UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM10-K

FORM 10-K

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31 2017, 2023

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period fromto

Commission File Number001-08499

CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Rhode Island

05-0386287

(State or other jurisdiction of

(IRS Employer

incorporation or organization)

(IRS Employer

Identificationidentification No.)

5 Steeple Street, Unit 303

Providence, Rhode Island

02903

Providence, Rhode Island

02903

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(401)435-7171

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)code: (401) 435-7171

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b)12 (g) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value

CPTP

OTCQX

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

NONE

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes No

Yes  ☐    No  ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of RegulationS-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files.) Yes No

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of RegulationS-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form10-K or any amendment to this Form10-K.  ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of the “large"large accelerated filer,” “accelerated" "accelerated filer,“non-accelerated filer,” “smaller" "smaller reporting company”company" and “emerging growth company” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large Accelerated Filer

Accelerated Filer

Emerging Growth Company

Non-Accelerated Filer

Smaller reporting company

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Emerging Growth Company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 (b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C.7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No

As of June 30, 2017,2023, the aggregate market value of the Class A voting stock held bynon-affiliates of the Company was $29,700,000,$23,000,000 which excludes voting stock held by directors, executive officers and holders of 5% or more of the voting power of the Company’s common stock (without conceding that such persons are “affiliates” of the Company for purposes of federal securities laws). The Company has no outstandingnon-voting common equity.

As of March 1, 2018,February 16, 2024, the Company had 6,599,912 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding.

Auditor Firm Id:

577

Auditor Name:

Stowe & Degon, LLC

Auditor Location:

Westborough, MA, USA

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 20182024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 24, 2018,2024, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form10-K.


CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.

FORM10-K

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 20172023

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

PART I

Item 1

PART I

Business4

Item 2

Properties7

Item 31.

Business

Legal Proceedings7

3

Item 42.

Properties

6

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

6

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosure

7
PART II

6

Item 5

MarketPART II

Item 5.

Markets for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related StockholderShareholder Matters

8

7

Item 77.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

9

8

Item 88.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

12

10

Item 99.

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial DisclosureDisclosures

25

23

Item 9A9A.

Controls and Procedures

25
PART III

23

Item 109B.

Other Information

23

Item 9C.

Disclosures Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevents Inspections

23

PART III

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

26

24

Item 1111.

Executive Compensation

26

24

Item 1212.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

26

24

Item 1313.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence

26

24

Item 1414.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

26
PART IV

24

Item 15

PART IV

Item 15.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

27
Signatures28

25

Exhibit 10

Lease between Metropark and Issuer dated January 1, 2017Signatures

Exhibit 20

Map of the Company’s Parcels in Downtown Providence, Rhode Island

Exhibit 2126

Subsidiaries of the Company

Exhibits 31

Certifications Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Exhibits 32

Certifications Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section  1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002

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PART I

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain portions of this report, and particularly the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Sections 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Sections 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which represent the Company’s expectations or beliefs concerning future events. The Company cautions that these statements are further qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the following: the ability of the Company to generate adequate amounts of cash; the collectibilitycollectability of the accrued leasing revenuesexcess of straight-line over contractual rent when due over the terms of the long-term land leases and the early termination of the Parcel 6C land lease;leases; the commencement of additional long-term land leases; changes in economic conditions that may affect either the current or future development on the Company’s parcels; cyber-penetrations; the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, parking operations, and the Company’s financial performance, and exposure to remediation and other costs associated with its former ownership of a petroleum storage facility. The Company does not undertake the obligation to update forward-looking statements in response to new information, future events or otherwise.

Item 1.Business

Item 1. Business

Organizational History

The Company was organized as a business corporation under the laws of Rhode Island in 1983 as Providence and Worcester Company and is the successor by merger in 1983 to a corporation also named Providence and Worcester Company which was organized under the laws of Delaware in 1979. In 1984, the Company’s name was changed to Capital Properties, Inc.

SegmentsBusiness:

Prior to December 20, 2016, the Company operated in two segments: leasing and petroleum storage. On December 20, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the sale of the Company’s petroleum storage facility and related assets, including the Wilkesbarre Pier and petroleum transmission pipelines owned or controlled by the Company’s subsidiaries, Capital Terminal Company and Dunellen, LLC to Sprague Operating Resources, LLC, a subsidiary of Sprague Resources LP (collectively referred to as “Sprague”), for a purchase price of $23 Million (subject to certain adjustments) resulting in the petroleum storage business (the “Petroleum Segment”) being classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented. On January 24, 2017, the Company entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement with Sprague (the “Sale Agreement”) and the transaction was consummated on February 10, 2017. See Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Board’s decision to authorize the sale of the Petroleum Segment to Sprague, which had been exclusively leasing the petroleum storage facility and related assets since May 1, 2014, was based on an evaluation of the Petroleum Segment’s economic future as solely a distillate terminal and the significant capital investment and substantial risk related to converting a significant portion of the petroleum storage facility to gasoline in order to increase revenue. The Board concluded that a sale to Sprague was in the best interest of the Company’s shareholders. As a result of the sale of its petroleum storage and related assets, the Company’s operations are limited to leasing its real estate interests.

Leasing Business

Capital Center

The Company’s principal business is the leasing of Company-owned land in the Capital Center area (“Capital Center”) and property adjacent to Capital Center (Parcel 20) in downtown Providence, Rhode Island under long-term ground leases.leases with terms of 99 years or more.* (Hereinafter, the land in Capital Center and Parcel 20 are referred to as parcels within the “Capital Center Area”). The Company owns approximately 18 acres in the Capital Center consisting of 13 individual parcels. The Capital Center (approximately 77 acres of land) is the result of a development project undertaken by the State of Rhode Island, the City of Providence, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”) and the Company during the 1980’s in which two rivers, the Moshassuck and the Woonasquatucket, were moved, Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor rail line was relocated, a new Amtrak/commuter railroad station was constructed and significant public improvements were made to improve pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the area.

With the exception of the Steeple Street property (see Parcel 20 defined below), the The Company has not acted, and does not intend to act, as a developer with respect to any improvements constructed on Company-owned parcels. Rather,

Under the Company offers individual parcelsCompany’s standard Ground Leases, the tenant is responsible for lease pursuant to long-term ground leasesall property related operating expenses, such as real estate taxes, maintenance and insurance as well as all costs associated with termsthe development and construction of 99 years or more.the related improvements. Each leaseGround Lease contains provisions permitting the tenant to develop the parcel under certain terms and conditions. Each leaseconditions and provides for periodic rent adjustments of various kinds. Under the leases,increases based on either a specific percentage, consumer price index (“CPI”), appraisal or combination thereof and sometimes includes percentage rent participation (contingent rent). The Ground Leases also provide that the tenants are responsible for insuring the Company against various hazards and events. Each tenant is required to indemnifyevents as well as indemnifying the Company with respect to all of the tenant’s activities on the land. The leasesGround Leases contain other terms and conditions customary to such instruments.

The Company first began offering parcels for lease in the Capital Center area in the late 1980’s. As of December 31, 2017, nine parcels within the Capital Center area have been leased by the Company under long-term leases of 99 years or more. Of the nine parcels, eight have improvements constructed thereon or under construction as follows:

• Parcel 217-story and19-story residential buildings containing 193 units (307,000 gross square feet) and a13-story office building (325,000 gross square feet)
• Parcel 3S13-story office building (235,000 gross square feet)
• Parcel 58-story225-unit residential building (454,000 gross square feet)
• Parcel 6A4-story96-unit residential building (120,000 gross square feet
• Parcel 6B4-story169-unit residential building (248,000 gross square feet), under construction
• Parcel 7A330-car public parking garage
• Parcel 84-story office building (114,000 gross square feet)
• Parcel 910-story office building (210,000 gross square feet)

While seeking developers, the Company also leases Parcels 3E, 3W, 4E, 4W and 4Wa portion of Parcel 20 in the Capital Center areaArea for public parking purposes on a short-term basis to Metropark, Ltd.

Parcel 20

Parcel 20 Adjacent to the Capital Center

Since the 1980’s, the Company has owned an undevelopedconsists of a parcel of land adjacent to the Capital Center, part of which is leased out for public parking purposes on a short-term basis. In 2007, the Company purchased the adjacent parcel containingundeveloped and part of which contains a three/four-story 18,00020,000 square foot building (the “Steeple Street Building”) and related land for $2,329,000, which, together with the previously-owned land, now comprises Parcel 20, containing 26,600 square feet. The Steeple Street Building is on the State Registry of Historic Buildings. During 2010-2011, the Company substantially rehabilitated the Steeple Street Building. The Steeple Street Building has four commercial tenants with additional space available for lease..

On September 28, 2017January 25, 2024, the Company entered into a long-term ground lease of Parcel 20. Under the terms of the lease, tenanttenant's possession will not occur until such time as the tenant has received all necessary approvals for construction of not less than 100,000 square feet of mixed use improvements. Prior to transfer of possession, no rent is being paid by the tenant and the Company receives all rents from existing tenants and parking lease revenue and remains responsible for all expenses, including real estate taxes, related to Parcel 20. Following tenanttenant's possession, tenant is obligated not only to pay ground rent for the parcel but alsoand to pay the Company an additional amount for twenty years to compensate the Company forpurchase the building presently located on the premises.    premises for an additional amount payable monthly over twenty years.

*Generally speaking, a ground lease is a lease by the owner of the land (in this case, the Company) to the owners/operators of the real estate improvements built thereon by such owners/operators (“Ground Leases”).

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All of the properties described above are shown on athe map contained in Exhibit 20.

LamarBillboard Lease

The Company, through aits wholly-owned subsidiary Tri-State Displays, Inc. leases 23 outdoor advertising locations containing 44 billboard faces along interstate and primary highways in Rhode Island and Massachusetts to Lamar Outdoor Advertising, LLC (“Lamar”) under a lease which expires in 2045.2053 (the “Lamar Lease”). All but one of these locations are controlled by the Company through permanent easements granted to the Company pursuant to an agreement between the Company and the Providence & Worcester Railroad Company (“Railroad”); the remaining location is leased by the Company from a third party with a remaining term of two years.

Although no new locations have been added since 2002, in 2013 Lamar converted billboards at two locations to electronic boards, which conversions extended the term of the lease for a total of twelve years to 2045. Lamar has a right of first refusal for additional billboard location sites acquired by the Company in New England and Metropolitan New York City.

The Lamar lease with Lamar provides, among other things, for the following: (1) theannual base rent increases annually at the rate of 2.75% in June for each leased billboard location commencing June 1, 2006 and onparticipation in the revenue generated by each June 1 thereafter; and (2)billboard, as defined in addition to base rent, for each12-month period commencing each June 1, Lamar must pay to the Company 30% of the gross revenues from each standard billboard and 20% of the gross revenues from each electronic billboard for such12-month period, reduced by the sum of (a) commissions paid to third parties and (b) the base monthly rent for each leased billboard display for such12-month period.agreement. The Lamar lease contains other terms and conditions customary to such instruments.

