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): January 20, 2012

Cole Credit Property Trust III, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
         
Maryland
 
000-53960
 
26-1846406
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
         
         
2325 East Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona 85016
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
(602) 778-8700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
None
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01                      Other Events

During the three months ended March 31, 2012, Cole Credit Property Trust III, Inc. (the “Company”) acquired controlling interests in 53 commercial properties for an aggregate purchase price of $419.6 million (the “Acquisitions”). The Company purchased the Acquisitions with net proceeds from the Company’s public offerings of common stock, certain borrowings from its $857.5 million credit facility and through the issuance or assumption of mortgage notes. Based on purchase price, the following table summarizes the five largest properties acquired during the three months ended March 31, 2012:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Rentable
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchase
 
Square
 
Physical
Property Description
 
Type
 
Date Acquired
 
Price
 
Feet (1)
 
Occupancy
Greenway Commons – Houston, TX
 
Shopping Center
 
March 23, 2012
 
$
68,250,000 
 
253,052 
 
96%
San Tan Market Place – Gilbert, AZ
 
Shopping Center
 
March 30, 2012
 
 
54,780,000 
 
285,531 
 
91%
The Medicines Company Office – Parsippany, NJ
 
Healthcare
 
February 27, 2012
 
 
52,964,095 
 
176,062 
 
100%
Fairlane Green – Allen Park, MI
 
Shopping Center
 
February 22, 2012
 
 
47,000,000 
 
269,598 
 
97%
Sam’s Club – Colorado Springs, CO
 
Warehouse Club
 
January 20, 2012
 
 
17,300,000 
 
128,065 
 
100%
 
 
 
 
 
(1)
 
Includes square feet of buildings that are on land subject to ground leases.

Please refer to the Company’s condensed consolidated unaudited financial statements in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 for a discussion of additional real estate related acquisitions made during the quarter
 

 

 
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SIGNATURE

 
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 thereunto duly authorized.


Dated: May 24, 2012
COLE CREDIT PROPERTY TRUST III, INC.
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Simon J. Misselbrook
Name:
Simon J. Misselbrook
Title:
Senior Vice President of Accounting
(Principal Accounting Officer)
 
 
 
 
 
 

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