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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

 

x     QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2014
 
OR
 
o     TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from ________________ to ________________

 

Commission file number: 001-13183

ACRE REALTY INVESTORS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Georgia   58-2122873
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
     

c/o Avenue Capital Group

399 Park Avenue, 6th Floor

New York, New York

 

 

 

10022

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

212-850-7534

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Roberts Realty Investors, Inc.

375 Northridge Road, Suite 330, Atlanta, Georgia, 30350

Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes x              No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes x              No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   o

Accelerated filer o

 

Non-accelerated filer o

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)   

Smaller reporting company   x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes o            No x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

Class   Outstanding at February 9, 2015
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share    17,815,335 shares
 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

Background

 

ACRE Realty Investors Inc. (formerly known as Roberts Realty Investors, Inc.) is filing this Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2014 in order to remediate its late filing status with the SEC and to return to compliance with the continued listing standards of the NYSE MKT stock exchange.

 

On November 17, 2014, we filed a Report on Form 12b-25 stating that, during the course of our pursuit of strategic alternatives as described in previous SEC filings, an error was discovered in the calculation of the 95% gross income test for purposes of our qualification as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code in the tax year ended December 31, 2009. The error related solely to whether certain transactions created income and the characterization of certain items of income between “good” and “bad” income for the purposes of this specific REIT qualification test. Consequently, we did not qualify as a REIT for the years ended December 31, 2009-2014. Our consolidated financial statements for those periods were prepared based on the assumption that the company was a REIT when it was actually a taxable C corporation. As a result, our board of directors, including our audit committee, concluded on November 17, 2014 that we had failed to qualify to be taxed as a REIT for federal income tax purposes in the tax year ended December 31, 2009 and for the periods since that date, and, accordingly, our previously issued consolidated financial statements included in our SEC filings after December 31, 2008 should no longer be relied upon.

 

This change in our taxable status does not negatively affect our economic position during the periods described above. We had a taxable loss in each of the years during the period described above, and we did not have any tax liability in any of those years despite being a C corporation each year. We made no distributions to shareholders in any of those years and as of December 31, 2013, we had approximately $15.94 million of net operating loss carry forwards. As a taxable C corporation, we have included a tax provision and a corresponding valuation allowance in our restated consolidated financial statements.

 

As a result of the above-described adjustments, we have restated our consolidated financial statements for 2013 and 2012. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the restatements related to the change in taxable status (a) had no effect on total assets, total liabilities, net loss, or total stockholders’ equity, but (b) did result in offsetting adjustments within assets. Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer as of the date of the filing of this Form 10-Q were not affiliated with us during the periods presented in this Form 10-Q and had no involvement with the events that gave rise to the restatements.

 

Concurrently with the filing of this Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2014, we are also filing with the SEC an Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A to our Original 10-K containing the restated financial statements described above. We are also filing with the SEC Forms 10-Q/A for the periods ended March 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014 restated condensed consolidated financial statements that include the comparative periods in 2013.

 

Internal Control Consideration

 

Our management (prior to the changes in our management described below under “Recent Events Not Reflected in This Form 10-Q”) has determined that our failure to properly evaluate the qualifications to be taxed as a REIT for federal income tax purposes was a deficiency in our internal control over financial reporting that constituted a material weakness at September 30, 2014, as described in Part I, Item 4 of this Form 10-Q. As also described in Part I, Item 4 of this Form 10-Q, this determination led to a conclusion by our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (prior to the events described below under “Recent Events Not Reflected in This Form 10-Q”) that, as of September 30, 2014, the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.

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Recent Events Not Reflected in This Form 10-Q

 

The events described below are not reflected in this Form 10-Q, other than in Note 12 - Subsequent Events - to the financial statements included herein and under Recent Developments in Part I, Item 2 under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

 

On November 19, 2014, the Company and its operating partnership entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with A-III Investment Partners LLC (“A-III”). On January 30, 2015, the Company and A-III closed the transactions contemplated under the Stock Purchase Agreement. At the closing, A-III purchased 8,450,704 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $1.42 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $12 million, and the Company issued to A-III warrants to purchase up to an additional 26,760,563 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.42 per share ($38 million in the aggregate). The purchase price per share and the exercise price of the warrants are subject to a potential post-closing adjustment upon completion of the sale of the Company’s four existing land parcels, which could result in the issuance of additional shares of common stock to A-III and an increase in the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants. The Company used a portion of the proceeds of A-III’s investment to pay off certain of the Company’s outstanding indebtedness.

 

Immediately after the closing, the Company’s name was changed to ACRE Realty Investors Inc., and the name of the Company’s operating partnership was changed to ACRE Realty LP. On Monday, February 2, 2015, the Company’s common stock began trading under the new ticker symbol “AIII” (NYSE MKT: AIII). The principal office of the Company was moved to 399 Park Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10022.

 

As a result of the transaction, A-III is now the largest shareholder of the Company, owning approximately 47% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock, or approximately 40% on a diluted basis assuming conversion of the outstanding units of limited partnership interest in the Company’s operating partnership into Company common stock and assuming no exercise of the warrants.

 

Immediately following the closing, the Company’s Board of Directors was expanded from five to seven members, and its composition was changed as a result of the resignations of Weldon R. Humphries, William Jarell Jones, John L. Davis and Charles R. Elliott and the appointments of Edward Gellert, Robert C. Lieber, Bruce D. Frank, Robert G. Koen, Robert L. Loverd and Kyle Permut to fill the vacancies. Charles S. Roberts, who is continuing on the Board, resigned as Chairman, and Edward Gellert was appointed as the new Chairman. Messrs. Gellert and Lieber are affiliated with A-III, and Messrs. Frank, Koen, Loverd and Permut are independent directors.

 

Effective as of the closing, the Company’s management was changed and the Company is now externally managed by A-III Manager LLC, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of A-III, pursuant to a management agreement between the Company and A-III Manager that was executed at the closing. Immediately after the closing on January 30, 2015, A-III Manager designated, and the A-III Board appointed, the following persons as the new executive officers of the Company: Edward Gellert is Chief Executive Officer and President; Robert Gellert is Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer; Gregory Simon is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; Mark Chertok is Chief Financial Officer. Charles S. Roberts, who previously served as the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, was appointed as an Executive Vice President. Mr. Roberts will be responsible for overseeing the sale of the four land parcels currently owned by the Company.

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References to the Registrant

 

As described in “Recent Developments” in this Form 10-Q, on January 30, 2015, the registrant changed its corporate name from Roberts Realty Investors, Inc. to ACRE Realty Investors Inc., and we use the new name on the cover page, the signature page, and certain exhibits. Given that much of this Form 10-Q covers the historical period before the name change occurred, we refer to the registrant elsewhere in this Form 10-Q (unless the context indicates otherwise) as “Roberts Realty,” “we,” “us,” “the company,” and “our.” Those references also encompass our wholly owned subsidiary, ACRE Realty LP (formerly known as Roberts Properties Residential, L.P.), which we refer to as the operating partnership, except that in the discussion of our capital stock and related matters, these terms refer solely to the registrant and not to the operating partnership. All references to the “operating partnership” refer to ACRE Realty LP only. 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

         
    PAGE
       
EXPLANATORY NOTE i  
     
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 1  
     
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION 2  
     
  ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2  
         
  ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF    
    FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 23  
         
  ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES    
    ABOUT MARKET RISK 32  
         
  ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES 32  
         
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION 33  
     
  ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 33  
         
  ITEM 1A.   RISK FACTORS 33  
         
  ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES    
    AND USE OF PROCEEDS 34  
         
  ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES 34  
         
  ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES 34  
         
  ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION 34  
         
  ITEM 6. EXHIBITS 35  
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NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These statements relate to future economic performance, plans and objectives of management for future operations, and projections of revenues and other financial items that are based on the beliefs of our management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, our management. The words “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We make forward-looking statements in the notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report and in Part I, Item 2 of this report.

Some of the forward-looking statements relate to our intent, belief, or expectations regarding our future prospects and expanded business strategy, including the possible sale of our land parcels; the acquisition of new real estate assets and the timing of the closing of these transactions. Other forward-looking statements relate to loan extensions, trends affecting our financial condition and results of operations, our anticipated capital needs and expenditures, and how we may address these needs. These statements involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors discussed in this report and in our other filings with the SEC. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and our actual results may differ materially from those that are anticipated in the forward-looking statements. See Item 1A, Risk Factors, in our Amendment No.1 on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2013 (which we are filing with the SEC concurrently with this Form 10-Q), as well as Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors, below, for a description of some of the important factors that may affect actual outcomes.

For these forward-looking statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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PART I – Financial Information

ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

 

ROBERTS REALTY INVESTORS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

 

   September 30,
2014
   December 31,
2013
 
   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited) 
ASSETS          
           
REAL ESTATE ASSETS:          
Construction in progress and real estate under development  $4,444,811   $4,373,789 
Real estate assets held for sale   19,275,735    19,576,596 
           
Net real estate assets   23,720,546    23,950,385 
           
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS   924,070    3,522,867 
           
RESTRICTED CASH   299,532    574,204 
           
DEFERRED FINANCING COSTS – Net of accumulated amortization of $68,915 and $95,013 at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively   100,579    122,087 
           
OTHER ASSETS – Net of accumulated depreciation of $83,000 and $111,909 at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively   158,428    43,075 
           
ASSETS RELATED TO DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS   21,000    122,340 
           
   $25,224,155   $28,334,958 
           
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY          
           
LIABILITIES:          
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  $343,582   $395,196 
Due to affiliates   59,204    47,441 
Liabilities related to real estate assets held for sale   10,445,452    11,197,727 
Liabilities related to discontinued operations       560 
           
Total liabilities   10,848,238    11,640,924 
           
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 11)          
           
NONCONTROLLING INTEREST – OPERATING PARTNERSHIP   2,842,119    3,328,791 
           
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:          
Preferred shares, $.01 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding          
           
Common shares, $.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 10,724,009 and 10,702,934 shares issued and 10,066,907 and 10,045,832 shares outstanding at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively   107,240    107,029 
Additional paid-in capital   31,123,486    31,097,171 
Treasury shares, at cost (72,717 shares at September 30, 2014 and          
December 31, 2013, respectively)   (71,332)   (71,332)
Accumulated deficit   (19,625,596)   (17,767,625)
           
