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Fair Value Measurements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
Fair Value Measurements

Note 6. Fair Value Measurements

 

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, receivables, certain other assets, accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities approximate their fair value due to their terms and/or short-term nature.

 

The fair value of the Company’s fixed-rate mortgage loans payable and revolving credit facilities, which were determined to be Level 3 within the valuation hierarchy, were estimated using available market information and discounted cash flow analyses based on borrowing rates the Company believes it could obtain with similar terms and maturities. As of March 31, 2025, the aggregate fair value of the Company’s fixed-rate mortgage loans payable were $568.4 million and the aggregate carrying value of the Company’s fixed-rate mortgage loans payable were $586.1 million. As of March 31, 2025, the aggregate fair value of the Company’s revolving credit facility approximated its carrying value.

 

Under GAAP, transactions involving related and affiliated parties cannot be presumed to be carried out on an arm’s length-basis, as the requisite conditions of competitive, free-market dealings may not exist. Therefore, in the opinion of management, the fair value of the RSLCA notes receivable from affiliated party, notes receivable from affiliates, guaranty receivable, and guaranty liability cannot be readily estimated, as the transactions are with related and affiliated parties. Other information about related and affiliated party transactions are provided, where applicable, elsewhere in these notes to the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Derivative Financial Instrument

 

The Company’s objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to add stability to interest expense and to manage its exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective, the Company primarily uses interest rate swaps as part of its interest rate risk management strategy. Charges and/or credits relating to the changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps are made to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), noncontrolling interests or operations (included in interest expense), as applicable. Over time, the unrealized gains and losses recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) will be reclassified into earnings as an increase or reduction to interest expense in the same periods in which the hedged interest payments affect earnings. During the next twelve months, the Company estimates that an additional $52,000 will be reclassified as an increase to interest expense.

 

The Company, through the Operating Partnership, entered into a five-year swap agreement on February 8, 2023 to fix Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR) debt, resulting in an all-in fixed rate of 5.80% relating to a $26.9 million mortgage loan, effective as of February 9, 2023. The Company designated the pay-fixed, receive-floating interest rate swap with the terms described in the table below as of the acquisition date as a cash flow hedge. The swap agreement matures on February 1, 2028. The derivative instrument qualified as a cash flow hedge for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

 

The following is a summary of the derivative financial instrument attributes held by the Company at March 31, 2025:

 

Designation/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notional

 

 

Fair

 

 

Maturity

 

Balance sheet

Cash flow

 

Derivative

 

Count

 

 

amount

 

 

value

 

 

date

 

location

Qualifying

 

Interest rate swap

 

 

1

 

 

$

26,900,000

 

 

$

(354,000

)

 

Feb 2028

 

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The valuation of the liability for the Company’s interest rate swap, which is measured on a recurring basis, was determined to be Level 2 within the valuation hierarchy and was based on independent values provided by a financial instrument valuation specialist. Such valuation was determined using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analyses on the expected cash flows of the derivative. The analysis reflects the contractual term of the swap, including the period to maturity, and user-observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves (“significant other observable inputs”). The fair value calculation also includes an amount for risk of non-performance using “significant unobservable inputs” such as estimates of current credit spreads to evaluate the likelihood of default. The Company has concluded that, as of March 31, 2025, the fair value associated with the “significant unobservable inputs” relating to the Company’s risk of non-performance was insignificant to the overall fair value of the interest rate swap agreement and, as a result, the relevant inputs for purposes of calculating the fair value of the interest rate swap agreements, in their entirety, were based upon “significant other observable inputs”.