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Operator
Welcome to Retail Opportunity Investments' 2024 First Quarter Conference Call. (Operator Instructions)
Now I would like to introduce Lauren Silveira, the company's Chief Accounting Officer.
Lauren Silveira - Chief Accounting Officer
Thank you. Before we begin, please note that certain matters which we will discuss on today's call are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Federal Securities Laws. These forward-looking statements involve risks and other factors, which can cause actual results to differ significantly from future results that are expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Participants should refer to the company's filings with the SEC, including our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, to learn more about these risks and other factors.
In addition, we will be discussing certain non-GAAP financial results on today's call. Reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial results to GAAP results can be found in the company's quarterly supplemental, which is posted on our website.
Now I'll turn the call over to Stuart Tanz, the company's Chief Executive Officer. Stuart?
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Thank you, Lauren, and good morning, everyone. Here with Lauren and me today is Michael Haines, our Chief Financial Officer; and Rich Schoebel, our Chief Operating Officer.
We are pleased to report that we are off to a solid start thus far in 2024. We continue to make the most of the strong demand for space across our portfolio, especially as it relates to anchor space. At the start of the year, we had four anchor spaces that recently became available, an unusual occurrence for us, given that we have maintained our anchor space at 100% leased for the past seven years. We are pleased to report that we currently have four terrific national tenants lined up to take all of the space and at higher rents. In fact, on a blended basis, we expect the increase in rent will be more than double the previous blended rent.
Turning to acquisitions, we recently acquired a terrific grocery-anchored shopping center located here in the San Diego market. The property serves as the primary shopping center anchoring a master-planned community that is situated in one of the most sought-after, affluent submarkets in San Diego, truly irreplaceable real estate. Through a longstanding off-market relationship, the seller came to us directly, seeking to execute a quick transaction.
Given that the property is located literally in our backyard, we knew this center extremely well and we're in a strong position to accommodate an efficient closing. The center features not just one but two supermarkets, Trader Joe's and Stater Brothers, both of which are generating strong sales numbers and have been thriving at the property for years.
In the few short weeks that we've owned the property, we've already leased the available space at the center. Additionally, several of our longstanding tenants, including a grocery tenant has reached out to us to express their interest in leasing space at the center. Safe to say, we're very excited to own this property.
In terms of the numbers, we acquired the shopping center for $70 million, equating to a 6.75% cash yield, which is north of 7% on a GAAP basis. Additionally, going forward, over the next couple of years, there are opportunities to release below market space and re-merchandise some in-line space that should grow the yield notably.
With respect to dispositions, we currently have two properties under contract to sell, totaling $68 million, with a blended exit cap rate in the low 6s. From our perspective, selling these properties and effectively redeploying the capital accretively into an irreplaceable asset such as our San Diego acquisition enhances the underlying intrinsic value of our overall portfolio, as well as our ability to continue growing cash flow in the time ahead.
Now I'll turn the call over to Michael Haines, our CFO, to take you through our financial results for the first quarter. Mike?
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
Thanks, Stuart. During the first quarter, total revenues increased to $85.3 million, in part driven by base rents, which came in higher than our internal forecast, and also in part by higher than usual amortization of above and below market rent. As we discussed in our last call, an anchor lease expired during the first quarter that was substantially below market, which accounted for the bulk of the increase and which we had taken into account with respect to our FFO guidance range for the year.
GAAP net income attributable to common shareholders was $11 million for the first quarter of 2024, equating to $0.09 per diluted share. And FFO for the first quarter of 2024 totaled $37.9 million, equating to $0.28 per diluted share.
In terms of same-center net operating income, during the first quarter, same-center cash NOI increased 5.7%, which was driven by a balance of base rent and recovery increases, as well as an increase in other income in connection with our lease recapture initiatives. While the 5.7% increase is above our internal forecast for the first quarter, we remain cautious looking ahead, particularly given the anchor space releasing activity that Stuart spoke of. While we have all of the available anchor space currently spoken for, there will be some downtime between leases, which is reflected in our same-center NOI guidance range for the full year.
