UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
x | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2014
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. 001-34995
Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland | 27-1712193 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
3284 Northside Parkway NW, Suite 150, Atlanta, GA 30327
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 818-4100
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 x 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 (Sec. 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 x No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer x Non-accelerated filer ¨ Smaller reporting company ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x
The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock, as of November 7, 2014 was 19,865,065.
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION | ||||
Item 1. | Financial Statements | |||
Item 2. | ||||
Item 3. | ||||
Item 4. | ||||
Item 1. | Legal Proceedings | 56 | ||
Item 1A | Risk Factors | 56 | ||
Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds | 58 | ||
Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities | 58 | ||
Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures | 58 | ||
Item 5. | Other Information | 58 | ||
Item 6. | Exhibits | 58 | ||
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. | ||||||||
Consolidated Balance Sheets | ||||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
September 30, 2014 | December 31, 2013 | |||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Real estate | ||||||||
Land | $ | 76,845,362 | $ | 34,520,000 | ||||
Building and improvements | 367,282,876 | 147,510,836 | ||||||
Tenant improvements | 2,494,907 | — | ||||||
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment | 36,545,602 | 22,363,098 | ||||||
Construction in progress | 204,269 | 55,226 | ||||||
Gross real estate | 483,373,016 | 204,449,160 | ||||||
Less: accumulated depreciation | (21,484,686 | ) | (14,133,421 | ) | ||||
Net real estate | 461,888,330 | 190,315,739 | ||||||
Real estate loans, net of deferred fee income ($17,733,427 and $14,332,658 carried at fair value) | 124,429,147 | 103,433,147 | ||||||
Real estate loans to related parties, net | 23,061,207 | 7,164,768 | ||||||
Total real estate and real estate loans, net | 609,378,684 | 300,913,654 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 13,587,705 | 9,180,431 | ||||||
Restricted cash | 4,778,567 | 2,064,819 | ||||||
Notes receivable | 15,512,662 | 10,248,178 | ||||||
Note receivable and revolving line of credit from related party | 10,472,805 | 6,858,227 | ||||||
Accrued interest receivable on real estate loans | 6,461,446 | 3,286,660 | ||||||
Acquired intangible assets, net of amortization of $14,333,442 and $12,569,581 | 13,436,330 | 907,883 | ||||||
Deferred loan costs, net of amortization of $1,168,648 and $963,043 | 5,383,147 | 1,719,194 | ||||||
Deferred offering costs | 6,718,587 | 5,255,636 | ||||||
Tenant receivables and other assets | 2,610,587 | 1,202,013 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 688,340,520 | $ | 341,636,695 | ||||
Liabilities and equity | ||||||||
Liabilities | ||||||||
Mortgage notes payable | $ | 345,373,830 | $ | 140,516,000 | ||||
Revolving credit facility | 36,000,000 | 29,390,000 | ||||||
Term note payable | 44,250,000 | — | ||||||
Real estate loan participation obligation | 3,338,204 | — | ||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 5,294,334 | 1,638,401 | ||||||
Accrued interest payable | 532,844 | 443,099 | ||||||
Dividends and partnership distributions payable | 3,654,469 | 2,900,478 | ||||||
Acquired below market lease intangibles, net of amortization of $463,548 | 5,757,243 | — | ||||||
Security deposits and other liabilities | 1,178,582 | 695,998 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 445,379,506 | 175,583,976 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11) | ||||||||
Equity | ||||||||
Stockholders' equity | ||||||||
Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share; 989,408 shares authorized; | ||||||||
146,574 and 89,408 shares issued; 146,145 and 89,313 shares | ||||||||
outstanding at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively | 1,461 | 893 | ||||||
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share; 400,066,666 shares authorized; | ||||||||
19,862,963 and 15,294,578 shares issued and outstanding | ||||||||
at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively | 198,629 | 152,945 | ||||||
Additional paid in capital | 252,414,783 | 177,824,720 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit | (11,433,148 | ) | (13,391,341 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders' equity | 241,181,725 | 164,587,217 | ||||||
Non-controlling interest | 1,779,289 | 1,465,502 | ||||||
Total equity | 242,961,014 | 166,052,719 | ||||||
Total liabilities and equity | $ | 688,340,520 | $ | 341,636,695 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. | |||||||||||||||
Consolidated Statements of Operations | |||||||||||||||
(Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||
2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||||
Revenues: | |||||||||||||||
Rental revenues | $ | 6,546,945 | $ | 5,426,402 | $ | 18,460,968 | $ | 14,789,074 | |||||||
Other property revenues | 799,716 | 630,970 | 2,205,424 | 1,596,022 | |||||||||||
Interest income on loans and notes receivable | 4,871,387 | 2,531,116 | 13,656,982 | 5,819,146 | |||||||||||
Interest income from related party | 964,612 | 163,787 | 2,164,558 | 207,700 | |||||||||||
Total revenues | 13,182,660 | 8,752,275 | 36,487,932 | 22,411,942 | |||||||||||
Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||
Property operating and maintenance | 1,067,849 | 922,762 | 2,941,383 | 2,402,837 | |||||||||||
Property salary and benefits reimbursement to related party | 632,051 | 600,547 | 1,866,416 | 1,633,530 | |||||||||||
Property management fees to related party | 283,805 | 238,026 | 814,600 | 643,387 | |||||||||||
Real estate taxes | 712,752 | 640,627 | 2,102,065 | 1,656,204 | |||||||||||
General and administrative | 177,291 | 159,646 | 598,895 | 446,251 | |||||||||||
Equity compensation to directors and executives | 456,961 | 290,860 | 1,347,107 | 889,946 | |||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 3,185,739 | 3,682,087 | 8,791,045 | 12,678,709 | |||||||||||
Acquisition and pursuit costs | 3,056,997 | 10,682 | 3,407,392 | 212,818 | |||||||||||
Acquisition fees to related parties | 3,443,059 | — | 3,500,327 | 1,029,487 | |||||||||||
Management fees to related party | 787,115 | 536,738 | 2,207,385 | 1,388,369 | |||||||||||
Insurance, professional fees and other expenses | 458,367 | 161,747 | 1,270,281 | 740,799 | |||||||||||
Total operating expenses | 14,261,986 | 7,243,722 | 28,846,896 | 23,722,337 | |||||||||||
Operating (loss) income | (1,079,326 | ) | 1,508,553 | 7,641,036 | (1,310,395 | ) | |||||||||
Interest expense | 2,150,047 | 1,538,567 | 5,650,096 | 3,923,331 | |||||||||||
Loss on early extinguishment of debt | — | — | — | 604,337 | |||||||||||
Net (loss) income | (3,229,373 | ) | (30,014 | ) | 1,990,940 | (5,838,063 | ) | ||||||||
Consolidated net loss (income) attributable | |||||||||||||||
to non-controlling interests | 26,481 | 127,738 | (32,747 | ) | 225,894 | ||||||||||
Net (loss) income attributable to the Company | (3,202,892 | ) | 97,724 | 1,958,193 | (5,612,169 | ) | |||||||||
Dividends declared to preferred stockholders | (1,903,517 | ) | (973,069 | ) | (4,924,832 | ) | (2,769,001 | ) | |||||||
Deemed non-cash dividend to holders of Series B Preferred Stock | — | — | — | (7,028,557 | ) | ||||||||||
Earnings attributable to unvested restricted stock | (6,275 | ) | (4,352 | ) | (17,227 | ) | (13,496 | ) | |||||||
Net loss attributable to common stockholders | $ | (5,112,684 | ) | $ | (879,697 | ) | $ | (2,983,866 | ) | $ | (15,423,223 | ) | |||
Net loss per share of Common Stock, available | |||||||||||||||
to Common Stockholders, basic and diluted | $ | (0.29 | ) | $ | (0.08 | ) | $ | (0.18 | ) | $ | (1.88 | ) | |||
Dividends per share declared on Common Stock | $ | 0.16 | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.48 | $ | 0.445 | |||||||
Weighted average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding, | |||||||||||||||
basic and diluted | 17,564,091 | 11,041,359 | 16,399,675 | 8,197,531 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock | Common Stock | Additional Paid in Capital | Accumulated (Deficit) | Total Stockholders' Equity | Non-Controlling Interest | Total Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2013 | $ | 198 | $ | 52,885 | $ | 59,412,744 | $ | (9,408,253 | ) | $ | 50,057,574 | $ | 1 | $ | 50,057,575 | |||||||||||||
Issuance of Units | 522 | — | 51,304,427 | — | 51,304,949 | — | 51,304,949 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Syndication and offering costs | — | — | (7,816,159 | ) | — | (7,816,159 | ) | — | (7,816,159 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Equity compensation to executives and directors | — | 28 | 889,918 | — | 889,946 | — | 889,946 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Vesting of restricted stock | — | 330 | (330 | ) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Vesting of Class B Units and conversion to Class A Units | — | — | (479,841 | ) | — | (479,841 | ) | 479,841 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of Class A OP Units to Common Stock | — | 61 | 25,562 | — | 25,623 | (25,623 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current period amortization of Class B OP Units | — | — | (672,549 | ) | — | (672,549 | ) | 672,549 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of Series B Preferred Stock to Common Stock | — | 57,143 | 39,942,857 | — | 40,000,000 | — | 40,000,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | — | — | — | (5,612,169 | ) | (5,612,169 | ) | (225,894 | ) | (5,838,063 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Reallocation adjustment to non-controlling interests | — | — | (260,767 | ) | — | (260,767 | ) | 260,767 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Distributions to non-controlling interests | — | — | — | — | — | (47,610 | ) | (47,610 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Dividends to series A preferred stockholders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
($5.00 per share per month) | — | — | (2,078,525 | ) | — | (2,078,525 | ) | — | (2,078,525 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Dividends to series B preferred stockholders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
($17.26 per share) | — | — | (690,476 | ) | — | (690,476 | ) | — | (690,476 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Dividends to common stockholders ($0.445 per share) | — | — | (4,093,017 | ) | — | (4,093,017 | ) | — | (4,093,017 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance at September 30, 2013 | $ | 720 | $ | 110,447 | $ | 135,483,844 | $ | (15,020,422 | ) | $ | 120,574,589 | $ | 1,114,031 | $ | 121,688,620 | |||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2014 | $ | 893 | $ | 152,945 | $ | 177,824,720 | $ | (13,391,341 | ) | $ | 164,587,217 | $ | 1,465,502 | $ | 166,052,719 | |||||||||||||
Issuance of Units | 571 | — | 57,132,980 | — | 57,133,551 | — | 57,133,551 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Redemptions of Series A Preferred Stock | (3 | ) | 331 | (24,842 | ) | — | (24,514 | ) | — | (24,514 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Issuance of Common Stock | — | 43,985 | 37,077,020 | — | 37,121,005 | — | 37,121,005 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Syndication and offering costs | — | — | (7,603,807 | ) | — | (7,603,807 | ) | — | (7,603,807 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Equity compensation to executives and directors | — | 35 | 249,682 | — | 249,717 | — | 249,717 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Vesting of restricted stock | — | 293 | (293 | ) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of Class A Units to Common Stock | — | 1,040 | 565,158 | — | 566,198 | (566,198 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current period amortization of Class B OP Units | — | — | — | — | — | 1,097,389 | 1,097,389 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | — | — | — | 1,958,193 | 1,958,193 | 32,747 | 1,990,940 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Reallocation adjustment to non-controlling interests | — | — | 168,889 | — | 168,889 | (168,889 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions to non-controlling interests | — | — | — | — | — | (81,262 | ) | (81,262 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Dividends to series A preferred stockholders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
($5.00 per share per month) | — | — | (4,924,832 | ) | — | (4,924,832 | ) | — | (4,924,832 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Dividends to common stockholders ($0.48 per share) | — | — | (8,049,892 | ) | — | (8,049,892 | ) | — | (8,049,892 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance at September 30, 2014 | $ | 1,461 | $ | 198,629 | $ | 252,414,783 | $ | (11,433,148 | ) | $ | 241,181,725 | $ | 1,779,289 | $ | 242,961,014 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. | ||||||||
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | ||||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||
2014 | 2013 | |||||||
Operating activities: | ||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 1,990,940 | $ | (5,838,063 | ) | |||
Reconciliation of net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation expense | 7,348,550 | 5,788,718 | ||||||
Amortization expense | 1,442,495 | 6,889,991 | ||||||
Amortization of above and below market leases | (96,056 | ) | (330,394 | ) | ||||
Deferred fee income amortization | (805,360 | ) | (241,732 | ) | ||||
Deferred loan cost amortization | 433,609 | 571,721 | ||||||
(Increase) in accrued interest income on real estate loans | (3,219,158 | ) | (1,804,548 | ) | ||||
Equity compensation to executives and directors | 1,347,107 | 889,946 | ||||||
Deferred cable income amortization | (14,073 | ) | (8,201 | ) | ||||
Loss on asset disposal | 2,804 | — | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
Decrease in tenant receivables and other assets | 279,345 | 82,612 | ||||||
Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses | 1,146,507 | 13,829 | ||||||
Prepaid interest on operating loans | 1,298 | — | ||||||
Increase in accrued interest payable | 89,745 | 28,892 | ||||||
Increase in prepaid rents | 19,033 | 43,309 | ||||||
Increase (decrease) in security deposits and other liabilities | 30,798 | (11,025 | ) | |||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | 9,997,584 | 6,075,055 | ||||||
Investing activities: | ||||||||
Investments in real estate loans | (39,513,149 | ) | (43,720,651 | ) | ||||
Repayments of real estate loans | 3,125,202 | — | ||||||
Notes receivable issued | (9,111,133 | ) | (11,155,618 | ) | ||||
Notes receivable repaid | 3,810,504 | 956,665 | ||||||
Note receivable issued to and draws on line of credit by related party | (9,312,953 | ) | (6,538,982 | ) | ||||
Repayments of line of credit by related party | 5,359,560 | 3,168,909 | ||||||
Acquisition fees received on real estate loans | 836,755 | 1,410,098 | ||||||
Acquisition fees paid on real estate loans | (438,465 | ) | (705,049 | ) | ||||
Acquisition of properties | (285,302,277 | ) | (33,447,617 | ) | ||||
Additions to real estate assets - improvements | (1,661,807 | ) | (1,129,263 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from asset disposal | 4,773 | — | ||||||
(Increase) in restricted cash | (648,950 | ) | (701,770 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (332,851,940 | ) | (91,863,278 | ) | ||||
Financing activities: | ||||||||
Proceeds from mortgage notes payable | 217,956,000 | 59,045,000 | ||||||
Payments for mortgage extinguishment | (13,098,170 | ) | (56,594,389 | ) | ||||
Payments for deposits and other mortgage loan costs | (4,903,701 | ) | (1,607,394 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from real estate loan participants | 3,338,204 | — | ||||||
Proceeds from lines of credit | 73,683,305 | 48,909,149 | ||||||
Payments on lines of credit | (67,073,306 | ) | (38,799,679 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from Term Loan | 44,250,000 | — | ||||||
Proceeds from sales of Series B Preferred Stock, net of offering costs | — | 36,959,366 | ||||||
Proceeds from sales of Units, net of offering costs and redemptions | 51,479,498 | 47,560,602 | ||||||
Proceeds from sales of Common Stock | 36,058,950 | — | ||||||
Common Stock dividends paid | (7,563,679 | ) | (3,203,573 | ) | ||||
Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid | (4,663,139 | ) | (2,500,386 | ) | ||||
Distributions to non-controlling interests | (75,179 | ) | (31,561 | ) | ||||
Payments for deferred offering costs | (2,127,153 | ) | (1,469,415 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 327,261,630 | 88,267,720 | ||||||
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | 4,407,274 | 2,479,497 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 9,180,431 | 2,973,509 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | 13,587,705 | $ | 5,453,006 | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. | ||||||||
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) - continued | ||||||||
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||
2014 | 2013 | |||||||
Supplemental cash flow information: | ||||||||
Cash paid for interest | $ | 5,132,292 | $ | 4,175,177 | ||||
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash activities: | ||||||||
Accrued capital expenditures | $ | 70,392 | $ | 94,747 | ||||
Dividends payable - common | $ | 2,937,911 | $ | 1,661,060 | ||||
Dividends payable - preferred | $ | 693,357 | $ | 348,483 | ||||
Deemed non-cash dividend to holders of Series B Preferred Stock | $ | — | $ | 7,028,557 | ||||
Partnership distributions payable to non-controlling interest | $ | 23,202 | $ | 16,048 | ||||
Accrued and payable deferred offering costs | $ | 175,598 | $ | 452,874 | ||||
Reclass of offering costs from deferred asset to equity | $ | 739,831 | $ | 362,511 | ||||
Bridge loans converted to mezzanine loans | $ | 17,334,271 | $ | — | ||||
Mortgage loans assumed on acquisitions | $ | — | $ | 69,428,389 | ||||
Mezzanine loan balance applied to purchase of property | $ | — | $ | 6,326,898 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
1. | Organization and Basis of Presentation |
Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. was formed as a Maryland corporation on September 18, 2009, and elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, effective with its tax year ended December 31, 2011. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to the "Company", "we", "us", or "our" refer to Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries, including Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P., or the Operating Partnership. The Company was formed primarily to acquire and operate multifamily properties in select targeted markets throughout the United States. As part of its business strategy, the Company may enter into forward purchase contracts or purchase options for to-be-built multifamily communities and may make mezzanine loans, provide deposit arrangements, or provide performance assurances, as may be necessary or appropriate, in connection with the development of multifamily communities and other properties. As a secondary strategy, the Company also may acquire or originate senior mortgage loans, subordinate loans or mezzanine debt secured by interests in multifamily properties, membership or partnership interests in multifamily properties and other multifamily related assets and invest not more than 20% of its assets in other real estate related investments such as grocery-anchored necessity retail properties, as determined by its Manager (as defined below) as appropriate for the Company. The Company is externally managed and advised by Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC, or its Manager, a Delaware limited liability company and related party (see Note 6).
The Company completed its initial public offering, or IPO, on April 5, 2011. As of September 30, 2014, the Company had 19,862,963 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, or Common Stock, issued and outstanding and owned units in the Operating Partnership which represented a weighted-average ownership percentage of 99.18% for the three-month period ended September 30, 2014. The number of partnership units not owned by the Company totaled 145,011 at September 30, 2014 and represented Class A OP Units of the Operating Partnership, or Class A OP Units. The Class A OP Units are convertible at any time at the option of the holder into the Company's choice of either cash or Common Stock. In the case of cash, the value is determined based upon the trailing 20-day volume weighted average price of the Company's Common Stock.
The Company controls the Operating Partnership through its sole general partner interest and plans to conduct substantially all of its business through the Operating Partnership. New Market Properties, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, owns and conducts the business of the Company's grocery-anchored necessity retail properties.
Basis of Presentation
These unaudited consolidated financial statements include all of the accounts of the Company and the Operating Partnership presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain adjustments have been made consisting of normal recurring accruals, which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the Company's financial condition and results of operations. The year end condensed balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all the disclosures required by GAAP. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on March 17, 2014.
2. | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Acquisitions and Impairments of Real Estate Assets
The Company generally records its initial investments in income-producing real estate at fair value at the acquisition date in accordance with ASC 805-10, Business Combinations. The aggregate purchase price of acquired properties is apportioned to the tangible and identifiable intangible assets and liabilities acquired at their estimated fair values. The value of acquired land, buildings
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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
and improvements is estimated by formal appraisals, observed comparable sales transactions, and information gathered during pre-acquisition due diligence activities and the valuation approach considers the value of the property as if it were vacant. The values of furniture, fixtures, and equipment are estimated by calculating their replacement cost and reducing that value by factors based upon estimates of their remaining useful lives. Intangible assets and liabilities for multifamily communities include the values of in-place leases, customer relationships, and above-market or below-market leases. Additional intangible assets for retail properties also include costs to initiate leases such as commissions and legal costs.
In-place lease values for multifamily communities are estimated by calculating the estimated time to fill a hypothetically empty apartment complex to its stabilization level (estimated to be 92% occupancy) based on historical observed move-in rates for each property, and which approximate market rates. Carrying costs during these hypothetical expected lease-up periods are estimated, considering current market conditions and include real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at market rates. The intangible assets are calculated by estimating the net cash flows of the in-place leases to be realized, as compared to the net cash flows that would have occurred had the property been vacant at the time of acquisition and subject to lease-up. The acquired in-place lease values are amortized to operating expense over the average remaining non-cancelable term of the respective in-place leases. The amounts of above-market or below-market lease values are developed by comparing the Company's estimate of the average market rent to the average contract rent of the leases in place at the property acquisition date. This ratio is applied on a lease by lease basis to derive a total asset or liability amount for the property. The above-market or below-market lease values are recorded as a reduction or increase, respectively, to rental income over the remaining average non-cancelable term of the respective leases, plus any below market probable renewal options.
The fair values of in-place leases for retail shopping centers represent the value of direct costs associated with leasing, including opportunity costs associated with lost rentals that are avoided by acquiring in-place leases. Direct costs associated with obtaining a new tenant include commissions, legal and marketing costs, incentives such as tenant improvement allowances and other direct costs. Such direct costs are estimated based on our consideration of current market costs to execute a similar lease. The value of opportunity costs is estimated using the estimated market lease rates and the estimated absorption period of the space. These direct costs and opportunity costs are included in the accompanying consolidated balances sheets as acquired intangible assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and are amortized to expense over the remaining term of the respective leases. The fair values of above-market and below-market in-place leases for retail shopping centers are recorded based on the present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (ii) our estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining terms of the leases, taking into consideration the probability of renewals for any below-market leases. The capitalized above-market and below-market lease values are included in acquired intangible assets and amortized as an adjustment to rental income over the remaining terms of the respective leases, plus any below market probable renewal options.
Estimating the fair values of the tangible and intangible assets requires us to estimate market lease rates, property operating expenses, carrying costs during lease-up periods, discount and capitalization rates, market absorption periods, and the number of years the property is held for investment. The use of inappropriate estimates would result in an incorrect assessment of our purchase price allocations, which would impact the amount of our reported net income. Acquired intangible assets and liabilities have no residual value.
The Company evaluates its tangible and identifiable intangible real estate assets for impairment when events such as declines in a property’s operating performance, deteriorating market conditions, or environmental or legal concerns bring recoverability of the carrying value of one or more assets into question. The total undiscounted cash flows of the asset group, including proceeds from disposition, are compared to the net book value of the asset group. If this test indicates that impairment exists, an impairment loss is recorded in earnings equal to the shortage of the book value to the discounted net cash flows of the asset group.
Loans and Notes Held for Investment
The Company carries its investments in real estate loans at amortized cost with assessments made for impairment in the event recoverability of the principal amount becomes doubtful. If, upon testing for impairment, the fair value result is lower than the carrying amount of the loan, a valuation allowance is recorded to lower the carrying amount to fair value, with a loss recorded in earnings. Recoveries of valuation allowances are only recognized in the event of maturity or a sale or disposition in an amount above carrying value. The balances of real estate loans presented on the consolidated balance sheets consist of drawn amounts on the loans, net of deferred loan fee revenue. See the "Revenue Recognition" section of this Note for other loan-related policy
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disclosures required by ASC 310-10-50-6. Certain loans contain contingent exit fees, which are deemed to be embedded derivatives. The Company elects the fair value option for these loans and recognizes in earnings any material changes in fair value.
