424B3 1 a08-28667_1424b3.htm 424B3

 

Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

Registration No. 333-143662

 

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 DATED NOVEMBER 18, 2008

TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED OCTOBER 28, 2008

OF DIVIDEND CAPITAL TOTAL REALTY TRUST INC.

 

We are providing this Supplement No. 1 to you in order to supplement our prospectus dated October 28, 2008. This Supplement No. 1 must be read in conjunction with our prospectus dated October 28, 2008.

 

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

 

On November 14, 2008, we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2008, pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is attached as Annex A to this Supplement No. 1. Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes, among other items: (1) our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and (2) our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, and the related condensed consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2008.

 

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL AND OPERATING INFORMATION

 

On November 14, 2008, we provided certain information in a supplemental document entitled “Third Quarter 2008 Results — Supplemental Financial and Operating Information,” which sets forth additional disclosure regarding our results of operations and financial performance for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, which is supplemental to our Report on Form 10-Q, which is included as Annex A to this Supplement No. 1. See below for this supplemental information.

 



 

Selected Financial Data

 

The following table presents selected consolidated financial information as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The selected financial information presented below has been derived from our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Since the information presented below is only a summary and does not provide all the information contained in our historical consolidated financial statements, including the related notes thereto, you should read it in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2008. The amounts in the table are in thousands except per share data.

 



 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

Operating Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total revenue

 

$

34,065

 

$

29,773

 

$

102,842

 

$

60,928

 

Total operating expenses

 

(23,728

)

(19,557

)

(71,194

)

(40,010

)

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures

 

31

 

 

31

 

 

Interest income

 

3,303

 

3,375

 

9,212

 

8,563

 

Interest expense

 

(10,778

)

(12,038

)

(33,197

)

(20,438

)

Gain (loss) on derivatives

 

471

 

87

 

(8,427

)

115

 

Gain on extinguishment of debt

 

 

 

9,309

 

 

Other-than-temporary impairment on securities

 

(13,540

)

 

(79,441

)

 

Minority interests

 

699

 

304

 

2,725

 

428

 

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

 

(9,477

)

1,944

 

(68,140

)

9,586

 

Income from discontinued operations, net of minority interests

 

10

 

 

10

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(9,467

)

$

1,944

 

$

(68,130

)

$

9,586

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock Distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock distributions declared

 

$

22,079

 

$

14,558

 

$

60,316

 

$

34,837

 

Common stock distributions declared per share

 

$

0.15

 

$

0.15

 

$

0.15

 

$

0.15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per Share Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(0.06

)

$

0.02

 

$

(0.51

)

$

0.12

 

Diluted

 

$

(0.06

)

$

0.02

 

$

(0.51

)

$

0.12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

147,180

 

97,051

 

134,075

 

77,572

 

Diluted

 

153,116

 

97,071

 

137,805

 

77,592

 

 



 

 

 

As of September 30,

 

As of December 31,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

Balance Sheet Data:

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

2,080,698

 

$

1,811,784

 

Debt obligations

 

$

662,264

 

$

698,983

 

Total liabilities

 

$

873,922

 

$

891,969

 

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

Cash Flow Data:

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

49,147

 

$

18,577

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

$

(75,736

)

$

(1,120,556

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

$

276,202

 

$

1,324,231

 

 



 

Funds from Operations (FFO)

 

The following table presents the calculation of our FFO reconciled from net income (loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 (amounts in thousands, except per share information):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of net income (loss) to FFO:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common shares

 

$

(9,467

)

$

1,944

 

$

(68,130

)

$

9,586

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add (deduct) NAREIT defined adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minority interest share of net income (loss)

 

(699

)

(304

)

(2,725

)

(428

)

Depreciation and amortization expense

 

12,582

 

9,815

 

37,872

 

19,447

 

Minority interests’ share of discontinued operations

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

Minority interests share of funds from operations

 

(354

)

(434

)

(348

)

(1,196

)

Subtotals-NAREIT defined FFO

 

2,063

 

11,021

 

(33,330

)

27,409

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add (deduct) our defined adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other-than-temporary impairment

 

13,540

 

 

79,441

 

 

Accretion of other-than-temporary impairment

 

(387

)

 

(387

)

 

Minority interest share of our defined adjustments

 

(667

)

 

(2,164

)

 

FFO attributable to common shares-basic

 

14,549

 

11,021

 

43,560

 

27,409

 

FFO attributable to dilutive OP units

 

589

 

 

1,244

 

 

FFO attributable to common shares-diluted

 

15,138

 

11,021

 

44,804

 

27,409

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FFO per share - basic

 

$

0.10

 

$

0.11

 

$

0.33

 

$

0.35

 

FFO per share - diluted

 

$

0.10

 

$

0.11

 

$

0.33

 

$

0.35

 

 

FFO Definitions, Adjustments and Limitations

 

We believe that FFO, as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), is a meaningful supplemental measure of our operating performance because historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) implicitly assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time, as reflected through depreciation and amortization expenses. However, since real estate values have historically risen or fallen with market and other conditions, many industry investors and analysts have considered presentation of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient. Thus, NAREIT created FFO as a supplemental measure of operating performance for real estate investment trusts

 



 

that excludes historical cost depreciation and amortization, among other items, from net income, as defined by GAAP.

 

FFO as defined by NAREIT consists of net income, calculated in accordance with GAAP, plus real estate related depreciation and amortization, less gains (or losses) from dispositions of real estate held for investment purposes. Importantly, as part of its guidance concerning FFO, NAREIT has stated that the “management of each of its member companies has the responsibility and authority to publish financial information that it regards as useful to the financial community.” As a result, modifications to the NAREIT calculation of FFO are common among REITs as companies seek to provide financial measures that meaningfully reflect the specific characteristics of their businesses. We believe potential investors and stockholders who review our operating results are best served by a defined FFO measure that makes certain adjustments to net income (loss) computed under GAAP in addition to those included in the NAREIT defined measure of FFO because we believe such additional adjustments create a better measure of our operating performance.

 

Our definition of FFO is generally consistent with NAREIT. However, NAREIT does not specifically address how other-than-temporary impairment of available-for-sale preferred equity or debt securities, as well as any related accretion adjustments, should be treated in calculating FFO. We currently have both the ability and the intention to hold all of its perpetual preferred equity and debt securities investments for the long term, although we may, from time to time, sell any of these investments as part of our overall management of our portfolio. We classify these investments as available-for-sale, and therefore they are reported at estimated fair value in our financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of calculating net income (loss) computed under GAAP for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, we have recorded in our statement of operations a portion of both our preferred equity and debt securities investments as being impaired on an other-than-temporary basis.

 

Period to period fluctuations in the impairment and impairment-related line items can be caused by the accounting treatment for short-term factors that may not be relevant to our long-term investment strategy, long-term capital structures or long-term tax planning. Accordingly, we believe investors are best served if the FFO information that is made available to them excludes other-than-temporary impairment charges and related accretion adjustments and therefore allows them to align their analysis and evaluation of our operating results along the same lines that our management uses in planning and executing our business strategy. According to Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 59, the Staff does not believe that other-than-temporary-impairment should necessarily be interpreted to mean permanent impairment. In addition, the accounting treatment underlying is not the primary driver in management’s decision-making process and capital investment decisions for these types of investments.

 

FFO is presented herein as a supplemental financial measure and has inherent limitations. We do not use FFO as, nor should it be considered to be, an alternative to net income (loss) computed under GAAP as an indicator of our operating performance, or as an alternative to cash from operating activities computed under GAAP, or as an indicator of our ability to fund our short or long-term cash requirements. We use FFO as an indication of our operating performance and as a guide to making decisions about future investments. Our FFO calculation is not meant to represent a comprehensive system of financial reporting and does not present, nor do we intend it to present, a complete picture of our financial condition and operating performance. In addition, other REITs may choose to treat impairment-related charges and potentially other accounting line items in a manner different from ours due to specific differences in investment strategy or for other reasons. Our FFO calculation is limited by its exclusion of impairments related to our real estate securities, but we continuously evaluate our securities portfolio and the usefulness of the FFO measure in relation thereto. We believe net income (loss) computed under GAAP remains the primary measure of performance and that FFO is only meaningful when it is used in conjunction with net income (loss) computed under GAAP. Further, we believe our consolidated financial statements, prepared in accordance with GAAP, provide the most meaningful picture of our financial condition and our operating performance.

 



 

ANNEX A

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBR 30, 2008

 



 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

 

x

 

Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2008

 

Or

 

o

 

Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the transition period from                     to                     .

 

Commission File No. 000-52596

 

DIVIDEND CAPITAL TOTAL REALTY TRUST INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland

 

30-0309068

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

518 Seventeenth Street, 17th Floor

 

 

Denver, CO

 

80202

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 228-2200

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x     No  o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer o

 

Accelerated filer o

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer x

 

Smaller reporting company o

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  o     No  x

 

As of October 31, 2008, 157,570,466 shares of common stock of Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc., par value $0.01 per share, were outstanding.

 

 

 



 

Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc.

 

Form 10-Q

September 30, 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Financial Statements:

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

3

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

4

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity

 

5

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

6

 

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

7

Item 2.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

34

Item 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

51

Item 4.

 

Controls and Procedures

 

52

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

52

Item 1A.

 

Risk Factors

 

52

Item 2.

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

54

Item 3.

 

Defaults upon Senior Securities

 

55

Item 4.

 

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

55

Item 5.

 

Other Information

 

55

Item 6.

 

Exhibits

 

55

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.                              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

DIVIDEND CAPITAL TOTAL REALTY TRUST INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share information)

 

 

 

As of September 30,

 

As of December 31,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in real property:

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

$

327,101

 

$

312,191

 

Building and improvements

 

839,406

 

755,425

 

Intangible lease assets

 

151,879

 

147,675

 

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

(74,530

)

(35,616

)

Total net investments in real property

 

1,243,856

 

1,179,675

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures

 

17,360

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in real estate securities

 

116,223

 

180,663

 

Debt related investments, net

 

88,751

 

104,091

 

Total net investments

 

1,466,190

 

1,464,429

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

541,247

 

291,634

 

Restricted cash

 

17,324

 

7,084

 

Subscriptions receivable

 

3,806

 

18,361

 

Other assets, net

 

43,521

 

30,276

 

Assets held for sale

 

8,610

 

 

Total Assets

 

$

2,080,698

 

$

1,811,784

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses (including $2,479 and $1,189 due to affiliates as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively)

 

$

14,911

 

$

10,400

 

Dividends payable

 

22,966

 

16,359

 

Mortgage notes

 

627,012

 

661,683

 

Other secured borrowings

 

35,252

 

37,300

 

Financing obligations

 

91,235

 

106,571

 

Intangible lease liabilities, net

 

50,900

 

24,089

 

Derivative instruments

 

19,203

 

27,949

 

Other liabilities

 

6,757

 

7,618

 

Liabilities related to assets held for sale

 

5,686

 

 

Total Liabilities

 

873,922

 

891,969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minority Interests

 

75,539

 

18,840

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; none outstanding as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 1,000,000,000 shares authorized; 153,025,707 and 115,295,632 shares issued and outstanding, as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively

 

1,530

 

1,152

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

1,378,190

 

1,037,902

 

Distributions in excess of earnings

 

(172,698

)

(44,252

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

(75,785

)

(93,827

)

Total Stockholders’ Equity

 

1,131,237

 

900,975

 

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

$

2,080,698

 

$

1,811,784

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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DIVIDEND CAPITAL TOTAL REALTY TRUST INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except share information)

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REVENUE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental revenue

 

$

27,475

 

$

22,643

 

$

82,643

 

$

44,050

 

Securities income

 

4,137

 

4,561

 

12,759

 

10,425

 

Debt related income

 

2,453

 

2,569

 

7,440

 

6,453

 

Total Revenue

 

34,065

 

29,773

 

102,842

 

60,928

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental expense

 

7,212

 

5,846

 

21,481

 

11,764

 

Depreciation and amortization expense

 

12,582

 

9,815

 

37,872

 

19,447

 

General and administrative expenses

 

1,189

 

1,236

 

3,261

 

2,948

 

Asset management fees, related party

 

2,745

 

2,660

 

8,580

 

5,851

 

Total Operating Expenses

 

23,728

 

19,557

 

71,194

 

40,010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Income

 

10,337

 

10,216

 

31,648

 

20,918

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Income (Expenses):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures

 

31

 

 

31

 

 

Interest income

 

3,303

 

3,375

 

9,212

 

8,563

 

Interest expense

 

(10,778

)

(12,038

)

(33,197

)

(20,438

)

Gain (loss) on derivatives

 

471

 

87

 

(8,427

)

115

 

Gain on extinguishment of debt

 

 

 

9,309

 

 

Other-than-temporary impairment on securities

 

(13,540

)

 

(79,441

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss) Before Minority Interests

 

(10,176

)

1,640

 

(70,865

)

9,158

 

Minority Interests

 

699

 

304

 

2,725

 

428

 

Net Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations

 

(9,477

)

1,944

 

(68,140

)

9,586

 

Income from discontinued operations, net of minority interest

 

10

 

 

10

 

 

NET INCOME (LOSS)

 

$

(9,467

)

$

1,944

 

$

(68,130

)

$

9,586

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE-BASIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

 

$

(0.06

)

$

0.02

 

$

(0.51

)

$

0.12

 

Net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of minority interest

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(0.06

)

$

0.02

 

$

(0.51

)

$

0.12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE-DILUTED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

 

$

(0.06

)

$

0.02

 

$

(0.51

)

$

0.12

 

Net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of minority interest

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(0.06

)

$

0.02

 

$

(0.51

)

$

0.12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

147,180

 

97,051

 

134,075

 

77,572

 

Diluted

 

153,116

 

97,071

 

137,805

 

77,592

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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DIVIDEND CAPITAL TOTAL REALTY TRUST INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)
(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

Distributions in

 

Other

 

Total

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

Paid-in

 

Excess of

 

Comprehensive

 

Stockholders’

 

 

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Capital

 

Earnings

 

Income (Loss)

 

Equity

 

Balances, December 31, 2007

 

115,296

 

$

1,152

 

$

1,037,902

 

$

(44,252

)

$

(93,827

)

$

900,975

 

Comprehensive loss:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

(68,130

)

 

(68,130

)

Net unrealized change from available-for-sale securities

 

 

 

 

 

14,562

 

14,562

 

Cash flow hedging derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

3,480

 

3,480

 

Comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(50,088

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuance of common stock, net of offering costs

 

39,892

 

400

 

360,222

 

 

 

360,622

 

Redemptions of common stock

 

(2,162

)

(22

)

(19,943

)

 

 

(19,965

)

Amortization of stock based compensation

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

9

 

Distributions on common stock

 

 

 

 

(60,316

)

 

(60,316

)

Balances, September 30, 2008

 

153,026

 

$

1,530

 

$

1,378,190

 

$

(172,698

)

$

(75,785

)

$

1,131,237

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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DIVIDEND CAPITAL TOTAL REALTY TRUST INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

 

 

 

For the Nine Months

 

 

 

Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(68,130

)

$

9,586

 

Minority interests

 

(2,725

)

(428

)

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures

 

(31

)

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate depreciation and amortization expense

 

37,872

 

19,004

 

Other depreciation and amortization

 

(1,129

)

682

 

Loss on derivatives

 

8,427

 

(115

)

Gain on extinguishment of debt

 

(9,309

)

 

Impairment of available-for-sale securities

 

79,441

 

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

(Increase) decrease in restricted cash

 

(295

)

(10,133

)

(Increase) decrease in other assets

 

1,080

 

(10,823

)

Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

2,972

 

8,930

 

Increase in other liabilities

 

974

 

1,874

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

49,147

 

18,577

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in real property

 

(69,559

)

(839,010

)

(Increase) decrease in deferred acquisition costs

 

(15,093

)

709

 

Investment in unconsolidated joint ventures

 

(17,329

)

 

Investment in real estate securities

 

 

(207,851

)

Principal collections on real estate securities

 

65

 

 

Investment in debt related investments

 

(9,053

)

(87,069

)

Principal collections on debt related investments

 

35,233

 

12,665

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(75,736

)

(1,120,556

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage note proceeds

 

82,140

 

587,284

 

Mortgage note principal repayments

 

(112,762

)

(49

)

Repayment of other secured borrowings

 

(12,800

)

 

Financing obligation proceeds

 

50,409

 

53,342

 

Settlement of cash flow hedging derivative

 

(12,401

)

(241

)

Proceeds from minority interest contributions

 

4,652

 

23,802

 

Proceeds from sale of common stock

 

374,173

 

733,103

 

Offering costs for issuance of common stock, related party

 

(30,994

)

(66,551

)

Redemption of common shares

 

(19,964

)

(1,295

)

Distributions to minority interest holders

 

(4,237

)

(14,587

)

Distributions to common stockholders

 

(21,566

)

(9,417

)

Other financing activities

 

(20,448

)

18,840

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

276,202

 

1,324,231

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

249,613

 

222,252

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period

 

291,634

 

67,317

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period

 

$

541,247

 

$

289,569

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:

 

 

 

 

 

Assumed mortgages

 

$

 

$

13,338

 

Amount issued pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan

 

$

32,141

 

$

13,582

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

22,607

 

$

16,591

 

Issuances of OP Units for tenancy in common interests

 

$

64,893

 

$

 

Non-cash financing for debt related investment

 

$

10,753

 

$

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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DIVIDEND CAPITAL TOTAL REALTY TRUST INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

1.                       ORGANIZATION

 

Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. is a Maryland corporation formed on April 11, 2005 to invest in a diverse portfolio of real properties, real estate securities and debt related investments. As used herein, “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries and partnerships except where the context otherwise requires.

 

We operate in a manner intended to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes, commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2006, when we first elected REIT status. We utilize an Umbrella Partnership Real Estate Investment Trust (“UPREIT”) organizational structure to hold all or substantially all of our assets through our operating partnership, Dividend Capital Total Realty Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”).  Furthermore, our Operating Partnership wholly owns a taxable REIT subsidiary, DCTRT Leasing Corp. (the “TRS”), through which we execute certain business transactions that might otherwise have an adverse impact on our status as a REIT if such business transactions were to occur directly or indirectly through the Operating Partnership.

 

Our day-to-day activities are managed by Dividend Capital Total Advisors LLC (the “Advisor”), an affiliate, under the terms and conditions of an advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”). In addition, under the terms of certain dealer manager agreements, Dividend Capital Securities LLC (the “Dealer Manager”), an affiliate, serves as the dealer manager of our public and private offerings. The Advisor and its affiliates, including the Dealer Manager, receive various forms of compensation, reimbursements and fees for services relating to our public and private offerings and for the investment and management of our real estate assets.

 

We raise equity capital through (i) selling shares of our common stock through our public offerings, (ii) reinvestment of dividends by our stockholders through our distribution reinvestment plan and (iii) our Operating Partnership’s private placements (see Note 8). As of September 30, 2008, (i) we had sold approximately 145.9 million shares of our common stock, net of redemptions, for proceeds of approximately $1.5 billion, (ii) we had issued approximately 7.1 million shares of our common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $67.9 million pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan and (iii) we had raised approximately $157.0 million pursuant to our Operating Partnership’s private placements.

 

We use our capital to invest in a diverse portfolio of real properties, real estate securities, and debt related investments. We primarily invest in real property, consisting of office, industrial, retail, multifamily, hospitality and other properties, primarily located in North America. Additionally, we invest in real estate securities, including securities issued by other real estate companies, commercial mortgage backed securities (“CMBS”), commercial real estate collateralized debt obligations (“CRE-CDOs”) and similar investments and certain debt related investments, including originating and participating in mortgage loans secured by real estate, junior portions of first mortgages on commercial properties (“B-notes”), mezzanine debt and other related investments.

 

As of September 30, 2008, we had gross investments of approximately $1.5 billion, comprised of approximately (i) $1.3 billion in real property, (ii) $116.2 million in real estate securities and (iii) $106.1 million in debt related investments, including a $17.4 million investment in an unconsolidated joint venture.

 

2.                       SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Interim Financial Statements

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X for interim financial statements. Accordingly, these statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring items necessary for their fair presentation in conformity with GAAP. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year. The information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2007 and related notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 27, 2008.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

Due to our control of the Operating Partnership through our sole general partnership interest and the limited rights of

 

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the limited partners, we consolidate the Operating Partnership and limited partner interests are reflected as minority interests in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Our condensed consolidated financial statements also include the accounts of our consolidated subsidiaries and joint ventures through which we are the primary beneficiary under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 46(R), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entitiesan Interpretation of ARB No. 51 (“FIN No. 46(R)”), or through which we have a controlling interest. In determining whether we have a controlling interest in a joint venture and the requirement to consolidate the accounts of that entity, management considers factors such as ownership interest, board representation, management representation, authority to make decisions, and contractual and substantive participating rights of the partners/members as well as whether the entity is a variable interest entity in which it will absorb the majority of the entity’s expected losses, if they occur, or receive the majority of the expected residual returns, if they occur, or both.

 

Judgments made by management with respect to our level of influence or control of an entity and whether we are the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity as defined by FIN No. 46(R) involve consideration of various factors including the form of our ownership interest, the size of our investment (including loans) and our ability to participate in major policy making decisions. Management’s ability to correctly assess its influence or control over an entity affects the presentation of these investments in our condensed consolidated financial statements and, consequently, our financial position and specific items in our results of operations that are used by our stockholders, lenders and others in their evaluation of us.

 

Generally, we consolidate real estate partnerships and other entities that are not variable interest entities (as defined by FIN No. 46(R)) when we own, directly or indirectly, a majority voting interest in the entity. Our analysis of whether we consolidate real estate partnerships and other entities that are not variable interest entities is performed pursuant to various accounting pronouncements including: (i) Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 04-5, Determining Whether a General Partner, or the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited Partnership or Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights, (ii) ARB No. 51, Consolidated Financial Statements (“ARB No. 51”) and (iii) AICPA Statement of Position 78-9, Accounting for Investments in Real Estate Ventures.