Turning to our financing activities, as Stuart indicated, we recently acquired a shopping center for $70 million. While we utilized the credit line to initially fund the acquisition, our objective is to effectively finance the transaction with the proceeds from the pending dispositions, which we expect to close in the next 60 to 90 days.
In terms of our balance sheet and financial ratios, net debt-to-annualized EBITDA was 6.4 times for the first quarter, down from 6.7 times a year ago. Here at the start of the second quarter, we retired in full a $26 million mortgage. As a result, we currently have only one mortgage loan remaining for $34 million, meaning that 93 of our 94 shopping centers are currently unencumbered. And this last mortgage matures in about 18 months from now. Looking ahead, with respect to refinancing the bonds that mature at the end of the year, we continue to watch the market closely and are in a position to move forward opportunistically when market conditions become more settled and favorable.
Now I'll turn the call over to Rich Schoebel, our COO. Rich?
Richard Schoebel - Chief Operating Officer
Thanks, Mike. As Stuart highlighted, demand for space across our portfolio continues to be strong. During the first quarter, we signed 87 leases totaling over 383,000 square feet, the bulk of which centered around renewing valued anchor tenants.
Specifically, during the first quarter, we renewed seven anchor tenants totaling 207,000 square feet, three of which were actually not scheduled to mature until next year. All three of those tenants came to us early, with two of the tenants seeking to renew their lease for another five years and one of them, a longstanding grocery tenant, seeking to renew their lease for another 10 years.
As we noted on our last call, four anchor spaces recently became available, totaling 179,000 square feet. And as Stuart noted, we currently have new national tenants lined up to lease the spaces, all of which will be a terrific new strong draw to our centers. Additionally, all four leases will have 10-year initial lease terms and all at higher rents.
We are currently in the process of finalizing the lease agreements. Once the leases are executed, we expect to deliver the spaces expeditiously, as there is only a limited amount of prep work required on our part.
With respect to non-anchor in-line space, demand also continues to be strong. During the first quarter, we signed non-anchor leases totaling 176,000 square feet. And as with our anchor leasing activity, our in-line leasing activity centered around tenant renewals, with a good number of them also coming to us early to renew.
In terms of releasing rent growth, we posted another solid quarter, achieving a 12% increase on new leases signed during the first quarter and a 7% increase on renewals. While our first quarter leasing volume was among one of our most active first quarters on record, we are poised to potentially have an even stronger second quarter. In addition to the anchor leases that we are finalizing, our non-anchor leasing pipeline is very strong as well, being driven by a diverse mix of necessity, service, and destination tenants that are seeking to implement expansion plans across core West Coast markets.
Lastly, in terms of getting new tenants open, we continue to make steady progress. During the first quarter, new tenants representing $1.4 million of incremental annual base rent on a cash basis opened and commenced paying rent. Additionally, new leases signed during the first quarter added just over $1 million of incremental annual base rent. Accordingly, at March 31, we had approximately $6.7 million in total of incremental annual base rent from new tenants not yet open, the bulk of which we expect will do so as we move through the year.
Now Iâll turn the call back over to Stuart.
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Thanks, Rich. In terms of the acquisition market and the current state of play, the recent renewed concerns regarding inflation, along with the corresponding rise in interest rates has yet again caused market activity to pause on the West Coast, as a number of buyers have quickly moved back to the sidelines. We think that this could potentially work to our advantage as the year progresses, especially as it relates to off-market opportunities that could arise involving private owners facing looming mortgage maturities. With this in mind, we continue to be proactively engaged and continue to have proactive discussions with our off-market sources.
Lastly, I would like to briefly expand on Richâs remarks regarding tenant renewals. From our perspective, tenants consistently come to us early, both anchor and non-anchor tenants, to renew their leases for another 5 to 10 years out. In the face of uncertain economy, we think this speaks volumes as to the continued growing appeal of the grocery-anchored sector in general, and specifically speak to the attributes of our portfolio. Itâs also indicative of the underlying strength and stability of our core tenant base and their business prospects going forward.