Deferred Offering Costs
Deferred offering costs represent direct costs incurred by the Company related to current equity offerings, excluding costs specifically identifiable to a closing, such as commissions, dealer-manager fees, and other registration fees. For issuances of equity that occur on one specific date, associated offering costs are reclassified as a reduction of proceeds raised on the date of issue. Our ongoing offering of up to a maximum of 900,000 units, consisting of one share of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock, or Series A Preferred Stock, and one warrant, or Warrant, to purchase 20 shares of Common Stock, or Units, generally closes on a bimonthly basis in variable amounts. Such offering is referred to herein as the Follow-on Offering, pursuant to our registration statement on Form S-3 (registration number 333-183355), as may be amended from time to time. Deferred offering costs related to the Follow-on Offering and Shelf Offering (as defined in note 5) are reclassified to the stockholders’ equity section of the consolidated balance sheet as a reduction of proceeds raised on a pro-rata basis equal to the ratio of total Units or value of shares issued to the maximum number of Units, or the value of shares, as applicable, that are expected to be issued.
Revenue Recognition
Rental revenue is recognized when earned from residents of the Company's multifamily communities, which is over the terms of rental agreements, typically of 13 months’ duration. Differences from the straight-line method, which recognize the effect of any up-front concessions and other adjustments ratably over the lease term, are not material. The Company evaluates the collectability of amounts due from residents and maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of residents to make required payments then due under lease agreements. The balance of amounts due from residents are generally deemed uncollectible 30 days beyond the due date, at which point they are fully reserved.
Rental revenue from tenants' operating leases in the Company's retail shopping centers is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease regardless of when payments are due. Revenue based on "percentage rent" provisions that provide for additional rents that become due upon achievement of specified sales revenue targets (as specified in each lease agreement) is recognized only after the tenant exceeds its specified sales revenue target. Revenue from reimbursements of the tenants' share of real estate taxes, insurance and common area maintenance, or CAM, costs are recognized in the period in which the related expenses are incurred. Lease termination revenues are recognized ratably as rental revenue over the revised remaining lease term after giving effect to the termination notice. Rents and tenant reimbursements collected in advance are recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The Company estimates the collectability of the tenant receivable related to rental and reimbursement billings due from tenants and straight-line rent receivables, which represent the cumulative amount of future adjustments necessary to present rental income on a straight-line basis, by taking into consideration the Company's historical write-off experience, tenant credit-worthiness, current economic trends, and remaining lease terms.
The Company may provide retail tenants an allowance for the construction of leasehold improvements. These leasehold improvements are capitalized and depreciated over the shorter of the useful life of the improvements or the remaining lease term. If the allowance represents a payment for a purpose other than funding leasehold improvements, or in the event the Company is not considered the owner of the improvements, the allowance is considered to be a lease incentive and is recognized over the lease term as a reduction of minimum rent. Determination of the appropriate accounting for the payment of a tenant allowance is made on a lease-by-lease basis, considering the facts and circumstances of the individual tenant lease. When the Company is the owner of the leasehold improvements, recognition of lease revenue commences when the lessee is given possession of the leased space upon completion of tenant improvements. However, when the leasehold improvements are owned by the tenant, the lease inception date is the date the tenant obtains possession of the leased space for purposes of constructing its leasehold improvements.
Interest income on real estate loans and notes receivable is recognized on an accrual basis over the lives of the loans or notes using the effective interest method. In the event that a loan or note is refinanced with the proceeds of another loan issued by the Company, any unamortized loan fee revenue from the first loan will be recognized as interest revenue over the term of the new loan. Direct loan origination fees and origination or acquisition costs applicable to real estate loans are amortized over the lives of the loans as adjustments to interest income. The accrual of interest on all these instruments is stopped when there is concern as to the ultimate collection of principal or interest, which is generally a delinquency of 30 days in required payments of interest or principal. Any payments received on such non-accrual loans are recorded as interest income when the payments are received. Real estate loan assets are reclassified as accrual-basis once interest and principal payments become current. Certain real estate loan assets
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include limited purchase options and exit fees or additional interest payments that are due the Company at maturity or in the event of a sale of the property or refinancing of the loan by the borrower to a third party. If the Company purchases the subject property, any accrued exit fee will be treated as additional consideration for the acquired project.
Promotional fees received from service providers at the Company’s properties are deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreement.
The PAC Rewards program allows residents to accumulate reward points on a monthly basis for actions such as resident referrals and making rent payments online. A resident must rent an apartment from the Company for at least 14 months before reward points may be redeemed for services or upgrades to a resident’s unit. The Company accrues a liability for the estimated cost of these future point redemptions, net of a 35% breakage fee, which is the Company’s current estimate of rewards points that will not be redeemed. In accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin 13.A.3c, the Company deems its obligations under PAC Rewards as inconsequential to the delivery of services according to the lease terms. Therefore, the expense related to the PAC Rewards Program is included in property operating and maintenance expense on the consolidated statements of operations.
Discontinued Operations
The Company evaluates all disposal groups for held-for-sale classification and for those disposal groups for which it will have no continuing involvement, nor receipt of cash flows post-disposal, for presentation in the consolidated financial statements according to criteria provided by ASC 360-10-45-9. If the disposal group meets the criteria necessary for held for sale classification, the assets and liabilities to be transferred upon sale or disposal are summarized into single line items entitled property held for sale on the consolidated balance sheets, and the results of operations are reclassified into a single line entitled gain/loss from discontinued operations on the consolidated statements of operations and depreciation expense is no longer recorded. Previous periods are similarly reclassified for comparability. In the event a disposal group no longer meets the criteria necessary for held for sale classification, any reclassification adjustments previously made to the assets, liabilities, and results of operations are reversed and depreciation expense is adjusted to recognize any such expense applicable to periods for which the disposal group was classified as held for sale.
New Accounting Pronouncements
In April 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-08 (“ASU 2014-08”), Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of Entity. Under this new guidance, a disposal of a component of an entity or a group of components of an entity shall only be reported in discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has, or will have, a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results. ASU 2014-08 is to be applied prospectively for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 31, 2014, with early adoption permitted. Early adoption is not permitted for assets that have previously been reported as held for sale in the consolidated financial statements. Therefore, application of this new guidance was not permitted for the Company’s Trail Creek multifamily community, which was reported as held for sale in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2013 and in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three-month period ended March 31, 2014. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to materially impact its financial position or results of operations.
In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 ("ASU 2014-09"), Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). ASU 2014-09 provides a single comprehensive revenue recognition model for contracts with customers (excluding certain contracts, such as lease contracts) to improve comparability within industries. ASU 2014-09 requires an entity to recognize revenue to reflect the transfer of goods or services to customers at an amount the entity expects to be paid in exchange for those goods and services and provide enhanced disclosures, all to provide more comprehensive guidance for transactions such as service revenue and contract modifications. ASU 2014-09 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and may be applied using either a full retrospective or a modified approach upon adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this standard may have on its financial statements.
In August 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2014-15 (“ASU 2014-15”), Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40): Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern. This new guidance requires management to evaluate, at each annual and interim reporting period, whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued and provide related disclosures. ASU 2014-15 is effective for annual periods ending after December 15,
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2016 and interim periods thereafter, early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2014-15 will have on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
3. Real Estate Assets
The Company's real estate assets consisted of 10 multifamily communities with 3,326 total units and 9 grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping centers at September 30, 2014; at September 30, 2013, the Company owned 6 multifamily communities with 1,789 total units. The acquired second phases of the Trail Creek and Summit Crossing communities are managed in combination with the initial phases of these communities and are therefore considered single properties. At June 30, 2014, the combined phases of our Trail Creek communities, which were previously classified as held for sale, were reclassified pursuant to action taken by the investment committee of the Company's Manager during the second quarter 2014.
On September 5, 2014, the Company completed the acquisition of the following two grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping centers, for approximately $24.1 million, an amount which approximated the fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities:
Seller | Property | Location | Gross leasable area (square feet) | ||||
Newco-Columbia, LLC | Spring Hill Plaza | Nashville, Tennessee | 61,570 | ||||
Newco-Ridley, LLC | Parkway Towne Centre | Nashville, Tennessee | 65,587 | ||||
127,157 |
The Company allocated the purchase price of the assets to the acquired assets and liabilities based upon their fair values, as shown in the following table. The purchase price allocation was based upon the Company's best estimates of the fair values of the acquired assets and liabilities, but is preliminary and is subject to refinement for a period of up to one year from the closing of the acquisition.
Total Nashville Portfolio | ||||
Land | $ | 7,429,756 | ||
Buildings and improvements | 12,926,230 | |||
Tenant improvements | 1,872,156 | |||
In-place leases | 2,280,106 | |||
Above-market leases | 11,107 | |||
Leasing costs | 842,551 | |||
Below-market leases | (1,228,006 | ) | ||
Other assets | 29,521 | |||
Other liabilities | (89,974 | ) | ||
Net assets acquired | $ | 24,073,447 | ||
Cash paid | $ | 6,973,447 | ||
Mortgage debt | 17,100,000 | |||
Total consideration | $ | 24,073,447 |
The tenant improvements, in-place leases, above market leases, leasing costs, and below-market leases will continue to be amortized over the remaining non-cancelable lease terms, which range from three months to 12 years as of September 30, 2014, with a weighted average remaining lease term of approximately 7.9 years as of September 30, 2014. Since the acquisition date of September 5, 2014, Spring Hill Plaza and Parkway Town Centre collectively contributed approximately $172,000 of revenue and $33,000 of net income to the Company's consolidated results for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014. The Company expensed acquisition costs of approximately $2,200,000 in conjunction with these acquisitions.
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On September 26, 2014, the Company completed the acquisition of the following multifamily communities, referred to collectively as the Dunbar Portfolio, for approximately $181.3 million, an amount which approximated the fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities:
Seller | Property | Location | Units | ||||
Estancia Dallas, LLC | Estancia at Vista Ridge (1) | Dallas, Texas | 300 | ||||
Sandstone Overland Park, LLC | Sandstone Creek Apartments | Kansas City, Kansas | 364 | ||||
Stoneridge Nashville, LLC | Stoneridge Farms at Hunt Club | Nashville, Tennessee | 364 | ||||
Vineyards Houston, LLC | Vineyards Apartments | Houston, Texas | 369 | ||||
1,397 | |||||||
(1) Property was renamed Enclave at Vista Ridge upon acquisition. |
Each of the four sellers are wholly-owned subsidiaries of JTL AREP Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
The Company allocated the purchase price of the assets to the acquired assets and liabilities based upon their fair values, as shown in the following table. The purchase price allocation was based upon the Company's best estimates of the fair values of the acquired assets and liabilities, but is preliminary and is subject to refinement for a period of up to one year from the closing of the acquisition.
Total Dunbar Portfolio | ||||
Land | $ | 16,033,101 | ||
Buildings and improvements | 148,701,272 | |||
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | 13,345,980 | |||
Lease intangibles | 3,564,244 | |||
Prepaids & other assets | 75,600 | |||
Escrows | 1,519,846 | |||
Accrued taxes | (1,694,340 | ) | ||
Security deposits, prepaid rents, and other liabilities | (221,610 | ) | ||
Net assets acquired | $ | 181,324,093 | ||
Cash paid | $ | 61,432,093 | ||
Mortgage debt | 119,892,000 | |||
Total consideration | $ | 181,324,093 |
The lease intangibles will continue to be amortized over the remaining non-cancelable lease terms, all of which were 6 months as of September 30, 2014. Since the acquisition date of September 26, 2014, the Dunbar Portfolio contributed approximately $256,000 of revenue and $436,000 of net loss (primarily due to the incurrence of amortization expense related to intangible assets) to the Company's consolidated results for the three-month and nine-month period ended September 30, 2014. The Company expensed acquisition costs of $2,952,562 in conjunction with the Dunbar Portfolio acquisition.
On September 30, 2014, the Company completed the acquisition of the following six grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping centers, referred to collectively as the Sunbelt Portfolio, for approximately $74.2 million, an amount which approximated the fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities:
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Seller | Property | Location | Rentable square feet | ||||
U. S. Retail Income Fund VII, LLC | Deltona Landing | Orlando, Florida | 59,996 | ||||
U. S. Retail Income Fund VII, LLC | Powder Springs | Atlanta, Georgia | 77,853 | ||||
U. S. Retail Income Fund VII, LLC | Kingwood Glen | Houston, Texas | 103,397 | ||||
U. S. Retail Income Fund VII, LLC | Parkway Centre | Columbus, Georgia | 53,088 | ||||
U. S. Retail Income Fund VI, LLC | Barclay Crossing | Tampa, Florida | 54,958 | ||||
U. S. Retail Income Fund VI, LLC | Sweetgrass Corner | Charleston, South Carolina | 89,124 | ||||
438,416 |
The two selling legal entities are directed and administered by BVT Equity Holdings, Inc. of Munich, Germany. The Company transferred its right to purchase a seventh shopping center in the portfolio, located in Miami, Florida, to the anchoring grocery tenant.
The Company allocated the purchase price of the assets to the acquired assets and liabilities based upon their fair values, as shown in the following table. The purchase price allocation was based upon the Company's best estimates of the fair values of the acquired assets and liabilities, but is preliminary and is subject to refinement for a period of up to one year from the closing of the acquisition.
Total Sunbelt Portfolio | ||||
Land | $ | 17,111,929 | ||
Buildings and improvements | 54,171,413 | |||
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | 105,293 | |||
In-place leases | 5,400,067 | |||
Above market leases | 319,501 | |||
Leasing commissions and legal | 1,202,561 | |||
Below market leases | (4,160,764 | ) | ||
Escrows | 318,120 | |||
Other assets | 357,039 | |||
Other liabilities | (621,814 | ) | ||
Net assets acquired | $ | 74,203,345 | ||
Cash paid | $ | 27,343,345 | ||
Mortgage debt | 46,860,000 | |||
Total consideration | $ | 74,203,345 |
The in-place leases, above market leases, leasing costs, and below-market leases will continue to be amortized over the remaining non-cancelable lease terms, which range from 2 months to 10 years as of September 30, 2014, with a weighted average remaining lease term of 4.9 years as of September 30, 2014. The Company expensed acquisition costs of approximately $1.4 million in conjunction with the Sunbelt Portfolio acquisition.
On February 12, 2014, the Company completed the acquisition of a 66,122 square foot retail shopping center in Woodstock, Georgia, or Woodstock Crossing, for approximately $5.7 million, which approximated the fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities.
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The Company allocated the purchase price of the assets to the acquired assets and liabilities based upon their fair values, as shown in the following table. The purchase price allocation was based upon the Company's best estimates of the fair values of the acquired assets and liabilities, but is preliminary and is subject to refinement for a period of up to one year from the closing of the acquisition.
Woodstock | ||||
Land | $ | 1,750,576 | ||
Buildings and improvements | 3,760,654 | |||
Escrow fund for improvements | 226,830 | |||
Tenant improvements | 39,447 | |||
In-place leases | 245,850 | |||
Above market leases | 30,051 | |||
Leasing costs | 123,731 | |||
Below market leases | (450,310 | ) | ||
Other liabilities | (25,436 | ) | ||
Net assets acquired | $ | 5,701,393 |
The tenant improvements, in-place leases, above market leases, legal fees and commissions, and below-market leases will continue to be amortized over the remaining non-cancelable lease terms, which range from six months to ten years as of September 30, 2014, with a weighted average remaining lease term of 8 years as of September 30, 2014. Since the acquisition date of February 12, 2014, Woodstock Crossing contributed approximately $183,000 and $463,000 of revenue and $28,000 and $133,000 of net income to the Company's consolidated results for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014, respectively. The Company expensed acquisition costs of approximately $268,000 in conjunction with the Woodstock Crossing acquisition.
On January 23, 2013, the Company completed the acquisition of 100% of the membership interests of the following three entities from Williams Multifamily Acquisition Fund, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, or WMAF, an entity whose properties were also managed by Preferred Residential Management LLC.
• | Ashford Park REIT, Inc., the fee-simple owner of a 408-unit multifamily community located in Atlanta, Georgia, or Ashford Park, for a total purchase price of approximately $39.6 million, exclusive of assumed mortgage debt, acquisition-related and financing-related transaction costs. The Company expensed acquisition costs of approximately $455,000 in conjunction with the Ashford Park acquisition. |
• | Lake Cameron REIT, Inc., the fee-simple owner of a 328-unit multifamily community located in Raleigh, North Carolina, or Lake Cameron, for a total purchase price of approximately $30.5 million, exclusive of assumed mortgage debt, acquisition-related and financing-related transaction costs. The Company expensed acquisition costs of approximately $358,000 in conjunction with the Lake Cameron acquisition. |
• | McNeil Ranch REIT, Inc., the fee-simple owner of a 192-unit multifamily community located in Austin, Texas, or McNeil Ranch, for a total purchase price of approximately $21.0 million, exclusive of assumed mortgage debt, acquisition-related and financing-related transaction costs. The Company expensed acquisition costs of approximately $277,000 in conjunction with the McNeil Ranch acquisition. |
As discussed in note 16, on October 6, 2014 the Company acquired a third grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping center located in Nashville Tennessee. As of the date of filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the initial accounting, including the purchase price allocation for this transaction was not complete.
On December 4, 2013, pursuant to the approval of the investment committee of the Manager, the Company entered into an exclusive marketing agreement with an outside firm to market for sale the combined phases of its Trail Creek multifamily community (Trail I and Trail II). The operating results of the community were classified as held for sale at December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014. Effective on December 4, 2013, the Company ceased recording depreciation on the combined Trail Creek community. On June 20, 2014, again pursuant to approval of the investment committee of the Manager, the Company removed the Trail Creek community from held for sale classification. As such, Trail Creek is included in the Company's consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013.
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Amortization of acquired intangible assets for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 related to the Ashford Park, McNeil Ranch and Lake Cameron communities commenced on January 23, 2013, the date of acquisition. The intangible assets were amortized over a period ranging from the average remaining lease term, which was approximately six to twelve months, to the average remaining lease term plus the average estimated renewal period.
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||
2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation: | |||||||||||||||
Buildings and improvements | $ | 1,475,098 | $ | 1,027,767 | $ | 3,833,974 | $ | 2,845,693 | |||||||
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment | 1,248,832 | 1,077,922 | 3,521,459 | 2,943,025 | |||||||||||
2,723,930 | 2,105,689 | 7,355,433 | 5,788,718 | ||||||||||||
Amortization: | |||||||||||||||
Acquired intangible assets | 460,618 | 1,575,247 | 1,432,040 | 6,886,537 | |||||||||||
Website development costs | 1,191 | 1,151 | 3,572 | 3,454 | |||||||||||
Total depreciation and amortization | $ | 3,185,739 | $ | 3,682,087 | $ | 8,791,045 | $ | 12,678,709 |
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4. Real Estate Loans, Notes Receivable, and Line of Credit
At September 30, 2014, our portfolio of real estate loans consisted of:
Project/Property | Location | Date of loan | Maturity date | Optional extension date | Total loan commitments | Approved senior loan held by unrelated third party | Current / deferred interest % per annum | ||||||||||||
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City Park | Charlotte, NC | 9/6/2012 | 9/5/2017 | N/A | $ | 10,000,000 | $ | 18,600,000 | 8 / 6 | ||||||||||
City Vista | Pittsburgh, PA | 8/31/2012 | 6/1/2016 | 7/1/2017 | 14,147,515 | $ | 28,400,000 | 8 / 6 | |||||||||||
Madison - Rome | Rome, GA (2) | 11/13/2012 | 9/20/2015 | N/A | 5,360,042 | $ | 11,500,000 | 8 / 6 | |||||||||||
Lely | Naples, FL | 3/28/2013 | 2/28/2016 | 2/28/2018 | 12,713,242 | $ | 25,000,000 | 8 / 6 | |||||||||||
Crosstown Walk | Tampa, FL (3) | 4/30/2013 | 11/1/2016 | 5/1/2018 | 10,962,000 | $ | 25,900,000 | 8 / 6 | |||||||||||
Overton | Atlanta, GA | 5/8/2013 | 11/1/2016 | 5/1/2018 | 16,600,000 | $ | 31,700,000 | 8 / 6 | |||||||||||
Haven West | Atlanta, GA (4) (6) | 7/15/2013 | 6/2/2016 | 6/2/2018 | 6,940,795 | $ | 16,195,189 | 8 / 6 | |||||||||||
Starkville | Starkville, MS (5) (6) | 6/16/2014 | 11/30/2015 | 6/16/2017 | 6,116,384 | $ | 18,615,081 | 8.5 / 4.3 | |||||||||||
Founders' Village | Williamsburg, VA | 8/29/2013 | 8/29/2018 | N/A | 10,346,000 | $ | 26,936,000 | 8 / 6 | |||||||||||
Encore | Atlanta, GA (7) | 11/18/2013 | 1/31/2015 | N/A | 16,026,525 | N/A | 8.5 | ||||||||||||
Manassas | Northern VA | 8/18/2014 | 2/18/2018 | 8/18/2019 | 17,270,000 | N/A | 8 / 5 | ||||||||||||
Irvine | Irvine, CA (8) | 12/18/2013 | 2/28/2015 | N/A | 23,000,000 | N/A | 8.5 / 4.3 | ||||||||||||
Weems Road | Atlanta, GA (9) | 4/14/2014 | 12/31/2014 | N/A | 5,700,000 | N/A | 8.5 / 4.3 | ||||||||||||
Kennesaw | Atlanta, GA (6) (10) | 6/27/2014 | 6/27/2017 | N/A | 13,424,995 | $ | 34,825,000 | 8.5 / 4.3 | |||||||||||
Summit III | Atlanta, GA (11) | 7/25/2014 | 7/31/2015 | N/A | 2,400,000 | N/A | 10.0 | ||||||||||||
$ | 171,007,498 | ||||||||||||||||||
(1) | All loans are mezzanine loans pertaining to developments of multifamily communities, except as otherwise indicated. The borrowers for each of these projects are as follows: "City Park" - Oxford City Park Development LLC; "City Vista" - Oxford City Vista Development LLC; "Madison - Rome" - Madison Retail - Rome LLC; "Lely" - Lely Apartments LLC; "Crosstown Walk" - Iris Crosstown Partners LLC; "Overton" - Newport Overton Holdings, LLC; "Haven West" - Haven Campus Communities Member, LLC; "Starkville" - Haven Campus Communities - Starkville, LLC; "Founders' Village" - Oxford NTW Apartments LLC; "Encore" - GP - RV Land I, LLC; "Manassas" - Oxford Palisades Apartments LLC; "Irvine" - 360 - Irvine, LLC; "Weems Road" - Weems Road Property Owner, LLC; "Kennesaw" - Haven Campus Communities - Kennesaw, LLC; and "Summit III" - Oxford Forsyth Development, LLC. | ||||||||||||||||||
(2) | A mezzanine loan in support of an 88,351 square foot retail development project. On October 20, 2014, the borrower repaid this loan in full. | ||||||||||||||||||
(3) | Crosstown Walk was a land acquisition bridge loan that was converted to a mezzanine loan in April 2013. | ||||||||||||||||||
(4) | Completed 160-unit 568-bed student housing community adjacent to the campus of the University of West Georgia. | ||||||||||||||||||
(5) | A planned 152-unit, 536-bed student housing community adjacent to the Mississippi State University campus. | ||||||||||||||||||
(6) | See note 6 - Related Party Transactions. | ||||||||||||||||||
(7) | Bridge loan to partially finance the acquisition of land and predevelopment costs for a 340-unit multifamily community. | ||||||||||||||||||
(8) | Bridge loan to partially finance the acquisition of land and predevelopment costs for a 280-unit multifamily community. | ||||||||||||||||||
(9) | Bridge loan to partially finance the acquisition of land and predevelopment costs for a 310-unit multifamily community. | ||||||||||||||||||
(10) | Mezzanine loan in support of a planned 198-unit,792-bed student housing community adjacent to the campus of Kennesaw State University. | ||||||||||||||||||
(11) | Bridge loan to partially finance the acquisition of land and predevelopment costs for a third phase adjacent to our Summit Crossing multifamily community. |
The Manassas loan is subject to a loan participation agreement with a syndicate of unaffiliated third parties, under which the syndicate is to fund 25% of the loan commitment amount and collectively receive 25% of interest payments and returns of principal.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
The Company's real estate loans are collateralized by 100% of the membership interests of the underlying project entity, and, where considered necessary, by unconditional joint and several repayment guaranties and performance guaranties by the principal(s) of the borrower. These guaranties generally remain in effect until the receipt of a final certificate of occupancy. All of the guaranties are subject to the rights held by the senior lender pursuant to a standard intercreditor agreement. The Encore, Irvine, Weems Road and Summit III loans are also collateralized by the acquired land. The Haven West and Kennesaw loans are additionally collateralized by an assignment by the developer of security interests in unrelated projects. Prepayment of the mezzanine loans are permitted in whole, but not in part, without the Company's consent.
