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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023

OR

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number 001-08499

 

CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Rhode Island

 

05-0386287

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(IRS Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

identification No.)

 

5 Steeple Street, Unit 303

 

 

Providence, Rhode Island

 

02903

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (401) 435-7171

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value

CPTP

OTCQX

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files.) Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of the "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large Accelerated Filer

Accelerated Filer

 

Emerging Growth Company

Non-Accelerated Filer

Smaller reporting company

 

 

 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 (b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C.7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No

As of June 30, 2023, the aggregate market value of the Class A voting stock held by non-affiliates of the Company was $23,000,000 which excludes voting stock held by directors, executive officers and holders of 5% or more of the voting power of the Company’s common stock (without conceding that such persons are “affiliates” of the Company for purposes of federal securities laws). The Company has no outstanding non-voting common equity.

As of February 16, 2024, the Company had 6,599,912 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding.

 

Auditor Firm Id:

577

Auditor Name:

Stowe & Degon, LLC

Auditor Location:

Westborough, MA, USA

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 24, 2024, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.

 

 


 

CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.

FORM 10-K

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

PART I

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Business

3

Item 2.

Properties

6

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

6

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosure

6

 

 

 

 

PART II

 

 

 

 

Item 5.

Markets for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Shareholder Matters

7

Item 7.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

8

Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

10

Item 9.

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures

23

Item 9A.

Controls and Procedures

23

Item 9B.

Other Information

23

Item 9C.

Disclosures Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevents Inspections

23

 

 

 

 

PART III

 

 

 

 

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

24

Item 11.

Executive Compensation

24

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

24

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence

24

Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

24

 

 

 

 

PART IV

 

 

 

 

Item 15.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

25

 

Signatures

26

 

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PART I

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain portions of this report, and particularly the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Sections 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Sections 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which represent the Company’s expectations or beliefs concerning future events. The Company cautions that these statements are further qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the following: the ability of the Company to generate adequate amounts of cash; the collectability of the excess of straight-line over contractual rent when due over the terms of the long-term leases; the commencement of additional long-term land leases; changes in economic conditions that may affect either the current or future development on the Company’s parcels; cyber-penetrations; the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, parking operations, and the Company’s financial performance, and exposure to remediation and other costs associated with its former ownership of a petroleum storage facility. The Company does not undertake the obligation to update forward-looking statements in response to new information, future events or otherwise.

Item 1. Business

Organizational History

The Company was organized as a business corporation under the laws of Rhode Island in 1983 as Providence and Worcester Company and is the successor by merger in 1983 to a corporation also named Providence and Worcester Company which was organized under the laws of Delaware in 1979. In 1984, the Company’s name was changed to Capital Properties, Inc.

Business:

The Company’s principal business is the leasing of Company-owned land in Capital Center (“Capital Center”) and property adjacent to Capital Center (Parcel 20) in downtown Providence, Rhode Island under long-term ground leases with terms of 99 years or more.* (Hereinafter, the land in Capital Center and Parcel 20 are referred to as parcels within the “Capital Center Area”). The Company owns approximately 18 acres in Capital Center consisting of 13 individual parcels. Capital Center (approximately 77 acres of land) is the result of a development project undertaken by the State of Rhode Island, the City of Providence, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”) and the Company during the 1980’s in which two rivers, the Moshassuck and the Woonasquatucket, were moved, Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor rail line was relocated, a new Amtrak/commuter railroad station was constructed and significant public improvements were made to improve pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the area. The Company has not acted, and does not intend to act, as a developer with respect to any Company-owned parcels.

Under the Company’s standard Ground Leases, the tenant is responsible for all property related operating expenses, such as real estate taxes, maintenance and insurance as well as all costs associated with the development and construction of the related improvements. Each Ground Lease contains provisions permitting the tenant to develop the parcel under certain terms and conditions and provides for periodic rent increases based on either a specific percentage, consumer price index (“CPI”), appraisal or combination thereof and sometimes includes percentage rent participation (contingent rent). The Ground Leases also provide that the tenants are responsible for insuring the Company against various hazards and events as well as indemnifying the Company with respect to all of the tenant’s activities on the land. The Ground Leases contain other terms and conditions customary to such instruments.

While seeking developers, the Company also leases Parcels 3E, 3W, 4E, 4W and a portion of Parcel 20 in the Capital Center Area for public parking purposes to Metropark, Ltd.

Parcel 20

Parcel 20 consists of a parcel of land adjacent to the Capital Center, part of which is undeveloped and part of which contains a three/four-story 20,000 square foot building (the “Steeple Street Building”).

 

On January 25, 2024, the Company entered into a long-term ground lease of Parcel 20. Under the terms of the lease, tenant's possession will not occur until such time as the tenant has received all necessary approvals for construction of not less than 100,000 square feet of mixed use improvements. Prior to transfer of possession, no rent is being paid by the tenant and the Company receives all rents from existing tenants and parking lease revenue and remains responsible for all expenses, including real estate taxes, related to Parcel 20. Following tenant's possession, tenant is obligated to pay ground rent for the parcel and to purchase the building presently located on the premises for an additional amount payable monthly over twenty years.

 

 

*Generally speaking, a ground lease is a lease by the owner of the land (in this case, the Company) to the owners/operators of the real estate improvements built thereon by such owners/operators (“Ground Leases”).

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All of the properties described above are shown on the map contained in Exhibit 20.

Billboard Lease

The Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Tri-State Displays, Inc. leases 23 outdoor advertising locations containing 44 billboard faces along interstate and primary highways in Rhode Island and Massachusetts to Lamar Outdoor Advertising, LLC (“Lamar”) under a lease which expires in 2053 (the “Lamar Lease”). All but one of these locations are controlled by the Company through permanent easements granted to the Company pursuant to an agreement between the Company and the Providence & Worcester Railroad Company (“Railroad”); the remaining location is leased by the Company from a third party with a remaining term of two years.

Lamar has a right of first refusal for additional billboard location sites acquired by the Company in New England and Metropolitan New York City.

The Lamar lease provides, among other things, for annual base rent increases of 2.75% in June for each leased billboard location and participation in the revenue generated by each billboard, as defined in the agreement. The Lamar lease contains other terms and conditions customary to such instruments.

A summary of the long-term leases is as follows:

 

Parcels in Capital Center Area

 

Parcel Number

 

Type of Building (s)

 

Building Gross Square Feet

 

 

Number of Residential Units

 

Term of
Lease
(Years)

 

Termination
Date

 

Options
to Extend
Lease

 

Current
Annual Contractual
Rent

 

 

 

Next Periodic
Rent
Adjustment

 

Annual Rent After Next Adjustment or Type of Next Adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

17-story & 19-story Residential and

 

 

307,000

 

 

193

 

103

 

2108

 

Two 75-Year

 

$

609,000

 

 

 

2028

 

COLA

 

 

 

13-story Office

 

 

325,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3S

 

13-story Office

 

 

235,000

 

 

 

 

99

 

2087

 

None

 

$

618,000

 

 

 

2024

 

$

788,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

8-story Residential

 

 

454,000

 

 

225

 

149

 

2142

 

None

 

$

540,000

 

*

 

2033

 

Appraisal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6A

 

4-6 story Residential

 

 

120,000

 

 

96

 

99

 

2107

 

Two 50-Year

 

$

367,000

 

 

 

2024

 

$

404,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6B

 

2-6 story Residential

 

 

248,000

 

 

169

 

99

 

2107

 

Two 50-Year

 

$

214,000

 

 

 

2024

 

$

235,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7A

 

Underground Public Parking Garage

 

 

 

 

330 parking spaces

 

99

 

2104

 

Two 75-Year

 

$

200,000

 

 

 

2027

 

COLA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

4-story Office

 

 

114,000

 

 

 

 

99

 

2090

 

None

 

$

290,000

 

*

 

2025

 

COLA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

10-Story Office

 

 

210,000

 

 

 

 

149

 

2153

 

None

 

$

397,000

 

 

 

2026

 

$

417,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Billboard Lease

 

NA

 

Billboard

 

 

 

 

 

 

39

 

2053

 

**

 

$

1,051,000

 

***

 

2024

 

$

1,080,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COLA

 

 Cost-of-living adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Lease provides for rent participation (contingent rent) equal to 1% of Gross Revenue.

 

**

 

Lease term is extended for four (4) years if an electronic billboard is constructed on a leased location.

 

***

 

Lease provides for rent participation equal to 30% of Revenue, as defined in the agreement for each standard billboard and 20% of Revenue for each electronic billboard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Major tenants:

The following table sets forth those major tenants whose revenues exceed 10 percent of the Company’s leasing revenues for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:

 

Parcel

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

NA

Lamar Outdoor Advertising, LLC

 

$

1,231,000

 

 

$

1,255,000

 

NA

 

Metropark

 

 

726,000

 

 

 

411,000

 

Parcel 5

 

HGIT Center Place

 

 

641,000

 

 

 

625,000

 

Parcel 3S

1701 R.C. Sarasota Invest, LLC

 

 

618,000

 

 

 

618,000

 

Parcel 2

 

Waterplace Condominiums

 

 

574,000

 

 

 

503,000

 

 

$

3,790,000

 

 

$

3,412,000

 

Competition

The Company competes for tenants with other owners of undeveloped real property in downtown Providence. The Company maintains no listing of other competitive properties and will not engage in a competitive bid arrangement with proposed developers. The Company’s refusal to sell the land that it owns may restrict the number of interested developers.

Employees

As of December 31, 2023, the Company has two full-time and one part-time employee.

Environmental

Prior to February 2017, the Company operated a petroleum storage facility (“Terminal”) through two of its wholly owned subsidiaries. On February 10, 2017, the Terminal was sold to Sprague Operating Resources, LLC (“Sprague”) which results in the Terminal’s operations being classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented. As part of the Terminal Sale Agreement, the Company agreed to complete the environmental remediation and pay for the costs related to a 1994 storage tank fuel oil leak which allowed the escape of a small amount of fuel oil. In February 2020, the Company filed a revised Remediation Action Work Plan (“RAWP”) with Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (“RIDEM”) to incorporate technical details associated with the preferred remedial activities and to update the 2018 RAWP. During 2022, the remediation system was modified to address operational issues which impeded remediation activities. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company incurred costs of $79,000 of which $4,000 was charged against the environmental remediation accrual resulting in a liability of $402,000 at December 31, 2023 with the balance charged to other liabilities. Any subsequent increases or decreases to the expected cost of remediation will be recorded in the Company’s consolidated income statements as gain or loss on sale of discontinued operations.

Insurance

The Company maintains what management believes to be adequate levels of insurance.

 

Item 1C. Cybersecurity

Risk Management

The Company’s corporate information technology, communication networks, and accounting and financial reporting platforms are necessary for the operation of its business. The Company uses these systems, along with others, to manage its tenant and vendor relationships, for internal and external communications and for accounting to operate recordkeeping and reporting functions. The Company has implemented and maintains various information security processes designed to identify, assess and manage material risks from cybersecurity threats to its critical computer networks, third-party hosted services, communications systems, hardware and software, and our critical data, including confidential information.

Management works primarily with third parties (principally professional services and consulting firms) that assist management in identifying, assessing, and managing cybersecurity risks. To operate its business, the Company utilizes certain third-party service providers to perform a variety of functions and seeks to engage reliable, reputable service providers that maintain cybersecurity programs. The Company is not aware of any risks from cybersecurity threats, including as a result of any cybersecurity incidents, which have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect it, including its business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition.