Furthermore, following the pandemic, tenants have since shifted to being more guarded in carefully selecting the communities and shopping centers in which to expand their businesses. Needless to say, weâve worked hard to capitalize on this shift, which is reflected in our consistently strong leasing results year after year, and is what drives our disciplined acquisition strategy.
Looking ahead, we believe that our properties are well positioned today with their location attributes, compelling demographics, and strong grocery daily necessity focus to continue being among the top sought-after shopping centers of choice on the West Coast by these value-discerning tenants.
Now we will open up the call for your questions. Operator?
Operator
(Operator Instructions) Jeffrey Spector, Bank of America Securities.
Jeffrey Spector - Analyst
Stuart, Iâm sorry if I missed this, did you comment on your expectations for net acquisitions this year? Are you still in the range of $100 million to $300 million?
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Yes, we are, we are. Although the acquisition market is currently paused, things can change very quickly. But yes, the answer is yes, weâre still on tap to look at external growth in that range.
Jeffrey Spector - Analyst
Okay, great. Thank you. And then can you elaborate a bit more on the comments on 2Q? And I think Mike commented on expectations on 2Q leasing to be stronger. Weâre seeing in some other sectors where companies are slowing leasing decisions, so I found that remark to be very interesting.
Richard Schoebel - Chief Operating Officer
Sure. This is Rich. As we mentioned, weâve got these tenants lined up for the anchor spaces. And the demand for the shop space continues to be very strong. Weâre receiving multiple LOIs on the shop space and on the anchor space. On the leasing team, while it is still taking a touch longer to get to the signature, it still has a lot of demand for all the available space.
Jeffrey Spector - Analyst
Great. So no evidence of any slowdown in leasing discussions?
Richard Schoebel - Chief Operating Officer
No.
Jeffrey Spector - Analyst
And then my last, I guess, can you comment a little bit more around the senior notes coming due in December, the thinking there? And is there a certain trigger that would push you to execute sooner than later?
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
I would just say, Jeff, itâs just basically market conditions. Obviously, the tenure has ticked up quite a bit recently, and thatâs obviously not favorable for us. But it seems to move around quite a bit, so the good news is weâve got a little bit of time before the end of the year. And weâll look to transact, obviously back half, probably in the third quarter like we did last year.
Jeffrey Spector - Analyst
Great. Thank you.
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Thank you.
Operator
Todd Thomas, KeyBanc Capital Markets.
Todd Thomas - Analyst
Stuart, maybe Mike, too, I just want to follow up first on the net investment guidance, so $100 million to $300 million. Youâre roughly net neutral year to date, assuming that dispositions close in the next 60 to 90 days. I mean, how should we think about funding future investments? I think the previous guidance assumed $60 million to $180 million of equity issuance. Is that still on tap? Iâm just curious vis-a-vis your comments that buyers and sellers have moved back to the sideline and transaction activity may slow a bit. And so how are you thinking about the capital markets within all of that?
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Sure. Well, I mean, look, weâre certainly not issuing equity where our stock is currently trading. So we will accelerate, continue to look at accelerating the disposition side to help pay for more acquisitions or for more growth as we move through the year. And subject to market conditions, if the stock does move up accordingly and we can continue to buy accretively, then weâll look to the equity market as well, but primarily being funded through dispositions more than anything else, Todd.
Todd Thomas - Analyst
Okay. And then, Stuart, you mentioned roughly doubling the rent on the vacant anchor GLA. How much CapEx is estimated as it pertains to those leases? I wasn't sure if that was on a net effective basis. And then can you provide some sense of timing around when rent may commence, assuming all the leases are executed as anticipated?
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Yeah, I mean, look, that -- it's basically, from a CapEx perspective, on all the anchor leases, you're looking at $75 to $100. Our comment is around on a net basis in terms of doubling the rent. So as an example, the one big lease we're on is actually with an increase, it's over 300%. But after CapEx, as you heard in the comments, to double the rent.