Management monitors the credit quality of the obligors under each of the Company's real estate loans by tracking the timeliness of scheduled interest and principal payments relative to the due dates as specified in the loan documents, as well as draw requests on the loans relative to the project budgets. In addition, management monitors the actual progress of development and construction relative to the construction plan, as well as local, regional and national economic conditions that may bear on our current and target markets. The credit quality of the Company’s borrowers is primarily based on their payment history on an individual loan basis, and as such, the Company does not assign quantitative credit value measures or categories to its real estate loans and notes receivable in credit quality categories.
As of September 30, 2014 | Carrying amount as of | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount drawn | Loan Fee received from borrower - 2% | Acquisition fee paid to Manager - 1% | Unamortized deferred loan fee revenue | September 30, 2014 | December 31, 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||
Project/Property | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
City Park | $ | 10,000,000 | $ | 200,000 | $ | 100,000 | $ | (53,843 | ) | $ | 9,946,157 | $ | 9,928,017 | |||||||||||
City Vista | 13,632,515 | 282,930 | 141,465 | (78,663 | ) | 13,553,852 | 12,063,939 | |||||||||||||||||
Madison - Rome | 5,360,042 | 107,201 | 53,600 | (19,894 | ) | 5,340,148 | 5,322,770 | |||||||||||||||||
Lely | 12,206,849 | 254,265 | 127,133 | (53,548 | ) | 12,153,301 | 11,402,372 | |||||||||||||||||
Crosstown Walk | 10,671,665 | 219,240 | 109,620 | (32,887 | ) | 10,638,778 | 9,997,245 | |||||||||||||||||
Overton | 15,528,327 | 332,079 | 166,040 | (85,245 | ) | 15,443,082 | 14,487,178 | |||||||||||||||||
Haven West | 6,784,167 | 138,816 | 69,408 | (36,298 | ) | 6,747,869 | 5,582,018 | |||||||||||||||||
Starkville | 4,008,718 | 122,328 | 61,164 | (33,626 | ) | 3,975,092 | 1,582,750 | |||||||||||||||||
Founders' Village | 9,866,000 | 197,320 | 98,660 | (67,532 | ) | 9,798,468 | 7,572,698 | |||||||||||||||||
Encore | 9,936,763 | 320,531 | 160,265 | — | 9,936,763 | 7,716,421 | ||||||||||||||||||
Manassas | 13,352,815 | 189,670 | 114,923 | (10,728 | ) | 13,342,087 | 10,609,849 | |||||||||||||||||
Irvine | 17,733,427 | 390,129 | 195,064 | — | 17,733,427 | 14,332,658 | ||||||||||||||||||
Weems Road | 5,556,233 | 94,356 | 47,178 | (3,446 | ) | 5,552,787 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Kennesaw | 12,391,526 | 268,500 | 134,250 | (53,280 | ) | 12,338,246 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Summit III | 1,000,000 | 24,000 | 12,000 | (9,703 | ) | 990,297 | — | |||||||||||||||||
$ | 148,029,047 | $ | 3,141,365 | $ | 1,590,770 | $ | (538,693 | ) | $ | 147,490,354 | $ | 110,597,915 |
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
The Company holds options, but not obligations, to purchase certain of the properties which are partially financed by its mezzanine loans, as shown in the table below. The option purchase prices are negotiated at the time of the loan closing.
Purchase option window | Purchase option price | Total units upon completion | |||||||||
Project/Property | Begin | End | |||||||||
City Park | 11/1/2015 | 3/31/2016 | $ | 30,945,845 | 284 | ||||||
City Vista | 2/1/2016 | 5/31/2016 | $ | 43,560,271 | 272 | ||||||
Madison - Rome | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||||
Lely | 4/1/2016 | 8/30/2016 | $ | 43,500,000 | 308 | ||||||
Crosstown Walk | 7/1/2016 | 12/31/2016 | $ | 39,654,273 | 342 | ||||||
Overton | 7/8/2016 | 12/8/2016 | $ | 51,500,000 | 294 | ||||||
Haven West | 8/1/2016 | 1/31/2017 | $ | 26,138,466 | 160 | ||||||
Starkville | 9/1/2016 | 11/30/2016 | (1) | 152 | |||||||
Founders' Village | 2/1/2016 | 9/15/2016 | $ | 44,266,000 | 247 | ||||||
Encore | N/A | N/A | N/A | 340 | |||||||
Manassas | 3/1/2017 | 7/31/2017 | (1) | 304 | |||||||
Irvine | N/A | N/A | N/A | 280 | |||||||
Weems Road | N/A | N/A | N/A | 310 | |||||||
Kennesaw | 9/1/2016 | 11/30/2016 | (1) | 198 | |||||||
Summit III | N/A | N/A | N/A | 172 | |||||||
3,663 | |||||||||||
(1) The purchase option price is to be calculated as a discount based on a 50 basis point increase from the market cap rate at the time of exercise of the purchase option. |
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
At September 30, 2014, our portfolio of notes and lines of credit receivable consisted of:
Borrower | Date of loan | Maturity date | Total loan commitments | Outstanding balance as of: | Interest rate | |||||||||||||||
9/30/2014 | 12/31/2013 | |||||||||||||||||||
360 Residential, LLC | 3/20/2013 | 6/30/2016 | $ | 2,000,000 | $ | 547,800 | $ | 12,396 | 12 | % | (1) | |||||||||
TPKG 13th Street Development, LLC | 5/3/2013 | 12/31/2014 | 7,200,000 | 7,200,000 | 7,265,204 | 8 | % | (2) | ||||||||||||
Preferred Capital Marketing Services, LLC | 1/24/2013 | 1/23/2015 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 10 | % | |||||||||||||
Riverview Associates, Ltd. | 12/17/2012 | 12/16/2014 | 1,300,000 | 300,000 | 1,300,000 | 8 | % | (3) | ||||||||||||
Pecunia Management, LLC | 11/16/2013 | 11/15/2014 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 | 10 | % | |||||||||||||
Oxford Contracting LLC | 8/27/2013 | 4/30/2017 | 1,500,000 | 1,475,000 | 1,475,000 | 8 | % | (4) | ||||||||||||
Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC | 8/21/2012 | 12/31/2015 | 9,500,000 | 7,339,710 | 5,358,227 | 8 | % | (5) | ||||||||||||
Haven Campus Communities, LLC | 6/11/2014 | 6/30/2016 | 4,000,000 | 1,650,000 | — | 12 | % | (4) | ||||||||||||
Oxford Capital Partners, LLC | 6/27/2014 | 6/30/2016 | 4,200,000 | 4,069,870 | — | 12 | % | (6) | ||||||||||||
Newport Development Partners, LLC | 6/17/2014 | 6/30/2016 | 3,000,000 | 1,760,560 | — | 12 | % | (4) | ||||||||||||
Unamortized loan fees | (57,473 | ) | (4,422 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
$ | 34,400,000 | $ | 25,985,467 | $ | 17,106,405 | |||||||||||||||
(1) Revolving credit line which is an amendment of the bridge loan which was originated on March 20, 2013. The amounts payable under the terms of the loan are collateralized by guaranties of payment and performance by the principals of the borrower. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Land acquisition loan which pays current interest at 8% per annum, plus an additional interest amount necessary to provide the Company with a cumulative simple rate of return of 20% per annum effective January 1, 2014. The note is collateralized by a pledge of 100% of the membership interests of the project as well as by a first mortgage on the property. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(3) The amounts payable under the terms of this promissory note are collateralized by an assignment of project documents and guaranties of payment and performance by the principal of the borrower. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(4) The amounts payable under the terms of these revolving credit lines are collateralized by a personal guaranty of repayment by the principals of the borrower. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(5) The amounts payable under this revolving credit line are collateralized by an assignment of the Manager's rights to fees due under the third amended and restated management agreement, or Management Agreement, between the Company and the Manager. On February 10, 2014, this instrument was amended to increase the commitment amount and extend the maturity date as shown. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(6) The amounts payable under the terms of this revolving credit line, up to the lesser of 25% of the loan balance or $1,000,000 are collateralized by a personal guaranty of repayment by the principals of the borrower. |
The Haven and Newport instruments are collateralized in full by guaranties of repayment issued by the principals of the borrowers, which are not affiliates of the Company. The Oxford line of credit is collateralized by guaranties of repayment issued by the principals of the borrowers, which are not affiliates of the Company, up to the lesser of 25% of the outstanding principal balance or $1,000,000. Haven Campus Communities, LLC is a related party, as described in note 6.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
The Company recorded interest income and other revenue from these instruments as follows:
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||
Real estate loans: | ||||||||||||||||
Current interest payments | $ | 2,924,660 | $ | 1,258,636 | $ | 7,852,786 | $ | 2,966,721 | ||||||||
Additional accrued interest | 1,854,309 | 932,461 | 5,065,487 | 2,054,297 | ||||||||||||
Deferred loan fee revenue | 178,727 | 64,603 | 759,583 | 180,297 | ||||||||||||
Total real estate loan revenue | 4,957,696 | 2,255,700 | 13,677,856 | 5,201,315 | ||||||||||||
Interest income on notes and lines of credit | 878,303 | 439,203 | 2,143,684 | 825,531 | ||||||||||||
Interest income on loans and notes receivable | $ | 5,835,999 | $ | 2,694,903 | $ | 15,821,540 | $ | 6,026,846 |
The Company extends loans for purposes such as to partially finance the development of multifamily residential communities, to acquire land in anticipation of developing and constructing multifamily residential communities, and for other real estate or real estate related projects. Certain of these loans include characteristics such as exclusive options to purchase the project at a fixed price within a specific time window following project completion and stabilization, the rights to incremental exit fees over and above the amount of periodic interest paid during the life of the loans, or both. These characteristics can cause the loans to create variable interests to the Company and require further evaluation as to whether the variable interest creates a variable interest entity, or VIE, which would necessitate consolidation of the project. The Company considers the facts and circumstances pertinent to each entity borrowing under the loan, including the relative amount of financing the Company is contributing to the overall project cost, decision making rights or control held by the Company, guarantees provided by third parties, and rights to expected residual gains or obligations to absorb expected residual losses that could be significant from the project. If the Company is deemed to be the primary beneficiary of a VIE, consolidation treatment would be required.
The Company has evaluated its real estate loans, where appropriate, for accounting treatment as loans versus real estate development projects, as required by ASC 310. For each loan, the characteristics and the facts and circumstances indicate that loan accounting treatment is appropriate.
The Company's real estate loans partially finance the development activities of the borrowers' associated legal entities. Each of these loans create variable interests in each of these entities, and according to the Company's analysis, are deemed to be VIEs, due to the combined factors of the sufficiency of the borrowers' investment at risk, the existence of payment and performance guaranties provided by the borrowers, as well as the limitations on the fixed-price purchase options on the City Park, City Vista, Overton, Crosstown Walk, Lely, Haven West, and Founders' Village loans. The Company has concluded that it is not the primary beneficiary of the borrowing entities. It has no decision making authority or power to direct activity, except normal lender rights, which are subordinate to the senior loans on the projects. Therefore, since the Company has concluded it is not the primary beneficiary, it has not consolidated these entities in its consolidated financial statements. The Company's maximum exposure to loss from these loans is their drawn amount as of September 30, 2014 of approximately $78.7 million. The maximum aggregate amount of loans to be funded as of September 30, 2014 was approximately $81.7 million.
The Company is subject to a concentration of credit risk that could be considered significant with regard to the Crosstown Walk, City Park, City Vista, Founders' Village, Manassas, Encore, and Summit III real estate loans, the promissory note from Oxford Contracting, LLC, and the revolving line of credit to Oxford Capital Partners, LLC, as identified specifically by the two named principals of the borrowers, W. Daniel Faulk, Jr. and Richard A. Denny, and as evidenced by repayment guaranties offered in support of these loans. The drawn amount of these loans total approximately $74.0 million (with a total commitment amount of $86.9 million) and in the event of a total failure to perform by the borrowers and guarantors, would subject the Company to a total possible loss of that amount. The Company generally requires secured interests in one or a combination of the membership interests of the borrowing entity or the entity holding the project, guaranties of loan repayment, and project completion performance guaranties as credit protection with regard to its real estate loans, as is customary in the mezzanine loan industry. The Company has performed assessments of the guaranties with regard to the obligors' ability to perform according to the terms of the guaranties if needed and has concluded that the guaranties reduce the Company's risk and exposure to the above-described credit risk in place as of September 30, 2014.
The borrowers and guarantors behind the Crosstown Walk, City Park, City Vista, Founders' Village, Manassas, Encore and Summit III real estate loans, the promissory note to Oxford Contracting, LLC, and the revolving line of credit to Oxford Capital Partners, LLC collectively qualify as a major customer as defined in ASC 280-10-50, as the revenue recorded from this customer exceeded ten percent of the Company's total revenues. The Company recorded revenue from transactions with this major customer within its
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
financing segment of approximately $2.1 million and $1.4 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
5. Redeemable Preferred Stock and Equity Offerings
The Company's Follow-on Offering is being offered by the dealer manager on a "reasonable best efforts" basis. Each share of Preferred Stock ranks senior to Common Stock and carries a cumulative annual 6% dividend of the stated per share value of $1,000, payable monthly as declared by the Company’s board of directors. Dividends begin accruing on the date of issuance. On June 26, 2014, the Company amended the redemption schedule of the Preferred Stock to allow redemptions at the option of the holder from the date of issuance of the Preferred Stock through the first year subject to a 13% redemption fee. After year one, the redemption fee decreases to 10%, after year three it decreases to 5%, after year four it decreases to 3%, and after year five there is no redemption fee. Any redeemed shares of Preferred Stock are entitled to any accrued but unpaid dividends at the time of redemption and any redemptions may be in cash or Common Stock, at the Company’s discretion. The Warrant is exercisable by the holder at an exercise price of 120% of the current market price per share of the Common Stock on the date of issuance of such warrant with a minimum exercise price of $9.00 per share. The current market price per share is determined using the volume weighted average closing market price for the 20 trading days prior to the date of issuance of the Warrant. The Warrants are not exercisable until one year following the date of issuance and expire four years following the date of issuance.
As of September 30, 2014, offering costs specifically identifiable to Unit offering closing transactions, such as commissions, dealer manager fees, and other registration fees, totaled approximately $13.6 million. These costs are reflected as a reduction of stockholders' equity at the time of closing. In addition, the costs related to the offering not related to a specific closing transaction totaled approximately $7.4 million. As of September 30, 2014, the Company had issued 146,574 Units and collected net proceeds of approximately $132.6 million from the Primary Series A Offering after commissions. A total of 429 shares of Series A Preferred Stock were subsequently redeemed. The number of Units issued was approximately 14.8% of the maximum number of Units anticipated to be issued under the Primary Series A Offering and the Follow-On Offering. Consequently, the Company cumulatively recognized approximately 14.8% of the approximate $7.4 million deferred to date, or approximately $1.1 million as a reduction of stockholders' equity. The remaining balance of offering costs not yet reflected as a reduction of stockholder's equity, approximately $6.6 million, are reflected in the asset section of the consolidated balance sheet as deferred offering costs at September 30, 2014. The remainder of current and future deferred offering costs related to the Follow-on Offering will likewise be recognized as a reduction of stockholders' equity in the proportion of the number of Units issued to the maximum number of Units anticipated to be issued. Offering costs not related to a specific closing transaction are subject to an overall cap of 1.5% of the total gross proceeds raised during the Unit offerings.
Aggregate offering expenses, including selling commissions and dealer manager fees, will be capped at 11.5% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the Primary Series A Offering and the Follow-On Offering, of which the Company will reimburse its Manager up to 1.5% of the gross proceeds of these offerings for all organization and offering expenses incurred, excluding selling commissions and dealer manager fees; however, upon approval by the conflicts committee of the board of directors, the Company may reimburse its Manager for any such expenses incurred above the 1.5% amount as permitted by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
On January 17, 2013, the Company issued 40,000 shares of its Series B Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $1,000 per share through a private placement transaction. The net proceeds totaled approximately $37.0 million after commissions. On May 9, 2013, the common stockholders approved the issuance of Common Stock upon the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock. As a result of such approval, the Series B Preferred Stock was converted into 5,714,274 shares of Common Stock on May 16, 2013.
On May 17, 2013, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-188677) for an offering up to $200 million of equity or debt securities, or Shelf Registration Statement, which was declared effective by the SEC on July 19, 2013. Deferred offering costs related to this Shelf Registration Statement totaled approximately $475,000 as of September 30, 2014, of which approximately $174,000 are reflected in the asset section of the consolidated balance sheet as deferred offering costs at September 30, 2014. These costs will likewise be recognized as a reduction of stockholders' equity in the proportion of the proceeds from securities issued to the maximum amount of securities registered. During November 2013, the Company sold approximately 4.2 million shares of Common Stock and collected net proceeds of approximately $30.7 million, or 16.5% of the total amount of securities available for issuance under the Shelf Registration Statement. These offering costs related to the Shelf Registration Statement will likewise be recognized as a reduction of stockholders' equity in the proportion of the proceeds from securities issued to the maximum amount of securities registered.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
On February 28, 2014, the Company filed a prospectus supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement to issue and sell up to $100 million of Common Stock from time to time in an "at the market" offering, or the ATM Offering, through MLV & Co. LLC as sales agent. Through September 30, 2014, the Company sold approximately 4.4 million shares of Common Stock through the ATM offering and collected net proceeds of approximately $36.1 million.
6. Related Party Transactions
John A. Williams, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, and Leonard A. Silverstein, the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board, are also executive officers and directors of NELL Partners, Inc., which controls the Manager. Mr. Williams is the Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Silverstein is the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Manager.
Mr. Williams, Mr. Silverstein and Michael J. Cronin, the Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer are executive officers of Williams Realty Advisors, LLC, or WRA, which is the manager of the day-to-day operations of Williams Opportunity Fund, LLC, or WOF, as well as Williams Realty Fund I, LLC, or WRF.
The Management Agreement entitles the Manager to receive compensation for various services it performs related to acquiring assets and managing properties on the Company's behalf:
Three months ended | Nine months ended | |||||||||||||||||
Type of Compensation | Basis of Compensation | September 30, 2014 | September 30, 2013 | September 30, 2014 | September 30, 2013 | |||||||||||||
Acquisition fees | 1% of the gross purchase price of real estate assets acquired or loans advanced | $ | 3,156,638 | $ | 195,833 | $ | 3,500,327 | $ | 1,734,040 | |||||||||
Asset management fees | Monthly fee equal to one-twelfth of 0.50% of the total book value of assets, as adjusted | 531,881 | 363,595 | 1,492,458 | 944,087 | |||||||||||||
Property management fees | Monthly fee equal to 4% of the monthly gross revenues of the properties managed | 283,805 | 238,026 | 814,600 | 643,387 | |||||||||||||
General and administrative expense fees | Monthly fee equal to 2% of the monthly gross revenues of the Company | 255,234 | 173,143 | 714,927 | 444,282 | |||||||||||||
$ | 4,227,558 | $ | 970,597 | $ | 6,522,312 | $ | 3,765,796 |
Included in the acquisition fees recognized for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014 are $642,820 paid as a broker fee to Joel T. Murphy, a member of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer of New Market Properties, LLC, a related party, related to the acquisition of the eight grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping centers during the third quarter 2014. Mr. Murphy was the broker who identified the retail assets acquired and for which he would be compensated at closing. During the acquisition process, Mr. Murphy was asked to join our board of directors based on his background and experience and was also asked to become the Chief Executive Officer of New Market Properties, LLC.
The Manager may, in its discretion, defer some or all of the asset management, property management, or general and administrative expense fees for properties owned by the Company. Any deferred fees become due and payable to the extent that, in the event of any capital transaction, the net sale proceeds exceed the allocable capital contributions for the asset plus a 7% priority annual return on the asset. A total of approximately $10,200 of combined asset management and general and administrative expense fees related to the acquired properties during the three months ended September 30, 2014 have been deferred by the Manager. The Company will recognize any deferred fees in future periods to the extent, if any, it determines that the estimated net sale proceeds would exceed the hurdles listed above. As of September 30, 2014, the Company determined that there was insufficient evidence to support recognition of these deferred fees; therefore, the Company has not recognized any expense for the amounts deferred.
In addition to property management fees, the Company incurred the following reimbursable on-site personnel salary and related benefits expenses at the properties, which are listed on the Consolidated Statements of Operations:
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
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Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||
2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||
$ | 632,051 | $ | 600,547 | $ | 1,866,416 | $ | 1,633,530 |
The Manager utilizes its own and its affiliates' personnel to accomplish certain tasks related to raising capital that would typically be performed by third parties, including, but not limited to, legal and marketing functions. As permitted under the Management Agreement, the Manager was reimbursed $331,360 and $93,776 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. These costs are recorded as deferred offering costs until such time as additional closings occur on the Unit offerings or the Shelf Offering, at which time they are reclassified on a pro-rata basis as a reduction of offering proceeds within stockholders’ equity.
The Company's Haven West, Starkville, Kennesaw real estate loans and the Haven Campus Communities' line of credit are supported in part by guaranties of repayment and performance by John A. Williams, Jr., our Chief Executive Officer's son, a principal of the borrowers and a related party of the Company under GAAP.
In addition to the fees described above, the Management Agreement also entitles the Manager to other potential fees, including disposition fees based on the lesser of (A) one-half of the commission that would be reasonable and customary; and (B) 1% of the sale price of the asset.
Furthermore, the Manager holds the special limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership, which entitles the Manager to distributions from the Operating Partnership equal to 15% of any net proceeds from the sale of a property that are remaining after the payment of (i) the capital and certain expenses related to all realized investments (including the sold asset), and (ii) a 7% priority annual return on such capital and expense; provided that all accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock have been paid in full.
The Company did not incur any of these other potential fees during the three-month or nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 or 2013.
7. Dividends and Distributions
The Company declares and pays monthly cash dividend distributions on its Series A Preferred Stock in the amount of $5.00 per share per month, prorated for partial months at issuance as necessary. The Company's cash distributions on its Series A Preferred Stock were:
2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Record date | Number of shares | Aggregate dividends declared | Record date | Number of shares | Aggregate dividends declared | |||||||||||
January 31, 2014 | 89,313 | $ | 454,344 | January 31, 2013 | 19,732 | $ | 107,551 | |||||||||
February 28, 2014 | 93,005 | 468,337 | February 28, 2013 | 23,094 | 119,885 | |||||||||||
March 31, 2014 | 98,200 | 497,855 | March 28, 2013 | 25,755 | 132,603 | |||||||||||
April 30, 2014 | 101,436 | 510,905 | April 30, 2013 | 41,492 | 220,874 | |||||||||||
May 30, 2014 | 105,630 | 533,800 | May 31, 2013 | 48,098 | 247,597 | |||||||||||
June 30, 2014 | 109,865 | 556,074 | June 28, 2013 | 53,749 | 276,946 | |||||||||||
July 31, 2014 | 115,114 | 583,110 | July 31, 2013 | 59,121 | 302,532 | |||||||||||
August 29, 2014 | 123,334 | 626,595 | August 30, 2013 | 63,359 | 322,368 | |||||||||||
September 30, 2014 | 135,109 | 693,812 | September 30, 2013 | 68,198 | 348,483 | |||||||||||
Total | $ | 4,924,832 | Total | $ | 2,078,839 |
In addition, the Company declared on February 7, 2013 and paid a cash dividend on its Series B Preferred Stock at the same rate and frequency as those dividends declared on the Common Stock, equal to 5,714,274 as-converted shares of Common Stock, in an aggregate amount of $690,476.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
The Company's dividend activity on its Common Stock for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 was:
2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Record date | Number of shares | Dividend per share | Aggregate dividends paid | Record date | Number of shares | Dividend per share | Aggregate dividends paid | |||||||||||||||||
March 14, 2014 | 15,336,059 | $ | 0.16 | $ | 2,453,769 | March 28, 2013 | 5,323,605 | $ | 0.145 | $ | 771,923 | |||||||||||||
June 16, 2014 | 16,613,827 | 0.16 | 2,658,212 | June 26, 2013 | 11,066,895 | 0.15 | 1,660,034 | |||||||||||||||||
September 15, 2014 | 18,361,942 | 0.16 | 2,937,911 | September 16, 2013 | 11,073,731 | 0.15 | 1,661,060 | |||||||||||||||||
$ | 0.48 | $ | 8,049,892 | $ | 0.445 | $ | 4,093,017 |
The holders of Class A OP Units of the Operating Partnership are entitled to equivalent distributions as those declared on the Common Stock. At September 30, 2014, the Company had 145,011 Class A OP Units outstanding, which are exchangeable on a one-for-one basis for shares of Common Stock or the equivalent amount of cash. Distribution activity by the Operating Partnership was:
2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||
Declaration date | Payment date | Aggregate distributions | Declaration date | Payment date | Aggregate distributions | |||||||||
2/6/2014 | 4/22/2014 | $ | 36,552 | 2/7/2013 | 4/25/2013 | $ | 15,513 | |||||||
5/8/2014 | 7/17/2014 | 21,509 | 5/9/2013 | 7/31/2013 | 16,048 | |||||||||
8/7/2014 | 10/17/2014 | 23,201 | 8/8/2013 | 10/29/2013 | 16,048 | |||||||||
$ | 81,262 | $ | 47,609 |
8. Equity Compensation
Stock Incentive Plan
On February 25, 2011, the Company’s board of directors adopted, and the Company’s stockholders approved, the Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, or, as amended, the 2011 Plan, to incentivize, compensate and retain eligible officers, consultants, and non-employee directors. Awards may be made in the form of issuances of Common Stock, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), performance shares, incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, or other forms. Eligibility for receipt of, amounts, and all terms governing awards pursuant to the 2011 Plan, such as vesting periods and voting and dividend rights on unvested awards, are determined by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.
On May 9, 2013, the Company's stockholders approved the second amendment to the 2011 Plan, to increase the aggregate number of authorized shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the 2011 Plan to 1,317,500 and to extend the expiration date of the 2011 Plan to December 31, 2016.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
Equity compensation expense by award type for the Company was:
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | Unamortized expense as of September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||
2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
Quarterly board member committee fee grants | $ | 11,858 | $ | 5,983 | $ | 29,786 | $ | 24,151 | $ | — | ||||||||||
Class B Unit awards: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Executive officers - 2012 | — | — | — | 2,580 | — | |||||||||||||||
Executive officers - 2013 | — | 215,555 | 2,318 | 644,345 | — | |||||||||||||||
Executive officers - 2014 | 364,558 | — | 1,095,041 | — | 336,293 | |||||||||||||||
Vice chairman of board of directors | — | 5,125 | — | 25,623 | — | |||||||||||||||
Restricted stock grants: | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | — | — | — | 86,250 | — | |||||||||||||||
2013 | — | 64,197 | 85,812 | 106,997 | — | |||||||||||||||
2014 | 80,545 | — | 134,150 | — | 187,811 | |||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 456,961 | $ | 290,860 | $ | 1,347,107 | $ | 889,946 | $ | 524,104 |
Restricted Stock Grants
On May 9, 2013, the Company granted a total of 29,016 shares of restricted Common Stock to its independent board members, in payment of their annual retainer fees. The per-share fair value was $8.85 and total compensation cost in the amount of $256,792 was recognized on a straight-line basis over the period ending with the vest date, which was May 8, 2014. On January 1, 2014, 1,957 shares of restricted stock from this grant were forfeited upon the transition of the vice chairman of the Company's board of directors from an independent director status to an employee of the Manager.
On January 1, 2014, the Company granted 2,178 shares of restricted Common Stock to a new independent board member, in pro-rata payment of his annual retainer fee. The per-share fair value was $8.04 and total compensation cost in the amount of $17,511 was recognized on a straight-line basis over the period beginning on the date of grant and ending on May 8, 2014.
On May 8, 2014, the Company granted a total of 39,216 shares of restricted Common Stock to its independent board members, in payment of their annual retainer fees. The per-share fair value was $8.21 and total compensation cost in the amount of $321,963 will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the period ending on the earlier of first anniversary of the grant date and the date of the next annual meeting of the Company's stockholders.
Directors’ Stock Grants
On February 7, 2013, the Company granted 2,115 shares of Common Stock to its independent board members, in payment of their quarterly meeting fees. The per-share fair value of this immediate-vesting award was $8.59, which was the closing price of the Common Stock on the prior business day. The total compensation cost of $18,168 was recorded in full at the grant date.
On August 8, 2013, the Company granted 708 shares of Common Stock to its independent board members, in payment of their quarterly meeting fees. The per-share fair value of this immediate-vesting award was $8.45, which was the closing price of the Common Stock on the prior business day. The total compensation cost of $5,983 was recorded in full at the grant date.
On February 6, 2014, the Company granted 2,241 shares of Common Stock to its independent board members, in payment of their quarterly meeting fees. The per-share fair value of this immediate-vesting award was $8.00, which was the closing price of the Common Stock on the prior business day. The total compensation cost of $17,928 was recorded in full at the grant date.
On August 7, 2014, the Company granted 1,350 shares of Common Stock to its independent board members, in payment of their quarterly meeting fees. The per-share fair value of this immediate-vesting award was $8.80, which was the closing price of the Common Stock on the prior business day. The total compensation cost of $11,880 was recorded in full at the grant date.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
Class B OP Units
On January 2, 2013, pursuant to the limited partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership, the Company granted 142,046 Class B Units of the Operating Partnership, or Class B OP Units, to certain of its executive officers as compensation for service in 2013. On January 2, 2014, the Company granted 239,556 Class B OP Units for service to be rendered during 2014.
The Class B OP Units become Vested Class B OP Units at the Initial Valuation Date, which is one year from the date of grant. For each grant, on the Initial Valuation Date, the market capitalization of the number of shares of Common Stock at the date of grant is compared to the market capitalization of the same number of shares of Common Stock at the Initial Valuation Date. If the market capitalization measure results in an increase which exceeds the target market threshold, the Vested Class B OP Units become earned Class B OP Units and automatically convert into Class A OP Units of the Operating Partnership (as long as the capital accounts have achieved economic equivalence), which are henceforth entitled to distributions from the Operating Partnership and become exchangeable for Common Stock on a one-to-one basis at the option of the holder. Vested Class B OP Units may become Earned Class B OP Units on a pro-rata basis should the result of the market capitalization test be an increase of less than the target market threshold. Any Vested Class B OP Units that do not become Earned Class B OP Units on the Initial Valuation Date are subsequently remeasured on a quarterly basis until such time as all Vested Class B OP Units become Earned Class B OP Units or are forfeited due to termination of continuous service as an officer of the Company due to an event other than as a result of a qualified event, which is generally the death or disability of the holder. Continuous service through the final valuation date is required for the Vested Class B OP Units to qualify to become fully Earned Class B OP Units.
Because of the market condition vesting requirement that determines the transition of the Vested Class B OP Units to Earned Class B OP Units, a Monte Carlo simulation was utilized to calculate the total fair values, which will be amortized as compensation expense over the one-year periods beginning on the grant dates through the Initial Valuation Dates. On January 3, 2013, the 106,988 outstanding Class B OP Units for service provided during 2012 became fully vested and earned and automatically converted to Class A OP Units of the Operating Partnership. On January 2, 2014, 131,464 of the 142,046 outstanding Class B OP Units for 2013 became fully vested and earned and automatically converted to Class A OP Units of the Operating Partnership. The remaining 10,582 unvested 2013 Class B OP Units became vested and earned and automatically converted to Class A OP Units of the Operating Partnership on June 30, 2014.
The underlying valuation assumptions and results for the Class B OP Unit awards were:
Grant dates | 1/2/2013 | 1/2/2014 | ||||||
Stock price | $ | 7.88 | $ | 8.05 | ||||
Dividend yield | 7.36 | % | 8.12 | % | ||||
Expected volatility | 32.1 | % | 32.72 | % | ||||
Risk-free interest rate | 2.91 | % | 3.80 | % | ||||
Derived service period (years) | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||||
Number of Units granted | 142,046 | 239,556 | ||||||
Calculated fair value per Unit, assuming: | ||||||||
50% vesting | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
100% vesting | $ | 6.07 | $ | 5.94 | ||||
Total fair value of Units | $ | 862,219 | $ | 1,422,963 | ||||
Target market threshold increase | $ | 1,150,000 | $ | 1,959,000 |
The expected dividend yield assumptions were derived from the Company’s closing prices of the Common Stock on the grant dates and the projected future quarterly dividend payments of $0.145 for the 2013 annual awards and $0.16 for the 2014 awards.
Since the Company has a limited amount of operating history in the public equity market, the expected volatility assumption was derived from the observed historical volatility of the common stock prices of a select group of peer companies within the REIT industry that most closely approximate the Company’s size, capitalization, leverage, line of business and geographic focus markets.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
The risk-free rate assumptions were obtained from the Federal Reserve yield table and were calculated as the interpolated rate between the 20 and 30 years year yield percentages on U. S. Treasury securities on the grant dates.
Since the likelihood of attainment of the market condition for each of the Class B OP Units to become earned is believed to be high and the vesting period is one year, the forfeiture rate assumption for these Class B OP Units was set to 0%.
Since the Class B OP Units have no expiration date, a derived service period of one year was utilized, which equals the period of time from the grant date to the initial valuation date.
9. Indebtedness
Mortgage Notes Payable
The following table shows certain details regarding our mortgage notes payable:
Principal balance as of | Interest only through date (1) | ||||||||||||||
Acquisition/ refinancing date | September 30, 2014 | December 31, 2013 | Maturity date | Fixed interest rate | |||||||||||
Trail Creek | 6/25/2013 | $ | 28,109,000 | $ | 28,109,000 | 7/1/2020 | 4.22% | 7/1/2020 | |||||||
Stone Rise | 7/3/2014 | 25,187,000 | 19,500,000 | 8/1/2019 | 2.89% | 8/31/2015 | |||||||||
Summit Crossing | 4/21/2011 | 20,763,830 | 20,862,000 | 5/1/2018 | 4.71% | 5/1/2014 | |||||||||
Summit Crossing secondary financing | 8/28/2014 | 5,250,000 | — | 9/1/2019 | 4.39% | N/A | |||||||||
Summit II | 3/20/2014 | 13,357,000 | 13,000,000 | 4/1/2021 | 4.49% | 3/1/2020 | |||||||||
Ashford Park | 1/24/2013 | 25,626,000 | 25,626,000 | 2/1/2020 | 3.13% | 2/28/2018 | |||||||||
Ashford Park secondary financing | 8/28/2014 | 6,660,000 | — | 2/1/2020 | 4.13% | N/A | |||||||||
McNeil Ranch | 1/24/2013 | 13,646,000 | 13,646,000 | 2/1/2020 | 3.13% | 2/28/2018 | |||||||||
Lake Cameron | 1/24/2013 | 19,773,000 | 19,773,000 | 2/1/2020 | 3.13% | 2/28/2018 | |||||||||
Enclave | 9/26/2014 | 24,862,000 | — | 10/1/2021 | 3.68% | 10/31/2017 | |||||||||
Sandstone | 9/26/2014 | 32,305,000 | — | 10/1/2019 | 3.18% | N/A | |||||||||
Stoneridge | 9/26/2014 | 27,950,000 | — | 10/1/2019 | 3.18% | N/A | |||||||||
Vineyards | 9/26/2014 | 34,775,000 | — | 10/1/2021 | 3.68% | 10/31/2017 | |||||||||
Spring Hill Plaza | 9/5/2014 | 9,900,000 | — | 10/1/2019 | 3.36% | N/A | |||||||||
Parkway Town Centre | 9/5/2014 | 7,200,000 | — | 10/1/2019 | 3.36% | N/A | |||||||||
Woodstock | 8/8/2014 | 3,150,000 | — | 9/1/2021 | 4.71% | N/A | |||||||||
Deltona Landing | 9/30/2014 | 7,250,000 | — | 10/1/2019 | 3.48% | N/A | |||||||||
Powder Springs | 9/30/2014 | 7,650,000 | — | 10/1/2019 | 3.48% | N/A | |||||||||
Kingwood Glen | 9/30/2014 | 12,130,000 | — | 10/1/2019 | 3.48% | N/A | |||||||||
Barclay Crossing | 9/30/2014 | 6,820,000 | — | 10/1/2019 | 3.48% | N/A | |||||||||
Sweetgrass Corner | 9/30/2014 | 8,260,000 | — | 10/1/2019 | 3.58% | N/A | |||||||||
Parkway Centre | 9/30/2014 | 4,750,000 | — | 10/1/2019 | 3.48% | N/A | |||||||||
Total | $ | 345,373,830 | $ | 140,516,000 | |||||||||||
(1) Following the indicated interest only period (where applicable), monthly payments of accrued interest and principal are based on a 30-year amortization period through the maturity date. |
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
Credit Facility
The Company has a revolving credit facility with Key Bank National Association, or Key Bank, which is used to fund investments, capital expenditures, dividends (with consent of Key Bank), working capital and other general corporate purposes on an as needed basis. The maximum borrowing capacity on the Revolving Credit Facility was $40,000,000 until the amendment of the loan agreement pursuant to the Third Modification Agreement, which became effective July 1, 2014.
The Third Modification Agreement increased our borrowing capacity on the Revolving Credit Facility from $40 million to $45 million and extended the maturity date to July 1, 2015. Once the Company's operating real estate assets exceeded $300 million, the borrowing capacity was increased to $50 million.
On September 19, 2014, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Key Bank that also added a $45 million term loan, or Term Note, to the Company's borrowing capacity. The Term Note bears interest at the one month London Interbank Offered Rate, or 1 month LIBOR, plus 4.5%. This rate was 4.625% per annum at September 30, 2014. The Term Note matures on March 19, 2015, with an option to extend until June 19, 2015. Mandatory principal payments totaling $15.0 million with a maximum balance of $30.0 million are required by December 19, 2014 and cumulative payments totaling $25.0 million with a maximum balance of $20.0 million are required by March 19, 2015.
The purpose of the Term Note was to partially finance the acquisitions of the Sunbelt and Dunbar portfolios.
The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains certain affirmative and negative covenants, including negative covenants that limit or restrict secured and unsecured indebtedness, mergers and fundamental changes, investments and acquisitions, liens and encumbrances, dividends, transactions with affiliates, burdensome agreements, changes in fiscal year and other matters customarily restricted in such agreements. The amount of dividends that may be paid out by the Company is restricted to a maximum of 95% of AFFO for the trailing rolling four quarters without the lender's consent; solely for purposes of this covenant, AFFO is calculated as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization expense, plus reserves for capital expenditures, less normally recurring capital expenditures, less consolidated interest expense.
As of September 30, 2014, the Company was in compliance with all covenants related to the Credit Facility, as shown in the following table:
Covenant (1) | Requirement | Result | ||
Senior leverage ratio | Maximum 60% | 50.7% | ||
Net worth | Minimum $160,000,000 | (2) | $242,961,014 | |
Debt yield | Minimum 8.25% | 8.46% | ||
Payout ratio | Maximum 95% | (3) | 82.5% | |
Total leverage ratio | Maximum 65% | 62.4% | ||
Debt service coverage ratio | Minimum 1.50x | 3.93x |
(1) All covenants are as defined in the credit agreement for the Credit Facility.
(2) Minimum $160 million plus 75% of the net proceeds of any equity offering, which totaled approximately $229,170,000 as of September 30, 2014.
(3)Calculated on a trailing four-quarter basis. For the twelve-month period ended September 30, 2014, the maximum dividends and distributions allowed under this covenant was approximately $19,255,000.
Loan fees and closing costs for the establishment and subsequent amendments of the Credit Facility, the Term Loan, as well as the mortgage debt on the Company's multifamily communities, are amortized over the lives of the loans. At September 30, 2014, aggregate unamortized loan costs were approximately $5.4 million, which will be amortized over a weighted average remaining loan life of approximately 5.2 years. The weighted average interest rate for the Credit Facility was 4.07% for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.
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September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
Interest Expense
Interest expense, including amortization of deferred loan costs was:
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||
Trail Creek | $ | 321,052 | $ | 319,246 | $ | 953,272 | $ | 585,073 | ||||||||
Stone Rise | 331,606 | 155,105 | 633,764 | 461,839 | ||||||||||||
Summit Crossing | 439,414 | 257,553 | 1,219,786 | 764,469 | ||||||||||||
Ashford Park | 246,313 | 217,958 | 675,543 | 600,466 | ||||||||||||
McNeil Ranch | 119,503 | 119,503 | 354,950 | 331,382 | ||||||||||||
Lake Cameron | 167,039 | 167,038 | 495,958 | 464,630 | ||||||||||||
Dunbar Portfolio | 78,051 | — | 78,051 | — | ||||||||||||
Retail assets | 82,639 | — | 82,639 | — | ||||||||||||
Interest paid to Manassas participant | 52,700 | — | 52,700 | — | ||||||||||||
1,838,317 | 1,236,403 | 4,546,663 | 3,207,859 | |||||||||||||
Revolving Credit Facility and Term Note | 311,730 | 302,164 | 1,103,433 | 715,472 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense | $ | 2,150,047 | $ | 1,538,567 | $ | 5,650,096 | $ | 3,923,331 |
Future Principal Payments
The Company’s estimated future principal payments due on its debt instruments, including its line of credit as of September 30, 2014 were:
Period | Future principal payments | |||
2014 | $ | 51,476,798 | ||
2015 | 32,124,966 | |||
2016 | 3,597,037 | |||
2017 | 3,917,158 | |||
2018 | 25,263,786 | |||
thereafter | 309,244,085 | |||
Total | $ | 425,623,830 |
10. Income Taxes
The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT effective with its tax year ended December 31, 2011, and therefore, the Company will not be subject to federal and state income taxes after this effective date. For the period preceding this election date, the Company's operations resulted in a tax loss. As of December 31, 2010, the Company had deferred federal and state tax assets totaling approximately $298,100, none of which were based upon tax positions deemed to be uncertain. These deferred tax assets will most likely not be used since the Company elected REIT status, therefore, management has determined that a 100% valuation allowance is appropriate as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
11. Commitments and Contingencies
On March 28, 2014, the Company entered into a payment guaranty in support of its Manager's new eleven-year office lease, which began on October 9, 2014. The amount guarantied by the Company is $5.0 million and is reduced by $400,000 per year over the term of the lease.
The Company is otherwise currently subject to neither any known material commitments or contingencies from its business operations, nor any material known or threatened litigation.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
12. Segment Information
The Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker, or CODM, evaluates the performance of the Company's business operations and allocates financial and other resources by assessing the financial results and outlook for future performance across three distinct segments: multifamily communities, real estate related financing, and retail.
Multifamily Communities - consists of owned residential multifamily communities.
Financing - consists of the Company's investment portfolio of mezzanine loans, bridge loans, and other instruments deployed by the Company to partially finance the development, construction, and prestabilization carrying costs of new multifamily communities and other real estate and real estate related assets.
Retail - consists of owned shopping centers. At September 30, 2014, this consisted of Woodstock Crossing plus the eight additional assets acquired during the three month period ended September 30, 2014.
The CODM monitors net operating income (“NOI”) on a segment and a consolidated basis as a key performance measure for its operating segments. NOI is defined as rental and other property revenue from real estate assets plus interest income from its loan portfolio less total property operating and maintenance expenses, property management fees, real estate taxes, property insurance, and general and administrative expenses. The CODM uses NOI as a measure of operating performance because it provides a measure of the core operations, rather than factoring in depreciation and amortization, financing costs, acquisition expenses, and other expenses generally incurred at the corporate level.
The following tables present the Company's assets, revenues, and NOI results by reportable segment, as well as a reconciliation from NOI to net income (loss). The assets attributable to 'Other' primarily consist of deferred offering costs recorded but not yet reclassified as reductions of stockholders' equity and cash balances at the Company and Operating Partnership levels.
September 30, 2014 | December 31, 2013 | |||||||
Assets: | ||||||||
Multifamily communities | $ | 376,089,034 | $ | 196,368,297 | ||||
Financing | 180,002,113 | 131,079,309 | ||||||
Retail | 111,983,472 | — | ||||||
Other | 20,265,901 | 14,189,089 | ||||||
Consolidated assets | $ | 688,340,520 | $ | 341,636,695 |
Total capitalized expenditures of $1,281,035 and $979,828 were recorded for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively (excluding the purchase prices of acquisitions during these periods and construction in progress).
