Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Tenant Leases

The Company acquires, owns and manages commercial single-tenant lease properties, with the majority being long-term triple-net leases where the tenant is generally responsible for all improvements and contractually obligated to pay all operating costs (such as real estate taxes, utilities and repairs and maintenance costs). As of December 31, 2022, the Company had 427 single-tenant retail net leases spanning 43 states, with 80 different tenants represented across 25 retail sectors. As of December 31, 2022, the remaining terms of leases range from 2-20 years.

The Company’s property leases have been classified as operating leases and some have scheduled rent increases throughout the lease term. The Company’s leases typically provide the tenant one or more multi-year renewal options to extend their leases, subject to generally the same terms and conditions, including rent increases, consistent with the initial lease term.

All lease-related income is reported as a single line item, rental revenue (including reimbursable), in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income and is presented net of any reserves for uncollectible amounts. There were no material reserves for uncollectible amounts during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020.

Fixed lease income includes stated amounts per the lease contract, which include base rent, fixed common area maintenance charges, and straight-line lease adjustments.

Variable lease income primarily includes recoveries from tenants, which represent amounts that tenants are contractually obligated to reimburse the Company for specific to their portion of actual recoverable costs incurred. Variable lease income also includes percentage rent, which represents amounts billable to tenants based on their actual sales volume in excess of levels specified in the lease contract.

The following table provides a disaggregation of lease income recognized under ASC 842 (in thousands):



	Year Ended December 31,
	2022		2021		2020
Rental revenue
Fixed lease income (1)	$	82,836	$	53,734	$	31,097
Variable lease income (2)	10,209		4,743		2,126
Other rental revenue:
Above/below market lease amortization, net	1,430		785		504
Lease incentives	(541)		(122)		—
Rental revenue (including reimbursable)	$	93,934	$	59,140	$	33,727

(1) Fixed lease income includes contractual rents under lease agreements with tenants recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

(2) Variable lease income primarily includes tenant reimbursements for real estate taxes, insurance, common area maintenance, lease termination fees, and the write-off of uncollectible amounts. There were immaterial write-offs of uncollectible amounts during 2022 and 2021 with no write-offs during 2020.

Scheduled future minimum base rental payments (excluding base rental payments from properties classified as held for sale and straight line rent adjustments for all properties) due to be received under the remaining non-cancelable term of the operating leases in place as of December 31, 2022 are as follows (in thousands):


	Future Minimum Base Rental Receipts
2023	$	98,104
2024	98,126
2025	97,504
2026	94,658
2027	90,250
Thereafter	458,761
Total	$	937,403

Future minimum rentals exclude amounts that may be received from tenants for reimbursements of operating costs and property taxes. In addition, the future minimum rents do not include any contingent rents based on a percentage of the lessees' gross sales or lease escalations based on future changes in the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) or other stipulated reference rate.

Corporate Office Lease

In August 2021, the Company entered into a lease agreement on a new corporate office space, which commenced in October 2021 and is classified as an operating lease. The Company began operating out of the new office in February 2022. The lease has a remaining noncancellable lease term of 9.6 years that expires on July 31, 2032, with a one-time option to terminate in 2029 exercisable by the Company. The lease is also renewable at the Company’s option for two additional periods of five years. No renewals were incorporated in the calculation of the corporate lease right-of-use asset and liability as it is not reasonably certain that the Company will exercise the options. Further, the lease agreement does not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. The corporate office lease contains variable lease costs related to the lease of parking spaces and non-lease components related to the reimbursement of property operating expenses and certain common area maintenance expenses, all of which are recognized as incurred. The Company elected to use the component practical expedient, which permits the Company to not separate non-lease components from lease components if timing and pattern of transfer is the same.

The following table presents the lease expense components for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 (in thousands):


	Year Ended December 31,
	2022		2021
Operating lease cost	$	542	$	—
Variable lease cost	$	110	$	—

The Company recorded a right-of-use asset and operating lease liability of approximately $4.5 million at lease commencement. As of December 31, 2022, the right-of-use asset and operating lease liability was $4.2 million and $5.5 million, respectively. The right-of-use asset is included in other assets, net and the operating lease liability is included in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The following table reflects the maturity analysis of payments due from the Company over the next five years and thereafter for the corporate office lease obligation as of December 31, 2022 (in thousands):


	Future Minimum Lease Payments
2023	$	533
2024	617
2025	636
2026	653
2027	670
Thereafter	3,311
Total lease payments	6,420
Less: amount representing interest (1)	(956)
Present value of operating lease liabilities	$	5,464

(1) Imputed interest was calculated using a discount rate of 3.25%. The discount rate is based on the estimated incremental borrowing rate, calculated as the treasury rate for the same period as the underlying lease term, plus a spread determined using factors including REIT industry performance.