 

Investments

 

Real Property

 

We capitalize direct costs associated with the acquisition, development or improvement of real property, including acquisition fees paid to the Advisor. Costs associated with the pursuit of acquisitions or developments are capitalized as incurred and, if the pursuit is abandoned, these costs are expensed in the period in which the pursuit is abandoned. Costs associated with the improvement of our real property assets are also capitalized as incurred. Costs incurred in making repairs and maintaining real estate assets are expensed as incurred. The results of operations for acquired real property are included in our accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations from their respective acquisition dates.

 

Upon acquisition, the total cost of a property is allocated to land, building, building and land improvements, tenant improvements and intangible lease assets and liabilities pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141, Business Combinations (“SFAS No. 141”). The allocation of the total cost to land, building, building improvements and tenant improvements is based on our estimate of the property’s as-if vacant fair value. The as-if vacant fair value is calculated by using all available information such as the replacement cost of such asset, appraisals, property condition reports, market data and other related information. Pursuant to SFAS No. 141, the difference between the fair value and the face value of debt assumed in an acquisition is recorded as a premium or discount and amortized to interest expense over the life of the debt assumed. The allocation of the total cost of a property to an intangible lease asset includes the value associated with the in-place leases which may include lost rent, leasing commissions, legal and other costs.

 

We record acquired “above” and “below-market” leases at their fair value equal to the difference between the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to each in-place lease and management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for each corresponding in-place lease, measured over a period equal to the remaining term of the lease for above-market leases and the remaining term of the lease plus the term of any below-market fixed-rate renewal option periods for below-market leases. In addition, we allocate a portion of the purchase price of an acquired property to the estimated value of customer relationships, if any. As of September 30, 2008, we had not recorded any estimated value to customer relationships.

 

Intangible in-place lease assets are amortized over the corresponding lease term. Above market lease assets are amortized as a reduction in rental revenue over the corresponding lease term. Below market lease liabilities are amortized as

 

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an increase in rental revenue over the corresponding lease term, plus any applicable fixed-rate renewal option periods. The following table summarizes the amounts we have incurred in amortization expense for intangible lease assets and adjustments to rental revenue for above market lease assets and below market lease liabilities for the three and nine months ending September 30, 2008 and 2007 related to intangible lease assets and liabilities (amounts in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

Intangible Lease Assets/Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intangible lease assets

 

$

6,882

 

$

5,374

 

$

20,750

 

$

10,433

 

Above market lease assets

 

721

 

595

 

2,222

 

1,195

 

Below market lease liabilities

 

(1,418

)

(902

)

(2,907

)

(1,496

)

Total Intangible Lease Assets/Liabilities

 

$

6,185

 

$

5,067

 

$

20,065

 

$

10,132

 

 

We expense any unamortized intangible asset or record an adjustment to rental revenue for any unamortized above market lease asset or below market lease liability when a tenant terminates a lease before the stated lease expiration date. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, as a result of early lease terminations, we wrote off (i) intangible lease assets of approximately $390,000 and $1.2 million, respectively, (ii) above market lease assets of $380 and $12,000, respectively, and (iii) below market lease liabilities of approximately $6,000 and $151,000, respectively. There were no early terminations of leases for the three or nine months ended September 30, 2007.

 

During the second quarter of 2008, we identified a misstatement related to our accounting treatment of below market lease liabilities. Prior to the three months ended June 30, 2008, we valued below market leases using the non-cancelable lease terms and amortized such amounts over the same term to rental revenue. During the three months ended June 30, 2008, we corrected an error with respect to below market leases whereby the valuation and the subsequent amortization period now considers fixed-rate renewal option periods to conform to the interpretive guidance of SFAS No. 141. This misstatement resulted in a net understatement of the total amount recorded to building and improvements in our historic consolidated balance sheets by approximately $28.8 million and $25.1 million as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. Furthermore, this misstatement resulted in a net understatement of our intangible lease liabilities in our historic consolidated balance sheets by approximately $30.0 million and $25.8 million as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. The impact of the misstatement to our consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and the year ended December 31, 2007 was (i) an overstatement of rental revenue of approximately $282,000 and $481,000, respectively, (ii) an understatement of depreciation and amortization of approximately $149,000 and $214,000, respectively, and (iii) an understatement of net loss by approximately $431,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and an overstatement of net income by approximately $695,000 for the year ended December 31, 2007. We believe neither the origination nor the correction of the misstatement was material quantitatively or qualitatively to our financial statements for the prior periods affected or for the three months ended June 30, 2008, the period in which we made our cumulative adjustment to correct the misstatement. The correction of this misstatement had no impact on the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2008. The impact on the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 was (i) a decrease to rental revenues of approximately $481,000, (ii) an increase to depreciation expense of approximately $214,000 and (iii) an increase in net loss of approximately $695,000.

 

Real Estate Securities

 

As of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, investments in real estate securities consisted of preferred equity securities, CMBS and CRE-CDOs. SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities (“SFAS No. 115”), requires us to classify our investments in real estate securities as either trading investments, available-for-sale investments or held-to-maturity investments. Although we generally intend to hold most of our investments in real estate securities for the long term or until maturity, we may from time to time sell any of these assets as part of the overall management of our portfolio. As of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, all of our real estate securities were classified as available-for-sale. All assets classified as available-for-sale are reported based on management’s best estimate of fair value.  In determining management’s best estimate of fair value, we consider various factors including, but not limited to, current market prices if available, current interest rates, relevant market indices, broker quotes, expected cash flows and other relevant market and security-specific data as appropriate. Temporary unrealized gains and losses are excluded from earnings and reported as a separate component within stockholders’ equity referred to as other comprehensive income (loss).

 

Debt Related Investments

 

As of September 30, 2008, we held debt related investments that consisted of (i) four B-notes, (ii) two mezzanine

 

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loans and (iii) one preferred equity investment in an unconsolidated joint venture. As of December 31, 2007, we held debt related investments that consisted of (i) one mortgage loan, (ii) four B-notes and (iii) two mezzanine loans. The following discussion pertains only to our mortgage, mezzanine, and B-note investments as our preferred equity investment is accounted for using the equity method of accounting.  Debt related investments are considered to be held-to-maturity, as we have both the intent and ability to hold these investments until maturity. Accordingly, these assets are carried at cost, net of unamortized loan origination costs and fees, discounts, repayments, sales of partial interests in loans, and unfunded commitments unless such loans or investments are deemed to be impaired.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

Revenue Recognition – Real Property

 

We record rental revenue for the full term of each lease on a straight-line basis. Certain properties have leases that offer the tenant a period of time where no rent is due or where rent payments increase during the term of the lease. Accordingly, we record a receivable from tenants for rent that we expect to collect over the remaining lease term rather than currently, which is recorded as straight-line rents receivable. When we acquire a property, the term of existing leases is considered to commence as of the acquisition date for purposes of this calculation. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, the total increase to rental revenue due to straight-line rent adjustments was approximately $1.5 million and $4.2 million, respectively; for the same periods in 2007 the total increase to rental revenue was approximately $816,000 and $1.5 million, respectively.

 

Tenant recovery income includes payments from tenants for real estate taxes, insurance and other property operating expenses and is recognized as rental revenue. Tenant recovery income recognized as rental revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 was approximately $4.7 million and $15.8 million, respectively. Tenant recovery income recognized as rental revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 was approximately $4.7 million and $9.1 million, respectively.

 

Revenue Recognition – Real Estate Securities

 

Interest income on CMBS and CRE-CDO investments is recognized using the effective interest method as required by EITF No. 99-20, Recognition of Interest Income and Impairment on Purchased and Retained Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets (“EITF No. 99-20”), on an accrual basis. Under EITF No. 99-20, at the time of purchase, our management estimates the future expected cash flows and determines the amount of accretable yield based on these estimated cash flows and the purchase price. As appropriate, we update these estimated cash flows using assumptions that a market participant would use to compute a revised yield based on the current amortized cost of the investment. In estimating these cash flows that a market participant would use in valuing these securities, there are a number of assumptions that are subject to uncertainties and contingencies, including the rate and timing of principal payments (including prepayments, repurchases, defaults and liquidations), the pass-through or coupon rate, interest rate fluctuations, interest payment shortfalls and the timing and the magnitude of credit losses on the mortgage loans underlying the securities. These uncertainties and contingencies are difficult to predict and are subject to future events that may impact management’s estimates and our interest income. If management determines there has been an other-than-temporary impairment of our CMBS and CRE-CDOs, then we account for such securities based on their fair value and determine an accretion value based on our estimate of a market participant’s expectations of the underlying cash flows as described above. This accretion value is amortized to income over the expected life of the investment. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, we recorded $387,000 to interest income for certain CRE-CDOs for which we recorded an other-than-temporary impairment.  See Note 4 for additional discussion of impairment of real estate securities. Dividend income on preferred securities is recognized on the date the dividend is earned. Upon settlement of securities, the excess (or deficiency) of net proceeds over the net carrying value of such security or loan is recognized as a gain (or loss) in the period of settlement.

 

Revenue Recognition — Debt Related Investments

 

Interest income on debt related investments is recognized over the life of the investment using the effective interest method and recognized on an accrual basis. Fees received in connection with loan commitments are deferred until the loan is funded and are then recognized over the term of the loan. Anticipated exit fees, where collection is expected, are also recognized over the term of the loan. Fees on commitments that expire unused are recognized at expiration. Fees received in exchange for the credit enhancement of another lender, either subordinate or senior to us, in the form of a guarantee are recognized over the term of that guarantee using the straight-line method.

 

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Impairment

 

Impairment — Real Property

 

We review our investments in real property individually on a quarterly basis, and more frequently when such an evaluation is warranted, to determine their appropriate classification, as well as whether there are indicators of impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (“SFAS No. 144”). The investments in real property are either classified as held for sale or held and used based on outlined criteria in SFAS No. 144. As of September 30, 2008, two of our properties had been analyzed and classified as held for sale. All of our remaining properties are classified as held and used. As of December 31, 2007, all of our investments in real property had been analyzed and classified as held and used. These held and used assets are reviewed for indicators of impairment which may include, among others, each tenant’s inability to make rent payments, operating losses or negative operating trends at the property level, notification by a tenant that it will not renew its lease, a decision to dispose of a property or adverse changes in the fair value of any of our properties. If indicators of impairment exist on a held and used asset, we compare the future estimated undiscounted cash flows from the expected use of the property to its net book value to determine if impairment exists. If the sum of the future estimated undiscounted cash flows is greater than the current net book value, in accordance with SFAS No. 144, we conclude no impairment exists. If the sum of the future estimated undiscounted cash flows is less than its current net book value, we recognize an impairment loss for the difference between the net book value of the property and its estimated fair value. If a property is classified as held for sale, we recognize an impairment loss if the current net book value of the property exceeds its fair value less selling costs. If our assumptions, projections or estimates regarding a property change in the future, we may have to record an impairment charge to reduce or further reduce the net book value of the property. As of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, we had not recorded any impairment charges to our real properties.

 

Impairment — Real Estate Securities

 

In accordance with FASB Staff Position No. 115-1/124-1, The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments (“FSP FAS No. 115-1/124-1”) and EITF No. 99-20, as applicable, we evaluate debt and equity securities for other-than-temporary impairment on a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market concerns warrant such evaluation. When management’s estimate of fair value, which is based on the notion of orderly market transactions, of a real estate security is less than its amortized cost for an extended period, we consider whether there is an other-than-temporary impairment in the value of the security. Consideration is given to (i) the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been lower than carrying value, (ii) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, (iii) whether the decline in the fair value below our amortized cost indicates that market participants’ expectations of the underlying cash flows have been adversely affected and (iv) our intent and ability to hold an investment for a reasonable period of time sufficient to allow for a forecasted recovery of fair value. If, in our judgment, an other-than-temporary impairment exists, the cost basis of the security is written down to its fair value as of the respective balance sheet date, and the respective unrealized loss is reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss and realized as a reduction to earnings. Significant judgments, including making assumptions regarding the estimated prepayments, loss assumptions and changes in interest rates, are required in determining impairment.

 

On October 14, 2008, the staff in the Office of the Chief Accountant of the Commission noted in a letter to the FASB, that after consulting with the FASB, the staff would not object to the application of an impairment model for perpetual preferred securities similar to debt securities since SFAS No. 115 does not specifically address the impact of the debt-like characteristics on the assessment of other-than-temporary impairment. Such an evaluation should be based on our ability and intent to hold the security to maturity and the underlying credit of the issuers. We adopted this impairment model for perpetual preferred securities for the three months ended September 30, 2008. The letter noted that the views of the staff were an intermediate step in the process of addressing the impairment of perpetual preferred securities and asked the FASB to expeditiously address the issues. There is no assurance that the FASB or the staff will formalize the views of the staff noted in the October 14, 2008 letter. As of September 30, 2008, all of our preferred securities investments were perpetual preferred securities. In applying the impairment model for perpetual preferred securities, we reviewed our preferred equity investments for indicators of other-than-temporary impairment. This review included analysis of (i) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer and (ii) our intent and ability to hold our investment for a reasonable period of time sufficient to allow for a forecasted recovery of fair value. Based on the results of this review, we did not record any other-than-temporary impairment charges related to our preferred equity securities during the three months ended September 30, 2008.

 

Impairment — Debt Related Investments

 

We review our debt related investments on a quarterly basis, and more frequently when such an evaluation is warranted, to determine if impairment exists in accordance with SFAS No. 114, Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan (“SFAS No. 114”). A loan is impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that we will be unable to collect all amounts due, both principal and interest, according to the contractual terms of the agreement. When a loan is deemed impaired, the impairment is measured based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate or, at the loan’s observable market price or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is

 

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collateral dependent. As of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, there were no impairment losses recognized for our debt related investments in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

 

SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (“SFAS No. 133”), as amended and interpreted, establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities. As required by SFAS No. 133, we record all derivative instruments in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets at fair value. Accounting for changes in the fair value of a derivative instrument depends on the intended use of the derivative instrument and the designation of the derivative instrument. Derivative instruments used to hedge exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset, liability, or firm commitments attributable to a particular risk, such as interest rate risk, are considered “fair value” hedges. Derivative instruments used to hedge exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, such as future interest payments, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered “cash flow” hedges.

 

For derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges, the changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument that represents changes in expected future cash flows which are effectively hedged by the derivative instrument are initially reported as other comprehensive income (loss) in the condensed consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity until the derivative instrument is settled. Upon settlement, the effective portion of the hedge is recognized as other comprehensive income (loss) and amortized over the term of the designated cash flow or transaction the derivative instrument was intended to hedge. The change in value of any derivative instrument that is deemed to be ineffective is charged directly to earnings when the determination of ineffectiveness is made. We assess the effectiveness of each hedging relationship by comparing the changes in fair value or cash flows of the derivative instrument with the changes in fair value or cash flows of the designated hedged item or transaction. For purposes of determining hedge ineffectiveness, management estimates the timing and amount of future fixed-rate debt issuances each quarter in order to estimate the cash flows of the designated hedged item or transaction.  Management considers the likelihood of the timing and amount of entering into such forecasted transactions when determining the expected future fixed-rate debt issuances. We do not use derivative instruments for trading or speculative purposes. Additionally, we have an interest rate collar and an interest rate cap that are not designated as hedges pursuant to the requirements of SFAS No. 133. These derivatives are not speculative and are used to manage exposure to interest rate volatility.

 

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Concentration of Credit Risk and Other Risks and Uncertainties

 

The values of many of the securities that we hold are sensitive to the volatility of the credit markets, and many of our securities may continue to be adversely affected by future developments. To the extent that uncertainty in the credit market continues and/or intensifies, it will continue to affect both the value and liquidity of our securities portfolio, as well as the availability or the terms of financing that we may potentially utilize in order to leverage our securities portfolio. Continued credit market volatility and uncertainty may also cause certain market indicators of impairment to persist, leading to further potential impairment charges and/or permanent losses in our CMBS and CRE-CDO investments.  If we were forced to liquidate our securities portfolio into the current market, we would experience significant losses on these investments.

 

We do not know the full extent to which the recent U.S. credit market disruptions will continue to affect us. However, based upon our available cash balances and outstanding borrowings, we believe that we currently have sufficient liquidity to hold our real estate securities assets to maturity, and we believe that we are not dependent upon selling these investments in order to fund our operations or to meet our existing debt service requirements.

 

We have not invested in any CMBS and CRE-CDOs which contain assets that could be classified as sub-prime residential mortgages. As such, we currently do not have direct exposure to the sub-prime residential lending market. We are not currently aware of any material deterioration in the credit quality or performance of the underlying loans that comprise our CMBS and CRE-CDO assets.

 

The recent market volatility and lack of liquidity has also made the valuation process pertaining to certain of our securities assets extremely difficult, particularly our CMBS and CRE-CDO assets, for which there is currently not an active market. Historically, our estimate of the value of these investments was primarily based on active issuances and the secondary trading market of such securities as compiled and reported by independent pricing agencies.  The current market environment is absent new issuances and there has been very limited, if any, secondary trading of CMBS and CRE-CDOs. Therefore, our estimate of fair value requires significant judgment by management and consideration of other indicators of value such as current interest rates, relevant market indices, expected cash flows and other relevant market and security-specific data as appropriate.  The amount that we could obtain if we were forced to liquidate our securities portfolio into the current market may be significantly different than management’s best estimate of fair value.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions relating to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Estimates and assumptions are reviewed periodically and the effects of any such revisions are recorded in the period that the revision is determined to be necessary.

 

Reclassifications

 

Certain items in the prior period accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations (“SFAS No. 141(R)”), which retains the fundamental requirements in SFAS No. 141 that the acquisition method of accounting be used for all business combinations and for an acquirer to be identified for each business combination. SFAS No. 141(R) establishes principles and requirements for how the acquirer recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree. Under SFAS No. 141(R), certain transaction costs that have historically been capitalized as acquisition costs will be expensed. SFAS No. 141(R) applies prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. An entity may not apply the provisions of SFAS No. 141(R) prior to that date. We will adopt the provisions of SFAS No. 141(R) on January 1, 2009. We are currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS No. 141(R) will have on our results of operations and financial position. The adoption of this standard on January 1, 2009 could materially impact our future financial results to the extent that we make significant investments, as related

 

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investment costs will be expensed as incurred, including acquisition fees paid to our Advisor. Our current practice is to capitalize such costs and amortize them over the estimated useful life of the assets acquired.

 

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements—an amendment of ARB No. 51 (“SFAS No. 160”), which clarifies that a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial statements. SFAS No. 160 changes the way the consolidated income statement is presented, thus requiring consolidated net income to be reported at amounts that include the amounts attributable to both the parent and the noncontrolling interest. SFAS No. 160 is effective January 1, 2009, and early adoption is not permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS No. 160 will have on our results of operations and financial position.

 

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities — an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133 (“SFAS No. 161”). This Statement amends SFAS No. 133 to provide additional information about how derivative and hedging activities affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. The Statement requires enhanced disclosures about an entity’s derivatives and hedging activities. SFAS No. 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. We are evaluating the application of SFAS No. 161 and anticipate that the Statement will not have an effect on our results of operations or financial position as the Statement only provides for new disclosure requirements.

 

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3.                       INVESTMENTS IN REAL PROPERTY

 

Our consolidated investments in real property consist of investments in office and office/R&D, industrial and retail properties. The following tables summarize our consolidated investments in real property as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007. The following table does not include two real property assets that are classified as held for sale.  (Amounts in thousands):

 

Real Property

 

Land

 

Building and
Improvements

 

Intangible
Lease Assets

 

Gross
Investment
Amount

 

Intangible
Lease
Liabilities

 

Total
Investment
Amount

 

As of September 30, 2008:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Office and office/R&D properties

 

$

78,228

 

$

172,850

 

$

46,879

 

$

297,957

 

$

(2,833

)

$

295,124

 

Industrial properties

 

50,140

 

282,823

 

36,789

 

369,752

 

(8,949

)

360,803

 

Retail properties

 

198,733

 

383,733

 

68,211

 

650,677

 

(44,875

)

605,802

 

Total gross book value

 

$

327,101

 

$

839,406

 

$

151,879

 

$

1,318,386

 

$

(56,657

)

$

1,261,729

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation/amortization

 

 

(32,139

)

(42,391

)

(74,530

)

5,757

 

(68,773

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total net book value

 

$

327,101

 

$

807,267

 

$

109,488

 

$

1,243,856

 

$

(50,900

)

$

1,192,956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2007:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Office and office/R&D properties

 

$

78,228

 

$

164,592

 

$

47,393

 

$

290,213

 

$

(2,826

)

$

287,387

 

Industrial properties

 

43,328

 

230,335

 

32,666

 

306,329

 

(3,211

)

303,118

 

Retail properties

 

190,635

 

360,498

 

67,616

 

618,749

 

(21,052

)

597,697

 

Total gross book value

 

$

312,191

 

$

755,425

 

$

147,675

 

$

1,215,291

 

$

(27,089

)

$

1,188,202

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation/amortization

 

 

(15,472

)

(20,144

)

(35,616

)

3,000

 

(32,616

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total net book value

 

$

312,191

 

$

739,953

 

$

127,531

 

$

1,179,675

 

$

(24,089

)

$

1,155,586

 

 

Real Property Investment Activity

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we acquired 11 real properties with a total investment cost of approximately $74.4 million.

 

Riverport Industrial Portfolio—On September 17, 2008, through a new joint venture with DCT (“DCT Joint Venture III”) with DCT Industrial Trust Inc. (NYSE: DCT) (“DCT”), we acquired a portfolio of five industrial properties located in Louisville, Kentucky for a total investment amount of approximately $30.9 million (the “Riverport Industrial Portfolio”). The Riverport Industrial Portfolio is 97% leased to nine tenants with remaining lease terms ranging from one to seven years. DCT Joint Venture III, through its subsidiaries, acquired the Riverport Industrial Portfolio using net proceeds from (i) our private and public offerings and (ii) an equity contribution from DCT. We contributed 90% of the equity used to acquire the Riverport Industrial Portfolio.

