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, 1997 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 Number 0-15465 Banyan Strategic Realty Trust (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Massachusetts 36-3375345 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 150 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number including area code (312) 553-9800 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 . Shares of beneficial interest outstanding as of Nov. 13, 1997: 13,210,852 PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BANYAN STRATEGIC REALTY TRUST CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 AND DECEMBER 31, 1996 (UNAUDITED) SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31, 1997 1996 ------------- ------------ ASSETS Cash and Cash Equivalents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,343,253 $ 3,805,260 Restricted Cash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,239,741 529,112 Interest Receivable on Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,060 46,313 Accounts Receivable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,318,596 1,194,425 ------------ ------------ 6,913,650 5,575,110 ------------ ------------ Investment in Real Estate, at cost: Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,733,379 16,956,094 Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,627,578 85,210,415 Building Improvements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,763,611 5,015,673 ------------ ------------ 152,124,568 107,182,182 Less: Accumulated Depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5,712,588) (4,692,455) ------------ ------------ 146,411,980 102,489,727 ------------ ------------ Investment in Real Estate Venture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- 5,713,759 Deferred Financing Costs (Net of Accumulated Amortization of $937,395 and $722,925, respectively). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920,867 1,326,489 Other Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,400,545 1,429,120 ------------ ------------ Total Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $156,647,042 $116,534,205 ============ ============ BANYAN STRATEGIC REALTY TRUST CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 AND DECEMBER 31, 1996 (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED) SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31, 1997 1996 ------------- ------------ LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Liabilities Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,347,987 $ 2,481,253 Accrued Real Estate Taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,371,111 763,238 Mortgage Loans Payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,403,616 48,181,023 Bonds Payable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,960,035 10,900,000 Accrued Interest Payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316,209 237,922 Unearned Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260,067 248,748 Security Deposit Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705,444 473,758 ------------ ------------ Total Liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,364,469 63,285,942 ------------ ------------ Minority Interest in Consolidated Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,414,248 2,313,825 Shareholders' Equity Shares of Beneficial Interest, No Par Value, Unlimited Authorization; 12,540,409 and 12,001,620 Shares Issued, respectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,213,622 106,694,912 Accumulated Deficit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (48,979,348) (48,394,525) Treasury Shares at Cost, 1,522,649 Shares. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7,365,949) (7,365,949) ------------ ------------ Total Shareholders' Equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,868,325 50,934,438 ------------ ------------ Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $156,647,042 $116,534,205 ============ ============ Book Value Per Share of Beneficial Interest (11,017,760 and 10,478,971 Shares Outstanding, respectively). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4.80 $ 4.86 ============ ============ <FN> The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements. BANYAN STRATEGIC REALTY TRUST CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND EXPENSES FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 AND 1996 (UNAUDITED) 1997 1996 ------------ ----------- REVENUE Rental Income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,986,266 $13,742,193 Operating Cost Reimbursement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,814,751 1,446,692 Miscellaneous Tenant Income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617,686 166,095 Interest and Amortized Discount on Mortgage Loans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- 441,725 Income on Investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,855 105,667 ----------- ----------- Total Revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,515,558 15,902,372 ----------- ----------- EXPENSES Operating Property Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,913,623 3,147,342 Repairs and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,815,755 1,636,915 Real Estate Taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,479,892 1,272,835 Interest Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,649,172 2,976,172 Ground Lease Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669,595 648,025 Depreciation and Amortization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,501,022 1,760,892 General and Administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,030,990 2,390,725 Amortization of Deferred Loan Fees and Financing Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526,737 351,963 Recovery of Losses on Loans, Notes and Interest Receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . -- (14,059) ----------- ----------- Total Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,586,786 14,170,810 Income Before Minority Interest, Income (Loss) from Operations of Real Estate Venture and Nonrecurring Gains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,928,772 1,731,562 Minority Interest in Consolidated Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (463,473) (349,390) Income (Loss) from Operations of Real Estate Venture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,126 (77,365) Gain on Disposition of Investment in Real Estate, Disposition of Investment in Real Estate Venture and Disposition of Partnership Interest . . . . . . . . . . 1,075,646 -- ----------- ----------- Net Income $ 2,578,071 $ 1,304,807 =========== =========== Earnings Per Share of Beneficial Interest (10,555,616 and 10,478,222 Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, respectively) . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.24 $ 0.12 =========== =========== <FN> The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements. BANYAN STRATEGIC REALTY TRUST CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND EXPENSES FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 AND 1996 (UNAUDITED) 1997 1996 ------------ ----------- REVENUE Rental Income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,859,924 $ 4,761,231 Operating Cost Reimbursement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634,996 347,556 Miscellaneous Tenant Income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351,572 49,301 Interest and Amortized Discount on Mortgage Loans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- 85,824 Income on Investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,638 41,030 ----------- ----------- Total Revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,875,130 5,284,942 ----------- ----------- EXPENSES Operating Property Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,599,181 1,138,109 Repairs and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646,581 584,437 Real Estate Taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531,258 377,823 Interest Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,878,137 996,667 Ground Lease Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228,657 218,286 Depreciation and Amortization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 945,566 614,509 General and Administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,023,012 769,279 Amortization of Deferred Loan Fees and Financing Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198,720 129,983 Recovery of Losses on Loans, Notes and Interest Receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . -- (14,059) ----------- ----------- Total Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,051,112 4,815,034 ----------- ----------- Income Before Minority Interest, Income (Loss) from Operations of Real Estate Venture and Nonrecurring Gains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824,018 469,908 Minority Interest in Consolidated Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (151,747) (128,903) Income (Loss) from Operations of Real Estate Venture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (13,656) 19,649 Gain on Disposition of Investment in Real Estate, Disposition of Investment in Real Estate Venture and Disposition of Partnership Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,071,858 -- ----------- ----------- Net Income $ 1,730,473 $ 360,654 =========== =========== Earnings Per Share of Beneficial Interest (10,706,379 and 10,478,971 Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, respectively) . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.16 $ 0.03 =========== =========== <FN> The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements. BANYAN STRATEGIC REALTY TRUST CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 (UNAUDITED) Shares of Beneficial Interest ---------------------------- Accumulated Treasury Shares Amount Deficit Shares Total ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Shareholders' Equity, December 31, 1996. . . . . . 12,001,620 $106,694,912 $(48,394,525) $(7,365,949) $50,934,438 Net Income . . . . . . . . . -- -- 2,578,071 -- 2,578,071 Issuance of Shares . . . . . 43,154 199,416 -- -- 199,416 Award Shares Issued. . . . . 495,635 2,319,294 -- -- 2,319,294 Distributions Paid . . . . . -- -- (3,162,894) -- (3,162,894) ----------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ----------- Shareholders' Equity, September 30, 1997 . . . . . 12,540,409 $109,213,622 $(48,979,348) $(7,365,949) $52,868,325 =========== ============ ============ =========== =========== <FN> The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements. BANYAN STRATEGIC REALTY TRUST CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 AND 1996 (UNAUDITED) 1997 1996 ------------ ----------- CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: Net Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,578,071 $ 1,304,807 Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income to Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities: Gain on Disposition of Investment in Real Estate, Disposition of Investment in Real Estate Venture and Disposition of Partnership Interest. . . . . . . . . . (1,075,646) -- Recovery of Losses on Loans, Notes and Interest Receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . -- (14,059) Depreciation and Amortization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,027,759 2,112,855 Amortization of Discount on Mortgage Loans Receivable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- (34,547) Net (Income) Loss From Operation of Real Estate Ventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . (37,126) 77,365 Minority Interest Participation in Consolidated Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . 463,473 349,390 Incentive Compensation Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913,098 538,387 Net Change In: Restricted Cash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (294,470) (39,188) Interest Receivable on Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,253 116,349 Accounts Receivable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (115,219) (508,567) Other Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (311,589) (277,239) Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3,059) 102,482 Accrued Interest Payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,163 (93,325) Accrued Real Estate Taxes Payable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458,367 468,356 Unearned Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,953 47,990 Security Deposit Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,078 6,275 ------------ ------------ Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,857,106 4,157,331 ------------ ------------ CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Acquisition of Real Estate Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (55,912,339) (5,021,535) Investment In Real Estate Ventures, Net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,285 (151,488) Additions to Investment in Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,844,326) (1,438,552) Proceeds From Sale of Mortgage Loans Receivable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- 5,440,047 Proceeds From Sale of Investment in Real Estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,141,719 -- Proceeds from Sale of Investment in Real Estate Venture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,457,402 -- Payment of Liabilities Assumed at Acquisition of Real Estate Assets. . . . . . . . 101,301 (315,000) Recovery of Losses on Loans, Notes and Interest Receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . -- 14,059 Purchase of Investment Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- (839,679) Proceeds From Sale and Maturities of Investment Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . -- 817,314 Proceeds From Sale of Partnership Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884,507 -- Principal Payments on Investment Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- 22,365 Principal Collections on Mortgage Loans Receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- 14,742 ----------- ------------ Net Cash Used In Investing Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (45,143,451) (1,457,727) ----------- ------------ BANYAN STRATEGIC REALTY TRUST CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 AND 1996 (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED) 1997 1996 ------------ ----------- CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Proceeds From Bonds and Mortgage Loans Payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,386,216 11,545,000 Distributions to Minority Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (417,495) (199,207) Deferred Financing Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (577,317) (636,983) Principal Payments on Bonds and Mortgage Loans Payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (21,603,588) (11,182,176) Distributions Paid to Shareholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3,162,894) (3,143,508) Shares Issued. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199,416 -- ------------ ------------ Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,824,338 (3,616,874) ------------ ------------ Net Increase (Decrease) In Cash and Cash Equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537,993 (917,270) Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,805,260 5,500,215 ------------ ------------ Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,343,253 $ 4,582,945 ============ ============ <FN> The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements. BANYAN STRATEGIC REALTY TRUST NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 (UNAUDITED) Readers of this quarterly report should refer to Banyan Strategic Realty Trust's (the "Trust") audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 1996 which are included in the Trust's 1996 Annual Report and Form 10-K, as certain footnote disclosures which would substantially duplicate those contained in such audited statements have been omitted from this report. 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Trust, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and its controlled partnerships. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Investment in Real Estate Venture was accounted for on the equity method. FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION Certain reclassifications have been made to the previously reported 1996 consolidated financial statements in order to provide comparability with the 1997 consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation have been made to the accompanying consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 1997. All adjustments made to the financial statements, as presented, are of a normal recurring nature to the Trust. Net income for the nine and three months ended September 30, 1996 have been reduced by $487,500 and $162,500, respectively, from amounts originally reported to reflect the adjusted incentive compensation earned by the Trust's president which was recorded during the fourth quarter of 1996. This allocation adjustment had no effect on net income for the year ended December 31, 1996. No other allocation adjustments have been made to the 1996 operating results. EARNINGS PER SHARE In February 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement No. 128, Earnings per Share, which is required to be adopted on December 31, 1997. At that time, the Trust will be required to change the method currently used to compute earnings per share and to restate all prior periods. Under the new requirements for calculating primary earnings per share, the dilutive effect of stock options will be excluded. The management believes there is no material impact of Statement No. 128 on the consolidated financial statements. 2. MORTGAGE LOANS PAYABLE LINE OF CREDIT On December 13, 1994, the Trust executed a loan agreement which provides for a revolving line of credit with American National Bank of Chicago ("ANB") in the amount of $15,000,000. On December 15, 1995, the Trust and ANB entered into an amendment to the aforesaid loan agreement, modifying the revolving line of credit by increasing the amount the Trust was permitted to borrow from $15,000,000 to $30,000,000. On January 7, 1997, the Trust and ANB entered into a further amendment to the loan agreement modifying the line of credit by decreasing the amount that the Trust was permitted to borrow from $30,000,000 to $20,000,000 (the "Modified Line"). As of December 31, 1996, the Trust had utilized $8,400,000 of the $20,000,000 available under the Modified Line. On January 15, 1997, the Trust borrowed $5,500,000 under the Modified Line for the acquisition of the Phoenix Business Park property. On February 19, 1997, the Trust borrowed $1,200,000 under the Modified Line for general corporate needs of the Trust. On March 11, 1997, the Trust sold its interest in the Hallmark Village Apartments ("Hallmark"). (See Note 6 for details). On March 19, 1997, the Trust used a portion of its share of the Hallmark net sales proceeds to pay down $5,720,000 of the Modified Line. On April 29, 1997, the Modified Line was revised with ANB increasing the amount that the Trust is permitted to borrow from $20,000,000 to $30,000,000 (the "Amended Line"). Pursuant to the Amended Line, the term was extended from May 31, 1997 to November 30, 1997 and on November 13, 1997, the Trust exercised its option to extend for an additional six months until May 31, 1998. Upon expiration, the Amended Line will convert to a one year, interest only, term loan. The Trust paid the bank an extension fee of $87,500 at the closing of the Amended Line and paid an additional $37,500 upon exercising the option to extend the term for six months. On April 30, 1997, the Trust borrowed $14,400,000 under the Amended Line primarily for the acquisition of the Butterfield Office Plaza property. On May 22, 1997, the Trust borrowed $4,180,000 under the Amended Line primarily for the acquisition of the four apartment complexes located in Oklahoma. On July 30 and August 26, 1997, the Trust borrowed $4,450,000, $2,475,000 and $565,000 under the Amended Line primarily for the acquisition of the Southlake Corporate Center, University Square Business Center and Technology Center properties, respectively. On September 5, 1997, the Trust borrowed an additional $1,000,000 under the Amended Line to replenish cash reserves utilized to acquire the Technology Center as discussed above. (See Note 4 below for further detail regarding the Trust's 1997 acquisitions.) On April 18, 1997, the Trust paid down $1,000,000 of the Amended Line with funds resulting primarily from the March 20, 1997 sale of a portion of the H Street Assemblage. On July 29, 1997, the Trust paid down $4,450,000 of the Amended Line with funds resulting primarily from the July 29, 1997 sale of the remaining portion of the H Street Assemblage. (See Note 7 for further details.) On August 29, 1997, the Trust paid down $9,945,000 of the Amended Line from loan proceeds received pursuant to the mortgage refinancing of the Butterfield Office Plaza property. (See Note 5 for further details.) As a result of the above transactions, as of September 30, 1997, the Trust had an outstanding balance of $21,055,000 of the $30,000,000 available under the Amended Line. 3. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES Effective January 1, 1997, the Trust began paying employees directly in contrast to the prior practice of reimbursing Banyan Management Corp. ("BMC") on an hourly basis for the services of its personnel. In prior years, these payroll costs along with administrative costs were allocated to the Trust and other entities to which BMC provided administrative services based upon the actual number of hours spent by BMC personnel on matters related to that particular entity in relation to the total number of BMC personnel hours. Through September 30, 1997, the Trust continues to share certain administrative items such as office rent and office expenses with other companies for which BMC provides services. These costs were shared based upon the total hours worked by employees of the Trust relative to total hours worked by employees of BMC and the Trust combined. The Trust's allocable share of costs for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and 1996 aggregated $403,100 and $985,820, respectively. As one of its administrative services, BMC serves as the paying agent for general and administrative costs of the Trust. As of September 30, 1997, the Trust had a net receivable due from BMC of $96,400. The net receivable is included in Other Assets in the Trust's Consolidated Balance Sheet. 4. INVESTMENT IN REAL ESTATE PHOENIX BUSINESS PARK On January 15, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% fee ownership interest in a three-building office/industrial complex known as Phoenix Business Park located in northeast Atlanta, Georgia, for a purchase price of approximately $5,494,000. At acquisition, the Trust assumed liabilities of approximately $33,000. The three buildings contain approximately 110,600 square feet of gross leasable area. The Phoenix Business Park property was constructed in 1979 and was 100% occupied with thirteen tenants at the time of acquisition. The Trust funded the acquisition price by making a draw upon its line of credit. BUTTERFIELD OFFICE PLAZA On April 30, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% fee ownership interest in a three-story office building known as Butterfield Office Plaza located in Oak Brook, Illinois (metropolitan Chicago) for a purchase price of approximately $15,056,000. At acquisition, the Trust assumed liabilities of approximately $653,000. The office building is situated on ten acres of land and contains approximately 200,800 square feet of gross leasable area. The Butterfield Office Plaza was constructed in 1974 and was 92% occupied with fifty tenants at the time of acquisition. The Trust funded the acquisition price by drawing upon its line of credit. WOODRUN VILLAGE APARTMENTS On May 22, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% fee ownership interest in a garden style apartment complex known as Woodrun Village Apartments (the "Woodrun property") located in Yukon, Oklahoma (approximately twenty miles south of Oklahoma City) for a purchase price of approximately $4,582,000. At acquisition, the Trust assumed liabilities of approximately $31,000, paid deferred financing costs of approximately $24,000 and funded approximately $22,000 into an escrow account for real estate taxes and insurance reserves. The Woodrun property was built in 1985 and consists of 192 rental units in twelve buildings and one clubhouse on a total of approximately eight acres of land. The unit mix is 144 one-bedroom units and forty-eight two-bedroom units. The Woodrun property is 99% occupied as of September 30, 1997. The Trust utilized approximately $74,000 of cash reserves for the acquisition and assumed Oklahoma Housing Financing Agency Revenue bond financing with a combination of fixed rate, tax-exempt and taxable bonds, with an outstanding principal balance totaling approximately $3,622,000. The remaining balance of the acquisition price was provided for by a draw upon the Trust's line of credit in the amount of approximately $901,000. The bonds mature on October 1, 2025 and require monthly payment of principal and interest at a fixed interest rate of 7.3% until the bonds are remarketed in November of 2005. A prepayment penalty exists on the bonds for any unscheduled principal payments made prior to September 30, 2005. The prepayment penalty is currently approximately 9.8% of the total outstanding principal balance and decreases each year through September 2005 by approximately one percent. There is no prepayment penalty after September 30, 2005. COUNTRY CREEK APARTMENTS On May 22, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% fee ownership interest in a garden style apartment complex known as Country Creek Apartments (the "Country Creek property") located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for a purchase price of approximately $7,487,000. At acquisition, the Trust assumed liabilities of approximately $59,000, paid deferred financing costs of approximately $36,000 and funded approximately $50,000 into an escrow account for real estate taxes and insurance reserves. The Country Creek property was built in 1985 and consists of 320 rental units in twenty buildings and one clubhouse on a total of approximately twelve acres of land. The unit mix is 240 one-bedroom units and eighty two-bedroom units. The Country Creek property is 99% occupied as of September 30, 1997. The Trust utilized approximately $74,000 of cash reserves for the acquisition and assumed Oklahoma Housing Financing Agency Revenue bond financing with a combination of fixed rate, tax-exempt and taxable bonds with an outstanding principal balance totaling approximately $5,931,000. The remaining balance of the acquisition price was provided for by a draw upon the Trust's line of credit in the amount of approximately $1,509,000. The bonds mature on October 1, 2025 and require monthly payment of principal and interest at a fixed interest rate of 7.3% until the bonds are remarketed in November of 2005. A prepayment penalty exists on the bonds for any unscheduled principal payments made prior to September 30, 2005. The prepayment penalty is currently approximately 9.8% of the total outstanding principal balance and decreases each year through September 2005 by approximately one percent. There is no prepayment penalty after September 30, 2005. WILLOWPARK APARTMENTS On May 22, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% fee ownership interest in a garden style apartment complex known as Willowpark Apartments (the "Willowpark property") located in Lawton, Oklahoma (approximately ninety miles southwest of Oklahoma City) for a purchase price of approximately $4,470,000. At acquisition, the Trust assumed liabilities of approximately $28,000, paid deferred financing costs of approximately $23,000 and funded approximately $20,000 into an escrow account for real estate taxes and insurance reserves. The Willowpark property was built in 1985 and consists of 160 rental units in ten buildings and one clubhouse on a total of approximately six acres of land. The unit mix is 120 one-bedroom units and forty two-bedroom units. The Willowpark property is 98% occupied as of September 30, 1997. The Trust utilized approximately $74,000 of cash reserves for the acquisition and assumed Oklahoma Housing Financing Agency Revenue bond financing with a combination of fixed rate, tax-exempt and taxable bonds, with an outstanding principal balance totaling approximately $3,533,000. The remaining balance of the acquisition price was provided for by a draw upon the Trust's line of credit in the amount of approximately $878,000. The bonds mature on October 1, 2025 and require monthly payment of principal and interest at a fixed interest rate of 7.3% until the bonds are remarketed in November of 2005. A prepayment penalty exists on the bonds for any unscheduled principal payments made prior to September 30, 2005. The prepayment penalty is currently approximately 9.8% of the total outstanding principal balance and decreases each year through September 2005 by approximately one percent. There is no prepayment penalty after September 30, 2005. WINCHESTER RUN APARTMENTS On May 22, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% fee ownership interest in a garden style apartment complex known as Winchester Apartments (the "Winchester property") located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for a purchase price of approximately $4,506,000. At acquisition, the Trust assumed liabilities of approximately $30,000, paid deferred financing costs of approximately $24,000 and funded approximately $23,000 into an escrow account for real estate taxes and insurance reserves. The Winchester property was built in 1985 and consists of 192 rental units in twelve buildings and one clubhouse on a total of approximately seven acres of land. The unit mix is 144 one-bedroom units and forty-eight two-bedroom units. The Winchester property is 99% occupied as of September 30, 1997. The Trust utilized approximately $74,000 of cash reserves for the acquisition and assumed Oklahoma Housing Financing Agency Revenue bond financing with a combination of fixed rate, tax-exempt and taxable bonds, with an outstanding principal balance totaling approximately $3,563,000. The remaining balance of the acquisition price was provided for by a draw upon the Trust's line of credit in the amount of approximately $886,000. The bonds mature on October 1, 2025 and require monthly payment of principal and interest at a fixed interest rate of 7.3% until the bonds are remarketed in November of 2005. A prepayment penalty exists on the bonds for any unscheduled principal payments made prior to September 30, 2005. The prepayment penalty is currently approximately 9.8% of the total outstanding principal balance and decreases each year through September 2005 by approximately one percent. There is no prepayment penalty after September 30, 2005. SOUTHLAKE CORPORATE CENTER On July 30, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% fee ownership interest of a three-story office building known as Southlake Corporate Center located in Morrow, Georgia (suburban Atlanta). The building contains approximately 56,200 square feet of gross leasable area. The Southlake Corporate Center was constructed in 1989 and was 100% occupied with sixteen tenants upon acquisition. The Southlake Corporate Center was acquired for a purchase price of $4,450,000. At acquisition, the Trust assumed liabilities of approximately $35,000. The Trust funded the acquisition by utilizing a draw upon its line of credit. UNIVERSITY SQUARE BUSINESS CENTER On August 26, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% fee ownership interest of the University Square Business Center located in Huntsville, Alabama. The property consists of six one-story buildings totaling approximately 184,700 square feet of gross leasable area. The buildings were constructed from 1984 through 1987. The property was acquired by the Trust for a purchase price of approximately $7,300,000. At acquisition, the Trust also assumed approximately $131,000 of trade liabilities, paid deferred financing costs of approximately $9,000, and paid approximately $181,000 into escrow for real estate taxes, insurance and tenant improvements. In addition, at acquisition, the Trust assumed an existing mortgage loan with an outstanding principal balance of approximately $4,963,000. The mortgage loan matures in January 2007, bears interest at a fixed rate of 8.89% per annum and requires monthly payments of principal and interest based upon a twenty-five year amortization schedule with a balloon payment of approximately $3,989,000 due upon maturity. The Trust funded the balance of the acquisition price by utilizing a draw upon its line of credit. The property was 91% occupied with 57 tenants upon acquisition. TECHNOLOGY CENTER On August 26, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% ground lessee's interest in the Technology Center located in Huntsville, Alabama. The property consists of a three-story office building containing approximately 48,500 square feet of gross leasable area. The Technology Center was constructed in 1990. The property was acquired for a purchase price of approximately $2,500,000. The Trust funded the acquisition from its cash reserves as well as by utilizing a draw upon its line of credit. The Technology Center property was 100% occupied at acquisition and is leased to two tenants. The property is subject to a ground lease from the Industrial Development Board of the City of Huntsville. There are no rental payments due under the lease agreement through 2002. The lease provides for a purchase option on January 1, 2003 for approximately $50,000. Real estate taxes are abated during the term of the lease. 