CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations are generally identifiable by the use of words such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “believe”, “intend” or “project”, or the negative thereof, or other variations thereon or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results and financial performance to be materially different from future results and financial performance expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to:
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macroeconomic conditions, including due to geopolitical conditions and instability, which may lead to a disruption of or lack of access to the capital markets, disruptions and instability in the banking and financial services industries and rising inflation;
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our success in implementing our business strategy and our ability to identify, underwrite, finance, consummate and integrate diversifying acquisitions and investments;
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changes in general economic conditions or economic conditions in the markets in which we may, from time to time, compete, and their effect on our revenues, earnings and funding sources;
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increases in our borrowing costs as a result of rising inflation, changes in interest rates and other factors;
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our ability to pay down, refinance, restructure or extend our indebtedness as it becomes due;
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our investments in joint ventures and unconsolidated entities, including our lack of sole decision-making authority and our reliance on our joint venture partners’ financial condition;
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our ability to obtain the financial results expected from our development and redevelopment projects;
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our tenants’ ability and willingness to renew their leases with us upon expiration, our ability to re-lease our properties on the same or better terms in the event of nonrenewal or in the event we exercise our right to replace an existing tenant, and obligations we may incur in connection with the replacement of an existing tenant;
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our potential liability for environmental matters;
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damage to our properties from catastrophic weather and other natural events, and the physical effects of climate change;
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the economic, political and social impact of, and uncertainty surrounding, any public health crisis, such as the COVID-19 Pandemic, which adversely affected the Company and its tenants’ business, financial condition, results of operations and liquidity;
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uninsured losses;
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our ability and willingness to maintain our qualification as a REIT in light of economic, market, legal, tax and other considerations;
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information technology security breaches, including increased cybersecurity risks relating to the use of remote technology;
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the loss of key executives;
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the accuracy of our methodologies and estimates regarding environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) metrics, goals and targets, tenant willingness and ability to collaborate towards reporting ESG metrics and meeting ESG goals and targets, and the impact of governmental regulation on our ESG efforts; and
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the other risk factors set forth in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and any other documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.