 

National Restaurant Portfolio I—On September 17, 2008, a wholly owned affiliate of Sovereign Investment Company (“Sovereign”), on behalf of certain joint venture arrangements (the “National Restaurant Portfolio I JV”) between wholly-owned subsidiaries of ours and an affiliate of Sovereign, entered into a sale-leaseback arrangement with a nationally recognized restaurant group and acquired a portfolio of five retail properties for a total investment amount of approximately $18.1 million (the “National Restaurant Portfolio I”). The properties in the National Restaurant Portfolio I are located in various markets throughout the United States, including (i) New Orleans, Louisiana, (ii) Palm Springs, California, (iii) Columbus, Ohio, (iv) Tampa Bay, Florida and (v) Palm Beach, Florida. The five properties in the National Restaurant Portfolio I are 100% leased to single tenants with lease terms ranging from 12 to 20 years. We have identified two of the five properties in the National Restaurant Portfolio I that we intend to sell shortly after acquisition. In accordance with SFAS No. 144, we report assets and liabilities and the results of operations from these two properties as held for sale and discontinued operations in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. We intend to hold the remaining three properties in the National Restaurant Portfolio I for long-term investment. The National Restaurant Portfolio I JV acquired the National Restaurant Portfolio I using net proceeds from (i) our public and private offerings, (ii) equity contributions from Sovereign and (iii) debt financing. We contributed 90% of the equity to the National Restaurant Portfolio I JV.

 

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WestportOn January 9, 2008, pursuant to a joint venture (“DCT Joint Venture II”) with DCT, we acquired one industrial property (“Westport”) for a total investment amount of approximately $25.4 million, comprising approximately 502,000 net rentable square feet.  Westport is located in the Central Pennsylvania market and is 100% occupied. Westport is 100% owned by us and is subject to the terms of the DCT Joint Venture II (See Note 12 for details of the DCT Joint Venture II).

 

4.                       INVESTMENTS IN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES

 

As of September 30, 2008, the estimated fair market value of our real estate securities investments was approximately $116.2 million, consisting of $44.5 million for our investments in preferred equity securities and $71.7 million for our investments in CMBS and CRE-CDOs. As of December 31, 2007, the fair market value of our real estate securities was approximately $180.7 million, consisting of $75.5 million for our investments in preferred equity securities and $105.2 million for our investments in CMBS and CRE-CDOs. The following table describes our real estate securities investments in more detail as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (dollar amounts in thousands).

 

 

 

Number of 

 

Amount Invested as of

 

Fair Value as of

 

 

 

Weighted Average
Maturity in Years as of

 

Security Type

 

Holdings

 

September 30, 2008

 

December 31, 2007

 

September 30, 2008

 

December 31, 2007

 

Average Ratings (1) (2)

 

September 30, 2008 (2) (3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred Equity

 

24

 

$

102,725

 

$

102,725

 

$

44,518

 

$

75,489

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

CRE-CDO

 

15

 

139,852

 

139,917

 

69,687

 

102,260

 

BB  

 

7.6

 

CMBS

 

2

 

4,019

 

4,019

 

2,018

 

2,914

 

BB+ 

 

7.5

 

Total

 

41

 

$

246,596

 

$

246,661

 

$

116,223

 

$

180,663

 

 

 

 

 

 


(1)

We use Standard and Poor’s credit ratings as our source for this calculation. Approximately 84% of our preferred securities, based on acquisition cost, do not have publicly available ratings.

(2)

Weighted by relative values of the amount invested as of September 30, 2008.

(3)

Our preferred equity securities are perpetual in nature and do not have stated maturity dates.

 

The following table describes our income from real estate securities investments in more detail for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 (dollar amounts in thousands).

 

 

 

 

 

Securities Income

 

 

 

 

 

Number of 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

Weighted Average Yield as of

 

Security Type

 

Holdings

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

September 30, 2008 (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred Equity

 

24

 

$

1,612

 

$

2,000

 

$

5,552

 

$

4,190

 

8.0

%

CRE-CDO (2)

 

15

 

2,453

 

2,491

 

6,994

 

6,013

 

7.1

%

CMBS

 

2

 

72

 

70

 

213

 

222

 

7.2

%

Total

 

41

 

$

4,137

 

$

4,561

 

$

12,759

 

$

10,425

 

7.5

%

 


(1)          Weighted average yield is calculated on an unlevered basis using the average amount invested, current interest rates and accretion of premiums and discounts realized upon the initial investment for each security type. Yields for LIBOR-based, floating-rate investments have been calculated using the one-month LIBOR rate as of September 30, 2008 for purposes of this table.

(2)          Incremental accretion associated with impairment charges totaled approximately $387,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008.

 

Other-than-Temporary Impairment

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, we recorded impairment charges totaling approximately $13.5 million and $79.4 million, respectively, related to other-than-temporary impairment of our real estate securities. This impairment charge was comprised of (i) impairment charges of approximately $32.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 related to 21 of our preferred equity securities and (ii) impairment charges of approximately $13.5 million and $46.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively, related to one and six of our CRE-CDO securities, respectively. These impairment charges are reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. During the same period in 2007 we did not record any impairment charges to our real estate securities.

 

Pursuant to EITF No. 99-20, if management determines that market participants expect the underlying cash flows of a security to have been adversely affected, then the amount of accretable yield should be recalculated using the revised estimated of cash flows a market participant would use. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, we recorded approximately $387,000 to interest income as a result of additional accretable yield associated with previously impaired CRE-CDOs. No accretion was recorded for the same periods in 2007 as a result of impairments and/or a change in estimated cash flows.

 

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Unrealized Losses

 

As of September 30, 2008, the balance in other comprehensive income (loss) specific to our real estate securities reflects a loss of approximately $51.2 million. This amount is included in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity as other comprehensive income (loss) and consists of 35 securities in a $58.5 million loss position and six securities in a $7.5 million gain position, net of previous impairment charges of $79.4 million.

 

The following table presents the unrealized losses and estimated fair values of our real estate securities investments by length of time that such securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007. For purposes of the following table, for securities which we have previously recorded an other-than-temporary impairment charge, the unrealized loss amount (if any) is determined based on comparing the current fair market value to the fair value recorded as of the most recent impairment date (dollar amounts in thousands).

 

 

 

Less Than 12 Months

 

12 Months or Greater

 

Total

 

Type of Security

 

Number of
Holdings

 

Fair Value

 

Gross
Unrealized
Loss

 

Number of
Holdings

 

Fair Value

 

Gross
Unrealized
Loss

 

Number of
Holdings

 

Fair Value

 

Gross
Unrealized
Loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of September 30, 2008:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred Equity

 

24

 

$

44,518

 

$

25,549

 

 

$

 

$

 

24

 

$

44,518

 

$

25,549

 

CMBS and CRE-CDOs

 

 

 

 

11

 

38,830

 

32,938

 

11

 

38,830

 

32,938

 

Total

 

24

 

$

44,518

 

$

25,549

 

11

 

$

38,830

 

$

32,938

 

35

 

$

83,348

 

$

58,487

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2007:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred Equity

 

23

 

$

74,948

 

$

27,033

 

1

 

$

541

 

$

204

 

24

 

$

75,489

 

$

27,237

 

CMBS and CRE-CDOs

 

15

 

98,074

 

35,971

 

2

 

7,101

 

2,951

 

17

 

105,175

 

38,922

 

Total

 

38

 

$

173,022

 

$

63,004

 

3

 

$

7,642

 

$

3,155

 

41

 

$

180,664

 

$

66,159

 

 

Based upon our intent and ability to hold these real estate securities for a period of time sufficient to allow for a forecasted recovery of fair value, the continued performance of the issuer or the underlying collateral, as well as the continued performance of the underlying cash flows, the gross unrealized loss of approximately $58.5 million is considered to be temporary as of September 30, 2008, and, as a result, no additional impairment losses related to the real estate securities in the above table have been recognized. During the three months ended September 30, 2008, we adopted an impairment model for our perpetual preferred securities investments in response to a letter from the staff in the Office of the Chief Accountant of the Commission dated October 14, 2008. See Note 2 for discussion of the implementation of this impairment model.

 

Investment Activity

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we did not invest in any additional real estate securities.

 

5.                       DEBT RELATED INVESTMENTS

 

 

As of September 30, 2008, we had approximately $106.1 million in debt related investments including an investment of approximately $17.4 million in an unconsolidated joint venture (see the discussion regarding the Liberty Avenue Debt Investment below regarding this investment). The following table describes our debt related investments in more detail as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (dollar amounts in thousands).

 

 

 

Number of Investments as of

 

Net Investment as of

 

Weighted
Average

 

Investment Type

 

September 30,
2008

 

December 31,
2007

 

September 30,
2008

 

December 31,
2007

 

Maturity in
Years (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage loan (2)

 

 

1

 

$

 

$

28,000

 

N/A

 

B-notes

 

4

 

4

 

51,928

 

51,942

 

3.0

 

Mezzanine debt

 

2

 

2

 

36,823

 

24,149

 

6.2

 

Subtotal

 

6

 

7

 

88,751

 

104,091

 

4.3

 

Unconsolidated joint venture

 

1

 

 

17,360

 

 

1.7

 

Total

 

7

 

7

 

$

106,111

 

$

104,091

 

3.9

 

 


(1) Weighted by the relative investment amounts.

 

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(2) During the three months ended September 30, 2008, we had one mortgage loan investment that had been repaid in full.

 

The following table describes our debt related income, including equity in earnings of an unconsolidated joint venture, in more detail for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 (dollar amounts in thousands).

 

 

 

Debt Related Income and Equity in Earnings From
Unconsolidated Joint Venture

 

Weighted

 

 

 

For the Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

Average Yield
as of September

 

Investment Type

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

30, 2008 (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage loan (2)

 

$

910

 

$

816

 

$

2,346

 

$

2,046

 

N/A

 

B-notes

 

950

 

1,216

 

2,962

 

3,060

 

8.1

%

Mezzanine debt

 

593

 

537

 

2,132

 

1,347

 

10.0

%

Subtotal

 

2,453

 

2,569

 

7,440

 

6,453

 

8.9

%

Unconsolidated joint venture

 

31

 

 

31

 

 

13.0

%

Total

 

$

2,484

 

$

2,569

 

$

7,471

 

$

6,453

 

9.6

%

 


(1) Weighted average yield is calculated on an unlevered basis using the average amount invested, current interest rates and accretion of premiums or discounts realized upon the initial investment for each investment type. Yields for LIBOR-based, floating-rate investments have been calculated using the one-month LIBOR rate as of September 30, 2008 for purposes of this table.

(2) During the three months ended September 30, 2008, our one mortgage loan investment was repaid in full.

 

Debt Related Investment Activity

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we acquired two debt related investments and we received full and complete payment of another debt related investment resulting in a net decrease in our debt related investments of approximately $1.3 million.

 

Liberty Avenue Debt Investment — On September 25, 2008, we acquired an indirect interest in a debt investment structured as a redeemable preferred equity investment (the “Liberty Avenue Debt Investment”) through a joint venture arrangement with Pearson Partners Inc (the “Liberty Avenue Joint Venture”). We acquired the Liberty Avenue Debt Investment for a gross investment amount of approximately $17.3 million, which represents our 80% interest in the joint venture. Our investment amount includes an acquisition fee paid to our Advisor of approximately $170,000. The Liberty Avenue Debt Investment relates to an office property located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Liberty Avenue Debt Investment matures in May 2010. The Liberty Avenue Joint Venture has an option to purchase this property in 2010.

 

The Liberty Avenue Joint Venture is accounted for as an unconsolidated joint venture, which we account for using the equity method per guidance established under APB No. 18. We include the Liberty Avenue Debt Investment in our debt related investments operating segment as the terms of our investment are managed similar to our other debt related investments.

 

Greensboro Mezzanine Loan —  On May 20, 2008, we acquired one mezzanine debt investment (the “Greensboro Park Mezzanine Loan”) for a gross investment amount of approximately $16.7 million, which includes an approximate $165,000 acquisition fee payable to our Advisor. The Greensboro Park Mezzanine Loan is secured by an equity interest in the owner of an office property located in the Washington, D.C. market. We acquired the loan at a $1.8 million discount to par value. The Greensboro Park Mezzanine Loan matures in June 2012. We paid for the Greensboro Park Mezzanine Loan through a combination of net proceeds from our public and private offerings and debt financing (see Note 6 for discussion of this debt financing).

 

Mortgage Note and Mezzanine Loan Repayment

 

From July 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008, we received full repayment of one of our debt related investments, which included both a mortgage note portion and a mezzanine loan portion associated with a real estate development project located in the New York City market. At the time of repayment, the mortgage note and the mezzanine loan had an outstanding balance of $28.0 million and $7.3 million, respectively.

 

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6.                       DEBT OBLIGATIONS

 

We use and intend to continue to use secured debt as a means of providing additional capital for the acquisition of real property, real estate securities and debt related investments. As of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 we had outstanding debt obligations of approximately $662.3 million and $699.0 million, respectively. These borrowings were comprised of mortgage notes as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 of approximately $627.0 million and $661.7 million, respectively, and other secured borrowings of approximately $35.3 million and $37.3 million, respectively.

 

Mortgage Notes

 

The following table describes our mortgage notes related to our operating properties in more detail as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (dollar amounts in thousands).

 

 

 

Weighted Average
Interest Rate as of

 

Outstanding
Balance as of

 

Gross Investment Amount of
Properties Securing Mortgage
Notes as of

 

 

 

September 30,
2008

 

December 31,
2007

 

September 30,
2008

 

December 31,
2007

 

September 30,
2008

 

December 31,
2007

 

Fixed rate mortgages

 

5.87

%

5.90

%

$

569,127

 

$

490,797

 

$

947,469

 

$

769,261

 

Floating rate mortgages (1) (2)

 

5.70

%

6.03

%

57,885

 

170,886

 

81,762

 

262,224

 

Total / weighted average

 

5.85

%

5.93

%

$

627,012

 

$

661,683

 

$

1,029,231

 

$

1,031,485

 

 


(1)       As of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, floating-rate mortgage notes were subject to interest rates at spreads of 1.40% to 3.50% and 0.95% to 1.60%, respectively, over one-month LIBOR.

 

(2)       This table excludes debt associated with discontinued operations. We currently have two properties that are classified as held for sale and reported as part of discontinued operations and these two properties were encumbered by $5.5 million of floating rate mortgage debt with interest equal to 7.43% as of September 30, 2008.

 

As of September 30, 2008, 17 mortgage notes were interest only and 12 mortgage notes were fully amortizing with outstanding balances of approximately $500.3 million and $126.7 million, respectively. Mortgage notes outstanding as of September 30, 2008 had maturity dates ranging from June 2009 through December 2029. Only one of our mortgage notes in the amount of $41.8 million will mature in 2009. Three of our mortgage notes for a total amount of $25.2 million will mature in 2010. However, certain of these mortgage notes are subject to extension options that may extend the loan’s maturity date. Certain mortgage notes require us to maintain limited financial covenants, all of which were met as of September 30, 2008.

 

Loan Extinguishment

 

On May 19, 2008, we repaid floating-rate debt that had been previously secured by 17 retail properties that had been acquired as part of our New England Retail Portfolio purchased in 2007. The floating-rate debt consisted of an interest-only, secured floating-rate senior loan (the “New England Mortgage Loan”) and an interest-only floating-rate mezzanine loan (the “New England Mezzanine Loan”). As of May 19, 2008, the outstanding aggregate principal balance under the New England Mortgage Loan and the New England Mezzanine Loan was approximately $121.9 million.

 

We repaid the total outstanding aggregate principal balance of both loans in the amount of approximately $111.5 million, representing an approximate $10.4 million discount, or 91.5% of par, from the outstanding aggregate principal balance without penalty and in complete satisfaction of our repayment obligations under the New England Mortgage Loan and the New England Mezzanine Loan agreements. In the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations, this discount is presented as a gain on extinguishment of debt, net of approximately $1.1 million of unamortized deferred loan costs.

 

Borrowing Activity

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we obtained approximately $86.0 million in new mortgage debt financing specific to our operating properties, which was comprised of several collateralized mortgages loans, as described in further detail in the table below (dollar amounts in thousands).

 

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Loan Description

 

No. of
Properties
Securing
Loan

 

Fixed /
Floating

 

Interest Only
/ Amortizing

 

Issuance Date

 

Interest
Rate (1)

 

Amount

 

Maturity Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DCT Joint Venture I Mortgage Loan

 

6

 

Fixed

 

Amortizing

 

June and September 2008

 

5.94

%

$

33,500

 

July 2015

 

New England Portfolio Mortgage Loan I

 

2

 

Fixed

 

Amortizing

 

June 2008

 

6.02

%

23,230

 

July 2015

 

Mansfield Mortgage Loan

 

1

 

Fixed

 

Amortizing

 

September 2008

 

6.03

%

9,600

 

October 2015

 

Meriden Mortgage Loan

 

1

 

Fixed

 

Amortizing

 

September 2008

 

5.76

%

13,260

 

October 2015

 

National Retail Portfolio I Mortgage Loan

 

3

 

Floating

 

Interest Only

 

September 2008

 

7.43

%

6,398

 

September 2010

 

Total / Weighted Average

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.05

%

$

85,988

 

 

 

 


(1) Based on the one-month LIBOR rate as of September 30, 2008 for the floating rate loan.

 

Other Secured Borrowings

 

Borrowings Secured by Debt Related Investments

 

To partially finance the acquisition of the Greensboro Park Mezzanine Loan, we obtained a floating-rate loan with an outstanding principal balance of approximately $10.8 million that bears interest based at a spread of 1.50% over the one-month LIBOR rate. The loan was used to acquire the Greensboro Park Mezzanine Loan debt related investment and has a maturity date that is coterminous with the maturity of the Greensboro Park Mezzanine Loan, which occurs in 2012.

 

Securities Margin Account

 

In July 2006, we established a securities margin account with an independent, third-party commercial lender intended to enable us to borrow funds for various purposes secured by our preferred equity securities. As of September 30, 2008, the fair market value of the preferred equity securities which serve as collateral for the securities margin account was approximately $44.5 million. Pursuant to this securities margin account, we have the capacity to borrow up to 65% of the market value of any eligible real estate security held in the account. As of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, approximately $24.5 million and $37.3 million, respectively, was outstanding on the securities margin account. The proceeds from these borrowings were used for general corporate and investment purposes. Borrowings associated with this securities margin account are charged interest at a rate of one-month LIBOR plus 50 basis points, and as of September 30, 2008, the interest rate on the securities margin account was 4.43%. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, we incurred interest expense for the securities margin account of approximately $230,000 and $854,000, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, we incurred interest expense for the securities margin account of approximately $363,000.

 

7.                       HEDGING ACTIVITIES

 

As of September 30, 2008, we had the following outstanding derivative instruments designed to hedge our exposure to the variability in future cash flows for debt issuances and forecasted debt issuances related to prospective real property acquisitions: (i) three LIBOR-based forward starting swaps hedging cash flows in anticipation of expected future ten-year, fixed-rate debt issuances of approximately $200 million, (ii) a three-year, zero cost collar associated with a floating-rate mortgage note related to the acquisition of an office property and (iii) a two-year LIBOR-based interest rate cap. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008 we terminated one LIBOR-based forward starting swap with a notional amount of $150 million by paying approximately $12.3 million to cash settle the hedge. A portion of this hedge was settled in the second quarter in connection with the issuance of $51.5 million of fixed-rate debt issuances and the remaining portion of this hedge was settled on July 22, 2008 just before the contractual maturity, which was August 1, 2008.

 

As of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, derivatives with a fair value of approximately $19.2 million and $27.9 million, respectively, were included in derivative instruments as a liability. As of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the net unrealized loss on our derivatives was approximately $24.2 million and $27.7 million, respectively, as reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity as accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). For hedges of existing variable-rate debt, the amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) will be reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are made on the issued variable-rate debt. For hedges of forecasted issuances of fixed-rate debt, amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) will be reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are made on the fixed-rate debt after the debt has been issued.

 

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Fixed-Rate Debt Issuances

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we obtained approximately $79.6 million in mortgage debt financing secured by ten of our real properties, which qualified for hedge accounting (see Note 6). As a result, a loss of approximately $6.2 million was included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets and will be amortized over the life of the related fixed-rate debt.

 

Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we determined that it was no longer probable that previously forecasted issuances of fixed-rate debt related to a $70.4 million portion of one of our LIBOR-based forward starting swaps would be issued within the timeframe specified in its corresponding hedge designation memorandum. As a result of the discontinuance of this cash flow hedge, a loss of approximately $6.2 million was reclassified from other comprehensive income (loss) to gain (loss) on derivatives.

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2008, hedge ineffectiveness resulted in a net gain of approximately $488,000 and a net loss of approximately $2.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, and has been reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations as gain (loss) on derivatives due to a change in the forecasted dates for debt issuances hedged by our remaining forward starting swaps.

 

The change in fair value of derivatives not designated as hedges was approximately $(17,000) and 29,000 the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively, and has been included in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations as a net (decrease) increase to gain (loss) on derivatives. For the same periods in 2007, $88,000 and $115,000, respectively, has been included in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations as an increase to interest expense for these derivatives.

 

8.                       THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP’S PRIVATE PLACEMENT

 

The Operating Partnership, through the TRS, is currently offering undivided tenancy-in-common interests in real property and beneficial interests in Delaware Statutory Trusts that own real property to accredited investors in private placements. We anticipate that these tenancy-in-common and beneficial interests may serve as replacement properties for investors seeking to complete like-kind exchange transactions under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The properties owned by the tenancy-in-common and beneficial interests sold to accredited investors are 100% leased by the Operating Partnership. Additionally, the Operating Partnership is given a purchase option giving it the right, but not the obligation, to acquire the tenancy-in-common or beneficial interests from the investors at a later point in time in exchange for partnership units in the Operating Partnership representing limited partnership interest (“OP Units”). Under a prior program administered by the Operating Partnership, such options were granted in the lease itself, and the Operating Partnership continues to hold these options as well.

