10-K 1 kbsriiiq4201410k.htm FORM 10K REIT III 2014 10K
 
 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K
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(Mark One)
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014
OR
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from              to             
Commission file number 000-54687
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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Maryland
 
27-1627696
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
800 Newport Center Drive, Suite 700
Newport Beach, California
 
92660
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
(949) 417-6500
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class
 
Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
None
 
None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
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There is no established market for the Registrant’s shares of common stock. The Registrant is currently conducting an initial public offering of its shares of common stock pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Commission File No. 333-164703). From May 6, 2014 through December 11, 2014 shares were sold in the offering at $10.39 per share, with discounts available for certain categories of purchasers. Shares are currently being sold in the offering at $10.51 per share (effective December 12, 2014), with discounts available for certain categories of purchasers. There were approximately 89,920,951 shares of common stock held by non-affiliates as of June 30, 2014, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter.
As of March 3, 2015, there were 138,124,027 outstanding shares of common stock of the Registrant.
 
 
 
 
 


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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are forward-looking statements. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc. and members of our management team, as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based, and generally are identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “seeks,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “should” or similar expressions. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Further, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time, unless required by law.
The following are some of the risks and uncertainties, although not all of the risks and uncertainties, that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those presented in our forward-looking statements:
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We commenced investment operations on June 24, 2011 in connection with our first investment and we have a limited operating history. We are dependent on KBS Capital Advisors LLC (“KBS Capital Advisors”), our advisor, to identify suitable investments and to manage our investments.
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All of our executive officers, our affiliated directors and other key real estate and debt finance professionals are also officers, affiliated directors, managers, key professionals and/or holders of a direct or indirect controlling interest in our advisor, our dealer manager and/or other KBS-affiliated entities. As a result, our executive officers, our affiliated directors, some of our key real estate and debt finance professionals, our advisor and its affiliates face conflicts of interest, including significant conflicts created by our advisor’s and its affiliates’ compensation arrangements with us and other KBS-sponsored programs and KBS-advised investors and conflicts in allocating time among us and these other programs and investors. Furthermore, these individuals may become employees of another KBS-sponsored program in an internalization transaction or, if we internalize our advisor, may not become our employees as a result of their relationship with other KBS-sponsored programs. These conflicts could result in action or inaction that is not in the best interests of our stockholders.
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Because investment opportunities that are suitable for us may also be suitable for other KBS-sponsored programs or KBS-advised investors, our advisor and its affiliates face conflicts of interest relating to the purchase of properties and other investments and such conflicts may not be resolved in our favor, meaning that we could invest in less attractive assets, which could reduce the investment return to our stockholders.
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If we do not acquire a diverse portfolio of real estate investments, the value of an investment in us may vary more widely with the performance of specific assets and could increase the risk that our stockholders will lose money in their investment.
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Our advisor and its affiliates receive fees in connection with transactions involving the purchase or origination and management of our investments. These fees are based on the cost of the investment, and not based on the quality of the investment or the quality of the services rendered to us. This may influence our advisor to recommend riskier transactions to us and increases our stockholders’ risk of loss. In addition, we have paid and will pay substantial fees to and expenses of our advisor, its affiliates and participating broker-dealers, which payments increase the risk that our stockholders will not earn a profit on their investment. We may also pay significant fees during our listing/liquidation stage. Although most of the fees payable during our listing/liquidation stage are contingent on our stockholders first enjoying agreed-upon investment returns, the investment return thresholds may be reduced subject to approval by our conflicts committee and to other limitations in our charter.
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Our charter permits us to pay distributions from any source, including offering proceeds or borrowings (which may constitute a return of capital), and our charter does not limit the amount of funds we may use from any source to pay such distributions. As of December 31, 2014, we had used a combination of cash flow from operations, proceeds from debt financing and proceeds from an advance from our advisor to fund distributions. During our offering stage and from time to time during our operational stage, we expect to use proceeds from third party financings to fund at least a portion of distributions in anticipation of cash flow to be received in later periods. We may also fund such distributions from the sale of assets or from the maturity, payoff or settlement of debt investments. If we pay distributions from sources other than our cash flow from operations, we will have less funds available for investment in properties and other assets, the overall return to our stockholders may be reduced and subsequent investors will experience dilution.


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We may incur debt until our total liabilities would exceed 75% of the cost of our tangible assets (before deducting depreciation or other non-cash reserves), and we may exceed this limit with the approval of the conflicts committee of our board of directors. To the extent financing in excess of this limit is available on attractive terms, our conflicts committee may approve debt such that our total liabilities would exceed this limit. High debt levels could limit the amount of cash we have available to distribute and could result in a decline in the value of an investment in us.
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We depend on tenants for the revenue generated by our real estate investments and, accordingly, the revenue generated by our real estate investments is dependent upon the success and economic viability of our tenants. Revenues from our properties could decrease due to a reduction in occupancy (caused by factors including, but not limited to, tenant defaults, tenant insolvency, early termination of tenant leases and non-renewal of existing tenant leases) and/or lower rental rates, making it more difficult for us to meet our debt service obligations and limiting our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders.
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Our real estate investments and any future investments may be affected by unfavorable real estate market and general economic conditions, which could decrease the value of those assets and reduce the investment return to our stockholders. Revenues from our real estate properties and the properties and other assets directly securing our loan investments could decrease. Such events would make it more difficult for the borrowers under our loan investments to meet their payment obligations to us and could in turn make it more difficult for us to meet our debt service obligations and limit our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders.
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If we are unable to locate investments with attractive yields while we are investing the proceeds of our public offerings, our distributions and the long-term returns of our investors may be lower than they otherwise would.
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We cannot predict with any certainty how much, if any, of our dividend reinvestment plan proceeds will be available for general corporate purposes including, but not limited to: the repurchase of shares under our share redemption program; capital expenditures, tenant improvement costs and leasing costs related to our real estate properties; reserves required by any financings of our real estate investments; funding obligations under our real estate loan receivable; the acquisition or origination of real estate investments, which include payment of acquisition or origination fees to our advisor; and the repayment of debt. If such funds are not available from our dividend reinvestment plan offering, then we may have to use a greater proportion of our cash flow from operations to meet these cash requirements, which would reduce cash available for distributions and could limit our ability to redeem shares under our share redemption program.
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Disruptions in the financial markets and uncertain economic conditions could adversely affect our ability to implement our business strategy and generate returns to stockholders.
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Our charter does not require us to liquidate our assets and dissolve by a specified date, nor does our charter require our directors to list our shares for trading by a specified date. No public market currently exists for our shares of common stock, and we have no plans at this time to list our shares on a national securities exchange. Until our shares are listed, if ever, our stockholders may not sell their shares unless the buyer meets the applicable suitability and minimum purchase standards. Any sale must comply with applicable state and federal securities laws. In addition, our charter prohibits the ownership of more than 9.8% of our stock, unless exempted by our board of directors, which may inhibit large investors from purchasing our shares. Our shares cannot be readily sold and, if our stockholders are able to sell their shares, they would likely have to sell them at a substantial discount from the price our stockholders paid to acquire the shares.
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Our current primary initial public offering price of $10.51 per share may not be indicative of the price at which our shares would trade if they were listed on a national securities exchange or actively traded. This updated offering price of shares of common stock to be sold in our ongoing primary initial public offering was determined by adding certain offering costs to the estimated value of our assets less the estimated value of our liabilities, divided by the number of shares outstanding, all as of September 30, 2014, with the exception of an adjustment for actual or estimated acquisition fees and closing costs related to six properties that were either acquired subsequent to September 30, 2014 or were under contract to purchase and were reasonably probable to close, but had not yet closed as of December 9, 2014, which were included as a reduction to the net asset value. As of December 30, 2014, we had closed on each of these six properties.


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As such, the offering price of our shares is not a statement of our estimated net asset value per share, as the offering price takes into consideration the projected costs and expenses associated with raising capital in our ongoing initial public offering. These costs include selling commissions, dealer manager fees and certain other offering costs. The estimated net asset value per share was determined for the sole purpose of updating the offering prices in our ongoing primary initial public offering and in our dividend reinvestment plan offering. Moreover, the valuation methodologies used to establish the net asset value component of our updated offering prices are based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that may not be accurate or complete. Our board of directors may adjust the offering price of the primary offering shares or dividend reinvestment plan shares during the course of our ongoing initial public offering. For information related to the determination of our updated offering prices, see Part II, Item 5, “Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities - Market Information.”

All forward-looking statements should be read in light of the risks identified in Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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PART I
ITEM 1.
BUSINESS
Overview
KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc. (the “Company”) was formed on December 22, 2009 as a Maryland corporation that elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2011 and it intends to continue to operate in such a manner. As used herein, the terms “we,” “our” and “us” refer to the Company and as required by context, KBS Limited Partnership III, a Delaware limited partnership, which we refer to as our “Operating Partnership,” and to their subsidiaries. We conduct our business through our Operating Partnership, of which we are the sole general partner.
On February 4, 2010, we filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to offer a minimum of 250,000 shares and a maximum of up to 280,000,000 shares, or up to $2,760,000,000 of shares, of common stock for sale to the public, of which up to 200,000,000 shares, or up to $2,000,000,000 of shares, were registered in our primary offering and up to 80,000,000 shares, or up to $760,000,000 of shares, were registered under our dividend reinvestment plan. The SEC declared our registration statement effective on October 26, 2010 and we retained KBS Capital Markets Group LLC (“KBS Capital Markets Group”), an affiliate of our advisor, to serve as the dealer manager of our initial public offering pursuant to a dealer manager agreement. The dealer manager is responsible for marketing our shares in our ongoing initial public offering.
We have invested in and intend to invest in a diverse portfolio of real estate investments. Our primary investment focus is core office properties located throughout the United States, though we may also invest in industrial and retail properties. Although we may invest in any of these types of properties, we expect to invest primarily in core office properties. Our core property focus in the U.S. office sector has reflected a more value-creating core strategy, and based on the current market outlook, we expect to continue this strategy. In many cases, these properties have slightly higher (10% to 15%) vacancy rates and/or higher near-term lease rollover at acquisition than more conservative value-maintaining core properties. These characteristics provide us with opportunities to lease space at higher rates, especially in markets with increasing absorption, or to re-lease space in these properties at higher rates, bringing below-market rates of in-place expiring leases up to market rates. Many of these properties will require a moderate level of additional investment for capital expenditures and tenant improvement costs in order to improve or rebrand the properties and increase rental rates. Thus, we believe these properties provide an opportunity for us to achieve more significant capital appreciation by increasing occupancy, negotiating new leases with higher rental rates and/or executing enhancement projects. All such real estate assets may be acquired directly by us or the Operating Partnership, though we may invest in other entities that make similar investments. We also currently expect to allocate between 0 and 20% of our portfolio to real estate-related investments such as mortgage loans. As of December 31, 2014, we owned 20 office properties and had originated one first mortgage loan.
On March 24, 2011, we broke escrow in our initial public offering and through December 31, 2014, we had sold 123,891,580 shares of common stock for gross offering proceeds of $1.2 billion, including 4,945,618 shares of common stock under our dividend reinvestment plan for gross offering proceeds of $47.7 million.
Additionally, on October 3, 2014, we issued 258,462 shares of common stock, for $2.4 million, in private transactions exempt from the registration requirements pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.
On February 14, 2013, we filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the SEC to register a follow-on offering (the “Follow-on Offering”). We can give no assurance that we will commence or complete the Follow-on Offering.
On February 12, 2015, in consideration of our offering proceeds raised to date and the pace of sales in our primary public offering, our board of directors approved the termination of our primary public offering stage effective approximately 90 days (as determined by our Chief Executive Officer, such date the “Offering Termination Date”) after we have announced that we have raised $1.3 billion in the aggregate in our primary public offerings, whether in our ongoing initial public offering or a follow-on offering. On February 20, 2015 we announced that, as of February 20, 2015, we had accepted aggregate gross offering proceeds in excess of $1.3 billion in our primary public offering. Our Offering Termination Date will be Friday, May 29, 2015. Subscriptions must be dated on or before May 29, 2015, and subscriptions and all related documents and funds must be received by us in good order no later than July 28, 2015.

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We plan to continue to offer shares under our dividend reinvestment plan beyond the termination of the offering stage for our primary offering. In some states, we will need to renew the registration statement annually or file a new registration statement to continue the dividend reinvestment plan offering. We may terminate our dividend reinvestment plan offering at any time.
Also as of December 31, 2014, we had redeemed 743,496 shares sold in our ongoing initial public offering for $7.2 million.
As our advisor, KBS Capital Advisors manages our day-to-day operations and our portfolio of real estate investments. KBS Capital Advisors makes recommendations on all investments to our board of directors. All proposed investments must be approved by at least a majority of our board of directors, including a majority of the conflicts committee. Unless otherwise provided by our charter, the conflicts committee may approve a proposed investment without action by the full board of directors if the approving members of the conflicts committee constitute at least a majority of the board of directors. KBS Capital Advisors also provides asset-management, marketing, investor-relations and other administrative services on our behalf. Our advisor owns 20,000 shares of our common stock. We have no paid employees.
Investment Objectives
We expect to use substantially all of the net proceeds from our public offerings to acquire and manage a diverse portfolio of real estate investments. We plan to diversify our portfolio by geography, investment size and investment risk with the goal of attaining a portfolio of income-producing real estate investments that provides attractive and stable returns to our investors and that allows us to preserve and return our investors’ capital contributions.
We had initially expected to allocate approximately 70% of our portfolio to, and had expected that, once we had fully invested the proceeds from our public offerings, approximately 60% to 80% of our portfolio would consist of, investments in core real estate properties. We also had initially expected to allocate approximately 30% of our portfolio to, and had expected that, once we had fully invested the proceeds from our public offerings, approximately 20% to 40% of our portfolio would consist of, investments in other real estate-related investments such as mortgage, mezzanine, bridge and other loans, debt and derivative securities related to real estate assets, including mortgage-backed securities, and the equity securities of other REITs and real estate companies.
However, due to current market conditions for the types of real estate-related investments that we had intended to target, such as first mortgage loans, and opportunities for investments in core properties, we currently may not make any significant investments in real estate-related investments, and we now expect our primary investment focus to be core real estate properties. We currently expect to allocate between 0% and 20% of our portfolio to real estate-related investments once we have fully invested the proceeds from our public offerings. If we make investments in other public companies, we do not expect our non-controlling equity investments in other public companies to exceed 5% of the proceeds of our public offerings, assuming we sell the maximum offering amount, or to represent a substantial portion of our assets at any one time.     
As has always been the case, although this is our current target portfolio, we may make adjustments to our target portfolio based on real estate market conditions and investment opportunities. We will not forego a good investment because it does not precisely fit our expected portfolio composition. We believe that we are most likely to meet our investment objectives through the careful selection and underwriting of assets. When making an acquisition, we will emphasize the performance and risk characteristics of that investment, how that investment will fit with our portfolio-level performance objectives, the other assets in our portfolio and how the returns and risks of that investment compare to the returns and risks of available investment alternatives. Thus, to the extent that our advisor presents us with what we believe to be good investment opportunities that allow us to meet the REIT requirements under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), our portfolio composition may vary from what we initially expect. However, we will attempt to construct a portfolio that produces stable and attractive returns by spreading risk across different real estate investments.

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2014 Investment Highlights
During 2014, we acquired:
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one office property consisting of 426,657 rentable square feet located in Salt Lake City, Utah for $169.8 million plus closing costs;
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one office property containing 333,014 rentable square feet located in Phoenix, Arizona for $84.1 million plus closing costs;
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one office property containing 509,237 rentable square feet located in Atlanta, Georgia for $132.2 million plus closing costs;
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one office property containing 220,020 rentable square feet located in Rocklin, California for $32.8 million plus closing costs;
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one office property containing 139,071 rentable square feet located in Reston, Virginia for $47.7 million plus closing costs;
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one office property containing 309,254 rentable square feet located in San Jose, California for $116.0 million plus closing costs;
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one office property consisting of three buildings containing an aggregate of 815,018 rentable square feet located in Emeryville, California for $245.6 million plus closing costs;
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one office property containing 346,451 rentable square feet located in St. Louis, Missouri for $61.9 million plus closing costs; and
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one office property containing 210,804 rentable square feet located in Arlington, Virginia for $148.6 million plus closing costs.
Real Estate Portfolio
Real Estate Properties
We have invested in and expect to invest in core real estate properties, which are generally lower risk, existing properties with at least 80% occupancy and minimal near-term lease rollover. Our primary investment focus is core office properties located throughout the United States, though we may also invest in industrial and retail properties. Our core property focus in the U.S. office sector has reflected a more value-creating core strategy, and based on the current market outlook, we expect to continue this strategy. In many cases, these properties have slightly higher (10% to 15%) vacancy rates and/or higher near-term lease rollover at acquisition than more conservative value-maintaining core properties. These characteristics provide us with opportunities to lease space at higher rates, especially in markets with increasing absorption, or to re-lease space in these properties at higher rates, bringing below-market rates of in-place expiring leases up to market rates. Many of these properties will require a moderate level of additional investment for capital expenditures and tenant improvement costs in order to improve or rebrand the properties and increase rental rates. Thus, we believe these properties provide an opportunity for us to achieve more significant capital appreciation by increasing occupancy, negotiating new leases with higher rental rates and/or executing enhancement projects.
The office properties we may invest in include low-rise, mid-rise and high-rise office buildings and office parks in urban and suburban locations, especially those that are in or near central business districts or have access to transportation. The industrial properties we may invest in include warehouse and distribution facilities, office/warehouse flex properties, research and development properties and light industrial properties.
We will generally hold fee title to or a long-term leasehold interest in the properties we acquire. We may also invest in or acquire operating companies or other entities that own and operate assets that meet our investment objectives. We will make investments in other entities when we consider it more efficient to acquire an entity that already owns assets meeting our investment objectives than to acquire such assets directly. We may also participate with other entities (including non-affiliated entities) in property ownership through joint ventures, limited liability companies, partnerships and other types of common ownership.
We expect that our real property investments will typically range in size from $50 million to $200 million; however, we may make investments outside of this range. For example, we may make investments for less than $50 million if the acquired properties will complement our existing portfolio. Further, we may invest more than $200 million in a single property if we believe that property will help us meet our investment objectives. We do not generally expect that we will invest more than $300 million in any single property, although we will not forego an attractive investment because it does not precisely fit our expected portfolio composition. In making such determination, we will consider the diversification of our portfolio and how such investment would assist us in meeting our investment objectives. An example of such an acquisition is the 500 West Madison building in Chicago, which we purchased in 2013 for approximately $420 million.

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We generally intend to hold our core properties for three to seven years, which we believe is the optimal period to enable us to capitalize on the potential for increased income and capital appreciation of properties. However, economic and market conditions may influence us to hold our investments for different periods of time.
We acquired our first real estate property on September 29, 2011. As of December 31, 2014, our real estate portfolio was composed of 20 office properties encompassing in the aggregate 8.2 million rentable square feet and was collectively 89% occupied. For more information on our real estate investments, including tenant information, see Item 1, Part 2, “Properties.”
Real Estate-Related Investments
We also may make investments in real estate-related loans, including first and second mortgage loans, mezzanine loans, B-Notes, bridge loans, convertible mortgages, wraparound mortgage loans, construction mortgage loans and participations in such loans. We may structure, underwrite and originate some of the debt products in which we invest. Our underwriting process will involve comprehensive financial, structural, operational and legal due diligence to assess the risks of investments so that we can optimize pricing and structuring. By originating loans directly, we will be able to efficiently structure a diverse range of products. For instance, we may sell some components of the debt we originate while retaining attractive, risk-adjusted strips of the debt for ourselves. Our advisor will source our debt investments.
We may also invest in debt and equity securities. The debt securities in which we may invest include commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) and debt securities issued by other real estate companies. While we may invest in any of these debt-related investments, we expect that the majority of these investments will be CMBS. With respect to equity securities, we may purchase the common or preferred stock of REITs or other real estate companies or options to acquire their stock. We may purchase the stock of a public company that owns commercial real estate or real estate-related assets when we believe its stock is trading at a discount to that company’s net asset value. We may eventually seek to acquire or gain a controlling interest in companies that we target. We do not expect our non-controlling equity investments in other public companies to exceed 5% of the proceeds of our public offering, assuming we sell the maximum offering amount, or to represent a substantial portion of our assets at any one time.
As of December 31, 2014, we owned one real estate loan receivable with an outstanding principal balance of $20.0 million.
Financing Objectives
We financed our real estate acquisitions to date with a combination of the proceeds received from our initial public offering and debt. We may use proceeds from borrowings to finance acquisitions of new properties or assets or for originations of new loans; to pay for capital improvements, repairs or tenant build-outs to properties; to refinance existing indebtedness; to pay distributions; or to provide working capital. Careful use of debt will help us to achieve our diversification goals because we will have more funds available for investment. Our investment strategy is to utilize primarily secured and possibly unsecured debt to finance our investment portfolio. We may elect to secure financing subsequent to the acquisition date of future real estate properties and initially acquire investments without debt financing. To the extent that we do not finance our properties and other investments, our ability to acquire additional real estate investments will be restricted.
We expect to borrow funds at fixed and variable rates. As of December 31, 2014, we had debt obligations in the aggregate principal amount of $1.3 billion, with a weighted-average remaining term of 3.5 years. We have a total of $102.7 million of fixed rate notes payable and $1.2 billion of variable rate notes payable. The interest rates on $575.1 million of our variable rate notes payable are effectively fixed through interest rate swap agreements. The interest rate and weighted-average interest rate of our fixed rate debt and variable rate debt as of December 31, 2014 was 4.0% and 2.3%, respectively. The weighted-average interest rate represents the actual interest rate in effect as of December 31, 2014 (consisting of the contractual interest rate and the effect of interest rate swaps), using interest rate indices as of December 31, 2014, where applicable. In addition, we have entered into $314.4 million of forward swaps which will be effective at various times between 2015 and 2020. See Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Subsequent Events – Financing Subsequent to December 31, 2014.”

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We have tried to spread the maturity dates of our debt to minimize maturity and refinance risk in our portfolio. In addition, a majority of our debt allows us to extend the maturity dates, subject to certain conditions contained in the applicable loan documents. Although we believe we will satisfy the conditions to extend the maturity of our debt obligations, we can give no assurance in this regard. The following table shows the current maturities, including principal amortization payments, of our debt obligations as of December 31, 2014 (in thousands):
2015
 
$
20,000

2016
 
1,357

2017
 
293,231

2018
 
787,768

2019
 
2,581

Thereafter
 
217,961

 
 
$
1,322,898


Once we have fully invested the proceeds of our public offerings, we expect our debt financing and other liabilities to be between 35% and 65% of the cost of our tangible assets (before deducting depreciation or other non-cash reserves). We expect our debt financing related to the acquisition of core real estate properties to be between 45% and 65% of the aggregate cost of all such assets. We expect our debt financing related to the acquisition and origination of real estate-related investments to be between 0% and 65% of the aggregate cost of all such assets depending upon the availability of such financings in the marketplace. There is no limitation on the amount we may borrow for the purchase of any single asset. We limit our total liabilities to 75% of the cost (before deducting depreciation or other non-cash reserves) of our tangible assets, meaning that our borrowings and other liabilities may exceed our maximum target leverage of 65% of the cost of our tangible assets without violating the borrowing restrictions in our charter. We may exceed the 75% limit only if a majority of the conflicts committee approves each borrowing in excess of this limitation and we disclose such borrowings to our stockholders in our next quarterly report with an explanation from the conflicts committee of the justification for the excess borrowing. To the extent financing in excess of this limit is available at attractive terms, the conflicts committee may approve debt in excess of the charter limit. From time to time, our total liabilities could also be below 35% of the cost of our tangible assets due to the lack of availability of debt financing. As of December 31, 2014, our borrowings and other liabilities were approximately 57% of both the cost (before deducting depreciation or other noncash reserves) and book value (before deducting depreciation) of our tangible assets, respectively.
Market Outlook - Real Estate and Real Estate Finance Markets
The following discussion is based on management’s beliefs, observations and expectations with respect to the real estate and real estate finance markets.
Current conditions in the global capital markets remain volatile as the world’s economic growth has been affected by geopolitical and economic events. Geopolitical events in Europe and the Middle East escalated throughout 2014, and into 2015. The rise of the Islamic State and the struggle between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels have kept the U.S. and its allies engaged in international military conflicts. The slowdown in global economic growth, and in particular the slowing of the Chinese economy, has had a ripple effect through the energy and commodity markets. Decreasing levels of demand for commodities, and in particular oil, have led to a steep price decline in most commodity market prices. In this type of economic environment the possibility of deflation is now a very real risk. While the U.S. economy has rebounded from the recent recession, the remainder of the world’s industrialized and emerging economies have struggled to maintain even low levels of economic growth.
Central bank interventions and the use of monetary policy to combat the lingering effects of the recent recession continue to dominate the performance of the global economy. In 2012, Japan embarked on a massive quantitative easing (“QE”) program designed to kick start the country’s economy. To date the program has led to lower Japanese interest rates, a run up in the Japanese stock markets and a devaluation of the yen. In Europe, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced its own QE program in January 2015. The long awaited announcement has led to lower European interest rates and a weakening of the Euro against other currencies.

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The Federal Reserve has maintained an accommodative monetary policy since the beginning of the recent financial crisis. Through a variety of monetary tools and programs, the Federal Reserve injected trillions of U.S. dollars into the global financial markets. The U.S. QE program focused on the purchase of U.S. treasury bonds and mortgage backed securities. Currently it is unclear what the final cost or impact of this program will be. In October of 2014, the Federal Reserve concluded the current phase of QE. The end of this program has shifted investor focus to the timing of an eventual interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve.
In the United States, recent economic data has been improving. Slow and steady growth in the labor markets has driven unemployment below 6%. The labor force participation rate continues to be low and personal income growth has remained muted. Consumer spending in the United States has increased, and is being driven by lower debt service burdens, record high stock market valuations, rebounding home prices and a dramatic decrease in the cost of gasoline. Consumer confidence levels are starting to reach levels last seen in the 1990’s. U.S. gross domestic product (“U.S. GDP”) has continued to grow at a moderate annualized rate. On an annual basis, U.S. GDP growth in 2014 was 2.4%, which was a slight improvement over 2013’s growth rate of 2.2%. In the second half of 2014, the U.S. dollar began to appreciate against the currencies of other nations. The effects of a strong dollar and weak international economic growth began to materialize in the form of reduced corporate earnings in the fourth quarter of 2014.
The U.S. dollar has remained a safe haven currency and the U.S. commercial real estate market has benefited from an inflow of foreign capital. Initially, gateway markets such as New York City and San Francisco benefited from a high demand for commercial properties. In 2014, the commercial real estate market recovery spread to secondary and tertiary markets, and most asset classes. The U.S. commercial real estate market has gained favor as an alternative investment class and capital flows continue to improve. Looking forward, however, the recovery in commercial real estate is expected to remain uneven across geographies and among property types.
As the dollar strengthens, the flow of capital into the United States could be curtailed. International demand for U.S. assets has been driven, in part, by the perception that U.S. real assets and the U.S. dollar are safe havens from some market risks. A decrease in flow of capital into the United States could lead to a decrease in the demand for U.S. commercial real estate assets, and result in a decline in commercial real estate valuations.
After several years of improving market conditions, the recovery in the U.S. residential real estate market recently began to slow. The initial recovery was driven by low interest rates, pent-up demand from the consumer sector and institutional investors in the form of buy-to-rent portfolios. In 2014, investor demand for homes slowed and stringent mortgage lending standards reduced demand in the residential markets. In addition, as referenced above, the Federal Reserve’s QE program, which peaked at $85 billion a month in purchases of long-term treasury bonds and mortgage backed securities, ended on October 31, 2014. This reduction in market support could cause the demand for residential real estate to decrease further.
Overall, despite indications of recovery in the United States, uncertainties abound. China’s export-based economy has slowed and the Japanese government continues to experiment with QE. The EU is faced with the economic collapse of Greece, another recession and an escalating military conflict in the Ukraine. In the United States, the Federal Reserve has completed the latest phase of QE and is now faced with the impact of a strong dollar and record low interest rates. In the short-term, we anticipate that market conditions will continue to remain volatile and, combined with a challenging global macro-economic environment, may interfere with the implementation of our business strategy and/or force us to modify it.
Impact on Our Real Estate Properties
The economic events that have occurred since the onset of the recession in 2008 have no precedent. While current forecasts for the U.S. economy are positive, there is a level of uncertainty inherent to this outlook. Currently, both the investing and leasing environments are highly competitive. While there has been an increase in the amount of capital flowing into U.S. real estate markets, which has resulted in an increase in real estate values in certain markets, the uncertainty regarding the economic environment has made businesses reluctant to make long-term commitments or changes in their business plans. Possible future declines in rental rates, slower or potentially negative net absorption of leased space and expectations of future rental concessions, including free rent to renew tenants early, to retain tenants who are up for renewal or to attract new tenants, may result in decreases in cash flows. Historically low interest rates could help offset some of the impact of these potential decreases in operating cash flow for properties financed with variable rate mortgages; however, interest rates likely will not remain at these historically low levels for the remaining life of many of our investments. Interest rates have become more volatile as the global capital markets react to increasing economic and geopolitical risks.

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Impact on Our Real Estate-Related Investments
Our real estate-related investment is directly secured by commercial real estate. As a result, our real estate-related investment, in general, has been and likely will continue to be impacted by the same factors impacting our real estate properties. The higher yields and the improving credit position of many U.S. tenants and borrowers have attracted global capital. However, the real estate and capital markets are fluid, and the positive trends can reverse quickly. Economic conditions remain relatively unstable and can have a negative impact on the performance of collateral securing our loan investments, and therefore may impact the ability of some borrowers under our loans to make contractual interest payments to us.
As of December 31, 2014, we owned one fixed-rate real estate loan receivable with a principal balance of $20.0 million and a carrying value of $20.0 million that matures in 2016.
Impact on Our Financing Activities
In light of the risks associated with potentially volatile operating cash flows from some of our real estate properties, we may have difficulty refinancing some of our debt obligations prior to or at maturity or we may not be able to refinance these obligations at terms as favorable as the terms of our existing indebtedness. Recent financial market conditions have improved from the bottom of the economic cycle, but material risks are still present. Market conditions can change quickly, potentially negatively impacting the value of our investments.
As of December 31, 2014, we had debt obligations in the aggregate principal amount of $1.3 billion, with a weighted-average remaining term of 3.5 years. We have a total of $102.7 million of fixed rate notes payable and $1.2 billion of variable rate notes payable. The interest rates on $575.1 million of our variable rate notes payable are effectively fixed through interest rate swap agreements. In addition, we have entered into $314.4 million of forward swaps which will be effective at various times between 2015 and 2020. See Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Subsequent Events – Financing Subsequent to December 31, 2014.”
Economic Dependency
We are dependent on our advisor and our dealer manager for certain services that are essential to us, including the sale of our shares of common and, if applicable, preferred stock available for issue; the identification, evaluation, negotiation, acquisition or origination and disposition of investments; management of the daily operations and leasing of our portfolio; and other general and administrative responsibilities. In the event that these companies are unable to provide the respective services, we will be required to obtain such services from other sources.
Competitive Market Factors
The U.S. commercial real estate investment and leasing markets remain competitive. We face competition from various entities for investment opportunities in core real estate properties, including other REITs, pension funds, insurance companies, investment funds and companies, partnerships and developers. Many of these entities have substantially greater financial resources than we do and may be able to accept more risk than we can prudently manage, including risks with respect to the creditworthiness of a tenant or the geographic location of their investments. Competition from these entities may reduce the number of suitable investment opportunities offered to us or increase the bargaining power of property owners seeking to sell. These factors could result in delays in the investment of proceeds from our public offerings. Further, as a result of their greater resources, those entities may have more flexibility than we do in their ability to offer rental concessions to attract and retain tenants. This could put pressure on our ability to maintain or raise rents and could adversely affect our ability to attract or retain tenants. As a result, our financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, ability to satisfy our debt service obligations and ability to pay distributions to our stockholders may be adversely affected.
To the extent we acquire or originate additional real estate-related investments, the success of our portfolio of real estate-related investments will depend, in part, on our ability to acquire and originate investments with spreads over our borrowing cost. In acquiring and originating these investments, we will compete with other REITs that acquire or originate real estate loans, specialty finance companies, savings and loan associations, banks, mortgage bankers, insurance companies, mutual funds, institutional investors, investment banking firms, other lenders, governmental bodies and other entities, many of which have greater financial resources and lower costs of capital available to them than we do. In addition, there are numerous REITs with asset acquisition objectives similar to ours, and others may be organized in the future, which may increase competition for the investments suitable for us. Competitive variables include market presence and visibility, size of loans offered and underwriting standards. To the extent that a competitor is willing to risk larger amounts of capital in a particular transaction or to employ more liberal underwriting standards when evaluating potential loans than we are, our acquisition and origination volume and profit margins for our real estate-related investment portfolio could be impacted. Our competitors may also be willing to accept lower returns on their investments and may succeed in buying the assets that we have targeted for acquisition. Although we believe that we are well-positioned to compete effectively in each facet of our business, there is enormous competition in our market sector and there can be no assurance that we will compete effectively or that we will not encounter increased competition in the future that could limit our ability to conduct our business effectively.

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Compliance with Federal, State and Local Environmental Law
Under various federal, state and local environmental laws, ordinances and regulations, a current or previous real property owner or operator may be liable for the cost of removing or remediating hazardous or toxic substances on, under or in such property. These costs could be substantial. Such laws often impose liability whether or not the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of such hazardous or toxic substances. Environmental laws also may impose liens on property or restrictions on the manner in which property may be used or businesses may be operated, and these restrictions may require substantial expenditures or prevent us from entering into leases with prospective tenants that may be impacted by such laws. Environmental laws provide for sanctions for noncompliance and may be enforced by governmental agencies or, in certain circumstances, by private parties. Certain environmental laws and common law principles could be used to impose liability for the release of and exposure to hazardous substances, including asbestos-containing materials and lead-based paint. Third parties may seek recovery from real property owners or operators for personal injury or property damage associated with exposure to released hazardous substances and governments may seek recovery for natural resource damage. The costs of defending against claims of environmental liability, of complying with environmental regulatory requirements, of remediating any contaminated property, or of paying personal injury, property damage or natural resource damage claims could reduce our cash available for distribution to our stockholders. All of our real estate acquisitions are subject to Phase I environmental assessments prior to the time they are acquired.
Industry Segments
As of December 31, 2014, we aggregated our investments into one reportable business segment. We considered both quantitative and qualitative thresholds and determined that our investment in a real estate loan receivable does not constitute a reportable segment. Prior to the reporting period commencing on January 1, 2014, we had identified two reportable business segments based on our investment types: real estate and real estate-related. However, based on our current investment portfolio and our future investment focus, we do not believe that our investment in a real estate-related investment is a reportable segment.
Employees
We have no paid employees. The employees of our advisor or its affiliates provide management, acquisition, disposition, advisory and certain administrative services for us.
Principal Executive Office
Our principal executive offices are located at 800 Newport Center Drive, Suite 700, Newport Beach, California 92660.  Our telephone number, general facsimile number and website address are (949) 417-6500, (949) 417-6501 and http://www.kbsreitiii.com, respectively.
Available Information
Access to copies of our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements and other filings with the SEC, including amendments to such filings, may be obtained free of charge from the following website, http://www.kbsreitiii.com, through a link to the SEC’s website, http://www.sec.gov. These filings are available promptly after we file them with, or furnish them to, the SEC.

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ITEM 1A.
RISK FACTORS
The following are some of the risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those presented in our forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face but do represent those risks and uncertainties that we believe are material to us. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also harm our business.
Risks Related to an Investment in Our Common Stock
Because no public trading market for our shares currently exists, it will be difficult for our stockholders to sell their shares and, if they are able to sell their shares, they will likely sell them at a substantial discount to the public offering price.
Our charter does not require our directors to seek stockholder approval to liquidate our assets and dissolve by a specified date, nor does our charter require our directors to list our shares for trading on a national securities exchange by a specified date. There is no public market for our shares and we have no plans at this time to list our shares on a national securities exchange. Until our shares are listed, if ever, our stockholders may not sell their shares unless the buyer meets the applicable suitability and minimum purchase standards. Any sale must comply with applicable state and federal securities laws. Our charter prohibits the ownership of more than 9.8% of our stock by any person, unless exempted by our board of directors, which may inhibit large investors from desiring to purchase our stockholders’ shares. Moreover, our share redemption program includes numerous restrictions that limit our stockholders’ ability to sell their shares to us, and our board of directors could amend, suspend or terminate our share redemption program upon 30 days’ notice to our stockholders, provided that we may increase or decrease funding available for the redemption of shares pursuant to our share redemption program upon ten business days’ notice to our stockholders. We describe the restrictions of our share redemption program in detail under Part II, Item 5, “Share Redemption Program.” Therefore, it will be difficult for our stockholders to sell their shares promptly or at all. If our stockholders are able to sell their shares, they will likely have to sell them at a substantial discount to their public offering price. It is also likely that our stockholders’ shares will not be accepted as the primary collateral for a loan. Investors should purchase our shares only as a long-term investment and be prepared to hold them for an indefinite period of time because of the illiquid nature of our shares.
We face significant competition for real estate investment opportunities, which may limit our ability to acquire suitable investments and achieve our investment objectives or pay distributions.
We face competition from various entities for real estate investment opportunities, including other REITs, pension funds, banks and insurance companies, investment funds and companies, partnerships and developers. Many of these entities have substantially greater financial resources than we do and may be able to accept more risk than we can prudently manage, including risks with respect to the creditworthiness of a tenant or the geographic location of their investments. Competition from these entities may reduce the number of suitable investment opportunities offered to us or increase the bargaining power of property owners seeking to sell. Additionally, disruptions and dislocations in the credit markets could impact the cost and availability of debt to finance real estate investments, which is a key component of our acquisition strategy. A downturn in the credit market and a potential lack of available debt could result in a further reduction of suitable investment opportunities and create a competitive advantage for other entities that have greater financial resources than we do. In addition, the number of entities and the amount of funds competing for suitable investments may increase. If we acquire investments at higher prices and/or by using less-than-ideal capital structures, our returns will be lower and the value of our assets may not appreciate or may decrease significantly below the amount we paid for such assets. If such events occur, our stockholders may experience a lower return on their investment.

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If we are unable to find suitable investments, we may not be able to achieve our investment objectives or pay distributions.
Our ability to achieve our investment objectives and to pay distributions depends upon the performance of our advisor in the acquisition of our investments, including the determination of any financing arrangements. Competition from competing entities may reduce the number of suitable investment opportunities offered to us or increase the bargaining power of property owners seeking to sell. Additionally, disruptions and dislocations in the credit markets could impact the cost and availability of debt to finance real estate investments, which is a key component of our acquisition strategy. The potential lack of available debt could result in a further reduction of suitable investment opportunities and create a competitive advantage to other entities that have greater financial resources than we do. We also depend upon the performance of our property managers in the selection of tenants and negotiation of leasing arrangements. The highly competitive U.S. commercial real estate industry has created increased pressure on real estate investors and their property managers to find new tenants and keep existing tenants. In order to do so, we may have to offer inducements, such as free rent and tenant improvements, to compete for attractive tenants. We are also subject to competition in seeking to acquire real estate-related investments. The more shares we sell in our ongoing public offering, the greater our challenge will be to invest the net offering proceeds on attractive terms. Our investors must rely entirely on the management abilities of our advisor, the property managers our advisor selects and the oversight of our board of directors. We can give no assurance that our advisor will be successful in obtaining suitable investments on financially attractive terms or that, if our advisor makes investments on our behalf, our objectives will be achieved. If we, through our advisor, are unable to find suitable investments promptly, we will hold the proceeds from our public offering in an interest-bearing account or invest the proceeds in short-term assets. If we would continue to be unsuccessful in locating suitable investments, we may ultimately decide to liquidate. In the event we are unable to timely locate suitable investments, we may be unable or limited in our ability to pay distributions and we may not be able to meet our investment objectives.
If we raise substantial offering proceeds in a short period of time, we may not be able to invest all of the net offering proceeds promptly, which may cause our distributions and the long-term returns to our stockholders to be lower than they otherwise would.
We could suffer from delays in locating suitable investments. The more shares we sell in our ongoing public offering, the more difficult it will be to invest the net offering proceeds promptly and on attractive terms. Therefore, the large size of our public offering increases the risk of delays in investing our net offering proceeds. Our reliance on our advisor, sponsors and the real estate and debt finance professionals that our advisor retains to identify suitable investments for us at times when such persons are simultaneously seeking to identify suitable investments for other KBS-sponsored programs or KBS-advised investors could also delay the investment of the proceeds of our public offering. See “—Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest.” Further, if we acquire properties prior to the start of construction or during the early stages of construction, it will typically take several months to complete construction and rent available space. Delays we encounter in the selection, acquisition and development of income-producing properties or the acquisition or origination of other real estate investments would likely limit our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders and reduce their overall returns.
Disruptions in the financial markets and uncertain economic conditions could continue to adversely impact the commercial mortgage market as well as the market for real estate-related debt investments generally, which could hinder our ability to implement our business strategy and generate returns to our stockholders.
We had initially expected to allocate approximately 30% of our portfolio to, and had expected that, once we had fully invested the proceeds from our ongoing public offerings, approximately 20% to 40% of our portfolio would consist of real estate-related investments such as mortgage, mezzanine, bridge and other loans, debt and derivative securities related to real estate assets, including mortgage-backed securities, and the equity securities of other REITs and real estate companies. However, due to current markets conditions for the types of real estate-related investments that we had intended to target, we currently may not make any significant investments in real estate-related investments, and we now expect our primary investment focus to be core real estate properties. We currently expect to allocate between 0% and 20% of our portfolio to real estate-related investments once we have fully invested the proceeds from our offering stage.
The returns available to investors generated by real estate-related investments are determined by: (i) the supply and demand for such investments; (ii) the terms we are able to negotiate for our investments; (iii) the performance of the assets underlying the investments; and (iv) the existence of a market for such investments, which includes the ability to sell or finance such investments.
During periods of volatility, the number of investors participating in the market may change at an accelerated pace. As liquidity or “demand” increases, the returns available to investors on new investments will decrease. Conversely, a lack of liquidity will cause the returns available to investors on new investments to increase.

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The Federal Reserve has maintained an accommodative monetary policy since the beginning of the recent financial crisis. Through a variety of monetary tools and programs, the Federal Reserve injected trillions of U.S. dollars into the global financial markets. The U.S. quantitative easing (“QE”) program focused on the purchase of U.S. treasury bonds and mortgage backed securities. Currently it is unclear what the final cost or impact of this program will be. In October of 2014, the Federal Reserve concluded the current phase of QE. The end of this program has shifted investor focus to the timing of an eventual interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve.
In the United States, recent economic data has been improving. Slow and steady growth in the labor markets has driven unemployment below 6%. The labor force participation rate continues to be low and personal income growth has remained muted. Consumer spending in the United States has increased, and is being driven by lower debt service burdens, record high stock market valuations, rebounding home prices and a dramatic decrease in the cost of gasoline. Consumer confidence levels are starting to reach levels last seen in the 1990’s. U.S. gross domestic product (“U.S. GDP”) has continued to grow at a moderate annualized rate. On an annual basis, U.S. GDP growth in 2014 was 2.4%, which was a slight improvement over 2013’s growth rate of 2.2%. In the second half of 2014, the U.S. dollar began to appreciate against the currencies of other nations. The effects of a strong dollar and weak international economic growth began to materialize in the form of reduced corporate earnings in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Recently, the U.S. dollar has greatly strengthened its role as an international safe haven currency. On January 5, 2015, the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index, which measures the strength of the U.S. dollar against a basket of ten leading global currencies, reached an all-time high since the index was created in 2004. As a result, U.S. commercial property markets have benefitted from an inflow of foreign capital and gateway markets such as New York City and San Francisco continue to benefit from a strong demand for commercial properties. In 2014, the commercial real estate market recovery began to spread to secondary and tertiary markets and to most asset classes.  The U.S. commercial real estate market has continued to gain favor as an alternative investment class and capital flows continue to improve. Looking forward, however, the recovery in commercial real estate is expected to remain uneven across geographies and among property types.
Disruptions in the financial markets and uncertain economic conditions could adversely affect market rental rates, commercial real estate values and our ability to secure debt financing, service future debt obligations, or pay distributions to our stockholders.
Currently, both the investing and leasing environments are highly competitive. While there has been an increase in the amount of capital flowing into the U.S. real estate markets, which resulted in an increase in real estate values in certain markets, the uncertainty regarding the economic environment has made businesses reluctant to make long-term commitments or changes in their business plans. Possible future declines in rental rates, slower or potentially negative net absorption of leased space and expectations of future rental concessions, including free rent to renew tenants early, to retain tenants who are up for renewal or to attract new tenants, may result in decreases in cash flows. Historically low interest rates could help offset some of the impact of these potential decreases in operating cash flow for properties financed with variable rate mortgages; however, interest rates likely will not remain at these historically low levels for the remaining life of many of our investments. Recently, interest rates have become more volatile as the global capital markets react to increasing economic and geopolitical risks.
After several years of improving market conditions, the recovery in the U.S. residential real estate market has recently begun to slow. The initial recovery was driven by low interest rates, pent-up demand from the consumer sector and institutional investors in the form of buy-to-rent portfolios. In 2014, investor demand for homes slowed and stringent mortgage lending standards have reduced demand in the residential markets. In addition, as referenced above, the Federal Reserve’s QE program, which peaked at $85 billion a month in purchases of long-term treasury bonds and mortgage backed securities terminated on October 31, 2014. This reduction in market support could cause the demand for residential real estate to decrease further.
From a global standpoint, the U.S. economy is considered to be a bright spot. Recently the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”) lowered its global growth forecast from 3.7% to 3.3%. Lower than expected growth in the European Union (“EU”) and Chinese economies are the primary factors in the forecast change. Geopolitical events in the Ukraine and Middle East and the recent outbreak of the Ebola virus in Africa, and its possible spread to the rest of the world, have all been impediments to global economic growth.
Overall, despite indications of recovery in the United States, uncertainties abound. China’s export-based economy has slowed and the Japanese government continues to experiment with QE. The EU is faced with the economic collapse of Greece, another recession and an escalating military conflict in the Ukraine. In the United States, the Federal Reserve has completed the latest phase of QE and is now faced with the impact of a strong dollar and record low interest rates. In the short-term, we anticipate that market conditions will continue to remain volatile and, combined with a challenging global macro-economic environment, may interfere with the implementation of our business strategy and/or force us to modify it.


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We have relied on debt financing to finance our real estate properties and we may have difficulty refinancing some of our debt obligations prior to or at maturity or we may not be able to refinance these obligations at terms as favorable as the terms of our existing indebtedness and we also may be unable to obtain additional debt financing on attractive terms or at all. If we are not able to refinance our existing indebtedness on attractive terms at the various maturity dates, we may be forced to dispose of some of our assets. Recent financial market conditions have improved from the bottom of the economic cycle, but material risks are still present. Market conditions can change quickly, which could negatively impact the value of our assets.
Disruptions in the financial markets and continued uncertain economic conditions could adversely affect the values of our investments. Lending activity only recently increased; however, it remains uncertain whether the capital markets can sustain the current transaction levels. Any disruption to the debt and capital markets could result in fewer buyers seeking to acquire commercial properties and possible increases in capitalization rates and lower property values. Furthermore, declining economic conditions could negatively impact commercial real estate fundamentals and result in lower occupancy, lower rental rates and declining values in our real estate portfolio and in the collateral securing our loan investments, which could have the following negative effects on us:
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the values of our investments in commercial properties could decrease below the amounts paid for such investments;
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the value of collateral securing our loan investments could decrease below the outstanding principal amounts of such loans;
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revenues from our properties could decrease due to fewer tenants and/or lower rental rates, making it more difficult for us to pay distributions or meet our debt service obligations on debt financing; and/or
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revenues generated by the properties and other assets underlying our loan investments could decrease, making it more difficult for the borrowers to meet their payment obligations to us, which could in turn make it more difficult for us to pay distributions or meet our debt service obligations on debt financing.
All of these factors could reduce our stockholders’ return and decrease the value of an investment in us.
Because our stockholders will not have the opportunity to evaluate any additional investments we may make with the proceeds from our public offering before we make them, we are considered to be a blind pool. We may make investments with which our stockholders do not agree.
As of March 3, 2015, we owned 20 real estate properties and one real estate loan receivable, and as of March 3, 2015, we had not identified any additional investments that it is reasonably probable that we will acquire or originate with the proceeds from our public offering. As a result, we are not able to provide our stockholders with any information to assist them in evaluating the merits of any specific assets that we may acquire. We will seek to invest substantially all of the net proceeds from our public offering, after the payment of fees and expenses in real estate investments. Our board of directors and our advisor have broad discretion when identifying, evaluating and making such investments. Our stockholders will have no opportunity to evaluate the transaction terms or other financial or operational data concerning specific investments before we invest in them. Furthermore, our board of directors will have broad discretion in implementing policies regarding tenant or mortgagor creditworthiness and our stockholders will likewise have no opportunity to evaluate potential tenants, managers or borrowers. As a result, our stockholders must rely on our board of directors and our advisor to identify and evaluate our investment opportunities, and they may not be able to achieve our business objectives, may make unwise decisions or may make investments with which our stockholders do not agree.
If we do not invest in a diverse portfolio of properties, the value of our stockholders’ investment in us may vary more widely with the performance of specific assets and could increase the risk that our stockholders will lose money in their investment.
If we make a low number of investments, our portfolio will be less diverse in terms of the number, size and geographic location of investments that we make. In that case, the likelihood that any single property’s performance would adversely affect our profitability will increase. If most of our properties are located in a single geographic area, our operating results and ability to pay distributions to our stockholders are likely to be impacted by economic changes affecting the real estate market in that area. Our stockholders’ investment in our shares will be subject to greater risk to the extent that we lack a diversified portfolio of investments.

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If we fail to diversify our investment portfolio, downturns relating to certain geographic regions, industries or business sectors may have a more significant adverse impact on our assets and our ability to pay distributions than if we had a diversified investment portfolio.
While we intend to diversify our portfolio of investments in the manner described in our prospectus, we are not required to observe specific diversification criteria. Therefore, our investments may at times be concentrated in a limited number of geographic locations, or secured by assets concentrated in a limited number of geographic locations. To the extent that our portfolio is concentrated in limited geographic regions, industries or business sectors, downturns relating generally to such region, industry or business sector may result in defaults on a number of our investments within a short time period, which may reduce our net income and the value of our common stock and accordingly limit our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders.
As of March 3, 2015, a significant portion of our real estate properties and the collateral securing our real estate loan receivable were located in California, Illinois and Texas. As such, the geographic concentration of our portfolio makes us particularly susceptible to adverse economic developments in the California, Illinois and Texas real estate markets. Any adverse economic or real estate developments in these markets, such as business layoffs or downsizing, industry slowdowns, relocations of businesses, changing demographics and other factors, or any decrease in demand for office space resulting from the local business climate, could adversely affect our operating results and our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders.
A significant percentage of our assets is invested in 500 West Madison and the Towers at Emeryville and the value of our stockholders’ investment in us will fluctuate with the performance of these investments.
As of December 31, 2014, 500 West Madison and the Towers at Emeryville represented approximately 17% and 11% of our total assets, respectively, and represented approximately 17% and 11% of our total annualized base rent, respectively. Further, as a result of these acquisitions, the geographic concentration of our portfolio makes us particularly susceptible to adverse economic developments in the Chicago and San Francisco Bay Area real estate markets. Any adverse economic or real estate developments in these markets, such as business layoffs or downsizing, industry slowdowns, relocations of businesses, changing demographics and other factors, or any decrease in demand for office space resulting from the local business climate, could adversely affect our operating results and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.
We have a limited operating history and we may not be able to operate our business successfully or generate sufficient revenue to make or sustain distributions to our stockholders.
We were incorporated in the State of Maryland on December 22, 2009 and have a limited operating history. As of March 3, 2015, we owned 20 real estate properties and one real estate loan receivable, and as of March 3, 2015, we had not identified any additional real estate investments that it is reasonably probable that we will acquire or originate with the proceeds of our public offerings. We cannot assure our stockholders that we will be able to operate our business successfully or implement our operating policies and strategies described in our prospectus. We can provide no assurance that our performance will replicate the past performance of other KBS-sponsored programs. Our investment returns could be substantially lower than the returns achieved by other KBS-sponsored programs. The results of our operations depend on several factors, including the availability of opportunities for the acquisition of target assets, the level and volatility of interest rates, the availability of short and long-term financing, and conditions in the financial markets and economic conditions.
Because we depend upon our advisor and its affiliates to conduct our operations, adverse changes in the financial health of our advisor or its affiliates could cause our operations to suffer.
We depend on our advisor to manage our operations and our portfolio of assets. Our advisor depends upon the fees and other compensation that it receives from us, KBS Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (“KBS REIT I”), KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II, Inc. (“KBS REIT II”), KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc. (“KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT”), KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, Inc. (“KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT”), KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, Inc. (“KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II”), and any future KBS-sponsored programs that it advises in connection with the purchase, management and sale of assets to conduct its operations, including a new REIT, KBS Growth & Income REIT, Inc. (“KBS Growth & Income REIT”), that is expected to engage our advisor. Any adverse changes to our relationship with, or the financial condition of, our advisor and its affiliates, could hinder their ability to successfully manage our operations and our portfolio of investments.

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Our dealer manager may not be successful in conducting our public offering, which would adversely impact our ability to implement our investment strategy.
We have retained KBS Capital Markets Group, an affiliate of our advisor, to conduct our public offering. The success of our offering, and our ability to implement our business strategy, depends upon the ability of KBS Capital Markets Group to build and maintain a network of broker-dealers to sell our shares to their clients. Some or all of the broker-dealers in this network have a choice of numerous competing real estate investment trust offerings, many with similar investment objectives, to recommend to their clients, which may make selling our shares to their clients more difficult. If KBS Capital Markets Group is not successful in growing, operating and managing this network of broker-dealers, our ability to raise proceeds through our public offering will be limited and we may not have adequate capital to implement our investment strategy.
We have paid distributions in part from financings and expect that in the future we may not pay distributions solely from our cash flow from operating activities. To the extent that we pay distributions from sources other than our cash flow from operating activities, we will have less funds available for investment in properties and other assets, the overall return to our stockholders may be reduced and subsequent investors will experience dilution.
Our organizational documents permit us to pay distributions from any source, including offering proceeds or borrowings (which may constitute a return of capital), and our charter does not limit the amount of funds we may use from any source to pay such distributions. We have paid distributions in part from financings (including with an advance from our advisor that we have repaid with debt financing) and expect that in the future we may not pay distributions solely from our cash flow from operating activities, in which case distributions may be paid in whole or in part from debt financing. We may also fund such distributions from the sale of assets or from the maturity, payoff or settlement of debt investments. If we fund distributions from borrowings, our interest expense and other financing costs, as well as the repayment of such borrowings, will reduce our earnings and cash flow from operating activities available for distribution in future periods. If we fund distributions from the sale of assets or the maturity, payoff or settlement of debt investments, this will affect our ability to generate cash flow from operating activities in future periods. To the extent that we pay distributions from sources other than our cash flow from operating activities, we will have fewer funds available with which to make real estate investments, the overall return to our stockholders may be reduced and subsequent investors will experience dilution. In addition, to the extent distributions exceed cash flow from operating activities, a stockholder’s basis in our stock will be reduced and, to the extent distributions exceed a stockholder’s basis, the stockholder may recognize capital gain. There is no limit on the amount of distributions we may fund from sources other than from cash flow from operating activities.
During our offering stage, when we may raise capital in this offering (and possibly future offerings) more quickly than we acquire income-producing assets, and from time to time during our operational stage, we may not pay distributions solely from our cash flow from operating activities.
For the year ended December 31, 2014, we paid aggregate distributions of $56.5 million, including $27.1 million of distributions paid in cash and $29.4 million of distributions reinvested through our dividend reinvestment plan. We funded our total distributions paid, which includes net cash distributions and dividends reinvested by stockholders, with $45.5 million (81%) of cash flow from operating activities and $11.0 million (19%) of debt financing. For the year ended December 31, 2014, our cash flow from operating activities to distributions paid coverage ratio was 89% and our funds from operations to distributions paid coverage ratio was 100%. For more information, see Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Funds from Operations” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Distributions” in this Annual Report.
The loss of or the inability to retain or obtain key real estate and debt finance professionals at our advisor and key employees at our dealer manager could delay or hinder implementation of our investment strategies, which could limit our ability to make distributions and decrease the value of an investment in our shares.
Our success depends to a significant degree upon the contributions of Peter M. Bren, Keith D. Hall, Peter McMillan III, Charles J. Schreiber, Jr. and, through our dealer manager, Mike Crimmins, each of whom would be difficult to replace. Neither we nor our affiliates have employment agreements with these individuals and they may not remain associated with us, our advisor or its affiliates. If any of these persons were to cease their association with us, our advisor or its affiliates, we may be unable to find suitable replacements and our operating results could suffer as a result. We do not intend to maintain key person life insurance on any person. We believe that our future success depends, in large part, upon our advisor’s and its affiliates’ ability to attract and retain highly skilled managerial, operational and marketing professionals. Competition for such professionals is intense, and our advisor and its affiliates may be unsuccessful in attracting and retaining such skilled professionals. Further, our sponsors have established and intend to establish strategic relationships with firms that have special expertise in certain services or detailed knowledge regarding real properties in certain geographic regions. Maintaining such relationships will be important for us to effectively compete with other investors for properties and tenants in such regions. We may be unsuccessful in establishing and retaining such relationships. If we lose or are unable to obtain the services of highly skilled professionals or do not establish or maintain appropriate strategic relationships, our ability to implement our investment strategies could be delayed or hindered.

