FRP Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRPH) Announces Results for the Second Quarter and Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FRP Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ-FRPH) –

Second Quarter Operational Highlights

• Highest mining royalty revenue total in any second quarter in segment’s history
• Dock 79 residential occupancy above 94% for third straight quarter—first time that has happened since the fourth quarter of 2018

Second Quarter Consolidated Results of Operations

Net income attributable to the Company for the second quarter of 2021 was $82,000 or $.01 per share versus $4,149,000 or $.43 per share in the same period last year. The second quarter of 2021 was impacted by the following items:

• The quarter includes $1,868,000 amortization expense of the $4,750,000 fair value of the Maren’s leases-in-place established when we booked this asset as part of the gain on remeasurement upon consolidation of this Joint Venture.
• Interest income decreased $1,062,000 due to bond maturities and repayment of the Maren preferred equity financing.
• Interest expense increased $401,000 due to interest on the Maren’s debt partially offset by a lower interest rate on the refinanced Dock 79 debt.
• Gain from sale of real estate decreased $2,784,000. The current quarter included $805,000 for an easement and sale of excess land in the Mining Royalty Lands Segment. The prior year’s quarter included a gain of $3,589,000 from the sale of the three remaining lots at our Lakeside Business Park and Mining Royalty Lands Segment’s Gulf Hammock Property.
• Gain attributable to non-controlling interest for the quarter includes a $953,000 adjustment to the $13.0 million gain on remeasurement attributed to MRP last quarter increasing it to $14.0 million. We finalized our agreement of the ownership split and revised last quarter’s estimate.
  

Second Quarter Segment Operating Results

Asset Management Segment:

Total revenues in this segment were $588,000, down $128,000 or 17.9%, over the same period last year due to the sale of our warehouse 1801 62^nd Street in July 2020 which had $163,000 of revenues in the same quarter last year. Operating loss was ($160,000), down $218,000 from an operating profit of $58,000 in the same quarter last year primarily due to the sale of 1801 62^nd Street. Cranberry Run, which we purchased in the first quarter of 2019, is a five-building industrial park in Harford County, MD totaling 268,010 square feet of industrial/ flex space and at quarter end was 77.6% leased and 59.7% occupied compared to 71.9% leased at the end of the same quarter last year. Our other two properties remain substantially leased during both periods, with 34 Loveton 95.1% occupied and Square 664E fully leased through August 2026.

Mining Royalty Lands Segment:

Total revenues in this segment were $2,634,000 versus $2,402,000 in the same period last year. Total operating profit in this segment was $2,292,000, an increase of $182,000 versus $2,110,000 in the same period last year.

Development Segment:

The Development segment is responsible for (i) seeking out and identifying opportunistic purchases of income producing warehouse/office buildings, and (ii) developing our non-income producing properties into income production.

With respect to developments in the quarter on ongoing projects:

• In the third quarter of 2020, we received permit entitlements for two industrial buildings at Hollander Business Park.  We have started construction and anticipate shell completion in the third quarter of 2021.   Of this project’s 145,750 square feet, 26,000 square feet are pre-leased. We plan to start construction in the third quarter of 2021 on a build-to-suit building totaling 101,750 square feet. We estimate shell completion in the fourth quarter of 2022.
• With respect to our joint venture with St. John Properties, we are now in the process of leasing these four single-story buildings totaling 100,030 square feet of office and retail space.  At quarter end, Phase I was 48.1% leased and 46.8% occupied.
• We were the principal capital source of a residential development venture in Baltimore County, Maryland known as “Hyde Park.”  All obligations are complete, all principal repaid in full, and we have received $1,032,000 in preferred interest and profits.     
• The Coda, the first of our four buildings at Bryant Street joint venture, received a final certificate of occupancy on April 1, 2021, and leasing efforts are under way. At quarter end, the Coda was 88.31% leased and 67.53% occupied.  Leasing will begin on the second and third buildings at Bryant Street in the third quarter of this year.
• We began construction on our 1800 Half Street joint venture project at the end of August 2020 and expect the building to be complete in the third quarter of 2022. As of the end of the second quarter, the project was 26.82% complete.
• At quarter end, our Riverside and .408 Jackson joint venture projects in Greenville, South Carolina are 92.17% and 54.45% complete, respectively. Leasing will begin at Riverside in the third quarter of this year.