A summary of the long-term leases which have commenced is as follows:

Parcels in Capital Center AreaParcels in Capital Center Area

Parcels in Capital Center Area

 

Parcel

Number

  

Description of Usage

  Term of
Lease

(Years)
 Termination
Date
  Options to
Extend
Lease
  Current
Annual
Contractual
Rent
   Contingent
Rent
  Next  Periodic
Rent

Adjustment
  Annual Rent
After Next
Adjustment

and/or Type of
Next Adjustment

 

Type of Building (s)

 

Building Gross Square Feet

 

 

Number of Residential Units

 

Term of
Lease
(Years)

 

Termination
Date

 

Options
to Extend
Lease

 

Current
Annual Contractual
Rent

 

 

Next Periodic
Rent
Adjustment

 

Annual Rent After Next Adjustment or Type of Next Adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2  

Residential/Office

  103 2108  Two

75-Year

  $456,000   None  2018  Cost-of-Living

Adjustment

 

17-story & 19-story Residential and

 

 

307,000

 

 

193

 

103

 

2108

 

Two 75-Year

 

$

609,000

 

 

2028

 

COLA

 

 

13-story Office

 

 

325,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3S  

Office

  99 2087  None  $618,000   None  2019  Appraisal

 

13-story Office

 

 

235,000

 

 

 

 

99

 

2087

 

None

 

$

618,000

 

 

2024

 

$

788,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5  

Residential

  149 2142  None  $540,000   1% Gross
Revenues
  2033  Appraisal

 

8-story Residential

 

 

454,000

 

 

225

 

149

 

2142

 

None

 

$

540,000

 

*

 

2033

 

Appraisal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6A  

Residential

  99 2107  Two

50-Year

  $334,000   None  2019  $367,000

 

4-6 story Residential

 

 

120,000

 

 

96

 

99

 

2107

 

Two 50-Year

 

$

367,000

 

 

2024

 

$

404,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6B  

Residential

  99 2107  Two

50-Year

  $195,000   None  2019  $214,000

 

2-6 story Residential

 

 

248,000

 

 

169

 

99

 

2107

 

Two 50-Year

 

$

214,000

 

 

2024

 

$

235,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6C  

Residential/Office

  99* 2107  Two

50-Year

  $200,000   None  2019  $220,000
7A  

Garage

  99 2104  Two

75-Year

  $147,000   None  2022  Cost-of-Living

Adjustment

 

Underground Public Parking Garage

 

 

 

 

330 parking spaces

 

99

 

2104

 

Two 75-Year

 

$

200,000

 

 

2027

 

COLA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8  

Office

  99 2090  None  $290,000   1% Gross
Revenues
  2020  Appraisal

 

4-story Office

 

 

114,000

 

 

 

 

99

 

2090

 

None

 

$

290,000

 

*

 

2025

 

COLA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9  

Office

  149 2153  None  $378,000   None  2021  $397,000

 

10-Story Office

 

 

210,000

 

 

 

 

149

 

2153

 

None

 

$

397,000

 

 

2026

 

$

417,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Billboard Lease

Billboard Lease

 

NA

 

Billboard

 

 

 

 

 

 

39

 

2053

 

**

 

$

1,051,000

 

***

 

2024

 

$

1,080,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COLA

 

 Cost-of-living adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Lease provides for rent participation (contingent rent) equal to 1% of Gross Revenue.

 

**

 

Lease term is extended for four (4) years if an electronic billboard is constructed on a leased location.

 

***

 

Lease provides for rent participation equal to 30% of Revenue, as defined in the agreement for each standard billboard and 20% of Revenue for each electronic billboard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lamar

 

Description of Usage

  Term of
Lease

(Years)
  Termination
Date
  Options to
Extend

Lease
  Current
Annual
Contractual
Rent
  Contingent
Rent
  Next Periodic
Rent
Adjustment
  Annual Rent
After Next
Adjustment
and/or Type of
Next
Adjustment
 

Billboard

  39  2045  See Lamar
Lease
 above
  $876,000  See Lamar
Lease
 above
  2018  $900,000 

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*Cancellable. See Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Major tenants:

The following table sets forth those major tenants whose revenues exceed 10 percent of the Company’s leasing revenues for the years ended December 31, 20172023 and 2016:2022:

   2017   2016 

Lamar Outdoor Advertising, LLC

  $998,000   $984,000 

Metropark, Ltd

   721,000    651,000 

One Citizens Plaza Holdings LLC

   618,000    618,000 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

   615,000    615,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $2,952,000   $2,868,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Parcel

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

NA

Lamar Outdoor Advertising, LLC

 

$

1,231,000

 

 

$

1,255,000

 

NA

 

Metropark

 

 

726,000

 

 

 

411,000

 

Parcel 5

 

HGIT Center Place

 

 

641,000

 

 

 

625,000

 

Parcel 3S

1701 R.C. Sarasota Invest, LLC

 

 

618,000

 

 

 

618,000

 

Parcel 2

 

Waterplace Condominiums

 

 

574,000

 

 

 

503,000

 

 

$

3,790,000

 

 

$

3,412,000

 

Competition

Competition

The Company competes for tenants with other owners of undeveloped real property in downtown Providence. The Company maintains no listing of other competitive properties and will not engage in a competitive bid arrangement with proposed developers. The Company’s refusal to sell the land that it owns may restrict the number of interested developers. As to the Steeple Street Building, the Company competes for tenants with other office and commercial buildings located in downtown Providence.

Employees

As of December 31, 2023, the Company has two full-time and one part-time employee.

Environmental

Prior to February 2017, the Company has four employees.

Discontinued Operations

Terminal and Pier Facility

Prior tooperated a petroleum storage facility (“Terminal”) through two of its wholly owned subsidiaries. On February 10, 2017, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Dunellen,Terminal was sold to Sprague Operating Resources, LLC (“Dunellen”Sprague”) and Capitalwhich results in the Terminal’s operations being classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented. As part of the Terminal Company, owned and operated a petroleum storage terminal containing 1,004,000 shell barrels (the “Terminal”) and the Wilkesbarre Pier (the “Pier”), collectively referred to as the “Facility,” located in East Providence, Rhode Island. The Terminal utilized the Pier and two 16” pipelines connecting the Pier to the Terminal. During 2016, the Facility was leased to Sprague pursuant to a lease dated May 1, 2014. Sprague paid an annual rent of $3,500,000 andSale Agreement, the Company paid substantially all ofagreed to complete the operatingenvironmental remediation and pay for the costs related to the Facility. In April 2016, as permitted by the lease, Sprague gave Dunellen notice of its intention to terminate the lease effective May 1, 2017. In January 2017, the Company took title to the pipelines and the related easement from Getty Properties Corp. (“Getty”). Getty also conveyed to Dunellen all of its interest in and to the Pier. As noted above, on February 10, 2017, the Company sold the Terminal, the Pier and related facilities, including the pipelines, to Sprague. See Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Environmental

Ina 1994 a leak was discovered in a storage tank at the Terminalfuel oil leak which allowed the escape of a small amount of fuel oil. Since that time,In February 2020, the Company and its consultants have continued to workedfiled a revised Remediation Action Work Plan (“RAWP”) with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (“RIDEM”) throughto incorporate technical details associated with the various phases ofpreferred remedial activities and to update the 2018 RAWP. During 2022, the remediation and are now workingsystem was modified to completeaddress operational issues which impeded remediation activities. For the final remediation plan. Pursuant to the Sale Agreement with Sprague and related documentation,year ended December 31, 2023, the Company is required to secure an approvedincurred costs of $79,000 of which $4,000 was charged against the environmental remediation plan and to remediate this contaminated siteaccrual resulting in a liability of $402,000 at its expense. At December 31, 2016,2023 with the Company accrued an additional $385,000balance charged to cover these costs, bringing the total accrual for the cost of remediation to $459,000. During 2017, remediation costs of $25,000 were incurred which reduced the total accrual to $434,000.other liabilities. Any subsequent increases or decreases to the expected cost of remediation will be recorded in the Company’s consolidated income statementstatements as incomegain or expense fromloss on sale of discontinued operations.

Insurance

The Company maintains what management believes to be adequate levels of insurance.

Item 1C. Cybersecurity

Risk Management

The Company’s corporate information technology, communication networks, and accounting and financial reporting platforms are necessary for the operation of its business. The Company uses these systems, along with others, to manage its tenant and vendor relationships, for internal and external communications and for accounting to operate recordkeeping and reporting functions. The Company has implemented and maintains various information security processes designed to identify, assess and manage material risks from cybersecurity threats to its critical computer networks, third-party hosted services, communications systems, hardware and software, and our critical data, including confidential information.

Management works primarily with third parties (principally professional services and consulting firms) that assist management in identifying, assessing, and managing cybersecurity risks. To operate its business, the Company utilizes certain third-party service providers to perform a variety of functions and seeks to engage reliable, reputable service providers that maintain cybersecurity programs. The Company is not aware of any risks from cybersecurity threats, including as a result of any cybersecurity incidents, which have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect it, including its business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition.

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Governance:

The Board of Directors oversees the Company’s strategy and risk management, including material risks related to cybersecurity threats. The Board has delegated to the Audit Committee oversight of cybersecurity matters.

Management is responsible for day-to-day assessment and management of cybersecurity risks. The Treasurer has primary oversight of material risks from cybersecurity threats and works primarily with third parties to identify, assess, and manage cybersecurity risks. The Treasurer meets with the Audit Committee periodically to review the Company’s information technology systems and discuss key cybersecurity risks.

Item 2.Properties

Item 2. Properties

The Company owns approximately 18 acres and a historic building in and adjacent to the Capital Center District inArea of Providence, Rhode Island. AllWith the exception of Parcel 6C and the Steeple Street Building, all of the Company’s real property and a portion of the building areis leased either under long-term leases or short-term leases as more particularly described in Item 1, Leasing Business. The Company also owns or controls 23 locations in Rhode Island and Massachusetts on which 44 billboard faces have been constructed. All but one of these locations are owned by the Company under permanent easements from the Railroad; the remaining location is leased from an unrelated third party with a remaining term of two years.

As of December 31, 2016, the Company also owned the Pier and an approximate10-acre site in East Providence, Rhode Island on which there are located nine petroleum storage tanks, related distribution racks and a single-story office building which housed the Company’s headquarters and other support operations. On December 20, 2016, the Board of Directors authorized

In connection with the sale of these propertiesthe Company’s petroleum storage terminal in 2017, the Company and Sprague entered into an agreement relating to Sprague. Accordingly, these propertiesthe construction of a breasting dolphin pursuant to which any construction costs incurred in excess of the contract cost of the construction would be shared equally between the Company and Sprague subject to certain limitations. In November 2019, Sprague asserted that it was owed $427,000 and the Company asserted that its obligation under the Agreement could not exceed $104,000. Mediation efforts were reclassified as “Assets heldunsuccessful and in July 2021, Sprague commenced an action against the Company in the Rhode Island Superior Court (Superior Court) seeking monetary damages of $427,000, interest and attorney’s fees. In December 2022, the Superior Court denied Sprague’s Motion for sale” onSummary Judgment filed in September 2022 and granted in part and denied in part the Consolidated Balance SheetsCompany’s Cross Motion for Summary Judgment also filed in September 2022. The Company anticipates that the year ended December 31, 2016.matter will go to trial within the next six months. The properties were soldCompany intends to Sprague on February 10, 2017. See “Discontinued Operations” above and Note 8 to Consolidated Financial Statements.vigorously defend against the claims being asserted by Sprague.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosure – Not applicable

Item 3.Legal Proceedings- None

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Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosure- Not applicable

PART II

Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

The Company’s Class A Common Stock is traded on the OTCQX, symbol “CPTP.” The following table shows the high and low trading prices for the Company’s Class A Common Stock during the quarterly periods indicated as obtained from the OTCQX, together with cash dividends paid per share during such periods.

