Item 1. Business
Item 1. Business.
Overview
Gyrodyne, LLC (including its subsidiaries, “Gyrodyne”, the “Company” or the “Registrant”) is a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of New York whose primary business is the management of a portfolio of medical office and industrial properties and the pursuit of entitlements on such properties located in Suffolk (“Flowerfield”) and Westchester (“Cortlandt Manor”) Counties, New York.
Substantially all of our developed properties are subject to leases in which the tenant reimburses the Company for a portion, all of or substantially all of the costs and/or cost increases for utilities, insurance, repairs, maintenance and real estate taxes. Certain leases provide that the Company is responsible for certain operating expenses.
Gyrodyne’s corporate strategy is to enhance the value of Flowerfield and Cortlandt Manor by pursuing entitlement opportunities to provide purchasers increased development flexibility, and by enhancing the value of our leases. The Board and Management believe the aforementioned strategy will increase the aggregate value for such properties as a whole. The value of the real estate reported in the consolidated statement of net assets as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 includes some, but not all of the potential value impact that may result from such value enhancement efforts. There can be no assurance that our value enhancement efforts will result in property value increases that exceed the costs we incur in such efforts, or even any increase at all.
Our efforts to generate the highest values for Flowerfield and Cortlandt Manor may involve in limited circumstances other strategies to manage risk and or enhance the net value of Flowerfield and Cortlandt Manor to maximize the returns for our shareholders. Gyrodyne intends to dissolve after we complete the disposition of all of our real property assets, apply the proceeds of such dispositions first to settle any debts and claims, pending or otherwise, against Gyrodyne, and then pay distributions to holders of Gyrodyne common shares. The process of seeking entitlements and the amount and timing of distributions from proceeds of asset sales involve risks and uncertainties. As such, it is impossible at this time to determine with certainty the ultimate amount of proceeds that will actually be distributed to our shareholders or the timing of such payments. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the distributions will equal or exceed the estimate of net assets presented in our consolidated statements of net assets. The actual nature, amount and timing of all distributions will be determined by Gyrodyne’s Board in its sole discretion and will depend in part upon the Company’s ability to convert our remaining assets into cash in compliance with our obligations under the Stipulation entered into in connection with a class action lawsuit settled in 2015 and satisfy our remaining liabilities and obligations. Under Gyrodyne’s Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “LLC Agreement”), such dissolution may be effected upon an election to dissolve the Company by the Board that is approved by the vote of holders of a majority of Gyrodyne common shares or, in the Board’s sole discretion and without any separate approval by the holders of Gyrodyne common shares, at any time the value of Gyrodyne’s assets, as determined by the Board in good faith, is less than $1,000,000.
We remain committed to (1) enhancing the net value of Flowerfield and Cortlandt Manor to maximize the returns for our shareholders, (2) completing the disposition of our assets, (3) making timely distributions to our shareholders, (4) managing capital and liquidity, (5) mitigating risks relating to interest rates and real estate cycles and (6) completing the liquidation of the Company.
The Company’s remaining real estate investments, each of which is held in a single asset limited liability company wholly owned by the Company, consist of:
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Cortlandt Manor: 13.8 acres in Cortlandt Manor, New York, including the 31,000 square foot Cortlandt Medical Center; and
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Flowerfield: 63 acres in St. James, New York, including a 14-acre multi-tenanted industrial park comprising 135,000 rentable square feet.
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Strategic Plan to Enhance Property Values, Liquidate, Distribute Proceeds and Dissolve
Our corporate strategy is to pursue entitlements on our two remaining properties so that they can be sold to one or more developers with increased development flexibility and thus maximize value and distributions to our shareholders. Gyrodyne intends to dissolve after we complete the disposition of all of our real property assets, apply the proceeds of such dispositions first to settle any debts and claims, pending or otherwise, against Gyrodyne, and then pay liquidating distributions to holders of Gyrodyne common shares. We are unable to predict the precise nature, amount or timing of such distributions. To accomplish our goal of maximizing asset values and distributions to our shareholders, the Company’s plan consists of:
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managing the real estate portfolio to improve operating cash flow while simultaneously increasing the market values of the underlying properties;
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managing the strategic sale of real estate assets;
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pursuing the entitlement efforts of the Flowerfield and Cortlandt Manor properties, to increase development flexibility;
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focusing use of capital by the Company to preserve or improve the market value of the real estate portfolio;
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ensuring sufficient capital to operate through a position of strength through the duration of the liquidation to negotiate and enforce purchase agreements and defend our property rights in the Article 78 Proceeding and in any other such proceeding that may arise; and
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balancing working capital and funds available for the entitlement process.
Gyrodyne’s strategy is to enhance the value of Flowerfield and Cortlandt Manor by pursuing entitlement opportunities to provide purchasers with increased development flexibility, and by enhancing the value of our leases. The Company believes the aforementioned strategy will increase the aggregate value for such properties as a whole. The value of the real estate reported in the consolidated statement of net assets as of December 31, 2025 includes some but not all of the potential value impact that may result from such value enhancement efforts. There can be no assurance that our value enhancement efforts will result in property value increases that exceed the costs we incur in such efforts, or even any increase at all. Our efforts to generate the highest values for Flowerfield and Cortlandt Manor may involve, in limited circumstances, strategies to manage risk and or enhance the net value of Flowerfield and Cortlandt Manor to maximize the returns for our shareholders.
Sales of properties by Gyrodyne could take the form of individual sales of assets, sales of groups of assets, a single sale of all or substantially all of the assets or some other form of sale. The assets may be sold to one or more purchasers in one or more transactions over a period of time.
A sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company would require shareholder approval under New York law. However, in the event of the sale of individual properties, that do not constitute substantially all of the Company’s assets, it is not required or anticipated that any shareholder votes will be solicited. The prices at which the various assets may be sold depend largely on factors beyond our control, including, without limitation, the condition of financial and real estate markets, the availability of financing to prospective purchasers of the assets, regulatory approvals, public market perceptions, and limitations on transferability of certain assets.
On March 30, 2022, the Town of Smithtown Planning Board (the “Planning Board”) voted four to zero with one abstention to grant Gyrodyne’s application for preliminary approval to divide the Flowerfield property into eight lots, subject to certain conditions (the “Flowerfield Subdivision Application”). See, “ Property Value Enhancement – Flowerfield ” for a description of the subdivision application.
