Mortgage Loans Payable and Unsecured Credit Facilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Mortgage Loans Payable and Unsecured Credit Facilities

Note 8. Mortgage Loans Payable and Unsecured Credit Facilities  

Debt and finance lease obligations are composed of the following at December 31, 2021 and 2020:

		December 31, 2021				December 31, 2020
					Contractual				Contractual
	Maturity	Balance			interest rates	Balance			interest rates
Description	dates	outstanding			weighted-average	outstanding			weighted-average
Fixed-rate mortgage
Franklin Village	Jun 2026	$	44,571,000		3.9%	$	45,645,000		3.9%
Shops at Suffolk Downs (a)	Jun 2031		15,600,000		3.5%		-		n/a
Trexlertown Plaza (a)	Jun 2031		36,100,000		3.5%		-		n/a
The Point (a)	Jun 2031		29,700,000		3.5%		-		n/a
Christina Crossing (a)	Jun 2031		17,000,000		3.5%		-		n/a
Lawndale Plaza (a)	Jun 2031		15,600,000		3.5%		-		n/a
Senator Square finance lease obligation	Sep 2050		5,596,000		5.3%		5,631,000		5.3%
			164,167,000		3.6%		51,276,000		4.1%
Unsecured credit facilities:
Variable-rate:
Revolving credit facility (b)	Aug 2024		66,000,000		1.6%		175,000,000		2.7%
Term loan	Sep 2022		-		n/a		50,000,000		1.9%
Fixed-rate (c):
Term loan	Feb 2022		-		n/a		50,000,000		3.3%
Term loan	Apr 2023		100,000,000		3.3%		100,000,000		3.5%
Term loan	Sep 2024		75,000,000		3.8%		75,000,000		3.9%
Term loan	Jul 2025		75,000,000		4.7%		75,000,000		4.8%
Term loan	Aug 2026		50,000,000		3.3%		50,000,000		3.5%
			530,167,000		3.5%		626,276,000		3.4%
Unamortized issuance costs			(3,129,000	)			(2,002,000	)
		$	527,038,000			$	624,274,000

(a) The mortgages for these properties are cross-collateralized.

(b) The revolving credit facility is subject to two one-year extensions at the Company’s option.

(c) The interest rates on these term loans consist of LIBOR plus a credit spread based on the Company’s leverage ratio, for which the Company has interest rate swap agreements which convert the LIBOR rates to fixed rates. Accordingly, these term loans are presented as fixed-rate debt. 

Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loans

On August 30, 2021, the Company amended its existing $300 million unsecured credit facility and $50 million term loan. After the amendment, the new unsecured revolving credit facility is $185 million with an expiration in August 2024. The new unsecured revolving credit facility may be extended, at the Company’s option for two additional one-year periods, subject to customary conditions. Interest on the borrowings under the new unsecured revolving credit facility component can range from LIBOR plus 135 bps to 195 bps (150 bps at December 31, 2021), based on the Company’s leverage ratio. The Company extended its $50 million term loan four years with an expiration in August 2026.      

On August 4, 2020, the Company amended its then existing $300 million unsecured credit facility and term loans. After such amendments, the Company’s financial ratios and borrowing base are all computed using the trailing four quarters as opposed to the current quarter annualized and interest rate swaps that are a hedge of existing debt are now excluded from the definition of debt.

The Company’s unsecured credit facility and term loans contain financial covenants including, but not limited to, maximum debt leverage, maximum secured debt, minimum fixed charge coverage, and minimum net worth. In addition, the facility contains restrictions including, but not limited to, limits on indebtedness, certain investments and distributions. The Company’s failure to comply with the covenants or the occurrence of an event of default under the facilities could result in the acceleration of the related debt and exercise of

other lender remedies. Although the credit facility is unsecured, borrowing availability is based on unencumbered property adjusted net operating income for the trailing twelve months, as defined in the agreements. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had $66.0 million outstanding and $113.9 million available for additional borrowings under its revolving credit facility, and was in compliance with all financial covenants.   

