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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2017

Commission File Number: 333-200617

NORTHSTAR/RXR NEW YORK METRO REAL ESTATE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Maryland
46-5183321
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(IRS Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
Identification No.)
399 Park Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

(212) 547-2600
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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 ý   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 (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes ý   No o

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

Large accelerated filer o
 
Accelerated filer o
 
Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
Smaller reporting company ý

Emerging growth company ý

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.ý
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o   No ý
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:  
The Company had 1,951,436 shares of Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 2,092,493 shares of Class T common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and 121,402 shares of Class I common stock, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding as of November 9, 2017.
 



NORTHSTAR/RXR NEW YORK METRO REAL ESTATE, INC.
FORM 10-Q
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Index
 
Page
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 








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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “potential,” “intend,” “expect,” “seek,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “could,” “project,” “predict,” “continue,” “future” or other similar words or expressions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance and are based on certain assumptions, discuss future expectations, describe plans and strategies, contain projections of results of operations or of financial condition or state other forward-looking information. Such statements include, but are not limited to, those relating to our ability to successfully complete our continuous, public offering, our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders, our reliance on our advisor entities and our sponsors, the operating performance of our investments, our financing needs, the effects of our current strategies and investment activities and our ability to effectively deploy capital. Our ability to predict results or the actual effect of plans or strategies is inherently uncertain, particularly given the economic environment. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, our actual results and performance could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements and you should not unduly rely on these statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results in future periods to differ materially from those forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to:
adverse economic conditions and the impact on the commercial real estate industry;
our ability to successfully complete a continuous, public offering;
our ability to deploy capital quickly and successfully and achieve a diversified portfolio consistent with our target asset classes;
our dependence on the resources and personnel of our advisor entities, our co-sponsors and their affiliates, including our advisor entities’ ability to source and close on attractive investment opportunities on our behalf;
the performance of our advisor entities, our co-sponsors and their affiliates;
our liquidity and access to capital;
our use of leverage;
our ability to make distributions to our stockholders;
the lack of a public trading market for our shares;
the effect of economic conditions on the valuation of our investments;
the effect of paying distributions to our stockholders from sources other than cash flow provided by operations;
the impact of our co-sponsor’s recently completed merger with NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. and Colony Capital, Inc. and whether any of the anticipated benefits to our advisor’s and its affiliates’ platform will be realized in full or at all;
our advisor entities and their affiliates’ ability to attract and retain qualified personnel to support our operations and potential changes to key personnel providing management services to us;
our reliance on our advisor entities and their affiliates and sub-advisors/co-venturers in providing management services to us, the payment of substantial fees to our advisor entities, the allocation of investments by our advisor entities and their affiliates among us and the other sponsored or managed companies and strategic vehicles of our co-sponsor and its affiliates, and various potential conflicts of interest in our relationship with our co-sponsor;
the impact of market and other conditions influencing the availability of equity versus debt investments and performance of our investments relative to our expectations and the impact on our actual return on invested equity, as well as the cash provided by these investments;
changes in our business or investment strategy;
changes in the value of our portfolio;
the impact of fluctuations in interest rates;


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the impact of economic conditions on the tenants of the real property that we own as well as on borrowers of the debt we originate and acquire and the mortgage loans underlying the mortgage-backed securities in which we may invest;
our ability to realize current and expected returns over the life of our investments;
any failure in our advisor entities and their affiliates’ due diligence to identify relevant facts during our underwriting process or otherwise;
illiquidity of debt investments, equity investments or properties in our portfolio;
our ability to finance our assets on terms that are acceptable to us, if at all;
environmental compliance costs and liabilities;
risks associated with our joint ventures and unconsolidated entities, including our lack of sole decision making authority and the financial condition of our joint venture partners;
increased rates of loss or default and decreased recovery on our investments;
the degree and nature of our competition;
the effectiveness of our advisor and sub-advisor’s risk and portfolio management strategies;
the potential failure to maintain effective internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures;
regulatory requirements with respect to our business generally, as well as the related cost of compliance;
legislative and regulatory changes, including changes to laws governing the taxation of real estate investment trusts, or REITs, and changes to laws affecting non-traded REITs and alternative investments generally;
our ability to maintain our qualification as a REIT for federal income tax purposes and limitations imposed on our business by our status as a REIT;
the loss of our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
general volatility in capital markets and economies and the New York metropolitan economy specifically;
the adequacy of our cash reserves and working capital;
our ability to raise capital in light of certain regulatory changes, including amended Rules 2340 and 2310 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; and
other risks associated with investing in our targeted investments, including changes in our industry, interest rates, the securities markets, the general economy or the capital markets and real estate markets specifically.
The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. All forward-looking statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are based on information available to us on the date hereof and we are under no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this report to conform these statements to actual results.
Factors that could have a material adverse effect on our operations and future prospects are set forth in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, included in Part I, Item 1A. of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 and in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under the heading “Risk Factors.” The risk factors set forth in our filings with the SEC could cause our actual results to differ significantly from those contained in any forward-looking statement contained in this report.





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PART I. Financial Information
Item 1.    Financial Statements
NORTHSTAR/RXR NEW YORK METRO REAL ESTATE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)
 
December 31, 2016
Assets
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
4,522,222

 
$
4,595,392

Investment in unconsolidated venture, at fair value
5,533,264

 
5,173,075

Real estate debt investments, net
34,811,111

 

Interest receivable
226,442

 

Receivables, net
416,939

 
876,676

Total assets(1)
$
45,509,978

 
$
10,645,143

 
 
 
 
Liabilities
 
 
 
Due to related party
$
229,028

 
$
228,830

Distribution payable
17,145

 
4,677

Accounts payable and accrued expenses
195

 

Total liabilities(1)
246,368

 
233,507


 
 
 
Equity
 
 
 
NorthStar/RXR New York Metro Real Estate, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity
 
 
 
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016

 

Class A common stock, $0.01 par value, 120,000,000 shares authorized, 1,815,070 and 765,723 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively
18,150

 
7,657

Class T common stock, $0.01 par value, 240,000,000 shares authorized, 1,856,300 and 296,314 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively
18,563

 
2,963

Class I common stock, $0.01 par value, 40,000,000 shares authorized, 100,976 and 73,524 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively
1,009

 
735

Additional paid-in capital
30,715,569

 
9,937,027

Retained earnings
991,266

 
462,308

Total NorthStar/RXR New York Metro Real Estate, Inc. stockholders’ equity
31,744,557

 
10,410,690

Non-controlling interests
13,519,053

 
946

Total equity
45,263,610

 
10,411,636

Total liabilities and equity
$
45,509,978

 
$
10,645,143

_______________________________________
(1)
Represents the consolidated assets and liabilities of NorthStar/RXR Operating Partnership, LP (the “Operating Partnership”). The Operating Partnership is a consolidated variable interest entity (“VIE”), of which the Company is the sole general partner and owns approximately 99.99%. As of September 30, 2017, the Operating Partnership includes $34.8 million of assets of certain VIEs that are consolidated by the Operating Partnership. Refer to Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.”












Refer to accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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NORTHSTAR/RXR NEW YORK METRO REAL ESTATE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
$
776,291

 
$

 
$
1,015,787

 
$

Other income
14,901

 

 
42,636

 

Total revenues
791,192

 

 
1,058,423

 

Expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
General and administrative expenses
108,089

 
39,771

 
263,511

 
59,901

Asset management and other fees - related party
71,327

 
15,292

 
144,084

 
132,460

Transaction costs
24,514

 

 
130,134

 

Total expenses
203,930

 
55,063

 
537,729

 
192,361

Income (loss) before equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated venture
587,262

 
(55,063
)
 
520,694

 
(192,361
)
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated venture
45,136

 
15,029

 
494,963

 
11,408

Net income (loss)
632,398

 
(40,034
)
 
1,015,657

 
(180,953
)
Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests
(287,182
)
 

 
(369,619
)
 
53

Net income (loss) attributable to NorthStar/RXR New York Metro Real Estate, Inc. common stockholders
$
345,216

 
$
(40,034
)
 
$
646,038

 
$
(180,900
)
Net income (loss) per share, basic/diluted(1)
$
0.10

 
$
(0.09
)
 
$
0.26

 
$
(0.53
)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic/diluted(1)
3,486,983

 
438,877

 
2,510,091

 
339,853

Dividends declared per share of common stock(1)
$
0.03

 
$
0.02

 
$
0.07

 
$
0.03

_______________________________________
(1)
Per share amounts for three months and nine months ended September 30, 2016 adjusted to reflect the retroactive impact of the stock distributions issued in January 2017 and May 2017. Refer to Note 7, “Stockholders’ Equity.”






















Refer to accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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NORTHSTAR/RXR NEW YORK METRO REAL ESTATE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY


Common Stock

Additional
Paid-in Capital
 
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)
 
Total Company’s
Stockholders’ Equity
 
Non-controlling
Interests
 
Total
Equity
 
Class A
 
Class T
 
Class I
 
 
 
 
 

Shares

Amount
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
Shares
 
Amount

 
 
 
 
Balance as of December 31, 2015
242,003

 
$
2,420

 

 
$

 

 
$

 
$
2,178,587

 
$
(999
)
 
$
2,180,008

 
$
999

 
$
2,181,007

Net proceeds from issuance of common stock
500,903

 
5,009

 
296,308

 
2,963

 
73,524

 
735

 
7,688,582

 

 
7,697,289

 

 
7,697,289

Issuance and amortization of equity-based compensation
22,500

 
225

 

 

 

 

 
66,129

 

 
66,354

 

 
66,354

Stock distributions declared

 

 

 

 

 

 
568

 
(568
)
 

 

 

Distributions declared

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(23,927
)
 
(23,927
)
 

 
(23,927
)
Proceeds from distribution reinvestment plan
317

 
3

 
6

 

 

 

 
3,161

 

 
3,164

 

 
3,164

Net income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
487,802

 
487,802

 
(53
)
 
487,749

Balance as of December 31, 2016
765,723

 
$
7,657

 
296,314

 
$
2,963

 
73,524

 
$
735

 
$
9,937,027

 
$
462,308

 
$
10,410,690

 
$
946

 
$
10,411,636

Net proceeds from issuance of common stock
866,533

 
8,665

 
1,413,808

 
14,138

 
14,945

 
149

 
20,640,875

 

 
20,663,827

 

 
20,663,827

Issuance and amortization of equity-based compensation
7,500

 
75

 

 

 

 

 
95,085

 

 
95,160

 

 
95,160

Stock distributions declared and issued
171,634

 
1,716

 
145,568

 
1,456

 
12,348

 
124

 
(568
)
 
(2,728
)
 

 

 

Non-controlling interests - contributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
13,513,107

 
13,513,107

Non-controlling interests - distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(364,619
)
 
(364,619
)
Distributions declared

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
(114,352
)
 
(114,352
)
 

 
(114,352
)
Proceeds from distribution reinvestment plan
3,680

 
37

 
610

 
6

 
159

 
1

 
43,150

 

 
43,194

 

 
43,194

Net income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
646,038

 
646,038

 
369,619

 
1,015,657

Balance as of
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)
1,815,070

 
$
18,150

 
1,856,300

 
$
18,563

 
100,976

 
$
1,009

 
$
30,715,569

 
$
991,266

 
$
31,744,557

 
$
13,519,053

 
$
45,263,610





















Refer to accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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NORTHSTAR/RXR NEW YORK METRO REAL ESTATE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2017
 
2016
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
1,015,657

 
$
(180,953
)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
 
 
 
 
Amortization of origination fee on real estate debt investment
 
(11,111
)
 

Amortization of equity-based compensation
 
95,160

 
37,917

Equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated venture
 
(494,963
)
 
(11,408
)
Dividends from unconsolidated venture
 
134,774

 
7,154

Changes in assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Interest Receivable
 
(226,442
)
 

Due to related party
 
20,509

 
22

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 
195

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
 
533,779

 
(147,268
)
Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
 
Investments in real estate debt
 
(29,800,000
)
 

Investment in unconsolidated ventures
 

 
(1,900,000
)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
 
(29,800,000
)
 
(1,900,000
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
 
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock
 
21,082,401

 
1,810,757

Net proceeds from issuance of common stock, related party
 
20,853

 
1,037

Distributions paid on common stock
 
(101,885
)
 
(8,785
)
Proceeds from distribution reinvestment plan
 
43,194

 
518

Contributions from non-controlling interests
 
8,513,107

 

Distributions to non-controlling interests
 
(364,619
)
 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
 
29,193,051

 
1,803,527

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
 
(73,170
)
 
(243,741
)
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period
 
4,595,392

 
2,201,007

Cash and cash equivalents - end of period
 
$
4,522,222

 
$
1,957,266

 
 
 
 
 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:

 
 
 
 
Accrual of cost of capital (refer to Note 5)
 
$
49,527

 
$
26,485

Subscriptions receivable, gross
 
446,000

 
55,000

Accrual of distribution payable
 
17,145

 
3,252

Contributions from non-controlling interests
 
5,000,000

 














Refer to accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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NORTHSTAR/RXR NEW YORK METRO REAL ESTATE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
1.
Business and Organization
NorthStar/RXR New York Metro Real Estate, Inc. (the “Company”) was formed to acquire a high-quality commercial real estate (“CRE”) portfolio concentrated in the New York metropolitan area, and in particular New York City, with a focus on office, mixed-use properties and a lesser emphasis on multifamily properties. The Company intends to complement this strategy by originating and acquiring: (i) CRE debt, including subordinate loans and participations in such loans and preferred equity interests; and (ii) joint ventures and partnership interests in CRE related investments. The Company was formed on March 21, 2014 as a Maryland corporation and elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), commencing with the taxable year ending December 31, 2016.
The Company is externally managed and has no employees. Prior to January 11, 2017, the Company was managed by an affiliate of NorthStar Asset Management Group Inc. (NYSE: NSAM) (“NSAM”). Effective January 10, 2017, NSAM completed its previously announced merger with Colony Capital, Inc. (“Colony”), NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (“NorthStar Realty”), and Colony NorthStar, Inc. (“Colony NorthStar”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NSAM, which the Company refers to as the mergers, with Colony NorthStar surviving the mergers and succeeding NSAM as one of the Company’s co-sponsors. As a result of the mergers, Colony NorthStar became an internally-managed equity REIT, with a diversified real estate and investment management platform and is publicly-traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “CLNS.” CNI NS/RXR Advisors, LLC, as successor to NSAM J-NS/RXR Ltd (the “Advisor”), is now a subsidiary of Colony NorthStar. The Advisor manages the Company’s day-to-day operations pursuant to an advisory agreement. The mergers had no material impact on the Company’s operations.
Colony NorthStar manages capital on behalf of its stockholders, as well as institutional and retail investors in private funds, non-traded and traded REITs and registered investment companies.
The Company is sub-advised by RXR NTR Sub-Advisor LLC (“Sub-advisor”), a Delaware limited liability company and a subsidiary of the Company’s other co-sponsor, RXR Realty LLC (“RXR”). The Company’s Advisor and Sub-advisor are collectively referred to as the Advisor Entities. The Company, its Advisor and its Sub-advisor entered into a sub-advisory agreement delegating certain investment responsibilities of the Advisor to the Sub-advisor. Colony NorthStar and RXR are each referred to as a Co-sponsor and collectively as the Co-sponsors.
Substantially all business of the Company is conducted through NorthStar/RXR Operating Partnership, LP (the “Operating Partnership”). The Company is the sole general partner and a limited partner of the Operating Partnership. NorthStar/RXR NTR OP Holdings LLC (the “Special Unit Holder”) (a joint venture between Colony NorthStar and RXR) has invested $1,000 in the Operating Partnership and has been issued a separate class of limited partnership units (the “Special Units”), which is recorded as non-controlling interest on the consolidated balance sheets. As the Company accepts subscriptions for shares, it transfers substantially all of the net proceeds from the continuous, public offering to the Operating Partnership as a capital contribution.
The Company’s charter authorizes the issuance of up to 400,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.01 per share and up to 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.01 per share. Of the total shares of common stock authorized, 120,000,000 are classified as Class A shares (“Class A Shares”), 240,000,000 are classified as Class T shares (“Class T Shares”), and 40,000,000 are classified as Class I shares (“Class I Shares”). The board of directors of the Company is authorized to amend its charter, without the approval of the stockholders, to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of capital stock or the number of shares of any class or series that the Company has authority to issue or to classify and reclassify any unissued shares of common stock into one or more classes or series.
On March 28, 2014, as part of its formation, the Company issued 16,667 shares of common stock to NorthStar Realty, which is now a subsidiary of Colony NorthStar, and 5,556 shares of common stock to a subsidiary of RXR for $0.2 million, all of which were subsequently renamed Class A Shares. On February 9, 2015, the Company’s registration statement on Form S-11 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) was declared effective to offer a minimum of $2.0 million and a maximum of $2.0 billion in shares of common stock in a continuous, public offering, of which up to $1.8 billion can be offered pursuant to its primary offering (the “Primary Offering”) at a purchase price of $10.1111 per Class A Share and $9.5538 per Class T Share and up to $200.0 million pursuant to its distribution reinvestment plan (the “DRP”) at a purchase price of $9.81 per Class A Share and $9.27 per Class T Share.
On December 23, 2015, the Company commenced operations by satisfying the minimum offering requirement in the Primary Offering as a result of NorthStar Realty and RXR purchasing $1.5 million and $0.5 million in Class A Shares, respectively.


