10-Q




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

FORM 10-Q
 

x
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2016
OR
¨
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     
Commission File No. 001-34995
 

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

Maryland
27-1712193
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
3284 Northside Parkway NW, Suite 150, Atlanta, GA 30327
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (770) 818-4100
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No   ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Sec. 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  x    No   ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Large accelerated filer  ¨            Accelerated filer  x            Non-accelerated filer  ¨            Smaller reporting company  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No  x
The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock, as of May 6, 2016 was 23,183,396.




 
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
 
 
 
INDEX
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
Financial Statements
Page No. 
 
 
 
 
 
1

 
 
 
 
2

 
 
 
 
3

 
 
 
 
4

 
 
 
 
6

 
 
 
Item 2.
33

 
 
 
Item 3.
59

 
 
 
Item 4.
60

 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
61

 
 
 
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
61

 
 
 
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
61

 
 
 
Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
61

 
 
 
Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
61

 
 
 
Item 5.
Other Information
61

 
 
 
Item 6.
Exhibits
61

 
 
SIGNATURES
62

 
 
 
 
63






Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
 
 
March 31, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real estate
 
 
 
 
Land
 
$
174,662,174

 
$
141,729,264

Building and improvements
 
908,022,540

 
733,417,442

Tenant improvements
 
6,029,479

 
5,781,199

Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
 
102,159,856

 
86,092,408

Construction in progress
 
814,623

 
609,400

Gross real estate
 
1,191,688,672

 
967,629,713

Less: accumulated depreciation
 
(59,160,582
)
 
(48,155,874
)
Net real estate
 
1,132,528,090

 
919,473,839

Property held for sale (net of accumulated depreciation of $6,034,171 and $5,838,792)
33,666,369

 
33,817,081

Real estate loans, net of deferred fee income
 
169,409,097

 
180,688,293

Real estate loans to related parties, net
 
91,221,265

 
57,313,465

Total real estate and real estate loans, net
 
1,426,824,821

 
1,191,292,678

 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
4,703,505

 
2,439,605

Restricted cash
 
13,597,705

 
12,539,440

Notes receivable
 
12,864,229

 
18,489,247

Note receivable and revolving line of credit to related party
 
26,181,955

 
19,454,486

Accrued interest receivable on real estate loans
 
13,219,191

 
14,294,648

Acquired intangible assets, net of amortization of $31,229,089 and $27,032,157
 
22,094,521

 
19,381,473

Deferred loan costs for revolving line of credit, net of amortization of $836,761 and $791,002
 
443,654

 
488,770

Deferred offering costs
 
5,031,237

 
5,834,304

Tenant receivables (net of allowance of $435,508 and $434,773) and other assets
 
11,874,629

 
11,314,382

 
 
 
 
 
Total assets
 
$
1,536,835,447

 
$
1,295,529,033

 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities and equity
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Mortgage notes payable, principal amount
 
$
818,291,100

 
$
668,836,291

Less: deferred loan costs, net of amortization of $2,587,310 and $2,021,696
 
(10,642,652
)
 
(8,099,517
)
Mortgage notes payable, net of deferred loan costs
 
807,648,448

 
660,736,774

Mortgage note held for sale
 
28,109,000

 
28,109,000

Revolving line of credit
 
17,000,000

 
34,500,000

Term note payable
30,000,000

 

Less: deferred loan costs, net of amortization
(5,611
)
 

Term note payable, net of deferred loan costs
29,994,389

 

Real estate loan participation obligation
 
13,769,962

 
13,544,160

Accounts payable and accrued expenses
 
12,274,575

 
12,644,818

Accrued interest payable
 
2,524,558

 
1,803,389

Dividends and partnership distributions payable
 
7,322,267

 
6,647,507

Acquired below market lease intangibles, net of amortization of $1,932,035 and $1,578,205
 
8,899,620

 
9,253,450

Security deposits and other liabilities
 
3,466,767

 
2,836,145

Total liabilities
 
931,009,586

 
770,075,243

 
 
 
 
 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stockholders' equity
 
 
 
 
Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share; 1,050,000
 
 
 
   shares authorized; 587,219 and 486,182 shares issued; 583,110 and 482,964
 
 
 
shares outstanding at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively
5,831

 
4,830

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share; 400,066,666 shares authorized; 23,063,026 and
 
 
 
  22,761,551 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively
230,630

 
227,616

Additional paid-in capital
621,265,574

 
536,450,877

Accumulated deficit
 
(16,999,449
)
 
(13,698,520
)
Total stockholders' equity
 
604,502,586

 
522,984,803

Non-controlling interest
 
1,323,275

 
2,468,987

Total equity
 
605,825,861

 
525,453,790

 
 
 
 
 
Total liabilities and equity
 
$
1,536,835,447

 
$
1,295,529,033


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
1




Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
Three months ended March 31,
 
2016
 
2015
Revenues:
 
 
 
Rental revenues
$
28,255,599

 
$
13,141,120

Other property revenues
3,760,083

 
1,969,767

Interest income on loans and notes receivable
6,942,159

 
4,875,086

Interest income from related parties
2,777,940

 
1,358,542

Total revenues
41,735,781

 
21,344,515

 
 
 
 
Operating expenses:
 
 
 
Property operating and maintenance
4,021,362

 
2,079,359

Property salary and benefits reimbursement to related party
2,363,463

 
1,117,573

Property management fees (including $1,071,088 and $480,051 to related parties)
1,228,021

 
570,406

Real estate taxes
5,173,441

 
2,076,677

General and administrative
919,952

 
458,204

Equity compensation to directors and executives
610,425

 
590,308

Depreciation and amortization
15,346,726

 
7,945,428

Acquisition and pursuit costs (including $67,131 and $47,005 to related party)
2,652,705

 
423,592

Acquisition fees to related parties
110,880

 
760,300

Asset management fees to related party
2,766,086

 
1,350,890

Insurance, professional fees and other expenses
1,306,981

 
705,552

Total operating expenses
36,500,042

 
18,078,289

 
 
