Alpine Income Property Trust Announces 2023 Transaction Activity and Provides Corporate Update

WINTER PARK, Fla., Jan. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PINE) (the “Company”) today announced its 2023 investment and disposition activities and provided a corporate update.

2023 Investment Activity

• During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company acquired 14 net lease retail properties for total acquisition volume of $82.9 million, representing a weighted average going-in cash cap rate of 7.4%. Acquisitions completed during the year had a weighted average remaining lease term of 8.7 years and approximately 66% of annualized base rents are from a tenant or the parent of a tenant with an investment grade credit rating.
• During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company originated three first mortgage structured investments totaling $38.6 million at a weighted average initial yield of 9.1%.
• The Company’s total investment activity for the year ended December 31, 2023, which includes its acquisition and structured investment activities, totaled $121.5 million at a weighted average initial investment yield of 7.9%.
• During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company acquired two net lease retail properties for total acquisition volume of $3.0 million, representing a weighted average going-in cash cap rate of 7.3%. Acquisitions completed during the fourth quarter had a weighted average remaining lease term of 9.6 years and 100% of annualized base rents are from a tenant or the parent of a tenant with an investment grade credit rating.
• During the quarter ended December 31, 2023, the Company originated two first mortgage structured investments totaling $30.8 million at a weighted average initial yield of 9.2%.
• The Company’s total investment activity during the fourth quarter of 2023 totaled $33.8 million, representing a weighted average initial investment yield of 7.9%.

2023 Disposition Activity

• During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company sold 24 net lease properties for total disposition volume of $108.3 million, at a weighted average exit cap rate of 6.3%. The sale of the properties generated aggregate gains of $9.3 million.
• During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company sold two net lease properties for a total disposition volume of $8.7 million, representing an exit cap rate of 7.3%.

2023 Capital Markets and Balance Sheet Highlights

• During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company repurchased 899,011 common shares at a weighted average gross price of $16.23 per share, for a total cost of $14.6 million. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had approximately $0.8 million remaining on its current common stock buyback program.
• During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company repurchased 594,790 common shares at a weighted average gross price of $16.01 per share, for a total cost of $9.5 million.
• During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company issued 665,929 common shares under its ATM offering program at a weighted average gross price of $18.96 per share, for total net proceeds of $12.4 million.
• As of December 31, 2023, there were 14,883,061 shares of common stock and operating partnership units outstanding.
• The Company currently has no debt maturities until 2026.

Year-End 2023 Portfolio Update

• As of December 31, 2023, the Company owned 138 net lease properties representing $38.7 million of annualized base rent.
• The Company’s portfolio at year-end 2023 had a weighted average remaining lease term of 7.0 years and approximately 65% of annualized base rents are from a tenant or the parent of a tenant with an investment grade credit rating.
• The Company’s top five tenants based on total annualized base rent are Walgreens, Lowe’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Dollar Tree/Family Dollar, and Dollar General. All top five tenants maintain investment grade credit ratings.

About Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. 

Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PINE) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that seeks to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns and dependable cash dividends by investing in, owning and operating a portfolio of single tenant net leased commercial income properties that are predominantly leased to high-quality publicly traded and credit-rated tenants.

We encourage you to review our most recent investor presentation which is available on our website at http://www.alpinereit.com.  

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The Company defines “Annualized Base Rent” or “ABR” as the annualized straight-line in-place base rent required by the tenant’s lease as of December 31, 2023. ABR is a non-GAAP financial measure. We believe this non-GAAP financial measure is useful to investors because it is a widely accepted industry measure used by analysts and investors to compare the real estate portfolios and operating performance of real estate investment trusts.