So we're expecting, again, as Rich touched on, all -- actually, one of the leases has already been executed, but the balance to be executed during the quarter. Delivery should take place within probably depending on how much work -- what Rich --
Richard Schoebel - Chief Operating Officer
Yeah, we're thinking it's probably nine months in terms of fit out. As we mentioned in the comments, the spaces are basically in deliverable condition. But obviously, the tenants will have to do some work to fit out the space for their needs.
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
But I mean, I think from a rent commencement, probably early '25. You may capture some of this late '24, but early '25.
Todd Thomas - Analyst
Got it. And some of this will be same space, some of this will not? Is that right?
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
It's all same space.
Todd Thomas - Analyst
It'll be all the same space?
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Correct.
Todd Thomas - Analyst
Got it. So we should see, as leases are executed next quarter, perhaps third quarter, we'll see that reflected in the comp leasing activity?
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
That is correct.
Todd Thomas - Analyst
Okay. And then last question. Just on the same store in the quarter, Mike, expenses were down, recovery income was higher. I suspect that was -- dynamic is what drove the growth, the higher growth relative to budget in the quarter that I think you mentioned. But I wasn't sure if that had something to do with either some of the anchor spaces that were recaptured that were maybe paying a lower share of their expenses, but occupancy was down a little bit. Just unsure what happened there. If you could maybe talk about that and what to expect in terms of the expense recovery rate going forward.
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
Actually, same-store, I think, was just a combination of a variety of things: lower bad debt this year, lower -- decreased operating expenses, higher base rent. It was just a myriad of -- number of things and variables. It came in stronger than we expected, obviously, same center moves around each quarter, sometimes fairly significantly. But again, looking at the full year, we're still being cautious about the 1% to 2%, hopefully at the higher end, particularly given the anchor spaces we just spoke of.
Todd Thomas - Analyst
All right. Thank you.
Operator
Juan Sanabria, BMO Capital Markets.
Juan Sanabria - Analyst
Just hoping you could talk a little bit about the latest thoughts on Rite Aid. I think they've increased their store closure count, and maybe there's some, maybe delays or hesitation there and some back and forth in the market that they may pursue Chapter 7. So just curious on what the plan would be if that were to eventuate with Rite Aid?
Richard Schoebel - Chief Operating Officer
Well, yeah, obviously, as you're touching on there, there's a bit of uncertainty about the final outcome of the Rite Aid situation. We have reached agreements with Rite Aid on all the remaining locations, extending the terms on most of those, and we are hopeful that that plan will get approved.
But in the event that it doesn't, the demand for our spaces continues to be very strong. And as we touched on with the spaces we did get back, they were spoken for very quickly. So while we're hoping that the plan gets approved, we're also prepared to capitalize on the opportunity if it doesn't.
Juan Sanabria - Analyst
And what's the closure at this point? What would be perspective in terms of what you'd need to release once those stores close based on the current plan as it stands now?
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Well, if you look at what's in the pipeline in terms of leasing, that would be the current locations that they gave up. So --
Richard Schoebel - Chief Operating Officer
Yeah, we started out with 15 Rite Aids. Three of those were rejected. We did sign agreements on the remaining 12. They recently announced some additional closures. One of our stores was on that list. It's not an anchor space. And the day after it was listed, the adjacent grocer called us about expanding.
So again, we feel that there's still a lot of demand for these spaces. And while we would rather not get them back, we're prepared to get them back, and we've already got our ducks in a row, and our leasing team is focused on talking to the potential tenants in the event that that happens.
Juan Sanabria - Analyst
Okay. And then how much NOI, I guess, would go away temporarily on the anchor spaces that you've spoken for and released? But just thinking about the cadence of same-store NOI growth and what those anchor leases mean to your forecast for the rest of the year, just so from a modeling perspective, we can capture that appropriately.
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
Juan, are you referring to the three that we got back already and have released, but not entertained yet?
Juan Sanabria - Analyst
Correct.
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
We didn't model anything for those spaces in the '24 same-store NOI or FFO. So there's nothing in the numbers for that.
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
And Mike, we'll get back just in terms of the number, if that's what you're looking for.
Juan Sanabria - Analyst
Yeah, how much was in the first quarter? Just to make sure that we're capturing whatever the sequential drop-off may or may not be, but we can follow up offline.
