Disclosures
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained herein may constitute "forward-looking statements" as such term is defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. They represent our intentions, plans, expectations and beliefs and are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Consequently, the future results, financial condition and business of JBG SMITH Properties ("JBG SMITH", the "Company", "we", "us", "our" or similar terms) may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. You can find many of these statements by looking for words such as "approximate", "hypothetical", "potential", "believes", "expects", "anticipates", "estimates", "intends", "plans", "would", "may" or similar expressions in this Investor Package. We also note the following forward-looking statements: the impact of disruptions to the credit and capital markets on our ability to access capital, including refinancing maturing debt; potential Net Operating Income growth and the assumptions on which such growth is premised; our estimated future leverage (Net Debt/Annualized Adjusted EBITDA and Net Debt/Total Enterprise Value) profile; the economic impact, job growth, expansion of public transportation and related demand for multifamily and commercial properties of Amazon.com, Inc.'s ("Amazon") additional headquarters on the Washington, DC metropolitan area and National Landing and the speed with which such impact occurs and Amazon's plans for accelerated hiring and in-person work requirements; changes to the amount and manner in which tenants use space; long-term trends in demand for housing (including multifamily) within major urban employment centers; whether National Landing will benefit economically from its proximity to the Pentagon; whether Virginia Tech's Innovation Campus will open on the anticipated timeline; the anticipated growth of our target submarkets; the economic impact of Washington DC metropolitan area's diversification into technology; our annual dividend per share and dividend yield; annualized Net Operating Income; adjusted annualized Net Operating Income; expected timing, completion, modifications and delivery dates for the projects we are developing for Amazon; the ability of any or all of our demand drivers to materialize at all or on the timeline anticipated and their effect on economic impact, job growth, expansion of public transportation and related demand in the National Landing submarket; planned infrastructure and educational improvements related to Amazon's additional headquarters; the impact of our role as the developer, property manager and retail leasing agent in connection with Amazon's new headquarters; the impact on our net asset value of the Amazon transactions; whether we will succeed in recycling our non-core assets to fund new investments, including development projects, acquisitions, and share repurchases; whether we will succeed in achieving the lease retention rates that we anticipate; whether we will succeed in re-leasing or otherwise strategically utilizing vacant properties; whether the allocation of capital to our share repurchase plan has any impact on our share price; whether in the case of our Under-Construction assets and assets in the Development Pipeline, estimated square feet, estimated number of units, earliest potential construction start, the estimated completion date, estimated stabilization date, Estimated Incremental Investment, Estimated Total Investment, Projected NOI Yield, weighted average Projected NOI Yield, weighted average completion date, yield on cost, weighted average stabilization date, intended type of asset use and potential tenants, Estimated Potential Development Density, and Estimated Stabilized NOI are accurate; whether our Under-Construction assets will deliver the Annualized NOI that we anticipate; whether our plans related to our investment in 5G wireless spectrum across National Landing will be a significant demand catalyst; whether the anticipated placemaking in National Landing will be realized; whether the number of retailers and multifamily units in National Landing will increase to the levels anticipated or open on the timelines anticipated; whether we will be able to successfully shift the majority of our portfolio to multifamily and concentrate our office portfolio in National Landing, and in the case of our Development Pipeline opportunities, Estimated Potential Development Density and estimated entitlement timeline including the potential for delays in the entitlement process.
Many of the factors that will determine the outcome of these and our other forward-looking statements are beyond our ability to control or predict. These factors include, among others: adverse economic conditions in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, the timing of and costs associated with development and property improvements, financing commitments, and general competitive factors. For further discussion of factors that could materially affect the outcome of our forward-looking statements and other risks and uncertainties, see "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and other periodic reports the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For these statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. We do not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof.
Organization and Basis of Presentation
JBG SMITH, a Maryland real estate investment trust, owns, operates, invests in, and develops mixed-use properties in high growth and high barrier-to-entry submarkets in and around Washington, DC. Through an intense focus on placemaking, JBG SMITH cultivates vibrant, amenity-rich, walkable neighborhoods throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Approximately two-thirds of JBG SMITH's holdings are in the National Landing submarket in Northern Virginia, which is anchored by four key demand drivers: Amazon's new headquarters; Virginia Tech's under-construction $1 billion Innovation Campus; the submarket’s proximity to the Pentagon; and JBG SMITH’s deployment of next-generation public and private 5G digital infrastructure. In addition, our third-party asset management and real estate services business provides fee-based real estate services to the Washington Housing Initiative Impact Pool, the legacy funds formerly organized by The JBG Companies (the "JBG Legacy Funds") and other third parties.