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Note 1 - The Company
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]
1.
The Company
 
Gyrodyne, LLC (including its subsidiaries, “Gyrodyne”, the “Company” or the “Registrant”) is a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of New York whose primary business is the management of a portfolio of medical office and industrial properties and the pursuit of entitlement on such properties, which are located in Suffolk (“Flowerfield”) and Westchester Counties (“Cortlandt Manor”), New York.
 
Substantially all of our developed properties are subject to leases in which the tenant reimburses the Company for a portion, all of or substantially all of the costs and/or cost increases for utilities, insurance, repairs, maintenance and real estate taxes. Certain leases provide that the Company is responsible for certain operating expenses.
 
Gyrodyne’s corporate strategy is to enhance the value of Flowerfield and Cortlandt Manor by pursuing entitlement opportunities and enhancing the value of its leases. The Board believes the aforementioned strategy will improve the chances of increasing the values for such properties. The value of the real estate reported in the consolidated statement of net assets as of
December 31, 2019 (
predicated on current asset values) includes some, but
not
all of the potential value impact that
may
result from such value enhancement efforts. There can be
no
assurance that our value enhancement efforts will result in property value increases that exceed the costs we incur in such efforts, or even any increase at all.
 
Our efforts to generate the highest values for Flowerfield and Cortlandt Manor
may
involve in limited circumstances the pursuit of joint venture relationships, entitlements, other investments and/or other strategies to enhance the net value of Flowerfield and Cortlandt Manor to maximize the returns for our shareholders. The Company does
not
expect the pursuit of joint ventures, if any, to adversely affect the timing of distributions to our shareholders. Gyrodyne intends to dissolve after it completes the disposition of all of its real property assets, applies the proceeds of such dispositions
first
to settle any debts and claims, pending or otherwise, against Gyrodyne, and then makes liquidating distributions to holders of Gyrodyne common shares. The liquidation process and the amount and timing of distributions involve risks and uncertainties. As such, it is impossible at this time to determine the ultimate amount of proceeds that will actually be distributed to our shareholders or the timing of such payments. Accordingly,
no
assurance can be given that the distributions will equal or exceed the estimate of net assets in liquidation presented in our consolidated statements of net assets. The actual nature, amount and timing of all distributions will be determined by Gyrodyne’s Board in its sole discretion and will depend in part upon the Company’s ability to convert our remaining assets into cash in compliance with our obligations under the Stipulation entered into in connection with the class action lawsuit (See Note
14
– Contingencies) and settle and pay our remaining liabilities and obligations. Under Gyrodyne’s Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “LLC Agreement”), such dissolution
may
be effected upon the vote of holders of a majority of Gyrodyne common shares or, in the Board’s discretion and without any separate approval by the holders of the Gyrodyne common shares, at any time the value of Gyrodyne’s assets, as determined by the Board in good faith, is less than
$1,000,000.
 
The Company’s remaining real estate investments, each of which is held in a single asset limited liability company wholly owned by the Company, consist of:
 
the Cortlandt Manor Medical Center comprising approximately
34,000
square feet situated on approximately
13.8
acres; and
 
the Flowerfield Industrial Park comprising approximately
127,000
rentable square feet. The industrial park is multi-tenanted and situated on
ten
acres of a
68
-acre property in St. James, New York, all of which is owned by the Company.  Approximately
62
of the
68
acres are included in the subdivision application filed with the Town of Smithtown.  Approximately
5
acres of the
68
-acre Flowerfield industrial park are zoned residential and non-contiguous to the Flowerfield property and are being actively marketed for sale.