generally believe we will be able to satisfy these liquidity needs by a combination of cash flows from operations, borrowings under the Revolving Facility, proceeds from real estate dispositions, new borrowings such as bank term loans or other secured or unsecured debt, and issuances of equity securities. We believe we will be successful in either repaying or refinancing our debt obligations at or prior to maturity, but we cannot provide any assurance we will be able to do so. Our ability to extend, refinance or repay debt, raise capital and/or sell assets will be affected by various factors existing at the relevant time, such as capital and credit market conditions, the state of the national and regional economies, commercial real estate market conditions, available interest rate levels, the lease terms for and equity in and value of any related collateral, our financial condition and the operating history of the collateral, if any.
Credit Agreements
Summary
As of December 31, 2024, we had $492.0 million of total consolidated debt outstanding, consisting of a $355.0 million fixed rate mortgage note collateralized by 19 properties (the “CMBS Loan”), $119.0 million borrowed under our $350.0 million senior revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”) and an $18.0 million fixed rate mortgage note on the San Ramon, California property we acquired in September 2024 (the “San Ramon Loan”). The following is a summary of the interest rate and scheduled maturities of our consolidated debt obligations as of December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
Weighted-Average Interest Rate (1)
Weighted-Average Years to Maturity Principal Amounts Due During the Years Ending December 31,
Total 2025 2026 2027 Thereafter
Credit facility revolver (2)
7.66 % 1.4 $ 119,000 $ - $ 119,000 $ - -
Mortgages payable (3) (4)
5.02 % 2.3 373,000 - - 355,000 18,000
Total $ 492,000 $ - $ 119,000 $ 355,000 $ 18,000
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(1)The weighted-average interest rate represents the interest rate in effect as of December 31, 2024.
(2)Includes interest rate margin of 3.25% plus SOFR adjustment of 0.10%. As of December 31, 2024, a total of $60.0 million of the debt outstanding under the Revolving Facility was subject to interest rate collar agreements to hedge against interest rate volatility. Under the agreements, the benchmark rate for the Revolving Facility will float between 5.50% per annum and 4.20% per annum on $25.0 million, and 5.50% per annum and 4.035% per annum on $35.0 million, effective from November 13, 2023 until May 12, 2025.
(3)Includes $355.0 million securitized mortgage note secured by 19 of our properties which bears interest at a fixed rate of 4.971% per annum and matures on February 11, 2027. Also includes $18.0 million fixed rate mortgage note entered into on November 7, 2024 and secured by the San Ramon, California property which the Company acquired in September 2024, which bears interest at a fixed rate of 5.90% per annum and matures on December 1, 2031.
(4)Does not include non-recourse mortgage notes associated with the Arch Street Joint Venture of $131.6 million, of which our proportionate share was $26.3 million as of December 31, 2024.
Credit Agreement Obligations
In connection with the Separation and the Distribution, on November 12, 2021, we, as parent, and Orion OP, as borrower, entered into (i) a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) providing for a three-year, $425.0 million senior revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”), including a $25.0 million letter of credit sub-facility, and a two-year, $175.0 million senior term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and the lenders and issuing banks party thereto and (ii) a credit agreement (the “Bridge Credit Agreement”) providing for a six-month, $355.0 million senior bridge term loan facility (the “Bridge Facility”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto.
In February 2022, as further described below, we refinanced the Bridge Facility in full with the $355.0 million CMBS Loan (defined below), and the Bridge Credit Agreement was terminated. In June 2023, as further described below, the Term Loan Facility was repaid and retired with borrowings under the Revolving Facility.
We have entered into three amendments to the Credit Agreement. The purpose of the first amendment entered into in December 2022 was to change the benchmark rate for borrowings under the Credit Agreement from LIBOR (the London interbank offered rate as administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration) to SOFR (the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York). The purpose of the second amendment entered into in June 2023 was to repay and retire $175.0 million of outstanding borrowings under the Term Loan Facility with borrowings from the Revolving
Facility (which was undrawn at the time of the second amendment), provide us with the option to extend the maturity of the Revolving Facility for an additional 18 months to May 12, 2026 from November 12, 2024 and to effect certain other modifications. On May 16, 2024, we elected our option to extend the maturity of the Revolving Facility. As described above, on May 3, 2024, we entered into the Third Amendment, which resulted in a permanent $75.0 million reduction in the capacity of the Revolving Facility to $350.0 million, while making a proportional reduction in the minimum value of the unencumbered asset pool required under the Credit Agreement and certain other modifications to financial covenants.
