UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

x   Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006

 

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 1-13762

RECKSON OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L. P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

 

11-3233647

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation

 

(I.R.S. Employer

or organization)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

420 Lexington Avenue,

 

10170

New York, NY

 

(Zip Code)

(Address of principal

 

 

 executive offices)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 594-2700

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:  None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes o Nox.

 

Indicate by a check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No x .

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained to the best of the Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K, or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer.  See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check One):

Large Accelerated Filer o

 

Accelerated Filer o

 

Non-Accelerated Filer x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes o No x

 

Portions of the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held May 24, 2007 of SL Green Realty Corp., the indirect parent of the Registrant, are incorporated by reference into Part III.

 

As of March 30, 2007, no common units of limited partnership of the Registrant were held by non-affiliates of the Registrant.  There is no established trading market for such units.

 




Table of Contents

Item No.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part I

 

 

 

 

 

1.

 

Business

  1

1A.

 

Risk Factors

11

1B.

 

Unresolved Staff Comments

21

2.

 

Properties

21

3.

 

Legal Proceedings

31

4.

 

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part II

 

5.

 

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

33

6.

 

Selected Financial Data

34

7.

 

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

36

7A.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

52

8.

 

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

54

9.

 

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

54

9A.

 

Controls and Procedures

54

9B.

 

Other Information

54

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part III

 

10.

 

Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

55

11.

 

Executive Compensation

55

12.

 

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

55

13.

 

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

55

14.

 

Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

55

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part IV

 

15.

 

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

56

 

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PART I

 

ITEM 1.               BUSINESS

General

Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”) commenced operations on June 2, 1995.  As of December 31, 2006, Reckson Associates Realty Corp. (the “Company”), which served as the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, was a fully-integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”).  The Operating Partnership and the Company were formed for the purpose of continuing the commercial real estate business of Reckson Associates, the predecessor of the Operating Partnership, their affiliated partnerships and other entities (“Reckson”).  Unless the context requires otherwise, the terms “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar terms include Reckson Associates Realty Corp., Reckson Operating Partnership, L. P. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.  At December 31, 2006 we owned 100 properties (inclusive of thirty office properties owned through joint ventures) in the New York City tri-state area (the “Tri-State Area”) central business district (“CBD”) and suburban markets, encompassing approximately 20.2 million rentable square feet, all of which were managed by us.  The properties included 17 Class A CBD office properties encompassing approximately 7.3 million rentable square feet.  The CBD office properties consisted of six properties located in New York City, nine properties located in Stamford, CT and two properties located in White Plains, NY.  The CBD office properties comprised 55.0% of our net operating income (property operating revenues less property operating expenses) for the three months ended December 31, 2006.  These properties also included 75 Class A suburban office properties encompassing approximately 12.0 million rentable square feet.   Additionally, the properties included eight flex properties encompassing approximately 863,000 rentable square feet.

We also owned certain land parcels throughout our markets in the Tri-State Area which we held for current and future development (the “Development Parcels”). At December 31, 2006 our inventory of Development Parcels aggregated  approximately 309 acres of land in 11 separate parcels on which we can, based on estimates at December 31, 2006, develop approximately 3.1 million square feet of office space and in which we had invested approximately $128.5 million.

As of December 31, 2006, we had invested approximately $55.2 million in loans and REIT-qualified joint ventures with Reckson Strategic Venture Partners, LLC (“RSVP”), a real estate venture capital fund created in 1997 as a research and development vehicle for us to invest in alternative real estate sectors outside our core office focus (see “Recent Developments-Other Investing Activities” for further discussion).

Reckson Associates Realty Corp. as of December 31, 2006 controlled the Operating Partnership as the sole general partner and, owned approximately 97.7% of the Operating Partnership’s outstanding common units of limited partnership interest (“OP Units”).

Until January 25, 2007, our principal executive offices were located at 625 Reckson Plaza, Uniondale, New York 11556 and our telephone number at that location was (516) 506-6900. Our principal executive offices are now located at 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, 10170 and our telephone number at this location is (212) 594-2700.  At December 31, 2006, we had approximately 300 employees. In connection with the SL Green Merger our website was discontinued. SLGreen is in process of creating a separate area on its website for our company.

We file annual, quarterly, and current reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “sec”).  We regularly file proxy statements and other documents with the SEC.  The public may read and copy these reports and any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549 (Hours of operation 10:00am to 3:00pm). Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the Public Reference

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Room. We are an electronic filer and the SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information regarding issuers that are filed electronically and can be accessed for free over the Internet at www.sec.gov.

Recent Developments

Acquisitions, Dispositions and Investing Activities

On August 18, 2005, we entered into (i) an underwriting agreement relating to the public offering in Australia of approximately A$263.0 million (approximately $202.0 million) of units (“LPT Units”) in a newly-formed Reckson-sponsored Australian listed property trust, Reckson New York Property Trust (“Reckson LPT”), a newly-formed listed property trust which is traded on the Australian Stock Exchange and (ii) contribution and sale agreements pursuant to which, among other things, we agreed to transfer 25 of our properties for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $563.0 million and containing an aggregate of 3.4 million square feet, in three separate tranches, to the Reckson Australian Operating Company LLC (“RAOC JV” or “Australian JV”) in exchange for a 25% interest in the Australian JV and approximately $502.0 million in cash (inclusive of proceeds from mortgage debt to be assumed by the Australian JV).  On September 21, 2005, Reckson LPT completed its public offering and the closing of the first of three tranches (“Tranche I”) of this transaction.

In connection with the Tranche I closing, the Australian JV acquired from us 17 of our suburban office properties containing approximately 2.0 million square feet for approximately $367.0 million (including the assumption of approximately $196.1 million in mortgage debt which had been incurred by us in August 2005).  In return, we received a 25% interest in the Australian JV and approximately $128.1 million in cash resulting in an aggregate gain of approximately $103.6 million. As discussed below relating to certain guarantees we have made, approximately $18 million of the aggregate gain has been deferred to future periods pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement No. 66 to coincide with the release of the guarantees.  As a result, gains on sales of real estate reported in 2005, related to theTranche I closing was approximately $86.1 million.  Approximately $22.0 million of the cash received was used to repay certain of our secured mortgage indebtedness on September 30, 2005 and approximately $105.7 million of the cash received was used to establish an escrow account with a qualified intermediary for a future exchange of real property pursuant to Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”) (a “Section 1031 Exchange”).  A Section 1031 Exchange allows for the deferral of taxes related to the gain attributable to the sale of property if a qualified replacement property is identified within 45 days and such qualified replacement property is acquired within 180 days from the initial sale.  On October 7, 2005 we acquired a qualified replacement property for purposes of this Section 1031 Exchange and thereby deferred a portion of the tax gain from the Tranche I sale.

In connection with the foregoing, on September 21, 2005, Reckson Australia Holdings LLC (“Reckson Holdings”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership as of December 31, 2006, and Reckson Australia LPT Corporation (“LPT REIT”), a U.S. real estate investment trust which is wholly-owned by Reckson LPT, entered into the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement governing the Australian JV (the “Operating Agreement”).  Pursuant to the Operating Agreement, LPT REIT holds a 75% interest in, and acts as the managing member for, the Australian JV, and Reckson Holdings holds a 25% non-managing member interest therein.  The Operating Agreement provides that, if at any time additional capital contributions are made to the Australian JV, Reckson Holdings will have a right to make additional capital contributions up to an amount necessary to maintain its 25% interest therein on the same terms and conditions as such other capital contributions.

As the managing member of the RAOC JV, LPT REIT has the sole responsibility for managing its business and affairs on a day-to-day basis, other than with respect to certain identified “major decisions,” including but not limited to a merger or consolidation involving the Australian JV, a disposition of all or substantially all of its assets, or the liquidation or dissolution of the Australian JV.  Such major decisions required the prior written consent of a majority of the non-managing members. As a result of the foregoing, we, as of December 31, 2006, were accounting for our 25% non-managing member interest in the Australian JV under the equity method of accounting.

 

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On January 6, 2006, Reckson LPT completed the second Tranche of this transaction (“Tranche II”) whereby the Australian JV acquired three of our suburban office properties: 6800 and 6900 Jericho Turnpike, Syosset, NY and 710 Bridgeport Avenue, Shelton, CT, (the “Tranche II Properties”) aggregating approximately 761,000 square feet for approximately $84.6 million, including the assignment of approximately $20.1 million of mortgage debt and approximately $64.5 million in cash.  As a result, gains on sales of real estate related to Tranche II was approximately $35.4 million.  Approximately $25.1 million of sales proceeds was used to establish an escrow account for the purpose of a future Section 1031 Exchange.  During May 2006 we terminated the Section 1031 Exchange and received the sales proceeds previously held by the qualified intermediary, including accrued interest. Such proceeds were used to repay outstanding borrowings under our credit facility.  The balance of the cash proceeds, received at the time of the sale was used to fund our development activities and for general corporate purposes.  For federal income tax purposes we recognized a tax gain of approximately $26.7 million.

The Tranche III closing (“Tranche III”), consisting of five of our suburban office properties valued at approximately $111.8 million, closed on October 6, 2006.  The “Tranche III Properties” aggregated approximately 623,000 square feet and consisted of:  520 Broadhollow Road, 50 Marcus Avenue, 1660 Walt Whitman Road, all of which are located in Melville, NY, 580 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY and 300 Executive Park Drive, West Orange, NJ (collectively, the “Tranche III Properties”).  Proceeds from the Tranche III closing included the assignment of approximately $63.3 million of mortgage debt, additional equity in the Australian JV of approximately $18.3 million and cash of approximately $30.2 million.  Net cash proceeds received were used to repay outstanding borrowings under our credit facility and for general corporate purposes.

Our Service Companies provided asset management, property management, leasing, construction and other services to the RAOC JV.   Affiliates of ours were entitled to transaction fees and ongoing fees for providing services to the Australian JV.  During 2006, in connection with the Tranche II and Tranche III closings we earned approximately $1.9 million in transaction related fees. During 2005, in connection with the Tranche I closing we earned approximately $3.6 million in such fees. In addition, we earned approximately $4.1 million and $966,000 of service related fees for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Such amounts were included in investment income and other on our consolidated statements of income. In addition, we also formed Reckson Australia Management Limited (“RAML”), a wholly owned subsidiary as of December 31, 2006, that managed Reckson LPT and served as its “Responsible Entity.” The Responsible Entity is managed by a six member board that includes three independent directors domiciled in Australia and three of the Company’s executive officers.

In connection with the mortgage indebtedness securing nine of the Tranche I properties, which were transferred to the Australian JV on September 21, 2005, and three of the Tranche III properties which were transferred to the Australian JV on October 6, 2006, we guaranteed to the lender certain customary non-recourse carve-outs, as well as certain obligations relating to the potential termination of a number of leases at four of these properties. As of December 31, 2006, we had also guaranteed to the lender certain capital requirements related to these properties.

In accordance with FASB Statement No. 144, the assets and liabilities of the properties transferred and to be transferred, excluding the option properties, to the RAOC JV are classified as held for sale on our consolidated balance sheets, for all periods presented.  Our interest in the RAOC JV and related interests and contacts was sold to the Buyer in the Asset Sale discussed below.

On March 7, 2006, we sold our 354,000 square foot office building in Orlando, Florida for aggregate consideration of approximately $70.0 million which resulted in a gain of approximately $9.0 million.  Such gain is reflected as a component of discontinued operations on our consolidated statements of income.  This non-core real estate holding was acquired in May 1999 in connection with our initial New York City portfolio acquisition.  Net proceeds from the sale were used to establish an escrow

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account with a qualified intermediary for a future Section 1031 Exchange.  During May 2006 we terminated the Section 1031 Exchange and received the sales proceeds previously held by the qualified intermediary, including accrued interest. Such proceeds were used to repay outstanding borrowings under our credit facility.   For federal income tax purposes we recognized a tax gain of approximately $5.2 million.

On March 31, 2006, we sold a 161,000 square foot office building located in Westchester County for $35.3 million.  Sales proceeds received were used for the repayment of the mortgage note encumbering the property located at 1350 Avenue of the Americas in New York, NY.  This non-core real estate holding was acquired in December 2005 as part of a 14 office property portfolio acquisition.

On March 31, 2006, a group of institutional investors led by JPMorgan Investment Management, our joint venture partner with respect to the property located at One Court Square, Long Island City, NY and the property located at 919 Third Avenue, NY, purchased our option to acquire the existing minority partners’ 40% partnership interest in the Omni Property for net proceeds of approximately $9.0 million.  Such proceeds have been included in investment income and other on our consolidated statements of income.  In connection with this transaction, the original minority partner repaid to us approximately $22.1 million representing amounts due under a note receivable which was secured by their interest in the Omni Property.  Such aggregate proceeds to us of approximately $31.2 million were used for the repayment of the mortgage note encumbering the property located at 1350 Avenue of the Americas in New York, NY.

Merger with SL Green Realty Corp.

On January 25, 2007, SL Green Realty Corp. (“SL Green”) completed the acquisition (the “SL Green Merger”) of all of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 3, 2006, as amended (the “Merger Agreement”), among SL Green, Wyoming Acquisition Corp., Wyoming Acquisition GP LLC, Wyoming Acquisition Partnership LP, the Company and the Operating Partnership. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, each of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company was converted into the right to receive (i) $31.68 in cash, (ii) 0.10387 of a share of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of SL Green and (iii) a prorated dividend in an amount equal to approximately $0.0977 in cash. SL Green also assumed an aggregate of approximately $238.6 million of our mortgage debt, approximately $287.5 million of our convertible public debt and approximately $967.8 million of our public unsecured notes.

On January 25, 2007, SL Green completed the sale (the “Asset Sale”) of certain assets of the Operating Partnership to an investment group led by certain of our former executive management (the “Buyer”) for a total consideration of approximately $2.0 billion. SL Green caused the Operating Partnership to transfer the following assets to the Buyer in the Asset Sale: (1) certain real property assets and/or entities owning such real property assets, in either case, of the Operating Partnership and 100% of certain loans secured by real property, all of which are located in Long Island, New York; (2) certain real property assets and/or entities owning such real property assets, in either case, of the Operating Partnership located in White Plains and Harrison, New York; (3) all of the real property assets and/or entities owning 100% of the interests in such real property assets, in either case, of the Operating Partnership located in New Jersey; (4) the entity owning a 25% interest in Reckson Australia Operating Company LLC, the Company’s Australian management company (including its Australian licensed responsible entity), and other related entities, and the Operating Partnership and the Operating Partnership subsidiaries’ rights to and interests in, all related contracts and assets, including, without limitation, property management and leasing, construction services and asset management contracts and services contracts; (5) the direct or indirect interest of the Company in Reckson Asset Partners, LLC, an affiliate of RSVP and all of the Operating Partnership’s rights in and to certain loans made by the Operating Partnership to Frontline Capital Group, the bankrupt parent of RSVP, and other related entities, which will be purchased by a 50/50 joint venture with an affiliate of SL Green; (6) a 50% participation interest in certain loans made by a subsidiary of the Operating Partnership that are secured by four real property assets located in Long Island, New York; and (7) 100% of certain loans secured by real property located in White Plains and New Rochelle, New York.

During January 2007, in connection with the SL Green Merger, the Operating Partnership sold 1350 Avenue of the Americas to SL Green for $450 million.  This acquistion was completed pursuant to the Merger Agreement with SL Green and was undertaken to facilitate SL Green’s completion of a tax-free like-kind exchange of 286 and 290 Madison Avenue and 1140 Avenue of the Americas, which had been sold in 2006.

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Notes Receivable Investment Activity

On July 27, 2006, we advanced $20.0 million under a loan agreement which is secured by certain pledges of project income and ownership interests and a personal guarantee of an affiliate of the borrower.  This loan matures in August 2009 and bears interest at 15% per annum (10% annual pay rate and 5% monthly compounded deferred rate).  The loan is pre-payable at any time with yield maintenance through August 1, 2007 if pre-paid prior to August 2007.  This investment was funded through a borrowing under our credit facility.

On August 10, 2006, we advanced $10.0 million under a loan agreement which is secured by certain pledges of project income and ownership interests and a personal guarantee of an affiliate of the borrower.  This loan matures in August 2009 and bears interest at 15% per annum (10% annual pay rate and 5% monthly compounded deferred rate).  The loan is pre-payable at any time with yield maintenance through August 15, 2007 if pre-paid prior to such date.  This investment was funded through a borrowing under our credit facility.

At December 31, 2006, we had invested approximately $123.4 million in mezzanine loans and approximately $70.9 million in other loan investments (collectively, the “Note Receivable Investments”). In general these investments are secured by a pledge of either a direct or indirect ownership interest in the underlying real estate or leasehold, a first mortgage, other guaranties, pledges and assurances.

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The following table sets forth the terms of the mezzanine loans at December 31, 2006 (in 000’s):

 

Property

 

Amount

 

Interest Rate

 

Funding

 

Maturity

 

Long Island office portfolio (d)

 

$

8,031

 

9.00

%

Mar., 2005

 

Apr., 2010

(a)

Long Island office portfolio (d)

 

20,356

 

9.00

%

Mar., 2005

 

Apr., 2012

(a)

72 Madison Avenue, NY, NY (b)

 

10,000

 

20.00

%

Oct., 2005

 

Oct., 2007

 

1166 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY (c)

 

25,000

 

17.50

%

Nov., 2005

 

Nov., 2009

 

100 Wall Street, NY, NY

 

30,000

 

15.00

%

Dec., 2005

 

Dec., 2007

 

221 Main Street, White Plains, NY (d)

 

20,000

 

15.00

%

Jul., 2006

 

Aug., 2009

 

175 Huguenot Street, New Rochelle, NY (d)

 

10,000

 

15.00

%

Aug., 2006

 

Aug., 2009

 

 

 

$

123,387

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(a)             Prepayable without penalty.

(b)            In addition to this mortgage loan, Reckson Construction and Development, LLC (“RCD”) entered into a development agreement with the owner of the property to perform certain predevelopment, development and / or other services with respect to the property.  In exchange for its services, RCD received a development fee of $2.0 million which is payable in equal monthly installments over a two-year period which commenced during October 2005.

(c)             Junior mezzanine loan secured by interests in a 550,000 square foot condominium interest.

(d)            Notes sold as part of the Asset Sale Agreement.

On March 30, 2006, we advanced approximately $14.2 million under three separate loan agreements which are secured by certain flex properties, aggregating approximately 450,000 square feet,  located in Nassau County, Long Island and in part by a personal guarantee of an affiliate of the borrower.  These loans have an initial weighted average interest rate of 15.3% and mature on April 1, 2008.  In addition, the loans are not prepayable, without penalty, prior to October 1, 2007.

As of December 31, 2006, we held one other note receivable, which aggregated $1.0 million and carried an interest rate of 10.50% per annum. The Other Note matures on January 31, 2010 and is secured in part by a minority partner’s preferred unit interest in the Operating Partnership.

The following table sets forth the terms of our other loan investments at December 31, 2006 (in 000’s):

 

Property

 

Amount

 

Interest Rate

 

Funding

 

Maturity

 

NYC Class A office condominium interest

 

$

55,250

 

9.00

%

May, 2005

 

Dec., 2020

 

Flex property located in Nassau County, Long Island(a)

 

14,188

 

15.29

%

Mar., 2006

 

Apr., 2008

 

Other

 

1,000

 

10.50

%

Oct., 2004

 

Jan., 2010

 

Other

 

500

 

5.35

%

Dec., 2004

 

Dec., 2009

 

 

 

$

70,938

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(a)                As part of the Asset Sale Agreement 50% interest was sold.

Other Investing Activities

During 1997, the Company formed FrontLine Capital Group (“FrontLine”) and RSVP, a real estate venture capital fund whose common equity is held indirectly by FrontLine.  In connection with the formation and subsequent spin-off of FrontLine, the Operating Partnership established an unsecured credit facility with FrontLine (the “FrontLine Facility”) in the amount of $100.0 million. The Operating Partnership also approved the funding of investments of up to $110.0 million relating to REIT-qualified investments through RSVP-controlled joint ventures or advances made to FrontLine under an additional unsecured loan facility (the “RSVP Facility”) having terms similar to the FrontLine Facility (advances made under the RSVP Facility and the FrontLine Facility hereafter, the “FrontLine Loans”). Through December 31, 2006, approximately $59.8 million has been funded to RSVP-

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controlled joint ventures and $142.7 million through the FrontLine Loans (collectively, the “RSVP / FLCG Investments”) on which we accrued interest (net of reserves) of approximately $19.6 million.

A committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, comprised solely of independent directors, considered any actions to be taken by the Company in connection with the RSVP / FLCG Investments and during 2001, based on our assessment of value and recoverability of the RSVP / FLCG Investments and considering the findings and recommendations of the committee and its financial advisor, we recorded a $163.0 million valuation reserve charge, inclusive of anticipated costs against the carrying cost of the RSVP / FLCG Investments. In addition, we have discontinued the accrual of interest income with respect to the FrontLine Loans and have also reserved against our share of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) equity in earnings, if any, from the RSVP-controlled joint ventures funded until such income is realized through cash distributions.

FrontLine is in default under the FrontLine Loans and on June 12, 2002, filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

In connection with RSVP’s capital restructuring, RSVP and certain of its affiliates obtained a $60.0 million secured loan (the “RSVP Secured Loan”).  On November 3, 2005, the outstanding balance of the RSVP Secured Loan was repaid primarily with proceeds received from the sale of certain assisted living related assets.

The net carrying value of our investments in the RSVP / FLCG Investments of approximately $55.2 million was reassessed with no change by management as of December 31, 2006.

Scott H. Rechler, who served as Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of the Company, serves as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of FrontLine and is its sole board member.  Scott H. Rechler also serves as a member of the management committee of RSVP.

We sold the Frontline Loans and the RSVP / FLCG Investments to the Buyer in the Asset Sale.

In addition to the foregoing, as of December 31, 2006, we also had investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures of (i) an approximate 5% indirect ownership interest in a joint venture that owns an investment in a New York City Class A office tower where our share of unconsolidated joint venture debt is approximately $11.6 million with an interest rate of 6.35% per annum and a remaining term of approximately 15 years, (ii) a 25% joint venture interest in the RAOC JV where our share of unconsolidated joint venture debt is approximately $79.9 million with a weighted average interest rate of 5.23% per annum and a weighted average term of 4.6 years (such joint venture interest was sold as part of the Asset Sale) and (iii) a 30% joint venture interest in the property located at One Court Square, Long Island City, NY where our share of unconsolidated joint venture debt is $94.5 million with an interest rate of 4.91% per annum and a remaining term of approximately 8.7 years.

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Leasing Activity

During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company executed 292 leases encompassing approximately 2.4 million square feet.  The following table summarizes the leasing activity by location and property type:

 

 

Number of
leases

 

 

 

Leased square
feet

 

 

 

Average effective
rent per square foot
(1)

 

CBD office properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connecticut

 

41

 

 

 

241,140

 

 

 

$

35.59

 

New York City

 

21

 

 

 

289,210

 

 

 

65.25

 

Westchester

 

5

 

 

 

52,879

 

 

 

31.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal / Weighted average

 

67

 

 

 

583,229

 

 

 

54.67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suburban office properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long Island

 

68

 

 

 

442,775

 

 

 

31.97

 

Connecticut

 

3

 

 

 

9,538

 

 

 

34.04

 

New Jersey

 

39

 

 

 

617,535

 

 

 

29.54

 

Westchester

 

113

 

 

 

731,368

 

 

 

25.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal / Weighted average

 

223

 

 

 

1,801,216

 

 

 

28.70

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flex properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Jersey

 

2

 

 

 

29,800

 

 

 

8.72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subtotal / Weighted average

 

2

 

 

 

29,800

 

 

 

8.72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

292

 

 

 

2,414,245

 

 

 

30.74

 


(1)             Average effective rent is base rent adjusted on a straight-line basis for free rent periods, tenant improvements and leasing commissions.

Financing Activities

As of December 31, 2006, we maintained a $500 million Credit Facility (the “Credit Facility”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as syndication agent and Citicorp North America, Inc. and Wachovia Bank, National Association as co-documentation agents.  The Credit Facility had a maturity in August 2008, contained options which provided for a one-year extension subject to a fee of 25 basis points and, upon receiving additional lender commitments, for an increase to the maximum revolving credit amount to $750 million.  In addition, borrowings under the Credit Facility accrued interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 80 basis points and the Credit Facility carried a facility fee of 20 basis points per annum.  In the event of a change in the Operating Partnership’s senior unsecured credit ratings the interest rates and facility fee were subject to change.  At December 31, 2006, the outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility aggregated $269.0 million and carried a weighted average interest rate of 6.14% per annum.  This facility was repaid and terminated in connection with the SL Green Merger.

We utilized the Credit Facility primarily to finance real estate investments, fund our real estate development activities and for working capital purposes.

At December 31, 2006, we had availability under the Credit Facility to borrow approximately an additional $231.0 million, subject to compliance with certain financial convenants.

We capitalized interest incurred on borrowings to fund certain development projects in the amount of $12.7 million, $11.4 million and $8.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

On January 13, 2006, we obtained a $250.0 million term loan (the “Term Loan”) from Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company.  The Term Loan was for an initial period of three months and had terms, including interest rates and financial covenants, substantially similar to our Credit Facility.  Proceeds from the Term Loan were used to repay outstanding borrowings under our Credit Facility.  On March 31, 2006, in conjunction with net proceeds received from the issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes, we repaid the entire amount outstanding under the Term Loan.  As a result, the Term Loan has been retired and is no longer available for borrowings thereunder.

On January 6, 2006, we sold two of our suburban office properties; 6800 and 6900 Jericho Turnpike, Jericho, NY to the RAOC JV, subject to their mortgage debt of approximately $20.1 million.  The RAOC JV subsequently pre-paid the mortgage notes with proceeds from an unrelated financing transaction.

As a result of increased market values for our commercial real estate assets, we have sold certain non-core assets or interests in assets where significant value has been created.  During 2004, we sold assets or interests in assets with aggregate sales prices of approximately $51.4 million, net of minority partners’ joint venture interests. During 2005 we sold approximately $909.8 million of our real estate assets including disposition of interests to joint ventures. During 2006, we sold two of our non-core assets, the Tranche II and III Properties, a non-core parcel of land and an option to acquire our minority partner’s 40% partnership interest in the Omni Property for aggregate sales proceeds of approximately $292.7 million.  We used the proceeds from these sales primarily to pay down borrowings under the Credit Facility, for general corporate purposes and to invest in short-term liquid investments until such time as alternative real estate investments could be made.

On March 23, 2007, we mailed notices to the holders of our 7.20% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2007 and the 6.00% Notes due 2007 notifying the holders of such notes that we were exercising rights under the governing documents of the notes to redeem each series of notes in full.  The redemption of both series of notes is expected to occur on April 27, 2007.

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Stock and Other Equity Offerings

As of December 31, 2006 a Class A OP Unit and a share of common stock of the Company had similar economic characteristics as they effectively share equally in the net income or loss and distributions of the Operating Partnership.  As of December 31, 2006, the Operating Partnership had issued and outstanding 1,129,733 Class A OP Units and no Class C OP Units.    The Class A OP Units and the Company’s common stock as of December 31, 2006 received prior to the SL Green merger and while outstanding a quarterly distribution of $0.4246 per unit/share.

During June 2005, the Operating Partnership issued $287.5 million aggregate principal amount of 4.00% exchangeable senior debentures due June 15, 2025. The debentures were issued at 98% of par and are exchangeable for shares of common stock of the Company on or after June 15, 2024 at an initial exchange rate of 24.6124 common shares per $1,000 of principal amount of debentures.   The debentures are also exchangeable:  (i) if the market price of the Company’s common stock over a specified period of time is more than 125% of the exchange price per share then in effect; (ii) if the trading price of the debentures over a specified period of time is less than 98% of the product of the closing price of the Company’s shares multiplied by the applicable exchange rate; (iii) during a specified period of time, for any debentures that have been called for redemption; (iv) under certain circumstances, upon the occurrence of a distribution to holders of the Company’s shares of (a) rights to purchase the Company’s common stock at a price below the market price of the Company’s shares or (b) assets, debt securities or rights to purchase the Company’s securities or securities of the Operating Partnership that have a per share / unit value exceeding 10% of the market price of our shares; (v) if the Company’s common stock is not listed on a national or regional securities exchange or quoted on NASDAQ for 30 consecutive trading days; or (vi) if the Operating Partnership or the Company is party to a consolidation, merger or binding share exchange pursuant to which all of the Company’s common stock would be exchanged for cash, securities or other property.

If exchanged in accordance with their terms, the debentures will be settled in cash up to their principal amount and any remaining exchange value will be settled, at our option, in cash, the Company’s common stock or a combination thereof.  The debentures were guaranteed by the Company.  We have the option to redeem the debentures beginning June 18, 2010 for the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest.  Holders of the debentures have the right to require us to repurchase their debentures at 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest on June 15, 2010, June 15, 2015 and June 15, 2020 or, in the event of certain change in control transactions (including the Merger), prior to June 15, 2010.

In connection with the SL Green Merger, the Operating Partnership entered into a supplemental indenture pursuant to which it elected to change the exchange obligation of the Operating Partnership with respect to the debentures into an obligation to deliver, upon exchange of the debentures, cash, shares of SL Green common stock or combination thereof, at the Operating Partnership’s election.  In connection with the SL Green Merger, SL Green guaranteed all obligations under the debentures.

On February 14, 2007, the Operating Partnership announced that, following the SL Green Merger, the adjusted exchange rate for the debentures is 7.7461 shares of SL Green common stock per $1,000 of principal amount of debentures and the adjusted reference dividend for the debentures is $1.3491.

During the year ended December 31, 2006, certain limited partners in the Operating Partnership exchanged 264,766 OP Units and all then outstanding Class C OP Units for an equal number of shares of the Company’s common stock.

The Operating Partnership had issued and outstanding 1,200 preferred units of limited partnership interest with a liquidation preference value of $1,000 per unit and a stated distribution rate of 7.0%, which was subject to reduction based upon terms of their initial issuance (the “Preferred Units”).  The terms of the Preferred Units provided for this reduction in distribution rate in order to address the effect of certain mortgages with above market interest rates, which were assumed by the Operating Partnership in connection with properties contributed to the Operating Partnership in 1998.  As a result of the aforementioned reduction, no distributions were made on the Preferred Units.

In connection with the SL Green Merger, the holder of the Preferred Units transferred the Preferred Units to SL Green Operation Partnership, L.P. (“SLG OP”) in exchange for the issuance of 1,200 preferred units of limited partnership interest in SLG OP with substantially similar terms as the Preferred Units.

Business Strategies and Growth Opportunities

On January 25, 2007, the Company was acquired by SL Green. See Item 1 “Business — Business and Growth Strategies” in SL Green’s Annual Report on Form 10-k for the year ended December 31, 2006 for a complete description of SL Green’s business and growth strategies.

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Regulations

Many laws and governmental regulations are applicable to our business and properties and changes in these laws and regulations, or their interpretation by agencies and the courts, occur frequently.

Environmental Matters

Under various Federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations, an owner of real estate is liable for the costs of removal or remediation of certain hazardous or toxic substances on or in such property.  These laws often impose such liability without regard to whether the owner knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of such hazardous or toxic substances.  The cost of any required remediation and the owner’s liability therefore as to any property is generally not limited under such enactments and could exceed the value of the property and/or the aggregate assets of the owner.  The presence of such substances, or the failure to properly remediate such substances, may adversely affect the owner’s ability to sell or rent such property or to borrow using such property as collateral.  Persons who arrange for the disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic substances may also be liable for the costs of removal or remediation of such substances at a disposal or treatment facility, whether or not such facility is owned or operated by such person.  Certain environmental laws govern the removal, encapsulation or disturbance of asbestos-containing materials (“ACMs”) when such materials are in poor condition, or in the event of renovation or demolition.  Such laws impose liability for release of ACMs into the air and third parties may seek recovery from owners or operators of real properties for personal injury associated with ACMs.  In connection with the ownership (direct or indirect), operation, management and development of real properties, we may be considered an owner or operator of such properties or as having arranged for the disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic substances and, therefore, potentially liable for removal or remediation costs, as well as certain other related costs, including governmental fines and injuries to persons and property.

All of our properties have been subjected to a Phase I or similar environmental audit (which involved general inspections without soil sampling, ground water analysis or radon testing) completed by independent environmental consultant companies.   These environmental audits have not revealed any environmental liability that would have a material adverse effect on our business.

Competition

The leasing of real estate is highly competitive.  There are numerous commercial properties that compete with us in attracting tenants and numerous companies that compete in selecting land for development and properties for acquisition.  We compete for tenants with landlords and developers of similar properties located in our markets primarily on the basis of location, rent charged, services provided, and the design and condition of our properties.   When attempting to acquire real estate, we compete with  REITs, private real estate funds, domestic and foreign financial institutions, life insurance companies, pension trusts, partnerships, individual investors and others.

Forward Looking Information

This report includes certain statements that may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).  Such forward-looking statements relate to, without limitation, our future capital expenditures, dividends and acquisitions (including the amount and nature thereof) and other development trends of the real estate industry and the Manhattan office market, business strategies, and the expansion and growth of our operations.  These statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by us in light of our experience and our perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors we believe are appropriate.  We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act.  Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by the use of the words “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “intend,” “project,” “continue,” or the negative of these words, or other similar words or terms.  Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.  Among the factors about which we have made assumptions are:

·                  general economic or business (particularly real estate) conditions, either nationally or in New York City, being less favorable than expected;

·                  reduced demand for office space;

·                  risks of real estate acquisitions;

·                  risks of structured finance investments;

 

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·                  availability and creditworthiness of prospective tenants;

·                  adverse changes in the real estate markets, including increasing vacancy, decreasing rental revenue and increased insurance costs;

·                  availability of capital (debt and equity);

·                  unanticipated increases in financing and other costs, including a rise in interest rates;

·                  market interest rates could adversely affect the market price of our common stock, as well as our performance and cash flows;

·                  our ability to satisfy complex rules in order for us to qualify as a REIT, for federal income tax purposes, our operating partnership’s ability to satisfy the rules in order for it to qualify as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, the ability of certain of our subsidiaries to qualify as REITs and certain of our subsidiaries to qualify as taxable REIT subsidiaries for federal income tax purposes and our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to operate effectively within the limitations imposed by these rules;

·      accounting principles and policies and guidelines applicable to REITs;

·                  competition with other companies;

·                  the continuing threat of terrorist attacks on the national, regional and local economies including, in particular, the New York City area and our tenants;

·                  legislative or regulatory changes adversely affecting REIT’s and the real estate business; and

·                  environmental, regulatory and/or safety requirements.

We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of future events, new information or otherwise.

The risks included here are not exhaustive.  Other sections of this report may include additional factors that could adversely affect our business and financial performance.  In addition, sections of the SL Green’s Annual Report on Form 10-K contains additional factors that could adversely affect our business and financial performance.  Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment.  New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors, nor can it assess the impact of all such risk factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.  Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.

Item 1A.    RISK FACTORS

Set forth below are the risks that we believe are material to us as of December 31,2006 investors who purchase or own our securities.  The occurrence of any of the following factors or circumstances could adversely affect our cash flows, financial condition, results of operations and/or our ability to service debt and make distributions to our equityholders, any or all of which could in turn cause a decline in the market value of our securities.

These risk factors are the risks associated with our business as of December 31, 2006 while we were the operating partnership of Reckson Associates Realty Corp., a publicly traded REIT.  On January 25, 2007, we completed the SL Green Merger and were acquired by SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P.  We encourage you to read the Annual Report on Form 10-K for SL Green Realty Corp, our 100% indirect parent company.

·      We are dependent on the New York Tri-State area market due to limited geographic diversification and our financial results may suffer as a result of a decline in economic conditions in such area.

A decline in the economic conditions in the Tri-State Area and for commercial real estate could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.  All of our properties are located in the Tri-State Area, although our organizational documents do not restrict us from owning properties outside this area.  As of December 31, 2006, our markets were located in New York City and the suburbs of New York City and may be similarly affected by economic changes in this area.  A significant downturn in the financial services industry and related industries would likely have a negative effect on these markets and on the performance of our properties.

The potential impact of terrorist attacks in the New York City and Tri-State Area may adversely affect the value of our properties and our ability to generate cash flow. As a result, there may be a decrease in demand for office space in metropolitan areas that are considered at risk for future terrorist attacks, and this decrease may reduce our revenues from property rentals.

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·      Debt servicing and refinancing, increases in interest rates and financial and other covenants could adversely affect our economic performance.

Dependence upon debt financing; risk of inability to service or refinance debt.  Under the terms of our partnership agreement as of December 31, 2006, we operate so as to facilitate the SL Green’s qualifications as a REIT.  In order for SL Green  to qualify as a REIT, for federal income tax purposes, it is required to distribute at least 90% of its taxable income.  As a result, we are more reliant on debt or equity financings than many other companies that are able to retain more of their income.

We are subject to the risks associated with debt financing.  Our cash flow could be insufficient to meet required payments of principal and interest.  We may not be able to refinance existing indebtedness, which in virtually all cases requires substantial principal payments at maturity, or the terms of such refinancing might not be as favorable as the terms of the existing indebtedness.  As of December 31, 2006, the weighted average maturity of our existing indebtedness was approximately 4.3 years and our total existing indebtedness (net of minority partners’ interests’ share of our consolidated joint venture debt and including our share of unconsolidated joint venture debt) was approximately $2.0 billion.  We also may not be able to refinance any indebtedness we incur in the future.  Finally, we may not be able to obtain funds by selling assets or raising equity or debt to make required payments on maturing indebtedness.

Rising interest rates could adversely affect cash flow.  Increases in interest rates could increase our interest expense, which could adversely affect our ability to service our indebtedness or to pay distributions to its equityholders.  As of December 31, 2006, approximately 13.6% of our total existing indebtedness was variable rate debt and our total debt was approximately $2.0 billion.  Outstanding advances under our Credit Facility bore interest at variable rates.  In addition, we may incur indebtedness in the future that also bears interest at a variable rate.

Covenants in our debt agreements could adversely affect our financial condition and our ability to make distributions.  As of December 31, 2006, we had an unsecured Credit Facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, which provided for a maximum borrowing amount of up to $500 million.  The Credit Facility which had a maturity in August 2008, provided for a one-year extension subject to a fee of 25 basis points and, upon receiving additional lender commitments, for an increase to the maximum revolving credit amount to $750 million.  Our ability of the Operating Partnership to borrow under the Credit Facility as of December 31, 2006, was subject to certain covenants, including covenants relating to limitations on unsecured and secured borrowings, minimum interest and fixed charge coverage ratios, a minimum equity value and a maximum dividend payout ratio.  The Credit Facility also contained a financial covenant limiting the amount of cash distributions that we were able to pay to holders of our common equity during any fiscal quarter if they exceeded, when added to all distributions paid during the three immediately preceding quarters, the greater of:

·                  90% of the our funds from operations; and

·                  the amounts required in order for the Company to continue to qualify as a REIT.

We relied on borrowings under our Credit Facility to finance acquisition and development activities and for working capital purposes.  Although, as of December 31, 2006, we were in compliance with the covenants under the Credit Facility, our ability to borrow under such facility was subject to continued compliance with the financial and other covenants contained therein.  If we were unable to borrow under our Credit Facility, it could have adversely affected our financial condition, including our ability to service our indebtedness or pay distributions to our equityholders.

The indenture under which our unsecured notes are issued also contains customary covenants, including financial covenants relating to limitations on our ability to incur secured and unsecured indebtedness and the maintenance of a certain percentage of unencumbered assets.  As of December 31, 2006, we were in compliance with the covenants under the indenture, but there can be no assurance that we will continue to be in compliance with such covenants.

In addition, the mortgage loans which are secured by certain of our properties contain customary covenants, including covenants that require us to maintain property insurance in an amount equal to the replacement cost of the properties with insurance carriers who satisfy certain ratings standards.  As a result of the events of September 11, 2001, insurance companies were limiting coverage for acts of terrorism in “all-risk” policies.  In November 2002, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (the “TRIA”) was signed into law which, among other things, requires insurance companies to offer coverage for losses resulting from defined “acts of terrorism” through 2005.  The TRIA was subsequently extended, with certain modifications, through 2007 with the enactment of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act of 2005.  In the event that our coverage for losses resulting from terrorist acts is limited, there can be no assurance that the lenders under our mortgage loans would not take the position that

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exclusions from our coverage for losses due to terrorist acts is a breach of a covenant which, if uncured, could allow the lenders to declare an event of default and accelerate repayment of the mortgage loans.  Other outstanding debt instruments contain standard cross default provisions that would be triggered in the event of an acceleration of the mortgage loans.  This matter could adversely affect our financial results and our ability to finance and/or refinance or sell our properties or to buy or sell properties.  Our property insurance coverage as of December 31, 2006, which would have expired on June 2, 2007, provided for full replacement cost of our properties, including for acts of terrorism up to $540 million on a per occurrence basis.

The facility fee and interest rate payable under the terms of our Credit Facility were subject to change based upon changes in our credit ratings. In the event of a change in the our unsecured credit ratings, the interest rates and facility fee were subject to change.  At December 31, 2006, the outstanding borrowings under our Credit Facility aggregated $269.0 million and carried a weighted average interest rate of 6.14%.  The Credit Facility was repaid and terminated in connection with the SL Green Merger.

No limitation on debt.  We had a policy of incurring debt only if our Debt Ratio was 50% or less.  As of December 31, 2006, our Debt Ratio was approximately 33.8%.  For these purposes, “Debt Ratio” was defined as our total debt as a percentage of the market value of outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, including the conversion of our outstanding partnership units, the liquidation preference of the preferred units, excluding all units of general partnership interest owned by the Company, plus total debt (including our share of unconsolidated joint venture debt and net of minority partners’ interests’ share of consolidated joint venture debt).  Under this policy, we could incur additional debt if the Company’s stock price increased, even if we may not have had a corresponding increase in our ability to repay the debt.  In addition, as of December 31, 2006, our debt-to-equity ratio was 1.96x.  We calculated our debt-to-equity ratio as of December 31, 2006 by comparing the total debt to the value of the Company’s outstanding common stock, our common units of limited partnership interest and liquidation preference of our preferred units (including our share of unconsolidated joint venture debt and net of minority partners’ interests’ share of consolidated joint venture debt), each based upon the market value of the Company’s common stock, and the liquidation preference of our preferred units of limited partnership interest in, excluding all units owned by the Company.

As described above, our Credit Facility and the indenture under which our unsecured notes are issued contain financial covenants which limit our ability of incur additional indebtedness.  However, our organizational documents do not and did not contain any limitation on the amount of indebtedness we may incur.  Accordingly, the Board of Directors of the Company could have altered or eliminated our policy with respect to the incurrence of debt and if this policy were changed, we could have become more highly leveraged, resulting in higher interest payments that could have adversely affected our ability to pay distributions to our equityholders and could have increased the risk of default on our existing indebtedness.

·      The value of our investments in loans to FrontLine Capital Group (“FrontLine”) and in joint venture investments with Reckson Strategic Venture Partners LLC (“RSVP”) may be subject to further loss.

During 1997, we formed Frontline and RSVP, a real estate venture capital fund whose common equity is held indirectly by Frontline.  In connection with the formation and spin-off of Frontline, we established an unsecured Credit Facility with FrontLine (the “FrontLine Facility”) in the amount of $100 million we also approved the funding of investments of up to $110 million relating to REIT-qualified investments through RSVP-controlled joint ventures or advances made to FrontLine under an unsecured loan facility (the “RSVP Facility”) having terms similar to the FrontLine Facility (advances made under the RSVP Facility and the FrontLine Facility hereafter, the “FrontLine Loans”).  As of December 31, 2006, approximately $59.8 million had been funded to RSVP-controlled joint ventures and $142.7 million through the FrontLine Loans (collectively, the “RSVP/FLCG Investments”), on which we accrued interest (net of reserves) of approximately $19.6 million.  The net carrying value of our investments in the RSVP/FLCG Investments of approximately $55.2 million was reassessed with no change by management as of December 31, 2006. Such amount is included in investments in affiliate loans and joint ventures on our consolidated balance sheet.

FrontLine is in default under the FrontLine Loans and on June 12, 2002 filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.  As of December 31, 2006, a committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, comprised solely of independent directors, considered any actions to be taken by us in connection with the RSVP/FLCG Investments. Scott H. Rechler, who served as Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, serves as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of FrontLine and is its sole board member. As of December 31, 2006 Scott H. Rechler also served as a

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member of the management committee of RSVP and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of American Campus Communities, a company formerly owned by RSVP.  The RSVP / FLCG Investments were sold to the Buyer in the Asset Sale.