  Trading Prices   Dividends 

 

Trading Prices

 

 

Dividends

 

 

  High   Low   Declared 

 

High

 

 

Low

 

 

Declared

 

 

2017

      

2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st Quarter

  $14.19   $12.62    —   

 

$

12.20

 

 

$

10.55

 

 

$

0.07

 

 

2nd Quarter

   14.30    13.00    —   

 

 

12.00

 

 

 

10.70

 

 

 

0.07

 

 

3rd Quarter

   14.00    13.05    —   

 

 

13.00

 

 

 

11.12

 

 

 

0.07

 

 

4th Quarter

   14.35    13.25   $0.07

 

 

12.52

 

 

 

11.35

 

 

 

0.07

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016

      

2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st Quarter

   11.15    9.90    —   

 

$

13.46

 

 

$

12.00

 

 

$

0.07

 

 

2nd Quarter

   10.30    9.50    —   

 

 

12.99

 

 

 

11.95

 

 

 

0.07

 

 

3rd Quarter

   12.80    9.65    —   

 

 

12.12

 

 

 

10.59

 

 

 

0.07

 

 

4th Quarter

   13.60    10.70    —   

 

 

12.20

 

 

 

11.00

 

 

 

0.07

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Declared on October 25, 2017, payable on January 3, 2018 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 15, 2017.

At March 1, 2018,February 16, 2024, there were395were 322 holders of record of the Company’s Class A Common Stock.

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Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U. S. GAAP)GAAP”). The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations excludes the results of our discontinued operations unless otherwise noted. See Note 8, Discontinued Operations9, “Discontinued operations and Subsequent Eventenvironmental incident” in the accompanying consolidated financial statementsConsolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of these operations.

1.
Overview:

1.Overview:

Critical accounting policies:

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has issued guidance for the disclosure of “critical accounting policies.” The SEC defines such policies as those that require application of management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods.

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 toin the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements. Not all of these significant accounting policies require management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments or estimates. Management believes that the Company’s revenue recognition policy for long-term leases with scheduled rent increases meets the SEC definition of “critical.”

Certain of theThe Company’s long-term land leases (land and billboard) have original terms of 30 to 149 years and contain scheduled rent increases where the future dollar increases are known at the time of the commencement of the lease or at a subsequent date.

years. The first such lease commenced in 1988, had an original term of 99 years and provides for fixed percentage increases at specified intervals (as well as reappraisal increases). In accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”)Company follows GAAP in accounting for its leases by recognizing rental income related toon the fixed percentage increases that are presently known should be recognizedstraight-line basis over the term of the leases. Where the straight-line income exceeds the actual contractual payments (“Excess”), the Company evaluates the collectability of the entire stream of remaining lease payments on a straight-linelease-by-lease basis. To calculate the annual straight-line amount, the 99 known annual rental amounts are totaled and this total is divided by 99.

In 2009, a scheduled appraisal occurred, resulting in a rental increase. The Company recalculated the future annual straight-line amount usingIf the remaining years underlease payments are not deemed to be probable of collection, in accordance with GAAP, lease revenue is recorded at the lease. The turnaround date discussed below did not change.

For this lease, the calculated annuallower of straight-line amount for 1988 was eight times (multiple) the amount paid by the tenant under the terms of the lease (the “contractual amount”). In subsequent years, as the tenant pays higher rents, the multiple gradually decreases until the 57th year of the lease, at which timerental income or the contractual amount paid bypaid.

The number of years remaining on the tenant will exceed the calculated straight-line amount. If the Company wereCompany’s leases range from twenty-six (26) years to report annual revenue for this lease using the straight-line amount, it would record a significant receivable for each of the first 56one hundred-thirty (130) years which receivable would grow to approximately $34,000,000. Management does not believe that the Company should record a receivable that would not beginwith total rents yet to be collected untilfrom tenants (without regard to CPI and appraisal adjustments) under the 56th year (the “turnaround date”) since management could notlease ranging from $19.2 million to $363.0 million. Given the length of the remaining lease term and the magnitude of the amount yet to be assured of collection.

In 1988, management metcollected, along with the SEC accounting staff to discuss its concerns in applying GAAPconsideration of other factors, the Company has concluded that the remaining stream of lease payments is not probable of collection and as it related to asuch, reports lease of this length which results in the recording of such a significant receivable that would remainrevenue based on the Company’s balance sheet and continue to grow on an annual basis with a turnaround date so far in the future. The Company presented the SEC accounting staff with an application of the accounting policy whereby management would evaluate the collectibility of the receivable on an annual basis and report as leasing revenue only that portion of the receivable that management could presently conclude would be collectible. The SEC accounting staff did not object to this application by the Company.

Through December 31, 2017, the receivable on this lease has grown to $23,885,000 (cumulative excess of straight-line over contractual rentals) and management has not been able to conclude that any portion is collectible as the turnaround date is still 28 years away.

In 2004, a second such lease commenced with an original term of 149 years and provides for fixed minimum percentage increases at specified intervals (as well as reappraisal increases). For this lease, the contractual amount paid by the tenant will not exceed the calculated straight-line amount until the 94th year of the lease. Through December 31, 2017, the receivable on this lease is $30,844,000 (cumulative excess of straight-line over contractual rentals)paid.

2.
Liquidity and management has not been able to conclude that any portion is collectible as the turnaround date is 80 years away.

capital resources:

In 2006, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Agreement of its lease with Lamar Outdoor Advertising LLC (“Lamar”). In 2013, the lease was extended to 2045 following the conversion of billboards at two locations to electronic boards, as required by the lease, resulting in a current remaining term of 30 years which provides for fixed percentage increases annually. For this lease, the contractual amount paid by Lamar will not exceed the calculated straight-line amount until the 23rd year of the extended lease. Through December 31, 2017, the receivable on this lease is $2,788,000 (cumulative excess of straight-line over contractual rentals) and management has not been able to conclude that any portion is collectible as the turnaround date is 12 years away.

Accordingly, the Company has not reported any portion of these amounts as leasing revenue in its consolidated financial statements and does not anticipate that it can reach such a conclusion until the turnaround dates are closer. Although the Company’s other long-term land leases provide for scheduled rent increases, the provisions of the leases are such that certain future dollar amounts could not be calculated either at the time of the commencement of the lease or now, as such amounts are based on factors that are not presently known, i.e., futurecost-of-living adjustments or future appraised values. Through December 31, 2017, the receivable on these leases is $16,120,000 and management has not been able to conclude that any portion is collectible as the turnaround dates are approximately 43 years away.    

2.Liquidity and capital resources:

Historically, the Company generates adequate liquidity to fund its operations.

Cash and cash commitments:

At December 31, 2017, theThe Company had cash and cash equivalents of $5,202,000. At$652,000 and $1,476,000 at December 31, 2017, cash equivalents consist2023 and 2022, respectively, inclusive of United Stateszero-coupon treasury bills due March 2018a money market account totaling $2,993,000. At December 31, 2016,$461,000 and $1,273,000 in each of the Company had no cash equivalents. aforementioned years. Additional sources of funds to fund operations include investments that mature in April 2024 totaling $1,244,000 along with a $2,000,000 unused line of credit (see Note 6 in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements). The Company and its three subsidiary companies each maintain a checking accounts and one money market account in the same bank; the aggregate of each Company’s accountsa financial institution which is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to a maximum of $250,000. The Company periodically evaluates the financial stability of the financial institutioninstitutions at which the Company’s funds are held.

Under the terms of theeach applicable long-term land lease, on Parcel 2, the contractual rent willadjustments for the last two years were:

Parcel

Number

Monthly

Increase

Effective Date of Increase

Type of

Adjustment

Parcel 7A

$2,539

April 1, 2022

Base ground rent increase

Parcel 2

$8,847

May 1, 2023

COLA Adjustment

The City of Providence (“City”) conducted a City-wide property revaluation for 2022. This revaluation increased the assessed value of the Company’s parcels that are available for lease by 26.5%, resulting in an annual property tax increase of $139,000 that was to be adjustedborne entirely by the Company. The Company's appeal of the assessed values for certain of its parcels was successful and resulted in May 2018 by a costreduction of living adjustmentthe assessed value to an amount less than the 2021 assessed value and in an annual property tax reduction in 2022 taxes as providedoriginally assessed of $165,000, which amount was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Through February 16, 2024 all tenants have paid their monthly rent in accordance with their lease agreement.agreements.

On

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The COVID-19 pandemic had an adverse impact on Metropark’s parking operations as the move by many companies to a hybrid workplace model (one that mixes in-office and remote work) resulted in lower demand for parking spaces. From June 2020 through December 31, 2023 the Company and Metropark operated under a Revenue Sharing Agreement, dated June 30, 2020, that provided for revenue sharing at various percentages until parking revenues received by Metropark equal or exceed $70,000 per month whereupon Metropark would be obligated to resume regularly scheduled rental payments under its lease. During this time, revenue was recognized on a cash basis with the difference between the regularly scheduled rental payments and amounts paid ("deferred rent") recorded as an accounts receivable and was fully reserved.

In January 2024, the Company entered into a Second Amendment to its Lease Agreement whereby Metropark agreed to return to a fixed monthly rental payment of $57,000 per month effective January 1, 2024 subject to adjustment in accordance with the Lease Agreement. Additionally, the Company and Metropark settled the Company’s claim for deferred rent for all prior periods which amounted to $1,127,000 (fully reserved on the Company’s books) for $150,000 payable by Metropark in twenty (20) equal quarterly installments commencing on April 1, 2017,2024 together with interest on the scheduled annual contractual rent on Parcel 7A increased $10,000 and will increase by a likeunpaid balance in the amount over the following four years.

On April 1, 2016, under the terms of the long-term land lease on Parcel 9, the scheduled annual contractual rent increased $18,000.

4.73% per annum. At December 31, 2017,2023, the Company has four tenants occupying 49 percent of the Steeple Street Building under short-term leases (five years or less) at a current total annual rental of $95,000. The Company$150,000 settlement is currently marketing the remaining portions of the building for lease.

On February 24, 2017, the Company issued a notice of mandatory redemption of the entire remaining outstanding balance of its Dividend Notes. The principal balance plus accrued interest to the date of redemption was $10,764,000. The Company received $19,794,000 from the sale of its petroleum storage business after giving effect to escrows, a credit to Sprague for the cost of constructing a turning dolphin adjacent to the Pier,included in Prepaid and other customary closing costs. and in Leasing revenue in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and statements of income and retained earnings.

