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Mortgages payable and credit line
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Mortgages payable and credit line

Note 5 – Mortgages payable and credit line:

 

   October 31, 2018   October 31, 2017 
   Principal   Unamortized
Debt Issuance
Costs
   Principal   Unamortized
Debt Issuance
Costs
 
   (In Thousands of Dollars)   (In Thousands of Dollars) 
Rockaway, NJ (A)  $16,152   $80   $16,660   $109 
Westwood, NJ (B)   19,611    134    20,220    166 
Patchogue, NY (C)   5,231    15    5,231    2 
Wayne, NJ (D)   17,334    18    17,705    44 
River Edge, NJ (E)   10,243    87    10,456    104 
Red Bank, NJ (F)   12,350    138         
Westwood, NJ (G)   20,134    67    20,628    101 
Wayne, NJ (H)   24,432    274    25,102    308 
Hackensack, NJ (I)   48,000    572    29,198    98 
Damascus, MD (J)   19,865    296    20,357    362 
Middletown, NY (K)   15,922    203    16,200    236 
   Total fixed rate   209,274    1,884    181,757    1,530 
Frederick, MD (L)   22,710    70    23,241    209 
Baltimore, MD (M)   118,520    1,439    115,316     
Line of credit - Provident Bank (N)       105    3,121    124 
   Total variable rate   141,230    1,614    141,678    333 
Total  $350,504   $3,498   $323,435   $1,863 

 

 

  (A) Payable in monthly installments of $115,850 including interest at 5.37% through February 2022 at which time the outstanding balance is due. The mortgage is secured by a residential building in Rockaway, New Jersey having a net book value of approximately $15,590,000 as of October 31, 2018.

(B)

On January 14, 2013, FREIT refinanced its Westwood Plaza mortgage loan in the amount of $8.0 million, with a new mortgage loan in the amount of $22,750,000, which is payable in monthly installments of $129,702 including interest at 4.75% through January 2023 at which time the outstanding balance is due. The new mortgage is secured by a retail building in Westwood, New Jersey having a net book value of approximately $7,359,000 as of October 31, 2018.

  (C) The loan, modified effective January 1, 2016, was reduced to interest only payments based on a rate of 4.5% resulting in monthly payments of approximately $19,600. This loan became due on March 1, 2018. FREIT is currently operating under the same terms and conditions of the existing agreement while working with the lender, Oritani Bank, to extend the maturity date of the loan and to provide for monthly payments of principal and interest. Until such time as a definitive agreement providing for an extension of the loan is entered into, there can be no assurance the loan will be extended. The mortgage is secured by a retail building in Patchogue, New York having a net book value of approximately $6,268,000 as of October 31, 2018.  

 

  (D) Payable in monthly installments of $121,100 including interest at 6.09% through September 1, 2019 at which time the outstanding balance is due with an automatic one-year extension of this loan. The mortgage is secured by an apartment building in Wayne, New Jersey having a net book value of approximately $1,663,000 as of October 31, 2018.

 

(E) On November 19, 2013, FREIT refinanced mortgage loans scheduled to mature on December 1, 2013 with a new mortgage loan in the amount of $11,200,000 payable in monthly installments of $57,456 including interest at 4.54% through December 1, 2023 at which time the outstanding balance is due. The mortgage is secured by an apartment building in River Edge, New Jersey having a net book value of approximately $804,000 as of October 31, 2018.

(F)

On December 7, 2017, Station Place on Monmouth, LLC (owned 100% by FREIT) closed on a mortgage loan in the amount of $12,350,000 held by Provident Bank to purchase the Station Place property in Red Bank, New Jersey (see Note 3 to FREIT’s consolidated financial statements). Interest-only payments are required each month for the first two years of the term and thereafter, principal payments plus accrued interest will be required each month through maturity. The loan bears a floating interest rate equal to 180 basis points over the one-month BBA LIBOR with a maturity date of December 15, 2027.  In order to minimize interest rate volatility during the term of the loan, Station Place on Monmouth, LLC entered into an interest rate swap agreement that, in effect, converted the floating interest rate to a fixed interest rate of 4.35% over the term of the loan. (See Note 6 to FREIT’s consolidated financial statements for additional information relating to the interest rate swap.) The mortgage is secured by an apartment building in Red Bank, New Jersey having a net book value of approximately $19,303,000 as of October 31, 2018.

