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Mortgages and Other Loans Payable
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Mortgages and Other Loans Payable  
Mortgages and Other Loans Payable Mortgages and Other Loans Payable
The mortgages and other loans payable collateralized by the respective properties and assignment of leases or debt investments at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, were as follows (dollars in thousands):
PropertyInitial Maturity Date
Final Maturity Date (1)
Interest
Rate (2)
December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Fixed Rate Debt:
100 Church StreetJuly 2022July 20224.68%$204,875 $209,296 
420 Lexington AvenueOctober 2024October 20403.99%294,035 299,165 
Landmark SquareJanuary 2027January 20274.90%100,000 100,000 
485 Lexington AvenueFebruary 2027February 20274.25%450,000 450,000 
1080 Amsterdam (3)
February 2027February 20273.59%34,773 35,123 
400 East 58th Street— 39,094 
762 Madison Avenue (4)
— 771 
315 West 33rd Street (5)
250,000 
Total fixed rate debt$1,083,683 $1,383,449 
Floating Rate Debt:
133 Greene Street(6)(6)L+2.00%$15,523 $15,523 
106 Spring Street (7)(7)L+2.50%38,025 38,025 
FHLB Facility (8)
January 2021January 2021L+0.28%10,000 — 
FHLB Facility (8)
January 2021January 2021L+0.23%15,000 — 
FHLB Facility (8)
January 2021January 2021L+0.18%35,000 — 
609 Fifth Avenue March 2021March 2024L+2.40%57,651 53,773 
185 Broadway (9)
November 2021November 2023L+2.85%158,478 120,110 
712 Madison AvenueDecember 2021December 2022L+1.85%28,000 28,000 
220 East 42nd StreetJune 2023June 2025L+2.75%510,000 — 
719 Seventh AvenueSeptember 2023September 2023L+1.20%50,000 50,000 
2017 Master Repurchase Agreement (10)
— 152,684 
FHLB Facility— 10,000 
FHLB Facility— 15,000 
FHLB Facility— 14,500 
410 Tenth Avenue— 330,819 
Total floating rate debt$917,677 $828,434 
Total mortgages and other loans payable$2,001,360 $2,211,883 
Deferred financing costs, net of amortization(21,388)(28,630)
Total mortgages and other loans payable, net$1,979,972 $2,183,253 
(1)Reflects exercise of all available options. The ability to exercise extension options may be subject to certain tests based on the operating performance of the property.
(2)Interest rate as of December 31, 2020, taking into account interest rate hedges in effect during the period. Floating rate debt is presented with the stated spread over the 30-day LIBOR, unless otherwise specified.
(3)The loan is comprised of a $33.9 million mortgage loan and $0.9 million mezzanine loan with a fixed interest rate of 350 basis points and 700 basis points, respectively, for the first five years and is prepayable without penalty at the end of the fifth year.
(4)In January 2020, the Company closed on the acquisition of the remaining 10% interest in this property from our joint venture partner. As part of this transaction, the loan was repaid.
(5)In March 2020, the loan was assumed by the buyer in connection with the sale of the property.
(6)In February 2021, this debt was extinguished after the lender was the winning bidder in a foreclosure auction for the property.
(7)This loan matured in January 2021. The Company is in discussions with the lender on resolution.
(8)In January 2021, these loans were extended one month from their respective maturity dates to February 2021 without penalty. The interest rate for the extension period was a fixed rate of 39 basis points. In February 2021, all advances were repaid.
(9)This loan is a $225.0 million construction facility, with reductions in interest cost based on meeting certain conditions, and has an initial three year term with two one year extension options. Advances under the loan are subject to incurred costs and funded equity requirements.
(10)In June 2020, we exercised a one year extension option which extended the maturity date to June 2021. At December 31, 2020, there was no outstanding balance on the $400.0 million facility.
At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the gross book value of the properties and debt and preferred equity investments collateralizing the mortgages and other loans payable was approximately $2.5 billion and $3.3 billion, respectively.
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York ("FHLB") Facility
As of December 31, 2020, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Ticonderoga Insurance Company, or Ticonderoga, a Vermont licensed captive insurance company, was a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, or FHLBNY. As a member, Ticonderoga was able to borrow funds from the FHLBNY in the form of secured advances that bore interest at a floating rate. In February 2021, Ticonderoga's membership in FHLB New York was terminated and all advances were repaid. As of December 31, 2020, Ticonderoga had a total of $60.0 million in outstanding secured advances with an average spread of 21 basis points over 30-day LIBOR.
