Preferred Equity Investments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Schedule Of Investments [Abstract]

Preferred Equity Investments

5. Preferred Equity Investments

We own a 24.4% interest in PGRESS Equity Holdings LP (“PGRESS”), an entity that owned a preferred equity investment in a partnership that owned 470 Vanderbilt, a 686,000 square foot office building in Brooklyn, New York. The preferred equity had a dividend rate of 10.3%, of which 8.0% was paid in cash through February 2016 and the unpaid portion accreted to the balance of the investment. Subsequent to February 2016, the entire 10.3% dividend was paid in cash. On March 1, 2019, the partnership that owned 470 Vanderbilt redeemed the preferred equity investment for $36,089,000 consisting of the investment balance and accrued interest.