Firm Capital Property Trust (“
FCPT” or the
“
Trust”), (TSX: FCD.UN) is pleased to report its
financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
PROPERTY PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS
The portfolio consists of 66 commercial properties with a total
gross leasable area (“GLA”) of 2,555,185 square
feet, five multi-residential complexes comprised of 599 units and
four Manufactured Home Communities comprised of 536 units. The
portfolio is well diversified and defensive in terms of geographies
and property asset types, with 50% of NOI (37% of asset value)
comprised of grocery anchored retail followed by industrial at 27%
of NOI (32% of asset value). In addition, the portfolio is well
diversified in terms of geographies with 38% of NOI (40% of asset
value) comprised of assets located in Ontario, followed by Quebec
at 36% of NOI (33% of asset value).
TENANT DIVERSIFICATION The
portfolio is well diversified by tenant profile with no tenant
currently accounting for more than 10.5% of total net rent.
Further, the top 10 tenants are comprised of large national tenants
and account for 30.3% of total net rent.
NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID (“NCIB”)
GENERATES 9.1% RETURN ON INVESTMENT For the three months
ended March 31, 2023, the Trust repurchased 89,200 Trust Units for
net proceeds of approximately $0.5 million. The Trust Units were
purchased under the NCIB at a Weighted Average Price of $5.72/Trust
Unit for an implied distribution buy-back yield of 9.1%.
$35.9 MILLION MORTGAGE
REFINANCING On January 16, 2023, the Trust closed on an
early renewal of a $35.9 million mortgage on our Waterloo
Industrial Portfolio. The terms of the loan are at a 4.77% fixed
interest rate, 7 year term and a 30 year amortization. The Trusts
70% portion of the loan was $25.1 million.
$5.9 MILLION MANUFACTURED HOUSING
COMMUNITY ACQUISITION On January 31, 2023, the Trust
closed on the acquisition of a 50% interest in a 56 site
Manufactured Housing Community called SunPark Parkhill Estates
located in Peterborough, Ontario and a 58 site Manufactured Housing
Community called SunPark Skyview Estates located in Trenton,
Ontario. The acquisition price for the Trust’s portion was $3.0
million (including transaction costs).
$38 MILLION REFINANCING ELIMINATES ALL
FLOATING RATE MORTGAGE DEBT On April 26, 2023, the Trust
locked in a fixed rate mortgage for $38 million on a
multi-residential building in Pointe-Claire, Quebec at an interest
rate of 3.69% for 10 years which is expected to close by the end of
Q2 2023. The closing of this transaction eliminates all floating
term mortgage debt for the Trust, with a remaining weighted average
repayment term of approximately four years. Furthermore, the annual
forecasted decrease in interest expense that is expected under this
new renewal would be approximately $1.1 million or $0.03/unit.
Q1/2023 HIGHLIGHTS
Key highlights for the three months ended March
31, 2023 are as follows:
- Net income was approximately $5.4 million which was comparable
to the same period in 2022;
- $7.65 Net Asset Value (“NAV”) per Unit;
- Net Operating Income (“NOI”) was approximately
$9.2 million, 11% increase over Q1/2022;
- Same Property NOI increased 7% over Q1/2022;
- Adjusted Funds From Operations (“AFFO”) was
approximately $4.0 million which was comparable to the same period
in 2022;
- Commercial occupancy was 97.1%, Multi-Residential occupancy was
91.9% while Manufactured Homes Communities was 99.8%;
- Conservative leverage profile with Debt / Gross Book Value
(“GBV”) at 52%; and
- The Trust declared and approved monthly distributions in the
amount of $0.04333 per Trust Unit for Unitholders of record on July
31, 2023, August 31, 2023 and September 29, 2023, payable on or
about August 15, 2023, September 15, 2023 and October 16, 2023,
respectively.
