UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

(Mark one)

 

 

ý

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

For the quarterly period ended: September 30, 2005

 

 

 

Or

 

 

 

o

 

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:  001-11954

 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Maryland

 

22-1657560

 

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

or organization)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

888 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York

 

10019

 

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

(212) 894-7000

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

N/A

 

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

 

 

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.

 

ý Yes    o No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

 

ý Yes    o No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

 

o Yes    ý No

 

As of September 30, 2005, 140,544,221 of the registrant’s common shares of beneficial interest are outstanding.

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

PART I.

 

 

 

Financial Information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Financial Statements:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005 and September 30, 2004

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005 and September 30, 2004 (as restated)

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

 

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosrues About Market Risks

 

77

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

 

Controls and Procedures

 

78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART II.

 

 

 

Other Information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

79

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

80

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.

 

Other Information

 

80

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 6.

 

Exhibits

 

80

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signatures

 

 

 

81

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

 

 

82

 

 

2



 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

(UNAUDITED)
September 30,
2005

 

December 31,
2004

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate, at cost:

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

$

2,068,381

 

$

1,688,002

 

Buildings and improvements

 

8,127,044

 

7,578,683

 

Development costs and construction in progress

 

203,841

 

181,891

 

Leasehold improvements and equipment

 

322,160

 

307,665

 

Total

 

10,721,426

 

9,756,241

 

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

(1,596,233

)

(1,407,644

)

Real estate, net

 

9,125,193

 

8,348,597

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, including U.S. government obligations under repurchase agreements of $52,750 and $23,110

 

394,461

 

599,282

 

Escrow deposits and restricted cash

 

182,702

 

229,193

 

Marketable securities

 

407,564

 

185,394

 

Investments and advances to partially-owned entities, including Alexander’s of $91,175 and $204,762

 

1,378,075

 

605,300

 

Due from officers

 

19,153

 

21,735

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $17,631 and $17,339

 

214,625

 

164,524

 

Notes and mortgage loans receivable

 

344,372

 

440,186

 

Receivable arising from the straight-lining of rents, net of allowance of $5,693 and $6,787

 

361,414

 

324,848

 

Other assets

 

726,278

 

577,926

 

Assets related to discontinued operations

 

908

 

83,532

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

 

$

13,154,745

 

$

11,580,517

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(UNAUDITED)
September 30,
2005

 

December 31,
2004

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Notes and mortgages payable

 

$

4,274,768

 

$

3,989,228

 

Senior unsecured notes

 

950,667

 

962,096

 

Exchangeable senior debentures

 

490,500

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

452,744

 

413,962

 

Officers’ compensation payable

 

50,037

 

32,506

 

Deferred credit

 

159,697

 

103,524

 

Other liabilities

 

143,203

 

113,402

 

Liabilities related to discontinued operations

 

 

5,187

 

Total liabilities

 

6,521,616

 

5,619,905

 

Minority interest, including unitholders in the Operating Partnership

 

1,269,676

 

1,947,871

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred shares of beneficial interest: no par value per share; authorized, 110,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 34,175,472 and 23,520,604

 

835,561

 

577,454

 

Common shares of beneficial interest: $.04 par value per share; authorized, 200,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 140,544,221 and 127,478,903 shares

 

5,650

 

5,128

 

Additional capital

 

4,216,803

 

3,257,731

 

Earnings in excess of distributions

 

218,804

 

133,899

 

 

 

5,276,818

 

3,974,212

 

Common shares issued to officer’s trust

 

(65,753

)

(65,753

)

Deferred compensation shares earned but not yet delivered

 

68,644

 

70,727

 

Deferred compensation shares issued but not yet earned

 

(11,400

)

(9,523

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

99,848

 

47,782

 

Due from officers for purchase of common shares of beneficial interest

 

(4,704

)

(4,704

)

Total shareholders’ equity

 

5,363,453

 

4,012,741

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

$

13,154,745

 

$

11,580,517

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

3



 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

For The Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

For The Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property rentals

 

$

349,524

 

$

339,624

 

$

1,030,806

 

$

1,001,095

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics

 

232,778

 

 

592,894

 

 

Tenant expense reimbursements

 

53,861

 

48,793

 

154,512

 

141,815

 

Fee and other income

 

20,792

 

26,878

 

72,197

 

63,826

 

Total revenues

 

656,955

 

415,295

 

1,850,409

 

1,206,736

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating

 

353,376

 

160,430

 

934,522

 

457,565

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

82,651

 

59,351

 

244,455

 

173,151

 

General and administrative

 

48,107

 

29,649

 

134,614

 

90,163

 

Costs of acquisition not consummated

 

 

1,475

 

 

1,475

 

Total expenses

 

484,134

 

250,905

 

1,313,591

 

722,354

 

Operating income

 

172,821

 

164,390

 

536,818

 

484,382

 

Income applicable to Alexander’s

 

3,699

 

1,127

 

42,115

 

4,377

 

Income from partially-owned entities

 

4,172

 

9,826

 

19,992

 

33,642

 

Interest and other investment (expense) income

 

(35,660

)

17,813

 

135,461

 

36,665

 

Interest and debt expense

 

(88,391

)

(61,101

)

(249,705

)

(176,827

)

Net gain on disposition of wholly-owned and partially-owned assets other than depreciable real estate

 

13,448

 

 

16,936

 

776

 

Minority interest of partially-owned entities

 

(768

)

33

 

962

 

48

 

Income from continuing operations

 

69,321

 

132,088

 

502,579

 

383,063

 

(Loss) income from discontinued operations

 

(22

)

9,885

 

32,484

 

77,064

 

Income before allocation to limited partners

 

69,299

 

141,973

 

535,063

 

460,127

 

Limited partners’ interest in the Operating Partnership

 

(3,342

)

(16,116

)

(54,512

)

(55,584

)

Perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership

 

(27,215

)

(17,334

)

(60,908

)

(51,580

)

Net income

 

38,742

 

108,523

 

419,643

 

352,963

 

Preferred share dividends

 

(11,519

)

(4,022

)

(32,290

)

(15,569

)

NET INCOME applicable to common shares

 

$

27,223

 

$

104,501

 

$

387,353

 

$

337,394

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INCOME PER COMMON SHARE—BASIC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

$

.20

 

$

.75

 

$

2.69

 

$

2.09

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

 

.08

 

.25

 

.62

 

Net income per common share

 

$

.20

 

$

.83

 

$

2.94

 

$

2.71

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INCOME PER COMMON SHARE—DILUTED:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

$

.19

 

$

.71

 

$

2.56

 

$

2.00

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

 

.08

 

.23

 

.59

 

Net income per common share

 

$

.19

 

$

.79

 

$

2.79

 

$

2.59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS PER COMMON SHARE

 

$

.76

 

$

.71

 

$

2.28

 

$

2.13

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

4



 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

For The Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

(As restated—
see Note 2)

 

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

419,643

 

$

352,963

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization (including amortization of debt issuance costs)

 

252,555

 

180,226

 

 

Net gain on the conversion of Sears common shares and derivative position to Sears Holdings common shares and derivative position

 

(86,094

)

 

 

Equity in income of partially-owned entities, including Alexander’s

 

(62,107

)

(38,019

)

 

Allocation of income to limited partners of the Operating Partnership

 

54,512

 

55,584

 

 

Perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership

 

42,641

 

51,580

 

 

Straight-lining of rental income

 

(35,313

)

(44,826

)

 

Net gain on sale of real estate

 

(31,614

)

(75,755

)

 

Expense from mark-to-market of Sears Holdings derivative position

 

20,868

 

 

 

Write-off of issuance costs of preferred units redeemed and acquisition not consummated

 

18,267

 

2,175

 

 

Distributions of income from partially-owned entities

 

31,045

 

11,421

 

 

Net gain on dispositions of wholly-owned and partially-owned assets other than depreciable real estate

 

(16,936

)

(776

)

 

Income from mark-to-market of McDonalds derivative position

 

(9,859

)

 

 

Income from mark-to-market of GMH Communities L.P. warrants

 

(7,813

)

 

 

Amortization of below market leases, net

 

(9,118

)

(11,492

)

 

Minority interest of partially-owned entities

 

(962

)

(48

)

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

(49,692

)

(4,536

)

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

37,980

 

15,649

 

 

Other assets

 

(74,426

)

(26,673

)

 

Other liabilities

 

9,273

 

11,199

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

502,850

 

478,672

 

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in partially-owned entities

 

(944,653

)

(6,220

)

 

Acquisitions of real estate and other

 

(634,933

)

(194,399

)

 

Proceeds received upon repayment of notes and mortgage loans receivable

 

375,000

 

38,500

 

 

Investments in notes and mortgage loans receivable

 

(280,000

)

(246,005

)

 

Purchases of marketable securities

 

(225,647

)

(45,509

)

 

Distributions of capital from partially-owned entities

 

179,483

 

161,944

 

 

Proceeds from sale of real estate

 

126,584

 

233,347

 

 

Development costs and construction in progress

 

(106,814

)

(87,798

)

 

Proceeds from sale of securities available for sale

 

66,820

 

 

 

Additions to real estate

 

(71,332

)

(81,413

)

 

Cash restricted, primarily mortgage escrows

 

46,491

 

(44,649

)

 

Deposits in connection with real estate acquisitions

 

(15,058

)

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(1,484,059

)

(272,202

)

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

5



 

 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - CONTINUED

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

For The Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

(As restated -
 see Note 2)

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from borrowings

 

890,000

 

575,158

 

Redemption of perpetual preferred shares and units

 

(782,000

)

(112,467

)

Proceeds from the issuance of common shares

 

780,750

 

 

Proceeds from the issuance of preferred shares and units

 

471,673

 

106,655

 

Dividends paid on common shares

 

(302,435

)

(282,731

)

Repayments of borrowings

 

(202,563

)

(542,297

)

Distributions to minority partners

 

(93,691

)

(99,861

)

Exercise of share options

 

46,123

 

54,199

 

Dividends paid on preferred shares

 

(22,974

)

(13,594

)

Debt issuance costs

 

(8,495

)

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

776,388

 

(314,938

)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

(204,821

)

(108,468

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

599,282

 

320,542

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

394,461

 

$

212,074

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash payments for interest (including capitalized interest of $11,613 and $5,003)

 

$

242,238

 

$

113,382

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Cash Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

Conversion of Class A Operating Partnership units to common shares

 

$

127,440

 

$

291,000

 

Financing assumed in acquisitions

 

81,000

 

18,500

 

Unrealized net gain on securities available for sale

 

89,752

 

20,544

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

6



 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

1.    Organization

         Vornado Realty Trust is a fully-integrated real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and conducts its business through Vornado Realty L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”).  All references to the “Company” and “Vornado” refer to Vornado Realty Trust and its consolidated subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership.  Vornado is the sole general partner of, and owned approximately 89.5% of the common limited partnership interest in, the Operating Partnership at September 30, 2005.

 

2.     Basis of Presentation

         The accompanying consolidated financial statements are unaudited.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and changes in cash flows have been made.  Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted.  These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2004 and the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 19, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year.

 

         The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Vornado and its majority-owned subsidiary, the Operating Partnership, as well as certain partially-owned entities in which the Company owns (i) more than 50% unless a partner has shared board and management representation and authority and substantive participation rights on all significant business decisions or (ii) 50% or less when the Company is considered the primary beneficiary and the entity qualifies as a variable interest entity under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 46 (Revised) — Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (“FIN 46R”).  All significant intercompany amounts have been eliminated.  Equity interests in partially-owned corporate entities are accounted for under the equity method of accounting when the Company’s ownership interest is more than 20% but less than 50%.  When partially-owned investments are in partnership form, the 20% threshold for equity method accounting is generally reduced to 3% to 5%, based on the Company’s ability to influence the operating and financial policies of the partnership.  Investments accounted for under the equity method are recorded initially at cost and subsequently adjusted for the Company’s share of the net income or loss and cash contributions and distributions to or from these entities.  For all other investments, the Company uses the cost method.

 

         Management has made estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

         Certain prior year balances have been reclassified in order to conform to current year presentation.

 

         Subsequent to the issuance of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005, management determined that the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 should be restated to reclassify $11,421,000 of “net cash used in investing activities” to “net cash provided by operating activities” as they relate to distributions of income received from partially-owned entities accounted for on the equity method.  The restatement did not affect the total net change in cash and cash equivalents for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and had no impact on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, consolidated statement of income or the related income per share amounts.

 

 

 

For The Nine Months
Ended September 30, 2004

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

As Reported

 

As Restated

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions of income from partially-owned entities

 

$

 

$

11,421

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

467,251

 

478,672

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions of capital from partially-owned entities

 

173,365

 

161,944

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(260,781

)

(272,202

)

 

 

7



 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

3.       Recently Issued Accounting Literature

          On December 16, 2004, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 153, Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets - An Amendment of APB Opinion No. 29. The amendments made by SFAS No. 153 are based on the principle that exchanges of nonmonetary assets should be measured based on the fair value of the assets exchanged. Further, the amendments eliminate the narrow exception for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets and replace it with a broader exception for exchanges of nonmonetary assets that do not have “commercial substance.” SFAS No. 153 is effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005. The adoption of SFAS No. 153 on its effective date did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

         On December 16, 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123: (Revised 2004) - Share-Based Payment (“SFAS No. 123R”).  SFAS No. 123R replaces SFAS No. 123, which the Company adopted on January 1, 2003. SFAS No. 123R requires that the compensation cost relating to share-based payment transactions be recognized in financial statements and measured based on the fair value of the equity or liability instruments issued. SFAS No. 123R is effective as of the first annual reporting period beginning after December 31, 2005.  The Company believes that the adoption of SFAS No. 123R on its effective date will not have a material effect on it’s consolidated financial statements.

 

         In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections — A Replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and SFAS No. 3.  SFAS No. 154 changes the requirements for the accounting and reporting of a change in accounting principle by requiring retrospective application to prior periods’ financial statements of the change in accounting principle, unless it is impracticable to do so.  SFAS No. 154 also requires that a change in depreciation or amortization for long-lived, non-financial assets be accounted for as a change in accounting estimate effected by a change in accounting principle.  SFAS No. 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005.  The Company believes that the adoption of SFAS No. 154 will not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

4.       Acquisitions, Dispositions and Financings

          Acquisitions:

Beverly Connection

         On March 5, 2005, the Company acquired a 50% interest in a venture that owns Beverly Connection, a two-level urban shopping center, containing 322,000 square feet, located in Los Angeles, California for $10,700,000 in cash.  In addition, the Company provided the venture with $35,000,000 of preferred equity yielding 13.5% for up to a three-year term and a $59,500,000 first mortgage loan due February 2006 bearing interest at 13.5%.  The Company will also provide up to an additional $35,000,000 of preferred equity, if requested by the venture.  The shopping center is anchored by CompUSA, Old Navy and Sports Chalet.  The venture plans to redevelop the property and add retail, residential condominiums and assisted living facilities.  The redevelopment is subject to government approvals.  This investment is accounted for under the equity method of accounting.  The Company records its pro rata share of net income or loss in Beverly Connection on a one-month lag basis as the Company files its consolidated financial statements on Form 10-K and 10-Q prior to the time the venture reports its earnings (see Note 5 — Investments in Partially-Owned Entities).

 

 

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        Westbury Retail Condominium

         On May 20, 2005, the Company acquired the retail condominium of the former Westbury Hotel in Manhattan for $113,000,000 in cash.  Simultaneously with the closing, the Company placed an $80,000,000 mortgage loan on the property bearing interest at 5.292% and maturing in 2018.  The remaining portion of the purchase price was funded as part of a Section 1031 tax-free “like-kind” exchange with a portion of the proceeds from the sale of 400 North LaSalle Residential Tower in April 2005.  The property contains approximately 17,000 square feet and is fully occupied by luxury retailers, Cartier, Chloe and Gucci under leases that expire in 2018.  The operations of Westbury Retail Condominium are consolidated into the accounts of the Company from the date of acquisition.

 

        Dune Capital L.P.

         On May 31, 2005, the Company contributed $50,000,000 in cash to Dune Capital L.P., a limited partnership involved in corporate, real estate and asset-based investments.  The Company’s investment represents a 3.5% limited partnership interest as at September 30, 2005.  The Company accounts for this investment on the cost method.

 

          Bowen Building

         On June 13, 2005, the Company acquired the 90% that it did not already own of the Bowen Building, a 231,000 square foot class A office building located at 875 15th Street N.W. in the Central Business District of Washington, D.C.  The purchase price was $119,000,000, consisting of $63,000,000 in cash and an existing mortgage of $56,000,000, bearing interest at LIBOR plus 1.5%, due in February 2007.  At September 30, 2005, the building was 83% occupied by two tenants under leases that expire in 2015 and 2020.  The operations of the Bowen Building are consolidated into the accounts of the Company from the date of this acquisition.

 

          H Street Building Corporation (“H Street”)

         On July 20, 2005, the Company acquired H Street, which owns directly or indirectly through stock ownership in corporations, a 50% interest in real estate assets located in Pentagon City, Virginia, including 34 acres of land leased to various residential and retail operators, a 1,670 unit apartment complex, 10 acres of land and two office buildings located in Washington, DC containing 577,000 square feet. The purchase price was approximately $246,600,000, consisting of $194,500,000 in cash and $52,100,000 for the Company’s pro rata share of existing mortgage debt.  The operations of H Street are consolidated into the accounts of the Company from the date of acquisition.

 

         On July 22, 2005, these two corporations filed a complaint against the Company, H Street and three parties affiliated with the sellers of H Street in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia alleging that the Company encouraged H Street and the affiliated parties to breach their fiduciary duties to these corporations and interfered with prospective business and contractual relationships.  The complaint seeks an unspecified amount of damages and a rescission of the Company’s acquisition of H Street.   In addition, on July 29, 2005, a tenant under a ground lease with one of these corporations brought a separate suit in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, alleging, among other things, that the Company’s acquisition of H Street violated a provision giving them a right of first offer and on that basis seeks a rescission of the Company’s acquisition and the right to acquire H Street for the price paid by the Company.  On September 12, 2005, the Company filed a complaint against each of these corporations and their acting directors seeking a restoration of H Street’s full shareholder rights and damages.   The Company believes that the actions filed against the Company are without merit and that it will ultimately be successful in defending against them.

 

         Because of the legal actions described above, the Company has not been granted access to the financial information of two corporations 50% owned by H Street and accordingly has not recorded its share of their net income or loss or disclosed its pro rata share of their outstanding debt in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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4.             Acquisitions, Dispositions and Financings - continued

 

Toys “R” Us, Inc. (“Toys”)

         On July 21, 2005, a joint venture owned equally by the Company, Bain Capital and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. acquired Toys (NYSE: TOY) for $26.75 per share in cash or approximately $6.6 billion.  In connection therewith, the Company provided $428,000,000 of the $1.3 billion of equity to the venture, consisting of $407,000,000 in cash and $21,000,000 in Toys common shares held by the Company.  This investment is accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

 

         Because Toys’ fiscal year ends on the Saturday nearest January 31, the Company will record its 32.95% share of Toys’ net income or loss on a one-quarter lag basis.  Equity in net loss from Toys for the three months ended September 30, 2005 was $530,000, which consisted of (i) $1,977,000, representing the Company’s share of Toys’ net loss in Toys’ second quarter ended July 30, 2005 for the period from July 21, 2005 (the date of the Toys acquisition) to July 30, 2005, partially offset by (ii) $1,333,000 of interest income on the Company’s $150,000,000 share of the $1.9 billion senior unsecured bridge loan described below and (iii) $114,000 of management fees.

 

         On August 29, 2005, the Company acquired $150,000,000 of the senior unsecured bridge loan financing provided to Toys.  The loan is senior to the acquisition equity of $1.3 billion and $1.6 billion of existing debt.  The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus 5.25% (8.88% as of September 30, 2005) not to exceed 11% and provides for an initial .375% placement fee and additional fees of .375% at the end of three and six months if the loan has not been repaid.  The loan is prepayable at any time without penalty.

 

         The unaudited pro forma information set forth below presents the condensed consolidated statements of income for the Company for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 (including Toys’ results for the three and nine months ended July 30, 2005 and July 31, 2004, respectively) as if the above transactions had occurred on January 1, 2004.   The unaudited pro forma information below is not necessarily indicative of what the Company’s actual results would have been had these transactions been consummated on January 1, 2004, nor does it represent the results of operations for any future periods.  In management’s opinion, all adjustments necessary to reflect these transactions have been made.

 

 

Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated
Statements of Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

For the Nine Months Ended
September 30

 

 

 

Pro Forma

 

Pro Forma

 

Pro Forma

 

Pro Forma

 

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

Revenues

 

$

656,955

 

$

415,295

 

$

1,850,409

 

$

1,206,736

 

Income before allocation to limited partners

 

$

21,938

 

$

134,474

 

$

518,509

 

$

456,803

 

Limited partners’ interest in the Operating Partnership

 

1,833

 

(15,179

)

(52,443

)

(55,168

)

Perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership

 

(27,215

)

(17,334

)

(60,908

)

(51,580

)

Net (loss) income

 

(3,444

)

101,961

 

405,158

 

350,055

 

Preferred share dividends

 

(11,519

)

(4,022

)

(32,290

)

(15,569

)

Net (loss) income applicable to common shares

 

$

(14,963

)

$

97,939

 

$

372,868

 

$

334,486

 

Net (loss) income per common share—basic

 

$

(.11

)

$

0.77

 

$

2.83

 

$

2.68

 

Net (loss) income per common share—diluted

 

$

(.11

)

$

0.74

 

$

2.68

 

$

2.57

 

 

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

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East 66th Street

 

         On July 25, 2005, the Company acquired a property located at Madison Avenue and East 66th Street in Manhattan for $158,000,000 in cash.  The property contains 37 rental apartments with an aggregate of 85,000 square feet, and 10,000 square feet of retail space.  The operations of East 66th Street are consolidated into the accounts of the Company from the date of acquisition.  The rental apartment operations are included in the Company’s Other segment and the retail operations are included in the Retail segment.

 

        220 Central Park South

 

         On August 26, 2005, a joint venture in which the Company has a 90% interest, acquired a property located at 220 Central Park South in Manhattan for $136,550,000, including closing costs.  The Company and its partner contributed cash of $43,400,000 and $4,800,000, respectively, to the venture to acquire the property.  The venture also obtained a $95,000,000 mortgage loan which bears interest at LIBOR plus 3.50% (7.02% as of September 30, 2005) and is due in August 2006, with two six-month extensions.  The property contains 122 rental apartments with an aggregate of 133,000 square feet and 5,700 square feet of commercial space.  The operations of 220 Central Park South are consolidated into the accounts of the Company from the date of acquisition and are included in the Company’s Other segment.

 

        Boston Design Center

         On September 26, 2005, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire the Boston Design Center which contains 552,500 square feet, is located in South Boston and will be operated by the Merchandise Mart division.  The purchase price is approximately $96,000,000, consisting of $24,000,000 in cash and the assumption of an existing $72,000,000 mortgage.  The sale, which is expected to close by the second quarter of 2006, is subject to customary closing conditions.

 

        Investment in Sears, Roebuck and Co. (“Sears”)

         As a result of the merger between Sears and Kmart on March 30, 2005, in exchange for 1,176,600 Sears common shares owned, the Company received 370,330 common shares of Sears Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq:  SHLD) (“Sears Holdings”) valued at $48,143,000 based on the $130.00 closing share price that day and $21,797,000 of cash.  The Company recognized a net gain of $27,651,000 in the first quarter of 2005, which was the difference between the aggregate cost basis in the Sears shares of $42,289,000 and the market value of the total consideration received on March 30, 2005 of $69,940,000.  On April 4, 2005, 99,393 of the Company’s Sears Holdings common shares were utilized to satisfy the third-party participation discussed below.  The remaining 270,937 Sears Holdings shares are recorded as marketable equity securities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and are classified as “available-for-sale.”  At September 30, 2005, based on Sears Holdings’ closing stock price of $124.43 per share, the Company reversed $5,383,000 of previously recorded appreciation and recorded $1,510,000 of depreciation to “accumulated other comprehensive income” in the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

 

         Pursuant to the terms of the contract, the Company’s derivative position representing 7,916,900 Sears common shares became a derivative position representing 2,491,819 common shares of Sears Holdings valued at $323,936,000 based on the $130.00 per share closing price on March 30, 2005, the date of the merger, and $146,663,000 of cash.  As a result, the Company recognized a net gain of approximately $58,443,000 based on the fair value of the Company’s derivative position.  In the three months ended September 30, 2005, the Company recorded a charge of $66,627,000 from the mark-to-market of this derivative position based on Sears Holdings’ September 30, 2005 closing share price of $124.43.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, the Company’s net income from this derivative position was $37,575,000.

 

         As a result of these transactions, on September 30, 2005, the Company owns 270,937 common shares of Sears Holdings and has an economic interest in an additional 2,491,819 common shares through its derivative position.  The Company’s aggregate net gain recognized on the owned shares and the derivative position from inception to September 30, 2005 was $146,955,000, based on Sears Holdings’ September 30, 2005 closing share price of $124.43 and after deducting $13,975,000 for a third-party performance-based participation.

 

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

4.             Acquisitions, Dispositions and Financings - continued

 

          Investment in McDonalds Corporation (“McDonalds”)

         In July 2005, the Company acquired an aggregate of 858,000 common shares of McDonalds for $25,346,000, an average price of $29.54 per share. These shares are recorded as marketable equity securities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and are classified as “available for sale.”  Appreciation or depreciation in the fair market value of these shares is recorded as an increase or decrease in “accumulated other comprehensive income” in the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and not recognized in income.  At September 30, 2005, based on McDonalds’ closing stock price of $33.49 per share, $3,388,000 of appreciation in the value of these shares was included in “accumulated other comprehensive income.”

 

         During the three months ended September 30, 2005, the Company acquired an economic interest in an additional 14,565,000 McDonalds common shares through a series of privately negotiated transactions with a financial institution pursuant to which the Company purchased a call option and simultaneously sold a put option at the same strike price on McDonalds’ common shares.  These call and put options have an initial weighted-average strike price of  $32.66 per share, or an aggregate of $475,692,000, expire on various dates between July 30, 2007 and September 10, 2007 and provide for net cash settlement.  Under these agreements, the strike price for each pair of options increases at an annual rate of LIBOR plus 45 basis points (up to 95 basis points under certain circumstances) and is credited for the dividends received on the shares.  The options provide the Company with the same economic gain or loss as if it had purchased the underlying common shares and borrowed the aggregate strike price at an annual rate of LIBOR plus 45 basis points.  Because these options are derivatives and do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment, the gains or losses resulting from the mark-to-market of the options at the end of each reporting period are recognized as an increase or decrease in “interest and other investment income” on the Company’s consolidated statement of income.  During the quarter ended September 30, 2005, the Company recorded net income of $9,859,000, comprised of $12,090,000 from the mark-to-market of the options on September 30, 2005, based on McDonalds’ closing stock price of $33.49 per share, partially offset by $2,231,000 for the increase in strike price resulting from the LIBOR charge.

 

         Based on McDonalds’ most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company’s aggregate investment in McDonalds represents 1.2% of its outstanding common shares.

 

          Moynihan Station Project

         On July 19, 2005, a joint venture, owned equally by the Company and The Related Companies, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding and has been conditionally designated as the developer to convert the Farley Post Office in Manhattan into the new Moynihan Train Station.  The Moynihan Station project involves 300,000 square feet for a new transportation facility to be financed with public funding, as well as 850,000 square feet of commercial space and up to 1,000,000 square feet of air rights intended to be transferred to an adjacent site. The commercial space is currently anticipated to include a variety of retail uses, restaurants, a boutique hotel and merchandise mart space.

 

          Springfield Mall

         On October 31, 2005, the Company entered into an option agreement to purchase the 1.4 million square foot Springfield Mall which is located on 79 acres of land at the intersection of Interstate 95 and Fraconia Road in Springfield, Fairfax County, Virginia, and is anchored by Macy’s, J.C. Penney and Target.  The option becomes exerciseable upon the passing of one of the existing principals of the selling entity and may be deferred at the Company’s election through November 2012.  The Company paid $36,000,000 for the option and upon exercise will pay $80,000,000 and acquire the Mall, subject to the existing mortgage which is presently $181,000,000 and will be amortized to $149,000,000 in 2013 when it matures.  During the option period the Company will manage the Mall and receive the Mall’s net cash flow.  The Company has a 2.5% partner in this transaction.  The Company intends to redevelop, reposition and retenant the Mall.  The acquisition of the option, which is expected to close by the end of 2005, is subject to lender approval and customary closing conditions.

 

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

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          Broadway Mall

         On October 31, 2005, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire the 1.2 million square foot Broadway Mall for approximately $153,000,000, including $95,800,000 of existing debt.  The Broadway Mall is located on Route 106 in Hicksville, Long Island, New York and is anchored by Macy’s, Ikea, Target and Multiplex Cinemas.  The purchase, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2005, is subject to lender approval and customary closing conditions.

          Other

         In addition to the acquisitions and investments described above, the Company made $216,300,000 of other acquisitions and investments during 2005, which are summarized below:

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Amount

 

Segment

 

Wasserman Joint Ventures (95% interest)

 

$

34,200

 

Other

 

692 Broadway, New York, NY

 

28,500

 

Retail

 

South Hill Mall, Poughkeepsie, NY

 

25,000

 

Retail

 

Rockville Town Center, Rockville, MD

 

24,800

 

Retail

 

211-217 Columbus Avenue, New York, NY

 

24,500

 

Retail

 

1750-1780 Gun Hill Road, Bronx, NY

 

18,000

 

Retail

 

TCG Urban Infrastructure Holdings Limited, India

 

16,700

 

Other

 

42 Thompson Street, New York, NY

 

16,500

 

Office

 

Verde Group LLC (5% interest)

 

15,000

 

Other

 

Other

 

13,100

 

Other

 

 

 

$

216,300

 

 

 

 

          Dispositions:

         On April 21, 2005, the Company, through its 85% owned joint venture, sold 400 North LaSalle, a 452-unit high-rise residential tower in Chicago, Illinois, for $126,000,000, which resulted in a net gain on sale after closing costs of $31,614,000.  All of the proceeds from the sale were reinvested in tax-free “like-kind” exchange investments pursuant to Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

         At June 30, 2005, the Company owned 3,972,447 common shares of Prime Group Realty Trust (“Prime”) with a carrying amount of $4.98 per share or an aggregate of $19,783,000.  The investment was recorded as marketable equity securities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and classified as “available-for-sale”.  On July 1, 2005, The Lightstone Group, LLC completed its acquisition of Prime by acquiring all of Prime’s outstanding common shares and limited partnership units for $7.25 per share or unit.  In connection therewith, the Company recognized a gain of $9,017,000, representing the difference between the purchase price and the Company’s carrying amount, which is reflected as a component of “net gains on disposition of wholly-owned and partially-owned assets other than depreciable real estate” in the Company’s consolidated statement of income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005.

 

         Net gains on disposition of wholly-owned and partially-owned assets other than depreciable real estate of $13,448,000 and $16,936,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 primarily represent net gains on sales of marketable equity securities, including a $9,017,000 net gain on sale of Prime Group Realty Trust common shares.  Net gains on disposition of wholly-owned and partially-owned assets other than depreciable real estate for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 of $776,000 represent a net gain on sale of residential condominiums.

 

          Financings:

         On January 19, 2005, the Company redeemed all of its Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares at a redemption price equal to $25.00 per share or $115,000,000 plus accrued distributions.  In addition, the Company also redeemed $80,000,000 of Series D-3 Perpetual Preferred Units of the Operating Partnership.  The redemption amounts exceeded the carrying amounts by $6,052,000, representing the original issuance costs.  Upon redemption, these issuance costs were recorded as a reduction to earnings in arriving at net income applicable to common shares, in accordance with the July 2003 EITF clarification of Topic D-42.

 

 

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

4.             Acquisitions, Dispositions and Financings - continued

 

         On March 29, 2005, the Company completed a public offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.875% exchangeable senior debentures due 2025 pursuant to an effective registration statement.  The notes were sold at 98.0% of their aggregate principal amount.  The aggregate net proceeds from this offering, after the underwriters’ discount were approximately $490,000,000.  The debentures are exchangeable, under certain circumstances, for common shares of the Company at an initial exchange rate of 10.9589 common shares per $1,000 of principal amount of debentures.  The initial exchange price of $91.25 represented a premium of 30% to the closing price for the Company’s common shares on March 22, 2005 of $70.25.  The Company may elect to settle any exchange right in cash.  The debentures permit the Company to increase its common dividend 5% per annum, cumulatively, without an increase to the exchange rate.  The debentures are redeemable at the Company’s option beginning in 2012 for the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest.  Holders of the debentures have the right to require the issuer to repurchase their debentures in 2012, 2015 and 2020 and in the event of a change in control.  The net proceeds from the offering were used for working capital and to fund the commitment with respect to the acquisition of Toys.

 

         On March 31, 2005, the Company completed a $225,000,000 refinancing of its 1.4 million square foot New York City office building located at 909 Third Avenue.  The loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 5.64% and matures in April 2015.  The Company realized net proceeds of approximately $100,000,000 after repaying the existing floating rate loan on the property and closing costs.

 

         On June 13, 2005, the Company sold 4,000,000 perpetual 6.75% Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, at a price of $25.00 per share, pursuant to an effective registration statement.  The Company may redeem the Series H Preferred Shares at a price of $25.00 per share after June 17, 2010.  In addition, on June 17, 2005, the underwriters exercised their option and purchased an additional 500,000 Preferred Shares to cover over-allotments.  The Company used the net proceeds of the offering of $108,956,000, together with existing cash balances, to redeem the remaining $120,000,000 8.25% Series D-3 Perpetual Preferred Units and the $125,000,000 8.25% Series D-4 Perpetual Preferred Units on July 14, 2005 at a redemption price equal to $25.00 per unit plus accrued dividends.  In conjunction with the redemptions, the Company wrote-off approximately $6,400,000 of issuance costs in the third quarter of 2005.

 

         On August 10, 2005, the Company sold 9,000,000 common shares at a price of $86.75 per share in a public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement.  The net proceeds after closing costs of $780,750,000 were used to fund acquisitions and investments and for working capital.

 

         On August 23, 2005, the Company sold 7,000,000 perpetual 6.625% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares at a price of $25.00 per share, in a public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement.  The Company may redeem the Series I preferred shares at a price of $25.00 per share after August 31, 2010.  In addition, on August 31, 2005, the underwriters exercised their option and purchased an additional 400,000 Series I preferred shares to cover over-allotments.  On September 12, 2005, the Company sold an additional 3,400,000 Series I preferred shares at a price of $25.00 per share, pursuant to an effective registration statement.  Combined with the earlier sale, the Company sold a total of 10,800,000 Series I preferred shares for net proceeds of $262,898,000.  The net proceeds were used primarily to redeem outstanding perpetual preferred units.

