Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

Welcome to the Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust Fourth Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I will now hand the conference over to your first speaker today, Doris Bond, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary. Please go ahead.

Thank you. Good morning and welcome to Choice Properties Q4 2021 Conference Call. I'm joined here this morning by Rael Diamond, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mario Barifato, Chief Financial Officer, and Anna Raddick, Executive Vice President, Leasing and Operations. Before we begin today's call, I would like to remind you that by discussing our financial and operating performance and in responding to your questions, we may make forward-looking statements, including statements regarding choice properties objectives, strategies to achieve those objectives, as well as statements with respect to management's beliefs, plans, estimates, intentions, outlook, and similar statements concerning anticipated future events, results, circumstances, performance, or exceptions that are not historical facts. These statements are based on our current estimates and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainty that could cause actual results to differ in material from the conclusions in these forward-looking statements. Additional information on the material risks that can impact our financial results and estimates and the assumptions that were made in applying and making these statements can be found in the recently filed Q4 2021 financial statements and management discussion and analysis, which are available on our website and on CEDAW. I will now turn the call over to Rael.

Thank you, Doris, and good morning, everyone. Thank you for taking the time to join our fourth quarter conference call. We are pleased with our solid financial results for the quarter, demonstrating that our business model, stable tenant base, and disciplined approach to financial management continue to position us well. additionally we continue to advance our development pipeline and execute on our capital recycling initiatives which provides us with exceptional opportunities to add high quality real estate and drive net asset value growth over time turning to the full year 2021 was a year of resilience and we are proud of our accomplishments In addition to our strong performance, we reinforced our commitment to sustainability and made significant advancements in our environmental, social, and governance program. To maximize our impact, we have focused our ESG strategy on two pillars, fighting climate change and addressing social equity. In addition, we committed to set emission targets that are in line with current climate science. In November, we integrated sustainable finance into our business with the release of our green financing framework and the completion of our inaugural green bond offering. Joining me on today's call is Anna Raddick, who will provide an update on our strong operational results, and then Mary Baraparta, who will provide an update on our solid financial results. I will then provide an update on our transaction activity and our development program. Anna, over to you.