5. MORTGAGE LOANS PAYABLE On August 29, 1997, the Trust executed a nonrecourse first mortgage loan collateralized by the Butterfield Office Plaza. The loan, in the amount of $10,000,000, bears interest at a fixed rate of 7.67% per annum, matures on September 1, 2004 and requires monthly payments of principal and interest based upon a thirty year amortization schedule with a balloon payment of approximately $9,206,000 due upon maturity. The net loan proceeds after loan costs were utilized to reduce borrowing under the Trust's Amended Line of Credit with American National Bank in the amount of $9,945,000. See Note 2 for further details. 6. DISPOSITION OF INVESTMENT IN REAL ESTATE HALLMARK VILLAGE APARTMENTS On September 28, 1993, BSRT Hallmark Village Limited Partnership, ("BHVLP"), a limited partnership consisting of the Trust, a subsidiary of the Trust and HVA General Partnership, acquired the Hallmark Village Apartments for a purchase price of approximately $6,000,000. On March 11, 1997, BHLVLP sold the Hallmark property to an unaffiliated third party for a sales price of approximately $6,500,000, after credits allowed to the purchaser at closing. The Trust and its subsidiary received net sales proceeds of approximately $6,142,000 of which a portion was used to pay down the Trust's revolving line of credit (see Note 2 above for details). The Trust recognized a gain on disposition of approximately $3,800 as a result of the sale. 7. DISPOSITION OF INVESTMENT IN REAL ESTATE VENTURE On December 11, 1990, the Trust acquired title to the property known as the Victor Building located in Washington D.C. pursuant to an agreement with Banyan Strategic Land Fund II ("BSLFII"). On September 5, 1992, the Trust and BSLFII executed a formal joint venture agreement (the "Venture"). The Trust had a 53% interest in the Venture while BSLFII owned the remaining 47%. This property consists of 36,100 square feet of undeveloped land in downtown Washington, D.C. plus an approximately 55,900 square foot office building known as the Victor Building. On March 20, 1997, the Venture sold approximately 3,500 square feet of the Venture's land to the United States General Services Administration on behalf of the United States of America ("GSA") for a purchase price of $1,680,000. GSA also paid the Venture $150,000 as reimbursement of expenses that the Venture incurred in anticipation of this transaction. The Venture received net proceeds of approximately $1,827,000 of which approximately $968,000 was distributed to the Trust. The Trust recognized no gain or loss on the sale. On July 29, 1997, the Venture sold the remaining land and the Victor Building to an unaffiliated third party for $9,000,000. The Trust received net sales proceeds of approximately $4,489,000 and recognized a gain on disposition of approximately $134,000. As of July 29, 1997, the Trust has no further ownership interest in the H Street Assemblage property. 8. DISPOSITION OF PARTNERSHIP INTEREST COLONIAL COURTS OF WESTLAND APARTMENTS On June 17, 1993, BSRT Colonial Courts Limited Partnership, a limited partnership consisting of the Trust, a subsidiary of the Trust and PHC General Partnership ("PHC"), acquired the Colonial Courts of Westland Apartments (the "Colonial Courts" property) located in Columbus, Ohio for a purchase price of approximately $3,698,000. The Trust and its subsidiary held a 75% ownership interest and PHC held the remaining 25% ownership interest. On September 25, 1997, the Trust sold its 75% interest in the Colonial Courts property to Colonial L.L.C., an entity affiliated with PHC. The Trust received net cash sales proceeds of approximately $885,000, after credits allowed to Colonial L.L.C. at closing. Additionally, upon closing the Trust received a distribution of its percentage ownership interest in the Partnership's cash reserves in the amount of $335,000, which, when added to net closing proceeds, results in a total payment to the Trust of $1.2 million. The sale resulted in the Trust's recognition of a gain on disposition of approximately $938,000. As of September 25, 1997, the Trust has no further interest in the Colonial Courts property or BSRT Colonial Courts Limited Partnership. 9. OMNIBUS STOCK AND INCENTIVE PLAN On May 14, 1997, the Board of Trustees (the "Board") adopted and on July 8, 1997, the shareholders of the Trust approved, the 1997 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan (the "Plan") which allows the Trust to make stock- based awards as part of its employee and Trustee compensation program. Under the Plan, the Trust is authorized to issue up to one million shares of the Trust's beneficial interest in the form of incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance shares and units. Under the Plan, each person serving as a Trustee on the tenth business day after the final adjournment of the Trust's annual meeting will receive options to acquire 2,000 shares. Stock options granted to the Trustees will vest and be exercisable in installments as follows: (i) 50% of the number of shares commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant; and (ii) the remainder commencing on the second anniversary of the date of grant. On July 22, 1997, each of the three Trustees received options to acquire 2,000 shares at $4.50 per share (the closing price on the day of the grant of the options). The Board administers the Plan and has the authority to determine, among other things, the individuals to be granted options, the exercise price at which shares may be acquired, the number of shares subject to options and the exercise period of each option. The Board is granted discretion to determine the term of each option granted under the Plan to employees, executives and Trustees, but in no event will the term exceed ten years and one day from the date of the grant. On July 8, 1997, the Board granted initial options to purchase a total of 41,000 shares at an exercise price of $4.08 per share (the closing price on the day of the grant of the options) to various executives and employees of the Trust exclusive of Leonard G. Levine, who receives performance based compensation pursuant to his Employment Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Plan, options for all shares granted under the Plan to executives and employees will generally be exercisable and vest in installments as follows: (i) 33.3% of the number of shares commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant; (ii) an additional 33.3% of the shares commencing on the second anniversary of the date of the grant; and (iii) the remainder of the shares commencing on the third anniversary of the date of grant. 10. DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT AND SHARE PURCHASE PLAN On April 23, 1997, the Trust filed a Registration Statement on Form S- 3 under the Securities Act of 1933 in order to register the Trust's Shares issuable pursuant to its Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan (the "DRIP Plan"). The DRIP Plan allows shareholders of the Trust to: (i) automatically reinvest the cash distributions on all, or part, of the shares registered in their names and (ii) make cash investments of not less than $5.00 per investment nor more than $120,000 per calendar year. Shares purchased pursuant to the DRIP Plan will be issued directly by the Trust at either (i) 97% of the average closing sales price of the shares as reported on the NASDAQ National Market on the last five business days preceding the relevant investment date in the case of reinvested cash distributions or (ii) 100% of the aforementioned average closing price in the case of cash investments. For the nine months ended September 30, 1997, the Trust issued 521, 38,079 and 4,554 shares of beneficial interest at $4.08, $4.55, and $5.31 per share, respectively, pursuant to the DRIP Plan. 11. AWARD SHARES AND WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING Pursuant to the March 19, 1997 Amendment and the September 3, 1997 Second Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement of Leonard G. Levine, the Trust's president, and in accordance with the shareholder approval which was received at the Trust's July 8, 1997 annual meeting, all incentive compensation earned by Mr. Levine on the performance of the Trust's assets acquired subsequent to January 1, 1993 ("Reinvestment Activities") for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1996 and 1997 has been paid in shares of the Trust's stock ("Award Shares"). On July 9, 1997, the Trust issued 95,635 Award Shares effective retroactively to March 15, 1997 to Mr. Levine, representing Mr. Levine's incentive compensation earned on Reinvestment Activities for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1996 (the "1996 Award Shares"). On September 4, 1997, the Trust issued 400,000 Award Shares representing final payment and settlement of Mr. Levine's compensation earned on Reinvestment Activities for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1997 and for Cumulative Incentive Compensation for the period January 1, 1993 through December 31, 1997 (the "Final Award Shares"). Prior to the September 3, 1997 Amendment, Mr. Levine would have been entitled to receive shares in respect of additional compensation which would have been determined as of December 31, 1997 and issued no later than March 1998. The issuance of the Final Award Shares fixes the amount of compensation that the Trust has been accruing through December 31, 1997. The 95,635 Award Shares were valued at $4.125 per share, or $394,494. The 400,000 Final Award Shares were valued at $4.812 per share, or $1,924,800 of which $650,000 was expensed in 1996, and the balance will be ratably expensed during 1997. The 1996 Award Share price of $4.125 was based upon the average closing price of the Trust's shares for the five business days ending December 31, 1996. The Final Award Shares price of $4.812 was based on the average closing price of the Trust's shares for the five business days ending August 31, 1997. The 1996 Award Shares and Final Award Shares are included in the total shares outstanding of the Trust when calculating Net Income Per Share of Beneficial Interest Based on Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding. All of the Award Shares issued prior to January 1, 1997 and 20% of Award Shares issued for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 were held in escrow by the Trust, through the vesting date, September 29, 1997. Subsequent to that date, Mr. Levine became fully vested and the Award Shares may immediately be transferred or pledged or are otherwise freely alienated in compliance with registration requirements of the federal and state securities laws or exemptions therefrom. 12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS DIVIDEND AND DISTRIBUTIONS PAID On October 1, 1997, the Trust declared a cash distribution for the quarter ended September 30, 1997 of $0.10 per share payable November 20, 1997 to shareholders of record on October 21, 1997. SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND CONVERTIBLE TERM LOAN AGREEMENT On October 14, 1997, the Trust entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement") with a group of purchasers (the "Purchasers") related to Morgens, Waterfall, Vintiadis & Company, Inc. ("Morgens"). The Agreement provided for the sale and issuance by the Trust of 2,192,501 shares of beneficial interest at $5.00 per share to the Purchasers. The sale of the shares of beneficial interest resulted in the Trust's receipt of approximately $10,000,000 in cash proceeds, net of brokerage commission and closing costs, which proceeds were used to repay existing indebtedness and for general working capital. The proceeds will further be utilized for the acquisition of additional real estate property interests. The shares are included for quotation on the NASDAQ National Market System but have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In addition, with the execution of the Agreement, the Purchasers also extended an existing standstill agreement whereby the Purchasers agreed not to acquire any additional shares of beneficial interest of the Trust in the open market for a period of one year ending October 10, 1998. Simultaneously with the execution of the Agreement, the Trust also entered into a Convertible Term Loan Agreement (the "Morgens Loan Agreement") with the Purchasers as Lenders and Morgens, Waterfall, Vintiadis & Company, Inc., as Agent (collectively, the "Lenders") whereby the Lenders agreed to provide an unsecured convertible loan to the Trust in the amount of $20,000,000 of which $10,000,000 must be borrowed by March 31, 1998 and the remainder by October 14, 1998. Cash advances pursuant to the Morgens Loan Agreement must be in an amount not less than $1,000,000 with increments of $250,000 thereafter. Loan proceeds may be used by the Trust only for the purchase of real estate property interests. For real estate interests purchased using funds drawn pursuant to the Morgens Loan Agreement, the Trust is prohibited from borrowing in excess of 75% of the purchase price from third parties, exclusive of the Lenders. The Morgens Loan Agreement further requires that the Trust maintain a ratio of indebtedness to consolidated net worth of less than 3.00:1.00, a minimum consolidated net worth of greater than $52,500,000 and a debt coverage ratio of not less than 1.5:1.00. The terms include payment of interest only, quarterly on the last day of the calendar quarter, at 12% per annum. Upon the issuance of the loan commitment pursuant to the Morgens Loan Agreement, a loan fee of $200,000 was paid by the Trust. The Morgens Loan Agreement also provides for a loan fee of 2% of the outstanding loan balance to be paid on each anniversary of the closing and fee of 0.50% of the maximum loan balance outstanding at any time, payable upon repayment in full or final conversion of the loan (see below). Upon execution of the Loan Agreement, the Trust also paid a brokerage fee to Leveraged Equity Management, Inc. of $800,000. The loan has a maturity of September 30, 2002 with no prepayment of the loan permitted prior to September 30, 1999, although the loan may be accelerated by Morgens upon the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Trust. Under the terms of the Morgens Loan Agreement, the Trust is required to attempt to obtain shareholder approval of: (i) the issuance of preferred shares of beneficial interest; (ii) the issuance of in excess of 19.9% of the common shares of beneficial interest through direct sale or conversion from unsecured indebtedness under the Morgens Loan Agreement or preferred shares and (iii) amendments to the Declaration of Trust to authorize the Trust to issue preferred shares and to change the life of the Trust from finite to perpetual. It is currently anticipated that these issues will be submitted for a vote to the shareholders during the next six to nine months. At any time after shareholder approval and until September 30, 2002 (or if the Trust gives notice to pre-pay the loan, then for thirty days following receipt of that notice), the Lenders can convert all or part of their debt (but not less than $1,000,000 at any one time unless the total debt is less than $1,000,000) to preferred stock at a conversion price of $100 per share or to Common Stock at a conversion price of $5.15 per share. Preferred shares are further convertible to common shares at a price of $5.15 per share. The convertible preferred shares will be entitled to receive, upon declaration by the Trust's Board of Trustees, cash distributions at an annual rate of 10% per annum calculated on their stated value. Distributions on preferred shares will be cumulative from the date of issuance whether or not there are funds legally available for the payment thereof. Finally, for thirty days after expiration of the loan commitment under the Morgens Loan Agreement, the Lenders may purchase preferred shares to the extent that any part of the $20,000,000 loan is not then outstanding. Prior to shareholder approval, the Lenders may also convert loans outstanding under the Morgens Loan Agreement to Common Stock at any time, if that conversion will not cause total shareholdings of the Lenders to exceed 19.9% of the issued and outstanding shares. ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS GENERAL The Registrant, Banyan Strategic Realty Trust, is a Massachusetts business trust. The Trust is a diversified real estate investment trust that focuses on industrial, suburban office and apartment properties throughout the country, where management sees strong local economies and investment opportunities. As of September 30, 1997, the Trust's portfolio contained twenty-one properties, which are located chiefly in the Midwest and the Southeast United States. The Trust's current business plan is to invest its cash equivalents and cash proceeds generated by financing secured by existing property interests into additional real estate assets and to manage these real estate assets in a manner which will increase the Trust's cash flow over time. Certain statements in this quarterly report that are not historical fact constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Without limiting the foregoing, words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. The Trust undertakes no obligation to update these forward- looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances. See below "Factors Affecting the Trust's Business Plan" for further discussion. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and short-term investments. The Trust's cash and cash equivalents balance at September 30, 1997 and December 31, 1996 was $4,343,253 and $3,805,260, respectively. The increase in total cash and cash equivalents of $537,993 is due to $5,857,106 of cash provided from operating activities and $39,824,338 of cash provided by financing activities which exceed the $45,143,451 of cash used in investing activities. Cash Flows From Operating Activities: Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $1,699,775 for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 to $5,857,106 from $4,157,331 for the same period in 1996 due primarily to the Trust's acquisitions of nine real estate assets in the first nine months of 1997. (See below for detail.) See Results of Operations below for further discussion of the operations of the Trust's real estate assets. The Trust's objective is to provide cash distributions to its shareholders from cash generated from the Trust's operations. Cash flow generated from operations is not equivalent to the Trust's net operating income as determined under generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). The unique operating characteristic of a real estate company is that in accordance with GAAP, it is required to record depreciation and amortization related to its real estate assets while in fact these assets generally appreciate in value. As a result of this, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT") industry has adopted a standard which it believes more accurately reflects operating property performance. Funds From Operations ("FFO") is defined by NAREIT as net income computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, less extraordinary, unusual and nonrecurring items, excluding gains (or losses) from debt restructuring and sales of property plus depreciation and amortization and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures in which the REIT holds an interest. The Trust cautions shareholders that the calculation of FFO may vary from entity to entity and as such the presentation of FFO by the Trust may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other reporting companies. FFO is not intended to be a measure of the cash generated by a REIT nor the REIT's capacity to pay distributions. However, a REIT's distribution may be analyzed in comparison to FFO in a similar manner as a company that is not a REIT would compare its distribution to net operating income. For the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and 1996, the Trust's operations generated FFO of $3,843,556 and $2,933,266, respectively. FFO increased for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 primarily from the effect of the Trust's property acquisitions in mid-1996 and 1997. For the three months ended September 30, 1997 and 1996, the Trust's operations generated FFO of $1,543,529 and $914,759, respectively. FFO for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and 1996 is calculated as follows: 1997 1996 ---------- ---------- Net Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,578,071 $1,304,807 Plus: Depreciation expense . . . . . . . . . . 2,360,823 1,702,221 Depreciation included in Operations of Real Estate Ventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,238 22,856 Lease Commission Amortization. . . . . . 140,199 58,671 Less: Minority Interest Share of Depreciation Expense . . . . . . . . . (197,578) (163,491) Minority Interest Share of Lease Commission Amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . (15,051) (7,739) Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . -- (14,059) Franchise Tax Fees Accrued . . . . . . . . 37,500 30,000 Gain on Disposition of Investment in Real Estate. . . . . . . . (1,075,646) -- ---------- ---------- Funds From Operations. . . . . . . . . . . $3,843,556 $2,933,266 ========== ========== Cash Flows From Investing Activities: During the nine months ended September 30, 1997, the Trust utilized $45,143,451 from investing activities compared to utilizing $1,457,727 from investing activities for the same period in 1996. Cash flow was utilized during the nine months ended September 30, 1997 to acquire the Phoenix Business Park property in January 1997, the Butterfield Office Plaza in April 1997, the four Oklahoma apartment complexes in May 1997, the Southlake Corporate Center in July 1997 and the University Square Business Center and Technology Center in August 1997 for an aggregate use of cash from investing activities of approximately $55.9 million. In addition, The Trust used cash to make capital improvements at its various properties in the amount of approximately $1,844,000 during the same nine month period in 1997. These outflows of cash were partially offset by the $6,142,000 in proceeds received from the March 11, 1997 sale of the Trust's interest in the Hallmark Village property, approximately $5,457,000 received from the sale of the H Street Assemblage land parcel and the Victor Building during the second and third quarters of 1997 and approximately $885,000 received from the September 25, 1997 sale of its interest in the Colonial Courts Apartments. During the same period in 1996, the Trust acquired the Midwest Office Center property for approximately $5,022,000, made capital improvements of approximately $1,439,000 and paid approximately $315,000 of liabilities assumed at the acquisition of various real estate assets. These outflows of cash for the nine months ended September 30, 1996 were offset by the receipt of approximately $5,440,000 as a result of the sale of the Trust's interest in the Karfad Loan Portfolio. See below for further discussion of the assets purchased or sold during 1997. On January 15, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% fee ownership interest in a three-building office/industrial complex known as Phoenix Business Park located in northeast Atlanta, Georgia, for a purchase price of approximately $5,494,000. At acquisition, the Trust assumed liabilities of approximately $33,000. The three buildings contain approximately 110,600 square feet of gross leasable area. The Phoenix Business Park property was constructed in 1979 and was 100% occupied with thirteen tenants at the time of acquisition. The Trust funded the acquisition price by making a draw upon its line of credit. The Phoenix Business Park property serves as collateral for the Trust's Amended Line with American National Bank of Chicago and Trust Company ("ANB"). (See below for further details.) On September 28, 1993, BSRT Hallmark Village Limited Partnership, ("BHVLP"), a limited partnership consisting of the Trust, a subsidiary of the Trust and HVA General Partnership, acquired the Hallmark Village Apartments for a purchase price of approximately $6,000,000. On March 11, 1997, BHLVLP sold the Hallmark property to an unaffiliated third party for a sales price of approximately $6.5 million, after credits allowed to the purchaser at closing. The Trust and its subsidiary received net sales proceeds of approximately $6,142,000 of which a portion was used to pay down the Trust's revolving line of credit (See below for details). The Trust recognized a gain on disposition of approximately $3,800 as a result of the sale. On April 30, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% fee ownership interest in a three-story office building known as Butterfield Office Plaza located in Oak Brook, Illinois (metropolitan Chicago), for a purchase price of approximately $15,056,000. At acquisition, the Trust assumed liabilities of approximately $653,000. The office building is situated on ten acres of land and contains approximately 200,800 square feet of gross leasable area. The Butterfield Office Plaza was constructed in 1974 and was 92% occupied with fifty tenants at the time of acquisition. The Trust funded the acquisition price by drawing upon its line of credit. On August 29, 1997, the Trust obtained a new financing from Allstate Life Insurance Company for Butterfield Office Plaza in the amount of $10,000,000, and repaid its borrowing under the Trust's Amended Line of Credit with American National Bank in the amount of $9,945,000. On May 22, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% fee ownership interest in a garden style apartment complex known as Woodrun Village Apartments (the "Woodrun property") located in Yukon, Oklahoma (approximately twenty miles south of Oklahoma City) for a purchase price of approximately $4,582,000. At acquisition, the Trust assumed liabilities of approximately $31,000, paid deferred financing costs of approximately $24,000 and funded approximately $22,000 into an escrow account for real estate taxes and insurance reserves. The Woodrun property was built in 1985 and consists of 192 rental units in twelve buildings and one clubhouse on a total of approximately eight acres of land. The unit mix is 144 one-bedroom units and forty-eight two-bedroom units. The Woodrun property is 99% occupied as of September 30, 1997. The Trust utilized approximately $74,000 of cash reserves for the acquisition and assumed Oklahoma Housing Financing Agency Revenue bond financing with a combination of fixed rate, tax-exempt and taxable bonds, with an outstanding principal balance totaling approximately $3,622,000. The remaining balance of the acquisition price was provided for by a draw upon the Trust's line of credit in the amount of approximately $901,000. The bonds mature on October 1, 2025 and require monthly payment of principal and interest at a fixed interest rate of 7.3% until the bonds are remarketed in November of 2005. A prepayment penalty exists on the bonds for any unscheduled principal payments made prior to September 30, 2005. The prepayment penalty is currently approximately 9.8% of the total outstanding principal balance and decreases each year through September 2005 by approximately one percent. There is no prepayment penalty after September 30, 2005. On May 22, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% fee ownership interest in a garden style apartment complex known as Country Creek Apartments (the "Country Creek property") located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for a purchase price of approximately $7,487,000. At acquisition, the Trust assumed liabilities of approximately $59,000, paid deferred financing costs of approximately $36,000 and funded approximately $50,000 into an escrow account for real estate taxes and insurance reserves. The Country Creek property was built in 1985 and consists of 320 rental units in twenty buildings and one clubhouse on a total of approximately twelve acres of land. The unit mix is 240 one-bedroom units and eighty two-bedroom units. The Country Creek property is 99% occupied as of September 30, 1997. The Trust utilized approximately $74,000 of cash reserves for the acquisition and assumed Oklahoma Housing Financing Agency Revenue bond financing with a combination of fixed rate, tax-exempt and taxable bonds with an outstanding principal balance totaling approximately $5,931,000. The remaining balance of the acquisition price was provided for by a draw upon the Trust's line of credit in the amount of approximately $1,509,000. The bonds mature on October 1, 2025 and require monthly payment of principal and interest at a fixed interest rate of 7.3% until the bonds are remarketed in November of 2005. A prepayment penalty exists on the bonds for any unscheduled principal payments made prior to September 30, 2005. The prepayment penalty is currently approximately 9.8% of the total outstanding principal balance and decreases each year through September 2005 by approximately one percent. There is no prepayment penalty after September 30, 2005. On May 22, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% fee ownership interest in a garden style apartment complex known as Willowpark Apartments (the "Willowpark property") located in Lawton, Oklahoma (approximately ninety miles southwest of Oklahoma City) for a purchase price of approximately $4,470,000. At acquisition, the Trust assumed liabilities of approximately $28,000, paid deferred financing costs of approximately $23,000 and funded approximately $20,000 into an escrow account for real estate taxes and insurance reserves. The Willowpark property was built in 1985 and consists of 160 rental units in ten buildings and one clubhouse on a total of approximately six acres of land. The unit mix is 120 one-bedroom units and forty two-bedroom units. The Willowpark property is 98% occupied as of September 30, 1997. The Trust utilized approximately $74,000 of cash reserves for the acquisition and assumed Oklahoma Housing Financing Agency Revenue bond financing with a combination of fixed rate, tax-exempt and taxable bonds, with an outstanding principal balance totaling approximately $3,533,000. The remaining balance of the acquisition price was provided for by a draw upon the Trust's line of credit in the amount of approximately $878,000. The bonds mature on October 1, 2025 and require monthly payment of principal and interest at a fixed interest rate of 7.3% until the bonds are remarketed in November of 2005. A prepayment penalty exists on the bonds for any unscheduled principal payments made prior to September 30, 2005. The prepayment penalty is currently approximately 9.8% of the total outstanding principal balance and decreases each year through September 2005 by approximately one percent. There is no prepayment penalty after September 30, 2005. On May 22, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% fee ownership interest in a garden style apartment complex known as Winchester Apartments (the "Winchester property") located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for a purchase price of approximately $4,506,000. At acquisition, the Trust assumed liabilities of approximately $30,000, paid deferred financing costs of approximately $24,000 and funded approximately $23,000 into an escrow account for real estate taxes and insurance reserves. The Winchester property was built in 1985 and consists of 192 rental units in twelve buildings and one clubhouse on a total of approximately seven acres of land. The unit mix is 144 one-bedroom units and forty-eight two-bedroom units. The Winchester property is 99% occupied as of September 30, 1997. The Trust utilized approximately $74,000 of cash reserves for the acquisition and assumed Oklahoma Housing Financing