As of October 31, 2018, Station Place on Monmouth, LLC was not, and is not currently, in compliance with a loan covenant contained in the mortgage loan held by Provident Bank. The lender waived compliance with the loan covenant through October 31, 2018. The lender has agreed in principle to modifications of the loan covenant that will allow Station Place on Monmouth, LLC to comply with the covenant going forward, subject to execution of a definitive agreement providing for the modifications. Until such time as a definitive agreement is entered into, there can be no assurance the loan covenant will be modified.

  (G) Payable in monthly installments of $120,752 including interest of 4.62% through November 1, 2020 at which time the outstanding balance is due. The mortgage is secured by an apartment building in Westwood, New Jersey having a net book value of approximately $9,231,000 as of October 31, 2018.
  (H) On September 29, 2016, Wayne PSC, LLC refinanced its $24,200,000 mortgage loan held by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, with a new mortgage loan from People’s United Bank in the amount of $25,800,000.  The new loan bears a floating interest rate equal to 220 basis points over the one-month BBA LIBOR with a maturity date of October 1, 2026.  In order to minimize interest rate volatility during the term of the loan, Wayne PSC, LLC entered into an interest rate swap agreement that, in effect, converted the floating interest rate to a fixed interest rate of 3.625% over the term of the loan.  This refinancing resulted in: (i) a reduction in interest rate from 6.04% to 3.625% and (ii) net refinancing proceeds of approximately $1 million that were distributed to the partners in Wayne PSC, LLC with FREIT receiving $0.4 million based on it 40% membership interest in Wayne PSC, LLC. (See Note 6 to FREIT’s consolidated financial statements for additional information relating to the interest rate swap.)  The mortgage is secured by a shopping center in Wayne, New Jersey having a net book value of approximately $25,034,000 as of October 31, 2018 including approximately $0.2 million classified as construction in progress.   
  (I)

On January 8, 2018, Pierre Towers, (which is owned by S And A Commercial Associates Limited Partnership (“S&A”), a consolidated subsidiary of FREIT), refinanced its $29.1 million loan held by State Farm with a new mortgage loan from New York Life Insurance in the amount of $48 million. Pierre Towers paid New York Life Insurance a good faith deposit in the amount of $960,000 (which was included in prepaid expenses and other assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of October 31, 2017) and was reimbursed by New York Life when the loan was closed in January 2018. This refinancing resulted in: (i) a reduction in the annual interest rate from a fixed rate of 5.38% to a fixed rate of 3.88%; and (ii) net refinancing proceeds of approximately $17.2 million (after giving effect to a $1.2 million loan prepayment cost to pay-off the loan held by State Farm) that were distributed to the partners in S&A with FREIT receiving approximately $11.2 million, based on its 65% membership interest in S&A, which can be used for capital expenditures and general corporate purposes.

The loan is interest-only for the first five years of the term with monthly installments of $155,200 each month through January 2023. Thereafter, monthly installments of principal plus interest totaling $225,851.10 will be required each month until January 2028 at which time the unpaid balance is due. The mortgage is secured by an apartment building in Hackensack, New Jersey having a net book value of approximately $37,619,000 as of October 31, 2018.

  (J)

On December 26, 2012, Damascus Centre, LLC refinanced its construction loan with long-term financing provided by People’s United Bank and the first tranche of the new loan was taken-down in the amount of $20 million. Based on leasing and net operating income at the shopping center, People’s United Bank agreed to a take down of the second tranche of this loan on April 22, 2016 in the amount of $2,320,000, of which approximately $470,000 was readily available and the remaining $1,850,000 was held in escrow (included in prepaid expenses and other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of October 31, 2017) and would be available to Damascus Centre, LLC once certain tenants opened and began paying rent. In July 2018, these funds totaling $1,850,000 were released from escrow by the bank and became readily available to Damascus Centre, LLC. Damascus Centre, LLC distributed amounts due to FREIT and certain members of Damascus 100.