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Our rights and the rights of our stockholders to recover claims against our independent directors are limited, which could reduce our stockholders’ and our recovery against our independent directors if they negligently cause us to incur losses.
Maryland law provides that a director has no liability in that capacity if he or she performs his or her duties in good faith, in a manner he or she reasonably believes to be in our best interests and with the care that an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use under similar circumstances. Our charter provides that none of our independent directors shall be liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages and that we will generally indemnify them for losses unless they are grossly negligent or engage in willful misconduct. As a result, our stockholders and we may have more limited rights against our independent directors than might otherwise exist under common law, which could reduce our stockholders’ and our recovery from these persons if they act in a negligent manner. In addition, we may be obligated to fund the defense costs incurred by our independent directors (as well as by our other directors, officers, employees (if we ever have employees) and agents) in some cases, which would decrease the cash otherwise available for distribution to our stockholders.
We may change our targeted investments without stockholder consent.
We had initially expected to allocate approximately 70% of our portfolio to, and had expected that, once we had fully invested the proceeds from our public offerings, approximately 60% to 80% of our portfolio would consist of, investments in core real estate properties. We also had expected to allocate approximately 30% of our portfolio to, and had expected that, once we had fully invested the proceeds from our public offerings, approximately 20% to 40% of our portfolio would consist of, investments in: real estate-related investments such as mortgage, mezzanine, bridge and other loans; debt and derivative securities related to real estate assets, including mortgage-backed securities; and the equity securities of other REITs and real estate companies.
However, due to current market conditions for the types of real estate-related investments that we had intended to target, we currently may not make any significant investments in real estate-related investments, and we now expect our primary investment focus to be core real estate properties. We currently expect to allocate between 0% and 20% of our portfolio to real estate-related investments once we have fully invested the proceeds from our offering stage. If we make investments in other public companies, we do not expect our non-controlling equity investments in other public companies to exceed 5% of the proceeds of our public offerings, assuming we sell the maximum offering amount, or to represent a substantial portion of our assets at any one time.     
As has always been the case, although this is our current target portfolio, we may make adjustments to our target portfolio based on real estate market conditions and investment opportunities, and we may change our targeted investments and investment guidelines at any time without the consent of our stockholders, which could result in our making investments that are different from, and possibly riskier than, the investments described in our prospectus. A change in our targeted investments or investment guidelines may increase our exposure to interest rate risk, default risk and real estate market fluctuations, all of which could adversely affect the value of our common stock and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders. We will not forego a good investment because it does not precisely fit our expected portfolio composition. We believe that we are most likely to meet our investment objectives through the careful selection and underwriting of assets. When making an acquisition, we will emphasize the performance and risk characteristics of that investment, how that investment will fit with our portfolio-level performance objectives, the other assets in our portfolio and how the returns and risks of that investment compare to the returns and risks of available investment alternatives. Thus, to the extent that our advisor presents us with what we believe to be good investment opportunities that allow us to meet the REIT requirements under the Internal Revenue Code, our portfolio composition may vary from what we initially expect. However, we will attempt to construct a portfolio that produces stable and attractive returns by spreading risk across different real estate investments.
Because the offering price in our ongoing initial public offering exceeds our net tangible book value per share, investors in our initial public offering will experience immediate dilution in the net tangible book value of their shares.
We are currently offering shares in our ongoing primary initial public offering at $10.51 per share, with discounts available to certain categories of purchasers. Our current primary public offering price exceeds our net tangible book value per share. Our net tangible book value per share is a rough approximation of value calculated as total book value of assets minus total book value of liabilities, divided by the total number of shares of common stock outstanding. Net tangible book value is used generally as a conservative measure of net worth that we do not believe reflects our estimated value per share. It is not intended to reflect the value of our assets upon an orderly liquidation of the company in accordance with our investment objectives. However, net tangible book value does reflect certain dilution in value of our common stock from the issue price as a result of (i) the substantial fees paid in connection with our initial public offering, including selling commissions and marketing fees re-allowed by our dealer manager to participating broker-dealers, (ii) the fees and expenses paid to our advisor and its affiliates in connection with the selection, acquisition, management and sale of our investments, (iii) general and administrative expenses and (iv) accumulated depreciation and amortization of real estate investments.

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As of December 31, 2014, our net tangible book value per share was $7.80. To the extent we are able to raise additional proceeds in our public offerings, some of the expenses that cause dilution of the net tangible book value per share are expected to decrease on a per share basis, resulting in increases in the net tangible book value per share. This increase would be partially offset by increases in depreciation and amortization expenses related to our real estate investments.
The offering price per share of our common stock may not reflect the value that stockholders will receive for their investment.
To assist Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) members and their associated persons that participate in our initial public offering of common stock in meeting their customer account statement reporting obligations, pursuant to NASD Conduct Rule 2340, we disclose in each annual report distributed to stockholders a per share estimated value of our shares, the method by which it was developed, and the date of the data used to develop the estimated value. For this purpose, our advisor estimated the value of our common stock as $10.51 per share as of December 31, 2014. The basis for this valuation is the fact that the current public offering price of our shares of common stock in our primary initial public offering is $10.51 per share (ignoring purchase price discounts for certain categories of purchasers).
Although this estimated value represents the most recent price at which most investors have been willing to purchase shares in our ongoing primary initial public offering, this reported value is likely to differ from the price that a stockholder would receive in the near term upon a resale of his or her shares or upon our liquidation because (i) there is no public trading market for the shares at this time; (ii) the $10.51 primary public offering price includes the payment of projected underwriting compensation and other directed selling efforts as well as other offering costs, which costs and efforts are likely to produce a higher sale price than could otherwise be obtained; (iii) the estimated value does not take into account how market fluctuations affect the value of our investments subsequent to the establishment of the offering price, including how disruptions in the financial and real estate markets may affect the values of our investments; and (iv) the estimated value does not take into account how developments related to individual assets may have increased or decreased the value of our portfolio subsequent to the establishment of the offering price.
On December 9, 2014, our board of directors established an updated offering price for shares of common stock to be sold in our ongoing primary initial public offering of $10.51 per share (with discounts available to certain categories of purchasers) and an offering price for shares of common stock to be sold under our dividend reinvestment plan of $9.99 per share (which is 95% of the price to acquire a share in our ongoing primary initial public offering). These updated offering prices for our ongoing primary initial public offering and our dividend reinvestment plan offering became effective December 12, 2014. The offering price for shares of our common stock in our ongoing primary initial public offering was established by adding certain projected offering costs to the estimated value of our assets less the estimated value of our liabilities, or net asset value, divided by the number of shares outstanding, all as of September 30, 2014, with the exception of an adjustment for actual or estimated acquisition fees and closing costs related to six properties that were either acquired subsequent to September 30, 2014 or were under contract to purchase and were reasonably probable to close, but had not yet closed as of December 9, 2014, which were included as a reduction to the net asset value. As of December 30, 2014, we had closed on each of these six properties. We did not make any other adjustments to our estimated net asset value per share subsequent to September 30, 2014, including any adjustments relating to the following, among others: (i) the issuance of common stock and the payment of related offering costs; (ii) net operating income earned and distributions declared; and (iii) the redemption of shares. The updated offering price of our shares is not a statement of our estimated net asset value per share as our board of directors also took into consideration the projected costs and expenses associated with raising capital in our ongoing primary initial public offering. These costs include selling commissions, dealer manager fees and certain other offering costs and are included in the updated offering price so that any dilutive impact to our existing stockholders is minimized. We provided information regarding our estimated net asset value per share for the sole purpose of updating the offering prices in our ongoing primary initial public offering and in our dividend reinvestment plan offering. The updated primary offering price is not based on any public trading market.
We engaged CBRE Capital Advisors, Inc. (“CBRE Cap”), an independent investment banking firm, to provide a calculation of the range in estimated net asset value per share of our common stock as of September 30, 2014. CBRE Cap based this range in estimated net asset value per share upon appraisals of our real estate properties performed by CBRE, Inc. (“CBRE”), an affiliate of CBRE Cap and an independent third-party appraisal firm, and valuations performed by our advisor with respect to our cash, real estate loan receivable, other assets, mortgage debt and other liabilities. CBRE Cap’s valuation was designed to follow the prescribed methodologies of Practice Guideline 2013-01, Valuations of Publicly Registered Non-Listed REITs, issued by the Investment Program Association (“IPA”) in April 2013 (the “IPA Valuation Guidelines”). For more information on the methodologies and assumptions used to establish our updated offering price and estimated net asset value per share, see Part II, Item 5, “Market for Registrant’s Common Equity Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities - Market Information.”

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As with any valuation methodology, the methodologies used are based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that may not be accurate or complete. Different parties using different assumptions and estimates could derive a different estimated net asset value per share of our common stock, and these differences could be significant. The estimated net asset value per share is not audited and does not represent the fair value of our assets less the fair value of our liabilities according to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), nor does it represent a liquidation value of our assets and liabilities or the price at which our shares of common stock would trade on a national securities exchange. The estimated net asset value per share does not reflect a discount for the fact that we are externally managed, nor does it reflect a real estate portfolio premium/discount versus the sum of the individual property values. The estimated net asset value per share also does not take into account estimated disposition costs and fees for real estate properties that are not held for sale, debt prepayment penalties that could apply upon the prepayment of certain of our debt obligations, the impact of restrictions on the assumption of debt or swap breakage fees that may be incurred upon the termination of certain of our swaps prior to expiration.
Accordingly, with respect to our estimated net asset value per share and/or our updated offering price, we can give no assurance that:
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a stockholder would be able to resell his or her shares at our estimated net asset value per share or the updated offering price;
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a stockholder would ultimately realize distributions per share equal to our estimated net asset value per share or the updated offering price upon liquidation of our assets and settlement of our liabilities or a sale of our company;
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our shares of common stock would trade at our estimated net asset value per share or the updated offering price on a national securities exchange;
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a third party would offer our estimated net asset value per share or the updated offering price in an arm’s-length transaction to purchase all or substantially all of our shares of common stock;
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another independent third-party appraiser or third-party valuation firm would agree with our estimated net asset value per share, or a valuation firm would agree with the updated offering price; or
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the methodology used to determine our estimated net asset value per share would be acceptable to FINRA or for compliance with Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) reporting requirements.
The value of our shares will fluctuate over time in response to developments related to the capital raised during our offering stage, future investments, the performance of individual assets in our portfolio and the management of those assets and the real estate and finance markets. As such, the offering price does not take into account developments in our portfolio since September 30, 2014, except as noted above. We currently expect to utilize an independent valuation firm to update our estimated net asset value per share in December 2015 and in December of each year thereafter.
The actual value of shares that we repurchase under our share redemption program may be substantially less than what we pay.
Under our share redemption program, shares currently may be repurchased at varying prices depending on (i) the number of years the shares have been held, (ii) the purchase price paid for the shares and (iii) whether the redemptions are sought upon a stockholder’s death, “qualifying disability” or “determination of incompetence” (each as defined in the program and, together with redemptions sought in connection with a stockholder’s death, “special redemptions”). The current maximum price that may be paid under the program is $10.51 per share, which is the current offering price of our shares of common stock in our ongoing primary initial public offering (ignoring purchase price discounts for certain categories of purchasers). Although this price represents the most recent price at which investors have been willing to purchase shares in our ongoing primary initial public offering, this reported value is likely to differ from the price at which a stockholder could resell his or her shares for the reasons discussed in the risk factor above. Thus, when we repurchase shares of our common stock at $10.51 per share, the actual value of the shares that we repurchase is likely to be less, and the repurchase is likely to be dilutive to our remaining stockholders. Even at lower repurchase prices, the actual value of the shares may be substantially less than what we pay and the repurchase may be dilutive to our remaining stockholders.

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Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest
Our advisor and its affiliates, including all of our executive officers and our affiliated directors and other key real estate and debt finance professionals, face conflicts of interest caused by their compensation arrangements with us and with other KBS-sponsored programs, which could result in actions that are not in the long-term best interests of our stockholders.
All of our executive officers and our affiliated directors and other key real estate and debt finance professionals are also officers, directors, managers, key professionals and/or holders of a direct or indirect controlling interest in our advisor, our dealer manager and/or other KBS-affiliated entities. Our advisor and its affiliates receive substantial fees from us. These fees could influence our advisor’s advice to us as well as the judgment of its affiliates. Among other matters, these compensation arrangements could affect their judgment with respect to:
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the continuation, renewal or enforcement of our agreements with our advisor and its affiliates, including the advisory agreement and the dealer manager agreement;
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public offerings of equity by us, which entitle our dealer manager to dealer manager fees and would likely entitle our advisor to additional acquisition and origination fees and asset management fees;
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sales of real estate investments, which entitle our advisor to disposition fees and possible subordinated incentive fees;
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acquisitions of real estate investments, which entitle our advisor to acquisition or origination fees based on the cost of the investment and asset management fees based on the cost of the investment, and not based on the quality of the investment or the quality of the services rendered to us, which may influence our advisor to recommend riskier transactions to us and/or transactions that are not in our best interest and, in the case of acquisitions of investments from other KBS-sponsored programs, which might entitle affiliates of our advisor to disposition fees and possible subordinated incentive fees in connection with its services for the seller;
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borrowings to acquire real estate investments, which borrowings will increase the acquisition and origination fees and asset-management fees payable to our advisor;
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whether and when we seek to list our shares of common stock on a national securities exchange, which listing (i) may make it more likely for us to become self-managed or internalize our management or (ii) could entitle our advisor to a subordinated incentive listing fee, and which could also adversely affect the sales efforts for other KBS-sponsored programs, depending on the price at which our shares trade; and
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whether and when we seek to sell the company or its assets, which sale could entitle our advisor to a subordinated incentive fee and terminate the asset management fee.
Our advisor and its affiliates face conflicts of interest relating to the acquisition and origination of assets and leasing of properties due to their relationship with other KBS-sponsored programs and KBS-advised investors, which could result in decisions that are not in our best interest or the best interests of our stockholders.
We rely on our sponsors and other key real estate and debt finance professionals at our advisor, including Messrs. Bren, Hall, McMillan and Schreiber, to identify suitable investment opportunities for us. KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II and KBS Growth & Income REIT are also advised or will be advised by KBS Capital Advisors and rely on our sponsors and many of the same real estate and debt finance professionals as will future KBS-sponsored programs advised by our advisor. Messrs. Bren and Schreiber and several of the other key real estate professionals at KBS Capital Advisors are also the key real estate professionals at KBS Realty Advisors and its affiliates, the advisors to the private KBS-sponsored programs and the investment advisors to KBS-advised investors. As such, we and the other KBS-sponsored programs that are currently raising funds for investment, or that otherwise have funds available for investment, and KBS-advised investors rely on many of the same real estate and debt finance professionals, as will future KBS-sponsored programs and KBS-advised investors. Many investment opportunities that are suitable for us may also be suitable for other KBS-sponsored programs and KBS-advised investors. When these real estate and debt finance professionals direct an investment opportunity to any KBS-sponsored program or KBS-advised investor, they, in their sole discretion, will offer the opportunity to the program or investor for which the investment opportunity is most suitable based on the investment objectives, portfolio and criteria of each program or investor. Our acquisition stage will overlap to some extent with KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, five private KBS-sponsored programs and possibly future KBS-sponsored programs and KBS-advised investors. For so long as we are externally advised, our charter provides that it shall not be a proper purpose of the corporation for us to make any significant investment unless our advisor has recommended the investment to us. Thus, the real estate and debt finance professionals of our advisor could direct attractive investment opportunities to other KBS-sponsored programs or KBS-advised investors. Such events could result in us investing in properties that provide less attractive returns, which would reduce the level of distributions we may be able to pay our stockholders.

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We and other KBS-sponsored programs and KBS-advised investors also rely on these real estate professionals to supervise the property management and leasing of properties. If the KBS team of real estate professionals directs creditworthy prospective tenants to properties owned by another KBS-sponsored program or KBS-advised investor when it could direct such tenants to our properties, our tenant base may have more inherent risk and our properties’ occupancy may be lower than might otherwise be the case.
Further, existing and future KBS-sponsored programs and KBS-advised investors and Messrs. Bren, Hall, McMillan and Schreiber generally are not and will not be prohibited from engaging, directly or indirectly, in any business or from possessing interests in any other business venture or ventures, including businesses and ventures involved in the acquisition, origination, development, ownership, leasing or sale of real estate-related investments.
Our sponsors, our officers, our advisor and the real estate, debt finance, management and accounting professionals assembled by our advisor face competing demands on their time and this may cause our operations and our stockholders’ investment in us to suffer.
We rely on our sponsors, our officers, our advisor and the real estate, debt finance, management and accounting professionals that our advisor retains, including Messrs. Bren, Hall, McMillan, Schreiber and Snyder and Ms. Yamane, to provide services to us for the day-to-day operation of our business. KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II and KBS Growth & Income REIT are also advised or will be advised by KBS Capital Advisors and rely on our sponsors and many of the same real estate, debt finance, management and accounting professionals, as will future KBS-sponsored programs and KBS-advised investors. Further, our officers and affiliated directors are also officers and/or affiliated directors of some or all of the other public KBS-sponsored programs. Messrs. Bren, Hall, McMillan, Schreiber and Snyder and Ms. Yamane are also executive officers of KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II and KBS Growth & Income REIT. Messrs. Hall, McMillan and Snyder and Ms. Yamane are executive officers of KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT and KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, and Messrs. Bren, McMillan and Snyder and Ms. Yamane are executive officers of KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT. In addition, Messrs. Bren and Schreiber and Ms. Yamane are executive officers of KBS Realty Advisors and its affiliates, the advisors of the private KBS-sponsored programs and the KBS-advised investors. As a result of their interests in other KBS-sponsored programs, their obligations to KBS-advised investors and the fact that they engage in and will continue to engage in other business activities on behalf of themselves and others, Messrs. Bren, Hall, McMillan, Schreiber and Snyder and Ms. Yamane face conflicts of interest in allocating their time among us, KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, KBS Growth & Income REIT, KBS Capital Advisors, other KBS-sponsored programs and other KBS-advised investors, as well as other business activities in which they are involved. In addition, KBS Capital Advisor and KBS Realty Advisors and their affiliates share many of the same key real estate, management and accounting professionals. During times of intense activity in other programs and ventures, these individuals may devote less time and fewer resources to our business than are necessary or appropriate to manage our business. Furthermore, some or all of these individuals may become employees of another KBS-sponsored program in an internalization transaction or, if we internalize our advisor, may not become our employees as a result of their relationship with other KBS-sponsored programs. If these events occur, the returns on our investments, and the value of our stockholders’ investment in us, may decline.
All of our executive officers, our affiliated directors and the key real estate and debt finance professionals assembled by our advisor face conflicts of interest related to their positions and/or interests in our advisor and its affiliates, including our dealer manager, which could hinder our ability to implement our business strategy and to generate returns to our stockholders.
All of our executive officers, our affiliated directors and the key real estate and debt finance professionals assembled by our advisor are also executive officers, directors, managers, key professionals and/or holders of a direct or indirect controlling interest in our advisor, our dealer manager and/or other KBS-affiliated entities. Through KBS-affiliated entities, some of these persons also serve as the investment advisors to KBS-advised investors and, through KBS Capital Advisors and KBS Realty Advisors, these persons serve or will serve as the advisor to KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, KBS Growth & Income REIT and other KBS-sponsored programs. As a result, they owe fiduciary duties to each of these entities, their members and limited partners and these investors, which fiduciary duties may from time to time conflict with the fiduciary duties that they owe to us and our stockholders. Their loyalties to these other entities and investors could result in action or inaction that is detrimental to our business, which could harm the implementation of our business strategy and our investment and leasing opportunities. Further, Messrs. Bren, Hall, McMillan and Schreiber and existing and future KBS-sponsored programs and KBS-advised investors generally are not and will not be prohibited from engaging, directly or indirectly, in any business or from possessing interests in any other business venture or ventures, including businesses and ventures involved in the acquisition, development, ownership, leasing or sale of real estate investments. If we do not successfully implement our business strategy, we may be unable to generate the cash needed to make distributions to our stockholders and to maintain or increase the value of our assets.

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Because other KBS-sponsored programs offered through our dealer manager are conducting offerings concurrently with our offering, our dealer manager may face potential conflicts of interest arising from competition among us and these other programs for investors and investment capital, and such conflicts may not be resolved in our favor.
Our dealer manager, KBS Capital Markets Group, also currently serves as the dealer manager for the ongoing initial public offering of KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, which will be raising capital in its initial public offering concurrently with our initial public offering. In addition, from time to time, KBS Capital Markets Group serves as the dealer manager for private KBS-sponsored programs. Future KBS-sponsored programs may also seek to raise capital through offerings conducted concurrently with our offering. As a result, our dealer manager may face conflicts of interest arising from potential competition with these other programs for investors and investment capital. Our sponsors generally seek to avoid simultaneous offerings by programs that have a substantially similar mix of investment characteristics, including targeted geography and key investment objectives. Nevertheless, there may be periods during which one or more KBS-sponsored programs will be raising capital and may compete with us for investment capital. Such conflicts may not be resolved in our favor and our stockholders will not have the opportunity to evaluate the manner in which these conflicts of interest are resolved before or after making an investment in our shares.
Our board of directors’ loyalties to KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, KBS Growth & Income REIT and possibly to future KBS-sponsored programs could influence its judgment, resulting in actions that may not be in our stockholders’ best interest or that result in a disproportionate benefit to another KBS-sponsored program at our expense.
All of our directors are also directors of KBS REIT I and KBS REIT II. Two of our affiliated directors are also affiliated directors of KBS Growth & Income REIT and one of our affiliated directors is also an affiliated director of KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT and KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II. The loyalties of our directors serving on the boards of directors of KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II and KBS Growth & Income REIT, or possibly on the boards of directors of future KBS-sponsored programs, may influence the judgment of our board of directors when considering issues for us that also may affect other KBS-sponsored programs, such as the following:
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The conflicts committee of our board of directors must evaluate the performance of our advisor with respect to whether our advisor is presenting to us our fair share of investment opportunities. If our advisor is not presenting a sufficient number of investment opportunities to us because it is presenting many opportunities to other KBS-sponsored programs or if our advisor is giving preferential treatment to other KBS-sponsored programs in this regard, our conflicts committee may not be well-suited to enforce our rights under the terms of the advisory agreement or to seek a new advisor.
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We could enter into transactions with other KBS-sponsored programs, such as property sales, acquisitions or financing arrangements. Such transactions might entitle our advisor or its affiliates to fees and other compensation from both parties to the transaction. For example, acquisitions from other KBS-sponsored programs might entitle our advisor or its affiliates to disposition fees and possible subordinated incentive fees in connection with its services for the seller in addition to acquisition or origination fees and other fees that we might pay to our advisor in connection with such transaction. Similarly, property sales to other KBS-sponsored programs might entitle our advisor or its affiliates to acquisition or origination fees in connection with its services to the purchaser in addition to disposition and other fees that we might pay to our advisor in connection with such transaction. Decisions of our board or the conflicts committee regarding the terms of those transactions may be influenced by our board’s or the conflicts committee’s loyalties to such other KBS-sponsored programs.
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A decision of our board or the conflicts committee regarding the timing of a debt or equity offering could be influenced by concerns that the offering would compete with offerings of other KBS-sponsored programs.
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A decision of our board or the conflicts committee regarding the timing of property sales could be influenced by concerns that the sales would compete with those of other KBS-sponsored programs.
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A decision of our board or the conflicts committee regarding whether and when we seek to list our common stock on a national securities exchange could be influenced by concerns that such listing could adversely affect the sales efforts of other KBS-sponsored programs, depending on the price at which our shares trade.

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Because our independent directors are also independent directors of KBS REIT I and KBS REIT II, they receive compensation for service on the boards of KBS REIT I and KBS REIT II. Like us, KBS REIT I and KBS REIT II each pays each independent director an annual retainer of $40,000 as well as compensation for attending meetings as follows: (i) $2,500 for each board meeting attended, (ii) $2,500 for each audit or conflicts committee meeting attended (except that the committee chairman is paid $3,000 for each audit or conflicts committee meeting attended), (iii) $2,000 for each teleconference board meeting attended, and (iv) $2,000 for each teleconference audit or conflicts committee meeting attended (except that the committee chairman is paid $3,000 for each teleconference audit or conflicts committee meeting attended). In addition, KBS REIT II also pays each independent director compensation for attending other committee meetings as follows: (i) $2,000 for each other committee meeting attended (except that the committee chairman is paid $3,000 for each other committee meeting attended), and (ii) $2,000 for each other teleconference committee meeting attended (except that the committee chairman is paid $3,000 for each other teleconference committee meeting attended). In addition, like us, KBS REIT I and KBS REIT II each reimburses directors for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of their boards of directors.
Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure
Our charter limits the number of shares a person may own and permits our board of directors to issue stock with terms that may subordinate the rights of our common stockholders or discourage a third party from acquiring us in a manner that could result in a premium price to our stockholders.
Our charter, with certain exceptions, authorizes our directors to take such actions as are necessary and desirable to preserve our qualification as a REIT. To help us comply with the REIT ownership requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, our charter prohibits a person from directly or constructively owning more than 9.8% of our outstanding shares, unless exempted by our board of directors. In addition, our board of directors may classify or reclassify any unissued common stock or preferred stock and establish the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications and terms or conditions of redemption of any such stock. Thus, our board of directors could authorize the issuance of preferred stock with priority as to distributions and amounts payable upon liquidation over the rights of the holders of our common stock. These charter provisions have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us, including an extraordinary transaction (such as a merger, tender offer or sale of all or substantially all of our assets) that might provide a premium price to holders of our common stock.
Our stockholders’ investment return may be reduced if we are required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act; if we or our subsidiaries become an unregistered investment company, we could not continue our business.
Neither we nor any of our subsidiaries intend to register as investment companies under the Investment Company Act. If we or our subsidiaries were obligated to register as investment companies, we would have to comply with a variety of substantive requirements under the Investment Company Act that impose, among other things:
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limitations on capital structure;
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restrictions on specified investments;
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prohibitions on transactions with affiliates; and
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compliance with reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy disclosure and other rules and regulations that would significantly increase our operating expenses.
Under the relevant provisions of Section 3(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act, an investment company is any issuer that:
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is or holds itself out as being engaged primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities (the “primarily engaged test”); or
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is engaged or proposes to engage in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities and owns or proposes to acquire “investment securities” having a value exceeding 40% of the value of such issuer’s total assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis (the “40% test”). “Investment securities” excludes U.S. government securities and securities of majority-owned subsidiaries that are not themselves investment companies and are not relying on the exception from the definition of investment company under Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) (relating to private investment companies).
We believe that neither we nor our Operating Partnership will be required to register as an investment company based on the following analysis. With respect to the 40% test, most of the entities through which we and our Operating Partnership own our assets are majority-owned subsidiaries that are not themselves investment companies and are not relying on the exceptions from the definition of investment company under Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7).

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With respect to the primarily engaged test, we and our Operating Partnership are holding companies and do not intend to invest or trade in securities ourselves. Rather, through the majority-owned subsidiaries of our Operating Partnership, we and our Operating Partnership are primarily engaged in the non-investment company businesses of these subsidiaries, namely the business of purchasing or otherwise acquiring real estate and real estate-related assets.
We believe that most of the subsidiaries of our Operating Partnership will be able to rely on Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act for an exception from the definition of an investment company. (Any other subsidiaries of our Operating Partnership should be able to rely on the exceptions for private investment companies pursuant to Section 3(c)(1) and Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act.) As reflected in no-action letters, the SEC staff’s position on Section 3(c)(5)(C) generally requires that an issuer maintain at least 55% of its assets in “mortgages and other liens on and interests in real estate,” or qualifying assets; at least 80% of its assets in qualifying assets plus real estate-related assets; and no more than 20% of the value of its assets in other than qualifying assets and real estate-related assets, which we refer to as miscellaneous assets. To constitute a qualifying asset under this 55% requirement, a real estate interest must meet various criteria based on no-action letters. We expect that each of the subsidiaries of our Operating Partnership relying on Section 3(c)(5)(C) will invest at least 55% of its assets in qualifying assets, and approximately an additional 25% of its assets in other types of real estate-related assets. We expect to rely on guidance published by the SEC staff or on our analyses of guidance published with respect to types of assets to determine which assets are qualifying real estate assets and real estate-related assets.
To maintain compliance with the Investment Company Act, our subsidiaries may be unable to sell assets we would otherwise want them to sell and may need to sell assets we would otherwise wish them to retain. In addition, our subsidiaries may have to acquire additional assets that they might not otherwise have acquired or may have to forego opportunities to make investments that we would otherwise want them to make and would be important to our investment strategy. Moreover, the SEC or its staff may issue interpretations with respect to various types of assets that are contrary to our views and current SEC staff interpretations are subject to change, which increases the risk of non-compliance and the risk that we may be forced to make adverse changes to our portfolio. In this regard, we note that in 2011 the SEC issued a concept release indicating that the SEC and its staff were reviewing interpretive issues relating to Section 3(c)(5)(C) and soliciting views on the application of Section 3(c)(5)(C) to companies engaged in the business of acquiring mortgages and mortgage-related instruments. If we were required to register as an investment company but failed to do so, we would be prohibited from engaging in our business and criminal and civil actions could be brought against us. In addition, our contracts would be unenforceable unless a court required enforcement and a court could appoint a receiver to take control of us and liquidate our business.
Rapid changes in the values of our assets may make it more difficult for us to maintain our qualification as a REIT or our exception from the definition of an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
If the market value or income potential of our qualifying real estate assets changes as compared to the market value or income potential of our non-qualifying assets, or if the market value or income potential of our assets that are considered “real estate-related assets” under the Investment Company Act or REIT qualification tests changes as compared to the market value or income potential of our assets that are not considered “real estate-related assets” under the Investment Company Act or REIT qualification tests, whether as a result of increased interest rates, prepayment rates or other factors, we may need to modify our investment portfolio in order to maintain our REIT qualification or exception from the definition of an investment company. If the decline in asset values or income occurs quickly, this may be especially difficult, if not impossible, to accomplish. This difficulty may be exacerbated by the illiquid nature of many of the assets that we may own. We may have to make investment decisions that we otherwise would not make absent REIT and Investment Company Act considerations.
Our stockholders will have limited control over changes in our policies and operations, which increases the uncertainty and risks our stockholders face.
Our board of directors determines our major policies, including our policies regarding financing, growth, debt capitalization, REIT qualification and distributions. Our board of directors may amend or revise these and other policies without a vote of the stockholders. Under Maryland General Corporation Law and our charter, our stockholders have a right to vote only on limited matters. Our board’s broad discretion in setting policies and our stockholders’ inability to exert control over those policies increases the uncertainty and risks our stockholders face.

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Our stockholders may not be able to sell their shares under our share redemption program and, if our stockholders are able to sell their shares under the program, they may not be able to recover the amount of their investment in our shares.
Our share redemption program includes numerous restrictions that severely limit our stockholders’ ability to sell their shares should they require liquidity and will limit our stockholders’ ability to recover the value they invested in our common stock. Our stockholders must hold their shares for at least one year in order to participate in our share redemption program, except in connection with special redemptions. We limit the number of shares redeemed pursuant to our share redemption program as follows: (i) during any calendar year, we may redeem no more than 5% of the weighted‑average number of shares outstanding during the prior calendar year and (ii) during each calendar year, redemptions will be limited to the amount of net proceeds from the sale of shares under our dividend reinvestment plan during the prior calendar year; however, we may increase or decrease the funding available for the redemption of shares upon ten business days’ notice to our stockholders. Further, we have no obligation to redeem shares if the redemption would violate the restrictions on distributions under Maryland law, which prohibits distributions that would cause a corporation to fail to meet statutory tests of solvency. These limits may prevent us from accommodating all redemption requests made in any year.
Unless the shares are being redeemed in connection with a special redemption, and until such time as we establish an estimated value per share for a purpose other than to set the price to acquire a share in our primary public offering, the prices at which we will redeem shares are as follows:
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For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least one year, 92.5% of the price paid to acquire the shares from us;
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For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least two years, 95.0% of the price paid to acquire the shares from us;
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For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least three years, 97.5% of the price paid to acquire the shares from us; and
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For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least four years, 100% of the price paid to acquire the shares from us.
Notwithstanding the above, and unless the shares are being redeemed in connection with a special redemption, once we establish an estimated value per share of our common stock for a purpose other than to set the price to acquire a share in one of our primary public offerings, the prices at which we will redeem shares will be as follows:
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For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least one year, 92.5% of our most recent estimated value per share as of the applicable redemption date;
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For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least two years, 95.0% of our most recent estimated value per share as of the applicable redemption date;
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For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least three years, 97.5% of our most recent estimated value per share as of the applicable redemption date; and
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For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least four years, 100% of our most recent estimated value per share as of the applicable redemption date.
Until we establish an estimated value per share for a purpose other than to set the price to acquire a share in one of our primary public offerings, the redemption price for shares redeemed pursuant to a special redemption is based on the amount paid to acquire the share from us. Once we have established an estimated value per share for a purpose other than to set the price to acquire a share in one of our primary public offerings, the redemption price would be the most recent estimated value of the shares as of the redemption date, as determined by our advisor or another firm chosen for that purpose.
We currently expect to announce an estimated value per share in December 2015 and in December of each year thereafter.
In March 2009, in order to preserve capital and value for all stockholders during the economic crisis, KBS REIT I amended its share redemption program to limit redemptions (other than special redemptions) during any calendar year to the amount of the net proceeds from the sale of shares under its dividend reinvestment plan from the prior calendar year less amounts KBS REIT I deemed necessary from such proceeds to fund current and future funding obligations and needs of the company. Pursuant to this limitation, KBS REIT I suspended ordinary redemptions for the remainder of 2009 and from 2010 through March 2012. KBS REIT I provided notice of this amendment in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 27, 2009, and the amendment was effective upon 30 days’ notice. The amendment became effective before the April 30, 2009 redemption date. As a result, investors did not have a final opportunity to submit redemptions. In March 2012, KBS REIT I amended and restated its share redemption program to provide only for special redemptions (each as defined in the share redemption program). These redemptions are limited to an annual amount determined by KBS REIT I’s board of directors which may be reviewed and adjusted from time to time during the year.

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On January 24, 2014, in consideration of the cash requirements necessary to effectively manage KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT’s assets, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT amended and restated its share redemption program to limit redemptions to $2.0 million of shares in the aggregate during any calendar year. Additionally, during any calendar year, once KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT has redeemed $1.5 million of shares under its share redemption program, including special redemptions, the remaining $0.5 million of the $2.0 million annual limit shall be reserved exclusively for shares being redeemed in connection with special redemptions. KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT provided notice of this amendment and restatement of its share redemption program in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 28, 2014 and its amended and restated share redemption program became effective for redemptions under the program on or after February 27, 2014. Because of these limitations on the dollar value of shares that may be redeemed under its share redemption program, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT exhausted funds available for all redemptions other than special redemptions for 2014 in August 2014.
On May 15, 2014, KBS REIT II amended and restated its share redemption program to provide only for special redemptions. These redemptions are limited to an annual amount determined by KBS REIT II’s board of directors which may be reviewed and adjusted from time to time during the year. KBS REIT II provided notice of this amendment and restatement of its share redemption program in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 19, 2014 and its amended and restated share redemption program became effective for redemptions under the program on June 18, 2014.
Our board may amend, suspend or terminate our share redemption program upon 30 days’ notice to stockholders, provided that we may increase or decrease the funding available for the redemption of shares pursuant to our share redemption program upon ten business days’ notice to our stockholder. See Part II, Item 5, “Share Redemption Program” for more information about the program.
If funds are not available from our dividend reinvestment plan offering for general corporate purposes, then we may have to use a greater proportion of our cash flow from operations to meet our general cash requirements, which would reduce cash available for distributions and could limit our ability to redeem shares under our share redemption program.
We depend on the proceeds from our dividend reinvestment plan offering for general corporate purposes including, but not limited to: the repurchase of shares under our share redemption program; capital expenditures, tenant improvement costs and leasing costs related to our real estate properties; reserves required by any financings of our real estate investments; funding obligations under any of our real estate loans receivable; the acquisition or origination of real estate investments, which would include payment of acquisition or origination fees to our advisor; and the repayment of debt. We cannot predict with any certainty how much, if any, dividend reinvestment plan proceeds will be available for general corporate purposes. If such funds are not available from our dividend reinvestment plan offering, then we may have to use a greater proportion of our cash flow from operations to meet our general cash requirements, which would reduce cash available for distributions and could limit our ability to redeem shares under our share redemption program.
Because our dealer manager is one of our affiliates, our stockholders will not have the benefit of an independent due diligence review of us, which is customarily performed in underwritten offerings; the absence of an independent due diligence review increases the risks and uncertainty our stockholders face.
Our dealer manager is one of our affiliates and, as such, its due diligence review and investigation of us and our prospectus cannot be considered to be an independent review. Therefore, our stockholders do not have the benefit of an independent review and investigation of our public offering of the type normally performed by an unaffiliated, independent underwriter in a public securities offering.
Our investors’ interest in us will be diluted if we issue additional shares, which could reduce the overall value of their investment.
Our common stockholders do not have preemptive rights to any shares we issue in the future. Our charter authorizes us to issue 1,010,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which 1,000,000,000 shares are designated as common stock and 10,000,000 shares are designated as preferred stock. Our board of directors may increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock without stockholder approval. After our investors purchase shares in our public offering, our board may elect to (i) sell additional shares in our current public offering or in future public offerings, including through our dividend reinvestment plan; (ii) issue equity interests in private offerings; (iii) issue shares to our advisor, or its successors or assigns, in payment of an outstanding fee obligation; (iv) issue shares of our common stock to sellers of properties or assets we acquire in connection with an exchange of limited partnership interests of the Operating Partnership; or (v) otherwise issue additional shares of our capital stock. To the extent we issue additional equity interests after our investors purchase shares, whether in our current or future primary offerings, pursuant to our dividend reinvestment plan or otherwise, our investors’ percentage ownership interest in us would be diluted. In addition, depending upon the terms and pricing of any additional issuance of shares, the use of the proceeds and the value of our real estate investments, our stockholders may also experience dilution in the book value and fair value of their shares and in the earnings and distributions per share.

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Payment of fees to our advisor and its affiliates reduces cash available for investment and distribution to our stockholders and increases the risk that our stockholders will not be able to recover the amount of their investment in our shares.
Our advisor and its affiliates perform services for us in connection with the selection and acquisition or origination of our real estate investments, the management and leasing of our real estate properties, the administration of our real estate-related investments and the disposition of our investments. We pay them substantial fees for these services, which results in immediate dilution of the value of our stockholders’ investment and reduces the amount of cash available for investment or distribution to stockholders. Compensation to be paid to our advisor may be increased subject to approval by our conflicts committee and the other limitations in our charter, which would further dilute our stockholders’ investment and reduce the amount of cash available for investment or distribution to stockholders.
We may also pay significant fees during our listing/liquidation stage. Although most of the fees payable during our listing/liquidation stage are contingent on our investors first receiving agreed-upon investment returns, the investment-return thresholds may be reduced subject to the approval of our conflicts committee and the other limitations in our charter.
Therefore, these fees increase the risk that the amount available for distribution to common stockholders upon a liquidation of our portfolio would be less than the purchase price of the shares in our public offering. These substantial fees and other payments also increase the risk that our stockholders will not be able to resell their shares at a profit, even if our shares are listed on a national securities exchange.
If we are unable to obtain funding for future capital needs, cash distributions to our stockholders and the value of our investment in us could decline.
When tenants do not renew their leases or otherwise vacate their space, we will often need to expend substantial funds for improvements to the vacated space in order to attract replacement tenants. Even when tenants do renew their leases we may agree to make improvements to their space as part of our negotiations. If we need additional capital in the future to improve or maintain our properties or for any other reason, we may have to obtain funding from sources other than our cash flow from operations or proceeds from our dividend reinvestment plan, such as borrowings or future equity offerings. These sources of funding may not be available on attractive terms or at all. If we cannot procure additional funding for capital improvements, our investments may generate lower cash flows or decline in value, or both, which would limit our ability to make distributions to our stockholders and could reduce the value of our stockholders’ investment.
Our stockholders may be more likely to sustain a loss on their investment because our sponsors do not have as strong an economic incentive to avoid losses as do sponsors who have made significant equity investments in their companies.
Our sponsors have invested only $200,000 in us through the purchase of 20,000 shares of our common stock at $10.00 per share. Therefore, if we are successful in raising enough proceeds to reimburse our sponsors for the significant organization and offering expenses that they incurred, through our advisor, our dealer manager and their affiliates, on our behalf in connection with our public offerings, our sponsors will have little exposure to loss in the value of our shares. With this limited exposure, our investors may be at a greater risk of loss because our sponsors do not have as much to lose from a decrease in the value of our shares as do those sponsors who make more significant equity investments in their companies.
Although we will not currently be afforded the protection of the Maryland General Corporation Law relating to deterring or defending hostile takeovers, our board of directors could opt into these provisions of Maryland law in the future, which may discourage others from trying to acquire control of us and may prevent our stockholders from receiving a premium price for their stock in connection with a business combination.
Under Maryland law, “business combinations” between a Maryland corporation and certain interested stockholders or affiliates of interested stockholders are prohibited for five years after the most recent date on which the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. These business combinations include a merger, consolidation, share exchange or, in circumstances specified in the statute, an asset transfer or issuance or reclassification of equity securities. Also under Maryland law, control shares of a Maryland corporation acquired in a control share acquisition have no voting rights except to the extent approved by a vote of two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Shares owned by the acquirer, an officer of the corporation or an employee of the corporation who is also a director of the corporation are excluded from the vote on whether to accord voting rights to the control shares. Should our board of directors opt into these provisions of Maryland law, it may discourage others from trying to acquire control of us and increase the difficulty of consummating any offer. Similarly, provisions of Title 3, Subtitle 8 of the Maryland General Corporation Law could provide similar anti-takeover protection.

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Our charter includes an anti-takeover provision that may discourage a stockholder from launching a tender offer for our shares.
Our charter provides that any tender offer made by a stockholder, including any “mini-tender” offer, must comply with most provisions of Regulation 14D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The offering stockholder must provide our company notice of such tender offer at least 10 business days before initiating the tender offer. If the offering stockholder does not comply with these requirements, our company will have the right to redeem that stockholder’s shares and any shares acquired in such tender offer. In addition, the noncomplying stockholder shall be responsible for all of our company’s expenses in connection with that stockholder’s noncompliance. This provision of our charter may discourage a stockholder from initiating a tender offer for our shares and prevent our stockholders from receiving a premium price for their shares in such a transaction.
General Risks Related to Investments in Real Estate
Economic, market and regulatory changes that impact the real estate market generally may decrease the value of our investments and weaken our operating results.
Our operating results and the performance of the properties we acquire are subject to the risks typically associated with real estate, any of which could decrease the value of our investments and could weaken our operating results, including:
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downturns in national, regional and local economic conditions;
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competition from other office and industrial buildings;
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adverse local conditions, such as oversupply or reduction in demand for office and industrial buildings and changes in real estate zoning laws that may reduce the desirability of real estate in an area;
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vacancies, changes in market rental rates and the need to periodically repair, renovate and re-let space;
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changes in interest rates and the availability of permanent mortgage financing, which may render the sale of a property or loan difficult or unattractive;
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changes in tax (including real and personal property tax), real estate, environmental and zoning laws;
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natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes and floods;
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acts of war or terrorism, including the consequences of terrorist attacks, such as those that occurred on September 11, 2001;
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the potential for uninsured or underinsured property losses; and
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periods of high interest rates and tight money supply.
Any of the above factors, or a combination thereof, could result in a decrease in our cash flow from operations and a decrease in the value of our investments, which would have an adverse effect on our operations, on our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders and on the value of our stockholders’ investment.
If our acquisitions fail to perform as expected, cash distributions to our stockholders may decline.
As of March 3, 2015, we had acquired 21 real estate properties (one of which was sold on February 19, 2014) and originated one real estate loan receivable based on an underwriting analysis with respect to each asset and how the asset fits into our portfolio. If these assets do not perform as expected we may have less cash flow from operations available to fund distributions and investor returns may be reduced.
Properties that have significant vacancies could be difficult to sell, which could diminish the return on these properties and adversely affect our cash flow and ability to pay distributions to our stockholders.
A property may incur vacancies either by the expiration and non-renewal of tenant leases or the continued default of tenants under their leases. If vacancies continue for a long period of time, we may suffer reduced revenues resulting in less cash available for distribution to our stockholders. In addition, the resale value of the property could be diminished because the market value of a core real estate property, which we intend to target, depends principally upon the value of the cash flow generated by the leases associated with that property. Such a reduction in the resale value of a property could also reduce the value of our stockholders’ investment.

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To the extent that we buy core real estate properties with occupancy of less than 95% or that have significant rollover during the expected hold period, we may incur significant costs for capital expenditures and tenant improvement costs to lease-up the properties, which increases the risk of loss associated with these properties compared to other properties. 
We have invested in, and may make additional investments in, core properties that have an occupancy rate of less than 95%, significant rollover during the expected hold period, or other characteristics that could provide an opportunity for us to achieve appreciation by increasing occupancy, negotiating new leases with higher rental rates and/or executing enhancement projects. We likely will need to fund reserves or maintain capacity under our credit facilities to fund capital expenditures, tenant improvements and other improvements in order to attract new tenants to these properties. To the extent we do not maintain adequate reserves to fund these costs, we may use our cash flow from operating activities or proceeds from our ongoing public offering, which will reduce the amount of cash flow available for distribution to our investors.  If we are unable to execute our business plan for these investments, the overall return on these investments will decrease.
We may enter into long-term leases with tenants in certain properties, which may not result in fair market rental rates over time.
We may enter into long-term leases with tenants of certain of our properties, or include renewal options that specify a maximum rate increase. These leases would provide for rent to increase over time; however, if we do not accurately judge the potential for increases in market rental rates, we may set the terms of these long-term leases at levels such that, even after contractual rent increases, the rent under our long-term leases is less than then-current market rates. Further, we may have no ability to terminate those leases or to adjust the rent to then-prevailing market rates. As a result, our cash available for distribution could be lower than if we did not enter into long-term leases.
Certain property types, such as industrial properties, or portfolios of such properties, that we may acquire may not have efficient alternative uses and, if we acquire such properties, we may have difficulty leasing them to new tenants and/or have to make significant capital expenditures to them to do so.
Certain property types, particularly industrial properties, can be difficult to lease to new tenants, should the current tenant terminate or choose not to renew its lease. These properties generally will have received significant tenant-specific improvements and only very specific tenants may be able to use such improvements, making the properties very difficult to re-lease in their current condition. Additionally, an interested tenant may demand that, as a condition of executing a lease for the property, we finance and construct significant improvements so that the tenant could use the property. This expense may decrease cash available for distribution, as we likely would have to (i) pay for the improvements up-front or (ii) finance the improvements at potentially unattractive terms.
To the extent we acquire retail properties, our revenue will be significantly impacted by the success and economic viability of our retail anchor tenants. Our reliance on a single tenant or significant tenants in certain buildings may decrease our ability to lease vacated space and adversely affect the returns on our stockholders’ investment in us.
In the retail sector, a tenant occupying all or a large portion of the gross leasable area of a retail center, commonly referred to as an anchor tenant, may become insolvent, may suffer a downturn in business and default on or terminate its lease, or may decide not to renew its lease. Any of these events would result in a reduction or cessation in rental payments to us from that tenant and would adversely affect our financial condition. A lease termination by an anchor tenant could result in lease terminations or reductions in rent by other tenants whose leases may permit cancellation or rent reduction if an anchor tenant’s lease is terminated. In such event, we may be unable to re-lease the vacated space. Similarly, the leases of some anchor tenants may permit those anchor tenants to transfer their leases to other retailers. The transfer to a new anchor tenant could cause customer traffic in the retail center to decrease and thereby reduce the income generated by that retail center. A lease transfer to a new anchor tenant could also allow other tenants, under the terms of their respective leases, to make reduced rental payments or to terminate their leases. In the event that we are unable to re-lease the vacated space to a new anchor tenant, we may incur additional expenses in order to renovate and subdivide the space to be able to re-lease the space to more than one tenant.
Any retail tenants we may have will face competition from numerous retail channels and retail tenants may be disproportionately affected by current economic conditions. These events could reduce our profitability at any retail properties we acquire and affect our ability to pay distributions.
Retailers will face continued competition from discount or value retailers, factory outlet centers, wholesale clubs, mail order catalogues and operators, television shopping networks and shopping via the Internet. Such conditions could adversely affect any retail tenants we may have and, consequently, our funds available for distribution related to such tenants.

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We depend on tenants for our revenue generated by our real estate investments and, accordingly, our revenue generated by our real estate investments and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders are partially dependent upon the success and economic viability of our tenants and our ability to retain and attract tenants. Non-renewals, terminations or lease defaults could reduce our net income and limit our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.
The success of our real estate investments materially depends upon the financial stability of the tenants leasing the properties we own. The inability of a single major tenant or a significant number of smaller tenants to meet their rental obligations would significantly lower our net income. A non-renewal after the expiration of a lease term, termination or default by a tenant on its lease payments to us would cause us to lose the revenue associated with such lease and require us to find an alternative source of revenue to meet mortgage payments and prevent a foreclosure if the property is subject to a mortgage. In the event of a tenant default or bankruptcy, we may experience delays in enforcing our rights as landlord of a property and may incur substantial costs in protecting our investment and re-leasing the property. Tenants may have the right to terminate their leases upon the occurrence of certain customary events of default and, in other circumstances, may not renew their leases or, because of market conditions, may only be able to renew their leases on terms that are less favorable to us than the terms of their initial leases. Further, some of our assets may be outfitted to suit the particular needs of the tenants. We may have difficulty replacing the tenants of these properties if the outfitted space limits the types of businesses that could lease that space without major renovation. If a tenant does not renew, terminates or defaults on a lease, we may be unable to lease the property for the rent previously received or sell the property without incurring a loss. Because the market value of a particular property depends principally upon the value of the cash flow generated by the leases associated with such property, we may incur a loss upon the sale of a property with significant vacant space. These events could cause us to reduce distributions to stockholders.
The bankruptcy or insolvency of our tenants or delays by our tenants in making rental payments could seriously harm our operating results and financial condition.
Any bankruptcy filings by or relating to any of our tenants could bar us from collecting pre-bankruptcy debts from that tenant, unless we receive an order permitting us to do so from the bankruptcy court. A tenant bankruptcy could delay our efforts to collect past due balances under the relevant leases, and could ultimately preclude full collection of these sums. If a lease is rejected by a tenant in bankruptcy, we would have only a general unsecured claim for damages. Any unsecured claim we hold against a bankrupt entity may be paid only to the extent that funds are available and only in the same percentage as is paid to all other holders of unsecured claims. We may recover substantially less than the full value of any unsecured claims, which would harm our financial condition.
Our inability to sell a property at the time and on the terms we want could limit our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders.
Many factors that are beyond our control affect the real estate market and could affect our ability to sell properties for the price, on the terms or within the time frame that we desire. These factors include general economic conditions, the availability of financing, interest rates and other factors, including supply and demand. Because real estate investments are relatively illiquid, we have a limited ability to vary our portfolio in response to changes in economic or other conditions. Further, before we can sell a property on the terms we want, it may be necessary to expend funds to correct defects or to make improvements. However, we can give no assurance that we will have the funds available to correct such defects or to make such improvements. We may be unable to sell our properties at a profit. Our inability to sell properties at the time and on the terms we want could reduce our cash flow, limit our ability to make distributions to our stockholders and reduce the value of our stockholders’ investment.
If we sell a property by providing financing to the purchaser, we will bear the risk of default by the purchaser, which could delay or reduce cash available for distribution to our stockholders.
If we decide to sell any of our properties, we intend to use our best efforts to sell them for cash; however, in some instances, we may sell our properties by providing financing to purchasers. When we provide financing to a purchaser, we will bear the risk that the purchaser may default, which could reduce our cash distributions to stockholders. Even in the absence of a purchaser default, the distribution of the proceeds of the sale to our stockholders, or the reinvestment of the proceeds in other assets, will be delayed until the promissory note or other property we may accept upon a sale is actually paid, sold, refinanced or otherwise disposed.

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Potential development and construction delays and resultant increased costs and risks may hinder our operating results and decrease our net income.
From time to time we may acquire unimproved real property or properties that are under development or construction. Investments in such properties will be subject to the uncertainties associated with the development and construction of real property, including those related to re-zoning land for development, environmental concerns of governmental entities and/or community groups and our builders’ ability to build in conformity with plans, specifications, budgeted costs and timetables. If a builder fails to perform, we may resort to legal action to rescind the purchase or the construction contract or to compel performance. A builder’s performance may also be affected or delayed by conditions beyond the builder’s control. Delays in completing construction could also give tenants the right to terminate preconstruction leases. We may incur additional risks when we make periodic progress payments or other advances to builders before they complete construction. These and other factors can result in increased costs of a project or loss of our investment. In addition, we will be subject to normal lease-up risks relating to newly constructed projects. We also must rely on rental income and expense projections and estimates of the fair market value of property upon completion of construction when agreeing upon a purchase price at the time we acquire the property. If our projections are inaccurate, we may pay too much for a property, and the return on our investment could suffer.
Actions of our potential future joint venture partners could reduce the returns on joint venture investments and decrease our stockholders’ overall return.
We may enter into joint ventures with third parties to acquire properties and other assets. We may also purchase and develop properties in joint ventures or in partnerships, co-tenancies or other co-ownership arrangements. Such investments may involve risks not otherwise present with other methods of investment, including, for example, the following risks:
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that such co-venturer, co-tenant or partner may at any time have economic or business interests or goals that are or that become inconsistent with our business interests or goals;
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that such co-venturer, co-tenant or partner may be in a position to take action contrary to our instructions or requests or contrary to our policies or objectives; or
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that disputes between us and our co-venturer, co-tenant or partner may result in litigation or arbitration that would increase our expenses and prevent our officers and directors from focusing their time and effort on our operations.
Any of the above might subject a property to liabilities in excess of those contemplated and thus reduce our returns on that investment and the value of our stockholders’ investment in us.
Costs imposed pursuant to laws and governmental regulations may reduce our net income and our cash available for distribution to our stockholders.
Real property and the operations conducted on real property are subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to protection of the environment and human health. We could be subject to liability in the form of fines, penalties or damages for noncompliance with these laws and regulations. These laws and regulations generally govern wastewater discharges, air emissions, the operation and removal of underground and above-ground storage tanks, the use, storage, treatment, transportation and disposal of solid and hazardous materials, the remediation of contamination associated with the release or disposal of solid and hazardous materials, the presence of toxic building materials and other health and safety-related concerns.
Some of these laws and regulations may impose joint and several liability on the tenants, owners or operators of real property for the costs to investigate or remediate contaminated properties, regardless of fault, whether the contamination occurred prior to purchase, or whether the acts causing the contamination were legal. Activities of our tenants, the condition of properties at the time we buy them, operations in the vicinity of our properties, such as the presence of underground storage tanks, or activities of unrelated third parties may affect our properties.
The presence of hazardous substances, or the failure to properly manage or remediate these substances, may hinder our ability to sell, rent or pledge such property as collateral for future borrowings. Any material expenditures, fines, penalties or damages we must pay will reduce our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders and may reduce the value of our stockholders’ investment in us.

