On October 21, 2019, we sold a retail property tenanted by Aaron’s Inc., located in Houston, Texas, for a sales price of $1.4 million, net of closing costs. We anticipate our gain from this sale, which will be recognized in the three months and year ending December 31, 2019, will be approximately $218,000.
On October 22, 2019, in consideration for the payment to us of $400,000, which will be recognized as lease termination fee income in the quarter and year ending December 31, 2019, we agreed to terminate the lease at a property in Newark, Delaware. We entered into a lease with a new tenant and anticipate that we will record approximately $107,000 of rental income (excluding variable lease payments, if any) per quarter from this new lease.
On October 23, 2019, we purchased an industrial property in Chandler, Arizona for $3.0 million. We estimate that commencing November 1, 2019, the quarterly rental income (excluding variable lease revenues) from this property will be $55,000.
Amendment of Credit Facility
On July 1, 2019, we and our lenders amended our credit facility to extend its expiration date to December 31, 2022 and increase the aggregate amount that may be used thereunder for renovation and operating expense purposes. In connection with the amendment, we incurred a $550,000 commitment fee which will be amortized over the remaining term of the facility. See “- Liquidity and Capital Resources-Credit Facility.”
Challenges and Uncertainties Facing Certain Tenants and Properties
We describe below certain risks and uncertainties associated with tenants and properties that are experiencing financial or other challenges.
Our tenant at an assisted living facility in Round Rock, Texas, which we refer to as the Round Rock Property, filed for bankruptcy protection in December 2018 and though they subsequently rejected the lease, the tenant-debtor continues to occupy the property. At September 30, 2019, the net book value and mortgage debt associated with this property was $15.8 million and $13.2 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we paid principal mortgage payments of $294,000 and incurred costs of $1.5 million (i.e., mortgage interest of $545,000, legal fees of approximately $775,000 and real estate taxes of $222,000) for this property and may continue to incur significant costs for an extended period. We estimate that the carrying costs (including mortgage amortization of $101,000) with respect to this property for the three months ending December 31, 2019 will be approximately $375,000, excluding legal fees. In October 2019, we settled our bankruptcy court claim against the tenant-debtor (but not, as described below, against the lease guarantor) for, among other things, $584,000, which we will recognize as rental income in the quarter ending December 31, 2019. We entered into a contract to sell this property for $16.6 million. There are various conditions that must be satisfied before the purchaser is obligated to complete this transaction and we cannot provide any assurance that the sale will be completed on a timely basis or at all. In addition, we commenced litigation (OLP Wyoming Springs, LLC, v. Harden Healthcare, LLC, United States District Court, Western District of Texas, Austin, Case No. 1:19-cv-00777-RP (Removed from the District Court of Williamson County, Texas)), against the guarantors of the lease, who we refer to collectively as the “Guarantor”, seeking, among other things, recovery for the damages we have and continue to incur. We cannot provide any assurance that we will be successful in any litigation seeking compensation from the Guarantor for such damages.
A multi-family complex, which we refer to as The Vue, ground leases from us the underlying land located in Beachwood, Ohio. In the fourth quarter of 2018, we, at the request of the owner/operator of The Vue, reduced the annual base rent payable to us in 2019 to $783,000 from the base rent of $1.6 million in 2018. At September 30, 2019, (i) there are no unbilled rent receivables, intangibles or tenant origination costs associated with this property and (ii) the net book value of our land subject to this ground lease is $13.9 million and is subordinate to $67.4 million of mortgage debt incurred by the owner/operator. Unlike most of our tenancies, the owner/operator is responsible for the property’s current monthly mortgage interest payments of $228,000 – the interest only period with respect to such mortgage expires August 2020. See “ - Off Balance Sheet Arrangement” and Note 7 to our consolidated financial statements.