·      Our acquisition, development and construction activities could result in losses.

We may acquire existing office properties to the extent that suitable acquisitions can be made on advantageous terms.  Acquisitions of commercial properties entail risks, such as the risks that we may not be in a position or have the opportunity in the future to make suitable property acquisitions on advantageous terms and that our investments will fail to perform as expected.  Some of the properties that we acquire may require significant additional investment and upgrades and are subject to the risk that estimates of the cost of improvements to bring such properties up to standards established for the intended market position may prove inaccurate.

We may continue certain development and construction projects of office properties in accordance with our development and underwriting policies as opportunities arise.  Our development and construction activities include the risks that:

·                  we may abandon development opportunities after expending resources to pursue development;

·                  construction costs of a project may exceed our original estimates;

·                  occupancy rates and rents at a newly completed property may not be sufficient to make the property profitable;

·                  financing may not be available to us on favorable terms for development of a property; and

·                  we may not complete construction and lease-up on schedule, resulting in increased carrying costs to complete construction, construction costs and, in some instances, penalties owed to tenants with executed leases.

Our development activities are also subject to risks relating to the inability to obtain, or delays in obtaining, all necessary zoning, land-use, building, occupancy and other required governmental permits and authorizations.  If any of the above events occur, our ability to pay distributions to our equityholders and service our indebtedness could be adversely affected.  In addition, new development activities, regardless of whether or not they are ultimately successful, typically require a substantial portion of management’s time and attention.

·      Adverse real estate market conditions, increases in operating expenses or capital expenditures, tenant defaults and uninsured losses could adversely affect our financial results.

Our properties revenues and value may be adversely affected by a number of factors including:

·                  the national, state and local economic climate and real estate conditions, such as oversupply of or reduced demand for space and changes in market rental rates;

·                  the need to periodically renovate, repair and relet our space;

·                  increasing operating costs, including real estate taxes and utilities, which may not be passed through to tenants;

·                  defaults by our tenants or their failure to pay rent on a timely basis; and

·                  uninsured losses.

As of December 31, 2006, a significant portion of our real estate investment expenses, such as mortgage payments, real estate taxes, insurance and maintenance costs, were generally not reduced when circumstances caused a decrease in income from our properties.  In addition, our real estate values and income from properties were also affected by our compliance with laws, including tax laws, interest rate levels and the availability of financing.

We may suffer losses as a result of tenant bankruptcies.  If any of our tenants files for protection from creditors under federal bankruptcy laws, such tenant generally has the right, subject to certain conditions, to reject its leases with us.  In the event this occurs, we may not be able to readily lease the space or to lease it on equal or better terms.

Our reliance on a major tenant could lead to losses.  As a result of our acquisition in May 2005 of a 1.4 million square foot office tower located at One Court Square, Long Island City, New York, our lease with the seller, Citibank, N.A. and our subsequent transfer of a 70% interest in the property to a joint venture partner, rent from Citibank at this and other properties in our portfolio currently comprises approximately 5.4% of our pro-rata share of annualized base rent.   As of December 31, 2006,

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we could be adversely affected if Citigroup experiences a significant downturn in its business, becomes insolvent or files for bankruptcy. Under the terms of its lease at One Court Square, Citibank has the right to cancel up to 20% of the leased space in 2011 and 2012 and to cancel up to an additional 20% of such space in 2014 and 2015.  We could be adversely affected if Citibank exercises its options to terminate its leases and we are unable to lease the space at similar rents.

Because real estate investments are illiquid, we may not be able to sell properties when appropriate.  Real estate investments generally cannot be sold quickly.  We may not be able to vary our portfolio promptly in response to economic or other conditions.  In addition, provisions of the Code of 1986, limit a REIT’s ability to sell properties in some situations when it may be economically advantageous to do so.  Since under our partnership agreement we operate in a manner that facilitates SL Green’s qualifications as a REIT, this limitation may limit our ability to dispose of assets.

We may be unable to structure property dispositions in a tax-efficient manner.  Certain of our properties have low tax bases relative to their fair values and, accordingly, the disposition of such properties would generate significant taxable gain unless they were transferred in a tax-free exchange under Section 1031 of the Code or another tax-free or tax-deferred transaction.  For an exchange to qualify for tax-deferred treatment under Section 1031, many technical requirements must be satisfied.  For example, a qualified replacement property must be identified within 45 days of the sale of the relinquished property and such qualified replacement property generally must be acquired within 180 days from the sale.  Given the competition for properties meeting our investment criteria, there can be no assurance that we will be able to identify and acquire qualified replacement properties within the required time frames under Section 1031, in which case we would not receive the tax benefit of such an exchange.

Competition in our markets is significant.  The competition for tenants in the office markets in the Tri-State Area is significant and includes properties owned by other REITs, local privately-held companies, institutional investors and other owners.  There is also significant competition for acquisitions in our markets from the same types of competitors.

Increasing operating costs could adversely affect cash flow.  Our properties are subject to operating risks common to commercial real estate, any and all of which may adversely affect occupancy or rental rates.  Our properties are subject to increases in our operating expenses such as cleaning, electricity, heating, ventilation and air conditioning; elevator repair and maintenance; insurance and administrative costs; and other costs associated with security, landscaping, repairs and maintenance of our properties. As a result of the impact of the events of September 11, 2001, we have realized increased insurance costs, particularly relating to property and terrorism insurance, and security costs.  While our tenants generally are currently obligated to pay a portion of these costs, there is no assurance that tenants will agree to pay these costs upon renewal or that new tenants will agree to pay these costs initially.  If operating expenses increase, the local rental market may limit the extent to which rents may be increased to meet increased expenses without at the same time decreasing occupancy rates.  While we have cost saving measures at each of our properties, if any of the above occurs, our ability to pay distributions to our equityholders and service our indebtedness could be adversely affected.

Some potential losses are not covered by insurance; losses could result from terrorist acts.  We carry comprehensive liability, fire, extended coverage and rental loss insurance on all of our properties.  Five of our properties are located in New York City.  As a result of the events of September 11, 2001, insurance companies were limiting coverage for acts of terrorism in “all risk” policies.  In November 2002, the TRIA was signed into law, which, among other things, requires insurance companies to offer coverage for losses resulting from defined “acts of terrorism” through 2005.  The TRIA was subsequently extended, with certain modifications, through 2007 with the enactment of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act of 2005.  Our property insurance coverage as of December 31, 2006, which would have expired on June 2, 2007, provided for full replacement cost of our properties, including for acts of terrorism up to $600 million on a per occurrence basis.  There can be no assurance that we will be able to replace these coverages at reasonable rates or at all.

Furthermore, losses arising from acts of war or relating to pollution are not generally insured because they are either uninsurable or not economically insurable.  If an uninsured loss or a loss in excess of insured limits should occur, we could lose our capital invested in a property, as well as any future revenue from the property.  We would remain obligated on any mortgage indebtedness or other obligations related to the property.  Any such loss could materially and adversely affect our business and financial condition and results of operations.

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·      Property ownership through partnerships and joint ventures creates additional investment risks.

Partnership or joint venture investments may involve risks not otherwise present for investments made solely by us, including the possibility that our partners or co-venturer might become bankrupt, that our partners or co-venturer might at any time have different interests or goals than we do, and that our partners or co-venturer may take action contrary to our instructions, requests, policies or objectives, including our policy with respect to facilitating the Company’s qualification as a REIT.  Other risks of joint venture investments include impasse on decisions, such as a sale, because neither we nor our partners or co-venturer would have full control over the partnership or joint venture.  There is no limitation under our organizational documents as to the amount of funds that may be invested in partnerships or joint ventures.

The following is a description of the significant joint ventures in which we are involved:

Our joint venture in 919 Third Avenue, New York, New York, includes the risks that we cannot enter into large leases or refinance or dispose of the property in our discretion.  On December 21, 2001, we formed a joint venture (the “919JV”) with the New York State Teachers’ Retirement Systems (“NYSTRS”) whereby NYSTRS acquired a 49% indirect interest in the property located at 919 Third Avenue, New York, New York for $220.5 million, which was comprised of $122.1 million of its proportionate share of secured mortgage debt and approximately $98.4 million of cash which was then distributed to us.  We are responsible for managing the day-to-day operations and business affairs of the 919JV and have substantial rights in making decisions affecting the property such as developing a budget, leasing and marketing.  We must obtain the consent of NYSTRS in order to make certain decisions, including a sale of the property, purchasing any additional property or entering into significant leases.  NYSTRS has certain rights primarily intended to protect its investment.

Our joint venture in a portfolio of six office properties includes the risks that we cannot enter into large leases or refinance the properties in our discretion.  During September 2000, we formed a joint venture (the “Tri-State JV”) with Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (“TIAA”) and contributed nine Class A suburban office properties aggregating approximately 1.5 million square feet to the Tri-State JV for a 51% majority ownership interest.  TIAA contributed approximately $136 million for a 49% interest in the Tri-State JV which was then distributed to us.  Since the formation of the Tri-State JV, we acquired TIAA’s 49% interest in two of the properties held by the Tri-State JV and the Tri-State JV sold one of its properties to a third party.  As a result of these transactions, the Tri-State JV as of December 31, 2006 owned six Class A suburban office properties aggregating approximately 946,000 square feet.  We are responsible for managing the day-to-day operations and business affairs of the Tri-State JV and have substantial rights in making decisions affecting the properties such as leasing, marketing and financing.  The minority member has certain rights primarily intended to protect its investment.

Our investment in the Omni includes the risks that we cannot refinance or dispose of the property in our sole discretion and we could have our general partnership interest converted into a limited partnership interest.  We own a 60% general partner interest in Omni Partners, L.P.  (the “Omni Partnership”), the partnership that owned the Omni, a 579,000 square foot office building located in our Nassau West Corporate Center office park. Through our partnership interest, we acted as managing partner and had the sole authority to conduct the business and affairs of the Omni Partnership subject to the limitations set forth in the amended and restated agreement of limited partnership of the Omni Partnership (the “Omni Partnership Agreement”).  On March 31, 2006, a group of institutional investors led by JPMorgan Investment Management, our joint venture partner in the Court Square JV and the property located at 919 Third Avenue, NY, purchased our option to acquire the existing minority partners’ 40% partnership interest in the Omni Property for net proceeds of approximately $9.0 million.  Such proceeds have been included in investment income and other on our consolidated statements of income.  In connection with this transaction, the original minority partner repaid to us approximately $22.1 million representing amounts due under a note receivable which was secured by their interest in the Omni Property.  Such aggregate proceeds to us of approximately $31.2 million were used for the repayment of the mortgage note encumbering the property located at 1350 Avenue of the Americas in New York, NY.

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Our joint venture in One Court Square, Long Island City, New York, includes the risks that we cannot enter into large leases or refinance or dispose of the property in our sole discretion and we could be removed as administrative member.  On November 30, 2005, we formed a joint venture (the “Court Square JV”) with a group of institutional investors (the “JV Partners”) led by JPMorgan Investment Management, whereby the JV Partners acquired a 70% interest in our 1.4 million square foot, 50-story, Class A office tower located at One Court Square, Long Island City, for approximately $329.7 million, including the assumption of approximately $220.5 million of debt.  Pursuant to the terms of the operating agreement governing the Court Square JV, the Court Square JV will be managed by a two-person management committee composed of one representative from each of the Company and the JV Partners.  We have been designated as the administrative member of the Court Square JV, the operating agreement of the Court Square JV requires approvals from members on certain decisions including annual budgets, sale of the property, refinancing of the property’s mortgage debt and material renovations to the property. In addition, after September 20, 2009 the members each have the right to recommend the sale of the property, subject to the terms of the property level debt, and to dissolve the Court Square JV.  We may be removed as administrative member if (i) we become bankrupt, (ii) we are found to have committed fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence in the conduct of our duties, (iii) we make an unpermitted transfer under the agreement or (iv) the Operating Partnership holds, directly or indirectly, less than a 10% interest in the Court Square JV.

The operating agreement grants to each of us and the JV Partners a right of first offer to acquire the other member’s interest in the Court Square JV at any time after November 30, 2007.  In addition, after September 20, 2009, either we or the JV Partners may recommend the sale of One Court Square (or 100% of the interest in the Court Square JV) to a third party at the price at which such member would be willing to sell the property.  The non-recommending member may either approve the proposed marketing of the property or may purchase the property at an equivalent price.  Also, either member may initiate a buy-sell process at any time after (i) November 30, 2007, if a dispute with respect to a “major decision” arises, or (ii) September 20, 2009.  In the event the JV Partners exercise their right to recommend the sale of the property or initiate a buy-sell process, we may not be able to finance our acquisition of the property and it may be sold to a third party.

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·      Investments in mortgage debt could lead to losses.

We hold investments in mortgages secured by office or other types of properties.  We may acquire the mortgaged properties through foreclosure proceedings or negotiated settlements.  In addition to the risks associated with investments in commercial properties, investments in mortgage indebtedness present additional risks, including the risk that the fee owners of such properties may not make payments of interest and principal in a timely fashion or at all, and we may not realize our anticipated return or sustain losses relating to the investments.  Moreover, to the extent that we make investments in mortgages that are secured by properties other than office properties, we are less experienced with the financing and operations of these other property types and therefore may not properly evaluate the risks involved in such investments.  Although we currently have no intention to originate mortgage loans as a significant part of our business, we may make loans to a seller in connection with our purchase of real estate.  The underwriting criteria we would use for these loans would be based upon the credit and value of the underlying real estate.

·      Investments in mezzanine loans involve greater risks of loss than senior loans secured by properties.

We hold investments in mezzanine loans relating to office or other types of properties in the Tri-State Area.  Investments in mezzanine loans take the form of subordinated loans secured by second mortgages on the underlying property or loans secured by a pledge of the ownership interests in the entity that directly or indirectly owns the property.  These types of investments involve a higher degree of risk than a senior mortgage loan because the investment may become unsecured as a result of foreclosure by the senior lender.  In the event of a bankruptcy of the entity providing the pledge of its ownership interests as security, we may not have full recourse to the assets of the property owning entity, or the assets of the entity may not be sufficient to satisfy our mezzanine loan.  If a borrower defaults on our mezzanine loan or debt senior to our loan, or in the event of a borrower bankruptcy, our mezzanine loan will be satisfied only after the senior debt is paid in full.  Where debt senior to our loan exists, the presence of intercreditor arrangements may limit our ability to amend our loan documents, assign our loans, accept prepayments, exercise our remedies and control decisions made in bankruptcy proceedings relating to borrowers.  As a result, we may not recover some or all of our investment, which could result in losses.  In addition, mezzanine loans may have higher loan to value ratios than conventional mortgage loans, resulting in less equity in the property and increasing the risk of loss of principal.  Moreover, to the extent that we hold investments in mezzanine loans that relate to properties other than office properties, we are less experienced with the financing and operations of these other property types and therefore may not properly evaluate the risks involved in such investments.  There is no limitation under our organizational documents as to the amount of mezzanine debt in which we may invest.

·      Environmental problems are possible.

Under various Federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations, an owner of real estate is liable for the costs of removal or remediation of certain hazardous or toxic substances on or in such property.  These laws often impose such liability without regard to whether the owner knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of such hazardous or toxic substances.  The cost of any required remediation and the owner’s liability therefor as to any property is generally not limited under such enactments and could exceed the value of the property and/or the aggregate assets of the owner.  The presence of such substances, or the failure to properly remediate such substances, may adversely affect the owner’s ability to sell or rent such property or to borrow using such property as collateral.  Persons who arrange for the disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic substances may also be liable for the costs of removal or remediation of such substances at a disposal or treatment facility, whether or not such facility is owned or operated by such person.  Even if more than one person was responsible for the contamination, each person covered by the environmental laws may be held responsible for the clean-up costs incurred.  In addition, third parties may sue the owner or operator of a site for damages and costs resulting from environmental contamination emanating from that site.  Certain environmental laws also govern the removal, encapsulation or disturbance of asbestos-containing materials (“ACMs”) when such materials are in poor condition, or in the event of renovation or demolition.  Such laws impose liability for release of ACMs into the air and third parties may seek recovery from owners or operators of real properties for personal injury associated with ACMs.  In connection with the ownership (direct or indirect), operation, management and development of real properties, we may be considered an owner or operator of such properties or as having arranged for the disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic substances and, therefore, potentially liable for removal or remediation costs, as well as certain other related costs, including governmental fines and injuries to persons and property.

All of our properties have been subjected to a Phase I or similar environmental audit (which involved general inspections without soil sampling, ground water analysis or radon testing) completed by independent environmental consultant companies.  These Phase I, or similar environmental audits have revealed limited environmental issues which we are currently addressing at the affected properties. These environmental audits have not revealed any environmental liability that we believe would have a material adverse effect on our business.

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·      Failure by the SL Green to qualify as a REIT would be costly.

SL Green has operated (and intends to operate) so as to qualify as a REIT under the Code beginning with its taxable year ended December 31, 1997.  Under the terms of our partnership agreement we operate in a manner to facilitate SL Green’s (prior to the SL Green Merger, the Company’s) ability to qualify as a REIT. Although our management believes that SL Green is organized and operated in a manner to so qualify, no assurance can be given that SL Green will continue to qualify or remain qualified as a REIT.

If SL Green fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, SL Green will be subject to federal income tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on its taxable income at regular corporate rates.  Moreover, unless entitled to relief under certain statutory provisions, it also will be disqualified from treatment as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification was lost.  This treatment would significantly reduce net earnings available to service indebtedness, make investments or pay distributions to equityholders because of the additional tax liability of the REIT for the years involved.  Also, SL Green would not then be required to pay dividends to its stockholders. These circumstances would likely also have a negative impact on us as SL Green might cause us to cease the payment of regular quarterly distributions.

·      We may be subject to adverse legislative or regulatory tax changes that could reduce the market price of shares of SL Green’s common stock.

At any time, the federal income tax laws or regulations governing REITs or the administrative interpretations of those laws or regulations may be amended. Any of those new laws or interpretations may take effect retroactively and could adversely affect the SL Green and us.  Effective generally for taxable years 2003 through 2008, the maximum rate of tax applicable to individuals on qualified dividend income from regular C corporations is 15%. This reduces substantially the so-called “double taxation” (that is, taxation at both the corporate and stockholder levels) that has generally applied to corporations that are not taxed as REITs. Dividends from REITs generally will not qualify for the 15% dividend tax rate because, as a result of the dividends-paid deduction to which REITs are entitled, REITs generally do not pay corporate level tax on income that they distribute to stockholders.  The lower rates of taxation of qualified dividend income may cause individual investors to view stocks of non-REIT corporations as more attractive relative to stocks of REITs. We cannot predict what impact these tax rates, or future changes in the laws or regulations governing REITs, may have on the value of shares of common stock.

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•      Transactions by the Operating Partnership or the SL Green could adversely affect debt holders.

Except with respect to a covenant limiting the incurrence of indebtedness, a covenant requiring us to maintain a certain percentage of unencumbered assets and a covenant requiring any successor in a business combination with the Operating Partnership to assume all of our obligations under the indenture pursuant to which the debt securities have been issued, the indenture does not contain any provisions that would protect holders of debt securities in the event of (i) a highly leveraged or similar transaction involving us, our management of the Operating Partnership, SL Green or any affiliate of any these parties, (ii) a change in control or (iii) certain reorganizations, restructuring, mergers or similar transactions involving us, or SL Green.

•       No market exists for our equity securities.

No market exists for our equity securities, nor is it expected that one will develop.  In addition, transfers of any interest generally require the consent of our as general partner which it may withhold in its sole discretion.

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Item 1B.    Unresolved Staff Comments

We have not received any comments from the Securities and Exchange Commission that remain unresolved.

Item 2.       Properties
General

As of December 31, 2006 we owned 100 properties (including thirty office properties owned through joint ventures) in the Tri-State Area CBD and suburban markets, encompassing approximately 20.2 million rentable square feet, all of which are managed by us.  The properties include 17 Class A CBD office properties encompassing approximately 7.3 million rentable square feet.  The CBD office properties consist of six properties located in New York City, nine properties located in Stamford, CT and two properties located in White Plains, NY.  The CBD office properties comprised 55.0% of our net operating income (property operating revenues less property operating expenses) for the three months ended December 31, 2006.  The properties also include 75 Class A suburban office properties encompassing approximately 12.0 million rentable square feet, of which 60 of these properties, or 81.2% as measured by square footage, are located within our 15 office parks.  The properties also include eight flex properties encompassing approximately 863,000 rentable square feet.

On January 25, 2007, SL Green sold the following assets to the Buyer in the Asset Sale: (1) certain real property assets and/or entities owning such real property assets, in either case, of the Operating Partnership and 100% of certain loans secured by real property, all of which are located in Long Island, New York; (2) certain real property assets and/or entities owning such real property assets, in either case, of the Operating Partnership located in White Plains and Harrison, New York; (3) all of the real property assets and/or entities owning 100% of the interests in such real property assets, in either case, of the Operating Partnership located in New Jersey; (4) the entity owning a 25% interest in Reckson Australia Operating Company LLC, our Company’s Australian management company (including its Australian licensed responsible entity), and other related entities, and the Operating Partnership and the Operating Partnership subsidiaries’ rights to and interests in, all related contracts and assets, including, without limitation, property management and leasing, construction services and asset management contracts and services contracts; (5) the direct or indirect interest of the Company in Reckson Asset Partners, LLC, an affiliate of RSVP and all of the Operating Partnership’s rights in and to certain loans made by the Operating Partnership to Frontline Capital Group, the bankrupt parent of RSVP, and other related entities, which will be purchased by a 50/50 joint venture with an affiliate of SL Green; (6) a 50% participation interest in certain loans made by a subsidiary of the Operating Partnership that are secured by four real property assets located in Long Island, New York; and (7) 100% of certain loans secured by real property located in White Plains and New Rochelle, New York.

Set forth below is a summary of certain information relating to our properties, categorized by office and flex properties, as of December 31, 2006.  This information does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise.

Office Properties

General

As of December 31, 2006, we owned or had an interest in 17 Class A CBD office properties encompassing approximately 7.3 million square feet and 75 Class A suburban office properties encompassing approximately 12.0 million square feet.  As of December 31, 2006, the office properties were approximately 92.0% leased (excluding properties under development) to approximately 1,400 tenants.

The office properties are leased to both national and local tenants.  Leases on the office properties are typically written for terms ranging from five to ten years and require (i) payment of base rent, (ii) payment of a base electrical charge, (iii) payment of real estate tax escalations over a base year, (iv) payment of compounded annual increases to base rent and/or payment of operating expense escalations over a base year, (v) payment of overtime HVAC and electric and (vi) payment of electric escalations over a base year.  In virtually all leases, the landlord is responsible for structural repairs.  Renewal provisions typically provide for renewal rates at market rates or a percentage thereof, provided that such rates are not less than the most recent renewal rates.

The following table sets forth certain information as of December 31, 2006 for each of the office properties and does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise.

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Ownership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Ground

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rent

 

Number

 

 

 

 

 

Lease

 

Land

 

Number

 

Rentable

 

 

 

 

 

Per

 

of

 

 

 

Percentage

 

Expiration

 

Area

 

of

 

Square

 

Percent

 

Annual Base

 

Leased

 

Tenant

 

 

 

Ownership

 

Date) (1)

 

(Acres)

 

Floors

 

Feet

 

Leased

 

Rent (2)

 

Square Ft.

 

Leases

 

Huntington Melville Corporate Center(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

395 North Service Road, Melville, NY

 

100

%

Lease

 

(2081

)

7.5

 

4

 

185,953

 

100.0

%

$

5,731,679

 

$

30.82

 

14

 

35 Pinelawn Road, Melville, NY

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

6.0

 

2

 

108,811

 

96.5

%

2,522,879

 

24.03

 

40

 

200 Broadhollow Road, Melville, NY

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

4.6

 

4

 

68,707

 

100.0

%

1,875,016

 

27.29

 

20

 

275 Broadhollow Road, Melville, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

5.8

 

4

 

126,770

 

100.0

%

3,389,638

 

26.74

 

3

 

300 Broadhollow Road, Melville, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

14.7

 

4

 

232,618

 

96.3

%

4,270,276

 

19.05

 

25

 

48 South Service Road, Melville, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

7.3

 

4

 

128,024

 

97.0

%

3,218,433

 

25.92

 

18

 

58 South Service Road, Melville, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

18.8

 

4

 

282,876

 

86.8

%

8,537,329

 

34.76

 

16

 

68 South Service Road, Melville, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

14.8

 

4

 

299,977

 

84.8

%

6,435,408

 

25.31

 

7

 

1305 Old Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY

 

51

%

 

 

Fee

 

18.1

 

3

 

164,166

 

100.0

%

4,785,487

 

29.15

 

7

 

Total Huntington Meville Corporate Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

97.6

 

 

 

1,597,902

 

93.8

%

$

40,766,147

 

$

27.20

 

150

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Shore Atrium(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6800 Jericho Turnpike, Syosset, NY

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

13.0

 

2

 

207,753

 

96.9

%

$

4,660,827

 

$

23.15

 

47

 

6900 Jericho Turnpike, Syosset, NY

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

5.0

 

4

 

95,320

 

100.0

%

2,746,680

 

28.82

 

19

 

Total North Shore Atrium

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18.0

 

 

 

303,073

 

97.9

%

$

7,407,507

 

$

24.97

 

66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nassau West Corporate Center(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50 Charles Lindbergh Boulevard, Mitchel Field, NY

 

100

%

Lease

 

(2082

)

9.1

 

6

 

216,880

 

96.7

%

$

5,496,007

 

$

26.22

 

30

 

60 Charles Lindbergh Boulevard, Mitchel Field, NY

 

100

%

Lease

 

(2082

)

7.8

 

2

 

219,066

 

100.0

%

5,698,080

 

26.01

 

2

 

51 Charles Lindbergh Boulevard, Mitchel Field, NY

 

100

%

Lease

 

(2081

)

6.6

 

1

 

108,000

 

100.0

%

1,234,651

 

11.43

 

1

 

55 Charles Lindbergh Boulevard, Mitchel Field, NY

 

25

%

Lease

 

(2081

)

10.0

 

2

 

214,581

 

100.0

%

3,096,771

 

14.43

 

2

 

Reckson Plaza, Mitchel Field, NY

 

100

%

Lease

 

(2083

)

28.2

 

15

 

1,060,988

 

98.5

%

26,314,843

 

25.18

 

46

 

333 Earle Ovington Boulevard, Mitchel Field, NY

 

60

%

Lease

 

(2088

)

30.6

 

10

 

578,129

 

94.4

%

17,676,662

 

32.38

 

42

 

90 Merrick Avenue, Mitchel Field, NY

 

100

%

Lease

 

(2084

)

13.2

 

9

 

234,368

 

92.2

%

6,371,791

 

29.50

 

30

 

Total Nassau West Corporate Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

105.5

 

 

 

2,632,012

 

97.2

%

$

65,888,806

 

$

25.76

 

153

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stand-alone Long Island Properties(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

520 Broadhollow Road, Melville, NY

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

7.0

 

1

 

87,780

 

100.0

%

$

2,137,803

 

24.35

 

4

 

1660 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

6.5

 

1

 

77,872

 

83.0

%

1,349,690

 

20.88

 

9

 

150 Motor Parkway, Hauppauge, NY

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

11.3

 

4

 

185,333

 

84.0

%

3,947,261

 

25.36

 

34

 

300 Motor Parkway, Hauppauge, NY

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

4.2

 

1

 

54,284

 

100.0

%

1,213,779

 

22.36

 

10

 

50 Marcus Drive, Melville, NY

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

12.9

 

2

 

163,762

 

100.0

%

4,335,314

 

26.47

 

1

 

Total Stand-alone Long Island

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41.9

 

 

 

569,031

 

92.5

%

$

12,983,847

 

$

24.68

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tarrytown Corporate Center(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

505 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

1.4

 

2

 

26,320

 

100.0

%

$

565,124

 

$

21.47

 

24

 

520 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee(4)

 

6.8

 

6

 

168,297

 

74.2

%

2,775,529

 

22.23

 

5

 

555 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

4.2

 

5

 

121,730

 

90.4

%

2,490,633

 

22.63

 

7

 

560 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

4.0

 

6

 

124,170

 

92.4

%

2,766,041

 

24.11

 

20

 

580 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

6.1

 

6

 

168,719

 

68.0

%

2,665,833

 

23.24

 

19

 

660 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

10.9

 

6

 

253,167

 

86.0

%

5,589,885

 

25.66

 

54

 

Total Tarrytown Corporate Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33.4

 

 

 

862,403

 

82.1

%

$

16,853,045

 

$

23.79

 

129

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reckson Executive Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 International Drive, Ryebrook, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

3

 

90,000

 

100.0

%

$

2,283,750

 

$

25.38

 

1

 

2 International Drive, Ryebrook, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

3

 

90,000

 

100.0

%

2,283,750

 

25.38

 

1

 

3 International Drive, Ryebrook, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

3

 

91,201

 

89.3

%

1,928,547

 

23.68

 

6

 

4 International Drive, Ryebrook, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

3

 

87,547

 

98.4

%

2,517,075

 

29.20

 

15

 

5 International Drive, Ryebrook, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

3

 

90,000

 

69.8

%

1,487,890

 

23.69

 

7

 

6 International Drive, Ryebrook, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

3

 

95,283

 

100.0

%

2,482,742

 

26.06

 

7

 

Total Reckson Executive Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

44.4

 

 

 

544,031

 

93.0

%

$

12,983,754

 

$

25.68

 

37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summit at Valhalla

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

11.3

 

4

 

247,614

 

87.3

%

$

5,809,129

 

$

26.88

 

12

 

200 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

18.0

 

4

 

233,585

 

99.1

%

6,136,140

 

26.50

 

13

 

500 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

29.1

 

4

 

227,902

 

77.1

%

4,129,820

 

23.50

 

1

 

Total Summit at Valhalla

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

58.4

 

 

 

709,101

 

87.9

%

$

16,075,088

 

$

25.79

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mt. Pleasant Corporate Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

115/117 Stevens Avenue, Mt. Pleasant, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

5.0

 

3

 

168,415

 

89.6

%

$

2,510,297

 

$

16.64

 

17

 

Total Mt. Pleasant Corporate Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.0

 

 

 

168,415

 

89.6

%

$

2,510,297

 

$

16.64

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase Park(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2500 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

4

 

166,571

 

64.3

%

$

2,615,234

 

$

24.42

 

13

 

2700 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

4

 

115,828

 

49.7

%

1,300,826

 

22.60

 

15

 

Total Purchase Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24.6

 

 

 

282,399

 

58.3

%

$

3,916,060

 

$

23.78

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rockledge Center(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

925 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

5

 

92,207

 

79.2

%

$

1,871,522

 

$

25.62

 

10

 

1025 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

5

 

89,761

 

88.5

%

1,323,205

 

16.65

 

16

 

Total Rockledge Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.0

 

 

 

181,968

 

83.8

%

$

3,194,727

 

$

20.95

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Westchester Corporate Park(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

105 Corporate Park Drive, White Plains, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

10.4

(7)

3

 

85,845

 

96.5

%

$

2,085,467

 

$

25.19

 

4

 

106 Corporate Park Drive, White Plains, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

20.4

(8)

4

 

102,599

 

64.0

%

1,317,226

 

20.05

 

16

 

108 Corporate Park Drive, White Plains, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

NA

(8)

5

 

107,179

 

83.5

%

1,979,318

 

22.12

 

13

 

110 Corporate Park Drive, White Plains, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

NA

(8)

2

 

38,827

 

66.9

%

437,720

 

16.85

 

9

 

Total Westchester Corporate Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.7

 

 

 

334,450

 

78.9

%

$

5,819,731

 

$

22.05

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White Plains Office Park(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

701 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

13.5

 

3

 

157,894

 

91.8

%

$

3,104,183

 

$

21.42

 

21

 

707 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

21.3

(9)

5

 

123,822

 

71.1

%

2,157,851

 

24.53

 

31

 

709 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

NA

(9)

5

 

121,145

 

22.8

%

698,037

 

25.30

 

5

 

711 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

10.0

 

4

 

117,936

 

92.3

%

2,423,372

 

22.26

 

18

 

777 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

10.0

 

5

 

121,189

 

84.7

%

2,862,723

 

27.90

 

9

 

Total White Plains Office Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

54.8

 

 

 

641,986

 

73.5

%

$

11,246,166

 

$

23.82

 

84

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stand-alone Westchester(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J8 100/120 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY

 

51

%

 

 

Fee

 

9.7

 

6

 

209,812

 

96.7

%

$

5,562,739

 

$

27.42

 

17

 

80 Grasslands, Elmsford, NY

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

4.9

 

3

 

87,114

 

89.4

%

1,666,953

 

21.40

 

4

 

Total Stand-alone Westchester

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.6

 

 

 

296,926

 

94.6

%

$

7,229,692

 

$

25.75

 

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive Hill Office Park(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100 Executive Drive, West Orange, NJ

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

10.1

 

3

 

93,865

 

85.6

%

$

1,779,435

 

$

22.14

 

12

 

200 Executive Drive, West Orange, NJ

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

8.2

 

4

 

105,649

 

94.9

%

2,194,431

 

21.89

 

14

 

300 Executive Drive, West Orange, NJ

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

8.7

 

4

 

124,777

 

61.0

%

1,729,518

 

22.72

 

13

 

10 Rooney Circle, West Orange, NJ

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

5.2

 

3

 

70,716

 

86.3

%

1,265,686

 

20.73

 

4

 

Total Executive Hill Office Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.2

 

 

 

395,007

 

80.4

%

$

6,969,070

 

$

21.93

 

43

 


 

22




 

University Square Princeton(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100 Campus Drive, Princeton, NJ

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

1

 

27,888

 

85.8

%

$

482,499

 

$

20.16

 

1

 

104 Campus Drive, Princeton, NJ

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

1

 

70,239

 

87.0

%

1,597,348

 

26.13

 

2

 

115 Campus Drive, Princeton, NJ

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

1

 

33,600

 

100.0

%

959,973

 

28.57

 

1

 

Total University Square

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.0

 

 

 

131,727

 

90.1

%

$

3,039,820

 

$

25.62

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short Hills Office Park(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Short Hills, NJ

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

9.0

 

6

 

190,071

 

100.0

%

$

5,860,439

 

$

30.83

 

7

 

103 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Short Hills, NJ

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

6.0

(3)

4

 

123,000

 

100.0

%

4,312,688

 

35.06

 

1

 

51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Short Hills, NJ

 

51

%

 

 

Fee

 

11.0

 

5

 

253,422

 

100.0

%

10,341,670

 

40.81

 

25

 

Total Short Hills Office

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26.0

 

 

 

566,493

 

100.0

%

$

20,514,796

 

$

36.21

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Giralda Farms Office Park(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Giralda Farms, Madison, NJ

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

24.4

 

4

 

150,000

 

21.0

%

$

485,486

 

$

15.42

 

1

 

3 Giralda Farms, Madison, NJ

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

21

 

4

 

141,000

 

100.0

%

4,512,000

 

32.00

 

1

 

7 Giralda Farms, Madison, NJ

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

20

 

3

 

203,258

 

100.0

%

5,884,360

 

28.95

 

4

 

Total Short Hills Office

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

65.4

 

 

 

494,258

 

76.0

%

$

10,881,846

 

$

28.96

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stand-alone New Jersey Properties(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99 Cherry Hill Road, Parsippany, NJ

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

8.8

 

3

 

91,446

 

84.6

%

$

1,646,776

 

$

21.29

 

12

 

119 Cherry Hill Road, Parsippany, NJ

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

9.3

 

3

 

95,257

 

46.4

%

888,064

 

20.10

 

9

 

44 Whippany Road, Morristown, NJ

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

20

 

3

 

215,037

 

100.0

%

3,867,324

 

17.98

 

8

 

72 Eagle Rock, East Hanover, NJ

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

10.4

 

3

 

144,587

 

55.6

%

1,702,588

 

21.17

 

3

 

3 University Plaza, Hackensack, NJ

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

10.6

 

6

 

220,911

 

84.8

%

4,050,047

 

21.62

 

25

 

1255 Broad Street, Clifton, NJ

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

11.1

 

2

 

193,574

 

100.0

%

4,162,629

 

21.50

 

5

 

492 River Road, Nutley, NJ

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

17.3

 

3

 

130,009

 

100.0

%

2,502,673

 

19.25

 

1

 

Total Stand-alone NJ Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

87.5

 

 

 

1,090,821

 

85.1

%

$

18,820,100

 

$

20.28

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stand-alone Connecticut Properties(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

225 Highridge Road, Stamford, CT

 

25

%

 

 

Fee

 

14.1

 

3

 

227,966

 

97.4

%

$

4,704,146

 

$

21.19

 

13

 

Total - Stand-alone CT Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.1

 

 

 

227,966

 

97.4

%

$

4,704,146

 

$

21.19

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Suburban Office Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

777.1

 

 

 

12,029,969

 

89.2

%

$

271,804,648

 

$

25.33

 

999

 

 

 

23




 

 

 

 

Ownership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Ground

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rent

 

Number

 

 

 

 

 

Lease

 

Land

 

Number

 

Rentable

 

 

 

 

 

Per

 

of

 

 

 

Percentage

 

Expiration

 

Area

 

of

 

Square

 

Percent

 

Annual Base

 

Leased

 

Tenant

 

 

 

Ownership

 

Date) (1)

 

(Acres)

 

Floors

 

Feet

 

Leased

 

Rent (2)

 

Square Ft.

 

Leases

 

Landmark Square

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One Landmark Square, Stamford, CT

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

22

 

280,636

 

77.5

%

$

5,825,500

 

$

26.79

 

54

 

Two Landmark Square, Stamford, CT

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

3

 

36,689

 

77.0

%

489,077

 

17.31

 

11

 

Three Landmark Square, Stamford, CT

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

6

 

129,245

 

99.5

%

2,952,633

 

22.96

 

19

 

Four Landmark Square, Stamford, CT

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

5

 

100,028

 

65.7

%

1,801,472

 

27.40

 

16

 

Five Landmark Square, Stamford, CT

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

3

 

58,000

 

100.0

%

355,550

 

6.13

 

15

 

Six Landmark Square, Stamford, CT

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

N/A

 

8

 

163,263

 

74.8

%

2,695,722

 

22.07

 

7

 

Total Landmark Square

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.2

 

 

 

767,861

 

80.8

%

$

14,119,954

 

$

22.77

 

122

 

Stand-alone Connecticut

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1055 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, CT

 

100

%

Lease

 

(2090)

 

1.5

 

10

 

178,597

 

93.8

%

$

4,808,911

 

$

28.70

 

26

 

680 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, CT

 

51

%

 

 

Fee

 

1.3

 

11

 

132,759

 

94.7

%

4,173,864

 

33.21

 

9

 

750 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, CT

 

51

%

 

 

Fee

 

2.4

 

11

 

186,148

 

95.2

%

5,234,030

 

29.54

 

14

 

TotalStand-alone Connecticut

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.2

 

 

 

497,504

 

94.6

%

$

14,216,804

 

$

30.22

 

49

 

Stand-alone Westchester

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

360 Hamilton Avenue, White Plains, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

1.5

 

12

 

381,626

 

94.6

%

$

10,095,810

 

$

27.96

 

21

 

140 Grand Street, White Plains, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

2.2

 

9

 

124,010

 

94.5

%

3,030,877

 

25.86

 

11

 

TotalStand-alone Westchester

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.7

 

 

 

505,636

 

94.6

%

$

13,126,687

 

$

27.45

 

32

 

New York City Office Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

120 West 45th Street, New York, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

0.4

 

40

 

441,437

 

100.0

%

$

21,347,714

 

$

48.36

 

34

 

1 Court Square, Long Island City, NY

 

30

%

 

 

Fee

 

1.5

 

50

 

1,401,609

 

100.0

%

30,914,408

 

22.06

 

1

 

810 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee(5)

 

0.6

 

41

 

690,675

 

100.0

%

29,625,599

 

42.89

 

42

 

919 Third Avenue, New York, NY

 

51

%

 

 

Fee(6)

 

1.5

 

47

 

1,366,516

 

100.0

%

66,690,624

 

48.80

 

20

 

1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY

 

100

%

Lease

 

(2043)

 

1.0

 

42

 

1,050,990

 

100.0

%

43,340,105

 

41.24

 

29

 

1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY

 

100

%

 

 

Fee

 

0.6

 

35

 

573,591

 

91.1

%

23,828,529

 

45.58

 

47

 

TotalNew York City Office Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.5

 

 

 

5,524,818

 

99.1

%

$

215,746,979

 

$

39.41

 

173

 

Total CBD Office Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21.6

 

 

 

7,295,819

 

96.5

%

$

257,210,424

 

$

36.52

 

376

 

Total Office Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

798.7

 

 

 

19,325,788

 

92.0

%

$

529,015,072

 

$

29.76

 

1,375

 


(a)             Properties sold in conjunction with the Asset Sale.

(1)             Ground lease expirations assume exercise of renewal options by the lessee.

(2)             Represents base rent, net of electric reimbursement and signed leases at December 31, 2006 adjusted for scheduled contractual increases during the 12 months ending December 31, 2007.  Total base rent for these purposes reflects the effect of any lease expirations that occur during the 12 month period ending December 31, 2007.

(3)             Year renovated.

(4)             The actual fee interest in is held by the County of Westchester Industrial Development Agency.  The fee interest in 520 White Plains Road may be acquired if the outstanding principal under certain loan agreements and annual basic installments are prepaid.

(5)             There are air right agreements associated with this property which expire in 2044 and 2048.

(6)             There is a ground lease in place on a small portion of the land which expires in 2066.

(7)             103 Corporate Park Drive (a development asset) and 105 Corporate Park Drive are on one lot which is 10.4 acres.

(8)             The three buildings, 106/108/110 Corporate Park Drive are on one lot which is 20.4 acres.

(9)             The two buildings, 707/709 Westchester Avenue are on one lot which is 21.3 acres.

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Flex Properties

As of December 31, 2006, we owned eight flex properties that encompass approximately 863,000 rentable square feet.  As of December 31, 2006, the flex properties were approximately 71.2 % leased to 19 tenants. The following chart shows our flex properties as of December 31, 2006 and does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise.

 

 

 

 

Ownership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

 

 

Research

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rent

 

Number

 

 

 

 

 

(Ground Lease

 

Land

 

Clearance

 

and

 

Rentable

 

 

 

Annual

 

Per

 

Of

 

 

 

Percentage

 

Expiration

 

Area

 

Height

 

Development

 

Square

 

Percent

 

Base

 

Leased

 

Tenants

 

 

 

Ownership

 

Date)

 

(Acres)

 

(feet)

 

Finish (1)

 

Feet

 

Leased

 

Rent (2)

 

Square Ft.

 

Leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Islip & Hauppauge Long Island(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32 Windsor Pl., Islip, NY

 

100.0

%

Fee

 

2.5

 

18

 

10

%

43,000

 

0.0

%

$

0

 

NA

 

0

 

Islip Long Island Total

 

 

 

 

 

2.5

 

 

 

 

 

43,000

 

0.0

%

$

0

 

NA

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Western Morris and South Plainfield(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100 Forge Way, Rockaway, NJ

 

100.0

%

Fee

 

3.5

 

24

 

46

%

20,150

 

56.8

%

$

79,639

 

$

6.96

 

5

 

200 Forge Way, Rockaway, NJ

 

100.0

%

Fee

 

12.7

 

28

 

53

%

72,118

 

100.0

%

$

504,080

 

$

6.99

 

2

 

300 Forge Way, Rockaway, NJ

 

100.0

%

Fee

 

4.2

 

24

 

63

%

24,200

 

50.4

%

$

110,058

 

$

9.02

 

2

 

400 Forge Way, Rockaway, NJ

 

100.0

%

Fee

 

12.8

 

28

 

20

%

73,000

 

67.1

%

$

375,798

 

$

7.67

 

2

 

40 Cragwood Road, South Plainfield, NJ

 

100.0

%

Fee

 

13.5

 

16

 

30

%

130,793

 

74.8

%

$

1,407,303

 

$

14.38

 

4

 

W. Morris S. Plainfield Total

 

 

 

 

 

46.7

 

 

 

 

 

320,261

 

75.8

%

$

2,476,878

 

$

10.21

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elmsford Westchester(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100 Grasslands Road, Elmsford, NY

 

25.0

%

Fee

 

3.6

 

16

 

100

%

47,720

 

100.0

%

$

996,218

 

$

20.88

 

2

 

Elmsford Westchester Total

 

 

 

 

 

3.6

 

 

 

 

 

47,720

 

100.0

%

$

996,218

 

$

20.88

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shelton Connecticut(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

710 Bridgeport, Shelton, CT

 

25.0

%

Fee

 

36.1

 

22

 

100

%

452,411

 

71.7

%

$

3,110,796

 

$

9.58

 

2

 

Shelton Connecticut Total

 

 

 

 

 

36.1

 

 

 

 

 

452,411

 

71.7

%

$

3,110,796

 

$

9.58

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

88.9

 

 

 

 

 

863,392

 

71.2

%

$

6,583,892

 

$

10.71

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(1)    Calculated as the difference from the lowest beam to floor.