On April 26, 2022, the Incorporated Village of Head of the Harbor and certain other parties (collectively, the “Petitioners”) commenced a special proceeding under Article 78 of New York’s Civil Practice Law & Rules (the “Article 78 Proceeding”) against the Town of Smithtown and certain other parties, including Gyrodyne, seeking to annul the Planning Board’s determinations relating to the Flowerfield Subdivision Application. Specifically, the petition commencing the Article 78 Proceeding (the “Petition”) seeks to annul the Planning Board’s (i) approval of a findings statement pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”), dated September 16, 2021, and adopted by the Planning Board on March 30, 2022, concerning the Flowerfield Subdivision Application, and (ii) preliminary approval on March 30, 2022 of the Flowerfield Subdivision Application. The arguments made in the Petition are substantially similar to those made by opponents of the Flowerfield Subdivision Application during the SEQRA and subdivision process. Gyrodyne and the Town of Smithtown are vigorously defending the Planning Board’s determinations against the Petition. In June 2022, Gyrodyne and the Town of Smithtown filed motions to dismiss the Petition. During the third quarter of 2023, the Article 78 Proceeding was re-assigned to a different judge for the second time. On February 6, 2024, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Suffolk County issued an order (the “Order”), denying the Motions in part and granting them in part. Specifically, the Order (i) denied the Motions as to three individual Petitioners and the St. James-Head of the Harbor Neighborhood Preservation Coalition, Inc., (ii) granted the Motions as to the remaining twenty (20) individual Petitioners and the Village of Head of the Harbor, (iii) denied the branch of Gyrodyne’s motion alleging that Petitioners failed to state a claim. On October 11, 2024, the Supreme Court of the State of New York issued a ruling in favor of the Company dismissing the Petition in its entirety. On October 28, 2024, the Company received a notice of appeal filed by the petitioners in this proceeding seeking to appeal the court’s dismissal of the Petition, citing as grounds for appeal “whether the court erred in denying the petition and dismissed the Article 78 Proceeding, and any and all other issues which may arise upon further review of the record on appeal”.
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On November 12, 2024, the petitioners filed a notice of motion to renew and reargue, seeking to have the court direct the respondents to undertake a supplemental environmental impact statement to address retaining of storm water at the property being developed in light of a recent storm, and to annul the resolution approving the preliminary site plan.
On March 17, 2025, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Suffolk County issued an order denying the appellants motion to stay enforcement of the order, pending hearing and determination of appeal. On March 21, 2025, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Suffolk County issued an order denying the Petitioners motion to renew and reargue. On April 16, 2025 the Petitioners filed a notice of appeal seeking to appeal the March 17, 2025 order denying the appellants motion to stay enforcement of the order dismissing the Petition pending the appeal.
On April 28, 2025 the Petitioners perfected their appeal on the original Petition (the “Appeal”). The Petitioners’ memorandum of law largely repeats their earlier position and arguments, which the Supreme Court previously found to be an insufficient basis for overturning the Planning Board’s determinations. Gyrodyne filed its response to the Appeal on July 25, 2025, and the Town submitted its reply to the Appeal on July 28, 2025.
Pleadings filed in the Article 78 Proceeding may be accessed through a link (and related instructions) to the New York State Unified
Court System which appears on the Company’s website at https://www.gyrodyne.com.
Gyrodyne remains confident in its defense of the appeal, the motion to renew and reargue and the motion to appeal the denial of the Petitioners’ motion to stay enforcement of the order. Gyrodyne believes that both the Article 78 Proceeding and the process of negotiating purchase agreements, securing final subdivision approval and final unappealable site plan approval and consummating the sale of our properties will extend into 2028, although there can be no assurance that Gyrodyne and the Town of Smithtown will be successful in the defense of the appeal and any other motions or that other factors beyond our control will not necessitate a further extension of the timeline.
The estimated timeline assumes that Flowerfield is not sold until the culmination of the Article 78 Proceeding. The developed portion of Flowerfield, situated on two separate lots, may be sold together or separately upon the resolution of the Article 78 Proceeding and the filing of the final subdivision map without site plan approval.
On March 20, 2023, the Town of Cortlandt Town Board adopted the SEQRA CM findings statement and approved local law establishing the Medical Oriented Zoning District (the “MOD”) which includes Gyrodyne’s Cortlandt Manor property. Pursuant to the adopted MOD, Gyrodyne received designation for total density of 154,000 square feet to be comprised of 150,000 square feet of medical use and 4,000 square feet of retail use (lot lines and their respective density could change until formal subdivision, if any, occurs).
Various other factors will continue to impact the timeline to achieve approvals, including the backlog of land use applications, zoning authority labor shortages and environmental concerns. Nevertheless, we will continue to market the properties and, although there can be no assurances, the Company believes subdivision approval will be received in the third quarter of 2026 for Flowerfield, and in 2027 for Cortlandt Manor.
On July 30, 2025, GSD Flowerfield LLC, a New York limited liability company (“GSD”) wholly-owned by the Company, entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (as amended, the “B2K Agreement”) for the sale of an approximately 49 acre parcel of vacant land to B2K Smithtown LLC (“B2K”), an affiliate of B2K Development LLC, which property forms a portion of the Company’s Flowerfield complex in St. James, New York, for a purchase price of between $24,000,000 and $28,740,000, subject to conditions and contingencies set forth in the B2K Agreement. Included among the conditions set forth in the B2K Agreement is receipt of subdivision and site plan approval. Based on the terms of the B2K Agreement, we estimate the gross value of the B2K Agreement is $28,740,000, contingent on a pending site plan submission, which we believe will be approved by the Smithtown Planning Department. Under the terms of the B2K Agreement, the Company is required to issue B2K a credit at closing for the industrial park’s proportionate share of costs for a sewer treatment plant (“STP”) and on-site infrastructure costs aggregating $4,020,222, which is included in the Company’s estimated costs in excess of receipts. The incremental value impact, if any, to the industrial building lots associated with access to an on-site STP is not estimable at this time as it is contingent on many unknown factors, including but not limited to the markets assessment of the probability of closing of the B2K transaction, timing for completion of the STP, and the future associated market demand for suite usage requiring an STP amenity.
We anticipate that future purchase agreements for Flowerfield or Cortlandt or any portions thereof will similarly identify receipt of subdivision and site plan approval as conditions to closing which the Company believes can be pursued simultaneously rather than sequentially.
Consistent with the Company’s plan of liquidation the Company continues to engage JLL to sell the remaining Flowerfield and Cortlandt Manor properties as individual lots or combined. In addition, Gyrodyne would entertain offers for the acquisition of the Company itself if we believe such acquisition from a timing and value perspective would maximize the net assets in liquidation value for Gyrodyne’s shareholders.
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Assuming the process of seeking entitlements and selling assets is completed in 2028 and giving effect to the estimated cash flows from the operation of our existing properties, we expect that Gyrodyne will have a cash balance of approximately $25.9 million, prior to any future special distributions based on the estimate of net assets in liquidation presented in our Consolidated Statements of Net Assets. Such cash would equate to future distributions of $11.76 per share based on Gyrodyne having 2,199,308 common shares outstanding. These estimated distributions are based on values and outstanding share numbers effective as of December 31, 2025 and include some but not all of the potential value that may be derived from the entitlement efforts.