Agency Revenue bond financing with a combination of fixed rate, tax-exempt and taxable bonds, with an outstanding principal balance totaling approximately $3,563,000. The remaining balance of the acquisition price was provided for by a draw upon the Trust's line of credit in the amount of approximately $886,000. The bonds mature on October 1, 2025 and require monthly payment of principal and interest at a fixed interest rate of 7.3% until the bonds are remarketed in November of 2005. A prepayment penalty exists on the bonds for any unscheduled principal payments made prior to September 30, 2005. The prepayment penalty is currently approximately 9.8% of the total outstanding principal balance and decreases each year through September 2005 by approximately one percent. There is no prepayment penalty after September 30, 2005. On December 11, 1990, the Trust acquired title to the property known as the Victor Building located in Washington D.C. pursuant to an agreement with Banyan Strategic Land Fund II ("BSLFII"). On June 5, 1992, the Trust and BSLFII executed a formal joint venture agreement (the "Venture"). The Trust had a 53% interest in the Venture while BSLFII owned the remaining 47%. This property consists of 36,100 square feet of undeveloped land in downtown Washington D.C. plus an approximately 55,900 square foot office building known as the Victor Building. On March 20, 1997, the Venture sold approximately 3,500 square feet of the Venture's land to the United States General Services Administration on behalf of the United States of America ("GSA") for a purchase price of $1,680,000. GSA also paid the Venture $150,000 as reimbursement of expenses that the Venture incurred in anticipation of this transaction. The Venture received net proceeds of approximately $1,827,000 of which approximately $968,000 was distributed to the Trust. The Trust recognized no gain or loss on the sale. On July 29, 1997, the Venture sold the remaining land and the Victor Building to an unaffiliated third party for $9,000,000. The Trust received net sales proceeds of approximately $4,489,000 and recognized a gain on disposition of approximately $134,000. As of July 29, 1997, the Trust has no further ownership interest in the H Street Assemblage property. On July 30, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% fee ownership interest of a three-story office building known as Southlake Corporate Center located in Morrow, Georgia for a purchase price of $4,450,000. The building contains approximately 56,200 square feet of gross leasable area and was 100% occupied with sixteen tenants upon acquisition. The Southlake Corporate Center was constructed in 1989 and is situated on approximately three acres of land. At acquisition, the Trust assumed liabilities of approximately $35,000. The Trust funded the acquisition by utilizing a draw upon its line of credit. On August 26, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% fee ownership interest of the University Square Business Center located in Huntsville, Alabama. The property consists of six one-story buildings totaling approximately 184,700 square feet of gross leasable area. The buildings were constructed from 1984 through 1987. The property was acquired by the Trust for a purchase price of approximately $7,300,000 and the Trust also assumed approximately $131,000 of trade liabilities at acquisition. In addition, at acquisition, the Trust assumed an existing mortgage loan with an outstanding principal balance of approximately $4,963,000. The mortgage loan matures in January 2007, bears interest at a fixed rate of 8.89% per annum and requires monthly payments of principal and interest based upon a twenty-five year amortization schedule with a balloon payment of approximately $3,989,000 due upon maturity. The Trust funded the balance of the acquisition price by utilizing a draw upon its line of credit. The property was 91% occupied with 57 tenants upon acquisition. On August 26, 1997, the Trust acquired a 100% ground lessee's interest in the Technology Center located in Huntsville, Alabama. The property consists of a three-story office building containing approximately 48,500 square feet of gross leasable area. The Technology Center was constructed in 1990. The property was acquired for a purchase of approximately $2,500,000. The Trust funded the acquisition from its cash reserves as well as by utilizing a draw upon its line of credit. The Technology Center property was 100% occupied at acquisition and is leased to two tenants. The property is subject to a ground lease from the Industrial Development Board of the City of Huntsville. There are no rental payments due under the lease agreement through 2002. The lease provides for a purchase option on January 1, 2003 for approximately $50,000. Real estate taxes are abated during the term of the lease. On June 17, 1993, BSRT Colonial Courts Limited Partnership, a limited partnership consisting of the Trust, a subsidiary of the Trust and PHC General Partnership ("PHC"), acquired the Colonial Courts of Westland Apartments (the "Colonial Courts" property) located in Columbus, Ohio for a purchase price of approximately $3,698,000. The Trust and its subsidiary held a 75% ownership interest and PHC holds the remaining 25% ownership interest. On September 25, 1997, the Trust sold its 75% interest in the Colonial Courts property to Colonial L.L.C., an entity affiliated with PHC. The Trust received net cash sales proceeds of approximately $885,000, after credit allowed to Colonial L.L.C. at property closing. Additionally, upon closing, the Trust received a distribution of its percentage ownership interest in the Partnership's cash reserves in the amount of $335,000, which, when added to net closing proceeds, results in a total payment to the Trust of $1.2 million. The sale resulted in the Trust's recognition of a gain on disposition of approximately $938,000. As of September 25, 1997, the Trust has no further interest in the Colonial Courts property or BSRT Colonial Courts Limited Partnership. Cash Flows From Financing Activities: For the nine months ended September 30, 1997, the Trust generated cash flow from financing activities of $39,824,338 compared to utilizing $3,616,874 for the same period in 1996. The cash flow provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 was primarily due to the receipt of approximately $65,386,000 of proceeds from mortgage loans and bonds payable, which represents draws upon the Trust's line of credit with ANB primarily used to purchase the Phoenix Business Park property, the Butterfield Office Plaza, the Oklahoma Apartment Portfolio, Southlake Corporate Center, University Square Business Center and Technology Center for approximately $33.8 million (see below for details), the assumption of approximately $16.6 million of bonds payable pursuant to the acquisitions of the Oklahoma Apartment Portfolio, the assumption of an approximately $5.0 million first mortgage collateralized by the University Square Business Center and refinancing of Butterfield Office Plaza pursuant to a $10,000,000 first mortgage loan collateralized by the property. The net cash proceeds received from the Butterfield Office Plaza refinancing were utilized to pay down the Trust's line of credit with ANB in the amount of approximately $9,945,000 as described below. Partially offsetting these sources was the payment of principal on bonds and mortgage loans in the amount of approximately $21,604,000, $21,115,000 of which represents payments against the Trust's line of credit as follows: (i) $5,720,000 as a result of the sales proceeds received from the Hallmark property sale in March 1997; (ii) $5,450,000 as a result of the H Street Assemblage property sales proceeds received in March and July 1997; (iii) $9,945,000 as a result of the Butterfield Office Plaza refinancing and the balance representing principal payments in respect to other bonds and mortgage loans. In addition, the Trust paid distributions aggregating approximately $3,163,000 and paid approximately $577,000 of deferred financing costs. The cash flow used for financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 1996 was primarily for principal payments on mortgage loans in the amount of approximately $11.2 million, $10.9 million of which represented a paydown of the Trust's line of credit and the balance represented principal payments of other mortgage loans. In addition, the Trust paid $636,983 of deferred financing costs and paid distributions to shareholders of approximately $3.1 million. Offsetting these uses was the receipt of approximately $11.5 million of proceeds from mortgage loans payable, approximately $7.3 million of which consisted of proceeds from a first mortgage loan on the Woodcrest property, approximately $3.3 million of which consisted of proceeds from a first mortgage loan on the Midwest property and the balance of which was drawn upon the Trust's line of credit. During the period, the Trust also executed a first mortgage loan collateralized by the Florida Power and Light building in the amount of $6.2 million and utilized these proceeds to reduce its borrowing on its line of credit. On April 23, 1997, the Trust filed a Registration Statement on Form S- 3 under the Securities Act of 1933 in order to register the Trust's Shares issuable pursuant to its Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan (the "DRIP Plan"). The DRIP Plan allows shareholders of the Trust to: (i) automatically reinvest the cash distributions on all, or part, of the shares registered in their names and (ii) make cash investments of not less than $5.00 per investment nor more than $120,000 per calendar year. Shares purchased pursuant to the DRIP Plan will be issued directly by the Trust at either (i) 97% of the average closing sales price of the shares as reported on the NASDAQ National Market on the last five business days preceding the relevant investment date in the case of reinvested cash distributions or (ii) 100% of the aforementioned average closing price in the case of cash investments. For the nine months ended September 30, 1997, the Trust issued 521, 38,079 and 4,554 shares of beneficial interest at $4.08, 4.55, and 5.31 per share, respectively, pursuant to the DRIP Plan. On April 29, 1997, the Trust modified its loan agreement which provides for a revolving line of credit with American National Bank of Chicago and Trust Company ("ANB") in the amount of $30,000,000, as modified (the "Amended Line"). Pursuant to the Amended Line, the term was extended from May 31, 1997 to November 30, 1997 and on November 13, 1997 the Trust exercised its option to extend for an additional six months until May 31, 1998. Upon expiration, the Amended Line will convert to a one year, interest only, term loan. The Trust paid the bank a one time extension fee of $87,500 at the closing of the Amended Line and paid an additional $37,500 upon exercising the option to extend the term for six months. As of December 31, 1996, the Trust had utilized approximately $8,400,000 under the line of credit. On January 15, 1997, the Trust borrowed $5,500,000 under the line of credit for the acquisition of the Phoenix Business Park property. On February 19, 1997, the Trust borrowed $1,200,000 under the line of credit for general corporate needs of the Trust. On March 11, 1997, the Trust sold its interest in the Hallmark Village Apartments ("Hallmark"). (See above for details). On March 19, 1997, the Trust used a portion of its share of the Hallmark net sales proceeds to pay down $5,720,000 of the line of credit. On April 30, 1997, the Trust borrowed $14,400,000 under the Amended Line for the acquisition of the Butterfield Office Plaza property. On May 22, 1997, the Trust borrowed $4,180,000 under the Amended Line primarily for the acquisition of the four apartment complexes located in Oklahoma. On July 30 and August 26, 1997, the Trust borrowed $4,450,000, $2,475,000 and $565,000 under the Amended Line primarily for the acquisition of the Southlake Corporate Center, University Square Business Center and Technology Center properties, respectively. On September 5, 1997, the Trust borrowed $1,000,000 under the Amended Line for general corporate needs of the Trust and to replenish cash reserves utilized pursuant to the August property acquisitions (See above for further detail regarding the Trust's 1997 acquisitions). On April 18, 1997, the Trust paid down $1,000,000 of the Amended Line with funds resulting primarily from the March 20, 1997 sale of a portion of the H Street Assemblage. On July 29, 1997, the Trust paid down $4,450,000 of the Amended Line with funds resulting primarily from the July 29, 1997 sale of the remaining portion of the H Street Assemblage. On August 29, 1997, the Trust paid down $9,945,000 of the Amended Line from loan proceeds received pursuant to its mortgage refinancing of the Butterfield Office Plaza property. See Results of Operations below for further details. As a result of the above transactions, as of September 30, 1997, the Trust had an outstanding balance of $21,055,000 of the $30,000,000 available under the Amended Line. The Trust expects to fund its future liquidity needs with the cash flow obtained from its operating properties, cash proceeds derived from mortgage financing either on a long term basis or utilizing the Amended Line secured by certain of the Trust's properties which serve as collateral for the Amended Line (Colonial Penn Building, Phoenix Business Park, Lexington Business Center, Newtown Distribution Center, Southlake Corporate Center and Technology Center properties), interest earned on the Trust's short-term investments and the receipt of funds pursuant to the Trust's Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan (the "DRIP Plan"). See Liquidity and Capital Resources for further details regarding the Plan. The Trust believes that these sources, as well as the Trust's cash and cash equivalents, are sufficient to meet the Trust's reasonably anticipated needs for liquidity and capital resources in the near future and to provide cash proceeds for distributions to shareholders. The Trust's ability to make future distributions at levels per share consistent with historical per share distributions to its shareholders is dependent upon, among other things: (i) sustaining the operating performance of its existing real estate investments through scheduled increases in base rents under existing leases and through general improvement in the real estate markets where the Trust's properties are located reflected in changes in base rents attributable to new or replacement leases; (ii) the Trust's level of operating expenses and (iii) the operating performance of future acquisitions. The continuation of the Trust's acquisition of real estate assets is dependent upon its ability to (i) reinvest proceeds, including gains as a result of appreciation in value, from the disposition of selective properties in the Trust's portfolio; (ii) borrow cash proceeds from mortgage financing either on a long-term basis or utilizing the Amended Line and (iii) access additional sources of acquisition capital in order to continue to grow. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS At September 30, 1997, the Trust owned seven industrial complexes aggregating 1,361,100 square feet of gross leasable area, four apartment complexes consisting of an aggregate 864 units, nine commercial office properties consisting of 1,106,000 square feet of gross leasable area and one retail center which contains 321,800 square feet of gross leasable area. On April 18 and November 19, 1996, the Trust acquired interests in the Midwest Office Center and 6901 Riverport Drive properties, respectively. During June and July of 1996, the Trust sold its interest in the Karfad loan portfolio to an unaffiliated third party. During the nine months ended September 30, 1997, the Trust acquired an ownership interest in the Phoenix Business Park, Butterfield Office Plaza, the entire interest in the Oklahoma Apartment Portfolio, Southlake Corporate Center, University Square Business Center, and Technology Center properties. On March 11, 1997, the Trust sold its interest in the Hallmark Village Apartments property. On March 20, 1997 and July 29, 1997, the H Street Venture, a partnership between the Trust and Banyan Strategic Land Fund II owning the H Street Assemblage, sold the entire interest in the property. In addition, on September 25, 1997, the Trust sold its interest in the Colonial Courts Apartments property. For further discussion regarding the assets purchased or sold during the first nine months of 1997, see Liquidity and Capital Resources above. COMPARISON OF NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 TO NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996 Real estate net operating income before interest expense (herein defined as total revenue excluding income on investments less operating property expenses, repairs and maintenance, real estate taxes, ground lease expense and depreciation and amortization) increased by approximately $2,708,000 or 36.9% from $7,330,696 in 1996 to $10,038,816 in 1997. The Trust's acquisitions during 1996 and 1997 described above accounted for approximately $2,920,000 of this increase during the first nine months of 1997. Negatively impacting this increase was the elimination of approximately $442,000 in interest income and amortized discount on mortgage loans realized during 1996 on the Karfad loans and approximately $199,000 decrease due to properties sold in 1997. See below for further discussions of the changes in revenues and expenses for the period. Total revenues increased by approximately $4,613,000 or 29.0% to $20,515,558 from $15,902,372, due primarily to the acquisition and sale of certain properties after January 1, 1996 which, when combined, accounted for approximately $4,129,000 or 89.5% of this increase. On a "same-store" basis (comparing the results of operations of the properties owned during the nine months ended September 30, 1997, with the results of operations of the same real estate assets owned during the nine months ended September 30, 1996), total property revenues increased by approximately $934,000 or 7.5% to $13,351,958 from $12,417,534. This increase in same store properties is due in part to an increase in total revenue at the Trust's Lexington property of approximately $310,000 as a result of a new lease signed in 1996 for approximately 46,900 square feet of gross leasable area. In addition, operating costs reimbursements increased by approximately $222,000. The remainder of the increase is due to an increase in weighted average occupancy and an increase in rental rates. Partially offsetting these increases in total revenues was a decrease in interest and amortized discount on mortgage loan of approximately $442,000 and a decrease in income on investments of approximately $9,000. Total operating expenses which include Operating Property Expenses, Repairs and Maintenance, Real Estate Taxes and Ground Lease Expense, increased by approximately $1,174,000 to $7,878,865 from $6,705,117 due primarily to the 1996 and 1997 acquisitions mentioned above, net of properties sold, which accounted for approximately $874,000 or 74.4% of this increase. The same store properties accounted for approximately $300,000 or 25.6% of the increase. Interest expense increased by approximately $1,673,000 primarily due to additional loans obtained to finance new acquisitions. The total increase in depreciation and amortization of approximately $740,000 consists of an increase of approximately $206,000 for a "same- store" properties, and approximately $534,000 for new properties, net of properties sold. The increase for same store properties relates to additional improvements and lease commissions paid for these properties. An increase in amortization of deferred loan fees and financing costs of approximately $175,000 relates primarily to costs of obtaining new loans to finance new acquisitions. Total general and administrative expenses increased by approximately $640,000 due to higher legal fees and payroll costs due to additional staffing required as a result of acquiring and managing the additions to the Trust's real estate portfolio and an increase in incentive compensation earned by Mr. Levine, the Trust's president, reflecting an increase in estimated unrealized gain on the Trust's assets. During the nine months ended September 30, 1997, the Trust realized net income from the operation of real estate venture of $37,126 compared to a net loss of ($77,365) for the same period in 1996. The net income from operations of real estate venture for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 represents the income realized from the Trust's 53% interest in the real estate venture known as the H Street Venture. The H Street Venture owned a 55,900 square foot office building (the "Victor Building") and an adjacent land parcel consisting of 36,100 square feet (the "H Street Assemblage") located in Washington, D.C. On March 20, 1997, the H Street Venture sold approximately 3,500 square feet of the H Street Venture's land to the United States General Services Administration on behalf of the United States of America ("GSA") for a purchase price of $1,680,000. GSA also paid the H Street Venture $150,000 as reimbursement of expenses that the H Street Venture incurred in anticipation of this transaction. The H Street Venture received net proceeds of approximately $1,827,000, of which approximately $968,000 was distributed to the Trust. The Trust recognized no gain or loss on this sale. The H Street Venture obtained all required approvals from various governmental agencies for the modifications necessary to the existing approved design for the proposed building on the H Street Venture's remaining property that had been necessitated by this sale. On July 29, 1997, the H Street Venture sold the remaining land and the Victor Building to an unaffiliated third party for $9,000,000. The Trust received net sales proceeds of approximately $4,489,000 and recognized a gain on disposition of approximately $134,000. The sales proceeds generated as a result of this sale will be used to acquire new real estate investments. Pursuant to the March 19, 1997 Amendment and the September 3, 1997 Second Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement of Leonard G. Levine, the Trust's president, and in accordance with the shareholder approval which was received at the Trust's July 8, 1997 annual meeting, all incentive compensation earned by Mr. Levine on the performance of the Trust's assets acquired subsequent to January 1, 1993 ("Reinvestment Activities") for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1996 and 1997 has been paid in shares of the Trust's stock ("Award Shares"). On July 9, 1997, the Trust issued 95,635 Award Shares effective retroactively to March 15, 1997 to Mr. Levine, representing Mr. Levine's incentive compensation earned on Reinvestment Activities for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1996 (the "1996 Award Shares"). On September 4, 1997, the Trust issued 400,000 Award Shares representing final payment and settlement of Mr. Levine's compensation earned on Reinvestment Activities for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1997 and for Cumulative Incentive Compensation for the period January 1, 1993 through December 31, 1997 (the "Final Award Shares"). Prior to the September 3, 1997 Amendment, Mr. Levine would have been entitled to receive shares in respect of additional compensation which would have been determined as of December 31, 1997 and issued no later than March 1998. The issuance of the Final Award Shares fixes the amount of compensation that the Trust has been accruing through December 31, 1997. The 95,635 Award Shares were valued at $4.125 per share, or $394,494. The 400,000 Final Award Shares were valued at $4.812 per share, or $1,924,800 of which $650,000 was expensed in 1996, and the balance will be ratably expensed during 1997. The 1996 Award Share price of $4.125 was based upon the average closing price of the Trust's shares for the five business days ending December 31, 1996. The Final Award Shares price of $4.812 was based on the average closing price of the Trust's shares for the five business days ending August 31, 1997. The 1996 Award Shares and Final Award Shares are included in the total shares outstanding of the Trust when calculating Net Income Per Share of Beneficial Interest Based on Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding. All of the Award Shares issued prior to January 1, 1997 and 20% of Award Shares issued for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 were held in escrow by the Trust, through the vesting date, September 29, 1997. Subsequent to that date, Mr. Levine became fully vested and the Award Shares may immediately be transferred or pledged or are otherwise freely alienated in compliance with registration requirements of the federal and state securities laws or exemptions therefrom. The factors discussed above resulted in consolidated net income of $2,578,071 or $0.24 per share for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 as compared to consolidated net income of $1,304,807 or $0.12 per share for the nine months ended September 30, 1996. COMPARISON OF THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 TO THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996 Real estate net operating income before interest expense (herein defined as total revenue excluding income on investments less operating property expenses, repairs and maintenance, real estate taxes, ground lease expense and depreciation and amortization) increased from $2,310,748 in 1996 to $3,895,249 in 1997 or by approximately $1,585,000. The Trust's acquisitions during 1996 and 1997 described above, net of dispositions, accounted for approximately $1,523,000 of this increase during 1997. Negatively impacting this increase was the elimination of approximately $86,000 in interest income and amortized discount on mortgage loans which resulted from the sale of the Karfad loans during 1996 as described above. See below for further discussions of the changes in revenues and expenses for the period. Total revenues increased by approximately $2,590,000 or 49% to $7,875,130 from $5,284,942 due primarily to the acquisition of certain properties after January 1, 1996, net of properties sold, accounting for approximately $2,303,000 or 88.9% of this increase. On a "same-store" basis (comparing the results of operations of the properties owned during the three months ended September 30, 1997, with the results of operations of the same real estate assets owned during the three months ended September 30, 1996), total property revenues increased by approximately $385,000 or 8.9% to $4,707,362 from $4,322,178. This increase in same store properties is due in part to an increase in total revenue at the Trust's Lexington property of approximately $98,000 as a result of a new lease signed in 1996 for approximately 46,900 square feet of gross leasable area. The remainder of the increase is mainly due to an increase in operating costs reimbursements. Total operating expenses increased by approximately $687,000 or 29.6% to $3,005,677 from $2,318,655 due primarily to the 1996 and 1997 acquisitions mentioned above, net of properties sold, which accounted for approximately $522,000 or 76.0% of this increase. The same store properties accounted for approximately $165,000 or 24.0% of this increase. Interest expense increased by approximately $881,000 primarily due to financing of new acquisitions. Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by approximately $331,000. The same store properties accounted for approximately $76,000 of this increase, with the remaining increase of approximately $255,000 relating to new acquisitions, net of properties sold. General and administrative expenses increased by approximately $254,000 due primarily to an increase in the incentive compensation earned by Mr. Levine, the Trust's president, reflecting an increase in estimated unrealized gain on the Trust's real estate assets, and an increase in legal fees and payroll costs due to staffing required as a result of acquiring and managing the additions to the Trust's real estate portfolio. The factors discussed above resulted in consolidated net income of $1,730,473 or $0.16 per share for the three months ended September 30, 1997 as compared to consolidated net income of $360,654 or $0.03 per share for the three months ended September 30, 1996. The Trust paid distributions equal to $0.10 per share on August 20, 1997 and August 20, 1996 each for the second quarter of 1997 and 1996, respectively. On October 7, 1997, the Trust declared a cash distribution for the third quarter of 1997 of $0.10 per share payable November 20, 1997 to shareholders of record on October 21, 1997. FACTORS AFFECTING THE TRUST'S RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION GENERAL FACTORS AFFECTING SHARE PRICE. The market price of the Trust's Shares may fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, including but not limited to: (i) variations in the Trust's quarterly operating results including changes in FFO; (ii) the gain or loss of tenants at Trust properties; (iii) general risks, changes or trends in the real estate industry; (iv) increased competition with other entities or persons engaged in the same business; (v) legislative or regulatory changes; and (vi) a change in management of the Trust. In addition, the stock market has in the past experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations which have affected the market price of securities of companies for reasons frequently unrelated to the operating performance of these companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of the Shares. FACTORS AFFECTING OPERATING RESULTS. In addition to the factors discussed above in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," other factors may affect the Trust's liquidity and capital resources as well as results of operations including but not limited to: (i) the Trust's ability to secure mortgage financing for its Colonial Penn Building, Lexington Business Court, Newtown Distribution Center, Phoenix Business Park, Southlake Corporate Center and Technology Center properties on terms acceptable to the Trust; (ii) the Trust's ability to deploy cash available for investment in operating properties generating yields greater than the interest rate paid by the Trust on its indebtedness; (iii) the continued occupancy by, and the financial solvency of, the major tenants at the Trust's Colonial Penn Building, Florida Power and Light Building, Woodcrest Office Park, 6901 Riverport Drive and Technology Center properties; (iv) ability to re-lease space as leases expire on terms at least as favorable as the terms of existing leases since approximately 20% of the tenant leases at the Trust's properties are scheduled to expire by December 31, 1998; and (v) market conditions and rental rates where the Trust's properties are located. GENERAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT RISKS. Real property investments are subject to certain risks that may not always be predicted or controlled. The cash flow generated by, and capital appreciation realized from, real property investments may be adversely affected by the national and regional economic climate (which, in turn, may be adversely impacted by plant closings, industry slow-downs, income tax rates, interest rates, demographic changes and other factors), local real estate conditions (such as oversupply of, or reduced demand for rental space in the area), the attractiveness of the properties, zoning and other regulatory restrictions, competition from other land developers or developments, increased operating costs (including maintenance costs, insurance premiums and real estate taxes), perceptions by tenants or potential buyers of the safety, convenience and attractiveness of the property and the willingness of the owner of the property to provide capable management and adequate maintenance. In light of the foregoing factors, there can be no assurance that the cash flow generated by, and capital appreciation realized from, the Trust's properties will be sufficient to cover expenses or recover costs. The cash flow generated by, or capital appreciation from, real property investments may also be adversely affected by changes in governmental regulations, zoning or tax laws, potential environmental or other legal liabilities and changes in interest rates. Real estate investments are also relatively illiquid. Therefore, the Trust's ability to vary its portfolio promptly in response to changes in economic or other conditions is limited, which may result in losses if the Trust is forced to sell a property. RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECENT ACQUISITION OF MANY OF THE PROPERTIES; LACK OF OPERATING HISTORY. The Trust acquired all of its properties within the last five years, and