 
 
Contingent asset management and general and administrative expense fees
(269,601
)
 
(345,960
)
 
 
 
 
Net operating expenses
36,230,441

 
17,732,329

 
 
 
 
Operating income
5,505,340

 
3,612,186

Interest expense
8,894,830

 
4,377,115

 
 
 
 
Net loss
(3,389,490
)
 
(764,929
)
 
 
 
 
Consolidated net loss attributable to non-controlling interests
88,561

 
9,699

 
 
 
 
Net loss attributable to the Company
(3,300,929
)
 
(755,230
)
 
 
 
 
Dividends declared to Series A preferred stockholders
(7,881,735
)
 
(3,172,897
)
Earnings attributable to unvested restricted stock
(1,451
)
 
(6,863
)
 
 
 
 
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
$
(11,184,115
)
 
$
(3,934,990
)
 
 
 
 
Net loss per share of Common Stock available to
 
 
 
common stockholders, basic and diluted
$
(0.49
)
 
$
(0.18
)
 
 
 
 
Dividends per share declared on Common Stock
$
0.1925

 
$
0.175

 
 
 
 
Weighted average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding,
 
 
 
basic and diluted
22,983,741

 
21,813,974


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
2




Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity
For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock
 
Common Stock
 
Additional Paid in Capital
 
Accumulated (Deficit)
 
Total Stockholders' Equity
 
Non-Controlling Interest
 
Total Equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at January 1, 2015
 
$
1,928

 
$
214,039

 
$
300,576,349

 
$
(11,297,852
)
 
$
289,494,464

 
$
2,087,410

 
$
291,581,874

Issuance of Units
 
515

 

 
51,468,556

 

 
51,469,071

 

 
51,469,071

Redemptions of Series A Preferred Stock
 
(4
)
 
342

 
(51,279
)
 

 
(50,941
)
 

 
(50,941
)
Issuance of Common Stock
 

 
5,479

 
5,487,828

 

 
5,493,307

 

 
5,493,307

Exercises of warrants
 

 
392

 
115,964

 

 
116,356

 

 
116,356

Syndication and offering costs
 

 

 
(6,269,925
)
 

 
(6,269,925
)
 

 
(6,269,925
)
Equity compensation to executives and directors
 

 
18

 
98,382

 

 
98,400

 

 
98,400

Conversion of Class A Units to Common Stock
 

 
1,042

 
695,050

 

 
696,092

 
(696,092
)
 

Current period amortization of Class B Units
 

 

 

 

 

 
491,908

 
491,908

Net loss
 

 

 

 
(755,230
)
 
(755,230
)
 
(9,699
)
 
(764,929
)
Reallocation adjustment to non-controlling interests
 

 

 
209,799

 

 
209,799

 
(209,799
)
 

Distributions to non-controlling interests
 

 

 

 

 

 
(49,063
)
 
(49,063
)
Dividends to series A preferred stockholders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
($5.00 per share per month)
 

 

 
(3,172,897
)
 

 
(3,172,897
)
 

 
(3,172,897
)
Dividends to common stockholders ($0.175 per share)
 

 

 
(3,850,754
)
 

 
(3,850,754
)
 

 
(3,850,754
)
Balance at March 31, 2015
 
$
2,439

 
$
221,312

 
$
345,307,073

 
$
(12,053,082
)
 
$
333,477,742

 
$
1,614,665

 
$
335,092,407

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at January 1, 2016
 
$
4,830

 
$
227,616

 
$
536,450,877

 
$
(13,698,520
)
 
$
522,984,803

 
$
2,468,987

 
$
525,453,790

Issuance of Units
 
1,010

 

 
100,979,717

 

 
100,980,727

 

 
100,980,727

Redemptions of Series A Preferred Stock
 
(9
)
 

 
(803,938
)
 

 
(803,947
)
 

 
(803,947
)
Exercises of warrants
 

 
1,967

 
1,976,547

 

 
1,978,514

 

 
1,978,514

Syndication and offering costs
 

 

 
(11,642,198
)
 

 
(11,642,198
)
 

 
(11,642,198
)
Equity compensation to executives and directors
 

 
19

 
103,992

 

 
104,011

 

 
104,011

Vesting of restricted stock
 

 
75

 
(75
)
 

 

 

 

Conversion of Class A Units to Common Stock
 

 
953

 
645,248

 

 
646,201

 
(646,201
)
 

Current period amortization of Class B Units
 

 

 

 

 

 
506,414

 
506,414

Net loss
 

 

 

 
(3,300,929
)
 
(3,300,929
)
 
(88,561
)
 
(3,389,490
)
Class A Units issued for property acquisition
 

 

 

 

 

 
5,072,659

 
5,072,659

Reallocation adjustment to non-controlling interests
 

 

 
5,872,628

 

 
5,872,628

 
(5,872,628
)
 

Distributions to non-controlling interests
 

 

 

 

 

 
(117,395
)
 
(117,395
)
Dividends to series A preferred stockholders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
($5.00 per share per month)
 

 

 
(7,881,735
)
 

 
(7,881,735
)
 

 
(7,881,735
)
Dividends to common stockholders ($0.1925 per share)
 

 

 
(4,435,489
)
 

 
(4,435,489
)
 

 
(4,435,489
)
 
 
$
5,831

 
$
230,630

 
$
621,265,574

 
$
(16,999,449
)
 
$
604,502,586

 
$
1,323,275

 
$
605,825,861


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
3



Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
Three months ended March 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
Operating activities:
 
 
 
 
Net loss
 
$
(3,389,490
)
 
$
(764,929
)
Reconciliation of net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
 
Depreciation expense
 
11,203,056

 
5,340,425

Amortization expense
 
4,143,670

 
2,605,003

Amortization of above and below market leases
 
(265,410
)
 
(183,431
)
Deferred fee income amortization
 
(264,197
)
 
