Acadia Realty Trust Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Operating Results

Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE: AKR) (“Acadia” or the “Company”) today reported operating results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023. For the quarter ended December 31, 2023, net loss per share was $0.02 and for the year ended December 31, 2023, net earnings per share was $0.20. All per share amounts are on a fully-diluted basis, where applicable. Acadia operates a high-quality core real estate portfolio ("Core" or "Core Portfolio"), in the nation's most dynamic retail corridors, along with strategic capital platforms including a fund business ("Funds") that targets opportunistic and value-add investments.

Kenneth F. Bernstein, President and CEO of Acadia Realty Trust, commented:

“This is an exciting time for Acadia. Our portfolio has demonstrated consistent strength with same-property NOI growth averaging 6.5% for the past eleven quarters driven by the rebound and outperformance in our Street assets. We continue to see strong tenant demand for our spaces with plenty of upside remaining within our Street Portfolio. In January 2024, we completed an equity raise that positions our balance sheet for external growth. We are actively pursuing accretive investment opportunities within our Core and strategic capital platforms. Additionally, the real estate markets are becoming more amenable to capital recycling and our team is focused on monetizing select existing properties which will serve the dual goals of providing capital for new investments and upgrading the portfolio with higher growth assets.”

FOURTH QUARTER, FULL YEAR 2023 AND RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

• Fourth Quarter NAREIT FFO per share of $0.26 and FFO Before Special Items per share of $0.28
• Same-property NOI growth was 5.8% for the full year and 4.2% for the fourth quarter with growth in excess of 10% in the Street Portfolio during the quarter
• New Core Cash rent spreads of 44% for the full year and 25% for the fourth quarter (driven by a strategic recapture and re-lease of a space in Soho, New York)
• Core Signed Not Open ("SNO") Pipeline (excluding redevelopment) was $7.0 million of annual base rents at December 31, 2023, representing about 5% of in-place rents
  • $3.0 million of rents commenced during the quarter, representing about 2% of in-place rents
• Strong balance sheet with no significant Core debt maturities until 2026
• 2024 Guidance, projected FFO Before Special Items of $1.28 at the mid-point, representing approximately 5% year over year growth (excluding the non-cash gain of $0.08 from 2023) driven by projected same-property NOI growth of 5-6%
• Post quarter equity issuance of approximately $113 million of net proceeds

FINANCIAL RESULTS

A complete reconciliation, in dollars and per share amounts, of (i) net income (loss) attributable to Acadia to FFO (as defined by NAREIT and Before Special Items) attributable to common shareholders and common OP Unit holders and (ii) operating income to NOI is included in the financial tables of this release. Amounts discussed below are net of noncontrolling interests and all per share amounts are on a fully-diluted basis.

Net Loss

• Net loss for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 was $1.6 million, or $0.02 per share.
• This compares with net income of $3.8 million, or $0.04 per share for the quarter ended December 31, 2022. Net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2022 included: (i) $10.2 million gain, or $0.10 per share, on Core and Fund dispositions and (ii) partially offset by a $6.8 million loss, or $0.07 per share, from the unrealized investment holding loss.

NAREIT FFO

• NAREIT FFO for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 was $26.4 million, or $0.26 per share.
• This compares with NAREIT FFO of $21.0 million, or $0.21 per share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2022.

FFO Before Special Items

• FFO Before Special Items for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 was $28.4 million, or $0.28 per share, which includes $2.3 million, or $0.02 per share, of realized investment gains (100,000 shares of Albertsons' stock sold at an average price of $22.68 per share).
• This compares with FFO Before Special Items of $27.8 million, or $0.27 per share for the quarter ended December 31, 2022.

CORE PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE

Same-Property NOI

• Same-property NOI growth, excluding redevelopments, increased 5.8% for the year ended December 31, 2023 and 4.2% for the fourth quarter.
  • The growth for the year and quarter ended December 31, 2023 was driven by the Street Portfolio, which had growth of 6.7% and 10.5%, respectively.

Leasing and Occupancy Update

• For the year ended December 31, 2023, conforming cash leasing spreads were:
  • 43.9% on new leases and
  • 19.5% on new and renewal leases.
• During the fourth quarter, cash leasing spreads on new leases were 25.0%, driven by a strategic recapture and re-tenanting of a lease in Soho, New York (originally executed in September 2022) and 13.0% on conforming new and renewal leases.
• As of December 31, 2023, the Core Portfolio was 95.0% leased and 93.0% occupied compared to 95.3% leased and 92.4% occupied as of September 30, 2023. The leased rate includes space that is leased but not yet occupied and excludes development and redevelopment properties.
• Core Signed Not Open Pipeline (excluding redevelopments) was $7.0 million of annual base rents, representing approximately 5% of in-place rents. Move-ins during the quarter were $3.0 million, representing about 2% of in-place rents.