acquired seventeen of its properties since June 1995. The most recently acquired properties may have characteristics or deficiencies unknown to the Trust that may impact their value or revenue potential. It is also possible that the operating performance of the most recently acquired properties may decline under the Trust's management. The Trust is currently experiencing a period of rapid growth. As the Trust acquires additional properties, the Trust will be subject to risks associated with managing new properties, including lease-up and tenant retention. In addition, the Trust's ability to manage its growth effectively will require it to successfully integrate its new acquisitions into its existing management structure. No assurances can be given that the Trust will be able to successfully integrate such properties or effectively manage additional properties, or that newly acquired properties will perform as expected. POTENTIAL INABILITY TO REPAY OR REFINANCE INDEBTEDNESS AT MATURITY. The Trust is subject to risks normally associated with debt financing, including the risk that the Trust's cash flow will be insufficient to meet required payments of principal and interest, the risk that any indebtedness will not be able to be refinanced or that the terms of any such refinancing will be less favorable than the terms of the expiring indebtedness. POTENTIAL EFFECT OF RISING INTEREST RATES ON TRUST'S VARIABLE RATE DEBT. Advances under the Amended Line bear interest at variable rates and the interest rate payable on bonds issued for the benefit of the Trust are subject to periodic adjustments based on the then current market interest rates. In addition, the Trust may incur other variable rate indebtedness in the future. Increases in interest rates on such indebtedness would increase the Trust's interest expense, which could adversely affect the Trust's financial condition and results of operations. See "--Liquidity and Capital Resources" above. CONCENTRATION OF TENANTS AT SIGNIFICANT PROPERTIES. At each of the Trust's Colonial Penn Building, Florida Power and Light Building, Riverport and Technology Center properties, one or two tenants occupy all or a substantial majority of the leased space. If one or more of the tenants at these properties were to default on its lease or file for bankruptcy or reorganization, the Trust's revenues could be reduced, particularly if the Trust were unable to re-lease the vacant space on comparable terms and conditions. Therefore, the bankruptcy or default by one of these tenants could have an adverse effect on the Trust's financial condition and results of operations. COMPETITION FOR TENANTS. The Trust competes with numerous other entities in attracting tenants to lease its space. Some of the competing properties may be newer, better located or owned by parties better capitalized than the Trust. An increase in the number of competitive properties in a particular area could have a material adverse effect on: (i) the ability to lease space in the properties (or in newly acquired or developed properties); and (ii) the rents charged. COMPETITION IN ACQUIRING PROPERTY. In seeking to acquire additional property, the Trust competes with many other entities, some of which have greater financial and managerial resources than the Trust. There can be no assurance that the Trust will be able to acquire additional properties on terms and conditions which are consistent with the Trust's business plan, if at all. RESTRICTIONS ON RE-LEASING SPACE. Tenant leases often grant tenants the exclusive right to sell certain types of merchandise or provide certain types of services within a property, or limit other tenants' right to sell such merchandise or provide such services. Certain leases at Northlake Tower Shopping Center contain these types of restrictions, which may limit the number and types of prospective tenants for vacant space at this property. SUBSTANTIAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS. As of September 30, 1997, the Trust's indebtedness aggregated approximately $97,364,000 and the ratio of debt to net assets for the Trust was 67%. The Trust's ability to service its debts and other obligations when they become due depends on, among other things, the Trust's ability to secure additional capital and the properties' ability to generate sufficient cash flow to meet the Trust's cash needs for operating expenses and debt service payments. Certain expenditures, such as loan payments and real estate taxes, are not necessarily decreased by events adversely affecting revenues or expenses at the property level. If the Trust fails to make required payments on its indebtedness, the Trust could lose the property securing these obligations, which would have a material adverse effect on the Trust's financial condition and results of operations. ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO QUALIFY AS A REIT -- TAX LIABILITIES AS A CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE TO QUALIFY AS A REIT. The Trust has elected to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code, and the Trust believes that it has been organized and has operated in such a manner so as to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. Although the Trust believes that it will remain organized and will continue to operate so as the qualify as a REIT, no assurance can be given that the Trust has so qualified or will be able to remain so qualified. Qualifica- tion as a REIT involves the satisfaction of numerous requirements (in certain instances, on an annual and quarterly basis) set forth in highly technical and complex Code provisions for which there are only limited judicial and administrative interpretations, and may be affected by various factual matters and circumstances not entirely within the Trust's control. In the case of a REIT, such as the Trust, that holds a substantial portion of its assets in partnership form, the complexity of these Code provisions and the applicable Treasury Regulations that have been promulgated thereunder is even greater. Further, no assurance can be given that future legislation, new Treasury Regulations, administrative interpretations or court decisions will not significantly change the tax laws with respect to qualification as a REIT or the federal income tax consequences of such qualification. The Trust, however, is not aware of any pending proposal to amend the tax laws that would materially and adversely affect its ability to operate in such a manner so as to qualify as a REIT. If the Trust were to fail to qualify as a REIT with respect to any taxable year, the Trust would not be allowed a deduction in computing its taxable income from amounts distributed to its stockholders, and would be subject to federal income tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on its taxable income at regular corporate rates. As a result, any net earnings of the Trust available for investment or distribution to stockholders would be reduced for the year or years involved because of the Trust's additional tax liability, and distributions to stockholders would no longer be required to be made. Moreover, unless entitled to relief under certain statutory provisions, the Trust would also be ineligible for qualification as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year during which such qualification was lost. Although the Trust believes it has operated and currently intends to operate in a manner designed to allow it to continue to qualify as a REIT, future economic, market, legal, tax or other considerations may cause it to determine that it is in the best interests of the Trust and its stockholders to revoke the REIT election. EFFECT OF REIT DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS. To maintain its status as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, the Trust generally will be required each year to distribute to its stockholders at least 95% of its taxable income (excluding any net capital gain and after certain adjustments). In addition, the Trust will be subject to a 4% nondeductible excise tax on the amount, if any, by which certain distributions paid by it with respect to any calendar year are less than the sum of 85% of its ordinary income for such year plus 95% of its capital gain net income for such year plus 100% of its undistributed income from prior taxable years. The Trust intends to make distributions to its stockholders to comply with the 95% distribution requirement of the Code and to avoid the nondeductible excise tax described above. The Trust anticipates that cash flow from operations, will be sufficient to enable it to pay its operating expenses and meet the distribution requirements of a REIT, but no assurances can be given that this will be the case. In addition, differences in timing between: (i) the actual receipt of income and the actual payments of expenses; and (ii) the inclusion of such income and the deduction of such expenses in arriving at taxable income of the Trust could leave the Trust without sufficient cash to enable it to meet the REIT distribution requirements. Accordingly, the Trust could be required to borrow funds or liquidate investments on adverse terms to comply with such requirements. The requirement to distribute a substantial portion of the Trust's taxable income could also cause the Trust to have to distribute amounts that would otherwise be spent on future acquisitions, unanticipated capital expenditures or repayment of debt, which would require additional borrowings or sales of assets to fund the costs of such items and could restrict the Trust's ability to expand at a pace necessary to remain competitive. FINITE LIFE OF THE TRUST. The Trust is a finite life entity. Under the Declaration of Trust, the Trustees are required to use reasonable efforts to terminate the Trust by October 17, 2001; provided that the Trustees are required to determine in good faith that the termination is in the shareholders' best interest. Unless the Declaration of Trust is amended to either extend the termination date or to eliminate the termination date entirely, the Trust: (i) may be unable to obtain capital, either debt or equity or renew existing financing on terms and conditions acceptable to the Trust, if at all; (ii) may be forced soon after the termination date to liquidate properties at prices below those which might prevail if the Trust was not forced to liquidate its portfolio. Any of these factors could have an adverse effect on the Trust's financial condition and results of operations. POTENTIAL INCREASES IN CERTAIN TAXES AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE COSTS. Increases in income, service or transfer taxes are generally not passed through to tenants under leases and may, therefore, adversely affect the Trust's cash flow and its ability to make distributions to stockholders. The Trust's properties are also subject to various federal, state and local regulatory requirements, such as those imposed by the Americans with Disabilities Act (the "ADA"), which require all public accommodations and commercial facilities to meet certain federal standards related to access and use by disabled persons, and state and local fire and life safety standards. Failing to comply with the ADA could result in the imposition of fines by governmental authorities or an award of damages to private litigants. The Trust believes that its existing properties are in substantial compliance with these regulatory requirements. However, existing statutes or rules may be amended or new statutes or rules may be adopted, each of which may have an adverse effect on the Trust's financial condition and results of operations. POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES. Under various federal, state and local environmental laws, ordinances and regulations, a current or previous owner or operator of real estate may be required to investigate and clean up hazardous or toxic substances or petroleum product releases at the property and may be held liable to a governmental entity or to third parties for property damage and for investigation and clean-up costs that these parties incur in connection with the contamination. These laws typically impose clean-up responsibility and liability without regard to whether the owner knew of or caused the presence of the contaminants, and the liability under these laws has been interpreted to be joint and several unless the harm is divisible and there is a reasonable basis for allocating responsibility. The costs of investigating, remediating or removing substances may be substantial, and the presence of these substances, or the failure to properly remediate the contamination on a property, may adversely affect the owner's ability to sell or rent the property or to borrow using the property as collateral. Persons who arrange for the disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic substances at a disposal or treatment facility also may be liable for the costs of removing or remediating a release of hazardous or toxic substances at the disposal or treatment facility, whether or not the person owns or operates the facility. In addition, some environmental laws create a lien on the contaminated site in favor of the government for damages and costs incurred in connection with the contamination. Finally, the owner of a site may be subject to common law claims by third parties based on damages and costs resulting from environmental contamination emanating from such site. The Trust is not aware of any environmental liability that the Trust believes would have a material adverse effect on the Trust's business, assets or results of operations taken as a whole. There can be no assurance, however, that the Trust would have knowledge of all conditions giving rise to potential environmental liabilities subsequent to its acquisition of a property since the Trust has ordered Phase I Environmental Assessments only as part of its acquisition due diligence for each of its properties and has only ordered Phase II Environmental Assessments in limited circumstances when necessitated. Moreover, there can be no assurance that: (i) future laws, ordinances or regulations will not impose any material environmental liability; or (ii) the current environmental condition of the Trust's properties will not be affected by tenants, by the condition of land or operations in the vicinity of the Trust's properties (such as the presence of underground storage tanks), or by third parties unrelated to the Trust. Any expenditures associated with environmental liabilities of the Trust could have an adverse effect on the Trust's financial condition and results of operations. SUBSEQUENT EVENT SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND CONVERTIBLE TERM LOAN AGREEMENT On October 14, 1997, the Trust entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement") with a group of purchasers (the "Purchasers") related to Morgens, Waterfall, Vintiadis & Company, Inc. ("Morgens"). The Agreement provided for the sale and issuance by the Trust of 2,192,501 shares of beneficial interest at $5.00 per share to the Purchasers. The sale of the shares of beneficial interest resulted in the Trust's receipt of approximately $10,000,000 in cash proceeds, net of brokerage commission and closing costs, which proceeds were used to repay existing indebtedness and for general working capital. The proceeds will further be utilized for the acquisition of additional real estate property interests. The shares are included for quotation on the NASDAQ National Market System but have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In addition, with the execution of the Agreement, the Purchasers also extended an existing standstill agreement whereby the Purchasers agreed not to acquire any additional shares of beneficial interest of the Trust in the open market for a period of one year ending October 10, 1998. Simultaneously with the execution of the Agreement, the Trust also entered into a Convertible Term Loan Agreement (the "Morgens Loan Agreement") with the Purchasers as Lenders and Morgens, Waterfall, Vintiadis & Company, Inc., as Agent (collectively, the "Lenders") whereby the Lenders agreed to provide an unsecured convertible loan to the Trust in the amount of $20,000,000 of which $10,000,000 must be borrowed by March 31, 1998 and the remainder by October 14, 1998. Cash advances pursuant to the Morgens Loan Agreement must be in an amount not less than $1,000,000 with increments of $250,000 thereafter. Loan proceeds may