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Planned asset dispositions
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2012
Planned Asset Dispositions  
Planned asset dispositions

Note 2 – Planned asset dispositions:

On July 7, 2010, FREIT’s Board of Trustees (“Board”) authorized management to pursue a sale of the 256,620 sq. ft. Westridge Square Shopping Center (“Westridge”) located in Frederick, Maryland. The decision to sell the property (acquired in 1992) was based on the Board’s desire to re-deploy the net proceeds or other consideration arising from the sale to real estate assets in other areas of FREIT’s operations. On April 15, 2011, FREIT was notified by Giant of Maryland LLC (“Giant”), the former tenant and operator of the 55,330 sq. ft. Giant Supermarket at Westridge, that it would not extend the term of its lease, which expired on October 31, 2011. As a result, FREIT halted its efforts to sell Westridge and will reconsider its decision to market Westridge for sale when the space is re-leased. On July 27, 2012, FREIT signed a lease agreement with G-Mart Frederick, Inc. (“G-Mart”) for the leasing of a significant portion of the space vacated by Giant (40,000 square feet). FREIT expects to incur tenant improvement costs associated with the lease to G-Mart. FREIT anticipates that G-Mart will begin its operations at the center sometime in the 1st calendar quarter of 2013. No decision has been made as of the filing date of this report, to resume FREIT’s efforts to market the Westridge Square property for sale.

On June 3, 2011, FREIT’s Board authorized management to pursue the sale of the Palisades Manor Apartments, in Palisades Park, NJ, the Grandview Apartments in Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, and the Heights Manor Apartments in Spring Lake Heights, NJ. The decision to pursue the sale of these properties was based on the Board’s desire to re-deploy the net proceeds arising from the sale to real estate assets in other areas of FREIT’s operations. On August 29, 2012, the Heights Manor property was sold (See Note 3 for more details). However, it is still not possible for management to estimate when a sale of the other two properties will occur, and therefore, the Grandview and Palisades Manor properties are classified as held for use as of October 31, 2012.

On May 2, 2012, FREIT’s Board authorized management to pursue the sale of its South Brunswick, NJ property. The decision to sell this property was based on the Board’s desire to re-deploy the net proceeds arising from the sale to real estate assets in other areas of FREIT’s operations. However, as management is unable to estimate when a sale of the South Brunswick property will occur, it is classified as held for use as of October 31, 2012.