 

         On September 12, 2005, the Company sold $100,000,000 of 6.75% Series D-14 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units to an institutional investor in a private placement.  The perpetual preferred units may be called without penalty at the Company’s option commencing in September 2010.  The net proceeds were used primarily to redeem outstanding perpetual preferred units.

 

         On September 19, 2005, the Company redeemed all of its 8.25% Series D-5 and D-7 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units at a redemption price of $25.00 per unit for an aggregate of $342,000,000 plus accrued distributions.  In conjunction with the redemptions, the Company wrote-off $9,642,000 of issuance costs in the current quarter.  In addition, on December 20, 2005, the Company will redeem the 8.25% Series D-6 and D-8 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units at a redemption price of $25.00 per unit for an aggregate of $30,000,000 plus accrued distributions.  In conjunction with these redemptions, the Company will write-off $750,000 of issuance costs in the fourth quarter.

 

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

5.       Investments in Partially-Owned Entities

         The Company’s investments in partially-owned entities and income recognized from such investments are as follows:

          Investments:

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

September 30, 2005

 

December 31, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toys (see page 10)

 

$

544,026

 

$

 

H Street non-consolidated subsidiaries (see page 9)

 

197,619

 

 

Newkirk MLP (see page 19)

 

158,822

 

158,656

 

Beverly Connection (see page 8)

 

104,335

 

 

Alexander’s

 

91,175

 

204,762

 

GMH Communities L.P.

 

81,264

 

84,782

 

Dune Capital L.P (see page 9)

 

50,000

 

 

Partially-Owned Office Buildings

 

44,514

 

48,682

 

478-486 Broadway

 

35,943

 

29,170

 

Monmouth Mall Joint Venture(1)

 

4,360

 

29,351

 

Starwood Ceruzzi Joint Venture(2)

 

 

19,106

 

Other

 

66,017

 

30,791

 

 

 

$

1,378,075

 

$

605,300

 

 

          Equity in Net Income (Loss):

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

For The Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

For The Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income applicable to Alexander’s:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33% share of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity in net income before net gain on sale of condominiums and stock appreciation rights compensation expense

 

$

3,129

 

$

4,788

(3)

$

10,823

 

$

9,817

(3)

Net gain on sale of condominiums

 

1,960

 

 

28,134

 

 

Stock appreciation rights compensation expense

 

(5,961

)

(8,796

)

(15,428

)

(20,880

)

Equity in net (loss) income

 

(872

)

(4,008

)

23,529

 

(11,063

)

Interest income

 

601

 

2,039

 

6,022

 

6,637

 

Development and guarantee fees

 

1,615

 

925

 

5,851

 

2,991

 

Management and leasing fees

 

2,355

 

2,171

 

6,713

 

5,812

 

 

 

$

3,699

 

$

1,127

 

$

42,115

 

$

4,377

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics(4):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60% share of equity in net income

 

$

 

$

1,298

 

$

 

$

1,167

 

Management fees

 

 

1,393

 

 

4,148

 

Other

 

 

90

 

 

289

 

 

 

 

2,781

 

 

5,604

 

GMH Communities L.P.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.84% share of equity in net income

 

495

 

 

995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toys:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.95% share of equity in net loss(5)

 

(1,977

)

 

(1,977

)

 

Interest and other income

 

1,447

 

 

1,447

 

 

 

 

(530

)

 

 

(530

)

 

 

Beverly Connection:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50% share of equity in net loss

 

(1,120

)

 

(2,611

)

 

Interest and fee income

 

1,855

 

 

4,877

 

 

 

 

735

 

 

2,266

 

 

Newkirk MLP:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22.5% share of equity in net (loss) income

 

(970

)(6)

4,904

(6)

7,174

(7)

17,049

(7)

Interest and other (expense) income

 

(334

)

803

 

923

 

10,557

(8)

 

 

(1,304

)

5,707

 

8,097

 

27,606

 

Partially-Owned Office Buildings

 

1,166

 

692

 

2,762

 

1,979

 

Other

 

3,610

(1)

646

 

6,402

(1)

(1,547

)(9)

 

 

$

4,172

 

$

9,826

 

$

19,992

 

$

33,642

 


See following page for footnotes.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

5.             Investments in Partially-Owned Entities - continued

 

Notes to preceding tabular information:

(Amounts in thousands)

 

(1)          On August 11, 2005, the Monmouth Mall joint venture completed a $165,000 refinancing.  The loan bears interest at 5.44% and matures in September 2015.  The joint venture retained net proceeds of approximately $29,300 after repaying the existing floating rate loan and closing costs.  In addition, the Company’s $23,500 preferred equity investment to the Monmouth Mall with a yield of 14% was replaced with $10,000 of new preferred equity with a yield of 9.5%.  In connection with this transaction the venture paid to the Company a prepayment penalty of $4,346, of which $2,173 (after the Company’s 50% share of the venture’s expense) was recognized as income from partially-owned entities in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005.

 

(2)          On August 8, 2005 the Company acquired the remaining 20% of Starwood Ceruzzi Joint Venture that it did not already own for $940 in cash.  As of that date the Company consolidates this investment and no longer accounts for it on the equity method.

 

(3)          The three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 includes the Company’s $1,274 share of Alexander’s gain on sale of a land parcel.  The nine months ended September 30, 2004, also includes the Company’s $1,010 share of Alexander’s loss on early extinguishment of debt.

 

(4)          Beginning on November 18, 2004, the Company consolidates its investment in Americold and no longer accounts for it on the equity method.

 

(5)          Represents the Company’s share of Toys’ net loss in Toys’ second quarter ended July 30, 2005 for the period from July 21, 2005 (the date of the Toys acquisition by the Company) to July 30, 2005.

 

(6)          The three months ended September 30, 2005 includes (i) $7,992 for the Company’s share of losses on the early extinguishment of debt and write-off of related deferred financing costs, (ii) $2,586 for the Company’s share of impairment losses, partially offset by (iii) $3,509 for the Company’s share of net gains on sale of real estate.  The three months ended September 30, 2004 includes $759 for the Company’s share of impairment losses.

 

(7)          The nine months ended September 30 2005, includes (i) $7,992 for the Company’s share of losses on the early extinguishment of debt and write-off of related deferred financing costs, (ii) $6,602 for the Company’s share of impairment losses, partially offset by (iii) $3,723 for the Company’s share of net gains on sale of real estate.  The nine months ended September 30, 2004 includes $2,901 for the Company’s share of impairment losses, partially offset by $2,479 for the Company’s share of net gains on sale of real estate.

 

(8)          Interest and other income for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 includes a gain of $7,494 resulting from the exercise of an option by the Company’s joint venture partner to acquire certain MLP units held by the Company.  The MLP units subject to this option had been issued to the Company on behalf of the Company’s joint venture partner.

 

(9)          Includes the Company’s $3,833 share of an impairment loss on one of the Starwood Ceruzzi Joint Venture’s properties.

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

5.             Investments in Partially-Owned Entities - continued

 

         Below is a summary of the debt of partially-owned entities as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, none of which is guaranteed by the Company.

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

100% of
Partially-Owned Entities Debt

 

 

 

September 30, 2005

 

December 31, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toys (32.95% interest):

 

 

 

 

 

$1.9 billion bridge loan, due 2012, LIBOR plus 5.25%(2)
(8.88% at September 30, 2005)

 

$

1,900,000

 

$

 

$1.0 billion senior facility, due 2006-2011, LIBOR plus 1.50%
(5.22% at September 30, 2005)

 

1,004,000

 

 

$2.0 billion credit facility, due 2010, LIBOR plus 1.75%-3.75%
(5.83% at September 30, 2005)

 

700,000

 

 

Mortgage loan, due 2007, LIBOR plus 1.30%, (4.74% at September 30, 2005)

 

800,000

 

 

7.625% bonds, due 2011 (Face value—$251,000)

 

458,000

 

 

7.875% senior notes, due 2013 (Face value—$389,000)

 

357,000

 

 

7.375% senior notes, due 2018 (Face value—$409,000)

 

334,000

 

 

6.875% bonds, due 2006 (Face value—$251,000)

 

250,000

 

 

8.750% debentures, due 2021 (Face value—$199,000)

 

196,000

 

 

Note at an effective cost of 2.23% due in semi-annual installments through 2008

 

93,000

 

 

Other

 

20,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexander’s (33% interest):

 

 

 

 

 

731 Lexington Avenue mortgage note payable collateralized by the office space, due in February 2014, with interest at 5.33%

 

400,000

 

400,000

 

731 Lexington Avenue mortgage note payable, collateralized by the retail space, due in July 2015, with interest at 4.93%

 

320,000

 

 

Kings Plaza Regional Shopping Center mortgage note payable, due in June 2011, with interest at 7.46% (prepayable with yield maintenance)

 

211,362

 

213,699

 

Due to Vornado(1)

 

—-

 

124,000

 

Rego Park mortgage note payable, due in June 2009, with interest at 7.25%

 

81,119

 

81,661

 

Paramus mortgage note payable, due in October 2011, with interest at 5.92% (prepayable without penalty)

 

68,000

 

68,000

 

731 Lexington Avenue construction loan payable(1)

 

 

65,168

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newkirk MLP (22.53% interest):

 

 

 

 

 

Portion of first mortgages collateralized by the partnership’s real estate, due from 2005 to 2024, with a weighted average interest rate of 5.99% at September 30, 2005 (various prepayment terms) (see page 19)

 

902,372

 

859,674

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GMH Communities L.P. (11.84% interest):

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage notes payable, collateralized by 46 properties, due from 2005 to 2014, with a weighted average interest rate of 5.44% at September 30, 2005 (various prepayment terms)

 

766,142

 

359,276

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monmouth Mall (50% interest):

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage note payable, due in September 2015, with interest at 5.44%(3)

 

165,000

 

135,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beverly Connection (50% interest):

 

 

 

 

 

Mezzanine loans payable, due in February 2006, with a weighted average interest rate of 13.5%, $94,500 of which is due to Vornado (prepayable with yield maintenance)

 

159,070

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

5.             Investments in Partially-Owned Entities - continued

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

100% of
Partially-Owned Entities Debt

 

 

 

September 30,
2005

 

December 31,
2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partially-Owned Office Buildings:

 

 

 

 

 

Kaempfer Properties (2.5% to 7.5% interests in four partnerships) Mortgage notes payable, collateralized by the partnerships’ real estate, due from 2007 to 2031, with a weighted average interest rate of 7.00% at June 30, 2005 (various prepayment terms)

 

$

312,376

 

$

346,869

 

Fairfax Square (20% interest) mortgage note payable, due in August 2009, with interest at 7.50%

 

66,486

 

67,215

 

330 Madison Avenue (25% interest) mortgage note payable, due in April 2008, with interest at 6.52% (prepayable with yield maintenance)

 

60,000

 

60,000

 

825 Seventh Avenue (50% interest) mortgage note payable, due in October 2014, with interest at 8.07% (prepayable with yield maintenance)

 

22,561

 

23,104

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

478-486 Broadway (50% interest):

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage note payable, due October 2007, with interest at 6.75% (LIBOR plus 3.15%) (prepayable at any time)

 

20,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wells/Kinzie Garage (50% interest) mortgage note payable, due in May 2009, with interest at 7.03%

 

15,117

 

15,334

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H Street (debt of non-consolidated entities—50% interest)(4)

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage notes payable, collateralized by the partnerships’ real estate due from 2006 to 2011, with a weighted average interest rate of 6.62%

 

227,926

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orleans Hubbard Garage (50% interest) mortgage note payable, due in March 2009, with interest at 7.03%

 

9,519

 

9,626

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

24,618

 

 

 

         Based on the Company’s ownership interest in the partially-owned entities above, the Company’s pro rata share of the debt of these partially-owned entities was $2,936,413 and $669,942 as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

 


(1)    Repaid on July 6, 2005.  See page 19 for further details.

 

(2)    On August 29, 2005, the Company acquired $150,000 of the $1.9 billion senior unsecured bridge loan financing provided to Toys.  See page 10 for details.

 

(3)    On August 11, 2005, the Monmouth Mall joint venture completed a $165,000 refinancing.  The loan bears interest at 5.44% and matures in September 2015.  The joint venture retained net proceeds of approximately $29,300 after repaying the existing floating rate loan and closing costs.

 

(4)    Represents outstanding debt of partially-owned, non-consolidated entities of H Street, except for the debt of two 50% owned corporations which have commenced legal actions against the Company and denied the Company access to their financial information.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

5.             Investments in Partially-Owned Entities - continued

 

Alexander’s

         The Company owns 33% of the outstanding common stock of Alexander’s at September 30, 2005.  The Company manages, leases and develops Alexander’s properties pursuant to agreements, which expire in March of each year and are automatically renewable, except for the 731 Lexington Avenue development agreement which provides for a term lasting until substantial completion of the development of the property.

 

         In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, Alexander’s paid Building Management Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, $1,028,000 and $2,680,000 for cleaning and engineering services at Alexander’s 731 Lexington Avenue and Kings Plaza properties.

 

         The residential space at Alexander’s 731 Lexington Avenue property is comprised of 105 condominium units.  At September 30, 2005, 98 of the condominium units have been sold and closed and 1 unit was under sales contract.  In connection therewith, the Company recognized income of $28,134,000, in the nine months ended September 30, 2005, comprised of (i) the Company’s $17,991,000 share of Alexander’s after-tax net gain, using the percentage-of-completion method and (ii) $10,143,000 of income the Company had previously deferred.

 

         On July 6, 2005, Alexander’s completed a $320,000,000 mortgage financing on the retail space at the Company’s 731 Lexington Avenue property.  The loan is interest only at a fixed rate of 4.93% and matures in July 2015.  Of the net proceeds of approximately $312,000,000 (net of mortgage recording tax and closing costs), $90,000,000 was used to pay off the construction loan on the property and $124,000,000 was used to repay the Company’s loan to Alexander’s.  Alexander’s paid the Company the remaining $20,624,000 of the $26,300,000   731 Lexington Avenue development fee and the $6,300,000 completion guarantee fee, representing 1% of construction costs as defined.

 

         At September 30, 2005, Alexander’s owed the Company $32,434,000 for leasing fees and $1,778,000 for management fees and property management and cleaning fees.

 

Newkirk MLP

        On August 8, 2005, Newkirk Realty Trust, Inc. (“Newkirk REIT”) filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the Securities and Exchange Commission that describes a proposed initial public offering.  If the initial public offering is completed, Newkirk REIT will acquire a controlling interest in Newkirk MLP and become its sole general partner.  The Company will not sell any of its ownership interest in Newkirk MLP for one year as part of the public offering and subsequent to the offering would own approximately 16% of Newkirk REIT on a fully diluted basis, treating all of the outstanding Newkirk MLP units as Newkirk REIT common share equivalents.

 

        On August 11, 2005 the MLP completed a $750,000,000 mortgage financing comprised of two separate loans.  One loan, in the initial principal amount of $272,200,000 (the “T-2 loan”) is collateralized by contract right notes encumbering certain of the MLP’s properties.  The other loan, in the initial principal amount of $477,800,000 is collateralized by the MLP’s properties, subject to the existing first and certain second mortgage loans on those properties.  The new loans bear interest at LIBOR plus 2.0% (reducing to 1.75% if the offering is consummated) and mature in August 2008, with two one-year extension options.  The loans are prepayable without penalty after August 2006.  The proceeds of the new loans were used to repay approximately $708,737,000 of existing debt and accrued interest and $34,500,000 of prepayment penalties and closing costs.  The Company’s $7,992,000 share of the losses on the early extinguishment of debt and write-off of the related deferred financing costs are included in the equity in net loss of Newkirk MLP in the three months ended September 30, 2005.

 

         If the initial public offering is completed, Newkirk MLP will acquire the contract right notes and assume the obligations under the T-2 loan, which will result in a net gain of approximately $14,700,000 to the Company.  In addition, the Company will transfer Newkirk MLP units with a value of approximately $12,000,000 to its partner to satisfy a promoted obligation, of which approximately $9,900,000 will be expensed based on the midpoint price of $20 per share disclosed in the Form S-11.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

5.             Investments in Partially-Owned Entities - continued

 

GMH Communities L.P.

         As of September 30, 2005, the Company owns 7.3 million limited partnership units, or 11.84% of the limited partnership interest of GMH Communities L.P. (“GMH”), a partnership focused on the student and military housing sectors.  The Company accounts for its interest in the partnership units on the equity-method based on its ownership interest and right to appoint one of its executive officers to GMH Communities Trust’s (“GCT”) Board of Trustees.  GCT is a real estate investment trust that conducts its business through GMH, of which it is the sole general partner.

 

         The Company records its pro rata share of GMH’s net income or loss on a one-quarter lag basis as the Company files its consolidated financial statements on Form 10-K or 10-Q prior to the time GCT files its financial statements.  Equity in net income from GMH for the three months ended September 30, 2005 was $495,000, representing the Company’s share of GMH’s net income from April 1, 2005 to June 30, 2005.  Equity in net income from GMH for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $995,000, representing the Company’s share of GMH’s net income from November 3, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

 

         In addition to the above, the Company holds warrants to purchase an additional 5.8 million limited partnership units of GMH or common shares of GCT at a price of $8.68 per unit or share through May 6, 2006.  Because these warrants are derivatives and do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment, the gains or losses resulting from the mark-to-market of the warrants at the end of each reporting period are recognized as an increase or decrease in “interest and other investment income” on the Company’s consolidated statement of income.  In the three months ended September 30, 2005, the Company recognized income of $5,250,000 from the mark-to-market of these warrants, which were valued using a trinomial option pricing model based on GCT’s closing stock price on the NYSE of $14.67 per share on September 30, 2005.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, the Company recognized income of $7,813,000 from the mark-to-market of these warrants.

 

         On August 10, 2005, Michael D. Fascitelli, President of the Company, was appointed to the Board of Trustees of GCT pursuant to the terms of the warrants held by the Company.  In conjunction therewith, Mr. Fascitelli received 4,034 restricted common shares of GCT at a price of $14.33 per share.  These shares vest in equal installments over three years and are held by Mr. Fascitelli for the Company’s benefit.

 

         On October 4, 2005, the Company acquired 700,000 GCT common shares for an aggregate price of $9,975,000, in a public offering in which GCT sold a total of 9,315,000 common shares at a price of $14.25 per share.  Subsequent to the offering, the Company owns 7,337,857 GMH limited partnership units and 700,000 GCT common shares which equates to a 11.3% ownership interest in GMH.  The Company’s ownership interest would be increased to approximately 18.0% upon exercising the warrants described above.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

6.       Notes, Mortgage Loans Receivable and Other Investments

         On January 7, 2005, all of the outstanding General Motors Building loans aggregating $275,000,000 were repaid.  In connection therewith, the Company received a $4,500,000 prepayment premium and $1,996,000 of accrued interest and fees through January 14, 2005, which is included in “interest and other investment income” on the Company’s consolidated statement of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2005.

 

         On February 3, 2005, the Company made a $135,000,000 mezzanine loan to Riley Holdco Corp., an entity formed to complete the acquisition of LNR Property Corporation (NYSE: LNR).  Riley Holdco Corp. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of LNR Property Holdings, Ltd., which is 75% owned by funds and accounts managed by Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. and its real estate affiliate Blackacre Institutional Capital Management, LLC.  The terms of the financings are as follows: (i) $60,000,000 of a $325,000,000 mezzanine tranche of a $2,400,000,000 credit facility secured by certain equity interests and which is junior to $1,900,000,000 of the credit facility, bears interest at LIBOR plus 5.25% (8.88% as of September 30, 2005), and matures in February 2008 with two one-year extensions; and (ii) $75,000,000 of $400,000,000 of unsecured notes which are subordinate to the $2,400,000,000 credit facility and senior to over $700,000,000 of equity contributed to finance the acquisition.  These notes mature in February 2015, provide for a 1.5% placement fee, and bear interest at 10% for the first five years and 11% for years six through ten.

 

         On April 7, 2005, the Company made a $108,000,000 mezzanine loan secured by The Sheffield, a mixed-use residential property in Manhattan, containing 845 apartments, 109,000 square feet of office space and 6,900 square feet of retail space.  The loan is subordinate to $378,500,000 of other debt, matures in April 2007 with a one-year extension, provides for a 1% placement fee, and bears interest at LIBOR plus 7.75% (11.61% as at September 30, 2005).

 

         On May 11, 2005, the Company’s $83,000,000 loan to Extended Stay America was repaid.  In connection therewith, the Company received an $830,000 prepayment premium, which is included in “interest and other investment income” on the Company’s consolidated statement of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2005.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

7.       Identified Intangible Assets, Intangible Liabilities and Goodwill

         The following summarizes the Company’s identified intangible assets, intangible liabilities (deferred credit) and goodwill as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004.

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

September 30,
2005

 

December 31,
2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identified intangible assets (included in other assets):

 

 

 

 

 

Gross amount

 

$

243,396

 

$

238,064

 

Accumulated amortization

 

(68,334

)

(61,942

)

Net

 

$

175,062

 

$

176,122

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill (included in other assets):

 

 

 

 

 

Gross amount

 

$

13,624

 

$

10,425

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identified intangible liabilities (included in deferred credit):

 

 

 

 

 

Gross amount

 

$

186,672

 

$

121,202

 

Accumulated amortization

 

(63,011

)

(50,938

)

Net

 

$

123,661

 

$

70,264

 

 

         Amortization of acquired below market leases, net of acquired above market leases (a component of rental income) was $3,462,000 and $9,118,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and $4,730,000 and $11,492,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004.  The estimated annual amortization of acquired below market leases, net of acquired above market leases for each of the five succeeding years is as follows:

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006

 

$

11,729

 

2007

 

9,401

 

2008

 

8,429

 

2009

 

6,586

 

2010

 

5,613

 

 

         The estimated annual amortization of all other identified intangible assets (a component of depreciation and amortization expense) including acquired in-place leases, customer relationships, and third party contracts for each of the five succeeding years is as follows:

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006

 

$

15,309

 

2007

 

14,163

 

2008

 

13,529

 

2009

 

13,107

 

2010

 

12,592

 

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

8.       Debt

         The following is a summary of the Company’s debt:

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Rate
as of

 

Balance as of

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Maturity

 

September 30,
2005

 

September 30,
2005

 

December 31,
2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes and Mortgages Payable:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Interest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Office:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NYC Office:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two Penn Plaza

 

02/11

 

4.97

%

$

300,000

 

$

300,000

 

888 Seventh Avenue

 

02/06

 

6.63

%

105,000

 

105,000

 

Eleven Penn Plaza

 

12/14

 

5.20

%

217,531

 

219,777

 

866 UN Plaza

 

05/07

 

8.39

%

47,183

 

48,130

 

909 Third Avenue(1)

 

04/15

 

5.64

%

223,896

 

 

Washington DC Office:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crystal Park 1-5

 

07/06-08/13

 

6.51-8.39

%

250,390

 

253,802

 

Crystal Gateway 1-4 Crystal Square 5

 

07/12-01/25

 

6.75-7.09

%

211,310

 

212,643

 

Crystal Square 2, 3 and 4

 

10/10-11/14

 

6.82-7.08

%

139,623

 

141,502

 

Skyline Place

 

08/06-12/09

 

6.60-6.93

%

129,677

 

132,427

 

1101 17th , 1140 Connecticut, 1730 M and 1150 17th

 

08/10

 

6.74

%

93,241

 

94,409

 

Courthouse Plaza 1 and 2

 

01/08

 

7.05

%

76,344

 

77,427

 

Reston Executive I, II and III

 

01/06

 

6.75

%

70,765

 

71,645

 

Crystal Gateway N., Arlington Plaza and 1919 S. Eads

 

11/07

 

6.77

%

69,188

 

70,215

 

One Skyline Tower

 

06/08

 

7.12

%

63,007

 

63,814

 

Crystal Malls 1-4

 

12/11

 

6.91

%

50,765

 

55,228

 

1750 Pennsylvania Avenue

 

06/12

 

7.26

%

48,494

 

48,876

 

One Democracy Plaza(2)

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

 

26,121

 

Retail:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cross collateralized mortgages payable on 42 shopping centers

 

03/10

 

7.93

%

471,441

 

476,063

 

Green Acres Mall

 

02/08

 

6.75

%

143,941

 

145,920

 

Las Catalinas Mall

 

11/13

 

6.97

%

64,873

 

65,696

 

Montehiedra Town Center

 

05/07

 

8.23

%

57,336

 

57,941

 

Forest Plaza

 

05/09

 

4.00

%

20,288

 

20,924

 

Lodi Shopping Center

 

06/14

 

5.12

%

11,962

 

12,228

 

386 West Broadway

 

05/13

 

5.09

%

4,985

 

5,083

 

Rockville Town Center

 

12/10

 

5.52

%

15,258

 

 

Westbury Retail Condominium

 

06/18

 

5.29

%

80,000

 

 

Merchandise Mart:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Washington Design Center

 

11/11

 

6.95

%

47,079

 

47,496

 

Market Square Complex

 

07/11

 

7.95

%

44,204

 

45,287

 

Furniture Plaza

 

02/13

 

5.23

%

43,403

 

44,497

 

Other

 

10/10-06/28

 

7.52-7.71

%

17,911

 

18,156

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cross collateralized mortgages payable on 57 properties

 

05/08

 

6.89

%

473,419

 

483,533

 

Other:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Warehouses

 

10/11

 

6.95

%

47,968

 

48,385

 

Total Fixed Interest Notes and Mortgages Payable

 

 

 

6.66

%

3,640,482

 

3,392,225

 

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

8.             Debt - - continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Rate
as of

 

Balance as of

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Maturity

 

Spread over LIBOR

 

September 30, 2005

 

September 30,
2005

 

December 31,
2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes and Mortgages Payable:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable Interest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Office:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NYC Office:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

770 Broadway

 

06/06

 

L+105

 

4.91

%

$

170,000

 

$

170,000

 

909 Third Avenue(1)

 

(1

)

(1

)

(1

)

 

125,000

 

Washington DC Office:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bowen Building

 

03/07

 

L+150

 

5.36

%

62,099

 

 

Commerce Executive III, IV and V(4)

 

07/06

 

L+150

 

5.19

%

32,839

 

41,796

 

Commerce Executive III, IV and V B(4)

 

07/06

 

L+85

 

4.54

%

18,433

 

10,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cross collateralized mortgages payable on 27 properties

 

04/09

 

L+295

 

7.81

%

246,458

 

250,207

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

220 Central Park South

 

08/06

 

L+350

 

7.02

%

95,000

 

 

Other

 

 

 

L+190

 

6.31

%

9,457

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Variable Interest Notes and Mortgages Payable

 

 

 

 

 

6.41

%

634,286

 

597,003

 

Total Notes and Mortgages Payable

 

 

 

 

 

6.62

%

$

4,274,768

 

$

3,989,228

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Unsecured Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior unsecured notes due 2007 at fair value (accreted carrying amount of $499,751 and $499,643)

 

06/07

 

L+77

 

4.46

%

$

501,258

 

$

512,791

 

Senior unsecured notes due 2009

 

08/09

 

 

 

4.50

%

249,602

 

249,526

 

Senior unsecured notes due 2010

 

12/10

 

 

 

4.75

%

199,807

 

199,779

 

Total senior unsecured notes

 

 

 

 

 

4.53

%

$

950,667

 

$

962,096

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exchangeable senior debentures due 2025(3)

 

03/25

 

 

 

3.875

%

$

490,500

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$600 million unsecured revolving credit facility ($39,066 reserved for outstanding letters of credit)

 

07/06

 

L+65

 

N/A

 

$

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Notes Payable related to discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

400 North LaSalle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

$

5,187

 


(1)    On March 31, 2005, the Company completed a $225,000 refinancing of 909 Third Avenue.  The loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 5.64% and matures in April 2015.  The Company retained net proceeds of approximately $100,000 after repaying the existing floating rate loan on the property and closing costs.

 

(2)    Repaid in May 2005.

 

(3)    On March 29, 2005, the Company completed a public offering of $500,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.875% exchangeable senior debentures due 2025 pursuant to an effective registration statement.  The notes were sold at 98.0% of their aggregate principal amount.  The aggregate net proceeds from this offering, after the underwriters’ discount, were approximately $490,000.  The debentures are exchangeable, under certain circumstances, for common shares of the Company at an initial exchange rate of 10.9589 common shares per $1,000 of principal amount of debentures.  The initial exchange price of $91.25 represented a premium of 30% to the closing price for the Company’s common shares on March 22, 2005 of $70.25.  The Company may elect to settle any exchange right in cash.  The debentures permit the Company to increase its common dividend 5% per annum, cumulatively, without an increase to the exchange rate.  The debentures are redeemable at the Company’s option beginning in 2012 for the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest.  Holders of the debentures have the right to require the issuer to repurchase their debentures in 2012, 2015 and 2020 and in the event of a change in control.

 

(4)    On July 29, 2005, the Company completed a one year extension of its Commerce Executive III, IV, and V mortgage note payable.  The Commerce Executive III, IV and V mortgage note payable was reduced to $33,000 and the Commerce Executive III, IV and V B mortgage note payable increased to $18,433.

 

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VORNADO REALTY TRUST

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

9.       Fee and Other Income

         The following table sets forth the details of fee and other income:

(Amounts in thousands)

 

For The Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

For The Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

Tenant cleaning fees

 

$

7,998

 

$

7,976

 

$

23,220

 

$

22,687

 

Management and leasing fees

 

2,532

 

3,239

 

10,613

 

13,194

 

Lease termination fees

 

6,553

 

9,400

 

24,732

 

13,246

 

Other income

 

3,709

 

6,263

 

13,632

 

14,699

 

 

 

$

20,792

 

$

26,878

 

$

72,197

 

$

63,826

 

 

         Fee and other income above includes management fee income from Interstate Properties, a related party, of $212,000 and $172,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and $594,000 and $568,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively.  The above table excludes fee income from partially-owned entities which is included in income from partially-owned entities (see Note 5—Investments in Partially-Owned Entities).

 

10.    Discontinued Operations

         In 2004, the Company classified Arlington Plaza, an office property located in Arlington, Virginia as a discontinued operation and reported the revenues and expenses related to the property as discontinued operations and classified the related assets and liabilities as assets and liabilities held for sale for all periods presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2004.  On June 30, 2005, the Company made a decision not to sell Arlington Plaza and accordingly, reclassified the related assets and liabilities and revenues and expenses back into continuing operations for all periods presented.

 

         Assets related to discontinued operations at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, consist primarily of the net book value of real estate and represent a retail property located in Vineland, New Jersey and the 400 North LaSalle Residential Complex, which was sold on April 21, 2005.

 

         The combined results of operations of the assets related to discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 include the operating results of the assets related to discontinued operations above, as well as the Company’s Palisades Residential Complex sold on June 29, 2004, and Dundalk, Maryland retail property sold on August 12, 2004.

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

For The Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

For The Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

Total revenues

 

$

 

$

1,787

 

$

2,443

 

$

12,669

 

Total expenses

 

22

 

1,752

 

1,573

 

11,360

 

Net (loss) income

 

(22

)

35

 

870

 

1,309

 

Gain on sale of Palisades

 

 

 

 

65,905

 

Gain on sale of 400 N. LaSalle

 

 

 

31,614

 

 

Gain on sale of Dundalk

 

 

9,850

 

 

9,850

 

(Loss) income from discontinued operations

 

$

(22

)

$

9,885

 

$

32,484

 

$

77,064

 

 

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VORNADO REALTY TRUST

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

11.    Income Per Share

         The following table provides a reconciliation of both net income and the number of common shares used in the computation of (i) basic income per common share—which utilizes the weighted average number of common shares outstanding without regard to dilutive potential common shares, and (ii) diluted income per common share—which includes the weighted average common shares and potentially dilutive share equivalents.  Potentially dilutive share equivalents include the Company’s Series A convertible preferred shares, employee stock options and restricted share awards, exchangeable senior debentures due 2025 as well as Vornado Realty L.P.’s convertible preferred units.

 

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

For The Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

For The Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations (applicable to common shares)

 

$

38,764

 

$

98,638

 

$

387,159

 

$

275,899

 

(Loss) income from discontinued operations

 

(22

)

9,885

 

32,484

 

77,064

 

Net income

 

38,742

 

108,523

 

419,643

 

352,963

 

Preferred share dividends

 

(11,519

)

(4,022

)

(32,290

)

(15,569

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Numerator for basic income per share—net income applicable to common shares

 

27,223

 

104,501

 

387,353

 

337,394

 

Impact of assumed conversions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A convertible preferred share dividends

 

 

266

 

721

 

805

 

Series E-1 convertible preferred unit distributions

 

 

 

 

1,581

 

Numerator for diluted income per share—net income applicable to common shares

 

$

27,223

 

$

104,767

 

$

388,074

 

$

339,780

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator for basic income per share—weighted average shares

 

136,452

 

126,397

 

131,682

 

124,624

 

Effect of dilutive securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee stock options and restricted share awards

 

7,359

 

5,626

 

6,784

 

5,107

 

Series A convertible preferred shares

 

 

454

 

410

 

461

 

Series E-1 convertible preferred units

 

 

 

 

851

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator for diluted income per share—adjusted weighted average shares and assumed conversions

 

143,811

 

132,477

 

138,876

 

131,043

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INCOME PER COMMON SHARE—BASIC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

$

.20

 

$

.75

 

$

2.69

 

$

2.09

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

 

.08

 

.25

 

.62

 

Net income per common share

 

$

.20

 

$

.83

 

$

2.94

 

$

2.71

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INCOME PER COMMON SHARE—DILUTED:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

$

.19

 

$

.71

 

$

2.56

 

$

2.00

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

 

.08

 

.23

 

.59

 

Net income per common share

 

$

.19

 

$

.79

 

$

2.79

 

$

2.59

 

 

 

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VORNADO REALTY TRUST

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

12.    Comprehensive Income

         The following table sets forth the Company’s comprehensive income:

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

For The Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

For The Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

Net income

 

$

38,742

 

$

108,523

 

$

419,643

 

$

352,963

 

Other comprehensive income

 

30,340

 

21,672

 

52,066

 

20,846

 

Comprehensive income

 

$

69,082

 

$

130,195

 

$

471,709

 

$

373,809

 

 

         Accumulated other comprehensive income amounted to $99,848,000 as at September 30, 2005, substantially all of which relates to income from the mark-to-market of marketable equity securities classified as available-for-sale.

