Commitments and Contingencies	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments and Contingencies	8. Commitments and Contingencies Insurance The Company carries comprehensive liability, fire, extended coverage, business interruption and rental loss insurance covering all of the properties in its portfolio, in addition to other coverages that may be appropriate for certain of its properties. Additionally, the Company carries a directors and officers liability insurance policy that covers such claims made against the Company and its directors and officers. The Company believes the policy specifications and insured limits are appropriate and adequate for its properties given the relative risk of loss, the cost of the coverage and industry practice; however, its insurance coverage may not be sufficient to fully cover its losses. Concentration of Credit Risk The Company is subject to risks incidental to the ownership and operation of commercial real estate. These risks include, among others, the risks normally associated with changes in the general economic climate, trends in the retail industry, creditworthiness of tenants, competition for tenants and customers, changes in tax laws, interest rates, the availability of financing and potential liability under environmental and other laws. The Company’s portfolio of properties is dependent upon regional and local economic conditions and is geographically concentrated in the Mid-Atlantic, specifically in South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, which represented 100 percent of the total annualized base revenues of the properties in its portfolio as of September 30, 2022. The Company’s geographic concentration may cause it to be more susceptible to adverse developments in those markets than if it owned a more geographically diverse portfolio. Additionally, the Company’s retail shopping center properties depend on anchor stores or major tenants to attract shoppers and could be adversely affected by the loss of, or a store closure by, one or more of these tenants. Other Risks and Uncertainties Since March 2020, the Company’s investment properties have been significantly impacted by (i) measures taken by local, state and federal authorities to mitigate the impact of COVID-19, such as mandatory business closures, quarantines, restrictions on travel and “shelter-in-place” or “stay-at-home” orders and (ii) significant changes in consumer behavior and business and leisure travel patterns. While most, if not all, of the initial measures have been relaxed by the respective governmental authorities, with the uncertainty resulting from the continued mutation of COVID-19 into new variants, and the possibility that changes in consumer behavior and business and leisure travel patterns will continue, the negative impact on consumer behavior, including demand for the goods and services of our retail tenants within our portfolio, and room demand for our hotel properties, could continue to be significant in future periods. Retail Center and Flex Center Properties As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, all of the tenants in the Company’s retail properties and flex properties are open. As is the case with retail landlords across the U.S., the Company received a number of rent relief requests from tenants which were impacted by mandatory business closures, quarantines, restrictions on travel and “shelter-in-place” or “stay-at-home” orders and significant changes in consumer behavior. The Company evaluated each of these requests on a case-by-case basis. During the period following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, from March 2020 through December 2020, the Company granted lease concessions in the form of (i) rent deferrals or (ii) rent abatements. The deferral and abatement agreements have reduced the rent revenues the Company has recognized in all subsequent periods, including during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and will reduce the rent revenues the Company expects to receive in future periods. Under the rent deferral agreements, all of which were reached during the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company granted rent deferrals to various tenants in return for an agreement by the tenants to repay deferred and unpaid rent over a specified time period or before a certain date. Deferred rent is recognized as retail center property revenues or flex center property revenues on the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations and as rent and other receivables on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 2022, all rent deferral periods have ended and, in all cases, tenants have commenced repayment of the deferred rent amounts. As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, all tenants are current on their deferred rent repayment. Under the rent abatement agreements, all of which were reached during the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company agreed to permanently abate rent in exchange for lease extensions of between one and three years, depending on the amount of the abatement. In one case, the Company agreed to abate a portion of a tenant’s base rent in exchange for future rent payments based on the tenant’s monthly sales. Abated rent is excluded from future minimum rents in Note 6, above. While the Company’s rent collections from its retail and flex center properties have stabilized, the extent of the continued impact of COVID-19 and its new variants on revenues from the Company’s retail and flex center properties and tenants remains uncertain and will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the scope, severity and duration of the pandemic, the continued efficacy of vaccines against new variants, development and deployment of treatments, and potential mutations of COVID-19 and the response thereto. Revenues will continue to be impacted by the deferral and abatement agreements that the Company has granted to various tenants and could continue to be negatively impacted until consumer demand for the goods and services of the Company’s retail and flex center tenants returns to levels prior to the virus outbreak. Additionally, the direct and indirect economic effects of the pandemic and containment measures and the potential for changes in consumer behavior and business and leisure travel patterns could continue to have a significant negative impact on consumer demand for the goods and services of the Company’s retail tenants within its portfolio in the coming months. Hotel Properties The Company sold its Hampton Inn Property on August 31, 2021 and its Clemson Best Western Property on September 29, 2022 (see note 3, above). During the Company’s ownership of these properties, both were specifically subject to significant decreases in occupancy and revenues due to the impact of COVID-19 on business and leisure travel and generally subject to seasonal variations in occupancy and revenues. Despite the Company’s decision to sell its hotel properties, the Company has not removed hotel properties from its investment policy and will consider future opportunistic acquisitions of hotel properties in the future. Accordingly, should the Company make future investments in hotel properties, these investments could be subject to material impacts on occupancy and revenues from possible future outbreaks of COVID-19 and seasonality fluctuations in occupancy and revenues. Regulatory and Environmental As the owner of the buildings on its properties, the Company could face liability for the presence of hazardous materials (e.g., asbestos or lead) or other adverse conditions (e.g., poor indoor air quality) in its buildings. Environmental laws govern the presence, maintenance, and removal of hazardous materials in buildings, and if the Company does not comply with such laws, it could face fines for such noncompliance. Also, the Company could be liable to third parties (e.g., occupants of the buildings) for damages related to exposure to hazardous materials or adverse conditions in its buildings, and the Company could incur material expenses with respect to abatement or remediation of hazardous materials or other adverse conditions in its buildings. In addition, some of the Company’s tenants routinely handle and use hazardous or regulated substances and wastes as part of their operations at the Company’s properties, which are subject to regulation. Such environmental and health and safety laws and regulations could subject the Company or its tenants to liability resulting from these activities. Environmental liabilities could affect a tenant’s ability to make rental payments to the Company, and changes in laws could increase the potential liability for noncompliance. This may result in significant unanticipated expenditures or may otherwise materially and adversely affect the Company’s operations. The Company is not aware of any material contingent liabilities, regulatory matters or environmental matters that may exist. Litigation The Company is not currently involved in any litigation or legal proceedings.

Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

8. Commitments and Contingencies

Insurance

The Company carries comprehensive liability, fire, extended coverage, business interruption and rental loss insurance covering all of the properties in its portfolio, in addition to other coverages that may be appropriate for certain of its properties. Additionally, the Company carries a directors and officers liability insurance policy that covers such claims made against the Company and its directors and officers. The Company believes the policy specifications and insured limits are appropriate and adequate for its properties given the relative risk of loss, the cost of the coverage and industry practice; however, its insurance coverage may not be sufficient to fully cover its losses.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company is subject to risks incidental to the ownership and operation of commercial real estate. These risks include, among others, the risks normally associated with changes in the general economic climate, trends in the retail industry, creditworthiness of tenants, competition for tenants and customers, changes in tax laws, interest rates, the availability of financing and potential liability under environmental and other laws. The Company’s portfolio of properties is dependent upon regional and local economic conditions and is geographically concentrated in the Mid-Atlantic, specifically in South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, which represented 100 percent of the total annualized base revenues of the properties in its portfolio as of September 30, 2022. The Company’s geographic concentration may cause it to be more susceptible to adverse developments in those markets than if it owned a more geographically diverse portfolio. Additionally, the Company’s retail shopping center properties depend on anchor stores or major tenants to attract shoppers and could be adversely affected by the loss of, or a store closure by, one or more of these tenants.

Other Risks and Uncertainties

Since March 2020, the Company’s investment properties have been significantly impacted by (i) measures taken by local, state and federal authorities to mitigate the impact of COVID-19, such as mandatory business closures, quarantines, restrictions on travel and “shelter-in-place” or “stay-at-home” orders and (ii) significant changes in consumer behavior and business and leisure travel patterns. While most, if not all, of the initial measures have been relaxed by the respective governmental authorities, with the uncertainty resulting from the continued mutation of COVID-19 into new variants, and the possibility that changes in consumer behavior and business and leisure travel patterns will continue, the negative impact on consumer behavior, including demand for the goods and services of our retail tenants within our portfolio, and room demand for our hotel properties, could continue to be significant in future periods.

