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):

February 3, 2012

FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

New Jersey 000-25043 22-1697095
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 505 Main Street, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 488-6400

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Section 8 - Other Events

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On February 3, 2012, Grande Rotunda, LLC (“Grande”), a 60% owned affiliate of First Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey entered into a lease termination agreement (“Agreement”) with Giant of Maryland LLC (“Giant”), the tenant and operator of the 35,994 sq. ft. Giant supermarket at Grande’s Rotunda property located in Baltimore, Maryland. Giant, under the terms of the Agreement, agreed to (i) waive its right to extend the term of the lease through March 31, 2035 (“Outside Extension Date”), (ii) terminate the lease and surrender the premises to Grande no later than the earlier of commencement of the redevelopment of the property or March 31, 2015, and (iii) notwithstanding any earlier termination date, continue to pay monthly fixed rent payments plus its share of common area maintenance charges and taxes for the Rotunda property through March 31, 2015. Grande has agreed (i) not to lease more than 20,000 sq. ft. of any space in the property for use as a food supermarket through March 31, 2035, and (ii) if Grande decides to lease such space for use as a food supermarket, it must first offer the space for the same use under the terms acceptable to Grande, to Giant, which will have thirty days to accept the offer before the space may be leased to a third party.

 

 

 

 

The statements in this report that relate to future earnings or performance are forward-looking. Actual results might differ materially and be adversely affected by such factors as longer than anticipated lease-up periods or the inability of tenants to pay increased rents. Additional information about these factors is contained in the Trust’s filings with the SEC including the Trust’s most recent filed report on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q to be filed covering this period.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF
NEW JERSEY
   (Registrant)
 
 
 
  By:  /s/ Robert S. Hekemian
    Robert S. Hekemian
    Chairman of the Board

Date: February 9, 2012