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An offering statement pursuant to Regulation A relating to these
securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or the SEC. Information contained in this Preliminary
Offering Circular is subject to completion or amendment. These
securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted before
the offering statement filed with the SEC is qualified. This
Preliminary Offering Circular shall not constitute an offer to sell
or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor may there be any sales
of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation
or sale would be unlawful before registration or qualification
under the laws of any such state. We may elect to satisfy our
obligation to deliver a Final Offering Circular by sending you a
notice within two business days after the completion of our sale to
you that contains the URL where the Offering Circular was filed may
be obtained.
Preliminary Offering Circular
January 28, 2021
Subject to Completion
GK INVESTMENT PROPERTY HOLDINGS II, LLC
257 East Main Street, Suite 200
Barrington, IL 60010
(847) 277-9930
7% Bonds
$50,000,000 Aggregate Maximum Offering Amount (50,000
Bonds)
$5,000 Minimum Purchase (5 Bonds)
Explanatory Note
This Offering Circular is part of the postqualification amendment
we filed in order to update the financial statements contained
herein in accordance with Rule 252(f)(2)(i) of Regulation A. In
addition to updating the financial statements presented herein,
this amendment updates portfolio, financial and statistical data,
and extends the offering termination date to January 27, 2023. All
material terms of this offering otherwise remain the
same.
GK
Investment Property Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, referred to herein as our company, is offering up to
$50,000,000 in the aggregate of its 7% bonds, or the Bonds. The
purchase price per Bond is $1,000, with a minimum purchase amount
of $5,000. We may issue Bonds at
volume-weighted discounts to certain investors.
See “Plan of Distribution
– Volume-Weighted Discount” for more
information. The Bonds will be offered in six series, Series A,
Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E and Series F with the sole
difference between the series being their respective maturity
dates, over a 3-year period starting from January 28, 2020, the
date of qualification of the Offering Statement of which this
Offering Circular is a part. Each series of Bonds beginning with
Series C will be offered for a total of six months. The Series A
and Series B Bonds were previously offered, and the offerings of
those Bonds have concluded. Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D
Bonds, Series E and Series F will mature on February 28, 2025,
August 31, 2025, February 28, 2026, August 31, 2026, February 28,
2027 and August 31, 2027, respectively, and each series of Bonds
will bear interest at a fixed rate of 7% per annum. Interest on the
Bonds will be paid monthly on the 15th day of the month. The first interest
payment on a Bond will be paid on the 15th day of the month following the issuance
of such Bond. In addition, the company is obligated to pay
bondholders, or Bondholders, a cumulative non-compounding 1%
deferred interest, or Deferred Interest Payment, on maturity dates
of the Bonds in such series. See “Description of Bonds
– Deferred Interest Payment” for more
information. The Bonds will be offered to prospective investors on
a best efforts basis by our Managing Broker-Dealer, JCC Advisors,
LLC, or JCC. “Best efforts” means that JCC is not
obligated to purchase any specific number or dollar amount of
Bonds, but it will use its best efforts to sell the Bonds. JCC may
engage additional broker-dealers, or Selling Group Members, who are
members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA,
to assist in the sale of the Bonds. Prior to each closing, the
proceeds received in the offering will be kept in an escrow account
held by UMB Bank as escrow agent. At each closing date, the
proceeds for such closing will be disbursed to our company and
Bonds relating to such proceeds will be issued to their respective
investors. We commenced the sale of the Bonds on January 29, 2020.
The offering will continue through the earlier of January 27, 2023,
or the date upon which all $50,000,000 in offering proceeds have
been received, or the Offering Termination Date. As of the date of
this Offering Circular, we have sold
$5,663,079 of
Bonds in the
offering.
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Managing
Broker-Dealer Fee, Commissions and Expense
Reimbursements(1)(2)
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Proceeds to
Other Persons
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Per
Bond:
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$1,000.00(3)
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$90.00
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$910.00
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$0
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Maximum Offering
Amount:
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$50,000,000.00
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$4,500,000.00
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$45,500,000.00
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$0
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(1)
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This
includes selling commissions of 5.5% and a Managing Broker-Dealer
Fee of up to 2.5% of the gross proceeds of this offering, which is
the aggregate offering amount sold after application of any
volume-weighted discounts (see “Plan of Distribution
– Volume-Weighted Discount”), without
consideration of any discounts for Bonds purchased by certain
persons (see “Plan of Distribution
– Discounts for Bonds Purchased by Certain
Persons”), to be paid on Bonds offered on a best
efforts basis. Our Managing Broker-Dealer, JCC, will receive
selling commissions equal to 5.5% of aggregate gross offering
proceeds, which it may re-allow, in whole or in part to the Selling
Group Members, a Managing Broker-Dealer Fee of up to 2.5% of
aggregate gross offering proceeds, which it may re-allow, in whole
or in part to the Selling Group Members, and a non-accountable
marketing and due diligence expense reimbursement in an amount up
to 1% of aggregate gross offering proceeds, which it may re-allow,
in whole or in part to the Selling Group Members. See “Use of
Proceeds” and “Plan of
Distribution” for more information.
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(2)
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The
table above does not include anticipated organizational and
offering fee in an amount equal to 2.50% of the gross proceeds of
this offering ($1,250,000 if the maximum offering amount is sold)
to be paid to GK Real Estate in connection with this offering and
our organization. See
“Use of
Proceeds” and “Plan of
Distribution” for more information. Our manager will
pay our actual organizational and offering expense out of the
organizational and offering fee. Our manager will be entitled to
retain as compensation for promoting the offering any amount by
which 2.50% of the gross proceeds raised in the offering, the
organizational and offering fee, exceeds the actual organizational
and offering expenses. To the extent actual organizational and
offering expenses exceed 2.50% of the gross proceeds raised in the
offering, the organizational and offering fee, our manager will pay
such amounts without reimbursement from us.
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(3)
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Assumes
no Bonds are sold subject to a volume-weighted discount. If Bonds
are sold at volume-weighted discounts (see “Plan of Distribution
– Volume-Weighted Discount”), then all fees
described in notes (1) and (2) above will be reduced in proportion
to such Discounts. In addition to volume-weighted discounts, we may
provide certain discounts in connection with the sale of Bonds in
this offering to certain persons (see “Plan of Distribution
– Discounts for Bonds Purchased by Certain
Persons”).
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Generally,
no sale may be made to you in this offering if the aggregate
purchase price you pay is more than 10% of the greater of your
annual income or net worth. Different rules apply to accredited
investors and non-natural persons. Before making any representation
that your investment does not exceed applicable thresholds, we
encourage you to review Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) of Regulation A. For
general information on investing, we encourage you to refer to
www.investor.gov.
An
investment in the Bonds is subject to certain risks and should be
made only by persons or entities able to bear the risk of and to
withstand the total loss of their investment. Currently, there is
no market for the Bonds being offered, nor does our company
anticipate one developing. Prospective investors should carefully
consider and review that risk as well as the RISK FACTORS beginning
on page 7 of this Offering Circular.
THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, OR THE SEC,
DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OR GIVE ITS APPROVAL TO ANY
SECURITIES OFFERED OR THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, NOR DOES IT PASS
UPON THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OFFERING CIRCULAR OR
OTHER SELLING LITERATURE. THESE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO
AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE SEC; HOWEVER, THE COMMISION
HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES
OFFERED ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.
FORM S-11 DISCLOSURE FORMAT IS BEING FOLLOWED.
The date of this Offering Circular is January 28, 2021
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OFFERING CIRCULAR SUMMARY
This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this
Offering Circular. This summary does not contain all of the
information that you should consider before deciding whether to
invest in our Bonds. You should carefully read this entire Offering
Circular, including the information under the heading “Risk
Factors” and all information included in the Offering
Circular.
Our Company. GK Investment Property
Holdings II, LLC was formed on July 11, 2019 to acquire existing
income producing commercial rental properties.
Mr.
Garo Kholamian is the beneficial owner of 100% of the outstanding
units of our company. Our company is solely managed by GK Real
Estate, or our manager. GK Real Estate was formed on May 19, 1994
under the laws of Illinois, and Mr. Garo Kholamian is the sole
director and shareholder of GK Real Estate. As a result, Mr. Garo
Kholamian will effectively manage our company.
Our
company does not intend to act as a land developer in that it is
has no intent to invest in, acquire, own, hold, lease, operate,
manage, maintain, redevelop, sell or otherwise use undeveloped real
property or “raw land,” as a ground up development. Our
company, engaging in its commercial real estate activities, may
have the opportunity to acquire commercial real property which
includes unimproved pad sites for future development and lease-up
opportunities. In such instances, our company will retain the
unimproved pad sites for ground lease, build-to-suit and/or sell
opportunities. In situations where our company has the opportunity
to acquire commercial real property which includes a large tract of
developable raw land, the developable raw land will not be acquired
by our company, but may be acquired by an entity affiliated with GK
Real Estate. Our company may choose to redevelop real property for
an alternative use than intended when originally acquired or
developed.
Our
company is focused on investments in existing, income producing
commercial rental properties that will benefit from GK Real
Estate’s real estate operating and leasing skills, including
releasing, redeveloping, renovating, refinancing, repositioning,
and selling. GK Real Estate intends to actively participate in the
management of our company’s properties rather than hold the
properties as passive investments.
On
July 17, 2020, our company, through RF Grocery LLC or RF Grocery, a
subsidiary of our company, completed the acquisition of a 28,220
square foot retail property leased to a single tenant, Fresh Thyme
Farmers Market, located at 7501 West North Avenue in River Forest,
IL, from an unaffiliated seller. The original 15-year lease has
approximately 12 years remaining, with four options to extend for
an additional five years each. The lease includes rent increases of
$1.50 per square-foot every five years and has a Meijer Companies,
Ltd. guaranty, which expires on June 21, 2022. The contract
purchase price for Fresh Thyme Farmers Market was $8,050,000, and
total acquisition cost was $8,214,213 including financing fees paid
to the lender and other closing costs. Of the total acquisition
cost, $5,190,000 was funded by a first mortgage loan secured by
Fresh Thyme Farmers Market. Our company funded $1,824,213 of the
total purchase price with proceeds raised from the offering of
bonds pursuant to the Offering Circular through a capital
contribution to RF Grocery. The remaining $1,200,000 of the total
purchase price was funded through an investment by Garo Kholamian
through the Garo Kholamian Revocable Trust, which received
preferred equity in RF Grocery in exchange for the investment. On
December 17, 2020, RF Grocery redeemed and retired 100% of the
preferred equity for $1,308,000.
Management. The sponsor of our company,
GK Real Estate, is a Barrington, Illinois based real estate
acquisition and development company specializing in the
acquisition, management, and redevelopment of commercial rental
properties. Its management provides years of experience
successfully acquiring, redeveloping and managing commercial rental
properties. Mr. Garo Kholamian is the President and founder of GK
Real Estate. Prior to GK Real Estate, Mr. Kholamian was Senior Vice
President of Development for Homart Development Co., the real
estate development arm of Sears Roebuck. In this position, he was
instrumental in the development of shopping centers across the
United States. See “Directors and Executive
Officers” for more information on Mr. Kholamian and
the seven other individuals responsible for the management of GK
Real Estate.
Advisory Board. GK Real Estate selected
Garo Kholamian and Susan Dewar to be our advisory board members, or
the Advisory Board, for this offering. The Advisory Board advises
GK Real Estate on business and governance decisions, including
decisions on property acquisitions and dispositions, loans, and
corporate governance. GK Real Estate, as the sole manager of the
company, has sole discretion and absolute power in making the
aforementioned decisions.
The Offering. Our company is offering up
to $50,000,000 in the aggregate of its 7% Bonds in six series,
Series A to F. See “Plan of Distribution -
Who May Invest” for further information. We commenced
the sale of the Bonds on January 28, 2020. As of the date of this
Offering Circular, we have sold $5,663,079 of Bonds in the
offering. Until closing occurs and thereafter prior to each
additional closing, the proceeds received in the offering will be
kept in an escrow account held by UMB Bank as escrow agent. If the
initial closing does not occur for any reason, the proceeds will be
promptly returned to investors without interest. At each closing
date, the proceeds for such closing will be disbursed to our
company and Bonds relating to such proceeds will be issued to their
respective investors. The offering will continue through the
Offering Termination Date.
The
Bonds will be offered in six series, Series A, Series B, Series C,
Series D, Series E and Series F with the sole difference between
the series being their respective maturity dates. Each series of
Bonds beginning with Series C will be offered for a total of six
months. The Series A and Series B Bonds were previously offered,
and the offerings of those Bonds have concluded. Series A, Series
B, Series C, Series D, Series E and Series F Bonds will mature on
February 28, 2025, August 31, 2025, February 28, 2026, August 31,
2026, February 28, 2027 and August 31, 2027, respectively, and each
series of Bonds will bear interest at a fixed rate of 7% per annum.
Interest on the Bonds will be paid monthly on the 15th day of the
month. The first interest payment on a Bond will be paid on the
15th day of the month following the issuance of such Bond. In
addition, the company is obligated to pay Bondholders a cumulative
non-compounding 1% Deferred Interest Payment on maturity dates of
the Bonds in such series. See “Description of Bonds
– Deferred Interest Payment” for more
information.
We will
conduct closings in this offering at least monthly, on the last day
of the applicable month, assuming there are funds to close, until
the Offering Termination Date. Once a subscription has been
submitted and accepted by our company, an investor will not have
the right to request the return of its subscription payment prior
to the next closing date. If subscriptions are received on or
before a closing date and accepted by our company prior to such
closing, any such subscriptions will be closed on that closing
date. If subscriptions are received on or before a closing date but
not accepted by the Company prior to such closing, any such
subscriptions will be closed on the next closing date. On the
date of each Closing, or a Closing Date, offering proceeds for that
closing will be disbursed to the Company and the respective Bonds
will be issued to investors in the offering, or the Bondholders.
The offering is being made on a best-efforts basis through
JCC.
Issuer
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GK
Investment Property Holdings II, LLC.
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Securities Offered
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Maximum
– $50,000,000, aggregate principal amount of the
Bonds.
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Maturity Date
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Each
Series of Bonds will mature on the respective dates
below:
Series
A Bonds: February 28, 2025
Series
B Bonds: August 31, 2025
Series
C Bonds: February 28, 2026 (offered January 28, 2021 – July
27, 2021)
Series
D Bonds: August 31, 2026 (offered July 28, 2021 – January 27,
2022)
Series
E Bonds: February 28, 2027 (offered January 28, 2022 – July
27, 2022)
Series
F Bonds: August 31, 2027 (offered July 28, 2022 – January 27,
2023)
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Interest Rate
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7% per
annum computed on the basis of a 360-day year.
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Interest Payment Dates
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Commencing
on the 15th of the month
following the issuance of such Bond and continuing
monthly until its Maturity Date.
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Price to Public
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$1,000
per Bond.
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Offering Schedule
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The
Bonds will be offered in six series, Series A, Series B, Series C,
Series D, Series E and Series F, with the sole difference between
the series being their respective maturity dates. Each series of
Bonds will be offered for a total of six months. The Series A and
Series B Bonds were previously offered, and the offerings of those
Bonds have concluded.
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Deferred Interest Payment
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In
addition, the company is obligated to pay Bondholders a cumulative
non-compounding 1% Deferred Interest Payment on maturity dates of
the Bonds in such series. See “Description of Bonds
– Deferred Interest Payment” for more
information.
On
maturity dates of the Bonds in such series, the company is
obligated to pay the Bondholders a cumulative non-compounding
Deferred Interest Payment at a fixed rate of 1% per annum. Deferred
Interest Payments will not be made in the instances of any optional
redemption at the option of the Bondholders, or the Optional
Redemption, or Death and Disability Redemption. See
“Description of Bonds
– Optional Redemption At The Option Of The
Bondholders” and “Description of Bonds
– Death and Disability Redemption” for more
information.
While
our company is required to make the Deferred Interest Payments, we
do not intend to establish a sinking fund to fund such payments.
Therefore, our ability to honor this obligation will be subject to
our ability to generate sufficient cash flow or procure additional
financing in order to fund those payments. If we cannot generate
sufficient cash flow or procure additional financing to honor this
obligation, we may need to liquidate some or all of our
company’s assets to fund the payments, or we may not be able
to fund the payments in their entirety or at all, which shall
constitute an Event of Default. See “Description of
Company’s Securities - Event of Default” for
more information.
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Ranking
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The
Bonds are senior unsecured indebtedness of our company. They
rank equally with our other senior unsecured indebtedness
structurally subordinated to all indebtedness of our subsidiaries.
The Bonds would rank junior to any of our secured indebtedness;
however, we have covenanted not to incur any indebtedness that
would be senior to the Bonds and not to permit our subsidiaries to
incur any indebtedness except for indebtedness secured by a first
position lien on real property acquired by us or one of our
subsidiaries.
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Volume-Weighted Discount
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We are
offering a volume-weighted discount to the Price to the Public, or
the Discount, for certain purchases of Bonds (See “Plan of Distribution
– Volume-Weighted Discount”). The company may
terminate application of Discount at any time in its sole
discretion by filing a supplement to its Offering Circular with the
SEC at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the termination
date of Discount announcing such termination date. If Bonds are
sold at volume-weighted discounts, then selling commissions,
Managing Broker-Dealer Fee, non-accountable marketing and due
diligence expense reimbursements, organizational and offering fee
and amount available for investment will be reduced in proportion
to such Discounts. The Discount is as follows:
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Purchase
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20 – 29
Bonds
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$970
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30 – 39
Bonds
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$960
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40 or more
Bonds
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$950
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Use of Proceeds
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We
estimate that the net proceeds from this offering, after deducting
the estimated offering costs and expenses payable by our company,
will be approximately $44,250,000. This assumes that we sell the
maximum offering amount without the application of the Discount. We
intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to pay down
existing indebtedness and to acquire commercial rental properties
in our target asset class.
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Certain Covenants
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The
Bonds are being issued under an indenture, or the Indenture,
dated as of January 28, 2020, between us and UMB Bank, as the
trustee. The Indenture contains covenants that limit our ability to
incur, or permit our subsidiaries to incur, third party
indebtedness if certain debt to asset value and/or interest
coverage ratios would be exceeded. In addition, our company is not
permitted to incur any indebtedness that would be senior to the
Bonds. None of our direct or indirect subsidiaries is permitted to
incur any indebtedness other than indebtedness secured by a first
position lien on real property. These covenants are subject to a
number of important exceptions, qualifications, limitations and
specialized definitions. See “Description of
Company’s Securities Certain Covenants” in this
Offering Circular. While any of the Bonds remain outstanding,
the company shall commission or otherwise obtain an appraisal of
each Property owned by the company or a subsidiary of the company
to be dated on or before the second anniversary of the acquisition
of such Property, and then on or before each subsequent anniversary
of the prior appraisal. While any of the Bonds remain outstanding,
the sum of the aggregate Property Equity Values plus any cash or
cash equivalents, as defined by GAAP, then held by the company
shall be equal to or exceed seventy percent (70%) of aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Bonds. While any Bonds remain
outstanding, the company shall maintain a Cash Coverage Ratio (as
defined below) equal to at least 120%. The company shall make
monthly reports of its cash and cash equivalents to the Trustee to
ensure compliance.
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Change of Control - Offer to Purchase
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If a
Change of Control Repurchase Event as defined under
“Description of Bonds -
Certain Covenants” in this Offering Circular, occurs,
we must offer to repurchase the Bonds at a repurchase price equal
to (i) $1,020 per Bond if redeemed on or before the third
anniversary of the initial issuance of Bonds of the series being
prepaid; (ii) $1,015 per Bond if redeemed after the third
anniversary and on or before the fourth anniversary of the initial
issuance of Bonds of the series being prepaid; and (iii) $1,010 per
Bond if redeemed after the fourth anniversary of the initial
issuance of Bonds of the series being prepaid, plus, in all cases,
any accrued and unpaid interest on the Bonds to be redeemed up to
but not including the redemption date, including any Deferred
Interest Payment on the Bonds to be redeemed, or the Company
Redemption Price.
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Optional Redemption At The Option Of The Bondholders
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The
Bonds will be redeemable at the election of the Bondholder
beginning on the one-year anniversary of last issuance date of the
series of Bonds held by the Bondholder. Bondholder must provide
written notice to us requesting redemption. We will have 120 days
from the date such notice is provided to redeem the
Bondholder’s Bonds at a price per Bond equal to $850 plus any
accrued but unpaid interest on the Bond due to such Bondholder. Our
obligation to redeem Bonds and the cash available for the Optional
Bond Redemption are subject to certain conditions and limitations.
See “Description of Bonds
– Optional Redemption At The Option Of The
Bondholders” for more information.
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Death and Disability Redemption
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In the
event of death or disability of a Bondholder, Bonds may be
presented to us for repurchase. All or a portion (consisting of at
least 50%), of the Bonds beneficially held by a Bondholder may
be submitted to us for repurchase at any time in accordance with
the procedures outlined by our company. At that time, we may,
subject to the conditions and limitations, repurchase the Bonds
presented for cash to the extent that we have sufficient funds
available. If the repurchase is being made from the original
purchaser of a Bond(s), the repurchase price will equal the price
paid per Bond. The repurchase amount for the Bonds for all other
persons will equal $1,000 per Bond being repurchased. Our
obligation to repurchase Bonds and the cash available for the Death
and Disability Redemption are subject to certain conditions and
limitations. See “Description of Bonds
– Death and Disability Redemption” for more
information.
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Redemption At The Option Of The Company
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The
company has the right to, subject to the company’s sole
discretion, redeem any number or series of Bonds at any time after
their issuance. If the company decides to redeem certain number of
Bonds, we will make an offer to each Bondholder to redeem all or
any part of that Bondholder’s Bonds at the Company Redemption
Price. See “Description of Bonds
–Redemption At The Option Of The Company” for
more information.
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Default
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The
Indenture contains events of default, the occurrence of which
may result in the acceleration of our obligations under the Bonds
in certain circumstances. Events of Default, (as defined herein)
other than payment defaults, are subject to our company’s
right to cure within 120 days of such Event of Default. Our
company has the right to cure any payment default within 30
days before the trustee may declare a default and exercise the
remedies under the indenture. See “Description of
Company’s Securities - Event of Default” for
more information.
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The
Bonds will be evidenced by global bond certificates deposited
with nominee holders. The nominee holders are the Depository Trust
Company, or DTC, or its nominee, Cede & Co., for those
purchasers purchasing through a DTC participant subsequent to the
Bonds gaining DTC eligibility and Direct Transfer LLC, or Direct
Transfer, for those purchasers not purchasing through a DTC
participant. See “Description of
Company’s Securities - Book-Entry, Delivery and
Form” for more information.
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Bond Service Reserve
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Our
company will be required to keep 7% of the gross offering proceeds
from the sale of Bonds in each series in a reserve account with the
trustee for a period of one (1) year following the initial issuance
date of Bonds in such series. Each series of Bonds will have a
separate reserve account which reserve account will be available
solely for the payment of our company’s Bond Service
Obligations relating to the particular series of Bonds. Following
the expiration of one (1) year from the date of initial issuance of
Bonds in a series, the remaining amount in any series reserve
account shall be released to our company if our company is
otherwise in compliance with all terms of the Bonds.
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Denominations
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We will
issue the Bonds only in denominations of $1,000.
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Payment of Principal and Interest
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Principal
and interest on the Bonds will be payable in U.S. dollars or other
legal tender, coin or currency of the United States of
America.
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Future Issuances
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We may,
from time to time, without notice to or consent of the Bondholders,
increase the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds, including
Series A to D, outstanding by issuing additional bonds in the
future with the same terms or series of the Bonds, except for the
issuance date and offering price, and such additional bonds shall
be consolidated with any series of Bonds in this offering, subject
to the sole discretion of the company.
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Liquidity
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This is
a Tier 2, Regulation A offering where the offered securities will
not be listed on a registered national securities exchange upon
qualification. This offering is being conducted pursuant to an
exemption from registration under Regulation A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. We may apply for
these qualified securities to be eligible for quotation on an
alternative trading system or over the counter market, if we
determine that such market is appropriate given the structure of
the Bonds and our company and our business objectives.
There is no guarantee that the Bonds will be publicly listed or
quoted or that a market will develop for them. Please review
carefully “Risk Factors - Investment
Risk” for more information. Additionally, subject to
certain terms and conditions, the Bonds will be redeemable at the
election of the Bondholder. See “Description of Bonds
– Optional Bond Redemption” for more
information.
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Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent
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We have
designated UMB Bank as paying agent for the Bonds and Direct
Transfer LLC as sub-paying agent in respect of Bonds registered to
it. UMB Bank will act as trustee under the Indenture and
registrar for the Bonds. The Bonds are being issued in
book-entry form only, evidenced by global certificates, as such,
payments are being made to DTC, its nominee or to Direct
Transfer.
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Governing Law
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The
Indenture and the Bonds are governed by the laws of the State
of Delaware.
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Material Tax Considerations
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You
should consult your tax advisors concerning the U.S. federal income
tax consequences of owning the Bonds in light of your own specific
situation, as well as consequences arising under the laws of any
other taxing jurisdiction.
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Risk Factors
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An
investment in our Bonds involves certain risks. You should
carefully consider the risks above, as well as the other risks
described under “Risk Factors”
beginning on page 7 of this Offering Circular before making an
investment decision.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This
Offering Circular contains certain forward-looking statements that
are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking
statements are generally identifiable by use of forward-looking
terminology such as “may,” “will,”
“should,” “potential,”
“intend,” “expect,” “outlook,”
“seek,” “anticipate,”
“estimate,” “approximately,”
“believe,” “could,” “project,”
“predict,” or other similar words or expressions.
Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions,
discuss future expectations, describe future plans and strategies,
contain financial and operating projections or state other
forward-looking information. Our ability to predict results or the
actual effect of future events, actions, plans or strategies is
inherently uncertain. Although we believe that the expectations
reflected in our forward-looking statements are based on reasonable
assumptions, our actual results and performance could differ
materially from those set forth or anticipated in our
forward-looking statements. Factors that could have a material
adverse effect on our forward-looking statements and upon our
business, results of operations, financial condition, funds derived
from operations, cash flows, liquidity and prospects include, but
are not limited to, the factors referenced in this Offering
Circular, including those set forth below.
When
considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the
risk factors and other cautionary statements in this Offering
Circular. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any
of these forward-looking statements, which reflect our views as of
the date of this Offering Circular. The matters summarized below
and elsewhere in this Offering Circular could cause our actual
results and performance to differ materially from those set forth
or anticipated in forward-looking statements. Accordingly, we
cannot guarantee future results or performance. Furthermore, except
as required by law, we are under no duty to, and we do not intend
to, update any of our forward-looking statements after the date of
this Offering Circular, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
An investment in our Bonds is highly speculative and is suitable
only for persons or entities that are able to evaluate the risks of
the investment. An investment in our Bonds should be made only by
persons or entities able to bear the risk of and to withstand the
total loss of their investment. Prospective investors should
consider the following risks before making a decision to purchase
our Bonds. To the best of our knowledge, we have included all
material risks to investors in this section.
Risks Related to the Offering
The Bonds are unsecured obligations of our company and not
obligations of our subsidiaries and are structurally subordinated
to any future obligations of our company’s subsidiaries.
Structural subordination increases the risk that we will be unable
to meet our obligations on the Bonds.
The
Bonds are unsecured obligations of our company and rank equally in
right of payment with all of our company’s other unsecured
indebtedness and senior in right of payment to any of our
company’s future obligations that are by their terms
expressly subordinated or junior in right of payment to the Bonds.
The Bonds are not secured. However, we have covenanted not to incur
any indebtedness that would be senior to the Bonds and not to
permit our subsidiaries to incur any indebtedness except for
indebtedness secured by a first position lien on real property
acquired by us or one of our subsidiaries.
The
Bonds are obligations exclusively of our company and not of any of
its subsidiaries. None of our company’s subsidiaries is a
guarantor of the Bonds and the Bonds are not required to be
guaranteed by any subsidiaries our company may acquire or create in
the future. The Bonds are also effectively subordinated to all of
the liabilities of our company’s subsidiaries, to the extent
of their assets, since they are separate and distinct legal
entities with no obligation to pay any amounts due under our
company’s indebtedness, including the Bonds, or to make any
funds available to make payments on the Bonds. Our company’s
right to receive any assets of any subsidiary in the event of a
bankruptcy or liquidation of the subsidiary, and therefore the
right of our company’s creditors to participate in those
assets, will be effectively subordinated to the claims of that
subsidiary’s creditors, including trade creditors, in each
case to the extent that our company is not recognized as a creditor
of such subsidiary. In addition, even where our company is
recognized as a creditor of a subsidiary, our company’s
rights as a creditor with respect to certain amounts will be
subordinated to other indebtedness of that subsidiary, including
secured indebtedness to the extent of the assets securing such
indebtedness.
Our covenants require only a 70% real property equity, in addition
to our cash on hand, to principal ratio; if we default on the
Bonds, the proceeds from liquidation upon sale of our assets may
not be sufficient to repay the aggregate principal amount of the
Bonds.
One of
our trustee’s and Bondholders’ principal remedies in
the event of a default is to force the sale of the rental
properties we acquire. Under the Indenture we must maintain, in
addition to our cash on hand, a ratio of 70% equity to the
principal amount of outstanding Bonds, subject to our right to cure
any deficiency within one hundred twenty (120) days of the
occurrence of such deficiency. See “Description of Bonds -
Event of Default” for more information. Because the
amount of real property equity we are required to maintain, in
addition to our cash on hand, may not cover the full principal
amount of the Bonds, if we default on the Bonds, the proceeds from
liquidation upon sale of our assets may not be sufficient to fully
repay the outstanding Bondholders.
Subject to specified limitations in the Indenture, the Bonds do not
restrict or eliminate our company’s or its
subsidiaries’ ability to incur additional debt or take other
action that could negatively impact holders of the
Bonds.
Subject
to specified limitations in the Indenture and as described under
“Description of Bonds -
Certain Covenants,” the Indenture does not contain any
other provisions that would directly limit our company’s
ability or the ability of its subsidiaries to incur indebtedness,
including unsecured indebtedness that would be senior to the Bonds.
We have covenanted not to incur any indebtedness that would be
senior to the Bonds and not to permit our subsidiaries to incur any
indebtedness except for indebtedness secured by a first position
lien on real property acquired by us or one of our subsidiaries.
Another limitation on our company’s or its
subsidiaries’ ability to take on additional debt is the
requirement to maintain our Equity-Bond Ratio.
Liquidation upon default may be limited by covenants and penalties
in debt documents for senior mortgages secured by the respective
underlying properties.
Our
Bonds are unsecured. If we default on the Bonds, our trustee (or
sufficient Bondholders) will need to rely on liquidation proceeds
upon sales of our assets, including properties and any equity
interest we own, for repayment. We expect that any such properties
may be financed with debt and that the terms of such debt will
require that the ownership interest of such property, directly or
indirectly, cannot change without lender’s consent. If the
ownership changes without lender consent, the respective borrower
under the respective loan will be in default. If either of the
direct or indirect owners of such a property is found to be in
default under any loans, your investment will be adversely
affected. We anticipate using senior secured debt to acquire each
new property we purchase. Often senior lender loans secured by real
property contain prepayment penalties and/or requirements of
defeasance. Any such prepayment penalties or defeasance
requirements may reduce the proceeds of sale of our properties or
may render such a sale prohibitively expensive. This would
materially and adversely affect the repayment of your investment in
the event of a default.
We purchased Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, our sole asset, using
mortgage debt. Due to the prepayment penalties on the mortgage debt
and possible prepayment penalties on future mezzanine debt, we may
be unable to pay down a portion of the indebtedness secured by the
property.
We
purchased Fresh Thyme Farmers Market using $5,190,000 of mortgage
debt, and we expect that in the future we may purchase some
properties by using a mixture of indebtedness including
mortgage debt, mezzanine debt and interim debt. Our company may use
offering proceeds to pay down any future indebtedness including
mortgage debt, mezzanine debt and interim debt. The amounts of
principal and interest of the debts are not practical to predict
now. Additionally, if we repay such indebtedness, we may be
required to pay certain prepayment penalties. If we are required to
pay the prepayment penalty, we may not be able to or may not be
willing to pay off such indebtedness. If we do not pay off such
debt, our debt service obligations may reduce our ability to make
payments on the Bonds.
The cash flow indirectly received from the properties we acquire in
the future will be significantly impacted by the debt burden on the
property.
We may
finance our purchase of properties in the future using various debt
financing. If so, we will be required to make the debt service
payments on each of the loans in the future before making
distributions to Bondholders. The debt burden is not practical to
predict now. As a result, our ability to make payments to
Bondholders when they become due may be adversely affected by the
debt burden in the future.
If we sell substantially less than all of the Bonds we are
offering, our investment objectives may become more difficult to
reach.
While
we believe we will be able to reach our investment objectives
regardless of the amount of the raise, it may be more difficult to
do so if we sell substantially less than all of the Bonds. Such a
result may negatively impact our liquidity and increase our
dependence on higher interest debt to acquire target properties. In
that event, our investment costs will increase, which may decrease
our ability to make payments to Bondholders.
Our trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by the Indenture at the request,
order or direction of any of the Bondholders, pursuant to the
provisions of the Indenture, unless such Bondholders shall have
offered to the trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or
thereby.
The
Indenture provides that in case an Event of Default (as herein
defined) in the Indenture shall occur and not be cured, the trustee
will be required, in the exercise of its power, to use the degree
of care of a reasonable person in the conduct of his own affairs.
Subject to such provisions, the trustee will be under no obligation
to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the
request of any Bondholder, unless the Bondholder has offered to the
trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss,
liability or expense.
Bondholders of later series could be subject to higher risks in
terms of getting their Bond Service Obligations paid and principal
repaid.
We plan
to offer the Bonds in six series, Series A, Series B, Series C,
Series D, Series E and Series F with the sole difference between
the series being their respective maturity dates. Each series of
Bonds beginning with Series C will be offered for a total of six
months. The Series A and Series B Bonds were previously offered,
and the offerings of those Bonds have concluded. Series A, Series
B, Series C, Series D, Series E and Series F Bonds will mature on
February 28, 2025, August 31, 2025, February 28, 2026, August 31,
2026, February 28, 2027 and August 31, 2027, respectively, and each
series of Bonds will bear interest at a fixed rate of 7% per annum.
Since the Bonds in different series have different maturity dates,
in the event that the company does not have sufficient funds to pay
all its Bond Service Obligations and repay all the principal,
Bondholders of later series could be subject to higher risks in
terms of getting their Bond Service Obligations paid and principal
repaid.
The COVID-19 pandemic may adversely affect our
investments in commercial properties and may have a material and
adverse impact on our business.
In
March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the spread of
the COVID-19 virus a global pandemic, and the president of the
United States declared a national state of emergency in the United
States in response to the outbreak. Considerable uncertainty still
surrounds the COVID-19 virus and its potential effects, and the
extent of and effectiveness of any responses taken on a national
and local level, including vaccine administration. However,
measures taken to limit the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,
including social distancing and other restrictions on travel,
congregation and business operation have already resulted in
significant negative short-term economic impacts. The long-term
impact of the pandemic on the U.S. and world economies remains
uncertain but may result in long term infrastructure and supply
chain disruption, as well as dislocation and uncertainty in the
financial markets that could significantly and negatively impact
the global, national and regional economies, the length and breadth
of which cannot currently be predicted.
We
are investing in existing, income-producing, commercial rental real
estate. To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic results in the
continued suspension of business operations in certain states for
various sectors, it will limit business operations of our tenants,
and in turn, their ability to pay rent, which will adversely affect
our investments in commercial properties and may have a material
and adverse impact on our business. Consumer confidence will likely
be adversely affected and consumers will likely remain concerned
regarding the spread of the virus even after the end of
restrictions on business activities, resulting in longer term
disruptions to the operations of our tenants. Further, an extended
financial downturn could limit our ability to renew expiring leases
and to sign new leases, further impacting our properties.
Additionally, extended national or regional quarantines and social
distancing policies may make it more difficult to manage our
properties, further affecting our investments in those properties.
