The Company owns rental properties which are leased to tenants under operating leases with current expirations ranging from 2022 to 2055, with options to extend or terminate the lease. Revenues from such leases are reported as Rental income, net, and are comprised of (i) lease components, which includes fixed and variable lease payments and (ii) non-lease components which includes reimbursements of property level operating expenses. The Company does not separate non-lease components from the related lease components, as the timing and pattern of transfer are the same, and account for the combined component in accordance with ASC 842.

Fixed lease revenues represent the base rent that each tenant is required to pay in accordance with the terms of their respective leases reported on a straight-line basis over the non-cancelable term of the lease. Variable lease revenues include payments based on (i) tenant reimbursements, (ii) changes in the index or market-based indices after the inception of the lease, (iii) percentage rents or (iv) the operating performance of the property. Variable lease revenues are not recognized until the specific events that trigger the variable payments have occurred.

(a)	Excludes amortization related to lease intangible assets and liabilities of $189 and $232 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

In many of the Company’s leases, the tenant is obligated to pay the real estate taxes, insurance, and certain other expenses directly to the vendor. These obligations, which have been assumed by the tenants, are not reflected in our consolidated financial statements. To the extent any such tenant defaults on its lease or if it is deemed probable that the tenant will fail to pay for such obligations, a liability for such obligations would be recorded.

On a quarterly basis, the Company assesses the collectability of substantially all lease payments due by reviewing the tenant’s payment history or financial condition. Changes to collectability are recognized as a current period adjustment to rental revenue. The Company has assessed the collectability of all recorded lease revenues as probable as of March 31, 2022.

During 2020, in response to requests for rent relief from tenants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the governmental and non-governmental responses thereto, the Company deferred and accrued $3,360,000 of rent payments, excluding amounts related to Regal Cinemas as described below. Through April 30, 2022, the Company collected an aggregate of $3,233,000, or 96.2%, of such deferred rents (i.e., $497,000, $2,679,000, $43,000 and $14,000 during 2020, 2021, the three months ended March 31, 2022 and for April 2022, respectively). The $116,000 balance of deferred rents is deemed collectible of which $104,000 and $12,000 is expected to be collected during the remainder of 2022 and 2023, respectively.

In 2021, the Company executed lease amendments with Regal Cinemas, a tenant at two properties, which was adversely affected by the pandemic. Pursuant to these lease amendments, (i) the Company agreed to defer an aggregate of $1,449,000 of rent which was originally payable from September 2020 through August 2021 and agreed to be repaid beginning in 2022 (such amounts were not accrued as collections were deemed less than probable), (ii) the tenant agreed to pay an aggregate of $441,000 of rent from September 2020 through August 2021 and (iii) the parties extended the lease for one of these properties for two years. Through April 30, 2022, the tenant is current on all lease payments in accordance with these lease amendments; and the Company collected an aggregate of $322,000, or 22.2%, of such deferred rents (i.e., $242,000 and $80,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and for April 2022, respectively). The $1,127,000 balance of deferred rents is to be collected in equal monthly installments during the remainder of 2022 through June 2023.

NOTE 3 – LEASES (CONTINUED)

Minimum Future Rents

As of March 31, 2022, the minimum future contractual rents to be received on non-cancellable operating leases are included in the table below (amounts in thousands). The minimum future contractual rents do not include (i) straight-line rent or amortization of intangibles, (ii) COVID-19 lease deferral repayments accrued to rental income in 2020, (iii) $1,207,000 of COVID-19 lease deferral repayments due from Regal Cinemas which were not accrued to rental income and (iv) variable lease payments as described above.


From April 1 – December 31, 2022	$	52,019
For the year ending December 31,
2023		66,615
2024		58,382
2025		54,061
2026		49,948
2027		42,269
Thereafter		145,536
Total	$	468,830

Lease Termination Fees

In January 2022, the Company received $25,000 as a lease termination fee from a retail tenant which was recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2022.

In January 2021, the Company received $350,000 as a lease termination fee from a retail tenant, of which $88,000 was recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

In December 2020, the Company received $88,000 as a lease termination fee from an industrial tenant, of which $44,000 was recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Lessee Accounting

Ground Lease

The Company is a lessee under a ground lease in Greensboro, North Carolina, which is classified as an operating lease. The ground lease expires March 3, 2025 and provides for up to four, 5-year renewal options and one seven-month renewal option. As of March 31, 2022, the remaining lease term, including renewal options deemed exercised, is 12.9 years. The Company recognized lease expense related to this ground lease of $150,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, which is included in Real estate expenses on the consolidated statements of income.

Office Lease

The Company is a lessee under a corporate office lease in Great Neck, New York, which is classified as an operating lease. The lease expires on December 31, 2031 and provides for a five-year renewal option. As of March 31, 2022, the remaining lease term, including the renewal option deemed exercised, is 14.8 years. The Company recognized lease expense related to this office lease of $14,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, which is included in General and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of income.

NOTE 3 – LEASES (CONTINUED)

Minimum Future Lease Payments

As of March 31, 2022, the minimum future lease payments related to the operating ground and office leases are as follows (amounts in thousands):


From April 1 – December 31, 2022	$	379
For the year ending December 31,
2023		507
2024		557
2025		626
2026		627
2027		629
Thereafter		5,591
Total undiscounted cash flows	$	8,916
Present value discount		(1,776)
Lease liability	$	7,140