UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended July 31, 20212022

or

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________________ to ____________________

Commission File No. 000-25043

FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

22-1697095

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

505 Main Street, Hackensack, New Jersey

07601

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

201-488-6400201-488-6400

(Registrant'sRegistrant’s telephone number, including area code)

FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share

FREVS

OTC Pink Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒  No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒  No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large Accelerated Filer ☐

Accelerated Filer ☐

Non-Accelerated Filer

Smaller Reporting Company

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐  No

As of September 14, 2021,2022, the number of shares of common stock outstanding was 6,860,048.6,863,744.


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FIRST REAL ESTATE

INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY, INC.

 

INDEX

 

Part I:Financial Information

Page

Item 1:Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements  

a.)Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of July 31, 20212022 and October 31, 2020;2021;

3

b.)Condensed Consolidated Statements of OperationsIncome for the Nine and Three Months Ended July 31, July 31, 20212022 and 2020;2021;

4

c.)Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Nine and Three Months Months Ended July 31, 20212022 and 2020;2021;

5

d.)Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity for the Nine and Three Months Ended July 31, 20212022 and 2020;2021;

6-7

e.)Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended July 31, 20212022 and 2020;2021;

8

f.)Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

9

Item 2:Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations2021
  
Item 3:Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk33
  
Item 4:Controls and Procedures33
  
Part II:Other Information 
  
Item 1:Legal Proceedings34
  
Item 1A:Risk Factors35
  
Item 6:Exhibits35
  
Signatures35


Index

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Part I: Financial Information

Item 1: Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

July 31,

2021

October 31,

2020

(In Thousands of Dollars)

ASSETS

July 31,

2022

October 31,

2021

(In Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Amounts)

ASSETS

Real estate, at cost, net of accumulated depreciation

$

272,362

$

278,150

$

95,986

$

270,634

Construction in progress

642

566

687

665

Cash and cash equivalents

36,359

36,860

98,307

35,891

Investment in tenancy-in-common

19,433

20,101

18,927

19,383

Tenants' security accounts

1,343

1,408

1,038

1,340

Receivables arising from straight-lining of rents

3,752

3,977

747

3,747

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $891 and $804 as of July 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020, respectively

1,366

1,811

Secured loans receivable

5,268

5,194

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,148 and $966 as of July 31, 2022 and October 31, 2021, respectively

571

1,622

Secured loans receivable (related party)

-

5,292

Funds held in post-closing escrow

6,251

-

Prepaid expenses and other assets

5,525

4,985

3,960

5,493

Deferred charges, net

2,096

2,163

213

2,038

Interest rate swap contract

116

-

Total Assets

$

348,146

$

355,215

$

226,803

$

346,105

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

Liabilities:

Mortgages payable, including deferred interest of $358 and $360 as of July 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020, respectively

$

302,774

$

307,240

Mortgages payable, including deferred interest of $222 and $358 as of July 31, 2022 and October 31, 2021, respectively

$

139,604

$

301,276

Less unamortized debt issuance costs

1,612

1,810

1,304

1,400

Mortgages payable, net

301,162

305,430

138,300

299,876

Due to affiliate

3,229

5,921

-

3,252

Deferred director compensation payable

2,475

2,633

2,317

2,475

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

2,813

2,277

1,534

2,375

Dividends payable

343

0-

-

686

Tenants' security deposits

2,030

2,124

1,294

2,039

Deferred revenue

895

1,043

373

1,143

Interest rate cap and swap contracts

3,483

4,924

16

2,308

Total Liabilities

$

316,430

$

324,352

143,834

314,154

Commitments and contingencies

Common Equity:

Shares of beneficial interest without par value:

0 shares authorized and issued at July 31, 2021; 8,000,000 shares authorized and

6,993,152 shares issued plus 152,144 vested share units granted to Directors

at October 31, 2020

0-

27,960

Treasury stock, at cost: 0 and 136,501 shares at July 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020, respectively

0-

(2,863

)

Shares of common stock with par value of $0.01 per share:

20,000,000 and 0 shares authorized at July 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020, respectively;

6,860,048 and 0 shares issued plus 169,075 and 0 vested share units granted to Directors

at July 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020, respectively

71

0-

Shares of preferred stock with par value of $0.01 per share:

5,000,000 and 0 shares authorized and issued, respectively, at July 31, 2021;

0 shares authorized and issued, respectively, at October 31, 2020

0-

0-

Additional Paid-In-Capital

25,417

0-

Preferred stock with par value of $0.01 per share:

5,000,000 and 0 shares authorized and issued, respectively, at July 31, 2022 and October 31, 2021

-

-

Common stock with par value of $0.01 per share:

20,000,000 shares authorized at July 31, 2022 and October 31, 2021; 6,863,744 and 6,860,048 shares issued plus 177,390 and 175,923 vested share units granted to Directors at July 31, 2022 and October 31, 2021, respectively

71

71

Additional paid-in-capital

25,697

25,556

Retained earnings

13,516

13,791

58,102

12,963

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(2,885

)

(3,986

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

99

(2,017

)

Total Common Equity

36,119

34,902

83,969

36,573

Noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

(4,403

)

(4,039

)

(1,000

)

(4,622

)

Total Equity

31,716

30,863

82,969

31,951

Total Liabilities and Equity

$

348,146

$

355,215

$

226,803

$

346,105

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


Index

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FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONSINCOME

NINE AND THREE MONTHS ENDED JULY 31, 20212022 AND 20202021

(Unaudited)

Nine Months Ended July 31,

Three Months Ended July 31,

Nine Months Ended July 31,

Three Months Ended July 31,

2021

2020

2021

2020

2022

2021

2022

2021

(In Thousands Except Per Share Amounts)

(In Thousands Except Per Share Amounts)

(In Thousands Except Per Share Amounts)

(In Thousands Except Per Share Amounts)

Revenue:

Rental income

$

32,871

$

36,158

$

10,956

$

10,701

$

22,095

$

32,871

$

6,317

$

10,956

Reimbursements

4,667

4,804

1,470

1,382

1,813

4,667

558

1,470

Sundry income

562

468

116

66

315

562

84

116

Total revenue

38,100

41,430

12,542

12,149

24,223

38,100

6,959

12,542

Expenses:

Operating expenses

13,078

12,620

4,193

4,293

9,185

13,078

2,489

4,193

Third party transaction costs (See Note 6)

0-

4,606

0-

87

Management fees

1,625

1,719

538

496

1,129

1,625

318

538

Real estate taxes

6,018

6,529

2,059

2,007

4,727

6,018

1,432

2,059

Depreciation

6,948

7,887

2,315

2,425

3,257

6,948

723

2,315

Total expenses

27,669

33,361

9,105

9,308

18,298

27,669

4,962

9,105

Operating income

10,431

8,069

3,437

2,841

5,925

10,431

1,997

3,437

Investment income

88

174

29

38

183

88

119

29

Gain on deconsolidation of subsidiary

0-

27,680

0-

0-

Loss on investment in tenancy-in-common

(245

)

(96

)

(100

)

(78

)

(Loss) Gain on investment in tenancy-in-common

(99

)

(245

)

57

(100

)

Net gain on sale of Maryland properties

68,771

-

-

-

Net realized gain on Wayne PSC interest rate swap termination

1,415

-

1,415

-

Interest expense including amortization of deferred financing costs

(9,242

)

(11,032

)

(3,050

)

(3,121

)

(6,229

)

(9,242

)

(1,774

)

(3,050

)

Net income (loss)

1,032

24,795

316

(320

)

Net income

69,966

1,032

1,814

316

Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

(256

)

(18

)

(107

)

139

Net income (loss) attributable to common equity

$

776

$

24,777

$

209

$

(181

)

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

(23,420

)

(256

)

(693

)

(107

)

Net income attributable to common equity

$

46,546

$

776

$

1,121

$

209

Earnings (loss) per share:

Earnings per share:

Basic

$

0.11

$

3.55

$

0.03

$

(0.02

)

$

6.61

$

0.11

$

0.16

$

0.03

Diluted

$

0.11

$

3.54

$

0.03

$

(0.02

)

$

6.56

$

0.11

$

0.16

$

0.03

Weighted average shares outstanding:

Basic

7,016

6,989

7,022

6,998

7,038

7,016

7,040

7,022

Diluted

7,018

6,992

7,026

6,998

7,110

7,018

7,114

7,026

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


Index

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FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

NINE AND THREE MONTHS ENDED JULY 31, 20212022 AND 20202021

(Unaudited)

 

Nine Months Ended July 31,

Three Months Ended July 31,

2021

2020

2021

2020

(In Thousands of Dollars)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

Net income (loss)

$

1,032

$

24,795

$

316

$

(320

)

 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate cap and swap contracts before reclassifications

501

(4,082

)

(551

)

(576

)

Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss to interest expense

940

438

317

304

Net unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate cap and swap contracts

1,441

(3,644

)

(234

)

(272

)

Comprehensive income (loss)

2,473

21,151

82

(592

)

 

Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

(256

)

(18

)

(107

)

139

Other comprehensive (income) loss:

Unrealized (gain) loss on interest rate cap and swap contracts attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

(340

)

1,069

91

100

Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

(596

)

1,051

(16

)

239

 

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to common equity

$

1,877

$

22,202

$

66

 

$

(353

)

Nine Months Ended July 31,

Three Months Ended July 31,

2022

2021

2022

2021

(In Thousands of Dollars)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

 

Net income

$

69,966

$

1,032

$

1,814

$

316

 

Other comprehensive income:

Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate cap and swap contracts before reclassifications

2,994

501

(87

)

(551

)

Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to realized gain on termination of interest rate swap

(1,415

)

-

(1,415

)

-

Amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to interest expense

829

940

109

317

Net unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate cap and swap contracts

2,408

1,441

(1,393

)

(234

)

Comprehensive income

72,374

2,473

421

82

 

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

(23,420

)

(256

)

(693

)

(107

)

Other comprehensive (income) loss:

Unrealized (gain) loss on interest rate cap and swap contracts attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

(292

)

(340

)

723

91

Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

(23,712

)

(596

)

30

(16

)

 

Comprehensive income attributable to common equity

$

48,662

$

1,877

$

451

 

$

66

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

NINE AND THREE MONTHS ENDED JULY 31, 20212022

(Unaudited)

Common Equity                 

Beneficial Interest

Treasury Shares at Cost

Common Stock

Additional

Paid-In-

Retained

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Total

Common

Noncontrolling

Total

Shares

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

Amount

Capital

Earnings

Loss

Equity

Interests

Equity

(In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)

 

Balance at October 31, 2020

7,145

$

27,960

137

$

(2,863

)

0-

$

0-

$

0-

$

13,791

$

(3,986

)

$

34,902

$

(4,039

)

$

30,863

 

Stock based compensation expense  

12

12

12

 

Vested share units granted to Directors, including $8 in dividends declared payable in share units ($0.05 per share)

7

118

118

118

 

Net income

558

558

221

779

 

Dividends declared, including $8 payable in share units ($0.05 per share)

(350

)

(350

)

(350

)

 

Net unrealized gain on interest rate cap and swap contracts

387

387

111

498

 

Balance at January 31, 2021

7,152

28,090

137

(2,863

)

0-

0-

0-

13,999

(3,599

)

35,627

(3,707

)

31,920

 

Stock based compensation expense  

12

12

12

 

Vested share units granted to Directors, including $8 in dividends declared payable in share units ($0.05 per share)

7

113

113

113

 

Vested share units issued to retired Director*

(4

)

(72

)

(4

)

72

-

-

 

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

-

(510

)

(510

)

 

Net income (loss)

9

9

(72

)

(63

)

 

Dividends declared, including $8 payable in share units ($0.05 per share)

(350

)

(350

(350

 

Net unrealized gain on interest rate cap and swap contracts

857

857

320

1,177

 

Balance at April 30, 2021

7,155

28,143

133

(2,791

)

0-

0-

0-

13,658

(2,742

)

36,268

(3,969

)

32,299

 

Stock based compensation expense  

7

4

11

11

 

Vested share units granted to Directors, including $8 in dividends declared payable in share units ($0.05 per share)

7

1

124

125

125

 

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

-

(450

)

(450

)

 

Net income

209

209

107

316

 

Dividends declared, including $8 payable in share units ($0.05 per share)

(351

)

(351

)

(351

)

 

Reincorporation of FREIT with and into FREIT Maryland (See Note 1)

(7,155

)

(28,150

)

(133

)

2,791

7,022

70

25,289

-

-

 

Net unrealized loss on interest rate cap and swap contracts

(143

)

(143

)

(91

)

(234

)

 

Balance at July 31, 2021

0-

$

0-

0-

$

0-

7,029

$

71

$

25,417

$

13,516

$

(2,885

)

$

36,119

$

(4,403

)

$

31,716

Common Equity

Common Stock

Accumulated

Additional

Other

Total

Noncontrolling

Paid-In-

Retained

Comprehensive

Common

Interests in

Shares

Amount

Captital

Earnings

(Loss) Income

Equity

Subsidiaries

Total Equity

(In Thousands of Dollars, Except Per Share Amounts)

 

Balance at October 31, 2021

7,036

$

71

$

25,556

$

12,963

$

(2,017

)

$

36,573

$

(4,622

)

$

31,951

 

Stock based compensation expense

5

5

5

 

Vested share units granted to Directors, including $17 in dividends declared payable in share units ($0.10 per share)

2

61

61

61

 

Distributions to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

-

(19,700

)

(19,700

)

 

Net income

45,777

45,777

23,376

69,153

Dividends declared, including $17 payable in share units ($0.10 per share)

(703

)

(703

)

(703

)

 

Net unrealized gain on interest rate swap contracts

928

928

334

1,262

 

Balance at January 31, 2022

7,038

71

25,622

58,037

(1,089

)

82,641

(612

)

82,029

 

Stock based compensation expense

5

5

5

 

Vested share units granted to Directors, including $18 in dividends declared payable in share units ($0.10 per share)

2

39

39

39

 

Distributions to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

-

(180

)

(180

)

 

Net loss

(352

)

(352

)

(649

)

(1,001

)

 

Dividends declared, including $18 payable in share units ($0.10 per share)

(704

)

(704

)

(704

)

Net unrealized gain on interest rate swap contracts

1,858

1,858

681

2,539

 

Balance at April 30, 2022

7,040

71

25,666

56,981

769

83,487

(760

)

82,727

 

Stock based compensation expense

5

5

5

 

Vested share units granted to Directors

1

26

26

26

Distributions to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

-

(210

)

(210

)

 

Net income

1,121

1,121

693

1,814

 

Net unrealized loss on interest rate swap contracts

(670

)

(670

)

(723

)

(1,393

)

 

Balance at July 31, 2022

7,041

$

71

$

25,697

$

58,102

$

99

$

83,969

$

(1,000

)

$

82,969

* Represents the issuance of treasury shares to retired Director for share units earned.

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

NINE AND THREE MONTHS ENDED JULY 31, 20202021

(Unaudited)

Common Equity                 

 

 

Retained

Accumulated

Earnings

Other

Total

Beneficial Interest

Treasury Shares at Cost

(Accumulated

Comprehensive

Common

Noncontrolling

Shares

Amount

Shares

Amount

Deficit)

Loss

Equity

Interests

Total Equity

(In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)

 

Balance at October 31, 2019

7,185

$

28,847

206

$

(4,330

)

$

(6,762

)

$

(2,040

)

$

15,715

$

333

$

16,048

 

Stock based compensation expense

12

12

12

 

Vested share units granted to Directors and consultant

10

211

211

211

 

Vested share units issued to consultant and retired Director*

(66

)

(1,401

)

(66

)

1,401

-

-

 

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

-

(583

)

(583

)

 

Net (loss) income

(2,262

)

(2,262

)

241

(2,021

)

 

Net unrealized loss on interest rate swaps

(261

)

(261

)

(129

)

(390

)

 

Balance at January 31, 2020

7,129

27,669

140

(2,929

)

(9,024

)

(2,301

)

13,415

(138

)

13,277

 

Stock based compensation expense

12

12

12

 

Vested share units granted to Directors

8

166

166

166

 

Vested share units issued to retired Director*

(3

)

(66

)

(3

)

66

-

-

 

Deconsolidation of subsidiary

-

3,596

3,596

 

Net income (loss)

27,220

27,220

(84

)

27,136

 

Net unrealized loss on interest rate swaps

(2,142

)

(2,142

)

(840

)

(2,982

)

 

Balance at April 30, 2020

7,134

27,781

137

(2,863

)

18,196

(4,443

)

38,671

2,534

41,205

 

Stock based compensation expense

11

11

11

 

Vested share units granted to Directors

5

77

77

77

 

Net loss

(181

)

(181

)

(139

)

(320

)

 

Net unrealized loss on interest rate swaps

(172

)

(172

)

(100

)

(272

)

 

Balance at July 31, 2020

7,139

$

27,869

137

$

(2,863

)

$

18,015

$

(4,615

)

$

38,406

$

2,295

$

40,701

Common Equity                 

Beneficial Interest

Treasury Shares at Cost

Common Stock

Additional

Paid-In-

Retained

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Total

Common

Noncontrolling Interests

Total

Shares

Amount

Shares

Amount

Shares

Amount

Capital

Earnings

Loss

Equity

Subsidiaries

Equity

(In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)

 

Balance at October 31, 2020

7,145

$

27,960

137

$

(2,863

)

-

$

-

$

-

$

13,791

$

(3,986

)

$

34,902

$

(4,039

)

$

30,863

 

Stock based compensation expense

12

12

12

 

Vested share units granted to Directors, including $8 in dividends declared payable in share units ($0.05 per share)

7

118

118

118

 

Net income

558

558

221

779

 

Dividends declared, including $8 payable in share units ($0.05 per share)

(350

)

(350

)

(350

)

 

Net unrealized gain on interest rate cap and swap contracts

387

387

111

498

 

Balance at January 31, 2021

7,152

28,090

137

(2,863

)

-

-

-

13,999

(3,599

)

35,627

(3,707

)

31,920

 

Stock based compensation expense

12

12

12

 

Vested share units granted to Directors, including $8 in dividends declared payable in share units ($0.05 per share)

7

113

113

113

 

Vested share units issued to retired Director*

(4

)

(72

)

(4

)

72

-

-

 

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

-

(510

)

(510

)

 

Net income (loss)

9

9

(72

)

(63

)

 

Dividends declared, including $8 payable in share units ($0.05 per share)

(350

)

(350

)

(350

)

 

Net unrealized gain on interest rate cap and swap contracts

857

857

320

1,177

 

Balance at April 30, 2021

7,155

28,143

133

(2,791

)

-

-

-

13,658

(2,742

)

36,268

(3,969

)

32,299

 

Stock based compensation expense

7

4

11

11

 

Vested share units granted to Directors, including $8 in dividends declared payable in share units ($0.05 per share)

7

1

124

125

125

 

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

-

(450

)

(450

)

 

Net income

209

209

107

316

 

Dividends declared, including $8 payable in share units ($0.05 per share)

(351

)

(351

)

(351

)

 

Reincorporation of First Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey with and into FREIT (See Note 1)

(7,155

)

(28,150

)

(133

)

2,791

7,022

70

25,289

-

-

 

Net unrealized loss on interest rate cap and swap contracts

(143

)

(143

)

(91

)

(234

)

 

Balance at July 31, 2021

-

$

-

-

$

-

7,029

$

71

$

25,417

$

13,516

$

(2,885

)

$

36,119

$

(4,403

)

$

31,716

* Represents the issuance of treasury shares to consultant and retired Director for share units earned.

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

NINE MONTHS ENDED JULY 31, 20212022 AND 20202021

(Unaudited)

Nine Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

July 31,

July 31,

2021

2020

2022

2021

(In Thousands of Dollars)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

Operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

1,032

 

 

$

24,795

 

 

$

69,966

 

 

$

1,032

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain on sale of Maryland properties

(68,771

)

-

Depreciation

 

6,948

 

 

7,887

 

 

 

3,257

 

 

6,948

 

Amortization

 

1,201

 

 

1,400

 

 

 

920

 

 

1,201

 

Stock based compensation expense

 

35

 

 

35

 

 

 

15

 

 

35

 

Director fees, consultant fee and related interest paid in stock units

 

332

 

 

454

 

Gain on deconsolidation of subsidiary

 

0-

 

(27,680

)

Director fees and related interest paid in stock units

 

 

91

 

 

332

 

Loss on investment in tenancy-in-common

 

245

 

 

96

 

 

 

99

 

 

245

 

Deferred rents - straight line rent

 

225

 

 

213

 

 

 

25

 

 

225

 

Deferred real estate tax appeal fees

35

192

Bad debt expense

 

264

 

 

921

 

 

 

363

 

 

264

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenants' security accounts

 

(84

)

 

(105

)

 

 

(745

)

 

(84

)

Accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other assets

 

(402

)

 

(2,793

)

 

 

2,420

 

(402

)

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and deferred director compensation payable

 

441

 

(5,198

)

 

 

(925

)

 

249

Deferred revenue

 

(148

)

 

(615

)

 

 

(770

)

 

(148

)

Due to affiliate - accrued interest

 

108

 

 

171

 

 

 

(47

 

108

 

Deferred interest on mortgages

 

 

(2

)

 

 

416

 

 

 

(136

)

 

 

(2

)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

 

10,195

 

 

(3

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

5,797

 

 

10,195

Investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from sale of Maryland properties, net

 

 

245,763

 

-

Proceeds from payment of secured loans receivable inclusive of accrued interest

 

 

5,316

 

-

Capital improvements - existing properties

 

(1,299

)

 

(1,738

)

(948

(1,299

)

Deferred leasing costs

 

(104

)

 

(183

)

 

 

(116

)

 

(104

Distribution from investment in tenancy-in-common

 

423

 

 

0-

 

 

 

357

 

 

423

Deconsolidation of subsidiary cash and cash equivalents

 

 

0-

 

 

(1,383

)

Net cash used in investing activities

(980

)

(3,304

)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

250,372

(980

)

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repayment of mortgages

 

(4,464

)

 

(2,916

)

 

 

(194,036

)

 

(4,464

)

Proceeds from mortgage loan refinancing

32,500

-

Deferred financing costs

 

(640

)

 

0-

 

 

 

(692

)

 

(640

)

Due to affiliate - loan proceeds

300

-

Due to affiliate - loan repayment

(2,800

)

0-

(3,505

)

(2,800

)

Dividends paid

 

(684

)

 

(1,357

)

 

 

(2,058

)

 

(684

)

Distributions to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

 

 

(960

)

 

 

(583

)

 

 

(20,090

)

 

 

(960

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(9,548

)

 

 

(4,856

)

 

 

(187,581

)

 

 

(9,548

)

Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

(333

)

 

(8,163

)

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

68,588

 

(333

)

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period

 

 

39,517

 

 

 

42,488

 

 

 

39,045

 

 

 

39,517

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period

 

$

39,184

 

 

$

34,325

 

 

$

107,633

 

 

$

39,184

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid

 

$

8,245

 

 

$

9,570

 

 

$

5,485

 

 

$

8,245

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental schedule of non cash activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial tenant security deposits applied to accounts receivable

 

$

10

 

 

$

462

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

10

 

Investing activities:

Accrued capital expenditures, construction costs and pre-development costs

 

$

116

 

 

$

121

 

 

$

26

 

 

$

116

 

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retirement of treasury stock

$

2,791

$

0-

$

-

$

2,791

Dividends declared but not paid

 

$

343

 

 

$

0-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

343

 

Dividends paid in share units

 

$

24

 

 

$

0-

 

 

$

35

 

 

$

24

 

Vested share units issued to consultant and retired director

 

$

72

 

 

$

1,467

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deconsolidation of subsidiary:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate, at cost, net of accumulated depreciation

 

$

0-

 

$

(36,225

)

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts

 

0-

 

(55

)

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

0-

 

(315

)

Mortgage payable

 

0-

 

 

48,000

 

Unamortized debt issuance costs

 

0-

 

(489

)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

0-

 

 

353

 

Tenants' security deposits

 

0-

 

 

585

 

Deferred revenue

 

0-

 

 

47

 

Deconsolidation of subsidiary cash and cash equivalents

 

 

0-

 

 

(1,383

)

Net carrying value of assets and liabilities deconsolidated

 

$

0-

 

$

(10,518

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recognition of retained investment in tenancy-in-common at fair value

 

$

0-

 

 

$

20,758

 

Derecognition of noncontrolling interest in subsidiary

 

$

0-

 

$

(3,596

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the condensed consolidated balance sheets:

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the condensed consolidated balance sheets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the condensed consolidated balance sheets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

36,359

 

 

$

31,034

 

 

$

98,307

 

 

$

36,359

 

Tenants' security accounts

 

1,343

 

 

1,590

 

 

 

1,038

 

 

1,343

 

Funds held in post-closing escrow

6,251

-

Mortgage escrows (included in prepaid expenses and other assets)

 

 

1,482

 

 

 

1,701

 

 

 

2,037

 

 

 

1,482

 

Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

$

39,184

 

 

$

34,325

 

 

$

107,633

 

 

$

39,184

 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Note 1 - Basis of presentation:

First Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey was organized on November 1, 1961 as a New Jersey Business Trust. On July 1, 2021, First Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey (“FREIT”) completed the change of its form of organization from a New Jersey real estate investment trust to a Maryland corporation (the “Reincorporation”) which was approved by its shareholdersstockholders at the annual meeting of shareholdersstockholders held on May 6, 2021. The Reincorporation changeschanged the law applicable to FREIT’sFirst Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey’s affairs from New Jersey law to Maryland law and was accomplished by the merger of FREITFirst Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey with and into its wholly owned subsidiary, First Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey, Inc. (“FREIT Maryland”FREIT”, “Trust”, “us”, “we”, “our” or the “Company”), a Maryland corporation. As a result of the Reincorporation, the separate existence of FREIT hasFirst Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey ceased and FREIT Maryland has succeeded to all the business, properties, assets and liabilities of FREIT.First Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey. Holders of shares of beneficial interest in FREIT haveFirst Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey received one newly issued share of common stock of FREIT Maryland for each share of FREIT that they own,First Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey owned by them, without any action of shareholdersstockholders required and all treasury stock held by FREITFirst Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey was retired.

