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Leases and Management Agreements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Leases [Abstract]  
Leases and Management Agreements Note 6. Leases and Management Agreements
As of March 31, 2026, we owned 761 service-focused retail properties net leased to 185 tenants, including 175 travel centers leased to TravelCenters of America Inc., or TA, our largest tenant, and 93 hotels included in four operating agreements managed by subsidiaries of the following companies: Sonesta (68 hotels), Hyatt Hotels Corporation, or Hyatt (17 hotels), Radisson Hospitality, Inc., or Radisson (seven hotels), and InterContinental Hotels Group, plc, or IHG (one hotel). Hereinafter, these companies are sometimes referred to as our managers and/or tenants, or collectively, operators. We do not operate any of our properties.
Net Lease Portfolio
As of March 31, 2026, we owned 761 service-focused retail net lease properties with an aggregate of 13,605,978 square feet with leases requiring annual minimum rents of $392,199 with a weighted (by annual minimum rents) average remaining lease term of 7.3 years. Our net lease properties were 96.6% occupied and leased by 185 tenants operating under 140 brands in 21 distinct industries.
TA Leases
As of March 31, 2026, TA is our largest tenant, representing 33.0% of our total historical real estate investments. We lease to TA a total of 175 travel centers under five master leases, or our TA leases, that expire in 2033 subject to TA’s right to extend those leases, and require annual minimum rents of $264,262 as of March 31, 2026. TA receives a monthly rent credit totaling $25,000 per year over the 10-year initial term of the TA leases as a result of rent it prepaid.
Our TA leases are “triple net” leases that require TA to pay all costs incurred in the operation of the leased travel centers, including personnel, utility, inventory, customer service and insurance expenses, real estate and personal property taxes, environmental related expenses, underground storage tank maintenance costs and ground lease payments at those travel centers at which we lease the property and sublease it to TA. Our TA leases generally require TA to indemnify us for certain environmental matters and for liabilities that arise during the terms of the leases from ownership or operation of the leased travel centers. TA is required to maintain the leased travel centers, including structural and non-structural components. BP Corporation North America Inc., a subsidiary of BP p.l.c., guarantees payment under each of the TA leases, limited to an aggregate cap which was $2,943,588 as of March 31, 2026.
We recognized rental income from our TA leases of $67,834 for each of the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025. Rental income increased by $1,743 and $3,039 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, to record the scheduled rent changes on a straight line basis. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, we had receivables for current rent amounts owed to us by TA and straight line rent adjustments of $58,509 and $55,157, respectively, included in other assets, net in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Our other net lease agreements generally provide for minimum rent payments and in addition may include variable payments. Rental income from operating leases, including any payments derived by index or market-based indices, is recognized on a straight line basis over the lease term when we have determined that the collectability of substantially all of the lease payments is probable. Some of our leases have options to extend or terminate the lease exercisable at the option of our tenants, which are considered when determining the lease term. We recognized rental income from our net lease properties (excluding TA) of $32,042 and $32,382 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, which included $(312) and $839, respectively, of adjustments to record scheduled rent changes under certain of our leases on a straight line basis.
We continually review receivables related to rent, straight line rent and property operating expense reimbursements and determine collectability by taking into consideration the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located. The review includes an assessment of whether substantially all of the amounts due under a tenant’s lease are probable of collection. For leases that are deemed probable of collection, revenue continues to be recorded on a straight line basis over the lease term. For leases that are deemed not probable of collection, revenue is recorded as cash is received. We recognize all changes in the collectability assessment for an operating lease as an adjustment to rental income. We recorded reserves for uncollectable amounts and reduced rental income by $2,235 and $235 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, based on our assessment of the collectability of rents. We had reserves for uncollectable rents of $5,349 and $3,115 as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, included in other assets, net in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Hotel Agreements
Sonesta Agreements
As of March 31, 2026, Sonesta managed 39 of our full service hotels, 22 of our extended stay hotels and seven of our select service hotels pursuant to management agreements. As of March 31, 2026, the hotels Sonesta managed for us comprised approximately 41.8% of our total historical real estate investments.
