Capitalized interest	6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2014
Notes to Financial Statements
Capitalized interest	Note 7 – Capitalized interest Interest costs associated with amounts expended at the Grande Rotunda development are capitalized and included in the cost of the project using the weighted average rate of FREIT’s outstanding borrowings. Interest capitalized during the six and three-month periods ended April 30, 2014, amounted to $220,000 and $175,000, respectively.

The entire disclosure regarding capitalization of interest costs, including but not limited to: (i) capitalizing to inventory the interest costs incurred on land development, home construction, and building construction projects, (ii) charging such capitalized costs against earnings, including identification of the line item captions reflecting such expense (typically cost of sales), and (iii) allocating such costs to projects.

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