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SUSEQUENT EVENT
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Subsequent Events [Abstract] 
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16.  SUBSEQUENT EVENT
 
On November 8, 2011, the Company and PDL Partnership, a New York general partnership (“PDL Partnership”), the general partners of which are Jeffrey F. Joseph (a director and officer of the Company), Steven Baruch (a director and former officer of the Company) and Thomas Viertel (a director and former officer of the Company), entered into a series of strategic transactions (collectively, the “Transactions”) with the investors identified below and Signature Community Investment Group LLC (together with its affiliates, “Signature”). These transactions are as follows:
 
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The termination of the Company’s Plan of Liquidation adopted by the stockholders on January 20, 2011;
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The acquisition by BBJ Family Irrevocable Trust of 177,013 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, representing 40% of the outstanding Class A common stock, from PDL Partnership at a purchase price of $1.00 per share;
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The sale by the Company of 250,000 newly issued shares of the Company’s Class B common stock at a purchase price of $1.00 per share;
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Amendments to the provisions relating to payments upon termination of employment for Steven Baruch, Jeffrey F. Joseph and Thomas Viertel, as described below;
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The resignation of Steven Baruch, Thomas Viertel and Mortimer M. Caplin as directors of the Company;
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The appointment of Nickolas W. Jekogian, III, Alexander Ludwig and Jeffrey Rogers as directors of the Company;
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Effective as of immediately following the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, the resignations of the officers of the Company and the appointment of Mr. Jekogian as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Ludwig as the President, Chief Operating Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Company;
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The declaration of a special dividend of $0.35 per share on the Class A and Class B common stock;
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The entry by the Company into a property management agreement with Signature to be the exclusive managing and leasing agent for the Company’s Mapletree Industrial Center property and an asset management agreement with Signature to provide oversight of the Company’s Mapletree Industrial Center property and the Hato Rey Center property;
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The entry by the Company into executive employment agreements with Nickolas W. Jekogian, III and Alexander Ludwig, as described below; and
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The grant of non-qualified stock options to acquire 370,000 shares of Class B Common Stock at a price of $1.25 per share to each of Messrs. Jekogian and Ludwig pursuant to stock option agreements, as described below.
 
The foregoing transactions are further described in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 9, 2011.
 
Amendments to Employment Agreements
 
Each of Mr. Steven Baruch, Mr. Jeffrey F. Joseph and Mr. Thomas Viertel agreed to reduce the overall amount payable to him pursuant to his existing agreements and to defer a portion of the remaining amount.  Mr. Baruch agreed to reduce the Lump Sum Amount (as defined) payable to him from $617,900 to $463,425, of which $308,950 was paid on November 8, 2011, and the balance of $154,475 is payable on the third anniversary thereof.  Mr. Joseph agreed to reduce the Lump Sum Amount payable to him from $1,106,700 to $830,025, of which $553,350 was paid on November 8, 2011, and the balance of $276,675 is payable on the third anniversary thereof.  Mr. Viertel agreed to reduce the Lump Sum Amount payable to him from $650,400 to $487,800 of which $325,200 was paid on November 8, 2011, and the balance of $162,600 is payable on the third anniversary thereof. The aggregate amount waived or deferred by Messrs. Baruch, Joseph and Viertel is $1,187,500, of which $593,750 was waived permanently and payment of the balance of $593,750 was deferred for the three-year period.  The amounts waived and deferred were in addition to the $1,941,019 aggregate reductions in the compensation otherwise payable to them upon termination of their employment that were agreed to in August 2010 in connection with the approval by the Board of the Plan of Liquidation.
 
Executive Employment Agreements
 
The Company and Mr. Jekogian entered into an employment agreement pursuant to which the Company employs Mr. Jekogian as a Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The employment agreement has a term of eighteen months and may be terminated at any time by the Board of Directors for “cause” or by Mr. Jekogian for “good reason,” each as defined therein. Mr. Jekogian will receive a base salary of $200,000 per annum for the first twelve months and $225,000 per annum for the last six months. Commencing with the fiscal year of the Company beginning January 1, 2012 and for each fiscal year thereafter during the term of the employment agreement, Mr. Jekogian will have the opportunity to earn a bonus of up to $200,000, with the amount determined by the Company’s Compensation Committee in its absolute discretion. However, the payment of the bonus and base salary will be deferred until a “Capital Event” occurs, which is defined as the receipt by the Company of at least $20,000,000 in cash or property from capital-raising activities.
 
Mr. Jekogian will not be exclusive to the Company.  He will continue to own and operate Signature.  As a result, Mr. Jekogian may be subject to conflicts of interest.  The independent directors of the Board will review all transactions between the Company and Signature and the activities of Mr. Jekogian.
 
The Company also entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Ludwig pursuant to which the Company employs Mr. Ludwig as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company.  The employment agreement has a term of eighteen months and may be terminated at any time by the Board of Directors for “cause” or by Mr. Ludwig for “good reason,” each as defined therein.  Mr. Ludwig will receive a base salary of $200,000 per annum for the first twelve months and $225,000 per annum for the last six months. Commencing with the fiscal year of the Company beginning January 1, 2012 and for each fiscal year thereafter during the Term, Mr. Ludwig will have the opportunity to earn a bonus of up to $200,000, with the amount determined by the Company’s Compensation Committee in its absolute discretion.
 
Mr. Ludwig will continue to provide consulting services to and receive compensation from Signature.  As a result, Mr. Ludwig may be subject to conflicts of interest.  Mr. Ludwig has agreed to keep the independent directors of the Board advised of his activities for and compensation from Signature.
 
On November 8, 2011 (the “Grant Date”), the Company entered into option agreements with each of Mr. Jekogian and Mr. Ludwig.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the option agreement, the Company granted to each of them the right and option to purchase 370,000 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock at a price of $1.25 per share (the “Option”), of which 74,000 may be purchased six months after the Grant Date, 148,000 may be purchased upon and after the occurrence of the Capital Event, and the rest may be purchased upon and after the consummation of an underwritten registered public offering of the Company’s common stock with gross proceeds of not less than $40,000,000. However, if there is a “Change of Control,” as defined therein, the Option shall automatically become fully vested and exercisable.  The Option is not a qualified option within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 nor was it granted pursuant to any stock option plan as the Company does not have a stock option plan in effect.  The Option has a term of ten years.
 
Sale of Ivy Consolidated Loan
 
On November 8, 2011, the Company assigned the Ivy Consolidated Loan to Patricia Daily, an individual employed in the theater industry, for $100,000.