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Star Holdings – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 2/27/24, at 4:37pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/23   ·   Accession #:  1953366-24-5   ·   File #:  1-41572

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/27/24  Star Holdings                     10-K       12/31/23   97:19M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   3.36M 
 2: EX-4.1      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     43K 
 3: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     83K 
 6: EX-97.0     Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     41K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 4: EX-31.0     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     39K 
 5: EX-32.0     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
12: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML    101K 
13: R2          Combined and Consolidated Balance Sheets            HTML    129K 
14: R3          Combined and Consolidated Balance Sheets            HTML     43K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R4          Combined and Consolidated Statements of Operations  HTML    152K 
16: R5          Combined and Consolidated Statements of Operations  HTML     45K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R6          Combined and Consolidated Statements of             HTML     71K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                      
18: R7          Combined and Consolidated Statements of Changes in  HTML     86K 
                Equity                                                           
19: R8          Combined and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows  HTML    144K 
20: R9          Combined and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows  HTML     67K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
21: R10         Business and Organization                           HTML     33K 
22: R11         Basis of Presentation and Principles of             HTML     65K 
                Consolidation                                                    
23: R12         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    138K 
24: R13         Real Estate                                         HTML     53K 
25: R14         Land and Development                                HTML     46K 
26: R15         Loans Receivable and Other Lending Investments,     HTML    603K 
                net                                                              
27: R16         Other Investments                                   HTML    110K 
28: R17         Other Assets and Other Liabilities                  HTML     73K 
29: R18         Debt Obligations, net                               HTML     77K 
30: R19         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     43K 
31: R20         Risk Management                                     HTML     34K 
32: R21         Equity                                              HTML     36K 
33: R22         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     73K 
34: R23         Fair Values                                         HTML    153K 
35: R24         Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated          HTML    318K 
                Depreciation                                                     
36: R25         Schedule IV - Mortgage Loans on Real Estate         HTML    131K 
37: R26         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    195K 
                (Policies)                                                       
38: R27         Basis of Presentation and Principles of             HTML     59K 
                Consolidation (Tables)                                           
39: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     87K 
                (Tables)                                                         
40: R29         Real Estate (Tables)                                HTML     51K 
41: R30         Land and Development (Tables)                       HTML     42K 
42: R31         Loans Receivable and Other Lending Investments,     HTML    616K 
                net (Tables)                                                     
43: R32         Other Investments (Tables)                          HTML     99K 
44: R33         Other Assets and Other Liabilities (Tables)         HTML     76K 
45: R34         Debt Obligations, net (Tables)                      HTML     68K 
46: R35         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     41K 
47: R36         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     75K 
48: R37         Fair Values (Tables)                                HTML    151K 
49: R38         Business and Organization (Details)                 HTML     36K 
50: R39         Basis of Presentation and Principles of             HTML     33K 
                Consolidation -Basis of Presentation (Details)                   
51: R40         Basis of Presentation and Principles of             HTML     86K 
                Consolidation - VIEs (Details)                                   
52: R41         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     80K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R42         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     62K 
                -Reconciliation of the income tax expense                        
                (Benefit) (Details)                                              
54: R43         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     47K 
                Deferred tax assets (Liabilities) (Details)                      
55: R44         Real Estate - Schedule of Real Estate Assets        HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R45         Real Estate - Dispositions (Details)                HTML     45K 
57: R46         Real Estate - Impairments (Details)                 HTML     34K 
58: R47         Real Estate - Tenant Reimbursements (Details)       HTML     29K 
59: R48         Real Estate - Allowance for Doubtful Accounts       HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R49         Real Estate - Future Minimum Operating Lease        HTML     42K 
                Payments (Details)                                               
61: R50         Land and Development (Schedule of Land and          HTML     37K 
                Development Assets) (Details)                                    
62: R51         Land and Development (Dispositions and              HTML     67K 
                Impairments) (Details)                                           
63: R52         Loans Receivable and Other Lending Investments,     HTML     65K 
                net - Loans Receivable (Details)                                 
64: R53         Loans Receivable and Other Lending Investments,     HTML     80K 
                net - Allowance for Loan Losses (Details)                        
65: R54         Loans Receivable and Other Lending Investments,     HTML     77K 
                net - Investment in Loans and Associated Allowance               
                for Loan Loss (Details)                                          
66: R55         Loans Receivable and Other Lending Investments,     HTML    132K 
                net - Credit Characteristics for Performing Loans                
                (Details)                                                        
67: R56         Loans Receivable and Other Lending Investments,     HTML     55K 
                net - Credit Characteristics by Payment Status                   
                (Details)                                                        
68: R57         Loans Receivable and Other Lending Investments,     HTML     53K 
                Net - Impaired Loans (Details)                                   
69: R58         Loans Receivable and Other Lending Investments,     HTML     79K 
                net - Loan Receivable Held for Sale and Other                    
                Lending Investments (Details)                                    
70: R59         Other Investments (Schedule of Other Investments)   HTML     93K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R60         Other Investments (Safehold Inc) (Details)          HTML     78K 
72: R61         Other Investments (Other Real Estate Equity         HTML     36K 
                Investments) (Details)                                           
73: R62         Other Investments (Summarized Investee Financial    HTML     87K 
                Information) (Details)                                           
74: R63         Other Assets and Other Liabilities (Deferred        HTML     66K 
                Expenses and Other Assets) (Details)                             
75: R64         Other Assets and Other Liabilities (Schedule of     HTML     47K 
                Other Liabilities) (Details)                                     
76: R65         Debt Obligations, net (Schedule of Debt) (Details)  HTML     67K 
77: R66         Debt Obligations, net (Future Scheduled             HTML     45K 
                Maturities) (Details)                                            
78: R67         Debt Obligations, net (Secured Term Loan and        HTML     84K 
                Credit Facility Narrative) (Details)                             
79: R68         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     46K 
80: R69         Equity (Details)                                    HTML     37K 
81: R70         Earnings Per Share (Schedule of Earnings Per        HTML     41K 
                Share) (Details)                                                 
82: R71         Earnings Per Share (Earnings Allocable to Common    HTML     61K 
                Shares) (Details)                                                
83: R72         Fair Values (Schedule of Fair Value Measurement)    HTML     66K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R73         Fair Values - (Available-For-Sale Securities)       HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
85: R74         Fair Values - (Carrying Value and Fair Value of     HTML     57K 
                Financial Instruments) (Details)                                 
86: R75         Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated          HTML    147K 
                Depreciation - Schedule of Real Estate Assets                    
                (Details)                                                        
87: R76         Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated          HTML     37K 
                Depreciation - Real Estate Reconciliation                        
                (Details)                                                        
88: R77         Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated          HTML     35K 
                Depreciation - Accumulated Depreciation                          
                Reconciliation (Details)                                         
89: R78         Schedule IV - Mortgage Loans on Real Estate -       HTML     52K 
                Schedule of Mortgage Loans on Real Estate                        
                (Details)                                                        
90: R79         Schedule IV - Mortgage Loans on Real Estate -       HTML     49K 
                Reconciliation of Mortgage Loans on Real Estate                  
                (Details)                                                        
91: R80         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     40K 
92: R81         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     34K 
94: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    183K 
97: XML         XBRL Instance -- stho-20231231x10k_htm               XML   4.57M 
93: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    209K 
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10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- stho-20231231_lab                     XML   1.87M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- stho-20231231_pre              XML   1.48M 
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