Urban Edge Properties
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 12, 2025.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
FORM 10-K
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024
OR
| ☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the transition period from to
Commission File Number:001-36523 (Urban Edge Properties)
Commission File Number:333-212951-01 (Urban Edge Properties LP)
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | (Urban Edge Properties) | 47-6311266 | ||
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| Delaware | (Urban Edge Properties LP) | 36-4791544 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | |||
| 12 East 49th Street, | New York, | New York | 10017 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | (212) | 956‑0082 |
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Urban Edge Properties
| Title of Each Class | Trading symbol | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Common Shares, $.01 par value per share | UE | New York Stock Exchange |
Urban Edge Properties LP
| Title of Each Class | Trading symbol | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered |
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| None | N/A | N/A |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Urban Edge Properties: None Urban Edge Properties LP: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
Urban Edge Properties YESo No x Urban Edge Properties LPYESo No x
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Urban Edge Properties:
| Large Accelerated Filer | ☒ | Accelerated Filer o | Non-Accelerated Filer o | Smaller Reporting Company | ☐ | Emerging Growth Company | ☐ |
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Urban Edge Properties LP:
| Large Accelerated Filer o | Accelerated Filer o | Non-Accelerated Filer | ☒ | Smaller Reporting Company | ☐ | Emerging Growth Company | ☐ |
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Urban Edge Properties o Urban Edge Properties LP o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.
Urban Edge Properties ☒ Urban Edge Properties LP ☒
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.
Urban Edge Properties YES☐ NO☒ Urban Edge Properties LPYES☐ NO☒
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).
Urban Edge Properties YES☐ NO ☒Urban Edge Properties LPYES☐ NO ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
Urban Edge Properties YES☐ NOx Urban Edge Properties LPYES☐ NOx
As of June 30, 2024, the last business day of the Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the Common Shares held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was approximately $2.3 billion based upon the last reported sale price of $18.47 per share on the New York Stock Exchange on such date.
As of February 6, 2025, Urban Edge Properties had 125,459,966 common shares outstanding. There is no public trading market for the common units of Urban Edge Properties LP. As a result, the aggregate market value of the common units held by non-affiliates of Urban Edge Properties LP cannot be determined.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Part III incorporates by reference information from certain portions of the Urban Edge Properties’ definitive proxy statement for the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the registrant’s fiscal year covered by this Annual Report.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This report combines the annual reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 of Urban Edge Properties and Urban Edge Properties LP. Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, references to “UE” and “Urban Edge” mean Urban Edge Properties, a Maryland real estate investment trust (“REIT”), and references to “UELP” and the “Operating Partnership” mean Urban Edge Properties LP, a Delaware limited partnership. References to the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” mean collectively UE, UELP and those entities/subsidiaries consolidated by UE.
UELP is the entity through which we conduct substantially all of our business and own, either directly or through subsidiaries, substantially all of our assets. UE is the sole general partner and also a limited partner of UELP. As the sole general partner of UELP, UE has exclusive control of UELP’s day-to-day management.
As of December 31, 2024, UE owned an approximate 95.2% ownership interest in UELP. The remaining approximate 4.8% interest is owned by other limited partners. The other limited partners of UELP are members of management, our Board of Trustees and contributors of property interests acquired. Under the limited partnership agreement of UELP, unitholders may present their common units of UELP for redemption at any time (subject to restrictions agreed upon at the time of issuance of the units that may restrict such right for a period of time). Upon presentation of a common unit for redemption, UELP must redeem the unit for cash equal to the then value of a share of UE’s common shares, as defined by the limited partnership agreement. In lieu of cash redemption by UELP, however, UE may elect to acquire any common units so tendered by issuing common shares of UE in exchange for the common units. If UE so elects, its common shares will be exchanged for common units on a one-for-one basis. This one-for-one exchange ratio is subject to specified adjustments to prevent dilution. UE generally expects that it will elect to issue its common shares in connection with each such presentation for redemption rather than having UELP pay cash. With each such exchange or redemption, UE’s percentage ownership in UELP will increase. In addition, whenever UE issues common shares other than to acquire common units of UELP, UE must contribute any net proceeds it receives to UELP and UELP must issue to UE an equivalent number of common units of UELP. This structure is commonly referred to as an umbrella partnership REIT, or UPREIT.
