Firm Capital Apartment REIT Provides Strategic Review Update, Accretive Texas Property Refinancing and Q3/2025 Earnings
Globenewswire·2025-11-19 22:01

Strategic Review Update - The Trust has been undergoing a strategic review since November 15, 2022, to maximize unitholder value, confirming no further growth in the US under the current platform [1] - The Board will pursue strategies to either sell and exit all current investments and return cash to unitholders or explore the sale or re-utilization of the Trust for another property or platform [1] Financial Performance - The Trust reported a net asset value (NAV) of $5.84 per Trust Unit (CAD $8.18), including disposition costs of assets held for sale [2] - For the three months ended September 30, 2025, net income was approximately $0.13 million, a decrease from $0.27 million in the previous quarter and $0.14 million in the same quarter last year [4] - For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, net income was approximately $0.57 million, compared to a loss of $0.29 million for the same period last year [4][6] Accretive Texas Property Refinancing - The Trust refinanced a $19.1 million fixed-rate mortgage with a new variable-rate mortgage, achieving a 166 basis point interest rate savings, equating to an interest rate of 6.59% [3] - The refinancing is expected to generate an annual AFFO savings of approximately $0.3 million or $0.04 per unit [3] Asset Dispositions - The Trust sold four of six wholly owned assets for gross proceeds of approximately $71.6 million, with net sale proceeds of about $28 million used for debt repayment [5] - The Trust provided seller financing of $4.0 million for its Florida property sale, generating a minimum 9% return that has escalated to 15% [5] - A joint venture property in Maryland was sold for $15.9 million, with the Trust receiving approximately $1.1 million from the sale [5]