See chart below for additional information:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
Mar 31, 2023 |
|
|
Mar 31, 2022 |
|
Change |
|
Rental Revenue |
|
$14,209,208 |
|
$13,040,687 |
|
9 |
% |
NOI - IFRS Basis |
|
|
9,223,016 |
|
|
8,303,824 |
|
11 |
% |
NOI - Cash Basis |
|
|
9,153,083 |
|
|
8,135,362 |
|
13 |
% |
Same-Property NOI |
|
|
15,910,978 |
|
|
14,905,385 |
|
7 |
% |
Net Income |
|
|
5,396,789 |
|
|
5,338,017 |
|
1 |
% |
FFO |
|
|
4,486,037 |
|
|
4,198,168 |
|
7 |
% |
AFFO |
|
|
3,999,237 |
|
|
4,042,035 |
|
(1 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
Total Assets |
|
$638,658,302 |
|
$642,158,461 |
|
(1 |
%) |
Total Mortgages |
|
|
305,337,204 |
|
|
294,716,199 |
|
4 |
% |
Bank Indebtedness |
|
|
19,972,386 |
|
|
35,130,111 |
|
(43 |
%) |
Credit Facility |
|
|
6,300,000 |
|
|
- |
|
100 |
% |
Unitholders' Equity |
|
|
296,584,638 |
|
|
296,818,578 |
|
(0 |
%) |
Units Outstanding (000s) |
|
|
37,011 |
|
|
34,011 |
|
9 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
FFO Per Unit |
|
$0.121 |
|
$0.123 |
|
(2 |
%) |
AFFO Per Unit |
|
$0.108 |
|
$0.119 |
|
(9 |
%) |
Distributions Per Unit |
|
$0.130 |
|
$0.130 |
|
(0 |
%) |
|
|
|
|
|
FFO Payout Ratio |
|
|
107 |
% |
|
105 |
% |
245 bps |
AFFO Payout Ratio |
|
|
121 |
% |
|
109 |
% |
1,153 bps |
Wtd. Avg. Int. Rate - Mort. Debt |
|
|
4.1 |
% |
|
3.2 |
% |
86 bps |
Debt to GBV |
|
|
52 |
% |
|
51 |
% |
72 bps |
|
|
|
|
|
GLA - Commercial, SF |
|
|
2,555,185 |
|
|
2,453,963 |
|
4 |
% |
Units - Multi-Res |
|
|
599 |
|
|
599 |
|
0 |
% |
Units - MHCs |
|
|
536 |
|
|
423 |
|
27 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
Occupancy - Commercial |
|
|
97.1 |
% |
|
95.7 |
% |
140 bps |
Occupancy - Multi-Res |
|
|
91.9 |
% |
|
95.6 |
% |
(370) bps |
Occupancy MHCs |
|
|
99.8 |
% |
|
99.5 |
% |
30 bps |
|
|
|
|
|
Rent PSF - Retail |
|
$19.06 |
|
$17.88 |
|
7 |
% |
Rent PSF - Industrial |
|
$7.86 |
|
$6.66 |
|
18 |
% |
Rent per month - Multi-Res |
|
$1,249 |
|
$1,319 |
|
(5 |
%) |
Rent per month - MHCs |
|
$611 |
|
$524 |
|
17 |
% |
For the complete financial statements,
Management’s Discussion & Analysis and supplementary
information, please visit www.sedar.com or the Trust’s website at
www.firmcapital.com
DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN &
UNIT PURCHASE PLAN The Trust has in place a Distribution
Reinvestment Plan (“DRIP”) and Unit Purchase Plan
(the “UPP”). Under the terms of the DRIP, FCPT’s
Unitholders may elect to automatically reinvest all or a portion of
their regular monthly distributions in additional Units, without
incurring brokerage fees or commissions. Under the terms of the
UPP, FCPT’s Unitholders may purchase a minimum of $1,000 of Units
per month and maximum purchases of up to $12,000 per annum.
Management and trustees have not participated in the DRIP or UPP to
date and own or control approximately 9% of the issued and
outstanding trust units of the Trust.
ABOUT FIRM CAPITAL PROPERTY TRUST (TSX :
FCD.UN) Firm Capital Property Trust is focused on creating
long-term value for Unitholders, through capital preservation and
disciplined investing to achieve stable distributable income. In
partnership with management and industry leaders, The Trust’s plan
is to own as well as to co-own a diversified property portfolio of
multi-residential, flex industrial, net lease convenience retail,
and core service provider professional space. In addition to stand
alone accretive acquisitions, the Trust will make joint
acquisitions with strong financial partners and acquisitions of
partial interests from existing ownership groups, in a manner that
provides liquidity to those selling owners and professional
management for those remaining as partners. Firm Capital Realty
Partners Inc., through a structure focused on an alignment of
interests with the Trust sources, syndicates and property and asset
manages investments on behalf of the Trust.
FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATIONThis
press release may contain forward-looking statements. In some
cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of
words such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "plan",
"anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "predict", "potential",
"continue", and by discussions of strategies that involve risks and
uncertainties. The forward-looking statements are based on certain
key expectations and assumptions made by the Trust. By their
nature, forward-looking statements involve numerous assumptions,
inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, that
contribute to the possibility that the predictions, forecasts,
projections and various future events will not occur. Although
management of the Trust believes that the expectations reflected in
the forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no
assurance that future results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements will occur as anticipated. Neither the Trust nor any
other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and
completeness of any forward-looking statements, and no one has any
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement,
whether as a result of new information, future events or such other
factors which affect this information, except as required by
law.
This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, which may be made
only by means of a prospectus, nor shall there be any sale of the
Units in any state, province or other jurisdiction in which such
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under securities laws of any such state, province
or other jurisdiction. The Units of the Firm Capital Property Trust
have not been, and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered, sold or delivered
in the United States absent registration or an application for
exemption from the registration requirements of U.S. securities
laws.
Certain financial information presented in this
press release reflect certain non- International Financial
Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) financial measures,
which include NOI, Same Store NOI, FFO and AFFO. These measures are
commonly used by real estate investment entities as useful metrics
for measuring performance and cash flows, however, they do not have
standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and are not necessarily
comparable to similar measures presented by other real estate
investment entities. These terms are defined in the Trust’s
Management Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”)
for the year ended December 31, 2022 and three month ended March
31, 2023, as filed on www.sedar.com.
For further
information, please contact: |
|
|
Robert McKee |
Sandy Poklar |
President & Chief Executive Officer |
Chief Financial Officer |
(416) 635-0221 |
(416) 635-0221 |
|
|
For Investor Relations information, please
contact: |
|
|
Victoria Moayedi |
|
Director, Investor Relations |
|
(416) 635-0221 |
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