Presidio Property Trust, Inc. Announces Earnings for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2021

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Presidio Property Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQFT) reported its first-quarter financial results for 2021, revealing a net loss of approximately $2.7 million, or $0.28 per share, compared to a loss of $1.1 million in Q1 2020. Core FFO was around $936,000, equating to $0.098 per share. The company achieved a 96% collections rate of contractual base rent and executed 15 office leases, generating approximately $1.4 million in monthly revenue. The decrease in revenues by $1.3 million was attributed to the sale of four properties, although rental operating costs lowered by $0.5 million. Dividends of $0.101 per share were declared for the first quarter.

Positive

• Core FFO increased to approximately $936,000, or $0.098 per share.
• Achieved a 96% collections rate on first-quarter rent.
• Executed 15 office leases, generating monthly revenue of about $1.4 million.

Negative

• Net loss attributable to common stockholders increased to approximately $2.7 million.
• Revenue decreased by approximately $1.3 million due to the sale of four properties.
• Recorded a loss of approximately $1.2 million on the sale of real estate.

SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / May 11, 2021 / Presidio Property Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQFT) (the "Company"), an internally‑managed, diversified REIT, with holdings in office, industrial, retail, and model home properties, today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2021. All first quarter financial measures referenced herein are unaudited.

"We are pleased to report our first quarter earnings, continuing the strong rent collections that we saw throughout 2020," said Jack Heilbron, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer. "The diversified nature of our portfolio, with especially strong office and model home collections, resulted in a company-wide collections rate of 96% of budget in the first quarter of 2021."

"Fifteen office leases were inked in the first quarter of 2021, with 5 new tenants and 10 existing tenant renewals," noted Gary Katz, the Company's Senior Vice President of Asset Management. "As many local COVID-related restrictions have been relaxed, we believe that the optimism of an economic recovery will translate into more tenant renewals, and prospective tenants signing new leases."

First Quarter Highlights

	•	Core FFO for the quarter was approximately $936,000, or $0.098 per fully diluted share
	•	Collected 96% of first quarter contractual base rent
	•	Executed a total of 15 new and renewal offices leases during the quarter, for monthly rental revenue of approximately $1.4 million

First Quarter Ended March 31, 2021 Financial Results

Net loss attributable to the Company's common stockholders for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was approximately $2.7 million, or $0.28 per basic and diluted share, compared to a net loss of $1.1 million, or $0.12 per basic and diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2020. The increase in net loss attributable to the Company's common stockholders was a result of:

	•	A decrease in revenues of approximately $1.3 million due to the sale of four properties since the first quarter of 2020;
	•	An increase in loss on sale of real estate - During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the company recorded a loss of approximately $1.2 million on the sale of real estate, compared to an approximately $10,000 loss in the first quarter of 2020; partially offset by,
	•	A corresponding decrease in rental operating costs of approximately $0.5 million due to the sale of four properties compared to the first quarter of 2020.

FFO (non-GAAP) for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021 increased by approximately $156,000 to $935,725 from $779,689 for the three months ended March 31, 2020. A reconciliation of FFO to net loss, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, is attached to this press release. However, because FFO excludes depreciation and amortization as well as the changes in the value of the Company's properties that result from use or market conditions, each of which have real economic effects and could materially impact the Company's results from operations, the utility of FFO as a measure of the Company's performance is limited.

First Quarter Ended March 31, 2021 Acquisitions and Dispositions

	•	Waterman Plaza was sold on January 28, 2021 for approximately $3.5 million and the Company recognized a loss of approximately $0.2 million.
	•	Garden Gateway was sold on February 19, 2021 for approximately $11.2 million and the Company recognized a loss of approximately $1.4 million.
	•	During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company disposed of 12 model homes for approximately $4.9 million and recognized a gain of approximately $0.4 million.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company did not acquire any properties or model homes.