 

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Governance:

 

The Board of Directors oversees the Company’s strategy and risk management, including material risks related to cybersecurity threats. The Board has delegated to the Audit Committee oversight of cybersecurity matters.

Management is responsible for day-to-day assessment and management of cybersecurity risks. The Treasurer has primary oversight of material risks from cybersecurity threats and works primarily with third parties to identify, assess, and manage cybersecurity risks. The Treasurer meets with the Audit Committee periodically to review the Company’s information technology systems and discuss key cybersecurity risks.

Item 2. Properties

The Company owns approximately 18 acres and a historic building in the Capital Center Area of Providence, Rhode Island. With the exception of Parcel 6C and the Steeple Street Building, all of the Company’s real property is leased either under long-term leases or short-term leases as more particularly described in Item 1, Business. The Company also owns or controls 23 locations in Rhode Island and Massachusetts on which 44 billboard faces have been constructed. All but one of these locations are owned by the Company under permanent easements from the Railroad; the remaining location is leased from an unrelated third party with a remaining term of two years.

 

In connection with the sale of the Company’s petroleum storage terminal in 2017, the Company and Sprague entered into an agreement relating to the construction of a breasting dolphin pursuant to which any construction costs incurred in excess of the contract cost of the construction would be shared equally between the Company and Sprague subject to certain limitations. In November 2019, Sprague asserted that it was owed $427,000 and the Company asserted that its obligation under the Agreement could not exceed $104,000. Mediation efforts were unsuccessful and in July 2021, Sprague commenced an action against the Company in the Rhode Island Superior Court (Superior Court) seeking monetary damages of $427,000, interest and attorney’s fees. In December 2022, the Superior Court denied Sprague’s Motion for Summary Judgment filed in September 2022 and granted in part and denied in part the Company’s Cross Motion for Summary Judgment also filed in September 2022. The Company anticipates that the matter will go to trial within the next six months. The Company intends to vigorously defend against the claims being asserted by Sprague.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosure – Not applicable

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PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

The Company’s Class A Common Stock is traded on the OTCQX, symbol “CPTP.” The following table shows the high and low trading prices for the Company’s Class A Common Stock during the quarterly periods indicated as obtained from the OTCQX, together with cash dividends paid per share during such periods.

 

 

 

Trading Prices

 

 

Dividends

 

 

 

 

High

 

 

Low

 

 

Declared

 

 

2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st Quarter

 

$

12.20

 

 

$

10.55

 

 

$

0.07

 

 

2nd Quarter

 

 

12.00

 

 

 

10.70

 

 

 

0.07

 

 

3rd Quarter

 

 

13.00

 

 

 

11.12

 

 

 

0.07

 

 

4th Quarter

 

 

12.52

 

 

 

11.35

 

 

 

0.07

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st Quarter

 

$

13.46

 

 

$

12.00

 

 

$

0.07

 

 

2nd Quarter

 

 

12.99

 

 

 

11.95

 

 

 

0.07

 

 

3rd Quarter

 

 

12.12

 

 

 

10.59

 

 

 

0.07

 

 

4th Quarter

 

 

12.20

 

 

 

11.00

 

 

 

0.07

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At February 16, 2024, there were 322 holders of record of the Company’s Class A Common Stock.

 

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations excludes the results of our discontinued operations unless otherwise noted. See Note 9, “Discontinued operations and environmental incident” in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of these operations.

1.
Overview:

Critical accounting policies:

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has issued guidance for the disclosure of “critical accounting policies.” The SEC defines such policies as those that require application of management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods.

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements. Not all of these significant accounting policies require management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments or estimates. Management believes that the Company’s revenue recognition policy for long-term leases with scheduled rent increases meets the SEC definition of “critical.”

The Company’s long-term leases (land and billboard) have original terms of 30 to 149 years. The Company follows GAAP in accounting for its leases by recognizing rental income on the straight-line basis over the term of the leases. Where the straight-line income exceeds the actual contractual payments (“Excess”), the Company evaluates the collectability of the entire stream of remaining lease payments on a lease-by-lease basis. If the remaining lease payments are not deemed to be probable of collection, in accordance with GAAP, lease revenue is recorded at the lower of straight-line rental income or the contractual amount paid.

The number of years remaining on the Company’s leases range from twenty-six (26) years to one hundred-thirty (130) years with total rents yet to be collected from tenants (without regard to CPI and appraisal adjustments) under the lease ranging from $19.2 million to $363.0 million. Given the length of the remaining lease term and the magnitude of the amount yet to be collected, along with the consideration of other factors, the Company has concluded that the remaining stream of lease payments is not probable of collection and as such, reports lease revenue based on the contractual amount paid.

2.
Liquidity and capital resources:

Historically, the Company generates adequate liquidity to fund its operations.

Cash and cash commitments:

The Company had cash and cash equivalents of $652,000 and $1,476,000 at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, inclusive of a money market account totaling $461,000 and $1,273,000 in each of the aforementioned years. Additional sources of funds to fund operations include investments that mature in April 2024 totaling $1,244,000 along with a $2,000,000 unused line of credit (see Note 6 in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements). The Company and its subsidiary each maintain checking accounts and one money market account in a financial institution which is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to a maximum of $250,000. The Company periodically evaluates the financial stability of the financial institutions at which the Company’s funds are held.

Under the terms of each applicable long-term land lease, the contractual adjustments for the last two years were:

 

Parcel

Number

 

Monthly

Increase

 

Effective Date of Increase

 

Type of

Adjustment

Parcel 7A

 

$2,539

 

April 1, 2022

 

Base ground rent increase

 

Parcel 2

 

$8,847

 

May 1, 2023

 

COLA Adjustment

The City of Providence (“City”) conducted a City-wide property revaluation for 2022. This revaluation increased the assessed value of the Company’s parcels that are available for lease by 26.5%, resulting in an annual property tax increase of $139,000 that was to be borne entirely by the Company. The Company's appeal of the assessed values for certain of its parcels was successful and resulted in a reduction of the assessed value to an amount less than the 2021 assessed value and in an annual property tax reduction in 2022 taxes as originally assessed of $165,000, which amount was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Through February 16, 2024 all tenants have paid their monthly rent in accordance with their lease agreements.

 

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The COVID-19 pandemic had an adverse impact on Metropark’s parking operations as the move by many companies to a hybrid workplace model (one that mixes in-office and remote work) resulted in lower demand for parking spaces. From June 2020 through December 31, 2023 the Company and Metropark operated under a Revenue Sharing Agreement, dated June 30, 2020, that provided for revenue sharing at various percentages until parking revenues received by Metropark equal or exceed $70,000 per month whereupon Metropark would be obligated to resume regularly scheduled rental payments under its lease. During this time, revenue was recognized on a cash basis with the difference between the regularly scheduled rental payments and amounts paid ("deferred rent") recorded as an accounts receivable and was fully reserved.

In January 2024, the Company entered into a Second Amendment to its Lease Agreement whereby Metropark agreed to return to a fixed monthly rental payment of $57,000 per month effective January 1, 2024 subject to adjustment in accordance with the Lease Agreement. Additionally, the Company and Metropark settled the Company’s claim for deferred rent for all prior periods which amounted to $1,127,000 (fully reserved on the Company’s books) for $150,000 payable by Metropark in twenty (20) equal quarterly installments commencing on April 1, 2024 together with interest on the unpaid balance in the amount of 4.73% per annum. At December 31, 2023, the $150,000 settlement is included in Prepaid and other and in Leasing revenue in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and statements of income and retained earnings.

The Terminal Sale Agreement and related documentation provides that the Company is required to secure an approved remediation plan and to remediate contamination caused by a leak in 1994 from a storage tank at the Terminal. At December 31, 2023, the Company’s accrual for the remaining cost of remediation was $402,000 of which $132,000 is expected to be expended in 2024. The Terminal Sale Agreement also contained a cost sharing provision for a breasting dolphin whereby any construction costs in excess of the contract cost of construction would be borne equally by Sprague and the Company subject to certain limitations, including, in the Company’s opinion, a 20% cap on the increase from the initial estimate subject to the sharing arrangement. In November 2019, Sprague asserted that it was owed $427,000 and the Company asserted that its obligation under the Agreement could not exceed $104,000. Mediation efforts were unsuccessful and in July 2021, Sprague commenced an action against the Company in the Rhode Island Superior Court (Superior Court) seeking monetary damages of $427,000, plus interest and attorney’s fees. In December 2022, the Superior Court denied Sprague’s Motion for Summary Judgment filed in September 2022 and granted in part and denied in part the Company’s Cross Motion for Summary Judgment also filed in September 2022. The Company anticipates that the matter will go to trial within the next six months. The Company intends to vigorously defend against the claims being asserted by Sprague. See Note 9, “Discontinued operations and environmental incident” in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements.

In 2023, the Company declared and paid dividends of $1,848,000 or $0.28 per share.

The declaration of future dividends will depend on future earnings and financial performance.

3.
Results of operations:

Year Ended December 31, 2023 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2022:

Leasing revenue increased $450,000 from 2022 due principally to an increase in cash collections from Metropark along with the $150,000 deferred rent settlement ($315,000) and a net increase in rent (contractual and contingent) from tenants ($135,000).

Operating expenses decreased $40,000 in 2023 as there were no professional fees associated with the property tax appeal that occurred in 2022.

General and administrative expense increased $57,000 due principally to an increase in payroll and payroll related costs.

For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company’s effective income tax rate from continuing operations is 27%.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUSIDIARY

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – Stowe & Degon, LLC

11

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022

13

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Income and Retained Earnings for the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

14

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

16

 

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

17

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of

Capital Properties, Inc.

Providence, Rhode Island

 

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Capital Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the related consolidated statements of income and retained earnings, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

Critical Audit Matter

 

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of a critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

 

Revenue Recognition – Refer to Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Critical Audit Matter Description

 

The Company derives revenue from long-term leases with original terms ranging from 30 years to 149 years. Effective January 1, 2019 the Company adopted ASC 842, Leases, and elected the “package of practical expedients” which permits the Company not to reassess under the new standard prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification, and initial indirect costs and determined that all pre-existing leases were properly accounted for as operating. The long-term leases contain periodic rent increases based on either a specific percentage, market appraisals, changes in the consumer price index or combination thereof. In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, lease income should be recognized on a straight-line basis. Where

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straight-line income exceeds the actual contractual payments (the “Excess”), the Excess should only be recognized to the extent it is collectable. In accordance with ASC 842, if collectability of the lease payments is not probable, lease income shall be limited to the lesser of the income that would be recognized in accordance with ASC 842 (straight-line basis) or the actual lease payment, including variable payments that have been collected from the lessee. The Company evaluates the entire stream of remaining lease payments on a lease-by-lease basis. Analysis of collectability from the lessee (tenant) is subjective and complex and is dependent on many factors including historical experience and the creditworthiness of the tenant. The creditworthiness of the tenant can, and often is, significantly influenced by major factors including the creditworthiness of multiple sub-tenants. The inability to access reliable credit information on all parties impacting the probability of collection creates a collectability constraint. Management updates its collectability analysis of long-term leases annually and has determined that collection of the entire remaining stream of remaining lease payments is not probable. Accordingly lease revenue, including variable payments, is recorded when received from the lessee.

 

How the Critical Audit Matter was Addressed in the Audit

 

Our audit procedures related to the recognition of long-term lease revenue on a straight-line basis included the following, among others:

We evaluated the effectiveness of controls over lease revenue recognition, including management's analysis of and conclusions regarding collection probability.
We evaluated the application of the Company’s accounting policies in the context of the applicable accounting standards (ASC842) as adopted on January 1, 2019.
We evaluated the appropriateness and consistency of methods and assumptions used by management to determine and support its collection probability conclusion.
We considered changes in the lease terms, including tenant payment patterns or other information, and determined such information was properly considered by management in its analysis.