BALANCE SHEET

• Core Balance Sheet: As of December 31, 2023, approximately 94% of Core debt was fixed, inclusive of interest rate swap contracts at a blended rate of 4.46%. The Company has limited near-term maturity and interest rate risk on its $1.2 billion of Core debt with 3.9% and 5.3% maturing in 2024 and 2025, respectively, assuming all extension options are exercised. At December 31, 2023, the Company had $886 million of notional swap agreements associated with managing and mitigating future interest rate risk on maturing Core debt with various maturities through 2030.

FUND V TRANSACTIONAL ACTIVITY

• Maple Tree Place, Williston (Burlington), Vermont. In November 2023, Fund V completed its acquisition of Maple Tree Place. The asset is 84.6% occupied and is comprised of an approximately 400,000 square foot grocery-anchored center, including Shaw's Supermarket, Dick's Sporting Goods, Best Buy, Staples, Old Navy and ULTA.

POST QUARTER-END CAPITAL MARKETS ACTIVITY

• In January 2024, the Company completed an underwritten offering of 6,900,000 common shares (inclusive of the underwriters’ option to purchase 900,000 additional shares) for net proceeds of approximately $113 million.

GUIDANCE

The following initial guidance is based upon Acadia's current view of market conditions and assumptions for the year ended December 31, 2024.

The Company is setting initial 2024 guidance as follows:

• Net earnings per diluted share of $0.09 to $0.15
• FFO Before Special Items per diluted share of $1.24-$1.32
• Projected same-property NOI growth of 5-6%
• It is the Company's policy not to include the estimated accretion and/or financial impact of acquisition and disposition of assets until they are consummated.

CONFERENCE CALL

Management will conduct a conference call on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 11:00 AM ET to review the Company’s earnings and operating results. Participant registration and webcast information is listed below.

The Company uses, and intends to use, the Investors page of its website, which can be found at https://www.acadiarealty.com/investors, as a means of disclosing material nonpublic information and of complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD, including, without limitation, through the posting of investor presentations and certain portfolio updates that may include material nonpublic information. Accordingly, investors should monitor the Investors page, in addition to following the Company’s press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, presentations and webcasts. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, the website is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this document.

About Acadia Realty Trust

Acadia Realty Trust is an equity real estate investment trust focused on delivering long-term, profitable growth via its dual – Core Portfolio and Fund – operating platforms and its disciplined, location-driven investment strategy. Acadia Realty Trust is accomplishing this goal by building a best-in-class core real estate portfolio with meaningful concentrations of assets in the nation’s most dynamic corridors; making profitable opportunistic and value-add investments through its series of discretionary, institutional funds; and maintaining a strong balance sheet. For further information, please visit www.acadiarealty.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

Certain statements in this press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe the Company's future plans, strategies and expectations are generally identifiable by the use of words, such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “intend” or “project,” or the negative thereof, or other variations thereon or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the Company's actual results and financial performance to be materially different from future results and financial performance expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: (i) macroeconomic conditions, including due to geopolitical conditions and instability, which may lead to a disruption of or lack of access to the capital markets, disruptions and instability in the banking and financial services industries and rising inflation; (ii) the Company’s success in implementing its business strategy and its ability to identify, underwrite, finance, consummate and integrate diversifying acquisitions and investments; (iii) changes in general economic conditions or economic conditions in the markets in which the Company may, from time to time, compete, and their effect on the Company’s revenues, earnings and funding sources; (iv) increases in the Company’s borrowing costs as a result of rising inflation, changes in interest rates and other factors, including the discontinuation of the USD London Interbank Offered Rate, which was effected on June 30, 2023; (v) the Company’s ability to pay down, refinance, restructure or extend its indebtedness as it becomes due; (vi) the Company’s investments in joint ventures and unconsolidated entities, including its lack of sole decision-making authority and its reliance on its joint venture partners’ financial condition; (vii) the Company’s ability to obtain the financial results expected from its development and redevelopment projects; (viii) the ability and willingness of the Company's tenants to renew their leases with the Company upon expiration, the Company’s ability to re-lease its properties on the same or better terms in the event of nonrenewal or in the event the Company exercises its right to replace an existing tenant, and obligations the Company may incur in connection with the replacement of an existing tenant; (ix) the Company’s potential liability for environmental matters; (x) damage to the Company’s properties from catastrophic weather and other natural events, and the physical effects of climate change; (xi) the economic, political and social impact of, and uncertainty surrounding, any public health crisis, such as the COVID-19 Pandemic, which adversely affected the Company and its tenants’ business, financial condition, results of operations and liquidity; (xii) uninsured losses; (xiii) the Company’s ability and willingness to maintain its qualification as a REIT in light of economic, market, legal, tax and other considerations; (xiv) information technology security breaches, including increased cybersecurity risks relating to the use of remote technology; (xv) the loss of key executives; and (xvi) the accuracy of the Company’s methodologies and estimates regarding environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) metrics, goals and targets, tenant willingness and ability to collaborate towards reporting ESG metrics and meeting ESG goals and targets, and the impact of governmental regulation on its ESG efforts.

