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Notes and Other Receivables
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Notes and Other Receivables [Abstract]  
Notes and Other Receivables
(4) Notes and Other Receivables
 
Notes receivables, secured by real estate, and other receivables consist of the following as December 31, 2011 and 2010 ($ in thousands):

 
   
2011
  
2010
 
        
Note receivable, secured, bearing interest at 9.8%, paid in full January 2012
 $7,331  $7,331 
Note receivable, secured, bearing interest at 5.0%, due November 2012
  12,428   - 
Note receivable, secured, bearing interest at 8.8%, due December 2012
  10,928   10,930 
Note receivable, secured, bearing interest at LIBOR + 8.0%, due December 2012
  6,422   6,513 
Note receivable, secured, bearing interest at 8.0%, due November 2013
  971   971 
Note receivable, secured, bearing interest at 6.5%, due December 2014
  3,221   3,221 
Note receivable, secured, bearing interest at 6.3%, due June 2017
  17,646   16,708 
Note receivable from affiliates
  2,734   531 
Other receivables
  4,688   3,239 
   $66,369  $49,444 

During the fourth quarter 2011, the Company originated a loan secured by land located in San Mateo, California.  The loan of $12.4 million has an interest rate of 5% and is due to mature in November 2012.  The loan was originated with a purchase and sale agreement that gives the Company an option to acquire the property during 2012 and develop a community with 197 units.

In the second quarter of 2010, the Company purchased a loan secured by Santee Court located in Los Angeles, California. This $25.7 million loan, with an October 2010 maturity date, was purchased at a discount for $21.0 million and the discount was accreted to interest income.  In late October 2010, the Company purchased the property for $31.1 million in a multiple bid process.

In the fourth quarter 2010, the Company purchased a mortgage note receivable at a discount to par value for $16.6 million secured by Reserve Lofts, a 78-unit condominium community operated as a rental property, located in Los Angeles, California.  Amounts outstanding under the terms of the loan totaled $19.2 million.    This note was amended during the first quarter of 2011 to accelerate the maturity date to February 2014 with an 18 month extension option at a stated interest rate of 6.3%; which resulted in a change in the effective yield to the Company from 8.4% to 9.6%.

In January 2012 the mortgage loan secured by California Hill was paid off in full for $7.3 million.