 

Our Operating Partnership will pay certain up-front fees and reimburse certain related expenses to our Advisor, the Dealer Manager and Dividend Capital Exchange Facilitators LLC (the “Facilitator”) for raising capital through the private placements. Our Advisor is obligated to pay all of the offering and marketing related costs associated with the private placements. However, the Operating Partnership is obligated to pay our Advisor a non-accountable expense allowance which equals 1.5% of the gross equity proceeds raised through the private placements. In addition, the Operating Partnership is obligated to pay the Dealer Manager a dealer manager fee of up to 1.5% of gross equity proceeds raised through the private placements and a commission of up to 5.0% of gross equity proceeds raised through the private placements. The Dealer Manager may re-allow such commissions and a portion of such dealer manager fee to participating broker dealers. The Operating Partnership is also obligated to pay a transaction facilitation fee to the Facilitator, an affiliate of our Advisor, of up to 2.0% of gross equity proceeds raised through the private placements.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Operating Partnership raised approximately $50.4 million from the sale of undivided tenancy-in-common interests in four properties, which is included in financing obligations in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets pursuant to SFAS No. 98, Accounting for Leases (“SFAS No. 98”). During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Operating Partnership also exercised its option to acquire, at fair market value, approximately $65.9 million of previously issued undivided tenancy-in-common interests in six properties for a combination of (i) approximately 6.5 million OP Units issued at a price of $10.00 per OP Unit, representing approximately $64.8 million of the aggregate purchase price of such properties and (ii) approximately $1.1 million in cash. We have leased the properties sold to unrelated third parties, and in accordance with SFAS No. 98, rental payments made to third parties under the lease agreements are recognized as interest expense using the interest method. In addition, the Operating Partnership is separately granted an option to purchase each undivided tenancy-in-common interest or beneficial interests after a certain period of time in exchange for OP Units (as previously mentioned, such options were formally granted in the

 

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lease itself, and the Operating Partnership continues to hold these options). The result of the above activity was a net decrease in our financing obligations of approximately $15.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008.

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, we incurred rent obligations of approximately $1.4 million and $4.5 million, respectively, under various lease agreements with certain third-party investors. During the same periods in 2007, we incurred rent obligations of approximately $1.3 million and $3.0 million, respectively, under various lease agreements with certain third-party investors. A portion of such amounts was accounted for as an increase of the outstanding principal balance of the financing obligations and a portion was accounted for as an increase to interest expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. The various lease agreements in place as of September 30, 2008 contained expiration dates ranging from April 2018 to January 2037.

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 our Operating Partnership incurred upfront costs of approximately $1.8 million and $5.0 million, respectively, payable to our Advisor and other affiliates for services provided related to effecting these transactions, which are accounted for as deferred loan costs. During the same periods in 2007, our Operating Partnership incurred upfront costs of approximately $1.8 million and $5.3 million, respectively. Such deferred loan costs are included in other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and amortized to interest expense over the life of the financing obligation. If our Operating Partnership elects to exercise any purchase option as described above and issue OP Units, the unamortized up-front fees and expense reimbursements paid to affiliates will be recorded against minority interests as a selling cost of the OP Units. If our Operating Partnership does not elect to exercise any such purchase option, we will continue to account for these transactions as a financing obligation because we will continue to sublease 100% of the properties and will therefore not meet the definition of “active use” set forth in SFAS No. 98 in order to recognize the sale of such tenancy-in-common interests.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, our Operating Partnership exercised purchase options to buy the tenancy-in-common interests it had previously sold in six properties. The following table sets forth certain details regarding these transactions for which the Operating Partnership issued OP Units for such tenancy-in-common interests. (dollar amounts in thousands):

 

Exercise Date

 

Property

 

Market

 

OP Units
Issued (1)

 

Total Value (2)

 

January 18, 2008

 

Rickenbacker, IV

 

Columbus, OH

 

1,441

 

14,406

 

February 6, 2008

 

Park West Q

 

Cincinnati, OH

 

957

 

9,572

 

May 13, 2008

 

Eagle Creek East

 

Minneapolis, MN

 

882

 

8,823

 

May 28, 2008

 

Minnesota Valley III

 

Minneapolis, MN

 

1,396

 

13,961

 

June 26, 2008

 

Park West L

 

Cincinnati, OH

 

804

 

8,044

 

August 22, 2008

 

Eagle Creek West

 

Minneapolis, MN

 

1,001

 

10,006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,481

 

$

64,812

 

 


(1) Holders of OP Units have substantially the same economic interest as our common shareholders (see Note 10).

(2) Reflects the value of OP Units issued in connection with the exercise of purchase options to acquire the undivided tenancy-in-common interests based on the most recent selling price of our common stock ($10.00 per OP Unit as of September 30, 2008).

 

9.                                      FAIR VALUE DISCLOSURES

 

On January 1, 2008, we adopted SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS No. 157”). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 applies to reported balances that are required or permitted to be measured at fair value under existing accounting pronouncements; accordingly, the standard does not require any new fair value measurements of reported balances.

 

SFAS No. 157 emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement, not an entity-specific measurement. Therefore, a fair value measurement should be determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. As a basis for considering market participant assumptions in fair value measurements, SFAS No. 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs that are classified within Levels 1 and 2 of the hierarchy) and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions (unobservable inputs classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy).

 

Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that we have the ability to access. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active

 

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markets, as well as inputs that are observable for the asset or liability (other than quoted prices), such as interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liabilities, which are typically based on an entity’s own assumptions, as there is little, if any, related market activity. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the asset or liability. As of September 30, 2008, we were required to measure the fair market value of our investments in real estate securities and derivatives on a recurring basis, as described below.

 

Fair Value Estimates of Investments in Real Estate Securities

 

As of September 30, 2008, our real estate securities were valued in two categories, comprised of (i) preferred equity securities and (ii) CMBS and CRE-CDOs. Our pricing procedures for each of the two categories are applied to each specific investment within their respective categories.

 

Preferred Equity Securities — The valuation of our investments in preferred equity securities is determined using exchange listed prices in an active market. As such, preferred equity securities fall within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

CMBS and CRE-CDOs — We estimate the fair value of our CMBS and CRE-CDO securities using a combination of observable market information and unobservable market assumptions. Observable market information used in these fair market valuations include benchmark interest rates, interest rate curves, credit market indexes and swap curves. Unobservable market assumptions used in the determination of the fair market valuations of our CMBS and CRE-CDO investments include market assumptions related to discount rates, default rates, prepayment rates, reviews of trustee or investor reports and sample broker quotes in what is currently an inactive market. Additionally, we consider security-specific characteristics in determining the fair market values of our CMBS and CRE-CDO investments, which include consideration of the underlying collateral’s average default rates, the average delinquency rate and loan-to-value, among several other characteristics. As a result, both Level 2 and Level 3 inputs are used in arriving at the valuation of the our investments in CMBS and CRE-CDOs. We consider the Level 3 inputs used in determining the fair market value of its investments in CMBS and CRE-CDO securities to be significant. As such, all investments in CMBS and CRE-CDO securities fall under the Level 3 category of the fair market value hierarchy.

 

Fair Value Estimates of Derivative Instruments

 

Currently, we use forward starting swaps, zero cost collars and interest rate caps to manage interest rate risk. The values of these instruments are determined using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analysis of the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and implied volatilities. The valuation methodologies are segregated into two categories of derivatives: (i) forward starting swaps and (ii) zero cost collars/interest rate caps.

 

Forward Starting Swaps — Forward starting swaps are considered and measured at fair value as interest rate swaps. The fair values of interest rate swaps are determined using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted future fixed cash payments and the discounted expected variable cash receipts.  The variable cash receipts are based on an expectation of future interest rates (forward curves) derived from observable market interest rate curves.

 

Zero Cost Collars/Interest Rate Caps (Interest Rate Options) — Zero cost collars and interest rate caps are considered and measured at fair value as interest rate options. The fair values of interest rate options are determined using the market standard methodology of discounting the future expected cash receipts that would occur if variable interest rates fell below or rose above the strike rate of the caps or outside of the applicable collar rates.  The variable interest rates used in the calculation of projected receipts on the cap or collar rates are based on an expectation of future interest rates derived from observable market interest rate curves and volatilities.

 

To comply with the provisions of SFAS No. 157, we incorporate credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both our own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements. In adjusting the fair value of our derivative contracts for the effect of nonperformance risk, we have considered the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings, thresholds, mutual puts, and guarantees.

 

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Although we have determined that the majority of the inputs used to value our derivative instruments fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit valuation adjustments associated with our derivative instruments utilize Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads, to evaluate the likelihood of potential default by us and our counterparties. However, as of September 30, 2008, we have assessed the significance of the impact of the credit valuation adjustments on the overall valuation of our derivative positions and have determined that the credit valuation adjustments are not significant to the overall valuation of our derivative instruments. As a result, we have determined that all of our derivative valuations are classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

The table below presents certain of our assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2008, aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall as defined above (amounts in thousands):

 

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred equity

 

$

44,518

 

$

 

$

 

$

44,518

 

CMBS and CRE-CDOs

 

 

 

71,705

 

$

71,705

 

Investment in real estate securities

 

44,518

 

 

71,705

 

116,223

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative instruments

 

 

(19,203

)

 

(19,203

)

Total

 

$

44,518

 

$

(19,203

)

$

71,705

 

$

97,020

 

 

The table below presents a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of certain of our assets and liabilities having fair value measurements based on significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) between December 31, 2007 and September 30, 2008 (amounts in thousands):

 

 

 

CMBS and
CRE-CDOs

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning balance as of December 31, 2007 (1)

 

$

105,175

 

 

 

 

 

Included in net income (loss)

 

(46,783

)

Included in other comprehensive income (loss)

 

13,378

 

Purchases, issuances and settlements

 

(65

)

Total change in fair market value

 

(33,470

)

 

 

 

 

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ending balance as of September 30, 2008

 

$

71,705

 

 


(1) We implemented the provisions of SFAS No. 157 effective as of January 1, 2008. The implementation of SFAS No. 157 did not significantly impact our pricing procedures related to our investments in real estate securities that fall under the Level 3 category of the pricing hierarchy. As a result, the fair market value of these securities is presented as a beginning balance as of December 31, 2007 as opposed to a transfer into Level 3.

 

10.                MINORITY INTERESTS

 

Our minority interests consist of three components: (i) joint venture partnership interests held by our partners, (ii) OP Units held by third parties and (iii) Special Units held by the parent of our Advisor. The following table summarizes minority interest balances as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 in terms of cumulative contributions, distributions and cumulative allocations of net income (loss) (amounts in thousands).

 

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September 30,
2008

 

December 31,
2007

 

OP Units:

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions, net

 

$

59,350

 

$

200

 

Distributions

 

(1,684

)

(21

)

Share of net income (loss)

 

(1,809

)

(60

)

Subtotal

 

55,857

 

119

 

Joint venture partner interest:

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions

 

31,604

 

27,094

 

Distributions

 

(10,074

)

(7,501

)

Share of net income (loss)

 

(1,849

)

(873

)

Subtotal

 

19,681

 

18,720

 

Special units:

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions

 

1

 

1

 

Distributions

 

 

 

Share of net income (loss)

 

 

 

Subtotal

 

1

 

1

 

Total

 

$

75,539

 

$

18,840

 

 

OP Units

 

As of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, we owned approximately 96.0% and 99.0%, respectively, of our Operating Partnership, and the remaining interests in our Operating Partnership are owned by third-party investors and our Advisor. After a period of one year, OP Units are redeemable at the option of the OP Unit holder. We have the option of redeeming the OP Units with cash or with shares of our common stock. In May 2005, our Operating Partnership issued 20,000 OP Units to our Advisor for gross proceeds of $200,000, which currently represents less than a 0.1% ownership interest in our Operating Partnership. In addition, as of September 30, 2008, we had issued approximately 6.5 million OP Units to third-party investors in connection with our Operating Partnership’s private placement of undivided tenancy-in-common interests in certain properties (see Note 8).

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008 OP Unit holders contributed approximately $64.8 million to our Operating Partnership and received aggregate distributions from our Operating Partnership of approximately $1.7 million. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, we attributed approximately $384,000 and $1.7 million, respectively, in net losses of our Operating Partnership to OP Unit holders. For the same periods in 2007, we attributed approximately $400 and $2,000, respectively, in the net income of our Operating Partnership to OP Unit holders.

 

As of September 30, 2008, there were approximately 6.5 million OP Units outstanding held by third parties with a maximum approximate redemption value of $64.8 million based on the price of our common stock as of September 30, 2008.

 

Joint Venture Partner Interests

 

Our joint ventures are consolidated by us in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. We present contributions, distributions and equity in earnings of the respective joint venture partners as minority interests.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008 joint venture partners contributed approximately $4.5 million to these joint ventures and had received distributions from these joint ventures of approximately $2.6 million. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, joint venture partners collectively participated in approximately $314,000 and $975,000, respectively, in net losses of their respective joint ventures. For the same periods in 2007, joint venture partners collectively participated in approximately $304,000 and $431,000, respectively, of the net losses of their respective joint ventures.

 

Special Units

 

On May 4, 2005, the Operating Partnership issued 100 Special Units to the parent of the Advisor for consideration of $1,000. The holder of the Special Units does not participate in the profits and losses of the Operating Partnership. Amounts distributable to the holder of the Special Units will depend on operations and the amount of net sales proceeds received from real property and real estate securities dispositions or upon other events. In general, after holders of OP Units,

 

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in aggregate, have received cumulative distributions equal to their capital contributions plus a 6.5% cumulative, non-compounded annual pre-tax return on their net contributions, the holder of the Special Units and the holders of OP Units will receive 15% and 85%, respectively, of the net sales proceeds received by the Operating Partnership upon the disposition of the Operating Partnership’s assets. In addition, the Special Units will be redeemed by the Operating Partnership, resulting in a one-time payment, in the form of a promissory note, to the holder of the Special Units, upon the earliest to occur of the following events:

 

(1)

 

The listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange or the receipt by our stockholders of securities that are listed on a national securities exchange in exchange for our common stock; or

 

 

 

(2)

 

The termination or non-renewal of the Advisory Agreement, (i) for “cause,” as defined in the Advisory Agreement, (ii) in connection with a merger, sale of assets or transaction involving us pursuant to which a majority of our directors then in office are replaced or removed, (iii) by the Advisor for “good reason,” as defined in the Advisory Agreement, or (iv) by us or the Operating Partnership other than for “cause.”

 

There was no activity related to Special Unit holders during the three or nine months ended September 30, 2008 or during the same periods in 2007.

 

11.                STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

Common Stock

 

On May 27, 2005, we filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the Commission in connection with an initial public offering of our common stock, which was declared effective on January 27, 2006. Pursuant to the registration statement, we offered up to $2.0 billion in shares of our common stock, 75% of which were offered to the public at a price of $10.00 per share, and 25% of which were offered pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan at a price of $9.50 per share. In January of 2008, we closed our initial public offering having sold approximately 117.7 million shares of our common stock for net proceeds of approximately $1.2 billion. We issued approximately 4.4 million shares of our common stock for net proceeds of approximately $42.8 million pursuant to investor participation in the distribution reinvestment plan of our initial public offering.

 

On June 11, 2007, we filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the Commission for a follow-on public offering of our common stock, which was declared effective on January 22, 2008. Pursuant to the registration statement, we are currently offering up to $2.0 billion in shares of our common stock, 75% of which are being offered to the public at a price of $10.00 per share, and 25% of which are being offered pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan at a price of $9.50 per share. As of September 30, 2008, we had sold approximately 37.7 million shares of our common stock for net proceeds of approximately $358.2 million pursuant to our follow-on public offering. As of September 30, 2008, we had issued approximately 2.7 million shares of our common stock for net proceeds of approximately $25.1 million pursuant to investor participation in the distribution reinvestment plan of our follow-on public offering.

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 approximately 12.3 million and 37.7 million shares of our common stock were issued in connection with our public offerings, respectively, for net proceeds of approximately $120.1 million and $371.0 million, respectively. The net proceeds from the sale of these shares were transferred to our Operating Partnership in exchange for OP Units on a one-for-one basis.

 

Redemptions

 

After having held shares of our common stock for a minimum of one year, our share redemption program may provide investors with a limited opportunity to redeem shares of our common stock, subject to certain restrictions and limitations, at a price equal to or at a discount from the purchase price paid for the shares being redeemed. The discount will vary based upon the length of time that the investors have held the shares of our common stock subject to redemption, as described in the following table:

 

Share Purchase Anniversary

 

Redemption Price
as a Percentage
of Purchase Price

 

Less than 1 year

 

No Redemption Allowed

 

1 year

 

92.5

%

2 years

 

95.0

%

3 years

 

97.5

%

4 years and longer

 

100.0

%

 

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During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, approximately 971,000 shares and 2.2 million shares of our common stock, respectively, were redeemed pursuant to our share redemption program for approximately $9.0 million and $20.0 million, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, approximately 87,000 shares and 142,000 shares of our common stock, respectively, were redeemed pursuant to our share redemption program for approximately $791,000 and $1.3 million, respectively. Since our inception through September 30, 2008, approximately 2.4 million shares have been redeemed for approximately $21.9 million.

 

Distributions

 

We accrue and pay distributions on a quarterly basis. Our board of directors declares and authorizes the following quarter’s distribution during the preceding quarter. We calculate individual payments of distributions to each shareholder or OP Unit holder based upon daily record dates during each quarter, so that investors are eligible to earn distributions immediately upon purchasing shares of our common stock or upon purchasing OP Units. The following table sets forth the distributions that have been paid and/or authorized as of September 30, 2008:

 

Quarter

 

Amount Declared Per
Share/Unit (1)

 

Annualized Amount Per
Share/Unit (1)

 

Payment Date

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st Quarter 2007

 

$

0.1479

 

$

0.60

 

April 16, 2007

 

2nd Quarter 2007

 

$

0.1496

 

$

0.60

 

July 16, 2007

 

3rd Quarter 2007

 

$

0.1512

 

$

0.60

 

October 11, 2007

 

4th Quarter 2007

 

$

0.1513

 

$

0.60

 

January 15, 2008

 

2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st Quarter 2008

 

$

0.1500

 

$

0.60

 

April 15, 2008

 

2nd Quarter 2008

 

$

0.1500

 

$

0.60

 

July 15, 2008

 

3rd Quarter 2008

 

$

0.1500

 

$

0.60

 

October 15, 2008

 

4th Quarter 2008

 

$

0.1500

 

$

0.60

 

January 15, 2009(2)

 

 


(1)                                  Assumes ownership of share or unit for the entire quarter.

(2)                                  Expected payment date.

 

12.                RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Our Advisor

 

Our day-to-day activities are managed by our Advisor, an affiliate, under the terms and conditions of the Advisory Agreement. Our Advisor is considered to be a related party as certain indirect owners and employees of our Advisor serve as our executives. The responsibilities of our Advisor include the selection and underwriting of our real property, real estate securities and debt related investments, the negotiations for these investments, the asset management and financing of these investments and the selection of prospective joint venture partners.

 

Acquisition Fees

 

Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement we pay certain acquisition fees to the Advisor. For each real property acquired in the operating stage, the acquisition fee is equal to 1.0% of the purchase price. For each real property acquired prior to or during the development or construction stage, the acquisition fee is equal to up to 4.0% of the total project cost (which will be the amount actually paid or allocated to the purchase, development, construction or improvement of a property exclusive of acquisition fees and acquisition expenses). The Advisor also is entitled to receive an acquisition fee of 1.0% of the principal amount in connection with (i) the origination or acquisition of any type of debt investment including, but not limited to, the origination of mortgage loans, B-notes, mezzanine debt, participating debt (including with equity-like features), non-traded preferred securities, convertible debt, hybrid instruments, equity instruments and other related investments, and (ii) the acquisition of any type of non-securitized debt investment including, but not limited to, acquisitions or participations in mortgage loans, B-notes, mezzanine debt, participating debt (including with equity-like features), non-traded preferred securities, convertible debt, hybrid instruments, equity instruments and other related investments. During the three and nine months

 

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ended September 30, 2008, our Advisor earned approximately $602,000 and $1.0 million in acquisition fees, respectively, which are accounted for as part of the historical cost of the acquired assets. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, our Advisor earned approximately $3.6 million and $10.3 million in acquisition fees, respectively, which are accounted for as part of the historical cost of the acquired assets.

 

Asset Management Fees

 

We also pay our Advisor an asset management fee pursuant to the Advisory Agreement in connection with the asset and portfolio management of real property, real estate securities and debt related investments. The Advisor’s asset management fee is payable as follows:

 

Prior to the Dividend Coverage Ratio Date (as defined below):

 

For Direct Real Properties (as defined below), the asset management fee consists of (i) a monthly fee not to exceed one-twelfth of 0.50% of the aggregate cost (before non-cash reserves and depreciation) of Direct Real Properties; and (ii) a monthly fee not to exceed 6% of the aggregate monthly net operating income derived from all Direct Real Properties; provided, however, that the aggregate monthly fee to be paid to the Advisor pursuant to these subclauses (i) and (ii) in aggregate shall not exceed one-twelfth of 0.75% of the aggregate cost (before non-cash reserves and depreciation) of all Direct Real Properties.

 

For Product Specialist Real Properties (as defined below), the asset management fee consists of (i) a monthly fee not to exceed one-twelfth of 0.50% of the aggregate cost (before non cash reserves and depreciation) of Product Specialist Real Properties; and (ii) a monthly fee not to exceed 6% of the aggregate monthly net operating income derived from all Product Specialist Real Properties.

 

After the Dividend Coverage Ratio Date (as defined below):

 

For all real properties, the asset management fee consists of: (i) a monthly fee not to exceed one-twelfth of 0.50% of the aggregate cost (before non cash reserves and depreciation) of all real property assets within our portfolio; and (ii) a monthly fee not to exceed 8.0% of the aggregate monthly net operating income derived from all real property assets within our portfolio.

 

Direct Real Properties”: shall mean those real properties acquired directly by us without the advice or participation of a product specialist engaged by the Advisor.

 

Dividend Coverage Ratio”: shall mean, as to any given fiscal quarter, the total amount of distributions made by us in that fiscal quarter divided by the aggregate funds from operations for that fiscal quarter.

 

Dividend Coverage Ratio Date”: shall be the date on which our dividend coverage ratio has been less than or equal to 1.00 for two consecutive fiscal quarters.

 

Product Specialist Real Properties”: shall mean those real properties acquired by us pursuant to the advice or participation of a product specialist engaged by the Advisor pursuant to a contractual arrangement.

 

In addition, both before and after the Dividend Coverage Ratio Date, the asset management fee for all real property assets (acquired both prior to and after the Dividend Coverage Ratio Date) includes a fee of 1.0% of the sales price of individual real property assets upon disposition.