Total shareholders’ equity   11,533,798    13,365,243 
           
   $25,224,155   $28,334,958 

 

See notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ROBERTS REALTY INVESTORS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

 

   Three Months Ended September 30,   Nine Months Ended September 30, 
   2014   2013   2014   2013 
   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited) 
                 
OPERATING REVENUES:                    
Rental operations  $   $   $   $3,587 
Other operating income   181    25,001    6,144    25,020 
                     
Total operating revenues   181    25,001    6,144    28,607 
                     
OPERATING EXPENSES:                    
Utilities   296    145    385    204 
Repairs and maintenance   3,024    70,121    8,606    169,443 
Real estate taxes   25,896    27,550    72,441    82,368 
Marketing, insurance and other   7,609    1,494    12,724    7,006 
General and administrative expenses   596,115    360,650    1,533,301    1,163,319 
Depreciation expense   1,386    176    2,767    445 
                     
Total operating expenses   634,326    460,136    1,630,224    1,422,785 
                     
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):                    
Gain on sale of real estate assets   195,099        195,099    1,253,933 
Gain on disposal of assets           3,897     
Interest income   199    297    1,012    561 
Interest expense   (240,593)   (231,346)   (726,537)   (522,521)
Amortization of deferred financing costs   (59,679)   (57,509)   (167,508)   (130,230)
                     
Total other (expense) income   (104,974)   (288,558)   (694,037)   601,743 
                     
LOSS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS   (739,119)   (723,693)   (2,318,117)   (792,435)
                     
LOSS FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS       (333,037)       (486,292)
                     
NET LOSS   (739,119)   (1,056,730)   (2,318,117)   (1,278,727)
                     
LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING
INTEREST
   (146,272)   (187,675)   (460,146)   (206,898)
                     
LOSS AVAILABLE FOR COMMON
SHAREHOLDERS
  $(592,847)  $(869,055)  $(1,857,971)  $(1,071,829)
                     
LOSS PER COMMON SHARE – BASIC AND DILUTED (Note 6):              
                     
Loss from continuing operations – basic and diluted  $(0.06)  $(0.05)  $(0.18)  $(0.06)
Loss from discontinued operations – basic and diluted       (0.03)       (0.04)
Net loss – basic and diluted  $(0.06)  $(0.08)  $(0.18)  $(0.10)

 

See notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ROBERTS REALTY INVESTORS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

  

   Nine Months Ended September 30, 
   2014   2013 
   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited) 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:          
Net loss  $(2,318,117)  $(1,278,727)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:          
Depreciation and amortization   170,275    257,851 
Loss on extinguishment of debt       298,543 
Gain on sale of real estate assets   (195,099)   (1,253,933)
Share-based compensation expense       18,630 
Amortization of above and below market leases       (3,357)
Decrease in due from affiliates       403,182 
(Increase) decrease in other assets   (4,755)   26,038 
Increase (decrease) in due to affiliates   11,763    (6,537)
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities relating to operations   (3,628)   478,315 
           
Net cash used in operating activities   (2,339,561)   (1,059,995)
           
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:          
Proceeds from sale of real estate assets   700,000    8,040,000 
Proceeds from sale of furniture, fixtures and equipment   3,897     
Purchase of furniture, fixtures and equipment   (15,922)   (1,902)
Payment of leasing costs       (4,668)
Decrease (increase) in restricted cash   274,672    (830,419)
Decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
relating to investing activities
   (822)   (60,120)
Decrease in due to affiliates relating to investing activities       (605)
Development and construction of real estate assets   (275,061)   (517,586)
           
Net cash provided by investing activities   686,764    6,624,700 
           
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:          
Principal repayments on mortgage notes payable       (19,120)
Principal repayments on liabilities related to real estate assets held for sale   (800,000)   (9,400,591)
Payment of loan costs   (146,000)   (264,434)
Proceeds from land note payable related to real estate assets held for sale       5,500,000 
           
Net cash used in financing activities   (946,000)   (4,184,145)
           
NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS   (2,598,797)   1,380,560 
           
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD   3,522,867    401,018 
           
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD  $924,070   $1,781,578 

 

See notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ROBERTS REALTY INVESTORS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)

 

 

   Nine Months Ended September 30, 
   2014   2013 
   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited) 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:          
Cash paid for interest  $728,035   $671,970 
           
SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE OF NON-CASH INVESTING ACTIVITIES AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:          
           
Redemption of operating partnership units for common shares  $17,759   $37,896 
           
Contribution of common shares for operating partnership units  $   $(607,760)
           
Adjustments to noncontrolling interest in the operating partnership  $8,767   $(166,540)
           
NON-CASH DISPOSITION OF REAL ESTATE ASSETS RELATED
TO DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS:
          
           
Disposition of real estate assets related to discontinued operations  $   $4,625,604 
           
Decrease in assets related to discontinued operations  $   $38,144 
           
Extinguishment of liabilities related to discontinued operations  $   $(5,013,855)

  

See notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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ROBERTS REALTY INVESTORS, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1.BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION

ACRE Realty Investors Inc. (known as Roberts Realty Investors, Inc. until its name was changed on January 30, 2015), a Georgia corporation, was formed on July 22, 1994 to serve as a vehicle for investments in, and ownership of, a professionally managed real estate portfolio of multifamily apartment communities. Given that the financial statements in this Form 10-Q cover the historical periods during which the company was named Roberts Realty Investors, Inc., we have continued to refer to the company as “Roberts Realty” in these Notes unless the context requires otherwise.

Roberts Realty conducts all of its operations and owns all of its assets in and through Roberts Properties Residential, L.P., a Georgia limited partnership (the “operating partnership”), and the operating partnership’s wholly owned subsidiary, which is a Georgia limited liability company. Roberts Realty controls the operating partnership as its sole general partner and had an 80.23% ownership interest in the operating partnership at September 30, 2014 and an 80.01% ownership interest in the operating partnership at September 30, 2013.

At September 30, 2014, Roberts Realty owned the following real estate assets, all of which are located in the north Atlanta metropolitan area:

·three tracts of land totaling 70 acres that are held for sale, including a 22-acre tract which is under contract to be sold (See Note 12 – Subsequent Events); and
·one tract of land totaling 10.9 acres zoned for 220 multifamily apartment units that is under development.
2.RESTATEMENT OF PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

During the course of Roberts Realty’s pursuit of strategic alternatives, an error was discovered in the calculation of the 95% gross income test for purposes of its qualification as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, under the Internal Revenue Code in the tax year ended December 31, 2009. Consequently, Roberts Realty did not qualify as a REIT for the years ended December 31, 2009-2014. Roberts Realty’s consolidated financial statements for those periods were prepared based on the assumption that the Company was a REIT when it was actually a taxable C corporation.

As a result, Roberts Realty has restated the consolidated balance sheets, consolidated statements of operations, consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity, and consolidated statements of cash flows as of and for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 to reflect the change in the taxable status of the company to a taxable C corporation and to include income tax provisions, a corresponding valuation allowance for the net deferred income tax assets, and explanatory note disclosures for income taxes. Roberts Realty also restated the condensed consolidated balance sheets, condensed consolidated statements of operations, and condensed consolidated statements of cash flows as of and for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 and June 30, 2014 and 2013 to reflect these changes. Roberts Realty had a taxable loss in each of the periods described above and did not have any income tax liability in any of those periods, so there was no tax liability resulting from the change in income tax status. Concurrently with the filing of this Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2014, the company is also filing with the SEC an Amendment No.1 on Form 10-K/A to the Original 10-K containing the restated financial statements described above. The company is also presenting in Forms 10-Q/A for the periods ended March 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014 restated condensed consolidated financial statements that also include the applicable periods in 2013.

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3.BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The company’s management has prepared the accompanying interim unaudited financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in conformity with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In the opinion of management, the interim financial statements reflect all adjustments of a normal and recurring nature that are necessary to fairly state the interim financial statements. The results of operations for the interim periods do not necessarily indicate the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2014. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with Roberts Realty’s audited financial statements and the accompanying notes in Amendment No.1 on Form 10-K/A to the Original 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. The company has omitted from these notes to condensed consolidated financial statements some of the disclosures contained in the notes to the audited financial statements included in its amended annual report. In the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report, the company has made certain reclassifications of prior year’s balances with respect to discontinued operations and real estate assets held for sale to conform to the current presentation.

Holders of operating partnership units generally have the right to require the operating partnership to redeem their units for shares of Roberts Realty common stock. Upon submittal of units for redemption, the operating partnership has the option either (a) to acquire those units in exchange for shares, currently on the basis of 1.647 shares for each unit submitted for redemption (the “Conversion Factor”), or (b) to pay cash for those units at their fair market value, based upon the then current trading price of the shares and using the same exchange ratio. Roberts Realty has adopted a policy of issuing shares in exchange for all units submitted for redemption.

 

In July 2013, the operating partnership privately offered to investors who held both units of the operating partnership and shares of common stock the opportunity to contribute shares to the operating partnership in exchange for units, provided that the investors were “accredited investors” under SEC Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act. Consistent with the Conversion Factor noted above, the offering of units uses a “Contribution Factor” such that an accredited investor who contributes shares to the operating partnership will receive one unit for every 1.647 shares contributed.

 

The noncontrolling interest of the unitholders in the operating partnership on the accompanying balance sheets is calculated by multiplying the noncontrolling interest ownership percentage at the balance sheet date by the operating partnership’s net assets (total assets less total liabilities). The noncontrolling interest ownership percentage is calculated at any point in time by dividing (x) (the number of units outstanding multiplied by 1.647) by (y) the total number of shares plus (the number of units outstanding multiplied by 1.647). The noncontrolling interest ownership percentage will change as additional shares and/or units are issued or as units are redeemed for shares of Roberts Realty common stock or as Roberts Realty common stock is contributed to the operating partnership and units are issued in accordance with the Contribution Factor. The noncontrolling interest of the unitholders in the income or loss of the operating partnership on the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations is calculated based on the weighted average percentage of units outstanding during the period, which was 19.79% for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 17.76% for the three months ended September 30, 2013; and 19.85% for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 16.18% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. There were 1,506,241 units outstanding as of September 30, 2014 and 1,519,036 units outstanding as of December 31, 2013. The noncontrolling interest of the unitholders was $2,842,119 at September 30, 2014 and $3,328,791 at December 31, 2013.