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NORTHSTAR/RXR NEW YORK METRO REAL ESTATE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

On August 22, 2016, the Company filed a post-effective amendment to its registration statement that reclassified its common stock offered pursuant to its registration statement into Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares. The SEC declared the post-effective amendment effective on October 26, 2016. Pursuant to the registration statement, as amended, the Company is offering for sale up to $1.8 billion in shares of common stock at a price of $10.1111 per Class A Share, $9.5538 per Class T Share and $9.10 per Class I Share in the Primary Offering, and up to $200.0 million in shares under the DRP at a price of $9.81 per Class A Share, $9.27 per Class T Share and $9.10 per Class I Share. The Primary Offering and the DRP are herein collectively referred to as the Offering. The Company retained NorthStar Securities, LLC (“NorthStar Securities”), an affiliate of its Advisor and one of its co-sponsors, to serve as the dealer manager (the “Dealer Manager”) for the Primary Offering. The Dealer Manager is also responsible for marketing the shares being offered pursuant to the Primary Offering. The board of directors of the Company has the right to reallocate shares between the Primary Offering and the DRP.
In November 2016, the Company’s board of directors approved an extension of the Offering by one year to February 9, 2018. The Company’s board has the right to further extend or terminate the Offering at any time, as permitted by applicable law and regulation.
From inception through November 9, 2017, the Company raised total gross proceeds of $36.7 million pursuant to the Offering, including gross proceeds of $96,236 pursuant to the DRP.
2.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Quarterly Presentation
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial reporting and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, certain information and note disclosures normally included in the consolidated financial statements prepared under U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows have been included and are of a normal and recurring nature. The operating results presented for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, which was filed with the SEC on March 21, 2017.
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, the Operating Partnership and their consolidated subsidiaries. The Company consolidates variable interest entities (“VIEs”), if any, where the Company is the primary beneficiary and voting interest entities which are generally majority owned or otherwise controlled by the Company. All significant intercompany balances are eliminated in consolidation.
Variable Interest Entities
A VIE is an entity that lacks one or more of the characteristics of a voting interest entity. A VIE is defined as an entity in which equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. The determination of whether an entity is a VIE includes both a qualitative and quantitative analysis. The Company bases its qualitative analysis on its review of the design of the entity, its organizational structure including decision-making ability and relevant financial agreements and the quantitative analysis on the forecasted cash flow of the entity. The Company reassesses its initial evaluation of an entity as a VIE upon the occurrence of certain reconsideration events.
A VIE must be consolidated only by its primary beneficiary, which is defined as the party who, along with its affiliates and agents has both the: (i) power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance; and (ii) obligation to absorb losses of the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE, which could be significant to the VIE. The Company determines whether it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE by considering qualitative and quantitative factors, including, but not limited to: which activities most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and which party controls such activities; the amount and characteristics of its investment; the obligation or likelihood for the Company or other interests to provide financial support; consideration of the VIE’s purpose and design, including the risks the VIE was designed to create and pass through to its variable interest holders and the similarity with and significance to the business activities of the Company and the other interests. The Company reassesses its determination of whether it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE each reporting period. Significant


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judgments related to these determinations include estimates about the current and future fair value and performance of investments held by these VIEs and general market conditions.
The Company evaluates its investments, including investments in unconsolidated ventures, if any, to determine whether each investment is a VIE. The Company analyzes new investments, as well as reconsideration events for existing investments, which vary depending on type of investment.
The most significant consolidated VIE is the Operating Partnership, which is a VIE because the non-controlling interests do not have substantive kick-out or participating rights. The Company consolidates this entity because it controls all significant business activities. The Operating Partnership consolidates certain VIEs that have non-controlling interests. Included in real estate debt investment on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2017 is $34.8 million related to such consolidated VIEs. The Company consolidates these entities because it determined it is the primary beneficiary.
As of September 30, 2017, the Company identified unconsolidated VIEs related to its investment in an unconsolidated venture. Based on management’s analysis, the Company determined that it is not the primary beneficiary. Accordingly, the VIEs are not consolidated in the Company’s financial statements as of September 30, 2017. The Company did not provide financial support to the unconsolidated VIEs during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. As of September 30, 2017, there were no explicit arrangements or implicit variable interests that could require the Company to provide financial support to its unconsolidated VIEs.
The Company’s maximum exposure to loss as of September 30, 2017 would not exceed its investment in the VIEs. Creditors of each of the VIEs have no recourse to the general credit of the Company.
Voting Interest Entities
A voting interest entity is an entity in which the total equity investment at risk is sufficient to enable it to finance its activities independently and the equity holders have the power to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact its economic performance, the obligation to absorb the losses of the entity and the right to receive the residual returns of the entity. The usual condition for a controlling financial interest in a voting interest entity is ownership of a majority voting interest. If the Company has a majority voting interest in a voting interest entity, the entity will generally be consolidated. The Company does not consolidate a voting interest entity if there are substantive participating rights by other parties and/or kick-out rights by a single party or a simple majority vote.
The Company performs on-going reassessments of whether entities previously evaluated under the voting interest framework have become VIEs, based on certain events, and therefore subject to the VIE consolidation framework.
Investments in Unconsolidated Ventures
A non-controlling, unconsolidated ownership interest in an entity may be accounted for using the equity method or cost method, and for either method, the Company may elect the fair value option. The Company will account for an investment in an unconsolidated entity that does not qualify for equity method accounting using the cost method if the Company determines that it does not have significant influence. Under the cost method, equity in earnings is recorded as dividends are received to the extent they are not considered a return of capital, which is recorded as a reduction of cost of the investment.
Under the equity method, the investment is adjusted each period for capital contributions and distributions and its share of the entity’s net income (loss). Capital contributions, distributions and net income (loss) of such entities are recorded in accordance with the terms of the governing documents. An allocation of net income (loss) may differ from the stated ownership percentage interest in such entity as a result of preferred returns and allocation formulas, if any, as described in such governing documents. Equity method investments are recognized using a cost accumulation model in which the investment is recognized based on the cost to the investor, which includes acquisition fees. The Company records as an expense certain acquisition costs and fees associated with consolidated investments deemed to be business combinations and capitalizes these costs for investments deemed to be acquisitions of an asset, including an equity method investment.
The Company may account for an investment in an unconsolidated entity using either the equity or cost methods, but may choose to record the investment at fair value by electing the fair value option. The Company elected the fair value option for its investment in an unconsolidated venture and records the corresponding results from operations, which includes dividends received and its share of the change in fair value of the underlying investment, as equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated venture on the consolidated statements of operations. The Company measures fair value using the net asset value (“NAV”) of the underlying investment as a practical expedient as permitted by the guidance on fair value measurement. Dividends received in excess of cumulative equity in earnings from the unconsolidated venture will be deemed as a return of capital.


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Non-controlling Interests
A non-controlling interest in a consolidated subsidiary is defined as the portion of the equity (net assets) in a subsidiary not attributable, directly or indirectly, to the Company. A non-controlling interest is required to be presented as a separate component of equity on the consolidated balance sheets and presented separately as net income (loss) attributable to controlling and non-controlling interests. An allocation to a non-controlling interest may differ from the stated ownership percentage interest in such entity as a result of a preferred return and allocation formula, if any, as described in such governing documents.
Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that could affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates and assumptions.
Fair Value Option
The fair value option provides an election that allows a company to irrevocably elect to record certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value on an instrument-by-instrument basis at initial recognition. Any change in fair value for assets and liabilities for which the election is made is recognized in earnings. The Company has elected the fair value option for its investment in an unconsolidated venture.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly-liquid investments with an original maturity date of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash, including amounts restricted, may at times exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation deposit insurance limit of $250,000 per institution. The Company mitigates credit risk by placing cash and cash equivalents with major financial institutions. To date, the Company has not experienced any losses on cash and cash equivalents.
Real Estate Debt Investments
CRE debt investments are generally intended to be held to maturity and, accordingly, are carried at cost, net of unamortized loan fees, premium and discount. CRE debt investments that are deemed to be impaired are carried at amortized cost less a reserve, if deemed appropriate, which would approximate fair value. CRE debt investments where the Company does not have the intent to hold the loan for the foreseeable future or until its expected payoff are classified as held for sale and recorded at the lower of cost or estimated fair value.
Acquisition Expenses
The total of all acquisition expenses for an investment cannot exceed, in the aggregate, 6.0% of the contract purchase price of such investment unless such excess is approved by a majority of the directors, including independent directors. From inception through September 30, 2017, total acquisition expenses did not exceed the allowed limit for any investment. The Company records as an expense certain acquisition costs associated with transactions deemed to be business combinations in which it consolidates the asset and capitalizes these costs for transactions deemed to be acquisitions of an asset, including an equity investment.
Revenue Recognition
Real Estate Debt Investments
Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis and any related premium, discount, origination costs and fees are amortized over the life of the investment using the effective interest method. The amortization is reflected as an adjustment to interest income in the consolidated statements of operations. The amortization of a premium or accretion of a discount is discontinued if such investment is reclassified to held for sale.
Credit Losses and Impairment on Investments
Real Estate Debt Investments
CRE debt investments are considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will not be able to collect all principal and interest amounts due according to the contractual terms. The Company assesses the credit quality of the portfolio and adequacy of reserves on a quarterly basis or more frequently as necessary. Significant judgment of the Company is required in this analysis. The Company considers the estimated net recoverable value of the investment as well


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as other factors, including but not limited to the fair value of any collateral, the amount and the status of any senior debt, the quality and financial condition of the borrower and the competitive situation of the area where the underlying collateral is located. Because this determination is based on projections of future economic events, which are inherently subjective, the amount ultimately realized may differ materially from the carrying value as of the balance sheet date. If upon completion of the assessment, the estimated fair value of the underlying collateral is less than the net carrying value of the investment, a reserve is recorded with a corresponding charge to a credit provision. The reserve is maintained at a level that is determined to be adequate by management to absorb probable losses. Income recognition is suspended for an investment at the earlier of the date at which payments become 90-days past due or when, in the opinion of the Company, a full recovery of income and principal becomes doubtful. When the ultimate collectability of the principal of an impaired investment is in doubt, all payments are applied to principal under the cost recovery method. When the ultimate collectability of the principal of an impaired investment is not in doubt, contractual interest is recorded as interest income when received, under the cash basis method until an accrual is resumed when the investment becomes contractually current and performance is demonstrated to be resumed. Interest accrued and not collected will be reversed against interest income. An investment is written off when it is no longer realizable and/or legally discharged. As of September 30, 2017, the Company did not have any impaired CRE debt investments.
Investments in Unconsolidated Ventures
The Company will review its investments in unconsolidated ventures for which the Company did not elect the fair value option on a quarterly basis, or more frequently as necessary, to assess whether there are any indicators that the value may be impaired or that its carrying value may not be recoverable. An investment is considered impaired if the projected net recoverable amount over the expected holding period is less than the carrying value. In conducting this review, the Company will consider U.S. and global macroeconomic factors, including real estate sector conditions, together with investment specific and other factors. To the extent an impairment has occurred and is considered to be other than temporary, the loss will be measured as the excess of the carrying value of the investment over the estimated fair value and recorded in equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated ventures in the consolidated statements of operations. As of September 30, 2017, the Company did not have any investments in unconsolidated ventures for which the Company did not elect the fair value option.
Organization and Offering Costs
The Advisor Entities, or their affiliates, are entitled to receive reimbursement for organization and offering costs paid on behalf of the Company in connection with the Offering. The Company is obligated to reimburse the Advisor Entities, or their affiliates, as applicable, for organization and offering costs to the extent the aggregate of selling commissions, dealer manager fees, distribution fees and other organization and offering costs do not exceed 15.0% of gross offering proceeds from the Offering. The Company records organization and offering costs each period based upon an allocation determined by the expectation of total organization and offering costs to be reimbursed. Organization costs are recorded as an expense in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and offering costs are recorded as a reduction to equity.
Equity-Based Compensation
The Company accounts for equity-based compensation awards using the fair value method, which requires an estimate of fair value of the award at the time of grant. All fixed equity-based awards to directors, which have no vesting conditions other than time of service, are amortized to compensation expense over the awards’ vesting period on a straight-line basis. Equity-based compensation is classified within general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations.
Income Taxes
The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code and to operate as such, commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2016. The Company had little or no taxable income prior to electing REIT status. To maintain its qualification as a REIT, the Company must meet certain organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement to distribute at least 90% of the Company’s annual REIT taxable income to its stockholders (which is computed without regard to the dividends-paid deduction or net capital gain and which does not necessarily equal net income as calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP). As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to federal income tax to the extent it distributes qualifying dividends to its stockholders. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, it will be subject to federal income tax on its taxable income at regular corporate income tax rates and generally will not be permitted to qualify for treatment as a REIT for federal income tax purposes for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification is lost unless the Internal Revenue Service grants the Company relief under certain statutory provisions. Such an event could materially adversely affect the Company’s net income and net cash available for distribution to stockholders. However, the Company intends to operate in such a manner as to qualify for treatment as a REIT.


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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Equity Method Accounting—In March 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-07, Investments - Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), Simplifying the Transition to the Equity Method of Accounting, which amends several aspects of the accounting for equity-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities and classification on the statements of cash flows. The guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. The Company adopted the new guidance prospectively on January 1, 2017 and the adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
Credit Losses—In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses, which changes the impairment model for most financial instruments by requiring companies to recognize an allowance for expected losses, rather than incurred losses as required currently by the other-than-temporary impairment model. The guidance will apply to most financial assets measured at amortized cost and certain other instruments, including trade and other receivables, loans, held-to-maturity debt securities, net investments in leases and off-balance-sheet credit exposures (e.g., loan commitments). The new guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019 and will be applied as a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings as of the effective date. The Company is currently assessing the potential effect the adoption of this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
Cash Flow Classifications—In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows: Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments, which makes eight targeted changes to how cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within those fiscal years. If an entity early adopts the amendments in an interim period, any adjustments should be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. The new guidance requires adoption on a retrospective basis unless it is impracticable to apply, in which case the company would be required to apply the amendments prospectively as of the earliest date practicable. The Company does not believe that this guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
Restricted Cash—In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows: Restricted Cash, which requires entities to show the changes in the total of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. Entities will no longer present transfers between cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. The guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company early adopted the new guidance prospectively on January 1, 2017 and the adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
Business Combinations—In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01, Clarifying the definition of a business, which amends the guidance for determining whether a transaction involves the purchase or disposal of a business or an asset. The amendments clarify that when substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired or disposed of is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets, the set of transferred assets and activities is not a business. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning December 15, 2017. The amendments in this update will be applied on a prospective basis. The Company expects that acquisitions of real estate or in-substance real estate will not meet the revised definition of a business because substantially all of the fair value is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or group of similar identifiable assets (i.e. land, buildings, and related intangible assets). A significant difference between the accounting for an asset acquisition and a business combination is that transaction costs are capitalized for an asset acquisition, rather than expensed for a business combination. The Company plans to adopt the standard on its required effective date of January 1, 2018. The Company does not believe that this guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
Derecognition of Partial Sales of Nonfinancial Assets—In February 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-05, Clarifying the Scope of Asset Derecognition and Accounting for Partial Sales of Nonfinancial Assets, which clarifies the scope and application of recently established guidance on recognition of gains and losses from derecognition of non-financial assets, and defines in-substance non-financial assets.  In addition, the guidance clarifies the accounting for partial sales of non-financial assets to be more consistent with the accounting for sale of a business. Specifically, in a partial sale to a non-customer, when a non-controlling interest is received or retained, the latter is considered a non-cash consideration and measured at fair value, which would result in full gain or loss recognized upon sale. The effective date for this guidance is January 1, 2018, with early adoption permitted beginning January 1, 2017.  The Company plans to adopt the standard using the modified retrospective approach. The Company does not believe that this guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.