(158,817
)
Deferred loan cost amortization
 
691,207

 
347,538

Decrease (increase) in accrued interest income on real estate loans
 
1,075,458

 
(817,449
)
Equity compensation to executives and directors
 
610,425

 
590,308

Deferred cable income amortization
 
(4,616
)
 
(4,936
)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
 
(Increase) decrease in tenant receivables and other assets
 
(86,020
)
 
279,136

(Decrease) increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses
 
(1,267,380
)
 
257,372

Increase in accrued interest payable
 
721,170

 
37,407

Increase in prepaid rents
 
113,055

 
193,338

Increase in security deposits and other liabilities
 
109,187

 
15,038

Net cash provided by operating activities
 
13,390,115

 
7,736,003

 
 
 
 
 
Investing activities:
 
 
 
 
Investments in real estate loans
 
(56,970,287
)
 
(24,279,317
)
Repayments of real estate loans
 
27,695,229

 
5,206,045

Notes receivable issued
 
(3,870,191
)
 
(2,554,590
)
Notes receivable repaid
 
9,505,081

 
7,195,294

Note receivable issued to and draws on line of credit by related party
 
(12,382,910
)
 
(3,880,139
)
Repayments of line of credit by related party
 
5,508,066

 
2,097,135

Acquisition fees received on real estate loans
 
1,403,422

 
439,428

Acquisition fees paid on real estate loans
 
(701,369
)
 
(219,714
)
Acquisition fees paid to real estate loan participants
 

 
(24,665
)
Acquisition of properties
 
(220,850,440
)
 
(76,230,876
)
Additions to real estate assets - improvements
 
(1,461,711
)
 
(466,840
)
Payment of deposits for property acquisitions
 
(2,644,056
)
 
(541,475
)
Decrease in restricted cash
 
1,808,375

 
387,260

Net cash used in investing activities
 
(252,960,791
)
 
(92,872,454
)
 
 
 
 
 
Financing activities:
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from mortgage notes payable
 
151,640,000

 
50,778,000

Payments for mortgage debt
 
(2,185,191
)
 
(670,762
)
Payments for deposits and other mortgage loan costs
 
(3,716,469
)
 
(830,311
)
Proceeds from real estate loan participants
 
67,066

 
3,215,801

Proceeds from lines of credit
 
87,500,000

 
14,400,000

Payments on lines of credit
 
(105,000,000
)
 
(38,900,000
)
Proceeds from Term Loan
 
35,000,000

 
32,000,000

Repayment of the Term Loan
 
(5,000,000
)
 
(13,000,000
)
Proceeds from sales of Units, net of offering costs and redemptions
 
90,090,574

 
44,317,018

Proceeds from sales of Common Stock
 

 
5,381,848

Proceeds from exercises of warrants
 
5,548,468

 
53,945

Common Stock dividends paid
 
(4,314,999
)
 
(3,697,436
)
Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid
 
(7,391,620
)
 
(2,931,927
)
Distributions to non-controlling interests
 
(53,241
)
 
(25,377
)
Payments for deferred offering costs
 
(350,012
)
 
(452,825
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
 
241,834,576

 
89,637,974

 
 
 
 
 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
 
2,263,900

 
4,501,523

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
 
2,439,605

 
3,113,270

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
 
$
4,703,505

 
$
7,614,793

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
4



 
 
 
 
 
Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - continued
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
Three months ended March 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
Supplemental cash flow information:
 
 
 
 
Cash paid for interest
 
$
7,482,453

 
$
3,992,132

 
 
 
 
 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash activities:
 
 
 
 
Accrued capital expenditures
 
$
710,932

 
$
109,603

Writeoff of fully depreciated or amortized assets and liabilities
 
$
26,988

 
$
170,332

Dividends payable - Common Stock
 
$
4,435,489

 
$
3,850,754

Dividends payable - Series A Preferred Stock
 
$
2,769,385

 
$
1,141,403

Partnership distributions payable to non-controlling interests
 
$
117,392

 
$
49,063

Accrued and payable deferred offering costs
 
$
526,659

 
$
518,162

Reclass of offering costs from deferred asset to equity
 
$
1,545,488

 
$
985,679

Fair value issuance of Class A OP Units for contribution of property
 
$
5,072,659

 
$

Extinguishment of land loan for property
 
$
6,250,000

 
$

Fair value issuances of equity compensation
 
$
2,095,545

 
$
1,965,549

Offering cost reimbursement to related party
 
$
96,101

 
$
132,354



The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
5


Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2016



1.
Organization and Basis of Presentation

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. was formed as a Maryland corporation on September 18, 2009, and elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, effective with its tax year ended December 31, 2011. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to the "Company", "we", "us", or "our" refer to Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries, including Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P., or the Operating Partnership. The Company was formed primarily to acquire and operate multifamily properties in select targeted markets throughout the United States. As part of its business strategy, the Company may enter into forward purchase contracts or purchase options for to-be-built multifamily communities and may make real estate related loans, provide deposit arrangements, or provide performance assurances, as may be necessary or appropriate, in connection with the development of multifamily communities and other properties. As a secondary strategy, the Company also may acquire or originate senior mortgage loans, subordinate loans or real estate loans secured by interests in multifamily properties, membership or partnership interests in multifamily properties and other multifamily related assets and invest not more than 20% of its assets in other real estate related investments such as grocery-anchored shopping centers, as determined by its Manager (as defined below) as appropriate for the Company. The Company is externally managed and advised by Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC, or its Manager, a Delaware limited liability company and related party (see Note 7).

As of March 31, 2016, the Company had 23,063,026 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, or Common Stock, issued and outstanding and was the approximate 96.3% owner of the Operating Partnership at that date. The number of partnership units not owned by the Company totaled 886,520 at March 31, 2016 and represented Class A OP Units of the Operating Partnership, or Class A OP Units. The Class A OP Units are convertible at any time at the option of the holder into the Company's choice of either cash or Common Stock. In the case of cash, the value is determined based upon the trailing 20-day volume weighted average price of the Company's Common Stock.