The cash outlay for federal and state income taxes arising from the sale totaled $6,503,000. Most of the remaining proceeds from the sale were used to effect the redemption of the Dividend Notes on March 31, 2017.

Pursuant to theTerminal Sale Agreement and related documentation provides that the Company is required at its expense, to secure an approved remediation plan and to remediate contamination caused by a 1994 leak in 1994 from a 25,000 barrel storage tank at the Terminal. At December 31, 2023, the Company’s accrual for the remaining cost of remediation was $402,000 of which $132,000 is expected to be expended in 2024. The Terminal Sale Agreement also contained a cost sharing provision for a breasting dolphin whereby any construction costs in excess of the contract cost of construction would be borne equally by Sprague and the Company subject to certain limitations, including, in the Company’s opinion, a 20% cap on the increase from the initial estimate subject to the sharing arrangement. In November 2019, Sprague asserted that it was owed $427,000 and the Company asserted that its obligation under the Agreement could not exceed $104,000. Mediation efforts were unsuccessful and in July 2021, Sprague commenced an action against the Company in the Rhode Island Superior Court (Superior Court) seeking monetary damages of $427,000, plus interest and attorney’s fees. In December 2022, the Superior Court denied Sprague’s Motion for Summary Judgment filed in September 2022 and granted in part and denied in part the Company’s Cross Motion for Summary Judgment also filed in September 2022. The Company anticipates that the matter will go to trial within the next six months. The Company intends to vigorously defend against the claims being asserted by Sprague. See Note 6, “Petroleum storage facility9, “Discontinued operations and environmental incident” toin the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements. At December 31, 2016,

In 2023, the Company accrued an additional $385,000 to cover these costs, bringing the total accrual for the costdeclared and paid dividends of remediation to $459,000. During 2017, remediation costs of $25,000 where incurred which reduced the total accrual to $434,000. The Company is in the process of preparing a final remediation plan for submission to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.$1,848,000 or $0.28 per share.

At its regularly scheduled quarterly Board meeting held October 25, 2017 and January 24, 2018, the Board of Directors voted to declare a regular quarterly dividend of $.07 per share for shareholders of record on December 15, 2017 and March 1, 2018, payable January 3, 2018 and March 15, 2018, respectively.

The declaration of future dividends will depend on future earnings and financial performance.

3.
Results of operations:

At December 31, 2017, the Company has nonon-cancellable contract obligations other than one operating lease for a billboard location for which the rent expense is not material.

3.Results of operations:

Year Ended December 31, 20172023 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 20162022:

Continuing operations:

RevenuesLeasing revenue increased $450,000 from continuing operations increased $129,000 from 2016 due to scheduled increases in rent under long-term land leases and increases under short-term leases, offset in part by a decrease in contingent rent under the Lamar lease. Operating expenses increased $479,0002022 due principally to a review of tenant compliance with the insurance requirements provided in the long-term land leases ($187,000), legal costs associated with review of potential development opportunities on the Company’s available parcels and the eviction of a Steeple Street tenant due to nonpayment of rent and common area charges ($75,000), bad debt expense ($64,000) in connection with the evicted tenant and an increase in repairscash collections from Metropark along with the $150,000 deferred rent settlement ($315,000) and maintenance ata net increase in rent (contractual and contingent) from tenants ($135,000).

Operating expenses decreased $40,000 in 2023 as there were no professional fees associated with the Steeple Street Building ($61,000).property tax appeal that occurred in 2022.

General and administrative expense increased $762,000$57,000 due principally to an increase in payroll and payroll related costs associated with severance paid to the Company’s former Vice-President ($193,000), a bonus related to the successful completion of the Sprague sale ($50,000) to the Company’s former treasurer along with a supplemental retirement benefit in recognition of her years of service ($200,000) and the addition of two employees ($273,000).costs.

For the yearyears ended December 31, 20172023 and 2016, interest expense on the dividend notes was $112,000 and $578,000, respectively. In June 2016, the Company redeemed 10 percent of the face value of the Dividend Notes.Following the sale of2022, the Company’s petroleum storage business, the Company redeemed all of the outstanding Dividend Notes on March 31, 2017.

Discontinued operations:

The sale of the Petroleum Segment described above results in the segment being classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented. For 2017, revenues and operating expenses reflect the results of operations through the date of sale (February 10, 2017) verses a full year of activity in 2016. Revenues for 2017 are less than the revenue earned from the same time frame in 2016 due principally to an adjustment of $50,000 related to the recognition of revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the Sprague lease. Operating expenses for 2017 include bonuses totaling $426,000 paid to the Company’s former Vice President and Petroleum Segment employees for the successful completion of the sale to Sprague and for their dedicated service along with increased professional fees associated with the Sprague sale.

Income Taxes:

On December 22, 2017, the United States enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) which, among other things, lowered the U.S. Federal corporateeffective income tax rate from 35% to 21%. The Company recorded a net tax benefit to reflect the impact of the Act as of December 31, 2017, as itcontinuing operations is required to reflect the change in the period in which the law is enacted. The benefits recorded in 2017 related to the revaluation of deferred tax assets and liabilities which resulted in a deferred tax benefit of $406,000.

27%.

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Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIESSUSIDIARY

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Page

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – Stowe & Degon, LLC

13

11

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 20172023 and 20162022

14

13

Consolidated Statements of Income and Retained Earnings for the Years Ended December 31, 20172023 and 20162022

15

14

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 20172023 and 20162022

16

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

17-24

17

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of

Capital Properties, Inc.

East Providence, Rhode Island

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Capital Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 20172023 and 2016,2022, and the related consolidated statements of income and retained earnings, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2017,2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 20172023 and 2016,2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2017,2023, in conformity with U.S.accounting principles generally accepted accounting principles.in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of a critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Revenue Recognition – Refer to Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Critical Audit Matter Description

The Company derives revenue from long-term leases with original terms ranging from 30 years to 149 years. Effective January 1, 2019 the Company adopted ASC 842, Leases, and elected the “package of practical expedients” which permits the Company not to reassess under the new standard prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification, and initial indirect costs and determined that all pre-existing leases were properly accounted for as operating. The long-term leases contain periodic rent increases based on either a specific percentage, market appraisals, changes in the consumer price index or combination thereof. In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, lease income should be recognized on a straight-line basis. Where

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straight-line income exceeds the actual contractual payments (the “Excess”), the Excess should only be recognized to the extent it is collectable. In accordance with ASC 842, if collectability of the lease payments is not probable, lease income shall be limited to the lesser of the income that would be recognized in accordance with ASC 842 (straight-line basis) or the actual lease payment, including variable payments that have been collected from the lessee. The Company evaluates the entire stream of remaining lease payments on a lease-by-lease basis. Analysis of collectability from the lessee (tenant) is subjective and complex and is dependent on many factors including historical experience and the creditworthiness of the tenant. The creditworthiness of the tenant can, and often is, significantly influenced by major factors including the creditworthiness of multiple sub-tenants. The inability to access reliable credit information on all parties impacting the probability of collection creates a collectability constraint. Management updates its collectability analysis of long-term leases annually and has determined that collection of the entire remaining stream of remaining lease payments is not probable. Accordingly lease revenue, including variable payments, is recorded when received from the lessee.

How the Critical Audit Matter was Addressed in the Audit

Our audit procedures related to the recognition of long-term lease revenue on a straight-line basis included the following, among others:

We evaluated the effectiveness of controls over lease revenue recognition, including management's analysis of and conclusions regarding collection probability.
We evaluated the application of the Company’s accounting policies in the context of the applicable accounting standards (ASC842) as adopted on January 1, 2019.
We evaluated the appropriateness and consistency of methods and assumptions used by management to determine and support its collection probability conclusion.
We considered changes in the lease terms, including tenant payment patterns or other information, and determined such information was properly considered by management in its analysis.

/s/ Stowe & Degon, LLC

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2016.

Westborough, Massachusetts

March 19, 2018February 16, 2024

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CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIESSUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

  December 31, 

 

December 31,

 

  2017   2016 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

ASSETS

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Properties and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation)

  $8,953,000   $9,127,000 

Properties and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation) (Note 4)

 

$

6,498,000

 

 

$

6,584,000

 

Cash and cash equivalents

   5,202,000    3,124,000 

 

 

652,000

 

 

 

1,476,000

 

Funds on deposit with agent

   462,000    —   

Investments

 

 

1,244,000

 

 

 

-

 

Prepaid and other

   434,000    184,000 

 

 

387,000

 

 

 

224,000

 

Deferred income taxes associated with discontinued operations (Note 8)

   108,000    —   

Assets held for sale (Note 8)

   —      11,195,000 
  

 

   

 

 
  $15,159,000   $23,630,000 

Prepaid income taxes

 

 

57,000

 

 

 

21,000

 

Deferred income taxes, discontinued operations

 

 

109,000

 

 

 

110,000

 

  

 

   

 

 

 

$

8,947,000

 

 

$

8,415,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

    

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend notes payable

  $—     $10,608,000 

Dividends payable

   462,000    —   

Property taxes

   224,000    224,000 

 

$

340,000

 

 

$

260,000

 

Other

   536,000    164,000 

 

 

330,000

 

 

 

366,000

 

Income tax payable

   35,000    63,000 

Deferred income taxes, net

   803,000    1,078,000 

 

 

284,000

 

 

 

271,000

 

Liabilities associated with discontinued operations (Note 8)

   489,000    4,422,000 
  

 

   

 

 
   2,549,000    16,559,000 

Environmental remediation accrual, discontinued operations (Note 9)

 

 

402,000

 

 

 

406,000

 

  

 

   

 

 

 

 

1,356,000

 

 

 

1,303,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity:

    

 

 

 

 

 

Class A common stock, $.01 par; authorized 10,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 6,559,912 shares

   66,000    66,000 

Class A common stock, $.01 par; authorized 10,000,000 shares; issued and
outstanding
6,599,912 shares

 

 

66,000

 

 

 

66,000

 

Capital in excess of par

   782,000    782,000 

 

 

782,000

 

 

 

782,000

 

Retained earnings

   11,762,000    6,223,000 

 

 

6,743,000

 

 

 

6,264,000

 

  

 

   

 

 

 

 

7,591,000

 

 

 

7,112,000

 

   12,610,000    7,071,000 

 

$

8,947,000

 

 

$

8,415,000

 

  

 

   

 

 
  $15,159,000   $23,630,000 
  

 

   

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIESSUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS

  December 31, 

 

December 31,

 

  2017 2016 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Revenues

  $5,247,000  $5,118,000 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leasing revenue

 

$

5,525,000

 

 

$

5,075,000

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses:

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating

   1,320,000   841,000 

 

 

882,000

 

 

 

922,000

 

General and administrative

   2,245,000   1,483,000 

 

 

1,394,000

 

 

 

1,337,000

 

Interest on Dividend Notes

   112,000   578,000 
  

 

  

 

 
   3,677,000   2,902,000 

 

 

2,276,000

 

 

 

2,259,000

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations before income taxes

   1,570,000   2,216,000 

 

 

3,249,000

 

 

 

