American Strategic Investment Co. Q4 2025 Earnings Call - $46.6M Foreclosure Gain as Company Prunes Non-Core Assets
Summary
ASIC closed 2025 with a smaller headline loss, but a much thinner operating story. Revenue fell to $43.3 million from $61.6 million a year earlier, driven largely by property dispositions, and adjusted EBITDA and cash NOI were effectively flat to minimal. Management used a cooperative foreclosure to remove 1140 Avenue of the Americas from the balance sheet and booked a $46.6 million gain, part of a deliberate push to reduce non-core exposure and redeploy capital into higher-yielding assets.
The portfolio remains tightly concentrated in New York City: five assets, $382.6 million in value, 0.7 million square feet, 80.3% occupancy and a 6.1-year weighted average lease term. The balance sheet shows 100% fixed-rate debt, net leverage of 47.5% and net debt of $249.7 million at a 4.5% effective rate, but the weighted average remaining debt term is just 1.5 years. Management plans further dispositions, leasing to resilient tenants, and options to replace maturing debt while keeping a tight grip on expenses.
Key Takeaways
- Company recognized a $46.6 million gain in 2025 from a cooperative consensual foreclosure related to 1140 Avenue of the Americas, removing related assets and liabilities from the balance sheet.
- Full-year 2025 revenue was $43.3 million, down from $61.6 million in 2024, primarily due to property dispositions including 9 Times Square (late 2024) and 1140 Avenue of the Americas (Q4 2025).
- Q4 2025 revenue was $6.5 million versus $14.9 million in Q4 2024.
- GAAP net loss attributable to common stockholders for 2025 was $21.2 million, a material improvement from a $140.6 million loss in 2024. Q4 net loss was $6.7 million, unchanged year over year.
- Adjusted EBITDA was $0.3 million for the full year and $1.2 million for Q4, indicating limited operating earnings after non-GAAP adjustments.
- Cash NOI was $16.0 million for the year and $1.8 million in Q4, underscoring weak near-term cash from operations relative to portfolio size.
- Portfolio value and composition: $382.6 million portfolio, approximately 0.7 million square feet, five NYC assets mostly in Manhattan submarkets near major transit hubs.
- Occupancy and lease profile: portfolio occupancy 80.3% as of 12/31/2025, weighted average remaining lease term 6.1 years. Top 10 tenants are 69% investment-grade or implied investment-grade by straight-line rent, with those tenants averaging 6.9 years remaining.
- Concentration and tenant mix: management is targeting resilient tenants in financial services, medical institutions, and government; named investment-grade tenants include CVS, Marshalls, and government agencies.
- Lease expirations and term distribution: calendar year 2026 expirations represent 5% of annualized straight-line rent, and 57% of leases now extend beyond 2030, up from 56% last quarter.
- Balance sheet and debt: net debt $249.7 million, weighted average effective interest rate 4.5%, net leverage 47.5%, and importantly 100% fixed-rate debt or swapped to fixed rate.
- Debt maturity and refinancing focus: weighted average remaining debt term is 1.5 years, and management said it is evaluating options to replace maturing debt.
- Portfolio actions: management disposed of several assets and is actively marketing two properties, 123 William Street and 196 Orchard, for potential sale to generate cash for reinvestment.
- Leasing activity and execution: executed 13 new and replacement leases totaling 117,000 square feet during 2025, and management emphasized tenant retention, property improvements, and cost controls.
- Reporting and governance notes: fourth quarter financials are unaudited, Form 10-K for year ended 12/31/2025 to be filed on April 15, 2026, and the company uses non-GAAP measures with reconciliations in the earnings release.
Full Transcript
Operator: Good morning and welcome to the American Strategic Investment Co.’s fourth quarter and year-end 2025 earnings call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. If anyone should require operator assistance, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Curtis Parker, Senior Vice President. Please go ahead.
Curtis Parker, Senior Vice President, American Strategic Investment Co.: Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for ASIC’s fourth quarter and year-end earnings call. This event is also being webcast in the investor relations section of our website. Joining me today on the call to discuss this quarter’s results are Nicholas Schorsch, Jr., American Strategic Investment Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and Michael LeSanto, the Chief Financial Officer. The following information contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Please review the forward-looking and cautionary statements section at the end of our fourth quarter 2025 earnings release for various factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements made during our call today. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
We refer all of you to our SEC filings, including the Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2025, to be filed on April 15, 2026, for a more detailed discussion of the risk factors that could cause these differences. Any forward-looking statements provided during this call are only made as of the date of this call. As stated in our SEC filings, ASIC disclaims any intent or obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements, except as required to do so by law. Please note that all fourth quarter 2025 financial information is unaudited. Also, during today’s call, we will discuss non-GAAP financial measures, which we believe can be useful in evaluating the company’s financial and operating performance. These measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP.
A reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure is available in our earnings release, which is posted on our website. Please also refer to our earnings release for more detailed information about what we consider to be implied investment-grade tenants, a term we will use throughout today’s call. I’ll now turn the call over to Nick Schorsch, Chief Executive Officer. Please go ahead, Nick.
Nicholas Schorsch, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, American Strategic Investment Co.: Thanks, Curtis. Good morning, and thank you for joining us. Today, we’ll discuss our results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025. We remain committed to operating and unlocking value at our current assets with a focus on tenant retention, property improvements, and cost efficiency while simultaneously pruning our exposure to non-core assets. For the year, we executed 13 new and replacement leases totaling 117,000 sq ft. We continue to focus our leasing efforts on securing tenants in resilient industries, such as well-capitalized financial service companies, medical institutions, and government agencies. At year-end, our $382.6 million, 0.7 million sq ft portfolio consisted of five real estate assets throughout New York City, primarily in Manhattan, with office properties located in submarkets in close proximity to major transportation hubs. The portfolio had occupancy of 80.3% and a weighted average remaining lease term of 6.1 years as of December 31st, 2025.
Our New York City-centric portfolio features a mix of large investment-grade tenants, of whom the top 10 tenants are 69% investment-grade or implied investment-grade-rated based on straight-line rent with a weighted average remaining lease term of 6.9 years. Investment-grade tenants in our portfolio include CVS, Marshalls, and government agencies. Our calendar year 2026 lease expirations are 5% of annualized straight-line rent, and 57% of our leases now extend beyond 2030, up from 56% last quarter. We believe that this term, coupled with a high-quality, largely investment-grade tenant base, provides significant portfolio stability. As discussed on last quarter’s call, we completed the disposition of our 1140 Avenue of the Americas office property during the fourth quarter.
We also pursued a cooperative consensual foreclosure with the lender, and in connection with that transaction, we removed the related assets and liabilities from our balance sheet and recognized a gain of $46.6 million that is reflected in the statements of operations for the year. We remain committed to strengthening our existing portfolio of real estate assets as we explore additional income-generating investments. We believe with the completion of past sales and the reinvigorated effort to sell two additional properties, we will be better positioned to take advantage of opportunities to invest in the long-term future of our portfolio. It is our intention to build a portfolio that we believe will be accretive to shareholders. With that, I’ll turn it over to Michael LeSanto to go over the fourth quarter and full year 2025 results. Mike?
Michael LeSanto, Chief Financial Officer, American Strategic Investment Co.: Thank you, Nick. Revenue was $43.3 million for the year ended December 31st, 2025, compared to $61.6 million in 2024. The year-over-year change is primarily related to the disposition of properties, notably the dispositions of nine Times Square in the late fourth quarter of 2024 and the 1,140 Avenue of the Americas in fourth quarter 2025. Revenue for the fourth quarter 2025 was $6.5 million, compared to $14.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2024. The company’s full-year GAAP net loss attributable to common stockholders was $21.2 million, compared to a net loss of $140.6 million in 2024. Net loss for the quarter was $6.7 million, in line with the $6.7 million we recorded in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Adjusted EBITDA for 2025 was $0.3 million and $1.2 million for the fourth quarter. Cash NOI for the full year was $16 million and $1.8 million in the fourth quarter. As always, a reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP measures can be found in our earnings release supplemental and Form 10-K. The Company’s balance sheet includes 100% fixed-rate debt and prudent net leverage of 47.5%. We ended the fourth quarter with net debt of $249.7 million at a weighted average effective interest rate of 4.5% and a weighted average remaining debt term of 1.5 years. Importantly, all of our debt is fixed rate or swapped to fixed rate after we locked in interest rates while they were broadly at historic lows.
With that, I’ll turn the call back to Nick for some closing remarks.
Nicholas Schorsch, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, American Strategic Investment Co.: Thanks, Mike. We continue to focus on enhancing operational flexibility through efforts such as targeted dispositions. We are also assessing strategies for our properties at 123 William Street and 196 Orchard to generate the greatest long-term value for our portfolio, including potentially selling the properties. If sold, these sales would generate additional cash that we believe can be deployed into higher yielding assets, creating future value for the portfolio. Simultaneously, our team is focused on leasing up available space, evaluating options for replacing maturing debt, renewing leases with existing tenants, and maintaining tight controls on expenses. One final note. Please be on the lookout for a notice about our annual meeting of shareholders, which will be distributed to you in the coming month. Thank you for joining us today.
Operator: This concludes today’s conference. You may disconnect your lines at this time. Thank you again for your participation.