The interest rate applicable to the loans under the Revolving Facility may be determined, at the election of Orion OP, on the basis of Daily Simple SOFR, Term SOFR or a base rate, in the case of a SOFR loan, plus a SOFR adjustment of 0.10% per annum, and in the case of a SOFR loan or a base rate loan, plus an applicable margin of 3.25% for SOFR loans and 2.25% for base rate loans. Loans under the Revolving Facility may be prepaid and reborrowed, and unused commitments under the Revolving Facility may be reduced, at any time, in whole or in part, by Orion OP, without premium or penalty (except for SOFR breakage costs).
In December 2022, we entered into interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $175.0 million, which effectively fixed the interest rate on $175.0 million of principal under the Revolving Facility at 3.92% per annum until November 12, 2023. Upon the scheduled expiration of the interest rate swap agreements, we entered into interest rate collar agreements on a total notional amount of $60.0 million to hedge against interest rate volatility on the Revolving Facility. Under the agreements, the benchmark rate for the Revolving Facility will float between 5.50% per annum and 4.20% per annum on $25.0 million, and 5.50% per annum and 4.035% per annum on $35.0 million, effective from November 13, 2023 until May 12, 2025.
To the extent that amounts under the Revolving Facility remain unused, Orion OP is required to pay a quarterly commitment fee on the unused portion of the Revolving Facility in an amount equal to 0.25% per annum of the unused portion of the Revolving Facility.
The Revolving Facility is guaranteed pursuant to a guaranty by us and, subject to certain exceptions, substantially all of Orion OP’s existing and future subsidiaries (including substantially all of its subsidiaries that directly or indirectly own unencumbered real properties), other than certain joint ventures and subsidiaries that own real properties subject to certain other indebtedness (such subsidiaries of Orion OP, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”).
The Revolving Facility is secured by, among other things, first priority pledges of the equity interests in the Subsidiary Guarantors.
Revolving Facility Covenants
The Revolving Facility requires that Orion OP comply with various covenants, including covenants restricting, subject to certain exceptions, liens, investments, mergers, asset sales and the payment of certain dividends. Pursuant to the second amendment described above, if, on any day, Orion OP has unrestricted cash and cash equivalents in excess of $25.0 million (excluding amounts that are then designated for application or use and are subsequently used for such purposes within 30 days), Orion OP will use such excess amount to prepay loans under the Revolving Facility, without premium or penalty and without any reduction in the lenders’ commitment under the Revolving Facility.
In addition, the Revolving Facility requires that Orion OP satisfy certain financial covenants. The following is a summary of financial covenants for the Company’s Revolving Facility and the Company’s compliance therewith as of December 31, 2024, as calculated per the terms of the Credit Agreement, giving effect to the modifications pursuant to the second and third amendment described above. These calculations are presented to show the Company’s compliance with the financial covenants and are not measures of the Company’s liquidity or performance.
Revolving Facility Financial Covenants Required December 31, 2024
Ratio of total indebtedness to total asset value ≤ 60% 40.3%
Ratio of adjusted EBITDA to fixed charges ≥ 1.5x 2.14x
Ratio of secured indebtedness to total asset value ≤ 40% 31.1%
Ratio of unsecured indebtedness to unencumbered asset value ≤ 60% (1)
15.7%
Ratio of unencumbered adjusted NOI to unsecured interest expense ≥ 2.00x 5.1x
Unencumbered asset value ≥ $500.0 million $753.7 million
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(1)Pursuant to the second amendment described above, if the ratio of unsecured debt to unencumbered asset value exceeds 35% as of the end of two consecutive fiscal quarters, Orion OP will be required, within 90 days and subject to cure rights, to grant the administrative agent a first priority lien on all the properties included in the pool of unencumbered assets (other than properties identified for disposition by us so long as such properties are sold within one year of such identification).