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3.
Investment in Unconsolidated Venture
The following is a description of the Company’s investment in an unconsolidated venture, which the Company has elected to account for under the fair value option.
1285 Avenue of the Americas Venture
As of September 30, 2017, the Company held a non-controlling interest of approximately 1.0% in 1285 Avenue of the Americas (“1285 AoA”), a 1.8 million square foot Class-A office building located in midtown Manhattan. The remainder of the building is owned by institutional investors and funds affiliated with the Company’s Sub-advisor. The acquisition was part of an approximately $1.65 billion transaction in May 2016 that was sourced by RXR, the Company’s Co-sponsor and affiliate of its Sub-advisor. The purchase was approved by the Company’s board of directors, including all of its independent directors.
The Company’s investment is accounted for as a cost method investment, for which the Company has elected the fair value option. As of September 30, 2017, the carrying value of the Company’s investment in an unconsolidated venture was $5.5 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recognized equity in earnings of the unconsolidated venture of $494,963, comprising dividends received of $134,774 and an increase in fair value of the investment of $360,189.
4.
Real Estate Debt Investment
The following table presents the Company’s real estate debt investments as of September 30, 2017:
Asset type:
 
Count
 
Principal
Amount
 
Carrying Value
 
Spread over LIBOR(1)
 
Floating Rate as % of Principal Amount
Mezzanine loans(2)(3)
 
2
 
$
35,000,000

 
$
34,811,111

 
9.39
%
 
100.0
%
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(1)
Represents weighted average spread over LIBOR, based on principal amount.
(2)
Includes a $15.0 million mezzanine loan interest acquired through joint ventures with affiliates of RXR and an unaffiliated third party. The Company’s proportionate interest of the loan is 63.3%, representing $9.5 million of the principal amount. The Company consolidates the loan and records a non-controlling interest for the ownership of RXR and an unaffiliated third party. Refer to Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—Principles of Consolidation,” for further information.
(3)
Includes a $20.0 million mezzanine loan interest, net of unamortized origination fee, originated through a joint venture with an affiliate of RXR. The Company’s proportionate interest of the loan is 60.0%, representing $12.0 million of the principal amount. The Company consolidates the loan and records a non-controlling interest for the ownership of RXR. Refer to Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—Principles of Consolidation,” for further information.
The following is a description of the Company’s real estate debt investments:
In May 2017, the Company, through a subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, completed the acquisition of a $9.5 million interest in a $15.0 million mezzanine loan through a joint venture with RXR Real Estate Value Added Fund - Fund III LP (together with its parallel funds, “VAF III”), an affiliate of RXR who acquired a $0.5 million interest in the loan, and an unaffiliated third party, who originated the loan and retained the remaining $5.0 million interest in the loan. The loan is secured by a pledge of an ownership interest in a retail development project located in Times Square, New York. The loan bears interest at a floating rate of 9.25% over the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), and had an initial maturity in November 2017, with two one-year extension options available to the borrower. In September 2017, the borrower exercised its right to extend the term of the loan until November 2018.
In August 2017, the Company, through a subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, completed the origination of a $12.0 million pari passu interest in a $20.0 million mezzanine loan, secured by a pledge of an ownership interest in a luxury condominium development project located in the West Village of New York City. The Company completed the investment through a partnership with VAF III, which contributed the remaining $8.0 million of the loan origination. The loan bears interest at a floating rate of 9.5% over the one-month LIBOR, with a LIBOR ceiling of 1.5%. The loan had a 1.0% origination fee and has an initial term of three years, with two one-year extension options available to the borrower.


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5.
Related Party Arrangements
Advisor Entities
Subject to certain restrictions and limitations, the Advisor Entities are responsible for managing the Company’s affairs on a day-to-day basis and for identifying, acquiring, originating and asset managing investments on behalf of the Company. The Advisor Entities may delegate certain of their obligations to affiliated entities, which may be organized under the laws of the United States or foreign jurisdictions. References to the Advisor Entities include the Advisor Entities and any such affiliated entities. For such services, to the extent permitted by law and regulations, the Advisor Entities receive fees and reimbursements from the Company, of which the Sub-advisor generally receives 50% of all fees and up to 25% of all reimbursements. Pursuant to the advisory agreement, the advisor may defer or waive fees in its discretion.
In February 2017, the Advisor amended and restated its advisory agreement (the “Amended Advisory Agreement”) with the Company for a term ending June 30, 2017, which eliminated the acquisition fees and disposition fees payable to the Advisor Entities, and reduced the monthly asset management fee payable to the Advisor Entities from one-twelfth of 1.25% to one-twelfth of 1.0% (as discussed further below). On March 17, 2017, the Company entered into a second amended and restated sub-advisory agreement with its Sub-advisor for a term ending June 30, 2017, which reflected the amendments to the fees in the Amended Advisory Agreement. In June 2017, the Amended Advisory Agreement and the sub-advisory agreement were renewed for an additional one-year term commencing on June 30, 2017, with terms identical to those in effect through June 30, 2017.
The Company pays the Sub-advisor, or its affiliates, development, leasing, property management and construction related service fees that are usual and customary for owners and operators in the geographic area of the property. Below is a description of the fees and reimbursements in effect commencing on February 7, 2017 incurred to the Advisor Entities.
Fees to Advisor Entities
Asset Management Fee
In February 2017, the Amended Advisory Agreement reduced the monthly asset management fee payable to one-twelfth of 1.0% of the cost of investment or sum of the amount funded or allocated for CRE investments, including expenses and any financing attributable to such investments, less any principal received on debt and securities investments (or the proportionate share thereof in the case of an investment made through a joint venture). Prior to that date, the Advisor Entities received a monthly asset management fee equal to one-twelfth of 1.25% of the cost of investments.
Incentive Fee
The Advisor, or its affiliates, is entitled to receive distributions equal to 15.0% of net cash flows of the Company, whether from continuing operations, repayment of loans, disposition of assets or otherwise, but only after stockholders have received, in the aggregate, cumulative distributions equal to their invested capital plus a 6.0% cumulative, non-compounded annual pre-tax return on such invested capital.
Acquisition Fee
In February 2017, the Amended Advisory Agreement eliminated the acquisition fees payable to the Advisor Entities. Prior to that date, the Advisor Entities were entitled to receive fees for providing structuring, diligence, underwriting advice and related services in connection with real estate acquisitions equal to 2.25% of each real estate property acquired by the Company, including acquisition costs and any financing attributable to an equity investment (or the proportionate share thereof in the case of an indirect equity investment made through a joint venture or other investment vehicle) and 1.0% of the amount funded or allocated by the Company to acquire or originate CRE debt investments, including acquisition costs and any financing attributable to such investments (or the proportionate share thereof in the case of an indirect investment made through a joint venture or other investment vehicle). From inception through February 2017, the Advisor Entities waived $0.1 million of acquisition fees.
Disposition Fee
In February 2017, the Amended Advisory Agreement eliminated the disposition fees payable to the Advisor Entities. Prior to that date, the Advisor Entities were entitled to receive a disposition fee equal to 2.0% of the contract sales price of each property sold and 1.0% of the contract sales price of each CRE debt investment sold or syndicated for substantial assistance in connection with the sale of investments and based on the services provided, as determined by the Company’s independent directors. From inception through February 2017, no disposition fees were incurred or paid.


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Reimbursements to Advisor Entities
Operating Costs
The Advisor Entities are entitled to receive reimbursement for direct and indirect operating costs incurred by the Advisor Entities in connection with administrative services provided to the Company. The Advisor Entities allocate, in good faith, indirect costs to the Company related to the Advisor Entities and their affiliates’ employees, occupancy and other general and administrative costs and expenses in accordance with the terms of, and subject to the limitations contained in, the advisory agreement with the Advisor Entities. The indirect costs include the Company’s allocable share of the Advisor Entities compensation and benefit costs associated with dedicated or partially dedicated personnel who spend all or a portion of their time managing the Company’s affairs, based upon the percentage of time devoted by such personnel to the Company’s affairs. The indirect costs also include rental and occupancy, technology, office supplies, travel and entertainment and other general and administrative costs and expenses also allocated based on the percentage of time devoted by personnel to the Company’s affairs. However, there is no reimbursement for personnel costs related to executive officers (although there may be reimbursement for certain executive officers of the Advisor) and other personnel involved in activities for which the Advisor Entities receive an acquisition fee or a disposition fee. The Advisor Entities allocate these costs to the Company relative to its and its affiliates’ other managed companies in good faith and has reviewed the allocation with the Company’s board of directors, including its independent directors. The Advisor Entities update the board of directors on a quarterly basis of any material changes to the expense allocation and provide a detailed review to the board of directors, at least annually, and as otherwise requested by the board of directors. The Company reimburses the Advisor Entities quarterly for operating costs (including the asset management fee) based on a calculation for the four preceding fiscal quarters not to exceed the greater of: (i) 2.0% of its average invested assets; or (ii) 25.0% of its net income determined without reduction for any additions to reserves for depreciation, loan losses or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets for that period (the “2%/25% Guidelines”). Notwithstanding the above, the Company may reimburse the Advisor Entities for expenses in excess of this limitation if a majority of the Company’s independent directors determines that such excess expenses are justified based on unusual and non-recurring factors. The Company calculates the expense reimbursement quarterly based upon the trailing twelve-month period.
Organization and Offering Costs
The Advisor Entities are entitled to receive reimbursement for organization and offering costs paid on behalf of the Company in connection with the Offering. The Company is obligated to reimburse the Advisor Entities, as applicable, for organization and offering costs to the extent the aggregate of selling commissions, dealer manager fees, distribution fees and other organization and offering costs do not exceed 15% of gross proceeds from the Offering. The Company shall not reimburse the Advisor Entities for any organization and offering costs that the Company’s independent directors determine are not fair and commercially reasonable to the Company. The Company records organization and offering costs each period based on an allocation of expected total organization and offering costs to be reimbursed. Organization costs are recorded in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and offering costs were recorded as a reduction to equity.
Dealer Manager
Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fees and Distribution Fees
Pursuant to a dealer manager agreement, the Company pays the Dealer Manager selling commissions of up to 7.0% of gross proceeds from the sale of Class A Shares and up to 2.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Class T Shares issued in the Primary Offering, all of which are reallowed to participating broker-dealers. The Company pays the Dealer Manager a dealer manager fee of up to 3.0% of gross proceeds from the sale of Class A Shares and up to 2.75% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Class T Shares issued in the Primary Offering, a portion of which is typically reallowed to participating broker-dealers and paid to certain employees of the Dealer Manager. No selling commissions or dealer manager fees are paid for the sale of Class I Shares. The Dealer Manager may enter into participating dealer agreements that provide for the Dealer Manager to pay a distribution fee of up to 2.0% over a maximum eight-year period in connection with the sale of Class I Shares in the Primary Offering. The Company will not reimburse the Dealer Manager for its payment of these fees and such fees will be subject to the limitations on underwriting compensation under applicable Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) rules.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

In addition, the Company pays the Dealer Manager a distribution fee of up to 1.0% annually of gross proceeds from the sale of Class T Shares issued in the Primary Offering, all of which are reallowed to participating broker-dealers. The Dealer Manager will cease receiving distribution fees with respect to each Class T Share upon the earliest of the following to occur: (i) a listing of the Company’s shares of common stock on a national securities exchange; (ii) such Class T Share is no longer outstanding; (iii) the Dealer Manager’s determination that total underwriting compensation with respect to all Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares would be in excess of 10% of the gross proceeds of the Primary Offering; or (iv) the end of the month in which total underwriting compensation, with respect to Class T Shares issued in connection with the Primary Offering held by a stockholder within his or her particular account would be in excess of 10% of the stockholder’s total gross investment amount at the time of purchase of the primary Class T Shares held in such account.
No selling commissions or dealer manager fees are paid for sales pursuant to the DRP or the Company’s distribution support agreement (“Distribution Support Agreement”).
Summary of Fees and Reimbursements
The following table presents the fees and reimbursements incurred to the Advisor Entities and the Dealer Manager for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and the amount due to related party as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
Type of Fee or Reimbursement
 
 
 
Due to Related Party as of December 31, 2016
 
Nine Months Ended 
 September 30, 2017
 
Due to Related Party as of September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)
 
Financial Statement Location
 
 
Incurred
 
Paid
 
Fees to Advisor Entities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Asset management
 
Asset management and other fees-related party
 
$
619

 
$
144,084

 
$
117,594

 
$
27,109

Reimbursements to Advisor Entities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Operating costs(1)
 
General and administrative expenses
 
56,075

 
130,448

 
126,561

 
59,962

   Organization(2)
 
General and administrative expenses
 
1,436

 
11,161

 
10,193

 
2,404

   Offering(2)
 
Cost of capital(3)
 
27,174

 
212,060

 
193,679

 
45,555

Selling commissions
 
Cost of capital(3)
 

 
828,700

 
828,700

 

Dealer Manager Fees
 
Cost of capital(3)
 

 
607,783

 
607,783

 

Distribution Fees
 
Cost of capital(3)
 
143,526

 
11,202

 
60,730

 
93,998

Total
 
 
 
$
228,830

 
$
1,945,438

 
$
1,945,240

 
$
229,028

_______________________________________
(1)
As of September 30, 2017, the Advisor Entities have incurred unreimbursed operating costs on behalf of the Company of $12.2 million that remain eligible to allocate to the Company.
(2)
As of September 30, 2017, the Advisor Entities have incurred unreimbursed organization and offering costs on behalf of the Company of $5.6 million that remain eligible to allocate to the Company.
(3)
Cost of capital is included in net proceeds from issuance of common stock in the Company’s consolidated statements of equity.
Distribution Support Agreement
Pursuant to the Distribution Support Agreement, NorthStar Realty, which is now a subsidiary of Colony NorthStar, and RXR committed to purchase 75% and 25%, respectively, of up to an aggregate of $10.0 million in shares of the Company’s common stock at a current offering price for Class A Shares, net of selling commissions and dealer manager fees, if cash distributions exceed modified funds from operations (as computed in accordance with the definition established by the Investment Program Association and adjusted for certain items) to provide additional funds to support distributions to stockholders. On December 23, 2015, NorthStar Realty and RXR purchased 164,835 and 54,945 shares of the Company’s Class A Shares for $1.5 million and $0.5 million, respectively, under the Distribution Support Agreement to satisfy the minimum offering requirement, which reduced the total commitment. From inception through September 30, 2017, pursuant to the Distribution Support Agreement, NorthStar Realty and RXR agreed to purchase an additional 2,399 and 800 shares of the Company’s Class A Shares, respectively, for an aggregate amount of approximately $29,000.
In November 2016, the Company’s board of directors amended and restated the Distribution Support Agreement to extend the term of the Distribution Support Agreement for the period ending upon the termination of the primary portion of the Offering.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Investments
The Company expects to acquire more than a majority of its investments through joint venture arrangements with VAF III, an institutional real estate investment fund affiliated with RXR, or future funds or investment entities advised by affiliates of RXR. The Chief Executive Officer of RXR is a member of the Company’s board. As of September 30, 2017, all of the Company’s investments were structured through joint venture arrangements with VAF III.
NorthStar Realty and Investment in RXR Equity
In December 2013, NorthStar Realty, which is now a subsidiary of Colony NorthStar, entered into a strategic transaction with RXR. The investment in RXR includes an approximate 27% equity interest. As a result of Colony NorthStar’s equity interest in RXR, Colony NorthStar may be entitled to certain fees in connection with RXR’s investment management business.
In March 2017, Colony NorthStar, through an affiliate, committed $25.0 million to VAF III, an affiliate of RXR, for the purposes of investing in commercial real estate located in New York City. As of September 30, 2017, Colony NorthStar has funded $7.6 million to VAF III, and had a remaining unfunded commitment of $17.4 million.
Sub-advisor Fees
Affiliates of the Company’s Sub-advisor provide leasing and management services for the property underlying the Company’s unconsolidated venture investment in 1285 AoA. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company’s indirect share of management fees incurred by the unconsolidated venture was approximately $35,000. Refer to Note 3, “Investment in Unconsolidated Venture” to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of the Company’s investment in an unconsolidated venture.
6.
Equity-Based Compensation
The Company adopted a long-term incentive plan (the “Plan”), which it may use to attract and retain qualified officers, directors, employees and consultants, as well as an independent directors compensation plan, which is a component of the Plan. All stock issued under the Plan will consist of Class A Shares unless the board of directors of the Company determines otherwise. The Company currently intends to issue awards only to its independent directors under the Plan. The Company accounts for its equity-based compensation awards using the fair value method, which requires an estimate of fair value of the award at the time of grant. All fixed equity-based awards to directors, which have no vesting conditions other than time of service, are amortized to compensation expense over the vesting period on a straight-line basis. Equity-based compensation is recorded in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
Pursuant to the Plan, the Company granted Class A Shares of restricted common stock to its three independent directors concurrent with when the Company made its first investment in May 2016. As of September 30, 2017, the Company’s independent directors have been granted a cumulative total of 30,000 Class A Shares of restricted common stock for an aggregate value of $0.3 million, based on the share price on the date of each grant. The restricted common stock granted vests quarterly over two years. However, the stock will become fully vested on the earlier occurrence of: (i) the termination of the independent director’s service as a director due to his or her death or disability; or (ii) a change in control of the Company.
The Company recognized equity-based compensation expense of $37,917 and $9,479 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $95,160 and $9,479 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, related to the issuance of restricted stock to the independent directors, which was recorded in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. As of September 30, 2017, unvested shares totaled 15,000.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

