EDGAR 10-K Filing

Company CIK: 1595527
Filing Year: 2025
Filename: 1595527_10-K_2025_0001628280-25-013880.json

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ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Item 1. Business
Overview
We were incorporated in the State of Maryland on December 19, 2013. We are an externally managed company that owns a portfolio of commercial real estate located within the five boroughs of New York City, primarily Manhattan. Our real estate assets consist of office properties and certain real estate assets that accompany office properties, including retail spaces and amenities and parking garages that do not accompany office spaces. As of December 31, 2024, we owned six properties consisting of approximately 1.0 million rentable square feet.
On December 30, 2022, we announced that we were changing our business strategy by expanding the scope of the assets and businesses we may own and operate. By investing in other asset types, we may generate income that does not otherwise constitute income that qualifies for purposes of qualifying as a real estate investment trust for United States (“U.S.”) federal income tax purposes (“REIT”). As a result, on January 9, 2023, our board of directors (the “Board”) authorized termination of our REIT election which became effective as of January 1, 2023. Historically, we had filed an election to be taxed as a REIT commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2014, which remained in effect with respect to each subsequent taxable year ending on or before the year ended December 31, 2022.
In furtherance of this strategy, we initiated the sale of certain properties in 2024 to reduce the leverage and generate capital for diversification efforts. On December 18, 2024, our wholly-owned subsidiary, ARCNYC570SEVENTH, LLC, consummated the sale of the 9 Times Square Midtown Manhattan property (“9 Times Square”) to 9 Times Square Acquisitions, LLC, pursuant to that certain purchase and sale agreement, dated August 1, 2024, as amended on November 19, 2024. The 9 Times Square was sold for a gross purchase price of $63.5 million. See “Item 2. Properties.”
On January 11, 2023 we effected a 1-for-8 reverse stock split that was previously approved by our Board, resulting in each outstanding share of Class A common stock being converted into 0.125 shares of Class A common stock, with no fractional shares being issued (the “Reverse Stock Split”). For additional information, see Note 8 - Stockholders’ Equity to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (our “2024 Financial Statements”). Also, effective January 19, 2023, we amended our charter to change our name to “American Strategic Investment Co.” from “New York City REIT, Inc.” Trading of our Class A common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the new name began on January 20, 2023 under the existing trading symbol “NYC.”
Investment Strategy
Prior to the announcement to change our business strategy on December 30, 2022, we focused on acquiring high-quality commercial real estate located in the five boroughs of New York City, and, in particular, Manhattan. We believe that investment diversification may offset a prolonged New York City office market rebound. The pace of recovery in the New York City office market from the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be challenging as leasing and occupancy trends for the broader market have slowed, leading political, community, and business leaders to propose repositioning plans for New York City office assets.
Specifically, our investment goals are as follows:
•Expand the scope of the assets and businesses that we own and operate in order to achieve external growth which would reduce our exposure to a single asset class and increase corporate flexibility and income generated;
•Invest primarily in properties with 80% or greater occupancy at the time of purchase;
•Purchase properties valued using current market rents with potential for appreciation and endeavor to acquire properties below replacement cost;
•Pay quarterly dividends, subject to capital availability; and
•Maximize total returns to our stockholders through a combination of realized appreciation and current income.
We have historically invested a majority of our assets in office properties located in New York City. We have also invested in real estate assets that accompany office space, including retail spaces with amenities, and may also invest in hospitality assets, residential assets and other property types exclusively in New York City. We may also acquire or own properties through joint ventures with third parties although we do not presently have any of these arrangements. We may also originate or acquire real estate debt backed by quality, income-producing commercial real estate. The real estate debt, which we may also originate or acquire is expected to be primarily first mortgage debt but also may include bridge loans, mezzanine loans, preferred equity or securitized loans.
We may also make different types of equity investments in other companies that operate assets meeting our investment objectives. We may make investments in properties located outside of New York City.
In evaluating prospective investments, our advisor, New York City Advisors, LLC (our “Advisor”), considers relevant real estate and financial factors, including the location of the property, the leases and other agreements affecting it, the creditworthiness of its major tenants, its income-producing capacity, its physical condition, its prospects for appreciation, its prospects for liquidity, tax considerations and other factors. Our Advisor has substantial discretion to select specific investments, subject to approval by our Board, including any related guidelines.
As part of our investment strategy, we have also implemented expense reduction initiatives, that target expenses such as tax appeals and the renegotiation and bidding of contracted services to lower operating expenses.
Tenants and Leasing
Our portfolio features a diverse tenant mix across six mixed-use office and retail condominium buildings primarily located in Manhattan. As of December 31, 2024, on a weighted-average basis based on annualized straight-line rent, 28% of our tenants were in the financial services sector, 17% of our tenants were in the government/public administration sector, 10% of our tenants were in the retail sector, and no other sector accounted for more than 10%. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, there were no tenants whose annualized rental income on a straight-line basis, based on leases commenced, represented greater than 10% of total annualized rental income for all portfolio properties on a straight-line basis. In addition, our top 10 tenants (measured based on rental income on a straight-line basis for the year ended December 31, 2024) are 55% actual investment grade rated and 22% implied investment grade rated. For our purposes, “investment grade” includes both tenants (or lease guarantors) with actual investment grade ratings or tenants with “implied” investment grade ratings. Implied investment grade may include the actual rating of a tenant’s parent or the guarantor of the parent (regardless of whether the parent has guaranteed the tenant’s obligation under the lease) or tenants that are identified as investment grade by using a proprietary Moody’s analytical tool which generates an implied rating by measuring an entity’s probability of default. The term “parent" for these purposes includes any entity, including any governmental entity, owning more than 50% of the voting stock in a tenant.
We also seek to maintain high occupancy rates through long-term leases. As of December 31, 2024, our portfolio was 80.8% occupied with a weighted average remaining lease term of 6.3 years. See “Leasing/Occupancy” section in Item 7A.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources for additional information.
Our business is generally not seasonal.
Financing Strategies and Policies
In the year ended December 31, 2024 and other recent years, our primary source of capital has been cash on hand, which includes excess proceeds from property-level financings secured by certain of our properties. The net cash provided by our operations has not been sufficient to fund operating expenses and other capital requirements during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022.
During the year ended December 31, 2024 other sources of capital included (i) the sale of the 9 Times Square for a gross purchase price of $63.5 million, and (ii) the issuance of shares of our Class A common stock in lieu of cash for our asset management fee, property management fee and general and administrative fee which are payable to our Advisor on a monthly basis. For more detailed information on these transactions, please see Note 3 - Real Estate Investments, Note 8 - Stockholders’ Equity and Note 10 - Related Party Transactions to our 2024 Financial Statements.
Subject to availability, we may also seek to generate capital from a variety of sources, including equity offerings of common and preferred stock and borrowings under a corporate-level credit facility. The form of our indebtedness will vary and could be long-term or short-term, secured or unsecured or fixed-rate or floating rate. We will not enter into interest rate swaps or caps, or similar hedging transactions or derivative arrangements for speculative purposes, but we have entered into and expect to continue to enter into these types of transactions in order to manage or mitigate our interest rate risk on variable rate debt. We may reevaluate and change our investing or financing policies at our Board’s sole discretion.
Please also see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources” and “Item 1A. Risk Factors. Our ability to fund our capital requirements will depend on, among other things, the amount of cash we are able to generate from our operations and outside sources, which may not be available on acceptable or favorable terms, or at all” herein for a discussion of how we have funded our capital requirements and some related risks.
Impact of COVID-19 and Changing In-Office Working Arrangements on the New York City Real Estate Market
New York City, where all of our properties are located, was among the hardest hit locations in the country by the COVID-19 pandemic and fully reopened on March 7, 2022. While the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided, not all tenants have fully resumed operations and the New York City real estate market continues to be challenged as a result of the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on the changing nature of in-office working arrangements.
Our portfolio is primarily comprised of office and retail tenants. We have collected 100% of cash rent due across our entire portfolio for the three months December 31, 2024 (based on annualized straight-line rent as of December 31, 2024). We expect our cash rent collections will stay at that level, however there can be no assurance that we will be able to collect cash rent due in the future. For additional information on the past and ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on our business as well as managements actions, see “Management Update on the Continuing Adverse Economic Impacts Since the COVID-19 Pandemic” in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Organizational Structure
Substantially all of our business is conducted through New York City Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “OP”), a Delaware limited partnership, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Our Advisor manages our day-to-day business with the assistance of our property manager, New York City Properties, LLC (the “Property Manager”). Our Advisor and Property Manager are under common control with AR Global Investments, LLC (“AR Global”) and these related parties receive compensation and fees for providing services to us. We also reimburse these entities for certain expenses they incur in providing these services to us. In an effort to preserve our operating cash, we have issued shares of our Class A common stock in lieu of cash to our Advisor and Property Manager as payment for providing services to us. For additional information, please see Note 10 - Related Party Transactions to our 2024 Financial Statements.
Tax Status
We elected to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), effective for the period commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2014 through our taxable year ended December 31, 2022. As discussed above, we revoked that election effective as of January 1, 2023. Accordingly, we are now a corporation primarily subject to taxation under the provisions of subchapter C of the Code, a “taxable C corporation,” beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2023. We believe that, during the period commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2014 through December 31, 2022, we were organized and operated in a manner so that we qualified as a REIT. To qualify as a REIT during that period, we were required, among other things, distribute annually at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal to net income as calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”)) determined without regard for the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains, and we were required to comply with a number of other organizational and operational requirements. As long as we qualified as a REIT, we generally were not subject to federal corporate income tax on the portion of our REIT taxable income that we distributed to our stockholders.
As a taxable C corporation, we will not be allowed a deduction for dividends paid to our stockholders in computing our taxable income and will be subject to U.S. federal and state income tax on our taxable income at corporate tax rates. In addition, we generally will be disqualified from treatment as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year in which we revoked our REIT election. This action may reduce our net earnings available for investment or distribution to stockholders because of an additional income tax liability. Further, any cash distributions we pay to our stockholders will be taxed as dividend income under U.S. federal income tax law, to the extent attributable to our current accumulated earnings and profits, and not at rates applicable to dividends paid by REITs. To the extent we generate taxable income going forward, we may be able to limit the tax on our income through the use of net operating loss carryforwards or “NOLs”. However, because of our recent operating history of taxable losses from our results of operations, we are not able to conclude that it is more likely than not we will realize the future benefit of our NOLs; thus we have provided a 100% valuation allowance as of December 31, 2024.
Competition
The New York City real estate market, where our properties are currently located, is highly competitive. We compete for tenants in this market based on various factors that include location, rental rates, security, suitability of the property’s design for a tenant’s needs and the manner in which the property is operated and marketed. The number of competing properties in the New York City area could have a material effect on our occupancy levels for our New York City properties, rental rates and on the operating expenses of certain of our properties.
In addition, we compete for acquisitions with REITs, specialty finance companies, savings and loan associations, banks, mortgage bankers, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, mutual funds and other entities. Some of these competitors, including larger REITs, have substantially greater financial resources than us, and generally may be able to accept more risk than we can prudently manage, including risks with respect to the creditworthiness of tenants. There is also competition with others for assets outside of real estate, which we will face as we expand the scope of the assets and businesses we may acquire. However, there are no other specific competition-related factors known to us at this time.
Competition from these and other third-party real estate investors may limit the number of suitable investment opportunities available to us and increase prices, which will lower yields, making it more difficult for us to acquire new investments on attractive terms.
Regulations - General
Our investments are subject to various federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations, including, among other things, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, zoning regulations, land use controls, environmental controls relating to air and water quality, noise pollution and indirect environmental impacts such as increased motor vehicle activity. We believe that we have all permits and approvals necessary under current law to operate our investments. These regulations have not and are not expected to have a material impact on our capital expenditures, competitive position, and financial condition or results of operations during the next twelve months.
Regulations - Environmental and Related Matters
As an owner of real estate, we are subject to various environmental laws of federal, state and local governments. Compliance with existing laws has not had a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations, and management does not believe it will have such an impact in the future. However, we cannot predict the impact of unforeseen environmental contingencies or new or changed laws or regulations on properties in which we hold an interest, or on properties that may be acquired directly or indirectly in the future. We hire third parties to conduct Phase I environmental reviews of the real property that we intend to purchase.
We did not make any material capital expenditures in connection with environmental, health and safety laws, ordinances and regulations in the year ended December 31, 2024 and do not expect that we will be required to make any such material capital expenditures during the year ending December 31, 2025.
Human Capital Resources
We are an externally managed company and thus have no employees. We have retained the Advisor pursuant to a long-term advisory contract to manage our affairs on a day-to-day basis. We have also entered into agreements with our Property Manager to manage and lease our properties. The employees of the Advisor, Property Manager and their respective affiliates perform a full range of services for us, including acquisitions, property management, accounting, legal, asset management, investor relations and all general administrative services. We depend on the Advisor and the Property Manager for services that are essential to us. If the Advisor and the Property Manager were unable to provide these services to us, we would be required to provide these services ourselves or obtain them from other sources.
Available Information
We electronically file Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements and all amendments to those filings with the SEC. You may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Internet address at http://www.sec.gov. The website contains reports, proxy statements and information statements, and other information, which you may obtain free of charge. In addition, copies of our filings with the SEC may be obtained from our website at www.americanstrategicinvestment.com. Access to these filings is free of charge. We are not incorporating our website or any information from the website into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Set forth below are the risk factors that we believe are material to our stockholders and a summary thereof. The occurrence of any of the risks discussed in this Annual Report on Form 10-K could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and ability to pay dividends on our Class A common stock and they may also impact the trading price of our Class A common stock.
Summary Risk Factors
•Our real estate assets are located in the New York City area and, therefore, our business is particularly vulnerable to an economic downturn in New York City, including trends that reduce demand for office real estate or risks that affect the general and New York City retail environments.
•Risks related to operating businesses that are not REIT qualifying assets and being classified as a taxable C corporation.
•Our ability to fund our capital requirements will depend on, among other things, the amount of cash we are able to generate from our operations and outside sources, which may not be available on acceptable or favorable terms, or at all.
•Our ability to maintain effective system of internal control over financial reporting.
•Certain periods of our unaudited financial statements were required to be restated or revised as a result of management identifying and reporting a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2022, June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2022.
•There is no assurance that we will restart paying cash dividends.
•We are subject to risks associated with a pandemic, epidemic or outbreak of a contagious disease, such as the global COVID-19 pandemic, which may have a material adverse effect on our business.
•The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and the recent escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict may adversely impact our business operations and financial performance.
•Inflation may have an adverse effect on our investments and results of operations
•Increasing interest rates could increase the amount of our debt payments.
•We depend on tenants for our revenue, and accordingly lease terminations, tenant default and bankruptcy have adversely affected and could in the future adversely affect the income produced by our properties.
•Our ability to maintain or increase rental rates, and to renew leases with current tenants or enter into new leases with new tenants at competitive rental rates.
•We may change our targeted investments without stockholder consent, and our strategy to acquire assets opportunistically involves a higher risk of loss than more conservative investment strategies.
•Risks related to our relatively small asset base and the high concentration of our total assets in two large individual real estate assets, including the reliance on three major tenants.
•We may incur additional risks from acquisition or origination of real estate debt or investment in real estate-related securities issued by real estate market participants.
•Costs of complying with governmental laws and regulations, including those relating to environmental matters and discovery of previously undetected environmentally hazardous conditions, may adversely affect our operating results.
•We depend on our Advisor and our Property Manager to provide us with executive officers, key personnel and all services required for us to conduct our operations and our operating performance may be impacted by any adverse changes in the financial health or reputation of our Advisor and our Property Manager.
•All of our executive officers face conflicts of interest, such as conflicts created by the terms of our agreements with the Advisor and compensation payable thereunder, conflicts allocating investment opportunities to us, and conflicts in allocating their time and attention to our matters. Conflicts that arise may not be resolved in our favor and could result in actions that are adverse to us.
•We may terminate our advisory agreement in only limited circumstances, which may require payment of a termination fee.
•We have substantial indebtedness and may be unable to repay, refinance, restructure or extend our indebtedness as it becomes due and we may incur additional indebtedness in the future.
•We have been in breach of several of our mortgage loan covenants, which are not events of default, for multiple quarters.
•The stockholder rights plan adopted by our Board, our classified board and other aspects of our corporate structure and Maryland law may discourage a third party from acquiring us in a manner that might result in a premium price to our stockholders.
•Failure to qualify as a REIT for prior taxable years would subject us to U.S. federal income tax and potentially state and local tax.
Risks Related to Our Properties and Operations
All of our real estate assets are located in the New York City area and, therefore, our business is particularly vulnerable to an economic downturn in New York City.
All of the real estate assets we own are located in the New York City area. We are subject to risks generally inherent in concentrating investments in a certain geographic area. These risks resulting from a lack of diversification become greater in downturns. The economy and real estate market in New York City were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to be challenged as a result of the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on the changing nature of in-office working arrangements. A further downturn in New York City’s economy for any reason such as employee layoffs or downsizing, industry slowdowns, relocations of businesses, increases in real estate and other taxes (or limits on tax deductibility), costs of complying with governmental regulations or increased regulation, in a submarket within New York City or in the overall national economy could reduce demand for office or retail space. Likewise, declines in the financial services or media sectors may have a disproportionate adverse effect on the New York City real estate market. Any sustained period of increased non-payment, delinquencies or losses caused by adverse market or economic conditions in New York City or in the overall national economy could adversely affect the value of our assets, revenues, results of operations and financial condition.
We have no operating history with businesses that are not REIT qualifying assets. We cannot make any assurance that our new business plan will be successfully implemented.
For the year ended December 31, 2022, we announced our intention to expand the scope of the assets and businesses we may acquire and operate. We may acquire other assets and operating businesses such as hotels, expand our co-working office space business and seek to invest in and operate businesses such as hotel or parking lot management companies. Excluding hotels, these assets do not generate REIT-qualifying income and are operating businesses. There is no assurance that we will be able to identify and acquire other assets or operating businesses at acceptable prices, if at all or that we will be able to operate the asset and businesses in a profitable fashion. Further, we may acquire assets in areas outside of New York City which will, among other things, expose us to risks and economic uncertainties in these new areas. We may not be able to effectively manage or adjust for these risks and economic uncertainties, and our business may be adversely affected if we do not manage these challenges successfully.
Moreover, there is no assurance that the anticipated benefits of the transition from a REIT to a taxable C corporation will be realized or that we will be able to use existing or future NOLs to offset future taxable income, if any. Our federal NOLs totaled $298.8 million as of December 31, 2024. A portion of these federal NOLs will begin to expire during 2035. Likewise, a portion of the NOL carryforward may be limited in its use due to certain portions of the Code, including but not limited to Section 382 which imposes an annual limit on the amount of NOLs and net capital loss carry forwards that the Company may use to affect future taxable income.
If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud. As a result, stockholders could lose confidence in our financial and other public reporting, which is likely to negatively affect our business and the market price of our common stock.
Effective internal control over financial reporting is necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and prevent fraud. Any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in our implementation could cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. In addition, any testing conducted by us, or any testing conducted by our independent registered public accounting firm, may reveal deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses or that may require prospective or retroactive changes to our financial statements or identify other areas for further attention or improvement. Inferior internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which is likely to negatively affect our business and the market price of our Class A common stock. The additional reporting and other obligations resulting from any material weaknesses, including any litigation or regulatory inquires that may result therefrom, increase legal and financial compliance costs and the costs of related legal, accounting and administrative activities and may impact investor perceptions.
Certain of our unaudited financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 were required to be restated and our management and audit committee identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.
In November 2022, our management and audit committee concluded that our previously issued unaudited consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2022 (the “Interim Financial Statements”), included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 12, 2022 (the “Q2 2022 10-Q”), were materially misstated. Management and the audit committee concluded that these Interim Financial Statements should no longer be relied upon. We filed an amendment to the Q2 2022 10-Q on November 14, 2022 in order to correct the errors by (i) restating our previously issued unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2022, and (ii) revising our previously issued unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three month period ended March 31, 2022.
Our management evaluated the impact of these errors on its assessment of the design and operating effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and identified a material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting. The material weakness was due to the lack of an effectively designed control activity over identifying corporate expenses associated with non-operating/non-typical events such as the 2022 contested proxy, including new vendors and new services from existing vendors. A material weakness is defined as a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
A material weakness may result in a misstatement of accounts or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement of the Company’s financial statements that would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis or cause us to fail to meet our obligations under securities laws, stock exchange listing rules, or debt instrument covenants to file periodic financial reports on a timely basis. Any of these failures could result in adverse consequences that could materially and adversely affect the Company’s business, including an adverse impact on the market price of its common stock, potential action by the SEC, shareholder lawsuits, delisting of the Company’s stock, and general damage to its reputation. The Company incurred costs to rectify the material weaknesses described above and may have to incur additional costs if new issues emerge. The additional reporting and other obligations resulting from these material weaknesses, including any litigation or regulatory inquires that may result therefrom, increase legal and financial compliance costs and the costs of related legal, accounting and administrative activities and may impact investor perceptions.