The factors described above are not exhaustive and additional factors could adversely affect the Company’s future results and financial performance, including the risk factors discussed under the section captioned “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other periodic or current reports the Company files with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date hereof. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any changes in the Company’s expectations with regard thereto or changes in the events, conditions or circumstances on which such forward-looking statements are based.

ACADIA REALTY TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Financial Highlights:

1. For additional information and analysis concerning the Company’s balance sheet and results of operations, reference is made to the Company’s quarterly supplemental disclosures for the relevant periods furnished on the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, which is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and on the Company’s website at www.acadiarealty.com.
2. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common shares of the Company were exercised or converted into common shares. The effect of the conversion of units of limited partnership interest (“OP Units”) in Acadia Realty Limited Partnership, the operating partnership of the Company (the “Operating Partnership”), is not reflected in the above table; OP Units are exchangeable into common shares on a one-for-one basis. The income allocable to such OP units is allocated on the same basis and reflected as noncontrolling interests in the consolidated financial statements. As such, the assumed conversion of these OP Units would have no net impact on the determination of diluted earnings per share.
3. The Company considers funds from operations (“FFO”) as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) and net property operating income (“NOI”) to be appropriate supplemental disclosures of operating performance for an equity REIT due to their widespread acceptance and use within the REIT and analyst communities. In addition, the Company believes that given the atypical nature of certain unusual items (as further described below), “FFO Before Special Items” is also an appropriate supplemental disclosure of operating performance. FFO, FFO Before Special Items and NOI are presented to assist investors in analyzing the performance of the Company. The Company believes they are helpful as they exclude various items included in net income (loss) that are not indicative of operating performance, such as (i) gains (losses) from sales of real estate properties; (ii) depreciation and amortization and (iii) impairment of real estate properties. In addition, NOI excludes interest expense and FFO Before Special Items excludes certain unusual items (as further described below). The Company’s method of calculating FFO, FFO Before Special Items and NOI may be different from methods used by other REITs and, accordingly, may not be comparable to such other REITs. Neither FFO nor FFO Before Special Items represent cash generated from operations as defined by generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), or are indicative of cash available to fund all cash needs, including distributions. Such measures should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) for the purpose of evaluating the Company’s performance or to cash flows as a measure of liquidity.
   1. Consistent with the NAREIT definition, the Company defines FFO as net income (computed in accordance with GAAP) excluding:
      1. gains (losses) from sales of real estate properties;
      2. depreciation and amortization;
      3. impairment of real estate properties;
      4. gains and losses from change in control; and
      5. after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures.
   2. Also consistent with NAREIT’s definition of FFO, the Company has elected to include: the impact of the unrealized holding gains (losses) incidental to its main business, including those related to its RCP investments such as Albertsons in FFO.
   3. FFO Before Special Items begins with the NAREIT definition of FFO and adjusts FFO (or as an adjustment to the numerator within its earnings per share calculations) to take into account FFO without regard to certain unusual items including:
      1. charges, income and gains that management believes are not comparable and indicative of the results of the Company’s operating real estate portfolio;
      2. the impact of the unrealized holding gains (losses) incidental to its main business, including those related to its Retailer Controlled Property Venture ("RCP") investments such as Albertsons; and
      3. any realized income or gains from the Company’s investment in Albertsons.
4. The Company defines Special Items to include (i) unrealized holding losses or gains (net of noncontrolling interest share) on investments and (ii) transaction and other costs that do not occur in the ordinary course of our underwriting and investing business.
5. The Company realized investment gains of $4.6 million on 200,000 Albertsons' shares for the year ended December 31, 2023. The total realized gains and promotes in 2023 were approximately $16 million, or $0.16 per share, inclusive of the $11.3 million from a special dividend on the Albertson's shares (which was included in both NAREIT FFO and FFO Before Special Items).
6. Results for the year ended December 31, 2023 included a non-recurring gain of $7.8 million, or $0.08 per share from the termination of the Bed Bath and Beyond ("BBBY") below-market lease at 555 9th Street in San Francisco.
7. The pro-rata share of NOI is based upon the Operating Partnership’s stated ownership percentages in each venture or Fund’s operating agreement and does not include the Operating Partnership's share of NOI from unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures within the Funds.

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