Welcome to our dedicated page for Safehold news (Ticker: SAFE), a resource for investors and traders seeking the latest updates and insights on Safehold stock.
Safehold Inc. (NYSE: SAFE) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on modern ground leases, separating land ownership from building operations for commercial properties. This news page aggregates company announcements, earnings updates, financing developments and transaction activity related to Safehold’s ground lease platform.
Readers can find earnings releases and presentations where Safehold reports quarterly results, discusses portfolio performance and provides details on revenue, net income and ground lease originations. The company also uses news releases to share information about its estimates of unrealized capital appreciation (UCA) in its owned residual portfolio and to explain the valuation methodology behind Combined Property Value.
Safehold’s news flow frequently highlights ground lease transactions, including new originations and forward commitments. Recent announcements have focused on ground leases supporting Low-Income Tax Credit affordable housing developments in Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley and the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles, reflecting the company’s dedicated Affordable Housing team and platform.
Investors can also follow capital markets and balance sheet updates, such as unsecured term loan agreements, amendments to revolving credit facilities, and commentary on credit ratings from major rating agencies. These items provide insight into Safehold’s long-term, laddered balance sheet and its approach to liquidity and debt structure.
Governance and leadership developments appear here as well, including the appointment of senior executives and related inducement equity awards under stock exchange rules. For anyone tracking SAFE stock, this page offers a centralized view of Safehold’s operational, financial and strategic announcements over time.
Safehold (NYSE: SAFE) closed a ground lease for a Low Income Tax Credit affordable housing development in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
The Warner Center project will deliver 207 units in 2028 and will be developed by Meta Housing. Safehold said it created a dedicated Affordable Housing team in 2025 and continues to expand its forward investment pipeline for ground lease capital.
The company reiterated its REIT model and focus on ground leases across multifamily, affordable housing and other property types.
Safehold (NYSE: SAFE) announced a fourth-quarter 2025 common stock dividend of $0.177 per share, equal to an annualized rate of $0.708 per share. The dividend is payable on January 15, 2026 to shareholders of record as of December 30, 2025. Safehold is taxed as a REIT and focuses on ground-lease ownership for multifamily, office, industrial, hospitality, student housing, life science and mixed-use properties. Additional investor contact information was provided for Pearse Hoffmann, Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Finance.
Safehold (NYSE: SAFE) announced that on December 1, 2025 its Compensation Committee granted 853,076 inducement restricted stock units to Michael Trachtenberg upon his hiring as President. The awards include performance-based and time-based components: one performance award vests on achievement of stock-price hurdles (the final hurdle equals a 249% increase versus the November 28, 2025 close) over a five-year performance period (December 1, 2025 to February 15, 2031) and requires continued employment plus a ground-lease origination threshold; a second performance award vests on affordable-housing commitment dollar targets over three years; and a one-time time-based award vests in five equal annual installments subject to continued employment.
Contact: Pearse Hoffmann, Head of Corporate Finance; investor email provided.
Safehold (NYSE: SAFE) announced on December 1, 2025 the appointment of Michael Trachtenberg as President. Mr. Trachtenberg will oversee operations and execution companywide and report directly to CEO Jay Sugarman.
Mr. Trachtenberg brings more than two decades of operational real estate experience, most recently serving as President of Lubert-Adler, where he led investments, portfolio management and structuring joint ventures and recapitalizations. The company said the appointment follows an extensive board search and aims to support Safehold's next phase of growth in the modern ground lease market.
Safehold (NYSE: SAFE) closed a $400 million unsecured term loan with a fully extended maturity of November 15, 2030 (two twelve-month extension options). The facility carries a borrowing rate tied to SOFR + 90 bps based on the company's A3 / A- / A- credit ratings and is hedged by a SOFR swap at a 3.0% strike through April 2028. Proceeds will repay debt and support general corporate purposes, including full repayment of $227 million of secured debt that unencumbered twelve ground-lease assets, and increase liquidity to $1.3 billion.
Safehold (NYSE: SAFE) announced that S&P Global Ratings upgraded its corporate credit rating to A- from BBB+ on November 24, 2025, and assigned an A- rating with a stable outlook to its operating subsidiary Safehold GL Holdings LLC.
S&P cited Safehold's steady asset quality, business stability and the structural integrity of its ground leases despite stress in the commercial real estate sector. Management said the single-A ratings from all three major agencies should improve capital access and lower the company's cost of funds.
Star Holdings (NASDAQ: STHO) filed its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 reporting net income attributable to common shareholders of $1.8 million and EPS of $0.14.
Results included a $0.9 million non‑cash mark‑to‑market adjustment that reduced EPS by $0.07 related to an investment of approximately 13.5 million SAFE shares. During Q3 the company recorded $1.7 million of land revenues from the sale of 12 Magnolia Green lots, received $4.7 million net cash from a legal settlement on a legacy asset, and repurchased ~0.4 million common shares for $3.3 million at an average price of $8.48.
Star Holdings says it will focus on realizing shareholder value through active asset management and asset sales; full results and disclosures are available in the company Form 10‑Q.
Safehold (NYSE: SAFE) reported third quarter 2025 results on November 5, 2025: Q3 revenue $96.2 million, net income attributable to common shareholders $29.3 million, and EPS $0.41. The company closed $42 million of ground lease originations in Q3'25 and has closed $34 million of originations year-to-date in Q4'25, which includes $9M and $29M of forward commitments for Q3 and Q4 respectively that are subject to funding conditions. Management will host an earnings call on Nov 5, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. ET; a replay is available through Nov 19, 2025.
The presentation and replay are available on Safehold's investor website.
Safehold (NYSE: SAFE) closed six ground leases to finance the development of six Low-Income Tax Credit affordable housing communities in Los Angeles with a newly formed developer, HVN Development. The projects are expected to deliver more than 400 units across West and Central Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley, with completion targeted in 2027. Safehold highlighted its 99-year ground lease capital as a low-cost funding tool to advance LIHTC developments and noted these are infill locations with strong unmet demand. Additional information is available on Safehold's affordable housing platform.
Safehold (NYSE: SAFE) closed a ground lease for a Low Income Tax Credit affordable housing development in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles.
The project, developed by The Pacific Companies, will deliver 275 units in 2029. Safehold said it created a dedicated Affordable Housing team in 2025 and is expanding its affordable housing pipeline, positioning its ground-lease capital as a low-cost "gap filler" amid elevated costs and interest rates.
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