Organization and Basis of Presentation and Consolidation	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Organization and Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
Organization and Basis of Presentation and Consolidation	1. Organization and Basis of Presentation and Consolidation Medalist Diversified Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (the “REIT”) is a Maryland corporation formed on September 28, 2015. Beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2017, the REIT has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. The REIT serves as the general partner of Medalist Diversified Holdings, LP (the “Operating Partnership”) which was formed as a Delaware limited partnership on September 29, 2015. As of September 30, 2022, the REIT, through the Operating Partnership, owned and operated eight properties, the Shops at Franklin Square, a 134,239 square foot retail property located in Gastonia, North Carolina (the “Franklin Square Property”), the Shops at Hanover Square North, a 73,440 square foot retail property located in Mechanicsville, Virginia (the “Hanover Square Property”), the Ashley Plaza Shopping Center, a 164,012 square foot retail property located in Goldsboro, North Carolina (the “Ashley Plaza Property”), a 64,880 square foot mixed-use industrial/office property located in Greenville, South Carolina (the “Brookfield Center Property”), the Lancer Center, a 181,590 square foot retail property located in Lancaster, South Carolina (the “Lancer Center Property”), the Greenbrier Business Center, an 89,280 square foot mixed-use industrial/office property located in Chesapeake, Virginia (the “Greenbrier Business Center Property "), the Parkway Property, a 64,109 square foot mixed-use industrial office property located in Virginia Beach, Virginia (the "Parkway Property") and the Salisbury Marketplace Shopping Center, a 79,732 square foot retail property located in Salisbury, North Carolina (the “Salisbury Marketplace Property”). The Company owns 84 percent of the Hanover Square Property as a tenant in common with a noncontrolling owner which owns the remaining 16 percent interest and 82 percent of the Parkway Property as a tenant in common with a noncontrolling owner which owns the remaining 18 percent interest. The use of the word “Company” refers to the REIT and its condensed consolidated subsidiaries, except where the context otherwise requires. The Company includes the REIT, the Operating Partnership, wholly owned limited liability corporations which own or operate the properties, for the periods prior to September 30, 2022, the taxable REIT subsidiary which formerly operated the Clemson Best Western Property, and, for periods prior to December 31, 2021, the taxable REIT subsidiary which formerly operated the Hampton Inn Property. As a REIT, certain tax laws limit the amount of “non-qualifying” income that Company can earn, including income derived directly from the operation of hotels. As a result, the Company leased its condensed consolidated hotel properties to taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRS”) for federal income tax purposes. The TRS subsidiaries were subject to income tax and were not limited as to the amount of nonqualifying income they could generate, but the Company’s TRS subsidiaries were limited in terms of their value as a percentage of the total value of the Company’s assets. The Company’s TRS subsidiaries entered into agreements with a third party to manage the operations of the hotel. The Company prepared the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). References to the condensed consolidated financial statements and references to individual financial statements included herein, reference the condensed consolidated financial statements or the respective individual financial statement. All material balances and transactions between the condensed consolidated entities of the Company have been eliminated. The Company was formed to acquire, reposition, renovate, lease and manage income-producing properties, with a primary focus on (i) commercial properties, including flex-industrial, limited-service hotels, and retail properties, and (ii) multi-family residential properties in secondary and tertiary markets in the southeastern part of the United States, with an expected concentration in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. The Company may also pursue, in an opportunistic manner, other real estate-related investments, including, among other things, equity or other ownership interests in entities that are the direct or indirect owners of real property, indirect investments in real property, such as those that may be obtained in a joint venture. While these types of investments are not intended to be a primary focus, the Company may make such investments in the discretion of Medalist Fund Manager, Inc. (the “Manager”), its Manager. The Company is externally managed by the Manager. The Manager makes all investment decisions for the Company. The Manager and its affiliated companies specialize in acquiring, developing, owning and managing value-added commercial real estate in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. The Manager oversees the Company’s overall business and affairs and has broad discretion to make operating decisions on behalf of the Company and to make investment decisions. The Company’s stockholders are not involved in its day-to-day affairs.

