Revenues from management, leasing and development services decreased $6,000, or 4.0%, to $145,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2006 compared to $151,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2005. The decrease was primarily due to the lower construction management fee revenues related to the 2005 completion of construction at the Harrisburg Mall.
Interest and other income increased $221,000, or 78%, to $504,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2006 compared to $283,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2005. The increase was primarily due to $286,000 of lease termination income and $47,000 from the acquisition properties. There was no lease termination income in the corresponding 2005 period. These increases were partially offset by lower interest income received in 2006 due to lower cash on hand as compared to 2005.
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Expenses
Rental property operating and maintenance expenses increased $2.5 million, or 83%, to $5.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006 compared to $3.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005. The increase was primarily due to a $2.2 million increase from the Acquisition Properties and $0.3 million in higher operating costs at the Foothills Mall and Stratford Square Mall.
Real estate taxes increased $887,000, or 74%, to $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006 as compared to $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005. The increase was primarily due to an $857,000 increase from the Acquisition Properties, and the remaining increase was due to the Foothills and Stratford Square Malls from increased tax rates.
Interest expense increased $2.5 million or 156%, to $4.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006 compared to $1.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005. The increase was primarily due to (i) mortgage interest totaling $2.2 million from the Acquisition Properties, (ii) $0.2 million of higher interest on the Stratford Square Mall due to the interest rate swap which commenced on February 2005, and (iii) $0.1 million due to issuance of junior subordinated notes.
Depreciation and amortization expense increased $2.5 million, or 132%, to $4.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006 compared to $1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005. The increase is primarily due to a $2.3 million increase in depreciation from the Acquisition Properties and a $0.2 million increase at the Foothills Mall due to the depreciation expense associated with the renovation improvements being placed into service.
General and administrative expenses increased $512,000, or 37%, to $1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006 compared to $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005. The increase was primarily due to an increase in personnel costs and additional professional fees associated with being a publicly-traded REIT.
Equity in loss of unconsolidated real estate partnership represents our share of the equity in the losses of the joint venture owning the Harrisburg Mall. The equity in loss of unconsolidated real estate partnership totaled $145,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2006 as compared to $44,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2005. The 2006 loss at the Harrisburg Mall is primarily due to increased operating costs and increased interest expense due to increased loan balance and interest rates.
Minority interest for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2005 represents the unit holders in our operating partnership which represents 10.9% and 11.4%, respectively of our company’s loss or income.
Cash Flows
Comparison of the Three Months Ended March 31, 2006 to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2005
Cash and cash equivalents were $26.2 million and $19.0 million, respectively, at March 31, 2006 and March 31, 2005.
Cash used in operating activities totaled $1.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006, as compared to cash provided by operating activities totaling $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005. The decrease in cash flow from operating activities is primarily due to (i) an increased in cash paid for interest expense totaling $3.3 million, (ii) an increase in general and administrative costs totaling $512,000, (iii) increased payments to vendor due to timing totaling $3.1 million and (iv) decreased cash operating income from Foothills and Stratford totaling approximately $300,000. These decreases in operating cash flow were partially off set by higher cash operating income totaling $4.1 million from the Acquisition Properties.
Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2006 decreased to $8.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006 as compared to $85.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005. The decrease was primarily the result of cash required for the acquisition of the Colonie Center Mall totaling $84.4 million during 2005. The decrease was partially offset by $2.4 million of acquisition deposits related to the Golden Triangle Mall and Stratford Square Mall anchor and $4.4 million of higher capital expenditures primarily due to redevelopment at the Colonie Center and Stratford Square Malls.