FREIT Maryland is organized and will continue to operate in such a manner as to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and its stock is traded on the over-the counterover-the-counter market under the trading symbol FREVS.

The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial statements and pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, certain information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements have been omitted. It is the opinion of management that all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included, and that all such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature.

The consolidated results of operations for the nine and three-month periods ended July 31, 20212022 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year or any other period. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in theFREIT’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2020 of FREIT.2021.

Reclassification:

Certain prior year cash flow line items have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

Note 2 - Recently issued accounting standard:

In June 2016,March 2020 and January 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-13 "2020-04 “Reference Rate Reform (ASC 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326)Reporting", and ASU 2021-01 “Reference Rate Reform (ASC 848): Scopewhich amendsprovides temporary optional guidance to ease the potential burden in accounting for reference rate reform in contracts and other transactions that reference the London Interbank Offered Rate or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform, if certain criteria are met. ASU 2020-04 and ASU 2021-01 are effective for all entities as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. We currently do not anticipate the need to modify our existing debt agreements as a result of reference rate reform in the current approach to estimate credit losses on certain financial assets, including tradeyear, however if any modification is executed as a result of reference rate reform, the Company will elect the optional expedient available under ASU 2020-04 and other receivables, available-for-sale securities, and other financial instruments. Generally, this amendment requiresASU 2021-01, which allows entities to establish a valuation allowanceaccount for the expected lifetime lossesmodification as if the modification was not substantial. We will disclose the nature of these certainand reason for electing the optional expedient in each interim and annual financial assets. Subsequent changes in the valuation allowance are recorded in current earningsstatement period if and reversal of previous losses are permitted. Currently, GAAP requires entities to write down credit losses only when losses are probable and loss reversals are not permitted. The ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning afterapplicable through December 15,31, 2022. In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-19 “Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses”, which clarifies that operating lease receivables are outside the scope of the new standard. Instead, impairment of receivables arising from operating leases should be accounted for in accordance with Topic 842, “Leases (Topic 842)”. FREIT Maryland does not expect the adoption of this new accounting guidance to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements and footnote disclosures.


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Note 3 – Dividends and earnings (loss) per share:

The FREIT Board of Directors (“Board”) declareddid not declare a dividend in the third quarter dividend of $0.05 per share which will be paid on September 15, 2021 to shareholders of record on September 1, 2021. The Board will continue to evaluate the dividend on a quarterly basis.

Fiscal 2022. Basic earnings (loss) per share is calculated by dividing net income attributable to common equity (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares and vested share units (See Note 14 to FREIT Maryland’s condensed consolidated financial statements)14) outstanding during each period (denominator). The calculation of diluted earnings per share is similar to that of basic earnings per share, except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional shares that would have been outstanding if all potentially dilutive shares, such as those issuable upon the exercise of stock options, were issued during the period using the Treasury Stock method. Under the Treasury Stock method, the assumption is that the proceeds received upon exercise of the options, including the unrecognized stock option compensation expense attributable to future services, are used to repurchase FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s stock at the average market price during the period, thereby increasing the number of shares to be added in computing diluted earnings per share. For the nine and three months ended July 31, 2022, the outstanding stock options increased the average dilutive shares outstanding by approximately 72,000 and 74,000 shares, respectively, with an impact of approximately $0.05 and $0.00, respectively, on earnings per share. For the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021, the outstanding stock options increased the average dilutive shares outstanding by approximately 2,000 and 4,000 shares, respectively, with no impact on earnings per share. ForThere were no anti-dilutive shares for the nine months ended July 31, 2020, the outstanding stock options increased the average dilutive shares outstanding by approximately 3,000 shares with a $0.01 impact on earnings per share. For theand three months ended July 31, 2020, the outstanding


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stock options were anti-dilutive with no impact on loss per share.2022. There were approximately 268,000 anti-dilutive shares for both the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021. There were approximately 268,000 and 311,000 anti-dilutive shares for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2020,2021, respectively. Anti-dilutive shares consist of out-of-the money stock options under the Equity Incentive Plan.Plan (See Note 13).

Note 4 - Interest rate cap and swap contracts:

In accordance with “Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging ("ASC 815")”, FREIT Maryland ishas been accounting for the Damascus Centre, LLC (“Damascus Centre”), FREIT Regency, LLC (“Regency”), Wayne PSC, LLC (“Wayne PSC”) and Station Place on Monmouth (“Station Place”) interest rate swaps and the Grande Rotunda, LLC (“Grande Rotunda”) interest rate cap as cash flow hedges marking these contracts to market, taking into account present interest rates compared to the contracted fixed rate over the life of the contract and recording the unrealized gain or loss on the swaps and cap in comprehensive income. On December 30, 2021, the Rotunda property owned by Grande Rotunda was sold, a portion of the proceeds from the sale was used to pay off the $116.5 million then outstanding balance of the underlying loan and the corresponding interest rate cap on this loan matured with no settlement due at maturity. On January 10, 2022, the property owned by Damascus Centre was sold and a portion of the proceeds from the sale was used to pay off the $18.2 million then outstanding balance of the underlying loan and the corresponding swap breakage fees of approximately $213,000 related to the early termination of the interest rate swap contracts on this loan which was included as interest expense on the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of income for the nine months ended July 31, 2022. (See Note 7 for further details on the sales of these properties.) On June 17, 2022, Wayne PSC terminated its interest rate swap contract on its underlying loan held with People’s United Bank, which had a maturity date of October 2026, for a settlement amount of approximately $1.4 million. People’s United Bank held the proceeds from this settlement in escrow until the underlying loan was paid off in July 2022 and has been included as a realized gain on interest rate swap termination on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2022. (See Note 9 for further details.)


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For the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021,2022, FREIT Maryland recorded an unrealized gain of approximately $1,441,000$2,408,000 and unrealized loss of $234,000,$1,393,000, respectively, in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) representing the change in the fair value of these cash flow hedges during such period.periods. For the nine and three months ended July 31, 2020,2021, FREIT Maryland recorded an unrealized gain of approximately $1,441,000 and unrealized loss of approximately $3,644,000 and $272,000,$234,000, respectively, in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) representing the change in the fair value of these cash flow hedges during such period. As of July 31, 2022, there was an asset of approximately $116,000 for the Regency swap and a liability of approximately $16,000 for the Station Place swap. As of October 31, 2021, there was a liability of approximately $391,000$278,000 for the Damascus Centre swaps, $802,000$348,000 for the Wayne PSC swap, $1,030,000$750,000 for the Regency swap, $1,260,000$932,000 for the Station Place swap and $0$0 for the Grande Rotunda interest rate cap. As of October 31, 2020, FREIT Maryland recorded a liability of approximately $610,000 for the Damascus Centre swaps, $1,260,000 for the Wayne PSC swap, $1,385,000 for the Regency swap, $1,669,000 for the Station Place swap and $0 for the Grande Rotunda interest rate cap.

The fair values are based on observable inputs (level 2 in the fair value hierarchy as provided by authoritative guidance).

Note 5 – Investment in tenancy-in-common:

On February 28, 2020, FREIT Maryland 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 Maryland owned a 65%65% membership interest in S&A, which owned 100%100% of the Pierre Towers property located in Hackensack, New Jersey through its 100%100% interest in Pierre Towers, LLC. Accordingly, FREIT Maryland 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 Maryland reflected as “noncontrolling interests in subsidiary” and all significant intercompany accounts and transactions were eliminated in consolidation.

Pursuant to the TIC agreement, FREIT Maryland ultimately acquired a 65%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 Maryland’sFREIT’s investment in the TIC is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. While FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s effective ownership percentage interest in the Pierre Towers property remained unchanged after the reorganization to a TIC, FREIT Maryland no longer had a controlling interest as the TIC wasis now under joint control. Since FREIT Maryland retained a noncontrolling financial interest

FREIT’s investment in the TIC was approximately $18.9 million and $19.4 million at July 31, 2022 and October 31, 2021, respectively. For the deconsolidation of the subsidiary (as of February 28, 2020) was not the result of a nonreciprocal transfer to owners,nine and three months ended July 31, 2022, FREIT Maryland recognized a gainloss on investment in the amountTIC of approximately $27.7 million$99,000 and a gain on investment in TIC of approximately $57,000, respectively, in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended July 31, 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 Maryland’s investment in the TIC was approximately $19.4 million and $20.1 million at July 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020, respectively.income. For the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021, FREIT Maryland recognized a loss on investment in TIC of approximately $245,000$245,000 and $100,000,$100,000, respectively, in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the nine and three months ended July 31, 2020, FREIT Maryland recognized a loss on investment in TIC of approximately $96,000 and $78,000, respectively, in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.income.

Hekemian & Co., Inc. (“Hekemian”Hekemian & Co.”) currently manages the Pierre Towers property based on a management agreement between the owners of the TIC and Hekemian & Co. dated as of February 28, 2020 which expiresand will expire on February 28, 2022, and2023. The management agreement is automatically renewed for successive periodsa term of one year and will renew for successive one (1) year terms upon the unanimous approval of the TIC owners prior to the expiration of the then-current term unless either party gives not less thanHekemian & Co. delivers written notice of termination of this management agreement, which notice must be delivered at least sixty (60) days prior noticeto the end of non-renewal. the then-current term.

The management agreement requires the payment of management fees equal to 5%5% of rents collected. Management fees charged to operations were approximately $280,000$298,000 and $93,000$101,000 for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2022, respectively, and $280,000 and $93,000 for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021, respectively, and $150,000 for the period from February 28, 2020 through July 31, 2020 and $88,000 for the three months ended July 31, 2020.respectively. The Pierre Towers property also uses the resources of the Hekemian & Co. insurance department to secure various insurance coverages for its property. Hekemian & Co. is paid a commission for these services. Such commissions were charged to operations and amounted to approximately $47,000$40,000 for the nine and $37,000three months ended July 31, 2022 and $47,000 and $37,000 for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021, respectively, and $22,000 for both the period from February 28, 2020 through July 31, 2020 and for the three months ended July 31, 2020.respectively.


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The following table summarizes the balance sheets of the Pierre Towers property as of July 31, 20212022 and October 31, 2020,2021, accounted for by the equity method:

July 31,

October 31,

July 31,

October 31,

2021

2020

2022

2021

(In Thousands of Dollars)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

Real estate, net

$

78,533

$

80,041

$

76,525

$

78,023

Cash and cash equivalents

911

754

1,801

1,338

Tenants' security accounts

494

523

456

484

Receivables and other assets

545

468

640

510

Total assets

$

80,483

$

81,786

$

79,422

$

80,355

Mortgages payable, net of unamortized debt issuance costs

$

49,757

$

49,956

$

49,492

$

49,691

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

241

314

221

261

Tenants' security deposits

495

535

461

484

Deferred revenue

93

56

129

99

Equity

29,897

30,925

29,119

29,820

Total liabilities & equity

$

80,483

$

81,786

$

79,422

$

80,355

FREIT's investment in TIC (65% interest)

$

19,433

$

20,101

$

18,927

$

19,383

The following table summarizes the statements of operations of the Pierre Towers property for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021, for the period from February 28, 2020 through July 31, 20202022 and for the three months ended July 31, 2020,2021, accounted for by the equity method:

For the period from

Nine Months Ended

February 28, 2020

Three Months Ended

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended July 31,

Three Months Ended July 31,

July 31, 2021

through July 31, 2020

July 31, 2021

July 31, 2020

2022

2021

2022

2021

(In Thousands of Dollars)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

Revenue

$

5,674

$

3,106

$

1,900

$

1,864

$

5,990

$

5,674

$

2,067

$

1,900

Operating expenses

3,225

1,689

1,111

1,046

3,307

3,225

1,032

1,111

Depreciation

1,623

895

542

537

1,634

1,623

547

542

Operating income

826

522

247

281

1,049

826

488

247

Interest expense including amortization of deferred financing costs

1,203

669

401

401

1,201

1,203

400

401

Net loss

$

(377)

$

(147)

$

(154)

$

(120)

Net (loss) income

$

(152)

$

(377)

$

88

$

(154)

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

$

(245)

$

(96)

$

(100)

$

(78)

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

$

(99)

$

(245)

$

57

$

(100)


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Note 6 – Termination of Purchase and Sale Agreement:

On January 14, 2020, FREIT Maryland and certain of its affiliates (collectively, the “Sellers”), entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (as subsequently amended, the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”) with Sinatra Properties LLC (the “Purchaser”), provided for the sale by the Sellers to the Purchaser of 100% of the Sellers’ ownership interests in six real properties held by the Sellers in exchange for the purchase price described therein, subject to the terms and conditions of the Purchase and Sale Agreement. On April 30, 2020, the Sellers delivered written notice to the Purchaser of the Sellers’ termination of the Purchase and Sale Agreement in accordance with its terms due to the occurrence of a “Purchaser Default” thereunder, based on the Purchaser’s failure to perform its obligations under the Purchase and Sale Agreement and close the transactions contemplated therein.

Upon the execution of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Purchaser delivered into escrow a deposit in the amount of $15 million (the “Deposit”), in the form of an unconditional, irrevocable letter of credit in such amount (the “Letter of Credit”). The Purchase and Sale Agreement provides that the Sellers’ exclusive remedy, in the event of a “Purchaser Default” and the termination of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, is the forfeiture of the Deposit to the Sellers as liquidated damages. Accordingly, contemporaneously with the Sellers’ delivery of the termination notice to the Purchaser, the Sellers delivered written notice to the escrow agent requesting that the escrow agent release the Letter of Credit from escrow and deliver same to the Sellers.

On May 6, 2020, the Purchaser filed a complaint (the “Complaint”) against the Sellers inFebruary 4, 2022, the Superior Court of New Jersey, in which, among other things, the Purchaser alleges breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing against the Sellers in connection with the Sellers’ termination of the Purchase and Sale Agreement. The Purchaser seeks (a) a judgment of specific performance compelling the Sellers to convey the properties under the Purchase and Sale Agreement to the Purchaser; (b) declaratory judgment from the court that (i) the Purchase and Sale Agreement is not terminated, (ii) the Purchaser is


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not in default under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, and (iii) the Sellers are in default under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, subject to a right to cure; (c)Monmouth County (“Court”) entered an order for injunctive relief compelling the Sellers to perform the Purchase and Sale Agreement; (d) in the event that the court does not order specific performance, a judgment directing that the Purchaser’s $15 million deposit under the Purchase and Sale Agreement be returned to the Purchaser, and compensatory, consequential and incidental damages in an amount to be determined at trial; and (e) attorneys’ fees and costs.

The Purchaser has filed lis pendensOrder with respect to each of the six properties that were subject to the Purchase and Sale Agreement. The lis pendens provides notice to the public of the Complaint. Pending the resolution of this litigation, the filing of the lis pendens will adversely affect the future sale or financing of those properties.

On June 17, 2020, the Sellerssummary judgment motions filed their answer, separate defenses, and counterclaims (the “Answer”) in response to the Complaint, in which, among other things, the Sellers (a) deny the Purchaser’s claim that the Sellers’ termination of the Purchase and Sale Agreement was wrongful, and assert that there was no contractual basis in the Purchase and Sale Agreement to relieve the Purchaser from its obligation to perform thereunder, or to defer or postpone the Purchaser’s obligation to perform, (b) assert certain defenses to the allegations set forth in the Complaint without admitting any liability, and (c) request relief from the Court in the form of (i) judgment in the Sellers’ favor dismissing all of the Purchaser’s claims against them with prejudice and denying all of the Purchaser’s requests for relief, (ii) reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, and (iii) such other and further relief as the Court deems just.

In addition, the Answer asserts counterclaims by the Sellers against the Purchaser for breach of contract due to the Purchaser’s failure to close the Purchase and Sale Agreement in accordance with its terms, and the Sellers seek a declaratory judgment from the Court that the Sellers properly terminated the Purchase and Sale Agreement in accordance with its terms due to the Purchaser’s default and an order from the Court that the Purchaser authorize the escrow agent to release the $15 million deposit under the Purchase and Sale Agreement to the Sellers. On April 28, 2021, the Sellers amended the Answer to include (1) counterclaims against the Purchaser for breach of contract due to the Purchaser’s breach of confidentiality and non-disclosure obligations contained in the Purchase and Sale Agreement, and (2) third-party claims against Purchaser’s affiliate Kushner Realty Acquisition LLC for breach of its confidentiality and non-disclosure obligations contained in the non-disclosure agreement entered into by the parties in connection with the negotiationlitigation between certain affiliates of the transactions contemplated by theFREIT (the “Sellers” or “Defendant”) and Sinatra Properties, LLC (“Sinatra” or “Plaintiff”). The litigation relates to a Purchase and Sale Agreement basedentered into on the conduct of the Purchaser and its affiliates afterJanuary 14, 2020 (“PSA”) between the Sellers terminatedand Sinatra involving the Purchase and Sale Agreement.sale by the Sellers of 100% of their ownership interests in six (6) real properties held by the Sellers.

In connection with these counterclaims and third-party claims,The February 4, 2022 Order provided as follows:

(1)

The Court finds that the Answer seeksPlaintiff’s have breached the following relief from the Court: (a) liquidated damages in the amount of $15 million, as provided in the Purchase and Sale Agreement; (b) in the alternative to the liquidated damages provided for in the Purchase and Sale Agreement, money damages in an amount to be determined at trial; (c) interest, attorneys’ fees and costs associated with the defense of the Purchaser’s claimssubject contract and the prosecution of the Sellers’ counterclaims against the Purchaser, as providedCourt dismisses all claims for in the Purchase and Sale Agreement; (d) judgment declaring that the Sellers properly terminated the Purchase and Sale Agreement due to the Purchaser’s default thereunder; (e) judgment declaring that the Purchaser must authorize the escrow agent to release the $15 million deposit to the Sellers; (f) an order enjoining the Purchaser and its affiliates from engaging in further breaches of the Purchase and Sale Agreement and non-disclosure agreement, and compelling the Purchaser and its affiliates to return the Sellers’ confidential information and materials and to use best efforts to ensure the return of the Sellers’ confidential information and materials from third parties to whom the Purchaser and/or its affiliates provided such materials; and (g) such other relief as the Court deems just and equitable.

In the Answer filed by the Purchaser on September 15, 2020 and the Answer and Affirmative Defenses filed by the Purchaser and Kushner Realty Acquisition LLC on June 7, 2021, the Purchaser and Kushner Realty Acquisition LLC have generally denied the claims, counterclaims and allegations containedPlaintiff in the Sellers’ original and amended Answer, and asserted affirmative defenses to the Sellers’ claims and counterclaims.

this suit. The Sellers believe that the allegations set forth inCourt dismissed the Complaint and Answerdismisses the Lis Pendens.

(2)

The Court finds that the liquidated damage provision of the contract is not enforceable and the Court Orders that the $15 million held in escrow be returned to the Plaintiff.

(3)

The Court dismisses the Counterclaims and Third Party Complaint. All pleadings are dismissed.

On May 31, 2022, Sinatra filed by the Purchaser and in the Answer and Affirmative Defenses filed by the Purchaser and Kushner Realty Acquisition LLC are without merit and intend to vigorously defend the action and enforce the Sellers’ rights and remedies under the Purchase and Sale Agreement in connectiona Motion for Reconsideration with the “Purchaser Default” thereunder, includingCourt, requesting that the Purchaser’s forfeiture ofCourt reconsider its $15 million deposit toFebruary 4, 2022 Order and, among other things, (a) grant Sinatra’s motion for summary judgment, and (b) reverse the Court’s findings that (1) Sinatra breached the PSA, (2) the Sellers as liquidated damages as provided indid not breach the PurchasePSA and Sale Agreement. As(3) the Court’s dismissal of the Complaint and Lis Pendens.

On July 8, 2022, the Court denied Sinatra’s Motion for Reconsideration.

Through the quarter ended July 31, 2021,2022, the $15$15 million deposit has not been included in income in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

For the nine and three months ended July 31, 2020, the Special Committee of the Board (“Special Committee”) incurred on behalf of the Company third party transaction costs for advisory, legal and other expenses primarily related to the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the Plan of Liquidation discussed in Note 7 in the amount of approximately $4,606,000 and $87,000, respectively, compared to $0 and $0, respectively, for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021. On April 30, 2020, the Sellers delivered written notice to the Purchaser of the Sellers’ termination of the Purchase and Sale Agreement and on May 7, 2020 the Board approved the elimination of the Special Committee. No further transaction costs were incurred thereafter.income. Legal costs attributed to the legal proceedingsproceeding between FREIT Maryland and certain of its affiliates and Sinatra Properties, LLC have been incurred in the amount of approximately $1,842,000$1,135,000 and $733,000$243,000 for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021,2022, respectively, and $601,000$1,842,000 and $601,000,$733,000, for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2020,2021, respectively, and are included in operating expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.income.

The Sellers have been evaluating the February 4, 2022 Order and their rights and remedies with respect thereto. The Sellers continue to believe that the allegations set forth in the Complaint filed by Sinatra and in the Answer to Counterclaims and Third-Party Complaint and Affirmative Defenses filed by Sinatra and Kushner Realty Acquisition LLC, are without merit.


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Note 7 – Termination of Plan of Liquidation:Maryland property dispositions:

On January 14, 2020, the Trust’s Board adoptedNovember 22, 2021, certain affiliates (the “Maryland Sellers”) of FREIT entered into a Plan of Voluntary Liquidation with respect to the Trust (the “Plan of Liquidation”), which provided for the voluntary dissolution, termination and liquidation of the Trust by the sale, conveyance, transfer or delivery of all of the Trust’s remaining assets in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan of Liquidation and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations thereunder. The Plan of Liquidation provided that it would become effective upon (i) approval by a majority of the votes cast by Trust’s shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at a duly called meeting of the Trust’s shareholders at which a quorum is present and (ii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

While the Plan of Liquidation received shareholder approval, the Plan of Liquidation did not become effective as the Sellers terminated the Purchase and Sale Agreement by written notice delivered(the “Maryland Purchase and Sale Agreement”) with MCB Acquisition Company, LLC (the “Maryland Purchaser”), a third party, pursuant to which the Maryland Sellers agreed to sell three properties to the Purchaser on April 30, 2020,Maryland Purchaser. The properties consisted of retail and office space and a residential apartment community owned by Grande Rotunda, LLC (the “Rotunda Property”), a shopping center owned by Damascus Centre, LLC (the “Damascus Property”), and a shopping center owned by WestFREIT Corp. (the “Westridge Square Property”). FREIT owns 100% of its subsidiary, WestFREIT Corp. (“WestFREIT”), a 60% interest in Grande Rotunda, LLC (“Grande Rotunda”), the joint venture that owned the Rotunda Property, and a 70% interest in Damascus Centre, LLC (“Damascus Centre”), the joint venture that owned the Damascus Property.