The loan has a maturity date of January 3, 2023 and bears a floating interest rate equal to 210 points over the BBA LIBOR. In order to minimize interest rate volatility during the term of this loan, Damascus Centre, LLC entered into an interest rate swap agreement that, in effect, converted the floating interest rate to a fixed interest rate on each tranche of this loan, resulting in a fixed rate of 3.81% over the term of the first tranche of this loan and a fixed rate of 3.53% over the term of the second tranche of this loan. (See Note 6 to FREIT’s consolidated financial statements for additional information relating to the interest rate swaps.) The shopping center securing the loan has a net book value of approximately $26,774,000 as of October 31, 2018.

 

  (K)

On December 29, 2014, FREIT Regency, LLC closed on a $16.2 million mortgage loan with Provident Bank. The loan bears a floating interest rate equal to 125 basis points over the one-month BBA LIBOR and the loan will mature on December 15, 2024. Interest-only payments had been required each month through December 15, 2017 and thereafter, principal payments of $27,807 (plus accrued interest) are required each month through maturity. In order to minimize interest rate volatility during the term of the loan, FREIT Regency, LLC entered into an interest rate swap agreement that, in effect, converted the floating interest rate to a fixed interest rate of 3.75% over the term of the loan. (See Note 6 to FREIT’s consolidated financial statements for additional information relating to the interest rate swap.) The mortgage is secured by an apartment complex in Middletown, New York having a net book value of $19,231,000 as of October 31, 2018.

  (L) On April 28, 2017, WestFREIT Corp., a consolidated subsidiary, refinanced its $22 million mortgage loan held by Wells Fargo Bank, with a new mortgage loan from Manufacturer’s and Traders Trust Company in the amount of $23.5 million.  The new loan bears a floating interest rate equal to 275 basis points over the one-month LIBOR and has a maturity date of April 28, 2019 with the option to extend for 12 months.  This refinancing resulted in: (i) a reduction in the annual interest rate from a fixed rate of 5.55% to a variable rate and (ii) net refinancing proceeds of approximately $1.1 million which have been used for general corporate purposes. The new loan is payable in monthly installments of interest (as defined above) plus principal of $43,250 through May 2018 and principal of $45,250 from June 2018 through May 2019 at which time the outstanding balance is due. The mortgage is secured by a retail building in Frederick, Maryland having a net book value of approximately $14,195,000 as of October 31, 2018.
  (M)

The original Rotunda acquisition loan for $22.5 million, which was subsequently reduced to $19.5 million on February 1, 2010, was acquired by FREIT on May 28, 2013. FREIT subsequently sold this loan to Wells Fargo Bank. On December 9, 2013, Grande Rotunda, LLC, a consolidated subsidiary, closed with Wells Fargo Bank on a construction loan of up to $120 million to be used to redevelop and expand the Rotunda property in Baltimore, Maryland with a term of four (4) years, with one twelve-month extension, at a rate of 225 basis points over the monthly LIBOR.

On November 23, 2016, the following terms and conditions of this loan were modified: (i) the total amount that could have been drawn on this loan was decreased from $120 million to $116.1 million, allowing for an additional draw of $2.1 million over the then existing balance of approximately $114 million to be used for retail tenant improvements and leasing commissions; (ii) leasing benchmarks were no longer required to be met including the waiver of the leasing benchmarks FREIT was not in compliance with as of June 30, 2016; (iii) Grande Rotunda, LLC provided an interest reserve to Wells Fargo Bank in the amount of $2 million for the purpose of funding interest payments, and was obliged to replenish the account balance to $1 million if it should fall below $500,000; (iv) the maturity date of the loan was changed from December 31, 2017 to October 31, 2017 with no option to extend; and (v) the interest rate on the amount outstanding on the loan was increased by 25 basis points to 250 basis points over the monthly LIBOR. The following terms and conditions of this loan were modified and effective as of October 31, 2017: (i) the maturity date of the loan was extended 120 days from October 31, 2017 to February 28, 2018; (ii) the interest rate on the amount outstanding on the loan was increased by 35 basis points to 285 basis points over the monthly LIBOR through December 31, 2017; and (iii) the interest rate on the amount outstanding on the loan was increased by 65 basis points to 315 basis points over the monthly LIBOR from January 1, 2018 through February 28, 2018.