A significant reduction in the ability of our tenants to pay rents
and our ability to lease or renew leases on our properties will
materially and adversely affect our revenues and our ability to
make payments of interest and principal to our
bondholders.
Investment
Risks
The Bonds will have limited transferability and
liquidity.
There
is no active market for the Bonds. Although we may apply for
quotation of the Bonds on an alternative trading system or over the
counter market, even if we obtain that quotation, we do not know
the extent to which investor interest will lead to the development
and maintenance of a liquid trading market. Further, the Bonds will
not be quoted on an alternative trading system or over the
counter market until after the termination of this offering,
if at all. Therefore, investors will be required to wait until at
least after the final termination date of this offering for such
quotation. The initial public offering price for the Bonds has been
determined by us. You may not be able to sell the Bonds you
purchase at or above the initial offering price.
Alternative trading
systems and over the counter markets, as with other public
markets, may from time to time experience significant price
and volume fluctuations. As a result, the market price of the Bonds
may be similarly volatile, and Bondholders may from time to time
experience a decrease in the value of their Bonds, including
decreases unrelated to our operating performance or prospects. The
price of the Bonds could be subject to wide fluctuations in
response to a number of factors, including those listed in this
“Risk
Factors” section of this Offering
Circular.
No
assurance can be given that the market price of the Bonds will not
fluctuate or decline significantly in the future or that
Bondholders will be able to sell their Bonds when desired on
favorable terms, or at all. Further, the sale of the Bonds may have
adverse federal income tax consequences.
We have no prior operating history which may make it difficult for
you to evaluate this investment.
We have
no prior operating history and may not be able to successfully
operate our business or achieve our investment objectives. We may
not be able to conduct our business as described in our plan of
operation.
You will not have the opportunity to evaluate our investments
before we make them and we may make real estate investments that
would have changed your decision as to whether to invest in our
Bonds.
As of
the date of this offering circular, we own one property, Fresh
Thyme Farmers Market. We are not able to provide you with
information to evaluate our future investments prior to
acquisition. We will seek to invest substantially all of the
offering proceeds available for investment, after the payment of
fees and expenses, in the acquisition of real estate and real
estate related investments. We have established criteria for
evaluating potential investments. See “Investment Policies of
Company” for more information. However, you will be
unable to evaluate the transaction terms, location, and financial
or operational data concerning the investments before we invest in
them. You will have no opportunity to evaluate the terms of
transactions or other economic or financial data concerning our
investments prior to our investment. You will be relying entirely
on the ability of GK Real Estate and its management team to
identify suitable investments and propose transactions for GK Real
Estate, our sole manager, to oversee and approve. These factors
increase the risk that we may not generate the returns that you
seek by investing in our Bonds.
The inability to retain or obtain key personnel, property managers
and leasing agents could delay or hinder implementation of our
investment strategies, which could impair our ability to honor our
obligations under the terms of Bonds and could reduce the value of
your investment.
Our
success depends to a significant degree upon the contributions of
GK Real Estate’s management team. We do not have employment
agreements with any of these individuals nor do we currently have
key man life insurance on any of these individuals. If any of them
were to cease their affiliation with us or GK Real Estate, GK Real
Estate may be unable to find suitable replacements, and our
operating results could suffer. We believe that our future success
depends, in large part, upon GK Real Estate’s property
managers’ and leasing agents’ ability to hire and
retain highly skilled managerial, operational and marketing
personnel. Competition for highly skilled personnel is intense, and
GK Real Estate and any property managers we retain may be
unsuccessful in attracting and retaining such skilled personnel. If
we lose or are unable to obtain the services of highly skilled
personnel, property managers or leasing agents, our ability to
implement our investment strategies could be delayed or hindered,
and our ability to pay our Bond Service Obligations and repay
principal may be materially and adversely affected.
We rely on JCC Advisors, LLC to sell our Bonds pursuant to this
offering. If JCC Advisors, LLC is not able to market our Bonds
effectively, we may be unable to raise sufficient proceeds to meet
our business objectives.
We have
engaged JCC Advisors, LLC to act as our Managing Broker-Dealer for
this offering, and we rely on JCC Advisors, LLC to use its best
efforts to sell the Bonds offered hereby. It would also be
challenging and disruptive to locate an alternative Managing
Broker-Dealer for this offering. Without improved capital raising,
our portfolio will be smaller relative to our general and
administrative costs and less diversified than it otherwise would
be, which could adversely affect the value of your investment in
us.
Under certain circumstances, subject to our sole discretion, we may
redeem the Bonds before maturity, and you may be unable to reinvest
the proceeds at the same or a higher rate of return.
We may
redeem all or a portion of the Bonds at any time upon occurrence of
Change of Control Repurchase Event or by redemption at the option
of the company. See “Description of Bonds
–Redemption At The Option Of The Company” and
“Description of Bonds -
Certain Covenants” for more information. While we are
required to pay certain prepayment premiums on or prior to the
third anniversary of the initial issuance date of Bonds in such
series, if redemption occurs, you may be unable to reinvest the
money you receive in the redemption at a rate that is equal to or
higher than the rate of return on the Bonds.
There is no guarantee that a Bondholder will receive a Deferred
Interest Payment.
On
maturity dates of the Bonds in such series, the company is
obligated to pay the Bondholders a cumulative non-compounding
Deferred Interest Payment at a fixed rate of 1% per annum. Deferred
Interest Payments will not be made in the instances of any Optional
Redemption or Death and Disability Redemption. See
“Description of Bonds
– Optional Redemption At The Option Of The
Bondholders” and “Description of Bonds
– Death and Disability Redemption” for more
information.
While
our company is required to make the Deferred Interest Payments, we
do not intend to establish a sinking fund to fund such payments.
Therefore, our ability to honor this obligation will be subject to
our ability to generate sufficient cash flow or procure additional
financing in order to fund those payments. If we cannot generate
sufficient cash flow or procure additional financing to honor this
obligation, we may need to liquidate some or all of our
company’s assets to fund the payments, or we may not be able
to fund the payments in their entirety or at all, which shall
constitute an Event of Default. See “Description of
Company’s Securities - Event of Default” for
more information.
Risks Related to This Offering and Our Corporate
Structure
Because we are dependent upon GK Real Estate and its affiliates to
conduct our operations, any adverse changes in the financial health
of GK Real Estate or its affiliates or our relationship with them
could hinder our operating performance and our ability to meet our
financial obligations.
We are
dependent on GK Real Estate and its affiliates to manage our
operations and acquire and manage our future portfolio of real
estate assets. Our sole manager, GK Real Estate makes all decisions
with respect to the management of our company. GK Real Estate
depends upon the fees and other compensation that it receives from
us in connection with the purchase, management and sale of our
properties to conduct its operations. Any adverse changes in the
financial condition of GK Real Estate or our relationship with GK
Real Estate could hinder its ability to successfully manage our
operations and our portfolio of investments.
You will have no control over changes in our policies and
day-to-day operations, which lack of control increases the
uncertainty and risks you face as an investor in our Bonds. In
addition, our sole manager and sponsor, GK Real Estate, may change
our major operational policies without your approval.
Our
sole manager and sponsor, GK Real Estate determines our major
policies, including our policies regarding financing, growth, debt
capitalization, and distributions. GK Real Estate may amend or
revise these and other policies without your approval. As a
Bondholder, you will have no rights under the limited liability
company agreement of our company, or our Operating Agreement. See
“General
Information as to Our Company - Operating Agreement”
herein for a detailed summary of our Operating
Agreement.
GK Real
Estate is responsible for the day-to-day operations of our company
and the selection and management of investments and has broad
discretion over the use of proceeds from this offering.
Accordingly, you should not purchase our Bonds unless you are
willing to entrust all aspects of the day-to-day management and the
selection and management of investments to GK Real Estate.
Specifically, GK Real Estate is controlled by Mr. Garo Kholamian as
sole stockholder and sole director, and as a result, he will be
able to exert significant control over our operations. Our
company has no board of managers and Mr. Kholamian has exclusive
control over the operations of GK Development, Inc. dba GK Real
Estate and our company, as our manager. As a result, we are
dependent on Mr. Kholamian rather than a group of managers to
properly choose investments and manage our company. In addition, GK
Real Estate may retain independent contractors to provide various
services for our company, and you should note that such contractors
will have no fiduciary duty to you or the other Bondholders and may
not perform as expected or desired.
Bondholders will have no right to remove our manager or otherwise
change our management, even if we are underperforming and not
attaining our investment objectives.
Only
the members of our company have the right to remove our manager,
and only if our manager has made a decision to file a voluntary
petition or otherwise initiate proceedings to have it adjudicated
insolvent, or to seek an order for relief as debtor under the
United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 101
et seq.); to file any
petition seeking any composition, reorganization, readjustment,
liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under the present or any
future federal bankruptcy laws or any other present or future
applicable federal, state or other statute or law relative to
bankruptcy, insolvency, or other relief for debtors; to seek the
appointment of any trustee, receiver, conservator, assignee,
sequestrator, custodian, liquidator (or other similar official) of
our company or of all or any substantial part of the assets of our
company, to make any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors of our company, to admit in writing the inability of our
company to pay its debts generally as they become due, or to
declare or effect a moratorium on our company’s debt or to
take any action in furtherance of any of the above proscribed
actions. Bondholders will have no rights in the management of our
company. As an investor in this offering, you will have no ability
to remove our manager.
Our manager and its executive officers will have limited
liability for, and will be indemnified and held harmless from, the
losses of our company.
GK Real
Estate, our manager and its executive officers and their agents and
assigns, will not be liable for, and will be indemnified and held
harmless (to the extent of our company’s assets) from
any loss or damage incurred by them, our company or the
members in connection with the business of our company resulting
from any act or omission performed or omitted in good faith, which
does not constitute fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence or
breach of fiduciary duty. A successful claim for such
indemnification could deplete our company’s assets by the
amount paid. See
“General
Information as to Our Company - Operating Agreement -
Indemnification” below for a detailed summary of the
terms of our Operating Agreement. Our Operating Agreement is filed
as an exhibit to the Offering Statement of which this Offering
Circular is a part.
If we sell substantially less than all of the Bonds we are
offering, the costs we incur to comply with the rules of the SEC
regarding financial reporting and other fixed costs will be a
larger percentage of our net income and may reduce the return on
your investment.
We
expect to incur significant costs in maintaining compliance with
the financial reporting for a Tier II Regulation A issuer and that
our management will spend a significant amount of time assessing
the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.
We do not anticipate that these costs or the amount of time our
management will be required to spend will be significantly less if
we sell substantially less than all of the Bonds we are
offering.
Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest
Our sole manager, its executive officers and their affiliates face
conflicts of interest relating to the purchase and leasing of
properties, and such conflicts may not be resolved in our favor,
which could limit our investment opportunities, impair our ability
to make distributions and reduce the value of your
investment.
We rely
on GK Real Estate to identify suitable investment opportunities. We
may be buying properties at the same time as other entities that
are affiliated with or sponsored by GK Real Estate. Other programs
sponsored by GK Real Estate or its affiliates also rely on GK Real
Estate, its executive officers and their affiliates for investment
opportunities. GK Real Estate has sponsored privately and publicly
offered real estate programs and may in the future sponsor
privately and publicly offered real estate programs that have
investment objectives similar to ours. Therefore, GK Real Estate
and its affiliates could be subject to conflicts of interest
between our company and other real estate programs. Many investment
opportunities would be suitable for us as well as other programs.
GK Real Estate could direct attractive investment opportunities or
tenants to other entities. Such events could result in our
investing in properties that provide less attractive returns or
getting less attractive tenants, impairing our ability to honor our
obligations under the terms of the Bonds and the value of your
investment. See “Selection, Retention and
Custody of Company’s Investments” and
“Policies
with Respect to Certain Transactions” for more
information.
Payment of fees to GK Real Estate and its affiliates will reduce
cash available for investment and payment of our Bond Service
Obligations.
GK Real
Estate and its affiliates perform services for us in connection
with the selection and acquisition of our properties and other
investments, and possibly the development, management and leasing
of our properties. They are paid fees for these services, which
reduces the amount of cash available for investment and for payment
of our Bond Service Obligations. Although customary in the
industry, the fees to be paid to GK Real Estate and its affiliates
were not determined on an arm’s-length basis. We cannot
assure you that a third party unaffiliated with GK Real Estate
would not be willing to provide such services to us at a lower
price. If the maximum offering amount is raised, without the
application of any Discount we estimate that 2.58% of the gross
proceeds of this offering will be paid to GK Real Estate, its
affiliates and third parties for upfront fees and expenses
associated with the offer and sale of the Bonds. The expenses we
actually incur in connection with the offer and sale of the Bonds,
excluding acquisition and origination fees and expenses, may exceed
the amount we expect to incur. In addition to this, GK Real Estate
will receive a 2% acquisition fee based on the purchase price of
assets acquired from nonaffiliated, third party sellers, a 2%
financing fee based on the amount of debt raised to acquire new
assets or refinance existing assets, exclusive of any lender fees,
an asset management fee equal to 1% of the appraisal value of real
properties acquired by the company or its subsidiaries or pro rata
portion of such value if a company subsidiary is not wholly-owned,
and a 2% disposition fee based on the sales price of assets sold,
exclusive of any brokerage fees. See “Selection, Retention and
Custody of Company’s Investments” and
“Policies
with Respect to Certain Transactions” for more
information.
GK Real Estate will receive certain fees regardless of the
performance of our company or an investment in the
Bonds.
GK Real
Estate will receive an acquisition fee equal to 2% of the purchase
price of each acquired asset from non-affiliated, third party
sellers, an asset management fee equal to 1% of the appraisal value
of real properties acquired by the company or its subsidiaries or
pro rata portion of such value if a company subsidiary is not
wholly-owned, and a financing fee equal to 2% of the amount of debt
raised to acquire new assets or refinance existing assets of our
company. These fees will be paid regardless of our company’s
success and the performance of the Bonds.
GK Real Estate, as our manager, may increase the fees payable to it
and/or its affiliates with the consent of a majority of the
Bonds.
GK Real
Estate will have the power to contractually bind our company as its
manager. As a result, GK Real Estate may agree to increase the fees
payable to it and/or its affiliates with the consent of a majority
of the Bonds. For this purpose, a Bondholder will be deemed to have
consented with respect to its Bonds if the Bondholder has not
objected in writing within five (5) calendar days after the receipt
of the consent request. As a result, GK Real Estate may increase
fees paid to it or its affiliates without the affirmative consent
of the Bondholders.
GK Real Estate and its affiliates, including our officers, face
conflicts of interest caused by compensation arrangements with us
and other programs sponsored by affiliates of GK Real Estate, which
could result in actions that are not in the long-term, best
interests of our Bondholders.
GK Real
Estate and its affiliates receive fees from us. These fees could
influence GK Real Estate’s advice to us, as well as the
judgment of the affiliates of GK Real Estate who serve as our
officers. Among other matters, the compensation arrangements could
affect their judgment with respect to property acquisitions from,
or the making of investments in, other programs sponsored by GK
Real Estate, which might entitle affiliates of GK Real Estate to
disposition fees and other possible fees in connection with its
services for the seller. See “Selection, Retention and
Custody of Company’s Investments” and
“Policies
with Respect to Certain Transactions” for more
information.
Considerations
relating to their compensation from other programs could result in
decisions that are not in the best interests of our Bondholders,
which could hurt our ability to perform our obligations due under
the Bonds or result in a decline in the value of your
investment.
If the competing demands for the time of GK Real Estate, its
affiliates and our officers result in them spending insufficient
time on our business, we may miss investment opportunities or have
less efficient operations, which could reduce our profitability and
impair our ability to honor our obligations under the
Bonds.
We do
not have any employees. We rely on the employees of GK Real Estate
and its affiliates for the day-to-day operation of our business.
The amount of time that GK Real Estate and its affiliates spend on
our business will vary from time to time and is expected to be
greater while we are raising money and acquiring properties. GK
Real Estate and its affiliates, including our officers, have
interests in other programs and engage in other business
activities. As a result, they will have conflicts of interest in
allocating their time between us and other programs and activities
in which they are involved. Because these persons have competing
interests on their time and resources, they may have conflicts of
interest in allocating their time between our business and these
other activities. During times of intense activity in other
programs and ventures, they may devote less time and fewer
resources to our business than are necessary or appropriate to
manage our business. We expect that as our real estate activities
expand, GK Real Estate will attempt to hire additional employees
who would devote substantially all of their time to our business.
There is no assurance that GK Real Estate will devote adequate time
to our business. If GK Real Estate suffers or is distracted by
adverse financial or operational problems in connection with its
operations unrelated to us, it may allocate less time and resources
to our operations. If any of these things occur, our ability to
honor obligations under the Bonds may be adversely
affected.
We may procure future financing from affiliates of our manager in
the form of debt or preferred equity, and nothing restricts us from
doing so.
We may
procure future financing from affiliates of our manager in the form
of debt or preferred equity, and we may use offering proceeds to
repay future debt financing or return preferred equity
contributions from affiliates of our manager. There is nothing
restricting us from receiving future debt or preferred equity
financing from affiliates of our manager to make future
investments. We funded a portion of the purchase price of Fresh
Thyme Farmers Market through an
investment by the Garo Kholamian Revocable Trust, an affiliate of
our manager, which received preferred equity in RF Grocery.
We believe the terms of any future loans from or preferred equity
investments by an affiliate of our manager will be fair and at
reasonable market terms for such loans or preferred equity
investments. However, we cannot assure you that a third party
unaffiliated with GK Real Estate would not be willing to provide
current loan financing on better terms.
Risks Related to Investments in Commercial Rental Real
Estate
Our operating results may be affected by economic conditions that
have an adverse impact on the commercial real estate market in
general and may cause us to be unable to realize appreciation in
the value of our commercial real estate properties.
Our
operating results are subject to risks generally associated with
the ownership of commercial real estate, including, but not limited
to changes in general economic conditions, changes in interest
rates and the availability of mortgage funds that may make the sale
a of commercial real estate difficult. Although we intend to hold
the commercial real estate and related investments we expect to own
until such a time as our sole manager, GK Real Estate, determines
that a sale or other disposition appears to be advantageous to our
overall investment objectives; we cannot predict the various market
conditions affecting commercial real estate investments that will
exist at any particular time in the future. Because of this
uncertainty, we cannot assure you that we will realize any
appreciation in the value of the commercial real estate properties
we expect to own.
Competition from other commercial rental properties for tenants
could reduce our profitability and impair our ability to honor our
obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
The
commercial rental property industry is highly competitive. This
competition could reduce occupancy levels and revenues at the
commercial rental properties we expect to own, which would
adversely affect our operations. We may face competition from many
sources. We may face competition from other commercial rental
properties both in the immediate vicinity and in the larger
geographic market where our commercial rental properties will be
located. Overbuilding of commercial rental properties may occur. If
so, this will increase the number of units available and may
decrease occupancy and rental rates. In addition, increases in
operating costs due to inflation may not be offset by increased
rental rates.
Increased construction of similar properties that may compete with
the commercial rental properties we expect to own, in any
particular location could adversely affect the operating results of
our commercial rental properties and our cash available to honor
our obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
We may
acquire commercial rental properties in locations which experience
increases in construction of properties that compete with our
properties. This increased competition and construction
could:
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commercial rental properties;
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force us to lower our rental prices in order to lease units in our
commercial properties; and/or
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We compete with numerous other parties or entities for commercial
real estate assets and tenants and may not compete
successfully.
We will
compete with numerous other persons or entities engaged in
commercial real estate investment activities, many of which have
greater resources than we do. Some of these investors may enjoy
significant competitive advantages that result from, among other
things, a lower cost of capital and enhanced operating
efficiencies. Our competitors may be willing to offer space at
rates below our rates, causing us to lose existing or potential
tenants.
Many of our investments will be dependent on tenants for revenue,
and lease terminations could reduce our revenues from rents,
resulting in the decline in the value of your
investment.
The
underlying value of the commercial properties we expect to own, and
the ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds
will depend upon the ability of the tenants of our commercial
properties to generate enough income to pay their rents in a timely
manner, and the success of our investments depends upon the
occupancy levels, rental income and operating expenses of our
commercial properties and our company. Tenants’ inability to
timely pay their rents may be impacted by employment and other
constraints on their personal finances, including debts, purchases
and other factors. These and other changes beyond our control may
adversely affect our tenants’ ability to make lease payments.
In the event of a tenant default or bankruptcy, we may experience
delays in enforcing our rights as landlord and may incur costs in
protecting our investment and re-leasing the premises. We may be
unable to re-lease the premises for the rent previously received.
We may be unable to sell a commercial property with low occupancy
without incurring a loss. These events and others could impair our
ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds and
may also cause the value of your investment to
decline.
Our operating results and distributable cash flow depend on our
ability to generate revenue from leasing our commercial properties
to tenants on terms favorable to us.
Our
operating results will depend, in large part, on revenues derived
from leasing space in the commercial properties we expect to own.
We will be subject to the credit risk of our tenants, and to the
extent our tenants default on their leases or fail to make rental
payments we may suffer a decrease in our revenue. In addition, if a
tenant does not pay its rent, we may not be able to enforce our
rights as landlord without delays and we may incur substantial
legal costs. We are also subject to the risk that we will not be
able to lease space in our commercial properties or that, upon the
expiration of leases for space located in our commercial
properties, leases may not be renewed, the space may not be
re-leased or the terms of renewal or re-leasing (including the cost
of required renovations or concessions to customers) may be less
favorable to us than current lease terms. If vacancies continue for
a long period of time, we may suffer reduced revenues which would
impair our ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the
Bonds. In addition, the resale value of the commercial property
could be diminished because the market value of a particular
property will depend principally upon the value of the leases of
such property. Further, costs associated with commercial real
estate investment, such as real estate taxes and maintenance costs,
generally are not reduced when circumstances cause a reduction in
income from the investment. These events would cause a significant
decrease in revenues and could impair our ability to honor our
obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
Costs incurred in complying with governmental laws and regulations
may reduce our net income and the cash available for
distributions.
Our
company and the commercial properties we expect to own are subject
to various federal, state and local laws and regulations relating
to environmental protection and human health and safety. Federal
laws such as the National Environmental Policy Act, the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act as amended by the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act,
the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act and the
Hazard Communication Act and their resolutions and corresponding
state and local counterparts govern such matters as wastewater
discharges, air emissions, the operation and removal of underground
and above-ground storage tanks, the use, storage, treatment,
transportation and disposal of solid and hazardous materials and
the remediation of contamination associated with disposals. The
commercial properties we acquire will be subject to the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990 which generally requires that certain
types of buildings and services be made accessible and available to
people with disabilities. These laws may require us to make
modifications to our properties. Some of these laws and regulations
impose joint and several liability on tenants, owners or operators
for the costs to investigate or remediate contaminated properties,
regardless of fault or whether the acts causing the contamination
were illegal. Compliance with these laws and any new or more
stringent laws or regulations may require us to incur material
expenditures. Future laws, ordinances or regulations may impose
material environmental liability. In addition, there are various
federal, state and local fire, health, life-safety and similar
regulations with which we may be required to comply, and which may
subject us to liability in the form of fines or damages for
noncompliance.
Our
commercial properties may be affected by our tenants’
activities or actions, the existing condition of land when we buy
it, operations in the vicinity of our commercial properties, such
as the presence of underground storage tanks, or activities of
unrelated third parties. The presence of hazardous substances, or
the failure to properly remediate these substances, may make it
difficult or impossible to sell or rent such property. Any material
expenditures, fines, or damages we must pay will impair our ability
to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds and may
reduce the value of your investment.
Any uninsured losses or high insurance premiums will reduce our net
income and the amount of our cash available to honor our
obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
Our
company will attempt to obtain adequate insurance to cover
significant areas of risk to us, as a company, and to the
commercial properties we expect to own. However, there are types of
losses at the property level, generally catastrophic in nature,
such as losses due to wars, acts of terrorism, earthquakes, floods,
hurricanes, pollution or environmental matters, which are
uninsurable or not economically insurable, or may be insured
subject to limitations, such as large deductibles or co-payments.
We may not have adequate coverage for such losses. If any of our
commercial properties incur a casualty loss that is not fully
insured, the value of our assets will be reduced by any such
uninsured loss. In addition, other than any working capital reserve
or other reserves we may establish, we have no source of funding to
repair or reconstruct any uninsured damaged property. Also, to the
extent we must pay unexpectedly large amounts for insurance, we
could suffer reduced earnings that would impair our ability to
honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
As part of otherwise attractive properties, we may acquire some
properties with existing lock out provisions, which may inhibit us
from selling a commercial property, or may require us to maintain
specified debt levels for a period of years on some
properties.
Loan
provisions could materially restrict us from selling or otherwise
disposing of or refinancing commercial properties. These provisions
would affect our ability to turn our investments into cash and thus
affect cash available to honor our obligations under the terms of
the Bonds. Loan provisions may prohibit us from reducing the
outstanding indebtedness with respect to commercial properties,
refinancing such indebtedness on a non-recourse basis at maturity,
or increasing the amount of indebtedness with respect to such
properties.
Loan
provisions could impair our ability to take actions that would
otherwise be in the best interests of the Bondholders and,
therefore, may have an adverse impact on the value of your
investment, relative to the value that would result if the loan
provisions did not exist. In particular, loan provisions could
preclude us from participating in major transactions that could
result in a disposition of our assets or a change in control even
though that disposition or change in control might be in the best
interests of our Bondholders.
If we elect to improve any vacant portions of, or redevelop,
properties we expect to acquire, such actions will expose
us to additional risks beyond those associated with owning and
operating commercial rental properties and could materially and
adversely affect us.
We may
redevelop one or more of the properties we expect to
acquire or improve vacant portions of the properties we expect
to acquire. If we elect to do so, we will be subject to additional
risks and our business may be adversely affect by:
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abandonment of
redevelopment or improvement opportunities after expending
significant cash and other resources to determine feasibility,
requiring us to expense costs incurred in connection with the
abandoned property redevelopment or improvement;
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construction costs
of a property redevelopment or improvement exceeding our original
estimates;
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failure
to complete a property redevelopment or improvement on schedule or
in conformity with building plans and specifications;
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the
lack of available construction financing on favorable terms or at
all;
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the
lack of available permanent financing upon completion of a property
redevelopment or improvement initially financed through
construction loans on favorable terms or at all;
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failure
to obtain, or delays in obtaining, necessary zoning, land use,
building, occupancy and other required governmental permits and
authorizations;
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liability for
injuries and accidents occurring during the construction process
and for environmental liabilities, including those that may result
from off-site disposal of construction materials;
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our
inability to comply with any build-to-suit tenant’s
procurement standards and processes in place from time to time;
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circumstances
beyond our control, including: work stoppages, labor disputes,
shortages of qualified trades people, such as carpenters, roofers,
electricians and plumbers, changes in laws relating to union
organizing activity, lack of adequate utility infrastructure and
services, our reliance on local subcontractors, who may not be
adequately capitalized or insured, and shortages, delay in
availability, or fluctuations in prices of, building
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Any of
these circumstances could give rise to delays in the start or
completion of, or could increase the cost of, redeveloping or
improving one or more of the properties we expect to acquire. We
cannot assure you that we will be able to recover any increased
costs by raising our lease rates. Additionally, due to the amount
of time required for planning, constructing and leasing of
redevelopment properties, we may not realize a significant cash
return for several years. Furthermore, any of these circumstances
could hinder our growth and materially and adversely affect us. In
addition, new redevelopment or improvement activities, regardless
of whether or not they are ultimately successful, typically require
substantial time and attention from management.
General Risks Related to Real Estate-Related
Investments
If we make or invest in mortgage loans as part of our plan to
acquire the underlying property, our mortgage loans may be affected
by unfavorable real estate market conditions, including interest
rate fluctuations, which could decrease the value of those loans
and the return on your investment.
If we
make or invest in mortgage loans, we will be at risk of defaults by
the borrowers on those mortgage loans as well as interest rate
risks. To the extent we incur delays in liquidating such defaulted
mortgage loans; we may not be able to obtain sufficient proceeds to
repay all amounts due to us under the mortgage loan. Further, we
will not know whether the values of the properties securing the
mortgage loans will remain at the levels existing on the dates of
origination of those mortgage loans. If the values of the
underlying properties fall, our risk will increase because of the
lower value of the security associated with such
loans.
Investments in real estate-related securities will be subject to
specific risks relating to the particular issuer of the securities
and may be subject to the general risks of investing in
subordinated real estate securities, which may result in losses to
us.
We may
invest in real estate related securities of both publicly traded
and private real estate companies. Issuers of real estate related
equity securities generally invest in real estate or real estate
related assets and are subject to the inherent risks associated
with real estate related investments discussed in this Offering
Circular, including risks relating to rising interest
rates.
Real
estate-related securities are often unsecured and also may be
subordinated to other obligations of the issuer. As a result,
investments in real estate-related securities are subject to risks
of: (1) limited liquidity in the secondary trading market in
the case of unlisted or thinly traded securities;
(2) subordination to the prior claims of banks and other
senior lenders to the issuer; (3) the operation of mandatory
sinking fund or call/redemption provisions during periods of
declining interest rates that could cause the issuer to reinvest
redemption proceeds in lower yielding assets; (4) the
possibility that earnings of the issuer may be insufficient to meet
its debt service and distribution obligations and (5) the
declining creditworthiness and potential for insolvency of the
issuer during periods of rising interest rates and economic
slowdown or downturn. These risks may adversely affect the value of
outstanding real estate-related securities and the ability of the
issuers thereof to repay principal and interest or make
distribution payments.
Investments in real estate-related securities may be illiquid, and
we may not be able to adjust our portfolio in response to changes
in economic and other conditions.
If we
invest in certain real estate-related securities that we may
purchase in connection with privately negotiated transactions, they
will not be registered under the relevant securities laws,
resulting in a prohibition against their transfer, sale, pledge or
other disposition except in a transaction that is exempt from the
registration requirements of, or is otherwise in accordance with,
those laws. As a result, our ability to vary our long-term
stabilized portfolio in response to changes in economic and other
conditions may be relatively limited. The subordinated and bridge
loans we may purchase will be particularly illiquid investments due
to their short life. Moreover, in the event of a borrower’s
default on an illiquid real estate security, the unsuitability for
securitization and potential lack of recovery of our investment
could pose serious risks of loss to our investment
portfolio.
Delays in restructuring or liquidating non-performing real
estate-related securities could reduce our ability to honor our
obligations under the Bonds.
If we
invest in real estate-related securities, they may become
non-performing after acquisition for a wide variety of reasons.
Such non-performing real estate investments may require a
substantial amount of workout negotiations and/or restructuring,
which may entail, among other things, a substantial reduction in
the interest rate and a substantial write down of such loan or
asset. However, even if a restructuring is successfully
accomplished, upon maturity of such real estate security,
replacement “takeout” financing may not be available.
We may find it necessary or desirable to foreclose on some of the
collateral securing one or more of our investments. Intercreditor
provisions may substantially interfere with our ability to do so.
Even if foreclosure is an option, the foreclosure process can be
lengthy and expensive. Borrowers often resist foreclosure actions
by asserting numerous claims, counterclaims and defenses,
including, without limitation, lender liability claims and
defenses, in an effort to prolong the foreclosure action. In some
states, foreclosure actions can take up to several years or more to
litigate. At any time during the foreclosure proceedings, the
borrower may file for bankruptcy, which would have the effect of
staying the foreclosure action and further delaying the foreclosure
process. Foreclosure litigation tends to create a negative public
image of the collateral property and may result in disrupting
ongoing leasing and management of the property. Foreclosure actions
by senior lenders may substantially affect the amount that we may
receive from an investment.
Your investment return may be reduced if we are required to
register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act;
if we are subject to registration under the Investment Company Act,
we will not be able to continue our business.
Neither
we, nor any of our subsidiaries intend to register as an investment
company under the Investment Company Act. We expect that our
subsidiaries’ investments in real estate will represent the
substantial majority of our total asset mix, which would not
subject us to the Investment Company Act. In order to maintain an
exemption from regulation under the Investment Company Act, we
intend to engage, through our wholly-owned and majority-owned
subsidiaries, primarily in the business of buying real estate, and
these investments must be made within a year after this offering
ends. If we are unable to invest a significant portion of the
proceeds of this offering in properties within one year of the
termination of this offering, we may avoid being required to
register as an investment company by temporarily investing any
unused proceeds in government securities with low returns, which
would reduce the cash available for fulfilling our obligations
under the Bonds.
We
expect that most of our assets will be held through wholly-owned or
majority-owned subsidiaries of our company. We expect that most of
these subsidiaries will be outside the definition of investment
company under Section 3(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act as
they are generally expected to hold at least 60% of their assets in
real property or in entities that they manage or co-manage that own
real property. Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company
Act defines an investment company as any issuer that is or holds
itself out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing,
reinvesting or trading in securities. Section 3(a)(1)(C) of
the Investment Company Act defines an investment company as any
issuer that is engaged or proposes to engage in the business of
investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities
and owns or proposes to acquire investment securities having a
value exceeding 40% of the value of the issuer’s total assets
(exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an
unconsolidated basis, which we refer to as the 40% test. Excluded
from the term “investment securities,” among other
things, are U.S. government securities and securities issued by
majority-owned subsidiaries that are not themselves investment
companies and are not relying on the exception from the definition
of investment company set forth in Section 3(c)(1) or
Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act. We believe that
we, and our subsidiaries, will not fall within either
definition of investment company as we intend to invest primarily
in real property, through our wholly-owned or majority-owned
subsidiaries, the majority of which we expect to have at least 60%
of their assets in real property or in entities that they manage or
co-manage that own real property. As these subsidiaries would be
investing either solely or primarily in real property, they would
be outside of the definition of “investment company”
under Section 3(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act. We are
organized as a holding company that conducts its businesses
primarily through its subsidiaries. Both we and our operating
partnership intend to conduct our operations so that they comply
with the 40% test. We will monitor our holdings to ensure
continuing and ongoing compliance with this test. In addition, we
believe that neither we nor our subsidiaries will be considered an
investment company under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act
because neither we nor the operating partnership will engage
primarily or hold itself out as being engaged primarily in the
business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities.
Rather, through wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries, we
will be primarily engaged in the non-investment company businesses
of these subsidiaries.
In the
event that the value of investment securities held by the
subsidiaries of our company were to exceed 40%, we expect our
subsidiaries to be able to rely on the exclusion from the
definition of “investment company” provided by
Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act.
Section 3(c)(5)(C), as interpreted by the staff of the SEC,
requires each of our subsidiaries relying on this exception to
invest at least 55% of its portfolio in “mortgage and other
liens on and interests in real estate,” which we refer to as
“qualifying real estate assets” and maintain at least
80% of its assets in qualifying real estate assets or other real
estate-related assets. The remaining 20% of the portfolio can
consist of miscellaneous assets. What we buy and sell is therefore
limited to these criteria. How we determine to classify our assets
for purposes of the Investment Company Act will be based in large
measure upon no action letters issued by the SEC staff in the past
and other SEC interpretive guidance. These no action positions were
issued in accordance with factual situations that may be
substantially different from the factual situations we may face,
and a number of these no-action positions were issued more than ten
years ago. Pursuant to this guidance, and depending on the
characteristics of the specific investments, certain mortgage
loans, participations in mortgage loans, mortgage-backed
securities, mezzanine loans, joint venture investments and the
equity securities of other entities may not constitute qualifying
real estate assets and therefore investments in these types of
assets may be limited. No assurance can be given that the SEC will
concur with our classification of our assets. Future revisions to
the Investment Company Act or further guidance from the SEC may
cause us to lose our exclusion from registration or force us to
re-evaluate our portfolio and our investment strategy. Such changes
may prevent us from operating our business
successfully.
