Accretive capital allocation included deploying more than $600 million year-to-date, including a $357 million acquisition of five shopping centers in South Orange County, California.
Expense recovery rates improved meaningfully, contributing to NOI growth, supported by higher average commenced occupancy.
Leased and commenced occupancy spread was 260 basis points, with an SNO pipeline of $38 million incremental base rent.
Leverage remains comfortably within target range of 5 to 5.5x, with a strong balance sheet and access to low-cost capital.
Regency Centers delivered another quarter of excellent results with strong same property NOI growth exceeding 7%, driven primarily by base rent growth of 4.5%.
The company achieved record low shop move-outs and sustained robust leasing activity with strong rent growth, including cash rent spreads of 10% and GAAP rent spreads of nearly 20%.
Total NOI growth and core operating earnings per share growth were robust, surpassing expectations.