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Under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 810, Consolidation, Roberts Realty records noncontrolling interest in the operating partnership on its condensed consolidated balance sheets at the greater of its carrying amount or redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Any changes in the value from period to period are charged to “additional paid-in-capital”.

The following table details the components of noncontrolling interest related to unitholders in the operating partnership for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 (see Note 6 – Shareholders’ Equity – Earnings per Share):

   Nine Months Ended September 30, 
   2014   2013 
         
Beginning balance  $3,328,791   $2,674,390 
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest   (460,146)   (206,898)
Redemptions of noncontrolling partnership units   (17,759)   (37,896)
Contribution of common shares for noncontrolling partnership units       607,760 
Adjustments to noncontrolling interest in
operating partnership
   (8,767)   166,540 
           
Ending balance  $2,842,119   $3,203,896 

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements. Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-02; Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“ASU 2013-02”). In February 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2013-02. The objective of this ASU is to improve the reporting of reclassifications of various components out of accumulated other comprehensive income and requires an entity to disaggregate the total change of each component of other comprehensive income either on the face of the income statement or as a separate disclosure in the accompanying notes to the financial statements.  The guidance in ASU 2013-02 became effective for Roberts Realty beginning January 1, 2013.  The implementation of this pronouncement did not have a material impact on Roberts Realty’s consolidated financial statements.

4.REAL ESTATE ASSETS HELD FOR SALE AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

FASB ASC Topic 360-10, Property, Plant and Equipment – Overall requires a long-lived asset to be classified as “held for sale” in the period in which certain criteria are met. Roberts Realty classifies real estate assets and their related liabilities as held for sale after the following conditions have been satisfied: (1) the receipt of approval from its board of directors to sell the asset, (2) the initiation of an active program to sell the asset, and (3) the asset is available for immediate sale and it is probable that the sale of the asset will be completed within one year. When assets are classified as held for sale, they are recorded at the lower of the assets’ carrying amount or fair value, less the estimated selling costs.

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Roberts Realty periodically classifies real estate assets as held for sale, and these assets and their liabilities are stated separately on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. The real estate assets held for sale and the liabilities related to real estate assets held for sale as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were as follows:

   Real Estate Assets Held for Sale 
Land Parcels  9/30/14   12/31/13 
         
North Springs Land  $11,000,000   $11,000,000 
Commercial Site in Johns Creek       500,000 
Bradley Park Land   3,515,735    3,421,596 
Highway 20 Land   4,760,000    4,655,000 
           
Total Real Estate Assets Held for Sale  $19,275,735   $19,576,596 

 

   Liabilities Related to
Real Estate Assets Held for Sale
 
   9/30/14   12/31/13 
         
North Springs Land  $5,500,000   $5,500,000 
Bradley Park Land   3,000,000    3,000,000 
Highway 20 Land   1,800,000    2,600,000 
Other Liabilities   145,452    97,727 
           
Total Liabilities Related to Real Estate Assets Held for Sale  $10,445,452   $11,197,727 

On February 7, 2013, Roberts Realty sold a 20.6-acre portion of the Peachtree Parkway land for $7,590,000 ($7,090,000 net of a $500,000 payment required to release a restrictive covenant on the property). See Note 8 – Related Party Transactions. Roberts Realty used $7,000,200 of the sale proceeds to repay the Peachtree Parkway loan. Roberts Realty recorded a $1,214,192 gain on this sale.

On March 20, 2013, Roberts Realty sold the remaining 1.5 acres of the Peachtree Parkway land for $450,000. Roberts Realty recorded a $39,741 gain on this sale.

On July 17, 2014, Roberts Realty sold its 1.3-acre Johns Creek commercial site (which had a book value of $500,000) for $700,000. Roberts Realty used the net sale proceeds of $690,364 to pay down its $2,565,000 Highway 20 land loan, which reduced the outstanding principal balance of that loan to $1,874,636 (which was reduced further to $1,800,000 upon its renewal on September 30, 2014). Roberts Realty recorded a $195,099 gain on this sale.

Roberts Realty reports the results of operations and the gains or losses from operating properties that are disposed of in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 360-10, Property, Plant and Equipment – Overall. These assets and their liabilities are separately stated on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as assets or liabilities related to discontinued operations. Gains and losses, the results of operations, interest expense, and all expenses related to the retirement of debt from operating properties that are disposed of are included in discontinued operations in the period incurred and are shown separately in the condensed consolidated statements of operations as loss from discontinued operations.

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The following table summarizes the discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 (unaudited):

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   2014   2013   2014   2013 
   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited) 
                 
OPERATING REVENUES:                    
Rental operations  $   $200,447   $   $689,053 
Other operating income       34,788        111,045 
                     
Total operating revenues       235,235        800,098 
                     
OPERATING EXPENSES:                    
Utilities       26,831        91,519 
Repairs and maintenance       22,502        70,612 
Real estate taxes       27,588        95,226 
Marketing, insurance and other       10,092        34,123 
General and administrative       8,351        30,778 
Depreciation and amortization       17,011        112,160 
                     
Total operating expenses       112,375        434,418 
                     
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):                    
Loss on disposal of assets       (888)        (888)
Loss on extinguishment of debt       (298,543)        (298,543)
Interest income               74 
Interest expense       (152,934)       (537,599)
Amortization of deferred
financing & leasing costs
       (3,532)       (15,016)
                     
Total other expense       (455,897)       (851,972)
                     
LOSS FROM                    
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS  $   $(333,037)  $   $(486,292)

 

On November 5, 2013, Roberts Realty completed the transfer of the Bassett retail center to the lender in satisfaction of the $2,406,883 in debt secured by the property, which completed Roberts Realty’s exit from the office and retail business. Roberts Realty recorded a $63,721 loss on the extinguishment of debt related to this transaction.

On October 30, 2013, Roberts Realty sold its Northridge Office Building for $5,280,000. At the closing, Roberts Realty paid off the $2,422,533 Northridge Office Building loan. Roberts Realty recorded a $1,764,676 gain on this sale.

On August 6, 2013, Roberts Realty completed the transfer of the Spectrum retail center to the lender, in satisfaction of the $4,691,528 in debt secured by the property. Roberts Realty recorded a $298,543 loss on the extinguishment of debt related to this transaction.

As a result of the dispositions of the Bassett and Spectrum retail centers and the sale of the Northridge Office Building, Roberts Realty has classified these operating properties as discontinued operations as outlined in the tables above.

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5.NOTES PAYABLE

Land Loans. The operating partnership is the borrower and Roberts Realty is the guarantor for the loans secured by Roberts Realty’s land parcels. The outstanding principal balances of these loans at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were as follows (in order of maturity date):

 

      Interest         
Land Parcel     Rate as of   Principal Outstanding 
Securing Loan(1)  Maturity  9/30/14   9/30/14   12/31/13 
North Springs(2)  1/17/15   13.00%  $5,500,000   $5,500,000 
Highway 20(3)  2/15/15   5.00%   1,800,000    2,600,000 
Bradley Park(4)  4/1/15   4.75%   3,000,000    3,000,000 
                   
Total Land Loans for Real Estate Assets Held for Sale           10,300,000    11,100,000 

 

 

(1)The North Springs, Highway 20 and Bradley Park land loans are classified as liabilities related to real estate assets held for sale in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. See Note 4 – Real Estate Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations.
(2)The maturity date of the North Springs loan was extended to April 17, 2015 and subsequently, the loan was paid in full. See Note 12 – Subsequent Events.
(3)The Highway 20 loan has been paid in full. See Note 12 – Subsequent Events.
(4)The maturity date of the Bradley Park loan has been extended to July 3, 2015 and subsequently, the loan was paid down by $750,000. See Note 12 – Subsequent Events.

 

On August 18, 2014, Roberts Realty extended the North Springs land loan in accordance with the terms of the loan documents. This renewal extended the maturity date of the loan to January 17, 2015 and continued to require monthly interest only payments at an interest rate of 13% per annum. Roberts Realty paid a 1% extension fee and increased the interest reserve by $178,750 to fund the monthly interest only payments. Roberts Realty is required to pay a 1% repayment fee upon the sale of the property or the repayment of the loan.

 

On September 30, 2014, Roberts Realty renewed the $1,864,636 Highway 20 land loan and extended the maturity date to February 15, 2015. In connection with the extension, Roberts Realty made a $64,636 principal payment, reducing the outstanding principal balance to $1,800,000. Roberts Realty also deposited $22,100 to an interest reserve account to pay monthly interest payments at the prime rate plus 1.75%, with an interest rate floor of 5% per annum and also paid a 2% extension fee. This loan requires fixed principal payments of $10,000 per month over the extension term.

 

Maturing Short-Term Debt. As of February 9, 2015, the company has one loan with a total principal balance of $2,238,625 that matures within the next 12 months. See Note 12 – Subsequent Events.

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6.SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Redemption of Units for Shares. During the three months ended September 30, 2014, 2,278 operating partnership units were redeemed for 3,752 shares, and during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, 12,795 units were redeemed for 21,075 shares. During the three months ended September 30, 2013, 2,467 operating partnership units were redeemed for 4,064 shares, and during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, 18,066 operating partnership units were redeemed for 29,756 shares. Each redemption was reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements based on the closing price of Roberts Realty’s shares on the date of redemption. See Note 3 – Basis of Presentation.

Treasury Stock. Roberts Realty did not repurchase any shares during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013.

Restricted Stock. Shareholders of Roberts Realty approved and adopted the 2006 Roberts Realty Investors, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan (the “Plan”) in August 2006. The Plan provides for the grant of stock awards to employees, directors, consultants, and advisors, including employees of Roberts Properties, Inc. and Roberts Properties Construction, Inc. (“Roberts Construction,” and together with Roberts Properties, the “Roberts Companies”). Mr. Charles S. Roberts, the former President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Roberts Realty, owns all of the outstanding stock of the Roberts Companies. Under the Plan as amended, Roberts Realty may grant up to 654,000 shares of restricted common stock, subject to the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan. The maximum number of shares of restricted stock that may be granted to any one individual during the term of the Plan may not exceed 20% of the aggregate number of shares of restricted stock that may be issued. The Plan is administered by the compensation committee of Roberts Realty’s board of directors.

FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation, requires share-based compensation costs to be measured at the date of grant based on the fair value of the award and to be recognized in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations as an expense on a straight line basis over the requisite service period, which is the vesting period.

There was no restricted stock activity during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013. No unvested shares of restricted stock were outstanding at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. There was no share based compensation expense related to restricted stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014; or for the three months ended September 30, 2013. Share based compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $18,630. No unrecognized share based compensation expense related to restricted stock will be recognized in future periods as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

Earnings Per Share. The following table shows the reconciliations of loss available for common shareholders and the weighted average number of shares used in Roberts Realty’s basic and diluted earnings per share computations. The effect of the operating partnership units and the related income are not included in the diluted earnings per share calculations because they are not dilutive. See Note 3 – Basis of Presentation.

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   Three Months Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   2014   2013   2014   2013 
                 
Loss from continuing operations available for common shareholders – basic  $(592,847)  $(595,165)  $(1,857,971)  $(664,219)
                     
Loss from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interest   (146,272)   (128,528)   (460,146)   (128,216)
                     
Loss from continuing operations – diluted   (739,119)  $(723,693)   (2,318,117)  $(792,435)
                     
Loss from discontinued operations for common shareholders – basic       (273,890)       (407,610)
                     
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interest       (59,147)       (78,682)
                     
Loss from discontinued operations – diluted      $(333,037)      $(486,292)
                     
Net loss – diluted  $(739,119)  $(1,056,730)  $(2,318,117)  $(1,278,727)
                     
Weighted average number of shares – basic and diluted   10,064,297    10,293,452    10,057,131    10,531,457 
                     
Weighted average number of units   2,483,423    2,223,018    2,490,589    2,033,224 
                     
Weighted average number of shares – assuming the conversion of all units to shares   12,547,720    12,516,470    12,547,720    12,564,681 

 

7.SEGMENT REPORTING

FASB ASC Topic 280-10, Segment Reporting – Overall, established standards for reporting financial and descriptive information about operating segments in annual financial statements. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. Roberts Realty’s chief operating decision maker is Mr. Roberts, its President.

 

Roberts Realty develops, constructs, owns, and manages multifamily apartment communities and owns land. Although Roberts Realty previously owned and managed two retail centers and an office building, it completed its exit from the office and retail business in 2013. See Note 4 – Real Estate Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations. Roberts Realty does not currently own any operating multifamily communities and did not own any operating multifamily communities in 2014 or 2013. Roberts Realty had three reportable operating segments during 2014 and 2013:

 

1.the retail/office segment, which consisted of two operating retail centers and an office building (see Note 4 – Real Estate Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations);
2.the land segment, which consists of various tracts of land; and
3.the corporate segment, which consists primarily of operating cash, cash equivalents, and miscellaneous other assets.

The following tables summarize the operating results and total assets of Roberts Realty’s reportable segments as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013. The retail/office segment was composed of the Bassett and Spectrum retail centers, along with the Northridge Office Building. See Note 4 – Real Estate Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations for more detailed information. The land segment is currently composed of (a) three tracts of land totaling 70 acres that are held for sale, including a 22-acre tract which is under contract to be sold (See Note 12 – Subsequent Events) and (b) one tract of land totaling 10.9 acres that is under development. See Note 4 – Real Estate Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations. The corporate segment consists primarily of cash and cash equivalents, miscellaneous other assets, and general and administrative expenses.

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Three Months Ended September 30, 2014                
   Retail/Office   Land   Corporate   Total 
                 
Rental operations  $   $   $   $ 
Other operating income           181    181 
                     
Total operating revenues from consolidated entities           181    181 
                     
Operating expenses       186,343    446,597    632,940 
Depreciation expense           1,386    1,386 
                     
Total operating expenses from consolidated entities       186,343    447,983    634,326 
                     
Other (expense) income       (105,173)   199    (104,974)
                     
Consolidated loss from continuing operations       (291,516)   (447,603)   (739,119)
                     
Consolidated loss from discontinued operations (Note 4)                
                     
Consolidated net loss       (291,516)   (447,603)   (739,119)
                     
Consolidated loss attributable to noncontrolling interest       (57,691)   (88,581)   (146,272)
                     
Consolidated loss available for common shareholders  $   $(233,825)  $(359,022)  $(592,847)
                     
Total assets at September 30, 2014  $21,000   $23,842,054   $1,361,101   $25,224,155 
                     
Three Months Ended September 30, 2013                    
    Retail/Office    Land    Corporate    Total 
                     
Rental operations  $   $   $   $ 
Other operating income       25,000    1    25,001 
                     
Total operating revenues from consolidated entities       25,000    1    25,001 
                     
Operating expenses       126,947    333,013    459,960 
Depreciation expense           176    176 
                     
Total operating expenses from consolidated entities       126,947    333,189    460,136 
                     
Other (expense) income       (288,855)   297    (288,558)
                     
Consolidated loss from continuing operations       (390,802)   (332,891)   (723,693)
                     
Consolidated loss from discontinued operations (Note 4)   (333,037)           (333,037)
                     
Consolidated net loss   (333,037)   (390,802)   (332,891)   (1,056,730)
                     
Consolidated loss attributable to noncontrolling interest   (59,147)   (69,406)   (59,122)   (187,675)
                     
Consolidated loss available for common shareholders  $(273,890)  $(321,396)  $(273,769)  $(869,055)
                     
Total assets at September 30, 2013  $5,986,580   $24,057,872   $2,612,966   $32,657,418 
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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014                
   Retail/Office   Land   Corporate   Total 
                 
Rental operations  $   $   $   $ 
Other operating income           6,144    6,144 
                     
Total operating revenues from consolidated entities           6,144    6,144 
                     
Operating expenses       508,726    1,118,731    1,627,457 
Depreciation expense           2,767    2,767 
                     
Total operating expenses from consolidated entities       508,726    1,121,498    1,630,224 
                     
Other (expense) income       (698,946)   4,909    (694,037)
                     
Consolidated loss from continuing operations       (1,207,672)   (1,110,445)   (2,318,117)
                     
Consolidated loss from discontinued operations (Note 4)                
                     
Consolidated net loss       (1,207,672)   (1,110,445)   (2,318,117)
                     
Consolidated loss attributable to noncontrolling interest       (239,723)   (220,423)   (460,146)
                     
Consolidated loss available for common shareholders  $   $(967,949)  $(890,022)  $(1,857,971)
                     
Total assets at September 30, 2014  $21,000   $23,842,054   $1,361,101   $25,224,155 
                     
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013                    
    Retail/Office    Land    Corporate    Total 
                     
Rental operations  $   $3,587   $   $3,587 
Other operating income       25,000    20    25,020 
                     
Total operating revenues from consolidated entities       28,587    20    28,607 
                     
Operating expenses       299,131    1,123,209    1,422,340 
Depreciation expense           445    445 
                     
Total operating expenses from consolidated entities       299,131    1,123,654    1,422,785 
                     
Other income       601,182    561    601,743 
                     
Consolidated income (loss) from continuing operations       330,638    (1,123,073)   (792,435)
                     
Consolidated loss from discontinued operations (Note 4)   (486,292)           (486,292)
                     
Consolidated net (loss) income   (486,292)   330,638    (1,123,073)   (1,278,727)
                     
Consolidated (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interest   (78,682)   53,497    (181,713)   (206,898)
                     
Consolidated (loss) income available for common shareholders  $(407,610)  $277,141   $(941,360)  $(1,071,829)
                     
Total assets at September 30, 2013  $5,986,580   $24,057,872   $2,612,966   $32,657,418 
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8.RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Transactions with the Roberts Companies and Their Affiliates

 

Roberts Realty enters into contractual commitments in the normal course of business with the Roberts Companies. The contracts between Roberts Realty and the Roberts Companies relate to the development and construction of real estate assets, and from time to time, the acquisition or disposition of real estate. The board of directors has adopted a policy that all conflicting interest transactions must be authorized by a majority of the disinterested directors, but only if there are at least two directors who are disinterested with respect to the matter at issue. Under the charter for the audit committee of Roberts Realty’s board of directors, related party transactions are also subject to review and oversight by the audit committee.

 

The following contractual arrangements between Roberts Properties and the Roberts Companies were in effect during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2014:

Design and Development Agreements with Roberts Properties. Roberts Properties provides various development services that include market studies; business plans; assistance with permitting, land use and zoning issues, easements, and utility issues; as well as exterior design, finish selection, and interior design. Roberts Realty has entered into a design and development agreement with Roberts Properties for the project listed in the following table.

   Total
Contract
Amount
   Amounts
Incurred from
1/1/13 to 9/30/13
   Amounts
Incurred from
1/1/14 to 9/30/14
   Remaining
Contractual
Commitment
 
                     
Highway 20  $1,050,000   $0   $105,000   $285,000 

Construction Contracts with Roberts Construction. Roberts Realty has entered into cost plus contracts with Roberts Construction for the Bradley Park, Northridge, North Springs, and Highway 20 properties. Under these contracts, Roberts Realty will pay Roberts Construction the cost of constructing the project plus 5% for overhead and 5% for profit. Progress payments are paid monthly to Roberts Construction based on the work that has been completed. No amounts were incurred on these contracts during the nine months ended September 30, 2014. The following table lists the amounts incurred on these contracts during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

  

Amounts Incurred for

Labor and Materials
Costs from

1/1/13 to 9/30/13

         

Amounts Incurred for

5% Profit and

5% Overhead from

1/1/13 to 9/30/13

 
         
Bradley Park  $0   $0 
Northridge   999    100 
North Springs   0    0 
Highway 20   0    0 
           
Totals  $999   $100 

 

Other Payments. At the request of Roberts Realty, Roberts Construction performed repairs and maintenance on the land parcels, the retail centers, and the office building, as well as tenant improvements for new leases at the retail centers. See Note 4 – Real Estate Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, Roberts Realty paid $225,731 and $176,677 in cost reimbursements to Roberts Construction for these services.

