Note 16—Segment Reporting

The Company conducts its business through one reportable and one operating segment by acquiring, managing and capitalizing Ground Leases, which the Company believes provides an opportunity for safe, growing income. The Company’s chief executive officer is the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) and uses net income (loss), as reported on the consolidated statements of operations, to measure segment operating performance. All of the Company’s expenses are included in segment operating performance and are reviewed regularly. However, the CODM reviews interest expense and general and administrative expense on a more disaggregated basis. The CODM reviews interest expense in more detail because the Company uses its cost of capital to price its investments. The CODM also reviews general and administrative expense, which includes public company costs consisting of compensation, occupancy, and other corporate costs, in more detail to ensure its resources are in line with its business and operating needs. The measure of segment assets is reported on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as total assets. The CODM also reviews assets and asset level metrics such as rent coverage, GAAP and cash asset yields, Ground Lease cost to value ratios, unrealized capital appreciation and certain other metrics on a regular basis.

The following table presents the Company’s expenses that are reviewed in more detail by the CODM for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 ($ in thousands):

For the Years Ended December 31,

  ​ ​ ​

2025

2024

  ​ ​ ​

2023

Interest expense

Cash

$

179,272

$

170,315

$

153,071

Non-cash

27,414

27,727

27,940

Subtotal interest expense

206,686

198,042

181,011

General and administrative(1)

Public company and other costs

41,788

41,160

37,015

Stock-based compensation

12,549

13,757

23,230

Management fees

5,199

Expense reimbursements to the Former Manager

3,125

Subtotal general and administrative

 

54,337

 

54,917

 

68,569

(1)The CODM also considers management fees earned from Star Holdings (refer to Note 15) in their review of general and administrative expense because many of the Company’s employees spend time and resources performing basic functions for the management of Star Holdings. During the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the Company earned $11.7 million, $16.8 million and $19.4 million, respectively, in management fees from Star Holdings. The management fees are included in “Other income” in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Feb 12, 2026Showing above
2024Feb 6, 2025
2022Feb 22, 2023
2021Feb 25, 2022
2020Feb 23, 2021
2019Feb 24, 2020
2018Feb 26, 2019
2017Feb 26, 2018
2016Feb 27, 2017
2015Feb 26, 2016

About Segments Disclosures

Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.

Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.