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Mortgage Notes Payable, Net | Mortgage Notes Payable, Net The Company’s mortgage notes payable, net as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are as follows:
_______ (1)These mortgage notes payable are currently either in an event of default, in breach of a debt covenant that may result in further restrictions as specified by the terms of the covenants or a cash sweep event of a debt covenant that may result in further restrictions as specified by the terms of the covenants. For more information please see “Debt Covenant Non-Compliance, Cash Sweep Events, Notices of Defaults and of Acceleration and Foreclosure Litigation” section below. (2)Deferred financing costs represent commitment fees, legal fees, and other costs associated with obtaining commitments for financing. These costs are amortized to interest expense over the terms of the respective financing agreements using the effective interest method. Unamortized deferred financing costs are expensed when the associated debt is refinanced or repaid before maturity. Costs incurred in seeking financial transactions that do not close are expensed in the period in which it is determined that the financing will not close. (3)The Company was informed by the lender on February 19, 2025 that the Company was in default under the loan agreement governing the loan secured by the non-recourse mortgage on the property for failure to make certain scheduled interest payments, and on April 7, 2025 the Company was informed by the lender that the principal balance due under such loan agreement had been accelerated and all amounts under such loan agreement were due and payable. In June 2025, the lender commenced a legal action in the State of New York against the OP and the Company’s subsidiary borrower under such loan agreement demanding, among other things, the court initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to the property and, in July 2025, that such court appoint a receiver for the property. For more information, please see “Debt Covenant Non-Compliance, Cash Sweep Events, Notices of Defaults and of Acceleration and Foreclosure Litigation” section below. (4) The Company was informed by the lender pursuant to letters dated in November 2024, December 2024, January 2025 and June 2025 that the Company was in default under the loan agreement governing the loan secured by the non-recourse mortgage on the property for events that first occurred in the third and fourth quarters of 2023, specifically the Company’s failure to establish a cash management account for excess cash sweeps over monthly debt service requirements failure to cooperate with the lender to cure the alleged cash management procedure failures, and failure to pay outstanding amounts due under such loan agreement beginning in April 2025. The Company responded to notices of default sent in November 2024, December 2024 and January 2025, rejecting the assertions made by the lender, and has not received a response from the lender. The Company has not responded to the notice of default received in June 2025. The lender has not accelerated any portion of the loan. For more information, please see “Debt Covenant Non-Compliance, Cash Sweep Events, Notices of Defaults and of Acceleration and Foreclosure Litigation” section below. Collateral and Principal Payments Real estate assets and intangible assets of $436.2 million, at cost (net of below-market lease liabilities), as of June 30, 2025 have been pledged as collateral to the Company’s mortgage notes payable and are not available to satisfy the Company’s other obligations unless first satisfying the mortgage note payable on the property. The Company is required to make payments of interest on its mortgage notes payable on a monthly basis. The following table summarizes the scheduled aggregate principal payments subsequent to June 30, 2025:
_______ (1) On April 7, 2025, the Company was informed by the lender under the loan secured by the 1140 Avenue of the Americas property that the principal balance due under the loan agreement had been accelerated and all amounts under such loan agreement were due and payable. Debt Covenant Non-Compliance, Cash Sweep Events, Notices of Defaults and of Acceleration and Foreclosure Litigation 1140 Avenue of the Americas The Company has breached both a debt service coverage provision and a reserve fund provision under its non-recourse mortgage secured by the 1140 Avenue of the Americas property in each of the last 20 quarters ended June 30, 2025. The principal amount of the loan was $99.0 million as of June 30, 2025. These breaches are not events of default, rather they require excess cash, if any, generated at the property (after paying operating costs, debt service and capital/tenant replacement reserves) to be held in a segregated account as additional collateral under the loan. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 the Company had $0.4 million and $1.6 million, respectively, in cash that is retained by the lender and maintained in restricted cash on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of those dates. In addition, the debt service payment for the months of April, May and June under this non-recourse mortgage were not made in full by the rental income from the property collected in the cash management accounts under control of the lender. The Company was informed by the lender on February 19, 2025 that the Company was in default under the loan agreement for failure to make certain scheduled interest payments. The Company made the payments in question in full on the same day the default notice was received by the Company as a cure for the February event of default. On April 7, 2025, the lender notified the Company that the principal balance due under such loan agreement had been accelerated and all amounts under such loan agreement were due and payable as a result of a default described in the notice, together with interest at the default rate set forth in the loan document, which is a rate annum equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum nonusurious interest rate or (ii) five percent (5%) above the interest rate of 4.109% per annum. Such amounts include, but are not limited to, the $99.0 million principal amount of the mortgage note. On June 27, 2025, the trustee appointed to act on behalf of the lenders filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of the State of New York in the County of New York (the “Court”), naming the OP and the Company’s subsidiary borrower under such loan agreement as defendants, requesting the Court initiate foreclosure proceedings on the mortgage on the property and that the OP and such borrower pay the lenders the amount of the debt, inclusive of certain accrued fees and expenses, remaining unsatisfied after the sale of the property. On July 21, 2025, the trustee filed a motion with the Court to appoint a receiver with respect to the property. On August 6, 2025, the Company filed its answer to such complaint, which admitted in part, denied in part the material allegations and stated that the Company has insufficient knowledge and information upon which to form a belief as to whether it has, as of yet, unstated affirmative defenses available. Notwithstanding the OP being named as defendant in the complaint, the complaint does not allege events giving rise to a recourse obligation by the OP under the guaranty agreement related to the loan agreement, and the Company does not believe that any of the allegations against the OP are sufficient to trigger any such recourse obligation of the OP under the guaranty agreement. 