The original purchase price for the Rotunda Property, the Damascus Property and the transactions contemplated therebyWestridge Square Property (collectively the “Maryland Properties”) under the Maryland Purchase and Sale Agreement was reduced by $2,723,000 from $267,000,000 to $248,750,269, after giving effect to the $15,526,731 escrow deposit described below. This reduction in the sales price of $2,723,000 was to account for improvements and repairs to the Maryland Properties and miscellaneous items identified by the Maryland Purchaser in the course of its due diligence inspection. Additionally, the Maryland Purchaser was obligated under the Maryland Purchase and Sale Agreement to deposit a total of $15,526,731 in escrow with respect to certain leases at the Maryland Properties, which have not been executed or where the rent commencement date has not occurred or economic obligations of the Maryland Sellers under certain leases remain unpaid. Although there can be no assurance, a portion of the $15,526,731 escrow deposit (the “Maryland Purchaser Escrow Payment”) may be paid to the Maryland Sellers depending upon the outcome of construction and leasing activities at the Maryland Properties. The Maryland Purchaser Escrow Payment Agreement provides for among other things, monthly disbursements from escrow to the Maryland Purchaser related to the aforementioned tenant lease agreements until the earlier of (i) the rent commencement date of the respective tenant lease agreements or (ii) 5-years from the date of the agreement. Release and amounts of escrowed funds to FREIT, generally, is contingent on the success and timing of future leasing activities at the Maryland Properties.

On December 30, 2021, the sale of the Rotunda Property, which had a net book value of approximately $136.1 million, was consummated by Grande Rotunda and the Maryland Purchaser for a purchase price of $191,080,598. Grande Rotunda received net proceeds from the sale of approximately $36.5 million (inclusive of approximately $0.7 million in funds released from the Maryland Purchaser Escrow Payment during the second quarter of Fiscal 2022), after payment of related mortgage debt in the amount of $116.5 million, payment of loans (including interest) to each of the partners in Grande Rotunda (FREIT with a 60% interest and Rotunda 100, LLC (“Rotunda 100”) with a 40% interest) in the amount of approximately $31 million, with FREIT receiving approximately $27.7 million, and certain transactional expenses and transfer taxes including a brokerage fee due to Hekemian & Co. of approximately $4.8 million (See Note 8). In addition, the Maryland Purchaser deposited a total of $14,026,401 of the Maryland Purchaser Escrow Payment in escrow with respect to certain leases at the Rotunda Property, which have not been executed or where the rent commencement date has not occurred or economic obligations of Grande Rotunda under certain leases remain unpaid. As of July 31, 2022, approximately $710,000 of these funds has been released from escrow to Grande Rotunda. The escrow and related gain on sale were reduced by approximately $1.2 million due to a change in estimate in the second quarter of Fiscal 2022 related to a change in the timing of anticipated rent commencement dates for certain tenants, which will reduce the escrowed funds available to be released to Grande Rotunda. Approximately $6.3 million of remaining funds are held in a post-closing escrow for rents anticipated to be fully released in Fiscal 2023 and are included in “Funds held in post-closing escrow” on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of July 31, 2022. The net proceeds from the sale were distributed to the partners in Grande Rotunda with FREIT receiving approximately $21.4 million based on its 60% interest in Grande Rotunda. The sale of the Rotunda Property resulted in a net gain of approximately $50 million (as adjusted) which includes approximately $7 million of proceeds released and anticipated to be released from funds held in escrow, a write-off of the straight-line rent receivable of approximately $1.8 million and a write-off of unamortized lease commissions of approximately $1.1 million. As of July 31, 2022, secured loans including accrued interest made by certain members in Rotunda 100 of approximately $5.3 million were repaid to FREIT.

On January 7, 2022, the sale of the Westridge Square Property, which had a net book value of approximately $11.5 million, was consummated by WestFREIT and the Maryland Purchaser for a purchase price of $20,984,604. WestFREIT received net proceeds from the sale of approximately $0.1 million (inclusive of approximately $0.8 million in funds released from the Maryland Purchaser Escrow Payment during the second quarter of Fiscal 2022), after payment of related mortgage debt in the amount of approximately $21.1 million and certain transactional expenses and transfer taxes including a brokerage fee due to Hekemian & Co. of approximately $0.5 million (See Note 8). In addition, the Maryland Purchaser deposited a total of $1,015,396 of the Maryland Purchaser Escrow Payment in escrow with respect to certain leases at the Westridge Square Property, which had not been executed or where the rent commencement date had not occurred or economic obligations of WestFREIT under certain leases remained unpaid. As of July 31, 2022, approximately $821,000 of these funds have been released from escrow with no remaining funds held in post-closing escrow for rents anticipated to be released. The sale of the Westridge Square Property resulted in a net gain of approximately $8.7 million, which includes approximately $0.8 million of proceeds released from funds held in escrow, a write-off of the straight-line rent receivable of approximately $0.5 million and a write-off of unamortized lease commissions of approximately $0.3 million.

On January 10, 2022, the sale of the Damascus Property, which had a net book value of approximately $24.6 million, was consummated by Damascus Centre and the Maryland Purchaser for a purchase price of $36,685,067. Damascus Centre received net proceeds from the sale of approximately $17.3 million (inclusive of approximately $0.4 million in funds released from the Maryland Purchaser Escrow Payment during the second quarter of Fiscal 2022), after payment of related mortgage debt in the amount of approximately $18.2 million and the corresponding swap breakage fees of approximately $213,000 related to the early termination of the interest rate swap contracts on this loan and certain transactional expenses and transfer taxes including a brokerage fee due to Hekemian & Co. of approximately $0.9 million (See Note 8). In addition, the Maryland Purchaser deposited a total of $484,934 of the Maryland Purchaser Escrow Payment in escrow with respect to certain leases at the Damascus Property, which had not been executed or where the rent commencement date had not occurred or economic obligations of Damascus Centre under certain leases remained unpaid. As of July 31, 2022, approximately $415,000 of these funds have been released from escrow with no remaining funds held in post-closing escrow for rents anticipated to be released. The net proceeds from the sale were distributed to the partners in Damascus Centre with FREIT receiving approximately $11.8 million based on its 70% interest in Damascus Centre. The sale of the Damascus Property resulted in a net gain of approximately $10.1 million, which includes approximately $0.4 million of proceeds released from funds held in escrow, a write-off of the straight-line rent receivable of approximately $0.6 million and a write-off of unamortized lease commissions of approximately $0.3 million.


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In summary, the sale of the Maryland Properties having a total net book value of $172.2 million was consummated by the Maryland Sellers and the Maryland Purchaser for a purchase price of $248,750,269, after giving effect to the $15,526,731 Maryland Purchaser Escrow Payment. This sale resulted in net proceeds of approximately $53.9 million (inclusive of approximately $1.9 million in funds released from the Maryland Purchaser Escrow Payment during the second quarter of Fiscal 2022), after payment of related mortgage debt in the amount of $155.8 million and the corresponding swap breakage fees of approximately $213,000 related to the early termination of the interest rate swap contracts on the Damascus Property loan, payment of loans (including interest) to each of the partners in Grande Rotunda in the amount of approximately $31 million and certain transactional expenses and transfer taxes including brokerage fees due to Hekemian & Co. of approximately $6.2 million. As of July 31, 2022, approximately $1,946,000 of the Maryland Purchaser Escrow Payment has been released from escrow to the Maryland Sellers. The escrow and related gain on sale were reduced by approximately $1.2 million due to a change in the second quarter of Fiscal 2022 related to a change in the timing of anticipated rent commencement dates for certain tenants, which will reduce the escrowed funds available to be released to Grande Rotunda. Approximately $6.3 million of remaining funds are held in a post-closing escrow for rents anticipated to be fully released in Fiscal 2023 and are included in “Funds held in post-closing escrow” on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of July 31, 2022. The sale of the Maryland Properties resulted in a net gain of approximately $68.8 million (as adjusted) (with a consolidated impact to FREIT of approximately $45.6 million) which includes approximately $8.2 million of proceeds released and anticipated to be released from funds held in escrow, a write-off of the straight-line rent receivable of approximately $2.9 million and a write-off of unamortized lease commissions of approximately $1.7 million.

As the disposal of the Maryland Properties did not represent a strategic shift that would have a major impact on FREIT’s operations or financial results, the properties’ operations were not consummated. Accordingly,reflected as discontinued operations in the Trust did not proceed with the sale, conveyance, transfer or delivery of all of the Trust’s remaining assets as contemplated by the Plan of Liquidation that was adopted by the Board on January 14, 2020.accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

Note 8 - Management agreement, fees and transactions with related party:

Hekemian & Co. currently manages all the properties owned by FREIT Maryland and its affiliates, except for the office building at Thethe Rotunda located in Baltimore, Maryland,Property, which iswas sold on December 30, 2021 and was formerly managed by an independent third party management company. The management agreement between FREIT Maryland and Hekemian & Co. dated as of November 1, 2001 (“Management Agreement”) has been renewed and will expireexpires on October 31, 2023. The Management Agreement2023 and is automatically renewed for successive periods of two years unless either party gives not less than six (6) months prior notice of non-renewal.

The Management Agreement requires the payment of management fees equal to 4%4% to 5%5% of rents collected. Such fees charged to operations were approximately $1,587,000$1,108,000 and $1,682,000$1,587,000 for the nine months ended July 31, 20212022 and 2020,2021, respectively, and $525,000$318,000 and $484,000$525,000 for the three months ended July 31, 20212022 and 2020,2021, respectively. In addition, the management agreementManagement Agreement provides for the payment to Hekemian & Co. of leasing commissions, as well as the reimbursement of certain operating expenses, such as payroll and insurance costs, incurred on behalf of FREIT Maryland.FREIT. Such commissions and reimbursements amounted to approximately $385,000$515,000 and $835,000$385,000 for the nine months ended July 31, 20212022 and 2020,2021, respectively, and $130,000$167,000 and $131,000$130,000 for the three months ended July 31, 20212022 and 2020,2021, respectively. FREIT Maryland also uses the resources of the Hekemian & Co. insurance department to secure various insurance coverages for its properties and subsidiaries. Hekemian & Co. is paid a commission for these services. Such commissions were charged to operations and amounted to approximately $181,000$164,000 and $152,000$181,000 for the nine months ended July 31, 20212022 and 2020,2021, respectively, and $110,000$105,000 and $96,000$110,000 for the three months ended July 31, 20212022 and 2020,2021, respectively.

From time to time, FREIT Maryland engages Hekemian & Co., or certain affiliates of Hekemian & Co., to provide additional services, such as consulting services related to development, property sales and financing activities of FREIT Maryland.FREIT. Separate fee arrangements are negotiated between Hekemian & Co. and FREIT Maryland with respect to such additional services. Such fees incurred for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2022 were approximately $6,388,000 and $94,000, respectively. Fees incurred during Fiscal 2022 related to commissions to Hekemian & Co. for the following: $4,777,000 for the sale of the Rotunda Property; $917,000 for the sale of the Damascus Property; $525,000 for the sale of the Westridge Square Property; $94,000 for the refinancing of the loan on the Preakness Shopping Center; and $75,000 for the refinancing of the loan on the Boulders property. The commissions related to the sale of the Rotunda Property, the Damascus Property and the Westridge Square Property were charged against the gain on sale of the Maryland Properties (See Note 7) in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of income for the nine months ended July 31, 2022. The commissions for the refinancing of the loan on the Boulders property and on the Preakness Shopping Center were deferred mortgage costs included in the unamortized debt issuance costs in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of July 31, 2022. Such fees incurred for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021 were approximately $236,500$236,500 and $0,$0, respectively. Fees incurred during Fiscal 2021 related to commissions to Hekemian & Co. for the following: $150,000$150,000 for the extension of the Grande Rotunda LLC loan; $54,000$54,000 for the extension and modification of the WestFREIT Corp. loan; $32,500and $32,500 for the renewal of FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s line of credit. There were no such fees incurred for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2020.

Robert S. Hekemian, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, President and a Director of the Trust,FREIT, is the President and Chief OperatingExecutive Officer of Hekemian.Hekemian & Co. David B. Hekemian, a Director of the Trust,FREIT, is the Principal/Broker – Salesperson and Director of Commercial Brokerage of Hekemian. Robert S. Hekemian, the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Trust, served as a consultant to the Trust and Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive OfficerPresident of Hekemian prior to his death in December 2019.& Co. Allan Tubin, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Trust,FREIT, is the Chief Financial Officer of Hekemian.Hekemian & Co.

Director fee expense and/or executive compensation (including interest and dividends) incurred by FREIT Maryland for the nine months ended July 31, 20212022 and 20202021 was approximately $0$429,000 and $21,000, respectively, for Robert S. Hekemian, $350,000 and $322,000,$350,000, respectively, for Robert S. Hekemian, Jr., $23,000$30,000 and $20,000,$23,000, respectively, for Allan Tubin and $42,000$43,000 and $40,000,$42,000, respectively, for David Hekemian. Director fee expense and/or executive compensation (including interest and dividends) incurred by FREIT Maryland for the three months ended July 31, 20212022 and 20202021 was approximately $0$150,000 and $0, respectively, for Robert S. Hekemian, $118,000 and $86,000,$118,000, respectively, for Robert S. Hekemian, Jr., $8,000$10,000 and $5,000,$8,000, respectively, for Allan Tubin and $15,000$13,000 and $9,000,$15,000, respectively, for David Hekemian (See Note 14 to FREIT Maryland’s condensed consolidated financial statements)14). Such costs are included within operating expenses on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Effective upon the late Robert S. Hekemian’s retirement as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and as a Director on April 5, 2018, FREIT Maryland entered into a Consulting Agreement with Mr. Hekemian, pursuant to which Mr. Hekemian provided consulting services to the Trust through December 2019. The Consulting Agreement obliged Mr. Hekemian to provide advice and consultation with respect to matters pertaining to the Trust and its subsidiaries, affiliates, assets and business, for no fewer than 30 hours per month during the term of the agreement. FREIT Maryland paid Mr. Hekemian a consulting fee of $5,000 per month during the term of the Consulting Agreement, which was payable in the form of shares on a quarterly basis (i.e. in quarterly


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installments of $15,000). The number of shares to be issued for each quarterly installment of the consulting fee was determined by dividing the dollar amount of the consulting fee by the closing price of one share on the OTC Pink Open Market as of the close of trading on the last trading day of the calendar quarter with respect to which such consulting fee was payable. For the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021, there were no consulting fee expenses for Robert S. Hekemian. For the nine and three months ended July 31, 2020, consulting fee expense for Robert S. Hekemian was approximately $8,000 and $0, respectively.income.

The equity owners of Rotunda 100, LLC (“Rotunda 100”), which owns a 40%40% minority equity interest in Grande Rotunda, are principally employees of Hekemian.Hekemian & Co. To incentivize the employees of Hekemian & Co., FREIT Maryland advanced, only to employees of Hekemian & Co., up to 50%50% of the amount of the equity contributions that the Hekemian & Co. employees were required to invest in Rotunda 100. These advances were in the form of secured loans that bear interest at rates that float at 225 basis points over the ninety (90) day LIBOR, as adjusted each November 1, February 1, May 1 and August 1. These loans arewere secured by the Hekemian & Co. employees’ interests in Rotunda 100 and arewere full recourse loans. On December 7, 2017, the Board approved a further extension of the previously amended maturity dates of these loans to the date or dates upon which distributions of cash are made by Grande Rotunda to its members as a result of a refinancing or sale of Grande Rotunda or the Rotunda property.

Property. The aggregate outstanding principal balance and accrued but unpaid interest of the Rotunda 100 notes was $4,000,000approximately $4,000,000 and $1,292,000, respectively, at bothOctober 31, 2021. On


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December 30, 2021, the Rotunda Property was sold and the net sales proceeds were distributed to the partners in Grande Rotunda. (See Note 7 for further details.) As of July 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020. The2022, approximately $5.3 million of the secured loans receivable (including accrued but unpaidinterest) were repaid to FREIT with no outstanding balance remaining of principal or interest related to these notes as of July 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020 amounted to approximately $1,268,000 and $1,194,000, respectively, and is included in secured loans receivable on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.Rotunda 100 notes.

In Fiscal 2017, Grande Rotunda incurred substantial expenditures at the Rotunda propertyProperty related to retail tenant improvements, leasing costs and operating expenditures which, in the aggregate, exceeded revenues as the property was still in the rent up phase and the construction loan held with Wells Fargo at that time was at its maximum level, with no additional funding available to draw. Accordingly, during Fiscal 2017 the equity owners in Grande Rotunda (FREIT Maryland with a 60% ownership and Rotunda 100 with a 40% ownership) contributed their respective pro-rata share of any cash needs through loans to Grande Rotunda, LLC.Rotunda. In Fiscal 2021, Grande Rotunda repaid $7$7 million to the equity owners in Grande Rotunda based on their respective pro-rata share resulting in a loan repayment to Rotunda 100 of approximately $2.8$2.8 million. As of JulyOctober 31, 2021, and October 31, 2020, Rotunda 100 hashad funded Grande Rotunda with approximately $3.2 million and $5.9$3.3 million (including interest), respectively, which iswas included in “Due to affiliate” on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.sheet. On December 30, 2021, the Rotunda Property was sold and Grande Rotunda repaid approximately $31 million to the equity owners in Grande Rotunda resulting in a loan repayment to Rotunda 100 of approximately $3.3 million. As of July 31, 2022, all loans were repaid in full to each of the partners.

FREIT owns a 40% equity interest in Wayne PSC and H-TPKE, LLC (“H-TPKE”) owns a 60% equity interest in Wayne PSC. An aggregate of approximately 73% of the membership interests in H-TPKE is controlled by: Robert S. Hekemian, Jr., the Chief Executive Officer, President and a Director of FREIT and a shareholder and officer of Hekemian & Co.; David B. Hekemian, a Director of FREIT and a shareholder and officer of Hekemian & Co.; the late Robert S. Hekemian, the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and consultant to FREIT and a former shareholder and former officer of Hekemian & Co.; members of the families of Robert S. Hekemian, Jr., David B. Hekemian and the late Robert S. Hekemian; and other employees of Hekemian & Co. On March 10, 2022, the equity owners in Wayne PSC, H-TPKE and FREIT, each entered into a grid promissory note for funding up to $600,000 and $400,000, respectively, based on each owner’s respective pro-rata share. During May 2022, Wayne PSC required funding by each of the partners totaling $500,000, with each owner contributing its respective pro-rata share of Wayne PSC. As such, H-TPKE funded $300,000 and FREIT funded $200,000. Wayne PSC repaid these loans in full (including accrued interest) to each of the equity owners from the net proceeds received from the refinancing of the loan on the Preakness Shopping Center in July 2022 (See Note 9).

Note 9 – Mortgage financings and line of credit:

On September 30, 2020,August 19, 2022, Westwood Hills, LLC, (“exercised its right, pursuant to the loan agreement, to extend the term of its $25 million loan on its property located in Westwood, Hills”), a consolidated subsidiary,New Jersey, maturing on October 1, 2022, for two (2) additional six (6) month periods on the same terms and conditions as stated in the loan agreement.

On July 22, 2022, Wayne PSC refinanced its $19.2$22.1 million loan (which(inclusive of deferred interest of approximately $136,000), which would have matured on NovemberOctober 1, 2020)2026, on its Preakness Shopping center located in Wayne, New Jersey with a new loan held by ConnectOne Bank in the amount of $25,000,000, with additional funding available in the amount of $250,000 for legal fees potentially incurred by the lender related to the lis pendens on this property. (See Note 6 to FREIT Maryland’s condensed consolidated financial statements for additional details in regards to the lis pendens.)$25,000,000. This loan secured by an apartment building in Westwood, New Jersey, is interest-only based on a floatingfixed interest rate at 400 basis points over the one-month LIBOR rateof 5% and has a term of three years with a floormaturity date of 4.15%August 1, 2025. Additionally, an interest reserve escrow was established at closing representing twelve months of interest of $1,250,000, which can be used to pay monthly interest on this loan with a requirement to replenish the escrow account back to $1,250,000 when the balance in the escrow account is reduced to three months of interest. This refinancing resulted in (i) annual debt service savings of approximately $340,000 due to interest-only payments; (ii) an increase in the interest rate from a fixed interest rate of 3.625% to a fixed interest rate of 5%; and (iii) net refinancing proceeds of approximately $1.1 million which can be used for capital expenditures and general corporate purposes. As part of the refinancing, Wayne PSC terminated the interest rate swap contract on the underlying loan resulting in a realized gain on the swap breakage of approximately $1.4 million, which has been recorded as a realized gain on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2022. (See Note 4 for additional details)

On December 30, 2021, FREIT refinanced its $14.4 million loan (which would have matured on February 1, 2022) on its Boulders property located in Rockaway, New Jersey with a new loan held by ConnectOne Bank in the amount of $7,500,000, with additional funding available to be drawn upon in the amount of $7,500,000 for corporate needs. This loan is interest-only and has a maturity date of OctoberJanuary 1, 20222024 with the option of Westwood HillsFREIT to extend for two (2) additional six (6)-month periodsone year from the maturity date, subject to certain provisions of the loan agreement. This refinancing resulted in: (i)will provide annual debt service savings of approximately $1,173,000 as a changeresult of the reduction in the principal amount, a reduction in the annual interest rate from a fixed rate of 4.62%5.37% to a variablefixed rate with a floor of 4.15%2.85% and (ii) net refinancing proceeds of approximately $5.6 million that were distributed to the partners in Westwood Hills with FREIT Maryland receiving approximately $2.2 million based on its 40% membership interest in Westwood Hills. As of July 31, 2021, $25,000,000 ofinterest-only payments being required under this loan was drawn and outstanding and the interest rate was based on the floor of 4.15%.new loan.

On April 3, 2019, WestFREIT Corp. (owned 100% by FREIT Maryland) exercised its option to extend its loan secured by the Westridge Square shopping center in Frederick, Maryland, held by M&T Bank, with a then outstanding balance of approximately $22.5 million, for twelve months. Effective beginning on June 1, 2019, the extension of this loan required monthly principal payments of $47,250 plus interest based on a floating interest rate equal to 240 basis points over the one-month LIBOR and had a maturity date of May 1, 2020. This loan was extended to November 1, 2020 and further extended to January 31, 2021 under the same terms and conditions of the existing agreement. WestFREIT Corp. entered into a loan extension and modification agreement with M&T Bank, effective beginning on February 1, 2021, which requires monthly principal payments of $49,250 plus interest based on a floating interest rate equal to 255 basis points over the one-month LIBOR and has a maturity date of January 31, 2022, with the option of WestFREIT Corp. to extend for an additional one-year period through January 31, 2023, subject to certain requirements as provided for in the loan agreement including the lease-up of certain space. As of July 31, 2021, approximately $21.3 million of this loan was outstanding and the interest rate was approximately 2.68%.

On February 7, 2018, Grande Rotunda refinanced its construction loan with a new loan held by Aareal Capital Corporation in the amount of approximately $118.5 million with additional funding which was available through February 6, 2021 for retail tenant improvements and leasing costs in the amount of $3,380,000. This loan bears a floating interest rate at 285 basis points over the one-month LIBOR rate and had a maturity date of February 6, 2021 with two one-year options of Grande Rotunda to extend the maturity of this loan, subject to certain requirements as provided for in the loan agreement. Grande Rotunda had purchased an interest rate cap on LIBOR for the full amount that could have been drawn on this loan of $121.9 million, capping the one-month LIBOR rate at 3% for the first two years of this loan which matured on March 5, 2020. On February 28, 2020, Grande Rotunda


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had purchased an interest rate cap on LIBOR, with an effective date of March 5, 2020, for the full amount that could have been drawn on this loan of $121.9 million, capping the one-month LIBOR rate at 3% for one year, which matured on March 5, 2021. Effective February 6, 2021, Grande Rotunda exercised the first extension option on this loan with a balance in the amount of approximately $118.5 million, extending the loan one year with a new maturity date of February 6, 2022, which may be extended further for an additional one-year term at Grande Rotunda’s option. Principal payments in the amount of $500,000 were required upon exercise of the first loan extension option and per calendar quarter thereafter. If the second loan extension option is exercised, principal payments in the amount of $750,000 will be required upon exercise of the second loan extension option and per calendar quarter thereafter. Additionally, Grande Rotunda purchased an interest rate cap on LIBOR, with an effective date of March 5, 2021, for the loan amount of approximately $118.5 million, capping the one-month LIBOR rate at 3% for one year expiring on February 6, 2022. At July 31, 2021, the total amount outstanding on this loan was approximately $117 million and the interest rate was approximately 2.95%.

FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s revolving line of credit provided by the Provident Bank was renewed for a three-year term ending on October 31, 2023.2023. Draws against the credit line can be used for working capital needs and standby letters of credit. Draws against the credit line are secured by mortgages on FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s Franklin Crossing Shopping Center in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey and retail space in Glen Rock, New Jersey. The total line of credit is $13$13 million and the interest rate on the amount outstanding is based on a floating interest rate of prime minus 25 basis points with a floor of 3.75%3.75%. As of July 31, 20212022 and October 31, 2020,2021, there was no amount outstanding and $13 million was available under the line of credit.

The lis pendens filed in connection with the legal proceeding between FREIT Maryland and certain of its affiliates and Sinatra Properties, LLC may adversely affect FREIT Maryland’s ability to refinance certain of its residential properties. (See Note 6 to FREIT Maryland’s condensed consolidated financial statements for additional details.)


As a result of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic at our commercial properties, in Fiscal 2020 we were granted debt payment relief from certain of our lenders on such properties in the form of deferral of principal and/or interest payments for a three-month period, resulting in total deferred payments of approximately $1,013,000 which will become due at the maturity of the loans. As of July 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020, approximately $162,000 of this amount has been repaid. There will be no further deferrals of principal and/or interest payments on these loans and the balance due has been included in mortgages payable on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of July 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020.Index

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Note 10 – Fair value of long-term debt:

The following table shows the estimated fair value and net carrying value of FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s long-term debt at July 31, 20212022 and October 31, 2020:2021:

($ in Millions)

July 31, 2021

October 31, 2020

July 31, 2022

October 31, 2021

Fair Value

$304.2

$311.4

$136.8

$301.6

Carrying Value, Net

$301.2

$305.4

$138.3

$299.9

Fair values are estimated based on market interest rates at July 31, 20212022 and October 31, 20202021 and on a discounted cash flow analysis. Changes in assumptions or estimation methods may significantly affect these fair value estimates. The fair value is based on observable inputs (level 2 in the fair value hierarchy as provided by authoritative guidance).

Note 11 – Segment information:

FREIT Maryland has determined that it has 2two reportable segments: commercial properties and residential properties. These reportable segments offer different types of space, have different types of tenants, and are managed separately because each requires different operating strategies and management expertise. The commercial segment is comprised of eight (8)five (5) properties, excluding the Rotunda Property, the Westridge Square Property and the Damascus Property, which were sold on December 30, 2021, January 7, 2022 and January 10, 2022, respectively. The residential segment is comprised of seven (7)six (6) properties, excluding the Pierre Towers propertyIcon at the Rotunda Property, which was converted into a TIC and deconsolidated from FREIT Maryland’s operating results as of February 28, 2020sold on December 30, 2021. (See Note 5 to FREIT Maryland’s condensed consolidated financial statements7 for further details).details.)

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Note 1 in FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020.2021. The chief operating and decision-making group responsible for oversight and strategic decisions of FREIT Maryland'sFREIT's commercial segment, residential segment and corporate/other is comprised of FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s Board.

FREIT, Maryland, through its chief operating and decision making group, assesses and measures segment operating results based on net operating income ("NOI"). NOI, a standard used by real estate professionals, is based on operating revenue and expenses directly associated with the operations of the real estate properties, but excludes: deferred rents (straight lining), depreciation, financing costs and other items. NOI is not a measure of operating results or cash flows from operating activities as measured by GAAP, and is not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs and should not be considered an alternative to cash flows as a measure of liquidity.


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Real estate rental revenue, operating expenses, NOI and recurring capital improvements for the reportable segments are summarized below and reconciled to condensed consolidated net income (loss) attributable to common equity for the nine and three monththree-month periods ended July 31, 20212022 and 2020.2021. Asset information is not reported since FREIT Maryland does not use this measure to assess performance.

Nine Months Ended

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

Three Months Ended

July 31,

July 31,

July 31,

July 31,

2021

2020

2021

2020

2022

2021

2022

2021

(In Thousands of Dollars)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

(In Thousands of Dollars)

Real estate rental revenue:

Commercial

$

18,299

$

19,638

$

5,885

$

6,090

$

8,445

$

18,299

$

2,179

$

5,885

Residential

20,026

22,005

6,669

6,393

15,803

20,026

4,744

6,669

Total real estate rental revenue

38,325

41,643

12,554

12,483

24,248

38,325

6,923

12,554

Real estate operating expenses:

Commercial

8,346

8,810

2,535

2,914

5,146

8,346

1,227

2,535

Residential

8,232

8,997

2,842

2,649

6,788

8,232

2,101

2,842

Total real estate operating expenses

16,578

17,807

5,377

5,563

11,934

16,578

3,328

5,377

Net operating income:

Commercial

9,953

10,828

3,350

3,176

3,299

9,953

952

3,350

Residential

11,794

13,008

3,827

3,744

9,015

11,794

2,643

3,827

Total net operating income

$

21,747

$

23,836

$

7,177

$

6,920

$

12,314

$

21,747

$

3,595

$

7,177

 

Recurring capital improvements - residential

$

(438

)

 

$

(353

)

 

$

(258

)

 

$

(127

)

 

 

Recurring capital improvements - residential

$

(401

)

 

$

(438

)

 

$

(195

)

 

$

(258

)

 

 

Reconciliation to condensed consolidated net income (loss) attributable to common equity:

Segment NOI

$

21,747

$

23,836

$

7,177

$

6,920

Deferred rents - straight lining

(225

)

(213

)

(12

)

(334

)

Investment income

88

174

29

38

General and administrative expenses

(4,143

)

(3,061

)

(1,413

)

(1,233

)

Third party transaction costs

0-

(4,606

)

0-

(87

)

Gain on deconsolidation of subsidiary

0-

27,680

0-

0-

Loss on investment in tenancy-in-common

(245

)

(96

)

(100

)

(78

)

Depreciation

(6,948

)

(7,887

)

(2,315

)

(2,425

)

Financing costs

(9,242

)

(11,032

)

(3,050

)

(3,121

)

Net income (loss)

1,032

24,795

316

(320

)

Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

(256

)

(18

)

(107

)

139

Net income (loss) attributable to common equity

$

776

$

24,777

$

209

$

(181

)

 

Reconciliation to condensed consolidated net income attributable to common equity:

Segment NOI

$

12,314

$

21,747

$

3,595

$

7,177

Deferred rents - straight lining

(25

)

(225

)

36

(12

)

Investment income

183

88

119

29

General and administrative expenses

(3,107

)

(4,143

)

(911

)

(1,413

)

(Loss) Gain on investment in tenancy-in-common

(99

)

(245

)

57

(100

)

Depreciation

(3,257

)

(6,948

)

(723

)

(2,315

)

Net gain on sale of Maryland properties

68,771

-

-

-

Net realized gain on Wayne PSC interest rate swap termination

1,415

-

1,415

-

Financing costs

(6,229

)

(9,242

)

(1,774

)

(3,050

)

Net income

69,966

1,032

1,814

316

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries

(23,420

)

(256

)

(693

)

(107

)

Net income attributable to common equity

$

46,546

$

776

$

1,121

$

209

Note 12 – Income taxes:

FREIT Maryland has elected to be treated as a REIT for federal income tax purposes and as such intends to distribute 100%at least 90% of its ordinary taxable income (to maintain its status as a REIT) and 100% of its capital gains to its stockholders as dividends for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2022. FREIT distributed 99% of its ordinary taxable income to its shareholdersstockholders as dividends for the fiscal year endingended October 31, 2021. Accordingly, no provision for federal or state income taxes related to such ordinary taxable income wasand such gains were recorded in FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

There was no ordinary taxable incomestatements for the fiscal year ending Octobernine and three months ended July 31, 20202022 and no dividends were made/declared for Fiscal 2020. Accordingly, no provision for federal or state income taxes related to such ordinary taxable income was recorded in FREIT Maryland’s condensed consolidated financial statements.2021.

As of July 31, 2021,2022, FREIT Maryland had no material uncertain income tax positions. The tax years subsequent to and including the fiscal year ended October 31, 20182019 remain open to examination by the major taxing jurisdictions.

Note 13 – Equity incentive plan:

On September 4, 2014, the Board approved the grant of an aggregate of 246,000 non-qualified share options under FREIT Maryland’s Equity Incentive Plan (“the Plan”) to certain FREIT Maryland executive officers, the members of the Board and certain employees of Hekemian. The options have an exercise price of $18.45 per share, fully vested on September 3, 2019 and will expire 10 years from the date of grant, which will be September 3, 2024.

On November 10, 2016, the Board approved the grant of an aggregate of 38,000 non-qualified share options under the Plan to two members of the Board who were appointed to the Board during Fiscal 2016. The options have an exercise price of $21.00 per share, will vest in equal annual installments over a 5-year period and will expire 10 years from the date of grant, which will be November 9, 2026.

On May 3, 2018, the Board approved the grant of an aggregate of 38,000 non-qualified share options under the Plan to two members of the Board who were appointed to the Board during Fiscal 2018. The options have an exercise price of $15.50 per


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share, will vest in equal annual installments over a 5-year period and will expire 10 years from the date of grant, which will be May 2, 2028.

On March 4, 2019, the Board approved the grant of an aggregate of 5,000 non-qualified share options under the Plan to the Chairman of the Board. The options have an exercise price of $15.00 per share, will vest in equal annual installments over a 5-year period and will expire 10 years from the date of grant, which will be March 3, 2029.Plan:

As of July 31, 2021, 2022, 442,060 shares are available for issuance under the Plan. As a result of the Reincorporation of FREIT with and into FREIT Maryland as discussed in Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, there was no impact to theEquity Incentive Plan or options previously granted.(the “Plan”).

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the nine and three-month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021:

Nine and Three Months Ended

July 31,

2022

Nine and Three Months Ended

July 31,

2021

No. of Options

Weighted Average

No. of Options

Weighted Average

Outstanding

Price

Outstanding

Price

Options outstanding at beginning of period

310,740

$

18.35

310,740

$

18.35

Options granted during period

-

-

-

-

Options forfeited/cancelled during period

-

-

-

-

Options outstanding at end of period

310,740

$

18.35

310,740

$

18.35

Options vested and expected to vest

309,450

308,310

Options exercisable at end of period

301,140

284,940


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For the nine and three month periods ended July 31, 2021 and 2020:

Nine Months Ended

July 31,

2021

Nine Months Ended

July 31,

2020

No. of Options

Exercise

No. of Options

Exercise

Outstanding

Price

Outstanding

Price

Options outstanding at beginning of period

310,740

$

18.35

310,740

$

18.35

Options granted during period

0-

0-

0-

0-

Options forfeited/cancelled during period

0-

0-

0-

0-

Options outstanding at end of period

310,740

$

18.35

310,740

$

18.35

Options vested and expected to vest

308,310

308,310

 

Options exercisable at end of period

284,940

268,740

 

For the nine month periods ended July 31, 2021 and 2020,2022, compensation expense related to stock options vested amounted to approximately $35,000$15,000 and $35,000,$5,000, respectively. For the nine and three month periods ended July 31, 2021, and 2020, compensation expense related to stock options vested amounted to approximately $11,000$35,000 and $11,000,$11,000, respectively. At July 31, 2021,2022, there was approximately $36,000$16,000 of unrecognized compensation cost relating to outstanding non-vested stock options to be recognized over the remaining weighted average vesting period of approximately 1.50.9 years.

The aggregate intrinsic value of options vested and expected to vest and options exercisable at July 31, 20212022 was approximately $90,000$1,901,000 and $53,000,$1,825,000, respectively.

Note 14 – Deferred fee plan:

On September 4, 2014, the Board approved amendments, effective November 1, 2014, to the FREIT Maryland Deferred Fee Plan for its executive officers and directors, one of which provides for the issuance of share units payable in FREIT Maryland shares in respect of (i) deferred amounts of all director fees on a prospective basis; (ii) interest on director fees deferred prior to November 1, 2014 (payable at a floating rate, adjusted quarterly, based on the average 10-year10-year Treasury Bond interest rate plus 150 basis points); and (iii) dividends payable in respect of share units allocated to participants in the Deferred Fee Plan as a result of deferrals described above. The number of share units credited to a participant’s account will be determined by the closing price of FREIT Maryland shares on the date as set forth in the Deferred Fee Plan.

All fees payable to directors forOn November 4, 2021 (the “Adoption Date”), the nine and three-month periods ended July 31, 2021 and 2020 were deferred underBoard approved the termination of the Deferred Fee Plan except forresulting in the termination of the deferral of fees payable to one director, who elected to receive suchon December 31, 2021 with any subsequent fees earned by a participant being paid in cash. As a resultConsistent with the termination of the amendment to the Deferred Fee Plan, described above, forpayment related to each participant’s cash account (in the form of a cash lump sum payment) and share unit account (in the form of the issuance of common stock) must be made to each participant no earlier than twelve (12) months and one day after, and no later than twenty-four (24) months, after the Adoption Date. Any interest earned on the participant’s cash account along with dividends (if any) earned on share units, will continue to accrue in share units on each participant’s account until final payment is made.

For the nine-month periods ended July 31, 20212022 and 2020,2021, the aggregate amounts of deferred director fees together with related interest and dividends were approximately $356,000$126,600 and $444,400,$356,000, respectively, which have been paid through the issuance of 20,3285,163 and 23,30220,328 vested FREIT Maryland share units, respectively, based on the closing price of FREIT Maryland shares on the dates as set forth in the Deferred Fee Plan.

For the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2022 and 2021, and 2020, FREIT Maryland has charged as expense approximately $332,000$91,300 and $444,400,$332,000, respectively, representing deferred director fees and interest, and the balance of approximately $24,000$35,300 and $0,$24,000, respectively, representing dividends payable in respect of share units allocated to Plan participants, has been charged to equity.

The Deferred Fee Plan, as amended, provides that cumulative fees together with accrued interest deferred as of November 1, 2014 willwould be paid in a lump sum or in annual installments over a period not to exceed 10 years, at the election of the Participant.participant. As of July 31, 20212022 and October 31, 2020,2021, approximately $1,454,000$1,366,000 and $1,542,000,$1,454,000, respectively, of fees has been deferred together with accrued interest of approximately $1,021,000$951,000 and $1,091,000,$1,021,000, respectively.

Note 15 – Rental Income:

Commercial tenants:

Fixed lease income under our commercial operating leases generally includes fixed minimum lease consideration, which is accrued on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases. Variable lease income includes consideration based on sales, as well as reimbursements for real estate taxes, maintenance, insurance and certain other operating expenses of the properties.


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Minimum fixed lease consideration (in thousands of dollars) under non-cancelable tenant operating leases for each of the next five years and thereafter, excluding variable lease consideration and rents from tenants for which collectability is deemed to be constrained, for the years ending October 31, as of July 31, 2021,2022, is as follows:

Year Ending October 31,

Amount

Amount

2021*

$

17,294

2022

15,985

2022*

$

5,723

2023

13,674

5,608

2024

11,229

4,556

2025

9,077

3,850

2026

3,081

Thereafter

27,749

4,583

Total

$

95,008

$

27,401

*Amount represents full fiscal year

*

Amount represents full fiscal year and excludes rents from the Rotunda Property, the Westridge Square Property and the Damascus Property, which were sold on December 30, 2021, January 7, 2022 and January 10, 2022, respectively.

The above amounts assume that all leases which expire are not renewed and, accordingly, neither month-to-month nor rentals from replacement tenants are included.

Minimum future rentals do not include contingent rentals, which may be received under certain leases on the basis of percentage of reported tenants' sales volume. Rental income that is contingent on future events is not included in income until the contingency is resolved. Contingent rentals included in income for the nine and three-month periods ended July 31, 20212022 and 20202021 were not material.

Residential tenants:

Lease terms for residential tenants are usually one to two years.

Note 16 – COVID-19 Pandemic:

The international spread of COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. The extentCompany continues to which this pandemic could continue to affect our financial condition, liquidity, and results of operations is difficult to predict and depends on evolving factors, including: duration, scope, government actions, and other social responses. Beginning in March 2020, many statesmonitor changes in the U.S., including New Jersey, New York and Maryland, where our properties are located, implemented stay-at-home and shutdown orders for all "non-essential" business and activity in an aggressive effort to mitigatecollectability assessment of its tenant receivables resulting from the spread of COVID-19. These orders have continued to evolve resulting in a full or partial lifting of these restrictions at various points over the past year. Vaccinations for the COVID-19 virus have been widely distributed among the general U.S. population which has resulted in loosened restrictions previously mandated on our tenants identified as nonessential. However, the potential emergence of vaccine-resistant variants of COVID-19 could trigger restrictions to be put back in place. Such restrictions may include mandatory business shut-downs, reduced business operations and social distancing requirements.

As the impact of the pandemic has been evolving, it continues to cause uncertainty and volatility in the financial markets. The COVID-19 pandemic and the actions taken by individuals, businesses and government authorities to reduce its spread have caused substantial lost business revenue, changes in consumer behavior and large reductions in liquidity and fair value of many assets. These and other adverse conditionslingering effects that may unfold in the future are expected to continue until such time as government shutdown orders are fully lifted, and business operations and commercial activity can fully resume. The lifting of all government shutdown orders cannot be predicted with any certainty. Further, even after such orders are fully lifted, the resumption of business operations and commercial activity will depend on several factors, including prevailing sentiments among workers and consumers regarding the safety of resuming public activity, and cannot be predicted with any certainty.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and preventive measures taken to mitigate the spread our residential properties have continued to generate cash flow. At our commercial properties, with the exception of grocery stores and other "essential" businesses, many of our retail tenants have been adversely affected by the previously mandated shutdowns and the continued lingering impact to consumer sentiment and preferences for safety amid the reemergence of other variants. During the first quarter of Fiscal 2021, Pet Valu, Inc., a pet store tenant, vacated several stores located in shopping centers owned by FREIT Maryland affiliates (Wayne PSC, Damascus Centre and Grande Rotunda) and terminated the related leases early paying an aggregate lease termination fee in the amount of approximately $260,000 (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $140,000). Until the space is re-leased at each of these properties, FREIT Maryland’s operating results will be adversely impacted from the loss of base rent and additional rent of approximately $0.4 million (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $0.2 million)had on an annualized basis. The Company is closely monitoring changes in the collectability assessmentsome of its tenant receivables as a result of certain tenants suffering adverse financial consequences related to the COVID-19 pandemic.commercial tenants. For the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021,2022, rental revenue deemed uncollectible of approximately $1.2$0.5 million and $0.3$0.4 million (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $0.7$0.3 million and $0.1$0.1 million), respectively, was classified as a reduction in rental revenue based on our assessment of the probability of collecting substantially all of the remaining rents for certain tenants. As ofFor the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021, rental revenue deemed uncollectible of approximately $1.2 million and $0.3 million (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Marylandof approximately $0.7 million and $0.1 million), respectively, was classified as a reduction in rental revenue based on our assessment of the probability of collecting substantially all of the remaining rents for certain tenants. During the period beginning March 2020 through October 31, 2021, FREIT has applied, net of amounts subsequently paid back by tenants, an aggregate of approximately $397,000$397,000 of security deposits from its commercial tenants to outstanding receivables due. For the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021, on2022, there were no security deposits from its commercial tenants applied to outstanding receivables due. On a case by case basis, FREIT Maryland has offered some commercial tenants rent abatements over a specified time period totaling approximately $135,000$9,000 and $34,000$0 (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of


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approximately $91,000$9,000 and $20,000),$0) for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2022, respectively, and $135,000 and $34,000 (with a consolidated impact to FREIT of approximately $91,000 and $20,000) for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021, respectively. FREIT Maryland has not offered anyThere were no significant new deferrals of rent over a specified time period duringoffered to its commercial tenants for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2022 and 2021. FREIT Maryland currently remains in active discussions and negotiations with these impacted retail tenants.

AsNote 17 – Subsequent Event:

On August 4, 2022, FREIT’s Board declared a resultspecial, extraordinary, non-recurring cash distribution of approximately $51.5 million, or $7.50 per share, which was paid on August 30, 2022, to stockholders of record on August 16, 2022 (with an ex-dividend date of August 31, 2022). This distribution represents most of the negative impactafter-tax proceeds of FREIT’s extraordinary sale of its portfolio of Maryland properties. On August 4, 2022, in connection with the Board’s approval of the COVID-19 pandemic at our commercial properties,special, extraordinary, non-recurring cash distribution (“Extraordinary Distribution”), the Compensation Committee of the Board recommended and the Board approved that (i) the option exercise price of options outstanding under the Plan be adjusted, by reason of the Extraordinary Distribution, in Fiscal 2020 we were granted debt payment relief from certainaccordance with the terms of our lenders on such propertiesthe Plan; and (ii) the exercise price of options outstanding under the Plan should be reduced by an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x) the average of the closing price of FREIT’s shares, as reported by Yahoo Finance, for each business day during the period of five (5) business days prior to the ex-dividend date relating to the Extraordinary Distribution (August 31, 2022), over (y) the average of the closing price of FREIT’s shares, as reported by Yahoo Finance, for each business day during the period of five (5) business days following the ex-dividend date relating to the Extraordinary Distribution. (See Note 7 for additional details.) On September 9, 2022, the Board determined that the amount of the reduction in exercise price for options outstanding under the Plan is $7.50 per share. In addition, $18.68 per share will be used as the share price for determining the number of share units to be distributed to participants in the form of deferral of principal and/or interest payments for a three-month period, resultingDeferred Fee Plan in total deferred payments of approximately $1,013,000, which will become due atconnection with the maturity of the loans. As of July 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020, approximately $162,000 of this amount has been repaid, there will be no further deferrals of principal and/or interest payments on these loans and the balance due has been included in mortgages payable on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of July 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020. (See Note 9 to FREIT Maryland’s condensed consolidated financial statements for additional details).

For the nine months ended July 31, 2021, we have experienced a positive cash flow from operations with cash provided by operations of approximately $10.2 million. This could change based on the duration of the pandemic, which is uncertain. We believe that our cash balance as of July 31, 2021 of approximately $36.4 million coupled with a $13 million available line of credit (available through October 31, 2023, see Note 9) will provide us with sufficient liquidity for at least the next twelve months from the filing of this Form 10-Q.

The extent of the effects of COVID-19 on our business, results of operations, cash flows, value of our real estate assets and growth prospects is highly uncertain and will ultimately depend on future developments, none of which can be predicted with any certainty.Extraordinary Distribution.


 

 

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Item 2: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

 

Cautionary Statement Identifying Important Factors That Could Cause First Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey, Inc.’s (“FREIT Maryland”FREIT”) Actual Results to Differ From Those Projected in Forward Looking Statements.

 

Readers of this discussion are advised that the discussion should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of FREIT Maryland (including related notes thereto) appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-Q, and the consolidated financial statements included in FREIT’s most recently filed Form 10-K. Certain statements in this discussion may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements reflect FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s current expectations and are based on estimates, projections, beliefs, data, methods and assumptions of management of FREIT Maryland at the time of such statements regarding future results of operations, economic performance, financial condition and achievements of FREIT, Maryland, and do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These forward-looking statements are identified through the use of words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” or words of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties in predicting future results and conditions.

Although FREIT Maryland believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. These and certain other uncertainties, factors and risks, including those risk factors set forth and further described in Part I, Item 1A entitled “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020,2021, and other risks described in our subsequent filings with the SEC, may cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the following: general economic and business conditions, including the purchase of retail products over the Internet, which will, among other things, affect demand for rental space, the availability of prospective tenants, lease rents, the financial condition of tenants and the default rate on leases, operating and administrative expenses and the availability of financing; adverse changes in FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s real estate markets, including, among other things, competition with other real estate owners, competition confronted by tenants at FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s commercial properties; governmental actions and initiatives; environmental/safety requirements; risks of real estate development and acquisitions; and on-going negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our properties and tenants, and generally on our real estate assets and the real estate markets in which we operate, and the global, U.S. and local economies. The risks with respect to the development of real estate include: increased construction costs, inability to obtain construction financing, or unfavorable terms of financing that may be available, unforeseen construction delays and the failure to complete construction within budget.

 

OVERVIEW

FREIT Maryland is an equity real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that is self-administered and externally managed. FREIT Maryland owns a portfolio of residential apartment and commercial properties. FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s revenues consist primarily of rental income and other related revenues from its residential and commercial properties and additional rent in the form of expense reimbursementsrents derived from operating commercial properties. FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s properties are primarily located in northern New Jersey Maryland and New York.