As of December 31, 2024, Orion OP was in compliance with these financial covenants.
The Revolving Facility includes customary representations and warranties of us and Orion OP, which must be true and correct in all material respects as a condition to future extensions of credit under the Revolving Facility. The Revolving Facility also includes customary events of default, the occurrence of which, following any applicable grace period, would permit the lenders to, among other things, declare the principal, accrued interest and other obligations of Orion OP under the Revolving Facility to be immediately due and payable and foreclose on the collateral securing the Revolving Facility.
CMBS Loan
On February 10, 2022, certain indirect subsidiaries of the Company (the “Mortgage Borrowers”) obtained a $355.0 million fixed rate mortgage note (the “CMBS Loan”) from Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (together with its successor, the “Lender”), which is secured by the Mortgage Borrowers’ fee simple or ground lease interests in 19 properties owned indirectly by the Company (collectively, the “Mortgaged Properties”). During March 2022, Wells Fargo effected a securitization of the CMBS Loan. The CMBS Loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 4.971% per annum and matures on February 11, 2027.
The CMBS Loan requires monthly payments of interest only and all principal is due at maturity. The proceeds of the CMBS Loan were used to repay the Bridge Facility. Upon closing of the CMBS Loan, the Mortgage Borrowers funded $35.5 million of loan reserves primarily for future rent concessions and tenant improvement allowances under the leases with respect to the 19 Mortgaged Properties. These amounts, as well as the transaction expenses incurred in connection with the CMBS Loan, were funded with cash on hand and borrowings under the Company’s Revolving Facility. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Mortgage Borrowers funded an additional $9.4 million of loan reserves for future rent concessions and tenant improvement allowances agreed to as part of the extension of one of the leases in the CMBS collateral pool.
The CMBS Loan is secured by, among other things, first priority mortgages and deeds of trust granted by the Mortgage Borrowers and encumbering the Mortgaged Properties.
The CMBS Loan is generally not freely prepayable by the Mortgage Borrowers without payment of certain prepayment premiums and costs. The CMBS Loan may be prepaid in whole, but not in part, except as provided in the loan agreement governing the CMBS Loan (the “CMBS Loan Agreement”), at any time, subject to the payment of a yield maintenance premium and the satisfaction of other terms and conditions set forth in the CMBS Loan Agreement. Further, releases of individual properties are permitted in connection with an arm’s length third party sale upon repayment of the Release Price (as defined in the CMBS Loan Agreement) for the applicable individual property and subject to payment of the applicable yield maintenance premium and the satisfaction of other terms and conditions set forth in the CMBS Loan Agreement. The CMBS Loan may be prepaid in full without premium or penalty beginning in May 2026 (nine months prior to maturity).
The CMBS Loan Agreement also contains customary cash management provisions, including certain trigger events (such as failure of the Mortgage Borrowers to satisfy a minimum debt yield test of 8.0%) which allow the Lender to retain any excess cash flow as additional collateral for the Loan, until such trigger event is cured.
In connection with the CMBS Loan Agreement, the Company (as the guarantor) delivered a customary non-recourse carveout guaranty to the Lender (the “Guaranty”), under which the Company guaranteed the obligations and liabilities of the Mortgage Borrowers to the Lender with respect to certain non-recourse carveout events and the circumstances under which the CMBS Loan will be fully recourse to the Mortgage Borrowers, and which includes requirements for the Company to maintain a
net worth of no less than $355.0 million and liquid assets of no less than $10.0 million, in each case, exclusive of the values of the collateral for the CMBS Loan. As of December 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with these financial covenants.
The Mortgage Borrowers and the Company also provided a customary environmental indemnity agreement, pursuant to which the Mortgage Borrowers and the Company agreed to protect, defend, indemnify, release and hold harmless the Lender from and against certain environmental liabilities relating to the Mortgaged Properties.
The CMBS Loan Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants of the Mortgage Borrowers and the Company. The CMBS Loan Agreement also includes customary events of default, the occurrence of which, following any applicable grace period, would permit the Lender to, among other things, declare the principal, accrued interest and other obligations of the Mortgage Borrowers to be immediately due and payable and foreclose on the Mortgaged Properties.