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Roberts Realty entered into a reimbursement arrangement for services provided by Roberts Properties, effective February 4, 2008, as amended January 1, 2014. Under the terms of this arrangement, Roberts Realty reimburses Roberts Properties the cost of providing consulting services in an amount equal to an agreed-upon hourly billing rate for each employee multiplied by the number of hours that the employee provided services to Roberts Realty. Roberts Realty believes that this reimbursement arrangement allows Roberts Realty to obtain services from experienced and knowledgeable personnel without having to bear the cost of employing them on a full-time basis. Under this arrangement, Roberts Realty incurred costs of $389,453 and $188,292 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increase in 2014 was partially due to Roberts Properties providing additional services that replaced the services of a full-time temporary contractor that Roberts Realty had retained for 2013, which resulted in a net savings to Roberts Realty. Additionally, Roberts Properties received cost reimbursements of $35,845 and $6,765 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively for operating costs and other expenses of Roberts Realty.

Office Leases. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, Roberts Realty did not lease any office space to the Roberts Companies and, accordingly, recognized no rental income. On October 30, 2013, Roberts Realty sold its Northridge Office Building to the Fulton County Board of Education, an unrelated third party, for $5,280,000. Prior to the sale, Roberts Realty leased office space in the Northridge Office Building to the Roberts Companies. During 2013, Roberts Properties leased 4,431 rentable square feet and Roberts Construction leased 1,920 rentable square feet. Both leases had a rental rate of $17.00 per rentable square foot. Roberts Realty recognized total rental income from Roberts Properties and Roberts Construction of $80,975 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

Sublease of Office Space. On October 30, 2013, Roberts Realty sold its Northridge Office Building to the Fulton County Board of Education for $5,280,000 and paid off its $2,422,533 Northridge Office Building loan. This sale also reduced Roberts Realty’s negative operating cash flow by approximately $210,000 per year. The Fulton County Board of Education will occupy 100% of the building and as a condition of closing, required that Roberts Realty vacate the building by February 28, 2014, which was later extended to April 5, 2014. Consequently, Roberts Realty was required to seek new office space in another building. On February 19, 2014, Roberts Realty entered into a sublease for 1,817 square feet of office space with Roberts Capital Partners, LLC. The sublease had a commencement date of April 7, 2014. Roberts Capital Partners, LLC is owned by Mr. Charles S. Roberts, Roberts Realty’s Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President. The rental rates and lease term are the same rental rates and lease term that Roberts Capital Partners, LLC has with KBS SOR Northridge LLC, the unrelated third party owner of the building. Roberts Capital Partners, LLC is liable to the building owner for the full three-year term of its lease; however, Roberts Realty negotiated a 90-day right to terminate its sublease as described below. The sublease has a three-year term, with a one-year option, which provides for rental rates of $16.50 per square foot in Year 1, $17.25 per square foot in Year 2, $18.00 per square foot in Year 3, and $18.75 per square foot for the Year 4 option. Roberts Realty has the right to terminate the sublease upon 90 days’ notice by paying (a) a minimum of 12 months of rent under the sublease, plus (b) an early termination amount, which will be the lesser of (x) the next 12 months of rent due under the sublease or (y) the remaining amounts due under the term of the sublease, as calculated on the early termination date. Roberts Realty believes the favorable terms of its sublease provides it with significant flexibility in successfully implementing its business plan. Roberts Realty paid a security deposit of $20,577 upon the execution of the lease and has paid $16,989 in rent during the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

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Release of Restrictive Covenant on Peachtree Parkway Property. On February 7, 2013, Roberts Realty sold 20.6 acres of the Peachtree Parkway property to Lennar Multifamily Investors, LLC (“Lennar”), an unrelated third party, for $7,590,000. When Roberts Realty purchased the Peachtree Parkway property in December 2004, it assumed and became bound by a pre-existing restrictive covenant on the property that was already recorded in the Gwinnett County, Georgia real estate records (the “Restrictive Covenant”) in favor of Roberts Construction. The Restrictive Covenant provided that if the owner of the Peachtree Parkway property developed it for residential use, Roberts Construction would be engaged as the general contractor for the project on a cost plus basis and would be paid the cost of constructing the project plus 5% overhead and 5% profit. Lennar informed Roberts Realty that it would not use Roberts Construction as the general contractor. The sales contract stated that Lennar would not enter into the sales contract unless the Restrictive Covenant was terminated no later than the closing date at no cost to Lennar. After being advised by Lennar of this requirement, the audit committee of Roberts Realty’s board of directors negotiated with Roberts Construction for the release of the Restrictive Covenant. Roberts Construction agreed in the sales contract to give up its contractual rights to be the general contractor for the project and to release the Restrictive Covenant on the closing date for a payment of $500,000 from the purchase price to be paid by Lennar. On February 7, 2013, the closing occurred and Roberts Construction received the payment for releasing the Restrictive Covenant. Roberts Realty used the remaining $7,000,200 of the sale proceeds to repay the Peachtree Parkway loan and recorded a $1,214,192 gain on the sale.

9.IMPAIRMENT LOSS ON REAL ESTATE ASSETS

Roberts Realty periodically evaluates its real estate assets, on a property-by-property basis, for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 360-10, Property, Plant, and EquipmentOverall.

FASB ASC Topic 360-10 requires impairment losses to be recorded on long-lived assets used in operations and land parcels when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets’ carrying amounts. The expected future cash flows depend on estimates made by management, including (1) changes in the national, regional, and/or local economic climates, (2) rental rates, (3) competition, (4) operating costs, (5) occupancy, (6) holding period, and (7) an estimated construction budget. A change in the assumptions used to determine future economic events could result in an adverse change in the value of a property and cause an impairment to be recorded in the future. Due to uncertainties in the estimation process, actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Roberts Realty’s determination of fair value is based on a discounted future cash flow analysis, which incorporates available market information as well as other assumptions made by Roberts Realty’s management, evaluation of appraisals, and other applicable valuation techniques. Because the factors Roberts Realty’s management uses in generating these cash flows are difficult to predict and are subject to future events that may alter its assumptions, Roberts Realty may not achieve the discounted or undiscounted future operating and residual cash flows it estimates in its impairment analyses or those established by appraisals, and Roberts Realty may be required to recognize future impairment losses on its properties held for use.

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Non-Cash Impairments on Operating Real Estate Assets. Roberts Realty had no operating assets during the 2014 period. As of September 30, 2013, Roberts Realty determined that the carrying amounts of its operating real estate assets were recoverable and, accordingly, did not record an impairment loss on its operating assets during the period. See Note 4 – Real Estate Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations.

Non-Cash Impairments on Land Parcels. As of September 30, 2014 and 2013, Roberts Realty determined that the carrying amount of its land parcels was recoverable. Accordingly, Roberts Realty did not record an impairment loss on its land parcels during either of these periods.

10.FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures, defines fair value and establishes a framework for measuring fair value. The objective of fair value is to determine the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset. FASB ASC Topic 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used to measure fair value into three levels:

·Level 1 – quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities;
·Level 2 – observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted in active markets, but corroborated by market data; and
·Level 3 – unobservable inputs that are used when little or no market data is available.

The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs and the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs. In determining fair value, Roberts Realty uses valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible. Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret Level 2 and 3 inputs in determining fair value of financial and non-financial assets and liabilities. Accordingly, the fair values presented in the financial statements may not reflect the amounts ultimately realized on a sale or other disposition of these assets. Roberts Realty held no assets required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

Assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis consist of real estate assets that have incurred non-cash impairment losses so that their carrying value is equal to or less than their estimated fair value. These real estate assets, including land held for sale, are valued using sales activity for similar assets, current offers and contracts, and using inputs management believes are consistent with those that unrelated market participants would use. The fair values of these assets are determined using widely accepted valuation techniques, including (1) discounted cash flow analysis, which considers, among other things, sales assumptions, cost structure and discount rates, and (2) comparable sales activity. The valuation technique and related inputs vary with the specific facts and circumstances of each real estate asset. Roberts Realty held no assets required to be measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

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11.COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Roberts Realty has entered into various contracts for the development and construction of its real estate assets. The contracts with Roberts Properties and Roberts Construction are described in Note 8 – Related Party Transactions. The construction contracts require Roberts Realty to pay Roberts Construction the labor and materials costs of the project plus 5% overhead and 5% profit.

Roberts Realty has also entered into architectural and engineering contracts with unrelated third parties for the Bradley Park and Northridge apartment communities. At September 30, 2014, outstanding commitments on these contracts totaled $357,413.

Roberts Realty and the operating partnership are subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business. While the resolution of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes that the final outcome of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on Roberts Realty’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

As a result of the mergers of various predecessor limited partnerships into the operating partnership, the former partners of those predecessor limited partnerships received operating partnership units. Holders of units have the right to require the operating partnership to redeem their units for shares, subject to certain conditions. Upon submittal of units for redemption, the operating partnership will have the option either (a) to pay cash for those units at their fair market value, which will be based upon the then current trading price of the shares, or (b) to acquire those units in exchange for shares (on a 1.647-for-one basis). Roberts Realty has adopted a policy that it will issue shares in exchange for all future units submitted for redemption. At September 30, 2014, there were 1,506,241 units outstanding that could be exchanged for 2,480,813 shares, subject to certain conditions.

Under Roberts Realty’s bylaws, it is obligated to indemnify its officers and directors for certain events or occurrences arising as a result of its officers and directors serving in these capacities. The maximum potential amount of future payments Roberts Realty could be required to make under this indemnification arrangement is unlimited. Roberts Realty currently has a directors and officers liability insurance policy that may limit its exposure and enable it to recover a portion of any future amounts paid. Because of the insurance policy coverage, Roberts Realty believes the estimated fair value of this indemnification arrangement is minimal, and accordingly, Roberts Realty has recorded no liabilities for this indemnification arrangement as of September 30, 2014.

Under various federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations, Roberts Realty may be required to investigate and clean up the effects of hazardous or toxic substances at its properties, including properties that have previously been sold. The preliminary environmental assessments of Roberts Realty’s current properties have not revealed any environmental liability that Roberts Realty believes would have a material adverse effect on its business, assets, or results of operations, nor is Roberts Realty aware of any such environmental liability.

See Note 12 – Subsequent Events for a description of the status of the contracts described above as of the date of filing of this report.

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12.SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

NYSE MKT Notice of Noncompliance. On November 20, 2014, Robert Realty received a notice of noncompliance from the NYSE MKT stock exchange (the “Exchange”). The notice of noncompliance stated that the Exchange has determined that Roberts Realty was not in compliance with Section 134 and 1101 of the Exchange’s Company Guide due to Roberts Realty’s failure to timely file its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2014. On December 31, 2014, Roberts Realty received a letter from the Exchange accepting the Company’s listing compliance plan, which it submitted on December 5, 2014. Under the plan, the Company has until February 18, 2015 to regain compliance with the continued listing standards of the Exchange.