Master Repurchase Agreement
The Company entered into a Master Repurchase Agreement, or MRA, known as the 2017 MRA, which provides us with the ability to sell certain mortgage investments with a simultaneous agreement to repurchase the same at a certain date or on demand. We seek to mitigate risks associated with our repurchase agreement by managing the credit quality of our assets, early repayments, interest rate volatility, liquidity, and market value. The margin call provisions under our repurchase facility permit valuation adjustments based on capital markets activity, and are not limited to collateral-specific credit marks. To monitor credit risk associated with our debt investments, our asset management team regularly reviews our investment portfolio and is in contact with our borrowers in order to monitor the collateral and enforce our rights as necessary. The risk associated with potential margin calls is further mitigated by our ability to collateralize the facility with additional assets from our portfolio of debt investments, our ability to satisfy margin calls with cash or cash equivalents and our access to additional liquidity. As of December 31, 2020, there have been no margin calls on the 2017 MRA.
In April 2018, we increased the maximum facility capacity from $300.0 million to $400.0 million. The facility bears interest on a floating rate basis at a spread to 30-day LIBOR based on the pledged collateral and advance rate and is scheduled to mature in June 2021, with a one-year extension option. At December 31, 2020, the facility had no outstanding balance.
Corporate Indebtedness
2017 Credit Facility
In November 2017, we entered into an amendment to the credit facility, referred to as the 2017 credit facility, that was originally entered into by the Company in November 2012, or the 2012 credit facility. As of December 31, 2020, the 2017 credit facility consisted of a $1.5 billion revolving credit facility, a $1.3 billion term loan (or "Term Loan A"), and a $200.0 million term loan (or "Term Loan B") with maturity dates of March 31, 2022, March 31, 2023, and November 21, 2024, respectively. The revolving credit facility has two 6-month as-of-right extension options to March 31, 2023. We also have an option, subject to customary conditions, to increase the capacity of the credit facility to $4.5 billion at any time prior to the maturity dates for the revolving credit facility and term loans without the consent of existing lenders, by obtaining additional commitments from our existing lenders and other financial institutions.
As of December 31, 2020, the 2017 credit facility bore interest at a spread over 30-day LIBOR ranging from (i) 82.5 basis points to 155 basis points for loans under the revolving credit facility, (ii) 90 basis points to 175 basis points for loans under Term Loan A, and (iii) 85 basis points to 165 basis points for loans under Term Loan B, in each case based on the credit rating assigned to the senior unsecured long term indebtedness of the Company. In instances where there are either only two ratings available or where there are more than two and the difference between them is one rating category, the applicable rating shall be the highest rating. In instances where there are more than two ratings and the difference between the highest and the lowest is two or more rating categories, then the applicable rating used is the average of the highest two, rounded down if the average is not a recognized category.

At December 31, 2020, the applicable spread was 100 basis points for the revolving credit facility, 110 basis points for Term Loan A, and 100 basis points for Term Loan B. We are required to pay quarterly in arrears a 12.5 to 30 basis point facility fee on the total commitments under the revolving credit facility based on the credit rating assigned to the senior unsecured long term indebtedness of the Company. As of December 31, 2020, the facility fee was 20 basis points.
As of December 31, 2020, we had $26.0 million of outstanding letters of credit, $110.0 million drawn under the revolving credit facility and $1.5 billion outstanding under the term loan facilities, with total undrawn capacity of $1.4 billion under the
2017 credit facility. At December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the revolving credit facility had a carrying value of $105.3 million and $234.0 million, respectively, net of deferred financing costs. At December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the term loan facilities had a carrying value of $1.5 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively, net of deferred financing costs.
The Company and the Operating Partnership are borrowers jointly and severally obligated under the 2017 credit facility.
The 2017 credit facility includes certain restrictions and covenants (see Restrictive Covenants below).