Retail Center and Flex Center Properties

As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, all of the tenants in the Company’s retail properties and flex properties are open.

As is the case with retail landlords across the U.S., the Company received a number of rent relief requests from tenants which were impacted by mandatory business closures, quarantines, restrictions on travel and “shelter-in-place” or “stay-at-home” orders and significant changes in consumer behavior. The Company evaluated each of these requests on a case-by-case basis. During the period following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, from March 2020 through December 2020, the Company granted lease concessions in the form of (i) rent deferrals or (ii) rent abatements. The deferral and abatement agreements have reduced the rent revenues the Company has recognized in all subsequent periods, including during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and will reduce the rent revenues the Company expects to receive in future periods.

Under the rent deferral agreements, all of which were reached during the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company granted rent deferrals to various tenants in return for an agreement by the tenants to repay deferred and unpaid rent over a specified time period or before a certain date. Deferred rent is recognized as retail center property revenues or flex center property revenues on the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations and as rent and other receivables on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 2022, all rent deferral periods have ended and, in all cases, tenants have commenced repayment of the deferred rent amounts. As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, all tenants are current on their deferred rent repayment.

Under the rent abatement agreements, all of which were reached during the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company agreed to permanently abate rent in exchange for lease extensions of between one and three years, depending on the amount of the abatement. In one case, the Company agreed to abate a portion of a tenant’s base rent in exchange for future rent payments based on the tenant’s monthly sales. Abated rent is excluded from future minimum rents in Note 6, above.

While the Company’s rent collections from its retail and flex center properties have stabilized, the extent of the continued impact of COVID-19 and its new variants on revenues from the Company’s retail and flex center properties and tenants remains uncertain and will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the scope, severity and duration of the pandemic, the continued efficacy of vaccines against new variants, development and deployment of treatments, and potential mutations of COVID-19 and the response thereto.

Revenues will continue to be impacted by the deferral and abatement agreements that the Company has granted to various tenants and could continue to be negatively impacted until consumer demand for the goods and services of the Company’s retail and flex center tenants returns to levels prior to the virus outbreak. Additionally, the direct and indirect economic effects of the pandemic and containment measures and the potential for changes in consumer behavior and business and leisure travel patterns could continue to have a significant negative impact on consumer demand for the goods and services of the Company’s retail tenants within its portfolio in the coming months.

Hotel Properties

The Company sold its Hampton Inn Property on August 31, 2021 and its Clemson Best Western Property on September 29, 2022 (see note 3, above). During the Company’s ownership of these properties, both were specifically subject to significant decreases in occupancy and revenues due to the impact of COVID-19 on business and leisure travel and generally subject to seasonal variations in occupancy and revenues. Despite the Company’s decision to sell its hotel properties, the Company has not removed hotel properties from its investment policy and will consider future opportunistic acquisitions of hotel properties in the future. Accordingly, should the Company make future investments in hotel properties, these investments could be subject to material impacts on occupancy and revenues from possible future outbreaks of COVID-19 and seasonality fluctuations in occupancy and revenues.

Regulatory and Environmental

As the owner of the buildings on its properties, the Company could face liability for the presence of hazardous materials (e.g., asbestos or lead) or other adverse conditions (e.g., poor indoor air quality) in its buildings. Environmental laws govern the presence, maintenance, and removal of hazardous materials in buildings, and if the Company does not comply with such laws, it could face fines for such noncompliance. Also, the Company could be liable to third parties (e.g., occupants of the buildings) for damages related to exposure to hazardous materials or adverse conditions in its buildings, and the Company could incur material expenses with respect to abatement or remediation of hazardous materials or other adverse conditions in its buildings. In addition, some of the Company’s tenants routinely handle and use hazardous or regulated substances and wastes as part of their operations at the Company’s properties, which are subject to regulation. Such environmental and health and safety laws and regulations could subject the Company or its tenants to liability resulting from these activities. Environmental liabilities could affect a tenant’s ability to make rental payments to the Company, and changes in laws could increase the potential liability for noncompliance. This may result in significant unanticipated expenditures or may otherwise materially and adversely affect the Company’s operations. The Company is not aware of any material contingent liabilities, regulatory matters or environmental matters that may exist.

Litigation

The Company is not currently involved in any litigation or legal proceedings.