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Equity Investments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract]

Equity Investments

Note 7—Equity Investments

The Company’s equity investments and its proportionate share of earnings (losses) from equity investments were as follows ($ in thousands):


								Earnings from
		Carrying Value						Equity Method Investments⁽¹⁾
		as of						For the Three Months Ended
		March 31,			December 31,			March 31,
		2024			2023			2024			2023
Equity investment
425 Park Avenue		$	135,854		$	135,288		$	879		$	835
32 Old Slip			53,718			52,425			1,425			1,427
Ground Lease Plus Fund⁽¹⁾			29,589			73,428			889			—
Leasehold Loan Fund⁽²⁾			56,134			49,179			3,719			—
Total		$	275,295		$	310,320		$	6,912		$	2,262

(1)

As of March 31, 2024, the Company has a basis difference of $19.2 million in the Ground Lease Plus Fund that will be amortized over a weighted average remaining term of 106.3 years using the effective interest method. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, $0.2 million of the basis difference was amortized as an increase to earnings from equity method investments.

(2)

As of March 31, 2024, the Company has a basis difference of $10.2 million in the Leasehold Loan Fund that will be amortized over a weighted average remaining term of 2.8 years using the effective interest method. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, $1.0 million of the basis difference was amortized as an increase to earnings from equity method investments.

425 Park Avenue—In August 2019, the Company formed a venture with a sovereign wealth fund that is an existing shareholder of the Company to acquire the existing Ground Lease at 425 Park Avenue in New York City. The venture acquired the Ground Lease in November 2019. The Company has a 54.8% noncontrolling equity interest in the venture and is the manager of the venture. iStar was the manager prior to the Merger.

32 Old Slip—In June 2021, the Company acquired a 29.2% noncontrolling equity interest in a Ground Lease at an office property in New York City.

Ground Lease Plus Fund—In connection with Merger, the Company acquired from iStar an investment fund that iStar managed that targets the origination and acquisition of Ground Leases for commercial real estate projects that are in a pre-development phase (the “Ground Lease Plus Fund”). The Company owns a 53% noncontrolling equity interest in the Ground Lease Plus Fund. The Company does not have a controlling interest in the Ground Lease Plus Fund due to the substantive participating rights of its partner and accounts for this investment as an equity method investment. The Company receives a fee from its partner in exchange for managing the entity and is also entitled to a promote payment on investments in the Ground Lease Plus Fund. The Ground Lease Plus Fund had first look rights through December 2023 on qualifying pre-development projects that the Company has elected to not originate.

In November 2021, iStar acquired land for $33.3 million and simultaneously structured and entered into a Ground Lease on which a multi-family project will be constructed (refer also to Note 14). In December 2021, iStar sold the Ground Lease to the Ground Lease Plus Fund and recognized no gain or loss on the sale. At the time of iStar’s acquisition in November 2021, the Company and iStar entered into an agreement pursuant to which the Company would acquire the land and related Ground Lease from the Ground Lease Plus Fund when certain construction related conditions are met by a specified time period. In January 2024, the Company acquired the Ground Lease from the Ground Lease Plus Fund for $38.3 million, excluding $36.5 million funded by the Company pursuant to a leasehold improvement allowance (refer to Note 14).

In June 2021, the Company entered into two agreements pursuant to each of which it agreed to acquire land and a related Ground Lease originated by iStar when certain construction related conditions are met by a specified time period. In January 2022, iStar sold the two Ground Leases to the Ground Lease Plus Fund, which remain subject to the June 2021 agreement with the Company.

Leasehold Loan Fund—In connection with the Merger, the Company acquired from iStar an investment fund that iStar managed that targets customers that may require a mortgage leasehold loan as well as a Ground Lease (the “Leasehold Loan Fund”). The Company owns a 53.0% noncontrolling equity interest in the Leasehold Loan Fund. The Company does not have a controlling interest in the Leasehold Loan Fund due to the substantive participating rights of its partner. The Company accounts for this investment as an equity method investment and receives a fixed annual administrative fee and an asset management fee from its partner in exchange for managing the entity. The Company is also entitled to a promote payment on certain investments in the Leasehold Loan Fund.

In March 2021, iStar acquired land and simultaneously structured and entered into with the seller a Ground Lease on which a multi-family project will be constructed. iStar also committed to provide a $75.0 million construction loan to the Ground Lease tenant. In September 2021, the construction loan commitment was transferred to the Leasehold Loan Fund. As of March 31, 2024, the Leasehold Loan Fund funded $69.4 million of the commitment. The construction loan was repaid in full in April 2024.

In February 2022, the Leasehold Loan Fund committed to provide a $130.0 million loan to the ground lessee of a Ground Lease originated by the Company. The loan was for the Ground Lease tenant’s recapitalization of a life science property. As of March 31, 2024, the Leasehold Loan Fund has not funded any of the commitment.

In June 2022, the Leasehold Loan Fund committed to provide a $105.0 million loan to the ground lessee of a Ground Lease originated by the Company. The loan was for the Ground Lease tenant’s recapitalization of a mixed-use property. As of March 31, 2024, the Leasehold Loan Fund funded $40.8 million of the commitment.