 

13.    Stock-based Compensation

         Prior to 2003, the Company accounted for stock-based compensation using the intrinsic value method (i.e., the difference between the price per share on the grant date and the option exercise price).  Accordingly, no stock-based compensation was recognized in the Company’s consolidated financial statements for plan awards granted prior to 2003.  If compensation cost for grants prior to 2003 were recognized as compensation expense based on the fair value at the grant dates, net income and income per share would have been reduced to the pro-forma amounts below:

 

 

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

For The Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

For The Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

Net income applicable to common shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As reported

 

$

27,223

 

$

104,501

 

$

387,353

 

$

337,394

 

Stock-based compensation cost, net of minority interest

 

(84

)

(988

)

(253

)

(2,964

)

Pro forma

 

$

27,139

 

$

103,513

 

$

387,100

 

$

334,430

 

Net income per share applicable to common shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As reported

 

$

.20

 

$

.83

 

$

2.94

 

$

2.71

 

Pro forma

 

.20

 

.82

 

2.94

 

2.68

 

Diluted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As reported

 

$

.19

 

$

.79

 

$

2.79

 

$

2.59

 

Pro forma

 

.19

 

.78

 

2.79

 

2.57

 

 

 

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VORNADO REALTY TRUST

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

14.    Commitments and Contingencies

         At September 30, 2005, the Company utilized $39,066,000 of availability under its revolving credit facility for letters of credit and guarantees.

 

         On March 5, 2005, as part of the Company’s investment in a joint venture that owns Beverly Connection (see Note 4), the Company committed to provide up to an additional $35,000,000 of preferred equity to the venture, if requested by the venture.

 

         Each of the Company’s properties has been subjected to varying degrees of environmental assessment at various times. The environmental assessments did not reveal any material environmental contamination. However, there can be no assurance that the identification of new areas of contamination, changes in the extent or known scope of contamination, the discovery of additional sites, or changes in cleanup requirements would not result in significant costs to the Company.

 

         The Company carries comprehensive liability and all risk property insurance ((i) fire, (ii) flood, (iii) extended coverage, (iv) “acts of terrorism” as defined in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 and (v) rental loss insurance) with respect to its assets.  In September 2005, the Company renewed $500,000,000 of its all risk insurance policies through September 2006 for each of its New York Office, Washington DC Office, Retail and Merchandise Mart divisions.  The Company plans to renew the remaining amounts of all risk coverage above $500,000,000 for each division prior to expiration in December 2005.  Below is a summary of the current all risk property insurance and terrorism risk insurance for each of the Company’s business segments:

 

 

 

Coverage Per Occurrence

 

 

 

All Risk (1)

 

Sub-Limits for Acts of
Terrorism

 

New York Office

 

$

1,400,000,000

 

$

750,000,000

 

Washington DC Office

 

1,400,000,000

 

750,000,000

 

Retail

 

500,000,000

 

500,000,000

 

Merchandise Mart

 

1,400,000,000

 

750,000,000

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics

 

225,000,000

 

225,000,000

 


(1)       Limited as to terrorism insurance by the sub-limit shown in the adjacent column.

 

 

         In addition to the coverage above, the Company carries lesser amounts of coverage for terrorist acts not covered by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002.

 

         The Company’s debt instruments, consisting of mortgage loans secured by its properties (which are generally non-recourse to the Company), its senior unsecured notes due 2007, 2009 and 2010, its exchangeable senior debentures due 2025 and its revolving credit agreement, contain customary covenants requiring the Company to maintain insurance.  Although the Company believes that it has adequate insurance coverage under these agreements, the Company may not be able to obtain an equivalent amount of coverage at reasonable costs in the future.  Further, if lenders insist on greater coverage than the Company is able to obtain, or if the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 is not extended, it could adversely affect the Company’s ability to finance and/or refinance its properties and expand its portfolio.

 

         From time to time, the Company has disposed of substantial amounts of real estate to third parties for which, as to certain properties, it remains contingently liable for rent payments or mortgage indebtedness that cannot be quantified by the Company.

 

         There are various legal actions against the Company in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, after consultation with legal counsel, the outcome of such matters will not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flow.

 

         On January 8, 2003, Stop & Shop filed a complaint with the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (“USDC-NJ”) claiming the Company has no right to reallocate and therefore continue to collect $5,000,000 of annual rent from Stop & Shop pursuant to the Master Agreement and Guaranty.  On May 17, 2005, the Company filed a motion for summary judgment.  On July 15, 2005, Stop & Shop opposed the Company’s motion and filed a cross-motion for summary judgment.  On September 29, 2005, the Court stayed discovery pending its decision.  The Company intends to pursue its claims against Stop & Shop vigorously.

 

 

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VORNADO REALTY TRUST

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

15.    Retirement Plans

         The following table sets forth the components of net periodic benefit costs:

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

For The Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

For The Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

Service cost

 

$

325

 

$

 

$

 975

 

$

 

Interest cost

 

1,238

 

304

 

3,714

 

912

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

(1,346

)

(267

)

(4,037

)

(802

)

Amortization of net (gain) loss

 

52

 

53

 

155

 

160

 

Net periodic benefit cost

 

$

269

 

$

 90

 

$

807

 

$

270

 

 

          Employer Contributions

 

         The Company made contributions of $3,701,000 and $750,000 to the plans during the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively.  The Company anticipates additional contributions of $1,678,000 to the plans during the remainder of 2005.

 

16.    Related Party Transactions

         Melvyn H. Blum, Executive Vice President—Development, resigned from the Company effective July 15, 2005.  In accordance with the terms of his employment agreement, his $2,000,000 outstanding loan as of June 30, 2005 was repaid on August 14, 2005.

 

 

 

29



 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

17.          Segment Information

         Below is a summary of net income and a reconciliation of net income to EBITDA(1) by segment for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004.

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2005

 

 

 

Total

 

Office(3)

 

Retail(3)

 

Merchandise Mart(3)

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics(4)

 

Toys(5)

 

Other(6)

 

Property rentals

 

$

332,808

 

$

207,616

 

$

51,238

 

$

55,188

 

$

 

$

 

$

18,766

 

Straight-line rents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contractual rent increases

 

3,844

 

1,295

 

1,736

 

796

 

 

 

17

 

Amortization of free rent

 

9,410

 

6,039

 

872

 

2,499

 

 

 

 

Amortization of acquired below-market leases, net

 

3,462

 

1,820

 

1,556

 

 

 

 

86

 

Total rentals

 

349,524

 

216,770

 

55,402

 

58,483

 

 

 

18,869

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics

 

232,778

 

 

 

 

232,778

 

 

 

Tenant expense reimbursements

 

53,861

 

31,163

 

17,760

 

4,305

 

—-

 

 

633

 

Fee and other income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant cleaning fees

 

7,998

 

7,998

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management and leasing fees

 

2,532

 

2,294

 

220

 

18

 

 

 

 

Lease termination fees

 

6,553

 

3,437

 

1,816

 

1,300

 

 

 

 

Other

 

3,709

 

2,427

 

93

 

1,188

 

 

 

1

 

Total revenues

 

656,955

 

264,089

 

75,291

 

65,294

 

232,778

 

 

19,503

 

Operating expenses

 

353,376

 

107,206

 

21,405

 

27,177

 

185,106

 

 

12,482

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

82,651

 

42,551

 

8,403

 

9,529

 

18,274

 

 

3,894

 

General and administrative

 

48,107

 

10,419

 

3,707

 

5,958

 

12,289

 

 

15,734

 

Total expenses

 

484,134

 

160,176

 

33,515

 

42,664

 

215,669

 

 

32,110

 

Operating income (loss)

 

172,821

 

103,913

 

41,776

 

22,630

 

17,109

 

 

(12,607

)

Income applicable to Alexander’s

 

3,699

 

190

 

176

 

 

 

 

3,333

 

Income (loss) from partially-owned entities

 

4,172

 

1,167

 

3,654

 

46

 

251

 

(530

)(5)

(416

)

Interest and other investment (expense)income

 

(35,660

)

437

 

129

 

22

 

592

 

 

(36,840

)

Interest and debt expense

 

(88,391

)

(36,063

)

(15,470

)

(2,694

)

(14,161

)

 

(20,003

)

Net gain on disposition of wholly-owned and partially-owned assets other than depreciable real estate

 

13,448

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

13,415

 

Minority interest of partially-owned entities

 

(768

)

 

—-

 

12

 

(850

)

 

70

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

 

69,321

 

69,677

 

30,265

 

20,016

 

2,941

 

(530

)

(53,048

)

Loss from discontinued operations

 

(22

)

 

(22

)

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before allocation to limited partners

 

69,299

 

69,677

 

30,243

 

20,016

 

2,941

 

(530

)

(53,048

)

Limited partners’ interest in the Operating Partnership

 

(3,342

)

 

—-

 

 

 

 

(3,342

)

Perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership

 

(27,215

)

 

 

 

 

 

(27,215

)

Net income (loss)

 

38,742

 

69,677

 

30,243

 

20,016

 

2,941

 

(530

)

(83,605

)

Interest and debt expense(2)

 

100,355

 

37,178

 

17,178

 

2,917

 

6,738

 

4,613

 

31,731

 

Depreciation and amortization(2)

 

87,455

 

43,455

 

9,370

 

9,670

 

8,722

 

3,295

 

12,943

 

Income taxes

 

1,040

 

634

 

 

439

 

847

 

(989

)

109

 

EBITDA(1)

 

$

227,592

 

$

150,944

 

$

56,791

 

$

33,042

 

$

19,248

 

$

6,389

 

$

(38,822

)


See footnotes on page 34.

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

17.          Segment Information - continued

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2004

 

 

 

Total

 

Office(3)

 

Retail(3)

 

Merchandise Mart(3)

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics(4)

 

Other(6)

 

Property rentals

 

$

318,472

 

$

209,220

 

$

40,806

 

$

52,150

 

$

 

$

16,296

 

Straight-line rents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contractual rent increases

 

9,783

 

7,318

 

1,505

 

913

 

 

47

 

Amortization of free rent

 

6,639

 

1,422

 

3,742

 

1,478

 

 

(3

)

Amortization of acquired below-market leases, net

 

4,730

 

3,599

 

1,131

 

 

 

 

Total rentals

 

339,624

 

221,559

 

47,184

 

54,541

 

 

16,340

 

Tenant expense reimbursements

 

48,793

 

27,170

 

14,781

 

5,837

 

 

1,005

 

Fee and other income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant cleaning fees

 

7,976

 

7,976

 

 

 

 

 

Management and leasing fees

 

3,239

 

2,868

 

243

 

128

 

 

 

Lease termination fees

 

9,400

 

8,754

 

585

 

61

 

 

 

Other

 

6,263

 

4,615

 

152

 

1,467

 

 

29

 

Total revenues

 

415,295

 

272,942

 

62,945

 

62,034

 

—-

 

17,374

 

Operating expenses

 

160,430

 

104,626

 

18,889

 

24,667

 

 

12,248

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

59,351

 

41,294

 

6,191

 

8,352

 

 

3,514

 

General and administrative

 

29,649

 

8,742

 

3,424

 

5,247

 

 

12,236

 

Cost of acquisition not consummated

 

1,475

 

 

 

 

 

1,475

 

Total expenses

 

250,905

 

154,662

 

28,504

 

38,266

 

—-

 

29,473

 

Operating income (loss)

 

164,390

 

118,280

 

34,441

 

23,768

 

 

(12,099

)

Income applicable to Alexander’s

 

1,127

 

103

 

170

 

 

 

854

 

Income from partially-owned entities

 

9,826

 

692

 

662

 

112

 

2,781

 

5,579

 

Interest and other investment income

 

17,813

 

230

 

112

 

26

 

 

17,445

 

Interest and debt expense

 

(61,101

)

(33,131

)

(14,911

)

(2,786

)

 

(10,273

)

Minority interest of partially-owned entities

 

33

 

 

—-

 

—-

 

—-

 

33

 

Income from continuing operations

 

132,088

 

86,174

 

20,474

 

21,120

 

2,781

 

1,539

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

9,885

 

 

9,845

 

 

 

40

 

Income before allocation to limited partners

 

141,973

 

86,174

 

30,319

 

21,120

 

2,781

 

1,579

 

Limited partners’ interest in the Operating Partnership

 

(16,116

)

 

 

 

 

(16,116

)

Perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership

 

(17,334

)

 

 

 

 

(17,334

)

Net income (loss)

 

108,523

 

86,174

 

30,319

 

21,120

 

2,781

 

(31,871

)

Interest and debt expense(2)

 

80,335

 

34,092

 

15,720

 

3,013

 

7,796

 

19,714

 

Depreciation and amortization(2)

 

74,294

 

42,056

 

6,911

 

8,486

 

8,614

 

8,227

 

Income taxes

 

607

 

273

 

 

279

 

 

55

 

EBITDA(1)

 

$

263,759

 

$

162,595

 

$

52,950

 

$

32,898

 

$

19,191

 

$

(3,875

)

 

EBITDA includes a net gain on sale of real estate of $9,850, which relates to the Retail segment.


See footnotes on page 34.

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

17.          Segment Information - continued

 

         Below is a summary of net income and a reconciliation of net income to EBITDA(1) by segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004.

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005

 

 

 

Total

 

Office(3)

 

Retail(3)

 

Merchandise
Mart
(3)

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics(4)

 

Toys(5)

 

Other(6)

 

Property rentals

 

$

986,375

 

$

624,712

 

$

147,802

 

$

163,858

 

$

 

$

 

$

50,003

 

Straight-line rents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contractual rent increases

 

13,945

 

8,616

 

4,400

 

876

 

 

 

53

 

Amortization of free rent

 

21,368

 

12,247

 

1,845

 

7,276

 

 

 

 

Amortization of acquired below-market leases, net

 

9,118

 

5,347

 

3,685

 

 

 

 

86

 

Total rentals

 

1,030,806

 

650,922

 

157,732

 

172,010

 

 

 

50,142

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics

 

592,894

 

 

 

 

592,894

 

 

 

Tenant expense reimbursements

 

154,512

 

84,770

 

54,884

 

12,812

 

 

 

2,046

 

Fee and other income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant cleaning fees

 

23,220

 

23,220

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management and leasing fees

 

10,613

 

9,848

 

717

 

48

 

 

 

 

Lease termination fees

 

24,732

 

6,942

 

2,399

 

15,391

(3)

 

 

 

Other

 

13,632

 

9,786

 

204

 

3,641

 

 

 

1

 

Total revenues

 

1,850,409

 

785,488

 

215,936

 

203,902

 

592,894

 

 

52,189

 

Operating expenses

 

934,522

 

300,406

 

64,629

 

73,126

 

461,384

 

 

34,977

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

244,455

 

125,890

 

23,961

 

28,817

 

55,651

 

 

10,136

 

General and administrative

 

134,614

 

28,198

 

11,195

 

18,423

 

31,058

 

 

45,740

 

Total expenses

 

1,313,591

 

454,494

 

99,785

 

120,366

 

548,093

 

 

90,853

 

Operating income (loss)

 

536,818

 

330,994

 

116,151

 

83,536

 

44,801

 

 

(38,664

)

Income applicable to Alexander’s

 

42,115

 

379

 

522

 

 

 

 

41,214

 

Income (loss) from partially-owned entities

 

19,992

 

2,763

 

6,950

 

476

 

677

 

(530

)(5)

9,656

 

Interest and other investment income

 

135,461

 

1,098

 

409

 

141

 

1,292

 

 

132,521

 

Interest and debt expense

 

(249,705

)

(104,258

)

(44,648

)

(8,051

)

(41,761

)

 

(50,987

)

Net gain on disposition of wholly-owned and partially-owned assets other than depreciable real estate

 

16,936

 

606

 

896

 

 

 

 

15,434

 

Minority interest of partially- owned entities

 

962

 

 

—-

 

106

 

786

 

 

70

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

 

502,579

 

231,582

 

80,280

 

76,208

 

5,795

 

(530

)

109,244

 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

32,484

 

 

(119

)

 

 

 

32,603

 

Income (loss) before allocation to limited partners

 

535,063

 

231,582

 

80,161

 

76,208

 

5,795

 

(530

)

141,847

 

Limited partners’ interest in the Operating Partnership

 

(54,512

)

 

 

 

 

 

(54,512

)

Perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership

 

(60,908

)

 

 

 

 

 

(60,908

)

Net income (loss)

 

419,643

 

231,582

 

80,161

 

76,208

 

5,795

 

(530

)

26,427

 

Interest and debt expense(2)

 

275,321

 

107,415

 

50,477

 

8,724

 

19,870

 

4,613

 

84,222

 

Depreciation and amortization(2)

 

243,207

 

128,578

 

26,668

 

29,258

 

26,559

 

3,295

 

28,849

 

Income taxes

 

2,969

 

946

 

 

1,057

 

1,466

 

(989

)

489

 

EBITDA(1)

 

$

941,140

 

$

468,521

 

$

157,306

 

$

115,247

 

$

53,690

 

$

6,389

 

$

139,987

 

 

EBITDA includes a net gain on sale of real estate of $31,614, which relates to the Other segment.


See footnotes on page 34.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

17.          Segment Information - continued

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004

 

 

 

Total

 

Office(3)

 

Retail(3)

 

Merchandise Mart(3)

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics(4)

 

Other(6)

 

Property rentals

 

$

945,332

 

$

622,567

 

$

118,236

 

$

159,657

 

$

 

$

44,872

 

Straight-line rents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contractual rent increases

 

25,514

 

19,558

 

3,724

 

2,158

 

 

74

 

Amortization of free rent

 

18,757

 

6,327

 

8,950

 

3,487

 

 

(7

)

Amortization of acquired below-market leases, net

 

11,492

 

7,959

 

3,533

 

 

 

 

Total rentals

 

1,001,095

 

656,411

 

134,443

 

165,302

 

 

44,939

 

Tenant expense reimbursements

 

141,815

 

77,161

 

46,084

 

16,199

 

 

2,371

 

Fee and other income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant cleaning fees

 

22,687

 

22,687

 

 

 

 

 

Management and leasing fees

 

13,194

 

12,223

 

788

 

150

 

 

33

 

Lease termination fees

 

13,246

 

11,419

 

709

 

1,118

(3)

 

 

Other

 

14,699

 

9,852

 

858

 

3,939

 

 

50

 

Total revenues

 

1,206,736

 

789,753

 

182,882

 

186,708

 

—-

 

47,393

 

Operating expenses

 

457,565

 

290,500

 

57,389

 

74,401

 

 

35,275

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

173,151

 

117,960

 

19,279

 

25,644

 

 

10,268

 

General and administrative

 

90,163

 

28,536

 

9,506

 

15,797

 

 

36,324

 

Cost of acquisition not consummated

 

1,475

 

 

 

 

 

1,475

 

Total expenses

 

722,354

 

436,996

 

86,174

 

115,842

 

—-

 

83,342

 

Operating income (loss)

 

484,382

 

352,757

 

96,708

 

70,866

 

 

(35,949

)

Income applicable to Alexander’s

 

4,377

 

345

 

494

 

 

 

3,538

 

Income (loss) from partially-owned entities

 

33,642

 

1,979

 

(2,234

)

481

 

5,604

 

27,812

 

Interest and other investment income

 

36,665

 

634

 

217

 

83

 

 

35,731

 

Interest and debt expense

 

(176,827

)

(98,259

)

(44,481

)

(8,456

)

 

(25,631

)

Net gain on disposition of wholly-owned and partially-owned assets other than depreciable real estate

 

776

 

 

 

 

 

776

 

Minority interest of partially- owned entities

 

48

 

 

—-

 

—-

 

—-

 

48

 

Income from continuing operations

 

383,063

 

257,456

 

50,704

 

62,974

 

5,604

 

6,325

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

77,064

 

 

10,243

 

 

 

66,821

 

Income before allocation to limited partners

 

460,127

 

257,456

 

60,947

 

62,974

 

5,604

 

73,146

 

Limited partners’ interest in the Operating Partnership

 

(55,584

)

 

 

 

 

(55,584

)

Perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership

 

(51,580

)

 

 

 

 

(51,580

)

Net income (loss)

 

352,963

 

257,456

 

60,947

 

62,974

 

5,604

 

(34,018

)

Interest and debt expense(2)

 

234,815

 

101,129

 

46,798

 

9,141

 

23,011

 

54,736

 

Depreciation and amortization(2)

 

218,602

 

120,204

 

21,793

 

26,045

 

25,966

 

24,594

 

Income taxes

 

835

 

293

 

 

279

 

 

263

 

EBITDA(1)

 

$

807,215

 

$

479,082

 

$

129,538

 

$

98,439

 

$

54,581

 

$

45,575

 

 

EBITDA includes net gains on sale of real estate of $75,755, of which $65,905 relates to the Other segment and $9,850 relates to the Retail segment.


See footnotes on the following page.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (CONTINUED)

(UNAUDITED)

 

17.          Segment Information - continued

 

Notes to preceding tabular information

(1)                EBITDA represents “Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization.”  Management considers EBITDA a supplemental measure for making decisions and assessing the unlevered performance of its segments as it relates to the total return on assets as opposed to the levered return on equity.  As properties are bought and sold based on a multiple of EBITDA, management utilizes this measure to make investment decisions as well as to compare the performance of its assets to that of its peers.  EBITDA should not be considered a substitute for net income.  EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies.

(2)                Interest and debt expense and depreciation and amortization included in the reconciliation of net income to EBITDA includes the Company’s share of the interest and debt expense and depreciation and amortization of its partially-owned entities.

(3)                At December 31, 2004, 7 West 34th Street, a 440,000 square foot New York office building, was 100% occupied by four tenants, of which Health Insurance Plan of New York (“HIP”) and Fairchild Publications occupied 255,000 and 146,000 square feet, respectively.  Effective January 4, 2005, the Company entered into a lease termination agreement with HIP under which HIP made an initial payment of $13,362 and is anticipated to make annual payments ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 over the remaining six years of the HIP lease contingent upon the level of operating expenses of the building in each year. In connection with the termination of the HIP lease, the Company wrote off the $2,462 balance of the HIP receivable arising from the straight-lining of rent.

In the first quarter of 2005, the Company began redevelopment of a portion of this property into a permanent showroom building for the giftware industry.  As of January 1, 2005, the Company transferred the operations and financial results related to the office component of this asset from the New York Office division to the Merchandise Mart division for both the current and prior periods presented.  The operations and financial results related to the retail component of this asset were transferred to the Retail division for both current and prior periods presented.

(4)                Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, reflect the consolidation of the Company’s investment in Americold on November 18, 2004.  Previously, this investment was accounted for on the equity method.

(5)                Equity in net loss from Toys for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 is comprised of (i) $1,977 for the Company’s share of Toys net loss in Toys’ second quarter ended July 30, 2005 for the period from July 21, 2005 (the date of Toys acquisition by the Company) to July 30, 2005 partially offset by (ii) $1,333 of interest income for the Company’s share of Toys’ bridge loan and (iii) $114 of management fees.

(6)                Other EBITDA is comprised of:

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

For The Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

For The Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

Newkirk:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity in income of MLP

 

$

8,066

 

$

11,972

 

$

29,243

 

$

38,585

 

Interest and other income

 

2,245

 

2,506

 

7,140

 

15,646

 

Alexander’s

 

10,763

 

5,600

 

60,965

 

17,070

 

Hotel Pennsylvania

 

5,615

 

3,643

 

14,150

 

7,963

 

GMH Communities L.P.

 

2,336

 

 

5,329

 

 

Industrial warehouses

 

1,354

 

1,409

 

4,037

 

3,803

 

Student housing

 

 

274

 

 

1,302

 

Other investments

 

698

 

 

698

 

 

 

 

31,077

 

25,404

 

121,562

 

84,369

 

Investment income and other

 

17,865

 

14,631

 

51,869

 

31,328

 

Corporate general and administrative expenses

 

(14,706

)

(11,242

)

(42,617

)

(33,366

)

Perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership

 

(27,215

)

(17,334

)

(60,908

)

(51,580

)

Limited partners’ interest in the Operating Partnership

 

(3,342

)

(16,116

)

(54,512

)

(55,584

)

Net gain on conversion of Sears common shares and derivative position to Sears Holdings common shares and derivative position

 

 

 

86,094

 

 

Expense from mark-to-market of Sears Holdings derivative position

 

(66,627

)

 

(20,868

)

 

Income from the mark-to-market of McDonalds derivative position

 

9,859

 

 

9,859

 

 

Net gain on disposition of Prime Group common shares

 

9,017

 

 

9,017

 

 

Income from mark-to-market of GMH Communities L.P. warrants

 

5,250

 

 

7,813

 

 

Discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Palisades (including $65,905 net gain on sale)

 

 

 

 

69,704

 

400 North LaSalle (including $31,614 net gain on sale)

 

 

782

 

32,678

 

704

 

 

 

$

(38,822

)

$

(3,875

)

$

139,987

 

$

45,575

 

 

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Vornado Realty Trust
New York, New York

 

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Vornado Realty Trust as of September 30, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, and cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004.  These interim financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.

 

We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters.  It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole.  Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

 

Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to such consolidated interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

As discussed in Note 2, the accompanying consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine month period ended September 30, 2004 has been restated.

 

We have previously audited, in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet of Vornado Realty Trust as of December 31, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 24, 2005, (June 8, 2005 as to the effects of the restatements discussed in Note 17 and August 19, 2005 as to the effects of the reclassifications discussed in Note 4), we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements and include explanatory paragraphs relating to the Company’s application of the provisions of SFAS No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” as discussed in Note 2, the restatement of the consolidated statements of cash flows, as discussed in Note 21, and the reclassifications of certain property as continuing operations, as discussed in Note 4.  In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2004 is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

 

/s/  DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

 

 

Parsippany, New Jersey

November 1, 2005

 

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

         Certain statements contained herein constitute forward-looking statements as such term is defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance.  They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions.  Our future results, financial condition and business may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements.  You can find many of these statements by looking for words such as “approximates,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “would,” “may” or similar expressions in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.  These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties.  Many of the factors that will determine these items are beyond our ability to control or predict.  Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2004 under “Forward Looking Statements” and “Item 1. Business — Certain Factors That May Adversely Affect Our Business and Operations.”  For these statements, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  We expressly disclaim any responsibility to update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.  Accordingly, investors should use caution in relying on forward-looking statements, which are based on results and trends at the time they are made, to anticipate future results or trends.

 

         Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations includes a discussion of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005.  The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

         As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, subsequent to the issuance of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005, management determined that the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 should be restated to reclassify $11,421,000 of “net cash used in investing activities” to “net cash provided by operating activities” as it relates to distributions of income received from partially-owned entities accounted for on the equity method.  The restatement does not affect the total net change in cash and cash equivalents for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and has no impact on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, consolidated statement of income or the related income per share amounts.  The Liquidity and Capital Resources section of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the nine month period ended September 30, 2004 has been updated to reflect this restatement.

 

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Overview

          The Company owns and operates office, retail and showroom properties with large concentrations of office and retail properties in the New York City metropolitan area and in the Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia area.  In addition, the Company has a 47.6% interest in an entity that owns and operates 85 cold storage warehouses nationwide and a 32.95% interest in Toys “R” Us, Inc. (“Toys”) which has 1,517 stores worldwide, including 676 toy stores and 220 Babies “R” Us stores in the United States and 621 international toy stores.

 

          The Company’s business objective is to maximize shareholder value.  The Company measures its success in meeting this objective by the total return to its shareholders.  Below is a table comparing the Company’s performance to the Morgan Stanley REIT Index (“RMS”) for the following periods ending September 30, 2005:

 

 

 

Total Return(1)

 

 

 

Vornado

 

RMS

 

Three-months

 

8.7

%

3.6

%

One-year

 

43.9

%

27.1

%

Three-years

 

160.2

%

98.5

%

Five-years

 

214.6

%

140.6

%

Ten-years

 

695.6

%

292.2

%(2)


(1) Past performance is not necessarily indicative of how the Company will perform in the future.

(2)    From inception on July 25, 1995.

 

          The Company intends to continue to achieve its business objective by pursuing its investment philosophy and executing its operating strategies through:

 

                    Maintaining a superior team of operating and investment professionals and an entrepreneurial spirit.

                    Investing in properties in select markets, such as New York City and Washington, D.C., where we believe there is high likelihood of capital appreciation.

                    Acquiring quality properties at a discount to replacement cost and where there is a significant potential for higher rents.

                    Investing in retail properties in select under-stored locations such as the New York City metropolitan area.

                    Developing/redeveloping the Company’s existing properties to increase returns and maximize value.

                    Providing specialty financing to, and opportunistically investing in, real estate and real estate related companies.

 

          The Company competes with a large number of real estate property owners and developers.  Principal factors of competition are rent charged, attractiveness of location and quality and breadth of services provided.  The Company’s success depends upon, among other factors, trends of the national and local economies, financial condition and operating results of current and prospective tenants and customers, availability and cost of capital, construction and renovation costs, taxes, governmental regulations, legislation and population trends.  Economic growth has been fostered, in part, by low interest rates, Federal tax cuts, and increases in government spending.  To the extent economic growth stalls, the Company may experience lower occupancy rates which may lead to lower initial rental rates, higher leasing costs and a corresponding decrease in net income, funds from operations and cash flow.  Alternatively, if economic growth is sustained, the Company may experience higher occupancy rates leading to higher initial rents and higher interest rates causing an increase in the Company’s weighted average cost of capital and a corresponding effect on net income, funds from operations and cash flow.  The Company’s net income and funds from operations will also be affected by the seasonality of the Toys’ business and competition from discount and mass merchandisers.

 

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2005 Acquisitions

Beverly Connection

         On March 5, 2005, the Company acquired a 50% interest in a venture that owns Beverly Connection, a two-level urban shopping center, containing 322,000 square feet, located in Los Angeles, California for $10,700,000 in cash.  In addition, the Company provided the venture with $35,000,000 of preferred equity yielding 13.5% for up to a three-year term and a $59,500,000 first mortgage loan due February 2006 bearing interest at 13.5%.  The Company will also provide up to an additional $35,000,000 of preferred equity, if requested by the venture.  The shopping center is anchored by CompUSA, Old Navy and Sports Chalet.  The venture plans to redevelop the property and add retail, residential condominiums and assisted living facilities.  The redevelopment is subject to government approvals.  This investment is accounted for under the equity method of accounting.  The Company records its pro rata share of net income or loss in Beverly Connection on a one-month lag basis as the Company files its consolidated financial statements on Form 10-K and 10-Q prior to the time the venture reports its earnings.

 

    Westbury Retail Condominium

 

         On May 20, 2005, the Company acquired the retail condominium of the former Westbury Hotel in Manhattan for $113,000,000 in cash.  Simultaneously with the closing, the Company placed an $80,000,000 mortgage loan on the property bearing interest at 5.292% and maturing in 2018.  The property contains approximately 17,000 square feet and is fully occupied by luxury retailers, Cartier, Chloe and Gucci under leases that expire in 2018.

 

        Dune Capital L.P.

 

         On May 31, 2005, the Company contributed $50,000,000 in cash to Dune Capital L.P., a limited partnership involved in corporate, real estate and asset-based investments.  The Company’s investment represents a 3.5% limited partnership interest as at September 30, 2005.

 

          Bowen Building

 

         On June 13, 2005, the Company acquired the 90% that it did not already own of the Bowen Building, a 231,000 square foot class A office building located at 875 15th Street N.W. in the Central Business District of Washington, D.C.  The purchase price was $119,000,000, consisting of $63,000,000 in cash and an existing mortgage of $56,000,000, bearing interest at LIBOR plus 1.5%, due in February 2007.  At September 30, 2005, the building was 83% occupied by two tenants under leases that expire in 2015 and 2020.

 

          H Street Building Corporation (“H Street”)

 

         On July 20, 2005, the Company acquired H Street, which owns directly or indirectly through stock ownership in corporations, a 50% interest in real estate assets located in Pentagon City, Virginia, including 34 acres of land leased to various residential and retail operators, a 1,670 unit apartment complex, 10 acres of land and two office buildings located in Washington, DC containing 577,000 square feet. The purchase price was approximately $246,600,000, consisting of $194,500,000 in cash and $52,100,000 for the Company’s pro rata share of existing mortgage debt.  The operations of H Street are consolidated into the accounts of the Company from the date of acquisition.

 

         On July 22, 2005, these two corporations filed a complaint against the Company, H Street and three parties affiliated with the sellers of H Street in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia alleging that the Company encouraged H Street and the affiliated parties to breach their fiduciary duties to these corporations and interfered with prospective business and contractual relationships.  The complaint seeks an unspecified amount of damages and a rescission of the Company’s acquisition of H Street.   In addition, on July 29, 2005, a tenant under a ground lease with one of these corporations brought a separate suit in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, alleging, among other things, that the Company’s acquisition of H Street violated a provision giving them a right of first offer and on that basis seeks a rescission of the Company’s acquisition and the right to acquire H Street for the price paid by the Company.  On September 12, 2005, the Company filed a complaint against each of these corporations and their acting directors seeking a restoration of H Street’s full shareholder rights and damages.   The Company believes that the actions filed against the Company are without merit and that it will ultimately be successful in defending against them.

 

         Because of the legal actions described above, the Company has not been granted access to the financial information of two corporations 50% owned by H Street and accordingly has not recorded its share of their net income or loss or disclosed its pro rata share of their outstanding debt in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

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Toys “R” Us, Inc. (“Toys”)

         On July 21, 2005, a joint venture owned equally by the Company, Bain Capital and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. acquired Toys (NYSE: TOY) for $26.75 per share in cash or approximately $6.6 billion.  In connection therewith, the Company provided $428,000,000 of the $1.3 billion of equity to the venture, consisting of $407,000,000 in cash and $21,000,000 in Toys common shares held by the Company.  This investment is accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

 

         Because Toys’ fiscal year ends on the Saturday nearest January 31, the Company will record its 32.95% share of Toys net income or loss on a one-quarter lag basis.  Equity in net loss from Toys for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $530,000 which consisted of (i) the Company’s $1,977,000 share of Toys net loss in Toys’ second quarter ended July 30, 2005 for the period from July 21, 2005 (the date of the Toys acquisition) to July 30, 2005, partially offset by (ii) $1,333,000 of interest income on the $150,000,000 senior unsecured bridge loan described below and (iii) $114,000 of management fees.