On February 7, 2018, Grande Rotunda, LLC refinanced its $115.3 million construction loan held by Wells Fargo with a new loan held by Aareal Capital Corporation in the amount of approximately $118.5 million with additional funding available for retail tenant improvements and leasing costs in the amount of $3,380,000. This refinancing paid off the loan previously held by Wells Fargo, funded loan closing costs and paid the amount due to Hekemian Development Resources for a development fee of $900,000 plus accrued interest of approximately $45,000 (See Note 9 to FREIT’s consolidated financial statements for further details on this fee). This loan is secured by the Rotunda property, bears a floating interest rate at 285 basis points over the one-month LIBOR rate and has a maturity date of February 6, 2021 with two one-year renewal options. As part of this transaction, Grande Rotunda, LLC purchased an interest rate cap on LIBOR for the full amount that can be drawn on this loan of $121.9 million, capping the one-month LIBOR rate at 3% for the first two years of this loan. As of October 31, 2018, approximately $118.5 million of this loan facility was drawn down and the interest rate was approximately 5.13%. The loan is secured by the Rotunda property, which has a net book value of approximately $154,526,000 as of October 31, 2018.

  (N) Credit line: On October 27, 2017, FREIT’s revolving line of credit provided by the Provident Bank was renewed for a three-year term ending on October 27, 2020 at which point no further advances shall be permitted and provided the line of credit is not renewed by the lender, the outstanding principal balance of the line of credit shall convert to a commercial term loan maturing on October 31, 2022.  Draws against the credit line can be used for working capital needs and standby letters of credit. Draws against the credit line are secured by mortgages on FREIT’s Franklin Crossing Shopping Center in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey and retail space in Glen Rock, New Jersey. The total line of credit was increased from $12.8 million to $13 million and the interest rate on the amount outstanding will be at a floating rate of 275 basis points over the 30-day LIBOR with a floor of 3.75%.  During Fiscal 2017, FREIT utilized $3 million of its credit line to fund tenant improvements for new retail tenants at the Rotunda property. As of October 31, 2017, approximately $3.1 million was outstanding (including closing costs of approximately $0.1 million related to the renewal of the line).  In February 2018, FREIT repaid the line of credit in the amount of $3.1 million. As of October 31, 2018, there was no amount outstanding and $13 million was available under the line of credit.

Certain of the Company’s mortgage loans and the Credit Line contain financial covenants. Except as noted in Note 5F above, the Company was in compliance with all of its financial covenants as of October 31, 2018.

 

Fair value of long-term debt:

The following table shows the estimated fair value and carrying value of FREIT’s long-term debt at October 31, 2018 and 2017:

    October 31,   October 31,
($ in Millions)   2018   2017
Fair Value   $338.3   $317.8
         
Carrying Value   $347.0   $321.6

 

Fair values are estimated based on market interest rates at the end of each fiscal year and on discounted cash flow analysis. Changes in assumptions or estimation methods may significantly affect these fair value estimates. The fair value is based on observable inputs (level 2 in the fair value hierarchy as provided by authoritative guidance).

Principal amounts (in thousands of dollars) due under the above obligations in each of the five years subsequent to October 31, 2018 are as follows: 

Year Ending
 October 31,
  Amount

 

 

2019   $ 48,440 (a)(c)
2020   $ 3,727  
2021   $ 141,018 (b) 
2022   $ 17,388  
2023   $ 36,878  
         
(a)Two loans approximating $39.5 million are extendable for a period of one (1) year.
(b)Includes Rotunda loan in the amount of approximately $118.5 million refinanced with Aareal Capital Corporation on February 7, 2018. (See Note 5(M) )
(c)Excludes $12.3 million attributable to Station Place assuming amendment of loan document.