 

/s/ Stowe & Degon, LLC

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2016.

 

Westborough, Massachusetts

February 16, 2024

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CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Properties and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation) (Note 4)

 

$

6,498,000

 

 

$

6,584,000

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

652,000

 

 

 

1,476,000

 

Investments

 

 

1,244,000

 

 

 

-

 

Prepaid and other

 

 

387,000

 

 

 

224,000

 

Prepaid income taxes

 

 

57,000

 

 

 

21,000

 

Deferred income taxes, discontinued operations

 

 

109,000

 

 

 

110,000

 

 

$

8,947,000

 

 

$

8,415,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property taxes

 

$

340,000

 

 

$

260,000

 

Other

 

 

330,000

 

 

 

366,000

 

Deferred income taxes, net

 

 

284,000

 

 

 

271,000

 

Environmental remediation accrual, discontinued operations (Note 9)

 

 

402,000

 

 

 

406,000

 

 

 

1,356,000

 

 

 

1,303,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A common stock, $.01 par; authorized 10,000,000 shares; issued and
   outstanding
6,599,912 shares

 

 

66,000

 

 

 

66,000

 

Capital in excess of par

 

 

782,000

 

 

 

782,000

 

Retained earnings

 

 

6,743,000

 

 

 

6,264,000

 

 

 

7,591,000

 

 

 

7,112,000

 

 

$

8,947,000

 

 

$

8,415,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leasing revenue

 

$

5,525,000

 

 

$

5,075,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating

 

 

882,000

 

 

 

922,000

 

General and administrative

 

 

1,394,000

 

 

 

1,337,000

 

 

 

2,276,000

 

 

 

2,259,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations before income taxes

 

 

3,249,000

 

 

 

2,816,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense:

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

885,000

 

 

 

765,000

 

Deferred

 

 

13,000

 

 

 

9,000

 

 

 

898,000

 

 

 

774,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

 

2,351,000

 

 

 

2,042,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax (Note 9)

 

 

(24,000

)

 

 

(255,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

2,327,000

 

 

 

1,787,000

 

Retained earnings, beginning

 

 

6,264,000

 

 

 

6,325,000

 

Dividends on common stock based on 6,599,912 shares outstanding

 

 

(1,848,000

)

 

 

(1,848,000

)

Retained earnings, ending

 

$

6,743,000

 

 

$

6,264,000

 

Basic income (loss) per common share based upon 6,599,912 shares
   outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations

 

$

0.35

 

 

$

0.31

 

Discontinued operations

 

 

(0.00

)

 

 

(0.04

)

Total basic income per common share

 

$

0.35

 

 

$

0.27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

$

2,351,000

 

 

$

2,042,000

 

Adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net
   cash provided by operating activities, continuing operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

86,000

 

 

 

86,000

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

13,000

 

 

 

9,000

 

Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid income taxes

 

 

(36,000

)

 

 

64,000

 

Prepaid and other

 

 

(163,000

)

 

 

(102,000

)

Property taxes

 

 

80,000

 

 

 

(17,000

)

Other

 

 

(36,000

)

 

 

16,000

 

Net cash provided by operating activities, continuing operations

 

 

2,295,000

 

 

 

2,098,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of Investments

 

 

(1,244,000

)

 

 

-

 

Discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss on sale of discontinued operation

 

 

(24,000

)

 

 

(255,000

)

Cash used to settle obligations

 

 

(4,000

)

 

 

(112,000

)

Adjustment to loss on sale of discontinued operations

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

150,000

 

 

 

 

(27,000

)

 

 

(217,000

)

Net cash (used in) investing activities

 

 

(1,271,000

)

 

 

(217,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities, payment of dividends

 

 

(1,848,000

)

 

 

(1,848,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(824,000

)

 

 

33,000

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning

 

 

1,476,000

 

 

 

1,443,000

 

Cash and cash equivalents, ending

 

$

652,000

 

 

$

1,476,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for income taxes

 

$

913,000

 

 

$

619,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023 AND 2022

1.
Description of business:

The operations of Capital Properties, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tri-State Displays, Inc. (collectively “the Company”) consist of the long-term leasing of certain of its real estate interests in the Capital Center area in downtown Providence, Rhode Island (upon the commencement of which the tenants have been required to construct buildings thereon, with the exception of the parking garage and Parcel 20) and the leasing of locations along interstate and primary highways in Rhode Island and Massachusetts to Lamar Outdoor Advertising, LLC (“Lamar”) on which Lamar has constructed outdoor advertising boards. The Company anticipates that the future development of its remaining properties in the Capital Center area will consist primarily of long-term ground leases. Pending this development, the Company leases these undeveloped parcels (other than Parcel 6C) for public parking to Metropark, Ltd.

2.
Summary of significant accounting policies:

Principles of consolidation:

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts and transactions of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of estimates:

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Estimates also affect the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Fair value of financial instruments:

The Company believes that the fair values of its financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents and payables, approximate their respective book values because of their short-term nature. The fair values described herein were determined using significant other observable inputs (Level 2) as defined by GAAP.

Properties and equipment:

Properties and equipment are stated at cost. Acquisitions and additions are capitalized while routine maintenance and repairs, which do not improve the asset or extend its life, are charged to expense when incurred. Depreciation is being provided by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets.

The Company reviews properties and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the net book value of the asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss will be recognized if the sum of the expected future cash flows (undiscounted and before interest) from the use of the asset is less than the net book value of the asset. Generally, the amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the net book value and the estimated fair value of the asset.

Cash and cash equivalents:

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents include money market accounts totaling $461,000 and $1,273,000, at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company and its subsidiary each maintain a checking account and one money market account in a bank, all of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to a maximum of $250,000. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts.

Environmental incidents:

The Company accrues a liability when an environmental incident has occurred and the costs are estimable. The Company does not record a receivable for recoveries from third parties for environmental matters until it has determined that the amount of the collection is reasonably assured. The accrued liability is relieved when the Company pays the liability or a third party assumes the liability. Upon determination that collection is reasonably assured or a third party assumes the liability, the Company records the amount as a reduction of expense.

Revenues:

The Company’s properties leased to others are under operating leases. The Company reports leasing revenue when earned under the operating method.

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Certain of the Company’s long-term leases (land and billboard) provide for presently known scheduled rent increases over the remaining terms (26 to 130 years). The Company follows GAAP in accounting for leases whereby revenue is recognized on the straight-line basis over the terms of the leases when management is able to conclude that all remaining lease payments are collectable. To date, management has recognized revenue on a contractual basis as it has been unable to conclude that the remaining lease payments are realizable (collectable) due to the magnitude of the remaining lease payments to be collected, the length of the lease terms and other related uncertainties.

The Company reports contingent revenue in the period in which the factors occur on which the contingent payments are predicated.

Income taxes:

The Company and its subsidiary file consolidated income tax returns.

The Company provides for income taxes based on income reported for financial reporting purposes.

Based on its evaluation, the Company has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the consolidated financial statements. The Company will report any tax-related interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense. The Company’s federal and state income tax returns are generally open for examination for the past three years.

Legal fees:

The Company recognizes legal fees as incurred.

Basic earnings per common share:

Basic earnings per common share are computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.

Recently issued accounting pronouncements

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” This update requires additional disclosures including greater disaggregation of information in the reconciliation of the statutory rate to the effective rate and income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The ASU is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2024. We will not early adopt the standard and are currently evaluating the effect on our financial statements.

3.
Investments:

Investments consist of U.S. Treasury securities that yield 5.04% and mature in April 2024. The Company classifies its U. S. Treasury securities as held-to-maturity in accordance with ASC 320 "Investments - Debt and Equity Securities". Held-to-maturity securities are those securities which the Company has the ability and intent to hold until maturity. Held-to-maturity treasury securities are recorded at amortized cost on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet and adjusted for the amortization or accretion of premiums or discounts.

4.
Properties and equipment:

Properties and equipment consist of the following:

 

 

 

Estimated
Useful

 

December 31,

 

 

 

Life in Years

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land and land improvements on lease or held for lease

 

 

 

$

4,439,000

 

 

$

4,439,000

 

Building and improvements, Steeple Street (Note 7)

 

30

 

 

2,582,000

 

 

 

2,582,000

 

 

 

 

 

7,021,000

 

 

 

7,021,000

 

Less accumulated depreciation:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land improvements on lease or held for lease

 

 

 

 

93,000

 

 

 

93,000

 

Steeple Street property (Note 7)

 

 

 

 

430,000

 

 

 

344,000

 

 

 

 

 

523,000

 

 

 

437,000

 

 

 

 

$

6,498,000

 

 

$

6,584,000

 

 

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5.
Liabilities, other:

Liabilities, other consist of the following:

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Accrued professional fees

 

$

157,000

 

 

$

155,000

 

Deposits and prepaid rent

 

 

146,000

 

 

 

93,000

 

Accrued payroll and related costs

 

 

-

 

 

 

75,000

 

Other

 

 

27,000

 

 

 

43,000

 

 

$

330,000

 

 

$

366,000

 

 

6.
Note Payable - Revolving Credit Line:

In March 2021, the Company entered into a financing agreement (“Agreement”) with BankRI that provides for a revolving line-of-credit (the “Line”) with a maximum borrowing capacity of $2,000,000 through March 2024. Amounts outstanding under the Agreement bear interest at the rate of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") plus the one-month SOFR Spread Adjustment of .11448%, but not less than 3.25% or, at the option of the Company, the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate. Borrowings under the Line are secured by a First Mortgage on Parcel 5 in the Capital Center District in Providence, Rhode Island (the “Property”). The Line requires the maintenance of a debt service coverage ratio of not less than 1.25 to 1.0 on the Property and 1.20 to 1.0 for the Company. The Agreement contains other restrictive covenants, including, among others, a $250,000 limitation on the purchase of its outstanding capital stock in any twelve-month period. No advances have been made under the Line.

7.
Description of leasing arrangements and subsequent event:

Long-term land leases:

Through December 31, 2023 the Company had entered into eight long-term land leases, all of which have completed construction of improvements thereon. The leases generally have a term of 99 years or more, are triple net, and provide for periodic adjustment in rent of various types depending on the particular lease, and otherwise contain terms and conditions normal for such instruments.

Under the eight land leases, the tenants may negotiate tax stabilization treaties or other arrangements, appeal any changes in real property assessments, and pay real property taxes assessed on land and improvements under these arrangements. Accordingly, real property taxes payable by the tenants are excluded from leasing revenues and leasing expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of income and retained earnings. For each of the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the real property taxes attributable to the Company’s land under leases, exclusive of Parcel 2 which is a condominium, were $944,000.

Under two of the long-term land leases, the Company receives contingent rentals (based on a fixed percentage of gross revenue received by the tenants) which totaled $118,000 and $99,000 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

On January 25, 2024, the Company entered into a long-term ground lease of Parcel 20. Under the terms of the lease, tenant's possession will not occur until such time as the tenant has received all necessary approvals for construction of not less than 100,000 square feet of mixed use improvements. Prior to transfer of possession, no rent is being paid by the tenant and the Company receives all rents from existing tenants and parking lease revenue and remains responsible for all expenses, including real estate taxes, related to Parcel 20. Following tenant's possession, tenant is obligated to pay ground rent for the parcel and to purchase the historic building presently located on the premises for an additional amount payable monthly over twenty years.

The City of Providence (“City”) conducted a City-wide property revaluation for 2022. This revaluation increased the assessed value of the Company’s parcels that are available for lease by 26.5%, resulting in an annual property tax increase of $139,000. The Company’s appeal of the assessed values for certain of its parcels was successful and resulted in a reduction of the assessed value to an amount less than the 2021 assessed value and in an annual property tax reduction in 2022 taxes as originally assessed of $165,000, which amount was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2022. Property tax expense associated with the Company's parcels that are available for lease was $579,000 for each of the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and are included in operating expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of income and retained earnings.

 

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Lamar lease:

Tri-State Displays, Inc., leases 23 outdoor advertising locations containing 44 billboard faces along interstate and primary highways in Rhode Island and Massachusetts to Lamar under a lease which expires in 2053. The Lamar lease provides, among other things, for the following: (1) the base rent will increase annually at the rate of 2.75% for each leased billboard location on June 1 of each year, and (2) in addition to base rent, for each 12-month period commencing each June 1, Lamar must pay to the Company within thirty days after the close of the lease year 30% of the gross revenues from each standard billboard and 20% of the gross revenues from each electronic billboard for such 12-month period, reduced by the sum of (a) commissions paid to third parties and (b) base monthly rent for each leased billboard display for each 12-month period. For the lease years ended May 31, 2023 and 2022, the percentage rent totaled $188,000 and $235,000, respectively, which amounts are included in Leasing revenue on the accompanying consolidated statements of income and retained earnings for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Parking lease:

The Company leases the undeveloped parcels of land in or adjacent to the Capital Center area (other than Parcel 6C) for public parking purposes to Metropark under a ten-year lease dated January 1, 2017. The lease is cancellable as to all or any portion of the leased premises at any time on thirty day’s written notice in order for the Company or any new tenant of the Company to develop all or any portion of the leased premises. The parking lease provides for contingent rent based on a fixed percentage of gross revenue in excess of the base rent as defined in the agreement.

The COVID-19 pandemic had an adverse impact on Metropark’s parking operations as the move by many companies to a hybrid workplace model (one that mixes in-office and remote work) resulted in lower demand for parking spaces. From June 2020 through December 31, 2023 the Company and Metropark operated under a Revenue Sharing Agreement, dated June 30, 2020, that provided for revenue sharing at various percentages until parking revenues received by Metropark equal or exceed $70,000 per month whereupon Metropark would be obligated to resume regularly scheduled rental payments under its lease. During this time, revenue was recognized on a cash basis with the difference between the regularly scheduled rental payments and amounts paid ("deferred rent") recorded as an accounts receivable and was fully reserved.

On January 9, 2024, Capital Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Second Amendment to its Lease Agreement whereby Metropark agreed to return to a fixed monthly rental payment of $57,000 per month effective January 1, 2024 subject to adjustment in accordance with the Lease Agreement. Additionally, the Company and Metropark settled the Company’s claim for deferred rent for all prior periods which amounted to $1,127,000 (fully reserved on the Company’s books) for $150,000 payable by Metropark in twenty (20) equal quarterly installments commencing on April 1, 2024 together with interest on the unpaid balance in the amount of 4.73% per annum. At December 31, 2023, the $150,000 settlement is included in Prepaid and other and in Leasing revenue in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and statements of income and retained earnings.

Minimum future contractual rental payments, inclusive of presently known scheduled rent increases to be received from non-cancellable long-term leases as of December 31, 2023 are:

 

Year ending December 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

$

4,248,000

 

2025

 

 

4,435,000

 

2026

 

 

4,480,000

 

2027

 

 

4,511,000

 

2028

 

 

4,511,000

 

2028-2153

 

 

730,997,000

 

 

$

753,182,000

 

Consistent with prior conclusions, the Company has determined that, at this time, the excess of straight-line rentals over contractual payments is not probable of collection. Accordingly, the Company has not included any part of that amount in revenue. As a matter of information only, as of December 31, 2023 the excess of straight-line rentals (calculated by excluding variable payments) over contractual payments was $92,728,000.

In the event of tenant default, the Company has the right to reclaim its leased land together with any improvements thereon, subject to the right of any leasehold mortgagee to enter into a new lease with the Company with the same terms and conditions as the lease in default.

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The following table sets forth those major tenants whose revenues exceed 10 percent of the Company’s revenues for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Lamar Outdoor Advertising, LLC

 

$

1,231,000

 

 

$

1,255,000

 

Metropark

 

 

726,000

 

 

 

411,000

 

HGIT Center Place

 

 

641,000

 

 

 

625,000

 

1701 R.C. Sarasota Invest, LLC

 

 

618,000

 

 

 

618,000

 

Waterplace Condominiums

 

 

574,000

 

 

 

503,000

 

 

$

3,790,000

 

 

$

3,412,000

 

 

8.
Income taxes, continuing operations:

For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, income tax expense from continuing operations is comprised of the following components:

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

637,000

 

 

$

557,000

 

State

 

 

248,000

 

 

 

208,000

 

 

 

885,000

 

 

 

765,000

 

Deferred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

 

8,000

 

 

 

7,000

 

State

 

 

5,000

 

 

 

2,000

 

 

 

13,000

 

 

 

9,000

 

 

$

898,000

 

 

$

774,000

 

For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, a reconciliation of the income tax provision from continuing operations as computed by applying the United States income tax rate of 21% to income before income taxes is as follows:

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Computed "expected" tax

 

$

676,000

 

 

$

591,000

 

Increase in "expected" tax resulting from state income tax,
   net of federal income tax benefit

 

 

198,000

 

 

 

165,000

 

Nondeductible expenses and other

 

 

24,000

 

 

 

18,000

 

 

$

898,000

 

 

$

774,000

 

Deferred income taxes are recorded based upon differences between financial statement and tax basis amounts of assets and liabilities. The tax effects of temporary differences from continuing operations which give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Gross deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property having a financial statement basis in excess of
   tax basis

 

$

364,000

 

 

$

361,000

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

52,000

 

 

 

289,000

 

Deferred income - Conversion to cash basis of
   accounting for tax purposes

 

 

-

 

 

 

19,000

 

Insurance premiums and accrued leasing revenues

 

 

49,000

 

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

465,000

 

 

 

719,000

 

Gross deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

 

-

 

 

 

(279,000

)

Prepaid rent

 

 

(40,000

)

 

 

(25,000

)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

(49,000

)

 

 

(74,000

)

Accrued property taxes

 

 

(92,000

)

 

 

(70,000

)

 

 

 

(181,000

)

 

 

(448,000

)

 

$

284,000

 

 

$

271,000

 

 

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9.
Discontinued operations and environmental incident:

Prior to February 2017, the Company operated a petroleum storage facility (“Terminal”) through two of its wholly owned subsidiaries. On February 10, 2017, the Terminal was sold to Sprague Operating Resources, LLC (“Sprague”). In accordance with ASC 205-20, Presentation of Financial Statements – Discontinued Operations, the sale of the Terminal is accounted for as a discontinued operation.

As part of the Terminal Sale Agreement, the Company agreed to retain and pay for the environmental remediation costs associated with a 1994 storage tank fuel oil leak which allowed the escape of a small amount of fuel oil. The Company continues the remediation activities set forth in the Remediation Action Work Plan (“RAWP”) filed with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (“RIDEM”). For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company incurred costs of $79,000 of which $4,000 was charged against the environmental remediation accrual resulting in a liability of $402,000 at December 31, 2023 with the balance charged to other liabilities. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company incurred costs of $112,000 and increased the environmental remediation liability by $160,000 resulting in a liability of $406,000 at December 31, 2022. Any subsequent increases or decreases to the expected cost of remediation will be recorded in Company’s consolidated statements of income and retained earnings as gain or loss from discontinued operations.

The Terminal Sale Agreement also contained a cost sharing provision for the breasting dolphin whereby any construction costs incurred more than the contract cost of construction would be borne equally by Sprague and the Company subject to certain limitations, including, in the Company’s opinion, a 20% cap on the increase from the initial estimate, subject to a sharing arrangement. In November 2019, Sprague asserted that it was owed $427,000 and the Company asserted that its obligation under the Agreement cannot exceed $104,000. Mediation efforts were unsuccessful and in July 2021, Sprague commenced an action against the Company in the Rhode Island Superior Court (Superior Court) seeking monetary damages of $427,000, interest and attorney’s fees. In December 2022, the Superior Court denied Sprague’s Motion for Summary Judgment filed in September 2022 and granted in part and denied in part the Company’s Cross Motion for Summary Judgment also filed in September 2022. The Company anticipates that the matter will go to trial within the next six months. The Company intends to vigorously defend against the claims being asserted by Sprague.

For the year ended December 31, 2023 loss from discontinued operations includes legal costs associated with the Sprague litigation of $30,000, net of an income tax benefit of $6,000. In 2022, loss from discontinued operations includes remediation costs of $160,000 and legal costs associated with the Sprague litigation of $189,000, net of an income tax benefit of $94,000.

10.
Subsequent event:

At its January 24, 2024 regularly scheduled quarterly Board meeting, the Board of Directors voted to declare a quarterly dividend of $.07 per share for shareholders of record on February 9, 2024, payable February 23, 2024.

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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

There were no changes in, or disagreements with, accountants on accounting or financial disclosure as defined by Item 304 of Regulation S-K.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision of the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, the Company has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon this evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that, as of such date, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective in making them aware on a timely basis of the material information relating to the Company required to be included in the Company’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Management's Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act). The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of its financial reporting and the preparation of published financial statements in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

However, because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with policies may deteriorate.

Management conducted its evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in “2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) as of December 31, 2023.

Based on this assessment, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer believe that as of December 31, 2023, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective based on criteria set forth by COSO in “2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework.”

This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this annual report.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During the quarter ended December 31, 2023, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information

None.

Item 9C. Disclosures Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevent Inspections

Not applicable.

 

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PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The information concerning directors required by this item, including the Audit Committee and the Audit Committee financial expert, is incorporated by reference to the Sections entitled “Election of Directors,” “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Audit Committee Report” in the Company’s Definitive Proxy for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the SEC.

The following are the executive officers of the Registrant:

 

Name

 

Age

 

Office Held at Capital
Properties, Inc.

 

Date of First Election to Office

Robert H. Eder

 

91

 

Chairman/President

 

1995

Susan R. Johnson

 

64

 

Treasurer

 

2017

Stephen J. Carlotti

 

81

 

Secretary

 

1998

 

All officers hold their respective offices until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Mr. Carlotti is a partner in the law firm, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP, which firm provides legal services to the Company.

Code of Ethics:

The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics which applies to all directors, officers and employees of the Company and its subsidiary including the Principal Executive Officer and the Treasurer (who is both the principal accounting and financial officer), which meets the requirement of a “code of ethics” as defined in Item 406 of Regulation S-K. The Company will provide a copy of the Code to shareholders pursuant to any request directed to the Treasurer at the Company’s principal offices. The Company intends to disclose any amendments to, or waiver of, any provisions of the Code for the Principal Executive Officer or Treasurer, or any person performing similar functions.

