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Investment in tenancy-in-common
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2021
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Investment in tenancy-in-common

Note 5 – Investment in tenancy-in-common:

On February 28, 2020, FREIT reorganized its subsidiary S and A Commercial Associates Limited Partnership (“S&A”) from a partnership into a tenancy-in-common form of ownership (“TIC”). Prior to this reorganization, FREIT owned a 65% membership interest in S&A, which owned 100% of the Pierre Towers property located in Hackensack, NJ through its 100% interest in Pierre Towers, LLC. Accordingly, FREIT consolidated the financial statements of S&A and its subsidiary to include 100% of the subsidiary’s assets, liabilities, operations and cash flows with the interest not owned by FREIT reflected as “noncontrolling interests in subsidiary” and all significant intercompany accounts and transactions were eliminated in consolidation.

Pursuant to the TIC agreement, FREIT ultimately acquired a 65% undivided interest in the Pierre Towers property which was formerly owned by S&A. Based on the guidance of Accounting Standards Codification 810, “Consolidation”, FREIT’s investment in the TIC is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. While FREIT’s effective ownership percentage interest in the Pierre Towers property remains unchanged after the reorganization to a TIC, FREIT no longer has a controlling interest as the TIC is now under joint control. Since FREIT retained a noncontrolling financial interest in the TIC, and the deconsolidation of the subsidiary (as of February 28, 2020) is not the result of a nonreciprocal transfer to owners, FREIT recognized a gain in the amount of approximately $27.7 million in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income for the six and three months ended April 30, 2020. This gain was measured at the date of deconsolidation as the difference between the fair value of the investment in the TIC at the date the entity was deconsolidated and the carrying amount of the former subsidiary’s assets and liabilities.

FREIT’s investment in the TIC was approximately $19.5 million and $20.1 million at April 30, 2021 and October 31, 2020, respectively. For the six and three months ended April 30, 2021, FREIT recognized a loss on investment in TIC of approximately $145,000 and $118,000, respectively, in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income. For the six and three months ended April 30, 2020, FREIT recognized a loss on investment in TIC of approximately $18,000 and $18,000, respectively, in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income.

Hekemian & Co., Inc. (“Hekemian”) currently manages the Pierre Towers property based on a management agreement between the owners of the TIC and Hekemian dated as of February 28, 2020, which expires on February 28, 2022, and is automatically renewed for successive periods of one year unless either party gives not less than sixty (60) days prior notice of non-renewal. The management agreement requires the payment of management fees equal to 5% of rents collected. Management fees, charged to operations, were approximately $187,000 and $95,000 for the six and three months ended April 30, 2021, respectively, and $62,000 for the period from February 28, 2020 through April 30, 2020. The Pierre Towers property also uses the resources of the Hekemian insurance department to secure various insurance coverages for its property. Hekemian is paid a commission for these services. Such commissions were charged to operations and amounted to approximately $10,000 and $0 for the six and three months ended April 30, 2021, respectively, and $0 for the period from February 28, 2020 through April 30, 2020.


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The following table summarizes the balance sheets of the Pierre Towers property as of April 30, 2021 and October 31, 2020, accounted for by the equity method:

April 30,

October 31,

2021

2020

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

Real estate, net

$

79,052

$

80,041

Cash and cash equivalents

580

754

Tenants' security accounts

510

523

Receivables and other assets

601

468

Total assets

$

80,743

$

81,786

 

Mortgages payable, net of unamortized debt issuance costs

$

49,823

$

49,956

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

280

314

Tenants' security deposits

507

535

Deferred revenue

82

56

Equity

30,051

30,925

Total liabilities & equity

$

80,743

$

81,786

 

FREIT's investment in TIC (65% interest)

$

19,533

$

20,101

The following table summarizes the statements of operations of the Pierre Towers property for the six and three months ended April 30, 2021 and for the period from February 28, 2020 through April 30, 2020, accounted for by the equity method:

For the period from

Six Months Ended

Three Months Ended

February 28, 2020

April 30, 2021

April 30, 2021

through April 30, 2020

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

Revenue

$

3,774

$

1,883

$

1,242

Operating expenses

2,114

1,123

643

Net operating income

1,660

760

599

 

Depreciation

1,081

541

358

Interest expense including amortization of deferred financing costs

802

401

268

 

Net loss

$

(223)

$

(182)

$

(27)

 

FREIT's loss on investment in TIC (65% interest)

$

(145)

$

(118)

$

(18)