Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

LEASES

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LEASES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Leases [Abstract]  
LEASES LEASES
Leases as Lessor
The Retail Properties are leased pursuant to a single retail master lease (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Retail Master Lease”) and the Warehouses were leased pursuant to a single distribution center master lease (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “DC Master Lease”; together with the Retail Master Lease, the “Master Leases” and individually, each a “Master Lease”). On the Effective Date, Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC assigned all of its right, title and interest as lessor under the Master Leases to the applicable PropCo. Each of the Master Leases has an initial term of 20 years that commenced on December 7, 2020 and is classified as an operating lease. The Trust receives monthly base rent pursuant to the Master Leases, which was 50% abated through December 31, 2021 for each of the Retail Properties. At the beginning of the third lease year, base rent under the Retail Master Lease increases based on changes in the consumer price index (subject to a maximum 2% increase per year) and the increase is not included in fixed lease payments or the future undiscounted lease payments schedule. Upon the sale of the Warehouses in December 2021, the Trust assigned all of its right, title and interest as lessor in the DC Master Lease to the purchaser.
The Master Lease requires direct payment of all operating expenses, real estate taxes, ground lease payments (where applicable), capital expenditures and common area maintenance costs by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC and allows for lessor reimbursement if amounts are not directly paid. Expenses paid directly by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC are not included in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations, except for ground lease payments made by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC, since recording cash payments made by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC is necessary to relieve amounts due to the ground lessor included in the ground lease
liabilities. Ground lease payments made by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC of $4,062, $4,015 and $3,717 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the period from the Effective Date to December 31, 2021, respectively, were paid directly to the ground lessor by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC and were included in “Lease income” in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

In certain municipalities, the Trust is required to remit sales and use taxes to governmental authorities based upon the rental income received from Properties. These taxes are required to be reimbursed by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC to the Trust in accordance with the terms of the Master Lease, and are presented net of reimbursement from Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC on the consolidated statements of operations. During the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and the period from the Effective Date to December 31, 2021, the Trust remitted sales and use taxes of $795, $681 and $285, respectively, which were fully reimbursed by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC as of the end of each corresponding Reporting Period.
From time to time the Trust may have leasing activity with replacement tenants other than Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC, but has had none to date.
Lease income related to the Trust’s operating leases during the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and the period from the Effective Date to December 31, 2021 is comprised of the following:

Year ended December 31, 2023 Year ended December 31, 2022 Period from the Effective Date to December 31, 2021
Lease income related to fixed and variable lease payments
Base rent $ 102,073  $ 108,569  $ 85,575 
Straight-line rental income, net (a) (2,346) (2,498) 58,037 
Ground lease reimbursement income (b) 4,062  4,015  3,717 
Other
Amortization of above and below market lease intangibles (c) (2,207) (1,691) (405)
Lease income $ 101,582  $ 108,395  $ 146,924 
(a)Represents the impact of straight-line rent (contractual rent exceeds straight line rent).
(b)Ground lease reimbursement income consists of lease payments due from the tenant for land leased under non-cancellable operating leases.
(c)Represents above and below market lease amortization recognized straight line over the lease term.

As of December 31, 2023, undiscounted lease payments to be received under operating leases, for the next five years and thereafter are as follows:
Lease Payments
2024 $ 100,978 
2025 100,978 
2026 100,978 
2027 100,978 
2028 100,978 
Thereafter 1,211,738 
Total $ 1,716,628 
The weighted average remaining lease terms range was approximately 17.0 years as of December 31, 2023.
Leases as Lessee

The Trust leases land under operating ground leases at certain of its Properties, which expire in various years from 2038 to 2096, including any available option periods that are reasonably certain to be exercised. All option terms were considered to be reasonably certain of being exercised through the initial term of the Master Lease.
The components of ground lease rent expense, which are included within “Operating expenses” in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the period from the Effective Date to December 31, 2021, were as follows:

Year ended December 31, 2023 Year ended December 31, 2022 Period from the Effective Date to December 31, 2021
Amortization of:
Above market ground lease intangibles $ (641) $ (641) $ (587)
Below market ground lease intangibles 1,460  1,639  1,609 
Right-of-use assets 1,012  1,025  950 
Interest expense 4,150  4,137  3,810 
Ground rent lease expense $ 5,981  $ 6,160  $ 5,782 

There were no cash payments for ground lease rent expense as these payments are made by the tenant.

As of December 31, 2023, undiscounted future rental obligations to be paid under the long-term ground leases by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC under the terms of the Master Lease on behalf of the Trust, including fixed rental increases, for the next five years and thereafter, are as follows:
Lease Obligations
2024 $ 4,124 
2025 4,116 
2026 4,138 
2027 4,197 
2028 4,257 
Thereafter 215,902 
Less imputed interest (198,971)
Lease liabilities as of December 31, 2023 $ 37,763 
The Trust’s long-term ground leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of 43.4 years and a weighted average discount rate of 11.0% as of December 31, 2023.
LEASES LEASES
Leases as Lessor
The Retail Properties are leased pursuant to a single retail master lease (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Retail Master Lease”) and the Warehouses were leased pursuant to a single distribution center master lease (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “DC Master Lease”; together with the Retail Master Lease, the “Master Leases” and individually, each a “Master Lease”). On the Effective Date, Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC assigned all of its right, title and interest as lessor under the Master Leases to the applicable PropCo. Each of the Master Leases has an initial term of 20 years that commenced on December 7, 2020 and is classified as an operating lease. The Trust receives monthly base rent pursuant to the Master Leases, which was 50% abated through December 31, 2021 for each of the Retail Properties. At the beginning of the third lease year, base rent under the Retail Master Lease increases based on changes in the consumer price index (subject to a maximum 2% increase per year) and the increase is not included in fixed lease payments or the future undiscounted lease payments schedule. Upon the sale of the Warehouses in December 2021, the Trust assigned all of its right, title and interest as lessor in the DC Master Lease to the purchaser.
The Master Lease requires direct payment of all operating expenses, real estate taxes, ground lease payments (where applicable), capital expenditures and common area maintenance costs by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC and allows for lessor reimbursement if amounts are not directly paid. Expenses paid directly by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC are not included in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations, except for ground lease payments made by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC, since recording cash payments made by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC is necessary to relieve amounts due to the ground lessor included in the ground lease
liabilities. Ground lease payments made by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC of $4,062, $4,015 and $3,717 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the period from the Effective Date to December 31, 2021, respectively, were paid directly to the ground lessor by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC and were included in “Lease income” in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

In certain municipalities, the Trust is required to remit sales and use taxes to governmental authorities based upon the rental income received from Properties. These taxes are required to be reimbursed by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC to the Trust in accordance with the terms of the Master Lease, and are presented net of reimbursement from Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC on the consolidated statements of operations. During the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and the period from the Effective Date to December 31, 2021, the Trust remitted sales and use taxes of $795, $681 and $285, respectively, which were fully reimbursed by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC as of the end of each corresponding Reporting Period.
From time to time the Trust may have leasing activity with replacement tenants other than Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC, but has had none to date.
Lease income related to the Trust’s operating leases during the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and the period from the Effective Date to December 31, 2021 is comprised of the following:

Year ended December 31, 2023 Year ended December 31, 2022 Period from the Effective Date to December 31, 2021
Lease income related to fixed and variable lease payments
Base rent $ 102,073  $ 108,569  $ 85,575 
Straight-line rental income, net (a) (2,346) (2,498) 58,037 
Ground lease reimbursement income (b) 4,062  4,015  3,717 
Other
Amortization of above and below market lease intangibles (c) (2,207) (1,691) (405)
Lease income $ 101,582  $ 108,395  $ 146,924 
(a)Represents the impact of straight-line rent (contractual rent exceeds straight line rent).
(b)Ground lease reimbursement income consists of lease payments due from the tenant for land leased under non-cancellable operating leases.
(c)Represents above and below market lease amortization recognized straight line over the lease term.

As of December 31, 2023, undiscounted lease payments to be received under operating leases, for the next five years and thereafter are as follows:
Lease Payments
2024 $ 100,978 
2025 100,978 
2026 100,978 
2027 100,978 
2028 100,978 
Thereafter 1,211,738 
Total $ 1,716,628 
The weighted average remaining lease terms range was approximately 17.0 years as of December 31, 2023.
Leases as Lessee

The Trust leases land under operating ground leases at certain of its Properties, which expire in various years from 2038 to 2096, including any available option periods that are reasonably certain to be exercised. All option terms were considered to be reasonably certain of being exercised through the initial term of the Master Lease.
The components of ground lease rent expense, which are included within “Operating expenses” in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the period from the Effective Date to December 31, 2021, were as follows:

Year ended December 31, 2023 Year ended December 31, 2022 Period from the Effective Date to December 31, 2021
Amortization of:
Above market ground lease intangibles $ (641) $ (641) $ (587)
Below market ground lease intangibles 1,460  1,639  1,609 
Right-of-use assets 1,012  1,025  950 
Interest expense 4,150  4,137  3,810 
Ground rent lease expense $ 5,981  $ 6,160  $ 5,782 

There were no cash payments for ground lease rent expense as these payments are made by the tenant.

As of December 31, 2023, undiscounted future rental obligations to be paid under the long-term ground leases by Penney Intermediate Holdings LLC under the terms of the Master Lease on behalf of the Trust, including fixed rental increases, for the next five years and thereafter, are as follows:
Lease Obligations
2024 $ 4,124 
2025 4,116 
2026 4,138 
2027 4,197 
2028 4,257 
Thereafter 215,902 
Less imputed interest (198,971)
Lease liabilities as of December 31, 2023 $ 37,763 
The Trust’s long-term ground leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of 43.4 years and a weighted average discount rate of 11.0% as of December 31, 2023.