 

For securities and debt related assets, both before and after the Dividend Coverage Ratio Date, the asset management fee consists of a monthly fee equal to one-twelfth of 1.0% of the aggregate value of the securities and debt related assets within our portfolio.

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, our Advisor earned approximately $2.7 million and $8.6 million in aggregate asset management fees, respectively. For the same periods in 2007, our Advisor earned approximately $2.7 million and $5.9 million in aggregate asset management fees, respectively.

 

Organizational and Offering Costs Reimbursement

 

Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, our Advisor is obligated to advance all of our organizational and offering costs subject to its right to be reimbursed for such costs by us in an amount up to 1.5% of the aggregate gross offering proceeds raised in our public offerings of common stock. Such organizational and offering costs include, but are not limited to, actual

 

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legal, accounting, printing and other expenses attributable to preparing the Commission registration statements, qualification of the shares for sale in the states and filing fees incurred by our Advisor, as well as reimbursements for marketing, salaries and direct expenses of its employees while engaged in registering and marketing the shares, other than selling commissions and the dealer manager fee. Offering costs incurred in connection with the issuance of equity securities are deducted from stockholders’ equity.

 

As of September 30, 2008, the Advisor had incurred reimbursable offering costs of approximately $35.2 million. As of September 30, 2008, we were obligated to reimburse approximately $26.1 million in such reimbursable offering costs, which have been included as a reduction to additional paid-in capital in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity. As of September 30, 2008, of the $26.1 million in reimbursable offering costs we had incurred, approximately $358,000 had not yet been reimbursed to the Advisor, and have been included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2007, of the $16.8 million in reimbursable offering costs we had incurred, approximately $336,000 had not yet been reimbursed to the Advisor, which have been included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying audited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

 

As of September 30, 2008 approximately $9.2 million of reimbursable offering costs incurred by the Advisor are not reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets, due to the fact that we are not obligated to reimburse these costs to the Advisor until the corresponding aggregate gross offering proceeds are raised in our public offering of common stock.

 

Our Advisor is obligated to pay all of the offering and marketing-related costs associated with our Operating Partnership’s private placement. However, the Operating Partnership is obligated to pay our Advisor a non-accountable expense allowance which equals 1.5% of the gross equity proceeds raised through the Operating Partnership’s private placement. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, our partnership incurred approximately $257,000 and $756,000, respectively, payable to our Advisor for such expense allowance. For the same periods in 2007, our Operating Partnership incurred approximately $278,000 and $800,000, respectively, payable to the Advisor for such expense allowance.

 

Other Expense Reimbursements

 

In addition to the reimbursement of organizational and offering costs, we are also obligated, subject to certain limitations, to reimburse our Advisor for certain other expenses incurred on our behalf for providing services contemplated in the Advisory Agreement, provided that the Advisor does not receive a specific fee for the activities which generate the expenses to be reimbursed. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, we incurred approximately $211,000 and $512,000, respectively, of these expenses which we reimbursed to the Advisor. For the same periods in 2007, we incurred approximately $86,000 and $411,000, respectively, of these expenses which we reimbursed to the Advisor. Such reimbursements are included as general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

The Dealer Manager

 

Pursuant to the Dealer Manager Agreement we pay a dealer manager fee of up to 2.5% of gross offering proceeds raised pursuant to our public offerings of common stock to the Dealer Manager as compensation for managing the offerings. The Dealer Manager is considered to be a related party as certain indirect owners and employees of the Dealer Manager serve as our executives. The Dealer Manager may re-allow a portion of such fees to broker dealers who participate in the offerings. We also pay up to a 6.0% sales commission of gross offering proceeds raised pursuant to our public offerings of common stock. As of September 30, 2008, all sales commissions paid to the Dealer Manager had been re-allowed to participating broker dealers. Such amounts are considered a cost of raising capital and as such are included as a reduction of additional paid-in capital in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity. Of these costs, we had accrued approximately $596,000 and $574,000 for dealer manager fees and $357,000 and $256,000 for sales commissions as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. The following table sets forth the amounts that have been paid to our Dealer Manager for compensation for managing our public offering of common shares and the amounts that have been reallowed by our Dealer Manager to broker dealers for participating in our public offerings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 (amount in thousands):

 

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For the Three Months Ended

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

Fee Description

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

Dealer manager fee

 

$

3,000

 

$

2,652

 

$

9,126

 

$

17,353

 

Broker dealer sales commission

 

5,328

 

4,788

 

16,271

 

35,486

 

Total

 

$

8,328

 

$

7,440

 

$

25,397

 

$

52,839

 

 

We have also entered into a separate dealer manager agreement with the Dealer Manager pursuant to which we pay a dealer manager fee of up to 1.5% of the gross equity proceeds raised through our Operating Partnership’s private placements. We also pay the Dealer Manager a sales commission of up to 5.0% of the gross equity proceeds raised through our Operating Partnership’s private placement. As of September 30, 2008, substantially all of the sales commissions were re-allowed to participating broker dealers who are responsible for effecting sales. The following table sets forth the amounts that have been paid to our Dealer Manager for compensation for managing our Operating Partnership’s private placements and the amounts that have been reallowed by our Dealer Manager to broker dealers for participating in our Operating Partnership’s private placements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 (amount in thousands):

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

Fee description

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

Dealer manager fee

 

$

409

 

$

296

 

$

756

 

$

800

 

Broker dealer sales commission

 

1,324

 

953

 

2,462

 

2,634

 

Total

 

$

1,733

 

$

1,249

 

$

3,218

 

$

3,434

 

 

The Facilitator

 

The Facilitator is responsible for facilitating transactions associated with the Operating Partnership’s private placements. The Facilitator is considered a related party as certain indirect owners and employees of the Facilitator serve as our executives. We have entered into an agreement with the Facilitator whereby we pay a transaction facilitation fee of up to 2.0% of the gross equity proceeds raised through the Operating Partnership’s private placement. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 we incurred approximately $437,000 and $1.0 million respectively, for such fees payable to the Facilitator. For the same periods in 2007, we incurred approximately $371,000 and $1.1 million, respectively, for such fees payable to the Facilitator. In accordance with SFAS No. 98, these fees, as well as the other fees associated with the Operating Partnership’s private placement, are recorded as deferred loan costs and amortized over the life of the respective financing obligation.

 

Dividend Capital Investments LLC and DCT Industrial Trust Inc.

 

In addition to utilizing its own management team, the Advisor actively seeks to form strategic alliances with recognized leaders in the real estate and investment management industries. These alliances are intended to allow the Advisor to leverage the organizational infrastructure of experienced real estate developers, operators and investment managers and to potentially give us access to a greater number of real property and real estate securities investment opportunities. The use of product specialists or other service providers does not eliminate or reduce the Advisor’s fiduciary duty to the Company. The Advisor retains ultimate responsibility for the performance of all of the matters entrusted to it under the Advisory Agreement.

 

The Advisor’s product specialists are and will be compensated through a combination of (a) reallowance of acquisition, disposition, asset management and/or other fees paid by us to the Advisor and (b) potential profit participation in connection with specific portfolio asset(s) identified by them and invested in by us. We may also enter into joint ventures, partnerships or similar arrangements with the Advisor’s product specialists for the purpose of acquiring portfolio assets and, in such cases, the product specialists may or may not make an equity capital contribution to any such arrangement.

 

On June 12, 2006, our Advisor entered into a product specialist agreement with Dividend Capital Investments LLC (“DCI”) in connection with investment management services related to our investments in real estate securities assets. Pursuant to this agreement, a portion of the asset management fee that our Advisor receives from us related to securities investments is reallowed to DCI in exchange for services provided.

 

On September 1, 2006, our Advisor entered into a product specialist agreement with DCT Industrial Trust Inc. (“DCT”), in connection with acquisition and asset management services related to our industrial real property investments. Pursuant to this agreement, a portion of the acquisition and asset management fees that our Advisor receives from us related to specific industrial real property investments is reallowed to DCT in exchange for services provided.

 

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In addition, on September 1, 2006, we, through TRT Industrial Fund I LLC, our wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a joint venture agreement (“DCT Joint Venture I”) with DCT Industrial Fund II LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of DCT, for the acquisition, operation and management of up to $150 million in industrial real property assets (the “Industrial Portfolio”). On March 26, 2007, we entered into an amendment to the DCT Joint Venture I. Pursuant to the terms of the amendment, the amount of industrial properties to be acquired under the agreement was increased from its original amount of up to $150 million to a total amount of up to approximately $208.5 million.

 

The term of the DCT Joint Venture I is eight years and contains certain liquidation provisions, as well as certain termination rights should either of the parties fail to perform their obligations thereunder. In connection with the DCT Joint Venture I, we have granted to DCT, subject to certain exceptions, exclusivity rights that generally restrict us from (a) pursuing similar agreements with other industrial operating partners within the United States during the term of the DCT Joint Venture I and (b) directly acquiring or developing industrial assets within the United States during the term of the DCT Joint Venture I.

 

On March 27, 2007, we, through TRT Industrial Fund II LLC, our wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a new joint venture (“DCT Joint Venture II”) with DCT Industrial Fund III LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of DCT. The DCT Joint Venture II is subject to similar terms as the DCT Joint Venture I, as discussed above.

 

On September 9, 2008, we, through TRT Industrial Fund III LLC, our indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a new joint venture (“DCT Joint Venture III”) with DCT Industrial Fund III LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of DCT. The DCT Joint Venture III is subject to similar terms as the DCT Joint Venture I, as discussed above. The amount of industrial properties intended to be acquired under DCT Joint Venture III is $200 million.

 

As of September 30, 2008, we had acquired 14 properties pursuant to the terms of the DCT Joint Venture I, all of which were acquired by the DCT Joint Venture I entity itself. As of September 30, 2008, we had acquired seven properties pursuant to the terms of the DCT Joint Venture II, five of which were acquired by the DCT Joint Venture II entity itself, and two of which were acquired entirely by us pursuant to the terms of the DCT Joint Venture II. As of September 30, 2008, we had acquired five properties pursuant to the terms of the DCT Joint Venture III, all of which were acquired by the DCT Joint Venture III entity itself.

 

Acquisitions pursuant to the DCT Joint Venture I, DCT Joint Venture II and DCT Joint Venture III as of September 30, 2008, were generally funded from a combination of (i) equity contributions from us using proceeds from our public and private offerings, (ii) equity contributions from DCT and (iii) debt financing either assumed or issued by the respective joint venture. The acquisition of each asset in the Industrial Portfolio was subject to majority approval by our independent directors.

 

13.                NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE

 

Reconciliations of the numerator and denominator used to calculate basic net income (loss) per common share to the numerator and denominator used to calculate diluted net income (loss) per common share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, are as follows (amounts in thousands, except per share information):

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,
2008

 

September 30,
2007

 

September 30,
2008

 

September 30,
2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Numerator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

 

$

(9,477

)

$

1,944

 

$

(68,140

)

$

9,586

 

Dilutive minority interests share in net income (loss) from continuing operations

 

(384

)

 

(1,749

)

2

 

Numerator for diluted earnings per share – adjusted income (loss) from continuing operations

 

(9,861

)

1,944

 

(69,889

)

9,588

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(9,467

)

$

1,944

 

$

(68,130

)

$

9,586

 

Dilutive minority interests share in net income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

Numerator for diluted earnings per share – adjusted net income (loss)

 

(9,467

)

1,944

 

(68,130

)

9,586

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding-basic

 

147,180

 

97,051

 

134,075

 

77,572

 

Incremental weighted average shares effect of conversion of OP units

 

5,936

 

20

 

3,730

 

20

 

Weighted average shares outstanding-diluted

 

153,116

 

97,071

 

137,805

 

77,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE-BASIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

 

$

(0.06

)

$

0.02

 

$

(0.51

)

$

0.12

 

Net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of minority interest

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(0.06

)

$

0.02

 

$

(0.51

)

$

0.12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE-DILUTED (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

 

$

(0.06

)

$

0.02

 

$

(0.51

)

$

0.12

 

Net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of minority interest

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(0.06

)

$

0.02

 

$

(0.51

)

$

0.12

 

 

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(1) Net income (loss) per common share-diluted is computed by dividing net income (loss) before dilutive minority interests by the weighted average common shares plus shares issuable upon exercising outstanding OP Units.

 

14.                SEGMENT INFORMATION

 

SFAS No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information (“SFAS No. 131”) establishes standards for the way that public entities report information about operating segments in their financial statements. We have the following business segments: (i) investments in real property, (ii) investments in real estate securities and (iii) debt related investments. The following table sets forth components of net operating income (“NOI”) of our segments for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 (amounts in thousands):

 

 

 

Revenues for the Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

NOI for the Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

Real property

 

$

27,475

 

$

22,642

 

$

20,263

 

$

16,797

 

Real estate securities

 

4,137

 

4,561

 

4,137

 

4,561

 

Debt related investments (1)

 

2,484

 

2,569

 

2,484

 

2,569

 

Total

 

$

34,096

 

$

29,772

 

$

26,884

 

$

23,927

 

 

 

 

Revenues for the Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

NOI for the Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

Real property

 

$

82,643

 

$

44,050

 

$

61,162

 

$

32,286

 

Real estate securities

 

12,759

 

10,425

 

12,759

 

10,425

 

Debt related investments (1)

 

7,471

 

6,453

 

7,471

 

6,453

 

Total

 

$

102,873

 

$

60,928

 

$

81,392

 

$

49,164

 

 


(1)                                  Includes operating results from our investment in an unconsolidated joint venture.

 

We consider NOI to be an appropriate supplemental financial performance measure, because NOI reflects the specific operating performance of our real properties, real estate securities, and debt related investments and excludes certain items that are not considered to be controllable in connection with the management of each property, such as interest income, depreciation and amortization, general and administrative expenses, asset management fees, interest expense and minority interests. However, NOI should not be viewed as an alternative measure of our financial performance as a whole, since it does exclude such items which could materially impact our results of operations. Further, our NOI may not be comparable to that of other real estate companies, as they may use different methodologies for calculating NOI. Therefore, we believe net income, as defined by GAAP, to be the most appropriate measure to evaluate our overall financial performance.

 

The following table is a reconciliation of our NOI to our reported net income (loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 (amounts in thousands).

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

2008

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating income

 

$

26,884

 

$

23,927

 

$

81,392

 

$

49,164

 

Interest income

 

3,303

 

3,375

 

9,212

 

8,563

 

Depreciation and amortization expense

 

(12,582

)

(9,815

)

(37,872

)

(19,447

)

General and administrative expenses

 

(1,189

)

(1,236

)

(3,261

)

(2,948

)

Asset management fees, related party

 

(2,745

)

(2,660

)

(8,580

)

(5,851

)

Interest expense

 

(10,778

)

(12,038

)

(33,197

)

(20,438

)

Gain (loss) on derivatives

 

471

 

87

 

(8,427

)

115

 

Gain on extinguishment of debt

 

 

 

9,309

 

 

Other-than-temporary impairment on securities

 

(13,540

)

 

(79,441

)

 

Minority interests

 

699

 

304

 

2,725

 

428

 

Net Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations

 

$

(9,477

)

$

1,944

 

$

(68,140

)

$

9,586

 

 

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The following table reflects our total assets by business segment as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (amounts in thousands):

 

 

 

As of September 30,
2008

 

As of December 31,
2007

 

Segment assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Net investments in real property

 

$

1,243,856

 

$

1,179,675

 

Investments in real estate securities

 

116,223

 

180,663

 

Debt related investments, net (1)

 

106,111

 

104,091

 

Assets held for sale

 

8,610

 

 

Total segment assets, net

 

1,474,800

 

1,464,429

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-segment assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

541,247

 

291,634

 

Other non-segment assets (2)

 

64,651

 

55,721

 

Total assets

 

$

2,080,698

 

$

1,811,784

 

 


(1)                                Includes our investment in an unconsolidated joint venture. See Note 6.

(2)                                Other non-segment assets primarily consist of corporate assets including subscriptions receivable, certain loan costs, including loan costs associated with our financing obligations, and deferred acquisition costs.

 

15.                SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Proceeds from Follow-On Public Offering

 

For the period from October 1, 2008 to October 31, 2008, we issued approximately 3.6 million shares of our common stock pursuant to our follow-on public offering to a total of approximately 1,277 stockholders for net proceeds of approximately $34.7 million, which includes proceeds from our distribution reinvestment plan of approximately $12.7 million.

 

Cash Settlement of Derivative Instrument

 

Upon its maturity date of November 1, 2008, we cash settled one of our outstanding forward starting swaps with a notional value of $100 million by paying approximately $11.5 million.

 

Property Acquisitions

 

For the period from October 1, 2008 to October 31, 2008, we acquired two real properties for an approximate gross investment amount of $77.7 million.

 

Millennium Financial Center

 

On October 1, 2008, we acquired 100% of a fee interest in an office property located in the Denver, Colorado market (“Millennium Financial Center”). Millennium Financial Center comprises approximately 133,500 net rentable square feet and is currently 98% occupied by three tenants. We paid for Millennium Financial Center through a combination of net proceeds from our public and private offerings and debt financing assumed upon acquisition. The debt financing assumed upon acquisition was comprised of a senior mortgage loan that is non-recourse to us with an outstanding principal balance of approximately $34.5 million and bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.0%. This loan is interest only until 2009 at which point the loan begins to amortize over a 30-year schedule.

 

Eden Prairie Office Center

 

On October 3, 2008, we acquired 100% of a fee interest in an office property located in the Minneapolis, Minnesota market (the “Eden Prairie Office Center”). The Eden Prairie Office Center, comprised of approximately 107,000 net rentable square feet, is 100% leased to a single tenant with a 15 year term. We acquired the Eden Prairie Office Center using proceeds from our public and private offerings. We paid for the Eden Prairie Office Center through a combination of net proceeds from our public and private offerings

 

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The table below summarizes the detail of the real property acquisitions described above (amounts in thousands):

 

Property

 

Market

 

Date of
Acquisition

 

Gross
Investment
Amount (1)

 

Net Rentable
Area
(Square Feet)

 

Occupancy

 

Millennium Financial Center

 

Denver, CO

 

10/1/08

 

$

48,249

 

134

 

98.0

%

Eden Prairie Office Center

 

Minneapolis, MN

 

10/3/08

 

29,430

 

107

 

100.0

%

Total

 

 

 

 

 

$

77,679

 

241

 

98.9

%

 


(1)     Total estimated investment amount includes (i) acquisition fees payable to our Advisor of 1% of our expected pro rata share of the purchase price, which in aggregate for the above real property acquisitions was approximately $760,000 and (ii) other estimated due diligence and closing costs.

 

ITEM 2.

 

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

This section of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q provides an overview of what management believes to be the key elements for understanding (i) our company and how we manage our business, (ii) how we measure our performance and our operating results, (iii) our liquidity and capital resources, and (iv) the accompanying financial statements included in “Item 1. Financial Statements” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.  The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as of December 31, 2007 and for the year then ended, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 27, 2008.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes certain statements that may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Such forward-looking statements relate to, without limitation, our future capital expenditures, distributions and acquisitions (including the amount and nature thereof), other development trends of the real estate industry, business strategies, and the expansion and growth of our operations. These statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by us in light of our experience and our perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors we believe are appropriate. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by the use of the words “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “intend,” “project,” “continue,” or the negative of these words, or other similar words or terms. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Among the factors that may cause our results to vary are general economic and business (particularly real estate and capital market) conditions being less favorable than expected, the business opportunities that may be presented to and pursued by us, changes in laws or regulations (including changes to laws governing the taxation of REITs), risk of acquisitions, availability and creditworthiness of prospective customers, availability of capital (debt and equity), interest rate fluctuations, competition, supply and demand for properties in our current and any proposed market areas, customers’ ability to pay rent at current or increased levels, accounting principles, policies and guidelines applicable to REITs, environmental, regulatory and/or safety requirements, customer bankruptcies and defaults, the availability and cost of comprehensive insurance, including coverage for terrorist acts, and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. For a further discussion of these factors and other risk factors that could lead to actual results materially different from those described in the forward-looking statements, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 27, 2008, as updated in Section 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of future events, new information or otherwise.

 

Overview

 

We are organized as a Maryland corporation and were formed on April 11, 2005 to invest in a diverse portfolio of real properties, real estate securities and debt related investments. We operate in a manner intended to qualify as a REIT for

 

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federal income tax purposes, commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2006, when we first elected REIT status.

 

We are an externally-managed REIT and have no employees. Our day-to-day activities are managed by the Advisor under the terms and conditions of the Advisory Agreement. In addition, under the terms of certain dealer manager agreements, the Dealer Manager serves as our dealer manager of our public and private offerings. The Advisor and its affiliates, including the Dealer Manager, receive various forms of compensation, reimbursements and fees for services relating to our public and private offerings and for the investment and management of our real estate assets.

 

The cornerstone of our investment strategy is to provide investors seeking a general real estate allocation with a broadly diversified portfolio. Our targeted investments include:

 

I.                                         Direct investments in real properties, consisting of office and office/R&D, industrial, retail, multifamily, hospitality and other properties, primarily located in North America;

 

II.                                     Investments in real estate securities, including securities issued by other real estate companies, CMBS and CRE-CDOs and similar investments;

 

III.                                 Certain debt related investments, including originating and participating in mortgage loans secured by real estate, B-notes, mezzanine debt and other related investments.

 

As of September 30, 2008, we had total gross investments of approximately $1.5 billion, comprised of:

 

(1)                                  70 properties located in 22 geographic markets in the United States, aggregating approximately 11.7 million net rentable square feet. Our operating real property portfolio includes an aggregate gross investment amount of approximately $1.3 billion and consists of:

 

·                  11 office and office/R&D properties located in six geographic markets, aggregating approximately 1.9 million net rentable square feet, with an aggregate gross investment amount of approximately $298.0 million;

 

·                  26 industrial properties located in 13 geographic markets, aggregating approximately 7.0 million net rentable square feet, with an aggregate gross investment amount of approximately $370.0 million; and

 

·                  33 retail properties located in nine geographic markets, aggregating approximately 2.8 million net rentable square feet, with an aggregate gross investment amount of approximately $650.7 million.

 

(2)                                  Approximately $116.2 million in real estate securities, including (a) preferred equity securities of various real estate operating companies and REITs with an aggregate fair market value of approximately $44.5 million, and (b) CMBS and CRE-CDOs with an aggregate market value of approximately $71.7 million.