Senior Unsecured Notes
The following table sets forth our senior unsecured notes and other related disclosures as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, by scheduled maturity date (dollars in thousands):
IssuanceDecember 31,
2020
Unpaid
Principal
Balance		December 31,
2020
Accreted
Balance		December 31,
2019
Accreted
Balance
Interest Rate (1)
Initial Term
(in Years)		Maturity Date
August 7, 2018 (2)(3)
$350,000 $350,000 $350,000 1.52 %3August 2021
October 5, 2017 (2)
500,000 499,803 499,695 3.25 %5October 2022
November 15, 2012 (4)
300,000 302,086 303,142 4.50 %10December 2022
December 17, 2015 (5)
100,000 100,000 100,000 4.27 %10December 2025
March 16, 2010 (6)
— — 250,000 
$1,250,000 $1,251,889 $1,502,837 
Deferred financing costs, net(3,670)(5,990)
$1,250,000 $1,248,219 $1,496,847 
(1)Interest rate as of December 31, 2020, taking into account interest rate hedges in effect during the period.
(2)Issued by the Operating Partnership with the Company as the guarantor.
(3)The notes are subject to redemption at the Company's option, in whole but not in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes, plus unpaid accrued interest thereon to the redemption date. In April 2020, the Company entered into $350.0 million of fixed rate interest swaps at a rate of 0.54375% through August 2021.
(4)In October 2017, the Company and the Operating Partnership as co-obligors issued an additional $100.0 million of 4.50% senior unsecured notes due December 2022. The notes were priced at 105.334% of par.
(5)Issued by the Company and the Operating Partnership as co-obligors.
(6)In March 2020, the notes were repaid.
Restrictive Covenants
The terms of the 2017 credit facility and certain of our senior unsecured notes include certain restrictions and covenants which may limit, among other things, our ability to pay dividends, make certain types of investments, incur additional indebtedness, incur liens and enter into negative pledge agreements and dispose of assets, and which require compliance with financial ratios relating to the maximum ratio of total indebtedness to total asset value, a minimum ratio of EBITDA to fixed charges, a maximum ratio of secured indebtedness to total asset value and a maximum ratio of unsecured indebtedness to unencumbered asset value. The dividend restriction referred to above provides that, we will not during any time when a default is continuing, make distributions with respect to common stock or other equity interests, except to enable the Company to continue to qualify as a REIT for Federal income tax purposes. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, we were in compliance with all such covenants.
Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures
In June 2005, the Company and the Operating Partnership issued $100.0 million in unsecured trust preferred securities through a newly formed trust, SL Green Capital Trust I, or the Trust, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership. The securities mature in 2035 and bear interest at a floating rate of 125 basis points over the three-month LIBOR. Interest payments may be deferred for a period of up to eight consecutive quarters if the Operating Partnership exercises its right to defer such payments. The Trust preferred securities are redeemable at the option of the Operating Partnership, in whole or in part, with no prepayment premium. We do not consolidate the Trust even though it is a variable interest entity as we are not the primary beneficiary. Because the Trust is not consolidated, we have recorded the debt on our consolidated balance sheets and the related payments are classified as interest expense.
Principal Maturities
Combined aggregate principal maturities of mortgages and other loans payable, the 2017 credit facility, trust preferred securities, senior unsecured notes and our share of joint venture debt as of December 31, 2020, including as-of-right extension options, were as follows (in thousands):
Scheduled
Amortization		PrincipalRevolving
Credit
Facility		Unsecured Term LoansTrust
Preferred
Securities		Senior
Unsecured
Notes		TotalJoint
Venture
Debt
2021$10,700 $300,027 $— $— $— $350,000 $660,727 $1,085,279 
20228,767 255,435 — — — 800,000 1,064,202 540,947 
20236,599 560,000 110,000 1,300,000 — — 1,976,599 491,066 
20245,285 272,749 — 200,000 — — 478,034 617,010 
2025829 — — — — 100,000 100,829 1,385,256 
Thereafter930 580,039 — — 100,000 — 680,969 552,813 
$33,110 $1,968,250 $110,000 $1,500,000 $100,000 $1,250,000 $4,961,360 $4,672,371 
Consolidated interest expense, excluding capitalized interest, was comprised of the following (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
Interest expense before capitalized interest$185,934 $246,848 $236,719 
Interest on financing leases 8,091 3,243 8,069 
Interest capitalized(75,167)(55,446)(34,162)
Interest income(2,179)(4,124)(1,957)
Interest expense, net$116,679 $190,521 $208,669