(2)    Represents base rent, net of electric reimbursement and signed leases at December 31, 2006 adjusted for scheduled contractual increases during the 12 months ending December 31, 2007.  Total base rent for these purposes reflects the effect of any lease expirations that occur during the 12-month period ending December 31, 2007. Amounts included in rental revenue for financial reporting purposes have been determined on a straight-line basis rather than on the basis of contractual rent as set forth in the foregoing table.

(a)    Properties sold in conjunction with the Asset Sale.

Developments in Progress and Land Holdings

As of December 31, 2006, we had invested approximately $133.9 million in developments in progress and approximately $128.5 million relating to 11 parcels of land on which we can, based on estimates as of December 31, 2006, develop approximately 3.1 million square feet of office space. Management as of December 31, 2006 made subjective assessments as to the value and recoverability of these investments based on current and proposed development plans, market comparable land values and alternative use values.

The following table sets forth our projects under development or repositioning, projects in planning and land holdings at December 31, 2006 and does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise:

Projects under Development or Repositioning (square footage):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

68 South Service Road, Melville (a)

 

305,000

 

7 Landmark Square, Stamford, CT

 

37,000

 

1 Giralda Farms, Madison, NJ (a)

 

150,000

 

University Square, Princeton, NJ (a)

 

313,000

 

103 Corporate Park Drive, White Plains, NY (a)

 

67,207

 

 

 

 

 

Total Projects under Development or Repositioning

 

872,207

 

 

 

 

 

Projects in Planning (square footage):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reckson Executive Park — Building 7, Ryebrook, NY

 

315,000

 

Giralda Farms, Madison Township, NJ (a)

 

448,000

 

Giralda Farms, Chatham Township, NJ (a)

 

125,000

 

600 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla, NY

 

225,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Projects in Planning

 

1,113,000

 

 

 

 

 

Land Holdings (acres):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Rock III, East Hanover, NJ (a)

 

15.2

 

East Patchogue, NY (a)

 

25.2

 

Giralda Farms, Chatham Township, NJ (a)

 

111.6

 

Valhalla, NY

 

39.5

 

 

 

 

 

Total Land Holdings

 

191.5

 


(a)    Properties sold in conjunction with the Asset Sale.

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Historical Non-Incremental Revenue-Generating Capital Expenditures, Tenant Improvement Costs and Leasing Commissions

The following table sets forth annual and per square foot non-incremental revenue-generating capital expenditures in which we paid or accrued, during the respective periods, to retain revenues attributable to existing leased space (at 100% of cost) for the years ended 2002 through 2006 for our office and industrial / flex properties, other than One Orlando Centre in Orlando, Florida which was sold on March 7, 2006 and this information does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

 

 

2002

 

2003

 

2004

 

2005

 

2002-2005

 

2006

 

Suburban Markets - Office Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

5,283,674

 

$

6,791,336

 

$

7,034,054

 

$

8,402,935

 

$

6,878,000

 

$

10,318,500

(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per Square Foot

 

$

0.53

 

$

0.67

 

$

0.69

 

$

0.78

(2)

$

0.67

 

$

0.92

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NYC Office Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

1,939,111

 

$

1,922,209

 

$

2,515,730

 

$

2,017,360

 

$

2,098,603

 

$

2,891,872

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per Square Foot

 

$

0.56

 

$

0.55

 

$

0.56

 

$

0.42

(3)

$

0.52

 

$

0.70

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial / Flex Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

1,881,627

 

$

1,218,401

(1)

$

207,028

 

$

38,723

 

$

836,445

 

$

80,539

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per Square Foot

 

$

0.28

 

$

0.23

 

$

0.23

 

$

0.05

 

$

0.20

 

$

0.22

 


(1)             Excludes non-incremental capital expenditures of $435,140 incurred during the fourth quarter 2003 for the industrial / flex properties which were sold during the period.

(2)             Per square foot calculations for suburban markets — office properties exclude 68 South Service Road and the Eastridge Portfolio.

(3)             Per square foot calculations for NYC office properties exclude One Court Square, a 1,401,609 square foot, triple net leased building.

(4)             Per square foot calculations for suburban properties exclude 68 South Service Road.

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The following table sets forth annual and per square foot non-incremental revenue-generating tenant improvement costs and leasing commissions (at 100% of cost) which we committed to perform, during the respective periods, to retain revenues attributable to existing leased space for the years 2002 through 2006 for our consolidated office and industrial / flex properties, other than One Orlando Centre in Orlando, Florida which was sold on March 7, 2006. The following information does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise.

 

 

2002

 

2003

 

2004

 

2005

 

Average
2002-2005

 

2006

 

New

 

Renewal

 

Long Island Office Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant Improvements

 

$

1,917,466

 

$

3,774,722

 

$

4,856,604

 

$

4,768,833

 

$

3,829,406

 

$

4,901,083

 

$

1,981,677

 

$

2,919,406

 

Per Square Foot Improved

 

$

7.81

 

$

7.05

 

$

8.78

 

$

11.25

 

$

8.72

 

$

17.17

 

$

19.29

 

$

15.98

 

Leasing Commissions

 

$

1,026,970

 

$

2,623,245

 

$

2,345,325

 

$

1,546,354

 

$

1,885,474

 

$

2,024,120

 

$

577,357

 

$

1,446,763

 

Per Square Foot Leased

 

$

4.18

 

$

4.90

 

$

4.24

 

$

3.65

 

$

4.24

 

$

7.09

 

$

5.62

 

$

7.92

 

Total Per Square Foot

 

$

11.99

 

$

11.95

 

$

13.02

 

$

14.90

 

$

12.96

 

$

24.26

 

$

24.91

 

$

23.90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Westchester Office Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant Improvements

 

$

6,391,589

(1)

$

3,732,370

 

$

6,323,134

 

$

5,296,662

 

$

5,435,939

 

$

8,234,810

 

$

3,745,864

 

$

4,488,946

 

Per Square Foot Improved

 

$

15.05

 

$

15.98

 

$

11.95

 

$

12.37

 

$

13.84

 

$

13.63

 

$

24.68

 

$

9.92

 

Leasing Commissions

 

$

1,975,850

(1)

$

917,487

 

$

2,671,548

 

$

1,923,552

 

$

1,872,109

 

$

2,348,231

 

$

968,191

 

$

1,380,040

 

Per Square Foot Leased

 

$

4.65

 

$

3.93

 

$

5.05

 

$

4.49

 

$

4.53

 

$

3.89

 

$

6.38

 

$

3.05

 

Total Per Square Foot

 

$

19.70

 

$

19.91

 

$

17.00

 

$

16.86

 

$

18.37

 

$

17.52

 

$

31.06

 

$

12.97

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connecticut Office Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant Improvements

 

$

491,435

 

$

588,087

 

$

3,051,833

 

$

3,895,369

 

$

2,006,681

 

$

4,275,466

 

$

3,631,067

 

$

644,399

 

Per Square Foot Improved

 

$

3.81

 

$

8.44

 

$

12.71

 

$

11.86

 

$

9.20

 

$

18.03

 

$

28.72

 

$

5.82

 

Leasing Commissions

 

$

307,023

 

$

511,360

 

$

1,493,664

 

$

1,819,504

 

$

1,032,888

 

$

1,607,968

 

$

1,432,216

 

$

175,752

 

Per Square Foot Leased

 

$

2.38

 

$

7.34

 

$

6.22

 

$

5.54

 

$

5.37

 

$

6.78

 

$

11.33

 

$

1.59

 

Total Per Square Foot

 

$

6.19

 

$

15.78

 

$

18.93

 

$

17.40

 

$

14.57

 

$

24.81

 

$

40.05

 

$

7.41

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Jersey Office Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant Improvements

 

$

2,842,521

 

$

4,327,295

 

$

1,379,362

 

$

2,421,779

 

$

2,742,739

 

$

8,923,119

(6)

$

7,946,310

(6)

$

976,809

 

Per Square Foot Improved

 

$

10.76

 

$

11.57

 

$

7.12

 

$

15.49

 

$

11.24

 

$

19.35

 

$

24.34

 

$

7.25

 

Leasing Commissions

 

$

1,037,012

 

$

1,892,635

 

$

832,658

 

$

1,394,470

 

$

1,289,194

 

$

4,290,125

(6)

$

3,155,907

(6)

$

1,134,218

 

Per Square Foot Leased

 

$

3.92

 

$

5.06

 

$

4.30

 

$

8.92

 

$

5.55

 

$

9.30

 

$

9.67

 

$

8.42

 

Total Per Square Foot

 

$

14.68

 

$

16.63

 

$

11.42

 

$

24.41

 

$

16.79

 

$

28.65

 

$

34.01

 

$

15.67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Suburban Markets - Office Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant Improvements

 

$

11,643,011

 

$

12,422,474

 

$

15,610,933

 

$

16,382,643

 

$

14,014,765

 

$

26,334,478

 

$

17,304,917

 

$

9,029,560

 

Per Square Foot Improved

 

$

10.95

 

$

10.24

 

$

10.30

 

$

12.25

 

$

10.94

 

$

16.58

 

$

24.46

 

$

10.25

 

Leasing Commissions

 

$

4,346,855

 

$

5,944,728

 

$

7,343,194

 

$

6,683,880

 

$

6,079,664

 

$

10,270,444

 

$

6,133,671

 

$

4,136,773

 

Per Square Foot Leased

 

$

4.09

 

$

4.90

 

$

4.84

 

$

5.00

 

$

4.71

 

$

6.47

 

$

8.67

 

$

4.70

 

Total Per Square Foot

 

$

15.04

 

$

15.14

 

$

15.14

 

$

17.25

 

$

15.65

 

$

23.04

 

$

33.14

 

$

14.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York City Office Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant Improvements

 

$

4,350,106

 

$

5,810,017

(2)(3)

$

9,809,822

(3)(4)

$

10,648,442

(2)

$

7,654,597

 

$

6,195,667

(5)

$

6,168,931

(5)

$

26,736

 

Per Square Foot Improved

 

$

18.39

 

$

32.84

 

$

23.21

 

$

28.20

 

$

25.66

 

$

41.65

 

$

44.95

 

$

2.32

 

Leasing Commissions

 

$

2,019,837

 

$

2,950,330

(2)(3)

$

3,041,141

(4)

$

4,418,706

(2)

$

3,107,504

 

$

2,681,908

(5)

$

2,633,439

(5)

$

48,469

 

Per Square Foot Leased

 

$

8.54

 

$

16.68

 

$

7.19

 

$

11.70

 

$

11.03

 

$

18.03

 

$

19.19

 

$

4.20

 

Total Per Square Foot

 

$

26.93

 

$

49.52

 

$

30.40

 

$

39.90

 

$

36.69

 

$

59.68

 

$

64.14

 

$

6.52

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Industrial / Flex Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tenant Improvements

 

$

1,850,812

 

$

1,249,200

 

$

310,522

 

$

112,781

 

$

880,829

 

$

252,550

 

$

2,300

 

$

250,250

 

Per Square Foot Improved

 

$

1.97

 

$

2.42

 

$

2.27

 

$

2.46

 

$

2.28

 

$

8.47

 

$

1.00

 

$

9.10

 

Leasing Commissions

 

$

890,688

 

$

574,256

 

$

508,198

 

$

65,740

 

$

509,720

 

$

81,713

 

$

4,025

 

$

77,688

 

Per Square Foot Leased

 

$

0.95

 

$

1.11

 

$

3.71

 

$

1.43

 

$

1.80

 

$

2.74

 

$

1.75

 

$

2.83

 

Total Per Square Foot

 

$

2.92

 

$

3.53

 

$

5.98

 

$

3.89

 

$

4.08

 

$

11.21

 

$

2.75

 

$

11.93

 


(1)             Excludes tenant improvements and leasing commissions related to a 163,880 square foot leasing transaction with Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Leasing commissions on this transaction amounted to $5.33 per square foot and tenant improvement allowance amounted to $40.88 per square foot.

(2)             Excludes $15.5 million of tenant improvements and $2.2 million of leasing commissions related to a 121,108 square foot lease to Debevoise & Plimpton that was signed during the third quarter of 2003 with a lease commencement date in 2005.

(3)             2003 numbers exclude tenant improvements of $0.2 million for Sandler O’Neil & Partners (7,446 square feet) for expansion space with a lease commencement date in the second quarter of 2004.

(4)             Excludes 86,800 square foot WestPoint Stevens early renewal. There were no tenant improvement or leasing costs associated with this transaction. Also excludes $1.4 million of tenant improvements and $1.2 million of leasing commissions related to a 74,293 square foot lease to Harper Collins Publishers with a lease commencement date in 2006. Also excludes Bank of America retail lease with $0.6 million of tenant improvements and $0.8 million of leasing commissions.

(5)             Excludes 133,727 square foot lease to National Hockey League at 1185 Avenue of the Americas. Tenant allowance was granted in the form of a rent concession for the deal. Also excludes leasing costs associated with a 6,712 square foot retail lease to National Hockey League at 1185 Avenue of the Americas.

(6)             Includes tenant improvements and leasing costs of $4.9 and $1.2 million respectively for a 141,000 square foot lease to Quest Diagnostics at 3 Giralda Farms, Madison, NJ. We received a $10.MM termination fee from Daiichi during the second quarter 2006 for these and other tenant related costs.

As noted, incremental revenue-generating tenant improvement costs and leasing commissions are excluded from the tables set forth above.  The historical capital expenditures, tenant improvement costs and leasing commissions set forth above are not necessarily indicative of future non-incremental revenue-generating capital expenditures or non-incremental revenue-generating tenant improvement costs and leasing commissions that may be incurred to retain revenues on leased space.

 

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The following table sets forth the components of our paid or accrued non-incremental and incremental revenue-generating capital expenditures, tenant improvements and leasing costs for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 as reported on our Statements of Cash Flows — Investment Activities contained in our consolidated financial statements (in thousands). The following information does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise.

 

 

Year ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

Capital expenditures:

 

 

 

 

 

Non-incremental

 

$

13,291

 

$

11,028

 

Incremental

 

12,868

 

10,350

 

Tenant improvements:

 

 

 

 

 

Non-incremental

 

23,352

 

40,192

 

Incremental

 

21,074

 

19,865

 

Additions to commercial real estate properties

 

$

70,585

 

$

81,435

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leasing costs:

 

 

 

 

 

Non-incremental

 

$

15,855

 

$

14,379

 

Incremental

 

7,823

 

6,165

 

Payment of deferred leasing costs

 

$

23,678

 

$

20,544

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisitions of real property and development costs

 

$

66,498

 

$

1,074,405

 

 

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The following table sets forth our schedule of top 25 tenants based on base rental revenue as of December 31, 2006 and does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise.

Tenant Name (1) (2) (3)

 

Weighted Average
Term Remaining
(years)

 

Total
Square Feet

 

Percent of Pro-Rata
Share of Annualized
Base Rental Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Citigroup / Citibank (**)

 

12.1

 

1,988,257

 

5.4

%

* Debevoise & Plimpton

 

15.3

 

586,528

 

3.8

%

D.E. Shaw

 

7.3

 

192,837

 

2.3

%

Amerada Hess Corporation

 

15.3

 

180,822

 

2.0

%

King & Spalding

 

7.4

 

144,488

 

1.7

%

* MCI (a)

 

4.1

 

240,065

 

1.6

%

* Schulte Roth & Zabel

 

14.2

 

279,746

 

1.6

%

* American Express (a)

 

7.6

 

125,305

 

1.5

%

County of Nassau (a)

 

15.1

 

219,066

 

1.4

%

* Bank of America / Fleet Bank (a)

 

4.8

 

187,789

 

1.4

%

* Verizon Communications Inc.(a)

 

4.7

 

238,461

 

1.2

%

* Fuji Photo Film USA

 

5.9

 

194,984

 

1.2

%

Quest Diagnostics(a)

 

11.0

 

141,000

 

1.1

%

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.(a)

 

6.0

 

123,000

 

1.0

%

Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (a)

 

4.3

 

193,574

 

1.0

%

Westdeutsche Landesbank

 

9.6

 

53,000

 

0.9

%

* Banque Nationale De Paris

 

9.8

 

145,834

 

0.8

%

North Fork Bank (a)

 

12.3

 

126,770

 

0.8

%

Washington Mutual(a)

 

0.4

 

127,465

 

0.8

%

* JP Morgan Chase(a)

 

5.2

 

88,060

 

0.8

%

* HQ Global(a)

 

4.3

 

193,414

 

0.8

%

Practicing Law Institute

 

7.4

 

77,500

 

0.8

%

Maersk Inc.

 

9.1

 

115,316

 

0.8

%

* Vytra Healthcare

 

7.2

 

141,260

 

0.7

%

National Health Lab Inc.(a)

 

0.7

 

108,000

 

0.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(1)             Ranked by pro-rata share of annualized base rental revenue adjusted for pro rata share of joint venture interest.

(2)             Excludes One Orlando Centre in Orlando, Florida which was sold on March 7, 2006.

(3)             Total square footage is based on currently leased space and excludes expansions or leases with future start dates.

*                    Part or all of space occupied by tenant is in a joint venture building.

**             All or a portion of associated tenant space in building were sold as part of the Asset Sale.

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The following table sets forth our lease expiration table, as adjusted for pre-leased space and inclusive of joint venture interests, at January 1, 2007 for our total portfolio of properties, our office portfolio and our flex portfolio and does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise.

Total Portfolio

 

 

Number of

 

Square

 

Percentage of Total

 

Cumulative

 

Year of

 

Leases

 

Feet

 

Portfolio

 

Percentage of Total

 

Expiration

 

Expiring

 

Expiring

 

Square Footage

 

Portfolio Square Footage

 

2007

 

187

 

1,497,599

 

7.4

%

7.4

%

2008

 

182

 

1,338,928

 

6.6

%

14.0

%

2009

 

160

 

1,389,398

 

6.9

%

20.9

%

2010

 

189

 

2,176,804

 

10.8

%

31.7

%

2011

 

191

 

2,139,444

 

10.6

%

42.3

%

2012 and thereafter

 

421

 

9,843,127

 

48.8

%

91.1

%

Total/Weighted Average

 

1,330

 

18,385,300

 

91.1

%

 

 

Total Portfolio Square Feet

 

 

 

20,189,180

 

 

 

 

 

 

Office Portfolio

 

 

Number of

 

Square

 

Percentage of Total

 

Cumulative

 

Year of

 

Leases

 

Feet

 

Office

 

Percentage of Total

 

Expiration

 

Expiring

 

Expiring

 

Square Footage

 

Portfolio Square Footage

 

2007

 

183

 

1,436,518

 

7.4

%

7.4

%

2008

 

180

 

1,306,685

 

6.8

%

14.2

%

2009

 

159

 

1,344,417

 

7.0

%

21.2

%

2010

 

186

 

1,921,108

 

9.9

%

31.1

%

2011

 

185

 

2,063,435

 

10.7

%

41.8

%

2012 and thereafter

 

417

 

9,698,190

 

50.2

%

92.0

%

Total/Weighted Average

 

1,310

 

17,770,353

 

92.0

%

 

 

Total Office Portfolio Square Feet

 

 

 

19,325,788

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flex Portfolio

 

 

Number of

 

Square

 

 

 

Cumulative

 

Year of

 

Leases

 

Feet

 

Percentage of Total

 

Percentage of Total

 

Expiration

 

Expiring

 

Expiring

 

Flex Square Footage

 

Portfolio Square Footage

 

2007

 

4

 

61,081

 

7.1

%

7.1

%

2008

 

2

 

32,243

 

3.7

%

10.8

%

2009

 

1

 

44,981

 

5.2

%

16.0

%

2010

 

3

 

255,696

 

29.6

%

45.6

%

2011

 

6

 

76,009

 

8.8

%

54.4

%

2012 and thereafter

 

4

 

144,937

 

16.8

%

71.2

%

Total/Weighted Average

 

20

 

614,947

 

71.2

%

 

 

Total Flex Portfolio
 Square Feet

 

 

 

863,392

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mortgage Indebtedness

The following table sets forth certain information regarding our mortgage debt at December 31, 2006:

Property

 

Principal Amount
Outstanding

 

Interest Rate

 

Maturity Date

 

Amortization
Term (Years)

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla, NY

(e)

$

12,788

 

8.50

%

April, 2007

 

15

 

333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Mitchel Field, NY

(a)(f)

49,377

 

7.72

%

August, 2007

 

25

 

810 Seventh Avenue, NY, NY

(b)(f)

75,913

 

7.73

%

August, 2009

 

25

 

275 Broadhollow Road, Melville, NY

(b)(f)

14,774

 

7.73

%

August, 2009

 

25

 

90 Merrick Avenue, Merrick, NY

(b)(f)

18,123

 

7.73

%

August, 2009

 

25

 

919 Third Avenue, NY, NY

(c)

235,113

 

6.87

%

August, 2011

 

30

 

711 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY

(f)

12,525

 

5.36

%

January, 2015

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total / Weighted average

 

$

418,613

 

7.2

%

 

 

 

 


(a)

 

At December 31, 2006, we had a 60% general partnership interest in this property and our proportionate share of the aggregate principal amount of the mortgage was approximately $29.6 million.

(b)

 

These mortgages are cross-collateralized.

(c)

 

We have a 51% membership interest in this property and our proportionate share of the aggregate principal amount of the mortgage is approximately $119.9 million.

(d)

 

This mortgage note was interest only through January 2007 and then amortizes over a 30-year period.

(e)

 

The Company anticipates satisfying the note at maturity by repaying the outstanding balance with cash-on-hand.

(f)

 

These mortgages were satisfied or assigned in connection with the SL Green Merger and the Asset Sale.

 

ITEM 3.           LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Since August 4, 2006, six purported class action lawsuits have been filed by alleged Reckson stockholders in Maryland state and New York state courts, seeking to enjoin the SL Green Merger and acquisition by New Venture MRE, LLC (the “Asset Purchasing Venture,” an entity of which Scott Rechler, Michael Maturo, Jason Barnett and Marathon Asset Management, LLC (“Marathon”) are members) of certain assets of Reckson:  Sheldon Pittleman v. Reckson Associates Realty Corp. et al., No. 24-C-06-006323 (Circuit Court of Maryland, Baltimore City); John Borsch v. Scott H. Rechler et al., No. 24-C-06-006451 (Circuit Court of Maryland, Baltimore City); Mary Teitelbaum v. Reckson Associates Realty Corp. et al., No. 24-C-06-006937 (Circuit Court of Maryland, Baltimore City); Robert Lowinger v. Reckson Association Realty Corp. et al., No. 06-012524 (Supreme Court of the State of New York, Nassau County); Lawrence Lighter v. Scott H. Rechler et al., No. 06-CV-012738 (Supreme Court of the State of New York, Nassau County); and Pauline Phillips v. Scott H. Rechler et al., No. 06-12871 (Supreme Court of the State of New York, Nassau County).  (As noted below, the Lighter action has since been re-filed in the Circuit Court of Maryland, Baltimore City.)  The lawsuits also seek damages, attorneys’ fees and costs. The plaintiffs in these lawsuits allege that the Asset Purchasing Venture obtained SL Green’s agreement to sell Reckson assets on allegedly favorable terms to the Asset Purchasing Venture in exchange for the Reckson board’s approval of allegedly inadequate merger consideration. The plaintiffs assert claims of breach of fiduciary duty against Reckson and its directors, and, in the case of the Lowinger, Pittleman and Teitelbaum lawsuits, claims of aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty against SL Green.

On August 23, 2006, the plaintiff in the Lowinger action in New York state court applied for expedited discovery. Defendants opposed that application and moved to dismiss or stay the Lowinger action pending the determination of the actions filed in Maryland. On September 22, 2006, the New York state court issued an order scheduling discovery in the Lowinger action, while reserving decision on defendants’ motion to dismiss or stay.

On September 6, 2006, the Maryland court consolidated the three actions pending before it under the caption In re Reckson Realty Corp. Shareholders’ Litigation, Consol. Case No. 24-C-06-006323 (Circuit Court of Maryland, Baltimore City). On September 8, 2006, the Maryland court ordered the parties to begin expedited discovery, which is now underway.  On September 22, 2006, the plaintiffs in the Maryland consolidated action filed an amended complaint. In addition to the claims asserted in the three original Maryland complaints, the amended consolidated complaint asserts that Reckson and its directors breached a fiduciary duty of candor in connection with the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus filed on September 18, 2006. The amended consolidated complaint alleges that the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus failed to disclose adequate information concerning, among other things, the auction process that led to the proposed SL Green Merger, the reasons why the Reckson directors believed the proposed SL Green Merger was more favorable than other strategic alternatives for Reckson, the termination fee, the acquisition by the Asset Purchasing Venture of certain assets of Reckson, the assumptions employed by Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman Sachs”) and Greenhill & Co., LLC in rendering their respective fairness opinions, the terms of the retention agreement with Goldman Sachs, and Goldman Sachs’ prior relationships with Reckson or SL Green.

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On October 3, 2006, the plaintiff in the Lighter action withdrew his lawsuit in the New York state court, and re-filed it in the Maryland Circuit Court for Baltimore City under Case No. 24-C-06-007940.

On October 6, 2006 an amended complaint was filed in the Lowinger action in New York state court. In addition to the defendants named and claims asserted in the original Lowinger complaint, the amended complaint names Jason Barnett (who was the Corporation’s Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary), Marathon and the Asset Purchasing Venture as additional defendants. The amended complaint also asserts claims for breach of fiduciary duty against Mr. Barnett, and claims for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary against Marathon and the Asset Purchasing Venture. The amended complaint also asserts that Reckson, its directors, and Mr. Barnett breached a fiduciary duty of candor in connection with the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus filed on September 18, 2006. The amended complaint alleges that the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus failed to disclose adequate information concerning, among other things, the bidding process that led to the proposed merger and acquisition by the Asset Purchasing Venture of certain assets of Reckson, the value of Reckson’s Long Island assets, the expected future value of the SL Green or the combined, post-merger entity and alleged material conflicts of interest allegedly suffered by certain parties and certain of their advisors.  On October 24, 2006, the New York state court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss or stay the Lowinger action and also denied the plaintiff’s motion for expedited discovery.  On October 31, 2006, defendants removed the Lowinger action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.  On November 10, 2006, the plaintiff in the Lowinger action voluntarily dismissed that action.

On November 3, 2006, the plaintiff in the Phillips action pending in New York state court moved for a preliminary injunction, seeking to block the proposed SL Green Merger and the shareholder vote thereon and to require Reckson to conduct an additional auction process for the assets to be acquired by the Asset Purchasing Venture.  On November 6, 2006, defendants removed the Phillips action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.  On November 15, 2006, the Phillips action was remanded to the New York state court.  After defendants subsequently filed their papers in opposition to plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction in the Phillips action, the plaintiff in the Phillips action agreed to withdraw her preliminary injunction motion without prejudice.

On November 20, 2006, the New York state court held a conference in the Phillips action, and adjourned any further proceedings to November 27, 2006.  On November 27, 2006, the New York state court held a conference in the Phillips action, and adjourned any further proceedings to December 5, 2006.  On December 5, 2006, the New York state court held a status conference in the Phillips action.

On December 6, 2006, Reckson and SL Green announced that they had reached an agreement in principle with the plaintiffs to settle the pending class action lawsuits relating to the SL Green Merger.  The settlement, which is subject to documentation and court approval, provides (1) for certain contingent profit sharing participation for Reckson shareholders relating to specified assets, (2) that if the merger closes on or before December 31, 2006, the Reckson shareholders will receive the full fourth quarter dividend, (3) for potential payments to Reckson shareholders of amounts relating to Reckson’s interest in contingent profit sharing participations in connection with the sale of certain long island industrial properties in a prior transaction, and (4) for the dismissal by the plaintiffs of all actions with prejudice and customary releases of all defendants and related parties.

 

Except as provided above, we are not presently subject to any material litigation nor, to our  knowledge, is any litigation threatened against us, other than routine actions for negligence or other claims and administrative proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business, some of which are expected to be covered by liability insurance and all of which collectively are not expected to have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, results of operations or business or financial condition.

ITEM 4.           SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

None.

 

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Part II

ITEM 5.

MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

There is no established trading market for our common equity. As of March 30, 2007, there were two holders of our common equity, both of which are subsidiaries of SL Green.

COMMON UNITS

The following table sets forth for the periods indicated, the distributions declared by the Operating Partnership for each respective quarter ended.  LTIP Units receive the same quarterly distributions as Class A OP Units.

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

 

 

Distribution

 

Distribution

 

March 31, 2005

 

$

0.4246

 

$

0.4664

 

June 30, 2005

 

$

0.4246

 

$

0.4664

 

September 30, 2005

 

$

0.4246

 

$

0.4664

 

December 31, 2005

 

$

0.4246

 

$

0.4664

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2006

 

$

0.4246

 

$

0.4664

 

June 30, 2006

 

$

0.4246

 

$

0.4664

 

September 30, 2006

 

$

0.4246

 

$

0.4664

 

December 31, 2006

 

$

0.4246

 

$

0.4664

 

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

We did not sell any OP Units in the three months ended December 31, 2006 that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

During the three months ended December 31, 2006, 171,643 of our OP Units were exchanged for approximately $7.7 million.  In addition, 198,481 OP Units and 274,850 Class C OP Units were exchanged for an equal number of shares of the Company’s common stock.

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ITEM 6.                              SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA (in thousands except per unit data and property count)

The following table sets forth our selected financial data and should be read in conjunction with our Financial Statements and notes thereto included in Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” and Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

In connection with this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we are restating our historical audited consolidated financial statements as a result of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“SFAS No. 144”).  In compliance with SFAS No. 144, we have reported revenues and expenses from those properties as discontinued operations, net of minority interests, for each period presented in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.  This reclassification has no effect on our reported net income (loss).

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

2002

 

Operating Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total revenues

 

$

599,503

 

$

572,053

 

$

512,424

 

$

434,866

 

$

420,535

 

Total expenses

 

618,620

 

516,732

 

440,506

 

387,501

 

350,628

 

Income (loss) before minority interests, preferred distributions, valuation reserves, equity in earnings of real estate joint ventures, gains on sales of real estate and discontinued operations

 

(19,117

)

55,321

 

71,918

 

47,365

 

69,907

 

Minority interests

 

(13,690

)

(16,698

)

(18,507

)

(16,857

)

(17,653

)

Preferred distributions

 

 

 

 

12,777

 

22,360

 

23,123

 

Redemption charges on Series A preferred units

 

 

 

 

15,812

 

 

 

Equity in earnings of real estate joint ventures and service companies

 

3,681

 

1,371

 

603

 

30

 

1,113

 

Gains on sales of real estate

 

63,640

 

92,130

 

 

 

537

 

Discontinued operations (net of minority interests):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

1,522

 

7,929

 

6,834

 

21,397

 

25,539

 

Gains on sales of real estate

 

9,439

 

63,039

 

12,424

 

126,789

 

4,895

 

Net income allocable to common
unitholders

 

$

45,475

 

$

203,092

 

$

44,683

 

$

156,364

 

$

61,215

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per Unit Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per weighted average common unit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic net income (loss)

 

$

(.34

)

$

.48

 

$

.35

 

$

.10

 

$

.42

 

Gain on sales of real estate

 

.74

 

1.08

 

 

 

.01

 

Discontinued operations

 

.13

 

.84

 

.27

 

2.37

 

.42

 

Class A common unit

 

$

.53

 

$

2.40

 

$

.62

 

$

2.47

 

$

.85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic net income (loss)

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

.30

 

$

.64

 

Gain on sales of real estate

 

 

 

 

 

.01

 

Discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

1.64

 

.63

 

Class B common unit

 

 

$

 

$

 

$

1.94

 

$

1.28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic net income (loss)

 

$

(.80

)

$

.52

 

$

.40

 

$

.01

 

$

 

Gain on sales of real estate

 

2.02

 

1.19

 

 

 

 

Discontinued operations

 

.20

 

.92

 

.30

 

5.73

 

 

Class C common unit

 

$

1.42

 

$

2.63

 

$

.70

 

$

5.74

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common units outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A common units

 

84,870

 

84,100

 

71,964

 

55,786

 

57,059

 

Class B common units

 

 

 

 

8,910

 

10,122

 

Class C common units

 

340

 

466

 

466

 

188

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash distributions declared per unit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A common units

 

$

1.70

 

$

1.70

 

$

1.70

 

$

1.70

 

$

1.70

 

Class B common units

 

 

$

 

$

 

$

2.12

 

$

2.59

 

Class C common units

 

$

1.87

 

$

1.87

 

$

1.87

 

$

.28

 

$

 

 

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As of or for the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

2002

 

Balance Sheet Data (period end):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial real estate properties, before accumulated depreciation (1)

 

$

3,649,874

 

$

3,476,415

 

$

2,759,972

 

$

2,258,805

 

$

2,187,125

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

71,174

 

17,468

 

25,137

 

23,013

 

30,576

 

Total assets

 

3,746,831

 

3,816,459

 

3,171,366

 

2,750,680

 

2,912,052

 

Mortgage notes payable (1)

 

418,613

 

541,382

 

576,719

 

641,718

 

652,681

 

Unsecured credit facility

 

269,000

 

419,000

 

235,500

 

169,000

 

267,000

 

Senior unsecured notes

 

1,255,187

 

980,085

 

697,974

 

499,445

 

499,305

 

Market value of equity (2)

 

3,916,905,607

 

3,060,612

 

2,763,734

 

1,792,895

 

1,681,372

 

Total market capitalization including debt (2 and 3)

 

5,912,960,585

 

5,106,303

 

4,175,060

 

3,050,142

 

3,052,818

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total square feet (at end of period) (4)

 

20,819

 

20,337

 

15,922

 

14,733

 

20,284

 

Number of properties (at end of period) (4)

 

100

 

103

 

87

 

89

 

178

 


(1)             Excludes book value of real estate properties, before accumulated depreciation and mortgage notes payable related to properties classified as held for sale.

(2)             Based on the market value of our common units and the stated value of our preferred units outstanding at the end of the period.

(3)             Debt amount is net of minority partners’ interests’ share of consolidated joint venture debt and including our share of unconsolidated joint venture debt.

(4)             Excludes properties under development and 800 North Magnolia Avenue, a 354,000 square foot non-core office building located in Orlando, Florida. This property was sold on March 7, 2006.

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ITEM 7.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements of Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”) and related notes thereto.

Critical Accounting Policies

The consolidated financial statements of the Operating Partnership include accounts of the Operating Partnership and all majority-owned and controlled subsidiaries.  The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions in certain circumstances that affect amounts reported in the Operating Partnership’s consolidated financial statements and related notes.  In preparing these financial statements, management, as of December 31, 2006, has utilized information available including its past history, industry standards and the then current economic environment, among other factors, in forming its estimates and judgments of certain amounts included in the consolidated financial statements, giving due consideration to materiality.  It is possible that the ultimate outcome as anticipated by management in formulating its estimates inherent in these financial statements may not materialize.  However, application of the critical accounting policies below, which were our critical accounting policies as of December 31, 2006, involves the exercise of judgment and use of assumptions as to future uncertainties and, as a result, actual results could differ from these estimates.  In addition, other companies may utilize different estimates, which may impact comparability of the Operating Partnership’s results of operations to those of companies in similar businesses.  In January 2007, we were acquired by SL Green.  See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation” in SL Green’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for a description of SLGreen’s critical accounting policies which we will follow for our 2007 fiscal year.

Revenue Recognition and Accounts Receivable

Minimum rental revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis, which averages minimum rents over the terms of the leases.  The excess of rents recognized over amounts contractually due are included in deferred rents receivable on our balance sheets.  Contractually due but unpaid rents are included in tenant receivables on our balance sheets.  Certain lease agreements also provide for reimbursement of real estate taxes, insurance, common area maintenance costs and indexed rental increases, which are recorded on an accrual basis.  Ancillary and other property related income is recognized in the period earned.

We make estimates of the collectibility of our accounts receivables related to base rents, tenant escalations and reimbursements and other revenue or income.  We specifically analyze tenant receivables and historical bad debts, customer credit worthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment terms when evaluating the adequacy of its allowance for doubtful accounts.  In addition, when tenants are in bankruptcy, we make estimates of the expected recovery of pre-petition

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administrative and damage claims.  In some cases, the ultimate resolution of those claims can exceed a year.  These estimates have a direct impact on our net income because a higher bad debt reserve results in less net income.

We incurred approximately $922,000, $3.0 million and $831,000 of bad debt expense for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, related to tenant receivables which accordingly reduced total revenues and reported net income during the period.

We record interest income on investments in notes receivable on the accrual basis of accounting.  We do not accrue interest on impaired loans where, in the judgment of management, collection of interest according to the contractual terms is considered doubtful.  Among the factors we consider in making an evaluation of the collectibility of interest are: (i) the status of the loan, (ii) the value of the underlying collateral, (iii) the financial condition of the borrower and (iv) anticipated future events.

Reckson Construction & Development LLC and Reckson Construction Group New York, Inc. used the percentage-of-completion method for recording amounts earned on their contracts.  This method records amounts earned as revenue in the proportion that actual costs incurred to date bear to the estimate of total costs at contract completion.

Gain on the sale of real estate is recorded when title is conveyed to the buyer, subject to the buyer’s financial commitment being sufficient to provide economic substance to the sale and us having no substantial continuing involvement with the buyer.  Additionally, in connection with the sale of real estate, if we retain certain risks in the form of guarantees, the profit recognized on that sale shall be reduced and deferred by the maximum exposure to loss, until such exposure is relieved.

We follow the guidance provided for under the Financing Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement No. 66 “Accounting for Sales of Real Estate” (“Statement No. 66”), which provides guidance on sales contracts that are accompanied by agreements which require the seller to develop the property in the future.  Under Statement No. 66, profit is recognized and allocated to the sale of the land and the later development or construction work on the basis of estimated costs of each activity; the same rate of profit is attributed to each activity.  As a result, profits are recognized and reflected over the improvement period on the basis of costs incurred (including land) as a percentage of total costs estimated to be incurred.  We use the percentage of completion method, as future costs of development and profit are reliably estimated.

Real Estate

Land, buildings and improvements, furniture, fixtures and equipment are recorded at cost.  Tenant improvements, which are included in buildings and improvements, are also stated at cost.  Expenditures for ordinary maintenance and repairs are expensed to operations as they are incurred.  Renovations and / or replacements, which improve or extend the life of the asset, are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives.

Depreciation is computed utilizing the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of ten to thirty years for buildings and improvements and five to ten years for furniture, fixtures and equipment.  Tenant improvements, which are included in buildings and improvements, are amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the related leases.

We are required to make subjective assessments as to the useful lives of our properties for purposes of determining the amount of depreciation to reflect on an annual basis with respect to those properties.  These assessments have a direct impact on our net income.  Should we lengthen the expected useful life of a particular asset, it would be depreciated over more years, and result in less depreciation expense and higher annual net income.

Assessment by us of certain other lease related costs must be made when we have a reason to believe that the tenant will not be able to execute under the term of the lease as originally expected.

On July 1, 2001 and January 1, 2002, we adopted FASB Statement No.141, “Business Combinations” and FASB Statement No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangibles,” respectively.  As part of the acquisition of real estate assets, the fair value of the real estate acquired is allocated to the acquired tangible assets, consisting of land, building and building improvements, and identified intangible assets and liabilities, consisting of the value of above-market and below-market leases, other value of in-place leases, and value of tenant relationships, based in each case on their fair values.

We allocate a portion of the purchase price to tangible assets including the fair value of the building and building improvements on an as-if-vacant basis and to land determined either by real estate tax assessments, independent appraisals or other relevant data.  Additionally, we assess fair value of identified intangible assets and liabilities based on estimated cash flow projections that utilize appropriate discount and capitalization rates and available market information.

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Estimates of future cash flows are based on a number of factors including the historical operating results, known trends, and market/economic conditions that may affect the property.  If we incorrectly estimate the values at acquisition or the undiscounted cash flows, initial allocation of purchase price and future impairment charges may be different.

Long Lived Assets

We are required to make subjective assessments as to whether there are impairments in the value of our real estate properties and other investments.  An investment’s value is impaired only if management’s estimate of the aggregate future cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) to be generated by the investment are less than the carrying value of the investment.  Such assessments consider factors such as cash flows, expected future operating income, trends and prospects, as well as the effects of demand, competition and other factors.  To the extent impairment has occurred it will be measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the property over the fair value of the property.  These assessments have a direct impact on our net income, as a recognition of an impairment results in an immediate negative adjustment to net income.  In determining impairment, if any, we have followed FASB Statement No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets” (“Statement No. 144”).  Statement No. 144 did not have an impact on net income allocable to common unitholders.  Statement No. 144 only impacts the presentation of the results of operations and gains on sales of real estate assets for those properties sold during the period within the consolidated statements of income.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

We report comprehensive income or loss in accordance with the provisions of FASB Statement No. 130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income,” (“Statement 130”) which establishes standards for reporting comprehensive income and its components in the financial statements.  The components of other comprehensive income (loss) (“OCI”) consist of unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments.

Derivative Instruments

FASB Statement No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“Statement No. 133”), as amended, establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities.

The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative and the resulting designation.  Derivatives used to hedge the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset, liability, or firm commitment attributable to a particular risk, such as interest rate risk, are considered fair value hedges. Derivatives used to hedge the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered cash flow hedges.

As required by Statement No. 133, we record all derivatives on our balance sheet at fair value.  For effective hedges, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivative will be offset against the corresponding change in fair value of the hedged asset, liability, or firm commitment through earnings or recognized in OCI until the hedged item is recognized in earnings.

For derivatives designated as cash flow hedges, the effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is initially reported in OCI and subsequently reclassified to earnings when the hedged transaction affects earnings, and the ineffective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is recognized directly in earnings.  We assess the effectiveness of each hedging relationship by comparing the changes in fair value or cash flows of the derivative hedging instrument with the changes in fair value or cash flows of the designated hedged item or transaction. For derivatives not designated as hedges, changes in fair value are recognized in earnings.

We do not enter into derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. However, in the normal course of our business and to help us manage our debt issuances and maturities, we do use derivative financial instruments in the form of cash flow hedges to protect ourselves against potentially rising interest rates.

Variable Interest Entities

In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (“FIN 46”), which explains how to identify variable interest entities (“VIEs”) and how to assess whether to consolidate such entities. VIEs are primarily entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equityholders lack adequate decision making ability.  All VIEs with which we are involved must be evaluated to determine the primary beneficiary of the risks and rewards of the VIE.  The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate the VIE for financial reporting purposes.  The initial determination of whether an entity qualifies as a VIE shall be made as of the date at which a primary beneficiary becomes involved with the entity and reconsidered as of the date  of a triggering event, as

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defined.  The provisions of this interpretation are immediately effective for VIEs formed after January 31, 2003.  In December 2003 the FASB issued FIN 46R, deferring the effective date until the period ending March 31, 2004 for interests held by public companies in VIEs created before February 1, 2003, which were non-special purpose entities.  We adopted FIN 46R during the period ended March 31, 2004 and had determined that our consolidated and unconsolidated subsidiaries do not represent VIEs pursuant to such interpretation.  We will continue to monitor any changes in circumstances relating to certain of its consolidated and unconsolidated joint ventures which could result in a change in our consolidation policy.