 

(3)                                  Approximately $106.1 million in debt related investments, including (a) investments in B-notes of approximately $52.0 million (b) investments in mezzanine debt of approximately $36.8 million and (c) investments in an unconsolidated joint venture of approximately $17.3 million.

 

Consistent with our investment strategy, we have three business segments: (i) investments in real property, (ii) investments in real estate securities and (iii) debt related investments. For a discussion of our business segments and the associated revenue and net operating income by segment, see Note 14 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in “Item 1. Financial Statements” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Historically and for the near-term we expect to fund our investment activity through (i) equity capital raised from our public and private offerings, (ii) minority interest contributions, (iii) the issuance and assumption of debt obligations and (iv) cash on hand.

 

·                  Public and private offerings — Since our inception on April 11, 2005, we have raised equity capital through (i) selling shares of our common stock through our public offerings, (ii) reinvestment of dividends by our stockholders through our distribution reinvestment plan and (iii) through our Operating Partnership’s private placements. As of September 30, 2008, approximately 153.0 million shares of common stock were issued and outstanding for which we had received net proceeds of approximately $1.5

 

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billion. As of September 30, 2008, our Operating Partnership had raised approximately $157.0 million of gross proceeds from the sale of undivided tenancy-in-common interests in certain properties.

 

·                  Minority interest contributions — A component of our investment strategy includes entering into joint venture agreements with partners in connection with certain property acquisitions. With respect to these agreements, we generally contribute at least 75% of the required equity contribution for any given venture, and the respective joint venture partner contributes the remaining equity. As of September 30, 2008, joint venture partners had made gross equity contributions to certain of our consolidated joint ventures of approximately $31.6 million.

 

·                  The issuance and assumption of debt obligations — As of September 30, 2008, we had approximately $627.0 million of mortgage notes and $35.3 million of other secured borrowings outstanding.

 

Principal Business Risks

 

In our view, there are several principal near-term business risks we face in achieving our business objectives.

 

·                  The first principal business risk is our ability to continue raising substantial funds in our public and private offerings.

 

·                  A second principal business risk is our ability to continue to identify specific real property, real estate securities, and debt related investments to maintain portfolio diversification across multiple dimensions and to provide consistent quarterly distributions to our stockholders that, in the future, we expect to be funded entirely by using funds from our operations. The number and type of real properties we may acquire and real estate securities and debt related investments in which we may invest will depend upon real estate market conditions, the amount of proceeds we raise in our public and private offerings, conditions in the capital markets and other circumstances existing at the time of acquisition. The volatile and uncertain state of the current capital markets has resulted in generally lower transaction volume in the broader real estate market, as well as corresponding pricing and valuation uncertainties. To the extent that such disruptions and uncertainties continue, we may be delayed in our ability to deploy capital into real properties, real estate securities and debt related investments that meet our investment criteria.

 

·              A third principal business risk is our ability to access additional debt financing at reasonable terms. The U.S. credit markets have recently experienced severe dislocations and liquidity disruptions which have caused the credit spreads on prospective debt financings to widen considerably. The uncertainty in the credit markets may negatively impact our ability to access additional debt financing at reasonable terms, which may negatively affect investment returns on future acquisitions or our ability to make acquisitions. In addition, these conditions may further affect our ability to utilize our derivative instruments to adequately offset the risk of interest rate volatility.

 

·                  A fourth principal business risk is the possible impact  that continued or intensified uncertainty and disruptions in the capital markets may have on the value of our real estate securities investments. As of September 30, 2008, we have impaired $79.4 million related to our real estate securities due to the disruptions and uncertainties in the capital markets, and if such conditions persist or worsen, we may be required to make additional impairments in the future and/or potentially suffer further unrealized or realized losses with respect to these investments.

 

·                  A fifth principal business risk is the possible impact that a prolonged economic slowdown or a lengthy or severe recession could have on our operations. A prolonged recession could negatively impact our real property investments as a result of increased tenant defaults under our leases, generally lower demand for rentable space, as well as potential oversupply of rentable space which could lead to increased concessions, tenant improvement expenditures or reduced rental rates to maintain occupancies.

 

Revenue Sources

 

The primary source of our operating revenue is rents received from tenants under operating and ground leases at our properties, including reimbursements from tenants for certain operating costs. Our revenues are therefore subject to the credit worthiness of our tenants and our ability to keep our properties occupied. We seek long-term earnings growth primarily through increasing rents, occupancy and operating income at existing properties and selectively acquiring additional commercial real estate properties in target markets.

 

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Our second source of income is from real estate security investments and is generated primarily from (i) dividend income from our investments in preferred equity securities and (ii) net interest income from our investments in CMBS and CRE-CDO securities, adjusted for the accretion of purchase discounts and the amortization of purchase premiums.

 

Our third source of income is from our debt related investments, principally from interest income from our investments in mortgage loans, B-notes, mezzanine debt and other related investments.

 

Expenses

 

Our primary expenses include (i) rental expenses, (ii) depreciation and amortization expenses, (iii) general and administrative expenses, (iv) asset management fees and (v) interest expense. Rental expenses are the expenses directly related to operating and managing the real properties we own, and primarily include property taxes, utilities, property related insurance, property management fees and repair and maintenance. Depreciation and amortization expenses are computed on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of our buildings, tenant improvements, lease commissions and intangible assets and liabilities. General and administrative expenses primarily include corporate legal and accounting, auditing, certain state and local taxes, transfer agent costs and D&O insurance, as well as other corporate-related costs. We pay our Advisor an asset management fee in connection with the asset and portfolio management of real property, real estate securities and debt related investments. Interest expense primarily relates to outstanding mortgage notes, imputed interest expense on financing obligations associated with the Operating Partnership’s private placements and outstanding short-term borrowings associated with our securities margin account.

 

Significant Transactions During the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008

 

Investment Activity

 

·                  Real Property

 

·                  National Restaurant Portfolio I—On September 17, 2008, a wholly owned affiliate of Sovereign, on behalf of the National Restaurant Portfolio I JV, entered into a sale-leaseback arrangement with a nationally recognized restaurant group and acquired a portfolio of five retail properties for a total investment amount of approximately $18.1 million. The properties in the National Restaurant Portfolio I are located in various markets throughout the United States, including (i) New Orleans, Louisiana, (ii) Palm Springs, California, (iii) Columbus, Ohio, (iv) Tampa Bay, Florida and (v) Palm Beach, Florida. The five properties in the National Restaurant Portfolio I are 100% leased to single tenants with lease terms ranging from 12 to 20 years. We have identified two of the five properties in the National Restaurant Portfolio I that we intend to sell shortly after acquisition. We intend to hold the remaining three properties in the National Restaurant Portfolio I for long-term investment. The National Restaurant Portfolio I JV acquired the National Restaurant Portfolio I using net proceeds from (i) our public and private offerings, (ii) equity contributions from Sovereign and (iii) debt financing. We contributed 90% of the equity to the National Restaurant Portfolio I JV.

 

·                  Riverport Industrial Portfolio—On September 17, 2008, through DCT Joint Venture III, we acquired a portfolio of five industrial properties located in Louisville, Kentucky for a total investment amount of approximately $30.9 million. The Riverport Industrial Portfolio is 97% leased to nine tenants with remaining lease terms ranging from one to seven years. DCT Joint Venture III, through its subsidiaries, acquired the Riverport Industrial Portfolio using net proceeds from (i) our private and public offerings and (ii) an equity contribution from DCT. We contributed 90% of the equity used to acquire the Riverport Industrial Portfolio.

 

·                  WestportOn January 9, 2008, pursuant to DCT Joint Venture II, we acquired one industrial property for a total investment amount of approximately $25.4 million, comprising approximately 502,000 net rentable square feet.  Westport is located in the Central Pennsylvania market and is 100% occupied. Westport is 100% owned by us and is subject to the terms of the DCT Joint Venture II (see Note 12 for details of the DCT Joint Venture II).

 

·                  Debt Related Investments

 

·                  Liberty Avenue Debt Investment—On September 25, 2008, we acquired the Liberty Avenue Debt Investment, an indirect debt investment structured as a redeemable preferred equity investment through

 

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a joint venture arrangement. We acquired the Liberty Avenue Debt Investment for a gross investment amount of approximately $17.3 million, which represents our 80% interest in the joint venture. Our investment amount includes an acquisition fee paid to our Advisor of approximately $170,000. The Liberty Avenue Debt Investment relates to an office property located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Liberty Avenue Debt Investment matures in May 2010. We have an option to purchase this property in 2010.

 

·                  Greensboro Mezzanine Loan—On May 20, 2008, we acquired the Greensboro Park Mezzanine Loan for a gross investment amount of approximately $16.7 million, which includes an approximate $165,000 acquisition fee payable to our Advisor. The Greensboro Park Mezzanine Loan is secured by an equity interest in the owner of an office property located in the Washington, D.C. market. We acquired the loan at a $1.8 million discount to par value. The Greensboro Park Mezzanine Loan matures in June 2012. We paid for the Greensboro Park Mezzanine Loan through a combination of net proceeds from our public and private offerings and debt financing (see Note 6 for discussion of this debt financing).

 

·                  Mortgage Note and Mezzanine Loan Repayment—From July 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008, we received full repayment of one of our debt related investments, which included both a mortgage note portion and a mezzanine loan portion associated with a real estate development project located in the New York City market. At the time of repayment, the mortgage note and the mezzanine loan had an outstanding balance of $28.0 million and $7.3 million, respectively.

 

Financing Activity

 

·                  Loan Extinguishment — During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we fully repaid floating-rate debt that had been previously secured by 17 retail properties that had been acquired as part of our New England Retail Portfolio purchased in August and October 2007. We repaid the total outstanding aggregate principal balance of approximately $121.9 million for an amount of approximately $111.5 million, representing an approximate $10.4 million discount to par, resulting in a net gain of approximately $9.3 million, after $1.1 million in unamortized deferred loan costs.

 

·                  Mortgage Debt Financing — During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we obtained or assumed approximately $86.0 million in mortgage debt financing, which was comprised of five separate collateralized mortgages loans secured by 13 of our real properties (see Note 6 for additional details of these mortgage loans).

 

·                  Other Secured Borrowings — To partially finance the acquisition of the Greensboro Park Mezzanine Loan, we obtained a floating-rate loan with an outstanding principal balance of approximately $10.8 million that bears interest based on a spread at 1.50% over the one-month LIBOR rate.  The loan was used to acquire the Greensboro Park Mezzanine Loan debt related investment and has a maturity date that is coterminous with the maturity of the Greensboro Park Mezzanine Loan, which occurs in 2012.

 

·                  Equity Capital Raise from Public and Private Offerings —  During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we issued approximately 37.7 million shares of our common stock in connection with our two public offerings, for net proceeds of approximately $371.0 million. In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2008, our Operating Partnership raised approximately $50.4 million from the sale of undivided tenancy-in-common interests in four properties.

 

·                  Acquisition of Tenancy-in-Common InterestsDuring the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Operating Partnership exercised its option to acquire, at fair market value, approximately $65.9 million of undivided tenancy-in-common interests in six properties for a combination of (i) approximately 6.5 million OP Units, issued at a price of $10.00 per OP Unit, representing $64.8 million of the aggregate purchase price of such properties and (ii) approximately $1.1 million in cash.

 

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How We Measure Our Performance

 

Funds From Operations

 

We believe that net income, as defined by GAAP, is the most appropriate earnings measure.  However, we consider funds from operations (“FFO”) to be a useful supplemental measure of our operating performance.  Our discussion and calculation of our FFO reconciled from net income (loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 will be separately presented in our announcement of third quarter 2008 financial and operating results prior to our third quarter 2008 earnings conference call.

 

Our Operating Results

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, we had a net loss of $9.5 million and $68.1 million, respectively. For the same periods in 2007 we had net income of $1.9 million and $9.6 million, respectively. The results of our operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, were substantially different than our results for the same period in 2007, primarily as a result of substantially more investing and financing activities and as a result of the following transactions that were recorded in 2008: (i) a gain of $471,000 and a loss of $8.4 million, respectively, to gain (loss) on derivatives related to our hedging activities, (ii)  a gain of $9.3 million during the three months ended September 30, 2008 related to the extinguishment of debt and (iii) $13.5 million and $79.4 million, respectively, for other-than-temporary impairments on our investments in real estate securities. The following series of tables and discussions describe in detail our results of operations, including those items specifically mentioned above, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007.

 

Three-Month Period Ended September 30, 2008 Compared to Three-Month Period Ended September 30, 2007

 

The following table illustrates the changes in rental revenues, rental expenses, net operating income, other income and other expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared to the same period in 2007. Our same store portfolio includes all operating properties that we owned for the entirety of both the current and prior year reporting periods. The same store portfolio for the three months ended September 30, 2007 included 32 properties comprised of approximately 7.8 million square feet. A discussion of these changes follows the table (in thousands).

 

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For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

$Change

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental revenue - same store

 

$

17,400

 

$

17,801

 

$

(401

)

Rental revenue - 2008/2007 acquisitions

 

10,075

 

4,841

 

5,234

 

Securities income

 

4,137

 

4,561

 

(424

)

Debt related income

 

2,453

 

2,569

 

(116

)

Total revenues

 

34,065

 

29,772

 

4,293

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same store

 

5,577

 

4,859

 

718

 

2008/2007 acquisitions

 

1,635

 

987

 

648

 

Total rental expenses

 

7,212

 

5,846

 

1,366

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Operating Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real property - same store (1)

 

11,822

 

12,943

 

(1,121

)

Real property - 2008/2007 acquisitions

 

8,441

 

3,854

 

4,587

 

Securities income

 

4,137

 

4,561

 

(424

)

Debt related income

 

2,453

 

2,569

 

(116

)

Total net operating income

 

26,853

 

23,927

 

2,926

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization expense

 

12,582

 

9,815

 

2,767

 

General and administrative expenses

 

1,189

 

1,236

 

(47

)

Asset mangement fees, related party

 

2,745

 

2,660

 

85

 

Total other operating expenses

 

16,516

 

13,711

 

2,805

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Income (Expenses)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures

 

31

 

 

31

 

Interest income

 

3,303

 

3,375

 

(72

)

Interest expense

 

(10,778

)

(12,038

)

1,260

 

Gain (loss) on derivatives

 

471

 

88

 

383

 

Other-than-temporary impairment on securities

 

(13,540

)

 

(13,540

)

Total other income (expenses)

 

(20,513

)

(8,575

)

(11,938

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minority interests

 

699

 

304

 

395

 

Net Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations

 

$

(9,477

)

$

1,944

 

$

(11,421

)

 


(1)  For a discussion as to why we view net operating income to be an appropriate supplemental performance measure, and a reconciliation of our net operating income for the three months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 to our reported “Net income (loss)” for the three months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, see Note 14 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in “Item 1. Financial Statements” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Rental Revenue

 

Rental revenue increased approximately $4.8 million to approximately $27.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008, compared to approximately $22.6 million for the same period in 2007. This increase is primarily attributable to our acquisition of 38 additional real properties during the period from July 2007 through September 2008. Same store rental revenues decreased by approximately $401,000, or 2.3%, for the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared to the same period in 2007.  This decrease is primarily attributable to a relative decrease in tenant recovery revenue due to the timing of certain recoverable operating expenses in 2007, which was partially offset by an increase in base rental revenue.

 

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Securities Income

 

Securities income decreased approximately $424,000 to approximately $4.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008, from approximately $4.6 million for the same period in 2007. The majority of the decrease in securities income was due to the decline in the one-month LIBOR rate, which impacts interest income on floating-rate securities investments. As of September 30, 2008 and 2007 the one-month LIBOR rate was approximately 3.93% and 5.72%, respectively. Approximately 44.2% and 44.1% of our real estate securities, based on amounts invested, were floating rate securities as of September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively. This decrease in securities income was partially offset by the accretion of approximately $387,000 to interest income during the three months ended September 30, 2008 for certain CRE-CDOs for which we recorded an other-than-temporary impairment. Furthermore, one of our preferred equity securities moved their respective dividend ex-date beyond September 30, 2008, resulting in a decrease in securities income of approximately $451,000 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2007. We earned and received this dividend payment after September 30, 2008.

 

Debt Related Income

 

Debt related income was approximately $2.5 million and $2.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively. We acquired approximately $41.2 million in one mortgage note, a mezzanine debt investment and an investment in an unconsolidated joint venture, net of repayments of approximately $35.2 million, during the period from July 2007 through September 2008. The majority of the increase in debt related income due to increased investments was offset by the decline in the one-month LIBOR rate, which impacts interest income on floating-rate debt related investments. Approximately 28.6% and 57.1% of our debt related investments earned interest based on a floating-rate as of September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

 

Rental Expense

 

Rental expense increased approximately $1.4 million to approximately $7.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008, from approximately $5.8 million for the same period in 2007. This increase is primarily attributable to our acquisition of 38 additional real properties subsequent to June 2007. Same store rental expenses increased by approximately $718,000, or 14.8%, for the three months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to the same period in 2007, primarily as a result of increased real estate tax.

 

Other Operating Expenses

 

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

 

Depreciation and amortization expense increased approximately $2.8 million to approximately $12.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008, compared to approximately $9.8 million for the same period in 2007. This increase is primarily attributable to our acquisition of 38 additional real properties subsequent to June 2007.

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

General and administrative expenses remained relatively consistent for the three months ended September 30, 2008 compared to the same period in 2007.

 

Asset Management Fees, Related Party

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2008, our Advisor earned approximately $2.7 million in asset management fees, which was comprised of (i) real property asset management fees of approximately $2.1 million associated with 72 real properties, (ii) real estate securities asset management fees of approximately $356,000 and (iii) debt related asset management fees of approximately $278,000. During the same period in 2007, our Advisor earned approximately $2.7 million in asset management fees, which was comprised of (i) real property asset management fees of approximately $1.9 million associated with 56 real properties, (ii) real estate securities asset management fees of approximately $535,000 and (iii) debt related asset management fees of approximately $256,000.

 

Other Income (Expenses)

 

Interest Income

 

Interest income decreased approximately $72,000 to approximately $3.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008, from approximately $3.4 million for the same period in September 30, 2007. This decrease is attributable to the impact of lower interest rates during the period. This decrease was partially offset by increased cash

 

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balances, which are primarily a result of net proceeds from our public and private offerings being held in interest-bearing accounts.

 

Interest Expense

 

Interest expense decreased approximately $1.3 million to approximately $10.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008, from approximately $12.0 million for the same period in September 30, 2007. Interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2008 resulted primarily from approximately (i) $8.8 million related to 27 mortgage notes secured by real properties, (ii) $1.6 million of interest expense on our financing obligations associated with our Operating Partnership’s private placement and (iii) $342,000 for other secured borrowings, including our securities margin account and loan secured by the Greensboro Mezzanine Loan. During the same period in 2007, interest expense resulted primarily from approximately (i) $9.4 million related to 17 mortgage notes secured by real properties, (ii) $1.6 million of interest expense on our financing obligations associated with our Operating Partnership’s private placement and (iii) $907,000 for borrowings on our securities margin loan and our REPO facility, which was terminated in August 2007.

 

Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2008 we incurred approximately $471,000 in gains related to our derivative instruments activity. This gain is attributable to hedge ineffectiveness on cash flow hedges recorded primarily due to a change in the forecasted dates for debt issuances hedged by our remaining forward starting swaps and changes in the referenced forward LIBOR curve. During the same period in 2007, we incurred approximately $87,000 in gains related to derivative instrument activity primarily attributable to the impact that movements in the one-month LIBOR rate had on our undesignated zero cost collar.

 

Other-than-Temporary Impairment on Securities

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2008, we recorded an other-than-temporary impairment charge totaling approximately $13.5 million, due to an impairment charge related to one CRE-CDO security, which is reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations. See Note 5 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in “Item 1. Financial Statements” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion of this impairment charge.

 

Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2008 Compared to Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2007

 

The following table illustrates the changes in rental revenues, rental expenses, net operating income, other income and other expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared to the same period in 2007. Our same store portfolio includes all operating properties that we owned for the entirety of both the current and prior year reporting periods. The same store portfolio for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 included 14 properties comprised of approximately 3.2 million square feet. A discussion of these changes follows the table (in thousands).

 

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For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2008

 

2007

 

$

 Change

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental revenue - same store

 

$

19,173

 

$

18,900

 

$

273

 

Rental revenue - 2008/2007 acquisitions

 

63,470

 

25,150

 

38,320

 

Securities income

 

12,759

 

10,425

 

2,334

 

Debt related income

 

7,440

 

6,453

 

987

 

Total revenues

 

102,842

 

60,928

 

41,914

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same store

 

4,909

 

4,455

 

454

 

2008/2007 acquisitions

 

16,572

 

7,309

 

9,263

 

Total rental expenses

 

21,481

 

11,764

 

9,717

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Operating Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real property - same store (1)

 

14,264

 

14,445

 

(181

)

Real property - 2008/2007 acquisitions

 

46,898

 

17,841

 

29,057

 

Securities income

 

12,759

 

10,425

 

2,334

 

Debt related income

 

7,440

 

6,453

 

987

 

Total net operating income

 

81,361

 

49,164

 

32,197

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization expense

 

37,872

 

19,447

 

18,425

 

General and administrative expenses

 

3,261

 

2,948

 

313

 

Asset mangement fees, related party

 

8,580

 

5,851

 

2,729

 

Total other operating expenses

 

49,713

 

28,246

 

21,467

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Income (Expenses)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures

 

31

 

 

31

 

Interest income

 

9,212

 

8,563

 

649

 

Interest expense

 

(33,197

)

(20,438

)

(12,759

)

Gain (loss) on derivatives

 

(8,427

)

115

 

(8,542

)

Gain on extinguishment of debt

 

9,309

 

 

9,309

 

Other-than-temporary impairment on securities

 

(79,441

)

 

(79,441

)

Total other income (expenses)

 

(102,513

)

(11,760

)

(90,753

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minority interests

 

2,725

 

428

 

2,297

 

Net Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations

 

$

(68,140

)

$

9,586

 

$

(77,726

)

 


(1)  For a discussion as to why we view net operating income to be an appropriate supplemental performance measure, and a reconciliation of our net operating income for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 to our reported “Net income (loss)” for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, see Note 14 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in “Item 1. Financial Statements” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Rental Revenue

 

Rental revenue increased approximately $38.6 million to approximately $82.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, compared to approximately $44.1 million for the same period in 2007. This increase is primarily attributable to our acquisition of 56 additional real properties subsequent to December 31, 2006. Same store rental revenues increased by approximately $273,000, or 1.4%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared to the same period in 2007 primarily due to a new lease.