The Company controls the Operating Partnership through its sole general partner interest and conducts substantially all of its business through the Operating Partnership. The Company has determined the Operating Partnership is a variable interest entity, of which the Company is the primary beneficiary. Substantially all of the Company's assets and liabilities are held by the Operating Partnership. New Market Properties, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, owns and conducts the business of the Company's grocery-anchored shopping centers.

Basis of Presentation

These unaudited consolidated financial statements include all of the accounts of the Company and the Operating Partnership presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain adjustments have been made consisting of normal recurring accruals, which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the Company's financial condition and results of operations. The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The year end condensed balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all the disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on March 14, 2016.
    

6

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
March 31, 2016


2.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Acquisitions and Impairments of Real Estate Assets

The Company generally records its initial investments in income-producing real estate at fair value at the acquisition date in accordance with ASC 805-10, Business Combinations, which requires that all consideration transferred be measured at its acquisition-date fair value. The aggregate purchase price of acquired properties is apportioned to the tangible and identifiable intangible assets and liabilities acquired at their estimated fair values. The value of acquired land, buildings and improvements is estimated by formal appraisals, observed comparable sales transactions, and information gathered during pre-acquisition due diligence activities and the valuation approach considers the value of the property as if it were vacant. The values of furniture, fixtures, and equipment are estimated by calculating their replacement cost and reducing that value by factors based upon estimates of their remaining useful lives. Intangible assets and liabilities for multifamily communities include the values of in-place leases and above-market or below-market leases. Additional intangible assets for retail properties also include costs to initiate leases such as commissions and legal costs.

In-place lease values for multifamily communities are estimated by calculating the estimated time to fill a hypothetically empty apartment complex to its stabilization level (estimated to be 92% occupancy) based on historical observed move-in rates for each property, and which approximate market rates. Carrying costs during these hypothetical expected lease-up periods are estimated, considering current market conditions and include real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at market rates. The intangible assets are calculated by estimating the net cash flows of the in-place leases to be realized, as compared to the net cash flows that would have occurred had the property been vacant at the time of acquisition and subject to lease-up. The acquired in-place lease values are amortized to operating expense over the average remaining non-cancelable term of the respective in-place leases. The amounts of above-market or below-market lease values are developed by comparing the Company's estimate of the average market rent to the average contract rent of the leases in place at the property acquisition date. This ratio is applied on a lease by lease basis to derive a total asset or liability amount for the property. The above-market or below-market lease values are recorded as a reduction or increase, respectively, to rental revenue over the remaining average non-cancelable term of the respective leases, plus any below market probable renewal options.

The fair values of in-place leases for retail shopping centers represent the value of direct costs associated with leasing, including opportunity costs associated with lost rentals that are avoided by acquiring in-place leases. Direct costs associated with obtaining a new tenant include commissions, legal and marketing costs, incentives such as tenant improvement allowances and other direct costs. Such direct costs are estimated based on our consideration of current market costs to execute a similar lease. The value of opportunity costs is estimated using the estimated market lease rates and the estimated absorption period of the space. These direct costs and opportunity costs are included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as acquired intangible assets and are amortized to expense over the remaining term of the respective leases. The fair values of above-market and below-market in-place leases for retail shopping centers are recorded based on the present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (ii) our estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining term of the leases, taking into consideration the probability of renewals for any below-market leases. The capitalized above-market leases and in place leases are included in the acquired intangible assets line of the consolidated balance sheets. Both above-market and below-market lease values are amortized as adjustments to rental revenue over the remaining term of the respective leases, plus any below market probable renewal options.

Estimating the fair values of the tangible and intangible assets requires us to estimate market lease rates, property operating expenses, carrying costs during lease-up periods, discount and capitalization rates, market absorption periods, and the number of years the property is held for investment. The use of unreasonable estimates would result in an incorrect assessment of our purchase price allocations, which would impact the amount of our reported net income. Acquired intangible assets and liabilities have no residual value.

The Company evaluates its tangible and identifiable intangible real estate assets for impairment when events such as declines in a property’s operating performance, deteriorating market conditions, or environmental or legal concerns bring recoverability of the carrying value of one or more assets into question. The total undiscounted cash flows of the asset group, including proceeds from disposition, are compared to the net book value of the asset group. If this test indicates that impairment exists, an impairment loss is recorded in earnings equal to the shortage of the book value to the discounted net cash flows of the asset group.


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March 31, 2016


Discontinued Operations

The Company evaluates all disposal groups for held-for-sale classification for which such disposal represents (or will represent) a strategic shift which will have a significant effect on the Company's results or operations and financial results.

Loan Coordination Fees

Amendment Number One to the Fifth Amended and Restated Management Agreement, which was effective January 1, 2016, replaced the acquisition fees which were paid to the Manager upon the closing of the acquisition of a property with loan coordination fees. Acquisition fees were recognized in full at the date of acquisition. Loan coordination fees are recognized over the term of the associated loan using the effective interest method.     

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with guidance provided by ASC 505-50, Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees and ASC 718, Stock Compensation. We calculate the fair value of equity compensation instruments at the date of grant based upon estimates of their expected term, the expected volatility of and dividend yield on our Common Stock over this expected term period and the market risk-free rate of return. We also estimate forfeitures of these instruments and accrue the compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, over the vesting period(s). We record the fair value of restricted stock awards based upon the closing stock price on the trading day immediately preceding the date of grant. For awards of equity compensation which have market performance vesting conditions in addition to multiple tranches of service period requirements, the Company utilizes the straight-line expense attribution method.

New Accounting Pronouncements    

In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 ("ASU 2014-09"), Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). ASU 2014-09 provides a single comprehensive revenue recognition model for contracts with customers (excluding certain contracts, such as lease contracts) to improve comparability within industries. ASU 2014-09 requires an entity to recognize revenue to reflect the transfer of goods or services to customers at an amount the entity expects to be paid in exchange for those goods and services and provide enhanced disclosures, all to provide more comprehensive guidance for transactions such as service revenue and contract modifications. ASU 2014-09 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. ASU 2014-09 may be applied using either a full retrospective or a modified approach upon adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this standard may have on its financial statements.