COVID-19 PandemicMaryland Property Dispositions::

On November 22, 2021, certain affiliates (the “Maryland Sellers”) of FREIT entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Maryland Purchase and Sale Agreement”) with MCB Acquisition Company, LLC (the “Maryland Purchaser”), a third party, pursuant to which the Maryland Sellers agreed to sell three properties to the Maryland Purchaser. The international spreadproperties consisted of COVID-19retail and office space and a residential apartment community owned by Grande Rotunda, LLC (the “Rotunda Property”), a shopping center owned by Damascus Centre, LLC (the “Damascus Property”), and a shopping center owned by WestFREIT Corp. (the “Westridge Square Property”). FREIT owns 100% of its subsidiary, WestFREIT Corp. (��WestFREIT”), a 60% interest in Grande Rotunda, LLC (“Grande Rotunda”), the joint venture that owned the Rotunda Property, and a 70% interest in Damascus Centre, LLC (“Damascus Centre”), the joint venture that owned the Damascus Property.

The original purchase price for the Rotunda Property, the Damascus Property and the Westridge Square Property (collectively the “Maryland Properties”) under the Maryland Purchase and Sale Agreement was declared a global pandemicreduced by $2,723,000 from $267,000,000 to $248,750,269, after giving effect to the $15,526,731 escrow deposit described below. This reduction in the sales price of $2,723,000 was to account for improvements and repairs to the Maryland Properties and miscellaneous items identified by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. The extent to which this pandemic could continue to affect our financial condition, liquidity, and results of operations is difficult to predict and depends on evolving factors, including: duration, scope, government actions, and other social responses. Beginning in March 2020, many statesMaryland Purchaser in the U.S., including New Jersey, New Yorkcourse of its due diligence inspection. Additionally, the Maryland Purchaser was obligated under the Maryland Purchase and Sale Agreement to deposit a total of $15,526,731 in escrow with respect to certain leases at the Maryland Properties, which have not been executed or where our properties are located, implemented stay-at-home and shutdown orders for all "non-essential" business and activity in an aggressive effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. These orders have continued to evolve resulting in a fullrent commencement date has not occurred or partial lifting of these restrictions at various points over the past year. Vaccinations for the COVID-19 virus have been widely distributed among the general U.S. population which has resulted in loosened restrictions previously mandated on our tenants identified as nonessential. However, the potential emergence of vaccine-resistant variants of COVID-19 could trigger restrictions to be put back in place. Such restrictions may include mandatory business shut-downs, reduced business operations and social distancing requirements.

As the impacteconomic obligations of the pandemic has been evolving, it continues to cause uncertainty and volatility in the financial markets. Many U.S. industries and businesses have been negatively affected and millions of people have filed for unemployment resulting in the U.S. unemployment rate rising to 14.7% in April 2020, which was the highest recorded rate since the Great Depression. Since April 2020, the U.S unemployment rate has declined to 5.4% as of July 2021, as many businesses continue to reopen and rehire employees following manyMaryland Sellers under certain leases remain unpaid. Although there can be no assurance, a portion of the COVID-19 mandated shutdown orders. However,$15,526,731 escrow deposit (the “Maryland Purchaser Escrow Payment”) may be paid to the jobless rate remains well aboveMaryland Sellers depending upon the pre-pandemic levelsoutcome of about 3.5%.construction and leasing activities at the Maryland Properties. The COVID-19 pandemic andMaryland Purchaser Escrow Payment Agreement provides for among other things, monthly disbursements from escrow to the actions taken by individuals, businesses and government authoritiesMaryland Purchaser related to reduce its spread have caused substantial lost business revenue, changes in consumer behavior and large reductions in liquidity and fair valuethe aforementioned tenant lease agreements until the earlier of many assets. These and other adverse conditions that may unfold in(i) the future are expected torent commencement date of the respective tenant lease agreements or (ii) 5-years from the date of the agreement. Release

 

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and business operationsamounts of escrowed funds to FREIT, generally, is contingent on the success and commercial activity can fully resume. timing of future leasing activities at the Maryland Properties.

The liftingsale of all government shutdown orders cannot be predicted with any certainty. Further, even after such orders are fully lifted, the resumptionMaryland Properties having a total net book value of business operations and commercial activity will depend on several factors, including prevailing sentiments among workers and consumers regarding the safety of resuming public activity, and cannot be predicted with any certainty.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and preventive measures taken to mitigate the spread, our residential properties continued to generate cash flow. The average annual occupancy rate for the residential properties (including the Pierre TIC) has increased from approximately 93.5% and 93.3%, respectively, for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2020 to approximately 95.6% and 95.3%, respectively, for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021. The tenants at these properties, for the most part, continue to pay their rent.

At our commercial properties, with the exception of grocery stores and other "essential" businesses, many of our retail tenants have been adversely affected$172.2 million, was consummated by the previously mandated shutdownsMaryland Sellers and the continued lingering impactMaryland Purchaser for a purchase price of $248,750,269, after giving effect to consumer sentiment and preferences for safety amid the reemergence$15,526,731 Maryland Purchaser Escrow Payment. This sale resulted in net proceeds of other variants. Whileapproximately $53.9 million (inclusive of approximately $1.9 million in funds released from the overall average cash realization of monthly billings as compared to monthly cash collections forMaryland Purchaser Escrow Payment during the commercial properties for the nine months ended July 31, 2021 has resumed to pre-pandemic levels, the average annual occupancy rate has declined from approximately 80.3% and 79.1%, respectively, for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2020 to approximately 76.4% and 76%, respectively, for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021. During the firstsecond quarter of Fiscal 2021, Pet Valu, Inc.2022), a pet store tenant, vacated several stores locatedafter payment of related mortgage debt in shopping centers owned by FREIT Maryland affiliates (Wayne PSC,the amount of $155.8 million and the corresponding swap breakage fees of approximately $213,000 related to the early termination of the interest rate swap contracts on the Damascus Centre andProperty loan, payment of loans (including interest) to each of the partners in Grande Rotunda) and terminated the related leases early paying an aggregate lease termination feeRotunda in the amount of approximately $260,000$31 million and certain transactional expenses and transfer taxes including brokerage fees due to Hekemian & Co. of approximately $6.2 million. As of July 31, 2022, approximately $1,946,000 of the Maryland Purchaser Escrow Payment has been released from escrow to the Maryland Sellers. The escrow and related gain on sale were reduced by approximately $1.2 million due to a change in estimate in the second quarter of Fiscal 2022 related to a change in the timing of anticipated rent commencement dates for certain tenants, which will reduce the escrowed funds available to be released to Grande Rotunda. Approximately $6.3 million of remaining funds are held in a post-closing escrow for rents anticipated to be fully released in Fiscal 2023 and are included in “Funds held in post-closing escrow” on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of July 31, 2022. The sale of the Maryland Properties resulted in a net gain of approximately $68.8 million (as adjusted) (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $140,000). Until$45.6 million) which includes approximately $8.2 million of proceeds released and anticipated to be released from funds held in escrow, a write-off of the space is re-leased at each of these properties, FREIT Maryland’s operating results will be adversely impacted from the loss of basestraight-line rent and additional rentreceivable of approximately $0.4$2.9 million (withand a consolidated impact to FREIT Marylandwrite-off of unamortized lease commissions of approximately $0.2 million)$1.7 million.

On August 4, 2022, FREIT’s Board of Directors (“Board”) declared a special, extraordinary, non-recurring cash distribution of approximately $51.5 million, or $7.50 per share, which was paid on August 30, 2022, to stockholders of record on August 16, 2022 (with an annualized basis. The Company is closely monitoring changes inex-dividend date of August 31, 2022). This distribution represents most of the collectability assessmentafter-tax proceeds of FREIT’s extraordinary sale of its tenant receivables as a resultportfolio of certain tenants suffering adverse financial consequences relatedMaryland properties.

See Note 7 to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021, rental revenue deemed uncollectible of approximately $1.2 million and $0.3 million (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $0.7 million and $0.1 million), respectively, was classified as a reduction in rental revenue based on our assessment of the probability of collecting substantially all of the remaining rents for certain tenants. As of July 31, 2021, FREIT Maryland has applied, net of amounts subsequently paid back by tenants, an aggregate of approximately $397,000 of security deposits from its commercial tenants to outstanding receivables due. For the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021, on a case by case basis, FREIT Maryland has offered some commercial tenants rent abatements over a specified time period totaling approximately $135,000 and $34,000 (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $91,000 and $20,000), respectively. FREIT Maryland has not offered any significant new deferrals of rent over a specified time period during the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021. FREIT Maryland currently remains in active discussions and negotiations with these impacted retail tenants.

As a result of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic at our commercial properties, in Fiscal 2020 we were granted debt payment relief from certain of our lenders on such properties in the form of deferral of principal and/or interest payments for a three-month period, resulting in total deferred payments of approximately $1,013,000, which will become due at the maturity of the loans. As of July 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020, approximately $162,000 of this amount has been repaid, there will be no further deferrals of principal and/or interest payments on these loans and the balance due has been included in mortgages payable on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of July 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020. (See Note 9 to FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s condensed consolidated financial statements for additional details).

For the nine months ended July 31, 2021, we have experienced a positive cash flow from operations with cash provided by operations of approximately $10.2 million. This could change baseddetails on the durationsale of the pandemic, whichMaryland properties.

The economic and financial environment: The U.S. unemployment rate is uncertain. We believe that our cash balance3.5% as of July 31, 2021 of approximately $36.4 million coupled with a $13 million available line of credit (available through October 31, 2023, see Note 9) will provide us with sufficient liquidity for at least2022, which is the next twelve months fromlowest since the filing of this Form 10-Q.

The extentonset of the effects of COVID-19 on our business, results of operations, cash flows, value of our real estate assets and growth prospects is highly uncertain and will ultimately depend on future developments, none of which can be predicted with any certainty. However, we believe the actions we have taken and continue to take will help minimize interruptions to our operations and will put uspandemic in February 2020. The annual inflation rate in the best positionU.S. still remains high at 8.5% in July 2022, which is the highest since the 1980’s, which is primarily driven by soaring food prices and energy costs, labor shortages and supply disruptions. The Federal Reserve continues to participateraise interest rates, which has led to uncertainties in the economic recovery as the recovery occurs. FREIT Maryland will continue to actively monitor the effects of the pandemic, including governmental directives in the jurisdictions in which we operatefinancing market and the recommendations of public health authorities, and will, as needed, take further measures to adapt our business in the best interests of our shareholders and personnel. (See Note 16 to FREIT Maryland’s condensed consolidated financial statements for further details.)a volatile economy.

Residential Properties: While ourOur residential properties continue to generate positive cash flow while average rents on turned units (apartments which were vacated and then re-leased to new tenants) from 2021 to 2022 continues to increase across the portfolio. Additionally, the rate of increase on renewals for existing tenants has also been robust. Should this trend continue, we believe the increase will contribute meaningfully to FREIT’s income over time. However, it is uncertain what impact COVID-19the significant rise in inflation and rising interest rates may have on these properties over the next year is uncertain and will depend on the duration of the pandemic and the reopening of the economy.

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Commercial Properties: There continues to be uncertaintyWhile our retail properties have stabilized form the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, certain of our properties still have not attained pre pandemic operating levels despite some recovery in brick and mortar retail. Additionally, the retail environment thatsignificant rise in inflation and rising interest rates could have an adverse impact on FREIT Maryland’s retail tenants, which could have an adverse impact on FREIT Maryland. As restrictions continue to evolve, the impact COVID-19 may have on the operating and financial performance of our commercial properties over the next year is currently uncertain and will depend on certain developments, including, among others, the impact of COVID-19 on our tenants, the magnitude and duration of the pandemic, including its impact on store closing and social distancing rules which may impact a tenant’s ability to generate sales at sufficient levels to cover operating costs, including rent and the continued rollout of the vaccinations to the population.

Burlington Coat Factory (“Burlington”), which does business as a retail tenant at the Westridge Square Shopping Center located in Frederick, Maryland, did not exercise its option to renew its lease which is set to expire on November 30, 2021. On May 4, 2021, Burlington amended its lease extending the term of the lease for a period of one (1) year and ninety (90) days commencing on December 1, 2021 and expiring on February 28, 2023 (“Fourth Extension Period”). The fixed rent during this Fourth Extension Period shall be reduced from $59,120 per month to $35,830 per month. Additionally, Burlington has the right to terminate the lease at any time prior to the last day of the Fourth Extension Period by providing at least twelve (12) months prior written notice of such termination (the “Termination Notice”). In the event that Burlington delivers the Termination Notice, the term of the lease shall automatically end on the last day of the twelfth (12th) full calendar month immediately following receipt of the Termination Notice.

Reincorporation:

On July 1, 2021, First Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey (“FREIT”) completed the change of its form of organization from a New Jersey real estate investment trust to a Maryland corporation (the “Reincorporation”) which was approved by its shareholders at the annual meeting of shareholders held on May 6, 2021. The Reincorporation changes the law applicable to FREIT’s affairs from New Jersey law to Maryland law and was accomplished by the merger of FREIT with and into its wholly owned subsidiary, First Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey, Inc. (“FREIT Maryland”, “Trust”, “us”, “we”, “our” or the “Company”), a Maryland corporation. As a result of the Reincorporation, the separate existence of FREIT has ceased and FREIT Maryland has succeeded to all the business, properties, assets and liabilities of FREIT. Holders of shares of beneficial interest in FREIT have received one newly issued share of common stock of FREIT Maryland for each share of FREIT that they own, without any action of shareholders required and all treasury stock held by FREIT was retired.

FREIT Maryland is organized and will continue to operate in such a manner as to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and its stock is traded on the over-the counter market under the trading symbol FREVS. (See Note 1 to FREIT Maryland’s condensed consolidated financial statements for further details.)properties.

Debt Financing Availability: Financing has been available to FREIT Maryland and its affiliates. The lis pendens filed in connection with(See Note 6 to FREIT’s condensed consolidated financial statements.)

On August 19, 2022, Westwood Hills, LLC, exercised its right, pursuant to the legal proceeding between FREIT Maryland and certain of its affiliates and Sinatra Properties, LLC may adversely affect FREIT Maryland’s abilityloan agreement, to refinance certain of its residential properties. In accordance with certain loan agreements, FREIT Maryland may be required to meet or maintain certain financial covenants throughoutextend the term of its $25 million loan on its property located in Westwood, New Jersey, maturing on October 1, 2022, for two (2) additional six (6) month periods on the same terms and conditions as stated in the loan agreement.

On July 22, 2022, Wayne PSC, LLC refinanced its $22.1 million loan (inclusive of deferred interest of approximately $136,000), which would have matured on October 1, 2026, on its Preakness Shopping center located in Wayne, New Jersey with a new loan held by ConnectOne Bank in the amount of $25,000,000. This loan is interest-only based on a fixed interest rate of 5% and has a term of three years with a maturity date of August 1, 2025. Additionally, an interest reserve escrow was established at closing representing twelve months of interest of $1,250,000, which can be used to pay monthly interest on this loan with a requirement to replenish the escrow account back to $1,250,000 when the balance in the escrow account is reduced to three months of interest. This refinancing resulted in (i) annual debt service savings of approximately $340,000 due to interest-only payments; (ii) an increase in the interest rate from a fixed interest rate of 3.625% to a fixed interest rate of 5%; and (iii) net refinancing proceeds of approximately $1.1 million which can be used for capital expenditures and general corporate purposes. As part of the refinancing, Wayne PSC terminated the interest rate swap contract on the underlying loan resulting in a realized gain on the swap breakage of approximately $1.4 million, which has been recorded as a realized gain on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2022. (See Note 4 to FREIT’s condensed consolidated financial statements for additional details.)

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On December 30, 2021, FREIT refinanced its $14.4 million loan (which would have matured on February 1, 2022) on its Boulders property located in Rockaway, New Jersey with a new loan held by ConnectOne Bank in the amount of $7,500,000, with additional funding available to be drawn upon in the amount of $7,500,000 for corporate needs. This loan is interest-only and has a maturity date of January 1, 2024 with the option of FREIT to extend for one year from the maturity date, subject to certain provisions of the loan agreement. This refinancing will provide annual debt service savings of approximately $1,173,000 as a result of the reduction in the principal amount, a reduction in the annual interest rate from a fixed rate of 5.37% to a fixed rate of 2.85% and interest-only payments being required under this new loan.

Operating Cash Flow: FREIT Maryland expects that cash provided by operating activities and cash reserves will be adequate to cover mandatory debt service payments (including payments of interest, but excluding balloon payments which are expected to be refinanced and/or extended), real estate taxes, recurring capital improvements at its properties and other needs to maintain its status as a REIT for at least a period of one year from the date of filing of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

 

 

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

Pursuant to the SEC disclosure guidance for "Critical Accounting Policies," the SEC defines Critical Accounting Policies as those that require the application of management's most difficult, subjective, or complex judgments, often because of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods.

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, the preparation of which takes into account estimates based on judgments and assumptions that affect certain amounts and disclosures. Accordingly, actual results could differ from these estimates. The accounting policies and estimates used, which are outlined in Note 1 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020,2021, have been applied consistently as of July 31, 2021,2022, and for the nine and three months ended July 31, 20212022 and 2020.2021. We believe that the following accounting policies or estimates require the application of management's most difficult, subjective, or complex judgments.

Revenue Recognition: Base rents, additional rents based on tenants' sales volume and reimbursement of the tenants' share of certain operating expenses are generally recognized when due from tenants. The straight-line basis is used to recognize base rents under leases if they provide for varying rents over the lease terms. Straight-line rents receivable represent unbilled rents receivable to the extent straight-line rents exceed current rents billed in accordance with lease agreements. Before FREIT Maryland can recognize revenue, it is required to assess, among other things, its collectability.

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Valuation of Long-Lived Assets: FREIT Maryland assesses the carrying value of long-lived assets periodically, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of certain assets may not be recoverable. When FREIT Maryland determines that the carrying value of long-lived assets may be impaired, the measurement of any impairment is based on a projected discounted cash flow method determined by FREIT Maryland'sFREIT's management. While FREIT Maryland believes that our discounted cash flow methods are reasonable, different assumptions regarding such cash flows may significantly affect the measurement of impairment.

Real Estate Development Costs: It is FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s policy to capitalize pre-development costs, which generally include legal and professional fees and other directly related third-party costs. Real estate taxes and interest costs incurred during the development and construction phases are also capitalized. FREIT Maryland ceases capitalization of these costs when the project or portion thereof becomes operational, or when construction has been postponed. In the event of postponement, capitalization of these costs will recommence once construction on the project resumes.

See Note 2 to theFREIT’s condensed consolidated financial statements for recently issued accounting standards.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Real estate revenue for the nine months ended July 31, 2022 (“Current Nine Months”) decreased 36.4% to $24,223,000, compared to $38,100,000 for the nine months ended July 31, 2021 (“Prior Year’s Nine Months”). For the three months ended July 31, 2022 (“Current Quarter”) real estate revenue decreased 44.5% to $6,959,000, compared to $12,542,000 for the three months ended July 31, 2021 (“Prior Year’s Quarter”).

The decrease in revenue for the Current Nine Months was primarily attributable to the following: (a) a decrease of approximately $14.5 million attributed to the Maryland Properties sold; (b) a decrease from the commercial segment of approximately $0.3 million, excluding the Maryland Properties sold, primarily attributed to approximately $0.2 million in rental revenue being deemed uncollectible and classified as a reduction in rental revenue in the Current Nine Months and a $0.1 million decrease resulting from a decline in the average occupancy rate to 67.1% from 69.1% in the Prior Year’s Nine Months; offset by (c) an increase from the residential segment of approximately $0.9 million, excluding the Icon at the Rotunda Property sold, driven by an increase in base rents across all properties and an increase in the average occupancy rate to 98.4% from 97.2% in the Prior Year’s Nine Months.

The decrease in revenue for the Current Quarter was primarily attributable to the following: (a) a decrease of approximately $6 million attributed to the Maryland Properties sold; offset by (b) an increase from the residential segment of approximately $0.3 million, excluding the Icon at the Rotunda Property sold, primarily driven by an increase in base rents across all properties and an increase in the average occupancy rate to 97.8% from 97.3% in the Prior Year’s Quarter; and (c) an increase from the commercial segment of approximately $0.1 million, excluding the Maryland Properties sold, primarily attributed to the recognition of revenue due to collections from a constrained tenant.

Net income attributable to common equity (“net income-common equity”) for the Current Nine Months and Current Quarter was net income of $46,546,000 ($6.61 per share basic and $6.56 per share diluted) and $1,121,000 ($0.16 per share basic and diluted), compared to net income of $776,000 ($0.11 per share basic and diluted) and $209,000 ($0.03 per share basic and diluted), for the Prior Year’s comparable periods, respectively.

The schedule below provides a detailed analysis of the major changes that impacted net income (loss)-commonincome-common equity for the nine and three months ended July 31, 20212022 and 2020:2021:

             
NON-GAAP NET INCOME COMPONENTS Nine Months Ended Three Months Ended
  July 31, July 31,
  2022 2021 Change 2022 2021 Change
  (In Thousands of Dollars) (In Thousands of Dollars)
Income from real estate operations:                        
    Commercial properties $3,274  $9,728  $(6,454) $988  $3,338  $(2,350)
    Residential properties  9,015   11,794   (2,779)  2,643   3,827   (1,184)
Total income from real estate operations  12,289   21,522   (9,233)  3,631   7,165   (3,534)
                         
Financing costs:                        
Fixed rate mortgages  (3,545)  (4,348)  803   (1,114)  (1,445)  331 
Floating rate mortgages  (1,550)  (3,873)  2,323   (333)  (1,292)  959 
Interest rate swap contracts breakage fee  (213)     (213)         
Other - Corporate interest  (108)  (183)  75   (28)  (43)  15 
Mortgage cost amortization  (813)  (838)  25   (299)  (270)  (29)
Total financing costs  (6,229)  (9,242)  3,013   (1,774)  (3,050)  1,276 
                         
Investment income  183   88   95   119   29   90 
                         
General & administrative expenses:                        
    Accounting fees  (367)  (374)  7   (116)  (110)  (6)
    Legal and professional fees  (1,322)  (1,929)  607   (312)  (752)  440 
    Directors fees  (792)  (710)  (82)  (259)  (245)  (14)
    Stock option expense  (15)  (35)  20   (5)  (11)  6 
    Corporate expenses  (611)  (1,095)  484   (219)  (295)  76 
Total general & administrative expenses  (3,107)  (4,143)  1,036   (911)  (1,413)  502 
                         
Depreciation  (3,257)  (6,948)  3,691   (723)  (2,315)  1,592 
(Loss) Gain on investment in tenancy-in-common  (99)  (245)  146   57   (100)  157 
   Adjusted net (loss) income  (220)  1,032   (1,252)  399   316   83 
                         
Net gain on sale of Maryland properties  68,771      68,771          
Net realized gain on Wayne PSC interest rate swap termination  1,415      1,415   1,415      1,415 
   Net income  69,966   1,032   68,934   1,814   316   1,498 
                         
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries  (23,420)  (256)  (23,164)  (693)  (107)  (586)
                         
    Net income attributable to common equity $46,546  $776  $45,770  $1,121  $209  $912 

 

NET INCOME (LOSS) COMPONENTSNine Months Ended  Three Months Ended 
 July 31, July 31,
 2021  2020  Change 2021 2020 Change
 (In Thousands of Dollars) (In Thousands of Dollars)
Income from real estate operations:           
    Commercial properties$      9,728  $    10,615  $        (887) $      3,338  $      2,842  $         496 
    Residential properties11,794  13,008  (1,214) 3,827  3,744  83 
        Total income from real estate operations21,522  23,623  (2,101) 7,165  6,586  579 
            
Financing costs:           
    Fixed rate mortgages(4,348) (5,773) 1,425  (1,445) (1,718) 273 
    Floating rate mortgages(3,873) (4,190) 317  (1,292) (1,092) (200)
    Other - Corporate interest(183) (270) 87  (43) (60) 17 
    Mortgage cost amortization(838) (799) (39) (270) (251) (19)
        Total financing costs(9,242) (11,032) 1,790  (3,050) (3,121) 71 
            
Investment income88  174  (86) 29  38  (9)
            
General & administrative expenses:           
    Accounting fees(374) (507) 133  (110) (181) 71 
    Legal and professional fees(1,929) (676) (1,253) (752) (641) (111)
    Directors and consultant fees(710) (1,032) 322  (245) (318) 73 
    Stock option expense(35) (35)                -    (11) (11)                -   
    Corporate expenses(1,095) (811) (284) (295) (82) (213)
        Total general & administrative expenses(4,143) (3,061) (1,082) (1,413) (1,233) (180)
            
Third party transaction costs               -    (4,606) 4,606                 -    (87) 87 
Depreciation(6,948) (7,887) 939  (2,315) (2,425) 110 
Loss on investment in tenancy-in-common(245) (96) (149) (100) (78) (22)
   Adjusted net income (loss)1,032  (2,885) 3,917  316  (320) 636 
Gain on deconsolidation of subsidiary               -    27,680  (27,680)                -                  -                   -   
   Net income (loss)1,032  24,795  (23,763) 316  (320) 636 
            
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling
    interests in subsidiaries
(256) (18) (238) (107) 139  (246)
            
    Net income (loss) attributable to common
        equity
$         776  $    24,777  $   (24,001) $         209  $       (181) $         390 

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The condensed consolidated results of operations for the nine months ended July 31, 2021 (“Current Nine Months”)Months and for the three months ended July 31, 2021 (“Current Quarter”)Quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year or any other period. The table above includes income from real estate operations, which is a non-GAAP financial measure and is not a measure of operating results or cash flow as measured by GAAP, and is not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs.