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The costs of defending against claims of environmental liability, of complying with environmental regulatory requirements, of remediating any contaminated property or of paying personal injury or other damage claims could reduce our cash available for distribution to our stockholders.
Under various federal, state and local environmental laws, ordinances and regulations, a current or previous real property owner or operator may be liable for the cost of removing or remediating hazardous or toxic substances on, under or in such property. These costs could be substantial. Such laws often impose liability whether or not the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of such hazardous or toxic substances. Environmental laws also may impose liens on property or restrictions on the manner in which property may be used or businesses may be operated, and these restrictions may require substantial expenditures or prevent us from entering into leases with prospective tenants that may be impacted by such laws. Environmental laws provide for sanctions for noncompliance and may be enforced by governmental agencies or, in certain circumstances, by private parties. Certain environmental laws and common law principles could be used to impose liability for the release of and exposure to hazardous substances, including asbestos-containing materials and lead-based paint. Third parties may seek recovery from real property owners or operators for personal injury or property damage associated with exposure to released hazardous substances and governments may seek recovery for natural resource damage. The costs of defending against claims of environmental liability, of complying with environmental regulatory requirements, of remediating any contaminated property, or of paying personal injury, property damage or natural resource damage claims could reduce our cash available for distribution to our stockholders.
All of our real estate acquisitions are subject to Phase I environmental assessments prior to the time they are acquired; however, such assessments may not provide complete environmental histories due, for example, to limited available information about prior operations at the properties or other gaps in information at the time we acquire the property. A Phase I environmental assessment is an initial environmental investigation to identify potential environmental liabilities associated with the current and past uses of a given property. If any of our properties were found to contain hazardous or toxic substances after our acquisition, the value of our investment could decrease below the amount paid for such investment. In addition, real estate-related investments in which we invest may be secured by properties with recognized environmental conditions. Where we are secured creditors, we will attempt to acquire contractual agreements, including environmental indemnities, that protect us from losses arising out of environmental problems in the event the property is transferred by foreclosure or bankruptcy; however, no assurances can be given that such indemnities would fully protect us from responsibility for costs associated with addressing any environmental problems related to such properties.
Costs associated with complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act may decrease our cash available for distribution.
Our properties may be subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, or the Disabilities Act. Under the Disabilities Act, all places of public accommodation are required to comply with federal requirements related to access and use by disabled persons. The Disabilities Act has separate compliance requirements for “public accommodations” and “commercial facilities” that generally require that buildings and services be made accessible and available to people with disabilities. The Disabilities Act’s requirements could require removal of access barriers and could result in the imposition of injunctive relief, monetary penalties or, in some cases, an award of damages. Any funds used for Disabilities Act compliance will reduce our net income and the amount of cash available for distribution to our stockholders.
Uninsured losses relating to real property or excessively expensive premiums for insurance coverage could reduce our cash flow from operations and the return on our stockholders’ investment in us.
There are types of losses, generally catastrophic in nature, such as losses due to wars, acts of terrorism, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, pollution or environmental matters, that are uninsurable or not economically insurable, or may be insured subject to limitations, such as large deductibles or co-payments. Insurance risks associated with potential acts of terrorism could sharply increase the premiums we pay for coverage against property and casualty claims. Additionally, mortgage lenders in some cases have begun to insist that commercial property owners purchase coverage against terrorism as a condition to providing mortgage loans. Such insurance policies may not be available at reasonable costs, if at all, which could inhibit our ability to finance or refinance our properties. In such instances, we may be required to provide other financial support, either through financial assurances or self-insurance, to cover potential losses. We may not have adequate coverage for such losses. If any of our properties incurs a casualty loss that is not fully insured, the value of our assets will be reduced by any such uninsured loss, which will reduce the value of our stockholders’ investment in us. In addition, we have limited sources of funding, including working capital reserve and other reserves we may establish, to repair or reconstruct any uninsured property. Also, to the extent we must pay unexpectedly large amounts for insurance, we could suffer reduced earnings that would result in lower distributions to our stockholders.

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Terrorist attacks and other acts of violence or war may affect the markets in which we plan to operate, which could delay or hinder our ability to meet our investment objectives and reduce our stockholders’ overall return.
Terrorist attacks or armed conflicts may directly impact the value of our properties through damage, destruction, loss or increased security costs. We have invested in and expect that we will continue to invest in major metropolitan areas. We may not be able to obtain insurance against the risk of terrorism because it may not be available or may not be available on terms that are economically feasible. The terrorism insurance that we obtain may not be sufficient to cover loss for damages to our properties as a result of terrorist attacks. The inability to obtain sufficient terrorism insurance or any terrorism insurance at all could limit our investment options as some mortgage lenders have begun to insist that specific coverage against terrorism be purchased by commercial owners as a condition for providing loans.
Risks Related to Real Estate-Related Investments
Our real estate-related investments are subject to the risks typically associated with real estate.
Our mortgage loan investment and any future investments we make in real estate loans are and generally will be directly or indirectly secured by a lien on real property (or the equity interests in an entity that owns real property) that, upon the occurrence of a default on the loan, could result in our taking ownership of the property. The values of these properties may change after the dates of acquisition or origination of the loans. If the values of the underlying properties drop, our risk will increase because of the lower value of the security associated with such loans. In this manner, real estate values could impact the values of our loan investments. Any investments we make in residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and other real estate-related investments may be similarly affected by real estate property values. Therefore, our real estate-related investments are subject to the risks typically associated with real estate, which are described above under the heading “-General Risks Related to Investments in Real Estate.”
Our mortgage loan investment and any future investments we make in real estate loans are and will be subject to interest rate fluctuations that will affect our returns as compared to market interest rates; accordingly, the value of our stockholders’ investment in us is subject to fluctuations in interest rates.
With respect to our fixed rate, long-term loans receivable, if interest rates rise, the loans could yield a return that is lower than then-current market rates. If interest rates decrease, we will be adversely affected to the extent that loans are prepaid because we may not be able to reinvest the proceeds at as high of an interest rate. If we invest in variable-rate loans receivable and interest rates decrease, our revenues will also decrease. For these reasons, our investments in real estate loans, our returns on those loans and the value of our stockholders’ investment in us are and will be subject to fluctuations in interest rates.
The mortgage loans we invest in and the mortgage loans underlying any mortgage securities we may invest in are subject to delinquency, foreclosure and loss, which could result in losses to us.
Commercial real estate loans generally are secured by commercial real estate properties and are subject to risks of delinquency and foreclosure. The ability of a borrower to repay a loan secured by an income-producing property typically is dependent primarily upon the successful operation of such property rather than upon the existence of independent income or assets of the borrower. If the net operating income of the property is reduced, the borrower’s ability to repay the loan may be impaired. Net operating income of an income-producing property can be affected by, among other things: tenant mix, success of tenant businesses, occupancy rates, property management decisions, property location and condition, competition from comparable types of properties, changes in laws that increase operating expenses or limit rents that may be charged, any need to address environmental contamination at the property, the occurrence of any uninsured casualty at the property, changes in national, regional or local economic conditions and/or specific industry segments, declines in regional or local real estate values, declines in regional or local rental or occupancy rates, increases in interest rates, real estate tax rates and other operating expenses, changes in governmental rules, fiscal policies and regulations (including environmental legislation), natural disasters, terrorism, social unrest and civil disturbances.
In the event of any default under a mortgage loan held by us, we will bear a risk of loss of principal and accrued interest to the extent of any deficiency between the value of the collateral and the principal and accrued interest of the mortgage loan, which could have a material adverse effect on our cash flow from operations. Foreclosure on a property securing a mortgage loan can be an expensive and lengthy process that could have a substantial negative effect on our anticipated return on the investment. In the event of the bankruptcy of a mortgage loan borrower, the mortgage loan to such borrower will be deemed to be secured only to the extent of the value of the underlying collateral at the time of bankruptcy (as determined by the bankruptcy court), and the lien securing the mortgage loan will be subject to the avoidance powers of the bankruptcy trustee or debtor-in-possession to the extent the lien is unenforceable under state law.

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Delays in liquidating defaulted mortgage loans could reduce our investment returns.
If there are defaults under our mortgage loan investments, we may not be able to repossess and sell the underlying properties quickly. The resulting time delay could reduce the value of our investment in the defaulted mortgage loans. An action to foreclose on a property securing a mortgage loan is regulated by state statutes and regulations and is subject to many of the delays and expenses of other lawsuits if the borrower raises defenses or counterclaims. In the event of default by a borrower, these restrictions, among other things, may impede our ability to foreclose on or sell the mortgaged property or to obtain proceeds sufficient to repay all amounts due to us on the mortgage loan.
The mezzanine loans that we may originate or in which we may invest would involve greater risks of loss than senior loans secured by the same properties.
We may originate or invest in mezzanine loans that take the form of subordinated loans secured by a pledge of the ownership interests of the entity owning (directly or indirectly) the real property. These types of investments may involve a higher degree of risk than long-term senior mortgage lending secured by income-producing real property because the investment may become unsecured as a result of foreclosure by the senior lender. In the event of a bankruptcy of the entity providing the pledge of its ownership interests as security, we may not have full recourse to the assets of such entity, or the assets of the entity may not be sufficient to satisfy our mezzanine loan. If a borrower defaults on our mezzanine loan or debt senior to our loan, or in the event of a borrower bankruptcy, our mezzanine loan will be satisfied only after the senior debt. As a result, we may not recover some or all of our investment. In addition, mezzanine loans may have higher loan-to-value ratios than conventional mortgage loans, resulting in less equity in the real property and increasing the risk of loss of principal.
The B-Notes in which we may invest may be subject to additional risks relating to the privately negotiated structure and terms of the transaction, which may result in losses to us.
We may invest in B-Notes. A B-Note is a mortgage loan typically (i) secured by a first mortgage on a single large commercial property or group of related properties and (ii) subordinated to an A-Note secured by the same first mortgage on the same collateral. As a result, if a borrower defaults, there may not be sufficient funds remaining for B-Note holders after payment to the A-Note holders. Since each transaction is privately negotiated, B-Notes can vary in their structural characteristics and risks. For example, the rights of holders of B-Notes to control the process following a borrower default may be limited in certain investments. We cannot predict the terms of each B-Note investment. Further, B-Notes typically are secured by a single property, and so reflect the increased risks associated with a single property compared to a pool of properties.
Bridge loans may involve a greater risk of loss than conventional mortgage loans.
We may provide bridge loans secured by first-lien mortgages on properties to borrowers who are typically seeking short-term capital to be used in an acquisition, development or refinancing of real estate. The borrower may have identified an undervalued asset that has been undermanaged or is located in a recovering market. If the market in which the asset is located fails to recover according to the borrower’s projections, or if the borrower fails to improve the quality of the asset’s management or the value of the asset, the borrower may not receive a sufficient return on the asset to repay the bridge loan, and we may not recover some or all of our investment.
In addition, owners usually borrow funds under a conventional mortgage loan to repay a bridge loan. We may, therefore, be dependent on a borrower’s ability to obtain permanent financing to repay our bridge loan, which could depend on market conditions and other factors. Bridge loans are also subject to risks of borrower defaults, bankruptcies, fraud, losses and special hazard losses that are not covered by standard hazard insurance. In the event of any default under bridge loans held by us, we bear the risk of loss of principal and nonpayment of interest and fees to the extent of any deficiency between the value of the mortgage collateral and the principal amount of the bridge loan. To the extent we suffer such losses with respect to our investments in bridge loans, the value of our company and of our common stock may be adversely affected.
Investment in non-conforming and non-investment grade loans may involve increased risk of loss.
Loans we may acquire or originate may not conform to conventional loan criteria applied by traditional lenders and may not be rated or may be rated as non-investment grade. Non-investment grade ratings for these loans typically result from the overall leverage of the loans, the lack of a strong operating history for the properties underlying the loans, the borrowers’ credit history, the properties’ underlying cash flow or other factors. As a result, non-conforming or non-investment grade loans we acquire or originate may have a higher risk of default and loss than conventional loans. Any loss we incur may reduce distributions to stockholders and adversely affect the value of our common stock.

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Subordinated loans and subordinated mortgage-backed securities may be subject to losses.
We may acquire or originate subordinated loans and invest in subordinated mortgage-backed securities. In the event a borrower defaults on a subordinated loan and lacks sufficient assets to repay our loan, we may suffer a loss of principal or interest. In the event a borrower declares bankruptcy, we may not have full recourse to the assets of the borrower, or the assets of the borrower may not be sufficient to repay the loan. If a borrower defaults on our loan or on debt senior to our loan, or in the event of a borrower bankruptcy, our loan will be repaid only after the senior debt is paid in full. Where debt senior to our loan exists, the presence of intercreditor arrangements may limit our ability to amend our loan documents, assign our loans, accept prepayments, exercise our remedies (through “standstill periods”) and control decisions made in bankruptcy proceedings relating to borrowers.
In general, losses on a mortgage loan included in a securitization will be borne first by the equity holder of the property, then by a cash reserve fund or letter of credit, if any, and then by the “first loss” subordinated security holder. In the event of default and the exhaustion of any equity support, reserve fund, letter of credit and any classes of securities junior to those in which we invest, we may not be able to recover all of our investment in securities we purchase. In addition, if the underlying mortgage portfolio has been overvalued by the originator, or if the values subsequently decline and, as a result, less collateral is available to satisfy interest and principal payments due on the related mortgage-backed securities, securities in which we invest may effectively become the “first loss” position behind the more senior securities, which may result in significant losses to us.
Risks of cost overruns and non-completion of the construction or renovation of the properties underlying loans we make or acquire may materially adversely affect our investments.
The renovation, refurbishment or expansion by a borrower under a mortgaged or leveraged property involves risks of cost overruns and non-completion. Costs of construction or improvements to bring a property up to standards established for the market position intended for that property may exceed original estimates, possibly making a project uneconomical. Other risks may include environmental risks and the possibility of construction, rehabilitation and subsequent leasing of the property not being completed on schedule. If such construction or renovation is not completed in a timely manner, or if it costs more than expected, the borrower may experience a prolonged impairment of net operating income and may not be able to make payments on our investment, and we may not recover some or all of our investment.
To close loan transactions within a time frame that meets the needs of borrowers of loans we may originate, we may perform underwriting analyses in a very short period of time, which may result in credit decisions based on limited information.
We may gain a competitive advantage by, from time to time, being able to analyze and close loan transactions within a very short period of time. Our underwriting guidelines require a thorough analysis of many factors, including the underlying property’s financial performance and condition, geographic market assessment, experience and financial strength of the borrower and future prospects of the property within the market. If we make the decision to extend credit to a borrower prior to the completion of one or more of these analyses, we may fail to identify certain credit risks that we would otherwise have identified.
The commercial mortgage-backed securities in which we may invest are subject to all of the risks of the underlying mortgage loans and the risks of the securitization process.
Commercial mortgage-backed securities, or CMBS, are securities that evidence interests in, or are secured by, a single commercial mortgage loan or a pool of commercial mortgage loans. Accordingly, these securities are subject to all of the risks of the underlying mortgage loans.
The value of CMBS may be adversely affected when payments on underlying mortgages do not occur as anticipated, resulting in the extension of the security’s effective maturity and the related increase in interest rate sensitivity of a longer-term instrument. The value of CMBS may also change due to shifts in the market’s perception of issuers and regulatory or tax changes adversely affecting the mortgage securities market as a whole. In addition, CMBS are subject to the credit risk associated with the performance of the underlying mortgage properties. In certain instances, third-party guarantees or other forms of credit support can reduce the credit risk.
CMBS are also subject to several risks created through the securitization process. Subordinate CMBS are paid interest only to the extent that there are funds available to make payments after paying the senior class. To the extent that we invest in a subordinate class, we will be paid interest only to the extent that there are funds available after paying the senior class. To the extent the collateral pool includes delinquent loans, there is a risk that interest payments on subordinate CMBS will not be fully paid. Subordinate CMBS are also subject to greater credit risk than senior CMBS that are more highly rated. Further, the ratings assigned to any particular class of CMBS may prove to be inaccurate. Thus, any particular class of CMBS may be riskier and more volatile than the rating may suggest, which may cause the returns on any CMBS investment to be less than anticipated.

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We will not have the right to foreclose on commercial mortgage loans underlying CMBS in which we invest since we will not directly own such underlying loans. Accordingly, we must rely on third parties to initiate and execute any foreclosure proceedings upon a default of such mortgage loans.
To the extent that we make investments in real estate-related securities and loans, a portion of those investments may be illiquid and we may not be able to adjust our portfolio in response to changes in economic and other conditions.
Certain of the real estate-related securities that we may purchase in connection with privately negotiated transactions will not be registered under the relevant securities laws, resulting in a prohibition against their transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition except in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of, or is otherwise in accordance with, those laws. The mezzanine and bridge loans we may purchase or originate will be particularly illiquid investments due to their short life, their unsuitability for securitization and the greater difficulty of recoupment in the event of a borrower’s default. This illiquidity may limit our ability to vary our portfolio in response to changes in economic and other conditions, which could increase the likelihood that the value of our stockholders’ investment in us will decrease as a result of such changes in economic and other conditions.
Delays in restructuring or liquidating non-performing real estate securities could reduce the return on our stockholders’ investment in us.
Real estate securities may become non-performing after acquisition for a wide variety of reasons. Such non-performing real estate investments may require a substantial amount of workout negotiations and/or restructuring, which may entail, among other things, a substantial reduction in the interest rate and a substantial write-down of such loan or asset. However, even if a restructuring is successfully accomplished, upon maturity of such real estate security, replacement “takeout” financing may not be available. We may find it necessary or desirable to foreclose on some of the collateral securing one or more of our investments. Intercreditor provisions may substantially interfere with our ability to do so. Even if foreclosure is an option, the foreclosure process can be lengthy and expensive. Borrowers often resist foreclosure actions by asserting numerous claims, counterclaims and defenses including, without limitation, lender liability claims and defenses, in an effort to prolong the foreclosure action. In some states, foreclosure actions can take up to several years or more to litigate. At any time during the foreclosure proceedings, the borrower may file for bankruptcy, which would have the effect of staying the foreclosure action and further delaying the foreclosure process. Foreclosure litigation tends to create a negative public image of the collateral property and may result in disrupting ongoing leasing and management of the property. Foreclosure actions by senior lenders may substantially affect the amount that we may earn or recover from an investment.
We depend on borrowers for the revenue generated by our real estate-related investments and, accordingly, our revenue and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders are partially dependent upon the success and economic viability of such borrowers.
The success of our real estate-related investments materially depends on the financial stability of the borrowers under such investments. The inability of a single major borrower or a number of smaller borrowers to meet their payment obligations could result in reduced revenue or losses for us. In the event of a borrower default or bankruptcy, we may experience delays in enforcing our rights as a creditor, and such rights may be subordinated to the rights of other creditors. These events could negatively affect the cash available for distribution to our stockholders and the value of their investment in us.
Our dependence on the management of other entities in which we invest may adversely affect our business.
We will not control the management, investment decisions or operations of the companies in which we may invest. Management of those enterprises may decide to change the nature of their assets, or management may otherwise change in a manner that is not satisfactory to us. We will have no ability to affect these management decisions and we may have only limited ability to dispose of our investments.
Prepayments can adversely affect the yields on our debt investments.
The yields on our debt investments may be affected by the rate of prepayments differing from our projections. Prepayments on debt instruments, where permitted under the debt documents, are influenced by changes in current interest rates and a variety of economic, geographic and other factors beyond our control, and consequently, such prepayment rates cannot be predicted with certainty. If we are unable to invest the proceeds of any prepayments we receive in assets with at least an equivalent yield, the yield on our portfolio will decline. In addition, we may acquire assets at a discount or premium and if an asset is not repaid when expected, our anticipated yield may be impacted. Under certain interest rate and prepayment scenarios we may fail to recoup fully our cost of acquisition of certain investments.

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If credit spreads widen before we obtain long-term financing for our assets, the value of our assets may suffer.
We will price our assets based on our assumptions about future credit spreads for financing of those assets. We may obtain longer-term financing for our assets using structured financing techniques in the future. In such financings, interest rates are typically set at a spread over a certain benchmark, such as the yield on United States Treasury obligations, swaps, or LIBOR. If the spread that borrowers will pay over the benchmark widens and the rates we charge on our assets to be securitized are not increased accordingly, our income may be reduced or we may suffer losses.
Hedging against interest rate exposure may adversely affect our earnings, limit our gains or result in losses, which could adversely affect cash available for distribution to our stockholders.
We have entered into and in the future may enter into interest rate swap agreements or pursue other interest rate hedging strategies. Our hedging activity will vary in scope based on the level of interest rates, the type of investments we hold, and other changing market conditions. Interest rate hedging may fail to protect or could adversely affect us because, among other things:
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interest rate hedging can be expensive, particularly during periods of rising and volatile interest rates;
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available interest rate hedging products may not correspond directly with the interest rate risk for which protection is sought;
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the duration of the hedge may not match the duration of the related liability or asset;
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the amount of income that a REIT may earn from hedging transactions to offset losses due to fluctuations in interest rates is limited by federal tax provisions governing REITs;
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the credit quality of the party owing money on the hedge may be downgraded to such an extent that it impairs our ability to sell or assign our side of the hedging transaction;
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the party owing money in the hedging transaction may default on its obligation to pay; and
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we may purchase a hedge that turns out not to be necessary, i.e., a hedge that is out of the money.
Any hedging activity we engage in may adversely affect our earnings, which could adversely affect cash available for distribution to our stockholders. Therefore, while we may enter into such transactions to seek to reduce interest rate risks, unanticipated changes in interest rates may result in poorer overall investment performance than if we had not engaged in any such hedging transactions. In addition, the degree of correlation between price movements of the instruments used in a hedging strategy and price movements in the investments being hedged or liabilities being hedged may vary materially. Moreover, for a variety of reasons, we may not seek to establish a perfect correlation between such hedging instruments and the interest rate risk sought to be hedged. Any such imperfect correlation may prevent us from achieving the intended accounting treatment and may expose us to risk of loss.
We assume the credit risk of our counterparties with respect to derivative transactions.
We may enter into derivative contracts for risk management purposes to hedge our exposure to cash flow variability caused by changing interest rates on our future variable rate real estate loans receivable and variable rate notes payable. These derivative contracts generally are entered into with bank counterparties and are not traded on an organized exchange or guaranteed by a central clearing organization. We would therefore assume the credit risk that our counterparties will fail to make periodic payments when due under these contracts or become insolvent. If a counterparty fails to make a required payment, becomes the subject of a bankruptcy case, or otherwise defaults under the applicable contract, we would have the right to terminate all outstanding derivative transactions with that counterparty and settle them based on their net market value or replacement cost. In such an event, we may be required to make a termination payment to the counterparty, or we may have the right to collect a termination payment from such counterparty. We assume the credit risk that the counterparty will not be able to make any termination payment owing to us. We may not receive any collateral from a counterparty, or we may receive collateral that is insufficient to satisfy the counterparty’s obligation to make a termination payment. If a counterparty is the subject of a bankruptcy case, we will be an unsecured creditor in such case unless the counterparty has pledged sufficient collateral to us to satisfy the counterparty’s obligations to us.
We assume the risk that our derivative counterparty may terminate transactions early.
If we fail to make a required payment or otherwise default under the terms of a derivative contract, the counterparty would have the right to terminate all outstanding derivative transactions between us and that counterparty and settle them based on their net market value or replacement cost. In certain circumstances, the counterparty may have the right to terminate derivative transactions early even if we are not defaulting. If our derivative transactions are terminated early, it may not be possible for us to replace those transactions with another counterparty, on as favorable terms or at all.

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We may be required to collateralize our derivative transactions.
We may be required to secure our obligations to our counterparties under our derivative contracts by pledging collateral to our counterparties. That collateral may be in the form of cash, securities or other assets. If we default under a derivative contract with a counterparty, or if a counterparty otherwise terminates one or more derivative contracts early, that counterparty may apply such collateral toward our obligation to make a termination payment to the counterparty. If we have pledged securities or other assets, the counterparty may liquidate those assets in order to satisfy our obligations. If we are required to post cash or securities as collateral, such cash or securities will not be available for use in our business. Cash or securities pledged to counterparties may be repledged by counterparties and may not be held in segregated accounts. Therefore, in the event of a counterparty insolvency, we may not be entitled to recover some or all collateral pledged to that counterparty, which could result in losses and have an adverse effect on our operations.
There can be no assurance that the direct or indirect effects of the Dodd-Frank Act and other applicable non-U.S. regulations will not have an adverse effect on our interest rate hedging activities.
Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“the Dodd-Frank Act”) imposed additional regulations on derivatives markets and transactions. Such regulations and, to the extent we trade with counterparties organized in non-US jurisdictions, any applicable regulations in those jurisdictions, are still being implemented, and will affect our interest rate hedging activities. While the full impact of regulation on our interest rate hedging activities cannot be fully assessed until all final implementing rules and regulations are promulgated, such regulation may affect our ability to enter into hedging or other risk management transactions, may increase our costs in entering into such transactions, and/or may result in us entering into such transactions on less favorable terms than prior to implementation of such regulation. For example, subject to an exception under the Dodd-Frank Act for “end-users” of swaps upon which we may seek to rely, we may be required to clear certain interest rate hedging transactions by submitting them to a derivatives clearing organization. In addition, to the extent we are required to clear any such transactions, we will be required to, among other things, post margin in connection with such transactions. The occurrence of any of the foregoing events may have an adverse effect on our business and our stockholders’ return.
Our investments in real estate-related debt securities and preferred and common equity securities will be subject to the specific risks relating to the particular issuer of the securities and may involve greater risk of loss than secured debt financings.
We may make equity investments in REITs and other real estate companies. We may target a public company that owns commercial real estate or real estate-related assets when we believe its stock is trading at a discount to that company’s net asset value. We may eventually seek to acquire or gain a controlling interest in the companies that we target. We do not expect our non-controlling equity investments in other public companies to exceed 5% of the proceeds of our public offering, assuming we sell the maximum offering amount, or to represent a substantial portion of our assets at any one time. We may also invest in debt securities and preferred equity securities issued by REITs and other real estate companies. Our investments in debt securities and preferred and common equity securities will involve special risks relating to the particular issuer of the securities, including the financial condition and business outlook of the issuer. Issuers that are REITs and other real estate companies are subject to the inherent risks associated with real estate investments. Furthermore, debt securities and preferred and common equity securities may involve greater risk of loss than secured debt financings due to a variety of factors, including that such investments are generally unsecured and may also be subordinated to other obligations of the issuer. As a result, investments in debt securities and preferred and common equity securities are subject to risks of (i) limited liquidity in the secondary trading market, (ii) substantial market price volatility resulting from changes in prevailing interest rates, (iii) subordination to the claims of banks and senior lenders to the issuer, (iv) the operation of mandatory sinking fund or call/redemption provisions during periods of declining interest rates that could cause the issuer to reinvest redemption proceeds in lower yielding assets, (v) the possibility that earnings of the issuer may be insufficient to meet its debt service and distribution obligations, and (vi) the declining creditworthiness and potential for insolvency of the issuer during periods of rising interest rates and economic downturn. These risks may adversely affect the value of outstanding debt securities and preferred and common equity securities and the ability of the issuers thereof to make principal, interest and/or distribution payments to us.
Declines in the market values of our investments may adversely affect periodic reported results of operations and credit availability, which may reduce our earnings and, in turn, cash available for distribution to our stockholders.
A portion of our assets may be classified for accounting purposes as “available-for-sale.” These investments are carried at estimated fair value and temporary changes in the market values of those assets will be directly charged or credited to stockholders’ equity without impacting net income on the income statement. Moreover, if we determine that a decline in the estimated fair value of an available-for-sale security below its amortized value is other-than-temporary, we will recognize a loss on that security on our income statement, which will reduce our earnings in the period recognized.

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A decline in the market value of our assets may adversely affect us, particularly in instances where we have borrowed money based on the market value of those assets. As a result, if the market value of those assets declines, the lender may require us to post additional collateral to support the loan. If we were unable to post the additional collateral, we may have to sell assets at a time when we might not have otherwise chosen to do so. A reduction in available credit may reduce our earnings and, in turn, cash available for distribution to stockholders.
Further, credit facility providers may require us to maintain a certain amount of cash reserves or to set aside unleveraged assets sufficient to maintain a specified liquidity position, which would allow us to satisfy our collateral obligations. If the market value of our investments declines, we may not be able to leverage our assets as fully as we would choose, which could reduce our return on equity. In the event that we are unable to meet these contractual obligations, our financial condition could deteriorate rapidly.
Market values of our real estate-related investments may decline for a number of reasons, such as changes in prevailing market rates, increases in defaults related to the underlying collateral, increases in voluntary prepayments for our investments that are subject to prepayment risk, widening of credit spreads and downgrades of ratings of the securities by ratings agencies.
Some of our real estate-related investments may be carried at estimated fair value as determined by us and, as a result, there may be uncertainty as to the value of these investments.
Some of our investments may be in the form of securities that are recorded at fair value but that have limited liquidity or are not publicly traded. The fair value of securities and other investments that have limited liquidity or are not publicly traded may not be readily determinable. We will estimate the fair value of these investments on a quarterly basis. Because such valuations are inherently uncertain, may fluctuate over short periods of time and may be based on numerous estimates, our determinations of fair value may differ materially from the values that would have been used if a ready market for these securities existed. The value of our common stock could be adversely affected if our determinations regarding the fair value of these real estate-related investments are materially higher than the values that we ultimately realize upon their disposal.
Our investments in derivatives are carried at estimated fair value as determined by us and, as a result, there may be uncertainty as to the value of these instruments.
Our investments in derivatives are recorded at fair value but have limited liquidity and are not publicly traded. The fair value of our derivatives may not be readily determinable. We will estimate the fair value of any such investments on a quarterly basis. Because such valuations are inherently uncertain, may fluctuate over short periods of time and may be based on numerous estimates, our determinations of fair value may differ materially from the values that would have been used if a ready market for these investments existed. The value of our common stock could be adversely affected if our determinations regarding the fair value of these investments are materially higher than the values that we ultimately realize upon their disposal or maturity.
Risks Associated with Debt Financing
We obtain lines of credit, mortgage indebtedness and other borrowings, which increases our risk of loss due to potential foreclosure.
We obtain lines of credit and long-term financing that may be secured by our properties and other assets. In some instances, we acquire real properties by financing a portion of the price of the properties and mortgaging or pledging some or all of the properties purchased as security for that debt. We may also incur mortgage debt on properties that we already own in order to obtain funds to acquire additional properties, to fund property improvements and other capital expenditures, to pay distributions and for other purposes. In addition, we may borrow as necessary or advisable to ensure that we maintain our qualification as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, including borrowings to satisfy the REIT requirement that we distribute at least 90% of our annual REIT taxable income to our stockholders (computed without regard to the dividends-paid deduction and excluding net capital gain). However, we can give our stockholders no assurance that we will be able to obtain such borrowings on satisfactory terms or at all.

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If we do mortgage a property and there is a shortfall between the cash flow generated by that property and the cash flow needed to service mortgage debt on that property, then the amount of cash available for distribution to our stockholders may be reduced. In addition, incurring mortgage debt increases the risk of loss of a property since defaults on indebtedness secured by a property may result in lenders initiating foreclosure actions. In that case, we could lose the property securing the loan that is in default, reducing the value of our stockholders’ investment in us. For tax purposes, a foreclosure of any of our properties would be treated as a sale of the property for a purchase price equal to the outstanding balance of the debt secured by the mortgage. If the outstanding balance of the debt secured by the mortgage exceeds our tax basis in the property, we would recognize taxable income on foreclosure even though we would not necessarily receive any cash proceeds. We have given and may give full or partial guarantees to lenders of mortgage or other debt on behalf of the entities that own our properties. When we give a guaranty on behalf of an entity that owns one of our properties, we will be responsible to the lender for satisfaction of all or a part of the debt or other amounts related to the debt if it is not paid by such entity. If any mortgages contain cross-collateralization or cross-default provisions, a default on a mortgage secured by a single property could affect mortgages secured by other properties.
We may utilize repurchase agreements as a component of our financing strategy. Repurchase agreements economically resemble short-term, variable-rate financing and usually require the maintenance of specific loan-to-collateral value ratios. If the market value of the assets subject to a repurchase agreement declines, we may be required to provide additional collateral or make cash payments to maintain the required loan-to-collateral value ratios. If we are unable to provide such collateral or cash repayments, we may lose our economic interest in the underlying assets.
We may also obtain recourse debt to finance our acquisitions and meet our REIT distribution requirements. If we have insufficient income to service our recourse debt obligations, our lenders could institute proceedings against us to foreclose upon our assets. If a lender successfully forecloses upon any of our assets, our ability to pay cash distributions to our stockholders will be limited and our stockholders could lose all or part of their investment in us.
High mortgage rates or changes in underwriting standards may make it difficult for us to finance or refinance properties, which could reduce the number of properties we can acquire, our cash flow from operations and the amount of cash available for distribution to our stockholders.
If mortgage debt is unavailable at reasonable rates, we may not be able to finance the purchase of properties. If we place mortgage debt on a property, we run the risk of being unable to refinance part or all of the debt when it becomes due or of being unable to refinance on favorable terms. If interest rates are higher when we refinance properties subject to mortgage debt, our income could be reduced. We may be unable to refinance or may only be able to partly refinance properties if underwriting standards, including loan to value ratios and yield requirements, among other requirements, are more strict than when we originally financed the properties. If any of these events occurs, our cash flow could be reduced and/or we might have to pay down existing mortgages. This, in turn, would reduce cash available for distribution to our stockholders, could cause us to require additional capital and may hinder our ability to raise capital by issuing more stock or by borrowing more money.
We may use leverage in connection with any real estate investments we make, which increases the risk of loss associated with this type of investment.
We may finance the acquisition and origination of certain real estate-related investments with warehouse lines of credit and repurchase agreements. In addition, we may engage in various types of securitizations in order to finance our loan originations. Although the use of leverage may enhance returns and increase the number of investments that we can make, it may also substantially increase the risk of loss. There can be no assurance that leveraged financing will be available to us on favorable terms or that, among other factors, the terms of such financing will parallel the maturities of the underlying assets acquired. If alternative financing is not available, we may have to liquidate assets at unfavorable prices to pay off such financing. The return on our investments and cash available for distribution to our stockholders may be reduced to the extent that changes in market conditions cause the cost of our financing to increase relative to the income that we can derive from the assets we acquire.
Our debt service payments will reduce our cash available for distribution. We may not be able to meet our debt service obligations and, to the extent that we cannot, we risk the loss of some or all of our assets to foreclosure or sale to satisfy our debt obligations. If we utilize repurchase agreement financing and if the market value of the assets subject to a repurchase agreement declines, we may be required to provide additional collateral or make cash payments to maintain the loan to collateral value ratio. If we are unable to provide such collateral or cash repayments, we may lose our economic interest in the underlying assets. Further, credit facility providers and warehouse facility providers may require us to maintain a certain amount of cash reserves or to set aside unleveraged assets sufficient to maintain a specified liquidity position that would allow us to satisfy our collateral obligations. As a result, we may not be able to leverage our assets as fully as we would choose, which could reduce our return on assets. In the event that we are unable to meet these collateral obligations, our financial condition could deteriorate rapidly.

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We may not be able to access financing sources on attractive terms, which could adversely affect our ability to execute our business plan.
We may finance our assets over the long-term through a variety of means, including repurchase agreements, credit facilities, issuances of commercial mortgage-backed securities and other structured financings. Our ability to execute this strategy will depend on various conditions in the markets for financing in this manner that are beyond our control, including lack of liquidity and greater credit spreads. We cannot be certain that these markets will remain an efficient source of long-term financing for our assets. If our strategy is not viable, we will have to find alternative forms of long-term financing for our assets, as secured revolving credit facilities and repurchase agreements may not accommodate long-term financing. This could subject us to more recourse indebtedness and the risk that debt service on less efficient forms of financing would require a larger portion of our cash flow, thereby reducing cash available for distribution to our stockholders and funds available for operations as well as for future business opportunities.
Lenders may require us to enter into restrictive covenants relating to our operations, which could limit our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders.
When providing financing, a lender may impose restrictions on us that affect our distribution and operating policies and our ability to incur additional debt. Loan agreements into which we enter may contain covenants that limit our ability to further mortgage a property or that prohibit us from discontinuing insurance coverage or replacing our advisor. These or other limitations would decrease our operating flexibility and our ability to achieve our operating objectives and limit our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders.
Increases in interest rates would increase the amount of our debt payments and limit our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders.
We have incurred variable rate debt and we expect that we will incur additional debt in the future. Increases in interest rates will increase the cost of that debt, which could reduce our cash flow from operations and the cash we have available for distribution to our stockholders. In addition, if we need to repay existing debt during periods of rising interest rates, we could be required to liquidate one or more of our investments at times that may not permit realization of the maximum return on such investments.
We have broad authority to incur debt and high debt levels could hinder our ability to make distributions and decrease the value of our stockholders’ investment in us.
We may incur debt until our total liabilities would exceed 75% of the cost of our tangible assets (before deducting depreciation or other noncash reserves) and we may exceed this limit with the approval of the conflicts committee of our board of directors. As of December 31, 2014, our borrowings and other liabilities were approximately 57% of both the cost (before deducting depreciation or other noncash reserves) and book value (before deducting depreciation) of our tangible assets, respectively. High debt levels would cause us to incur higher interest charges and higher debt service payments and may also be accompanied by restrictive covenants. These factors could limit the amount of cash we have available to distribute to our stockholders and could result in a decline in the value of our stockholders’ investment in us.
Federal Income Tax Risks
Failure to qualify as a REIT would reduce our net earnings available for investment or distribution.
Our qualification as a REIT will depend upon our ability to meet requirements regarding our organization and ownership, distributions of our income, the nature and diversification of our income and assets and other tests imposed by the Internal Revenue Code. If we fail to qualify as a REIT for any taxable year after electing REIT status, we will be subject to federal income tax on our taxable income at corporate rates. In addition, we would generally be disqualified from treatment as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year in which we lost our REIT status. Losing our REIT status would reduce our net earnings available for investment or distribution to stockholders because of the additional tax liability. In addition, distributions would no longer qualify for the dividends-paid deduction and we would no longer be required to make distributions. If this occurs, we might be required to borrow funds or liquidate some investments in order to pay the applicable tax.

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Failure to qualify as a REIT would subject us to federal income tax, which would reduce the cash available for distribution to our stockholders.
We expect to operate in a manner that will allow us to continue to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. However, the federal income tax laws governing REITs are extremely complex, and interpretations of the federal income tax laws governing qualification as a REIT are limited. Qualifying as a REIT requires us to meet various tests regarding the nature of our assets and our income, the ownership of our outstanding stock, and the amount of our distributions on an ongoing basis. While we intend to continue to operate so that we will qualify as a REIT, given the highly complex nature of the rules governing REITs, the ongoing importance of factual determinations, including the tax treatment of certain investments we may make, and the possibility of future changes in our circumstances, no assurance can be given that we will so qualify for any particular year. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any calendar year and we do not qualify for certain statutory relief provisions, we would be required to pay federal income tax on our taxable income. We might need to borrow money or sell assets to pay that tax. Our payment of income tax would decrease the amount of our income available for distribution to our stockholders. Furthermore, if we fail to maintain our qualification as a REIT and we do not qualify for certain statutory relief provisions, we no longer would be required to distribute substantially all of our REIT taxable income to our stockholders. Unless our failure to qualify as a REIT were excused under federal tax laws, we would be disqualified from taxation as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification was lost.
Our stockholders may have current tax liability on distributions they elect to reinvest in our common stock.
If our stockholders participate in our dividend reinvestment plan, they will be deemed to have received, and for income tax purposes will be taxed on, the amount reinvested in shares of our common stock to the extent the amount reinvested was not a tax-free return of capital. In addition, our stockholders will be treated for tax purposes as having received an additional distribution to the extent the shares are purchased at a discount to fair market value, if any. As a result, unless our stockholders are tax-exempt entities, they may have to use funds from other sources to pay their tax liability on the value of the shares of common stock received.
Even if we qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, we may be subject to other tax liabilities that reduce our cash flow and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.
Even if we qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, we may be subject to some federal, state and local taxes on our income or property. For example:
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In order to qualify as a REIT, we must distribute annually at least 90% of our REIT taxable income to our stockholders (which is determined without regard to the dividends-paid deduction or net capital gain). To the extent that we satisfy the distribution requirement but distribute less than 100% of our REIT taxable income, we will be subject to federal corporate income tax on the undistributed income.
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We will be subject to a 4% nondeductible excise tax on the amount, if any, by which distributions we pay in any calendar year are less than the sum of 85% of our ordinary income, 95% of our capital gain net income and 100% of our undistributed income from prior years.
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If we elect to treat property that we acquire in connection with a foreclosure of a mortgage loan or certain leasehold terminations as “foreclosure property,” we may avoid the 100% tax on the gain from a resale of that property, but the income from the sale or operation of that property may be subject to corporate income tax at the highest applicable rate.
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If we sell an asset, other than foreclosure property, that we hold primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business, our gain would be subject to the 100% “prohibited transaction” tax unless such sale were made by one of our taxable REIT subsidiaries.
REIT distribution requirements could adversely affect our ability to execute our business plan.
We generally must distribute annually at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, subject to certain adjustments and excluding any net capital gain, in order for federal corporate income tax not to apply to earnings that we distribute. To the extent that we satisfy this distribution requirement, but distribute less than 100% of our REIT taxable income, we will be subject to federal corporate income tax on our undistributed REIT taxable income. In addition, we will be subject to a 4% nondeductible excise tax if the actual amount that we pay out to our stockholders in a calendar year is less than a minimum amount specified under federal tax laws. We intend to make distributions to our stockholders to comply with the REIT requirements of the Internal Revenue Code.

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From time to time, we may generate taxable income greater than our income for financial reporting purposes, or our taxable income may be greater than our cash flow available for distribution to stockholders (for example, where a borrower defers the payment of interest in cash pursuant to a contractual right or otherwise). If we do not have other funds available in these situations we could be required to borrow funds, sell investments at disadvantageous prices or find another alternative source of funds to make distributions sufficient to enable us to pay out enough of our taxable income to satisfy the REIT distribution requirements and to avoid corporate income tax and the 4% excise tax in a particular year. These alternatives could increase our costs or reduce our equity. Thus, compliance with the REIT requirements may hinder our ability to operate solely on the basis of maximizing profits.
Our investments in debt instruments may cause us to recognize “phantom income” for federal income tax purposes even though no cash payments have been received on the debt instruments.
We may acquire debt instruments in the secondary market for less than their face amount. The amount of such discount will generally be treated as “market discount” for federal income tax purposes. We may acquire distressed debt investments that are subsequently modified by agreement with the borrower. If the amendments to the outstanding debt are “significant modifications” under the applicable Treasury Regulations, the modified debt may be considered to have been reissued to us in a debt-for-debt exchange with the borrower. This deemed reissuance may prevent the modified debt from qualifying as a good REIT asset if the underlying security has declined in value.
In general, we will be required to accrue original issue discount on a debt instrument as taxable income in accordance with applicable federal income tax rules even though no cash payments may be received on such debt instrument.
In the event a borrower with respect to a particular debt instrument encounters financial difficulty rendering it unable to pay stated interest as due, we may nonetheless be required to continue to recognize the unpaid interest as taxable income. Similarly, we may be required to accrue interest income with respect to subordinate residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities at the stated rate regardless of when their corresponding cash payments are received.
As a result of these factors, there is a significant risk that we may recognize substantial taxable income in excess of cash available for distribution. In that event, we may need to borrow funds or take other action to satisfy the REIT distribution requirements for the taxable year in which this “phantom income” is recognized.
To maintain our REIT status, we may be forced to forego otherwise attractive business or investment opportunities, which may delay or hinder our ability to meet our investment objectives and reduce our stockholders’ overall return.
To qualify as a REIT, we must satisfy certain tests on an ongoing basis concerning, among other things, the sources of our income, nature of our assets and the amounts we distribute to our stockholders. We may be required to make distributions to stockholders at times when it would be more advantageous to reinvest cash in our business or when we do not have funds readily available for distribution. Compliance with the REIT requirements may hinder our ability to operate solely on the basis of maximizing profits and reduce the value of our stockholders’ investment.
Potential characterization of distributions or gain on sale may be treated as unrelated business taxable income to tax-exempt investors.
If (i) all or a portion of our assets are subject to the rules relating to taxable mortgage pools, (ii) we are a “pension-held REIT,” (iii) a tax-exempt stockholder has incurred debt to purchase or hold our common stock, or (iv) the residual Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit interests, or REMICs, we buy (if any) generate “excess inclusion income,” then a portion of the distributions to and, in the case of a stockholder described in clause (iii), gains realized on the sale of common stock by such tax-exempt stockholder may be subject to federal income tax as unrelated business taxable income under the Internal Revenue Code.
If we were considered to actually or constructively pay a “preferential dividend” to certain of our stockholders, our status as a REIT could be adversely affected.
In order to qualify as a REIT, we must distribute to our stockholders at least 90% of our annual REIT taxable income (excluding net capital gain), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid. In order for distributions to be counted as satisfying the annual distribution requirements for REITs, and to provide us with a REIT-level tax deduction, the distribution must not be “preferential dividends.” A dividend is not a preferential dividend if the distribution is pro rata among all outstanding shares of stock within a particular class, and in accordance with the preferences among different classes of stock as set forth in our organizational documents. There is no de minimis exception with respect to preferential dividends; therefore, if the IRS were to take the position that we paid a preferential dividend, we may be deemed to have failed the 90% distribution test, and our status as a REIT could be terminated for the year in which such determination is made if we were unable to cure such failure.

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The “taxable mortgage pool” rules may increase the taxes that we or our stockholders incur and may limit the manner in which we conduct securitizations or financing arrangements.
We may be deemed to be, or make investments in entities that own or are themselves deemed to be, taxable mortgage pools. Similarly, certain of our securitizations or other borrowings could be considered to result in the creation of a taxable mortgage pool for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, provided that we own 100% of the equity interests in a taxable mortgage pool, we generally would not be adversely affected by the characterization of the securitization as a taxable mortgage pool. However, certain categories of stockholders, such as foreign stockholders eligible for treaty or other benefits, stockholders with net operating losses, and certain tax-exempt stockholders that are subject to unrelated business income tax, could be subject to increased taxes on a portion of their dividend income from us that is attributable to the taxable mortgage pool. In addition, to the extent that our stock is owned by tax-exempt “disqualified organizations,” such as certain government-related entities that are not subject to tax on unrelated business income, we will incur a corporate-level tax on a portion of our income from the taxable mortgage pool. In that case, we are authorized to reduce and intend to reduce the amount of our distributions to any disqualified organization whose stock ownership gave rise to the tax by the amount of such tax paid by us that is attributable to such stockholder’s ownership. Moreover, we would be precluded from selling equity interests in these securitizations to outside investors, or selling any debt securities issued in connection with these securitizations that might be considered to be equity interests for federal income tax purposes. These limitations may prevent us from using certain techniques to maximize our returns from securitization transactions.
Similarly, certain of our securitizations or other borrowings could be considered to result in the creation of a taxable mortgage pool for federal income tax purposes. We intend to structure our securitization and financing arrangements as to not create a taxable mortgage pool. However, if we have borrowings with two or more maturities and (i) those borrowings are secured by mortgages or residential or commercial mortgage-backed securities and (ii) the payments made on the borrowings are related to the payments received on the underlying assets, then the borrowings and the pool of mortgages or residential or commercial mortgage-backed securities to which such borrowings relate may be classified as a taxable mortgage pool under the Internal Revenue Code. If any part of our investments were to be treated as a taxable mortgage pool, then our REIT status would not be impaired, provided we own 100% of such entity, but a portion of the taxable income we recognize may be characterized as “excess inclusion” income and allocated among our stockholders to the extent of and generally in proportion to the distributions we make to each stockholder. Any excess inclusion income would:
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be taxable (at the highest corporate tax rate) to us, rather than to our stockholders, to the extent the excess inclusion income relates to stock held by disqualified organizations (generally, tax-exempt companies not subject to tax on unrelated business income, including governmental organizations).
The failure of a mezzanine loan to qualify as a real estate asset could adversely affect our ability to qualify as a REIT.
The Internal Revenue Service has issued Revenue Procedure 2003-65, which provides a safe harbor pursuant to which a mezzanine loan that is secured by interests in a pass-through entity will be treated by the Internal Revenue Service as a real estate asset for purposes of the REIT tests, and interest derived from such loan will be treated as qualifying mortgage interest for purposes of the REIT 75% income test. Although the Revenue Procedure provides a safe harbor on which taxpayers may rely, it does not prescribe rules of substantive tax law. We intend to make investments in loans secured by interests in pass-through entities in a manner that complies with the various requirements applicable to our qualification as a REIT. To the extent, however, that any such loans do not satisfy all of the requirements for reliance on the safe harbor set forth in the Revenue Procedure, there can be no assurance that the Internal Revenue Service will not challenge the tax treatment of such loans, which could jeopardize our ability to qualify as a REIT.
The tax on prohibited transactions will limit our ability to engage in transactions, including certain methods of securitizing mortgage loans, that would be treated as sales for federal income tax purposes.
A REIT’s net income from prohibited transactions is subject to a 100% tax. In general, prohibited transactions are sales or other dispositions of assets, other than foreclosure property, deemed held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business. We might be subject to this tax if we were to dispose of or securitize loans in a manner that was treated as a sale of the loans for federal income tax purposes. Therefore, in order to avoid the prohibited transactions tax, we may choose not to engage in certain sales of loans at the REIT level, and may limit the structures we utilize for our securitization transactions, even though the sales or structures might otherwise be beneficial to us.

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It may be possible to reduce the impact of the prohibited transaction tax by conducting certain activities through taxable REIT subsidiaries. However, to the extent that we engage in such activities through taxable REIT subsidiaries, the income associated with such activities may be subject to full corporate income tax.
Complying with REIT requirements may force us to liquidate otherwise attractive investments.
To qualify as a REIT, we must ensure that at the end of each calendar quarter, at least 75% of the value of our assets consists of cash, cash items, government securities and qualified REIT real estate assets, including certain mortgage loans and residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities. The remainder of our investment in securities (other than government securities and qualified real estate assets) generally cannot include more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer or more than 10% of the total value of the outstanding securities of any one issuer. In addition, in general, no more than 5% of the value of our assets (other than government securities and qualified real estate assets) can consist of the securities of any one issuer, and no more than 25% of the value of our total assets can be represented by securities of one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries. If we fail to comply with these requirements at the end of any calendar quarter, we must correct the failure within 30 days after the end of the calendar quarter or qualify for certain statutory relief provisions to avoid losing our REIT qualification and suffering adverse tax consequences. As a result, we may be required to liquidate from our portfolio otherwise attractive investments. These actions could have the effect of reducing our income and amounts available for distribution to our stockholders.
Liquidation of assets may jeopardize our REIT qualification.
To qualify as a REIT, we must comply with requirements regarding our assets and our sources of income. If we are compelled to liquidate our investments to repay obligations to our lenders, we may be unable to comply with these requirements, ultimately jeopardizing our qualification as a REIT, or we may be subject to a 100% tax on any resultant gain if we sell assets that are treated as dealer property or inventory.
Characterization of any repurchase agreements we enter into to finance our investments as sales for tax purposes rather than as secured lending transactions would adversely affect our ability to qualify as a REIT.
We may enter into repurchase agreements with a variety of counterparties to achieve our desired amount of leverage for the assets in which we invest. When we enter into a repurchase agreement, we generally sell assets to our counterparty to the agreement and receive cash from the counterparty. The counterparty is obligated to resell the assets back to us at the end of the term of the transaction. We believe that for federal income tax purposes we will be treated as the owner of the assets that are the subject of repurchase agreements and that the repurchase agreements will be treated as secured lending transactions notwithstanding that such agreement may transfer record ownership of the assets to the counterparty during the term of the agreement. It is possible, however, that the Internal Revenue Service could successfully assert that we did not own these assets during the term of the repurchase agreements, in which case we could fail to qualify as a REIT if tax ownership of these assets was necessary for us to meet the income and/or asset tests.
Complying with REIT requirements may limit our ability to hedge effectively.
The REIT provisions of the Internal Revenue Code may limit our ability to hedge our assets and operations. Under these provisions, any income that we generate from transactions intended to hedge our interest rate, inflation and/or currency risks will be excluded from gross income for purposes of the REIT 75% and 95% gross income tests if the instrument hedges (i) interest rate risk on liabilities incurred to carry or acquire real estate or (ii) risk of currency fluctuations with respect to any item of income or gain that would be qualifying income under the REIT 75% or 95% gross income tests, and such instrument is properly identified under applicable Treasury Regulations. Income from hedging transactions that do not meet these requirements will generally constitute nonqualifying income for purposes of both the REIT 75% and 95% gross income tests. As a result of these rules, we may have to limit our use of hedging techniques that might otherwise be advantageous, which could result in greater risks associated with interest rate or other changes than we would otherwise incur.
Ownership limitations may restrict change of control or business combination opportunities in which our stockholders might receive a premium for their shares.
In order for us to qualify as a REIT for each taxable year, no more than 50% in value of our outstanding capital stock may be owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals during the last half of any calendar year. “Individuals” for this purpose include natural persons, and some entities such as private foundations. To preserve our REIT qualification, our charter generally prohibits any person from directly or indirectly owning more than 9.8% in value of our capital stock. This ownership limitation could have the effect of discouraging a takeover or other transaction in which our stockholders might receive a premium for their shares over the then prevailing market price or which our stockholders might believe to be otherwise in their best interests.

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Our ownership of and relationship with our taxable REIT subsidiaries will be limited and a failure to comply with the limits would jeopardize our REIT status and may result in the application of a 100% excise tax.
A REIT may own up to 100% of the stock of one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries. A taxable REIT subsidiary may earn income that would not be qualifying income if earned directly by the parent REIT. Both the subsidiary and the REIT must jointly elect to treat the subsidiary as a taxable REIT subsidiary. A corporation of which a taxable REIT subsidiary directly or indirectly owns more than 35% of the voting power or value of the stock will automatically be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary. Overall, no more than 25% of the value of a REIT’s assets may consist of stock or securities of one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries. A domestic taxable REIT subsidiary will pay federal, state and local income tax at regular corporate rates on any income that it earns. In addition, the taxable REIT subsidiary rules limit the deductibility of interest paid or accrued by a taxable REIT subsidiary to its parent REIT to assure that the taxable REIT subsidiary is subject to an appropriate level of corporate taxation. The rules also impose a 100% excise tax on certain transactions between a taxable REIT subsidiary and its parent REIT that are not conducted on an arm’s-length basis. We cannot assure our stockholders that we will be able to comply with the 25% value limitation on ownership of taxable REIT subsidiary stock and securities on an ongoing basis so as to maintain REIT status or to avoid application of the 100% excise tax imposed on certain non-arm’s length transactions.
The Internal Revenue Service may challenge our characterization of certain income from offshore taxable REIT subsidiaries.
We may form offshore corporate entities treated as taxable REIT subsidiaries. If we form such subsidiaries, we may receive certain “income inclusions” with respect to our equity investments in these entities. We intend to treat such income inclusions, to the extent matched by repatriations of cash in the same taxable year, as qualifying income for purposes of the 95% gross income test but not the 75% gross income test. Because there is no clear precedent with respect to the qualification of such income inclusions for purposes of the REIT gross income tests, no assurance can be given that the Internal Revenue Service will not assert a contrary position. If such income does not qualify for the 95% gross income test, we could be subject to a penalty tax or we could fail to qualify as a REIT, in both events only if such inclusions (along with certain other non-qualifying income) exceed 5% of our gross income.
We may be subject to adverse legislative or regulatory tax changes.
At any time, the federal income tax laws or regulations governing REITs or the administrative interpretations of those laws or regulations may be amended. We cannot predict when or if any new federal income tax law, regulation or administrative interpretation, or any amendment to any existing federal income tax law, regulation or administrative interpretation, will be adopted, promulgated or become effective and any such law, regulation or interpretation may take effect retroactively. We and our stockholders could be adversely affected by any such change in, or any new, federal income tax law, regulation or administrative interpretation.
Dividends payable by REITs do not qualify for the reduced tax rates.
The maximum tax rate for dividends payable to domestic stockholders that are individuals, trusts and estates is 20%. Dividends payable by REITs, however, are generally not eligible for the reduced rates. While this tax treatment does not adversely affect the taxation of REITs or dividends paid by REITs, the more favorable rates applicable to regular corporate dividends could cause investors who are individuals, trusts or estates to perceive investments in REITs to be relatively less attractive than investments in stock of non-REIT corporations that pay dividends, which could adversely affect the value of the stock of REITs, including our common stock.