 

Securities Income

 

Securities income increased approximately $2.3 million to approximately $12.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, compared to approximately $10.4 million for the same period in 2007. This increase is primarily attributable to our acquisition of approximately $207.8 million of additional real estate securities subsequent to January 2007.

 

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The increase in securities income due to increased investments was partially offset by the decline in the one-month LIBOR rate, which impacts interest income on floating-rate securities investments. As of September 30, 2008 and 2007 the one-month LIBOR rate was approximately 3.93% and 5.72%, respectively. Approximately 44.2% and 44.1% of our real estate securities, based on amounts invested were floating rate securities investments as of September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Furthermore, the issuer of one of our preferred equity securities moved its dividend ex-date beyond September 30, 2008, resulting in a decrease in securities income of approximately $451,000 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2007. We earned and received this dividend payment after September 30, 2008.

 

Debt Related Income

 

Debt related income increased approximately $1.0 million to approximately $7.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, compared to approximately $6.5 million for the same period in 2007. The increase is primarily attributable to our acquisition of approximately $125.7 million in a real estate-secured mortgage note, a mezzanine debt investment and an investment in an unconsolidated joint venture, net of repayments of approximately $35.2 million, subsequent to January 2007. The increase in debt related income due to investments was offset by a general decline in the one-month LIBOR rate, which impacts interest income on floating-rate debt related investments.  Approximately 28.6% and 57.1% of our debt related investments earned interest based on a floating-rate as of September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

 

Rental Expense

 

Rental expense increased approximately $9.7 million to approximately $21.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, from approximately $11.8 million for the same period in 2007. This increase is primarily attributable to our acquisition of 56 additional real properties subsequent to January 2007. Same store rental expenses increased by approximately $454,000, or 10.2%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to the same period in 2007, primarily as a result of higher real estate tax rates, increased bad debt expense and an increase in expenses which are generally not recoverable from our tenants.

 

Other Operating Expenses

 

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

 

Depreciation and amortization expense increased approximately $18.4 million to approximately $37.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, compared to approximately $19.5 million for the same period in 2007. This increase is primarily attributable to our acquisition of 56 additional real properties subsequent to January 2007.

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

General and administrative expenses increased approximately $313,000 to approximately $3.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, from approximately $2.9 million for the same period in 2007. This increase is primarily attributable to growth in assets and shareholders, including increased state and local income taxes, filing fees, audit fees, and other general overhead expenses.

 

Asset Management Fees, Related Party

 

Asset management fees paid to our Advisor increased as a result of additional investments held during the nine months ending September 30, 2008 compared to the same period in 2007. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, our Advisor earned approximately $8.6 million in asset management fees, which was comprised of (i) real property asset management fees of approximately $6.6 million associated with 72 real properties, (ii) real estate securities asset management fees of approximately $1.2 million and (iii) debt related asset management fees of approximately $833,000. During the same period in 2007, our Advisor earned approximately $5.9 million in asset management fees, which was comprised of (i) real property asset management fees of approximately $3.8 million associated with 56 real properties, (ii) real estate securities asset management fees of approximately $1.4 million and (iii) debt related asset management fees of approximately $673,000.

 

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Other Income (Expenses)

 

Interest Income

 

Interest income increased approximately $649,000 to approximately $9.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, from approximately $8.6 million for the same period in 2007. This increase is attributable to increased cash balances, which are primarily a result of net proceeds from our public and private offerings being held in interest-bearing accounts offset by the impacts of lower interest rates during the period.

 

Interest Expense

 

Interest expense increased approximately $12.8 million to approximately $33.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, from approximately $20.4 million for the same period in September 30, 2007. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, interest expense resulted primarily from approximately (i) $27.0 million related to 27 mortgage notes secured by real properties, (ii) $5.1 million of interest expense on our financing obligations associated with our Operating Partnership’s private placement and (iii) $1.0 million for other secured borrowings, including our securities margin account and loan secured by the Greensboro Mezzanine Loan. During the same period in 2007, interest expense resulted primarily from approximately (i) $15.4 million related to 17 mortgage notes secured by real properties, (ii) $3.5 million of interest expense on our financing obligations associated with our Operating Partnership’s private placement and (iii) $1.4 million for borrowings on our securities margin loan and our REPO facility, which was terminated in August 2007.

 

Gain (Loss) on Derivatives

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008 we incurred approximately $8.4 million in losses related to our derivative instruments activity. Approximately $6.2 million was reclassified from other comprehensive income (loss) to gain (loss) on derivatives based on our determination that it was no longer probable that previously forecasted issuances of fixed-rate debt related to $70.4 million portion of our LIBOR-based forward starting swaps would be issued within the timeframe specified in its corresponding hedge designation memorandum. In addition to this charge, hedge ineffectiveness on cash flow hedges, of approximately $2.2 million was recorded primarily due to a change in the forecasted dates for debt issuances hedged by our remaining forward starting swaps. During the same period in 2007, we incurred approximately $115,000 in gains related to derivative instrument activity primarily attributable to the impact that movements in the one-month LIBOR rate had on our undesignated zero cost collar.

 

Gain on Extinguishment of Debt

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we fully repaid floating-rate debt that had been previously secured by 17 retail properties that had been acquired as part of our New England Retail Portfolio purchased in August and October 2007. We repaid the total outstanding aggregate principal balance of approximately $121.9 million in the amount of approximately $111.5 million, representing an approximate $10.4 million discount to par, resulting in a gain of approximately $9.3 million, net of $1.1 million in unamortized deferred loan costs.

 

Other-than-Temporary Impairment on Securities

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we recorded an impairment other-than-temporary charge totaling approximately $79.4 million, comprised of an impairment charge of $32.7 million related to 21 of our preferred equity securities and $46.7 million related to six CRE-CDO securities, which is reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations. See Note 5 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in “Item 1. Financial Statements” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion of this impairment charge.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We believe that existing cash balances, net proceeds from our public and private offerings, prospective debt issuances and assumptions, and cash flows from operations will be sufficient to satisfy our liquidity and capital requirements for the next twelve months. Our capital requirements over the next twelve months include, but are not limited to, operating expenses, distribution payments, redemption payments, acquisitions of real property, real estate securities and debt related investments, settlements of derivative instruments and debt service payments, including debt maturities of approximately $41.8 million. As of September 30, 2008, we had approximately $541.2 million of cash compared to $291.6 million as of December 31, 2007. The following summarizes the sources and uses that resulted in the net cash increase of approximately $249.6 million.

 

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Operating Activities

 

Net cash provided by operating activities was approximately $56.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, which represents an increase of approximately $37.4 million compared to net cash provided by operating activities of approximately $18.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007. This was primarily due to (i) increased rental revenue, securities income and debt related income as a result of our investment activity from January 2007 through September 2008, (ii) increased interest income as a result of higher cash balances attributable to proceeds received from our public and private offerings and (iii) fewer deposits in reserve accounts related to property activity in 2008. This increase was offset by (i) increased rental expense, asset management fees and interest expense as a result of our acquisition of eleven real properties during fiscal year 2008 and 47 real properties during fiscal year 2007, and (ii) increased general and administrative expenses as a result of our growth.

 

Investing Activities

 

Real Property Acquisition

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we acquired eleven real properties for a total investment amount of approximately $74.4 million. These properties were acquired using a combination of (i) net proceeds from our initial public offering and private offerings, (ii) debt financing, (iii) minority interest contributions, and (iv) available cash. For additional detail regarding this acquisition see our section entitled “Significant Transactions during 2008” above.

 

Real Estate Securities

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we did not acquire any additional real estate securities investments.

 

As of September 30, 2008, we had a net unrealized loss of approximately $51.2 million related to certain of our real estate securities investments, which is included in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity as other comprehensive loss, consisting of (i) an unrealized loss of approximately $25.5 million for our investments in perpetual preferred equity securities, and (ii) an unrealized loss of approximately $25.7 million for our investments in CMBS and CRE-CDOs.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we recorded an impairment charge totaling approximately $79.4 million, comprised of $32.7 million related to 21 of our preferred equity securities and $46.7 million related to six CRE-CDO securities, which is reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations. See Note 5 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in “Item 1. Financial Statements” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further discussion of these impairment charges.

 

The value of many of the securities that we hold are sensitive to the volatility of the credit markets, and many of our securities may continue to be adversely affected by future economic developments. In addition, to the extent that uncertainty in the credit market continues and/or intensifies, it may continue to materially affect both the value and liquidity of our securities portfolio. Continued credit market volatility and uncertainty may also cause certain market indicators of impairment to persist, leading to further potential impairment charges and/or permanent losses in our CMBS and CRE-CDO investments.

 

We have not invested in any CMBS and CRE-CDOs which contain assets that could be classified as sub-prime residential mortgages. As such, we currently do not have direct exposure to the sub-prime residential lending market. We are not currently aware of any material deterioration in the credit quality or performance of the underlying loans that comprise our CMBS and CRE-CDO assets.

 

The recent market volatility and lack of liquidity has also made the valuation process pertaining to certain of our securities assets extremely difficult, particularly our CMBS and CRE-CDO assets for which there is currently not an active market. Historically, our estimate of the value of these investments was primarily based on active issuances and the secondary trading market of such securities as compiled and reported by independent pricing agencies.  The current market environment is absent new issuances and there has been very limited, if any, secondary trading of CMBS and CRE-CDOs. Therefore, our estimate of fair value, which is based on the notion of orderly market transactions, requires significant judgment and consideration of other indicators of value such as current interest rates, relevant market indices, broker quotes, expected cash flows and other relevant market and security-specific data as appropriate. The amount that we could obtain if we were forced to liquidate our securities portfolio into the current market could be materially greater or less than management’s best estimate of fair value.

 

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We currently do not know the full extent to which the recent U.S. credit market disruptions and subsequent economic turmoil will continue to affect us. However, based upon our available cash balances and outstanding borrowings, we believe we have sufficient liquidity to hold our real estate securities assets to maturity, and we are not dependent upon selling these investments in order to fund our operations, meet our existing debt service requirements or fund dividends.

 

Debt Related Investments

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we acquired two debt related investments with a gross investment amount of approximately $34.0 million. This was offset by the full and complete repayment of one of our debt related investments, which included both a mortgage note portion and a mezzanine loan portion associated with a real estate development project located in the New York City market. At the time of repayment, the mortgage note and the mezzanine loan had an outstanding balance of $28.0 million and $7.3 million, respectively. For additional detail regarding this debt investment see our section entitled “Significant Transactions the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008” above.

 

Financing Activities

 

Public Offerings

 

Pursuant to our initial public offering, we offered up to $2.0 billion in shares of common stock, 75% of which was offered to the public at a price of $10.00 per share, and 25% of which was offered pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan at a price of $9.50 per share. Our initial public offering terminated as of the close of business on January 21, 2008, and as of such date approximately 117.5 million shares, net of redemptions, of our common stock were outstanding and held by a total of approximately 21,200 stockholders.

 

On June 11, 2007, we filed a registration statement for our follow-on public offering, which was declared effective on January 22, 2008. Pursuant to the registration statement, we are offering on a continuous basis up to $2.0 billion in shares of our common stock, 75% of which are being offered to the public at a price of $10.00 per share, and 25% of which are being offered pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan at a price of $9.50 per share. As of September 30, 2008, we had sold approximately 37.7 million shares of our common stock to a total of approximately 5,900 stockholders in connection with our follow on public offering.

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 approximately 12.3 million and 37.7 million shares of our common stock were issued in connection with our public offerings, respectively, for net proceeds of approximately $120.1 million and $371.0 million, respectively.

 

The Operating Partnership’s Private Placements

 

The Operating Partnership, through the TRS, is currently offering undivided tenancy-in-common interests in certain properties to accredited investors in private placements exempt from registration under the Securities Act.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Operating Partnership raised approximately $50.4 million in gross proceeds from the sale of undivided tenancy-in-common interests in four properties. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Operating Partnership also exercised its option to acquire, at fair market value, approximately $65.9 million of previously sold undivided tenancy-in-common interests in six properties for a combination of (i) approximately 6.5 million OP Units, issued at a price of $10.00 per OP Unit, representing approximately $64.8 million of the aggregate purchase price of such properties and (ii) approximately $1.1 million in cash. The result of the above activity was a net decline in financing obligations of approximately $15.5 million.

 

Debt Financings

 

Mortgage Notes — During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we obtained approximately $91.4 million in mortgage debt financing in connection with 15 properties, including mortgage notes related to properties held for sale. During May 2008, we fully repaid the floating-rate debt on 17 properties in the amount of approximately $121.9 million. For additional detail regarding these financing activities see our section entitled “Significant Transactions During 2008” above.

 

Other Secured Borrowings —To partially finance the acquisition of the Greensboro Park Mezzanine Loan, we obtained a floating-rate loan with an outstanding principal balance of approximately $10.8 million that bears interest based on a spread of 1.50% over the one-month LIBOR rate. The loan was used to acquire the Greensboro Park

 

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Mezzanine Loan debt related investment and has a maturity date that is coterminous with the maturity of the Greensboro Park Mezzanine Loan, which occurs in 2012.

 

Distributions

 

Effective on December 12, 2007, March 18, 2008, June 4, 2008 and October 1, 2008, our board of directors authorized quarterly distributions for our stockholders equal to $0.15 per share for each of the first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2008. The first, second and third quarter 2008 distributions were paid on April 15, 2008, July 15, 2008 and October 15, 2008 respectively, and we anticipate paying the fourth quarter 2008 distribution on January 15, 2008.

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we declared distributions payable to common stockholders of approximately $60.3 million in the aggregate, which was paid during the nine months ended September 30, 2008 or shortly thereafter. Of these distributions, approximately $44.8 million was funded from funds from our operations, and the remaining $15.5 million was funded from our borrowings. Our long-term strategy is to fund the payment of quarterly distributions to investors entirely from funds from our operations.

 

Redemptions

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we redeemed 2.2 million shares of common stock for approximately $20.0 million pursuant to our share redemption program.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As of September 30, 2008, we had no material off-balance sheet arrangements that had or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity or capital resources.

 

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value

 

Fair Value Estimates of Investments in Real Estate Securities

 

As of September 30, 2008, our real estate securities were valued in two categories, comprised of (i) preferred equity securities and (ii) CMBS and CRE-CDOs. Our pricing procedures for each of the two categories are applied to each specific investment within their respective categories.

 

Preferred Equity Securities — The valuation of our investments in preferred equity securities is determined using exchange listed prices in an active market. As such, preferred equity securities fall within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Our investments in preferred equity securities had a fair market value of $44.5 million and $75.5 million which represented approximately 2.1% and 4.2% of total assets as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. For the nine months ending September 30, 2008 we recorded an impairment charge of $32.7 million related to 21 of our preferred equity securities. For additional detail regarding this impairment see our section entitled “Impairment of Available-For-Sale Securities” above.

 

CMBS and CRE-CDOs — We estimate the fair value of our CMBS and CRE-CDO securities using a combination of observable market information and unobservable market assumptions. Observable market information used in these fair market valuations include benchmark interest rates, interest rate curves, credit market indexes and swap curves. Unobservable market assumptions used in the determination of the fair market valuations of our CMBS and CRE-CDO investments include market assumptions related to discount rates, default rates, prepayment rates, reviews of trustee or investor reports and sample broker quotes in what is currently an inactive market. Additionally, we consider security-specific characteristics in determining the fair market values of our CMBS and CRE-CDO investments, which include consideration of the underlying collateral’s average default rates, the average delinquency rate and loan-to-value, among several other characteristics. As a result, both Level 2 and Level 3 inputs are used in arriving at the valuation of the our investments in CMBS and CRE-CDOs. We consider the Level 3 inputs used in determining the fair market value of its investments in CMBS and CRE-CDO securities to be significant. As such, all investments in CMBS and CRE-CDO securities fall under the Level 3 category of the fair market value hierarchy.

 

Our investments in CMBS and CRE-CDO investments had a fair market value of $71.7 million and $105.2 million which represented approximately 3.5% and 5.8% of total assets as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. For the nine months ending September 30, 2008 we recorded an impairment charge of $46.7 million related to six CRE-CDO securities. For additional detail regarding this impairment see our section entitled “Impairment of

 

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Available-For-Sale Securities” above.

 

Fair Value Estimates of Derivative Instruments

 

Currently, we use forward starting swaps, zero cost collars and interest rate caps to manage our interest rate risk. The valuation of these instruments is determined using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and implied volatilities. The valuation methodologies are segregated into two categories of derivatives: (i) forward starting swaps and (ii) zero cost collars/interest rate caps.

 

Although we have determined that the majority of the inputs used to value our derivative instruments fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, credit valuation adjustments associated with our derivative instruments utilize Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads, to evaluate the likelihood of default by us and our counterparties. However, as of September 30, 2008, we have assessed the significance of the impact of the credit valuation adjustments on the overall valuation of our derivative positions and have determined that the credit valuation adjustments are not significant to the overall valuation of our derivative instruments. As a result, we have determined that all of our derivative valuations are classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Our derivative instrument liability had a fair market value of $19.2 million and $27.9 million which represented approximately 2.2% and 3.1% of total liabilities as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we recorded a total, net charge to ineffectiveness that is included in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations in “gain (loss) on derivatives” of approximately $8.4 million.

 

Subsequent Events

 

Proceeds from Public Offering

 

For the period from October 1, 2008 to October 31, 2008, we issued approximately 3.6 million shares of our common stock pursuant to our follow-on public offering to a total of approximately 1,277 stockholders for net proceeds of approximately $34.7 million, which includes proceeds from our distribution reinvestment plan of approximately $12.7 million.

 

Cash Settlement of Derivative Instrument

 

Upon its maturity date of November 1, 2008, we cash settled one of our outstanding forward starting swaps with a notional value of $100 million by paying approximately $11.5 million.

 

Property Acquisitions

 

For the period from October 1, 2008 to October 31, 2008, we acquired two real properties for an approximate gross investment amount of $77.7 million.

 

Millennium Financial Center

 

On October 1, 2008, we acquired 100% of a fee interest in an office property located in the Denver, Colorado market, which we refer to as the Millennium Financial Center. Millennium Financial Center comprises approximately 133,500 net rentable square feet and is currently 98% occupied by three tenants. We paid for Millennium Financial Center through a combination of net proceeds from our public and private offerings and debt financing assumed upon acquisition. The debt financing assumed upon acquisition was comprised of a senior mortgage loan that is non-recourse to us with an outstanding principal balance of approximately $34.5 million and bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.0%. This loan is interest only until 2009 at which point the loan begins to amortize over a 30-year schedule.

 

Eden Prairie Office Center

 

On October 3, 2008, we acquired 100% of a fee interest in an office property located in the Minneapolis, Minnesota market, which we refer to as the Eden Prairie Office Center. The Eden Prairie Office Center, comprised of approximately 107,000 net rentable square feet, is 100% leased to a single tenant with a 15 year term. We acquired the Eden Prairie Office Center using proceeds.

 

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from our public and private offerings. We paid for the Eden Prairie Office Center through a combination of net proceeds from our public and private offerings.

 

The table below summarizes the detail of the real property acquisitions described above (amounts in thousands):

 

Property

 

Market

 

Date of
Acquisition

 

Gross
Investment
Amount (1)

 

Net Rentable
Area
(Square Feet)

 

Occupancy

 

Millennium Financial Center

 

Denver, CO

 

10/1/08

 

$

48,249

 

134

 

98.0

%

Eden Prairie Office Center

 

Minneapolis, MN

 

10/3/08

 

29,430

 

107

 

100.0

%

Total

 

 

 

 

 

$

77,679

 

241

 

98.9

%

 


(1)                                  Total estimated investment amount includes (i) acquisition fees payable to our Advisor of 1% of our expected pro rata share of the purchase price, which in aggregate for the above real property acquisitions was approximately $760,000 and (ii) other estimated due diligence and closing costs.

 

Inflation

 

The real estate market has not been affected significantly by inflation in the past several years due to the relatively low inflation rate. We expect to include provisions in the majority of our tenant leases designed to protect us from the impact of inflation. These provisions will include reimbursement billings for operating expense pass-through charges, real estate tax and insurance reimbursements, or in some cases, annual reimbursement of operating expenses above a certain allowance. Due to the generally long-term nature of these leases, annual rent increases may not be sufficient to cover inflation and rent may be below market.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

In addition to our critical accounting policies set forth in Item 7 to Part II of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 27, 2008, the following policy has been modified to conform with recent Accounting Guidance.

 

Impairment — Real Estate Securities

 

In accordance with FASB Staff Position No. 115-1/124-1, The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments (“FSP FAS No. 115-1/124-1”) and EITF No. 99-20, as applicable, we evaluate debt and equity securities for other-than-temporary impairment on a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market concerns warrant such evaluation. When management’s estimate of fair value of a real estate security is less than its amortized cost for an extended period, we consider whether there is an other-than-temporary impairment in the value of the security. Consideration is given to (i) the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been lower than carrying value, (ii) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer, (iii) whether the decline in the fair value below our amortized cost indicates that market participants’ expectations of the underlying cash flows have been adversely affected and (iv) our intent and ability to hold an investment for a reasonable period of time sufficient to allow for a forecasted recovery of fair value. If, in our judgment, an other-than-temporary impairment exists, the cost basis of the security is written down to its fair value as of the respective balance sheet date, and the respective unrealized loss is reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss and realized as a reduction to earnings. Significant judgments, including making assumptions regarding the estimated prepayments, loss assumptions and changes in interest rates, are required in determining impairment.