 

         On August 29, 2005, the Company acquired $150,000,000 of the $1.9 billion one-year senior unsecured bridge loan financing provided to Toys.  The loan is senior to the acquisition equity of $1.3 billion and $1.6 billion of existing debt.  The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus 5.25% (8.88% as of September 30, 2005) not to exceed 11% and provides for an initial .375% placement fee and additional fees of .375% at the end of three and six months if the loan has not been repaid.  The loan is prepayable at any time without penalty.

 

East 66th Street

         On July 25, 2005, the Company acquired a property located at Madison Avenue and East 66th Street in Manhattan for $158,000,000 in cash.  The property contains 37 rental apartments with an aggregate of 85,000 square feet, and 10,000 square feet of retail space.  The operations of East 66th Street are consolidated into the accounts of the Company from the date of acquisition.  The rental apartment operations are included in the Company’s Other segment and the retail operations are included in the Retail segment.

 

        220 Central Park South

         On August 26, 2005, a joint venture in which the Company has a 90% interest, acquired a property located at 220 Central Park South in Manhattan for $136,550,000, including closing costs.  The Company and its partner contributed cash of $43,400,000 and $4,800,000, respectively, to the venture to acquire the property.  The venture also obtained a $95,000,000 mortgage loan which bears interest at LIBOR plus 3.50% (7.02% as of September 30, 2005) and is due in August 2006, with two six-month extensions.  The property contains 122 rental apartments with an aggregate of 133,000 square feet and 5,700 square feet of commercial space.  The operations of 220 Central Park South are consolidated into the accounts of the Company from the date of acquisition and are included in the Company’s Other segment.

 

        Boston Design Center

         On September 26, 2005, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire the Boston Design Center which contains 552,500 square feet, is located in South Boston and will be operated by the Merchandise Mart division.  The purchase price is approximately $96,000,000, consisting of $24,000,000 in cash and the assumption of an existing $72,000,000 mortgage.  The sale, which is expected to close by the second quarter of 2006, is subject to customary closing conditions.

 

          Springfield Mall

         On October 31, 2005, the Company entered into an option agreement to purchase the 1.4 million square foot Springfield Mall which is located on 79 acres of land at the intersection of Interstate 95 and Fraconia Road in Springfield, Fairfax County, Virginia, and is anchored by Macy’s, J.C. Penney and Target.  The option becomes exercisable upon the passing of one of the existing principals of the selling entity and may be deferred at the Company’s election through November 2012.  The Company paid $36,000,000 for the option and upon exercise will pay $80,000,000 and acquire the Mall, subject to the existing mortgage which is presently $181,000,000 and will be amortized to $149,000,000 in 2013 when it matures.  During the option period the Company will manage the Mall and receive the Mall’s net cash flow.  The Company has a 2.5% partner in this transaction.  The Company intends to redevelop, reposition and retenant the Mall.  The acquisition of the option, which is expected to close by the end of 2005, is subject to lender approval and customary closing conditions.

 

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        Investment in Sears, Roebuck and Co. (“Sears”)

         As a result of the merger between Sears and Kmart on March 30, 2005, in exchange for 1,176,600 Sears common shares owned, the Company received 370,330 common shares of Sears Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq:  SHLD) (“Sears Holdings”) valued at $48,143,000 based on the $130.00 closing share price that day and $21,797,000 of cash.  The Company recognized a net gain of $27,651,000 in the first quarter of 2005, which was the difference between the aggregate cost basis in the Sears shares of $42,289,000 and the market value of the total consideration received on March 30, 2005 of $69,940,000.  On April 4, 2005, 99,393 of the Company’s Sears Holdings common shares were utilized to satisfy the third-party participation discussed below.  The remaining 270,937 Sears Holdings shares are recorded as marketable equity securities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and are classified as “available-for-sale.”  At September 30, 2005, based on Sears Holdings’ closing stock price of $124.43 per share, the Company reversed $5,383,000 of previously recorded appreciation and recorded $1,510,000 of depreciation to “accumulated other comprehensive income” in the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

 

         Pursuant to the terms of the contract, the Company’s derivative position representing 7,916,900 Sears common shares became a derivative position representing 2,491,819 common shares of Sears Holdings valued at $323,936,000 based on the $130.00 per share closing price on March 30, 2005, the date of the merger, and $146,663,000 of cash.  As a result, the Company recognized a net gain of approximately $58,443,000 based on the fair value of the Company’s derivative position.  In the three months ended September 30, 2005, the Company recorded a charge of $66,627,000 from the mark-to-market of this derivative position based on Sears Holdings’ September 30, 2005 closing share price of $124.43.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, the Company’s net income from this derivative position was $37,575,000.

 

         As a result of these transactions, on September 30, 2005, the Company owns 270,937 common shares of Sears Holdings and has an economic interest in an additional 2,491,819 common shares through its derivative position.  The Company’s aggregate net gain recognized on the owned shares and the derivative position from inception to September 30, 2005 was $146,955,000, based on Sears Holdings’ September 30, 2005 closing share price of $124.43 and after deducting $13,975,000 for a third-party performance-based participation.

 

          Investment in McDonald’s Corporation (“McDonalds”)

          In July 2005, the Company acquired an aggregate of 858,000 common shares of McDonalds for $25,346,000, an average price of $29.54 per share. These shares are recorded as marketable equity securities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and are classified as “available for sale.”  Appreciation or depreciation in the fair market value of these shares is recorded as an increase or decrease in “accumulated other comprehensive income” in the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and not recognized in income.  At September 30, 2005, based on McDonalds’ closing stock price of $33.49 per share, $3,388,000 of appreciation in the value of these shares was included in “accumulated other comprehensive income.”

 

          During the three months ended September 30, 2005, the Company acquired an economic interest in an additional 14,565,000 McDonalds common shares through a series of privately negotiated transactions with a financial institution pursuant to which the Company purchased a call option and simultaneously sold a put option at the same strike price on McDonald’s common shares.  These call and put options have an initial weighted-average strike price of  $32.66 per share, or an aggregate of $475,692,000, expire on various dates between July 30, 2007 and September 10, 2007 and provide for net cash settlement.  Under these agreements, the strike price for each pair of options increases at an annual rate of LIBOR plus 45 basis points (up to 95 basis points under certain circumstances) and is credited for the dividends received on the shares.  The options provide the Company with the same economic gain or loss as if it had purchased the underlying common shares and borrowed the aggregate strike price at an annual rate of LIBOR plus 45 basis points.  Because these options are derivatives and do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment, the gains or losses resulting from the mark-to-market of the options at the end of each reporting period are recognized as an increase or decrease in “interest and other investment income” on the Company’s consolidated statement of income.  During the quarter ended September 30, 2005, the Company recorded net income of $9,859,000, comprised of $12,090,000 from the mark-to-market of the options on September 30, 2005, based on McDonalds’ closing stock price of $33.49 per share, partially offset by $2,231,000 for the increase in strike price resulting from the LIBOR charge.

 

         Based on McDonalds’ most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company’s aggregate investment in McDonalds represents 1.2% of its outstanding common shares.

 

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Broadway Mall

 

On October 31, 2005, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire the 1.2 million square foot Broadway Mall for approximately $153,000,000, including $95,800,000 of existing debt.  The Broadway Mall is located on Route 106 in Hicksville, Long Island, New York and is anchored by Macy’s, Ikea, Target and Multiplex Cinemas.  The purchase, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2005, is subject to lender approval and customary closing conditions.

 

          Other

         In addition to the acquisitions and investments described above, the Company made $216,300,000 of other acquisitions and investments during 2005, which are summarized below:

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Amount

 

Segment

 

Wasserman Joint Ventures (95% interest)

 

$

34,200

 

Other

 

692 Broadway, New York, NY

 

28,500

 

Retail

 

South Hill Mall, Poughkeepsie, NY

 

25,000

 

Retail

 

Rockville Town Center, Rockville, MD

 

24,800

 

Retail

 

211-217 Columbus Avenue, New York, NY

 

24,500

 

Retail

 

1750-1780 Gun Hill Road, Bronx, NY

 

18,000

 

Retail

 

TCG Urban Infrastructure Holdings Limited, India

 

16,700

 

Other

 

42 Thompson Street, New York, NY

 

16,500

 

Office

 

Verde Group LLC (5% interest)

 

15,000

 

Other

 

Other

 

13,100

 

Other

 

 

 

$

216,300

 

 

 

 

2005 Mezzanine Loan Activity:

         On January 7, 2005, all of the outstanding General Motors Building loans aggregating $275,000,000 were repaid.  In connection therewith, the Company received a $4,500,000 prepayment premium and $1,996,000 of accrued interest and fees through January 14, 2005, which is included in “interest and other income” on the Company’s consolidated statement of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2005.

 

         On February 3, 2005, the Company made a $135,000,000 mezzanine loan to Riley Holdco Corp., an entity formed to complete the acquisition of LNR Property Corporation (NYSE: LNR).  Riley Holdco Corp. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of LNR Property Holdings, Ltd., which is 75% owned by funds and accounts managed by Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. and its real estate affiliate Blackacre Institutional Capital Management, LLC.  The terms of the financings are as follows: (i) $60,000,000 of a $325,000,000 mezzanine tranche of a $2,400,000,000 credit facility secured by certain equity interests and which is junior to $1,900,000,000 of the credit facility, bears interest at LIBOR plus 5.25% (9.11% as of September 30, 2005) and matures in February 2008 with two one-year extensions; and (ii) $75,000,000 of $400,000,000 of unsecured notes which are subordinate to the $2,400,000,000 credit facility and senior to over $700,000,000 of equity contributed to finance the acquisition.  These notes mature in February 2015, provide for a 1.5% placement fee, and bear interest at 10% for the first five years and 11% for years six through ten.

 

         On April 7, 2005, the Company made a $108,000,000 mezzanine loan secured by The Sheffield, a mixed-use residential property in Manhattan, containing 845 apartments, 109,000 square feet of office space and 6,900 square feet of retail space.  The loan is subordinate to $378,500,000 of other debt, matures in April 2007 with a one-year extension, provides for a 1% placement fee, and bears interest at LIBOR plus 7.75% (11.61% at September 30, 2005).

 

         On May 11, 2005, the Company’s $83,000,000 loan to Extended Stay America was repaid.  In connection therewith, the Company received an $830,000 prepayment premium, which is included in “interest and other investment income” in the Company’s consolidated statement of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2005.

 

2005 Dispositions:

         On April 21, 2005, the Company, through its 85% owned joint venture, sold 400 North LaSalle, a 452-unit high-rise residential tower in Chicago, Illinois, for $126,000,000, which resulted in a net gain on sale after closing costs of $31,614,000.

 

 

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         At June 30, 2005, the Company owned 3,972,447 common shares of Prime Group Realty Trust (“Prime”) with a carrying amount of $4.98 per share or an aggregate of $19,783,000.  The investment was recorded as marketable securities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and classified as “available-for-sale”.  On July 1, 2005, The Lightstone Group, LLC completed its acquisition of Prime by acquiring all of Prime’s outstanding common shares and limited partnership units for $7.25 per share or unit.  In connection therewith, the Company recognized a gain of $9,017,000, representing the difference between the purchase price and the Company’s carrying amount, which is reflected as a component of “net gains on disposition of wholly-owned and partially-owned assets other than depreciable real estate” in the Company’s consolidated statement of income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005.

 

2005 Financings:

         On January 19, 2005, the Company redeemed all of its Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares at a redemption price equal to $25.00 per share or $115,000,000 plus accrued distributions.  In addition, the Company also redeemed $80,000,000 of Series D-3 Perpetual Preferred Units of the Operating Partnership.  The redemption amounts exceeded the carrying amounts by $6,052,000, representing the original issuance costs.  Upon redemption, these issuance costs were recorded as a reduction to earnings in arriving at net income applicable to common shares, in accordance with the July 2003 EITF clarification of Topic D-42.

 

         On March 29, 2005, the Company completed a public offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.875% exchangeable senior debentures due 2025 pursuant to an effective registration statement.  The notes were sold at 98.0% of their aggregate principal amount.  The aggregate net proceeds from this offering, after the underwriters’ discount were approximately $490,000,000.  The debentures are exchangeable, under certain circumstances, for common shares of the Company at an initial exchange rate of 10.9589 common shares per $1,000 of principal amount of debentures.  The initial exchange price of $91.25 represented a premium of 30% to the closing price for the Company’s common shares on March 22, 2005 of $70.25.  The Company may elect to settle any exchange right in cash.  The debentures permit the Company to increase its common dividend 5% per annum, cumulatively, without an increase to the exchange rate.  The debentures are redeemable at the Company’s option beginning in 2012 for the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest.  Holders of the debentures have the right to require the issuer to repurchase their debentures in 2012, 2015 and 2020 and in the event of a change in control.  The net proceeds from the offering were used for working capital and to fund the commitment with respect to the acquisition of Toys.

 

         On March 31, 2005, the Company completed a $225,000,000 refinancing of its 1.4 million square foot New York City office building located at 909 Third Avenue.  The loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 5.64% and matures in April 2015.  The Company realized net proceeds of approximately $100,000,000 after repaying the existing floating rate loan on the property and closing costs.

 

         On June 13, 2005, the Company completed a public offering of 4,000,000 perpetual 6.75% Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, at a price of $25.00 per share, pursuant to an effective registration statement.  The Company may redeem the Series H Preferred Shares at a price of $25.00 per share after June 17, 2010.  In addition, on June 17, 2005, the underwriters exercised their option and purchased an additional 500,000 Preferred Shares to cover over-allotments.  The Company used the net proceeds of the offering of $108,956,000, together with existing cash balances, to redeem the remaining $120,000,000 8.25% Series D-3 Perpetual Preferred Units and the $125,000,000 8.25% Series D-4 Perpetual Preferred Units on July 14, 2005 at a redemption price equal to $25.00 per unit plus accrued dividends.  In conjunction with the redemptions, the Company wrote-off approximately $6,400,000 of issuance costs in the third quarter of 2005.

 

         On August 10, 2005, the Company sold 9,000,000 common shares at a price of $86.75 per share in a public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement.  The net proceeds after closing costs of $780,750,000 were used to fund acquisitions and investments and for working capital.

 

         On August 23, 2005, the Company sold 7,000,000 perpetual 6.625% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares at a price of $25.00 per share, in a public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement.  The Company may redeem the Series I preferred shares at a price of $25.00 per share after August 31, 2010.  In addition, on August 31, 2005, the underwriters exercised their option and purchased an additional 400,000 Series I preferred shares to cover over-allotments.  On September 12, 2005, the Company sold an additional 3,400,000 Series I preferred shares at a price of $25.00 per share, pursuant to an effective registration statement.  Combined with the earlier sale, the Company sold a total of 10,800,000 Series I preferred shares for net proceeds of $262,898,000.  The net proceeds were used primarily to redeem outstanding perpetual preferred units.

 

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         On September 12, 2005, the Company sold $100,000,000 of 6.75% Series D-14 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units to an institutional investor in a private placement.  The perpetual preferred units may be called without penalty at the Company’s option commencing in September 2010.  The net proceeds were used primarily to redeem outstanding perpetual preferred units.

 

         On September 19, 2005, the Company redeemed all of its 8.25% Series D-5 and D-7 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units at a redemption price of $25.00 per unit for an aggregate of $342,000,000 plus accrued distributions.  In conjunction with the redemptions, the Company wrote-off $9,642,000 of issuance costs in the current quarter.  In addition, on December 20, 2005, the Company will redeem the 8.25% Series D-6 and D-8 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units at a redemption price of $25.00 per unit for an aggregate of $30,000,000 plus accrued distributions.  In conjunction with these redemptions, the Company will write-off $750,000 of issuance costs in the fourth quarter.

 

2005 Recent Developments:

 

Moynihan Station Project

 

         On July 19, 2005, a joint venture, owned equally by the Company and The Related Companies, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding and has been conditionally designated as the developer to convert the Farley Post Office in Manhattan into the new Moynihan Train Station.  The Moynihan Station project involves 300,000 square feet for a new transportation facility to be financed with public funding, as well as 850,000 square feet of commercial space and up to 1,000,000 square feet of air rights intended to be transferred to an adjacent site. The commercial space is currently anticipated to include a variety of retail uses, restaurants, a boutique hotel and  merchandise mart space.

 

Newkirk MLP

        On August 8, 2005, Newkirk Realty Trust, Inc. (“Newkirk REIT”) filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the Securities and Exchange Commission that describes a proposed initial public offering.  If the initial public offering is completed, Newkirk REIT will acquire a controlling interest in Newkirk MLP and become its sole general partner.  The Company will not sell any of its ownership interest in Newkirk MLP for one year as part of the public offering and subsequent to the offering would own approximately 16% of Newkirk REIT on a fully diluted basis, treating all of the outstanding Newkirk MLP units as Newkirk REIT common share equivalents.

 

        On August 11, 2005 the MLP completed a $750,000,000 mortgage financing comprised of two separate loans.  One loan, in the initial principal amount of $272,200,000 (the “T-2 loan”) is collateralized by contract right notes encumbering certain of the MLP’s properties.  The other loan, in the initial principal amount of $477,800,000 is collateralized by the MLP’s properties, subject to the existing first and certain second mortgage loans on those properties.  The new loans bear interest at LIBOR plus 2.0% (reducing to 1.75% if the offering is consummated) and mature in August 2008, with two one-year extension options.  The loans are prepayable without penalty after August 2006.  The proceeds of the new loans were used to repay approximately $708,737,000 of existing debt and accrued interest and $34,500,000 of prepayment penalties and closing costs.  The Company’s $7,992,000 share of the losses on the early extinguishment of debt and write-off of the related deferred financing costs are included in the equity in net loss of Newkirk MLP in the three months ended September 30, 2005.

 

         If the initial public offering is completed, Newkirk MLP will acquire the contract right notes and assume the obligations under the T-2 loan, which will result in a net gain of approximately $14,700,000 to the Company.  In addition, the Company will transfer Newkirk MLP units with a value of approximately $12,000,000 to its partner to satisfy a promoted obligation, of which approximately $9,900,000 will be expensed based on the midpoint price of $20 per share disclosed in the Form S-11.

 

US Airways

 

         On September 12, 2004, US Airways filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.  On September 16, 2005, US Airways confirmed a plan of reorganization.  In connection therewith, the Company amended its lease with US Airways for 208,800 square feet in Crystal City, Virginia.  Under this amendment, the lease termination date was changed from December 31, 2008 to April 30, 2006.  There were no modifications to the rent due under the original lease.

 

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Overview (continued) - Leasing Activity

 

         The following table sets forth certain information for the properties the Company owns directly or indirectly, including leasing activity.  Tenant improvements and leasing commissions are presented below based on square feet leased during the period and on a per annum basis based on the weighted average term of the leases.

(Square feet and cubic feet in thousands)

 

Office

 

 

 

Merchandise Mart

 

 

 

As of September 30, 2005:

 

New York
City

 

Washington
DC(3)

 

Retail

 

Office

 

Showroom

 

Temperature
Controlled
Logistics

 

Square feet

 

12,984

 

15,552

 

15,101

 

3,027

 

5,809

 

17,311

 

Cubic feet

 

 

 

 

 

 

437,200

 

Number of properties

 

20

 

76

 

110

 

9

 

9

 

85

 

Occupancy rate

 

94.9

%

90.2

%

94.4

%

97.5

%

95.9

%

77.5

%

Leasing Activity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarter ended September 30, 2005:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Square feet

 

335

 

852

 

100

 

103

 

192

 

 

 

Initial rent(1)

 

$

48.34

 

$

30.80

 

$

18.27

 

$

22.45

 

$

28.40

 

 

 

Weighted average lease term (years)

 

9.0

 

5.9

 

10.0

 

9.6

 

4.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rent per square foot on relet space:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Square feet

 

227

 

316

 

41

 

29

 

192

 

 

 

Initial rent(1)—cash basis

 

$

45.88

 

$

31.14

 

$

21.64

 

$

22.25

 

$

28.40

 

 

 

Prior escalated rent—cash basis

 

$

43.37

 

$

31.27

 

$

19.21

 

$

27.31

 

$

26.97

 

 

 

Percentage increase (decrease):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

— Cash basis

 

5.8

%

(0.4

)%

12.6

%

(18.5

)%

5.3

%

 

 

— GAAP basis

 

14.5

%

0.7

%

16.4

%

6.0

%

12.7

%

 

 

Rent per square foot on space previously vacant:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Square feet

 

108

 

536

 

59

 

74

 

 

 

 

Initial rent(1)

 

$

53.51

 

$

30.60

 

$

15.93

 

$

22.53

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant improvements and leasing commissions per square foot

 

$

23.69

 

$

7.34

 

$

4.40

 

$

76.69

 

$

7.82

 

 

 

Tenant improvements and leasing commissions per square foot per annum(2)

 

$

2.66

 

$

1.24

 

$

0.44

 

$

8.02

 

$

1.60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30, 2005:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Square feet

 

996

 

2,030

 

473

 

237

 

956

 

 

 

Initial rent(1)

 

$

46.65

 

$

30.30

 

$

20.37

 

$

24.27

 

$

27.20

 

 

 

Weighted average lease term (years)

 

7.7

 

5.5

 

8.7

 

8.2

 

5.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rent per square foot on relet space:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Square feet

 

700

 

1,243

 

279

 

163

 

956

 

 

 

Initial rent(1)—cash basis

 

$

44.90

 

$

30.48

 

$

24.43

 

$

25.05

 

$

27.20

 

 

 

Prior escalated rent—cash basis

 

$

42.60

 

$

30.42

 

$

21.29

 

$

30.18

 

$

26.18

 

 

 

Percentage increase (decrease):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

— Cash basis

 

5.4

%

0.2

%

14.7

%

(17.0

)%

3.9

%

 

 

— GAAP basis

 

10.6

%

6.0

%

19.6

%

(5.4

)%

12.1

%

 

 

Rent per square foot on space previously vacant:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Square feet

 

296

 

787

 

194

 

74

 

 

 

 

Initial rent(1)

 

$

50.79

 

$

30.01

 

$

14.30

 

$

22.53

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant improvements and leasing commissions per square foot

 

$

29.82

 

$

9.72

 

$

8.63

 

$

52.91

 

$

8.77

 

 

 

Tenant improvements and leasing commissions per square foot per annum(2)

 

$

3.99

 

$

1.77

 

$

1.00

 

$

6.43

 

$

1.63

 

 

 


(1)                                  Most leases include periodic step-ups in rent, which are not reflected in the initial rent per square foot leased.

(2)                                  May not be indicative of the amounts for the full year.

(3)                                  Washington DC statistics exclude Crystal Plaza 3 and 4 which were taken out of service for redevelopment in the fourth quarter of 2004 and Crystal Plaza 2 which was taken out of service in the first quarter of 2005.

 

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Overview (continued) - Leasing Activity

 

 

 

Office

 

 

 

Merchandise Mart

 

 

 

(Square feet and cubic feet in thousands)

 

New York
City

 

Washington
DC

 

Retail

 

Office

 

Showroom

 

Temperature
Controlled
Logistics

 

As of June 30, 2005:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Square feet/cubic feet

 

12,926

 

14,622

 

14,049

 

3,027

 

5,810

 

17,311/437,200

 

Number of properties

 

19

 

67

 

98

 

9

 

9

 

85

 

Occupancy rate

 

94.6

%

87.7

%(3)

94.5

%

95.8

%

95.7

%

75.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2004:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Square feet/cubic feet

 

12,989

 

14,216

 

14,210

 

3,306

 

5,587

 

17,563/443,700

 

Number of properties

 

19

 

67

 

94

 

9

 

9

 

88

 

Occupancy rate

 

95.5

%

91.5

%

93.9

%

96.5

%

97.6

%

76.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of September 30, 2004:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Square feet/cubic feet

 

12,891

 

14,330

 

13,965

 

3,454

 

5,385

 

17,476/440,700

 

Number of properties

 

19

 

64

 

88

 

9

 

9

 

87

 

Occupancy rate

 

96.3

%

94.1

%

93.5

%

96.7

%

97.2

%

76.0

%

 

         Square feet leased in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 does not include 6,189 square feet of retail space included in the NYC office properties which was leased at an initial rent of $231.71 per square foot, respectively.

 

 

          Critical Accounting Policies

         A summary of the Company’s critical accounting policies is included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2004 and the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 19, 2005 in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition.  There have been no significant changes to those policies during 2005.

 

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         Reconciliation of Net Income and EBITDA

 

         Below is a summary of net income and a reconciliation of net income to EBITDA (1) by segment for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004.

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2005

 

 

 

Total

 

Office(3)

 

Retail(3)

 

Merchandise Mart(3)

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics(4)

 

Toys(5)

 

Other(6)

 

Property rentals

 

$

332,808

 

$

207,616

 

$

51,238

 

$

55,188

 

$

 

$

 

$

18,766

 

Straight-line rents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contractual rent increases

 

3,844

 

1,295

 

1,736

 

796

 

 

 

17

 

Amortization of free rent

 

9,410

 

6,039

 

872

 

2,499

 

 

 

 

Amortization of acquired below-market leases, net

 

3,462

 

1,820

 

1,556

 

 

 

 

86

 

Total rentals

 

349,524

 

216,770

 

55,402

 

58,483

 

 

 

18,869

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics

 

232,778

 

 

 

 

232,778

 

 

 

Tenant expense reimbursements

 

53,861

 

31,163

 

17,760

 

4,305

 

 

 

633

 

Fee and other income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant cleaning fees

 

7,998

 

7,998

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management and leasing fees

 

2,532

 

2,294

 

220

 

18

 

 

 

 

Lease termination fees

 

6,553

 

3,437

 

1,816

 

1,300

 

 

 

 

Other

 

3,709

 

2,427

 

93

 

1,188

 

 

 

1

 

Total revenues

 

656,955

 

264,089

 

75,291

 

65,294

 

232,778

 

 

19,503

 

Operating expenses

 

353,376

 

107,206

 

21,405

 

27,177

 

185,106

 

 

12,482

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

82,651

 

42,551

 

8,403

 

9,529

 

18,274

 

 

3,894

 

General and administrative

 

48,107

 

10,419

 

3,707

 

5,958

 

12,289

 

 

15,734

 

Total expenses

 

484,134

 

160,176

 

33,515

 

42,664

 

215,669

 

 

32,110

 

Operating income (loss)

 

172,821

 

103,913

 

41,776

 

22,630

 

17,109

 

 

(12,607

)

Income applicable to Alexander’s

 

3,699

 

190

 

176

 

 

 

 

3,333

 

Income (loss) from partially-owned entities

 

4,172

 

1,167

 

3,654

 

46

 

251

 

(530)

(5)

(416

)

Interest and other investment (expense) income

 

(35,660

)

437

 

129

 

22

 

592

 

 

(36,840

)

Interest and debt expense

 

(88,391

)

(36,063

)

(15,470

)

(2,694

)

(14,161

)

 

(20,003

)

Net gain on disposition of wholly-owned and partially-owned assets other than depreciable real estate

 

13,448

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

13,415

 

Minority interest of partially-owned entities

 

(768

)

 

—-

 

12

 

(850

)

 

70

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

 

69,321

 

69,677

 

30,265

 

20,016

 

2,941

 

(530

)

(53,048

)

Loss from discontinued operations

 

(22

)

 

(22

)

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before allocation to limited partners

 

69,299

 

69,677

 

30,243

 

20,016

 

2,941

 

(530

)

(53,048

)

Limited partners’ interest in the Operating Partnership

 

(3,342

)

 

 

 

 

 

(3,342

)

Perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership

 

(27,215

)

 

 

 

 

 

(27,215

)

Net income (loss)

 

38,742

 

69,677

 

30,243

 

20,016

 

2,941

 

(530

)

(83,605

)

Interest and debt expense(2)

 

100,355

 

37,178

 

17,178

 

2,917

 

6,738

 

4,613

 

31,731

 

Depreciation and amortization(2)

 

87,455

 

43,455

 

9,370

 

9,670

 

8,722

 

3,295

 

12,943

 

Income taxes

 

1,040

 

634

 

 

439

 

847

 

(989

)

109

 

EBITDA(1)

 

$

227,592

 

$

150,944

 

$

56,791

 

$

33,042

 

$

19,248

 

$

6,389

 

$

(38,822

)

 


See footnotes on page 48.

 

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(Amounts in thousands)

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2004

 

 

 

Total

 

Office(3)

 

Retail(3)

 

Merchandise
Mart(3)

 

Temperature
Controlled
Logistics(4)

 

Other(6)

 

Property rentals

 

$

318,472

 

$

209,220

 

$

40,806

 

$

52,150

 

$

 

$

16,296

 

Straight-line rents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contractual rent increases

 

9,783

 

7,318

 

1,505

 

913

 

 

47

 

Amortization of free rent

 

6,639

 

1,422

 

3,742

 

1,478

 

 

(3

)

Amortization of acquired below-market leases, net

 

4,730

 

3,599

 

1,131

 

 

 

 

Total rentals

 

339,624

 

221,559

 

47,184

 

54,541

 

 

16,340

 

Tenant expense reimbursements

 

48,793

 

27,170

 

14,781

 

5,837

 

 

1,005

 

Fee and other income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant cleaning fees

 

7,976

 

7,976

 

 

 

 

 

Management and leasing fees

 

3,239

 

2,868

 

243

 

128

 

 

 

Lease termination fees

 

9,400

 

8,754

 

585

 

61

 

 

 

Other

 

6,263

 

4,615

 

152

 

1,467

 

 

29

 

Total revenues

 

415,295

 

272,942

 

62,945

 

62,034

 

 

17,374

 

Operating expenses

 

160,430

 

104,626

 

18,889

 

24,667

 

 

12,248

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

59,351

 

41,294

 

6,191

 

8,352

 

 

3,514

 

General and administrative

 

29,649

 

8,742

 

3,424

 

5,247

 

 

12,236

 

Cost of acquisition not consummated

 

1,475

 

 

 

 

 

1,475

 

Total expenses

 

250,905

 

154,662

 

28,504

 

38,266

 

 

29,473

 

Operating income (loss)

 

164,390

 

118,280

 

34,441

 

23,768

 

 

(12,099

)

Income applicable to Alexander’s

 

1,127

 

103

 

170

 

 

 

854

 

Income from partially-owned entities

 

9,826

 

692

 

662

 

112

 

2,781

 

5,579

 

Interest and other investment income

 

17,813

 

230

 

112

 

26

 

 

17,445

 

Interest and debt expense

 

(61,101

)

(33,131

)

(14,911

)

(2,786

)

 

(10,273

)

Minority interest of partially-owned entities

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

33

 

Income from continuing operations

 

132,088

 

86,174

 

20,474

 

21,120

 

2,781

 

1,539

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

9,885

 

 

9,845

 

 

 

40

 

Income before allocation to limited partners

 

141,973

 

86,174

 

30,319

 

21,120

 

2,781

 

1,579

 

Limited partners’ interest in the Operating Partnership

 

(16,116

)

 

 

 

 

(16,116

)

Perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership

 

(17,334

)

 

 

 

 

(17,334

)

Net income (loss)

 

108,523

 

86,174

 

30,319

 

21,120

 

2,781

 

(31,871

)

Interest and debt expense(2)

 

80,335

 

34,092

 

15,720

 

3,013

 

7,796

 

19,714

 

Depreciation and amortization(2)

 

74,294

 

42,056

 

6,911

 

8,486

 

8,614

 

8,227

 

Income taxes

 

607

 

273

 

 

279

 

 

55

 

EBITDA(1)

 

$

263,759

 

$

162,595

 

$

52,950

 

$

32,898

 

$

19,191

 

$

(3,875

)

 

EBITDA includes a net gain on sale of real estate of $9,850, which relates to the Retail segment.


See following page for footnotes.

 

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                                                Notes:

 

(1)                                  EBITDA represents “Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization”.  Management considers EBITDA a supplemental measure for making decisions and assessing the unlevered performance of its segments as it relates to the total return on assets as opposed to the levered return on equity.  As properties are bought and sold based on a multiple of EBITDA, management utilizes this measure to make investment decisions as well as to compare the performance of its assets to that of its peers.  EBITDA should not be considered a substitute for net income.  EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies.

(2)                                  Interest and debt expense and depreciation and amortization included in the reconciliation of net income to EBITDA includes the Company’s share of the interest and debt expense and depreciation and amortization of its partially-owned entities.

(3)                                  At December 31, 2004, 7 West 34th Street, a 440,000 square foot New York office building, was 100% occupied by four tenants, of which Health Insurance Plan of New York (“HIP”) and Fairchild Publications occupied 255,000 and 146,000 square feet, respectively.  Effective January 4, 2005, the Company entered into a lease termination agreement with HIP under which HIP made an initial payment of $13,362 and is anticipated to make annual payments ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 over the remaining six years of the HIP lease contingent upon the level of operating expenses of the building in each year. In connection with the termination of the HIP lease, the Company wrote off the $2,462 balance of the HIP receivable arising from the straight-lining of rent.

 

                                                In the first quarter of 2005, the Company began redevelopment of a portion of this property into a permanent showroom building for the giftware industry.  As of January 1, 2005, the Company transferred the operations and financial results related to the office component of this asset from the New York Office division to the Merchandise Mart division for both the current and prior periods presented.  The operations and financial results related to the retail component of this asset were transferred to the Retail division for both current and prior periods presented.

(4)                                  Operating results for the three months ended September 30, 2005, reflects the consolidation of the Company’s investment in Americold on November 18, 2004.  Previously this investment was accounted for under the equity method.  See page 74 for further details.

(5)                                  Equity in net loss from Toys for the three months ended September 30, 2005 represents (i) $1,977 for the Company’s share of Toys net loss for Toys’ second quarter ended July 30, 2005 for the period from July 21, 2005 (the date of Toys acquisition by the Company) to July 30, 2005 partially offset by (ii) $1,333 of interest income for the Company’s share of Toys’ bridge loan and (iii) $114 of management fees.

(6)                                  Other EBITDA is comprised of:

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

For the Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

Newkirk:

 

 

 

 

 

Equity in income of MLP (A)

 

$

8,066

 

$

11,972

 

Interest and other income

 

2,245

 

2,506

 

Alexander’s (B)

 

10,763

 

5,600

 

Hotel Pennsylvania (C)

 

5,615

 

3,643

 

GMH Communities L.P.