Real estate revenue for the Current Nine Months decreased 8.0% to $38,100,000, compared to $41,430,000 for the nine months ended July 31, 2020 (“Prior Year’s Nine Months”). Real estate revenue for the Current Quarter increased 3.2% to $12,542,000, compared to $12,149,000 for the three months ended July 31, 2020 (“Prior Year’s Quarter”).

The decline in revenue for the Current Nine Months was primarily attributable to the following: (a) a decline in revenue of approximately $2.7 million resulting from the deconsolidation of the operating results of the Pierre Towers property from FREIT Maryland’s operating results due to the conversion to a tenancy-in-common form of ownership (“TIC”) as of February 28, 2020;

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(b) a reversal of rental revenue in the amount of approximately $1.2 million in the Current Year’s Nine Months deemed uncollectible and attributable to commercial tenants suffering adverse financial consequences as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; (c) a decline in revenue from the commercial segment of approximately $0.2 million, (net of lease termination payments received from PetValu in the amount of approximately $0.3 million and a settlement payment in the amount of approximately $0.2 million received from Cobb Theatre at the Rotunda retail property), primarily driven by a decline in the average occupancy rate to 76.4% from 80.3% in the Prior Year’s Nine Months; offset by (d) an increase in revenue from the residential segment of approximately $0.7 million primarily driven by an increase in the average occupancy rate to 96.0% from 93.8% in the Prior Year’s Nine Months and an increase in base rents across most properties.

The increase in revenue for the Current Quarter was primarily attributable to the following: (a) an increase in revenue of approximately $0.5 million resulting from the write-off in the Prior Year’s Quarter of the straight-line rent receivable and uncollectible revenue for the Cobb Theatre at the Rotunda retail property due to the lease being rejected in the bankruptcy court proceedings; (b) an increase in revenue from the residential segment of approximately $0.3 million primarily driven by an increase in the average occupancy rate to 95.5% from 93.5% in the Prior Year’s Quarter and an increase in base rents across most properties; offset by (c) a reversal of rental revenue in the amount of approximately $0.3 million in the Current Year’s Quarter deemed uncollectible and attributable to commercial tenants suffering adverse financial consequences as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; and (d) a decrease in revenue in the commercial segment of approximately $0.1 million resulting from the decline in the average occupancy rate to 76.0% from 79.1% in the Prior Year’s Quarter.

NetAdjusted net (loss) income (loss) attributable to common equity (“net income (loss)-common equity”) for the Current Nine Months and Current Quarter was net incomeloss of $776,000 ($0.11$220,000 (($0.03) per share basic and diluted) and $209,000net income of $399,000 ($0.030.06 per share basic and diluted), compared to $24,777,000 ($3.55 per share basic and $3.54 per share diluted) and net loss of $181,000 (($0.02) per share basic and diluted), for the Prior Year’s comparable periods, respectively.

Adjusted net income (loss) for the Current Nine Months and Current Quarter was net income of $1,032,000 ($0.15 per share basic and diluted) and $316,000 ($0.05 per share basic and diluted), compared to net loss of $2,885,000 (($0.41) per share basic and diluted) and $320,000 (($0.05) per share basic and diluted), for the Prior Year’s comparable periods, respectively.periods. Adjusted net (loss) income (loss) is a non-GAAP measure, which management believes is a useful and meaningful gauge to investors of our operating performance, since it excludes the impact of unusual and infrequent items specifically: a gain on deconsolidationsale of the Pierre Towers propertyMaryland properties in Fiscal 2020.2022; a realized gain on the Wayne PSC interest rate swap contract termination in Fiscal 2022.

The increasedecrease in adjusted net income for the Current Nine Months was primarily driven by the following: (a) a decrease of approximately $3.5 million (with a consolidated impact to FREIT of approximately $2.5 million) attributed to the Maryland Properties sold; offset by (b) a decrease in third party transaction costsgeneral and administrative expenses (“G&A”) of approximately $1 million primarily driven by reincorporation expenses of approximately $0.5 million incurred in the Prior Year’s Nine Months of approximately $4.6 million; (b)and a decreasedecline in net financinglegal costs of approximately $1.1 million (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $0.8 million), (excluding the impact of the deconsolidation of the operating results of the Pierre Towers from FREIT Maryland’s operating results of approximately $0.6 million in interest expense), primarily driven by a decline in interest rates on variable mortgage loans; (c) a decline in expense for the reserve of uncollectible rents for commercial tenants of approximately $0.7 million (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $0.5 million); (d) a decline in depreciation expense of approximately $0.5 million (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $0.2 million), (excluding the impact of the deconsolidation of the operating results of the Pierre Towers from FREIT Maryland’s operating results of approximately $0.5 million in depreciation expense), primarily driven by the tenant improvements written off in Fiscal 2020; offset by (e) an increase in general & administrative (“G&A”) expenses of approximately $1.1 million primarily driven by an increase in legal costs attributed to the legal proceedingsproceeding between FREIT Maryland and certain of its affiliates and Sinatra Properties, LLC; (f)(c) an increase in snow removal costs due to a harsher winter in Fiscal 2021revenue of approximately $0.5$0.6 million (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $0.4$0.7 million); (g), excluding the Maryland Properties sold; (d) a decrease in interest expense of approximately $0.3 million attributed to the refinancing of the loan on the Boulders property in the Current Nine Months resulting in a reduction in revenue, excluding the impactinterest rate and principal balance of the conversion of the Pierre Towers property toloan; (e) a TIC,decrease in the amountreserve for uncollectible rents of approximately $0.7$0.3 million (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $0.2 million) as explained above; (h) a decrease in adjusted net income with an impact of approximately $0.4 million attributed to the Pierre Towers deconsolidation from FREIT Maryland’s operating results in the Prior Year’s Nine Months (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $0.3 million); and (i) an increase in repairs and maintenance expense of approximately $0.4 million (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $0.2 million), (excludingexcluding the impact ofMaryland Properties sold, primarily due to rental revenue being deemed uncollectible and classified as a reduction in rental revenue in the deconsolidation of the operating results of the Pierre Towers from FREIT Maryland’s operating resultsCurrent Nine Months; and (f) a decrease in loss on investment in tenancy-in-common of approximately $0.2 million in repairs and maintenance expense).million.

The increase in adjusted net income for the Current Quarter was primarily driven by the following: (a) an increasea decrease in revenue in the amountG&A of approximately $0.4$0.5 million (withprimarily driven by a consolidated impactdecline in legal costs attributed to the legal proceeding between FREIT Marylandand certain of approximately $0.3 million) as explained above;its affiliates and Sinatra Properties, LLC; (b) a decrease in third party transaction costs incurredloss on investment in the Prior Year’s Quartertenancy-in-common of approximately $0.1$0.2 million; (c) a decrease in depreciation expenserepairs and maintenance of approximately $0.1 million (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $0.1 million) primarily; (d) a decrease in interest expense of approximately $0.1 million attributed to tenant improvements written offthe refinancing of the loan on the Boulders property resulting in a reduction in the interest rate and principal balance of the loan; and (e) an increase in investment income of approximately $0.1 million resulting from a higher interest rate and cash balance in Fiscal 2020; (d)2022 due to the sale of the Maryland Properties; offset by (f) a decline in expense for the reserve of uncollectible rentsdecrease of approximately $0.3$1 million (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $0.2$0.8 million); offset by (e) an increase in G&A expenses of approximately $0.2 million primarily driven by an increase in corporate expenses; and (f) an increase in repairs and maintenance expense of approximately $0.2 million (with a consolidated impact attributed to FREITthe Maryland of approximately $0.2 million).Properties sold. (Refer to the segment disclosure below for a more detailed discussion of the financial performance of FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s commercial and residential segments.)

 

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SEGMENT INFORMATION

The following tables set forth comparative net operating income (“NOI”("NOI") data for FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s real estate segments and reconciles the NOI to condensed consolidated net income (loss)-commonincome-common equity for the Current Nine Months and Current Quarter as compared to the Prior Year’s comparable periods (see below for definition of NOI):

  Commercial Residential Combined
  Nine Months Ended      Nine Months Ended     Nine Months Ended
  July 31, Increase (Decrease) July 31, Increase (Decrease) July 31,
  2021 2020 $ % 2021 2020 $ % 2021 2020
  (In Thousands)   (In Thousands)   (In Thousands)
Rental income $13,410  $14,919  $(1,509) -10.1%  $19,686  $21,452  $(1,766)  -8.2%  $33,096  $36,371 
Reimbursements  4,544   4,695   (151) -3.2%   123   109   14   12.8%   4,667   4,804 
Other  345   24   321  1337.5%   217   444   (227)  -51.1%   562   468 
    Total revenue  18,299   19,638   (1,339) -6.8%   20,026   22,005   (1,979)  -9.0%   38,325   41,643 
Operating expenses  8,346   8,810   (464) -5.3%   8,232   8,997   (765)  -8.5%   16,578   17,807 
Net operating income $9,953  $10,828  $(875) -8.1%  $11,794  $13,008  $(1,214)  -9.3%   21,747   23,836 
                                        
Average Occupancy %  76.4%   80.3%      -3.9%   96.0% *  93.8% *     2.2%         
                                        
           Reconciliation to condensed consolidated net income-common equity:         
           Deferred rents - straight lining   (225)  (213)
           Investment income   88   174 
           General and administrative expenses   (4,143)  (3,061)
           Third party transaction costs   -      (4,606)
           Gain on deconsolidation of subsidiary   -      27,680 
           Loss on investment in tenancy-in-common   (245)  (96)
           Depreciation   (6,948)  (7,887)
           Financing costs   (9,242)  (11,032)
                      Net income   1,032   24,795 
           Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries   (256)  (18)
                      Net income attributable to common equity  $776  $24,777 
                                        

                     
  Commercial Residential Combined
  Nine Months Ended     Nine Months Ended     Nine Months Ended
  July 31, Increase (Decrease) July 31, Increase (Decrease) July 31,
  2022 2021 $ % 2022 2021 $ % 2022 2021
  (In Thousands)   (In Thousands)   (In Thousands)
Rental income $6,624  $13,410  $(6,786)  -50.6%  $15,496  $19,686  $(4,190)  -21.3%  $22,120  $33,096 
Reimbursements  1,793   4,544   (2,751)  -60.5%   20   123   (103)  -83.7%   1,813   4,667 
Other  28   345   (317)  -91.9%   287   217   70   32.3%   315   562 
Total revenue  8,445   18,299   (9,854)  -53.8%   15,803   20,026   (4,223)  -21.1%   24,248   38,325 
Operating expenses  5,146   8,346   (3,200)  -38.3%   6,788   8,232   (1,444)  -17.5%   11,934   16,578 
Net operating income $3,299  $9,953  $(6,654)  -66.9%  $9,015  $11,794  $(2,779)  -23.6%   12,314   21,747 
                                         
Average Occupancy % *  67.1%   69.1%       -2.0%   98.4%   97.2%       1.2%         

 

  Commercial Residential Combined
  Three Months Ended      Three Months Ended     Three Months Ended
  July 31, Increase (Decrease) July 31, Increase (Decrease) July 31,
  2021 2020 $ % 2021 2020 $ % 2021 2020
  (In Thousands)   (In Thousands)   (In Thousands)
Rental income $4,423  $4,732  $(309)  -6.5%  $6,545  $6,303  $242   3.8%  $10,968  $11,035 
Reimbursements  1,425   1,349   76  5.6%   45   33   12   36.4%   1,470   1,382 
Other  37   9   28  311.1%   79   57   22   38.6%   116   66 
    Total revenue  5,885   6,090   (205)  -3.4%   6,669   6,393   276   4.3%   12,554   12,483 
Operating expenses  2,535   2,914   (379)  -13.0%   2,842   2,649   193   7.3%   5,377   5,563 
Net operating income $3,350  $3,176  $174  5.5%  $3,827  $3,744  $83   2.2%   7,177   6,920 
                                        
Average Occupancy %  76.0%   79.1%      -3.1%   95.5% *  93.5% *     2.0%         
                                        
           Reconciliation to condensed consolidated net income (loss)-common equity:         
           Deferred rents - straight lining   (12)  (334)
           Investment income   29   38 
           General and administrative expenses   (1,413)  (1,233)
           Third party transaction costs   -      (87)
           Loss on investment in tenancy-in-common   (100)  (78)
           Depreciation   (2,315)  (2,425)
           Financing costs   (3,050)  (3,121)
                      Net income (loss)   316   (320)
           Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries   (107)  139 
                      Net income (loss) attributable to common equity  $209  $(181)
                                        
 *Average occupancy rate excludes the Pierre Towers property  from all periods presented as the property was deconsolidated and converted to a TIC effective February 28, 2020. 
                                        
 Reconciliation to condensed consolidated net income-common equity:    
 Deferred rents - straight lining  (25)  (225)
 Investment income  183   88 
 General and administrative expenses  (3,107)  (4,143)
 Loss on investment in tenancy-in-common  (99)  (245)
 Depreciation  (3,257)  (6,948)
 Net gain on sale of Maryland properties  68,771    
 Net realized gain on Wayne PSC interest rate swap termination  1,415    
 Financing costs  (6,229)  (9,242)
            Net income  69,966   1,032 
 Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries  (23,420)  (256)
            Net income attributable to common equity $46,546  $776 

  Commercial Residential Combined
  Three Months Ended     Three Months Ended     Three Months Ended
  July 31, Increase (Decrease) July 31, Increase (Decrease) July 31,
  2022 2021 $ % 2022 2021 $ % 2022 2021
  (In Thousands)   (In Thousands)   (In Thousands)
Rental income $1,618  $4,423  $(2,805)  -63.4%  $4,663  $6,545  $(1,882)  -28.8%  $6,281  $10,968 
Reimbursements  561   1,425   (864)  -60.6%   (3)  45   (48)  -106.7%   558   1,470 
Other     37   (37)  -100.0%   84   79   5   6.3%   84   116 
Total revenue  2,179   5,885   (3,706)  -63.0%   4,744   6,669   (1,925)  -28.9%   6,923   12,554 
Operating expenses  1,227   2,535   (1,308)  -51.6%   2,101   2,842   (741)  -26.1%   3,328   5,377 
Net operating income $952  $3,350  $(2,398)  -71.6%  $2,643  $3,827  $(1,184)  -30.9%   3,595   7,177 
                                         
Average Occupancy % *  65.9%   68.3%       -2.4%   97.8%   97.3%       0.5%         

 Reconciliation to condensed consolidated net income-common equity:    
 Deferred rents - straight lining  36   (12)
 Investment income  119   29 
 General and administrative expenses  (911)  (1,413)
 Gain (Loss) on investment in tenancy-in-common  57   (100)
 Depreciation  (723)  (2,315)
 Net realized gain on Wayne PSC interest rate swap termination  1,415    
 Financing costs  (1,774)  (3,050)
            Net income  1,814   316 
 Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries  (693)  (107)
            Net income attributable to common equity $1,121  $209 

Average occupancy rate excludes the Rotunda Property, the Damascus Property and the Westridge Square Property from all periods presented as the properties were sold in the Current Six Months. See Note 7 to FREIT’s condensed consolidated financial statements for further details.

 

NOI is based on operating revenue and expenses directly associated with the operations of the real estate properties, but excludes deferred rents (straight lining), depreciation, financing costs and other items. FREIT Maryland assesses and measures segment operating results based on NOI.

Same Property NOI: FREIT Maryland considers same property net operating income (“Same Property NOI”) to be a useful supplemental non-GAAP measure of its operating performance. FREIT Maryland defines same property within both the commercial and residential segments to be those properties that FREIT Maryland has owned and operated for both the current and prior periods presented, excluding those properties that FREIT Maryland acquired, sold or redeveloped during those periods. Any newly acquired property that has been in operation for less than

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a year, any property that is undergoing a major redevelopment but may still be in operation at less than full capacity, and/or any property that has been sold is not considered same property.

NOI and Same Property NOI are non-GAAP financial measures and are not measures of operating results or cash flow as measured by GAAP, and are not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs and should not be considered an alternative to cash flows as a measure of liquidity.

 

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COMMERCIAL SEGMENT

The commercial segment contains eight (8)five (5) separate properties. Sevenproperties, excluding the Rotunda Property, the Westridge Square Property and the Damascus Property, which were sold on December 30, 2021, January 7, 2022 and January 10, 2022, respectively. Three of these properties are multi-tenanted retail or office centers, one is a single tenanted retail center located in Glen Rock, New Jersey and one is single tenanted on land located in Rockaway, New Jersey owned by FREIT Maryland from which it receives monthly rental income from a tenant who has built and operates a bank branch on the land. (See Note 7 to FREIT’s condensed consolidated financial statements for additional details on the sale of the Maryland properties.)

As indicated in the tables above under the caption Segment Information, total revenue from FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s commercial segment for the Current Nine Months and Current Quarter decreased by 6.8%53.8% and 3.4%63%, respectively, and NOI decreased by 8.1%66.9% and increased by 5.5%71.6%, respectively, as compared to the Prior Year’s comparable periods. Average occupancy for all commercial properties, excluding the Maryland properties sold, for the Current Nine Months and Current Quarter decreased by 3.9%2% and 3.1%2.4%, respectively, as compared to the Prior Year’s comparable periods.

The decline in revenue for the Current Nine Months was primarily attributable to the following: (a) a reversaldecrease of approximately $9.5 million (excluding an increase in the straight-line rent receivable of approximately $0.1 million) attributed to the Maryland Properties sold; and (b) a decrease of approximately $0.4 million, excluding the Maryland Properties sold, primarily attributed to rental revenue being deemed uncollectible and classified as a reduction in rental revenue in the amount of approximately $1 million (excluding the straight-line rent receivable write-off of approximately $0.2 million) deemed uncollectibleCurrent Nine Months and attributable to commercial tenants suffering adverse financial consequences as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; (b) a decline in revenue of approximately $0.3 million, (net of lease termination payments received from PetValu in the amount of approximately $0.3 million and a settlement payment in the amount of approximately $0.2 million received from Cobb Theatre at the Rotunda retail property), primarily driven by a decline in the average occupancy rate; and (c) arate to 67.1% from 69.1% in the Prior Year’s Nine Months. The decrease in revenue of approximately $0.1 million attributed to commercial rent abatements resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The decline in NOI for the Current Nine Months was primarily attributable to the following: (a) a decrease of approximately $6.6 million attributed to the Maryland Properties sold; (b) a decline in revenue of approximately $1.3$0.4 million, as described above; (b) an increase in snow removal costs due to a harsher winter in Fiscal 2021 of approximately $0.4 million;excluding the Maryland Properties sold; offset by (c) a decline in expense forsnow removal costs of approximately $0.1 million, excluding the Maryland Properties sold; and (d) a decrease in the reserve offor uncollectible rents of approximately $0.7 million.$0.1 million, excluding the Maryland Properties sold, primarily due to rental revenue being deemed uncollectible and classified as a reduction in rental revenue in the Current Nine Months.

The decline in revenue for the Current Quarter was primarily attributable to the following: (a) a reversal of rental revenue in the amount of approximately $0.3 million deemed uncollectible and attributable to commercial tenants suffering adverse financial consequences as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; offset by (b) an increase in revenue of approximately $0.1 million (excluding the straight-line rent receivable write-off of approximately $0.4 million) resulting from the write-off in the Prior Year’s Quarter of uncollectible revenue for the Cobb Theatre at the Rotunda retail property due to the lease being rejected in the bankruptcy court proceedings.Maryland Properties sold. The increasedecrease in NOI for the Current Quarter was primarily attributable to the following: (a) a declinedecrease of approximately $2.5 million attributed to the Maryland Properties sold; (b) an increase in expense for the reserve offor uncollectible rents of approximately $0.3 million;$0.1 million, excluding the Maryland Properties sold; offset by (b)(c) a decline in revenuerepairs and maintenance costs of approximately $0.2$0.1 million, as described above.excluding the Maryland Properties sold.

Same Property Operating Results: FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s commercial segment currently contains eight (8)five (5) same properties. (See definition of same property under Segment Information above.) SinceThe Rotunda property, the Westridge Square Property and the Damascus Property were excluded from same property results for all of FREIT Maryland’s commercialperiods presented because these properties are considered same propertieswere sold in the Current Nine Months. Same property revenue for the Current Nine Months and Current Quarter referdecreased by 5.4% and increased by 2.4%, respectively, and same property NOI decreased by 2.2% and increased by 6.6%, respectively, as compared to the Prior Year’s comparable periods. The changes resulted from the factors discussed in the immediately preceding paragraph for discussion of changes in same property results.paragraph.

Leasing: The following tables reflecttable reflects leasing activity at FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s commercial properties for comparable leases (leases executed for spaces in which there was a tenant at some point during the previous twelve-month period) and non-comparable leases for the Current Nine Months:Months (excluding any leases executed for the Rotunda Property, the Westridge Square Property and the Damascus Property, which were sold in the Current Nine Months):

RETAIL: Number of
Leases
 Lease Area
(Sq. Ft.)
 Weighted
Average Lease
Rate
(per Sq. Ft.)
 Weighted
Average Prior
Lease Rate
(per Sq. Ft.)
 % Increase
(Decrease)
 Tenant
Improvement
Allowance
(per Sq. Ft.) (a)
 Lease
Commissions
(per Sq. Ft.) (a)
               
Comparable leases (b)  16   132,909  $12.60  $15.81   -20.3%  $-  $0.16 
                             
Non-comparable leases  4   6,631  $38.63    N/A     N/A   $2.40  $1.92 
                             
Total leasing activity  20   139,540                     
                             

OFFICE: Number of
Leases
 Lease Area
(Sq. Ft.)
 Weighted
Average Lease
Rate
(per Sq. Ft.)
 Weighted
Average Prior
Lease Rate
(per Sq. Ft.)
 % Increase
(Decrease)
 Tenant
Improvement
Allowance
(per Sq. Ft.) (a)
 Lease
Commissions
(per Sq. Ft.) (a)
               
Comparable leases (b)  12   29,800  $33.15  $32.13   3.2%  $-  $0.32 
                             
Non-comparable leases  2   4,053  $23.72    N/A     N/A   $-  $1.34 
                             
Total leasing activity  14   33,853                     
                             

            (a) These leasing costs are presented as annualized costs per square foot and are allocated uniformly over the initial lease term.
            (b) This includes new tenant leases and/or modifications/extensions/renewals of existing tenant leases.

 

During

RETAIL: Number of
Leases
  Lease Area
(Sq. Ft.)
  Weighted
Average Lease
Rate (per Sq.
Ft.)
  Weighted
Average Prior
Lease Rate (per
Sq. Ft.)
  % Increase
(Decrease)
  Tenant
Improvement
Allowance (per
Sq. Ft.)  (a)
  Lease
Commissions
(per Sq. Ft.)  (a)
 
                      
Comparable leases (b)  7   95,154  $6.65  $7.67   -13.3%  $  $0.03 
                             
Non-comparable leases  5   11,875  $26.37    N/A     N/A   $1.07  $1.32 
                             
Total leasing activity  12   107,029                     

(a) These leasing costs are presented as annualized costs per square foot and are allocated uniformly over the first quarterinitial lease term.

(b) This includes new tenant leases and/or modifications/extensions/renewals of Fiscal 2021, Pet Valu, Inc., a pet storeexisting tenant vacated several stores located in shopping centers owned by FREIT Maryland affiliates (Wayne PSC, Damascus Centre and Grande Rotunda) and terminated the related leases early paying an aggregate lease termination fee in the amount of approximately $260,000 (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $140,000). Until the space is re-leased at each of these properties, FREIT Maryland’s operating results will be adversely impacted from the loss of base rent and additional rent of approximately $0.4 million (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $0.2 million) on an annualized basis.leases.  

 

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Burlington, which does business as a retail tenant at the Westridge Square Shopping Center located in Frederick, Maryland, did not exercise its option to renew its lease which is set to expire on November 30, 2021. On May 4, 2021, Burlington amended its lease extending the term of the lease for a period of one (1) year and ninety (90) days commencing on December 1, 2021 and expiring on FebruaryPage 28 2023 (“Fourth Extension Period”). The fixed rent during this Fourth Extension Period shall be reduced from $59,120 per month to $35,830 per month. Additionally, Burlington has the right to terminate the lease at any time prior to the last day of the Fourth Extension Period by providing at least twelve (12) months prior written notice of such termination (the “Termination Notice”). In the event that Burlington delivers the Termination Notice, the term of the lease shall automatically end on the last day of the twelfth (12th) full calendar month immediately following receipt of the Termination Notice.

On April 26, 2020, CB Theatre Experience, LLC filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code as disclosed in the bankruptcy filings. The CB Theatre Experience, LLC (known as “Cobb Theatre”) at the Rotunda retail property in Baltimore, Maryland has been closed since April 2020 due to the mandated shutdown related to the COVID-19 pandemic and on July 14, 2020 rejected its lease at this property as of June 30, 2020. Until this space is re-leased, FREIT Maryland’s operating results will be adversely impacted from loss of base rent and additional rent of approximately $1.1 million (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $0.7 million) on an annualized basis. During the first quarter ended January 31, 2021, FREIT Maryland received a settlement payment from Cobb Theatre in the amount of approximately $0.2 million (with a consolidated impact to FREIT Maryland of approximately $0.1 million). The Company is currently exploring all possible options for the re-leasing of this space.

RESIDENTIAL SEGMENT

FREIT Maryland currently operates seven (7)six (6) multi-family apartment buildings or complexes totaling 1,171792 apartment units. On February 28, 2020, FREIT Maryland reorganized its subsidiary Sunits, excluding the Icon at the Rotunda Property, which was sold on December 30, 2021 (see Note 7 to FREIT’s condensed consolidated financial statements) and A Commercial Associates Limited Partnership (“S&A”) from a partnership into a TIC. Prior to this reorganization, FREIT Maryland owned a 65% membership interest in S&A, which owned 100% of the Pierre Towers property located in Hackensack, New Jersey through its 100% interest in Pierre Towers, LLC. Accordingly, FREIT Maryland 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 Maryland reflected as “noncontrolling interests in subsidiary” and all significant intercompany accounts and transactions were eliminated in consolidation.

Pursuant to the TIC agreement, FREIT Maryland 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 Maryland’s investment in the TIC is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. While FREIT Maryland’s effective ownership percentage interest in the Pierre Towers property remains unchanged after the reorganizationconverted to a TIC FREIT Maryland no longer has a controlling interest as the TIC is now under joint control. (See(see Note 5 to FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s condensed consolidated financial statements for further details.)statements).

As indicated in the tables above under the caption Segment Information, total revenue from FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s residential segment for the Current Nine Months and Current Quarter decreased by 9%21.1% and increased by 4.3%28.9%, respectively, and NOI decreased by 9.3%23.6% and increased by 2.2%30.9%, respectively, as compared to the Prior Year’s comparable periods. Average occupancy for all residential properties, except the Icon property sold, for the Current Nine Months and Current Quarter increased by 2.2%1.2% and 2%0.5%, respectively, as compared to the Prior Year’s comparable periods.

The declinedecrease in revenue for the Current Nine Months was primarily attributable to the following: (a) a deconsolidationdecrease of the operating results of the Pierre Towers property from FREIT Maryland’s operating results dueapproximately $5.1 million attributed to the conversion to a TIC as of February 28, 2020 resulting in a decline in revenue of approximately $2.7 million;Icon at the Rotunda Property sold; offset by (b) an increase in revenue of approximately $0.7$0.9 million, excluding the Icon at the Rotunda Property sold, primarily driven by an increase in base rents across all properties and an increase in the average occupancy rate by approximately 2.2% overto 98.4% from 97.2% in the Prior Year’s Nine Months and an increase in base rent across most properties.Months. The declinedecrease in NOI for the Current Nine Months was primarily attributable to the following: (a) a deconsolidationdecrease of the operating results of the Pierre Towers property from FREIT Maryland’s operating results dueapproximately $3.6 million attributed to the conversion to a TIC as of February 28, 2020 resulting in a decline in NOI of approximately $1.3 million; (b) an increase in repairs and maintenance expense of approximately $0.3 million; and (c) an increase in operating expenses of approximately $0.2 million partially driven by an increase in snow removal costs due to a harsher winter in Fiscal 2021;Icon at the Rotunda Property sold; offset by (d)(b) an increase in revenue of approximately $0.7$0.9 million, as explained above.excluding the Icon at the Rotunda Property; and (c) a decrease in the reserve for uncollectible rents of approximately $0.2 million, excluding the Maryland Properties sold.

The increasedecrease in revenue for the Current Quarter was primarily attributable to the following: (a) a decrease of approximately $2.2 million attributed to the Icon at the Rotunda Property sold; offset by (b) an increase of approximately $0.3 million, excluding the Icon at the Rotunda Property sold, primarily driven by an increase in base rents across all properties and an increase in the average occupancy rate by approximately 2% overto 97.8% from 97.3% in the Prior Year’s Quarter and an increase in base rents across most properties.Quarter. The increasedecrease in NOI for the Current Quarter was primarily attributable to the following: (a) a decrease of approximately $1.5 million attributed to the Icon at the Rotunda Property sold; (b) an increase in revenuethe reserve for uncollectible rents of approximately $0.1 million, excluding the Maryland Properties sold; offset by (c) an increase of approximately $0.3 million as explained above; offset by (b) an increase in repairs and maintenance expense of approximately $0.2 million.revenue, excluding the Icon at the Rotunda Property sold.

Same Property Operating Results: FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s residential segment currently contains seven (7)six (6) same properties. (See definition of same property under Segment Information above.) The Pierre TowersIcon at the Rotunda property was excluded from same property results for all periods presented because this property was deconsolidated and converted to a TIC as of February 28, 2020.sold in the Current Nine Months. Same property revenue for the Current Nine Months and Current Quarter increased by 3.5%7.1% and 4.3%6.8%, respectively, and same property NOI increased by 0.9%11.2% and 2.2%12.7%, respectively, as compared to the Prior Year’s comparable periods. The changes resulted from the factors discussed in the immediately preceding paragraph.

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FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s residential revenue is principally composed of monthly apartment rental income. Total rental income is a factor of occupancy and monthly apartment rents. Monthly average residential rents, (excluding from both periods presented for comparability purposes the Icon at the Rotunda property, which was sold in the Current Nine Months), at the end of the Current Quarter and the Prior Year’s Quarter were $1,971$2,006 and $1,886,$1,913, respectively. A 1% decline in annual average occupancy, or a 1% decline in average rents from current levels, results in an annual revenue decline of approximately $277,000$191,000 and $264,000,$184,000, respectively.

Capital expenditures: Since all of FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s apartment communities, with the exception of the Boulders, Regency Icon and Station Place properties, were constructed more than 25 years ago, FREIT Maryland tends to spend more in any given year on maintenance and capital improvements than may be spent on newer properties. As a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, only capital improvements deemed essential are being made at this time. Funds for these capital projects will beare available from cash flow from the property's operations and cash reserves.

 

FINANCING COSTS

  Nine Months Ended July 31, Three Months Ended July 31,
  2021 2020 2021 2020
  (In Thousands of Dollars) (In Thousands of Dollars)
Fixed rate mortgages (a):                
    1st Mortgages                
        Existing $4,348  $5,773  $1,445  $1,718 
        New  -      -      -      -    
Variable rate mortgages:                
    1st Mortgages                
        Existing  3,873   4,190   1,292   1,092 
        New  -      -      -      -    
Other  183   270   43   60 
Total financing costs, gross  8,404   10,233   2,780   2,870 
     Amortization of mortgage costs  838   799   270   251 
Total financing costs, net $9,242  $11,032  $3,050  $3,121 
                 

(a) Includes the effect of interest rate swap contracts which effectively convert the floating interest rate to a fixed interest rate over the term of the loan.
  Nine Months Ended July 31,  Three Months Ended July 31, 
  2022  2021  2022  2021 
  (In Thousands of Dollars)  (In Thousands of Dollars) 
Fixed rate mortgages (a):                
    1st Mortgages                
    Existing $3,383  $4,348  $1,024  $1,445 
    New  162      90    
Variable rate mortgages:                
    1st Mortgages                
    Existing  1,550   3,873   333   1,292 
    New            
Interest rate swap contracts breakage fee  213           
Other  108   183   28   43 
Total financing costs, gross  5,416   8,404   1,475   2,780 
     Amortization of mortgage costs  813   838   299   270 
Total financing costs, net $6,229  $9,242  $1,774  $3,050 

 

(a) Includes the effect of interest rate swap contracts which effectively convert the floating interest rate to a fixed interest rate over the term of the loan.  

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Total financing costs for the Current Nine Months decreased by approximately $1,790,000$3,013,000, or 16.2%32.6%, compared to the Prior Year’s Nine Months which iswas primarily attributable to the following: (a) a decline in interestof approximately $3,137,000 attributed to the pay-down of the loans outstanding on the variable mortgage loans forMaryland Properties sold in the Rotunda and WestFREIT propertiesCurrent Nine Months; (b) a decrease of approximately $1,104,000 resulting from lower interest rates; and (b)$278,000 attributed to the deconsolidationrefinancing of the Pierre Towersloan on the Boulders property from FREIT Maryland’s operating results due toin the conversion to a TIC as of February 28, 2020Current Nine Months resulting in a decreasereduction in net financing coststhe interest rate from 5.37% to 2.85% and in the principal balance from approximately $14.4 million to $7.5 million; offset by (c) an increase of approximately $645,000. $213,000 attributed to a breakage fee on the early termination of the interest rate swap contracts relating to the underlying loan on the Damascus property, which was repaid from the net proceeds of the sale of the Damascus property in the Current Nine Months; and (d) an increase of approximately $148,000 related to the write-off of deferred mortgage costs on the Wayne PSC mortgage loan previously held with People’s United Bank which was refinanced with a new lender in July of 2022.

Total financing costs for the Current Quarter decreased by approximately $71,000$1,276,000, or 2.3%41.8%, compared to the Prior Year’s Quarter which iswas primarily attributable to the following: (a) a decline in interestof approximately $1,377,000 attributed to the pay-down of the loans outstanding on the variableMaryland Properties sold; offset by (b) an increase of approximately $148,000 related to the write-off of deferred mortgage loans forcosts on the Rotunda and WestFREIT properties resulting from lower interest rates. (SeeWayne PSC mortgage loan previously held with People’s United Bank which was refinanced with a new lender in July of 2022.

(See Note 57 to FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s condensed consolidated financial statements for furtheradditional details on the deconsolidationsale of the Pierre Towers property.Maryland properties.)

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

G&A expense for the Current Nine Months and Current Quarter was approximately $4,143,000$3,107,000 and $1,413,000,$911,000, respectively, compared to $3,061,000$4,143,000 and $1,233,000,$1,413,000, respectively, for the Prior Year’s comparable periods. The primary components of G&A are accounting/auditing fees, legal and professional fees, directors’ fees, corporate expenses and consultant fees and corporate expenses.accounting/auditing fees. The increasedecrease in G&A costs for the Current Nine Months was primarily driven by reincorporation expenses of approximately $0.5 million incurred in the following: (a) an increasePrior Year’s Nine Months and a decline in legal costs of approximately $1,253,000 resulting from$0.6 million primarily attributed to the legal proceedingsproceeding between FREIT Maryland and certain of its affiliates and Sinatra Properties, LLC; (b) an increase in corporate expenses of approximately $284,000 primarily attributed to reincorporation expenses incurred in the Current Nine Months of approximately $475,000 to reincorporate in the state of Maryland offset by costs incurred in the Prior Year’s Nine Months for the formation and transfer of the Pierre subsidiary to a TIC of approximately $293,000; offset by (c) a decline in directors’ and consultant fees of approximately $322,000.LLC. The increasedecrease in G&A costs for the Current Quarter was primarily driven by an increasea decline in corporate expenseslegal costs attributed to the reincorporationlegal proceeding between FREIT and certain of FREIT in the state of Maryland.

THIRD PARTY TRANSACTION COSTS

The Special Committee of the Board (“Special Committee”) incurred on behalf of the Company third party transaction costs for advisory, legalits affiliates and other expenses primarily related to the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the Plan of Liquidation (See Notes 6 and 7 for additional details) in the amount of approximately $0 and $0, respectively, for the Current Nine Months and Current Quarter, compared to approximately $4,606,000 and $87,000, respectively, for the Prior Year’s comparable periods. On April 30, 2020, the Sellers delivered written notice to the Purchaser of the Sellers’ termination of the Purchase and Sale Agreement (SeeSinatra Properties, LLC.

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Note 6 for details) and on May 7, 2020, the Board approved the elimination of the Special Committee. No further transaction costs were incurred thereafter.

DEPRECIATION

Depreciation expense for the Current Nine Months and Current Quarter was approximately $6,948,000$3,257,000 and $2,315,000,$723,000, respectively, compared to $7,887,000$6,948,000 and $2,425,000,$2,315,000, respectively, for the Prior Year’s comparable periods. The decline in depreciation expense for the Current Nine Months was primarily attributable to the following: (a) a decline in the amount of approximately $460,000 resulting from the deconsolidation of the operating results of the Pierre Towers property from FREIT Maryland’s operating results as of February 28, 2020; and (b) the remainder of the decline is primarily related to tenant improvements written off in Fiscal 2020. The decline in depreciation expense for the Current Quarter was primarily attributable to tenant improvements written off in Fiscal 2020.the sale of the Maryland Properties. (See Note 57 to FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s condensed consolidated financial statements for furtheradditional details on the deconsolidationsale of the Pierre Towers property.Maryland properties.)

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Net cash provided by operating activities was approximately $10.2$5.8 million for the Current Nine Months compared to net cash provided by operating activities of approximately $0$10.2 million for the Prior Year’s Nine Months. FREIT Maryland expects that cash provided by operating activities and cash reserves will be adequate to cover mandatory debt service payments (including payments of interest, but excluding balloon payments which are expected to be refinanced and/or extended), real estate taxes, dividends, recurring capital improvements at its properties and other needs to maintain its status as a REIT for at least a period of one year from the date of filing of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

As of July 31, 2021,2022, FREIT Maryland had cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash totaling $39.2$107.6 million, compared to $39.5$39 million at October 31, 2020.2021. The decreaseincrease in cash in the Current Nine Months iswas primarily attributable to approximately $10.2$250.4 million in net cash provided by investing activities including capital expenditures and $5.8 million in net cash provided by operating activities offset by approximately $9.5$187.6 million in net cash used in financing activities andactivities. The increase in cash of approximately $1.0$68.6 million inwas primarily attributed to the following: (a) a distribution of net cash used in investing activities including capital expenditures.

In Fiscal 2017, Grande Rotunda incurred substantial expenditures atproceeds received from the sale of the Rotunda property related to retail tenant improvements, leasing costs and operating expenditures which, in the aggregate, exceeded revenues as the property was still in the rent up phase and the construction loan held with Wells Fargo at that time was at its maximum level, with no additional funding available to draw. Accordingly, during Fiscal 2017 the equity owners in Grande Rotunda (FREIT Maryland with a 60% ownership and Rotunda 100 with a 40% ownership) contributed their respective pro-rata shareProperty of any cash needs through loans to Grande Rotunda, LLC. In Fiscal 2021, Grande Rotunda repaid $7approximately $54.4 million to the equity owners in Grande Rotunda based on their respective pro-rata share resulting in(inclusive of a loan repayment tofrom Grande Rotunda of approximately $27.7 million and repayment of secured loans receivable including accrued interest by certain members in Rotunda 100 of approximately $2.8 million. As$5.3 million); (b) a distribution of July 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020, Rotunda 100 has funded Grande Rotunda withnet proceeds received from the sale of the Damascus Property of approximately $3.2$11.8 million; (c) net proceeds received from the sale of the Westridge Square Property of approximately $0.1 million; (d) anticipated funds to be released of approximately $6.3 million and $5.9funds released of approximately $1.9 million (including interest), respectively, which is includedfrom the funds held in “Duepost-closing escrow for rents related to affiliate”the sale of the Maryland Properties; (e) net proceeds received from the refinancing of the Wayne PSC loan of approximately $2.5 million; offset by (f) a loan pay-down including closing costs of approximately $7.6 million attributed to the refinancing of the loan on the accompanyingBoulders property; and (g) dividends paid in the Current Nine Months the amount of approximately $2.1 million. (See Note 7 to FREIT’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.financial statements for additional details on the sale of the Maryland properties.)

Credit Line: FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s revolving line of credit provided by the Provident Bank was renewed for a three-year term ending on October 31, 2023. Draws against the credit line can be used for working capital needs and standby letters of credit. Draws against the credit line are secured by mortgages on FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s Franklin Crossing Shopping Center in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey and retail space in Glen

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Rock, New Jersey. The total line of credit is $13 million and the interest rate on the amount outstanding is based on a floating interest rate of prime minus 25 basis points with a floor of 3.75%. As of July 31, 20212022 and October 31, 2020,2021, there was no amount outstanding and $13 million was available under the line of credit.

Dividend: The FREIT Board of Directors (“Board”) declared dividends of approximately $1,407,000 ($0.20 per share) to stockholders of record during Fiscal 2022. The Board did not declare a dividend in the third quarter of Fiscal 2022. On August 4, 2022, FREIT’s Board declared a special, extraordinary, non-recurring cash distribution of approximately $51.5 million, or $7.50 per share, which was paid on August 30, 2022, to stockholders of record on August 16, 2022 (with an ex-dividend date of August 31, 2022). (See Note 7 to FREIT’s condensed consolidated financial statements for additional details.) The Board will continue to evaluate the dividend on a quarterly basis.

As atof July 31, 2021, FREIT Maryland’s2022, FREIT’s aggregate outstanding mortgage debt was $302.8$139.6 million, which bears a weighted average interest rate of 3.56%4.28% and an average life of approximately 2.7 years. FREIT Maryland’s fixed rateFREIT’s mortgages are subject to amortization schedules that are longer than the terms of the mortgages. As such, balloon payments (unpaid principal amounts at the mortgage due date) for all mortgage debt will be required as follows:

Fiscal Year202120222023202420252026202720282029
($ in millions)          
Mortgage "Balloon" Payments   $0.0$176.5 (A)$34.8$9.0$13.9$18.6$0.0$10.5$26.0
          
(A) Includes the loan on the Rotunda property located in Baltimore, Maryland with a balloon payment in the amount of approximately $116 million due on February 6, 2022, which may be extended further for an additional one-year term at Grande Rotunda’s option.

 

Fiscal Year 20222023202420252026202720282029
($ in millions)          
Mortgage "Balloon" Payments    $0.0 (A)$42.1$16.5$38.9$0.0$0.0$10.5$26.0
          
 (A)On August 19, 2022, Westwood Hills, LLC, exercised its right, pursuant to the loan agreement, to extend the term of its $25 million loan on its property located in Westwood, New Jersey, which matures on October 1, 2022, for two (2) additional six (6) month periods on the same terms and conditions as stated in the loan agreement.

The following table shows the estimated fair value and net carrying value of FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s long-term debt at July 31, 20212022 and October 31, 2020:2021:

($ in Millions) July 31, 2021 October 31, 2020
     
Fair Value $304.2 $311.4
     
Carrying Value, Net$301.2 $305.4

     
($ in Millions) July 31, 2022 October 31, 2021
     
Fair Value $136.8 $301.6
     
Carrying Value, Net$138.3 $299.9

 

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Fair values are estimated based on market interest rates at July 31, 20212022 and October 31, 20202021 and on a discounted cash flow analysis. Changes in assumptions or estimation methods may significantly affect these fair value estimates. The fair value is based on observable inputs (level 2 in the fair value hierarchy as provided by authoritative guidance).

FREIT Maryland expects to refinance the individual mortgages with new mortgages or exercise extension options when their terms expire. To this extent, FREIT Maryland has exposure to interest rate risk. If interest rates, at the time any individual mortgage note is due, are higher than the current fixed interest rate, higher debt service may be required, and/or refinancing proceeds may be less than the amount of mortgage debt being retired. For example, at July 31, 2021,2022, a 1% interest rate increase would reduce the fair value of FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s debt by $4.8$3.4 million, and a 1% decrease would increase the fair value by $5$3.6 million.

FREIT Maryland continually reviews its debt levels to determine if additional debt can prudently be utilized for property acquisitions for its real estate portfolio that will increase income and cash flow to shareholders.stockholders.

On February 7, 2018, Grande RotundaAugust 19, 2022, Westwood Hills, LLC, exercised its right, pursuant to the loan agreement, to extend the term of its $25 million loan on its property located in Westwood, New Jersey, maturing on October 1, 2022, for two (2) additional six (6) month periods on the same terms and conditions as stated in the loan agreement.

On July 22, 2022, Wayne PSC refinanced its $22.1 million loan (inclusive of deferred interest of approximately $136,000), which would have matured on October 1, 2026, on its Preakness Shopping center located in Wayne, New Jersey with a new loan held by ConnectOne Bank in the amount of $25,000,000. This loan is interest-only based on a fixed interest rate of 5% and has a term of three years with a maturity date of August 1, 2025. Additionally, an interest reserve escrow was established at closing representing twelve months of interest of $1,250,000, which can be used to pay monthly interest on this loan with a requirement to replenish the escrow account back to $1,250,000 when the balance in the escrow account is reduced to three months of interest. This refinancing resulted in (i) annual debt service savings of approximately $340,000 due to interest-only payments; (ii) an increase in the interest rate from a fixed interest rate of 3.625% to a fixed interest rate of 5%; and (iii) net refinancing proceeds of approximately $1.1 million which can be used for capital expenditures and general corporate purposes. As part of the refinancing, Wayne PSC terminated the interest rate swap contract on the underlying loan resulting in a realized gain on the swap breakage of approximately $1.4 million, which has been recorded as a realized gain on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2022.

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On December 30, 2021, FREIT refinanced its $14.4 million loan (which would have matured on February 1, 2022) on its Boulders property located in Rockaway, New Jersey with a new loan held by ConnectOne Bank in the amount of $7,500,000, with additional funding available to be drawn upon in the amount of $7,500,000 for corporate needs. This loan is interest-only and has a maturity date of January 1, 2024 with the option of FREIT to extend for one year from the maturity date, subject to certain provisions of the loan agreement. This refinancing will provide annual debt service savings of approximately $1,173,000 as a result of the reduction in the principal amount, a reduction in the annual interest rate from a fixed rate of 5.37% to a fixed rate of 2.85% and interest-only payments being required under this new loan.

Interest rate swap contracts: To reduce interest rate volatility, FREIT uses a “pay fixed, receive floating” interest rate swap to convert floating interest rates to fixed interest rates over the term of a certain loan. FREIT enters into these swap contracts with a counterparty that is usually a high-quality commercial bank. In essence, FREIT agrees to pay its counterparties a fixed rate of interest on a dollar amount of notional principal (which generally corresponds to FREIT’s mortgage debt) over a term equal to the term of the mortgage notes. FREIT’s counterparties, in return, agree to pay FREIT a short-term rate of interest - generally LIBOR - on that same notional amount over the same term as the mortgage notes.

FREIT has variable interest rate loans secured by its Damascus Centre, Regency, Wayne PSC and Station Place properties. To reduce interest rate fluctuations, FREIT entered into interest rate swap contracts for each of these loans. These interest rate swap contracts effectively converted variable interest rate payments to fixed interest rate payments. The contracts were based on a notional amount of approximately $16,200,000 ($14,671,000 at July 31, 2022) for the Regency swap and a notional amount of approximately $12,350,000 ($11,806,000 at July 31, 2022) for the Station Place swap. On January 10, 2022, the property owned by Damascus Centre was sold and a portion of the proceeds from the sale was used to pay off the $18.2 million then outstanding balance of the underlying loan and the corresponding swap breakage fees of approximately $213,000 related to the early termination of the interest rate swap contracts on this loan which was included as interest expense on the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of income for the nine months ended July 31, 2022. (See Note 7 to FREIT’s condensed consolidated financial statements for further details on the sale of this property.) On June 17, 2022, Wayne PSC terminated its interest rate swap contract on its underlying loan held with People’s United Bank, which had a maturity date of October 2026, for a settlement amount of approximately $1.4 million. People’s United Bank held the proceeds from this settlement in escrow until the underlying loan was paid off in July 2022 and has been included as a realized gain on interest rate swap termination on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2022. (See Note 9 to FREIT’s condensed consolidated financial statements for further details.)