Our ability to fund our capital requirements will depend on, among other things, the amount of cash we are able to generate from our operations and outside sources, which may not be available on acceptable or favorable terms, or at all.
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, we had cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash of $18.9 million and $12.8 million, respectively. Under the guarantee of certain recourse liabilities under one of our mortgage loans, we are required to maintain a minimum net worth in excess of $175.0 million and minimum liquid assets (i.e. cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash) of $10.0 million. This minimum net worth and cash requirement impacts our ability to fund our other cash needs. In the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the net cash provided by our property operations were not alone sufficient to fund operating expenses and other capital requirements. Our principal sources of cash in recent periods has been cash on hand from prior financings or from offerings of our Class A common stock including proceeds from the Rights Offering.
General economic conditions such as persistently high inflation and interest rates and the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on the changing nature of in-office working arrangements on the New York City real estate market, which led, for example, to a slow return of persons to their offices may cause certain of our tenants to be unable to make rent payments to us timely, or at all, reducing the amount of cash generated from our operations and therefore our ability to fund operating expenses and other capital requirements. We have also experienced lease terminations, including the terminations in January 2021 due to the bankruptcy of Knotel, a co-working company that was previously the second largest tenant in our portfolio based on annualized straight-line rent as of September 30, 2020 which occupied several floors at the 9 Times Square and 123 William Street properties. There can be no assurance that we will be able to recover on any of the claims we have against Knotel. Funding our cash needs from cash on hand or the other sources mentioned above reduces the amount of capital available for other uses, including acquisitions and capital expenditures, which limits our financial and operating flexibility and could adversely affect our business.
Our ability to increase the amount of cash we generate from property operations depends on a variety of factors, including the performance of our tenants and our business. Some of our loan agreements also contain cash trap provisions that are triggered if the performance of our properties decline. When these cash traps are active, any excess cash flows are restricted to the specific property and are unable to be used for other purposes, such as expenses on capital improvements at other properties. This could affect our liquidity and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders. As of December 31, 2024, much of our cash was restricted due to the operation of three cash traps (1140 Avenue of the Americas, 400 E. 67th Street and 8713 Fifth Avenue), which together, represent 32.6% of the rentable square feet in our portfolio as of December 31, 2024. Also, we had $1.6 million of cash maintained in segregated cash accounts, and classified as restricted cash on our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024, resulting from the breach of covenants under loan agreements secured by our 1140 Avenue of the Americas property. Due to this covenant breach all cash generated, if any, at our 1140 Avenue of Americas property is required to be held in a segregated account unavailable to us until the covenant breach is cured. Our 8713 Fifth Avenue property has not generated excess cash after debt service and as of December 31, 2024 there is no related cash maintained in a segregated and restricted cash account for that property. If we experience additional lease terminations, due to tenant bankruptcies or otherwise, or tenants placed on cash basis continue to not pay rent, it is possible that certain of the covenants on other loans may be breached and we may also become restricted from accessing excess cash flows from those properties. Breaches of loan covenants have reduced the cash available to us and further breaches will limit our ability to access cash generated by these properties (see - “We have been in breach of several of our mortgage loan covenants for multiple quarters”). There is no assurance that we will be able to cure any breaches of any of our mortgage loan covenants on favorable terms or at all and access the excess cash generated by these properties, if any. Our ability to increase the cash flow from our properties in amounts necessary to cure the covenant breaches and otherwise generate excess cash from our properties that may be used to satisfy our capital needs will depend on the success of our leasing initiatives. We may not be able to lease all or any portion of our currently vacant space, and we may experience additional terminations. Renewals and new leases have been and in the future may be, at lower rental rates.
If we are not able to generate sufficient cash from operations, we will need to generate funds from outside sources to meet our capital requirements. However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to do so. Equity or debt capital may not be available to us on favorable terms, or at all. We do not have a corporate-level revolving credit facility or any other corporate-level indebtedness, and there can be no assurance that we would be able to obtain corporate-level financing on favorable terms, or at all. Any future indebtedness we may incur may impose restrictions on us that affect our ability to pay dividends and other distributions as well as other restrictions, including financial covenants, which would decrease our operating and financial flexibility and our ability to achieve our operating objectives.
The issuance of additional shares of our Class A common stock, including pursuant to our Common Stock ATM Program, if resumed, could dilute the interests of the holders of our common stock, and any issuance of shares of preferred stock could dilute the interests of the holders of our Class A common stock and affect our ability to pay dividends on our Class A common stock in the future.
We face competition for tenants and acquisitions from entities that may have more capital than us.
The New York City real estate market is highly competitive and there are many competing properties in the New York City area. We compete for tenants based on a number of factors that include location, rental rates, security, suitability of the property’s design to prospective tenant needs and the manner in which the property is operated. Many competitors have substantially greater marketing budgets and financial resources than we do, which could limit our success when we compete with them directly. Competition could have a material effect on our occupancy levels, rental rates and on property operating expenses. To the extent we engage in additional acquisition activities, we compete with many other entities including REITs, sovereigns, specialty finance companies, family offices, banks, mortgage bankers, insurance companies, mutual funds, private investment funds, institutional investors and lenders. Many of these competitors, as compared to us, have a lower cost of capital enhanced operating efficiencies and substantially greater financial resources. In addition, the number of competing properties in the New York City area could have a material effect on our occupancy levels, rental rates and on the operating expenses of certain of our properties.
As we expand the type of assets or businesses we may seek to acquire, we are also competing with third-parties who may have greater access or expertise with these other assets which may limit the number of suitable investment opportunities available to us and also may result in higher prices, lower yields and a narrower spread of yields over our borrowing costs, making it more difficult for us to acquire new investments on attractive terms.
In addition:
•we have limited sources of capital available to us to fund acquisitions;
•we may not be able to raise the necessary debt or equity financing on favorable terms, or at all, in order to fund acquisitions;
•we may acquire properties or other assets that are not accretive and may not successfully integrate, manage and lease these assets we acquire to meet our expectations;
•we may need to fund improvements or renovations to acquired assets;
•agreements to acquire assets and businesses generally, and properties in particulate, are typically subject to customary conditions to closing, and we may spend significant time and money on potential acquisitions that we do not consummate;
•the process of acquiring assets or business or pursuing an acquisition may divert the attention of our management team from our existing business operations;
•we may be unable to quickly and efficiently integrate new acquisitions, particularly acquisitions of portfolios of properties, into our existing operations;
•market conditions may result in higher vacancies and lower-than expected rental rates at our properties; and
•we may acquire properties or other assets or businesses without recourse, or with only limited recourse, for liabilities, whether known or unknown.
We rely upon our Advisor and the professionals employed by affiliates of our Advisor to identify suitable investments. To the extent that our Advisor and the professionals employed by affiliates of our Advisor face competing demands upon their time at times when we have capital ready for investment, we may face delays in locating suitable further investments. Delays we encounter in the selection and acquisition of income-producing assets would likely lower returns. These delays may be lengthier in the case of early stage assets or businesses or properties under development.
Moreover, there can be no assurance that our Advisor will be successful in obtaining suitable further investments on financially attractive terms or that our objectives will be achieved. In the event we are unable to timely locate suitable investments, we may be unable to meet our investment objectives, which could adversely affect our business.
There is no assurance we will restart paying cash dividends.
Decisions regarding the frequency and amount of any future dividends we pay on our Class A common stock will remain at all times entirely at the discretion of our Board, which reserves the right to change our dividend policy at any time and for any reason. Our ability to pay dividends in the future depends on our ability to operate profitably and to generate sufficient cash flows from the operations. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to pay dividends on a regular basis on our Class A common stock or any other class or series of stock we may issue in the future. We have not paid dividends on our Class A common stock since March 2022. There is no assurance as to when or if we will pay dividends in the future. During the six months ended June 30, 2022 and during the year ended December 31, 2021, we paid our Class A common stockholders dividends in the amount equal to $0.80 per share per quarter (adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split). These dividends were not funded with cash flow generated by operations but rather from available cash on hand consisting of proceeds from prior period financings and proceeds from our Common Stock ATM Program. Funding dividends from these sources reduced the capital available for other requirements, such as capital expenditures, investing in new assets and paying operating expenses. In addition, although our Board has adopted a resolution authorizing consideration of share repurchases of up to $100 million of shares of Class A common stock over a long-term period actual repurchases must be reviewed and approved by our Board based on management recommendations taking into consideration all information available at the specific time including our available cash resources (including the ability to borrow), market capitalization, trading price and alternative uses such as acquisitions. Provisions contained in our loan agreements may also impact our ability to pay dividends. If we do not restart paying cash dividends on our Class A common stock, the return on your investment, if any, will depend solely on an increase, if any, in the market value of our Class A common stock.
We may be unable to secure funds for future tenant improvements or capital needs.
We are generally responsible for funding any major structural repairs to our properties, such as repairs to the foundation, exterior walls and rooftops as well as for tenant improvement and leasing commission costs associated with our leasing activities. Our cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as of December 31, 2024 includes a significant amount of restricted cash, which may not be available to make tenant improvements or satisfy our capital needs, and if we need additional capital in the future to improve or maintain our properties or for tenant improvements and leasing commissions, we may have to obtain financing from sources, beyond our cash flow from operations, such as borrowings or future equity offerings. These sources of funding may not be available on attractive terms or at all. If we cannot fund capital improvements, tenant improvements or leasing commissions, our investments may generate lower cash flows or decline in value, or both and result in our inability to lease vacant space or retain tenants upon the expiration of their leases, which could have a material adverse effect on us.
Our properties have been and may continue to be subject to impairment charges.
We periodically evaluate our real estate investments for impairment indicators. The judgment regarding the existence of impairment indicators is based on factors such as market conditions, tenant performance, legal structure and our intent and ability to hold the property. For example, the early termination of, or default under, a lease by a major tenant may lead to an impairment charge. If we determine that an impairment has occurred, we are required to make a downward adjustment to the net carrying value of the property. Impairment charges also indicate a potential permanent adverse change in the fundamental operating characteristics of the impaired property. There is no assurance that these adverse changes will be reversed in the future and the decline in the impaired property’s value could be permanent. Any such impairment could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. During the year ended December 31, 2024 we have incurred impairment charges of $112.5 million.
We are subject to risks associated with a pandemic, epidemic or outbreak of a contagious disease, such as the global COVID-19 pandemic, which may have a material adverse effect on our business.
We are subject to risks associated with public health crises, such as pandemics and epidemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has subsided with the normalization of living with COVID-19 following the increase in accessibility to COVID-19 vaccines and antiviral treatments. While the U.S. has removed or reduced the restrictions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic could once again impact our operations and the operations of our tenants as a result of quarantines, location closures, illnesses, and travel restrictions. Any future resurgence of COVID-19 or variants of the virus, and the severity and duration thereof, remain uncertain, however, a substantial and continuous deterioration in the business environment in the U.S. as a consequence thereof could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic evolved rapidly and resulted in a decrease in economic activity particularly in the New York City area. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a potentially long-term negative impact on New York City real estate market due to the risk that tenants may reduce the office space they lease as some portion of the workforce continues to work remotely on a hybrid or full-time basis. Presently, because substantially all of our income derived from rentals of commercial real property, our business, income, cash flow, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, ability to service our debt obligations, consummate future property acquisitions and pay dividends and other distributions to our stockholders has been and will continue to be adversely affected if a significant number of tenants are unable to meet their obligations to us. Certain tenants have been, or may be in the future, unwilling or unable to pay rent in full or on a timely basis due to bankruptcy, lack of liquidity, or funding, operational failures, or for other reasons.
The scope and duration of any future public health crisis, including the potential emergence of new variants of the COVID-19 virus, the pace at which government restrictions are imposed and lifted, the scope of additional actions taken to mitigate the spread of disease, global vaccination and booster rates, the speed and extent to which global markets fully recover from the disruptions caused by such a public health crisis, and the impact of these factors on our business, financial condition and results of operations, will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence.
We may change our targeted investments without stockholder consent.
We have invested in a portfolio of primarily office properties and other property types, such as retail, located in the five boroughs of New York City. Our Board recently changed our investment policies to expand our business to other asset types including operating businesses. We also decided to revoke our election to be taxed as a REIT, effective as of January 1, 2023. Our Board may further change our targeted investments and investment guidelines at any time without the consent of our stockholders, which could result in our making investments that are different from, and possibly riskier than, initially anticipated by, among other things, increasing our exposure to interest rate risk, default risk and market fluctuations.
Part of our strategy for building our portfolio involves acquiring assets opportunistically. This strategy involves a higher risk of loss than more conservative investment strategies.
In order to meet our investment objectives, we have acquired and may continue to acquire assets that have less than 80% occupancy at the time of acquisition, but which we believe we can reposition, redevelop or remarket to enhance value.
Investing in opportunistic assets subjects us to increased risks relating to, among other things, changes in the local economy, such as New York City, and increased competition for tenants at similar properties in those markets, as well as increased risks that the economic trends and demand for office and retail space and other real estate may change. For these and other reasons, there is no assurance that we will be profitable or that we will realize growth in the value of our real estate properties. In addition, leasing vacant space will likely result in our incurring expenses for tenant improvements and leasing commissions, which could adversely impact our cash flow.
Two of our individual real estate investments represent a material percentage of our assets.
As of December 31, 2024, our portfolio consisted of six properties, and the two largest assets, 123 William Street and 1140 Avenue of the Americas, aggregated approximately 80% of the total rentable square footage in our portfolio and 77% of annualized straight-line rent. Due to our relatively small asset base and the high concentration of our total assets in relatively large individual real estate assets, the value of our assets could vary more widely with the performance of specific assets than if we invested in a more diverse portfolio of properties. Because of this asset concentration, even modest changes in the value of our real estate assets could have a significant impact on the value of our assets and the value of our Class A common stock.
We rely significantly on the following major tenants and therefore, are subject to tenant credit concentrations that make us more susceptible to adverse events with respect to these tenants.
As of December 31, 2024, the following tenants accounted for 5% or more of our total annualized rental income on a straight-line basis, based on leases commenced:
Tenant % of Annualized Straight-Line Rent
City National Bank 9.6%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. 7.5%
Equinox 6.4%
The failure of any of these tenants to pay rent could have a material adverse effect on our cash flow and the value of the applicable property and our results of operations. In addition, the individual value of our properties may be impacted in part by the credit quality of the underlying tenants, and an adverse change in the financial condition or a decline in the credit rating of any of these material tenants may result in a decline in the value of the specific properties and our results of operations.
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict may adversely impact our business operations and financial performance.
United States and global markets are experiencing volatility and disruption following the geopolitical instability resulting from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and, until recently, the Israel-Hamas conflict. In response to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (“NATO”) deployed additional military forces to eastern Europe, and the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and other countries have announced various sanctions and restrictive actions against Russia, Belarus and related individuals and entities, including the removal of certain financial institutions from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) payment system. Certain countries, including the United States, have also provided and may continue to provide military aid or other assistance to Ukraine, increasing geopolitical tensions among a number of nations. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the resulting measures that have been taken, and could be taken in the future, by NATO, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and other countries have created global security concerns that could have a lasting impact on regional and global economies. Although the length and impact of the ongoing conflict is highly unpredictable, it could lead to market disruptions, including significant volatility in commodity prices, credit and capital markets, as well as supply chain interruptions and increased cyber-attacks against U.S. companies. Additionally, any resulting sanctions could adversely affect the global economy and financial markets and lead to instability and lack of liquidity in capital markets. The ongoing conflict and the resulting geopolitical instability can adversely impact our business operations and financial performance. These factors may also result in the weaking of the financial condition of a significant tenant or a number of smaller tenants, which could adversely impact their ability to timely pay rent. Our revenues is largely dependent on the success and economic viability of our tenants and, as a result, our financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.
We may in the future acquire or originate real estate debt or invest in real estate-related securities issued by real estate market participants, which could expose us to additional risks.
We may in the future acquire or originate first mortgage debt loans, mezzanine loans, preferred equity or securitized loans, commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), preferred equity and other higher-yielding structured debt and equity investments. Doing so would expose us not only to the risks and uncertainties we are currently exposed to through our direct investments in real estate but also to additional risks and uncertainties attendant to investing in and holding these types of investments, such as:
•risk of defaults by borrowers in paying debt service on outstanding indebtedness and to other impairments of our loans and investments;
•increased competition from entities engaged in mortgage lending and, or investing in our target assets;
•deterioration in the performance of properties securing our investments may cause deterioration in the performance of our investments and, potentially, principal losses to us;
•fluctuations in interest rates and credit spreads could reduce our ability to generate income on our loans and other investments;
•difficulty in redeploying the proceeds from repayments of our existing loans and investments;
•the illiquidity of certain of these investments;
•lack of control over certain of our loans and investments;
•the potential need to foreclose on certain of the loans we originate or acquire, which could result in losses;
•additional risks, including the risks of the securitization process, posed by investments in CMBS and other similar structured finance investments, as well as those we structure, sponsor or arrange;
•use of leverage may create a mismatch with the duration and interest rate of the investments that we finance; and
•risks related to the operating performance or trading price volatility of any publicly-traded and private companies primarily engaged in real estate businesses we invest in.
Any one or a combination of these factors may cause a borrower to default on a loan or to declare bankruptcy. If a default or bankruptcy occurs and the underlying asset value is less than the loan amount, we will suffer a loss.
In the event of any default under a commercial real estate loan held directly by us, we will bear a risk of loss of principal or accrued interest to the extent of any deficiency between the value of the collateral and the principal and accrued interest of the commercial real estate loan, which could have a material adverse effect on our cash flow from operations. In the event of a default by a borrower on a non-recourse commercial real estate loan, we will only have recourse to the underlying asset (including any escrowed funds and reserves) collateralizing the commercial real estate loan. If a borrower defaults on one of our commercial real estate investments and the underlying property collateralizing the commercial real estate debt is insufficient to satisfy the outstanding balance of the debt, we may suffer a loss of principal or interest. In addition, even if we have recourse to a borrower’s assets, we may not have full recourse to such assets in the event of a borrower bankruptcy as the loan to such borrower will be deemed to be secured only to the extent of the value of the mortgaged property at the time of bankruptcy (as determined by the bankruptcy court) and the lien securing the loan will be subject to the avoidance powers of the bankruptcy trustee or debtor-in-possession to the extent the lien is unenforceable under state law. We are also exposed to these risks through the commercial real estate loans underlying a commercial real estate security we hold, which may result in us not recovering a portion or all of our investment in such commercial real estate security.
Risks Related to Investments in Real Estate
We generally obtain only limited warranties when we purchase a property and therefore have only limited recourse if our due diligence did not identify any issues that lower the value of our property.
We have acquired, and may continue to acquire, properties in “as is” condition on a “where is” basis and “with all faults,” without any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular use or purpose. In addition, purchase agreements we entered in the past, or may enter into in the future into may contain only limited warranties, representations and indemnifications that will only survive for a limited period after the closing. The purchase of properties with limited warranties increases the risk that we may lose some or all our invested capital in the property as well as the loss of rental income from that property, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We may be unable to sell a property at the time or on the terms we desire.
The real estate market is affected by many factors, such as general economic conditions, availability of financing, interest rates and other factors, including supply and demand, that are beyond our control. Because real estate investments are relatively illiquid, we have a limited ability to vary our portfolio in response to changes in economic or other conditions. We cannot predict whether we will be able to sell any property for the price or on the terms set by us, or whether any price or other terms offered by a prospective purchaser would be acceptable to us. We cannot predict the length of time needed to find a willing purchaser and to close the sale of a property or properties. Further, we may also be required to expend funds to correct defects or to make improvements, before a property can be sold and may not have funds available to correct such defects or to make such improvements. We may be unable to sell our properties at a profit or at the time or on the terms we desire. Moreover, in acquiring a property or incurring debt securing a property, we may agree to restrictions that prohibit the sale of that property for a period of time or impose other restrictions, such limiting the amount of debt that can be secured by that property. Our inability to sell a property when we desire to do so may cause us to reduce our selling price for the property, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We may be unable to renew leases or re-lease space on favorable terms or at all as leases expire.
Approximately 42% of our leases (based on annualized straight-line rent) expire over the next five years. We may be unable to renew expiring leases on terms and conditions that are as, or more, favorable as the terms and conditions of the expiring leases. While we are working to identify and enter into leases with additional new tenants to replace Knotel, which filed for bankruptcy and terminated its leases with us in January 2021, and to increase the rental income at our properties through leasing activity, there can be no assurance we will be able to lease all or any portion of our currently vacant space at any property on acceptable or favorable terms, or at all. For example, annualized straight-line rent per square foot for certain leases, including the leases we have entered into to replace Knotel, are lower than the annualized straight-line rent per square foot under the previous leases. In addition, additional vacancies may occur at one or more of our properties due to a default by a tenant on its lease or expiration of a lease. Vacancies may reduce the value of a property as a result of reduced cash flow generated by the property. In addition, changes in space utilization by our tenants may impact our ability to renew or re-let space without the need to incur substantial costs in renovating or redesigning the internal configuration of the relevant property. If we are unable to promptly renew expiring leases or re-lease the space at similar rates or if we incur substantial costs in renewing or re-leasing the space, our cash flow could be adversely affected.
We depend on tenants for our revenue, and accordingly lease terminations, tenant default and bankruptcy have adversely affected and could in the future adversely affect the income produced by our properties.
In addition to the bankruptcy of Knotel, or any guarantor of a tenant’s lease obligations, we could also become insolvent or be subject to a bankruptcy proceeding pursuant to Title 11 of the United States Code. A bankruptcy filing of our tenants or any guarantor of a tenant’s lease obligations would result in a stay of all efforts by us to collect pre-bankruptcy debts from these entities or their assets, unless we receive an enabling order from the bankruptcy court. Post-bankruptcy debts would be required to be paid currently. If a lease is assumed by the tenant, all pre-bankruptcy balances owing under it must be paid in full. If a lease is rejected by a tenant in bankruptcy, we would only have a general unsecured claim for damages. If a lease is rejected, it is unlikely we would receive any payments from the tenant because our claim is capped at the rent reserved under the lease, without acceleration, for the greater of one year or 15% of the remaining term of the lease, but not greater than three years, plus rent already due but unpaid as of the date of the bankruptcy filing (post-bankruptcy rent would be payable in full). This claim could be paid only if funds were available, and then only in the same percentage as that realized on other unsecured claims.
A tenant or lease guarantor bankruptcy could delay efforts to collect past due balances under the relevant leases, and could ultimately preclude full collection of these sums. A tenant or lease guarantor bankruptcy could cause a decrease or cessation of rental payments that would mean a reduction in our cash flow and the amount available for distributions to our stockholders. We cannot assure our stockholders that the tenant or its trustee will assume our lease and that our cash flow and the amounts available for distributions to our stockholders will not be adversely affected.
A sale-leaseback transaction may be recharacterized in a tenant’s bankruptcy proceeding.
We may enter into sale-leaseback transactions, whereby we purchase a property and then lease the same property back to the purchaser, who becomes our tenant as part of the transaction. In the event of the bankruptcy of a tenant, a transaction structured as a sale-leaseback may be recharacterized as either a financing or a joint venture, and either type of recharacterization could adversely affect our business. If the sale-leaseback were recharacterized as a financing, we might not be considered the owner of the property, and as a result would have the status of a creditor. In that event, we would no longer have the right to sell or encumber our ownership interest in the property. Instead, we would have a claim against the tenant for the amounts owed under the lease. The tenant/debtor might have the ability to propose a plan restructuring the term, interest rate and amortization schedule of its outstanding balance. If this plan were confirmed by the bankruptcy court, we would be bound by the new terms. If the sale-leaseback were recharacterized as a joint venture, our lessee and we could be treated as co-venturers with regard to the property. As a result, we could be held liable, under some circumstances, for debts incurred by the lessee relating to the property. Either of these outcomes could adversely affect our cash flow.
If we sell a property by providing financing to the purchaser, we will bear the risk of default by the purchaser.
In some instances, we may sell our properties by providing financing to purchasers. In these cases, we will bear the risk that the purchaser may default, which could negatively impact our cash flow. Even in the absence of a purchaser default, the proceeds from the sale will be delayed until the promissory notes or other property we may accept upon the sale are actually paid, sold, refinanced or otherwise disposed of. In some cases, we may receive initial down payments in cash and other property in the year of sale in an amount less than the selling price, and subsequent payments will be spread over a number of years. If any purchaser defaults under a financing arrangement with us, it could negatively impact our cash flow.
Joint venture investments could be adversely affected by our lack of sole decision-making authority, our reliance on the financial condition of co-venturers and disputes between us and our co-venturers.
We may enter into joint ventures, partnerships and other co-ownership arrangements (including preferred equity investments) for the purpose of making investments. If we do so, we may not be in a position to exercise sole decision-making authority regarding the joint venture. Investments in joint ventures may, under certain circumstances, involve risks not present were a third party not involved, including the possibility that partners or co-venturers might become bankrupt or fail to fund their required capital contributions. Co-venturers may have economic or other business interests or goals which are inconsistent with our business interests or goals, and may be in a position to take actions contrary to our policies or objectives. Such investments may also have the potential risk of impasses on decisions, such as a sale, because neither we nor the co-venturer would have full control over the joint venture. In addition, to the extent our participation represents a minority interest, a majority of the participants may be able to take actions which are not in our best interests because of our lack of full control. Disputes between us and co-venturers may result in litigation or arbitration that would increase our expenses and prevent our officers or directors from focusing their time and effort on our business. Consequently, actions by or disputes with co-venturers might result in subjecting properties owned by the joint venture to additional risk. In addition, we may in certain circumstances be liable for the actions of our co-venturers.
Covenants, conditions and restrictions may restrict our ability to operate a property, which may adversely affect our operating costs.
Some of our properties are contiguous to other parcels of real property, comprising part of the same building. In connection with such properties, there may be covenants, conditions, restrictions, and easements governing the operation of, and improvements, to, such properties. Moreover, the operation and management of the contiguous properties may impact our properties. Compliance with these covenants, conditions, restrictions, and easements may adversely affect our operating costs and reduce the amount of funds that we have available for other purposes.
Our real properties are subject to property taxes that may increase in the future, which could adversely affect our cash flow.
Our real properties are subject to real property taxes that may increase as tax rates change and as the real properties are assessed or reassessed by taxing authorities. We anticipate that certain of our leases will generally provide that the property taxes, or increases therein, are charged to the lessees as an expense related to the real properties that they occupy, while other leases will generally provide that we are responsible for such taxes. In any case, as the owner of the properties, we are ultimately responsible for payment of the taxes to the applicable government authorities. If real property taxes increase, lessees may be unable to make the required tax payments, ultimately requiring us to pay the taxes even if otherwise stated under the terms of the lease. If we fail to pay any such taxes, the applicable taxing authority may place a lien on the real property and the real property may be subject to a tax sale. In addition, we are generally responsible for real property taxes related to any vacant space.
We may suffer uninsured losses relating to real property or have to pay expensive premiums for insurance coverage.
Our general liability, property and umbrella liability, insurance coverage on all our properties may not be adequate to insure against liability claims and provide for the costs of defense. Similarly, we may not have adequate coverage against the risk of direct physical damage or to reimburse us on a replacement cost basis for costs incurred to repair or rebuild each property. Moreover, there are types of losses, generally catastrophic in nature, such as losses due to wars, acts of terrorism, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, pollution or environmental matters including as a result of climate change, that are uninsurable or not economically insurable, or may be insured subject to limitations, such as large deductibles or co-payments. Insurance risks associated with such catastrophic events could sharply increase the premiums we pay for coverage against property and casualty claims.
This risk is particularly relevant with respect to potential acts of terrorism. The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (the “TRIA”), under which the U.S. federal government bears a significant portion of insured losses caused by terrorism, will expire on December 31, 2027, and there can be no assurance that Congress will act to renew or replace the TRIA following its expiration. In the event that the TRIA is not renewed or replaced, terrorism insurance may become difficult or impossible to obtain at reasonable costs or at all, which may result in adverse impacts and additional costs to us.
Changes in the cost or availability of insurance due to the non-renewal of the TRIA or for other reasons could expose us to uninsured casualty losses. If any of our properties incurs a casualty loss that is not fully insured, the value of our assets will be reduced by any such uninsured loss. In addition, other than any working capital reserve or other reserves we may establish, we have no source of funding to repair or reconstruct any uninsured property.
Additionally, mortgage lenders insist in some cases that commercial property owners purchase coverage against terrorism as a condition for providing mortgage loans. Accordingly, to the extent terrorism risk insurance policies are not available at reasonable costs, if at all, our ability to finance or refinance indebtedness secured by our properties could be impaired. In such instances, we may be required to provide other financial support, either through financial assurances or self-insurance, to cover potential losses. We may not have adequate, or any, coverage for such losses.
Actual or threatened terrorist attacks and other acts of violence, civilian unrest, or war may affect the markets in which we operate our business and our profitability.
We own properties in the New York City area which has experienced, and remains susceptible to, terrorist attacks. Because our properties are generally open to the public, they are exposed to a number of incidents that may take place within their premises and that are beyond our control or ability to prevent. Any actual or threatened act of terror, mass shooting or other acts of violence, civilian unrest or war, could have a negative effect on our business, including us losing our tenants or being forced to close one or more of our properties for some time. If any of these incidents were to occur, the relevant property could face material damage to its image and the revenues generated therefrom. In addition, we may be exposed to civil liability and be required to indemnify the victims, and our insurance premiums could rise, any of which could adversely affect us.
Moreover, any terrorist attack, other act of violence or war, including armed conflicts, could result in increased volatility in, or damage to, the worldwide financial markets and economy, including demand for properties and availability of financing. Increased economic volatility could adversely affect our tenants’ abilities to conduct their operations profitably or our ability to borrow money or issue capital stock at acceptable prices.
Inflation may have an adverse effect on our investments and results of operations.
Recent increases in the rate of inflation, both real and anticipated, may impact our investments and results of operations. Inflation could erode the value of long-term leases that do not contain indexed escalation provisions, or contain fixed annual rent escalation provisions that are at rates lower than the rate of inflation, and increase expenses including those that cannot be passed through under our leases. Actual increases or the perception of increases in inflation could also increase the amount we reimburse our Advisor for our general and administrative expenses and our mortgage interest costs. An increase in our expenses, or expenses paid or incurred by our Advisor or its affiliates that are reimbursed by us pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, or a failure of revenues to increase at least with inflation could adversely impact our results of operations. Most of our leases for properties contain fixed rental rate with annual escalation based upon fixed percentage increases while some are based on other measures. Approximately 82% of our leases with our tenants contain rent escalation provisions which increase the amount of cash rent due by an average of 0.4% per year. These provisions generally increase rental rates during the terms of the leases either at fixed rates or other measures. Approximately 82% are fixed-rate, and 18% do not contain any escalation provisions. Inflation as measured by the consumer price index for all items as of December 31, 2024 as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was 2.9%. If the rental rate increases continue to lag behind inflation, our net income and cash flow would be negatively impacted. Future leases may not even contain escalation provisions and these provisions may not be sufficient to protect our revenues or expenses from the adverse effects of inflation. In addition, increased operating costs paid by our tenants could have an adverse impact on them if increases in their operating expenses exceed increases in their revenue, which may adversely affect their ability to pay rent owed to us or property expenses to be paid, or reimbursed to us, by our tenants.
Conversely, unusually low inflation can cause deflation, or an outright decline in prices. Deflation can lead to a negative cycle where consumers delay purchases in anticipation of lower prices, causing businesses to stop hiring and postpone investments as sales weaken. Deflation would have a serious impact on economic growth and may adversely affect the financial condition of our tenants and the rental rates at which we renew or enter into leases.
In addition to base rent, some of our leases require our tenants to (i) pay their allocable share of increases in operating expenses, over the base year in the lease or (ii) their allocable share of operating expense. Operating expenses common area maintenance costs, real estate taxes and insurance. Increased operating costs reimbursed to us or paid directly by our tenants under these net leases could have an adverse impact on our tenants if increases in their operating expenses exceed increases in their revenue, which may adversely affect our tenants’ ability to pay rent owed to us or property expenses to be paid, or reimbursed to us, by our tenants. Renewals of leases or future leases for our net lease properties may not be negotiated on a triple-net basis or on a basis requiring the tenants to pay all or some of such expenses, in which event we may have to pay those costs. If we are unable to lease properties on a basis requiring the tenants to pay all or some of such expenses, or if tenants fail to pay required tax, utility and other impositions, we could be required to pay those costs.
We face possible risks associated with the natural disasters and the physical effects of climate change.
We are subject to risks associated with natural disasters and the physical effects of climate change, which can include storms, hurricanes and flooding, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our properties and business. To the extent climate change causes changes in weather patterns, the New York City area could experience increases in storm intensity and rising sea-levels. Over time, these conditions could result in declining demand for space in our buildings or the inability of us to lease space in the buildings at all. Climate change may also have indirect effects on our business by increasing the cost of (or making unavailable) property insurance on terms we find acceptable, increasing the cost of energy at our properties and requiring us to expend funds as we seek to repair and protect our properties against such risks. Climate change may have a material adverse effect on our properties or business.
Growing public concern about climate change has resulted in the increased focus of local, state, regional, national and international regulatory bodies on greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions and climate change issues. Legislation to regulate GHG emissions has periodically been introduced in the U.S. Congress, and there has been a wide-ranging policy debate, both in the U.S. and internationally, regarding the impact of these gases and possible means for their regulation. Federal, state or foreign legislation or regulation on climate change could result in increased capital expenditures to improve the energy efficiency of our existing properties or to protect them from the consequence of climate change and could also result in increased compliance costs or additional operating restrictions that could adversely impact the businesses of our tenants and their ability to pay rent.
Failure to succeed in new markets or in new asset classes may have adverse consequences on our performance.
We may acquire properties or other assets both within and outside of our existing market areas. There can be no assurance that we will be able to operate successfully in new markets, or in new asset classes including expanded property types such as hotels. We may be exposed to a variety of risks if we choose to enter new markets including particularly to the extent our Advisor and its affiliates do not have experience in those markets, inability of our Advisor to evaluate accurately local market conditions, hire and retain key personnel, identify appropriate acquisition opportunities, and navigate local governmental and permitting procedures. In addition, we may abandon opportunities to enter new markets or acquire new classes of property that we have begun to explore for any reason and may, as a result, fail to recover expenses already incurred.
We may be adversely affected by certain trends that reduce demand for office real estate.
Some businesses are rapidly evolving to increasingly permit employee telecommuting, flexible work schedules, open workplaces and teleconferencing. These practices enable businesses to reduce their requirements for office space. A continuation of the movement towards these practices could over time erode the overall demand for office space and, in turn, place downward pressure on occupancy, rental rates and property valuations.
We are subject to risks that affect the general and New York City retail environments.
Certain of our properties located in New York City are leased to retail tenants which generated 27% of the annualized straight-line rental income during the year ended December 31, 2024. As such, these properties are affected by the general and New York City retail environments, including the level of consumer spending and consumer confidence, store closures and changing consumer preferences among other things. These factors could adversely affect the financial condition of our retail tenants and the willingness of retailers to lease space in our retail locations.
Costs of complying with governmental laws and regulations, including those relating to environmental matters and discovery of previously undetected environmentally hazardous conditions, may adversely affect our operating results.
Under various federal, state and local environmental laws, ordinances and regulations (including those of foreign jurisdictions), a current or previous owner or operator of real property may be liable for the cost of removal or remediation of hazardous or toxic substances on, under or in such property. The costs of removal or remediation could be substantial. Such laws often impose liability whether or not the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of such hazardous or toxic substances. Environmental laws also may impose restrictions on the manner in which property may be used or businesses may be operated, and these restrictions may require substantial expenditures. Environmental laws provide for sanctions for noncompliance and may be enforced by governmental agencies or, in certain circumstances, by private parties. Certain environmental laws and common law principles could be used to impose liability for release of and exposure to hazardous substances, including asbestos-containing materials into the air, and third parties may seek recovery from owners or operators of real properties for personal injury or property damage associated with exposure to released hazardous substances.
In addition, when excessive moisture accumulates in buildings or on building materials, mold growth may occur, particularly if the moisture problem remains undiscovered or is not addressed over a period of time. Some molds may produce airborne toxins or irritants. Concern about indoor exposure to mold has been increasing, as exposure to mold may cause a variety of adverse health effects and symptoms, including allergic or other reactions. As a result, the presence of significant mold at any of our properties could require us to undertake a costly remediation program to contain or remove the mold from the affected property, which could adversely affect our operating results.
The cost of defending against claims of liability, of compliance with environmental regulatory requirements, of remediating any contaminated property, or of paying personal injury claims could materially adversely affect our business, the value of our properties or our results of operations and, consequently, amounts available for distribution to our stockholders.
Environmental laws also may impose liens on property or restrictions on the manner in which property may be used or businesses may be operated, and these restrictions may require substantial expenditures or prevent us from operating such properties. Some of these laws and regulations have been amended so as to require compliance with new or more stringent standards as of future dates. Compliance with new or more stringent laws or regulations or stricter interpretation of existing laws may require us to incur material expenditures. Future laws, ordinances or regulations may impose material environmental liability.
There are costs associated with complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Our properties are subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (the “Disabilities Act”). Under the Disabilities Act, all places of public accommodation are required to comply with federal requirements related to access and use by disabled persons. The Disabilities Act has separate compliance requirements for “public accommodations” and “commercial facilities” that generally require that buildings and services, including restaurants and retail stores, be made accessible and available to people with disabilities. The Disabilities Act’s requirements could require removal of access barriers and could result in the imposition of injunctive relief, monetary penalties, or, in some cases, an award of damages. A determination that our properties do not comply with the Disabilities Act could result in liability for both governmental fines and damages. If we are required to make unanticipated major modifications to any of our properties to comply with the Disabilities Act which are determined not to be the responsibility of our tenants, we could incur unanticipated expenses that could have an adverse impact upon our financial resources, including cash available to pay distributions.
Risks Related to Our Indebtedness
Our level of indebtedness may increase our business risks.
As of December 31, 2024, we had total outstanding indebtedness of approximately $347.4 million. We do not have any debt maturing in 2025.
In addition, we may incur additional indebtedness in the future for various purposes. The amount of our 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 debt on favorable terms or at all, whether to refinance maturing debt, to fund acquisitions, to fund dividends or for other corporate purposes;
•limiting the amount of cash flow available for future operations, acquisitions, dividends, stock repurchases or other uses;
•making us more vulnerable to economic or industry downturns, including interest rate increases;
•requiring us to dispose of one or more of our properties at disadvantageous prices in order to service our indebtedness or to raise funds to pay indebtedness at maturity; and
•resulting in an event of default if we fail to pay our debt obligations when due, fail to refinance our maturing debt timely, or fail to comply with the financial and other restrictive covenants contained in our loan agreements which event of default could rise to the lender’s right to accelerate the amount due under the applicable loan and could permit certain of our lenders to foreclose on our assets securing the debt.
In most instances, we acquire real properties by using either existing financing or borrowing new funds. In addition, we may incur mortgage debt and pledge the underlying property as security for that debt to obtain funds to acquire additional real properties or for other corporate purposes.
We have been in breach of several of our mortgage loan covenants for multiple quarters.
As of December 31, 2024, we were in breach of covenants under three separate mortgage loans aggregating $159.0 million in principal amount, which are secured by three of our properties: 1140 Avenue of the Americas, 400 E. 67th Street, and 8713 Fifth Avenue. These properties represented, in the aggregate, 33% of the total rentable square feet in our portfolio as of December 31, 2024. These breaches, which have been ongoing for several quarters are described in more detail elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (see Note 4 - Mortgage Notes Payable, Net to our 2024 Financial Statements for additional information) require us to hold any excess cash generated by the properties, if any, in a segregated account as additional collateral under the loans. We had $1.6 million, of cash maintained in segregated cash accounts, and classified as restricted cash on our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024, resulting from breaches of the mortgage loans secured by our 1140 Avenue of the Americas property. Cash held in these accounts is or was not otherwise available to us to fund operating expenses at our other properties and other capital requirements until the breaches have been cured. There was no cash maintained in segregated cash accounts for our 8713 Fifth Avenue property as of December 31, 2024 since this property had not generated excess cash after debt service. We were also informed by the applicable lender that we were in default under the loan agreements for two of our properties: 1140 Avenue of the Americas and 400 E. 67th Street (as described in the “Notice of Defaults” section in Item 7A. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources). While we disagree with the lenders and are contesting such notices, there can be no assurance that we will prevail or that the debt for each property will not be accelerated.
In addition, the non-recourse mortgages with respect to our 400 E. 67th Street/200 Riverside Blvd. and 8713 Fifth Avenue properties are subject to cash sweep arrangements, whereby each month the excess cash flow from the properties securing the loan is deposited into a cash management account held for the benefit of our lenders until the applicable event triggering the cash sweep has been cured in accordance with the terms of the debt agreement.
Unless we are able to enter into a sufficient number of new leases on terms that allow us to cure the applicable breaches, we do not anticipate we will be able to access excess cash flow from these properties. If we experience additional lease terminations, due to tenant bankruptcies or otherwise, it is possible that certain of the covenants on other loans may be breached and we may also become restricted from accessing excess cash flows from these properties.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the net cash provided by our property operations has not been sufficient to fund operating expenses and other cash requirements. In the event of a shortfall between the cash flow from our properties and the cash flow needed to service mortgage debt on our properties, we must identify other sources to fund the interest payments or risk defaulting on the indebtedness. There can be no assurance that these sources will be available in the future.