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Retirement Plan Risks
If the fiduciary of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA (such as a profit sharing, Section 401(k) or pension plan) or an owner of a retirement arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code (such as an individual retirement account (“IRA”)) fails to meet the fiduciary and other standards under ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code as a result of an investment in our stock, the fiduciary could be subject to penalties and other sanctions.
There are special considerations that apply to employee benefit plans subject to ERISA (such as profit sharing, Section 401(k) or pension plans) and other retirement plans or accounts subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code (such as an IRA) that are investing in our shares. Fiduciaries and IRA owners investing the assets of such a plan or account in our common stock should satisfy themselves that:
•
the investment is consistent with their fiduciary and other obligations under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code;
•
the investment is made in accordance with the documents and instruments governing the plan or IRA, including the plan’s or account’s investment policy;
•
the investment satisfies the prudence and diversification requirements of Sections 404(a)(1)(B) and 404(a)(1)(C) of ERISA and other applicable provisions of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code;
•
the investment in our shares, for which no public market currently exists, is consistent with the liquidity needs of the plan or IRA;
•
the investment will not produce an unacceptable amount of “unrelated business taxable income” for the plan or IRA;
•
our stockholders will be able to comply with the requirements under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code to value the assets of the plan or IRA annually; and
•
the investment will not constitute a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code.
With respect to the annual valuation requirements described above, we will provide an estimated value for our shares annually. We can make no claim whether such estimated value will or will not satisfy the applicable annual valuation requirements under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code. The Department of Labor or the Internal Revenue Service may determine that a plan fiduciary or an IRA custodian is required to take further steps to determine the value of our common stock. In the absence of an appropriate determination of value, a plan fiduciary or an IRA custodian may be subject to damages, penalties or other sanctions. For information regarding our estimated value per share, see Part II, Item 5, “Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities - Market Information” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Failure to satisfy the fiduciary standards of conduct and other applicable requirements of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code may result in the imposition of civil and criminal penalties and could subject the fiduciary to claims for damages or for equitable remedies, including liability for investment losses. In addition, if an investment in our shares constitutes a prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code, the fiduciary or IRA owner who authorized or directed the investment may be subject to the imposition of excise taxes with respect to the amount invested. In addition, the investment transaction must be undone. In the case of a prohibited transaction involving an IRA owner, the IRA may be disqualified as a tax-exempt account and all of the assets of the IRA may be deemed distributed and subjected to tax. ERISA plan fiduciaries and IRA owners should consult with counsel before making an investment in our common stock.
ITEM 1B.
UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
We have no unresolved staff comments.

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ITEM 2.
PROPERTIES
As of December 31, 2014, we owned 20 office properties encompassing 8.2 million rentable square feet in the aggregate that were collectively 89% occupied. The following table provides summary information regarding the properties owned by us as of December 31, 2014:
Property Location of Property
 
Date
Acquired
 
Property Type
 
Rentable Square Feet
 
Total Real Estate at Cost
(in thousands)
 
Annualized Base Rent (1)
(in thousands)
 
Average Annualized Base Rent per Square Foot (2)
 
Average Remaining Lease Term in Years
 
% of Total Assets
 
Occupancy
Domain Gateway
     Austin, TX
 
09/29/2011
 
Office
 
173,962

 
$
47,373

 
$
3,716

 
$
21.36

 
4.7

 
1.7
%
 
100.0
%
Town Center
     Plano, TX
 
03/27/2012
 
Office
 
522,043

 
118,034

 
12,281

 
24.53

 
4.4

 
4.3
%
 
95.9
%
McEwen Building
Franklin, TN
 
04/30/2012
 
Office
 
175,262

 
40,256

 
4,541

 
25.91

 
4.0

 
1.5
%
 
100.0
%
Gateway Tech Center
     Salt Lake City, UT
 
05/09/2012
 
Office
 
198,446

 
29,227

 
4,355

 
22.62

 
3.8

 
1.1
%
 
97.0
%
Tower on Lake Carolyn
     Irving, TX
 
12/21/2012
 
Office
 
364,336

 
50,094

 
7,137

 
21.37

 
3.4

 
1.8
%
 
91.7
%
RBC Plaza
     Minneapolis, MN
 
01/31/2013
 
Office
 
709,690

 
139,345

 
9,158

 
17.04

 
7.0

 
5.4
%
 
75.7
%
One Washingtonian Center
     Gaithersburg, MD
 
06/19/2013
 
Office
 
314,175

 
90,235

 
9,343

 
30.41

 
6.3

 
3.5
%
 
97.8
%
Preston Commons
     Dallas, TX
 
06/19/2013
 
Office
 
427,799

 
115,832

 
11,253

 
28.48

 
4.3

 
4.5
%
 
92.4
%
Sterling Plaza
    Dallas, TX
 
06/19/2013
 
Office
 
313,609

 
78,656

 
7,423

 
26.54

 
3.2

 
3.0
%
 
89.2
%
201 Spear Street
    San Francisco, CA
 
12/03/2013
 
Office
 
252,591

 
130,834

 
9,668

 
43.55

 
2.7

 
5.3
%
 
87.9
%
500 West Madison
    Chicago, Illinois
 
12/16/2013
 
Office
 
1,457,724

 
425,428

 
34,429

 
25.58

 
5.2

 
16.9
%
 
92.3
%
222 Main
    Salt Lake City, UT
 
02/27/2014
 
Office
 
426,657

 
163,760

 
13,163

 
36.19

 
8.8

 
6.6
%
 
85.2
%
Anchor Centre
    Phoenix, AZ
 
05/22/2014
 
Office
 
333,014

 
90,984

 
7,066

 
27.48

 
5.3

 
3.7
%
 
77.2
%
171 17th Street
    Atlanta, GA
 
08/25/2014
 
Office
 
509,237

 
129,953

 
10,572

 
24.37

 
6.7

 
5.3
%
 
85.2
%
Rocklin Corporate Center
    Rocklin, CA
 
11/06/2014
 
Office
 
220,020

 
32,724

 
4,281

 
21.58

 
5.1

 
1.4
%
 
90.2
%
Reston Square
    Reston, VA
 
12/03/2014
 
Office
 
139,071

 
45,638

 
5,008

 
39.40

 
7.5

 
1.9
%
 
91.4
%
Ten Almaden
    San Jose, CA
 
12/05/2014
 
Office
 
309,254

 
117,293

 
10,136

 
36.76

 
4.6

 
4.9
%
 
89.2
%
Towers at Emeryville
    Emeryville, CA
 
12/23/2014
 
Office
 
815,018

 
250,093

 
22,600

 
32.87

 
3.4

 
10.5
%
 
84.4
%
101 South Hanley
    St. Louis, MO
 
12/24/2014
 
Office
 
346,451

 
63,463

 
7,582

 
25.17

 
5.0

 
2.7
%
 
87.0
%
3003 Washington Boulevard
    Arlington, VA
 
12/30/2014
 
Office
 
210,804

 
148,639

 
11,142

 
60.71

 
13.6

 
6.2
%
 
87.1
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
8,219,163

 
$
2,307,861

 
$
204,854

 
$
28.09

 
5.3

 
 
 
88.7
%
_____________________
(1) Annualized base rent represents annualized contractual base rental income as of December 31, 2014, adjusted to straight-line any contractual tenant concessions (including free rent), rent increases and rent decreases from the lease’s inception through the balance of the lease term.
(2) Average annualized base rent per square foot is calculated as the annualized base rent divided by the leased square feet.




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Portfolio Lease Expirations
The following table sets forth a schedule of expiring leases for our real estate portfolio by square footage and by annualized base rent as of December 31, 2014:
Year of
Expiration
 
Number of
Leases
Expiring
 
Annualized
 Base Rent Expiring (1)
(in thousands)
 
% of Portfolio
Annualized
Base Rent Expiring
 
Leased
Square Feet
Expiring 
 
% of Portfolio
Leased Square Feet
Expiring
Month to Month
 
30

 
$
3,157

 
1.5
%
 
180,753

 
2.4
%
2015
 
80

 
11,935

 
5.8
%
 
456,855

 
6.3
%
2016
 
84

 
18,392

 
9.0
%
 
666,001

 
9.1
%
2017
 
115

 
23,690

 
11.6
%
 
819,917

 
11.2
%
2018
 
84

 
19,168

 
9.4
%
 
634,455

 
8.7
%
2019
 
81

 
29,861

 
14.6
%
 
1,089,421

 
14.9
%
2020
 
46

 
22,469

 
11.0
%
 
860,067

 
11.8
%
2021
 
19

 
9,552

 
4.7
%
 
463,503

 
6.4
%
2022
 
35

 
15,888

 
7.8
%
 
531,597

 
7.3
%
2023
 
19

 
15,877

 
7.8
%
 
619,700

 
8.5
%
2024
 
20

 
11,826

 
5.8
%
 
389,984

 
5.4
%
Thereafter
 
13

 
23,039

 
11.0
%
 
579,993

 
8.0
%
Total
 
626

 
$
204,854

 
100.0
%
 
7,292,246

 
100.0
%
_____________________
(1) Annualized base rent represents annualized contractual base rental income as of December 31, 2014, adjusted to straight-line any contractual tenant concessions (including free rent), rent increases and rent decreases from the lease’s inception through the balance of the lease term.
As of December 31, 2014, our portfolio’s highest tenant industry concentration (greater than 10% of annualized base rent) was as follows:
Industry
 
Number of Tenants
 
Annualized
Base Rent (1)(in thousands)
 
Percentage of Annualized Base Rent
Finance
 
125
 
$
47,238

 
23.1
%
_____________________
(1) Annualized base rent represents annualized contractual base rental income as of December 31, 2014, adjusted to straight-line any contractual tenant concessions (including free rent), rent increases and rent decreases from the lease’s inception through the balance of the lease term.
As of December 31, 2014, no other tenant industries accounted for more than 10% of annualized base rent and no tenant accounted for more than 10% of the annualized base rent.
ITEM 3.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, we are party to legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business. Management is not aware of any legal proceedings of which the outcome is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition, nor are we aware of any such legal proceedings contemplated by government authorities.
ITEM 4.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.

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PART II
ITEM 5.
MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Stockholder Information
As of March 3, 2015, we had 138.1 million shares of common stock outstanding held by a total of approximately 33,000 stockholders. The number of stockholders is based on the records of DST Systems, Inc., who serves as our transfer agent.
Market Information
No public market currently exists for our shares of common stock, and we currently have no plans to list our shares on a national securities exchange. Until our shares are listed, if ever, our stockholders may not sell their shares unless the buyer meets the applicable suitability and minimum purchase requirements. Any sale must comply with applicable state and federal securities laws. In addition, our charter prohibits the ownership of more than 9.8% of our stock, unless exempted by our board of directors. Consequently, there is the risk that our stockholders may not be able to sell their shares at a time or price acceptable to them.
To assist the FINRA members and their associated persons that participate in our initial public offering of common stock in meeting their customer account statement reporting obligations pursuant to NASD Conduct Rule 2340, we disclose in each annual report distributed to stockholders a per share estimated value of our shares, the method by which it was developed, and the date of the data used to develop the estimated value. For this purpose, KBS Capital Advisors estimated the value of our shares of common stock as $10.51 per share as of December 31, 2014. The basis for this valuation is the fact that the current offering price of our shares of common stock in our ongoing primary initial public offering is $10.51 per share (ignoring purchase price discounts for certain categories of purchasers).
Although this estimated value represents the most recent price at which investors have been willing to purchase shares in our ongoing primary initial public offering, this reported value is likely to differ from the price that a stockholder would receive in the near term upon a resale of his or her shares or upon our liquidation because (i) there is no public trading market for the shares at this time; (ii) the $10.51 primary public offering price includes the payment of projected underwriting compensation and other directed selling efforts as well as other offering costs, which costs and efforts are likely to produce a higher sale price than could otherwise be obtained; (iii) the estimated value does not take into account how market fluctuations affect the value of our investments subsequent to the establishment of the offering price, including how disruptions in the financial and real estate markets may affect the values of our investments; and (iv) the estimated value does not take into account how developments related to individual assets may have increased or decreased the value of our portfolio subsequent to the establishment of the offering price.
On December 9, 2014, our board of directors established an updated offering price for shares of common stock to be sold in our ongoing primary initial public offering of $10.51 per share (with discounts available to certain categories of purchasers) and an offering price for shares of common stock to be sold under our dividend reinvestment plan of $9.99 per share (which is 95% of the price to acquire a share in our ongoing primary initial public offering). These updated offering prices for the primary offering and the dividend reinvestment plan offering became effective on December 12, 2014. The updated offering price of shares of common stock to be sold in the primary offering was determined by adding certain projected offering costs to the estimated value of our assets less the estimated value of our liabilities, or net asset value, divided by the number of shares outstanding, all as of September 30, 2014, with the exception of an adjustment for actual or estimated acquisition fees and closing costs related to six properties that were either acquired subsequent to September 30, 2014 or were under contract to purchase and were reasonably probable to close, but had not yet closed as of December 9, 2014, which were included as a reduction to the net asset value. As of December 30, 2014, we had closed on each of these six properties. As of September 30, 2014, there were 99,101,093 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. We did not make any other adjustments to our estimated net asset value per share subsequent to September 30, 2014, including any adjustments relating to the following, among others: (i) the issuance of common stock and the payment of related offering costs; (ii) net operating income earned and distributions declared; and (iii) the redemption of shares. The updated offering price of our shares is not a statement of our estimated net asset value per share as our board of directors also took into consideration the projected costs and expenses associated with raising capital in our ongoing initial public offering. These costs include selling commissions, dealer manager fees and certain other projected offering costs and are included in the updated offering price so that any dilutive impact to our existing stockholders is minimized. We are providing information regarding our estimated net asset value per share for the sole purpose of updating the offering prices in our ongoing primary initial public offering and in our dividend reinvestment plan offering.

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Our conflicts committee, composed solely of all of our independent directors, is responsible for the oversight of the valuation process, including the review and approval of the valuation and appraisal processes and methodologies used to determine our estimated net asset value per share, the consistency of the valuation and appraisal methodologies with real estate industry standards and practices, and the reasonableness of the assumptions used in the valuations and appraisals. With the approval of our conflicts committee, we engaged CBRE Cap, an independent investment banking firm, to provide a calculation of the range in estimated net asset value per share of our common stock as of September 30, 2014. CBRE Cap based this range in estimated net asset value per share upon appraisals of our real estate properties performed by CBRE, an affiliate of CBRE Cap and an independent third party appraisal firm, and valuations performed by KBS Capital Advisors, our advisor, with respect to our cash, real estate loan receivable, other assets, mortgage debt and other liabilities, which are disclosed in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2014. The appraisal reports CBRE prepared summarized the key inputs and assumptions involved in the appraisal of each of our real estate properties. CBRE Cap’s valuation was designed to follow the IPA Valuation Guidelines. The methodologies and assumptions used to determine the estimated value of our assets and the estimated value of our liabilities are described further below.
Upon the conflicts committee’s receipt and review of CBRE Cap’s valuation report, which included the appraised value of each of our real estate properties, as noted in the appraisal reports prepared by CBRE, and a summary of the estimated value of each of our other assets and liabilities as determined by our advisor and reviewed by CBRE Cap, and in light of other factors considered by the conflicts committee and the conflicts committee’s own extensive knowledge of our assets and liabilities, the conflicts committee: (i) concluded that the range in estimated net asset value per share of $8.46 to $10.27, with an approximate mid-range value of $9.42 per share, as indicated in CBRE Cap’s valuation report and recommended by our advisor, was reasonable and (ii) recommended to our board of directors that it adopt $9.42 as the estimated net asset value per share of our common stock, which approximates the mid-range value determined by CBRE Cap. Our board of directors unanimously agreed to accept the recommendation of the conflicts committee and approved $9.42 as the estimated net asset value per share of our common stock, which determination is ultimately and solely the responsibility of our board of directors. Our board of directors then considered the cost of raising capital in our ongoing primary initial public offering as described above and approved $10.51 as the updated offering price per share for our ongoing primary initial public offering (with discounts available for some categories of investors) and $9.99 as the updated offering price per share for our dividend reinvestment plan offering.
The table below sets forth the calculation of our estimated net asset value per share as of December 9, 2014 and the calculation of the updated primary offering price effective for purchases of shares of common stock to be sold in our initial public offering beginning December 12, 2014, as well as the calculation of our prior estimated net asset value per share and primary offering price as of May 5, 2014. Neither CBRE Cap nor CBRE is responsible for the determination of the estimated net asset value per share as of December 9, 2014 or May 5, 2014 and did not participate in the determination of the updated primary offering price.
 
 
December 9, 2014
Estimated Net Asset Value per Share and Primary Offering Price
 
May 5, 2014 Estimated Net Asset Value per Share and Primary Offering Price (4)
 
Change in Estimated Net Asset Value
per Share
Real estate properties (1)
 
$
17.39

 
$
18.33

 
$
(0.94
)
Real estate-related investment
 
0.18

 
0.21

 
(0.03
)
Cash (2)
 
1.56

 
0.94

 
0.62

Other assets
 
0.12

 
0.16

 
(0.04
)
Mortgage debt (3)
 
(9.31
)
 
(9.89
)
 
0.58

Other liabilities
 
(0.39
)
 
(0.46
)
 
0.07

Acquisition-related costs subsequent to September 30, 2014
 
(0.13
)
 
—

 
(0.13
)
Estimated net asset value per share
 
$
9.42

 
$
9.29

 
$
0.13

Estimated enterprise value premium
 
None assumed

 
None assumed

 
None assumed

Total estimated net asset value per share
 
$
9.42

 
$
9.29

 
$
0.13

Offering related costs
 
1.09

 
1.10

 
(0.01
)
Primary offering price per share
 
$
10.51

 
$
10.39

 
$
0.12

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(1) The decrease in the estimated value of real estate properties per share was primarily due to the increase in shares outstanding, partially offset by the acquisitions of real estate properties through September 30, 2014. Other than actual or estimated acquisition fees and closing costs for closed or probable acquisitions as of December 9, 2014, the acquisitions of properties subsequent to September 30, 2014 and prior to December 9, 2014 did not have an effect on our estimated net asset value per share shown above.
(2) The increase in cash is primarily due to net offering proceeds from our initial public offering.
(3) The decrease in the estimated value of mortgage debt per share was primarily due to the increase in shares outstanding, partially offset by the increase in mortgage debt outstanding related to real estate acquisitions through September 30, 2014.
(4) The May 5, 2014 estimated net asset value per share was based upon a calculation of the range of estimated net asset value per share of our common stock as of March 31, 2014 by CBRE Cap and recommended by our advisor. CBRE Cap based this range in estimated net asset value per share upon appraisals of our real estate properties performed by CBRE and valuations performed by our advisor with respect to our cash, real estate loan receivable, other assets, mortgage debt and other liabilities. For more information relating to the May 5, 2014 estimated net asset value per share and the assumptions and methodologies used by CBRE, CBRE Cap and our advisor, see supplement no. 3 dated May 6, 2014 to the prospectus of KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc. dated April 25, 2014 (Registration No. 333-164703).

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The increase in our estimated net asset value per share from the previous estimate was primarily due to the items noted in the table below, which reflect the significant contributors to the increase in the estimated net asset value per share from $9.29 to $9.42. The changes are not equal to the change in values of each asset and liability group presented in the table above due to new investments and related financings and other factors, which caused the value of certain asset or liability groups to change with no impact to our fair value of equity or the overall estimated net asset value per share.
 
 
Change in Estimated Net Asset Value per Share
 
May 5, 2014 estimated net asset value per share
 
$
9.29

 
Changes to estimated net asset value per share
 
 
 
Offering related costs
 
(0.03
)
 
Real estate
 
 
 
Real estate
 
0.38

 
Capital expenditures on real estate
 
(0.07
)
 
Total change related to real estate
 
0.31

 
Acquisition-related costs
 
(0.15
)
(1) 
Deferred financing costs
 
(0.01
)
 
Notes payable
 
(0.01
)
 
Other changes, net
 
0.02

 
Total change in estimated net asset value per share
 
$
0.13

 
December 9, 2014 estimated net asset value per share
 
$
9.42

 
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(1) Amount includes actual or estimated acquisition fees and closing costs related to properties that were either acquired subsequent to May 5, 2014 or under contract to purchase and were reasonably probable to close, but had not yet closed as of December 9, 2014. All reasonably probable properties included in the amount above had closed as of December 30, 2014.
As with any valuation methodology, the methodologies used are based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that may not be accurate or complete. Different parties using different assumptions and estimates could derive a different estimated net asset value per share of our common stock, and these differences could be significant. The estimated net asset value per share is not audited and does not represent the fair value of our assets less the fair value of our liabilities according to GAAP, nor does it represent a liquidation value of our assets and liabilities or the price at which our shares of common stock would trade on a national securities exchange. The estimated net asset value per share does not reflect a discount for the fact that we are externally managed, nor does it reflect a real estate portfolio premium/discount versus the sum of the individual property values. The estimated net asset value per share also does not take into account estimated disposition costs and fees for real estate properties that are not held for sale, debt prepayment penalties that could apply upon the prepayment of certain of our debt obligations, the impact of restrictions on the assumption of debt or swap breakage fees that may be incurred upon the termination of certain of our swaps prior to expiration. As of September 30, 2014, we had no potentially dilutive securities outstanding that would impact the estimated net asset value per share of our common stock.
Methodology
Our goal for the valuation was to arrive at a reasonable and supportable estimated net asset value per share, using a process that was designed to be in compliance with the IPA Valuation Guidelines and using what we and our advisor deemed to be appropriate valuation methodologies and assumptions. The following is a summary of the valuation and appraisal methodologies, assumptions and estimates used to value our assets and liabilities:

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Real Estate
Independent Valuation Firm
CBRE Cap was selected by our advisor and approved by the conflicts committee. With the approval of the conflicts committee, CBRE Cap engaged CBRE to appraise our real estate portfolio(1). CBRE Cap reviewed and took into consideration the appraised values of each of our properties contained in the appraisal reports of CBRE, and described the results of such appraisals in its valuation report, which was provided to our conflicts committee and our board of directors. CBRE is engaged in the business of appraising commercial real estate properties and is not affiliated with us or our advisor. The compensation CBRE receives for its appraisals of our real estate properties is based on the scope of work and not on the appraised values of our real estate properties. The appraisals were performed in accordance with the Code of Ethics and the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, or USPAP, the real estate appraisal industry standards created by The Appraisal Foundation, as well as the requirements of the state where each real property is located. Each appraisal was reviewed, approved and signed by an individual with the professional designation of MAI (Member of the Appraisal Institute). The use of the reports is subject to the requirements of the Appraisal Institute relating to review by its duly authorized representatives. In preparing its appraisal reports, CBRE did not, and was not requested to, solicit third-party indications of interest for our common stock in connection with possible purchases thereof or the acquisition of all or any part of us.
CBRE collected all reasonably available material information that it deemed relevant in appraising our real estate properties. CBRE relied in part on property-level information provided by our advisor, including (i) property historical and projected operating revenues and expenses; (ii) property lease agreements; and (iii) information regarding recent or planned capital expenditures.
In conducting their respective investigations and analyses, each of CBRE Cap and CBRE took into account customary and accepted financial and commercial procedures and considerations as each deemed relevant. Although each of CBRE Cap and CBRE reviewed information supplied or otherwise made available by us or our advisor for reasonableness, each assumed and relied upon the accuracy and completeness of all such information and of all information supplied or otherwise made available to it by any other party and did not independently verify any such information. With respect to operating or financial forecasts and other information and data provided to or otherwise reviewed by or discussed with CBRE Cap and CBRE, CBRE Cap and CBRE each assumed that such forecasts and other information and data were reasonably prepared in good faith on bases reflecting the best currently available estimates and judgments of our management, board of directors and/or our advisor. CBRE Cap and CBRE each relied on us or our advisor to advise them promptly if any information previously provided became inaccurate or was required to be updated during the period of their review.
_____________________
(1)
CBRE Cap is a FINRA registered broker-dealer and is an investment banking firm that specializes in providing real estate financial services. CBRE is actively engaged in the business of appraising commercial real estate properties similar to those owned by us in connection with public securities offerings, private placements, business combinations and similar transactions. CBRE Cap engaged CBRE to prepare appraisal reports relating to each of our real estate properties and CBRE received fees upon the delivery of such reports. In addition, we agreed to indemnify CBRE Cap against certain liabilities arising out of our engagement of CBRE Cap. Each of CBRE Cap and CBRE is an affiliate of CBRE Group, Inc., a parent holding company of affiliated companies that are engaged in the ordinary course of business in many areas related to commercial real estate and related services. In the two years prior to December 9, 2014, CBRE Cap and CBRE and their affiliates provided a number of commercial real estate, appraisal, valuation and financial advisory services for us and our affiliates and received fees in connection with such services. CBRE Cap and CBRE and their affiliates may from time to time in the future perform other commercial real estate, appraisal, valuation and financial advisory services for us and our affiliates in transactions related to the properties that are the subjects of these appraisals, so long as such other services do not adversely affect the independence of the applicable CBRE appraiser as certified in the applicable appraisal report.
In the ordinary course of its business, CBRE Cap, CBRE, their affiliates, directors and officers may structure and effect transactions for their own accounts or for the accounts of their customers in commercial real estate assets of the same kind and in the same markets as our assets.

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In performing its analysis of our real estate properties, CBRE made numerous other assumptions as of various points in time with respect to industry performance, general business, economic and regulatory conditions and other matters, many of which are beyond its control and our control, as well as certain factual matters. For example, unless specifically informed to the contrary, CBRE assumed that we had clear and marketable title to each real estate property appraised, that no title defects existed, that any improvements were made in accordance with law, that no hazardous materials were present or had been present previously, that no deed restrictions existed, and that no changes to zoning ordinances or regulations governing use, density or shape were pending or being considered. Furthermore, CBRE’s analyses, opinions and conclusions were necessarily based upon market, economic, financial and other circumstances and conditions existing as of or prior to the date of the appraisals, and any material change in such circumstances and conditions may affect CBRE’s analyses and conclusions. CBRE’s appraisal reports contain other assumptions, qualifications and limitations that qualify the analysis, opinions and conclusions set forth therein. Furthermore, the prices at which our real estate properties may actually be sold could differ from their appraised values.
Although CBRE considered any comments received from us or our advisor to its appraisal reports, the final appraised values of our real estate properties were determined by CBRE. The appraisal reports for our real estate properties are addressed solely to CBRE Cap to assist in its calculation of the range in estimated net asset value per share of our common stock. The appraisal reports are not addressed to the public and may not be relied upon by any other person to establish an estimated net asset value per share of our common stock and do not constitute a recommendation to any person to purchase or sell any shares of our common stock. In preparing its appraisal reports CBRE did not solicit third-party indications of interest for our real estate properties.
The foregoing is a summary of the standard assumptions, qualifications and limitations that generally apply to CBRE’s appraisal reports. All of the CBRE appraisal reports, including the analyses, opinions and conclusions set forth in such reports, are qualified by the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth in the respective appraisal reports.
Real Estate Valuation
CBRE appraised each of our real estate properties held as of September 30, 2014 using various methodologies including the direct capitalization approach, discounted cash flow analyses and sales comparison approach and relied primarily on 10-year discounted cash flow analyses for the final appraisal of each of our real estate properties. CBRE calculated the discounted cash flow value of each of our real estate properties using property-level cash flow estimates, terminal capitalization rates and discount rates that fall within ranges it believes would be used by similar investors to value our real estate properties, based on recent comparable market transactions adjusted for unique properties and market-specific factors.
As of September 30, 2014, we (i) owned 14 office properties, which were acquired for a total purchase price of $1,619.1 million, including $23.9 million of acquisition fees and acquisition expenses, and (ii) had invested $43.9 million in capital and tenant improvements in these 14 real estate properties. As of September 30, 2014, the total appraised value of these 14 real estate properties as provided by CBRE using the appraisal methods described above was $1,722.9 million. The total appraised value of our real estate properties as of September 30, 2014, compared to the total acquisition cost of our real estate properties owned as of September 30, 2014 plus subsequent capital improvements through September 30, 2014, results in an overall increase in the value of these 14 real estate properties of approximately 3.6%.
The following table summarizes the key assumptions that CBRE used in the discounted cash flow analyses to arrive at the appraised value of our real estate properties:
 
 
Range in Values
 
Weighted-Average Basis
Terminal capitalization rate
 
6.0% to 8.25%
 
6.70%
Discount rate
 
7.0% to 9.25%
 
7.74%
Net operating income compounded annual growth rate (1)
 
0.25% to 10.34%
 
4.94%
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(1) The net operating income compounded annual growth rates (“CAGRs”) reflect both the contractual and market rents and reimbursements (in cases where the contractual lease period is less than the hold period of the property) net of expenses over the holding period. The range of CAGRs shown is the constant annual rate at which the net operating income is projected to grow to reach the net operating income in the final year of the hold period for each of the properties.

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While we believe that CBRE’s assumptions and inputs are reasonable, a change in these assumptions and inputs would significantly impact the calculation of the appraised value of our real estate properties and thus, our estimated net asset value per share. The table below illustrates the impact on our estimated net asset value per share if the terminal capitalization rates or discount rates CBRE used to appraise our real estate properties were adjusted by 25 basis points, assuming all other factors remain unchanged. Additionally, the table below illustrates the impact on our estimated net asset value per share if these terminal capitalization rates or discount rates were adjusted by 5% in accordance with the IPA Valuation Guidelines, assuming all other factors remain unchanged:
 
 
Increase (Decrease) on the Estimated Net Asset Value per Share due to
 
 
Decrease of 25 basis points
 
Increase of 25 basis points
 
Decrease of 5%
 
Increase of 5%
Terminal capitalization rate
 
$
0.43

 
$
(0.40
)
 
$
0.58

 
$
(0.53
)
Discount Rate
 
0.34

 
(0.33
)
 
0.53

 
(0.51
)
Finally, each 1% change in the appraised value of our real estate properties would result in a change of $0.17 to our estimated net asset value per share, assuming all other factors remain unchanged.
Real Estate Loan Receivable
Our advisor’s estimated value for our real estate loan receivable is equal to the GAAP fair value disclosed in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2014, but does not equal the book value of the loan in accordance with GAAP. Our advisor estimated the value of the real estate loan receivable by applying a discounted cash flow analysis over the remaining expected life of the investment, excluding any potential transaction costs. The cash flow estimates used in the analysis during the term of the investment were based on the investment’s contractual cash flow, which we anticipate we will receive. The expected cash flow for the loan was discounted at a rate that we expect a market participant would require for an instrument with similar characteristics, including remaining loan term, loan-to-value ratio, type of collateral, current performance, credit enhancements and other factors.
As of September 30, 2014, we owned one real estate loan receivable. The cost of our real estate loan receivable was $18.4 million, which amount includes $0.1 million of origination fees and origination expenses and $8.5 million of net amount funded after origination. As of September 30, 2014, the GAAP fair value of our real estate loan receivable was $18.1 million and the outstanding principal balance was $18.2 million. The discount rate applied to the cash flow from the real estate loan receivable, which has a remaining term of 1.75 years, was approximately 8.25%. Similar to the appraisals of our real estate properties, a change in the assumptions and inputs would change the fair value of our real estate loan receivable and thus, our estimated net asset value per share. However, assuming all other factors remain unchanged, a decrease or increase in the discount rates of 25 basis points would have no impact on our estimated net asset value per share. Additionally, assuming all other factors remain unchanged, a 5% decrease or increase in the discount rates would have no impact on our estimated net asset value per share.
Notes Payable
The estimated values of our notes payable are equal to the GAAP fair values disclosed in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2014, but do not equal the book value of the loans in accordance with GAAP. Our advisor estimated the values of our notes payable using a discounted cash flow analysis. The discounted cash flow analysis was based on projected cash flow over the remaining loan terms, including extensions we expect to exercise, and on management’s estimates of current market interest rates for instruments with similar characteristics, including remaining loan term, loan-to-value ratio and type of collateral.
As of September 30, 2014, the GAAP fair value and the carrying value of our notes payable were $923.1 million and $922.9 million, respectively. The weighted-average discount rate applied to the future estimated debt payments, which have a weighted-average remaining term of 3.8 years, was approximately 3.1%.
The table below illustrates the impact on our estimated net asset value per share if the discount rates our advisor used to value our notes payable were adjusted by 25 basis points, assuming all other factors remain unchanged. Additionally, the table below illustrates the impact on our estimated net asset value per share if these discount rates were adjusted by 5% in accordance with the IPA Valuation Guidelines, assuming all other factors remain unchanged:
 
 
Increase (Decrease) on the Estimated Net Asset Value per Share due to
 
 
Decrease of 25 basis points
 
Increase of 25 basis points
 
Decrease of 5%
 
Increase of 5%
Discount rate
 
(0.08
)
 
0.08

 
(0.05
)
 
0.05


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Deferral of Asset Management Fees
Pursuant to our advisory agreement, with respect to asset management fees accruing from March 1, 2014, our advisor defers, without interest, our obligation to pay asset management fees for any month in which our modified funds from operations (“MFFO”) for such month, as such term is defined in the practice guideline issued by the IPA in November 2010 and interpreted by us, excluding asset management fees, does not exceed the amount of distributions declared by us for record dates of that month. We remain obligated to pay our advisor an asset management fee in any month in which our MFFO, excluding asset management fees, for such month exceeds the amount of distributions declared for the record dates of that month (such excess amount, an “MFFO Surplus”); however, any amount of such asset management fee in excess of the MFFO Surplus will also be deferred under the advisory agreement. If the MFFO Surplus for any month exceeds the amount of the asset management fee payable for such month, any remaining MFFO Surplus will be applied to pay any asset management fee amounts previously deferred in accordance with the advisory agreement.
However, notwithstanding the foregoing, any and all deferred asset management fees that are unpaid will become immediately due and payable at such time as our stockholders have received, together as a collective group, aggregate distributions (including distributions that may constitute a return of capital for federal income tax purposes) sufficient to provide (i) an 8.0% per year cumulative, noncompounded return on such net invested capital (the “Stockholders’ 8% Return”) and (ii) a return of their net invested capital, or the amount calculated by multiplying the total number of shares purchased by stockholders by the issue price, reduced by any amounts to repurchase shares pursuant to our share redemption program. The Stockholders’ 8% Return is not based on the return provided to any individual stockholder. Accordingly, it is not necessary for each of our stockholders to have received any minimum return in order for our advisor to receive deferred asset management fees.
As of September 30, 2014, we had accrued and deferred payment of $3.8 million of asset management fees under our advisory agreement, as we believe the payment of this amount to our advisor is probable. These fees will be reimbursed in accordance with the terms noted above. For the purposes of determining the estimated net asset value per share, our advisor included $1.8 million of this liability or $0.02 per share, as this amount was subsequently paid in November 2014 based on the MFFO Surplus generated in September 2014. The remaining accrued and deferred asset management fees of $2.0 million or $0.02 per share as of September 30, 2014 was not included in the calculation of the estimated net asset value per share as these amounts would only be payable in connection with future MFFO Surplus. Additionally, based on a hypothetical liquidation of the assets and liabilities as of September 30, 2014, we would not be liable for the $2.0 million of accrued and deferred asset management fees that were excluded from the calculation of the estimated net asset value per share.
Other Assets and Liabilities
The carrying values of a majority of our other assets and liabilities are considered to equal their fair value due to their short maturities or liquid nature. Certain balances, such as straight-line rent receivables, lease intangible assets and liabilities, deferred financing costs, unamortized lease commissions and unamortized lease incentives, have been eliminated for the purpose of the valuation due to the fact that the value of those balances was already considered in the valuation of the related asset or liability. Our advisor has also excluded redeemable common stock, as temporary equity does not represent a true liability to us and the shares that this amount represents are included in our total outstanding shares of common stock for purposes of calculating our estimated net asset value per share and the updated offering price of our common stock.
Limitations of Estimated Net Asset Value per Share
As mentioned above, we are using this estimated net asset value per share exclusively to help establish the updated offering price of shares of our common stock to be sold in our ongoing initial public offering and to comply with the IPA Valuation Guidelines. As with any valuation methodology, the methodologies used are based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that may not be accurate or complete. Different parties with different assumptions and estimates could derive a different estimated net asset value per share, and these differences could be significant. The estimated net asset value per share is not audited and does not represent the fair value of our assets less the fair value of our liabilities according to GAAP.

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Accordingly, with respect to our estimated net asset value per share and/or our updated offering price, we can give no assurance that:
•
a stockholder would be able to resell his or her shares at our estimated net asset value per share or the updated offering price;
•
a stockholder would ultimately realize distributions per share equal to our estimated net asset value per share or the updated offering price upon liquidation of our assets and settlement of our liabilities or a sale of our company;
•
our shares of common stock would trade at our estimated net asset value per share or the updated offering price on a national securities exchange;
•
a third party would offer our estimated net asset value per share or the updated offering price in an arm’s-length transaction to purchase all or substantially all of our shares of common stock;
•
another independent third-party appraiser or third-party valuation firm would agree with our estimated net asset value per share, or a valuation firm would agree with the updated offering price; or
•
the methodology used to determine our estimated net asset value per share would be acceptable to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or for compliance with ERISA reporting requirements.
Further, our estimated net asset value per share is based on the estimated value of our assets less the estimated value of our liabilities, divided by the number of shares outstanding, all as of September 30, 2014, with the exception of an adjustment for actual or estimated acquisition fees and closing costs related to six properties that were either acquired subsequent to September 30, 2014 were under contract to purchase and were reasonably probable to close, but had not yet closed as of December 9, 2014, which were included as a reduction to the net asset value. As of December 30, 2014, we had closed on each of these six properties. As of September 30, 2014, we had 99,101,093 shares issued and outstanding. We did not make any other adjustments to our estimated net asset value per share subsequent to September 30, 2014, including any adjustments relating to the following, among others: (i) the issuance of common stock and the payment of related offering costs; (ii) net operating income earned and distributions declared; and (iii) the redemption of shares. The value of our shares will fluctuate over time in response to developments related to the capital raised during our offering stage, future investments, the performance of individual assets in our portfolio and the management of those assets and the real estate and finance markets. Our estimated net asset value per share does not reflect a discount for the fact that we are externally managed, nor does it reflect a real estate portfolio premium/discount versus the sum of the individual property values. Our estimated net asset value per share does not take into account estimated disposition costs and fees for real estate properties that are not held for sale, debt prepayment penalties that could apply upon the prepayment of certain of our debt obligations, the impact of restrictions on the assumption of debt or swap breakage fees that may be incurred upon the termination of certain of our swaps prior to expiration. We currently expect to utilize an independent valuation firm to update our estimated net asset value per share in December 2015 and in December of each year thereafter. We cannot assure you that our offering price will increase or that it will not decrease during our offering stage.
Distribution Information
We have authorized and declared, and expect to continue to authorize and declare, distributions based on daily record dates, and we have paid, and expect to continue to pay, such distributions on a monthly basis. The rate is determined by our board of directors based on our financial condition and such other factors as our board of directors deems relevant. Our board of directors has not pre-established a percentage range of return for distributions to stockholders. We have not established a minimum distribution level, and our charter does not require that we make distributions to our stockholders.  
Generally, our policy is to pay distributions from cash flow from operations. During our offering stage, when we may raise capital in our public offerings more quickly than we acquire income-producing assets, and for some period after our offering stage, we may not pay distributions solely from our cash flow from operations. Further, because we may receive income from interest or rents at various times during our fiscal year and because we may need cash flow from operations during a particular period to fund capital expenditures and other expenses, we expect that, from time to time during our operational stage, we will declare distributions in anticipation of cash flow that we expect to receive during a later period and we will pay these distributions in advance of our actual receipt of these funds. In these instances, we have funded our distributions in part with an advance from our advisor and debt financing and we expect to utilize debt financing in the future, if necessary, to fund at least a portion of our distributions. We may also fund such distributions from the sale of assets or from the maturity, payoff or settlement of debt investments. Our organizational documents permit us to pay distributions from any source, including offering proceeds or borrowings (which may constitute a return of capital), and our charter does not limit the amount of funds we may use from any source to pay such distributions. Our distribution policy is generally not to use the proceeds of our public offerings to pay distributions. If we pay distributions from sources other than our cash flow from operations, we will have less funds available for investment in properties and other assets, the overall return to our stockholders may be reduced and subsequent investors will experience dilution.

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We have elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code and have operated as such beginning with our taxable year ended December 31, 2011. To maintain our qualification as a REIT, we must meet certain organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement to distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (computed without regard to the dividends-paid deduction or net capital gain and which does not necessarily equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP). Our board of directors may authorize distributions in excess of those required for us to maintain REIT status depending on our financial condition and such other factors as our board of directors deems relevant.
During 2013 and 2014, we declared distributions based on daily record dates for each day during the period commencing January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014. We paid distributions for all record dates of a given month on or about the first business day of the following month. Distributions declared during 2014 and 2013, aggregated by quarter, are as follows (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts):
 
2014
 
1st Quarter
 
2nd Quarter
 
3rd Quarter
 
4th Quarter
 
Total
Total Distributions Declared
$
11,661

 
$
14,142

 
$
15,413

 
$
18,265

 
$
59,481

Total Per Share Distribution (1)
$
0.160

 
$
0.162

 
$
0.164

 
$
0.164

 
$
0.650

 
2013
 
1st Quarter
 
2nd Quarter
 
3rd Quarter
 
4th Quarter
 
Total
Total Distributions Declared
$
4,761

 
$
5,934

 
$
7,688

 
$
9,926

 
$
28,309

Total Per Share Distribution (1)
$
0.160

 
$
0.162

 
$
0.164

 
$
0.164

 
$
0.650

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(1) During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2014, we declared distributions based on daily record dates for each day during the period commencing January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014.  Distributions for this period were calculated based on stockholders of record each day during the period at a rate of $0.00178082 per share per day and equal a daily amount that, if paid each day for a 365-day period, would equal a 6.5% annualized rate based on our initial primary offering purchase price of $10.00 per share or a 6.18% annualized rate based on the current primary offering purchase price of $10.51 per share.
The tax composition of our distributions declared for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 was as follows:
 
2014
 
2013
Ordinary Income
60
%
 
43
%
Capital Gain
13
%
 
—

Return of Capital
27
%
 
57
%
Total
100
%
 
100
%
For more information with respect to our distributions paid, see Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Distributions.”
On November 10, 2014, our board of directors declared distributions based on daily record dates for the period from January 1, 2015 through January 31, 2015, which we paid on February 2, 2015. On January 15, 2015, our board of directors declared distributions based on daily record dates for the period from February 1, 2015 through February 28, 2015, which we paid on March 2, 2015, and distributions based on daily record dates for the period from March 1, 2015 through March 31, 2015, which we expect to pay in April 2015. On March 6, 2015, our board of directors declared distributions based on daily record dates for the period from April 1, 2015 through April 30, 2015, which we expect to pay in May 2015, and distributions based on daily record dates for the period from May 1, 2015 to May 31, 2015, which we expect to pay in June 2015. Investors may choose to receive cash distributions or purchase additional shares through our dividend reinvestment plan.
Distributions for these periods are calculated based on stockholders of record each day during these periods at a rate of $0.00178082 per share per day and equal a daily amount that, if paid each day for a 365-day period, would equal a 6.5% annualized rate based on our initial primary offering purchase price of $10.00 per share or a 6.18% annualized rate based on the current primary offering purchase price of $10.51 per share.

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Use of Proceeds from Sales of Registered Securities and Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
On October 26, 2010, our Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-164703), covering a public offering of up to 200,000,000 shares, or up to $2,000,000,000 of shares, of common stock in our primary offering and 80,000,000 shares, or up to $760,000,000 of shares, of common stock under our dividend reinvestment plan, was declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933. We commenced our initial public offering on October 26, 2010 upon retaining KBS Capital Markets Group LLC as the dealer manager of our offering. We initially offered shares of common stock in our primary offering at a price equal to $10.00 per share with discounts available to certain categories of purchasers. We initially offered shares under our dividend reinvestment plan at a price equal to $9.50 per share. On May 5, 2014, our board of directors established an updated offering price for shares of common stock to be sold in our ongoing primary initial public offering of $10.39 per share (with discounts available to certain categories of purchasers) and an offering price for shares of common stock to be sold under our dividend reinvestment plan of $9.88 per share (which is 95% of the price to acquire a share in our primary initial public offering). These updated offering prices for our primary offering and our dividend reinvestment plan offering became effective May 7, 2014. The updated offering price of shares of common stock to be sold in our ongoing primary initial public offering was determined by adding certain projected offering costs to the estimated value of our assets less the estimated value of our liabilities, or net asset value, divided by the number of shares outstanding, all as of March 31, 2014. We did not make any adjustments to our estimated net asset value subsequent to March 31, 2014, including adjustments relating to the following, among others: (i) the issuance of common stock and the payment of related offering costs; (ii) net operating income earned and distributions declared; and (iii) the redemption of shares. On December 9, 2014, our board of directors established an updated offering price for shares of common stock to be sold in our ongoing primary initial public offering of $10.51 per share (with discounts available to certain categories of purchasers) and an updated offering price for shares of common stock to be sold under our dividend reinvestment plan of $9.99 per share (which is 95% of the price to acquire a share in our primary initial public offering). These December 2014 updated offering prices for our primary offering and our dividend reinvestment plan offering became effective December 12, 2014. The December 2014 updated offering price of shares of common stock to be sold in our primary initial public offering was determined by adding certain projected offering costs to the estimated value of our assets less the estimated value of our liabilities, or net asset value, divided by the number of shares outstanding, all as of September 30, 2014, with the exception of an adjustment for actual or estimated acquisition fees and closing costs related to six properties that were either acquired subsequent to September 30, 2014 or were under contract to purchase and were reasonably probable to close, but had not yet closed as of December 9, 2014, which were included as a reduction to the net asset value. As of December 30, 2014, we had closed on each of these six properties. We did not make any adjustments to our estimated net asset value subsequent to September 30, 2014, including adjustments relating to the following, among others: (i) the issuance of common stock and the payment of related offering costs; (ii) net operating income earned and distributions declared; and (iii) the redemption of shares. The December 2014 updated offering price of our shares is not a statement of our estimated net asset value per share, as our board of directors also took into consideration the projected costs and expenses associated with raising capital in our ongoing initial public offering. These costs include selling commissions, dealer manager fees and certain other offering costs. The estimated net asset value per share was determined for the sole purpose of updating the offering prices in our primary initial public offering and in our dividend reinvestment plan offering. For information related to the determination of our December 2014 updated offering prices, see Part II, Item 5, “Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities - Market Information.” Our board of directors may adjust the offering price of the primary offering shares or dividend reinvestment plan shares during the course of our ongoing initial public offering.
On February 14, 2013, we filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the SEC to register the Follow-on Offering. We can give no assurance that we will commence or complete the Follow-on Offering.
On February 12, 2015, in consideration of our offering proceeds raised to date and the pace of sales in our primary public offering, our board of directors approved the termination of our primary public offering stage effective approximately 90 days (as determined by our Chief Executive Officer, such date the “Offering Termination Date”) after we have announced that we have raised $1.3 billion in the aggregate in our primary public offerings, whether in our ongoing initial public offering or a follow-on offering. On February 20, 2015 we announced that, as of February 20, 2015, we had accepted aggregate gross offering proceeds in excess of $1.3 billion in our primary public offering. Our Offering Termination Date will be Friday, May 29, 2015.Subscriptions must be dated on or before May 29, 2015, and subscriptions and all related documents and funds must be received by us in good order no later than July 28, 2015. We plan to continue to offer shares under our dividend reinvestment plan beyond the termination of our primary offering stage. In some states, we will need to renew the registration statement annually or file a new registration statement to continue the dividend reinvestment plan offering.

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As of December 31, 2014, we had sold 123,891,580 shares of common stock in our ongoing initial public offering for gross offering proceeds of $1.2 billion, including 4,945,618 shares of common stock under our dividend reinvestment plan for gross offering proceeds of $47.7 million. As of December 31, 2014, we had incurred selling commissions, dealer manager fees and organization and other offering costs in the amounts set forth below. We pay selling commissions and dealer manager fees to KBS Capital Markets Group, and KBS Capital Markets Group reallows all selling commissions and a portion of the dealer manager fees to participating broker-dealers. In addition, we reimburse KBS Capital Advisors and KBS Capital Markets Group for certain offering expenses as described in our prospectus, as amended and supplemented.
Type of Expense Amount
 
Amount
( in thousands)
 
Estimated/Actual
Selling commissions and dealer manager fees
 
$
109,877

 
Actual
Finders’ fees
 
—

 
Actual
Other underwriting compensation
 
9,049

 
Actual
Other organization and offering costs (excluding underwriting compensation)
 
11,028

 
Actual
Total expenses
 
$
129,954

 
 
Percentage of offering proceeds used to pay or reimburse affiliates for organization and offering costs and expenses
 
10.4
%
 
Actual
From the commencement of our ongoing initial public offering through December 31, 2014, the net offering proceeds to us, after deducting the total expenses incurred as described above, were approximately $1.1 billion, including net offering proceeds from our dividend reinvestment plan of $47.7 million.
We expect to use substantially all of the net proceeds from our ongoing initial public offering to invest in and manage a diverse portfolio of real estate investments. We expect to use substantially all of the net proceeds from the sale of shares under our dividend reinvestment plan for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, the redemption of shares under our share redemption program; capital expenditures, tenant improvement costs and leasing costs related to our real estate properties; reserves required by any financings of our real estate investments; funding obligations under any of our real estate loans receivable; the acquisition or origination of real estate investments, which would include payment of acquisition fees or origination fees to our advisor; and the repayment of debt. As of December 31, 2014, we had used the net proceeds from our ongoing initial public offering and dividend reinvestment plan and debt financing to invest $2.4 billion in 21 real estate properties and one real estate-related investment, including $32.8 million of acquisition fees and origination fees, acquisition and origination expenses and closing costs. On February 19, 2014, we sold Las Cimas IV for $43.2 million, which proceeds have been used to make additional investments.
On October 3, 2014, we issued 129,231 shares of common stock for $9.40 per share (or an aggregate purchase price of $1,215,160) to Jonathan Bren and 129,231 shares of common stock for $9.40 per share (or an aggregate purchase price of $1,215,160) to Christopher Bren. The shares were issued in private transactions exempt from the registration requirements pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. Jonathan Bren and Christopher Bren are the sons of Peter Bren, our President and one of our sponsors. We did not pay selling commissions or dealer manager fees with respect to these sales. The purchase price reflects a $0.987 discount to the then-current $10.39 per share offering price in our ongoing initial public offering, reflecting that no selling commissions or dealer manager fees were paid on the sale.

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Share Redemption Program
We have a share redemption program that may enable stockholders to sell their shares to us in limited circumstances. The restrictions of our share redemption program will severely limit our stockholders’ ability to sell their share should they require liquidity and will limit our stockholders’ ability to recover the value they invested in our common stock. On March 5, 2014, our board of directors approved the Third Amended and Restated Share Redemption Program (the “Third Amended Share Redemption Program”), which became effective on April 6, 2014. The amendments made in the Third Amended Share Redemption Program would not have affected the redemption prices or the number of shares redeemed during the three months ended March 31, 2014. Below are the material terms of the Third Amended Share Redemption Program.
There are several limitations on our ability to redeem shares under the Third Amended Share Redemption Program:
•
Unless the shares are being redeemed in connection with a stockholder’s death, “qualifying disability” or “determination of incompetence” (each as defined in the share redemption program, and together with redemptions sought in connection with a stockholder’s death, “special redemptions”), we may not redeem shares unless the stockholder has held the shares for one year.
•
During any calendar year, we may redeem only the number of shares that we could purchase with the amount of net proceeds from the sale of shares under our dividend reinvestment plan during the prior calendar year. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Third Amended Share Redemption Program to the contrary, we may increase or decrease the funding available for the redemption of shares pursuant to the program upon ten business days’ notice to our stockholders. We may provide notice by including such information (a) in a Current Report on Form 8-K or in our annual or quarterly reports, all publicly filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or (b) in a separate mailing to our stockholders.
•
During any calendar year, we may redeem no more than 5% of the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the prior calendar year.
•
We have no obligation to redeem shares if the redemption would violate the restrictions on distributions under Maryland law, which prohibits distributions that would cause a corporation to fail to meet statutory tests of solvency.
For a stockholder’s shares to be eligible for redemption in a given month, the administrator must receive a written redemption request from the stockholder or from an authorized representative of the stockholder setting forth the number of shares requested to be redeemed at least five business days before the redemption date. If we cannot redeem all shares presented for redemption in any month because of the limitations on redemptions set forth in the Third Amended Share Redemption Program, then we will honor redemption requests on a pro rata basis, except that if a pro rata redemption would result in a stockholder owning less than the minimum purchase requirement described in our currently effective, or the most recently effective, registration statement, as such registration statement has been amended or supplemented, then we would redeem all of such stockholder’s shares.
If we do not completely satisfy a redemption request on a redemption date because the program administrator did not receive the request in time, because of the limitations on redemptions set forth in the Third Amended Share Redemption Program or because of a suspension of the Third Amended Share Redemption Program, then we will treat the unsatisfied portion of the redemption request as a request for redemption at the next redemption date funds are available for redemption, unless the redemption request is withdrawn. Any stockholder can withdraw a redemption request by sending written notice to the program administrator, provided such notice is received at least five business days before the redemption date.
Unless our shares are being redeemed in connection with a special redemption, and until such time as we establish an estimated value per share for a purpose other than to set the offering price to acquire a share in one of our primary public offerings, the prices at which we will initially redeem shares under the program are as follows:
•
For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least one year, 92.5% of the price paid to acquire the shares from us;
•
For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least two years, 95.0% of the price paid to acquire the shares from us;
•
For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least three years, 97.5% of the price paid to acquire the shares from us; and
•
For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least four years, 100% of the price paid to acquire the shares from us.

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Notwithstanding the above, and unless our shares are being redeemed in connection with a special redemption, once we establish an estimated value per share of our common stock for a purpose other than to set the price to acquire a share in one of our primary public offerings, the redemption price at which we will redeem shares will be as follows:
•
For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least one year, 92.5% of our most recent estimated value per share as of the applicable redemption date;
•
For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least two years, 95.0% of our most recent estimated value per share as of the applicable redemption date;
•
For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least three years, 97.5% of our most recent estimated value per share as of the applicable redemption date; and
•
For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least four years, 100% of our most recent estimated value per share as of the applicable redemption date.
For purposes of determining the time period a redeeming stockholder has held each share, the time period begins as of the date the stockholder acquired the share; provided, that shares purchased by the redeeming stockholder pursuant to our dividend reinvestment plan will be deemed to have been acquired on the same date as the initial share to which the dividend reinvestment plan shares relate. The date of the share’s original issuance by us is not determinative. In addition, as described above, the shares owned by a stockholder may be redeemed at different prices depending on how long the stockholder has held each share submitted for redemption.
We currently expect to announce an estimated value per share in December 2015 and in December of each year thereafter. We will report the estimated value per share of our common stock in a Current Report on Form 8-K or in our annual or quarterly reports, all publicly filed with the SEC. We will also provide information about our estimated value per share on our web site (such information may be provided by means of a link to our public filings on the SEC’s web site, www.sec.gov).
In several respects we would treat special redemptions differently from other redemptions:
•
there is no one-year holding requirement;
•
until we establish an estimated value per share for a purpose other than to set the price to acquire a share in one of our primary public offerings, the redemption price is the amount paid to acquire the shares from us; and
•
once we have established an estimated value per share for a purpose other than to set the price to acquire a share in one of our primary public offerings, the redemption price would be based on the estimated value of the shares as of the redemption date, as determined by our advisor or another firm chosen for that purpose.
Our board may amend, suspend or terminate the Third Amended Share Redemption Program upon 30 days’ notice to stockholders, provided that we may increase or decrease the funding available for the redemption of shares pursuant to the Third Amended Share Redemption Program upon 10 business days’ notice.
There were no other changes made in the Third Amended Share Redemption Program. The Third Amended Share Redemption Program became effective for redemptions under the program on April 6, 2014. The complete program document is filed as an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and is available at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

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During the year ended December 31, 2014, we fulfilled all redemption requests eligible for redemption under our share redemption program and received in good order and funded redemptions under our share redemption program with the net proceeds from our dividend reinvestment plan. We redeemed shares pursuant to our share redemption program as follows:
Month
 
Total Number
of Shares
Redeemed (1)
 
Average
Price Paid
Per Share (2)
 
Approximate Dollar Value of Shares
Available That May Yet Be  Redeemed
Under the Program
January 2014
 
10,011

 
$
9.89

 
(3) 
February 2014
 
19,240

 
$
9.42

 
(3) 
March 2014
 
25,665

 
$
9.49

 
(3) 
April 2014
 
56,386

 
$
9.56

 
(3) 
May 2014
 
23,621

 
$
9.74

 
(3) 
June 2014
 
31,748

 
$
9.76

 
(3) 
July 2014
 
12,826

 
$
9.77

 
(3) 
August 2014
 
33,025

 
$
9.71

 
(3) 
September 2014
 
69,071

 
$
9.62

 
(3) 
October 2014
 
31,255

 
$
9.61

 
(3) 
November 2014
 
42,621

 
$
9.73

 
(3) 
December 2014
 
21,604

 
$
9.66

 
(3) 
Total
 
377,073

 
 
 
 
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(1) We announced the adoption and commencement of the program on October 14, 2010. We announced amendments to the program on March 8, 2013 (which amendment became effective on April 7, 2013) and on March 7, 2014 (which amendment became effective on April 6, 2014).
(2) The prices at which we redeem shares under the program are as set forth above.
(3) We limit the dollar value of shares that may be redeemed under the program as described above. One of these limitations is that during each calendar year, our share redemption program limits the number of shares we may redeem to those that we could purchase with the amount of the net proceeds from the issuance of shares under our dividend reinvestment plan during the prior calendar year. However, we may increase or decrease the funding available for the redemption of shares upon ten business days notice to our stockholders. In 2013, our net proceeds from the dividend reinvestment plan were $12.4 million. During the year ended December 31, 2014, we redeemed $3.6 million of shares of common stock. Based on the amount of net proceeds raised from the sale of shares under our dividend reinvestment plan during 2014, we have $29.3 million available for redemptions of shares eligible for redemption in 2015.

