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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 1, 2010
 

American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Maryland
 
333-163069
 
27-1065431
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
405 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 415-6500

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 1.01  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
 
On October 1, 2010, American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc. (the “Company”), through its sponsor, American Realty Capital III, LLC, entered into a purchase and sale agreement (the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”) to acquire a portfolio of five retail condominiums (the “Portfolio”) located on Bleecker Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York.  The Portfolio is 100% leased to a roster of high-end fashion tenants, including Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Burberry, Mulberry and A.P.C.  The five leases have maturities ranging from 2016 to 2022 and all have 3% annual rent escalations.  The seller consists of Bleecker Street Condo, LLC, 382/384 Bleecker, LLC, 382/384 Perry Retail, LLC and BCS 387, LLC.
 
The purchase price for the Portfolio is $34,000,000, exclusive of closing costs.  The closing of the acquisition will occur on or before December 1, 2010.
 
The Company expects to fund the acquisition of the Portfolio with proceeds from its ongoing offering.  The Company may finance the acquisition post closing, however, there is no guarantee that it will be able to obtain financing on terms that it believes are favorable or at all.

The foregoing description of the Purchase and Sale Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Purchase and Sale Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.15 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(a)(4)       The audited financial statements relating to the Portfolio required by Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X are not included in this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company will file such audited Financial Statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within 71 calendar days of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K.
 
(d)           Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
10.15
 
Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2010, by and between Bleecker Street Condo, LLC, 382/384 Bleecker, LLC, 382/384 Perry Retail, LLC and BCS 387, LLC, as Seller and American Realty Capital III, LLC, as Purchaser

 
 

 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST, INC.
     
Date: October 6, 2010
By:  
/s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch
 
Nicholas S. Schorsch
 
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors