Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Real Estate Transactions

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Real Estate Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Real Estate Transactions [Abstract]  
Real Estate Transactions

3.    REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

 

Acquisitions

 

On April 10, 2014, the Company acquired Andover Place, a 220-unit multi-family rental property located in Andover, Massachusetts, for approximately $37.7 million in cash. The purchase price for the property was financed primarily through borrowings under the Company’s unsecured revolving credit facility.

 

Rental Property Held for Sale

 

On March 11, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement to sell its 249,409 square foot office property located at 22 Sylvan Way in Parsippany, New Jersey for approximately $96.6 million. The Company identified this property as held for sale at March 31, 2014.  The Company early adopted the new discontinued operations standard.  As the sale of this property will not represent a strategic shift, it has not been reflected as part of discontinued operations.  The Company completed the sale of the property on April 23, 2014.

 

The following table summarizes income from this property for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2014 

 

 

2013 

Total revenues

 

$

1,842 

 

$

1,838 

Operating and other expenses

 

 

(317)

 

 

(311)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

(309)

 

 

(394)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from property held for sale

 

 

1,216 

 

 

1,133 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pending Partial Sale and Joint Venture

 

On February 24, 2014, the Company entered into agreements with affiliates of Keystone Property Group (“Keystone Entities”) to sell 15 of its office properties in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, aggregating approximately 2.3 million square feet, for approximately $230.8 million, comprised of: $201.7 million in cash from a combination of Keystone Entities senior and pari-passu equity and mortgage financing; Company subordinated equity interests in each of the properties being sold with capital accounts aggregating $22.2 million; and pari passu equity interests in three of the properties being sold aggregating $6.9 million. The purchasers of the office properties will be joint ventures to be formed between the Company and the Keystone Entities. The senior and pari-passu equity will receive a 15 percent internal rate of return (“IRR”) after which the subordinated equity will receive a ten percent IRR and then all distributable cash flow will be split equally between the Keystone Entities and the Company.  As part of the transaction, the Company will participate in management, leasing and construction fees for the portfolio, and the Company and the Keystone Entities will jointly provide leasing representation for the properties.

 

The formation of the joint ventures and the completion of the sale of the properties to the joint ventures are subject to the Keystone Entities’ completion of due diligence by April 30, 2014, which may be extended for a 30-day period, and normal and customary closing conditions.  There can be no assurance that the transaction will be consummated.