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ITEM 6.
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following selected financial data as of December 31, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 and for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto and Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):
 
 
December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Balance sheet data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total real estate and real estate-related investments, net
 
$
2,217,090

 
$
1,247,319

 
$
318,661

 
$
92,639

 
$
—

Total assets
 
2,386,435

 
1,311,394

 
349,384

 
130,858

 
200

Notes payable
 
1,322,898

 
730,690

 
119,800

 
42,250

 
—

Total liabilities
 
1,424,010

 
796,163

 
137,359

 
45,847

 
—

Redeemable common stock
 
29,329

 
12,414

 
4,804

 
740

 
—

Total stockholders’ equity
 
933,096

 
502,817

 
207,221

 
84,271

 
200

 
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
 
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
 
 
Operating data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenues
 
$
188,896

 
$
80,423

 
$
27,283

 
$
2,512

 
 
Net loss
 
(12,352
)
 
(21,637
)
 
(7,682
)
 
(2,440
)
 
 
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted
 
(0.14
)
 
(0.50
)
 
(0.40
)
 
(0.66
)
 
 
Other data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows provided by operating activities
 
50,346

 
20,164

 
7,657

 
724

 
 
Cash flows used in investing activities
 
(1,035,952
)
 
(938,610
)
 
(233,423
)
 
(93,527
)
 
 
Cash flows provided by financing activities
 
1,051,552

 
928,117

 
212,105

 
129,782

 
 
Distributions declared
 
59,481

 
28,309

 
12,525

 
2,195

 
 
Distributions declared per common share (1)
 
0.650

 
0.650

 
0.650

 
0.340

 
 
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted
 
91,374,493

 
43,547,227

 
19,253,338

 
3,724,745

 
 
Reconciliation of funds from operations (2)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss
 
$
(12,352
)
 
$
(21,637
)
 
$
(7,682
)
 
$
(2,440
)
 
 
Depreciation of real estate assets
 
30,088

 
11,445

 
4,150

 
387

 
 
Amortization of lease-related costs
 
49,475

 
23,935

 
9,715

 
713

 
 
Gain on sale of real estate, net
 
(10,894
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
 
FFO
 
$
56,317

 
$
13,743

 
$
6,183

 
$
(1,340
)
 
 
_____________________
(1) Distributions declared per common share assumes each share was issued and outstanding each day for the periods presented. Distributions for the periods from June 24, 2011 through February 28, 2012 and March 1, 2012 through December 31, 2014 were based on daily record dates and calculated at a rate of $0.00178082 per share per day.
(2) We believe that funds from operations (“FFO”) is a beneficial indicator of the performance of an equity REIT. We compute FFO in accordance with the current National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) definition. FFO represents net income, excluding gains and losses from sales of operating real estate assets (which can vary among owners of identical assets in similar conditions based on historical cost accounting and useful-life estimates), impairment losses on real estate assets, depreciation and amortization of real estate assets, and adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. We believe FFO facilitates comparisons of operating performance between periods and among other REITs. However, our computation of FFO may not be comparable to other REITs that do not define FFO in accordance with the NAREIT definition or that interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than we do. Our management believes that historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP implicitly assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. Since real estate values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors and analysts have considered the presentation of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient by themselves. As a result, we believe that the use of FFO, together with the required GAAP presentations, provides a more complete understanding of our performance relative to our competitors and provides a more informed and appropriate basis on which to make decisions involving operating, financing, and investing activities.
FFO is a non-GAAP financial measure and does not represent net income as defined by GAAP. Net income as defined by GAAP is the most relevant measure in determining our operating performance because FFO includes adjustments that investors may deem subjective, such as adding back expenses such as depreciation and amortization. Investors should exercise caution when using non-GAAP performance measures, such as FFO, to make investment decisions. Accordingly, FFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income as an indicator of our operating performance.

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ITEM 7.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the “Selected Financial Data” above and our accompanying consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto. Also see “Forward-Looking Statements” preceding Part I and Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”
Overview
We were formed on December 22, 2009 as a Maryland corporation that elected to be taxed as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2011 and intend to continue to operate in such a manner. On February 4, 2010, we filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the SEC to offer a minimum of 250,000 shares and a maximum of up to 280,000,000 shares, or up to $2,760,000,000 of shares, of common stock for sale to the public, of which up to 200,000,000 shares, or up to $2,000,000,000 of shares, were registered in our primary offering and up to 80,000,000 shares, or up to $760,000,000 of shares, were registered under our dividend reinvestment plan. The SEC declared our registration statement effective on October 26, 2010 and we retained KBS Capital Markets Group to serve as the dealer manager of our initial public offering pursuant to a dealer manager agreement. The dealer manager is responsible for marketing our shares in our ongoing initial public offering.
We have invested in and intend to invest in a diverse portfolio of real estate investments. Our primary investment focus is core office properties located throughout the United States, though we may invest in industrial and retail properties. Our core property focus in the U.S. office sector has reflected a more value-creating core strategy, and based on the current market outlook, we expect to continue this strategy. In many cases, these properties have slightly higher (10% to 15%) vacancy rates and/or higher near-term lease rollover at acquisition than more conservative value-maintaining core properties. These characteristics provide us with opportunities to lease space at higher rates, especially in markets with increasing absorption, or to re-lease space in these properties at higher rates, bringing below-market rates of in-place expiring leases up to market rates. Many of these properties will require a moderate level of additional investment for capital expenditures and tenant improvement costs in order to improve or rebrand the properties and increase rental rates. Thus, we believe these properties provide an opportunity for us to achieve more significant capital appreciation by increasing occupancy, negotiating new leases with higher rental rates and/or executing enhancement projects. All such real estate assets may be acquired directly by us or the Operating Partnership, though we may invest in other entities that make similar investments. We also currently expect to allocate between 0 and 20% of our portfolio to real estate-related investments such as mortgage loans. As of December 31, 2014, we owned 20 office properties and had originated one first mortgage loan.
On March 24, 2011, we broke escrow in our initial public offering and through December 31, 2014, we had sold 123,891,580 shares of common stock for gross offering proceeds of $1.2 billion, including 4,945,618 shares of common stock under our dividend reinvestment plan for gross offering proceeds of $47.7 million.
Additionally, on October 3, 2014, we issued 258,462 shares of common stock, for $2.4 million, in private transactions exempt from the registration requirements pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.
On February 14, 2013, we filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the SEC to register a proposed follow-on offering (the “Follow-on Offering”). We can give no assurance that we will commence or complete the Follow-on Offering.
On February 12, 2015, in consideration of our offering proceeds raised to date and the pace of sales in our primary public offering, our board of directors approved the termination of our primary public offering stage effective approximately 90 days (as determined by our Chief Executive Officer, such date the “Offering Termination Date”) after we have announced that we have raised $1.3 billion in the aggregate in our primary public offerings, whether in our ongoing initial public offering or a follow-on offering. On February 20, 2015 we announced that, as of February 20, 2015, we had accepted aggregate gross offering proceeds in excess of $1.3 billion in our primary public offering. Our Offering Termination Date will be Friday, May 29, 2015. Subscriptions must be dated on or before May 29, 2015, and subscriptions and all related documents and funds must be received by us in good order no later than July 28, 2015.
We plan to continue to offer shares under our dividend reinvestment plan beyond the termination of our primary offering stage. In some states, we will need to renew the registration statement annually or file a new registration statement to continue the dividend reinvestment plan offering. We may terminate our dividend reinvestment plan offering at any time.
Also as of December 31, 2014, we had redeemed 743,496 shares sold in our initial public offering for $7.2 million.

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As our advisor, KBS Capital Advisors, manages our day-to-day operations and our portfolio of real estate investments. KBS Capital Advisors makes recommendations on all investments to our board of directors. All proposed investments must be approved by at least a majority of our board of directors, including a majority of the conflicts committee. Unless otherwise provided by our charter, the conflicts committee may approve a proposed investment without action by the full board of directors if the approving members of the conflicts committee constitute at least a majority of the board of directors. KBS Capital Advisors also provides asset-management, marketing, investor-relations and other administrative services on our behalf. Our advisor owns 20,000 shares of our common stock. We have no paid employees.
Market Outlook – Real Estate and Real Estate Finance Markets
The following discussion is based on management’s beliefs, observations and expectations with respect to the real estate and real estate finance markets.
Current conditions in the global capital markets remain volatile as the world’s economic growth has been affected by geopolitical and economic events. Geopolitical events in Europe and the Middle East escalated throughout 2014, and into 2015. The rise of the Islamic State and the struggle between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels have kept the U.S. and its allies engaged in international military conflicts. The slowdown in global economic growth, and in particular the slowing of the Chinese economy, has had a ripple effect through the energy and commodity markets. Decreasing levels of demand for commodities, and in particular oil, have led to a steep price decline in most commodity market prices. In this type of economic environment the possibility of deflation is now a very real risk. While the U.S. economy has rebounded from the recent recession, the remainder of the world’s industrialized and emerging economies have struggled to maintain even low levels of economic growth. For further discussion of current market conditions, see Part I, Item 1, “Business ─ Market Outlook ─ Real Estate and Real Estate Finance Markets.”
Impact on Our Real Estate Properties
The economic events that have occurred since the onset of the recession in 2008 have no precedent. While current forecasts for the U.S. economy are positive, there is a level of uncertainty inherent to this outlook. Currently, both the investing and leasing environments are highly competitive. While there has been an increase in the amount of capital flowing into U.S. real estate markets, which has resulted in an increase in real estate values in certain markets, the uncertainty regarding the economic environment has made businesses reluctant to make long-term commitments or changes in their business plans. Possible future declines in rental rates, slower or potentially negative net absorption of leased space and expectations of future rental concessions, including free rent to renew tenants early, to retain tenants who are up for renewal or to attract new tenants, may result in decreases in cash flows. Historically low interest rates could help offset some of the impact of these potential decreases in operating cash flow for properties financed with variable rate mortgages; however, interest rates likely will not remain at these historically low levels for the remaining life of many of our investments. Interest rates have become more volatile as the global capital markets react to increasing economic and geopolitical risks.
Impact on Our Real Estate-Related Investment
Our real estate-related investment is directly secured by commercial real estate. As a result, our real estate-related investment, in general, has been and likely will continue to be impacted by the same factors impacting our real estate properties. The higher yields and the improving credit position of many U.S. tenants and borrowers have attracted global capital. However, the real estate and capital markets are fluid, and the positive trends can reverse quickly. Economic conditions remain relatively unstable and can have a negative impact on the performance of collateral securing our loan investments, and therefore may impact the ability of some borrowers under our loans to make contractual interest payments to us.
As of December 31, 2014, we owned one fixed rate real estate loan receivable with a principal balance of $20.0 million and a carrying value (including unamortized origination and closing costs) of $20.0 million that matures in 2016.
Impact on Our Financing Activities
In light of the risks associated with potentially volatile operating cash flows from some of our real estate properties, we may have difficulty refinancing some of our debt obligations prior to or at maturity or we may not be able to refinance these obligations at terms as favorable as the terms of our existing indebtedness. Recent financial market conditions have improved from the bottom of the economic cycle, but material risks are still present. Market conditions can change quickly, potentially negatively impacting the value of our investments.

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As of December 31, 2014, we had debt obligations in the aggregate principal amount of $1.3 billion, with a weighted-average remaining term of 3.5 years. We have a total of $102.7 million of fixed rate notes payable and $1.2 billion of variable rate notes payable. The interest rates on $575.1 million of our variable rate notes payable are effectively fixed through interest rate swap agreements. In addition, we entered into five interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional amount of $314.4 million, which will be effective at various times between 2015 and 2020.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We are dependent upon the net proceeds from our ongoing initial public offering to conduct our proposed operations. We will obtain the capital required to purchase real estate investments and conduct our operations from: the proceeds of our ongoing initial public offering, including our dividend reinvestment plan, and any future follow-on offerings we may conduct; secured or unsecured financings from banks and other lenders; and any undistributed funds from our operations.
On March 24, 2011, we broke escrow in our initial public offering and through December 31, 2014, we had sold 123,891,580 shares for gross offering proceeds of $1.2 billion, including 4,945,618 shares of common stock under our dividend reinvestment plan for gross offering proceeds of $47.7 million. Also as of December 31, 2014, we had redeemed 743,496 shares sold in our initial public offering for $7.2 million. If we do not raise significant funds in our public offerings, we will make fewer investments resulting in less diversification in terms of the number, size and geographic region of our investments and the value of an investment in us will be tied more closely to the performance of each individual asset we acquire. Further, we will have certain fixed operating expenses, including certain expenses as a publicly offered REIT, regardless of whether we are able to raise significant funds in our public offerings. Our inability to raise significant funds would increase our fixed operating expenses as a percentage of gross income, reducing our net income and limiting our ability to make distributions.
On February 14, 2013, we filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the SEC to register the Follow-on Offering. We can give no assurance that we will commence or complete the Follow-on Offering.
On February 12, 2015, in consideration of our offering proceeds raised to date and the pace of sales in our primary public offering, our board of directors approved the termination of our primary public offering stage effective approximately 90 days (as determined by our Chief Executive Officer, such date the “Offering Termination Date”) after we have announced that we have raised $1.3 billion in the aggregate in our primary public offerings, whether in our ongoing initial public offering or a follow-on offering. On February 20, 2015 we announced that, as of February 20, 2015, we had accepted aggregate gross offering proceeds in excess of $1.3 billion in our primary public offering. Our Offering Termination Date will be Friday, May 29, 2015.
We plan to continue to offer shares under our dividend reinvestment plan after our primary offering stage terminates. In some states, we will need to renew the registration statement annually or file a new registration statement to continue the dividend reinvestment plan offering. We may terminate our dividend reinvestment plan offering at any time.
During the year ended December 31, 2014, we acquired nine office properties. Our cash needs for these investments were met with proceeds from our ongoing initial public offering, proceeds from the sale of real estate and debt financing. Operating cash needs during the same period were met through cash flow generated by our real estate properties and real estate-related investment.
Our real estate properties generate cash flow in the form of rental revenues and tenant reimbursements, which are reduced by operating expenditures, capital expenditures, debt service payments, the payment of asset management fees and corporate general and administrative expenses. Cash flow from operations from our real estate properties is primarily dependent upon the occupancy level of our portfolio, the net effective rental rates on our leases, the collectibility of rent and operating recoveries from our tenants and how well we manage our expenditures. As of December 31, 2014, we owned 20 office properties that were collectively 89% occupied.
Our real estate-related investment generates cash flow in the form of interest income, which is reduced by the payment of asset management fees and corporate general and administrative expenses. Cash flow from operations from our real estate-related investment is primarily dependent on the operating performance of the underlying collateral and the borrower’s ability to make its debt service payments. As of December 31, 2014, the borrower under our real estate loan receivable was current on all contractual debt service payments to us.
As of December 31, 2014, we had mortgage debt obligations in the aggregate principal amount of $1.3 billion, with a weighted-average remaining term of 3.5 years. As of December 31, 2014, we had $22.1 million of revolving debt available for immediate future disbursement under a portfolio loan, subject to certain conditions set forth in the loan agreement.

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We made distributions to our stockholders during the year ended December 31, 2014 using cash flow from operations and debt financing. We believe that our cash flow from operations, cash on hand, proceeds from our dividend reinvestment plan, proceeds from the sale of real estate and current and anticipated financing activities are sufficient to meet our liquidity needs for the foreseeable future.
Under our charter, we are required to limit our total operating expenses to the greater of 2% of our average invested assets or 25% of our net income for the four most recently completed fiscal quarters, as these terms are defined in our charter, unless the conflicts committee has determined that such excess expenses were justified based on unusual and non-recurring factors. Operating expenses for the four fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2014 did not exceed the charter-imposed limitation.
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
We commenced operations in connection with our first investment on June 24, 2011. As of December 31, 2014, we owned 20 office properties and one real estate loan receivable. During the year ended December 31, 2014, net cash provided by operating activities was $50.3 million, compared to $20.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2013. Net cash provided by operating activities increased in 2014 primarily as a result of our acquisition activity and we expect that our net cash provided by operating activities will increase in future periods as a result of owning investments acquired in 2014 for an entire period and anticipated future acquisitions or originations of real estate investments.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities was $1.0 billion for the year ended December 31, 2014 and primarily consisted of the following:
•
$1.0 billion for the acquisitions of nine real estate properties;
•
$42.7 million of net proceeds from the sale of real estate;
•
$31.8 million of improvements to real estate; and
•
$3.0 million of advances on our real estate loan receivable.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Our cash flows from financing activities consist primarily of proceeds from our ongoing initial public offering, debt financings and distributions paid to our stockholders. During the year ended December 31, 2014, net cash provided by financing activities was $1.1 billion and primarily consisted of the following:
•
$584.8 million of net cash provided by debt financing as a result of proceeds from notes payable of $632.2 million, partially offset by principal payments on notes payable of $40.0 million and payments of deferred financing costs of $7.4 million;
•
$497.6 million of net cash provided by offering proceeds related to our ongoing initial public offering, net of payments of commissions, dealer manager fees and other organization and offering expenses of $57.0 million, including $0.2 million of other organization and offering expenses related to the Follow-on Offering;
•
$27.1 million of net cash distributions, after giving effect to distributions reinvested by stockholders of $29.3 million; and
•
$3.6 million of cash used for redemptions of common stock.
Once we have fully invested the proceeds of our public offerings, we expect that our debt financing and other liabilities will be between 35% and 65% of the cost of our tangible assets (before deducting depreciation or other non-cash reserves). We expect our debt financing related to the acquisition of core real estate properties to be between 45% and 65% of the aggregate cost of all such assets. We expect our debt financing related to the acquisition or origination of real estate-related investments to be between 0% and 65% of the aggregate cost of all such assets, depending upon the availability of such financings in the marketplace. Though this is our target leverage, we do not limit our leverage until our total liabilities would exceed 75% of the cost of our tangible assets (before deducting depreciation or other non-cash reserves), and we may exceed this limit with the approval of the conflicts committee of our board of directors. To the extent financing in excess of this limit is available on attractive terms, our conflicts committee may approve debt in excess of this limit. As of December 31, 2014, our borrowings and other liabilities were approximately 57% of both the cost (before deducting depreciation or other noncash reserves) and book value (before deducting depreciation) of our tangible assets, respectively.

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In addition to making investments in accordance with our investment objectives, we expect to use our capital resources to make certain payments to our advisor and our dealer manager. Pursuant to the advisory agreement and the dealer manager agreement, we are obligated to pay fees to and reimburse our advisor, our dealer manager and/or their affiliates, as applicable, for organization and other offering costs related to our public offering. See the discussion under “ - Organization and Offering Costs” below. During our acquisition and development stage, we expect to make payments to our advisor in connection with the selection and acquisition or origination of investments, the management of our investments and costs incurred by our advisor in providing services to us. We also pay fees to our advisor in connection with the disposition of investments.
Among the fees payable to our advisor is an asset management fee. With respect to investments in real property, the asset management fee is a monthly fee equal to one-twelfth of 0.75% of the amount paid or allocated to acquire the investment, plus the cost of any subsequent development, construction or improvements to the property. This amount includes any portion of the investment that was debt financed and is inclusive of acquisition expenses related thereto (but excludes acquisition fees paid or payable to our advisor). In the case of investments made through joint ventures, the asset management fee will be determined based on our proportionate share of the underlying investment (but excluding acquisition fees paid to our advisor). With respect to investments in loans and any investments other than real property, the asset management fee is a monthly fee calculated, each month, as one-twelfth of 0.75% of the lesser of (i) the amount actually paid or allocated to acquire or fund the loan or other investment (which amount includes any portion of the investment that was debt financed and is inclusive of acquisition or origination expenses related thereto but is exclusive of acquisition or origination fees paid or payable to our advisor) and (ii) the outstanding principal amount of such loan or other investment, plus the acquisition or origination expenses related to the acquisition or funding of such investment (excluding acquisition or origination fees paid or payable to our advisor), as of the time of calculation.
On September 27, 2014, we and our advisor renewed the advisory agreement. Pursuant to the advisory agreement, with respect to asset management fees accruing from March 1, 2014, our advisor defers, without interest, our obligation to pay asset management fees for any month in which our MFFO for such month, as such term is defined in the practice guideline issued by the IPA in November 2010 and interpreted by us, excluding asset management fees, does not exceed the amount of distributions declared by us for record dates of that month. We remain obligated to pay our advisor an asset management fee in any month in which an MFFO Surplus is created; however, any amount of such asset management fee in excess of the MFFO Surplus will also be deferred under the advisory agreement. If the MFFO Surplus for any month exceeds the amount of the asset management fee payable for such month, any remaining MFFO Surplus will be applied to pay any asset management fee amounts previously deferred in accordance with the advisory agreement.
As of December 31, 2014, we had accrued and deferred payment of $3.5 million of asset management fees under the advisory agreement, as we believe the payment of this amount to our advisor is probable. These fees will be reimbursed in accordance with the terms noted above.  The amount of asset management fees deferred will vary on a month-to-month basis, especially during our offering stage as we may raise capital in our public offering (and possibly future offerings) more quickly than we acquire income-producing assets. The total amount of asset management fees deferred as well as the timing of the deferrals and repayments are difficult to predict as they will depend on the volume of capital raised in our public offering, the speed with which we are able to deploy capital raised, the level of operating cash flow generated by future acquisitions, the performance of all of the real estate investments in our portfolio and other factors. In addition, deferrals and repayments may occur in the same period, and it is possible that there could be additional deferrals even after the initial deferrals are fully repaid.
However, notwithstanding the foregoing, any and all deferred asset management fees that are unpaid will become immediately due and payable at such time as our stockholders have received, together as a collective group, aggregate distributions (including distributions that may constitute a return of capital for federal income tax purposes) sufficient to provide (i) the Stockholders’ 8% Return and (ii) a return of their net invested capital, or the amount calculated by multiplying the total number of shares purchased by stockholders by the issue price, reduced by any amounts to repurchase shares pursuant to our share redemption program. The Stockholders’ 8% Return is not based on the return provided to any individual stockholder. Accordingly, it is not necessary for each of our stockholders to have received any minimum return in order for our advisor to receive deferred asset management fees.
The advisory agreement has a one-year term but may be renewed for an unlimited number of successive one-year periods upon the mutual consent of our advisor and our conflicts committee.

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Contractual Commitments and Contingencies
The following is a summary of our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2014 (in thousands):
 
 
 
 
Payments Due During the Years Ended December 31,
Contractual Obligations
 
Total
 
2015
 
2016-2017
 
2018-2019
 
Thereafter
Outstanding debt obligations (1)
 
$
1,322,898

 
$
20,000

 
$
294,588

 
$
790,349

 
$
217,961

Interest payments on outstanding debt obligations (2)
 
118,993

 
32,729

 
60,139

 
21,596

 
4,529

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(1) Amounts include principal payments only.
(2) Projected interest payments are based on the outstanding principal amounts and interest rates in effect as of December 31, 2014 (consisting of the contractual interest rate and the effect of interest rate swaps, if applicable). We incurred interest expense of $23.6 million, excluding amortization of deferred financing costs totaling $1.9 million and unrealized loss on derivatives of $1.5 million, during the year ended December 31, 2014.
Results of Operations
Overview
Our results of operations as of December 31, 2014 are not indicative of those expected in future periods, as we broke escrow in our initial public offering on March 24, 2011 and have since been raising money in and investing the proceeds from our ongoing initial public offering. As of December 31, 2013, we owned 12 office properties and one real estate loan receivable. As of December 31, 2014, we owned 20 office properties and one real estate loan receivable and had sold one office property. In general, we expect that our income and expenses related to our portfolio will increase in future periods as a result of owning the investments acquired in 2014 for an entire period and anticipated future acquisitions of real estate investments. As a result, the results of operations presented for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are not directly comparable.
Comparison of the year ended December 31, 2014 versus the year ended December 31, 2013
The following table provides summary information about our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 (dollar amounts in thousands):
 
 
For the Years Ended
December 31,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
Percentage Change
 
$ Change Due to Acquisitions and Dispositions (1)
 
$ Change Due to Properties 
or Loans Held Throughout
Both Periods (2)
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
 
 
 
Rental income
 
$
141,535

 
$
61,253

 
$
80,282

 
131
 %
 
$
79,744

 
$
538

Tenant reimbursements
 
40,636

 
16,612

 
24,024

 
145
 %
 
23,638

 
386

Interest income from real estate loan receivable
 
1,352

 
1,082

 
270

 
25
 %
 
—

 
270

Other operating income
 
5,373

 
1,476

 
3,897

 
264
 %
 
3,936

 
(39
)
Operating, maintenance and management costs
 
46,223

 
20,870

 
25,353

 
121
 %
 
25,343

 
10

Real estate taxes and insurance
 
31,623

 
14,134

 
17,489

 
124
 %
 
18,248

 
(759
)
Asset management fees to affiliate
 
11,476

 
4,653

 
6,823

 
147
 %
 
6,761

 
62

Real estate acquisition fees to affiliate
 
10,441

 
9,423

 
1,018

 
11
 %
 
1,018

 
n/a

Real estate acquisition fees and expenses
 
2,497

 
5,677

 
(3,180
)
 
(56
)%
 
(3,180
)
 
n/a

General and administrative expenses
 
3,403

 
2,234

 
1,169

 
52
 %
 
n/a

 
n/a

Depreciation and amortization
 
79,563

 
35,380

 
44,183

 
125
 %
 
44,741

 
(558
)
Interest expense
 
27,003

 
9,751

 
17,252

 
177
 %
 
n/a

 
n/a

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(1) Represents the dollar amount increase (decrease) for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to the year ended December 31, 2013 related to real estate investments acquired or disposed of on or after January 1, 2013.
(2) Represents the dollar amount increase (decrease) for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to the year ended December 31, 2013 with respect to real estate investments owned by us throughout both periods presented.
Rental income and tenant reimbursements from our real estate properties increased from $77.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 to $182.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, primarily as a result of the growth in our real estate portfolio, partially offset by the sale of one of our properties on February 19, 2014. We expect that our rental income and tenant reimbursements will increase in future periods as a result of owning the real estate properties acquired in 2014 for an entire period and anticipated future acquisitions of real estate properties.

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Interest income from our real estate loan receivable, recognized using the interest method, increased from $1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 to $1.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2014. The increase in interest income is a result of an increase in the overall loan balance as a result of advances made under the real estate loan receivable. We expect interest income to vary in future periods as we make advances under the real estate loan receivable or receive principal repayments and to the extent we make any additional investments in real estate loans receivable.
Other operating income increased from $1.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2013 to $5.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, primarily as a result of the growth in our real estate portfolio. Other operating income primarily consisted of parking revenues. We expect other operating income to increase in future periods as a result of owning the real estate properties acquired in 2014 for an entire period and anticipated future acquisitions of real estate properties.
Operating, maintenance and management costs increased from $20.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 to $46.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, primarily as a result of the growth in our real estate portfolio, partially offset by the sale of one of our properties on February 19, 2014. We expect operating, maintenance and management costs to increase in future periods as a result of owning the real estate properties acquired in 2014 for an entire period and anticipated future acquisitions of real estate properties.
Real estate taxes and insurance increased from $14.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 to $31.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, primarily as a result of the growth in our real estate portfolio, partially offset by the sale of one of our properties on February 19, 2014. We expect real estate taxes and insurance to increase in future periods as a result of owning the real estate properties acquired in 2014 for an entire period and anticipated future acquisitions of real estate properties.
Asset management fees with respect to our real estate investments increased from $4.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 to $11.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, primarily as a result of the growth in our real estate portfolio, partially offset by the sale of one of our properties on February 19, 2014. We expect asset management fees to increase in future periods as a result of owning the real estate properties acquired in 2014 for an entire period and anticipated future acquisitions of real estate investments. As of December 31, 2014, there were $3.5 million of accrued and deferred asset management fees. For a discussion of accrued and deferred asset management fees, see “Liquidity and Capital Resources - Cash Flows from Financing Activities” herein.
Real estate acquisition fees and expenses to affiliates and non-affiliates decreased from $15.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 to $12.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2014. Although we made more acquisitions in 2014, acquisition expenses were higher in 2013 due to a $3.2 million transfer tax paid in 2013 in connection with the acquisition of an office property in Chicago, Illinois. We expect real estate acquisition fees and expenses to vary in future periods based upon acquisition activity.
Depreciation and amortization increased from $35.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 to $79.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, primarily as a result of the growth in our real estate portfolio, partially offset by the sale of one of our properties on February 19, 2014. We expect depreciation and amortization to increase in future periods as a result of owning the real estate properties acquired in 2014 for an entire period and anticipated future acquisitions of real estate properties.
Interest expense increased from $9.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 to $27.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2014. Included in interest expense is the amortization of deferred financing costs of $1.9 million and $1.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Also included in interest expense is an unrealized loss on derivatives of $1.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2014. The increase in interest expense is primarily due to increased borrowings as a result of our use of additional debt in acquiring real estate properties in 2014. We expect interest expense to increase in future periods as a result of additional borrowing for anticipated future acquisitions of real estate investments.

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Comparison of the year ended December 31, 2013 versus the year ended December 31, 2012
The following table provides summary information about our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 (dollar amounts in thousands):
 
 
For the Years Ended
December 31,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
Percentage Change
 
$ Change Due to Acquisitions (1)
 
$ Change Due to Properties 
or Loans Held Throughout
Both Periods (2)
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
Rental income
 
$
61,253

 
$
21,155

 
$
40,098

 
190
%
 
$
40,078

 
$
20

Tenant reimbursements
 
16,612

 
5,122

 
11,490

 
224
%
 
11,284

 
206

Interest income from real estate loan receivable
 
1,082

 
889

 
193

 
22
%
 
—

 
193

Other operating income
 
1,476

 
117

 
1,359

 
1,162
%
 
1,376

 
(17
)
Operating, maintenance and management costs
 
20,870

 
5,922

 
14,948

 
252
%
 
14,856

 
92

Real estate taxes and insurance
 
14,134

 
4,567

 
9,567

 
209
%
 
9,595

 
(28
)
Asset management fees to affiliate
 
4,653

 
1,732

 
2,921

 
169
%
 
2,901

 
20

Real estate acquisition fees to affiliates
 
9,423

 
2,296

 
7,127

 
310
%
 
7,127

 
n/a

Real estate acquisition fees and expenses
 
5,677

 
1,069

 
4,608

 
431
%
 
4,608

 
n/a

General and administrative expenses
 
2,234

 
1,974

 
260

 
13
%
 
n/a

 
n/a

Depreciation and amortization
 
35,380

 
13,865

 
21,515

 
155
%
 
21,404

 
111

Interest expense
 
9,751

 
3,568

 
6,183

 
173
%
 
6,338

 
(155
)
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(1) Represents the dollar amount increase (decrease) for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ended December 31, 2012 related to real estate investments acquired on or after January 1, 2012.
(2) Represents the dollar amount increase (decrease) for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ended December 31, 2012 with respect to real estate investments owned by us throughout both periods presented.
Rental income and tenant reimbursements from our real estate properties increased from $26.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $77.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2013, primarily as a result of the growth in our real estate portfolio and holding the real estate properties acquired in 2012 for an entire period.
Interest income from our real estate loan receivable, recognized using the interest method, increased from $0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. The increase in interest income is a result of an increase in the overall loan balance as a result of advances made under the real estate loan receivable.
Operating, maintenance and management costs increased from $5.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $20.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2013, primarily as a result of the growth in our real estate portfolio and holding the real estate properties acquired in 2012 for an entire period.
Real estate taxes and insurance increased from $4.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $14.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2013, primarily as a result of the growth in our real estate portfolio and holding the real estate properties acquired in 2012 for an entire period.
Asset management fees with respect to our real estate investments increased from $1.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $4.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2013, primarily as a result of the growth of our real estate portfolio. All asset management fees incurred as of December 31, 2013 have been paid.
Real estate acquisition fees and expenses to affiliates and non-affiliates increased from $3.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $15.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. The increase is primarily due to the difference in the total acquisition cost for real estate properties acquired during the year ended December 31, 2012 of $228.3 million compared to the total acquisition cost for real estate properties acquired during the year ended December 31, 2013 of $932.3 million.
Depreciation and amortization increased from $13.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $35.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2013, primarily as a result of the growth in our real estate portfolio and holding the real estate properties acquired in 2012 for an entire period.
Interest expense increased from $3.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $9.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. Included in interest expense is the amortization of deferred financing costs of $1.2 million and $0.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The increase in interest expense is primarily a result of an increased notes payable principal balance as a result of our use of debt in acquiring real estate properties in 2013.

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Organization and Offering Costs
Our organization and offering costs (other than selling commissions and dealer manager fees) may be paid by our advisor, our dealer manager or their affiliates on our behalf, or we may pay these costs directly. Offering costs include all costs incurred or to be incurred by us in connection with our ongoing initial public offering or the Follow-on Offering. Organization costs include all costs incurred by us in connection with our formation, including but not limited to legal fees and other costs to incorporate. Organization costs are expensed as incurred and offering costs in our ongoing initial public offering, which include selling commissions and dealer manager fees, are charged as incurred as a reduction to stockholders’ equity.
Pursuant to the advisory agreement and the dealer manager agreement, we are obligated to reimburse our advisor, our dealer manager and their affiliates for organization and offering costs they incur on our behalf.  However, at the termination of our primary initial public offering and at the termination of the offering pursuant to our dividend reinvestment plan, our advisor has agreed to reimburse us to the extent that selling commissions, dealer manager fees and other organization and offering expenses incurred by us exceed 15% of the gross offering proceeds. In addition, at the end of our primary initial public offering and again at the end of the offering pursuant to our dividend reinvestment plan, our advisor has agreed to reimburse us to the extent that organization and offering expenses, excluding underwriting compensation (which includes selling commissions, dealer manager fees and any other items viewed as underwriting compensation by FINRA), exceed 2% of gross offering proceeds. We directly pay or reimburse our dealer manager for underwriting compensation as discussed in the prospectus for our ongoing initial public offering, provided that within 30 days after the end of the month in which our primary initial public offering terminates, our dealer manager must reimburse us to the extent that our reimbursements cause total underwriting compensation for our primary initial public offering to exceed 10% of the gross offering proceeds from such offering. We also directly pay or reimburse our dealer manager for bona fide invoiced due diligence expenses of broker-dealers. However, no reimbursements made by us to our advisor or our dealer manager may cause total organization and offering expenses incurred by us (including selling commissions, dealer manager fees and all other items of organization and offering expenses) to exceed 15% of the aggregate gross proceeds from our primary initial public offering and the offering pursuant to our dividend reinvestment plan as of the date of reimbursement. As of December 31, 2014, selling commissions, dealer manager fees, and organization and other offering costs did not exceed 15% of the gross offering proceeds. Through December 31, 2014, including shares issued through our dividend reinvestment plan, we had sold 123,891,580 shares in our ongoing initial public offering for gross offering proceeds of $1.2 billion and incurred selling commissions and dealer manager fees of $109.9 million and organization and other offering costs of $20.1 million in our initial public offering.
In addition, from inception through December 31, 2014, we had recorded $1.2 million of offering costs related to the Follow-on Offering. Pursuant to the advisory agreement, our advisor would be obligated to reimburse us to the extent offering costs incurred by us in the Follow-on Offering exceed 15% of the gross offering proceeds of the offering. As of December 31, 2014, we had not commenced the Follow-on Offering and as such, we recorded $1.2 million of offering costs as deferred financing costs, prepaid expenses and other assets on our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014. We may not reimburse our dealer manager for expenses it has incurred to the extent that total organization and offering expenses incurred by us exceed 15% of the aggregate gross proceeds from the Follow-on Offering. Since as of December 31, 2014, we had not commenced the Follow-on Offering, we had not reimbursed any amounts to our dealer manager related to the Follow-on Offering.  
Funds from Operations and Modified Funds from Operations
We believe that FFO is a beneficial indicator of the performance of an equity REIT. We compute FFO in accordance with the current NAREIT definition. FFO represents net income, excluding gains and losses from sales of operating real estate assets (which can vary among owners of identical assets in similar conditions based on historical cost accounting and useful-life estimates), impairment losses on real estate assets, depreciation and amortization of real estate assets, and adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. We believe FFO facilitates comparisons of operating performance between periods and among other REITs. However, our computation of FFO may not be comparable to other REITs that do not define FFO in accordance with the NAREIT definition or that interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than we do. Our management believes that historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP implicitly assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. Since real estate values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors and analysts have considered the presentation of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient by themselves. As a result, we believe that the use of FFO, together with the required GAAP presentations, provides a more complete understanding of our performance relative to our competitors and provides a more informed and appropriate basis on which to make decisions involving operating, financing, and investing activities.

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Changes in accounting rules have resulted in a substantial increase in the number of non-operating and non-cash items included in the calculation of FFO. Items such as acquisition fees and expenses, which had previously been capitalized prior to 2009, are currently expensed and accounted for as operating expenses. As a result, our management also uses modified funds from operations (“MFFO”) as an indicator of our ongoing performance as well as our dividend sustainability. MFFO excludes from FFO: acquisition fees and expenses; adjustments related to contingent purchase price obligations; amounts relating to straight-line rents and amortization of above and below market intangible lease assets and liabilities; accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums on debt investments; amortization of closing costs relating to debt investments; impairments of real estate-related investments; mark-to-market adjustments included in net income; and gains or losses included in net income for the extinguishment or sale of debt or hedges. We compute MFFO in accordance with the definition of MFFO included in the practice guideline issued by the IPA in November 2010 as interpreted by management. Our computation of MFFO may not be comparable to other REITs that do not compute MFFO in accordance with the current IPA definition or that interpret the current IPA definition differently than we do.
We believe that MFFO is helpful as a measure of ongoing operating performance because it excludes costs that management considers more reflective of investing activities and other non-operating items included in FFO.  Management believes that excluding acquisition costs from MFFO provides investors with supplemental performance information that is consistent with management’s analysis of the operating performance of the portfolio over time, including periods after our acquisition stage.  MFFO also excludes non-cash items such as straight-line rental revenue.  Additionally, we believe that MFFO provides investors with supplemental performance information that is consistent with the performance indicators and analysis used by management, in addition to net income and cash flows from operating activities as defined by GAAP, to evaluate the sustainability of our operating performance.  MFFO provides comparability in evaluating the operating performance of our portfolio with other non-traded REITs which typically have limited lives with short and defined acquisition periods and targeted exit strategies.  MFFO, or an equivalent measure, is routinely reported by non-traded REITs, and we believe often used by analysts and investors for comparison purposes. However, MFFO has limitations as a performance measure during the offering stage for non-traded REITs where the price of a share of common stock is a stated value, which includes adding in certain offering costs.  As a result, MFFO should not be used as a metric to determine or evaluate the net asset value.   
FFO and MFFO are non-GAAP financial measures and do not represent net income as defined by GAAP. Net income as defined by GAAP is the most relevant measure in determining our operating performance because FFO and MFFO include adjustments that investors may deem subjective, such as adding back expenses such as depreciation and amortization and the other items described above. Accordingly, FFO and MFFO should not be considered as alternatives to net income as an indicator of our current and historical operating performance. In addition, FFO and MFFO do not represent cash flows from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered an indication of our liquidity. We believe FFO and MFFO, in addition to net income and cash flows from operating activities as defined by GAAP, are meaningful supplemental performance measures.
Although MFFO includes other adjustments, the exclusion of adjustments for straight-line rent, the amortization of above- and below-market leases, unrealized losses on derivative instruments and acquisition fees and expenses are the most significant adjustments for the periods presented.  We have excluded these items based on the following economic considerations:
•
Adjustments for straight-line rent.  These are adjustments to rental revenue as required by GAAP to recognize contractual lease payments on a straight-line basis over the life of the respective lease.  We have excluded these adjustments in our calculation of MFFO to more appropriately reflect the current economic impact of our in-place leases, while also providing investors with a useful supplemental metric that addresses core operating performance by removing rent we expect to receive in a future period or rent that was received in a prior period;
•
Amortization of above- and below-market leases.  Similar to depreciation and amortization of real estate assets and lease related costs that are excluded from FFO, GAAP implicitly assumes that the value of intangible lease assets and liabilities diminishes predictably over time and requires that these charges be recognized currently in revenue.  Since market lease rates in the aggregate have historically risen or fallen with local market conditions, management believes that by excluding these charges, MFFO provides useful supplemental information on the realized economics of the real estate;


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Unrealized losses on derivative instruments.  These adjustments include unrealized (gains) losses from mark-to-market adjustments on interest rate swaps. The change in fair value of interest rate swaps not designated as a hedge are non-cash adjustments recognized directly in earnings and are included in interest expense.  We have excluded these adjustments in our calculation of MFFO to more appropriately reflect the economic impact of our interest rate swap agreements; and
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Acquisition fees and expenses.  Acquisition fees and expenses related to the acquisition of real estate are generally expensed.  Although these amounts reduce net income, we exclude them from MFFO to more appropriately present the ongoing operating performance of our real estate investments on a comparative basis.  Additionally, acquisition costs have been funded from the proceeds from our ongoing initial public offering and debt financings and not from our operations.  We believe this exclusion is useful to investors as it allows investors to more accurately evaluate the sustainability of our operating performance.
Our calculation of FFO, which we believe is consistent with the calculation of FFO as defined by NAREIT, is presented in the following table, along with our calculation of MFFO, for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively (in thousands). No conclusions or comparisons should be made from the presentation of these periods.
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Net loss
$
(12,352
)
 
$
(21,637
)
 
$
(7,682
)
Depreciation of real estate assets
30,088

 
11,445

 
4,150

Amortization of lease-related costs
49,475

 
23,935

 
9,715

Gain on sale of real estate, net
(10,894
)
 
—

 
—

FFO
$
56,317

 
$
13,743

 
$
6,183

Straight-line rent and amortization of above- and below-market leases
(13,766
)
 
(7,054
)
 
(2,664
)
Amortization of discounts and closing costs
26

 
24

 
22

Unrealized losses on derivative instruments
1,494

 
—

 
—

Real estate acquisition fees to affiliate
10,441

 
9,423

 
2,296

Real estate acquisition fees and expenses
2,497

 
5,677

 
1,069

MFFO
$
57,009

 
$
21,813

 
$
6,906

FFO and MFFO may also be used to fund all or a portion of certain capitalizable items that are excluded from FFO and MFFO, such as tenant improvements, building improvements and deferred leasing costs. We expect FFO and MFFO to improve as we acquire additional real estate investments.
Distributions
Until we have fully invested the proceeds of our public offering, and from time to time during our operational stage, we may not pay distributions solely from our cash flow from operating activities or FFO, in which case distributions may be paid in whole or in part from debt financing. Distributions declared, distributions paid and cash flow from (used in) operating activities were as follows during 2014 (in thousands, except per share amounts):
 
 
Distributions Declared (1)
 
Distributions Declared Per Share (1) (2)
 
Distributions Paid (3)
 
Cash Flow
from (used in) Operating
Activities
Period
 
 
 
Cash
 
Reinvested
 
Total
 
First Quarter 2014
 
$
11,661

 
$
0.160

 
$
5,392

 
$
5,576

 
$
10,968

 
$
(194
)
Second Quarter 2014
 
14,142

 
0.162

 
6,578

 
7,063

 
13,641

 
21,909

Third Quarter 2014
 
15,413

 
0.164

 
7,147

 
7,852

 
14,999

 
13,833

Fourth Quarter 2014
 
18,265

 
0.164

 
8,009

 
8,838

 
16,847

 
14,798

 
 
$
59,481

 
$
0.650

 
$
27,126

 
$
29,329

 
$
56,455

 
$
50,346

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(1) Distributions for the period from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 were based on daily record dates and were calculated at a rate of $0.00178082 per share per day.
(2) Assumes share was issued and outstanding each day during the periods presented.
(3)Distributions are paid on a monthly basis. Distributions for all record dates of a given month are paid on or about the first business day of the following month.

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For the year ended December 31, 2014, we paid aggregate distributions of $56.5 million, including $27.1 million of distributions paid in cash and $29.4 million of distributions reinvested through our dividend reinvestment plan. Our net loss for the year ended December 31, 2014 was $12.4 million. FFO for the year ended December 31, 2014 was $56.3 million and cash flow from operating activities was $50.3 million. See the reconciliation of FFO to net loss above. We funded our total distributions paid, which includes net cash distributions and dividends reinvested by stockholders, with $45.5 million of cash flow from operating activities and $11.0 million of debt financing. For purposes of determining the source of our distributions paid, we assume first that we use cash flow from operating activities from the relevant or prior periods to fund distribution payments.
From inception through December 31, 2014, we paid cumulative distributions of $95.9 million and our cumulative net loss during the same period was $44.1 million. To the extent that we pay distributions from sources other than our cash flow from operating activities, we will have less funds available for the acquisition of real estate investments, the overall return to our stockholders may be reduced and subsequent investors will experience dilution.
Over the long-term, we expect that a greater percentage of our distributions will be paid from cash flow from operating activities and FFO (except with respect to distributions related to sales of our assets and distributions related to the repayment of principal under real estate-related investments). During our offering stage, when we may raise capital in our ongoing initial public offering (and possibly future offerings) more quickly than we acquire income-producing assets, and from time to time during our operational stage, we may not pay distributions solely from our cash flow from operating activities. Further, our operating performance cannot be accurately predicted and may deteriorate in the future due to numerous factors, including those discussed under “Forward-Looking Statements,” Part I, Item 1, “Business ─ Market Outlook ─ Real Estate and Real Estate Finance Markets,” Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” and Part II, Item 7, “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations  ─ Results of Operations.” Those factors include: our ability to continue to raise capital to make additional investments; the future operating performance of our current and future real estate investments in the existing real estate and financial environment; our advisor’s ability to identify additional real estate investments that are suitable to execute our investment objectives; the success and economic viability of our tenants; the ability of our borrowers and their sponsors to continue to make their debt service payments and/or to repay their loans upon maturity; our ability to refinance existing indebtedness at comparable terms; changes in interest rates on any variable rate debt obligations we incur; and the level of participation in our dividend reinvestment plan. In the event our FFO and/or cash flow from operating activities decrease in the future, the level of our distributions may also decrease.  In addition, future distributions declared and paid may exceed FFO and/or cash flow from operating activities.
Critical Accounting Policies
Below is a discussion of the accounting policies that management considers critical in that they involve significant management judgments and assumptions, require estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain and because they are important for understanding and evaluating our reported financial results. These judgments affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and our disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. With different estimates or assumptions, materially different amounts could be reported in our financial statements. Additionally, other companies may utilize different estimates that may impact the comparability of our results of operations to those of companies in similar businesses.
Revenue Recognition
Real Estate
We recognize minimum rent, including rental abatements, lease incentives and contractual fixed increases attributable to operating leases, on a straight-line basis over the term of the related leases when collectability is reasonably assured and record amounts expected to be received in later years as deferred rent receivable. If the lease provides for tenant improvements, we determine whether the tenant improvements, for accounting purposes, are owned by the tenant or by us. When we are the owner of the tenant improvements, the tenant is not considered to have taken physical possession or have control of the physical use of the leased asset until the tenant improvements are substantially completed. When the tenant is the owner of the tenant improvements, any tenant improvement allowance (including amounts that the tenant can take in the form of cash or a credit against its rent) that is funded is treated as a lease incentive and amortized as a reduction of revenue over the lease term. Tenant improvement ownership is determined based on various factors including, but not limited to:
•
whether the lease stipulates how a tenant improvement allowance may be spent;
•
whether the amount of a tenant improvement allowance is in excess of market rates;
•
whether the tenant or landlord retains legal title to the improvements at the end of the lease term;
•
whether the tenant improvements are unique to the tenant or general-purpose in nature; and
•
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We record property operating expense reimbursements due from tenants for common area maintenance, real estate taxes, and other recoverable costs in the period the related expenses are incurred.
We make estimates of the collectability of our tenant receivables related to base rents, including deferred rent receivable, expense reimbursements and other revenue or income. We specifically analyze accounts receivable, deferred rent receivable, historical bad debts, customer creditworthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment terms when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts. In addition, with respect to tenants in bankruptcy, we make estimates of the expected recovery of pre-petition and post-petition claims in assessing the estimated collectibility of the related receivable. In some cases, the ultimate resolution of these claims can exceed one year. When a tenant is in bankruptcy, we will record a bad debt reserve for the tenant’s receivable balance and generally will not recognize subsequent rental revenue until cash is received or until the tenant is no longer in bankruptcy and has the ability to make rental payments.
Real Estate Loans Receivable
Interest income on our real estate loan receivable is recognized on an accrual basis over the life of the investment using the interest method. Direct loan origination fees and origination or acquisition costs, as well as acquisition premiums or discounts, are capitalized and amortized over the term of the loan as an adjustment to interest income. We will place loans on nonaccrual status when any portion of principal or interest is 90 days past due, or earlier when concern exists as to the ultimate collection of principal or interest. When a loan is placed on nonaccrual status, we will reverse the accrual for unpaid interest and generally will not recognize subsequent interest income until the cash is received, or the loan returns to accrual status. We will resume the accrual of interest if we determine the collection of interest according to the contractual terms of the loan is probable.
Real Estate
Depreciation and Amortization
Real estate costs related to the acquisition and improvement of properties are capitalized and amortized over the expected useful life of the asset on a straight-line basis. Repair and maintenance costs are charged to expense as incurred and significant replacements and betterments are capitalized. Repair and maintenance costs include all costs that do not extend the useful life of the real estate asset. We consider the period of future benefit of an asset to determine its appropriate useful life. Expenditures for tenant improvements are capitalized and amortized over the shorter of the tenant’s lease term or expected useful life. We anticipate the estimated useful lives of our assets by class to be generally as follows:
Buildings
25-40 years
Building improvements
10-25 years
Tenant improvements
Shorter of lease term or expected useful life
Tenant origination and absorption costs
Remaining term of related leases, including below-market renewal periods
Real Estate Acquisition Valuation
We record the acquisition of income-producing real estate or real estate that will be used for the production of income as a business combination. All assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured at their acquisition-date fair values. Acquisition costs are expensed as incurred and restructuring costs that do not meet the definition of a liability at the acquisition date are expensed in periods subsequent to the acquisition date.
We assess the acquisition date fair values of all tangible assets, identifiable intangibles and assumed liabilities using methods similar to those used by independent appraisers, generally utilizing a discounted cash flow analysis that applies appropriate discount and/or capitalization rates and available market information. Estimates of future cash flows are based on a number of factors, including historical operating results, known and anticipated trends, and market and economic conditions. The fair value of tangible assets of an acquired property considers the value of the property as if it were vacant.
We record above-market and below-market in-place lease values for acquired properties based on the present value (using a discount rate that reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (ii) management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of above-market in-place leases and for the initial term plus any extended term for any leases with below-market renewal options. We amortize any recorded above-market or below-market lease values as a reduction or increase, respectively, to rental income over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the respective lease, including any below-market renewal periods.
We estimate the value of tenant origination and absorption costs by considering the estimated carrying costs during hypothetical expected lease up periods, considering current market conditions. In estimating carrying costs, we include real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the expected lease up periods.

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We amortize the value of tenant origination and absorption costs to depreciation and amortization expense over the remaining non-cancelable term of the leases.
Estimates of the fair values of the tangible assets, identifiable intangibles and assumed liabilities require us to make significant assumptions to estimate market lease rates, property-operating expenses, carrying costs during lease-up periods, discount rates, market absorption periods, and the number of years the property will be held for investment. The use of inappropriate assumptions would result in an incorrect valuation of our acquired tangible assets, identifiable intangibles and assumed liabilities, which would impact the amount of our net income.
Impairment of Real Estate and Related Intangible Assets and Liabilities
We continually monitor events and changes in circumstances that could indicate that the carrying amounts of our real estate and related intangible assets and liabilities may not be recoverable or realized. When indicators of potential impairment suggest that the carrying value of real estate and related intangible assets and liabilities may not be recoverable, we assess the recoverability by estimating whether we will recover the carrying value of the real estate and related intangible assets and liabilities through its undiscounted future cash flows and its eventual disposition. If, based on this analysis, we do not believe that we will be able to recover the carrying value of the real estate and related intangible assets and liabilities, we would record an impairment loss to the extent that the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the real estate and related intangible assets and liabilities.
Projecting future cash flows involves estimating expected future operating income and expenses related to the real estate and its related intangible assets and liabilities as well as market and other trends. Using inappropriate assumptions to estimate cash flows could result in incorrect fair values of the real estate and its related intangible assets and liabilities and could result in the overstatement of the carrying values of our real estate and related intangible assets and liabilities and an overstatement of our net income.
Real Estate Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations
We generally considers real estate to be “held for sale” when the following criteria are met: (i) management commits to a plan to sell the property, (ii) the property is available for sale immediately, (iii) the property is actively being marketed for sale at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value, (iv) the sale of the property within one year is considered probable and (v) significant changes to the plan to sell are not expected.  Real estate that is held for sale and its related assets are classified as “real estate held for sale” and “assets related to real estate held for sale,” respectively, for all periods presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.  Notes payable and other liabilities related to real estate held for sale are classified as “notes payable related to real estate held for sale” and “liabilities related to real estate held for sale,” respectively, for all periods presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.  Real estate classified as held for sale is no longer depreciated and is reported at the lower of its carrying value or its estimated fair value less estimated costs to sell.  Operating results of properties that were disposed of or classified as held for sale in the ordinary course of business during the year ended December 31, 2014 that had not been classified as held for sale in financial statements prior to January 1, 2014 are included in continuing operations on our consolidated statements of operations.
Real Estate Loan Receivable
Our real estate loan receivable is recorded at amortized cost, net of loan loss reserves (if any), and evaluated for impairment at each balance sheet date. The amortized cost of a real estate loan receivable is the outstanding unpaid principal balance, net of unamortized acquisition premiums or discounts and unamortized costs and fees directly associated with the origination or acquisition of the loan.
The reserve for loan losses is a valuation allowance that reflects our estimate of loan losses inherent in the loan portfolio as of the balance sheet date. The reserve is adjusted through “Provision for loan losses” in our consolidated statements of operations and is decreased by charge-offs to specific loans when losses are confirmed. The reserve for loan losses may include a portfolio-based component and an asset-specific component.
An asset-specific reserve relates to reserves for losses on loans considered impaired. We consider a loan to be impaired when, based upon current information and events, we believe that it is probable that we will be unable to collect all amounts due under the contractual terms of the loan agreement. We also consider a loan to be impaired if we grant the borrower a concession through a modification of the loan terms or if we expect to receive assets (including equity interests in the borrower) with fair values that are less than the carrying value of our loan in satisfaction of the loan. A reserve is established when the present value of payments expected to be received, observable market prices, the estimated fair value of the collateral (for loans that are dependent on the collateral for repayment) or amounts expected to be received in satisfaction of a loan are lower than the carrying value of that loan.
Failure to recognize impairments would result in the overstatement of earnings and the carrying value of our real estate loans held for investment. Actual losses, if any, could differ significantly from estimated amounts.

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Derivative Instruments
We enter into derivative instruments for risk management purposes to hedge our exposure to cash flow variability caused by changing interest rates on our variable rate notes payable. We record these derivative instruments at fair value on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Derivative instruments designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows or other types of forecasted transactions are considered cash flow hedges. The change in fair value of the effective portion of a derivative instrument that is designated as a cash flow hedge is recorded as other comprehensive income (loss) on the accompanying consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) and consolidated statements of equity. The changes in fair value for derivative instruments that are not designated as a hedge or that do not meet the hedge accounting criteria are recorded as gain or loss on derivative instruments on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
We formally document all relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as our risk-management objectives and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. This process includes designating all derivative instruments that are part of a hedging relationship to specific forecasted transactions or recognized obligations on the consolidated balance sheets. We also assess and document, both at the hedging instrument’s inception and on a quarterly basis thereafter, whether the derivative instruments that are used in hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows associated with the respective hedged items. When we determine that a derivative instrument ceases to be highly effective as a hedge, or that it is probable the underlying forecasted transaction will not occur, we discontinue hedge accounting prospectively and reclassify amounts recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to earnings.
Fair Value Measurements
Under GAAP, we are required to measure certain financial instruments at fair value on a recurring basis. In addition, we are required to measure other non-financial and financial assets and liabilities at fair value on a non-recurring basis (e.g., carrying value of impaired real estate loans receivable and long-lived assets). Fair value is defined as the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The GAAP fair value framework uses a three-tiered approach. Fair value measurements are classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:
•
Level 1: unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical assets or liabilities;
•
Level 2: quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-derived valuations in which significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets; and
•
Level 3: prices or valuation techniques where little or no market data is available that requires inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.
When available, we utilize quoted market prices from independent third-party sources to determine fair value and classify such items in Level 1 or Level 2. In instances where the market for a financial instrument is not active, regardless of the availability of a nonbinding quoted market price, observable inputs might not be relevant and could require us to make a significant adjustment to derive a fair value measurement. Additionally, in an inactive market, a market price quoted from an independent third party may rely more on models with inputs based on information available only to that independent third party. When we determine the market for a financial instrument owned by us to be illiquid or when market transactions for similar instruments do not appear orderly, we use several valuation sources (including internal valuations, discounted cash flow analysis and quoted market prices) and establish a fair value by assigning weights to the various valuation sources. Additionally, when determining the fair value of liabilities in circumstances in which a quoted price in an active market for an identical liability is not available, we measure fair value using (i) a valuation technique that uses the quoted price of the identical liability when traded as an asset or quoted prices for similar liabilities or similar liabilities when traded as assets or (ii) another valuation technique that is consistent with the principles of fair value measurement, such as the income approach or the market approach.
Changes in assumptions or estimation methodologies can have a material effect on these estimated fair values. In this regard, the derived fair value estimates cannot be substantiated by comparison to independent markets and, in many cases, may not be realized in an immediate settlement of the instrument.