In addition, incurring mortgage debt increases the risk of loss because defaults on indebtedness secured by a property may result in lenders initiating foreclosure actions. In that case, we could lose the property securing the loan that is in default. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, a foreclosure of any of our properties would be treated as a sale of the property for a purchase price equal to the outstanding balance of the debt secured by the mortgage. If the outstanding balance of the debt secured by the mortgage exceeds our tax basis in the property, we would recognize taxable income on foreclosure, but would not receive any cash proceeds. We may give full or partial guarantees to lenders of mortgage debt to subsidiary entities that hold title to our properties. If we provide a guaranty on behalf of an entity that owns one of our properties, we will be responsible to the lender for repaying the debt if it is not paid by the entity. If any mortgages contain cross-collateralization or cross-default provisions, a default on a single property could affect multiple properties.
Changes in the debt markets could materially and adversely impact us.
The commercial debt markets are subject to volatility, resulting in, from time to time, the tightening of underwriting standards by lenders and credit rating agencies and reductions in the availability of financing. In addition, interest rates increased during 2022 and 2023 as a result of actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board which may continue to impact our ability in the future to access capital on favorable terms, in a timely manner, or at all, which could make obtaining funding for our capital requirements more challenging or expensive. Increases in the overall cost of borrowings, either due to increases in the index rates or due to increases in lender spreads, may negatively impact our ability to refinance existing indebtedness at maturity and we will need to factor increases into pricing and projected returns for any future acquisitions. This may result in lower net income from existing properties and require us to pledge additional collateral for any new or refinanced indebtedness as well as acquisitions generating lower overall economic returns.
If we are unable to borrow monies on terms and conditions that we find acceptable, our ability to purchase properties, finance or refinance existing indebtedness and meet other capital requirements may be limited, and the return on our assets including new acquisitions may be negatively impacted. Furthermore, the availability or cost of debt could have an impact on the overall amount of capital being invested in real estate, which may result in price or value decreases of real estate assets which could negatively impact the value of our assets and the ability to sell properties the proceeds of which may be used to reduce our total debt.
Increasing interest rates could increase the amount of our debt payments.
We have incurred indebtedness and expect that we will incur indebtedness in the future. Although none of our indebtedness is variable rate, to the extent that we incur variable rate debt not fixed by swap in the future, increases in interest rates would increase our interest costs, which could reduce our cash flows and our ability to use cash for other corporate purposes. The domestic and international commercial real estate debt markets are subject to volatility, resulting in, from time to time, the tightening of underwriting standards by lenders and credit rating agencies and reductions in the availability of financing. Beginning in early 2022, in response to significant and prolonged increases in inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve Board raised interest rates eleven times during 2022 and 2023 and then paused rate increases in the fourth quarter of 2023 following the deceleration of inflationary growth. During that same period the European Central Bank and the Bank of England similarly raised interest rates and implemented fiscal policy interventions responsive to high levels of inflation and recession fears. The Federal Reserve Board cut interest rates in September 2024 and December 2024, and it may seek to further reduce interest rates, increase interest rates or maintain current interest rates. The timing, number and amount of any future interest rate changes are uncertain, and there can be no assurance that rates will continue to decrease at a rate currently predicted or at all, which would in turn negatively impact our borrowing costs. In addition, further increases in interest rates could make it more difficult for us to refinance our existing debt or require us to sell properties. Increases in interest rates would also impact new or refinanced fixed rate debt, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.
Our loan agreements contain restrictive covenants that limit operating and financial flexibility.
Our mortgage loans generally contain covenants that limit the ability of the subsidiaries, holding title to the properties to incur additional indebtedness secured by the properties as well as to incur additional debt, engage in property transfers, make distributions to the OP, and discontinue insurance coverage. We may be required to maintain a minimum net worth and a minimum level of liquid assets. In addition, loan documents may limit our ability to replace property managers or terminate certain leases. Future indebtedness we may incur may also impose restrictions on us that require us to comply with financial covenants, affect our distribution and operating policies or limit our ability to incur additional debt, further mortgage a property, engage in mergers and consolidations, discontinue insurance coverage or replace our Advisor or Property Manager. These or other limitations decrease our operating and financial flexibility and our ability to achieve our operating objectives. Our failure to comply with restrictive covenants could result in an event of default which, if not cured or waived, could result in the acceleration of debt under such agreements. Any such event of default or acceleration could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest
Our Advisor faces conflicts of interest relating to the purchase and leasing of properties and these conflicts may not be resolved in our favor, which could adversely affect our investment opportunities.
We rely on our Advisor and the executive officers and other key real estate professionals at our Advisor to identify suitable investment opportunities for us. Several of these individuals are also executive officers or key real estate professionals at AR Global and other entities advised by affiliates of AR Global. Many investment opportunities that are suitable for us may also be suitable for other entities advised by affiliates of AR Global. We do not have any agreements with any of these entities that govern the allocation of investment opportunities. Thus, the executive officers and real estate professionals at our Advisor could direct attractive investment opportunities to other entities advised by affiliates of AR Global.
We and other entities advised by affiliates of AR Global also rely on these executive officers and other key real estate professionals to supervise the property management and leasing of properties. These individuals, as well as AR Global, as an entity, are not prohibited from engaging, directly or indirectly, in any business or from possessing interests in other businesses and ventures, including businesses and ventures involved in the acquisition, development, ownership, leasing or sale of real estate investments.
Our Property Manager is an affiliate of our Advisor and therefore we face conflicts of interest in determining whether to assign certain operating assets to our Property Manager or an unaffiliated property manager.
Our Property Manager is an affiliate of our Advisor. As we acquire each asset, our Advisor will assign such asset to a property manager in the ordinary course of business; however, because our Property Manager is affiliated with our Advisor, our Advisor faces certain conflicts of interest in making this decision because of the compensation that will be paid to our Property Manager.
Our Advisor faces conflicts of interest relating to joint ventures, which could result in a disproportionate benefit to the other venture partners.
We may enter into joint ventures with other entities advised by affiliates of AR Global for the acquisition, development or improvement of properties. Our Advisor may have conflicts of interest in determining which entity advised by affiliates of AR Global enters into any particular joint venture agreement. The co-venturer may have economic or business interests or goals that are or may become inconsistent with our business interests or goals. In addition, our Advisor may face a conflict in structuring the terms of the relationship between our interests and the interest of the affiliated co-venturer and in managing the joint venture. Due to the role of our Advisor and its affiliates, agreements and transactions between the co-venturers with respect to any joint venture will not have the benefit of arm’s-length negotiation of the type normally conducted between unrelated co-venturers, which may result in the co-venturer receiving benefits greater than the benefits that we receive. In addition, we may assume liabilities related to the joint venture that exceeds the percentage of our investment in the joint venture.
Our Advisor, AR Global and their officers and employees and certain of our executive officers and other key personnel face competing demands relating to their time, and this may cause returns on our investments to suffer.
Our Advisor, AR Global and its officers and employees and certain of our executive officers and other key personnel and its respective affiliates are key personnel, general partners and sponsors of other entities, including entities advised by affiliates of AR Global, having investment objectives and legal and financial obligations similar to ours and may have other business interests as well. Because these individuals have competing demands on their time and resources, they may have conflicts of interest in allocating their time between our business and these other activities. If these conflicts occur, the returns on our investments may suffer.
Our officers and directors face conflicts of interest related to the positions they hold with related parties.
Our executive officers are also officers of our Advisor, our Property Manager and other affiliates of AR Global. Our executive officers and our directors also serve in similar capacities at other entities advised by affiliates of AR Global. As a result, these individuals owe duties to these other entities which may conflict with the duties that they owe to us.
These conflicting duties could result in actions or inactions that are detrimental to our business. Conflicts with our business and interests are most likely to arise from involvement in activities related to: (a) compensation to our Advisor and its affiliates, including the Property Manager; (b) allocation of any new investments and management time and services between us and the other entities; (c) our purchase of properties from, or sale of properties, to entities advised by affiliates of AR Global; and (d) investments with entities advised by affiliates of our Advisor.
Our Advisor faces conflicts of interest relating to the structure of the compensation it may receive.
Under the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor is entitled to substantial minimum compensation regardless of performance as well as incentive compensation if certain thresholds are satisfied. The variable portion of the base management fee payable to the Advisor under the Advisory Agreement increases proportionately with the cumulative net proceeds from the issuance of common, preferred or other forms of equity by us. In addition, the Advisor may earn LTIP Units if certain performance conditions are satisfied over a three-year performance period under our multi-year outperformance award agreement with the Advisor. The performance period started in August 2020. These arrangements, coupled with the fact that the Advisor does not maintain a significant equity interest in us, may result in the Advisor taking actions or recommending investments that are riskier or more speculative than absent these compensation arrangements. In addition, these fees and other compensation payable to the Advisor reduce the cash available for investment or other corporate purposes.
Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure
The trading price of our Class A common stock may fluctuate significantly.
The trading price of our Class A common stock may be volatile and subject to significant price and volume fluctuations in response to market and other factors, many of which are out of our control. Among the factors that could affect trading price are:
•our financial condition, including the level of our indebtedness, and performance;
•our ability to grow through property acquisitions, the terms and pace of any acquisitions we may make and the availability and terms of financing or other capital for those acquisitions
•our ability to integrate and manage assets;
•the financial condition of our tenants, including tenant bankruptcies or defaults;
•actual or anticipated quarterly fluctuations in our operating results and financial condition;
•the amount and frequency of our dividend payments;
•additional sales of equity securities, including Class A common stock, or the perception that additional sales may occur;
•our reputation and the reputation of AR Global and its affiliates or other entities advised by AR Global and its affiliates;
•uncertainty and volatility in the equity and credit markets;
•increases in interest rates;
•inflation and continuing increases, or the perception of increases, in the rate of inflation;
•changes in revenue, earnings or estimates, or publication of research reports and recommendations by financial analysts or actions taken by rating agencies with respect to our securities;
•failure to meet analyst revenue or earnings estimates or projections made by our Advisor;
•strategic actions by us or our competitors, such as acquisitions or restructurings;
•the extent of investment in our shares by institutional investors;
•the extent of short-selling of our shares;
•general financial and economic market conditions and, in particular, developments related to market conditions for real estate related companies;
•changes in tax laws;
•economic factors unrelated to our performance; and
•all other risk factors addressed elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
An increase in interest rates could also make an investment in our Class A common stock less attractive if we are not able to increase our dividend rate, which could reduce the trading price of our Class A common stock.
Maryland law prohibits certain business combinations, which may make it more difficult for us to be acquired and may discourage a third party from acquiring us in a manner that might result in a premium price to our stockholders.
Under Maryland law, “business combinations” between a Maryland corporation and an interested stockholder or an affiliate of an interested stockholder are prohibited for five years after the most recent date on which the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. These business combinations, but are not limited to, include a merger, consolidation, share exchange or, in circumstances specified in the statute, an asset transfer or issuance or reclassification of equity securities. An interested stockholder is defined as:
•any person who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the voting power of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock; or
•an affiliate or associate of the corporation who, at any time within the two-year period prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner of, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding stock of the corporation.
A person is not an interested stockholder under the statute if our Board approved in advance the transaction by which the person otherwise would have become an interested stockholder. However, in approving a transaction, our Board may provide that its approval is subject to compliance, at or after the time of approval, with any terms and conditions determined by our Board.
After the five-year prohibition, any business combination between the Maryland corporation and an interested stockholder generally must be recommended by the board of directors of the corporation and approved by the affirmative vote of at least:
•80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation; and
•two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of voting stock of the corporation other than shares held by the interested stockholder with whom or with whose affiliate the business combination is to be effected or held by an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder.
These super-majority vote requirements do not apply if the corporation’s common stockholders receive a minimum price, as defined under Maryland law, for their shares in the form of cash or other consideration in the same form as previously paid by the interested stockholder for its shares. The business combination statute permits various exemptions from its provisions, including business combinations that are exempted by our Board prior to the time that the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. Pursuant to the statute, our Board has exempted any business combination involving our Advisor or any affiliate of our Advisor or any REIT formed and organized by our sponsor (an entity under common ownership with AR Global). Consequently, the five-year prohibition and the super-majority vote requirements will not apply to business combinations between us and our Advisor or any affiliate of our Advisor, or any REIT advised by any affiliate of our Advisor. As a result, our Advisor and any affiliate of our Advisor may be able to enter into business combinations with us that may not be in the best interest of our stockholders, without compliance with the super-majority vote requirements and the other provisions of the statute. The business combination statute may discourage others from trying to acquire control of us and increase the difficulty of consummating any offer.
We have a classified board, which may discourage a third party from acquiring us in a manner that might result in a premium price to our stockholders.
Our Board is divided into three classes of directors. At each annual meeting, directors of one class are elected to serve until the annual meeting of stockholders held in the third year following the year of their election and until their successors are duly elected and qualify. The classification of our Board may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us, including an extraordinary transaction (such as a merger, tender offer or sale of all or substantially all our assets) that might result in a premium price for our stockholders.
The stockholder rights plan adopted by our Board may discourage a third party from acquiring us in a manner that might result in a premium price to our stockholders.
Our Board has adopted a stockholder rights plan that will expire in August 2025, unless further extended by our Board. If a person or entity, together with its affiliates and associates, acquires beneficial ownership of 4.9% or more of our then outstanding common stock, subject to certain exceptions (including our Board’s right to grant waivers), each right would entitle its holder (other than the acquirer, its affiliates and associates) to purchase a fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company. In addition, under certain circumstances, we may exchange the rights (other than rights beneficially owned by the acquirer, its affiliates and associates), in whole or in part, for shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis. The stockholder rights plan could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us or a large block of our Class A common stock without the approval of our Board, which may discourage a third party from acquiring us in a manner that might result in a premium price to our stockholders.
We may terminate our advisory agreement in only limited circumstances, which may require payment of a termination fee.
We have limited rights to terminate our Advisor. The initial term of the advisory agreement with the Advisor (as amended from time to time, the “Advisory Agreement”) expires on July 1, 2030, but is automatically renewed upon expiration for consecutive five-year terms unless notice of termination is provided by either party 180 days in advance of the expiration of the term. If we terminate the agreement in connection with a change in control, we would be required to pay a termination fee that could be up to $15.0 million plus four times the compensation paid to our Advisor in the previous year, plus expenses. The limited termination rights contained in the Advisory Agreement will make it difficult for us to renegotiate the terms of the Advisory Agreement or replace our Advisor even if the terms of the Advisory Agreement are no longer consistent with the terms generally available to externally-managed entities, which could have a material adverse effect on us.
We depend on our Advisor and our Property Manager to provide us with executive officers, key personnel and all services required for us to conduct our operations and our operating performance may be impacted by any adverse changes in the financial health or reputation of our Advisor and our Property Manager.
We have no employees. Personnel and services that we require are provided to us under contracts with our Advisor and its affiliate, the Property Manager. We depend on our Advisor, and the Property Manager to manage our operations and to acquire and manage our portfolio of assets.
Our success depends to a significant degree upon the contributions of our executive officers and other key personnel of our Advisor and its affiliates, including Michael Anderson, chief executive officer, and Michael LeSanto, our chief financial officer. Neither our Advisor nor any of its affiliates has an employment agreement with these key personnel and we cannot guarantee that all, or any particular one, will remain employed by our Advisor or one of its affiliates and otherwise available to continue to perform services for us. If any of our key personnel were to cease their affiliation with our Advisor or its affiliates, our operating results, business and prospects could suffer. Further, we do not maintain key person life insurance on any person. We believe that our success depends, in large part, upon the ability to our Advisor to hire, retain or contract for services or highly skilled managerial, operational and marketing personnel. We also depend on these key personnel to maintain relationships with firms that have special expertise in certain services or detailed knowledge regarding our investments and assets especially real properties located in the five boroughs of New York City, particularly in Manhattan. If our Advisor loses or is unable to obtain the services of skilled personnel due to an overall labor shortage, lack of skilled labor, increased turnover or labor inflation, our Advisor's ability to manage our business and implement our investment strategies could be delayed or hindered, which could have a material adverse effect on us.
Any adverse changes in the financial condition or financial health of, or our relationship with, our Advisor, or its affiliates, could hinder their ability to successfully manage our operations and our investments. Additionally, changes in ownership or management practices, the occurrence of adverse events affecting our Advisor or its affiliates or other companies advised by our Advisor and its affiliates could create adverse publicity and adversely affect us and our relationship with lenders, tenants or other third-parties with whom we do business.
Our business and operations could suffer if our Advisor or any other party that provides us with services essential to our operations experiences system failures or cyber incidents or a deficiency in cybersecurity.
The internal information technology networks and related systems of our Advisor and other parties that provide us with services essential to our operations are vulnerable to damage from any number of sources, including computer viruses, unauthorized access, energy blackouts, natural disasters, terrorism, war and telecommunication failures. Any system failure or accident that causes interruptions in our operations could result in a material disruption to our business. We may also incur additional costs to remedy damages caused by these disruptions.
As reliance on technology has increased, so have the risks posed to those systems. Our Advisor and other parties that provide us with services essential to our operations must continuously monitor and develop their networks and information technology to prevent, detect, address and mitigate the risk of unauthorized access, misuse, computer viruses, and social engineering, such as phishing. Our Advisor is continuously working, including with the aid of third party service providers, to install new, and to upgrade existing, network and information technology systems, to create processes for risk assessment, testing, prioritization, remediation, risk acceptance, and reporting, and to provide awareness training around phishing, malware and other cyber risks to ensure that our Advisor, and other parties that provide us with services essential to our operations are protected against cyber risks and security breaches. However, these upgrades, processes, new technology and training may not be sufficient to protect us from all risks. Even the most well protected information, networks, systems and facilities remain potentially vulnerable because the techniques and technologies used in attempted attacks and intrusions evolve and generally are not recognized until launched against a target. In some cases attempted attacks and intrusions are designed not to be detected and, in fact, may not be detected.
The remediation costs and lost revenues experienced by a subject of an intentional cyberattack or other event which results in unauthorized third party access to systems to disrupt operations, corrupt data or steal confidential information may be significant and significant resources may be required to repair system damage, protect against the threat of future security breaches or to alleviate problems, including reputational harm, loss of revenues and litigation, caused by any breaches. Additionally, any failure to adequately protect against unauthorized or unlawful processing of personal data, or to take appropriate action in cases of infringement may result in significant penalties under privacy law.
Furthermore, a security breach or other significant disruption involving the information technology networks and related systems of our Advisor or any other party that provides us with services essential to our operations could:
•result in misstated financial reports, violations of loan covenants, missed reporting deadlines or missed permitting deadlines;
•result in the unauthorized access to, and destruction, loss, theft, misappropriation or release of, proprietary, confidential, sensitive or otherwise valuable information (including information about tenants), which others could use to compete against us or for disruptive, destructive or otherwise harmful purposes and outcomes;
•result in our inability to maintain the building systems relied upon by our tenants for the efficient use of their leased space;
•require significant management attention and resources to remedy any damages that result;
•subject us to claims for breach of contract, damages, credits, penalties or termination of leases or other agreements; or
•adversely impact our reputation among our tenants and investors generally.
There can be no assurance that the measures adopted by our Advisor and other parties that provide us with services essential to our operations will be sufficient, and any material adverse effect experienced by our Advisor and other parties that provide us with services essential to our operations could, in turn, have an adverse impact on us.
Our bylaws designate the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland as the sole and exclusive forum for certain actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders.
Our bylaws provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland, or, if that court does not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Northern Division, is the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, other than actions arising under federal securities laws; (b) any Internal Corporate Claim, as such term is defined in the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”), or any successor provision thereof, including, without limitation, (i) any action asserting a claim of breach of any duty owed by any of our directors, officers or other employee to us or to our stockholders or (ii) any action asserting a claim against us or any of our directors, officers or other employees arising pursuant to any provision of the MGCL, our charter or our bylaws; or (c) any other action asserting a claim against us or any of our directors, officers or other employees that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Our bylaws also provide that unless we consent in writing, none of the foregoing actions, claims or proceedings may be brought in any court sitting outside the State of Maryland and the federal district courts are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”). These choice of forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that the stockholder believes is favorable. Alternatively, if a court were to find these provisions of our bylaws inapplicable to, or unenforceable in respect of, one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving these matters in other jurisdictions.
Maryland law limits the ability of a third party to buy a large stake in us and exercise voting power in electing directors, which may discourage a third party from acquiring us in a manner that might result in a premium price to our stockholders.
The Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act provides that holders of “control shares” of a Maryland corporation acquired in a “control share acquisition” have no voting rights except to the extent approved by the stockholders by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, excluding all shares of stock owned by the acquirer, by officers or by employees who are directors of the corporation. “Control shares” are voting shares of stock which, if aggregated with all other shares of stock owned by the acquirer or in respect of which the acquirer can exercise or direct the exercise of voting power (except solely by virtue of a revocable proxy), would entitle the acquirer to exercise voting power in electing directors within specified ranges of voting power. Control shares do not include shares the acquiring person is then entitled to vote as a result of having previously obtained stockholder approval or shares acquired directly from the corporation. A “control share acquisition” means, subject to certain exceptions, the acquisition of issued and outstanding control shares. The control share acquisition statute does not apply (a) to shares acquired in a merger, consolidation or share exchange if the corporation is a party to the transaction, or (b) to acquisitions approved or exempted by the charter or bylaws of the corporation. Our bylaws contain a provision exempting from the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act any and all acquisitions of our stock by any person. There can be no assurance that this provision will not be amended or eliminated at any time in the future.
Certain provisions in our bylaws and agreements may deter, delay or prevent a change in our control.
Provisions contained in our bylaws may deter, delay or prevent a change in control of our Board, including, for example, provisions requiring qualifications for an individual to serve as a director and a requirement that certain of our directors be “Managing Directors” and other directors be “Independent Directors” as defined in our governing documents. As changes occur in the marketplace for corporate governance policies, the provisions may change, be removed, or new ones may be added.
We depend on our OP and its subsidiaries for cash flow and are structurally subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of our OP and its subsidiaries.
We conduct, and intend to continue conducting, all of our business operations through our OP and accordingly, we rely on distributions from our OP and its subsidiaries to provide cash to pay our obligations or distributions to our stockholders if, or when, we begin to pay distributions again. There is no assurance that our OP or its subsidiaries will be able to, or be permitted to, pay distributions to us that will enable us to pay distributions to our stockholders and meet our other obligations. Each of our OP’s subsidiaries is a distinct legal entity and, under certain circumstances, legal and contractual restrictions may limit our ability to obtain cash from these entities. In addition, any claims we may have will be structurally subordinated to all existing and future liabilities and obligations of our OP and its subsidiaries. Therefore, in the event of our bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization, our assets and those of our OP and its subsidiaries will be available to satisfy the claims of our creditors or to pay our stockholders only after all the liabilities and obligations of our OP and its subsidiaries have been paid in full.
U.S. Federal Income Tax Risks
Failure to qualify as a REIT for prior taxable years would subject us to U.S. federal income tax and potentially state and local tax.
We elected to be taxed as a REIT commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2014, but revoked our election, effective as of January 1, 2023. Prior to revoking our REIT election, our qualification as a REIT depended upon our satisfaction of certain asset, income, organizational, distribution, stockholder ownership and other requirements on a continuing basis. We structured, our activities in a manner designed to satisfy all the requirements to qualify as a REIT. However, the REIT qualification requirements are extremely complex and interpretation of the U.S. federal income tax laws governing qualification as a REIT is limited. Furthermore, any opinion of our counsel, regarding qualification as a REIT is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”). Satisfying the asset tests depended on our analysis of the characterization and fair market values of our assets, some of which are not susceptible to a precise determination, and for which we did not obtain independent appraisals. Our compliance with the REIT income or quarterly asset requirements also depended on our ability to successfully manage the composition of our income and assets on an ongoing basis. Accordingly, if certain of our operations were to be recharacterized by the IRS, such recharacterization could jeopardize our ability to have satisfied all requirements for qualification as a REIT for prior taxable years. Furthermore, future legislative, judicial or administrative changes to the U.S. federal income tax laws could be applied retroactively, which could result in our disqualification as a REIT for prior taxable years.
If the IRS were to determine that we failed to qualify as a REIT for any prior taxable year ended on or before December 31, 2022, and we do not qualify for certain statutory relief provisions, we would be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our taxable income for any such taxable year at the applicable corporate rate. If that were to happen, we would also be disqualified from treatment as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year in which we lost our REIT qualification. Losing our REIT qualification for any prior taxable year(s) could reduce our current and/or future net earnings available for investment or distribution to stockholders because of additional tax liability for any such year(s). In addition, amounts paid to stockholders during any such year(s) that were treated as dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes would no longer qualify for the dividends paid deduction, for such year(s). If we were to lose our REIT qualification for any prior taxable year(s), we might be required to borrow funds or liquidate some investments in order to pay any applicable tax.
We may be subject to adverse legislative or regulatory tax changes that could increase our tax liability, reduce our operating flexibility, and reduce the market price of shares of our stock.
Changes to the tax laws may occur, and any such changes could have an adverse effect on an investment in shares of our stock or on the market value or the resale potential of our assets. Our stockholders are urged to consult with an independent tax advisor with respect to the status of legislative, regulatory or administrative developments and proposals and their potential effect on an investment in shares of our stock.
Non-U.S. stockholders will be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax and may be subject to U.S. federal income tax on dividends and other distributions received from us and upon the disposition of shares of our stock.
Subject to certain exceptions, amounts paid to non-U.S. stockholders will be treated as dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits. Such dividends ordinarily will be subject to U.S. withholding tax at a 30% rate, or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty, unless the dividends are treated as “effectively connected” with the conduct by the non-U.S. stockholder of a U.S. trade or business.
Gain recognized by a non-U.S. stockholder upon the sale or exchange of shares of our stock generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation unless such stock constitutes a “U.S. real property interest” (“USRPI”). Shares of any class of our stock that is “regularly traded” on an “established securities market,” as such terms are defined by applicable Treasury regulations, will not constitute a USRPI for any non-U.S. stockholder who owned, actually and constructively, 5% or less of the outstanding shares of our stock of that class at all times during the shorter of, the period during which such non-U.S. stockholder held such shares of stock or the five-year period ending on the date of the sale.

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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
Not applicable.

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
Item 2. Properties
The following table presents certain information about the properties we owned as of December 31, 2024:
Portfolio Acquisition
Date Number
of Properties Rentable
Square Feet Occupancy (1)
Remaining
Lease Term (2)
400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium Sept. 2014 1 58,750 44.3% 6.3
200 Riverside Boulevard - ICON Garage Sept. 2014 1 61,475 100.0% 12.5
123 William Street Mar. 2015 1 544,610 82.3% 4.5
1140 Avenue of the Americas Jun. 2016 1 245,821 74.1% 6.4
8713 Fifth Avenue Oct. 2018 1 17,500 100.0% 9.6
196 Orchard Street Jul. 2019 1 60,297 100.0% 10.1
6 988,453 80.8% 6.3
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(1)For a discussion of the significant changes in occupancy during the year ended December 31, 2024, see the “Liquidity and Capital Resources - Leasing Activity/Occupancy” section located in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis.
(2)Calculated on a weighted-average basis as of December 31, 2024, as applicable.
Future Minimum Lease Payments
The following table presents future minimum base cash rental payments due to us over the next ten years and thereafter at the properties we owned as of December 31, 2024. To the extent we have leases with contingent rent provisions, these amounts exclude contingent rent payments that would be collected based on provisions related to sales thresholds and increases in annual rent based on exceeding certain economic indexes, among other items.
(In thousands) Future Minimum
Base Rent Payments (1)
2025 $ 43,695
2026 39,437
2027 36,051
2028 31,383
2029 29,145
2030 26,745
2031 22,269
2032 18,207
2033 15,544
2034 11,956
Thereafter 30,578
Total $ 305,010
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(1)For a discussion of the significant changes in occupancy during the year ended December 31, 2024, see the “Liquidity and Capital Resources - Leasing Activity/Occupancy” section located in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis.
Future Lease Expirations Table
The following is a summary of lease expirations for the next ten years at the properties we owned as of December 31, 2024:
Year of Expiration Number of Leases Expiring Expiring Annualized Straight-Line Rent (1)
Expiring Annualized Straight-Line Rent as a Percentage of the Total Portfolio Leased Rentable Square Feet Percentage of Portfolio Leased Rentable Square Feet Expiring
(In thousands) (In thousands)
2025 12 $ 5,778 12.7 % 109 13.6 %
2026 7 $ 2,155 4.7 % 42 5.2 %
2027 9 5,949 13.1 % 132 16.5 %
2028 9 3,500 7.7 % 57 7.2 %
2029 4 1,785 3.9 % 32 4.0 %
2030 5 2,919 6.4 % 55 6.8 %
2031 8 6,234 13.7 % 111 13.9 %
2032 2 352 0.8 % 6 0.7 %
2033 8 4,967 10.9 % 47 5.8 %
2034 4 3,425 7.5 % 30 3.8 %
Thereafter 14 $ 8,348 18.6 % 180 22.5 %
Total 82 $ 45,412 100.0 % 801 100.0 %
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(1)Includes tenant concessions, such as free rent, as applicable. For a discussion of the significant changes in occupancy during the year ended December 31, 2024, see the “Liquidity and Capital Resources - Leasing Activity/Occupancy” section located in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis.
Tenant Concentration
There were no tenants whose rentable square footage represented greater than 10.0% of total portfolio rentable square footage as of December 31, 2024.
As of December 31, 2024, the following tenants accounted for 5% or more of our total annualized rental income on a straight-line basis, based on leases commenced:
Tenant % of Annualized
City National Bank 9.6%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. 7.5%
Equinox 6.4%
See also “Item 1A. Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our Properties and Operations - We rely significantly on the following major tenants and therefore, are subject to tenant credit concentrations that make us more susceptible to adverse events with respect to these tenants.” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Significant Portfolio Properties
The rentable square feet or annualized rental income on a straight-line basis of the properties located at 123 William Street, 1140 Avenue of the Americas and 196 Orchard Street represent greater than 10% of our total portfolio. As of December 31, 2024, our two largest assets, 123 William Street and 1140 Avenue of the Americas, aggregated approximately 80% of the total rentable square footage in our portfolio and 77% of annualized straight-line rent. See also “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The tenant concentrations of the properties located at 123 William Street, 1140 Avenue of the Americas and 196 Orchard Street are summarized below:
123 William Street
The following table lists the tenant at 123 William Street whose annualized rental income on a straight-line basis is greater than 10% of the annualized rental income for commenced leases at this property as of December 31, 2024:
Tenant Rented Square Feet Rented Square Feet as a % of Total 123 William Street Lease Expiration Remaining Lease Term (1)
Renewal Options Annualized Rental Income (2 )
Annualized Rental Income as a % of 123 William Street
(In thousands)
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. 68,240 15.2% Jul. 2031 6.6 1 - 5 year option $ 3,388 16.4%
The City of New York - The Department of Youth and Community 40,610 9.1% Dec. 2037 13.01 1 - 5 year option $ 2,215 10.7%
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(1)Remaining lease term in years as of December 31, 2024.
(2)Annualized rental income on a straight-line basis as of December 31, 2024, which includes tenant concessions such as free rent, as applicable.
1140 Avenue of the Americas
The following table lists the tenants at 1140 Avenue of the Americas whose annualized rental income on a straight-line basis is greater than 10% of the total annualized rental income for commenced leases at this property as of December 31, 2024:
Tenant Rented Square Feet Rented Square Feet as a % of Total 1140 Avenue of the Americas Lease Expiration Remaining Lease Term (1)
Renewal Options Annualized Rental Income (2 )
Annualized Rental Income as a % of 1140 Avenue of the Americas
(In thousands)
City National Bank 35,643 19.6% June. 2033 8.5 None $ 4,356 30.7 %
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(1)Remaining lease term in years as of December 31, 2024.
(2)Annualized rental income on a straight-line basis as of December 31, 2024, which includes tenant concessions such as free rent, as applicable.
196 Orchard Street
The following table lists all the tenants at 196 Orchard Street as their annualized rental income on a straight-line basis is greater than 10% of the total annualized rental income for commenced leases at this property as of December 31, 2024:
Tenant Rented Square Feet Rented Square Feet as a % of 196 Orchard Street Lease Expiration Remaining Lease Term (1)
Renewal Options Annualized Rental Income (2 )
Annualized Rental Income as a % of 196 Orchard Street
(In thousands)
CVS 9,956 16.5 % Aug. 2034 9.7 2 - 5 year options 2,161 32.3 %
Equinox 30,033 49.8 % Nov. 2038 13.9 2 - 5 year options 2,897 43.3 %
Marshalls 20,308 33.7 % Oct. 2028 3.8 3 - 5 year options 1,641 24.5 %
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(1)Remaining lease term in years as of December 31, 2024.
(2)Annualized rental income on a straight-line basis as of December 31, 2024, which includes tenant concessions such as free rent, as applicable.
Property Financings
See Note 4 - Mortgage Notes Payable, Net to our 2024 Financial Statements for information regarding property financings as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
None.

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ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosure.
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
Our Class A common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “NYC” as of August 18, 2020.
Holders
As of March 14, 2025, we had 2,634,355 shares of Class A common stock outstanding held by 2,839 stockholders of record.
Dividends
Dividends to Common Stockholders
We did not distribute any dividends in the year ended December 31, 2024. Our Board of Directors plans to reevaluate the dividend policy on a quarterly basis but there is no assurance as to when or if our Board will authorize future dividends or the amount of any future dividends. Any such determination will be dependent upon then-existing conditions, including our earnings, capital requirements, results of operations, financial condition, business prospects and any other factors that our Board of Directors considers relevant. For additional information see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation- Liquidity and Capital Resources-Liquidity-Dividend Policy” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
The following table presents the unregistered sales of equity securities for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:
Period of Issuance Recipient Agreement Shares Issued (1)
Issued Share Price (1)
January 2023 The Advisor Advisory Agreement 31,407 $ 15.44
March 2024 The Advisor Advisory Agreement 70,607 $ 7.54
April 2024 The Advisor Advisory Agreement 68,308 $ 6.58
April 2024 The Advisor Property Management Agreement 22,857 $ 6.58
May 2024 The Advisor Advisory Agreement 88,543 $ 5.72
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(1)Retroactively adjusted for the effects of the Reverse Stock Split (see Note 1 - Organization to our 2024 Financial Statements for additional information)
Each of the issuances above reflect the issuance of our Class A common stock in lieu of cash of $0.5 million per month for the base management fee and $0.1 million per month for the property management fee due to the Advisor for services rendered or property management fee, as applicable. Each issuance of shares to the Advisor was made in reliance on the exemption from registration in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Period Total Number of Shares Purchased(1)
Average Price Paid per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs Maximum Dollar Value that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
December 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 26,625 $ 8.69 - $ -
Total 26,625 $ 8.69 - $ -
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(1)On December 20, 2024, we entered into an agreement with a shareholder, pursuant to which we purchased the following Class A common stock (the “Repurchased Shares”) held by such shareholder based on the market price on the day of purchase and we reimbursed such shareholder for certain expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing equal to the difference between $639,000 and the amounts paid by the Company for the Repurchased Shares.

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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 our 2024 Financial Statements. The following information contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Please see “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Item 1A. Risk Factors” elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a description of these risks and uncertainties.
Overview
We are an externally managed company that currently owns a portfolio of commercial real estate located within the five boroughs of New York City, primarily Manhattan. Our real estate assets consist of office properties and certain real estate assets that accompany office properties, including retail spaces and amenities and parking garages that do not accompany office spaces. As of December 31, 2024, we owned six properties consisting of approximately 1 million rentable square feet acquired for an aggregate purchase price of $621.2 million.
On December 30, 2022, we announced that we were changing our business strategy by expanding the scope of the assets and businesses we may own and operate. By investing in other asset types, we may generate income that does not otherwise constitute income that qualifies for purposes of qualifying as a REIT. As a result, on January 9, 2023, our Board authorized termination of our REIT election which became effective as of January 1, 2023. Historically, we had filed an election to be taxed as a REIT commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2014, which remained in effect with respect to each subsequent taxable year ending on or before the year ended December 31, 2022.
In furtherance of this strategy, we initiated the sale of certain properties in 2024 to reduce the leverage and generate capital for diversification efforts. On December 18, 2024, our wholly-owned subsidiary, ARCNYC570SEVENTH, LLC, consummated the sale of the 9 Times Square Midtown Manhattan property (“9 Times Square”) to 9 Times Square Acquisitions, LLC, pursuant to that certain purchase and sale agreement, dated August 1, 2024, as amended on November 19, 2024. The 9 Times Square was sold for a gross purchase price of $63.5 million. See “Item 2. Properties.”
On January 11, 2023 we effected a 1-for-8 reverse stock split that was previously approved by our Board, resulting in each outstanding share of Class A common stock being converted into 0.125 shares of common stock, with no fractional shares being issued (the “Reverse Stock Split”). For additional information, see Note 8 - Stockholders’ Equity to our 2024 Financial Statements. Also, effective January 19, 2023, we amended our charter to change our name to “American Strategic Investment Co.” from “New York City REIT, Inc.” Trading of our Class A common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the new name began on January 20, 2023 under the existing trading symbol “NYC.”
Substantially all of our business is conducted through the OP and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Our Advisor manages our day-to-day business with the assistance of our Property Manager. Our Advisor and Property Manager are under common control with AR Global and these related parties receive compensation and fees for providing services to us. We also reimburse these entities for certain expenses they incur in providing these services to us. In an effort to preserve our operating cash, we have issued shares of our Class A common stock in lieu of cash to our Advisor and Property Manager as payment for providing services to us. For additional information, please see Note 10 - Related Party Transactions to our 2024 Financial Statements.
Management Update on the Continuing Adverse Economic Impacts Since the COVID-19 Pandemic
New York City, where all of our properties are located, was among the hardest hit locations in the country and fully reopened from relevant restrictions and lockdowns on March 7, 2022. The pace of recovery in the New York City office market from the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be challenged as leasing and occupancy trends for the broader market have slowed, leading political, community, and business leaders to propose repositioning plans for many New York City office assets that are experiencing high vacancy rates. While the COVID-19 pandemic subsided, some businesses continue to maintain hybrid or all work-from-home arrangements in response to employee desire for more flexibility, which may lead to a downturn in the commercial real estate market and potentially represent a long-term negative impact on the New York City real estate market.
The adverse economic impacts since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic have caused us to experience challenges in leasing up available space and maintaining occupancy in our properties. These challenges with leasing activity have negatively impacted, and continue to impact, our results of operations, cash flows, and ability to comply with certain mortgage debt covenants. For additional information on our leasing activity for the years ended December 31, 2024, please see Results of Operations - Leasing Activity below.
Cash Collection and Mortgage Covenant Breaches
In prior periods, the COVID-19 pandemic caused certain of our tenants to be unable to make rent payments to us timely, or at all. With the exception of one minor lease deferral during the third quarter of 2022, rent collections from our tenants have generally been timely in the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 and no other deferral or abatement agreements were entered into.
Beginning in the third and fourth quarters of 2020, the operating results at (i) 1140 Avenue of the Americas, (ii) 9 Times Square (which we sold in December 2024), (iii) 400 E. 67th Street - Laurel Condominium/200 Riverside Boulevard Garage and (iv) 8713 Fifth Avenue properties were negatively impacted, causing covenant non-compliance or cash trap events under the respective non-recourse mortgages for those properties to be triggered. Thus, we have not been able to use excess cash flows, if any, from these properties while the cash trap events are active to fund operating expenses at our other properties and other capital requirements.
As of December 31, 2024, our 1140 Avenue of the Americas, 400 E. 67th Street/200 Riverside Boulevard, and 8713 Fifth Avenue mortgages, aggregating $159.0 million in principal amounts, remained in cash trap events, as described in detail further below in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section and “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. While the Company has no corporate-level revolving credit facility or other committed liquidity sources, it successfully repaid its most imminent debt maturity and has no other mortgage obligation due until June 2026. However, each loan includes cash management provisions that have resulted in ongoing lender-imposed cash constraints, restricting the Company’s ability to access rental cash flows for general corporate purposes. These restrictions, combined with declining rental revenue and increasing accounts payable balances have exacerbated liquidity challenges.
Significant Accounting Estimates and Critical Accounting Policies
Set forth below is a summary of the significant accounting estimates and critical accounting policies that management believes is important to the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. Certain of our accounting estimates are particularly important for an understanding of our financial position and results of operations and require the application of significant judgment by our management. As a result, these estimates are subject to a degree of uncertainty. These significant accounting estimates and critical accounting policies include:
Revenue Recognition
Our revenue from tenants, which are derived primarily from lease contracts, include rents that each tenant pays in accordance with the terms of each lease reported on a straight-line basis over the initial term of the lease. As of December 31, 2024, these leases had a weighted-average remaining lease term of 6.3 years. Because many of our leases provide for rental increases at specified intervals, straight-line basis accounting requires that we record a receivable for, and include in revenue from tenants, unbilled rent receivables that we will only receive if the tenant makes all rent payments required through the expiration of the initial term of the lease. When we acquire a property, the acquisition date is considered to be the commencement date for purposes of this calculation. For new leases after acquisition, the commencement date is considered to be the date the tenant takes control of the space. For lease modifications, the commencement date is considered to be the date the lease modification is executed. We defer the revenue related to lease payments received from tenants in advance of their due dates. Pursuant to certain of our lease agreements, tenants are required to reimburse us for certain property operating expenses (recorded in total revenue from tenants), in addition to paying base rent, whereas under certain other lease agreements, the tenants are directly responsible for all operating costs of the respective properties. To the extent such costs exceed the tenants base year, some of our leases require the tenant to pay its allocable share of increases in operating expenses, which may include common area maintenance costs, real estate taxes and insurance. Under ASC 842, we have elected to report combined lease and non-lease components in a single line “Revenue from tenants.” For expenses paid directly by the tenant, under both ASC 842 and 840, we have reflected them on a net basis.
