Orion Properties Inc.
For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 7, 2025.
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Mar 31, 2025 · Filed May 7, 2025
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Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, except as set forth below.
Government budgetary pressures and priorities, and trends in government employment and office leasing may adversely impact our business.
We believe that recent government budgetary and spending priorities and enhancements in technology have resulted in a decrease in government office use for employees. Furthermore, over the past several years, government tenants have reduced their space utilization per employee and consolidated government tenants into existing government owned properties. Persistent remote and hybrid work practices have also reduced space utilization at many of our government properties. These factors have reduced the demand for government leased space, and may continue to do so. The Trump Administration’s initiative to dramatically cut government spending introduces additional uncertainty for our portfolio of properties leased to the United States Government. The Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”) has begun to look at ways to increase government office utilization and shrink the federal government’s real estate portfolio. This could lead to the General Services Administration (“GSA”) exercising termination options under, or otherwise seeking to terminate, our leases with the United States Government, or make it more likely that the United States Government decides not to renew the applicable lease at lease expiration. As of March 31, 2025, approximately 88,000 of our occupied square feet leased to the GSA were within periods during which the tenant has the right to terminate their space without a termination fee, or “non-firm terms,” and 6,000 square feet were in “month-to-month” terms. The GSA recently announced a suspension of the execution of substantially all GSA funded obligations, including new leases and lease amendments. This action by the GSA has resulted in delays in lease negotiations at certain other properties leased to the United States Government. It also resulted in an approximately 50-day delay in obtaining authorization to proceed with landlord work at our property in Lincoln, Nebraska the substantial completion of which is a condition to lease commencement of our lease with the United States Government at this property. We received this authorization during March 2025. We do not know how long the GSA suspension will continue to impact us and cannot provide any assurance as to how ongoing developments with respect to DOGE and the Trump Administration’s efforts to reduce government spending may impact our portfolio of properties leased to the United States Government. Efforts to manage space utilization rates and reduce government spending may result in the government tenants exercising early termination rights under our leases, vacating our properties upon expiration of our leases in order to relocate, or renewing their leases for less space than they currently occupy. Also, our government tenants’ desire to reconfigure leased office space to manage utilization per employee may require us to spend significant amounts for tenant improvements, and tenant relocations are often more prevalent in those circumstances. Compared to our historical experience with government tenants, the current government tenants’ leasing decisions and strategies may be less predictable. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath have had negative impacts on government budgets and resources, and it is unclear what the effect of these impacts will be on government demand for leasing office space.
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