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Ravelin Properties REIT Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2024 Results

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TORONTO, March 27, 2025 /CNW/ - Ravelin Properties REIT (TSX: RPR.UN) ("Ravelin" or the "REIT"), an internally managed global owner and operator of well-located commercial real estate, announces financial results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2024.

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The REIT's annual audited financial statements, Management's Discussion and Analysis for the year ended December 31, 2024 and Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2024 are available under the REIT's issuer profile on SEDAR+ and can also be found on the REIT's website at ravelinreit.com.

Highlights

  • A total of 149,202 square feet of total leasing commenced in the fourth quarter of 2024.

  • 65,166 square feet of new deals and renewals were completed during the fourth quarter of 2024.

  • The REIT's current leasing pipeline exceeds 650,000 square feet of renewals and new leases. Tenant demand for space has meaningfully improved from pandemic induced depressed levels.

  • Active lease negotiations are either underway or completed across all markets that the REIT operates in, including spaces that have been vacant for a prolonged period of time.

  • During 2024, the REIT completed $114.1 million in dispositions. The following dispositions closed in the fourth quarter:

    • In October 2024, the REIT completed the sale of 114 Garry in Winnipeg, Manitoba for a gross purchase price of $14.3 million.

    • In November 2024, the REIT completed the sale of the Woodbine Complex in Toronto, Ontario, for a gross purchase price of approximately $39.0 million for the REIT's 75% co-ownership share. The REIT also completed the sale of 365 Hargrave in Winnipeg, Manitoba for a gross purchase price of $11.0 million.

  • Subsequent to December 31, 2024, the REIT is working to complete the sale of a property in Oshawa, Ontario to an institutional purchaser. The gross purchase price is $16.5 million and the REIT anticipates the sale will close during the second quarter of 2025.

  • The REIT revalued its property portfolio as at December 31, 2024, which resulted in a $97.2 million negative fair value adjustment in the fourth quarter as a result of the recent property sales and the REIT's own estimates. Leasing activity post year-end is not captured in the International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") valuation and will be reflected in future quarters.

  • Unrestricted cash as at December 31, 2024 stood at $13.6 million, compared to $11.3 million as at December 31, 2023. The REIT continues to prudently manage its liquidity while negotiations with its lenders are underway.

  • On a trailing twelve-month basis, the REIT generated $83.2 million of Adjusted EBITDA, resulting in a net debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio of 12.9x, inclusive of the REIT's convertible debentures, or 11.0x excluding convertible debentures.

  • As at December 31, 2024, and as previously reported, the REIT exceeded the financial leverage and debt service coverage covenants on its revolving credit facility and certain other mortgages, resulting in other mortgages being in breach due to cross-default clauses. The REIT's convertible debentures are also in default due to restrictions imposed by default of the debt from senior lenders. The REIT is in active discussions with its lenders to resolve current defaults and to amend, renew or consider alternate arrangements on its debt to reach amendable terms on conditions that are acceptable to the REIT.

  • During the year ended December 31, 2024, and with the assistance of professional restructuring advisors, the REIT continued to seek a restructuring of a majority of its outstanding indebtedness and to raise additional capital (collectively, the "Recapitalization Plan"). Although the REIT is currently in discussions with certain of its lenders and related parties regarding the terms of an acceptable potential Recapitalization Plan, there can be no assurance that the REIT will be successful in negotiating a potential Recapitalization Plan, or in raising the additional funding needed for the REIT to continue as a going concern. If the REIT is unsuccessful in negotiating a potential Recapitalization Plan and raising additional capital in the near term, the REIT will be unable to continue as a going concern.

  • On October 2, 2024, Slate Management ULC, the former manager of the REIT, provided the REIT with 180 days' notice of termination of its external management agreement with the REIT (the "Management Agreement"). On December 24, 2024, the REIT amended the Management Agreement to, among other things, accelerate the termination of the Management Agreement and internalize the REIT's management (the "Internalization"), effective December 31, 2024. In connection with the Internalization, the REIT changed its name from Slate Office REIT to Ravelin Properties REIT.

  • Management anticipates that the Internalization will result in cost savings beginning January 1, 2025, with estimated annualized run-rate cost savings of at least $10 million in 2025 resulting from the elimination of management fees and greater focus on overhead expense management. Further information regarding the various fee and expense recoveries pertaining to the former Management Agreement are contained in the related party note disclosure in the REIT's audited financial statements.