BEACHWOOD, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2025-- SITE Centers Corp. (NYSE: SITC), an owner of open-air shopping centers located primarily in suburban, high household income communities, announced today operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025.

“SITE Centers continues to see strong demand from private and institutional investors seeking to acquire high-quality, open-air shopping centers consistent with the Company’s portfolio. The Company currently has two properties with an aggregate price of $95.3 million under contract for sale subject to standard closing conditions with an additional group of properties in various stages of contract negotiations or in the marketing process in excess of $350.0 million,” commented David R. Lukes, President and Chief Executive Officer. “SITE Centers remains focused on maximizing the value of its assets through continued leasing, asset management and potential additional asset sales.”

Results for the First Quarter

• First quarter net income attributable to common shareholders was $3.1 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, as compared to net loss of $26.3 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, in the year-ago period. The increase year-over-year was primarily the result of an increase in other property revenues and a decrease in impairments and interest expense offset by the result of the spin-off of Curbline Properties Corp. (“Curbline” or “Curbline Properties”) (NYSE: CURB), lower Net Operating Income (“NOI”) as a result of property dispositions, lower gain on sale from dispositions, and lower interest income.
• First quarter operating funds from operations attributable to common shareholders (“Operating FFO” or “OFFO”) was $8.3 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, compared to $59.8 million, or $1.14 per diluted share, in the year-ago period. The decrease year-over-year was primarily the result of the spin-off of Curbline Properties, lower NOI as a result of property dispositions and lower interest income offset by decreased interest expense, no preferred dividends and decreased debt related charges.

Significant First Quarter Activity and Key Operating Results

• Recorded $8.4 million of other property revenues in conjunction with the resolution of a condemnation proceeding with the State of Florida relating to business damages and compensation for land taken in 2022 at the Shoppes at Paradise Pointe. Cash of $3.8 million was received during the quarter with the remainder received in April 2025. The condemnation proceeds were not included in calculating operating funds from operations.
• Reported a leased rate of 89.8% at March 31, 2025 as compared to 91.1% at December 31, 2024 and 91.7% at March 31, 2024, all on a pro rata basis. The March 31, 2024 leased rate has been adjusted to reflect the removal of all properties included in the Curbline Properties spin-off and all properties sold during 2024.
• Reported a commenced rate of 89.4% at March 31, 2025 as compared to 90.6% at December 31, 2024 and 89.8% at March 31, 2024, all on a pro rata basis. The March 31, 2024 commenced rate has been adjusted to reflect the removal of all properties included in the Curbline Properties spin-off and all properties sold during 2024.
• Executed five new leases and 17 renewals for 75,000 square feet during the quarter.
• Generated cash renewal leasing spreads of 3.4%, on a pro rata basis, for the first quarter of 2025.
• In the first quarter of 2025, eliminated the reclassification of general and administrative expense to operating and maintenance expense. The prior-year period reported amount of $2.6 million has been reclassified to conform with the current year presentation.

Discontinued Operations

On October 1, 2024, the Company completed the spin-off of Curbline Properties. The spin-off of the convenience properties represented a strategic shift in the Company’s business and, as such, the Curbline properties are reflected as discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2024.

About SITE Centers Corp.

SITE Centers is an owner and manager of open-air shopping centers located primarily in suburban, high household income communities. The Company is a self-administered and self-managed REIT operating as a fully integrated real estate company, and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SITC. Additional information about the Company is available at www.sitecenters.com. To be included in the Company’s e-mail distributions for press releases and other investor news, please click here.

Supplemental Information

Copies of the Company's quarterly financial supplement are available on the Investor Relations portion of the Company's website, ir.sitecenters.com.

Non-GAAP Measures and Other Operational Metrics

Funds from Operations (“FFO”) is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure used as a standard in the real estate industry and is a widely accepted measure of real estate investment trust (“REIT”) performance. Management believes that both FFO and Operating FFO provide additional indicators of the financial performance of a REIT. The Company also believes that FFO and Operating FFO more appropriately measure the core operations of the Company and provide benchmarks to its peer group.

FFO is generally defined and calculated by the Company as net income (loss) (computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”)), adjusted to exclude (i) preferred share dividends, (ii) gains and losses from disposition of real estate property and related investments, which are presented net of taxes, (iii) impairment charges on real estate property and related investments, (iv) gains and losses from changes in control and (v) certain non-cash items. These non-cash items principally include real property depreciation and amortization of intangibles, equity income (loss) from joint ventures and adding the Company’s proportionate share of FFO from its unconsolidated joint ventures, determined on a consistent basis. The Company’s calculation of FFO is consistent with the definition of FFO provided by NAREIT. The Company calculates Operating FFO as FFO excluding certain non-operating charges, income and gains/losses. Operating FFO is useful to investors as the Company removes non-comparable charges, income and gains/losses to analyze the results of its operations and assess performance of the core operating real estate portfolio. Other real estate companies may calculate FFO and Operating FFO in a different manner.

The Company also uses NOI, a non-GAAP financial measure, as a supplemental performance measure. NOI is calculated as property revenues less property-related expenses. The Company believes NOI provides useful information to investors regarding the Company’s financial condition and results of operations because it reflects only those income and expense items that are incurred at the property level and, when compared across periods, reflects the impact on operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, operating costs and acquisition and disposition activity on an unleveraged basis.

FFO, Operating FFO and NOI do not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP, are not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs and should not be considered as alternatives to net income computed in accordance with GAAP, as indicators of the Company’s operating performance or as alternatives to cash flow as a measure of liquidity. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures have been provided herein.

Safe Harbor

SITE Centers Corp. considers portions of the information in this press release to be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, both as amended, with respect to the Company's expectation for future periods. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved. For this purpose, any statements contained herein that are not historical fact, including statements regarding the Company's projected operational and financial performance, strategy, prospects and plans, may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause our results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, including, among other factors, general economic conditions, including inflation and interest rate volatility; local conditions such as the supply of, and demand for, retail real estate space in our geographic markets; the consistency with future results of assumptions based on past performance; the impact of e-commerce; dependence on rental income from real property; the loss of, significant downsizing of or bankruptcy of a major tenant and the impact of any such event on rental income from other tenants and our properties; our ability to enter into agreements to sell properties on commercially reasonable terms and to satisfy closing conditions applicable to such sales; our ability to finance our businesses on commercially acceptable terms or at all; impairment charges; valuation and risks relating to our joint venture investments; the termination of any joint venture arrangements or arrangements to manage real property; property damage, expenses related thereto and other business and economic consequences (including the potential loss of rental revenues) resulting from extreme weather conditions or natural disasters in locations where we own properties, and the ability to estimate accurately the amounts thereof; sufficiency and timing of any insurance recovery payments related to damages from extreme weather conditions or natural disasters; any change in strategy; the impact of pandemics and other public health crises; unauthorized access, use, theft or destruction of financial, operations or third party data maintained in our information systems or by third parties on our behalf; our ability to maintain REIT status; and the finalization of the financial statements for the period ended March 31, 2025. For additional factors that could cause the results of the Company to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Company's most recent reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.

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SITE Centers Corp.
3300 Enterprise Parkway
Beachwood, OH 44122

For additional information:
Gerald Morgan, EVP and Chief Financial Officer
216-755-5500

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