We own certain properties with leases that include provisions for the tenant to pay contingent rental income based on a percent of the tenant’s sales upon the achievement of certain sales thresholds or other targets which may be monthly, quarterly or annual targets. As the lessor to the aforementioned leases, we defer the recognition of contingent rental income, until the specified target that triggered the contingent rental income is achieved, or until such sales upon which percentage rent is based are known. For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, approximately $0.1 million, $0.1 million and $0.5 million, respectively, in contingent rental income is included in revenue from tenants in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
We continually review receivables related to rent and unbilled rents receivable and determine collectability by taking into consideration the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located. Under the leasing standard adopted on January 1, 2019, we are required to assess, based on credit risk, if it is probable that we will collect virtually all of the lease payments at the lease commencement date and we must continue to reassess collectability periodically thereafter based on new facts and circumstances affecting the credit risk of the tenant. In fiscal years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, this assessment has included consideration of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our tenant’s ability to pay rents in accordance with their contracts. Partial reserves, or the ability to assume partial recovery are no longer permitted. If we determine that it is probable that we will collect virtually all of the lease payments (base rent and additional rent), the lease will continue to be accounted for on an accrual basis (i.e., straight-line). However, if we determine that it is not probable that we will collect virtually all of the lease payments, the lease will be accounted for on a cash basis and the straight-line rent receivable accrued will be written off, as well as any accounts receivable, where it was subsequently concluded that collection was not probable. Cost recoveries from tenants are included in revenue from tenants in accordance with current accounting rules, on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss in the period the related costs are incurred, as applicable.
Investments in Real Estate
Investments in real estate are recorded at cost. Improvements and replacements are capitalized when they extend the useful life of the asset. Costs of repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred.
At the time an asset is acquired, we evaluate the inputs, processes and outputs of the asset acquired to determine if the transaction is a business combination or asset acquisition. If an acquisition qualifies as a business combination, the related transaction costs are recorded as an expense in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. If an acquisition qualifies as an asset acquisition, the related transaction costs are generally capitalized and subsequently amortized over the useful life of the acquired assets. See the Purchase Price Allocation section below for a discussion of the initial accounting for investments in real estate.
Disposal of real estate investments that represent a strategic shift in operations that will have a major effect on our operations and financial results are required to be presented as discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations. No properties were presented as discontinued operations during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 or 2022, respectively. Properties that are intended to be sold are to be designated as “held for sale” on the consolidated balance sheets at the lesser of carrying amount or fair value less estimated selling costs when they meet specific criteria to be presented as held for sale, most significantly that the sale is probable within one year. We evaluate probability of sale based on specific facts including whether a sales agreement is in place and the buyer has made significant non-refundable deposits. Properties are no longer depreciated when they are classified as held for sale. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, we did not have any properties held for sale.
Purchase Price Allocation
In both a business combination and an asset acquisition, we allocate the purchase price of acquired properties to tangible and identifiable intangible assets or liabilities based on their respective fair values. Tangible assets may include land, land improvements, buildings, fixtures and tenant improvements on an as if vacant basis. Intangible assets may include the value of in-place leases and above- and below- market leases and other identifiable assets or liabilities based on lease or property specific characteristics. In addition, any assumed mortgages receivable or payable and any assumed or issued non-controlling interests (in a business combination) are recorded at their estimated fair values. In allocating the fair value to assumed mortgages, amounts are recorded to debt premiums or discounts based on the present value of the estimated cash flows, which is calculated to account for either above or below-market interest rates. In a business combination, the difference between the purchase price and the fair value of identifiable net assets acquired is either recorded as goodwill or as a bargain purchase gain. In an asset acquisition, the difference between the acquisition price (including capitalized transaction costs) and the fair value of identifiable net assets acquired is allocated to the non-current assets. There were no acquisitions during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 or 2022, respectively.
For acquired properties with leases classified as operating leases, we allocate the purchase price of acquired properties to tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, based on their respective fair values. In making estimates of fair values for purposes of allocating purchase price, we utilize a number of sources, including independent appraisals that may be obtained in connection with the acquisition or financing of the respective property and other market data. We also consider information obtained about each property as a result of our pre-acquisition due diligence in estimating the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired and intangible liabilities assumed.
Tangible assets include land, land improvements, buildings, fixtures and tenant improvements on an as-if vacant basis. We utilize various estimates, processes and information to determine the as-if vacant property value. Estimates of value are made using customary methods, including data from appraisals, comparable sales, discounted cash flow analysis and other methods. Fair value estimates are also made using significant assumptions such as capitalization rates, discount rates, fair market lease rates and land values per square foot.
Identifiable intangible assets include amounts allocated to acquire leases for above- and below-market lease rates and the value of in-place leases as applicable. Factors considered in the analysis of the in-place lease intangibles include an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease-up period for each property, taking into account current market conditions and costs to execute similar leases. In estimating carrying costs, we include real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at contract rates during the expected lease-up period, which typically ranges from six to 24 months. We also estimate costs to execute similar leases including leasing commissions, legal and other related expenses.
Above-market and below-market lease values for acquired properties are initially recorded based on the present value (using a discount rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to each in-place lease and (ii) management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for each corresponding in-place lease, measured over a period equal to the remaining initial term of the lease for above-market leases and the remaining initial term plus the term of any below-market fixed rate renewal options for below-market leases.
The aggregate value of intangible assets related to customer relationship, as applicable, is measured based on our evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease and our overall relationship with the tenant. Characteristics considered by us in determining these values include the nature and extent of its existing business relationships with the tenant, growth prospects for developing new business with the tenant, the tenant’s credit quality and expectations of lease renewals, among other factors.
Accounting for Leases
Lessor Accounting
In accordance with the lease accounting standard, all of our leases as lessor prior to adoption were accounted for as operating leases. We evaluate new leases originated after the adoption date (by us or by a predecessor lessor/owner) pursuant to the new guidance where a lease for some or all of a building is classified by a lessor as a sales-type lease if the significant risks and rewards of ownership reside with the tenant. This situation is met if, among other things, there is an automatic transfer of title during the lease, a bargain purchase option, the non-cancelable lease term is for more than major part of remaining economic useful life of the asset (e.g., equal to or greater than 75%), the present value of the minimum lease payments represents substantially all (e.g., equal to or greater than 90%) of the leased property’s fair value at lease inception, or the asset so specialized in nature that it provides no alternative use to the lessor (and therefore would not provide any future value to the lessor) after the lease term. Further, such new leases are be evaluated to consider whether they would be failed sale-leaseback transactions and accounted for as financing transactions by the lessor. For the three year period ended December 31, 2024, we did not have any leases as a lessor that would be considered as sales-type leases or financings under sale-leaseback rules.
As a lessor of real estate, we elected, by class of underlying assets, to account for lease and non-lease components (such as tenant reimbursements of property operating expenses) as a single lease component as an operating lease because (a) the non-lease components have the same timing and pattern of transfer as the associated lease component; and (b) the lease component, if accounted for separately, would be classified as an operating lease. Additionally, only incremental direct leasing costs may be capitalized under the accounting guidance. Indirect leasing costs in connection with new or extended tenant leases, if any, are being expensed.
Lessee Accounting
For lessees, the accounting standard requires the application of a dual lease classification approach, classifying leases as either operating or finance leases based on the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase by the lessee. Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease, while lease expense for finance leases is recognized based on an effective interest method over the term of the lease. Also, lessees must recognize a right-of-use asset (“ROU”) and a lease liability for all leases with a term of greater than twelve months regardless of their classification. Further, certain transactions where at inception of the lease the buyer-lessor accounted for the transaction as a purchase of real estate and a new lease, may now be required to have symmetrical accounting to the seller-lessee if the transaction was not a qualified sale-leaseback and accounted for as a financing transaction. For additional information and disclosures related to the Company’s operating leases, see Note 9 - Commitments and Contingencies to our 2024 Financial Statements.
We are the lessee under a land leases which was previously classified as an operating lease prior to adoption of lease accounting and will continue to be classified as an operating lease under transition elections unless subsequently modified. These lease is reflected on our consolidated balance sheets and the rent expense is reflected on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Gain on Dispositions of Real Estate Investments
Gains on sales of rental real estate are not considered sales to customers and will generally be recognized pursuant to the provisions included in ASC 610-20, Gains and Losses from the Derecognition of Nonfinancial Assets.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
We periodically assess whether there are any indicators that the value of a property may be impaired or that the carrying value may not be recoverable. The indicators include, but are not limited to, (i) sustained net operating losses, (ii) significant change in occupancy, (iii) significant decline in rent collection, economic changes, (iv) if a property will be sold or otherwise disposed of significantly before the end of its previously estimated useful life. To determine whether an asset is impaired, the carrying value of the property or asset group is compared to the estimated future undiscounted cash flows that we expect the property or asset group will generate, including any estimated proceeds from the eventual sale of the property or asset group. The estimated future undiscounted cash flows consider factors such as expected future operating income, market and other applicable trends and residual value, as well as the effects of leasing demand, competition and other factors. We estimate the expected future operating income using in-place contractual rents and market rents. We also estimate the lease-up period, market rents and residual values using market information from external sources such as third-party market research, external appraisals, broker quotes, or recent comparable sales. For residual values, we apply a selected market capitalization rate based on current market data.
If an impairment exists, due to the inability to recover the carrying value of a property, we would recognize an impairment loss in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive (loss) to the extent that the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the property for properties to be held and used. For properties held for sale, the impairment loss recorded would equal the adjustment to fair value less estimated cost to dispose of the asset. For properties to be held and used, we estimate the fair value of the property’s asset group by developing a discounted cash flow analysis, which considers factors such as lease up period, expected future operating income, market and other applicable trends, residual value, and discount rate. These assessments have a direct impact on earnings because recording an impairment loss results in an immediate negative adjustment to net earnings. We recorded impairment charges on two properties for $112.5 million and $66.6 million during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For additional information, please see Note 3 - Real Estate Investments to our 2024 Financial Statements.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of up to 40 years for buildings, 15 years for land improvements, five to seven years for fixtures and improvements, and the shorter of the useful life or the remaining lease term for tenant improvements and leasehold interests.
The value of in-place leases, exclusive of the value of above-market and below-market in-place leases, is amortized to expense over the remaining periods of the respective leases.
The value of customer relationship intangibles, if any, is amortized to expense over the initial term and any renewal periods in the respective leases, but in no event does the amortization period for intangible assets exceed the remaining depreciable life of the building. If a tenant terminates its lease, the unamortized portion of the in-place lease value and customer relationship intangibles is charged to expense.
Assumed mortgage premiums or discounts, if applicable, are amortized as a reduction or increase to interest expense over the remaining term of the respective mortgages.
Above and Below-Market Lease Amortization
Capitalized above-market lease values are amortized as a reduction of revenue from tenants over the remaining terms of the respective leases and the capitalized below-market lease values are amortized as an increase to revenue from tenants over the remaining initial terms plus the terms of any below-market fixed rate renewal options of the respective leases. If a tenant with a below-market rent renewal does not renew any remaining unamortized amount will be taken into income at that time.
Capitalized above-market ground lease values are amortized as a reduction of property operating expense over the remaining terms of the respective leases. Capitalized below-market ground lease values are amortized as an increase to property operating expense over the remaining terms of the respective leases and expected below-market renewal option periods.
Derivative Instruments
We may use derivative financial instruments to hedge all or a portion of the interest rate risk associated with our borrowings. Certain of the techniques used to hedge exposure to interest rate fluctuations may also be used to protect against declines in the market value of assets that result from general trends in debt markets. The principal objective of such agreements is to minimize the risks and costs associated with our operating and financial structure as well as to hedge specific anticipated transactions.
We record all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative, whether we have elected to designate a derivative in a hedging relationship and apply hedge accounting and whether the hedging relationship has satisfied the criteria necessary to apply hedge accounting. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset, liability, or firm commitment attributable to a particular risk, such as interest rate risk, are considered fair value hedges. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered cash flow hedges. Derivatives may also be designated as hedges of the foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation. Hedge accounting generally provides for the matching of the timing of gain or loss recognition on the hedging instrument with the recognition of the changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk in a fair value hedge or the earnings effect of the hedged forecasted transactions in a cash flow hedge. We may enter into derivative contracts that are intended to economically hedge certain of its risk, even though hedge accounting does not apply, or we elect not to apply hedge accounting.
The accounting for subsequent changes in the fair value of these derivatives depends on whether each has been designated and qualifies for hedge accounting treatment. If we elect not to apply hedge accounting treatment, any change in the fair value of these derivative instruments is recognized immediately in gains (losses) on derivative instruments in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. If the derivative is designated and qualifies for hedge accounting treatment, the change in the estimated fair value of the derivative is recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) to the extent that it is effective. Any ineffective portion of a derivative’s change in fair value will be immediately recognized in earnings.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - “Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements” to our 2024 Financial Statements for a discussion of recently issued accounting pronouncements.
Results of Operations
Below is a discussion of our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. Please see the “Results of Operations” section located on page 34 under Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 for a discussion of our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023, and year-to-date comparisons between 2023 and 2022.
Leasing Activity and Occupancy
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, our overall portfolio occupancy was 80.8% and 86.7%, respectively. The following table is a summary of our quarterly leasing activity for the year ended December 31, 2024:
Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2024
Leasing activity:
New Leases:
New leases commenced 1 1 3 1
Total square feet leased 8,122 5,284 24,081 12,750
Annualized straight-line rent per square foot (1)
$ 22.16 $ 70.30 $ 59.28 $ 59.59
Weighted-average lease term (years) (2)
1.2 3.2 5.3 5.6
Terminated or Expired Leases:
Number of leases terminated or expired - 1 2 5
Square feet - 12,183 21,438 92,801
Annualized straight-line rent per square foot $ - $ 5.96 $ 61.31 $ 72.39
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(1)Represents the GAAP basis annualized straight-line rent that is recognized over the term on the respective leases, includes free rent, periodic rent increases, and excludes recoveries.
(2)The weighted-average remaining lease term (years) is based on annualized straight-line rent.
Our total portfolio occupancy decreased during the year ended December 31, 2024 to 80.8% from a total portfolio occupancy of 86.7% as of December 31, 2023 from the following:
•Occupancy at 1140 Avenues of the Americas decreased to 74.1% as of December 31, 2024, compared to 77.1% as of December 31, 2023.
•Occupancy at 400 E. 67th Street decreased to 44.3% as of the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to 100% as of December 31, 2023.
•Occupancy at our properties located at 196 Orchard Street, 200 Riverside Blvd. and 8713 Fifth Avenue remained the same at 100.0% as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
Comparison of Year Ended December 31, 2024 to 2023
As of December 31, 2024, we owned six properties, all of which were acquired prior to January 1, 2024. Our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2023 primarily reflect changes due to leasing activity and occupancy.
Net Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders
Net loss attributable to common stockholders was $140.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, as compared to $105.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The following table shows our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 and the year to year change by line item of the consolidated statements of operations:
Year Ended December 31, Increase
(Decrease)
(in thousands) 2024 2023 $
Revenue from tenants $ 61,570 $ 62,710 $ (1,140)
Operating expenses:
Asset and property management fees to related parties
7,751 7,680 71
Property operating expenses 34,185 33,797 388
Impairment of real estate investments 112,541 66,565 45,976
Equity-based compensation 408 5,863 (5,455)
General and administrative 9,216 9,375 (159)
Depreciation and amortization 18,408 26,532 (8,124)
Total operating expenses
182,509 149,812 32,697
Operating loss before gain (loss) on sale of real estate investments (120,939) (87,102) (33,837)
Gain (loss) on sale of real estate investments (276) - (276)
Operating loss
(121,215) (87,102) (34,113)
Other income (expenses):
Interest expense (19,488) (18,858) (630)
Other income 112 36 76
Total other expenses
(19,376) (18,822) (554)
Net loss before income taxes (140,591) (105,924) (34,667)
Income tax expense - - -
Net loss and Net loss attributable to common shareholders $ (140,591) $ (105,924) $ (34,667)
Revenue from Tenants
Revenue from tenants decreased $1.1 million to $61.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $62.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease in revenue was primarily due to bad debt expense as a result of a lease renegotiation with a tenant at 123 William Street.
Asset and Property Management Fees to Related Parties
Fees for asset and property management services to our Advisor and Property Manager were $7.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 and $7.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, respectively. For additional information on fees incurred from our Advisor and Property Manager, please see Note 10 - Related Party Transactions and Arrangements to our 2024 Financial Statements.
Property Operating Expenses
Property operating expenses increased by $0.4 million to $34.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $33.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Impairments of Real Estate Investments
During the year ended December 31, 2024, we recorded total impairment charges of $112.5 million as compared to $66.6 million impairment charges recorded during the year ended December 31, 2023.
We recorded $86.6 million of impairment charges during 2024 related to our 9 Times Square property, as the carrying value exceeded the sales price of the asset, less costs to sell the property. This property was sold in December 2024 for a contract sales price of $63.5 million. We recorded the impairment charges on this property because we determined that the carrying value exceeded the sales price of the asset, less the costs to sell the property.
In addition, we recorded an impairment charge of $25.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 for our 400 E. 67th Street property. The impairment was triggered as a result of leasing activity at the property. One major tenant’s lease expired in the second quarter of 2024 and they signed a month to month lease with us, which then expired in the fourth quarter of 2024. In addition, during the quarter ended September 30, 2024, we had an additional tenant vacate its current space in this property. Per their agreement with us, the tenant is required to pay rent for the remainder of term of their existing lease which is set to expire in the third quarter of 2025 and the tenant has continued to pay monthly rent. We determined that the carrying value exceeded the fair market value of the asset as of September 30, 2024 based on our discounted cash flow model for the property.
We recorded $0.5 million of impairment charges related to our 421 W. 54th Street - Hit Factory property during the year ended December 31, 2023. This property was sold in October 2023 for a contract sales price of $4.5 million. We recorded the impairment charges on this property because we determined that the carrying value exceeded the sales price of the asset, less the costs to sell the property.
In addition, we recorded an impairment charge of $66.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2023 for our 1140 Avenues of the Americas property. Our 1140 Avenue of the Americas property is encumbered by a non-recourse, secured mortgage note with a principal balance of $99.0 million, which matures in July 2026. At December 31, 2023 we determined that it was more likely than not that we would be unable to extend or refinance the mortgage note encumbering the property and the property could be sold or otherwise disposed of before the end of its previously estimated useful life. Accordingly, for purposes of assessing recoverability, we considered the period through debt maturity in July 2026 to be the period over which it had both intent and ability to hold the property. After estimating the projected future cash flows from the property through the maturity of the mortgage, we determined that the estimated future cash flows did not recover the carrying value of the property. Accordingly, we recorded an impairment charge to reduce the value of the property to its current fair value.
Equity-Based Compensation
Equity-based compensation decreased to $0.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 from $5.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. These amounts are comprised of restricted share amortization expense and the amortization of our multi-year outperformance award granted under the 2020 OPP. The 2020 OPP expired on August 18, 2023. The year ended December 31, 2023 contained $5.3 million of equity-based compensation expenses related to the 2020 OPP, whereas the year ended December 31, 2024 did not contain any amortization related to the 2020 OPP. See Note 12 - Equity-Based Compensation to our 2024 Financial Statements for further details on the 2020 OPP and restricted shares of common stock.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses remained flat at $9.2 million for both the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.
Total reimbursement expenses for administrative and personnel services provided by the Advisor during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 were $4.4 million. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, reimbursement for administrative and overhead expenses and reimbursements for salaries, wages, and benefits are subject to an annual limit. During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 the annual limits on reimbursement for administrative and overhead expenses on and for salaries, wages, and benefit were reached. See Note 10 - Related Party Transactions and Arrangements to our 2024 Financial Statements for further details.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, we issued shares of our common stock to the Advisor in lieu of cash for the February 2024 general and administrative reimbursement expenses. For additional information on these and other subsequent activities, please see Note 10 - Related Party Transactions and Arrangements to our consolidated financial statements in this Annual report on Form 10-K.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $8.1 million to $18.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $26.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was the result of a lower depreciable/amortizable asset base during the year ended December 31, 2024 due to 1140 Avenue of Americas being impaired in the prior year, 9 Times Square being classified as an Asset Held for Sale during September 2024, impairments, write-offs of lease intangibles and write off of tenant improvements recorded between periods as well as accelerated depreciation/amortization in the prior year. See Note 3 - Real Estate Investments to our 2024 Financial Statements for further details. There have been no new property acquisitions since January 1, 2023 that would increase the depreciable base during the periods presented.