be used by the Trust only for the purchase of real estate property interests. For real estate interests purchased using funds drawn pursuant to the Morgens Loan Agreement, the Trust is prohibited from borrowing in excess of 75% of the purchase price from third parties, exclusive of the Lenders. The Morgens Loan Agreement further requires that the Trust maintain a ratio of indebtedness to consolidated net worth of less than 3.00:1.00, a minimum consolidated net worth of greater than $52,500,000 and a debt coverage ratio of not less than 1.5:1.00. The terms include payment of interest only, quarterly on the last day of the calendar quarter, at 12% per annum. Upon the issuance of the loan commitment pursuant to the Morgens Loan Agreement, a loan fee of $200,000 was paid by the Trust. The Morgens Loan Agreement also provides for a loan fee of 2% of the outstanding loan balance to be paid on each anniversary of the closing and fee of 0.50% of the maximum loan balance outstanding at any time, payable upon repayment in full or final conversion of the loan (see below). Upon execution of the Loan Agreement, the Trust also paid a brokerage fee to Leveraged Equity Management, Inc. of $800,000. The loan has a maturity of September 30, 2002 with no prepayment of the loan permitted prior to September 30, 1999, although the loan may be accelerated by Morgens upon the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Trust. Under the terms of the Morgens Loan Agreement, the Trust is required to attempt to obtain shareholder approval of: (i) the issuance of preferred shares of beneficial interest; (ii) the issuance of in excess of 19.9% of the common shares of beneficial interest through direct sale or conversion from unsecured indebtedness under the Morgens Loan Agreement or preferred shares and (iii) amendments to the Declaration of Trust to authorize the Trust to issue preferred shares and to change the life of the Trust from finite to perpetual. It is currently anticipated that these issues will be submitted for a vote to the shareholders during the next six to nine months. At any time after shareholder approval and until September 30, 2002 (or if the Trust gives notice to pre-pay the loan, then for thirty days following receipt of that notice), the Lenders can convert all or part of their debt (but not less than $1,000,000 at any one time unless the total debt is less than $1,000,000) to preferred stock at a conversion price of $100 per share or to Common Stock at a conversion price of $5.15 per share. Preferred shares are further convertible to common shares at a price of $5.15 per share. The convertible preferred shares will be entitled to receive, upon declaration by the Trust's Board of Trustees, cash distributions at an annual rate of 10% per annum calculated on their stated value. Distributions on preferred shares will be cumulative from the date of issuance whether or not there are funds legally available for the payment thereof. Finally, for thirty days after expiration of the loan commitment under the Morgens Loan Agreement, the Lenders may purchase preferred shares to the extent that any part of the $20,000,000 loan is not then outstanding. Prior to shareholder approval, the Lenders may also convert loans outstanding under the Morgens Loan Agreement to Common Stock at any time, if that conversion will not cause total shareholdings of the Lenders to exceed 19.9% of the issued and outstanding shares. OTHER INFORMATION The following supplemental information has been provided by the Trust to furnish the reader of this report an expanded understanding of the properties owned as of September 30, 1997. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION BANYAN STRATEGIC REALTY TRUST PORTFOLIO SUMMARY AS OF September 30, 1997 Scheduled Lease Expirations ---------------------- Net Carrying Value Occu- 10/1- Square ------------------- pancy 12/31/ After Location Footage Dollars Sq.Ft. % 1997 1998 1998 -------- ------- ----------- ------ ----- ---- ---- ----- INDUSTRIAL Milwaukee Industrial Portfolio. . . . . . . . . Milwaukee, Wisconsin 235,800 $ 5,660,000 $24.00 87% 5% 28% 54% Elmhurst Metro Court . . . . Elmhurst, Illinois 140,800 5,075,000 36.04 90% 13% 30% 47% Willowbrook Court. . . . . . Willowbrook, Illinois 84,300 3,841,000 45.56 100% 0% 55% 45% Quantum Business Center. . . Louisville, Kentucky 182,200 4,976,000 27.31 91% 8% 40% 43% Riverport Industrial . . . . Louisville, Kentucky 322,100 9,823,000 30.50 100% 0% 0% 100% Lexington Business Center. . Lexington, Kentucky 308,800 7,223,000 23.39 95% 0% 6% 89% Newtown Distribution Center . . . . . . . . . . Lexington, Kentucky 87,100 3,460,000 39.72 85% 38% 34% 13% --------- ----------- ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- Sub-Total. . . . . . 1,361,100 40,058,000 29.43 93% 6% 20% 67% --------- ----------- ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- OFFICE Colonial Penn Insurance. . . Tampa, Florida 79,200 7,906,000 99.82 100% 0% 0% 100% Florida Power & Light. . . . Sarasota, Florida 83,100 9,441,000 113.61 99% 0% 0% 99% Woodcrest Office Park. . . . Tallahassee, Florida 265,900 11,408,000 42.90 93% 4% 15% 74% Midwest Office Center. . . . Oakbrook, Illinois 77,000 5,072,000 65.87 96% 13% 14% 69% Phoenix Business Center. . . Atlanta, Georgia 110,600 5,446,000 49.24 100% 6% 7% 87% Butterfield Office Plaza . . Oak Brook, Illinois 200,800 15,050,000 74.95 93% 3% 12% 78% Southlake Corporate Center. Morrow, Georgia 56,200 4,455,000 79.27 100% 4% 8% 88% University Square Business Center. . . . . . . . . . . Huntsville, Alabama 184,700 7,314,000 39.60 90% 17% 22% 51% Technology Center. . . . . . Huntsville, Alabama 48,500 2,508,000 51.71 100% 0% 0% 100% --------- ----------- ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- Sub-Total. . . . . . 1,106,000 68,600,000 62.03 95% 6% 12% 77% --------- ----------- ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- RETAIL Northlake Tower Festival Shopping Center. . . . . . Atlanta, Georgia 321,800 16,847,000 52.35 99% 1% 1% 97% --------- ----------- ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- Total/ Weighted Average . 2,788,800 $125,505,000 $45.00 95% 5% 15% 75% ========= ============ ====== ==== ==== ==== ==== BANYAN STRATEGIC REALTY TRUST PORTFOLIO SUMMARY AS OF September 30, 1997 - CONTINUED Net Carrying Value Residen- ------------------------- Occu- tial Per pancy Location Units Dollars Unit % -------- -------- ----------- ------ ----- RESIDENTIAL - ----------- Country Creek. . . . . . . . Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 320 7,440,000 23,250 99% Willowpark . . . . . . . . . Lawton, Oklahoma 160 4,441,000 27,756 98% Winchester Run . . . . . . . Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 192 4,476,000 23,313 99% Woodrun Village. . . . . . . Yukon, Oklahoma 192 4,550,000 23,698 99% ----- ------------ ------- --- Total/Weighted Average. . . . . . 864 $ 20,907,000 $24,198 99% ===== ============ ======= --- Portfolio Total. . . $146,412,000 95% ============ === BANYAN STRATEGIC REALTY TRUST COMPARISON OF AVERAGE "IN PLACE" AND MARKET RENTS AS OF September 30, 1997 AVERAGE AVERAGE SQUARE "IN PLACE" MARKET FOOTAGE BASE BASE (NOTE 1) RENTS RENTS -------- ---------- -------- Industrial . . . . . . . . . . 1,335,700 $4.35 $ 4.49 Office . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,026,800 8.04 9.48 Retail . . . . . . . . . . . . 321,800 8.48 10.14 --------- ----- ------ Total/ Weighted Average . . . . 2,684,300 $6.26 $ 7.08 ========= ===== ====== AVERAGE AVERAGE "IN PLACE" MARKET RENTS RENTS --------- -------- RESIDEN- TIAL PER UNIT PROPERTY TYPE UNITS (NOTE 2) PER UNIT - ------------- --------- --------- -------- Residential. . . . . . . . . . 864 $386 $426 - ------- Note 1 - The "In Place" Rents for approximately 105,000 square feet of the portfolio have been excluded from the above calculation because the lease terms relative to that space are unique compared to the market. It is the Trust's view that inclusion of these rents in the above computation would make the analysis less meaningful. Note 2 - A portion of the difference between the above "In Place" Rents and Market Rents per unit is attributable to the difference in the size of the Trust's rental units compared to the size of other similar units in the market place. The Trust's "In Place" Rents adjusted for the size differential are 5% to 7% below Market Rent. PART II - OTHER INFORMATION ITEM 2. CHANGES IN SECURITIES 1. Shares of Beneficial Interest Date of Shares Price Total Amount Sale Sold per Share Sold Notes - --------- ------- --------- ------------ --------- 07/09/96 95,635 $4.125 $394,494 (1),(5) 09/03/97 400,000 $4.812 $1,924,800 (2),(5) 2. Option to Purchase Stock Date of Option for Price per Total Potential Grant (# shares) Share Amount Notes - ------- ---------- --------- --------------- ---------- 07/22/97 6,000 $ 4.50 $27,000 (3),(5) 07/09/97 41,000 $ 4.08 $167,280 (4),(5) (1) The shares were issued in respect of incentive compensation earned by Leonard G. Levine, President of the Registrant, pursuant to the March 19, 1997 Amendment to his Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement. Twenty percent (20%) of the shares issued were held in escrow by the Registrant, through the vesting date, September 29, 1997. (2) The shares were issued in respect of incentive compensation earned by Mr. Levine pursuant to the September 3, 1997 Second Amendment to his Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement. (3) Pursuant to the Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan which was adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Registrant on May 14, 1997 and approved by the shareholders on July 8, 1997, options to acquire 2,000 shares were granted to each person serving as trustee on the tenth business day after adjournment of the Registrant's annual meeting. The option price per share was based on the closing price of the shares on the date of grant. Options will be exercisable and vest as follows: 50% of the shares commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant and 50% on the second anniversary of the date of grant. (4) Pursuant to the above referenced Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan, the Board of Trustees of the Registrant granted options to purchase 41,000 shares to various executives and employees of the Trust as part of the Trust's employee compensation program. Options will be exercisable and vest as follows: 33.3% of the number of shares commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant and 33.3% on each of the second and third anniversaries of the date of grant. (5) In issuing the above shares, the Registrant is relying upon the exemption provided in Section 4 (2) which exempts transactions by an issuer not involving any pubic offering. ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS The Trust held its 1996 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on July 8, 1997. There were five proposals considered at the Meeting: Proposal #1 was to elect three Class A Trustees to hold office for one year or otherwise as provided in the Trust's amended and restated Declaration of Trust. Proposal #2 was to concur in the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Trust's independent public accountants for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997. Proposal #3 was to authorize the issuance of shares of the Trust's beneficial interest to Leonard G. Levine, President, pursuant to the terms of an agreement between the Trust and Mr. Levine. Proposal #4 was to amend Section 3.3 of the Trust's Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust to increase compensation and other remuneration payable to the Class A Trustees. Proposal #5 was to adopt the Trust's 1997 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan. Following are the vote totals in connection with the proposals: PROPOSAL #1 FOR WITHHELD SLATE OF TRUSTEES ELECTED Walter E. Auch, Sr. 5,103,155 2,164,813 Norman M. Gold 5,110,611 2,157,357 Marvin A. Sotoloff 5,109,120 2,158,848 (all elected) FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN PROPOSAL #2 7,086,505 70,340 111,123 (carried) FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN PROPOSAL #3 3,457,429 2,527,370 314,584 (carried) FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN PROPOSAL #4 3,969,702 2,846,416 357,116 (not carried) FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN PROPOSAL #5 3,258,203 2,607,610 338,837 (carried) ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K (a) The following exhibits are filed as part of this report: Exhibit Number Description Exhibit 10(i) Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement Exhibit (27) Financial Data Schedule The following exhibits are incorporated by reference from the Trust's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (file number 33-4169), referencing the exhibit number used in such Registration Statement. Exhibit (3)(b) By-Laws dated March 13, 1986. (3)(c) and (3)(d) Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated as of August 8, 1986, as amended on March 8, 1991 and May 1, 1993. (10) Material Contracts (i) Amended Employment Agreement of Leonard G. Levine dated January 1, 1990. Second Amended and Restated Employment Contract of Leonard G. Levine dated December 31, 1992. Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement of Leonard G. Levine dated March 19, 1997. (ii) Amendment to Loan Agreement dated December 1, 1994; Second Amendment to Loan Agreement dated December 21, 1994; Third Amendment to Loan Agreement dated December 18, 1995; and Fourth Amendment to Loan Agreement dated January 7, 1997 regarding the Registrant's Revolving Line of Credit with American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago. (iii) First Amendment to Note dated December 18, 1995 and Second Amendment to Note dated January 7, 1997 regarding the Registrant's Revolving Line of Credit with American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago. (iv) Fifth Amendment to Loan Agreement dated March 7, 1997 and Sixth Amendment to Loan Agreement dated April 29, 1997 regarding the Registrant's Revolving Line of Credit with American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago. (v) Amended and Restated Note ($20,000,000) dated April 29, 1997 and Note ($10,000,000) dated April 29, 1997 regarding the Registrant's Revolving Line of Credit with American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago. (vi) Seventh Amendment to Loan Agreement dated July 29, 1997 regarding the Registrant's Revolving Line of Credit with American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago. (vii) 1997 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan dated July 9, 1997. (viii) Convertible Term Loan Agreement dated as of October 10, 1997 among Banyan Strategic Realty Trust, as Borrower, and the Lenders listed therein, as Lenders (ix) Share Purchase Agreement by and among Banyan Strategic Realty Trust and the Purchasers listed on the signature page attached thereto dated as of October 10, 1997 (x) Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 10, 1997 between Banyan Strategic Realty Trust and the Purchasers listed on the Signature Page attached thereto Exhibit (21) Subsidiaries of the Trust (b) The following reports on Form 8-K were filed during the quarter ended September 30, 1997: A report on Form 8-K/A was filed on June 26, 1997 wherein Item 7 disclosed Financial Statements and Pro Forma Financial Information for Butterfield Office Plaza and Phoenix Business Park. A report on Form 8-K/A was filed on July 15, 1997 wherein Item 7 disclosed Financial Statements and Pro Forma Financial Information for Oklahoma Properties. A report on Form 8-K was filed on September 10, 1997 wherein Item 2 disclosed the Registrant's acquisition of the Southlake Corporate Center, University Square Business Center and Technology Center properties. SIGNATURES PURSUANT to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. BANYAN STRATEGIC REALTY TRUST By: /s/ Leonard G. Levine Date: November 14, 1997 Leonard G. Levine, President By: /s/ Joel L. Teglia Date: November 14, 1997 Joel L. Teglia, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer SIGNATURES PURSUANT to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. BANYAN STRATEGIC REALTY TRUST By: __________________________________ Date: November 14, 1997 Leonard G. Levine, President By: __________________________________ Date: November 14, 1997 Joel L. Teglia, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer