Deposit on real estate

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Notes to Financial Statements

Deposit on real estate

6. Deposit on real estate

On November 2, 2017, the Company entered into an Agreement to purchase from AREP 5400 East Avenue LLC certain buildings in West Palm Beach, Florida, totaling approximately 80,000 square feet, on which the present tenant operates a substance abuse treatment center. The purchase price of the Property was $20,530,000. The Company made a series of nonrefundable down payments totaling $2,940,546 and $1,825,000 as of December 31, 2018 and 2017.

On May 23, 2018, the Company converted the agreement to a lease agreement with a purchase option of $17,250,000, increasing August 31, 2018 by $750,000 per month until the purchase option is exercised. The premises is located at 5400, 5402 and 5410 East Avenue, West Palm Beach, Florida (the “Property”). The lease was for an initial 10 years and provided for two additional 10 year extensions.

The Company previously was under agreement to purchase the property from the landlord. The property is presently used as a rehabilitation treatment center. The current tenant at the property, Alternatives in Treatment, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, consented to the Lease and concurrent with the execution of the Lease entered into a Sublease Agreement with the Company.

On December 20, 2019 the Company entered into an agreement to terminate the lease agreement on January 30, 2020.

As of December 31, 2019, the deposits paid of $2,924,955 were offset against the unpaid rental as of December 31, 2019 of $1,509,877. A contingency reserve of $250,000 was allowed for any future claims the landlord may have against the Company, resulting in a forfeiture of the deposit balance of $1,665,078.