Finite Life Joint Venture Agreements

In May 2003, the FASB issued Statement No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity” (“Statement No. 150”). Statement No. 150 establishes standards for classifying and measuring as liabilities certain financial instruments that embody obligations of the issuer and have characteristics of both liabilities and equity. We adopted Statement No. 150 on July 1, 2003, which had no effect on our financial statements. Statement No. 150 also requires the disclosure of the estimated settlement values of non-controlling interests in joint ventures that have finite lives.  Two of our consolidated joint ventures are subject to finite life joint venture agreements. In accordance with Statement No. 150, we have estimated the settlement value of these non-controlling interests at December 31, 2006 and 2005 to be approximately $175.0 million and $153.2 million, respectively. The carrying value of these non-controlling interests, which is included in minority partners’ interests in consolidated partnerships on our consolidated balance sheets, was approximately $134.3 million and $109.2 million at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Current pronouncements

In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“Statement No. 157”).  Statement No. 157 provides guidance for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities.  This statement clarifies the principle that fair value should be based on the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability.  Statement No. 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy, giving the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets and the lowest priority to unobservable data.  Statement No. 157 applies whenever other standards require assets or liabilities to be measured at fair value.  Statement No. 157 is effective in fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007.  Our management, as of December 31, 2006, believed that the adoption of this standard on January 1, 2008 would not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

In September 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 (“SAB No. 108”), which became effective on January 1, 2007. SAB No. 108 provides guidance on the consideration of the effects of prior period misstatements in quantifying current year misstatements for the purpose of a materiality assessment. SAB No. 108 provides for the quantification of the impact of correcting all misstatements, including both the carryover and reversing effects of prior year misstatements, on the current year financial statements. If a misstatement is material to the current year financial statements, the prior year financial statements should also be corrected, even though such revision was, and continues to be, immaterial to the prior year financial statements. Correcting prior year financial statements for immaterial errors would not require previously filed reports to be amended. Such correction should be made in the current period filings. Our management, as of December 31, 2006, believed that the adoption of this standard on January 1, 2007 would not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

In July 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“FIN 48”). This interpretation, among other things, creates a two step approach for evaluating uncertain tax positions. Recognition (step one) occurs when an enterprise concludes that a tax position, based solely on its technical merits, is more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination. Measurement (step two) determines the amount of benefit that more-likely-than-not will be realized upon settlement. De-recognition of a tax position that was previously recognized would occur when a company subsequently determines that a tax position no longer meets the more-likely-than-not threshold of being sustained. FIN 48 specifically prohibits the use of a valuation allowance as a substitute for de-recognition of tax positions, and it has expanded disclosure requirements.  FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, in which the impact of adoption should be accounted for as a cumulative-effect adjustment to the beginning balance of retained earnings. We are currently evaluating FIN 48 and have not yet determined the impact the adoption will have on our consolidated financial statements.

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Overview and Background

The Operating Partnership commenced operations on June 2, 1995.  As of December 31, 2006, Reckson Associates Realty Corp. (the “Company”), which served as the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, was a fully-integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”).  The Operating Partnership and the Company were formed for the purpose of continuing the commercial real estate business of Reckson Associates, the predecessor of the Operating Partnership, its affiliated partnerships and other entities (“Reckson”).  Following the SL Green Merger, the Operating Partnership and the successor to the Company are wholly-owned subsidiaries of SL Green.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the terms “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar terms include Reckson Associates Realty Corp., Reckson Operating Partnership, L. P. and their wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Reckson was engaged in the ownership, management, operation, leasing and development of commercial real estate properties, principally office and industrial / R&D buildings, and also owned undeveloped land located primarily on Long Island, New York.  In June 1995, the Company completed an initial public offering (the “IPO”), succeeded to the Reckson’s real estate business and commenced operations.

As of December 31, 2006, the Operating Partnership was engaged in the ownership, management, operation, acquisition, leasing, financing and development of commercial real estate properties, principally office and to a lesser extent flex properties and also owned land for future development  located in New York City and the surrounding tri-state area markets (the “New York Tri-State Markets”).

In connection with the Company’s IPO, we were granted an option to acquire the property located at 225 Broadhollow Road (the “225 Property”) which were owned by certain Rechler family members including Scott H. Rechler, our CEO, at December 31, 2006, at a price based upon an agreed upon formula.  Reckson Management Group, Inc. (“RMG”) was  obligated to the owner of the 225 Property under an operating lease through November 2006 at an annual base rent of approximately $809,000. The lease was for approximately 26,000 square feet of office space and was used as our corporate headquarters. In August 2006 we relocated our corporate headquarters to Reckson Plaza, a wholly owned property located in Uniondale, Long Island. During June 2006, we incurred approximately $211,000 of expense related to the repair of certain HVAC equipment at the 225 Property.  Such expenditure was approved by the independent members of the Company’s Board of Directors.  RMG leased, as of December 31, 2006, 10,722 square feet of warehouse space used for equipment, materials and inventory storage at a property owned by certain members of the Rechler family at an annual base rent of approximately $81,000.  In addition, commencing April 1, 2004, RCD leased approximately 17,000 square feet of space at the 225 Property at an annual base rent of approximately $507,000, which terminated on September 30, 2006.  RCD had sub-let the entire 17,000 square feet to a third party for approximately $35,000 per month through RCD’s September 2006 lease termination date.  RCD also relocated to Reckson Plaza in August 2006.

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During November 2005 we purchased 11 pieces of art which have historically been on display in certain of our buildings for approximately $170,000 from an entity owned by certain members of the Rechler family. The purchase prices were reviewed by an independent art dealer and approved by the independent directors.

As of December 31, 2006 we owned and operated 100 properties (inclusive of thirty office properties owned through joint ventures) in the Tri-State Area Central Business District (“CBD”) and suburban markets, encompassing approximately 20.2 million rentable square feet, all of which are managed by us.  The properties include 17 Class A CBD office properties encompassing approximately 7.3 million rentable square feet.  The CBD office properties consist of six properties located in New York City, nine properties located in Stamford, CT and two properties located in White Plains, NY.  The CBD office properties comprised 55.0% of our net operating income (property operating revenues less property operating expenses) for the three months ended December 31, 2006.  These properties also include 75 Class A suburban office properties encompassing approximately 12.0 million rentable square feet, of which 60 of these properties, or 81.2% as measured by square footage, are located within our 15 office parks.

At December 31, 2005, we also owned a 354,000 square foot office building located in Orlando, Florida.  This non-core real estate holding was acquired in May 1999 in connection with our initial New York City portfolio acquisition.  This property was cross-collateralized under a $99.7 million mortgage note payable along with one of our New York City office buildings.  On November 1, 2004, we exercised our right to prepay this note in its entirety, without penalty.  This property was sold on March 7, 2006 for aggregate consideration of approximately $70.0 million.

We also owned certain land parcels throughout our markets in the New York Tri-State Markets (the “Development Parcels”).  During July 2005, we commenced the ground-up development on one of the Development Parcels of a 37,000 square foot Class A retail property located within our existing six building Landmark Square office park in Stamford, Connecticut. In August 2005, we recommenced the ground-up development of one of the Development Parcels of a 313,000 square foot Class A office building located within our then existing three building office park located in Princeton, NJ. One of our Development Parcels, aggregating approximately 4.1 acres was sold in September 2006 for aggregate consideration of $2.0 million.  As a result, we recognized a gain on sale of real estate of approximately $757,000.  Excluding the foregoing, at December 31, 2006 our inventory of Development Parcels aggregated approximately 309 acres of land in 11 separate parcels in which we had invested approximately $128.5 million.

Management, as of December 31, 2006, made subjective assessments as to the value and recoverability of our investments in the Development Parcels based on then current and then proposed development plans, market comparable land values and alternative use values. We are currently evaluating alternative land uses for certain of the remaining Development Parcels. These alternatives may include rezoning certain Development Parcels from commercial to residential for potential disposition.

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Results of Operations

The following table is a comparison of the results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2006 to the year ended December 31, 2005 (in 000’s):

 

 

Year ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

Dollars

 

Percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property Operating Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base rents

 

$

477,016

 

$

468,034

 

$

8,982

 

1.9

%

Tenant escalations and reimbursements

 

79,527

 

78,114

 

1,413

 

1.8

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total property operating revenues

 

$

556,543

 

$

546,148

 

$

10,395

 

1.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property Operating Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

$

152,320

 

$

131,289

 

$

21,031

 

16.0

%

Real estate taxes

 

98,358

 

87,752

 

10,606

 

12.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total property operating expenses

 

$

250,678

 

$

219,041

 

$

31,637

 

14.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Income

 

$

106,600

 

$

118,035

 

$

(11,435

)

(9.69

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expense

 

$

109,018

 

$

110,891

 

$

(1,873

)

(1.7

)%

Amortization of deferred financing costs

 

4,312

 

4,166

 

146

 

3.5

%

Marketing, general and administrative

 

52,593

 

32,438

 

20,155

 

62.1

%

Long term incentive compensation expense

 

10,169

 

23,534

 

(13,365

)

(56.8

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other expenses

 

$

176,092

 

$

171,029

 

$

5,063

 

3.0

%

 

Our property operating revenues, which include base rents and tenant escalations and reimbursements (“Property Operating Revenues”) increased by $10.4 million, or 1.9%, for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to the 2005 period. The increase is a result of a $65.0 million increase in Property Operating Revenues from the acquisition of the “Eastridge Portfolio” which consists of thirteen suburban office properties, containing approximately 2.4 million square feet which were acquired in the fourth quarter of 2005, and $7.2 million attributable to straight-line rental revenue increases in our same-store properties. In addition, during the 2006 period we earned approximately $12.7 million in lease termination fee revenue as opposed to $3.0 million earned during the 2005 period. These aggregate increases of approximately $81.9 million were offset by a $71.5 million decrease in Property Operating Revenues from the sale of the Tranche I Properties in September 2005, 100 Wall Street in December 2005, the Tranche II Properties in January 2006, the Tranche III Properties in October 2006 and One Orlando Center in March 2006.

Our property operating expenses, real estate taxes and ground rents (“Property Expenses”) increased by $31.6 million, or 14.4%, for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to the 2005 period. The increase is a result of a $22.8 million increase in operating expenses and real estate taxes from the acquisition of the aforementioned suburban office properties which were acquired in the fourth quarter of 2005 and a $14.4 million increase in operating expenses and real estate taxes in our same-store properties. These aggregate increases of approximately $37.1 million were offset by a $5.4 million decrease in Property Expenses from the aforementioned property sales. The increase in real estate taxes is attributable to higher taxes being levied by the municipalities in which the properties are located. The increase in property expenses is primarily driven by the recent increases in energy costs and a reset of the ground rent at one of our New York City assets.

Gross operating margins (defined as Property Operating Revenues less Property Expenses, taken as a percentage of Property Operating Revenues) for 2006 and 2005 were 55.0% and 59.9%, respectively. The decrease in our gross margins reflects the performance of the Eastridge Portfolio which was acquired with below market occupancy levels. The addition of these properties resulted in a decrease in occupancy for our portfolio. In addition, we have experienced increases in real estate taxes and operating costs in our core portfolio, particularly energy costs, which were not entirely billable to our tenants.

Other income, consisting of gains on sales of real estate, interest income on notes receivable, investment income and other decreased by $11.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to the 2005 period. This decrease is primarily attributable to gains on sales of real estate recognized in the 2005 period of $92.1 million from the sales of 17 of our suburban office properties to the RAOC JV ($86.7 million) and the sale of a 70% interest in One Court Square to the Court Square JV ($5.4 million) as compared to $63.6 million from the sales of 8 of our suburban office properties to the RAOC JV during the year ended December 31, 2006.  This decrease was offset by an increase in Interest and Investment income of $17.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to 2005.

Interest expense incurred decreased by approximately $1.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to the 2005 period. The net decrease in interest expense is a result of a decrease of approximately $13.4 million in mortgage interest expense resulting from a decrease in mortgage notes payable of $206.5 million, a decrease of $4.9 million of interest expense incurred under our unsecured Credit Facility resulting from lower average outstanding balances and an increase of capitalized interest of $1.1 million due to increased development activities. In addition, other interest expense decreased by approximately $819,000. These aggregate decreases of $20.2 million were off-set by an increase in interest expense incurred on our Senior Unsecured Notes of $18.3 million resulting from the issuance of $287.5 million and $275.0 million of Senior Unsecured Notes in June 2005 and March 2006, respectively.

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Marketing, general and administrative expenses increased by $20.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to the 2005 period.  This overall net increase is primarily attributable to $14.0 million of bonuses paid to certain executive officers. In addition, the remaining increase is attributable to increased costs of maintaining offices and infrastructure in each of the five divisional markets we had as of December 31, 2006, operating as a public company and higher compensation costs including amortization expense related to restricted stock awards to executive and non-executive officers. Marketing, general and administrative costs represented 9.5% of total revenues from continuing operations (excluding gains on sales of depreciable real estate assets) in the 2006 period as compared to 5.9% in the 2005 period.

During the year ended December 31, 2006, we incurred a $10.2 million charge related to our long-term incentive compensation plan as compared to $23.5 million for 2005.  For a further discussion of this charge, see “Other Matters” of this Item 7.

Discontinued operations, net of minority interests decreased by approximately $6.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to the 2005 period. This decrease is attributable to the results of operations for those properties held for sale during the 2005 period of $1.5 million with no amounts applicable to the 2006 period and a decrease in gains on sales of real estate of $9.4 million related to those properties sold during the respective periods and classified as held for sale.

The following table is a comparison of the results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2005 to the year ended December 31, 2004 (in 000’s):

 

 

Year ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

Dollars

 

Percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property Operating Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base rents

 

$

468,034

 

$

422,012

 

$

46,022

 

10.9

%

Tenant escalations and reimbursements

 

78,114

 

71,369

 

6,745

 

9.5

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total property operating revenues

 

$

546,148

 

$

493,381

 

$

52,767

 

10.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property Operating Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

$

131,289

 

$

118,278

 

$

13,011

 

11.0

%

Real estate taxes

 

87,752

 

80,855

 

6,897

 

8.5

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total property operating expenses

 

$

219,041

 

$

199,133

 

$

19,908

 

10.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Income

 

$

118,035

 

$

19,043

 

$

98,992

 

519.8

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expense

 

$

110,891

 

$

95,920

 

$

14,971

 

15.6

%

Amortization of deferred financing costs

 

4,166

 

3,721

 

445

 

12.0

%

Marketing, general and administrative

 

32,438

 

29,967

 

2,471

 

8.2

%

Long term incentive compensation expense

 

23,534

 

 

23,534

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other expenses

 

$

171,029

 

$

129,608

 

$

41,421

 

32.0

%

 

Our property operating revenues, which include base rents and tenant escalations and reimbursements (“Property Operating Revenues”), increased by $52.8 million, or 10.7%, for the year ended December 31, 2005 as compared to the 2004 period. Property Operating Revenues increased by $49.1 million attributable to properties acquired during 2005 and $24.3 million from built in rent increases and straight line rental revenue increases in our same store properties. These increases were offset by a $14.6 million revenue decrease from properties sold during 2005 and $6.0 million decrease in termination fees.

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The 2004 increase in property operating expenses, real estate taxes and ground rents (“Property Expenses”) increased by $19.9 million or, 10.0%, for the year ended December 31, 2005 as compared to the 2004 period. The increase is due to a $14.7 million increase in real estate taxes and operating expenses related to our same store properties. Properties acquired during 2005 increased property expenses by $10.4 million. These increases were offset by a $5.2 million decrease for properties sold during 2005. The increase in real estate taxes is attributable to the increases levied by certain municipalities, particularly in New York City and Westchester County, New York. The increase in utilities was the effect of rising fuel prices throughout the United States as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

Gross operating margins (defined as Property Operating Revenues less Property expenses, taken as a percentage of Property Operating Revenues) for 2005 and 2004 were 59.9% and 59.6%, respectively.

Other income, consisting of gains on sales of real estate, interest income on notes receivable, investment income and other increased by $99.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 as compared to the 2004 period. This increase is primarily attributable to gains on sales of real estate recognized in the 2005 period of $92.1 million from the sales of 17 of our suburban office properties to the RAOC JV ($86.7 million) and the sale of a 70% interest in One Court Square to the Court Square JV ($5.4 million). Interest income on notes receivable increased by $7.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 as compared to the 2004 period due to a weighted average increase and our Note Receivable Investments of $62.7 million from the 2004 period. These increases were off-set by a net decrease in investment and other income of approximately $100,000. This net decrease is comprised of the following: $4.6 million in transactional, property and asset management fees earned during the 2005 period related to the RAOC JV, an increase of $4.0 million earned through our Service Companies, an increase of $2.3 million related to tenant-related services and other income, a decrease of $5.0 million to the gain recognized and related tenant work on a land sale and build-to-suit transaction earned in 2004 with no such gain recognized in the 2005 period, a $1.2 million decrease related to real estate tax and other non-tenant related recoveries, a decrease in income tax refunds of $1.0 million recorded in the 2004 period through a Service Company and a decrease of $3.8 million received in the 2004 period in consideration for the assignment of certain mortgage indebtedness.

Interest expense incurred increased by $15.0 million or 15.6% for the year ended December 31, 2005 as compared to the 2004 period. This increase is attributable to an increase of $10.3 million attributable to a net increase of $50.0 million in the Operating Partnership’s senior unsecured notes and its issuance of $287.5 million of senior unsecured debentures during the 2005 period. Interest expense increased by $5.1 million incurred under an unsecured bridge facility, which was funded in May 2005 for the acquisition of One Court Square (the “Bridge Facility”), $1.6 million incurred from our financing of twelve properties during the 2005 period related to the RAOC JV, approximately $300,000 incurred from the assumption of mortgage debt on two of our acquisitions during the 2005 period and $9.1 million incurred under our unsecured Credit Facility. The increase in interest expense incurred under our unsecured Credit Facility is a result of an increase in the weighted average balance outstanding and an increase in the weighted average interest rate from 3.6% to 4.6%. The weighted average balance outstanding under our unsecured Credit Facility was $314.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 as compared to $143.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. During the 2005 period we also incurred $5.1 million of interest expense related to the permanent financing of One Court Square prior to the sale of a 70% interest in the property on November 30, 2005. These aggregate increases of $31.5 million were off-set by decreases in interest expense of approximately $1.1 million incurred under our same store mortgage portfolio, by decreases in interest expense of $12.3 million resulting from the payoff of four mortgage notes during 2004 and 2005 and an increase of $3.4 million in capitalized interest expense due to increase in development activities.

Amortization of deferred financing costs increased by approximately $445,000 from 2004 to 2005 primarily as a result of costs attributable to the permanent financing of One Court Square prior to the sale of a 70% interest in the property on November 30, 2005 of approximately $369,000. To a lesser extent the increase was attributable to the issuance of the Operating Partnership’s senior unsecured debentures during 2005 and from the financing of certain properties during the 2005 period related to the RAOC JV.

Marketing, general and administrative expenses before a $23.5 million charge related to our long term incentive compensation plan increased by $2.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 as compared to the 2004 period.  This overall net increase is attributable to increased costs of maintaining offices and infrastructure in each of our five divisional markets, higher compensation costs including amortization expense related to restricted stock awards to executive and non-executive officers, increases in charitable contributions to organizations that operate within our market places, increased costs related to our directors and officers insurance premiums and higher accounting fees related to maintaining compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Marketing, general and administrative costs represented 5.7% of total revenues from continuing operations (excluding gains on sales of depreciable real estate assets) in the 2005 period as compared to 5.8% in the 2004 period. For further discussion on the aforementioned $23.5 million charge please see “Other Matters” of this Item 7.

Discontinued operations net of minority interests increased by $50.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 as compared to the 2004 period.  This increase is attributable to an increase in the gains on sales of $49.7 million related to properties sold

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during the 2005 period as compared to the 2004 period and approximately $900,000 of income from discontinued operations for those properties classified as held for sale.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We currently expect that our principal sources of funds to meet our short-term and long-term liquidity requirements and (working capital, property operations, debt service, redevelopment of properties, tenant improvements and leasing costs) will include cash flow from operations and net proceeds from divestitures of properties and redemptions of structured finance investments.

Cash flow from operations is primarily dependent upon the occupancy level of our portfolio, the net effective rental rates achieved on our leases, the collectibility of rent and operating escalations and recoveries from our tenants and the level of operating and other costs. We believe that our sources of working capital specifically our cash flow from operations, are adequate for us to meet our short-term and long-term liquidity requirements for the foreseeable future.

On January 25, 2007, we were acquired by SL Green. See Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis – Liquidity and Capital Resources” in SL Green’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 for a complete discussion of additional sources of liquidity available to us due to our indirect ownership by SL Green.

Summary of Cash Flows

Net cash provided by operating activities totaled $146.5 million in 2006, $199.6 million in 2005, and $172.3 million in 2004.  Cash provided by operating activities during 2006 and 2005 is primarily attributable to increased occupancies and leasing in our portfolio and an increase of approximately 1.5 million rentable square feet during 2005 resulting from net property acquisitions and the lease up of two development properties.   Cash provided by operating activities during 2004 is primarily attributable to increased occupancies and leasing in our portfolio and an increase of approximately 1.2 million rentable square feet during 2004 resulting from property acquisitions and the lease up of a development property.

Net cash provided by investment activities totaled $67.3 million in 2006. Net cash used in investing activities totaled $1.0 billion in 2005 and $226.9 million in 2006. Cash flows provided by investing activities during 2006 is primarily related to proceeds of $241.7 million from the sales of real estate assets to the RAOC JV in January and October 2006, the sale of our option to acquire a minority partner’s joint venture interest for $9.0 million and the repayment of a mortgage note receivable of approximately $17.0 million. These aggregate positive cash flows of $267.7 million were off-set by additional investments in mortgage notes receivable of $41.6 million and ongoing development costs, building improvements and related leasing costs to our existing portfolio aggregating approximately $160.7 million. Cash flows used in investing activities during 2005 related primarily to our acquisition of 20 office properties and one land parcel aggregating approximately $1.0 billion, ongoing development and improvements to our existing portfolio of properties including related leasing costs of approximately $152.3 million and additional investments in notes receivable of approximately $124.2 million.  These uses of cash were offset by proceeds received from the sale of 22 of our office properties or interests therein and one parcel of land aggregating approximately $247.0 million as well as proceeds received from the repayment of notes receivable of approximately $36.4 million.  Cash flows used in investing activities during 2004 related primarily to our acquisition of five office properties (including one property from its joint venture partner, TIAA) aggregating approximately $160.7 million, ongoing development and improvements to our existing portfolio of properties including related leasing costs of approximately $101.1 million and additional net investments in notes receivable of approximately $31.6 million.  These uses of cash were offset by proceeds received from the sale of five commercial properties, certain non-core land holdings and a retail property aggregating approximately $67.3 million.

Net cash used in financing activities totaled $160.1 million in 2006. Net cash provided by financing activities totaled $816.9 million in 2005 and $56.9 million in 2004. Cash used in financing activities during 2006 is primarily related to principal payments on secured and unsecured borrowings aggregating $768.8 million and partner distributions of $163.5 million. These aggregate negative cash flows of $932.3 million were off-set by the issuance of senior unsecured notes in March 2006 of $272.8 million, unsecured borrowings of $496.0 million and partner contributions of $4.6 million. Cash provided by financing activities in 2005 is primarily attributable to the net issuance of senior unsecured notes in the amount of approximately $281.8 million, the issuance of common stock (including the exercising of stock options) of approximately $14.1 million, proceeds received from secured borrowings of approximately $562.6 million and net advances made under the Credit Facility of $183.5 million.  These sources of cash provided by financing activities were offset by the repayment of three outstanding mortgage notes payable, along with principal repayments on our mortgage notes payables in the amount of approximately $59.6 million and distributions paid to our equityholders in the amount of $158.7 million.  Cash provided by financing activities in 2004 is primarily attributable to the net issuance of senior unsecured notes in the amount of approximately $200 million, the issuance of common stock (including the exercising of stock options) of approximately $500 million and net advances made under the Credit Facility of $66.5 million.  These sources of cash provided by financing activities were offset by the repayment of three outstanding mortgage notes payable in the amount of $362.2 million, the repurchases of Series A preferred units of $178.7 million and distributions paid to our equityholders in the amount of $169.7 million.

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Financing and Equity Activities

During 2006, the Operating Partnership paid cash distributions on its Class A OP Units and Class C OP Units of approximately $1.70 per unit and $1.40 per unit, respectively.

During 2005 the Operating Partnership issued 127,510 OP Units in connection with property acquisitions.  No OP Units were issued during 2006. In addition, during 2006 and 2005, certain limited partners in the Operating Partnership exchanged approximately 905,000 and 1.6 million OP Units, respectively, for an equal number of shares of the Company’s common stock.

The Board of Directors of the Company initially authorized the purchase of up to 5.0 million shares of the Company’s common stock.  Transactions conducted on the New York Stock Exchange were effectuated in accordance with the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  Since the Board’s initial authorization, the Company has purchased 3,318,600 shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $71.3 million. In June 2006, the Board of Directors authorized the re-institution of the Company’s common stock repurchase program, which had been inactive since March 2003. As of December 31, 2006, the Company did not purchase any of its outstanding common stock under the re-instituted common stock repurchase program.

As of December 31, 2006 the Operating Partnership had issued and outstanding 1,200 preferred units of limited partnership interest with a liquidation preference value of $1,000 per unit with a stated distribution rate of 7.0%, which was subject to reduction based upon terms of their initial issuance (the “Preferred Units”). The terms of the Preferred Units provide for this reduction in distribution rate in order to address the effect of certain mortgages with above market interest rates, which were assumed by the Operating Partnership in connection with properties contributed to the Operating Partnership in 1998.  As a result of the aforementioned reduction, no distributions were being made on the Preferred Units. In connection with the SL Green Merger, the holder of the Preferred Units transferred the Preferred Units to SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P. (“SLG OP”) in exchange for the issuance of 1,200 preferred units of limited partnership in SLG OP with substantially similar terms to the Preferred Units.

On January 6, 2006, we sold two of our suburban office properties; 6800 and 6900 Jericho Turnpike, Jericho, NY to the RAOC JV, subject to their mortgage debt of approximately $20.1 million.  The RAOC JV subsequently pre-paid the mortgage notes with proceeds from an unrelated financing transaction.

As of December 31, 2006 we maintained a $500 million Credit Facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as syndication agent and Citicorp North America, Inc. and Wachovia Bank, National Association as co-documentation agents.  The Credit Facility was scheduled to mature in August 2008. Borrowings under the Credit Facility accrued interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 80 basis points and the Credit Facility carried a facility fee of 20 basis points per annum.  In the event of a change in the Operating Partnership’s senior unsecured credit ratings the interest rates and facility fee were subject to change.  At December 31, 2006, the outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility aggregated $269.0 million and carried a weighted average interest rate of 6.14% per annum. In connection with the SL Green Merger on January 25, 2007, this Credit Facility was repaid and terminated.

The Credit Facility was used primarily to finance real estate investments, fund our real estate development activities and for working capital purposes.

We capitalized interest incurred on borrowings to fund certain development projects in the amount of $12.7 million, $11.4 million and $8.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

On January 13, 2006, we obtained our $250.0 million Term Loan from Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company.  The Term Loan was for an initial term of three months and had terms, including interest rates and financial covenants, substantially similar to our Credit Facility.  Proceeds from the Term Loan were used to repay outstanding borrowings under our Credit Facility. On March 31, 2006, in conjunction with net proceeds received from the issuance of senior insecured notes, we repaid the entire amount outstanding under the Term Loan.

During March 2006, the Operating Partnership issued $275 million of senior unsecured debt securities and during June 2005 issued $287.5 million of exchangeable senior debentures.  There can be no assurance that there will be adequate demand for the Company’s equity at the time or at the price in which the Company desires to raise capital through the sale of additional equity.  Similarly, there can be no assurance that the Operating Partnership will be able to access the unsecured debt markets at the time when the Operating Partnership desires to sell its unsecured notes.  In addition, when valuations for commercial real estate properties are high, we will seek to sell non-core operating properties or certain land inventory to realize value and profit created, subject to the restrictive covenants contained in the Merger Agreement.  We will then seek opportunities to reinvest the capital realized from these dispositions back into value-added assets in our core New York Tri-State Markets.

We are subject to certain restrictive covenants in our public debt and were, as of December 31, 2006, in compliance with such covenants.

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Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

The following table sets forth our significant consolidated debt obligations by scheduled principal cash flow payments and maturity date and our commercial commitments by scheduled maturity at December 31, 2006 and does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise and the resulting reduction in our debt (in 000’s):

 

 

Maturity Date

 

 

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

2010

 

2011

 

Thereafter

 

Total

 

Mortgage notes payable (1)

 

$

8,120

 

$

7,060

 

$

6,440

 

$

4,427

 

$

2,501

 

$

735

 

$

29,283

 

Mortgage notes payable (2)

 

60,642

 

 

100,254

 

 

217,592

 

10,842

 

389,330

 

Senior unsecured notes

 

200,000

 

 

200,000

 

 

150,000

 

712,500

 

1,262,500

 

Credit facility

 

 

269,000

 

 

 

 

 

269,000

 

Land lease obligations (3)

 

12,471

 

12,498

 

12,644

 

12,566

 

10,301

 

332,548

 

393,028

 

Air rights lease obligations

 

362

 

362

 

362

 

362

 

362

 

2,895

 

4,705

 

Capital leases

 

671

 

671

 

671

 

671

 

671

 

2,517

 

5,872

 

Operating leases

 

194

 

196

 

14

 

 

 

 

404

 

 

 

$

282,460

 

$

289,787

 

$

320,385

 

$

18,026

 

$

381,427

 

$

1,062,037

 

$

2,354,122

 


(1)             Scheduled principal amortization payments.

(2)             Principal payments due at maturity.

(3)             We lease, pursuant to noncancellable operating leases, the land on which ten of our buildings were constructed. The leases, certain of which contain renewal options at our direction, expire between 2043 and 2090. The leases either contain provisions for scheduled increases in the minimum rent at specified intervals or for adjustments to rent based upon the fair market value of the underlying land or other indices at specified intervals. Minimum ground rent is recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases and includes lease renewals if reasonably assured that we will exercise that option.

Certain of the mortgage notes payable were guaranteed by certain of our limited partners and/or by the Company.  In addition, consistent with customary practices in non-recourse lending, certain non-recourse mortgages may be recourse to the Company under certain limited circumstances including environmental issues and breaches of material representations.

The following table sets forth our significant consolidated interest expense obligations on our fixed rate debt by scheduled cash flow payments at December 31, 2006 and does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise and the resulting reduction in our debt (in 000’s):

 

 

Year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

2010

 

2011

 

Thereafter

 

Total

 

Mortgage notes payable

 

$

28,422

 

$

24,782

 

$

21,633

 

$

16,105

 

$

8,185

 

$

1,856

 

$

100,983

 

Senior unsecured notes

 

57,113

 

48,538

 

36,267

 

33,038

 

25,634

 

93,258

 

293,848

 

Exchangeable debentures (a)

 

11,500

 

11,500

 

11,500

 

11,500

 

11,500

 

154,771

 

212,271

 

 

 

$

97,035

 

$

84,820

 

$

69,400

 

$

60,643

 

$

45,319

 

$

249,885

 

$

607,102

 


(a)             Callable at par after June 17, 2010.

Interest expense incurred under our variable rate Credit Facility amounted to approximately $14.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 and was based on a weighted average balance and interest rate of $178.7 million and 6.14%, respectively.  In addition, interest expense incurred under our variable rate Term Loan amounted to approximately $2.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 and was based on a weighted average balance and interest rate of $52.7 million and 5.4%, respectively.   The Term Loan was repaid and retired during the first quarter of 2006.

Our rental revenues are our principal source of funds along with our net cash provided by operating activities to meet these and future interest obligations.

We entered into a $200.0 million anticipatory interest rate hedge during the quarterly period ended June 30, 2005, which were scheduled to coincide with our August 26, 2005 and September 12, 2005 financings on twelve of our office properties. This hedge settled on August 1, 2005 realizing proceeds of approximately $1.1 million. The proceeds received from settlement were used to buy-down the fixed mortgage rates to 5.20% per

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annum. The gain resulting from this settlement has been recorded to OCI and is being amortized as a yield adjustment of the fixed-rate mortgage. Nine of these properties were sold to the RAOC JV, subject to their mortgage notes, on September 21, 2005 at which time we reclassified the proportionate share of the gain from OCI to earnings. The remaining three office properties are were sold to the RAOC JV, subject to the mortgage notes, in October 2006, at which time we reclassified the proportionate share of the gain from OCI to earnings.

Other Matters

In July 2002, as a result of certain provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Company discontinued the use of stock loans in its Long Term Incentive Programs (“LTIP”).  In connection with LTIP grants made prior to the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Company, as of December 31, 2006, had stock loans outstanding to certain executive officers which were used to purchase 385,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The stock loans were priced at the market prices of the Company’s common stock at the time of issuance, bear interest at the mid-term Applicable Federal Rate and are secured by the shares purchased.  Such stock loans (including accrued interest) were scheduled to vest and be ratably forgiven each year on the anniversary of the grant date based upon initial vesting periods ranging from seven to ten years.  Such forgiveness was based on continued service and in part on the Company attaining certain annual performance measures.  These stock loans had an initial aggregate weighted average vesting period of approximately nine years.  In connection with the SL Green Merger, in December 2006, the remaining 139,000 shares of common stock subject to the original stock loans which were anticipated to vest between 2007 and 2011 were deemed earned and released to the executive officers.  In addition, the associated stock loans aggregating approximately $2.9 million were forgiven in their entirety.  Approximately $4.6 million and $2.3 million of compensation expense (inclusive of cash payments in respect of taxes payable by the borrower resulting from such forgiveness) was recorded for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, related to these loans.  Such amounts have been included in marketing, general and administrative expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

The outstanding stock loan balances due from executive officers aggregated approximately $3.8 million at December 31, 2006 and 2005 and have been included as a reduction of additional paid in capital on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.  Other outstanding loans to executive and senior officers at December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 amounted to approximately $421,000 and $2.5 million, respectively, and are included in investments in affiliate loans and joint ventures on the accompanying

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consolidated balance sheets and are primarily related to tax payment advances on stock compensation awards and life insurance contracts made to certain executive and non-executive officers.

In connection with the SL Green Merger, these stock loans were forgiven and the shares of Company common stock that served as collateral for these stock loans was released to the borrower executive officers.  In addition, in connection with the foregiveness of the stock loans, the executive officers received a tax gross-up in an amount equal to the individual’s aggregate tax liability resulting for such foregiveness and tax treatment.

In November 2002 and March 2003, an award of rights was granted to certain executive officers of the Company (the “2002 Rights” and “2003 Rights,” respectively, and collectively, the “Rights”).  Each Right represented the right to receive, upon vesting, one share of the Company’s common stock if shares are then available for grant under one of the Company’s stock option plans or, if shares were not so available, an amount of cash equivalent to the value of such stock on the vesting date.  The 2002 Rights vested in four equal annual installments beginning on November 14, 2003 (and were fully vested on November 14, 2006).  The 2003 Rights were earned on March 13, 2005 and vest in three equal annual installments beginning on March 13, 2005.  In connection with the SL Green Merger, the 2003 Rights became fully vested.  Dividends on the shares will be held by the Company until such shares become vested, and will be distributed thereafter to the applicable officer.  The 2002 Rights also entitled the holder thereof to cash payments in respect of taxes payable by the holder resulting from the 2002 Rights.  The 2002 Rights aggregated 62,835 shares of the Company’s common stock and the 2003 Rights aggregated 26,040 shares of common stock.  In November 2006, the remaining shares of common stock reserved related to the 2002 Rights, aggregating 15,709 shares were released to the executive officers.  In addition, in connection with the SL Green Merger, in December 2006, 5,788 of the remaining 2003 Rights were deemed earned and released to certain executive officers.  As of December 31, 2006, there remains 2,894 shares of common stock reserved related to the 2003 Rights.  Approximately $441,000 and $465,000 of compensation expense was recorded for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, related to the Rights.  Such amounts have been included in marketing, general and administrative expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

In March 2003, the Company established a new LTIP for its executive and senior officers (the “2003 LTIP”).  The four-year plan has a core award, which provided for annual stock based compensation based upon continued service and in part based on the Company attaining certain annual performance measures.  The plan also had a special outperformance component in the form of a bonus pool equal to 10% of the total return in excess of a 9% cumulative and compounded annual total return on the Company’s common equity for the period through the four-year anniversary after the date of grant (the “Special Outperformance Pool”).  The aggregate amount payable to such officers from the Special Outperformance Pool was capped at an amount calculated based upon a total cumulative and compounded annual return on the common equity of 15%.  An officer’s special outperformance award represented an allocation of the Special Outperformance Pool and will become vested on the fourth anniversary of the date of grant, provided that the officer remain in continuous employment with the Company or any of its affiliates until such date, and the Company had achieved on a cumulative and compounded basis, during the four fiscal years completed on the applicable anniversary date, a total return to holders of the common equity that (i) is at or above the 60th percentile of the total return to stockholders achieved by members of the peer group during the same period and (ii) equals at least 9% per annum.  Special outperformance awards will be paid in cash; however, the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay such an award in shares of common stock, valued at the date of vesting, if shares are available at such time under any of the Company’s existing stock option plans.  The LTIP provided that no dividends or dividend equivalent payments will accrue with respect to the special outperformance awards.  On March 13, 2003, the Company made available 827,776 shares of its common stock under its existing stock option plans in connection with the core award of the 2003 LTIP for certain of its executive and senior officers.  During May 2003, the special outperformance awards of the 2003 LTIP were amended to increase the per share base price above which the four year cumulative return is measured from $18.00 to $22.40.

The Board of Directors of the Company approved an amendment to the 2003 LTIP to revise the peer group used to measure relative performance.  The amendment eliminated the mixed office and industrial companies and added certain other “pure office” companies in order to revise the peer group to office sector companies.  The Board also approved the revision of the performance measurement dates for future vesting under the core component of the 2003 LTIP from the anniversary of the date of grant to December 31 of each year.  This was done in order to have the performance measurement coincide with the performance period that the Company believes many investors use to judge the performance of the Company.

On December 27, 2004, the Operating Partnership entered into definitive agreements with certain executive and senior officers of the Company to revise their incentive awards under the 2003 LTIP.  The revised agreements provided for (i) the rescission of the unvested portion of their core awards and (ii) an award in exchange for the rescinded core awards of an equal number of units of a new class of limited partnership interests (“LTIP Units”) of the Operating Partnership.

Each executive and senior officer participating in the 2003 LTIP was offered the option to retain all or a portion of his core awards or to rescind them in exchange for new awards of LTIP Units.  On December 27, 2004, certain executive and senior officers accepted such offer and thereby amended their Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Award Agreement to cancel, in the

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aggregate, 362,500 shares of restricted stock of the Company representing all or a portion of their unvested core award, and received an equal number of LTIP Units.

The revised awards under the 2003 LTIP were designed to provide the potential for executives to retain a greater equity interest in the Company by eliminating the need for executives to sell a portion of the core awards immediately upon vesting in order to satisfy personal income taxes which are due upon vesting under the original core awards.

With respect to the 2003 LTIP, the Company met its annual performance measure with respect to the 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003 annual measurement periods, respectively. As a result, the Company issued to the participants of the 2003 LTIP 69,442, 86,111, 102,779 and 206,944 shares of its common stock, respectively, related to the core component of the 2003 LTIP.

The terms of each award of LTIP Units were substantially similar to those of the core awards under the 2003 LTIP.  The vesting, performance hurdles and timing for vesting remain unchanged.  However, an LTIP Unit represented an equity interest in the Operating Partnership, rather than the Company.  At issuance, the LTIP Unit had no value but may over time accrete to a value equal to (but never greater than) the value of one share of common stock of the Company (a “REIT Share”).  Initially, LTIP Units did not have full parity with OP Units with respect to liquidating distributions.  Upon the occurrence of certain “triggering events” (such as the issuance of additional OP Units by the Operating Partnership), the Operating Partnership would revalue its assets for the purpose of the capital accounts of its partners and any increase in valuation of the Operating Partnership’s assets from the date of the issuance of the LTIP Units through the “triggering event” will be allocated to the capital accounts of holders of LTIP Units until their capital accounts are equivalent to the capital accounts of holders of OP Units.  If such equivalence was reached, LTIP Units would achieve full parity with OP Units for all purposes, and therefore accrete to an economic value equivalent to REIT Shares on a one-for-one basis.  In addition, if such parity is reached, vested LTIP Units may only be converted into an equal number of OP Units after two years from the date of grant.  However, in the absence of an increase in the value of the assets of the Operating Partnership and the occurrence of “triggering events,” such economic equivalence would not be reached. Until and unless such economic equivalence was reached, the value that the officers will realize for vested LTIP Units will be less than the value of an equal number of REIT Shares.  In addition, LTIP Units are subject to specific performance related vesting requirements.  In addition, unlike core awards under the 2003 LTIP (wherein dividends that accumulate are paid upon vesting), LTIP Units will receive the same quarterly distributions as OP Units on a current basis, thus providing full dividend equivalence with REIT Shares.  Each LTIP Unit awarded is deemed equivalent to an award of one share of common stock reserved under one of the Company’s stock option plans, reducing availability for other equity awards on a one-for-one basis.  At the scheduled March 2005 vesting date, the specified performance hurdles were met, and officers that received LTIP Units received a one-time cash payment that represented payment of the full vested amount of the accrued unpaid dividends under the core award of the 2003 LTIP through December 27, 2004, the issuance date of the LTIP Units. In addition, the officers, in the aggregate, vested in 104,167 LTIP Units.  At the scheduled March 2006 vesting date, the specified performance hurdles were met and officers that received LTIP Units, in the aggregate, vested in 120,833 LTIP Units.  On April 4, 2006 (the “Measurement Date”), as a result of the Company issuing 207,000 LTIP Units (discussed below) a “triggering event” occurred and the Company completed an analysis to determine the increase in the valuation, if any of the Operating Partnership’s assets from the issuance of 362,500 LTIP Units on December 27, 2004 through the Measurement Date and with respect to the issuance of 272,100 LTIP Units issued on March 11, 2005 through the Measurement Date. The results of the analysis indicated that a sufficient increase in value to the Operating Partnership’s assets was achieved. As a result the aforementioned LTIP Units achieved full parity with an OP Unit.  In order to more closely replicate the terms of the core awards being rescinded, the Company also entered into agreements with three executive officers, which provide that in the event of a change of control the executive shall receive the equivalent value of one REIT Share for each LTIP Unit.

For each of the calendar years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, following the recommendations of the Compensation Committee, eight senior and executive officers of the Company were awarded, in the aggregate, 272,100 LTIP Units, 207,000 LTIP Units, 0 LTIP Units, respectively, for outperformance and to continue to incentivize them for the long-term (the “Restricted Equity Awards”). Initially, the terms of the Restricted Equity Awards were generally consistent with the terms of the 2003 LTIP, including with respect to the impact upon vesting in the event of a change of control.  On June 12, 2006, with respect to the 2005 Restricted Equity Awards, the vesting periods were extended so that they will vest over a four-year period in lieu of a two-year period, provided that the officer remains in continuous employment with the Company until such dates and the Company has achieved certain specified performance requirements during the year ending December 31, 2006. If the performance requirements are not met in 2006, the awards will become vested on any subsequent annual vesting date on which the performance requirements are met on a cumulative and compounded basis. In addition, with respect to the 2004 Restricted Equity Award to Scott Rechler, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer as of December 31, 2006, was similarly extended provided that Mr. Rechler remains in continuous employment with the Company.

As a result of the foregoing, there remained 616,600 shares of common stock reserved for issuance with respect to the issuance of LTIP Units.  With respect to the core award of the 2003 LTIP, the Company recorded approximately $1.2 million of compensation expense for each of the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. In addition, with respect to the

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LTIP Units and the Restricted Equity Awards, the Company recorded compensation expense of approximately $3.9 million and $2.9 million, respectively, for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005.  Such amounts have been included in marketing, general and administrative expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of income. As of December 31, 2006, we have accrued approximately $33.9 million of compensation expense with respect to the Special Outperformance Pool of which $10.3 million was accrued during the year ended December 31, 2006. This amount is calculated based on the performance criteria having been met.  The accrual represents approximately 95% of the total estimated Special Outperformance Pool reflecting the service period through December 31, 2006.  During January 2007, in connection with the SL Green Merger the Company paid, in cash, approximately $35.5 million to the participants of the Special Outperformance Pool.

On January 25, 2007, in connection with the SL Green Merger, certain executive officers of the Company waived approximately 443,000 of their LTIP Units.  The remaining balance of LTIP Units, regardless of their vesting status, were deemed earned.

Compensation expense with respect to the core component of the 2003 LTIP, which relates to the Company attaining certain annual performance measures, is recognized as a “target stock price” plan. Under this type of plan, compensation expense is recognized for the target stock price awards whether or not the targeted stock price condition is achieved as long as the underlying service conditions are achieved. Accordingly, we obtained an independent third party valuation of the 2003 LTIP awards and recognize compensation expense on a straight-line basis through the performance and vesting period for awards to employees who remain in service over the requisite period regardless of whether the target stock price has been reached.

In connection with the SL Green Merger, all unvested LTIP Units (other than certain LTIP Units held by Messrs. Rechler, Maturo and Barnett, the vesting and payment rights with respect thereto were waived by such individuals in connection with the SL Green Merger), became fully vested.