Dividends
On February 23, 2021, the board of directors of the Company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.101 per share of [Class A] common stock for the first quarter of 2021, payable on March 16, 2021 to stockholders of record as of March 9, 2021.

About Presidio Property Trust, Inc.
The Company is an internally managed, diversified REIT, with holdings in model home properties which are triple-net leased to homebuilders, office, industrial, and retail properties. In October 2017, we changed our name from "NetREIT, Inc." to "Presidio Property Trust, Inc." The Company acquires, owns and manages a geographically diversified portfolio of real estate assets including office, industrial, retail and model home residential properties leased to homebuilders located throughout the United States. As of March 31, 2021, the Company owned or had an equity interest in:

	•	106 Model Homes leased back on a triple-net basis to homebuilders that are owned by six affiliated limited partnerships and one wholly-owned corporation ("Model Home Properties").
	•	Nine office buildings and one industrial property ("Office/Industrial Properties"), which total approximately 867,744 rentable square feet; and
	•	Three retail shopping centers ("Retail Properties"), which total approximately 110,552 rentable square feet.

The Company's model homes are leased on a triple-net basis to homebuilders located primarily in Texas and Florida. Our office, industrial and retail properties are located primarily in Colorado, with four properties located in North Dakota and two in Southern California. While geographical clustering of real estate enables us to reduce our operating costs through economies of scale by servicing a number of properties with less staff, it makes us susceptible to changing market conditions in these discrete geographic areas, including those that have developed as a result of COVID-19. We do not develop properties but acquire properties that are stabilized or that we anticipate will be stabilized within two or three years of acquisition. We consider a property to be stabilized once it has achieved an 80% occupancy rate for a full year as of January 1 of such year or has been operating for three years.

Most of our office and retail properties are leased to a variety of tenants ranging from small businesses to large public companies, many of which are not investment grade. We have in the past entered into, and intend in the future to enter into, purchase agreements for real estate having net leases that require the tenant to pay all of the operating expense (NNN leases) and/or pay increases in operating expenses over specific base years. Most of our office leases are for terms of 3 to 5 years with annual rental increases. Our model homes are typically leased back for 2 to 3 years to the home builder on a triple net lease. Under a triple net lease, the tenant is required to pay all operating, maintenance and insurance costs and real estate taxes with respect to the leased property.

We seek to diversify our portfolio by commercial real estate segments to reduce the adverse effect of a single under-performing segment, geographic market and/or tenant. We further supplement this at the tenant level through our credit review process, which varies by tenant class. For example, our commercial and industrial tenants tend to be corporations or individual owned businesses. In these cases, we typically obtain financial records, including financial statements and tax returns (depending on the circumstance), and run credit reports for any prospective tenant to support our decision to enter into a rental arrangement. We also typically obtain security deposits from these commercial tenants. Our model home commercial tenants are generally reputable homebuilders with established credit histories. These tenants are subjected to financial review and analysis prior to us entering into a sales-leaseback transaction. For more information on Presidio, please visit the Company website at http://www.presidiopt.com.

Definitions

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Funds from Operations ("FFO") - The Company evaluates performance based on Funds From Operations, which we refer to as FFO, as management believes that FFO represents the most accurate measure of activity and is the basis for distributions paid to equity holders. The Company defines FFO as net income or loss (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from sales of property, hedge ineffectiveness, acquisition costs of newly acquired properties that are not capitalized and lease acquisition costs that are not capitalized plus depreciation and amortization, including amortization of acquired above and below market lease intangibles and impairment charges on properties or investments in non-consolidated REITs, and after adjustments to exclude equity in income or losses from, and, to include the proportionate share of FFO from, non-consolidated REITs.

However, because FFO excludes depreciation and amortization as well as the changes in the value of the Company's properties that result from use or market conditions, each of which have real economic effects and could materially impact the Company's results from operations, the utility of FFO as a measure of the Company's performance is limited. In addition, other REITs may not calculate FFO in accordance with the NAREIT definition as the Company does, and, accordingly, the Company's FFO may not be comparable to other REITs' FFO. Accordingly, FFO should be considered only as a supplement to net income as a measure of the Company's performance.

Core Funds from Operations ("Core FFO") - We calculate Core FFO by using FFO as defined by NAREIT and adjusting for certain other non-core items. We also exclude from our Core FFO calculation acquisition costs, loss on early extinguishment of debt, changes in the fair value of the earn-out, changes in fair value of contingent consideration and the amortization of stock-based compensation.

We believe Core FFO provides a useful metric in comparing operations between reporting periods and in assessing the sustainability of our ongoing operating performance. Other equity REITs may calculate Core FFO differently or not at all, and, accordingly, the Company's Core FFO may not be comparable to such other REITs' Core FFO.

Same Store Net Operating Income ("Same Store NOI") - Same Store NOI is calculated as the net operating income attributable to the properties continuously owned and operated for the entirety of the reporting periods presented. The Company's definition of Same Store NOI excludes properties that were not stabilized during both of the applicable reporting periods. These exclusions may include, but are not limited to, acquisitions, dispositions and properties undergoing repositioning or significant renovations.

We believe Same Store NOI is an important measure of comparison because it allows for comparison of operating results of stabilized properties owned and operated for the entirety of both applicable periods and therefore eliminates variations caused by acquisitions, dispositions or repositioning during such periods. Other REITs may calculate Same Store NOI differently and our calculation should not be compared to that of other REITs.

Safe Harbor Disclosure
This press release contains statements that are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and other federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical, including statements regarding management's intentions, beliefs, expectations, representations, plans or predictions of the future, and are typically identified by such words as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate," "may," "will," "should" and "could." Because such statements include risks, uncertainties and contingencies, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon the Company's present expectations, but these statements are not guaranteed to occur. Furthermore, the Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, of new information, data or methods, future events or other changes. Investors should not place undue reliance upon forward-looking statements. For further discussion of the factors that could affect outcomes, please refer to the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2021 and the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on the date hereof, and in the Company's other documents filed with the SEC, copies of which are available on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov.

Contact Information
Presidio Property Trust, Inc.
Lowell Hartkorn, Investor Relations
+1-760-471-8536 x 1244
lhartkorn@presidiopt.com

Presidio Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

		March 31,				December 31,
		2021				2020
		(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Real estate assets and lease intangibles:
Land		$	17,851,741			$	18,827,000
Buildings and improvements			109,787,999				115,409,423
Tenant improvements			12,032,338				11,960,018
Lease intangibles			4,110,139				4,110,139
Real estate assets and lease intangibles held for investment, cost			143,782,217				150,306,580
Accumulated depreciation and amortization			(27,477,471	)			(26,551,789	)
Real estate assets and lease intangibles held for investment, net			116,304,746				123,754,791
Real estate assets held for sale, net			29,043,401				42,499,176
Real estate assets, net			145,348,147				166,253,967
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash			6,985,381				11,540,917
Deferred leasing costs, net			1,538,917				1,927,951
Goodwill			2,423,000				2,423,000
Other assets, net			2,846,561				3,422,781
TOTAL ASSETS		$	159,142,006			$	185,568,616
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Liabilities:
Mortgage notes payable, net		$	90,899,959			$	94,664,266
Mortgage notes payable related to properties held for sale, net			17,785,222				25,365,430
Mortgage notes payable, total net			108,685,181				120,029,696
Note payable, net			-				7,500,086
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities			3,881,486				5,126,199
Accrued real estate taxes			1,525,006				2,548,686
Lease liability, net			95,825				102,323
Below-market leases, net			120,008				139,045
Total liabilities			114,307,506				135,446,035
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
Equity:
Series A Common Stock, $0.01 par value, shares authorized: 100,000,000; 9,508,363 shares were both issued and outstanding at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively			95,038				95,038
Additional paid-in capital			156,463,146				156,463,146
Dividends and accumulated losses			(125,334,982	)			(121,674,505	)
Total stockholders' equity before noncontrolling interest			31,223,202				34,883,679
Noncontrolling interest			13,611,298				15,238,902
Total equity			44,834,500				50,122,581
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY		$	159,142,006			$	185,568,616

Presidio Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)

		For the Three Months Ended March 31,
		2021				2020
Revenues:
Rental income		$	5,477,223			$	6,785,685
Fees and other income			191,531				243,466
Total revenue			5,668,754				7,029,151
Costs and expenses:
Rental operating costs			1,838,923				2,381,092
General and administrative			1,537,265				1,351,345
Depreciation and amortization			1,428,934				1,574,526
Impairment of real estate assets			300,000				-
Total costs and expenses			5,105,122				5,306,963
Other income (expense):
Interest expense-mortgage notes			(1,305,021	)			(1,687,776	)
Interest expense - note payable			(279,373	)			(866,070	)
Interest and other income (expense), net			(32,785	)			(6,995	)
Loss on sales of real estate, net			(1,161,328	)			(9,835	)
Gain on extinguishment of government debt			10,000				-
Income tax expense			(50,199	)			(83,631	)
Total other income (expense), net			(2,818,706	)			(2,654,307	)
Net loss			(2,255,074	)			(932,119	)
Less: Income attributable to noncontrolling interests			(406,608	)			(175,011	)
Net loss attributable to Presidio Property Trust, Inc. common stockholders		$	(2,661,682	)		$	(1,107,130	)
Basic and diluted loss per common share		$	(0.28	)		$	(0.12	)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic and diluted			9,508,363				8,881,842

Presidio Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation of Net Income to FFO and Core FFO
(Unaudited)

		For the Three Months Ended March 31,
		2021				2020
Net loss attributable to Presidio Property Trust, Inc. common stockholders		$	(2,661,682	)		$	(1,107,130	)
Adjustments:
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests			406,608				175,011
Depreciation and amortization			1,428,934				1,574,526
Amortization of above and below market leases, net			(1,010	)			(29,924	)
Impairment of real estate assets			300,000				-
Loss on sale of real estate assets, net			1,161,328				9,835
FFO		$	634,178			$	622,318
Restricted stock compensation			301,547				157,371
Core FFO		$	935,725			$	779,689
Core FFO / Wgt Avg Share		$	0.098			$	0.088

Presidio Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Same Store Net Operating Income - Commercial Properties
(Unaudited)

		For the Three Months Ended March 31,								Variance
	2021						2020				$							%
Rental revenues		$	4,508,650			$	4,746,854			$	(238,204	)							(5.0	)%
Rental operating costs			1,834,421				1,995,530				(161,109	)							(8.1	)%
Same Store Net operating income		$	2,674,229			$	2,751,324			$	(77,095	)							(2.8	)%
Operating Ratios:
Number of same properties			13				13
Occupancy, end of period			82.4	%			86.4	%											(4.0	)%
Operating costs as a percentage of total revenues			40.7	%			42.0	%											(1.3	)%

SOURCE: Presidio Property Trust

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FAQ

What were the Q1 2021 financial results for SQFT?

Presidio Property Trust reported a net loss of $2.7 million, or $0.28 per share, with Core FFO at approximately $936,000.

How much rent did SQFT collect in Q1 2021?

The company collected 96% of its contractual base rent in the first quarter.

What major leases did SQFT sign in Q1 2021?

SQFT executed 15 new and renewal office leases, generating about $1.4 million in monthly rental revenue.

What was the revenue impact from property sales for SQFT?

SQFT experienced a revenue decrease of approximately $1.3 million due to the sale of four properties.

What dividend did SQFT declare for Q1 2021?

The board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.101 per share, payable on March 16, 2021.