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Simple Content Summary: Office Properties Income Trust reported a $45.8 million third-quarter loss after emerging from Chapter 11 in June. The office REIT sold 13 properties for $143.4 million, reported 80.7% overall portfolio occupancy and issued $425 million of secured notes as it continues restructuring its debt and property holdings.
Office Properties Income Trust is still working through the financial and operational consequences of its bankruptcy restructuring. Its latest results show an office landlord selling properties, replacing near-term borrowings and managing a portfolio with substantial vacancy even as cash-basis income improved at comparable properties.
The Newton, Massachusetts-based REIT reported a $45.8 million net loss, or $2.09 per common share, for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026. Rental income was $114.2 million, and normalized funds from operations, a non-GAAP REIT measure, totaled $20.5 million, or $0.93 per common share, according to its November 9 earnings presentation filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Property sales remain central to the plan
OPI sold 13 properties totaling approximately 1.54 million square feet during the quarter for an aggregate $143.4 million, excluding closing costs. One additional property sold in October for $12.1 million.
As of the November 9 announcement, 15 more properties were under agreement to sell for an aggregate $134.1 million, while three were being actively marketed. Those contracted transactions are not completed sales, and their ultimate proceeds and timing remain subject to closing.
The company also identified 26 additional properties, totaling approximately 3.47 million square feet, for potential sale. Together, the disclosures show how extensively OPI is using asset dispositions to reshape its balance sheet and reduce obligations.
Occupancy and leasing tell a mixed story
The REIT’s overall portfolio was 80.7% occupied at September 30, while its same-property portfolio occupancy stood at 88.8%. The two figures cover different property sets and should not be presented interchangeably.
OPI executed approximately 400,000 square feet of leasing in the quarter, with renewals accounting for 96.8% of the area leased. The weighted-average lease term for those transactions was 8.7 years.
Same-property cash-basis net operating income rose 14.8% year over year to $51.5 million. That metric is useful for tracking properties held in both comparison periods but does not mean the overall company generated positive GAAP net income.
Debt refinanced, but leverage remains substantial
OPI issued $425 million of 8.75% senior secured notes due 2031, receiving approximately $408 million in net proceeds. The company used those proceeds and existing cash to repay and terminate a $325 million revolving credit facility and a $100 million term loan that had been due in January 2027.
The financing pushes out those specific near-term maturities but replaces them with secured borrowing and interest obligations. The company’s earnings materials reported total debt principal of approximately $1.66 billion at September 30, including approximately $1.62 billion in secured debt.
During the quarter, OPI redeemed $48.6 million of its 8.375% senior secured notes due 2029. It redeemed an additional $29.6 million in October and optionally redeemed $31.6 million of 10% senior secured notes due June 2031 in November using proceeds from collateral sales.
Why post-bankruptcy comparisons require caution
OPI emerged from Chapter 11 on June 17, 2026, and began reporting under fresh-start accounting as a successor entity on June 18. As a result, predecessor and successor reporting periods have different accounting bases, limiting direct comparisons of net losses, asset values and certain other financial measures.
That accounting reset does not erase the practical questions facing the company: how quickly it can sell noncore properties, what prices those assets will command, whether occupancy can stabilize and how much cash flow remains after interest costs and leasing commitments.
OPI scheduled a November 10 earnings conference call at 10 a.m. Eastern. The November 9 announcement is the new event; the underlying operating figures cover July through September, and some property and financing transactions occurred later in October and November.
Primary sources: OPI third-quarter 2026 financial results and supplemental presentation; November 9 Form 8-K. Featured photograph is illustrative, not an OPI-owned property. Photo: Matthew Henry / Unsplash.
