SEC Filing - CTO Realty Growth

Three Months Ended

March 31, 2024

March 31, 2023

Total Cost of Share-Based Plans Charged Against Income

View:

Download DOC

Download PDF

Download XLS

Download XBRL

Table of Contents

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 001-11350

CTO REALTY GROWTH, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Maryland		59-0483700
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification No.)

369 N. New York Avenue, Suite 201
Winter Park, Florida		32789
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(386) 274-2202

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class:	Trading Symbols	Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	CTO	NYSE
6.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share	CTO-PA	NYSE

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large Accelerated Filer	☐	Accelerated Filer	☒

Non-accelerated Filer	☐	Smaller Reporting Company	☐

		Emerging Growth Company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of April 25, 2024, there were 22,946,442 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding.

Table of Contents

INDEX


		Page
		No.
PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

Consolidated Balance Sheets – March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2023		3

Consolidated Statements of Operations – Three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 (Unaudited)		4

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income – Three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 (Unaudited)		5

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity – Three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 (Unaudited)		6

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 (Unaudited)		7

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)		9

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		36

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		46

Item 4. Controls and Procedures		46

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION		46

Item 1. Legal Proceedings		46

Item 1A. Risk Factors		46

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds		47

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities		47

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures		47

Item 5. Other Information		47

Item 6. Exhibits		48

SIGNATURES		49

Table of Contents

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CTO REALTY GROWTH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)


	As of
	(Unaudited)
	March 31, 2024		December 31, 2023
ASSETS
Real Estate:
Land, at Cost	$	234,681	$	222,232
Building and Improvements, at Cost		599,901		559,389
Other Furnishings and Equipment, at Cost		865		857
Construction in Process, at Cost		3,320		3,997
Total Real Estate, at Cost		838,767		786,475
Less, Accumulated Depreciation		(56,810)		(52,012)
Real Estate—Net		781,957		734,463
Land and Development Costs		358		731
Intangible Lease Assets—Net		101,039		97,109
Investment in Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc.		35,643		39,445
Mitigation Credits		536		1,044
Commercial Loans and Investments		66,552		61,849
Cash and Cash Equivalents		6,760		10,214
Restricted Cash		8,057		7,605
Refundable Income Taxes		27		246
Deferred Income Taxes—Net		2,190		2,009
Other Assets—See Note 11		37,964		34,953
Total Assets	$	1,041,083	$	989,668
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Liabilities:
Accounts Payable	$	2,638	$	2,758
Accrued and Other Liabilities—See Note 17		14,541		18,373
Deferred Revenue—See Note 18		5,290		5,200
Intangible Lease Liabilities—Net		14,353		10,441
Long-Term Debt		542,020		495,370
Total Liabilities		578,842		532,142
Commitments and Contingencies—See Note 21
Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred Stock – 100,000,000 shares authorized; $0.01 par value, 6.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $25.00 Per Share Liquidation Preference, 2,978,808 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023		30		30
Common Stock – 500,000,000 shares authorized; $0.01 par value, 22,909,058 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2024 and 22,643,034 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2023		229		226
Additional Paid-In Capital		169,924		168,435
Retained Earnings		277,654		281,944
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		14,404		6,891
Total Stockholders’ Equity		462,241		457,526
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity	$	1,041,083	$	989,668

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

Table of Contents

CTO REALTY GROWTH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except share and per share data)


	Three Months Ended
	March 31,		March 31,
	2024		2023
Revenues
Income Properties	$	24,623	$	22,432
Management Fee Income		1,105		1,098
Interest Income From Commercial Loans and Investments		1,351		795
Real Estate Operations		1,048		392
Total Revenues		28,127		24,717
Direct Cost of Revenues
Income Properties		(6,753)		(7,153)
Real Estate Operations		(819)		(85)
Total Direct Cost of Revenues		(7,572)		(7,238)
General and Administrative Expenses		(4,216)		(3,727)
Provision for Impairment		(48)		(479)
Depreciation and Amortization		(10,931)		(10,316)
Total Operating Expenses		(22,767)		(21,760)
Gain on Disposition of Assets		9,163		—
Other Gain		9,163		—
Total Operating Income		14,523		2,957
Investment and Other Loss		(3,259)		(4,291)
Interest Expense		(5,529)		(4,632)
Income Before Income Tax Benefit (Expense)		5,735		(5,966)
Income Tax Benefit (Expense)		107		(27)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to the Company		5,842		(5,993)
Distributions to Preferred Stockholders		(1,187)		(1,195)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Stockholders	$	4,655	$	(7,188)

Per Share Information—See Note 13:
Basic Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Stockholders	$	0.21	$	(0.32)
Diluted Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Stockholders	$	0.20	$	(0.32)

Weighted Average Number of Common Shares
Basic		22,551,241		22,704,829
Diluted		26,057,652		22,704,829

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

Table of Contents

CTO REALTY GROWTH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited, in thousands)


	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2024		March 31, 2023
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to the Company	$	5,842	$	(5,993)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss):
Cash Flow Hedging Derivative - Interest Rate Swaps		7,513		(4,891)
Total Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)		7,513		(4,891)
Total Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	13,355	$	(10,884)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

Table of Contents

CTO REALTY GROWTH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited, in thousands)

For the three months ended March 31, 2024:


	Preferred Stock		Common Stock		Additional Paid-In Capital		Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Stockholders' Equity
Balance January 1, 2024	$	30	$	226	$	168,435	$	281,944	$	6,891	$	457,526
Net Income Attributable to the Company		—		—		—		5,842		—		5,842
Stock Repurchase		—		—		(664)		—		—		(664)
Vested Restricted Stock and Performance Shares		—		1		(1,275)		—		—		(1,274)
Exercise of Stock Options and Stock Issuance to Directors		—		—		380		—		—		380
Stock Issuance, Net of Equity Issuance Costs		—		2		2,062		—		—		2,064
Stock-Based Compensation Expense		—		—		986		—		—		986
Preferred Stock Dividends Declared for the Period		—		—		—		(1,187)		—		(1,187)
Common Stock Dividends Declared for the Period		—		—		—		(8,945)		—		(8,945)
Other Comprehensive Income		—		—		—		—		7,513		7,513
Balance March 31, 2024	$	30	$	229	$	169,924	$	277,654	$	14,404	$	462,241

For the three months ended March 31, 2023:


	Preferred Stock		Common Stock		Additional Paid-In Capital		Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income		Stockholders' Equity
Balance January 1, 2023	$	30	$	229	$	172,471	$	316,279	$	15,761	$	504,770
Net Loss Attributable to the Company		—		—		—		(5,993)		—		(5,993)
Stock Repurchase		—		(3)		(5,006)		—		—		(5,009)
Vested Restricted Stock and Performance Shares		—		1		(1,029)		—		—		(1,028)
Exercise of Stock Options and Stock Issuance to Directors		—		—		241		—		—		241
Stock Issuance, Net of Equity Issuance Costs		—		—		(71)		—		—		(71)
Stock-Based Compensation Expense		—		—		830		—		—		830
Preferred Stock Dividends Declared for the Period		—		—		—		(1,195)		—		(1,195)
Common Stock Dividends Declared for the Period		—		—		—		(9,025)		—		(9,025)
Other Comprehensive Loss		—		—		—		—		(4,891)		(4,891)
Balance March 31, 2023	$	30	$	227	$	167,436	$	300,066	$	10,870	$	478,629

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

Table of Contents

CTO REALTY GROWTH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited, in thousands)


	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2024		March 31, 2023
Cash Flow from Operating Activities:
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to the Company	$	5,842	$	(5,993)
Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income (Loss) Attributable to the Company to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:
Depreciation and Amortization		10,931		10,316
Amortization of Intangible Liabilities to Income Property Revenue		474		679
Amortization of Deferred Financing Costs to Interest Expense		256		241
Amortization of Discount on Convertible Debt		40		39
Gain on Disposition of Real Estate and Intangible Lease Assets and Liabilities		(4,618)		—
Gain on Disposition of Subsurface Interests		(4,545)		—
Provision for Impairment		48		479
Accretion of Commercial Loans and Investments Origination Fees		(33)		(28)
Non-Cash Imputed Interest		(7)		—
Deferred Income Taxes		(181)		27
Unrealized Loss on Investment Securities		4,657		4,918
Non-Cash Compensation		1,387		1,072
Decrease (Increase) in Assets:
Refundable Income Taxes		219		—
Land and Development Costs		(54)		2
Mitigation Credits and Mitigation Credit Rights		508		55
Other Assets		(1,888)		(1,748)
Increase (Decrease) in Liabilities:
Accounts Payable		(120)		226
Accrued and Other Liabilities		(1,249)		(1,787)
Deferred Revenue		90		829
Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities		11,757		9,327
Cash Flow from Investing Activities:
Acquisition of Real Estate and Intangible Lease Assets and Liabilities, Including Capitalized Expenditures		(73,412)		(7,798)
Acquisition of Commercial Loans and Investments		(6,575)		(16,061)
Proceeds from Disposition of Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net		19,527		—
Proceeds from Disposition of Subsurface Interests		4,974		—
Principal Payments Received on Commercial Loans and Investments		1,857		400
Acquisition of Investment Securities		—		(2,100)
Proceeds from the Sale of Investment Securities		1,655		—
Net Cash Used In Investing Activities		(51,974)		(25,559)
Cash Flow From Financing Activities:
Proceeds from Long-Term Debt		56,000		39,000
Payments on Long-Term Debt		(9,500)		(19,600)
Cash Paid for Loan Fees		(3)		(30)
Cash Received Exercise of Stock Options and Common Stock Issuance		380		241
Cash Used to Purchase Common Stock		(664)		(5,009)
Cash Paid for Vesting of Restricted Stock		(1,274)		(1,028)
Proceeds from (Cash Paid for) Issuance of Common Stock, Net		2,064		(71)
Dividends Paid - Preferred Stock		(1,187)		(1,195)
Dividends Paid - Common Stock		(8,601)		(8,658)
Net Cash Provided By Financing Activities		37,215		3,650
Net Decrease in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash		(3,002)		(12,582)
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash, Beginning of Period		17,819		21,194
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash, End of Period	$	14,817	$	8,612

Reconciliation of Cash to the Consolidated Balance Sheets:
Cash and Cash Equivalents	$	6,760	$	7,023
Restricted Cash		8,057		1,589
Total Cash	$	14,817	$	8,612

Table of Contents

CTO REALTY GROWTH, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)

(Unaudited, in thousands)


	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2024		March 31, 2023
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:
Cash Paid for Taxes, Net of Refunds Received	$	193	$	—
Cash Paid for Interest ⁽¹⁾	$	(4,751)	$	(4,268)

Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Cash Flow Hedges	$	7,513	$	(4,891)
Common Stock Dividends Declared and Unpaid	$	344	$	367

⁽¹⁾	^{Includes capitalized interest of}^$0.1^million^{during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.}

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

Table of Contents

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

We are a publicly traded, self-managed equity REIT that focuses on the ownership, management, and repositioning of high-quality retail and mixed-use properties located primarily in what we believe to be faster growing, business-friendly markets exhibiting accommodative business tax policies, outsized relative job and population growth, and where retail demand exceeds supply. We have pursued our investment strategy by investing primarily through fee simple ownership of our properties, commercial loans and preferred equity.

As of March 31, 2024, we own and manage, sometimes utilizing third-party property management companies, 20 commercial real estate properties in 8 states in the United States, comprising 3.9 million square feet of gross leasable space. In addition to our income property portfolio, as of March 31, 2024, our business included the following:

Management Services: A fee-based management business that is engaged in managing Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (“PINE”) as well as; (i) a portfolio of assets pursuant to the Portfolio Management Agreement (hereinafter defined) and (ii) Subsurface Interests (hereinafter defined) pursuant to the Subsurface Management Agreement (hereinafter defined), as further described in Note 5, “Management Services Business”.

Commercial Loans and Investments: A portfolio of four commercial loan investments and one preferred equity investment which is classified as a commercial loan investment.

Real Estate Operations: An inventory of mitigation credits produced by the Company’s formerly owned mitigation bank. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company sold its portfolio of subsurface mineral interests associated with approximately 352,000 surface acres in 19 counties in the State of Florida (“Subsurface Interests”), as further described in Note 6, “Real Estate Operations”. As part of the Subsurface Interests sale, the Company entered into a management agreement with the buyer to provide ongoing management services (the “Subsurface Management Agreement”).

Our business also includes our investment in PINE. As of March 31, 2024, the fair value of our investment totaled $35.6 million, or 15.7% of PINE’s outstanding equity, including the units of limited partnership interest (“OP Units”) we hold in Alpine Income Property OP, LP (the “PINE Operating Partnership”), which are redeemable for cash, based upon the value of an equivalent number of shares of PINE common stock at the time of the redemption, or shares of PINE common stock on a one-for-one basis, at PINE’s election. Our investment in PINE generates investment income through the dividends distributed by PINE. In addition to the dividends we receive from PINE, our investment in PINE may benefit from any appreciation in PINE’s stock price, although no assurances can be provided that such appreciation will occur, the amount by which our investment will increase in value, or the timing thereof. Any dividends received from PINE are included in investment and other income (loss) on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Interim Financial Information

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. These unaudited consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for complete financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, which provides a more complete understanding of the Company’s accounting policies, financial position, operating results, business, properties, and other matters. The unaudited consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company and the results of operations for the interim periods.

The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2024.

Table of Contents

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly owned subsidiaries, and other entities in which we have a controlling interest. Any real estate entities or properties included in the consolidated financial statements have been consolidated only for the periods that such entities or properties were owned or under control by us. All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements. As of March 31, 2024, the Company has an equity investment in PINE.

Segment Reporting

ASC Topic 280, Segment Reporting, establishes standards related to the manner in which enterprises report operating segment information. The Company operates in four primary business segments including income properties, management services, commercial loans and investments, and real estate operations, as further discussed within Note 22, “Business Segment Data”. The Company has no other reportable segments. The Company’s chief executive officer, who is the chief operating decision maker, reviews financial information on a disaggregated basis for purposes of allocating and evaluating financial performance.

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Among other factors, fluctuating market conditions that can exist in the national real estate markets and the volatility and uncertainty in the financial and credit markets make it possible that the estimates and assumptions, most notably those related to the Company’s investments in income properties, could change materially due to continued volatility in the real estate and financial markets, or as a result of a significant dislocation in those markets.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand, bank demand accounts, and money market accounts having original maturities of 90 days or less. The Company’s bank balances as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 include certain amounts over the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation limits.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash totaled $8.1 million at March 31, 2024, of which $6.6 million is being held in an escrow account to be reinvested through the like-kind exchange structure into other income properties, and $1.5 million is being held in three interest and/or real estate tax reserve accounts related to the Company’s commercial loans and investments.

Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activity

The Company accounts for its cash flow hedging derivatives in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 815-20, Derivatives and Hedging. Depending upon the hedge’s value at each balance sheet date, the derivatives are included in either other assets or accrued and other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet at their fair value. On the date each interest rate swap was entered into, the Company designated the derivatives as a hedge of the variability of cash flows to be paid related to the recognized long-term debt liabilities.

The Company documented the relationship between the hedging instruments and the hedged item, as well as its risk-management objective and strategy for undertaking the hedge transactions. At the hedges’ inception, the Company assessed whether the derivatives that are used in hedging the transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows of the hedged items, and we will continue to do so on a quarterly basis.

Changes in fair value of the hedging instruments that are highly effective and designated and qualified as cash-flow hedges are recorded in other comprehensive income and loss, until earnings are affected by the variability in cash flows of the designated hedged items (see Note 16, “Interest Rate Swaps”).

Table of Contents

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities including cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued and other liabilities at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments. The carrying value of the Company’s Credit Facility (hereinafter defined) as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, approximates current market rates for revolving credit arrangements with similar risks and maturities. The face value of the Company’s fixed rate commercial loans and investments, the 2026 Term Loan (hereinafter defined), the 2027 Term Loan (hereinafter defined), the 2028 Term Loan (hereinafter defined), mortgage note, and convertible debt held as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are measured at fair value based on current market rates for financial instruments with similar risks and maturities (see Note 8, “Fair Value of Financial Instruments”).

Fair Value Measurements

The Company’s estimates of fair value of financial and non-financial assets and liabilities is based on the framework established by U.S. GAAP. The framework specifies a hierarchy of valuation inputs which was established to increase consistency, clarity and comparability in fair value measurements and related disclosures. U.S. GAAP describes a fair value hierarchy based upon three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value, two of which are considered observable and one that is considered unobservable. The following describes the three levels:

●

Level 1 – Valuation is based upon quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

●

Level 2 – Valuation is based upon inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

●

Level 3 – Valuation is generated from model-based techniques that use at least one significant assumption not observable in the market. These unobservable assumptions reflect estimates of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Valuation techniques include option pricing models, discounted cash flow models and similar techniques.

Recognition of Interest Income from Commercial Loans and Investments

Interest income on commercial loans and investments includes interest payments made by the borrower and the accretion of purchase discounts and loan origination fees, offset by the amortization of loan costs. Interest payments are accrued based on the actual coupon rate and the outstanding principal balance and purchase discounts and loan origination fees are accreted into income using the effective yield method, adjusted for prepayments.

Mitigation Credits

Mitigation credits are stated at historical cost. As these assets are sold, the related revenues and cost of sales are reported as revenues from, and direct costs of, real estate operations, respectively, in the consolidated statements of operations.

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable related to income properties, which are classified in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets, primarily consist of accrued tenant reimbursable expenses and other tenant receivables. Receivables related to income property tenants totaled $4.6 million as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.

Accounts receivable related to real estate operations, which are classified in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets, totaled $0.6 million as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The accounts receivable as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are primarily related to the reimbursement of certain infrastructure costs completed by the Company in conjunction with two land sale transactions that closed during the fourth quarter of 2015 as more fully described in Note 11, “Other Assets.”

The amount due from the buyer of the golf operations for the rounds surcharge the Company paid to the City of Daytona Beach, totaled $0.1 million as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.

Table of Contents

The collectability of the aforementioned receivables shall be considered and adjusted through an allowance for doubtful accounts which is included in income property revenue on the consolidated statements of operations. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts totaled $1.7 million.

Purchase Accounting for Acquisitions of Real Estate Subject to a Lease

Investments in real estate are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses, if any. The cost of investments in real estate reflects their purchase price or development cost. We evaluate each acquisition transaction to determine whether the acquired asset meets the definition of a business. Under ASU 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business, an acquisition does not qualify as a business when there is no substantive process acquired or substantially all of the fair value is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or group of similar identifiable assets or the acquisition does not include a substantive process in the form of an acquired workforce or an acquired contract that cannot be replaced without significant cost, effort or delay. Transaction costs related to acquisitions that are asset acquisitions are capitalized as part of the cost basis of the acquired assets, while transaction costs for acquisitions that are deemed to be acquisitions of a business are expensed as incurred. Improvements and replacements are capitalized when they extend the useful life or improve the productive capacity of the asset. Costs of repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred.

In accordance with FASB guidance, the fair value of the real estate acquired with in-place leases is allocated to the acquired tangible assets, consisting of land, building and tenant improvements, and identified intangible assets and liabilities, consisting of the value of above-market and below-market leases, the value of in-place leases, and the value of leasing costs, based in each case on their relative fair values. In allocating the fair value of the identified intangible assets and liabilities of an acquired property, above-market and below-market in-place lease values are recorded as other assets or liabilities based on the present value. The capitalized above-market lease values are amortized as a reduction of rental income over the remaining terms of the respective leases. The capitalized below-market lease values are amortized as an increase to rental income over the initial term unless management believes that it is likely that the tenant will renew the lease upon expiration, in which case the Company amortizes the value attributable to the renewal over the renewal period. The value of in-place leases and leasing costs are amortized to expense over the remaining non-cancelable periods of the respective leases. If a lease were to be terminated prior to its stated expiration, all unamortized amounts relating to that lease would be written off.

The Company incurs costs related to the development and leasing of its properties. Such costs include, but are not limited to, tenant improvements, leasing commissions, rebranding, facility expansion and other capital improvements, and are included in construction in progress during the development period. When a construction project is considered to be substantially complete, the capitalized costs are reclassified to the appropriate real estate asset and depreciation begins. The Company assesses the level of construction activity to determine the amount, if any, of interest expense to be capitalized to the underlying construction projects.

Sales of Real Estate

When income properties are disposed of, the related cost basis of the real estate, intangible lease assets, and intangible lease liabilities, net of accumulated depreciation and/or amortization, and any accrued straight-line rental income balance for the underlying operating leases are removed, and gains or losses from the dispositions are reflected in net income within gain (loss) on disposition of assets. In accordance with the FASB guidance, gains or losses on sales of real estate are generally recognized using the full accrual method.

Gains and losses on land sales, in addition to the sale of Subsurface Interests and mitigation credits, are accounted for as required by FASB ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The Company recognizes revenue from such sales when the Company transfers the promised goods in the contract based on the transaction price allocated to the performance obligations within the contract. As market information becomes available, the underlying cost basis is analyzed and recorded at the lower of cost or market.

Income Taxes

The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2020. The Company believes that, commencing with such taxable year, it has been organized and has operated in such a manner as to qualify for taxation

Table of Contents

as a REIT under the U.S. federal income tax laws. The Company intends to continue to operate in such a manner. As a REIT, the Company will be subject to U.S. federal and state income taxation at corporate rates on its net taxable income; the Company, however, may claim a deduction for the amount of dividends paid to its stockholders. Amounts distributed as dividends by the Company will be subject to taxation at the stockholder level only. While the Company must distribute at least 90% of its REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and excluding any net capital gain, to qualify as a REIT, the Company intends to distribute all of its net taxable income. The Company is allowed certain other non-cash deductions or adjustments, such as depreciation expense, when computing its REIT taxable income and distribution requirement. These deductions permit the Company to reduce its dividend payout requirement under U.S. federal income tax laws. Certain states may impose minimum franchise taxes. To comply with certain REIT requirements, the Company holds certain of its non-REIT assets and operations through TRSs and subsidiaries of TRSs, which are subject to applicable U.S. federal, state and local corporate income tax on their taxable income. For the taxable year ended December 31, 2023, the Company held a total of two TRSs, each subject to taxation and the separate filing of its corporate income tax returns. As of January 1, 2024, the Company consolidated its TRSs into one TRS subject to taxation and the filing of a single corporate income tax return.

The Company uses the asset and liability method to account for income taxes for the Company’s TRS. Deferred income taxes result primarily from the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes (see Note 20, “Income Taxes”). In June 2006, the FASB issued additional guidance, which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in a company’s financial statements included in income taxes. The interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The interpretation also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, and disclosure and transition. In accordance with FASB guidance included in income taxes, the Company has analyzed its various federal and state filing positions and believes that its income tax filing positions and deductions are well documented and supported. Additionally, the Company believes that its accruals for tax liabilities are adequate. Therefore, no reserves for uncertain income tax positions have been recorded pursuant to the FASB guidance.

NOTE 3. INCOME PROPERTIES

Leasing revenue consists of long-term rental revenue from retail, office, and commercial income properties, which is recognized as earned, using the straight-line method over the life of each lease. Lease payments below include straight-line base rental revenue as well as the non-cash accretion of above and below market lease amortization. The variable lease payments are comprised of percentage rent and reimbursements from tenants for common area maintenance, insurance, real estate taxes, and other operating expenses.

The components of leasing revenue are as follows (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2024		March 31, 2023
Leasing Revenue
Lease Payments	$	18,501	$	18,038
Variable Lease Payments		6,122		4,394
Total Leasing Revenue	$	24,623	$	22,432

Table of Contents

Minimum future base rental receipts under non-cancelable operating leases, excluding percentage rent and other lease payments that are not fixed and determinable, having remaining terms in excess of one year subsequent to March 31, 2024, are summarized as follows (in thousands):


Year Ending December 31,	Amounts
Remainder of 2024	$	59,154
2025		74,369
2026		66,574
2027		55,666
2028		43,931
2029		30,874
2030 and Thereafter (Cumulative)		86,442
Total	$	417,010

2024 Acquisitions. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company acquired one multi-tenant income property and one building within an existing multi-tenant income property for an aggregate purchase price of $71.0 million, or a total acquisition cost of $71.1 million, as follows:

●

The Marketplace at Seminole Towne Center, a multi-tenant income property located in Sanford, Florida, for a purchase price of $68.7 million, or a total acquisition cost of $68.8 million including capitalized acquisition costs. The Marketplace at Seminole Towne Center comprises 315,066 square feet, was 98% occupied at acquisition, and had a weighted average remaining lease term of 4.7 years at acquisition.

●

One property, totaling 4,000 square feet, within the 28,100 square foot retail portion of Phase II of The Exchange at Gwinnett located in Buford, Georgia for an aggregate purchase price of $2.3 million including capitalized acquisition costs. The weighted average remaining lease term at acquisition is 10.0 years. As a result of this acquisition, the Company has acquired the entire retail portion of Phase II of the Exchange at Gwinnett. The Company previously purchased the Sprouts-anchored Phase I portion of The Exchange at Gwinnett in December 2021.

Of the aggregate $71.1 million total acquisition cost, $12.9 million was allocated to land, $52.0 million was allocated to buildings and improvements, and $11.2 million was allocated to intangible assets pertaining to the in-place lease value, leasing costs, and above market lease value and $5.0 million was allocated to intangible liabilities for the below market lease value. The amortization period for the intangible assets and liabilities was 4.9 years at acquisition.

2024 Dispositions. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company sold one mixed use income property in downtown Santa Fe, NM for $20.0 million resulting in a gain of $4.6 million.

2023 Acquisitions. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company acquired one 6,000 square foot property within the 28,100 square foot retail portion of Phase II of The Exchange at Gwinnett located in Buford, Georgia for a purchase price of $3.3 million. The 6,000 square foot building is leased to one tenant with 9.8 years remaining on the lease at acquisition.

2023 Dispositions. There were no income property dispositions during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

NOTE 4. COMMERCIAL LOANS AND INVESTMENTS

Our investments in commercial loans or similarly structured investments, such as preferred equity, mezzanine loans or other subordinated debt, have been and are expected to continue to be secured by real estate or the borrower’s pledge of its ownership interest in the entity that owns the real estate. The investments are associated with commercial real estate located in the United States and its territories, and are current or performing with either a fixed or floating rate. Some of these loans may be syndicated in either a pari-passu or senior/subordinated structure. Commercial first mortgage loans generally provide for a higher recovery rate due to their senior position in the underlying collateral. Commercial mezzanine loans are typically secured by a pledge of the borrower’s equity ownership in the underlying commercial real estate. Unlike a mortgage, a mezzanine loan is not secured by a lien on the property. An investor’s rights in a mezzanine loan are usually governed by an intercreditor agreement that provides holders with the rights to cure defaults and exercise control on certain decisions of any senior debt secured by the same commercial property.

Table of Contents

2024 Activity. On March 26, 2024, the Company originated a construction loan secured by the property and improvements to be constructed thereon consisting of seven outparcel locations, known as the Hypoluxo Project, located in Lake Worth, Florida for $10.0 million. The construction loan matures on September 26, 2025, bears a fixed interest rate of 11.0%, and requires interest only payments prior to maturity. Funding of the loan will occur as the borrower completes the underlying construction. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had funded $6.7 million to the borrower, leaving a remaining commitment of $3.3 million to the borrower.

On February 2, 2024, the borrower under the construction loan originated in January 2022 and secured by the property and improvements constructed thereon for the second phase of The Exchange at Gwinnett project located in Buford, Georgia repaid the principal balance of $1.9 million, leaving no remaining balance outstanding as of March 31, 2024. There is no remaining commitment to the borrower as of March 31, 2024.

2023 Activity. On February 21, 2023, the borrower of the mortgage note secured by the 4311 Maple Avenue property located in Dallas, Texas repaid the principal balance of $0.4 million, leaving no remaining balance outstanding as of March 31, 2023.

On March 1, 2023, the Company originated a $15.0 million first mortgage loan secured by the Founders Square property located in Dallas, Texas. The loan is interest-only with a term of three years with a fixed interest rate of 8.75%. The Company received an origination fee of 1.0% or $0.15 million.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company funded $1.2 million to the borrower under the construction loan originated in January 2022 and secured by the property and improvements to be constructed thereon for the second phase of The Exchange at Gwinnett project located in Buford, Georgia. As of March 31, 2023, the remaining commitment to the borrower was $4.3 million.

On December 20, 2023, simultaneous with the sale of the property, the Company originated a $15.4 million first mortgage loan secured by the Sabal Pavilion property located in Tampa, Florida. The loan is interest-only with a term of six months with a fixed interest rate of 7.50%. Subsequent to March 31, 2024, the borrower repaid the mortgage loan at a $0.2 million discount, for proceeds to the Company of $15.2 million.