7.
Stockholders’ Equity
Common Stock from Primary Offering
The following table presents Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares the Company issued, and the corresponding gross proceeds generated, in connection with its Primary Offering for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, year ended December 31, 2016 and the period from inception through September 30, 2017 (in thousands):
 
 
Class A Shares
Class T Shares
Class I Shares
Nine months ended September 30, 2017
 
 
 
 
Shares issued
 
867

1,414

15

Gross proceeds
 
$
8,679

$
13,507

$
136

Year ended December 31, 2016
 
 
 
 
Shares issued
 
501

296

74

Gross proceeds
 
$
5,007

$
2,831

$
669

Inception through September 30, 2017
 
 
 
 
Shares issued
 
1,587

1,710

89

Gross proceeds
 
$
15,686

$
16,338

$
805

In November 2016, the Company’s board of directors approved an extension of the Offering by one year to February 9, 2018. The board has the right to further extend or terminate the Offering at any time, as permitted by applicable law and regulation.
Distribution Reinvestment Plan
The Company adopted the DRP through which common stockholders may elect to reinvest an amount equal to the distributions declared on their shares in additional shares of the same class, in lieu of receiving cash distributions, at a price equal to $9.81 per Class A Share, $9.27 per Class T Share and $9.10 per Class I Share until the Company establishes an estimated value per share for each class of share. Once established, shares issued pursuant to the DRP will be priced at 97% of the estimated value per share for each class of the common stock, as determined by the Advisor Entities or other firms chosen for that purpose. Pursuant to amended FINRA Rule 2310, the Company expects to establish an estimated value per share for each class of share from and after 150 days following the second anniversary of breaking escrow in the offering and annually thereafter. No selling commissions, dealer manager fees or distribution fees are paid on shares issued pursuant to the DRP. The amount available for distributions on all Class T Shares will be reduced by the amount of distribution fees payable with respect to the Class T Shares issued in the Primary Offering. The board of directors of the Company may amend, suspend or terminate the DRP for any reason upon ten-days’ notice to participants, except that the Company may not amend the DRP to eliminate a participant’s ability to withdraw from the DRP.
From inception through September 30, 2017, the Company raised gross proceeds of $46,359 pursuant to the DRP.
Distributions
Distributions to stockholders are declared quarterly by the board of directors of the Company and, for the three months ended September 30, 2017, were paid monthly based on a daily amount of $0.000273973 per Class A Share and Class I Share, and $0.000273973 per Class T Share less the distribution fees that are payable with respect to such Class T Shares, which was equivalent to an annualized distribution amount of $0.10 per share of the Company’s common stock, less the distribution fee on Class T Shares. Cash distribution rates per share are not adjusted for the retroactive impact of the stock distributions issued in January and May 2017.
On August 10, 2017, the board of directors of the Company approved a daily cash distribution of $0.000753425 per share of common stock for each of the three months ended December 31, 2017, less the distribution fees that are payable with respect to Class T Shares.
Distributions are generally paid to stockholders on the first business day of the month following the month for which the distribution has accrued.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

The following table presents distributions declared for the nine months ended September 30, 2017:
 
Distributions(1)
Period
Cash
 
DRP
 
Total
2017
 
 
 
 
 
January
$
4,906

 
$
2,977

 
$
7,883

February
4,829

 
2,962

 
7,791

March
5,857

 
3,485

 
9,342

April
6,226

 
3,999

 
10,225

May
7,380

 
5,715

 
13,095

June
8,046

 
7,052

 
15,098

July
8,895

 
7,689

 
16,584

August
9,291

 
7,898

 
17,189

September
9,356

 
7,789

 
17,145

Total
$
64,786

 
$
49,566

 
$
114,352

_______________________________________
(1)
Represents distributions declared for the period, even though such distributions are actually paid to stockholders the month following such period.
Share Repurchase Program
The Company adopted a share repurchase program that may enable stockholders to sell their shares to the Company in limited circumstances (the “Share Repurchase Program”). The Company may not repurchase shares unless a stockholder has held shares for one year. However, the Company may repurchase shares held less than one year in connection with a stockholder’s death or disability (as disability is defined in the Internal Revenue Code) and after receiving written notice from the stockholder or the stockholder’s estate. The Company is not obligated to repurchase shares pursuant to the Share Repurchase Program. The Company may amend, suspend or terminate the Share Repurchase Program at its discretion at any time, subject to certain notice requirements.
Stock Distributions
In April 2016, the board of directors of the Company approved a special stock distribution to all common stockholders of record on the close of business on the earlier of: (a) the date by which the Company raises $100 million pursuant to the Offering and (b) December 31, 2016. On January 4, 2017, the Company issued the stock distribution to stockholders of record as of December 31, 2016 in the amount of 38,293, 14,816 and 3,676 Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares, respectively, based on 5.0% of the outstanding shares of each share class. On December 31, 2016, the Company reduced its retained earnings by the par value of the Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares declared to be issued or $383, $148 and $37, respectively.
In November 2016, the board of directors of the Company authorized an additional special stock distribution to all stockholders of record of Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares on the close of business on the earlier of: (a) the date on which the Company raises $25 million from the sale of shares pursuant to the Offering or (b) a date determined in the Company’s management’s discretion, but in any event no earlier than January 1, 2017 and no later than December 31, 2017, in an amount equal in value to 10.0% of the current gross offering price of each issued and outstanding Class A Share, Class T Share and Class I Share on the applicable date. The Company received and accepted subscriptions in the Offering in an aggregate amount in excess of $25 million on May 16, 2017, which became the record date. On May 22, 2017, the Company issued the stock distribution to stockholders of record as of May 16, 2017 in the amount of 133,341, 130,752 and 8,672 Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares, respectively. In May 2017, the Company reduced its retained earnings by the par value of the Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares declared to be issued or $1,333, $1,308 and $87, respectively.
The Company has retroactively adjusted net income (loss) per share and distributions declared per share data for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 to reflect the impact of the stock distributions. No selling commissions or dealer manager fees were paid in connection with the shares issued from the special stock distributions.
8.
Non-controlling Interest
Operating Partnership
Non-controlling interest includes the special limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership held by the Special Unit Holder and is recorded as its non-controlling interest on the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2017 and December 31,


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

2016. Income (loss) attributable to the non-controlling interest is based on the Special Unit Holder’s share of the Operating Partnership’s income (loss) and was a de minimus amount for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.
Other
Other non-controlling interest represents third party equity interest in ventures that are consolidated within the Company’s financial statements. Net income attributable to the other non-controlling interest holders was approximately $369,619 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017. There was no net income attributable to the other non-controlling interest holders for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016.
9.
Fair Value
Fair Value Measurement
The fair value of financial instruments is categorized based on the priority of the inputs to the valuation technique and categorized into a three-level fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). If the inputs used to measure the financial instruments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets are categorized based on the inputs to the valuation techniques as follows:
Level 1.
Quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market.
Level 2.
Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on the following:
a)
Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets.
b)
Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in non-active markets.
c)
Pricing models whose inputs are observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
d)
Pricing models whose inputs are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
Level 3.
Prices or valuation techniques based on inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.
Investments for which fair value is measured using the NAV as a practical expedient are not categorized within the fair value hierarchy.
Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
The following is a description of the valuation technique used to measure fair value of assets accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis and the general classification of the investment pursuant to the fair value hierarchy.
Investment in Unconsolidated Venture
The Company accounts for its equity investment in 1285 AoA through an unconsolidated venture at fair value based upon its share of the NAV of the underlying investment companies (the “1285 Investment Companies”). The Company continuously reviews the NAV provided by the 1285 Investment Companies, which were created solely for the purpose of pooling investor capital to invest in the 1285 AoA property. There is no active market for the Company’s ownership interest in the 1285 Investment Companies and any sale of the Company’s ownership interests is generally restricted and subject to approval by the general partner of the 1285 Investment Companies. Distributions from 1285 AoA will generally be received on a monthly basis.
As of September 30, 2017, the fair value of the Company’s investment in an unconsolidated venture was $5.5 million. As the Company utilizes NAV to determine fair value as a practical expedient, the Company will not present its investment in 1285 AoA within the fair value hierarchy.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Fair Value of Financial Instruments
In addition to the above disclosures regarding financial assets or liabilities which are recorded at fair value, U.S. GAAP requires disclosure of fair value about all financial instruments. The following disclosure of estimated fair value of financial instruments was determined by the Company using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret market data and develop estimated fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company could realize on disposition of the financial instruments. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on estimated fair value.
The following table presents the principal amount, carrying value and fair value of certain financial assets as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
 
September 30, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
 
Principal
Amount
 
Carrying
Value
 
Fair Value
 
Principal
Amount
 
Carrying
Value
 
Fair Value
Financial assets:(1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real estate debt investments(2)(3)
$
35,000,000

 
$
34,811,111

 
$
35,000,000

 
$

 
$

 
$

____________________________________________
(1)
The fair value of other financial instruments not included in this table is estimated to approximate their carrying value.
(2)
Includes a $15.0 million mezzanine loan interest acquired through joint ventures with affiliates of RXR and an unaffiliated third party. The Company’s proportionate interest of the loan is 63.3%, representing $9.5 million of the principal amount. The Company consolidates the investment and records a non-controlling interest for the ownership of RXR and the unaffiliated third party.
(3)
Includes a $20.0 million mezzanine loan interest, net of unamortized origination fee, originated through a joint venture with an affiliate of RXR. The Company’s proportionate interest of the loan is 60.0%, representing $12.0 million of the principal amount. The Company consolidates the investment and records a non-controlling interest for the ownership of RXR.
Disclosure about fair value of financial instruments is based on pertinent information available to management as of the reporting date. Although management is not aware of any factors that would significantly affect fair value, such amounts have not been comprehensively revalued for purposes of these consolidated financial statements since that date and current estimates of fair value may differ significantly from the amounts presented herein.
Real Estate Debt Investments
For the CRE debt investments, fair value was approximated by comparing the current yield to the estimated yield for newly originated loans with similar credit risk or the market yield at which a third party might expect to purchase such investment. Fair value was determined assuming fully-extended maturity regardless of structural or economic tests required to achieve such extended maturity. As of the reporting date, the Company believes the principal amount approximates fair value. These fair value measurements of CRE debt are generally based on unobservable inputs and, as such, are classified as Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
10.
Segment Reporting
The Company currently conducts its business through the following three segments, which are based on how management reviews and manages its business:
Commercial Real Estate Debt - CRE debt investments may include subordinate loans and participations in such loans and preferred equity interest.
Commercial Real Estate Equity - CRE equity investments will primarily be high-quality commercial real estate concentrated in the New York metropolitan area with a focus on office and mixed-use properties and a lesser emphasis on multifamily properties. These investments may include direct and indirect ownership in real estate and real estate assets that may or may not be structurally senior to a third party partner’s equity.
Corporate - The corporate segment includes corporate level asset management and other fees - related party and general and administrative expenses.
The presentation of the Company’s segment reporting includes investments held directly or indirectly through joint ventures.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)

The following tables present selected results of operations of the Company’s segments for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017:
Three Months Ended September 30, 2017
 
Real Estate Debt
 
Real Estate Equity
 
Corporate
 
Total
Interest income
 
$
776,291

 
$

 
$

 
$
776,291

Other income
 

 

 
14,901

 
14,901

Transaction costs
 
(24,514
)
 

 

 
(24,514
)
Asset management and other fees - related party
 

 

 
(71,327
)
 
(71,327
)
General and administrative expenses
 
(12,310
)
 

 
(95,779
)
 
(108,089
)
Income (loss) before equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated venture
 
739,467

 

 
(152,205
)
 
587,262

Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated venture
 

 
45,136

 

 
45,136

Net income (loss)
 
$
739,467

 
$
45,136

 
$
(152,205
)
 
$
632,398


Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
 
Real Estate Debt
 
Real Estate Equity
 
Corporate
 
Total
Interest income
 
$
1,015,787

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,015,787

Other income
 

 

 
42,636

 
42,636

Transaction costs
 
(130,134
)
 

 

 
(130,134
)
Asset management and other fees - related party
 

 

 
(144,084
)
 
(144,084
)
General and administrative expenses
 
(14,245
)
 

 
(249,266
)
 
(263,511
)
Income (loss) before equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated venture
 
871,408

 

 
(350,714
)
 
520,694

Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated venture
 

 
494,963

 

 
494,963

Net income (loss)
 
$
871,408

 
$
494,963

 
$
(350,714
)
 
$
1,015,657


The following table presents total assets by segment as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
Total Assets
 
Real Estate Debt
 
Real Estate Equity
 
Corporate(1)
 
Total
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)
 
$
35,073,139

 
$
5,533,264

 
$
4,903,575

 
$
45,509,978

December 31, 2016
 

 
5,173,075

 
5,472,068

 
10,645,143

_______________________________________
(1)
Includes cash and cash equivalents, unallocated receivables, and other assets, net.
11.
Subsequent Events
Common Stock from Primary Offering
For the period from October 1, 2017 through November 9, 2017, the Company issued 133,894 Class A Shares, 233,520 Class T Shares and 20,329 Class I Shares, representing gross proceeds of $1.3 million, $2.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively.
Distributions
On November 9, 2017, the board of directors of the Company approved a daily cash distribution of $0.000753425 per share of common stock for each of the three months ended March 31, 2018. Distributions are generally paid to stockholders on the first business day of the month following the month for which the distribution was accrued.


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Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Item 1. “Financial Statements” of this report. References to “we,” “us” or “our” refer to NorthStar/RXR New York Metro Real Estate, Inc. and its subsidiaries unless the context specifically requires otherwise.
Introduction
We were formed to acquire a high-quality commercial real estate, or CRE, portfolio concentrated in the New York metropolitan area, and in particular New York City, with a focus on office, mixed-use properties and a lesser emphasis on multifamily properties. We intend to complement this strategy by originating and acquiring: (i) CRE debt, including subordinate loans and participations in such loans and preferred equity interests; and (ii) joint ventures and partnership interests in CRE related investments. We were formed on March 21, 2014 as a Maryland corporation and elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Internal Revenue Code, commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2016.
We are externally managed and have no employees. Prior to January 11, 2017, we were managed by an affiliate of NorthStar Asset Management Group Inc. (NYSE: NSAM), or NSAM. Effective January 10, 2017, NSAM completed its previously announced merger with Colony Capital, Inc., or Colony, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., or NorthStar Realty, and Colony NorthStar, Inc., or Colony NorthStar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NSAM, which we refer to as the mergers, with Colony NorthStar surviving the mergers and succeeding NSAM as our one of our co-sponsors. As a result of the mergers, Colony NorthStar became an internally-managed equity REIT, with a diversified real estate and investment management platform and publicly-traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “CLNS.” CNI NS/RXR Advisors, LLC, as successor to NSAM J-NS/RXR Ltd, or our Advisor, is now a subsidiary of Colony NorthStar. Our Advisor manages our day-to-day operations pursuant to an advisory agreement. The mergers had no material impact on our operations.
Colony NorthStar manages capital on behalf of its stockholders, as well as institutional and retail investors in private funds, non-traded and traded REITs and registered investment companies. As of September 30, 2017, Colony NorthStar had approximately $57.1 billion of assets under management, including Colony NorthStar’s balance sheet investments and third party managed investments.
We are sub-advised by RXR NTR Sub-Advisor LLC, or our Sub-advisor, a Delaware limited liability company and a subsidiary of our other co-sponsor, RXR Realty LLC, or RXR. RXR is a New York-based, approximately 450-person, vertically integrated real estate operating and development company with expertise in a wide array of value creation activities, including distressed investments, uncovering value in complex transactions, structured finance investments and real estate development. RXR’s core growth strategy is focused on New York City and the surrounding tri-state area markets. The RXR platform manages 74 commercial real estate properties and investments with an aggregate gross asset value of approximately $17.7 billion, comprising approximately 23.7 million square feet of commercial operating properties and approximately 6,000 multifamily and for sale units in various stages of development in the New York Metropolitan area as of September 30, 2017, adjusted for transactions through October 18, 2017. Gross asset value compiled by RXR in accordance with company’s fair value measurement policy and is comprised of capital invested by RXR and its partners, as well as leverage.
Our Advisor and Sub-advisor are collectively referred to as our Advisor Entities. We, our Advisor and our Sub-advisor entered into a sub-advisory agreement delegating certain investment responsibilities of our Advisor to our Sub-advisor. Colony NorthStar and RXR are each referred to as a Co-sponsor and collectively as our Co-sponsors.
Our primary investment types will be as follows:
Commercial Real Estate Equity - Our CRE equity investments will primarily be high-quality commercial real estate concentrated in the New York metropolitan area with a focus on office and mixed-use properties and a lesser emphasis on multifamily properties. These investments may include direct and indirect ownership in real estate and real estate assets that may or may not be structurally senior to a third party partner’s equity.
Commercial Real Estate Debt - Our CRE debt investments may include subordinate loans and participations in such loans and preferred equity interests.
Commercial Real Estate Securities - Our CRE securities investments may include commercial mortgage backed securities, or CMBS, backed by real estate in the New York metropolitan area and may include collateralized debt obligation, or CDO, notes and other securities.
We believe that our targeted investment types are complementary to each other due to their overlapping sources of investment opportunities, common reliance on real estate fundamentals and ability to apply similar portfolio management and servicing skills


