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BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION
6 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2013
Oct. 31, 2012
Business Segment Information    
BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION

13. Business Segment Information

The following information is presented in accordance with the accounting pronouncement regarding disclosures about segments of an enterprise and related information. The Companies’ business segments were determined from the Companies’ internal organization and management reporting, which are based primarily on differences in services.

Real Estate Management/Rental Operations

Real Estate Management/Rental Operations consists of: investment properties leased to others located in Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Minnesota and Louisiana; recreational club activities; services to the trusts that operate resort residential communities; sales of investment properties; and rental of land and land improvements.

Land Resource Management

Land Resource Management consists of: land sales; land purchases; timbering operations; the Jack Frost National Golf Course; and a real estate development division. Timbering operations consist of selective timbering on our land holdings. Contracts are entered into for parcels that have had the timber selectively marked. We rely on the advice of our forester, who is engaged on a consulting basis and who receives a commission on each stumpage contract, for the timing and selection of certain parcels of land for timbering. Our forester gives significant attention to protecting the environment and retaining the value of these parcels for future timber harvests. The Jack Frost National Golf Course is managed by Billy Casper Golf, LLC, an unaffiliated third party. The real estate development division is responsible for the residential land development activities which include overseeing the construction of single and multi-family homes and development of infrastructure.

Funds expended to date for real estate development have been primarily for infrastructure improvements and home construction in the Laurelwoods II and Boulder Lake Village communities. Construction of 22 single family homes, four duplex homes in Laurelwoods II and 18 condominium units within Building J at Boulder Lake Village on Big Boulder Lake have been completed at October 31, 2012. Other expenditures for our development projects in the planning phases include fees for architects, engineers, consultants, studies and permits. All of the homes had been sold as of February 1, 2013.

Information by business segment is as follows:

  Three months ended Six months ended
  4/30/13  4/30/12  4/30/13  4/30/12 
Revenues from continuing operations:        
Real estate management/rental operations $692,944  $697,612  $1,358,930  $1,352,877 
Land resource management 298,195  1,037,506  752,869  1,990,091 
Total revenues from operations $991,139  $1,735,118  $2,111,799  $3,342,968 
         
Operating profit (loss) from continuing operations, excluding general and administrative expenses:        
Real estate management/rental operations $231,361  $224,560  $395,188  $371,840 
Land resource management (3,956,714) (268,728) (4,211,655) (328,292)
Total operating profit (loss), excluding general
          and administrative expenses
($3,725,353) ($44,168) ($3,816,467) $43,548 
         
General and administrative expenses:        
Real estate management/rental operations $323,090  $174,741  $627,614  $392,183 
Land resource management 139,035  259,878  347,708  576,905 
Total general and administrative expenses $462,125  $434,619  $975,322  $969,088 
         
Interest and other income, net:        
Real estate management/rental operations $13  $58  $1,316  $1,149 
Land resource management 44  145  970  1,792 
Total interest and other income, net $57  $203  $2,286  $2,941 
         
Interest expense:        
Real estate management/rental operations $244,081  $273,045  $494,612  $588,457 
Land resource management 11,387  1,874  21,354  10,753 
Total Interest expense $255,468  $274,919  $515,966  $599,210 
         
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes ($4,442,889) ($753,503) ($5,305,469) ($1,521,809)

Identifiable assets, net of accumulated depreciation at April 30, 2013 and October 31, 2012 and depreciation expense and capital expenditures for six months ended April 31, 2013 and the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012 by business segment are as follows:

April 30, 2013 Identifiable  Assets  Depreciation and  Amortization Expense  Capital  Expenditures 
  Real estate management/rental operations $24,441,239  $392,122  $5,028 
  Land resource management 20,519,803  168,928 
  Other corporate 99,082  20,472  129,824 
  Discontinued operations 166,682 
  Total Assets $46,226,806  $581,522  $134,852 

 

October 31, 2012 Identifiable Assets  Depreciation and  Amortization Expense  Capital Expenditures 
  Real estate management/rental operations $26,125,839  $804,900  $24,579 
  Land resource management 23,990,608  342,580  9,617 
  Other corporate 288,363  77,856  59,285 
  Discontinued operations 166,682  1,666 
  Total Assets $50,571,492  $1,227,002  $93,481 

 

During the six months ended April 30, 2012, the Companies had two material property sales, which totaled $10,911,419: one sale for $9,000,000 to JFBB Ski Areas, Inc. and one sale for $1,911,419 to Phyllis Enfield Trust. During the six months ended April 30, 2013, there was no concentration of sales.

