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Business
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
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Business

Note 1 – Business

Overview

Trinity Place Holdings Inc., which we refer to in these financial statements as “Trinity,” “we,” “our,” or “us,” is a real estate holding, investment, development and asset management company. Our largest asset is a property located at 77 Greenwich Street in Lower Manhattan (“77 Greenwich”), which is nearing completion as a mixed-use project consisting of a 90-unit residential condominium tower, retail space and a New York City elementary school. We also own a 105-unit, 12-story multi-family property located at 237 11th Street in Brooklyn, New York (“237 11th”), as well as a property occupied by a retail tenant in Paramus, New Jersey. In February 2023, we sold our 10% interest in a joint venture that owned a multifamily property at 250 North 10th Street in Brooklyn, New York (“250 North 10th”).

We also control a variety of intellectual property assets focused on the consumer sector, a legacy of our predecessor, Syms Corp. (“Syms”), including FilenesBasement.com, our rights to the Stanley Blacker® brand, as well as the intellectual property associated with the Running of the Brides® event and An Educated Consumer is Our Best Customer® slogan. In addition, we also had approximately $282.9 million of federal net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) at March 31, 2023, which can be used to reduce our future taxable income and capital gains.

Liquidity and Going Concern; Management’s Plans; Recent Developments

Our financial statements are prepared using accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America applicable to a going concern, which contemplate the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business.   The COVID-19 pandemic and related matters, including government actions, shifts in residential consumer sentiment and changes to the broader and local economies, had a significant adverse impact on our business.  More recently, the economic downturn, increased interest rates and high inflation have also impacted our business.   As of March 31, 2023, we had total cash and restricted cash of $18.8 million, of which approximately $2.6 million was cash and cash equivalents and approximately $16.2 million was restricted cash.  The Company’s cash and cash equivalents will not be sufficient to fund the Company’s operations, debt service, amortization and maturities and corporate expenses over the next 12 months, unless we are able to extend or refinance our maturing debt and raise additional capital, creating substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Management is exploring opportunities to secure additional funding through the sale of assets, refinancings of outstanding indebtedness, and equity or debt financings or other sources.  The Company also continues to explore a range of strategic and financing alternatives.  Potential strategic alternatives that may be evaluated include securing an equity and/or debt financing of the Company, refinancing of existing debt, and/or a sale or merger or reverse merger of the Company.  The Company reached agreement with its CCF lender regarding, among other things, the deferment of cash interest payments and a $7 million prepayment until August 31, 2023, subject to extension in certain circumstances, which also provided that the Company will enter into a strategic transaction that results in the repayment of the CCF or prepay the CCF by $5 million from equity proceeds by such date.  The Company’s subsidiary borrower under the secured line of credit also entered into an amendment to that agreement extending the maturity date to March 22, 2024 and reducing the interest rate to 2.5% until such date.  See Note 14 – Subsequent events for further information on the amendments.  The Company is also exploring a refinancing of the debt in respect of 237 11th.  Given the current financial market challenges and a slowdown in lending and other transactions, there can be no assurance that we will be able to enter into a strategic transaction or prepay the CCF by the agreed-upon date, or that our cash position will extend through that date or that we will be able to enter into any future extensions, amendments or waivers with these or other lenders, raise additional capital, refinance indebtedness or enter into other financing arrangements or engage in asset sales or strategic partnerships sufficient to fund our cash needs, on terms satisfactory to us, if at all.  Further, in the event that market conditions preclude our ability to consummate such transactions, we will be required to evaluate additional alternatives in restructuring our business and our capital structure, including but not limited to filing for bankruptcy protection or seeking an out-of-court restructuring of our liabilities.

While construction at 77 Greenwich has taken longer than projected and the impact of the pandemic and broader economic conditions have impeded the sale of residential condominium units at 77 Greenwich, we continue to sign and close contracts for our residential condominium units, including five units since December 31, 2022, for a total of 33 units as of March 31, 2023. Following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank in March 2023 and subsequent additional bank failures and

related stresses, the pace of signing and closing contracts on residential condominium units has slowed markedly, with one contract being closed since that time period.  Although we anticipate the pace will normalize in the near term in light of historical trends, predictions are inherently uncertain and there can be no assurances that it will do so in the near term or at all.

The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of any uncertainty as to our ability to continue as a going concern.