Net cash provided by financing activities totaled $20.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006 as compared to $87.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005. The decrease of $65.6 million is primarily due to (i) net proceeds from the 2005 issuance of 1.6 million shares of common stock totaling $17.0 million, net of offering cost payments received in 2005, (ii) $75.0 million proceeds from our mortgage on Stratford Square Mall received in 2005 and
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(iii) repayment of mortgage loans payable totaling $3.4 million in 2006. The 2005 increases were partially off-set by the $29.4 million proceeds from the Company junior subordinated debt obligation received in 2006, and the payment of dividends/distributions.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Overview
As of March 31, 2006, we had approximately $26.2 million in cash and cash equivalents on hand. The cash on hand, and additional borrowings, were primarily applied to fund the acquisition of the Golden Triangle Mall, acquired April 2006for $40.0 million. In April 2006, we also obtained a secured line of credit in the amount of $24.5 million. This line of credit is secured by the Golden Triangle Mall and bears interest at LIBOR plus 1.40% per annum and expires in April 2008. The secured line of credit contains certain restrictive financial covenants that require, among other things, maintaining minimum coverage ratios. We believe the secured line of credit will enhance our financial flexibility and access to capital, which should play an important role in allowing our company to implement its growth and business plan over time. This additional capital will allow us to acquire additional assets and commence significant redevelopment projects on our recently acquired assets. At March 31, 2006, our total consolidated indebtedness outstanding was approximately $331.3 million, or 67% of our total assets.
We intend to maintain a flexible financing position by maintaining a prudent level of leverage consistent with the level of debt typical in the mall industry. We intend to finance our acquisition, renovation and repositioning projects with the most advantageous source of capital available to us at the time of the transaction including traditional floating rate construction financing. We expect that once we have completed our renovation and repositioning of a specific mall asset, we will replace construction financing with medium to long-term fixed rate financing.
Short Term Liquidity Requirements
Our short term liquidity needs include funds to pay dividends to our stockholders required to maintain our REIT status, distributions to unit holders in our operating partnership, funds for capital expenditures and, potentially, acquisitions. We expect to meet our short-term liquidity requirements generally through net cash provided by operations and our existing cash. Our properties require periodic investments of capital for tenant-related capital expenditures and for general capital improvements. As of March 31, 2006, we had commitments to make tenant improvements and other capital expenditures at our properties in the amount of approximately $763 to be incurred during 2006, which we intend to fund from existing cash and cash from operating activities. We expect the cost of recurring capital improvements and tenant improvements for our properties to be approximately $20.7 million for the remainder of 2006. We believe that our net cash provided by operations and our available cash and restricted cash will be adequate to fund operating requirements, pay interest on our borrowings and fund distributions in accordance with the REIT requirements of the federal income tax laws. In addition, during 2006 we have announced/completed the following capital transactions:
During March 2006, we completed the issuance and sale in a private placement of $28.5 million in aggregate principal amount of fixed/floating rate trust preferred securities issued by one of our wholly owned subsidiaries. The trust preferred securities require quarterly interest payments calculated at a fixed interest rate equal to 8.70% per annum through April 2011, and subsequently at a variable interest rate equal to London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 3.45% per annum. The notes mature April 2036, and may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at par, at our option, beginning after April 2011.
On March 14, 2006, we announced that our Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.2275 per common share. This distribution reflects the regular dividend for the period January 1, 2006 to March 31, 2006. The dividend was paid on April 14, 2006 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 31, 2006.
On February 22, 2006, we announced that we entered into a joint venture agreement with a subsidiary of Kimco Realty Corp. (NYSE: KIM) in connection with the Foothills Mall, located in the suburbs of Tucson, Arizona.
Under the terms of the joint venture, one of our subsidiaries will convey the property to the joint venture at a price of $104 million, plus closing costs. Our current historical book basis in the property, net of $6.5 million in accumulated depreciation, is approximately $56.9 million. Our historical book basis of $56.7 million equals the historical basis of our predecessor at the time of the offering plus additional capital purchases less depreciation that we incurred. At the time of the initial public offering, we issued consideration to the sponsors that valued the property at approximately $92.0 million. The closing date of the joint venture is anticipated to be in early May of 2006 and is subject to the joint venture’s ability to
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obtain new mortgage financing. We estimate that Kimco’s contribution to the venture will be a maximum of approximately $25.0 million. At closing, we expect to derive approximately $39.0 million in cash and retain a $7.2 million equity interest in the joint venture.
