0001193125-12-120873.txt : 20120319 0001193125-12-120873.hdr.sgml : 20120319 20120319102250 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-120873 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120306 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20120319 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120319 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Winthrop Realty Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000037008 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 346513657 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06249 FILM NUMBER: 12699464 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7 BULFINCH PLACE STREET 2: SUITE 500 PO BOX 9507 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02114 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175704614 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7 BULFINCH PLACE STREET 2: SUITE 500 PO BOX 9507 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02114 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST UNION REAL ESTATE EQUITY & MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST UNION REALTY DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19691012 8-K 1 d318028d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) March 6, 2012

 

 

WINTHROP REALTY TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Ohio

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

001-06249   34-6513657

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

7 Bulfinch Place, Suite 500, P.O. Box 9507, Boston,

Massachusetts

   02114
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(617) 570-4614

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

n/a

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFT|R 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Matters

On March 6, 2012, Winthrop Realty Trust (“Winthrop”) acquired at par the mortgage loan secured by the approximately 6,750 square foot retail condominium space at the property located at 39 South State Street, Chicago, Illinois commonly referred to as the Mentor Building. The loan has an outstanding principal balance of approximately $2,521,000, bears interest at 7.5% per annum and matures on September 10, 2012. The property, which is adjacent to the Sullivan Center property in which Winthrop holds a mezzanine loan and profits participation (through a joint venture), is net leased to American Apparel Retail, Inc. through October 2020.

On March 8, 2012, Winthrop entered into a purchase agreement to acquire a 320 Unit Class A multi-family property in Memphis, Tennessee for a purchase price of approximately $21,500,000. The property is 82% occupied and is being acquired from the lender who previously foreclosed on its $30,000,000 mortgage loan. Closing is scheduled for April 2012.

Also on March 8, 2012 Winthrop filed a Schedule 13D/A with respect to its acquisition of common stock in Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. (“Cedar”) disclosing that it acquired an additional 873,293 shares of Cedar common stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $4,162,000. Accordingly, Winthrop holds 6,069,323 shares of common stock in Cedar representing 8.76% of the total outstanding common stock of Cedar as of February 29, 2012.

On March 14, 2012, Winthrop entered into an agreement to sell to a third party for a purchase price of $885,500 the portion of our Churchill, Pennsylvania property that is not leased to Westinghouse. The sale is not subject to the purchaser’s due diligence and is expected to close in April 2012

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized on this 19th day of March, 2012.

 

WINTHROP REALTY TRUST
By:   /s/ Michael L. Ashner
  Michael L. Ashner
  Chief Executive Officer