 

2,336

 

 

Industrial warehouses

 

1,354

 

1,409

 

Student housing

 

 

274

 

Other investments

 

698

 

 

 

 

31,077

 

25,404

 

Investment income and other

 

17,865

 

14,631

 

Corporate general and administrative expenses

 

(14,706

)

(11,242

)

Perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership

 

(27,215

)

(17,334

)

Limited partners’ interest in the Operating Partnership

 

(3,342

)

(16,116

)

Expense from mark-to-market of Sears Holdings derivative position

 

(66,627

)

 

Income from the mark-to-market of McDonalds derivative position

 

9,859

 

 

Net gain on disposition of Prime Group common shares

 

9,017

 

 

Income from mark-to-market of GMH Communities L.P. warrants

 

5,250

 

 

Discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

400 North LaSalle

 

 

782

 

 

 

$

(38,822

)

$

(3,875

)


(A)                              The three months ended September 30 2005, includes (i) $7,992 for the Company’s share of losses on the early extinguishment of debt and write-off of related deferred financing costs, (ii) $2,586 for the Company’s share of impairment losses, partially offset by (iii) $3,509 for the Company’s share of net gains on sale of real estate.  The three months ended September 30, 2004 includes $759 for the Company’s share of impairment losses.

(B)                                The three months ended September 30, 2005 includes (i) $1,960 for the Company’s share of Alexander’s net gains on sale of condominiums and income previously deferred in connection therewith and (ii) the Company’s $5,961 share of Alexander’s stock appreciation rights compensation expense.  The three months ended September 30, 2004 includes the Company’s $8,796 share of Alexander’s stock appreciation rights compensation expense.

(C)                                Average occupancy and revenue per available room (“REVPAR”) were 86.6% and $99.48 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to 82.9% and $80.35 for the prior year’s quarter.

 

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Results of Operations

Revenues

         The Company’s revenues, which consist of property rentals, tenant expense reimbursements, Temperature Controlled Logistics revenues, hotel revenues, trade shows revenues, amortization of acquired below market leases, net of above market leases pursuant to SFAS No. 141 and 142, and fee income, were $656,955,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, compared to $415,295,000 in the prior year’s quarter, an increase of $241,660,000.  Below are the details of the increase (decrease) by segment:

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Property rentals:

 

Date of
Acquisition

 

Total

 

Office

 

Retail

 

Merchandise
Mart

 

Temperature
Controlled
Logistics

 

Other

 

Increase (decrease) due to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisitions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bowen Building

 

June 2005

 

$

1,976

 

$

1,976

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Westbury Retail Condominium

 

May 2005

 

1,975

 

 

1,975

 

 

 

 

East 66th Street

 

July 2005

 

1,302

 

 

798

 

 

 

504

 

Rockville Town Center

 

March 2005

 

575

 

 

575

 

 

 

 

H Street

 

July 2005

 

497

 

497

 

 

 

 

 

Burnside Plaza Shopping Center

 

December 2004

 

491

 

 

491

 

 

 

 

Lodi Shopping Center

 

November 2004

 

478

 

 

478

 

 

 

 

So. California Supermarkets

 

July 2004

 

435

 

 

435

 

 

 

 

386 and 387 W. Broadway

 

December 2004

 

319

 

 

319

 

 

 

 

99-01 Queens Boulevard

 

August 2004

 

235

 

 

235

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

1,193

 

 

1,193

 

 

 

 

Development/Redevelopment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crystal Plaza 2,3 and 4-taken out of service

 

 

 

(2,227

)

(2,227

)

 

 

 

 

Crystal Drive Retail-placed into service

 

 

 

814

 

814

 

 

 

 

 

Bergen Mall-taken out of service

 

 

 

(674

)

 

(674

)

 

 

 

4 Union Square South-placed into service

 

 

 

(147

)

 

(147

)

 

 

 

715 Lexington Avenue-placed into service

 

 

 

130

 

 

130

 

 

 

 

Amortization of acquired below market leases, net

 

 

 

(1,268

)

(1,779

)

425

 

 

 

86

 

Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotel activity

 

 

 

2,845

 

 

 

 

 

2,845

(1)

Trade shows activity

 

 

 

2,794

 

 

 

2,794

(2)

 

 

Leasing activity (see page 44 for details)

 

 

 

(1,843

)

(4,070

)(3)

1,985

 

1,148

 

 

(906

)

Total increase (decrease) in property rentals

 

 

 

9,900

 

(4,789

)

8,218

 

3,942

 

 

2,529

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant expense reimbursements:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) due to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisitions/development

 

 

 

2,123

 

1,170

 

1,432

 

(479

)

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

2,945

 

2,823

 

1,547

 

(1,053

)(4)

 

(372

)

Total increase (decrease) in tenant expense reimbursements

 

 

 

5,068

 

3,993

 

2,979

 

(1,532

)

 

(372

)

Temperature Controlled Logistics (effect of consolidating Americold from November 18, 2004 vs. equity method prior)

 

 

 

232,778

 

 

 

 

232,778

 

 

Fee and other income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease cancellation fee income

 

 

 

(3,934

)

(6,445

)(5)

1,231

 

1,280

 

 

 

BMS Cleaning fees

 

 

 

22

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

Management and leasing fees

 

 

 

(699

)

(574

)

(48

)

(110

)

 

33

 

Other

 

 

 

(1,475

)

(1,060

)(6)

(34

)

(320

)

 

(61

)

Total increase (decrease) in fee and other income

 

 

 

(6,086

)

(8,057

)

1,149

 

850

 

 

(28

)

Total increase (decrease) in revenues

 

 

 

$

241,660

 

$

(8,853

)

$ 12,346

 

$

3,260

 

$

232,778

 

$

2,129

 


See notes on following page.

 

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Notes to preceding tabular information:

 

(1)                      Average occupancy and REVPAR were 86.6% and $99.48 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to 82.9% and $80.35 for the prior year’s quarter.

 

(2)                      Results primarily from the timing of revenue recognized for a major tradeshow (NeoCon East), which was held in the third quarter of 2005 versus the fourth quarter of 2004.

 

(3)                      Results primarily from a $7,086 decrease in Washington, DC Office rental income due to the Patent and Trade Office leases expiring, partially-offset by a $3,016 increase in New York Office rental income from 2004 and 2005 leasing activity. See page 44 for details of New York and Washington, DC leasing activity.

 

(4)                      Results primarily from the true-up of 2004 estimated real estate tax and CAM expense reimbursement billings and the loss of the Chicago Transit Authority at the Merchandise Mart in November 2004.

 

(5)                      Results primarily from lease termination income of $9,324 at the Company’s 888 Seventh Avenue and 909 Third Avenue office properties in last year’s quarter, partially offset by $3,088 of termination fee income received from MONY Life Insurance at 1740 Broadway in this year’s quarter.

 

(6)                      Results primarily from a decrease in Washington, DC construction revenue, due primarily to income in the prior year’s quarter related to the redevelopment of the Bowen Building, which was subsequently acquired by the Company.

 

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Expenses

         The Company’s expenses, which consist of operating, depreciation and amortization and general and administrative expenses, were $484,134,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, compared to $250,905,000 in the prior year’s quarter, an increase of $233,229,000.  Below are the details of the increase (decrease) by segment:

 

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Operating:

 

Date of
Acquisition

 

Total

 

Office

 

Retail

 

Merchandise Mart

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics

 

Other

 

Increase (decrease) due to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Americold — effect of consolidating Americold from November 18, 2004 vs. equity method accounting prior

 

 

 

$

185,106

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

185,106

 

$

 

Acquisitions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bowen Building

 

June 2005

 

757

 

757

 

 

 

 

 

Westbury Retail Condominium

 

May 2005

 

391

 

 

391

 

 

 

 

H Street

 

July 2005

 

315

 

315

 

 

 

 

 

Burnside Plaza Shopping Center

 

December 2004

 

249

 

 

249

 

 

 

 

Rockville Town Center

 

March 2005

 

181

 

 

181

 

 

 

 

Lodi Shopping Center

 

November 2004

 

126

 

 

126

 

 

 

 

East 66th Street

 

July 2005

 

381

 

 

107

 

 

 

274

 

99-01 Queens Boulevard

 

August 2004

 

88

 

 

88

 

 

 

 

386 and 387 W. Broadway

 

December 2004

 

68

 

 

68

 

 

 

 

So. California supermarkets

 

July 2004

 

17

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

712

 

 

712

 

 

 

 

Development/Redevelopment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 West 34th Street-conversion from office space to showroom space

 

 

 

900

 

 

 

900

 

 

 

Crystal Plaza 2, 3 and 4-taken out of service

 

 

 

(729

)

(729

)

 

 

 

 

Crystal Drive Retail-placed into service

 

 

 

306

 

306

 

 

 

 

 

715 Lexington Avenue-placed into service

 

 

 

298

 

 

298

 

 

 

 

Bergen Mall-taken out of service

 

 

 

(275

)

 

(275

)

 

 

 

4 Union Square South-placed into service

 

 

 

22

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

Hotel activity

 

 

 

658

 

 

 

 

 

658

 

Trade shows activity

 

 

 

1,820

 

 

 

1,820

(1)

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

1,555

 

1,931

 

532

 

(210

)

 

(698

)

Total increase in operating expenses

 

 

 

192,946

 

2,580

 

2,516

 

2,510

 

185,106

 

234

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase due to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Americold-effect of consolidating Americold from November 18, 2004 vs. equity method accounting prior

 

 

 

18,274

 

 

 

 

18,274

 

 

Acquisitions/Development

 

 

 

2,999

 

835

 

2,003

 

161

 

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

2,027

 

422

 

209

 

1,016

 

 

380

 

Total increase in depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

23,300

 

1,257

 

2,212

 

1,177

 

18,274

 

380

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase due to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Americold-effect of consolidating Americold from November 18, 2004 vs. equity method accounting prior

 

 

 

12,289

 

 

 

—-

 

12,289

 

 

Acquisitions

 

 

 

408

 

386

 

 

22

 

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

5,761

 

1,291

 

283

 

689

 

 

3,498

(2)

Total increase in general and administrative

 

 

 

18,458

 

1,677

 

283

 

711

 

12,289

 

3,498

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs of acquisition not consummated

 

 

 

(1,475

)

—-

 

 

 

 

(1,475

)(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total increase in expenses

 

 

 

$

233,229

 

$

5,514

 

$

5,011

 

$

4,398

 

$

215,669

 

$

2,637

 


See notes on following page.

 

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Notes to preceding tabular information:

(1)                      Results primarily from the timing of expenses incurred for a major tradeshow (NeoCon East), which was held in the third quarter of 2005 versus the fourth quarter of 2004.

(2)                      Results primarily from (i) a $1,539 increase in payroll and fringe benefits, (ii) $967 of charitable contributions and (iii) a $577 increase in professional fees.

(3)                      Costs expensed in the prior year’s quarter as a result of an acquisition not consummated.

 

 

Income Applicable to Alexander’s

         Income applicable to Alexander’s (loan interest income, management, leasing, development and commitment fees, and equity in income) was $3,699,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $1,127,000 for the prior year’s quarter, an increase of $2,572,000.  The increase is primarily due to (i) $2,835,000 for the Company’s share of the decrease in Alexander’s stock appreciation rights compensation expense (“SAR”), (ii) $1,960,000 for the Company’s share of Alexander’s after-tax net gain on sale of condominiums in the current quarter, (iii) a $690,000 increase in development and guarantee fees, partially offset by (iv) a $1,438,000 decrease in interest income on the Company’s loans to Alexander’s which were repaid in July 2005 and (v) $1,274,000 for the Company share of a gain on the sale of a land parcel in the prior year’s quarter.

 

 

 

 

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Income from Partially-Owned Entities

         Below are the details of income from partially-owned entities by investment as well as the increase (decrease) in income from partially-owned entities for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004:

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Total

 

Monmouth
Mall

 

Toys(1)

 

Newkirk MLP

 

GMH

 

Beverly
Connection (2)

 

Starwood
Ceruzzi
Joint
Venture (3)

 

Partially
Owned
Office
Buildings

 

Temperature
Controlled
Logistics
(4)

 

Other

 

September 30, 2005:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

 

 

$

6,333

 

$

238,000

 

$

58,223

 

$

50,621

 

$

1,300

 

$

268

 

$

43,704

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating, general and administrative and costs of good sold

 

 

 

(2,592

)

(223,000

)

(2,015

)

(31,657

)

(1,344

)

(361

)

(16,065

)

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

 

(1,165

)

(10,000

)

(26,826

)

(8,070

)

(321

)

(188

)

(6,815

)

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

(2,633

)

(14,000

)

(16,278

)

(6,840

)

(440

)

 

(10,970

)

 

 

 

 

Other, net

 

 

 

(4,910

)

3,000

 

(17,234

)

 

(1,435

)

(8

)

(195

)

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

 

 

 

$

(4,967

)

$

(6,000

)

$

(4,130

)

$

4,054

 

$

(2,240

)

$

(289

)

$

9,659

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company’s interest

 

 

 

50

%

32.95

%

22.5

%

12.22

%

50

%

80

%

12.4

%

 

 

 

 

Equity in net (loss) income

 

$

(4,369

)

$

(2,483

)

$

(1,977

)

$

(970

)

495

 

$

(1,120

)

$

(232

)

$

1,199

 

 

 

$

719

 

Interest and other income

 

7,859

 

4,987

 

1,333

 

(334

)

 

1,555

 

 

(33

)

 

 

351

 

Fee income

 

682

 

268

 

114

 

 

 

300

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from partially-owned entities

 

$

4,172

 

$

2,772

(5)

$

(530

)

$

(1,304

)(6)

$

495

 

$

735

 

$

(232

)

$

1,166

 

N/A

(4)

$

1,070

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2004:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

 

 

$

5,961

 

 

 

$

58,461

 

 

 

 

 

$

451

 

$

31,038

 

$

29,603

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating, general and administrative and costs of good sold

 

 

 

(2,429

)

 

 

(5,972

)

 

 

 

 

(698

)

(12,902

)

(1,564

)

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

 

(1,214

)

 

 

(11,454

)

 

 

 

 

(141

)

(4,972

)

(13,996

)

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

(1,619

)

 

 

(19,954

)

 

 

 

 

 

(7,752

)

(12,993

)

 

 

Other, net

 

 

 

(805

)

 

 

32,758

 

 

 

 

 

 

(760

1,114

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

 

 

 

$

(106

)

 

 

$

53,839

 

 

 

 

 

$

(388

)

$

4,652

 

$

2,164

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company’s interest

 

 

 

50

%

 

 

22.3

%

 

 

 

 

80

%

15.5

%

60

%

 

 

Equity in net income (loss)

 

$

6,507

 

$

(53

)

 

 

$

4,904

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(310

$

720

 

$

1,298

 

$

(52

Interest and other income

 

1,688

 

823

 

 

 

803

 

 

 

 

 

 

(28

)

90

 

 

Fee income

 

1,631

 

238

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,393

 

 

Income (loss) from partially-owned entities

 

$

9,826

 

$

1,008

 

$

N/A

 

$

5,707

(6)

$

N/A

 

$

N/A

 

$

(310

)

$

692

 

$

2,781

(4)

$

(52

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Decrease) increase in income of partially-owned entities

 

$

(5,654

)

$

 1,764

(5)

$

(530

)

$

 (7,011

)(6)

$

495

 

$

735

 

$

78

 

$

474

 

$

(2,781

)(4)

$

1,122

 


See Notes on following page. 

 

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Notes to preceding tabular information:

 

(1)                                  See page 39 for details.

 

(2)                                  See page 38 for details.

 

(3)                                  On August 8, 2005, the Company acquired the remaining 20% of Starwood Ceruzzi it did not already own for $940 in cash.  The operations of Starwood Ceruzzi are consolidated into the accounts of the Company from the date of acquisition.

 

(4)                                  On November 18, 2004, the Company’s investment in Americold was consolidated into the accounts of the Company.  See page 74 for further details.

 

(5)                                  On August 11, 2005, the Company’s $23,500 preferred equity investment to the Monmouth Mall with a yield of 14% was replaced with $10,000 of new preferred equity with a yield of 9.5%.  In connection with this transaction the venture paid to the Company a prepayment penalty of $4,346, of which $2,173 (after the Company’s 50% share of the venture’s expense) was recognized as income from partially-owned entities in the three months ended September 30, 2005.

 

(6)                                  The three months ended September 30 2005 includes (i) $7,992 for the Company’s share of losses on the early extinguishment of debt and write-off of related deferred financing costs, (ii) $2,586 for the Company’s share of impairment losses, partially offset by (iii) $3,509 for the Company’s share of net gains on sale of real estate.  The three months ended September 30, 2004 includes $759 for the Company’s share of impairment losses.

 

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Interest and Other Investment (Expense) Income

         Interest and other investment (expense) income (mark-to-market of derivative positions, interest income on mortgage loans receivable, other interest income and dividend income) was a net expense of $35,660,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005, compared to income of $17,813,000 in the prior year’s quarter, a decrease of $53,473,000.  This decrease resulted primarily from:

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expense from the mark-to-market of Sears Holdings derivative position at September 30, 2005

 

$

66,627

 

Income from the mark-to-market of 5.7 million GMH warrants at September 30, 2005

 

(5,250

)

Income from the mark-to-market of McDonalds derivative position at September 30, 2005

 

(9,859

)

Interest income on the Company’s mezzanine loans to Charles Square in November 2004, Riley Holdco Corp. in February 2005, Roney Palace in February 2005 and The Sheffield in April 2005

 

(8,123

)

Interest income on the Company’s General Motors Building Mezzanine loans in 2004 which were repaid in January 2005

 

6,781

 

Interest income on $159,000 commitment to GMH in 2004, which was satisfied in November 2004

 

5,527

 

Interest income on the mezzanine loan to Extended Stay America, which was repaid in May 2005

 

1,481

 

Other, net — primarily due to interest earned on higher average cash balances

 

(3,711

)

 

 

$

53,473

 

 

Interest and Debt Expense

 

         Interest and debt expense was $88,391,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $61,101,000 in the prior year’s quarter, an increase of $27,290,000.  This increase resulted primarily from (i) $14,161,000 resulting from the consolidation of the Company’s investment in Americold Realty Trust beginning on November 18, 2004 versus accounting for the investment on the equity method prior, (ii) $7,625,000 from an increase in the weighted average interest rate on variable rate of debt of 274 basis points and (iii) $5,094,000 of interest expense on the Company’s $500,000,000 exchangeable senior debentures issued in March 2005.

 

Net Gains on Disposition of Wholly-Owned and Partially-Owned Assets Other than Depreciable Real Estate

         Net gains on disposition of wholly-owned and partially-owned assets other than depreciable real estate of $13,448,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 are net gains on sales of marketable equity securities, including a $9,017,000 net gain on sale of Prime Group Realty Trust common shares.

 

Minority Interest of Partially-Owned Entities

         Minority interest was $768,000 of expense for the three months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $33,000 of income for the prior year’s quarter, a change of $801,000.  This change resulted primarily from the consolidation of the Company’s investment in Americold Realty Trust beginning on November 18, 2004 versus accounting for the investment on the equity method in the prior year.

 

 

 

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(Loss) Income From Discontinued Operations

         In 2004, the Company classified Arlington Plaza, an office property located in Arlington, Virginia as a discontinued operation and reported revenues and expenses related to the property as discontinued operations and classified the related assets and liabilities as assets and liabilities held for sale for all periods presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, as subsequently amended by Form 10-K/A.  On June 30, 2005, the Company made a decision not to sell Arlington Plaza and, accordingly, reclassified the related assets and liabilities and revenues and expenses back into continuing operations for all periods presented.

 

         The combined results of operations of the assets related to discontinued operations for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 include the operating results of the assets related to discontinued operations (Vineland and 400 North LaSalle, which was sold on April 21, 2005), as well as the Company’s Dundalk, Maryland retail property sold on August 12, 2004.

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

For The Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

Total revenues

 

$

 

$

1,787

 

Total expenses

 

22

 

1,752

 

Net (loss) income

 

(22

)

35

 

Gain on sale of Dundalk

 

 

9,850

 

(Loss) income from discontinued operations

 

$

(22

)

$

9,885

 

 

Limited Partners’ Interest in the Operating Partnership

         Limited partners’ interest in the Operating Partnership was $3,342,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to $16,116,000 for the prior year’s quarter, a decrease of $12,774,000.  This decrease results primarily from lower net income subject to allocation to the minority limited partners, partially offset by a lower minority ownership interest due to the conversion of Class A operating partnership units into common shares of the Company subsequent to September 30, 2004.

 

Perpetual Preferred Unit Distributions of the Operating Partnership

         Perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership were $27,215,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $17,334,000 for the prior year’s quarter, an increase of $9,881,000.  This increase resulted primarily from (i) a $16,067,000 write-off of the issuance costs of the preferred units redeemed in the third quarter of 2005, (ii) distributions to holders of the 7.20% Series D-11 and 6.55% D-12 preferred units issued in May and December 2004, partially offset by the redemption of (i) $80,000,000 of the Company’s 8.25% Series D-3 preferred units in January 2005, (ii) $245,000,000 of the Company’s 8.25% Series D-3 and D-4 preferred units in July 2005 and (iii) $342,000,000 of the Company’s 8.25% Series D-5 and D-7 preferred units in September 2005.

 

 

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EBITDA by Segment

 

         Below are the details of the changes in EBITDA by segment for the three months ended September 30, 2005 from the three months ended September 30, 2004.

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Total

 

Office

 

Retail

 

Merchandise
Mart

 

Temperature
Controlled
Logistics

 

Toys

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30, 2004

 

$

263,759

 

$

162,595

 

$

52,950

 

$

32,898

 

$

19,191

 

$

 

$

(3,875

)

2005 Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same store operations(1)

 

 

 

(3,104

)

1,895

 

(480

)

 

 

 

 

Acquisitions, dispositions and non-same store income and expenses

 

 

 

(8,547

)

1,946

 

624

 

57

 

6,389

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30, 2005

 

$

227,592

 

$

150,944

 

$

56,791

 

$

33,042

 

$

19,248

 

$

6,389

 

$

(38,822

)

% (decrease) increase in same store operations

 

 

 

(2.1

)%(2)

5.0

%

(1.6

)%(3)

N/A

(4)

N/A

 

 

 


(1)          Represents operations which were owned for the same period in each year and excludes non-recurring income and expenses.

(2)          EBITDA and the same store percentage increase (decrease) were $80,615 and 2.8% for the New York portfolio and $70,329 and (7.4%) for the Washington DC portfolio.

(3)          EBITDA and the same store percentage decrease reflect an $800 decrease in EBITDA from the July Chicago Gift show.

(4)          Not comparable because prior to November 4, 2004 (date the operations of AmeriCold Logistics were combined with Americold), the Company reflected its equity in the rent Americold received from AmeriCold Logistics.  Subsequent thereto, the Company reflects its equity in the operations of the combined company.  See page 74 for condensed pro forma operating results of Americold for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, giving effect to the acquisition of its tenant, AmeriCold Logistics, as if it had occurred on January 1, 2004.

 

 

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          Reconciliation of Net Income and EBITDA

         Below is a summary of net income and a reconciliation of net income to EBITDA (1) by segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004.

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005

 

 

 

Total

 

Office (3)

 

Retail (3)

 

Merchandise
Mart
(3)

 

Temperature
Controlled
Logistics
(4)

 

Toys(5)

 

Other (6)

 

Property rentals

 

$

986,375

 

$

624,712

 

$

147,802

 

$

163,858

 

$

 

$

 

$

50,003

 

Straight-line rents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contractual rent increases

 

13,945

 

8,616

 

4,400

 

876

 

 

 

53

 

Amortization of free rent

 

21,368

 

12,247

 

1,845

 

7,276

 

 

 

 

Amortization of acquired below-market leases, net

 

9,118

 

5,347

 

3,685

 

 

 

 

86

 

Total rentals

 

1,030,806

 

650,922

 

157,732

 

172,010

 

 

 

50,142

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics

 

592,894

 

 

 

 

592,894

 

 

 

Tenant expense reimbursements

 

154,512

 

84,770

 

54,884

 

12,812

 

 

 

2,046

 

Fee and other income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant cleaning fees

 

23,220

 

23,220

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management and leasing fees

 

10,613

 

9,848

 

717

 

48

 

 

 

 

Lease termination fees

 

24,732

 

6,942

 

2,399

 

15,391

(3)

 

 

 

Other

 

13,632

 

9,786

 

204

 

3,641

 

 

 

1

 

Total revenues

 

1,850,409

 

785,488

 

215,936

 

203,902

 

592,894

 

 

52,189

 

Operating expenses

 

934,522

 

300,406

 

64,629

 

73,126

 

461,384

 

 

34,977

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

244,455

 

125,890

 

23,961

 

28,817

 

55,651

 

 

10,136

 

General and administrative

 

134,614

 

28,198

 

11,195

 

18,423

 

31,058

 

 

45,740

 

Total expenses

 

1,313,591

 

454,494

 

99,785

 

120,366

 

548,093

 

 

90,853

 

Operating income (loss)

 

536,818

 

330,994

 

116,151

 

83,536

 

44,801

 

 

(38,664

)

Income applicable to Alexander’s

 

42,115

 

379

 

522

 

 

 

 

41,214

 

Income (loss) from partially-owned entities

 

19,992

 

2,763

 

6,950

 

476

 

677

 

(530)

(5)

9,656

 

Interest and other investment income

 

135,461

 

1,098

 

409

 

141

 

1,292

 

 

132,521

 

Interest and debt expense

 

(249,705

)

(104,258

)

(44,648

)

(8,051

)

(41,761

)

 

(50,987

)

Net gain on disposition of wholly-owned and partially-owned assets other than depreciable real estate

 

16,936

 

606

 

896

 

 

 

 

15,434

 

Minority interest of partially- owned entities

 

962

 

 

—-

 

106

 

786

 

 

70

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

 

502,579

 

231,582

 

80,280

 

76,208

 

5,795

 

(530

)

109,244

 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

32,484

 

 

(119

)

 

 

 

32,603

 

Income (loss) before allocation to limited partners

 

535,063

 

231,582

 

80,161

 

76,208

 

5,795

 

(530

)

141,847

 

Limited partners’ interest in the Operating Partnership

 

(54,512

)

 

 

 

 

 

(54,512

)

Perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership

 

(60,908

)

 

 

 

 

 

(60,908

)

Net income (loss)

 

419,643

 

231,582

 

80,161

 

76,208

 

5,795

 

(530

)

26,427

 

Interest and debt expense(2)

 

275,321

 

107,415

 

50,477

 

8,724

 

19,870

 

4,613

 

84,222

 

Depreciation and
amortization
(2)

 

243,207

 

128,578

 

26,668

 

29,258

 

26,559

 

3,295

 

28,849

 

Income taxes

 

2,969

 

946

 

 

1,057

 

1,466

 

(989

)

489

 

EBITDA(1)

 

$

941,140

 

$

468,521

 

$

157,306

 

$

115,247

 

$

53,690

 

$

6,389

 

$

139,987

 

 

EBITDA includes a net gain on sale of real estate of $31,614, which relates to the Other segment.


See footnotes on page 60.

 

 

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(Amounts in thousands)

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004

 

 

 

Total

 

Office(3)

 

Retail(3)

 

Merchandise Mart(3)

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics(4)

 

Other(6)

 

Property rentals

 

$

945,332

 

$

622,567

 

$

118,236

 

$

 159,657

 

$

 

$

44,872

 

Straight-line rents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contractual rent increases

 

25,514

 

19,558

 

3,724

 

2,158

 

 

74

 

Amortization of free rent

 

18,757

 

6,327

 

8,950

 

3,487

 

 

(7

)

Amortization of acquired below-market leases, net

 

11,492

 

7,959

 

3,533

 

 

 

 

Total rentals

 

1,001,095

 

656,411

 

134,443

 

165,302

 

 

44,939

 

Tenant expense reimbursements

 

141,815

 

77,161

 

46,084

 

16,199

 

 

2,371

 

Fee and other income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant cleaning fees

 

22,687

 

22,687

 

 

 

 

 

Management and leasing fees

 

13,194

 

12,223

 

788

 

150

 

 

33

 

Lease termination fees

 

13,246

 

11,419

 

709

 

1,118

(3)

 

 

Other

 

14,699

 

9,852

 

858

 

3,939

 

 

50

 

Total revenues

 

1,206,736

 

789,753

 

182,882

 

186,708

 

—-

 

47,393

 

Operating expenses

 

457,565

 

290,500

 

57,389

 

74,401

 

 

35,275

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

173,151

 

117,960

 

19,279

 

25,644

 

 

10,268

 

General and administrative

 

90,163

 

28,536

 

9,506

 

15,797

 

 

36,324

 

Cost of acquisition not consummated

 

1,475

 

 

 

 

 

1,475

 

Total expenses

 

722,354

 

436,996

 

86,174

 

115,842

 

—-

 

83,342

 

Operating income (loss)

 

484,382

 

352,757

 

96,708

 

70,866

 

 

(35,949

)

Income applicable to Alexander’s

 

4,377

 

345

 

494

 

 

 

3,538

 

Income (loss) from partially-owned entities

 

33,642

 

1,979

 

(2,234

)

481

 

5,604

 

27,812

 

Interest and other investment income

 

36,665

 

634

 

217

 

83

 

 

35,731

 

Interest and debt expense

 

(176,827

)

(98,259

)

(44,481

)

(8,456

)

 

(25,631

)

Net gain on disposition of wholly-owned and partially-owned assets other than depreciable real estate

 

776

 

 

 

 

 

776

 

Minority interest of partially- owned entities

 

48

 

 

—-

 

—-

 

—-

 

48

 

Income from continuing operations

 

383,063

 

257,456

 

50,704

 

62,974

 

5,604

 

6,325

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

77,064

 

 

10,243

 

 

 

66,821

 

Income before allocation to limited partners

 

460,127

 

257,456

 

60,947

 

62,974

 

5,604

 

73,146

 

Limited partners’ interest in the Operating Partnership

 

(55,584

)

 

 

 

 

(55,584

)

Perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership

 

(51,580

)

 

 

 

 

(51,580

)

Net income (loss)

 

352,963

 

257,456

 

60,947

 

62,974

 

5,604

 

(34,018

)

Interest and debt expense(2)

 

234,815

 

101,129

 

46,798

 

9,141

 

23,011

 

54,736

 

Depreciation and amortization(2)

 

218,602

 

120,204

 

21,793

 

26,045

 

25,966

 

24,594

 

Income taxes

 

835

 

293

 

 

279

 

 

263

 

EBITDA(1)

 

$

807,215

 

$

479,082

 

$

129,538

 

$

 98,439

 

$

54,581

 

$

45,575

 

 

EBITDA includes net gain on sale of real estate of $75,755, of which $65,905 relates to the Other segment and $9,850 relates to the Retail segment.


See footnotes on the following page.

 

 

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Notes to preceding tabular information:

(1)          EBITDA represents “Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization.”  Management considers EBITDA a supplemental measure for making decisions and assessing the unlevered performance of its segments as it relates to the total return on assets as opposed to the levered return on equity.  As properties are bought and sold based on a multiple of EBITDA, management utilizes this measure to make investment decisions as well as to compare the performance of its assets to that of its peers.  EBITDA should not be considered a substitute for net income.  EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies.

 

(2)          Interest and debt expense and depreciation and amortization included in the reconciliation of net income to EBITDA includes the Company’s share of the interest and debt expense and depreciation and amortization of its partially-owned entities.

 

(3)          At December 31, 2004, 7 West 34th Street, a 440,000 square foot New York office building, was 100% occupied by four tenants, of which Health Insurance Plan of New York (“HIP”) and Fairchild Publications occupied 255,000 and 146,000 square feet, respectively.  Effective January 4, 2005, the Company entered into a lease termination agreement with HIP under which HIP made an initial payment of $13,362 and is anticipated to make annual payments ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 over the remaining six years of the HIP lease contingent upon the level of operating expenses of the building in each year. In connection with the termination of the HIP lease, the Company wrote off the $2,462 balance of the HIP receivable arising from the straight-lining of rent.

 

                        In the first quarter of 2005, the Company began redevelopment of a portion of this property into a permanent showroom building for the giftware industry.  As of January 1, 2005, the Company transferred the operations and financial results related to the office component of this asset from the New York Office division to the Merchandise Mart division for both the current and prior periods presented.  The operations and financial results related to the retail component of this asset were transferred to the Retail division for both current and prior periods presented.

 

(4)          Operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 reflect the consolidation of the Company’s investment in Americold on November 18, 2004.  Previously this investment was accounted for under the equity method.  See page 74 for further details.

 

(5)          Equity in net loss from Toys for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 represents (i) $1,977 for the Company’s share of Toys net loss for Toys’ second quarter ended July 30, 2005 for the period from July 21, 2005 (the date of Toys acquisition by the Company) to July 30, 2005 partially offset by (ii) $1,333 of interest income for the Company’s $150 million share of Toys’ bridge loan and (iii) $114 of management fees.

 

(6)          Other EBITDA is comprised of:

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

Newkirk:

 

 

 

 

 

Equity in income of MLP(A)

 

$

29,243

 

$

38,585

 

Interest and other income(B)

 

7,140

 

15,646

 

Alexander’s(C)

 

60,965

 

17,070

 

Hotel Pennsylvania(D)

 

14,150

 

7,963

 

GMH Communities L.P.

 

5,329

 

 

Industrial warehouses

 

4,037

 

3,803

 

Student housing

 

 

1,302

 

Other investments

 

698

 

 

 

 

121,562

 

84,369

 

Investment income and other

 

51,869

 

31,328

 

Perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership

 

(60,908

)

(51,580

)

Limited partners’ interest in the Operating Partnership

 

(54,512

)

(55,584

)

Corporate general and administrative expenses

 

(42,617

)

(33,366

)

Net gain on conversion of Sears common shares and derivative position to Sears Holdings common shares and derivative position

 

86,094

 

 

Expense from mark-to-market of Sears Holdings derivative position

 

(20,868

)

 

Income from the mark-to-market of McDonalds derivative position

 

9,859

 

 

Net gain on disposition of Prime Group common shares

 

9,017

 

 

Income from mark-to-market of GMH Communities L.P. warrants

 

7,813

 

 

Discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

Palisades (including $65,905 net gain on sale)

 

 

69,704

 

400 North LaSalle (including $31,614 net gain on sale)

 

32,678

 

704

 

 

 

$

139,987

 

$

45,575

 


(A)            The nine months ended September 30 2005, includes (i) $7,992 for the Company’s share of losses on the early extinguishment of debt and write-off of related deferred financing costs, (ii) $6,602 for the Company’s share of impairment losses, partially offset by (iii) $3,723 for the Company’s share of net gains on sale of real estate.  The nine months ended September 30, 2004 includes $2,901 for the Company’s share of impairment losses partially offset by $2,479 for the Company’s share of net gains on sale of real estate.

