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Financing Activities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Financing Activities  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
Financing Activities

Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility

On March 30, 2012, CRLP, with the Trust as guarantor, entered into a $500.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association ("Wells Fargo"), as administrative agent for the lenders, and certain other financial institutions party thereto as agents and lenders. The Credit Facility has a maturity date of March 29, 2016, with a one-year extension option, which may be exercised as long as there is no existing default and upon payment of a 0.20% extension fee. The Credit Facility includes an accordion feature that allows the total commitments to be increased to $700.0 million, subject to certain conditions, including obtaining commitments from any one or more lenders, whether or not currently a lender under the Credit Facility.

The spread over LIBOR for syndicated borrowings under the credit facility ranges from 1.00% to 1.80% and the facility fee ranges from 0.15% and 0.40%, each based on the credit ratings of CRLP's senior unsecured debt from time to time. As of June 30, 2012, the Credit Facility had a stated interest rate of LIBOR plus 1.40% and required the payment of an annual facility fee equal to 0.30% of the aggregate loan commitments. The Credit Facility also includes an uncommitted competitive bid option for up to $250.0 million of the $500.0 million Credit Facility, which can be utilized if CRLP maintains an investment grade credit rating from either Moody's Investors Services, Inc., or Standard & Poor's Ratings Services. This option would allow participating banks to bid to provide CRLP loans at a rate that may be lower than the stated rate for syndicated borrowings.

The Credit Facility includes certain events of default including, but not limited to, nonpayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts, failure to perform certain covenants, an event of default under any other indebtedness in the aggregate greater than or equal to $25.0 million, an event of default under CRLP's unsecured term loan, and bankruptcy of other insolvency events. The occurrence of an event of default, following any applicable cure period, would permit the lenders to, among other things, declare the principal, accrued interest and other obligations of CRLP under the Credit Facility to be immediately due and payable.

Both the Credit Facility and term loan agreements (described below) under "Senior Unsecured Term Loans" require that CRLP satisfy similar financial and operational covenants, including the following:
 
 
As of
 
 
 
 
June 30, 2012
 
Requirements:
Fixed Charge Ratio
 
2.2x
 
>1.5x
Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio
 
46%
 
<60.0%
Secured Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio
 
18%
 
<40.0%
Unencumbered Leverage Ratio
 
46%
 
<62.5%
Permitted Investments Ratio
 
13%
 
<30.0%
Tangible Net Worth ($ in billions)
 
$2.0
 
$1.0

At June 30, 2012, the Company was in compliance with these covenants.

In addition to the Credit Facility, the Company has a $35.0 million cash management line provided by Wells Fargo which was amended and restated in April 2012. The amended and restated cash management line has a maturity date of March 29, 2016.

The Credit Facility and the cash management line had an outstanding balance at June 30, 2012 of $117.2 million, including $95.0 million outstanding on the Credit Facility and $22.2 million outstanding on the cash management line. The weighted average interest rate of the Credit Facility and the cash management line was 1.65% and 1.24% as of June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011, respectively.

CRLP intends to use future borrowings under the Credit Facility and the cash management line for general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, the repayment of outstanding indebtedness, the future development of properties, the acquisition of additional properties and other acquisition transactions as suitable opportunities arise, capital expenditures, and redevelopment and/or improvements to certain existing properties.




Senior Unsecured Term Loans

On May 11, 2012, CRLP, with the Trust as guarantor, entered into a term loan agreement with U.S. Bank National Association, as administrative agent and a lender, and certain other financial institutions party thereto as lenders, which provides for a $150.0 million senior unsecured term loan, of which CRLP borrowed the full $150.0 million at closing. The term loan bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.10% to 2.05% based on the credit ratings on CRLP's unsecured debt from time to time. The Company entered into two interest rate swaps (see Note 14 - "Derivatives and Hedging") to fix the interest rate through maturity at an all-in initial rate of 2.71%, based on an initial margin of 1.60%. The term loan matures on May 11, 2017 and may be prepaid, in whole or in part, at any time, without premium or penalty. The proceeds from the term loan were used to repay a portion of the outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility. In connection with this new term loan agreement, the Company amended the 2011 term loan agreement described below, as well as the Company's March 2012 credit agreement, to conform certain defined terms and the language in certain covenants among the three loans and to reflect the new May 2012 term loan.
On July 22, 2011, CRLP, with the Trust as guarantor, entered into a term loan agreement with Wells Fargo, as administrative agent and a lender, and certain other financial institutions party thereto as lenders, which provides for a $250.0 million senior unsecured term loan. As of June 30, 2012, the term loan had an outstanding balance of $250.0 million. The term loan bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.65% to 2.90% based on the credit ratings on CRLP's unsecured debt from time to time. The Company entered into two interest rate swaps (see Note 14 - "Derivatives and Hedging") to fix the interest rate through maturity at an all-in initial interest rate of 5.00%, based on the initial margin of 2.45%. The term loan matures on August 1, 2018 and may be prepaid, in whole or in part, at any time, subject to a prepayment premium of 2% for amounts prepaid on or prior to July 22, 2013 and 1% for amounts prepaid after July 22, 2013 but prior to July 23, 2014. There is no prepayment premium for amounts prepaid after July 22, 2014. The proceeds from the term loan were used to repay a portion of the outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility.

Both term loan agreements discussed above contain various restrictive covenants, including with respect to liens, indebtedness, distributions, mergers and asset sales, and also limits the percentage of CRLP's total asset value that may be invested in unimproved land, mortgage receivables, unconsolidated joint ventures, residential units for sale and construction. As described above, the term loan agreements require that CRLP satisfy certain financial and operational covenants. The term loan agreements include certain events of default including, but not limited to, nonpayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts, failure to perform certain covenants, an event of default under any other indebtedness in the aggregate greater than or equal to $20.0 million for the term loan entered into in June 2011 and greater than or equal to $25.0 million for the term loan entered into in May 2012, an event of default under the Credit Facility, and bankruptcy or other insolvency events. The occurrence of an event of default, following any applicable cure period, would permit the lenders to, among other things, declare the principal, accrued interest and other obligations of CRLP under the term loan agreements to be immediately due and payable.