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We consider the following factors to be indicators of an inactive market: (i) there are few recent transactions, (ii) price quotations are not based on current information, (iii) price quotations vary substantially either over time or among market makers (for example, some brokered markets), (iv) indexes that previously were highly correlated with the fair values of the asset or liability are demonstrably uncorrelated with recent indications of fair value for that asset or liability, (v) there is a significant increase in implied liquidity risk premiums, yields, or performance indicators (such as delinquency rates or loss severities) for observed transactions or quoted prices when compared with our estimate of expected cash flows, considering all available market data about credit and other nonperformance risk for the asset or liability, (vi) there is a wide bid-ask spread or significant increase in the bid-ask spread, (vii) there is a significant decline or absence of a market for new issuances (that is, a primary market) for the asset or liability or similar assets or liabilities, and (viii) little information is released publicly (for example, a principal-to-principal market).
We consider the following factors to be indicators of non-orderly transactions: (i) there was not adequate exposure to the market for a period before the measurement date to allow for marketing activities that are usual and customary for transactions involving such assets or liabilities under current market conditions, (ii) there was a usual and customary marketing period, but the seller marketed the asset or liability to a single market participant, (iii) the seller is in or near bankruptcy or receivership (that is, distressed), or the seller was required to sell to meet regulatory or legal requirements (that is, forced), and (iv) the transaction price is an outlier when compared with other recent transactions for the same or similar assets or liabilities.
Income Taxes
We have elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. To qualify as a REIT, we must continue to meet certain organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement to distribute at least 90% of our annual REIT taxable income to stockholders (which is computed without regard to the dividends-paid deduction or net capital gain and which does not necessarily equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP). As a REIT, we generally will not be subject to federal income tax on income that we distribute as dividends to our stockholders. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, we will be subject to federal income tax on our taxable income at regular corporate income tax rates and generally will not be permitted to qualify for treatment as a REIT for federal income tax purposes for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification is lost, unless the Internal Revenue Service grants us relief under certain statutory provisions. Such an event could materially and adversely affect our net income and net cash available for distribution to stockholders. However, we believe that we are organized and operate in such a manner as to qualify for treatment as a REIT.
Subsequent Events
We evaluate subsequent events up until the date the consolidated financial statements are issued.
Status of the Offering
We commenced our ongoing initial public offering of up to 280,000,000 shares, or up to $2,760,000,000 of shares, of common stock on October 26, 2010. As of March 3, 2015, we had sold 138,690,290 shares of common stock in our offering for gross offering proceeds of $1.4 billion, including 6,020,991 shares of common stock sold pursuant to our dividend reinvestment plan for gross offering proceeds of $58.5 million. Also as of March 3, 2015, we had redeemed 844,725 of the shares sold in our ongoing initial public offering for $8.2 million.
Distributions Paid
On January 2, 2015, we paid distributions of $6.6 million, which related to distributions declared for daily record dates for each day in the period from December 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. On February 2, 2015, we paid distributions of $7.0 million, which related to distributions declared for daily record dates for each day in the period from January 1, 2015 through January 31, 2015. On March 2, 2015, we paid distributions of $6.6 million, which related to distributions declared for daily record dates for each day in the period from February 1, 2015 through February 28, 2015.
Distributions Declared
On January 15, 2015, our board of directors declared distributions based on daily record dates for the period from March 1, 2015 through March 31, 2015, which we expect to pay in April 2015. On March 6, 2015, our board of directors declared distributions based on daily record dates for the period from April 1, 2015 through April 30, 2015, which we expect to pay in May 2015, and distributions based on daily record dates for the period from May 1, 2015 through May 31, 2015, which we expect to pay in June 2015. Investors may choose to receive cash distributions or purchase additional shares through our dividend reinvestment plan.
Distributions for these periods will be calculated based on stockholders of record each day during these periods at a rate of $0.00178082 per share per day and equal a daily amount that, if paid each day for a 365-day period, would equal a 6.5% annualized rate based on the initial primary public offering purchase price of $10.00 per share or a 6.18% annualized rate based on the current primary public offering purchase price of $10.51 per share.

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Financing subsequent to December 31, 2014
Interest Rate Cap
On January 7, 2015, we entered into an interest rate cap with an unaffiliated LIBOR cap provider, for a notional amount of $353.4 million, effective from January 7, 2015 to June 30, 2016. The interest rate cap is reduced to $147.3 million from July 1, 2016 to January 1, 2017. The interest rate cap has a one-month LIBOR strike rate of 2.463%.
ITEM 7A.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are exposed to the effects of interest rate changes as a result of borrowings used to maintain liquidity and to fund the acquisition, expansion and refinancing of our real estate investment portfolio and operations. We are also exposed to the effects of changes in interest rates as a result of the acquisition and origination of mortgage and other loans. Our profitability and the value of our real estate investment portfolio may be adversely affected during any period as a result of interest rate changes. Our interest rate risk management objectives are to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings, prepayment penalties and cash flows and to lower overall borrowing costs. We may manage interest rate risk by maintaining a ratio of fixed rate, long-term debt such that floating rate exposure is kept at an acceptable level. We may utilize a variety of financial instruments, including interest rate caps, floors, and swap agreements, in order to limit the effects of changes in interest rates on our operations. When we use these types of derivatives to hedge the risk of interest-earning assets or interest-bearing liabilities, we may be subject to certain risks, including the risk that losses on a hedge position will reduce the funds available for the payment of distributions to our stockholders and that the losses may exceed the amount we invested in the instruments.
The table below summarizes the book values and the weighted-average interest rates of our real estate loan receivable and notes payable for each category as of December 31, 2014 based on the maturity dates and the notional amounts and average pay and receive rates of our derivative instruments as of December 31, 2014 based on maturity dates (dollars in thousands):
 
 
Maturity Date
 
Total Book Value or Notional Amount
 
 
 
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
2018
 
2019
 
Thereafter
 
 
Fair Value
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loan Receivable
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fixed Rate
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
20,010

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
20,010

 
$
19,914

Annual effective interest rate (1)
 
—

 
—

 
7.5
%
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
7.5
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative Instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps, nominal amount
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
75,000

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
75,000

 
$
431

Average pay rate (2)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
1.0
%
 
—

 
—

 
1.0
%
 
 
Average receive rate (3)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
0.2
%
 
—

 
—

 
0.2
%
 
 
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes payable
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fixed Rate
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
102,700

 
$
102,700

 
$
103,817

Interest rate
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
4.0
%
 
4.0
%
 
 
Variable Rate
 
$
20,000

 
$
—

 
$
291,358

 
$
785,340

 
$
—

 
$
123,500

 
$
1,220,198

 
$
1,220,322

Weighted-average interest rate (4)
 
1.8
%
 
—

 
2.5
%
 
2.4
%
 
—

 
1.7
%
 
2.3
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative Instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps, nominal amount
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
68,730

 
$
544,940

 
$
—

 
$
200,840

 
$
814,510

 
$
4,115

Average pay rate (2)
 
—

 
—

 
0.8
%
 
1.5
%
 
—

 
2.3
%
 
1.7
%
 
 
Average receive rate (3)
 
—

 
—

 
0.2
%
 
0.2
%
 
—

 
0.2
%
 
0.2
%
 
 
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(1) The annual effective interest rate represents the effective interest rate as of December 31, 2014, using the interest method, which we use to recognize interest income on our real estate loan receivable.
(2) Average pay rate is the interest rate swap fixed rate.
(3) Average receive rate is the 30‑day LIBOR rate as of December 31, 2014.
(4) The weighted-average interest rate represents the actual interest rate in effect as of December 31, 2014 (consisting of the contractual interest rate and the effect of interest rate swaps), if applicable, using interest rate indices as of December 31, 2014, where applicable.

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We expect to borrow funds and make investments at a combination of fixed and variable rates. Interest rate fluctuations will generally not affect our future earnings or cash flows on our fixed rate debt or fixed rate real estate loans receivable unless such instruments mature or are otherwise terminated. However, interest rate changes will affect the fair value of fixed rate instruments. As of December 31, 2014, the fair value and carrying value of our fixed rate real estate loan receivable was $19.9 million and $20.0 million, respectively. The fair value estimate of our real estate loan receivable is calculated using an internal valuation model that considers the expected cash flows for the loan, underlying collateral value and the estimated yield requirements of institutional investors for loans with similar characteristics, including remaining loan term, loan-to-value, type of collateral and other credit enhancements. As of December 31, 2014, the fair value of our fixed rate debt was $103.8 million and the carrying value of our fixed rate debt was $102.7 million.  The fair value estimate of our fixed rate debt is calculated using a discounted cash flow analysis utilizing rates we would expect to pay for debt of a similar type and remaining maturity if the loan was originated as of December 31, 2014. As we expect to hold our fixed rate instruments to maturity and the amounts due under such instruments would be limited to the outstanding principal balance and any accrued and unpaid interest, we do not expect that fluctuations in interest rates, and the resulting change in fair value of our fixed rate instruments, would have a significant impact on our operations.
Conversely, movements in interest rates on variable rate debt and loans receivable would change future earnings and cash flows, but not significantly affect the fair value of those instruments. However, changes in required risk premiums would result in changes in the fair value of variable rate instruments. As of December 31, 2014, we were exposed to market risks related to fluctuations in interest rates on $645.1 million of variable rate debt outstanding after giving consideration to the impact of interest rate swap agreements on approximately $575.1 million of our variable debt. This amount doesn’t take into account $314.4 million of forward interest rate swap agreements and $353.4 million of an interest rate cap that were not yet effective as of December 31, 2014. Based on interest rates as of December 31, 2014, if interest rates were 100 basis points higher during the 12 months ending December 31, 2015, interest expense on our variable rate debt would increase by $6.5 million. As of December 31, 2014, one-month LIBOR was 0.17125% and if this index was reduced to 0% during the 12 months ending December 31, 2015, interest expense on our variable rate debt would decrease by $1.1 million. As of December 31, 2014, we did not own any variable rate loans receivable.
The annual effective interest rate of our fixed rate real estate loan receivable as of December 31, 2014 was 7.5%. The effective interest rate represents the effective interest rate as of December 31, 2014, using the interest method, which we use to recognize interest income on our real estate loan receivable. The interest rate and weighted-average interest rate of our fixed rate debt and variable rate debt as of December 31, 2014 was 4.0% and 2.3%, respectively.  The interest rate and weighted-average interest rate represent the actual interest rate in effect as of December 31, 2014 (consisting of the contractual interest rate and the effect of interest rate swaps, if applicable), using interest rate indices as of December 31, 2014 where applicable.
For a discussion of the interest rate risks related to the current capital and credit markets, see Part I, Item 1, “Business ─ Market Outlook” and Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”
ITEM 8.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
See the Index to Financial Statements at page F-1 of this report.
ITEM 9.
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
ITEM 9A.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of the end of the period covered by this report, management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon, and as of the date of, the evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file and submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file and submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

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Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
In connection with the preparation of our Form 10-K, our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014. In making that assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013).
Based on its assessment, our management believes that, as of December 31, 2014, our internal control over financial reporting was effective based on those criteria. There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2014 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 9B.
OTHER INFORMATION
As of the quarter ended December 31, 2014, all items required to be disclosed under Form 8-K were reported under Form 8-K.

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PART III
ITEM 10.
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
We have provided below certain information about our executive officers and directors.
Name
 
Position(s)
 
Age *
Peter M. Bren
 
President
 
81
Charles J. Schreiber, Jr.
 
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director
 
63
Peter McMillan III
 
Executive Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Director
 
57
Keith D. Hall
 
Executive Vice President
 
56
David E. Snyder
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
43
Stacie K. Yamane
 
Chief Accounting Officer
 
50
Hank Adler
 
Independent Director
 
68
Barbara R. Cambon
 
Independent Director
 
61
Stuart A. Gabriel, Ph.D.
 
Independent Director
 
61
_____________________
* As of March 1, 2015.
Peter M. Bren is our President, a position he has held since January 2010. He is also Chairman of the Board and President of our advisor, President of KBS REIT I, President of KBS REIT II and President of KBS Growth & Income REIT, positions he has held for these entities since October 2004, June 2005, August 2007 and January 2015, respectively. Mr. Bren is President and a director of KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, positions he has held since August 2009 and July 2009, respectively. In addition, Mr. Bren is a sponsor of our company and is a sponsor of KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II and KBS Growth & Income REIT, which were formed in 2009, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013 and 2014, respectively. Other than de minimis amounts owned by family members or family trusts, Mr. Bren indirectly owns and controls a 33 1/3% interest in KBS Holdings LLC, which is the sole owner of our advisor and our dealer manager. All four of our sponsors, Messrs. Bren, Hall, McMillan and Schreiber, actively participate in the management and operations of our advisor.
Mr. Bren is Chairman of the Board and President of KBS Realty Advisors LLC and is a principal of Koll Bren Schreiber Realty Advisors, Inc., each an active and nationally recognized real estate investment advisor. These entities were first registered as investment advisers with the SEC in 2002 and 1999, respectively. The first investment advisor affiliated with Messrs. Bren and Schreiber was formed in 1992. As of December 31, 2014, KBS Realty Advisors, together with KBS affiliates, including KBS Capital Advisors, had been involved in the investment in or management of approximately $20.3 billion of real estate investments on behalf of institutional investors, including public and private pension plans, endowments and foundations, institutional and sovereign wealth funds, and the investors in us, KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT and KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II.
Mr. Bren oversees all aspects of KBS Capital Advisors’ and KBS Realty Advisors’ operations, including the acquisition, management and disposition of individual investments and portfolios of investments for KBS-sponsored programs and KBS-advised investors. He also directs all facets of KBS Capital Advisors’ and KBS Realty Advisors’ business activities and is responsible for investor relationships. Mr. Bren is a member of the investment committee formed by KBS Capital Advisors to evaluate and recommend new investment opportunities for us.
Mr. Bren has been involved in real estate development, management, acquisition, disposition and financing for more than 42 years and with the acquisition, origination, management, disposition and financing of real estate-related debt investments for more than 22 years. Prior to taking his current positions as Chairman of the Board and President of KBS Capital Advisors and KBS Realty Advisors, he served as the President of The Bren Company, was a Senior Partner of Lincoln Property Company and was President of Lincoln Property Company, Europe. Mr. Bren is also a founding member of the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is also a member of the Real Estate Roundtable in Washington, D.C.

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Charles J. Schreiber, Jr. is our Chairman of the Board, our Chief Executive Officer and one of our directors, positions he has held since January 2010, January 2010 and December 2009, respectively. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of our advisor and Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and a director of KBS REIT I and KBS Growth & Income REIT, positions he has held for these entities since October 2004, June 2005 and January 2015, respectively. Mr. Schreiber is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and a director of KBS REIT II, positions he has held since August 2007, August 2007 and July 2007, respectively. In addition, Mr. Schreiber is a sponsor of our company and is a sponsor of KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II and KBS Growth & Income REIT, which were formed in 2009, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013 and 2014, respectively. Other than de minimis amounts owned by family members or family trusts, Mr. Schreiber indirectly owns and controls a 33 1/3% interest in KBS Holdings LLC, which is the sole owner of our advisor and our dealer manager. All four of our sponsors, Messrs. Bren, Hall, McMillan and Schreiber, actively participate in the management and operations of our advisor.
Mr. Schreiber is the Chief Executive Officer of KBS Realty Advisors LLC and is a principal of Koll Bren Schreiber Realty Advisors, Inc., each an active and nationally recognized real estate investment advisor. These entities were first registered as investment advisers with the SEC in 2002 and 1999, respectively. The first investment advisor affiliated with Messrs. Bren and Schreiber was formed in 1992. As of December 31, 2014, KBS Realty Advisors, together with KBS affiliates, including KBS Capital Advisors, had been involved in the investment in or management of approximately $20.3 billion of real estate investments on behalf of institutional investors, including public and private pension plans, endowments and foundations, institutional and sovereign wealth funds, and the investors in us, KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT and KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II.
Mr. Schreiber oversees all aspects of KBS Capital Advisors’ and KBS Realty Advisors’ operations, including the acquisition and management of individual investments and portfolios of investments for KBS-sponsored programs and KBS-advised investors. He also directs all facets of KBS Capital Advisors’ and KBS Realty Advisors’ business activities and is responsible for investor relationships. Mr. Schreiber is a member of the investment committee formed by KBS Capital Advisors to evaluate and recommend new investment opportunities for us.
Mr. Schreiber has been involved in real estate development, management, acquisition, disposition and financing for more than 42 years and with the acquisition, origination, management, disposition and financing of real estate-related debt investments for more than 22 years. Prior to teaming with Mr. Bren in 1992, he served as the Executive Vice President of Koll Investment Management Services and Executive Vice President of Acquisitions/Dispositions for The Koll Company. During the mid-1970s through the 1980s, he was Founder and President of Pacific Development Company and was previously Senior Vice President/Southern California Regional Manager of Ashwill-Burke Commercial Brokerage.
Mr. Schreiber graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelors Degree in Finance with an emphasis in Real Estate. During his four years at USC, he did graduate work in the then newly-formed Real Estate Department in the USC Graduate School of Business. He is currently an Executive Board Member for the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business/School of Policy, Planning and Development. Mr. Schreiber also serves as a member of the Executive Committee for the Public Non-Listed REIT Council for the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts.
The board of directors has concluded that Mr. Schreiber is qualified to serve as a director, Chairman of the Board and as our Chief Executive Officer for reasons including his extensive industry and leadership experience. Since the formation of the first investment advisor affiliated with Messrs. Bren and Schreiber in 1992, and through December 31, 2014, Mr. Schreiber had been involved in the investment in or management of over $20.3 billion of real estate investments through KBS affiliates. With more than 42 years of experience in real estate development, management, acquisition and disposition and more than 22 years of experience with the acquisition, origination, management, disposition and financing of real estate-related debt investments, he has the depth and breadth of experience to implement our business strategy. He gained his understanding of the real estate and real estate-finance markets through hands-on experience with acquisitions, asset and portfolio management, asset repositioning and dispositions. As our Chief Executive Officer and a principal of our external advisor, Mr. Schreiber is best-positioned to provide the board of directors with insights and perspectives on the execution of our business strategy, our operations and other internal matters. Further, as a principal of KBS-affiliated investment advisors and as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and a director of KBS REIT I and KBS REIT II, Mr. Schreiber brings to the board of directors demonstrated management and leadership ability.

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Peter McMillan III is one of our Executive Vice Presidents, our Treasurer and Secretary, and one of our directors, positions he has held since January 2010. He is also an Executive Vice President, the Treasurer and Secretary and a director of KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II and KBS Growth & Income REIT, positions he has held for these entities since June 2005, August 2007 and January 2015, respectively. He is President, Chairman of the Board and a director of KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT and KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, positions he has held for these entities since December 2008 and February 2013, respectively. He is also an Executive Vice President of KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, which position he has held since August 2009. In addition, Mr. McMillan is a sponsor of our company and is a sponsor of KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II and KBS Growth & Income REIT, which were formed in 2009, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013 and 2014, respectively. Mr. McMillan owns and controls a 50% interest in GKP Holding LLC. GKP Holding owns a 33 1/3% interest in KBS Holdings LLC, which is the sole owner of our advisor and our dealer manager. All four of our sponsors, Messrs. Bren, Hall, McMillan and Schreiber, actively participate in the management and operations of our advisor. Mr. McMillan is a member of the investment committee formed by KBS Capital Advisors to evaluate and recommend new investment opportunities for us.
Mr. McMillan is a Partner and co-owner of Temescal Canyon Partners LP, an investment advisor formed in 2013 to manage a multi-strategy hedge fund on behalf of investors. Mr. McMillan is also a co-founder and the Managing Partner of Willowbrook Capital Group, LLC which, from August 2003 until December 2012, was an asset management company. Prior to forming Willowbrook in 2000, Mr. McMillan served as an Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of SunAmerica Investments, Inc., which was later acquired by AIG. As Chief Investment Officer, he was responsible for over $75.0 billion in assets, including residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, public and private investment grade and non-investment grade corporate bonds and commercial mortgage loans and real estate investments. Before joining SunAmerica in 1989, he served as Assistant Vice President for Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company with responsibility for the company’s $6.0 billion fixed income portfolios. Mr. McMillan received his Master of Business Administration in Finance from the Wharton Graduate School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and his Bachelor of Arts Degree with honors in Economics from Clark University. Mr. McMillan is a member of the Board of Trustees of Metropolitan West Funds and TCW Mutual Funds and is a former director of Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.
The board of directors has concluded that Mr. McMillan is qualified to serve as one of our directors for reasons including his expertise in real estate finance and with real estate-related investments. With over 32 years of experience investing in and managing real estate-related debt investments, Mr. McMillan offers insights and perspective with respect to our real estate-related investment portfolio as well as our real estate portfolio. As one of our executive officers and a principal of our advisor, Mr. McMillan is also able to direct the board of directors to the critical issues facing our company. Further, his experiences as a director of KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II and KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, as a member of the Board of Trustees of Metropolitan West Funds and TCW Mutual Funds, and as a former director of Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc., provide him with an understanding of the requirements of serving on a public company board.
Keith D. Hall is one of our Executive Vice Presidents, a position he has held since January 2010. He is an Executive Vice President of KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II and KBS Growth & Income REIT, positions he has held for these entities since June 2005, August 2007 and January 2015, respectively. He is also the Chief Executive Officer and a director of KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, positions he has held since December 2008 and October 2008, respectively, and is the Chief Executive Officer and a director of KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, positions he has held since February 2013. In addition, Mr. Hall is a sponsor of our company and is a sponsor of KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II and KBS Growth & Income REIT, which were formed in 2009, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013 and 2014, respectively. Mr. Hall owns and controls a 50% interest in GKP Holding LLC. GKP Holding owns a 33 1/3% interest in KBS Holdings LLC, which is the sole owner of our advisor and our dealer manager. All four of our sponsors, Messrs. Bren, Hall, McMillan and Schreiber, actively participate in the management and operations of our advisor. Mr. Hall is a member of the investment committee formed by KBS Capital Advisors to evaluate and recommend new investment opportunities for us.
Mr. Hall is a co-founder of Willowbrook Capital Group, LLC which, from August 2003 until December 2012, was an asset management company. Prior to forming Willowbrook in 2000, Mr. Hall was a Managing Director at CS First Boston, where he managed the distribution strategy and business development for the Principal Transaction Group’s $18.0 billion real estate securities portfolio. Mr. Hall’s two primary business unit responsibilities were Mezzanine Lending and Commercial Real Estate Development. Before joining CS First Boston in 1996, he served as a Director in the Real Estate Products Group at Nomura Securities, with responsibility for the company’s $6.0 billion annual pipeline of fixed-income, commercial mortgage-backed securities. During the 1980s, Mr. Hall was a Senior Vice President in the High Yield Department of Drexel Burnham Lambert’s Beverly Hills office, where he was responsible for distribution of the group’s high-yield real estate securities. Mr. Hall received a Bachelors of Arts Degree with honors in Finance from California State University, Sacramento.

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David E. Snyder is our Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since January 2010. He is the Chief Financial Officer of our advisor, KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II and KBS Growth & Income REIT, positions he has held for these entities since November 2008, December 2008, December 2008 and January 2015, respectively. He is also the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT and KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, positions he has held for these entities since December 2008, August 2009 and February 2013, respectively. Mr. Snyder is a member of the investment committee formed by KBS Capital Advisors to evaluate and recommend new investment opportunities for us.
From January 1998 to May 2008, Mr. Snyder worked for Nationwide Health Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust specializing in healthcare related property. He served as the Vice President and Controller from July 2005 to February 2008 and Controller from January 1998 to July 2005. At Nationwide Health Properties, Mr. Snyder was responsible for internal and external financial reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, budgeting, debt compliance, negotiation and documentation of debt and equity financing and the negotiation of acquisition and leasing documentation. In addition, Mr. Snyder was part of the senior management team that approved investments, determined appropriate financing and developed strategic goals and plans. As part of his investment and financing responsibilities, Mr. Snyder participated in the origination, modification and refinancing of: mortgage loans made to customers, mortgages obtained on real estate and unsecured credit facilities.
Mr. Snyder was an adjunct accounting professor at Biola University from 1998 to 2005, teaching courses in auditing and accounting. He was the director of financial reporting at Regency Health Services, Inc., a skilled nursing provider, from November 1996 to December 1997. From October 1993 to October 1996, Mr. Snyder worked for Arthur Andersen LLP. Mr. Snyder received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting from Biola University in La Mirada, California. Mr. Snyder is a Certified Public Accountant (California).
Stacie K. Yamane is our Chief Accounting Officer, a position she has held since January 2010. Ms. Yamane is also the Chief Accounting Officer, Portfolio Accounting of our advisor and Chief Accounting Officer of KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II and KBS Growth & Income REIT, positions she has held for these entities since October 2008, October 2008, October 2008, August 2009, August 2009, February 2013 and January 2015, respectively. From July 2007 to December 2008, Ms. Yamane served as the Chief Financial Officer of KBS REIT II and from July 2007 to October 2008 she served as Controller of KBS REIT II; from October 2004 to October 2008, Ms. Yamane served as Fund Controller of our advisor; from June 2005 to December 2008, she served as Chief Financial Officer of KBS REIT I and from June 2005 to October 2008 she served as Controller of KBS REIT I.
Ms. Yamane also serves as Senior Vice President/Controller, Portfolio Accounting for KBS Realty Advisors LLC, a position she has held since 2004. She served as a Vice President/Portfolio Accounting with KBS-affiliated investment advisors from 1995 to 2004. At KBS Realty Advisors, Ms. Yamane is responsible for client accounting/reporting for two real estate portfolios. These portfolios consist of industrial, office and retail properties as well as land parcels. Ms. Yamane works closely with portfolio managers, asset managers, property managers and clients to ensure the completion of timely and accurate accounting, budgeting and financial reporting. In addition, she assists in the supervision and management of KBS Realty Advisors’ accounting department.
Prior to joining an affiliate of KBS Realty Advisors in 1995, Ms. Yamane was an audit manager at Kenneth Leventhal & Company, a CPA firm specializing in real estate. During her eight years at Kenneth Leventhal & Company, Ms. Yamane performed or supervised a variety of auditing, accounting and consulting engagements including the audit of financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP, as well as financial statements presented on a cash and tax basis, the valuation of asset portfolios and the review and analysis of internal control systems. Her experiences with various KBS-affiliated entities and Kenneth Leventhal & Company give her over 27 years of real estate experience.
Ms. Yamane received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration with a dual concentration in Accounting and Management Information Systems from California State University, Fullerton. She is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive California).
 

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Hank Adler is one of our independent directors and is the chair of the audit committee, positions he has held since September 2010. Professor Adler is also an independent director and chair of the audit committee of KBS REIT I and KBS REIT II, positions he has held for these entities since June 2005 and March 2008, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Chapman University. Prior to his retirement from Deloitte & Touche, LLP in 2003, Professor Adler was a partner with that firm where he had been employed for over 30 years. He specialized in tax accounting and served as client service and tax partner for a variety of public and private companies. He received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles. Professor Adler currently serves on the board of directors, on the nominating committee and as chairman of the audit committee of Corinthian Colleges, Inc., and he formerly served on the board of directors and on the finance committee of Healthy Smiles for Kids of Orange County, a California non-profit entity. From 1998 to 2007, he also chaired the Toshiba Senior Classic charity event, a PGA Senior Tour championship event. From 1994 to 2006, he served on the board of directors of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian. In the 1990s, he served on the board of trustees and as President of the Irvine Unified School District. Professor Adler is a Certified Public Accountant (California).
The board of directors has concluded that Professor Adler is qualified to serve as an independent director and as the chair of the audit committee for reasons including his extensive experience in public accounting. With over 30 years at one of the big four accounting firms, Professor Adler brings to the board of directors critical insights into and an understanding of the accounting principles and financial reporting rules and regulations affecting our company. His expertise in evaluating the financial and operational results of public companies and overseeing the financial reporting process makes him a valuable director and chair of the audit committee. In addition, as a director and chair of the audit committee of KBS REIT I and KBS REIT II, as a director of Corinthian Colleges, Inc., and as a former director of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and of Healthy Smiles for Kids of Orange County, Professor Adler is well aware of the corporate governance and regulatory issues facing various types of companies.
Barbara R. Cambon is one of our independent directors and is the chair of the conflicts committee, positions she has held since September 2010. Ms. Cambon is also an independent director and chair of the conflicts committee of KBS REIT I and KBS REIT II, positions she has held for these entities since June 2005 and March 2008, respectively. From April 2009 to December 2010, she served as Chief Operating Officer of Premium One Asset Management LLC, a company whose business focuses on providing investment management services to investors. From October 2003 to October 2009, she also served as a Managing Member of Snowcreek Management LLC, a real estate asset management company whose business activities focus on residential development projects for institutional investors. As Managing Member, Ms. Cambon provided asset management services to an institutional partnership investment in residential real estate development. She has been involved in the real estate investment business for 32 years, principally working with institutional capital sources and investment programs. From November 1999 until October 2002, she served as a Principal of Los Angeles-based Colony Capital, LLC, a private real estate investment firm, and from April 2000 until October 2002, she also served as its Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Colony Capital in 1999, Ms. Cambon was President and founder of Institutional Property Consultants, Inc., a real estate consulting company. She is a past director and chairman of the board of the Pension Real Estate Association and past director of the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries. Ms. Cambon serves on the board of directors of Amstar Advisers and on the University of San Diego Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate’s Policy Advisory Board. Ms. Cambon previously served on the board of directors of Neighborhood National Bancorp and BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. Ms. Cambon received a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from the University of Delaware.
The board of directors has concluded that Ms. Cambon is qualified to serve as an independent director and as the chair of the conflicts committee for reasons including her expertise in real estate investment and management. Ms. Cambon’s 32 years of experience investing in, managing and disposing of real estate on behalf of investors give her a wealth of knowledge and experiences from which to draw in advising our company. As former Managing Member of her own real estate asset management company, Ms. Cambon is acutely aware of the operational challenges facing companies such as ours. Further, her service as a director and chair of the conflicts committee of KBS REIT I and KBS REIT II, both public REITs, as a director of Amstar Advisers and as a former director of Neighborhood National Bancorp and BioMed Realty Trust, Inc., gives her additional perspective and insight into large public companies such as ours.
 

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Stuart A. Gabriel, Ph.D. is one of our independent directors, a position he has held since September 2010. Professor Gabriel is also an independent director of KBS REIT I and KBS REIT II, positions he has held for these entities since June 2005 and March 2008, respectively. Since June 2007, Professor Gabriel has served as Director of the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate and Professor of Finance and Arden Realty Chair at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Prior to joining UCLA he was Director and Lusk Chair in Real Estate at the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, a position he held from 1999 to 2007. Professor Gabriel also served as Professor of Finance and Business Economics in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, a position he held from 1990 to 2007. He received a number of awards at UCLA and USC for outstanding graduate teaching. In 2004, he was elected President of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association. Professor Gabriel serves on the editorial boards of seven academic journals. He is also a Fellow of the Homer Hoyt Institute for Advanced Real Estate Studies. Professor Gabriel has published extensively on the topics of real estate finance and urban and regional economics. His teaching and academic research experience include analysis of real estate and real estate capital markets performance as well as structured finance products, including credit default swaps, commercial mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations. Professor Gabriel serves as a consultant to numerous corporate and governmental entities. From 1986 through 1990, Professor Gabriel served on the economics staff of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. He also has been a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Professor Gabriel holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
The board of directors has concluded that Professor Gabriel is qualified to serve as an independent director for reasons including his extensive knowledge and understanding of the real estate and finance markets and real estate finance products. As a professor of real estate finance and economics, Professor Gabriel brings unique perspective to the board of directors. His years of research and analysis of the real estate and finance markets make Professor Gabriel well-positioned to advise us with respect to our investment and financing strategy. This expertise also makes him an invaluable resource for assessing and managing risks facing our company. Through his experience as a director of KBS REIT I and KBS REIT II, he also has an understanding of the requirements of serving on a public company board.
The Audit Committee
Our board of directors has established an audit committee. The audit committee’s function is to assist our board of directors in fulfilling its responsibilities by overseeing (i) our accounting and financial reporting processes, (ii) the integrity of our financial statements, (iii) our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, (iv) the independent auditors’ qualifications, performance and independence, and (v) the performance of our internal audit function. The members of the audit committee are Hank Adler (chairman), Barbara R. Cambon and Stuart A. Gabriel, Ph.D. All of the members of the audit committee are “independent” as defined by the New York Stock Exchange. All members of the audit committee have significant financial and/or accounting experience, and our board of directors has determined that Professor Adler satisfies the SEC’s requirements for an “audit committee financial expert.”
Code of Conduct and Ethics
We have adopted a Code of Conduct and Ethics that applies to all of our executive officers and directors, including but not limited to, our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. Our Code of Conduct and Ethics can be found at http://www.kbsreitiii.com.
ITEM 11.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Compensation of Executive Officers
Our conflicts committee, which is composed of all of our independent directors, discharges our board of directors’ responsibilities relating to the compensation of our executives. However, we currently do not have any paid employees and our executive officers do not receive compensation directly from us for services rendered to us. Our executive officers are officers and/or employees of, or hold an indirect ownership interest in, our advisor, and/or its affiliates, and our executive officers are compensated by these entities, in part, for their services to us. See Part III, Item 13, “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence - Certain Transactions with Related Persons” for a discussion of the fees paid to our advisor and its affiliates.
Compensation of Directors
If a director is also one of our executive officers, we do not pay any compensation to that person for services rendered as a director. The amount and form of compensation payable to our independent directors for their service to us is determined by our conflicts committee, based upon recommendations from our advisor. Four of our executive officers, Messrs. Bren, Hall, McMillan and Schreiber, manage and control our advisor, and through our advisor, they are involved in recommending and setting the compensation to be paid to our independent directors.

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We have provided below certain information regarding compensation earned by or paid to our directors during fiscal year 2014.
Name
 
Fees Earned or Paid in Cash in 2014 (1)
 
All Other Compensation
 
Total
Hank Adler
 
$
115,837

 
$
—

 
$
115,837

Barbara R. Cambon
 
121,837

 
—

 
121,837

Stuart A. Gabriel, Ph.D.
 
108,837

 
—

 
108,837

Peter McMillan III (2)
 
—

 
—

 
—

Charles J. Schreiber, Jr. (2)
 
—

 
—

 
—

_____________________
(1) Fees Earned or Paid in Cash in 2014 include meeting fees earned in: (i) 2013 but paid or reimbursed in the first quarter of 2014 as follows: Professor Adler $7,337, Ms. Cambon $7,337, and Professor Gabriel $7,337; and (ii) 2014 and paid or to be paid in 2015 as follows: Professor Adler $19,337, Ms. Cambon $15,337, and Professor Gabriel $15,337.
(2) Directors who are also our executive officers do not receive compensation for services rendered as a director.
Cash Compensation
We compensate each of our independent directors with an annual retainer of $40,000. In addition, we pay our independent directors for attending board and audit or conflicts committee meetings as follows:
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$2,500 for each board meeting attended;
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$2,500 for each audit or conflicts committee meeting attended (except that the committee chairman is paid $3,000 for each audit or conflicts committee meeting attended);
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$2,000 for each teleconference board meeting attended; and
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$2,000 for each teleconference audit or conflicts committee meeting attended (except that the committee chairman is paid $3,000 for each teleconference audit or conflicts committee meeting attended).
All of our directors receive reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of our board of directors.
ITEM 12.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Stock Ownership
The following table shows, as of March 9, 2015, the amount of our common stock beneficially owned (unless otherwise indicated) by (1) any person who is known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, (2) our directors, (3) our executive officers, and (4) all of our directors and executive officers as a group.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)
 
Amount and Nature
of Beneficial
Ownership (2)
 
Percentage of all Outstanding Shares
KBS Capital Advisors LLC
 
20,000 (3)
 
*
Peter M. Bren, President
 
20,000 (3)
 
*
Keith D. Hall, Executive Vice President
 
20,000 (3)
 
*
Peter McMillan III, Executive Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Director
 
20,000 (3)
 
*
Charles J. Schreiber, Jr., Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director
 
20,000 (3)
 
*
David E. Snyder, Chief Financial Officer
 
—
 
—
Stacie K. Yamane, Chief Accounting Officer
 
—
 
—
Hank Adler, Independent Director
 
—
 
—
Barbara R. Cambon, Independent Director
 
—
 
—
Stuart A. Gabriel, Ph.D., Independent Director
 
—
 
—
All officers and directors as a group
 
20,000 (3)
 
*
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* Less than 1% of the outstanding common stock.
(1) The address of each named beneficial owner is 800 Newport Center Drive, Suite 700, Newport Beach, California 92660.
(2) None of the shares is pledged as security.
(3) Includes 20,000 shares owned by KBS Capital Advisors, which is indirectly owned and controlled by Peter M. Bren, Keith D. Hall, Peter McMillan III and Charles J. Schreiber, Jr.

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ITEM 13.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Director Independence
Although our shares are not listed for trading on any national securities exchange, a majority of our directors, and all of the members of the audit committee and the conflicts committee, are “independent” as defined by the New York Stock Exchange. Our board of directors has affirmatively determined that Hank Adler, Barbara R. Cambon and Stuart A. Gabriel, Ph.D. each satisfies the New York Stock Exchange independence standards. In determining that Professor Gabriel is independent under the New York Stock Exchange independence standards, our board of directors considered that Mr. Bren, one of our executive officers and sponsors, is a founding member of the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, that Professor Gabriel is a Director of the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate and Professor of Finance and Arden Realty Chair at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and that in March 2012, Mr. Bren pledged a gift of $1.25 million to the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. The contribution by Peter M. Bren would be made over five years in the amount of $250,000 per year. Because this contribution is to a tax exempt entity and the contribution will not exceed $250,000 in any year, our board of directors determined that this contribution was not material and Professor Gabriel met the New York Stock Exchange independence standards. All of our independent directors also serve as independent directors of KBS REIT I and KBS REIT II. None of these directors has ever served as (or is related to) an employee of ours or any of our predecessors or acquired companies or received or earned any compensation from us or any such entities except for compensation directly related to service as a director of us. Therefore, we believe that all of these directors are independent directors.
Our Policy Regarding Transactions with Related Persons
Our charter requires the conflicts committee to review and approve all transactions between us and our advisor, any of our officers or directors or any of their affiliates. Prior to entering into a transaction with a related party, a majority of the conflicts committee must conclude that the transaction is fair and reasonable to us and on terms and conditions not less favorable to us than those available from unaffiliated third parties. In addition, our Code of Conduct and Ethics lists examples of types of transactions with related parties that would create prohibited conflicts of interest and requires our officers and directors to be conscientious of actual and potential conflicts of interest with respect to our interests and to seek to avoid such conflicts or handle such conflicts in an ethical manner at all times consistent with applicable law. Our executive officers and directors are required to report potential and actual conflicts to the Chief Compliance Officer, currently our Chief Financial Officer, via the Ethics Hotline, to an internal audit representative or directly to the audit committee chair, as appropriate.
Certain Transactions with Related Persons
As described further below, we have entered into agreements with certain affiliates pursuant to which they provide services to us. Peter M. Bren, Keith D. Hall, Peter McMillan III and Charles J. Schreiber, Jr. control and indirectly own our advisor, KBS Capital Advisors LLC, and the dealer manager of our public offering, KBS Capital Markets Group LLC. We refer to these individuals as our sponsors. They are also some of our executive officers. All four of our sponsors actively participate in the management and operations of our advisor. Our advisor has three managers: an entity owned and controlled by Mr. Bren; an entity owned and controlled by Messrs. Hall and McMillan; and an entity owned and controlled by Mr. Schreiber.

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Our Relationship with KBS Capital Advisors. Our advisor provides day-to-day management of our business. Among the services provided by our advisor under the terms of the advisory agreement are the following:
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finding, presenting and recommending to us real estate and real estate-related investment opportunities consistent with our investment policies and objectives;
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structuring the terms and conditions of our investments, sales and joint ventures;
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acquiring properties and other investments on our behalf in compliance with our investment objectives and policies;
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sourcing and structuring our loan originations and acquisitions;
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arranging for financing and refinancing of our properties and our other investments;
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entering into leases and service contracts for our properties;
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supervising and evaluating each property manager’s performance;
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reviewing and analyzing the properties’ operating and capital budgets;
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assisting us in obtaining insurance;
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generating an annual budget for us;
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reviewing and analyzing financial information for each of our assets and our overall portfolio;
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formulating and overseeing the implementation of strategies for the administration, promotion, management, operation, maintenance, improvement, financing and refinancing, marketing, leasing and disposition of our properties and other investments;
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performing investor-relations services;
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maintaining our accounting and other records and assisting us in filing all reports required to be filed with the SEC, the IRS and other regulatory agencies;
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engaging in and supervising the performance of our agents, including our registrar and transfer agent; and
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performing any other services reasonably requested by us.
Our advisor is subject to the supervision of our board of directors and only has such authority as we may delegate to it as our agent. Our advisory agreement has a one-year term expiring September 27, 2015, subject to an unlimited number of successive one-year renewals upon the mutual consent of the parties. From January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 and from January 1, 2014 through the most recent date practicable, which was January 31, 2015, we compensated our advisor as set forth below.
Our advisor or its affiliates have paid, and may pay in the future, some of our organization and other offering costs (other than selling commissions and dealer manager fees) incurred in connection with our ongoing initial public offering, including our legal, accounting, printing, mailing and filing fees. We reimburse our advisor for such costs up to an amount that, when combined with selling commissions, dealer manager fees and all other amounts spent by us on organization and offering expenses, does not exceed 15% of the aggregate gross proceeds of our primary initial public offering and the offering under our dividend reinvestment plan as of the date of reimbursement. However, at the termination of our primary initial public offering and at the termination of the offering under our dividend reinvestment plan, our advisor has agreed to reimburse us to the extent that selling commissions, dealer manager fees and other organization and offering expenses incurred by us exceed 15% of the gross offering proceeds. In addition, at the end of our primary initial public offering and again at the end of the offering under our dividend reinvestment plan, our advisor has agreed to reimburse us to the extent that organization and offering expenses, excluding underwriting compensation (which includes selling commissions, dealer manager fees and any other items viewed as underwriting compensation by FINRA) exceed 2% of the gross offering proceeds. From January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, our advisor incurred approximately $2.7 million of organization and offering expenses on our behalf related to our ongoing initial public offering and from January 1, 2014 through January 31, 2015, our advisor incurred approximately $3.9 million of organization and offering expenses on our behalf related to our ongoing initial public offering, of which $0.2 million was outstanding as of January 31, 2015.
We incur acquisition and origination fees payable to our advisor equal to 1.0% of the cost of investments acquired by us, or the amount to be funded by us to acquire or originate loans, including acquisition and origination expenses and any debt attributable to such investments. Acquisition and origination fees relate to services provided in connection with the selection and acquisition or origination of real estate investments. Acquisition fees from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 totaled approximately $9.4 million and acquisition fees from January 1, 2014 through January 31, 2015 totaled approximately $10.4 million, all of which we had paid as of January 31, 2015. We did not originate or purchase any loans from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 and January 1, 2014 through January 31, 2015.

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In addition to acquisition and origination fees, we reimburse our advisor for customary acquisition and origination expenses, whether or not we ultimately acquire the asset. From January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, our advisor and its affiliates did not incur any such costs on our behalf. From January 1, 2014 through January 31, 2015, our advisor and its affiliates did not incur any such costs on our behalf.
For asset management services, we pay our advisor a monthly fee. With respect to investments in real property, the asset management fee is a monthly fee equal to one-twelfth of 0.75% of the amount paid or allocated to acquire the investment, plus the cost of any subsequent development, construction or improvements to the property. This amount includes any portion of the investment that was debt financed and is inclusive of acquisition expenses related thereto (but excludes acquisition fees paid or payable to our advisor). In the case of investments made through joint ventures, the asset management fee will be determined based on our proportionate share of the underlying investment (but excluding acquisition fees paid or payable to our advisor). With respect to investments in loans and any investments other than real property, the asset management fee is a monthly fee calculated, each month, as one-twelfth of 0.75% of the lesser of (i) the amount actually paid or allocated to acquire or fund the loan or other investment (which amount includes any portion of the investment that was debt financed and is inclusive of acquisition or origination expenses related thereto, but is exclusive of acquisition or origination fees paid or payable to our advisor) and (ii) the outstanding principal amount of such loan or other investment, plus the acquisition or origination expenses related to the acquisition or funding of such investment (excluding the acquisition or origination fees paid or payable to our advisor), as of the time of calculation. However, with respect to asset management fees accruing from March 1, 2014, our advisor had agreed to defer, without interest, our obligation to pay asset management fees for any month in which our MFFO for such month, excluding asset management fees, does not exceed the amount of distributions declared by us for record dates of that month. We remain obligated to pay our advisor an asset management fee in any month in which an MFFO surplus is created; however, any amount of such asset management fee in excess of the MFFO Surplus will also be deferred under the advisory agreement. If the MFFO Surplus for any month exceeds the amount of the asset management fee payable for such month, any remaining MFFO Surplus will be applied to pay any asset management fee amounts previously deferred in accordance with the advisory agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any and all deferred asset management fees that are unpaid will become immediately due and payable at such time as our stockholders have received, together as a collective group, aggregate distributions (including distributions that may constitute a return of capital for federal income tax purposes) sufficient to provide (i) the Stockholders’ 8% Return and (ii) a return of their net invested capital, or the amount calculated by multiplying the total number of shares purchased by stockholders by the issue price, reduced by any amounts to repurchase shares pursuant to our share redemption program. The Stockholders’ 8% Return is not based on the return provided to any individual stockholder. Accordingly, it is not necessary for each of our stockholders to have received any minimum return in order for our advisor to receive deferred asset management fees.
From January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, our asset management fees totaled $4.7 million, all of which have been paid. From January 1, 2014 through January 31, 2015, our asset management fees totaled $13.0 million, and as of January 31, 2015, we had accrued and deferred payment of $4.9 million of these asset management fees under the advisory agreement, as we believe the payment of this amount to our advisor is probable. These fees will be reimbursed in accordance with the terms noted above.
Under our advisory agreement our advisor and its affiliates have the right to seek reimbursement from us for all costs and expenses they incur in connection with their provision of services to us, including our allocable share of our advisor’s overhead, such as rent, employee costs, utilities and information technology costs. Our advisor may seek reimbursement for employee costs under the advisory agreement. At this time, our advisor only expects to seek reimbursement for our allocable portion of the salaries, benefits and overhead of internal audit department personnel providing services to us. In the future, if our advisor seeks reimbursement for additional employee costs, such costs may include our proportionate share of the salaries of persons involved in the preparation of documents to meet SEC reporting requirements. We do not reimburse our advisor or its affiliates for employee costs in connection with services for which our advisor earns acquisition or origination fees or disposition fees (other than reimbursement of travel and communication expenses) or for the salaries and benefits our advisor or its affiliates may pay to our executive officers. From January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, we had reimbursed our advisor for $0.1 million of operating expenses, including $0.1 million of employee costs. From January 1, 2014 through January 31, 2015, we had reimbursed our advisor for $0.2 million of operating expenses, including $0.1 million of employee costs.

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For substantial assistance in connection with the sale of properties or other investments, we pay our advisor or one of its affiliates 1.0% of the contract sales price of each property or other investment sold; provided, however, that if, in connection with such disposition, commissions are paid to third parties unaffiliated with our advisor or one of its affiliates, the fee paid to our advisor or one of its affiliates may not exceed the commissions paid to such unaffiliated third parties, and provided further that the aggregate disposition fees paid to our advisor or one of its affiliates and unaffiliated third parties may not exceed 6.0% of the contract sales price. We will not pay a disposition fee upon the maturity, prepayment or workout of a loan or other debt-related investment, provided that if we take ownership of a property as a result of a workout or foreclosure of a loan, we will pay a disposition fee upon the sale of such property. From January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 and from January 1, 2014 through January 31, 2015, we did not pay any disposition fees.
On January 6, 2014, we, together with KBS REIT I, KBS REIT II, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, our dealer manager, our advisor and other KBS-affiliated entities, entered into an errors and omissions and directors and officers liability insurance program where the lower tiers of such insurance coverage are shared. The cost of these lower tiers is allocated by our advisor and its insurance broker among each of the various entities covered by the program, and is billed directly to each entity. The allocation of these shared coverage costs is proportionate to the pricing by the insurance marketplace for the first tiers of directors and officers liability coverage purchased individually by each REIT. Our advisor’s and our dealer manager’s portion of the shared lower tiers’ cost is proportionate to the respective entities’ prior cost for the errors and omissions insurance.
In connection with our initial public offering, our sponsors agreed to provide additional indemnification to one of the participating broker-dealers. We agreed to add supplemental coverage to our directors’ and officers’ insurance coverage to insure our sponsors’ obligations under this indemnification agreement in exchange for reimbursement to us by our sponsors for all costs, expenses and premiums related to this supplemental coverage, which does not dilute the directors and officers liability insurance coverage for the KBS entities. From January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, our advisor had incurred $19,000 for the costs of the supplemental coverage obtained by us and from January 1, 2014 through January 31, 2015, our advisor had incurred $88,000 for the costs of the supplemental coverage obtained by us, all of which had been paid to the insurer or reimbursed to us as of January 31, 2015.
Our Relationship with KBS Capital Markets Group. On October 26, 2010, upon the launch of our initial public offering, we entered into the dealer manager agreement with our dealer manager. Pursuant to the agreement, our dealer manager is entitled to receive selling commissions and dealer manager fees of up to 9.5% of the gross proceeds of our primary initial public offering (no selling commissions or dealer manager fees are payable with respect to sales under the dividend reinvestment plan). All or a portion of the selling commissions are not charged with regard to shares sold to certain categories of purchasers. A reduced dealer manager fee is payable with respect to certain volume discount sales. Our dealer manager reallows 100% of selling commissions to broker-dealers participating in our initial public offering. From its dealer manager fee, our dealer manager may reallow to any participating broker-dealer up to 1.0% of the gross offering proceeds attributable to that participating broker-dealer as a marketing fee (in special cases, the dealer manager has the option to increase the amount of this reallowance). From January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, we incurred selling commissions of $23.3 million, all of which had been paid as of December 31, 2013 and all of which was reallowed by our dealer manager to participating broker-dealers. From January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, we incurred dealer manager fees of $11.3 million, all of which had been paid as of December 31, 2013 and $4.7 million of which was reallowed by our dealer manager to participating broker-dealers. From January 1, 2014 through January 31, 2015, we incurred selling commissions of $38.1 million, all of which had been paid as of January 31, 2015 and all of which was reallowed by our dealer manager to participating broker-dealers. From January 1, 2014 through January 31, 2015, we incurred dealer manager fees of $18.4 million, all of which had been paid as of January 31, 2015 and $7.0 million of which was reallowed by our dealer manager to participating broker-dealers.

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In addition to selling commissions and dealer manager fees, we are also obligated to reimburse our dealer manager and its affiliates for certain offering related expenses that they incur on our behalf. These expenses include, among others, the cost of bona fide training and education meetings held by us (primarily the travel, meal and lodging costs of registered representatives of broker-dealers), attendance and sponsorship fees and travel, meal and lodging costs for registered persons associated with our dealer manager and officers and employees of our affiliates to attend retail seminars conducted by broker-dealers and, in special cases, reimbursement to participating broker-dealers for technology costs associated with our public offering, costs and expenses related to such technology costs, and costs and expenses associated with the facilitation of the marketing of our shares by such broker-dealers and the ownership of our shares by such broker-dealers’ customers. We reimburse our dealer manager for such underwriting compensation as discussed in the prospectus for our initial public offering, provided that within 30 days after the end of the month in which our primary initial public offering terminates, our dealer manager must reimburse us to the extent that our reimbursements cause total underwriting compensation for our primary initial public offering to exceed 10% of the gross offering proceeds from the offering. We also directly pay or reimburse our dealer manager for bona fide invoiced due diligence expenses of broker-dealers. However, no reimbursements made by us to our dealer manager or our advisor may cause total organization and offering expenses incurred by us (including selling commissions, dealer manager fees and all other items of organization and offering expenses) to exceed 15% of the aggregate gross proceeds from our primary initial public offering and the offering under our dividend reinvestment plan as of the date of reimbursement. From January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, our dealer manager sought reimbursement for $2.4 million in expenses and from January 1, 2014 through January 31, 2015, our dealer manager sought reimbursement for $3.2 million in expenses, all of which had been paid as of January 31, 2015.
We have also entered into a fee reimbursement agreement (the “AIP Reimbursement Agreement”) with our dealer manager pursuant to which we agreed to reimburse our dealer manager for certain fees and expenses it incurs for administering our participation in the DTCC Alternative Investment Product Platform with respect to certain accounts of our investors serviced through the platform. From January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, we incurred and paid $27,000 of costs and expenses related to the AIP Reimbursement Agreement. From January 1, 2014 through January 31, 2015, we incurred and paid $0.1 million of costs and expenses related to the AIP Reimbursement Agreement.
Issuance of Common Stock. On October 3, 2014, we issued 129,231 shares of common stock for $9.40 per share (or an aggregate purchase price of $1.2 million) to Jonathan Bren and 129,231 shares of common stock for $9.40 per share (or an aggregate purchase price of $1.2 million) to Christopher Bren. The shares were issued in private transactions exempt from the registration requirements pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. Jonathan Bren and Christopher Bren are the sons of Peter Bren, our President and one of our sponsors. We did not pay selling commissions or dealer manager fees with respect to these sales. The purchase price reflects a $0.987 discount to the $10.39 per share offering price in our initial public offering, reflecting that no selling commissions or dealer manager fees were paid on the sale.
Currently Proposed Transactions. On February 14, 2013, we filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the SEC to register the Follow-on Offering. If we commence the Follow-on Offering, we expect that we will incur, among other fees, acquisition and origination, disposition and asset management fees payable to our advisor related to investments that would be made with the net proceeds of the offering, and selling commissions and dealer manager fees payable to our dealer manager, in connection with services provided to us in relation to the Follow-on Offering. We will also reimburse our advisor and dealer manager for certain offering costs incurred by them and for the provision of certain services to us in connection with the Follow-on Offering. In addition, from inception through January 31, 2015, we had incurred $1.2 million of offering costs related to the Follow-on Offering. Pursuant to the advisory agreement, our advisor would be obligated to reimburse us to the extent offering costs incurred by us in the Follow-on Offering exceed 15% of the gross offering proceeds of the Follow-on Offering. As of January 31, 2015, we had not yet commenced the Follow-on Offering and as such, we recorded $1.2 million of offering costs related to the Follow-on Offering as of January 31, 2015.  As we have not yet commenced the Follow-on Offering, we have not recorded any reimbursements to our dealer manager related to the Follow-on Offering.
There are no currently proposed material transactions with related persons other than those covered by the terms of the agreements described above.
ITEM 14.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
During the year ended December 31, 2014, Ernst & Young LLP served as our independent registered public accounting firm and provided certain tax and other services. Ernst & Young has served as our independent registered public accounting firm since our formation.

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Pre-Approval Policies
In order to ensure that the provision of such services does not impair the auditors’ independence, the audit committee charter imposes a duty on the audit committee to pre-approve all auditing services performed for us by our independent auditors, as well as all permitted non-audit services. In determining whether or not to pre-approve services, the audit committee considers whether the service is a permissible service under the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC. The audit committee may, in its discretion, delegate to one or more of its members the authority to pre-approve any audit or non-audit services to be performed by our independent auditors, provided any such approval is presented to and approved by the full audit committee at its next scheduled meeting.
For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014 all services rendered by Ernst & Young were pre-approved in accordance with the policies and procedures described above.
Principal Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees
The audit committee reviewed the audit and non-audit services performed by Ernst & Young, as well as the fees charged by Ernst & Young for such services. In its review of the non-audit service fees, the audit committee considered whether the provision of such services is compatible with maintaining the independence of Ernst & Young. The aggregate fees billed to us for professional accounting services, including the audit of our annual financial statements by Ernst & Young for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, are set forth in the table below.
 