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September 30, 2014
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Three months ended | Nine months ended | |||||||||||||||||
September 30, 2014 | September 30, 2013 | September 30, 2014 | September 30, 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Revenues | ||||||||||||||||||
Multifamily communities | $ | 6,952,522 | $ | 6,057,372 | $ | 19,992,643 | $ | 16,385,096 | ||||||||||
Financing | 5,835,999 | 2,694,903 | 15,821,540 | 6,026,846 | ||||||||||||||
Retail | 394,139 | — | 673,749 | — | ||||||||||||||
Consolidated revenues | $ | 13,182,660 | $ | 8,752,275 | $ | 36,487,932 | $ | 22,411,942 | ||||||||||
Segment net operating income (Segment NOI) | ||||||||||||||||||
Multifamily communities | $ | 4,104,481 | $ | 3,451,598 | $ | 11,712,202 | $ | 9,486,780 | ||||||||||
Financing | 5,835,999 | 2,694,903 | 15,821,540 | 6,026,846 | ||||||||||||||
Retail | 293,431 | — | 504,540 | — | ||||||||||||||
Consolidated segment net operating income | 10,233,911 | 6,146,501 | 28,038,282 | 15,513,626 | ||||||||||||||
Interest and loss on early debt extinguishment: | ||||||||||||||||||
Multifamily communities | 1,702,977 | 1,237,915 | 4,411,323 | 3,797,057 | ||||||||||||||
Retail | 82,639 | — | 82,639 | — | ||||||||||||||
Financing | 364,431 | 300,652 | 1,156,134 | 730,611 | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization: | ||||||||||||||||||
Multifamily communities | 2,870,450 | 3,682,087 | 8,369,612 | 12,678,709 | ||||||||||||||
Retail | 315,289 | — | 421,433 | — | ||||||||||||||
Professional fees | 326,776 | 57,908 | 901,429 | 450,676 | ||||||||||||||
Management fees | 787,115 | 536,738 | 2,207,385 | 1,388,369 | ||||||||||||||
Acquisition costs: | ||||||||||||||||||
Multifamily communities | 2,937,724 | 10,682 | 3,087,696 | 1,242,305 | ||||||||||||||
Retail | 3,562,332 | — | 3,820,023 | — | ||||||||||||||
Equity compensation to directors and executives | 456,961 | 290,860 | 1,347,107 | 889,946 | ||||||||||||||
Other | 56,590 | 59,673 | 242,561 | 174,016 | ||||||||||||||
Net loss | $ | (3,229,373 | ) | $ | (30,014 | ) | $ | 1,990,940 | $ | (5,838,063 | ) |
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
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13. Income (Loss) Per Share
The following is a reconciliation of weighted average basic and diluted shares outstanding used in the calculation of income (loss) per share of Common Stock:
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||
2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||||||||
Numerator: | |||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (3,229,373 | ) | $ | (30,014 | ) | $ | 1,990,940 | $ | (5,838,063 | ) | ||||||
Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests | 26,481 | 127,738 | (32,747 | ) | 225,894 | ||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to the Company | (3,202,892 | ) | 97,724 | 1,958,193 | (5,612,169 | ) | |||||||||||
Dividends declared to preferred stockholders (A) | (1,903,517 | ) | (973,069 | ) | (4,924,832 | ) | (2,769,001 | ) | |||||||||
Deemed non-cash dividend to holders of Series B Preferred Stock | — | — | — | (7,028,557 | ) | ||||||||||||
Earnings attributable to unvested restricted stock (B) | (6,275 | ) | (4,352 | ) | (17,227 | ) | (13,496 | ) | |||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders | $ | (5,112,684 | ) | $ | (879,697 | ) | $ | (2,983,866 | ) | $ | (15,423,223 | ) | |||||
Denominator: | |||||||||||||||||
Weighted average number of shares of Common Stock - basic | 17,564,091 | 11,041,359 | 16,399,675 | 8,197,531 | |||||||||||||
Effect of dilutive securities: (C) | |||||||||||||||||
Warrants | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
Class B OP Units | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
Unvested restricted stock | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
Weighted average number of shares of Common Stock - diluted | 17,564,091 | 11,041,359 | 16,399,675 | 8,197,531 | |||||||||||||
Income (loss) per share of Common Stock: | |||||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | (0.29 | ) | $ | (0.08 | ) | $ | (0.18 | ) | $ | (1.88 | ) | |||||
Diluted | $ | (0.29 | ) | $ | (0.08 | ) | $ | (0.18 | ) | $ | (1.88 | ) |
(A) The Company’s 146,145 shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding accrue dividends at an annual rate of 6% of the stated value of $1,000 per share, payable monthly.
(B) The Company's outstanding unvested restricted share awards (39,216 and 29,016 shares of Common Stock at September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively) contain non-forfeitable rights to distributions or distribution equivalents. The impact of the unvested restricted share awards on earnings per share has been calculated using the two-class method whereby earnings are allocated to the unvested restricted share awards based on dividends declared and the unvested restricted shares' participation rights in undistributed earnings. Given the Company incurred a net loss for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, the dividends declared for that period are adjusted in determining the calculation of loss per share of Common Stock since the unvested restricted share awards are defined as participating securities.
(C) Potential dilution from 150,000 shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding due to the hypothetical exercise of a warrant issued by the Company to International Assets Advisory LLC, or IAA, on March 31, 2011, which expires on March 31, 2015, and warrants outstanding from issuances of Units from our Primary Series A Offering that are potentially exercisable into 2,931,480 shares of Common Stock, from the diluted shares calculations because the effect was antidilutive. Class A OP Units were excluded from the denominator because earnings were allocated to non-controlling interests in the calculation of the numerator.
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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
14. Pro Forma Financial Information
The Company’s condensed pro forma financial results, assuming the acquisitions of Ashford Park, McNeil Ranch, Lake Cameron, Trail II, Parkway Town Centre, Spring Hill Plaza, and the Dunbar and Sunbelt Portfolios were hypothetically completed on January 1, 2013 and for the commencement of business operations for Summit II on February 1, 2013 were:
Three months ended | Nine months ended | |||||||||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||||||||
2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Pro forma: | ||||||||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 20,026,753 | $ | 15,934,565 | $ | 57,022,655 | $ | 44,240,660 | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (5,106,447 | ) | $ | (3,549,828 | ) | $ | (4,862,551 | ) | $ | (24,696,591 | ) | ||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to the Company | $ | (5,064,596 | ) | $ | (3,389,533 | ) | $ | (4,824,826 | ) | $ | (24,177,458 | ) | ||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders | $ | (6,974,388 | ) | $ | (4,366,954 | ) | $ | (9,766,885 | ) | $ | (33,988,512 | ) | ||||||
Net income (loss) per share of Common Stock | ||||||||||||||||||
attributable to common stockholders: | ||||||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | (0.37 | ) | $ | (0.35 | ) | $ | (0.55 | ) | $ | (3.52 | ) | ||||||
Diluted | $ | (0.37 | ) | $ | (0.35 | ) | $ | (0.55 | ) | $ | (4.15 | ) | ||||||
Weighted average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding: | ||||||||||||||||||
Basic | 18,919,526 | 12,491,359 | 17,817,807 | 9,647,531 | ||||||||||||||
Diluted | 18,919,526 | 12,491,359 | 17,817,807 | 8,197,531 |
These pro forma results are not necessarily indicative of what historical performance would have been had these business combinations been effective January 1, 2013, nor should they be interpreted as expectations of future results.
15. Fair Values of Financial Instruments
Fair value is defined as the price at which an asset or liability is exchanged between market participants in an orderly transaction at the reporting date. The Company’s cash equivalents, notes receivable, accounts receivable and payables and accrued expenses all approximate fair value due to their short term nature. The Company has one real estate loan which is measured at fair value on a recurring basis.
The following tables provide estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments. The carrying values of the Company's real estate loans include accrued interest receivable from additional interest or exit fee provisions and are presented net of deferred loan fee revenue, where applicable. Accrued interest included in the carrying values of the Company's real estate loans was approximately $6.3 million and $3.1 million at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.
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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
As of September 30, 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||
Carrying value | Fair value measurements using fair value hierarchy | ||||||||||||||||||
Fair Value | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Financial Assets: | |||||||||||||||||||
Real estate loans (1) | $ | 150,477,152 | $ | 155,999,168 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 155,999,168 | |||||||||
Notes receivable | 15,512,662 | 15,512,662 | — | — | 15,512,662 | ||||||||||||||
Note receivable and revolving line of credit | 10,472,805 | 10,472,805 | — | — | 10,472,805 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 176,462,619 | $ | 181,984,635 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 181,984,635 | ||||||||||
Financial Liabilities: | |||||||||||||||||||
Mortgage notes payable | $ | 345,373,830 | $ | 346,486,616 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 346,486,616 | |||||||||
Revolving credit facility | 36,000,000 | 36,000,000 | — | — | 36,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
Term Loan | 44,250,000 | 44,250,000 | — | — | 44,250,000 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 425,623,830 | $ | 426,736,616 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 426,736,616 |
As of December 31, 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||
Carrying value | Fair value measurements using fair value hierarchy | ||||||||||||||||||
Fair Value | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Financial Assets: | |||||||||||||||||||
Real estate loans (1) | $ | 113,718,233 | $ | 119,152,117 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 119,152,117 | |||||||||
Notes receivable | 10,248,178 | 10,248,178 | — | — | 10,248,178 | ||||||||||||||
Line of credit receivable | 6,858,227 | 6,858,227 | — | — | 6,858,227 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 130,824,638 | $ | 136,258,522 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 136,258,522 | ||||||||||
Financial Liabilities: | |||||||||||||||||||
Mortgage notes payable | $ | 140,516,000 | 137,116,549 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 137,116,549 | ||||||||||
Revolving credit facility | 29,390,000 | 29,390,000 | — | — | 29,390,000 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 169,906,000 | $ | 166,506,549 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 166,506,549 |
(1) The carrying value of real estate loans includes the Irvine loan of 17,733,427 and $14,332,658 at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, for which the Company elected to account for utilizing the fair value option on a recurring basis. The change in fair value was due to an additional drawn amount. This amount also includes the Company's balance of the Manassas real estate loan, net of the balance funded by unrelated participants.
The fair value of the real estate loans within the level 3 hierarchy are comprised of estimates of the fair value of the notes, which were developed utilizing a discounted cash flow model over the remaining terms of the notes until their maturity dates and utilizing discount rates believed to approximate the market risk factor for notes of similar type and duration. The fair values also contain a separately-calculated estimate of any applicable exit fee or additional interest payment due the Company at the maturity date of the loan, based on the outstanding loan balances at September 30, 2014, discounted to the reporting date utilizing a discount rate believed to be appropriate for multifamily development projects. At the date of the Irvine loan, the Company elected the fair value option as the carrying amount of the loan. The significant unobservable input into this level 3 fair value assessment classification includes a remote possibility of realization of the $2,000,000 exit fee. Because the interest rate of the loan approximated market rates for similar loans, and due to the short term nature of the loan, the Company determined that the face amount of the loan approximated its fair market value.
The fair value of the Company’s variable rate mortgage is believed to approximate its carrying value, as long as market interest rates remain below the level of the interest rate cap in place on this note. The fair values of the fixed rate mortgages on the Company’s other properties were developed using market quotes of the fixed rate yield index and spread for seven year notes as of the reporting date. Consideration is taken of the current margin rates and spreads relative to the interest rate caps in performing
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
September 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
this analysis. The present values of the cash flows were calculated using the original interest rate in place on the fixed rate mortgages and again at the current market rate. The difference between the two results was applied as a fair market adjustment to the carrying value of the mortgages.
16. Subsequent Events
On October 6, 2014, the Company acquired one grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping center with an approximate aggregate 62,400 rentable square feet located in Nashville, Tennessee, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $14.2 million.
On October 20, 2014, the borrower repaid the mezzanine loan and accrued interest of approximately $5.4 million, which supported the development of a grocery anchored, necessity retail shopping center in Rome, Georgia. The grocery company exercised its right of first refusal for the center.
On October 21, 2014, the Company repaid $7.25 million of the principal amount owed on our Term Loan and on November 4, 2014, we repaid another $3.5 million of principal amount. With these payments, the outstanding balance on the Term Loan has been reduced from $44.25 million to $33.5 million.
Between October 1, 2014 and October 31, 2014, the Company issued 13,196 Units and collected net proceeds of approximately $11.9 million under its Follow-on Offering.
On November 3, 2014, the Company declared a dividend on its Common Stock of $0.175 per share, payable on January 15, 2015 to all stockholders of record on December 15, 2014.
On November 3, 2014, the Company granted 2,102 shares of Common Stock to its independent board members, in payment of their meeting fees. The per-share fair value of this immediate-vesting award was $8.50, which was the closing price of the Common Stock on the prior business day. The total compensation cost of $17,867 was recorded in full at the grant date.
On November 4, 2014, the Company closed on a bridge loan of up to $2.24 million to acquire a parcel of land adjacent to the property partially financed by our Crosstown Walk mezzanine loan in Tampa, Florida, for a planned 180-unit second phase of that multifamily community. The loan pays current monthly interest of 8.5% per annum and accrues deferred interest at 4.33% per annum.
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Significant Developments
During September and early October 2014, we acquired nine grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping centers with an approximate aggregate 628,000 rentable square feet located in the Nashville, Orlando, Atlanta, Houston, Tampa, Columbus, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina markets for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $112.5 million.
On September 26, 2014, we acquired four multifamily communities located in the Kansas City, Dallas, Nashville, and Houston markets, representing an aggregate of 1,397 units, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $181.3 million. We now own 3,326 multifamily units, with an additional potential 3,663 units under construction through our mezzanine loan program.
In connection with these retail acquisitions, our current strategy is to aggregate a critical mass of necessity retail shopping center assets within New Market Properties, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of our operating partnership, and then spin off, sell or distribute New Market Properties into an independent, publicly traded REIT as soon as we believe it has reached scale. Moreover, there is an expectation that we will continue to own an investment in New Market Properties following such spin off, sale or distribution.
As of September 30, 2014, we had cumulatively issued 146,574 Units and collected net proceeds of approximately $132.6 million from our Primary Series A Offering, and pursuant to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 for the Follow-On Offering registration statement on Form S-3, which increased the Follow-On Offering to 900,000 Units.
During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, we issued approximately 4.4 million shares of Common Stock pursuant to our at the market offering, or ATM Offering, through MLV & Co. LLC as our sales agent under our Shelf Registration Statement and collected net proceeds of approximately $36.1 million.
Forward-looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including, without limitation, statements containing the words "believes," "anticipates," "intends," "expects," "assumes," "trends" and similar expressions, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based upon our current plans, expectations and projections about future events. However, such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the following:
• our business and investment strategy;
• our projected operating results;
• | actions and initiatives of the U.S. Government and changes to U.S. Government policies and the execution and impact of these actions, initiatives and policies; |
• the state of the U.S. economy generally or in specific geographic areas;
• economic trends and economic recoveries;
• | our ability to obtain and maintain financing arrangements, including through the Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae, and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or Freddie Mac; |
• financing and advance rates for our target assets;
• our expected leverage;
• changes in the values of our assets;
• our expected portfolio of assets;
• our expected investments;
• interest rate mismatches between our target assets and our borrowings used to fund such investments;
• changes in interest rates and the market value of our target assets;
• changes in prepayment rates on our target assets;
• effects of hedging instruments on our target assets;
• rates of default or decreased recovery rates on our target assets;
• the degree to which our hedging strategies may or may not protect us from interest rate volatility;
• impact of and changes in governmental regulations, tax law and rates, accounting guidance and similar matters;
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• our ability to maintain our qualification as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
• our ability to maintain our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
• availability of investment opportunities in mortgage-related and real estate-related investments and securities;
• availability of qualified personnel;
• estimates relating to our ability to make distributions to our stockholders in the future;
• our understanding of our competition;
• market trends in our industry, interest rates, real estate values, the debt securities markets or the general economy;
• | weakness in the national, regional and local economies, which could adversely impact consumer spending and retail sales and in turn tenant demand for space and could lead to increased store closings; |
• | changes in market rental rates; |
• | changes in demographics (including the number of households and average household income) surrounding our shopping centers; |
• | adverse financial conditions for grocery anchors and other retail, service, medical or restaurant tenants; |
• | continued consolidation in the retail and grocery sector; |
• | excess amount of retail space in our markets; |
• | reduction in the demand by tenants to occupy our shopping centers as a result of reduced consumer demand for certain retail formats; |
• | the growth of super-centers and warehouse club retailers, such as those operated by Wal-Mart and Costco, and their adverse effect on traditional grocery chains; |
• | the impact of an increase in energy costs on consumers and its consequential effect on the number of shopping visits to our centers; and |
• | consequences of any armed conflict involving, or terrorist attack against, the United States. |
Forward-looking statements are found throughout "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The reader should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Except as required under the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, we do not have any intention or obligation to publicly release any revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect unforeseen or other events after the date of this report. The forward-looking statements should be read in light of the risk factors indicated in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in section 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and as may be supplemented by any amendments to our risk factors in our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other reports filed with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
General
The following discussion and analysis provides information that we believe is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our results of operations and financial position. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Overview
We are an externally managed Maryland corporation formed primarily to acquire and operate multifamily properties in select targeted markets throughout the United States. As part of our business strategy, we may enter into forward purchase contracts or purchase options for to-be-built multifamily communities and we may make bridge and mezzanine loans, provide deposit arrangements, or provide performance assurances, as may be necessary or appropriate, in connection with the construction of multifamily communities and other properties. As a secondary strategy, we may acquire or originate senior mortgage loans, subordinate loans or mezzanine debt secured by interests in multifamily properties, membership or partnership interests in multifamily properties and other multifamily related assets and invest not more than 20% of our assets in other real estate related investments such as grocery-anchored necessity retail properties, as determined by our Manager as appropriate for us.
We seek to generate returns for our stockholders by taking advantage of the current environment in the real estate market and the United States economy by acquiring multifamily assets and shopping centers in our targeted markets. The current economic environment still provides many challenges for new development, which provides opportunity for current multifamily product to potentially enjoy stable occupancy rates and rising rental rates as the overall economy continues to grow. As the real estate market and economy stabilize, we intend to employ efficient management techniques to grow income and create asset value.
As market conditions change over time, we intend to adjust our investment strategy to adapt to such changes as appropriate. We continue to believe there are abundant opportunities among our target assets that currently present attractive risk-return profiles. However, in order to capitalize on the investment opportunities that may be present in the various other points of an economic cycle, we may expand or change our investment strategy and target assets. We believe that the diversification of the portfolio of
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assets that we intend to acquire, our ability to acquire and manage our target assets, and the flexibility of our strategy will position us to generate attractive total returns for our stockholders in a variety of market conditions.
We elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Code effective with our tax year ended December 31, 2011. We also intend to operate our business in a manner that will permit us to maintain our status as a REIT and our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act. We have and will continue to conduct substantially all of our operations through our Operating Partnership in which we owned an approximate 99% interest as of September 30, 2014. New Market Properties, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, owns and conducts the business of our grocery-anchored necessity retail properties.
Industry Outlook
We believe continued, albeit potentially sporadic, improvement in the United States' economy will continue over the next few quarters, which should translate into improved job growth and continued improvements in consumer confidence. We believe a growing economy, improved job market and increased consumer confidence should help sustain the current upward momentum in the multifamily sector. We expect current occupancy rates generally to remain stable, on an annual basis, as the current level of occupancy nationwide will be difficult to improve on measurably. The pipeline of new multifamily construction, although increasing, has been relatively measured in most markets and nationally is currently around average historical levels. Even with the increase in new supply of multifamily product, job growth and demographic trends have led to improved absorption levels which in most markets has offset or exceeded the new supply coming online. The result of this has been stable to increasing occupancies with concurrent increases in rental rates. We believe the supply of new multifamily construction will not increase dramatically as the constraints in the market (availability of debt, price of capital, availability of quality sites, entitlement process) will keep any increases in supply/permits at reasonable levels.
Favorable U.S. Treasury yields and competitive lender spreads have created a generally favorable borrowing environment for multifamily owners and developers. Given the uncertainty around the world's financial markets, investors have been willing to accept lower yields on U.S. government backed securities, providing Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae with excellent access to investor capital. Even with the recent volatility in U.S. Treasury rates, we expect the market to continue to remain favorable for borrowing as the equity and debt markets continue to view the U.S. multifamily sector as a desirable investment. We expect the supply of multifamily housing units to continue to grow at a measured pace.
We believe the combination of a more sustainable current and future lending approach from the financial industry, coupled with continued hesitance and reluctance among prospective homebuyers to believe the net benefits of home ownership are greater than the flexibility offered through renting will continue to work in the multifamily sector's favor, resulting in gradual increases in market rents, lower concessions and opportunities for increases in ancillary fee income. In addition, we believe immigration rates to the U.S. may be lower than in recent years, driven by legislation in place in certain states and federal legislative efforts aiming to curb illegal immigration. As new residents of the U.S. are believed to be primarily renters rather than home buyers, we expect a marginal softening of market conditions due to this factor. More than offsetting this effect, we believe, will be a firming effect on market conditions by the ongoing migration of the domestic echo-boomer generation into the workforce and the declining rate of homeownership in the United States, resulting in a net increase in demand for rental housing.
Critical Accounting Policies
Certain accounting policies are believed by management to be critical, in that they involve significant management judgments, assumptions, and estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain and because they are important for understanding and evaluating our reported financial results. These judgments affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and our disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. With different estimates or assumptions, materially different amounts could be reported in our financial statements. Additionally, other companies may utilize different estimates that may impact the comparability of our results of operations to those of companies in similar businesses. Besides the following, we have had no material changes to our critical accounting policies since December 31, 2013.
Revenue from reimbursements of retail tenants' share of real estate taxes, insurance and common area maintenance costs, or CAM, costs are recognized as the respective costs are incurred in accordance with the lease agreements. We estimate the collectability of the tenant receivable related to rental and reimbursement billings due from tenants and straight-line rent receivables, which represent the cumulative amount of future adjustments necessary to present rental income on a straight-line basis, by taking into consideration our historical write-off experience, tenant credit-worthiness, current economic trends, and remaining lease terms.
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New Accounting Pronouncements
In April 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-08 (“ASU 2014-08”), Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of Entity. Under this new guidance, a disposal of a component of an entity or a group of components of an entity shall only be reported in discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has, or will have, a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results. ASU 2014-08 is to be applied prospectively for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 31, 2014, with early adoption permitted. Early adoption is not permitted for assets that have previously been reported as held for sale in the consolidated financial statements. Therefore, application of this new guidance was not permitted for our Trail Creek multifamily community, which was reported as held for sale in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2013 and in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three-month period ended March 31, 2014. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to materially impact its financial position or results of operations.
In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 ("ASU 2014-09"), Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). ASU 2014-09 provides a single comprehensive revenue recognition model for contracts with customers (excluding certain contracts, such as lease contracts) to improve comparability within industries. ASU 2014-09 requires an entity to recognize revenue to reflect the transfer of goods or services to customers at an amount the entity expects to be paid in exchange for those goods and services and provide enhanced disclosures, all to provide more comprehensive guidance for transactions such as service revenue and contract modifications. ASU 2014-09 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and may be applied using either a full retrospective or a modified approach upon adoption. We are currently evaluating the impact this standard may have on our financial statements.