In the
event that we, or our subsidiaries, were to acquire assets that
could make either our company or the respective subsidiary fall
within the definition of investment company under
Section 3(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act, we believe that
we would still qualify for an exclusion from registration pursuant
to Section 3(c)(6). Section 3(c)(6) excludes from the
definition of investment company any company primarily engaged,
directly or through majority-owned subsidiaries, in one or more of
certain specified businesses. These specified businesses include
the business described in Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment
Company Act. It also excludes from the definition of investment
company any company primarily engaged, directly or through
majority-owned subsidiaries, in one or more of such specified
businesses from which at least 25% of such company’s gross
income during its last fiscal year is derived, together with any
additional business or businesses other than investing,
reinvesting, owning, holding, or trading in securities. Although
the SEC staff has issued little interpretive guidance with respect
to Section 3(c)(6), we believe that we and subsidiaries may
rely on Section 3(c)(6) if 55% of the assets of our operating
partnership consist of, and at least 55% of the income of our
subsidiaries is derived from, qualifying real estate assets owned
by wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries of our operating
partnership.
To
ensure that neither we, nor our subsidiaries, are required to
register as an investment company, each entity may be unable to
sell assets they would otherwise want to sell and may need to sell
assets they would otherwise wish to retain. In addition, we or our
subsidiaries may be required to acquire additional income or
loss-generating assets that we might not otherwise acquire or
forego opportunities to acquire interests in companies that we
would otherwise want to acquire. Although we and our subsidiaries
intend to monitor our portfolio periodically and prior to each
acquisition or disposition, any of these entities may not be able
to maintain an exclusion from registration as an investment
company. If we or our subsidiaries are required to register as an
investment company but fail to do so, the unregistered entity would
be prohibited from engaging in our business, and criminal and civil
actions could be brought against such entity. In addition, the
contracts of such entity would be unenforceable unless a court
required enforcement, and a court could appoint a receiver to take
control of the entity and liquidate its business.
Risks Associated with Debt Financing
We use debt financing to acquire properties and otherwise incur
other indebtedness, which increases our expenses and could subject
us to the risk of losing properties in foreclosure if our cash flow
is insufficient to make loan payments.
We are
permitted to acquire real properties and other real estate-related
investments including entity acquisitions by assuming either
existing financing secured by the asset or by borrowing new funds.
In addition, we may incur or increase our mortgage debt, if any, by
obtaining loans secured by some or all of our assets to obtain
funds to acquire additional investments or to pay our Bond Service
Obligations under our Bonds. If we mortgage a property and have
insufficient cash flow to service the debt, we risk an event of
default which may result in our lenders foreclosing on the
properties securing the mortgage.
High levels of debt or increases in interest rates could increase
the amount of our loan payments, which could reduce our ability to
honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
Our
policies do not limit us from incurring debt. High debt levels
could cause us to incur higher interest charges, result in higher
debt service payments, and may be accompanied by restrictive
covenants. Interest we pay reduces cash available to honor our
obligations under the terms of the Bonds. Additionally, with
respect to any variable rate debt, increases in interest rates may
increase our interest costs, which would reduce our cash flow and
our ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
In addition, if we need to repay debt during periods of rising
interest rates, we could be required to liquidate one or more of
our investments in properties at times which may not permit
realization of the maximum return on such investments and could
result in a loss. In addition, if we are unable to service our debt
payments, our lenders may foreclose on our interests in the real
property that secures the loans we have entered.
High mortgage rates may make it difficult for us to finance or
refinance properties, which could reduce the number of properties
we can acquire, our cash flow from operations and restrict our
ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the
Bonds.
Our
ability to acquire properties or to make capital improvements to or
remodel properties will depend on our ability to obtain debt or
equity financing from third parties or the sellers of properties.
If mortgage debt is unavailable at reasonable rates, we may not be
able to finance the purchase of properties. If we place mortgage
debt on properties, we run the risk of being unable to refinance
the properties when the debt becomes due or of being unable to
refinance on favorable terms. If interest rates are higher when we
refinance the properties, our income could be reduced. We may be
unable to refinance properties. If any of these events occur, our
cash flow would be reduced. This, in turn, would reduce cash
available to honor our obligations under the terms of the Bonds and
may hinder our ability to raise additional funds from capital
contributions, additional bonds or borrowing more
money.
We may use mezzanine financing to acquire properties, which could
increase our expenses and could reduce our ability to honor our
obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
Our
policies do not limit us from incurring mezzanine debt. Mezzanine
debt generally carries higher interest rates and could result in
higher debt service payments, and may be accompanied by restrictive
covenants. Interest we pay could reduce cash available to honor our
obligations under the terms of the Bonds. In addition, if we are
unable to service our mezzanine debt payments, if any, our
mezzanine lenders may foreclose on our ownership interests securing
such mezzanine loans. Some of our mezzanine financing may come from
affiliates.
Lenders may require us to enter into restrictive covenants relating
to our operations, which could limit our ability to honor our
obligations under the terms of the Bonds.
When
providing financing, a lender may impose restrictions on us that
affect our operating policies and our ability to incur additional
debt. Loan documents we enter into may contain covenants that limit
our ability to further mortgage the property, discontinue insurance
coverage, or replace our manager. These or other limitations may
limit our flexibility and prevent us from achieving our operating
goals. Prepayment penalties or defeasance requirements required by
lenders may make it economically infeasible for our trustee to
exercise its remedies.
Our ability to obtain financing on reasonable terms would be
impacted by negative capital market conditions.
Access
to debt financing will depend on a financial institution’s
willingness to lend to the company or underlying property owner,
and on conditions in the capital markets in general. Market
fluctuations in real estate loans may affect the availability and
cost of loans. Likewise, prevailing market conditions at the time
the company may seek to sell or refinance an investment, or a
property owner may seek to sell or refinance a property, may make
it difficult, or prohibitively expensive, for a potential buyer to
obtain purchase money financing or refinancing of the then-existing
debt. Based on historical interest rates, current interest rates
are low and, as a result, it is likely that the interest rates
available for future real estate loans and refinancings will be
higher than the current interest rates for such loans, which may
have a material and adverse impact on the properties and,
commensurately, the company. Investment returns on our assets and
our ability to make acquisitions could be adversely affected if we
are not able to secure financing on reasonable terms, if at
all.
Interest-only indebtedness may increase our risk of default and
ultimately may reduce our ability to honor our obligations under
the terms of the Bonds.
We may
finance our property acquisitions using interest-only mortgage
indebtedness. During the interest-only period, the amount of each
scheduled payment will be less than that of a traditional
amortizing mortgage loan. The principal balance of the mortgage
loan will not be reduced (except in the case of prepayments)
because there are no scheduled monthly payments of principal during
this period. After the interest only period, we will be required
either to make scheduled payments of amortized principal and
interest or to make a lump sum or “balloon” payment at
maturity. These required principal or balloon payments will
increase the amount of our scheduled payments and may increase our
risk of default under the related mortgage loan. If the mortgage
loan has an adjustable interest rate, the amount of our scheduled
payments also may increase at a time of rising interest rates.
Increased payments and substantial principal or balloon maturity
payments will reduce the funds available to honor our obligations
under the Bonds because cash otherwise available for payment will
be required to pay principal and interest associated with these
mortgage loans.
To hedge against interest rate fluctuations, we may use derivative
financial instruments that may be costly and ineffective, may
reduce the overall financial benefit of your investment, and may
expose us to the credit risk of counterparties.
We may
use derivative financial instruments to hedge exposures to interest
rate fluctuations on loans secured by our assets and investments in
collateralized mortgage-backed securities. Derivative instruments
may include interest rate swap contracts, interest rate cap or
floor contracts, futures or forward contracts, options or
repurchase agreements. Our actual hedging decisions will be
determined in light of the facts and circumstances existing at the
time of the hedge and may differ from time to time.
To the
extent that we use derivative financial instruments to hedge
against interest rate fluctuations, we will be exposed to
financing, basis risk and legal enforceability risks. In this
context, credit risk is the failure of the counterparty to perform
under the terms of the derivative contract. If the fair value of a
derivative contract is positive, the counterparty owes us, which
creates credit risk for us. We intend to manage credit risk by
dealing only with major financial institutions that have high
credit ratings. Basis risk occurs when the index upon which the
contract is based is more or less variable than the index upon
which the hedged asset or liability is based, thereby making the
hedge less effective. We intend to manage basis risk by matching,
to a reasonable extent, the contract index to the index upon which
the hedged asset or liability is based. Finally, legal
enforceability risks encompass general contractual risks, including
the risk that the counterparty will breach the terms of, or fail to
perform its obligations under, the derivative contract. We intend
to manage legal enforceability risks by ensuring, to the best of
our ability, that we contract with reputable counterparties and
that each counterparty complies with the terms and conditions of
the derivative contract. If we are unable to manage these risks
effectively, our results of operations, financial condition and
ability to honor our obligations under the terms of the
Bonds.
We
estimate that the net proceeds from this offering, after deducting
the underwriting compensation and offering costs and expenses
payable by us, will be approximately $44,250,000, assuming that the
maximum amount of Bonds are purchased and issued without the
application of the Discount. We intend to use the net proceeds from
this offering to pay down
indebtedness and to acquire properties in our target asset
classes. The remaining proceeds will be used to pay fees and
expenses of this offering, and fees and expenses related to
selection and acquisition of investments. If we do not sell the
maximum number of Bonds, our net proceeds from the offering will be
reduced; however, we will still use net proceeds from the offering
to acquire properties in our target asset class. A summary of the
anticipated use of the proceeds is below:
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Maximum
Offering
(Price to the
Public
$1,000 per
Bond)
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Maximum
Offering
(Maximum
Discounted Price to the Public
$950 per Bond)
(6)
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Gross offering
proceeds
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$50,000,000(1)
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100.00%
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$47,500,000
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100.00%
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Less offering
expenses:
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Selling commissions
and Managing Broker-Dealer Fee (2)
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$4,000,000
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8.00%
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$3,800,000
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8.00%
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Non-accountable
Marketing and Due Diligence Expense Reimbursements (3)
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$500,000
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1.00%
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$475,000
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1.00%
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Organizational and
Offering Fee (4)
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$1,250,000
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2.50%
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$1,187,500
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2.50%
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Amount Available
For Investment (5)
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$44,250,000
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88.50%
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$42,037,500
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88.50%
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(1)
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This
assumes we sell the remaining Bonds at the Price to the Public. We
may issue the remaining Bonds with a volume-weighted discount, or
the Discount, of up to 5% (See “Plan of Distribution
– Volume-Weighted Discount”). If we issue the
remaining Bonds with the maximum Discount, gross offering proceeds
will be $47,500,000 and the amount available for investment will be
$42,037,500.
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(2)
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This
includes selling commissions of 5.5% and a Managing Broker-Dealer
Fee of up to 2.5% of the gross proceeds of this offering to be paid
on Bonds offered on a best efforts basis. Our Managing
Broker-Dealer, JCC, will receive selling commissions equal to 5.5%
of aggregate gross offering proceeds, which it may re-allow, in
whole or in part to the Selling Group Members, and a Managing
Broker-Dealer Fee of up to 2.5% of aggregate gross offering
proceeds, which it may re-allow, in whole or in part to the Selling
Group Members. This amount assumes all Bonds sold in this offering
are sold by Selling Group Members. See “Plan of
Distribution” in this Offering Circular for a
description of such provisions.
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(3)
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The
Managing Broker-Dealer will receive a non-accountable marketing and
due diligence expense reimbursement in an amount up to 1% of
aggregate gross offering proceeds, which will be re-allowed to the
Selling Group Members. To date, we have paid $53,080 in due
diligence expense reimbursements to our Managing
Broker-Dealer.
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(4)
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Organizational
and offering expenses include all expenses (other than those listed
in the chart) to be paid by us in connection with the offering,
including our legal, accounting, printing, mailing and filing fees,
charge of our escrow holder, and amounts to reimburse our manager
for its portion of the salaries of the employees of its affiliates
who provide services to our manager and other costs in connection
with administrative oversight of the offering and marketing process
and preparing supplemental sales materials, holding educational
conferences and attending retail seminars conducted by
broker-dealers. As of the date of this Offering Circular,
organizational and offering expenses in an amount of approximately
$135,930 have been incurred. Start-up and organization costs will
be expensed as incurred and syndication costs will be reflected as
a reduction of member’s equity and will be allocated to the
member’s capital accounts upon the sale or liquidation of our
company. Our company will reimburse our manager for the cumulative
organizational and offering expenses incurred by our manager and
its affiliates in connection with this offering and our
organization, including advanced expenses and any organizational
and offering expenses incurred in prior periods related to this
offering, in an amount equal to up to 2.5% of the gross offering
proceeds from this offering (assuming no Bonds are sold subject to
a volume-weighted discount, up to $1,250,000 if the maximum
offering amount is sold). Our manager will pay our actual
organizational and offering expense out of the organizational and
offering fee. Our manager will be entitled to retain as
compensation for promoting the offering any amount by which 2.50%
of the gross proceeds raised in the offering, the organizational
and offering fee, exceeds the actual organizational and offering
expenses. To the extent actual organizational and offering expenses
exceed 2.50% of the gross proceeds raised in the offering, the
organizational and offering fee, our manager will pay such amounts
without reimbursement from us. Our manager will not be reimbursed
for the direct payment of such organizational and offering expenses
that exceed 2.50% of the aggregate gross proceeds of this offering
over the life of the offering. We will not reimburse our manager
for any portion of the salaries and benefits to be paid to its
executive officers named in “Directors and Executive
Officers.”
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(5)
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Until
required in connection with the acquisition of properties,
substantially all of the net proceeds of the offering and,
thereafter, any working capital reserves we may have, may be
invested in short-term, highly-liquid investments, including
government obligations, bank certificates of deposit, short-term
debt obligations and interest-bearing accounts. Funds available for
investment may be used to acquire or invest in new properties, pay
down existing and future indebtedness (including debt held by
affiliates) or for certain development related costs consistent
with our business plan.
If we
sell substantially less than the maximum offering amount and are
unable to acquire properties with the proceeds from this offering
and conventional mortgage debt, then we may use all of the proceeds
from this offering to pay down and manage our existing and future
debt used to acquire properties.
With
the proceeds of this offering, we may pay down our existing
mortgage debt associated with the acquisition of Fresh Thyme
Farmers Market. The Fresh Thyme Farmers Market mortgage loan bears
interest at a variable rate of 2.2% above LIBOR, subject to an
interest rate floor of 3.2%, with a maturity date of July 17, 2025.
The payments on the loan are expected to be paid monthly and will
be interest only for the first year followed by principal and
interest payments amortized over 25 years for the remainder of the
term of the Loan. We used proceeds of this offering to make
capital contributions to RF
Grocery of $1,308,000, the amount necessary to redeem the preferred equity
investment of the Garo
Kholamian Revocable Trust, or the Preferred Member.
Pursuant to the RF Grocery Amended
& Restated Operating Agreement, or the A&R Operating Agreement,
the Preferred Member was entitled to a 12% noncompounding
return rate with a 6% minimum total
preferred return, each
calculated on the average daily balance of the Preferred Member's Unreturned Capital
Contributions (as defined in
the A&R Operating Agreement).
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(6)
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If
Bonds are sold at volume-weighted discounts (see “Plan of Distribution
– Volume-Weighted Discount”), then selling
commissions, Managing Broker-Dealer Fee, non-accountable marketing
and due diligence expense reimbursements, organizational and
offering fee and amount available for investment will be reduced in
proportion to such Discounts. In addition to volume-weighted
discounts, we may provide certain discounts in connection with the
sale of Bonds in this offering to certain persons (see “Plan of Distribution
– Discounts for Bonds Purchased by Certain
Persons”).
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Who May Invest
As a
Tier II, Regulation A offering, investors must comply with the 10%
limitation to investment in the offering, as prescribed in Rule
251. Under Rule 251 of Regulation A, non-accredited, non-natural investors
are subject to the investment limitation and may only invest funds
which do not exceed 10% of the greater of the purchaser’s
revenue or net assets (as of the purchaser’s most recent
fiscal year end). A non-accredited,
natural person may only invest funds which do not exceed 10%
of the greater of the purchaser’s annual income or net worth
(please see below on how to calculate your net worth).
The
only investor in this offering exempt from this limitation is an
accredited investor, an “Accredited Investor,” as
defined under Rule 501 of Regulation D. If you meet one of the
following tests you qualify as an Accredited Investor:
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(i)
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You are
a natural person who has had individual income in excess of
$200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or joint income with
your spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of these years, and have
a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the
current year;
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(ii)
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You are
a natural person and your individual net worth, or joint net worth
with your spouse, exceeds $1,000,000 at the time you
purchase the Bonds (please see below on how to calculate your
net worth);
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(iii)
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You are
an executive officer or general partner of the issuer or a manager
or executive officer of the general partner of the
issuer;
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(iv)
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You are
an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Code, a corporation, a
Massachusetts or similar business trust or a partnership, not
formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Bonds, with total
assets in excess of $5,000,000;
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(v)
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You are
a bank or a savings and loan association or other institution as
defined in the Securities Act, a broker or dealer registered
pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Exchange Act, an insurance company as defined by the
Securities Act, an investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Investment Company
Act, or a business development company as defined in that act, any
Small Business Investment Company licensed by the Small Business
Investment Act of 1958 or a private business development company as
defined in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940;
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(vi)
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You are
an entity (including an Individual Retirement Account trust) in
which each equity owner is an accredited investor;
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(vii)
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You are
a trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, your purchase of
the Bonds is directed by a person who either alone or with his
purchaser representative(s) (as defined in Regulation D promulgated
under the Securities Act) has such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters that he is capable of evaluating the
merits and risks of the prospective investment, and you were not
formed for the specific purpose of investing in the Bonds;
or
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(viii)
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You are
a plan established and maintained by a state, its political
subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its
political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such
plan has assets in excess of $5,000,000.
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NOTE: For the purposes of calculating your net worth, Net
Worth is defined as the difference between total assets and total
liabilities. This calculation must exclude the value of your
primary residence and may exclude any indebtedness secured by your
primary residence (up to an amount equal to the value of your
primary residence). In the case of fiduciary accounts, net worth
and/or income suitability requirements may be satisfied by the
beneficiary of the account or by the fiduciary, if the donor or
grantor is the fiduciary and fiduciary directly or indirectly
provides funds for the purchase of the Bonds.
Determination of Suitability
The
Selling Group Members and registered investment advisors
recommending the purchase of Bonds in this offering have the
responsibility to make every reasonable effort to determine that
your purchase of Bonds in this offering is a suitable and
appropriate investment for you based on information provided by you
regarding your financial situation and investment objectives. In
making this determination, these persons have the responsibility to
ascertain that you:
●
meet
the minimum income and net worth standards set forth under
“Plan of
Distribution – Who May Invest ”
above;
●
can
reasonably benefit from an investment in our Bonds based on your
overall investment objectives and portfolio structure;
●
are
able to bear the economic risk of the investment based on your
overall financial situation;
●
are in
a financial position appropriate to enable you to realize to a
significant extent the benefits described in this offering circular
of an investment in our Bonds; and
●
have
apparent understanding of:
●
the
fundamental risks of the investment;
●
the
risk that you may lose your entire investment;
●
the
lack of liquidity of our Bonds;
●
the
restrictions on transferability of our Bonds; and
●
the tax
consequences of your investment.
Relevant
information for this purpose will include at least your age,
investment objectives, investment experience, income, net worth,
financial situation, and other investments as well as any other
pertinent factors. The Selling Group Members and registered
investment advisors recommending the purchase of Bonds in this
offering must maintain, for a six-year period, records of the
information used to determine that an investment in Bonds is
suitable and appropriate for you.
The Offering
We are
offering up to $50,000,000 in the aggregate of our Bonds to the
public through our Managing Broker-Dealer at a price of $1,000.00
per Bond. As of the date of this Offering Circular, we have sold
$5,663,079 of Bonds in the offering.
Prior
to each closing, the proceeds received in the offering will be kept
in an escrow account held by UMB Bank as escrow agent.
Our
manager has arbitrarily determined the selling price of the Bonds
and such price bears no relationship to our book or asset values,
or to any other established criteria for valuing issued or
outstanding Bonds.
The
Bonds are being offered on a “best efforts” basis,
which means generally that the Managing Broker-Dealer is required
to use only its best efforts to sell the Bonds and it has no firm
commitment or obligation to purchase any of the Bonds. The offering
will continue until the Offering Termination Date, subject to
extension in the sole discretion of GK Real Estate for an
additional twelve (12) months. We will conduct closings in this
offering at least monthly, on the last day of the applicable month,
assuming there are funds to close, until the Offering Termination
Date. Once a subscription has been submitted and accepted by
our company, an investor will not have the right to request the
return of its subscription payment prior to the next closing date.
If subscriptions are received on or before a closing date and
accepted by our company prior to such closing, any such
subscriptions will be closed on that closing date. If subscriptions
are received on or before a closing date but not accepted by the
Company prior to such closing, any such subscriptions will be
closed on the next closing date. The offering will be made on a
best-efforts basis through JCC, our Managing
Broker-Dealer.
Managing Broker-Dealer and Compensation We Will Pay for the Sale of
Our Bonds
Our
Managing Broker-Dealer, JCC, will receive selling commissions equal
to 5.5% of aggregate gross offering proceeds, which it may
re-allow, in whole or in part to the Selling Group Members. Our
Managing Broker-Dealer will also receive a Managing Broker-Dealer
Fee of up to 2.5% of aggregate gross offering proceeds, which it
may re-allow, in whole or in part to the Selling Group Members, as
compensation for acting as the Managing Broker-Dealer.
Additionally, we have agreed to pay to our Managing Broker-Dealer a
non-accountable marketing and due diligence expense reimbursement
in an amount up to 1% of aggregate gross offering proceeds, which
will be re-allowed to the Selling Group Members. The aggregate of
the selling commissions, the Managing Broker-Dealer Fee and
non-accountable marketing and due diligence expense reimbursements
equate to a maximum amount of 9% of gross proceeds from this
offering.
Set
forth below is a table indicating the estimated compensation and
expenses that will be paid in connection with the offering to our
Managing Broker-Dealer.
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Offering:
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Price to
public
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$1,000.00
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$50,000,000
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Less selling
commissions
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$55.00
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$2,750,000
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Less Managing
Broker-Dealer Fee
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$25.00
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$1,250,000
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Less
Non-accountable Marketing and Due Diligence Expense
Reimbursements
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$10.00
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$500,000
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Remaining
Proceeds
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$910.00
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$45,500,000
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We have
agreed to indemnify our Managing Broker-Dealer, the Selling Group
Members and selected registered investment advisors, against
certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act. However, the
SEC takes the position that indemnification against liabilities
arising under the Securities Act is against public policy and is
unenforceable.
Included within the
compensation described above and not in addition to, our manager
may pay certain costs associated with the sale and distribution of
our Bonds, including salaries of wholesalers. We will not reimburse
our manager for such payments. Nonetheless, such payments will be
deemed to be “underwriting compensation” by FINRA. In
accordance with the rules of FINRA, the table above sets forth the
nature and estimated amount of all items that will be viewed as
“underwriting compensation” by FINRA that are
anticipated to be paid by us and our sponsor in connection with the
offering. The amounts shown assume we sell all of the Bonds offered
hereby and that all Bonds are sold in our offering through Selling
Group Members, which is the distribution channel with the highest
possible selling commissions and a Managing Broker-Dealer
Fee.
It is
illegal for us to pay or award any commissions or other
compensation to any person engaged by you for investment advice as
an inducement to such advisor to advise you to purchase any of our
Bonds; however, nothing herein will prohibit a registered
broker-dealer or other properly licensed person from earning a
sales commission in connection with a sale of the
Bonds.
Other Compensation
We
intend to reimburse our Manager for the cumulative organizational
and offering expenses incurred by our Manager and its affiliates in
connection with this offering and our organization, including
advanced expenses and any organizational and offering expenses
incurred in prior periods related to this offering, in an amount
equal to up to 2.5% of the gross offering proceeds from this
offering (assuming no Bonds are sold subject to a volume-weighted
discount, up to $1,250,000 if the maximum offering amount is sold).
Our manager will pay our actual organizational and offering expense
out of the organizational and offering fee. Our manager will be
entitled to retain as compensation for promoting the offering any
amount by which 2.50% of the gross proceeds raised in the offering,
the organizational and offering fee, exceeds the actual
organizational and offering expenses. To the extent actual
organizational and offering expenses exceed 2.50% of the gross
proceeds raised in the offering, the organizational and offering
fee, our manager will pay such amounts without reimbursement from
us. As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Manager has
incurred approximately $135,930 of such organizational and offering
expenses.
Our
Manager intends to use, in whole or in part, the aforementioned
organizational and offering fee to reimburse the Managing
Broker-Dealer for its underwriting expenses in connection with the
offering. Such underwriting expenses of the Managing Broker-Dealer
may include, without limitation, fees paid by registered
representatives associated with the Managing Broker-Dealer to
attend retail seminars sponsored by Selling Group Members, costs
associated with sponsoring conferences, including reimbursements
for registered representatives associated with Selling Group
Members to attend educational conferences sponsored by us or the
Managing Broker-Dealer, reimbursements for customary lodging, meals
and reasonable entertainment expenses and promotional items,
technology costs and legal fees of the Managing Broker-Dealer. The
marketing fees may be paid to any particular Selling Group Member
based upon prior or projected volume of sales and the amount of
marketing assistance and the level of marketing support provided by
a Selling Group Member in the past and anticipated to be provided
in this offering. Any such underwriting expenses must comply with
FINRA Rules, including FINRA Rules concerning non-cash
compensation. In no event will the maximum amount of underwriting
compensation from any source (including fees described in this
paragraph, or the selling commissions, the Managing Broker-Dealer
Fee and non-accountable marketing and due diligence expense
reimbursements discussed above) payable to underwriters,
broker-dealers or affiliates exceed 10% of the gross offering
proceeds of this offering.
The
Company may also reimburse the Managing Broker-Dealer and the
Selling Group Members for their bona fide out-of-pocket itemized
and detailed due diligence expenses from sources other than
proceeds of this offering.
Limitations on Underwriting Compensation
The
Managing Broker-Dealer will monitor the aggregate amount of
underwriting compensation that we and the Manager pay in connection
with this offering in order to ensure we comply with the
underwriting compensation limits of applicable FINRA rules,
including FINRA Rule 2310, which prohibits underwriting
compensation in excess of 10% of the gross offering
proceeds.
Volume-Weighted Discount - Applicable to All
Purchasers
We are
offering the volume-weighted Discount to the Price to Public of
$1,000.00 described below. The Discount applicable to certain sales
is specified in the table below.
Purchase
Amount
|
|
|
20 – 29
Bonds
|
3%
|
$970
|
30 – 39
Bonds
|
4%
|
$960
|
40 or more
Bonds
|
5%
|
$950
|
All
other terms of the offering and the Bonds, including the Price to
Public of $1,000.00 shall remain the same. The Bonds shall continue
to be denominated in $1,000.00 increments. Any Discounts applied
will reduce net proceeds to the company. If Bonds are sold at
volume-weighted discounts, then selling commissions, Managing
Broker-Dealer Fee, non-accountable marketing and due diligence
expense reimbursements, organizational and offering fee and amount
available for investment will be reduced in proportion to such
Discounts.
The
company may terminate application of Discount at any time in its
sole discretion by filing a supplement to the Offering Statement of
which this Offering Circular is a part with the SEC at least thirty
(30) calendar days prior to the termination date of Discount as a
termination notice to the investors. Any investors who submit the
subscription materials and funds required by the company on or
before the Discount termination date should qualify for application
of the Discount; any investors who submit the subscription
materials and funds required by the company after the Discount
termination date should not qualify for application of the
Discount.
Discounts for Bonds Purchased by Certain Persons
We may
pay reduced or no selling commissions and/or Managing Broker-Dealer
Fees in connection with the sale of Bonds in this offering
to:
●
registered
principals or representatives of our dealer-manager or a
participating broker (and immediate family members of any of the
foregoing persons);
●
our
employees, officers and directors or those of our manager, or the
affiliates of any of the foregoing entities (and the immediate
family members of any of the foregoing persons), any benefit plan
established exclusively for the benefit of such persons or
entities, and, if approved by our board of directors, joint venture
partners, consultants and other service providers;
●
clients
of an investment advisor registered under the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940 or under applicable state securities laws (other than
any registered investment advisor that is also registered as a
broker-dealer, with the exception of clients who have
“wrap” accounts which have asset-based fees with such
dually registered investment advisor/broker-dealer);
or
●
persons
investing in a bank trust account with respect to which the
authority for investment decisions made has been delegated to the
bank trust department.
For
purposes of the foregoing, “immediate family members”
means such person’s spouse, parents, children, brothers,
sisters, grandparents, grandchildren and any such person who is so
related by marriage such that this includes “step-” and
“-in-law” relations as well as such persons so related
by adoption. In addition, participating brokers contractually
obligated to their clients for the payment of fees on terms
inconsistent with the terms of acceptance of all or a portion of
the selling commissions and/or Managing Broker-Dealer Fees may
elect not to accept all or a portion of such compensation. In that
event, such Bonds will be sold to the investor at a per Bond
purchase price, net of all or a portion of selling commissions. All
sales must be made through a registered broker-dealer participating
in this offering, and investment advisors must arrange for the
placement of sales accordingly through the Managing Broker-Dealer.
The net proceeds to us will not be affected by reducing or
eliminating selling commissions and/or Managing Broker-Dealer Fees
payable in connection with sales to or through the persons
described above. Purchasers purchasing net of some or all of the
selling commissions and Managing Broker-Dealer Fees will receive
Bonds in principal amount of $1,000 per Bond
purchased.
Either
through this offering or subsequently on any secondary market,
affiliates of our company may buy bonds if and when they choose.
There are no restrictions to these purchases. Affiliates that
become Bondholders will have rights on parity with all other
Bondholders.
How to Invest
Subscription Agreement
All
investors will be required to complete and execute a subscription
agreement in the form filed as an exhibit to the Offering Statement
of which this Offering Circular is a part. The subscription
agreement is available from your registered representative or
financial adviser and should be delivered to GK Investment
Property Holdings II, LLC, c/o Great Lakes Fund Solutions
at 500 Park Avenue, Suite 114, Lake Villa, Illinois
60046, together with payment in full by check or wire of your
subscription purchase price in accordance with the instructions in
the subscription agreement. We anticipate that we will hold
closings for purchases of the Bonds on a semi-monthly or monthly
basis. You should pay for your Bonds by check payable to or wire
transfer directed to “UMB Bank as escrow agent for GK
Investment Property Holdings II 7% Bonds.”
Proceeds will be
held with the escrow agent in an escrow account subject to
compliance with Exchange Act Rule 15c2-4 until closing occurs. Our
Managing Broker-Dealer and/or the Selling Group Members will submit
a subscriber’s form(s) of payment, generally by noon of the
next business day following receipt of the subscriber’s
subscription agreement and form(s) of payment.
You
will be required to represent and warrant in your subscription
agreement that your investment in the Bonds does not exceed 10% of
your net worth or annual income, whichever is greater, if you are a
natural person, or 10% of your revenues or net assets, whichever is
greater, calculated as of your most recent fiscal year if you are a
non-natural person, or that you are an accredited investor as
defined under Rule 501 of Regulation D. By completing and executing
your subscription agreement you will also acknowledge and represent
that you have received a copy of this Offering Circular, you are
purchasing the Bonds for your own account and that your rights and
responsibilities regarding your Bonds will be governed by the
indenture and the form of global bond certificate each filed as an
exhibit to the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular
is a part.
Book-Entry, Delivery and Form
All
Bonds are being issued to investors in book-entry only format and
will be represented by global bond certificates, or certificates,
deposited with a nominee holder. The nominee holders are: (i)
the Depository Trust Company, or DTC, or its nominee Cede & Co.
for purchasers purchasing through DTC participants; and (ii) Direct
Transfer LLC, or Direct Transfer, for purchasers not purchasing
through a DTC Participant.
We have
gained eligibility for the Bonds to be issued and held through the
book-entry systems and procedures of DTC and intend for all Bonds
purchased through DTC participants to be held via DTC’s
book-entry systems and to be represented by certificates registered
in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC’s nominee). For investors
not purchasing through a DTC participant, the certificates
representing their Bonds will be registered in the name of, and
held by Direct Transfer. We may, in our sole discretion, alter the
nominee for Bonds sold without a DTC participant.
So long
as nominees as described above are the registered owners of the
certificates representing the Bonds, such nominees will be
considered the sole owners and holders of the Bonds for all
purposes of the Bonds and the Indenture. Owners of beneficial
interests in the Bonds will not be entitled to have the
certificates registered in their names, will not receive or be
entitled to receive physical delivery of the Bonds in definitive
form and will not be considered the owners or holders under the
Indenture, including for purposes of receiving any reports
delivered by us or the trustee pursuant to the Indenture.
Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a Bond
registered to DTC or its nominee must rely on either the procedures
of DTC or its nominee on the one hand, and, if such entity is not a
participant, on the procedures of the participant through which
such person owns its interest, in order to exercise any rights of a
Bondholder. Purchasers owning a beneficial interest in a Bond
registered to Direct Transfer, or another nominee holder as
selected by our company, will rely on the procedures of Direct
Transfer or such nominee holder in order exercise its rights a
Bondholder.
As a
result:
●
you
will not be entitled to receive a certificate representing your
interest in the Bonds;
●
all
references in this Offering Circular to actions by Bondholders will
refer to actions taken by DTC upon instructions from its direct
participants, or by Direct Transfer by Bondholders holding
beneficial interests in the Bonds registered in its name;
and
●
all
references in this Offering Circular to payments and notices to
Bondholders will refer either to (i) payments and notices to DTC or
Cede & Co. for distribution to you in accordance with DTC
procedures, or (ii) payments and notices to Direct Transfer or such
other nominee holder for distribution to you in accordance with
their applicable procedures.
The Depository Trust Company
We have
obtained the information in this section concerning DTC and its
book-entry systems and procedures from sources that we believe to
be reliable. The description of the clearing system in this section
reflects our understanding of the rules and procedures of DTC as
they are currently in effect. DTC could change its rules and
procedures at any time.
DTC
will act as securities depositary for the Bonds registered in the
name of its nominee, Cede & Co. DTC is:
●
a
limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking
Law;
●
a
“banking organization” under the New York Banking
Law;
●
a
member of the Federal Reserve System;
●
a
“clearing corporation” under the New York Uniform
Commercial Code; and
●
a
“clearing agency” registered under the provisions of
Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
DTC
holds securities that its direct participants deposit with DTC. DTC
facilitates the settlement among direct participants of securities
transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited
securities through electronic computerized book-entry changes in
direct participants’ accounts, thereby eliminating the need
for physical movement of securities certificates.
Direct
participants of DTC include securities brokers and dealers, banks,
trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other
organizations. DTC is owned by a number of its direct participants.
Indirect participants of DTC, such as securities brokers and
dealers, banks and trust companies, can also access the DTC system
if they maintain a custodial relationship with a direct
participant.
Purchases of Bonds
under DTC’s system must be made by or through direct
participants, which will receive a credit for the Bonds on
DTC’s records. The ownership interest of each beneficial
owner is in turn to be recorded on the records of direct
participants and indirect participants. Beneficial owners will not
receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchase, but
beneficial owners are expected to receive written confirmations
providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic
statements of their holdings, from the direct participants or
indirect participants through which such beneficial owners entered
into the transaction. Transfers of ownership interests in the Bonds
are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of participants
acting on behalf of beneficial owners. Beneficial owners will not
receive certificates representing their ownership interests in the
Bonds.
Conveyance of
notices and other communications by DTC to direct participants, by
direct participants to indirect participants and by direct
participants and indirect participants to beneficial owners will be
governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or
regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to
time.
Direct Transfer LLC
All
Bonds not purchased through a DTC participant will be registered in
the name of Direct Transfer. Direct Transfer is a Delaware
corporation. Direct purchasers of Bonds registered through Direct
Transfer will receive a credit for Bonds on Direct Transfer’s
records. Beneficial owners registered through Direct Transfer will
receive written confirmation from UMB Bank, our Bond registrar,
upon closing of their purchases. Transfers of Bonds registered to
Direct Transfer will be accomplished by entries made on the books
of UMB Bank at the behest of Direct Transfer acting on
behalf of its beneficial holders.