Compensation expense with respect to the core component of the 2003 LTIP, which relates to the continued service of the grantee, is recognized as compensation expense on a straight-line basis through the vesting period based on the fair market value of the stock on the date of grant.

As a result of the election of certain executive and senior officers to exchange all or a portion of their unvested core awards under the 2003 LTIP into an equal number of LTIP Units we again obtained an independent third party valuation of the newly granted LTIP Units and determined that the fair value of the LTIP Units was not greater than the exchanged 2003 LTIP awards on the date of the exchange. As such, compensation expense to be recognized, on a straight-lined basis, over the vesting period of the LTIP Units equals the amount of unamortized compensation expense cost for the 2003 LTIP awards as of the exchange date.

On January 1, 2006, we adopted Statement No. 123R and our management, as of December 31, 2006, determined that the adoption of Statement No. 123R did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

As of December 31, 2006, nine of our office properties, which were acquired by the issuance of OP Units, are subject to agreements limiting our ability to transfer them prior to agreed upon dates without the consent of the limited partner who transferred the respective property to us.  In the event we transfer any of these properties prior to the expiration of these limitations, we may be required to make a payment relating to taxes incurred by the limited partner.  These limitations expire between 2011 and 2015.

As of December 31, 2006, two of our office properties that are held in joint ventures contain certain limitations on transfer.  These limitations include requiring the consent of the joint venture partner to transfer a property prior to various specified dates, rights of first offer, and buy / sell provisions.

We carry comprehensive liability, fire, extended coverage and rental loss insurance on all of our properties.  Six of our properties are located in New York City.  As a result of the events of September 11, 2001, insurance companies were limiting coverage for acts of terrorism in “all risk” policies.  In November 2002, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (“TRIA”) of 2002 was signed into law, which, among other things, requires insurance companies to offer coverage for losses resulting from defined “acts of terrorism” through 2005.  The TRIA was subsequently extended, with certain modifications, through 2007 with the enactment of the Terrorism Insurance Extension Act of 2005. Our property insurance coverage provided for full replacement cost of our properties, including for acts of terrorism up to $600.0 million on a per occurrence basis.  One of our New York City properties, One Court Square, is operated under a net lease to Citibank, N.A. whereby they are required to maintain adequate property and liability insurance including coverage for acts of terrorism.

On July 12, 2006 one of our properties located at 100 Summitt Lake Drive in Valhalla, New York was damaged by a passing tornado. The damage was primarily limited to the vertical glass curtain wall and the sloped glazing system supported by the space frame. The damage has not precluded us from operating the property or servicing our tenants. Notwithstanding, the repair costs are estimated to be between $4.0 million and $4.5 million, of which we have incurred approximately $671,000 to date and are estimated to be completed in the latter part of 2007. In addition, the damage is fully covered by insurance, net of a $50,000 deductible and to date we have received approximately $1.0 million from our insurance carrier.

Under various Federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations, an owner of real estate is liable for the costs of removal or remediation of certain hazardous or toxic substances on or in such property.  These laws often impose such liability without regard to whether the owner knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of such hazardous or toxic substances.  The cost of any required remediation and the owner’s liability therefore as to any property is generally not limited under such enactments and could exceed the value of the property and/or the aggregate assets of the owner.  The presence of such substances, or the failure to properly remediate such substances, may adversely affect the owner’s ability to sell or rent such property or to borrow using such property as collateral.  Persons who arrange for the disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic substances may also be liable for the costs of removal or remediation of such substances at a disposal or treatment facility, whether or not such facility is owned or operated by such person.  Certain environmental laws govern the removal, encapsulation or disturbance of asbestos-containing materials (“ACMs”) when such materials are in poor condition, or in the event of renovation or demolition.

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Such laws impose liability for release of ACMs into the air and third parties may seek recovery from owners or operators of real properties for personal injury associated with ACMs.  In connection with the ownership (direct or indirect), operation, management and development of real properties, we may be considered an owner or operator of such properties or as having arranged for the disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic substances and, therefore, potentially liable for removal or remediation costs, as well as certain other related costs, including governmental fines and injuries to persons and property.

All of our properties have been subjected to a Phase I or similar environmental audit (which involved general inspections without soil sampling, ground water analysis or radon testing) completed by independent environmental consultant companies.   These environmental audits have not revealed any environmental liability that would have a material adverse effect on our business.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have a number of off-balance sheet investments, including joint ventures and structured finance investments.  These investments all have varying ownership structures.  Substantially all of our joint venture arrangements are accounted for under the equity method of accounting as we have the ability to exercise significant influence, but not control over the operating and financial decisions of these joint venture arrangements.  Our off-balance sheet arrangements are discussed in Note 6, “Commercial Real Estate Investments” in the accompanying financial statements.  Additional information about the debt of our unconsolidated joint ventures is included in “Contractual Obligations” above.

Inflation

The office leases generally provide for fixed base rent increases or indexed escalations. In addition, the office leases provide for separate escalations of real estate taxes, operating expenses and electric costs over a base amount. The flex leases generally provide for fixed base rent increases, direct pass through of certain operating expenses and separate real estate tax escalations over a base amount.  We believe that inflationary increases in expenses will be mitigated by contractual rent increases and expense escalations described above.  As a result of the impact of the events of September 11, 2001, we have realized increased insurance costs, particularly relating to property and terrorism insurance, and security costs.  We have included these costs as part of our escalatable expenses and have billed them to our tenants consistent with the terms of the underlying leases and believe they are collectible.  To the extent our properties contain vacant space, we will bear such inflationary increases in expenses.

The Credit Facility and Term Loan bore interest at variable rates, would have been influenced by changes in short-term interest rates, and are sensitive to inflation.  The Term Loan was repaid in full on March 31, 2006 and the Credit Facility was terminated in connection with the SL Green Merger.

ITEM 7(A).       QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The primary market risk facing us is interest rate risk on our long-term debt and notes receivable.  We do not enter into derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. However, in the normal course of our business and to help us manage our debt issuances and maturities, we do use derivative financial instruments in the form of cash flow hedges to protect ourselves against potentially rising interest rates.  We are not subject to foreign currency risk.

The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative and the resulting designation.  Derivatives used to hedge the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset, liability, or firm commitment attributable to a particular risk, such as interest rate risk, are considered fair value hedges. Derivatives used to hedge the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered cash flow hedges.

As required by Statement No. 133, we record all derivatives on our balance sheet at fair value.  For effective hedges, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivative will be offset against the corresponding change in fair value of the hedged asset, liability, or firm commitment through earnings or recognized in OCI on our balance sheet until the hedged item is recognized in earnings.

For derivatives designated as cash flow hedges, the effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is initially reported in OCI and subsequently reclassified to earnings when the hedged transaction affects earnings, and the ineffective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is recognized directly in earnings.  We assess the effectiveness of each hedging relationship by comparing the changes in fair value or cash flows of the derivative hedging instrument with the changes in fair value or cash flows of the designated hedged item or transaction. For derivatives not designated as hedges, changes in fair value are recognized in earnings.

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The fair market value (“FMV”) of our long term debt and Note Receivable Investments is estimated based on discounting future cash flows at interest rates that we believe reflects the risks associated with long term debt and notes receivable of similar risk and duration.

The following table sets forth our long-term debt obligations by scheduled principal cash flow payments and maturity date, weighted average interest rates and estimated FMV at December 31, 2006 and does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise (dollars in 000’s):

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

2010

 

2011

 

Thereafter

 

Total (1)

 

FMV

 

Long term debt:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed rate

 

$

268,762

 

$

7,060

 

$

306,694

 

$

291,927

 

$

370,093

 

$

436,577

 

$

1,681,113

 

$

1,752,670

 

Weighted average interest rate

 

7.13

%

7.19

%

7.71

%

4.04

%

6.17

%

3.93

%

5.66

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable rate

 

$

 

$

269,000

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

269,000

 

$

269,000

 

Weighted average interest rate

 

%

6.14

%

%

%

%

%

6.14

%

 

 


(1)             Includes aggregate unamortized issuance discounts of approximately 7.3 million on the senior unsecured notes which are due at maturity.

In addition, we have assessed the market risk of our variable rate debt, which is based upon LIBOR, and believe that a one percent increase in the LIBOR rate would have an approximate $2.7 million annual increase in interest expense based on $269.0 million of variable rate debt outstanding at December 31, 2006 and this information does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise.

The following table sets forth our Notes Receivable Investments by scheduled maturity date, weighted average interest rates and estimated FMV at December 31, 2006 and this information does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise (dollars in 000’s):

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 


2010

 


2011

 

Thereafter

 

Total (1)

 

FMV

 

Notes receivable:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed rate

 

$

40,000

 

$

14,188

 

$

55,000

 

$

9,031

 

$

 

$

75,606

(2)

$

193,825

 

$

193,755

(2)

Weighted average
interest rate

 

16.25

%

15.29

%

15.86

%

9.17

%

%

9.00

%

12.91

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable rate

 

$

 

$

 

$

500

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

500

 

$

500

 

Weighted average
Interest rate

 

%

%

6.29

%

%

%

%

6.29

%

 

 


(1)             Excludes interest receivables and unamortized acquisition costs aggregating approximately $6.7 million.

(2)             Our investment balance, with respect to a participating loan investment, includes approximately $21.2 million of accretive interest  which is due at maturity.  The FMV calculation considers only accretive interest recorded through December 31, 2006.

In addition, we have assessed the market risk of our variable rate note receivable, which is based on LIBOR, and believe that a one percent increase in the LIBOR rate would have a $5,000 annual increase in interest income based on a $500,000 variable rate note receivable outstanding at December 31, 2006.

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ITEM 8.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

 

For a discussion of our financial statements and supplementary data, see Part IV, Item 15 of this report.

 

 

ITEM 9.

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

 

None.

 

 

 

ITEM 9A.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports required to be filed pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Company’s President and Treasurer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure based closely on the definition of “disclosure controls and procedures” in Rule 13a-15(e). In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Also, we have investments in certain unconsolidated entities. As we do not control these entities, our disclosure controls and procedures with respect to such entities are necessarily substantially more limited than those we maintain with respect to our consolidated subsidiaries.

 

As of the end of the period covered by this report, our former management carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Company’s executive officers and other members of senior management, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon that evaluation, the Company’s former management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.  There were no significant changes in our “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2006 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9B.

OTHER INFORMATION

None

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Part III

ITEMS 10, 11, 12 AND 13.

As discussed in this report, SL Green acquired us on January 25, 2007. Accordingly, the directors and officers of the Company immediately before the occurence of the SL Green Merger are no longer serving as officers and directors of the Company. As a result, you should read SL Green’s Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2007 Annual Meeting of stockholders to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, prior to April 30, 2007, for the information required by Items 10, 11, 12 and 13 with respect to SL Green.

ITEM 14.

Ernst & Young LLP has served as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm since the Company’s formation in September 1994 and is considered by management of the Company to be well qualified.  The Company has been advised by that firm that neither it nor any member thereof has any financial interest, direct or indirect, in the Company or any of its subsidiaries in any capacity.  Ernst & Young LLP leases 25,780 square feet in a property owned by the Company at an annual base rent of approximately $854,000.

Ernst & Young LLP’s fees for providing services to the Company in 2006 and 2005 were as follows:

Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed by Ernst & Young LLP for professional services rendered for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 and for the reviews of the financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 were approximately $1,168,000 and $1,091,000, respectively.  Audit fees for 2005 included approximately $290,000, for services rendered in connection with the Company’s report on internal control over financial reporting. 

In addition, approximately $59,000 and $57,000, respectively, of the audit fees for 2006 and 2005 related to the Company’s equity offerings and/or debt issuances.  Lastly, audit fees for 2006 also included fees of approximately $234,000 related to SEC filings in connection with the SL Green Merger.

Audit Related Fees. The aggregate fees billed by Ernst & Young LLP for professional services rendered for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements, other than the services described under “Audit Fees,” including employee benefit plan audits, due diligence and accounting assistance relating to transactions, joint ventures and other matters, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 were approximately  $173,000 and $416,000, respectively.

Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed by Ernst & Young LLP for professional services rendered for tax compliance (including REIT tax compliance), tax advice and tax planning for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 were approximately $346,000 and $200,000, respectively.

All Other Fees. There were no other fees billed by Ernst & Young LLP for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005. All of the services described under “Audit Fees,” “Audit Related Fees” and “Tax Fees” were pre-approved by the Company’s Audit Committee that existed before the SL Green Merger.

Under the Company’s Audit Committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures in effect as of December 31, 2006, each member of the Company’s Audit Committee had the authority to approve all permissible non-audit services to be performed by Ernst & Young LLP, provided that each decision relating to the approval of permissible non-audit services was presented to the Company Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. All such approvals were also reported to the full Company Board at the next scheduled meeting.

Following the SL Green Merger, the Company is no longer required to have an audit committee and in fact does not have an audit committee.  Management has the primary responsibility for the preparation, presentation and integrity of our financial statements, accounting and financial reporting principles, internal controls and procedures designed to ensure compliance with accounting standards, applicable laws and regulations.

 

Management reviewed with Ernst & Young LLP, who is responsible for auditing our financial statements and for expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited financial statements with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, their judgments as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of our accounting principles and certain other matters.  Management received the written disclosure and the letter from Ernst & Young LLP required by the Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1, as currently in effect, discussed with Ernst & Young LLP the auditors’ independence and considered the compatibility of Ernst & Young LLP’s provision of non-audit services to our company with their independence.

 

Management discussed with Ernst & Young LLP the overall scope and plans for their audit.  Management met with Ernst & Young LLP to discuss the results of their examinations, their evaluations of our internal controls and the overall quality of our financial reporting, including off-balance sheet investments.

 

In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, management recommended to the Board of Directors of our sole general partner (and such Board of Directors has approved) that the audited financial statements be included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 for filing with the SEC.

 

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PART IV

ITEM 15.                                               EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a)(1 and 2)    Financial Statement Schedules

The following consolidated financial information is included as a separate section of this annual report on Form 10-K:

 

Page

Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P.

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

64

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005

 

65

Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004

 

66

Consolidated Statements of Partners’ Capital for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004

 

67

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004

 

68

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

69

Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation

 

99

 

All other schedules are omitted since the required information is not present in amounts sufficient to require submission of the schedule or because the information required is included in the financial statements and notes thereto.

(3)                   Exhibits: The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

 

 

Incorporated by Reference

 

 

Exhibit Number

 

Exhibit Description

 

Form

 

File No.

 

Exhibit

 

Filing Date

 

Filed Herewith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.1

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 3, 2006 by and among SL Green Realty Corp., others, the Reckson Associates Realty Corp. and the Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P.

 

10-Q*

 

 

 

2.1

 

8/9/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant

 

S-11*

 

333-1280

 

10.1

 

2/12/96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.2

 

Supplement to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant Establishing Series A Preferred Units of Limited Partnership Interest

 

8-K*

 

 

 

10.1

 

3/1/99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.3

 

Supplement to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant Establishing Series B Preferred Units of Limited Partnership Interest

 

8-K*

 

 

 

10.2

 

3/1/99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.4

 

Supplement to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant Establishing Series C Preferred Units of Limited Partnership Interest

 

8-K*

 

 

 

10.3

 

3/1/99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.5

 

Supplement to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant Establishing Series D Preferred Units of Limited Partnership Interest

 

8-K*

 

 

 

10.4

 

3/1/99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.6

 

Supplement to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant Establishing Series B Common Units of Limited Partnership Interest

 

10-K*

 

 

 

10.6

 

3/17/00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.7

 

Supplement to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant Establishing Series E Preferred Partnership Units of Limited Partnership Interest

 

10-K*

 

 

 

10.7

 

3/17/00

 

 

 

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3.8

 

Supplement to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant Establishing the Series F Junior Participating Preferred Partnership Units

 

10-K*

 

 

 

10.8

 

3/21/01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.9

 

Supplement to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant Establishing the Series C Common Units of Limited Partnership Interest

 

10-Q*

 

 

 

10.4

 

8/13/03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.10

 

Supplement to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant Establishing LTIP Units of Limited Partnership Interest

 

8-K*

 

 

 

10.4

 

12/29/04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.11

 

Supplement to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant Establishing 2005 LTIP Units of Limited Partnership Interest

 

10-K*

 

 

 

10.11

 

3/10/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.1

 

Form of 7.75% Notes due 2009 of the Registrant

 

8-K*

 

 

 

4.2

 

3/26/99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.2

 

Indenture, dated March 26, 1999, among the Registrant, the Company, and The Bank of New York, as trustee

 

8-K*

 

 

 

4.3

 

3/26/99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.3

 

Rights Agreement, dated as of October 13, 2000, between the Registrant and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent, which includes, as Exhibit A thereto, the Form of Articles Supplementary, as Exhibit B thereto, the Form of Right Certificate, and as Exhibit C thereto, the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares

 

8-K*

 

 

 

4

 

10/17/00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.4

 

Form of 6.00% Notes due 2007 of the Registrant

 

8-K*

 

 

 

4.1

 

6/18/02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.5

 

Note Purchase Agreement for the Senior Unsecured Notes due 2007

 

10-K*

 

 

 

10.23

 

3/26/98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.6

 

Form of 5.15% Notes due 2011 of the Registrant

 

8-K*

 

 

 

4.1

 

1/21/04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.7

 

Form of 5.875% Notes due 2014 of the Registrant

 

8-K*

 

 

 

4.1

 

8/12/04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.8

 

4.00% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2025 of the Registrant

 

8-K*

 

 

 

4.1

 

6/27/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.9

 

First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2006, by and between Reckson Associates Realty Corp. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Reckson Associates Realty Corp.

 

8-K*

 

 

 

4.0

 

10/10/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.10

 

Form of 6.0% Notes due 2016 of the Reckson Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P.

 

8-K*

 

 

 

4.1

 

3/31/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1

 

Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Omni Partners, L.P.

 

10-K*

 

 

 

10.2

 

3/26/98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.2

 

Amendment and Restatement of Employment and Noncompetition Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2000, between the Company and Scott Rechler

 

8-K*

 

 

 

10.13

 

10/17/00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.3

 

Amendment and Restatement of Employment and Noncompetition Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2000, between the Company and Michael Maturo

 

8-K*

 

 

 

10.9

 

10/17/00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.4

 

Amendment and Restatement of Employment and Noncompetition Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2000, between the Company and Jason Barnett

 

8-K*

 

 

 

10.17

 

10/17/00

 

 

 

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10.5

 

Employment and Noncompetition Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2001, between the Company and F.D. Rich

 

10-K*

 

 

 

10.14

 

3/9/04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.6

 

Employment and Noncompetition Agreement, dated as of November 20, 2002, among the Company, Metropolitan Partners LLC and Philip Waterman III

 

10-K*

 

 

 

10.15

 

3/9/04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.7

 

Agreement for Extension of Employment and Noncompetition Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2005, by and between the Company and Scott Rechler(1)

 

8-K*

 

 

 

10.3

 

9/27/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.8

 

Agreement for Extension of Employment and Noncompetition Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2005, by and between the Company and Scott Rechler(2)

 

8-K*

 

 

 

10.2

 

12/6/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.9

 

Agreement for Extension of Employment and Noncompetition Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2006, by and between the Company and Scott Rechler(3)

 

8-K*

 

 

 

10.1

 

2/21/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.10

 

Purchase Option Agreement relating to 225 Broadhollow Road

 

S-11*

 

333-1280

 

10.14

 

2/12/96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.11

 

Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan

 

10-Q*

 

 

 

10.1

 

8/13/03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.12

 

1996 Employee Stock Option Plan

 

8-K*

 

 

 

10.2

 

11/25/96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.13

 

Ground Leases for certain of the properties

 

S-11*

 

33-84324

 

10.17

 

2/3/95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.14

 

Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan

 

10-Q*

 

 

 

10.2

 

8/13/03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.15

 

1998 Stock Option Plan

 

10-K*

 

 

 

10.20

 

3/26/98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.16

 

Amended and Restated 2002 Stock Option Plan

 

10-Q*

 

 

 

10.3

 

8/13/03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.17

 

2005 Stock Option Plan

 

10-Q*

 

 

 

10.1

 

8/9/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.18

 

Amendment and Restatement of Severance Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2000, between the Company and Scott Rechler

 

8-K*

 

 

 

10.14

 

10/17/00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.19

 

Amendment and Restatement of Severance Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2000, between the Company and Michael Maturo

 

8-K*

 

 

 

10.10

 

10/17/00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.20

 

Amendment and Restatement of Severance Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2000, between the Company and Jason Barnett

 

8-K*

 

 

 

10.18

 

10/17/00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.21

 

Loan Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2001, between 1350 LLC, as Borrower, and Secore Financial Corporation, as Lender

 

10-Q*

 

 

 

10.1

 

8/14/01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.22

 

Loan Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2001, between Metropolitan 919 3rd Avenue, LLC, as Borrower, and Secore Financial Corporation, as Lender

 

10-Q*

 

 

 

10.2

 

8/14/01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.23

 

Operating Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2000, between Reckson Tri-State Member LLC (together with its permitted successors and assigns) and TIAA Tri-State LLC

 

8-K*

 

 

 

10.3

 

10/17/00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.24

 

Agreement of Spreader, Consolidation and Modification of Mortgage Security Agreement among Metropolitan 810 7th Ave., LLC, 100 Wall Company LLC and Monumental Life Insurance Company

 

10-K*

 

 

 

10.51

 

3/21/01

 

 

 

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10.25

 

Consolidated, Amended and Restated Secured Promissory Note relating to Metropolitan 810 7th Ave., LLC and 100 Wall Company LLC

 

10-K*

 

 

10.52

 

3/21/01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.26

 

Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of 919 JV LLC

 

8-K*

 

 

10.1

 

1/8/02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.27

 

Indemnification Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2002, between the Company and Scott H. Rechler(4)

 

10-K*

 

 

10.33

 

3/14/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.28

 

Award Agreement, dated as of November 14, 2002, between the Company and Scott H. Rechler(5)

 

10-K*

 

 

10.49

 

3/24/03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.29

 

Award Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2003, between the Company and Scott H. Rechler(6)

 

10-K*

 

 

10.50

 

3/24/03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.30

 

Amendment Agreement, dated as of September 10, 2003, by and between the Registrant, the Company and Scott Rechler

 

8-K*

 

 

10.7

 

9/18/03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.31

 

Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated August 6, 2004, between the Registrant, as Borrower, and the Institutions from time to time party thereto

 

10-Q*

 

 

10.1

 

8/9/04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.32

 

Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Award Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2003, between the Company and Scott H. Rechler(7)

 

10-K*

 

 

10.49

 

3/14/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.33

 

Form of First Amendment to Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Award Agreement

 

8-K*

 

 

10.1

 

12/29/04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.34

 

Form of Long-Term Incentive Plan OP Unit Award Agreement

 

8-K*

 

 

10.2

 

12/29/04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.35

 

Form of Change-in-Control Bonus Agreement

 

8-K*

 

 

10.3

 

12/29/04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.36

 

Long-Term Incentive Plan OP Unit Award Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2005, between the Company and Scott H. Rechler(8)

 

10-Q*

 

 

10.47

 

3/10/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.37

 

Long-Term Incentive Plan OP Unit Award Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2005, between the Company and Salvatore Campofranco(9)

 

10-K*

 

 

10.48

 

3/10/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.38

 

Change-in-Control Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2005, between the Company and Scott H. Rechler(10)

 

10-K*

 

 

10.49

 

3/10/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.39

 

Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2005, by and between Citibank, N.A. and Reckson Court Square, LLC

 

10-Q*

 

 

10.1

 

5/9/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.40

 

Term Loan Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2005, among the Registrant, the institution from time to time party thereto as lenders, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as lead arranger and sole bookrunner

 

8-K*

 

 

10.3

 

5/18/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.41

 

Amendment No. 1 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2005, by and among the Registrant, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent

 

8-K*

 

 

10.4

 

5/18/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.42

 

Amendment No. 2 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 20, 2005, among the Registrant, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

 

8-K*

 

 

10.1

 

6/27/05

 

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10.43

 

Amendment No. 1 to Term Loan Agreement, dated as of June 20, 2005, among the Registrant, the Lenders party thereto and Citicorp. North America, Inc., as administrative agent

 

8-K*

 

 

10.2

 

6/27/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.44

 

Contract of Sale, dated as of July 8, 2005, between Galaxy LI Associates LLC, as seller, and Reckson EAB LLC, as buyer

 

10-Q*

 

 

10.2

 

8/9/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.45

 

Note, dated as of August 3, 2005, by Reckson Court Square, LLC (Borrower), in favor of German American Capital Corporation (Lender)

 

10-Q*

 

 

10.3

 

8/9/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.46

 

Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2005, between Reckson Court Square, LLC and German American Capital Corporation

 

10-Q*

 

 

10.4

 

8/9/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.47

 

Sale Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2005, by and among the Registrant and certain of its subsidiaries, Reckson Australia Operating Company LLC and Reckson Australia LPT Corporation

 

8-K*

 

 

10.3

 

8/18/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.48

 

Contribution Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2005, by and among the Registrant, and certain of its subsidiaries, Reckson Australia Operating Company LLC and Reckson Australia LPT Corporation

 

8-K*

 

 

10.2

 

8/18/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.49

 

Loan Agreement, dated as of August 26, 2005, among UBS Real Estate Investments Inc. and RA 492 River Road LLC, RA 100 Executive Drive LLC, RA 200 Executive Drive LLC, RA 35 Pinelawn Road LLC, RA 80 Grasslands Road LLC, RA 100 Grasslands Road LLC, RA 150 Motor Parkway LLC, RA 660 White Plains Road LLC and RA 225 High Ridge LLC (the “UBS Borrowers”)

 

8-K*

 

 

10.1

 

9/1/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.50

 

Promissory Note, dated as of August 26, 2005, among UBS Real Estate Investments Inc. and the UBS Borrowers

 

8-K*

 

 

10.2

 

9/1/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.51

 

Guaranty of Recourse Obligations (Pool A), dated as of August 26, 2005, between the Registrant and UBS Real Estate Investments Inc.

 

8-K*

 

 

10.3

 

9/1/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.52

 

Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of September 21, 2005, by and between Reckson Australia Holdings LLC and Reckson Australia LPT Corporation

 

8-K*

 

 

10.1

 

9/27/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.53

 

Option Agreement, dated as of September 21, 2005, by and between the Registrant, Reckson Australia Operating Company LLC and Reckson Australia LPT Corporation

 

8-K*

 

 

10.2

 

9/27/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.54

 

Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of One Court Square Holdings LLC, dated as of November 30, 2005, by and between One Court Square Member LLC and One Court Square Investor, LLC

 

8-K*

 

 

10.1

 

12/6/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.55

 

Term Loan, dated as of January 13, 2006, among the Registrant, the Institutions From Time to Time Party Thereto as Lenders, Goldman Sachs Management Company, as Administrative Agent, and Goldman Sachs Management Company, as Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner

 

10-K*

 

 

10.66

 

3/10/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.56

 

Letter Agreement, dated December 15, 2006, by and between Reckson Associates Realty Corp. and Scott H. Rechler

 

8-K*

 

 

10.1

 

12/15/06

 

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10.57

 

Indemnification Agreement, dated July 10, 2006 between Reckson Associates Realty Corp. and Edward R. Casas

 

10-Q*

 

 

10.1

 

8/9/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.58

 

Agreement to Amend Employment and Non-competition Agreement and Severance Agreement by and between Scott H. Rechler and the Reckson Associates Realty Corp. dated August 3, 2006

 

10-Q*

 

 

10.2

 

8/9/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.59

 

Agreement to Amend Employment and Non-competition Agreement and Severance Agreement by and between Michael Maturo and the Reckson Associates Realty Corp. dated August 3, 2006

 

10-Q*

 

 

10.3

 

8/9/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.60

 

Agreement to Amend Employment and Non-competition Agreement and Severance Agreement by and between Jason Barnett and the Reckson Associates Realty Corp. dated August 3, 2006

 

10-Q*

 

 

10.4

 

8/9/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.61

 

Agreement for Extension of Employment and Noncompetition Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2006, by and between Reckson Associates Realty Corp. and Scott H. Rechler

 

8-K*

 

 

10.1

 

6/13/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.62

 

Agreement for Extension of Employment and Noncompetition Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2006, by and between Reckson Associates Realty Corp. and Scott H. Rechler (11)

 

10-Q*

 

 

10.5

 

5/9/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.63

 

Election, dated as of June 12, 2006, to Extend the Vesting Period in Long Term Incentive Plan OP Unit Award Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2006, by and among the Reckson Associates Realty Corp., Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P., and Scott H. Rechler

 

8-K*

 

 

10.2

 

6/13/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.64

 

Election, dated as of June 12, 2006, to Extend the Vesting Period in Long Term Incentive Plan OP Unit Award Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2006, by and among Reckson Associates Realty Corp., Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P., and Scott H. Rechler

 

8-K*

 

 

10.3

 

6/13/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.65

 

Supplement to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P. Establishing 2006 LTIP Units of Limited Partnership Interest

 

10-Q*

 

 

10.1

 

5/9/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.66

 

Long-Term Incentive Plan OP Unit Award Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2006, between the Reckson Associates Realty Corp. and Scott H. Rechler (12)

 

10-Q*

 

 

10.2

 

5/9/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.67

 

Long-Term Incentive Plan OP Unit Award Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2006, between the Reckson Associates Realty Corp. and Salvatore Campofranco (13)

 

10-Q*

 

 

10.3

 

5/9/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.68

 

Change-in-control Bonus Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2006, between the Reckson Associates Realty Corp. and Scott H. Rechler (14)

 

10-Q*

 

 

10.4

 

5/9/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.1

 

Statement of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.1

 

Reckson Associates Realty Corp. Code of Ethics and Business Conduct

 

10-K*

 

 

14.1

 

3/9/04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21.1

 

Statement of Subsidiares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

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31.1

 

Certification of Marc Holliday President of the Company, the sole general partner of the Registrant, pursuant to Rule 13a—14(a) or Rule 15(d)—14(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of Gregory F. Hughes, Treasurer of the Company, the sole general partner of the Registrant, pursuant to Rule 13a—14(a) or Rule 15(d)—14(a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.1

 

Certification of Marc Holliday, President of the Company, the sole general partner of the Registrant, pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.2

 

Certification of Gregory F. Hughes, Treasurer of the Company, the sole general partner of the Registrant, pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X


*                    Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s filing with the SEC and incorporated herein by reference.

(1)             Each of Michael Maturo and Jason Barnett has entered into an Agreement for Extension of Employment and Noncompetition Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2005, with the Company.  These  agreements are identical in all material respects to the Agreement for Extension of Employment and Noncompetition Agreement for Scott Rechler incorporated by reference herein.

(2)             Each of Michael Maturo and Jason Barnett has entered into an Agreement for Extension of Employment and Noncompetition Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2005, with the Company. These agreements are identical in all material respects to the Agreement for Extension of Employment and Noncompetition Agreement for Scott Rechler incorporated by reference herein.

(3)             Each of Michael Maturo and Jason Barnett has entered into an Agreement for Extension of Employment and Noncompetition Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2006, with the Company. These agreements are identical in all material respects to the Agreement for Extension of Employment and Noncompetition Agreement for Scott Rechler incorporated by reference herein.

(4)             Each of Michael Maturo, Jason M. Barnett and Lewis S. Ranieri has entered into an Indemnification Agreement with the Company, dated as of May 23, 2002.  Each of Ronald H. Menaker and Peter Quick has entered into an Indemnification Agreement with the Company dated as of May 1, 2002.  Each of Douglas Crocker and Stanley Steinberg has entered into an Indemnification Agreement with the Company dated as of February 5, 2004.  Elizabeth McCaul has entered into an Indemnification Agreement with the Company dated as of February 25, 2004 and John Ruffle has entered into an Indemnification Agreement with the Company dated as of March 30, 2004.  These Agreements are identical in all material respects to the Indemnification Agreement for Scott H. Rechler incorporated by reference herein.

(5)             Michael Maturo has been awarded certain rights to shares of common stock of the Company, pursuant to an Award Agreement dated November 14, 2002.  This Agreement is identical in all material respects to the Agreement for Scott H. Rechler incorporated by reference herein, except that Michael Maturo received rights to 27,588 shares.

(6)             Each of Michael Maturo and Jason M. Barnett has been awarded certain rights to shares of common stock of the Company pursuant to Award Agreements dated March 13, 2003.  These Agreements are identical in all material respects to the Agreement for Scott H. Rechler incorporated by reference herein.

(7)             Each of Michael Maturo and Jason Barnett has entered into an Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Award Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2003, with the Company.  These Agreements are identical in all material respects to the Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Award Agreement for Scott H. Rechler incorporated by reference herein.

(8)             Each of Michael Maturo and Jason Barnett has entered into a Long-Term Incentive Plan OP Unit Award Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2005, with the Company.  These agreements are identical in all material respects to the Long-Term Incentive Plan OP Unit Award Agreement for Scott H. Rechler incorporated herein by reference.

(9)             Each of F. D. Rich III and Philip Waterman III has entered into a Long-Term Incentive Plan OP Unit Award Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2005, with the Company.  These agreements are identical in all material respects to the Long-Term Incentive Plan OP Unit Award Agreement for Salvatore Campofranco incorporated herein by reference.

(10)       Each of Michael Maturo and Jason Barnett has entered into a Change-in-Control Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2005, with the Company.  These agreements are identical in all material respects to the Change-in-Control Agreement for Scott H. Rechler incorporated herein by reference.

(11)  Each of Michael Maturo and Jason M. Barnett has entered into an Agreement for Extension of Employment and Noncompetition Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2006, with the Reckson Associates Realty Corp.. These agreements are identical in all material respects to the Agreement for Extension of Employment and Noncompetition Agreement for Scott H. Rechler filed herewith.

(12)  Each of Michael Maturo and Jason M. Barnett has entered into a Long-Term Incentive Plan OP Unit Award Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2006, with the Reckson Associates Realty Corp.. These agreements are identical in all material respects to the Long-Term Incentive Plan OP Unit Award Agreement of Scott H. Rechler filed herewith.

(13)  Each of F. D. Rich III and Philip Waterman III has entered into a Long-Term Incentive Plan OP Unit Award Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2006, with the Reckson Associates Realty Corp.. These agreements are identical in all material respects to the Long-Term Incentive Plan OP Unit Award Agreement of Salvatore Campofranco filed herewith.

(14)  Each of Michael Maturo and Jason M. Barnett has entered into a Change-in-Control Bonus Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2006, with the Reckson Associates Realty Corp.. These agreements are identical in all material respects to the Change-in-Control Bonus Agreement of Scott H. Rechler filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on March 30, 2007.

 

RECKSON OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

 

 

 

BY: RECKSON ASSOCIATES REALTY CORP.

 

 

 

By:

     /s/ Gregory F. Hughes

 

 

 

Gregory F. Hughes,

 

 

Treasurer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Company and in the capacities indicated on March 30, 2007.

Signature

 

Title

 

 

 

/s/ Marc Holliday

 

President of the Company, the sole general partner of the

Marc Holliday

 

Company

 

 

 

/s/ Gregory F. Hughes

 

Treasurer of the Company, the sole general partner of the

Gregory F. Hughes

 

Company (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting

 

 

Officer)

 

 

 

/s/ Andrew S. Levine

 

Director of the Company, the sole general partner of the

Andrew S. Levine

 

Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Partners of

Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income, partners’ capital, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a). These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedules based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures  that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above presents fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P. at December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

New York, New York

March 26, 2007

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RECKSON OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in 000’s, except unit amounts)

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial real estate properties, at cost: (Notes 2, 3, 5 and 6)

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

$

430,821

 

$

430,064

 

Buildings and improvements

 

2,956,668

 

2,823,020

 

Developments in progress:

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

128,504

 

123,761

 

Development costs

 

133,881

 

99,570

 

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

 

13,832

 

12,738

 

 

 

3,663,706

 

3,489,153

 

Less accumulated depreciation

 

(644,771

)

(532,152

)

Investments in real estate, net of accumulated depreciation

 

3,018,935

 

2,957,001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Properties and related assets held for sale, net of accumulated depreciation (Note 6)

 

 

194,297

 

Investments in real estate joint ventures (Note 6)

 

53,390

 

61,526

 

Investments in notes receivable (Note 6)

 

201,039

 

174,612

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

71,174

 

17,468

 

Tenant receivables

 

13,611

 

20,196

 

Investments in affiliate loans and joint ventures (Note 8)

 

63,789

 

64,954

 

Deferred rents receivable

 

155,256

 

138,990

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

80,848

 

108,820

 

Contract and land deposits and pre-acquisition costs

 

700

 

184

 

Deferred leasing and loan costs, net of accumulated amortization

 

88,089

 

78,411

 

Total Assets

 

$

3,746,831

 

$

3,816,459

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage notes payable (Note 2)

 

$

418,613

 

$

541,382

 

Mortgage notes payable and other liabilities associated with properties held for sale (Note 6)

 

 

84,572

 

Unsecured credit facility (Note 3)

 

269,000

 

419,000

 

Senior unsecured notes (Note 4)

 

1,255,187

 

980,085

 

Accrued expenses and other liabilities (Note 14)

 

173,135

 

118,661

 

Deferred revenues and tenant security deposits (Note 6)

 

72,807

 

75,903

 

Distributions payable

 

36,839

 

36,398

 

Total Liabilities

 

2,225,581

 

2,256,001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minority partners’ interests in consolidated partnerships and other interests

 

259,736

 

219,358

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Notes 10 and 13)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partners’ Capital (Note 7)

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred capital 1,200 units issued and outstanding

 

1,200

 

1,200

 

General Partners’ Capital:

 

 

 

 

 

Class A common units, 84,741,004 and 82,995,931 units outstanding, respectively

 

1,241,985

 

1,306,236

 

Limited Partners’ Capital:

 

 

 

 

 

Class A common units, 1,129,733 and 1,569,142 units issued and outstanding, respectively

 

16,513

 

24,555

 

Class C common units, 0 and 465,845 units issued and outstanding, respectively

 

 

7,290

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

1,816

 

1,819

 

Total Partners’ Capital

 

1,261,514

 

1,341,100

 

Total Liabilities and Partners’ Capital

 

$

3,746,831

 

$

3,816,459

 

 

(see accompanying notes to financial statements)

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RECKSON OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(in 000’s, except unit amounts)

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property operating revenues (Note 10):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base Rents

 

$

477,016

 

$

468,034

 

$

422,012

 

Tenant escalations and reimbursements

 

79,527

 

78,114

 

71,369

 

Total property operating revenues

 

556,543

 

546,148

 

493,381

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property operating expenses

 

250,678

 

219,041

 

199,133

 

Marketing, general and administrative

 

52,593

 

32,438

 

29,967

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

134,954

 

126,662

 

111,765

 

Total operating expenses

 

438,225

 

378,141

 

340,865

 

Operating income

 

118,318

 

168,007

 

152,516

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-operating income and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gains on sales of real estate

 

63,640

 

92,130

 

 

Interest income on notes receivable (including $6,266, $2,308 and $1,816, respectively from related parties)

 

21,626

 

14,118

 

7,129

 

Investment income and other

 

21,334

 

11,787

 

11,914

 

Interest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expense

 

(109,018

)

(110,891

)

(95,920

)

Amortization of deferred financing costs

 

(4,312

)

(4,166

)

(3,721

)

Long term incentive compensation expense (Note 7)

 

(10,169

)

(23,534

)

 

Merger costs (Note 14)

 

(56,896

)

 

 

Total non-operating income and expenses

 

(73,795

)

(20,556

)

(80,598

)

Income before minority interests, preferred distributions, equity in earnings of real estate joint ventures and discontinued operations

 

44,523

 

147,451

 

71,918

 

Minority partners’ interests in consolidated partnerships

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and other interests

 

(13,690

)

(16,698

)

(18,507

)

Equity in earnings of real estate joint ventures

 

3,681

 

1,371

 

603

 

Income before discontinued operations and preferred distributions

 

34,514

 

132,124

 

54,014

 

Discontinued operations (net of minority interests):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

1,522

 

7,929

 

6,834

 

Gains on sales of real estate

 

9,439

 

63,039

 

12,424

 

Net Income

 

45,475

 

203,092

 

73,272

 

Preferred distributions

 

 

 

(12,777

)

Redemption charges on Series A preferred units

 

 

 

(15,812

)

Net income allocable to common unitholders

 

$

45,475

 

$

203,092

 

$

44,683

 

Net income allocable to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common unitholders

 

$

44,993

 

$

201,865

 

$

44,356

 

Class C common unit holders

 

482

 

1,227

 

327

 

Total

 

$

45,475

 

$

203,092

 

$

44,683

 

Net income per weighted average common units:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

 

$

(.34

)

$

.48

 

$

.35

 

Gains on sales of real estate

 

.74

 

1.08

 

 

Discontinued operations

 

.13

 

.84

 

.27

 

Basic net income per common unit

 

$

.53

 

$

2.40

 

$

.62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class C common — income (loss) from continuing operations

 

$

(.80

)

$

.52

 

$

.40

 

Gains on sales of real estate

 

2.02

 

1.19

 

 

Discontinued operations

 

.20

 

.92

 

.30

 

Basic net income per Class C common unit

 

$

1.42

 

$

2.63

 

$

.70

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common units outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common units

 

84,870,000

 

84,100,000

 

71,964,000

 

Class C common units

 

340,000

 

466,000

 

466,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(see accompanying notes to financial statements)

 

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RECKSON OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L. P.