The additional information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the Section entitled “Corporate Governance” in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 11. Executive Compensation

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the Sections entitled “Compensation of Directors,” “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” and “Executive Compensation” in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the Section entitled “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the Sections entitled “Election of Directors” and “Transactions with Management” in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the Section entitled “Independent Registered Public Accountants” in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

(a)
and (c) The consolidated financial statements are included in Item 8.
(b)
Exhibits:

 

2.1

 

Asset Purchase Agreement, dated January 24, 2017, by and among Capital Properties, Inc., Dunellen, LLC, Capital Terminal Company and Sprague Operating Resources LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s report on Form 8-K filed on January 26, 2017)*

 

 

 

3.1

 

Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s report on Form 8-K filed on April 24, 2013)

 

 

 

3.2

 

By-laws, as amended, October 25, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant’s report on Form 8-K filed October 25, 2017)

 

 

 

10

 

Material contracts:

 

(a)

Lease between Metropark, Ltd. and Company:

 

 

(i) Dated January 1, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the registrant’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017)

 

 

(ii) Letter Agreement dated July 31, 2020 between the Company and Metropark, Ltd. modifying the obligations of Metropark (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the registrant's annual report on Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 2020).

 

 

(iii) Second Amendment dated January 9, 2024

 

 

 

20

 

Map of the Company's parcels in Downtown Providence, Rhode Island

 

 

 

21

 

Subsidiary of the Company

 

 

 

31.1

 

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chairman and Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

31.2

 

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

 

 

 

32.1

 

Certification of Chairman and Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

32.2

 

Certification of Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

101

 

The following financial information from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 16, 2024, formatted in Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema with Embedded Linkbases Document.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Consolidated Statements of Income and Retained Earnings for the Years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

 

 

 

 

(iii)

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

 

 

 

 

(iv)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

 

104

 

The cover page from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 has been formatted in Inline XBRL.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC, certain schedules to the Asset Purchase Agreement have been omitted. The registrant hereby agrees to furnish supplementally to the SEC, upon its request, any or all omitted schedules.

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SIGNATURES

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Issuer caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.

 

 

By

/s/ Robert H. Eder

 

Robert H. Eder

 

Chairman/President and Principal Executive Officer

 

DATED: February 16, 2024

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Company and on the dates indicated.

 

/s/ Robert H. Eder

 

February 16, 2024

Robert H. Eder

 

 

Chairman/President, Director and

 

 

Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Susan R. Johnson

 

February 16, 2024

Susan R. Johnson

 

 

Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer

 

 

and Principal Accounting Officer

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Daniel T. Noreck

 

February 16, 2024

Daniel T. Noreck

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Steven G. Triedman

 

February 16, 2024

Steven G. Triedman

 

 

Director

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT 10

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO LEASE

 

 

This Second Amendment to Lease made and entered into this ninth day of January, 2024 by and between Capital Properties, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation (hereinafter referred to as ‟Landlord‟) and Metropark, Ltd., a Rhode Island corporation (hereinafter referred to as ‟Tenant‟).

 

RECITALS

 

Effective as of January 1, 2017, Landlord and Tenant entered into a lease (which together with any amendments thereto is hereinafter referred to as the ‟Lease‟) with respect to Lots 3E, 3W, 4E, 4W and a portion of Lot 20 located in or adjacent to the Capital Center District in the City of Providence (the ‟Premises‟).

 

Effective as of January 1, 2018, Landlord and Tenant entered into a First Amendment to the Lease. On November 30, 2018 Landlord notified Tenant that pursuant to the Lease, it was withdrawing the portion of Lot 20 from the terms of the Lease effective as of December 1, 2018.

 

On July 31, 2021 Landlord and Tenant entered into a letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) pursuant to which Tenant is entitled to defer a portion of the rent otherwise obligated to be paid by Tenant under the terms of the Lease for Parcels 3E, 3W, 4E, 4W.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the letter agreement, the amount of the deferred rent as of November 30, 2023 was $1,126,818.

 

Subsequently on or about November 1, 2021, Landlord agreed to resubmit the portion of Lot 20 to the terms of the Lease. Landlord and Tenant negotiated but never executed a lease property accession agreement by which Lot 20 would have been added to the Lease but have nevertheless treated it as having been so added notwithstanding the failure to execute such agreement.

 

Landlord and Tenant have agreed now to a settlement of the amount of deferred rent due and to terminate the July 31, 2021 letter agreement as well as formally adding the portion of Lot 20 to the Premises.

 


 

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and agreements herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency whereof is hereby acknowledged, Landlord and Tenant agree as follows:

 

1. The portion of Lot 20 withdrawn pursuant to the notice from Landlord of November 30, 2018 is hereby made subject to the terms and conditions of the Lease and shall be deemed part of the Lease from and after November 1, 2021.

 

2 Effective January 1, 2024, the Base Rent under the lease shall be $57,000 of which $45,000 shall be allocated to Lots 3E, 3W, 4E, 4W and $12,000 shall be allocated to the portion of Lot 20 now part of the Premises. Thereafter, on January 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, the Base Rent shall be adjusted in accordance with Section 3.2 of the Lease.

 

3. Landlord hereby waives it right to receive the deferred rent as set forth in the Letter Agreement and in consideration of such waiver, Tenant hereby agrees to pay Landlord, as additional rent, the sum of $150,000, such amount to be paid in 20 equal quarterly installments of $7,500 with interest on the unpaid balance thereof at the rate of 4.73% per annum, commencing on April1, 2024 and continuing quarterly thereafter until paid in full.

 

4. Except as modified herein, the Lease is hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have caused this Second Amendment to be executed by their proper officers hereunto duly authorized as of the day and date first above written.

 

Capital Properties, Inc.

By: /s/ Susan R. Johnson

Susan R. Johnson, Treasurer

 

Metropark, Ltd.

By: /s/ Charles Meyers

Charles Meyers, President

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Exhibit 21

Capital Properties, Inc. and Subsidiary

Subsidiary of the Company

 

Subsidiary

 

State of Incorporation or Formation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tri-State Displays, Inc.

 

Rhode Island

 

 

 

 


 

Exhibit 31.1

CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

Certification Pursuant to

Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Robert H. Eder, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Capital Properties, Inc. and Subsidiary;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:
(a)
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiary, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)
designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)
evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that was materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
7.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: February 16, 2024

 

/s/ Robert H. Eder

Robert H. Eder

Chairman/President and Principal Executive Officer

 

 


 

Exhibit 31.2

CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Certification Pursuant to

Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Susan R. Johnson, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Capital Properties, Inc. and Subsidiary;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:
(a)
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiary, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)
designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)
evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that was materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: February 16, 2024

 

/s/ Susan R. Johnson

Susan R. Johnson

Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

 

 


 

Exhibit 32.1

CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

Certification Pursuant to

18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

as Adopted Pursuant to

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Capital Properties, Inc. (the Company) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Robert H. Eder, Chairman and Principal Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ Robert H. Eder

Robert H. Eder

Chairman/President and Principal Executive Officer

February 16, 2024

 

 


 

Exhibit 32.2

CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Certification Pursuant to

18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

as Adopted Pursuant to

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Capital Properties, Inc. (the Company) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Susan R. Johnson, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ Susan R. Johnson

Susan R. Johnson, Treasurer

and Principal Financial Officer

February 16, 2024

 

 


v3.24.0.1
Document and Entity Information - USD ($)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Feb. 16, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
Cover [Abstract]      
Document Type 10-K    
Amendment Flag false    
Document Period End Date Dec. 31, 2023    
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2023    
Document Fiscal Period Focus FY    
Trading Symbol CPTP    
Entity Registrant Name CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.    
Entity Central Index Key 0000202947    
Current Fiscal Year End Date --12-31    
Entity Filer Category Non-accelerated Filer    
Entity Small Business true    
Entity Shell Company false    
Document Financial Statement Error Correction [Flag] false    
Entity Emerging Growth Company false    
Entity Current Reporting Status Yes    
Entity File Number 001-08499    
Entity Tax Identification Number 05-0386287    
Entity Address, Address Line One 5 Steeple Street, Unit 303    
Entity Address, City or Town Providence    
Entity Address, State or Province RI    
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 02903    
City Area Code 401    
Local Phone Number 435-7171    
Entity Interactive Data Current Yes    
Document Annual Report true    
Document Transition Report false    
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   6,599,912  
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code RI    
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer No    
Entity Voluntary Filers No    
Entity Public Float     $ 23,000
Title of 12(g) Security Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value    
Auditor Name Stowe & Degon, LLC    
Auditor Location Westborough, MA, USA    
Auditor Firm ID 577    
Documents Incorporated by Reference

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 24, 2024, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.

   
v3.24.0.1
Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
ASSETS    
Properties and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation) (Note 4) $ 6,498,000 $ 6,584,000
Cash and cash equivalents 652,000 1,476,000
Investments 1,244,000  
Prepaid and other 387,000 224,000
Prepaid income taxes 57,000 21,000
Deferred income taxes, discontinued operations 109,000 110,000
Total assets 8,947,000 8,415,000
Liabilities:    
Property taxes 340,000 260,000
Other 330,000 366,000
Deferred income taxes, net 284,000 271,000
Environmental remediation accrual, discontinued operations (Note 9) 402,000 406,000
Total liabilities 1,356,000 1,303,000
Shareholders’ equity:    
Class A common stock, $.01 par; authorized 10,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 6,599,912 shares 66,000 66,000
Capital in excess of par 782,000 782,000
Retained earnings 6,743,000 6,264,000
Total shareholders' equity 7,591,000 7,112,000
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 8,947,000 $ 8,415,000
v3.24.0.1
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - $ / shares
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]    
Common stock, par value $ 0.01 $ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized 10,000,000 10,000,000
Common stock, shares issued 6,599,912 6,599,912
Common stock, shares outstanding 6,599,912 6,599,912
v3.24.0.1
Consolidated Statements of Income and Retained Earnings - USD ($)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Income Statement [Abstract]    
Leasing revenue $ 5,525,000 $ 5,075,000
Expenses:    
Operating 882,000 922,000
General and administrative 1,394,000 1,337,000
Total expenses 2,276,000 2,259,000
Income from continuing operations before income taxes 3,249,000 2,816,000
Income tax expense:    
Current 885,000 765,000
Deferred 13,000 9,000
Total Income tax expense 898,000 774,000
Income from continuing operations 2,351,000 2,042,000
Loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax (Note 9) (24,000) (255,000)
Net income 2,327,000 1,787,000
Retained earnings, beginning 6,264,000 6,325,000
Dividends on common stock based on 6,599,912 shares outstanding (1,848,000) (1,848,000)
Retained earnings, ending $ 6,743,000 $ 6,264,000
Basic income (loss) per common share based upon 6,599,912 shares outstanding    
Continuing operations $ 0.35 $ 0.31
Discontinued operations 0 (0.04)
Total basic income per common share $ 0.35 $ 0.27
v3.24.0.1
Consolidated Statements of Income and Retained Earnings (Parenthetical) - shares
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Income Statement [Abstract]    
Common stock, shares outstanding 6,599,912 6,599,912
Basic income (loss) per common share, shares outstanding 6,599,912 6,599,912
v3.24.0.1
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Cash flows from operating activities:    
Income from continuing operations $ 2,351,000 $ 2,042,000
Adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net cash provided by operating activities, continuing operations:    
Depreciation 86,000 86,000
Deferred income taxes 13,000 9,000
Changes in assets and liabilities:    
Prepaid income taxes (36,000) 64,000
Prepaid and other (163,000) (102,000)
Property taxes 80,000 (17,000)
Other (36,000) 16,000
Net cash provided by operating activities, continuing operations 2,295,000 2,098,000
Cash flows from investing activities:    
Purchase of investments (1,244,000)  
Discontinued operations:    
Loss on sale of discontinued operation (24,000) (255,000)
Cash used to settle obligations (4,000) (112,000)
Adjustment to loss on sale of discontinued operations 1,000 150,000
Discontinuing operations (27,000) (217,000)
Net cash (used in) investing activities (1,271,000) (217,000)
Cash flows from financing activities, payment of dividends (1,848,000) (1,848,000)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (824,000) 33,000
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning 1,476,000 1,443,000
Cash and cash equivalents, ending 652,000 1,476,000
Supplemental disclosures:    
Cash paid for income taxes $ 913,000 $ 619,000
v3.24.0.1
Description of business
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Description of business
1.
Description of business:

The operations of Capital Properties, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tri-State Displays, Inc. (collectively “the Company”) consist of the long-term leasing of certain of its real estate interests in the Capital Center area in downtown Providence, Rhode Island (upon the commencement of which the tenants have been required to construct buildings thereon, with the exception of the parking garage and Parcel 20) and the leasing of locations along interstate and primary highways in Rhode Island and Massachusetts to Lamar Outdoor Advertising, LLC (“Lamar”) on which Lamar has constructed outdoor advertising boards. The Company anticipates that the future development of its remaining properties in the Capital Center area will consist primarily of long-term ground leases. Pending this development, the Company leases these undeveloped parcels (other than Parcel 6C) for public parking to Metropark, Ltd.

v3.24.0.1
Summary of significant accounting policies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of significant accounting policies
2.
Summary of significant accounting policies:

Principles of consolidation:

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts and transactions of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of estimates:

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Estimates also affect the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Fair value of financial instruments:

The Company believes that the fair values of its financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents and payables, approximate their respective book values because of their short-term nature. The fair values described herein were determined using significant other observable inputs (Level 2) as defined by GAAP.