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
In Q1, there was nothing in our numbers for the three Rite Aid spaces.
Juan Sanabria - Analyst
Okay. And then lastly, was there any comp issue with regards to expenses? Going back to Todd's question on the same-store NOI that may have positively impacted the year-over-year result there that we should think about going forward?
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
Nothing. I know last year, we had some snow removal costs that were accelerated, but outside of that, nothing I can think of. No specific item.
Juan Sanabria - Analyst
Okay. Thank you very much.
Operator
Craig Mailman, Citi.
Craig Mailman - Analyst
Just to follow up on the anchors, the leases, were you guys able to start to put through any better escalators in these deals? Or did you guys get early renewals? Is that in the conversation now with some of these anchor tenants? Or is it still more of the minimal bumps relative to what you're getting chopped?
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Well, on one anchor, big anchor of vacancy, we were able to get more term than usual from the tenant, and probably even higher rent because this particular tenant needed this space extremely badly. It's a new concept and one that they need to get rolled out very quickly. So we had the upper hand there in terms of negotiation. The balance of those spaces, Rich, just in terms of the ordinary, what you would ordinarily see from these tenants.
Richard Schoebel - Chief Operating Officer
Yeah, I think that the ongoing increase is sort of historic, which is for an anchor tenant every five years, 10% to 12%. And for our shop space, we're still around 3% annually.
Craig Mailman - Analyst
Okay. This new concept, is it kind of grocery? Is it new to the US or just new to your markets? And what's the credit profile look like?
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Very, very, very strong. They're already in the US in a pretty big way. But this is a brand-new concept that has proven to be a lot more profitable than their current inventory of stores.
Craig Mailman - Analyst
And then just on the acquisition. I know you guys got a couple of questions on this already, but just from what was an initial guidance from a timing and spread perspective relative to your cost of capital, can you just give us a sense of what that was as a contribution to the range and so how much sensitivity there is? If the acquisition market remains a little bit stalled here and things get pushed out to year end, like how much of guidance is at risk just from the acquisitions piece?
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
So Mike, we modeled, if I recall, I think it's $25 million out per quarter, or a bit more than that.
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
Well, our initial guidance is $100 million to $300 million, so it's really going to depend on the equity market as far as availability for equity capital. And right now, we're turning our capital to support the acquisition side. So it's going to depend on how the market evolves over the course of the year. Obviously, rates make a change in favor, then REITs typically respond very positively, so that could impact -- our stock price would make it more accretive to use that as a funding source.
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
But we're modeling around about a 6.5% cash yield, typically.
Craig Mailman - Analyst
On the acquisitions or at the cost of capital?
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
No, on the acquisitions.
Craig Mailman - Analyst
Okay. And what would be the cost of the capital you're putting in there?
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
Last thing on a blend depending on where the equity price is, again, if we're going to -- the acquisition guidance is going to have to come down if the market doesn't become more favorable for us. So it just depends. We kept the guidance in place because as Stuart mentioned earlier in the prepared remarks, like things can change very quickly in the markets, as you know. So we're just keeping guidance as it is for now. We'll have to revisit that on the next call.
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Yeah, Craig, I mean the most important thing is as we are buying is to make sure that it's accretive to our current cost of capital. That's the critical point from a modeling perspective. So the good news is the acquisition that we made in the fourth quarter of last year, as well as in what we've just bought, we believe is being done accretively, day one.
Craig Mailman - Analyst
Okay. I was just trying to get at if there's enough things operationally that may be going better than expected, either bad debt or lease commencement timings that could offset if you have to lower the acquisition guidance or if that lowered acquisition guidance will be a net negative for the range, I guess is an easier way to put it.
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Yeah, I mean obviously, we can't predict the future as we're sitting here this morning, but we feel pretty comfortable on both sides of that equation. I'll leave it at that, Craig.
Craig Mailman - Analyst
Great. Thank you.
Operator
Wes Golladay, Baird.