Watters Creek Investment. On April 7, 2022, the Company entered into a preferred equity agreement to provide $30.0 million of funding towards the total investment in Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm, a grocery-anchored, mixed-use property located in Allen, Texas (the “Watters Creek Investment”). The Watters Creek Investment matures on April 6, 2025, has two one-year extension options, bears a fixed interest rate of 8.50% at the time of acquisition with increases during the initial term as well as the option terms, and requires payments of interest only prior to maturity. At closing, an origination fee of $0.15 million was received by the Company. The Watters Creek Investment represents $30.0 million, or approximately 23%, of funding towards the total investment in Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm, a grocery-anchored, mixed-use property located in Allen, Texas (the “Watters Creek Property”). The remaining funding is comprised of a combination of third-party sponsorship equity and a secured first mortgage.

The Company’s variable interest in the entity underlying the Watters Creek Investment is primarily due to the inherent credit risk associated with the $30.0 million fixed-return preferred investment. The day-to-day operations, including asset management and leasing, of the Watters Creek Property are managed by an unrelated third-party. Pursuant to FASB ASC Topic 810, Consolidation, the Company determined we are not the primary beneficiary of the entity underlying the Watters Creek Investment; accordingly, the entity was not consolidated. The investment was recorded in the consolidated balance sheets as a commercial loan investment at the time of acquisition. The significant factors related to this determination included, but were not limited to, the Company not having the power to direct the activities of the entity underlying the Watters Creek Investment due to (i) the day-to-day operations being managed by an unrelated third-party and (ii) the Company’s position as minority lender with fixed returns and maturity dates for the repayment of the $30.0 million preferred investment.

Table of Contents

The Company’s commercial loans and investments were comprised of the following at March 31, 2024 (in thousands):


Description	Date of Investment	Maturity Date	Original Face Amount		Current Face Amount		Carrying Value		Coupon Rate
Preferred Investment – Watters Creek – Allen, TX	April 2022	April 2025	$	30,000	$	30,000	$	29,949	8.75%
Mortgage Note – Founders Square – Dallas, TX	March 2023	March 2026		15,000		15,000		14,904	8.75%
Promissory Note – Main Street – Daytona Beach, FL	June 2023	May 2033		400		400		400	7.00%
Mortgage Note – Sabal Pavilion – Tampa, FL	December 2023	June 2024		15,400		15,400		15,397	7.50%
Construction Loan - Hypoluxo - Lake Worth, FL	March 2024	September 2025		10,000		6,675		6,577	11.00%
			$	70,800	$	67,475	$	67,227
CECL Reserve								(675)
Total Commercial Loans and Investments							$	66,552

The Company’s commercial loans and investments were comprised of the following at December 31, 2023 (in thousands):


Description	Date of Investment	Maturity Date	Original Face Amount		Current Face Amount		Carrying Value		Coupon Rate
Construction Loan – The Exchange At Gwinnett – Buford, GA	January 2022	January 2024	$	8,700	$	1,857	$	1,854	7.25%
Preferred Investment – Watters Creek – Allen, TX	April 2022	April 2025		30,000		30,000		29,937	8.75%
Mortgage Note – Founders Square – Dallas, TX	March 2023	March 2026		15,000		15,000		14,892	8.75%
Promissory Note – Main Street – Daytona Beach, FL	June 2023	May 2033		400		400		400	7.00%
Mortgage Note – Sabal Pavilion – Tampa, FL	December 2023	June 2024		15,400		15,400		15,393	7.50%
			$	69,500	$	62,657	$	62,476
CECL Reserve								(627)
Total Commercial Loans and Investments							$	61,849

The carrying value of the commercial loans and investments portfolio at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 consisted of the following (in thousands):


	As of
	March 31, 2024		December 31, 2023
Current Face Amount	$	67,475	$	62,657
Unaccreted Origination Fees		(248)		(181)
CECL Reserve		(675)		(627)
Total Commercial Loans and Investments	$	66,552	$	61,849

NOTE 5. MANAGEMENT SERVICES BUSINESS

The Company’s management fee income is within the scope of FASB ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Management fee income is recognized as revenue over time, over the period the services are performed.

Alpine Income Property Trust. Pursuant to the Company’s management agreement with PINE, the Company generates a base management fee equal to 0.375% per quarter of PINE’s total equity (as defined in the management agreement and based on a 1.5% annual rate), calculated and payable in cash, quarterly in arrears. The Company also has an opportunity to achieve additional cash flows as manager of PINE pursuant to an annual incentive fee based on PINE’s total stockholder return exceeding an 8% cumulative annual hurdle rate (the “Outperformance Amount”) subject to a high-water mark price. PINE would pay the Company an incentive fee with respect to each annual measurement period in an amount equal to the greater of (i) $0.00 and (ii) the product of (a) 15% multiplied by (b) the Outperformance Amount multiplied by (c) the weighted average shares. No incentive fee was earned for the year ended December 31, 2023.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company earned management fee revenue from PINE totaling $1.0 million and $1.1 million, respectively. Dividend income for each of the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 totaled $0.6 million. Management fee revenue from PINE, included in management services, and dividend income, included in investment and other income (loss), are reflected in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Table of Contents

The following table represents amounts due from PINE as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 which are included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):


	As of
Description	March 31, 2024		December 31, 2023
Management Services Fee due From PINE	$	1,046	$	1,062
Dividend Receivable		337		337
Other		12		(4)
Total	$	1,395	$	1,395

On November 26, 2019, as part of PINE’s IPO, the Company sold PINE 15 properties for aggregate cash consideration of $125.9 million. In connection with the IPO, the Company contributed to the PINE Operating Partnership five properties in exchange for an aggregate of 1,223,854 OP Units, which had an initial value of $23.3 million. Additionally, on November 26, 2019, the Company purchased 394,737 shares of PINE common stock for a total purchase price of $7.5 million in a private placement and 421,053 shares of PINE common stock in the IPO for a total purchase price of $8.0 million.

On October 26, 2021, the Board authorized the purchase by the Company of up to $5.0 million in shares of common stock of PINE (the “Prior PINE Share Purchase Authorization”). Pursuant to the Prior PINE Share Purchase Authorization, during the year ended December 31, 2022, CTO purchased 155,665 shares of PINE common stock in the open market for $2.7 million, or an average price per share of $17.57. Pursuant to the Prior PINE Share Purchase Authorization, during the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company purchased 8,088 shares of PINE common stock on the open market for a total of $0.1 million, or an average price of $17.65 per share.

On February 16, 2023, the Board cancelled the Prior PINE Share Purchase Authorization and authorized the purchase by the Company of up to $2.1 million in shares of common stock of PINE (the “February 2023 PINE Share Purchase Authorization”). Pursuant to the February 2023 PINE Share Purchase Authorization, during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company purchased 129,271 shares of PINE common stock on the open market for a total of $2.1 million, or an average price of $16.21 per share, which completed the February 2023 PINE Share Purchase Authorization.

On December 12, 2023, the Board authorized the purchase by the Company of up to $2.0 million in shares of common stock of PINE (the “December 2023 PINE Share Purchase Authorization”). No purchases of PINE common stock were made pursuant to the December 2023 PINE Share Purchase Authorization during the three months ended December 31, 2023 or the three months ended March 31, 2024.

As of March 31, 2024, CTO owns, in the aggregate, 1,223,854 OP Units and 1,108,814 shares of PINE common stock, representing an investment totaling $35.6 million, or 15.7% of PINE’s outstanding equity.

Portfolio Management Agreement. On December 4, 2023, the Company entered into an asset management agreement with a third party to manage a portfolio of multi-tenant and single-tenant assets (the “Portfolio Management Agreement”). Although the Company has no direct relationship with the third party, PINE is a lender to the third-party pursuant to a mortgage note originated by PINE which is secured by the portfolio. The Company is expected to receive asset management fees, disposition management fees, leasing commissions, and other fees related to the Company’s management and administration of the portfolio pursuant to the Portfolio Management Agreement. The Company also entered into a revenue sharing agreement with PINE whereby PINE will receive the portion of fees earned by the Company under the Portfolio Management Agreement which are attributable to the single tenant properties within the portfolio. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recognized less than $0.1 million of revenue pursuant to the Portfolio Management Agreement, which is included in management fee income on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.

Asset Management Agreement. On February 16, 2024, the Company entered into the Subsurface Management Agreement with a third party in conjunction with the sale of the Company’s remaining Subsurface Interests as further described in Note 6, “Real Estate Operations” below. The Company is expected to receive management and other fees pursuant to the Subsurface Management Agreement. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company

Table of Contents

recognized less than $0.1 million of revenue pursuant to the Subsurface Management Agreement, which is included in management fee income on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.

NOTE 6. REAL ESTATE OPERATIONS

Real Estate Operations

Land and development costs at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows (in thousands):


	As of
	March 31, 2024		December 31, 2023
Land and Development Costs	$	358	$	358
Subsurface Interests		—		373
Total Land and Development Costs	$	358	$	731

Subsurface Interests. As of December 31, 2023, the Company owned 352,000 acres of Subsurface Interests. The Company sold its remaining acres of Subsurface Interests during the three months ended March 31, 2024 for $5.0 million, or a gain on sale of $4.5 million.

The Company historically leased certain of the Subsurface Interests to mineral exploration firms for exploration. The Company’s subsurface historical operations consisted of revenue from the leasing of exploration rights and in some instances, additional revenues from royalties applicable to production from the leased acreage, which revenues are included within real estate operations in the consolidated statements of operations. There were no sales of subsurface oil, gas, and mineral rights during the three months ended March 31, 2024. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company sold subsurface oil, gas, and mineral rights of 2,412 acres for a sales price of $0.2 million.

The Company historically released surface entry rights or other rights upon request of a surface owner for a negotiated release fee typically based on a percentage of the surface value. Cash payments for the release of surface entry rights for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 totaled $0.1 million.

Mitigation Credits. The Company owns an inventory of mitigation credits with a cost basis of $0.5 million as of March 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2023, the Company owned mitigation credits with an aggregate cost basis of $1.0 million.

Revenues and the cost of sales of mitigation credit sales are reported as revenues from, and direct costs of, real estate operations, respectively, in the consolidated statements of operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, 7.5 mitigation credits were sold for $1.0 million, resulting in a gain on sale of $0.2 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, 0.73 mitigation credits were sold for $0.1 million, resulting in a gain on sale of less than $0.1 million.

NOTE 7. INVESTMENT SECURITIES

As of March 31, 2024, the Company owns, in the aggregate and on a fully diluted basis, 2.33 million shares of PINE, or 15.7% of PINE’s total shares outstanding for an investment value of $35.6 million, which total includes 1.2 million OP Units, or 8.2%, which the Company received in exchange for the contribution of certain income properties to the PINE Operating Partnership, in addition to 1,108,814 shares of common stock owned by the Company, or 7.5%. The Company has elected the fair value option related to the aggregate investment in securities of PINE pursuant to ASC 825, otherwise such investments would have been accounted for under the equity method. For detailed financial information regarding PINE, please refer to its financial statements, which are publicly available on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov under the ticker symbol “PINE.”

The Company calculates the unrealized gain or loss based on the closing stock price of PINE at each respective balance sheet date. The unrealized, non-cash gains and losses resulting from the changes in the closing stock price of PINE are included in investment and other loss in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Table of Contents

The Company’s available-for-sale securities as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized below (in thousands):


	Cost		Unrealized Gains in Investment Income		Unrealized Losses in Investment Income		Estimated Fair Value (Level 1 Inputs)
March 31, 2024
Common Stock	$	20,482	$	—	$	(3,540)	$	16,942
Operating Units		23,253		—		(4,552)		18,701
Total Equity Securities		43,735		—		(8,092)		35,643
Total Available-for-Sale Securities	$	43,735	$	—	$	(8,092)	$	35,643

December 31, 2023
Common Stock	$	20,482	$	—	$	(1,732)	$	18,750
Operating Units		23,253		—		(2,558)		20,695
Total Equity Securities		43,735		—		(4,290)		39,445
Total Available-for-Sale Securities	$	43,735	$	—	$	(4,290)	$	39,445

NOTE 8. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The following table presents the carrying value and estimated fair value of the Company’s financial instruments not carried at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):


	March 31, 2024				December 31, 2023
	Carrying Value		Estimated Fair Value		Carrying Value		Estimated Fair Value
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Level 1	$	6,760	$	6,760	$	10,214	$	10,214
Restricted Cash - Level 1	$	8,057	$	8,057	$	7,605	$	7,605
Commercial Loans and Investments - Level 2	$	66,552	$	68,156	$	61,849	$	63,261
Long-Term Debt - Level 2	$	542,020	$	523,310	$	495,370	$	473,807

To determine estimated fair values of the financial instruments listed above, market rates of interest, which include credit assumptions, were used to discount contractual cash flows. The estimated fair values are not necessarily indicative of the amount the Company could realize on disposition of the financial instruments. The use of different market assumptions or estimation methodologies could have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.

The following table presents the fair value of assets measured on a recurring basis by level as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands). See Note 16, “Interest Rate Swaps” for further disclosure related to the Company’s interest rate swaps.


			Fair Value at Reporting Date Using
	Fair Value		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
March 31, 2024
Cash Flow Hedge - 2026 Term Loan Interest Rate Swaps	$	3,491	$	—	$	3,491	$	—
Cash Flow Hedge - 2027 Term Loan Interest Rate Swaps	$	7,170	$	—	$	7,170	$	—
Cash Flow Hedge - 2028 Term Loan Interest Rate Swaps	$	372	$	—	$	372	$	—
Cash Flow Hedge - Credit Facility Interest Rate Swaps	$	3,371	$	—	$	3,371	$	—
Investment Securities	$	35,643	$	35,643	$	—	$	—
December 31, 2023
Cash Flow Hedge - 2026 Term Loan Interest Rate Swaps	$	2,813	$	—	$	2,813	$	—
Cash Flow Hedge - 2027 Term Loan Interest Rate Swaps	$	5,759	$	—	$	5,759	$	—
Cash Flow Hedge - 2028 Term Loan Interest Rate Swaps	$	(1,994)	$	—	$	(1,994)	$	—
Cash Flow Hedge - Credit Facility Interest Rate Swaps	$	313	$	—	$	313	$	—
Investment Securities	$	39,445	$	39,445	$	—	$	—

Table of Contents

NOTE 9. INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Intangible assets and liabilities consist of the value of above-market and below-market leases, the value of in-place leases, and the value of leasing costs, based in each case on their fair values. Intangible assets and liabilities consisted of the following as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):


	As of
	March 31, 2024		December 31, 2023
Intangible Lease Assets:
Value of In-Place Leases	$	96,388	$	90,246
Value of Above Market In-Place Leases		30,993		31,533
Value of Intangible Leasing Costs		26,728		24,974
Sub-total Intangible Lease Assets		154,109		146,753
Accumulated Amortization		(53,070)		(49,644)
Sub-total Intangible Lease Assets—Net		101,039		97,109
Intangible Lease Liabilities (Included in Accrued and Other Liabilities):
Value of Below Market In-Place Leases		(19,373)		(14,848)
Sub-total Intangible Lease Liabilities		(19,373)		(14,848)
Accumulated Amortization		5,020		4,407
Sub-total Intangible Lease Liabilities—Net		(14,353)		(10,441)
Total Intangible Assets and Liabilities—Net	$	86,686	$	86,668

The following table reflects the net amortization of intangible assets and liabilities during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2024		March 31, 2023
Amortization Expense	$	4,533	$	4,391
Accretion to Income Properties Revenue		474		679
Net Amortization of Intangible Assets and Liabilities	$	5,007	$	5,070

The estimated future amortization expense (income) related to net intangible assets and liabilities is as follows (in thousands):


Year Ending December 31,	Future Amortization Amount		Future Accretion to Income Property Revenue		Net Future Amortization of Intangible Assets and Liabilities
Remainder of 2024	$	14,433	$	733	$	15,166
2025		17,407		992		18,399
2026		16,536		1,064		17,600
2027		13,873		327		14,200
2028		9,837		310		10,147
2029		3,836		873		4,709
2030 and Thereafter		5,909		556		6,465
Total	$	81,831	$	4,855	$	86,686

As of March 31, 2024, the weighted average amortization period of total intangible assets and liabilities was 6.0 years and 5.6 years, respectively.