The Consolidated Statements of Net Assets are based on certain estimates. Uncertainties as to the precise value of our non-cash assets and the ultimate amount of our liabilities make it impracticable to predict the aggregate net value ultimately distributable to shareholders in a liquidation. Land entitlement costs, claims, liabilities and expenses from operations, including, but not limited to, operating costs, salaries, real estate taxes, payroll and local taxes, legal, accounting and consulting fees and miscellaneous office expenses, will continue to be incurred during our process of seeking entitlements and selling assets, which includes certain enhancement efforts. Such expenses, if exceeding our estimates, will reduce the amount of assets available for ultimate distribution to shareholders.
The Company intends to seek to modify one or more of its existing loan facilities to strengthen its financial position through the end of 2028, the forecasted completion of the liquidation process. The Company’s goal with respect to any such modification is for its current cash and cash equivalent position post-loan modification to be adequate to fund our process of seeking entitlements and selling assets through such forecasted liquidation completion date. Management believes the Company will need additional capital to properly fund operations through the end of 2028 absent sufficient working capital raised through the combination of property sales or the modification of its existing credit facilities and or new credit facilities, or other alternative capital raising strategies. There can be no assurance, however, that the Company will be successful in securing any such loan modification/ and/or new credit facilities on terms that are satisfactory to the Company or on any terms at all or achieve a timely closing on the sale of a property to address its working capital needs. If such available cash and amounts received on the sale of assets are not adequate to provide for our obligations, liabilities, expenses and claims, distributions of cash and other assets to our shareholders would be eliminated. In the event our shareholders receive distributions from Gyrodyne and there are insufficient funds to pay any creditors who seek payment of claims against Gyrodyne, shareholders could be held liable for payments made to them and could be required to return all or a part of the distributions made to them.
Property Value Enhancement
The Company is pursuing entitlements to increase the development flexibility of its Flowerfield and Cortlandt Manor properties. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company incurred approximately $380,000 of land entitlement costs, consisting primarily of engineering costs, legal fees and real estate taxes to support the Company’s respective entitlement efforts. We estimate that the Company may incur approximately $1.3 million in additional land entitlement costs through December 31, 2028 in pursuit of entitlements (approximately $331,000 in Cortlandt Manor and $995,000 in Flowerfield).
The Company is focusing its resources on positioning the properties to be sold with all entitlements to achieve increased development flexibility in the shortest period of time with the least amount of risk to the Company. Because of the vagaries of the real estate market, however, there can be no assurance that our value enhancement efforts will result in property value increases that exceed the costs we incur in such efforts, or even any increase at all. During the process of pursuing such entitlements, the Company may entertain offers from potential buyers who may be willing to pay prices for the properties on an “as is basis” that the Company finds more attractive from a timing or value perspective than values we believe may be reasonably achievable through completing the entitlement process ourselves.
Cortlandt Manor . On March 15, 2016, the Town of Cortlandt Manor (the “Town”) adopted a 2016 Sustainable Comprehensive Plan (the “Plan”) of which one key strategy was the recommendation of a MOD. The purpose of the proposed MOD is to expand the Town’s existing medical infrastructure and encourage economic development, including capital investment, job creation and housing options. The MOD would allow for a continuum of care, i.e., independent living, assisted living and nursing/hospital care, within or in neighboring facilities by centralizing medical services and related activities. As a designated zoning district, the MOD could include hospital, ambulatory surgery, primary and urgent care, hospice, laboratories, social services, boutique hotels, retail and a wide range of housing.
The Company’s existing 31,421 square foot Cortlandt Medical Center, situated on 13.8 acres, is located directly opposite New York Presbyterian’s Hudson Valley Hospital Center and within the boundaries of the MOD. The Company has committed resources toward both market research and feasibility studies in support of achieving entitlements to maximize the value of the property. For approximately nine years the Company along with its planner and engineers have been working closely with the Town to help plan the MOD, identify issues and solutions involved in creating the Plan and more specifically, the MOD.
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On March 31, 2017, The Company filed an application with the Town to develop the Cortlandt Manor property, as follows:
SUBDIVISION LOT #
BUILDING SIZE/YIELD
Medical office
100,000 sft
Multi-family apartments
200 units
Retail
4,000 sft
In response to the extensive public comments and Town Board input received during the State Environmental Quality Review “(SEQR”) Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (“DGEIS”) public hearing process, the Company amended the site plan and subdivision application with the Town to develop the Cortlandt Manor property as follows:
SUBDIVISION LOT #
BUILDING SIZE/YIELD
Medical office Lot #1
100,000 sft
Retail (Lot #1)
4,000 sft
Medical Office Lot #2
84,600 sft
As a property owner with eligible parcels in this district, Gyrodyne submitted an Environmental Assessment Form to the Town of Cortlandt Planning Department in December 2017 to support its application to receive a MOD campus designation. Once designated, the parcels would be governed by the use, dimensional and other provisions of the MOD zoning regulations and MOD zoning would replace the existing zoning. While the MOD zoning had not been formally adopted, Gyrodyne was proposing a two-phase medical office campus with limited retail and has designed the site to function as part of a future "hamlet center” with streetscape improvements. The existing medical office space will remain operational until phase 2 is implemented.
In addition to the primary proposal noted above, an alternate mixed-use plan was submitted as part of the SEQRA process. The alternate mixed-use plan included the following:
SUBDIVISION LOT #
BUILDING SIZE/YIELD
Medical office Lot #1
83,500 sft
Retail (Lot #1)
1,500 sft
Multi-Family Residential Lot #2
160 Units
The alternate was reviewed for all categories of impacts in the SEQRA documentation similar to the primary proposal, and if approved as anticipated, would have allowed Gyrodyne the option to proceed with either program following MOD designation and subdivision. The alternate was not anticipated to impact the estimated timeline of approvals.
The Town of Cortlandt Planning Department hosted two public community outreach meetings in June and August 2018 where the Company presented its development plan for the Cortlandt Manor property. As anticipated, on August 7, 2018, the Town Board formally issued a “positive declaration” under the SEQRA, i.e., a declaration that the project may result in one or more significant environmental impacts and will require the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”), the scope of which was also adopted. On August 28, 2018, the Town filed the Scope for a DGEIS with input from Gyrodyne for both the MOD zoning and the proposed uses so that upon adoption, minimal further SEQRA review (other than site plan review) should be required to develop the property. On September 17, 2019, the Town of Cortlandt Town Board as Lead Agency under SEQR adopted a resolution accepting the DGEIS as complete for public review. The Town of Cortlandt Town Board hosted two public hearings on the DGEIS on November 19, 2019 and January 14, 2020. The Town of Cortlandt Planning Board extended the public comment period 90 days with the next public hearing scheduled for April 14, 2020. As a result of the New York State’s stay-at-home-order issued in March 2020, the April 14, 2020 public hearing was postponed to June 2020. The public hearing was then held on June 16, 2020 on a virtual platform. The Town closed the public comment period on June 30, 2020 and proceeded to review the public comments and prepare the Final GEIS (“FGEIS”). The FGEIS reflects the Cortlandt Manor property’s proposed uses comprising 184,600 square feet of medical office space and 4,000 square feet of retail space (together with an Alternate Mixed-Use Plan). A Town Board work session was conducted March 7, 2022 for the primary purpose of having stakeholders present their current development programs for the benefit of the new Town Board members elected in November 2021. Although not required by SEQRA, the Town Board conducted another public hearing on May 2, 2022 and closed the hearing that evening while leaving the public comment period open for twenty days. The additional public comments were reviewed and required formal written responses by stakeholders including Gyrodyne. The Cortlandt Manor Town Board held a public work session on October 24, 2022. During late 2022, the Company’s management team, based on discussions with the Town of Cortlandt, amended its mixed-use campus to reflect the following:
SUBDIVISION LOT #
BUILDING SIZE/YIELD
Medical office Lot #1
100,000 sft
Retail (Lot #1)
4,000 sft
Medical office (inclusive of the existing operating building) Lot #2
50,000 sft
*Lot lines could change until formal subdivision occurs.
