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Preferred Equity Investments (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Schedule Of Investments [Abstract]  
Schedule Of Preferred Equity Investments

The following table is a summary of the preferred equity investments.

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of

 

Preferred Equity Investment

 

% Ownership

 

 

Dividend Rate

 

 

Initial Maturity

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

December 31, 2014

 

470 Vanderbilt Avenue (1)

 

 

25.4%

 

 

 

10.3%

 

 

Feb-2019

 

$

35,305

 

 

$

-

 

2 Herald Square (2)

 

 

25.4%

 

 

 

10.3%

 

 

Apr-2017

 

 

18,636

 

 

 

-

 

Total Preferred Equity Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

53,941

 

 

$

-

 

 

(1)

Represents a $33,750 preferred equity investment in a partnership that owns 470 Vanderbilt Avenue, a 650,000 square foot office building located in Brooklyn, New York. The preferred equity has a dividend rate of 10.3%, of which 8.0% is being paid in cash through February 2016 and will increase thereafter to 10.3% through maturity, and the unpaid portion accretes to the balance of the investment.    

(2)

Represents a $17,500 preferred equity investment in a partnership that owns 2 Herald Square, a 369,000 square foot office and retail property in Manhattan.  The preferred equity has a dividend rate of 10.3%, of which 7.0% is paid currently and the remainder accretes to the balance of the investment.  The preferred equity investment has two one-year extension options.