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Derivative Instruments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivative Instruments

Note 15 – Derivative Instruments

Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives

The Company may use derivative financial instruments, including interest rate swaps, interest rate caps, and other interest rate derivative contracts, to hedge all or a portion of the interest rate risk associated with its borrowings. The principal objective of such arrangements is to minimize the risks and costs associated with the Company’s operating and financial structure. The Company does not intend to utilize derivatives for speculative or other purposes other than interest rate risk management.

The use of derivative financial instruments carries certain risks, including the risk that the counterparties to these contractual arrangements are not able to perform under the agreements. To mitigate this risk, the Company only enters into derivative financial instruments with counterparties with high credit ratings and with major financial institutions with which the Company and its related parties may also have other financial relationships. The Company does not anticipate that any of the counterparties will fail to meet their obligations.

On July 6, 2021, in connection with the Valencia Loan, the Company entered the Valencia Swap which calls for the Company to pay a fixed rate of 3.39% per annum on a notional amount of $55,200,000 in exchange for a variable rate of LIBOR plus 195 basis points to be paid by the Valencia Swap Counterparty. The variable rate was transitioned to SOFR in June 2023. The Valencia Swap became effective on July 7, 2021 and is set to expire on July 7, 2031. See Note 8 – Loans Payable for further details.

Additionally, in conjunction with the Keller Loan, the Company entered into an interest rate cap agreement for a notional amount of $31,277,000. See Note 8 – Loans Payable for further details. The fair value of this interest rate cap is $8,767 and is included with other assets on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2025.

The table below presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instrument as well as its classification on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

 

Balance Sheet Location

December 31, 2025

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate “pay-fixed” swap

Derivative assets, at fair value

$

5,720,505

 

 

$

8,472,572

 

Cash Flow Hedges

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. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount.

The changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and that qualify as cash flow hedges are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss (“AOCI”) and are subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. During the year ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, an amount of $1,646,662 and $2,162,644 was reclassified into earnings and has been recorded within Interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

As of December 31, 2025 the Company had the following derivatives that were designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk:

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

Interest Rate Derivative

 

Number of Instruments

 

Notional Amount

 

Interest Rate Swaps

 

1

 

 

55,200,000

 

 

Non-designated Hedge

These derivatives are used to manage the Company’s exposure to interest rate movements, but do not meet the strict hedge accounting requirements to be classified as hedging instruments or derivatives that the Company has not elected to treat as hedges for purposes of administrative ease. Changes in the fair value of derivatives not designated in hedging relationships are recorded directly in earnings.

During the year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 the Company recorded a loss on derivatives not designated as hedges of $202,227 and $568,149, respectively, within Interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

The following table details the Company’s interest rate derivative not designated as a hedge:

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

Interest Rate Derivative

 

Number of Instruments

 

 

Notional Amount

 

Interest Rate Cap

 

 

1

 

 

$

31,277,000

 

Credit Risk-Related Contingent Features

The agreements the Company has with the Company’s derivative counterparties contain cross-default provisions that could trigger a declaration of default on the Company’s derivative obligations if the Company defaults, or is capable of being declared in default, on certain of the Company’s indebtedness. At December 31, 2025, the Company had not been declared in default on any of its derivative obligations. The estimated fair value of the Company’s derivatives in a net asset position was $5,729,272 at December 31, 2025. The estimated fair value of the Company’s derivatives in a net asset position was $8,683,565 at December 31, 2024.