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On March 20, 2023, the Town of Cortlandt Town Board adopted the SEQRA Findings Statement and local law establishing the MOD designation for the property reflecting a total density of 154,000 square feet to be comprised of 150,000 square feet of medical use, inclusive of the existing medical office square footage but excluding non-rentable spaces, and 4,000 square feet of ancillary retail (lot lines and their respective density could change until formal subdivision occurs). The Company does not plan on developing the property. The Company believes, contingent on the timing for entering contracts (which we anticipate will include closing terms conditioned upon receiving site plan approval), the subdivision and site plan approval could be received in mid-2027.
The entitlement costs for the year ended December 31, 2025 associated with the ownership and development of this property were approximately $79,100.
Flowerfield . Following market research and related feasibility studies, we identified the entitlements that we believed will maximize the value of Flowerfield in the shortest amount of time with the lowest amount of risk. The Company has been in discussions with the Town of Smithtown on the potential real estate development projects identified by the market research and feasibility studies, all of which currently fall within our “as of right to build” zoning. We are also exploring with the Town of Smithtown whether it would be amenable to certain entitlements, special permits, or other concessions that would allow for the identified development projects.
In March 2017, the Company filed a pre-subdivision application with the Town of Smithtown (the “Pre-application”) for the Flowerfield property along with the previously sold (2002) catering hall facility for an eight-lot subdivision which the Town of Smithtown initially determined must be processed as a nine-lot subdivision in response to certain comments received from the planning department. The final accepted FEIS (in 2021) included an eight-lot subdivision. In June 2017, the Company filed a subdivision application with the Town of Smithtown based on feedback provided by the Town of Smithtown staff in the pre-application process. Because of the property’s location within 500 feet of a municipal boundary and a state road, the Town of Smithtown referred the Company’s subdivision application to the Suffolk County Planning Commission as required by the Suffolk County Administrative Code and the New York State General Municipal Law.
On August 2, 2017, the Suffolk County Planning Commission voted 11-0 to approve Gyrodyne’s subdivision application without conditions. Although the approval by the Suffolk County Planning Commission is not binding on the Town of Smithtown, the approval without conditions means that the requisite vote threshold for the application at the Town of Smithtown’s Planning Board is a simple majority.
On November 15, 2017, the Town of Smithtown Planning Board conducted a public hearing in which the Company presented its subdivision plan for the Flowerfield property. On April 11, 2018, the Planning Board determined that the subdivision plan may result in one or more significant environmental impacts which will require the preparation of an EIS. As a result, at the April 11, 2018 Planning Board meeting, the Planning Board issued a SEQRA Positive Declaration, which was rescinded and re-issued by Planning Board Resolution dated May 9, 2018 that included a draft scope and a request for public comments on the scope (i.e., a public scoping process). The then current Town Planning Board Chairman communicated that a Positive Declaration would require up to one year to complete the SEQRA process. The Town issued the Final Scope on July 7, 2018. On August 15, 2018, the Company submitted the Draft EIS to the Town of Smithtown Planning Department prior to the public hearing. The Company received comments on its EIS at the end of the third quarter of 2018 and submitted its response to the Town of Smithtown Planning Department on February 15, 2019. On May 24, 2019, the Company received additional comments on its EIS and submitted its responses to the Town on June 4, 2019. On July 3, 2019, the Company received additional comments on its EIS and submitted its response to the Town of Smithtown Planning Department on August 28, 2019. On September 24, 2019, the Company received additional comments on its EIS and submitted its response to the Town of Smithtown Planning Department on October 25, 2019. The Town of Smithtown Planning Board as Lead Agency under SEQRA adopted a resolution accepting the DEIS as complete for public review on December 11, 2019 and announced a public comment period that closed on January 24, 2020. Furthermore, the Town Planning Board held and closed the public hearing for the DEIS on January 8, 2020. Following the closing of the public comment period, the Company received a copy of the public comments in February 2020. The Company reviewed the public comments and responded by submitting a Final EIS (“FEIS”) on April 20, 2020. Following the receipt of additional comments on May 29 and June 9, 2020, the Company filed its FEIS on July 24, 2020. Following State DOT comments received July 31, 2020 and Town comments dated August 21, 2020, the Company filed a revised FEIS on September 16, 2020 and received new comments on October 16, 2020. The Company filed a revised FEIS on October 29, 2020. Upon addressing final Town comments received December 4, 2020, the Company filed its Final FEIS on December 9, 2020 reflecting an eight-lot subdivision. The FEIS was accepted by the Town Planning Board on March 10, 2021. Following a public comment period that closed on March 31, 2021, the Town of Smithtown forwarded the public comments and the FEIS to the Suffolk County Planning Commission. On May 5, 2021, the Suffolk County Planning Commission voted 5 to 4 to approve the application as a matter for local determination. Based on the fact that less than a majority of the 18 total members (10 members needed) voted to either approve or deny the application, the application is deemed approved as a matter for local determination. Thus, the Smithtown Planning Board may act and approve the matter with a simple majority vote. On September 20, 2021, the Town of Smithtown Conservation Board voted unanimously to recommend the Town of Smithtown Planning Board issue a SEQRA Negative Declaration, Determination of Non -Significance (an environmental Impact Statement is not necessary based on certain stated reasons and approve the Subdivision Application (eight lots inclusive of the lot for the proposed sewage treatment plant). On March 30, 2022, the Smithtown Planning Board voted four to zero with one abstention to adopt the Findings Statement by resolution, closing SEQR and held a public hearing for the approval of the Preliminary Subdivision at the same meeting. Approval of the Preliminary Subdivision was granted at that meeting. Technical comments on the Final Subdivision Plans received from the Suffolk County Department of Health Services and Suffolk County Department of Public Works on March 10, 2025, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Wetland Permit issued on October 28, 2024, and New York State Department of Transportation plans are being submitted for NYS 25A-Stony Brook Road in March 2025 (no prior design comments) and prepared for resubmission to each agency for their final review and approvals. On April 28, 2025 the Petitioners perfected their appeal on the original Petition. The Petitioners’ memorandum of law largely repeats their earlier position and arguments, which the Supreme Court previously found to be an insufficient basis for overturning the Planning Board’s determinations. Gyrodyne filed its response to the Appeal on July 25, 2025 and the Town submitted its reply to the Appeal on July 28, 2025.Final Subdivision approval is expected in the third quarter 2026.
