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Note 4 - Estimated Liquidation and Operating Costs Net of Estimated Receipts
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Liquidation Basis of Accounting, Liability for Estimated Costs in Excess of Receipts [Text Block]
4.
Estimated Liquidation and Operating Costs Net of Estimated Receipts
 
The liquidation basis of accounting requires the Company to estimate net cash flows from operations and to accrue all costs associated with implementing and completing the plan of liquidation. The Company currently estimates that it will incur liquidation and operating costs net of estimated receipts during the liquidation period, excluding the net proceeds from the real estate sales. These amounts can vary significantly due to, among other things, land entitlement costs, the timing and estimates for executing and renewing leases, capital expenditures to maintain the real estate at its current estimated realizable value and estimates of tenant improvement costs, the timing of property sales and any direct/indirect costs incurred that are related to the sales (e.g., retention bonuses on the sale of the Cortlandt Manor and Flowerfield properties, costs to address buy side due diligence inclusive of administrative fees, legal fees and property costs to address items arising from such due diligence and
not
previously known), the timing and amounts associated with discharging known and contingent liabilities and the costs associated with the winding up of operations. These costs are estimated and are anticipated to be paid during the liquidation period.
 
The change in the liability for estimated costs in excess of estimated receipts during liquidation from
January 1, 2019
through
December 31, 2019
is as follows:
 
   
January 1, 2019
    
Expenditures/ (Receipts)
    
Remeasurement of Assets and Liabilities
    
December 31, 2019
  
Assets:
                                
Estimated net inflows from investment of real estate
   $
3,418,285
     $
(2,600,047
 )   $
3,491,090
     $
4,309,328
  
Liabilities:
                                
Property operating costs
    
(2,084,955
 )    
1,536,010
      
(2,046,009
 )    
(2,594,954
 )
Tenant improvements
    
(465,844
 )    
497,207
      
(31,363
 )    
-
  
Common area capital expenditures
    
(665,000
 )    
119,023
      
71,844
      
(474,133
 )
Land entitlement costs
    
(1,468,474
 )    
1,422,192
      
(1,800,845
 )    
(1,847,127
 )
Corporate expenditures
    
(4,904,367
 )    
2,167,814
      
(3,459,998
 )    
(6,196,551
 )
Selling costs on real estate assets*
    
(2,437,076
 )    
-
      
(1,060,124
 )    
(3,497,200
 )
Retention bonus payments to directors, officers and employees*
    
(1,984,733
 )    
14,573
      
(2,710,358
 )    
(4,680,518
 )
Less prepaid expenses and other assets
    
397,854
      
234,620
      
-
      
632,474
  
Liability for estimated costs in excess of estimated receipts during liquidation**
   $
(10,194,310
 )   $
3,391,392
     $
(7,545,763
 )   $
(14, 348,681
 )
 
*The amounts reported are based on the provisions of the retention bonus plan and the reported amount of the real estate assets estimated net realizable value.
** These estimates are based on the liquidation being completed by
December 31, 2021.
The remeasurement is the result of the extension, entitlement costs and increased retention bonus payments and selling costs attributable to the increase in real estate values.
 
The change in the liability for estimated costs in excess of estimated receipts during liquidation from
January 1, 2018
through
December 31, 2018
is as follows:
 
   
January 1, 2018
    
Expenditures/ (Receipts)
    
Remeasurement of Assets and Liabilities
    
December 31, 2018
  
Assets:
                                
Estimated net inflows from investment of real estate
   $
4,044,202
     $
(2,386,428
 )   $
1,760,511
     $
3,418,285
  
Liabilities:
                                
Property operating costs
    
(2,403,872
 )    
1,495,664
      
(1,176,747
 )    
(2,084,955
 )
Tenant improvements
    
(1,304,109
 )    
1,316,567
      
(478,302
 )    
(465,844
 )
Common area capital expenditures
    
(500,000
 )    
71,075
      
(236,075
 )    
(665,000
 )
Land entitlement costs
    
(2,516,394
 )    
1,261,048
      
(213,128
 )    
(1,468,474
 )
Corporate expenditures
    
(5,650,775
 )    
2,213,047
      
(1,466,639
 )    
(4,904,367
 )
Selling costs on real estate assets*
    
(1,981,000
 )    
79,438
      
(535,514
 )    
(2,437,076
 )
Retention bonus payments to directors, officers and employees*
    
(642,259
 )    
86,917
      
(1,429,391
 )    
(1,984,733
 )
Less prepaid expenses and other assets
    
304,294
      
93,560
      
-
      
397,854
  
Liability for estimated costs in excess of estimated receipts during liquidation**
   $
(10,649,913
 )   $
4,230,888
     $
(3,775,285
 )   $
(10,194,310
 )
 
*The amounts reported are based on the provisions of the retention bonus plan and the reported amount of the real estate assets estimated net realizable value.
**These estimates were based on the liquidation being completed by
June 30, 2020.