Wes Golladay - Analyst
Just going back to the same-store guidance, it looks like a lot of items went favorable. Occupancy, the lease rate was down quite a bit, but the basements were up. Is there anything one-time related, such as the term income and where's the percent rent income now?
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
Percentage rent, because it's such an insignificant number in the grand scheme, we roll it up into rental revenue. It's kind of in base rent. It's just it wasn't meaningful enough to continue breaking it out relative to the total revenue number. So that's where that sits now.
And as far as the guidance, like I mentioned earlier, it moves around from quarter to quarter. There was nothing in terms of the quarter that was unusual. I think there's just a number of positive effects. Base rent was up, bad debt was down, but other income was relatively flat to up, so there was no one-time drivers on a cash basis that I can think off.
Wes Golladay - Analyst
Okay. And then where could you borrow today if you had issued debt? And does the cost of debt increase your willingness to do something strategic before the year end, if it were to stay at current levels?
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
Based on where the 10-year treasury sits today and current market spreads it's going to be somewhere around 6%, 6.5%. And we'll have to see where the market goes for the balance of the year. The eyes are all on the Fed. And as far as the timing of our first rate cut or indication of rate cut, that's going to drive some of its decision making in that regard.
Wes Golladay - Analyst
Okay. And if it were to stay at that 6.5% level though, how would you approach that? Would you issue long-term debt? Would you maybe look to do a joint venture, more dispositions? What would the thought process be?
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
We're looking at all alternatives from that perspective, Wes. So the good news is we have some flexibility. We've been focused on these alternatives, obviously, but nothing to talk about on this call today.
Wes Golladay - Analyst
Okay. And then can we get your latest thoughts on the Albertsons-Kroger merger? If they were to have to sell more assets, any negative benefits or potential positives, would they have to pay you fees? Or maybe if they had to sell some of your assets or sell some of the groceries that were part of your portfolio?
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Well, I mean, look, we continue to communicate with Kroger and Albertsons and conduct business as usual, including renewing one of their leases in the current quarter or in the first quarter of the year. Obviously, the discussions with the government are still ongoing, and they're not yet in a position to disclose what specific stores are going to be sold as part of the merger. I think that's still moving around. So we haven't spoken with CNS, but it's tough today to tell you whether it's a negative or positive.
What I can tell you is this: last time we went through this in 2015 with Hagan, it turned out to be a very positive step for the company. So we'll see what happens as we get through the summer here. And that's where things sit as of the merger on our call -- having our call today.
Wes Golladay - Analyst
Okay. Thanks for the time, everyone.
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
Thanks.
Operator
Cesar Bracho, Wells Fargo Securities.
Cesar Bracho - Analyst
Very good questions asked earlier. But I guess going back to the anchors that vacated, as we think about your occupancy going forward, like would you expect some more anchor turnover, like the one that happened this quarter? Or would you expect more stability going forward?
Richard Schoebel - Chief Operating Officer
So for the balance of 2024, there's two anchor leases remaining that will expire this year. One of those is a Rite Aid where we have reached an agreement to extend it for another five years. The other is a 17,000 square foot space that matures in the fall. And that tenant has notified us they're leaving. So we're in the process of retaining that space and hope to have a tenant lined up before they vacate.
Cesar Bracho - Analyst
Got it. Thank you. And how will that be with respect to small shop? Will you see any potential move outs that could impact your overall occupancy from the small shop?
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
No. Small shop is sitting at about 96% right now. We expect that will be the range for the balance of the year.
Cesar Bracho - Analyst
Okay. Got it. Thanks. And then quickly on the amortization of leases, like was that jump in this quarter. Was that related to, I would guess, the anchors that vacated during the quarter?
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
Yeah, it was really the one anchor in Q1, yeah, that left, that didn't -- yeah, expired, basically. It was one anchor.
Cesar Bracho - Analyst
Probably will normalize on a go forward basis. Is that fair assumption?
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
Yes, fair. Thatâs the prior year. That's more the typical. Like $2.5 million is the typical quarterly run rate.
