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Commitments and contingencies |
Note 7 - Commitments and contingencies: Leases Commercial tenants: FREIT leases commercial space having a net book value of approximately $131.7 million at October 31, 2020 to tenants for periods of up to twenty-five years. Most of the leases contain clauses for reimbursement of real estate taxes, maintenance, insurance and certain other operating expenses of the properties. As discussed in Note 1, fixed lease income under our operating leases generally includes fixed minimum lease consideration which are accrued on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases. Variable lease income includes consideration based on sales, as well as reimbursements for real estate taxes, maintenance, insurance and certain other operating expenses of the properties. Minimum fixed lease consideration (in thousands of dollars) under non-cancellable tenant operating leases for each of the next five years and thereafter, excluding rents from tenants for which collectability is deemed to be constrained and variable lease consideration, subsequent to October 31, 2020, is as follows:
The above amounts assume that all leases which expire are not renewed and, accordingly, neither minimal rentals nor rentals from replacement tenants are included. Minimum future rentals do not include contingent rentals, which may be received under certain leases on the basis of percentage of reported tenants' sales volume. Rental income that is contingent on future events is not included in income until the contingency is resolved. Contingent rentals included in income for each of the three years for the period ended October 31, 2020 were not material. Residential tenants: Lease terms for residential tenants are usually one to two years. Environmental concerns The Westwood Plaza Shopping Center property is in a Flood Hazard Zone. FREIT maintains flood insurance in the amount of $500,000 for the subject property, which is the maximum available under the Flood Program for the property. Any reconstruction of that portion of the property situated in the flood hazard zone is subject to regulations promulgated by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("NJDEP"), which could require extraordinary construction methods. FREIT acquired the Westwood Plaza property in 1988, and the property has not experienced any flooding that gave rise to any claims under FREIT’s flood insurance in this time period. |