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The entitlement costs for the year ended December 31, 2025 associated with the ownership and development of this property consisting of architectural and engineering costs, legal expenses, economic analysis, soil management and surveys were approximately $301,300.
While we cannot predict the outcome of the subdivision application, we undertook to subdivide the Flowerfield property in a manner that we believed will result in increased development flexibility in the shortest amount of time and limited risk (i.e., included in our subdivision application is the separation of the existing industrial buildings into two separate lots which upon resolution of the Article 78 Proceeding and final subdivision approval will allow us to sell the two lots together or separately, without any site plan approval). There can be no assurance, however, that our value enhancement efforts will result in property value increases that exceed the costs we incur in such efforts, or even any increase at all. The pandemic has negatively impacted demand for office (including medical office) and hotel development “on spec”.
Healthcare Industry
The delivery of the majority of healthcare services requires real estate. The global outbreak of COVID-19 further validated this, as hospitals and other healthcare facilities during the pandemic were proven invaluable. As a consequence, healthcare providers depend on real estate to maintain and grow their businesses. We believe that the healthcare real estate market provides investment opportunities due to the:
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compelling demographics driving the demand for health services;
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specialized nature of healthcare real estate investing; and
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consolidation of the fragmented healthcare real estate sector.
Our tenants in our Cortlandt Manor property are healthcare service providers. Furthermore, the Company’s previous expansion of its leasing relationship with Stony Brook University (“SBU”), SBU Hospital and affiliates of SBU Hospital at our Flowerfield property increased its exposure to the healthcare industry. The healthcare industry is subject to substantial regulation and faces increased regulation particularly relating to fraud, waste and abuse, cost control and healthcare management. The healthcare industry may experience a significant expansion of applicable federal, state or local laws and regulations, previously enacted or future healthcare reform, new interpretations of existing laws and regulations or changes in enforcement priorities, all of which could materially impact the business and operations of our tenants and therefore the marketability of our properties.
Our healthcare tenants are subject to extensive federal, state, and local licensure laws, regulations and industry standards governing business operations, the physical plant and structure, patient rights and privacy and security of health information. Our tenants’ failure to comply with any of these laws could result in loss of licensure, denial of reimbursement, imposition of fines or other penalties, suspension or exclusion from the government sponsored Medicare and Medicaid programs, loss of accreditation or certification, or closure of the facility. In addition, efforts by third-party payors, such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs and private insurance carriers, including health maintenance organizations and other health plans, impose greater discounts and more stringent cost controls upon healthcare provider operations (through changes in reimbursement rates and methodologies, discounted fee structures, the assumption by healthcare providers of all or a portion of the financial risk or otherwise). Our tenants may also face significant limits on the scope of services reimbursed and on reimbursement rates and fees, all of which could impact their ability to pay rent or other obligations to us. Referral sources, including physicians and managed care organizations, may change their lists of hospitals or physicians to which they refer patients. Competition and loss of referrals could adversely affect our tenants’ ability to make rental payments, which could adversely affect our rental revenues. Any reduction in rental revenues resulting from the inability of our medical office buildings and our tenants to compete successfully may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and our ability to make distributions to our shareholders.
Real Estate
The Company owns properties in St. James and Cortlandt Manor, New York.
St. James, New York . In St. James, New York, the Company owns a 63-acre site called Flowerfield, primarily zoned for light industry, which is located approximately 50 miles east of New York City on the North Shore of Long Island in the Town of Smithtown. Flowerfield's location places it in Hydrogeologic Zone VIII , one of the most liberal with respect to effluent discharge rates. As of December 31, 2025, there were 28 tenants, including four tenants under month-to-month commitments, comprising 32 leases. The annual base rent at Flowerfield based on the rates in effect as of December 2025 is approximately $1,469,000 which included month-to-month annualized base rent of approximately $149,000 on 11,183 square feet. The occupancy rate was 82% as of December 31, 2025.
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Cortlandt Manor, New York . In Cortlandt Manor, New York, the Company owns 13.8 acres inclusive of the 31,421 square foot Cortlandt Medical Center. The property is located directly opposite New York Presbyterian’s Hudson Valley Hospital Center and within the boundaries of the proposed MOD. The property consists of five office buildings. As of December 31, 2025, there were three tenants, comprising three leases. The annual base rent based on the rates in effect as of December 2025, is approximately $872,000. The property was 82% occupied as of December 31, 2025.
Lingering Pandemic Effects and Macroeconomics
The COVID-19 pandemic has also adversely impacted, and may continue to impact adversely, the timeliness of local government in granting required approvals, as state and local staff charged with processing our subdivision applications all postponed activity due to work-from-home transitions. Accordingly, COVID-19 has caused, and may continue to cause, the completion of important stages in our efforts to secure entitlements to be delayed. The pandemic has also resulted in a significant shift toward commercial acceptance of remote working and telemedicine which has adversely impacted the occupancy rate and average rate per square foot, although medical office has faced less of a challenge from work-from-home shifts. Furthermore, the residual effects of the pandemic continue to negatively impact demand for real estate development projects “on spec”.
We are affected by the fiscal and monetary policies of the United States Government and its agencies, including the policies of the Federal Reserve, which regulates the supply of money and credit in the United States. The combination of elevated interest rates and persistent inflation (or the perception that any of these events may continue) have contributed to continued weakness in commercial real estate markets, including in those real estate markets in which we operate. Changes in fiscal and monetary policies are beyond our control and are difficult to predict. Although the Federal Reserve decreased the federal funds rate multiple times in 2024 and three in 2025, the rate continues to be elevated and there can be no assurance that the rate will continue to decrease or that it will not be increased in 2026 and beyond. Regulated lending institutions are adjusting their business models to increase capital requirements for direct loans to real estate and thus continue to be constrained in providing capital for commercial real estate properties. Changes in the federal funds rate as well as the other policies of the Federal Reserve affect interest rates, which have a significant impact on our financial condition.
The extent of the continuing impact of these public health and macroeconomic risks on the Company's operational and financial performance and ultimately its Net Asset Value , will depend on current and future developments, including the residual effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the extent to which persistently high interest rates continue to have an adverse impact on the real estate industry and a recessionary effect generally.
As a result of the foregoing developments, we are unable to determine what the ultimate impact will be on our timeline for seeking entitlements and selling properties, and ultimately on the amount of proceeds and distributions from those sales .
Tax Status
As a limited liability company, Gyrodyne is not subject to an entity level income tax but rather is treated as a partnership for tax purposes, with its items of income, gain, deduction, loss and credit being reported on the Company’s information return, on Form 1065, and allocated annually on Schedule K-1 to its members pro rata.