Cesar Bracho - Analyst
Got it. Thanks. One more quick one. With respect to the other guidance item that you provided in last call, like bad debt reserve, interest expense, G&A, like are there any changes to those numbers? Or would you expect those to be the same?
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
So I would expect those to be the same, yeah, as we move through the year. I mean so we just put that guidance out eight, nine weeks ago. That was kind of early, premature. I don't see any changes in those yet. But if there's anything that causes that to move, we'll provide updated guidance in the next call.
Cesar Bracho - Analyst
Okay, got it. Thank you for taking our questions.
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
Thank you.
Operator
Paulina Rojas-Schmidt, Green Street.
Paulina Rojas-Schmidt - Analyst
You mentioned sellers moving back to the sidelines, and I was wondering if you could provide some color on how you have seen potential buyers behave. I'm thinking in particular about institutional investors in shopping centers and if you have seen any pickup in interest in this cycle as a result of other property types, apartments, office shifting weakening fundamentals.
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Yeah, I mean, look, I can't really comment on other property types because that's not our focus nor our specialty. But in terms of shopping centers, in the first quarter of the year, the buyers, when interest rates were lower than they were today, it did look like there were a number of buyers coming back to market. But as I said in my comments, over the last several weeks, as interest rates moved quite higher or moved higher quite rapidly, we have seen a number of these buyers, again, move to the sidelines.
So going forward, it will just depend on interest rates, capital flows. I don't see many institutional institutions coming back into the market yet. 1031 market is active. And then there has been some shift from other sectors to retail from a buyer profile perspective. And I think maybe that's really where your question was going. We have seen buyers that were very heavily invested in industrial multifamily, certainly move to the retail side where today they feel, I think, that their investment is in a different place in terms of the cash flow and stability of the NOI. But more importantly, retail, given the strength that we're seeing out there, has attracted more of these other buyers.
Paulina Rojas-Schmidt - Analyst
Thank you. You got it. You got it. And then a question about the balance sheet. Your average debt maturity is the shortest -- or the second shortest in the strip center space. So I was wondering if you have the goal to increase that average maturity and what level would make you comfortable, or if you're comfortable where you are?
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
Thanks, Paulina. This is Mike. I think when we go back to the bond market; we'll look to do a 10-year deal. We did the deal last September on a five-year because we were everything. Us, like everyone else, was expecting rates to start coming down. And the market is where it is.
And when we come back to the market later this year, the goal is to do a tenured fixed rate offering, which will push the maturity debt or extend that maturity debt out. And as we move through our debt refinancing stack, we'll be looking to do long-term fixed rate bonds on a tenure basis.
Paulina Rojas-Schmidt - Analyst
Okay. Thank you.
Michael Haines - Chief Financial Officer
Thank you.
Operator
(Operator Instructions) Michael Mueller, JPMorgan.
Michael Mueller - Analyst
Hey, two quick ones here. I guess what made the two disposition properties properties that weren't long-term holds? And I may have missed it, but did you mention the types of users that you have for those four new anchored leases?
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Well, the anchor leases are national players. And in one location, we broke up the space to regional players. In terms of the dispositions, yeah, I mean, primarily, one is a single-tenant property, and the other is a property that we've actually owned for quite some time. We've completed a lot of lease up of the property, bringing in some really strong tenants. And it's just one that we don't see a lot of future growth in. So from our perspective, it was time to sell it.
Michael Mueller - Analyst
Got it. Okay. Okay. Thank you.
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Yeah. Thank you, Mike.
Operator
Thank you. I'm showing no further questions at this time. I would now like to turn it back to Stuart Tanz, Chief Executive Officer, for closing remarks.
Stuart Tanz - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Great. Well, in closing, thanks to all of you for joining us today. As always, we appreciate your interest in ROIC. If you have any additional questions, please contact Mike, Rich, or me directly. Also, you can find additional information in the company's quarterly supplemental package, which is posted on our website as well as our 10-Q.
Lastly, for those of you who are attending the upcoming annual ICSC Convention in Vegas, please stop by our booth, which will be in the south hall on level one, specifically booth 807. We hope to see you there. Thanks again, and have a great day, everyone.
Operator
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