Interest rate cap contract: To limit exposure on interest rate volatility, FREIT uses an interest rate cap contract to cap a floating interest rate at a set pre-determined rate. FREIT enters into cap contracts with a counterparty that is usually a high-quality commercial bank. In essence, so long as the floating interest rate is below the cap rate, FREIT agrees to pay its counterparties a variable rate of interest on a dollar amount of notional principal (which generally corresponds to FREIT’s mortgage debt). Once the floating interest rate rises above the cap rate, FREIT’s counterparties, in return, agree to pay FREIT a short-term rate of interest above the cap on that same notional amount.

FREIT had a variable interest rate loan secured by its Rotunda Property. As part of the refinancing of Grande Rotunda’s construction loan with a new loan held byfrom Aareal Capital Corporation, in the amount of approximately $118.5 million with additional funding which was available through February 6, 2021 for retail tenant improvements and leasing costs in the amount of $3,380,000. This loan bears a floating interest rate at 285 basis points over the one-month LIBOR rate and had a maturity date of February 6, 2021 with two one-year options of Grande Rotunda to extend the maturity of this loan, subject to certain requirements as provided for in the loan agreement. Grande Rotunda had purchased an interest rate cap contract on LIBOR for the full amount that could have been drawn on this loan of $121.9 million, capping the one-month LIBOR rate at 3% for the first two years of this loan which matured on March 5, 2020. On February 28, 2020, Grande Rotunda had purchased an interest rate cap on LIBOR, with an effective date of March 5, 2020, for the full amount that could have been drawn on this loan of $121.9 million, capping the one-month LIBOR rate at 3% for one year, maturing on March 5, 2021. Effective February 6, 2021, Grande Rotunda exercised the first extension option on this loan with a balance in the amount of approximately $118.5 million, extending the loan one year with a new maturity date of February 6, 2022, which may be extended further for an additional one-year term at Grande Rotunda’s option. Principal payments in the amount of $500,000 were required upon exercise of the first loan extension option and per calendar quarter thereafter. If the second loan extension option is exercised, principal payments in the amount of $750,000 will be required upon exercise of the second loan extension option and per calendar quarter thereafter.2022. Additionally, Grande Rotunda purchased an interest rate cap contract on LIBOR, with an effective date of March 5, 2021, for the loan amount of approximately $118.5 million, capping the one-month LIBOR rate at 3% for one year expiring on February 6, 2022. At July 31,On December 30, 2021, the total amountRotunda Property owned by Grande Rotunda was sold, a portion of the proceeds from the sale was used to pay off the $116.5 million then outstanding balance of the underlying loan and the corresponding interest rate cap on this loan was approximately $117 million and the interest rate was approximately 2.95%.

On September 30, 2020, Westwood Hills refinanced its $19.2 million loan (which would have matured on November 1, 2020) with a new loan held by ConnectOne Bank in the amount of $25,000,000, with additional funding available in the amount of $250,000 for legal fees potentially incurred by the lender related to the lis pendens on this property.no settlement due at maturity. (See Note 67 to FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s condensed consolidated financial statements for additional details in regards to the lis pendens.) This loan, secured by an apartment building in Westwood, New Jersey, is interest-only based on a floating rate at 400 basis points over the one-month LIBOR rate with a floor of 4.15% and has a maturity date of October 1, 2022 with the option of Westwood Hills to extend for two (2) additional six (6)-month periods from the maturity date, subject to certain provisions of the loan agreement. This refinancing resulted in: (i) a change in the annual interest rate from a fixed rate of 4.62% to a variable rate with a floor of 4.15% and (ii) net refinancing proceeds of approximately $5.6 million that were distributed to the partners in Westwood Hills with FREIT Maryland receiving approximately $2.2 million based on its 40% membership interest in Westwood Hills. As of July 31, 2021, $25,000,000 of this loan was drawn and outstanding and the interest rate was based on the floor of 4.15%.

On April 3, 2019, WestFREIT Corp. exercised its option to extend its loan secured by the Westridge Square shopping center in Frederick, Maryland, held by M&T Bank, with a then outstanding balance of approximately $22.5 million, for twelve months. Effective beginning on June 1, 2019, the extension of this loan required monthly principal payments of $47,250 plus interest based on a floating interest rate equal to 240 basis points over the one-month LIBOR and had a maturity date of May 1, 2020. This loan was extended to November 1, 2020 and further extended to January 31, 2021 under the same terms and conditions of the existing agreement. WestFREIT Corp. entered into a loan extension and modification agreement with M&T Bank, effective beginning on February 1, 2021, which requires monthly principal payments of $49,250 plus interest based on a floating interest rate equal to 255 basis points over the one-month LIBOR and has a maturity date of January 31, 2022, with the option of WestFREIT Corp. to extend for an additional one-year period through January 31, 2023, subject to certain requirements as provided for in the loan agreement including the lease-up of certain space. As of July 31, 2021, approximately $21.3 million of this loan was outstanding and the interest rate was approximately 2.68%.

Interest rate swap contracts: To reduce interest rate volatility, FREIT Maryland uses a “pay fixed, receive floating” interest rate swap to convert floating interest rates to fixed interest rates over the term of a certain loan. FREIT Maryland enters into these swap contracts with a counterparty that is usually a high-quality commercial bank. In essence, FREIT Maryland agrees to pay its counterparties a fixed rate of interest on a dollar amount of notional principal (which generally corresponds to FREIT Maryland’s mortgage debt) over a term equal to the term of the mortgage notes. FREIT Maryland’s counterparties, in return, agree to pay FREIT Maryland a short-term rate of interest - generally LIBOR - on that same notional amount over the same term as the mortgage notes.

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FREIT Maryland has variable interest rate loans secured by its Damascus Centre, Regency, Wayne PSC and Station Place properties. To reduce interest rate fluctuations, FREIT Maryland entered into interest rate swap contracts for each of these loans. These interest rate swap contracts effectively converted variable interest rate payments to fixed interest rate payments. The contracts were based on a notional amount of approximately $22,320,000 ($18,457,000 at July 31, 2021) for the Damascus Centre swaps, a notional amount of approximately $16,200,000 ($15,004,000 at July 31, 2021) for the Regency swap, a notional amount of approximately $25,800,000 ($22,520,000 at July 31, 2021) for the Wayne PSC swap and a notional amount of approximately $12,350,000 ($12,024,000 at July 31, 2021) for the Station Place swap.

Interest rate cap contract: To limit exposure on interest rate volatility, FREIT Maryland uses an interest rate cap contract to cap a floating interest rate at a set pre-determined rate. FREIT Maryland enters into cap contracts with a counterparty that is usually a high-quality commercial bank. In essence, so long as the floating interest rate is below the cap rate, FREIT Maryland agrees to pay its counterparties a variable rate of interest on a dollar amount of notional principal (which generally corresponds to FREIT Maryland’s mortgage debt). Once the floating interest rate rises above the cap rate, FREIT Maryland’s counterparties, in return, agree to pay FREIT Maryland a short-term rate of interest above the cap on that same notional amount.

FREIT Maryland has a variable interest rate loan secured by its Rotunda property. As part of the refinancing of Grande Rotunda’s construction loan with a new loan from Aareal Capital Corporation, Grande Rotunda had purchased an interest rate cap on LIBOR for the full amount that could have been drawn on this loan of $121.9 million, capping the one-month LIBOR rate at 3% for the first two years of this loan which matured on March 5, 2020. On February 28, 2020, Grande Rotunda had purchased an interest rate cap on LIBOR, with an effective date of March 5, 2020, for the full amount that could have been drawn on this loan of $121.9 million, capping the one-month LIBOR rate at 3% for one year, maturing on March 5, 2021. Effective February 6, 2021, Grande Rotunda exercised the first extension option on this loan with a balance in the amount of approximately $118.5 million, extending the loan one year with a new maturity date of February 6, 2022. Additionally, Grande Rotunda purchased an interest rate cap on LIBOR, with an effective date of March 5, 2021, for the loan amount of approximately $118.5 million, capping the one-month LIBOR rate at 3% for one year expiring on February 6, 2022. The cap contract was based on a notional amount of approximately $118,520,000 ($118,520,000 at July 31, 2021).details.)

In accordance with ASU 2017-12, Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities to Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging ("ASC 815")”, FREIT Maryland marks-to-market its interest rate swap and cap contracts. As the floating interest rate varies from time-to-time over the term of the contract, the value of the contract will change upward or downward. If the floating rate is higher than the fixed rate, the value of the contract goes up and there is a gain and an asset. If the floating rate is less than the fixed rate, there is a loss and a liability. The interest rate swaps and cap are accounted for as cash flow hedges with the corresponding gains or losses on these contracts not affecting FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s condensed consolidated statement of income;operations; changes in the fair value of these cash flow hedges will be reported in other comprehensive income and appear in the equity section of the condensed consolidated balance sheet. This gain or loss represents the economic consequence of liquidating fixed rate swaps or the cap contract and replacing them with like-duration funding at current market rates, something we would likely never do. Periodic cash settlements of these contracts will be accounted for as an adjustment to interest expense.

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FREIT Maryland has the following derivative-related risks with its interest rate swap and cap contracts (“contract”): 1) early termination risk, and 2) counterparty credit risk.

Early Termination Risk: If FREIT Maryland wants to terminate its contract before maturity, it would be bought out or terminated at market value; i.e., the difference in the present value of the anticipated net cash flows from each of the contract’s parties. If current variable interest rates are significantly below FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s fixed interest rate payments, this could be costly. Conversely, if interest rates rise above FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s fixed interest payments and FREIT Maryland elected early termination, FREIT Maryland would realize a gain on termination. At July 31, 2021,2022, the swap contractscontract for Damascus Centre, Regency was in FREIT’s favor and the contract for Station Place and Wayne PSC werewas in the counterparties’ favor. If FREIT Maryland had terminated these contracts at that date, it would have realized lossesa gain of approximately $0 for the Grande Rotunda cap, $391,000 for the Damascus Centre swaps, $1,030,000$116,000 for the Regency swap $1,260,000and a loss of $16,000 for the Station Place swap and $802,000 for the Wayne PSC swap all of which have been included as a liability in FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s condensed consolidated balance sheet as at July 31, 2021.2022. The change in the fair value for the contract (gain or loss) during such period has been included in comprehensive income (loss) and for the nine and three months ended July 31, 2022, FREIT recorded an unrealized gain of approximately $2,408,000 and unrealized loss of $1,393,000, respectively, in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. For the nine and three months ended July 31, 2021, FREIT Maryland recorded an unrealized gain of approximately $1,441,000 and unrealized loss of $234,000, respectively, in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss). For the nine and three months ended July 31, 2020, FREIT Maryland recorded an unrealized loss of approximately $3,644,000 and $272,000, respectively, in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss).income.

Counterparty Credit Risk: Each party to a contract bears the risk that its counterparty will default on its obligation to make a periodic payment. FREIT Maryland reduces this risk by entering into a contract only with major financial institutions that are experienced market makers in the derivatives market.

Dividend: After careful consideration of FREIT Maryland’s projected operating results and cash needs, the Board of Directors (“Board”) declared a third quarter dividend of $0.05 per share which will be paid on September 15, 2021 to shareholders of record on September 1, 2021. The Board will continue to evaluate the dividend on a quarterly basis.

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ADJUSTED FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS

Funds From Operations (“FFO”) is a non-GAAP measure defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”). FREIT Maryland does not include sources or distributions from equity/debtdebt/capital gain sources in its computation of FFO. Although many consider FFO as the standard measurement of a REIT’s performance, FREIT Maryland modified the NAREIT computation of FFO to include other adjustments to GAAP net income that are not considered by management to be the primary drivers of its decision making process. These adjustments to GAAP net income are straight-line rents and recurring capital improvements on FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s residential apartments. The modified FFO computation is referred to as Adjusted Funds From Operations (“AFFO”). FREIT Maryland believes that AFFO is a superior measure of its operating performance. FREIT Maryland computes FFO and AFFO as follows:

 For the Nine Months Ended July 31, For the Three Months Ended July 31, For the Nine Months Ended July 31,  For the Three Months Ended July 31, 
 2021 2020 2021 2020 2022  2021  2022  2021 
 (In Thousands, Except Per Share) (In Thousands, Except Per Share) (In Thousands, Except Per Share) (In Thousands, Except Per Share) 
Funds From Operations ("FFO") (a)                              
Net income (loss) $1,032  $24,795  $316  $(320)
Net income $69,966  $1,032  $1,814  $316 
Depreciation of consolidated properties  6,948   7,887   2,315  2,425   3,257   6,948   723   2,315 
Amortization of deferred leasing costs  363   601   131  363   107   363   19   131 
Distributions to non-controlling interests  (960)  (583)  (450) -   (735)  (960)  (210)  (450)
Gain on deconsolidation of subsidiary  -   (27,680)  -  - 
Adjustment to loss in investment in tenancy-in-common for depreciation  1,055   582   352   349 
Net gain on sale of Maryland properties  (68,771)         
Adjustment to loss on investment in tenancy-in-common for depreciation  1,062   1,055   355   352 
Net realized gain on Wayne PSC interest rate swap termination  (1,415)     (1,415)   
FFO $8,438  $5,602  $2,664  $2,817  $3,471  $8,438  $1,286  $2,664 
                             
Per Share - Basic and Diluted $1.20  $0.80  $0.38  $0.40  $0.49  $1.20  $0.18  $0.38 
                             
(a) As prescribed by NAREIT.                             
                             
Adjusted Funds From Operations ("AFFO")                             
FFO $8,438  $5,602  $2,664  $2,817  $3,471  $8,438  $1,286  $2,664 
Deferred rents (Straight lining)  225   213   12  334   25   225   (36)  12 
Capital Improvements - Apartments  (438)  (353)  (258)  (127)  (401)  (438)  (195)  (258)
AFFO $8,225  $5,462  $2,418  $3,024  $3,095  $8,225  $1,055  $2,418 
                             
Per Share - Basic and Diluted $1.17  $0.78  $0.34  $0.43  $0.44  $1.17  $0.15  $0.34 
                             
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding:                             
Basic  7,016   6,989   7,022  6,998   7,038   7,016   7,040   7,022 
Diluted  7,018   6,992   7,026  6,998   7,110   7,018   7,114   7,026 

FFO and AFFO do not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP, and therefore should not be considered a substitute for net income as a measure of results of operations or for cash flow from operations as a measure of liquidity. Additionally, the application and calculation of FFO and AFFO by certain other REITs may vary materially from that of FREIT, Maryland, and therefore FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s FFO and AFFO may not be directly comparable to those of other REITs.

 

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INFLATION

Inflation can impact the financial performance of FREIT Maryland in various ways. FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s commercial tenant leases normally provide that the tenants bear all or a portion of most operating expenses, which can reduce the impact of inflationary increases on FREIT Maryland.FREIT. Apartment leases are normally for a one-year term, which may allow FREIT Maryland to seek increased rents as leases renew or when new tenants are obtained, subject to prevailing market conditions.

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Item 3: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

See “Commercial Segment”, “Residential Segment” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources” under Item 2 above for a detailed discussion of FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s quantitative and qualitative market risk disclosures.

 

Item 4: Controls and Procedures

At the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s disclosure controls and procedures. This evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with participation of FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s management, including FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, who concluded that FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of July 31, 2021.2022. There has been no change in FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s internal control over financial reporting.

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

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Part II: Other Information

 

Item 1: Legal Proceedings

On January 14, 2020, FREIT Maryland and certain of its affiliates (collectively, the “Sellers”), entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (as subsequently amended, the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”) with Sinatra Properties LLC (the “Purchaser”), provided for the sale by the Sellers to the Purchaser of 100% of the Sellers’ ownership interests in six real properties held by the Sellers in exchange for the purchase price described therein, subject to the terms and conditions of the Purchase and Sale Agreement. On April 30, 2020, the Sellers delivered written notice to the Purchaser of the Sellers’ termination of the Purchase and Sale Agreement in accordance with its terms due to the occurrence of a “Purchaser Default” thereunder, based on the Purchaser’s failure to perform its obligations under the Purchase and Sale Agreement and close the transactions contemplated therein.

Upon the execution of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Purchaser delivered into escrow a deposit in the amount of $15 million (the “Deposit”), in the form of an unconditional, irrevocable letter of credit in such amount (the “Letter of Credit”). The Purchase and Sale Agreement provides that the Sellers’ exclusive remedy, in the event of a “Purchaser Default” and the termination of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, is the forfeiture of the Deposit to the Sellers as liquidated damages. Accordingly, contemporaneously with the Sellers’ delivery of the termination notice to the Purchaser, the Sellers delivered written notice to the escrow agent requesting that the escrow agent release the Letter of Credit from escrow and deliver same to the Sellers.

On May 6, 2020, the Purchaser filed a complaint (the “Complaint”) against the Sellers inFebruary 4, 2022, the Superior Court of New Jersey, in which, among other things, the Purchaser alleges breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing against the Sellers in connection with the Sellers’ termination of the Purchase and Sale Agreement. The Purchaser seeks (a) a judgment of specific performance compelling the Sellers to convey the properties under the Purchase and Sale Agreement to the Purchaser; (b) declaratory judgment from the court that (i) the Purchase and Sale Agreement is not terminated, (ii) the Purchaser is not in default under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, and (iii) the Sellers are in default under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, subject to a right to cure; (c)Monmouth County (“Court”) entered an order for injunctive relief compelling the Sellers to perform the Purchase and Sale Agreement; (d) in the event that the court does not order specific performance, a judgment directing that the Purchaser’s $15 million deposit under the Purchase and Sale Agreement be returned to the Purchaser, and compensatory, consequential and incidental damages in an amount to be determined at trial; and (e) attorneys’ fees and costs.

The Purchaser has filed lis pendensOrder with respect to each of the six properties that were subject to the Purchase and Sale Agreement. The lis pendens provides notice to the public of the Complaint. Pending the resolution of this litigation, the filing of the lis pendens will adversely affect the future sale or financing of those properties.

On June 17, 2020, the Sellerssummary judgment motions filed their answer, separate defenses, and counterclaims (the “Answer”) in response to the Complaint, in which, among other things, the Sellers (a) deny the Purchaser’s claim that the Sellers’ termination of the Purchase and Sale Agreement was wrongful, and assert that there was no contractual basis in the Purchase and Sale Agreement to relieve the Purchaser from its obligation to perform thereunder, or to defer or postpone the Purchaser’s obligation to perform, (b) assert certain defenses to the allegations set forth in the Complaint without admitting any liability, and (c) request relief from the Court in the form of (i) judgment in the Sellers’ favor dismissing all of the Purchaser’s claims against them with prejudice and denying all of the Purchaser’s requests for relief, (ii) reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, and (iii) such other and further relief as the Court deems just.

In addition, the Answer asserts counterclaims by the Sellers against the Purchaser for breach of contract due to the Purchaser’s failure to close the Purchase and Sale Agreement in accordance with its terms, and the Sellers seek a declaratory judgment from the Court that the Sellers properly terminated the Purchase and Sale Agreement in accordance with its terms due to the Purchaser’s default and an order from the Court that the Purchaser authorize the escrow agent to release the $15 million deposit under the Purchase and Sale Agreement to the Sellers. On April 28, 2021, the Sellers amended the Answer to include (1) counterclaims against the Purchaser for breach of contract due to the Purchaser’s breach of confidentiality and non-disclosure obligations contained in the Purchase and Sale Agreement, and (2) third-party claims against Purchaser’s affiliate Kushner Realty Acquisition LLC for breach of its confidentiality and non-disclosure obligations contained in the non-disclosure agreement entered into by the parties in connection with the negotiationlitigation between certain affiliates of the transactions contemplated by theFREIT (the “Sellers” or “Defendant”) and Sinatra Properties, LLC (“Sinatra” or “Plaintiff”). The litigation relates to a Purchase and Sale Agreement basedentered into on January 14, 2020 (“PSA”) between the conductSellers and Sinatra involving the sale by the Sellers of 100% of their ownership interests in six (6) real properties held by the Sellers.

The February 4, 2022 Order provided as follows:

(1) The Court finds that the Plaintiff’s have breached the subject contract and the Court dismisses all claims for relief filed by the Plaintiff in this suit. The Court dismissed the Complaint and dismisses the Lis Pendens.

(2) The Court finds that the liquidated damage provision of the Purchaser and its affiliates after the Sellers terminated the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

In connection with these counterclaims and third-party claims, the Answer seeks the following relief from the Court: (a) liquidated damages in the amount of $15 million, as provided in the Purchase and Sale Agreement; (b) in the alternative to the liquidated damages provided for in the Purchase and Sale Agreement, money damages in an amount to be determined at trial; (c) interest, attorneys’ fees and costs associated with the defense of the Purchaser’s claimscontract is not enforceable and the prosecution of the Sellers’ counterclaims against the Purchaser, as provided for in the Purchase and Sale Agreement; (d) judgment declaringCourt Orders that the Sellers properly terminated the Purchase and Sale Agreement due to the Purchaser’s default thereunder; (e) judgment declaring that the Purchaser must authorize the escrow agent to release the $15 million depositheld in escrow be returned to the Sellers; (f) an order enjoiningPlaintiff.

(3) The Court dismisses the PurchaserCounterclaims and Third Party Complaint. All pleadings are dismissed.

On May 31, 2022, Sinatra filed a Motion for Reconsideration with the Court, requesting that the Court reconsider its affiliates from engaging in further breachesFebruary 4, 2022 Order and, among other things, (a) grant Sinatra’s motion for summary judgment, and (b) reverse the Court’s findings that (1) Sinatra breached the PSA, (2) the Sellers did not breach the PSA and (3) the Court’s dismissal of the PurchaseComplaint and Sale Agreement and non-disclosure agreement, and compelling the Purchaser and its affiliates to return the Sellers’ confidential information and materials and to use best efforts to ensure the return

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of the Sellers’ confidential information and materials from third parties to whom the Purchaser and/or its affiliates provided such materials; and (g) such other relief asOn July 8, 2022, the Court deems just and equitable.

In the Answer filed by the Purchaser on September 15, 2020 and the Answer and Affirmative Defenses filed by the Purchaser and Kushner Realty Acquisition LLC on June 7, 2021, the Purchaser and Kushner Realty Acquisition LLC have generally denied the claims, counterclaims and allegations contained in the Sellers’ original and amended Answer, and asserted affirmative defenses to the Sellers’ claims and counterclaims.Sinatra’s Motion for Reconsideration.

The Sellers have been evaluating the February 4, 2022 Order and their rights and remedies with respect thereto. The Sellers continue to believe that the allegations set forth in the Complaint and Answer filed by the PurchaserSinatra and in the Answer to Counterclaims and Third-Party Complaint and Affirmative Defenses filed by the PurchaserSinatra and Kushner Realty Acquisition LLC, are without merit and intend to vigorously defend the action and enforce the Sellers’ rights and remedies under the Purchase and Sale Agreement in connection with the “Purchaser Default” thereunder, including the Purchaser’s forfeiture of its $15 million deposit to the Sellers as liquidated damages as provided in the Purchase and Sale Agreement. (See Note 6 to FREIT Maryland’s condensed consolidated financial statements for further details.)merit.

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Item 1A: Risk Factors

There were no material changes in any risk factors previously disclosed in FREIT’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2020,2021, that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2021.28, 2022.

 

Item 6: Exhibits

Exhibit Index

Exhibit 31.1 - Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 31.2 - Section 302 Certification of Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 32.1 - Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

Exhibit 32.2 - Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

 

Exhibit 101 - The following materials from FREIT Maryland’sFREIT’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 31, 2021,2022, are formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (“iXBRL”): (i) condensed consolidated balance sheets; (ii) condensed consolidated statements of operations;income; (iii) condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss);income; (iv) condensed consolidated statements of equity; (v) condensed consolidated statements of cash flows; and (vi) notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
TRUST OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
(Registrant)
  
Date: September 14, 20212022 
/s/ Robert S. Hekemian, Jr.
(Signature)
Robert S. Hekemian, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
  
  
 /s/ Allan Tubin
 (Signature)
 Allan Tubin
 Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
 (Principal Financial/Accounting Officer)