On February 22, 2006, we entered into a promissory note with Kimco Capital Corp. (the “Lender”), a subsidiary of Kimco, executed a revolving promissory note (the “Note”) in the amount of $17,200. The amounts outstanding under the loan bear an interest rate of 8% per annum to August 17, 2006 and 9% per annum for the period from August 18, 2006 to February 28, 2007 (the “Maturity Date”). The Note is due and payable in full upon the first to occur of the Maturity Date or closing of the contribution of the Mall to the limited liability company pursuant to the Contribution Agreement. During March 2006, we borrowed and repaid $5,000 from the Note. The note is expected to be extinguished during the second quarter of 2006.
In addition to the capital requirements for recurring capital expenditures, tenant improvements and leasing commissions, we expect to increase our expenditures for redevelopment and renovation of our recently purchased properties. Those renovation costs will include, among other items, increasing the size of the properties by developing additional rentable square feet. As of March 31, 2006, in connection with signed leases and anticipated leases to be signed during 2006, our related redevelopment and renovation plans are estimated to be $170.0 million to $180.0 million and will total $70.0 million to $80.0 million for the year ending December 31, 2006, of which $6.0 million has been incurred. We believe that our current cash on hand, the capital transactions above and additional financing activity, including property-level construction loans, will be adequate to fund operating and capital requirements.
In addition, as of March 31, 2006, the joint venture owning the Harrisburg Mall has commitments for tenant improvements and other capital expenditures in the amount of $320,000 to be incurred in 2006. The joint venture intends to fund these commitments from operating cash flow and cash on hand and approved state and local government grants and other economic incentives (approximately $8.0 million of which $5.0 million was received). The joint venture intends to begin a second phase to the renovation of the Harrisburg Mall that will have an anticipated cost of approximately $25.0 million. The joint venture anticipates the renovation costs to be $3.8 million during the remainder of 2006. We anticipate funding the renovation with cash on hand, operating cash flows, additional borrowings and equity contributions from the partners; we are responsible for 25% of any necessary equity contributions. We do not expect that this limitation will have a material impact on our ability to meet our short term liquidity requirements because, once the construction is completed, we expect the joint venture that owns the Harrisburg Mall to refinance this construction loan with alternative mortgage financing.
Long Term Liquidity Requirements
Our long-term liquidity requirements consist primarily of funds necessary for acquisition, renovation and repositioning of new properties, non-recurring capital expenditures and payment of indebtedness at maturity. We expect to meet our other long-term liquidity requirements through net cash from operations, existing cash, additional long-term secured and unsecured borrowings and the issuance of additional equity or debt securities, and contributing certain wholly-owned properties into joint ventures.
In the future, we may seek to increase the amount of our mortgages, negotiate credit facilities or issue corporate debt instruments. Any debt incurred or issued by us may be secured or unsecured, long-term or short-term, fixed or variable interest rate and may be subject to such other terms as we deem prudent.
While our charter does not limit the amount of debt we can incur, we intend to maintain a flexible financing position by maintaining a prudent level of leverage consistent with the level of debt typical in the mall industry. We will consider a number of factors in evaluating our actual level of indebtedness, both fixed and variable rate, and in making financial decisions. We intend to finance our acquisition, renovation and repositioning projects with the most advantageous source of capital available to us at the time of the transaction, including traditional floating rate construction financing. We expect that once we have completed our renovation and repositioning of a specific mall asset we will replace construction financing with medium to long-term fixed rate financing. In addition, we may also finance our activities through any combination of sales of common or preferred shares or debt securities, additional secured or unsecured borrowings.
In addition, we may also finance our acquisition, renovation and repositioning projects through joint ventures with institutional investors. Through these joint ventures, we will seek to enhance our returns by supplementing the cash flow we receive from our properties with additional management, leasing, development and incentive fees from the joint ventures. We may also acquire properties in exchange for our OP Units.
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We are currently in preliminary discussions with a number of potential sellers of mall properties. We currently have no binding agreement to invest in any property other than the properties we currently own and have announced to acquire. There can be no assurance that we will make any investments in any other properties that meet our investment criteria.
