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REAL ESTATE OPERATIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
REAL ESTATE OPERATIONS  
REAL ESTATE OPERATIONS

NOTE 6.       REAL ESTATE OPERATIONS

Real Estate Operations

Land and development costs at December 31, 2024 and 2023 were as follows (in thousands):

As of

    

December 31, 2024

    

December 31, 2023

Land and Development Costs

$

300

$

358

Subsurface Interests

373

Total Land and Development Costs

$

300

$

731

The Company’s real estate operations revenue is within the scope of FASB ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers as summarized below. Revenue from real estate operations is recognized at the point in time the underlying assets are transferred.

Revenue from real estate operations consisted of the following for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022 (in thousands):

December 31,

2024

2023

2022

Mitigation Credit Sales

    

$

1,831

$

2,257

$

3,462

Subsurface Revenue - Other

150

1,727

1,904

Land Sales Revenue

96

Total Real Estate Operations Revenue

$

1,981

$

3,984

$

5,462

Mitigation Credits and Mitigation Credit Rights. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company sold its remaining mitigation credits. The Company owned mitigation credits with a cost basis of $1.0 million as of December 31, 2023. The Company owned mitigation credits and mitigation credit rights with an aggregate cost basis of $2.6 million as of December 31, 2022. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the remaining mitigation credit rights were released and transferred to mitigation credits as they became available for sale. On December 29, 2022, the Company completed the sale of the entity that owned the Mitigation Bank for a sales price of $8.1 million resulting in a loss on disposition of assets of $11.9 million. A balance of mitigation credits and mitigation credit rights were retained by the Company as part of the sale agreement.

Revenues and the cost of sales of mitigation credit sales are reported as revenues from, and direct costs of, real estate operations, respectively, in the consolidated statements of operations. During the year ended December 31, 2024, 14.99 mitigation credits were sold for $1.8 million with a cost basis of $1.3 million. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company sold 20 mitigation credits for proceeds of $2.3 million with a cost basis of $1.5 million. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company sold 34 mitigation credits for proceeds of $3.5 million with a cost basis of $2.3 million.

Subsurface Interests. The Company sold its remaining acres of Subsurface Interests during the year ended December 31, 2024 for $5.0 million, or a gain on sale of $4.5 million. As of December 31, 2023, the Company owned 352,000 acres of Subsurface Interests.

The Company historically leased certain of the Subsurface Interests to mineral exploration firms for exploration. The Company’s subsurface operations consist of revenue from the leasing of exploration rights and in some instances, additional revenues from royalties applicable to production from the leased acreage, which revenues are included within real estate operations in the consolidated statements of operations. There were no sales of subsurface oil, gas, and mineral rights during the year ended December 31, 2024. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company sold 3,481 acres of Subsurface Interests for a sales price of $1.0 million. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company sold approximately 14,600 acres of subsurface oil, gas, and mineral rights for a sales price of $1.7 million.

The Company historically released surface entry rights or other rights upon request of a surface owner for a negotiated release fee typically based on a percentage of the surface value. Cash payments for the release of surface entry rights totaled $0.1 million, $0.7 million, and $0.2 million during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.