DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Description of Business

We are a publicly traded, primarily retail-focused, real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that was founded in 1910. We own and manage, sometimes utilizing third-party property management companies, 18 commercial real estate properties in nine states in the United States. As of September 30, 2022, we owned five single-tenant and 13 multi-tenant income-producing properties comprising 2.7 million square feet of gross leasable space. Subsequent to September 30, 2022, on October 14, 2022, the Company acquired a 0.4 million square feet property as further described in Note 25, “Subsequent Events”.

In addition to our income property portfolio, as of September 30, 2022, our business included the following:

Management Services:

● A fee-based management business that is engaged in managing Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (“PINE”), see Note 5, “Related Party Management Services Business”.

Commercial Loans and Investments:

● A portfolio of five commercial loan investments and one preferred equity investment which is classified as a commercial loan investment.

Real Estate Operations:

● A portfolio of subsurface mineral interests associated with approximately 355,000 surface acres in 19 counties in the State of Florida (“Subsurface Interests”); and

● An inventory of historically owned mitigation credits as well as mitigation credits produced by the Company’s mitigation bank. The mitigation bank owns a 2,500 acre parcel of land in the western part of Daytona Beach, Florida and, pursuant to a mitigation plan approved by the applicable state and federal authorities, produces mitigation credits that are sold to developers of land in the Daytona Beach area for the purpose of enabling the developers to obtain certain regulatory permits for property development (the “Mitigation Bank”). Prior to the Interest Purchase (hereinafter defined in Note 7, “Investment in Joint Ventures”) completed on September 30, 2021, the Company held a 30% retained interest in the entity that owns the Mitigation Bank.

Our business also includes our investment in PINE. As of September 30, 2022, the fair value of our investment totaled $35.3 million, or 16.0% of PINE’s outstanding equity, including the units of limited partnership interest (“OP Units”) we hold in Alpine Income Property OP, LP (the “PINE Operating Partnership”), which are redeemable for cash, based upon the value of an equivalent number of shares of PINE common stock at the time of the redemption, or shares of PINE common stock on a one-for-one basis, at PINE’s election. Our investment in PINE generates investment income through the dividends distributed by PINE. In addition to the dividends we receive from PINE, our investment in PINE may benefit from any appreciation in PINE’s stock price, although no assurances can be provided that such appreciation will occur, the amount by which our investment will increase in value, or the timing thereof. Any dividends received from PINE are included in investment and other income (loss) on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.