 
2014
 
2013
Audit fees
 
$
643,965

 
$
583,000

Audit-related fees
 
25,000

 
80,000

Tax fees
 
168,868

 
108,675

All other fees
 
399

 
399

Total
 
$
838,232

 
$
772,074

For purposes of the preceding table, Ernst & Young’s professional fees are classified as follows:
•
Audit fees - These are fees for professional services performed for the audit of our annual financial statements and the required review of quarterly financial statements and other procedures performed by Ernst & Young in order for them to be able to form an opinion on our consolidated financial statements. These fees also cover services that are normally provided by independent auditors in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.
•
Audit-related fees - These are fees for assurance and related services that traditionally are performed by independent auditors that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements, such as due diligence related to acquisitions and dispositions, attestation services that are not required by statute or regulation, internal control reviews and consultation concerning financial accounting and reporting standards.
•
Tax fees - These are fees for all professional services performed by professional staff in our independent auditor’s tax division, except those services related to the audit of our financial statements. These include fees for tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice, including federal, state and local issues. Services may also include assistance with tax audits and appeals before the IRS and similar state and local agencies, as well as federal, state and local tax issues related to due diligence.
•
All other fees - These are fees for any services not included in the above-described categories.

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PART IV
ITEM 15.
EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a)    Financial Statement Schedules
See the Index to Financial Statements at page F-1 of this report.
The following financial statement schedule is included herein at pages F-37 through F-38 of this report:
Schedule III - Real Estate Assets and Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization
(b)    Exhibits
EXHIBIT LIST
Ex.
  
Description
 
 
 
3.1
  
Second Articles of Amendment and Restatement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed January 25, 2011
 
 
 
3.2
  
Amended and Restated Bylaws, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed September 30, 2010
 
 
 
4.1
  
Form of Subscription Agreement, included as Appendix A to prospectus, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed January 6, 2015
 
 
 
4.2
  
Statement regarding restrictions on transferability of shares of common stock (to appear on stock certificate or to be sent upon request and without charge to stockholders issued shares without certificates), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed August 20, 2010
 
 
 
4.3
 
Amended and Restated Dividend Reinvestment Plan, included as Appendix B to prospectus, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed February 6, 2013
 
 
 
4.4
  
Third Amended and Restated Dividend Reinvestment Plan, included as Appendix B to prospectus, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed January 6, 2015
 
 
 
10.1
 
Purchase and Sale Agreement (related to 222 Main), by and between 222 S. Main Investments LLC and KBSIII 222 Main, LLC, dated as of January 31, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.120 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-186685, filed February 13, 2014
 
 
 
10.2
 
Deed of Trust, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing (related to 222 Main), by KBSIII 222 Main, LLC for the benefit of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, dated as of February 27, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.117 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed April 10, 2014
 
 
 
10.3
 
Guaranty of Recourse Obligations (related to 222 Main), by KBS REIT Properties III, LLC for the benefit of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, dated as of February 27, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.118 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed April 10, 2014
 
 
 
10.4
 
Promissory Note (related to 222 Main), by KBSIII 222 Main, LLC for the benefit of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, dated as of February 27, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.119 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed April 10, 2014
 
 
 
10.5
 
Amendment No. 1 to Advisory Agreement, by and between the Company and KBS Capital Advisors, dated as of March 5, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 6, 2014
 
 
 
10.6
 
Amended and Restated Repayment Guaranty (related to the Portfolio Loan), by KBS REIT Properties III, LLC for the benefit of U.S. Bank National Association, dated as of March 10, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.121 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed April 10, 2014

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Ex.
  
Description
 
 
 
10.7
 
Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (related to the Portfolio Loan), by and among KBSIII 155 North 400 West, LLC, KBSIII Domain Gateway, LLC, KBSIII West McEwen Drive, LLC, KBSIII Tower at Lake Carolyn, LLC, KBSIII 201 Spear Street, LLC and U.S. Bank National Association, dated as of March 10, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.122 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed April 10, 2014
 
 
 
10.8
 
Second Amended and Restated Promissory Note (Revolving Loan) (related to the Portfolio Loan), by KBSIII 155 North 400 West, LLC, KBSIII Domain Gateway, LLC, KBSIII West McEwen Drive, LLC, KBSIII Tower at Lake Carolyn, LLC and KBSIII 201 Spear Street, LLC for the benefit of Fifth Third Bank, dated as of March 10, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.123 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed April 10, 2014
 
 
 
10.9
 
Second Amended and Restated Promissory Note (Revolving Loan) (related to the Portfolio Loan), by KBSIII 155 North 400 West, LLC, KBSIII Domain Gateway, LLC, KBSIII West McEwen Drive, LLC, KBSIII Tower at Lake Carolyn, LLC and KBSIII 201 Spear Street, LLC for the benefit of Union Bank, N.A., dated as of March 10, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.124 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed April 10, 2014
 
 
 
10.10
 
Third Amended and Restated Promissory Note (Revolving Loan) (related to the Portfolio Loan), by KBSIII 155 North 400 West, LLC, KBSIII Domain Gateway, LLC, KBSIII West McEwen Drive, LLC, KBSIII Tower at Lake Carolyn, LLC and KBSIII 201 Spear Street, LLC for the benefit of Regions Bank, dated as of March 10, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.125 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed April 10, 2014
 
 
 
10.11
 
Third Amended and Restated Promissory Note (Revolving Loan) (related to the Portfolio Loan), by KBSIII 155 North 400 West, LLC, KBSIII Domain Gateway, LLC, KBSIII West McEwen Drive, LLC, KBSIII Tower at Lake Carolyn, LLC and KBSIII 201 Spear Street, LLC for the benefit of U.S. Bank National Association, dated as of March 10, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.126 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed April 10, 2014
 
 
 
10.12
 
Advisory Agreement, by and between the Company and KBS Capital Advisors LLC, dated as of September 27, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed November 12, 2014
 
 
 
10.13
 
Purchase and Sale Agreement (related to Towers at Emeryville), by and between KBS Capital Advisors LLC and Emeryville Office, L.L.C., dated as of November 14, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed December 11, 2014
 
 
 
10.14
 
First Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement (related to Towers at Emeryville), by and between KBS Capital Advisors LLC and Emeryville Office, L.L.C., dated as of December 3, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed December 11, 2014
 
 
 
10.15
 
Second Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement (related to Towers at Emeryville), by and between KBS Capital Advisors LLC and Emeryville Office, L.L.C., dated as of December 5, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed December 11, 2014
 
 
 
10.16
 
Third Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement (related to Towers at Emeryville), by and between KBS Capital Advisors LLC and Emeryville Office, L.L.C., dated as of December 8, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed December 11, 2014
 
 
 
10.17
 
Assignment and Assumption of Purchase Agreement (related to Towers at Emeryville), by and between KBSIII Towers at Emeryville, LLC and KBS Capital Advisors LLC, dated as of December 8, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed December 11, 2014
 
 
 
10.18
 
Fourth Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement (related to Towers at Emeryville), by and between KBSIII Towers at Emeryville, LLC and Emeryville Office, L.L.C., dated as of December 9, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, Commission File No. 333-164703, filed December 11, 2014
 
 
 
10.19
 
Guaranty Agreement (related to Towers at Emeryville), by KBS REIT Properties III, LLC for the benefit of Bank of America, N.A., dated as of December 23, 2014
 
 
 
10.20
 
Promissory Note (related to Towers at Emeryville), by KBSIII Towers at Emeryville, LLC for the benefit of Bank of America, N.A., dated as of December 23, 2014
 
 
 

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Ex.
  
Description
 
 
 
10.21
 
Loan Agreement (related to Towers at Emeryville), by and between KBSIII Towers at Emeryville, LLC and Bank of America, N.A., dated as of December 23, 2014
 
 
 
10.22
 
Deed of Trust, Assignment, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing (related to Towers at Emeryville), by KBSIII Towers at Emeryville, LLC for the benefit of Bank of America, N.A., dated as of December 23, 2014
 
 
 
21.1
 
Subsidiaries of the Company
 
 
 
31.1
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
31.2
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
32.1
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
32.2
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 
 
99.1
 
Second Amended and Restated Share Redemption Program, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 8, 2013
 
 
 
99.2
 
Third Amended and Restated Share Redemption Program, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 7, 2014
 
 
 
101.INS
 
XBRL Instance Document
 
 
 
101.SCH
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
 
 
 
101.CAL
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
 
 
 
101.DEF
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
 
 
 
101.LAB
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
 
 
 
101.PRE
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase


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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.
  





F-1

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of
KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2014. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule in Item 15(a), Schedule III-Real Estate Assets and Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization. These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc. at December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2014, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the financial statement schedule referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.


/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Irvine, California
March 9, 2015



F-2

KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
 
 
December 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Real estate:
 
 
 
 
Land
 
$
292,228

 
$
172,658

Buildings and improvements
 
1,794,464

 
944,440

Tenant origination and absorption costs
 
221,169

 
123,830

Total real estate held for investment, cost
 
2,307,861

 
1,240,928

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
 
(110,781
)
 
(42,044
)
Total real estate held for investment, net
 
2,197,080

 
1,198,884

Real estate held for sale, net
 
—

 
31,245

Total real estate, net
 
2,197,080

 
1,230,129

Real estate loan receivable, net
 
20,010

 
17,190

Cash and cash equivalents
 
99,135

 
33,189

Rents and other receivables, net
 
20,763

 
8,370

Above-market leases, net
 
13,744

 
7,602

Assets related to real estate held for sale
 
—

 
1,027

Deferred financing costs, prepaid expenses and other assets
 
35,703

 
13,887

Total assets
 
$
2,386,435

 
$
1,311,394

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 
 
 
 
Notes payable
 
 
 
 
Notes payable
 
$
1,322,898

 
$
700,022

Notes payable related to real estate held for sale
 
—

 
30,668

Total notes payable
 
1,322,898

 
730,690

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
 
35,167

 
24,783

Due to affiliates
 
3,554

 
57

Distributions payable
 
6,613

 
3,587

Below-market leases, net
 
32,745

 
27,120

Liabilities related to real estate held for sale
 
—

 
210

Other liabilities
 
23,033

 
9,716

Total liabilities
 
1,424,010

 
796,163

Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)
 


 


Redeemable common stock
 
29,329

 
12,414

KBS REIT III, Inc. stockholders’ equity
 
 
 
 
Preferred stock, $.01 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding
 
—

 
—

Common stock, $.01 par value; 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 123,426,546 and 66,430,888 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively
 
1,234

 
664

Additional paid-in capital
 
1,080,673

 
574,762

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income
 
(2,190
)
 
2,179

Cumulative distributions and net losses
 
(146,621
)
 
(74,788
)
Total stockholders’ equity
 
933,096

 
502,817

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 
$
2,386,435

 
$
1,311,394

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
 

F-3

KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
 
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rental income
 
$
141,535

 
$
61,253

 
$
21,155

Tenant reimbursements
 
40,636

 
16,612

 
5,122

Interest income from real estate loan receivable
 
1,352

 
1,082

 
889

Other operating income
 
5,373

 
1,476

 
117

Total revenues
 
188,896

 
80,423

 
27,283

Expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating, maintenance, and management
 
46,223

 
20,870

 
5,922

Real estate taxes and insurance
 
31,623

 
14,134

 
4,567

Asset management fees to affiliate
 
11,476

 
4,653

 
1,732

Real estate acquisition fees to affiliate
 
10,441

 
9,423

 
2,296

Real estate acquisition fees and expenses
 
2,497

 
5,677

 
1,069

General and administrative expenses
 
3,403

 
2,234

 
1,974

Depreciation and amortization
 
79,563

 
35,380

 
13,865

Interest expense
 
27,003

 
9,751

 
3,568

Total expenses
 
212,229

 
102,122

 
34,993

Other income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other interest income
 
87

 
62

 
28

        Gain on sale of real estate, net
 
10,894

 
—

 
—

Total other income
 
10,981

 
62

 
28

Net loss
 
$
(12,352
)
 
$
(21,637
)
 
$
(7,682
)
Net loss per common share, basic and diluted
 
$
(0.14
)
 
$
(0.50
)
 
$
(0.40
)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted
 
91,374,493

 
43,547,227

 
19,253,338

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

F-4

KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(in thousands)
 
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Net loss
 
$
(12,352
)
 
$
(21,637
)
 
$
(7,682
)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unrealized (losses) gains on derivative instruments
 
(10,085
)
 
405

 
—

Reclassification adjustment realized in net income (effective portion)
 
5,716

 
1,774

 
—

Total other comprehensive (loss) income
 
(4,369
)
 
2,179

 
—

Total comprehensive loss
 
$
(16,721
)
 
$
(19,458
)
 
$
(7,682
)
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


F-5

KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(dollars in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Additional Paid-in Capital
 
Cumulative Distributions and Net Losses
 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Total Stockholders’ Equity
 
 
 
Common Stock
 
 
 
Shares
 
Amounts
 
Balance, December 31, 2011
 
10,468,043

 
$
105

 
$
88,801

 
$
(4,635
)
 
$
—

 
$
84,271

Net loss
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(7,682
)
 
—

 
(7,682
)
Issuance of common stock
 
16,755,000

 
167

 
166,690

 
—

 
—

 
166,857

Transfers to redeemable common stock
 
—

 
—

 
(4,501
)
 
—

 
—

 
(4,501
)
Redemptions of common stock
 
(74,912
)
 
(1
)
 
(739
)
 
—

 
—

 
(740
)
Distributions declared
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(12,525
)
 
—

 
(12,525
)
Commissions on stock sales and related dealer manager fees to affiliate
 
—

 
—

 
(14,972
)
 
—

 
 
 
(14,972
)
Other offering costs
 
—

 
—

 
(3,487
)
 
—

 
—

 
(3,487
)
Balance, December 31, 2012
 
27,148,131

 
$
271

 
$
231,792

 
$
(24,842
)
 
$
—

 
$
207,221

Net loss
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(21,637
)
 
—

 
(21,637
)
Other comprehensive income
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
2,179

 
2,179

Issuance of common stock
 
39,574,268

 
396

 
393,009

 
—

 
—

 
393,405

Transfers to redeemable common stock
 
—

 
—

 
(7,172
)
 
—

 
—

 
(7,172
)
Redemptions of common stock
 
(291,511
)
 
(3
)
 
(2,780
)
 
—

 
—

 
(2,783
)
Distributions declared
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(28,309
)
 
—

 
(28,309
)
Commissions on stock sales and related dealer manager fees to affiliate
 
—

 
—

 
(34,663
)
 
—

 
—

 
(34,663
)
Other offering costs
 
—

 
—

 
(5,424
)
 
—

 
—

 
(5,424
)
Balance, December 31, 2013
 
66,430,888

 
$
664

 
$
574,762

 
$
(74,788
)
 
$
2,179

 
$
502,817

Net loss
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(12,352
)
 
—

 
(12,352
)
Other comprehensive loss
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(4,369
)
 
(4,369
)
Issuance of common stock
 
57,372,731

 
574

 
583,284

 
—

 
—

 
583,858

Transfers to redeemable common stock
 
—

 
—

 
(16,915
)
 
—

 
—

 
(16,915
)
Redemptions of common stock
 
(377,073
)
 
(4
)
 
(3,633
)
 
—

 
—

 
(3,637
)
Distributions declared
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(59,481
)
 
—

 
(59,481
)
Commissions on stock sales and related dealer manager fees to affiliate
 
—

 
—

 
(50,808
)
 
—

 
—

 
(50,808
)
Other offering costs
 
—

 
—

 
(6,017
)
 
—

 
—

 
(6,017
)
Balance, December 31, 2014
 
123,426,546

 
$
1,234

 
$
1,080,673

 
$
(146,621
)
 
$
(2,190
)
 
$
933,096

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

F-6

KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
 
 
 Years Ended December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss
 
$
(12,352
)
 
$
(21,637
)
 
$
(7,682
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
79,563

 
35,380

 
13,865

Noncash interest income on real estate-related investment
 
26

 
24

 
22

Deferred rents
 
(9,655
)
 
(5,154
)
 
(2,281
)
Allowance for doubtful accounts
 
883

 
158

 
—

Amortization of above- and below-market leases, net
 
(4,111
)
 
(1,900
)
 
(383
)
Amortization of deferred financing costs
 
1,941

 
1,227

 
881

Unrealized losses on derivative instruments
 
1,494

 
—

 
—

Gain on sale of real estate
 
(10,894
)
 
—

 
—

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rents and other receivables
 
(2,683
)
 
(103
)
 
(878
)
Deferred financing costs, prepaid expenses and other assets
 
(9,965
)
 
(3,244
)
 
(1,495
)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
 
2,675

 
8,852

 
4,006

Other liabilities
 
9,923

 
6,561

 
1,602

Due to affiliates
 
3,501

 
—

 
—

Net cash provided by operating activities
 
50,346

 
20,164

 
7,657

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acquisitions of real estate
 
(1,044,040
)
 
(926,222
)
 
(228,308
)
Improvements to real estate
 
(31,805
)
 
(8,865
)
 
(1,712
)
Proceeds from sale of real estate, net
 
42,739

 
—

 
—

Advances on real estate loan receivable
 
(2,992
)
 
(3,594
)
 
(3,403
)
Principal repayments on real estate loan receivable
 
146

 
71

 
—

Net cash used in investing activities
 
(1,035,952
)
 
(938,610
)
 
(233,423
)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from notes payable
 
632,208

 
649,090

 
180,250

Principal payments on notes payable
 
(40,000
)
 
(38,200
)
 
(102,700
)
Payments of deferred financing costs
 
(7,448
)
 
(6,266
)
 
(1,544
)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
 
554,529

 
380,991

 
161,616

Payments to redeem common stock
 
(3,637
)
 
(2,783
)
 
(740
)
Payments of commissions on stock sales and related dealer manager fees
 
(50,808
)
 
(34,663
)
 
(14,972
)
Payments of other offering costs
 
(6,166
)
 
(6,279
)
 
(3,453
)
Distributions paid to common stockholders
 
(27,126
)
 
(13,773
)
 
(6,352
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
 
1,051,552

 
928,117

 
212,105

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
 
65,946

 
9,671

 
(13,661
)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
 
33,189

 
23,518

 
37,179

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
 
$
99,135

 
$
33,189

 
$
23,518

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest paid
 
$
22,925

 
$
7,538

 
$
2,539

Supplemental Disclosure of Noncash Investing and Financing Activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Distributions paid to common stockholders through common stock issuances pursuant to the dividend reinvestment plan
 
$
29,329

 
$
12,414

 
$
5,241

Increase in other offering costs payable
 
$
139

 
$
99

 
$
47

Increase in distributions payable
 
$
3,026

 
$
2,122

 
$
932

Increase in redeemable common stock payable
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
437

Increase in capital expenses payable
 
$
6,970

 
$
1,655

 
$
1,974

Liabilities assumed in connection with real estate acquisition
 
$
845

 
$
6,101

 
$
—

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

F-7
KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2014


1.
ORGANIZATION
KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc. (the “Company”) was formed on December 22, 2009 as a Maryland corporation that elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2011 and it intends to continue to operate in such manner. Substantially all of the Company’s business is expected to be conducted through KBS Limited Partnership III (the “Operating Partnership”), a Delaware limited partnership. The Company is the sole general partner of and owns a 0.1% partnership interest in the Operating Partnership. KBS REIT Holdings III LLC (“REIT Holdings III”), the limited partner of the Operating Partnership, owns the remaining 99.9% interest in the Operating Partnership and is its sole limited partner. The Company is the sole member and manager of REIT Holdings III.
Subject to certain restrictions and limitations, the business of the Company is externally managed by KBS Capital Advisors LLC (the “Advisor”), an affiliate of the Company, pursuant to an advisory agreement the Company entered into with the Advisor (the “Advisory Agreement”). On January 26, 2010, the Company issued 20,000 shares of its common stock to the Advisor at a purchase price of $10.00 per share. As of December 31, 2014, the Advisor owned 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
The Company has invested in and intends to invest in a diverse portfolio of real estate investments. The primary types of properties the Company invests in are office properties located throughout the United States, though the Company may also invest in industrial and retail properties. All such real estate assets may be acquired directly by the Company or the Operating Partnership, though the Company may invest in other entities that make similar investments. Although the Company may invest in any of these types of properties, the Company expects its primary investment focus to be core office properties. The Company’s core property focus in the U.S. Office sector has reflected a more value creating core strategy, and based on the current market outlook, the Company expects to continue this strategy. In many cases, these properties have slightly higher (10% to 15%) vacancy rates and/or higher near-term lease rollover at acquisition than more conservative value-maintaining core properties. The Company also currently expects to allocate between 0 and 20% of its portfolio to real estate-related investments such as mortgage loans. As of December 31, 2014, the Company owned 20 office properties and one first mortgage loan secured by a deed of trust.
On February 4, 2010, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to offer a minimum of 250,000 shares and a maximum of up to 280,000,000 shares, or up to $2,760,000,000 of shares, of common stock for sale to the public (the “Offering”), of which up to 80,000,000 shares, or up to $760,000,000 of shares, are being offered pursuant to the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan. The SEC declared the Company’s registration statement effective on October 26, 2010, and the Company retained KBS Capital Markets Group LLC (the “Dealer Manager”), an affiliate of the Company, to serve as the dealer manager of the Offering pursuant to a dealer manager agreement, as amended and restated (the “Dealer Manager Agreement”). As described above, the Company intends to use substantially all of the net proceeds from the Offering to invest in a diverse portfolio of real estate investments.
On March 24, 2011, the Company broke escrow in the Offering and through December 31, 2014, the Company had sold 123,891,580 shares of common stock for gross offering proceeds of $1.2 billion, including 4,945,618 shares of common stock under its dividend reinvestment plan for gross offering proceeds of $47.7 million.
Additionally, on October 3, 2014, the Company issued 258,462 shares for $2.4 million in private transactions exempt from the registration requirements pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.
On February 14, 2013, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the SEC to register a follow-on offering (the “Follow-on Offering”). The Company can give no assurance that it will commence or complete the Follow-on Offering.

F-8

On February 12, 2015, in consideration of the Company’s offering proceeds raised to date and the pace of sales in the Company’s primary public offering, the Company’s board of directors approved the termination of the Company’s primary public offering stage effective approximately 90 days (as determined by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, such date the “Offering Termination Date”) after the Company has announced that it has raised $1.3 billion in the aggregate in its primary public offerings, whether in its ongoing initial public offering or a follow-on offering. On February 20, 2015, the Company announced that, as of February 20, 2015, it had accepted aggregate gross offering proceeds in excess of $1.3 billion in its primary public offering. The Company’s Offering Termination Date will be Friday, May 29, 2015. Subscriptions must be dated on or before May 29, 2015, and subscriptions and all related documents and funds must be received by the Company in good order no later than July 28, 2015.
The Company plans to continue to offer shares under its dividend reinvestment plan beyond the termination of its primary offering stage. In some states, the Company will need to renew the registration statement annually or file a new registration statement to continue the dividend reinvestment plan offering.
The Company may terminate its dividend reinvestment plan offering for any reason upon 10 days’ notice to participants.
As of December 31, 2014, the Company had redeemed 743,496 shares sold in the Offering for $7.2 million.
2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) as contained within the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and the rules and regulations of the SEC.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, REIT Holdings III, the Operating Partnership and their direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.
Reclassifications
Certain amounts in the Company’s prior period consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.  These reclassifications have not changed the results of operations of prior periods.  The Company early adopted ASU No. 2014-08 (defined below) for the reporting period beginning January 1, 2014.  As a result, certain reclassifications were made to the consolidated balance sheets and footnote disclosures for all applicable periods presented to reflect properties sold or held for sale during the period ended December 31, 2014.  Operating results of properties that were disposed of or classified as held for sale in the ordinary course of business during the year ended December 31, 2014 that had not been classified as held for sale in financial statements prior to January 1, 2014 are included in continuing operations on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

F-9
KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


Revenue Recognition
Real Estate
The Company recognizes minimum rent, including rental abatements, lease incentives and contractual fixed increases attributable to operating leases, on a straight-line basis over the term of the related leases when collectibility is reasonably assured and records amounts expected to be received in later years as deferred rent receivable. If the lease provides for tenant improvements, the Company determines whether the tenant improvements, for accounting purposes, are owned by the tenant or the Company. When the Company is the owner of the tenant improvements, the tenant is not considered to have taken physical possession or have control of the physical use of the leased asset until the tenant improvements are substantially completed. When the tenant is the owner of the tenant improvements, any tenant improvement allowance (including amounts that the tenant can take in the form of cash or a credit against its rent) that is funded is treated as a lease incentive and amortized as a reduction of revenue over the lease term. Tenant improvement ownership is determined based on various factors including, but not limited to:
•whether the lease stipulates how a tenant improvement allowance may be spent;
•whether the amount of a tenant improvement allowance is in excess of market rates;
•whether the tenant or landlord retains legal title to the improvements at the end of the lease term;
•whether the tenant improvements are unique to the tenant or general-purpose in nature; and
•whether the tenant improvements are expected to have any residual value at the end of the lease.
The Company records property operating expense reimbursements due from tenants for common area maintenance, real estate taxes, and other recoverable costs in the period the related expenses are incurred.
The Company makes estimates of the collectibility of its tenant receivables related to base rents, including deferred rent receivable, expense reimbursements and other revenue or income. Management specifically analyzes accounts receivable, deferred rent receivable, historical bad debts, customer creditworthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment terms when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts. In addition, with respect to tenants in bankruptcy, management makes estimates of the expected recovery of pre-petition and post-petition claims in assessing the estimated collectibility of the related receivable. In some cases, the ultimate resolution of these claims can exceed one year. When a tenant is in bankruptcy, the Company will record a bad debt reserve for the tenant’s receivable balance and generally will not recognize subsequent rental revenue until cash is received or until the tenant is no longer in bankruptcy and has the ability to make rental payments.
Real Estate Loans Receivable
Interest income on the Company’s real estate loans receivable is recognized on an accrual basis over the life of the investment using the interest method. Direct loan origination fees and origination or acquisition costs, as well as acquisition premiums or discounts, are capitalized and amortized over the term of the loan as an adjustment to interest income. The Company will place loans on nonaccrual status when any portion of principal or interest is 90 days past due, or earlier when concern exists as to the ultimate collection of principal or interest. When a loan is placed on nonaccrual status, the Company will reverse the accrual for unpaid interest and generally will not recognize subsequent interest income until the cash is received, or the loan returns to accrual status. The Company will resume the accrual of interest if it determines the collection of interest according to the contractual terms of the loan is probable.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company recognizes interest income on its cash and cash equivalents as it is earned and classifies such amounts as other interest income.

F-10
KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


Real Estate
Depreciation and Amortization
Real estate costs related to the acquisition and improvement of properties are capitalized and amortized over the expected useful life of the asset on a straight-line basis. Repair and maintenance costs are charged to expense as incurred and significant replacements and betterments are capitalized. Repair and maintenance costs include all costs that do not extend the useful life of the real estate asset. The Company considers the period of future benefit of an asset to determine its appropriate useful life. Expenditures for tenant improvements are capitalized and amortized over the shorter of the tenant’s lease term or expected useful life. The Company anticipates the estimated useful lives of its assets by class to be generally as follows:
Buildings
25-40 years
Building improvements
10-25 years
Tenant improvements
Shorter of lease term or expected useful life
Tenant origination and absorption costs
Remaining term of related leases, including below-market renewal periods
Real Estate Acquisition Valuation
The Company records the acquisition of income-producing real estate or real estate that will be used for the production of income as a business combination. All assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured at their acquisition-date fair values. Acquisition costs are expensed as incurred and restructuring costs that do not meet the definition of a liability at the acquisition date are expensed in periods subsequent to the acquisition date.
The Company assesses the acquisition date fair values of all tangible assets, identifiable intangibles and assumed liabilities using methods similar to those used by independent appraisers, generally utilizing a discounted cash flow analysis that applies appropriate discount and/or capitalization rates and available market information. Estimates of future cash flows are based on a number of factors, including historical operating results, known and anticipated trends, and market and economic conditions. The fair value of tangible assets of an acquired property considers the value of the property as if it were vacant.
The Company records above-market and below-market in-place lease values for acquired properties based on the present value (using a discount rate that reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (ii) management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of above-market in-place leases and for the initial term plus any extended term for any leases with below-market renewal options. The Company amortizes any recorded above-market or below-market lease values as a reduction or increase, respectively, to rental income over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the respective lease, including any below-market renewal periods.
The Company estimates the value of tenant origination and absorption costs by considering the estimated carrying costs during hypothetical expected lease up periods, considering current market conditions. In estimating carrying costs, the Company includes real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the expected lease-up periods.
The Company amortizes the value of tenant origination and absorption costs to depreciation and amortization expense over the remaining non-cancelable term of the leases.
Estimates of the fair values of the tangible assets, identifiable intangibles and assumed liabilities require the Company to make significant assumptions to estimate market lease rates, property-operating expenses, carrying costs during lease-up periods, discount rates, market absorption periods, and the number of years the property will be held for investment. The use of inappropriate assumptions would result in an incorrect valuation of the Company’s acquired tangible assets, identifiable intangibles and assumed liabilities, which would impact the amount of the Company’s net income.

F-11
KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


Impairment of Real Estate and Related Intangible Assets and Liabilities
The Company continually monitors events and changes in circumstances that could indicate that the carrying amounts of its real estate and related intangible assets and liabilities may not be recoverable or realized. When indicators of potential impairment suggest that the carrying value of real estate and related intangible assets and liabilities may not be recoverable, the Company assesses the recoverability by estimating whether the Company will recover the carrying value of the real estate and related intangible assets and liabilities through its undiscounted future cash flows and its eventual disposition. If, based on this analysis, the Company does not believe that it will be able to recover the carrying value of the real estate and related intangible assets and liabilities, the Company would record an impairment loss to the extent that the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the real estate and related intangible assets and liabilities. The Company did not record any impairment loss on its real estate and related intangible assets and liabilities during the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012.
Projecting future cash flows involves estimating expected future operating income and expenses related to the real estate and its related intangible assets and liabilities as well as market and other trends. Using inappropriate assumptions to estimate cash flows could result in incorrect fair values of the real estate and its related intangible assets and liabilities and could result in the overstatement of the carrying values of our real estate and related intangible assets and liabilities and an overstatement of our net income.
Real Estate Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations
The Company generally considers real estate to be “held for sale” when the following criteria are met: (i) management commits to a plan to sell the property, (ii) the property is available for sale immediately, (iii) the property is actively being marketed for sale at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value, (iv) the sale of the property within one year is considered probable and (v) significant changes to the plan to sell are not expected.  Real estate that is held for sale and its related assets are classified as “real estate held for sale” and “assets related to real estate held for sale,” respectively, for all periods presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.  Notes payable and other liabilities related to real estate held for sale are classified as “notes payable related to real estate held for sale” and “liabilities related to real estate held for sale,” respectively, for all periods presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.  Real estate classified as held for sale is no longer depreciated and is reported at the lower of its carrying value or its estimated fair value less estimated costs to sell.  Operating results of properties that were disposed of or classified as held for sale in the ordinary course of business during the year ended December 31, 2014 that had not been classified as held for sale in financial statements prior to January 1, 2014 are included in continuing operations on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.
Real Estate Loan Receivable
The Company’s real estate loan receivable is recorded at amortized cost, net of loan loss reserves (if any), and evaluated for impairment at each balance sheet date. The amortized cost of a real estate loan receivable is the outstanding unpaid principal balance, net of unamortized acquisition premiums or discounts and unamortized costs and fees directly associated with the origination or acquisition of the loan.
As of December 31, 2014, there was no loan loss reserve and the Company did not record any impairment losses related to its real estate loan receivable during the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012. However, in the future, the Company may experience losses from its investments in loans receivable requiring the Company to record loan loss reserves. Realized losses on individual loans could be material and significantly exceed any recorded reserves.
The reserve for loan losses is a valuation allowance that reflects management’s estimate of loan losses inherent in the loan portfolio as of the balance sheet date. The reserve is adjusted through “Provision for loan losses” on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and is decreased by charge-offs to specific loans when losses are confirmed. The reserve for loan losses may include a portfolio-based component and an asset-specific component.

F-12
KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


An asset-specific reserve relates to reserves for losses on loans considered impaired. The Company considers a loan to be impaired when, based upon current information and events, it believes that it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due under the contractual terms of the loan agreement. The Company also considers a loan to be impaired if it grants the borrower a concession through a modification of the loan terms or if it expects to receive assets (including equity interests in the borrower) with fair values that are less than the carrying value of the loan in satisfaction of the loan. A reserve is established when the present value of payments expected to be received, observable market prices, the estimated fair value of the collateral (for loans that are dependent on the collateral for repayment) or amounts expected to be received in satisfaction of a loan are lower than the carrying value of that loan.
Failure to recognize impairments would result in the overstatement of earnings and the carrying value of the Company’s real estate loans held for investment. Actual losses, if any, could differ significantly from estimated amounts.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents may include cash and short term investments. Cash and cash equivalents are stated at cost, which approximates fair value. There are no restrictions on the use of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2014.
The Company’s cash and cash equivalents balance exceeds federally insurable limits as of December 31, 2014. The Company monitors the cash balances in its operating accounts and adjusts the cash balances as appropriate; however, these cash balances could be impacted if the underlying financial institutions fail or are subject to other adverse conditions in the financial markets. To date, the Company has experienced no loss or lack of access to cash in its operating accounts.
Derivative Instruments
The Company enters into derivative instruments for risk management purposes to hedge its exposure to cash flow variability caused by changing interest rates on its variable rate notes payable. The Company records these derivative instruments at fair value on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Derivative instruments designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows or other types of forecasted transactions are considered cash flow hedges. The change in fair value of the effective portion of a derivative instrument that is designated as a cash flow hedge is recorded as other comprehensive income (loss) on the accompanying consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) and consolidated statements of equity. The changes in fair value for derivative instruments that are not designated as a hedge or that do not meet the hedge accounting criteria are recorded as gain or loss on derivative instruments in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
The Company formally documents all relationships between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk-management objectives and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. This process includes designating all derivative instruments that are part of a hedging relationship to specific forecasted transactions or recognized obligations on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company also assesses and documents, both at the hedging instrument’s inception and on a quarterly basis thereafter, whether the derivative instruments that are used in hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows associated with the respective hedged items. When the Company determines that a derivative instrument ceases to be highly effective as a hedge, or that it is probable the underlying forecasted transaction will not occur, the Company discontinues hedge accounting prospectively and reclassifies amounts recorded to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to earnings.
Deferred Financing Costs
Deferred financing costs represent commitment fees, loan fees, legal fees and other third-party costs associated with obtaining financing. These costs are amortized over the terms of the respective financing agreements using the interest method. Unamortized deferred financing costs are generally expensed when the associated debt is refinanced or repaid before maturity unless specific rules are met that would allow for the carryover of such costs to the refinanced debt. Costs incurred in seeking financing transactions that do not close are expensed in the period in which it is determined that the financing will not close.

F-13
KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


Fair Value Measurements
Under GAAP, the Company is required to measure certain financial instruments at fair value on a recurring basis. In addition, the Company is required to measure other non-financial and financial assets and liabilities at fair value on a non-recurring basis (e.g., carrying value of impaired real estate loans receivable and long-lived assets). Fair value is defined as the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The GAAP fair value framework uses a three-tiered approach. Fair value measurements are classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:
•
Level 1: unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical assets or liabilities;
•
Level 2: quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-derived valuations in which significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets; and
•
Level 3: prices or valuation techniques where little or no market data is available that requires inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.
When available, the Company utilizes quoted market prices from independent third-party sources to determine fair value and classifies such items in Level 1 or Level 2. In instances where the market for a financial instrument is not active, regardless of the availability of a nonbinding quoted market price, observable inputs might not be relevant and could require the Company to make a significant adjustment to derive a fair value measurement. Additionally, in an inactive market, a market price quoted from an independent third party may rely more on models with inputs based on information available only to that independent third party. When the Company determines the market for a financial instrument owned by the Company to be illiquid or when market transactions for similar instruments do not appear orderly, the Company uses several valuation sources (including internal valuations, discounted cash flow analysis and quoted market prices) and establishes a fair value by assigning weights to the various valuation sources. Additionally, when determining the fair value of liabilities in circumstances in which a quoted price in an active market for an identical liability is not available, the Company measures fair value using (i) a valuation technique that uses the quoted price of the identical liability when traded as an asset or quoted prices for similar liabilities or similar liabilities when traded as assets or (ii) another valuation technique that is consistent with the principles of fair value measurement, such as the income approach or the market approach.
Changes in assumptions or estimation methodologies can have a material effect on these estimated fair values. In this regard, the derived fair value estimates cannot be substantiated by comparison to independent markets and, in many cases, may not be realized in an immediate settlement of the instrument.
The Company considers the following factors to be indicators of an inactive market: (i) there are few recent transactions, (ii) price quotations are not based on current information, (iii) price quotations vary substantially either over time or among market makers (for example, some brokered markets), (iv) indexes that previously were highly correlated with the fair values of the asset or liability are demonstrably uncorrelated with recent indications of fair value for that asset or liability, (v) there is a significant increase in implied liquidity risk premiums, yields, or performance indicators (such as delinquency rates or loss severities) for observed transactions or quoted prices when compared with the Company’s estimate of expected cash flows, considering all available market data about credit and other nonperformance risk for the asset or liability, (vi) there is a wide bid-ask spread or significant increase in the bid-ask spread, (vii) there is a significant decline or absence of a market for new issuances (that is, a primary market) for the asset or liability or similar assets or liabilities, and (viii) little information is released publicly (for example, a principal-to-principal market).
The Company considers the following factors to be indicators of non-orderly transactions: (i) there was not adequate exposure to the market for a period before the measurement date to allow for marketing activities that are usual and customary for transactions involving such assets or liabilities under current market conditions, (ii) there was a usual and customary marketing period, but the seller marketed the asset or liability to a single market participant, (iii) the seller is in or near bankruptcy or receivership (that is, distressed), or the seller was required to sell to meet regulatory or legal requirements (that is, forced), and (iv) the transaction price is an outlier when compared with other recent transactions for the same or similar assets or liabilities.

F-14
KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


Dividend Reinvestment Plan
The Company has adopted a dividend reinvestment plan (the “DRP”) pursuant to which common stockholders may elect to have all or a portion of their dividends and other distributions reinvested in additional shares of the Company’s common stock in lieu of receiving cash distributions. During the Company’s primary offering stage and until the Company establishes an estimated value per share of its common stock for a purpose other than to set the price to acquire a share of common stock in one of the Company’s public offerings, participants in the DRP will acquire the Company’s common stock at a price per share equal to 95% of the price to acquire a share of the Company’s common stock in the primary offering of the Company’s then-effective public offering (ignoring any discounts that may be available to certain categories of investors). Once the Company establishes an estimated value per share of its common stock for a purpose other than to set the price to acquire a share in one of the Company’s primary public offerings, participants in the DRP will acquire shares of the Company’s common stock at a price equal to 95% of the estimated value per share of the Company’s common stock, as determined by the Advisor or another firm chosen by the Company’s board of directors for that purpose. The Company currently expects to announce an estimated value per share in December 2015 and in December of each year thereafter. The initial purchase price per share under the DRP was $9.50.
On May 5, 2014, the Company’s board of directors approved an updated offering price for shares of common stock to be sold in the Offering of $10.39 (unaudited), which was effective May 7, 2014. The updated offering price of shares of common stock to be sold in the Offering was determined by adding certain offering costs to the estimated value of the Company’s assets less the estimated value of the Company’s liabilities, or net asset value, divided by the number of shares outstanding, all as of March 31, 2014. Commencing with the June 2, 2014 purchase date and until the offering price was updated, the purchase price per share under the DRP was $9.88.
On December 9, 2014, the Company’s board of directors approved an updated offering price for shares of common stock to be sold in the Offering of $10.51 (unaudited), which was effective December 12, 2014. The updated offering price of shares of common stock to be sold in the Offering was determined by adding certain offering costs to the estimated value of the Company’s assets less the estimated value of the Company’s liabilities, or net asset value, divided by the number of shares outstanding, all as of September 30, 2014, with the exception of an adjustment for actual or estimated acquisition fees and closing costs related to six properties that were either acquired subsequent to September 30, 2014 or under contract to purchase and were reasonably probable to close, but had not yet closed as of December 9, 2014, which were included as a reduction to the net asset value. As of December 30, 2014, the Company had closed on each of the six properties. Commencing with the January 2, 2015 purchase date and until the estimated value per share is updated, the purchase price per share under the DRP is $9.99.
No selling commissions or dealer manager fees will be paid on shares sold under the DRP. The board of directors of the Company may amend or terminate the DRP for any reason upon 10 days’ notice to participants.

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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


Redeemable Common Stock
The Company’s board of directors has adopted a share redemption program that may enable stockholders to sell their shares to the Company in limited circumstances.
There are several limitations on the Company’s ability to redeem shares under the share redemption program:
•
Unless the shares are being redeemed in connection with a stockholder’s death, “qualifying disability” or “determination of incompetence” (each as defined in the share redemption program, and together with redemptions sought in connection with a stockholder’s death, “special redemptions”), the Company may not redeem shares unless the stockholder has held the shares for one year.
•
During any calendar year, the share redemption program limits the number of shares the Company may redeem to those that the Company could purchase with the amount of the net proceeds from the sale of shares under the dividend reinvestment plan during the prior calendar year. Notwithstanding anything contained in the share redemption program to the contrary, the Company may increase or decrease the funding available for the redemption of shares pursuant to program upon ten business days’ notice to its stockholders. The Company may provide notice by including such information (a) in a Current Report on Form 8-K or in its annual or quarterly reports, all publicly filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or (b) in a separate mailing to its stockholders.
•
During any calendar year, the Company may redeem no more than 5% of the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the prior calendar year.
•
The Company has no obligation to redeem shares if the redemption would violate the restrictions on distributions under Maryland law, which prohibits distributions that would cause a corporation to fail to meet statutory tests of solvency.
Unless the shares are being redeemed in connection with a special redemption and until such time as the Company establishes an estimated value per share for a purpose other than to set the offering price to acquire a share in one of its primary public offerings, the prices at which the Company will initially redeem shares are as follows:
•
For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least one year, 92.5% of the price paid to acquire the shares from the Company;
•
For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least two years, 95.0% of the price paid to acquire the shares from the Company;
•
For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least three years, 97.5% of the price paid to acquire the shares from the Company; and
•
For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least four years, 100% of the price paid to acquire the shares from the Company.
Notwithstanding the above, and unless the Company’s shares are being redeemed in connection with a special redemption, once the Company establishes an estimated value per share of its common stock for a purpose other than to set the price to acquire a share in one of our primary public offerings, the redemption price at which the Company will redeem shares will be as follows:
•
For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least one year, 92.5% of the Company’s most recent estimated value per share as of the applicable redemption date;
•
For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least two years, 95.0% of the Company’s most recent estimated value per share as of the applicable redemption date;
•
For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least three years, 97.5% of the Company’s most recent estimated value per share as of the applicable redemption date; and
•
For those shares held by the redeeming stockholder for at least four years, 100% of the Company’s most recent estimated value per share as of the applicable redemption date.

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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


For purposes of determining the time period a redeeming stockholder has held each share, the time period begins as of the date the stockholder acquired the share; provided, that shares purchased by the redeeming stockholder pursuant to the Company’s DRP will be deemed to have been acquired on the same date as the initial share to which the DRP shares relate. The date of the share’s original issuance by the Company is not determinative. In addition, as described above, the shares owned by a stockholder may be redeemed at different prices depending on how long the stockholder has held each share submitted for redemption.
In several respects the Company treats redemptions sought upon a special redemption differently from other redemptions:
•
there is no one-year holding requirement;
•
until the Company establishes an estimated value per share for a purpose other than to set the price to acquire a share in one of its primary public offerings, the redemption price is the amount paid to acquire the shares from the Company; and
•
once the Company has established an estimated value per share for a purpose other than to set the price to acquire a share in one of its primary public offerings, the redemption price would be the estimated value of the shares as of the redemption date, as determined by the Company’s advisor or another firm chosen for that purpose.
The Company’s board of directors may amend, suspend or terminate the share redemption program with 30 days’ notice to the Company’s stockholders, provided that the Company may increase or decrease the funding available for the redemption of shares pursuant to the share redemption program upon 10 business days’ notice. The Company may provide this notice by including such information in a Current Report on Form 8-K or in the Company’s annual or quarterly reports, all publicly filed with the SEC, or by a separate mailing to its stockholders.
The Company records amounts that are redeemable under the share redemption program as redeemable common stock in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets because the shares are mandatorily redeemable at the option of the holder and therefore their redemption is outside the control of the Company. The maximum amount redeemable under the Company’s share redemption program is limited to the number of shares the Company could purchase with the amount of the net proceeds from the sale of shares under the dividend reinvestment plan during the prior calendar year. However, because the amounts that can be redeemed in future periods are determinable and only contingent on an event that is likely to occur (e.g., the passage of time), the Company presents the net proceeds from the current year dividend reinvestment plan as redeemable common stock in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
The Company classifies financial instruments that represent a mandatory obligation of the Company to redeem shares as liabilities. The Company’s redeemable common shares are contingently redeemable at the option of the holder. When the Company determines it has a mandatory obligation to redeem shares under the share redemption program, it will reclassify such obligations from temporary equity to a liability based upon their respective settlement values.
The Company limits the dollar value of shares that may be redeemed under the program as described above. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company fulfilled all redemption requests eligible for redemption under the share redemption program and received in good order, redeeming $3.6 million of shares of common stock. Effective January 1, 2015, this limitation was reset, and based on the amount of net proceeds raised from the sale of shares under the dividend reinvestment plan during 2014, the Company has $29.3 million available for redemption in 2015.

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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


Related Party Transactions
The Company has entered into the Advisory Agreement with the Advisor and the Dealer Manager Agreement with the Dealer Manager. These agreements entitle the Advisor and/or the Dealer Manager to specified fees upon the provision of certain services with regard to the Offering and entitle the Advisor to specified fees upon the provision of certain services with regard to the investment of funds in real estate investments, the management of those investments, among other services, and the disposition of investments, as well as reimbursement of organization and offering costs incurred by the Advisor and the Dealer Manager on behalf of the Company, such as expenses related to the Offering and DRP, and certain costs incurred by the Advisor in providing services to the Company. In addition, the Advisor is entitled to certain other fees, including an incentive fee upon achieving certain performance goals, as detailed in the Advisory Agreement. The Company has also entered into a fee reimbursement agreement (the “AIP Reimbursement Agreement”) with the Dealer Manager pursuant to which the Company agreed to reimburse the Dealer Manager for certain fees and expenses it incurs for administering the Company’s participation in the DTCC Alternative Investment Product Platform with respect to certain accounts of the Company’s investors serviced through the platform. The Advisor and Dealer Manager also serve as the advisor and dealer manager, respectively, for KBS Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc., KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II, Inc., KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc., KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, Inc. and KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, Inc.
The Company records all related party fees as incurred, subject to any limitations described in the Advisory Agreement, the Dealer Manager Agreement or the AIP Reimbursement Agreement. See Note 10, “Related Party Transactions.”
Selling Commissions and Dealer Manager Fees
The Company pays the Dealer Manager up to 6.5% and 3.0% of the gross offering proceeds from the primary initial public offering as selling commissions and dealer manager fees, respectively. A reduced sales commission and dealer manager fee is paid with respect to certain volume discount sales. No sales commission or dealer manager fee is paid with respect to shares issued through the dividend reinvestment plan. The Dealer Manager reallows 100% of sales commissions earned to participating broker-dealers. The Dealer Manager may reallow to any participating broker-dealer up to 1% of the gross offering proceeds attributable to that participating broker-dealer as a marketing fee and, in special cases, the Dealer Manager may increase the reallowance.
Organization and Offering Costs
Organization and offering costs (other than selling commissions and dealer manager fees) of the Company may be paid by the Advisor, the Dealer Manager or their affiliates on behalf of the Company or may be paid directly by the Company. These offering costs include all expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Company in connection with the Offering or the Follow-on Offering, as the case may be. Organization costs include all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the formation of the Company, including but not limited to legal fees and other costs to incorporate the Company.
The Company reimburses the Advisor for organization and offering costs up to an amount that, when combined with selling commissions, dealer manager fees and all other amounts spent by the Company on organization and offering expenses, does not exceed 15% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the Company’s primary initial public offering and the offering under its dividend reinvestment plan as of the date of reimbursement. At the termination of the primary initial public offering and at the termination of the offering pursuant to the dividend reinvestment plan, the Advisor has agreed to reimburse the Company to the extent that selling commissions, dealer manager fees and other organization and offering expenses incurred by the Company exceed 15% of the gross offering proceeds. In addition, at the end of the primary initial public offering and again at the end of the offering pursuant to the dividend reinvestment plan, the Advisor has agreed to reimburse the Company to the extent that organization and offering expenses, excluding underwriting compensation (which includes selling commissions, dealer manager fees and any other items viewed as underwriting compensation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) exceed 2% of the gross offering proceeds.

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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


The Company directly pays or reimburses the Dealer Manager for underwriting compensation as discussed in the prospectus for the Offering, provided that within 30 days after the end of the month in which the primary initial public offering terminates, the Dealer Manager must reimburse the Company to the extent that the Company’s reimbursements cause total underwriting compensation for the primary initial public offering to exceed 10% of the gross offering proceeds from such offering. The Company also pays directly or reimburses the Dealer Manager for bona fide invoiced due diligence expenses of broker-dealers. However, no reimbursements made by the Company to the Dealer Manager may cause total organization and offering expenses incurred by the Company (including selling commissions, dealer manager fees and all other items of organization and offering expenses) to exceed 15% of the aggregate gross proceeds from the Company’s primary initial public offering and the offering pursuant to its dividend reinvestment plan as of the date of reimbursement.
As of December 31, 2014, the Company’s selling commissions, dealer manager fees, and organization and other offering costs did not exceed 15% of the gross offering proceeds of the Offering. Through December 31, 2014, including shares issued through the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan, the Company had sold 123,891,580 shares in the Offering for gross offering proceeds of $1.2 billion and recorded selling commissions and dealer manager fees of $109.9 million and other offering costs of $20.1 million.  Organization costs are expensed as incurred and offering costs, which include selling commissions, dealer manager fees and other offering-related costs, are charged as incurred as a reduction to stockholders’ equity.
In addition, from inception through December 31, 2014, the Company had incurred $1.2 million of offering costs related to the Follow-on Offering. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor would be obligated to reimburse the Company to the extent offering costs incurred by the Company in the Follow-on Offering exceed 15% of the gross offering proceeds of the Follow-on Offering. As of December 31, 2014, the Company had not yet commenced the Follow-on Offering and as such, the Company recorded $1.2 million as deferred financing costs, prepaid expenses and other assets on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014.
Acquisition and Origination Fees
The Company pays the Advisor an acquisition fee equal to 1.0% of the cost of investments acquired, including acquisition expenses and any debt attributable to such investments. With respect to investments in and originations of loans, the Company pays an origination fee equal to 1.0% of the amount to be funded by the Company to acquire or originate mortgage, mezzanine, bridge or other loans, including any expenses related to such investments and any debt the Company uses to fund the acquisition or origination of these loans. The Company does not pay an acquisition fee with respect to investments in loans.
Asset Management Fee
With respect to investments in real estate, the Company pays the Advisor a monthly asset management fee equal to one-twelfth of 0.75% of the amount paid or allocated to acquire the investment, plus the cost of any subsequent development, construction or improvements to the property. This amount includes any portion of the investment that was debt financed and is inclusive of acquisition expenses related thereto (but excludes acquisition fees paid or payable to the Advisor). In the case of investments made through joint ventures, the asset management fee will be determined based on the Company’s proportionate share of the underlying investment.
With respect to investments in loans and any investments other than real estate, the Company pays the Advisor a monthly fee calculated, each month, as one-twelfth of 0.75% of the lesser of (i) the amount paid or allocated to acquire or fund the loan or other investment (which amount includes any portion of the investment that was debt financed and is inclusive of acquisition or origination expenses related thereto but is exclusive of acquisition or origination fees paid or payable to the Advisor) and (ii) the outstanding principal amount of such loan or other investment, plus the acquisition or origination expenses related to the acquisition or funding of such investment (but excluding acquisition or origination fees paid or payable to the Advisor), as of the time of calculation.

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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


On September 27, 2014, the Company and the Advisor renewed the Advisory Agreement. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, with respect to asset management fees accruing from March 1, 2014, the Advisor defers, without interest, the Company’s obligation to pay asset management fees for any month in which the Company’s modified funds from operations (“MFFO”) for such month, as such term is defined in the practice guideline issued by the Investment Program Association (“IPA”) in November 2010 and interpreted by the Company, excluding asset management fees, does not exceed the amount of distributions declared by the Company for record dates of that month. The Company remains obligated to pay the Advisor an asset management fee in any month in which the Company's MFFO, excluding asset management fees, for such month exceeds the amount of distributions declared for the record dates of that month (such excess amount, an “MFFO Surplus”); however, any amount of such asset management fee in excess of the MFFO Surplus will also be deferred under the Advisory Agreement. If the MFFO Surplus for any month exceeds the amount of the asset management fee payable for such month, any remaining MFFO Surplus will be applied to pay any asset management fee amounts previously deferred in accordance with the Advisory Agreement.
However, notwithstanding the foregoing, any and all deferred asset management fees that are unpaid will become immediately due and payable at such time as the Company's stockholders have received, together as a collective group, aggregate distributions (including distributions that may constitute a return of capital for federal income tax purposes) sufficient to provide (i) an 8.0% per year cumulative, noncompounded return on such net invested capital (the “Stockholders’ 8% Return”) and (ii) a return of their net invested capital, or the amount calculated by multiplying the total number of shares purchased by stockholders by the issue price, reduced by any amounts to repurchase shares pursuant to the Company's share redemption program. The Stockholders’ 8% Return is not based on the return provided to any individual stockholder. Accordingly, it is not necessary for each of the Company's stockholders to have received any minimum return in order for the Advisor to receive deferred asset management fees.
As of December 31, 2014, the Company had accrued and deferred payment of $3.5 million of asset management fees under the Advisory Agreement, as the Company believes the payment of this amount to the Advisor is probable. These fees will be reimbursed in accordance with the terms noted above.
Disposition Fee
For substantial assistance in connection with the sale of properties or other investments, the Company pays the Advisor or one of its affiliates 1.0% of the contract sales price of each property or other investment sold; provided, however, that if, in connection with such disposition, commissions are paid to third parties unaffiliated with the Advisor or one of its affiliates, the fee paid to the Advisor or one of its affiliates may not exceed the commissions paid to such unaffiliated third parties, and provided further that the disposition fees paid to the Advisor or one of its affiliates and unaffiliated third parties may not exceed 6.0% of the contract sales price. The Company will not pay a disposition fee upon the maturity, prepayment or workout of a loan or other debt-related investment, provided that if the Company takes ownership of a property as a result of a workout or foreclosure of a loan, the Company will pay a disposition fee upon the sale of such property.
Income Taxes
The Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. To continue to qualify as a REIT, the Company must meet certain organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement to distribute at least 90% of the Company’s annual REIT taxable income to stockholders (which is computed without regard to the dividends-paid deduction or net capital gain and which does not necessarily equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP). As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to federal income tax on income that it distributes as dividends to its stockholders. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, it will be subject to federal income tax on its taxable income at regular corporate income tax rates and generally will not be permitted to qualify for treatment as a REIT for federal income tax purposes for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification is lost, unless the Internal Revenue Service grants the Company relief under certain statutory provisions. Such an event could materially and adversely affect the Company’s net income and net cash available for distribution to stockholders. However, the Company believes that it is organized and operates in such a manner as to qualify for treatment as a REIT.