Mortgage Loans Payable

On May 5, 2021, the Company closed a non-recourse mortgage for $114.0 million. The mortgage matures June 1, 2031, bears interest at a fixed-rate of 3.49% and requires payment of interest only for the first five years followed by payments of principal and interest based on thirty-year amortization for the remainder of the term. The loan is secured by five shopping centers consisting of Lawndale Plaza, The Shops at Suffolk Downs, Christina Crossing, Trexlertown Plaza, and The Point. These properties had no pre-existing debt and the proceeds from this new loan were used to reduce amounts outstanding under the Company’s revolving credit facility.

Scheduled Principal Payments

Scheduled principal payments on a mortgage loan payable, finance lease obligation, unsecured term loans, and the unsecured credit facility at December 31, 2021, due on various dates from 2023 to 2050, are as follows:

	Mortgage Loan		Finance Lease		Revolving			Term				Unamortized
Year	Payable		Obligation		Credit Facility			Loans		Total		Issuance Costs			Total
2022	$	1,116,000	$	37,000	$	-		$	-	$	1,153,000	$	(600,000	)	$	553,000
2023		1,160,000		39,000		-			100,000,000		101,199,000		(518,000	)		100,681,000
2024		1,206,000		41,000		66,000,000	(a)		75,000,000		142,247,000		(451,000	)		141,796,000
2025		1,253,000		44,000		-			75,000,000		76,297,000		(359,000	)		75,938,000
2026		40,922,000		48,000		-			50,000,000		90,970,000		(243,000	)		90,727,000
Thereafter		112,914,000		5,387,000		-			-		118,301,000		(958,000	)		117,343,000
	$	158,571,000	$	5,596,000	$	66,000,000		$	300,000,000	$	530,167,000	$	(3,129,000	)	$	527,038,000

(a) The revolving credit facility is subject to two one-year extensions at the Company's option.

Derivative Financial Instruments

At December 31, 2021, the Company had $8.2 million included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet relating to the fair value of the interest rate swaps applicable to the unsecured term loans discussed above. Charges and/or credits relating to the changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps are made to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), noncontrolling interests (minority interests in consolidated joint ventures and limited partners’ interest), or operations (included in interest expense), as applicable. Over time, the unrealized gains and losses recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss will be reclassified into earnings as an increase or reduction to interest expense in the same periods in which the hedged interest payments affect earnings. The Company estimates that approximately $4.9 million of accumulated other comprehensive loss will be reclassified as a charge to earnings within the next twelve months.

The following is a summary of the derivative financial instruments held by the Company at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

December 31, 2021
Designation/				Fair		Maturity	Balance sheet
Cash flow	Derivative	Count		value		dates	location
Qualifying	Interest rate swaps		5	$	8,232,000	2023-2025	Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
December 31, 2020
Designation/				Fair		Maturity	Balance sheet
Cash flow	Derivative	Count		value		dates	location
Qualifying	Interest rate swaps		7	$	18,927,000	2021-2025	Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

The notional values of the interest rate swaps held by the Company at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were $300.0 million and $425.0 million, respectively.

The following presents the effect of the Company’s derivative financial instruments on the consolidated statements of operations and the consolidated statements of equity 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively:

		Gain (loss) recognized in other
		comprehensive (loss) income
		(effective portion)
Designation/		Years ended December 31,
Cash flow	Derivative	2021			2020			2019
Qualifying	Interest rate swaps	$	(4,148,000	)	$	(17,940,000	)	$	(13,090,000	)
		(Loss) gain recognized in other
		comprehensive (loss) income
		reclassified into earnings (effective portion)
		Years ended December 31,
	Classification	2021			2020			2019
	Continuing Operations	$	(6,476,000	)	$	(6,062,000	)	$	1,196,000

As of December 31, 2021, the Company believes it has no significant risk associated with non-performance of the financial institutions which are the counterparties to its derivative contracts.