We are at various stages of selling 15 hotels with 3,022 keys managed by Sonesta. Following the completion of the hotel sales, we expect to retain 53 hotels managed by Sonesta, or the Retained Hotels. As discussed below, in August 2025, we and Sonesta amended and restated our management agreements for the Retained Hotels and certain other hotels managed by Sonesta and waived any termination fees under the existing Sonesta management agreement associated with the sale of certain hotels.
Prior to August 1, 2025, all of the hotels managed by Sonesta were managed pursuant to a management agreement that was scheduled to expire on January 31, 2037, or the legacy Sonesta agreement, and provided that we would be paid an annual owner’s priority return if gross revenues of the hotels, after payment of hotel operating expenses and management and related fees (other than Sonesta’s incentive fee, if applicable), were sufficient to do so. The legacy Sonesta agreement further provided that we would be paid an additional return equal to 80% of the operating profits, as defined therein, after paying the owner’s priority return, reimbursing owner or manager advances, funding reserves established for the regular refurbishment of our hotels, or FF&E reserves, and paying Sonesta’s incentive fee, if any.
Effective August 1, 2025, we entered into new management agreements with Sonesta for most of the Retained Hotels and certain other hotels managed by Sonesta, or the Retained Hotel agreements. Each Retained Hotel agreement expires on July 31, 2040 and includes two 10-year renewal options at Sonesta’s option. Pursuant to the Retained Hotel agreements, we will pay Sonesta, after payment of hotel operating expenses, a base management fee equal to 3.0% of gross revenues for full service hotels and 5.0% for extended stay and select service hotels. Additionally, we are required to pay (i) an incentive fee equal to 20% of EBITDA, as defined in the Retained Hotel agreements, in excess of the incentive threshold of each hotel, subject to caps, commencing with the 2026 calendar year, which has initially been set at $194,248 in the aggregate and increases based on the amount by which each hotel’s capital expenditures exceeds their respective FF&E reserve (the aggregate incentive threshold under our Retained Hotel agreements as of March 31, 2026 was $196,236); (ii) a brand promotion fee of 3.5% of gross room revenues; (iii) a loyalty fee of the greater of (x) 1.0% of gross room revenues or (y) 4.5% of qualified room revenue, in the case of full service hotels, 2.5%, in the case of extended stay hotels, and 3.0%, in the case of select service hotels; (iv) a centralized service fee equal to $1,100 per year for full service hotels and $250 per year for extended stay and select service hotels, adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index; and (v) a construction management fee of 3.0% of construction and capital expenditures managed by Sonesta. We have the right to terminate the Retained Hotel agreements for certain events of default, casualty and condemnation events, and if minimum performance thresholds are not met for two consecutive calendar years beginning with the measurement period commencing with the 2028 calendar year. The Retained Hotel agreements are not subject to any pooling, cross-default or other similar contractual arrangement and the legacy Sonesta agreement will remain subject to a pooling agreement and cross-default provisions until the remainder of the hotels subject to that agreement are sold. Our legacy Sonesta agreement and the Retained Hotel agreements are collectively referred to as our Sonesta agreements.
We realized returns under our Sonesta agreements of $10,867 and $18,169 during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
We incurred management, reservation and system fees and reimbursement costs for certain guest loyalty, marketing programs or brand promotion fees, and third-party reservation transmission fees or centralized service fees of $13,206 and $26,276 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. We accrued estimated incentive fees of $1,313 during the three months ended March 31, 2026 based on year-to-date results of certain Sonesta managed hotels in comparison to each hotel’s respective incentive threshold. The actual amount of incentive fees incurred for 2026, if any, will be based upon individual hotels’ cumulative annual results in comparison to their respective incentive thresholds and will be payable in 2027. These fees and costs are included in hotel operating expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss). In addition, we incurred procurement and construction supervision fees payable to Sonesta pursuant to our legacy Sonesta agreement and construction management fees payable to Sonesta pursuant to our Sonesta agreements of $397 and $621 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, which have been capitalized in our condensed consolidated balance sheets and are depreciated over the estimated useful lives of the related capital assets.