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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


The Company has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in its financial statements. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries has been assessed interest or penalties by any major tax jurisdictions. The Company’s evaluations were performed for the tax years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012. As of December 31, 2014, the returns for calendar years 2011 through 2013 remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions.
Per Share Data
Basic net income (loss) per share of common stock is calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding during such period. Diluted net income (loss) per share of common stock equals basic net income (loss) per share of common stock as there were no potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Distributions declared per common share were $0.650 during the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Distributions declared per common share assumes each share was issued and outstanding each day from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2014. For each day that was a record date for distributions during the period from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2014, distributions were calculated at a rate of $0.00178082 per share per day. Each day during the periods from January 1, 2012 through February 28, 2012 and March 1, 2012 through December 31, 2014 was a record date for distributions.
Segments
The Company invests in core real estate properties and real estate-related investments with the goal of acquiring a portfolio of income-producing investments.  The Company’s real estate properties exhibit similar long-term financial performance and have similar economic characteristics to each other.  As of December 31, 2014, the Company aggregated its investments in real estate properties into one reportable business segment.  The Company considered both quantitative and qualitative thresholds and determined that its investment in a real estate loan receivable does not constitute a reportable segment.  Prior to the reporting period commencing on January 1, 2014, the Company had identified two reportable business segments based on its investment types: real estate and real estate-related. However, based on the Company’s current investment portfolio and its future investment focus, the Company does not believe that its investment in a real estate-related investment is a reportable segment.
Square Footage, Occupancy and Other Measures
Square footage, number of acres, occupancy and other measures used to describe real estate investments included in these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are presented on an unaudited basis.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards Update
In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-08, Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) and Property, Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360): Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity (“ASU No. 2014-08”). ASU No. 2014-08 limits discontinued operations reporting to disposals of components of an entity that represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results when any of the following occurs: a) the component of an entity or group of components of an entity meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale; b) the component of an entity or group of components of an entity is disposed of by sale; or c) the component of an entity or group of components of an entity is disposed of other than by sale. ASU No. 2014-08 also requires additional disclosures about discontinued operations. ASU No. 2014-08 is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2014. Early adoption is permitted, but only for disposals (or classifications as held for sale) that have not been reported in financial statements previously issued or available for issuance. The Company early adopted ASU No. 2014-08 for the reporting period beginning January 1, 2014. As a result of the adoption of ASU No. 2014-08, results of operations for properties that are sold or classified as held for sale in the ordinary course of business on or subsequent to January 1, 2014 would generally be included in continuing operations on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations, to the extent such disposals did not meet the criteria for classification as a discontinued operation described above. Additionally, gain or loss on sale of real estate that does not meet the criteria for classification as a discontinued operation would be included in income from continuing operations on the statements of operations.

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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASU No. 2014-09”).  ASU No. 2014-09 requires an entity to recognize the revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services.  ASU No. 2014-09 supersedes the revenue requirements in Revenue Recognition (Topic 605) and most industry-specific guidance throughout the Industry Topics of the Codification.  ASU No. 2014-09 does not apply to lease contracts within the scope of Leases (Topic 840). ASU No. 2014-09 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2016, and is to be applied retrospectively, with early application not permitted.  The Company is still evaluating the impact of adopting ASU No. 2014-09 on its financial statements, but does not expect the adoption of ASU No. 2014-09 to have a material impact on its financial statements.
In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements (Subtopic 205-40), Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern (“ASU No. 2014-15”). The amendments in ASU No. 2014-15 require management to evaluate, for each annual and interim reporting period, whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued (or are available to be issued when applicable) and, if so, provide related disclosures. ASU No. 2014-15 is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted for annual or interim reporting periods for which the financial statements have not previously been issued. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2014-15 to have a significant impact on its financial statements.
In January 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-01, Income Statement - Extraordinary and Unusual Items (Subtopic 225-20), Simplifying Income Statement Presentation by Eliminating the Concept of Extraordinary Items (“ASU No. 2015-01”). The amendments in ASU No. 2015-01 eliminate from GAAP the concept of extraordinary items.  Although the amendments will eliminate the requirements in Subtopic 225-20 for reporting entities to consider whether an underlying event or transaction is extraordinary, the presentation and disclosure guidance for items that are unusual in nature or occur infrequently will be retained and will be expanded to include items that are both unusual in nature and infrequently occurring. ASU No. 2015-01 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted provided that the guidance is applied from the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2015-01 to have a significant impact on its financial statements.
3.
RECENT ACQUISITIONS OF REAL ESTATE
During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company acquired the following properties (in thousands):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Intangibles
 
 
 
Property Name
 
City
 
State
 
Acquisition Date
 
Land
 
Building
and Improvements
 
Tenant
Origination 
and Absorption 
Costs
 
Above-
Market
Lease
Assets
 
Below-
Market
Lease 
Liabilities
 
Other
 
 
Total 
Purchase
Price
222 Main
 
Salt Lake City
 
UT
 
02/27/2014
 
$
5,700

 
$
137,660

 
$
19,182

 
$
3,108

 
$
(367
)
 
$
4,477

(1) 
 
$
169,760

Anchor Centre
 
Phoenix
 
AZ
 
05/22/2014
 
13,900

 
66,353

 
7,127

 
797

 
(4,119
)
 
—

 
 
84,058

171 17th Street
 
Atlanta
 
GA
 
08/25/2014
 
7,639

 
105,421

 
17,172

 
2,039

 
(83
)
 
—

 
 
132,188

Rocklin Corporate Center
 
Rocklin
 
CA
 
11/06/2014
 
4,448

 
24,280

 
3,996

 
346

 
(239
)
 
—

 
 
32,831

Reston Square
 
Reston
 
VA
 
12/03/2014
 
6,800

 
32,673

 
6,165

 
2,312

 
(250
)
 
—

 
 
47,700

Ten Almaden
 
San Jose
 
CA
 
12/05/2014
 
7,000

 
100,983

 
9,309

 
77

 
(1,323
)
 
—

 
 
116,046

Towers at Emeryville
 
Emeryville
 
CA
 
12/23/2014
 
49,183

 
184,748

 
16,075

 
94

 
(4,455
)
 
—

 
 
245,645

101 South Hanley
 
St. Louis
 
MO
 
12/24/2014
 
6,100

 
50,352

 
7,011

 
—

 
(1,527
)
 
—

 
 
61,936

3003 Washington Boulevard
 
Arlington
 
VA
 
12/30/2014
 
18,800

 
112,886

 
16,934

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
 
148,620

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
119,570

 
$
815,356

 
$
102,971

 
$
8,773

 
$
(12,363
)
 
$
4,477

 
 
$
1,038,784

(1) The property is subject to certain property tax reimbursements from the city’s redevelopment agency. The estimated fair value of the property tax reimbursements of $4.5 million is recorded as deferred financing costs, prepaid expenses and other assets on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of the acquisition date and is amortized over the projected property tax reimbursement period of approximately 9.5 years. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company recorded amortization expense of $0.4 million, related to the property tax reimbursement intangible asset.

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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


The intangible assets and liabilities acquired in connection with these acquisitions have weighted-average amortization periods as of the date of acquisition as follows (in years):
 
 
Tenant Origination and
Absorption Costs
 
Above-Market
Lease Assets
 
Below-Market
Lease Liabilities
222 Main
 
10.1
 
10.6
 
8.2
Anchor Centre
 
6.9
 
2.9
 
7.8
171 17th Street
 
7.9
 
5.0
 
4.0
Rocklin Corporate Center
 
6.1
 
3.3
 
5.3
Reston Square
 
7.9
 
7.5
 
6.7
Ten Almaden
 
5.1
 
3.9
 
3.8
Towers at Emeryville
 
4.3
 
2.4
 
4.1
101 South Hanley
 
7.7
 
—
 
9.2
3003 Washington Boulevard
 
13.6
 
—
 
—
The Company recorded each real estate acquisition as a business combination and expensed $12.9 million of acquisition costs. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company recognized $27.8 million of total revenues and $16.3 million of operating expenses from these properties.
4.
REAL ESTATE
As of December 31, 2014, the Company’s real estate portfolio was composed of 20 office properties encompassing in the aggregate approximately 8.2 million rentable square feet. As of December 31, 2014, the Company’s real estate portfolio was collectively 89% occupied. The following table summarizes the Company’s investments in real estate as of December 31, 2014 (in thousands):
Property
 
Date Acquired
 
City
 
State
 
Property Type
 
Total
Real Estate
at Cost
 
Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization
 
Total Real Estate, Net
Domain Gateway
 
09/29/2011
 
Austin
 
TX
 
Office
 
$
47,373

 
$
(7,082
)
 
$
40,291

Town Center
 
03/27/2012
 
Plano
 
TX
 
Office
 
118,034

 
(15,513
)
 
102,521

McEwen Building
 
04/30/2012
 
Franklin
 
TN
 
Office
 
40,256

 
(5,463
)
 
34,793

Gateway Tech Center
 
05/09/2012
 
Salt Lake City
 
UT
 
Office
 
29,227

 
(4,110
)
 
25,117

Tower on Lake Carolyn
 
12/21/2012
 
Irving
 
TX
 
Office
 
50,094

 
(6,367
)
 
43,727

RBC Plaza
 
01/31/2013
 
Minneapolis
 
MN
 
Office
 
139,345

 
(11,612
)
 
127,733

One Washingtonian Center
 
06/19/2013
 
Gaithersburg
 
MD
 
Office
 
90,235

 
(6,862
)
 
83,373

Preston Commons
 
06/19/2013
 
Dallas
 
TX
 
Office
 
115,832

 
(8,277
)
 
107,555

Sterling Plaza
 
06/19/2013
 
Dallas
 
TX
 
Office
 
78,656

 
(6,390
)
 
72,266

201 Spear Street
 
12/03/2013
 
San Francisco
 
CA
 
Office
 
130,834

 
(4,871
)
 
125,963

500 West Madison
 
12/16/2013
 
Chicago
 
IL
 
Office
 
425,428

 
(22,489
)
 
402,939

222 Main
 
02/27/2014
 
Salt Lake City
 
UT
 
Office
 
163,760

 
(5,409
)
 
158,351

Anchor Centre
 
05/22/2014
 
Phoenix
 
AZ
 
Office
 
90,984

 
(2,405
)
 
88,579

171 17th Street
 
08/25/2014
 
Atlanta
 
GA
 
Office
 
129,953

 
(2,675
)
 
127,278

Rocklin Corporate Center
 
11/06/2014
 
Rocklin
 
CA
 
Office
 
32,724

 
(283
)
 
32,441

Reston Square
 
12/03/2014
 
Reston
 
VA
 
Office
 
45,638

 
(97
)
 
45,541

Ten Almaden
 
12/05/2014
 
San Jose
 
CA
 
Office
 
117,293

 
(229
)
 
117,064

Towers at Emeryville
 
12/23/2014
 
Emeryville
 
CA
 
Office
 
250,093

 
(513
)
 
249,580

101 South Hanley
 
12/24/2014
 
St. Louis
 
MO
 
Office
 
63,463

 
(134
)
 
63,329

3003 Washington Boulevard
 
12/30/2014
 
Arlington
 
VA
 
Office
 
148,639

 
—

 
148,639

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
2,307,861

 
$
(110,781
)
 
$
2,197,080


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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


As of December 31, 2014, the following properties represented more than 10% of the Company’s total assets:
Property
 
Location
 
Rentable
Square
Feet
 
Total
Real Estate, Net
(in thousands)
 
Percentage
of Total
Assets
 
Annualized Base Rent
(in thousands) (1)
 
Average Annualized Base Rent per sq. ft.
 
Occupancy
500 West Madison
 
Chicago, IL
 
1,457,724

 
$
402,939

 
17
%
 
$
34,429

 
$
25.58

 
92.3
%
Towers at Emeryville
 
Emeryville, CA
 
815,018

 
$
249,580

 
11
%
 
$
22,600

 
$
32.87

 
84.4
%
_____________________
(1) Annualized base rent represents annualized contractual base rental income as of December 31, 2014, adjusted to straight-line any contractual tenant concessions (including free rent), rent increases and rent decreases from the lease’s inception through the balance of the lease term.
Operating Leases
The Company’s real estate properties are leased to tenants under operating leases for which the terms and expirations vary. As of December 31, 2014, the leases had remaining terms, excluding options to extend, of up to 14.4 years with a weighted-average remaining term of 5.3 years. Some of the leases have provisions to extend the term of the leases, options for early termination for all or a part of the leased premises after paying a specified penalty, rights of first refusal to purchase the property at competitive market rates, and other terms and conditions as negotiated. The Company retains substantially all of the risks and benefits of ownership of the real estate assets leased to tenants. Generally, upon the execution of a lease, the Company requires a security deposit from the tenant in the form of a cash deposit and/or a letter of credit. The amount required as a security deposit varies depending upon the terms of the respective lease and the creditworthiness of the tenant, but generally is not a significant amount. Therefore, exposure to credit risk exists to the extent that a receivable from a tenant exceeds the amount of its security deposit. Security deposits received in cash related to tenant leases are included in other liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and totaled $7.9 million and $4.7 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the Company recognized deferred rent from tenants of $9.7 million, $5.2 million and $2.3 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the cumulative deferred rent balance was $18.4 million and $7.8 million, respectively, and is included in rents and other receivables on the accompanying balance sheets. The cumulative deferred rent balance included $1.1 million and $0.3 million of unamortized lease incentives as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
As of December 31, 2014, the future minimum rental income from the Company’s properties under its non-cancelable operating leases was as follows (in thousands):
2015
$
188,796

2016
186,506

2017
170,156

2018
151,408

2019
128,287

Thereafter
413,024

 
$
1,238,177

As of December 31, 2014, the Company’s real estate properties were leased to approximately 600 tenants over a diverse range of industries and geographic areas. The Company’s highest tenant industry concentration (greater than 10% of annualized base rent) was as follows:
Industry
 
Number of Tenants
 
Annualized
Base Rent (1)
(in thousands)
 
Percentage of Annualized Base Rent
Finance
 
125
 
$
47,238

 
23.1
%
_____________________
(1) Annualized base rent represents annualized contractual base rental income as of December 31, 2014, adjusted to straight-line any contractual tenant concessions (including free rent), rent increases and rent decreases from the lease’s inception through the balance of the lease term.

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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


As of December 31, 2014, no other tenant industries accounted for more than 10% of annualized base rent and no tenant accounted for more than 10% of annualized base rent. No material tenant credit issues have been identified at this time.
Geographic Concentration Risk
As of December 31, 2014, the Company’s net investments in real estate in California, Illinois, and Texas represented 22%, 17%, and 15% of the Company’s total assets, respectively.  As a result, the geographic concentration of the Company’s portfolio makes it particularly susceptible to adverse economic developments in the California, Illinois, and Texas real estate markets.  Any adverse economic or real estate developments in these markets, such as business layoffs or downsizing, industry slowdowns, relocations of businesses, changing demographics and other factors, or any decrease in demand for office space resulting from the local business climate, could adversely affect the Company’s operating results and its ability to make distributions to stockholders.
Recent Disposition
Las Cimas IV
On October 28, 2011, the Company, through an indirect wholly owned subsidiary, acquired a five-story office building containing 138,008 rentable square feet located on 9.7 acres of land in Austin, Texas (“Las Cimas IV”). The purchase price of Las Cimas IV was $35.7 million plus closing costs. On February 19, 2014, the Company sold Las Cimas IV for $43.2 million, resulting in a gain of $10.9 million, which includes reductions to the net book value of the property due to historical depreciation and amortization expense. The purchaser was not affiliated with the Company or the Advisor.
During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, Las Cimas IV had revenues of $0.6 million, $4.3 million and $4.3 million, respectively. During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, Las Cimas IV had total expenses of $0.4 million, $5.0 million and $4.9 million, respectively. The results of operations from Las Cimas IV and related gain on sale are included in continuing operations on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.
5.
TENANT ORIGINATION AND ABSORPTION COSTS, ABOVE-MARKET LEASE ASSETS AND         BELOW-MARKET LEASE LIABILITIES
As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company’s tenant origination and absorption costs, above-market lease assets and below-market lease liabilities (excluding fully amortized assets and liabilities and accumulated amortization) were as follows (in thousands):
 
 
Tenant Origination and
Absorption Costs
 
Above-Market
Lease Assets
 
Below-Market
Lease Liabilities
 
 
December 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
 
December 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
 
December 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
Cost
 
$
221,169

 
$
123,830

 
$
16,113

 
$
7,989

 
$
(41,175
)
 
$
(29,736
)
Accumulated Amortization
 
(38,645
)
 
(16,237
)
 
(2,369
)
 
(387
)
 
8,430

 
2,616

Net Amount
 
$
182,524

 
$
107,593

 
$
13,744

 
$
7,602

 
$
(32,745
)
 
$
(27,120
)
Increases (decreases) in net income as a result of amortization of the Company’s tenant origination and absorption costs, above-market lease assets and below-market lease liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 were as follows (in thousands):
 
 
Tenant Origination and
Absorption Costs
 
Above-Market
Lease Assets
 
Below-Market
Lease Liabilities
 
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Amortization
 
$
(28,038
)
 
$
(14,114
)
 
$
(6,424
)
 
$
(2,632
)
 
$
(396
)
 
$
(136
)
 
$
6,743

 
$
2,296

 
$
519


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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


The remaining unamortized balance for these outstanding intangible assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2014 is estimated to be amortized for the years ending December 31 as follows (in thousands):
 
 
Tenant
Origination and
Absorption Costs
 
Above-Market
Lease Assets
 
Below-Market
Lease Liabilities
2015
 
$
(37,183
)
 
$
(2,897
)
 
$
7,710

2016
 
(32,211
)
 
(2,620
)
 
6,567

2017
 
(26,804
)
 
(2,296
)
 
4,644

2018
 
(22,222
)
 
(1,678
)
 
3,822

2019
 
(17,557
)
 
(1,386
)
 
2,994

Thereafter
 
(46,547
)
 
(2,867
)
 
7,008

 
 
$
(182,524
)
 
$
(13,744
)
 
$
32,745

Weighted-Average Remaining Amortization Period
 
7.0 years
 
6.4 years
 
6.0 years
6.
REAL ESTATE LOAN RECEIVABLE
As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company, through an indirect wholly owned subsidiary, had originated one real estate loan receivable as follows (dollars in thousands):
Loan Name
     Location of Related Property or Collateral
 
Date Originated
 
Property Type
 
Loan Type
 
Outstanding Principal Balance as of December 31,
 2014 (1)
 
Book Value
as of
December 31, 2014 (2)
 
Book Value
as of
December 31,
 2013 (2)
 
Contractual Interest
Rate (3)
 
Annualized Effective Interest
Rate (3)
 
Maturity Date
Aberdeen First Mortgage Origination
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dallas, Texas
 
06/24/2011
 
Office
 
Mortgage
 
$
19,968

 
$
20,010

 
$
17,190

 
7.5%
 
7.5%
 
07/01/2016
_____________________
(1) Outstanding principal balance as of December 31, 2014 represents original principal balance outstanding under the loan, increased for any subsequent fundings and reduced for any principal paydowns.
(2) Book value represents outstanding principal balance, adjusted for unamortized origination fees and direct origination and acquisition costs.
(3) Contractual interest rate is the stated interest rate on the face of the loan. Annualized effective interest rate is calculated as the actual interest income recognized in 2014, using the interest method, divided by the average amortized cost basis of the investment. The contractual interest rate and annualized effective interest rate presented are as of December 31, 2014.
The following summarizes the activity related to the real estate loan receivable for the year ended December 31, 2014 (in thousands):
Real estate loan receivable - December 31, 2013
$
17,190

Advances on real estate loan receivable
2,992

Principal repayments received on real estate loan receivable
(146
)
Amortization of closing costs and origination fees on originated real estate loan receivable
(26
)
Real estate loan receivable - December 31, 2014
$
20,010

  
For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, interest income from the real estate loan receivable consisted of the following (in thousands):
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Contractual interest income
$
1,378

 
$
1,106

 
$
911

Amortization of closing costs and origination fees
(26
)
 
(24
)
 
(22
)
Interest income from real estate loan receivable
$
1,352

 
$
1,082

 
$
889

As of December 31, 2014, the borrower under the Aberdeen First Mortgage Loan was current on its payments.

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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


7.
NOTES PAYABLE
As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company’s notes payable consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):
 
 
Principal as of
December 31, 2014
 
Principal as of
December 31, 2013
 
Contractual Interest Rate as of
December 31, 2014(1)
 
Effective
 Interest Rate as of
December 31, 2014 (1)
 
Payment Type
 
Maturity Date (2)
Town Center Mortgage Loan
 
$
75,000

 
$
75,000

 
One-month LIBOR + 1.85%
 
2.87%
 
Interest Only
 
03/27/2018
Portfolio Loan (3)
 
160,000

 
170,000

 
One-month LIBOR + 1.75%
 
1.91%
 
Interest Only
 
04/01/2018
RBC Plaza Mortgage Loan (4)
 
74,465

 
68,730

 
One-month LIBOR + 1.80%
 
2.54%
 
Interest Only
 
02/01/2017
National Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan (5)
 
166,893

 
161,960

 
One-month LIBOR + 1.50%
 
2.76%
 
Interest Only
 
07/01/2017
500 West Madison Mortgage Loan (6)
 
255,000

 
255,000

 
One-month LIBOR + 1.65%
 
2.95%
 
Interest Only
 
12/16/2018
222 Main Mortgage Loan (7)
 
102,700

 
—

 
3.97%
 
3.97%
 
(7) 
 
03/01/2021
Anchor Centre Mortgage Loan (8)
 
50,000

 
—

 
One-month LIBOR + 1.50%
 
1.66%
 
Interest Only
 
06/01/2017
171 17th Street Mortgage Loan (9)
 
79,500

 
—

 
One-month LIBOR + 1.45%
 
2.69%
 
(9) 
 
09/01/2018
Reston Square Mortgage Loan
 
29,800

 
—

 
One-month LIBOR + 1.50%
 
1.66%
 
Interest Only
 
02/01/2018
Ten Almaden Mortgage Loan (10)
 
63,540

 
—

 
One-month LIBOR + 1.65%
 
1.81%
 
Interest Only
 
01/01/2018
Towers at Emeryville Mortgage Loan (11)
 
142,500

 
—

 
One-month LIBOR + 1.75%
 
1.91%
 
Interest Only
 
01/15/2018
101 South Hanley Mortgage Loan (12)
 
34,500

 
—

 
One-month LIBOR + 1.55%
 
1.72%
 
(12) 
 
01/01/2020
3003 Washington Boulevard Mortgage Loan (13)
 
89,000

 
—

 
One-month LIBOR + 1.55%
 
1.72%
 
Interest Only
 
02/01/2020
Total Notes Payable
 
$
1,322,898

 
$
730,690

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_____________________
(1) Contractual interest rate represents the interest rate in effect under the loan as of December 31, 2014. Effective interest rate is calculated as the actual interest rate in effect as of December 31, 2014 (consisting of the contractual interest rate and the effect of interest rate swaps, if applicable), using interest rate indices as of December 31, 2014, where applicable. For further information regarding the Company's derivative instruments, see Note 8, “Derivative Instruments.”
(2) Represents the maturity date as of December 31, 2014; subject to certain conditions, the maturity dates of certain loans may be extended beyond the dates shown.
(3)As of December 31, 2014, the Portfolio Loan was secured by Domain Gateway, the McEwen Building, Gateway Tech Center, the Tower on Lake Carolyn and 201 Spear Street. The face amount of the Portfolio Loan is $200.0 million, of which $130.0 million is term debt and $70.0 million is revolving debt. As of December 31, 2014, the outstanding balance under the loan was $160.0 million and was composed of $130.0 million of term debt and $30.0 million of revolving debt. As of December 31, 2014, an additional $22.1 million of revolving debt remained available for immediate future disbursements, subject to certain conditions set forth in the loan agreement. The remaining $17.9 million of revolving debt is available for future disbursements upon the Company meeting certain financial coverage ratios and subject to certain conditions set forth in the loan agreement. During the term of the Portfolio Loan, the Company has an option, which may be exercised up to three times, to increase the loan amount to a maximum of $350.0 million, of which 65% would be non-revolving debt and 35% would be revolving debt, with the addition of one or more properties to secure the Portfolio Loan, subject to certain conditions contained in the loan documents.
(4) As of December 31, 2014, $74.5 million had been disbursed to the Company and $1.4 million remained available for future disbursements, subject to certain conditions set forth in the loan documents.
(5) The National Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan is secured by One Washingtonian Center, Preston Commons and Sterling Plaza. As of December 31, 2014, $166.9 million had been disbursed to the Company and $3.9 million remained available for future disbursements, subject to certain conditions set forth in the loan documents.
(6) The 500 West Madison Mortgage Loan consists of $215.0 million of term debt, $20.0 million of non-revolving debt (the “First Non-Revolver Tranche”) and another $20.0 million of non-revolving debt (the “Second Non-Revolver Tranche”). As of December 31, 2014, the entire $255.0 million of the 500 West Madison Mortgage Loan had been disbursed to the Company. By December 16, 2015, the Company is obligated to pay down $20.0 million under the First Non-Revolver Tranche, which would then become available for future disbursements, subject to certain terms and conditions contained in the loan documents.
(7) Monthly payments are initially interest-only. Beginning April 1, 2016, monthly payments include principal and interest with principal payments calculated using an amortization schedule of 30 years for the balance of the loan term, with the remaining principal balance, all accrued and unpaid interest and any other amounts due at maturity.

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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


(8) As of December 31, 2014, $50.0 million had been disbursed to the Company and $3.2 million remained available for future disbursements, subject to certain conditions set forth in the loan documents.
(9) As of December 31, 2014, $79.5 million had been disbursed to the Company and $6.0 million remained available to be used for future disbursements, subject to certain conditions set forth in the loan documents. Monthly payments are initially interest-only. Beginning October 1, 2017 and continuing on the first day of each month thereafter through the maturity date of the loan, the committed amount of $85.5 million (the “Committee Amount”) will be reduced by $69,300 per month. To the extent that, following any such reduction in the Committed Amount, the outstanding principal balance of the loan exceeds the then Committed Amount, the 171 17th Street owner will pay to the lender a principal payment in an amount sufficient to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the loan to an amount less than the then reduced Committed Amount. The remaining principal balance, all accrued and unpaid interest and any other amounts will be due at maturity.
(10) As of December 31, 2014, $63.5 million had been disbursed to the Company and $13.1 million remained available for future disbursements, subject to certain conditions set forth in the loan documents.
(11) As of December 31, 2014, $142.5 million had been disbursed to the Company and $32.5 million remained available for future disbursements, subject to certain conditions set forth in the loan documents.
(12) As of December 31, 2014, $34.5 million had been disbursed to the Company and $12.7 million remained available to be used for future disbursements, subject to certain conditions set forth in the loan documents.  Monthly payments are initially interest-only. Beginning February 1, 2018, monthly payments include principal and interest with principal payments calculated using an amortization schedule of 30 years and an interest rate of 6.0%.
(13) As of December 31, 2014, $89.0 million had been disbursed to the Company and $1.5 million remained available for future disbursements, subject to certain conditions set forth in the loan documents.
As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company’s deferred financing costs were $11.2 million and $5.6 million, respectively, net of amortization, and are included in deferred financing costs, prepaid expenses and other assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the Company incurred $27.0 million, $9.8 million and $3.6 million of interest expense, respectively. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, $2.4 million and $1.2 million of interest expense were payable, respectively. Included in interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, were $1.9 million, $1.2 million and $0.9 million of amortization of deferred financing costs, respectively. Included in interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 were $5.7 million and $1.8 million of interest incurred as a result of the Company’s interest rate swap agreements, respectively. In addition, included in interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2014, was $1.5 million of unrealized losses on interest rate swap agreements.
The following is a schedule of maturities, including principal amortization payments, for all notes payable outstanding as of December 31, 2014 (in thousands):
2015
 
$
20,000

2016
 
1,357

2017
 
293,231

2018
 
787,768

2019
 
2,581

Thereafter
 
217,961

 
 
$
1,322,898

The Company’s notes payable contain financial debt covenants. As of December 31, 2014, the Company was in compliance with these debt covenants.

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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


8.
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
The Company enters into derivative instruments for risk management purposes to hedge its exposure to cash flow variability caused by changing interest rates. The primary goal of the Company’s risk management practices related to interest rate risk is to prevent changes in interest rates from adversely impacting the Company’s ability to achieve its investment return objectives. The Company does not enter into the derivatives for speculative purposes.
The Company enters into interest rate swaps as a fixed rate payer to mitigate its exposure to rising interest rates on its variable rate notes payable. The value of interest rate swaps is primarily impacted by interest rates, market expectations about interest rates, and the remaining life of the instrument. In general, increases in interest rates, or anticipated increases in interest rates, will increase the value of the fixed rate payer position and decrease the value of the variable rate payer position. As the remaining life of the interest rate swap decreases, the value of both positions will generally move towards zero.
The following table summarizes the notional amount and other information related to the Company’s interest rate swaps as of December 31, 2014 and 2013. The notional amount is an indication of the extent of the Company’s involvement in each instrument at that time, but does not represent exposure to credit, interest rate or market risks (dollars in thousands):
 
 
December 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
 
 
Weighted-Average
 Fix Pay Rate
 
Weighted-Average Remaining Term
 in Years
Derivative Instruments
 
Number of Instruments
 
Notional Amount
 
Number of Instruments
 
Notional Amount
 
Reference Rate as of December 31, 2014
 
 
Derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest Rate Swaps (1)
 
7
 
$
625,130

 
5
 
$
506,730

 
One-month LIBOR/
Fixed at 0.79% - 1.68%
 
1.35%
 
3.4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest Rate Swaps (1)
 
4
 
$
264,380

 
—
 
$
—

 
One-month LIBOR/
Fixed at 1.81% - 2.37%
 
2.19%
 
2.9
_____________________
(1) Included in these amounts are five forward interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional amount of $314.4 million that were not yet in effect as of December 31, 2014. These five interest rate swaps will become effective at various times between 2015 and 2017.

The following table sets forth the fair value of the Company’s derivative instruments as well as their classification on the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 (dollars in thousands):
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
Derivative Instruments
 
Balance Sheet Location
 
Number of
Instruments
 
Fair Value
 
Number of
Instruments
 
Fair Value
Derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
Interest Rate Swaps
 
Deferred financing costs, prepaid expenses and other assets, at fair value
 
2
 
$
431

 
4
 
$
2,900

Interest Rate Swaps
 
Other liabilities, at fair value
 
5
 
$
(2,621
)
 
1
 
$
(721
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
Interest Rate Swaps
 
Other liabilities, at fair value
 
4
 
$
(1,494
)
 
—
 
$
—


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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


The change in fair value of the effective portion of a derivative instrument that is designated as a cash flow hedge is recorded as other comprehensive income (loss) on the accompanying consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) and as other comprehensive income on the accompanying consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity. Amounts in other comprehensive income (loss) will be reclassified into earnings in the periods in which earnings are affected by the hedged cash flow.  The change in fair value of the ineffective portion is recognized directly in earnings. With respect to swap agreements that were terminated for which it remains probable that the original hedged forecasted transactions (i.e., LIBOR-based debt service payments) will occur, the loss related to the termination of these swap agreements is included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and is reclassified into earnings over the period of the original forecasted hedged transaction. The change in fair value of a derivative instrument that is not designated as a cash flow hedge is recorded as interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The following table summarizes the effects of derivative instruments on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):
 
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
Income statement related
 
 
 
 
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
Amount of expense recognized on interest rate swaps (effective portion)
 
$
5,716

 
$
1,774

 
 
5,716

 
1,774

 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
 
 
 
 
Unrealized loss on interest rate swaps
 
1,494

 
—

 
 
1,494

 
—

Increase in interest expense as a result of derivatives
 
$
7,210

 
$
1,774

 
 
 
 
 
Other comprehensive income related
 
 
 
 
Unrealized (losses) gains on derivative instruments
 
$
(10,085
)
 
$
405

During the year ended December 31, 2014, there was no ineffective portion related to the change in fair value of the cash flow hedges. During the next 12 months, the Company expects to recognize additional interest expense related to derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges. The present value of the additional interest expense expected to be recognized over the next 12 months totaled $6.1 million as of December 31, 2014 and was included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).
9.
FAIR VALUE DISCLOSURES
Under GAAP, the Company is required to measure certain financial instruments at fair value on a recurring basis. In addition, the Company is required to measure other financial instruments and balances at fair value on a non-recurring basis (e.g., carrying value of impaired real estate loans receivable and long-lived assets). Fair value is defined as the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The GAAP fair value framework uses a three-tiered approach. Fair value measurements are classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:
•
Level 1: unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical assets or liabilities;
•
Level 2: quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-derived valuations in which significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets; and
•
Level 3: prices or valuation techniques where little or no market data is available that requires inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


The fair value for certain financial instruments is derived using a combination of market quotes, pricing models and other valuation techniques that involve significant management judgment. The price transparency of financial instruments is a key determinant of the degree of judgment involved in determining the fair value of the Company’s financial instruments. Financial instruments for which actively quoted prices or pricing parameters are available and for which markets contain orderly transactions will generally have a higher degree of price transparency than financial instruments for which markets are inactive or consist of non-orderly trades. The Company evaluates several factors when determining if a market is inactive or when market transactions are not orderly. The following is a summary of the methods and assumptions used by management in estimating the fair value of each class of assets and liabilities for which it is practicable to estimate the fair value:
Cash and cash equivalents, rent and other receivables, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities: These balances approximate their fair values due to the short maturities of these items.
Real estate loan receivable: The Company’s real estate loan receivable is presented in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at its amortized cost net of recorded loan loss reserves and not at fair value. The fair value of the real estate loan receivable was estimated using an internal valuation model that considered the expected cash flows for the loan, underlying collateral value and estimated yield requirements of institutional investors for loans with similar characteristics, including remaining loan term, loan-to-value, type of collateral and other credit enhancements. The Company classifies these inputs as Level 3 inputs.
Derivative instruments: The Company’s derivative instruments are presented at fair value on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The valuation of these instruments is determined using a proprietary model that utilizes observable inputs. As such, the Company classifies these inputs as Level 2 inputs. The proprietary model uses the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, as well as observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and volatility. The fair values of interest rate swaps are estimated using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted fixed cash payments and the discounted expected variable cash receipts. The variable cash receipts are based on an expectation of interest rates (forward curves) derived from observable market interest rate curves. In addition, credit valuation adjustments, which consider the impact of any credit risks to the contracts, are incorporated in the fair values to account for potential nonperformance risk.
Notes payable: The fair values of the Company’s notes payable are estimated using a discounted cash flow analysis based on management’s estimates of current market interest rates for instruments with similar characteristics, including remaining loan term, loan-to-value ratio, type of collateral and other credit enhancements. Additionally, when determining the fair value of a liability in circumstances in which a quoted price in an active market for an identical liability is not available, the Company measures fair value using (i) a valuation technique that uses the quoted price of the identical liability when traded as an asset or quoted prices for similar liabilities when traded as assets or (ii) another valuation technique that is consistent with the principles of fair value measurement, such as the income approach or the market approach. The Company classifies these inputs as Level 3 inputs.
The following were the face values, carrying amounts and fair values of the Company’s real estate loan receivable and notes payable as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, which carrying amounts generally do not approximate the fair values (in thousands):
 
 
December 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
 
Face Value        
 
Carrying Amount    
 
Fair Value        
 
Face Value        
 
Carrying Amount    
 
Fair Value        
Financial assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real estate loan receivable
 
$
19,968

 
$
20,010

 
$
19,914

 
$
17,123

 
$
17,190

 
$
16,877

Financial liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes payable
 
$
1,322,898

 
$
1,322,898

 
$
1,324,139

 
$
730,690

 
$
730,690

 
$
726,162


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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


Disclosure of the fair values of financial instruments is based on pertinent information available to the Company as of the period end and requires a significant amount of judgment. Despite increased capital market and credit market activity, transaction volume for certain financial instruments remains relatively low. This has made the estimation of fair values difficult and, therefore, both the actual results and the Company’s estimate of value at a future date could be materially different.
During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company measured the following assets and liabilities at fair value (in thousands):
 
 
 
 
Fair Value Measurements Using
 
 
Total        
 
Quoted Prices in Active Markets 
for Identical Assets (Level 1)
 
Significant Other Observable 
Inputs (Level 2)        
 
Significant Unobservable
Inputs (Level 3)         
Recurring Basis:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asset derivatives
 
$
431

 
$
—

 
$
431

 
$
—

Liability derivatives
 
(4,115
)
 
—

 
(4,115
)
 
—

10.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company has entered into the Advisory Agreement with the Advisor and the Dealer Manager Agreement with the Dealer Manager. These agreements entitle the Advisor and/or the Dealer Manager to specified fees upon the provision of certain services with regard to the Offering and entitle the Advisor to specified fees upon the provision of certain services with regard to the investment of funds in real estate investments, the management of those investments, among other services, and the disposition of investments, as well as reimbursement of organization and offering costs incurred by the Advisor and the Dealer Manager on behalf of the Company, such as expenses related to the Offering and dividend reinvestment plan, and certain costs incurred by the Advisor in providing services to the Company. In addition, the Advisor is entitled to certain other fees, including an incentive fee upon achieving certain performance goals, as detailed in the Advisory Agreement. The Company has also entered into the AIP Reimbursement Agreement with the Dealer Manager pursuant to which the Company agreed to reimburse the Dealer Manager for certain fees and expenses it incurs for administering the Company’s participation in the DTCC Alternative Investment Product Platform with respect to certain accounts of the Company’s investors serviced through the platform. The Advisor and Dealer Manager also serve as the advisor and dealer manager, respectively, for KBS Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc., KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II, Inc., KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc., KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, Inc. and KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, Inc.
On January 6, 2014, the Company, together with KBS Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc., KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II, Inc., KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc., KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, Inc., KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, Inc., the Dealer Manager, the Advisor and other KBS-affiliated entities, entered into an errors and omissions and directors and officers liability insurance program where the lower tiers of such insurance coverage are shared. The cost of these lower tiers is allocated by the Advisor and its insurance broker among each of the various entities covered by the program, and is billed directly to each entity. The allocation of these shared coverage costs is proportionate to the pricing by the insurance marketplace for the first tiers of directors and officers liability coverage purchased individually by each REIT. The Advisor’s and the Dealer Manager’s portion of the shared lower tiers’ cost is proportionate to the respective entities’ prior cost for the errors and omissions insurance.
During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, no other transactions occurred between the Company and KBS Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc., KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II, Inc., KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc., KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT, Inc. and KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, Inc.

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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


Pursuant to the terms of these agreements, summarized below are the related-party costs incurred by the Company for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and any related amounts payable as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):
 
 
Incurred
Years Ended December 31,
 
Payable as of
December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
 
2014
 
2013
Expensed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Asset management fees (1)
 
$
11,476

 
$
4,653

 
$
1,732

 
$
3,465

 
$
—

Reimbursement of operating expenses (2)
 
196

 
137

 
116

 
36

 
—

Real estate acquisition fees
 
10,441

 
9,423

 
2,296

 
—

 
—

Additional Paid-in Capital
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Selling commissions
 
34,264

 
23,323

 
10,138

 
—

 
—

Dealer manager fees
 
16,544

 
11,340

 
4,834

 
—

 
—

Reimbursable other offering costs
 
3,594

 
2,726

 
1,516

 
53

 
57

 
 
$
76,515

 
$
51,602

 
$
20,632

 
$
3,554

 
$
57

_____________________
(1) As of December 31, 2014, the Company had accrued and deferred payment of $3.5 million of asset management fees. See “Deferral of Asset Management Fees” below.
(2) The Advisor may seek reimbursement for certain employee costs under the Advisory Agreement. The Company has reimbursed the Advisor for the Company’s allocable portion of the salaries, benefits and overhead of internal audit department personnel providing services to the Company. These amounts totaled $137,000, $131,000 and $103,000 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and were the only employee costs reimbursed under the Advisory Agreement for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012. The Company will not reimburse for employee costs in connection with services for which the Advisor earns acquisition or origination or disposition fees (other than reimbursement of travel and communication expenses) or for the salaries or benefits the Advisor or its affiliates may pay to the Company’s executive officers.
In connection with the Offering, the Company’s sponsors agreed to provide additional indemnification to one of the participating broker-dealers.  The Company agreed to add supplemental coverage to its directors’ and officers’ insurance coverage to insure the sponsors’ obligations under this indemnification agreement in exchange for reimbursement by the sponsors to the Company for all costs, expenses and premiums related to this supplemental coverage.  During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the Advisor incurred $88,000, $19,000 and $73,000 for the costs of the supplemental coverage obtained by the Company, respectively.
Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor would be obligated to reimburse the Company to the extent organization and offering costs incurred by the Company in each of the Offering and the Follow-on Offering exceed 15% of the gross offering proceeds of the respective offering. As of December 31, 2014, organization and offering costs in the Offering did not exceed 15% of the gross offering proceeds. From inception through December 31, 2014, the Company had recorded $1.2 million of offering costs related to the Follow-on Offering. As of December 31, 2014, the Company had not commenced the Follow-on Offering and as such, the Company classified $1.2 million of offering costs as deferred financing costs, prepaid expenses and other assets on its consolidated balance sheet.
Deferral of Asset Management Fees
On September 27, 2014, the Company and the Advisor renewed the Advisory Agreement. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, with respect to asset management fees accruing from March 1, 2014, the Advisor defers, without interest, the Company’s obligation to pay asset management fees for any month in which the Company’s modified funds from operations (“MFFO”) for such month, as such term is defined in the practice guideline issued by the Investment Program Association (“IPA”) in November 2010 and interpreted by the Company, excluding asset management fees, does not exceed the amount of distributions declared by the Company for record dates of that month. The Company remains obligated to pay the Advisor an asset management fee in any month in which the Company's MFFO, excluding asset management fees, for such month exceeds the amount of distributions declared for the record dates of that month (such excess amount, an “MFFO Surplus”); however, any amount of such asset management fee in excess of the MFFO Surplus will also be deferred under the Advisory Agreement. If the MFFO Surplus for any month exceeds the amount of the asset management fee payable for such month, any remaining MFFO Surplus will be applied to pay any asset management fee amounts previously deferred in accordance with the Advisory Agreement.

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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


However, notwithstanding the foregoing, any and all deferred asset management fees that are unpaid will become immediately due and payable at such time as the Company's stockholders have received, together as a collective group, aggregate distributions (including distributions that may constitute a return of capital for federal income tax purposes) sufficient to provide (i) an 8.0% per year cumulative, noncompounded return on such net invested capital (the “Stockholders’ 8% Return”) and (ii) a return of their net invested capital, or the amount calculated by multiplying the total number of shares purchased by stockholders by the issue price, reduced by any amounts to repurchase shares pursuant to the Company's share redemption program. The Stockholders’ 8% Return is not based on the return provided to any individual stockholder. Accordingly, it is not necessary for each of the Company's stockholders to have received any minimum return in order for the Advisor to receive deferred asset management fees.
As of December 31, 2014, the Company had accrued and deferred payment of $3.5 million of asset management fees under the Advisory Agreement, as the Company believes the payment of this amount to the Advisor is probable. These fees will be reimbursed in accordance with the terms noted above.
Issuance of Common Stock
On October 3, 2014, the Company issued 129,231 shares of common stock for $9.40 per share (or an aggregate purchase price of $1.2 million) to Jonathan Bren and 129,231 shares of common stock for $9.40 per share (or an aggregate purchase price of $1.2 million) to Christopher Bren. The shares were issued in private transactions exempt from the registration requirements pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. Jonathan Bren and Christopher Bren are the sons of Peter Bren, the Company’s President and one of the Company’s sponsors. The Company did not pay selling commissions or dealer manager fees with respect to these sales. The purchase price reflects a $0.987 discount to the $10.39 per share offering price in the Offering, reflecting that no selling commissions or dealer manager fees were paid on the sale.
11. UNAUDITED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The following table summarizes, on an unaudited pro forma basis, the combined results of operations of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013. The Company acquired nine office properties during the year ended December 31, 2014, which were accounted for as business combinations. The following unaudited pro forma information for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 has been prepared to give effect to the acquisitions of 222 Main, 171 17th Street, Ten Almaden, Towers at Emeryville and 3003 Washington Boulevard as if the acquisitions occurred on January 1, 2013. This pro forma information does not purport to represent what the actual results of operations of the Company would have been had these acquisitions occurred on this date, nor does it purport to predict the results of operations for future periods (in thousands, except share and per share amounts).
 
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
Revenues
 
$
241,363

 
$
139,369

Depreciation and amortization
 
$
101,299

 
$
58,246

Net loss
 
$
(4,970
)
 
$
(25,013
)
Net loss per common share, basic and diluted
 
$
(0.04
)
 
$
(0.31
)
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted
 
120,045,738

 
81,488,854

The unaudited pro forma information for the year ended December 31, 2014 was adjusted to exclude $9.8 million of acquisition fees and expenses related to 222 Main, 171 17th Street, Ten Almaden, Towers at Emeryville and 3003 Washington Boulevard incurred by the Company in 2014.

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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


12.
SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)
Presented below is a summary of the unaudited quarterly financial information for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands, except per share amounts):
 
 
2014
 
 
First Quarter
 
Second Quarter
 
Third Quarter
 
Fourth Quarter
Revenues
 
$
41,736

 
$
45,183

 
$
48,380

 
$
53,597

Net income (loss)
 
$
6,727

 
$
(3,561
)
 
$
(3,070
)
 
$
(12,448
)
Net income (loss) per common share, basic and diluted
 
$
0.09

 
$
(0.04
)
 
$
(0.03
)
 
$
(0.11
)
Distributions declared per common share (1)
 
$
0.160

 
$
0.162

 
$
0.164

 
$
0.164

 
 
2013
 
 
First Quarter
 
Second Quarter
 
Third Quarter
 
Fourth Quarter
Revenues
 
$
13,666

 
$
16,376

 
$
23,475

 
$
26,906

Net loss
 
$
(2,376
)
 
$
(6,113
)
 
$
(1,785
)
 
$
(11,363
)
Net income (loss) per common share, basic and diluted
 
$
(0.08
)
 
$
(0.17
)
 
$
(0.04
)
 
$
(0.19
)
Distributions declared per common share (1)
 
$
0.160

 
$
0.162

 
$
0.164

 
$
0.164

__________________
(1) Distributions declared per common share assumes each share was issued and outstanding each day during the respective periods from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014. Each day during the periods from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014 was a record date for distributions. Distributions were calculated at the rate of $0.00178082 per share per day.
13.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Economic Dependency
The Company is dependent on the Advisor and the Dealer Manager for certain services that are essential to the Company, including the sale of the Company’s shares of common and, if applicable, preferred stock available for issue; the identification, evaluation, negotiation, origination, acquisition and disposition of investments; management of the daily operations of the Company’s investment portfolio; and other general and administrative responsibilities. In the event that the Advisor and the Dealer Manager are unable to provide the respective services, the Company will be required to obtain such services from other sources.
Legal Matters
From time to time, the Company may be party to legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of its business. Management is not aware of any legal proceedings of which the outcome is probable or reasonably possible to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations or financial condition, which would require accrual or disclosure of the contingency and possible range of loss. Additionally, the Company has not recorded any loss contingencies related to legal proceedings in which the potential loss is deemed to be remote.
Environmental
As an owner of real estate, the Company is subject to various environmental laws of federal, state and local governments. Compliance with existing environmental laws is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations as of December 31, 2014.

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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014


14.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluates subsequent events up until the date the consolidated financial statements are issued.
Status of the Offering
The Company commenced the Offering on October 26, 2010. As of March 3, 2015, the Company had sold 138,690,290 shares of common stock in the Offering for gross offering proceeds of $1.4 billion, including 6,020,991 shares of common stock sold pursuant to the Company's dividend reinvestment plan for gross offering proceeds of $58.5 million. Also as of March 3, 2015, the Company had redeemed 844,725 of the shares sold in the Offering for $8.2 million.
Distributions Paid
On January 2, 2015, the Company paid distributions of $6.6 million, which related to distributions declared for daily record dates for each day in the period from December 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. On February 2, 2015, the Company paid distributions of $7.0 million, which related to distributions declared for daily record dates for each day in the period from January 1, 2015 through January 31, 2015. On March 2, 2015, the Company paid distributions of $6.6 million, which related to distributions declared for daily record dates for each day in the period from February 1, 2015 through February 28, 2015.
Distributions Declared
On January 15, 2015, the Company’s board of directors declared distributions based on daily record dates for the period from March 1, 2015 through March 31, 2015, which the Company expects to pay in April 2015. On March 6, 2015, the Company's board of directors declared distributions based on daily record dates for the period from April 1, 2015 through April 30, 2015, which the Company expects to pay in May 2015, and distributions based on daily record dates for the period from May 1, 2015 through May 31, 2015, which the Company expects to pay in June 2015. Investors may choose to receive cash distributions or purchase additional shares through the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan.
Distributions for these periods will be calculated based on stockholders of record each day during these periods at a rate of $0.00178082 per share per day and equal a daily amount that, if paid each day for a 365-day period, would equal a 6.5% annualized rate based on the initial primary Offering purchase price of $10.00 per share or a 6.18% annualized rate based on the current primary Offering price of $10.51 per share.
Financing subsequent to December 31, 2014
Interest Rate Cap
On January 7, 2015, the Company entered into an interest rate cap with an unaffiliated LIBOR cap provider, for a notional amount of $353.4 million, effective from January 7, 2015 to June 30, 2016. The interest rate cap is reduced to $147.3 million from July 1, 2016 to January 1, 2017. The interest rate cap has a one-month LIBOR strike rate of 2.463%.


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KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
SCHEDULE III
REAL ESTATE ASSETS AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION
December 31, 2014
(dollar amounts in thousands)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Initial Cost to Company
 
 
 
Gross Amount at which Carried at Close of Period
 
 
 
 
 
 
Description
 
Location
 
Ownership
Percent
 
Encumbrances
 
Land
 
Building and Improvements(1)
 
Total
 
Cost
Capitalized
Subsequent
to Acquisition (2)
 
Land
 
Building and
Improvements (1)
 
Total (3)
 
Accumulated
Depreciation and
Amortization
 
Original
Date of
Construction
 
Date Acquired
Domain Gateway
 
Austin, TX
 
100%
 
$
(4) 
 
$
2,850

 
$
44,523

 
$
47,373

 
$
—

 
$
2,850

 
$
44,523

 
$
47,373

 
$
(7,082
)
 
2009
 
09/29/2011
Town Center
 
Plano, TX
 
100%
 
 
75,000

 
7,428

 
108,547

 
115,975

 
2,059

 
7,428

 
110,606

 
118,034

 
(15,513
)
 
2001/2002/2006
 
03/27/2012
McEwen Building
 
Franklin, TN
 
100%
 
 
(4) 
 
5,600

 
34,704

 
40,304

 
(48
)
 
5,600

 
34,656

 
40,256

 
(5,463
)
 
2009
 
04/30/2012
Gateway Tech Center
 
Salt Lake City, UT
 
100%
 
 
(4) 
 
9,800

 
20,051

 
29,851

 
(624
)
 
9,800

 
19,427

 
29,227

 
(4,110
)
 
1909
 
05/09/2012
Tower on Lake Carolyn
 
Irving, TX
 
100%
 
 
(4) 
 
2,056

 
44,579

 
46,635

 
3,459

 
2,056

 
48,038

 
50,094

 
(6,367
)
 
1988
 
12/21/2012
RBC Plaza
 
Minneapolis, MN
 
100%
 
 
74,465

 
16,951

 
109,191

 
126,142

 
13,203

 
16,951

 
122,394

 
139,345

 
(11,612
)
 
1991
 
01/31/2013
One Washingtonian Center
 
Gaithersburg, MD
 
100%
 
 
(5) 
 
14,400

 
74,335

 
88,735

 
1,500

 
14,400

 
75,835

 
90,235

 
(6,862
)
 
1990
 
06/19/2013
Preston Commons
 
Dallas, TX
 
100%
 
 
(5) 
 
17,188

 
96,330

 
113,518

 
2,314

 
17,188

 
98,644

 
115,832

 
(8,277
)
 
1958/1986
 
06/19/2013
Sterling Plaza
 
Dallas, TX
 
100%
 
 
(5) 
 
6,800

 
68,292

 
75,092

 
3,564

 
6,800

 
71,856

 
78,656

 
(6,390
)
 
1984
 
06/19/2013
201 Spear Street
 
San Francisco, CA
 
100%
 
 
(4) 
 
40,279

 
85,941

 
126,220

 
4,614

 
40,279

 
90,555

 
130,834

 
(4,871
)
 
1984
 
12/03/2013
500 West Madison
 
Chicago, IL
 
100%
 
 
255,000

 
49,306

 
370,662

 
419,968

 
5,460

 
49,306

 
376,122

 
425,428

 
(22,489
)
 
1987
 
12/16/2013
222 Main
 
Salt Lake City, UT
 
100%
 
 
102,700

 
5,700

 
156,842

 
162,542

 
1,218

 
5,700

 
158,060

 
163,760

 
(5,409
)
 
2009
 
02/27/2014
Anchor Centre
 
Phoenix, AZ
 
100%
 
 
50,000

 
13,900

 
73,480

 
87,380

 
3,604

 
13,900

 
77,084

 
90,984

 
(2,405
)
 
1984
 
05/22/2014
171 17th Street
 
Atlanta, GA
 
100%
 
 
79,500

 
7,639

 
122,593

 
130,232

 
(279
)
 
7,639

 
122,314

 
129,953

 
(2,675
)
 
2004
 
08/25/2014
Rocklin Corporate Center
 
Rocklin, CA
 
100%
 
 
—

 
4,448

 
28,276

 
32,724

 
—

 
4,448

 
28,276

 
32,724

 
(283
)
 
2007
 
11/06/2014
Reston Square
 
Reston, VA
 
100%
 
 
29,800

 
6,800

 
38,838

 
45,638

 
—

 
6,800

 
38,838

 
45,638

 
(97
)
 
2007
 
12/03/2014
Ten Almaden
 
San Jose, CA
 
100%
 
 
63,540

 
7,000

 
110,292

 
117,292

 
1

 
7,000

 
110,293

 
117,293

 
(229
)
 
1988
 
12/05/2014
Towers at Emeryville
 
Emeryville, CA
 
100%
 
 
142,500

 
49,183

 
200,823

 
250,006

 
87

 
49,183

 
200,910

 
250,093

 
(513
)
 
1972/1975/1985
 
12/23/2014
101 South Hanley
 
St. Louis, MO
 
100%
 
 
34,500

 
6,100

 
57,363

 
63,463

 
—

 
6,100

 
57,363

 
63,463

 
(134
)
 
1986
 
12/24/2014
3003 Washington Boulevard
 
Arlington, VA
 
100%
 
 
89,000

 
18,800

 
129,820

 
148,620

 
19

 
18,800

 
129,839

 
148,639

 
—

 
2014
 
12/30/2014
 
 
 
 
TOTAL
 
 

 
$
292,228

 
$
1,975,482

 
$
2,267,710

 
$
40,151

 
$
292,228

 
$
2,015,633

 
$
2,307,861

 
$
(110,781
)
 
 
 
 
____________________
(1) Building and improvements includes tenant origination and absorption costs.
(2) Costs capitalized subsequent to acquisition is net of write-offs of fully depreciated/amortized assets.
(3) The aggregate cost of real estate for federal income tax purposes was $2.3 billion as of December 31, 2014.
(4) As of December 31, 2014, these properties served as the security for the Portfolio Loan, which had an outstanding principal balance of $160.0 million as of December 31, 2014.
(5) As of December 31, 2014, these properties served as the security for the National Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan, which had an outstanding principal balance of $166.9 million as of December 31, 2014.

F-37
KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
SCHEDULE III
REAL ESTATE ASSETS AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION (CONTINUED)
December 31, 2014
(dollar amounts in thousands)



 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Real Estate:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at the beginning of the year
 
$
1,276,737

 
$
319,060

 
$
83,429

Acquisitions
 
1,037,897

 
949,675

 
232,765

Improvements
 
38,775

 
10,520

 
3,686

Write off of fully depreciated and fully amortized assets
 
(9,642
)
 
(2,518
)
 
(820
)
Sale
 
(35,906
)
 
—

 
—

Balance at the end of the year
 
$
2,307,861

 
$
1,276,737

 
$
319,060

Accumulated depreciation and amortization:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at the beginning of the year
 
(46,608
)
 
$
(14,090
)
 
$
(1,100
)
Depreciation and amortization expense
 
(78,378
)
 
(35,036
)
 
(13,810
)
Write off of fully depreciated and fully amortized assets
 
9,642

 
2,518

 
820

Sale
 
4,563

 
—

 
—

Balance at the end of the year
 
$
(110,781
)
 
$
(46,608
)
 
$
(14,090
)

F-38

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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, in the City of Newport Beach, State of California, on March 9, 2015.
 
KBS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:  
/s/ Charles J. Schreiber, Jr.
 
 
Charles J. Schreiber, Jr.
 
 
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer and Director
 
 
(principal executive officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Name
 
Title
 
Date
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ CHARLES J. SCHREIBER, JR.
 
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
 
March 9, 2015
Charles J. Schreiber, Jr.
 
 
 
 
/s/ DAVID E. SNYDER
 
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
 
March 9, 2015
David E. Snyder
 
 
 
 
/s/ PETER MCMILLAN III
 
Executive Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Director
 
March 9, 2015
Peter McMillan III
 
 
 
 
/s/ STACIE K. YAMANE
 
Chief Accounting Officer
(principal accounting officer)
 
March 9, 2015
Stacie K. Yamane
 
 
 
 
/s/ HANK ADLER
 
Director
 
March 9, 2015
Hank Adler
 
 
 
 
/s/ BARBARA R. CAMBON
 
Director
 
March 9, 2015
Barbara R. Cambon
 
 
 
 
/s/ STUART A. GABRIEL, PH.D.
 
Director
 
March 9, 2015
Stuart A. Gabriel, Ph.D.