In August 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2014-15 (“ASU 2014-15”), Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40): Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern. This new guidance requires management to evaluate, at each annual and interim reporting period, whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued and provide related disclosures. ASU 2014-15 is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016 and interim periods thereafter, early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2014-15 will have on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
Results of Operations
Overview
We commenced business operations in April of 2011 with our initial public offering. Our portfolio of real estate assets, as of September 30, 2014, consisted of ten wholly-owned multifamily communities totaling 3,326 units; nine grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping centers with an aggregate of approximately 631,000 rentable square feet; 11 mezzanine real estate construction loans that are partially financing the construction of seven multifamily communities, three student housing communities, and one grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping center; and four land acquisition bridge loans. The total aggregate amount of our real estate loan commitments was approximately $171.0 million at September 30, 2014. All of our multifamily related mezzanine loans contain exclusive limited options to purchase the properties once developed and stabilized, which if all are exercised, would add 3,663 units to our portfolio.
We recorded net losses attributable to common stockholders of approximately $5.1 million and $880,000 for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. These results reflect the incurrence of approximately $6.5 million and $11,000 of acquisition costs and fees for these respective periods.
The highlights of the third quarter of 2014 included:
• | NFFO was $4,536,012, or $0.26 per share for the third quarter 2014, an increase of approximately 70% from our NFFO of $2,671,257 or $0.24 per share for the third quarter 2013.(1) |
• | AFFO was $3,886,782 or $0.22 per share for the third quarter 2014, an increase of approximately 88% from our AFFO of $2,062,981, or $0.19 per share for the third quarter 2013. AFFO is calculated after deductions for all preferred dividends.(1) |
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• | FFO was $(1,964,044), or $(0.11) per share for the third quarter 2014, versus our FFO of $2,660,575, or $0.24 per share for the third quarter 2013. (1) Our third quarter 2014 FFO results were significantly affected by the incurrence of approximately $6.5 million of acquisition costs, substantially all related to the current period acquisitions described below. |
• | During September and early October 2014, we acquired nine grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping centers with an approximate aggregate 628,000 rentable square feet located in Nashville, Orlando, Atlanta, Houston, Tampa, Columbus, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $112.5 million. |
• | On September 26, 2014, we acquired four multifamily communities located in Kansas City, Dallas, Nashville, and Houston, representing an aggregate of 1,397 units, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $181.3 million. We now own 3,326 multifamily units, with an additional potential 3,663 units under construction through our mezzanine loan program. |
• | As of September 30, 2014, our total assets were approximately $688 million, an increase of approximately $409 million, or 146% compared to our total assets of approximately $280 million at September 30, 2013. |
• | Total revenues for the third quarter 2014 were $13,182,660, an increase of approximately $4.4 million, or 51%, compared to the third quarter 2013. |
• | For the third quarter 2014, our average multifamily physical occupancy was 95.7%. |
• | On July 1, 2014, we increased our borrowing capacity on our revolving credit facility through Key Bank National Association, or our Revolving Credit Facility, from $40 million to a potential maximum of $50 million. Also, on September 19, 2014, we added a term loan with a maximum borrowing capacity of $45 million, or Term Loan, which matures on March 19, 2015. |
• | During August 2014, we received $3.2 million of additional capital through the placement of a first mortgage on our Woodstock, Georgia grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping center. Additionally, we were able to tap into the increased value that Summit Crossing and Ashford Park have achieved since acquisition and received an additional $11.9 million in loan proceeds from the existing lenders at attractive rates. |
• | On July 25, 2014, we closed a bridge loan of up to $2.4 million to partially finance the acquisition of land and predevelopment costs for a proposed 172-unit third phase adjacent to our Summit Crossing multifamily community in Atlanta, Georgia, or Summit III. Upon completion of the project and exercise of our purchase option, we would own 657 units in the Summit Crossing community. |
• | On August 7, 2014, we declared a quarterly dividend on our Common Stock of $0.16 per share, which was paid on October 15, 2014 to all common stockholders of record as of September 15, 2014. Our aggregate cash dividend declarations on our Common Stock and Class A OP Units of Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L. P., or our Operating Partnership, for the third quarter 2014 totaled $2,961,113. In addition, dividends declared on our Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock for the third quarter 2014 totaled $1,903,517. |
• | On October 20, 2014, the borrower repaid the mezzanine loan and accrued interest of approximately $5.4 million, which supported the development of a grocery anchored, necessity retail shopping center in Rome, Georgia. The grocery company exercised its right of first refusal for the center. |
• | On October 21, 2014, we repaid $7.25 million of the principal amount owed on our Term Loan and on November 4, 2014, we repaid another $3.5 million of principal amount. With these payments, our outstanding balance on the Term Loan has been reduced from $44.25 million to $33.5 million. |
• | Our Common Stock dividend of $0.16 per share for the third quarter 2014 represents a 28% overall growth rate from our initial Common Stock dividend of $.125 per share, or approximately 8.7% on an annualized basis since June 30, 2011. |
• | On November 3, 2014, we declared a dividend on our Common Stock of $0.175 per share, payable on January 15, 2015 to all stockholders of record on December 15, 2014. |
• | On November 4, 2014, we closed on a bridge loan of up to $2.24 million to acquire a parcel of land adjacent to the property partially financed by our Crosstown Walk mezzanine loan in Tampa, Florida, for a planned 180-unit second phase of that multifamily community. The loan pays current monthly interest of 8.5% per annum and accrues deferred interest at 4.33% per annum. |
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• | At September 30, 2014, our leverage as measured by the ratio of our debt to the undepreciated book value of our total assets was approximately 60.0%. |
(1) “Per share” refers to per weighted average share of Common Stock and Class A OP Unit outstanding for the periods indicated. See definitions of other terms later within this "Results of Operations" section.
Acquired properties
On February 12, 2014, we completed the acquisition of Woodstock Crossing, a 66,122 square foot grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping center in Woodstock, Georgia for $5,701,393.
On September 5, 2014, we acquired two grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping centers with an approximate aggregate 127,200 rentable square feet located in Nashville, Tennessee, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $24.1 million.
On September 26, 2014, we acquired four multifamily communities located in the Kansas City, Kansas, Dallas, Texas, Nashville, Tennessee, and Houston, Texas markets representing an aggregate of 1,397 units, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $181.3 million. We now own 3,326 multifamily units, with an additional potential 3,663 units under construction through our mezzanine loan program.
On September 30, 2014, we acquired six grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping centers with an approximate aggregate 438,000 rentable square feet located in the Orlando, Atlanta, Houston, Columbus, Georgia, Tampa, and Charleston, South Carolina markets, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $74.2 million.
On October 6, 2014, we acquired one grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping center with approximately 62,400 rentable square feet located in Nashville, Tennessee, for a purchase price of approximately $14.2 million.
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Real estate loans, Notes Receivable and Line of Credit
Details of our real estate loan portfolio at September 30, 2014 consisted of:
Project/Property | Location | Date of loan | Maturity date | Optional extension date | Total loan commitments | Approved senior loan held by unrelated third party | Current / deferred interest % per annum | ||||||||||||
(1) | |||||||||||||||||||
City Park | Charlotte, NC | 9/6/2012 | 9/5/2017 | N/A | $ | 10,000,000 | $ | 18,600,000 | 8 / 6 | ||||||||||
City Vista | Pittsburgh, PA | 8/31/2012 | 6/1/2016 | 7/1/2017 | 14,147,515 | $ | 28,400,000 | 8 / 6 | |||||||||||
Madison - Rome | Rome, GA (2) | 11/13/2012 | 9/20/2015 | N/A | 5,360,042 | $ | 11,500,000 | 8 / 6 | |||||||||||
Lely | Naples, FL | 3/28/2013 | 2/28/2016 | 2/28/2018 | 12,713,242 | $ | 25,000,000 | 8 / 6 | |||||||||||
Crosstown Walk | Tampa, FL (3) | 4/30/2013 | 11/1/2016 | 5/1/2018 | 10,962,000 | $ | 25,900,000 | 8 / 6 | |||||||||||
Overton | Atlanta, GA | 5/8/2013 | 11/1/2016 | 5/1/2018 | 16,600,000 | $ | 31,700,000 | 8 / 6 | |||||||||||
Haven West | Atlanta, GA (4) (6) | 7/15/2013 | 6/2/2016 | 6/2/2018 | 6,940,795 | $ | 16,195,189 | 8 / 6 | |||||||||||
Starkville | Starkville, MS (5) (6) | 6/16/2014 | 11/30/2015 | 6/16/2017 | 6,116,384 | $ | 18,615,081 | 8.5 / 4.3 | |||||||||||
Founders' Village | Williamsburg, VA | 8/29/2013 | 8/29/2018 | N/A | 10,346,000 | $ | 26,936,000 | 8 / 6 | |||||||||||
Encore | Atlanta, GA (7) | 11/18/2013 | 1/31/2015 | N/A | 16,026,525 | N/A | 8.5 | ||||||||||||
Manassas | Northern VA | 8/18/2014 | 2/18/2018 | 8/18/2019 | 17,270,000 | N/A | 8 / 5 | ||||||||||||
Irvine | Irvine, CA (8) | 12/18/2013 | 2/28/2015 | N/A | 23,000,000 | N/A | 8.5 / 4.3 | ||||||||||||
Weems Road | Atlanta, GA (9) | 4/14/2014 | 12/31/2014 | N/A | 5,700,000 | N/A | 8.5 / 4.3 | ||||||||||||
Kennesaw | Atlanta, GA (6) (10) | 6/27/2014 | 6/27/2017 | N/A | 13,424,995 | $ | 34,825,000 | 8.5 / 4.3 | |||||||||||
Summit III | Atlanta, GA (11) | 7/25/2014 | 7/31/2015 | N/A | 2,400,000 | N/A | 10.0 | ||||||||||||
$ | 171,007,498 | ||||||||||||||||||
(1) | All loans are mezzanine loans pertaining to developments of multifamily communities, except as otherwise indicated. The borrowers for each of these projects are as follows: "City Park" - Oxford City Park Development LLC; "City Vista" - Oxford City Vista Development LLC; "Madison - Rome" - Madison Retail - Rome LLC; "Lely" - Lely Apartments LLC; "Crosstown Walk" - Iris Crosstown Partners LLC; "Overton" - Newport Overton Holdings, LLC; "Haven West" - Haven Campus Communities Member, LLC; "Starkville" - Haven Campus Communities - Starkville, LLC; "Founders' Village" - Oxford NTW Apartments LLC; "Encore" - GP - RV Land I, LLC; "Manassas" - Oxford Palisades Apartments LLC; "Irvine" - 360 - Irvine, LLC; "Weems Road" - Weems Road Property Owner, LLC; "Kennesaw" - Haven Campus Communities - Kennesaw, LLC; and "Summit III" - Oxford Forsyth Development, LLC. | ||||||||||||||||||
(2) | A mezzanine loan in support of an 88,351 square foot retail development project. On October 20, 2014, the borrower repaid this loan in full. | ||||||||||||||||||
(3) | Crosstown Walk was a land acquisition bridge loan that was converted to a mezzanine loan in April 2013. | ||||||||||||||||||
(4) | Completed 160-unit 568-bed student housing community adjacent to the campus of the University of West Georgia. | ||||||||||||||||||
(5) | A planned 152-unit, 536-bed student housing community adjacent to the Mississippi State University campus. | ||||||||||||||||||
(6) | See note 6 - Related Party Transactions. | ||||||||||||||||||
(7) | Bridge loan to partially finance the acquisition of land and predevelopment costs for a 340-unit multifamily community. | ||||||||||||||||||
(8) | Bridge loan to partially finance the acquisition of land and predevelopment costs for a 280-unit multifamily community. | ||||||||||||||||||
(9) | Bridge loan to partially finance the acquisition of land and predevelopment costs for a 310-unit multifamily community. | ||||||||||||||||||
(10) | Mezzanine loan in support of a planned 198-unit,792-bed student housing community adjacent to the campus of Kennesaw State University. | ||||||||||||||||||
(11) | Bridge loan to partially finance the acquisition of land and predevelopment costs for a third phase adjacent to our Summit Crossing multifamily community. |
The Manassas loan is subject to a loan participation agreement with a syndicate of unaffiliated third parties, under which the syndicate is to fund 25% of the loan commitment amount and collectively receive 25% of interest payments and returns of principal.
Deferred interest percentages are rates at which interest accrues over the lives of the loans and which will be due in a lump sum at maturity or if the property is sold to, or refinanced by, a third party. There are no contingent events that are necessary
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to occur for us to realize the additional interest amounts. If we exercise a purchase option and acquire the property, the additional interest described above will be treated as additional consideration for the acquired project.
We receive a fee of 2% of the aggregate amount of the loan at loan inception as partial inducement to offer the funds and concurrently pay 1% of the loan amount (half of the 2% loan fee) to our Manager as an acquisition fee. The net 1% retained is recognized as revenue over the term of the loan. The Company's real estate loans are collateralized by 100% of the membership interests of the underlying project entity, and, where management deems necessary, by unconditional joint and several repayment guaranties and performance guaranties by the principal(s) of the borrower. These guaranties generally remain in effect until the receipt of a final certificate of occupancy. All of the guaranties are subject to the rights held by the senior lender pursuant to a standard intercreditor agreement. The Encore, Irvine, Weems Road and Summit III loans are also collateralized by the acquired land. The Haven West and Kennesaw loans are additionally collateralized by an assignment by the developer of security interests in unrelated projects. Prepayment of the mezzanine loans are permitted in whole, but not in part, without the Company's consent.
Three Months and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014 compared to 2013
Revenues
We recorded total rental revenue of approximately $6.5 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2014, compared to approximately $5.4 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2013, and approximately $18.5 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, compared to approximately $14.8 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013. The increases were driven primarily by the acquisitions of the second phases of Trail Creek and Summit Crossing in June 2013 and December 2013, respectively, and the acquisition of Woodstock Crossing in February of 2014, as well as the recognition of a full nine months of operating activity during the 2014 period from McNeil Ranch, Ashford Park, and Lake Cameron, or the WMAF multifamily communities, which were acquired in January 2013. Additionally, our retail business operations added approximately $394,000 and $674,000 of revenue for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014, respectively.
Occupancy rates and rent growth are the primary drivers of increases in rental revenue from owned multifamily communities. We define physical occupancy as the number of units occupied divided by total apartment units. We calculate average economic occupancy by dividing gross potential rent less vacancy losses, model expenses, bad debt expenses and concessions by gross potential rent.
Factors which we believe affect market rents include vacant unit inventory in local markets, local and national economic growth and resultant employment stability, income levels and growth, the ease of obtaining credit for home purchases, and changes in demand due to consumer confidence in the above factors.
We also collect revenue from residents for items such as utilities, application fees, lease termination fees, and late charges. The increases in other property revenues for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 versus September 30, 2013 were due primarily to the acquisitions of the second phases of Trail Creek and Summit Crossing.
Interest income from our real estate loans increased substantially for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 versus September 30, 2013 due to the addition of five new mezzanine and real estate related loans (net of the loss of the Trail II and Summit II mezzanine loans, which were converted to equity when we acquired the properties in 2013) since the end of the third quarter of 2013. Also contributing to the increases in interest income were higher loan balances on real estate loans which were in existence during both 2013 and 2014, from accumulating draws and loan balances as the underlying projects progress toward completion.
We recorded interest income and other revenue from these instruments as follows:
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Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||
Real estate loans: | ||||||||||||||||
Current interest payments | $ | 2,924,660 | $ | 1,258,636 | $ | 7,852,786 | $ | 2,966,721 | ||||||||
Additional accrued interest | 1,854,309 | 932,461 | 5,065,487 | 2,054,297 | ||||||||||||
Deferred loan fee revenue | 178,727 | 64,603 | 759,583 | 180,297 | ||||||||||||
Total real estate loan revenue | 4,957,696 | 2,255,700 | 13,677,856 | 5,201,315 | ||||||||||||
Interest income on notes and lines of credit | 878,303 | 439,203 | 2,143,684 | 825,531 | ||||||||||||
Interest income on loans and notes receivable | $ | 5,835,999 | $ | 2,694,903 | $ | 15,821,540 | $ | 6,026,846 |
Property operating and maintenance expense
We recorded expenses for the operations and maintenance of our multifamily communities and retail assets of approximately $1,068,000 and $923,000 for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively and approximately $2.9 million and $2.4 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increases were driven primarily by the acquisitions of the second phases of Trail Creek and Summit Crossing in June 2013 and December 2013, respectively and the acquisition of Woodstock Crossing in February of 2014, as well as the recognition of a full nine months of operating activity during the 2014 period from the WMAF multifamily communities. The primary components of operating and maintenance expense are utilities, property repairs, and landscaping costs. The expenses incurred for property repairs and, to a lesser extent, utilities could generally be expected to increase gradually over time as the buildings and properties age. Utility costs may generally be expected to increase in future periods as rate increases from providing carriers are passed on to our residents.
Property salary and benefits to related party
We recorded expense reimbursements to our multifamily property manager for the salary and benefits expense for individuals who handle the on-site management, operations and maintenance of our multifamily communities of approximately $632,000 and $601,000 for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively and approximately $1.9 million and $1.6 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increases were primarily due to the acquisitions of the second phase of our Summit Crossing community, or Summit II, the second phase of our Trail Creek community, or Trail II, and of the WMAF multifamily communities during 2013. The number of employees assigned by our property manager to our ten multifamily communities at September 30, 2014 is not expected to change materially over the foreseeable future.
Property management fees to related party
We pay a fee for property management services to our Manager in an amount of 4% of gross property revenues as compensation for services such as rental, leasing, operation and management of our multifamily communities and retail assets and the supervision of any subcontractors; for retail assets, property management fees are 4% of gross property revenues, of which 3.5% is paid to a third party management company. These costs were approximately $284,000 and $238,000 for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively and approximately $815,000 and $643,000 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increases were primarily due to the acquisitions of Summit II, Trail II, and three WMAF multifamily communities during 2013.
Real estate taxes
We are liable for property taxes due to the various counties and municipalities that levy such taxes on real property for each of our multifamily communities and retail assets. These costs were approximately $713,000 and $641,000 for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and approximately $2.1 million and $1.7 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increases were primarily due to the acquisitions of Summit II, Trail II, and three WMAF multifamily communities during 2013.
We generally expect the assessed values of our multifamily communities and retail assets to rise over time, owing to our expectation of improving market conditions and the value of our multifamily communities and retail assets, as well as pressure on municipalities to raise revenues. However, we have some protection against any potential rise in assessments at Stone Rise because its assessed value is frozen through 2015, unless there is a county wide reassessment.
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General and Administrative
We recorded general and administrative expenses of approximately $177,000 and $160,000 for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and approximately $599,000 and $446,000 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increases were primarily due to the acquisitions of Summit II, Trail II, and the three WMAF multifamily communities during 2013, as well as increased franchise taxes in North Carolina for the 2014 period.
Equity compensation to directors and executives
Expenses recorded by grant for equity compensation awards were:
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||
Quarterly board member committee fee grants | $ | 11,858 | $ | 5,983 | $ | 29,786 | $ | 24,151 | ||||||||
Class B Unit awards: | ||||||||||||||||
Executive officers - 2012 | — | — | — | 2,580 | ||||||||||||
Executive officers - 2013 | — | 215,555 | 2,318 | 644,345 | ||||||||||||
Executive officers - 2014 | 364,558 | — | 1,095,041 | — | ||||||||||||
Vice chairman of board of directors | — | 5,125 | — | 25,623 | ||||||||||||
Restricted stock grants: | ||||||||||||||||
2012 | — | — | — | 86,250 | ||||||||||||
2013 | — | 64,197 | 85,812 | 106,997 | ||||||||||||
2014 | 80,545 | — | 134,150 | — | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 456,961 | $ | 290,860 | $ | 1,347,107 | $ | 889,946 |
The increases for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 were primarily due to an expansion of the annual Class B Unit Grants for the 2014 service year versus 2013.
Depreciation and amortization
We recorded expenses for depreciation and amortization of tangible and identifiable intangible assets of approximately $3.2 million and $3.7 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and approximately $8.8 million and $12.7 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The decrease was primarily due to the amortization of the acquired intangible assets related to the three acquired WMAF multifamily communities of approximately $1.2 million and $6.4 million for the three-month and nine-month 2013 periods. This decrease in amortization of acquired intangibles was partially offset by higher depreciation expense related to the acquisitions of Summit II, Trail II, and three WMAF multifamily communities and amortization expense of acquired intangible assets related to Woodstock Crossing and the assets within the Dunbar and Sunbelt Portfolios in the 2014 periods.
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Acquisition and pursuit costs and acquisition fees to related parties
We recorded combined acquisition and pursuit costs and acquisition fees paid of approximately $6.5 million and $11,000 for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and approximately $6.9 million and $1.2 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increases were primarily due to the acquisition costs in 2014 related to the Sunbelt and Dunbar Portfolios, partially offset by acquisition fees in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013 related to the three acquired WMAF multifamily communities of approximately $1.1 million, which were included in acquisition fees paid to reimburse our Manager for expenses incurred such as due diligence, purchase negotiation, appraisals, and other costs related to acquiring these and other real estate assets. Acquisition fees were also paid during 2014 related to Woodstock Crossing as well as costs incurred related to abandoned acquisition efforts, and $642,820 paid as a broker fee to Joel T. Murphy, a member of our board of directors and Chief Executive Officer of New Market Properties, LLC. Mr. Murphy was the broker who identified the retail assets acquired and for which he would be compensated at closing. During the acquisition process, Mr. Murphy was asked to join our board of directors based on his background and experience and was also asked to become the Chief Executive Officer of New Market Properties, LLC. We recorded acquisition fees paid to our Manager of approximately $2.8 million for the three-month period ended September 30, 2014 and no acquisition fees for the three-month period ended September 30, 2013, and approximately $2.9 million and $1.0 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Acquisition fees paid to our Manager are calculated as 1% of the gross purchase price of the multifamily community or of the principal amount of the real estate loan and are governed by the Management Agreement. These costs also include similar expenditures for services provided by third parties.
Management fees to related party
We recorded management fees paid of approximately $787,000 and $537,000 for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and approximately $2.2 million and $1.4 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increases were primarily due to the higher amount of assets under management related to the three acquired WMAF multifamily communities, the acquisition of Trail II and Summit II in 2013, and the addition of mezzanine and bridge loans, less the effect of the absence of the Summit II mezzanine loan. These fees are calculated as prescribed by the Management Agreement as equal to one-twelfth of 0.50% of the total book value of assets, as adjusted, and are paid monthly to our Manager.
Insurance, professional fees and other expenses
We recorded insurance, professional fees, and other expenses of approximately $459,000 and $162,000 for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and approximately $1.3 million and $741,000 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increases were primarily due to higher audit costs and property insurance expenses in the 2014 periods.
Interest expense
We recorded interest expense of approximately $2.2 million and $1.5 million for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and approximately $5.7 million and $3.9 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increases were primarily due to the incremental interest and amortization expense of deferred loan costs on additional mortgage indebtedness from the three acquired WMAF multifamily communities and the acquisition of Trail II and Summit II.
Loss on early extinguishment of debt
In conjunction with the acquisition of Trail II, on June 25, 2013, we refinanced the original variable rate mortgage on the first phase of the Trail Creek community with a new 4.22% fixed rate mortgage secured by the combined Trail Creek community in the amount of approximately $28.1 million, for which monthly interest only payments are due through the maturity date of July 1, 2020. In doing so, we recorded a loss on early debt extinguishment, which consisted of a three percent prepayment penalty to the lender of $458,250 paid from the proceeds of the refinancing, and the non-cash writeoff of unamortized deferred loan costs of $146,087.
Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders (“FFO”)
Analysts, managers and investors have, since the first real estate investment trusts were created, made certain adjustments to reported net income amounts under U.S. GAAP in order to better assess these vehicles’ liquidity and cash flows. FFO is one of
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the most commonly utilized Non-GAAP measures currently in practice. In its 2002 “White Paper on Funds From Operations,” which was most recently revised in 2012, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, standardized the definition of how Net income/loss should be adjusted to arrive at FFO, in the interests of uniformity and comparability.
The NAREIT definition of FFO (and the one reported by the Company) is:
Net income/loss:
• | excluding impairment charges on and gains/losses from sales of depreciable property; |
• | plus depreciation and amortization of real estate assets; and |
• | after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. |
Not all companies necessarily utilize the standardized NAREIT definition of FFO, so caution should be taken in comparing the Company’s reported FFO results to those of other companies. The Company’s FFO results are comparable to the FFO results of other companies that follow the NAREIT definition of FFO and report these figures on that basis. The Company believes FFO is useful to investors as a supplemental gauge of our operating and cash-generating results. FFO is a non-GAAP measure that is reconciled to its most comparable GAAP measure, net income/loss available to common stockholders.
Normalized Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders (“NFFO”)
Normalized FFO makes certain adjustments to FFO, which are either not likely to occur on a regular basis or are otherwise not representative of the Company’s ongoing operating performance. For example, since the Company is acquiring properties on a regular basis, it incurs substantial costs related to such acquisitions, which are required under GAAP to be recognized as expenses when they are incurred. The Company adds back any such acquisition and pursuit costs to FFO in its calculation of NFFO since such costs are not representative of our fund generating results on an ongoing basis. The Company also adds back any realized losses on debt extinguishment and any non-cash dividends in this calculation. NFFO figures reported by us may not be comparable to those NFFO figures reported by other companies.
We utilize NFFO as a measure of the operating performance of our portfolio of real estate assets. We believe NFFO is useful to investors as a supplemental gauge of our operating performance and is useful in comparing our operating performance with other real estate companies that are not as involved in ongoing acquisition activities. NFFO is a non-GAAP measure that is reconciled to its most comparable GAAP measure, net income/loss available to common stockholders.
Adjusted Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders (“AFFO”)
AFFO makes further adjustments to NFFO results in order to arrive at a more refined measure of operating and financial performance. There is no industry standard definition of AFFO and practice is divergent across the industry. The Company calculates AFFO as:
NFFO, plus:
• | non-cash equity compensation to directors and executives; |
• | amortization of loan closing costs; |
• | depreciation and amortization of non-real estate assets; |
• | net loan fees received; and |
• | deferred interest income received; |
Less:
• | non-cash loan interest income; |
• | cash paid for pursuit costs on abandoned acquisitions; |
• | cash paid for loan closing costs; |
• | amortization of acquired real estate intangible liabilities; and |
• | normally-recurring capital expenditures. |
AFFO figures reported by us may not be comparable to those AFFO figures reported by other companies. We utilize AFFO to measure the liquidity generated by our portfolio of real estate assets. We believe AFFO is useful to investors as a supplemental gauge of our operating performance and is useful in comparing our operating performance with other real estate companies. AFFO is a non-GAAP measure that is reconciled to its most comparable GAAP measure, net income/loss available to common stockholders.
FFO, NFFO, and AFFO are not considered measures of liquidity and are not alternatives to measures calculated under GAAP.
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Reconciliation of Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders, | |||||||||||
Normalized Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders, and | |||||||||||
Adjusted Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders | |||||||||||
to Net Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders (A) | |||||||||||
Three months ended: | |||||||||||
9/30/2014 | 9/30/2013 | ||||||||||
Net loss attributable to common stockholders | $ | (5,112,684 | ) | $ | (879,697 | ) | |||||
Add: | Income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests (See note 1) | (26,481 | ) | (127,738 | ) | ||||||
Depreciation of real estate assets | 2,707,738 | 2,092,763 | |||||||||
Amortization of acquired real estate intangible assets | 467,383 | 1,575,247 | |||||||||
Funds from operations attributable to common stockholders and Unitholders | (1,964,044 | ) | 2,660,575 | ||||||||
Add: | Acquisition and pursuit costs | 6,500,056 | 10,682 | ||||||||
Normalized funds from operations attributable to common stockholders and Unitholders | 4,536,012 | 2,671,257 | |||||||||
Non-cash equity compensation to directors and executives | 456,961 | 290,860 | |||||||||
Amortization of loan closing costs (See note 2) | 290,548 | 150,551 | |||||||||
Depreciation/amortization of non-real estate assets | 10,618 | 14,077 | |||||||||
Net loan fees received (See note 3) | 54,601 | 196,329 | |||||||||
Deferred interest income received (See note 4) | 470,839 | 55,409 | |||||||||
Less: | Non-cash loan interest income (See note 3) | (1,591,839 | ) | (1,055,572 | ) | ||||||
Cash paid for pursuit costs on abandoned acquisitions | (3,611 | ) | — | ||||||||
Cash paid for loan closing costs | (67,257 | ) | — | ||||||||
Amortization of acquired real estate intangible liabilities (See note 5) | (63,833 | ) | (68,699 | ) | |||||||
Normally recurring capital expenditures (See note 6) | (206,257 | ) | (191,231 | ) | |||||||
Adjusted funds from operations attributable to common stockholders and Unitholders | $ | 3,886,782 | $ | 2,062,981 | |||||||
Common Stock dividends and distributions to Unitholders declared: | |||||||||||
Common Stock dividends | $ | 2,937,911 | $ | 1,661,060 | |||||||
Distributions to Unitholders (See note 1) | 23,202 | 16,048 | |||||||||
Total | $ | 2,961,113 | $ | 1,677,108 | |||||||
Common Stock dividends and Unitholder distributions per share | $ | 0.16 | $ | 0.15 | |||||||
FFO per weighted average basic share of Common Stock and Unit | $ | (0.11 | ) | $ | 0.24 | ||||||
NFFO per weighted average basic share of Common Stock and Unit | $ | 0.26 | $ | 0.24 | |||||||
AFFO per weighted average basic share of Common Stock and Unit | $ | 0.22 | $ | 0.19 | |||||||
Weighted average shares of Common Stock and Units outstanding: (A) | |||||||||||
Basic: | |||||||||||
Common Stock | 17,564,091 | 11,041,359 | |||||||||
Class A Units | 145,011 | 106,988 | |||||||||
Common Stock and Class A Units | 17,709,102 | 11,148,347 | |||||||||
Diluted: (B) | |||||||||||
Common Stock and Class A Units | 17,899,473 | 11,319,409 | |||||||||
Actual shares of Common Stock outstanding, including 39,216 and 29,016 unvested shares | |||||||||||
of restricted Common Stock at September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively | 19,902,179 | 11,073,731 | |||||||||
Actual Class A Units outstanding | 145,011 | 106,988 | |||||||||
Total | 20,047,190 | 11,180,719 | |||||||||
(A) Units and Unitholders refer to Class A OP Units and holders of Class A OP Units in our Operating Partnership, respectively. The Unitholders were granted awards of Class B Units in our operating partnership for annual service which became vested and earned and automatically converted to Class A Units of the Operating Partnership. These Class A Units collectively represent an approximate 0.82% weighted average non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership for the three-month period ended September 30, 2014. | |||||||||||
(B) Since our NFFO and AFFO results are positive for the periods reflected above, we are presenting recalculated diluted weighted average shares of Common Stock and Class A Units in the Operating Partnership for these periods for purposes of this table, which includes the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents from grants of the Class B Units in the Operating Partnership, as well as annual grants of restricted Common Stock. The weighted average shares of Common Stock outstanding presented on the Consolidated Statements of Operations are the same for basic and diluted for any period for which we recorded a net loss available to common stockholders. |
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Notes to Consolidated Statements of Operations and Reconciliation of Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders, Normalized Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders, and Adjusted Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders to Net Loss
Attributable to Common Stockholders
1) | Non-controlling interests in our Operating Partnership consisted of a total of 145,011 Class A OP Units as of September 30, 2014, which were awarded primarily to our key executive officers. The Class A OP Units are apportioned a percentage of our financial results as non-controlling interests. The weighted average ownership percentage of these holders of Class A OP Units was calculated to be 0.82% and 0.96% for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. |
2) | We incurred loan closing costs on our existing mortgage loans, which are secured on a property-by-property basis by each of our acquired multifamily communities and retail assets, and also to secure and subsequently amend our revolving line of credit and Term Loan. These loan costs are being amortized over the lives of the respective loans and the non-cash amortization expense is an addition to NFFO in the calculation of AFFO. Neither we nor the Operating Partnership have any recourse liability in connection with any of the mortgage loans, nor do we have any cross-collateralization arrangements with respect to these assets, other than in connection with our revolving line of credit and our Term Loan. At September 30, 2014, aggregate unamortized loan costs were approximately $5.4 million, which will be amortized over a weighted average remaining loan life of approximately 5.2 years. |
3) | We receive loan fees in conjunction with the origination of certain real estate loans. These fees are then recognized as revenue over the lives of the applicable loans as adjustments of yield using the effective interest method. The total fees received, after the payment of acquisition fees to Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC, our Manager, are additive adjustments in the calculation of AFFO. Correspondingly, the non-cash income recognized under the effective interest method is a deduction in the calculation of AFFO. We also accrue over the lives of certain loans additional interest amounts that become due to us at the time of repayment of the loan or refinancing of the property, or when the property is sold to a third party. This non-cash income is deducted from NFFO in the calculation of AFFO. |
4) | The Company records deferred interest revenue on certain of its real estate loans. These adjustments reflect the receipt in the third quarter 2014 and 2013 of accrued interest income earned prior to the third quarter 2014 and 2013 on various real estate loans. |
5) | This adjustment reflects the reversal of the non-cash amortization of below-market lease intangibles, which were recognized in conjunction with the acquisition of the retail assets. These intangibles, totaling approximately $5.8 million, are being amortized over the estimated average remaining lease terms of approximately 6.4 years beginning with the acquisition date. The adjustment for the three-month period ended September 30, 2013 represents amortization of below market lease intangibles which totaled approximately $384,000 related to the Trail II, Ashford Park and McNeil Ranch multifamily communities, which were amortized over the estimated average remaining lease terms of six to seven months. |
6) | We deduct from NFFO normally recurring capital expenditures that are necessary to maintain the communities’ revenue streams in the calculation of AFFO. No adjustment is made in the calculation of AFFO for non-recurring capital expenditures, which totaled $435,880 and $418,787 for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. |
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Short-Term Liquidity
We believe our principal short-term liquidity needs are to fund:
• | operating expenses directly related to our portfolio of multifamily communities (including regular maintenance items); |
• | capital expenditures incurred to lease our multifamily communities; |
• | interest expense on our outstanding property level debt; |
• | amounts due on our Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan; |
• | distributions that we pay to our preferred stockholders, common stockholders, and unitholders; and |
• | committed acquisitions. |
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We have a revolving credit facility with Key Bank National Association, or Key Bank, which is used to fund investments, capital expenditures, dividends (with consent of Key Bank), working capital and other general corporate purposes on an as needed basis. The maximum borrowing capacity on the Credit Facility was $40,000,000 until the amendment of the loan agreement pursuant to the Third Modification Agreement, which became effective July 1, 2014.
The Third Modification Agreement increased our borrowing capacity on Credit Facility from $40 million to $45 million and extended the maturity date to July 1, 2015. When our operating real estate assets exceeded $300 million in September 2014, the borrowing capacity was increased to $50 million. The permitted uses of the Revolving Credit Facility are to fund our investments, capital expenditures, dividends (with consent of the Lender) and working capital and other general corporate purposes on an as needed basis. Amounts drawn under the Credit Facility accrue interest at a variable rate of the 1 month London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, index plus 3.75%. This rate was approximately 3.875% per annum at September 30, 2014. The Revolving Credit Facility also bears a commitment fee on the average daily unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility of 0.350% per annum. Accrued interest and commitment fees are payable monthly and principal amounts owed may be repaid in whole or in part without penalty.
On September 19, 2014, we entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Key Bank that also added a $45 million term loan, or Term Note, to our borrowing capacity. The Term Note bears interest at the one month London Interbank Offered Rate, or 1 month LIBOR, plus 4.5%. This rate was 4.625% per annum at September 30, 2014. The Term Note matures on March 19, 2015, with an option to extend until June 19, 2015. Mandatory principal payments totaling $15.0 million with a maximum balance of $30.0 million are required by December 19, 2014 and cumulative payments totaling $25.0 million with a maximum balance of $20.0 million are required by March 19, 2015. The purpose of the Term Note was to partially finance the acquisitions of the Sunbelt and Dunbar portfolios. Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility and Term Note are secured by, among other things, pledges of 100% of the ownership of each of our current and future mezzanine loan subsidiaries, and 49% of the ownership of each of our current and future real estate subsidiaries, as well as by joint and several repayment guaranties.
The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains certain affirmative and negative covenants including negative covenants that limit or restrict secured and unsecured indebtedness, mergers and fundamental changes, investments and acquisitions, liens and encumbrances, dividends, transactions with affiliates, burdensome agreements, changes in fiscal year and other matters customarily restricted in such agreements. The material financial covenants include minimum net worth and debt service coverage ratios and maximum leverage and dividend payout ratios. As of September 30, 2014, we were in compliance with all covenants related to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as shown in the table below.
Covenant (1) | Requirement | Result | ||
Senior leverage ratio | Maximum 60% | 50.7% | ||
Net worth | Minimum $160,000,000 | (2) | $242,961,014 | |
Debt yield | Minimum 8.25% | 8.46% | ||
Payout ratio | Maximum 95% | (3) | 82.5% | |
Total leverage ratio | Maximum 65% | 62.4% | ||
Debt service coverage ratio | Minimum 1.50x | 3.93x |
(1) All covenants are as defined in the credit agreement for the Credit Facility.
(2) Minimum $160 million, plus 75% of the net proceeds of any equity offering, which totaled approximately$229,170,000 as of September 30, 2014.
(3)Calculated on a trailing four-quarter basis. For the twelve-month period ended September 30, 2014, the maximum dividends and distributions allowed under this covenant was approximately $19,255,000.
At September 30, 2014, we had a balance owed of $36.0 million under the Revolving Credit Facility. Interest expense was approximately $916,000 (excluding deferred loan cost amortization of $153,000) and the weighted average interest rate was 4.07% for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.
At September 30, 2014, we had a balance owed of $44.25 million under the Term Loan. Interest expense was approximately $24,000 (excluding deferred loan cost amortization of $10,000) and the weighted average interest rate was 4.625% for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.
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Our net cash provided by operating activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 was approximately $10.0 million and $6.1 million, respectively. The increase in net cash provided by operating activities compared to the prior year period was primarily due to the incremental cash generated by property income provided by the Trail II and Summit II acquisitions, an increase in cash collections of interest income from our larger portfolio of real estate loans and notes, the incremental difference of recording a full quarter of operating results in 2014 for the McNeil Ranch, Ashford Park and Lake Cameron communities, partially offset by an increase in acquisition costs and fees paid, from approximately $1.2 million in the 2013 period, to approximately $6.9 million in the 2014 period.
The majority of our revenue is derived from residents and tenants under existing leases at our multifamily communities and retail shopping centers. Therefore, our operating cash flow is principally dependent on: (1) the number of multifamily communities and retail shopping centers in our portfolio; (2) rental rates; (3) occupancy rates; (4) operating expenses associated with these multifamily communities and retail projects; and (5) the ability of our residents and tenants to make their rental payments. We believe we are well positioned to take advantage of the recent improvements in real estate fundamentals, such as higher occupancy rates, positive new and renewal rates over expiring leases, a declining home ownership rate and a decline in turnover, which we believe are all positive developments in the real estate industry.
We also earn interest revenue from the issuance of real estate-related loans and may receive fees at the inception of these loans for committing and originating them. Interest revenue we receive on these loans is influenced by (1) market interest rates on similar loans; (2) the availability of credit from alternative financing sources; (3) the desire of borrowers to finance new real estate projects; and (4) unique characteristics attached to these loans, such as exclusive purchase options.
Our net cash used in investing activities was approximately $332.9 million and $91.9 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, respectively. The 2013 period included disbursements for our 2013 property acquisitions which totaled approximately $33.4 million and deployments of cash for real estate loans and notes receivable which totaled approximately $61.4 million, versus disbursements in the 2014 period for property acquisitions of approximately $285 million, and funding loans and notes receivable of approximately $54.6 million.
Cash used in investing activities is primarily driven by acquisitions and dispositions of multifamily properties and retail shopping centers and acquisitions and maturities or other dispositions of real estate loans and other real estate and real estate-related assets, and secondarily by capital expenditures related to our owned properties. We will seek to acquire more multifamily communities and retail shopping centers at costs that we expect will be accretive to our financial results. Capital expenditures may be nonrecurring and discretionary, as part of a strategic plan intended to increase a property’s value and corresponding revenue-generating power, or may be normally recurring and necessary to maintain the income streams and present value of a property. Certain capital expenditures may be budgeted and reserved for upon acquiring a property as initial expenditures necessary to bring a property up to our standards or to add features or amenities that we believe make the property a compelling value to prospective residents or tenants in its individual market. These budgeted nonrecurring capital expenditures in connection with an acquisition are funded from the capital source(s) for the acquisition and are not dependent upon subsequent property operational cash flows for funding.
For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, our capital expenditures, not including changes in related payables were:
Summit Crossing | Trail Creek | Stone Rise | Ashford Park | Lake Cameron | McNeil Ranch | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nonrecurring capital expenditures: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Budgeted at property acquisition | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 23,483 | $ | 9,523 | $ | 35,026 | $ | 68,032 | |||||||||||||
Other nonrecurring capital expenditures | 214,994 | 171,562 | 40,373 | 211,998 | 81,495 | 27,233 | 747,655 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total nonrecurring capital expenditures | 214,994 | 171,562 | 40,373 | 235,481 | 91,018 | 62,259 | 815,687 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Normally recurring capital expenditures | 78,965 | 80,654 | 53,892 | 115,018 | 77,792 | 59,027 | 465,348 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total capital expenditures | $ | 293,959 | $ | 252,216 | $ | 94,265 | $ | 350,499 | $ | 168,810 | $ | 121,286 | $ | 1,281,035 |
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For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013, our capital expenditures, not including changes in related payables were:
Summit Crossing | Trail Creek | Stone Rise | Ashford Park | Lake Cameron | McNeil Ranch | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nonrecurring capital expenditures: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Budgeted at property acquisition | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 288,365 | $ | 88,572 | $ | 97,844 | $ | 474,781 | |||||||||||||
Other nonrecurring capital expenditures | — | 5,080 | 13,334 | — | — | — | 18,414 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total nonrecurring capital expenditures | — | 5,080 | 13,334 | 288,365 | 88,572 | 97,844 | 493,195 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Normally recurring capital expenditures | 63,094 | 60,166 | 51,675 | 156,737 | 81,944 | 73,017 | 486,633 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total capital expenditures | $ | 63,094 | $ | 65,246 | $ | 65,009 | $ | 445,102 | $ | 170,516 | $ | 170,861 | $ | 979,828 |
Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $327.3 million and $88.3 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, respectively. During the 2014 period, our significant financing cash sources were the receipt of approximately $205 million in net proceeds from the mortgage financing transactions related to our four multifamily community acquisitions, eight grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping centers, and the leveraging of the Woodstock retail shopping center, $51.4 million of net proceeds of our Follow-on Offering, proceeds from our Term Loan of $44.25 million, and net proceeds from our At-the-Market offering of approximately $36.1 million. During the 2013 period, our significant financing cash flows included the receipt of approximately $47.6 million of proceeds from our Unit offering and $37.0 million from the placement of our Series B Preferred Stock, as well as approximately $2.5 million in net proceeds from the mortgage refinancing transactions related to our acquisitions of the WMAF and Summit II multifamily communities.
Distributions
In order to maintain our status as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we must comply with a number of organizational and operating requirements, including a requirement to distribute 90% of our annual REIT taxable income to our stockholders. As a REIT, we generally will not be subject to federal income taxes on the taxable income we distribute to our stockholders. Generally, our objective is to meet our short-term liquidity requirement of funding the payment of our quarterly Common Stock and Preferred Stock dividends to stockholders, as well as monthly dividends to holders of our Series A Preferred Stock, through net cash generated from operating results.
For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, our aggregate dividends and distributions paid totaled approximately $12.3 million and $5.7 million, respectively, and excluding the impact of approximately $6.9 million and $1.2 million of acquisition costs incurred for those periods, our cash flows from operating activities were sufficient to fund our cash dividend distributions for those respective periods. We expect our cash flow from operations for future periods to be sufficient to fund both our quarterly Common Stock dividends and our monthly Preferred Stock dividends, with the possible exceptions of periods in which we incur significant acquisition costs, or periods of significant debt extinguishment charges.
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Our Series A Preferred Stock dividend activity consisted of:
2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Record date | Number of shares | Aggregate dividends declared | Record date | Number of shares | Aggregate dividends declared | |||||||||||
January 31, 2014 | 89,313 | $ | 454,344 | January 31, 2013 | 19,732 | $ | 107,551 | |||||||||
February 28, 2014 | 93,005 | 468,337 | February 28, 2013 | 23,094 | 119,885 | |||||||||||
March 31, 2014 | 98,200 | 497,855 | March 28, 2013 | 25,755 | 132,603 | |||||||||||
April 30, 2014 | 101,436 | 510,905 | April 30, 2013 | 41,492 | 220,874 | |||||||||||
May 30, 2014 | 105,630 | 533,800 | May 31, 2013 | 48,098 | 247,597 | |||||||||||
June 30, 2014 | 109,865 | 556,074 | June 28, 2013 | 53,749 | 276,946 | |||||||||||
July 31, 2014 | 115,114 | 583,110 | July 31, 2013 | 59,121 | 302,532 | |||||||||||
August 29, 2014 | 123,334 | 626,595 | August 30, 2013 | 63,359 | 322,368 | |||||||||||
September 30, 2014 | 135,109 | 693,812 | September 30, 2013 | 68,198 | 348,483 | |||||||||||
Total | $ | 4,924,832 | $ | 2,078,839 |
Our board of directors reviews the Series A Preferred Stock dividend monthly to determine whether we have funds legally available for payment of such dividends in cash, and there can be no assurance that the Series A Preferred Stock dividends will consistently be paid in cash. Dividends may be paid as a combination of cash and stock in order to satisfy the annual distribution requirements applicable to REITs. We expect the aggregate dollar amount of monthly Series A Preferred Stock dividend payments to increase at a rate that approximates the rate at which we issue new Units from our Follow-On Offering.
On February 7, 2013, we declared a dividend on our Series B Preferred Stock, equivalent to $0.145 per share of Common Stock on an as-converted basis. The Series B Preferred Stock dividend totaled $690,476 and was paid on April 22, 2013. All 40,000 shares of the Series B Preferred Stock were converted to 5,714,274 shares of Common Stock on May 16, 2013.