Stabilized Joint Venture Segment:

In March 2021, we reached stabilization on Phase II (The Maren) of the development known as RiverFront on the Anacostia in Washington, D.C., a 250,000-square-foot mixed-use development which supports 264 residential units and 6,937 square feet of retail developed by a joint venture between the Company and MRP. Stabilization in this case means 90% of the individual apartments had been leased and occupied by third party tenants. Upon reaching stabilization, the Company has, for a period of one year, the exclusive right to (i) cause the joint venture to sell the property or (ii) cause the Company’s and MRP’s percentage interests in the joint venture to be adjusted so as to take into account the contractual payouts assuming a sale at the value of the development at the time of this “Conversion Election”. Reaching stabilization resulted in a change of control for accounting purposes as the veto rights of the minority shareholder lapsed and the Company became the primary beneficiary. As such, beginning March 31, 2021, the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value based on appraisal), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture.   At the end of June, The Maren was 94.70% leased and 93.93% occupied. Up through the first quarter of this year, accounting for The Maren was reflected in Equity in loss of joint ventures on the Consolidated Statements of Income. Starting April 1, 2021, all the revenue and expenses will be reflected like Dock 79 in the stabilized joint venture segment.

Total revenues in this segment were $4,822,000, an increase of $2,370,000 versus $2,452,000 in the same period last year. The Maren’s revenue was $2,162,000 and Dock 79 revenues increased $208,000. Total operating loss in this segment was ($1,358,000), a decrease of $1,714,000 versus a profit of $356,000 in the same period last year. The quarter includes $1,868,000 amortization expense of the $4,750,000 fair value of the Maren’s leases-in-place established when we booked this asset as part of the gain on remeasurement upon consolidation of this Joint Venture. Net Operating Income this quarter for this segment was $3,037,000, up $1,383,000 or 83.62% compared to the same quarter last year due to the Maren’s consolidation into this segment.

Dock 79’s average residential occupancy for the quarter was 95.69%, and at the end of the quarter, Dock 79’s residential units were 94.10% leased and 96.39% occupied. This quarter, 61.36% of expiring leases renewed with no increase in rent due to the mandated rent freeze on renewals in DC.   Dock 79 is a joint venture between the Company and MRP, in which FRP Holdings, Inc. is the majority partner with 66% ownership.

Second quarter distributions from our CS1031 Hickory Creek DST investment were $87,000.

Six Months Operational Highlights

• The Maren reached stabilization meaning 90% of the individual apartments had been leased and occupied by third party tenants. This event triggered a change in control and the Company consolidated the assets (at current fair value), liabilities and operating results of the joint venture.
• Highest mining royalty revenue total through the first six months in segment’s history  

Six Months Consolidated Results of Operations

Net income attributable to the Company for the first half of 2021 was $28,455,000 or $3.03 per share versus $5,767,000 or $.59 per share in the same period last year. The first half of 2021 was impacted by the following items:

• Gain of $51.1 million on the remeasurement of investment in The Maren real estate partnership, which is included in Income before income taxes. This gain on remeasurement is mitigated by a $10.1 million provision for taxes and $14.0 million attributable to noncontrolling interest.
• The period includes $1,868,000 amortization expense of the $4,750,000 fair value of the Maren’s leases-in-place established when we booked this asset as part of the gain on remeasurement upon consolidation of this Joint Venture.
• Interest income decreased $1,678,000 due to bond maturities and repayment of the Maren preferred equity financing.
• Interest expense increased $1,275,000 due to a $900,000 prepayment penalty on the Dock 79 refinancing plus interest on the Maren’s debt partially offset by a lower interest rate on Dock 79.
• Gain from sale of real estate decreased $2,792,000. The current quarter included $805,000 for an easement and sale of excess land in the Mining Royalty Lands Segment. The prior year’s quarter included a gain of $3,589,000 from the sale of the three remaining lots at our Lakeside Business Park and our prior Mining Royalty Lands Segment’s Gulf Hammock Property.
  

Six Months Segment Operating Results

Asset Management Segment:

Total revenues in this segment were $1,300,000, down $68,000 or 5.0%, over the same period last year due to the sale of our warehouse 1801 62^nd Street in July 2020 which had $364,000 of revenues in the same period last year. Operating loss was ($143,000), down $70,000 from an operating loss of ($73,000) in the same period last year primarily due to the sale of 1801 62^nd Street. Cranberry Run, which we purchased in the first quarter of 2019, is a five-building industrial park in Harford County, MD totaling 268,010 square feet of industrial/ flex space and at quarter end was 77.6% leased and 59.7% occupied compared to 71.9% leased at the end of the same period last year. Our other two properties remain substantially leased during both periods, with 34 Loveton 95.1% occupied and Square 664E fully leased through August 2026.  

