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OPERATING LEASES
12 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2026
Operating Leases  
OPERATING LEASES

3. OPERATING LEASES:

 

Lessor

 

The Company leases office and retail space to tenants under operating leases in commercial buildings. The rental terms range from approximately 5 to 49 years. The leases provide for the payment of fixed base rent payable monthly in advance as well as reimbursements of real estate taxes and common area costs. The Company has elected to account for lease revenues and the reimbursements of common area costs as a single component included as rental income in our consolidated statements of operations.

 

The following table disaggregates the Company’s revenues by lease and non-lease components:

 

        
   Years Ended July 31,  
   2026    2025  
Base rent – fixed  $19,065,617   $20,441,035 
Reimbursements of common area costs   623,146    740,924 
Non-lease components (real estate taxes)   1,405,743    1,287,751 
Rental income  $21,094,506   $22,469,710 

 

         
   Years Ended July 31,  
   2026    2025  
Base rent – fixed          
Company owned property  $12,394,574   $13,802,232 
Leased property   6,671,043    6,638,803 
    19,065,617    20,441,035 
Reimbursements of common area costs & Non lease components (real estate taxes)          
Company owned property   1,218,149    1,200,313 
Leased property   810,740    828,362 
    2,028,889    2,028,675 
Total  $21,094,506   $22,469,710 

Future minimum non-cancelable rental income for leases with initial or remaining terms of one year or more is as follows:

 

            
Year Ended July 31,  Company
Owned
Property
   Leased
Property
   Total  
2027  $10,827,304   $5,298,439   $16,125,743 
2028   9,957,317    4,945,095    14,902,412 
2029   9,192,571    4,005,211    13,197,782 
2030   7,550,072    2,356,479    9,906,551 
2031   6,239,965    1,715,591    7,955,556 
After 2031   31,895,436    6,647,425    38,542,861 
Total  $75,662,665   $24,968,240   $100,630,905 

 

Lessee

 

The Company’s real estate operations include leased properties under long-term, non-cancelable operating lease agreements. The leases expire at various dates through 2073, including options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain the Company will exercise that option. Certain leases provide for increases in future minimum annual rental payments as defined in the lease agreements. As of July 31, 2026, our operating leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of 15.39 years and a weighted average discount rate of 3.74%.

 

In August 2025, the Company exercised the second of four five-year option periods with its landlord to extend the Jamaica Avenue at 169th Street, Jamaica, New York property lease beyond May 31, 2035 for a total of five years through May 31, 2040. The effect of the five-year lease extension on the measurement of operating right-of-use assets, liabilities, and monthly rent expense follows:

 

   
   Jamaica Avenue at 169th Street  
   Increase in
Operating
Lease Right-
of-Use Asset
   Increase in
Operating
Lease
Liability
   Decrease in
Monthly
Rent
Expense
 
Remeasurement change resulting from August 2025 lease extension  $1,575,690   $1,575,690   $(14,766)

 

Sublease rental income from the Company’s real estate operations for leased real property exceeded operating lease costs as follows:

 

        
   Years Ended July 31,  
   2026    2025  
Sublease income  $7,481,783   $7,467,165 
Operating lease cost   (2,820,664)   (2,997,462)
Excess of sublease income over lease cost  $4,661,119   $4,469,703 

 

      
   Years Ended July 31, 
   2026   2025 
Other information:          
Operating cash flows from operating leases  $2,237,257   $2,167,284 

 

The following is a maturity analysis of the annual undiscounted cash flows of the operating lease liabilities as of July 31, 2026:

 

    
Year ended July 31  Operating
Leases
 
2027  $2,328,731 
2028   2,349,076 
2029   2,370,098 
2030   2,293,975 
2031   1,740,359 
Thereafter   20,753,496 
Total undiscounted cash flows   31,835,735 
Less: present value discount   (7,548,833)
Total Lease Liabilities  $24,286,902