LXP Industrial Trust Reports Third Quarter 2024 Results

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Board Authorizes 3.8% Dividend Increase

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LXP Industrial Trust (“LXP”) (NYSE:LXP), a real estate investment trust focused on Class A warehouse and distribution real estate investments, today announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.

Third Quarter 2024 Highlights

  • Recorded Net Income attributable to common shareholders of $4.7 million, or $0.02 per diluted common share.

  • Generated Adjusted Company Funds From Operations available to all equityholders and unitholders - diluted (“Adjusted Company FFO”) of $46.7 million, or $0.16 per diluted common share.

  • Increased Same-Store NOI 5.4% in the third quarter compared to the same period in 2023.

  • Completed new leases and lease extensions totaling 0.7 million square feet, raising Base and Cash Base Rents by 38.3% and 22.5%, respectively.

  • Leased and placed into service a 250,020 square foot speculative development facility located in Columbus, Ohio.

  • Invested an aggregate of $27.5 million in development activities and $7.6 million in a value-add opportunity at the Orlando, Florida asset.

  • Entered into forward interest rate swap agreements for an aggregate of $250.0 million of the term loan and an aggregate of $82.5 million of the Trust Preferred Securities.

Subsequent Events

  • Disposed of three facilities outside of Chicago, Illinois for an aggregate gross disposition price of approximately $136.7 million.

  • Acquired one facility in Savannah, Georgia for approximately $34.1 million.

  • Tenant exercised its purchase option to acquire the leased land owned by LXP in Phoenix, Arizona for $86.5 million, with closing anticipated in December 2024.

T. Wilson Eglin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LXP, commented "We posted strong third-quarter results with same-store NOI growth of 5.4% driven by 39.1% cash rental increases on second generation leases completed through September 30, 2024. We made progress on development leasing, executing a five-year lease at our 250,000 square foot development project in Columbus with a development yield of 8.5% and 3.5% annual rental increases. A more active transaction market supported our efforts to recycle assets outside of our target markets with the proceeds targeted for reinvestment into the Sunbelt. Finally, we acted on an improved short-term interest rate outlook during the quarter and swapped $332.5 million of floating-rate debt, increasing our fixed-rate debt to 94% for 2025 and 2026, mitigating previously estimated interest expense increases."

FINANCIAL RESULTS

Revenues

For the quarter ended September 30, 2024, total gross revenues were $85.6 million, compared with total gross revenues of $85.4 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2023. The increase is primarily attributable to market rent increases and stabilized development projects, offset by property sales and a decrease in other revenue.