Mining Royalty Lands Segment:

Total revenues in this segment were $4,949,000 versus $4,587,000 in the same period last year. Total operating profit in this segment was $4,305,000, an increase of $291,000 versus $4,014,000 in the same period last year.

Stabilized Joint Venture Segment:

Total revenues in this segment were $7,331,000, an increase of $2,226,000 versus $5,105,000 in the same period last year. The Maren’s revenue was $2,162,000 and Dock 79 revenues increased $64,000. Total operating loss in this segment was ($1,141,000), a decrease of $2,004,000 versus a profit of $863,000 in the same period last year. The quarter includes $1,868,000 amortization expense of the $4,750,000 fair value of the Maren’s leases-in-place established when we booked this asset as part of the gain on remeasurement upon consolidation of this Joint Venture. Net Operating Income for this segment was $4,571,000, up $1,105,000 or 31.88% compared to the same period last year due to the Maren’s consolidation into this segment.

Dock 79’s average residential occupancy for the first six months of 2021 was 95.18%. Through the first six months of the year, 60.76% of expiring leases renewed with no increase in rent due to the mandated rent freeze on renewals in DC. Dock 79 is a joint venture between the Company and MRP, in which FRP Holdings, Inc. is the majority partner with 66% ownership.

In March, we completed a refinancing of Dock 79 as well as securing permanent financing for the Maren. This $180 million loan ($92 million for Dock 79, $88 million for The Maren) lowers the interest rate at Dock 79 from 4.125% to 3.03%, defers any principal payments for 12 years for both properties, and repays the $13.75 million in preferred equity along with $2.3 million in accrued interest.

Distributions from our CS1031 Hickory Creek DST investment were $171,000 for the first six months of the year.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is having an extraordinary impact on the world economy and the markets in which we operate. As an essential business, we have continued to operate throughout the pandemic in accordance with White House guidance and orders issued by state and local authorities. We have implemented social distancing and other measures to protect the health of our employees and customers. Our Dock 79 and The Maren properties in Washington, D.C. suffered the principal impacts to our business from the pandemic during 2020 due to our retail tenants being unable to operate at capacity, the lack of attendance at the Washington Nationals baseball park and the rent freeze imposed by the District. It is possible that some of these same conditions may impact our ability to lease retail spaces at Bryant Street. We anticipate that these impacts will continue for at least the remainder of 2021.

Summary and Outlook

It is hard to reconcile where we were a year ago with the first six months of this year. The fear, angst, and malaise so prevalent at the height of the pandemic and quarantine have given way to a far more normal, new normal, where summer feels like summer, and Americans in every part of this country are back to doing what Americans have always done—work, consume, serve, enjoy. As exciting as this return to normalcy is, we are even more excited for what the future holds for both the assets we have in place and those in our development pipeline.

Royalty revenue this quarter was up 9.65% over the same period last year, and royalty revenue through the first two quarters was up 7.88%. Revenue for the last twelve months was $9,838,907, an increase of 7.37% over the same period last year and an increase of 3.81% over calendar year 2020. This is the first time this segment has surpassed $9.75 million in revenue in any twelve-month period and also happens to mark the best second quarter of revenue, the best first six months of revenue, and the best twelve months of revenue in the segment’s history.

For three straight quarters, Dock 79’s occupancy has been above 94% at the end of the quarter. The last time the building ended three straight quarters with occupancy above 94% was the fourth quarter of 2018. As you no doubt recall, the Maren achieved stabilization in the final month of the first quarter. As a result, this marks the first reporting period with the Maren consolidated on to our books. Because of the increased depreciation and amortization attributable to the Company as a result of consolidating the Maren’s results into our income statement, the impact on net income may in fact be negative for some time, but the positive impact on our NOI and cash flow will be significant. The Maren is 94.7% leased and 93.93% occupied and its retail space is 100% leased with occupancy expected in the fourth quarter of this year once build out is complete. It has been over a year since the District put in place the “emergency” measures which have prevented us from raising rents on renewals. This has obviously mitigated our ability to grow NOI at Dock 79. With the Maren now going through its first generation of renewals, it too is feeling the effect of these emergency measures. It is our understanding that these measures are set to expire but not prior to the end of the year. Because renewal negotiations take place several weeks in advance, if the emergency measures expire at year end, we will not see any practical effect to rent increases until February 2022.

