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INVESTMENTS IN REAL ESTATE
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
INVESTMENTS IN REAL ESTATE  
INVESTMENTS IN REAL ESTATE

6.                                    INVESTMENTS IN REAL ESTATE

 

A summary of Barnwell’s investments as of September 30, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:

 

Investment in two residential parcels

 

 

$

2,331,000

 

Investment in leasehold land interest – Lot 4C

 

 

 

50,000

 

Total investments in real estate

 

 

$

2,381,000

 

 

Investment in two residential parcels

 

Kaupulehu 2007 owns two residential parcels in the Lot 4A Increment I area located in the North Kona District of the island of Hawaii, north of Hualalai Resort at Historic Ka’upulehu, between the Queen Kaahumanu Highway and the Pacific Ocean.

 

Investment in leasehold land interestLot 4C

 

Kaupulehu Developments holds an interest in an area of approximately 1,000 acres of vacant leasehold land zoned conservation located adjacent to Lot 4A. The lease terminates in December 2025.

 

Percentage of sales payments

 

Kaupulehu Developments has the right to receive payments from WB and WBKD, entities not affiliated with Barnwell and its subsidiaries, resulting from the sale of lots and/or residential units within approximately 870 acres of the Kaupulehu Lot 4A area by WB and WBKD in two increments (“Increment I” and “Increment II”).

 

With respect to Increment I, Kaupulehu Developments is entitled to receive payments from WB based on the following percentages of the gross receipts from WB’s sales of single-family residential lots in Increment I: 9% of the gross proceeds from single-family lot sales up to aggregate gross proceeds of $100,000,000; 10% of such aggregate gross proceeds greater than $100,000,000 up to $300,000,000; and 14% of such aggregate gross proceeds in excess of $300,000,000.

 

The following table summarizes the Increment I percentage of sales payment revenues received from WB:

 

 

 

Year ended September 30,

 

 

2013

 

2012

Sale of interest in leasehold land:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds

 

 

$

300,000

 

 

 

$

512,000

 

Fees

 

 

 

(18,000

)

 

 

 

(30,000

)

Revenues – sale of interest in leasehold land, net

 

 

$

282,000

 

 

 

$

482,000

 

 

As of September 30, 2013, 31 of the 38 single-family lots in Phase I of Increment I have been sold by WB. Forty-two single-family lots are planned for Phase II of Increment I, for a total of 80 single-family lots planned for Increment I. The developer began marketing some of the 42 single-family lots in Phase II of Increment I in 2012, and as of September 30, 2013, one lot has been sold.

 

With respect to Increment II, which is not yet developed, Kaupulehu Developments is entitled to receive future payments from WBKD based on a percentage of the sales prices of the residential lots or units, as well as additional payments after the members of WBKD have received distributions equal to the capital they invested in the project.

 

There is no assurance with regards to the amounts of future payments to be received.