Northridge Land Loan. On January 13, 2015, Roberts Realty obtained a $2,000,000 loan from Paul J. A. Lex van Hessen, the lender. The proceeds of the loan were used for working capital purposes prior to the closing of the stock purchase agreement discussed below. The $2,000,000 loan has a maturity date of July 13, 2015, and at its closing Roberts Realty paid a 1.0% origination fee to the lender and a 1.0% consulting fee to the lender’s consultant. The loan has an interest rate of 12% per annum. Roberts Realty prepaid the first three months of interest in the amount of $60,833 at the closing. The loan is secured by the Northridge property, which was owned debt free before this loan closing. The loan documents contain customary representations, covenants, and default provisions, and the loan was guaranteed by both Roberts Realty and the operating partnership. Upon repayment of the loan, Roberts Realty will pay the lender a 2% repayment fee. Additionally, at the A-III transaction closing described below, $2,040,000 of the investment proceeds were deposited into an escrow account, which is anticipated to be used to repay the Northridge Land Loan on March 13, 2015, based on the terms of the escrow agreement with the lender.

North Springs Land Loan Extension. On January 15, 2015, Roberts Realty paid down the $5,500,000 North Springs land loan by $550,000, which reduced the outstanding principal balance of the loan to $4,950,000, and extended the maturity date to April 17, 2015. We were required to continue to make monthly interest only payments at an interest rate of 13% per annum. At the closing of the A-III transaction described below, $4,877,263 of the investment proceeds were used to repay the North Springs land loan in full.

Bradley Park Land Parcel Sales Contract. On January 26, 2015, Roberts Realty entered into a contract to sell its Bradley Park land parcel for $4,178,000 to Bradley Park Apartments, LLC, which is an affiliate of Mr. Charles Roberts, who was President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Roberts Realty on the date the contact was executed. Under the terms of the sale contract, the purchaser paid a $10,000 earnest money deposit. The purchaser has 60 days to inspect the property and elect to proceed with the purchase, at which time the purchaser must pay an additional $15,000 earnest money deposit. Roberts Realty’s audit committee approved the transaction in accordance with the committee’s charter and in compliance with applicable listing rules of the Exchange. Roberts Realty’s board of directors also approved the transaction in accordance with its Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

A-III Investment Partners LLC Transaction. On November 19, 2014, Roberts Realty and its operating partnership entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with A-III Investment Partners LLC (“A-III”). On January 30, 2015, Roberts Realty and A-III closed the transactions contemplated under the Stock Purchase Agreement. At the closing, A-III purchased 8,450,704 shares of Roberts Realty’s common stock at a purchase price of $1.42 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $12 million, and Roberts Realty issued to A-III warrants to purchase up to an additional 26,760,563 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.42 per share ($38 million in the aggregate). The purchase price per share and the exercise price of the warrants are subject to a potential post-closing adjustment upon completion of the sale of the company’s four existing land parcels, which could result in the issuance of additional shares of common stock to A-III and an increase in the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants.

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After the closing, Robert Realty amended its articles of incorporation to change its name to ACRE Realty Investors Inc. At the closing, the company and Mr. Roberts entered into an employment agreement pursuant to which Mr. Roberts will serve as an Executive Vice President of the company for a term of one year from the date of the agreement, or until the sale of all four land parcels is completed, if earlier.

The company used a portion of the proceeds of A-III’s investment to pay off mortgage debt outstanding on three of the company’s remaining properties as follows:

 

Mortgage Debt Paid        
         
North Springs  $4,877,263   (paid in full)
         
Highway 20  $1,764,058   (paid in full)
         
Bradley Park  $759,446   (partial payment) 

 

Additionally, at closing $2,040,000 was deposited into an escrow account, which is anticipated to be used to repay the Northridge Land Loan on March 13, 2015, based on the terms of the escrow agreement with the lender.

The A-III transaction may have caused the Company to experience an ownership change under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. As a result, the Company’s ability to use its net operating loss carry forwards to offset future taxable income may be severely limited.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

 

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements in this report that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict and many of which are beyond our control, that may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements. These risks are detailed in (a) Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors, in our Amendment No.1 on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2013 (which we are filing with the SEC concurrently with this Form 10-Q; (b) Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors, in this report; and (c) our other SEC filings. Please also see the cautionary statements included in the Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements at the beginning of this report.

Overview

We are a real estate development, investment, and operating company. Our primary business has been to develop, construct, own, and manage multifamily apartment communities. The operating partnership, either directly or through its wholly owned subsidiary, owns all of our properties. At September 30, 2014, we were the operating partnership’s sole general partner and owned an 80.23% interest in the operating partnership. We expect to continue to conduct our business in this organizational structure. As of the filing date of this report, we own the following real estate assets, all of which are located in the north Atlanta metropolitan area:

·three tracts of land totaling 70 acres that are held for sale, including a 22-acre tract which is under contract to be sold (See Recent Developments below); and
·one tract of land totaling 10.9 acres zoned for 220 multifamily apartment units that is under development and construction.

Recent Developments

A-III Investment Partners LLC Transaction

On November 19, 2014, the Company and its operating partnership entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with A-III Investment Partners LLC (“A-III”). On January 30, 2015, the Company and A-III closed the transactions contemplated under the Stock Purchase Agreement. At the closing, A-III purchased 8,450,704 shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $1.42 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $12 million, and the Company issued to A-III warrants to purchase up to an additional 26,760,563 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.42 per share ($38 million in the aggregate). The purchase price per share and the exercise price of the warrants are subject to a potential post-closing adjustment upon completion of the sale of the Company’s four existing land parcels, which could result in the issuance of additional shares of common stock to A-III and an increase in the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants. The Company used a portion of the proceeds of A-III’s investment to pay off certain of the Company’s outstanding indebtedness.

 

Immediately after the closing, the Company’s name was changed to ACRE Realty Investors Inc., and the name of the Company’s operating partnership was changed to ACRE Realty LP. On Monday, February 2, 2015, the Company’s common stock began trading under the new ticker symbol “AIII” (NYSE MKT: AIII). The principal office of the Company was moved to 399 Park Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10022.

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As a result of the transaction, A-III is now the largest shareholder of the Company, owning approximately 47% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock, or approximately 40% on a diluted basis assuming conversion of the outstanding units of limited partnership interest in the Company’s operating partnership into Company common stock and assuming no exercise of the warrants.

 

Immediately following the closing, the Company’s Board of Directors was expanded from five to seven members, and its composition was changed as a result of the resignations of Weldon R. Humphries, William Jarell Jones, John L. Davis and Charles R. Elliott and the appointments of Edward Gellert, Robert C. Lieber, Bruce D. Frank, Robert G. Koen, Robert L. Loverd and Kyle Permut to fill the vacancies. Charles S. Roberts, who is continuing on the Board, resigned as Chairman, and Edward Gellert was appointed as the new Chairman. Messrs. Gellert and Lieber are affiliated with A-III, and Messrs. Frank, Koen, Loverd and Permut are independent directors.

 

Effective as of the closing, the Company’s management was changed and the Company is now externally managed by A-III Manager LLC, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of A-III, pursuant to a management agreement between the Company and A-III Manager that was executed at the closing. Immediately after the closing on January 30, 2015, A-III Manager designated, and the A-III Board appointed, the following persons as the new executive officers of the Company: Edward Gellert is Chief Executive Officer and President; Robert Gellert is Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer; Gregory Simon is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; Mark Chertok is Chief Financial Officer. Charles S. Roberts, who previously served as the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, was appointed as an Executive Vice President. Mr. Roberts will be responsible for overseeing the sale of the four land parcels currently owned by the Company.

 

Sales Contract on Bradley Park Land Parcel

On January 26, 2015, we entered into a contract to sell our Bradley Park land parcel for $4,178,000 to Bradley Park Apartments, LLC (“Purchaser”), which is an affiliate of Mr. Charles Roberts, President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of the Company on the date the contact was executed. Under the terms of the sales contract, the Purchaser paid a $10,000 earnest money deposit. The Purchaser has 60 days to inspect the property and elect to proceed with the purchase, at which time the Purchaser must pay an additional $15,000 earnest money deposit. Our audit committee approved the transaction in accordance with the committee’s charter and in compliance with applicable listing rules of the NYSE MKT stock exchange. Our board of directors also approved the transaction in accordance with our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

North Springs Land Loan Extension

On January 15, 2015, we paid down the $5,500,000 North Springs land loan by $550,000, which reduced the outstanding principal balance of the loan to $4,950,000, and extended the maturity date to April 17, 2015. We were required to continue to make monthly interest only payments at an interest rate of 13% per annum. At the closing of the A-III transaction described above, $4,877,263 of the investment proceeds were used to repay the North Springs land loan in full.

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Northridge Land Loan

On January 13, 2015, we obtained a $2,000,000 loan from Paul J. A. Lex van Hessen, the lender. The proceeds of the loan were used for working capital purposes prior to the closing of the Stock Purchase Agreement discussed above. The $2,000,000 loan has a maturity date of July 13, 2015, and at its closing we paid a 1.0% origination fee to the lender and a 1.0% consulting fee to the lender’s consultant. The loan has an interest rate of 12% per annum. We prepaid the first three months of interest in the amount of $60,833 at the closing. The loan is secured by the Northridge land parcel, which was owned debt free before this loan closing. The loan documents contain customary representations, covenants, and default provisions, and the loan was guaranteed by both the Company and the operating partnership. Upon repayment of the loan, Roberts Realty will pay the lender a 2% repayment fee. Additionally, at the A-III transaction closing, $2,040,000 of the investment proceeds were deposited into an escrow account, which is anticipated to be used to repay the Northridge Land Loan on March 13, 2015, based on the terms of the escrow agreement with the lender.

Extension and Renewal of Bradley Park Land Loan

On December 22, 2014, we extended and renewed our $2,988,625 Bradley Park land loan, which extended the maturity date of the loan to July 3, 2015.  The renewed loan requires monthly interest only payments at an interest rate equal to 350 basis points over the 30-day LIBOR rate, with an interest rate floor of 4.75%. At the closing of the A-III transaction described above, $759,446 of the investment proceeds were used to make a partial principal payment on the Bradley Park land loan.