Consolidated Statements of Partners’ Capital

(in 000’s)

 

 

General Partners’Capital

 

Limited Partners’Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred
Capital

 

Class A
Common units

 

Class A
Common
units

 

Class C
Common
units

 

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income

 

Total
Partners’
Capital

 

Comprehensive
Income

 

Balance December 31, 2003

 

$

281,690

 

$

682,172

 

$

38,613

 

$

5,905

 

 

$

1,008,380

 

$

156,364

 

Net income

 

 

42,380

 

1,976

 

327

 

 

44,683

 

$

44,683

 

Net unrealized gains on derivative instruments

 

 

 

 

 

1,789

 

1,789

 

1,789

 

Contributions

 

 

586,052

 

13,927

 

2,095

 

 

602,074

 

 

Distributions

 

 

(123,994

)

(5,269

)

(869

)

 

(130,132

)

 

Issuance of units

 

 

 

16,521

 

 

 

16,521

 

 

Retirement / redemption of units (Note 7)

 

(280,490

)

19,837

 

(19,318

)

(677

)

 

(280,648

)

 

Balance December 31, 2004

 

1,200

 

1,206,447

 

46,450

 

6,781

 

1,789

 

1,262,667

 

$

46,472

 

Net income

 

 

197,641

 

4,224

 

1,227

 

 

203,092

 

$

203,092

 

Net unrealized gains on derivative instruments

 

 

 

 

 

(186

)

(186

)

(186

)

Reckson’s share of joint venture’s net unrealized gains on derivative instruments

 

 

 

 

 

216

 

216

 

216

 

Contributions

 

 

17,735

 

 

 

 

17,735

 

 

Distributions

 

 

(140,773

)

(2,854

)

(860

)

 

(144,487

)

 

Issuance of units

 

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

4,000

 

 

Retirement / redemption of units (Note 7)

 

 

25,186

 

(27,265

)

142

 

 

(1,937

)

 

Balance December 31, 2005

 

1,200

 

1,306,236

 

24,555

 

7,290

 

1,819

 

1,341,100

 

$

203,122

 

Net income

 

 

44,088

 

905

 

482

 

 

45,475

 

45,475

 

Net realized gains on derivative instruments

 

 

 

 

 

507

 

507

 

507

 

Reclassification of net realized gain on derivative instruments into earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(521

)

(521

)

(521

)

Reckson’s share of joint venture’s net realized gains on derivative instruments

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

11

 

11

 

Contributions

 

 

29,094

 

 

 

 

29,094

 

 

Distributions

 

 

(143,339

)

(2,439

)

(550

)

 

(146,328

)

 

Retirement / redemption of units (Note 7)

 

 

5,906

 

(6,508

)

(7,222

)

 

(7,824

)

 

Balance December 31, 2006

 

$

1,200

 

$

1,241,985

 

$

16,513

 

$

 

$

1,816

 

$

1,261,514

 

$

45,472

 

 

(see accompanying notes to financial statements)

 

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Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in 000’s)

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

Cash Flows From Operating Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCOME

 

$

45,475

 

$

203,092

 

$

73,272

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization (including discontinued operations)

 

135,381

 

137,480

 

121,285

 

Minority partners’ interests in consolidated partnerships and other interests

 

14,761

 

17,224

 

21,040

 

Gains on sales of real estate

 

(73,079

)

(155,640

)

(14,787

)

Undistributed earnings from real estate joint ventures

 

(3,681

)

(1,330

)

(908

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred rents receivable

 

(16,266

)

(31,474

)

(20,984

)

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

24,167

 

(4,610

)

(12,734

)

Tenant and affiliate receivables

 

6,585

 

(10,738

)

2,192

 

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

14,892

 

39,603

 

1,094

 

Tenant security deposits

 

(1,702

)

6,007

 

2,617

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

146,533

 

199,614

 

172,087

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows From Investment Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of commercial real estate properties

 

 

(1,003,528

)

(160,695

)

Increase in contract and land deposits and pre-acquisition costs

 

(1,874

)

(90

)

 

Additions to Note Receivable Investments

 

(41,602

)

(124,162

)

(49,500

)

Repayments of Note Receivable Investments

 

16,990

 

36,444

 

17,908

 

Additions to developments in progress

 

(66,498

)

(70,877

)

(34,913

)

Additions to commercial real estate properties

 

(70,585

)

(81,435

)

(41,413

)

Payment of deferred leasing costs

 

(23,678

)

(20,544

)

(24,732

)

Investments in real estate joint ventures

 

 

(6,216

)

 

Distributions from (contributions to) investments in real estate joint ventures

 

4,903

 

 

(150

)

Additions to furniture, fixtures and equipment

 

(1,094

)

(881

)

(636

)

Proceeds from sale of option to acquire joint venture interest

 

9,016

 

 

 

Proceeds from sales of real estate

 

241,732

 

247,033

 

67,259

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

 

67,310

 

(1,024,256

)

(226,872

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows From Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from secured borrowings

 

 

562,601

 

 

Principal payments on secured borrowings

 

(122,768

)

(59,571

)

(362,117

)

Proceeds from issuance of senior unsecured notes, net of issuance costs

 

272,819

 

281,750

 

298,529

 

Repayment of senior unsecured notes

 

 

 

(100,000

)

Payment of loan and equity issuance costs

 

(1,253

)

(7,633

)

(5,249

)

Distribution from an affiliated joint venture

 

 

 

10,603

 

Proceeds from unsecured credit facility

 

246,000

 

682,000

 

627,998

 

Principal payments on unsecured credit facility

 

(396,000

)

(498,500

)

(561,498

)

Proceeds from unsecured term loan

 

250,000

 

470,000

 

 

Principal payments on unsecured term loan

 

(250,000

)

(470,000

)

 

Repurchases and redemption of preferred units

 

 

 

(178,738

)

Contributions

 

2,677

 

14,102

 

497,090

 

Contribution by a minority partner in a consolidated partnership

 

1,878

 

924

 

 

Distributions to minority partners in consolidated partnerships

 

(17,272

)

(11,671

)

(34,281

)

Distributions

 

(146,218

)

(147,029

)

(135,428

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

(160,137

)

816,973

 

56,909

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

53,706

 

(7,669

)

2,124

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

17,468

 

25,137

 

23,013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

71,174

 

$

17,468

 

$

25,137

 

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid during the period for interest, including interest capitalized

 

$

111,156

 

$

121,648

 

$

102,259

 

 

(see accompanying notes to financial statements)

 

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Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2006

1.                   Description of Business and Significant Accounting Policies

Description of Business

Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”) commenced operations on June 2, 1995.  As of December 31, 2006, Reckson Associates Realty Corp. (the “Company”), which served as the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, was a fully-integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”).  The Operating Partnership and the Company were formed for the purpose of continuing the commercial real estate business of Reckson Associates, the predecessor of the Operating Partnership, its affiliated partnerships and other entities.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the terms “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar terms include Reckson Associates Realty Corp., Reckson Operating Partnership, L. P. and their wholly-owned subsidiaries.

As of December 31, 2006, the Operating Partnership was engaged in the ownership, management, operation, acquisition, leasing, financing and development of commercial real estate properties, principally office and to a lesser extent flex properties and also owned land for future development located in the New York City tri-state area (the “Tri-State Area”).

Organization and Formation of the Company

The Company was incorporated in Maryland in September 1994.  In June 1995, the Company completed an Initial Public Offering (the “IPO”) and commenced operations.  On August 3, 2006, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with SL Green Realty Corp.  which agreement is further discussed below (See Note 14).

The Company became the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership by contributing substantially all of the net proceeds of the IPO in exchange for an approximate 73% interest in the Operating Partnership.  The remaining 27% interest in the Operating Partnership was owned primarily by continuing investors who contributed properties or interests in properties to the Operating Partnership in exchange for common units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“OP Units”). Since the IPO the Company has completed numerous equity transactions, contributing net proceeds received to the Operating Partnership and thereby increasing its general partnership interest.  The Company’s ownership percentage in the Operating Partnership was approximately 97.7% and 96.8% at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.  All properties acquired by the Company were held by or through the Operating Partnership.

Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the consolidated financial position of the Operating Partnership and the Service Companies (as defined below) at December 31, 2006 and 2005 and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006.  The Operating Partnership’s investments in majority-owned and controlled real estate joint ventures are reflected in the accompanying financial statements on a consolidated basis with a reduction for the minority partners’ interests.  The Operating Partnership’s investments in real estate joint ventures, where it owns less than a controlling interest, are reflected in the accompanying financial statements on the equity method of accounting.  The Service Companies, which provide management, development and construction services to the Company and the Operating Partnership and to third parties, include Reckson Management Group, Inc., RANY Management Group, Inc., Reckson Construction & Development LLC and Reckson Construction Group New York, Inc. (collectively, the “Service Companies”).  All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.

As of December 31, 2006, minority partners’ interests in consolidated partnerships represent a 49% non-affiliated interest in RT Tri-State LLC, owner of a six property suburban office portfolio located within the Tri-State Area, a 40% non-affiliated interest in Omni Partners, L.P., owner of a 579,000 square foot suburban office property and a 49% non-affiliated interest in Metropolitan 919 Third Avenue, LLC, owner of the property located at 919 Third Avenue, New York, NY.

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At December 31, 2006, our investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures consisted of a 30% interest in the 1.4 million square foot Class A office tower located at One Court Square, Long Island City, NY (the “Court Square JV”), a 25% interest in a 24 suburban office property portfolio, located within the Tri-State Area, containing approximately 3.3 million square feet (the “RAOC JV” or “Australian JV”) and an approximate 5% indirect ownership interest in a 550,000 square foot office condominium in a Class A office tower located at 1166 Avenue of the Americas in New York, NY.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and footnotes thereto.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Real Estate

Land, buildings and improvements, furniture, fixtures and equipment are recorded at cost.  Tenant improvements, which are included in buildings and improvements, are also stated at cost.  Expenditures for ordinary maintenance and repairs are expensed to operations as they are incurred.  Renovations and / or replacements, which improve or extend the life of the asset, are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives.

Depreciation is computed utilizing the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of ten to thirty years for buildings and improvements and five to ten years for furniture, fixtures and equipment. Tenant improvements, which are included in buildings and improvements, are amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the related leases.  Depreciation expense, net of discontinued operations, for each of the three years ended December 31, 2006 amounted to approximately $95.5 million, $92.5 million and $79.9 million, respectively.

We are required to make subjective assessments as to the useful lives of our properties for purposes of determining the amount of depreciation to reflect on an annual basis with respect to those properties.  These assessments have a direct impact on our net income.  Should we lengthen the expected useful life of a particular asset, it would be depreciated over more years, and result in less depreciation expense and higher annual net income.

Assessment by us of certain other lease related costs must be made when we have a reason to believe that the tenant will not be able to execute under the term of the lease as originally expected.

On July 1, 2001 and January 1, 2002, we adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement No.141, “Business Combinations” and FASB Statement No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangibles,” respectively.  As part of the acquisition of real estate assets, the fair value of the real estate acquired is allocated to the acquired tangible assets, consisting of land, building and building improvements, and identified intangible assets and liabilities, consisting of the value of above-market and below-market leases, other value of in-place leases, and value of tenant relationships, based in each case on their fair values.

We allocate a portion of a property’s purchase price to tangible assets including the fair value of the building and building improvements on an as-if-vacant basis and to land determined either by real estate tax assessments, independent appraisals or other relevant data.  Additionally, we assess fair value of identified intangible assets and liabilities based on estimated cash flow projections that utilize appropriate discount and capitalization rates and available market information.

Estimates of future cash flows are based on a number of factors including the historical operating results, known trends, and market/economic conditions that may affect the property.  If we incorrectly estimate the values at acquisition or the undiscounted cash flows, initial allocation of purchase price and future impairment charges may be different.

 Long Lived Assets

We are required to make subjective assessments as to whether there are impairments in the value of our real estate properties and other investments. An investment’s value is impaired only if management’s estimate of the aggregate future cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) to be generated by the investment are less than the carrying value of the investment.  Such assessments consider factors such as cash flows, expected future operating income, trends and prospects, as well as the effects of demand, competition and other factors.  To the extent impairment has occurred it will be measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the property over the fair value of the property.  These assessments have a direct impact on our net income, as a recognition of an impairment results in an immediate negative adjustment to net income.  In determining impairment, if any, we have followed FASB Statement No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets”

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(“Statement No. 144”).  Statement No. 144 did not have an impact on net income allocable to common unitholders.  Statement No. 144 only impacts the presentation of the results of operations and gains on sales of real estate assets for those properties sold during the period within the consolidated statements of income.

Cash Equivalents

We consider highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

Tenants’ lease security deposits aggregating approximately $19.2 million and $5.5 million at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, have been included in cash and cash equivalents on the accompanying balance sheets.

Deferred Costs

Tenant leasing commissions and related costs incurred in connection with leasing tenant space are capitalized and amortized over the life of the related lease.  In addition, loan costs incurred in obtaining financing are capitalized and amortized over the term of the related loan.

Loan costs incurred in obtaining financing are capitalized and amortized over the term of the related loan.

Costs incurred in connection with equity offerings are charged to partners’ capital when incurred.

Income Taxes

No provision has been made for income taxes in the accompanying consolidated financial statements since such taxes, if any, are the responsibility of the individual partners.

Revenue Recognition & Accounts Receivable

Minimum rental revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis, which averages minimum rents over the terms of the leases.  The excess of rents recognized over amounts contractually due are included in deferred rents receivable on the accompanying balance sheets.  Contractually due but unpaid rents are included in tenant receivables on the accompanying balance sheets.  Certain lease agreements also provide for reimbursement of real estate taxes, insurance, common area maintenance costs and indexed rental increases, which are recorded on an accrual basis.  Ancillary and other property related income is recognized in the period earned.

We make estimates of the collectibility of our accounts receivables related to base rents, tenant escalations and reimbursements and other revenue or income.  We specifically analyze tenant receivables and historical bad debts, customer credit worthiness, current economic trends and changes in tenant payment terms when evaluating the adequacy of our allowance for doubtful accounts.  In addition, when tenants are in bankruptcy, we make estimates of the expected recovery of pre-petition administrative and damage claims.  In some cases, the ultimate resolution of those claims can exceed a year.  These estimates have a direct impact on our net income because a higher bad debt reserve results in lower annual net income.

We incurred approximately $922,000, $3.0 million and $831,000 of bad debt expense for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, related to tenant receivables which accordingly reduced total revenues and reported net income during the period.

We record interest income on our investments in notes receivable on the accrual basis of accounting.  We do not accrue interest on impaired loans where, in the judgment of management, collection of interest according to the contractual terms is considered doubtful.  Among the factors we consider in making an evaluation of the collectibility of interest are: (i) the status of the loan, (ii) the value of the underlying collateral, (iii) the financial condition of the borrower and (iv) anticipated future events.

Reckson Construction & Development LLC and Reckson Construction Group New York, Inc. use the percentage-of-completion method for recording amounts earned on their contracts. This method records amounts earned as revenue in the proportion that actual costs incurred to date bear to the estimate of total costs at contract completion.

Gain on the sale of real estate is recorded when title is conveyed to the buyer, subject to the buyer’s financial commitment being sufficient to provide economic substance to the sale and us having no substantial continuing involvement with the buyer.  Additionally, in connection with a sale of real estate, if we retain certain risks in the form of guarantees, the profit recognized on that sale shall be reduced and deferred by the maximum exposure to loss, until such exposure is relieved.

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Stock Based Payments

On December 16, 2004, the FASB issued Statement No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (“Statement No. 123R”), which is a revision of Statement No. 123. Statement No. 123R supersedes Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and amends FASB Statement No. 95, “Statement of Cash Flows.”  Generally, the approach in Statement No. 123R is similar to the approach described in Statement No. 123.  However, Statement No. 123R requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values. We adopted Statement No. 123R on January 1, 2006.  The adoption of Statement No. 123R did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

We report comprehensive income or loss in accordance with the provisions of FASB Statement No. 130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income,” which establishes standards for reporting comprehensive income and its components in the financial statements.  The components of other comprehensive income (loss) (“OCI”) consist of unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments.  OCI is presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of partners’ capital.

Derivative Instruments

FASB Statement No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“Statement No. 133”), as amended, establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities.

The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative and the resulting designation.  Derivatives used to hedge the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset, liability, or firm commitment attributable to a particular risk, such as interest rate risk, are considered fair value hedges. Derivatives used to hedge the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered cash flow hedges.

As required by Statement No. 133, we record all derivatives on our balance sheet at fair value.  For effective hedges, depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivative will be offset against the corresponding change in fair value of the hedged asset, liability, or firm commitment through earnings or recognized in OCI until the hedged item is recognized in earnings.

For derivatives designated as cash flow hedges, the effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is initially reported in OCI and subsequently reclassified to earnings when the hedged transaction affects earnings, and the ineffective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is recognized directly in earnings.  We assess the effectiveness of each hedging relationship by comparing the changes in fair value or cash flows of the derivative hedging instrument with the changes in fair value or cash flows of the designated hedged item or transaction. For derivatives not designated as hedges, changes in fair value are recognized in earnings.

We do not enter into derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. However, in the normal course of our business and to help us manage our debt issuances and maturities, we do use derivative financial instruments in the form of cash flow hedges to protect ourselves against potentially rising interest rates.

Variable Interest Entities

In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (“FIN 46”), which explains how to identify variable interest entities (“VIEs”) and how to assess whether to consolidate such entities.  VIEs are primarily entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equityholders lack adequate decision making ability.  All VIEs with which we are involved must be evaluated to determine the primary beneficiary of the risks and rewards of the VIE.  The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate the VIE for financial reporting purposes.  The initial determination of whether an entity qualifies as a VIE shall be made as of the date at which a primary beneficiary becomes involved with the entity and reconsidered as of the date of a triggering event, as defined.  The provisions of this interpretation are immediately effective for VIEs formed after January 31, 2003.  In December 2003 the FASB issued FIN 46R, deferring the effective date until the period ended March 31, 2004 for interests held by public companies in VIEs created before February 1, 2003, which were non-special purpose entities.  We adopted FIN 46R during the period ended March 31, 2004 and have determined that our unconsolidated subsidiaries do not represent VIEs pursuant to such interpretation.  We will continue to monitor any changes in circumstances relating to certain of our consolidated and unconsolidated joint ventures which could result in a change in our consolidation policy.

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Finite Life Joint Venture Agreements

In May 2003, the FASB issued Statement No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity” (“Statement No. 150”). Statement No. 150 establishes standards for classifying and measuring as liabilities certain financial instruments that embody obligations of the issuer and have characteristics of both liabilities and equity. We adopted Statement No. 150 on July 1, 2003, which had no effect on our financial statements. Statement No. 150 also requires the disclosure of the estimated settlement values of non-controlling interests in joint ventures that have finite lives.  Two of our consolidated joint ventures are subject to finite life joint venture agreements. In accordance with Statement No. 150, we have estimated the settlement value of these non-controlling interests at December 31, 2006 and 2005 to be approximately $175.0 million and $153.2 million, respectively. The carrying value of these non-controlling interests, which is included in minority partners’ interests in consolidated partnerships on our consolidated balance sheets, was approximately $134.3 million and $109.2 million at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations

In March 2005, FASB issued Interpretation No. 47, “Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations” (“FIN 47”), which became effective December 31, 2005.  Under FIN 47, a conditional asset retirement obligation (“CARO”) must be recorded if the liability can be reasonably estimated.  A CARO is an obligation that is settled at the time an asset is retired or disposed of and for which the timing and/or method of settlement are conditional on future events.  We own certain properties that currently have asbestos which under certain conditions must be remediated.  As a result of adopting FIN 47, we will increase the value of our recorded tangible assets at the time we recognize the associated conditional retirement obligation.

As a result, during 2006 and 2005 we have recorded approximately $3.5 million in the aggregate which represents the fair value of the CARO related to asbestos removal in tenant spaces.  In addition, for certain limited areas of our properties, management is unable to reasonably determine the fair value of potential remediation costs as there is an indeterminate settlement date for the asset retirement obligation because the range of time over which way we may choose to remediate this condition may not be estimated with any level of precision which would lend itself to a meaningful estimate.

Current pronouncements

In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“Statement No. 157”).  Statement No. 157 provides guidance for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities.  This statement clarifies the principle that fair value should be based on the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability.  Statement No. 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy, giving the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets and the lowest priority to unobservable data.  Statement No. 157 applies whenever other standards require assets or liabilities to be measured at fair value.  Statement No. 157 is effective in fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007.  We believe, as of December 31, 2006, that the adoption of this standard on January 1, 2008 will not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

In September 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 (“SAB No. 108”), which became effective on January 1, 2007. SAB No. 108 provides guidance on the consideration of the effects of prior period misstatements in quantifying current year misstatements for the purpose of a materiality assessment. SAB No. 108 provides for the quantification of the impact of correcting all misstatements, including both the carryover and reversing effects of prior year misstatements, on the current year financial statements. If a misstatement is material to the current year financial statements, the prior year financial statements should also be corrected, even though such revision was, and continues to be, immaterial to the prior year financial statements. Correcting prior year financial statements for immaterial errors would not require previously filed reports to be amended. Such correction should be made in the current period filings. We believe, as of December 31, 2006, that the adoption of this standard on January 1, 2007 will not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

In July 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“FIN 48”). This interpretation, among other things, creates a two step approach for evaluating uncertain tax positions. Recognition (step one) occurs when an enterprise concludes that a tax position, based solely on its technical merits, is more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination. Measurement (step two) determines the amount of benefit that more-likely-than-not will be realized upon settlement. De-recognition of a tax position that was previously recognized would occur when a company subsequently determines that a tax position no longer meets the more-likely-than-not threshold of being sustained. FIN 48 specifically prohibits the use of a valuation allowance as a substitute for de-recognition of tax positions, and it has expanded disclosure requirements.  FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, in which the impact of adoption should be accounted for as a cumulative-effect adjustment to the beginning balance of retained earnings. We are currently evaluating FIN 48 and have not yet determined the impact the adoption will have on our consolidated financial statements.

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In June 2005, the FASB ratified the consensus in EITF Issue No. 04-5, “Determining Whether a General Partner, or the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited Partnership or Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights” (“Issue 04-5”), which provides guidance in determining whether a general partner controls a limited partnership.  Issue 04-5 states that the general partner in a limited partnership is presumed to control that limited partnership.  The presumption may be overcome if the limited partners have either (1) the substantive ability to dissolve the limited partnership or otherwise remove the general partner without cause or (2) substantive participating rights, which provide the limited partners with the ability to effectively participate in significant decisions that would be expected to be made in the ordinary course of the limited partnership’s business and thereby preclude the general partner from exercising unilateral control over the partnership. The adoption of Issue 04-5 by us for new or modified limited partnership arrangements is effective June 30, 2005 and for existing limited partnership arrangements effective January 1, 2006. The adoption of Issue 04-5 did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

In May 2005, the FASB issued Statement No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections” (“Statement No. 154”). Statement No. 154, which replaces APB Opinion No. 20, “Accounting Changes” and FASB Statement No. 3, “Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements”, changes the requirements for the accounting for and reporting of a change in accounting principle. The statement requires retrospective application of changes in accounting principle to prior periods’ financial statements unless it is impracticable to determine the period-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change. Statement No. 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The adoption of Statement No. 154 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

2.                   Mortgage Notes Payable

On January 6, 2006, we sold two of our suburban office properties: 6800 and 6900 Jericho Turnpike, Jericho, NY to the RAOC JV, subject to their mortgage debt of approximately $20.1 million.  The RAOC JV subsequently pre-paid the mortgage notes with proceeds from a new mortgage financing transaction.

Pursuant to the terms of the mortgage note encumbering the property located at 1350 Avenue of the Americas in New York, NY, the note was prepayable, without penalty, subsequent to March 31, 2006.  On March 31, 2006, we satisfied the note and unencumbered the property by repaying the outstanding balance of approximately $71.9 million with proceeds received from property sales and cash-on-hand.

On October 6, 2006, we sold five of our properties to the RAOC JV, subject to their mortgage debt of approximately $63.3 million.  The RAOC JV subsequently prepaid the mortgage note securing one of the properties.

Pursuant to the terms of the mortgage note encumbering the six Landmark Square properties located in Stamford, CT, the note was prepayable prior to its November 1, 2006 maturity date.  On September 15, 2006, we satisfied the note and unencumbered the properties by repaying the outstanding balance of approximately $40.6 million with proceeds from a borrowing under our Credit Facility.

At December 31, 2006, we had seven fixed rate mortgage notes payable with an aggregate outstanding principal amount of approximately $418.6 million.  The mortgage notes bear interest at rates ranging from 5.36% to 8.50%, and mature between 2007 and 2015.  The weighted average interest rates on the outstanding mortgage notes payable at December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 were approximately 7.2%, 7.1%, and 7.3%, respectively.

Certain of the mortgage notes payable are guaranteed by the Company and/or certain limited partners in the Operating Partnership.  In addition, consistent with customary practices in non-recourse lending, certain non-recourse mortgages may be recourse to the Company under certain limited circumstances including environmental issues and breaches of material representations.

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The following table sets forth our mortgage notes payable at December 31, 2006, by scheduled maturity date and does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise and the resulting reduction in our debt (dollars in 000’s):

Property

 

 

 

 

 

Principal Amount
 Outstanding

 

Interest Rate

 

Maturity Date

 

Amortization
Term (Years)

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla, NY

 

(e)

 

 

12,788

 

 

 

8.50

%

 

April, 2007

 

 

15

 

 

333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Mitchel Field, NY

 

(a)(f)

 

 

49,377

 

 

 

7.72

%

 

August, 2007

 

 

25

 

 

810 Seventh Avenue, NY, NY

 

(b)(f)

 

 

75,913

 

 

 

7.73

%

 

August, 2009

 

 

25

 

 

275 Broadhollow Road, Melville, NY

 

(b)(f)

 

 

14,774

 

 

 

7.73

%

 

August, 2009

 

 

25

 

 

90 Merrick Avenue, Merrick, NY

 

(b)(f)

 

 

18,123

 

 

 

7.73

%

 

August, 2009

 

 

25

 

 

919 Third Avenue, NY, NY

 

(c)

 

 

235,113

 

 

 

6.87

%

 

August, 2011

 

 

30

 

 

711 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY

 

(d)(f)

 

 

12,525

 

 

 

5.36

%

 

January, 2015

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total / Weighted average

 

 

 

 

$

418,613

 

 

 

7.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(a)

 

At December 31, 2006, we had a 60% general partnership interest in this property and our proportionate share of the aggregate principal amount of the mortgage was approximately $29.6 million.

(b)

 

These mortgages are cross-collateralized.

(c)

 

We have a 51% membership interest in this property and our proportionate share of the aggregate principal amount of the mortgage is approximately $119.9 million.

(d)

 

This mortgage note was interest only through January 2007 and then amortizes over a 30-year period.

(e)

 

The Company anticipates satisfying the note at maturity by repaying the outstanding balance with cash-on-hand.

(f)

 

These mortgages were satisfied or assigned in connection with the SL Green Merger and the Asset Sale.

 

Scheduled principal repayments to be made during the next five years and thereafter, for mortgage notes payable outstanding at December 31, 2006, are as follows and does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise and the resulting reduction in our debt (in 000’s):

 

Principal

 

Due at

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization

 

Maturity

 

Total

 

2007

 

$

8,120

 

$

60,642

 

$

68,762

 

2008

 

7,060

 

 

7,060

 

2009

 

6,440

 

100,254

 

106,694

 

2010

 

4,427

 

 

4,427

 

2011

 

2,501

 

217,592

 

220,093

 

Thereafter

 

735

 

10,842

 

11,577

 

 

 

$

29,283

 

$

389,330

 

$

418,613

 

 

At December 31, 2006, our unconsolidated joint ventures had total indebtedness of approximately $865.9 million, which was comprised of $9.0 million of floating rate unsecured debt and approximately $856.9 million of fixed rate mortgage indebtedness with a weighted average interest rate of approximately 5.1% and a weighted average maturity of approximately 8.5 years.  Our aggregate pro-rata share of the unconsolidated joint venture debt was approximately $188.2 million.

3.                    Unsecured Credit Facility and Term Loan

On January 13, 2006, we obtained a $250.0 million term loan (the “Term Loan”) from Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company.  The Term Loan was for an initial term of three months and had terms, including interest rates and financial covenants, substantially similar to our Credit Facility.  Proceeds from the Term Loan were used to repay outstanding borrowings under our Credit Facility.  On March 31, 2006, in conjunction with net proceeds received from the issuance of senior unsecured notes, we repaid the entire amount outstanding under the Term Loan.

As of December 31, 2006, we maintained a $500 million Credit Facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as syndication agent and Citicorp, North America, Inc. and Wachovia Bank, National Association as co-documentation agents.  The Credit Facility was scheduled to mature in August 2008.  Borrowings under the Credit Facility accrued interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 80 basis points and the Credit Facility carried a facility fee of 20 basis points per annum.  In the event of a change in the Operating Partnership’s senior unsecured credit ratings the interest rates and

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facility fee were subject to change.  At December 31, 2006 and 2005, the outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility aggregated $269.0 million and $419.0 million, respectively, and carried a weighted average interest rate of 6.14% and 5.17% per annum, respectively.

The Credit Facility was used primarily to finance real estate investments, fund our real estate development activities and for working capital purposes.

We capitalized interest incurred on borrowings to fund certain development projects in the amount of $12.7 million, $11.4 million and $8.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

At December 31, 2006, we had availability under the Credit Facility to borrow an additional $231.0 million, subject to compliance with certain financial covenants.

During January 2007, we incurred a net increase of $12.0 million in borrowings under the Credit Facility primarily for costs incurred or to be incurred pursuant to the SL Green Merger. Upon the closing of the SL Green Merger on January 25, 2007 the aggregate balance of $281.0 million outstanding under the Credit Facility, together with accrued and unpaid interest, was repaid and the Credit Facility was terminated.  (See Note 14.)

4.                                      Senior Unsecured Notes

During March 2006, the Operating Partnership issued $275.0 million aggregate principal amount of ten-year 6.00% senior unsecured notes. Interest on the notes is payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15.   Prior to the issuance of these notes, we entered into an anticipatory interest rate hedge instrument to protect ourselves against potentially rising interest rates.  At the time the notes were issued, this instrument was settled and we received a net benefit of approximately $490,000.  Such benefit has been recorded to OCI and is being amortized as a yield adjustment to the fixed rate notes.  The net proceeds from the offering, after the underwriter’s discounts and expenses, were approximately $272.5 million and were used for the repayment of amounts outstanding under our Term Loan. (See Note 3)

As of December 31, 2006, the Operating Partnership had outstanding approximately $1.26 billion (net of unamortized issuance discounts) of senior unsecured notes (the “Senior Unsecured Notes”).

The following table sets forth the Operating Partnership’s Senior Unsecured Notes and other related disclosures by scheduled maturity date (dollars in 000’s):

Issuance

 

Face
Amount

 

Coupon
Rate

 

Term
(in Years)

 

Maturity

 

June 17, 2002

 

$

50,000

 

6.00

%

5

 

June 15, 2007

 

August 27, 1997

 

150,000

 

7.20

%

10

 

August 28, 2007

 

March 26, 1999

 

200,000

 

7.75

%

10

 

March 15, 2009

 

January 22, 2004

 

150,000

 

5.15

%

7

 

January 15, 2011

 

August 13, 2004

 

150,000

 

5.875

%

10

 

August 15, 2014

 

March 31, 2006

 

275,000

 

6.00

%

10

 

March 31, 2016

 

June 27, 2005

 

287,500

 

4.00

%

20

 

June 15, 2025

(a)

 

 

$

1,262,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(a)          Exchangable senior debentures which are callable after June 17, 2010 at 100% of par.  In addition, the debentures can be put to us, at the option of the holder at par, on June 15, 2010, 2015 and 2020 and upon the occurrence of certain change of control transactions (including the SL Green Merger as discussed in Note 14).

Interest on the Senior Unsecured Notes is payable semiannually with principal and unpaid interest due on the scheduled maturity dates.  In addition, certain of the Senior Unsecured Notes were issued at discounts aggregating approximately $8.6 million.  Such discounts are being amortized to interest expense over the term of the Senior Unsecured Notes to which they relate. Through December 31, 2006, approximately $1.3 million of the aggregate discounts have been amortized.

On March 23, 2007, we mailed notices to the holders of our 7.20% senior unsecured notes due 2007 and the holders of our 6.00% notes due 2007 notifying the holders of such notes that we were exercising our rights under the governing documents of the notes to redeem each series of notes in full.  The redemption of each series of notes is expected to occur on April 27, 2007.

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5.      Land Leases, Air Rights, Operating and Capital Leases

As of December 31, 2006, we leased, pursuant to noncancellable operating leases, the land on which ten of our buildings were constructed.  The leases, certain of which contain renewal options at our direction, expire between 2043 and 2090.  The leases either contain provisions for scheduled increases in the minimum rent at specified intervals or for adjustments to rent based upon the fair market value of the underlying land or other indexes at specified intervals.  Minimum ground rent is recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases and includes lease renewals if reasonably assured that we will exercise our option.  Excess of amounts recognized over amounts contractually due are reflected as a deferred ground rent liability and included in accrued expenses and other liabilities on the accompanying balance sheets.

Amounts recognized as deferred ground rent liabilities aggregated approximately $10.5 million and $12.2 million at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

In addition, our property located at 810 7th Avenue, New York, NY is subject to certain air rights lease agreements.  These lease agreements have terms expiring in 2044 and 2048, including renewal options.

At December 31, 2006 Reckson Management Group, Inc. was subject to certain operating leases for its management office and warehouse storage space.  These operating leases were scheduled to expire, pursuant to their terms, during 2008 and 2009.

As of December 31, 2006, we leased certain building equipment at three of our suburban office properties which are classified as capital leases. This equipment had a cost basis of approximately $4.7 million at December 31, 2006 and cumulative amortization of approximately $766,000 and $129,000 at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

On January 25, 2007, in connection with the SL Green Merger and the Asset Sale, seven of the properties subject to land leases were sold, subject to their leases, Reckson Management Group Inc.’s operating lease for its management office was cancelled and all of the properties where certain building equipment was leased under capital leases were sold, subject to the capital leases.

Future minimum lease commitments relating to the land leases, air rights lease agreements and operating leases during the next five years and thereafter are as follows and does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise (in 000’s):

Year ended December 31,

 

Land
Leases

 

Air 
Rights

 

Operating 
Leases

 

Capital
Leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

$

12,471

 

$

362

 

$

194

 

$

671

 

2008

 

12,498

 

362

 

196

 

671

 

2009

 

12,644

 

362

 

14

 

671

 

2010

 

12,566

 

362

 

 

671

 

2011

 

10,301

 

362

 

 

671

 

Thereafter

 

332,548

 

2,895

 

 

2,517

 

 

 

$

393,028

 

$

4,705

 

$

404

 

5,872

 

Less amounts representing interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,579

)

Present value of net minimum lease payments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,293

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts contractually due and expensed under our land leases, air rights and operating leases for each of the three years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 amounted to $14.6, $6.1 million and $5.4 million, respectively.

6.      Commercial Real Estate Investments

In May 2005, we acquired a 1.4 million square foot, 50-story, Class A office tower located at One Court Square, Long Island City, NY, for approximately $471.0 million, inclusive of transfer taxes and transactional costs.  One Court Square is 100% leased to the seller, Citibank N.A., under a 15-year net lease.  The lease contains partial cancellation options effective during 2011 and 2012 for up to 20% of the leased space and in 2014 and 2015 for up to an additional 20% of the originally leased space, subject to notice and the payment of early termination penalties. On November 30, 2005, we sold a 70% joint venture interest in One Court Square to certain institutional funds advised by JPMorgan Investment Management (the “JPM Investor”) for approximately $329.7 million, including the assumption of $220.5 million of the property’s mortgage debt.   The operating agreement of the

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Court Square JV requires approvals from members on certain decisions including annual budgets, sale of the property, refinancing of the property’s mortgage debt and material renovations to the property. In addition, after September 20, 2009 the members each have the right to recommend the sale of the property, subject to the terms of the mortgage debt, and to dissolve the Court Square JV. We have evaluated the impact of FIN 46R on our accounting for the Court Square JV and have concluded that the Court Square JV is not a VIE.  We account for the Court Square JV under the equity method of accounting. We have also evaluated, under Issue 04-05, that the JPM Investor has substantive participating rights in the ordinary course of the Court Square JV’s business.  In accordance with the equity method of accounting, our proportionate share of the Court Square JV income was approximately $45,000 for 2005 and $196,000 for the year ended December 31, 2006.

On August 18, 2005, we entered into (i) an underwriting agreement relating to the public offering in Australia of approximately A$263.0 million (approximately $202.0 million) of units (“LPT Units”) in a newly-formed Reckson-sponsored Australian listed property trust, Reckson New York Property Trust (“Reckson LPT”), a newly-formed listed property trust which is traded on the Australian Stock Exchange and (ii) contribution and sale agreements pursuant to which, among other things, we agreed to transfer 25 of our properties for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $563.0 million and containing an aggregate of 3.4 million square feet, in three separate tranches, to the RAOC JV in exchange for a 25% interest in the RAOC JV and approximately $502.0 million in cash (inclusive of proceeds from mortgage debt to be assumed by the RAOC JV).  On September 21, 2005, Reckson LPT completed its public offering and the closing of the first of three tranches (“Tranche I”) of this transaction.

In connection with the Tranche I closing, the RAOC JV acquired from us 17 of our suburban office properties containing approximately 2.0 million square feet for approximately $367.0 million (including the assumption of approximately $196.1 million in mortgage debt which had been incurred by us in August 2005 — see Note 2).  In return, we received a 25% interest in the RAOC JV and approximately $128.1 million in cash resulting in an aggregate gain of approximately $103.6 million. As discussed below relating to certain guarantees we have made, approximately $18 million of the aggregate gain has been deferred to future periods pursuant to FASB No. 66 to coincide with the release of the guarantees.  As a result, gains on sales of real estate, related to Tranche I reported in 2005 was approximately $86.1 million.  Approximately $22.0 million of the cash received was used to repay certain of our secured mortgage indebtedness on September 30, 2005 and approximately $105.7 million of the cash received was used to establish an escrow account with a qualified intermediary for a future exchange of real property pursuant to Section 1031 of the Code (a “Section 1031 Exchange”).  A Section 1031 Exchange allows for the deferral of taxes related to the gain attributable to the sale of property if a qualified replacement property is identified within 45 days and such qualified replacement property is acquired within 180 days from the initial sale.  As described below, on October 7, 2005 we acquired a qualified replacement property for purposes of this Section 1031 Exchange and thereby deferred a portion of the tax gain from the Tranche I sale.

In connection with the foregoing, on September 21, 2005, Reckson Australia Holdings LLC (“Reckson Holdings”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership as of December 31, 2006, and Reckson Australia LPT Corporation (“LPT REIT”), a U.S. real estate investment trust which is wholly-owned by Reckson LPT, entered into the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement governing the RAOC JV (the “Operating Agreement”).  Pursuant to the Operating Agreement, LPT REIT holds a 75% interest in, and acts as the managing member for, the RAOC JV, and Reckson Holdings holds a 25% non-managing member interest therein.  The Operating Agreement provides that, if at any time additional capital contributions are made to the RAOC JV, Reckson Holdings will have a right to make additional capital contributions up to an amount necessary to maintain its 25% interest therein on the same terms and conditions as such other capital contributions.

As the managing member of the RAOC JV, LPT REIT has the sole responsibility for managing its business and affairs on a day-to-day basis, other than with respect to certain identified “major decisions,” including but not limited to a merger or consolidation involving the RAOC JV, a disposition of all or substantially all of its assets, or the liquidation or dissolution of the RAOC JV.  Such major decisions require the prior written consent of a majority of the non-managing members. As a result of the foregoing, we are accounting for our 25% non-managing member interest in the RAOC JV under the equity method of accounting.   In accordance with the equity method of accounting, our proportionate share of the RAOC JV’s income was approximately $863,000 for the period 2005 and $3.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2006.

On January 6, 2006, Reckson LPT completed the second Tranche of this transaction (“Tranche II”) whereby the Australian JV acquired three of our suburban office properties: 6800 and 6900 Jericho Turnpike, Syosset, NY and 710 Bridgeport Avenue, Shelton, CT, (the “Tranche II Properties”) aggregating approximately 761,000 square feet for approximately $84.6 million, including the assignment of approximately $20.1 million of mortgage debt and approximately $64.5 million in cash.  As a result, gains on sales of real estate related to Tranche II was approximately $35.4 million.  Approximately $25.1 million of sales proceeds was used to establish an escrow account for the purpose of a future Section 1031 Exchange.  During May 2006, we terminated the Section 1031 Exchange and received the sales proceeds previously held by the qualified intermediary, including accrued interest. Such proceeds were used to repay outstanding borrowings under our Credit Facility. The balance of the cash proceeds, received at the time of the sale was used to fund our development activities and for general corporate purposes.  For

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federal income tax purposes, we recognized a tax gain of approximately $26.7 million. We do not anticipate that such tax gain will require us to distribute more than our regular quarterly distribution in order to satisfy the distribution requirements necessary for the Company to qualify as a REIT.

The Tranche III closing (“Tranche III”), consisting of five of our suburban office properties valued at approximately $111.8 million, closed on October 6, 2006.  The “Tranche III Properties” aggregated approximately 623,000 square feet and consisted of:  520 Broadhollow Road, 50 Marcus Avenue, 1660 Walt Whitman Road, all of which are located in Melville, NY, 580 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY and 300 Executive Park Drive, West Orange, NJ.  Proceeds from the Tranche III closing included the assignment of approximately $63.3 million of mortgage debt, additional equity in the Australian JV of approximately $18.3 million and cash of approximately $30.2 million.  Net cash proceeds received were used to repay outstanding borrowings under our Credit Facility and for general corporate purposes.  As discussed below relating to certain guarantees we have made, approximately $ 3.7 million of the aggregate gain has been deferred to future periods pursuant to FASB No. 66 to coincide with the release of the guarantees.   As a result, gains on sales of real estate related to Tranche III is approximately $29.4 million.

Our Service Companies provided asset management, property management, leasing, construction and other services to the Australian JV.   Affiliates of ours were entitled to transaction fees and ongoing fees for providing services to the Australian JV. During 2006, in connection with the Tranche II and Tranche III closings we earned approximately $1.9 million in transaction related fees. During 2005, in connection with the Tranche I closing we earned approximately $3.6 million in such fees. In addition, we earned approximately $4.1 million and $966,000 of service related fees for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.  Such amounts were included in investment income and other on our consolidated statements of income. In addition, we also formed Reckson Australia Management Limited (“RAML”), a wholly owned subsidiary, that will manage Reckson LPT and serve as its “Responsible Entity”. The Responsible Entity will be managed by a six member board that includes three independent directors domiciled in Australia and three of the Company’s executive officers.  To address and mitigate any potential conflicts of interest with Reckson LPT or its affiliates the Company has adopted the following policies: (i) all transactions between the Company and Reckson LPT or its affiliates shall require the approval of a majority of the independent directors of both the Company and Reckson LPT, (ii) executive officers and directors of the Company are prohibited from owning equity in Reckson LPT, and  (iii) the adoption of an express policy which mandates that property services and leasing decisions shall be made without regard to the Company’s percentage ownership of any property.

Under the Operating Agreement, Reckson Holdings will have the right, beginning September 21, 2007, to require LPT REIT to redeem all or a portion of Reckson Holdings’ membership interest in the Australian JV for cash or, at LPT REIT’s option, shares of LPT REIT’s common stock (which may be exchanged for LPT Units) on a one-for-one basis.  Reckson Holdings also has the right to cause the liquidation of the Australian JV in the event that RAML is replaced as Reckson LPT’s Responsible Entity.  In addition, the Operating Agreement contains a right of first refusal granting Reckson Holdings the right to acquire any asset of the RAOC JV, at fair market value, in the event of an attempted sale of such asset or the exercise of Reckson Holdings’ right to liquidate the Australian JV.

In connection with the Tranche I closing, on September 21, 2005, the Company, the Australian JV and LPT REIT entered into an Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) pursuant to which we granted the Australian JV options to acquire ten additional properties from the Operating Partnership over a two year period, beginning January 1, 2006.  The properties contain an aggregate of approximately 1.2 million square feet and will be priced based on the fair market value of the properties at the time the option is exercised.   The Option Agreement contains a right of first refusal granting the RAOC JV the right to acquire any option property from Reckson in the event we receive, and are amenable to, an offer from a third party to purchase such option property.  The Option Agreement will terminate under certain circumstances.

In connection with the mortgage indebtedness securing nine of the Tranche I properties, which were transferred to the Australian JV on September 21, 2005, and three of the Tranche III properties which were transferred to the Australian JV on October 6, 2006, we have guaranteed to the lender certain customary non-recourse carve-outs, as well as certain obligations relating to the potential termination of a number of leases at four of these properties. We have also guaranteed to the lender certain capital requirements related to these properties. We will be relieved of the customary non-recourse carve-outs and capital requirements upon transfer of the respective properties to the Australian JV and the Australian JV meeting a net worth test of at least $100.0 million. We will be relieved of all but two of the lease related obligations upon transfer of the respective properties to the Australian JV and the Australian JV meeting a net worth test of at least $200.0 million. The Australian JV has agreed to indemnify us for any loss, cost or damage it may incur pursuant to our guaranty of these obligations. The RAOC JV has met the $100.0 million net worth threshold and there remain approximately $22.4 million of aggregate guarantees outstanding.

In accordance with FASB Statement No. 144, the assets and liabilities of the properties transferred and to be transferred, excluding the option properties, to the Australian JV are classified as held for sale on our consolidated balance sheets, for all periods presented.

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During September 2005, we entered into a letter of intent with an entity owned by the owner of the New York Islanders professional hockey team to enter into a 50 / 50 joint venture to potentially develop over five million square feet of office, residential, retail and hotel space located on 77 acres in the Mitchel Field, Long Island sub-market in and around Nassau County’s Veterans Memorial Coliseum.  In March 2006, the joint venture was selected by the County Executive for the development of the 77 acre site.  In May 2006, the County Executive and the joint venture entered into a memorandum of understanding for the development of the site.  In September 2006, the term of the memorandum of understanding was extended through December 29, 2006.    On January 25, 2007, in connection with the SL Green Merger and the Asset Sale, the memo of understanding and potential development rights were transferred. (See Note 14.)

On March 7, 2006, we sold our 354,000 square foot office building in Orlando, Florida for aggregate consideration of approximately $70.0 million which resulted in a gain of approximately $9.5 million.  Such gain is reflected as a component of discontinued operations on our consolidated statements of income.  This non-core real estate holding was acquired in May 1999 in connection with our initial New York City portfolio acquisition.  Net proceeds from the sale were used to establish an escrow account with a qualified intermediary for a future Section 1031 Exchange.  During May 2006 we terminated the Section 1031 Exchange and received the sales proceeds previously held by the qualified intermediary, including accrued interest. Such proceeds were used to repay outstanding borrowings under our Credit Facility.   For federal income tax purposes, we recognized a tax gain of approximately $5.2 million. We do not anticipate that such tax gain will require us to distribute more than our regular quarterly distribution in order to satisfy the distribution requirements necessary for the Company to qualify as a REIT.

On March 31, 2006, we sold a 161,000 square foot office building located in Westchester County for $35.3 million.  Sales proceeds received were used for the repayment of the mortgage note encumbering the property located at 1350 Avenue of the Americas in New York, NY.  This non-core real estate holding was acquired in December 2005 as part of a 14 office property portfolio acquisition.