Interest Expense
Interest expense increased $0.6 million to $19.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $18.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase in interest expense can partially be attributed to the maturity of our $49.5 million notional, SOFR based “pay-fixed” interest rate swap in April 2024, offset by amortization of deferred mortgage financing costs. During the year ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, our weighted-average outstanding debt balance was $350.0 million and $399.5 million, respectively, with a weighted-average effective interest rate of 4.43% in each period.
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
The following table represents a reconciliation of our net cash used in operations from our net loss for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:
Year Ended December 31, Increase
2024 2023 (Decrease)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss $ (140,591) $ (105,924) $ (34,667)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 18,408 26,532 $ (8,124)
Amortization of deferred financing costs 1,182 1,543 $ (361)
Accretion of below- and amortization of above-market lease liabilities and assets, net (476) (70) $ (406)
Equity-based compensation 408 5,863 $ (5,455)
Common stock issued to the Advisor in connection with Advisor related fees 1,610 485 $ 1,125
(Gain)/loss on dispositions of real estate 276 - $ 276
Impairments of real estate investments 112,541 66,565 $ 45,976
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Straight-line rent receivable 869 (1,635) $ 2,504
Straight-line rent payable 109 109 $ -
Prepaid expenses, other assets and deferred costs 238 (1,516) $ 1,754
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities 2,369 871 $ 1,498
Deferred revenue (942) (228) $ (714)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (3,999) (7,405) 3,406
The level of cash flows used in or provided by operating activities is affected by the volume of acquisition activity, the restricted cash we are required to maintain, the timing of interest payments, the receipt of scheduled rent payments and the level of property operating expenses.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
The following table presents our net cash provided by (used in) investing activities for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:
Year Ended December 31, Increase
2024 2023 (Decrease)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures (1,291) (4,059) 2,768
Net proceeds from sale of real estate investments 61,148 4,130 57,018
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 59,857 71 59,786
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
The following table presents our net cash (used in) provided by financing activities for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:
Year Ended December 31, Increase
2024 2023 (Decrease)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from notes payable to related parties 725 - 725
Repayments of notes payable to related parties (725) - (725)
Proceeds from mortgage note payable - - -
Payment of mortgage note payable (49,500) - (49,500)
Payments of financing costs - - -
Proceeds from issuance of common stock to affiliates of the Advisor, net - - -
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net - - -
Proceeds from Rights Offering, net (see Note 8) - 4,059 (4,059)
Dividends paid on common stock - - -
Redemption of fractional shares of common stock and restricted shares - (24) 24
Distributions to non-controlling interest holders - - -
Common stock shares withheld upon vesting of restricted shares - (10) 10
Repurchases of common stock (231) - (231)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (49,731) 4,025 (53,756)
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our principal demands for cash are to fund operating and administrative expenses, capital expenditures, tenant improvement and leasing commission costs related to our properties and our debt service obligations. We expect to fund these cash demands in the short term through a combination of current cash on hand, net cash provided by our property operations and net cash provided by potential property dispositions. However, there remains significant uncertainty regarding our longer-term liquidity position if market conditions do not improve, or if we are unable to execute on planned liquidity initiatives, in which case we may face challenges in meeting future obligations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. See Note 5 - Liquidity Risk to our 2024 Financial Statements.
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
As of December 31, 2024, we had cash and cash equivalents of $9.8 million as compared to $5.3 million as of December 31, 2023. Under the guarantee of certain enumerated recourse liabilities of the borrower under one of our mortgage loans, we are required to maintain a minimum net worth in excess of $175.0 million and minimum liquid assets (i.e., cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash) of $10.0 million, which totaled $18.9 million as of December 31, 2024.
We had restricted cash of $9.2 million as of December 31, 2024 as compared to $7.5 million as of December 31, 2023, respectively. Our restricted cash balance includes cash sweeps for 1140 Avenue of the Americas of $1.6 million and $2.5 million, and for 400 E. 67th Street for $4.2 million and $0.0 million, both as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, and the remaining balance of restricted cash is comprised of various escrow accounts and other cash accounts with restricted uses. We are able to use a portion of our restricted cash for certain property operating expenses and capital expenditures. For certain property operating expenses and capital expenditures specifically related to our 1140 Avenue of the Americas property, lender approval is required to use any of the cash that is held in restricted cash accounts resulting from the breach of covenants on the loan secured by that property (see below). As a result, some of the property operating expenses and capital expenditures that will be paid with restricted cash may reside in accounts payable and accrued expenses on our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024.
Segregated Cash Accounts - Loan Covenant Breaches
The New York City real estate market continues to be challenged as a result of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related changing nature of in-office working arrangements, which previously caused, and may in the future cause certain of our tenants to be unable to make rent payments to us timely, or at all, and could continue to have, an adverse effect on the amount of cash we receive from our operations and therefore our ability to fund operating expenses and other capital requirements. Beginning in the third and fourth quarters of 2020, the operating results at some of our properties, including our 1140 Avenue of the Americas, 400 E. 6th Street and 8713 Fifth Avenue properties, were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic causing cash trap events under the non-recourse mortgages, where excess operating cash flow from the property, if any, after debt service was held in restricted cash as additional collateral for the loan, for those properties to be triggered. Thus, we were not able to use excess cash flow, if any, from the properties (while the cash trap events were active - see below), to fund operating expenses at our other properties and other capital requirements during the year ended December 31, 2024.
As of December 31, 2024, we are operating under three cash traps at 1140 Avenue of the Americas, 400 E. 67th Street and 8713 Fifth Avenue, which together, represent 33% of the rentable square feet in our portfolio as of December 31, 2024. Also, as of December 31, 2024, we still had $1.6 million of cash maintained in a segregated and restricted cash account resulting from the breach of covenants on the loan secured by our 1140 Avenue of the Americas property. However, our 8713 Fifth Avenue property has not generated excess cash after debt service and as of December 31, 2024 there is no related cash maintained in a segregated and restricted cash account for that property. We may not access the cash from the 1140 Avenue of the Americas property without lender approval unless and until the various breaches have been cured. Excess cash generated by the 1140 Avenue of the Americas property continues to be deposited in a separate cash management account until the borrower under the loan is able to comply with all of the applicable covenants. Additionally, as of December 31, 2024, we are operating under one cash sweep at our 400 E. 67th Street/200 Riverside Blvd. properties. Under these lease sweep periods, any excess cash generated, if any, is to be held in a segregated reserve account controlled by the lender as additional collateral. This swept cash is classified as restricted cash on our consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2024, we had $4.2 million retained by the lender in a restricted cash account for our 400 E. 67th Street/200 Riverside Blvd. property. For additional information please see Note 4 - Mortgage Notes Payable to our 2024 Financial Statements.
Financings
We define our leverage as the ratio between our net debt, which is calculated as our gross debt of $350.0 million less cash and cash equivalents of $9.8 million divided by our gross asset value, which is calculated as the carrying value of our total assets of $507.1 million plus our accumulated depreciation and amortization of $91.1 million. As of December 31, 2024, our net debt was $340.2 million, our gross asset value was $598.2 million and our leverage was 56.9%.
As of December 31, 2024 our gross borrowings totaled $350.0 million, which bore interest at a weighted-average annual rate of 4.43% and had a weighted-average maturity of 2.6 years. All of our properties are encumbered under mortgage notes payable, and are not available to satisfy other debts and obligations, or to serve as collateral with respect to new indebtedness, as applicable, unless the existing indebtedness associated with the property is satisfied.
Additionally, on December 18, 2024, our wholly-owned subsidiary, ARCNYC570SEVENTH, LLC, consummated the sale of 9 Times Square to 9 Times Square Acquisitions, LLC, pursuant to that certain purchase and sale agreement, dated August 1, 2024, as amended on November 19, 2024. The 9 Times Square property was sold for a gross purchase price of $63.5 million.
We do not currently have a commitment for a corporate-level revolving credit facility or any other corporate-level indebtedness, and there can be no assurance we would be able to obtain corporate-level financing on favorable terms, or at all.
Mortgage Notes Payable
We had five mortgage loans secured by our six properties with an aggregate balance of $350.0 million as of December 31, 2024 with a weighted-average effective interest rate of 4.43%. All our mortgage loans bear interest at a fixed rate.
There are no future scheduled principal payments on our mortgage notes payable for the remainder of 2025. The next future scheduled principal payments on our mortgage notes payable are in July 2026. In October 2024 we exercised the option
in the 9 Times Square mortgage note to extend the maturity of this mortgage note payable to January 2025. This loan had a principal balance of $49.5 million at the time. On December 18, 2024, we sold the 9 Times Square property. For additional information please see Note 3 - Real Estate Investments to our 2024 Financial Statements.
Debt Covenant Non-Compliance
1140 Avenue of the Americas
We have breached both a debt service coverage provision and a reserve fund provision under our non-recourse mortgage secured by the 1140 Avenue of the Americas property in each of the last 18 quarters ended December 31, 2024. The principal amount of the loan was $99.0 million as of December 31, 2024. These breaches are not events of default, rather, they require excess cash, if any, generated at the property (after paying operating costs, debt service and capital/tenant replacement reserves) to be held in a segregated account as additional collateral under the loan. The covenants for this loan may be cured if we satisfy the required debt service coverage ratio for two consecutive quarters, whereupon the additional collateral will be released. We can remain subject to this reserve requirement through maturity of the loan without further penalty or ramifications. As of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 we had $1.6 million and $2.5 million, respectively, in cash that is retained by the lender and maintained in restricted cash on our consolidated balance sheet as of those dates.
8713 Fifth Avenue
We have breached a debt service coverage ratio covenant under the non-recourse mortgage secured by 8713 Fifth Avenue in each of the last 18 quarters ended December 31, 2024. The principal amount for the loan was $10.0 million as of December 31, 2024. The breach of this covenant did not result in an event of default but rather triggered an excess cash flow sweep period. The excess cash flow sweep period will continue until the covenant breaches are cured in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement. This property has not generated any excess cash since the breach occurred and thus no cash has ever been trapped related to this property.
Additionally, in the event that the debt service coverage ratio covenant remains in breach at or below the current level for two consecutive calendar quarters and the lender reasonably determines that such breach is due to the property being imprudently managed by the current manager, the lender has the right, but not the obligation, to require that we replace the current manager with a third party manager chosen by us. We have remained in breach for two consecutive quarters as of December 31, 2024, although, the lender has not exercised their right to replace the current manager.
Cash Sweep Events
400 E. 67th Street/200 Riverside Blvd.
We entered a lease sweep period under the non-recourse mortgage secured by 400 E. 67th Street/200 Riverside Blvd. in the year ended December 31, 2024, resulting from a near-maturity lease with a major tenant at the property which expired in the third quarter of 2024. The principal amount for the loan was $50.0 million as of December 31, 2024. Under the loan agreement, a lease sweep period is triggered, when (i) the date that is twelve months prior to the end of the term of the major lease, (ii) the date required by the major tenant to give notice of its exercise of a renewal option, (iii) any major tenant lease is surrendered or terminated prior to the expiration date, (iv) if the major tenant discontinues its operations and the major tenants long term debt is not rated lower than investment grade, (v) any material default under the major tenant’s lease, or (vi) any major tenant insolvency proceeding.
Under the lease sweep period, any excess cash generated, if any, is to be held in a segregated reserve account controlled by the lender as additional collateral. As of December 31, 2024, we had $4.2 million, in cash swept that is retained by the lender and recorded within restricted cash on our consolidated balance sheet. We had no swept cash as of December 31, 2023.
9 Times Square
On April 29, 2024, we entered a cash sweep period under the non-recourse mortgage secured by the 9 Times Square asset pursuant to an amendment which, among other things, extended the maturity of the loan to October 31, 2024, which we further extended to January 31, 2025, pursuant to an option contained in such agreement. The amendment provided that Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the Amendment) shall be deposited to an account maintained by the Administrative Agent within ten (10) calendar days of the end of each month. As of December 31, 2024 we had no cash retained by the lender in a restricted cash account on our consolidated balance sheet. The 9 Times Square loan was paid off during the quarter ended December 31, 2024 in connection with the closing of the sale of that property.
Other Debt Covenants
Except as described herein, we were in compliance with the remaining covenants under our other mortgage notes payable as of December 31, 2024 and, continue to monitor compliance with those provisions. If we experience additional lease terminations, due to tenant bankruptcies or otherwise, or tenants placed on a cash basis continue to not pay rent, it is possible that certain of the covenants on other loans may be breached and we may also become restricted from accessing excess cash flows from those properties. Similar to the loans discussed above, our other mortgages also contain cash management provisions that are not considered events of default, and as such, acceleration of principal would only occur upon an event of default.
Notice of Defaults
1140 Avenue of the Americas
We were informed by the lender on February 19, 2025 that we were in default under the loan agreement for failure to make certain scheduled interest payments. We made the payments in question in full on the same day the default notice was received by us. We believe this is a cure for the event of default. We have received no additional notices from the lender, which has neither charged us any default interest nor accelerated any portion of that debt.
400 E. 67th Street/200 Riverside Boulevard
On November 19, 2024, the lender sent a notice to us alleging that we were in default under the loan agreement for events that occurred in the third and fourth quarters of 2023, specifically our failure to establish a cash management account for excess cash sweeps over monthly debt service requirements. The lender had been remitting excess cash on their own accord until the period of cash sweep was put into effect in 2024 as described above. In their notice of default, the lender asserted we owe an estimated $1.0 million in excess cash to be deposited into the loan reserve account. We responded to the notice of default rejecting the assertions made by the lender, which we believe are without merit as a result of the lender's failure to implement a cash management account and our inability to take such action unilaterally due to the mechanics for receipt of lease payments provided for by the loan agreement. We have not received a response or any additional notices from the lender, which has not accelerated any portion of the loan. We have made all other required payments in accordance with the loan agreement. Beginning in March 2025, the lender has charged default interest to us, currently totaling $3.3 million. While we cannot predict the ultimate outcome of legal matters, we currently believe that it is not probable a liability has been incurred with respect to the alleged defaults and intends to challenge the charge of default interest by the lender.
Notes Payable to Related Parties
Pursuant to the terms of a promissory note executed during the three months ended June 30, 2024 between us and the Advisor, we borrowed $0.15 million from the Advisor for working capital needs. We recorded this borrowing as a note payable to related parties as of June 30, 2024 on our consolidated balance sheet. The promissory note bore interest at an annual rate of 9.39% and would have been callable on or after September 26, 2024. In July 2024, we fully repaid the promissory note with cash on hand including interest, which was immaterial. Amounts repaid under the promissory note may not be reborrowed.
Additionally, pursuant to the terms of a promissory note executed during the three months ended September 30, 2024 between us and the Advisor, we borrowed $0.575 million from the Advisor for working capital needs. We recorded this borrowing as a note payable to related parties as of September 30, 2024 on our consolidated balance sheet. The promissory note bore interest at an annual rate of 8.63% and would have been callable on or after December 29, 2024. Amounts repaid under the promissory note may not be reborrowed. During the fourth quarter of 2024, we repaid all amounts outstanding under this promissory note with the Advisor with cash on hand including interest, which was immaterial.
Assets Held For Sale
During the quarter ended September 30, 2024 we entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement to sell our 9 Times Square property for a contract sales price of $63.5 million. On December 18, 2024, we sold the property for $63.5 million and realized net proceeds of $10.7 million.
During the quarter ended September 30, 2023, we entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement to sell our 421 W. 54th Street - Hit Factory property for $4.5 million. On October 12, 2023 we sold the property for $4.5 million and realized net proceeds of $4.2 million.
Rights Offering
In February 2023, we raised gross proceeds of $5.0 million ($4.1 million of net proceeds) from our non-transferrable rights offering (the “Rights Offering”), which entitled holders of rights to purchase 0.20130805 of a share of our Class A common stock for every right held at a subscription price of $12.95 per whole share. As a result, we issued 386,100 shares of our Class A common stock subscribed for in our Rights Offering on February 27, 2023. The net proceeds were used for general corporate purposes.
Related Party Payments Made with Common Stock Issuances in Lieu of Cash
During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, we were also able to preserve cash through an arrangement with our Advisor. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor has the option to elect to receive shares of our common stock in lieu of cash for the asset management, property management, and administrative services it provides us with. For the months described below, the Company paid related party fees in shares in lieu of cash. For more information see Note 10- Related Party Transactions and Arrangements to our 2024 Financial Statements for further details.
A summary of amounts invested by the Advisor during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 is as follows:
Period of Issuance Recipient Shares Issued (1)
Issued Share Price (1)
January 2023 The Advisor 31,407 $ 15.44
March 2024 The Advisor 70,607 $ 7.54
April 2024 The Advisor 68,308 $ 6.58
April 2024 The Advisor 22,857 $ 6.58
May 2024 The Advisor 83,543 $ 5.72
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(1)Retroactively adjusted for the effects of the Reverse Stock Split (see Note 1 for additional information).
We continue to focus on increasing occupancy of the portfolio by seeking replacement tenants for leases that had expired or otherwise have been terminated. We believe that certain market tenant incentives we have used and expect to continue to use, including free rent periods and tenant improvements, will support our occupancy rate and extend the average duration of our leases upon commencement of executed leases. Our ability to generate net cash from our property operations depends, in part on the amount of additional cash we are able to generate through our leasing initiatives, which is not assured, and on our ability to access any excess cash we are able to generate from properties that are encumbered by mortgages where a cash trap event has occurred (see below for more details), which also is not assured.
In addition to our focus on increasing occupancy, we have also begun to focus on expense reduction initiatives, that target expenses such as tax appeals and the renegotiation and bidding of contracted services, along with other expenses. While the focus on reducing expenses may help lower operating expenses, there can be no assurance we will be able to do so.
Dividend Policy
Through the six months ended June 30, 2022, we paid dividends to our common stockholders at our current annual rate of $3.20 per share of Class A common stock (adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split), or $0.80 per share (adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split) on a quarterly basis. The board subsequently decided not to declare any further dividends for the subsequent periods through December 31, 2024. There is no assurance as to when or if the board will declare future dividends or the amount of any future dividends that may be declared.
Leasing Activity and Occupancy
We had a decrease in occupancy level to 80.8% across our portfolio as of December 31, 2024, as compared to 86.7% as of December 31, 2023. The changes in occupancy were as follows:
•Occupancy at 123 William Street decreased to 82.3% as of December 31, 2024 compared to 91.4% as of December 31, 2023. The decrease in occupancy was due to a lease expiration during the year ended December 31, 2024.
•Occupancy at 1140 Avenue of the Americas decreased to 74.1% as of December 31, 2024 as compared to 77.1% as of December 31, 2023. The decrease in occupancy was the result of lease expirations and amendments during the year ended December 31, 2024.
•Occupancy at 400 E. 67th Street was at 44.3% as of December 31, 2024 as compared to 100% as of December 31, 2023. During the year ended December 31, 2024, a tenant located at our 400 E. 67th Street property vacated its current space, however, per their agreement with us, the tenant is required to pay rent for the remainder of term of their existing lease which is set to expire in the third quarter of 2025.
•Occupancy at our properties located at 196 Orchard Street, 200 Riverside Blvd. and 8713 Fifth Avenue remained the same at 100.0% as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
We continue to focus on increasing occupancy of the portfolio by seeking new and replacement tenants for leases that expired or otherwise have been terminated. We believe that certain market tenant incentives we have used and expect to continue to use, including free rent periods and tenant improvements, will support our occupancy rate and extend the average duration of our leases upon commencement of executed leases. These incentives have delayed, and may delay or reduce cash flow in the future for some period. Our ability to generate net cash from our property operations depends, in part on the amount of additional cash we can generate through new or renewal leases, which is not assured, and on our ability to access any excess cash we are able to generate from properties that are encumbered by mortgages where a cash trap event has occurred (see below for more details), which also is not assured.
Capital Expenditures
For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 we funded an aggregate of $1.3 million and $4.1 million, respectively, of capital expenditures primarily related to tenant improvements at certain of our properties.
We may invest in additional capital expenditures to further enhance the value of our properties. Additionally, many of our lease agreements with tenants include provisions for tenant improvement allowances. The amount we expect to invest in capital expenditures during the full year 2025, including amounts we expect to fund under new or replacement leases, will likely be similar to the amount invested in 2024.
We funded our capital expenditures during the year ended December 31, 2024 with (i) cash on hand, which included proceeds from previous financings, and (ii) cash retained from the Advisor either from (a) reinvesting its base management fees in shares of our Class A common stock or (b) electing to receive shares of our Class A common stock in lieu cash for its base management fee.