 

(B)              The nine months ended September 30 2004 includes income of $7,494, resulting from the exercise of an option by the Company’s joint venture partner to acquire certain MLP units held by the Company.  These MLP units were issued to the Company on behalf of its joint venture partner in exchange for the Company’s operating partnership units as part of the tender offers to acquire certain of the units of the MLP in 1998 and 1999.

 

(C)              The nine months ended September 30, 2005 includes (i) $28,134 for the Company’s share of Alexander’s net gains on sale of condominiums and income previously deferred in connection therewith and (ii) the Company’s $15,428 share of Alexander’s stock appreciation rights compensation expense.  The nine months ended September 30, 2004 includes (i) the Company’s $20,880 share of Alexander’s stock appreciation rights compensation expense, (ii) the Company’s $1,010 share of Alexander’s loss on early extinguishment of debt and (iii) the Company’s $1,274 share of a gain on sale of land parcel.

 

(D)             Average occupancy and REVPAR were 82.9% and $99.31 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to 76.9% and $71.80 for the prior year’s nine months.

 

 

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Results of Operations

Revenues

         The Company’s revenues, which consist of property rentals, tenant expense reimbursements, Temperature Controlled Logistics revenues, hotel revenues, trade shows revenues, amortization of acquired below market leases, net of above market leases pursuant to SFAS No. 141 and 142, and fee income, were $1,850,409,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $1,206,736,000 in the prior year’s nine months, an increase of $643,673,000.  Below are the details of the increase (decrease) by segment:

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Date of Acquisition

 

Total

 

Office

 

Retail

 

Merchandise Mart

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics

 

Other

 

Property rentals:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) due to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisitions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So. California supermarkets

 

July 2004

 

$

3,044

 

$

 

$

3,044

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Westbury Retail Condominium

 

May 2005

 

2,609

 

 

2,609

 

 

 

 

Marriot Hotel

 

July 2004

 

2,386

 

2,386

 

 

 

 

 

Bowen Building

 

June 2005

 

2,382

 

2,382

 

 

 

 

 

Burnside Plaza Shopping Center

 

December 2004

 

1,506

 

 

1,506

 

 

 

 

Lodi Shopping Center

 

November 2004

 

1,394

 

 

1,394

 

 

 

 

Rockville Town Center

 

March 2005

 

1,271

 

 

1,271

 

 

 

 

386 and 387 W. Broadway

 

December 2004

 

1,195

 

 

1,195

 

 

 

 

99-01 Queens Boulevard

 

August 2004

 

1,045

 

 

1,045

 

 

 

 

East 66th Street

 

July 2005

 

1,302

 

 

798

 

 

 

504

 

25 W. 14th Street

 

March 2004

 

632

 

 

632

 

 

 

 

H Street

 

July 2005

 

497

 

497

 

 

 

 

 

Forest Plaza Shopping Center

 

February 2004

 

254

 

 

254

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

1,279

 

 

1,279

 

 

 

 

Development/Redevelopment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crystal Plaza 2, 3 and 4 — taken out of service

 

 

 

(10,668

)

(10,668

)

 

 

 

 

4 Union Square South — placed into service

 

 

 

4,042

 

 

4,042

 

 

 

 

7 West 34th Street — conversion from office space to showroom space

 

 

 

(2,066

)

 

 

(2,066

)

 

 

Bergen Mall — taken out of service

 

 

 

(1,067

)

 

(1,067

)

 

 

 

Crystal Drive Retail — placed into service

 

 

 

814

 

814

 

 

 

 

 

715 Lexington Avenue — placed into service

 

 

 

130

 

 

130

 

 

 

 

Amortization of acquired below market leases, net

 

 

 

(2,374

)

(2,612

)

152

 

 

 

86

 

Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotel activity

 

 

 

7,998

 

 

 

 

 

7,998

(1)

Trade shows activity

 

 

 

3,364

 

 

 

3,364

(2)

 

 

Leasing activity - see page 44 for details

 

 

 

8,742

 

1,712

(3)

5,005

 

5,410

 

 

(3,385

)

Total increase (decrease) in property rentals

 

 

 

29,711

 

(5,489

)

23,289

 

6,708

 

 

5,203

 

Tenant expense reimbursements:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) due to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisitions/development

 

 

 

2,223

 

1,098

 

2,629

 

(1,504

)

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

10,474

 

6,511

 

6,171

 

(1,883

)(4)

 

(325

)

Total increase (decrease) in tenant expense reimbursements

 

 

 

12,697

 

7,609

 

8,800

 

(3,387

)

 

(325

)

Temperature Controlled Logistics (effect of consolidating Americold from November 18, 2004 vs. equity method prior)

 

 

 

592,894

 

 

 

 

592,894

 

 

Fee and other income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease cancellation fee income

 

 

 

11,486

 

(4,477

)(5)

1,690

 

14,273

(6)

 

 

Management and leasing fees

 

 

 

(2,573

)

(2,375

)(7)

(96

)

(102

)

 

 

BMS Cleaning fees

 

 

 

533

 

533

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

(1,075

)

(66

)

(629

)

(298

)

 

(82

)

Total increase (decrease) in fee and other income

 

 

 

8,371

 

(6,385

)

965

 

13,873

 

 

(82

)

Total increase (decrease) in revenues

 

 

 

$

643,673

 

$

(4,265

)

$

33,054

 

$

17,194

 

$

592,894

 

$

4,796

 


See notes on following page.

 

 

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Notes to preceding tabular information:

 

(1)                      Average occupancy and REVPAR were 82.9% and $99.31 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to 76.9% and $71.80 for the prior year’s nine months.

 

(2)                      Results primarily from the timing of revenue recognized for a major tradeshow (NeoCon East), which was held in the third quarter of 2005 versus the fourth quarter of 2004.

 

(3)                      Results primarily from a $15,688 increase in New York Office rental income resulting from 2004 and 2005 leasing activity, partially offset by a $2,826 write off of straight-line rent in connection with the MONY lease termination at 1740 Broadway this year and an $11,150 decrease in Washington, DC Office rental income due to the Patent and Trade Office leases expiring.

 

(4)                      Results primarily from the true-up of 2004 estimated real estate tax and CAM expense reimbursement billings and the loss of Chicago Transit Authority at the Merchandise Mart in November 2004.

 

(5)                      Results primarily from lease termination income of $9,324 from the Company’s 888 Seventh Avenue and 909 Third Avenue office properties in last year’s nine months, partially offset by $6,176 of termination fee income received from MONY Life Insurance at 1740 Broadway this year.

 

(6)                      Results primarily from lease termination income of $13,362 received from HIP at 7 West 34th Street in January 2005.

 

(7)                      Results primarily from exiting the Washington, DC third party representation business in 2004.

 

 

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Expenses

The Company’s expenses, which include operating, depreciation and amortization and general and administrative expenses, were $1,313,591,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $722,354,000 in the prior year’s nine months, an increase of $591,237,000.  Below are the details of the increase (decrease) by segment:

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Date of

Acquisition

 

Total

 

Office

 

Retail

 

Merchandise Mart

 

Temperature
Controlled
Logistics

 

Other

 

Operating:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) due to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Americold—effect of consolidating Americold from November 18, 2004 vs. equity method accounting prior

 

 

 

$

461,384

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

461,384

 

$

 

Acquisitions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bowen Building

 

June 2005

 

908

 

908

 

 

 

 

 

Burnside Plaza Shopping Center

 

December 2004

 

759

 

 

759

 

 

 

 

Westbury Retail Condominium

 

May 2005

 

526

 

 

526

 

 

 

 

Lodi Shopping Center

 

November 2004

 

401

 

 

401

 

 

 

 

H Street

 

July 2005

 

315

 

315

 

 

 

 

 

99-01 Queens Boulevard

 

August 2004

 

287

 

 

287

 

 

 

 

Rockville Town Center

 

March 2005

 

280

 

 

280

 

 

 

 

386 and 387 W. Broadway

 

December 2004

 

228

 

 

228

 

 

 

 

Forest Plaza Shopping Center

 

February 2004

 

122

 

 

122

 

 

 

 

So. California supermarkets

 

July 2004

 

121

 

 

121

 

 

 

 

40 East 66th Street

 

July 2005

 

381

 

 

107

 

 

 

274

 

25 W. 14th Street

 

March 2004

 

87

 

 

87

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

748

 

 

748

 

 

 

 

Development/Redevelopment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crystal Plaza 2, 3 and 4—taken out of service

 

 

 

(2,265

)

(2,265

)

 

 

 

 

4 Union Square South - placed into service

 

 

 

1,344

 

 

1,344

 

 

 

 

Bergen Mall—taken out of service

 

 

 

(1,205

)

 

(1,205

)

 

 

 

7 West 34th Street—conversion from office space to showroom space

 

 

 

1,105

 

 

 

1,105

 

 

 

Crystal Drive Retail - placed into service

 

 

 

306

 

306

 

 

 

 

 

715 Lexington Avenue - placed into service

 

 

 

298

 

 

298

 

 

 

 

Hotel activity

 

 

 

1,476

 

 

 

 

 

1,476

 

Trade shows activity

 

 

 

1,005

 

 

 

1,005

 

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

8,346

 

10,642

(1)

3,137

(2)

(3,385

(3)

 

(2,048

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in operating expenses

 

 

 

476,957

 

9,906

 

7,240

 

(1,275

)

461,384

 

(298

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) due to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Americold—effect of consolidating Americold from November 18, 2004 vs. equity method accounting prior

 

 

 

55,651

 

 

 

 

55,651

 

 

Acquisitions/development

 

 

 

6,961

 

1,279

 

4,783

 

899

 

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

8,692

 

6,651

 

(101

)

2,274

(4)

 

(132

)

Total increase (decrease) in depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

71,304

 

7,930

 

4,682

 

3,173

 

55,651

 

(132

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) due to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Americold—effect of consolidating Americold from November 18, 2004 vs. equity method accounting prior

 

 

 

31,058

 

 

 

 

31,058

 

 

Acquisitions/development

 

 

 

603

 

386

 

 

217

 

 

 

Operations

 

 

 

12,790

 

(724

)

1,689

(5)

2,409

(6)

 

9,416

(7)

Total increase (decrease) in general and administrative

 

 

 

44,451

 

(338

)

1,689

 

2,626

 

31,058

 

9,416

 

Costs of acquisitions not consummated

 

 

 

(1,475

)

—-

 

 

 

 

(1,475

)(8)

Total increase in expenses

 

 

 

$

591,237

 

$

17,498

 

$

13,611

 

$

4,524

 

$

548,093

 

$

7,511

 


See notes on following page.

 

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Notes to preceding tabular information:

(1)                      Results from increases in New York Office operating expenses, including $5,407 in real estate taxes and $5,506 in utility costs.

 

(2)                      This increase is partially due to a bad debt recovery in 2004 of $1,171 related to former K-Mart leases.

 

(3)                      Results primarily from lower real estate taxes based on the finalization of 2004 taxes in September 2005.

 

(4)                      Results primarily from additions to buildings and improvements during 2004.

 

(5)                      Results primarily from an increase in payroll and benefits.

 

(6)                      Results primarily from (i) $779 of higher income tax expense, (ii) $401 for a write-off of pre-acquisition costs, (iii) $359 for costs incurred in connection with a tenant escalation dispute settled in favor of the Company and (iv) $330 of an increase in payroll and benefits.

 

(7)                      Results primarily from a $5,645 increase in payroll and benefits and a $978 increase in charitable contributions.

 

(8)                      Costs expensed in the prior year as a result of an acquisition not consummated.

 

 

Income Applicable to Alexander’s

         Income applicable to Alexander’s (loan interest income, management, leasing, development and commitment fees, and equity in income) was $42,115,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $4,377,000 for the prior year’s quarter, an increase of $37,738,000.  The increase is primarily due to (i) $28,134,000 for the Company’s share of Alexander’s after-tax net gain on sale of condominiums in the current year, (ii) $5,452,000 for the Company’s share of the decrease in Alexander’s stock appreciation rights compensation (“SAR”), (iii) a $2,860,000 increase in development and guarantee fees, (iv) income from Alexander’s 731 Lexington Avenue property which was placed into service subsequent to the third quarter of 2004, partially offset by (iv) $1,274,000 for the Company’s share of a gain on sale of land parcel in the prior year’s quarter and (v) a $615,000 decrease in interest income on the Company’s loans to Alexander’s which were repaid in July 2005.

 

 

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Income from Partially-Owned Entities

         Below are the details of income from partially-owned entities by investment as well as the increase (decrease) in income from partially-owned entities for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004:

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Total

 

Monmouth

Mall

 

Toys (1)

 

Newkirk

MLP

 

GMH

 

Beverly
Connection (2)

 

Starwood
Ceruzzi
Joint
Venture (3)

 

Partially
Owned
Office
Buildings

 

Temperature
Controlled
Logistics (4)

 

Other

 

For the nine months ended:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2005 :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

 

 

$

18,689

 

$

238,000

 

$

175,963

 

$

127,404

 

$

3,986

 

$

1,312

 

$

107,096

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating, general and administrative and costs of good sold

 

 

 

(7,839

)

(223,000

)

(5,332

)

(85,060

)

(3,231

)

(2,020

)

(41,768

)

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

 

(3,484

)

(10,000

)

(44,128

)

(18,734

)

(653

)

(470

)

(17,230

)

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

(6,532

)

(14,000

)

(52,342

)

(15,469

)

(3,888

)

 

(27,638

)

 

 

 

 

Other, net

 

 

 

(6,461

)

3,000

 

(40,742

)

 

(1,435

)

(8

)

(332

)

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

 

 

 

$

(5,627

)

$

(6,000

)

$

33,419

 

$

8,141

 

$

(5,221

)

$

(1,186

)

$

20,128

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company’s interest

 

 

 

50

%

32.95

%

22.53

%

12.22

%

50

%

80

%

14.2

%

 

 

 

 

Equity in net income (loss)

 

$

4,306

 

$

(2,813

)

$

(1,977

)

$

7,174

 

$

995

 

$

(2,611

)

$

(949

)

$

2,861

 

 

 

$

1,626

 

Interest and other income

 

14,180

 

6,632

 

1,333

 

923

 

 

4,277

 

 

(99

)

 

 

1,114

 

Fee income

 

1,506

 

792

 

114

 

 

 

600

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from partially-owned entities

 

$

19,992

 

$

4,611

(5)

$

(530

)

$

8,097

(6)

$

995

 

$

2,266

 

$

(949

)

$

2,762

 

N/A

(4)

$

2,740

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2004:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

 

 

$

17,958

 

 

 

$

178,801

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,112

 

$

87,814

 

$

84,628

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating, general and administrative and costs of good sold

 

 

 

(6,972

)

 

 

(20,621

)

 

 

 

 

(2,391

)

(36,692

)

(5,199

)

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

 

(4,238

)

 

 

(34,548

)

 

 

 

 

(494

)

(14,570

)

(42,196

)

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

(4,635

)

 

 

(60,766

)

 

 

 

 

 

(24,336

)

(38,351

)

 

 

Other, net

 

 

 

(2,429

)

 

 

43,447

 

 

 

 

 

(4,791

)

1,919

 

3,063

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

 

$

(316

)

 

 

$

106,313

 

 

 

 

 

$

(6,564

)

$

14,135

 

$

1,945

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company’s interest

 

 

 

50

%

 

 

22.3

%

 

 

 

 

80

%

15.2

%

60

%

 

 

Equity in net income (loss)

 

$

15,610

 

$

(158

)

 

 

$

17,049

 

 

 

 

 

$

(5,251

)

$

2,151

 

$

1,167

 

$

652

 

Interest and other income

 

13,142

 

2,468

 

 

 

10,557

 

 

 

 

 

 

(172

)

289

 

 

Fee income

 

4,890

 

742

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,148

 

 

Income (loss) from partially-owned entities

 

$

33,642

 

$

3,052

 

$

N/A

 

$

27,606

(6)

$

N/A

 

$

N/A

 

$

(5,251

(7)

$

1,979

 

$

5,604

(4)

$

652

 

(Decrease) increase in income of partially-owned entities

 

$

 (13,650

)

$

1,559

(5)

$

(530

)

$

(19,509

(6)

$

995

 

$

2,266

 

$

4,302

(7)

$

783

 

$

(5,604

(4)

$

 2,088

 


See notes on following page.

 

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Notes to preceding tabular information:

(1)                      See page 39 for details.

 

(2)                      See page 38 for details.

 

(3)                      On August 8, 2005, the Company acquired the remaining 20% of Starwood Ceruzzi it did not already own for $940 in cash.

 

(4)                      On November 18, 2004, the Company’s investment in Americold was consolidated into the accounts of the Company.  See page 74 for further details.

 

(5)                      On August 11, 2005, the Company’s $23,500 preferred equity investment to the Monmouth Mall with a yield of 14% was replaced with $10,000 of new preferred equity with a yield of 9.5%.  In connection with this transaction the venture paid to the Company a prepayment penalty of $4,346, of which $2,173 (after the Company’s 50% share of the venture’s expense) was recognized as income from partially-owned entities in the nine months ended September 30, 2005.

 

(6)                      The nine months ended September 30, 2005 includes (i) $7,992 for the Company’s share of losses on the early extinguishment of debt and write-off of related deferred financing costs, (ii) $6,602 for the Company’s share of impairment losses, partially offset by (iii) $3,723 for the Company’s share of net gains on sale of real estate.  The nine months ended September 30, 2004 includes (i) a net gain of $7,494 resulting from the exercise of an option by the Company’s joint venture partner to acquire certain MLP units held by the Company, (ii) $2,479 for the Company’s share of net gains on sale of real estate, partially offset by (iii) $2,901 for the Company’s share of impairment losses.

 

(7)                      The nine months ended September 30, 2004 includes the Company’s $3,833 share of an impairment loss on one of the Starwood Ceruzzi Joint Venture’s properties.

 

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Interest and Other Investment Income

         Interest and other investment income (mark-to-market of derivative positions, interest income on mortgage loans receivable, other interest income and dividend income) was $135,461,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $36,665,000 in the prior year’s nine months, an increase of $98,796,000.  This increase resulted primarily from:

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain on conversion of Sears common shares and derivative position to Sears Holding common shares and derivative position, after a $7,265 third-party performance based participation

 

$86,094

 

Expense from the mark-to-market of Sears Holding derivative position at September 30, 2005

 

(20,868

)

Income from the mark-to-market of McDonalds derivative position at September 30, 2005

 

9,859

 

Interest income on the Company’s mezzanine loans to Charles Square in November 2004, Riley Holdco Corp. in February 2005, Roney Palace in February 2005 and The Sheffield in April 2005

 

18,787

 

Income from the mark-to-market of 5.7 million GMH warrants at September 30, 2005

 

7,813

 

Interest income on the Company’s General Motors Building Mezzanine loans in 2004 which were repaid in January 2005

 

(12,388

)

Interest income on $159,000 commitment to GMH in 2004, which was satisfied in November 2004

 

(5,527

)

Interest income, including an $830 premium, recognized on repayment of the mezzanine loan to Extended Stay America in May 2005

 

1,258

 

Other, net—primarily due to interest earned on higher cash balances at higher average rates

 

13,768

 

 

 

$98,796

 

 

Interest and Debt Expense

         Interest and debt expense was $249,705,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $176,827,000 in the prior year’s nine months, an increase of $72,878,000.  This increase resulted primarily from (i) $41,761,000 from the consolidation of the Company’s investment in Americold Realty Trust beginning on November 18, 2004 versus accounting for the investment on the equity method prior, (ii) $19,269,000 from an increase in the weighted average interest rate on variable rate of debt of 221 basis points and (iii) $10,672,000 of interest expense on the Company’s $500,000,000 exchangeable senior debentures issued in March 2005.

 

Net gains on Disposition of Wholly-Owned and Partially-Owned Assets Other than Depreciable Real Estate

         Net gain on disposition of wholly-owned and partially-owned assets other than depreciable real estate was $16,936,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and consists of $15,467,000 of net gains on sales of marketable equity securities, of which $9,017,000 relates to the disposition of the Prime Group common shares, and $1,469,000 relates to net gains on sale of land parcels.  Net gain on disposition of wholly-owned and partially-owned assets other than depreciable real estate for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 represents a $776,000 gain on sale of residential condominiums.

 

Minority Interest of Partially-Owned Entities

         Minority interest was $962,000 of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $48,000 of income for the prior year’s nine months, a change of $914,000.  This change resulted primarily from the consolidation of the Company’s investment in Americold Realty Trust beginning on November 18, 2004 versus accounting for the investment on the equity method in the prior year.

 

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Income From Discontinued Operations

         The combined results of operations of the assets related to discontinued operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 include the operating results of the assets related to discontinued operations (Vineland and 400 North LaSalle, which was sold on April 21, 2005), as well as the Company’s Palisades Residential Complex sold on June 29, 2004, and Dundalk, Maryland retail property sold on August 12, 2004. 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

For The Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

Total revenues

 

$

2,443

 

$

12,669

 

Total expenses

 

1,573

 

11,360

 

Net income

 

870

 

1,309

 

Gain on sale of Palisades

 

 

65,905

 

Gain on sale of 400 N. LaSalle

 

31,614

 

 

Gain on sale of Dundalk

 

 

9,850

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

$

32,484

 

$

77,064

 

 

Limited Partners’ Interest in the Operating Partnership

         Limited partners’ interest in the Operating Partnership was $54,512,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to $55,584,000 for the prior year’s nine months, a decrease of $1,072,000.  This decrease results primarily from a lower minority limited partnership ownership interest due to the conversion of Class A operating partnership units into common shares of the Company subsequent to September 30, 2004, partially offset by higher net income subject to allocation to the minority limited partners.

 

Perpetual Preferred Unit Distributions of the Operating Partnership

         Perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership were $60,908,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $51,580,000 for the prior year’s nine months, an increase of $9,328,000.  This increase resulted primarily from (i) a $18,267,000 write-off of the issuance costs of the preferred units redeemed in 2005, (ii) distributions to holders of the 7.20% Series D-11 and 6.55% D-12 units issued in May and December 2004, partially offset by the redemption of (i) $80,000,000 of the Company’s 8.25% Series D-3 preferred units in January 2005, (ii) $245,000,000 of the Company’s 8.25% Series D-3 and D-4 preferred units in July 2005 and (iii) $342,000,000 of the Company’s 8.25% Series D-5 and D-7 preferred units in September 2005.

 

 

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Changes in EBITDA by Segment

         Below are the details of the changes in EBITDA by segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 from the nine months ended September 30, 2004.

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Total

 

Office

 

Retail

 

Merchandise
Mart

 

Temperature Controlled
Logistics

 

Toys

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30, 2004

 

$

807,215

 

$

479,082

 

$

129,538

 

$

98,439

 

$

54,581

 

$

 

$

45,575

 

2005 Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same store
operations(1)

 

 

 

(3,068

)

4,786

 

5,631

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisitions, dispositions and non-same store income and expenses

 

 

 

(7,493

)

22,982

 

11,177

(3)

(891

)(5)

6,389

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30, 2005

 

$

941,140

 

$

468,521

 

$

157,306

 

$

115,247

 

$

53,690

 

$

6,389

 

$

139,987

 

% (decrease) increase in same store operations

 

 

 

(0.7

)%(2)

4.4

%

6.2

%(4)

N/A

(5)

N/A

 

 

 


(1) Represents operations which were owned for the same period in each year and excludes non-recurring income and expenses.

(2) EBITDA and the same store percentage increase (decrease) were $251,133 and 4.1% for the New York portfolio and $217,388 and (5.8%) for the Washington DC portfolio.

(3)    Primarily represents $13,362 of lease termination fee income received from a tenant at 7 West 34th Street, partially offset by $2,462 for the write-off of the tenant’s receivable arising from the straight-lining of rent.  See page 48 for details.

(4)    EBITDA and the same store percentage increase reflect the commencement of leases with WPP Group (228,000 square feet) in the third quarter of 2004 and the Chicago Sun Times (127,000 square feet) in the second quarter of 2004.  The same store percentage increase exclusive of these leases was 1.0%.

(5)    Not comparable because prior to November 4, 2004 (date the operations of AmeriCold Logistics were combined with Americold), the Company reflected its equity in the rent Americold received from AmeriCold Logistics.  Subsequent thereto, the Company reflects its equity in the operations of the combined company.  See page 74 for condensed pro forma operating results of Americold for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, giving effect to the acquisition of its tenant, AmeriCold Logistics, as if it had occurred on January 1, 2004.

 

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

    Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005

 

         Cash flows provided by operating activities of $502,850,000 was primarily comprised of (i) net income of $419,643,000, (ii) adjustments for non-cash items of $129,027,000, (iii) distributions of income from partially-owned entities of $31,045,000, partially offset by (iv) the net change in operating assets and liabilities of $76,865,000.  The adjustments for non-cash items are primarily comprised of (i) depreciation and amortization of $252,555,000, (ii) allocation of income to limited partners of the Operating Partnership of $54,512,000, (iii) perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership of $42,641,000, (iv) the write-off of preferred unit issuance costs of $18,267,000, (v) expense from mark-to-market of Sears Holdings derivative position of $20,868,000, partially offset by, (vi) the net gain on conversion of Sears common shares and derivative position to Sears Holdings common shares and derivative position of $86,094,000, (vii) income from mark-to-market of McDonalds derivative position of $9,859,000, (viii) income from mark-to-market of GMH Communities L.P. warrants of $7,813,000, (ix) net gains on disposition of wholly-owned and partially-owned assets other than depreciable real estate of $16,936,000, (x) the effect of straight-lining of rental income of $35,313,000, (xi) equity in net income of partially-owned entities and Alexander’s of $62,107,000 (xii) net gains on sale of real estate of $31,614,000 and (xiii) amortization of acquired below market leases net of above market leases of $9,118,000.

 

         Net cash used in investing activities of $1,484,059,000 was primarily comprised of (i) investments in notes and mortgage loans receivable of $280,000,000, (ii) capital expenditures of $71,332,000, (iii) development and redevelopment expenditures of $106,814,000, (iv) investments in partially-owned entities of $944,653,000, (v) acquisitions of real estate of $634,933,000, (vi) investments in marketable securities of $225,647,000, (vii) deposits in connection with real estate acquisitions of $15,058,000 partially offset by (viii) proceeds from the sale of real estate of $126,584,000, (ix) distributions of capital from partially-owned entities of $179,483,000, of which $124,000,000 relates to the repayment of the Company’s loan to Alexander’s, (x) repayments on notes and mortgages receivable of $375,000,000, (xi) restricted cash of $46,491,000 and (xii) proceeds from the sale of marketable securities of $66,820,000.

 

         Net cash provided by financing activities of $776,388,000 was primarily comprised of (i) proceeds from borrowings of $890,000,000, (ii) proceeds from the issuance of common shares of $780,750,000, (iii) proceeds from the issuance of preferred shares and units of $471,673,000, (iv) proceeds of $46,123,000 from the exercise by employees of share options, partially offset by (v) dividends paid on common shares of $302,435,000, (vi) repayments of borrowings of $202,563,000, (vii) redemption of preferred shares and units of $782,000,000, (viii) dividends paid on preferred shares of $22,974,000, and (ix) distributions to minority partners of $93,691,000.

 

         During 2005 and 2006, $0 and $578,151,000 of the Company’s notes and mortgages payable mature, respectively.  The Company may refinance such loans or choose to repay all or a portion of such loans using existing cash balances or its revolving credit facility.

 

         Capital expenditures are categorized as follows:

                  Recurring—capital improvements expended to maintain a property’s competitive position within the market and tenant improvements and leasing commissions necessary to re-lease expiring leases or renew or extend existing leases.

                  Non-recurring—capital improvements completed in the year of acquisition and the following two years which were planned at the time of acquisition and tenant improvements and leasing commissions for space which was vacant at the time of acquisition of a property.

                  Development and redevelopment expenditures include all hard and soft costs associated with the development or redevelopment of a property, including tenant improvements, leasing commissions and capitalized interest and operating costs until the property is substantially complete and ready for its intended use.

 

 

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         Below are the details of capital expenditures, leasing commissions and development and redevelopment expenditures and a reconciliation of total expenditures on an accrual basis to the cash expended in the nine months ended September 30, 2005.

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Total

 

New York

Office

 

Washington

DC

 

Retail

 

Merchandise

Mart

 

Other

 

Capital Expenditures—Accrual basis:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenditures to maintain the assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recurring

 

$

21,948

 

$

8,457

 

$

3,905

 

$

(108

)(1)

$

9,536

 

$

158

 

Non-recurring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,948

 

8,457

 

3,905

 

(108

)

9,536

 

158

 

Tenant improvements:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recurring

 

59,111

 

24,037

 

13,908

 

3,754

 

17,412

 

 

Non-recurring

 

1,938

 

 

1,938

 

 

 

 

 

 

61,049

 

24,037

 

15,846

 

3,754

 

17,412

 

 

Total

 

$

82,997

 

$

32,494

 

$

19,751

 

$

3,646

 

$

26,948

 

$

158

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leasing Commissions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recurring

 

$

13,547

 

$

6,273

 

$

3,467

 

$

320

 

$

3,487

 

$

 

Non-recurring

 

294

 

 

294

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

13,841

 

$

6,273

 

$

3,761

 

$

320

 

$

3,487

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Square feet leased

 

4,692

 

996

 

2,030

 

473

 

1,193

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Capital Expenditures and Leasing Commissions - Accrual basis

 

$

96,838

 

$

38,767

 

$

23,512

 

$

3,966

 

$

30,435

 

$

158

 

Adjustments to reconcile accrual basis to cash basis:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenditures in the current year applicable to prior periods

 

43,963

 

19,247

 

17,441

 

1,818

 

5,457

 

 

Expenditures to be made in future periods for the current period

 

(45,872

)

(22,646

)

(12,584

)

(3,401

)

(7,241

)

 

Total Capital Expenditures and Leasing Commissions - Cash basis

 

$

94,929

 

$

35,368

 

$

28,369

 

$

2,383

 

$

28,651

 

$

158

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Development and Redevelopment Expenditures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crystal Plazas (PTO)

 

$

34,412

 

$

 

$

34,412

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

7 West 34th Street

 

15,894

 

 

 

 

15,894

 

 

715 Lexington Avenue

 

8,267

 

 

 

8,267

 

 

 

640 Fifth Avenue

 

7,004

 

7,004

 

 

 

 

 

Bergen Mall

 

6,255

 

 

 

6,255

 

 

 

Farley Building

 

6,200

 

6,200

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

28,782

 

902

 

1,419

 

16,620

 

9,195

 

646

 

 

 

$

106,814

 

$

14,106

 

$

35,831

 

$

31,142

 

$

25,089

 

$

646

 


(1)                                  Reflects reimbursements from tenants for expenditures incurred in the prior year.

 

 

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         Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004

                Cash flows provided by operating activities of $478,672,000 was primarily comprised of (i) net income of $352,963,000, (ii) adjustments for non-cash items of $118,649,000, (iii) distributions of income from partially-owned entities of $11,421,000, partially offset by (iv) the net change in operating assets and liabilities of $4,361,000.  The adjustments for non-cash items are primarily comprised of (i) depreciation and amortization of $180,226,000, (ii) allocation of income to limited partners of the Operating Partnership of $55,584,000, (iii) perpetual preferred unit distributions of the Operating Partnership of $51,580,000, partially offset by, (iv) a net gain on sale of real estate of $75,755,000, (v) the effect of straight-lining of rental income of $44,826,000, (vi) equity in net income of partially-owned entities and Alexander’s of $38,019,000 and (vii) amortization of acquired below market leases net of above market leases of $11,492,000.

 

         Net cash provided by investing activities of $272,202,000 was primarily comprised of (i) investments in mortgage notes receivable of $246,005,000, (ii) capital expenditures of $81,413,000, (iii) development and redevelopment expenditures of $87,798,000, (iv) investments in partially-owned entities of $6,220,000, (v) acquisitions of real estate of $194,399,000 (vi) restricted cash, primarily mortgage escrows of $44,649,000, (vii) investments in marketable securities of $45,509,000 partially offset by, (viii) proceeds from the sale of real estate of $233,347,000, (ix) distributions of capital from partially-owned entities of $161,944,000 and, (x) repayments on notes and mortgages receivable of $38,500,000.

 

         Net cash used in financing activities of $314,938,000 was primarily comprised of (i) dividends paid on common shares of $282,731,000, (ii) repayments of borrowings of $542,297,000, (iii) redemption of preferred shares and units of $112,467,000, (iv) dividends paid on preferred shares of $13,594,000, and (v) distributions to minority partners of $99,861,000, partially offset by, (vi) proceeds from borrowings of $575,158,000, (vii) proceeds of $106,655,000 from the issuance of preferred shares and units and (viii) proceeds of $54,199,000 from the exercise by employees of share options.

 

         Below are the details of capital expenditures, leasing commissions and development and redevelopment expenditures and a reconciliation of total expenditures on an accrual basis to the cash expended in the nine months ended September 30, 2004. 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Total

 

New York
Office

 

Washington
DC

 

Retail

 

Merchandise
Mart

 

Other

 

Capital Expenditures—Accrual basis:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenditures to maintain the
assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recurring

 

$

29,977

 

$

6,529

 

$

7,290

 

$

1,227

 

$

11,267

 

$

3,664

 

Non-recurring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,977

 

6,529

 

7,290

 

1,227

 

11,267

 

3,664

 

Tenant improvements:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recurring

 

84,196

 

32,370

 

19,470

 

3,107

 

29,249

 

 

Non-recurring

 

4,140

 

 

4,140

 

 

 

 

 

 

88,336

 

32,370

 

23,610

 

3,107

 

29,249

 

 

Total

 

$

118,313

 

$

38,899

 

$

30,900

 

$

4,334

 

$

40,516

 

$

3,664

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leasing Commissions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recurring

 

$

29,348

 

$

15,390

 

$

5,351

 

$

447

 

$

8,160

 

$

 

Non-recurring

 

749

 

 

749

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

30,097

 

$

15,390

 

$

6,100

 

$

447

 

$

8,160

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Square feet leased

 

5,320

(1)

1,239

 

1,995

(1)

840

 

1,246

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Capital Expenditures and Leasing Commissions—Accrual basis

 

$

148,410

 

$

54,289

 

$

37,000

 

$

4,781

 

$

48,676

 

$

3,664

 

Adjustments to reconcile accrual basis to cash basis:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenditures in the current year applicable to prior periods

 

46,373

 

19,345

 

21,990

 

1,542

 

3,496

 

 

Expenditures to be made in future periods for the current period

 

(78,930

)

(35,819

)

(20,298

)

(3,221

)

(19,592

)

 

Total Capital Expenditures and Leasing Commissions—Cash basis

 

$

115,853

 

$

37,815

 

$

38,692

 

$

3,102

 

$

32,580

 

$

3,664

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Development and Redevelopment
Expenditures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

640 Fifth Avenue

 

$

13,114

 

$

13,114

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

4 Union Square South

 

21,495

 

 

 

21,495

 

 

 

Crystal Drive—retail

 

17,596

 

 

17,596

 

 

 

 

Other

 

35,593

 

599

 

1,394

 

18,747

 

14,156

 

697

 

 

 

$

87,798

 

$

13,713

 

$

18,990

 

$

40,242

 

$

14,156

 

$

697

 


(1)                                  Excludes 261 square feet of development space leased during the period.