Properties and equipment:

Properties and equipment are stated at cost. Acquisitions and additions are capitalized while routine maintenance and repairs, which do not improve the asset or extend its life, are charged to expense when incurred. Depreciation is being provided by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets.

The Company reviews properties and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the net book value of the asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss will be recognized if the sum of the expected future cash flows (undiscounted and before interest) from the use of the asset is less than the net book value of the asset. Generally, the amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the net book value and the estimated fair value of the asset.

Cash and cash equivalents:

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents include money market accounts totaling $461,000 and $1,273,000, at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company and its subsidiary each maintain a checking account and one money market account in a bank, all of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to a maximum of $250,000. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts.

Environmental incidents:

The Company accrues a liability when an environmental incident has occurred and the costs are estimable. The Company does not record a receivable for recoveries from third parties for environmental matters until it has determined that the amount of the collection is reasonably assured. The accrued liability is relieved when the Company pays the liability or a third party assumes the liability. Upon determination that collection is reasonably assured or a third party assumes the liability, the Company records the amount as a reduction of expense.

Revenues:

The Company’s properties leased to others are under operating leases. The Company reports leasing revenue when earned under the operating method.

Certain of the Company’s long-term leases (land and billboard) provide for presently known scheduled rent increases over the remaining terms (26 to 130 years). The Company follows GAAP in accounting for leases whereby revenue is recognized on the straight-line basis over the terms of the leases when management is able to conclude that all remaining lease payments are collectable. To date, management has recognized revenue on a contractual basis as it has been unable to conclude that the remaining lease payments are realizable (collectable) due to the magnitude of the remaining lease payments to be collected, the length of the lease terms and other related uncertainties.

The Company reports contingent revenue in the period in which the factors occur on which the contingent payments are predicated.

Income taxes:

The Company and its subsidiary file consolidated income tax returns.

The Company provides for income taxes based on income reported for financial reporting purposes.

Based on its evaluation, the Company has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the consolidated financial statements. The Company will report any tax-related interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense. The Company’s federal and state income tax returns are generally open for examination for the past three years.

Legal fees:

The Company recognizes legal fees as incurred.

Basic earnings per common share:

Basic earnings per common share are computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.

Recently issued accounting pronouncements

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” This update requires additional disclosures including greater disaggregation of information in the reconciliation of the statutory rate to the effective rate and income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The ASU is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2024. We will not early adopt the standard and are currently evaluating the effect on our financial statements.

v3.24.0.1
Investments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Investments
3.
Investments:

Investments consist of U.S. Treasury securities that yield 5.04% and mature in April 2024. The Company classifies its U. S. Treasury securities as held-to-maturity in accordance with ASC 320 "Investments - Debt and Equity Securities". Held-to-maturity securities are those securities which the Company has the ability and intent to hold until maturity. Held-to-maturity treasury securities are recorded at amortized cost on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet and adjusted for the amortization or accretion of premiums or discounts.

v3.24.0.1
Properties and equipment
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Properties and equipment
4.
Properties and equipment:

Properties and equipment consist of the following:

 

 

 

Estimated
Useful

 

December 31,

 

 

 

Life in Years

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land and land improvements on lease or held for lease

 

 

 

$

4,439,000

 

 

$

4,439,000

 

Building and improvements, Steeple Street (Note 7)

 

30

 

 

2,582,000

 

 

 

2,582,000

 

 

 

 

 

7,021,000

 

 

 

7,021,000

 

Less accumulated depreciation:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land improvements on lease or held for lease

 

 

 

 

93,000

 

 

 

93,000

 

Steeple Street property (Note 7)

 

 

 

 

430,000

 

 

 

344,000

 

 

 

 

 

523,000

 

 

 

437,000

 

 

 

 

$

6,498,000

 

 

$

6,584,000

 

 

v3.24.0.1
Liabilities, other
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Liabilities, other
5.
Liabilities, other:

Liabilities, other consist of the following:

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Accrued professional fees

 

$

157,000

 

 

$

155,000

 

Deposits and prepaid rent

 

 

146,000

 

 

 

93,000

 

Accrued payroll and related costs

 

 

-

 

 

 

75,000

 

Other

 

 

27,000

 

 

 

43,000

 

 

$

330,000

 

 

$

366,000

 

v3.24.0.1
Notes Payable
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Note Payable - Revolving Credit Line
6.
Note Payable - Revolving Credit Line:

In March 2021, the Company entered into a financing agreement (“Agreement”) with BankRI that provides for a revolving line-of-credit (the “Line”) with a maximum borrowing capacity of $2,000,000 through March 2024. Amounts outstanding under the Agreement bear interest at the rate of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") plus the one-month SOFR Spread Adjustment of .11448%, but not less than 3.25% or, at the option of the Company, the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate. Borrowings under the Line are secured by a First Mortgage on Parcel 5 in the Capital Center District in Providence, Rhode Island (the “Property”). The Line requires the maintenance of a debt service coverage ratio of not less than 1.25 to 1.0 on the Property and 1.20 to 1.0 for the Company. The Agreement contains other restrictive covenants, including, among others, a $250,000 limitation on the purchase of its outstanding capital stock in any twelve-month period. No advances have been made under the Line.

v3.24.0.1
Description of leasing arrangements and subsequent event
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Leases [Abstract]  
Description of leasing arrangements and subsequent event
7.
Description of leasing arrangements and subsequent event:

Long-term land leases:

Through December 31, 2023 the Company had entered into eight long-term land leases, all of which have completed construction of improvements thereon. The leases generally have a term of 99 years or more, are triple net, and provide for periodic adjustment in rent of various types depending on the particular lease, and otherwise contain terms and conditions normal for such instruments.

Under the eight land leases, the tenants may negotiate tax stabilization treaties or other arrangements, appeal any changes in real property assessments, and pay real property taxes assessed on land and improvements under these arrangements. Accordingly, real property taxes payable by the tenants are excluded from leasing revenues and leasing expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of income and retained earnings. For each of the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the real property taxes attributable to the Company’s land under leases, exclusive of Parcel 2 which is a condominium, were $944,000.

Under two of the long-term land leases, the Company receives contingent rentals (based on a fixed percentage of gross revenue received by the tenants) which totaled $118,000 and $99,000 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

On January 25, 2024, the Company entered into a long-term ground lease of Parcel 20. Under the terms of the lease, tenant's possession will not occur until such time as the tenant has received all necessary approvals for construction of not less than 100,000 square feet of mixed use improvements. Prior to transfer of possession, no rent is being paid by the tenant and the Company receives all rents from existing tenants and parking lease revenue and remains responsible for all expenses, including real estate taxes, related to Parcel 20. Following tenant's possession, tenant is obligated to pay ground rent for the parcel and to purchase the historic building presently located on the premises for an additional amount payable monthly over twenty years.

The City of Providence (“City”) conducted a City-wide property revaluation for 2022. This revaluation increased the assessed value of the Company’s parcels that are available for lease by 26.5%, resulting in an annual property tax increase of $139,000. The Company’s appeal of the assessed values for certain of its parcels was successful and resulted in a reduction of the assessed value to an amount less than the 2021 assessed value and in an annual property tax reduction in 2022 taxes as originally assessed of $165,000, which amount was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2022. Property tax expense associated with the Company's parcels that are available for lease was $579,000 for each of the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and are included in operating expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of income and retained earnings.

 

Lamar lease:

Tri-State Displays, Inc., leases 23 outdoor advertising locations containing 44 billboard faces along interstate and primary highways in Rhode Island and Massachusetts to Lamar under a lease which expires in 2053. The Lamar lease provides, among other things, for the following: (1) the base rent will increase annually at the rate of 2.75% for each leased billboard location on June 1 of each year, and (2) in addition to base rent, for each 12-month period commencing each June 1, Lamar must pay to the Company within thirty days after the close of the lease year 30% of the gross revenues from each standard billboard and 20% of the gross revenues from each electronic billboard for such 12-month period, reduced by the sum of (a) commissions paid to third parties and (b) base monthly rent for each leased billboard display for each 12-month period. For the lease years ended May 31, 2023 and 2022, the percentage rent totaled $188,000 and $235,000, respectively, which amounts are included in Leasing revenue on the accompanying consolidated statements of income and retained earnings for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Parking lease:

The Company leases the undeveloped parcels of land in or adjacent to the Capital Center area (other than Parcel 6C) for public parking purposes to Metropark under a ten-year lease dated January 1, 2017. The lease is cancellable as to all or any portion of the leased premises at any time on thirty day’s written notice in order for the Company or any new tenant of the Company to develop all or any portion of the leased premises. The parking lease provides for contingent rent based on a fixed percentage of gross revenue in excess of the base rent as defined in the agreement.

The COVID-19 pandemic had an adverse impact on Metropark’s parking operations as the move by many companies to a hybrid workplace model (one that mixes in-office and remote work) resulted in lower demand for parking spaces. From June 2020 through December 31, 2023 the Company and Metropark operated under a Revenue Sharing Agreement, dated June 30, 2020, that provided for revenue sharing at various percentages until parking revenues received by Metropark equal or exceed $70,000 per month whereupon Metropark would be obligated to resume regularly scheduled rental payments under its lease. During this time, revenue was recognized on a cash basis with the difference between the regularly scheduled rental payments and amounts paid ("deferred rent") recorded as an accounts receivable and was fully reserved.

On January 9, 2024, Capital Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Second Amendment to its Lease Agreement whereby Metropark agreed to return to a fixed monthly rental payment of $57,000 per month effective January 1, 2024 subject to adjustment in accordance with the Lease Agreement. Additionally, the Company and Metropark settled the Company’s claim for deferred rent for all prior periods which amounted to $1,127,000 (fully reserved on the Company’s books) for $150,000 payable by Metropark in twenty (20) equal quarterly installments commencing on April 1, 2024 together with interest on the unpaid balance in the amount of 4.73% per annum. At December 31, 2023, the $150,000 settlement is included in Prepaid and other and in Leasing revenue in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and statements of income and retained earnings.