Extension and Renewal of Highway 20 Land Loan

On September 30, 2014, we renewed our $1,864,636 Highway 20 land loan and extended the maturity date to February 15, 2015. Upon the renewal, we made a $64,636 principal payment, which reduced the outstanding principal balance of the Highway 20 loan to $1,800,000. Additionally, we deposited $22,100 as an interest reserve to pay the monthly interest payments at the prime rate plus 1.75% with a floor of 5.0% per annum, and paid a 2% extension fee. Under the renewed loan, we will make fixed principal payments of $10,000 per month during the extended term. At the closing of the A-III transaction described above, $1,764,058 of the investment proceeds were used to repay the Highway 20 land loan in full.

Extension and Renewal of North Springs Land Loan

On August 18, 2014, we renewed our $5,500,000 North Springs land loan with North Springs Financial, LLC in accordance with the terms of the loan documents. The renewal extended the maturity date to January 17, 2015. The renewed and extended loan continues to require monthly interest only payments at an interest rate of 13% per annum. Upon the renewal, we paid a 1.0% extension fee and increased the interest reserve by $178,750 to fund the monthly interest only payments during the extension term. At the closing of the A-III transaction described above, $4,877,263 of the investment proceeds were used to repay the North Springs land loan in full.

Sale of the 1.3-acre Johns Creek Commercial Site

On July 17, 2014, we sold our 1.3-acre Johns Creek commercial site (which had a book value of $500,000) for $700,000. We used the net sale proceeds of $690,364 to pay down our $2,565,000 Highway 20 land loan, which reduced the outstanding principal balance of the loan to $1,874,636 (which was subsequently reduced further at renewal on September 30, 2014 to $1,800,000). We recorded a $195,099 gain on this sale.

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Continuing Negative Operating Cash Flow and Maturing Short-Term Debt

Our primary liquidity requirements relate to (a) our continuing negative operating cash flow and (b) our maturing short-term debt. As of September 30, 2014, we had a total of $10,300,000 of outstanding debt. As of the filing date of this report, we have one loan with a total principal balance of $2,238,625 that is scheduled to mature within the next 12 months. The Bradley Park land parcel which secures this loan is under contract to be sold as described in Recent Developments above.

Results of Operations

Comparison of Three Months Ended September 30, 2014 to Three Months Ended September 30, 2013

The following table highlights our operating results for the periods presented and should be read along with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes included in this report.

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
     
   2014   2013   $Increase 
   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Decrease) 
                
TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES  $181   $25,001   $(24,820)
                
OPERATING EXPENSES:               
Property operating expenses   36,825    99,310    (62,485)
General and administrative expenses   596,115    360,650    235,465 
Depreciation expense   1,386    176    1,210 
                
Total operating expenses   634,326    460,136    174,190 
                
OTHER EXPENSE   (104,974)   (288,558)   (183,584)
                
LOSS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS   (739,119)   (723,693)   15,426 
                
LOSS FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS       (333,037)   (333,037)
                
NET LOSS  $(739,119)  $(1,056,730)  $(317,611)

 

Net loss decreased $317,611 when compared to the 2013 period. This decrease was primarily the result of a $62,485 decrease in operating expenses, an $183,584 decrease in other expense and, a $333,037 decrease in loss from discontinued operations, offset by $24,820 decrease in total operating revenues and a $235,465 increase in general and administrative expenses. We explain below the major variances between the 2014 and 2013 periods.

Property operating expenses – consisting of utilities, repairs and maintenance, real estate taxes, and marketing and insurance expense – decreased by $62,485 from $99,310 in the 2013 period to $36,825 in the current period, primarily due to decreased repairs and maintenance expenses related to our land parcels.

General and administrative expenses increased by $235,465 from $360,650 in the 2013 period to $596,115 in the current period. This increase was primarily due to an increase in legal expense, temporary personnel expenses and professional services expense related to our land parcels.

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Other expense decreased $183,584 from $288,558 in the 2013 period to $104,974 in the current period. This decrease was primarily due to a $195,099 gain on the sale of real estate assets from the Johns Creek commercial site, offset by a $9,247 increase in interest expense and a $2,170 increase in the amortization of deferred financing costs as a result of the North Springs loan.

Comparison of Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014 to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013

The following table highlights our operating results for the periods presented and should be read along with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes included in this report.

 

   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
     
   2014   2013   $(Decrease) 
   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   Increase 
                
TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES  $6,144   $28,607   $(22,463)
                
OPERATING EXPENSES:               
Property operating expenses   94,156    259,021    (164,865)
General and administrative expenses   1,533,301    1,163,319    369,982 
Depreciation expense   2,767    445    2,322 
                
Total operating expenses   1,630,224    1,422,785    207,439 
                
OTHER (EXPENSE) INCOME   (694,037)   601,743    1,295,780 
                
LOSS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS   (2,318,117)   (792,435)   1,525,682 
                
LOSS FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS       (486,292)   (486,292)
                
NET LOSS  $(2,318,117)  $(1,278,727)  $1,039,390 

 

Net loss increased $1,039,390 when compared to the 2013 period. This increase was primarily due to a $22,463 decrease in operating revenues, a $207,439 increase in operating expenses, a $1,295,780 increase in other expense, offset by a $486,292 decrease in loss from discontinued operations. We explain below the major variances between the 2014 and 2013 periods.

Property operating expenses – consisting of utilities, repairs and maintenance, real estate taxes, and marketing and insurance expense – decreased by $164,865 from $259,021 in the 2013 period to $94,156 in the current period, primarily due to decreased repairs and maintenance expenses related to our land parcels.

General and administrative expenses increased by $369,982 from $1,163,319 in the 2013 period to $1,533,301 in the current period. This increase was primarily due to an increase in legal expense, temporary personnel expenses and professional services expense related to our land parcels.

Other expense increased $1,295,780 when compared to the 2013 period, primarily as a result of the $1,253,933 gain in the 2013 period from the sale of the Peachtree Parkway property compared to $195,099 of gain from the sale of real estate assets in the 2014 period, coupled with a $204,016 increase in interest expense and a $37,278 increase in the amortization of deferred financing costs in the 2014 period as a result of the North Springs loan.

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Loss from discontinued operations decreased by $486,292 when compared to the 2013 period as a result of the dispositions of the Bassett and Spectrum retail centers and the sale of the Northridge Office Building, all of which occurred during 2013.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

At September 30, 2014, we had $25,224,155 in total assets, of which $924,070 was cash and cash equivalents. In addition, we held $299,532 in restricted cash reserved for the payment of interest on our North Springs and Highway 20 loans. As of February 9, 2015, we held $3,753,304 in cash and cash equivalents, and we held $2,040,000 in restricted cash which is anticipated to be used to repay the Northridge Land Loan on March 13, 2015, based on the terms of the escrow agreement with the lender.

Our primary liquidity requirements relate to our continuing negative operating cash flow and our maturing short-term debt. As of September 30, 2014, we had a total of $10,300,000 of outstanding debt. As of the filing date of this report, we have one loan with a total principal balance of $2,238,625 that is scheduled to mature within the next 12 months. The Bradley Park land parcel which secures this loan is under contract to be sold as described in Recent Developments above.

Short- and Long-Term Liquidity Outlook

Our operating revenues are not adequate to provide short-term (12 months) liquidity for the payment of all operating expenses and interest on our debt. At September 30, 2014, we had a cash balance of $924,070. We are currently using our cash balance, which was $3,753,304 as of February 9, 2015, to meet our short-term liquidity requirements, including general and administrative expenses, interest on our debt, and funding the carrying costs of our existing properties.

Comparison of Nine Months ended September 30, 2014 to Nine Months ended September 30, 2013

Cash and cash equivalents decreased $2,598,797 during the first nine months of 2014 compared to an increase of $1,380,560 during the 2013 period. The respective changes in cash are described below.

Net cash used in operating activities in the 2014 period was $2,339,561 compared to $1,059,995 of cash used in operating activities during the 2013 period. This increase was primarily the result of a $403,182 decrease in due from affiliates coupled with a $481,943 decrease in the change in accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities relating to operating activities.

Net cash provided by investing activities was $686,764 during the 2014 period compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $6,624,700 during the 2013 period. This decrease was primarily due to the $8,040,000 of sales proceeds from the Peachtree Parkway property in the 2013 period; partially offset by a $242,525 decrease in development and construction of real estate assets, a $59,903 increase in the change in accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities relating to investing activities, and a $1,105,091 increase in the change in restricted cash.

Net cash used in financing activities was $946,000 for the 2014 period compared to $4,184,145 during the 2013 period. The decrease in cash used by financing activities primarily resulted from the $7,000,200 payoff of the Peachtree Parkway loan, along with $93,282 of principal repayments on liabilities related to discontinued operations in the 2013 period which was partially offset by the $5,500,000 North Springs loan.

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Debt Maturities

Our existing loans will be amortized with scheduled monthly payments, as well as balloon payments at maturity, through 2015 as summarized below:

Debt Maturity Schedule as of September 30, 2014

Year 

Total Principal

Payments

Per Year

    

Recourse Loans

with Balloon Payments

        
2014   30,000   Highway 20
2015   10,270,000   North Springs,
Highway 20,
Bradley Park
2016       
2017       
2018       
         
Thereafter         
         
Total  $10,300,000    

 

Short-Term Debt

As of September 30, 2014, we had a total of $10,300,000 of outstanding debt. As of the filing date of this report, we have a total of $2,238,625 in debt that matures within the next 12 months. All of that debt matures before July 3, 2015.

Effect of Floating Rate Debt

We have one loan that bears interest at a floating rate. As of the filing date of this report, this loan has an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $2,238,625 and bears interest at 350 basis points over the 30-day LIBOR, with an interest rate floor of 4.75%. Changes in LIBOR that increases the interest rate on this loan above its respective interest rate floor will increase our interest expense. For example, a 1.0% increase in the interest rate on this loan above its respective interest rate floor would increase our interest expense by approximately $22,386 per year and reduce our liquidity and capital resources by that amount.

Contractual Commitments

Roberts Properties provides us with various development services that include market studies, business plans, design, finish selection, and interior design. We enter into construction contracts in the normal course of business with Roberts Construction and currently have four ongoing construction contracts with Roberts Construction. The terms of the construction contracts are cost plus 5% for overhead and 5% for profit.

