Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

1.    Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

INDUS Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, (“INDUS” or the “Company”) is a real estate business that has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) as defined in the Internal Revenue Service Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and is principally engaged in developing, acquiring, managing and leasing high-quality industrial and logistics properties in select supply-constrained markets in the United States. The Company conducts substantially all of its business through its operating partnership, INDUS RT, LP, a Maryland limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”). The Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. As used herein, the “Company” refers to INDUS Realty Trust, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries and partnerships, including the Operating Partnership, except where context otherwise requires.

As of March 31, 2022, INDUS owned 35 industrial/logistics properties aggregating approximately 5.4 million square feet located in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. INDUS seeks to add to its property portfolio through the acquisition and development of land or the acquisition of modern, market-appropriate logistics buildings in the markets it targets, all of which can serve multiple drivers of demand in the modern supply chain. INDUS also owns undeveloped land parcels, much of which is not consistent with the Company’s core industrial and logistics strategy, and, therefore, the Company sells certain parcels periodically over time.

The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. Certain amounts from the prior year periods have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.

INDUS’ consolidated financial statements reflect its accounts and its consolidated subsidiaries. INDUS consolidates the subsidiaries it controls through (i) voting rights or similar rights or (ii) by means other than voting rights if INDUS is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity (“VIE”). There have been no VIEs in which INDUS is not a primary beneficiary.

These financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the standards of accounting measurement set forth by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 270, “Interim Reporting” and in accordance with the accounting policies stated in INDUS’ audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 included in INDUS’ Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements appearing in that report. All adjustments, comprising only normal recurring adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of results for the interim periods, have been reflected and all intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses in the reporting period. The actual results experienced by INDUS may differ materially and adversely from INDUS’ estimates. To the extent there are material differences between the estimates and the actual results, future results of operations will be affected.

There are various accounting updates recently issued which represent technical corrections to the accounting literature or apply to specific industries. INDUS does not expect the application of any of these other updates to have an impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

INDUS considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. INDUS’ restricted cash primarily consists of reserves for real estate taxes as required by certain mortgage note obligations as well as proceeds from property sales held by a qualified intermediary to be used for a tax deferred Section 1031 Like-Kind Exchanges (“1031 Like-Kind Exchange”) under the Code.

The following table presents a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:

	March 31,		December 31,
		2022		2021
Cash and cash equivalents	$	125,727	$	150,263
Restricted cash		665		10,644
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	126,392	$	160,907

Discontinued Operations

Operating results and the gain or loss on sale for a component or groups of components, whose disposition represents a strategic shift that has or will have a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results, are presented as discontinued operations in the statements of operations and the assets and liabilities of the component to be disposed of are classified as held for sale. In March 2022, INDUS commenced the sale process to fully exit its legacy investment in its remaining office/flex properties (“Office/Flex Portfolio). The Office/Flex Portfolio is comprised of seven buildings totaling approximately 175,000 square feet located in Windsor and Bloomfield, Connecticut. Additionally, INDUS intends to sell an approximate 18,000 square foot storage building that had been used in the operations of the Office/Flex Portfolio and is located within the same business park. In March 2022, the Company closed its Landscaping Division which primarily served the Office/Flex Portfolio and recorded a gain on sale of $203 for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The disposition of the Office/Flex Portfolio represents a strategic shift and following the sale, the Company will be positioned as a pure-play industrial/logistics real estate business with a modern portfolio located in select high-growth markets. The Office/Flex Portfolio is recorded as discontinued operations as of March 2022 and for all prior periods presented, the related assets and liabilities are presented as assets and liabilities held for sale on the consolidated balance sheets and the related operating results are presented as income (loss) from discontinued operations on the consolidated statements of operations (see Note 4).

Reclassifications

Reclassifications were made related to discontinued operations as discussed in Discontinued Operations above. These reclassifications did not affect the Company's total financial position, results of operations or cash flows.