2,816,000

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense (benefit):

   

Income tax expense:

 

 

 

 

 

Current

   673,000   963,000 

 

 

885,000

 

 

 

765,000

 

Deferred

   (275,000  (96,000

 

 

13,000

 

 

 

9,000

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

898,000

 

 

 

774,000

 

   398,000   867,000 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

Income from continuing operations

   1,172,000   1,349,000 

 

 

2,351,000

 

 

 

2,042,000

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discontinued operations:

   

Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes

   (597,000  783,000 

Income tax expense (benefit)

   (346,000  307,000 
  

 

  

 

 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

   (251,000  476,000 
  

 

  

 

 

Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of $3,560,000 of taxes

   5,080,000   —   

Loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax (Note 9)

 

 

(24,000

)

 

 

(255,000

)

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

   6,001,000   1,825,000 

 

 

2,327,000

 

 

 

1,787,000

 

Retained earnings, beginning

   6,223,000   4,398,000 

 

 

6,264,000

 

 

 

6,325,000

 

Dividends on common stock ($.07 per share) based upon 6,599,912 shares outstanding

   (462,000  —   
  

 

  

 

 

Dividends on common stock based on 6,599,912 shares outstanding

 

 

(1,848,000

)

 

 

(1,848,000

)

Retained earnings, ending

  $11,762,000  $6,223,000 

 

$

6,743,000

 

 

$

6,264,000

 

  

 

  

 

 

Basic income (loss) per share, based on 6,599,912 shares outstanding:

   

Basic income (loss) per common share based upon 6,599,912 shares
outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations

  $0.18  $0.20 

 

$

0.35

 

 

$

0.31

 

Discontinued operations

   (0.04  0.08 

 

 

(0.00

)

 

 

(0.04

)

Gain on sale of discontinued operations

   0.77   —   
  

 

  

 

 

Total basic income per common share

  $0.91  $0.28 

 

$

0.35

 

 

$

0.27

 

  

 

  

 

 

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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIESSUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

   December 31, 
   2017  2016 

Cash flows from operating activities:

   

Continuing operations:

   

Income from continuing operations

  $1,172,000  $1,349,000 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

   

Deprecation

   185,000   204,000 

Deferred income taxes

   (275,000  (96,000

Changes in assets and liabilities:

   

Increase in:

   

Prepaid and other

   (250,000  —   

Property taxes and other

   372,000   3,000 

Decrease in:

   

Prepaid and other

   —     207,000 

Income tax payable

   (28,000  (3,000
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities, continuing operations

   1,176,000   1,664,000 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, discontinued operations

   (7,693,000  543,000 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

   (6,517,000  2,207,000 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

   

Continuing operations, purchase of properties and equipment

   (11,000  (12,000
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Discontinued operations:

   

Purchase of properties and equipment

   (118,000  (117,000

Proceeds from sale of assets

   19,794,000   —   
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   19,676,000   (117,000
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

   19,665,000   (129,000
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

   

Redemption of dividend notes payable

   (10,608,000  (1,179,000

Funds on deposit with agent

   (462,000  —   
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

   (11,070,000  (1,179,000
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

   2,078,000   899,000 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning

   3,124,000   2,225,000 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, ending

  $5,202,000  $3,124,000 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosures:

   

Cash paid for income taxes:

   

Continuing operations

  $923,000  $1,642,000 

Discontinued operations, sale of assets

   6,503,000   —   
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
  $7,426,000  $1,642,000 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest on Dividend Notes payable

  $156,000  $560,000 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Capital expenditures, discontinued operations financed through accounts payable

  $—    $118,000 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

$

2,351,000

 

 

$

2,042,000

 

Adjustments to reconcile income from continuing operations to net
   cash provided by operating activities, continuing operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

86,000

 

 

 

86,000

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

13,000

 

 

 

9,000

 

Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid income taxes

 

 

(36,000

)

 

 

64,000

 

Prepaid and other

 

 

(163,000

)

 

 

(102,000

)

Property taxes

 

 

80,000

 

 

 

(17,000

)

Other

 

 

(36,000

)

 

 

16,000

 

Net cash provided by operating activities, continuing operations

 

 

2,295,000

 

 

 

2,098,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of Investments

 

 

(1,244,000

)

 

 

-

 

Discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss on sale of discontinued operation

 

 

(24,000

)

 

 

(255,000

)

Cash used to settle obligations

 

 

(4,000

)

 

 

(112,000

)

Adjustment to loss on sale of discontinued operations

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

150,000

 

 

 

 

(27,000

)

 

 

(217,000

)

Net cash (used in) investing activities

 

 

(1,271,000

)

 

 

(217,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities, payment of dividends

 

 

(1,848,000

)

 

 

(1,848,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(824,000

)

 

 

33,000

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning

 

 

1,476,000

 

 

 

1,443,000

 

Cash and cash equivalents, ending

 

$

652,000

 

 

$

1,476,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for income taxes

 

$

913,000

 

 

$

619,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIESSUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 20172023 AND 20162022

1.
Description of business:

1.DescriptionThe operations of business:

Capital Properties, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries,subsidiary, Tri-State Displays, Inc., Capital Terminal Company and Dunellen, LLC (collectively referred to as “the Company”) for many years operated in two segments, leasing and petroleum storage. On December 20, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the sale of the Company’s petroleum storage facility and related assets, including the Wilkesbarre Pier and petroleum transmission pipelines owned or controlled by the Company’s subsidiaries Capital Terminal Company and Dunellen, LLC to Sprague Operating Resources, LLC, a subsidiary of Sprague Resources, LP (collectively referred to as “Sprague”) for $23 Million subject to certain adjustments. The Company concluded that the sale of the petroleum storage facility met the criteria of a discontinued operation in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and therefore the petroleum storage segment is reported as a discontinued operation for all periods presented. On January 24, 2017, the Company and Sprague entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement (the “Sale Agreement”). The sale closed on February 10, 2017. See Note 8.

The Board’s decision to authorize the sale to Sprague, which had been exclusively leasing the petroleum storage facility and related assets since May 1, 2014, was based on an evaluation of the facility’s economic future as solely a distillate terminal and the significant capital investment and substantial risk related to converting the facility to gasoline in order to increase revenue. The Board concluded that a sale to Sprague was in the best interest of the Company’s shareholders. As a result of the sale of its petroleum storage and related assets, the Company’s operations are limited to leasing its real estate interests.

The Company’s continuing operations consist of the long-term leasing of certain of its real estate interests in the Capital Center area in downtown Providence, Rhode Island (upon the commencement of which the tenants have been required to construct buildings thereon, with the exception of the parking garage and Parcel 6C), the leasing of a portion of its building (“Steeple Street Building”) under short-term leasing arrangements20) and the leasing of locations along interstate and primary highways in Rhode Island and Massachusetts to Lamar Outdoor Advertising, LLC (“Lamar”) on which Lamar has constructed outdoor advertising boards thereon.boards. The Company anticipates that the future development of its remaining properties in and adjacent to the Capital Center area will consist primarily of long-term ground leases. Pending this development, the Company leases these undeveloped parcels (other than Parcel 6C) for public parking under short-term leasing arrangements to Metropark.Metropark, Ltd.

2.
Summary of significant accounting policies:

2.Summary of significant accounting policies:

Principles of consolidation:

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts and transactions of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.subsidiary. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of estimates:

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAPaccounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Estimates also affect the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Fair value of financial instruments:

The Company believes that the fair values of its financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents and payables, approximate their respective book values because of their short-term nature. Upon review of current market conditions and other factors, the Company believes that the fair value of the Dividends Notes payable at December 31, 2016 approximated their book value. The fair values described herein were determined using significant other observable inputs (Level 2) as defined by GAAP.

Properties and equipment:

Properties and equipment are stated at cost. Acquisitions and additions are capitalized while routine maintenance and repairs, which do not improve the asset or extend its life, are charged to expense when incurred. Depreciation is being provided by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets.

The Company reviews properties and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the net book value of the asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss will be recognized if the sum of the expected future cash flows (undiscounted and before interest) from the use of the asset is less than the net book value of the asset. Generally, the amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the net book value and the estimated fair value of the asset.

Cash and cash equivalents:

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. AtCash equivalents include money market accounts totaling $461,000 and $1,273,000, at December 31, 2017, cash equivalents consist of United Stateszero-coupon treasury bills due March 2018 totaling $2,993,000. At December 31, 2016, the Company had no cash equivalents.2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company and its three subsidiary companies each maintain a checking account and one money market account in the same bank; the aggregatea bank, all of each Company’s accounts iswhich are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to a maximum of $250,000.$250,000. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts.

Initial direct agreement costs:

Initial direct agreement costs associated with the execution of a rental agreement are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over thenon-cancellable portion of the agreement term.

Environmental incidents:

The Company accrues a liability when an environmental incident has occurred and the costs are estimable. The Company does not record a receivable for recoveries from third parties for environmental matters until it has determined that the amount of the collection is reasonably assured. The accrued liability is relieved when the Company pays the liability or a third party assumes the liability. Upon determination that collection is reasonably assured or a third party assumes the liability, the Company records the amount as a reduction of expense.

Revenues:

The Company charges to expense those costs that do not extend the life, increase the capacity or improve the safety or efficiency of the property owned or used by the Company.

Revenues:

The Company’s properties leased to others are under operating leases. The Company reports leasing revenue when earned under the operating method.

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Certain of the Company’s long-term land leases including the outdoor advertising locations,(land and billboard) provide for presently known scheduled rent increases over the remaining terms (28(26 to 136 years)130 years). The Company follows GAAP in accounting for leases by recognizing leasingwhereby revenue is recognized on the straight-line basis over the terms of the leases; however, the Company does not reportleases when management is able to conclude that all remaining lease payments are collectable. To date, management has recognized revenue on a contractual basis as revenue that portion of such straight-line rentals which management isit has been unable to conclude isthat the remaining lease payments are realizable (collectible)(collectable) due to the magnitude of the remaining lease payments to be collected, the length of the lease terms and other related uncertainties.

The Company reports contingent revenue in the period in which the factors occur on which the contingent payments are predicated.

The Company reported revenue from the petroleum storage facility included in discontinued operations when earned and reports as revenue the tenant’s portion of the real property taxes and certain other items as required by the lease.

Income taxes:

The Company and its subsidiariessubsidiary file consolidated income tax returns.

The Company provides for income taxes based on income reported for financial reporting purposes. The provision for income taxes differs from the amounts currently payable because of temporary differences associated with the recognition of certain income and expense items for financial reporting and tax reporting purposes.

In December 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) was enacted. The Act includes a number of changes to existing U.S. federal tax laws that impact the Company, most notably a reduction of the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from a maximum of 35 percent to a flat 21 percent for tax years effective January 1, 2018.

The Company has elected to recognize the income tax effects of the Act in its financial statements in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (SAB 118), which provides guidance for the application of ASC Topic 740Income Taxes, in the reporting period in which the Act was signed into law. Under SAB 118 when the Company does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for certain income tax effects of the Act it will recognize provisional amounts if a reasonable estimate can be made. If a reasonable estimate cannot be made, then no impact is recognized for the effect of the Act. SAB 118 permits an up to one year measurement period to finalize the measurement of the impact of the Act.

