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Land Held for Development and Related Party Transaction
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
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Land Held for Development and Related Party Transaction
4. Land Held for Development and Related Party Transaction

Pursuant to permits issued by the United States Department of the Army Corps of Engineers and the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, the Company created 33 acres of waterfront land in East Providence, Rhode Island (“South Quay”). The permits for the property, which have been extended to December 2019 and December 2015, respectively, also allow for construction of a dock along the west face of the South Quay. The property is adjacent to a 12 acre site, also owned by the Company. The Company has invested approximately $12,000 in the development of the South Quay, which has resulted in the creation of approximately 33 acres of waterfront land.

The property is located one half-mile from Interstate 195 (“I-195”). In 2006, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (“RIDOT”) awarded a contract for roadway improvements to provide direct vehicular access from the interstate highway system to the South Quay, which project was completed in 2007. In fall 2012, the extension of Waterfront Drive northward toward an industrial area, in which the Company owns two additional waterfront parcels comprising 11 acres, creating direct access to such property, was completed. RIDOT is in the initial stages of designing improvements to access Waterfront Drive from I-195 West.

The City of East Providence has created a waterfront redevelopment area with a zoning overlay that would encourage development of offices, hotels, restaurants, shops, marinas, apartments and other “clean” employment. The Company has been cooperating with the City of East Providence in these efforts.

Robert Eder, who owns a majority of the Company’s Preferred Shares, with his wife, also controls Capital Properties, Inc. (“CPI”) and its subsidiaries.

In May 2012 the Company and CPI entered into a License Agreement licensing to CPI track facilities which may be installed in connection with a railcar-loading/unloading facility on the Company’s right-of-way in East Providence, Rhode Island. The License Agreement continues through December 31, 2015, and may be extended for additional three-year periods unless cancelled by CPI upon 30-days written notice prior to termination.