On March 31, 2006, a group of institutional investors led by JPMorgan Investment Management, our joint venture partner in the Court Square JV and the property located at 919 Third Avenue, NY, purchased our option to acquire the existing minority partners’ 40% partnership interest in the Omni Property for net proceeds of approximately $9.0 million.  Such proceeds have been included in investment income and other on our consolidated statements of income.  In connection with this transaction, the original minority partner repaid to us approximately $22.1 million representing amounts due under a note receivable which was secured by their interest in the Omni Property.  Such aggregate proceeds to us of approximately $31.2 million were used for the repayment of the mortgage note encumbering the property located at 1350 Avenue of the Americas in New York, NY.

As of December 31, 2006, we owned and operated 92 office properties (inclusive of thirty office properties owned through joint ventures) comprising approximately 20.2 million square feet and eight flex properties (inclusive of two flex properties owned through joint ventures) comprising approximately 863,000 square feet located in the New York Tri-State Markets.

We also owned certain land parcels throughout our markets in the New York Tri-State Markets (the “Development Parcels”).  During July 2005, we commenced the ground-up development on one of the Development Parcels of a 37,000 square foot Class A retail property located within our existing six building Landmark Square office park in Stamford, Connecticut. In August 2005, we recommenced the ground-up development of one of the Development Parcels of a 313,000 square foot Class A office building located within our then existing three building office park located in Princeton, NJ. One of our Development Parcels, aggregating approximately 4.1 acres was sold in September 2006 for aggregate consideration of $2.0 million.  As a result, we recognized a gain on sales of real estate of approximately $757,000.  Excluding the foregoing, at December 31, 2006 our inventory of Development Parcels aggregated approximately 309 acres of land in 11 separate parcels in which we had invested approximately $128.5 million.

Management, as of December 31, 2006, has made subjective assessments, as of December 31, 2006, as to the value and recoverability of our investments in the Development Parcels based on current and proposed development plans, market comparable land values and alternative use values. Based on these assessments, we believe there is no impairment to the carrying value of the Development Parcels.

On January 25, 2007, SL Green completed the Asset Sale to the Buyer for a total consideration of approximately $2.0 billion. SL Green caused the Operating Partnership to transfer the following assets to the Buyer in the Asset Sale: (1) certain real property assets and/or entities owning such real property assets, in either case, of the Operating Partnership and 100% of certain loans secured by real property, all of which are located in Long Island, New York; (2) certain real property assets and/or entities owning such real property assets, in either case, of the Operating Partnership located in White Plains and Harrison, New York; (3) all of the real property assets and/or entities owning 100% of the interests in such real property assets, in either case, of the Operating Partnership located in New Jersey; (4) the entity owning a 25% interest in Reckson Australia Operating Company LLC, our Company’s Australian management company (including its Australian licensed responsible entity), and other related entities, and the Operating Partnership and the Operating Partnership subsidiaries’ rights to and interests in, all related contracts and assets, including, without limitation, property management and leasing, construction services and asset management contracts and

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services contracts; (5) the direct or indirect interest of the Company in Reckson Asset Partners, LLC, an affiliate of RSVP and all of the Operating Partnership’s rights in and to certain loans made by the Operating Partnership to Frontline Capital Group, the bankrupt parent of RSVP, and other related entities, which will be purchased by a 50/50 joint venture with an affiliate of SL Green; (6) a 50% participation interest in certain loans made by a subsidiary of the Operating Partnership that are secured by four real property assets located in Long Island, New York; and (7) 100% of certain loans secured by real property located in White Plains and New Rochelle, New York.

Discontinued Operations

During the twelve month period ended December 31, 2006 we sold two of our operating properties and one parcel of land.   We have classified their results of operations, for all periods presented, and gains from their sales, as discontinued operations on our consolidated statements of income.

The following table sets forth those assets and liabilities classified on our balances sheets as held for sale (in 000’s):

 

 

December 31, 2006

 

December 31, 2005

 

 

 

Assets

 

Liabilities

 

Assets

 

Liabilities

 

Properties held for sale at December 31, 2005 and sold during 2006:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eight operating properties to be sold to the RAOC JV

 

$

 

$

 

$

101,740

 

$

84,326

 

One Orlando Centre located in Orlando, Florida

 

 

 

59,457

 

56

 

3 Gannett Drive located in Westchester, NY

 

 

 

31,977

 

190

 

Land parcel located in Long Island, New York

 

 

 

1,123

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Totals

 

$

 

$

 

$

194,297

 

$

84,572

 

 

The following table sets forth the income from discontinued operations and the related net gains on sales of real estate for those properties sold during the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 (in 000’s and net of minority and limited partners interests):

 

 

Year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One Orlando Centre located in Orlando, Florida

 

$

1,316

 

$

764

 

$

(782

)

3 Gannett Drive located in Westchester, NY

 

213

 

20

 

 

Land parcel located on Long Island, NY

 

(7

)

 

 

Properties sold during 2005 and 2004

 

 

7,145

 

7,616

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total income from discontinued operations

 

1,522

 

7,929

 

6,834

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gains on sales of real estate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One Orlando Centre located in Orlando, Florida

 

9,000

 

 

 

Land parcel located on Long Island, NY

 

439

 

 

 

Properties sold during 2005 and 2004

 

 

63,039

 

12,424

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total gains on sales of real estate — discontinued operations

 

9,439

 

63,039

 

12,424

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total discontinued operations

 

$

10,961

 

$

70,968

 

$

19,258

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Note Receivable Investments

On March 16, 2005, our wholly-owned subsidiary advanced under separate mezzanine loan agreements, each of which bears interest at 9% per annum, (i) approximately $8.0 million which matures in April 2010 and is secured, in part, by indirect ownership interests in ten suburban office properties located in adjacent office parks in Long Island, NY and (ii) approximately $20.4 million which matures in April 2012 and is secured, in part, by indirect ownership interests in twenty-two suburban office properties located in adjacent office parks in Long Island, NY. Each mezzanine loan is additionally secured by other guaranties, pledges and assurances and is pre-payable without penalty after 18 months from the initial funding. We made these investments through a borrowing under our Credit Facility.

On September 30, 2005, we advanced $20.0 million to entities that are each controlled by Cappelli Enterprises under a junior mezzanine loan. This mezzanine loan bore interest at 15.0% per annum, was secured by a subordinate pledge of an indirect ownership interest in a 550,000 square foot office condominium in a Class A office tower located at 1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY and had a scheduled maturity date of March 31, 2006.  As described below, during May 2005, we made a $55.3 million participating loan investment secured by interests in this property (including the interests securing this new mezzanine loan).  We also advanced a $10.0 million bridge loan to Louis Cappelli, an affiliate, under a promissory note (the “Promissory Note”) in anticipation of closing a longer-term structured finance transaction.  The Promissory Note bore interest at 4.86% per annum, matured on November 30, 2005, was secured by a security interest in a reserve account owned by the borrower and was pre-payable in whole or in part without penalty.  These investments were funded through a borrowing under our Credit Facility.  On November 30, 2005, the Promissory Note was repaid, we advanced an additional $5.0 million under the mezzanine loan and adjusted its interest rate to 17.5% per annum and extended its maturity date to November 30, 2009.  The refinanced junior mezzanine loan is secured by interests in the 1166 Avenue of the Americas condominium and guaranteed by Mr. Cappelli.

On October 7, 2005, our wholly-owned subsidiary advanced under a second mortgage loan agreement $10.0 million to an entity which owns a 60,000 square foot office property located on Madison Avenue in New York City which is currently slated for residential conversion. The borrower is an affiliate of the seller of EAB Plaza which we acquired on October 7, 2005.  This mortgage loan bears interest at 20.0% per annum, requires monthly payments of interest only, matures on October 7, 2007 and is secured by the underlying property. The mortgage loan is not pre-payable until the earlier of January 10, 2007 or the sale of the underlying property and upon notice. In addition to this mortgage loan, Reckson Construction and Development, LLC (“RCD”) entered into a development agreement with the owner of the property to perform certain predevelopment, development and / or other services with respect to the property. In exchange for its services, RCD will receive a development fee of $2.0 million which is payable in equal monthly installments over a two-year period. Interest due under the mortgage note during its term and the entire development fee are currently being held in a segregated account under our control.

On July 27, 2006, we advanced $20.0 million under a loan agreement which is secured by certain pledges of project income and ownership interests and a personal guarantee of an affiliate of the borrower.  This loan matures in August 2009 and bears interest at 15% per annum (10% annual pay rate and 5% monthly compounded deferred rate).  The loan is pre-payable at any time with yield maintenance through August 1, 2007 if pre-paid prior to August 2007.  This investment was funded through a borrowing under our Credit Facility.

On August 10, 2006, we advanced $10.0 million under a loan agreement which is secured by certain pledges of project income and ownership interests and a personal guarantee of an affiliate of the borrower.  This loan matures in August 2009 and bears interest at 15% per annum (10% annual pay rate and 5% monthly compounded deferred rate).  The loan is pre-payable at any time with yield maintenance through August 15, 2007 if pre-paid prior to such date.  This investment was funded through a borrowing under our Credit Facility.

At December 31, 2006, we had invested approximately $123.4 million in mezzanine loans and approximately $70.9 million in other loan investments (collectively, the “Note Receivable Investments”). In general these investments are secured by a pledge of either a direct or indirect ownership interest in the underlying real estate or leasehold, a first mortgage, other guaranties, pledges and assurances.

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The following table sets forth the terms of the mezzanine loans at December 31, 2006 (in 000’s):

Property

 

Amount

 

Interest Rate

 

Funding

 

Maturity

 

Long Island office portfolio (d)

 

$

8,031

 

 

9.00%

 

Mar., 2005

 

Apr., 2010 (a)

 

Long Island office portfolio (d)

 

20,356

 

 

9.00%

 

Mar., 2005

 

Apr., 2012 (a)

 

72 Madison Avenue, NY, NY (b)

 

10,000

 

 

20.00%

 

Oct., 2005

 

Oct., 2007

 

1166 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY (c)

 

25,000

 

 

17.50%

 

Nov., 2005

 

Nov., 2009

 

100 Wall Street, NY, NY

 

30,000

 

 

15.00%

 

Dec., 2005

 

Dec., 2007

 

221 Main Street, White Plains, NY (d)

 

20,000

 

 

15.00%

 

Jul., 2006

 

Aug., 2009

 

175 Huguenot Street, New Rochelle, NY (d)

 

10,000

 

 

15.00%

 

Aug., 2006

 

Aug., 2009

 

 

 

$

123,387

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(a)             Prepayable without penalty.

(b)            In addition to this mortgage loan, Reckson Construction and Development, LLC (“RCD”) entered into a development agreement with the owner of the property to perform certain predevelopment, development and / or other services with respect to the property.  In exchange for its services, RCD received a development fee of $2.0 million which is payable in equal monthly installments over a two-year period which commenced during October 2005.

(c)             Junior mezzanine loan secured by interests in a 550,000 square foot condominium interest.

(d)            Notes sold in the Asset Sale.

In May 2005, we acquired a 65% interest in an $85 million, 15-year loan secured by an indirect interest in a 550,000 square foot condominium in a Class A office tower located at 1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY for approximately $55.3 million.  The loan accrues interest compounded at 9.0% and pays interest at an annual rate of 6.0% through March 2010, 8.5% thereafter through March 2015 and 11.0% thereafter through maturity in 2020.  The loan is pre-payable only under certain circumstances and, in any case, not before 2009. Upon a capital event related to the indirect interest in the property which secures the loan, we are entitled to participate in 30% of the net proceeds derived from such capital event.  This investment replaced our $34.0 million mezzanine loan, including accrued and unpaid interest, to one of the partners owning such condominium interest. We also acquired an approximately 5% indirect ownership interest in the property for a purchase price of approximately $6.2 million.  The balance of these investments was funded through a borrowing under our Credit Facility and cash on hand.

On March 30, 2006, we advanced approximately $14.2 million under three separate loan agreements which are secured by certain flex properties, aggregating approximately 450,000 square feet,  located in Nassau County, Long Island and in part by a personal guarantee of an affiliate of the borrower.  These loans have an initial weighted average interest rate of 15.3% and mature on April 1, 2008.  In addition, the loans are not prepayable, without penalty, prior to October 1, 2007.

As of December 31, 2006, we held one other note receivable, which aggregated $1.0 million and carried an interest rate of 10.50% per annum. The Other Note matures on January 31, 2010 and is secured in part by our minority partner’s preferred unit interest in us.

The following table sets forth the terms of our other loan investments at December 31, 2006 (in 000’s):

Property

 

Amount

 

Interest Rate

 

Funding

 

Maturity

Flex property located in Nassau County, Long Island (e)

 

$

14,188

 

15.29%

 

Mar., 2006

 

Apr., 2008

NYC Class A office condominium interest

 

55,250

 

  9.00%

 

May, 2005

 

Dec., 2020

Other

 

1,000

 

10.50%

 

Oct., 2004

 

Jan., 2010

Other

 

500

 

  5.35%

 

Dec., 2004

 

Dec., 2009

 

 

$

70,938

 

 

 

 

 

 

(e)             50% interest was sold in the Asset Sale.

 

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The following table sets forth the changes in our Note Receivable Investments for each of the periods in the three years ended December 31, 2006 (in thousands):

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at the beginning of period

 

$

174,612

 

$

85,855

 

$

54,986

 

Additions during the period:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New investments

 

44,238

 

148,637

 

31,500

 

Interest receivables and related investment costs

 

4,270

 

4,212

 

1,777

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deductions during the period:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collections / satisfaction of principal

 

22,081

 

64,092

 

2,408

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

201,039

 

$

174,612

 

$

85,855

 

 

As of December 31, 2006, management made subjective assessments as to the underlying security value on the Note Receivable Investments.  These assessments indicate an excess of market value over the carrying value and, based on these assessments, we believe there is no impairment to their carrying value.

7.      Partners’ Capital

A Class A OP Unit and a share of common stock have similar economic characteristics as they effectively share equally in the net income or loss and distributions of the Operating Partnership.  As of December 31, 2006, we had issued and outstanding 1,129,733 Class A OP Units and no Class C OP Units.  The Class A OP Units and the Company’s common stock prior to the SL Green Merger received a quarterly distribution of $0.4246 per unit/share.  The Class C OP Units were issued in August 2003 in connection with the contribution of real property to us and prior to the SL Green Merger and while outstanding received a quarterly distribution of $0.4664 per unit.

As of December 31, 2006, the Company had approximately 396,000 shares of its common stock reserved for issuance under its stock option plans at a weighted average exercise price of $22.82 per option.  In addition, as of December 31, 2006, the Company had approximately 2.4 million shares of its common stock reserved for future issuance under its stock option plans.  All options to purchase shares of the Company common stock were cancelled in connection with the SL Green Merger.

During June 2005, we issued $287.5 million aggregate principal amount of 4.00% exchangeable senior debentures due June 15, 2025. The debentures were issued at 98% of par and are exchangeable for shares of common stock of the Company on or after June 15, 2024 at an initial exchange rate of 24.6124 common shares per $1,000 of principal amount of debentures.   The debentures are also exchangeable:  (i) if the market price of the Company’s common stock over a specified period of time is more than 125% of the exchange price per share then in effect; (ii) if the trading price of the debentures over a specified period of time is less than 98% of the product of the closing price of the Company’s shares multiplied by the applicable exchange rate; (iii) during a specified period of time, for any debentures that have been called for redemption; (iv) under certain circumstances, upon the occurrence of a distribution to holders of the Company’s shares of (a) rights to purchase the Company’s common stock at a price below the market price of the Company’s shares or (b) assets, debt securities or rights to purchase the Company’s securities or our securities that have a per share / unit value exceeding 10% of the market price of the Company’s shares; (v) if the Company’s common stock is not listed on a national or regional securities exchange or quoted on NASDAQ for 30 consecutive trading days; or (vi) if we or the Company is party to a consolidation, merger or binding share exchange pursuant to which all of the Company’s common stock would be exchanged for cash, securities or other property.

If exchanged in accordance with their terms, the debentures will be settled in cash up to their principal amount and any remaining exchange value will be settled, at our option, in cash, the Company’s common stock or a combination thereof.  The debentures were guaranteed by the Company.  We have the option to redeem the debentures beginning June 18, 2010 for the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest.  Holders of the debentures have the right to require us to repurchase their debentures at 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest on June 15, 2010, June 15, 2015 and June 15, 2020 or, in the event of certain change in control transactions (including the SL Green Merger as discussed in Note 14), prior to June 15, 2010.

In connection with the SL Green Merger, we entered into a supplemental indenture pursuant to which we elected to change our exchange obligation with respect to the debentures into an obligation to deliver, upon exchange of the debentures, cash, shares of SL Green common stock or combination thereof, at our election.  In connection with the SL Green Merger, SL Green guaranteed all obligations under the debentures.

 

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On February 14, 2007, we announced that, following the SL Green Merger, the adjusted exchange rate for the debentures is 7.7461 shares of SL Green common stock per $1,000 of principal amount of debentures and the adjusted reference dividend for the debentures is $1.3491.

Our limited partners’ minority interest (“Limited Partner Equity”), which is reflected on the accompanying balance sheets, is reported at an amount equal to the limited partners’ ownership percentage of our net equity at the end of the reporting period.  The Limited Partner Equity is adjusted at the end of the period to reflect the ownership percentages at that time. The Limited Partner Equity was approximately 2.3% and 3.2% at December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively.

During the year ended December 31, 2006, certain of our limited partners exchanged 264,766 OP Units and 100% or 465,845 Class C OP Units for an equal number of shares of the Company’s common stock.  In addition, 174,643 OP Units were redeemed for approximately $7.8 million.

The following table sets forth our annual distribution rates and distributions paid on each class of its common and preferred units for each of the years ended December 31:

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

Class A OP Unit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution rate

 

$

1.698

 

$

1.698

 

$

1.698

 

Distributions paid (in thousands)

 

$

145,197

 

$

143,274

 

$

116,320

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class B OP Unit (a):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution rate

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Distributions paid (in thousands)

 

$

 

$

 

$

1,744

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class C OP Unit (b):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution rate

 

$

1.866

 

$

1.866

 

$

1.866

 

Distributions paid (in thousands)

 

$

766

 

$

860

 

$

866

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A preferred unit (c):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution rate

 

$

 

$

 

$

1.906

 

Distributions paid (in thousands)

 

$

 

$

 

$

14,988

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series B preferred unit (d):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution rate

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Distributions paid (in thousands)

 

$

 

$

 

$

787

 


(a)             On November 25, 2003, the Company elected to exchange all of its then outstanding Class B common stock for an equal number of shares of its common stock.  Final cash dividends on the Class B common stock were paid during January 2004, which relate to the period from November 1, 2003 through November 25, 2003.

(b)            Class C OP Units were issued in August 2003 in connection with the contribution of real property to the Operating Partnership.  As of December 31, 2006, all Class C OP Units had been exchanged for an equal number of shares of the Company’s common stock.

(c)             During 2004, the Company purchased or redeemed 6,947,567 shares of its Series A preferred stock for approximately $181.0 million, including accumulated and unpaid dividends.  In addition, 1,886,933 shares of Series A preferred stock were exchanged for common stock of the Company at the election of the Series A preferred stockholders.  As a result of these transactions, there was no Series A preferred stock outstanding at December 31, 2004.  The dividend rate of $1.906 represents the annualized per share dividend rate without regard to the aforementioned transactions.  In addition, the dividends paid of approximately $15.0 million during 2004 excludes cash redemption charges of approximately $5.2 million.

(d)            In January 2004, the Company exercised its option to redeem 2.0 million shares, or 100%, of its then outstanding Series B preferred stock for approximately 1,958,000 shares of its common stock.  Final cash dividends on the Series B preferred stock were paid during January 2004, which related to the period from November 1, 2003 through January 4, 2004.

The Board of Directors of the Company initially authorized the purchase of up to 5.0 million shares of the Company’s common stock.  Transactions conducted on the New York Stock Exchange were effectuated in accordance with the safe harbor provisions

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of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Since the Board’s initial authorization, the Company has purchased 3,318,600 shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $71.3 million.  In June 2006, the Board of Directors authorized the re-institution of the Company’s common stock repurchase program, which had been inactive since March 2003.  As of December 31, 2006, the Company did not purchase any of its outstanding common stock under the re-instituted common stock repurchase program.

We had issued and outstanding 1,200 preferred units of limited partnership interest with a liquidation preference value of $1,000 per unit and a stated distribution rate of 7.0%, which was subject to reduction based upon terms of their initial issuance (the “Preferred Units”).  The terms of the Preferred Units provided for this reduction in distribution rate in order to address the effect of certain mortgages with above market interest rates which were assumed by us in connection with properties contributed to us in 1998.   As a result of the aforementioned reduction, no distributions were being made on the Preferred Units.  In connection with the SL Green Merger, the holder of the Preferred Units transferred the Preferred Units to SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P. (“SLG OP”) in exchange for the issuance of 1,200 preferred units of limited partnership interest in SLG of with substantially similar terms as the Preferred Units.

Net income per common partnership unit is determined by allocating net income after preferred distributions and minority partners’ interest in consolidated partnerships income to the general and limited partners based on their weighted average distribution per common partnership units outstanding during the respective periods presented.

Holders of preferred units of limited and general partnership interest are entitled to distributions based on the stated rates of return (subject to adjustment) for those units.

In July 2002, as a result of certain provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, we discontinued the use of stock loans in our Long Term Incentive Programs (“LTIP”).  In connection with LTIP grants made prior to the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Company as of December 31, 2006, had stock loans outstanding to certain executive officers which were used to purchase 385,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The stock loans were priced at the market prices of the Company’s common stock at the time of issuance, bear interest at the mid-term Applicable Federal Rate and are secured by the shares purchased.  Such stock loans (including accrued interest) were scheduled to vest and be ratably forgiven each year on the anniversary of the grant date based upon initial vesting periods ranging from seven to ten years.  Such forgiveness was based on continued service and in part on the Company attaining certain annual performance measures.  These stock loans had an initial aggregate weighted average vesting period of approximately nine years.  In connection with the SL Green Merger, in December 2006, the remaining 139,000 shares of common stock subject to the original stock loans which were anticipated to vest between 2007 and 2011 were deemed earned and released to the executive officers.  In addition, the associated stock loans aggregating approximately $2.9 million were forgiven in their entirety.  Approximately $4.6 million and $2.3 million of compensation expense (inclusive of cash payments in respect of taxes payable by the borrower resulting from such forgiveness) was recorded for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, related to these loans.  Such amounts have been included in marketing, general and administrative expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

The outstanding stock loan balances due from executive officers aggregated approximately $3.8 million at December 31, 2005 and have been included as a reduction of additional paid in capital on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.  Other outstanding loans to executive and senior officers at December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 amounted to approximately $421,000 and $2.5 million, respectively, and are included in investments in affiliate loans and joint ventures on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and are primarily related to tax payment advances on stock compensation awards and life insurance contracts made to certain executive and non-executive officers.

In connection with the SL Green Merger, these stock loans were forgiven and the shares of Company common stock that served as collateral for these stock loans was released to the borrower executive officers.  In addition, in connection with the foregiveness of the stock loans, the executive officers received reimbursement in an amount equal to the individual’s aggregate tax liability resulting for such foregiveness and tax treatment.

In November 2002 and March 2003, an award of rights was granted to certain executive officers of the Company (the “2002 Rights” and “2003 Rights,” respectively, and collectively, the “Rights”).  Each Right represented the right to receive, upon vesting, one share of the Company’s common stock if shares are then available for grant under one of the Company’s stock option plans or, if shares were not so available, an amount of cash equivalent to the value of such stock on the vesting date.  The 2002 Rights vested in four equal annual installments beginning on November 14, 2003 (and were fully vested on November 14, 2006).  The 2003 Rights were earned on March 13, 2005 and vest in three equal annual installments beginning on March 13, 2005.  In connection with the SL Green Merger, the 2003 Rights became fully vested.  Dividends on the shares will be held by the Company until such shares become vested, and will be distributed thereafter to the applicable officer.  The 2002 Rights also entitled the holder thereof to cash payments in respect of taxes payable by the holder resulting from the 2002 Rights.  The 2002 Rights aggregated 62,835 shares of the Company’s common stock and the 2003 Rights aggregated 26,040 shares of common

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stock.  In November 2006, the remaining shares of common stock reserved related to the 2002 Rights, aggregating 15,709 shares were released to the executive officers.  In addition, in connection with the SL Green Merger, in December 2006, 5,788 of the remaining 2003 Rights were deemed earned and released to certain executive officers.  As of December 31, 2006, there remains 2,894 shares of common stock reserved related to the 2003 Rights which were released in January 2007 in connection with the merger.  Approximately $441,000 and $465,000 of compensation expense was recorded for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, related to the Rights.  Such amounts have been included in marketing, general and administrative expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

In March 2003, the Company established a new LTIP for its executive and senior officers (the “2003 LTIP”).  The four-year plan has a core award, which provided for annual stock based compensation based upon continued service and in part based on the Company attaining certain annual performance measures.  The plan also had a special outperformance component in the form of a bonus pool equal to 10% of the total return in excess of a 9% cumulative and compounded annual total return on the Company’s common equity for the period through the four-year anniversary after the date of grant (the “Special Outperformance Pool”).  The aggregate amount payable to such officers from the Special Outperformance Pool was capped at an amount calculated based upon a total cumulative and compounded annual return on the common equity of 15%.  An officer’s special outperformance award represented an allocation of the Special Outperformance Pool and will become vested on the fourth anniversary of the date of grant, provided that the officer remains in continuous employment with the Company or any of its affiliates until such date, and the Company had achieved on a cumulative and compounded basis, during the four fiscal years completed on the applicable anniversary date, a total return to holders of the common equity that (i) is at or above the 60th percentile of the total return to stockholders achieved by members of the peer group during the same period and (ii) equals at least 9% per annum.  Special outperformance awards will be paid in cash; however, the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay such an award in shares of common stock, valued at the date of vesting, if shares are available at such time under any of the Company’s existing stock option plans.  The LTIP provided that no dividends or dividend equivalent payments will accrue with respect to the special outperformance awards.  On March 13, 2003, the Company made available 827,776 shares of its common stock under its existing stock option plans in connection with the core award of the 2003 LTIP for certain of its executive and senior officers.  During May 2003, the special outperformance awards of the 2003 LTIP were amended to increase the per share base price above which the four year cumulative return is measured from $18.00 to $22.40.

The Board of Directors approved an amendment to the 2003 LTIP to revise the peer group used to measure relative performance.  The amendment eliminated the mixed office and industrial companies and added certain other “pure office” companies in order to revise the peer group to office sector companies.  The Board has also approved the revision of the performance measurement dates for future vesting under the core component of the 2003 LTIP from the anniversary of the date of grant to December 31 of each year.  This was done in order to have the performance measurement coincide with the performance period that the Company believes many investors use to judge the performance of the Company.

On December 27, 2004, we entered into definitive agreements with certain executive and senior officers of the Company to revise their incentive awards under the 2003 LTIP.  The revised agreements provided for (i) the rescission of the unvested portion of their core awards and (ii) an award in exchange for the rescinded core awards of an equal number of our units of a new class of limited partnership interests (“LTIP Units”).

Each executive and senior officer participating in the 2003 LTIP was offered the option to retain all or a portion of his core awards or to rescind them in exchange for new awards of LTIP Units.  On December 27, 2004, certain executive and senior officers accepted such offer and thereby amended their Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Award Agreement to cancel, in the aggregate, 362,500 shares of restricted stock of the Company representing all or a portion of their unvested core award, and received an equal number of LTIP Units.

The revised awards under the 2003 LTIP were designed to provide the potential for executives to retain a greater equity interest in the Company by eliminating the need for executives to sell a portion of the core awards immediately upon vesting in order to satisfy personal income taxes which are due upon vesting under the original core awards.

With respect to the 2003 LTIP, the Company met its annual performance measure with respect to the 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003 annual measurement periods, respectively. As a result, the Company issued to the participants of the 2003 LTIP 69,442, 86,111, 102,779 and 206,944 shares of its common stock, respectively, related to the core component of the 2003 LTIP.

The terms of each award of LTIP Units were substantially similar to those of the core awards under the 2003 LTIP.  The vesting, performance hurdles and timing for vesting remain unchanged.  However, an LTIP Unit represented an equity interest in the Operating Partnership, rather than the Company.  At issuance, the LTIP Unit had no value but may over time accrete to a value equal to (but never greater than) the value of one share of common stock of the Company (a “REIT Share”).  Initially, LTIP Units did not have full parity with OP Units with respect to liquidating distributions.  Upon the occurrence of certain “triggering events” (such as the issuance of additional OP Units by us), we will revalue its assets for the purpose of the capital accounts of its partners and any increase in valuation of our assets from the

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date of the issuance of the LTIP Units through the “triggering event” will be allocated to the capital accounts of holders of LTIP Units until their capital accounts are equivalent to the capital accounts of holders of OP Units.  If such equivalence was reached, LTIP Units would achieve full parity with OP Units for all purposes, and therefore accrete to an economic value equivalent to REIT Shares on a one-for-one basis.  In addition, if such parity is reached, vested LTIP Units may only be converted into an equal number of OP Units after two years from the date of grant.  However, in the absence of an increase in the value of our assets and the occurrence of “triggering events,” such economic equivalence would not be reached. Until and unless such economic equivalence is reached, the value that the officers will realize for vested LTIP Units will be less than the value of an equal number of REIT Shares.  In addition, LTIP Units are subject to specific performance related vesting requirements.  In addition, unlike core awards under the 2003 LTIP (wherein dividends that accumulate are paid upon vesting), LTIP Units will receive the same quarterly distributions as OP Units on a current basis, thus providing full dividend equivalence with REIT Shares.  Each LTIP Unit awarded is deemed equivalent to an award of one share of common stock reserved under one of the Company’s stock option plans, reducing availability for other equity awards on a one-for-one basis.  At the scheduled March 2005 vesting date, the specified performance hurdles were met, and officers that received LTIP Units received a one-time cash payment that represented payment of the full vested amount of the accrued unpaid dividends under the core award of the 2003 LTIP through December 27, 2004, the issuance date of the LTIP Units. In addition, the officers, in the aggregate, vested in 104,167 LTIP Units.  At the scheduled March 2006 vesting date, the specified performance hurdles were met and officers that received LTIP Units, in the aggregate, vested in 120,833 LTIP Units.  On April 4, 2006 (the “Measurement Date”), as a result of the Company issuing 207,000 LTIP Units (discussed below) a “triggering event” occurred and the Company completed an analysis to determine the increase in the valuation, if any of our assets from the issuance of 362,500 LTIP Units on December 27, 2004 through the Measurement Date and with respect to the issuance of 272,100 LTIP Units issued on March 11, 2005 through the Measurement Date. The results of the analysis indicated that a sufficient increase in value to our assets was achieved. As a result the aforementioned LTIP Units achieved full parity with an OP Unit.  In order to more closely replicate the terms of the core awards being rescinded, the Company also entered into agreements with three executive officers, which provide that in the event of a change of control the executive shall receive the equivalent value of one REIT Share for each LTIP Unit.

For each of the calendar years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, following the recommendations of the Compensation Committee, eight senior and executive officers of the Company were awarded, in the aggregate, 272,100 LTIP Units 207,000 LTIP Units and 0 LTIP Units, respectively, for outperformance and to continue to incentivize them for the long-term (the “Restricted Equity Awards”). Initially, the terms of the Restricted Equity Awards were generally consistent with the terms of the 2003 LTIP, including with respect to the impact upon vesting in the event of a change of control.  On June 12, 2006, with respect to the 2005 Restricted Equity Awards, the vesting periods were extended so that they will vest over a four-year period in lieu of a two-year period, provided that the officer remains in continuous employment with the Company until such dates and the Company has achieved certain specified performance requirements during the year ending December 31, 2006. If the performance requirements are not met in 2006, the awards will become vested on any subsequent annual vesting date on which the performance requirements are met on a cumulative and compounded basis. In addition, with respect to the 2004 Restricted Equity Award to Scott Rechler, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, as of December 31, 2006 was similarly extended provided that Mr. Rechler remains in continuous employment with the Company.

As a result of the foregoing, there remained 616,600 shares of common stock reserved for issuance with respect to the issuance of LTIP Units.  With respect to the core award of the 2003 LTIP, the Company recorded approximately $1.2 million of compensation expense for each of the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. In addition, with respect to the LTIP Units and the Restricted Equity Awards, the Company recorded compensation expense of approximately $3.9 million and $2.9 million, respectively, for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005.  Such amounts have been included in marketing, general and administrative expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of income.   Based on the terms of the 2003 LTIP, potential outcomes of the Special Outperformance Pool are estimated to range from $0, assuming the requisite four year cumulative performance measures are not met, to a maximum of approximately $35.5 million, assuming relative peer group performance measures are met and a cap of 15% cumulative and compounded return on common equity.   As of December 31, 2006, we have accrued approximately $33.7 million of compensation expense with respect to the Special Outperformance Pool of which $10.2 million was accrued during the year ended December 31, 2006. This amount is calculated based on the performance criteria having been met .  The accrual represents approximately 95% of the total estimated Special Outperformance Pool reflecting the service period through December 31, 2006.  During January 2007, in connection with the SL Green Merger, the Company paid, in cash, approximately $35.5 million to the participants of the Special Outperformance Pool.

On January 25, 2007, in connection with the SL Green Merger, certain executive officers of the Company waived approximately 443,000 of their LTIP Units.  The remaining balance of LTIP Units, regardless of their vesting status, were deemed earned.

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In connection with the SL Green Merger, all unvested LTIP Units (other than certain LTIP Units held by Messrs. Rechler, Maturo and Barnett, the vesting and payment rights with respect thereto were waived by such individuals in connection with the SL Green Merger), became fully vested.

Compensation expense with respect to the core component of the 2003 LTIP, which relates to the Company attaining certain annual performance measures, is recognized as a “target stock price” plan. Under this type of plan, compensation expense is recognized for the target stock price awards whether or not the targeted stock price condition is achieved as long as the underlying service conditions are achieved. Accordingly, we obtained an independent third party valuation of the 2003 LTIP awards and recognize compensation expense on a straight-line basis through the performance and vesting period for awards to employees who remain in service over the requisite period regardless of whether the target stock price has been reached.

Compensation expense with respect to the core component of the 2003 LTIP, which relates to the continued service of the grantee, is recognized as compensation expense on a straight-line basis through the vesting period based on the fair market value of the stock on the date of grant.

As a result of the election of certain executive and senior officers to exchange all or a portion of their unvested core awards under the 2003 LTIP into an equal number of LTIP Units we again obtained an independent third party valuation of the newly granted LTIP Units and determined that the fair value of the LTIP Units was not greater than the exchanged 2003 LTIP awards on the date of the exchange. As such, compensation expense to be recognized, on a straight-lined basis, over the vesting period of the LTIP Units equals the amount of unamortized compensation expense cost for the 2003 LTIP awards as of the exchange date.

On January 1, 2006, we adopted Statement No. 123R and have determined that the adoption of Statement No. 123R did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

8.  RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

In connection with the Company’s IPO, we were granted an option to acquire the property located at 225 Broadhollow Road (the “225 Property”)   which is owned by certain Rechler family members including Scott H. Rechler, our CEO at December 31, 2006, at a price based upon an agreed upon formula.  Reckson Management Group, Inc. (“RMG”) was  obligated to the owner of the 225 Property under an operating lease through November 2006 at an annual base rent of approximately $809,000. The lease was for approximately 26,000 square feet of office space and was used as our corporate headquarters. In August 2006 we relocated our corporate headquarters to Reckson Plaza, a wholly owned property located in Uniondale, Long Island. During June 2006, we incurred approximately $211,000 of expense related to the repair of certain HVAC equipment at the 225 Property.  Such expenditure was approved by the independent members of the Company’s Board of Directors.  RMG currently leases 10,722 square feet of warehouse space used for equipment, materials and inventory storage at a property owned by certain members of the Rechler family at an annual base rent of approximately $81,000.  In addition, commencing April 1, 2004, RCD leased approximately 17,000 square feet of space at the 225 Property at an annual base rent of approximately $507,000, which terminated on September 30, 2006.  RCD had sub-let the entire 17,000 square feet to a third party for approximately $35,000 per month through RCD’s September 2006 lease termination date.  RCD also relocated to Reckson Plaza in August 2006.

During the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, RCD billed approximately $106,000 and $31,000, respectively, of market rate services and RMG billed approximately $307,000 and $285,000, respectively, of market rate management fees to certain properties owned by members of the Rechler family including Scott H. Rechler.

On March 28, 2005, an entity (“REP”) owned by members of the Rechler family (excluding Scott H. Rechler, but including his father, Roger, and brother, Gregg) exercised a Right of First Refusal (which was granted in connection with the 2003 sale of the industrial portfolio by us) to acquire a vacant parcel of land for a purchase price of $2.0 million.  We agreed to provide REP with the option to defer the closing on the purchase until September 2006, for a non-refundable deposit of $400,000 and a fee of $10,666 per month for each month that the closing was deferred.  In connection therewith, REP agreed to settle a dispute concerning an easement on a separate parcel of land owned by us adjacent to one of the properties transferred to REP in November 2003.  The vacant parcel of land was sold to REP on September 29, 2006.

A company affiliated with an independent director of the Company, as of December 31, 2006, previously leased 15,566 square feet in a property owned by us at an annual base rent of approximately $430,000.  Since the lease’s expiration, the lessee has been operating consistent with terms of the expired lease.   In addition, this property was sold by us to the Buyer in connection with the SL Green Merger.

We had a net investment of approximately $55.2 million in loans and REIT-qualified joint ventures with FrontLine Capital Group (“FrontLine”) and Reckson Strategic Venture Partners, LLC (“RSVP”), a real estate venture capital fund whose common equity is held indirectly by FrontLine (collectively, the “RSVP / FLCG Investments”). Frontline was formed by the

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Company in 1997. The net carrying value of the RSVP / FLCG Investments was reassessed with no change by management at December 31, 2006 and is included in investments in affiliate loans and joint ventures on our consolidated balance sheets.

FrontLine is in default under the loans from the Operating Partnership and on June 12, 2002, filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

The RSVP REIT-qualified joint ventures were managed subject to a management agreement with the former managing directors of RSVP, which expired in September 2006. The management agreement provided for an annual base management fee and disposition fees equal to 2% of the net proceeds received by RSVP on asset sales which are subject to a maximum of $7.5 million.  In addition, the former managing directors of RSVP retained a one-third residual interest in RSVP’s assets which is subordinated to the distribution of an aggregate amount of $75.0 million to RSVP and/or us in respect of RSVP-controlled joint ventures.

Scott H. Rechler, who serverd as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors as of December 31, 2006, serves as CEO and is FrontLine’s sole board member.  Mr. Rechler also serves, as of December 31, 2006,  as a member of the management committee of RSVP.

We sold the RSVP / FLCG Investments to the Buyer in the Asset Sale.

In November 2004, a joint venture in which RSVP owns approximately 47% executed a binding agreement to contribute its Catskills, NY resort properties (excluding residentially zoned land) to Empire Resorts Inc. (NASDAQ: NYNY) (“Empire”) for consideration of 18.0 million shares of Empire’s common stock and the right to appoint five members of their Board of Directors.  On December 29, 2005, the agreement was terminated and the joint venture received options to purchase approximately 5.2 million shares of common stock of Empire at a price of $7.50 per share. The options were exercisable through December 29, 2006. Prior to their expiration, the RSVP joint venture exercised 2.5 million of the options, agreed to extend the termination of 1.0 million of the options for one year and allowed 1.7 million of the options to expire.  On March 19, 2007, the closing price of a share of Empire’s common stock was $9.02 per share.

We have discontinued the accrual of interest income with respect to these loans from our share of GAAP equity in earnings, if any, from the RSVP-controlled REIT-qualified joint ventures until such income is realized through cash distributions.

9.                    FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

In accordance with FASB Statement No. 107, “Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial Instruments,” management has made the following disclosures of estimated fair value at December 31, 2006 as required by FASB Statement No. 107.

Cash and cash equivalents, tenant receivables, prepaid expenses and other assets, accrued expenses and other liabilities, and tenant security deposits and variable rate debts are carried at amounts which reasonably approximate their fair values.

The fair value of our long-term debt and Notes Receivable Investments is estimated based on discounting future cash flows at interest rates that management believes reflects the risks associated with long-term debt and notes receivable of similar risk and duration.  At December 31, 2006, the estimated aggregate fair value of our Notes Receivable Investments approximated their carrying value and the aggregate fair value of our long term debt exceeded its carrying value by approximately $72.9 million.

Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret market data and develop estimated fair value.  The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.

10.             RENTAL INCOME

Our properties are being leased to tenants under operating leases.  The minimum rental amount due under certain leases is generally either subject to scheduled fixed increases or indexed escalations.  In addition, the leases generally also require that the tenants reimburse us for increases in certain operating costs and real estate taxes above base year costs.

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Contractual future minimum rents to be received over the next five years and thereafter from leases in effect at December 31, 2006 are as follows and does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise (in 000’s):

2007

 

$

443,287

 

2008

 

436,011

 

2009

 

415,496

 

2010

 

379,735

 

2011

 

328,932

 

Thereafter

 

1,890,477

 

 

 

$

3,893,938

 

 

11.    Segment Disclosure

Our portfolio consists of Class A office properties located within the New York City metropolitan area and Class A suburban office and flex properties located and operated within the Tri-State Area (the “Core Portfolio”).

We do not consider (i) interest incurred on our Credit Facility, Bridge Facility and Senior Unsecured Notes, (ii) the operating performance of those properties reflected as discontinued operations on our consolidated statements of income, (iii) the operating results of the Service Companies and (iv) restructuring charges as part of our Core Portfolio’s property operating performance for purposes of our component disclosure set forth below.

The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies.  In addition, historical amounts have been adjusted to give effect to our operations in accordance with Statement No. 144.

The following table set forth the components of our revenues and expenses and other related disclosures, as required by FASB Statement No. 131, “Disclosures About Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information,” for the year ended December 31, 2006 and does not take into account the sale of certain of our properties in the Asset Sale or otherwise (in 000’s):

 

 

2006

 

 

 

Core Portfolio

 

Other

 

Consolidated Totals

 

Property Operating Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base rents, tenant escalations and reimbursements

 

$

556,543

 

$

 

$

556,543

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property operating expenses

 

250,678

 

 

250,678

 

Marketing, general and administrative

 

19,816

 

32,777

 

52,593

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

131,858

 

3,096

 

134,954

 

Total operating expenses

 

402,352

 

35,873

 

438,225

 

Operating income (loss)

 

154,191

 

(35,873

)

118,318

 

Non-Operating Income and Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gains on sales of real estate

 

63,640

 

 

63,640

 

Investment income and other

 

4,952

 

38,008

 

42,960

 

Interest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expense

 

(24,208

)

(84,810

)

(109,018

)

Amortization of deferred financing costs

 

(1,506

)

(2,806

)

(4,312

)

Long term incentive compensation expense

 

 

(10,169

)

(10,169

)

Merger costs

 

 

(56,896

)

(56,896

)

Total non-operating income and expenses

 

42,878

 

(116,673

)

(73,795

)

Income (loss) before minority interests, equity in earnings of real estate joint ventures and discontinued operations

 

$

197,069

 

$

(152,546

)

$

44,523

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

3,392,396

 

$

354,435

 

$

3,746,831

 

 

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2005

 

 

 

Core Portfolio

 

Other

 

Consolidated
Totals

 

Property Operating Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base rents, tenant escalations and reimbursements

 

$

546,148

 

$

 

$

546,148

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property operating expenses

 

219,041

 

 

219,041

 

Marketing, general and administrative

 

17,511

 

14,927

 

32,438

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

125,213

 

1,449

 

126,662

 

Total operating expenses

 

361,765

 

16,376

 

378,141

 

Operating income (loss)

 

184,383

 

(16,376

)

168,007

 

Non-Operating Income and Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gains on sales of real estate

 

92,130

 

 

92,130

 

Investment income and other

 

4,645

 

21,260

 

25,905

 

Interest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expense

 

(39,464

)

(71,427

)

(110,891

)

Amortization of deferred financing costs

 

(1,426

)

(2,740

)

(4,166

)

Long term incentive compensation expense

 

 

(23,534

)

(23,534

)

Total non-operating income and expenses

 

55,885

 

(76,441

)

(20,556

)

Income (loss) before minority interests, equity in earnings of real estate
joint ventures and discontinued operations

 

$

240,268

 

$

(92,817

)

$

147,451

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

3,268,531

 

$

547,928

 

$

3,816,459

 

 

 

 

2004

 

 

 

Core Portfolio

 

Other

 

Consolidated
Totals

 

Property Operating Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base rents, tenant escalations and reimbursements

 

$

493,381

 

$

 

$

493,381

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property operating expenses

 

199,133

 

 

199,133

 

Marketing, general and administrative

 

16,469

 

13,498

 

29,967

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

110,210

 

1,555

 

111,765

 

Total operating expenses

 

325,812

 

15,053

 

340,865

 

Operating income (loss)

 

167,569

 

(15,053

)

152,516

 

Non-Operating Income and Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment income and other

 

9,459

 

9,584

 

19,043

 

Interest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expense

 

(56,978

)

(38,942

)

(95,920

)

Amortization of deferred financing costs

 

(1,021

)

(2,700

)

(3,721

)

Total non-operating income and expenses

 

(48,540

)

(32,058

)

(80,598

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before minority interests, preferred distributions, equity in earnings
of a real estate joint venture and discontinued operations

 

$

119,029

 

$

(47,111

)

$

71,918

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

2,524,825

 

$

646,541

 

$

3,171,366

 

 

 

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12.    NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Additional supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities are as follows:

On January 1, 2005 and March 14, 2005, certain of our limited partners exchanged 263,340 OP Units and 513,259 OP Units, respectively, for an equal number of shares of the Company’s common stock which were valued at approximately $24.8 million, in the aggregate.