Based on its evaluation, the Company has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the consolidated financial statements. The Company will report anytax-related interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense. The Company’s federal and state income tax returns are generally open for examination for the past three years.

Legal fees:

The Company recognizes legal fees as incurred.

Basic earnings per common share:

Basic earnings per common share are computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.

Recently issued accounting pronouncements

Recent accounting pronouncements:

In February 2016,In December 2023, the FASB issued ASUNo. 2016-02,Leases 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 842),740): Improvements to increase transparencyIncome Tax Disclosures.” This update requires additional disclosures including greater disaggregation of information in the reconciliation of the statutory rate to the effective rate and comparability among organizationsincome taxes paid disaggregated by recognizing all lease transactions (with terms in excess of 12 months) on the balance sheet as a lease liability and aright-of-use asset (as defined). The ASU requires lessors to account for leases using an approach that is substantially equivalent to existing guidance for sales-type leases, direct financing leases and operating leases.jurisdiction. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginningending after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with earlier application permitted. Upon adoption,2024. We will not early adopt the lesseestandard and lessor will applyare currently evaluating the new standard retrospectively to all periods presented or retrospectively using a cumulative effect adjustmenton our financial statements.

3.
Investments:

Investments consist of U.S. Treasury securities that yield 5.04% and mature in the year of adoption.April 2024. The Company is still assessingclassifies its U. S. Treasury securities as held-to-maturity in accordance with ASC 320 "Investments - Debt and Equity Securities". Held-to-maturity securities are those securities which the impact of adoptingCompany has the ASU but expects that its leases where it is the lessor will be accounted for as operating leases similarability and intent to its current accounting. For additional informationhold until maturity. Held-to-maturity treasury securities are recorded at amortized cost on the Company’s leases, see Note 5 herein.accompanying consolidated balance sheet and adjusted for the amortization or accretion of premiums or discounts.

4.
Properties and equipment:

3.Properties and equipment:

Properties and equipment (exclusive of assets held for sale) consist of the following:

   Estimated     
   Useful Life   December 31, 
   in Years   2017   2016 

Properties on lease or held for lease:

      

Land and land improvements

   —     $4,701,000   $4,701,000 

Building and improvements, Steeple Street

   39    5,831,000    5,820,000 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     10,532,000    10,521,000 

Office equipment

   5-10    95,000    95,000 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     10,627,000    10,616,000 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less accumulated depreciation:

      

Properties on lease or held for lease

     1,593,000    1,413,000 

Office equipment

     81,000    76,000 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,674,000    1,489,000 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
    $8,953,000   $9,127,000 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

Estimated
Useful

 

December 31,

 

 

 

Life in Years

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land and land improvements on lease or held for lease

 

 

 

$

4,439,000

 

 

$

4,439,000

 

Building and improvements, Steeple Street (Note 7)

 

30

 

 

2,582,000

 

 

 

2,582,000

 

 

 

 

 

7,021,000

 

 

 

7,021,000

 

Less accumulated depreciation:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land improvements on lease or held for lease

 

 

 

 

93,000

 

 

 

93,000

 

Steeple Street property (Note 7)

 

 

 

 

430,000

 

 

 

344,000

 

 

 

 

 

523,000

 

 

 

437,000

 

 

 

 

$

6,498,000

 

 

$

6,584,000

 

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5.
Liabilities, other:

Liabilities, other consist of the following:

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Accrued professional fees

 

$

157,000

 

 

$

155,000

 

Deposits and prepaid rent

 

 

146,000

 

 

 

93,000

 

Accrued payroll and related costs

 

 

-

 

 

 

75,000

 

Other

 

 

27,000

 

 

 

43,000

 

 

$

330,000

 

 

$

366,000

 

6.
Note Payable - Revolving Credit Line:

In 2016,March 2021, the Company wrote off fully depreciated equipment no longer in service totaling $17,000.

4.Dividend notes payable:

In 2012,entered into a financing agreement (“Agreement”) with BankRI that provides for a revolving line-of-credit (the “Line”) with a maximum borrowing capacity of $2,000,000 through March 2024. Amounts outstanding under the Company issued $11,787,000 in principal face amountAgreement bear interest at the rate of 5% dividend notes due December 26, 2022 (the “Dividend Notes”the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR"). The Dividend Notes were unsecured general obligations plus the one-month SOFR Spread Adjustment of .11448%, but not less than 3.25% or, at the option of the Company, bearing interest at the annual rateWall Street Journal Prime Rate. Borrowings under the Line are secured by a First Mortgage on Parcel 5 in the Capital Center District in Providence, Rhode Island (the “Property”). The Line requires the maintenance of 5% payable semi-annuallya debt service coverage ratio of not less than 1.25 to 1.0 on June 15the Property and December 151.20 to note holders of record1.0 for the Company. The Agreement contains other restrictive covenants, including, among others, a $250,000 limitation on June 1 and December 1 of each year.

On June 15, 2016, the Company redeemed 10 percent of the face valuepurchase of its outstanding Dividend Notes ($1,179,000) to note holderscapital stock in any twelve-month period. No advances have been made under the Line.

7.
Description of record on June 2, 2016. Atleasing arrangements and subsequent event:

Long-term land leases:

Through December 31, 2016, the remaining principal balance of the Dividend Notes was $10,608,000.

On February 24, 2017, following the sale of the Company’s petroleum storage business (see Note 8 herein), the Company issued a notice of mandatory redemption of 100% of the remaining Dividend Notes for a redemption price equal to the outstanding principal face amount of $10,608,000 plus accrued interest of $156,000. The Notes were redeemed on March 31, 2017.

5.Description of leasing arrangements:

Long-term land leases:

As of December 31, 2017,2023 the Company had entered into nineeight long-term land leases. The various tenantsleases, all of which have completed construction of improvements thereon. The leases generally have a term of 99 years or more, are triple net, and provide for periodic adjustment in rent of various types depending on seventhe particular lease, and otherwise contain terms and conditions normal for such instruments.

Under the eight land leases, the tenants may negotiate tax stabilization treaties or other arrangements, appeal any changes in real property assessments, and pay real property taxes assessed on land and improvements under these arrangements. Accordingly, real property taxes payable by the tenants are excluded from leasing revenues and leasing expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of income and retained earnings. For each of the parcels. Onyears ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the real property taxes attributable to the Company’s land under leases, exclusive of Parcel 6B, construction2 which is a condominium, were $944,000.

Under two of the long-term land leases, the Company receives contingent rentals (based on a169-unit residential complex commenced in November 2016 fixed percentage of gross revenue received by the tenants) which totaled $118,000 and is not yet complete. Parcel 6C is being used as a construction staging area$99,000 for the construction on Parcel 6B. years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

On September 28, 2017,January 25, 2024, the Company entered into a long termlong-term ground lease of Parcel 20. Under the terms of the lease, tenanttenant's possession will not occur until such time as the tenant has received all necessary approvals for construction of not less than 100,000 square feet of mixed use improvements. Prior to transfer of possession, no rent is being paid by the tenant and the Company receives all rents from existing tenants and parking lease revenue and remains responsible for all expenses, including real estate taxes, related to Parcel 20. Following tenanttenant's possession, tenant is obligated not only to pay ground rent for the parcel but alsoand to paypurchase the Company an additional amount for twenty years to compensate the Company for thehistoric building presently located on the premises.premises for an additional amount payable monthly over twenty years.

UnderThe City of Providence (“City”) conducted a City-wide property revaluation for 2022. This revaluation increased the nine land leases,assessed value of the tenantsCompany’s parcels that are requiredavailable for lease by 26.5%, resulting in an annual property tax increase of $139,000. The Company’s appeal of the assessed values for certain of its parcels was successful and resulted in a reduction of the assessed value to negotiate anyan amount less than the 2021 assessed value and in an annual property tax stabilization treaty or other arrangements, appeal any changesreduction in real property assessments, and pay real property2022 taxes as originally assessed on land and improvements under these arrangements.    Accordingly,of $165,000, which amount was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2022. Property tax expense associated with the exceptionCompany's parcels that are available for lease was $579,000 for each of Parcel 20, real property taxes payable by the tenantsyears ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and are excluded from leasing revenues and leasingincluded in operating expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of income and retained earnings. For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, the real property taxes attributable to the Company’s land under these nine

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Lamar lease:

Tri-State Displays, Inc., leases were $1,230,000 and $1,212,000, respectively.

Under two of the long-term land leases, the Company receives contingent rentals (based upon a fixed percentage of gross revenue received by the tenants) which totaled $101,000 and $105,000 for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

With respect to the Parcel 6B and 6C leases, each lessee has the right to terminate its lease at any time during the remaining term of that lease upon thirty days’ notice. To date, no notice of termination has been received by the Company. The current annual rents on Parcels 6B and 6C are $195,000 and $200,000, respectively.

Lamar lease:

The Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, leases 23 outdoor advertising locations containing 44 billboard faces along interstate and primary highways in Rhode Island and Massachusetts to Lamar under a lease which expires in 2045. All but one of these locations are controlled by the Company through permanent easements granted to the Company pursuant to an agreement between the Company and Providence & Worcester Railroad Company; the remaining location is leased by the Company from a third party with a remaining term of two years.

In 2013, Lamar converted billboards at two locations to electronic billboards, which conversions extended the term of the lease for a total of twelve years to 2045.2053. The Lamar lease also provides, among other things, for the following: (1) the base rent increaseswill increase annually at the rate of 2.75%2.75% for each leased billboard location on June 1 of each year, and (2) in addition to base rent, for each12-month12-month period commencing each June 1, Lamar must pay to the Company within thirty days after the close of the lease year 30%30% of the gross revenues from each standard billboard and 20%20% of the gross revenues from each electronic billboard for such12-month period, reduced by the sum of (a) commissions paid to third parties and (b) base monthly rent for each leased billboard display for each12-month period. For the lease years ended May 31, 20172023 and 2016,2022, the contingent rentspercentage rent totaled $108,000$188,000 and $117,000,$235,000, respectively, which amounts are included in revenuesLeasing revenue on the accompanying consolidated statements of income and retained earnings for the years ended December 31, 20172023 and 2016. 2022.

Parking lease:

The LamarCompany leases the undeveloped parcels of land in or adjacent to the Capital Center area (other than Parcel 6C) for public parking purposes to Metropark under a ten-year lease containsdated January 1, 2017. The lease is cancellable as to all or any portion of the leased premises at any time on thirty day’s written notice in order for the Company or any new tenant of the Company to develop all or any portion of the leased premises. The parking lease provides for contingent rent based on a fixed percentage of gross revenue in excess of the base rent as defined in the agreement.

The COVID-19 pandemic had an adverse impact on Metropark’s parking operations as the move by many companies to a hybrid workplace model (one that mixes in-office and remote work) resulted in lower demand for parking spaces. From June 2020 through December 31, 2023 the Company and Metropark operated under a Revenue Sharing Agreement, dated June 30, 2020, that provided for revenue sharing at various percentages until parking revenues received by Metropark equal or exceed $70,000 per month whereupon Metropark would be obligated to resume regularly scheduled rental payments under its lease. During this time, revenue was recognized on a cash basis with the difference between the regularly scheduled rental payments and amounts paid ("deferred rent") recorded as an accounts receivable and was fully reserved.