Acquisitions and Dispositions
We had no acquisitions during the year ended December 31, 2024. We disposed of our 9 Times Square property during the year ended December 31, 2024 for a gross purchase price $63.5 million, and we determined the property was impaired by $86.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2024. We disposed of our Hit Factory property during the year ended December 31, 2023 for a contract sales price $4.5 million, and we determined the property was impaired by $0.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2023.
There were no acquisitions or dispositions of properties subsequent to December 31, 2024 and prior to filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This section discusses the non-GAAP financial measures we use to evaluate our performance, including earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) as well as adjusted EBITDA.
EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA are both non-GAAP metrics and should not be construed to be more relevant or accurate than other metrics calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, including net loss, in evaluating our operating performance. The method utilized to evaluate the value and performance of real estate under GAAP should be construed as a more relevant measure of operational performance and considered more prominently than non-GAAP metrics.
We consider EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA useful indicators of our performance. Because these metrics’ calculations exclude such factors as depreciation and amortization of real estate assets, interest expense, impairment charges, equity-based compensation, gains or losses from sales of operating real estate assets (which can vary among owners of identical assets in similar conditions based on historical cost accounting and useful-life estimates), these metrics’ presentations facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods and between other companies that use these measures.
As a result, we believe that the use of these non-GAAP metrics together with the required GAAP presentations, provide a more complete understanding of our performance, including relative to our peers and a more informed and appropriate basis on which to make decisions involving operating, financing, and investing activities. However, these non-GAAP metrics are not indicative of cash available to fund ongoing cash needs, including the ability to pay cash dividends and capital expenditures. Investors are cautioned that these non-GAAP metrics should only be used to assess the sustainability of our operating performance excluding these activities, as they exclude certain costs that have a negative effect on our operating performance during the periods in which these costs are incurred.
Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization
We define adjusted EBITDA as net loss excluding (i) interest expense, (ii) income tax expense, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense, (iv) impairment charges, (v) interest income and other income or expense, (vi) gains or losses on debt extinguishment, (vii) equity-based compensation expense, (vii) acquisition and transaction costs, (viii) gain or loss on asset sales, and (ix) expenses paid with issuances of our common stock in lieu of cash.
The below table presents a reconciliation of our EBITDA and our adjusted EBITDA from net loss for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:
Years Ended
(in thousands) December 31, 2024 December 31, 2023
Net loss and net loss attributable to common stockholders (in accordance with GAAP) $ (140,591) $ (105,924)
Interest expense 19,488 18,858
Tax expense (benefit) - -
Depreciation and amortization 18,408 26,532
EBITDA (102,695) (60,534)
Impairment of real estate investments 112,541 66,565
Equity-based compensation 408 5,863
Other income (112) (36)
Management fees paid in common stock to the Advisor in lieu of cash 1,610 485
Adjusted EBITDA $ 11,752 $ 12,343
Dividends
For the taxable years we elected to be taxed as a REIT (commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2014 through our taxable year ended December 31, 2022) we were required to distribute annually at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard for the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains. A tax loss for a particular year eliminated the need to distribute REIT taxable income to meet the 90% distribution requirement for that year and may have minimized or eliminated the need to pay distributions in order to meet the distribution requirement in one or more subsequent years. We had a loss for tax purposes in 2022 and therefore there was no REIT taxable income requiring distribution to maintain our qualification as a REIT during the year ended December 31, 2022. For the year ended December 31, 2022, from a U.S. federal income tax perspective, 100% of distributions, or $0.20 ($1.60 per share adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split), represented a return of capital and no part constituted a taxable dividend.
Through the six months ended June 30, 2022 and for the year ended December 31, 2021 we paid dividends to our common stockholders at the annual rate of $0.40 per share of Class A common stock ($3.20 per share adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split), or $0.10 per share ($0.80 per share adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split) on a quarterly basis. On July 1, 2022, we announced that we suspended our policy regarding dividends paid on our Class A common stock, beginning with the dividend that would have been payable for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 (see full discussion in Liquidity and Capital Resources section above).
We have not paid dividends to stockholders since those that were declared and paid through the six months ended June 30, 2022.
Decisions regarding the frequency and amount of any future dividends we pay on our common stock will remain at all times entirely at the discretion of our Board, which reserves the right to change our dividend policy at any time and for any reason. Our ability to pay dividends in the future depends on our ability to operate profitably and to generate sufficient cash flows from the operations of our existing properties and any properties we may acquire. We may acquire assets such as hotels and seek to expand our co-working office space business as well as acquire, invest in and operate businesses such as hotel or parking lot management companies including assets or businesses located outside of New York City. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to pay dividends on a regular basis on our common stock or any other class or series of stock we may issue in the future. Our Board previously suspended and then reinstituted dividends. As of December 31, 2024, our dividend program remains suspended. There is no assurance we will continue to pay dividends at the current rate, or at all. The amount of dividends payable to our stockholders is determined by our Board and is dependent on a number of factors, including funds available for dividends, our financial condition, provisions in our loans and any agreement we are party to that may restrict our ability to pay dividends or repurchase shares, capital expenditure requirements, as applicable, and requirements of Maryland law. For the year ended December 31, 2024, our cash flows provided by operations were $4.0 million.
Previous election as a REIT
We elected to be taxed as a REIT, effective commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2014 through our taxable year ended December 31, 2022, as a result of the Board authorized revocation of our REIT election which became effective as of January 1, 2023. We believe that, during the period commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2014 through December 31, 2022, we were organized and operated in a manner so that we qualified as a REIT. To qualify as a REIT during that period, we were required to distribute annually at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP) determined without regard for the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains, and comply with a number of other organizational and operational requirements. As a REIT, we were generally not be subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax on the portion of our REIT taxable income that we distributed to our stockholders. A tax loss for a particular year eliminated the need to distribute REIT taxable income to meet the 90% distribution requirement for that year and minimized or eliminated the need to pay distributions in order to meet the distribution requirement in one or more subsequent years. We had a loss for tax purposes in 2022 and therefore there was no REIT taxable income requiring distribution to maintain our qualification as a REIT for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Inflation
We may be adversely impacted by inflation on the leases that do not contain indexed escalation provisions, or those leases which have escalations at rates which do not exceed or approximate current inflation rates. As of December 31, 2024, the increase to the twelve-month CPI for all items, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was 2.9%. To help mitigate the adverse impact of inflation, approximately 82% of our leases with our tenants contain rent escalation provisions which the cash rent that is due over time by an average cumulative increase of 0.4% per year. These provisions generally increase rental rates during the terms of the leases either at fixed rates or other measures. As of December 31, 2024, approximately 82%, based on straight-line rent, are fixed-rate and 18% do not contain any escalation provisions.
In addition, we may be required to pay costs for maintenance and operation of properties which may adversely impact our results of operations due to potential increases in costs and operating expenses resulting from inflation. However, to the extent such costs exceed the tenants base year, many but not all of our leases require the tenant to pay its allocable share of operating expenses, which may include common area maintenance costs, real estate taxes and insurance. This may reduce our exposure to increases in costs and operating expenses resulting from inflation. As the costs of general goods and services continue to rise, we may be adversely impacted by increases in general and administrative costs due to overall inflation. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors-Risks Related to Investments in Real Estate-Inflation may have an adverse effect on our investments and results of operations.”

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About 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 interest rate risk management objectives are to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower our overall borrowing costs. From time to time, we may enter into interest rate hedge contracts such as swaps, caps, collars and treasury lock agreements in order to mitigate our interest rate risk with respect to various debt instruments. We will not hold or issue these derivative contracts for trading or speculative purposes. We do not have any foreign operations and thus we are not exposed to foreign currency fluctuations.
As of December 31, 2024, our debt consisted of fixed-rate or swapped to fixed-rate secured mortgage notes payable with an aggregate carrying value of $350.0 million and a fair value of $287.5 million. As of December 31, 2023, our debt consisted of fixed-rate or swapped to fixed-rate secured mortgage notes payable with an aggregate carrying value of $399.5 million and a fair value of $348.8 million. Changes in market interest rates have no impact on interest expense incurred on the notes net of related swap payments or receipts.
However, changes in market interest rates would have an impact on the fair value of our related mortgage notes net of the impact on the related interest rate swap. For instance, if interest rates rise 100 basis points and our net fixed rate debt balance remains constant, we expect the fair value of our net obligation to decrease, the same way the price of a bond declines as interest rates rise. The sensitivity analysis related to our net fixed-rate debt assumes an immediate 100 basis point move in interest rates from their 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 net fixed-rate debt by $4.7 million. A 100 basis point decrease in market interest rates would result in an increase in the fair value of our net fixed-rate debt by $4.8 million.
These amounts were determined by considering the impact of hypothetical interest rate changes on our borrowing costs, and assuming no other changes in our capital structure. As the information presented above includes only those exposures that existed as of December 31, 2024 and does not consider exposures or positions arising after that date. The information represented 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.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
The information required by this 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.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
In accordance with Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act”), our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of December 31, 2024, the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our disclosure controls and procedures include internal controls and other procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in this and other reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. It should be noted that no system of controls can provide complete assurance of achieving a company’s objectives and that future events may impact the effectiveness of a system of controls.
Based on that evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2024, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective at a reasonable level of assurance.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP.
Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.
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 (“COSO”) 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 based on those criteria.
This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Following the listing of shares of our Class A common stock on the NYSE, we went from being non-traded to being publicly-traded. However, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting has not been audited by our independent registered public accounting firm because we remain a “nonaccelerated filer” as defined under SEC rules.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) 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.
Trading Plans
During our last fiscal quarter, no director or officer, as defined in Rule 16a-1(f), adopted or terminated any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of our securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” as defined in Regulation S-K Item 408.

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ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all of our executive officers and directors, including but not limited to, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer. A copy of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics may be obtained, free of charge, by sending a written request to our executive office: 222 Bellevue Ave, Newport, Rhode Island 02840, Attention: Chief Financial Officer. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is also publicly available on our website at www.americanstrategicinvestment.com. If we make any substantive amendments to the code of ethics or grant any waiver, including any implicit waiver, from a provision of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics to our chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions, we will disclose the nature of the amendment or waiver on that website or in a report on Form 8-K.
We have adopted an insider trading policy which governs the purchase, sale and/or any other dispositions of the Company’s securities by the Company and its directors, officers and employees and is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations and applicable exchange listing standards. A copy of our Insider Trading Policy is filed as Exhibit 19.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The information required by this Item will be set forth in our definitive proxy statement with respect to our 2025 annual meeting of stockholders to be filed not later than 120 days after the end of the 2024 fiscal year, 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 set forth in our definitive proxy statement with respect to our 2025 annual meeting of stockholders to be filed not later than 120 days after the end of the 2024 fiscal year, 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 set forth in our definitive proxy statement with respect to our 2025 annual meeting of stockholders to be filed not later than 120 days after the end of the 2024 fiscal year, 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 set forth in our definitive proxy statement with respect to our 2025 annual meeting of stockholders to be filed not later than 120 days after the end of the 2024 fiscal year, and is incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
The information required by this Item will be set forth in our definitive proxy statement with respect to our 2025 annual meeting of stockholders to be filed not later than 120 days after the end of the 2024 fiscal year, 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.
(a)Financial Statement Schedules
See the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements at page of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The following financial statement schedule is included herein at page of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:
Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
(b)Exhibits
EXHIBIT INDEX
The exhibits below are included, or incorporated by reference, in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (and are numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K). References in the exhibits below to American Realty Capital New York City REIT, Inc. reflect exhibits dated prior to our name change to New York City REIT, Inc. effective March 13, 2019 and references in the exhibits below to New York City REIT, Inc. reflect exhibits dated prior to our name change to American Strategic Investment Co. effective January 19, 2023.
Exhibit No. Description
3.1 (1)
Articles of Amendment and Restatement
3.2 (2)
Articles of Amendment relating to corporate name change
3.3 (1)
Amended and Restated Bylaws of New York City REIT, Inc.
3.4 (3)
Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of New York City REIT, Inc.
3.5 (24)
Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of New York City REIT, Inc.
3.6 (4)
Articles of Amendment relating to reverse stock split
3.7 (4)
Articles of Amendment relating to par value decrease and common stock name change
3.8 (4)
Articles Supplementary classifying and designating Class B common stock
3.9 (5)
Articles Supplementary classifying and designating Series A Preferred Stock
3.10 (23)
Articles Supplementary reclassifying Class B common stock into Class A common stock
3.11 (21)
Articles of Amendment relating to Reverse Stock Split (2023)
3.12 (21)
Articles of Amendment relating to par value decrease (2023)
3.13 (22)
Articles of Amendment relating to name change (2023)
4.1 (5)
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of New York City Operating Partnership, L.P., dated as of August 18, 2020
4.2 (5)
Amended and Restated Distribution Reinvestment Plan of New York City REIT, Inc.
4.3 (5)
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of August 17, 2020, between New York City REIT, Inc. and Computershare Trust
4.4 *
Description of Registrant’s Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
4.5 (18)
Amendment, dated as of August 12, 2021, to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of August 17, 2020, between New York City REIT, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as Rights Agent
4.6 (20)
Second Amendment, dated as of August 10, 2022, to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, as amended, dated as of August 17, 2020, between New York City REIT, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as Rights Agent
4.7 (22)
Third Amendment, dated as of January 23, 2023, to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated August 12, 2021, and Amendment No. 2, dated August 10, 2022, between American Strategic Investment Co. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as Rights Agent
4.8 (19)
Certificate of Notice of New York City REIT, Inc.
4.9 (22)
Certificate of Notice of American Strategic Investment Co.
10.1 (6)
Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2018, by and among American Realty Capital New York City REIT, Inc., New York City Operating Partnership, L.P. and New York City Advisors, LLC.
10.2 (7)
Property Management and Leasing Agreement, dated as of April 24, 2014, by and among American Realty Capital New York City REIT, Inc., New York City Operating Partnership, L.P. and New York City Properties, LLC.
10.3 (8)
First Amendment, dated as of April 13, 2018, to Property Management and Leasing Agreement, dated as of April 24, 2014, by and among American Realty Capital New York City REIT, Inc., New York City Operating Partnership, L.P. and New York City Properties, LLC.
10.4 (6)
Second Amendment, dated as of November 16, 2018, to Property Management and Leasing Agreement, dated as of April 24, 2014, by and among American Realty Capital New York City REIT, Inc., New York City Operating Partnership, L.P. and New York City Properties, LLC.
10.5 (8)
Property Management and Leasing Agreement, dated as of April 13, 2018, by and among New York City Properties, LLC and the other parties thereto.
10.6 (9)
Amended and Restated Employee and Director Incentive Restricted Share Plan of American Realty Capital New York City REIT, Inc., effective as of November 8, 2017.
10.7 (10)
Indemnification Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2014, between the Company and William M. Kahane, Elizabeth K. Tuppeny, Robert T. Cassato, Nicholas S. Schorsch, Michael A. Happel, Gregory W. Sullivan, and RCS Capital Corporation.
10.8 (11)
Indemnification Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2015, between the Company and Nicholas Radesca
10.10 (1)
Form of Indemnification Agreement
Exhibit No. Description
10.11 (12)
Loan Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2016, between ARC NYC1140SIXTH, LLC and Ladder Capital Finance I LLC
10.12 (12)
Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement
10.13 (13)
Loan Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2017, between Barclays Bank PLC, as lender, and ARC NYC123WILLIAM, LLC, as borrower.
10.14 (13)
Limited Recourse Guaranty, dated as of March 6, 2017, made by New York City Operating Partnership, L.P., as guarantor, in favor of Barclays Bank PLC, as lender.
10.15 (13)
Environmental Indemnity Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2017, made by ARC NYC123WILLIAM, LLC, as borrower, and New York City Operating Partnership, L.P., as principal, in favor of Barclays Bank PLC, as indemnitee.
10.16 (1)
Loan Agreement, dated as of April 13, 2018, by and among ARC NYC400E67, LLC and ARC NYC200RIVER01, LLC, as borrowers, and Societe Generale, as lender.
10.17 (1)
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations made by New York City Operating Partnership, L.P., as guarantor, in favor of Societe Generale, dated as of April 13, 2018.
10.18 (15)
Loan Agreement dated as of July 17, 2019 between ARG NYC196ORCHARD, LLC, as Borrower, and Nationwide Life Insurance Company, as Lender.
10.19 (15)
Carveout Guaranty dated as of July 17, 2019, by New York City Operating Partnership, L.P., as Guarantor, to and for the benefit of Nationwide Life Insurance Company.
10.20 (5)
Listing Note Agreement, dated as of August 18, 2020, between New York City Operating Partnership, L.P. and New York City Special Limited Partnership, LLC
10.21 (5)
First Amendment, dated as of August 18, 2020, to Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement among New York City REIT, Inc., New York City Operating Partnership, L.P. and New York City Advisors, LLC
10.22 (5)
Advisor Multi-Year Outperformance Award Agreement, dated as of August 18, 2020, among New York City REIT, Inc., New York City Operating Partnership, L.P. and New York City Advisors, LLC
10.23 (5)
2020 Advisor Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan of New York City REIT, Inc.
10.24 (5)
2020 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan of New York City REIT, Inc.
10.25 (14)
Equity Distribution Agreement, dated October 1, 2020, among New York City REIT, Inc., New York City Operating Partnership, L.P., Truist Securities, Inc. and B. Riley Securities, Inc.
10.26 (17)
Form of Restricted Share Award Agreement pursuant to the 2020 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan of New York City REIT, Inc.
10.27 (23)
Form of Stock Award Agreement pursuant to the 2020 Advisor Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan of New York City REIT, Inc.
10.28 (23)
Form of Stock Award Agreement pursuant to the 2020 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan of New York City REIT, Inc.
10.29 (19)
Side Letter, dated February 4, 2022, to the Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2018, among New York City REIT, Inc., New York City Operating Partnership, L.P. and New York City Advisors, LLC
10.30 (19)
Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreement, dated February 4, 2022, by and between New York City REIT, Inc. and Edward M. Weil, Jr.
10.31 (19)
Charter Ownership Limit Waiver Agreement, dated February 4, 2022, by and between New York City REIT, Inc. and New York City Advisors, LLC
10.32 (19)
Rights Plan Waiver Agreement, dated February 4, 2022, by and among New York City REIT, Inc., Bellevue Capital Partners, LLC and New York City Advisors, LLC
10.33 (20)
First Amendment to Ownership Limit Waiver Agreement, dated August 10, 2022, by and between New York City REIT, Inc. and New York City Advisors, LLC
10.34 (20)
First Amendment to Ownership Limit Waiver Agreement, dated August 10, 2022, by and between New York City REIT, Inc. and Bellevue Capital Partners, LLC
10.35 (20)
First Amendment to Waiver Agreement, dated August 10, 2022, by and among New York City REIT, Inc., Bellevue Capital Partners, LLC and New York City Advisors, LLC
10.36 (22)
Second Amendment to Waiver Agreement, dated January 23, 2023, by and among American Strategic Investment Co., Bellevue Capital Partners, LLC and New York City Advisors, LLC
10.37(25)
Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement, dated March 29, 2024, by and among American Strategic Investment Co., New York City Operating Partnership, L.P. and New York City Advisors, LLC
10.38(25)
Third Amendment to Property Management and Lease Agreement, dated March 29, 2024, by and among American Strategic Investment Co., New York City Operating Partnership, L.P. and New York City Advisors, LLC
14.1 (5)
Amended and Restated Code of Business Conduct and Ethics of New York City REIT, Inc.
19.1*
Insider Trading Policy
21.1 *
List of Subsidiaries of New York City REIT, Inc.
23.1 *
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
31.1 *
Certification of the Principal Executive Officer of the Company pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2 *
Certification of the Principal Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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Written statements of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
97 (27)
Compensation Clawback Policy
99.1 (18)
Certificate of Notice of New York City REIT, Inc. filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on February 26, 2021
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(1)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 14, 2018.
(2)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 15, 2019.
(3)Filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 19, 2020.
(4)Filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 5, 2020.
(5)Filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 18, 2020.
(6)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 19, 2018.
(7)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 14, 2014.
(8)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the SEC on June 15, 2018.
(9)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 13, 2017.
(10)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to Form S-11 filed with the SEC on January 7, 2015.
(11)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 8, 2015.
(12)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 12, 2016.
(13)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 10, 2017.
(14)Filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 1, 2020.
(15)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 19, 2019.
(16)Filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 26, 2021.
(17)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 13, 2021.
(18)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 12, 2021.
(19)Filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 4, 2022.
(20)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 12, 2022.
(21)Filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 12, 2023.
(22)Filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 24, 2023.
(23)Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 18, 2022.
(24)Filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 19, 2022.
(25)Filed as an exhibit to our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024