Real Estate Fund Investments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Real Estate Fund Investments [Abstract]

We are the general partner and investment manager of Vornado Capital Partners Real Estate Fund (the “Fund”) and own a 25.0% interest in the Fund, which had an initial eight-year term ending February 2019. On January 29, 2018, the Fund's term was extended to February 2023, by which time the Fund intends to dispose of its remaining investments and wind down its business, subject to potential additional extensions. The Fund's three-year investment period ended in July 2013. The Fund is accounted for under ASC Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies (“ASC 946”) and its investments are reported on its balance sheet at fair value, with changes in value each period recognized in earnings. We consolidate the accounts of the Fund into our consolidated financial statements, retaining the fair value basis of accounting.

We are the general partner and investment manager of the Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel Joint Venture (the “Crowne Plaza Joint Venture”) and own a 57.1% interest in the joint venture which owns the 24.3% interest in the Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel not owned by the Fund. The Crowne Plaza Joint Venture is also accounted for under ASC 946 and we consolidate the accounts of the joint venture into our consolidated financial statements, retaining the fair value basis of accounting. On June 9, 2020, the joint venture between the Fund and the Crowne Plaza Joint Venture defaulted on the $274,355,000 non-recourse loan on the Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel. The interest-only loan, which bears interest at a floating rate of LIBOR plus 3.69% (6.82% as of September 30, 2022) and provides for additional default interest of 3.00%, was scheduled to mature on July 9, 2020.

On May 20, 2022, 1100 Lincoln Road was conveyed to the lender pursuant to a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure agreement in exchange for a $5,672,000 payment to the Fund. From the inception of this investment through its disposition, the Fund realized a $53,724,000 net loss.

As of September 30, 2022, we had two real estate fund investments through the Fund and the Crowne Plaza Joint Venture with an aggregate fair value of $930,000, $275,459,000 below cost, and had remaining unfunded commitments of $28,465,000, of which our share was $8,849,000. As of December 31, 2021, we had three real estate fund investments with an aggregate fair value of $7,730,000.

Below is a summary of (loss) income from the Fund and the Crowne Plaza Joint Venture.


(Amounts in thousands)	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Net investment (loss) income	$	(111)	$	(66)	$	6,549	$	5,896
Previously recorded unrealized loss on exited investments	—		—		59,396		—
Realized loss on exited investments	—		—		(53,724)		—
Net unrealized loss on held investments	—		—		(6,800)		(789)
(Loss) income from real estate fund investments	(111)		(66)		5,421		5,107
Less loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries	312		360		(3,287)		(2,914)
Income from real estate fund investments, net of noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries	$	201	$	294	$	2,134	$	2,193