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to maximize value and to protect shareholder capital. We believe our Advisor Entities’ platform and experience provide us the flexibility to invest across the real estate capital structure.
On March 28, 2014, as part of our formation, we issued 16,667 shares of common stock to NorthStar Realty, which is now a subsidiary of Colony NorthStar, and 5,556 shares of common stock to a subsidiary of RXR for $0.2 million, all of which were subsequently renamed Class A common stock, or the Class A Shares. On February 9, 2015, our registration statement on Form S-11 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, was declared effective to offer a minimum of $2.0 million and a maximum of $2.0 billion in shares of common stock in a continuous, public offering, of which up to $1.8 billion was offered pursuant to our primary offering, or Primary Offering, at a purchase price of $10.1111 per Class A Share and $9.5538 per share of Class T common stock, or the Class T Shares, and up to $200.0 million pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan, or our DRP, at a purchase price of $9.81 per Class A Share and $9.27 per Class T Share.
On December 23, 2015, we commenced operations by satisfying our minimum offering requirement in our Primary Offering as a result of NorthStar Realty and RXR purchasing $1.5 million and $0.5 million in Class A Shares, respectively.
On August 22, 2016, we filed a post-effective amendment to our registration statement that reclassified our common stock offered pursuant to the registration statement into Class A Shares, Class T Shares and shares of Class I common stock, or the Class I Shares. The SEC declared the post-effective amendment effective on October 26, 2016. Pursuant to the registration statement, as amended, we are offering for sale up to $1.8 billion in shares of common stock at a price of $10.1111 per Class A Share, $9.5538 per Class T Share and $9.10 per Class I Share in the Primary Offering, and up to $200.0 million in shares under the DRP at a price of $9.81 per Class A Share, $9.27 per Class T Share and $9.10 per Class I Share. The Primary Offering and the DRP are herein collectively referred to as the Offering. We retained NorthStar Securities, LLC, or NorthStar Securities, an affiliate of our Advisor and one of our Co-sponsors, to serve as the dealer manager, or our Dealer Manager, for our Primary Offering. Our Dealer Manager is also responsible for marketing our shares being offered pursuant to our Primary Offering. Our board of directors has the right to reallocate shares between our Primary Offering and our DRP.
In November 2016, our board of directors approved an extension of the Offering by one year to February 9, 2018. Our board has the right to further extend or terminate the Offering at any time, as permitted by applicable law and regulation.
From inception through November 9, 2017, we raised total gross proceeds of $36.7 million pursuant to our Offering, including gross proceeds of $96,236 pursuant to our DRP.
Our Investments
The following table presents our investments as of September 30, 2017:
Investment Type
 
Count (1)
 
Principal
Amount/Cost
 
% of Total Investments
Real Estate Equity
 

 
 
 
 
Operating Real Estate
 
 
 
 
 
 
Class-A Office Building
 
1
 
$
11,030,895

(2) 
33.9
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CRE Debt
 

 
 
 
 
Mezzanine Loans
 
2
 
21,500,000

(3) 
66.1
%
Total
 
3
 
$
32,530,895

 
100.0
%
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(1)
For real estate equity, the count represents the number of properties. For CRE debt, the count represents the number of respective financial instruments.
(2)
Represents our proportionate share of the gross purchase price (including financing), deferred costs and other assets underlying our investment in an unconsolidated venture.
(3)
Represents our proportionate share of the mezzanine loan principal underlying our real estate debt investments.
Commercial Real Estate Equity
Overview
Our CRE equity investments are expected to be primarily high-quality commercial real estate concentrated in the New York metropolitan area with a focus on office and mixed-use properties and a lesser emphasis on multifamily properties. These investments may include direct and indirect ownership in real estate and real estate assets that may or may not be structurally senior to a third party partner’s equity.


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Our Portfolio
As of September 30, 2017, our CRE equity investment portfolio consisted of an approximately 1.0% unconsolidated non-controlling interest in a 1.8 million square foot Class-A office building located at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, or 1285 AoA, in midtown Manhattan. The remainder of the building is owned by institutional investors and funds affiliated with our Co-sponsor, RXR. As of September 30, 2017, 1285 AoA was 100% occupied with a weighted average lease term of 10.9 years.
The following table presents our real estate property investment through an unconsolidated venture as of September 30, 2017:
Property Type
 
Number of Properties
 
Gross Cost(1)
 
Carrying Value(2)
 
Capacity
 
Primary Locations
Class-A Office Building
 
1
 
$
11,030,895

 
$
5,533,264

 
1,790,570

square feet
 
New York, NY
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(1)
Represents our proportionate share of the gross purchase price (including financing), deferred costs and other assets of the unconsolidated venture.
(2)
Represents the fair value of our equity investment in the unconsolidated venture.
Commercial Real Estate Debt
Our CRE debt investments may include subordinate loans and participations in such loans and preferred equity interests.
In May 2017, we, through a subsidiary of NorthStar/RXR Operating Partnership, LP, or our Operating Partnership, completed the acquisition of a $9.5 million interest in a $15.0 million mezzanine loan through a joint venture with RXR Real Estate Value Added Fund - Fund III LP, or together with its parallel funds, VAF III, an affiliate of RXR who acquired a $0.5 million interest in the loan, and an unaffiliated third party, who originated the loan and retained the remaining $5.0 million interest in the loan. The loan is secured by a pledge of an ownership interest in a retail development project located in Times Square, New York. The loan bears interest at a floating rate of 9.25% over the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, and had an initial maturity in November 2017, with two one-year extension options available to the borrower. In September 2017, the borrower exercised its right to extend the term of the loan until November 2018.
In August 2017, we, through a subsidiary of our Operating Partnership, completed the origination of a $12.0 million pari passu interest in a $20.0 million mezzanine loan, secured by a pledge of an ownership interest in a luxury condominium development project located in the West Village of New York City. We completed the investment through a partnership with VAF III, which contributed the remaining $8.0 million of the loan origination. The loan bears interest at a floating rate of 9.5% over the one-month LIBOR, with a LIBOR ceiling of 1.5%. The loan had a 1.0% origination fee and has an initial term of three years, with two one-year extension options available to the borrower.
The following table presents a summary of our CRE debt investments as of September 30, 2017:
Investment Type:
 
Count
 
Principal
Amount(1)
 
Carrying
Value(2)
 
Spread
over
LIBOR(3)
Mezzanine loans
 
2
 
$
21,500,000

 
$
21,386,667

 
9.39
%
_______________________________________
(1)
Represents our proportionate share of the mezzanine loan principal underlying our real estate debt investments.
(2)
Represents our proportionate share of the carrying value of our real estate debt investments, net of unamortized origination fee.
(3)
Represents weighted average spread over LIBOR, based on principal amount.
Sources of Operating Revenues and Cash Flows
We expect to primarily generate revenue from rental income and interest income. Rental and escalation income will be generated from our operating real estate for the leasing of space to various tenants. The leases will be for fixed terms of varying length and generally provide for annual rentals and expense reimbursements to be paid in monthly installments. Rental income from leases will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the respective leases. Interest income will be generated from our CRE debt and securities investments. Additionally, we record equity in earnings for CRE investments which we may own through unconsolidated ventures.
Profitability and Performance Metrics
We calculate Funds from Operations, or FFO, as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, and Modified Funds from Operations, or MFFO, as defined by the Investment Program Association, or IPA, to evaluate the profitability and performance of our business.


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Outlook and Recent Trends
The U.S. economy continues to demonstrate positive underlying fundamentals, with moderate gross domestic product, or GDP, growth and improving employment conditions. The Federal Reserve’s June 2017 decision to raise the federal funds rate for the fourth time in almost a decade reflects a consensus that the economic foundation driving the current expansion remains sound, as well as a belief that the labor market is close to or already at full employment, resulting in wage growth and consumer confidence. The Bureau of Economic Analysis revised U.S. real gross domestic product to an increase of 3.1% in the second quarter, and released an advance estimate of a 3.0% increase in the third quarter, driven by strong consumer spending, nonresidential fixed investment and exports (source: Bureau of Economic Analysis). Although some market participants believe that higher interest rates may potentially reduce investor demand in the broader commercial real estate market, significant increases across long-term rates have yet to materialize, as the 10-year Treasury note rate remained steady at 2.33% at quarter-end, reflecting the market’s belief in a conservative longer-run inflation rate while the economy continues to strengthen (source: YCharts).
With major stock indexes at all-time highs and corporate earnings generally exceeding estimates, investor sentiment reflects increased confidence in the global economy. The markets have reacted positively since the U.S. presidential election, with the S&P 500 up 18.2% and the ten-year Treasury note’s yield up 27.2% (source: Yahoo Finance). While difficult to know for certain, it appears the markets have concluded the combination of a Trump presidency and a Republican-controlled Congress will lead to higher growth and more government spending (primarily on infrastructure and defense), less regulation (particularly on financial services institutions) and lower taxation (particularly on corporations). While some market participants believe that higher interest rates may potentially reduce investor demand in the broader commercial real estate market, we expect real estate prices and returns to remain attractive.
New York
We believe the New York real estate market remains poised for growth, as a rising population and improving labor market are bolstered by a renewed focus on infrastructure spending from all levels of government. The U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent estimate indicates the City’s population was approximately 8.5 million as of July 2016, which represents an increase of approximately 4.4% over the April 2010 decennial census, equaling a pace of growth not witnessed since the 1920’s (source: U.S. Census Bureau). The New York City labor market also remains strong and continues to retain approximately 4.4 million non-farm jobs (source: New York State Department of Labor). New York City also hit a milestone in the third quarter as financial services employment reached its pre-financial crisis level, while New York City’s unemployment rate increased to 5.0% in September (source: New York State Department of Labor). Although a comprehensive infrastructure plan has yet to emerge, it remains a priority of the Trump administration, and the U.S. Senate Minority Leader, a Democratic senator representing New York, has also expressed strong support for infrastructure spending. In the interim, New York City is already undergoing a large-scale transformation through significant public infrastructure investments, including the opening of the first subway expansion funded by New York City in 60 years, the connection of the Long Island Railroad with Grand Central Terminal and major improvements to local bridges, tunnels, harbors and airports. In addition, New York City has a number of “shovel ready” projects poised to attract investment, including the redevelopment of LaGuardia Airport and Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed redevelopment of John F. Kennedy Airport. We believe the combination of population growth, the expanding labor market and public infrastructure spending may reinforce New York City’s competitive advantages and support continued private sector growth.
We believe the New York City office market is in a state of equilibrium and the New York metropolitan area will remain a strong market for commercial real estate investing in the United States. New York City continues to attract strong international investment in real estate and a disproportionate share of foreign capital flows as compared to other major U.S. cities. More than half of the investment volume to date in 2017 was attributable to overseas capital, nearly doubling the rolling 10-year proportionate share of investment volume of 27.8%. Overall investment sales activity in Manhattan was $4.3 billion in the third quarter and totaled approximately $15.1 billion through the first three quarters of the year. This represents a significant decline compared to the quarterly average of $11.2 billion recorded from 2015 through the second quarter of 2017 (source: JLL New York Q3 2017 Quarterly Office Outlook). Although we believe it is unlikely investment sales activity in 2017 will approach the historically high levels of 2015 and 2016, potential sales reported to be currently under contract or in the pipeline could result in a healthy increase in quarter-over-quarter sales activity.
Office Markets
Demand across the three main office submarkets within Manhattan (Midtown, Midtown South and Downtown) continues to remain strong, as Manhattan’s average office asking rents have increased 4.7% per annum over the past five years and now exceed the previous market peak reached in 2008 on a per square foot basis (source: Newmark Knight Frank Manhattan 3Q17 Office Market Report). Furthermore, Manhattan’s vacancy rate decreased by 20 basis points in the third quarter to 9.0%, achieving the lowest vacancy rate of the year. The third quarter also ended with positive net leasing absorption of approximately 2.3 million square feet, marking the second consecutive quarter of positive absorption in all three major sub-markets (source: Cushman & Wakefield MarketBeat Manhattan Office Q3 2017 Report).


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We believe the three main office submarkets are dynamic and may operate independently. In 2016, tenants that relocated in New York City generally sought the highest quality buildings with the most efficient layouts, up-to-date infrastructure, the best available amenities and the best access to public transportation. We expect to see office inventory increase by approximately 15 million square feet over the next five years. Most of this supply will be concentrated in Hudson Yards on the far West Side of Manhattan, at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan and in a handful of other locations in Midtown. We believe the growth of office-using jobs, as well as the ongoing conversion of obsolete office buildings to other uses, will continue to absorb this new supply.
Urban Suburban Markets
RXR has traditionally been a significant player in the New York City suburbs, and we continue to expect to find two main types of attractive investment opportunities in these markets. First, we expect that traditional residential and commercial suburban assets within transit oriented downtowns may see increased demand, as the broader economy recovers and employment improves resulting in the growth of small- and medium-sized service businesses inherent to such suburban markets. In addition, we expect that demand may increase as individuals and companies find themselves priced out of core New York City markets (and, potentially, certain outer borough locations), but continue to desire proximity to the many strengths of the metropolitan region. Second, we believe that a new type of low-density suburban product may prove increasingly desirable to both young people, who seek an urban lifestyle yet appreciate the benefits of the suburbs, and retiring baby boomers, who no longer have the financial and physical wherewithal to maintain large suburban residences and who likely find car-dependent lifestyles more challenging.
New York Metropolitan Area Residential Markets
The Manhattan housing market showed more signs of improvement, with increased sales activity and record pricing in sub-markets that have not experienced significant new development activity. However, sellers and landlords have continued to show a willingness to discount asking prices and rents to secure sales and leases. The number of new Manhattan leases fell year over year for the first time since February, signaling the effectiveness of landlord concessions may have reached their limit. Net effective median rent (rent net of concessions) decreased 0.4% from the same period last year. We believe that the amount of supply and construction at the ultra-luxury end continues to weigh on the market, though there was a 1.0% year-over-year increase in median rents and a 3.2% third quarter increase in median rents for the top 10% of luxury product (source: Douglas Elliman September 2017 Manhattan, Brooklyn & Queens Rentals Report).
We still observe a persistent lack of supply and inventory growth for renters and buyers seeking more affordable options. Brooklyn, New York’s most populous borough with 2.6 million residents, has seen a migration of renters along transportation corridors whose median rents are $650 less than Manhattan. Long Island is faced with an aging supply of multifamily homes: there has been little housing built in the last decade. Westchester also suffers from a limited supply of rental apartments. With the high costs of Manhattan housing and $36 billion of transportation infrastructure development planned in the next two to three years, we believe there will be a significant increase in demand in the surrounding housing markets including Brooklyn, Long Island and Westchester (source: Douglas Elliman September 2017 Manhattan, Brooklyn & Queens Rentals Report).
Our Strategy
Our primary business objective is to acquire high-quality commercial real estate, including value-add real estate investment opportunities in the New York metropolitan area and New York City which will allow us to generate consistent current returns, optimize the risk-return dynamic for our stockholders and realize appreciation opportunities in the portfolio. We may also originate and acquire a diversified portfolio of CRE debt and securities, respectively, secured primarily by collateral in the same geographic area. We will focus on investments which emphasize both current income and capital appreciation, seeking to provide a balanced portfolio that leverages our Advisor Entities’ local expertise and maximizes our ability to pursue a range of opportunities throughout the real estate capital structure. We expect to acquire more than a majority of our investments through joint venture arrangements with VAF III, an institutional real estate investment fund affiliated with RXR, or future funds or investment entities advised by affiliates of RXR. We intend to prudently leverage our real estate assets and other CRE investments in order to diversify our capital and enhance returns. We also believe that our targeted investment types are complementary to each other due to their overlapping sources of investment opportunities, common reliance on CRE fundamentals and ability to apply similar portfolio management and servicing skills to maximize value and to protect shareholder capital.
We believe the combination of our Co-sponsors’ strengths will contribute to our performance. Our Advisor Entities will utilize the personnel, resources and capital of our Co-sponsors to select our investments and manage our day-to-day operations. We believe that we will benefit from our Advisor’s and Sub-advisor’s affiliation with our Co-sponsors given each Co-sponsor’s corporate, investment and operating platforms are well established with significant experience in CRE investing (including management of multiple public companies), allowing us to achieve our investment objectives and create stockholder value.