On January 9, 2024, Capital Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Second Amendment to its Lease Agreement whereby Metropark agreed to return to a fixed monthly rental payment of $57,000 per month effective January 1, 2024 subject to adjustment in accordance with the Lease Agreement. Additionally, the Company and Metropark settled the Company’s claim for deferred rent for all prior periods which amounted to $1,127,000 (fully reserved on the Company’s books) for $150,000 payable by Metropark in twenty (20) equal quarterly installments commencing on April 1, 2024 together with interest on the unpaid balance in the amount of 4.73% per annum. At December 31, 2023, the $150,000 settlement is included in Prepaid and other terms and conditions customary to such instruments.in Leasing revenue in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and statements of income and retained earnings.

Minimum future contractual rental payments, inclusive of presently known scheduled rent increases to be received fromnon-cancellable long-term leases as of December 31, 20172023 are:

Year ending December 31,    

2018

  $4,077,000 

2019

   4,144,000 

2020

   4,189,000 

2021

   4,211,000 

2022

   4,243,000 

2023 to 2153

   788,894,000 
  

 

 

 
  $809,758,000 
  

 

 

 

Year ending December 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

$

4,248,000

 

2025

 

 

4,435,000

 

2026

 

 

4,480,000

 

2027

 

 

4,511,000

 

2028

 

 

4,511,000

 

2028-2153

 

 

730,997,000

 

 

$

753,182,000

 

For those leasesConsistent with presently known scheduled rent increasesprior conclusions, the Company has determined that, at December 31, 2017 and 2016, the cumulative excess of straight-line over contractual rentals (considering scheduled rent increases over the 30 to 149 year terms of the leases) and the portion ofthis time, the excess of straight-line rentals over contractual rentals which managementpayments is not probable of collection. Accordingly, the Company has concluded is realizable when payable over the termsnot included any part of the leases atthat amount in revenue. As a matter of information only, as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:2023 the excess of straight-line rentals (calculated by excluding variable payments) over contractual payments was $92,728,000.

   2017   2016 

Cumulative excess of straight-line over contractual rentals

  $73,637,000   $67,301,000 

Amount management has not been able to conclude is collectible

   (73,592,000   (67,261,000
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accrued leasing revenues, which are included in prepaid and other on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets

  $45,000   $40,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

In the event of tenant default, the Company has the right to reclaim its leased land together with any improvements thereon, subject to the right of any leasehold mortgagee to enter into a new lease with the Company with the same terms and conditions as the lease in default.

Short-term leases:20


The Company leases the undeveloped parcels of land in or adjacent to the Capital Center area for public parking purposes to Metropark under a short-term cancellable lease.

At December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had four and three tenants, respectively, occupying 49 percent and 54 percent of the Steeple Street Building, respectively, under short-term leases of five years or less at a current total annual rental of $95,000. The Company is recognizing the revenue from these leases on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases. At December 31, 2017 and 2016, the excess of straight-line over contractual rentals is $1,000 for both years, which is included in prepaid and other on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The Company also reports as revenue from tenants’ reimbursements for common area costs and real property taxes. The Company is currently marketing the remaining portions of the building for lease.

The following table sets forth those major tenants whose revenues exceed 10 percent of the Company’s revenues for the years ended December 31, 20172023 and 2016:2022:

   2017   2016 

Lamar Outdoor Advertising, LLC

  $998,000   $984,000 

Metropark, Ltd.

   721,000    651,000 

One Citizens Plaza Holdings LLC

   618,000    618,000 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

   615,000    615,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $2,952,000   $2,868,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Lamar Outdoor Advertising, LLC

 

$

1,231,000

 

 

$

1,255,000

 

Metropark

 

 

726,000

 

 

 

411,000

 

HGIT Center Place

 

 

641,000

 

 

 

625,000

 

1701 R.C. Sarasota Invest, LLC

 

 

618,000

 

 

 

618,000

 

Waterplace Condominiums

 

 

574,000

 

 

 

503,000

 

 

$

3,790,000

 

 

$

3,412,000

 

8.
Income taxes, continuing operations:

6.Petroleum storage facility and environmental incident:

Terminal and Pier Facility

On December 20, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the sale of the Company’s petroleum storage facility and related assets to Sprague, which sale was completed on February 10, 2017. See Note 8 below.

The Facility was leased by Sprague under a Petroleum Storage Services Agreement (the “Services Agreement”) since May 1, 2014. The base rent under the Services Agreement was $3,500,000, subject to annualcost-of-living adjustments on May 1 of each year. On May 1, 2016, the annual rent increased $39,000. Commencing April 1, 2016 and on each April 1 thereafter during the initial term and any extension term of the Services Agreement, either party during the following thirty days had the right to terminate the Services Agreement as of April 30 of the year next following the year in which notice of termination is given. On April 28, 2016, the Company received a notice from Sprague that, effective April 30, 2017, Sprague would terminate the Services Agreement.

The Company incurred $108,000 in fees in connection with the execution of the Services Agreement, which amounts were amortized on the straight-line method over the three-yearnon-cancellable portion of the term of the Services Agreement and have been deducted in calculating “Income from discontinued operations before income taxes” on the accompanying consolidated statements of income and retained earnings for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

Environmental remediation:

In 1994, a leak was discovered in a storage tank at the Terminal which allowed the escape of a small amount of fuel oil. Since that time, the Company and its consultants have continued to worked with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (“RIDEM”) through the various phases of remediation and are now working to complete the final remediation plan. Pursuant to the Sale Agreement with Sprague and related documentation, the Company is required to secure an approved remediation plan and to remediate this contaminated site at its expense. At December 31, 2016, the Company accrued an additional $385,000 to cover these costs, bringing the total accrual for the cost of remediation to $459,000. During 2017, remediation costs of $25,000 were incurred which reduced the total accrual to $434,000. Any subsequent increases or decreases to the expected cost of remediation will be recorded in the Company’s consolidated income statement as income or expense from discontinued operations.

7.Income taxes, continuing operations:

For the years ended December 31, 20172023 and 2016,2022, income tax expense (benefit) forfrom continuing operations is comprised of the following components:

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

637,000

 

 

$

557,000

 

State

 

 

248,000

 

 

 

208,000

 

 

 

885,000

 

 

 

765,000

 

Deferred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

 

8,000

 

 

 

7,000

 

State

 

 

5,000

 

 

 

2,000

 

 

 

13,000

 

 

 

9,000

 

 

$

898,000

 

 

$

774,000

 

   2017   2016 

Current:

    

Federal

  $542,000   $770,000 

State

   131,000    193,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   673,000    963,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred:

    

Federal

   (302,000   (74,000

State

   27,000    (22,000
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   (275,000   (96,000
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $398,000   $867,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

For the years ended December 31, 20172023 and 2016,2022, a reconciliation of the income tax provision forfrom continuing operations as computed by applying the United States income tax rate (35% in 2017 and 34% in 2016)of 21% to income before income taxes is as follows:

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Computed "expected" tax

 

$

676,000

 

 

$

591,000

 

Increase in "expected" tax resulting from state income tax,
   net of federal income tax benefit

 

 

198,000

 

 

 

165,000

 

Nondeductible expenses and other

 

 

24,000

 

 

 

18,000

 

 

$

898,000

 

 

$

774,000

 

   2017   2016 

Computed “expected” tax

  $548,000   $753,000 

Increase in “expected” tax resulting from state income tax, net of federal income tax benefit

   103,000    114,000 

Effect of federal rate reduction

   (406,000   —   

Nondeductible expenses and other

   153,000    —   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $398,000   $867,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred income taxes are recorded based upon differences between financial statement and tax basis amounts of assets and liabilities. The tax effects of temporary differences forfrom continuing operations which give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:

   December 31, 
   2017   2016 

Gross deferred tax liabilities:

    

Property having a financial statement basis in excess of tax basis:

    

Cost differences

  $898,000   $1,122,000 

Depreciation differences

   (73,000   18,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   825,000    1,140,000 

Insurance premiums and accrued leasing revenues

   14,000    28,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   839,000    1,168,000 

Deferred tax assets

   (36,000   (90,000
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $803,000   $1,078,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Gross deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property having a financial statement basis in excess of
   tax basis

 

$

364,000

 

 

$

361,000

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

52,000

 

 

 

289,000

 

Deferred income - Conversion to cash basis of
   accounting for tax purposes

 

 

-

 

 

 

19,000

 

Insurance premiums and accrued leasing revenues

 

 

49,000

 

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

465,000

 

 

 

719,000

 

Gross deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

 

-

 

 

 

(279,000

)

Prepaid rent

 

 

(40,000

)

 

 

(25,000

)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

(49,000

)

 

 

(74,000

)

Accrued property taxes

 

 

(92,000

)

 

 

(70,000

)

 

 

 

(181,000

)

 

 

(448,000

)

 

$

284,000

 

 

$

271,000

 

The Company has reviewed all of its tax positions

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9.
Discontinued operations and has determined that no reserves are required.

environmental incident:

On December 22,Prior to February 2017, the United States enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”). Beginning January 1, 2018, the Company will be taxed atoperated a 21% federal corporate tax rate. The Company has reflected the impact of this rate in its deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2017, as it is required to reflect the change in the period in which the law is enacted. The impact of this change was a net benefit of $406,000 in the income tax provision for the period ended December 31, 2017.

The Tax Act is a comprehensive tax reform bill containing a number of other provisions that either currently or in the future could impact the Company. The net benefit of the Act as recorded at December 31, 2017 represent the Company’s best estimate using information available to the Company as of March 14, 2018. The Company anticipates U.S. regulatory agencies will issue further regulations over the next year which may alter this estimate. The Company will refine its estimates to incorporate new or better information as it comes available.

8.Discontinued operations and subsequent event:

On December 20, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors voted to authorize the sale of its East Providence petroleum storage facility and related assets, including(“Terminal”) through two of its wholly owned subsidiaries. On February 10, 2017, the Pier and petroleum transmission pipelines owned or controlled by its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Capital Terminal Company (“CTC”) and Dunellen, LLC (“Dunellen”) (“Petroleum Segment”)was sold to Sprague Operating Resources, LLC (“Sprague”). In accordance with ASC 205-20, Presentation of Financial Statements – Discontinued Operations, the sale of the Terminal is accounted for $23 Million (the “Sale Price”), subject to certain adjustments. On January 24, 2017,as a discontinued operation.

As part of the Company and Sprague entered into the Sale Agreement. The sale closed on February 10, 2017.

Pursuant to theTerminal Sale Agreement, the Sale Price was reduced by $1,040,000, the estimated cost of a turning dolphin to be constructed by Sprague adjacent to the Pier in order that the Pier can berth Panamax sized vessels; $1,725,000 of the Sale Price was placed in escrow to secure the Company’s indemnity obligations under the Sale Agreement and $441,000 in normal closing adjustments, transfer taxes, investment banking and other fees, other than federal and state income taxes. The net proceeds delivered to the Company amounted to $19.8 Million.