Minimum future contractual rental payments, inclusive of presently known scheduled rent increases to be received from non-cancellable long-term leases as of December 31, 2023 are:

 

Year ending December 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

$

4,248,000

 

2025

 

 

4,435,000

 

2026

 

 

4,480,000

 

2027

 

 

4,511,000

 

2028

 

 

4,511,000

 

2028-2153

 

 

730,997,000

 

 

$

753,182,000

 

Consistent with prior conclusions, the Company has determined that, at this time, the excess of straight-line rentals over contractual payments is not probable of collection. Accordingly, the Company has not included any part of that amount in revenue. As a matter of information only, as of December 31, 2023 the excess of straight-line rentals (calculated by excluding variable payments) over contractual payments was $92,728,000.

In the event of tenant default, the Company has the right to reclaim its leased land together with any improvements thereon, subject to the right of any leasehold mortgagee to enter into a new lease with the Company with the same terms and conditions as the lease in default.

The following table sets forth those major tenants whose revenues exceed 10 percent of the Company’s revenues for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Lamar Outdoor Advertising, LLC

 

$

1,231,000

 

 

$

1,255,000

 

Metropark

 

 

726,000

 

 

 

411,000

 

HGIT Center Place

 

 

641,000

 

 

 

625,000

 

1701 R.C. Sarasota Invest, LLC

 

 

618,000

 

 

 

618,000

 

Waterplace Condominiums

 

 

574,000

 

 

 

503,000

 

 

$

3,790,000

 

 

$

3,412,000

 

v3.24.0.1
Income taxes, continuing operations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income taxes, continuing operations
8.
Income taxes, continuing operations:

For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, income tax expense from continuing operations is comprised of the following components:

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

637,000

 

 

$

557,000

 

State

 

 

248,000

 

 

 

208,000

 

 

 

885,000

 

 

 

765,000

 

Deferred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

 

8,000

 

 

 

7,000

 

State

 

 

5,000

 

 

 

2,000

 

 

 

13,000

 

 

 

9,000

 

 

$

898,000

 

 

$

774,000

 

For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, a reconciliation of the income tax provision from continuing operations as computed by applying the United States income tax rate of 21% to income before income taxes is as follows:

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Computed "expected" tax

 

$

676,000

 

 

$

591,000

 

Increase in "expected" tax resulting from state income tax,
   net of federal income tax benefit

 

 

198,000

 

 

 

165,000

 

Nondeductible expenses and other

 

 

24,000

 

 

 

18,000

 

 

$

898,000

 

 

$

774,000

 

Deferred income taxes are recorded based upon differences between financial statement and tax basis amounts of assets and liabilities. The tax effects of temporary differences from continuing operations which give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Gross deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property having a financial statement basis in excess of
   tax basis

 

$

364,000

 

 

$

361,000

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

52,000

 

 

 

289,000

 

Deferred income - Conversion to cash basis of
   accounting for tax purposes

 

 

-

 

 

 

19,000

 

Insurance premiums and accrued leasing revenues

 

 

49,000

 

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

465,000

 

 

 

719,000

 

Gross deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

 

-

 

 

 

(279,000

)

Prepaid rent

 

 

(40,000

)

 

 

(25,000

)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

(49,000

)

 

 

(74,000

)

Accrued property taxes

 

 

(92,000

)

 

 

(70,000

)

 

 

 

(181,000

)

 

 

(448,000

)

 

$

284,000

 

 

$

271,000

 

 

v3.24.0.1
Discontinued operations and environmental incident
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Discontinued operations and environmental incident
9.
Discontinued operations and environmental incident:

Prior to February 2017, the Company operated a petroleum storage facility (“Terminal”) through two of its wholly owned subsidiaries. On February 10, 2017, the Terminal was sold to Sprague Operating Resources, LLC (“Sprague”). In accordance with ASC 205-20, Presentation of Financial Statements – Discontinued Operations, the sale of the Terminal is accounted for as a discontinued operation.

As part of the Terminal Sale Agreement, the Company agreed to retain and pay for the environmental remediation costs associated with a 1994 storage tank fuel oil leak which allowed the escape of a small amount of fuel oil. The Company continues the remediation activities set forth in the Remediation Action Work Plan (“RAWP”) filed with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (“RIDEM”). For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company incurred costs of $79,000 of which $4,000 was charged against the environmental remediation accrual resulting in a liability of $402,000 at December 31, 2023 with the balance charged to other liabilities. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company incurred costs of $112,000 and increased the environmental remediation liability by $160,000 resulting in a liability of $406,000 at December 31, 2022. Any subsequent increases or decreases to the expected cost of remediation will be recorded in Company’s consolidated statements of income and retained earnings as gain or loss from discontinued operations.

The Terminal Sale Agreement also contained a cost sharing provision for the breasting dolphin whereby any construction costs incurred more than the contract cost of construction would be borne equally by Sprague and the Company subject to certain limitations, including, in the Company’s opinion, a 20% cap on the increase from the initial estimate, subject to a sharing arrangement. In November 2019, Sprague asserted that it was owed $427,000 and the Company asserted that its obligation under the Agreement cannot exceed $104,000. Mediation efforts were unsuccessful and in July 2021, Sprague commenced an action against the Company in the Rhode Island Superior Court (Superior Court) seeking monetary damages of $427,000, interest and attorney’s fees. In December 2022, the Superior Court denied Sprague’s Motion for Summary Judgment filed in September 2022 and granted in part and denied in part the Company’s Cross Motion for Summary Judgment also filed in September 2022. The Company anticipates that the matter will go to trial within the next six months. The Company intends to vigorously defend against the claims being asserted by Sprague.

For the year ended December 31, 2023 loss from discontinued operations includes legal costs associated with the Sprague litigation of $30,000, net of an income tax benefit of $6,000. In 2022, loss from discontinued operations includes remediation costs of $160,000 and legal costs associated with the Sprague litigation of $189,000, net of an income tax benefit of $94,000.

v3.24.0.1
Subsequent event
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent event
10.
Subsequent event:
At its January 24, 2024 regularly scheduled quarterly Board meeting, the Board of Directors voted to declare a quarterly dividend of $.07 per share for shareholders of record on February 9, 2024, payable February 23, 2024.
v3.24.0.1
Summary of significant accounting policies (Policies)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Principles of consolidation

Principles of consolidation:

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts and transactions of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of estimates

Use of estimates:

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Estimates also affect the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Fair value of financial instruments

Fair value of financial instruments:

The Company believes that the fair values of its financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents and payables, approximate their respective book values because of their short-term nature. The fair values described herein were determined using significant other observable inputs (Level 2) as defined by GAAP.

Properties and equipment

Properties and equipment:

Properties and equipment are stated at cost. Acquisitions and additions are capitalized while routine maintenance and repairs, which do not improve the asset or extend its life, are charged to expense when incurred. Depreciation is being provided by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets.

The Company reviews properties and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the net book value of the asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss will be recognized if the sum of the expected future cash flows (undiscounted and before interest) from the use of the asset is less than the net book value of the asset. Generally, the amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the net book value and the estimated fair value of the asset.
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents:

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents include money market accounts totaling $461,000 and $1,273,000, at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company and its subsidiary each maintain a checking account and one money market account in a bank, all of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to a maximum of $250,000. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts.

Environmental incidents

Environmental incidents:

The Company accrues a liability when an environmental incident has occurred and the costs are estimable. The Company does not record a receivable for recoveries from third parties for environmental matters until it has determined that the amount of the collection is reasonably assured. The accrued liability is relieved when the Company pays the liability or a third party assumes the liability. Upon determination that collection is reasonably assured or a third party assumes the liability, the Company records the amount as a reduction of expense.

Revenue Recognition Operating Leases Policy

Revenues:

The Company’s properties leased to others are under operating leases. The Company reports leasing revenue when earned under the operating method.

Certain of the Company’s long-term leases (land and billboard) provide for presently known scheduled rent increases over the remaining terms (26 to 130 years). The Company follows GAAP in accounting for leases whereby revenue is recognized on the straight-line basis over the terms of the leases when management is able to conclude that all remaining lease payments are collectable. To date, management has recognized revenue on a contractual basis as it has been unable to conclude that the remaining lease payments are realizable (collectable) due to the magnitude of the remaining lease payments to be collected, the length of the lease terms and other related uncertainties.

The Company reports contingent revenue in the period in which the factors occur on which the contingent payments are predicated.

Income taxes

Income taxes:

The Company and its subsidiary file consolidated income tax returns.

The Company provides for income taxes based on income reported for financial reporting purposes.

Based on its evaluation, the Company has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the consolidated financial statements. The Company will report any tax-related interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense. The Company’s federal and state income tax returns are generally open for examination for the past three years.

Legal fees

Legal fees:

The Company recognizes legal fees as incurred.

Basic earnings per common share

Basic earnings per common share:

Basic earnings per common share are computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.

Recently issued accounting pronouncements

Recently issued accounting pronouncements

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” This update requires additional disclosures including greater disaggregation of information in the reconciliation of the statutory rate to the effective rate and income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The ASU is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2024. We will not early adopt the standard and are currently evaluating the effect on our financial statements.

v3.24.0.1
Properties and equipment (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Properties and Equipment

Properties and equipment consist of the following:

 

 

 

Estimated
Useful

 

December 31,

 

 

 

Life in Years

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land and land improvements on lease or held for lease

 

 

 

$

4,439,000

 

 

$

4,439,000

 

Building and improvements, Steeple Street (Note 7)

 

30

 

 

2,582,000

 

 

 

2,582,000

 

 

 

 

 

7,021,000

 

 

 

7,021,000

 

Less accumulated depreciation:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land improvements on lease or held for lease

 

 

 

 

93,000

 

 

 

93,000

 

Steeple Street property (Note 7)

 

 

 

 

430,000

 

 

 

344,000

 

 

 

 

 

523,000

 

 

 

437,000

 

 

 

 

$

6,498,000

 

 

$

6,584,000

 

 

v3.24.0.1
Liabilities, other (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Summary of Liabilities, Other

Liabilities, other consist of the following:

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Accrued professional fees

 

$

157,000

 

 

$

155,000

 

Deposits and prepaid rent

 

 

146,000

 

 

 

93,000

 

Accrued payroll and related costs

 

 

-

 

 

 

75,000

 

Other

 

 

27,000

 

 

 

43,000

 

 

$

330,000

 

 

$

366,000

 

v3.24.0.1
Description of leasing arrangements and subsequent event (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Leases [Abstract]  
Minimum Future Contractual Rental Payments to be Received

Minimum future contractual rental payments, inclusive of presently known scheduled rent increases to be received from non-cancellable long-term leases as of December 31, 2023 are:

 

Year ending December 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

$

4,248,000

 

2025

 

 

4,435,000

 

2026

 

 

4,480,000

 

2027

 

 

4,511,000

 

2028

 

 

4,511,000

 

2028-2153

 

 

730,997,000

 

 

$

753,182,000

 

Company's Revenue from Major Tenants

The following table sets forth those major tenants whose revenues exceed 10 percent of the Company’s revenues for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Lamar Outdoor Advertising, LLC

 

$

1,231,000

 

 

$

1,255,000

 

Metropark

 

 

726,000

 

 

 

411,000

 

HGIT Center Place

 

 

641,000

 

 

 

625,000

 

1701 R.C. Sarasota Invest, LLC

 

 

618,000

 

 

 

618,000

 

Waterplace Condominiums

 

 

574,000

 

 

 

503,000

 

 

$

3,790,000

 

 