In February 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-02 ("ASU 2015-02"), Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis. This new guidance specifically eliminates the presumption in the current voting model that a general partner controls a limited partnership or similar entity unless that presumption can be overcome. Generally, only a single limited partner that is able to exercise substantive kick-out rights will be required to consolidate the limited partnership. ASU 2015-02 is effective on January 1, 2016 and early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The new standard must be applied using a modified retrospective approach by recording a cumulative-effect adjustment to equity/capital as of the beginning of the period of adoption or retrospectively to each period presented. The Company's adoption of ASU 2015-02 had no impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In January 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-01 ("ASU 2016-01"), Financial Instruments—Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and measurement of Financial Assets and Liabilities. The new standard's applicable provisions to the Company include an elimination of the disclosure requirement of the significant inputs and assumptions underlying the fair value calculations of its financial instruments which are carried at amortized cost. The standard is effective on January 1, 2018, and early adoption is not permitted for the applicable provision. The Company does not expected the adoption of ASU 2016-01 to impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements. 

In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 ("ASU 2016-02"), Leases (ASC 842), which sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract (i.e. lessees and lessors). The new standard requires lessors to account for leases using an approach that is substantially equivalent to existing guidance for sales-type leases, direct financing leases and operating leases. ASC 842 supersedes the previous leases standard, ASC 840 Leases. The standard is effective on January 1, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating

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March 31, 2016


the impact of this new guidance but does not expected its adoption to materially impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements. 

In March 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-09 ("ASU 2016-09"), Compensation—Stock Compensation
(Topic 178): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. The new standard's provisions applicable to the Company include allowing the entity to make an accounting policy election to either estimate the number of awards that are expected to vest or account for forfeitures of equity compensation awards when they occur. Previous guidance required entities to estimate the number of awards that are expected to vest. The standard is effective on January 1, 2017, and the Company adopted ASU 2016-09 on January 1, 2016 pursuant to the allowed early adoption provision. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2016-09 to materially impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements. 

3. Real Estate Assets
The Company's real estate assets consisted of:
 
 
As of:
 
 
3/31/2016
 
12/31/2015
Multifamily communities (1)
 
22

 
19

Units
 
7,300

 
6,136

Retail shopping centers
 
15

 
14

Approximate gross leasable area (2)
 
1,354,000

 
1,279,000

 
 
 
 
 
(1) The acquired second phases of the Trail Creek and Summit Crossing communities are managed in combination with the initial phases of these communities and are therefore considered single properties.
(2) The Company also owns approximately 47,600 square feet of gross leasable area of ground floor retail space which is embedded within the Lenox Portfolio and not included in the totals above.

On September 8, 2015, pursuant to a recommendation by the Company's investment committee, the Company took action to market for sale both phases of its Trail Creek multifamily community located in Hampton, Virginia. On February 24, 2016, a prospective purchaser's earnest money deposit became nonrefundable, subject to lender approval of the purchaser's assumption of the mortgage on Trail Creek held by the Company. As of that date, the Company reclassified the following real estate assets and the mortgage note payable for Trail Creek from its held and used multifamily segment to property held for sale on its consolidated balance sheets.
 
 
3/31/2016
 
12/31/2015
Real estate assets:
 
 
 
 
Land
 
$
4,200,000

 
$
4,200,000

Building and improvements
 
30,883,525

 
30,881,025

Furniture, fixtures and equipment
 
4,617,015

 
4,574,848

Accumulated depreciation
 
(6,034,171
)
 
(5,838,792
)
 
 
 
 
 
Property held for sale
 
$
33,666,369

 
$
33,817,081

 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Mortgage note payable
 
$
28,109,000

 
$
28,109,000



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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
March 31, 2016


The Company acquired the following multifamily communities during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015:
Acquisition date
 
Property
 
Location
 
Approximate purchase price (millions) (1)
 
Units
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1/5/2016
 
Baldwin Park
 
Orlando, Florida
 
$
110.8

 
528

1/15/2016
 
Crosstown Walk
 
Tampa, Florida
 
$
45.8

 
342

2/1/2016
 
Overton Rise
 
Atlanta, Georgia
 
$
61.1

 
294

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,164

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2/13/2015
 
Avenues at Cypress
 
Houston, Texas
 
(2) 

 
240

2/13/2015
 
Avenues at Northpointe
 
Houston, Texas
 
(2) 

 
280

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
520


(1) Purchase prices shown are exclusive of acquired escrows, security deposits, prepaids, and other miscellaneous assets and assumed liabilities.

(2) Avenues at Cypress and Avenues at Northpointe are referred to collectively as the Houston Portfolio, which was acquired for approximately $76.0 million.

The purchase prices approximated the fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities. The Company allocated the purchase prices to the acquired assets and liabilities based upon their fair values, as shown in the following table. These purchase price allocations were based upon the Company's best estimates of the fair values of the acquired assets and liabilities, but are preliminary and are subject to refinement for a period of up to one year from the closing date of each transaction.
 