The Company believes that combining the annual reports on Form 10-K of UE and UELP into this single report provides the following benefits:
enhances investors’ understanding of UE and UELP by enabling investors to view the business as a whole in the same manner as management views and operates the business;
eliminates duplicative disclosure and provides a more streamlined and readable presentation because a substantial portion of the disclosure applies to both UE and UELP; and
creates time and cost efficiencies throughout the preparation of one combined report instead of two separate reports.
The Company believes it is important to understand the few differences between UE and UELP in the context of how UE and UELP operate as a consolidated company. The financial results of UELP are consolidated into the financial statements of UE. UE does not have any other significant assets, liabilities or operations, other than its investment in UELP, nor does it have employees of its own. UELP, not UE, generally executes all significant business relationships other than transactions involving the securities of UE. UELP holds substantially all of the assets of UE and retains the ownership interests in the Company's joint ventures. UELP conducts the operations of the business and is structured as a partnership with no publicly traded equity. Except for the net proceeds from equity offerings by UE, which are contributed to the capital of UELP in exchange for units of limited partnership in UELP, as applicable, UELP generates all remaining capital required by the Company’s business. These sources may include working capital, net cash provided by operating activities, borrowings under the revolving credit agreement, the issuance of secured and unsecured debt and equity securities and proceeds received from the disposition of certain properties.
Shareholders’ equity, partners’ capital and noncontrolling interests (“NCI”) are the main areas of difference between the consolidated financial statements of UE and UELP. The limited partners of UELP are accounted for as partners’ capital in UELP’s financial statements and as noncontrolling interests in UE’s financial statements. The noncontrolling interests in UELP’s financial statements include the interests of unaffiliated partners in consolidated entities. The noncontrolling interests in UE’s financial statements include the same noncontrolling interests at UELP’s level and limited partners of UELP. The differences between shareholders’ equity and partners’ capital result from differences in the equity issued at UE and UELP levels.
To help investors better understand the key differences between UE and UELP, certain information for UE and UELP in this report has been separated, as set forth below: Part II, Item 8. Financial Statements which includes specific disclosures for UE and UELP, and Note 14, Equity and Noncontrolling Interests and Note 16, Earnings Per Share and Unit.
This report also includes separate Part II, Item 9A. Controls and Procedures sections and separate Exhibits 31 and 32 certifications for each of UE and UELP in order to establish that the requisite certifications have been made and that UE and UELP are compliant with Rule 13a-15 or Rule 15d-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. §1350.
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PART I | ||
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| Item 1. | Business | 1 |
| Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 7 |
| Item 1B. | Unresolved Staff Comments | 19 |
| Item 1C. | Cybersecurity | 19 |
| Item 2. | Properties | 20 |
| Item 3. | Legal Proceedings | 24 |
| Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures | 24 |
| PART II | ||
| Item 5. | Market For Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | 25 |
| Item 6. | [Reserved] | 27 |
| Item 7. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 28 |
| Item 7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 40 |
| Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | 41 |
| Item 9. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | 86 |
| Item 9A. | Controls and Procedures | 86 |
| Item 9B. | Other Information | 91 |
| Item 9C. | Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections | 91 |
| PART III | ||
| Item 10. | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance | 91 |
| Item 11. | Executive Compensation | 91 |
| Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters | 92 |
| Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence | 92 |
| Item 14. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services | 92 |
| PART IV | ||
| Item 15. | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules | 93 |
| Signatures | 96 | |
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