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Note 10 - Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

10. Leases:

Lessor Leases

The Company’s primary source of revenues is derived from lease agreements, which includes rental income and expense reimbursement. The Company’s lease income is comprised of minimum base rent, expense reimbursements, percentage rent, lease termination fee income, ancillary income, amortization of above-market and below-market rent adjustments and straight-line rent adjustments.

The disaggregation of the Company’s lease income, which is included in Revenue from rental properties, net on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income, as either fixed or variable lease income based on the criteria specified in ASC 842, for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, is as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2023			2022		2021
Lease income:
Fixed lease income (1)	$	1,409,609		$	1,353,024	$	1,045,888
Variable lease income (2)		354,093			339,722		264,040
Above-market and below-market leases amortization, net		17,253			13,591		14,843
Adjustments for potentially uncollectible revenues and disputed amounts (3)		(13,898	)		4,511		24,931
Total lease income	$	1,767,057		$	1,710,848	$	1,349,702

(1)

Includes minimum base rents, expense reimbursements, ancillary income and straight-line rent adjustments.

(2)

Includes minimum base rents, expense reimbursements, percentage rent, lease termination fee income and ancillary income.

(3)

The amounts represent adjustments associated with potentially uncollectible revenues and disputed amounts.

Base rental revenues and fixed-rate expense reimbursements from rental properties are recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the related leases. The difference between the amount of rental income contracted through leases and rental income recognized on a straight-line basis for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 was $22.5 million, $33.8 million and $22.6 million, respectively.

The Company is primarily engaged in the operation of shopping centers that are either owned or held under long-term leases that expire at various dates through 2121. The Company, in turn, leases premises in these centers to tenants pursuant to lease agreements which provide for terms ranging generally from five to 25 years and for annual minimum rentals plus incremental rents based on operating expense levels and tenants’ sales volumes. Annual minimum rentals plus incremental rents based on operating expense levels and percentage rents comprised 98% of total revenues from rental properties for each of the three years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021.

The minimum revenues expected to be received by the Company from rental properties under the terms of all non-cancelable tenant leases for future years, assuming no new or renegotiated leases are executed for such premises and excluding variable lease payments, are as follows (in millions):

		2024				2025				2026				2027				2028				Thereafter
Minimum revenues		$	1,351.0			$	1,258.7			$	1,111.4			$	938.5			$	741.7			$	3,224.1

Lessee Leases

The Company currently leases real estate space under non-cancelable operating lease agreements for ground leases and administrative office leases. The Company’s operating leases have remaining lease terms ranging from less than one year to 47.9 years, some of which include options to extend the terms for up to an additional 75 years.

The Company also has two properties under finance leasing arrangements that consists of variable lease payments with a bargain purchase option. The finance right-of-use assets of $26.2 million are included in Other assets on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and finance lease liabilities of $24.4 million are included in Other liabilities on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The weighted-average remaining non-cancelable lease term and weighted-average discount rates for the Company’s operating and finance leases as of December 31, 2023 were as follows:

	Operating Leases			Finance Leases
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)		24.0			1.0
Weighted-average discount rate		6.65	%		6.00	%

The components of the Company’s lease expense, which are included in interest expense, rent expense and general and administrative expense on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, were as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2023		2022		2021
Lease cost:
Finance lease cost	$	1,261	$	1,294	$	569
Operating lease cost		14,736		12,994		11,637
Variable lease cost		2,241		4,143		3,972
Total lease cost	$	18,238	$	18,431	$	16,178

The table below reconciles the undiscounted cash flows for each of the first five years and total of the remaining years to the operating and financing lease liabilities (in thousands):

Year Ending December 31,
	Operating Leases			Financing Leases (1)
2024	$	11,806		$	25,890
2025		11,291			-
2026		10,626			-
2027		10,342			-
2028		10,366			-
Thereafter		178,334			-
Total minimum lease payments	$	232,765		$	25,890

Less imputed interest		(122,780	)		(1,458	)
Total lease liabilities (1)	$	109,985		$	24,432

(1)

Operating lease liabilities are included in Operating lease liabilities and financing lease liabilities are included in Other liabilities on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.