2016
 
2015
 
Overton Rise
 
Baldwin Park
 
Crosstown Walk
 
Houston Portfolio
Land
$
8,511,370

 
$
17,402,882

 
$
5,178,375

 
$
7,162,226

Buildings and improvements
44,710,034

 
87,105,757

 
33,605,831

 
54,217,075

Furniture, fixtures and equipment
6,286,105

 
3,358,589

 
5,726,583

 
13,078,872

Lease intangibles
1,611,314

 
2,882,772

 
1,323,511

 
1,571,827

Prepaids & other assets
73,754

 
229,972

 
125,706

 
150,326

Escrows
354,640

 
2,555,753

 
291,868

 
362,332

Accrued taxes
(66,422
)
 
(17,421
)
 
(25,983
)
 
(212,601
)
Security deposits, prepaid rents, and other liabilities
(90,213
)
 
(226,160
)
 
(53,861
)
 
(99,181
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets acquired
$
61,390,582

 
$
113,292,144

 
$
46,172,030

 
$
76,230,876

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash paid
$
20,090,582

 
$
35,492,144

 
$
13,632,030

 
$
25,452,876

Mortgage debt
41,300,000

 
77,800,000

 
32,540,000

 
50,778,000

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total consideration
$
61,390,582

 
$
113,292,144

 
$
46,172,030

 
$
76,230,876

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three months ended March 31, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
932,000

Net loss
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
(609,000
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three months ended March 31, 2016:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
$
916,000

 
$
2,412,000

 
$
1,052,000

 
$
2,156,000

Net loss
$
(251,000
)
 
$
(1,128,000
)
 
$
(453,000
)
 
$
(432,000
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cumulative acquisition costs incurred by the Company
$
106,000

 
$
1,841,000

 
$
307,000

 
$
1,142,000

Remaining amortization period of intangible
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 assets and liabilities (months)
7.5

 
5.5

 
6.5

 
0


The Company acquired the following grocery-anchored shopping center during the three months ended March 31, 2016:

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March 31, 2016


Acquisition date
 
Property
 
Location
 
Approximate purchase price (millions) (2)
 
Gross leasable area
2/29/2016
 
Wade Green Village (1)
 
Atlanta, Georgia
 
$
11.0

 
74,978


(1) See Note 7 - Related Party Transactions.
(2) Purchase price shown is exclusive of acquired escrows, security deposits, prepaids, and other miscellaneous assets and assumed liabilities.

The purchase prices approximated the fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities. The Company allocated the purchase prices to the acquired assets and liabilities based upon their fair values, as shown in the following table. These purchase price allocations were based upon the Company's best estimates of the fair values of the acquired assets and liabilities, but are preliminary and are subject to refinement for a period of up to one year from the closing date of each transaction.
 
Wade Green Village
 
Land
$
1,840,284

 
Buildings and improvements
8,159,147

 
Tenant improvements
251,250

 
In-place leases
841,785

 
Above-market leases
107,074

 
Leasing costs
167,541

 
Other assets
10,525

 
Security deposits, prepaid rents, and other liabilities
(59,264
)
 
 
 
 
Net assets acquired
$
11,318,342

 
 
 
 
Loan assumed, net of fees
$
6,245,683

(1) 
Fair value of Class A OP Units granted
5,072,659

(2) 
 
 
 
Total consideration
$
11,318,342

 
 
 
 
Three months ended March 31, 2016:
 
 
Revenue
$
84,000

 
Net loss
$
(43,000
)
 
 
 
 
Cumulative acquisition costs incurred by the Company
$
286,000

 
Remaining amortization period of intangible
 
 
 assets and liabilities (years)
3.0

 

(1) The contributor had an outstanding $6.25 million bridge loan secured by the property issued by Madison Wade Green Lending, LLC, an indirect wholly owned entity of the Company. Upon contribution of the property, the Company assumed the loan and concurrently extinguished the obligation.

(2) As partial consideration for the property contribution, the Company granted 419,228 Class A OP Units to the contributor, net of contribution adjustments at closing. The value and number of Class A OP Units to be granted at closing was determined during the contract process and remeasured at fair value as of the contribution date of February 29, 2016.


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March 31, 2016


The Company's consolidated amortization and depreciation expense consisted of:
 
 
Three months ended March 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
Depreciation:
 
 
 
 
Buildings and improvements
 
$
6,781,145

 
$
3,225,298

Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
 
4,421,911

 
2,115,127

 
 
11,203,056

 
5,340,425

Amortization:
 
 
 
 
Acquired intangible assets
 
4,133,893

 
2,603,813

Deferred leasing costs
 
4,857

 

Website development costs
 
4,920

 
1,190

Total depreciation and amortization
 
$
15,346,726

 
$
7,945,428


4. Acquired Intangible Assets and Liabilities
 
The Company recorded the following acquired lease intangible assets and liabilities and related accumulated amortization, as of
March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015:
 
March 31, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
 
Multifamily
 
Retail
 
Total
 
Multifamily
 
Retail
 
Total
In-place leases
$
30,522,330

 
$
15,261,461

 
$
45,783,791

 
$
24,704,733

 
$
14,439,414

 
$
39,144,147

Above-market leases

 
1,490,602

 
1,490,602

 

 
1,386,254

 
1,386,254

Customer relationships
1,588,277

 

 
1,588,277

 
1,588,277

 

 
1,588,277

Lease origination costs
78,786

 
4,382,154

 
4,460,940

 
78,786

 
4,216,166

 
4,294,952

  Acquired intangible assets
$
32,189,393

 
$
21,134,217

 
$
53,323,610

 
$
26,371,796

 
$
20,041,834

 
$
46,413,630

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Less accumulated amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In-place leases
$
(24,633,839
)
 
$
(3,849,441
)
 
$
(28,483,280
)
 
$
(21,608,833
)
 
$
(2,965,096
)
 
$
(24,573,929
)
Above market leases

 
(319,527
)
 
(319,527
)
 

 
(233,833
)
 
(233,833
)
Customer relationships
(1,588,277
)
 

 
(1,588,277
)
 
(1,588,277
)
 

 
(1,588,277
)
Lease origination costs
(10,263
)
 
(827,742
)
 
(838,005
)
 
(1,466
)
 
(634,652
)
 
(636,118
)
Accumulated amortization
(26,232,379
)
 
(4,996,710
)
 
(31,229,089
)
 
(23,198,576
)
 
(3,833,581
)
 
(27,032,157
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acquired intangible assets, net
$
5,957,014

 
$
16,137,507

 
$
22,094,521

 
$
3,173,220

 
$
16,208,253

 
$
19,381,473

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Below market lease liability
$
383,593