In May 2005, we acquired an approximate $55.3 million interest in a 15-year loan secured by an indirect interest in a 550,000 square foot condominium in a Class A office tower located at 1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY. This investment replaced our $34.0 million mezzanine loan, including accrued and unpaid interest, to one of the partners owning such condominium interest.

During June 2005, a limited partner exchanged 841,992 OP Units for an equal number of shares of the Company’s common stock, which were priced at $31.60 per share.

On June 20, 2005, as part of the consideration to acquire our joint venture partner’s 40% interest in the property located at 520 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY, we issued 127,510 OP Units valued at $31.37 per OP Unit and assumed approximately $4.1 million of secured mortgage indebtedness of the joint venture.

On September 21, 2005, in connection with the Tranche I closing of the RAOC JV, we received non-cash consideration, in the form of (i) LPT Units valued at approximately $42.7 million and (ii) the assignment of approximately $196.1 million of secured mortgage debt.

On September 30, 2005, in connection with a $20.0 million junior mezzanine loan investment, we withheld from the funding approximately $1.6 million to establish an interest reserve which remains under our control.

On November 30, 2005, in connection with the sale of a 70% joint venture interest in One Court Square we received non-cash consideration of $220.5 million related to our joint venture partner’s assumption of 70% of the property’s mortgage debt.

On December 20, 2005, in connection with our sale of 100 Wall Street, we provided the purchaser with mezzanine financing in the amount of $30.0 million.

On March 31, 2006, a group of institutional investors purchased our option to acquire the existing minority partner’s 40% partnership interest in the Omni Property for net proceeds of approximately $9.0 million.  Simultaneously, these institutional investors exercised the option and acquired the minority partner’s interest from the minority partner for approximately $50.8 million including the assumption of an allocation of approximately $20.1 million of mortgage debt on the Omni Property for a total investment of $59.9 million.  As a result of the foregoing and in accordance with Statement No.’s 141 and 142, we recorded approximately $44.4 million of fair value adjustments to the real estate and other intangible assets acquired by the institutional investors.

During the year ended December 31, 2006, certain of our limited partners exchanged 264,766 OP Units and 100% or 465,845 Class C OP Units for an equal number of shares of the Company’s common stock.

13.             COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

In connection with the mortgage indebtedness securing nine of the Tranche I properties, which were transferred to the Australian JV on September 21, 2005, and three of the Tranche III properties transferred to the Australian JV during October 2006, we have guaranteed to the lender certain customary non-recourse carve-outs, as well as certain obligations relating to the potential termination of a number of leases at four of these properties. We have also guaranteed to the lender certain capital requirements related to these properties. We will be relieved of the customary non-recourse carve-outs and capital requirements upon transfer of the respective properties to the Australian JV and the Australian JV meeting a net worth test of at least $100.0 million. We will be relieved of all but two of the lease related obligations upon transfer of the respective properties to the Australian JV and the Australian JV meeting a net worth test of at least $200.0 million. The Australian JV has agreed to indemnify us for any loss, cost or damage it may incur pursuant to our guaranty of these obligations. As of December 31, 2006, the Australian JV met the $100.0 million net worth threshold and there remain approximately $22.4 million of aggregate guarantees outstanding.

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14.                   MERGER WITH SL GREEN REALTY CORP

On August 3, 2006, the Company, the Operating Partnership, SL Green Realty Corp. (“SL Green”), Wyoming Acquisition Corp. (“Purchaser”), Wyoming Acquisition GP LLC and Wyoming Acquisition Partnership LP entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”).  Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Company will merge with and into Purchaser (the “Merger”), with Purchaser continuing after the SL Green Merger as the surviving entity.  The Company called a special meeting of shareholders to be held at 10:30 a.m. local time on November 22, 2006 at which it sought stockholder approval of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.  Stockholders of record as of the close of business on October 13, 2006 will be entitled to vote at the special meeting.  At the effective time of the SL Green Merger, each of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company will be converted into the right to receive (i) $31.68 in cash, and (ii) 0.10387 of a share of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Parent (the “Merger Consideration”).

In addition, under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Wyoming Acquisition LP will merge with and into the Operating Partnership (the “Partnership Merger”), with the Operating Partnership continuing after the Partnership Merger as the surviving entity. At the effective time of the Partnership Merger, each common unit in the Operating Partnership will be converted into the right to receive the applicable amount of Merger Consideration, in respect of the number of shares of Reckson common stock issuable upon exchange of each such common unit in accordance with the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership as if such common units were converted or exchanged for an equal number of Reckson common shares immediately prior to the effective time of the SL Green Merger.

Consummation of the SL Green Merger was subject to customary conditions, including the approval of the SL Green Merger by the holders of the Company’s common stock, the registration of SL Green’s shares of common stock to be issued in the SL Green Merger, the listing of such shares on the New York Stock Exchange and the absence of any order, injunction or legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the SL Green Merger.  In addition, each party’s obligation to consummate the SL Green Merger is subject to certain other conditions, including (i) the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other party (subject to the materiality standards contained in the Merger Agreement), (ii) compliance in all material respects of the other party with its covenants, (iii) the absence of a material adverse effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement) on the other party and (iv) the delivery of opinions with respect to each other’s status as a real estate investment trust.

Since August 4, 2006, six purported class action lawsuits have been filed by alleged Reckson stockholders in Maryland state and New York state courts, seeking to enjoin the Merger and acquisition by New Venture MRE, LLC (the “Asset Purchasing Venture,” an entity of which Scott Rechler, Michael Maturo, Jason Barnett and Marathon Asset Management, LLC (“Marathon”) are members) of certain assets of Reckson:  Sheldon Pittleman v. Reckson Associates Realty Corp. et al., No. 24-C-06-006323 (Circuit Court of Maryland, Baltimore City); John Borsch v. Scott H. Rechler et al., No. 24-C-06-006451 (Circuit Court of Maryland, Baltimore City); Mary Teitelbaum v. Reckson Associates Realty Corp. et al., No. 24-C-06-006937 (Circuit Court of Maryland, Baltimore City); Robert Lowinger v. Reckson Association Realty Corp. et al., No. 06-012524 (Supreme Court of the State of New York, Nassau County); Lawrence Lighter v. Scott H. Rechler et al., No. 06-CV-012738 (Supreme Court of the State of New York, Nassau County); and Pauline Phillips v. Scott H. Rechler et al., No. 06-12871 (Supreme Court of the State of New York, Nassau County).  (As noted below, the Lighter action has since been re-filed in the Circuit Court of Maryland, Baltimore City.)  The lawsuits also seek damages, attorneys’ fees and costs. The plaintiffs in these lawsuits allege that the Asset Purchasing Venture obtained SL Green’s agreement to sell Reckson assets on allegedly favorable terms to the Asset Purchasing Venture in exchange for the Reckson board’s approval of allegedly inadequate merger consideration. The plaintiffs assert claims of breach of fiduciary duty against Reckson and its directors, and, in the case of the Lowinger, Pittleman and Teitelbaum lawsuits, claims of aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty against SL Green.

On August 23, 2006, the plaintiff in the Lowinger action in New York state court applied for expedited discovery. Defendants opposed that application and moved to dismiss or stay the Lowinger action pending the determination of the actions filed in Maryland. On September 22, 2006, the New York state court issued an order scheduling discovery in the Lowinger action, while reserving decision on defendants’ motion to dismiss or stay.

On September 6, 2006, the Maryland court consolidated the three actions pending before it under the caption In re Reckson Realty Corp. Shareholders’ Litigation, Consol. Case No. 24-C-06-006323 (Circuit Court of Maryland, Baltimore City). On September 8, 2006, the Maryland court ordered the parties to begin expedited discovery, which is now underway.  On September 22, 2006, the plaintiffs in the Maryland consolidated action filed an amended complaint. In addition to the claims asserted in the three original Maryland complaints, the amended consolidated complaint asserts that Reckson and its directors breached a fiduciary duty of candor in connection with the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus filed on September 18, 2006. The amended consolidated complaint alleges that the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus failed to disclose adequate information concerning, among other things, the auction process that led to the proposed merger, the reasons why the Reckson directors believe the proposed merger is more favorable than other strategic alternatives for Reckson, the termination fee, the

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acquisition by the Asset Purchasing Venture of certain assets of Reckson, the assumptions employed by Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman Sachs”) and Greenhill & Co., LLC in rendering their respective fairness opinions, the terms of the retention agreement with Goldman Sachs, and Goldman Sachs’ prior relationships with Reckson or SL Green.

On October 3, 2006, the plaintiff in the Lighter action withdrew his lawsuit in the New York state court, and re-filed it in the Maryland Circuit Court for Baltimore City under Case No. 24-C-06-007940.

On October 6, 2006 an amended complaint was filed in the Lowinger action in New York state court. In addition to the defendants named and claims asserted in the original Lowinger complaint, the amended complaint names Jason Barnett (who was the Corporation’s Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary), Marathon and the Asset Purchasing Venture as additional defendants. The amended complaint also asserts claims for breach of fiduciary duty against Mr. Barnett, and claims for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary against Marathon and the Asset Purchasing Venture. The amended complaint also asserts that Reckson, its directors, and Mr. Barnett breached a fiduciary duty of candor in connection with the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus filed on September 18, 2006. The amended complaint alleges that the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus failed to disclose adequate information concerning, among other things, the bidding process that led to the proposed merger and acquisition by the Asset Purchasing Venture of certain assets of Reckson, the value of Reckson’s Long Island assets, the expected future value of the SL Green or the combined, post-merger entity and alleged material conflicts of interest allegedly suffered by certain parties and certain of their advisors.  On October 24, 2006, the New York state court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss or stay the Lowinger action and also denied the plaintiff’s motion for expedited discovery.  On October 31, 2006, defendants removed the Lowinger action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.  On November 10, 2006, the plaintiff in the Lowinger action voluntarily dismissed that action.

On November 3, 2006, the plaintiff in the Phillips action pending in New York state court moved for a preliminary injunction, seeking to block the proposed SL Green Merger and the shareholder vote thereon and to require Reckson to conduct an additional auction process for the assets to be acquired by the Asset Purchasing Venture.  On November 6, 2006, defendants removed the Phillips action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.  On November 15, 2006, the Phillips action was remanded to the New York state court.  After defendants subsequently filed their papers in opposition to plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction in the Phillips action, the plaintiff in the Phillips action agreed to withdraw her preliminary injunction motion without prejudice.

On November 20, 2006, the New York state court held a conference in the Phillips action, and adjourned any further proceedings to November 27, 2006.  On November 27, 2006, the New York state court held a conference in the Phillips action, and adjourned any further proceedings to December 5, 2006.  On December 5, 2006, the New York state court held a status conference in the Phillips action.

On December 6, 2006, Reckson and SL Green announced that they had reached an agreement in principle with the plaintiffs to settle the pending class action lawsuits relating to the SL Green Merger.  The settlement, which is subject to documentation and court approval, provides (1) for certain contingent profit sharing participation for Reckson shareholders relating to specified assets, (2) that if the merger closes on or before December 31, 2006, the Reckson shareholders will receive the full fourth quarter dividend, (3) for potential payments to Reckson shareholders of amounts relating to Reckson’s interest in contingent profit sharing participations in connection with the sale of certain long island industrial properties in a prior transaction, and (4) for the dismissal by the plaintiffs of all actions with prejudice and customary releases of all defendants and related parties.

During January 2007, in connection with the SL Green Merger, the Operating Partnership sold 1350 Avenue of the Americas to SL Green for $450 million.  This acquistion was completed pursuant to the Merger Agreement with SL Green and was undertaken to facilitate SL Green’s completion of a tax-free like-kind exchange of 286 and 290 Madison Avenue and 1140 Avenue of the Americas, which had been sold in 2006.

In January 2007, we were acquired by SL Green for approximately $6.0 billion, inclusive of transaction costs.  Simultaneously, SL Green Realty Corp. sold approximately $2.0 billion of our assets to an Asset-Purchasing Venture which includes certain former members of our senior management.  The transaction includes the acquisition of 30 properties encompassing approximately 9.2 million square feet, of which five properties encompassing approximately 4.2 million square feet are located in Manhattan.  In connection with the acquisition, approximately 9.0 million shares of SL Green common stock were issued, closed on $298.0 million of new mortgage financing and a $500.0 million term loan, and assumed approximately $238.6 million of mortgage debt, approximately $967.8 million of public unsecured notes and approximately $287.5 million of public convertible debt.  In connection with the Asset Sale, loans totaling $215.0 million were made to the asset-purchasing venture.  All or a portion of these loans may be syndicated.

In connection with the SL Green Merger the Company incurred approximately $56.9 million of related costs which have been included on the accompanying consolidated statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2006. These costs consisted of approximately $46.5 million of costs related to the termination of the employment contracts of three former executives of the company, $9.9 million of legal, professional and advisory fees and approximately $491,000 of other sundry costs.

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15.    QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)

The following summary represents our results of operations for each fiscal quarter during 2006 and 2005 (in 000’s, except unit amounts):

 

 

 

2006

 

 

 

First Quarter

 

Second Quarter

 

Third Quarter

 

Fourth Quarter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total property operating revenues

 

$

135,153

 

$

147,810

 

$

140,894

 

$

132,686

 

Income before minority interests, equity in earnings of real estate joint ventures and discontinued operations

 

$

52,835

 

$

22,680

 

$

11,258

 

$

(42,250

)

Minority interests

 

(4,460

)

(4,052

)

(3,206

)

(1,972

)

Equity in earnings of real estate joint ventures

 

396

 

1,815

 

678

 

792

 

Discontinued operations (net of minority interests)

 

10,411

 

(51

)

757

 

(156

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) allocable to common unitholders

 

$

59,182

 

$

20,392

 

$

9,487

 

$

(43,586

)

Net income (loss) allocable to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common unitholders

 

$

58,826

 

$

20,271

 

$

9,442

 

$

(43,546

)

Class C common unitholders

 

356

 

121

 

45

 

(40

)

Total

 

$

59,182

 

$

20,392

 

$

9,487

 

$

(43,586

)

Net income (loss) per weighted average common unit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

 

$

.70

 

$

.24

 

$

.11

 

$

(.51

)

Class C common

 

$

.76

 

$

.26

 

$

.12

 

$

(.58

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common units outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

 

84,628,000

 

84,760,000

 

84,866,000

 

85,218,000

 

Class C common

 

466,000

 

460,000

 

368,000

 

69,000

 

 

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2005

 

 

 

First Quarter

 

Second Quarter

 

Third Quarter

 

Fourth Quarter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total property operating revenues as previously reported

 

$

135,884

 

$

141,802

 

$

145,293

 

$

136,840

 

Property operating revenues from discontinued operations (a)

 

(5,696

)

(6,431

)

(1,544

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total property operating revenues (b)

 

$

130,188

 

$

135,371

 

$

143,749

 

$

136,840

 

Income before minority interests, equity in earnings of real estate joint ventures and discontinued operations

 

$

19,606

 

$

20,154

 

$

105,270

 

$

2,421

 

Minority interests

 

(3,857

)

(3,971

)

(4,497

)

(4,373

)

Equity in earnings of real estate joint ventures

 

151

 

83

 

248

 

889

 

Discontinued operations (net of minority interests)

 

2,153

 

2,070

 

15,459

 

51,286

 

Net income allocable to common unitholders

 

$

18,053

 

$

18,336

 

$

116,480

 

$

50,223

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income allocable to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common unitholders

 

$

17,944

 

$

18,225

 

$

115,777

 

$

49,919

 

Class C common unitholders

 

109

 

111

 

703

 

304

 

Total

 

$

18,053

 

$

18,336

 

$

116,480

 

$

50,223

 

Net income per weighted average common unit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

 

$

0.21

 

$

0.22

 

$

1.38

 

$

0.59

 

Class C common

 

$

0.23

 

$

0.24

 

$

1.51

 

$

0.65

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common units outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

 

83,847,000

 

83,999,000

 

84,162,000

 

84,386,000

 

Class C common

 

466,000

 

466,000

 

466,000

 

466,000

 


(a)             Excludes revenues from discontinued operations which were previously excluded from total revenues as previously reported.

(b)            Amounts have been adjusted to give effect to our discontinued operations in accordance with Statement No. 144.

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Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P.
Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
(in 000’s)

 

The changes in real estate for each of the periods in the three years ended December 31, 2006 are as follows:

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

Real estate balance at beginning of period

 

$

3,476,415

 

$

3,195,064

 

$

2,689,812

 

Improvements / revaluations

 

313,697

 

216,443

 

91,903

 

Disposals, including write-off of fully depreciated building improvements

 

(140,238

)

(798,361

)

(2,641

)

Properties held for sale

 

 

(171,352

)

(35

)

Acquisitions

 

 

1,034,621

 

416,025

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

3,649,874

 

$

3,476,415

 

$

3,195,064

 

 

The changes in accumulated depreciation exclusive of amounts relating to equipment, autos, furniture and fixtures, for each of the periods in the three years ended December 31, 2006 are as follows:

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

522,994

 

$

551,018

 

$

449,043

 

Depreciation for period

 

134,507

 

120,756

 

103,745

 

Disposals, including write-off of fully depreciated building improvements

 

(22,965

)

(93,862

)

(1,330

)

Accumulated depreciation on assets held for sale

 

 

(54,918

)

(440

)

Balance at end of period

 

$

634,536

 

$

522,994

 

$

551,018

 

 

 

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RECKSON ASSOCIATES REALTY CORP.

SCHEDULE III - REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

DECEMBER 31, 2006

(in 000’s)

 

COLUMN A

 

COLUMN B

 

COLUMN C

 

COLUMN D

 

 

 

 

 

INITIAL COST

 

COST CAPITALIZED
SUBSEQUENT TO
ACQUISITION

 

DESCRIPTION

 

ENCUMBRANCE

 

LAND

 

BUILDINGS AND
IMPROVEMENTS

 

LAND

 

BUILDINGS AND
IMPROVEMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50 Charles Lindbergh Blvd.,
Mitchel Field, New York

 

 

 

12,089

 

 

8,772

 

48 South Service Road
Melville, New York

 

 

1,652

 

10,245

 

 

 

8,253

 

395 North Service Road
Melville, New York

 

 

 

15,551

 

 

10,268

 

333 Earl Ovington Blvd., (Omni)
Mitchel Field, New York

 

49,377

 

 

67,221

 

 

70,491

 

40 Cragwood Road
South Plainfield, New Jersey

 

 

725

 

7,131

 

 

 

7,671

 

60 Charles Lindbergh Blvd.,
Mitchel Field, New York

 

 

 

20,800

 

 

11,017

 

Landmark Square
Stamford, Connecticut

 

 

 

12,435

 

64,466

 

 

 

52,802

 

One Eagle Rock,
East Hanover, New Jersey

 

 

803

 

7,563

 

 

 

5,543

 

3 University Plaza
Hackensack, New Jersey

 

 

7,894

 

11,846

 

 

 

4,120

 

Reckson Executive Park
Ryebrook, New York

 

 

18,343

 

55,028

 

 

 

13,471

 

100 Forge Way
Rockaway, New Jersey

 

 

315

 

902

 

 

 

170

 

200 Forge Way
Rockaway, New Jersey

 

 

1,128

 

3,227

 

 

 

597

 

300 Forge Way
Rockaway, New Jersey

 

 

376

 

1,075

 

 

 

471

 

400 Forge Way
Rockaway, New Jersey

 

 

1,142

 

3,267

 

 

 

321

 

51 Charles Lindburgh Blvd.,
Mitchel Field, New York

 

 

 

12,185

 

 

332

 

100 Summit Drive
Valhalla, New York

 

12,788

 

3,007

 

41,351

 

 

 

7,013

 

115/117 Stevens Avenue
Valhalla, New York

 

 

1,094

 

22,490

 

 

 

2,670

 

200 Summit Lake Drive
Valhalla, New York

 

 

4,343

 

37,305

 

 

 

11,990

 

140 Grand Street
White Plains, New York

 

 

1,932

 

18,744

 

 

 

1,119

 

500 Summit Lake Drive
Valhalla, New York

 

 

7,052

 

37,309

 

 

 

8,897

 

120 W.45th Street
New York, New York

 

 

28,757

 

162,809

 

7,658

 

12,276

 

1255 Broad Street
Clifton, New Jersey

 

 

1,329

 

15,869

 

 

 

4,453

 

810 7th Avenue
New York, New York

 

75,913

 

26,984

 

152,767

 

117

 

27,605

 

1350 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York

 

 

19,222

 

109,168

 

 

 

26,896

 

919 3rd Avenue
New York, New York

 

235,113

 

  101,644

 

    205,736

 

  12,795

 

  107,786

 

360 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, New York

 

 

2,838

 

34,606

 

 

 

24,691

 

275 Broadhollow Road
Melville, New York

 

14,774

 

3,850

 

12,958

 

972

 

11,281

 

90 Merrick Avenue East
Meadow, New York

 

18,123

 

 

23,804

 

 

9,300

 

120 White Plains Rd
Tarrytown, New York

 

 

3,852

 

24,861

 

 

 

5,862

 

100 White Plains Road
Tarrytown, New York

 

 

79

 

472

 

 

 

79

 

51 JFK Parkway
Short Hills, New Jersey

 

 

10,053

 

62,504

 

 

 

2,744

 

680 Washington Blvd
Stamford, Connecticut

 

 

4,561

 

23,698

 

 

 

1,608

 

750 Washington Blvd
Stamford, Connecticut

 

 

7,527

 

31,940

 

 

 

1,076

 

1305 Walt Whitman Road
Melville, New York

 

 

3,934

 

24,040

 

 

 

906

 

58 South Service Road
Melville, New York

 

 

1,061

 

0

 

6,888

 

45,472

 

103 JFK Parkway
Short Hills, New Jersey

 

 

3,098

 

18,011

 

217

 

11,399

 

1055 Washington Blvd
Stamford, Connecticut

 

 

 

31,637

 

 

 

2,812

 

3 Giralda Farms
Chatham, New Jersey

 

 

5,675

 

17,028

 

 

 

6,218

 

44 Whippany
Chatham, New Jersey

 

 

7,500

 

22,006

 

 

 

1,333

 

1185 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York

 

 

 

322,180

 

 

 

39,397

 

300 Broadhollow Road
Melville, New York

 

 

10,250

 

31,386

 

 

 

3,491

 

32 Windsor
Islip, New York

 

 

32

 

321

 

 

 

50

 

101 JFK Expressway
Short Hills, New Jersey

 

 

4,647

 

25,878

 

274

 

17,554

 

7 Giralda Avenue
Madison, New Jersey

 

 

16,110

 

34,314

 

 

 

39

 

Reckson Plaza
Uniondale, New York

 

 

 

223,500

 

 

 

12,294

 

711 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York

 

12,525

 

5,650

 

18,202

 

 

 

113

 

701 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York

 

 

6,249

 

20,193

 

 

 

88

 

707 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York

 

 

5,300

 

15,722

 

 

 

2,037

 

709 Westchester Ave
White Plains, New York

 

 

4,821

 

13,992

 

 

 

730

 

777 Westchester Ave
White Plains, New York

 

 

4,806

 

15,606

 

 

 

205

 

1025 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York

 

 

3,672

 

10,664

 

 

 

76

 

925 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York

 

 

3,667

 

11,101

 

 

 

236

 

2500 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York

 

 

6,560

 

18,838

 

 

 

352

 

2700 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York

 

 

4,608

 

13,082

 

 

 

355

 

105 Corporate Park Drive
White Plains, New York

 

 

3,394

 

10,782

 

 

 

 

 

106 Corporate Park Drive
White Plains, New York

 

 

4,067

 

12,395

 

 

 

 

 

108 Corporate Park Drive
White Plains, New York

 

 

4,242

 

13,106

 

 

 

 

 

110 Corporate Park Drive
White Plains, New York

 

 

1,538

 

4,296

 

 

 

 

 

100 Campus Drive
Princeton, New Jersey

 

 

670

 

1,813

 

 

 

1,219

 

104 Campus Drive
Princeton, New Jersey

 

 

1,819

 

4,917

 

 

 

1,221

 

115 Campus Drive
Princeton, New Jersey

 

 

798

 

2,158

 

 

 

373

 

99 Cherry Hill Road
Parsippany, New Jersey

 

 

2,360

 

7,508

 

5

 

2,793

 

119 Cherry Hill Road
Parsippany, New Jersey

 

 

2,512

 

7,622

 

6

 

2,105

 

520 White Plains
Tarrytown, New York

 

 

3,462

 

19,617

 

387

 

7,983

 

1 Giralda Farms
Madison, New Jersey

 

 

6,063

 

26,951

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land held for development

 

 

128,504

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Developments in progress

 

 

 

133,881

 

 

 

 

 

Other property

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,319

 

Total

 

$               418,613

 

$               530,006

 

$            2,443,734

 

$                 29,319

 

$               646,815

 

 

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COLUMN A

 

COLUMN E

 

COLUMN F

 

COLUMN G

 

COLUMN H

 

COLUMN I

 

 

 

GROSS AMOUNT AT
WHICH CARRIED AT CLOSE
OF PERIOD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DESCRIPTION

 

LAND

 

BUILDINGS AND
IMPROVEMENTS

 

TOTAL

 

ACCUMULATED
DEPRECIATION

 

DATE OF
CONSTRUCTION

 

DATE
ACQUIRED

 

LIFE ON
WHICH
DEPRECIATION
IS COMPUTED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50 Charles Lindbergh Blvd.,
Mitchel Field, New York

 

 

20,861

 

20,861

 

14,719

 

1984

 

1984

 

10-30 Years

 

48 South Service Road
Melville, New York

 

1,652

 

18,498

 

20,150

 

11,692

 

1986

 

1986

 

10-30 Years

 

395 North Service Road
Melville, New York

 

 

25,819

 

25,819

 

16,436

 

1988

 

1988

 

10-30 Years

 

333 Earl Ovington Blvd., (Omni)
Mitchel Field, New York

 

 

137,712

 

137,712

 

46,782

 

1990

 

1995

 

10-30 Years

 

40 Cragwood Road
South Plainfield, New Jersey

 

725

 

14,802

 

15,527

 

10,674

 

1970

 

1983

 

10-30 Years

 

60 Charles Lindbergh Blvd.,
Mitchel Field, New York

 

 

31,817

 

31,817

 

9,375

 

1989

 

1996

 

10-30 Years

 

Landmark Square
Stamford, Connecticut

 

12,435

 

117,268

 

129,703

 

35,986

 

1973-1984

 

1996

 

10-30 Years

 

One Eagle Rock,
East Hanover, New Jersey

 

803

 

13,106

 

13,909

 

5,760

 

1986

 

1997

 

10-30 Years

 

3 University Plaza
Hackensack, New Jersey

 

7,894

 

15,966

 

23,860

 

5,769

 

1985

 

1997

 

10-30 Years

 

Reckson Executive Park
Ryebrook, New York

 

18,343

 

68,499

 

86,842

 

20,078

 

1983-1986

 

1997

 

10-30 Years

 

100 Forge Way
Rockaway, New Jersey

 

315

 

1,072

 

1,387

 

346

 

1986

 

1998

 

10-30 Years

 

200 Forge Way
Rockaway, New Jersey

 

1,128

 

3,824

 

4,952

 

1,318

 

1989

 

1998

 

10-30 Years

 

300 Forge Way
Rockaway, New Jersey

 

376

 

1,546

 

1,922

 

586

 

1989

 

1998

 

10-30 Years

 

400 Forge Way
Rockaway, New Jersey

 

1,142

 

3,588

 

4,730

 

1,056

 

1989

 

1998

 

10-30 Years

 

51 Charles Linderburgh Blvd.,
Mitchel Field, New York

 

 

12,517

 

12,517

 

3,964

 

1981

 

1998

 

10-30 Years

 

100 Summit Drive
Valhalla, New York

 

3,007

 

48,364

 

51,371

 

15,143

 

1988

 

1998

 

10-30 Years

 

115/117 Stevens Avenue
Valhalla, New York

 

1,094

 

25,160

 

26,254

 

7,547

 

1984

 

1998

 

10-30 Years

 

200 Summit Lake Drive
Valhalla, New York

 

4,343

 

49,295

 

53,638

 

16,209

 

1990

 

1998

 

10-30 Years

 

140 Grand Street
White Plains, New York

 

1,932

 

19,863

 

21,795

 

5,688

 

1991

 

1998

 

10-30 Years

 

500 Summit Lake Drive
Valhalla, New York

 

7,052

 

46,206

 

53,258

 

16,904

 

1986

 

1998

 

10-30 Years

 

120 W.45th Street
New York, New York

 

36,415

 

175,085

 

211,500

 

44,522

 

1998

 

1999

 

10-30 Years

 

1255 Broad Street
Clifton, New Jersey

 

1,329

 

20,322

 

21,651

 

5,930

 

1999

 

1999

 

10-30 Years

 

810 7th Avenue
New York, New York

 

27,101

 

180,372

 

207,473

 

45,036

 

1970

 

1999

 

10-30 Years

 

1350 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York

 

19,222

 

136,064

 

155,286

 

31,911

 

1966

 

2000

 

10-30 Years

 

919 3rd Avenue
New York, New York

 

114,439

 

313,522

 

427,961

 

62,191

 

1970

 

2000

 

10-30 Years

 

360 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, New York

 

2,838

 

59,297

 

62,135

 

16,969

 

2000

 

2000

 

10-30 Years

 

275 Broadhollow Road
Melville, New York

 

4,822

 

24,239

 

29,061

 

3,515

 

1970

 

1997

 

10-30 Years

 

90 Merrick Avenue East
Meadow, New York

 

 

33,104

 

33,104

 

8,164

 

1985

 

1997

 

10-30 Years

 

120 White Plains Rd
Tarrytown, New York

 

3,852

 

30,723

 

34,575

 

8,019

 

1984

 

1997

 

10-30 Years

 

100 White Plains Road
Tarrytown, New York

 

79

 

551

 

630

 

113

 

1984

 

1997

 

10-30 Years

 

51 JFK Parkway
Short Hills, New Jersey

 

10,053

 

65,248

 

75,301

 

16,794

 

1988

 

1998

 

10-30 Years

 

680 Washington Blvd
Stamford, Connecticut

 

4,561

 

25,306

 

29,867

 

6,392

 

1989

 

1998

 

10-30 Years

 

750 Washington Blvd
Stamford, Connecticut

 

7,527

 

33,016

 

40,543

 

8,119

 

1989

 

1998

 

10-30 Years

 

1305 Walt Whitman Road
Melville, New York

 

3,934

 

24,946

 

28,880

 

7,208

 

1999

 

1999

 

10-30 Years

 

58 South Service Road
Melville, New York

 

7,949

 

45,472

 

53,421

 

9,227

 

2001

 

1998

 

10-30 Years

 

103 JFK Parkway
Short Hills, New Jersey

 

3,315

 

29,410

 

32,725

 

8,069

 

2002

 

1997

 

10-30 Years

 

1055 Washington Blvd
Stamford, Connecticut

 

 

34,449

 

34,449

 

3,906

 

1987

 

2003

 

10-30 Years

 

3 Giralda Farms
Chattam, New Jersey

 

5,675

 

23,246

 

28,921

 

1,942

 

1990

 

2004

 

10-30 Years

 

44 Whippany
Chattam, New Jersey

 

7,500

 

23,339

 

30,839

 

1,810

 

1985

 

2004

 

10-30 Years

 

1185 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York

 

 

361,577

 

361,577

 

34,956

 

1969

 

2004

 

10-30 Years

 

300 Broadhollow Road
Melville, New York

 

10,250

 

34,877

 

45,127

 

2,683

 

1989

 

2004

 

10-30 Years

 

32 Windsor
Islip, New York

 

32

 

371

 

403

 

367

 

1971

 

1971

 

10-30 Years

 

101 JFK Expressway
Short Hills, New Jersey

 

4,921

 

43,432

 

48,353

 

11,577

 

1981

 

1997

 

10-30 Years

 

7 Giralda Avenue
Madison, New Jersey

 

16,110

 

34,353

 

50,463

 

2,197

 

1999

 

2005

 

10-30 Years

 

Reckson Plaza
Uniondale, New York

 

 

235,794

 

235,794

 

9,875

 

1984

 

2005

 

10-30 Years

 

711 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York

 

5,650

 

18,315

 

23,965

 

717

 

1978

 

2005

 

10-30 Years

 

701 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York

 

6,249

 

20,281

 

26,530

 

686

 

1981

 

2005

 

10-30 Years

 

707 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York

 

5,300

 

17,759

 

23,059

 

552

 

1978

 

2005

 

10-30 Years

 

709 Westchester Ave
White Plains, New York

 

4,821

 

14,722

 

19,543

 

475

 

1979

 

2005

 

10-30 Years

 

777 Westchester Ave
White Plains, New York

 

4,806

 

15,811

 

20,617

 

542

 

1971

 

2005

 

10-30 Years

 

1025 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York

 

3,672

 

10,740

 

14,412

 

358

 

1977

 

2005

 

10-30 Years

 

925 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York

 

3,667

 

11,337

 

15,004

 

374

 

1977

 

2005

 

10-30 Years

 

2500 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York

 

6,560

 

19,190

 

25,750

 

629

 

1984

 

2005

 

10-30 Years

 

2700 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York

 

4,608

 

13,437

 

18,045

 

439

 

1984

 

2005

 

10-30 Years

 

105 Corporate Park Drive
White Plains, New York

 

3,394

 

10,782

 

14,176

 

362

 

1985

 

2005

 

10-30 Years

 

106 Corporate Park Drive
White Plains, New York

 

4,067

 

12,395

 

16,462

 

431

 

1974

 

2005

 

10-30 Years

 

108 Corporate Park Drive
White Plains, New York

 

4,242

 

13,106

 

17,348

 

440

 

1973

 

2005

 

10-30 Years

 

110 Corporate Park Drive
White Plains, New York

 

1,538

 

4,296

 

5,834

 

144

 

1977

 

2005

 

10-30 Years

 

100 Campus Drive
Princeton, New Jersey

 

670

 

3,032

 

3,702

 

1,019

 

1987

 

1997

 

10-30 Years

 

104 Campus Drive
Princeton, New Jersey

 

1,819

 

6,138

 

7,957

 

1,897

 

1987

 

1997

 

10-30 Years

 

115 Campus Drive
Princeton, New Jersey

 

798

 

2,531

 

3,329

 

789

 

1987

 

1997

 

10-30 Years

 

99 Cherry Hill Road
Parsippany, New Jersey

 

2,365

 

10,301

 

12,666

 

3,136

 

1982

 

1998

 

10-30 Years

 

119 Cherry Hill Road
Parsippany, New Jersey

 

2,518

 

9,727

 

12,245

 

2,992

 

1982

 

1998

 

10-30 Years

 

520 White Plains
Tarrytown, New York

 

3,849

 

27,600

 

31,449

 

8,716

 

1979

 

1996

 

10-30 Years

 

1 Giralda Farms
Madison, New Jersey

 

6,063

 

26,951

 

33,014

 

1,194

 

1984

 

2005

 

10-30 Years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land held for development

 

128,504

 

 

128,504

 

 

 

N/A

 

Various

 

N/A

 

Developments in progress

 

 

133,881

 

133,881

 

844

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other property

 

 

24,319

 

24,319

 

10,276

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$                     559,325

 

$                  3,090,549

 

$                  3,649,874

 

$                     634,536

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A       These land parcels, or a portion of the land parcels, on which the building and improvements were constructed are subject to a ground lease.

B       Includes costs incurred to acquire the lessor’s rights to an air rights lease agreement.

 

The aggregate cost for Federal Income Tax purposes was approximately $3,237 million at December 31, 2006.

100



 

Exhibit 12.1

RECKSON OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L. P.

RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

AND

RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES, PREFERRED DIVIDENDS AND PREFERRED DISTRIBUTIONS

The following table sets forth the Operating Partnership’s consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges for the years ended December 31:

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

2002

 

1.26x

 

2.03x

 

1.57x

 

1.43x

 

1.65x

 

 

The following table sets forth the Operating Partnership’s consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges and preferred distributions for the years ended December 31:

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

2003

 

2002

 

1.26x

 

2.03x

 

1.25x

 

1.15x

 

1.33x

 

 

The above ratios were calculated in accordance with Item 503 of Regulation S-K.  As a result, all years prior to 2006 have been restated to exclude income from discontinued operations and, for years 2003 and 2002,  include certain costs associated with losses from extinguishment of debt in accordance with FASB Statement No. 145 which was adopted by the Operating Partnership on January 1, 2003.  These costs were previously reported as extraordinary losses and excluded from prior reported ratios. Excluding the costs associated with the SL Green Merger, the 2006 ratio would have been 1.68x.



 

Exhibit 21.1

RECKSON OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

STATEMENT OF SUBSIDIARIES

 

 

 

PROPERTY

 

PROPERTY OWNER

NEW YORK CITY

 

 

1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York

 

1350 LLC (owned directly by ROP)

1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York (Ground Lease)

 

SLG 1185 Sixth A LLC (SLG 1185 Sixth A LLC is now indirectly wholly-owned by ROP)

810 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York (Air Rights Lease)

 

SLG 810 Seventh A LLC (11%)

SLG 810 Seventh B LLC (16%)

SLG 810 Seventh C LLC (18%)

SLG 810 Seventh D LLC (44%)

SLG 810 Seventh E LLC (11%)

(as Tenants in Common)

Four ownership entities are currently owned by a subsidiary of Building Exchange Company (one 1031 entity SLG 810 Seventh was recently closed out and transferred to SLGOP and will be transferred to ROP) and property has been master leased to SLG 810 Seventh Lessee LLC (which is owned by ROP).

 

 

 

WESTCHESTER

 

 

1100 King Street Bldg 6 - 6 International Drive, Ryebrook, New York

 

Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P. (“ROP”)

1100 King Street Bldg 5 - 5 International Drive, Ryebrook, New York

 

ROP

1100 King Street Bldg 4 - 4 International Drive, Ryebrook, New York

 

ROP

1100 King Street Bldg 3 - 3 International Drive, Ryebrook, New York

 

ROP

1100 King Street Bldg 2 - 2 International Drive, Ryebrook, New York

 

ROP

1100 King Street Bldg 1 - 1 International Drive, Ryebrook, New York

 

ROP

100 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla, New York

 

ROP

200 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla, New York

 

ROP

500 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla, New York

 

ROP

140 Grand Street, White Plains, New York

 

ROP

520 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, New York

 

520 LLC (520 LLC is owned 40% by ROP and 60% by Reckson 520 Holdins LLC, which is owned 99% by ROP and 1% by Reckson Mezz LLC)

115-117 Stevens Avenue, Mt. Pleasant, New York

 

ROP

 




 

360 Hamilton Avenue, White Plains, New York

 

360 Hamilton Plaza LLC (wholly-owned by ROP)

 

 

 

CONNECTICUT

 

 

1055 Washington Blvd, Stamford, Connecticut

 

1055 Washington Blvd. LLC (wholly-owned by ROP)

 

 

 

 

In addition, the following land parcels are owned by ROP:

7 Landmark Square and Landmark Square Parking Structure (Stamford , CT)

7 International Drive, Ryebrook, NY

300, 400 and 600 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla, New York

ROP also has partial ownership interests in the following properties (through JV interests):

 

PROPERTY

 

PROPERTY OWNER

1 Court Square, Long Island City, New York

 

Reckson Court Square LLC (subsidiary of JV with JP Morgan)

919 Third Avenue, New York, New York

 

Metropolitan 919 3rd Avenue LLC (subsidiary of JV with NYSTRS)

100 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, New York

 

Reckson 120 White Plains Road LLC (subsidiary of RT Tri-Sate LLC - JV with Teachers)

120 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, New York

 

Reckson 120 White Plains Road LLC (subsidiary of RT Tri-Sate LLC - JV with Teachers)

680 Washington Blvd, Stamford, Connecticut

 

Reckson/Stamford Towers, LLC (subsidiary of RT Tri-Sate LLC - JV with Teachers)

750 Washington Blvd, Stamford, Connecticut

 

Reckson/Stamford Towers, LLC (subsidiary of RT Tri-Sate LLC - JV with Teachers)

 

 



EXHIBIT 23.1

Reckson Operating Partnership, L. P.
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the SL Green Realty Corp. Registration Statements (i) on Form S-3 (Nos. 333-113076, 333-70111, 333-30394, 333-68828, 333-62434, 333-126058, 333-113076, 333-138976, and 333-140222) and in the related Prospectuses; (ii) on Form S-4 (No. 333-137391) and in the related Prospectus; and (iii) on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-61555, 333-87485, 333-89964 and 333-127014) pertaining to the Stock Option and Incentive Plans of SL Green Realty Corp., of our report dated March 26, 2007 with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P. included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2006.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

New York, New York
March 26, 2007

 



Exhibit 31.1

Reckson Operating Partnership, L. P.

Certification of Marc Holliday, President of Reckson Associates Realty Corp., the sole general partner of the Company’s, Pursuant to Rule 13a – 14(a)/15(d) – 14(a)

I, Marc Holliday, certify that:

1.               I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P.;

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 Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.               The Company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and we 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)                                     [omitted in reliance on SEC Release No. 33-8238; 34-47986, Section III.E]

c)                                      evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’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 Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Company’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.               The Company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the Company’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 Company’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 Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 30, 2007

 

 

 

 

/s/ MarC holliday

 

 

 

Marc Holliday

 

 

President

 

 

of Reckson Associates Realty Corp.,

 

 

the sole general partner of the

 

 

Company

 

 



Exhibit 31.2

Reckson Operating Partnership, L. P

 

Certification of Gregory F. Hughes, Treasurer of Reckson Associates Realty Corp., the sole general partner of the Company,

Pursuant to Rule 13a – 14(a)/15(d) – 14(a)

I, Gregory F. Hughes, certify that:

1.               I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P.;

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 Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.               The Company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and we 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 Company, 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)             [omitted in reliance on SEC Release No 33-8238; 34-47986, Section III.E]

c)              evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’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 Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Company’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.               The Company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the Company’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 Company’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 Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 30, 2007

/s/ GREGORY F. HUGHES

 

 

Gregory F. Hughes

 

Treasurer

 

of Reckson Associates Realty Corp., the sole general partner of the Company

 



Exhibit 32.1

RECKSON OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L. P.

 

Certification of Marc Holliday, President of Reckson Associates Realty Corp., the sole general partner of the Company, pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code

I, Marc Holliday, President of Reckson Associates Realty Corp., the sole general partner of Reckson Operating Partnership, L. P. (the “Company”), certify pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

1)              The Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the annual period ended December 31, 2006 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

2)              The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated:  March 30, 2007

By

/s/ MARC HOLLIDAY

 

Marc Holliday

 

President

 

of Reckson Associates Realty Corp.,

 

the sole general partner of the Company

 

 



Exhibit 32.2

RECKSON OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L. P.

Certification of Gregory F. Hughes, Treasurer of Reckson Associates Realty Corp., the sole general partner of the Company, pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18

of the United States Code

 

I, Gregory F.Hughes, Treasurer and  of Reckson Associates Realty Corp., the sole general partner of Reckson Operating Partnership, L. P. (the “Company”), certify pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

1)              The Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the annual period ended December 31, 2006 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

2)              The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: March 30, 2007

 

 

 

By

 

/s/ gregory f. hughes

 

 

 

Gregory F. Hughes

 

 

Treasurer

 

 

of Reckson Associates

 

 

Realty Corp., the sole general partner of the

 

 

Company