Howard Hughes Holdings Inc

Segment EBT The following table presents segment EBT for Operating Assets for the years ended December 31:

Operating Assets segment EBT decreased $1.4 million compared to the prior-year period primarily due to the following:

–Interest expense increased $13.0 million primarily due to increased borrowings on construction loans secured by our operating assets as well as an increase related to the change in fair value of certain derivative instruments.

–Depreciation and amortization increased $7.9 million primarily related to new assets placed in service.

–Rental property real estate taxes increased $3.4 million primarily due to new assets placed in service.

–Gain on sale of real estate decreased $1.0 million as the gain on the sale of Lakeland Village Center at Bridgeland and Creekside Park Medical Plaza, and four non-core ground leases in The Woodlands in 2024 was lower than the combined gain on the sales of two self-storage properties and Memorial Hermann Medical Office in The Woodlands and certain properties in Ward Village in 2023.

–Other land, rental, and property revenues decreased $4.4 million primarily due to higher office lease termination fees in the 2023 than in 2024.

These decreases to EBT were partially offset by the following:

–Rental revenues, net of Operating costs and provision for doubtful accounts increased $27.1 million primarily due to increased leasing activity across our portfolio.

–Equity earnings increased $2.9 million primarily due to the change in value of certain derivative instruments.

Net Operating Income In addition to the required presentations using accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP), we use certain non-GAAP performance measures, as we believe these measures improve the understanding of our operational results and make comparisons of operating results among peer companies more meaningful. Management continually evaluates the usefulness, relevance, limitations and calculation of our reported non-GAAP performance measures to determine how best to provide relevant information to the public, and thus such reported measures could change.

We define NOI as operating revenues (rental income, tenant recoveries, and other revenue) less operating expenses (real estate taxes, repairs and maintenance, marketing, and other property expenses). NOI excludes straight-line rents and amortization of tenant incentives, net; interest expense, net; ground rent amortization; demolition costs; other income (loss); depreciation and amortization; development-related marketing costs; gain on sale or disposal of real estate and other assets, net; loss on extinguishment of debt; provision for impairment; and equity in earnings from unconsolidated ventures.

We believe that NOI is a useful supplemental measure of the performance of our Operating Assets segment because it provides a performance measure that reflects the revenues and expenses directly associated with owning and operating real estate properties. We use NOI to evaluate our operating performance on a property-by-property basis because NOI allows us to evaluate the impact that property-specific factors such as rental and occupancy rates, tenant mix, and operating costs have on our operating results, gross margins, and investment returns.

A reconciliation of Operating Assets segment EBT to Operating Assets NOI is presented in the table below.

The below table presents Operating Assets NOI by property type:

(a)Properties that were transferred to our Strategic Developments segment for redevelopment and properties that were sold are shown separately for all periods presented.

Operating Assets NOI increased $14.9 million compared to the prior-year period primarily due to the following:

–Office NOI increased $6.4 million primarily due to strong leasing activity and abatement expirations at various properties in The Woodlands and Summerlin, most notably at 9950 Woodloch Forest and 1700 Pavilion, partially offset by decreases related to lower occupancy at 1725 Hughes Landing and certain properties in Downtown Columbia, as well as initial operating losses at Meridian in Summerlin.

–Retail NOI increased $4.2 million primarily due to the collection of previously reserved accounts receivable in Ward Village as well as improved occupancy in the ground floor retail at Juniper and Marlow in Downtown Columbia and Kō'ula in Ward Village.

–Multifamily NOI increased $6.0 million primarily due to continued lease-up at our newer properties, Marlow in Downtown Columbia, Starling at Bridgeland, and Tanager Echo in Summerlin, partially offset by winter-weather-related insurance recoveries in 2023.