 
$
10,448,062

 
$
10,831,655

 
$
383,593

 
$
10,448,062

 
$
10,831,655

Less: accumulated amortization
(383,593
)
 
(1,548,442
)
 
(1,932,035
)
 
(383,593
)
 
(1,194,612
)
 
(1,578,205
)
Below market lease liability, net
$

 
$
8,899,620

 
$
8,899,620

 
$

 
$
9,253,450

 
$
9,253,450


The Company recognized amortization of acquired intangible assets and liabilities as follows:
 
Three months ended March 31,
 
2016
 
2015
Amortization expense
Multifamily
 
Retail
 
Total
 
Multifamily
 
Retail
 
Total
Intangible assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Leases in place
$
3,025,006

 
$
904,083

 
$
3,929,089

 
$
1,878,059

 
$
606,292

 
$
2,484,351

Above-market leases (1)

 
88,420

 
88,420

 

 
41,817

 
41,817

Customer relationships

 

 

 

 

 

Lease origination costs
10,161

 
194,643

 
204,804

 

 
119,214

 
119,214

 
$
3,035,167

 
$
1,187,146

 
$
4,222,313

 
$
1,878,059

 
$
767,323

 
$
2,645,382

Intangible liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Below-market leases (1)
$

 
$
353,830

 
$
353,830

 
$

 
$
225,248

 
$
225,248

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1) Amortization of above and below market lease intangibles is recorded as a decrease and an increase to rental revenue, respectively.

 

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March 31, 2016


5.     Real Estate Loans, Notes Receivable, and Line of Credit

At March 31, 2016, our portfolio of real estate loans consisted of:

 
Project/Property
 
Location
 
Date of loan
 
Maturity date
 
Optional extension date
 
Total loan commitments
 
Senior loans held by unrelated third parties
 
Current / deferred interest % per annum
 
 
(1) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
City Vista
 
Pittsburgh, PA
 
8/31/2012
 
6/1/2016
 
7/1/2017
 
$
16,107,735

 
$
28,400,000

 
8 / 6
 
 
Haven West
(2) 
Atlanta, GA
 
7/15/2013
 
6/2/2016
 
6/2/2018
 
6,940,795

 
$
16,195,189

 
8 / 6
 
 
Haven 12
(3) 
Starkville, MS
 
6/16/2014
 
6/16/2017
 
11/30/2020
 
6,116,384

 
$
18,615,081

 
8.5 / 6.5
(4) 
 
Founders' Village
 
Williamsburg, VA
 
8/29/2013
 
8/29/2018
 
N/A
 
10,346,000

 
$
26,936,000

 
8 / 6
 
 
Encore
 
Atlanta, GA
 
10/9/2015
 
4/8/2019
 
10/8/2020
 
10,958,200

 
$
46,892,800

 
8.5 / 5
(4) 
 
Encore Capital
 
Atlanta, GA
 
10/9/2015
 
4/8/2019
 
10/8/2020
 
9,758,200

 

 
8.5 / 5
 
 
Palisades
 
Northern VA
 
8/18/2014
 
2/18/2018
 
8/18/2019
 
17,270,000

 
$
38,000,000

 
8 / 5
(4) 
 
Fusion
 
Irvine, CA
 
7/1/2015
 
5/31/2018
 
5/31/2020
 
59,052,583

 
$
43,747,287

 
8.5 / 7.5
(4) 
 
Green Park
 
Atlanta, GA
 
12/1/2014
 
12/1/2017
 
12/1/2019
 
13,464,372

 
$
27,775,000

 
8.5 / 4.33
(4) 
 
Stadium Village
(5) 
Atlanta, GA
 
6/27/2014
 
6/27/2017
 
N/A
 
13,424,995

 
$
34,825,000

 
8.5 / 4.33
(4) 
 
Summit Crossing III
 
Atlanta, GA
 
2/27/2015
 
2/26/2018
 
2/26/2020
 
7,246,400

 
$
16,822,000

 
8.5 / 6
(4) 
 
Overture
 
Tampa, FL
 
7/21/2015
 
7/21/2018
 
7/21/2020
 
6,920,000

 
$
17,080,000

 
8.5 / 6
(4) 
 
Aldridge at Town Village
 
Atlanta, GA
 
1/27/2015
 
12/27/2017
 
12/27/2019
 
10,975,000

 
$
28,338,937

 
8.5 / 6
(4) 
 
18 Nineteen
(6) 
Lubbock, TX
 
4/9/2015
 
4/9/2018
 
4/9/2020
 
15,598,352

 
$
34,871,251

 
8.5 / 6
(4) 
 
Haven South
(7) 
Waco, TX
 
5/1/2015
 
5/1/2018
 
5/1/2019
 
15,455,668

 
$
41,827,034

 
8.5 / 6
(4) 
 
Haven46
(8) 
Tampa, FL
 
3/29/2016
 
3/29/2019
 
9/29/2020
 
9,819,662

 
$
29,885,928

 
8.5 / 5
(4) 
 
Bishop Street
(9) 
Atlanta, GA
 
2/18/2016
 
2/18/2020
 
N/A
 
12,693,457

 
$
29,700,000

 
8.5 / 5
(4) 
 
Dawson Marketplace
(10) 
Atlanta, GA
 
12/16/2015
 
11/15/2018
 
11/15/2020
 
12,857,005

 
$
36,740,430

 
8.5 / 5
(4) 
 
Hidden River
 
Tampa, FL
 
12/4/2015
 
12/3/2018
 
12/3/2020
 
4,734,960

 
$
27,620,600

 
8.5 / 5
(4) 
 
Hidden River Capital
 
Tampa, FL
 
12/4/2015
 
12/4/2018
 
12/4/2020
 
5,380,000

 
$

 
8.5 / 5
 
 
CityPark II
 
Charlotte, NC
 
1/8/2016
 
1/7/2019
 
1/7/2021
 
3,364,800

 
$
19,628,000

 
8.5 / 5
(4) 
 