Our Sonesta agreements require us to fund capital expenditures made at our hotels. We incurred capital expenditures for hotels included in our Sonesta agreements in an aggregate amount of $18,697 and $41,561 during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. We owed Sonesta $10,587 and $39,509 for capital expenditures and other reimbursements at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. Sonesta owed us $7,184 and $241 in returns under our Sonesta agreements and other amounts as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. Amounts due from Sonesta are included in due from related persons and amounts owed to Sonesta are included in due to related persons in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Our legacy Sonesta agreement requires that 5% of the hotel gross revenues be escrowed for future capital expenditures as FF&E reserves, subject to available cash flows after payment of the owner’s priority returns due to us. No FF&E escrow deposits were required during the three months ended March 31, 2026 or 2025.
We are required to maintain minimum working capital for each of our hotels managed by Sonesta and have advanced a fixed amount based on the number of rooms in each hotel to meet the cash needs for hotel operations. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, we had advanced $31,702 and $31,835, respectively, of initial working capital to Sonesta net of any working capital returned to us on termination of the applicable management agreements in connection with hotels we have sold. These amounts are included in other assets, net and assets of properties held for sale, as applicable, in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Any remaining working capital would be returned to us upon termination in accordance with the terms of our Sonesta agreements.
See Notes 7 and 11 for further information regarding our relationships, agreements and transactions with Sonesta.
Hyatt Agreement
As of March 31, 2026, Hyatt managed 17 of our select service hotels pursuant to a portfolio management agreement that expires on March 31, 2031, or our Hyatt agreement, and provides that, as of March 31, 2026, we are to be paid an annual owner’s priority return of $17,400. Any returns we receive from Hyatt are currently limited to the hotels’ available cash flows, if any, after payment of operating expenses. Hyatt has provided us with a $30,000 limited guarantee for 75% of the aggregate annual owner’s priority returns due to us. We realized returns under our Hyatt agreement of $3,262 and $3,127 during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the hotels under this agreement generated cash flows that were less than the guaranteed owner’s priority level due to us for these periods, and we reduced hotel operating expenses by $1,444 and $1,367, respectively, to record the guaranteed amount of the shortfalls due from Hyatt. The available balance of the guaranty was $25,048 as of March 31, 2026. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, we incurred capital expenditures for certain hotels included in our Hyatt agreement of $55 and $1,619, respectively.
Radisson Agreement
As of March 31, 2026, Radisson managed seven of our full service hotels pursuant to a portfolio management agreement that expires on July 31, 2031, or our Radisson agreement, and provides that we are to be paid an annual owner’s priority return of $10,920. Radisson has provided us with a $22,000 limited guarantee for 75% of the aggregate annual owner’s priority returns due to us. We realized returns under our Radisson agreement of $2,047 and $1,403 during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the hotels under this agreement generated cash flows that were less than the guaranteed owner’s priority level due to us for these periods, and we reduced hotel operating expenses by $382 and $2,045, respectively, to record the guaranteed amount of the shortfalls due from Radisson. The available balance of the guaranty was $16,203 as of March 31, 2026. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we incurred capital expenditures of $138 for the hotels included in our Radisson agreement, which resulted in an increase in our contractual owner’s priority returns of $9. We did not incur any capital expenditures during the three months ended March 31, 2025 for the hotels included in our Radisson agreement.
IHG Agreement
Our management agreement with IHG, or our IHG agreement, for one hotel expires on January 31, 2027. We realized returns under our IHG agreement of $1,131 and $2,243 during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. Any returns we receive from IHG are limited to the hotel’s available cash flows, if any, after payment of operating expenses. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, we incurred capital expenditures of $271 and $975, respectively, for the hotel included in our IHG agreement.