Harrisburg Mall Mortgage Loan
Harrisburg Mall Loan
The Harrisburg Mall was purchased with (i) the proceeds of a mortgage loan, secured by the mall property and an assignment of rents and leases, and (ii) cash contributions from the Predecessor and its joint venture partner. The construction loan, as amended in October 2004 to increase the lender’s commitment to $46.9 million and bore interest at LIBOR plus 2.50% per annum. During July 2005, the loan was amended and increased to a maximum commitment of $50.0 million through a $7.2 million second mortgage with no principal payments until the maturity date, which was extended to March 2008. The interest rate has been reduced to LIBOR plus 1.625% per annum. During July 2005, the Partnership increased the borrowings to $49.8 million and distributed $6.5 million to the partners on a pro rata basis, of which the Company received $1.6 million. The effective rates on the loan at March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 were 6.37% and 5.99%, respectively.
Under certain circumstances the Partnership may extend the maturity of the loan for three, one-year periods. The company may prepay the loan at any time, without incurring any prepayment penalty. The loan presently has a limited recourse of $5.0 million of which our joint venture partner is liable for $3.1 million, or 63%, and the Company is liable for $1.9 million, or 37%.
The balance outstanding under the loan was $49.8 million, as of March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005. We are required to maintain cash balances with the lender averaging $5.0 million. If the balances fall below $5.0 million in any one month, the interest rate on the loan increases to LIBOR plus 1.875%.
Stratford Square Mall Mortgage Loan
In January 2005, we completed a $75.0 million, three-year first mortgage financing collateralized by the Stratford Square Mall. The mortgage bears interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 125 basis points and has two one-year extensions. The initial loan to cost is approximately 80%; however, once the intended capital improvements of approximately $30 million have been completed, the total leverage is expected to decrease to approximately 65% of total anticipated cost.
Capital Expenditures
We are required to maintain each retail property in good repair and condition and in conformity with applicable laws and regulations and in accordance with the tenant’s standards and the agreed upon requirements in our lease agreements. The cost of all such routine maintenance, repairs and alterations may be paid out of a capital expenditures reserve, which will be funded by cash flow. Routine repairs and maintenance will be administered by our subsidiary management company.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Loan Guarantees
See loan guarantees described on “Harrisburg Mall Loan” above.
Forward Interest Rate Swap Contracts
In connection with the Stratford Square Mall mortgage financing, during January 2005, we entered into a $75.0 million swap commencing February 2005 with a final maturity date in January 2008. The effect of the swap is to fix the all-in interest rate of the Stratford Square mortgage loan at 5.0% per annum.
During December 2005, we entered into a $75.0 million swap which commences February 2008 and has a final maturity date in January 2011. The effect of the swap is to fix the all-in interest rate of our forecasted cash flows on LIBOR-based loans at 4.91% per annum.
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Tax Indemnifications
In connection with the formation transactions, we entered into agreements with Messrs. Feldman, Bourg and Jensen that indemnify them with respect to certain tax liabilities intended to be deferred in the formation transactions, if those liabilities are triggered either as a result of a taxable disposition of a property by our company, or if our company fails to offer the opportunity for the contributors to guarantee or otherwise bear the risk of loss, with respect to certain amounts of our company’s debt for tax purposes (the “contributor-guaranteed debt”). With respect to tax liabilities arising out of property sales, the indemnity will cover 100% of any such liability until December 31, 2009, and will be reduced by 20% of the aggregate liability on each of the five following year ends thereafter.
We also agreed to maintain approximately $10.0 million of indebtedness, and to offer the contributors the option to guarantee $10.0 million of our operating partnership’s indebtedness, in order to enable them to continue to defer certain tax liabilities. Our obligation to maintain such indebtedness extends to 2013, but will be extended by an additional five years for any contributor that holds (together with his affiliates) at that time at least 25% of the initial ownership interest in our operating partnership issued to them in the Formation Transactions. As of December 31, 2005, Feldman Partners, LLC, an affiliate of Larry Feldman and Jeff Erhart, currently guarantees $8.0 million of the loan secured by the Stratford Square Mall.