15.  BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION:

   The following information is presented in accordance with the accounting pronouncement regarding disclosures about segments of an enterprise and related information".  The Companies' business segments were determined from the Companies' internal organization and management reporting, which are based primarily on differences in services.  

   Real Estate Management/Rental Operations

   Real Estate Management/Rental Operations consists of: investment properties leased to others located in Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Minnesota, Louisiana and Colorado; recreational club activities; services to the trusts that operate resort residential communities; sales of investment properties; and rental of land and land improvements.  

   Land Resource Management

   Land Resource Management consists of: land sales; land purchases; timbering operations; the Jack Frost National Golf Course; and a real estate development division.  Timbering operations consist of selective timbering on our land holdings.  Contracts are entered into for parcels that have had the timber selectively marked.  We rely on the advice of our forester, who is engaged on a consulting basis and who receives a commission on each stumpage contract, for the timing and selection of certain parcels of land for timbering.  Our forester gives significant attention to protecting the environment and retaining the value of these parcels for future timber harvests.  The Jack Frost National Golf Course is managed by Billy Casper Golf, LLC, an unaffiliated third party.  The real estate development division is responsible for the residential land development activities which include overseeing the construction of single and multi-family homes and development of infrastructure.

   Funds expended to date for real estate development have been primarily for infrastructure improvements and home construction in the Laurelwoods II and Boulder Lake Village communities.  Construction of 22 single family homes and four duplex homes in Laurelwoods II has been completed at October 31, 2012.  The construction of 18 condominium units within Building J at Boulder Lake Village on Big Boulder Lake has been completed as well at October 31, 2012.  Other expenditures for our development projects in the planning phases include fees for architects, engineers, consultants, studies and permits.

   Information by business segment is as follows:

       
  10/31/12 10/31/11 10/31/10
Revenues from continuing operations:      
Real estate management/rental operations $2,787,941  $2,806,476  $2,857,266 
Land resource management 4,341,767  2,872,670  2,557,013 
Total revenues from operations $7,129,708  $5,679,146  $5,414,279 
       
Operating profit (loss) from continuing operations, excluding general and administrative expenses:      
Real estate management/rental operations $843,515  $825,152  $734,681 
Land resource management (323,964) (1,544,539) (3,055,472)
Total operating profit, excluding general and administrative expenses $519,551  ($719,387) ($2,320,791)
       
General and administrative expenses:      
Real estate management/rental operations $735,801  $885,251  $1,286,717 
Land resource management 1,145,890  906,130  1,151,503 
Total general and administrative expenses 1,881,691  $1,791,381  $2,438,220 
       
Interest and other income, net:      
Real estate management/rental operations $2,099  $9,277  $9,739 
Land resource management 1,216  1,982  11,852 
Total interest and other income, net $3,315  $11,259  $21,591 
       

 

       
  10/31/12 10/31/11 10/31/10
Interest expense:      
Real estate management/rental operations $955,531  $1,085,769  $1,042,795 
Land resource management 172,556  329,262  218,544 
Total Interest expense $1,128,087  $1,415,031  $1,261,339 
       
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes ($2,486,912) ($3,914,540)  ($5,998,759)

  For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012, we sold the Jack Frost Mountain and Big Boulder ski areas for a total of $9,000,000 and the Jack in the Box property for $1,911,419. For fiscal year ended October 31, 2011, we sold the Applebees property for $1,450,000.  For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010, there were no concentration of sales.

   Identifiable assets, net of accumulated depreciation at October 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 and depreciation expense and capital expenditures for the years then ended by business segment are as follows:

         
    Identifiable  Assets  Depreciation and  Amortization Expense  Capital  Expenditures 
October 31, 2012        
Real estate management/rental operations   $26,125,839  $804,900  $24,579 
Land resource management   23,990,608  342,580  9,617 
Other corporate   288,363  77,856  59,285 
Discontinued operations   166,682  1,666 
Total Assets   $50,571,492  $1,227,002  $93,481 
         
October 31, 2011        
  Real estate management/rental operations   $20,629,423  $623,470  $761 
  Land resource management   33,251,319  382,559  225,105
  Other corporate   222,697  109,991  203,691 
Discontinued operations   11,002,270  238,810 
  Total Assets   $65,105,709  $1,354,830  $429,557 
         
October 31, 2010        
Real estate management/rental operations   $24,216,702  $676,042  $1,462,552 
Land resource management   33,186,415  381,607  73,084 
Other corporate   322,144  89,714  7,363 
Discontinued operations   12,532,129  194,411 
Total Assets   $70,257,390  $1,341,774  $1,542,999 

   All asset impairments in Fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010 relate to the Land Resource Management segment.