Book-Entry Format
Under
the book-entry format, UMB Bank, as our paying agent, will pay
interest or principal payments to Cede & Co., as nominee
of DTC, and to Direct Transfer. DTC will forward all payments it
receives to the direct participants, who will then forward the
payment to the indirect participants or to you as the beneficial
owner. Direct Transfer will forward payments directly to beneficial
owners of Bonds registered to Direct Transfer. You may experience
some delay in receiving your payments under this system. Neither
we, the trustee, nor any paying agent or sub-paying agent has any
direct responsibility or liability for the payment of principal or
interest on the Bonds to owners of beneficial interests in the
certificates.
DTC is
required to make book-entry transfers on behalf of its direct
participants and is required to receive and transmit payments of
principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds. Any direct
participant or indirect participant with which you have an account
is similarly required to make book-entry transfers and to receive
and transmit payments with respect to the notes on your behalf. We
and the trustee under the Indenture have no responsibility for any
aspect of the actions of DTC or any of its direct or indirect
participants or of Direct Transfer or Great Lakes. In addition, we
and the trustee under the Indenture have no responsibility or
liability for any aspect of the records kept by DTC or any of its
direct or indirect participants or Direct Transfer or Great Lakes
relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests in the Bonds or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. We
also do not supervise these systems in any way.
The
trustee will not recognize you as a Bondholder under the Indenture,
and you can only exercise the rights of a Bondholder indirectly
through DTC and its direct participants or through Direct Transfer,
as applicable. DTC has advised us that it will only take action
regarding a Bond if one or more of the direct participants to whom
the Bond is credited directs DTC to take such action and only in
respect of the portion of the aggregate principal amount of the
Bonds as to which that participant or participants has or have
given that direction. DTC can only act on behalf of its direct
participants. Your ability to pledge Bonds, and to take other
actions, may be limited because you will not possess a physical
certificate that represents your Bonds.
If the
global bond certificate representing your Bonds is held by DTC,
conveyance of notices and other communications by the trustee to
the beneficial owners, and vice versa, will occur via DTC. The
trustee will communicate directly with DTC. DTC will then
communicate to direct participants. The direct participants will
communicate with the indirect participants, if any. Then, direct
participants and indirect participants will communicate to
beneficial owners. Such communications will be governed by
arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory
requirements as may be in effect from time to time.
If the
global bond certificate representing your Bonds is held by Direct
Transfer, conveyance of notices and other communications by the
trustee to the beneficial owners, and vice versa, will occur via
Direct Transfer. The trustee will communicate directly with Direct
Transfer, which will communicate directly or through Great Lakes
Fund Solutions, who may be designated by Direct Transfer to handle
investor communications on its behalf, with the beneficial
owners.
The Trustee
UMB
Bank has agreed to be the trustee under the Indenture. The
Indenture contains certain limitations on the rights of the
trustee, should it become one of our creditors, to obtain payment
of claims in certain cases, or to realize on certain property
received in respect of any claim as security or otherwise. The
trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions with us
and our affiliates.
The
Indenture provides that in case an Event of Default (as defined
herein) specified in the Indenture shall occur and not be cured,
the trustee will be required, in the exercise of its power, to use
the degree of care of a reasonable person in the conduct of his own
affairs. Subject to such provisions, the trustee will be under no
obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the
Indenture at the request of any Bondholder, unless the Bondholder
has offered to the trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to
it against any loss, liability or expense.
Resignation or Removal of the Trustee.
The
trustee may resign at any time, or may be removed by the holders of
a majority of the principal amount of then-outstanding Bonds. In
addition, upon the occurrence of contingencies relating generally
to the insolvency of the trustee, we may remove the trustee or a
court of competent jurisdiction may remove the trustee upon
petition of a holder of certificates. However, no resignation or
removal of the trustee may become effective until a successor
trustee has been appointed.
We are
offering the Bonds pursuant to an exemption to the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, or the Trust Indenture Act. As a result, investors in
our Bonds will not be afforded the benefits and protections of the
Trust Indenture Act. However, in certain circumstances, our
Indenture makes reference to the substantive provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act.
Registrar and Paying Agent
We have
designated UMB Bank as paying agent for the Bonds and Direct
Transfer as sub-paying agent in respect of Bonds registered to it.
UMB Bank will also act as registrar for the Bonds. The Bonds will
be issued in book-entry form only, evidenced by global
certificates, as such, payments will be made to DTC, its nominee or
to Direct Transfer.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND
ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
General
We
are focused on acquiring income producing commercial rental
properties for the purpose of holding and operating the acquired
properties, and if the need arises, to redevelop the rental
properties for an alternative use other than the intended use at
the time of acquisition. We expect that most of the acquired assets
will be held through wholly owned or majority owned subsidiaries
and the assets will be acquired by assuming either existing
financing secured by the asset or by borrowing new
funds.
We
are managed by GK Development, Inc., d/b/a GK Real Estate, a real
estate acquisition, development and management company located in
Barrington, Illinois, formed in 1994. We benefit from GK Real
Estate’s real estate operating and leasing skills, including
releasing, redeveloping, renovating, refinancing, repositioning and
selling.
Operating Results
As
of December 31, 2019, we had not commenced active operations. We
had not acquired any properties or other assets, and our management
was not aware of any material trends or uncertainties, favorable or
unfavorable, other than national economic conditions affecting our
targeted portfolio, the commercial rental real estate industry and
real estate generally, which may have been reasonably anticipated
to have a material impact on the capital resources and the revenue
or income to be derived from the operation of our
assets.
Set
forth below is a discussion of our operating results for the first
half of 2020, from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020. As of June 30,
2020, we had not yet acquired an asset. However, as discussed
further below, on May 12, 2020, the Company formed RF Grocery, LLC,
an Illinois limited liability company, or RF Grocery, for the
purpose of acquiring a real property located in 7501 North Avenue,
River Forest, Illinois, or 7501 North Avenue. RF Grocery entered
into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire 7501 North Avenue on
May 27, 2020.
For
the six-month period ended June 30, 2020, we had revenue of $0 and
a consolidated net loss of $76,213.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We are offering and selling to the public in this
offering up to $50,000,000 in the aggregate of our Bonds. Our principal demands
for cash will be for acquisition costs, including the purchase
price of any properties, loans and securities we acquire,
improvement costs, the payment of our operating and administrative
expenses, and all continuing debt service obligations, including
our Bond Service Obligations. Generally, we will fund our
acquisitions from the net proceeds of this offering. We intend to
acquire our assets with cash and mortgage or other debt, but we
also may acquire assets free and clear of permanent mortgage or
other indebtedness by paying the entire purchase price for the
asset in cash.
We expect to use debt financing as a source of
capital. We have no limits on the amount of leverage we may employ;
however, senior property debt is generally expected to be
approximately 65% of the cost of our investments. See
"Investment
Policies" for more
information.
We anticipate that adequate cash will be generated
from operations to fund our operating and administrative expenses,
and all continuing debt service obligations, including the Bond
Service Obligations. However, our ability to finance our operations
is subject to some uncertainties. Our ability to generate working
capital is dependent on our ability to attract and retain tenants
and the economic and business environments of the various markets
in which our properties are located. Our ability to sell our assets
is partially dependent upon the state of real estate markets and
the ability of purchasers to obtain financing at reasonable
commercial rates. In general, we intend to pay debt service from
cash flow from operations. If we have not generated sufficient cash
flow from our operations and other sources, such as from
borrowings, we may use funds out of the Debt Service Reserve.
Moreover, our manager may change this policy, in its sole
discretion, at any time. See "Description
of Company's Securities – Certain
Covenants" in this Offering
Circular for more information.
Potential
future sources of capital include secured or unsecured financings
from banks or other lenders, establishing additional lines of
credit, proceeds from the sale of properties and undistributed cash
flow. Note that, currently, we have not identified any source of
financing, other than the proceeds of this offering, and there is
no assurance that such sources of financing will be available on
favorable terms or at all.
As
of June 30, 2020, we had cash on hand of $1,572,419 and restricted
cash (funded reserves) of $135,256. The funded reserves are
comprised of a bond service reserve of $135,256, which is required
pursuant to the Bond Indenture Agreement which requires that 7% of
the gross proceeds from this offering be placed into a reserve
account held by the bond trustee for the purpose of paying our bond
service obligations through January 28, 2021.
As
of June 30, 2020, $2,340,059 of the Bonds had been
sold.
Trend Information
As of June 30, 2020, we had sold $2,340,059 of
Bonds in the offering. We had used $200,000 of the net proceeds
from the offering as a deposit for RF Grocery for the purpose of
acquiring Fresh Thyme Farmers
Market. We expect to use the
proceeds from the bond offering to pursue real estate equity
investments with significant potential value creation in
emerging growth markets and thereby increase cash
flows.
As a
result of the global outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus,
COVID-19, economic uncertainties have arisen that continue to have
an adverse impact on economic and market conditions. The global
impact of the outbreak has been rapidly evolving, and the outbreak
presents material uncertainty and risk with respect to our future
financial results. We are unable to quantify the impact COVID-19
may have on us at this time.
GENERAL INFORMATION AS TO OUR
COMPANY
GK
Investment Property Holdings II, LLC is a Delaware limited
liability company formed on July 11, 2019 that invests in and
operates commercial rental properties, leases such properties to
multiple tenants, and makes such other real estate related
investments as are consistent with its investment objectives and
that GK Development, Inc. dba GK Real Estate, our manager, deems
appropriate. Our company owns one property, Fresh Thyme Farmers
Market, as of the date of this Offering Circular. The office
of our company and GK Real Estate are located at 257 East Main
Street, Suite 200, Barrington, IL 60010, and the telephone number
is (847) 277-9930.
Since
1995, GK Real Estate and its management team has had experience
successfully acquiring, redeveloping and managing a diversified
portfolio of office, retail and multifamily real estate properties.
GK Real Estate controls a portfolio of real estate assets currently
valued at over $500 million which represents 5.4 million square
feet of office, multifamily and commercial space throughout the
U.S.
GK Real
Estate’s management team is comprised of operation managers
who are responsible for the day-to-day operation of GK Real Estate
and our company. See “Directors and Executive
Officers” for more information on the management team
of GK Real Estate and our company.
Operating Agreement
Formation and Purpose
Our
company was formed on July 11, 2019. Our company is governed by its
operating agreement, dated as of July 11, 2019 and entered into
under the laws of the State of Delaware, or the Operating
Agreement. Under the Operating Agreement, our company was formed
with the intent to acquire, own, redevelop, and operate commercial
real estate. Notwithstanding the intended purposes of our company,
pursuant to the Operating Agreement, our company is permitted to
transact any lawful business not required to be stated specifically
in the Operating Agreement and for which limited liability
companies may be formed under the Delaware Limited Liability
Company Act (Title 6, Subtitle II, Chapter 18), as amended from
time to time. See “Risk Factors – Risks
Related to this Offering and Our Corporate Structure”
for more information.
Management
The
management of our company is entrusted solely to GK Real Estate for
as long as it remains the sole manager of our company. Only the
members of our company have the right to remove our manager, and
only if our manager has made a decision to file a voluntary
petition or otherwise initiate proceedings to have it adjudicated
insolvent, or to seek an order for relief as debtor under the
United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 101
et seq.); to file any
petition seeking any composition, reorganization, readjustment,
liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under the present or any
future federal bankruptcy laws or any other present or future
applicable federal, state or other statute or law relative to
bankruptcy, insolvency, or other relief for debtors; to seek the
appointment of any trustee, receiver, conservator, assignee,
sequestrator, custodian, liquidator (or other similar official) of
our company or of all or any substantial part of the assets of our
company, to make any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors of our company, to admit in writing the inability of our
company to pay its debts generally as they become due, or to
declare or effect a moratorium on our company’s debt or to
take any action in furtherance of any of the above proscribed
actions. Bondholders will have no rights in the management of our
company.
Under
the Operating Agreement, certain powers are reserved for our
manager. The approval of our manager is required for the following
actions with respect to our company:
●
Amendment
of the Certificate of Formation or the Operating
Agreement;
●
The
conversion of our company to another type of entity organized
within or without the state of Delaware, including without
limitation, a limited partnership;
●
Merger,
equity interest exchange, business combination or consolidation
with any other entity, excepting a wholly-owned
subsidiary;
●
Creating
or authorizing any new class or series of units or equity, or
selling, issuing or granting additional units;
●
A
decision to file a voluntary petition or otherwise initiate
proceedings to have our company adjudicated insolvent, or seeking
an order for relief of our company as debtor under the United
States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.); to
file any petition seeking any composition, reorganization,
readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under the
present or any future federal bankruptcy laws or any other present
or future applicable federal, state or other statute or law
relative to bankruptcy, insolvency, or other relief for debtors
with respect to our company; or to seek the appointment of any
trustee, receiver, conservator, assignee, sequestrator, custodian,
liquidator (or other similar official) of our company or of all or
any substantial part of the assets of our company, or to make any
general assignment for the benefit of creditors of our company, or
to admit in writing the inability of our company to pay its debts
generally as they become due, or to declare or effect a moratorium
on our company’s debt or to take any action in furtherance of
any of the above proscribed actions;
●
Any
decision to dissolve or liquidate our company, except as
specifically set forth in the Operating Agreement;
●
Approving
any budget or strategic or business plan for our company or any of
its affiliates;
●
Except
with respect to an affiliate of our company, making any investment
in any entity;
●
Encumbering
all of the assets of our company or any affiliate of our company;
and
●
Making
any distributions of Company cash or other property except as
specifically provided in the Operating Agreement.
Membership
Our
company has one class of units, Class A Units. Mr. Garo Kholamian
owns 100% Membership Interest, individually. As a result, Mr. Garo
Kholamian has a beneficial Membership Interest of
100%.
Membership provides
certain protections and rights to the members. Pursuant to the
Operating Agreement, upon approval by GK Real Estate and
recommendation to the members, a majority of the members, either
present and voting at a meeting duly called and held or acting by
written consent shall be required to approve the following actions
with respect to our company:
●
Amendment
of the Certificate of Formation or, subject to Section 10.13, the
Operating Agreement;
●
Merger,
equity interest exchange, business combination or consolidation
with any other Person, except a wholly-owned subsidiary, in which
our company is not the surviving entity;
●
A
Terminating Capital Transaction;
●
A
decision to file a voluntary petition or otherwise initiate
proceedings to have our company adjudicated insolvent, or seeking
an order for relief of our company as debtor under the United
States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.); to
file any petition seeking any composition, reorganization,
readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under the
present or any future federal bankruptcy laws or any other present
or future applicable federal, state or other statute or law
relative to bankruptcy, insolvency, or other relief for debtors
with respect to our company; or to seek the appointment of any
trustee, receiver, conservator, assignee, sequestrator, custodian,
liquidator (or other similar official) of our company or of all or
any substantial part of the assets of our company, or to make any
general assignment for the benefit of creditors of our company, or
to admit in writing the inability of our company to pay its debts
generally as they become due, or to declare or effect a moratorium
on our company’s debt or to take any action in furtherance of
any of the above proscribed actions; or
●
Any
decision to dissolve or liquidate our company, except as
specifically set forth in this Agreement.
Indemnification
Our
Operating Agreement limits the liability of our manager, GK Real
Estate and certain other persons or entities. See
“Limitations on
Liability” in this Offering Circular for more
information.
Incentive Grants
We may
provide incentive grants of economic profit interest of the company
to our employees in the future. Time, manners and terms of such
grants, which will be subject to the sole discretion of the
company, have not been determined as of the date of this Offering
Circular.
POLICY WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN
ACTIVITIES
Issuance of Additional Securities
Except
for those actions specifically discussed in this Offering Circular,
the issuing of the Bonds will not impose any restrictions on the
ability of our company to issue additional bonds, debt, preferred
equity or other security. The Bonds are our direct, senior
unsecured obligations and:
●
rank
equally with each other and with all of our existing and future
unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness outstanding from time to
time;
●
rank
senior to all of our future indebtedness that by its terms is
expressly subordinate to the Bonds;
●
effectively
are structurally subordinated to all existing and future
indebtedness and other obligations of each of our subsidiaries,
including the claims of mortgage lenders holding secured
indebtedness, as to the specific property receiving each
lender’s mortgage and other secured
indebtedness.
See
“Description of Bonds -
Certain Covenants” for more information.
Reports
We will
furnish the following reports to each Bondholders:
Reporting Requirements under Tier II
of Regulation A. We are required to comply with certain
ongoing disclosure requirements under Rule 257 of Regulation A. We
are required to file: an annual report with the SEC on Form 1-K; a
semi-annual report with the SEC on Form 1-SA; current reports with
the SEC on Form 1-U; and a notice under cover of Form 1-Z. The
necessity to file current reports is triggered by certain corporate
events, similar to the ongoing reporting obligation faced by
issuers under the Exchange Act, however the requirement to file a
Form 1-U is expected to be triggered by significantly fewer
corporate events than that of the Form 8-K. Parts I & II of
Form 1-Z will be filed by us if and when we decide to and are no
longer obligated to file and provide annual reports pursuant to the
requirements of Regulation A.
Annual Reports. As soon as
practicable, but in no event later than one hundred twenty (120)
days after the close of our fiscal year, ending December 31st, our
manager will cause to be mailed or made available, by any
reasonable means, to each Bondholder as of a date selected by our
manager, an annual report containing financial statements of our
company for such fiscal year, presented in accordance with GAAP,
including a balance sheet and statements of operations, Company
equity and cash flows, with such statements having been audited by
an accountant selected by our manager. Our manager shall be deemed
to have made a report available to each Bondholder as required if
it has either (i) filed such report with the SEC via its Electronic
Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system and such
report is publicly available on such system or (ii) made such
report available on any website maintained by our company and
available for viewing by the Bondholders.
INVESTMENT POLICIES OF OUR
COMPANY
Investment Strategy
Our
company focuses on investments in existing, income-producing,
commercial rental real estate that will benefit from GK Real
Estate’s real estate operating and leasing skills, including
releasing, redevelopment, renovation, refinancing, repositioning
and sale. GK Real Estate intends to actively participate in the
management of our company’s properties, rather than holding
the properties as passive investments. The objective of this
strategy is to maximize cash flow and property value at the time of
final disposition. By doing this, GK Real Estate maximizes the
potential of our company to pay its obligations under the Bonds as
they become due. Holding periods for our company’s
investments will vary depending on a number of
factors.
Our
acquisition focus is concentrated on quality assets with credit
tenants in markets with strong growth demographics. We specifically
target office locations in growth corridors with access to mass
transit and look for stabilize, well-maintained properties that
have a diversified tenant mix. Our retail property focus has an
emphasis on properties well positioned for the future, including
junior box centers anchored by tenants resistant to incursions by
e-tailers and service providers which have limited online
counterparts.
Our
company plans to acquire, properties on a leveraged basis, operate
them in a manner to maximize their value (including execution of
any of the aforementioned strategies), and then sell or refinance
them to realize a return.
Our
company generally will purchase individual properties, but in some
cases, it may consider the purchase of a portfolio of properties.
Neither the Operating Agreement nor the Indenture limits the amount
our company may invest in a single property; however, GK Real
Estate intends to diversify our company’s real estate
investments.
Our
company does not intend to act as a land developer in that it is
has no intent to invest in, acquire, own, hold, lease, operate,
manage, maintain, redevelop, sell or otherwise use undeveloped real
property or “raw land,” as a ground up development. Our
company, engaging in its commercial real estate activities, may
have the opportunity to acquire commercial real property which
includes unimproved pad sites for future development and lease-up
opportunities. In such instances, our company will retain the
unimproved pad sites for ground lease, build-to-suit and/or sell
opportunities. In situations where our company has the opportunity
to acquire commercial real property which includes a large tract of
developable raw land, the developable raw land will not be acquired
by our company, but by an entity affiliated with GK Real Estate.
Our company may choose to redevelop real property for an
alternative use than intended when originally acquired or
developed.
Our
company owns one property, Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, as of the
date of this Offering Circular. See “Description of Real
Estate” for more information.
Dispositions
We may
from time to time dispose of properties if, based upon
management’s periodic review of our portfolio, our manager
determines such action would be in our best interest. In addition,
we may elect to enter into joint ventures or other types of
co-ownership with respect to properties that we already own, either
in connection with acquiring interests in other properties or from
investors to raise equity capital.
Leverage of Properties
Our
company may borrow money to acquire its properties when GK Real
Estate determines that it is advantageous to our company. By
operating on a leveraged basis, our company expects that it will
have more funds available for investment in properties and other
investments. This will allow our company to make more investment
than would otherwise be possible, resulting in a more diversified
portfolio. Although our company expects its liability for the
repayment of indebtedness to be limited to the value of the
specific property securing the liability and the rents or profits
derived therefrom, our company’s use of leverage may increase
the risk of default on the mortgage payments and a resulting
foreclosure of a particular property. See “Risk Factors”
for more information.
Our
company may borrow any amount necessary to enable our company to
invest the proceeds of this offering in properties. Our company
intends to borrow up to the maximum amount available from its
lenders, thus increasing the number of properties that our company
can acquire as well as enhancing the yield to our company. GK Real
Estate’s experience with prior real estate programs with
similar commercial rental properties has been that lender’s
preferences will be to make loans with an approximately 60-70%
loan-to-value ratio in respect to the properties in the class
targeted by our company. Therefore, our company believes that its
aggregate loan-to-value on its portfolio will be approximately
65%.
GK Real
Estate may choose to refinance our company’s properties
during the term of a loan. The benefits of refinancing may include
an increased cash flow resulting from reduced debt service
requirements, thus an increase in cash available for payments under
the Bonds, and an increase in property ownership if refinancing
proceeds are reinvested in real estate.
Investments in Real Estate Mortgages
Our
business objectives emphasize equity investments in commercial
rental property. Although we do not presently intend to invest in
mortgages or deeds of trust, other than in a manner that is
ancillary to an equity investment, we may elect, in our discretion,
to invest in mortgages and other types of real estate interests,
including, without limitation, participating or convertible
mortgages. Investments in real estate mortgages run the risk that
one or more borrowers may default under certain mortgages and that
the collateral securing certain mortgages may not be sufficient to
enable us to recoup our full investment.
Investment in Other Securities
Other
than as described above, we do not intend to acquire any additional
securities such as bonds, preferred stocks or common stock, for
investment purposes. From time to time, we may elect to acquire
properties through co-investment or joint venture structures. In
such an instance, we intend to structure such investments so that
we maintain control of the property-owning subsidiary.
Investment Company Act Considerations
We
intend to conduct our operations so that our company and our
subsidiaries are each exempt from registration as an investment
company under the Investment Company Act. Under the Investment
Company Act, in relevant part, a company is an “investment
company” if:
●
pursuant
to Section 3(a)(1)(A), it is, or holds itself out as being, engaged
primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the business of
investing, reinvesting or trading in securities; and
●
pursuant
to Section 3(a)(1)(C), it is engaged, or proposes to engage, in the
business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in
securities and owns or proposes to acquire “investment
securities” having a value exceeding 40% of the value of its
total assets on an unconsolidated basis. “Investment
securities” does not include U.S. Government securities and
securities of majority-owned subsidiaries that are not themselves
investment companies and are not relying on the exception from the
definition of investment company under Section 3(c)(1) or Section
3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act.
We
intend to conduct our operations so that our company and most, if
not all, of its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries own or
proposes to acquire “investment securities” having a
value of not more than 40% of the value of its total assets
(exclusive of government securities and cash items) on an
unconsolidated basis. We will continuously monitor our holdings on
an ongoing basis to determine the compliance of our company and
each wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiary with this test. We
expect that most, if not all, of our company’s wholly-owned
and majority-owned subsidiaries will not be relying on exemptions
under either Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company
Act. Consequently, interests in these subsidiaries (which are
expected to constitute most, if not all, of our assets) generally
will not constitute “investment securities.” We believe
that our company and most, if not all, of its wholly-owned and
majority-owned subsidiaries will not be considered investment
companies under Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company
Act.
In
addition, we believe that neither our company nor any of its
wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries will be considered
investment companies under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment
Company Act because they will not engage primarily or hold
themselves out as being engaged primarily in the business of
investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Rather, our
company and its subsidiaries will be primarily engaged in
non-investment company businesses related to real estate.
Consequently, our company and its subsidiaries expect to be able to
conduct their respective operations such that none of them will be
required to register as an investment company under the Investment
Company Act.
We will
classify our assets for purposes of the Investment Company Act,
including our 3(c)(5)(C) exclusion, in large measure upon no-action
positions taken by the SEC staff in the past. These no-action
positions were issued in accordance with factual situations that
may be substantially different from the factual situations we may
face, and a number of these no-action positions were issued more
than ten years ago. No assurance can be given that the SEC staff
will concur with our classification of our assets. In addition, the
SEC staff may, in the future, issue further guidance that may
require us to re-classify our assets for purposes of the Investment
Company Act. If we are required to re-classify our assets, we may
no longer be in compliance with the exclusion from the definition
of an investment company provided by Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the
Investment Company Act.
For
purposes of determining whether we satisfy the 55%/80% tests, we
will classify the assets in which we invest as
follows:
●
Real
Property. Based on the no-action letters issued by the SEC staff,
we will classify our fee interests in real properties as qualifying
assets. In addition, based on no-action letters issued by the SEC
staff, we will treat our investments in joint ventures, which in
turn invest in qualifying assets such as real property, as
qualifying assets only if we have the right to approve major
decisions affecting the joint venture; otherwise, such investments
will be classified as real estate-related assets. We expect that no
less than 55% of our assets will consist of investments in real
property, including any joint ventures that we
control.
●
Securities.
We intend to treat as real estate-related assets debt and equity
securities of both non-majority owned publicly traded and private
companies primarily engaged in real estate businesses, including
REITs and other real estate operating companies, and securities
issued by pass-through entities of which substantially all of the
assets consist of qualifying assets or real estate-related
assets.
●
Loans.
Based on the no-action letters issued by the SEC staff, we will
classify our investments in various types of whole loans as
qualifying assets, as long as the loans are “fully
secured” by an interest in real estate at the time we
originate or acquire the loan. However, we will consider loans with
loan-to-value ratios in excess of 100% to be real estate-related
assets. We will treat our mezzanine loan investments, if any, as
qualifying assets so long as they are structured as “Tier
1” mezzanine loans in accordance with the guidance published
by the SEC staff in a no-action letter that discusses the
classifications of Tier 1 mezzanine loans under Section 3(c)(5)(C)
of the Investment Company Act.
We will
classify our investments in construction loans as qualifying
assets, as long as the loans are “fully secured” by an
interest in real estate at the time we originate or acquire the
loan. With respect to construction loans that are funded over time,
we will consider the outstanding balance (i.e., the amount of the
loan actually drawn) as a qualifying asset. The SEC staff has not
issued no-action letters specifically addressing construction
loans. If the SEC staff takes a position in the future that is
contrary to our classification, we will modify our classification
accordingly.
Consistent with
no-action positions taken by the SEC staff, we will consider any
participation in a whole mortgage loan, including B-Notes, to be a
qualifying real estate asset only if: (1) we have a participation
interest in a mortgage loan that is fully secured by real property;
(2) we have the right to receive our proportionate share of the
interest and the principal payments made on the loan by the
borrower, and our returns on the loan are based on such payments;
(3) we invest only after performing the same type of due diligence
and credit underwriting procedures that we would perform if we were
underwriting the underlying mortgage loan; (4) we have approval
rights in connection with any material decisions pertaining to the
administration and servicing of the loan and with respect to any
material modification to the loan agreements; and (5) if the loan
becomes non-performing, we have effective control over the remedies
relating to the enforcement of the mortgage loan, including
ultimate control of the foreclosure process, by having the right
to: (a) appoint the special servicer to manage the resolution of
the loan; (b) advise, direct or approve the actions of the special
servicer; (c) terminate the special servicer at any time with or
without cause; (d) cure the default so that the mortgage loan is no
longer non-performing; and (e) purchase the senior loan at par plus
accrued interest, thereby acquiring the entire mortgage
loan.
We will
base our treatment of any other investments as qualifying assets
and real estate-related assets on the characteristics of the
underlying collateral and the particular type of loan (including
whether we have foreclosure rights with respect to those securities
or loans that have underlying real estate collateral) and we will
make these determinations in a manner consistent with guidance
issued by the SEC staff.
Qualification for
exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act will
limit our ability to make certain investments. For example, these
restrictions may limit the ability of our company and its
subsidiaries to invest directly in mortgage-related securities that
represent less than the entire ownership in a pool of mortgage
loans, debt and equity tranches of securitizations and certain
asset-backed securities and real estate companies or in assets not
related to real estate. Although we intend to monitor our
portfolio, there can be no assurance that we will be able to
maintain this exemption from registration for our company or each
of our subsidiaries.
A
change in the value of any of our assets could negatively affect
our ability to maintain our exemption from regulation under the
Investment Company Act. To maintain compliance with the Section
3(c)(5)(C) exclusion, we may be unable to sell assets we would
otherwise want to sell and may need to sell assets we would
otherwise wish to retain. In addition, we may have to acquire
additional assets that we might not otherwise have acquired or may
have to forego opportunities to acquire assets that we would
otherwise want to acquire and would be important to our investment
strategy.
To the
extent that the SEC staff provides more specific guidance regarding
any of the matters bearing upon the definition of investment
company and the exceptions to that definition, we may be required
to adjust our investment strategy accordingly. Additional guidance
from the SEC staff could provide additional flexibility to us, or
it could further inhibit our ability to pursue the investment
strategy we have chosen.
If we
are required to register as an investment company under the
Investment Company Act, we would become subject to substantial
regulation with respect to our capital structure (including our
ability to use borrowings), management, operations, transactions
with affiliated persons (as defined in the Investment Company Act),
and portfolio composition, including restrictions with respect to
diversification and industry concentration and other matters.
Compliance with the Investment Company Act would, accordingly,
limit our ability to make certain investments and require us to
significantly restructure our business plan.
DESCRIPTION OF OUR
PROPERTY
We currently own one asset, our
interest in Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, through our ownership of a
membership interest in our subsidiary, RF Grocery, as further
described below.
Fresh Thyme Farmers Market
On July
17, 2020, our company, through RF
Grocery, a subsidiary of our company, completed the acquisition of
a 28,220 square foot retail property leased to a single tenant
occupying 100% of the property, Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, located
at 7501 West North Avenue in River Forest, IL, from 7501 W. North
Avenue, LLC, or the Seller.
The
original 15-year lease terminates June 30, 2032, with four options
to extend for an additional five years each. The lease includes
base annual rent of $620,840 ($22.00 per square-foot) and rent
increases of $1.50 per square-foot every five years and has a
Meijer Companies, Ltd. guaranty, which expires on June 21,
2022. The lease is a
triple net lease. The tenant pays all operating expenses directly,
and our company is responsible for the structure and roof. There is
no option for the tenant to purchase the property in the existing
lease agreement.
Currently, we have
no plans for the renovation, improvement or development of the
property other than roof repairs
required pursuant to the terms of our Loan (as defined below). The
property is competitively located on the south side of a primary
east-west thoroughfare within the Chicago metropolitan area, and a
significant number of vehicles pass the property each day. The
property benefits from a strategic neighborhood location in
proximity to the housing stock in the area and features a dense,
affluent population base.
The
following chart provides the details of how tax depreciation is
calculated at the property.
|
|
|
|
Land
|
$2,892.246
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Building
|
$2,915,184
|
|
30
|
Land Improvements
|
$173,893
|
|
11
|
Personal Property
|
$0
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Tenant Improvements
|
$583,779
|
|
12
|
Total Consideration
|
$6,565,102
|
|
|
The
following chart provides the details of how taxes are assessed at
the property.
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Fresh Thyme Farmers Market
|
Realty Tax Rate
|
10.646%
|
Annual Realty Taxes
|
$88,630
|
The
contract purchase price for Fresh Thyme Farmers Market was
$8,050,000, and total acquisition cost was $8,214,213 including
financing fees paid to the lender and other closing costs. Of the
total acquisition cost, $5,190,000 was funded by a first mortgage
loan secured by Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, or the Loan. The Loan
bears interest at a variable rate of 2.2% above LIBOR, subject to
an interest rate floor of 3.2%, with a maturity date of July 17,
2025. The payments on the Loan are expected to be paid monthly and
will be interest only for the first year followed by principal and
interest payments amortized over 25 years for the remainder of the
term of the Loan. The Loan can be
repaid at any time, and there is no prepayment penalty associated
with prepayment. The principal balance to be due at maturity
assuming no payment has been made on principal in advance of the
Loan's due date would be $5,190,000. If our company makes the
regularly scheduled monthly principal and interest payments, the
amount due at maturity will be
$4,611,418.
Pursuant
to the amended and restated operating agreement of RF Grocery dated
July 17, 2020, or the A&R Operating Agreement, $1,824,213 of
the total purchase price was funded by proceeds raised from the
offering of bonds pursuant to the Offering Circular through a
capital contribution to RF Grocery. The remaining $1,200,000 of the
total purchase price was funded through an investment by Garo
Kholamian through the Garo Kholamian Revocable Trust, or the
Preferred Member, which received preferred equity in RF Grocery in
exchange for the investment, or the Preferred Equity. On December
17, 2020, RF Grocery redeemed and retired 100% of the Preferred
Member’s Preferred Equity interests for $1,308,000, and the
A&R Operating Agreement was amended to this
effect.
We
are working diligently to identify assets in our target asset class
and to acquire such assets in the timeframe that is customary in
the real estate industry.
MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX
CONSIDERATIONS
The
following discussion is a summary of certain material U.S. federal
income tax consequences relevant to the purchase, ownership and
disposition of the Bonds, but does not purport to be a complete
analysis of all potential tax consequences. The discussion is based
upon the Code, current, temporary and proposed U.S. Treasury
regulations issued under the Code, or collectively the Treasury
Regulations, the legislative history of the Code, IRS rulings,
pronouncements, interpretations and practices, and judicial
decisions now in effect, all of which are subject to change at any
time. Any such change may be applied retroactively in a manner that
could adversely affect a holder of the Bonds. This discussion does
not address all of the U.S. federal income tax consequences that
may be relevant to a holder in light of such holder’s
particular circumstances or to holders subject to special rules,
including, without limitation:
●
a
broker-dealer or a dealer in securities or currencies;
●
a bank,
thrift or other financial institution;
●
a
regulated investment company or a real estate investment
trust;
●
a
tax-exempt organization;
●
a
person subject to the alternative minimum tax provisions of the
Code;
●
a
person holding the Bonds as part of a hedge, straddle, conversion,
integrated or other risk reduction or constructive sale
transaction;
●
a
partnership or other pass-through entity;
●
a
person deemed to sell the Bonds under the constructive sale
provisions of the Code;
●
a U.S.
person whose “functional currency” is not the U.S.
dollar; or
●
a U.S.
expatriate or former long-term resident.
In
addition, this discussion is limited to persons that purchase the
Bonds in this offering for cash and that hold the Bonds as
“capital assets” within the meaning of
Section 1221 of the Code (generally, property held for
investment). This discussion does not address the effect of any
applicable state, local, non-U.S. or other tax laws, including gift
and estate tax laws.
As used
herein, “U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of the
Bonds that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:
●
an
individual who is a citizen or resident of the United
States;
●
a
corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S.
federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the
laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia;
●
an
estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax
regardless of its source; or
●
a trust
that (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court and
the control of one or more U.S. persons that have the authority to
control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (2) has a valid
election in effect under applicable Treasury Regulations to be
treated as a U.S. person.
If an
entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax
purposes holds the Bonds, the tax treatment of an owner of the
entity generally will depend upon the status of the particular
owner and the activities of the entity. If you are an owner of an
entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, you should consult your tax advisor regarding the tax
consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the
Bonds.
We have
not sought and will not seek any rulings from the IRS with respect
to the matters discussed below. There can be no assurance that the
IRS will not take a different position concerning the tax
consequences of the purchase, ownership or disposition of the Bonds
or that any such position would not be sustained.
THIS SUMMARY OF MATERIAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS IS FOR
GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE TAX ADVICE.
PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS REGARDING
THE APPLICATION OF THE TAX CONSIDERATIONS DISCUSSED BELOW TO THEIR
PARTICULAR SITUATIONS, POTENTIAL CHANGES IN APPLICABLE TAX LAWS AND
THE APPLICATION OF ANY STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN OR OTHER TAX LAWS,
INCLUDING GIFT AND ESTATE TAX LAWS, AND ANY TAX
TREATIES.
U.S. Holders
Interest
U.S.
Holder generally will be required to recognize and include in gross
income any stated interest as ordinary income at the time it is
paid or accrued on the Bonds in accordance with such holder’s
method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax
purposes.
Sale or Other Taxable Disposition of the Bonds
A U.S.
Holder will recognize gain or loss on the sale, exchange,
redemption (including a partial redemption), retirement or other
taxable disposition of a Bond equal to the difference between the
sum of the cash and the fair market value of any property received
in exchange therefore (less a portion allocable to any accrued and
unpaid stated interest, which generally will be taxable as ordinary
income if not previously included in such holder’s income)
and the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the Bond. A U.S.
Holder’s adjusted tax basis in a Bond (or a portion thereof)
generally will be the U.S. Holder’s cost therefore decreased
by any payment on the Bond other than a payment of qualified stated
interest. This gain or loss will generally constitute capital gain
or loss. In the case of a non-corporate U.S. Holder, including an
individual, if the Bond has been held for more than one year, such
capital gain may be subject to reduced federal income tax rates.
The deductibility of capital losses is subject to certain
limitations.
Medicare Tax
Certain
individuals, trusts and estates are subject to a Medicare tax of
3.8% on the lesser of (i) ”net investment income”,
or (ii) the excess of modified adjusted gross income over a
threshold amount. Net investment income generally includes interest
income and net gains from the disposition of Bonds, unless such
interest payments or net gains are derived in the ordinary course
of the conduct of a trade or business (other than a trade or
business that consists of certain passive or trading activities).
U.S. Holders are encouraged to consult with their tax advisors
regarding the possible implications of the Medicare tax on their
ownership and disposition of Bonds in light of their individual
circumstances.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
A U.S.
Holder may be subject to information reporting and backup
withholding when such holder receives interest and principal
payments on the Bonds or proceeds upon the sale or other
disposition of such Bonds (including a redemption or retirement of
the Bonds). Certain holders (including, among others, corporations
and certain tax-exempt organizations) generally are not subject to
information reporting or backup withholding. A U.S. Holder will be
subject to backup withholding if such holder is not otherwise
exempt and:
●
such
holder fails to furnish its taxpayer identification number, or TIN,
which, for an individual is ordinarily his or her social security
number;
●
the IRS
notifies the payor that such holder furnished an incorrect
TIN;
●
in the
case of interest payments such holder is notified by the IRS of a
failure to properly report payments of interest or
dividends;
●
in the
case of interest payments, such holder fails to certify, under
penalties of perjury, that such holder has furnished a correct TIN
and that the IRS has not notified such holder that it is subject to
backup withholding; or
●
such
holder does not otherwise establish an exemption from backup
withholding.
A U.S.
Holder should consult its tax advisor regarding its qualification
for an exemption from backup withholding and the procedures for
obtaining such an exemption, if applicable. Backup withholding is
not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup
withholding rules from a payment to a U.S. Holder will be allowed
as a credit against the holder’s U.S. federal income tax
liability or may be refunded, provided the required information is
furnished in a timely manner to the IRS.
Non-U.S. Holders are encouraged to consult their tax
advisors.
This
description sets forth certain terms of the Bonds that we are
offering pursuant to this Offering Circular. In this section, we
use capitalized words to signify terms that are specifically
defined in the Indenture, dated as of January 28, 2020, by and
between us and UMB Bank, as trustee, or the trustee. This section
contains definitions of certain capitalized terms that are used
herein. We refer you to the Indenture for a full disclosure of all
such terms, as well as any other capitalized terms used in this
Offering Circular for which no definition is provided.
Because
this section is a summary, it does not describe every aspect of the
Bonds or the Indenture. We urge you to read the Indenture because
that document and not this summary defines your rights as a
Bondholders. Please review a copy of the Indenture. The Indenture
is filed as an exhibit to the Offering Statement, of which this
offering circular is a part, at www.sec.gov. You may also obtain a
copy of the Indenture from us without charge. See
“Where You Can Find More
Information” for more information. You may also review
the Indenture at the trustee’s corporate trust office at 1670
Broadway, Denver, Colorado 80202.
Ranking
The
Bonds are our direct, senior unsecured obligations
and:
●
rank
equally with each other and with all of our existing and future
unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness outstanding from time to
time;
●
rank
senior to all of our future indebtedness that by its terms is
expressly subordinate to the Bonds;
●
effectively
are structurally subordinated to all existing and future
indebtedness and other obligations of each of our subsidiaries,
including the claims of mortgage lenders holding secured
indebtedness, as to the specific property receiving each
lender’s mortgage and other secured
indebtedness.
Manner of Offering
The
offering is being made on a best-efforts basis through JCC
Advisors, LLC, our Managing Broker-Dealer, as well as other
selected dealers, or Selling Group Members. Our Managing
Broker-Dealer, nor any Selling Group Member, will be required to
purchase any of our Bonds.
Interest and Maturity
The
Bonds will be offered in six series, Series A, Series B, Series C,
Series D, Series E and Series F, with the sole difference between
the series being their respective maturity dates. Each series of
Bonds beginning with Series C will be offered for a total of six
months. Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E and Series
F Bonds will mature on February 28, 2025, August 31, 2025, February
28, 2026, August 31, 2026, February 28, 2027 and August 31, 2027,
respectively, and each series of Bonds will bear interest at a
fixed rate of 7% per annum. Interest on the Bonds will be paid
monthly on the 15th day of the
month. The first interest payment on a Bond will be paid on the
15th day of the month
following the issuance of such Bond.
THE
REQUIRED INTEREST PAYMENTS AND PRINCIPAL PAYMENT ARE NOT A GUARANTY
OF ANY RETURN TO YOU NOR ARE THEY A GUARANTY OF THE RETURN OF YOUR
INVESTED CAPITAL. While our company is required to make the
Interest Payments, Principal Payment and Deferred Interest Payments
as described in the Indenture and above, we do not intend to
establish a sinking fund to fund such payments. Therefore, our
ability to honor these obligations will be subject to our ability
to generate sufficient cash flow or procure additional financing in
order to fund those payments. If we cannot generate sufficient cash
flow or procure additional financing to honor these obligations, we
may need to liquidate some or all of our company’s assets to
fund the payments, or we may not be able to fund the payments in
their entirety or at all. If we cannot fund the above payments,
Bondholders will have claims against us with respect to such
violation.
Deferred Interest Payment
In
addition, the company is obligated to pay Bondholders a cumulative
non-compounding 1% Deferred Interest Payment on maturity dates of
the Bonds in such series.
On
maturity dates of the Bonds in such series, the company is
obligated to pay the Bondholders a cumulative non-compounding
Deferred Interest Payment at a fixed rate of 1% per annum. Deferred
Interest Payments will not be made in the instances of any Optional
Redemption or Death and Disability Redemption. See
“Description of Bonds
– Optional Redemption At The Option Of The
Bondholders” and “Description of Bonds
– Death and Disability Redemption” for more
information.
While
our company is required to make the Deferred Interest Payments, we
do not intend to establish a sinking fund to fund such payments.
Therefore, our ability to honor this obligation will be subject to
our ability to generate sufficient cash flow or procure additional
financing in order to fund those payments. If we cannot generate
sufficient cash flow or procure additional financing to honor this
obligation, we may need to liquidate some or all of our
company’s assets to fund the payments, or we may not be able
to fund the payments in their entirety or at all, which shall
constitute an Event of Default. See “Description of
Company’s Securities - Event of Default” for
more information.
Optional Redemption at the Option of the Bondholder
The
Bonds will be redeemable at the election of the Bondholder
beginning on the one-year anniversary of last issuance date of the
series of Bonds held by the Bondholder, or the Optional Redemption.
In order to request redemption, the Bondholder must provide written
notice to us at our principal place of business that the Bondholder
requests redemption of all or a portion (consisting of at least
50%) of the Bondholder’s Bonds, or a Notice of Redemption.
The price per Bond to be paid for redemptions made pursuant to
Optional Redemption shall be $850 per Bond plus all accrued but
unpaid interest on the Bonds being redeemed, excluding any Deferred
Interest Payment. Deferred Interest Payments will not be made in
the instances of Optional Redemption. We will have 120 days from
the date the applicable Notice of Optional Redemption is provided
to redeem the requesting Bondholder’s Bonds, subject to the
limitations set forth in the Bond. Our obligation to redeem Bonds
with respect to Notices of Redemption received in any given
Redemption Period (as defined below) is limited to an aggregate
principal amount of Bonds equal to 3.75% of the aggregate principal
of Bonds under the Indenture as of the close of business on the
last business day of the preceding Redemption Period, or, if there
be no preceding Redemption Period, then as of close of business on
the first business day of such initial Redemption Period, or the
3.75% Limit. Any Bonds redeemed as a result of a Bondholder's right
upon death, disability or bankruptcy will be included in
calculating the 3.75% Limit and will thus reduce the number of
Bonds available to be redeemed pursuant to Optional Redemption.
Optional Redemptions and Death and Disability Redemptions shall be
subject to the company’s determination that the company has
or will have cash available from operations or the sale of assets
to make the requested redemptions, or the Cash Limitation. Optional
Redemptions will occur in the order that notices are received. If
the company is unable to redeem all Bonds for which Notices of
Optional Redemption are received in any Redemption Period as a
result of the 3.75% Limit or the Cash Limitation, the company will
treat unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied redemption requests as a
Notice of Optional Redemption for the following Redemption Period,
unless such Notice of Optional Redemption is withdrawn. The company
shall have no obligation to make Optional Redemptions following the
listing of the Bonds on a national securities exchange. A
Redemption Period shall be a period of three (3) calendar months,
with Redemption Periods beginning on March 1, June 1, September 1
and December 1 of each calendar year.
Death and Disability Redemption
(a) Subject to
subsection (b) below, within 45 days of the death or Qualifying
Disability (as defined below), or a Holder Redemption Event, of a
holder who is a natural person or a Person who beneficially holds
Bonds represented by a global note, or a D & D Holder, the
estate of such Person, such Person, or legal representative of such
Person, may request the company to repurchase, without penalty in
whole or in part, not less than 50% of, the Bonds held or
beneficially held by such Person (including Bonds of such Person
held or beneficially held in his or her individual retirement
accounts), as the case may be, by delivering to the company a
repurchase request; provided, however, that in the case of a
repurchase request delivered by a Person who beneficially holds
represented by a global note, such repurchase request shall be
valid only if delivered through the depositary, in its capacity as
the registered holder of the global note with respect to which such
beneficial holder holds his or her beneficial interest in a
Bond.
Qualifying
Disability shall mean with respect to any Bondholder or beneficial
holder, a determination of disability based upon a physical or
mental condition or impairment arising after the date such
Bondholder or beneficial holder first acquired Bonds. Any such
determination of disability must be made by any of: (1) the Social
Security Administration; (2) the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management; or (3) the Veteran’s Benefits Administration, or
the Applicable Governmental Agency, responsible for reviewing the
disability retirement benefits that the applicable Bondholder or
beneficial holder could be eligible to receive.
Any
repurchase request for Death and Disability Redemption shall
specify the particular Holder Redemption Event giving rise to the
right of the holder or beneficial holder to have his or her Bonds
or beneficial interest in a global note repurchased by the company.
If a Bond or beneficial interest in a global note is held jointly
by natural persons who are legally married, then a repurchase
request may be made by (i) the surviving holder or beneficial
holder upon the occurrence of a Holder Redemption Event arising by
virtue of a death, or (ii) the disabled holder or beneficial holder
(or a legal representative) upon the occurrence of a Holder
Redemption Event arising by virtue of a Qualifying Disability. In
the event a Bond or beneficial interest in a global note is held
together by two or more natural persons that are not legally
married (regardless of whether held as joint tenants, co-tenants or
otherwise), neither of these persons shall have the right to
request that the company repurchase such Bond or beneficial
interest in a global note unless a Holder Redemption Event has
occurred for all such co-holders or co-beneficial holders of such
Bond. A holder or beneficial holder that is not an individual
natural person does not have the right to request repurchase under
Death and Disability Redemption.
(b) Upon
receipt of a repurchase request under subsection (a) above, and
subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (c) below, the
company shall designate a date for the repurchase of such Bonds and
notify the Trustee of such repurchase date, or the Repurchase Date,
which date shall not be later than the 120th day following the date
on which the company receives facts or certifications establishing
to the reasonable satisfaction of the company the occurrence of a
Holder Redemption Event. The repurchase price under Death and
Disability Redemption shall equal either: (i) the price paid per
Bond if the D & D Holder is the original purchaser of the Bonds
from the company; or (ii) if the D & D Holder is not the
original purchaser of the Bonds from the company, $1,000 per Bond,
or the Repurchase Price. On the Repurchase Date, the company shall
pay the Repurchase Price to the Paying Agent for payment to the
holder, or the estate of the holder, in accordance with the terms
of the Bond being repurchased and the Paying Agent shall pay out
such Repurchase Price upon the surrender of the Bond to the
Trustee. No interest shall accrue on a Bond to be repurchased under
Death and Disability Redemption for any period of time on or after
the Repurchase Date for such Bond, provided that the company has
timely tendered the Repurchase Price to the Paying Agent. Deferred
Interest Payments will not be made in the instances of Death and
Disability Redemptions. Death and Disability Redemptions will not
be subject to monetary penalties.
(c) All Death
and Disability Redemptions shall be subject to the Cash Limitation.
In addition, our obligation to redeem Bonds with respect to
repurchase requests received under Death and Disability Redemption
in any given Redemption Period is limited to an aggregate principal
amount of Bonds equal to 1.25% of the aggregate principal of Bonds
issued under the Indenture as of the close of business on the last
business day of the preceding Redemption Period, or, if there be no
preceding Redemption Period, then as of close of business on the
first business day of such initial Redemption Period, or the 1.25%
Limit.
(d) Repurchase
requests under Death and Disability Redemption will be processed in
the order in which they are received. If the company is unable to
redeem all Bonds for which repurchase requests are received under
Death and Disability Redemption in any Redemption Period as a
result of the 1.25% Limit or the Cash Limitation, the company will
treat unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied repurchase requests as a
repurchase request for the following Redemption Period, unless such
repurchase request is withdrawn. The company shall have no
obligation to make repurchases under Death and Disability
Redemption following the listing of the Bonds on a national
securities exchange.
Redemption at the Option of the Company
We may
redeem the Bonds at our option, in whole or in part at any time
after their issuance. The redemption price for redemptions at the
option of the company shall equal: (i) $1,020 per Bond if redeemed
on or before the third anniversary of the initial issuance of Bonds
of the series being prepaid; (ii) $1,015 per Bond if redeemed after
the third anniversary and on or before the fourth anniversary of
the initial issuance of Bonds of the series being prepaid; and
(iii) $1,010 per Bond if redeemed after the fourth anniversary of
the initial issuance of Bonds of the series being prepaid, plus, in
all cases, any accrued and unpaid interest on the Bonds to be
redeemed up to but not including the redemption date, including any
Deferred Interest Payment on the Bonds to be redeemed, or the
Company Redemption Price. If we plan to redeem the Bonds, we will
give notice of redemption not less than 30 days nor more than 60
days prior to any redemption date to each such holder’s
address appearing in the Bond Register maintained by the trustee.
In the event we elect to redeem less than all of the Bonds, the
particular Bonds to be redeemed will be selected by the Trustee by
such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and
appropriate.
Bond Service Reserve
Our
company will be required to keep 7% of the gross offering proceeds
from the sale of Bonds in each series in a reserve account with the
trustee for a period of one (1) year following the initial issuance
date of Bonds in such series. Each series of Bonds will have a
separate reserve account which reserve account will be available
solely for the payment of our company’s Bond Service
Obligations relating to the particular series of Bonds. Provided no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, following the
expiration of one (1) year from the date of initial issuance of
Bonds in a series, the remaining amount in any series reserve
account shall be released to our company if our company is
otherwise in compliance with all terms of the Bonds. If an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall apply any
amounts in the Bond Service Reserve in accordance with the
Indenture.
Merger, Consolidation or Sale
We may
consolidate or merge with or into any other corporation, and we may
sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of our assets to any
corporation, provided that the successor entity, if other than
us:
●
is
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America or any United States, or U.S., state or the District of
Columbia; and
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assumes
all of our obligations to perform and observe all of our
obligations under the Bonds and the Indenture;
and
provided further that no Event of Default (as defined below) shall
have occurred and be continuing.
Except
as described below under “- Certain Covenants - Offer
to Repurchase Upon a Change of Control Repurchase
Event,” the Indenture does not provide for any right
of acceleration in the event of a consolidation, merger, sale of
all or substantially all of the assets, recapitalization or change
in our stock ownership. In addition, the Indenture does not contain
any provision which would protect the Bondholders against a sudden
and dramatic decline in credit quality resulting from takeovers,
recapitalizations or similar restructurings.
Certain Covenants
Secured Indebtedness
The
Bonds would rank junior to any of our secured indebtedness;
however, our company is not permitted to incur any indebtedness
that would be senior to the Bonds, and none of our direct or
indirect subsidiaries is permitted to incur any indebtedness other
than indebtedness secured by a first position lien on real property
acquired by us or one of our subsidiaries.
Appraisals
While
any of the Bonds remain outstanding, the company shall commission
or otherwise obtain an appraisal of each Property owned by the
company or a subsidiary of the company to be dated on or before the
second anniversary of the acquisition of such Property, and then on
or before each subsequent anniversary of the prior
appraisal.
Equity-Bond Ratio
The
Bonds will be unsecured; however, while any of the Bonds remain
outstanding, the sum of the aggregate Property Equity Values plus
any cash or cash equivalents, as defined by GAAP, then held by the
company shall be equal to or exceed seventy percent (70%) of
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Bonds, or the
Equity-Bond Ratio. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture,
as long as the company complies with secured indebtedness
restriction above and the Equity-Bond Ratio, the company and any of
its subsidiary shall be entitled to incur additional indebtedness
on the Properties.
As with
all non-payment defaults, our company will have a 120-day cure
period to cure any breach of the Equity-Bond Ratio covenant before
a default may be declared relative to such covenant.
Cash Coverage Ratio
While
any Bonds remain outstanding, the Indenture provides that our
company will maintain cash and cash equivalents, as defined by
GAAP, equal to at least 120% of our company’s Bond Service
Obligations for a period of three (3) months. Our company will be
required to make monthly reports of its cash and cash equivalents
to the trustee to ensure compliance with the Cash Coverage Ratio
covenant. If our company falls out of compliance with the Cash
Coverage Ratio covenant, it will have 120 days to cure such
non-compliance.
Offer to Repurchase Upon a Change of Control Repurchase
Event
“Change of Control Repurchase
Event” means (A) the acquisition by any person,
including any syndicate or group deemed to be a
“person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act, of beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, through a
purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or series of
purchases, mergers or other acquisition transactions of the
membership units entitling that person to exercise more than 50% of
the total voting power of all the membership units entitled to vote
in meetings of our company (except that such person will be deemed
to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such person has
the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable
or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent
condition); and (B) following the closing of any transaction
referred to in subsection (A), neither we nor the acquiring or
surviving entity has a class of common securities (or American
Depositary Receipts representing such securities) listed on the New
York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), the NYSE American, or the
Nasdaq Stock Market, or listed or quoted on an exchange or
quotation system that is a successor to the NYSE, the NYSE American
or the Nasdaq Stock Market.
If a
Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless we have exercised
our option to redeem the Bonds as described under
“Description of Bonds
– Redemption At The Option Of
The Company,” we will make an offer to each Bondholder
to repurchase all or any part of that Bondholder’s Bonds at a
repurchase price equal to (i) $1,020 per Bond if redeemed on or
before the third anniversary of the initial issuance of Bonds of
the series being prepaid; (ii) $1,015 per Bond if redeemed after
the third anniversary and on or before the fourth anniversary of
the initial issuance of Bonds of the series being prepaid; and
(iii) $1,010 per Bond if redeemed after the fourth anniversary of
the initial issuance of Bonds of the series being prepaid, plus, in
all cases, any accrued and unpaid interest on the Bonds to be
redeemed up to but not including the redemption date, including any
Deferred Interest Payment on the Bonds to be redeemed, or the
Company Redemption Price.
Reports
We will
furnish the following reports to each Bondholder:
Reporting Requirements under Tier II
of Regulation A. We are required to comply with certain
ongoing disclosure requirements under Rule 257 of Regulation A. We
are required to file: an annual report with the SEC on Form 1-K; a
semi-annual report with the SEC on Form 1-SA; current reports with
the SEC on Form 1-U; and a notice under cover of Form 1-Z. The
necessity to file current reports will be triggered by certain
corporate events, similar to the ongoing reporting obligation faced
by issuers under the Exchange Act, however the requirement to file
a Form 1-U is expected to be triggered by significantly fewer
corporate events than that of the Form 8-K. Parts I & II of
Form 1-Z will be filed by us if and when we decide to and are no
longer obligated to file and provide annual reports pursuant to the
requirements of Regulation A.
Annual Reports. As soon as
practicable, but in no event later than one hundred twenty (120)
days after the close of our fiscal year, ending December 31st, our
manager will cause to be mailed or made available, by any
reasonable means, to each Bondholder as of a date selected by our
manager, an annual report containing financial statements of our
company for such fiscal year, presented in accordance with GAAP,
including a balance sheet and statements of operations, Company
equity and cash flows, with such statements having been audited by
an accountant selected by our manager. Our manager shall be deemed
to have made a report available to each Bondholder as required if
it has either (i) filed such report with the SEC via its Electronic
Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system and such
report is publicly available on such system or (ii) made such
report available on any website maintained by our company and
available for viewing by the Bondholders.
Insurance
We
will, and will cause each of our subsidiaries to, keep all of its
insurable property insured against loss or damage at least equal to
their then full insurable value with insurers of recognized
responsibility and having an A.M Best policy holder’s rating
of not less than A-V.
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
We will
pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same
shall become delinquent: (i) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon us or any subsidiary or
upon the income, profits or property of us or any subsidiary; and
(ii) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies
which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of
us or any subsidiary; provided, however, that we shall not be
required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any
such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability
or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings or for which we have set apart and maintain an adequate
reserve.
There
is no public market for the Bonds. We may apply for quotation
of the Bonds on an alternative trading system or over the
counter market beginning after the final closing of this
offering. However, even if the Bonds are listed or quoted, no
assurance can be given as to (1) the likelihood that an active
market for the Bonds will develop, (2) the liquidity of any such
market, (3) the ability of Bondholders to sell the Bonds or (4) the
prices that Bondholders may obtain for any of the Bonds. No
prediction can be made as to the effect, if any, that future sales
of the Bonds, or the availability of the Bonds for future sale,
will have on the market price prevailing from time to time. Sales
of substantial amounts of the Bonds, or the perception that such
sales could occur, may adversely affect prevailing market prices of
the Bonds. See “Risk
Factors — Investment
Risks.”
Event of Default
The
following are Events of Default under the Indenture with respect to
the Bonds:
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default
in the payment of any interest, including Deferred Interest
Payment, on the Bonds when due and payable, which continues for
thirty (30) days, a Cure Period;
●
default
in the payment of any principal of or premium on the Bonds when
due, which continues for thirty (30) days, a Cure
Period;
●
default
in the performance of any other obligation or covenant contained in
the Indenture or in this Offering Circular for the benefit of the
Bonds, which continues for one hundred twenty (120) days after
written notice, a Cure Period;
●
specified
events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of
us;
●
any
final and non-appealable judgment or order for the payment of money
in excess of $25,000,000 singly, or in the aggregate for all such
final judgments or orders against all such Persons shall be
rendered against us or any Significant Subsidiary and shall not be
paid or discharged; and
Book-entry and
other indirect Bondholders should consult their banks or brokers
for information on how to give notice or direction to or make a
request of the trustee and how to declare or rescind an
acceleration of maturity.
Annually, within
120 days following December 31st while the Bonds are outstanding,
we will furnish to the trustee a written statement of certain of
our officers certifying that to their knowledge we are in
compliance with the Indenture, or else specifying any Default and
the nature and status thereof. We will also deliver to the trustee
a written notification of any uncured Default within 30 days after
we become aware of such uncured Default.
Remedies if an Event of Default Occurs
Subject
to any respective Cure Period, if an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the trustee or the Bondholders of not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds may declare the
principal thereof, premium, if any, and all unpaid interest thereon
to be due and payable immediately. In such event, the trustee will
need to rely on liquidation proceeds upon sales of our assets,
including properties and any equity interest we own, for repayment.
Because the amount of real property equity we are required to
maintain may not cover the full principal amount of the Bonds, if
we default on the Bonds, the proceeds from liquidation upon sale of
our assets may not be sufficient to fully repay the outstanding
Bondholders.
At any
time after the trustee or the Bondholders have accelerated the
repayment of the principal, premium, if any, and all unpaid
interest on the Bonds, but before the trustee has obtained a
judgment or decree for payment of money due, the Bondholders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Bonds may
rescind and annul that acceleration and its consequences, provided
that all payments and/or deliveries due, other than those due as a
result of acceleration, have been made and all Events of Default
have been remedied or waived.
The
Bondholders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Bonds may waive any default with respect to that series, except a
default:
●
in the
payment of any amounts due and payable or deliverable under the
Bonds; or
●
in an
obligation contained in, or a provision of, the Indenture which
cannot be modified under the terms of the Indenture without the
consent of each Bondholder
The
Bondholders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Bonds may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or exercising
any trust or power conferred on the trustee with respect to the
Bonds, provided that (i) such direction is not in conflict
with any rule of law or the Indenture, (ii) the trustee may
take any other action deemed proper by the trustee that is not
inconsistent with such direction and (iii) the trustee need
not take any action that might involve it in personal liability or
be unduly prejudicial to the Bondholders not joining therein.
Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties
of the trustee, before proceeding to exercise any right or power
under the Indenture at the direction of the Bondholders, the
trustee is entitled to receive from those Bondholders security or
indemnity satisfactory to the trustee against the costs, expenses
and liabilities which it might incur in complying with any
direction.
A
Bondholder has the right to institute a proceeding with respect to
the Indenture or for any remedy under the Indenture,
if:
●
that
Bondholder previously gives to the trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default in excess of any Cure
Period,
●
the
Bondholders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding bonds have made written request;
●
such
Bondholder or Bondholders have offered to indemnify the trustee
against the costs, expenses and liabilities incurred in connection
with such request;
●
the
trustee has not received from the Bondholders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Bonds a direction inconsistent
with the request (it being understood and intended that no one or
more of such Bondholders shall have any right in any manner
whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of the
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other
of such Bondholders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such Bondholders or to enforce any
rights under the Indenture, except in the manner herein provided
and for equal and ratable benefit of all Bondholders);
and
●
the
trustee fails to institute the proceeding within 60
days.
However, the
Bondholder has the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Bond on
the respective due dates (or, in the case of redemption, on the
Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment and such rights shall not be impaired without the
consent of such Bondholder.
There
are currently no legal proceedings involving our
company.
On
December 23, 2015, the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois
entered a consent order censuring GK Development, Inc. dba GK
Real Estate, our manager, and Garo Kholamian, the President, sole
director and sole shareholder of our manager for violation of the
Illinois Securities Act related to certain previous private
offerings. The Illinois Secretary of State stated in the order that
it is not intended to trigger or otherwise result in
disqualification from the usage of Regulation A or Regulation D.
The Illinois Secretary of State alleged failures of risk disclosure
in those offerings based upon the actual performance of those
programs and to disclose certain prior performance information
considered required by the Illinois Secretary of State. Our manager
and Mr. Kholamian disputed these allegations but, nevertheless, on
December 22, 2015 stipulated to the entry of the consent order to
settle this matter without any admission of the veracity of the
alleged facts or conclusions of law of the Illinois Secretary of
State.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners (5% or
more)
Title of
Class
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Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner
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Amount and
Nature of Beneficial Ownership
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Percent of
Class
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Class
A
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Garo
Kholamian(1)(2)
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100%
Membership Interest
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100%
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Security Ownership of Management
Title of
Class
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Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner
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Amount and
Nature of Beneficial Ownership
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Percent of
Class
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Class
A
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Management(2)
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100%
Membership Interest
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100%
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____________
(1)
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Held by
Garo Kholamian individually.
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(2)
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Address
is: 257 East Main Street, Suite 200, Barrington, IL
60010.
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We may
provide incentive grants of economic profit interest of the company
to our employees in the future. Time, manners and terms of such
grants, which will be subject to the sole discretion of the
company, have not been determined as of the date of this Offering
Circular.
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
The
following table sets forth information on the directors and
executive officers of GK Real Estate. Our company is managed by GK
Real Estate, its sole manager. Consequently, our company does not
have its own separate directors or executive officers.
Name
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Age
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Position with
our Company
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Director/Officer
Since
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Garo
Kholamian
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61
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President
and Sole Director
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1995
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Sherry
Mast
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53
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Principal
- Leasing
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1997
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Gregory
C. Kveton
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63
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Principal
- Development
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2002
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Susan
Dewar
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62
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Senior
Vice President - Acquisitions
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2004
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Melissa
Pielet
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55
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Principal
- Equity Markets
|
|
2013
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Executive Officers
Set
forth below is biographical information for GK Real Estate’s
executive officers.
Garo Kholamian, age 61, is the President, sole
Director and sole shareholder of GK Real Estate. Since the
formation of the GK Real Estate in 1995, Mr. Kholamian and his
affiliates have acquired and developed over 120 million square feet
of commercial property including apartments, office and commercial
rental. Prior to forming GK Real Estate, Mr. Kholamian was Senior
Vice President of Development for Homart Development Co., the real
estate development arm of Sears Roebuck, specializing in regional
shopping malls, power centers and office buildings. At Homart, Mr.
Kholamian was responsible for site selection, negotiation and
project development and management of Homart’s community
shopping centers, including over 2.2 million square feet of
commercial rental space in the Midwest and Florida. Before managing
the development of these centers, Mr. Kholamian assisted in the
development of 1.5 million square feet of regional malls and 1.1
million square feet of office space throughout the U.S. for Homart.
Mr. Kholamian received his Master’s Degree in Business
Management from Loyola University of Chicago in 1985 and his
Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from the Illinois Institute
of Technology in 1981. He is a member of the International Council
of Shopping Centers and a licensed real estate broker in
Illinois.
Sherry Mast, age 53, is the Principal - Leasing at
GK Real Estate. Ms. Mast joined GK Real Estate in 1997 and, prior
to taking over leasing, established property management and
financial systems for GK Real Estate. Ms. Mast is responsible for
leasing of the company’s entire portfolio and manages outside
broker relationships, as well as day-to-day leasing activity. Prior
to joining GK Real Estate, Ms. Mast was Marketing Manager for
Karp’s, a nationally recognized bakery supply company. There
she was responsible for new product development, creating bakery
supply solutions for national retailers. From joining that company
in 1992, Ms. Mast was involved in the creation of new products and
worked closely with national clients, including Starbucks Coffee,
Wal-Mart, Dominick’s Finer Foods and American Superstores.
Prior to joining Karp’s, Ms. Mast was Quality Assurance
Associate for Hyatt Hotel Corporation from 1989 through 1992. There
she assisted in improving customer relations and maintaining
Hyatt’s industry-leading service standards. Ms. Mast received
her Bachelor’s Degree in Corporate Communications from
Northern Illinois University. She is a member of the International
Council of Shopping Centers and is a registered real estate
salesperson in Illinois.
Gregory C. Kveton, age 63, is the
Principal - Development at GK Real Estate. He joined GK Real Estate
in 2002 to spearhead GK Real Estate’s ground-up development
team by identifying opportunities in emerging growth markets. He
also directs new development and ongoing capital construction.
During his tenure, GK Real Estate has specialized in projects that
deliver steady, increasing value for GK Real Estate’s
investors, tenants and community. Previously, Mr. Kveton was Senior
Vice President - Operations with fiscal and operation
responsibility for GK Real Estate’s portfolio. Before he
joined GK Real Estate, he was Vice President of Asset Management in
the commercial rental group of Lend Lease Real Estate Investments,
where he was responsible for project oversight for power center
development in the western United States. At Homart Development
Company, the real estate development arm of Sears Roebuck, Mr.
Kveton was National Director of the Community Centers group, where
he oversaw asset and property management for the company’s
power and community centers portfolio. Mr. Kveton graduated from
Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration. He holds both the Certified Shopping Center Manager
and Certified Retail Property Executive designations from the
International Council of Shopping Centers.
Susan Dewar, age 62, is the Senior Vice
President - Acquisitions at GK Real Estate. Susan joined GK Real
Estate in 2004, enriching the team with her extensive background in
commercial, office and industrial real estate. Susan is responsible
for reviewing and assessing each potential acquisition for GK Real
Estate. She has been actively involved in the acquisition and
financing of several regional malls, including a portfolio of four
malls totaling more than 1.74 million square feet. She was
previously involved in obtaining financing for several of GK Real
Estate’s properties, and maintains a presence in both the
local and national banking communities. Previously, Susan was Vice
President of Real Estate for the Elmer J. Krauss Organization, at
the time, the largest industrial real estate owner in the State of
Florida. While with Krauss, she oversaw more than 30
acquisition/disposition transactions in a 3-year period, including
all due diligence and financing. In addition, she was responsible
for all property and asset management for the entire portfolio.
Susan attended the University of Houston, focusing on Business and
Real Estate, and is a licensed real estate broker in the State of
Florida. She is a member of the International Council of Shopping
Centers (ICSC), a Certified Property Manager, and a 20-year member
of the Institute of Real Estate Management.
Melissa Pielet, age 55, is the Principal
- Finance at GK Real Estate. Melissa arranges financing for all of
GK Real Estate’s acquisitions and developments. She procures
first mortgage debt, mezzanine debt and preferred equity for GK
Real Estate’s portfolio. This includes construction loans,
bridge loans and permanent loans. She is also responsible for
ongoing communication with lenders on all GK-owned assets. Before
joining the GK Real Estate team, Melissa was a Principal and
Executive Vice President of finance for 26 years with HSA
Commercial. There she was responsible for financing the development
and acquisition of over 67 million square feet of real estate with
a market value of over $2.5 billion. This included industrial,
commercial, office, medical office, senior living, hotels and
vacant land. During her tenure at HSA, Melissa oversaw
communication with lenders for all ongoing needs related to HSA
Commercial’s 16 million square feet of owned assets,
including negotiation various loan restructures to benefit
ownership. She also arranged financing for various third party
borrowers, including all of GK Real Estate’s acquisitions and
developments. Melissa attended the University of Wisconsin,
studying real estate and marketing. She is a member of the
International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and is licensed as
a real estate broker in the state of Illinois.
Directors
Garo
Kholamian is the sole shareholder and director of GK Real
Estate.
Our
company does not have executives. It is operated by a sole manager,
GK Real Estate. We will not reimburse our manager for any portion
of the salaries and benefits to be paid to its executive officers
named in “Directors and Executive
Officers.” See “Compensation of our manager
and its Affiliates” for a list of fees payable to GK
Real Estate and/or its affiliates.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED
TRANSACTIONS
See
“Selection, Retention and
Custody of Company’s Investments” and
“Policies
in Respect to Certain Transactions” for more
information on related party transactions.
SELECTION, RETENTION AND CUSTODY OF
COMPANY’S INVESTMENTS
GK Real
Estate, our company’s manager, or its affiliates will be
responsible for all aspects of the management of our
company’s assets. Through this management, GK Real Estate or
its affiliates will be entitled to the fees enumerated
below:
Acquisition Fees. GK Real Estate will be
entitled to 2% of the purchase price of each property purchased
from non-affiliated, third party sellers for identifying,
reviewing, evaluating, investing in and the purchase of real
property acquisitions. These acquisition fees are payable by our
company regardless of whether the property ever generates positive
cash flow.
Property Management Services Fee. Each
property owned by our company will be managed by a property
manager, which may be GK Real Estate or an affiliate of GK Real
Estate. For its services, the property manager will be paid
property management fees, leasing compensation and other
compensation, provided that property management fees for any
property may not exceed 5% of annual gross revenues from that
property. The property management fees will be paid in arrears on a
monthly basis. The property management fees are payable by our
company regardless of whether the property ever generates positive
cash flow.
Disposition Fees. GK Real Estate will
receive 2% of the gross sale price from the disposition of each
property by our company. These disposition fees are payable by our
company regardless of whether the investment is sold at a gain or a
loss.
Asset Management Fees. Each property
owned by our company in our future portfolio will be managed by GK
Real Estate. For its services, GK Real Estate will be entitled to
an asset management fee equal to 1% of the appraisal value of real
properties acquired by the company or its subsidiaries or pro rata
portion of such value if a company subsidiary is not wholly-owned.
No asset management fees will be earned on undeployed cash. The
asset management fees will be paid in arrears on a monthly basis.
The asset management fees are payable by our company regardless of
whether the asset ever generates positive cash flow.
Financing Fees. GK Real Estate will be
entitled to 2% of the principal amount of any financing in
conjunction with the purchase or refinance of an asset. These
financing fees are payable by our company regardless of whether the
asset generates positive cash flow.
Other Fees. GK Real Estate may be
entitled to certain additional, reasonable fees in association with
other activities imperative to the operations of our company.
Such activities include, but are not limited to, property leasing,
property development, and loan guarantees. GK Real Estate will
endeavor to determine such fees based upon benchmark market
rates.
POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN
TRANSACTIONS
Conflicts Generally
GK Real
Estate has not established any formal procedures to resolve the
conflicts of interest discussed below. Bondholders, therefore, will
be dependent on the good faith of the respective parties to resolve
conflicts equitably. Although GK Real Estate will attempt to
monitor these conflicts, it will be extremely difficult if not
impossible to assure that these conflicts do not arise, and may, in
certain circumstances, result in adverse consequences to our
company.
Specific Conflicts Inherent in our Company
As
described below, certain conflicts of interest are inherent in an
investment in our company. By investing in this offering, each
Bondholder will be deemed to have consented to these conflicts and
to have agreed not to assert any claim that any such conflicts
violate any duty owed by GK Real Estate, our manager, or its
affiliates to the Bondholders, except to the extent that such
conflict results in liability under the Securities Act. These
conflicts include those inherent to the business relationship
between our company and GK Real Estate described in the preceding
section. See “Selection,
Retention and Custody of Company’s Investments”
and “Certain Relationships
and Related Transactions” for more
information.
Property Purchased from GK Real Estate and
their Affiliates. Our company may acquire properties, or an
interest therein, from GK Real Estate, and/or its affiliates. These
properties, or interests therein, may be acquired in exchange for
any combination of cash, debt and/or equity in our company. GK Real
Estate, or their affiliates, may derive a profit as a result of
these acquisition transactions.
Other Activities. GK Real Estate and its
shareholder, director, officers and employees are not required to
devote their full time to the business of our company, and GK Real
Estate and its shareholder, director, officers and employees may
have conflicts of interest in allocating management time between
our company and other activities of GK Real Estate. However, GK
Real Estate is required to spend such time as is reasonably needed
for the operations of our company and as is consistent with the due
care that a fiduciary would use in the conduct of an enterprise of
a like character and with like aims. GK Real Estate believes that
it has sufficient staff to be fully capable of discharging its
responsibilities to our company. GK Real Estate and its respective
affiliates may have other business interests or may engage in other
business ventures of any nature or description whatsoever, whether
presently existing or created later, and whether or not competitive
with the business of our company or its affiliates. GK Real Estate
will have no right (including without limitation a right of first
opportunity, first offer or first refusal with respect to any real
estate investment presented to GK Real Estate or any of their
respective affiliates) by virtue of its participation in our
company in or to such ventures or activities or to the income or
profits derived from them. To the extent GK Real Estate or its
affiliates already have an ownership interest in an existing
property in a market in which our company intends to acquire
property, such other property may be in competition with our
company’s investment for prospective tenants. Further, GK
Real Estate will have sole discretion to determine which among its
affiliate’s sponsored programs should purchase any particular
property or make any other investment, or enter into a joint
venture for the acquisition and operation of specific
properties.
Co-Investments. GK Real Estate has the
right, in its sole discretion, to determine whether it or any of
its affiliates may co-invest with our company with respect to any
particular property investment.
Loans, Mezzanine Debt and Preferred Equity
Financing. We are not restricted from obtaining future debt
financing, including loans and mezzanine debt, or preferred equity
financing from our manager or an affiliate of our manager. While we
believe these debt and preferred equity financing arrangements are,
and any such arrangements in the future will be, fair and at market
rates consistent with such loans, mezzanine debt or preferred
equity financing, the terms of any such arrangements were not, and
will not be, negotiated at arm’s length.
No Separate Representation of Bondholders by
Counsel to our Company. Legal counsel for our company does
not represent the Bondholders in connection with the organization
or business of our company or this offering, and such counsel
disclaims any fiduciary or attorney-client relationship with the
Bondholders. Prospective investors should obtain the advice of
their own legal counsel regarding legal matters.
COMPENSATION OF OUR MANAGER AND ITS
AFFILIATES
The
following is a description of compensation that may be received by
GK Real Estate and its affiliates from our company or in connection
with the proceeds of this offering. These compensation arrangements
have been established by GK Real Estate and its affiliates and are
not the result of arm’s-length negotiations. Services for
which our company engages GK Real Estate or its affiliates and
which are not described below will be compensated at the market
rate. Fees payable to GK Real Estate or its affiliates in excess of
the rate set forth in this section entitled “Compensation of our Manager
and Its Affiliates” will require the consent of a
majority of the Bonds. For this purpose, a Bondholder will be
deemed to have consented with respect to its Bonds if he has not
objected in writing within five (5) calendar days after the receipt
of the consent request. GK Real Estate or an affiliate may elect to
waive or defer certain of these fees in its sole discretion. This
table assumes that the maximum offering amount of $50,000,000 is
sold without the application of the Discount in this offering. If
Bonds are sold at volume-weighted discounts (see “Plan of Distribution
– Volume-Weighted Discount”), then
organizational and offering fee listed below will be reduced in
proportion to such Discounts.
Form of
Compensation
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Description
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Estimated Amount
of Compensation
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Offering and Organization Stage:
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Organizational
and Offering Fee:
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GK Real
Estate will receive an organizational and offering fee in an amount
equal to 2.50% of the gross offering proceeds from this
offering.
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$1,250,000
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Operating Stage:
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Property
Management Services Fee:
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In
connection with the provision of property management services, GK
Real Estate, will receive an annual property management fee, of up
to 5.0% of the monthly gross income from any property it manages.
The property management fee will be paid in arrears on a monthly
basis.
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Impractical
to determine at this time
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Acquisition
Fee:
|
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GK Real
Estate will be entitled to 2% of the purchase price of each
property purchased from non-affiliated, third party sellers for
identifying, reviewing, evaluating, investing in and the purchase
of real property acquisitions. Our company does not anticipate
acquiring any properties from non-affiliated, third party sellers
in the twelve (12) months following the qualification of this
offering, and, therefore, does not expect to pay any acquisition
fees during that time period. However, our company has not yet
entered any definitive agreements for the purchase of assets from
affiliates.
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Impractical
to determine at this time
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Financing
Fee:
|
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GK Real
Estate will be entitled to 2% of the principal amount of any
financing in conjunction with purchase or refinance of an
asset.(1)
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Impractical
to determine at this time
|
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Disposition
Fee:
|
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GK Real
Estate will receive 2% of the gross sale price from the disposition
of each property by our company.
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Impractical
to determine at this time
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Asset
Management Fee:
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In
connection with asset management services, GK Real Estate, will
receive an annual asset management fee, of up to 1% of the
appraisal value of real properties acquired by the company or its
subsidiaries or pro rata portion of such value if a company
subsidiary is not wholly-owned. No asset management fees will be
earned on undeployed cash. The asset management fee will be paid in
arrears on a monthly basis.
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Impractical
to determine at this time
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Reimbursement
of Expenses:
|
|
GK Real
Estate will be reimbursed by our company for all costs incurred by
GK Real Estate and its affiliates when performing services on
behalf of our company.
|
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Impractical
to determine at this time
|
|
|
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Liquidation Stage:
|
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Reimbursement
of Expenses:
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|
GK Real
Estate will be reimbursed by our company for reasonable and
necessary expenses paid or incurred by GK Real Estate in the future
in connection with the liquidation of our company, including any
legal and accounting costs to be paid from operating
revenue.
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Impractical
to determine at this time
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_____________
(1)
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GK Real
Estate may employ third parties, both affiliated and unaffiliated,
to assist in securing debt financing for our company. In such an
event, GK Real Estate may reallow all or a portion of the financing
fee to such third party.
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PRIOR PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
Prior Investment Programs
The
information presented in this section represents the historical
experience of real estate programs sponsored by GK Real Estate.
These are mostly private programs as GK Real Estate has sponsored
only one public program other than our company. GK Real Estate has
sponsored a public offering conducted by one of our affiliates, GK
Investment Holdings, LLC (“GKIH”), pursuant to an
exemption from registration under Regulation A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended. Offering statement of the aforementioned
offering was qualified by the SEC on September 30, 2016. Further
information regarding such offering may be found at the SEC’s
website at http://www.sec.gov. Investors
in this offering should not assume that they will experience
returns, if any, comparable to those experienced by investors in
any of GK Real Estate’s prior programs. Investors who
purchase Bonds will not acquire any ownership interest in any of
the programs discussed in this section.
The
Prior Performance Tables set forth information as of December 31,
2019 regarding certain of these prior programs regarding: (1)
experience in raising and investing funds (Table I); (2)
compensation to GK Real Estate or its affiliates (separate and
distinct from any return on its investment) (Table II); (3) annual
operating results (Table III); and (4) results of completed
programs (Table IV). Sales or disposals of properties (Table V)
have been omitted because no transactions of this nature have been
completed during the three years ended December 31, 2019 by
programs with similar investment objectives.
As of
December 31, 2019, GK Real Estate was the sponsor of twelve
programs, including eleven private programs and one public program,
that had closed offerings in the prior ten years; only GKIH had
investment objectives similar to our company (see Tables I, II and
III). Of the six programs, including five private programs and one
public program, that closed offerings within the prior five years,
only GKIH had similar investment objectives to our company. Of the
five remaining offerings, we do not believe that any of them had
similar investment objectives to our company because: (i) three of
the programs were equity programs designed to invest in a single,
identified asset; and (ii) the remaining two programs were notes
programs designed to make loans to identified affiliates of GK Real
Estate.
As
December 31, 2019, the twelve programs, including eleven private
programs and one public program, of which GK Real Estate was
sponsor had raised in the aggregate $143 million in equity and debt
capital from approximately 2,100 investors and acquired a total of
28 properties with an aggregate acquisition cost of approximately
$650,000,000. Of these twelve programs, five have been
completed.
As a
percentage of acquisition costs, the diversification of these
properties by geographic area is as follows:
Geographic
Area
|
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Midwest
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51.6%
|
South
|
33.3%
|
West
|
15.1%
|
Except
for the DDPP (defined hereinafter) program, all properties acquired
by GK Real Estate’s prior programs are retail properties. The
DDPP (defined hereinafter) program is a residential condominium
program. Of the acquisitions of the prior programs, 2% were new
properties or developed by an affiliate and 98% were existing
properties. Our manager’s prior programs described herein
have sold an aggregate of two (2) properties.
Set
forth below is a brief summary of each of the prior programs
sponsored by GK Real Estate in the prior ten years as of December
31, 2019.
Grand Center Partners, LLC (“GCP”)
In
March 2012, GCP raised $2,410,000 from accredited investors through
a private placement offering for the purpose of making a preferred
equity investment to fund the development of a retail shopping
center known as The Shops at North Grand, located in Ames, IA. The
property consisted of (i) 98,827 square feet of inline “big
box” retail space leased to Kohl’s, The Gap Outlet,
Shoe Carnival and TJ Maxx; (ii) two fully leased single tenant
outparcel buildings totaling 5,613 square feet; (iii) an outparcel
pad approximating 0.57 acres; and (iv) a multi-tenant outparcel
building consisting of 8,731 square feet. The retail shopping
center was sold in November 2013. Investors received cash
distributions aggregating $3,224,000 resulting in an internal rate
of return (IRR) of 23%. The projected liquidation for this
investment was 2017; however, the investors were redeemed in
2013.
GDH Investments, LLC (“GDH”)
In
September 2012, GDH raised $2,000,000 from accredited investors
through a private placement offering for the purpose of making a
preferred equity investment into GDH to fund the re-development of
a neighborhood shopping center located in the Lincoln Park area of
Chicago, Illinois. The center consisted of 35,400 square feet of
retail space and a 43-car underground parking facility. The
property was sold in January 2014. Investors received cash
distributions of $3,123,000 resulting in an IRR of 38%. The
projected liquidation for this investment was 2017; however, the
investors were redeemed in 2014.
GK Secured Income I, LLC (“GKSI I”)
GKSI I
was formed in December 2012 to provide a loan to an entity
affiliated with the manager of GKSI I. GKSI I raised $7,364,587
from accredited investors through a private placement offering. The
investors were entitled to receive a return of 8% per annum payable
monthly. As of December 31, 2018, all of the equity ($7,364,587)
has been returned to the investors, together with an 8% annualized
return. As of December 31, 2018, the investors have been fully
redeemed.
GK Preferred Income I (Lakeview Square), LLC (“GKPI
I”)
GKPI I
was formed in February 2013, to acquire, own and operate, through a
wholly owned subsidiary, a regional mall known as Lakeview Square
Mall, located in Battle Creek, MI. Lakeview Square Mall consists of
551,228 square feet of retail space, of which 259,635 square feet
is owned by GKPI I, with the remaining 291,593 square feet being
owned by the following anchor tenants: Sears, JC Penney and
Macy’s. GKPI I raised $5,177,239 of preferred equity from
accredited investors through a private placement offering. The
investors were entitled to receive a minimum preferred return of 7%
per annum. As of March 31, 2015, all of the preferred equity
($5,177,239) has been returned to the investors, together with a
15% annualized preferred return. As of December 31, 2018, the
investors have been fully redeemed.
GK Preferred Income II (Ridgmar), LLC (“GKPI
II”)
GKPI II
was formed in August 2013, to acquire and own, through wholly owned
subsidiaries, an 87.50% Tenant-in-Common (“TIC”)
interest in Ridgmar regional mall, located in Ft. Worth, TX. The
remaining TIC interest is held by an affiliate of the sponsor.
Ridgmar Mall consists of 1,235,515 square feet of retail space, of
which 398,840 square feet is owned by the TIC, with the remaining
836,675 square feet being owned by the following anchor tenants:
Dillard’s, Macy’s, Neiman Marcus, Sears and JC Penney.
During 2013 and 2014, GKPI II raised $23,864,440 of preferred
equity from accredited investors through a private placement
offering. The investors are entitled to receive a preferred equity
return of 7% per annum. Through December 31, 2017, $5,055,032 was
paid to investors, representing a 7% preferred return. GKPI II
ceased distributions in 2017 due to the several tenants either
going bankrupt, ceasing payments under their leases, or requiring
significant rent concessions to stay in their spaces. Out of five
anchors tenants, three (Neiman Marcus, Sears, JC Penney) have
vacated the mall, which has triggered co-tenancy clauses with other
tenants. As a result, GKPI II has had a significant reduction to
NOI. GKPI II is in negotiations with the bank on a redevelopment
plan to revitalize Ridgmar Mall. As of the date of this Offering
Circular, no sale of properties or capital events have occurred in
GKPI II. GKPI II anticipates, but is not obligated, to liquidate
within five to seven years of the termination of its offering,
August 2018. Therefore, GKPI II has not yet reached its anticipated
liquidity event.
GKPI
II’s TIC interest in Ridgmar Mall is accounted for using the
equity method. As a result of the continued decline of retail
sales and consumer traffic at regional malls, it was determined
that the value of Ridgmar Mall was impaired, which resulted in a
$21,038,373 loss from investment in Ridgmar Mall to be recorded by
GKPI II for the year ended December 31, 2018, resulting in the
value of GKPI II’s investment in Ridgmar Mall being reduced
to $0 on its balance sheet. As GKPI II is not liable for the
obligations of Ridgmar Mall, GKPI II is not required to recognize
losses in excess of their investment.
GK Secured Income Investments III, LLC (“GKSI
III”)
GKSI
III was formed in October 2014 to provide loans to InvestLinc/GK
Properties Fund I, LLC (“Fund I”) and to Peru GKD
Partners, LLC (“Peru”) on a 50/50 basis. Peru is owned
by InvestLinc GK Properties Fund III, LLC (“Fund III”).
Both Fund I and InvestLinc GK Properties Fund II, LLC (“Fund
II”) are affiliated with the manager of GKSI III.
Through December 31, 2015, GKSI III raised $11,111,776 from
accredited investors through a private placement offering. The
members are entitled to receive a preferred return of 9% per annum
payable monthly. Through December 31, 2018, $3,790,933 has been
paid to investors, representing a 9% annual return. Fund I and Peru
were not able to make the interest payments on their loans due to
GKSI III as of July 15, 2019. Due to this lack of payment, GKSI III
was not able to distribute preferred returns to its investors as of
July 15, 2019. GK Real Estate, the Manager of GKSI III, expects
distributions of preferred returns to be suspended for a period of
approximately 4 months and thereafter resume at a rate targeted at
4% per annum. Subsequent to restarting the distributions at 4%
annualized, the COVID-19 pandemic struck and the properties once
again were no longer able to make payments on the loans so that
GKPI III could make distributions. No assurances can be given
regarding future distributions of preferred returns by GKSI III. GK
Real Estate plans to redevelop Columbia and Peru Malls. In
addition, GK Real Estate plans to raise and conserve cash,
including possible liquidation of properties with the intent to pay
down the GKSI III loans. GK Real Estate will also investigate the
possible recognition of tax losses by GKSI III’s investors.
GK Real Estate has projected that revenues arising from planned
redevelopment of the malls and implementation of strategies to
raise and conserve cash will enable GKSI III to provide its
investors with a 12% IRR. As of the date of this Offering Circular,
no sales of properties or capital events have occurred in GKSI III.
GKSI III anticipates, but is not obligated, to liquidate within
five to seven years of the termination of its offering, October
2017. Therefore, GKSI III has not yet reached its anticipated
liquidity event.
GK Secured Income IV, LLC (“GKSI IV”)
GKSI IV
was formed in September 2015 to provide loans in the aggregate of
$10,000,000 to Lake Mead Partners, LLC. Loans were secured by our
company pledging all of its equity interest in Lake Mead Partners,
LLC. Through December 31, 2015, GKSI IV raised $11,279,527 from
accredited investors through a private placement offering.
Investors received returns ranging from 12% to 14% per annum,
depending on their length of investment. As of December 31, 2018,
all equity was returned to investors. Investors averaged a 13%
annual return over the life of the investment.
GK Preferred Income III (Lufkin), LLC (“GKPI
III”)
GKPI
III was formed on April 2, 2015, to acquire, own and operate,
through a wholly owned subsidiary, the Lufkin regional mall in
Lufkin Texas. Lufkin Mall consists of 371,309 square feet of total
space, of which approximately 348,468 square feet is owned by GKPI
III, with the remaining 22,841 square feet being owned by Boot
Barn. GKPI III raised $9,835,745 of preferred equity from
accredited investors through a private placement offering. The
investors are entitled to receive a preferred return of 7% per
annum. Through December 31, 2019, $2,539,000 has been paid to its
investors, representing a 7% annual preferred return from
inception. During the first quarter of 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic
struck and the property and some of its tenants were forced to
shutter their locations for a brief period of time. Distributions
were ceased to members that would have been payable on April 2020,
July 2020 and October 2020. GKPI III has subsequently paid the
distributions that were payable in April 2020 and July 2020. As of
the date of this Offering Circular, no sales of properties or
capital events have occurred in GKPI III. GKPI III anticipates, but
is not obligated, to liquidate within five to seven years of the
termination of its offering, April 2020. Therefore, GKPI III has
not reached its anticipated liquidity event.
GK DST – Cedar Falls Grocery, LLC (“GK DST”)
GK DST
was formed on April 5, 2016, to acquire, through a Section 1031
exchange, and operate, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, a one
tenant Hy-Vee grocery store, located in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The
Hy-Vee Grocery Store consists of 105,817 square feet. GK DST raised
$5,076,122 of funding from accredited investors through a private
placement offering. Through December 31, 2018, a 6% annual
preferred return totaling $787,686 was paid to its investors. In
January 2019, the Hy-vee property was sold for $11,200,000
representing an approximate 7% IRR for the investors. This
liquidation event closed the fund and all of the preferred equity
($5,076,122) was returned to the investors.
GK Secured Income V, LLC (“GKSI V”)
GKSI V
was formed on October 3, 2016 with the objective of achieving
current income and capital preservation by making loans for the
purchase of shopping centers, office buildings and other commercial
real estate properties. Through December 31, 2019, GKSI V has
raised $17,235,607 of preferred equity from accredited investors
through a private placement offering. Investors are entitled to a
preferred return ranging from 9% to 11% per annum, depending on
their length of investment. Through December 31, 2019, $1,437,219
has been paid to investors, representing a 7% current return. In
March of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic struck and GKSI V’s
borrowers’ tenants were forced to shutter their businesses
for a period of time. As a result, GKSI V suspended distributions
to its members from March 2020 until August 2020 at which time
distributions recommenced at an annualized rate of 3% for two
months and then increased to 6% annualized. As of the date of this
offering circular, no sales of properties or capital events have
occurred in GKSI V. GKSI V anticipates, but is not obligated, to
liquidate within five to seven years of the termination of its
offering in 2020. Therefore, GKSI V has not reached its anticipated
liquidity event.
GK Investment Holdings, LLC (“GKIH”)
GKIH
was formed on September 14, 2015 to acquire existing income
producing commercial rental properties. GKIH, through wholly owned
subsidiaries, holds title to a commercial rental property, commonly
known as Lake Mead Crossing, located in Henderson, Nevada, and an
office building, commonly known as 2700 Ygancio, located in Walnut
Creek, California. Through a public offering pursuant to an
exemption from registration under Regulation A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, with a maximum offering amount of
$50,000,000, GKIH offered to accredited investors its bonds with a
maturity date on September 30, 2022 and bearing interest at a fixed
rate of 7% per annum. Through December 31, 2019, GKIH raised
$33,421,000. Through December 31, 2019, $1,994,832 has been paid to
investors, representing a 7% return. In addition, on July 25, 2020,
GKIH sold 2700 Ygnacio for $15,700,000 and the net proceeds were
used to payoff the mortgage note payable in the approximate amount
of $10,427,000, accrued interest of $30,000 and a prepayment
penalty of $104,000. We received net proceeds of approximately
$4,692,000 after satisfaction of closing costs and prorations.. As
of the date of this Offering Circular, no other sales of properties
or capital events have occurred in GKIH. The bonds of GKIH will
mature on September 30, 2022. Therefore, GKIH has not reached its
anticipated liquidity event. Offering statement of the
aforementioned offering was qualified by the SEC on September 30,
2016. Further information regarding such offering may be found at
the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
DeMarcay Development Preferred Partners, LLC
(“DDPP”)
DDPP
was formed on April 16, 2018 to (1) acquire a parcel of real estate
of approximately 0.20 acres in downtown Sarasota, Florida, (2)
develop and improve such parcel of real estate by constructing an
18-story luxury condominium building, containing 39 residential
units, 1 commercial unit, on-site parking and common area
improvements, and (3) sell the condominium units. Through a private
placement offering, with a maximum offering of $15,000,000, DDPP
offered to accredited investors its class B preferred units, with a
preferred return of 9% per annum. Through December 31, 2019, DDPP
raised $12,904,274. As of the date of this Offering Circular, no
sales of properties or capital events have occurred in DDPP;
therefore, DDPP has not reached its anticipated liquidity
event.
Our
manager and executive officers, if any are appointed by our
manager, will owe fiduciary duties to our company and our members
in the manner prescribed in the Delaware Limited Liability Company
Act and applicable case law. Neither our manager nor any executive
officer will owe fiduciary duties to our bondholders. Our manager
is required to act in good faith and in a manner that it determines
to be in our best interests. However, nothing in our Operating
Agreement precludes our manager or executive officers or any
affiliate of our manager or any of their respective officers,
directors, employees, members or trustees from acting, as a
director, officer or employee of any corporation, a trustee of any
trust, an executor or administrator of any estate, a member of any
company or an administrative official of any other business entity,
or from receiving any compensation or participating in any profits
in connection with any of the foregoing, and neither our company
nor any member shall have any right to participate in any manner in
any profits or income earned or derived by our manager or any
affiliate thereof or any of their respective officers, directors,
employees, members or trustees, from or in connection with the
conduct of any such other business venture or activity. Our
manager, its executive officers, any affiliate of any of them, or
any shareholder, officer, director, employee, partner, member or
any person or entity owning an interest therein, may engage in or
possess an interest in any other business or venture of any nature
or description, provided that such activities do not compete with
the business of our company or otherwise breach their agreements
with our company; and no member or other person or entity shall
have any interest in such other business or venture by reason of
its interest in our company.
Our
manager or executive officers have no liability to our company or
to any member for any claims, costs, expenses, damages, or losses
suffered by our company which arise out of any action or inaction
of any manager or executive officer if such manager or executive
officer meets the following standards: (i) such manager or
executive officer, in good faith, reasonably determined that such
course of conduct or omission was in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of our company, and (ii) such course of conduct did not
constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence or any
breach of fiduciary duty to our company or its members. These
exculpation provisions in our Operating Agreement are intended to
protect our manager and executive officers from liability when
exercising their business judgment regarding transactions we may
enter into.
Insofar
as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification or exculpation
of our manager, executive officers or other persons controlling us
from liability arising under the Securities Act, we have been
informed that in the opinion of the SEC this indemnification and
exculpation is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is therefore unenforceable.
The
financial statements of GK Investment Property Holdings II, LLC, as
of December 31, 2019, and for the period from Inception (July 11,
2019) through December 31, 2019, and the statement of revenues and
certain operating expenses of RF Grocery, LLC for the year ended
December 31, 2019, each included in this offering circular, have
been audited by Cherry Bekaert LLP, independent auditors, as set
forth in their reports thereon.
Certain
legal matters in connection with this offering, including the
validity of the Bonds, will be passed upon for us by Kaplan Voekler
Cunningham & Frank, PLC.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We
maintain a website, www.gkdevelopment.com, which contains
additional information concerning GK Real Estate and our company.
Our company will file, annual, semi-annual and special reports, and
other information, as applicable, with the SEC. The SEC also
maintains a website that contains reports, and informational
statements, and other information regarding issuers that file
electronically with the SEC (http://www.sec.gov).
Our
company has filed an Offering Statement of which this Offering
Circular is a part with the SEC under the Securities Act. The
Offering Statement contains additional information about us. You
may inspect the Offering Statement without charge at the office of
the SEC at Room 1580, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549,
and you may obtain copies from the SEC at prescribed
rates.
This
Offering Circular does not contain all of the information included
in the Offering Statement. We have omitted certain parts of the
Offering Statement in accordance with the rules and regulations of
the SEC. For further information, we refer you to the Offering
Statement, which may be found at the SEC’s website
at http://www.sec.gov. Statements contained in this Offering
Circular and any accompanying supplement about the provisions or
contents of any contract, agreement or any other document referred
to are not necessarily complete. Please refer to the actual exhibit
for a more complete description of the matters
involved.
PART F/S
INDEX TO FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
GK Investment Property Holdings II, LLC
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Page
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Unaudited Pro Forma
Financial Information for the Six Months Ended June 30,
2020
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Unaudited Pro Forma
Consolidated Balance Sheet
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F-1
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Unaudited Pro Forma
Consolidated Statement of Operations
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F-2
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Notes
to Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial
Statements
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F-3
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Unaudited Pro Forma
Financial Information for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31,
2019
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Unaudited Pro Forma
Consolidated Statement of Operations
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F-4
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Notes
to Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of
Operations
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F-5
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Unaudited
Consolidated Financial Statements for the Six Months Ended June 30,
2020
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Balance
Sheet (Unaudited)
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F-6
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Statement of
Operations (Unaudited)
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F-7
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Statement of
Members' Equity (Unaudited)
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F-8
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Statement of Cash
Flows (Unaudited)
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F-9
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Notes
to Financial Statements (Unaudited)
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F-10
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Financial
Statements for the Period from Inception (July 11, 2019)
through December 31, 2019
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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F-16
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Balance
Sheet
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F-17
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Statement of
Operations
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F-18
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Statement of
Members' Equity
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F-19
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Statement of Cash
Flows
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F-20
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Notes
to Financial Statements
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F-21
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RF Grocery, LLC
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Statement of
Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses for the Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020 (Unaudited) and Year Ended December 31,
2019
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Report
of Independent Auditor
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F-26
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Statement of
Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses
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F-25
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Notes
to Financial Statement
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F-27
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GK Investment Property Holdings II
Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Balance Sheet
As of June 30, 2020
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Historical
June 30, 2020 (a)
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Pro Forma
Adjustments
RF Grocery
Acquisition (b)
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ASSETS
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Investment
properties, net
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$-
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$6,322,149
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(c)
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$6,322,149
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Cash
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1,572,419
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(963,985)
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(d)
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608,434
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Restricted
cash
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135,256(e)
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-
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135,256
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Advance
deposits
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200,000
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(200,000)
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(d)
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-
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Intangible
assets, net
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346,959
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1,491,889
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(f)
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1,838,848
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Other
assets
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20,594
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-
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20,594
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Total Assets
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$2,275,228
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$6,650,053
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$8,925,281
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LIABILITIES
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Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
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$4,172
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$62,172
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(g)
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$66,344
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Interest
Payable
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7,208
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-
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7,208
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Acquisition
Fee Payable
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-
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161,000
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(h)
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161,000.00
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Preferred
Distributions Payable
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-
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108,000
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(i)
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108,000.00
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Bond
Notes Payable
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2,340,059
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-
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2,340,059
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Mortgages
payable, net
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-
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5,091,629
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(k)
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5,091,629
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Total Liabilities
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$2,351,439
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$5,422,801
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$7,774,240
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EQUITY
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Capital
Contributed - Preferred Member
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$-
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$1,200,000
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(d)
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$1,200,000
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Preferred
Distributions, Unpaid
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-
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(108,000)
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(i)
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(108,000)
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Accumulated
Net Income (Loss)
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(76,211)
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135,252
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59,041
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Total Equity
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$(76,211)
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$1,227,252
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$1,151,041
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Total Liabilities and Equity
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$2,275,228
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$6,650,053
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$8,925,281
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See notes to unaudited pro forma consolidated financial
statements.
GK Investment Property Holdings II
Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of
Operations
For the six months ended June 30, 2020
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Historical
Six months ended
June 30, 2020 (a)
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Pro forma
Adjustments
RF Grocery
Acquisition
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Pro forma
Six months ended
June 30, 2020
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REVENUE
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Retail
center property revenues
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$-
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$320,889
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(b)
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$320,889
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Total Revenue
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$-
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$320,889
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$320,889
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OPERATING EXPENSES
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Legal,
accounting and other professional fees
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30,000
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18,900
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(c)
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48,900
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Corporate
general and administrative expenses
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4,380
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4,173
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(c)
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8,553
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Bond
Issue Expense
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12,299
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-
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12,299
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Depreciation
and amortization
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-
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152,594
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(d)
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152,594
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Total Operating Expenses
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$46,679
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$175,667
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$222,346
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Operating (Loss) Income
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$(46,679)
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$145,222
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$98,543
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Interest
expense
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29,533
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97,612
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(e)
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127,145
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Net (Loss) Income from Operations
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$(76,212)
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$47,610
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$(28,602)
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Net (Loss) Income
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$(76,212)
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$47,610
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$(28,602)
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See notes to unaudited pro forma consolidated financial
statements.
GK Investment Property Holdings II
Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of
Operations
For the six months ended June 30, 2020
Notes to unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of June
30, 2020
(a)
Historical
financial information was derived from the unaudited consolidated
financial statements of the Company as of June 30,
2020.
(b)
Represents
the acquisition of RF Grocery as if it had occurred on January 1,
2020. RF Grocery was purchased by RF Grocery, LLC, which is
currently wholly owned by our company after redemption of the
Preferred Member in RF Grocery on December 10, 2020. The purchase
price of the property was $8,050,000 plus capitalized closing and
acquisition costs of $523,351.
(c)
Amounts
recorded to investment properties include tangible assets acquired
at closing, including land, land improvements, building and tenant
improvements and are recorded at fair value in accordance with
Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”)
805.
(d)
The
acquisition cost, net of debt, was funded with $1,799,179 in cash
from the Company, and $1,200,000 from the Preferred Member, Garo
Kholamian Trust. Pro forma cash from the Company has been adjusted
over the actual cash investment made to reflect the impact of
removing prepaid expenses, accrued liabilities and prorated
revenues and expenses arising from the acquisition from the pro
forma consolidated balance sheet.
(e)
Restricted
cash represents an escrow deposit for the debt service reserve as
provided underneath the Trust Indenture, as described in the
Offering Circular.
(f)
Represents
the fair value of lease intangibles, including leasing commissions,
lease in place, above market lease, and legal costs associated with
replacing existing lease, recorded at fair value in accordance with
ASC 805.
(g)
Represents
proforma payables from the Closing of the RF Grocery.
(h)
Represents
the acquisition costs payable to GK Development and included the in
fair value of the tangible and intanbile assets in accordance with
ASC 805.
(i)
Represents
the minimum preferred distribution amount due to Preferred Member
..
(k)
The
Company obtained a mortgage payable totaling $5,190,000 with
deferred financing costs totaling $140,530 and are presented as a
direct reduction of the associated debt. The mortgage has a five
year term. The mortgage payments are twelve months interest only
followed by principal and interest payments on a twenty-five year
mortgage style amortization. The interest rate is the higher of the
Prime Rate or LIBoR plus 220bps, floating, with a minimum LIBoR
Floor of 1.00% The balloon payment at Maturity will equal
$4,611,418.
Notes to unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of operations
for the six months ended June 30, 2020
(a)
Historical
financial information was derived from the unaudited consolidated
financial statements of the Company for the six months ended June
30, 2020.
(b)
Represents
rental revenues for RF Grocery that would have been recognized for
the six months ended June 30, 2020 based on the terms of the lease
for tenant that is currently in place. Rental revenues are
presented on a straight-line basis.
(c)
Represents
operating expenses for RF Grocery for the six months ended June 30,
2020, based on historical operations of the previous owner.
Property management fees have been adjusted to reflect the
Company’s management agreement with RF Grocery's property
manager.
(d)
Represents
depreciation and amortization expense for RF Grocery for the six
months ended June 30, 2020 as if the Company had acquired RF
Grocery on January 1, 2020. Depreciation expense is calculated
using the straight-line method over the estimated remaining useful
life of thirty years for the building and eleven years for land
improvements. Tenant improvements are amortized utilizing the
straight-line method over the term of the related lease or
occupancy term of the tenant, if shorter. Intangible assets such as
in-place lease value and other lease-related intangibles are
recorded at fair value and are amortized over the remaining terms
of the underlying lease.
(e)
Represents
interest expense on the mortgage payable, short term for the year
ended June 30, 2020 as if the loan was outstanding for the first 6
months of 2020. Interest expense on the mortgage payable is based
on the principal amount of $5,190,000 and is calculated at the
stated annual rate of 3.20%. Interest expense includes amortization
of deferred financing costs using the straight-line method, which
approximates to the effective interest method, over the term of the
loan (5 years).