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (the “2015 Act”) changed this procedure for partnership tax audits and audit adjustments for partnership returns of large partnerships for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2017. Pursuant to the 2015 Act, if any audit by the IRS of our income tax returns for any fiscal year beginning after December 31, 2017 results in any adjustments, the IRS may collect any resulting taxes, including any applicable penalties and interest, directly from Gyrodyne. IRS tax audit assessments on tax years beginning January 1, 2018 will require Gyrodyne to a) bear any tax liability resulting from such audit, or b) elect to push out the tax audit adjustments to the respective shareholders once it has been calculated at the company level.
Competition
Our properties are located in St. James and Cortlandt Manor, New York. The Company competes in the leasing of medical, professional and general office space and engineering, manufacturing and warehouse space with a considerable number of other real estate companies, some of which have greater marketing and financial resources than the Company and may generally be able to accept more risk than we can prudently manage, including risk with respect to creditworthiness of tenants. These entities and others may be prospective buyers, as well as competitors, with respect to both properties. Principal factors of competition in the Company’s rental property business are the quality of properties, leasing terms (including rent and other charges and allowances for tenant improvements), attractiveness and convenience of location, financial strength of its competitors, the quality and breadth of tenant services provided and reputation as an owner and operator of quality office properties in its relevant market. Additionally, the Company’s ability to compete depends upon, among other factors, trends in the national and local economies, investment alternatives, financial condition and operating results of current and prospective tenants, availability and cost of capital, construction and renovation costs, taxes, governmental regulations, legislation and population trends.
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In pursuit of our business plan, and the sale of properties, the Company competes with other real estate investors, including pension funds, insurance companies, foreign investors, real estate partnerships, public and private real estate investment trusts, private individuals and other domestic real estate companies, many of which have greater financial and other resources than the Company. With respect to properties presently owned by the Company, we compete with other owners of like properties for tenants and purchasers.
Internal Growth and Effective Asset Management
Tenant Relations and Lease Compliance . We strive to maintain strong contacts with our tenants in order to understand their current and future real estate rental and development needs. We directly monitor each of our rental properties to ensure they are properly maintained and meet the needs of our tenants.
Extending Lease Maturities . We seek to extend leases in advance of expirations to achieve high occupancy levels.
Financing Strategy
The Company intends to seek to modify one or more of its existing loan facilities to strengthen its financial position through the end of 2028, the forecasted completion of the liquidation process. The Company’s goal with respect to any such modification is for its current cash and cash equivalent position post-loan modification to be adequate to fund our process of seeking entitlements and selling assets through such forecasted liquidation completion date. Management believes the Company will need additional capital to properly fund operations through the end of 2028 absent sufficient working capital raised through the combination of property sales or the modification of its existing credit facilities and or new credit facilities, or other alternative capital raising strategies. There can be no assurance, however, that the Company will be successful in securing any such loan modification/ and/or new credit facilities on terms that are satisfactory to the Company or on any terms at all or achieve a timely closing on the sale of a property to address its working capital needs. If such available cash and amounts received on the sale of assets are not adequate to provide for our obligations, liabilities, expenses and claims, distributions of cash and other assets to our shareholders would be eliminated. In the event our shareholders receive distributions from Gyrodyne and there are insufficient funds to pay any creditors who seek payment of claims against Gyrodyne, shareholders could be held liable for payments made to them and could be required to return all or a part of the distributions made to them.
We generally finance our operations through cash on hand. On March 7, 2024, the Company closed a rights offering resulting in approximately $4.4 million of net proceeds to the Company, thereby ensuring we could operate from a position of strength through the duration of the liquidation estimated at the time of such offering to be the end of 2026 (but now being extended to the end of 2028), to negotiate and enforce purchase agreements and defend our property rights in the Article 78 Proceeding and in any other such proceeding that may arise . Furthermore, certain of the Company’s major vendors have informally agreed to defer payment on 50% of their fees until the first subdivided lot is sold. While these same vendors remain committed to deferring a large portion of their deferred fees (as disclosed in footnote 8), the extended timeline to the end of 2028 is resulting in economic pressure to provide for a yet to be determined partial payment, albeit expected to be less than half of the outstanding liability). Additionally, on December 6, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the Gyrodyne, LLC Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan for Employees and Directors (the “DCP”) effective as of January 1, 2020. The plan is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan maintained for officers and directors of the Company. Under the DCP, officers and directors may elect to defer a portion of their compensation to the DCP and receive interest on such deferred payments at a fixed rate of 5% (per annum). All DCP benefits will be paid in a single lump sum cash payment on December 15, 2031, unless a Plan of Liquidation is established for Gyrodyne before the distribution date in which case all benefits will be paid in a single lump sum cash payment after execution of an amendment to terminate the DCP ( See Deferred Compensation Plan below) .
The Company secured a non-revolving credit line for up to $3,000,000 (the “Original Line”) with a bank, which closed on March 21, 2018. The original line included an interest only phase. On April 30, 2021, the loan converted to the Permanent Phase with an outstanding principal balance of $2,200,000. During the Permanent Phase, the Company is paying interest at a fixed rate of 3.85%, plus principal based on a 20-year amortization period. The loan will mature on April 30, 2028. The outstanding balance as of December 31, 2025 was $1,828,416.
To secure access to additional working capital through the final sale date of the Flowerfield industrial buildings, the Company secured a second loan evidenced by a non-revolving business line of credit agreement and promissory note with the Original Line bank for up to $3,000,000, which closed on January 24, 2019. This loan included an interest only phase. On May 20, 2021, the loan converted to the Permanent Phase with an outstanding principal balance of $3,000,000. During the Permanent Phase, the Company pays interest at a fixed rate of 3.85%, plus principal based on a 20-year amortization period. The loan will mature on May 20, 2028. The outstanding balance as of December 31, 2025 was $2,503,293.
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Both lines are secured by approximately 31.8 acres of the Flowerfield Industrial Park including the related buildings and leases. As of December 31, 2025, the Company is in compliance with the loan covenants. The Company anticipates modifying the terms of the loans following the completion of the subdivision so that the loans remain secured by the subdivided industrial park lot only.
On September 15, 2021, the Company, through its subsidiary GSD Cortlandt, LLC (“GSD Cortlandt”), secured a $4.95 million term loan (the “2021 Mortgage Loan”) with Signature Bank, the proceeds of which were used to pay off the previous GSD Cortlandt debt facility of which $1,050,000 was outstanding. The term of the 2021 Mortgage Loan is five years with an option to extend for an additional five years (the “Extension Period”). Until the initial maturity date, the 2021 Mortgage Loan bears interest at an annual rate equal to 3.75%. If the maturity date is extended for the Extension Period, the rate of interest on the 2021 Mortgage Loan will adjust and be fixed for the Extension Period to the greater of (i) 3.75% or (ii) 275 basis points in excess of the weekly average yield on United States Treasury Securities adjusted to a constant maturity of five years as most recently made available by the Federal Reserve Board as of thirty days prior to the first day of the Extension Period. The 2021 Mortgage Loan will be paid in monthly installments of principal and interest calculated on the basis of a thirty-year amortization schedule. If the maturity date is extended for the Extension Period, the amount of each monthly installment will be recalculated for the Extension Period based on the adjusted interest rate on the 2021 Mortgage Loan and an amortization schedule of twenty-five years. The lender has the right, but not the obligation, to decline to extend the term of the 2021 Mortgage Loan if the loan to value ratio of the property is greater than seventy percent (70%), or the property does not support a debt service coverage ratio (as calculated by the lender) of at least 1.3 to 1, in each case on the date the extension is exercised.