Our Common Stock dividend activity consisted of:
2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Record date | Number of shares | Dividend per share | Aggregate dividends paid | Record date | Number of shares | Dividend per share | Aggregate dividends paid | |||||||||||||||||
March 14, 2014 | 15,336,059 | 0.16 | $ | 2,453,769 | March 28, 2013 | 5,323,605 | 0.145 | $ | 771,923 | |||||||||||||||
June 16, 2014 | 16,613,827 | 0.16 | 2,658,212 | June 26, 2013 | 11,066,895 | 0.15 | 1,660,034 | |||||||||||||||||
September 15, 2014 | 18,361,942 | 0.16 | 2,937,911 | September 16, 2013 | 11,073,731 | 0.15 | 1,661,060 | |||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 0.48 | $ | 8,049,892 | $ | 0.445 | 4,093,017 |
Our quarterly Common Stock dividend declaration on August 7, 2014 of $0.16 per share represented an overall increase of approximately 28% from our initial Common Stock dividend per share of $0.125 following our IPO, or an annualized dividend growth rate of approximately 8.7%. Our board of directors reviews the proposed Common Stock dividend declarations quarterly, and there can be no assurance that the current dividend level will be maintained. On On November 3, 2014, we declared and the board approved a dividend on our Common Stock of $0.175 per share, payable on January 15, 2015 to all stockholders of record on December 15, 2014.
Long-Term Liquidity Needs
We believe our principal long-term liquidity needs are to fund:
• | the principal amount of our long-term debt as it becomes due or matures; |
• | capital expenditures needed for our multifamily communities and retail shopping centers; |
• | costs associated with current and future capital raising activities; |
• | costs to acquire additional multifamily communities, retail assets or other real estate and enter into new and fund existing lending opportunities; and |
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• | our minimum distributions necessary to maintain our REIT status. |
We intend to finance our future investments with the net proceeds from additional issuances of our securities, including our Follow-on Offering, Common Stock, and units of limited partnership interest in our Operating Partnership, and/or borrowings. The success of our acquisition strategy may depend, in part, on our ability to access further capital through issuances of additional securities, especially our Follow-on Offering. See below for details regarding our Follow-on Offering of 900,000 Units. If we are unsuccessful in raising additional funds, we may not be able to obtain any assets in addition to those we have acquired.
On November 18, 2011, the SEC declared effective our registration statement on Form S-11 (registration number 333-176604), or the Registration Statement, for our Primary Series A Offering. The price per Unit is $1,000. The Series A Preferred Stock ranks senior to the Common Stock with respect to payment of dividends and distribution of amounts upon liquidation, dissolution and winding up. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when and as authorized by our board of directors and declared by us out of legally available funds, cumulative cash dividends on each share of Series A Preferred Stock at an annual rate of six percent (6%) of the Stated Value, which is $1,000. Dividends on each share of Series A Preferred Stock will begin accruing on the date of issuance. On June 26, 2014, we amended the redemption schedule of the Preferred Stock to allow redemptions at the option of the holder from the date of issuance of the Preferred Stock through the first year subject to a 13% redemption fee. After year one, the redemption fee decreases to 10%, after year three it decreases to 5%, after year four it decreases to 3%, and after year five there is no redemption fee. Any redemptions are entitled to any accrued but unpaid dividends. The Warrant is exercisable by the holder at an exercise price of 120% of the current market price per share of the Common Stock on the date of issuance of such Warrant with a minimum exercise price of $9.00 per share. The current market price per share is determined using the volume weighted average closing market price for the 20 trading days prior to the date of issuance of the Warrant. The Warrants are not exercisable until one year following the date of issuance and expire four years following the date of issuance.
On October 11, 2013, the SEC declared effective our Follow-On Offering Registration Statement for an offering of up to an additional 900,000 Units to be offered from time to time on a “reasonable best efforts” basis. Except as described in the prospectus for the Follow-On Offering, the terms of the Follow-On Offering are substantially similar to the terms of the Primary Series A Offering. As of September 30, 2014, we had issued an aggregate of 146,574 Units from our Primary Series A Offering and, subsequent to the expiration of our Primary Series A Offering on December 31, 2013, our Follow-on Offering, leaving 842,834 Units available to be issued from our Follow-on Offering.
Aggregate offering expenses, including selling commissions and dealer manager fees, will be capped at 11.5% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the Primary Series A Offering and the Follow-On Offering, of which we will reimburse our Manager up to 1.5% of the gross proceeds of these offerings for all organization and offering expenses incurred, excluding selling commissions and dealer manager fees; however, upon approval by the conflicts committee of our board of directors, we may reimburse our Manager for any such expenses incurred above the 1.5% amount as permitted by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
On January 17, 2013, we issued 40,000 shares of our Series B Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $1,000 per share through a private placement transaction. The gross proceeds totaled $40.0 million, with net proceeds to us of approximately $37.0 million after commissions. The Series B Preferred Stock was converted into 5,714,274 shares of Common Stock on May 16, 2013. On April 15, 2013, we filed a resale registration statement (registration number 333-187925) for the purpose of registering the resale of the underlying shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series B Preferred Stock were converted on May 16, 2013.
On May 17, 2013, we filed our Shelf Registration Statement, which was declared effective by the SEC on July 19, 2013. The Shelf Registration Statement allows us to offer equity or debt securities in an amount of up to $200 million. In November 2013, we sold approximately 4.2 million shares of Common Stock via a public offering under the Shelf Registration Statement and collected net proceeds of approximately $30.7 million, which was used to pay off the balance of our Credit Facility and for other general corporate purposes.
On February 28, 2014, we filed a prospectus supplement to our Shelf Registration Statement to issue and sell up to $100 million of our Common Stock from time to time pursuant to the ATM Offering. As of September 30, 2014, we had issued approximately 4.4 million shares of Common Stock at an average price of $8.44 per share pursuant to the ATM Offering, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $36.1 million, after deducting commissions.
Our ability to raise funds through the issuance of our securities is dependent on, among other things, general market conditions for REIT's, market perceptions about us, and the current trading price of our Common Stock. We will continue to
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analyze which source of capital is most advantageous to us at any particular point in time, but the equity and credit markets may not consistently be available on terms that are attractive to us or at all.
The sources to fulfill our long-term liquidity in the future may include borrowings from a number of sources, including repurchase agreements, securitizations, resecuritizations, warehouse facilities and credit facilities (including term loans and revolving facilities), in addition to our Revolving Credit Facility. We have utilized, and we intend to continue to utilize, leverage in making our investments in multifamily communities and retail shopping centers. The number of different multifamily communities and other investments we will acquire will be affected by numerous factors, including the amount of funds available to us. By operating on a leveraged basis, we will have more funds available for our investments. This will allow us to make more investments than would otherwise be possible, resulting in a larger and more diversified portfolio.
We intend to target leverage levels (secured and unsecured) between 50% and 65% of the fair market value of our tangible assets (including our real estate assets, real estate loans, notes receivable, accounts receivable and cash and cash equivalents) on a portfolio basis. As of September 30, 2014, our outstanding debt (both secured and unsecured) was approximately 57.0% of the value of our tangible assets on a portfolio basis based on our estimates of fair market value at September 30, 2014. Neither our charter nor our by-laws contain any limitation on the amount of leverage we may use. Our investment guidelines, which can be amended by our board without stockholder approval, limit our borrowings (secured and unsecured) to 75% of the cost of our tangible assets at the time of any new borrowing. These targets, however, will not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. The amount of leverage we will place on particular investments will depend on our Manager's assessment of a variety of factors which may include the anticipated liquidity and price volatility of the assets in our investment portfolio, the potential for losses and extension risk in the portfolio, the availability and cost of financing the asset, our opinion of the creditworthiness of our financing counterparties, the health of the U.S. economy and the health of the commercial real estate market in general. In addition, factors such as our outlook on interest rates, changes in the yield curve slope, the level and volatility of interest rates and their associated credit spreads, the underlying collateral of our assets and our outlook on credit spreads relative to our outlook on interest rate and economic performance could all impact our decision and strategy for financing the target assets. At the date of acquisition of each asset, we anticipate that the investment cost for such asset will be substantially similar to its fair market value. However, subsequent events, including changes in the fair market value of our assets, could result in our exceeding these limits. Finally, we intend to acquire all our properties through separate single purpose entities and we intend to finance each of these properties using debt financing techniques for that property alone without any cross-collateralization to our other multifamily communities or any guarantees by us or our Operating Partnership. We intend to have no long-term unsecured debt at the Company or Operating Partnership levels, except for our Credit Facility.
Our secured and unsecured aggregate borrowings are intended by us to be reasonable in relation to our tangible assets and will be reviewed by our board of directors at least quarterly. In determining whether our borrowings are reasonable in relation to our tangible assets, we expect that our board of directors will consider many factors, including without limitation the lending standards of government-sponsored enterprises, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, for loans in connection with the financing of multifamily properties, the leverage ratios of publicly traded and non-traded REITs with similar investment strategies, and general market conditions. There is no limitation on the amount that we may borrow for any single investment.
Our ability to incur additional debt is dependent on a number of factors, including our credit ratings (if any), the value of our assets, our degree of leverage and borrowing restrictions imposed by lenders. We will continue to monitor the debt markets, including Fannie Mae and/or Freddie Mac (from both of whom we have obtained single asset secured financing on all of our multifamily communities), and as market conditions permit, access borrowings that are advantageous to us.
If we are unable to obtain financing on favorable terms or at all, we may have to curtail our investment activities, including acquisitions and improvements to real properties, which could limit our growth prospects. This, in turn, could reduce cash available for distribution to our stockholders and may hinder our ability to raise capital by issuing more securities or borrowing more money. We may be forced to dispose of assets at inopportune times in order to maintain our REIT qualification and Investment Company Act exemption. Our ability to generate cash from asset sales is limited by market conditions and certain rules applicable to REITs. We may not be able to sell a property or properties as quickly as we would like or on terms as favorable as we would like.
Furthermore, if interest rates or other factors at the time of financing result in higher costs of financing, then the interest expense relating to that financed indebtedness would be higher. Higher interest rates on newly incurred debt may negatively impact us as well. If interest rates increase, our interest costs and overall costs of capital will increase, which could adversely affect our transaction and development activity, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, our ability to pay principal and interest on our debt and our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders. Finally, sellers may be less inclined to offer to sell to us if they believe we may be unable to obtain financing.
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As of September 30, 2014, we had long term mortgage indebtedness of approximately $345.4 million, all of which was incurred by us in connection with the acquisition or refinancing of our ten multifamily communities and nine grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping centers. All our long term mortgage indebtedness accrues interest at fixed interest rates.
As of September 30, 2014, we had approximately $13.6 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents available to meet our short-term and long-term liquidity needs.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of September 30, 2014, we had an outstanding warrant to purchase up to 150,000 shares of our Common Stock, or the IPO Warrant issued to IAA for financial advisory services performed in connection with our IPO. The IPO Warrant was issued on March 31, 2011. If IAA exercises the IPO Warrant, the purchase price for each share is $12.50 per share and expires on March 31, 2015. Neither the IPO Warrant nor the underlying shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise of the IPO Warrant were or will be registered. Under certain circumstances, the IPO Warrant also may be exercised on a ‘‘cashless’’ basis, which allows IAA to elect to pay the exercise price by surrendering the IPO Warrant for that number of shares of our Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of our Common Stock underlying the IPO Warrant, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the IPO Warrant and the ‘‘fair market value’’ (defined below) of the Common Stock by (y) the fair market value of the Common Stock. The ‘‘fair market value’’ shall mean the average reported last sale price of our Common Stock for the five trading days immediately preceding the date as of which the fair market value is being determined.
As of September 30, 2014, we had outstanding 146,574 Warrants from our sales of Units. The Warrants are exercisable by the holder at an exercise price of 120% of the current market price per share of the Common Stock on the date of issuance of such Warrant with a minimum exercise price of $9.00 per share. The current market price per share is determined using the volume weighted average closing market price for the 20 trading days prior to the date of issuance of the Warrant. The Warrants are not exercisable until one year following the date of issuance and expire four years following the date of issuance. As of September 30, 2014, a total of 72,030 Warrants had passed the initial exercise date and so became potentially exercisable into a total of 1,440,600 shares of Common Stock. The remainder of the Warrants outstanding at September 30, 2014 become potentially exercisable between October 15, 2014 and September 30, 2015 and have exercise prices that range between $9.42 and $10.79 per share. If all the outstanding Warrants outstanding at September 30, 2014 became exercisable and were exercised, gross proceeds to us would be approximately $30.1 million and we would as a result issue an additional 2,931,480 shares of Common Stock.
Contractual Obligations
As of September 30, 2014, our contractual obligations consisted of the mortgage notes secured by our acquired properties, the Term Loan and the Revolving Credit Facility. Based on the 1 Month London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, at September 30, 2014 of 0.125%, our estimated future required payments on these instruments were:
Total | Less than one year | 1-3 years | 3-5 years | More than five years | ||||||||||||||||
Mortgage debt obligations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest | $ | 66,856,819 | $ | 11,913,571 | $ | 24,568,860 | $ | 22,602,695 | $ | 7,771,693 | ||||||||||
Principal | 345,373,830 | 2,491,675 | 7,246,945 | 58,664,512 | 276,970,698 | |||||||||||||||
Line of Credit and Term Loan: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest | 1,003,602 | 1,003,602 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Principal | 80,250,000 | 80,250,000 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 493,484,251 | $ | 95,658,848 | $ | 31,815,805 | $ | 81,267,207 | $ | 284,742,391 |
In addition, we had commitments to fund real estate loans totaling approximately $171 million, of which approximately $148.0 million had been funded at September 30, 2014.
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Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk |
Our primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk. All our long term mortgage debt accrues interest at fixed rates. Our Revolving Credit Facility accrues interest at a spread over LIBOR of 3.75% and our Term Loan accrues interest at a spread over LIBOR of 4.5%; both of these combined rates are uncapped. Because of the short term nature of these loans, we believe our interest rate risk is minimal. We have no business operations which subject us to trading risk.
We have and will continue to manage interest rate risk as follows:
• | maintain a reasonable ratio of fixed-rate, long-term debt to total debt so that floating-rate exposure is kept at an acceptable level; |
• | place interest rate caps on floating-rate debt where appropriate; and |
• | take advantage of favorable market conditions for long-term debt and/or equity financings. |
We use various financial models and advisors to achieve our objectives.
Item 4. | Controls and Procedures |
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Accounting Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2014.
Changes in internal control over financial reporting.
As required by the Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(d), the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer evaluated the Company's internal control over financial reporting to determine whether any change occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2014 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Based on that evaluation, there has been no such change during such period.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. | Legal Proceedings |
At the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we and our subsidiaries were not a party currently subject to any material pending legal proceedings.
Item 1A. | Risk Factors |
Other than the following, there have been no material changes to our potential risks and uncertainties presented in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the twelve months ended December 31, 2013 that was filed with the SEC on March 17, 2014.
Risks Related to Grocery-Anchored Necessity Retail
Downturns in the retail industry likely will have a direct adverse impact on our grocery-anchored necessity retail revenues and cash flow.
Our retail properties currently owned and planned for acquisition consist primarily of grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping centers. Our retail performance therefore is generally linked to economic conditions in the market for retail space. The market for retail space could be adversely affected by any of the following:
• | Weakness in the national, regional and local economies, which could adversely impact consumer spending and retail sales and in turn tenant demand for space and could lead to increased store closings; |
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• | Changes in market rental rates; |
• | Changes in demographics (including the number of households and average household income) surrounding our shopping centers; |
• | Adverse financial conditions for grocery anchors and other retail, service, medical or restaurant tenants; |
• | Continued consolidation in the retail and grocery sector; |
• | Excess amount of retail space in our markets; |
• | Reduction in the demand by tenants to occupy our shopping centers as a result of reduced consumer demand for certain retail formats; |
• | The growth of super-centers and warehouse club retailers, such as those operated by Wal-Mart and Costco, and their adverse effect on traditional grocery chains; |
• | The impact of an increase in energy costs on consumers and its consequential effect on the number of shopping visits to our centers; and |
• | Consequences of any armed conflict involving, or terrorist attack against, the United States. |
To the extent that any of these conditions occur, they are likely to impact market rents for retail space, occupancy in our retail properties, our ability to sell, acquire or develop retail properties, and our cash available for distributions to stockholders.
Competition may impede our ability to renew retail leases or re-let retail spaces as leases expire, which could harm our business and operating results.
We face competition from similar retail centers and other types of shopping venues within our market areas that may affect our ability to renew leases or re-let space as leases expire at our grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping centers. Certain national retail chain bankruptcies and resulting store closings/lease disaffirmations have generally resulted in increased available retail space which, in turn, has resulted in increased competitive pressure to renew retail tenant leases upon expiration and to find new retail tenants for vacant space at such properties. In addition, any new competitive retail properties that are developed within the market areas of our existing grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping centers may result in increased competition for customer traffic and creditworthy retail tenants. Increased competition for retail tenants may require us to make tenant and/or capital improvements to retail properties beyond those that we would otherwise have planned to make. Any unbudgeted tenant and/or capital improvements we undertake may reduce cash that would otherwise be available for distributions to our stockholders. Ultimately, if we are unable to renew leases or re-let space as retail leases expire or renew or re-let such spaces at lower rental rates, our business and operations could be negatively impacted.
Loss of revenues from significant retail tenants could reduce distributions to our stockholders.
For our currently owned and planned acquisitions of grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping centers, we derive or will derive significant revenues from anchor tenants such as Kroger, Publix, and Bi-Lo. These anchor tenants occupy approximately 55-65% of the aggregate rentable square feet of our grocery-anchored necessity shopping center portfolio. In addition, these anchor tenants account for approximately 50-60% of the total annualized rental income of our owned grocery-anchored necessity retail shopping center portfolio.
Distributions to our stockholders could be adversely affected by the loss of revenues in the event a significant retail tenant:
• | becomes bankrupt or insolvent; |
• | experiences a downturn in its business; |
• | materially defaults on its leases; |
• | does not renew its leases as they expire; or |
• | renews at lower rental rates. |
Vacated anchor space, including space owned by the anchor, can also reduce rental revenues generated by the shopping center because of the loss of the departed anchor tenant's customer drawing power. If significant tenants vacate a property, then other tenants may be entitled to terminate their leases at the property or pay reduced rent.
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We may be unable to collect balances due from retail tenants in bankruptcy.
Although minimum rent is supported by long-term lease contracts, retail tenants who file bankruptcy have the legal right to reject any or all of their leases and close related stores. In the event that a retail tenant with a significant number of leases in our shopping centers files bankruptcy and rejects its leases, we could experience a significant reduction in our retail revenues and may not be able to collect all pre-petition amounts owed by that party.
Our Common Area Maintenance (“CAM”) contributions may not allow us to recover the majority of our
operating expenses from retail tenants.
CAM costs typically include allocable energy costs, repairs, maintenance and capital improvements to common areas, janitorial services, administrative, property and liability insurance costs and security costs. The amount of CAM charges we bill to our retail tenants may not allow us to recover or pass on all these operating expenses to tenants, which may reduce operating cash flow from our retail properties.
Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
None.
Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities |
None.
Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures |
None.
Item 5. | Other Information |
None.
Item 6. | Exhibits |
See the Exhibit Index.
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SIGNATURES | ||||||
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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. | ||||||
PREFERRED APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC. | ||||||
Date: November 10, 2014 | By: | /s/ John A. Williams | ||||
John A. Williams | ||||||
Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
Date: November 10, 2014 | By: | /s/ Michael J. Cronin | ||||
Michael J. Cronin | ||||||
Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer | ||||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number | Description | ||
10.1 | (1) | Fourth Amended and Restated Management Agreement, effective as of January 1, 2014, among Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P. and Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC (Investment Guidelines Update August 7, 2014) | |
10.2 | (2) | Third Modification Agreement dated as of July 1, 2014 among Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P., the lenders party thereto and KeyBank National Association | |
10.3 | (3) | Agreement of Purchase and Sale between Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P. and Sandstone Overland Park, LLC, Estancia Dallas, LLC, Stoneridge Nashville, LLC and Vineyards Houston, LLC dated as of July 25, 2014 | |
10.4 | (4) | Purchase and Sale Agreement between Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P. and U.S. Retail Income Fund VI, Limited Partnership dated as of August 1, 2014 | |
10.5 | (4) | Purchase and Sale Agreement between Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P. and U.S. Retail Income Fund VII, Limited Partnership dated as of August 1, 2014 | |
10.6 | * | Amendment No. 1 to the Fourth Amended and Restated Management Agreement, effective as of September 6, 2014 and entered into as of November 5, 2014, among Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P. and Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC | |
10.7 | (5) | First Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement between Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P. and U.S. Retail Income Fund VI, Limited Partnership dated as of September 12, 2014 | |
10.8 | (5) | First Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement between Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P. and U.S. Retail Income Fund VII, Limited Partnership dated as of September 12, 2014 | |
10.9 | (6) | First Amendment to Agreement of Purchase and Sale between Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P. and Sandstone Overland Park, LLC, Estancia Dallas, LLC, Stoneridge Nashville, LLC and Vineyards Houston, LLC entered into on September 17, 2014 and effective as of September 15, 2014 | |
10.7 | (7) | Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 19, 2014 among Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P., the lenders party thereto and KeyBank National Association | |
10.8 | (7) | Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of September 19, 2014 among Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P., New Market Properties, LLC, Iris Crosstown Mezzanine Lending, LLC, City Vista Mezzanine Lending, LLC, City Park Mezzanine Lending, LLC, Charles Hight Mezzanine Lending, LLC, Aster Lely Mezzanine Lending, LLC, Newport Overton Mezzanine Lending, LLC, Haven West Mezzanine Lending, Starkville Mezzanine Lending, LLC, Irving Mezzanine Lending, LLC, Summit Crossing III Mezzanine Lending, LLC and KeyBank National Association | |
10.9 | (7) | Guaranty dated as of September 19, 2014 by each of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., New Market Properties, LLC, Iris Crosstown Mezzanine Lending, LLC, City Vista Mezzanine Lending, LLC, City Park Mezzanine Lending, LLC, Charles Hight Mezzanine Lending, LLC, Aster Lely Mezzanine Lending, LLC, Newport Overton Mezzanine Lending, LLC, Haven West Mezzanine Lending, Starkville Mezzanine Lending, LLC, Irving Mezzanine Lending, LLC, Summit Crossing III Mezzanine Lending, LLC with KeyBank National Association | |
10.10 | (7) | Buy-Sell Agreement dated as of September 19, 2014 between New Market Properties, LLC and KeyBank National Association (Woodstock) | |
10.11 | (7) | Buy-Sell Agreement dated as of September 19, 2014 between New Market Properties, LLC and KeyBank National Association (Spring Hill) | |
10.12 | (7) | Buy-Sell Agreement dated as of September 19, 2014 between New Market Properties, LLC and KeyBank National Association (Parkway Town Centre) | |
31.1 | * | Certification of John A. Williams, Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
31.2 | * | Certification of Michael J. Cronin, Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
32.1 | * | Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
32.2 | * | Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
101 | * | XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language). The following materials from Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2014, formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, (ii) consolidated statements of operations for the three months and six months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, (iii) consolidated statement of stockholders' equity, (iv) consolidated statement of cash flows and (v) notes to consolidated financial statements. As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information is furnished and not filed for purpose of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. |
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* | Filed herewith |
(1) | Previously filed with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2014 |
(2) | Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2, 2014 |
(3) | Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2014 |
(4) | Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 4, 2014 |
(5) | Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 15, 2014 |
(6) | Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 2014 |
(7) | Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2014 |
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