We remain pleased with the current direction of our asset management segment, particularly the industrial assets. The speed with which we leased up and then sold our building at 1801 62^nd Street last year strengthened our commitment to this shift in our approach to industrial development. We have a build-to-suit and two spec buildings under construction at Hollander and intend to follow a similar course of action. Those three buildings will complete any development at Hollander for the foreseeable future. Because of that, we have bolstered our land bank with the $10.5 million purchase of 55 acres in Aberdeen, Maryland. Once entitled, this property will be capable of supporting over 625,000 square feet of industrial product and will be essential for future industrial development as we finish developing our remaining inventory at Hollander Business Park.

With the consolidation of the Maren, refinancing both Riverfront projects, and the unprecedented performance of the mining royalties segment, it has been an exciting first six months, to say the least. And yet the second half should prove no less eventful as we look to complete construction on Bryant Street and the first of our two developments in Greenville. Riverside in Greenville begins lease-up in August. The Chase, which is the second building at Bryant Street begins leasing at the same time. The velocity with which the Coda has leased-up (88.31% at quarter end) has only served to heighten our enthusiasm. As the nation and our economy continue to open up, we have every reason to be optimistic regarding the long-term success of these projects. Our more than $170 million in liquidity allows us that luxury of that optimism. We will continue to be opportunistic in repurchasing stock. During 2021, the Company repurchased 6,004 shares at an average cost of $43.95 per share.

Conference Call

The Company will also host a conference call on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT).  Analysts, stockholders and other interested parties may access the teleconference live by calling 1-877-271-1828 (passcode 47240873) within the United States.  International callers may dial 1-334-323-9871 (passcode 47240873).  Computer audio live streaming is available via the Internet through this link http://stream.conferenceamerica.com/frp080321. For the archived audio via the internet, click on the following link http://archive.conferenceamerica.com/archivestream/frp080321.mp3. An audio replay will be available for sixty days following the conference call. To listen to the audio replay, dial toll free 1-877-919-4059, international callers dial 1-334-323-0140.  The passcode of the audio replay is 19388574. Replay options: “1” begins playback, “4” rewind 30 seconds, “5” pause, “6” fast forward 30 seconds, “0” instructions, and “9” exits recording.  There may be a 30-40 minute delay until the archive is available following the conclusion of the conference call.

Investors are cautioned that any statements in this press release which relate to the future are, by their nature, subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements. These include, but are not limited to: the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on our operations and financial results; the possibility that we may be unable to find appropriate investment opportunities; levels of construction activity in the markets served by our mining properties; demand for flexible warehouse/office facilities in the Baltimore-Washington-Northern Virginia area; demand for apartments in Washington D.C., Richmond, Virginia, and Greenville, South Carolina; our ability to obtain zoning and entitlements necessary for property development; the impact of lending and capital market conditions on our liquidity; our ability to finance projects or repay our debt; general real estate investment and development risks; vacancies in our properties; risks associated with developing and managing properties in partnership with others; competition; our ability to renew leases or re-lease spaces as leases expire; illiquidity of real estate investments; bankruptcy or defaults of tenants; the impact of restrictions imposed by our credit facility; the level and volatility of interest rates; environmental liabilities; inflation risks; cybersecurity risks; as well as other risks listed from time to time in our SEC filings; including but not limited to; our annual and quarterly reports. We have no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, other than as imposed by law, as a result of future events or new information. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

FRP Holdings, Inc. is a holding company engaged in the real estate business, namely (i) leasing and management of commercial properties owned by the Company, (ii) leasing and management of mining royalty land owned by the Company, (iii) real property acquisition, entitlement, development and construction primarily for apartment, retail, warehouse, and office, (iv) leasing and management of a residential apartment building.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement the financial results presented in accordance with GAAP, FRP presents certain non-GAAP financial measures within the meaning of Regulation G promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The non-GAAP financial measure included in this quarterly report is net operating income (NOI). FRP uses this non-GAAP financial measure to analyze its operations and to monitor, assess, and identify meaningful trends in its operating and financial performance. This measure is not, and should not be viewed as, a substitute for GAAP financial measures.

Contact:

John D. Baker III
Chief Financial Officer

904/858-9100