GK Investment Property Holdings II
Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of
Operations
For the twelve months ended December 31, 2019
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Historical
Twelve months ended
December 31, 2019 (a)
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Adjustments
RF Grocery
Acquisition
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Pro forma
Twelve months ended
December 31, 2019
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REVENUE
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Retail
center property revenues
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$-
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$641,777
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(b)
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$641,777
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Total Revenue
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$-
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$641,777
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$641,777
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OPERATING EXPENSES
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Retail
center property operating expenses
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-
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9,269
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(c)
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9,269
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Legal,
accounting and other professional fees
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-
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39,610
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(c)
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39,610
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Corporate
general and administrative expenses
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-
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4,843
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(c)
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4,843
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Depreciation
and amortization
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-
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305,189
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(d)
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305,189
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Total Operating Expenses
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$-
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$358,911
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$358,911
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Operating (Loss) Income
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$-
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$282,866
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$282,866
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Interest
expense
|
-
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195,224
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(e)
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195,224
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Net Income from Operations
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$-
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$87,642
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$87,642
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Net Income
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$-
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$87,642
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$87,642
|
See notes to unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of
operations.
GK Investment Property Holdings II
Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of
Operations
For the twelve months ended December 31, 2019
Notes to unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of operations
for the twelve months ended December 31, 2019
(a)
Historical
financial information was derived from the unaudited consolidated
financial statements of the Company for the twelve months ended
December 31, 2019.
(b)
Represents
rental revenues for RF Grocery that would have been recognized for
the twelve months ended December 31, 2019 based on the terms of
lease for tenant that is currently in place. Rental revenues are
presented on a straight-line basis.
(c)
Represents
operating expenses for RF Grocery for the twelve months ended
December 31, 2019, based on historical operations of the previous
owner. Property management fees have been adjusted to reflect the
Company’s management agreement with RF Grocery's property
manager.
(d)
Represents
depreciation and amortization expense for RF Grocery for the twelve
months ended December 31, 2019 as if the Company had acquired RF
Grocery on January 1, 2019. Depreciation expense is calculated
using the straight-line method over the estimated remaining useful
life of thirty years for the building and eleven years for land
improvements. Tenant improvements are amortized utilizing the
straight-line method over the term of the related lease or
occupancy term of the tenant, if shorter. Intangible assets such as
in-place lease value and other lease-related intangibles are
recorded at fair value and are amortized over the remaining terms
of the underlying lease.
(e)
Represents
interest expense on the mortgage payable, short term for the year
ended December 31, 2019 as if the loan was outstanding for the full
12 months of 2019. Interest expense on the mortgage payable is
based on the principal amount of $5,190,000 and is calculated at
the stated annual rate of 3.20%. Interest expense includes
amortization of deferred financing costs using the straight-line
method, which approximates to the effective interest method, over
the term of the loan (5 years).
GK Investment Property Holdings II, LLC
Consolidated Balance Sheets
June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
Rental
properties
|
$-
|
$-
|
Less:
Accumulated depreciation
|
-
|
-
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
1,572,419
|
-
|
Restricted
cash - funded reserves
|
135,256
|
-
|
Deposits
|
200,000
|
-
|
Other
assets
|
20,594
|
-
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
$1,928,269
|
$-
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND MEMBER'S EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
Bonds
payable - Net
|
$1,993,102
|
-
|
Accounts
payable
|
4,172
|
-
|
Accrued
interest
|
7,208
|
-
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
2,004,482
|
-
|
|
|
|
Member's Equity (Deficit)
|
|
|
Member's
Equity (Deficit)
|
(76,213)
|
-
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and member's equity (deficit)
|
$1,928,269
|
$-
|
GK Investment Property Holdings II, LLC
Consolidated Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
|
|
|
Revenues
|
$-
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Expenses
|
|
Operating
expenses
|
1,099
|
Professional
fees
|
30,000
|
|
31,099
|
|
|
Operating Loss
|
(31,099)
|
|
|
Other Expense
|
|
Interest
expense
|
(29,533)
|
Miscellaneous
expense
|
(15,581)
|
|
(45,114)
|
|
|
Consolidated Net Loss
|
$(76,213)
|
GK Investment Property Holdings II, LLC
Consolidated Statements of Member's Equity
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 and for the Period from Inception
(July 11, 2019) to December 31, 2019
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
|
|
|
|
|
Balance - Beginning of Period
|
$-
|
$-
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
Net Loss
|
(76,213)
|
-
|
|
|
|
Balance - End of Period
|
$(76,213)
|
$-
|
GK Investment Property Holdings II, LLC
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
|
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
|
|
|
|
Consolidated
Net Loss
|
$(76,213)
|
Adjustments
to reconcile consolidated net loss to net cash and restricted cash
used in operating activities:
|
|
Amortization
of bond issuance costs and bond discount
|
12,300
|
Changes
in:
|
|
Other
assets
|
(20,594)
|
Accounts
payable
|
4,172
|
Deposits
|
(200,000)
|
Accrued
interest
|
7,208
|
|
|
Net cash and restricted cash used in operating
activities
|
(273,127)
|
|
|
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
|
|
Proceeds
from bonds payable, net of discount
|
$2,233,779
|
Payment
of bond issuance costs
|
(252,977)
|
|
|
Net cash and restricted cash provided by financing
activities
|
1,980,802
|
|
|
Net increase in Cash and restricted cash
|
1,707,675
|
|
|
Cash and restricted cash
- Beginning of
period
|
-
|
|
|
Cash and restricted cash
- End of period
|
$1,707,675
|
|
|
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information
|
|
Cash
paid for interest
|
$22,325
|
|
|
Classification of Cash and Restricted Cash
|
|
Cash
|
$1,572,419
|
Restricted
cash
|
135,256
|
Total
cash and restricted cash
|
$1,707,675
|
Note 1 – Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies
The following items represent the Company’s accounting
policies. As of June 30, 2020, the Company is in a start-up phase
and has incurred expenses, however no properties have been
purchased or had any operations to date.
Description of Business – GK Investment Property Holdings II,
LLC, (“GKIPH II” and/or the “Company”), was
formed on July 11, 2019 with the intent to acquire existing income
producing commercial properties for the purpose of holding and
operating such properties, and if the need arises, to redevelop the
properties for an alternative use other than intended when
originally acquired. However, GKIPH II is permitted to transact in
any lawful business in addition to that stated above. GKIPH II
anticipates funding acquisitions in part, by offering to investors
the opportunity to purchase up to a maximum of $50,000,000 of bonds
(the “Bonds”). The Bonds are unsecured indebtedness of
GKIPH II.
As reflected in the accompanying financial statements, the Company
held no assets and did not issue any Bonds as of December 31, 2019.
On January 28, 2020, the Company submitted its initial offering of
up to $50,000,000 in the aggregate of 7% bonds. As of June 30,
2020, the Company had sold $2,340,059 of Bonds.
The Company is managed by GK Development, Inc. (the
“Manager” and “Sponsor of the bonds”), an
affiliate under common control of the member of GKIPH II. The
Company has one class of units, Class A units, which are owed 100%
by an individual related to the Manager. The member of the Company
has limited liability. Pursuant to the terms of the Limited
Liability Company Operating Agreement (the
“Agreement”), the Company will exist in perpetuity
unless terminated as defined in the Agreement.
On May 12, 2020, the Company formed RF Grocery, LLC, an Illinois
limited liability company, for the purpose of acquiring a real
property located in 7501 North Avenue, River Forest, Illinois. The
Company owns 100% of the “Ordinary” Member Class
interests, and an individual related to the Manager owns 100% of
the “Preferred” Member Class interests, as defined in
the Operating Agreement of RF Grocery, LLC. The Preferred Member
interests are entitled to a cumulative return equal to 12% per
annum and is entitled, at the Preferred Member’s direction,
prior to any distributions to the Ordinary Member, to have a
preferential return of their original capital
contribution.
Allocation of Profits and Losses - Profits or losses from operations of the
Company are allocated to the member of GKIPH II as set forth in the
Agreement. Gains and losses from the sale, exchange, or other
disposition of Company property will be allocated to the member of
GKIPH II in their ownership percentages.
Principles of Consolidation - The consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All
significant material intercompany accounts and transactions have
been eliminated in the consolidation.
Basis of Accounting - The
Company maintains its accounting records and prepares its financial
statements on an accrual basis, which is in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America (“GAAP”).
Classification of Assets and Liabilities - The financial affairs of the Company
generally do not involve a business cycle since the realization of
assets and the liquidation of liabilities are usually dependent on
the Company’s circumstances. Accordingly, the classification
of current assets and current liabilities is not considered
appropriate and has been omitted from the balance
sheet.
Estimates - The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect
the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during
the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Our financial instruments consist of cash,
funded reserves, short-term receivables and bonds payable. The
carrying values of cash, funded reserves, and short-term
receivables approximate their fair value due to their short-term
maturities. The carrying value of the bonds payable approximates
their fair value based on interest rates currently
obtainable.
Cash and Restricted Cash -
The Company will maintain cash and restricted cash balances in
federally insured financial institutions that, from time to time,
exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation limits of
$250,000. The Company believes that they are not exposed to any
significant credit risk on its cash and restricted
cash.
Funded reserves consist of bond service reserve to be maintained
under the bond indenture agreement for a period of twelve months
commencing from the first bond closing date.
Rental Properties -
Acquisitions of rental properties are generally accounted for as
acquisitions of a group of assets, with acquisition costs incurred
including title, legal, accounting, brokerage commissions and other
related costs, being capitalized as part of the cost of the assets
acquired, instead of accounted for separately as expenses in the
period they are incurred. Land, building, and other depreciable
assets are recorded at cost unless obtained in a business
combination. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line
method over the estimated useful lives of the
assets.
The cost of major additions and betterments are capitalized and
repairs and maintenance which do not improve or extend the life of
the respective assets are charged to operations as incurred. When
property is retired or otherwise disposed of, the cost and
accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any
resulting gains or losses are reflected in operations for the
period.
Upon the acquisition of rental properties, the purchase price is
allocated to the acquired tangible assets (consisting of land,
buildings, and improvements) and acquired intangible assets and
liabilities (consisting of above-market and below-market leases,
leasing commissions and acquired in-place leases). The amount
allocated to tangible assets is determined using the income
approach methodology of valuation, which amount is then allocated
to land, buildings and improvements based on management’s
determination of the relative fair values of the assets, relying in
part, upon independent third-party valuation reports. In
determining the amount allocated to intangible assets and
liabilities, factors are considered by management, which includes
an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease-up periods
and estimates of lost rental revenue during the expected lease-up
periods based on current market demand. Management also estimates
the costs to execute similar leases, including leasing commissions,
tenant improvements, legal and other related costs. Transaction
costs associated with asset acquisitions are capitalized and
included in the purchase price.
Impairment of Assets - The Company reviews the recoverability of
long-lived assets including buildings, equipment, and other
intangible assets, when events or changes in circumstances occur
that indicate that the carrying value of the asset may not be
recoverable. The assessment of possible impairment is based on the
ability to recover the carrying value of the asset from the
expected future pretax cash flows (undiscounted and without
interest charges) of the related operations. If these cash flows
are less than the carrying value of such assets, an impairment loss
is recognized for the difference between the estimated fair value
and the carrying value. The measurement of impairment requires
management to make estimates of these cash flows related to long
lived assets, as well as other fair value determinations. Since
there are no long-lived assets recorded on the balance sheet for
the six months ended June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there is
no impairment to be considered.
Debt Issuance Costs – Debt issuance costs represent fees
and other third-party costs associated with obtaining financing for
the rental properties. These costs are amortized on a straight-line
basis, which approximates the effective interest method, over the
term of the respective agreements. Debt issuance costs are
presented on the balance sheet as a direct reduction from the
carrying amount of the notes payable. Unamortized costs are
expensed when the associated notes payable is refinanced or repaid
before maturity. Amortization expense is included in interest
expense on the accompanying statement of
operations.
Bond Issuance Costs and Bond Discounts – Bond issuance costs represent
underwriting compensation and offering costs and expenses
associated with selling the bonds. Bond discounts are a
volume-weighted discount dependent on how many bonds are purchased.
Both of these costs are amortized on a straight-line basis, which
approximates the effective interest method, over the term of the
bonds. Bond issuance and bond discount costs are presented on the
balance sheet as a direct reduction from the carrying amount of the
bond liability. Unamortized bond issue and bond discount costs will
be expensed if the bonds are repaid before maturity. Amortization
expense is included in interest expense on the accompanying
statement of operations.
Deferred Leasing Costs – Deferred leasing costs represent
leasing commissions, legal fees and other third-party costs
associated with obtaining tenants for the rental properties. These
costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the
respective leases.
Lease Intangible Assets and Liabilities – GAAP requires intangible assets and
liabilities to be recognized apart from goodwill if they arise from
contractual or other legal rights (regardless of whether those
rights are transferrable or separable from the acquired entity or
from other rights and obligations).
Accounts Receivable Tenants and Allowance for Doubtful
Accounts – Tenant receivables are comprised of billed, but
uncollected amounts due for monthly rent and other charges required
pursuant to existing rental lease agreements. An allowance for
doubtful accounts is recorded when a tenant’s receivable is
not expected to be collected. A bad debt expense is charged when a
tenant vacates a space with a remaining unpaid balance. At
June 30, 2020, no amounts were reserved for an allowance for
doubtful accounts. In the event a bad debt expense is recorded,
such amount would be presented net with income related to leases on
the accompanying statement of operations.
Revenues from Rental Properties - Rental income is recorded for the period
of occupancy using the effective monthly rent, which is the average
monthly rental during the term of the lease. Accordingly, rental
income is recognized ratably over the term of the respective
leases, inclusive of leases which provide for scheduled rent
increases and rental concessions. The difference between rental
revenue earned on a straight-line basis and the cash rent due under
the provisions of the lease agreements is recorded as deferred rent
receivable on the accompanying balance sheet. Rents received in
advance are deferred until they become due and are recorded as
prepaid rent in the accompanying balance sheet. Additionally,
during the term of their respective leases, tenants pay either (i)
their pro rata share of real estate taxes, insurance, and other
operating expenses (as defined in the underlying lease agreement),
or (ii) a fixed rate for recoveries. For most of our leases, we
anticipate we will receive a fixed payment from the tenant for
these reimbursed expenses, which will be recognized as revenue on a
straight-line basis over the term of the lease. We will accrue
reimbursements from tenants for recoverable portions of all of
these expenses as variable lease consideration in the period that
the applicable expenditures are incurred. We will recognize
differences between estimated recoveries and the final billed
amounts in the subsequent year.
Income Taxes – GKIPH II is treated as a
partnership for federal income tax purposes and consequently,
federal income taxes are not payable or provided for by the
Company. The member of GKIPH II is taxed individually on their
pro-rata ownership share of the Company’s
earnings.
GAAP basis of accounting requires management to evaluate tax
positions taken by the Company and to disclose a tax liability (or
asset) if the Company has taken uncertain positions that more than
likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the
Internal Revenue Service or other tax authorities.
Management has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Company and
has concluded that as of June 30, 2020, there were no uncertain tax
positions taken or expected to be taken that would require
disclosure in the financial statements.
Accounting Pronouncements
For each of the accounting pronouncements that affect the Company,
the Company has elected or plans to elect to follow the rule that
allows companies engaging in an initial Regulation A offering to
follow private company implementation dates.
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update
(“ASU”) 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with
Customers (ASC 606)”,
which outlines a comprehensive model for entities to use in
accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. The
standard states that “an entity recognized revenue to depict
the transfer of promised goods or services.” While the
standard specifically references contracts with customers, it may
apply to certain other transactions such as the sale of real estate
or equipment. The Company adopted Topic 606 effective on July 11,
2019 and has completed its assessment of the ASU and concluded that
the guidance will not have a material impact on the Company’s
method of revenue recognition or on the financial
statements.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU
2016-02, "Leases (Topic
842)". The amendments in this
update govern a number of areas including but not limited to,
accounting for leases, replacing the existing guidance. Under this
standard, among other changes in practice, a lessee’s rights
and obligations under most leases, including existing and new
arrangements, would be recognized as assets and liabilities,
respectively, on the balance sheet. Other significant provisions of
this standard include (i) defining the “lease term” to
include the non-cancelable period together with periods for which
there is a significant economic incentive for the lessee to extend
or not terminate the lease; (ii) defining the initial lease
liability to be recorded on the balance sheet to contemplate only
those variable lease payments that depend on an index or that are
in substance “fixed,” (iii) a dual approach for
determining whether lease expense is recognized on a straight-line
or accelerated basis, depending on whether the lessee is expected
to consume more than an insignificant portion of the leased
asset’s economic benefits and (iv) a requirement to bifurcate
certain lease and non-lease components. The lease standard is
effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, with
early adoption permitted. The Company plans to adopt the standard
effective on January 1, 2022. The accounting for leases under which
the Company is the lessor remains largely unchanged and the Company
is not currently a “lessee” under any lease agreements.
The Company will continue to monitor and review updates as they are
provided by the FASB and is currently evaluating the impact of
adoption.
In November 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-18, “Statement of Cash
Flows: Restricted
Cash”, which requires
that the statement of cash flows explain the change during a
reporting period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and
amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash
equivalents. This standard states that transfers between cash, cash
equivalents, and restricted cash are not part of the entity’s
operating, investing, and financing activities. Therefore,
restricted cash should be included with cash and cash equivalents
when recording the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total
amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-18 was
effective for the Company beginning July 11, 2019. The
adoption of this ASU did not impact the presentation of the
statement of cash flows, but will require additional footnote
disclosure to reconcile the balance sheet to the statement of cash
flow presentation.
Note 2 – Fair Value
Accounting standards require certain assets and liabilities be
reported at fair value in the financial statements and provide a
framework for establishing that fair value. The framework for
determining fair value is based on a hierarchy that prioritizes the
valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair
value.
Fair values determined by Level 1 inputs use quoted prices in
active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company
has the ability to access.
Fair values determined by Level 2 inputs use other inputs that are
observable, either directly or indirectly. These Level 2 inputs
include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active
markets, and other inputs such as interest rates and yield curves
that are observable at commonly quoted intervals.
Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs, including inputs that are
available in situations where there is little, if any, market
activity for the related asset.
In instances whereby inputs used to measure fair value fall into
different levels of the fair value hierarchy, fair value
measurements in their entirety are categorized based on the lowest
level input that is significant to the valuation. The
Company’s assessment of the significance of particular inputs
to these fair value measurements requires judgement and considers
factors specific to each asset or liability.
Note 3 – Bonds Payable
On January 28, 2020, the Company submitted its initial offering of
up to $50,000,000 in the aggregate of 7% unsecured bonds at a
purchase price of $1,000 per bond, with a minimum purchase amount
of $5,000. The bonds will mature on various dates ranging from
February 28, 2025 to August 31, 2026. The Bonds are offered in four
series, Series A, Series B, Series C and Series D, with the sole
difference between the series being their respective maturity dates
ranging from February 28, 2025 to August 31, 2026.
The bonds are issued under an Indenture Trust Agreement with UMB
Bank as the trustee. The Indenture Trust Agreement places certain
financial covenants on the Company. The Company was in compliance
with the covenants for the reporting period.
Bonds may be redeemed at the Company’s option, in whole or in
part at any time after their issuance. If the option of early
redemption is exercised, the redemption price shall equal: (i)
$1,020 per Bond if redeemed on or before the third anniversary of
the initial issuance of Bonds of the series being prepaid; (ii)
$1,015 per Bond if redeemed after the third anniversary and on or
before the fourth anniversary of the initial issuance of Bonds of
the series being prepaid; and (iii) $1,010 per Bond if redeemed
after the fourth anniversary of the initial issuance of bonds of
the series being prepaid. In addition, any accrued and unpaid
interest on the Bonds to be redeemed up to but not including the
redemption date, including any deferred interest payment on the
bonds to be redeemed, or the Company redemption price. The Company
shall give notice of redemption not less than 30 days nor more than
60 days prior to any redemption date. Our obligation to redeem
Bonds with respect to Notices of Redemption received in any given
redemption period is limited to an aggregate principal amount of
Bonds equal to 3.75% of the aggregate principal of bonds under the
Indenture as of the close of business on the last business day of
the preceding redemption period See Note 9 for specific amounts
payable to GK Development, Inc., a related party, as Sponsor of the
bonds.
The Company offers a volume-weighted discount on the bond’s
price to the public for certain purchases of the bonds. The company
may terminate application of discount at any time in its sole
discretion by filing a supplement to its Offering Circular with the
SEC at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the termination
date of discount announcing such termination date. The discount
ranges from three to five percent depending on the volume of the
bonds. The bonds shall continue to be denominated in $1,000
increments. Any discounts applied will reduce net proceeds to the
Company.
In the event of death or disability of a bondholder, all or a
portion (consisting of at least 50%), of the bonds beneficially
held by a bondholder may be submitted to the Company for repurchase
at any time in accordance with the procedures outlined by the
Company, which may be subject to conditions and limitations. If the
repurchase is being made from the original purchaser of a Bond(s),
the repurchase price will equal the price paid per bond. The
repurchase amount for the bonds for all other persons will equal
$1,000 per bond being repurchased. Our obligation to repurchase
bonds and the cash available for the death and disability
Redemption are subject to certain conditions and
limitations.
Bonds
Payable are summarized as follows:
Bonds Payable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bonds
Payable
|
|
$2,340,059
|
$-
|
|
|
|
|
Basis of Amortization
|
|
|
|
Straight-line
|
|
|
Bond
issuance costs
|
over
|
$252,977
|
$-
|
Bond
discount
|
bond
terms
|
106,280
|
-
|
Subtotal
|
|
359,257
|
-
|
|
|
|
Less:
Accumulated amortization
|
|
12,300
|
-
|
|
|
|
Deferred
bond issuance costs - net
|
346,957
|
-
|
|
|
|
Bonds
payable - net
|
|
$1,993,102
|
$-
|
Total amortization expense of bond issuance costs and bond discount
charged to operations amounted to $12,300 for the six month period
ending June 30, 2020. Such amounts have been included in interest
expense on the accompanying statements of operations. Interest
expense for the six month period ending June 30, 2020 was $29,533,
of which $7,208 was incurred but not paid as of June 30,
2020.
Note 4 – Related Party Transactions
GK Development, Inc. is responsible for promoting the sale of the
bonds and is entitled to receive a fee equal to 2.5% of the
$2,340,000 gross bond proceeds received up to $1,250,000. As of
June 30, 2020, GK Development had received $55,210 in promotional
fees, which are included in bond issuance costs on the consolidated
balance sheets.
In connection with property management services GK Development,
Inc. will receive a property management fee of up to 5% of gross
monthly income collected from any property it manages.
In connection with asset management services GK Development, Inc.
will receive an annual asset management fee of up to 1% of the
appraisal value of real properties acquired by the company or its
subsidiaries.
GK Development Inc. will be entitled to 2% of the principal amount
of any financing in conjunction with the purchase or refinance of a
property.
At June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, $8,628 and $0,
respectively, was due from GK Development, Inc. and is included in
other assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets
related to reimbursements.
Note 5 – Subsequent Events
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the
outbreak of a respiratory disease caused by a new coronavirus as a
“pandemic”. First identified in late 2019 and known now
as COVID-19, the outbreak has impacted hundreds of thousands of
individuals worldwide. In response, many countries have implemented
measures to combat the outbreak which have impacted global business
operations. No impairments were recorded as of the balance sheet
date as no triggering events or changes in the Company’s
circumstances had occurred as of June 30, 2020; however, due to
significant uncertainty surrounding the situation, management's
judgment regarding this could change in the future.
On May 12, 2020, the Company formed RF Grocery, LLC for the purpose
of purchasing a property located in River Forest,
Illinois.
The property was acquired on July 17, 2020 for the purchase price
of approximately $8,050,000. After pro-rations and closing costs,
the acquisition was financed with $3,165,000 of cash (funded by
equity contributions of $1,965,000 from the Ordinary Member and
$1,200,000 from the Preferred Member) and $5,190,000 of debt. As
part of the closing, the Company paid $161,000 of acquisition fees
to GK Development, Inc. (2% of the purchase price). The note
payable is with Barrington Bank and Trust Company and bear interest
of 2% plus LIBOR and matures on July 10, 2025. The note is a full
recourse obligation of the borrower and is secured by the
property.
The consolidated financial statements and related disclosures
include evaluation of events up through and including September 25,
2020, which is the date the consolidated financial statements were
available to be issued.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
To the
Board of Directors and Stockholders
GK
Investment Property Holdings II, LLC
Richmond,
Virginia
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of GK Investment
Property Holdings II, LLC (the “Company”) as of
December 31, 2019, the related statements of operations,
member’s equity, and cash flows for the period from inception
(July 11, 2019) through December 31, 2019, and the related notes
(collectively referred to as the “financial
statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
the Company as of December 31, 2019, and the results of its
operations and their cash flows for the period from inception (July
11, 2019) through December 31, 2019, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our
audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States)
(“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with
respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal
securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the
PCAOB and in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the United States of America. Those standards require that we
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement,
whether due to error or fraud. Our audit included performing
procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the
financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing
procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included
examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included
evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation
of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Cherry Bekaert LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since
2019.
Richmond, Virginia
June 16, 2020
GK Investment Property Holdings II, LLC
Balance Sheet
December 31, 2019
ASSETS
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Rental
properties
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$-
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Less:
Accumulated depreciation
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-
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-
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Cash
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-
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Restricted
cash - funded reserves
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-
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Accounts
receivable - tenants
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-
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Other
assets
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-
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Total assets
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$-
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LIABILITIES AND MEMBER'S EQUITY
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|
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LIABILITIES
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Notes
payable - Net
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$-
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Bonds
payable - Net
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-
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Total liabilities
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-
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Member's Equity
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Member's
Equity
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-
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Total liabilities and member's equity
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$-
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See notes to financial statements.
GK Investment Property Holdings II, LLC
Statement of Operations
For the Period from Inception (July 11, 2019) to December 31,
2019
Revenues
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$-
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Operating Expenses
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-
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Net Income
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$-
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See notes to financial statements.
GK Investment Property Holdings II, LLC
Statement of Member's Equity
For the Period from Inception (July 11, 2019) to December 31,
2019
Balance - July 11, 2019
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$-
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Net
Income
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-
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Balance - December 31, 2019
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$-
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See notes to financial statements.
GK Investment Property Holdings II, LLC
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
For the Period from Inception (July 11, 2019) to December 31,
2019
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
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$-
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Cash Flows from Investing Activities
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-
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Cash Flows from Financing Activities
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-
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Net (Decrease) Increase in Cash
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-
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Cash - Beginning of period
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-
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Cash - End of period
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$-
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See notes to financial statements.
GK Investment Property Holdings II, LLC
Notes
to Financial Statements
Note 1 – Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies for Future Operations
The
following items represent the Company’s accounting policies
and will be used once operations commence. There have been no
operations to date.
Description of Business – GK Investment Property Holdings II,
LLC, (“GKIPH II” and/or the “Company”), was
formed on July 11, 2019 with the intent to acquire existing income
producing commercial properties for the purpose of holding and
operating such properties, and if the need arises, to redevelop the
properties for an alternative use other than intended when
originally acquired. However, GKIPH II is permitted to transact in
any lawful business in addition to that stated above. GKIPH II
anticipates funding acquisitions in part, by offering to investors
the opportunity to purchase up to a maximum of $50,000,000 of bonds
(the Bonds). The Bonds are unsecured indebtedness of GKIPH
II.
The Company is managed by GK Development, Inc. (the
“Manager” and “Sponsor of the bonds”), an
affiliate of the member of GKIPH II. The Company has one class of
units, Class A units, which are owed 100% by an individual related
to the Manager. The member of the Company has limited liability.
Pursuant to the terms of the Limited Liability Company Operating
Agreement (the “Agreement”), the Company will exist in
perpetuity unless terminated as defined in the
Agreement.
As reflected in the accompanying financial statements, the Company
held no assets during the period and has not issued any Bonds, and
therefore, does not have any operating activities as of December
31, 2019.
Allocation of Profits and Losses - Profits or losses from operations of the
Company are allocated to the member of GKIPH II as set forth in the
Agreement. Gains and losses from the sale, exchange, or other
disposition of Company property will be allocated to the member of
GKIPH II in their ownership percentages.
Basis of Accounting - The
Company maintains its accounting records and prepares its financial
statements on an accrual basis, which is in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America (“GAAP”).
Classification of Assets and Liabilities - The financial affairs of the Company
generally do not involve a business cycle since the realization of
assets and the liquidation of liabilities are usually dependent on
the Company’s circumstances. Accordingly, the classification
of current assets and current liabilities is not considered
appropriate and has been omitted from the balance
sheet.
Estimates - The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect
the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during
the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Cash and Restricted Cash -
The Company will maintain cash and restricted cash balances in
federally insured financial institutions that, from time to time,
exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation limits of
$250,000. The Company believes that they are not exposed to any
significant credit risk on its cash and restricted
cash.
Funded reserves are likely to consist of (a) funds required to be
maintained under the terms of the various loan agreements, which
reserves have been pledged as additional collateral for the loans
requiring funds to be reserved; (b) bond service reserve to be
maintained under the bond indenture agreement for a period of
twelve months commencing from the first bond closing date, and (c)
tenant improvement reserve.
Rental Properties -
Acquisitions of rental properties are generally accounted for as
acquisitions of a group of assets, with acquisition costs incurred
including title, legal, accounting, brokerage commissions and other
related costs, being capitalized as part of the cost of the assets
acquired, instead of accounted for separately as expenses in the
period they are incurred. Land, building, and other depreciable
assets are recorded at cost unless obtained in a business
combination. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line
method over the estimated useful lives of the
assets.
The cost of major additions and betterments are capitalized and
repairs and maintenance which do not improve or extend the life of
the respective assets are charged to operations as incurred. When
property is retired or otherwise disposed of, the cost and
accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any
resulting gains or losses are reflected in operations for the
period.
Upon the acquisition of rental properties, the purchase price is
allocated to the acquired tangible assets (consisting of land,
buildings, and improvements) and acquired intangible assets and
liabilities (consisting of above-market and below-market leases,
leasing commissions and acquired in-place leases). The amount
allocated to tangible assets is determined using the income
approach methodology of valuation, which amount is then allocated
to land, buildings and improvements based on management’s
determination of the relative fair values of the assets, relying in
part, upon independent third-party valuation reports. In
determining the amount allocated to intangible assets and
liabilities, factors are considered by management, which includes
an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease-up periods
and estimates of loss rental revenue during the expected lease-up
periods based on current market demand. Management also estimates
the costs to execute similar leases, including leasing commissions,
tenant improvements, legal and other related costs. Transaction
costs associated with asset acquisitions are capitalized and
included in the purchase price.
Impairment of Assets - The Company reviews the recoverability of
long-lived assets including buildings, equipment, and other
intangible assets, when events or changes in circumstances occur
that indicate that the carrying value of the asset may not be
recoverable. The assessment of possible impairment is based on the
ability to recover the carrying value of the asset from the
expected future pretax cash flows (undiscounted and without
interest charges) of the related operations. If these cash flows
are less than the carrying value of such assets, an impairment loss
is recognized for the difference between the estimated fair value
and the carrying value. The measurement of impairment requires
management to make estimates of these cash flows related to long
lived assets, as well as other fair value determinations. Since
there are no long-lived assets recorded on the balance sheet at
December 31, 2019, there is no impairment to be
considered.
Debt Issuance Costs– Debt
issuance costs represent fees and other third-party costs
associated with obtaining financing for the rental properties.
These costs are amortized on a straight-line basis, which
approximates the effective interest method, over the term of the
respective agreements. Debt issuance costs are presented on the
balance sheet as a direct reduction from the carrying amount of the
notes payable. Unamortized costs are expensed when the associated
notes payable is refinanced or repaid before maturity. Amortization
expense is included in interest expense on the accompanying
statement of operations.
Bond Issuance Costs and Bond Discounts – Bond issuance costs represent
underwriting compensation and offering costs and expenses
associated with selling the bonds. Bond discounts are a
volume-weighted discount dependent on how many bonds are purchased.
Both of these costs are amortized on a straight-line basis, which
approximates the effective interest method, over the term of the
bonds. Bond issuance and bond discount costs are presented on the
balance sheet as a direct reduction from the carrying amount of the
bond liability. Unamortized bond issue and bond discount costs will
be expensed if the bonds are repaid before maturity. Amortization
expense is included in interest expense on the accompanying
statement of operations.
Deferred Leasing Costs – Deferred leasing costs represent
leasing commissions, legal fees and other third-party costs
associated with obtaining tenants for the rental properties. These
costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the
respective leases.
Lease Intangible Assets and Liabilities – GAAP requires intangible assets and
liabilities to be recognized apart from goodwill if they arise from
contractual or other legal rights (regardless of whether those
rights are transferrable or separable from the acquired entity or
from other rights and obligations).
Accounts Receivable Tenants and Allowance for Doubtful
Accounts – Tenant receivables are comprised of billed, but
uncollected amounts due for monthly rent and other charges required
pursuant to existing rental lease agreements. An allowance for
doubtful accounts is recorded when a tenant’s receivable is
not expected to be collected. A bad debt expense is charged when a
tenant vacates a space with a remaining unpaid balance. At
December 31, 2019, no amounts were reserved for as an allowance for
doubtful accounts. In the event a bad debt expense is recorded such
amount would be presented net with income related to leases on the
accompanying statement of operations.
Revenues from Rental Properties - Rental income is recorded for the period
of occupancy using the effective monthly rent, which is the average
monthly rental during the term of the lease. Accordingly, rental
income is recognized ratably over the term of the respective
leases, inclusive of leases which provide for scheduled rent
increases and rental concessions. The difference between rental
revenue earned on a straight-line basis and the cash rent due under
the provisions of the lease agreements is recorded as deferred rent
receivable on the accompanying balance sheet. Rents received in
advance are deferred until they become due and are recorded as prepaid rent in the
accompanying balance sheet. Additionally, during the term of their
respective leases, tenants pay either (i) their pro rata share of
real estate taxes, insurance, and other operating expenses (as
defined in the underlying lease agreement), or (ii) a fixed rate
for recoveries. For most of our leases, we receive a fixed payment
from the tenant for these reimbursed expenses, which is recognized
as revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. We
accrue reimbursements from tenants for recoverable portions of all
of these expenses as variable lease consideration in the period the
applicable expenditures are incurred. We recognize differences
between estimated recoveries and the final billed amounts in the
subsequent year.
Income Taxes – GKIPH II is treated as a
partnership for federal income tax purposes and consequently,
federal income taxes are not payable or provided for by the
Company. The member of GKIPH II is taxed individually on their
pro-rata ownership share of the Company’s
earnings.
GAAP basis of accounting requires management to evaluate tax
positions taken by the Company and to disclose a tax liability (or
asset) if the Company has taken uncertain positions that more than
likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the
Internal Revenue Service or other tax authorities.
Management has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Company and
has concluded that as of December 31, 2019, there were no uncertain
tax positions taken or expected to be taken that would require
disclosure in the financial statements.
Accounting Pronouncements
For each of the accounting pronouncements that affect the Company,
the Company has elected or plans to elect to follow the rule that
allows companies engaging in an initial Regulation A offering to
follow private company implementation dates.
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update
(“ASU”) 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with
Customers (ASC 606)”,
which outlines a comprehensive model for entities to use in
accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. The
standard states that “an entity recognized revenue to depict
the transfer of promised goods or services.” While the
standard specifically references contracts with customers, it may
apply to certain other transactions such as the sale of real estate
or equipment. The Company adopted Topic 606 effective on July 11,
2019 and has completed its assessment of the ASU and concluded that
the guidance will not have a material impact on the Company’s
method of revenue recognition or on the financial
statements.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU
2016-02, "Leases (Topic
842)". The amendments in this
update govern a number of areas including but not limited to,
accounting for leases, replacing the existing guidance. Under this
standard, among other changes in practice, a lessee’s rights
and obligations under most leases, including existing and new
arrangements, would be recognized as assets and liabilities,
respectively, on the balance sheet. Other significant provisions of
this standard include (i) defining the “lease term” to
include the non-cancelable period together with periods for which
there is a significant economic incentive for the lessee to extend
or not terminate the lease; (ii) defining the initial lease
liability to be recorded on the balance sheet to contemplate only
those variable lease payments that depend on an index or that are
in substance “fixed,” (iii) a dual approach for
determining whether lease expense is recognized on a straight-line
or accelerated basis, depending on whether the lessee is expected
to consume more than an insignificant portion of the leased
asset’s economic benefits and (iv) a requirement to bifurcate
certain lease and non-lease components. The lease standard is
effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, with
early adoption permitted. The Company plans to adopt the standard
effective on January 1, 2021. The accounting for leases under which
the Company is the lessor remains largely unchanged and the Company
is not currently a “lessee” under any lease agreements.