The 2021 Mortgage Loan may be prepaid in whole or in part, at any time, provided the borrower (GSD Cortlandt) pays the bank with each prepayment a prepayment fee equal to (i) during the first loan year and, if applicable, the first loan year of the Extension Period, five percent of the amount of such prepayment; (ii) during the second loan year and, if applicable, during the second loan year of the Extension Period, four percent of the amount of such prepayment; (iii) during the third loan year and, if applicable, during the third loan year of the Extension Period, three percent of the amount of such prepayment; (iv) during the fourth loan year and, if applicable, during the fourth loan year of the Extension Period, two percent of the amount of such prepayment; and (v) during the fifth loan year and, if applicable, during the fifth loan year of the Extension Period, one percent of the amount of such prepayment. There will be no prepayment fee for any prepayment made during the sixty-day period immediately preceding the initial maturity date or the last sixty days of the Extension Period. All prepayments must include accrued and unpaid interest through the date of prepayment. If the Cortlandt Manor property is sold to a bona fide third-party purchaser within the initial two years of the term of the 2021 Mortgage Loan, the prepayment fee to be paid upon repayment of the 2021 Mortgage Loan in full will be reduced by fifty percent. The outstanding balance as of December 31, 2025 was $4,558,993.
The 2021 Mortgage Loan is secured by the Cortlandt Manor property located at 1985 Crompond Road (5.01 acres).
On December 27, 2023, the Company, through its subsidiaries GSD Cortlandt, LLC (“GSD Cortlandt”) and Buttonwood Acquisition, LLC (“Buttonwood”), secured a term mortgage loan (the “2023 Mortgage Loan”) in the principal amount of $1,500,000 with LLYR Resources, LLC (“LLYR”). The net proceeds of the 2023 Mortgage Loan will be used for general working capital. The 2023 Mortgage Loan is unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Company. The term of the 2023 Mortgage Loan is two years. Until the maturity date, the 2023 Mortgage Loan bears interest at a floating interest rate of 1.5% per annum in excess of the Wall Street Prime Rate, with such interest only payable monthly, which may be prepaid, in whole or in part, at any time, without payment of a prepayment fee.
The 2023 Mortgage Loan is secured by a first mortgage in the amount of $1,500,000 on the interests of GSD Cortlandt in 1989 Crompond Road and 1987 Crompond Road in Cortlandt Manor, New York, and the interests of Buttonwood in 206 Buttonwood Avenue and certain vacant land off of Buttonwood Road in Cortlandt Manor, New York. The Company closed on a loan modification with LLYR to extend the loan for an additional 24 months commencing January 1, 2026 at a revised interest rate of 15% which the Company may refinance with no early repayment penalty.
On February 1, 2024, the Company entered into an agreement with one vendor which had previously agreed to defer 50% of payment until the closing of the first property lot sale that is the subject of either the Flowerfield or Cortlandt Manor subdivision. The agreement called for a $200,000 payment on outstanding invoices plus an interest payment on such invoices, interest to accrue monthly on the outstanding balance, agreement to pay all future invoices in full, and conversion of the remaining outstanding balance of $477,829 (balance due after the $200,000 payment) to a loan payable within 15 days of the sale of one of the Company’s properties. The loan accrued interest at 0.75% per month through 2024 and is accruing interest at 1.0% per month from January 2025.
Environmental Matters
Based on our ongoing review of each of our properties, as of the date of this report, we are not aware of any environmental condition with respect to any of the properties which we believe would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and/or results of operations. There can be no assurance that (i) changes in law, (ii) the conduct of tenants, (iii) activities related to properties in the surrounding area, (iv) contamination through the water table due to the low elevation and immediate proximity of the industrial park to the Long Island Sound or (v) the discovery of environmental conditions the extent or severity of which were unknown, will not expose us to material liability in the future.
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The Company believes that each of its properties is in compliance, in all material respects, with federal, state and local regulations regarding hazardous waste and other environmental matters and is not aware of any environmental contamination at any of its properties that would require any material capital expenditure for the remediation thereof. No assurance can be given, however, that environmental regulations will not in the future have a materially adverse effect on the properties.
Insurance
The Company carries comprehensive liability, property, terrorism and umbrella insurance coverage which includes fire, flood, earthquakes and business interruption insurance on all our properties. The Company annually reviews its policies with regard to both risk management and the underlying premiums and believes the policy specifications, insurance limits and deductibles are appropriate given the relative risk of loss, the cost of the coverage and industry practice and, in the opinion of the Company’s management, all its properties are adequately insured.
Major Tenants
For the year ended December 31, 2025, rental income from the Company’s three largest tenants represented approximately 26%, 19% and 11%, respectively, of total rental income. The three largest tenants by revenue as of December 31, 2025 consist of a medical tenant in the Cortlandt Manor Medical Center, a New York State Agency located in the industrial park, and an athletics facility in the industrial park.
For the year ended December 31, 2024, rental income from the Company’s three largest tenants represented approximately 25%, 21% and 9%, respectively, of total rental income. The three largest tenants by revenue as of December 31, 2024 consist of a medical tenant in the Cortlandt Manor Medical Center, a New York State Agency located in the industrial park, and an athletics facility in the industrial park.
Fiscal Year 2025 Transaction Summary
The following summarizes our significant transactions and other activity during the year ended December 31, 2025.
Leasing Activity.
During 2025, the Company signed four new leases comprising 5,676 square feet, annual base rent of approximately $104,500, excluding tenant reimbursements and total commitments of approximately $257,400. There were three terminations comprising 4,471 square feet and approximately $62,600 in annual revenue, excluding tenant reimbursements. A total of 7 lease renewals were signed during 2025 comprising approximately 31,800 square feet, $518,000 in annual revenue and $2,998,000 in total commitments. Additionally, there were five expansions comprising 2,407 square feet, $37,000 in annual revenues and $116,728 in total commitments. The Company agreed to approximately $345,000 in lease incentives/concessions in the form of a rent abatement and approximately $27,000 in tenant improvements. Commissions paid during the year ended 2025 were approximately $174,000.
Disposition Activity.