$

3,412,000

 

v3.24.0.1
Income taxes, continuing operations (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Summary of Income Tax Expense from Continuing Operations

For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, income tax expense from continuing operations is comprised of the following components:

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

637,000

 

 

$

557,000

 

State

 

 

248,000

 

 

 

208,000

 

 

 

885,000

 

 

 

765,000

 

Deferred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

 

8,000

 

 

 

7,000

 

State

 

 

5,000

 

 

 

2,000

 

 

 

13,000

 

 

 

9,000

 

 

$

898,000

 

 

$

774,000

 

Reconciliation of Income Tax Provision from Continuing Operations

For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, a reconciliation of the income tax provision from continuing operations as computed by applying the United States income tax rate of 21% to income before income taxes is as follows:

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Computed "expected" tax

 

$

676,000

 

 

$

591,000

 

Increase in "expected" tax resulting from state income tax,
   net of federal income tax benefit

 

 

198,000

 

 

 

165,000

 

Nondeductible expenses and other

 

 

24,000

 

 

 

18,000

 

 

$

898,000

 

 

$

774,000

 

Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities The tax effects of temporary differences from continuing operations which give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Gross deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property having a financial statement basis in excess of
   tax basis

 

$

364,000

 

 

$

361,000

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

52,000

 

 

 

289,000

 

Deferred income - Conversion to cash basis of
   accounting for tax purposes

 

 

-

 

 

 

19,000

 

Insurance premiums and accrued leasing revenues

 

 

49,000

 

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

465,000

 

 

 

719,000

 

Gross deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

 

-

 

 

 

(279,000

)

Prepaid rent

 

 

(40,000

)

 

 

(25,000

)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

(49,000

)

 

 

(74,000

)

Accrued property taxes

 

 

(92,000

)

 

 

(70,000

)

 

 

 

(181,000

)

 

 

(448,000

)

 

$

284,000

 

 

$

271,000

 

 

v3.24.0.1
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Schedule Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Outstanding balance of cash equivalents $ 461,000 $ 1,273,000
Maximum insurance on non-interest bearing bank accounts $ 250,000  
Minimum [Member]    
Schedule Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Period of lease 26 years  
Maximum [Member]    
Schedule Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Period of lease 130 years  
v3.24.0.1
Investments - Additional Information (Details) - U.S. Treasury Securities [Member]
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]  
Investment interest rate 5.04%
Investment maturity date 2024-04
v3.24.0.1
Properties and Equipment - Properties and Equipment (Detail) - USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Properties on lease or held for lease, gross $ 7,021,000 $ 7,021,000
Less accumulated depreciation 523,000 437,000
Properties and equipment net 6,498,000 6,584,000
Land and Land Improvements on Lease or Held for Lease [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Properties on lease or held for lease, gross $ 4,439,000 4,439,000
Building and Improvements, Steeple Street [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Estimated Useful Life 30 years  
Properties on lease or held for lease, gross $ 2,582,000 2,582,000
Land Improvements on Lease or Held for Lease [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Less accumulated depreciation 93,000 93,000
Steeple Street Property [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Less accumulated depreciation $ 430,000 $ 344,000
v3.24.0.1
Liabilities, Other - Summary of Liabilities, Other (Detail) - USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]    
Accrued professional fees $ 157,000 $ 155,000
Deposits and prepaid rent 146,000 93,000
Accrued payroll and related costs   75,000
Other 27,000 43,000
Liabilities, other $ 330,000 $ 366,000
v3.24.0.1
Note Payable - Revolving Credit Line - Additional Information (Details) - BankRI [Member] - Line [Member]
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2023
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Revolving credit line, maximum borrowing capacity $ 2,000,000  
Maturity date Mar. 31, 2024  
Interest rate, description   Amounts outstanding under the Agreement bear interest at the rate of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") plus the one-month SOFR Spread Adjustment of .11448%, but not less than 3.25% or, at the option of the Company, the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate
Revolving credit line, collateral, description   Borrowings under the Line are secured by a First Mortgage on Parcel 5 in the Capital Center District in Providence, Rhode Island (the “Property”).
Revolving credit line, covenant terms   The Agreement contains other restrictive covenants, including, among others, a $250,000 limitation on the purchase of its outstanding capital stock in any twelve-month period
Limitation on the purchase of outstanding capital stock $ 250,000  
Advances made under line $ 0  
SOFR [Member]    
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Variable rate basis   one-month SOFR Spread Adjustment
Interest rate   0.11448%
Maximum [Member]    
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt service coverage ratio 1.2  
Maximum [Member] | SOFR [Member]    
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Interest rate   3.25%
Minimum [Member]    
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt service coverage ratio 1  
Property [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt service coverage ratio 1.25  
Property [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Line Of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Debt service coverage ratio 1  
v3.24.0.1
Description of leasing arrangements and subsequent event - Additional Information (Detail)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Jan. 25, 2024
USD ($)
ft²
Jan. 09, 2024
USD ($)
Installment
Dec. 31, 2022
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
Billboard_Face
Parcel
LandLease
Location
May 31, 2023
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2022
USD ($)
May 31, 2022
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2020
USD ($)
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]                
Number of long-term land leases | LandLease       8        
Number of parcels upon which improvements have been completed | Parcel       8        
Leasing revenue       $ 5,525,000   $ 5,075,000    
Number of long-term land leases with contingent rent receivable | LandLease       2        
Contingent revenue from leasing of parcel of land       $ 118,000   99,000    
Annual rent       4,248,000        
Payments receivable       753,182,000        
Excess of straight-line rentals over contractual payments       $ 92,728,000        
Subsequent Event [Member]                
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]                
Contingent revenue from leasing of parcel of land $ 0              
Rentable area (in square feet) | ft² 100,000              
Triple Net Lease [Member] | Minimum [Member]                
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]                
Term of leases       99 years        
Parcels [Member]                
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]                
Increase (Decrease) in annual property tax     $ (165,000)          
Property tax expense       $ 579,000   $ 579,000    
City [Member]                
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]                
Percentage of parcels available for lease           26.50%    
Increase (Decrease) in annual property tax           $ 139,000    
Parcel 2 [Member]                
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]                
Estimated real property taxes attributable to the company land       $ 944,000   $ 944,000    
Lamar Lease [Member]                
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]                
Number of advertising locations | Location       23        
Number of billboard faces along interstate and primary highways leased | Billboard_Face       44        
Lease expiration year       2053        
Annual increment in base rent of lease, percentage       2.75%        
Period for advance receipt of percentage of gross revenue on leases       12 months        
Period to recognize specified lease revenue       30 days        
Percentage of revenue due in proportion of gross revenues from each standard billboard       30.00%        
Percentage of revenue due in proportion of gross revenues from each electronic billboard       20.00%        
Percentage rents         $ 188,000   $ 235,000  
Metropark Ltd [Member]                
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]                
Term of leases       10 years        
Notice period of lease           30 days    
Threshold parking revenue per month for scheduled rental payments by lessee               $ 70,000
Payments receivable       $ 150,000        
Metropark Ltd [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]                
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]                
Cash collections under rent   $ 57,000            
Payments receivable   1,127,000            
Payment receivable in each quarterly installment   $ 150,000            
Number of quarterly installments | Installment   20            
Percentage of interest on unpaid balance   4.73%            
v3.24.0.1
Description of leasing arrangements and subsequent event - Minimum Future Contractual Rental Payments to be Received (Detail)
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payment to be Received, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]  
2024 $ 4,248,000
2025 4,435,000
2026 4,480,000
2027 4,511,000
2028 4,511,000
2028 - 2153 730,997,000
Total $ 753,182,000
v3.24.0.1
Description of leasing arrangements and subsequent event - Company's Revenue from Major Tenants (Detail) - Major Customers [Member] - USD ($)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Entity-Wide Revenue $ 3,790,000 $ 3,412,000
Lamar Outdoor Advertising, LLC [Member]    
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Entity-Wide Revenue 1,231,000 1,255,000
Metropark Ltd [Member]    
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Entity-Wide Revenue 726,000 411,000
HGIT Center Place [Member]    
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Entity-Wide Revenue 641,000 625,000
1701 R.C. Sarasota Invest, LLC [Member]    
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Entity-Wide Revenue 618,000 618,000
Waterplace Condominiums [Member]    
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Entity-Wide Revenue $ 574,000 $ 503,000
v3.24.0.1
Income Taxes, Continuing Operations - Summary of Income Tax Expense from Continuing Operations (Details) - USD ($)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Current:    
Federal $ 637,000 $ 557,000
State 248,000 208,000
Total 885,000 765,000
Deferred:    
Federal 8,000 7,000
State 5,000 2,000
Total 13,000 9,000
Total Income tax expense $ 898,000 $ 774,000
v3.24.0.1
Income Taxes, Continuing Operations - Reconciliation of Income Tax Provision from Continuing Operations (Detail) - USD ($)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]    
Computed "expected" tax $ 676,000 $ 591,000
Increase in "expected" tax resulting from state income tax, net of federal income tax benefit 198,000 165,000
Nondeductible expenses and other 24,000 18,000
Total Income tax expense $ 898,000 $ 774,000
v3.24.0.1
Income Taxes, Continuing Operations - Additional Information (Detail)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]    
Income tax rate 21.00% 21.00%
v3.24.0.1
Income Taxes, Continuing Operations - Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Detail) - USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Gross deferred tax liabilities:    
Property having a financial statement basis in excess of tax basis $ 364,000 $ 361,000
Accounts receivable 52,000 289,000
Deferred income - Conversion to cash basis of accounting for tax purposes   19,000
Insurance premiums and accrued leasing revenues 49,000 50,000
Gross deferred tax liabilities 465,000 719,000
Gross deferred tax assets:    
Allowance for doubtful accounts   (279,000)
Prepaid rent (40,000) (25,000)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses (49,000) (74,000)
Accrued property taxes (92,000) (70,000)
Gross deferred tax assets (181,000) (448,000)
Deferred tax liabilities, net of deferred tax assets $ 284,000 $ 271,000
v3.24.0.1
Discontinued Operations and Environmental Incident - Additional Information (Detail)
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Feb. 10, 2017
Jan. 31, 2017
Subsidiary
Nov. 30, 2019
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2022
USD ($)
Jul. 31, 2021
USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]            
Costs incurred related to environmental remediation       $ 79,000 $ 112,000  
Environmental Remediation Expense, before Recovery, Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]       Costs and Expenses Costs and Expenses  
Environmental remediation liability       $ 402,000 $ 406,000  
Income tax expense (benefit)       898,000 774,000  
Environmental Incident 1994 [Member]            
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]            
Environmental remediation       4,000 160,000  
Sale of Petroleum Segment [Member]            
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]            
Sharing arrangement percentage 20.00%          
Actual cost of the project     $ 427,000      
Maximum additional obligation     $ 104,000      
Loss from discontinued operations includes remediation costs         160,000  
Legal Fees       30,000 189,000  
Income tax expense (benefit)       $ (6,000) $ (94,000)  
Terminal [Member] | Sale of Petroleum Segment [Member]            
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]            
Number of wholly owned subsidiaries | Subsidiary   2        
Terminal [Member] | Sale of Petroleum Segment [Member]            
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]            
Estimate of possible loss           $ 427,000
v3.24.0.1
Subsequent Event - Additional Information (Detail) - Subsequent Event [Member]
Jan. 24, 2024
$ / shares
Subsequent Event [Line Items]  
Dividends on common stock, per share $ 0.07
Dividend declared date Jan. 24, 2024
Dividend record date Feb. 09, 2024
Dividend payable date Feb. 23, 2024

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