Funds From Operations
The revised White Paper on Funds From Operations, or FFO, issued by NAREIT in 2002 defines FFO as net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains or losses from the sale of property, plus real-estate related depreciation and amortization and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. We believe that FFO is helpful to investors as a measure of the performance of an equity REIT because, along with cash flow from operating activities, financing activities and investing activities, it provides investors with an indication of our ability to incur and service debt, to make capital expenditures and to fund other cash needs. We compute FFO in accordance with the current standards established by NAREIT, which may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs that interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than us. FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP), as an indication of our financial performance or to cash flow from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to make cash distributions.
FFO for the three months ended March 31st are as follows (in thousands):
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Net Income (Loss) | | $ | (1,378 | ) | $ | 370 | |
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Depreciation and amortization (excluding FF&E) | | | 4,404 | | | 1,844 | |
FFO contribution from unconsolidated joint venture | | | 180 | | | 164 | |
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Minority interest | | | 167 | | | (48 | ) |
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FFO available to common stockholders and OP Unit holders | | $ | 3,039 | | $ | 2,426 | |
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ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Our future income, cash flows and fair values relevant to financial instruments depend upon interest rates. Market risk refers to the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices and interest rates.
Market Risk Related to Fixed Rate Debt
We had approximately $331.3 million of outstanding indebtedness as of March 31, 2006, of which $208.6 million bears interest at fixed rates for some portion or all of the terms of the loans ranging from 5.09% to 8.70%, and $122.7 million which bears interest on a floating rate basis ranging from LIBOR plus 1.25% to LIBOR plus 1.40%. Upon the maturity of our debt, there is a market rate risk as to the prevailing rates at the time of refinancing. Changes in market rates on our fixed-rate debt affects the fair market value of our debt but it has no impact on interest expense incurred or cash flow. A 100 basis point increase or decrease in interest rates on our floating/fixed rate debt would increase or decrease our annual interest expense by approximately $3.3 million, as the case may be.
We currently have two $75 million swap contracts that run consecutively through January 2011. A 100 basis point increase in interest rates would increase the fair value of these two swaps by approximately $3.0 million, and a 100 basis point decrease in interest rates would decrease the fair value of these swap contracts by approximately $3.1 million.
Aggregate principal payments of our mortgages as of March 31, 2006 are as follows:
2006 | | $ | 48,891 | |
2007 | | | 1,644 | |
2008 | | | 131,494 | |
2009 | | | 45,180 | |
2010 | | | 1,331 | |
2011 and thereafter | | | 73,402 | |
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Total principal payments | | | 301,942 | |
Assumed above-market mortgage premiums, net | | | 12,336 | |
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We currently have $28.5 million in aggregate principal amount of fixed/floating rate junior subordinated debt obligation (the “Notes”). The Notes require quarterly interest payments calculated at a fixed interest rate equal to 8.70% per annum through April 2011, and subsequently at a variable interest rate equal to LIBOR plus 3.45% per annum. The notes mature April 2036, and may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at par, at our option, beginning after April 2011.
Inflation
Most of our leases contain provisions designed to mitigate the adverse impact of inflation by requiring the tenant to pay its share of operating expenses, including common area maintenance, real estate taxes and insurance. The leases also include clauses enabling us to receive percentage rents based on gross sales of tenants, which generally increase as prices rise. This reduces our exposure to increases in costs and operating expenses resulting from inflation.
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PART I.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure based closely on the definition of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a – 15(c) and 15d – 15(e) under the Exchange Act). In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Also, we have investments in certain unconsolidated entities. As we do not control these entities, our disclosure controls and procedures with respect to such entities are necessarily substantially more limited than those we maintain with respect to our consolidated subsidiaries.
As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our company’s internal controls over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a – 15(f) and 15d – 15(f) under the Exchange Act) identified in connection with the evaluation of such internal controls that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2006 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our company’s internal controls over financial reporting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute assurance that it will detect or uncover failures within our Company to disclose material information otherwise required to be set forth in our periodic reports.
None
ITEM 2. | UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS |
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ITEM 3. | DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES |
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ITEM 4. | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS |
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31.1 Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed herewith.
31.2 Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed herewith.
32.1 Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed herewith.
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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.
Date: May 10, 2006
| | | FELDMAN MALL PROPERTIES, INC. |
| | | By: | /s/ Thomas Wirth
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| | | Name: | Thomas Wirth |
| | | Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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