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2005 vs. Three Months Ended June 30, 2005

 

Below are the details of the changes in EBITDA by segment for the three months ended September 30, 2005 from the three months ended June 30, 2005.

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Total

 

Office

 

Retail

 

Merchandise
Mart

 

Temperature
Controlled
Logistics

 

Toys “R”
US

 

Other

 

EBITDA for the three months ended June 30, 2005

 

$

354,987

 

$

159,547

 

$

52,428

 

$

39,393

 

$

17,255

 

$

N/A

 

$

86,364

 

2005 Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same store operations(1)

 

 

 

(9,931

)

160

 

(6,987

)

 

 

 

 

Acquisitions, dispositions and other non-same store income and expenses

 

 

 

1,328

 

4,203

 

636

 

1,993

 

6,389

 

 

 

EBITDA for the three months ended September 30, 2005

 

$

227,592

 

$

150,944

 

$

56,791

 

$

33,042

 

$

19,248

 

$

6,389

 

$

(38,822

)

% increase in same store operations

 

 

 

(6.4

)%(2)

0.3

%

(18,8

)%(3)

N/A

 

N/A

 

 

 


(1)          Represents operations which were owned for the same period in each year and excludes non-recurring income and expenses.

 

(2)          Same store percentage decrease was 5.6% for the New York portfolio and 7.3% for the Washington DC portfolio.  These decreases reflect seasonally higher operating expenses, primarily utility costs, in the third quarter, of which $6,206 relates to the New York portfolio and $3,651 relates to the Washington DC portfolio.  The same store operations exclusive of the seasonal increases in utilities increased by 1.8% for the New York portfolio and decreased by 2.2% for the Washington, DC portfolio.

 

(3)          Primarily due to seasonality of operations as the second and fourth quarters include major trade shows and, therefore have historically been higher than the first and third quarters.

 

                Below is a reconciliation of net income and EBITDA for the three months ended June 30, 2005.

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

Total

 

Office

 

Retail

 

Merchandise Mart

 

Temperature Controlled Logistics

 

Other

 

Net income for the three months ended June 30, 2005

 

$

181,082

 

$

80,017

 

$

26,056

 

$

25,896

 

$

1,186

 

$

47,927

 

Interest and debt expense

 

91,875

 

35,598

 

16,857

 

2,905

 

6,640

 

29,875

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

80,788

 

43,874

 

9,515

 

10,052

 

9,070

 

8,277

 

Income taxes

 

1,242

 

58

 

 

540

 

359

 

285

 

EBITDA for the three months ended June 30, 2005

 

$

354,987

 

$

159,547

 

$

52,428

 

$

39,393

 

$

17,255

 

$

86,364

 

 

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Investment in Americold Realty Trust

         Prior to November 18, 2004, the Company owned a 60% interest in the Vornado Crescent Portland Partnership, which owned Americold, and accounted for its interest under the equity method.  On November 18, 2004 the Company’s investment in Americold was consolidated into the accounts of the Company.  The following is a pro forma presentation of the results of operations of Americold for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, giving effect to the acquisition of AmeriCold Logistics as if it had occurred on January 1, 2004.

 

 

 

 

For the Three
Months Ended September 30,

 

For the Nine
Months Ended September 30,

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

232,778

 

$

173,756

 

$

592,894

 

$

510,113

 

Cost applicable to revenue

 

185,106

 

139,955

 

461,384

 

399,285

 

Gross margin

 

47,672

 

33,801

 

131,510

 

110,828

 

General and administrative expense

 

12,289

 

8,039

 

31,058

 

26,885

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

18,274

 

17,963

 

55,651

 

54,437

 

Interest expense

 

14,161

 

13,054

 

41,761

 

38,549

 

Other (income) expense, net

 

(843

1,794

 

(1,969

)

1,924

 

Net income (loss)

 

3,791

 

(7,049

)

5,009

 

(10,697

)

Taxes

 

1,780

 

(464

)

3,082

 

815

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

18,274

 

17,963

 

55,651

 

54,437

 

Interest expense

 

14,161

 

13,054

 

41,761

 

38,549

 

EBITDA

 

$

38,006

 

$

23,504

 

$

105,503

 

$

82,834

 

Same store percentage increase

 

24.6

%

 

 

12.2

%

 

 

 

         The Company’s actual share of net income and EBITDA for 2005 and pro forma share for 2004 are as follows.

 

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

1,804

 

$

(3,354

)

$

2,383

 

$

(5,090

)

EBITDA

 

$

18,083

 

$

11,183

 

$

50,198

 

$

39,412

 

 

         Revenue increased by $59,021,000 from the prior year’s quarter and $82,780,000 from the prior year’s nine months.  These increases were primarily due to (i) an increase in Americold’s transportation management services business, of which $43,322,000 relates to the quarter and $55,747,000 relates to the nine months, resulting from both new and existing customers, (ii) an increase in new managed warehouse contracts, net of a contract termination in the fourth quarter of 2004, of which $8,776,000 relates to the quarter and $14,137,000 relates to the nine months and (iii) an increase in handling, storage and accessorial services.

 

         Gross margin from owned warehouses was $37,682,000, or 31.1%, for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, compared to $37,507,000, or 32.3%, for the quarter ended September 30, 2004, an increase of $175,000.  Gross margin from owned warehouses was $113,947,000, or 33.3%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $109,029,000, or 33.0%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, an increase of $4,918,000.  These increases were primarily attributable to higher occupancy and lower operating costs.

 

         Gross margin from other operations (i.e., transportation, management services and managed warehouses) was $9,990,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, compared to a negative $3,706,000 for the quarter ended September 30, 2004, an increase of $13,696,000. Gross margin from other operations was $17,563,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $1,799,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, an increase of $15,764,000.  These increases were primarily the result of (i) one-time charges of $7,523,000 in 2004 primarily related to a change in estimate of unbilled transportation revenue, (ii) an increase in business in transportation management services from both new and existing customers and (iii) an increase in margin from new and existing managed warehouse customers.

 

General and administrative expense increased by $4,251,000 from the prior year’s quarter and $4,174,000 from the prior year’s nine months.  The increase from the prior year’s quarter resulted primarily from an increase in tax and bonus provisions, partially offset by a decrease in other benefits and travel and entertainment expenses.

 

          Interest expense increased by $1,107,000 from the prior year’s quarter and $3,212,000 from the prior year’s nine months.  These increases were primarily due to higher average debt outstanding as Americold obtained mortgage financing on 28 of its unencumbered properties in February 2004 and higher interest rates.

 

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FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS (“FFO”)

 

         FFO is computed in accordance with the definition adopted by the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”).  NAREIT defines FFO as net income or loss determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), excluding extraordinary items as defined under GAAP and gains or losses from sales of previously depreciated operating real estate assets, plus specified non-cash items, such as real estate asset depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures.

         FFO and FFO per diluted share are used by management, investors and industry analysts as supplemental measures of operating performance of equity REITs.  FFO and FFO per diluted share should be evaluated along with GAAP net income and income per diluted share (the most directly comparable GAAP measures), as well as cash flow from operating activities, investing activities and financing activities, in evaluating the operating performance of equity REITs.  Management believes that FFO and FFO per diluted share are helpful to investors as supplemental performance measures because these measures exclude the effect of depreciation, amortization and gains or losses from sales of real estate, all of which are based on historical costs which implicitly assumes that the value of real estate diminishes predictably over time.  Since real estate values instead have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, these non-GAAP measures can facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods and among other equity REITs.

 

         FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and is not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs as disclosed in the Company’s Statements of Cash Flows.  FFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income as an indicator of the Company’s operating performance or as an alternative to cash flows as a measure of liquidity.

         The calculations of both the numerator and denominator used in the computation of income per share are disclosed in footnote 11—Income Per Share, in the Company’s notes to consolidated financial statements on page 26 of this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q.

 

FFO for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005, and 2004

 

         FFO applicable to common shares plus assumed conversions was $93,272,000, or $.65 per diluted share for the three months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $156,703,000 or $1.18 per diluted share for the prior year’s quarter, a decrease of $63,431,000 or $.53 per share.  FFO applicable to common shares plus assumed conversions was $563,377,000 or $3.95 per diluted share for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $446,925,000 or $3.41 per diluted share for the prior year’s nine months, an increase of $116,452,000 or $.54 per share. 

 

 

 

For The Three Months
Ended September 30,

 

For The Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Net Income to FFO:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

38,742

 

$

108,523

 

$

419,643

 

$

352,963

 

Depreciation and amortization of real property

 

68,164

 

56,799

 

200,458

 

164,931

 

Net gain on sale of real estate

 

 

(9,850

)

(31,614

)

(75,755

)

Proportionate share of adjustments to equity in net income of partially-owned entities to arrive at FFO:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization of real property

 

9,250

 

13,080

 

21,837

 

39,623

 

Net gain on sale of real estate

 

(3,509

)

(43

)

(3,723

)

(2,822

)

Limited partners’ share of above adjustments

 

(8,082

)

(8,050

)

(22,327

)

(18,832

)

FFO

 

104,565

 

160,459

 

584,274

 

460,108

 

Preferred share dividends

 

(11,519

)

(4,022

)

(32,290

)

(15,569

)

FFO applicable to common shares

 

93,046

 

156,437

 

551,984

 

444,539

 

Interest on 3.875% exchangeable senior debentures

 

 

 

10,672

 

 

Series A convertible preferred share dividends

 

226

 

266

 

721

 

805

 

Series E-1 convertible preferred units

 

 

 

 

1,581

 

FFO applicable to common shares plus assumed conversions

 

$

93,272

 

$

156,703

 

$

563,377

 

$

446,925

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Weighted Average Shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding

 

136,452

 

126,397

 

131,682

 

124,624

 

Effect of dilutive securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee stock options and restricted share awards

 

7,359

 

5,626

 

6,784

 

5,107

 

3.875% exchangeable senior debentures

 

 

 

3,713

 

 

Series A convertible preferred shares

 

386

 

454

 

410

 

461

 

Series E-1 convertible preferred units

 

 

 

 

851

 

Denominator for diluted FFO per share

 

144,197

 

132,477

 

142,589

 

131,043

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted FFO per share

 

$

.65

 

$

1.18

 

$

3.95

 

$

3.41

 

 

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                Included in FFO are certain items that affect comparability as detailed below.  Before these items, the three months ended September 30, 2005 is 12.9% lower than the prior year’s three months on a per share basis and the nine months ended September 30, 2005 is 2.0% lower than the prior year’s nine months on a per share basis.

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2005

 

September 30, 2004

 

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

Amount

 

Per Share

 

Amount

 

Per Share

 

FFO applicable to common shares plus assumed conversions

 

$

93,272

 

$

.65

 

$

156,703

 

$

1.18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Items that affect comparability:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expense from mark-to-market of Sears Holdings derivative position

 

$

66,627

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

Write-off of perpetual preferred share and unit issuances costs

 

16,067

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss on early extinguishment of debt of partially-owned entities—Newkirk MLP

 

7,992

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexander’s stock appreciation rights compensation expense

 

5,961

 

 

 

8,796

 

 

 

Impairment losses of partially-owned entities—Newkirk MLP

 

2,586

 

 

 

759

 

 

 

Income from mark-to-market of McDonalds derivative position

 

(9,859

)

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain on disposition of Prime Group common shares

 

(9,017

)

 

 

 

 

 

Income from mark-to-market of GMH warrants

 

(5,250

)

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain on sale of Alexander’s condominiums

 

(1,960

)

 

 

 

 

 

Income from Monmouth Mall prepayment penalty

 

(2,173

)

 

 

 

 

 

Costs of acquisition not consummated

 

 

 

 

1,475

 

 

 

Gain on sale of land parcels—Alexander’s

 

 

 

 

(1,274

)

 

 

Limited partners’ share of above adjustments

 

(9,495

)

 

 

(1,250

)

 

 

 

 

$

61,479

 

$

.43

 

$

8,506

 

$

.06

 

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2005

 

September 30, 2004

 

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

Amount

 

Per Share

 

Amount

 

Per Share

 

FFO applicable to common shares plus assumed conversions

 

$

563,377

 

$

3.95

 

$

446,925

 

$

3.41

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Items that affect comparability:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain on conversion of Sears common shares and derivative position to Sears Holdings common shares and derivative position

 

$

(86,094

)

 

 

$

 

 

 

Net gain on sale of Alexander’s 731 Lexington Avenue condominiums

 

(28,134

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from mark-to-market of McDonalds derivative position

 

(9,859

)

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain on disposition of Prime Group common shares

 

(9,017

)

 

 

 

 

 

Income from mark-to-market of GMH warrants

 

(7,813

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from Monmouth Mall prepayment penalty

 

(2,173

)

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain on sales of land parcels and condominiums

 

(1,469

)

 

 

(2,050

)

 

 

Write-off of perpetual preferred share and unit issuance costs

 

22,119

 

 

 

3,895

 

 

 

Expense from mark-to-market of Sears Holdings derivative position

 

20,868

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexander’s stock appreciation rights compensation expense

 

15,428

 

 

 

20,880

 

 

 

Loss on early extinguishment of debt of partially-owned entities

 

7,992

 

 

 

1,434

 

 

 

Impairment losses of partially-owned entities

 

6,602

 

 

 

6,734

 

 

 

Net gain on sale of Newkirk MLP options

 

 

 

 

(7,494

)

 

 

Costs of acquisition not consummated

 

 

 

 

1,475

 

 

 

Limited partners’ share of above adjustments

 

7,896

 

 

 

(3,449

)

 

 

 

 

$

(63,654

)

$

(.45

)

$

21,425

 

$

.16

 

 

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Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks

 

         The Company has exposure to fluctuations in market interest rates.  Market interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors that are beyond the control of the Company.  Various financial instruments exist which would allow management to mitigate the impact of interest rate fluctuations on the Company’s cash flows and earnings.

 

         As of September 30, 2005, the Company has an interest rate swap as described in footnote 1 to the table below.  In addition, during 2003 the Company purchased two interest rate caps with notional amounts aggregating $295,000,000, and simultaneously sold two interest rate caps with the same aggregate notional amount on substantially the same terms as the caps purchased.  As the significant terms of these arrangements are the same, the effects of a revaluation of these instruments are expected to substantially offset one another.  Management may engage in additional hedging strategies in the future, depending on management’s analysis of the interest rate environment and the costs and risks of such strategies.

 

         The Company’s exposure to a change in interest rates on its consolidated and non-consolidated debt (all of which arises out of non-trading activity) is as follows:

 

 

 

As at September 30, 2005

 

As at December 31, 2004

 

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

Balance

 

Weighted
Average
Interest Rate

 

Effect of 1%
Change In
Base Rates

 

Balance

 

Weighted
Average
Interest Rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated debt:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable rate

 

$

1,135,544

(1)

5.55

%

$

11,355

 

$

1,114,981

 

3.45

%

Fixed rate

 

4,580,391

 

6.16

%

 

3,841,530

 

6.68

%

 

 

$

5,715,935

 

6.04

%

11,355

 

$

4,956,511

 

5.95

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt of non-consolidated entities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable rate

 

$

1,772,257

 

6.54

%

17,723

 

$

122,007

 

4.67

%

Fixed rate

 

1,164,156

 

7.40

%

 

547,935

 

6.73

%

 

 

$

2,936,413

 

6.88

%

17,723

 

$

669,942

 

6.36

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limited partners’ interest in the Operating Partnership

 

 

 

 

 

(3,053

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total change in the Company’s annual net income

 

 

 

 

 

$

26,025

 

 

 

 

 

Per share-diluted

 

 

 

 

 

$

.18

 

 

 

 

 


(1)          Includes $501,258 for the Company’s senior unsecured notes due 2007, as the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements that effectively converted the interest rate from a fixed rate of 5.625% to a floating rate of LIBOR plus .7725%, based upon the trailing three month LIBOR rate (4.83% if set on September 30, 2005).  In accordance with SFAS No. 133, as amended, the Company is required to fair value the debt at each reporting period.  At September 30, 2005, the fair value adjustment was $1,507, and is included in the balance of the senior unsecured notes above.

 

         The fair value of the Company’s debt, based on discounted cash flows at the current rate at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings for the remaining term of such debt, exceeds the aggregate carrying amount by approximately $13,840,000 at September 30, 2005.

 

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Derivative Instruments

 

          The Company has the following derivative instruments that do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment:

 

          As a result of the merger between Sears and Kmart on March 30, 2005, the Company’s derivative position representing 7,916,900 Sears common shares became a derivative position representing 2,491,819 common shares of Sears Holding valued at $323,936,000 based on the $130.00 per share closing price on March 30, 2005, the date of the merger, and $146,663,000 of cash.  As a result, the Company recognized a net gain of approximately $58,443,000 based on the fair value of the Company’s derivative position after the exchange of these underlying assets.  Because this derivative position does not qualify for hedge accounting treatment, the gains or losses resulting from the mark-to-market at the end of each reporting period are recognized as an increase or decrease in “interest and other investment income” on the Company’s consolidated statement of income.  In the three months ended September 30, 2005, the Company recorded a charge of $66,627,000 from the mark-to-market of this derivative position based on Sears Holding’s September 30, 2005 closing share price of $124.43.  The Company’s net income from the derivative position for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $37,575,000.

 

         During the three months ended September 30, 2005, the Company entered into the McDonalds derivative position.  Because this derivative does not qualify for hedge accounting treatment, the gains or losses resulting from the mark-to-market of the position at the end of each reporting period are recognized as an increase or decrease in “interest and other investment income” on the Company’s consolidated statement of income.  During the quarter ended September 30, 2005, the Company recorded net income of $9,859,000, comprised of $12,090,000 from the mark-to-market of the options on September 30, 2005, based on McDonalds’ closing stock price of $33.49 per share and $2,231,000 for the increase in strike price resulting from the LIBOR charge.

 

         Under a warrant agreement with GMH Communities L.P., the Company holds 5.8 million warrants to purchase partnership units of GMH at an adjusted exercise price of $8.68 per unit.  Because these warrants are derivatives and do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment, the gains or losses resulting from the mark-to-market of the warrants at the end of each reporting period are recognized as an increase or decrease in “interest and other investment income” on the Company’s consolidated statement of income.  In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, the Company recorded $5,250,000 and $7,813,000 of income, respectively, from the mark-to-market of these warrants based on GCT’s closing stock price on the NYSE of $14.67 per share on September 30, 2005.

 

Item 4.   Controls and Procedures

         Disclosure Controls and Procedures:  The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of the end of the period covered by this report.  Based on such evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of September 30, 2005, such disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

 

         Internal Control Over Financial Reporting:  There have not been any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) during the fiscal quarter to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II.    OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings

         The Company is from time to time involved in legal actions arising in the ordinary course of its business.  In the opinion of management, after consultation with legal counsel, the outcome of such matters, including the matters referred to below, is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

         The following updates the discussion set forth under “Item 3. Legal Proceedings” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2004.

 

Stop & Shop

         On January 8, 2003, Stop & Shop filed a complaint with the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (“USDC-NJ”) claiming the Company has no right to reallocate and therefore continue to collect the $5,000,000 of annual rent from Stop & Shop pursuant to the Master Agreement and Guaranty, because of the expiration of the East Brunswick, Jersey City, Middletown, Union and Woodbridge leases to which the $5,000,000 of additional rent was previously allocated.  Stop & Shop asserted that a prior order of the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York dated February 6, 2001, as modified on appeal to the District Court for the Southern District of New York on February 13, 2001, froze the Company’s right to re-allocate which effectively terminated the Company’s right to collect the additional rent from Stop & Shop.  On March 3, 2003, after the Company moved to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, Stop & Shop voluntarily withdrew its complaint.  On March 26, 2003, Stop & Shop filed a new complaint in New York Supreme Court, asserting substantially the same claims as in its USDC-NJ complaint.  The Company removed the action to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.  In January 2005 that court remanded the action to the New York Supreme Court.  On February 14, 2005, the Company served an answer in which it asserted a counterclaim seeking a judgment for all the unpaid additional rent accruing through the date of the judgment and a declaration that Stop & Shop will continue to be liable for the additional rent as long as any of the leases subject to the Master Agreement and Guaranty remain in effect.  On May 17, 2005, the Company filed a motion for summary judgment.  On July 15, 2005, Stop & Shop opposed the Company’s motion and filed a cross-motion for summary judgment.  On September 29, 2005, the Court stayed discovery pending its decision.  The Company intends to pursue its claims against Stop & Shop vigorously.

 

 

H Street Building Corporation (“H Street”)

 

         On July 22, 2005, these two corporations filed a complaint against the Company, H Street and three parties affiliated with the sellers of H Street in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia alleging that the Company encouraged H Street and the affiliated parties to breach their fiduciary duties to these corporations and interfered with prospective business and contractual relationships.  The complaint seeks an unspecified amount of damages and a rescission of the Company’s acquisition of H Street.   In addition, on July 29, 2005, a tenant under a ground lease with one of these corporations brought a separate suit in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, alleging, among other things, that the Company’s acquisition of H Street violated a provision giving them a right of first offer and on that basis seeks a rescission of the Company’s acquisition and the right to acquire H Street for the price paid by the Company.   On September 12, 2005, the Company commenced filed a complaint against each of these corporations and their acting directors seeking a restoration of H Street’s full shareholder rights and damages.   The Company believes that the actions filed against the Company are without merit and that it will ultimately be successful in defending against them.

 

 

 

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Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

         None.

 

Item 5.    Other Information

         On October 27, 2005, the Board of Trustees of the Company approved an increase in the annual Trustee fees, effective January 1, 2006, to the following amounts:

 

Members of the Board of Trustees, other than officers of the Company:

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

60,000

 

Value of restricted stock or deferred compensation units

 

30,000

 

Audit committee chairperson

 

50,000

 

Audit committee member

 

25,000

 

Chairperson of any other committee, except the Executive Committee

 

10,000

 

Member of any other committee, except the Executive Committee

 

5,000

 

Meeting fee

 

1,000

 

 

 

Item 6.    Exhibits

 

        Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K are filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference and are listed in the attached Exhibit Index.

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: November 1, 2005

By:

/s/ Joseph Macnow

 

 

Joseph Macnow, Executive Vice President -Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer (duly authorized officer and principal financial and accounting officer)

 

 

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Exhibit No.

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

3.1

 

 

Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Vornado Realty Trust, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on April 16, 1993—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (File No. 33-60286), filed on April 15, 1993

 

*

3.2

 

 

Articles of Amendment of Declaration of Trust of Vornado Realty Trust, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on May 23, 1996—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 (File No. 001-11954), filed on March 11, 2002

 

*

3.3

 

 

Articles of Amendment of Declaration of Trust of Vornado Realty Trust, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on April 3, 1997—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 (File No. 001-11954), filed on March 11, 2002

 

*

3.4

 

 

Articles of Amendment of Declaration of Trust of Vornado Realty Trust, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on October 14, 1997—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-36080), filed on May 2, 2000

 

*

3.5

 

 

Articles of Amendment of Declaration of Trust of Vornado Realty Trust, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on April 22, 1998—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 (File No. 001-11954), filed on May 8, 2003

 

*

3.6

 

 

Articles of Amendment of Declaration of Trust of Vornado Realty Trust, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on November 24, 1999—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-36080), filed on May 2, 2000

 

*

3.7

 

 

Articles of Amendment of Declaration of Trust of Vornado Realty Trust, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on April 20, 2000—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-36080), filed on May 2, 2000

 

*

3.8

 

 

Articles of Amendment of Declaration of Trust of Vornado Realty Trust, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on September 14, 2000—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-68462), filed on August 27, 2001

 

*

3.9

 

 

Articles of Amendment of Declaration of Trust of Vornado Realty Trust, dated May 31, 2002, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on June 13, 2002—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.9 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 (File No. 001-11954), filed on August 7, 2002

 

*

3.10

 

 

Articles of Amendment of Declaration of Trust of Vornado Realty Trust, dated June 6, 2002, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on June 13, 2002—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.10 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 (File No. 001-11954), filed on August 7, 2002

 

*

 


*              Incorporated by reference.

 

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3.11

 

 

Articles of Amendment of Declaration of Trust of Vornado Realty Trust, dated December 16, 2004, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on December 16, 2004—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on December 21, 2004

 

*

3.12

 

 

Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s $3.25 Series A Convertible Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $50.00 per share—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.11 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 (File No. 001-11954), filed on May 8, 2003

 

*

3.13

 

 

Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s $3.25 Series A Convertible Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on December 15, 1997—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.10 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 (File No. 001-11954), filed on March 11, 2002

 

*

3.14

 

 

Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s Series D-6 8.25% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on May 1, 2000Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed May 19, 2000

 

*

3.15

 

 

Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s Series D-8 8.25% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, liquidation preference $25.00 per shareIncorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on December 28, 2000

 

*

3.16

 

 

Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s Series D-9 8.75% Preferred Shares, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on September 25, 2001—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on October 12, 2001

 

*

3.17

 

 

Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s Series D-10 7.00% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on November 17, 2003—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on November 18, 2003

 

*

3.18

 

 

Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s Series D-11 7.20% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on May 27, 2004Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on June 14, 2004

 

*

3.19

 

 

Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s 7.00% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per shareIncorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.27 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on August 20, 2004

 

*

3.20

 

 

Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s 6.75% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per shareIncorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.28 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on November 17, 2004

 

*


*              Incorporated by reference.

 

83



 

3.21

 

 

Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s 6.55% Series D-12 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per shareIncorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on December 21, 2004

 

*

3.22

 

 

Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s 6.625% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per shareIncorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on December 21, 2004

 

*

3.23

 

 

Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s 6.750% Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par value—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.32 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on June 16, 2005

 

*

3.24

 

 

Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s 6.625% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, no par valueIncorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.33 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-11954), filed on August 30, 2005

 

*

3.25

 

 

Articles Supplementary Classifying Vornado Realty Trust’s Series D-14 6.75% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per shareIncorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on September 14, 2005

 

*

3.26

 

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Vornado Realty Trust, as amended on March 2, 2000Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.12 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 (File No. 001-11954), filed on March 9, 2000

 

*

3.27

 

 

Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Vornado Realty L.P., dated as of October 20, 1997 (the “Partnership Agreement”)—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.26 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 (File No. 001-11954), filed on May 8, 2003

 

*

3.28

 

 

Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of December 16, 1997—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.27 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 (File No. 001-11954), filed on May 8, 2003

 

*

3.29

 

 

Second Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of April 1, 1998—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-50095), filed on April 14, 1998

 

*

3.30

 

 

Third Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of November 12, 1998Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on November 30, 1998

 

*

3.31

 

 

Fourth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of November 30, 1998Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on February 9, 1999

 

*

3.32

 

 

Fifth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of March 3, 1999—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on March 17, 1999

 

*


*              Incorporated by reference.

 

84



 

3.33

 

 

Sixth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of March 17, 1999—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on July 7, 1999

 

*

3.34

 

 

Seventh Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of May 20, 1999—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on July 7, 1999

 

*

3.35

 

 

Eighth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of May 27, 1999—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on July 7, 1999

 


*

3.36

 

 

Ninth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of September 3, 1999—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on October 25, 1999

 

*

3.37

 

 

Tenth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of September 3, 1999—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on October 25, 1999

 

*

3.38

 

 

Eleventh Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of November 24, 1999—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on December 23, 1999

 

*

3.39

 

 

Twelfth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2000—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on May 19, 2000

 

*

3.40

 

 

Thirteenth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of May 25, 2000—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on June 16, 2000

 

*

3.41

 

 

Fourteenth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2000—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on December 28, 2000

 

*

3.42

 

 

Fifteenth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2000—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.35 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-68462), filed on August 27, 2001

 

*

3.43

 

 

Sixteenth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2001—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on October 12, 2001

 

*

3.44

 

 

Seventeenth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of September 21, 2001—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on October 12, 2001

 

*

3.45

 

 

Eighteenth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2002—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A (File No. 001-11954), filed on March 18, 2002

 

*

 


*              Incorporated by reference.

 

85



 

3.46

 

 

Nineteenth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2002—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.47 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 (File No. 001-11954), filed on August 7, 2002

 

*

3.47

 

 

Twentieth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated April 9, 2003—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.46 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 (File No. 001-11954), filed on May 8, 2003

 

*

3.48

 

 

Twenty-First Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2003—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.47 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 (File No. 001-11954), filed on November 7, 2003

 

*

3.49

 

 

Twenty-Second Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2003—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.49 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 (File No 001-11954), filed on March 3, 2004

 

*

3.50

 

 

Twenty-Third Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated May 27, 2004—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on June 14, 2004

 

*

3.51

 

 

Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated August 17, 2004—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.57 to Vornado Realty Trust and Vornado Realty L.P.’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-122306), filed on January 26, 2005

 

*

3.52

 

 

Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated November 17, 2004—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.58 to Vornado Realty Trust and Vornado Realty L.P.’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-122306), filed on January 26, 2005

 

*

3.53

 

 

Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated December 17, 2004—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Vornado Realty L.P.’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-22685), filed on December 21, 2004

 

*

3.54

 

 

Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated December 20, 2004—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Vornado Realty L.P.’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-22685), filed on December 21, 2004

 

*

3.55

 

 

Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated December 30, 2004—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Vornado Realty L.P.’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-22685), filed on January 4, 2005

 

*

3.56

 

 

Twenty-Ninth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated June 17, 2005—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Vornado Realty L.P.’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-22685), filed on June 21, 2005

 

*

3.57

 

 

Thirtieth Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated August 31, 2005—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Vornado Realty L.P.’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-22685), filed on September 1, 2005

 

*

3.58

 

 

Thirty-First Amendment to the Partnership Agreement, dated September 9, 2005—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Vornado Realty L.P.’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-22685), filed on September 14, 2005

 

*

 


*              Incorporated by reference.

 

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4.1

 

 

Indenture and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2000, among Vornado, LaSalle Bank National Association, ABN Amro Bank N.V. and Midland Loan Services, Inc.—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.48 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 (File No. 001-11954), filed on March 9, 2000

 

*

4.2

 

 

Indenture, dated as of June 24, 2002, between Vornado Realty L.P. and The Bank of New York, as Trustee—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Vornado Realty L.P.’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-22685), filed on June 24, 2002

 

*

4.3

 

 

Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2003, between Vornado Realty L.P. and The Bank of New York, as Trustee—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 (File No. 001-11954), filed on April 28, 2005

 

*

 

 

 

 

Certain instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt securities of Vornado Realty Trust and its subsidiaries are omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(4)(iii) of Regulation S-K. Vornado Realty Trust hereby undertakes to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, copies of any such instruments.

 

 

10.1**

 

 

Vornado Realty Trust’s 1993 Omnibus Share Plan—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 331-09159), filed on July 30, 1996

 

*

10.2**

 

 

Vornado Realty Trust’s 1993 Omnibus Share Plan, as amended—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-29011), filed on June 12, 1997

 

*

10.3

 

 

Master Agreement and Guaranty, between Vornado, Inc. and Bradlees New Jersey, Inc. dated as of May 1, 1992—Incorporated by reference to Vornado, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1992 (File No. 001-11954), filed May 8, 1992

 

*

10.4**

 

 

Employment Agreement between Vornado Realty Trust and Joseph Macnow dated January 1, 2001, as Amended

 

 

10.5**

 

 

Employment Agreement between Vornado Realty Trust and Michael D. Fascitelli, dated December 2, 1996—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(C)(3) to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996 (File No. 001-11954), filed March 13, 1997

 

*

10.6

 

 

Registration Rights Agreement between Vornado, Inc. and Steven Roth, dated December 29, 1992—Incorporated by reference to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992 (File No. 001-11954), filed February 16, 1993

 

*

10.7

 

 

Stock Pledge Agreement between Vornado, Inc. and Steven Roth dated December 29, 1992—Incorporated by reference to Vornado, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992 (File No. 001-11954), filed February 16, 1993

 

*

10.8

 

 

Management Agreement between Interstate Properties and Vornado, Inc. dated July 13, 1992—Incorporated by reference to Vornado, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992 (File No. 001-11954), filed February 16, 1993

 

*


*              Incorporated by reference.

**           Management contract or compensatory agreement.

 

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10.9

 

 

Real Estate Retention Agreement between Vornado, Inc., Keen Realty Consultants, Inc. and Alexander’s, Inc., dated as of July 20, 1992—Incorporated by reference to Vornado, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992 (File No. 001-11954), filed February 16, 1993

 

*

10.10

 

 

Amendment to Real Estate Retention Agreement between Vornado, Inc., Keen Realty Consultants, Inc. and Alexander’s, Inc., dated February 6, 1995—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(F)(2) to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994 (File No. 001-11954), filed March 23, 1995

 

*

10.11

 

 

Stipulation between Keen Realty Consultants Inc. and Vornado Realty Trust re: Alexander’s Retention Agreement—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(F)(2) to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993 (File No. 001-11954), filed March 24, 1994

 

*

10.12

 

 

Management and Development Agreement among Alexander’s Inc. and Vornado Realty Trust, dated as of February 6, 1995—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed February 21, 1995

 


*

10.13**

 

 

Employment Agreement, dated as of April 15, 1997, by and among Vornado Realty Trust, The Mendik Company, L.P. and David R. Greenbaum—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on April 30, 1997

 

*

10.14

 

 

Agreement, dated September 28, 1997, between Atlanta Parent Incorporated, Portland Parent Incorporated and Crescent Real Estate Equities, Limited Partnership—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.6 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on October 8, 1997

 

*

10.15

 

 

Consolidated and Restated Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Fixture Filing, dated as of March 1, 2000, between Entities named therein (as Mortgagors) and Vornado (as Mortgagee)—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.47 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 (File No. 001-11954), filed on March 9, 2000

 

*

10.16**

 

 

First Amended and Restated Promissory Note of Steven Roth, dated November 16, 1999—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.50 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 (File No. 001-11954), filed on March 9, 2000

 

*

10.17**

 

 

Letter agreement, dated November 16, 1999, between Steven Roth and Vornado Realty Trust—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.51 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 (File No. 001-11954), filed on March 9, 2000

 

*

10.18

 

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 18, 2001, by and among Vornado Realty Trust, Vornado Merger Sub L.P., Charles E. Smith Commercial Realty L.P., Charles E. Smith Commercial Realty L.L.C., Robert H. Smith, individually, Robert P. Kogod, individually, and Charles E. Smith Management, Inc.—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-11954), filed on January 16, 2002

 

*

10.19

 

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 1, 2002, between Vornado Realty Trust and the holders of the Units listed on Schedule A thereto—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A (File No. 1-11954), filed on March 18, 2002

 

*

 


*              Incorporated by reference.