San Ramon Loan
On November 7, 2024, an indirect subsidiary of the Company (the “San Ramon Borrower”) obtained an $18.0 million fixed rate mortgage note (the “San Ramon Loan”) from RGA Americas Investments LLC (the “San Ramon Lender”) secured by the fee simple interest in the San Ramon, California property acquired in September 2024 (the “San Ramon Property”). The San Ramon Loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 5.90% per annum and matures on December 1, 2031.
The San Ramon Loan requires monthly payments of interest only and all principal is due at maturity and is generally not freely prepayable by the San Ramon Borrower until December 2026, and thereafter without payment of certain prepayment premiums and costs. In connection with the San Ramon Loan, the Company (as guarantor) delivered a customary non-recourse carveout guaranty, under which the Company guaranteed the obligations and liabilities of the San Ramon Borrower under the San Ramon Loan with respect to certain non-recourse carveout events and the circumstances under which the San Ramon Loan will be fully recourse to the San Ramon Borrower. The San Ramon Borrower and the Company also provided a customary environmental indemnity agreement, pursuant to which the San Ramon Borrower and the Company agreed to protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless the San Ramon Lender from and against certain environmental liabilities related to the San Ramon Property.
The loan agreement governing the San Ramon Loan (the “San Ramon Loan Agreement”) includes customary representations, warranties and covenants of the San Ramon Borrower and the Company. The San Ramon Loan Agreement also includes customary events of default, the occurrence of which, following any applicable grace period, would permit the Lender to, among other things, declare the principal, accrued interest and other obligations of the San Ramon Borrower to be immediately due and payable and foreclose on the San Ramon Property.
Arch Street Warrants
On November 12, 2021, in connection with the Distribution, Orion OP entered into an amendment and restatement of the limited liability agreement (the “LLCA”) for the Arch Street Joint Venture with the Arch Street Partner, an affiliate of Arch Street Capital Partners, pursuant to which the Arch Street Partner consented to the transfer of the equity interests of the Arch Street Joint Venture previously held by VEREIT Real Estate, L.P. to Orion OP.
Also on November 12, 2021, in connection with the entry into the LLCA, we granted the Arch Street Partner and Arch Street Capital Partners warrants to purchase up to 1,120,000 shares of our common stock (the “Arch Street Warrants”). The Arch Street Warrants entitle the respective holders to purchase shares of our common stock at a price per share equal to $22.42, at any time. The Arch Street Warrants may be exercised, in whole or in part, through a cashless exercise, in which case the holder would receive upon such exercise the net number of shares of our common stock determined according to the formula set forth in the Arch Street Warrants. The Arch Street Warrants expire on the earlier of (a) ten years after issuance and (b) if the Arch Street Joint Venture is terminated, the later of the termination of the Arch Street Joint Venture and seven years after issuance.
In accordance with our obligation under the Arch Street Warrants, on November 2, 2022, we filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of the Arch Street Warrants, and the registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on November 14, 2022. We will use our commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the earlier of (a) the expiration of the Arch Street Warrants, or (b) the shares issuable upon such exercise become freely tradable under United States federal securities laws by anyone who is not an affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule)) of us. The holders of the Arch Street Warrants will also remain subject to the ownership limitations pursuant to our organizational documents.
Right of First Offer Agreement
In connection with the entry into the LLCA, we and the Arch Street Joint Venture entered into that certain Right of First Offer Agreement (the “ROFO Agreement”), dated November 12, 2021, pursuant to which, subject to certain limitations, we agreed not to acquire or purchase a fee simple or ground leasehold interest in any office real property, including by way of an acquisition of equity interests, within certain investing parameters without first offering the property for purchase to the Arch Street Joint Venture. The ROFO Agreement expired on November 12, 2024.
Derivatives and Hedging Activities
During the year ended December 31, 2021, we entered into interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $175.0 million, effective on December 1, 2021 and terminating on November 12, 2023, which were designated as cash flow hedges, in order to hedge interest rate volatility. During the year ended December 31, 2022, in connection with the transition of the benchmark rate for borrowings under the Credit Agreement from LIBOR to SOFR, we terminated the interest rate swap agreements that had been entered into during the year ended December 31, 2021, and entered into new interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $175.0 million, effective on December 1, 2022 and terminating on November 12, 2023, which were designated as cash flow hedges, to hedge interest rate volatility with respect to our borrowings under the Term Loan Facility. These swap agreements remained in effect for the $175.0 million of borrowings under the Revolving Facility used to pay down the Term Loan Facility until November 12, 2023. Upon the scheduled expiration of the interest rate swap agreements, we entered into interest rate collar agreements on a total notional amount of $60.0 million to hedge against interest rate volatility on the Revolving Facility. Under the agreements, the benchmark rate for the Revolving Facility will float between 5.50% per annum and 4.20% per annum on $25.0 million, and 5.50% per annum and 4.035% per annum on $35.0 million, effective from November 13, 2023 until May 12, 2025.
Distributions
We have elected to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes beginning with our taxable year ended December 31, 2021. We intend to make distributions to our stockholders to satisfy the requirements to maintain our qualification as a REIT.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors declared quarterly cash dividends on shares of the Company’s common stock as follows:
Declaration Date Record Date Paid Date Distributions Per Share
February 27, 2024 March 29, 2024 April 15, 2024 $0.10
May 7, 2024 June 28, 2024 July 15, 2024 $0.10
August 7, 2024 September 30, 2024 October 15, 2024 $0.10
November 6, 2024 December 31, 2024 January 15, 2025 $0.10
On March 4, 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.02 per share for the first quarter of 2025, payable on April 15, 2025 to stockholders of record as of March 31, 2025, representing a new annualized dividend rate of $0.08 per share. This change in dividend policy will enable us to retain approximately $17.9 million of cash annually. The new policy is also consistent with our strategy shift as we seek the lowest cost of funds to maintain and grow existing tenancy, continue to shift towards more dedicated use assets and efficiently refinance our debt obligations as they come due.
Our dividend policy is established at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors and the amount and timing of dividends will depend upon cash generated by operating activities, the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, annual distribution requirements under the REIT provisions of the Code, and such other factors as the Company’s Board of Directors deems relevant. The Company’s Board of Directors may change our dividend policy at any time, and there can be no assurance as to the manner in which future dividends will be paid or that the current dividend level will be maintained in future periods.
Universal Shelf Registration Statement
On November 2, 2022, the Company filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Universal Shelf”) with the SEC, and the Universal Shelf was declared effective by the SEC on November 14, 2022. Pursuant to the Universal Shelf,
the Company is able to offer and sell from time to time in multiple transactions, up to $750.0 million of the Company’s securities, including through “at the market” offering programs or firm commitment underwritten offerings. These securities may include shares of the Company’s common stock, shares of the Company’s preferred stock, depository shares representing interests in shares of the Company’s preferred stock, debt securities, warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock or shares of the Company’s preferred stock and units consisting of two or more shares of common stock, shares of preferred stock, depository shares, debt securities and warrants.
ATM Program
In November 2022, the Company established, as part of its Universal Shelf, an “at the market” offering program for its common stock (the “ATM Program”). Pursuant to the ATM Program, the Company may from time to time offer and sell shares of its common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $100.0 million. Such offers or sales of shares of the Company’s common stock may be made in privately negotiated transactions, including block trades, brokers’ transactions that are deemed to be “at the market” offerings as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act, including sales made directly on the New York Stock Exchange, or through forward transactions under separate master forward sale confirmations and related supplemental confirmations for the sale of shares of the Company’s common stock on a forward basis. As of December 31, 2024, we had not sold any shares of common stock pursuant to the ATM Program.
Net proceeds from the securities issued, if any, may be used for general corporate purposes, which may include funding capital expenditures and leasing costs at the Company’s properties and repaying outstanding indebtedness. The Company has no immediate plans to issue any securities for capital raising purposes pursuant to the Universal Shelf or otherwise, but may utilize the ATM Program to satisfy future liquidity needs.
Share Repurchase Program
On November 1, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $50.0 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock until December 31, 2025, as market conditions warrant (the “Share Repurchase Program”). Repurchases may be made through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, structured or derivative transactions, including accelerated stock repurchase transactions, or other methods of acquiring shares in accordance with applicable securities laws and other legal requirements. The Share Repurchase Program does not obligate the Company to make any repurchases at a specific time or in a specific situation. Repurchases are subject to prevailing market conditions, the trading price of the Company’s common stock, the Company’s liquidity and anticipated liquidity needs, financial performance and other conditions. Shares of common stock repurchased by the Company under the Share Repurchase Program, if any, will be returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares of common stock.
The Company did not repurchase any shares under the Share Repurchase Program during the year ended December 31, 2024. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company repurchased approximately 0.9 million shares of common stock in multiple open market transactions, at a weighted average share price of $5.46 for an aggregate purchase price of $5.0 million. As of December 31, 2024, the approximate dollar value of shares that remain available for repurchase under the Share Repurchase Program was $45.0 million.
Cash Flow Analysis for the Year Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
The following table summarizes the changes in cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023 (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
2024 2023 2024 vs 2023
Increase/(Decrease)
Net cash provided by operating activities $ 54,260 $ 89,088 $ (34,828)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities $ (51,263) $ 5,289 $ (56,552)
Net cash used in financing activities $ (3,025) $ (92,490) $ 89,465
Net cash provided by operating activities decreased $34.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to a decrease in revenues and increase in property operating expenses as a result of property dispositions and vacancies, and net changes in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities, net, offset by net changes in accounts receivable, net and other assets, net.
Net cash from investing activities decreased $56.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to the acquisition of one real estate asset for $34.7 million, a decrease in proceeds from the sale of real estate assets of $16.0 million, an increase in capital expenditures and leasing costs of $4.1 million and origination of a member loan to the Arch Street Joint Venture of $1.4 million, offset by the payments received on notes receivable of $1.2 million.
Net cash used in financing activities decreased $89.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to proceeds from the San Ramon Loan of $18.0 million, net draws on the Revolving Facility of $3.0 million and payments of deferred financing costs of $1.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to net repayments on the Revolving Facility of $59.0 million, payments of deferred financing costs of $5.7 million, and repurchases of common stock under the Share Repurchase Program of $5.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2023.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
See information appearing under the caption “Liquidity and Capital Resources” appearing in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Market Risk
The market risk associated with financial instruments and derivative financial instruments is the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices or interest rates. Our market risk arises primarily from interest rate risk relating to variable-rate borrowings. To meet our short and long-term liquidity requirements, we borrow funds at a combination of fixed and variable rates. Our interest rate risk management objectives are to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to manage our overall borrowing costs. To achieve these objectives, from time to time, we may enter into interest rate hedge contracts such as swaps, caps, collars, treasury locks, options and forwards in order to mitigate our interest rate risk with respect to various debt instruments. We would not hold or issue these derivative contracts for trading or speculative purposes.
Interest Rate Risk
As of December 31, 2024, our debt included fixed-rate debt, with a fair value and carrying value of $352.5 million and $373.0 million, respectively. Changes in market interest rates on our fixed-rate debt impact the fair value of the debt, but they have no impact on interest incurred or cash flow. For instance, if interest rates rise 100 basis points, and the fixed-rate debt balance remains constant, we expect the fair value of our debt to decrease, the same way the price of a bond declines as interest rates rise. The sensitivity analysis related to our fixed-rate debt assumes an immediate 100 basis point move in interest rates from December 31, 2024 levels, with all other variables held constant. A 100 basis point increase in market interest rates would result in a decrease in the fair value of our fixed-rate debt of $7.2 million. A 100 basis point decrease in market interest rates would result in an increase in the fair value of our fixed-rate debt of $7.5 million.
As of December 31, 2024, our debt included variable-rate debt, with a fair value and carrying value of $119.0 million. As a result, we are subject to the potential impact of rising interest rates, which could negatively impact our results of operations and cash flows. The sensitivity analysis related to our variable-rate debt assumes an immediate 100 basis point move in interest rates from December 31, 2024 levels and excludes the impact of the derivative instrument, with all other variables held constant. A 100 basis point increase or decrease in variable interest rates would result in a decrease or increase in the fair value of our variable-rate debt of less than $0.1 million and would increase or decrease our interest expense by $1.2 million annually.