 

On October 14, 2008, the staff in the Office of the Chief Accountant of the Commission noted in a letter to the FASB, that after consulting with the FASB, the staff would not object to the application of an impairment model similar to a debt security since SFAS No. 115 does not specifically address the impact of the debt-like characteristics on the assessment of other-than-temporary impairment. Such an evaluation should be based on our ability and intent to hold the security to maturity and the underlying credit of the issuers. We adopted this impairment model for perpetual preferred securities in the three months ended September 30, 2008. The letter noted that the views of the staff were an intermediate step in the process of addressing the impairment of perpetual preferred securities and asked the FASB to expeditiously address the issues. There is no assurance that the FASB or the staff will formalize the views of the staff noted in the October 14, 2008 letter. As of September 30, 2008, all of our preferred securities investments were perpetual preferred securities. In applying the impairment model for perpetual preferred securities, we reviewed our preferred equity investments for indicators of other-than-temporary impairment. This review included analysis of (i) the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer and (ii) our intent and ability to hold our investment for a reasonable period of time sufficient to allow for a forecasted recovery of fair value. Based on the results of this review, we did not record any other-than-temporary impairment charges related to our preferred equity securities during the three months ended September 30, 2008.

 

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ITEM 3.                            QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Interest Rate Risk and Hedging Activities

 

We may be exposed to interest rate changes primarily as a result of our hedging positions and our variable rate debt used to maintain liquidity, fund capital expenditures and expand our investment portfolio and operations. We generally seek to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower our overall borrowing costs. We also selectively utilize derivative instruments to hedge exposures to changes in interest rates on loans secured by our assets.

 

The Advisor maintains risk management control systems to monitor interest rate cash flow risk attributable to both our outstanding and forecasted debt obligations as well as our potential offsetting hedge positions. While this hedging strategy is designed to minimize the impact on our net income and funds from operations from changes in interest rates, the overall returns on our investments may be reduced. Our board of directors has established policies and procedures regarding our use of derivative instruments for hedging or other purposes. As of September 30, 2008, we held six unsettled hedging instruments with a combined notional amount of approximately $415.8 million that were in a loss position equal to approximately $20.4 million. On November 1, 2008, we cash settled one of our outstanding forward starting swaps with a notional value of $100 million by paying $11.5 million. Specific to the remaining outstanding hedges with a total combined notional amount of $315.8 million, if interest rates were to increase by 10 basis points (relative to interest rates as of September 30, 2008), this would result in an approximate $850,000 decrease in our loss position relative to our overall hedging positions for the remaining unsettled hedging instruments.

 

Credit Risk

 

Credit risk is the failure of the counterparty to perform under the terms of an agreement. All of our investments are exposed to some level of credit risk; real property investments are exposed to the credit risk of the tenants that occupy the space and our investment in real estate securities and debt related investments are exposed to the credit risk of the issuer or the borrower. Additionally, we have exposure to credit risk with the counter parties to our hedging contracts. If the fair value of a derivative contract is positive, the counterparty will owe us, which creates credit risk for us. We seek to minimize the credit risk within our investments and with our derivative instruments by employing a disciplined approach to underwriting and due diligence with respect to our investments and entering into transactions with what management deems to be high-quality counterparties. However, we cannot mitigate all of our credit risk exposure and therefore our operating results may be adversely impacted by the failure of a counterparty to perform under the terms of an agreement.

 

Market Risk

 

Market risk is the adverse effect on the value of assets and liabilities that results from a change in the applicable market resulting from a variety of factors such as perceived risk, interest rate changes, inflation and overall general economic changes. We manage our market risk in variety of ways but primarily through diversification. As described earlier, our diversification strategy includes diversity across our investments types, property types and geographic markets. Additionally, our tenant base is diversified across multiple industries and geographic locations. Our market risk associated with interest-rate contracts is managed by establishing and monitoring parameters that limit the types and degree of market risk that may be undertaken. With regard to variable rate financing, the Advisor assesses our interest rate cash flow risk by continually identifying and monitoring changes in interest rate exposures that may adversely impact expected future cash flows and by evaluating hedging opportunities.

 

As of September 30, 2008, we had unrealized losses aggregating approximately $24.2 million related to our cash flow derivatives, which have been included in other comprehensive loss in the condensed consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity included in “Item 1. Financial Statements” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, aggregate losses of approximately $8.4 million were recorded as a loss due to hedge ineffectiveness as a result of the following: (i) approximately $6.2 million was recorded from other comprehensive income (loss) to gain (loss) on derivatives based on our determination that it was no longer probable that previously forecasted issuances of fixed-rate debt related to $70.4 million portion of our LIBOR-based forward starting swaps would be issued within the timeframe specified in its corresponding hedge designation memorandum (ii) approximately $2.2 million related to the hedge ineffectiveness on cash flow hedges due to a change in the estimated timing of the anticipated debt placements and (iii) approximately $17,000 related to changes in fair value of derivatives not designated as hedges. See further discussion of our hedging activities in Note 7 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in “Item 1. Financial Statements” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

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ITEM 4.                            CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2008. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2008. There were no material changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the nine months ended September 30, 2008.

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.                            LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

We are not aware of any material pending legal proceedings.

 

ITEM 1A.                   RISK FACTORS

 

The following risk factors as set forth in Item 1A. to Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 27, 2008 have been updated.

 

Recent market conditions and the risk of continued market deterioration have caused and may continue to cause the value of our real estate securities and preferred equity investments to be reduced.

 

It has been well publicized that the U.S. credit markets and the sub-prime residential mortgage market have recently experienced severe dislocations and liquidity disruptions. Sub-prime mortgage loans have recently experienced increased rates of delinquency, foreclosure and loss. These and other related events have had a significant impact on the capital markets associated not only with sub-prime mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) and asset-backed securities (“ABS”) and CRE-CDOs, but also with the U.S. credit and financial markets as a whole.

 

We have not invested in any CMBS or CRE-CDOs that contain assets that could be classified as sub-prime residential mortgages and we do not have direct exposure to the sub-prime residential lending market. However, the values of many of the securities that we hold are sensitive to the volatility of the credit markets, and many of our securities have been adversely affected and may continue to be adversely affected by future developments. In addition, to the extent that uncertainty in the credit markets continues and/or intensifies, it has the potential to materially affect both the value of our real estate securities investments and/or the availability or the terms of financing that we may anticipate utilizing in order to leverage our real estate securities investments.

 

If we were forced to liquidate our securities portfolio into the current market, we would experience significant losses on these investments. However, we currently have the intention to hold our real estate securities to maturity, although from time to time we may sell any of these assets as part of our overall management of the investment portfolio.

 

The recent market volatility and lack of liquidity has also made the valuation process pertaining to certain of our securities assets extremely difficult, particularly our CMBS and CRE-CDO assets for which there is currently not an active market. Historically, our estimate of the value of these investments was primarily based on active issuances and the secondary trading market of such securities as compiled and reported by independent pricing agencies.  The current market environment is absent new issuances and there has been very limited, if any, secondary trading of CMBS and CRE-CDOs. Therefore, our estimate of fair value, which is based on the notion of orderly market transactions, requires significant judgment and consideration of other indicators of value such as current interest rates, relevant market indices, broker quotes, expected cash flows and other relevant market and security-specific data as appropriate. The amount that we could obtain if we were forced to liquidate our securities portfolio into the current market could be materially greater or less than management’s best estimate of fair value.

 

Because there is significant uncertainty in the valuation and stability of certain of our securities holdings, the fair values of such investments as reflected in our consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity as other comprehensive income (loss), may not reflect the prices that we would obtain if such investments were actually sold. Furthermore, due to recent market events, many of our investments are subject to rapid changes in value caused by sudden developments which could have a material adverse effect on the values of these investments.

 

To the extent that these volatile market conditions persist and/or deteriorate, it has and may continue to negatively impact our ability to both acquire and potentially sell our real estate securities holdings at a price and with terms acceptable to us and we may be required to recognize additional impairment charges and/or unrealized losses.

 

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Our derivative instruments that we use to hedge against interest rate fluctuations may not be successful in mitigating our risks associated with interest rates and could reduce the overall returns on your investment.

 

We have utilized derivative instruments to hedge exposure to changes in interest rates on certain of our loans secured by our real properties, but no hedging strategy can protect us completely. For example, in the third quarter of 2007 we entered into four, LIBOR-based, forward-starting swaps with a notional value of $350 million to hedge our exposure to variability in the cash outflows of fixed-rate debt issuances and expected future fixed-rate debt issuances due to fluctuations in the USD-LIBOR swap rate. We cash settled the first hedge, which had a notional value of $150 million, by paying approximately $12.3 million. The next $100 million hedge was cash settled on November 1, 2008 by paying approximately $11.5 million. We cannot assure our stockholders that our hedging strategy and the derivatives that we use will adequately offset the risk of interest rate volatility or that our hedging of these transactions will not result in losses. Any settlement charges incurred to terminate the unused derivative instruments will result in increased interest expense, which may reduce the overall return on our investments. These instruments may also generate income that may not be treated as qualifying REIT income for purposes of the 75% or 95% REIT income tests.

 

A prolonged economic slowdown, a lengthy or severe recession, or declining real estate values could harm our operations and lower returns to you.

 

We believe the risks associated with our business are more severe during periods of economic slowdown or recession if these periods are accompanied by declining values in real estate. For example, a prolonged recession could negatively impact our real property investments as a result of increased tenant defaults under our leases, generally lower demand for rentable space, as well as potential oversupply of rentable space which could lead to increased concessions, tenant improvement expenditures or reduced rental rates to maintain occupancies. Because many of our real estate securities and debt related investments consist of mortgages or pooled mortgages secured by real property, these same impacts could also negatively affect the underlying borrowers and collateral of assets that we own.

 

Declining real estate values would also likely reduce the level of new mortgage loan originations, since borrowers often use increases in the value of their existing properties to support the purchase of or investment in additional properties. Borrowers may also be less able to pay principal and interest on our loans if the real estate economy weakens. Further, declining real estate values significantly increases the likelihood that we will incur losses on our debt investments in the event of default because the value of our collateral may be insufficient to cover our basis in the investment.

 

Any sustained period of increased payment delinquencies, foreclosures or losses could adversely affect both our net interest income from investments in our portfolio as well as our ability to originate, sell and securitize loans. In addition, to the extent that the current volatile market conditions develops into a general economic slowdown or recession, it may negatively impact our ability to both acquire and potentially sell our real estate securities holdings at a price and with terms acceptable to us.

 

To date, our results from operations have been negatively impacted primarily through lower fair values and other-than-temporary impairment charges related to our real estate securities holdings, costs incurred as a result of cash settling certain financial hedging instruments used to manage interest rate volatility, as well of the dilutive impact of carrying a large cash balance for an extended period of time. To the extent that a general economic downturn resulting from the current credit crisis is prolonged or becomes even more severe, which would likely significantly harm our revenues, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, overall business prospects and our ability to make distributions to you.

 

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ITEM 2.                             UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

Share Redemption Program

 

We have established a share redemption program that provides our stockholders with limited interim liquidity. The share redemption program will be immediately terminated if our shares of common stock are listed on a national securities exchange, or if a secondary market is otherwise established.

 

After our stockholders have held shares of our common stock for a minimum of one year, our share redemption program may provide a limited opportunity for our stockholders to have their shares of common stock redeemed, subject to certain restrictions and limitations, at a price equal to or at a discount from the purchase price of the shares of our common stock being redeemed and the amount of the discount will vary based upon the length of time that our stockholders have held their shares of our common stock subject to redemption, as described in the following table:

 

Share Purchase Anniversary

 

Redemption Price as a
Percentage of Purchase Price

 

Less than 1 year

 

No Redemption Allowed

 

1 year

 

92.5

%

2 years

 

95.0

%

3 years

 

97.5

%

4 years and longer

 

100.0

%

 

 

In the event that our stockholders seek to redeem all of their shares of our common stock, shares of our common stock purchased pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan may be excluded from the foregoing one-year holding period requirement, at the discretion of the board of directors. In addition, for purposes of the one-year holding period, holders of OP Units who exchange their OP Units for shares of our common stock shall be deemed to have owned their shares as of the date they were issued their OP Units. The board of directors reserves the right in its sole discretion at any time and from time to time to (i) waive the one-year holding period in the event of the death or disability (as such term is defined in the Code) of a stockholder, as well as the annual limitation discussed below, (ii) reject any request for redemption for any reason or no reason, or (iii) reduce the number of shares of our common stock allowed to be purchased under the share redemption program. At any time we are engaged in an offering of shares of our common stock, the per share price for shares of our common stock redeemed under our redemption program will never be greater than the then-current offering price of our shares of our common stock sold in the primary offering. We are not obligated to redeem shares of our common stock under the share redemption program. We presently limit the number of shares to be redeemed during any consecutive twelve month period to no more than five percent of the number of shares of common stock outstanding at the beginning of such twelve month period. The aggregate amount of redemptions under our share redemption program is not expected to exceed the aggregate proceeds received from the sale of shares pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan. However, to the extent that the aggregate proceeds received from the sale of shares pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan are not sufficient to fund redemption requests pursuant to the five percent limitation outlined above, the board of directors may, in its sole discretion, choose to use other sources of funds to redeem shares of our common stock. Such sources of funds could include cash on hand, cash available from borrowings and cash from liquidations of securities investments as of the end of the applicable quarter, to the extent that such funds are not otherwise dedicated to a particular use, such as working capital, cash distributions to stockholders or purchases of real property, real estate securities or debt related investments. The board of directors may also increase the annual limit above five percent but, in any event, the number of shares of our common stock that we may redeem will be limited by the funds available from purchases pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan, cash on hand, cash available from borrowings and cash from liquidations of securities investments as of the end of the applicable quarter.

 

The board of directors may, in its sole discretion, amend, suspend, or terminate the share redemption program at any time if it determines that the funds available to fund the share redemption program are needed for other business or operational purposes or that amendment, suspension or termination of the share redemption program is in the best interest of our stockholders. In addition, the board of directors may determine to modify the share redemption program to redeem shares at the then-current net asset value per share (provided that any offering will then also be conducted at net asset value per share), as calculated in accordance with policies and procedures developed by our board of directors. If the board of directors decides to amend, suspend or terminate the share redemption program, we will provide stockholders with no less than 30 days’ prior written notice. Therefore, our stockholders may not have the opportunity to make a redemption request prior to any potential termination of our share redemption program.

 

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we redeemed 2.2 million shares of common stock pursuant to our share redemption program, as further described in the table below:

 

Period

 

Total Number of
Shares Purchased

 

Average Price
Paid per Share

 

Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans or
Programs

 

Maximum Number of
Shares that May Yet Be
Purchased Under the
Plans of Programs (1)

 

January 1 - January 31, 2008

 

 

$

 

 

 

February 1 - February 29, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

March 1 - March 31, 2008

 

473,762

 

9.22

 

473,762

 

 

April 1 - April 30, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

May 1 - May 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

June 1 - June 30, 2008

 

716,925

 

9.18

 

716,925

 

 

July 1 - July 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

August 1 - August 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

September 1 - September 30, 2008

 

971,374

 

9.28

 

971,374

 

 

 

Total:

 

2,162,061

 

$

9.23

 

2,162,061

 

5,151,949

 

 


(1)

 

This represents the number of shares that could be redeemed for the balance of 2008 without exceeding our 5% limitation discussed above.

 

ITEM 3.                             DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.

 

ITEM 4.                             SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

On August 21, 2008, we held our annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) in Denver, Colorado for the purpose of: (i) electing individuals to serve as our directors as provided in our charter and (ii) ratifying the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008. The total number of shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 130,544,363, of which 67,636,181 shares, or 52%, were present by proxy.

 

The following sets forth the results of the election of directors:

 

Name of Director

 

For

 

Against

 

John A. Blumberg

 

65,366,215

 

2,269,964

 

Charles B. Duke

 

65,968,486

 

1,667,693

 

Daniel J. Sullivan

 

66,011,137

 

1,625,042

 

John P. Woodberry

 

66,044,646

 

1,591,533

 

 

There was no solicitation in opposition to the foregoing nominees by stockholders. The terms of office for John A. Blumberg, Charles B. Duke, Daniel J. Sullivan and John P. Woodberry continued after the Annual Meeting.

 

The ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008 was approved by our stockholders with 64,852,182 votes “For”, 745,386 votes “Against” and 2,038,612 votes “Abstained”.

 

ITEM 5.                             OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

ITEM 6.                             EXHIBITS

 

a.                       Exhibits

 

1.1

 

Dealer Manager Agreement. †

 

 

 

3.1

 

Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. Fifth Articles of Amendment and Restatement.†

 

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3.2

 

Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. Second Amended and Restated Bylaws. †

 

 

 

4.2

 

Second Amended and Restated Distribution Reinvestment Plan. †

 

 

 

10.1

 

Fifth Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement among Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc., Dividend Capital Total Realty Operating Partnership L.P. and Dividend Capital Total Advisors LLC. †

 

 

 

10.2

 

Property Management Agreement between Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. and Dividend Capital Property Management LLC.†

 

 

 

10.3

 

Form of Indemnification Agreement between Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. and the officers and directors of Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc.†

 

 

 

10.4

 

Third Amended and Restated Operating Partnership Agreement of Dividend Capital Total Realty Operating Partnership LP.†

 

 

 

10.5

 

Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. Equity Incentive Plan.†

 

 

 

10.6

 

Form of Director Option Agreement.†

 

 

 

10.7

 

First Amendment to Partnership Agreement between TRT Industrial Fund I LLC and DCT Industrial Fund II LLC.†

 

 

 

10.8

 

Partnership Agreement between TRT Industrial Fund II LLC and DCT Industrial Fund III LLC.†

 

 

 

10.9

 

Partnership Agreement of TRT DDR Venture I General Partnership between DDR TRT GP LLC and TRT-DDR Joint Venture I Owner LLC.†

 

 

 

10.10

 

Contribution and Sale Agreement between JDN Real Estate-Apex L.P., JDN Development Company, Inc., Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, Mt. Nebo Pointe LLC, Centerton Square LLC, as contributors, and a joint venture between an affiliate of Developers Diversified Realty Corporation and Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. (DDR Portfolio).†

 

 

 

10.11

 

Promissory note secured by a deed of trust between a joint venture between an affiliate of Developers Diversified Realty Corporation and Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. and Wachovia Bank, National Association (DDR Portfolio).†

 

 

 

10.12

 

Purchase and Sale Agreement between Tedeschi Realty Corporation and various entities affiliated with Tedeschi Realty Corporation, as sellers, and an affiliate of Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc., as buyer (New England Retail Portfolio).†

 

 

 

10.13

 

Promissory note secured by deeds of trust between Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. and LaSalle Bank National Association (New England Retail Portfolio).†

 

 

 

10.14

 

Form of Management Agreement between various affiliates of Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. and KeyPoint Partners LLC, as property manager (New England Retail Portfolio).†

 

 

 

10.15

 

Acknowledgement and Post-Closing Agreement between various affiliates of Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. and LaSalle Bank National Association (New England Retail Portfolio). †

 

 

 

10.16

 

TRT-DCT Joint Venture III Agreement.†

 

 

 

31.1

 

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer*

 

 

 

31.2

 

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer*

 

 

 

32.1

 

Section 1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer*

 

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32.2

 

Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer*

 


                                          Previously filed.

 

*                                         Filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

DIVIDEND CAPITAL TOTAL REALTY TRUST INC.

 

 

Date: November 14, 2008

/s/ GUY M. ARNOLD

 

Guy M. Arnold

 

President

 

 

Date: November 14, 2008

/s/ JOHN E. BIALLAS

 

John E. Biallas

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

1.1

 

Dealer Manager Agreement. †

 

 

 

3.1

 

Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. Fifth Articles of Amendment and Restatement.†

 

 

 

3.2

 

Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. Second Amended and Restated Bylaws. †

 

 

 

4.2

 

Second Amended and Restated Distribution Reinvestment Plan. †

 

 

 

10.1

 

Fifth Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement among Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc., Dividend Capital Total Realty Operating Partnership L.P. and Dividend Capital Total Advisors LLC. †

 

 

 

10.2

 

Property Management Agreement between Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. and Dividend Capital Property Management LLC.†

 

 

 

10.3

 

Form of Indemnification Agreement between Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. and the officers and directors of Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc.†

 

 

 

10.4

 

Third Amended and Restated Operating Partnership Agreement of Dividend Capital Total Realty Operating Partnership LP.†

 

 

 

10.5

 

Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. Equity Incentive Plan.†

 

 

 

10.6

 

Form of Director Option Agreement.†

 

 

 

10.7

 

First Amendment to Partnership Agreement between TRT Industrial Fund I LLC and DCT Industrial Fund II LLC.†

 

 

 

10.8

 

Partnership Agreement between TRT Industrial Fund II LLC and DCT Industrial Fund III LLC.†

 

 

 

10.9

 

Partnership Agreement of TRT DDR Venture I General Partnership between DDR TRT GP LLC and TRT-DDR Joint Venture I Owner LLC.†

 

 

 

10.10

 

Contribution and Sale Agreement between JDN Real Estate-Apex L.P., JDN Development Company, Inc., Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, Mt. Nebo Pointe LLC, Centerton Square LLC, as contributors, and a joint venture between an affiliate of Developers Diversified Realty Corporation and Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. (DDR Portfolio).†

 

 

 

10.11

 

Promissory note secured by a deed of trust between a joint venture between an affiliate of Developers Diversified Realty Corporation and Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. and Wachovia Bank, National Association (DDR Portfolio).†

 

 

 

10.12

 

Purchase and Sale Agreement between Tedeschi Realty Corporation and various entities affiliated with Tedeschi Realty Corporation, as sellers, and an affiliate of Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc., as buyer (New England Retail Portfolio).†

 

 

 

10.13

 

Promissory note secured by deeds of trust between Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. and LaSalle Bank National Association (New England Retail Portfolio).†

 

 

 

10.14

 

Form of Management Agreement between various affiliates of Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. and KeyPoint Partners LLC, as property manager (New England Retail Portfolio).†

 

 

 

10.15

 

Acknowledgement and Post-Closing Agreement between various affiliates of Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. and LaSalle Bank National Association (New England Mortgage Loan and New England Mezzanine Loan Defeasance).†

 

 

 

10.16

 

TRT-DCT Joint Venture III Agreement. †

 

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31.1

 

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer*

 

 

 

31.2

 

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer*

 

 

 

32.1

 

Section 1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer*

 

 

 

32.2

 

Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer*

 


                                          Previously filed.

 

*                                         Filed herewith.

 

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