No Quarterly Dividends

We have not paid regular quarterly dividends since the third quarter of 2001, and we have no plans to resume paying regular quarterly dividends for the foreseeable future. We have, however, made periodic distributions from sale proceeds to our shareholders. Since 2003, we have made distributions from sale proceeds to our shareholders totaling $6.02 per share.

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

We prepare our financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. See Recent Accounting Pronouncements below for a summary of recent accounting pronouncements and the expected impact on our financial statements. A critical accounting policy is one that requires significant judgment or difficult estimates and is important to the presentation of our financial condition or results of operations. Because we are in the business of owning, operating, and developing multifamily apartment communities, our critical accounting policies relate to cost capitalization and asset impairment evaluation. The following is a summary of our overall accounting policy in these areas.

Cost Capitalization

We state our real estate assets at the lower of depreciated cost or fair value, if deemed impaired. We expense ordinary repairs and maintenance as incurred. We capitalize and depreciate major replacements and betterments over their estimated useful lives. Depreciation expense is computed on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of 27.5 years for buildings and improvements, 15 years for land improvements, and five to seven years for furniture, fixtures, and equipment.

We capitalize direct costs associated with the development and construction of our real estate assets. We expense all internal costs associated with the acquisition and operation of these assets to general and administrative expense in the period we incur these costs. For our real estate assets, we capitalize interest on qualifying construction expenditures in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 835-20, Interest Capitalization of Interest. During the development and construction of a property, we capitalize related interest costs, as well as other carrying costs such as real estate taxes and insurance. We begin to expense these items as the property becomes substantially complete and available for initial occupancy. During the lease-up period, as a property transitions from initial occupancy to stabilized occupancy, revenues are generally insufficient to cover interest, carrying costs, and operating expenses, resulting in an operating deficit. The size and duration of this lease-up deficit depends on the rate at which construction is completed, the pace at which we lease the property, and the rent levels we achieve.

Asset Impairment Evaluation

We periodically evaluate our real estate assets, on a property-by-property basis, for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 360-10, Property, Plant, and Equipment – Overall.

FASB ASC Topic 360-10 requires impairment losses to be recorded on long-lived assets used in operations and land parcels held for use when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets’ carrying amounts. The expected future cash flows depend on estimates made by management, including (1) changes in the national, regional, and/or local economic climates, (2) rental rates, (3) competition, (4) operating costs, (5) occupancy, (6) holding period, and (7) an estimated construction budget. A change in the assumptions used to determine future economic events could result in an adverse change in the value of a property and cause an impairment to be recorded in the future. Due to uncertainties in the estimation process, actual results could differ from those estimates. Our determination of fair value is based on a discounted future cash flow analysis, which incorporates available market information as well as other assumptions made by our management, evaluation of appraisals, and other applicable valuation techniques. Because the factors we use in generating these cash flows are difficult to predict and are subject to future events that may alter our assumptions, we may not achieve the discounted or undiscounted future operating and residual cash flows we estimate in our impairment analyses or those established by appraisals, and we may be required to recognize future impairment losses on our properties held for use.

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As of September 30, 2014 and 2013, we determined that the carrying amounts of our operating real estate assets and our land parcels were recoverable. Accordingly, we did not record an impairment loss during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013.

Income Taxes

In preparing our condensed consolidated financial statements, management judgment is required to estimate our income taxes. Our estimates are based on our interpretation of federal and state tax laws. We estimate our current tax due and assess temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of asset and liability amounts for tax and accounting purposes. The temporary differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. We recorded a full valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets based upon our analysis of the timing and reversal of future taxable amounts and our history and future expectations of taxable income. Adjustments may be required by a change in assessment of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, changes due to audit adjustments by federal and state tax authorities, and changes in tax laws. To the extent adjustments are required in any given period we will include the adjustments in the deferred tax assets and liabilities in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

As of December 31, 2013, we had net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $15.94 million. These net operating losses are available to offset future taxable income through 2033.

 

In general, a valuation allowance is recorded if based on the weight of available evidence it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. Realization of our deferred tax assets is dependent upon us generating sufficient taxable income in future years in the appropriate tax jurisdictions to obtain a benefit from the reversal of deductible temporary differences and from loss carry forwards. Based on the timing of the reversal of future taxable amounts and our history of losses, we do not believe that we have met the requirements to realize the benefits of our net deferred tax assets; therefore, we have maintained a full valuation allowance.

In addition, our ability to use the net operating loss carry forwards would be severely limited in upon the completion of a transaction that results in an ownership change under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Please refer to Note 3, Basis of Presentation – Recent Accounting Pronouncements in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report for a discussion of recent accounting standards and pronouncements.

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ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Not required for smaller reporting companies.

ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Disclosure Controls and Procedure

Based on our management’s evaluation, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as of September 30, 2014, the end of the period covered by this report, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were not effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer reached the conclusion expressed in the preceding paragraph because they have determined that our failure to properly evaluate the qualifications to be taxed as a REIT for federal income tax purposes (which was a deficiency in our internal control over financial reporting that constituted a material weakness at September 30, 2014), was also sufficient to cause them to conclude that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at that date. In reaching that conclusion, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer took into account in particular that we were late in filing our condensed consolidated financial statements and related footnote disclosures for the quarterly periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013. See the Explanatory Note following the cover page of this Form 10-Q and the following section of this Item 4.

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting and for the assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In connection with the preparation of our annual consolidated financial statements, our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013. Management based this assessment on the criteria established in Internal Control over Financial Reporting Guidance for Smaller Public Companies issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (which is sometimes referred to as the 1992 COSO Framework). Management’s assessment included an evaluation of the design of our internal control over financial reporting and testing of the operational effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Based on this assessment, for the reasons explained in the Explanatory Note following the cover page of this Form 10-Q, our management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2013 and at September 30, 2014.

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As explained in the Explanatory Note, our management has determined that our failure to properly evaluate the qualifications to be taxed as a REIT for federal income tax purposes was a deficiency in our internal control over financial reporting that constitutes a material weakness at December 31, 2013 and at September 30, 2014.

We believe that our additional financial reporting and accounting personnel and our increased financial and other resources resulting from our change in control transaction with A-III Investment Partners LLC in January 2015 will address this material weakness and avoid similar weaknesses in the future.

Changes in Internal Control

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

The design of any system of controls and procedures is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events. There can be no assurance that any system design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions, regardless of how remote.

PART II – Other Information

ITEM 1.   LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

None of the Company, the operating partnership, or our properties is presently subject to any material litigation nor, to our knowledge, is any material litigation threatened against any of them. Routine litigation arising in the ordinary course of business is not expected to result in any material losses to us or the operating partnership.

ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information set forth in this quarterly report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” in our Amendment No.1 on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2013 (which we are filing with the SEC concurrently with this Form 10-Q), as well as the risk factors described below. These risk factors could materially affect our business, financial condition, or future results. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial may also materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

We face the maturity of our short-term debt, and we may be unable to repay, extend, or refinance this debt.

As of the filing date of this report, we have a total of $2,238,625 in debt that matures within the next 12 months. If we are unable to extend or refinance our debt at maturity on acceptable terms, or at all, or we are unable to find alternative funding, we might be compelled to dispose of one or more of our properties on disadvantageous terms, which could result in losses to us. Those losses could have a material adverse effect on our ability to pay amounts due on our debt and to pay distributions to our investors. Further, if we are unable to meet mortgage payments on any mortgaged property, the mortgagee could foreclose upon the property, resulting in a loss of our asset value.

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We may not be able to benefit from our net operating loss carry forwards.

In preparing our condensed consolidated financial statements, significant management judgment is required to estimate our income taxes. Our estimates are based on our interpretation of federal and state tax laws. We estimate our actual current tax due and assess temporary differences resulting from differing treatments of items for tax and accounting purposes. The temporary differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Adjustments may be required by a change in assessment of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, changes due to audit adjustments by federal and state tax authorities, and changes in tax laws and rates. To the extent adjustments are required in any given period; we include the adjustments in the deferred tax assets and liabilities in our condensed consolidated financial statements. These adjustments could materially affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial position.

 In prior years, we have suffered losses, for tax and financial statement purposes, that generated significant federal and state net operating loss carry forwards. Although these net operating loss carry forwards may be used against future taxable income in future periods, we will not receive any tax benefits from the tax losses we incurred unless, and only to the extent that we have taxable income in the 20-year net operating loss carry forward period. Based on the timing of the reversals of our existing taxable temporary differences and our history of losses, management does not believe that we have met the requirements to realize the benefits of certain of our deferred tax assets. Therefore, we have maintained a full valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets in our condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2014 and 2013.

In addition, our ability to use the net operating loss carry forwards would be severely limited upon the completion of a transaction that results in an ownership change under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.

ITEM 2.  UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

None.

ITEM 3.  DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

None.

ITEM 4.  MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION.

None.

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ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS.

The exhibits described in the following Index to Exhibits are filed as part of this report on Form 10-Q.

Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
     
10.1   Renewal of $5,500,000 North Springs land loan with North Springs Financial, LLC on August 18, 2014.  [Incorporated by reference to Item 1.01 in our current report on Form 8-K dated August 18, 2014.]
     
10.2   Reciprocal Easements Agreement dated November 3, 2014 by and between Highway Nine Investors, LLC and Roberts Properties Residential, L.P. (Bradley Park).  [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 in our current report on Form 8-K dated November 3, 2014.]
     
31.1   Certification of Edward Gellert pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
31.2  

Certification of Mark Chertok pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

32.1  

Certification of Edward Gellert pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This exhibit is not “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 but is instead furnished as provided by applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

32.2  

Certification of Mark Chertok pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This exhibit is not “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 but is instead furnished as provided by applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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The following financial statements from Roberts Realty Investors, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited); (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited); (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited); and (iv) the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.*

 

* Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the Interactive Data Files on Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections. 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

     
Date: February 17, 2015  
   
  ACRE Realty Investors Inc.
  (formerly named Roberts Realty Investors, Inc.)
   
  By:   /s/ Mark Chertok   
  Mark Chertok, Chief Financial Officer
(the registrant’s principal financial and accounting officer,
   who is duly authorized to sign this report)
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