8713 Fifth Avenue The Company has breached the first part of a two-part test debt service coverage ratio covenant under the non-recourse mortgage secured by 8713 Fifth Avenue in each of the last 20 quarters ended June 30, 2025. The second part of the test is a lender’s right to require replacement of management ratio which is discussed below. The principal amount for the loan was $10.0 million as of June 30, 2025. The breach of the first part of this covenant did not result in an event of default but rather triggered an excess cash flow sweep period that has been ongoing. The excess cash flow sweep period will continue until the covenant breaches are cured in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement. This property has not generated any excess cash since the breach occurred, and thus no cash has ever been trapped related to this property. Separately, in the event that the debt service coverage ratio is in breach of the lenders right to require replacement of management ratio for two consecutive calendar quarters and the lender reasonably determines that such breach is due to the property being imprudently managed by the current manager, the lender has the right, but not the obligation, to require that the Company replace the current manager with a third party manager chosen by the Company. As of June 30, 2025 the Company is no longer in breach of the lenders right to require replacement of management. 400 E. 67th Street/200 Riverside Blvd. The Company entered a lease sweep period under the non-recourse mortgage secured by 400 E. 67th Street/200 Riverside Blvd. in the year ended December 31, 2024, resulting from a near-maturity lease with a major tenant at the property which expired in the third quarter of 2024. The principal amount for the loan was $50.0 million as of June 30, 2025. Under the loan agreement, a lease sweep period is triggered, when (i) the date that is twelve months prior to the end of the term of the major lease, (ii) the date required by the major tenant to give notice of its exercise of a renewal option, (iii) any major tenant lease is surrendered or terminated prior to the expiration date, (iv) if the major tenant discontinues its operations and the major tenants long term debt is not rated lower than investment grade, (v) any material default under the major tenant’s lease, (vi) any major tenant insolvency proceeding. Under the lease sweep period, any excess cash generated, if any, is to be held in a segregated reserve account controlled by the lender as additional collateral. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 the Company had $4.1 million and $4.2 million, respectively, in cash swept that is retained by the lender and recorded within restricted cash on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. On November 19, 2024, the lender sent a notice to the Company alleging that the Company was in default under the loan agreement governing the loan secured by the non-recourse mortgage on the property for events that occurred in the third and fourth quarters of 2023, specifically the Company’s failure to establish a cash management account for excess cash sweeps over monthly debt service requirements. The lender had been remitting excess cash on their own accord until the period of cash sweep was put into effect in 2024 as described above. In that notice of default, the lender asserted the Company owes an estimated $1.0 million in excess cash to be deposited into the loan reserve account. The Company responded to such notice of default on February 20, 2025 rejecting the assertions made by the lender, which the Company believed were without merit as a result of the lender's failure to implement a cash management account and the Company’s inability to take such action unilaterally due to the mechanics for receipt of lease payments provided for by the loan agreement. Beginning in March 2025, the lender began charging default interest to the Company, currently totaling $3.3 million. On June 10, 2025, the lender sent a second notice to the Company alleging defaults under such loan agreement as a result of (i) the Company’s failure to pay the outstanding amount due thereunder beginning in April 2025 and (ii) the Company’s failure to cooperate with the lender to comply with the aforementioned cash management procedures. The second default notice reaffirmed that, as a result of the aforementioned defaults, interest was accruing at the default rate under the loan agreement and made a demand that all unpaid amounts due under the loan agreement be paid. As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company has not responded to the second default notice, but while the Company cannot predict the ultimate outcome of legal matters, the Company currently believes that it is not probable a liability has been incurred with respect to the alleged default from the November 19, 2024 notice and intends to continue to challenge the charge of default interest by the lender associated with that notice. Further, the Company incurred a liability as of June 30, 2025 in relation to the June 10, 2025 default notice. Other Debt Covenants The Company was in compliance with the remaining covenants under its other mortgage notes payable as of June 30, 2025 and, it continues to monitor compliance with those provisions. If the Company experiences additional lease terminations, due to tenant bankruptcies or otherwise, or tenants placed on a cash basis continue to not pay rent, it is possible that certain of the covenants on other loans may be breached and the Company may also become restricted from accessing excess cash flows from those properties. Similar to the loans discussed above, the Company’s other mortgages also contain cash management provisions that are not considered events of default, and as such, acceleration of principal would only occur upon an event of default. The loan agreements for 123 William Street, 8713 Fifth Avenue and 196 Orchard do not contain cross-default provisions such that the default matters related to 1140 Avenue of the Americas or 400 E. 67th Street/200 Riverside Boulevard, and the acceleration of the outstanding obligation under the loan agreement related to the 1140 Avenues of the Americas property, is not expected to have an impact on those properties under such loan agreements.
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