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The precise  timing of disposition of the properties is at the discretion of the  managing general partner. In accordance with the partnership  agreement, the partnership is scheduled to terminate on December  31, 2013, however, the managing general partner has not formally  approved a plan for liquidation of NPAMLP at this time.&amp;#160;As  such, NPAMLP will continue to report its combined condensed  financial statements on a going concern basis until a formal plan  of liquidation is approved by the managing general partner.&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  The financial statements include the accounts of partnerships that  contributed their interests to NPAMLP and certain partnerships  whose partnership interests were not contributed as of the  effective date of NPAMLP&amp;#8217;s formation on January 1, 1990, but  were allocated their interests in NPAMLP as if their partnership  interests had been contributed on January 1, 1990.&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;MARGIN: 0pt 0px 0pt 0.5in; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &lt;font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Going Concern&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  The accompanying combined condensed financial statements have been  prepared assuming that NPAMLP will continue as a going concern.  Although NPAMLP expects to collect approximately $&lt;font style=" FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;4,260&lt;/font&gt; in future minimum rent in 2013 and  has $&lt;font style=" FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;2,195&lt;/font&gt; of unrestricted  cash and $&lt;font style=" FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;1,431&lt;/font&gt; available  under its line of credit as of June 30, 2013 to satisfy future  short-term obligations, it does not have the ability to satisfy its  wraparound mortgage obligations, totaling $&lt;font style=" FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;126,666&lt;/font&gt; as of June 30, 2013, which mature  and are due in full on December 31, 2013. As disclosed in Note 5,  NPAMLP has agreed to deliver deeds of future interest or  assignments of future leasehold interest in all of its property  holdings in exchange for the satisfaction of the wraparound  mortgage indebtedness. As a result, these conditions raise  substantial doubt about the NPAMLP&amp;#8217;s ability to continue as a  going concern. The combined financial statements do not include any  adjustments that might result from the outcome of this  uncertainty.&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  Although the Managing General Partner has not approved a plan of  liquidation, as noted above, under the terms of the Partnership  Agreement, NPAMLP is scheduled to dissolve on December 31, 2013.  The remaining NPAMLP assets not subject to the 2003 Agreement will  be liquidated and used to satisfy NPAMLP obligations other than the  Wrap Mortgages. To the extent that the remaining assets exceed the  amount of the remaining obligations, that excess will be  distributed to the Limited Partners in accordance with their  ownership interests.&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;  &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  It is not anticipated that NPAMLP will be in a position to  distribute any excess proceeds from the liquidation of its assets  to the Limited Partners upon its dissolution. To the extent that  the remaining obligations exceed the amount of the remaining  assets, then the proceeds of the remaining assets will be used to  satisfy NPAMLP obligations other than the Wrap Mortgages on a  pro-rata basis or on such other basis as may be required by  law.&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;        </NonNumbericText><FootnoteIndexer /><CurrencyCode /><CurrencySymbol /><IsIndependantCurrency>false</IsIndependantCurrency><ShowCurrencySymbol>false</ShowCurrencySymbol><DisplayDateInUSFormat>false</DisplayDateInUSFormat></Cell></Cells><ElementDataType>nonnum:textBlockItemType</ElementDataType><SimpleDataType>na</SimpleDataType><ElementDefenition>The entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. 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