Table of Contents

NOTE 10. PROVISION FOR IMPAIRMENT

Income Properties. The Company assesses the impairment of long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. The fair value of long-lived assets required to be assessed for impairment is determined on a non-recurring basis using Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. These Level 3 inputs may include, but are not limited to, executed purchase and sale agreements on specific properties, third party valuations, discounted cash flow models, and other model-based techniques.

There were no impairment charges on the Company’s income property portfolio during the three months ended March 31, 2024 or 2023.

Commercial Loans and Investments. Pursuant to ASC 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses, the Company measures and records a provision for current expected credit losses (“CECL”) each time a new investment is made or a loan is repaid, as well as if changes to estimates occur during a quarterly measurement period. We are unable to use historical data to estimate expected credit losses, as we have incurred no losses to date. Management utilizes a loss-rate method and considers macroeconomic factors to estimate its CECL allowance, which is calculated based on the amortized cost basis of the commercial loans.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded less than $0.1 and $0.5 million in impairment charges, respectively. These charges represent provisions for credit losses related to our commercial loans and investments.

NOTE 11. OTHER ASSETS

Other assets consisted of the following as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):


	As of
	March 31, 2024		December 31, 2023
Income Property Tenant Receivables, Net of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts ⁽¹⁾	$	4,620	$	4,568
Income Property Straight-line Rent Adjustment		6,591		6,033
Income Property Leasing Commissions and Costs, Net		5,590		4,943
Operating Leases - Right-of-Use Asset		393		422
Golf Rounds Surcharge		69		102
Cash Flow Hedge - Interest Rate Swap		15,954		11,770
Infrastructure Reimbursement Receivables		575		568
Prepaid Expenses, Deposits, and Other		1,282		3,514
Due from Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc.		1,395		1,395
Financing Costs, Net of Accumulated Amortization		1,495		1,638
Total Other Assets	$	37,964	$	34,953

⁽¹⁾	Allowance for doubtful accounts was $1.7 million as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.

Infrastructure Reimbursement Receivables. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the infrastructure reimbursement receivables were all related to two land sale transactions which closed in the fourth quarter of 2015 within the Tomoka Town Center.

NOTE 12. EQUITY

SHELF REGISTRATION

On April 1, 2021, the Company filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3, relating to the registration and potential issuance of its common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, rights, and units with a maximum aggregate offering price of up to $350.0 million (the “2021 Registration Statement”). The Securities and Exchange Commission declared the 2021 Registration Statement effective on April 19, 2021.

Table of Contents

On October 11, 2022, the Company filed a new shelf registration statement on Form S-3, relating to the registration and potential issuance of its common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, rights, and units with a maximum aggregate offering price of up to $500.0 million (the “2022 Registration Statement”). The Securities and Exchange Commission declared the 2022 Registration Statement effective on October 26, 2022. The 2021 Registration Statement was terminated concurrently with the effectiveness of the 2022 Registration Statement.

EQUITY OFFERING

On December 5, 2022, the Company completed a follow-on public offering of 3,450,000 shares of common stock, which included the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional 450,000 shares of common stock. Upon closing, the Company issued 3,450,000 shares and received net proceeds of $62.4 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and expenses.

ATM PROGRAM

On April 30, 2021, the Company implemented a $150.0 million “at-the-market” equity offering program (the “2021 ATM Program”) pursuant to which the Company sold shares of the Company’s common stock. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company sold 961,261 shares under the 2021 ATM Program for gross proceeds of $21.1 million at a weighted average price of $21.99 per share, generating net proceeds of $20.8 million after deducting transaction fees totaling less than $0.3 million. The Company was not active under the 2021 ATM Program during the year ended December 31, 2021. The 2021 ATM Program was terminated in connection with the establishment of the 2022 ATM Program (hereinafter defined).

On October 28, 2022, the Company implemented a $150.0 million “at-the-market” equity offering program (the “2022 ATM Program”) pursuant to which the Company may sell, from time to time, shares of the Company’s common stock. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company sold 604,765 shares under the 2022 ATM Program for gross proceeds of $12.3 million at a weighted average price of $20.29 per share, generating net proceeds of $12.1 million after deducting transaction fees totaling $0.2 million. The Company was not active under the 2022 ATM Program during the year ended December 31, 2023. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company sold 125,857 shares under the 2022 ATM Program for gross proceeds of $2.1 million at a weighted average price of $17.05 per share, generating net proceeds of $2.1 million after deducting transaction fees totaling less than $0.1 million. As of March 31, 2024, $135.6 million of availability remained under the 2022 ATM Program.

PREFERRED STOCK

On June 28, 2021, the Company priced a public offering of 3,000,000 shares of its 6.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) at a public offering price of $25.00 per share. The offering closed on July 6, 2021 and generated total net proceeds to the Company of $72.4 million, after deducting the underwriting

discount and expenses. The Series A Preferred Stock ranks senior to the Company’s common stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. The Series A Preferred Stock has no maturity date and will remain outstanding unless redeemed.

The Series A Preferred Stock is not redeemable by the Company prior to July 6, 2026 except under limited circumstances intended to preserve the Company’s qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes or upon the occurrence of a change of control, as defined in the Articles Supplementary designating the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Articles Supplementary”). Upon such change in control, the Company may redeem, at its election, the Series A Preferred Stock at a redemption price of $25.00 per share plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends up to, but excluding the date of redemption, and in limited circumstances, the holders of preferred stock shares may convert some or all of their Series A Preferred Stock into shares of the Company’s common stock at conversion rates set forth in the Articles Supplementary.

See Note 14, “Share Repurchases” for the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock repurchase activity.

See Note 23, “Subsequent Events” for a description of the Company’s follow-on public offering of 1,718,417 shares of the Series A Preferred Stock.

Table of Contents

DIVIDENDS

The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes under the Code commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2020. In order to maintain its qualification as a REIT, the Company must annually distribute, at a minimum, an amount equal to 90% of its taxable income, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains, and must distribute 100% of its taxable income (including net capital gains) to eliminate U.S. federal income taxes payable by the Company. Because taxable income differs from cash flow from operations due to non-cash revenues and expenses (such as depreciation and other items), in certain circumstances, the Company may generate operating cash flow in excess of its dividends, or alternatively, may elect to make dividend payments in excess of operating cash flows.

The following table outlines dividends declared and paid for each issuance of CTO’s stock during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands, except per share data):


	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2024		March 31, 2023
Series A Preferred Stock
Dividends	$	1,187	$	1,195
Per Share	$	0.40	$	0.40

Common Stock
Dividends	$	8,601	$	8,658
Per Share	$	0.38	$	0.38

NOTE 13. COMMON STOCK AND EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic earnings per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders during the period by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share is based on the assumption of the vesting of restricted stock at the beginning of each period using the treasury stock method at average cost for the periods. Effective as of January 1, 2022, diluted earnings per common share also reflects the 2025 Notes (hereinafter defined) on an if-converted basis.

The following is a reconciliation of basic and diluted earnings per common share for each of the periods presented (in thousands, except share and per share data):


	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2024		March 31, 2023
Basic and Diluted Earnings:
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Stockholders, Used in Basic EPS	$	4,655	$	(7,188)
Add Back: Effect of Dilutive Interest Related to 2025 Notes ⁽¹⁾		534		—
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Stockholders, Used in Diluted EPS	$	5,189	$	(7,188)

Basic and Diluted Shares:
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding, Basic		22,551,241		22,704,829
Common Shares Applicable to Unvested Restricted Stock Using the Treasury Stock Method		554		—
Common Shares Applicable to Dilutive Effect of 2025 Notes ⁽²⁾		3,505,857		—
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding, Diluted		26,057,652		22,704,829

Per Share Information:
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Stockholders
Basic	$	0.21	$	(0.32)
Diluted	$	0.20	$	(0.32)

Table of Contents

⁽¹⁾

As applicable, includes interest expense, amortization of discount, amortization of fees, and other changes in net income or loss that would result from the assumed conversion of the 2025 Convertible Senior Notes effective January 1, 2022 due to the implementation of ASU 2020-06 which requires presentation on an if-converted basis. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, a total of $0.5 million of interest was not included, as the impact of the 2025 Notes, if-converted, would have been antidilutive to net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders for the period. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, a total of $0.5 million was included as the impact to earnings per share, if-converted, would have been dilutive to net income attributable to common stockholders for the period.

⁽²⁾

A total of 3.5 million shares representing the dilutive impact of the 2025 Notes, upon adoption of ASU 2020-06 effective January 1, 2022, were included in the computation of diluted net income per share attributable to common stockholders for the three months ended March 31, 2024, because they were dilutive to net income attributable to common stockholders for the period. A total of 3.2 million shares, representing the dilutive impact of the 2025 Notes, upon adoption of ASU 2020-06 effective January 1, 2022, were not included in the computation of diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders for the three months ended March 31, 2023, because they were antidilutive to net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders for the period.

There were 554 potentially dilutive shares for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and no potentially dilutive securities for the three months ended March 31, 2023 related to the Company’s restricted stock. The effect of 68,447 potentially dilutive restricted stock units were not included for the three months ended March 31, 2023, as the effect would be antidilutive.

Effective January 1, 2022, the Company adopted ASU 2020-06 whereby diluted EPS includes the dilutive impact, if any, of the 2025 Notes using the if-converted method, irrespective of intended cash settlement. The Company intends to settle its 3.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”) in cash upon conversion with any excess conversion value to be settled in shares of our common stock. The Company elected, upon adoption, to utilize the modified retrospective approach, negating the required restatement of EPS for periods prior to adoption. The effect of 3.5 million potentially dilutive shares issuable on the conversion of the 2025 Notes, if-converted, were included for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The effect of 3.2 million potentially dilutive shares issuable on the conversion of the 2025 Notes, if-converted, were not included for the three months ended March 31, 2023, as the effect would be antidilutive.

NOTE 14. SHARE REPURCHASES

COMMON STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM

In February 2020, the Company’s Board approved a $10.0 million common stock repurchase program (the “$10.0 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program”). During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company repurchased 265,695 shares of its common stock on the open market for a total cost of $4.1 million, or an average price per share of $15.43. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company repurchased 121,659 shares of its common stock on the open market for a total cost of $2.2 million, or an average price per share of $18.16. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company repurchased 145,724 shares of its common stock on the open market for a total cost of $2.8 million, or an average price per share of $19.15. No repurchases were made pursuant to the $10.0 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program during the year ended December 31, 2023.

On February 16, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a common stock repurchase program (the “February 2023 $5.0 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program”), which eliminated the unutilized portion of the $10.0 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program. Pursuant to the February 2023 $5.0 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program, the Company was authorized to repurchase shares of its common stock for a total purchase price of up to $5.0 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company repurchased 303,354 shares of its common stock on the open market for a total cost of $5.0 million, or an average price per share of $16.48, pursuant to the February 2023 $5.0 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program. Accordingly, as of March 31, 2023, no shares of the Company’s common stock remained available for repurchase under the February 2023 $5.0 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program.

On April 25, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a common stock repurchase program, (the “April 2023 $5.0 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program”). Pursuant to the April 2023 $5.0 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program, the Company was authorized to repurchase shares of its common stock for a total purchase price of up to $5.0 million. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company repurchased 62,015 shares of its common stock on the open market for a total cost of $1.0 million, or an average price per share of $15.72. The April 2023 $5.0 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program was terminated in connection with the establishment of the December 2023 $5.0 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program (hereinafter defined).

Table of Contents

On December 12, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a common stock repurchase program, which is expected to be in effect until the approved dollar amount has been used to repurchase shares (the “December 2023 $5.0 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program”). Pursuant to the December 2023 $5.0 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program, the Company may repurchase shares of its common stock for a total purchase price of up to $5.0 million. Shares may be purchased under the December 2023 $5.0 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program in open market transactions, including through block purchases, through privately negotiated transactions or pursuant to any trading plan that may be adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The December 2023 $5.0 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of shares of its common stock and may be modified or suspended. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company repurchased 40,726 shares of its common stock on the open market for a total cost of $0.7 million, or an average price per share of $16.28, pursuant to the December 2023 $5.0 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program, leaving $4.3 million remaining of the December 2023 $5.0 Million Common Stock Repurchase Program as of March 31, 2024.

SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM

On February 16, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a Series A Preferred Stock repurchase program, which is expected to be in effect until the approved dollar amount has been used to repurchase shares (the “Series A Preferred Stock Repurchase Program”). Pursuant to the Series A Preferred Stock Repurchase Program, the Company may repurchase shares of its Series A Preferred Stock for a total purchase price of up to $3.0 million. Shares may be purchased under the Series A Preferred Stock Repurchase Program in open market transactions, including through block purchases, through privately negotiated transactions or pursuant to any trading plan that may be adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act. The Series A Preferred Stock Repurchase Program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of shares of its Series A Preferred Stock and may be modified or suspended. The Company did not purchase any shares of its Series A Preferred Stock under the Series A Preferred Stock Repurchase Program during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.