As of December 31, 2024, the Company had interest rate collar agreements in place on a total notional amount of $60.0 million to hedge against interest rate volatility on the Revolving Facility. See Note 6 - Debt, Net to our consolidated financial statements.
As of December 31, 2024, our outstanding derivative agreements had a fair value that resulted in net liabilities of less than $0.1 million. See Note 7 - Derivatives and Hedging Activities to our consolidated financial statements for further discussion.
As the information presented above includes only those exposures that existed as of December 31, 2024, it does not consider exposures or positions arising after that date. The information presented herein has limited predictive value. Future actual realized gains or losses with respect to interest rate fluctuations will depend on cumulative exposures, hedging strategies employed and the magnitude of the fluctuations.
These amounts were determined by considering the impact of hypothetical interest rate changes on our borrowing costs and assume no other changes in our capital structure.
Credit Risk
Concentrations of credit risk arise when a number of tenants are engaged in similar business activities, or activities in the same geographic region, or have similar economic features that would cause their ability to meet contractual obligations, including those to the Company, to be similarly affected by changes in economic conditions. The Company is subject to tenant, geographic and industry concentrations. See “Item 1. Business” and “Item 2. Properties” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Any downturn of the economic conditions in one or more of these tenants, geographies or industries could result in a material reduction of our cash flows or material losses to us.
The factors we consider in determining the credit risk of our tenants include, but are not limited to: payment history; credit status and change in status (credit ratings for public companies are used as a primary metric); change in tenant space needs (i.e., expansion/downsize); tenant financial performance; economic conditions in a specific geographic region; and industry specific credit considerations. We believe that the credit risk of our portfolio is reduced by the high quality and diversity of our existing tenant base, reviews of prospective tenants’ risk profiles prior to lease execution and consistent monitoring of our portfolio to identify potential problem tenants.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
The information required by Item 8 is hereby incorporated by reference to our consolidated financial statements beginning on page of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.

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ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to us, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, we recognize that no controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide absolute assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.
As required by Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b) of the Exchange Act, an evaluation was conducted under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of December 31, 2024. Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures, as of December 31, 2024, were effective at a reasonable assurance level.
Management’s Report on Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act. Our internal control system is designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and Board of Directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.
In connection with the preparation of our Form 10-K, our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024. In making that assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013). Based on its assessment, our management concluded that, as of December 31, 2024, our internal control over financial reporting was effective.
This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting, due to an exemption established by the rules of the SEC for “emerging growth companies.”
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act of 1934) during the three months ended December 31, 2024 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 9B. Other Information.
Rule 10b5-1 Trading Agreements
During the three months ended December 31, 2024, none of our directors or officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) of the Exchange Act) adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K.
2025 Annual Bonus Program
On March 3, 2025, the Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company, approved a new annual incentive program for the Company’s 2025 fiscal year (the “2025 Bonus Program”). Under the 2025 Bonus Program, each of the Company’s named executive officers, namely, Paul McDowell, Gavin Brandon, and Chris Day (the “executives”), are eligible to earn an annual incentive bonus based on the applicable executive’s individual performance and the Company’s achievement of performance goals relating to (1) Core FFO per share, (2) total general and administrative expenses (“G&A expenses”), and (3) Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA. The weighting of each component of the 2025 Bonus Program is as follows:
Bonus Component Weighting
Individual Performance
33%
Core FFO per share
30%
G&A expenses
13%
Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA
24%
Under the 2025 Bonus Program, 50% of each target bonus component will be earned for performance at the threshold level, 100% of each target bonus component will be earned for performance at the target level and 150% of each target bonus component will be earned for performance at the maximum level (or above). Performance between threshold and target and between target and maximum performance levels will be interpolated on a straight-line basis.
Pursuant to their respective employment agreements, in 2025 each of the executives will be eligible to earn an annual cash bonus targeted at a percentage of the executive’s base salary as follows: 100% for Mr. McDowell, 100% for Mr. Brandon and 92% for Mr. Day.