Organization and Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Organization and Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

Organization and Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

1. Organization and Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

Medalist Diversified Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (the “REIT”) is a Maryland corporation formed on September 28, 2015. Beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2017, the REIT has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. The REIT serves as the general partner of Medalist Diversified Holdings, LP (the “Operating Partnership”) which was formed as a Delaware limited partnership on September 29, 2015. As of September 30, 2022, the REIT, through the Operating Partnership, owned and operated eight properties, the Shops at Franklin Square, a 134,239 square foot retail property located in Gastonia, North Carolina (the “Franklin Square Property”), the Shops at Hanover Square North, a 73,440 square foot retail property located in Mechanicsville, Virginia (the “Hanover Square Property”), the Ashley Plaza Shopping Center, a 164,012 square foot retail property located in Goldsboro, North Carolina (the “Ashley Plaza Property”), a 64,880 square foot mixed-use industrial/office property located in Greenville, South Carolina (the “Brookfield Center Property”), the Lancer Center, a 181,590 square foot retail property located in Lancaster, South Carolina (the “Lancer Center Property”), the Greenbrier Business Center, an 89,280 square foot mixed-use industrial/office property located in Chesapeake, Virginia (the “Greenbrier Business Center Property "), the Parkway Property, a 64,109 square foot mixed-use industrial office property located in Virginia Beach, Virginia (the "Parkway Property") and the Salisbury Marketplace Shopping Center, a 79,732 square foot retail property located in Salisbury, North Carolina (the “Salisbury Marketplace Property”). The Company owns 84 percent of the Hanover Square Property as a tenant in common with a noncontrolling owner which owns the remaining 16 percent interest and 82 percent of the Parkway Property as a tenant in common with a noncontrolling owner which owns the remaining 18 percent interest.

The use of the word “Company” refers to the REIT and its condensed consolidated subsidiaries, except where the context otherwise requires. The Company includes the REIT, the Operating Partnership, wholly owned limited liability corporations which own or operate the properties, for the periods prior to September 30, 2022, the taxable REIT subsidiary which formerly operated the Clemson Best Western Property, and, for periods prior to December 31, 2021, the taxable REIT subsidiary which formerly operated the Hampton Inn Property. As a REIT, certain tax laws limit the amount of “non-qualifying” income that Company can earn, including income derived directly from the operation of hotels. As a result, the Company leased its condensed consolidated hotel properties to taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRS”) for federal income tax purposes. The TRS subsidiaries were subject to income tax and were not limited as to the amount of nonqualifying income they could generate, but the Company’s TRS subsidiaries were limited in terms of their value as a percentage of the total value of the Company’s assets. The Company’s TRS subsidiaries entered into agreements with a third party to manage the operations of the hotel. The Company prepared the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). References to the condensed consolidated financial statements and references to individual financial statements included herein, reference the condensed consolidated financial statements or the respective individual financial statement. All material balances and transactions between the condensed consolidated entities of the Company have been eliminated.

The Company was formed to acquire, reposition, renovate, lease and manage income-producing properties, with a primary focus on (i) commercial properties, including flex-industrial, limited-service hotels, and retail properties, and (ii) multi-family residential properties in secondary and tertiary markets in the southeastern part of the United States, with an expected concentration in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. The Company may also pursue, in an opportunistic manner, other real estate-related investments, including, among other things, equity or other ownership interests in entities that are the direct or indirect owners of real property, indirect investments in real property, such as those that may be obtained in a joint venture. While these types of investments are not intended to be a primary focus, the Company may make such investments in the discretion of Medalist Fund Manager, Inc. (the “Manager”), its Manager.

The Company is externally managed by the Manager. The Manager makes all investment decisions for the Company. The Manager and its affiliated companies specialize in acquiring, developing, owning and managing value-added commercial real estate in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. The Manager oversees the Company’s overall business and affairs and has broad discretion to make operating decisions on behalf of the Company and to make investment decisions. The Company’s stockholders are not involved in its day-to-day affairs.