NOTE 15. LONG-TERM DEBT

As of March 31, 2024, the Company’s outstanding indebtedness, at face value, was as follows (in thousands):


	Face Value Debt		Maturity Date	Interest Rate
Credit Facility ⁽¹⁾	$	209,500	January 2027		SOFR + 0.10% + [1.25% - 2.20%]
2026 Term Loan ⁽²⁾		65,000	March 2026		SOFR + 0.10% + [1.25% - 2.20%]
2027 Term Loan ⁽³⁾		100,000	January 2027		SOFR + 0.10% + [1.25% - 2.20%]
2028 Term Loan ⁽⁴⁾		100,000	January 2028		SOFR + 0.10% + [1.20% - 2.15%]
3.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025		51,034	April 2025		3.875%
Mortgage Note Payable		17,800	August 2026		4.060%
Total Long-Term Face Value Debt	$	543,334

⁽¹⁾	The Company utilized interest rate swaps on $150.0 million of the Credit Facility balance to fix SOFR and achieve a weighted average fixed swap rate of 3.47% plus the 10 bps SOFR adjustment plus the applicable spread.

⁽²⁾ The Company utilized interest rate swaps on the $65.0 million 2026 Term Loan balance to fix SOFR and achieve a weighted average fixed swap rate of 1.27% plus the 10 bps SOFR adjustment plus the applicable spread.

⁽³⁾	The Company utilized interest rate swaps on the $100.0 million 2027 Term Loan balance to fix SOFR and achieve a fixed swap rate of 1.35% plus the 10 bps SOFR adjustment plus the applicable spread.

⁽⁴⁾	The Company utilized interest rate swaps on the $100.0 million 2028 Term Loan balance to fix SOFR and achieve a weighted average fixed swap rate of 3.78% plus the 10 bps SOFR adjustment plus the applicable spread.

Credit Facility. The Credit Facility, with Bank of Montreal (“BMO”) as the administrative agent for the lenders thereunder, is unsecured with regard to our income property portfolio but is guaranteed by certain wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company. The Credit Facility bank group is led by BMO and also includes Truist Bank and Wells Fargo. On September 7, 2017, the Company executed the second amendment and restatement of the Credit Facility (the “2017 Amended Credit Facility” and, as amended, the “Credit Agreement”). As a result of the March 2021 Revolver

Table of Contents

Amendment and the Eighth Amendment, both as defined below, The Huntington National Bank, PNC Bank, National Association, and Regions Bank, were added as lenders to the Company’s Credit Facility.

On May 24, 2019, the Company executed the second amendment to the 2017 Amended Credit Facility (the “May 2019 Revolver Amendment”). As a result of the May 2019 Revolver Amendment, the Credit Facility had a total borrowing capacity of $200.0 million with the ability to increase that capacity up to $300.0 million during the term, subject to lender approval. The Credit Facility provides the lenders with a security interest in the equity of the Company subsidiaries that own the properties included in the borrowing base. The indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Facility accrues interest at a rate ranging from SOFR plus 0.10% plus 125 basis points to SOFR plus 0.10% plus 220 basis points based on the total balance outstanding under the Credit Facility as a percentage of the total asset value of the Company, as defined in the 2017 Amended Credit Facility, as amended by the Eighth Amendment. The Credit Facility also accrues a fee of 15 to 25 basis points for any unused portion of the borrowing capacity based on whether the unused portion is greater or less than 50% of the total borrowing capacity. Pursuant to the Eighth Amendment, the Credit Facility matures on January 31, 2027, with the ability to extend the term for 1 year.

On November 26, 2019, the Company entered into the third amendment to the 2017 Amended Credit Facility (the “November 2019 Revolver Amendment”), which further amends the 2017 Amended Credit Facility. The November 2019 Revolver Amendment included, among other things, an adjustment of certain financial maintenance covenants, including a temporary reduction of the minimum fixed charge coverage ratio to allow the Company to redeploy the proceeds received from the sale of certain income properties to PINE, and an increase in the maximum amount the Company may invest in stock and stock equivalents of real estate investment trusts to allow the Company to invest in PINE’s common stock and OP Units.

On July 1, 2020, the Company entered into the fourth amendment to the 2017 Amended Credit Facility (the “July 2020 Revolver Amendment”) whereby the tangible net worth covenant was adjusted to be more reflective of market terms. The July 2020 Revolver Amendment was effective as of March 31, 2020.

On November 12, 2020, the Company entered into the fifth amendment to the 2017 Amended Credit Facility (the “November 2020 Revolver Amendment”). The November 2020 Revolver Amendment provided that, among other things, (i) the Company must comply with certain adjusted additional financial maintenance requirements, including (x) a new restricted payments covenant which limits the type and amount of cash distributions that may be made by the Company and (y) an adjusted fix charges ratio, which now excludes certain onetime expenses for purposes of calculation and (ii) the Company must, from and after the date that the Company elects to qualify as a REIT, maintain its status as a REIT.

On March 10, 2021, the Company entered into the sixth amendment to the 2017 Amended Credit Facility (the “March 2021 Revolver Amendment”). The March 2021 Revolver Amendment included, among other things, (i) increase of the revolving credit commitment from $200.0 million to $210.0 million, (ii) addition of a term loan in the aggregate amount of $50.0 million (the “2026 Term Loan”), (iii) updates to certain financing rate provisions provided therein, and (iv) joinder of The Huntington National Bank as a 2026 Term Loan lender and Credit Facility lender. The March 2021 Revolver Amendment also includes accordion options that allow the Company to request additional 2026 Term Loan lender commitments up to a total of $150.0 million and additional Credit Facility lender commitments up to a total of $300.0 million. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company exercised the 2026 Term Loan accordion option for $15.0 million, increasing total lender commitments to $65.0 million.

On November 5, 2021, the Company entered into the seventh amendment to the 2017 Amended Credit Facility (the “November 2021 Revolver Amendment”). The November 2021 Revolver Amendment included, among other things, (i) addition of a term loan in the aggregate amount of $100.0 million (the “2027 Term Loan”) and (ii) joinder of KeyBank National Association, Raymond James Bank, and Synovus Bank as 2027 Term Loan lenders. The November 2021 Revolver Amendment also includes an accordion option that allows the Company to request additional term loan lender commitments up to a total of $400.0 million in the aggregate.

On September 20, 2022, the Company entered into the eighth amendment to the 2017 Amended Credit Facility (the “Eighth Amendment”), which includes among other things: (i) the origination of a term loan, in the amount of $100.0 million (the “2028 Term Loan”), (ii) the increase of the revolving credit commitment from up to $210.0 million to up to $300.0 million, (iii) an accordion option that allows the Company to request additional revolving loan commitments and additional term loan commitments, provided, (a) the aggregate amount of revolving loan commitments shall not exceed $750,000,000 and (b) the aggregate amount of term loan commitments shall not exceed $500,000,000, (iv) an extension

Table of Contents

of the maturity date to January 31, 2027, (v) a sustainability-linked pricing component pursuant to which the Company will receive interest rate reductions based on its performance against certain sustainability performance targets, (vi) the release of the Pledge Collateral, as defined in the Eighth Amendment, and (vii) the joinder of PNC Bank, National Association (“PNC”) as a Term Loan Lender, as defined in the Credit Agreement, and PNC and Regions Bank as Revolving Lenders, as defined in the Credit Agreement.

On December 20, 2023, the Company entered into the ninth amendment to the 2017 Amended Credit Facility (the “Ninth Amendment”), which revises certain non-monetary limitations as described in more detail in the Ninth Amendment.

At March 31, 2024, the current commitment level under the Credit Facility was $300.0 million, and the undrawn commitment under the Credit Facility totaled $90.5 million. As of March 31, 2024, the Credit Facility had a $209.5 million balance outstanding.

The Credit Facility is subject to customary restrictive covenants including, but not limited to, limitations on the Company’s ability to: (a) incur indebtedness; (b) make certain investments; (c) incur certain liens; (d) engage in certain affiliate transactions; and (e) engage in certain major transactions such as mergers. In addition, the Company is subject to various financial maintenance covenants including, but not limited to, a maximum indebtedness ratio, a maximum secured indebtedness ratio, and a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio. The Credit Facility also contains affirmative covenants and events of default including, but not limited to, a cross default to the Company’s other indebtedness and upon the occurrence of a change in control. The Company’s failure to comply with these covenants or the occurrence of an event of default could result in acceleration of the Company’s debt and other financial obligations under the Credit Facility.

Mortgage Notes Payable. On March 3, 2022, in connection with the acquisition of Price Plaza Shopping Center, the Company assumed an existing $17.8 million secured fixed-rate mortgage note payable, which bears interest at a fixed rate of 4.06% and matures in August 2026.

Convertible Debt. The Company had an initial aggregate principal amount of $75.0 million of 3.875% Convertible Notes (the “2025 Notes”). During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company repurchased $12.5 million aggregate principal amount of 2025 Notes at a $2.6 million discount, resulting in a gain on extinguishment of debt of $1.1 million. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company repurchased $11.4 million aggregate principal amount of 2025 Notes at a $1.6 million premium, resulting in a loss on extinguishment of debt of $2.9 million. Following these repurchases, $51.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes remains outstanding at March 31, 2024.

On February 16, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a 2025 Notes repurchase program, which is expected to be in effect until the approved dollar amount has been used to repurchase 2025 Notes (the “2025 Notes Repurchase Program”). Pursuant to the 2025 Notes Repurchase Program, the Company may repurchase, in one or more transactions, 2025 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of not more than $4.74 million. The 2025 Notes Repurchase Program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of 2025 Notes and may be modified or suspended. The Company was not active under the 2025 Notes Repurchase Program during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.

The 2025 Notes represent senior unsecured obligations of the Company and pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each April 15th and October 15th, commencing on April 15, 2020, at a rate of 3.875% per annum. The 2025 Notes mature on April 15, 2025 and may not be redeemed by the Company prior to the maturity date. The conversion rate for the 2025 Notes was initially 12.7910 shares of the Company’s common stock per $1,000 of principal of the 2025 Notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of $78.18 per share of the Company’s common stock). The initial conversion price of the 2025 Notes represented a premium of 20% to the $65.15 closing sale price of the Company’s common stock on the NYSE American on January 29, 2020. If the Company’s Board increases the quarterly dividend above the $0.13 per share in place at issuance, the conversion rate is adjusted with each such increase in the quarterly dividend amount. After the first quarter 2024 dividend, the conversion rate is equal to 68.6965 shares of common stock for each $1,000 principal amount of 2025 Notes, which represents an adjusted conversion price of $14.56 per share of common stock. At the maturity date, the 2025 Notes are convertible into cash, common stock or a combination thereof, subject to various conditions, at the Company’s option. Should certain corporate transactions or events occur prior to the stated maturity date, the Company will increase the conversion rate for a holder that elects to convert its 2025 Notes in connection with such corporate transaction or event.

The conversion rate is subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. Holders may not surrender their 2025 Notes for conversion prior to January 15, 2025 except upon the occurrence of certain conditions relating to the closing sale price

Table of Contents

of the Company’s common stock, the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of 2025 Notes, or specified corporate events including a change in control of the Company. The Company may not redeem the 2025 Notes prior to the stated maturity date and no sinking fund is provided for the 2025 Notes. The 2025 Notes are convertible, at the election of the Company, into solely cash, solely shares of the Company’s common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company intends to settle the 2025 Notes in cash upon conversion, with any excess conversion value to be settled in shares of our common stock. At time of issuance, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the 2025 Notes were accounted for as a liability with a separate equity component recorded for the conversion option. The equity component was eliminated on January 1, 2022 with the 2025 Notes Adjustment.

As of March 31, 2024, the unamortized debt discount of our 2025 Notes was $0.2 million, which represents the cash component of the discount.

Long-term debt consisted of the following (in thousands):


	March 31, 2024				December 31, 2023
	Total		Due Within One Year		Total		Due Within One Year
Credit Facility	$	209,500	$	—	$	163,000	$	—
2026 Term Loan		65,000		—		65,000		—
2027 Term Loan		100,000		—		100,000		—
2028 Term Loan		100,000		—		100,000		—
3.875% Convertible Senior Notes, net of Discount		50,869		—		50,830		—
Mortgage Note Payable		17,800		—		17,800		—
Financing Costs, net of Accumulated Amortization		(1,149)		—		(1,260)		—
Total Long-Term Debt	$	542,020	$	—	$	495,370	$	—

Payments applicable to reduction of principal amounts as of March 31, 2024 will be required as follows (in thousands):


As of March 31, 2024	Amount
Remainder of 2024	$	—
2025		51,034
2026		82,800
2027		309,500
2028		100,000
2029		—
2030 and Thereafter		—
Total Long-Term Debt - Face Value	$	543,334

The carrying value of long-term debt as of March 31, 2024 consisted of the following (in thousands):


	Total
Current Face Amount	$	543,334
Unamortized Discount on Convertible Debt		(165)
Financing Costs, net of Accumulated Amortization		(1,149)
Total Long-Term Debt	$	542,020

In addition to the $1.1 million of financing costs, net of accumulated amortization included in the table above, as of March 31, 2024, the Company also had financing costs, net of accumulated amortization related to the Credit Facility of $1.5 million which is included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets. These costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the Credit Facility and are included in interest expense in the Company’s accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Table of Contents

The following table reflects a summary of interest expense incurred and paid during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2024		March 31, 2023
Interest Expense	$	5,233	$	4,352
Amortization of Deferred Financing Costs		256		241
Amortization of Discount on Convertible Notes		40		39
Total Interest Expense	$	5,529	$	4,632

Total Interest Paid ⁽¹⁾	$	4,751	$	4,268

⁽¹⁾	^{Includes capitalized interest of}^$0.1^{million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.}

The Company was in compliance with all of its debt covenants as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.

NOTE 16. INTEREST RATE SWAPS

The Company has entered into interest rate swap agreements to hedge against changes in future cash flows resulting from fluctuating interest rates related to the below noted borrowings. The interest rate agreements were 100% effective during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023. Accordingly, the changes in fair value on the interest rate swaps have been classified in accumulated other comprehensive income. The fair value of the interest rate swap agreements are included in other assets and accrued and other liabilities, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets. Information related to the Company’s interest rate swap agreements as of March 31, 2024 is presented below (in thousands):


Hedged Item ⁽¹⁾	Effective Date	Maturity Date	Rate	Amount		Fair Value as of March 31, 2024
2026 Term Loan	3/29/2024	3/10/2026	1.44% + 0.10% + applicable spread	$	50,000	$	2,862
2026 Term Loan	8/31/2021	3/10/2026	0.70% + 0.10% + applicable spread	$	15,000	$	1,066
2026 Term Loan⁽²⁾	3/10/2026	3/10/2031	3.80% + 0.10% + applicable spread	$	40,000	$	(437)
2027 Term Loan	3/29/2024	1/31/2027	1.35% + 0.10% + applicable spread	$	100,000	$	7,717
2027 Term Loan⁽²⁾	1/31/2027	1/30/2032	3.75% + 0.10% + applicable spread	$	60,000	$	(547)
2028 Term Loan	9/30/2022	1/31/2028	3.78% + 0.10% + applicable spread	$	50,000	$	474
2028 Term Loan	9/30/2022	1/31/2028	3.78% + 0.10% + applicable spread	$	50,000	$	464
2028 Term Loan ⁽²⁾	1/31/2028	1/31/2033	3.81% + 0.10% + applicable spread	$	60,000	$	(566)
Credit Facility	1/31/2023	1/31/2030	3.27% + 0.10% + applicable spread	$	50,000	$	1,540
Credit Facility	1/31/2023	1/31/2030	3.26% + 0.10% + applicable spread	$	33,000	$	1,036
Credit Facility	1/31/2023	1/31/2030	3.36% + 0.10% + applicable spread	$	17,000	$	451
Credit Facility	2/1/2024	1/31/2028	3.85% + 0.10% + applicable spread	$	50,000	$	344

⁽¹⁾	On September 30, 2022, the Company converted its existing interest rate swaps from 1-month LIBOR to SOFR.