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ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
The information required by this Item will be included in our Proxy Statement, which we anticipate will be filed no later than 120 days after the end of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, and is incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
The information required by this Item will be included in the Proxy Statement, which we anticipate will be filed no later than 120 days after the end of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, and is incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
The information required by this Item will be included in the Proxy Statement, which we anticipate will be filed no later than 120 days after the end of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, and is incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
The information required by this Item will be included in the Proxy Statement, which we anticipate will be filed no later than 120 days after the end of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, and is incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.
The information required by this Item will be included in the Proxy Statement, which we anticipate will be filed no later than 120 days after the end of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, and is incorporated herein by reference.
PART IV

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ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
Financial Statements
The Financial Statements are included herein beginning on page.
Financial Statement Schedules
Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation is included herein beginning on page.
All other schedules have been omitted as the required information is either presented in the consolidated financial statements or is not applicable.
Exhibits
The following exhibits are included, or incorporated by reference, in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2024 (and are numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K):
Exhibit No. Description
3.1 Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Orion Office REIT Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 15, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.2 Articles of Amendment to Articles of Amendment and Restatement, as amended through March 5, 2025 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on March 5, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.3 Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Orion Office REIT Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 8, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.4 First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on March 5, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.1 Form of Warrant (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-268121), filed on November 2, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2 Description of Securities (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 24, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.1 Agreement of Limited Partnership of Orion Office REIT LP (filed as Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10, filed on October 4, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.2 First Amendment to Agreement of Limited Partnership (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on March 5, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.3 Credit Agreement, dated November 12, 2021, by and among Orion Office REIT Inc., Orion Office REIT LP, the financial institutions party thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 15, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.4 First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2022, among Orion Office REIT LP, as Borrower, Orion Office REIT Inc., as Parent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and the Lenders party thereto (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on December 5, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.5 Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2023, among Orion Office REIT LP, as Borrower, Orion Office REIT Inc., as Parent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and the Lenders party thereto (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 29, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.6 Third Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2024, among Orion Office REIT LP, as Borrower, Orion Office REIT, Inc., as Parent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and the Lenders party thereto (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed May 8, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.7 Guaranty, dated November 12, 2021, by and among Orion Office REIT Inc. and certain subsidiaries of Orion Office REIT LP in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 15, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.8 Amended & Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of OAP/VER Venture, LLC, dated November 12, 2021 (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 15, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.9 Right of First Offer Agreement, dated November 12, 2021, by and between Orion Office REIT Inc. and OAP/VER Venture, LLC (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 15, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.10† Orion Office REIT Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 15, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.11† Form of Employment Agreement, by and among Orion Services, LLC, Orion Office REIT Inc. and each named executive officer of Orion Office REIT Inc. (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10, filed on October 4, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.12† Form of Indemnification Agreement entered into between Orion Office REIT Inc. and each of its directors and executive officers (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10, filed on October 4, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.13† Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award for Non-Employee Directors under the Orion Office REIT Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.11 to the Company’s Form 10-Q, filed on December 2, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.14† Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award for Employees under the Orion Office REIT Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.12 to the Company’s Form 10-Q, filed on December 2, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.15 Loan Agreement, dated February 10, 2022, by and between the entities identified on Schedule I thereto, as Borrower, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Lender (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 8-K, filed on February 14, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.16 Guaranty of Recourse Obligations, dated February 10, 2022, made by Orion Office REIT Inc. in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Lender (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on February 14, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.17† Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement pursuant to the Orion Office REIT Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (March 2022 Awards) (filed as Exhibit 10.15 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on March 24, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.18† Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement pursuant to the Orion Office REIT Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (March 2023 Awards) (filed as Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on March 8, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.19† Form of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement pursuant to the Orion Office REIT Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (March 2024 Awards) (filed as exhibit 10.15 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on February 27, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.20†* Retirement and Consultancy Agreement by and between Gary E. Landriau and Orion Properties Inc. dated March 5, 2025.
19.1* The Company's Insider Trading Compliance Policy
21.1* Subsidiaries of the Company
23.1* Consent of KPMG LLP
31.1* Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2* Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1* Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2* Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
97.1 Policy for Recoupment of Incentive Compensation (filed as Exhibit 97.1 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on February 27, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference).
101.SCH* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
104* Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101).
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* Filed herewith
† Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.