**           Management contract or compensatory agreement.

 

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10.20

 

 

Tax Reporting and Protection Agreement, dated December 31, 2001, by and among Vornado, Vornado Realty L.P., Charles E. Smith Commercial Realty L.P. and Charles E. Smith Commercial Realty L.L.C.—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A (File No. 1-11954), filed on March 18, 2002

 

*

10.21**

 

 

Employment Agreement between Vornado Realty Trust and Michael D. Fascitelli, dated March 8, 2002—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002 (File No. 001-11954), filed on May 1, 2002

 

*

10.22**

 

 

First Amendment, dated October 31, 2002, to the Employment Agreement between Vornado Realty Trust and Michael D. Fascitelli, dated March 8, 2002—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.6 to the Schedule 13D filed by Michael D. Fascitelli on November 8, 2002

 

*

10.23**

 

 

Convertible Units Agreement, dated December 2, 1996, between Vornado Realty Trust and Michael D. Fascitelli—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit E of the Employment Agreement, dated December 2, 1996, between Vornado Realty Trust and Michael D. Fascitelli, filed as Exhibit 10(C)(3) to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996 (File No. 001-11954), filed on March 13, 1997

 

*

10.24**

 

 

First Amendment, dated June 7, 2002, to the Convertible Units Agreement between Vornado Realty Trust and Michael D. Fascitelli, dated December 2, 1996—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to Schedule 13D filed by Michael D. Fascitelli on November 8, 2002

 

*

10.25**

 

 

Second Amendment, dated October 31, 2002, to the Convertible Units Agreement between Vornado Realty Trust and Michael D. Fascitelli, dated December 2, 1996—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to the Schedule 13D filed by Michael D. Fascitelli on November 8, 2002

 

*

10.26**

 

 

2002 Units Agreement between Vornado Realty Trust and Michael D. Fascitelli, dated March 8, 2002—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.7 to the Schedule 13D filed by Michael D. Fascitelli on November 8, 2002

 

*

10.27**

 

 

First Amendment, dated October 31, 2002, to the 2002 Units Agreement between Vornado Realty Trust and Michael D. Fascitelli, dated March 8, 2002—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.8 to the Schedule 13D filed by Michael D. Fascitelli on November 8, 2002

 

*

10.28**

 

 

First Amendment, dated October 31, 2002, to the Registration Agreement between Vornado Realty Trust and Michael D. Fascitelli, dated December 2, 1996—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.9 to the Schedule 13D filed by Michael D. Fascitelli on November 8, 2002

 

*

10.29**

 

 

Trust Agreement between Vornado Realty Trust and Chase Manhattan Bank, dated December 2, 1996—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.10 to the Schedule 13D filed by Michael D. Fascitelli on November 8, 2002

 

*

10.30**

 

 

First Amendment, dated September 17, 2002, to the Trust Agreement between Vornado Realty Trust and The Chase Manhattan Bank, dated December 2, 1996—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.11 to the Schedule 13D filed by Michael D. Fascitelli on November 8, 2002

 

*

10.31

 

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 23, 1998, by and between Vornado Realty Trust and Gould Investors, L.P.—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-102217), filed on December 26, 2002

 

*

 


*              Incorporated by reference.

**           Management contract or compensatory agreement.

 

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10.32

 

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 21, 1999, by and between Vornado Realty Trust and the holders of Units listed on Schedule A thereto—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-102217), filed on December 26, 2002

 

*

10.33

 

 

Form of Registration Rights Agreement between Vornado Realty Trust and the holders of Units listed on Schedule A thereto—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-102217), filed on December 26, 2002

 

*

10.34

 

 

Amendment to Real Estate Retention Agreement, dated as of July 3, 2002, by and between Alexander’s, Inc. and Vornado Realty L.P.—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(i)(E)(3) to Alexander’s Inc.’s Quarterly Report for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 (File No. 001-06064), filed on August 7, 2002

 

*

10.35

 

 

59th Street Real Estate Retention Agreement, dated as of July 3, 2002, by and between Vornado Realty L.P., 731 Residential LLC and 731 Commercial LLC—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(i)(E)(4) to Alexander’s Inc.’s Quarterly Report for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 (File No. 001-06064), filed on August 7, 2002

 

*

10.36

 

 

Amended and Restated Management and Development Agreement, dated as of July 3, 2002, by and between Alexander’s, Inc., the subsidiaries party thereto and Vornado Management Corp.—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(i)(F)(1) to Alexander’s Inc.’s Quarterly Report for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 (File No. 001-06064), filed on August 7, 2002

 

*

10.37

 

 

59th Street Management and Development Agreement, dated as of July 3, 2002, by and between 731 Residential LLC, 731 Commercial LLC and Vornado Management Corp.—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(i)(F)(2) to Alexander’s Inc.’s Quarterly Report for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 (File No. 001-06064), filed on August 7, 2002

 

*

10.38

 

 

Amendment dated May 29, 2002, to the Stock Pledge Agreement between Vornado Realty Trust and Steven Roth dated December 29, 1992—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 5 of Interstate Properties’ Schedule 13D/A dated May 29, 2002 (File No. 005-44144), filed on May 30, 2002

 

*

10.39**

 

 

Vornado Realty Trust’s 2002 Omnibus Share Plan—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-102216) filed December 26, 2002

 

*

10.40**

 

 

First Amended and Restated Promissory Note from Michael D. Fascitelli to Vornado Realty Trust, dated December 17, 2001—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.59 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 (File No. 001-11954), filed on March 7, 2003

 

*

10.41**

 

 

Promissory Note from Joseph Macnow to Vornado Realty Trust, dated July 23, 2002—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.60 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 (File No. 001-11954), filed on March 7, 2003

 

*

 


*              Incorporated by reference.

**           Management contract or compensatory agreement.

 

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10.42**

 

 

Employment Agreement between Vornado Realty Trust and Mitchell Schear, dated April 9, 2003—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 (File No. 001-11954), filed on August 8, 2003

 

*

10.43

 

 

Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2003 among Vornado Realty L.P., as Borrower, Vornado Realty Trust, as General Partner, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Administrative Agent, and Bank of America, N.A. and Citicorp North America, Inc., as Syndication Agents, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and Fleet National Bank, as Documentation Agents, and JPMorgan Securities Inc. and Bank of America Securities, L.L.C., as Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 (File No. 001-11954), filed on August 8, 2003

 

*

10.44

 

 

Guaranty of Payment, made as of July 2, 2003, by Vornado Realty Trust, for the benefit of JPMorgan Chase Bank—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 (File No. 001-11954), filed on August 8, 2003

 

*

10.45

 

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2003, by and between Vornado Realty Trust and the Holders named therein—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 (File No. 001-11954), filed on November 7, 2003

 

*

10.46

 

 

Second Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2003, between Vornado Realty Trust and the Holders named therein—Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 (File No. 001-11954), filed on November 7, 2003

 

*

10.47

 

 

Registration Rights Agreement by and between Vornado Realty Trust and Bel Holdings LLC dated as of November 17, 2003 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.68 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 (File No. 001-11954), filed on March 3, 2004

 

*

10.48

 

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 7, 2003, by and between Vornado Realty Trust and the Holders named therein — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-3/A (File No. 333-120384), filed on December 2, 2004

 

*

10.49

 

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 27, 2004, by and between Vornado Realty Trust and 2004 Realty Corp. — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.75 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 001-11954), filed on February 25, 2005

 

*

10.50

 

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2004, by and between Vornado Realty Trust and Montebello Realty Corp. 2002 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.76 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 001-11954), filed on February 25, 2005

 

*

10.51**

 

 

Form of Stock Option Agreement between the Company and certain employees dated as of February 8, 2005 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.77 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 001-11954), filed on February 25, 2005

 

*

 


*              Incorporated by reference.

**           Management contract or compensatory agreement.

 

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10.52**

 

 

Form of Restricted Stock Agreement between the Company and certain employees — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.78 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 001-11954), filed on February 25, 2005

 

*

10.53**

 

 

Employment Agreement between Vornado Realty Trust and Sandeep Mathrani, dated February 22, 2005 and effective as of January 1, 2005 — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.76 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 (File No. 001-11954), filed on April 28, 2005

 

*

10.54

 

 

Equity Commitment Letter, dated March 17, 2005, from Vornado Realty, L.P. to Global Toys Acquisition, LLC — Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.77 to Vornado Realty Trust’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 (File No. 001-11954), filed on April 28, 2005

 

 

15.1

 

 

Letter regarding unaudited interim financial information

 

 

31.1

 

 

Rule 13a-14 (a) Certification of the Chief Executive Officer

 

 

31.2

 

 

Rule 13a-14 (a) Certification of the Chief Financial Officer

 

 

32.1

 

 

Section 1350 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer

 

 

32.2

 

 

Section 1350 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


*              Incorporated by reference.

**           Management contract or compensatory agreement.

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

AGREEMENT

 

                               AGREEMENT, dated as of January 1, 2001, by and between VORNADO REALTY TRUST, a Maryland unincorporated business trust and Vornado Realty LP, a Delaware Operating Partnership (hereinafter referred to as “Employer”) and JOSEPH MACNOW, an individual (hereinafter referred to as “Employee”).

 

                               IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

                               1.            Employment.

 

                               Employer hereby agrees to employ Employee, and Employee agrees to serve as Executive Vice President-Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer of Employer during the Period of employment, as defined in Section 2.

 

                               2.            Period of Employment.

 

                               The “Period of Employment” under this Agreement shall commence on January 1, 2001 and, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, shall continue through December 31, 2003; provided that the Period of Employment shall automatically be extended commencing on December 31, 2003 for successive additional one (1) year periods unless either party gives written notice not to extend the Period of Employment not less than ninety (90) days prior to the then next upcoming expiration date.

 

                               3.            Duties During the Period of Employment.

 

                               Employee shall devote his full business time, attention and best efforts to the affairs of Employer and its subsidiaries during the Period of Employment; provided, however, that Employee may engage in other activities, such as activities involving charitable, educational, religious and similar types of organizations (all of which are deemed to benefit Employer), speaking engagements, membership on the board of directors of non-profit organizations, and similar type activities to the extent that such other activities do not materially impair the performance of his duties under this Agreement, or inhibit or conflict in any material way with the business of

 

 

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Employer and its subsidiaries, and to the extent Employer does not object to such other activities.

 

                               4.            Cash Compensation.

 

                               Employer shall pay to Employee during the first year of the Period of Employment a salary (“Base Compensation”) at an annual rate of $520,000.00, to be paid in equal biweekly installments.  Employer shall pay to Employee during the second year of the Period of Employment a salary at an annual rate equal to the salary paid Employee during the first year of the Period of Employment, increased by a factor which is equal to 125% of the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index (as hereafter defined) during the period from January 2001 through December 2001, to be paid in equal biweekly installments.  Employer shall pay to Employee during the third year of the Period of Employment a salary at an annual rate equal to the salary paid Employee during the second year of the Period of Employment increased by a factor which is equal to 125% of the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during the period from January 2002 through December 2002, to be paid in equal biweekly installments.  For purposes of this Agreement, the “Consumer Price Index” shall mean the Revised Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers - All Items (CPI-W), Northeast Region, Class A, on the base 1982-84=100, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.  Increases in Base Compensation resulting from the above, if any, shall then constitute the Base Compensation for all purposes of this Agreement.  Employee’s Base Compensation shall not be reduced during the term of this Agreement.

 

 

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                               5.            Stock Options.

 

                               During each year in the Period of Employment, the Employer shall grant Employee share options to purchase 75,000 shares of Employer’s Common Shares of Beneficial Interest  (“Stock”) pursuant to the terms of the Employer’s 1993 Omnibus Share Plan at a purchase price per share equal to the fair market value of the Stock on the date the options are granted.  Such options shall be granted at the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Employer, at the first meeting of the Committee in which options are ordinarily granted.  Employer shall take all necessary actions to ensure that such options qualify, to the extent permitted, as “incentive stock options” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and successor provisions.

 

                               6.            Other Employee Benefits.

 

                               (a)           Vacation and Sick Leave.

 

                               Employee shall be entitled to paid annual vacation periods and to sick leave in accordance with Employer’s policy.

 

                               (b)          Automobile.

 

                               Employer shall provide Employee with the use of an automobile of the same quality as that provided to other corporate officers of equal or similar position and pay all expenses incurred by Employee in connection with the use of the automobile.

 

                               (c)           Regular Reimbursed Business Expenses.

 

                               Employer shall reimburse Employee for all expenses and disbursements reasonably incurred by Employee in the performance of his duties during the Period of Employment, and such other facilities or services as Employer and Employee may, from time to time, agree are reimbursable.

 

 

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                               (d)          Employee Benefit Plans or Arrangements.

 

                               In addition to the cash compensation provided for in Section 4 hereof and the stock options provided in Section 5 hereof, Employee, subject to meeting eligibility provisions and to the provisions of this Agreement, shall be entitled to participate in all employee benefits plans of Employer, as presently in effect or as they may be modified or added to by Employer from time to time, including, without limitation, plans providing retirement benefits, medical insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and accidental death or dismemberment insurance.  Without limiting the foregoing, Employee shall be entitled to tax preparation and financial planning assistance of $15,000 per calendar year and upon approval by an insurance carrier, a $3 million five-year renewal term life insurance policy or at Employee’s election other life insurance with a comparable cost to Employer.

 

                               7.            Termination and Termination Benefits.

 

                               The termination of Employee’s employment during the Period of Employment by Employee or Employer shall not be treated as a breach of this agreement.

 

                               (a)           Termination by the Employer Without Cause.

 

                               The Employer may terminate the Period of Employment and Employee’s employment hereunder without “Cause” upon written notice to Employee.  For purposes of this Section 7(a), a termination of the Period of Employment by the Employer without Cause shall include any termination or nonextension by the Employer (other than a termination for Cause as defined in Section 7(b) below).

 

 

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                               (b)          Termination by the Employer for Cause.

 

                               Subject to the following paragraph, the Employer may terminate the Period of Employment and Employee’s employment hereunder for “Cause” upon written notice to Employee.  For purposes of this Section 7(b), a termination for Cause shall only mean a termination as a result of (i) Employee’s willful misconduct with regard to Employer or to any entity in control of, controlled by or under common control with the Employer (an “Affiliate”), including, but not limited to, any preferred stock subsidiary of the Employer that is materially economically injurious to Employer, (ii) Employee’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony (other than a traffic violation) or (iii) Employee’s willful and continued failure to use reasonable business efforts to attempt to substantially perform his duties hereunder (other than such failure resulting from Employee’s incapacity due to a physical or mental illness or subsequent to the issuance of a notice of termination by Employee for Good Reason) after demand for substantial performance is delivered by Employer in writing that specifically identifies the manner in which Employer believes Employee has not used reasonable business efforts to attempt to substantially perform his duties.

 

                               For purposes of this Section 7(b), in addition to the other legal requirements to be “willful”, no act, or failure to act, by Employee shall be considered “willful” unless committed in bad faith and without a reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the best interests of Employer.  In addition, no action or inaction shall give rise to a right of Employer to terminate this Agreement and Employee’s employment hereunder for Cause pursuant to the preceding paragraph unless and until Employer has delivered to Employee a copy of a resolution duly adopted by a majority of the Board of Trustees (“Board”) at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose after reasonable (but in no event less than thirty (30) days notice to Employee and an opportunity for Employee, together with his counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that in the good faith opinion of the Board, Employee was guilty of any conduct set forth in the preceding paragraph and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.  This Section 7(b) shall not prevent Employee from challenging in any court of competent jurisdiction the Board’s determination that Cause exists or that Employee has failed to cure any act (or failure to act) that purportedly formed

 

 

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 the basis for the Board’s determination.

 

                               (c)           Termination by Employer Due to Disability.

 

                               If, due to illness, physical or mental disability, or other incapacity, Employee is substantially unable, for one hundred and eighty (180) consecutive days, to perform his duties hereunder, Employer may terminate the Period of Employment and his Employment hereunder upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Employee given after one hundred eighty (180) days, and provided Employee does not return to the substantial performance of his duties on a full-time basis within such thirty (30) day period.

 

                               (d)          Termination by Employee With Good Reason.

 

                               Subject to the following paragraph, Employee may terminate the Period of Employment and his employment hereunder for “Good Reason” upon written notice to Employer.  For purposes of this Section 7(d), a termination for Good Reason shall mean a termination as a result of (unless otherwise consented to in writing by Employee) (i) the failure to appoint Employee to the positions set forth in Section 1, the alteration of the duties, responsibilities and authority of Employee as set forth in Section 1 in a manner that is materially and adversely inconsistent with such duties, and responsibilities or authority or a change to Employee’s position or title; (ii) a failure by Employer to pay when due any compensation to Employee or to substantially provide any benefit to Employee; (iii) the relocation of Employer’s principal

 

 

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executive offices to a location other than the New York Metropolitan area or relocation of Employee’s own office location from that of the principal offices; (iv) any purported termination of Employee’s employment for Cause which is not effected pursuant to the procedures of Section 7(b) (and for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported termination shall be effective); (v) Employer’s material breach of any material term contained in this Agreement; (vi) a Change in Control (as defined below), or (vii) any requirement that Employee report to anyone other than the Board, the President of Employer or the Chief Executive Officer of Employer.  Employee’s right to terminate his employment hereunder for Good Reason shall not be affected by his incapacity due to physical or mental illness.

 

                               For purposes of this Section 7(d), no action or inaction shall give rise to the right of Employee to terminate the Period of Employment and Employee’s employment hereunder for Good Reason unless a written notice is given by Employee to the Employer within one hundred twenty (120) days after Employee has actual knowledge of the occurrence of the event giving rise to Employee’s right to terminate pursuant to this Section 7(d), and such event has not been cured within thirty (30) days after such notice.  Employee’s continued employment during the one hundred and twenty (120) day period referred to above in this Section 7(d), shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver of rights with respect to, any act or failure to act constituting Good Reason hereunder.

 

                               For purposes of this Section 7(d), “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any one of the following:

 

                                              (i) individuals who, as of January 1, 2001, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Trustees”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a trustee subsequent to January 1, 2001 whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Trustees then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of Employer in which such person is named as a nominee for trustee, without objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent Trustee, provided, however, that no individual initially elected or nominated as a trustee of

 

 

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Employer as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to trustees or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be an Incumbent Trustee.

 

                                              (ii) any “person” (as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and as used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes, after January 1, 2001, a “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of Employer representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of Employer’s then outstanding securities eligible to vote for the election of the Board (the “Employer’s Voting Securities”), provided, however, that an event described in this paragraph (ii) shall not be deemed to be Change in Control if any of the following becomes such a beneficial owner:  (A) Employer or any majority-owned subsidiary (provided, that this exclusion applies solely to the ownership levels of Employer or the majority-owned subsidiary), (B) any tax-qualified, broad-based employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by Employer or any majority-owned subsidiary, (C) any underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, (D) any person pursuant to a Non-Qualifying Transaction (as defined in paragraph (iii)), (E) Employee or any group of persons including Employee (or any entity controlled by Employee or any group of persons including Employee) or (F) (i) any of the partners (as of January 1, 2001) in Interstate Properties (“Interstate”) including immediate family members and family trusts or family-only partnerships and any charitable foundations of such partners (the “Interstate Partners”), (ii) any entities the majority of the voting interests of which are beneficially owned by the Interstate Partners, or   (iii) any “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b) (i) under the Exchange Act) including the Interstate Partners, provided, that the Interstate Partners beneficially own a majority of Employer’s Voting Securities beneficially owned by such group (the persons in (i), (ii) and (iii) shall be individually and collectively referred to herein as, “Interstate Holders”);

 

                                              (iii) the consummation of a merger, consolidation, share exchange or similar form of transaction involving Employer or any of its Subsidiaries, or the sale or other disposition of

 

 

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all or substantially all of Employer’s assets (a “Business Transaction”), unless immediately following such Business Transaction (y) more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the entity resulting from such Business Transaction or the entity acquiring Employer’s assets of the Operating Partnership in such Business Transaction (the “Surviving Corporation”) is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Interstate Holders or Employer’s shareholders immediately prior to any such Business Transaction, and (z) no person (other than the persons set forth in clauses (A), (B), (C), or (F) of paragraph (ii) above or any tax-qualified, broad-based employee benefit plan of the Surviving Corporation or its Affiliates) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 30% or more of the total voting power of the Surviving Corporation (a “Non-Qualifying Transaction”); or

 

                                              (iv) Board approval of a liquidation or dissolution of Employer, unless the voting common equity interests of an ongoing entity (other than a liquidating trust) are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by Employer’s shareholders in substantially the same proportions as such shareholders owned Employer’s outstanding voting common equity interests immediately prior to such liquidation and such ongoing entity assumes all existing obligations of Employer under this Agreement and any equity grant.

 

 

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                               (e)           Termination by Employee Other Than Pursuant to Section 7(d).  Employee may terminate this Agreement and Employee’s employment hereunder at any time, for any reason upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to Employer.

 

                               (f)           Death Benefit.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Period of Employment shall terminate on the on the date of Employee’s death.  In such event, (i) Employee’s estate shall be paid the amount specified in Section 7(g)(i) below and one (1) times Employee’s annual rate of Base Salary and (ii) Employer shall provide Employee’s spouse and dependents with welfare benefits as provided in Section 7(g)(ii) for one (1) year from the date of death.

 

                               (g)          Termination Compensation.  Upon the termination of the Period of Employment and Employee’s employment hereunder (including any nonextension of the Period of Employment), Employer shall provide Employee with the payments and benefits set forth below.  Employee acknowledges and agrees that the payments and benefits set forth in this Section and elsewhere herein and in other written grants and agreements constitute liquidated damages for termination of his employment hereunder (including any nonextension of the Period of Employment).

 

                                              (i)  Upon a termination of the Period of Employment and Employee’s employment hereunder, Employee shall be entitled to promptly receive (A) his Base Compensation through the effective date of termination, (B) if such termination is other than pursuant to Section 7(b) hereof, any annual earned bonus for any completed fiscal year, (C) if such termination is pursuant to Sections 7(a), 7(c) or 7(d) hereof, a pro rata share of Employee’s annual target bonus for the fiscal year of termination, (D) the benefits, fringes and perquisites, including without limitation accrued vacation (provided that if the termination is pursuant to Section 7(b) or 7(e) hereof, only such payment of accrued vacation as is required by law or Employer’s vacation policy), provided pursuant to Section 6 hereof up to the effective date of such termination and (E) any other amount due to Employee under any other program or plan of Employer.

 

                                              (ii) In the event of a termination of the Period of Employment and

 

 

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Employee’s employment pursuant to Section 7(a) (such reference shall include, without limitation, a nonextension by Employer of this Agreement) or 7(d) hereof, Employee shall also be entitled to (A) receive  an amount (the “Severance Amount”) equal to the sum of (x) three times Employee’s annualized Base Compensation (as in effect on the date of such termination or, if greater, immediately prior to the Good Reason event, if any, based on which the termination of employment occurs) and (y) three times Employee’s Bonus Severance Amount (as defined herein).  The “Bonus Severance Amount” shall mean an amount equal to the average of all annual bonuses earned by the Employee from Employer in the two (2) fiscal years ending immediately prior to Employee’s termination; provided, however, that if Employee’s termination occurs during fiscal 2001, the “Bonus Severance Amount” shall be the higher of Employee’s annual bonus amount for the 2000 fiscal year or Employee’s annual target bonus for 2001 (the Severance Amount shall be payable in a lump sum within thirty (30) days of such termination) and (B) Employee shall become fully vested in any stock options granted to Employee by the Board.  In the event of a termination pursuant to Section 7(a), 7(c) or 7(d) hereof, Employee (his spouse and his dependents, if applicable) shall also be entitled to continue to participate in the medical, dental, hospitalization and life insurance programs existing on the date of termination (or any replacement plans for any such plans) with regard to senior executive officers of a similar level (or their cash equivalents, and, if Employer provides a cash payment in lieu of such benefits, it shall be calculated on a grossed-up tax basis as if Employee had remained an employee) for three (3) years from the date of termination; provided, that Employee shall be obligated to make all employee contributions required to receive such benefits under Employer’s programs and that such continued benefits shall terminate on the date or dates Employee receives equivalent coverage and benefits, without waiting period or pre-existing conditions limitations, under the plans and programs of a subsequent employer (such coverage and benefits to be determined on a coverage-by-coverage or benefit-by-benefit, basis).  Employee shall not be entitled to any compensation or benefits pursuant to this Section 7(g)(ii) if his employment hereunder is terminated pursuant to Section 7(b) or as a result of Employee’s voluntary termination pursuant to Section 7(e).

 

 

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                               (h)          No Mitigation.  All amounts due hereunder shall be paid without any obligation to mitigate and such amounts shall not be reduced by or offset by any other amounts earned by Employee or any claims of Employer.

 

                               8.            Non-Competition and Non-Disclosure.

 

                               In consideration of the benefits to be provided to Employee hereunder, Employee covenants that he will not, without the consent in writing of Employer, (a) during the Period of Employment and the twelve (12) month period following his termination of employment for any reason other than pursuant to Section 7(c) hereof, Employee will not engage in any business otherwise competitive with that of Employer or any of its subsidiaries in the States of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts and Connecticut; and (b) upon termination of the Period of Employment for any reason whatsoever, Employee will not for a period of two years thereafter, (i) solicit or aid in soliciting any employees of Employer or its subsidiaries to leave their employment, or (ii) copy, remove from Employer or its subsidiaries, disclose or make any use of, any client list, confidential business information with respect to clients, material relating to the practices or procedures of Employer or its subsidiaries, or any other proprietary information.  Employee acknowledges that the restrictions, prohibitions and other provisions of this Section 8 are reasonable, fair and equitable in scope, terms and duration, are necessary to protect the legitimate business interests of the Employer and are a material inducement to the Employer to enter into this Agreement.  It is the intention of the parties hereto that the restrictions contained in this paragraph be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.  Therefore, to the extent any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that any portion of the foregoing restrictions is excessive, such provision shall not be entirely void, but rather shall be limited or revised only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable.  Should Employee engage in or perform, directly or indirectly, any of the acts prohibited by Section 8 hereof, it is agreed that the Employer shall be entitled to full injunctive relief, to be issued by any competent court of equity, enjoining and restraining Employee and each and every other person, firm, organization, association, or corporation concerned therein, from the continuance of such violative acts.  The foregoing remedy available to Employer shall not

 

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be deemed to limit or prevent the exercise by the Employer of any or all further rights and remedies which may be available to the Employer hereunder or at law or in equity.

 

                               9.            Burden and Benefit.

 

                               This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, personal and legal representatives, successors and assigns.  In the event of the death of Employee at or after his termination, any amounts due hereunder shall be paid to his estate unless he has designated a beneficiary.

 

                               10.          Legal Fees and Expenses.

 

                               If any contest or dispute shall arise between Employer and Employee regarding any provision of this Agreement or any equity grant or other agreement or compensation arrangement specifically set forth or provided for herein, Employer shall reimburse Employee for all legal fees and expenses reasonably incurred by Employee in connection with such contest or dispute, but

 

 

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only if Employee is successful in respect of substantially all of the Employee’s claims brought and pursued in connection with such contest or dispute.  Such reimbursement shall be made as soon as practible following the resolution of such contest or dispute (whether or not appealed) to the extent Employer receives reasonable written evidence of such fees and expenses.

 

                               11.          Governing Law.

 

                               This Agreement is governed by and is to be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey.  If under such law any portion of this Agreement is at any time deemed to be in conflict with any applicable statute, rule, regulation or ordinance, such portion shall be deemed to be modified or altered to conform thereto or, if that is not possible, to be omitted from this Agreement; and the invalidity of any such portion shall not affect the force, effect and validity of the remaining portion  hereof.

 

                               12.          Notices.

 

                               All notices under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effective when delivered in person (in the Employer’s case to its Secretary) or twenty-four (24) hours after deposit thereof in the U.S. mails, postage prepaid, for delivery as registered or certified mail—addressed, in the case of Employee, to him at his residential address, and in the case of Employer, to its corporate headquarters, attention of the Secretary, or to such other address as  Employee or Employer may designate in writing at any time or from time to time to the other party.  In lieu of notice by deposit in the U.S. mail, a party may give notice by telegram or telex.

 

 

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                               13.          Amendment.

 

                               No provisions of this Agreement may be amended, modified, or waived unless such amendment or modification is agreed to in writing signed by Employee and by a duly authorized officer of the Employer, and such waiver is set forth in writing and signed by the party to be charged.  No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto  of any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.

 

                               14.          Survival.

 

                               The respective obligations of, and benefits afforded to, Employee and Employer as provided in Section 8 of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

                               15.          No Conflict of Interest.

 

                               During the Period of Employment, Employee shall not directly, or indirectly render service, or undertake any employment or consulting agreement with another entity without the express written consent of the Board of Trustees of the Employer.

 

                               16.          Counterparts.

 

                               This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one of the same instrument.

 

                               17.          Section Headings.

 

                               The section headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and they form no part of this Agreement and shall not affect its interpretation.

 

 

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                               18.          Miscellaneous.

 

                               This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between Employer and Employee relating to employment of Employee by Employer and supersedes and cancels all prior written and oral agreements and understandings with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.  Any prior agreement of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein is hereby terminated and canceled.

 

                               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the year and day first above written.

 

 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST and

 

VORNADO REALTY LP

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Steven Roth

 

 

Steven Roth

 

 

Title: Chairman of the Board of Trustees

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Joseph Macnow

 

 

Joseph Macnow

 

 

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                    Amendment to AGREEMENT, dated January 1, 2001, by and between VORNADO REALTY TRUST, a Maryland unincorporated business trust and Vornado Realty LP, a Delaware Operating Partnership (hereinafter referred to as “Employer”) and JOSEPH MACNOW, an individual (hereinafter referred to as “Employee”).

 

The following paragraph shall replace and supersede Paragraph 5 in its entirety.  In all other respects the Agreement dated as of January 1, 2001 remains in full force and effect

 

5.                           Stock Options

                    During each year in the Period of Employment that the Employer shall grant Executive Vice Presidents of the Company stock options, the Employer shall grant Employee share options to purchase not less than 75,000 shares of Employer’s Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (“Stock”) pursuant to the terms of the Employer’s 2002 Omnibus Share Plan at a purchase price per share equal to the fair market value of the Stock on the date the options are granted.  Such options shall be granted at the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Employer.

 

                    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the year and day first above written.

 

VORNADO REALTY TRUST AND

 

 

VORNADO REALTY LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Steven Roth

 

 

 

Steven Roth

 

 

 

Title: Chairman of the Board of Trustees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Joseph Macnow

 

 

 

Joseph Macnow

 

 

 


Exhibit 15.1

 

November 1, 2005

 

Vornado Realty Trust
New York, New York

 

We have made a review, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), of the unaudited interim financial information of Vornado Realty Trust for the periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, as indicated in our report dated November 1, 2005 (which report included an explanatory paragraph relating to the restatement of the consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine month period ended September 30, 2004); because we did not perform an audit, we expressed no opinion on that information.

 

We are aware that our report referred to above, which is included in your Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 is incorporated by reference in:

 

Registration Statement No. 333-09159 on Form S-8

Registration Statement No. 333-29011 on Form S-8

Registration Statement No. 333-50095 on Form S-3

Registration Statement No. 333-52573 on Form S-8

Registration Statement No. 333-64015 on Form S-3

Registration Statement No. 333-76327 on Form S-3

Registration Statement No. 333-81497 on Form S-8

Registration Statement No. 333-89667 on Form S-3

Registration Statement No. 333-36080 on Form S-3

Registration Statement No. 333-68462 on Form S-8

Registration Statement No. 333-102216 on Form S-8

Registration Statement No. 333-102215 on Form S-3

Registration Statement No. 333-102217 on Form S-3

Registration Statement No. 333-105838 on Form S-3

Registration Statement No. 333-107024 on Form S-3

Registration Statement No. 333-109661 on Form S-3

Registration Statement No. 333-114146 on Form S-3

Registration Statement No. 333-114807 on Form S-3

Registration Statement No. 333-120384 on Form S-3

Registration Statement No. 333-121929 on Form S-3

Registration Statement No. 333-126963 on Form S-3

 

 

and in the following joint registration statements of Vornado Realty Trust and Vornado Realty L.P.:

 

Registration Statement Nos. 333-29013 and 333-29013-01 on Form S-3

Registration Statement Nos. 333-40787 and 333-40787-01 on Form S-3

Registration Statement Nos. 333-108138 and 333-108138-01 on Form S-3

Registration Statement Nos. 333-122306 and 333-122306-01 on Form S-3

 

We also are aware that the aforementioned report, pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, is not considered a part of the Registration Statement prepared or certified by an accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of that Act.

 

 

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Parsippany, New Jersey

 


EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Steven Roth, certify that:

1.               I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Vornado Realty Trust;

2.               Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.               Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.               The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure control and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)              Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)             Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)              Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)             Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.               The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)              All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)             Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

November 1, 2005

/s/ Steven Roth

 

Steven Roth

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 


EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Joseph Macnow, certify that:

1.               I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Vornado Realty Trust;

2.               Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.               Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.               The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure control and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)              Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)             Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)              Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)             Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.               The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)              All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)             Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

November 1, 2005

 

/s/ Joseph Macnow

 

Joseph Macnow

Chief Financial Officer

 

 


EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

(Subsection (a) and (b) of Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code)

 

         Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code), the undersigned officer of Vornado Realty Trust (the “Company”), hereby certifies, to such officer’s knowledge, that:

 

         The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for quarter ended September 30, 2005 (the “Report”) of the Company fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

November 1, 2005

/s/           Steven Roth                                         

 

Name:     Steven Roth

 

Title:       Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

(Subsection (a) and (b) of Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of United States Code)

 

 

 

         Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code), the undersigned officer of Vornado Realty Trust (the “Company”), hereby certifies, to such officer’s knowledge, that:

 

         The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 (the “Report”) of the Company fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. 

November 1, 2005

/s/           Joseph Macnow

 

Name:     Joseph Macnow

 

Title:       Chief Financial Officer