⁽²⁾	The Company entered into forward swaps to further fix interest rates through periods that the Company reasonably expects to extend its current term loans.

The use of interest rate swap agreements carries risks, including the risk that the counterparties to these agreements are not able to perform. To mitigate this risk, the Company enters into interest rate swap agreements with counterparties with high credit ratings and with major financial institutions with which the Company and its affiliates may also have other financial relationships. The Company does not currently anticipate that any of the counterparties to the Company’s interest rate swap agreements will fail to meet their obligations. As of March 31, 2024, there were no events of default related to the Company’s interest rate swap agreements.

Table of Contents

NOTE 17. ACCRUED AND OTHER LIABILITIES

Accrued and other liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):


	As of
	March 31, 2024		December 31, 2023
Accrued Property Taxes	$	2,973	$	2,090
Reserve for Tenant Improvements		1,295		1,168
Tenant Security Deposits		2,480		2,301
Accrued Construction Costs		450		1,170
Accrued Interest		1,330		773
Environmental Reserve		54		54
Cash Flow Hedge - Interest Rate Swaps		1,550		4,879
Operating Leases - Liability		380		417
Other		4,029		5,521
Total Accrued and Other Liabilities	$	14,541	$	18,373

Reserve for Tenant Improvements. In connection with recent acquisitions, the Company received an aggregate of $5.8 million from the sellers of certain properties for tenant improvement allowances, leasing commissions and other capital improvements. These amounts are included in accrued and other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. Through March 31, 2024, payments totaling $4.5 million were made leaving a remaining reserve for tenant improvements of $1.3 million.

NOTE 18. DEFERRED REVENUE

Deferred revenue consisted of the following (in thousands):


	As of
	March 31, 2024		December 31, 2023
Prepaid Rent	$	3,291	$	3,723
Interest Reserve from Commercial Loans and Investments		1,279		744
Tenant Contributions		720		733
Total Deferred Revenue	$	5,290	$	5,200

Interest Reserve from Commercial Loans and Investments. In connection with three of the Company’s commercial loan investments, the borrower has deposited interest and/or real estate tax reserves in accounts held by the Company. Those accounts balances are included in restricted cash on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets with the corresponding liability recorded in deferred revenue as seen above. Pursuant to each respective agreement, interest reserves are either (i) utilized to fund the monthly interest due on the loan or (ii) maintained throughout the term of the loan.

NOTE 19. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

SUMMARY OF STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

A summary of share activity for all equity classified stock compensation during the three months ended March 31, 2024 is presented below.


Type of Award	Shares Outstanding at 1/1/2024		Granted Shares		Vested / Exercised Shares		Expired Shares		Forfeited Shares		Shares Outstanding at 3/31/2024
Equity Classified - Performance Share Awards - Peer Group Market Condition Vesting		237,375		100,391		(85,938)		—		—		251,828
Equity Classified - Three Year Vest Restricted Shares		216,357		107,191		(75,434)		—		(2,876)		245,238
Total Shares		453,732		207,582		(161,372)		—		(2,876)		497,066

Table of Contents

Amounts recognized in the financial statements for stock-based compensation are as follows (in thousands):

EQUITY-CLASSIFIED STOCK COMPENSATION

Performance Share Awards – Peer Group Market Condition Vesting

Performance shares have been granted to certain employees under the 2010 Plan. The performance share awards entitle the recipient to receive, upon the vesting thereof, shares of common stock of the Company equal to between 0% and 150% of the number of performance shares awarded. The number of shares of common stock ultimately received by the award recipient is determined based on the Company’s total stockholder return as compared to the total stockholder return of a certain peer group during a three-year performance period. The Company granted a total of 100,391 performance shares during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

The Company used a Monte Carlo simulation pricing model to determine the fair value of its awards that are based on market conditions. The determination of the fair value of market condition-based awards is affected by the Company’s stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of other variables. These variables include expected stock price volatility over the requisite performance term of the awards, the relative performance of the Company’s stock price and stockholder returns to companies in its peer group, annual dividends, and a risk-free interest rate assumption. Compensation cost is recognized regardless of the achievement of the market conditions, provided the requisite service period is met.

As of March 31, 2024, there was $2.6 million of unrecognized compensation cost, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, related to the non-vested performance share awards, which will be recognized over a remaining weighted average period of 2.2 years.

A summary of the activity for these awards during the three months ended March 31, 2024 is presented below:


Performance Shares With Market Conditions	Shares		Wtd. Avg. Fair Value Per Share
Non-Vested at January 1, 2024		237,375	$	18.08
Granted		100,391	$	15.28
Vested		(85,938)	$	15.99
Expired		—	$	—
Forfeited		—	$	—
Non-Vested at March 31, 2024		251,828	$	17.68

Restricted Shares

Restricted shares have been granted to certain employees under the 2010 Plan. Certain of the restricted shares vest on each of the first, second, and third anniversaries of January 28 of the applicable year provided the grantee is an employee of the Company on those dates. Certain other restricted share awards, granted on July 1, 2022, vest entirely on the third anniversary of the grant date, or July 1, 2025, provided the grantee is an employee of the Company on that date. In addition, any unvested portion of the restricted shares will vest upon a change in control. The Company granted a total of 107,191 shares of restricted Company common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

The Company’s determination of the fair value of the restricted stock awards was calculated by multiplying the number of shares issued by the Company’s stock price at the grant date. Compensation cost is recognized on a straight-line basis over the applicable vesting period.

As of March 31, 2024, there was $2.9 million of unrecognized compensation cost, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, related to the non-vested restricted share awards, which will be recognized over a remaining weighted average period of 2.1 years.

Table of Contents

A summary of the activity for these awards during the three months ended March 31, 2024 is presented below:


Non-Vested Restricted Shares	Shares		Wtd. Avg. Fair Value Per Share
Non-Vested at January 1, 2024		216,357	$	19.07
Granted		107,191	$	16.31
Vested		(75,434)	$	17.80
Expired		—	$	—
Forfeited		(2,876)	$	16.97
Non-Vested at March 31, 2024		245,238	$	18.25

NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK COMPENSATION

Each member of the Company’s Board of Directors has the option to receive his or her annual retainer and meeting fees in shares of Company common stock rather than cash. The number of shares awarded to the directors making such election is calculated quarterly by dividing (i) the sum of (A) the amount of the quarterly retainer payment due to such director plus (B) meeting fees earned by such director during the quarter, by (ii) the trailing 20-day average price of the Company’s common stock as of the last day of the quarter, rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares.

Each non-employee director serving as of the beginning of each calendar year shall receive an annual award of the Company’s common stock. The value of such award totaled $62,500 and $35,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, (the “Annual Award”). The number of shares awarded is calculated based on the trailing 20-day average price of the Company’s common stock as of the date two business days prior to the date of the award, rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares. Non-employee directors do not receive meeting fees, but do receive additional retainers for service on Board committees, as set forth in the Company’s Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy available on the Company’s website (www.ctoreit.com).

During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the expense recognized for the value of the Company’s common stock received by non-employee directors totaled $0.4 million, or 23,961 shares, and $0.2 million, or 12,764 shares, respectively. The expense recognized includes the Annual Award received during the first quarter of each respective year, which totaled $0.3 million and $0.2 million during each of the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

NOTE 20. INCOME TAXES

The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2020. The Company believes that, commencing with such taxable year, it has been organized and has operated in such a manner as to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the U.S. federal income tax laws. The Company intends to continue to operate in such a manner. As a REIT, the Company will be subject to U.S. federal and state income taxation at corporate rates on its net taxable income; the Company, however, may claim a deduction for the amount of dividends paid to its stockholders. Amounts distributed as dividends by the Company will be subject to taxation at the stockholder level only. While the Company must distribute at least 90% of its REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and excluding any net capital gain, to qualify as a REIT, the Company intends to distribute all of its net taxable income. The Company is allowed certain other non-cash deductions or adjustments, such as depreciation expense, when computing its REIT taxable income and distribution requirement. These deductions permit the Company to reduce its dividend payout requirement under U.S. federal income tax laws. Certain states may impose minimum franchise taxes. To comply with certain REIT requirements, the Company holds certain of its non-REIT assets and operations through TRSs and subsidiaries of TRSs, which are subject to applicable U.S. federal, state and local corporate income tax on their taxable income. For the taxable year ended December 31, 2023, the Company held a total of two TRSs, each subject to taxation and the separate filing of its corporate income tax returns. As of January 1, 2024, the Company consolidated its TRSs into one TRS subject to taxation and the filing of a single corporate income tax return.

As a result of the Company’s election to be taxed as a REIT, during the year ended December 31, 2020, an $82.5 million deferred tax benefit was recorded to de-recognize the deferred tax assets and liabilities associated with the entities included in the REIT. A significant portion of the deferred tax benefit recognized related to the de-recognition of deferred tax liabilities resulting from Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 like-kind exchanges (“1031 Exchanges”). The Company

Table of Contents

will be subject to corporate income taxes related to assets held by it that are sold during the 5-year period following the date of conversion to the extent such sold assets had a built-in gain as of January 1, 2020. The Company has disposed of certain, primarily single-tenant, REIT assets after the REIT conversion within the 5-year period. All such sales were completed using 1031 Exchanges or other deferred tax structures to mitigate the built-in gain tax liability of conversion.

NOTE 21. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, the Company may be a party to certain legal proceedings, incidental to the normal course of its business. While the outcome of the legal proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company does not expect that these proceedings will have a material effect upon our financial condition or results of operations.

Contractual Commitments – Expenditures

The Company has committed to fund the following capital improvements. The improvements, which are related to several properties, are estimated to be generally completed within twelve months. These commitments, as of March 31, 2024, are as follows (in thousands):


	As of March 31, 2024
Total Commitment ⁽¹⁾	$	21,227
Less Amount Funded		(4,208)
Remaining Commitment	$	17,019

⁽¹⁾ Commitment includes tenant improvements, leasing commissions, rebranding, facility expansion and other capital improvements.

NOTE 22. BUSINESS SEGMENT DATA

The Company operates in four primary business segments: income properties, management services, commercial loans and investments, and real estate operations. Our income property operations consist of income-producing properties, and our business plan is focused on investing in additional income-producing properties. Our income property operations accounted for 90% of our identifiable assets as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, and 87.5% and 90.8% of our consolidated revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Our management fee income consists primarily of the management fees earned for the management of PINE as well as from the Portfolio Management Agreement and the Subsurface Management Agreement. As of March 31, 2024, our commercial loans and investments portfolio consisted of four commercial loan investments and one preferred equity investment which is classified as a commercial loan investment. Our real estate operations consist of revenues generated from the sale of and royalty income related to our interests in subsurface oil, gas, and mineral rights, and the sale of mitigation credits.

The Company evaluates segment performance based on operating income. The Company’s reportable segments are strategic business units that offer different products. They are managed separately because each segment requires different management techniques, knowledge, and skills.

Table of Contents

Information about the Company’s operations in different segments for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 is as follows (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2024		March 31, 2023
Revenues:
Income Properties	$	24,623	$	22,432
Management Fee Income		1,105		1,098
Interest Income From Commercial Loans and Investments		1,351		795
Real Estate Operations		1,048		392
Total Revenues	$	28,127	$	24,717
Operating Income:
Income Properties	$	17,870	$	15,279
Management Fee Income		1,105		1,098
Interest Income From Commercial Loans and Investments		1,351		795
Real Estate Operations		229		307
General and Corporate Expense		(15,147)		(14,043)
Provision for Impairment		(48)		(479)
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets		9,163		—
Total Operating Income	$	14,523	$	2,957
Depreciation and Amortization:
Income Properties	$	10,915	$	10,302
Corporate and Other		16		14
Total Depreciation and Amortization	$	10,931	$	10,316
Capital Expenditures:
Income Properties	$	73,403	$	7,773
Commercial Loans and Investments		6,575		16,061
Corporate and Other		9		25
Total Capital Expenditures	$	79,987	$	23,859

Identifiable assets of each segment as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are as follows (in thousands):


	As of
	March 31, 2024		December 31, 2023
Identifiable Assets:
Income Properties	$	935,976	$	887,345
Management Services		1,406		1,395
Commercial Loans and Investments		66,816		62,099
Real Estate Operations		1,469		2,343
Corporate and Other		35,416		36,486
Total Assets	$	1,041,083	$	989,668

Operating income represents income from operations before interest expense, investment income, and income taxes. General and corporate expenses are an aggregate of general and administrative expenses and depreciation and amortization expense. Identifiable assets by segment are those assets that are used in the Company’s operations in each segment. Real Estate Operations primarily includes the identifiable assets of the Company’s Subsurface Interests and mitigation credits. Corporate and other assets consist primarily of cash and restricted cash, property, plant, and equipment related to the other operations, as well as the general and corporate operations. The management services and real estate operations segments had no capital expenditures during the three months ended March 31, 2024 or 2023.

Table of Contents

NOTE 23. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Subsequent events and transactions were evaluated through May 2, 2024, the date the consolidated financial statements were issued.

On April 11, 2024, the Company completed a follow-on public offering of 1,718,417 shares of the Series A Preferred Stock. Upon closing, the Company received net proceeds of $33.1 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and offering expenses payable by the Company.

