Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Leasing Agreements

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Leasing Agreements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Leases [Abstract]  
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Lessor

As a lessor, substantially all of our revenues are earned from arrangements that are within the scope of ASC 842. We account for lease and non-lease components as a single component, which resulted in all of our revenues associated with leases being recorded as rental revenues in the consolidated statements of operations. For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 we recorded a straight-line rent adjustment of $2.2 million, $1.7 million and $1.9 million, respectively, as an increase to rental revenues in our consolidated statements of operations to record revenues from executory costs on a straight-line basis. In addition, direct internal leasing costs are capitalized; however, indirect internal leasing costs are expensed. We only capitalize the portion of these types of costs incurred that are a direct result of an executed lease.

As of December 31, 2023, we were the lessor to over 2,400 stores in our 32 consolidated centers, under operating leases with initial terms that expire from 2024 to 2039, with certain agreements containing extension options. We also have certain agreements which require tenants to pay their portion of reimbursable expenses such as common area expenses, utilities, insurance and real estate taxes.

For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, the components of rental revenues are as follows (in thousands):
2023 2022 2021
Rental revenues - fixed $ 343,433  $ 319,219  $ 298,095 
Rental revenues - variable (1)
95,456  102,200  109,671 
Rental revenues $ 438,889  $ 421,419  $ 407,766 
(1)Primarily includes rents based on a percentage of tenant sales volume and reimbursable expenses such as common area expenses, utilities, insurance and real estate taxes.

Future minimum lease receipts under non-cancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2023, excluding the effect of straight-line rent and variable rentals, are as follows (in thousands):
2024 $ 274,169 
2025 215,542 
2026 166,269 
2027 125,307 
2028 83,122 
Thereafter 208,304 
$ 1,072,713 

Lessee

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022 we have operating lease right-of-use assets $77.4 million and $78.6 million, respectively, and operating lease liabilities of $86.1 million, and $87.5 million, respectively. In 2021, we recorded an impairment charge of $7.0 million in our consolidated statement of operations which equaled the excess of the carrying value of our Foxwoods center over its estimated fair value of which $563,000 of the impairment charge was allocated to the right-of-use asset.

Our non-cancelable operating leases, with terms in excess of one year, have terms, including certain extension options, that expire from 2028 to 2101. Certain extension options, which are reasonably certain at inception, are used in the calculation of our operating lease right-of-use assets based on the economic life of the asset. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less (short-term leases) are not recorded on the balance sheet; we recognize lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The majority of our operating lease expense is related to ground leases at the following centers: Myrtle Beach Hwy 17, Atlantic City, Sevierville, Riverhead, Foxwoods and Rehoboth Beach and the lease of our corporate office in Greensboro, North Carolina.
For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, the components of lease costs are as follows (in thousands):
2023 2022 2021
Operating lease costs $ 5,493  $ 5,495  $ 5,511 
Short-term lease costs 1,221  1,330  1,465 
Variable lease costs (1)
738  948  276 
Total lease costs $ 7,452  $ 7,773  $ 7,252 
(1)Our variable lease costs relate to our ground leases where increases in payments are based on center financial performance.

The discount rate applied to measure each operating lease right-of-use asset and operating lease liability is based on our incremental borrowing rate (“IBR”). We consider the general economic environment and our credit rating and factor in various financing and asset specific adjustments to ensure the IBR is appropriate based on the intended use of the underlying lease. The lease term and discount rates are as follows:
2023
Weighted - average remaining lease term (years) 47.83
Weighted - average discount rate 5.0  %

Cash flow information related to leases for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 was as follows (in thousands):
December 31, 2023 December 31, 2022 December 31, 2021
Operating cash outflows related to operating leases $ 5,709  $ 5,669  $ 5,613 

Maturities of lease liabilities as of December 31, 2023 for the next five years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):
2024
$ 5,765 
2025
5,816 
2026
5,854 
2027
5,893 
2028
4,946 
Thereafter 204,366 
Total lease payments $ 232,640 
Less imputed interest 146,564 
Present value of lease liabilities $ 86,076