Deferred fee plan	3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2020
Deferred Compensation Arrangements [Abstract]
Deferred fee plan	Note 14 – Deferred fee plan: On September 4, 2014, the Board approved amendments, effective November 1, 2014, to the FREIT Deferred Fee Plan for its Executive Officers and Trustees, one of which provides for the issuance of share units payable in FREIT shares in respect of (i) deferred amounts of all Trustee fees on a prospective basis; (ii) interest on Trustee fees deferred prior to November 1, 2014 (payable at a floating rate, adjusted quarterly, based on the average 10-year Treasury Bond interest rate plus 150 basis points); and (iii) dividends payable in respect of share units allocated to participants in the Deferred Fee Plan as a result of deferrals described above. The number of share units credited to a participant’s account will be determined by the closing price of FREIT shares on the date as set forth in the Deferred Fee Plan. All fees payable to Trustees for the three-month periods ended January 31, 2020 and 2019 were deferred under the Deferred Fee Plan except for fees payable to one Trustee, who elected to receive such fees in cash. As a result of the amendment to the Deferred Fee Plan described above, for the three-month periods ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, the aggregate amounts of deferred Trustee fees together with related interest and dividends were approximately $203,000 and $238,200, respectively, which have been paid through the issuance of 9,230 and 15,204 vested FREIT share units, respectively, based on the closing price of FREIT shares on the dates as set forth in the Deferred Fee Plan. For the three-month periods ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, FREIT has charged as expense approximately $203,000 and $212,600, respectively, representing deferred Trustee fees and interest, and the balance of approximately $0 and $25,600, respectively, representing dividends payable in respect of share units allocated to Plan participants, has been charged to equity. The Deferred Fee Plan, as amended, provides that cumulative fees together with accrued interest deferred as of November 1, 2014 will be paid in a lump sum or in annual installments over a period not to exceed 10 years, at the election of the Participant. In connection with the termination of Robert S. Hekemian’s service to the Trust under the Consulting Agreement between Mr. Hekemian and the Trust in December 2019, Mr. Hekemian’s accrued plan benefits under the Deferred Fee Plan became payable to him and were paid in a single lump sum in the amount of approximately $4.8 million. As of January 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019, approximately $1,630,000 and $4,422,000, respectively, of fees has been deferred together with accrued interest of approximately $1,161,000 and $3,188,000, respectively.

Deferred fee plan

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2020

Deferred Compensation Arrangements [Abstract]

Note 14 – Deferred fee plan:

On September 4, 2014, the Board approved amendments, effective November 1, 2014, to the FREIT Deferred Fee Plan for its Executive Officers and Trustees, one of which provides for the issuance of share units payable in FREIT shares in respect of (i) deferred amounts of all Trustee fees on a prospective basis; (ii) interest on Trustee fees deferred prior to November 1, 2014 (payable at a floating rate, adjusted quarterly, based on the average 10-year Treasury Bond interest rate plus 150 basis points); and (iii) dividends payable in respect of share units allocated to participants in the Deferred Fee Plan as a result of deferrals described above. The number of share units credited to a participant’s account will be determined by the closing price of FREIT shares on the date as set forth in the Deferred Fee Plan.

All fees payable to Trustees for the three-month periods ended January 31, 2020 and 2019 were deferred under the Deferred Fee Plan except for fees payable to one Trustee, who elected to receive such fees in cash. As a result of the amendment to the Deferred Fee Plan described above, for the three-month periods ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, the aggregate amounts of deferred Trustee fees together with related interest and dividends were approximately $203,000 and $238,200, respectively, which have been paid through the issuance of 9,230 and 15,204 vested FREIT share units, respectively, based on the closing price of FREIT shares on the dates as set forth in the Deferred Fee Plan.

For the three-month periods ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, FREIT has charged as expense approximately $203,000 and $212,600, respectively, representing deferred Trustee fees and interest, and the balance of approximately $0 and $25,600, respectively, representing dividends payable in respect of share units allocated to Plan participants, has been charged to equity.

The Deferred Fee Plan, as amended, provides that cumulative fees together with accrued interest deferred as of November 1, 2014 will be paid in a lump sum or in annual installments over a period not to exceed 10 years, at the election of the Participant. In connection with the termination of Robert S. Hekemian’s service to the Trust under the Consulting Agreement between Mr. Hekemian and the Trust in December 2019, Mr. Hekemian’s accrued plan benefits under the Deferred Fee Plan became payable to him and were paid in a single lump sum in the amount of approximately $4.8 million. As of January 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019, approximately $1,630,000 and $4,422,000, respectively, of fees has been deferred together with accrued interest of approximately $1,161,000 and $3,188,000, respectively.