Table of Contents

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

When we refer to “we,” “us,” “our,” or “the Company,” we mean CTO Realty Growth, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. References to “Notes to Financial Statements” refer to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements of CTO Realty Growth, Inc. included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Also, when the Company uses any of the words “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” or similar expressions, the Company is making forward-looking statements. Management believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon present expectations and reasonable assumptions. However, the Company’s actual results could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Further, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise such forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time, unless required by law. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those presented in our forward-looking statements, include, but are not limited to, the following:

•

we are subject to risks related to the ownership of commercial real estate that could affect the performance and value of our properties;

•

our business is dependent upon our tenants successfully operating their businesses, and their failure to do so could materially and adversely affect us;

•

competition that traditional retail tenants face from e-commerce retail sales, or the integration of brick and mortar stores with e-commerce retail operators, could adversely affect our business;

•

we operate in a highly competitive market for the acquisition of income properties and more established entities or other investors may be able to compete more effectively for acquisition opportunities than we can;

•we may be unable to successfully execute on asset acquisitions or dispositions;

•

the loss of revenues from our income property portfolio or certain tenants would adversely impact our results of operations and cash flows;

•

our revenues include receipt of management fees and potentially incentive fees derived from our provision of management services to Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (“PINE”) and the loss or failure, or decline in the business or assets, of PINE could substantially reduce our revenues;

•

there are various potential conflicts of interest in our relationship with PINE, including our executive officers and/or directors who are also officers and/or directors of PINE, which could result in decisions that are not in the best interest of our stockholders;

•

a prolonged downturn in economic conditions could adversely impact our business, particularly with regard to our ability to maintain revenues from our income-producing assets;

•

a part of our investment strategy is focused on investing in commercial loans and investments which may involve credit risk or the risk that our borrowers will fail to pay scheduled contractual payments to us when due;

•

we may suffer losses when a borrower defaults on a loan and the value of the underlying collateral is less than the amount due;

•the Company’s real estate investments are generally illiquid;

•

if we are not successful in utilizing the Section 1031 like-kind exchange structure in deploying the proceeds from dispositions of income properties, or our Section 1031 like-kind exchange transactions are disqualified, we could incur significant taxes and our results of operations and cash flows could be adversely impacted;

•

the Company may be unable to obtain debt or equity capital on favorable terms, if at all, or additional borrowings may impact our liquidity or ability to monetize any assets securing such borrowings;

•

servicing our debt requires a significant amount of cash, and we may not have sufficient cash flow from our business to service or pay our debt;

•

our operations and properties could be adversely affected in the event of natural disasters, pandemics, or other significant disruptions;

•

we may encounter environmental problems which require remediation or the incurrence of significant costs to resolve, which could adversely impact our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows;

Table of Contents

•

failure to remain qualified as real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes would cause us to be taxed as a regular corporation, which would substantially reduce funds available for distribution to stockholders;

•the risk that the REIT requirements could limit our financial flexibility;

•our limited experience operating as a REIT;

•

our ability to pay dividends consistent with the REIT requirements, and expectations as to timing and amounts of such dividends;

•the ability of our board of directors (the “Board”) to revoke our REIT status without stockholder approval;

•our exposure to changes in U.S. federal and state income tax laws, including changes to the REIT requirements;

•

general business and economic conditions, including unstable macroeconomic conditions due to, among other things, political unrest and economic uncertainty due to terrorism or war, inflation, rising interest rates and distress in the banking sector; and

•

an epidemic or pandemic (such as the COVID-19 pandemic), and the measures that international, federal, state and local governments, agencies, law enforcement and/or health authorities implement to address it, may precipitate or materially exacerbate one or more of the above-mentioned and/or other risks and may significantly disrupt or prevent us from operating our business in the ordinary course for an extended period.

The Company describes the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially in “Risk Factors” (Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023), “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” (Part I, Item 3 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q), and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations” (Part I, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q).

OVERVIEW

Management Services: A fee-based management business that is engaged in managing PINE as well as; (i) a portfolio of assets pursuant to the Portfolio Management Agreement (hereinafter defined) and (ii) Subsurface Interests (hereinafter defined) pursuant to the Subsurface Management Agreement (hereinafter defined), as further described in Note 5, “Management Services Business”.

Commercial Loans and Investments: A portfolio of four commercial loan investments and one preferred equity investment which is classified as a commercial loan investment.

Table of Contents

the amount by which our investment will increase in value, or the timing thereof. Any dividends received from PINE are included in investment and other income (loss) on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Our strategy for investing in income-producing properties is focused on factors including, but not limited to, long-term real estate fundamentals and target markets, including markets we believe to be faster growing, business-friendly markets exhibiting accommodative business tax policies, outsized relative job and population growth. We employ a methodology for evaluating targeted investments in income-producing properties which includes an evaluation of: (i) the attributes of the real estate (e.g. location, market demographics, comparable properties in the market, etc.); (ii) an evaluation of the existing tenant(s) (e.g. creditworthiness, property level sales, tenant rent levels compared to the market, etc.); (iii) other market-specific conditions (e.g. tenant industry, job and population growth in the market, local economy, etc.); and (iv) considerations relating to the Company’s business and strategy (e.g. strategic fit of the asset type, property management needs, ability to use a Section 1031 like-kind exchange structure, etc.).

We believe investment in income-producing assets provides attractive opportunities for generally stable cash flows and increased returns over the long run through potential capital appreciation. Our focus on acquiring income-producing investments includes a continual review of our existing income property portfolio to identify opportunities to recycle our capital through the sale of income properties based on, among other possible factors, the current or expected performance of the property and favorable market conditions. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company sold one income property for a sales price of $20.0 million and a gain on sale of $4.6 million. As a result of entering into the Exclusivity and Right of First Offer Agreement with PINE (the “ROFO Agreement”) which generally prevents us from investing in single-tenant net lease income properties, our income property investment strategy is focused on multi-tenant, primarily retail-oriented, properties. We may pursue this strategy by monetizing certain of our single-tenant properties, and should we do so, we would seek to utilize the 1031 like-kind exchange structure to preserve the tax-deferred gain on the original transaction(s) that pertains to the replacement asset.

Our current portfolio of 14 multi-tenant properties generates $75.0 million of revenue from annualized straight-line base lease payments and had a weighted average remaining lease term of 5.2 years as of March 31, 2024. Our current portfolio of 6 single-tenant income properties generates $5.6 million of revenues from annualized straight-line base lease payments and had a weighted average remaining lease term of 6.0 years as of March 31, 2024.

COMPARISON OF THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2024 AND 2023

Revenue

Total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2024 is presented in the following summary and indicates the changes as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023 (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended
Operating Segment	March 31, 2024		March 31, 2023		$ Variance		% Variance
Income Properties	$	24,623	$	22,432	$	2,191	9.8%
Management Services		1,105		1,098		7	0.6%
Commercial Loans and Investments		1,351		795		556	69.9%
Real Estate Operations		1,048		392		656	167.3%
Total Revenue	$	28,127	$	24,717	$	3,410	13.8%

Total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2024 increased to $28.1 million, compared to $24.7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023. The $3.4 million increase in total revenue is primarily attributable to increased income produced by the Company’s recent income property acquisitions versus that of properties disposed of by the Company during the comparative period, as well as more revenue from our commercial loans and investments and mitigation credit sales included in real estate operations.

Table of Contents

Income Properties

Revenue and operating income from our income property operations totaled $24.6 million and $17.9 million, respectively, during the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to total revenue and operating income of $22.4 million and $15.3 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The direct costs of revenues for our income property operations totaled $6.8 million and $7.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The increase in revenues of $2.2 million, or 9.8%, during the three months ended March 31, 2024 is primarily related to the overall growth of the Company’s income property portfolio, as well as the timing of acquisitions versus dispositions. The increase in operating income of $2.6 million from our income property operations reflects increased rent revenues, as well as a decrease of $0.4 million in our direct costs of revenues.

Management Services

Revenue from our management services from PINE totaled $1.0 million and $1.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, due to the decrease in PINE’s total equity. Management services during the three months ended March 31, 2024 also included less than $0.1 million of revenue, from each of the asset management agreement with a third party to manage a portfolio of multi-tenant and single-tenant assets (the “Portfolio Management Agreement”) and the Subsurface Management Agreement.

Commercial Loans and Investments

Interest income from our commercial loans and investments totaled $1.4 million and $0.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The increase is primarily due to increased income as a result of the timing of investments made related to the new loan originations during the three months ended December 31, 2023 and March 31, 2024.

Real Estate Operations

During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, operating income from real estate operations was $0.2 million and $0.3 million on revenues totaling $1.0 million and $0.4 million, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, there was $0.9 million more mitigation credit sales revenue as compared to the same period in 2023, which led to $0.7 million more in the cost of sales on mitigation credit sales during the three months ended March 31, 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023. The increase in mitigation credit sales was partially offset by reduced subsurface sales revenue of $0.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023.

General and Administrative Expenses

Total general and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2024 is presented in the following summary and indicates the changes as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023 (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended
General and Administrative Expenses	March 31, 2024		March 31, 2023		$ Variance		% Variance
Recurring General and Administrative Expenses	$	2,829	$	2,655	$	174	6.6%
Non-Cash Stock Compensation		1,387		1,072		315	29.4%
Total General and Administrative Expenses	$	4,216	$	3,727	$	489	13.1%

The primary reason for the increase in total general and administrative expenses is the overall higher employee count as a result of the increased operating activity from the significant increase in managed income property assets, as well as an increase in non-employee director compensation.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization totaled $10.9 million and $10.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The increase of $0.6 million is due to the overall growth in the Company’s income property portfolio.

Table of Contents

Gain on Disposition of Assets and Provision for Impairment

2024 Dispositions. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company sold one mixed use income property in downtown Santa Fe, NM for $20.0 million, resulting in a gain of $4.6 million. Additionally, during the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company sold its portfolio of Subsurface Interests for $5.0 million, resulting in a gain of $4.5 million.

2023 Dispositions. There were no income property dispositions during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Provision for Impairment. There were no impairment charges on the Company’s income property portfolio during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023. The Company recorded impairment charges of $0.05 million and $0.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, representing the provision for credit losses related to our commercial loans and investments.

Investment and Other Income (Loss)

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the closing stock price of PINE decreased by $1.63 per share, with a closing price of $15.28 on March 31, 2024. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the closing stock price of PINE decreased by $2.25 per share, with a closing price of $16.83 on March 31, 2023. The change in stock price resulted in unrealized non-cash losses on the Company’s investment in PINE in the amount of $3.8 million and $4.9 million which is included in investment and other income (loss) in the consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

The Company earned dividend income from the investment in PINE of $0.6 million during each of the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Interest Expense

Interest expense totaled $5.5 million and $4.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The increase of $0.9 million resulted primarily from the higher balance outstanding on the Company’s Credit Facility.

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to the Company

Net income (loss) attributable to the Company totaled $5.8 million and $(6.0) million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The $11.8 million increase in net income is attributable to the factors described above, most notably the $9.2 million in gains on dispositions of assets during the three months ended March 31, 2024, as compared to no such gains during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Cash and cash equivalents totaled $6.8 million at March 31, 2024, while restricted cash totaled $8.1 million, see Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” under the heading Restricted Cash for the Company’s disclosure related to its restricted cash balance at March 31, 2024.

Our cash flows provided by operating activities totaled $11.7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024, as compared to $9.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023, an increase of $2.4 million. The primary reason for the increase is from increased cash flows provided by income properties, which is the result of the overall growth of the Company’s income property portfolio, as well as increased cash flows from our commercial loans and investments, which is partially offset by an increase in cash paid for interest expense as the result of higher overall debt balances.

Our cash flows used in investing activities totaled $52.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024, as compared to $25.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023, an increase in cash outflows of $26.4 million. The increase in cash used in investing activities is primarily the result of an increase in acquisition activity of income properties, net of sales of income properties and principal repayments received on commercial loan investments, for an

Table of Contents

increase in net cash used of $30.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023.

Our cash flows provided by financing activities totaled $37.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to $3.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023, an increase in cash inflows of $33.6 million. The increase is primarily related to a $27.1 million increase in cash inflows provided by net debt activity as well as a decrease in cash outflows of $4.3 million as there were more repurchases of the Company’s common and preferred stock during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and an increase in cash inflows of $2.1 million due to proceeds from the sale of shares of Company common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2024 with no such activity during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Long-Term Debt. At March 31, 2024, the current commitment level under the Credit Facility was $300.0 million. The undrawn commitment under the Credit Facility totaled $90.5 million. As of March 31, 2024, the Credit Facility had a $209.5 million balance outstanding. See Note 15, “Long-Term Debt” for the Company’s disclosure related to its long-term debt balance at March 31, 2024.

Acquisitions and Investments. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company acquired the Marketplace at Seminole Towne Center, a multi-tenant income property located in Sanford, Florida, for a purchase price of $68.7 million, or a total acquisition cost of $68.8 million including capitalized acquisition costs. The Marketplace at Seminole Towne Center comprises 315,066 square feet, was 98% occupied at acquisition, and had a weighted average remaining lease term of 4.7 years at acquisition. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company also acquired the remaining 4,000 square foot property, within the 28,100 square foot retail portion of Phase II of The Exchange at Gwinnett located in Buford, Georgia for an aggregate purchase price of $2.3 million including capitalized acquisition costs. The Company previously purchased the Sprouts-anchored Phase I portion of The Exchange at Gwinnett in December 2021. The Company also originated one structured investment, to provide $10.0 million of funding towards the construction of improvements on seven outparcel locations located in Lake Worth, Florida, of which $6.7 million was funded as of March 31, 2024.

The Company’s guidance for 2024 investments in income-producing properties, including structured investments, ranges from $100.0 million to $150.0 million. We expect to fund future acquisitions utilizing cash on hand, cash from operations, proceeds from the dispositions of income properties through 1031 like-kind exchanges, borrowings on our Credit Facility, if available, and additional financing sources. See Note 23, “Subsequent Events” for an update on cash flows received from the Company’s public offering of 1,718,417 additional shares of the Company’s 6.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, which closed in April 2024. We expect dispositions of income properties will qualify under the like-kind exchange deferred-tax structure.

Dispositions. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company sold one mixed use income property in downtown Santa Fe, NM for $20.0 million resulting in a gain of $4.6 million.

ATM Program. The Company sold 125,857 shares of common stock under the 2022 ATM Program during the three months ended March 31, 2024 for gross proceeds of $2.1 million at a weighted average price of $17.05 per share, generating net proceeds of $2.1 million after deducting transaction fees totaling less than $0.1 million.

Contractual Commitments – Expenditures. The Company has committed to fund the following capital improvements. The improvements, which are related to several properties, are estimated to be generally completed within twelve months. These commitments, as of March 31, 2024, are as follows (in thousands):


	As of March 31, 2024
Total Commitment ⁽¹⁾	$	21,227
Less Amount Funded		(4,208)
Remaining Commitment	$	17,019

⁽¹⁾ Commitment includes tenant improvements, leasing commissions, rebranding, facility expansion and other capital improvements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. None.

Table of Contents

Other Matters. We believe we will have sufficient liquidity to fund our operations, capital requirements, maintenance, and debt service requirements over the next twelve months and into the foreseeable future, with cash on hand, cash flow from our operations, $135.6 million of availability remaining under the 2022 ATM Program, and $90.5 million undrawn commitment under the existing $300.0 million Credit Facility as of March 31, 2024.

Our Board and management consistently review the allocation of capital with the goal of providing the best long-term return for our stockholders. These reviews consider various alternatives, including increasing or decreasing regular dividends, repurchasing the Company’s securities, and retaining funds for reinvestment. Annually, the Board reviews our business plan and corporate strategies, and makes adjustments as circumstances warrant. Management’s focus is to continue our strategy to diversify our portfolio by redeploying proceeds from like-kind exchange transactions and utilizing our Credit Facility to increase our portfolio of income-producing properties, providing stabilized cash flows with strong risk-adjusted returns primarily in larger metropolitan areas and growth markets.

We believe that we currently have a reasonable level of leverage. Our strategy is to utilize leverage, when appropriate and necessary, and proceeds from sales of income properties and the disposition or payoffs on our commercial loans and investments to acquire income properties. We may also acquire or originate commercial loans and investments, invest in securities of real estate companies, or make other shorter-term investments. Our targeted investment classes may include the following:

●

Multi-tenant, primarily retail-oriented, properties in major metropolitan areas and growth markets, typically stabilized;

●

Single-tenant retail or other commercial, double or triple net leased, properties in major metropolitan areas and growth markets that are compliant with our commitments under the PINE ROFO Agreement;

●

Ground leases, whether purchased or originated by the Company, that are compliant with our commitments under the ROFO Agreement;

●

Self-developed retail or other commercial properties;

●

Commercial loans and investments, whether purchased or originated by the Company, with loan terms of 1-10 years with strong risk-adjusted yields secured by property types to include hotel, retail, residential, land and industrial;

●

Select regional area investments using Company market knowledge and expertise to earn strong risk-adjusted yields; and

●

Real estate-related investment securities, including commercial mortgage-backed securities, preferred or common stock, and corporate bonds.

Our investments in income-producing properties are typically subject to long-term leases. For multi-tenant properties, each tenant typically pays its proportionate share of the aforementioned operating expenses of the property, although for such properties we typically incur additional costs for property management services. Single-tenant leases are typically in the form of triple or double net leases and ground leases. Triple-net leases generally require the tenant to pay property operating expenses such as real estate taxes, insurance, assessments and other governmental fees, utilities, repairs and maintenance, and capital expenditures.

Table of Contents

Non-U.S. GAAP Financial Measures

Our reported results are presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We also disclose Funds From Operations (“FFO”), Core Funds From Operations (“Core FFO”), and Adjusted Funds From Operations (“AFFO”), each of which are non-U.S. GAAP financial measures. We believe these non-U.S. GAAP financial measures are useful to investors because they are widely accepted industry measures used by analysts and investors to compare the operating performance of REITs.

FFO, Core FFO, and AFFO do not represent cash generated from operating activities and are not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash requirements; accordingly, they should not be considered alternatives to net income as a performance measure or cash flows from operating activities as reported on our statement of cash flows as a liquidity measure and should be considered in addition to, and not in lieu of, U.S. GAAP financial measures.

We compute FFO in accordance with the definition adopted by the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT.

NAREIT defines FFO as U.S. GAAP net income or loss adjusted to exclude real estate related depreciation and amortization, as well as extraordinary items (as defined by U.S. GAAP) such as net gain or loss from sales of depreciable real estate assets, impairment write-downs associated with depreciable real estate assets and impairments associated with the implementation of current expected credit losses on commercial loans and investments at the time of origination, including the pro rata share of such adjustments of unconsolidated subsidiaries. The Company also excludes the gains or losses from sales of assets incidental to the primary business of the REIT which specifically include the sales of mitigation credits, subsurface sales, investment securities, and land sales, in addition to the mark-to-market of the Company’s investment securities and interest related to the 2025 Convertible Senior Notes, if the effect is dilutive. To derive Core FFO, we modify the NAREIT computation of FFO to include other adjustments to U.S. GAAP net income related to gains and losses recognized on the extinguishment of debt, amortization of above- and below-market lease related intangibles, and other unforecastable market- or transaction-driven non-cash items, as well as adding back the interest related to the 2025 Convertible Senior Notes, if the effect is dilutive. To derive AFFO, we further modify the NAREIT computation of FFO and Core FFO to include other adjustments to U.S. GAAP net income related to non-cash revenues and expenses such as straight-line rental revenue, non-cash compensation, and other non-cash amortization. Such items may cause short-term fluctuations in net income but have no impact on operating cash flows or long-term operating performance. We use AFFO as one measure of our performance when we formulate corporate goals.

FFO is used by management, investors and analysts to facilitate meaningful comparisons of operating performance between periods and among our peers primarily because it excludes the effect of real estate depreciation and amortization and net gains or losses on sales, which are based on historical costs and implicitly assume that the value of real estate diminishes predictably over time, rather than fluctuating based on existing market conditions. We believe that Core FFO and AFFO are additional useful supplemental measures for investors to consider because they will help them to better assess our operating performance without the distortions created by other non-cash revenues or expenses. FFO, Core FFO, and AFFO may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies.

Table of Contents

Reconciliation of Non-U.S. GAAP Measures (in thousands, except share and dividend data):


	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2024		March 31, 2023
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to the Company	$	5,842	$	(5,993)
Add Back: Effect of Dilutive Interest Related to 2025 Notes ⁽¹⁾		534		—
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to the Company, If-Converted	$	6,376	$	(5,993)
Depreciation and Amortization of Real Estate		10,915		10,302
Gain on Disposition of Assets		(9,163)		—
Gain on Disposition of Other Assets		(231)		(323)
Provision for Impairment		48		479
Realized and Unrealized Loss on Investment Securities		4,039		4,918
Funds from Operations	$	11,984	$	9,383
Distributions to Preferred Stockholders		(1,187)		(1,195)
Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders	$	10,797	$	8,188
Amortization of Intangibles to Lease Income		474		679
Less: Effect of Dilutive Interest Related to 2025 Notes⁽¹⁾		(534)		—
Core Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders	$	10,737	$	8,867
Adjustments:
Straight-Line Rent Adjustment		(693)		(251)
COVID-19 Rent Repayments		—		26
Other Depreciation and Amortization		(4)		(59)
Amortization of Loan Costs, Discount on Convertible Debt, and Capitalized Interest		221		208
Non-Cash Compensation		1,387		1,072
Adjusted Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders	$	11,648	$	9,863

Dividends Declared and Paid - Preferred Stock	$	0.40	$	0.40
Dividends Declared and Paid - Common Stock	$	0.38	$	0.38

(1)

For the three months ended March 31, 2024, interest related to the 2025 Convertible Senior Notes was added back to net income attributable to the Company to derive FFO, as the impact to net income attributable to common stockholders was dilutive. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, interest related to the 2025 Convertible Senior Notes was not added back, as the impact to net loss attributable to common stockholders was anti-dilutive.

Other Data (in thousands, except per share data):


	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2024		March 31, 2023
FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders	$	10,797	$	8,188
FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders per Common Share - Diluted	$	0.41	$	0.36

Core FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders	$	10,737	$	8,867
Core FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders per Common Share - Diluted⁽¹⁾	$	0.48	$	0.39

AFFO Attributable to Common Stockholders	$	11,648	$	9,863
AFFO Attributable to Common Stockholders per Common Share - Diluted⁽¹⁾	$	0.52	$	0.43

⁽¹⁾	These amounts are calculated utilizing the number of shares identified in the sub-table below as “Non-U.S. GAAP Weighted Average Shares Outstanding, Diluted” which share number reflects, if applicable, the elimination of the dilutive impact of the 2025 Convertible Senior Notes.

Table of Contents

Reconciliation of Non-U.S. GAAP Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding, Diluted:


	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2024		March 31, 2023
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding, Basic		22,551,241		22,704,829
Common Shares Applicable to Unvested Restricted Stock Using the Treasury Stock Method		554		—
Common Shares Applicable to Dilutive Effect of 2025 Notes		3,505,857		—
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding, Diluted		26,057,652		22,704,829
Non-U.S. GAAP Adjustment for the Dilutive Effect of 2025 Notes		(3,505,857)		—
Non-U.S. GAAP Weighted Average Shares Outstanding, Diluted		22,551,795		22,704,829

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

Critical accounting estimates include those estimates made in accordance with U.S. GAAP that involve a significant level of estimation uncertainty and have had or are reasonably likely to have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations. Our most significant estimate is as follows:

Purchase Accounting for Acquisitions of Real Estate Subject to a Lease. As required by U.S. GAAP, the fair value of the real estate acquired with in-place leases is allocated to the acquired tangible assets, consisting of land, building and tenant improvements, and identified intangible assets and liabilities, consisting of the value of above-market and below-market leases, the value of in-place leases, and the value of leasing costs, based in each case on their relative fair values. In allocating the fair value of the identified intangible assets and liabilities of an acquired property, above-market and below-market in-place lease values are recorded as other assets or liabilities based on the present value. The assumptions underlying the allocation of relative fair values are based on market information including, but not limited to: (i) the estimate of replacement cost of improvements under the cost approach, (ii) the estimate of land values based on comparable sales under the sales comparison approach, and (iii) the estimate of future benefits determined by either a reasonable rate of return over a single year’s net cash flow, or a forecast of net cash flows projected over a reasonable investment horizon under the income capitalization approach. The underlying assumptions are subject to uncertainty and thus any changes to the allocation of fair value to each of the various line items within the Company’s consolidated balance sheets could have an impact on the Company’s financial condition as well as results of operations due to resulting changes in depreciation and amortization as a result of the fair value allocation. The acquisitions of real estate subject to this estimate totaled one building within an existing multi-tenant income property and one multi-tenant property for an aggregate purchase price of $71.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and one building within an existing multi-tenant income property for a purchase price of $3.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023.

See Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies”, for further discussion of the Company’s accounting estimates and policies.

Table of Contents

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The principal market risk (i.e. the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices), to which we are exposed is interest rate risk relating to our debt. We may utilize overnight sweep accounts and short-term investments as a means to minimize the interest rate risk. We do not believe that interest rate risk related to cash equivalents and short-term investments, if any, is material due to the nature of the investments.

We are primarily exposed to interest rate risk relating to our own debt in connection with our Credit Facility, as this facility carries a variable rate of interest. Our borrowings on our $300.0 million Credit Facility bear interest at a rate ranging from SOFR plus 0.10% plus 125 basis points to SOFR plus 0.10% plus 220 basis points based on our level of borrowing as a percentage of our total asset value. As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, the outstanding balance on our Credit Facility totaled $209.5 million and $133.2 million, of which $59.5 million and $33.2 million, respectively, were not fixed by virtue of an interest rate swap agreement. A hypothetical change in the interest rate of 100 basis points (i.e., 1%) would affect our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows by $0.6 million and $0.3 million as of March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company entered into interest rate swap agreements to hedge against changes in future cash flows resulting from fluctuating interest rates related to certain of its debt borrowings, see Note 16, “Interest Rate Swaps” in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q. By virtue of fixing the variable rate on certain debt borrowings, our exposure to changes in interest rates is minimal but for the impact on other comprehensive income and loss. Management’s objective is to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to manage our overall borrowing costs.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

As of the end of the period covered by this report, an evaluation, as required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act). Based on that evaluation, the CEO and CFO have concluded that the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Company in such reports is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the three months ended March 31, 2024, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

For a discussion of the Company’s potential risks and uncertainties, see the information under the heading Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. The risks described in the Form 10-K are not the only risks facing the Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to the Company or that the Company currently deems to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect the Company. As of March 31, 2024, there have been no material changes in our risk factors from those set forth within the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Table of Contents

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

The following repurchases of shares of the Company’s common stock were made during the three months ended March 31, 2024:


	Total Number of Shares Purchased	Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as a Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs ⁽¹⁾	Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares That May yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs ($000's) ⁽¹⁾
1/1/2024 - 1/31/2024	—	$	—	—	$	5,000
2/1/2024 - 2/29/2024	40,726		16.28	40,726		4,337
3/1/2024 - 3/31/2024	—		—	—		—
Total	40,726	$	16.28	40,726

(1)

On December 12, 2023, the Board approved a $5.0 million common stock repurchase program, of which $4.3 million remained available as of March 31, 2024.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

Not applicable

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

Not applicable

Table of Contents

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

(a) Exhibits:


(3.1)		Articles of Amendment and Restatement of CTO Realty Growth, Inc., as amended by the Articles of Amendment (Name Change), filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K12B filed February 1, 2021, and incorporated herein by reference.

(3.2)		Articles Supplementary, designating CTO Realty Growth, Inc.’s 6.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed July 1, 2021 (File No. 001-11350), and incorporated herein by reference.
(3.3)		Articles Supplementary, designating 3,000,000 additional shares of CTO Realty Growth, Inc.’s 6.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed April 3, 2024, and incorporated herein by reference.

(3.4)		Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of CTO Realty Growth, Inc., effective as of February 16, 2023, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 17, 2023, and incorporated herein by reference.

(4.1)		Specimen Common Stock Certificate of CTO Realty Growth, Inc., filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K12B filed February 1, 2021, and incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit 31.1		Certification filed pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Exhibit 31.2		Certification filed pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

*Exhibit 32.1		Certification furnished pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

*Exhibit 32.2		Certification furnished pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Exhibit 101.INS		Inline XBRL Instance Document

Exhibit 101.SCH		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

Exhibit 101.CAL		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

Exhibit 101.DEF		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document

Exhibit 101.LAB		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

Exhibit 101.PRE		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

Exhibit 104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

In accordance with Item 601(b)(32) of Regulation S-K, this Exhibit is not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Such certifications will not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.

Table of Contents

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


	CTO REALTY GROWTH, INC.
	(Registrant)

May 2, 2024	By:	/s/ John P. Albright
		John P. Albright President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

May 2, 2024	By:	/s/ Lisa M. Vorakoun
		Lisa M. Vorakoun, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, John P. Albright, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of CTO Realty Growth, Inc.;

2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.	The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 2, 2024


By:		/s/ John P. Albright
		John P. Albright
		President and Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Lisa M. Vorakoun, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of CTO Realty Growth, Inc.;

2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

5.	The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)

(b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 2, 2024

By:

/s/ Lisa M. Vorakoun

Lisa M. Vorakoun, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of CTO Realty Growth, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2024, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, John P. Albright, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: May 2, 2024


By:		/s/ John P. Albright
		John P. Albright
		President and Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of CTO Realty Growth, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2024, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Lisa M. Vorakoun, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, and Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: May 2, 2024

By:

/s/ Lisa M. Vorakoun

Lisa M. Vorakoun, Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)