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We expect to use the net proceeds from our continuous, public offering of a maximum of $2.0 billion in shares of common stock, in any combination of Class A Shares, Class T Shares, Class I Shares and proceeds from other financing sources to carry out our primary business objectives of acquiring, originating and managing our investment portfolio.
The following table presents our investment activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and from inception through November 9, 2017:
 
 
Nine Months Ended
 
From Inception through
Investment Type:
 
September 30, 2017
 
November 9, 2017
Real estate equity(1)
 
$

 
$
11,030,895

CRE Debt(2)
 
21,500,000

 
21,500,000

Total
 
$
21,500,000

 
$
32,530,895

_______________________________________
(1)
Represents our proportionate share of the gross purchase price (including financing), deferred costs and other assets underlying our investment in an unconsolidated venture.
(2)
Represents our proportionate share of the mezzanine loan principal underlying our investments in real estate debt.
Financing Strategy
We intend to use asset-level financing as part of our investment strategy to prudently leverage our investments while managing refinancing and interest rate risk. Our Advisor Entities are responsible for managing such financing and interest rate risk on our behalf. Borrowing levels for commercial real estate investments may change depending upon the nature of the assets and the related financing. Our financing strategy for our real estate will typically be to use long-term, non-recourse mortgage loans. We intend to pursue a variety of financing arrangements such as mortgage notes, credit facilities, securitization financing transactions and other term borrowings. We may, as circumstances warrant, use prudent levels of recourse financing.
Although we will have a limitation on the maximum leverage for our portfolio, which approximates 75% of the aggregate cost of our assets (including cash and cash equivalents and excluding indirect leverage held through our unconsolidated joint venture investments), other than intangibles, before deducting loan loss reserves, other non-cash reserves and depreciation, we do not have a targeted debt-to-equity ratio on an asset-by-asset basis, as we believe the appropriate leverage for the particular assets we finance depends on the specific credit characteristics of each asset. We will use leverage for the sole purpose of financing our investments and diversifying our equity and we will not employ leverage to speculate on changes in interest rates. We also will seek assignable financing when available. Once we have fully invested the proceeds of our Offering, we expect that our financing may approximate 50% of the cost of our investments, excluding indirect leverage held through our unconsolidated joint venture investments, although it may exceed this level during our organization and offering stage. As of September 30, 2017, we had not incurred any leverage.
Our financing strategy for our debt and securities investments will be dependent on our ability to obtain match-funded borrowings at rates that provide a positive net spread, generally using credit facilities and securitization financing transactions.
Portfolio Management
Our Advisor Entities maintain a comprehensive portfolio management process that generally includes day-to-day oversight by the portfolio management and servicing team, regular management meetings and an exhaustive quarterly credit review process. These processes are designed to enable management to evaluate and proactively identify asset-specific credit issues and trends on a portfolio-wide basis. For our joint venture investments, we rely on affiliates of our Sub-advisor to provide certain asset management, property management and/or other services in managing our joint investments. Nevertheless, we cannot be certain that our Advisor Entities’ review will identify all issues within our portfolio due to, among other things, adverse economic conditions or events adversely affecting specific assets; therefore, potential future losses may also stem from investments that are not identified during these credit reviews. Our Advisor Entities, under the direction of the investment committee, use many methods to actively manage our asset base to preserve our income and capital. Credit risk management is the ability of our Advisor Entities to manage our assets in a manner that preserves principal/cost and income and minimizes credit losses that could decrease income and portfolio value. For real estate equity and CRE debt investments, frequent re-underwriting and dialogue with borrowers/partners and regular inspections of our collateral and owned properties have proven to be an effective process for identifying issues early. During the quarterly credit review, or more frequently as necessary, investments are put on highly-monitored status and identified for possible loan loss reserves/asset impairment, as appropriate, based upon several factors, including missed or late contractual payments, significant declines in collateral performance and other data which may indicate a potential issue in our ability to recover our invested capital from an investment. Our Advisor Entities use an experienced portfolio management and servicing team that monitors these factors on our behalf.
Our investments are reviewed on a quarterly basis, or more frequently as necessary, to assess whether there are any indicators that the value of our investments may be impaired or that its carrying value may not be recoverable. In conducting these reviews, we


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consider macroeconomic factors, including real estate sector conditions, together with asset and market specific circumstances among other factors.
Each of our debt investments is secured by CRE collateral and requires customized portfolio management and servicing strategies for dealing with potential credit situations. The business plan may necessitate a lease reserve or interest or other reserves, whether through proceeds from our loans, borrowings, offering proceeds or otherwise, to support lease payments or debt service and capital expenditures during the implementation of the business plan. There may also be a requirement for the borrower, tenant/operator, guarantor or us, to refill these reserves should they become deficient during the applicable period for any reason.
Critical Accounting Policies
Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or U.S. GAAP, which requires the use of estimates and assumptions that involve the exercise of judgment and that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies since the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, which was filed with the SEC on March 21, 2017.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
For recent accounting pronouncements, refer to Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies” in our accompanying consolidated financial statements included in Part I Item 1. “Financial Statements.”
Results of Operations
Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 to September 30, 2016:
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
 
2017
 
2016
 
Amount
 
%
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
 
$
776,291

 
$

 
$
776,291

 
100.0
%
Other income
 
14,901

 

 
14,901

 
100.0
%
Total revenues
 
791,192

 

 
791,192

 
100.0
%
Expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
General and administrative expenses
 
108,089

 
39,771

 
68,318

 
171.8
%
Asset management and other fees - related party
 
71,327

 
15,292

 
56,035

 
366.4
%
Transaction costs
 
24,514

 

 
24,514

 
100.0
%
Total expenses
 
203,930

 
55,063

 
148,867

 
270.4
%
Income (loss) before equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated venture
 
587,262

 
(55,063
)
 
642,325

 
1,166.5
%
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated venture
 
45,136

 
15,029

 
30,107

 
200.3
%
Net income (loss)
 
$
632,398

 
$
(40,034
)
 
$
672,432

 
1,679.7
%
Revenues
Interest income
Interest income represents income earned on CRE debt investments acquired and originated during the second and third quarters of 2017, respectively.
Other income
Other income is earned from cash invested in highly-liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less.
Expenses
Transaction Costs
Transaction costs represent costs such as professional fees associated with new investments and transactions. Transaction costs of approximately $25,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 are a result of costs associated with our investments in real estate debt. There were no transaction costs incurred for the three months ended September 30, 2016.


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Asset Management and Other Fees - Related Party
Asset management and other fees - related party consists of asset management fees on our invested assets.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses are incurred at the corporate level and include auditing and professional fees, director fees, and other costs associated with operating our business which are primarily paid by our Advisor Entities on our behalf in accordance with our advisory and sub-advisory agreements. The reimbursable operating expenses increased in 2017 as a result of higher average invested assets.
Equity in Earnings (Losses) of Unconsolidated Venture
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated venture represents dividends received of approximately $38,000 and an increase in the fair value of our unconsolidated investment of approximately $7,000 as a result of an increase in working capital.
Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 to September 30, 2016:
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
Increase (Decrease)
 
 
2017
 
2016
 
Amount
 
%
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
 
$
1,015,787

 
$

 
$
1,015,787

 
100.0
%
Other income
 
42,636

 

 
42,636

 
100.0
%
Total revenues
 
1,058,423

 

 
1,058,423

 
100.0
%
Expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
General and administrative expenses
 
263,511

 
59,901

 
203,610

 
339.9
%
Asset management and other fees - related party
 
144,084

 
132,460

 
11,624

 
8.8
%
Transaction costs
 
130,134

 

 
130,134

 
100.0
%
Total expenses
 
537,729

 
192,361

 
345,368

 
179.5
%
Income (loss) before equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated venture
 
520,694

 
(192,361
)
 
713,055

 
370.7
%
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated venture
 
494,963

 
11,408

 
483,555

 
4,238.7
%
Net income (loss)
 
$
1,015,657

 
$
(180,953
)
 
$
1,196,610

 
661.3
%
Revenues
Interest income
Interest income represents income earned on CRE debt investments acquired and originated during the second and third quarters of 2017, respectively.
Other income
Other income is earned from cash invested in highly-liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less.
Expenses
Transaction Costs
Transaction costs represent costs such as professional fees associated with new investments and transactions. Transaction costs of $0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 are a result of costs associated with our investments in real estate debt. There were no transaction costs incurred for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.
Asset Management and Other Fees - Related Party
Asset management and other fees - related party consists of asset management fees on our invested assets.
General and Administrative Expenses
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with our advisory and sub-advisory agreements. The reimbursable operating expenses increased in 2017 as a result of higher average invested assets.
Equity in Earnings (Losses) of Unconsolidated Venture
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated venture represents dividends received of approximately $135,000 and an increase in the fair value of our unconsolidated investment of approximately $360,000 as a result of an early tenant lease extension.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We require capital to fund our investment activities, operating activities and to make distributions. We obtain the capital required to acquire and manage our CRE portfolio and conduct our operations from the proceeds of our Offering and any future offerings we may conduct. We may access additional capital from secured or unsecured financings from banks and other lenders and from any undistributed funds from our operations. As of November 9, 2017, we had $7.8 million of investable cash.
If we are unable to raise substantially more funds in our Offering than the minimum offering requirement, we will make fewer investments resulting in less diversification in terms of the type, number and size of investments we make and the value of an investment in us will fluctuate with the performance of the specific assets we acquire. Further, we have certain fixed direct and indirect operating expenses, including certain expenses as a publicly offered REIT, regardless of whether we are able to raise substantial funds in our Offering. Our inability to raise substantial funds would increase our fixed operating expenses as a percentage of gross income, reducing our net income and limiting our ability to make distributions.
We currently have no outstanding borrowings and no commitments from any lender to provide us with financing. Our charter limits us from incurring borrowings that would exceed 300% of our net assets. We cannot exceed this limit unless any excess in borrowing over such level is approved by a majority of our independent directors. We would need to disclose any such approval to our stockholders in our next quarterly report along with the justification for such excess. An approximation of this leverage calculation, excluding indirect leverage held through our unconsolidated joint venture investments, is 75% of our assets, other than intangibles, before deducting loan loss reserves, other non-cash reserves and depreciation. Once we have fully invested the proceeds of our Offering, we expect that our financing will not exceed 50% of the greater of the cost or fair value of our investments, excluding indirect leverage held through our unconsolidated joint venture investments, although it may exceed this level during our organization and offering stage.
In addition to making investments in accordance with our investment objectives, we use our capital resources to make certain payments to our Advisor Entities and our Dealer Manager. During our organization and offering stage, these payments include payments to our Dealer Manager for selling commissions, dealer manager fees and distribution fees and payments to our Dealer Manager and our Advisor Entities, or their affiliates, as applicable, for reimbursement of certain organization and offering costs. However, we will not be obligated to reimburse our Advisor Entities, or their affiliates, as applicable, to the extent that the aggregate of selling commissions, dealer manager fees, distribution fees and other organization and offering costs incurred by us exceed 15% of gross proceeds from our Offering. During our acquisition and development stage, we expect to make payments to our Advisor Entities, or their affiliates, as applicable, in connection with the management of our assets and costs incurred by our Advisor Entities in providing services to us.
We elected to be taxed as a REIT and to operate as a REIT commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2016. To maintain our qualification as a REIT, we will be required to make aggregate annual distributions to our stockholders of at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (computed without regard to the dividends paid deduction and excluding net capital gain). Our board of directors may authorize distributions in excess of those required for us to maintain REIT status depending on our financial condition and such other factors as our board of directors deems relevant. Provided we have sufficient available cash flow, we intend to authorize and declare daily distributions and pay distributions on a monthly basis. We have not established a minimum distribution level.


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Cash Flows
The following presents our consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
 
2017
 
2016
 
Change
Cash flow provided by (used in):
 
 
 
 
 
    Operating activities
$
533,779

 
$
(147,268
)
 
$
681,047

    Investing activities
(29,800,000
)
 
(1,900,000
)
 
(27,900,000
)
    Financing activities
29,193,051

 
1,803,527

 
27,389,524

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
$
(73,170
)
 
$
(243,741
)
 
$
170,571

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to September 30, 2016
Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities of approximately $534,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, primarily related to interest income earned on our CRE debt investments and distributions received from 1285 AoA, partially offset by asset management fees and other operating expenses. Net cash used in operating activities of approximately $147,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, primarily related to asset management and acquisition fees incurred as a result of our investment in 1285 AoA as well as other operating expenses.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities of $29.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, related to the acquisition and origination of two CRE debt investments. Net cash used in investing activities of $1.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, related to our initial investment in 1285 AoA.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities of $29.2 million and $1.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, respectively, related to proceeds from the issuance of common stock, partially offset by distributions paid on our common stock.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of September 30, 2017, we are not dependent on the use of any off-balance sheet financing arrangements for liquidity. We have made an investment in an unconsolidated venture. Refer to Note 3, “Investment in Unconsolidated Venture” in Item 1. “Financial Statements” for a discussion of such unconsolidated venture in our consolidated financial statements. Our exposure to loss is limited to the carrying value of our investment.


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Related Party Arrangements
Advisor Entities
Subject to certain restrictions and limitations, our Advisor Entities are responsible for managing our affairs on a day-to-day basis and for identifying, acquiring, originating and asset managing investments on our behalf. Our Advisor Entities may delegate certain of their obligations to affiliated entities, which may be organized under the laws of the United States or foreign jurisdictions. References to the Advisor Entities include the Advisor Entities and any such affiliated entities. For such services, to the extent permitted by law and regulations, our Advisor Entities receive fees and reimbursements from us, of which our Sub-advisor generally receives 50% of all fees and up to 25% of all reimbursements. Pursuant to the advisory agreement, the advisor may defer or waive fees in its discretion.
We entered into advisory and sub-advisory agreements with our Advisor Entities, which each have a one-year term but may be renewed for an unlimited number of successive one-year periods upon the mutual consent of our Advisor Entities and our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors. In February 2017, our Advisor amended and restated its advisory agreement, or the Amended Advisory Agreement, with us for a term ending June 30, 2017, which eliminated the acquisition fees and disposition fees payable to our Advisor Entities, and reduced the monthly asset management fee payable to our Advisor Entities from one-twelfth of 1.25% to one-twelfth of 1.0% (as discussed further below). On March 17, 2017, we entered into a second amended and restated sub-advisory agreement for a term ending June 30, 2017, which reflected the amendments to the fees in the Amended Advisory Agreement. In June 2017, the Amended Advisory Agreement and the sub-advisory agreement were renewed for an additional one-year term commencing on June 30, 2017, with terms identical to those in effect through June 30, 2017.
We pay our Sub-advisor, or its affiliates, development, leasing, property management and construction related service fees that are usual and customary for owners and operators in the geographic area of the property. Below is a description of the fees and reimbursements in effect commencing on February 7, 2017 incurred to our Advisor Entities.
Fees to Advisor Entities
Asset Management Fee
In February 2017, the Amended Advisory Agreement reduced the monthly asset management fee payable to one-twelfth of 1.0% of the cost of investment or sum of the amount funded or allocated for CRE investments, including expenses and any financing attributable to such investments, less any principal received on debt and securities investments (or our proportionate share thereof in the case of an investment made through a joint venture). Prior to that date, our Advisor Entities received a monthly asset management fee equal to one-twelfth of 1.25% of the cost of investments.
Incentive Fee
Our Advisor, or its affiliates, is entitled to receive distributions equal to 15.0% of our net cash flows, whether from continuing operations, repayment of loans, disposition of assets or otherwise, but only after stockholders have received, in the aggregate, cumulative distributions equal to their invested capital plus a 6.0% cumulative, non-compounded annual pre-tax return on such invested capital.
Acquisition Fee
In February 2017, the Amended Advisory Agreement eliminated the acquisition fees payable to our Advisor Entities. Prior to that date, our Advisor Entities were entitled to receive fees for providing structuring, diligence, underwriting advice and related services in connection with real estate acquisitions equal to 2.25% of each real estate property acquired by us, including acquisition costs and any financing attributable to an equity investment (or our proportionate share thereof in the case of an indirect equity investment made through a joint venture or other investment vehicle) and 1.0% of the amount funded or allocated by us to acquire or originate CRE debt investments, including acquisition costs and any financing attributable to such investments (or our proportionate share thereof in the case of an indirect investment made through a joint venture or other investment vehicle). From inception through February 2017, the Advisor Entities waived $0.1 million of acquisition fees.
Disposition Fee
In February 2017, the Amended Advisory Agreement eliminated the disposition fees payable to our Advisor Entities. Prior to that date, our Advisor Entities were entitled to receive a disposition fee equal to 2.0% of the contract sales price of each property sold and 1.0% of the contract sales price of each CRE debt investment sold or syndicated for substantial assistance in connection with the sale of investments and based on the services provided, as determined by our independent directors. From inception through February 2017, no disposition fees were incurred or paid.


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Reimbursements to Advisor Entities
Operating Costs
Our Advisor Entities are entitled to receive reimbursement for direct and indirect operating costs incurred by our Advisor Entities in connection with administrative services provided to us. Our Advisor Entities allocate, in good faith, indirect costs to us related to our Advisor Entities and their affiliates’ employees, occupancy and other general and administrative costs and expenses in accordance with the terms of, and subject to the limitations contained in, the advisory agreement with our Advisor Entities. The indirect costs include our allocable share of our Advisor Entities compensation and benefit costs associated with dedicated or partially dedicated personnel who spend all or a portion of their time managing our affairs, based upon the percentage of time devoted by such personnel to our affairs. The indirect costs also include rental and occupancy, technology, office supplies, travel and entertainment and other general and administrative costs and expenses also allocated based on the percentage of time devoted by personnel to our affairs. However, there is no reimbursement for personnel costs related to executive officers (although there may be reimbursement for certain executive officers of our Advisor) and other personnel involved in activities for which our Advisor Entities receive an acquisition fee or a disposition fee. Our Advisor Entities allocate these costs to us relative to their and their affiliates’ other managed companies in good faith and have reviewed the allocation with our board of directors, including our independent directors. Our Advisor Entities update the board of directors on a quarterly basis of any material changes to the expense allocation and provide a detailed review to the board of directors, at least annually, and as otherwise requested by the board of directors. We reimburse our Advisor Entities quarterly for operating costs (including the asset management fee) based on a calculation for the four preceding fiscal quarters not to exceed the greater of: (i) 2.0% of our average invested assets; or (ii) 25.0% of our net income determined without reduction for any additions to reserves for depreciation, loan losses or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets for that period, or the 2%/25% Guidelines. Notwithstanding the above, we may reimburse our Advisor Entities for expenses in excess of this limitation if a majority of our independent directors determines that such excess expenses are justified based on unusual and non-recurring factors. We calculate the expense reimbursement quarterly based upon the trailing twelve-month period.
Organization and Offering Costs
Our Advisor Entities are entitled to receive reimbursement for organization and offering costs paid on our behalf in connection with our Offering. We are obligated to reimburse our Advisor Entities, as applicable, for organization and offering costs to the extent the aggregate of selling commissions, dealer manager fees, distribution fees and other organization and offering costs do not exceed 15% of gross proceeds from our Offering. We will not reimburse our Advisor Entities for any organization and offering costs that our independent directors determine are not fair and commercially reasonable to us. We record organization and offering costs each period based on an allocation of expected total organization and offering costs to be reimbursed. Organization costs are recorded in general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations and offering costs were recorded as a reduction to equity.
Dealer Manager
Selling Commissions, Dealer Manager Fees and Distribution Fees
Pursuant to a dealer manager agreement, we pay our Dealer Manager selling commissions of up to 7.0% of gross proceeds from the sale of Class A Shares and up to 2.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Class T Shares issued in our Primary Offering, all of which are reallowed to participating broker-dealers. We pay our Dealer Manager a dealer manager fee of up to 3.0% of gross proceeds from the sale of Class A Shares and up to 2.75% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Class T Shares issued in our Primary Offering, a portion of which is typically reallowed to participating broker-dealers and paid to certain employees of our Dealer Manager. No selling commissions or dealer manager fees are paid for the sale of Class I Shares. Our Dealer Manager may enter into participating dealer agreements that provide for our Dealer Manager to pay a distribution fee of up to 2.0% over a maximum eight-year period in connection with the sale of Class I Shares in the Primary Offering. We will not reimburse the Dealer Manager for its payment of these fees and such fees will be subject to the limitations on underwriting compensation under applicable Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. rules.
In addition, we pay our Dealer Manager a distribution fee of up to 1.0% annually of gross proceeds from the sale of Class T Shares issued in our Primary Offering, all of which are reallowed to participating broker-dealers. Our Dealer Manager will cease receiving distribution fees with respect to each Class T Share upon the earliest of the following to occur: (i) a listing of our shares of common stock on a national securities exchange; (ii) such Class T Share is no longer outstanding; (iii) our Dealer Manager’s determination that total underwriting compensation with respect to all Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares would be in excess of 10% of the gross proceeds of our Primary Offering; or (iv) the end of the month in which total underwriting compensation, with respect to Class T Shares issued in connection with the Primary Offering held by a stockholder within his or her particular account would be in excess of 10% of the stockholder’s total gross investment amount at the time of purchase of the primary Class T Shares held in such account.


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No selling commissions or dealer manager fees are paid for sales pursuant to our DRP or our distribution support agreement, or our Distribution Support Agreement.
Summary of Fees and Reimbursements
The following table presents the fees and reimbursements incurred to our Advisor Entities and our Dealer Manager for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and the amount due to related party as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
Type of Fee or Reimbursement
 
 
 
Due to Related Party as of December 31, 2016
 
Nine Months Ended 
 September 30, 2017
 
Due to Related Party as of September 30, 2017
 
Financial Statement Location
 
 
Incurred
 
Paid
 
Fees to Advisor Entities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Asset management
 
Asset management and other fees-related party
 
$
619

 
$
144,084

 
$
117,594

 
$
27,109

Reimbursements to Advisor Entities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Operating costs(1)
 
General and administrative expenses
 
56,075

 
130,448

 
126,561

 
59,962

   Organization(2)
 
General and administrative expenses
 
1,436

 
11,161

 
10,193

 
2,404

   Offering(2)
 
Cost of capital(3)
 
27,174

 
212,060

 
193,679

 
45,555

Selling commissions
 
Cost of capital(3)
 

 
828,700

 
828,700

 

Dealer Manager Fees
 
Cost of capital(3)
 

 
607,783

 
607,783

 

Distribution Fees
 
Cost of capital(3)
 
143,526

 
11,202

 
60,730

 
93,998

Total
 
 
 
$
228,830

 
$
1,945,438

 
$
1,945,240

 
$
229,028

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(1)
As of September 30, 2017, our Advisor Entities have incurred unreimbursed operating costs on our behalf of $12.2 million that remain eligible to allocate to us.
(2)
As of September 30, 2017, our Advisor Entities have incurred unreimbursed organization and offering costs on our behalf of $5.6 million that remain eligible to allocate to us.
(3)
Cost of capital is included in net proceeds from issuance of common stock in our consolidated statements of equity.
Distribution Support Agreement
Pursuant to our Distribution Support Agreement, NorthStar Realty, which is now a subsidiary of Colony NorthStar, and RXR committed to purchase 75% and 25%, respectively, of up to an aggregate of $10.0 million in shares of our common stock at a current offering price for Class A Shares, net of selling commissions and dealer manager fees, if cash distributions exceed MFFO (as computed in accordance with the definition established by the IPA, and adjusted for certain items) to provide additional funds to support distributions to our stockholders. On December 23, 2015, NorthStar Realty and RXR purchased 164,835 and 54,945 shares of our Class A Shares for $1.5 million and $0.5 million, respectively, under the Distribution Support Agreement to satisfy the minimum offering requirement, which reduced the total commitment. From inception through September 30, 2017, pursuant to the Distribution Support Agreement, NorthStar Realty and RXR agreed to purchase an additional 2,399 and 800 shares of our Class A Shares, respectively, for an aggregate amount of approximately $29,000.
In November 2016, our board of directors amended and restated the Distribution Support Agreement to extend the term of the Distribution Support Agreement for the period ending upon the termination of the primary portion of the Offering.
Investments
We expect to acquire more than a majority of our investments through joint venture arrangements with VAF III, an institutional real estate investment fund affiliated with RXR, or future funds or investment entities advised by affiliates of RXR. The Chief Executive Officer of RXR is a member of our board. As of September 30, 2017, all of our investments were structured through joint venture arrangements with VAF III.
NorthStar Realty and Investment in RXR Equity
In December 2013, NorthStar Realty, which is now a subsidiary of Colony NorthStar, entered into a strategic transaction with RXR. The investment in RXR includes an approximate 27% equity interest. As a result of Colony NorthStar’s equity interest in RXR, Colony NorthStar may be entitled to certain fees in connection with RXR’s investment management business.
In March 2017, Colony NorthStar, through an affiliate, committed $25.0 million to VAF III, an affiliate of RXR, for the purposes of investing in commercial real estate located in New York City. As of September 30, 2017, Colony NorthStar had funded $7.6 million to VAF III, and has a remaining unfunded commitment of $17.4 million.


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Sub-advisor Fees
Affiliates of our Sub-advisor provide leasing and management services for the property underlying our unconsolidated venture investment in 1285 AoA. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, our indirect share of management fees incurred by the unconsolidated venture was approximately $35,000. Refer to Note 3, “Investment in Unconsolidated Venture” in Item 1. “Financial Statements” for further discussion.
Recent Developments
Common Stock from Primary Offering
For the period from October 1, 2017 through November 9, 2017, we issued 133,894 Class A Shares, 233,520 Class T Shares and 20,329 Class I Shares, representing gross proceeds of $1.3 million, $2.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively.
Distributions
On November 9, 2017, our board of directors approved a daily cash distribution of $0.000753425 per share of common stock for each of the three months ended March 31, 2018. Distributions are generally paid to stockholders on the first business day of the month following the month for which the distribution was accrued.
Inflation
Some of our assets and liabilities may be exposed to inflation risk. We expect that substantially all of our leases will allow for annual rent increases based on the relevant consumer price index or other lease provisions and will include operating expense reimbursements. Such leases generally minimize the risks of inflation on our office, mixed-use and multifamily properties. Our CRE debt investments are interest rate sensitive in nature. As a result, interest rates and other factors influence our performance significantly more than inflation does. A change in interest rates may correlate with the inflation rate.
Refer to Item 3. “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” for additional details.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Funds from Operations and Modified Funds from Operations
We believe that FFO and MFFO, both of which are non-GAAP measures, are additional appropriate measures of the operating performance of a REIT and of us in particular. We compute FFO in accordance with the standards established by NAREIT as net income (loss) (computed in accordance with U.S. GAAP), excluding gains (losses) from sales of depreciable property, the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles, real estate-related depreciation and amortization, impairment on depreciable property owned directly or indirectly and after adjustments for unconsolidated ventures.
Changes in the accounting and reporting rules under U.S. GAAP that have been put into effect since the establishment of NAREIT’s definition of FFO have prompted an increase in the non-cash and non-operating items included in FFO. For instance, the accounting treatment for acquisition fees related to business combinations has changed from being capitalized to being expensed. Additionally, publicly registered, non-traded REITs are typically different from traded REITs because they generally have a limited life followed by a liquidity event or other targeted exit strategy. Non-traded REITs typically have a significant amount of acquisition activity and are substantially more dynamic during their initial years of investment and operation as compared to later years when the proceeds from their initial public offering have been fully invested and when they may seek to implement a liquidity event or other exit strategy. However, it is likely that we will make investments past the acquisition and development stage, albeit at a substantially lower pace.
Acquisition fees paid to third parties in connection with the origination and acquisition of debt investments are amortized over the life of the investment as an adjustment to interest income under U.S. GAAP and are therefore included in the computation of net income (loss) and income (loss) before equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated ventures and income tax benefit (expense), both of which are performance measures under U.S. GAAP. We adjust MFFO for the amortization of acquisition fees in the period when such amortization is recognized under U.S. GAAP. Acquisition fees are paid in cash that would otherwise be available to distribute to our stockholders. In the event that proceeds from our Offering are not sufficient to fund the payment or reimbursement of acquisition fees and expenses to our Advisor, such fees would be paid from other sources, including new financing, operating cash flow, net proceeds from the sale of investments or from other cash flow. We believe that acquisition fees incurred by us negatively impact our operating performance during the period in which such investments are originated or acquired by reducing cash flow and therefore the potential distributions to our stockholders. However, in general, we earn origination fees for debt investments from our borrowers in an amount equal to the acquisition fees paid to our Advisor, and as a result, the impact of acquisition fees to our operating performance and cash flow would be minimal.


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Acquisition fees and expenses paid to third parties in connection with the acquisition of equity investments are generally considered expenses and are included in the determination of net income (loss) and income (loss) before equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated ventures and income tax benefit (expense), both of which are performance measures under U.S. GAAP. Such fees and expenses will not be reimbursed by our Advisor or its affiliates and third parties, and therefore, if there are no further proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock to fund future acquisition fees and expenses, such fees and expenses will need to be paid from either additional debt, operating earnings, cash flow or net proceeds from the sale of investments or properties. All paid and accrued acquisition fees and expenses will have negative effects on future distributions to stockholders and cash flow generated by us, unless earnings from operations or net sales proceeds from the disposition of other properties are generated to cover the purchase price of the property, these fees and expenses and other costs related to such property.
Due to certain of the unique features of publicly-registered, non-traded REITs, the IPA, an industry trade group, standardized a performance measure known as MFFO and recommends the use of MFFO for such REITs. Management believes MFFO is a useful performance measure to evaluate our business and further believes it is important to disclose MFFO in order to be consistent with the IPA recommendation and other non-traded REITs. MFFO that adjusts for items such as acquisition fees would only be comparable to non-traded REITs that have completed the majority of their acquisition activity and have other similar operating characteristics as us. Neither the SEC nor any other regulatory body has approved the acceptability of the adjustments that we use to calculate MFFO. In the future, the SEC or another regulatory body may decide to standardize permitted adjustments across the non-listed REIT industry and we may need to adjust our calculation and characterization of MFFO.
MFFO is a metric used by management to evaluate our future operating performance once our organization and offering and acquisition and development stages are complete and is not intended to be used as a liquidity measure. Although management uses the MFFO metric to evaluate future operating performance, this metric excludes certain key operating items and other adjustments that may affect our overall operating performance. MFFO is not equivalent to net income (loss) as determined under U.S. GAAP. In addition, MFFO is not a useful measure in evaluating NAV since an impairment is taken into account in determining NAV but not in determining MFFO.
We define MFFO in accordance with the concepts established by the IPA and adjust for certain items, such as accretion of a discount and amortization of a premium on borrowings and related deferred financing costs, as such adjustments are comparable to adjustments for debt investments and will be helpful in assessing our operating performance. We also adjust MFFO for the non-recurring impact of the non-cash effect of deferred income tax benefits or expenses, as applicable, as such items are not indicative of our operating performance. Similarly, we adjust for the non-cash effect of changes to fair value of unconsolidated ventures. Our computation of MFFO may not be comparable to other REITs that do not calculate MFFO using the same method. MFFO is calculated using FFO. FFO, as defined by NAREIT, is a computation made by analysts and investors to measure a real estate company’s operating performance. The IPA’s definition of MFFO excludes from FFO the following items:
acquisition fees and expenses;
non-cash amounts related to straight-line rent and the amortization of above or below market and in-place intangible lease assets and liabilities (which are adjusted in order to reflect such payments from an accrual basis of accounting under U.S. GAAP to a cash basis of accounting);
amortization of a premium and accretion of a discount on debt investments;
non-recurring impairment of real estate-related investments that meet the specified criteria identified in the rules and regulations of the SEC;
realized gains (losses) from the early extinguishment of debt;
realized gains (losses) on the extinguishment or sales of hedges, foreign exchange, securities and other derivative holdings except where the trading of such instruments is a fundamental attribute of our business;
unrealized gains (losses) from fair value adjustments on real estate securities, including CMBS and other securities, interest rate swaps and other derivatives not deemed hedges and foreign exchange holdings;
unrealized gains (losses) from the consolidation from, or deconsolidation to, equity accounting;
adjustments related to contingent purchase price obligations; and
adjustments for consolidated and unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures calculated to reflect MFFO on the same basis as above.


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Certain of the above adjustments are also made to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, such as for the amortization of a premium and accretion of a discount on debt and securities investments, amortization of fees, any unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives, securities or other investments, as well as other adjustments.
MFFO excludes non-recurring impairment of real estate-related investments. We assess the credit quality of our investments and adequacy of reserves/impairment on a quarterly basis, or more frequently as necessary. Significant judgment is required in this analysis. With respect to debt investments, we consider the estimated net recoverable value of the loan as well as other factors, including but not limited to the fair value of any collateral, the amount and the status of any senior debt, the prospects for the borrower and the competitive situation of the region where the borrower does business. Fair value is typically estimated based on discounting expected future cash flow of the underlying collateral taking into consideration the discount rate, capitalization rate, occupancy, creditworthiness of major tenants and many other factors. This requires significant judgment and because it is based on projections of future economic events, which are inherently subjective, the amount ultimately realized may differ materially from the carrying value as of the balance sheet date. If the estimated fair value of the underlying collateral for the debt investment is less than its net carrying value, a loan loss reserve is recorded with a corresponding charge to provision for loan losses. With respect to a real estate investment, a property’s value is considered impaired if a triggering event is identified and our estimate of the aggregate future undiscounted cash flow to be generated by the property is less than the carrying value of the property. The value of our investments may be impaired and their carrying values may not be recoverable due to our limited life. Investors should note that while impairment charges are excluded from the calculation of MFFO, investors are cautioned that due to the fact that impairments are based on estimated future undiscounted cash flow and the relatively limited term of a non-traded REIT’s anticipated operations, it could be difficult to recover any impairment charges through operational net revenues or cash flow prior to any liquidity event.
We believe that MFFO is a useful non-GAAP measure for non-traded REITs. It is helpful to management and stockholders in assessing our future operating performance once our organization and offering and acquisition and development stages are complete, because it eliminates from net income non-cash fair value adjustments on our real estate securities and acquisition fees and expenses that are incurred as part of our investment activities. However, MFFO may not be a useful measure of our operating performance or as a comparable measure to other typical non-traded REITs if we do not continue to operate in a similar manner to other non-traded REITs, including if we were to extend our acquisition and development stage or if we determined not to pursue an exit strategy.
However, MFFO does have certain limitations. For instance, the effect of any amortization or accretion on debt investments originated or acquired at a premium or discount, respectively, is not reported in MFFO. In addition, realized gains (losses) from acquisitions and dispositions and other adjustments listed above are not reported in MFFO, even though such realized gains (losses) and other adjustments could affect our operating performance and cash available for distribution. Stockholders should note that any cash gains generated from the sale of investments would generally be used to fund new investments. Any mark-to-market or fair value adjustments may be based on many factors, including current operational or individual property issues or general market or overall industry conditions.
Neither FFO nor MFFO is equivalent to net income (loss) or cash flow provided by operating activities determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP and should not be construed to be more relevant or accurate than the U.S. GAAP methodology in evaluating our operating performance. Neither FFO nor MFFO is necessarily indicative of cash flow available to fund our cash needs including our ability to make distributions to our stockholders. FFO and MFFO do not represent amounts available for management’s discretionary use because of needed capital replacement or expansion, debt service obligations or other commitments or uncertainties. Furthermore, neither FFO nor MFFO should be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) as an indicator of our operating performance.


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The following table presents a reconciliation of net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders to FFO and MFFO attributable to common stockholders:
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
Funds from operations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss) attributable to NorthStar/RXR New York Metro Real Estate, Inc. common stockholders
$
345,216

 
$
(40,034
)
 
$
646,038

 
$
(180,900
)
FFO attributable to NorthStar/RXR New York Metro Real Estate, Inc. common stockholders
$
345,216

 
$
(40,034
)
 
$
646,038

 
$
(180,900
)
Modified funds from operations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FFO attributable to NorthStar/RXR New York Metro Real Estate, Inc. common stockholders
$
345,216

 
$
(40,034
)
 
$
646,038

 
$
(180,900
)
Adjustments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acquisition fees and transaction costs
24,514

 

 
130,134

 
110,098

Amortization of origination fee on real estate debt investment

(11,111
)
 

 
(11,111
)
 

Changes to fair value of unconsolidated venture
(7,129
)
 
(7,875
)
 
(360,189
)
 
(4,254
)
MFFO attributable to NorthStar/RXR New York Metro Real Estate, Inc. common stockholders
$
351,490

 
$
(47,909
)
 
$
404,872

 
$
(75,056
)
Distributions Declared and Paid
We generally pay distributions on a monthly basis based on daily record dates. From May 16, 2016 through September 30, 2017, we paid an annualized distribution amount of $0.10 per share of our common stock (not adjusted for the retroactive impact of the stock distributions issued in January and May 2017). In the third quarter, our board of directors approved a daily cash distribution of $0.000753425 per share of common stock for each of the three months ended December 31, 2017, less the distribution fees that are payable with respect to Class T Shares. Distributions are generally paid to stockholders on the first business day of the month following the month for which the distribution has accrued.
The following table presents distributions declared for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and year ended December 31, 2016:
 
 
Nine Months Ended 
 September 30, 2017
 
Year Ended 
 December 31, 2016
Distributions(1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Cash
 
$
64,786

 
 
 
$
19,345

 
 
   DRP
 
49,566

 
 
 
4,582

 
 
Total
 
$
114,352

 
 
 
$
23,927

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sources of Distributions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Funds from Operations
 
$
114,352

 
100
%
 
$
23,927

(2) 
100
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Offering proceeds - Distribution support
 

 
%
 

(3) 
%
   Offering proceeds - Other
 

 
%
 

(3) 
%
Total
 
$
114,352

 
100
%
 
$
23,927

 
100
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash Flow Provided by (Used in) Operations
 
$
533,779

 
 
 
$
(264,000
)
 
 
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(1)
Represents distributions declared for such period, even though such distributions are actually paid to stockholders the month following such period.
(2)
Excluding an unrealized gain of $0.9 million related to an increase in fair value of our unconsolidated venture, Funds from Operations would be less than distributions declared and paid for the year ended December 31, 2016.
(3)
Excluding the effect of the unrealized gain described in footnote (2) above, the distributions declared and paid for the year ended December 31, 2016 were paid from offering proceeds received from Colony NorthStar and RXR pursuant to our Distribution Support Agreement and other offering proceeds totaling $16,085 and $7,842, respectively.
Distributions in excess of our cash flow provided by operations were paid using Offering proceeds related to distribution support and other offering proceeds. Over the long-term, we expect that our distributions will be paid entirely from cash flow provided by operations. However, our operating performance cannot be accurately predicted and may deteriorate in the future due to numerous factors, including our ability to raise and invest capital at favorable yields, the financial performance of our investments in the current real estate and financial environment, the type and mix of our investments and accounting of our investments in


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accordance with U.S. GAAP. Future distributions declared and paid may exceed cash flow provided by operations. To the extent distributions are paid from sources other than FFO, the ownership interest of our public stockholders will be diluted.
Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We will be primarily subject to interest rate risk, credit spread risk and credit risk. These risks will be dependent on various factors beyond our control, including monetary and fiscal policies, domestic and international economic conditions and political considerations. Our market risk sensitive assets, liabilities and related derivative positions will be held for investment and not for trading purposes.
Interest Rate Risk
We may be exposed to changes in interest income from our investments in real estate debt. Our CRE debt investments bear interest at floating rates. The interest rates on our floating-rate assets are fixed spreads over the one-month LIBOR and reprice every 30 days based on LIBOR in effect at the time. Given the frequent and periodic repricing of our floating-rate assets, changes in benchmark interest rates are unlikely to materially affect the value of our floating-rate portfolio. Changes in short-term rates will, however, affect income from our investments.
Credit Spread Risk
The value of our floating-rate investments also changes with market credit spreads. This means that when market-demanded risk premium, or credit spread, increases, the value of our floating-rate assets decreases and vice versa. The floating-rate CRE debt investments are valued based on a market credit spread over the applicable LIBOR. Demand for a higher yield on investments results in higher or “wider” spread over the benchmark rate (usually the applicable U.S. Treasury yield) to value these assets. Under these conditions, the value of our portfolio should decrease. Conversely, if the spread used to value these assets were to decrease or “tighten,” the value of these assets should increase.
Credit Risk
Credit risk in our CRE debt investments relates to each individual borrower’s ability to make required interest and principal payments on scheduled due dates. We seek to manage credit risk through our Advisor Entities’ comprehensive credit analysis prior to making an investment, actively monitoring our portfolio and the underlying credit quality, including subordination and diversification of our portfolio. Our analysis is based on a broad range of real estate, financial, economic and borrower-related factors which we believe are critical to the evaluation of credit risk inherent in a transaction. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, two debt investments contributed more than 10% of interest income.
We are subject to the credit risk of the borrower when we make CRE debt investments. We undertake a rigorous credit evaluation of each borrower prior to making an investment. This analysis includes an extensive due diligence investigation of the borrower’s creditworthiness and business as well as an assessment of the strategic importance of the underlying real estate to the borrower’s core business operations.


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Item 4.    Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of the end of the period covered by this report, management conducted an evaluation as required under Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act).
Based on this evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that it will detect or uncover failures to disclose material information otherwise required to be set forth in the Company’s periodic reports.
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
There have not been any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.



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PART II.    Other Information
Item 1.    Legal Proceedings
We may be involved in various litigation matters arising in the ordinary course of our business. Although we are unable to predict with certainty the eventual outcome of any litigation, in the opinion of management, there are no legal proceedings that are currently expected to have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.
Item 1A.    Risk Factors
There are no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, as filed with the SEC on March 21, 2017, except as noted below.
We have paid and may continue to pay distributions from sources other than our cash flow from operations, including from offering proceeds, and as a result we will have less cash available for investments and your overall return may be reduced.
Our organizational documents permit us to pay distributions to our stockholders from any source, including offering proceeds, borrowings, our Advisor’s or Sub-advisor’s agreement to defer, reduce or waive fees (or accept, in lieu of cash, shares of our common stock) or sales of assets or we may make distributions in the form of taxable stock dividends. We have not established a limit on the amount of proceeds we may use to fund distributions. We have funded our cash distributions paid to date using net proceeds from our offering and we may continue to do so in the future. Until the proceeds from our offering are fully invested and otherwise during the course of our existence, we may not generate sufficient cash flow from operations to fund distributions. We began generating cash flow from operations on May 20, 2016, the date of our first investment. However, in the earlier part of this offering, we expect that all of our distributions will be paid from the proceeds from this offering, including the proceeds from the purchase of shares by Colony NorthStar and RXR pursuant to the distribution support agreement. For the period from inception through September 30, 2017, we declared distributions of $138,279, of which 100% were paid using proceeds from the Offering, including the purchase of additional shares by Colony NorthStar and RXR.
Pursuant to a distribution support agreement, in certain circumstances where our cash distributions exceed our MFFO, NorthStar Realty and RXR have agreed to purchase up to $10.0 million of shares of Class A Shares at $9.10 per share (which includes $2.0 million of Class A Shares purchased by NorthStar Realty and RXR to satisfy the minimum offering amount) to provide additional cash to support distributions to our stockholders. Upon termination or expiration of the distribution support agreement, we may not have sufficient cash available to pay distributions from sources other than our cash flow from operations, including offering proceeds, and as a result we will have less cash available for investments, we may have to reduce our distribution rate, our net asset value may be negatively impacted and your overall return may be reduced.
Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
During the three months ended September 30, 2017, we did not issue any equity securities that were not registered under the Securities Act. All prior sales of unregistered securities have been previously reported on quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual reports on Form 10-K.
Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities
Our registration statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-200617), covering our Offering of up to $1.8 billion in shares of common stock offered pursuant to our Primary Offering and up to $200.0 million in shares of common stock offered pursuant to our DRP was declared effective under the Securities Act on February 9, 2015. We commenced our Offering on the same date and retained NorthStar Securities to serve as our dealer manager of the Offering.
Our shares of common stock are being offered in any combination of the three classes of shares of our common stock: Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares. The offering price for the shares in our Primary Offering is $10.1111 per Class A Share, $9.5538 per Class T Share and $9.10 per Class I Share. Our DRP shares are being offered at $9.81 per Class A Share, $9.27 per Class T Share and $9.10 per Class I Share.
On December 23, 2015, we satisfied the minimum offering amount in our Primary Offering as a result of NorthStar Realty and RXR purchasing $1.5 million and $0.5 million in Class A Shares, respectively, at $9.10 per share.
In April 2016, our board of directors approved a special stock distribution to all common stockholders of record on the close of business on the earlier of: (a) the date by which we raise $100.0 million pursuant to the Offering and (b) December 31, 2016. On January 4, 2017, we issued the stock distribution to stockholders of record as of that date in the amount of 38,293, 14,816 and 3,676 Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares, respectively, equal to 5.0% of the outstanding shares of each share class. On December 31, 2016, we reduced our retained earnings by the par value of Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares


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declared to be issued, which was $383, $148 and $37, respectively. No selling commissions or dealer manager fees were paid in connection with the issuance of the special stock distributions.
In November 2016, our board of directors determined to extend the Offering for one year to February 9, 2018. Our board has the right to further extend or terminate the Offering at any time, as permitted by applicable law and regulation.
In November 2016, our board of directors authorized an additional special stock distribution to all stockholders of record of Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares on the close of business on the earlier of: (a) the date on which we raise $25 million from the sale of shares pursuant to the Offering or (b) a date determined in our management’s discretion, but in any event no earlier than January 1, 2017 and no later than December 31, 2017, in an amount equal in value to 10.0% of the current gross offering price of each issued and outstanding Class A Share, Class T Share and Class I Share on the applicable date. We received and accepted subscriptions in the Offering in an aggregate amount in excess of $25 million on May 16, 2017, which became the record date. On May 22, 2017, we issued the stock distribution to stockholders of record as of May 16, 2017 in the amount of 133,341, 130,752 and 8,672 Class A Shares, Class T Shares and Class I Shares, respectively. No selling commissions or dealer manager fees were paid in connection with the issuance of the special stock distributions.
As of September 30, 2017, we issued the following shares of common stock and raised the following gross proceeds in connection with our Offering (in thousands):
 
Shares
 
Proceeds
Primary Offering
3,386

 
$
32,829

DRP
5

 
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Total
3,391

 
$
32,875

For the period from the commencement of our Offering through September 30, 2017, we issued 3.4 million shares of common stock generating total gross proceeds of $32.9 million pursuant to our Offering, including $46,359 of gross proceeds pursuant to our DRP.
From the commencement of our Offering through September 30, 2017, we incurred $1.2 million in selling commissions, $0.8 million in dealer manager fees, $0.2 million in distribution fees and $0.3 million in other offering costs in connection with the issuance and distribution of our registered securities and $1.5 million of these costs have been reallowed to third parties.
From the commencement of our Offering through September 30, 2017, the net proceeds to us from our Offering, after deducting the total expenses incurred described above, were $30.4 million. From the commencement of our Offering through September 30, 2017, we used proceeds of $4.3 million to purchase an indirect interest in a real estate equity investment, $0.1 million to pay our Advisor Entities acquisition fees in connection with the purchase, $30.1 million to purchase indirect interests in real estate debt investments, and $0.3 million to pay transaction costs incurred in connection with the purchases.
As of September 30, 2017, our Advisor Entities incurred organization and offering costs of $5.8 million on our behalf.
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
We adopted our Share Repurchase Program effective February 9, 2015, which may enable stockholders to sell their shares to us in limited circumstances. We may not repurchase shares unless a stockholder has held shares for at least one year. However, we may repurchase shares held for less than one year in connection with a stockholder’s death or qualifying disability, if the disability is deemed qualifying by our board of directors in their sole discretion and after receiving written notice from the stockholder or the stockholder’s estate. We are not obligated to repurchase shares pursuant to our Share Repurchase Program. We fund repurchase requests received during a quarter with proceeds set aside for that purpose which are not expected to exceed proceeds received from our DRP. However, to the extent that the aggregate DRP proceeds are not sufficient to fund repurchase requests, our board of directors may, in its sole discretion, choose to use other sources of funds. Our board of directors may, in its sole discretion, amend, suspend or terminate our Share Repurchase Program at any time upon ten days’ notice, except that changes in the number of shares that can be repurchased during any calendar year will take effect only upon ten business days’ prior written notice. We may provide written notice by filing a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC and, if we are still engaged in our Offering, we may also provide a notice in a supplement to the prospectus or Post-Effective Amendment filed with the SEC. In addition, our Share Repurchase Program will terminate in the event a secondary market develops for our shares or until our shares are listed on a national exchange or included for quotation in a national securities market.
As of September 30, 2017, we had no repurchase requests.


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Item 6.    Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
 
Description of Exhibit
3.1
 
3.2
 
3.3
 
3.4
 
4.1
 
4.2
 
10.1
 

31.1*
 
31.2*
 
32.1*
 
32.2*
 
101*
 
The following materials from the NorthStar/RXR New York Metro Real Estate, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2017, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2017 (unaudited) and December 31, 2016; (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016; (iii) Consolidated Statements of Equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 (unaudited) and year ended December 31, 2016; (iv) Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016; and (v) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited).
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*
Filed herewith




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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.

 
 
NorthStar/RXR New York Metro Real Estate, Inc.
Date:
November 13, 2017
By:  
/s/ DANIEL R. GILBERT
 
 
 
Name:  
Daniel R. Gilbert
 
 
 
Title:  
Co-Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:  
/s/ FRANK V. SARACINO
 
 
 
Name:  
Frank V. Saracino
 
 
 
Title:  
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer









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