In accordance with the Sale Agreement, the Company has agreed to retain and pay for the environmental remediation costs associated with a 1994 storage tank fuel oil leak. This obligationleak which allowed the escape of a small amount of fuel oil. The Company continues the remediation activities set forth in the Remediation Action Work Plan (“RAWP”) filed with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (“RIDEM”). For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company incurred costs of $79,000 of which $4,000 was charged against the environmental remediation accrual resulting in a liability of $402,000 at December 31, 2023 with the balance charged to other liabilities. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company incurred costs of $112,000 and increased the environmental remediation liability by $160,000 resulting in a liability of $406,000 at December 31, 2022. Any subsequent increases or decreases to the expected cost of remediation will be recorded in Company’s consolidated statements of income and retained earnings as gain or loss from discontinued operations.

The Terminal Sale Agreement also contained a cost sharing provision for the breasting dolphin whereby any construction costs incurred more than the contract cost of construction would be borne equally by Sprague and the estimated cost are disclosed in Note 6 herein.

Provided there are no breaches, the aforementioned escrow will be returnedCompany subject to the Company, 50 percent after 12 months and the remainder after 24 months. As the release of the funds held in escrow is contingent on no breachescertain limitations, including, in the Company’s representations, warrantiesopinion, a 20% cap on the increase from the initial estimate, subject to a sharing arrangement. In November 2019, Sprague asserted that it was owed $427,000 and covenants, the Company will report as incomeasserted that its obligation under the escrow funds when received. In February 2018,Agreement cannot exceed $104,000. Mediation efforts were unsuccessful and in July 2021, Sprague commenced an action against the Company received 50 percentin the Rhode Island Superior Court (Superior Court) seeking monetary damages of $427,000, interest and attorney’s fees. In December 2022, the aforementioned escrow or $862,500.Superior Court denied Sprague’s Motion for Summary Judgment filed in September 2022 and granted in part and denied in part the Company’s Cross Motion for Summary Judgment also filed in September 2022. The Company anticipates that the matter will go to trial within the next six months. The Company intends to vigorously defend against the claims being asserted by Sprague.

In accordance with ASC205-20,Presentation of Financial Statements – Discontinued OperationsFor the Petroleum Segment is accounted for as ayear ended December 31, 2023 loss from discontinued operation. Accordingly, the Petroleum Segment assets and liabilities that were sold are recorded as held for sale in 2016. The liabilitiesoperations includes legal costs associated with the Sprague litigation of $30,000, net of an income tax benefit of $6,000. In 2022, loss from discontinued operations are separately identified on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. These liabilities were not assumed by Spragueincludes remediation costs of $160,000 and remain obligations of the Company until settled. The Petroleum Segment discontinued operations are reported after income from continuing operations.

A reconciliation of the major classes of assets reported held for sale as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

   December 31, 
   2017   2016 

Carrying amounts of major classes of assets included as part of discontinued operations:

    

Properties and equipment, net

  $—     $10,116,000 

Prepaid and other, including deferred income taxes

   108,000    1,079,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets of the disposed group classified as held for sale on the consolidated balance sheets

  $108,000   $11,195,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

A reconciliation of the major classes of liabilitieslegal costs associated with the discontinued operations asSprague litigation of December 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

   December 31, 
   2017   2016 

Carrying amounts of major classes of liabilities included as part of discontinued operations:

    

Property taxes

  $—     $71,000 

Accounts payable and other

   55,000    715,000 

Environmental remediation

   434,000    459,000 

Deferred income taxes, net

   —      3,177,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities of the disposed group classified as associated with discontinued operations on the consolidated balance sheets

  $489,000   $4,422,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The operating results$189,000, net of an income tax benefit of $94,000.

10.
Subsequent event:

At its January 24, 2024 regularly scheduled quarterly Board meeting, the Petroleum Segment have been adjusted from continuing operations in the accompanying consolidated statementsBoard of income. Revenue and income before income taxes attributableDirectors voted to discontinued operationsdeclare a quarterly dividend of $.07 per share for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

   December 31, 
   2017   2016 

Revenue

  $365,000   $3,558,000 

Operating expenses

   (962,000   (2,775,000
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income tax

   (597,000   783,000 

Income tax expense (benefit)

   (346,000   307,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes

   (251,000  $476,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The net gain from saleshareholders of discontinued operations as of December 31, 2017, was calculated as follows:record on February 9, 2024, payable February 23, 2024.

22

Gain from sale of discontinued operations before income taxes

  $8,640,000 
  

 

 

 

Less income tax expense:

  

Current

   6,870,000 

Deferred

   (3,310,000
  

 

 

 
   3,560,000 
  

 

 

 

Net gain from sale of discontinued operations

  $5,080,000 
  

 

 

 

Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

There were no changes in, or disagreements with, accountants on accounting or financial disclosure as defined by Item 304 of RegulationS-K.

Item 9A.Controls and Procedures

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision of the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, the Company has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon this evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that, as of such date, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective in making them aware on a timely basis of the material information relating to the Company required to be included in the Company’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Management’sManagement's Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules13a-15(f) and15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act). The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of its financial reporting and the preparation of published financial statements in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

However, because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with policies may deteriorate.

Management conducted its evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in “2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) as of December 31, 2017.2023.

Based on this assessment, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer believe that as of December 31, 2017,2023, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective based on criteria set forth by COSO in “2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework.”

This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this annual report.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During the quarter ended December 31, 2017,2023, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined inRule 13a-15(f) and15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information

None.

Item 9C. Disclosures Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevent Inspections

Not applicable.

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PART III

Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The information concerning directors required by this item, including the Audit Committee and the Audit Committee financial expert, is incorporated by reference to the Sections entitled “Election of Directors,” “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance,” “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Audit Committee Report” in the Company’s Definitive Proxy for the 20182024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the SEC.

The following are (were) the executive officers of the Registrant:

Name

  Age   

Office Held

  Date of First
Election to  Office

 

Age

 

Office Held at Capital
Properties, Inc.

 

Date of First Election to Office

Robert H. Eder

   85   

Chairman, Capital Properties, Inc.

  1995

 

91

 

Chairman/President

 

1995

P. Scott Conti

   60   

President, Capital Properties, Inc.

  2017

Barbara J. Dreyer

   79   

Treasurer, Capital Properties, Inc.

  1997

Susan R. Johnson

   58   Treasurer, Capital Properties, Inc.  2017

 

64

 

Treasurer

 

2017

Stephen J. Carlotti

   75   Secretary, Capital Properties, Inc.  1998

 

81

 

Secretary

 

1998

All officers hold their respective offices until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Mr. Conti served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Providence and Worcester Railroad from 2005 to 2017. Ms. Dreyer served as President and Treasurer of the Registrant from 1995 to 1997 and as Treasurer since that date. Effective December 31, 2017, Ms. Dreyer retired from the company and Susan R. Johnson became her successor. Mr. Carlotti is a partner in the law firm, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP, which firm provides legal services to the Company.

Code of Ethics:

The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics which applies to all directors, officers and employees of the Company and its subsidiariessubsidiary including the Principal Executive Officer and the Treasurer (who is both the principal accounting and financial officer), which meets the requirement of a “code of ethics” as defined in Item 406 of RegulationS-K. The Company will provide a copy of the Code to shareholders pursuant to any request directed to the Treasurer at the Company’s principal offices. The Company intends to disclose any amendments to, or waiver of, any provisions of the Code for the Principal Executive Officer or Treasurer, or any person performing similar functions.

The additional information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the Section entitled “Corporate Governance” in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 20182024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 11.Executive Compensation

Item 11. Executive Compensation

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the Sections entitled “Compensation of Directors,” “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” and “Executive Compensation” in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 20182024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the Section entitled “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 20182024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the Sections entitled “Election of Directors” and “Transactions with Management” in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 20182024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the Section entitled “Independent Registered Public Accountants” in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 20182024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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PART IV

Item 15.

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

(a) and Financial Statement Schedules

(a)
and (c) The consolidated financial statements are included in Item 8.

(b)
Exhibits:

(b)Exhibits:

2.1

Asset Purchase Agreement, dated January 24, 2017, by and among Capital Properties, Inc., Dunellen, LLC, Capital Terminal Company and Sprague Operating Resources LLC incorporated(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the registrant’sRegistrant’s report on Form8-K filed on January 26, 2017. 2017)*

3.1

Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s report on Form8-K filed on April 24, 2013)

3.2

By-laws, as amended, October 25, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant’s report on Form8-K filed October 25, 2017)

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Material contracts:

(a)

Lease between Metropark, Ltd. and Company:

(i) Dated January 1, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the registrant’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017)

(ii) Letter Agreement dated July 31, 2020 between the Company and Metropark, Ltd. modifying the obligations of Metropark (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the registrant's annual report on Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 2020).

(iii) Second Amendment dated January 1, 2017.9, 2024

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Map of the Company’sCompany's parcels in Downtown Providence, Rhode Island

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SubsidiariesSubsidiary of the Company

31.1

Rule13a-14(a) Certification of PresidentChairman and Principal Executive Officer

31.2

Rule13a-14(a) Certification of Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

32.1

Certification of PresidentChairman and Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.2

Certification of Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101

The following financial information from the Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017,2023, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2018,February 16, 2024, formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language:Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema with Embedded Linkbases Document.

        (i)

(i)

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 20172023 and December 31, 20162022

(ii)

        (ii)

Consolidated Statements of Income and Retained Earnings for the Years ended December 31, 20172023 and 20162022

(iii)

        (iii)

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years ended December 31, 20172023 and 20162022

(iv)

        (iv)

Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsStatements.

104

The cover page from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 has been formatted in Inline XBRL.

* Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC, certain schedules to the Asset Purchase Agreement have been omitted. The registrant hereby agrees to furnish supplementally to the SEC, upon its request, any or all omitted schedules.

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*Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of RegulationS-K promulgated by the SEC, certain schedules to the Asset Purchase Agreement have been omitted. The registrant hereby agrees to furnish supplementally to the SEC, upon its request, any or all omitted schedules.
SIGNATURES

SIGNATURES

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d)the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Company hasIssuer caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.

By

/s/ Robert H. Eder

Robert H. Eder

Chairman

Chairman/President and Principal Executive Officer

DATED: March 19, 2018February 16, 2024

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Company and on the dates indicated.

/s/ Robert H. Eder

March 19, 2018

February 16, 2024

Robert H. Eder

Chairman

Chairman/President, Director and Director

Principal Executive Officer

/s/ P. Scott Conti

March 19, 2018
P. Scott Conti
President

/s/ Susan R. Johnson

March 19, 2018

February 16, 2024

Susan R. Johnson

Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer

and Principal Accounting Officer

/s/ Alfred J. Corso

March 19, 2018
Alfred J. Corso, Director

/s/ Daniel T. Noreck

February 16, 2024

Daniel T. Noreck

Director

/s/ Steven G. Triedman

March 19, 2018

February 16, 2024

Steven G. Triedman Director

Director

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