The Company will continue to monitor and review updates as they are
provided by the FASB and is currently evaluating the impact of
adoption.
In November 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-18, “Statement of Cash
Flows: Restricted
Cash”, which requires
that the statement of cash flows explain the change during a
reporting period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and
amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash
equivalents. This standard states that transfers between cash, cash
equivalents, and restricted cash are not part of the entity’s
operating, investing, and financing activities. Therefore,
restricted cash should be included with cash and cash equivalents
when recording the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total
amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-18 was
effective for the Company beginning July 11, 2019. The
adoption of this ASU did not impact the presentation of the
statement of cash flows, but will require additional footnote
disclosure to reconcile the balance sheet to the statement of cash
flow presentation.
Note 2 – Fair Value
Accounting standards require certain assets and liabilities be
reported at fair value in the financial statements and provide a
framework for establishing that fair value. The framework for
determining fair value is based on a hierarchy that prioritizes the
valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair
value.
Fair values determined by Level 1 inputs use quoted prices in
active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company
has the ability to access.
Fair values determined by Level 2 inputs use other inputs that are
observable, either directly or indirectly. These Level 2 inputs
include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active
markets, and other inputs such as interest rates and yield curves
that are observable at commonly quoted intervals.
Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs, including inputs that are
available in situations where there is little, if any, market
activity for the related asset.
In instances whereby inputs used to measure fair value fall into
different levels of the fair value hierarchy, fair value
measurements in their entirety are categorized based on the lowest
level input that is significant to the valuation. The
Company’s assessment of the significance of particular inputs
to these fair value measurements requires judgement and considers
factors specific to each asset or liability.
Note 3 – Subsequent Events
The
financial statements and related disclosures include evaluation of events up
through and including June 16, 2020, which is the date the
financial statements were available to be
issued.
On January 28, 2020, the Company submitted its initial offering of
up to $50,000,000 in the aggregate of 7% bonds. The purchase price
per bond was offered at $1,000, with a minimum purchase amount of
$5,000. The Bonds were offered in four series, Series A, Series B,
Series C and Series D, with the sole difference between the series
being their respective maturity dates ranging from February 28,
2025 to August 31, 2026. Through June 16, 2020, the Company had
sold $2,138,059 of Bonds.
On May 27, 2020, the Company entered into a contract for the
purchase of a property located in River Forest, Illinois in the
amount of $8,150,000. The Company has 30 days to conduct their due
diligence, after which time they anticipate closing on the
acquisition of the property on July 17, 2020.
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the
outbreak of a respiratory disease caused by a new coronavirus as a
“pandemic”. First identified in late 2019 and known now
as COVID-19, the outbreak has impacted hundreds of thousands of
individuals worldwide. In response, many countries have implemented
measures to combat the outbreak which have impacted global
business operations. No impairments were recorded as of the balance
sheet date as no triggering events or changes in circumstances had
occurred as of year-end; however, due to significant uncertainty
surrounding the situation, management's judgment regarding this
could change in the future.
Report of Independent Auditor
To the
Members of
GK
Investment Property Holdings II, LLC
We have
audited the accompanying statement of revenues and certain
operating expenses (the “Statement”) of RF Grocery, LLC
(the “Property”), as defined in Note 1 of the
Statement, for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Management’s Responsibility for the Statement
Management
is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of this
Statement, in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America that is free from material
misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on this Statement based on
our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing
standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the Statement is free from
material misstatement.
An
audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about
the amounts and disclosures in the Statement. The procedures
selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the Statement,
whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments,
the auditor considers internal control relevant to the
entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the Statement
in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on
the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes
evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the
reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the
Statement.
We
believe the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Opinion
In our
opinion, the Statement referred to above presents fairly, in all
material respects, the revenues and certain operating expenses of
the Property for the year ended December 31, 2019 in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America.
Emphasis of Matter
The
accompanying Statement was prepared as described in Note 1, for the
purpose of complying with the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be a
complete presentation of the Property’s revenues and
expenses. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this
matter.
/s/
Cherry Bekaert LLP
Richmond,
Virginia
January
13, 2021
RF
Grocery, LLC
Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating
Expenses
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)
And Year Ended
December 31, 2019
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Revenues
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$320,889
|
$641,777
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Expenses
|
|
|
Operating
and maintenance expenses
|
1,302
|
5,406
|
Insurance
|
2,298
|
3,863
|
Management
fees
|
15,521
|
31,042
|
Professional
fees
|
3,379
|
8,568
|
|
22,500
|
48,879
|
|
|
|
Revenue in excess of certain operating expenses
|
$298,389
|
$592,898
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Income and (Expense)
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
-
|
-
|
Miscellaneous
income (expense)
|
(573)
|
(4,843)
|
|
(573)
|
(4,843)
|
|
|
|
Net Income
|
$297,816
|
$588,055
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Note 1 – Organization and Summary
7501
W. North Ave, LLC, or the Seller, owned and operated single-tenant,
triple-net leased property located in River Forest, Illinois (the
“Property”). The Property is comprised of approximately
28,220 square feet of retail space leased to a single tenant, Fresh
Thyme Farmers Market. The lease has a 15 year term, expiring June
30, 2032, but has four additional five-year extension options to
extend the term until June 30, 2052. The Property was sold to RF
Grocery, LLC (the “Purchaser”) on July 17, 2020 and the
Purchaser assumed all management and ownership responsibilities. RF
Grocery, LLC is managed by GK Development, Inc. (the
“Manager”), an affiliate under common control of the
members of RF Grocery, LLC. GK Investment Property Holdings II, LLC
owns 100% of the “Ordinary” Member Class interests of
RF Grocery, LLC, and an individual related to the Manager of the
Property owns 100% of the “Preferred” Member Class
interests of RF Grocery, LLC, as defined in the Operating Agreement
of RF Grocery, LLC.
On
December 17, 2020, RF Grocery, LLC redeemed and retired 100% of the
“Preferred” Member Class Interests for $1,308,000, and
the Operating Agreement has been amended to this effect as of this
date.
The
accompanying Statement of revenue and certain operating expenses
(the “Statement’) has been prepared in accordance with
Rule 8-06 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities act of
1933, as amended. Accordingly, the statement is not representative
of the actual operations for the period presented as revenues and
certain operating expenses, which may not be directly attributable
to the revenues and expenses expected to be incurred in future
operations of the Property, have been excluded. Such items include
depreciation, amortization, management fees, interest expense,
amortization of in-place leases, and amortization of above and
below market leases. Management is not aware of any material
factors during the six months ended June 30, 2020 (unaudited) or
the year ended December 31, 2019 that would cause the reported
financial information not to be indicative of future operating
results.
Note 2 –Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies
Basis of Accounting
– The Statement has been
prepared on an accrual basis of accounting in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America (“GAAP”) as determined by the Financial
Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”).
Estimates - The Statement in conformity with GAAP requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the
amounts reported in the Statement and related notes. Actual results
could differ from those estimates.
Revenues from Rental
Properties – The Property
recognizes rental revenue from the tenant on a straight-line basis
over the lease term when collectability is reasonably assured and
the tenant has taken possession or controls the physical use of the
leased asset.
The
Property is leased to the tenant on a triple-net lease basis,
whereby the tenant is responsible for all operating expenses
related to the Property, including property taxes, insurance,
maintenance, repairs and capital expenditures. Accordingly, for
presentation purposes, these amounts have not been included in
revenues or operating expenses on the accompanying statement of
revenues and certain operating expenses as the net impact is
$0.
Income Taxes
– As a limited liability
company, the Property’s taxable income or loss is allocated
to its members. Therefore, no provision or liability for income
taxes has been included in the Statement.
Note 2 –Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -
Continued
On
March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak
of a respiratory disease caused by a new coronavirus as a
“pandemic”. First identified in late 2019 and known now
as COVID-19, the outbreak has impacted hundreds of thousands of
individuals worldwide. In response, many countries have implemented
measures to combat the outbreak which have impacted global business
operations. No adjustments have been recorded to these financial
statements, however, due to significant uncertainty surrounding the
situation, management's judgment regarding this could change in the
future.
Note 3 – Operating Lease
The
Seller has entered into a non-cancellable triple-net operating
lease on the Property with a single tenant with various escalation
terms as stated in the lease agreements. The lease has an
expiration date of June 30, 2032, however, the lease has four
additional five-year extension options to extend the term through
June 30, 2052.
Future
minimum annual commitments under the operating lease is as
follows:
Years Ending
December 31
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|
|
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2020
(remaining six months)
|
$310,420
|
2021
|
620,840
|
2022
|
642,005
|
2023
|
663,170
|
2024
|
663,170
|
Thereafter
|
5,185,425
|
Total
|
8,085,030
|
Since
lease renewal periods are exercisable at the option of the tenant,
the above table only presents cash flows during the current lease
terms.
Note 4 – Subsequent Events
The Statement and related disclosures include evaluation of events
up through and including January 13, 2021, which is the date the
Statement was available to be issued.
PRIOR PERFORMANCE TABLES
As used herein, the terms “we”, “our” and
“us” refer to GK Investment Property Holdings II, LLC
(GKIPH II).
The
following Prior Performance Tables, or Tables, provide information
relating to real estate investment programs sponsored by GK
Development, Inc. dba GK Real Estate, or GK Real Estate, or Prior
Real Estate Programs, through December 31, 2019. The Prior Real
Estate Programs presented in the Tables or otherwise discussed in
the section entitled “Prior Performance Summary” in
this Offering Circular are mostly private programs that have no
public reporting requirements. GK Real Estate has sponsored only
one public program other than our company. GK Real
Estate has sponsored a public offering conducted by one of
our affiliates, GK Investment Holdings, LLC (“GKIH”),
pursuant to an exemption from registration under Regulation A of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Offering statement of the
aforementioned offering was qualified by the SEC on September 30,
2016. Further information regarding such offering may be found at
the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
As of
December 31, 2019, GK Real
Estate was the sponsor of twelve programs, including eleven
private programs and one public program, that had closed offerings
in the prior ten years; only GKIH had investment objectives similar
to our company (see Tables I, II and III). Of the seven programs,
including six private programs and one public program, that closed
offerings within the prior five years, only GKIH had similar
investment objectives to our company. Of the six remaining
offerings, we do not believe that any of them had similar
investment objectives to our company because: (i) four of the
programs were equity programs designed to invest in a single,
identified asset; and (ii) the remaining two programs were notes
programs designed to make loans to identified affiliates of
GK Real
Estate.
GK Real Estate is responsible for the acquisition,
financing, operation, maintenance and disposition of our
investments. Key members of the management of GK Real
Estate will play a significant role in the promotion of this
offering and the operation of our company. The financial results of
the Prior Real Estate Programs may provide some indication of GK
Real Estate ability to perform its obligations. However, general
economic conditions affecting the real estate industry and other
factors contribute significantly to financial results.
As an investor in our Bonds, you will not own any interest in the
Prior Real Estate Programs and should not assume that you will
experience returns, if any, comparable to those experienced by
investors in the Prior Real Estate Programs.
The
following tables are included herein:
●
Table I
- Experience in Raising and Investing Funds;
●
Table
II - Compensation to Sponsor;
●
Table
III - Operating Results of Prior Programs; and
●
Table
IV - Results of Completed Programs.
The
information in these tables should be read together with the
summary information under “Prior Performance Summary”
in this Offering Circular.
TABLE I
EXPERIENCE IN RAISING AND INVESTING FUNDS
This
Table I sets forth a summary of experience of GK Development, Inc.
dba GK Real Estate in raising and investing funds in Prior Real
Estate Programs; the offerings of which have closed in the three
years ended December 31, 2019. GK Investment Holdings, LLC has
similar investment objectives to GK Investment Property Holdings
II, LLC (“GKIPH II”). Information is provided regarding
the way the proceeds of the offerings have been applied. Also set
forth is information pertaining to the timing and length of these
offerings and the time period over which the proceeds have been
invested in the properties. All figures are as of December 31,
2019.
$ in thousands
|
|
GK Investment Holdings, LLC
|
Dollar
amount offered
|
$5,076
|
$50,000
|
Dollar
amount raised (100%)
|
$5,076
|
$33,421
|
Date
offering began
|
7/10/2016
|
9/30/2016
|
Length
of offering (months)
|
12
|
31
|
Months
to invest 90% of amount available for investment (measured from
beginning of offering)
|
12
|
31
|
TABLE II
COMPENSATION TO SPONSOR
This
Table II sets forth the types of compensation received by GK
Development, Inc. dba GK Real Estate, and its affiliates, including
compensation paid out of offering proceeds and compensation paid in
connection with ongoing operations, in connection with two
programs; the offerings of which have closed in the three years
ended December 31, 2019. GK Investment Holdings, LLC has similar
investment objectives to GK Investment Property Holdings II, LLC
(“GKIPH II”). All figures are as of December 31,
2019.
Types of Compensation
|
GK DST - Cedar Falls Grocery (Unaudited Tax Basis)
|
GK Investment Holdings, LLC
|
Date
offering commenced
|
7/10/2016
|
9/30/2016
|
Dollar
amount raised (in thousands)
|
$5,076
|
$33,421
|
Amount
paid to sponsor from proceeds of offering:
|
|
|
Underwriting
fees
|
$0
|
$0
|
Syndication Mgmnt
Fee
|
$0
|
$838
|
Acquisition
fees
|
|
|
– real
estate commissions
|
$0
|
$717
|
–
advisory fees
|
$0
|
$0
|
– other
(property acquisition fee)
|
$0
|
$0
|
Other
|
$0
|
$0
|
Dollar amount of
cash generated from operations before deducting payments to sponsor
(in thousands)
|
$1,129
|
$4,139
|
Amount paid to
sponsor from operations (in thousands):
|
|
|
Property management
fees
|
$43
|
$711
|
Partnership
management fees
|
$27
|
$0
|
Reimbursements
|
$0
|
$0
|
Leasing
commissions
|
$0
|
$593
|
Specialty Lease
Commissions
|
$0
|
$0
|
Other (Structuring
Fee)
|
$0
|
$0
|
Other (Guarantee
Fee)
|
$0
|
$0
|
Other (Loan
Management Fee)
|
$0
|
$0
|
Other (Loan
Origination Fee)
|
$0
|
$0
|
Other (LLC
Management Fee)
|
$0
|
$0
|
Dollar amount of
property sales and refinancing before deducting payments to sponsor
(in thousands)
|
|
|
–
cash
|
$0
|
$0
|
–
notes
|
$0
|
$0
|
Amount paid to
sponsor from property sales and refinancing (in
thousands):
|
|
|
Real estate
commissions
|
$0
|
$0
|
Incentive
fees
|
$0
|
$0
|
Other (Disposition
Fee)
|
$0
|
$0
|
TABLE III
ANNUAL OPERATING RESULTS OF PRIOR REAL ESTATE PROGRAMS
This
Table III sets forth the annual operating results of Prior Real
Estate Programs sponsored by GK Development, Inc. dba GK Real
Estate and its affiliates that have closed offerings during the
five years ended December 31, 2019. None of the Prior Real Estate
Programs presented in this Table III have similar or identical
investment objectives to GK Investment Property Holdings II, LLC
("GKIPH II"). All figures are for the period commencing January 1
of the year acquired, except as otherwise noted.
|
|
GK
Secured Income Investments III, LLC
|
Years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross Revenues (in
thousands)
|
|
$27
|
$1,009
|
$1,123
|
$1,120
|
$1,166
|
$651
|
$5,096
|
Provision for loan loss
(in thousands)
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$(9,540)
|
$0
|
$(9,540)
|
Less (in
thousands):
|
Operating
expenses
|
$28
|
$325
|
$124
|
$89
|
$72
|
$100
|
$738
|
|
Interest
expense
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
Depreciation and
Amortization
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Net Income – GAAP
Basis (in thousands)
|
|
$(1)
|
$684
|
$999
|
$1,031
|
$(8,446)
|
|
$(5,733)
|
Taxable Income (in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
– from
operations
|
|
$0
|
$731
|
$986
|
$1,013
|
$1,083
|
$532
|
$4,345
|
– from
gain on sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated from
operations
|
|
$0
|
$598
|
$999
|
$1,026
|
$1,094
|
$551
|
$4,268
|
Cash generated from
sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated from
refinancing
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated from
operations, sales and refinancing (in
thousands)
|
|
$0
|
$598
|
$999
|
$1,026
|
$1,094
|
$551
|
$4,268
|
Less (in
thousands):
|
Cash distributions to
investors
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
– from
operating cash flow
|
$0
|
$598
|
$999
|
$1,026
|
$1,026
|
$494
|
$4,143
|
|
– from
sales and refinancing
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
– from
other
|
$0
|
$196
|
$30
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$226
|
Cash generated
(deficiency) after cash distributions (in
thousands)
|
|
$0
|
$(196)
|
$(30)
|
$0
|
$68
|
$57
|
$(101)
|
Less:
|
Special items (not
including sales and refinancing) (identify and
quantify)
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
(deficiency) after cash distributions and special items (in
thousands)
|
|
$0
|
$(196)
|
$(30)
|
$0
|
$68
|
$57
|
$(101)
|
Cash Distributions to
Investors Source (on GAAP basis) (in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
Investment income
|
|
$0
|
$794
|
$1,029
|
$1,026
|
$1,026
|
$494
|
$4,369
|
– Return
of capital
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Source (on cash
basis) (in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
Sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
–
Refinancing
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
–
Operations
|
|
$0
|
$598
|
$999
|
$1,026
|
$1,094
|
$551
|
$4,268
|
–
Other
|
|
$0
|
$196
|
$30
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$226
|
Amount (in percentage
terms) remaining invested in program properties at the end of the
last year reported in the Table (original total acquisition cost of
properties retained divided by original total acquisition cost of
all properties in program)
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
|
|
|
GK Preferred Income II (Ridgmar), LLC
|
Years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross Revenues
(in thousands)
|
|
$(88)
|
$1,285
|
$898
|
$1,301
|
$2,058
|
$0
|
$0
|
$5,454
|
Profit/Loss on
investment of properties (in thousands)
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$(21,038)
|
$0
|
$(21,038)
|
Less (in
thousands):
|
Operating
expenses
|
$1,376
|
$186
|
$187
|
$140
|
$124
|
$95
|
$128
|
$2,236
|
|
Interest
expense
|
$470
|
$3,078
|
$1,020
|
$1,012
|
$987
|
$891
|
$1,370
|
$8,828
|
|
Depreciation
and Amortization
|
$15
|
$276
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$291
|
Net Income
– GAAP Basis (in thousands)
|
|
$(1,949)
|
$(2,255)
|
$(309)
|
$149
|
$947
|
$(22,024)
|
$(1,498)
|
$(26,939)
|
Taxable Income
(in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
from operations
|
|
$(651)
|
$(1,137)
|
$(2,862)
|
$592
|
$(1,122)
|
$316
|
$(956)
|
$(5,820)
|
–
from gain on sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
from operations
|
|
$(1,507)
|
$(3,476)
|
$(1,189)
|
$(1,071)
|
$(1,024)
|
$(818)
|
$(1)
|
$(9,086)
|
Cash generated
from sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
from refinancing
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
from operations, sales and refinancing (in
thousands)
|
|
$(1,507)
|
$(3,476)
|
$(1,189)
|
$(1,071)
|
$(1,024)
|
$(818)
|
|
$(9,085)
|
Less (in
thousands):
|
Cash
distributions to investors
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
from operating cash flow
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
–
from sales and refinancing
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
–
from other
|
$0
|
$778
|
$1,706
|
$1,717
|
$854
|
$0
|
$0
|
$5,055
|
Cash generated
(deficiency) after cash distributions (in
thousands)
|
|
$(1,507)
|
$(4,254)
|
$(2,895)
|
$(2,788)
|
$(1,878)
|
$(818)
|
$0
|
$(14,140)
|
Less:
|
Special items
(not including sales and refinancing) (identify and
quantify)
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
(deficiency) after cash distributions and special items (in
thousands)
|
|
$(1,507)
|
$(4,254)
|
$(2,895)
|
$(2,788)
|
$(1,878)
|
$(818)
|
$0
|
$(14,140)
|
Cash
Distributions to Investors Source (on GAAP basis) (in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
Investment income
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
–
Return of capital
|
|
$0
|
$778
|
$1,706
|
$1,717
|
$854
|
$0
|
$0
|
$5,055
|
Source
(on cash basis) (in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
Sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
–
Refinancing
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
–
Operations
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
–
Other
|
|
$0
|
$778
|
$1,706
|
$1,717
|
$854
|
$0
|
$0
|
$5,055
|
Amount (in
percentage terms) remaining invested in program properties at the
end of the last year reported in the Table (original total
acquisition cost of properties retained divided by original total
acquisition cost of all properties in program)
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
|
|
|
|
Years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross Revenues
(in thousands)
|
|
$0
|
$3,913
|
$4,991
|
$5,398
|
$4,848
|
$19,150
|
Profit on sale
of properties (in thousands)
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Less (in
thousands):
|
Operating
expenses
|
$137
|
$2,334
|
$2,279
|
$2,384
|
$2,763
|
$9,897
|
|
Interest
expense
|
$0
|
$1,133
|
$1,363
|
$1,381
|
$1,396
|
$5,273
|
|
Depreciation
and Amortization
|
$0
|
$1,681
|
$2,011
|
$1,911
|
$1,741
|
$7,344
|
Net Income
– GAAP Basis (in thousands)
|
|
$(137)
|
$(1,235)
|
$(662)
|
$(278)
|
$(1,052)
|
$(3,364)
|
Taxable Income
(in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
from operations
|
|
$0
|
$192
|
$(646)
|
$(81)
|
$(96)
|
$(631)
|
–
from gain on sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
from operations
|
|
$(133)
|
$1,193
|
$1,258
|
$783
|
$953
|
$4,054
|
Cash generated
from sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
from refinancing
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
Cash generated
from operations, sales and refinancing (in
thousands)
|
|
$(133)
|
$1,193
|
$1,258
|
$783
|
$953
|
$4,054
|
Less (in
thousands):
|
Cash
distributions to investors
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
from operating cash flow
|
$0
|
$403
|
$711
|
$710
|
$711
|
$2,535
|
|
–
from sales and refinancing
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
–
from other
|
$4
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$4
|
Cash generated
(deficiency) after cash distributions (in
thousands)
|
|
$(137)
|
$790
|
$547
|
$73
|
$242
|
$1,515
|
Less:
|
Special items
(not including sales and refinancing) (identify and
quantify)
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
(deficiency) after cash distributions and special items (in
thousands)
|
|
$(137)
|
$790
|
$547
|
$73
|
$242
|
$1,515
|
Cash
Distributions to Investors Source (on GAAP basis) (in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
Investment income
|
|
$4
|
$403
|
$711
|
$710
|
$711
|
$2,539
|
–
Return of capital
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Source
(on cash basis) (in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
Sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
–
Refinancing
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
–
Operations
|
|
$0
|
$403
|
$711
|
$710
|
$711
|
$2,535
|
–
Other
|
|
$4
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$4
|
Amount (in
percentage terms) remaining invested in program properties at the
end of the last year reported in the Table (original total
acquisition cost of properties retained divided by original total
acquisition cost of all properties in program)
|
|
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
|
|
|
GK Secured Income IV, LLC
|
Years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross Revenues
(in thousands)
|
|
$258
|
$793
|
$797
|
$797
|
$0
|
$2,645
|
Profit on sale
of properties (in thousands)
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Less (in
thousands):
|
Operating
expenses
|
$273
|
$195
|
$180
|
$180
|
$0
|
$828
|
|
Interest
expense
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
Depreciation
and Amortization
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Net Income
– GAAP Basis (in thousands)
|
|
$(15)
|
$598
|
$617
|
$617
|
$0
|
$1,817
|
Taxable Income
(in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
from operations
|
|
$(2)
|
$783
|
$761
|
$761
|
$0
|
$2,304
|
–
from gain on sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
from operations
|
|
$(72)
|
$754
|
$768
|
$768
|
$0
|
$2,218
|
Cash generated
from sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
from refinancing
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
from operations, sales and refinancing (in
thousands)
|
|
$(72)
|
$754
|
$768
|
$768
|
$0
|
$2,218
|
Less (in
thousands):
|
Cash
distributions to investors
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
from operating cash flow
|
$0
|
$754
|
$768
|
$768
|
$0
|
$2,290
|
|
–
from sales and refinancing
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
–
from other
|
$38
|
$37
|
$35
|
$35
|
$0
|
$145
|
Cash generated
(deficiency) after cash distributions (in
thousands)
|
|
$(110)
|
$(37)
|
$(35)
|
$(35)
|
$0
|
$(217)
|
Less:
|
Special items
(not including sales and refinancing) (identify and
quantify)
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
(deficiency) after cash distributions and special items (in
thousands)
|
|
$(110)
|
$(37)
|
$(35)
|
$(35)
|
$0
|
$(217)
|
Tax and Distribution Data Per $1,000 Invested
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal Income
Tax Results:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ordinary
income (loss)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
from operations
|
|
$0.00
|
$0.07
|
$0.07
|
$0.07
|
$0.00
|
$0.21
|
–
from recapture
|
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
Capital
gain (loss)
|
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
$0.00
|
Cash
Distributions to Investors Source (on GAAP basis) (in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
Investment income
|
|
$38
|
$791
|
$803
|
$803
|
$0
|
$2,435
|
–
Return of capital
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Source
(on cash basis) (in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
Sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
–
Refinancing
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
–
Operations
|
|
$0
|
$754
|
$768
|
$768
|
$0
|
$2,290
|
–
Other
|
|
$38
|
$37
|
$35
|
$35
|
$0
|
$145
|
Amount (in
percentage terms) remaining invested in program properties at the
end of the last year reported in the Table (original total
acquisition cost of properties retained divided by original total
acquisition cost of all properties in program)
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
|
|
|
GK DST - Cedar Falls Grocery (Tax Basis)
|
Years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross Revenues
(in thousands)
|
|
$561
|
$926
|
$926
|
$0
|
$2,413
|
Profit on sale
of properties (in thousands)
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Less (in
thousands):
|
Operating
expenses
|
$105
|
$218
|
$218
|
$0
|
$541
|
|
Interest
expense
|
$178
|
$262
|
$262
|
$0
|
$702
|
|
Depreciation
and Amortization
|
$9
|
$16
|
$16
|
$0
|
$41
|
Net Income
– GAAP Basis (in thousands)
|
|
$269
|
$430
|
$430
|
$0
|
$1,129
|
Taxable Income
(in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
from operations
|
|
$269
|
$430
|
$430
|
$0
|
$1,129
|
–
from gain on sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
from operations
|
|
$269
|
$430
|
$430
|
$0
|
$1,129
|
Cash generated
from sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
from refinancing
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
from operations, sales and refinancing (in
thousands)
|
|
$269
|
$430
|
$430
|
$0
|
$1,129
|
Less (in
thousands):
|
Cash
distributions to investors
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
from operating cash flow
|
$19
|
$430
|
$430
|
$0
|
$879
|
|
–
from sales and refinancing
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
–
from other
|
$0
|
$34
|
$34
|
$0
|
$68
|
Cash generated
(deficiency) after cash distributions (in
thousands)
|
|
$250
|
$(34)
|
$(34)
|
$0
|
$182
|
Less:
|
Special items
(not including sales and refinancing) (identify and
quantify)
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
(deficiency) after cash distributions and special items (in
thousands)
|
|
$250
|
$(34)
|
$(34)
|
$0
|
$182
|
Cash
Distributions to Investors Source (on GAAP basis) (in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
Investment income
|
|
$19
|
$464
|
$464
|
$0
|
$947
|
–
Return of capital
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Source
(on cash basis) (in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
Sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
–
Refinancing
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
–
Operations
|
|
$19
|
$430
|
$430
|
$0
|
$879
|
–
Other
|
|
$0
|
$34
|
$34
|
$0
|
$68
|
Amount (in
percentage terms) remaining invested in program properties at the
end of the last year reported in the Table (original total
acquisition cost of properties retained divided by original total
acquisition cost of all properties in program)
|
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
|
|
|
GK
Investment Holdings, LLC
|
Years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross Revenues
(in thousands)
|
|
$563
|
$3,986
|
$5,613
|
$5,908
|
$6,827
|
$22,334
|
Profit on sale
of properties or in process(in thousands)
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,739
|
$0
|
$467
|
$2,206
|
Less (in
thousands):
|
Operating
expenses
|
$986
|
$956
|
$1,972
|
$1,980
|
$2,631
|
$7,539
|
|
Interest
expense
|
$322
|
$2,381
|
$4,409
|
$4,422
|
$5,155
|
$16,367
|
|
Depreciation
and Amortization
|
$402
|
$2,247
|
$3,400
|
$2,850
|
$2,939
|
$11,436
|
Net Income
– GAAP Basis (in thousands)
|
|
$(1,147)
|
$(1,598)
|
$(2,429)
|
$(3,344)
|
$(3,431)
|
$(10,802)
|
Taxable Income
(in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
from operations
|
|
$196
|
$(679)
|
$(522)
|
$(4,579)
|
$(2,575)
|
$(8,355)
|
–
from gain on sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
from operations
|
|
$245
|
$(152)
|
$(458)
|
$941
|
$230
|
$561
|
Cash generated
from sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,739
|
$0
|
$467
|
$2,206
|
Cash generated
from refinancing
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
from operations, sales and refinancing (in
thousands)
|
|
$245
|
$(152)
|
$1,281
|
$941
|
$697
|
$2,767
|
Less (in
thousands):
|
Cash
distributions to investors
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
from operating cash flow
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
–
from sales and refinancing
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
|
–
from other
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
(deficiency) after cash distributions (in
thousands)
|
|
$245
|
$(152)
|
$1,281
|
$941
|
$697
|
$2,767
|
Less:
|
Special items
(not including sales and refinancing) (identify and
quantify)
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Cash generated
(deficiency) after cash distributions and special items (in
thousands)
|
|
$245
|
$(152)
|
$1,281
|
$941
|
$697
|
$2,767
|
Tax and Distribution Data Per $1,000 Invested
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
Distributions to Investors Source (on GAAP basis) (in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
Investment income
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
–
Return of capital
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Source
(on cash basis) (in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–
Sales
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$1,739
|
$0
|
$467
|
$2,206
|
–
Refinancing
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
–
Operations
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
–
Other
|
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
$0
|
Amount (in
percentage terms) remaining invested in program properties at the
end of the last year reported in the Table (original total
acquisition cost of properties retained divided by original total
acquisition cost of all properties in program)
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
|
TABLE IV
RESULTS OF COMPLETED PROGRAMS
This
Table IV sets forth the operating results of Prior Real Estate
Programs sponsored by GK Development, Inc. dba GK Real Estate and
its affiliates that have completed during the five years ended
December 31, 2019. None of the Prior Real Estate Programs presented
in this Table IV have similar or identical investment objectives to
GK Investment Property Holdings II, LLC (“GKIPH
II”)
Program
Name
|
GK Preferred Income Investments I (Lakeview Square),
LLC
|
|
GK Secured Income IV, LLC
|
Dollar
Amount Raised (in thousands)
|
$5,450
|
$7,365
|
$11,279
|
Number
of Properties Purchased
|
1
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Date
of Closing of Offering
|
10/31/2013
|
|
|
Date of First Sale
of Property
|
12/31/2017
|
|
|
Date of Final Sale
of Property
|
12/31/2017
|
|
|
Duration in
Months
|
50
|
66
|
42
|
Cash Distributions
to Investors (in thousands)
|
|
|
|
Source (on GAAP
basis)
|
|
|
|
–
Investment income
|
$4,312
|
$2,698
|
$1,632
|
–
Return of capital
|
$5,177
|
$7,365
|
$11,279
|
Source (on cash
basis)
|
|
|
|
–
Sales/Repayments
|
$0
|
$7,365
|
$11,279
|
–
Refinancing
|
$4,013
|
$0
|
$0
|
–
Operations
|
$4,981
|
$2,698
|
$1,632
|
–
Other
|
$495
|
$0
|
$0
|
Annualized
ROI
|
18.9%
|
6.6%
|
4.8%
|
GK INVESTMENT PROPERTY HOLDINGS II, LLC
$50,000,000 Maximum Offering Amount (50,000 Bonds)
OFFERING CIRCULAR
January
28, 2021
PART III - EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
|
|
Exhibit Description
|
|
|
|
|
|
Form of Managing Dealer Agreement by and between JCC Advisors, LLC
and the Company, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (1)(a) to the Company’s Offering
Statement on Form 1-A filed on September 17,
2019.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Form of Participating Dealer Agreement, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (1)(b) to the Company’s Offering
Statement on Form 1-A filed on September 17,
2019.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Certificate of Formation of the Company, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit (2)(a) to the Company’s Offering Statement on Form
1-A filed on September 17, 2019.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (2)(b) to the Company’s Offering
Statement on Form 1-A filed on September 17, 2019.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of RF
Grocery, LLC, dated as of July 23, 2020, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 2.1 of the Company’s Form 1-U filed on July 23,
2020.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amendment No. 1 to Operating Agreement of RF Grocery, LLC, dated as
of December 17, 2020.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indenture between our company and the trustee, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the Company’s Third
Pre-Qualification Amendment to its Offering Statement on Form 1-A
filed on January 14, 2020.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Form of Unsecured Bond, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3)(b)
to the Company’s Third Pre-Qualification Amendment to its
Offering Statement on Form 1-A filed on January 14,
2020.
|
|
|
|
|
|
First Supplemental Indenture between GK Investment Property
Holdings II, LLC and UMB Bank, N.A., as trustee, dated as of August
13, 2020, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the
Company’s Form 1-U filed on August 17,
2020.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Form of Subscription Agreement, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (4) to the Company’s Offering Statement
on Form 1-A filed on September 17, 2019.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase and Sale Agreement by and between 7501 W. North Avenue,
LLC and RF Grocery LLC, dated as of May 27, 2020, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 6.1 of the Company’s Form 1-U filed on
June 2, 2020.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Form of Subscription Escrow Agreement among our company, JCC
Advisors, LLC and UMB Bank, National Association,
incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (8) to the Company’s First
Pre-Qualification Amendment to its Offering Statement on Form 1-A
filed on November 12, 2019.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consents of Cherry Bekaert LLP
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consent of Kaplan Voekler Cunningham & Frank, PLC,
incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (11)(b) to the Company’s Second
Pre-Qualification Amendment to its Offering Statement on Form 1-A
filed on December 13, 2019.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Opinion of Kaplan Voekler Cunningham & Frank, PLC regarding
legality of the Bonds, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (12) to the Company’s Second
Pre-Qualification Amendment to its Offering Statement on Form 1-A
filed on December 13, 2019.
|
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Regulation A, the issuer certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form 1-A and has duly caused this
offering statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the County of Cook, State of Illinois
on January 28, 2021.
GK Investment Property Holdings II, LLC,
|
a
Delaware limited liability company
|
|
|
|
By:
|
GK Development, Inc. dba GK Real
Estate,
|
|
an
Illinois corporation, Manager
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Garo Kholamian
|
|
|
Name:
|
Garo
Kholamian
|
|
|
Its:
|
Sole
Director
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Garo Kholamian
|
|
Name:
|
Garo
Kholamian
|
|
Its:
|
President
of our manager (Principal Executive Officer)
|
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Gregory
Kveton
|
|
Name:
|
Gregory
Kveton
|
|
Its:
|
Principal
– Development of our manager
(Principal
Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
|
|