After the market closed on Wednesday, cannabis REIT company Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (IIP) (NYSE: IIPR) reported its third quarter earnings with total revenues growing 57% to $53.9 million over the prior year’s third quarter. This beat that average analyst estimate on Yahoo Finance for revenue of $52 million. The stock was rising by over 4% to lately sell at $271.

IIP attributed the increase to the acquisition and leasing of new properties, in addition to contractual rental escalations and amendments at certain properties to provide additional improvement allowances that resulted in adjustments to rent.

Rental revenues for the quarter ending September 30, 2021 and 2020 included approximately $1.4 million and $2.8 million, respectively, of tenant reimbursements for property insurance premiums and property taxes.

IIP reported net income attributable to common stockholders of approximately $29.8 million for the quarter, or $1.20 per diluted share, and adjusted funds from operations (AFFO) of approximately $45.0 million, or $1.71 per diluted share (Note: AFFO per diluted share for the period includes the dilutive impact of the assumed full exchange of IIP’s $143.75 million of exchangeable senior notes (the Exchangeable Senior Notes) for shares of common stock). This also beat the estimates for earnings of $1.16 per share.

The company noted that from July 1, 2021 through October, made five acquisitions (including four new properties and additional land expansion at an existing property) for properties located in California, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri and New York, and executed four lease amendments to provide additional improvement allowances at properties located in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts and Michigan.

The REIT paid a quarterly dividend of $1.50 per share on October 15, 2021 to common stockholders of record as of September 30, 2021, representing an approximately 28% increase over the third quarter 2020’s dividend. As previously announced, going forward as a general matter, IIP’s board of directors expects to evaluate adjustments to the level of IIP’s quarterly common stock dividend every six months, with any adjustments expected to be declared in the first quarter and third quarter of each year.