Purchase and Sale Agreement with B2K Smithtown LLC
On July 30, 2025, GSD Flowerfield LLC, a New York limited liability company (“GSD”) wholly-owned by the Company, entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (as amended, the “B2K Agreement”) for the sale of an approximately 49 acre parcel of vacant land to B2K Smithtown LLC (“B2K”), an affiliate of B2K Development LLC, which property forms a portion of the Company’s Flowerfield complex in St. James, New York, for a purchase price of between $24,000,000 and $28,740,000, subject to conditions and contingencies set forth in the B2K Agreement. Included among the conditions set forth in the B2K Agreement is receipt of subdivision and site plan approval. Based on the terms of the B2K Agreement, we estimate the gross value of the B2K Agreement is $28,740,000, contingent on a pending site plan submission, which we believe will be approved by the Smithtown Planning Department. Under the terms of the B2K Agreement, the Company is required to issue B2K a credit at closing for the industrial park’s proportionate share of costs for a sewer treatment plant (“STP”) and on-site infrastructure costs aggregating $4,020,222, which is included in the Company’s estimated costs in excess of receipts. The incremental value impact, if any, to the industrial building lots associated with access to an on-site STP is not estimable at this time as it is contingent on many unknown factors, including but not limited to the markets assessment of the probability of closing of the B2K transaction, timing for completion of the STP, and the future associated market demand for suite usage requiring an STP amenity.
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Among other provisions, the B2K Agreement provides for: (i) an earnest money deposit of $250,000 to be delivered to the escrow agent, subject to a 90-day investigation period, during which time B2K will have the right to terminate the B2K Agreement by written notice to GSD if B2K will not be fully satisfied, in B2K’s sole discretion, as to the status of title, suitability of the Premises and all factors concerning same, prior to the expiration of the investigation period, in which case B2K will have the right to receive a refund of its earnest money deposit; and (ii) unless B2K terminates the B2K Agreement on or prior to the end of the investigation period (the “Investigation Period Notice Date”), the closing to occur on the earlier of: (A) that certain date that is no later than eight (8) months after the Town of Smithtown grants Site Plan Approval (as defined in the B2K Agreement), or (B) sixty (60) days after B2K waives the Site Plan Approval contingency. Such closing date is estimated to occur no later than October 2028 or alternatively by June 2029 if B2K exercises both of its site plan extension options. Based on the above, the Company is extending its estimated timeline to complete the liquidation to December 31, 2028.
The B2K Agreement is also contingent on the receipt of Subdivision Approval (as defined in the B2K Agreement) and B2K obtaining, at B2K’s sole cost and expense, certain other required approvals (the “Approvals”) beyond all relevant appeal periods within 18 months following the later of: (i) a designated number of days following the Investigation Period Notice Date or (ii) a designated number of days following the issuance of Subdivision Approval (the “Approval Period”).
If B2K fails to obtain the Approvals prior to the expiration of the Approval Period (subject to certain extension rights), B2K may terminate the B2K Agreement or waive the foregoing approval contingencies and close title within 60 days.
The B2K Agreement also contains additional customary covenants, conditions, representations and warranties.
The foregoing description of the B2K Agreement is only a summary of its material terms, does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the B2K Agreement, which was filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K on August 4, 2025.
On October 28, 2025, the Company entered into the first amendment to the B2K Agreement which extends the investigation period to December 5, 2025.
On January 6, 2026, the Company entered into the second amendment to the B2K Agreement which among other provisions provides as follows:
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On-Site Improvements. At closing, the Company will credit B2K $1,520,222 toward the purchase price for specified on-site improvements to Lots 1 and 3 of Flowerfield, with no increase if additional work is required.B2K will be responsible for constructing all common facilities and offsite improvements, while the Company will use commercially reasonable effects to cooperate by providing access at no cost to the Company.
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Investigation Period. The parties acknowledge that the investigation period, as extended, has expired and that B2K’s right to terminate the Agreement under Section 3.1(D) of the Agreement is null and void and of no further force nor effect.
Deferred Compensation Plan
On December 6, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved the Gyrodyne, LLC Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the “DCP”) for Employees and Directors effective as of January 1, 2020. The DCP is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan maintained for officers and directors of the Company. Under the DCP, officers and directors may elect to defer a portion of their compensation to the DCP and receive interest on such deferred payments at a fixed rate of 5% (per annum). All DCP benefits will be paid in a single lump sum cash payment on December 15, 2031, as amended, unless a Plan of Liquidation is established for Gyrodyne before the distribution date in which case all benefits will be paid in a single lump sum cash payment after execution of an amendment to terminate the DCP. The foregoing description of the DCP does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the DCP, which was filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 13, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference. With the exception of Jan Loeb, appointed to the Board in July 2023, each of the Directors elected (under the DCP) to defer 100% of their director fees for the years 2020 thru 2025. Two of the four directors have elected not to defer any fees during 2026; the other two directors elected to defer approximately 71% of their respective 2026 director fees.
Subsequent Business Events
Leasing Activity .
Subsequent to December 31, 2025, the Company signed one new lease comprising approximately 1,300 square feet and $11,000 in annual revenue and total lease commitments. There were two terminations comprising approximately 4,900 square feet and $68,000 in annual revenue.
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Employees
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024 we had two and four employees, respectively.
Industry Segments
Gyrodyne’s corporate strategy is to enhance the value of Flowerfield and Cortlandt Manor by pursuing entitlement opportunities to provide purchasers increased development flexibility, and by enhancing the value of our leases, and then selling our properties in an orderly manner at higher values. The Company manages this strategy on an aggregated, single segment basis for purposes of assessing performance and making decisions (inclusive of capital allocation, leasing, entitlements and sales). Therefore, the Company has only one reporting segment.
As reported in footnote two the Company is on a liquidation basis of accounting. The detailed information regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), President and CEO, is reported in footnote four in detail supporting the estimated liquidation and operating costs net of estimated receipts. This information allows the CODM to manage and forecast any impact the operations have on the estimated real estate value and in the aggregate allows the CODM to calculate estimated distributions. The net assets as of December 31, 2025 ($25,858,997) and December 31, 2024 ($30,596,313) results in estimated distributions of approximately $11.76 and $13.91 per common share, respectively, based on 2,199,308 shares outstanding.
Available Information
We electronically file annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports, and proxy statements, with the SEC. You may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549, or you may obtain information by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an internet address at http://www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy statements and information statements, and other information, which you may obtain free of charge. In addition, copies of our filings with the SEC may be obtained from our website located at www.gyrodyne.com . We make available, free of charge, on or through the Investor Relations section of our website, Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as well as prospectuses and Proxy Statements, as soon as reasonably practicable following the electronic filing of such material with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Also available on our website is our Audit Committee Charter and our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics governing our directors, officers and employees. In addition, our web site includes information with respect to purchases and sales of securities by our officers, directors as well as any non-GAAP financial disclosures (defined by SEC’s Regulation G) that we may make public orally, or in writing. We are not incorporating our website or any information from the website into this Form 10-K.
Our Investor Relations department can be contacted at One Flowerfield, Suite 24, St. James, New York 11780, ATTN: Investor Relations or by Telephone: 631-584-5400.
Principal Executive Offices – Our principal executive office is located at One Flowerfield, Suite 24, St James, New York 11780. Our telephone number is 631-584-5400.
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