CityPark II Capital
 
Charlotte, NC
 
1/8/2016
 
1/8/2019
 
1/31/2021
 
3,916,000

 
$

 
8.5 / 5
 
 
Crescent Avenue
(11) 
Atlanta, GA
 
1/13/2016
 
7/13/2017
 
N/A
 
6,000,000

 
$

 
9 / 3
 
 
Haven Northgate
(12) 
College Station, TX
 
3/15/2016
 
3/15/2018
 
N/A
 
33,750,000

 
$

 
11 / -
 
 










 






 










$
312,150,568




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1) 
All loans pertain to developments of multifamily communities, except as otherwise indicated.
(2) 
Real estate loan in support of a completed 160-unit, 568-bed student housing community adjacent to the campus of the University of West Georgia.
(3) 
Real estate loan in support of a completed 152-unit, 536-bed student housing community adjacent to the campus of Mississippi State University.
(4) 
The purchase price is to be calculated based upon market cap rates at the time of exercise of the purchase option, with discounts ranging from between 20 and 60 basis points, depending on the loan.
(5) 
Real estate loan in support of a completed 198-unit, 792-bed student housing community adjacent to the campus of Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
(6) 
Real estate loan of up to approximately $15.6 million in support of a planned 217-unit, 732-bed student housing community adjacent to the campus of Texas Tech University.
(7) 
Real estate loan in support of a planned 250-unit, 840-bed student housing community adjacent to the campus of Baylor University.
(8) 
On March 29, 2016, our bridge loan was converted to a real estate loan in support of a planned 158-unit, 542-bed student housing community adjacent to the campus of the University of South Florida.
(9) 
On February 18, 2016, our bridge loan was converted to a real estate loan in support of a planned multifamily community in Atlanta, Georgia.
(10) 
Real estate loan in support of a planned approximate 200,000 square foot retail center in the Atlanta, Georgia market.
(11) 
Bridge loan in support of a proposed multi-use property in Atlanta, Georgia.
(12) 
Bridge loan in support of a planned 427-unit, 808-bed student housing community adjacent to the campus of Texas A&M University. See note 7 for related party disclosure.


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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
March 31, 2016


The Palisades, Green Park, Stadium Village and Founders' Village loans are subject to a loan participation agreement with a syndicate of unaffiliated third parties, under which the syndicate is to fund 25% of the loan commitment amount and collectively receive 25% of interest payments and returns of principal.

The Company's real estate loans are collateralized by 100% of the membership interests of the underlying project entity, and, where considered necessary, by unconditional joint and several repayment guaranties and performance guaranties by the principal(s) of the borrowers. These guaranties generally remain in effect until the receipt of a final certificate of occupancy. All of the guaranties are subject to the rights held by the senior lender pursuant to a standard intercreditor agreement. The Crescent Avenue and Haven Northgate loans are also collateralized by the acquired land. The Haven West loan is additionally collateralized by an assignment by the developer of security interests in unrelated projects. Prepayment of the real estate loans are permitted in whole, but not in part, without the Company's consent.

Management monitors the credit quality of the obligors under each of the Company's real estate loans by tracking the timeliness of scheduled interest and principal payments relative to the due dates as specified in the loan documents, as well as draw requests on the loans relative to the project budgets. In addition, management monitors the actual progress of development and construction relative to the construction plan, as well as local, regional and national economic conditions that may bear on our current and target markets. The credit quality of the Company’s borrowers is primarily based on their payment history on an individual loan basis, and as such, the Company does not assign quantitative credit value measures or categories to its real estate loans and notes receivable in credit quality categories. At March 31, 2016, none of the Company's real estate loans were delinquent.
 
 
As of 3/31/2016
 
Carrying amount as of
 
 
Amount drawn
 
Loan Fee received from borrower - 2%
 
Acquisition fee paid to Manager - 1%
 
Unamortized deferred loan fee revenue
 
March 31, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
Project/Property
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Crosstown Walk
 

 

 

 

 

 
$
10,950,040

City Vista
 
16,107,735

 
322,134

 
(161,067
)
 
(9,669
)
 
16,098,066

 
16,083,431

Overton Rise
 

 

 

 

 

 
16,572,959

Haven West
 
6,784,167

 
138,816

 
(69,408
)
 
(3,346
)
 
6,780,821

 
6,775,835

Haven 12
 
5,815,849

 
122,328

 
(61,164
)
 

 
5,815,849

 
5,815,849

Founders' Village (1)
 
9,866,000

 
197,320

 
(98,660
)
 
(21,507
)
 
9,844,493

 
9,841,816

Encore
 
10,958,200

 
539,695

 
(269,847
)
 
(57,986
)
 
10,900,214

 
10,894,278

Encore Capital
 
6,208,758

 

 

 

 
6,208,758

 
6,036,465

Palisades (1)
 
16,070,000

 
321,400

 
(160,700
)
 
(5,368
)
 
16,064,632

 
16,063,817

Fusion
 
43,926,413

 
1,120,890

 
(560,445
)
 
(228,419
)
 
43,697,994

 
37,072,235

Green Park (1)
 
12,624,455

 
269,287

 
(134,644
)
 
(21,984
)
 
12,602,471

 
12,330,489

Stadium Village (1)
 
13,329,868

 
268,500

 
(134,250
)
 
(7,022
)
 
13,322,846

 
13,321,293

Summit Crossing III
 
7,246,400

 
144,928

 
(72,464
)
 
(35,152
)
 
7,211,248

 
7,205,894

Overture
 
5,739,958

 
138,400

 
(69,200
)
 
(33,586
)
 
5,706,372

 
4,481,446

Aldridge at Town Village
9,988,338

 
219,500

 
(109,750
)
 
(59,113
)
 
9,929,225

 
9,707,532

18 Nineteen
 
14,821,811

 
311,967

 
(155,984
)
 
(65,464
)
 
14,756,347

 
14,421,568

Haven South
 
14,521,286

 
309,113

 
(154,557
)
 
(98,884
)
 
14,422,402

 
14,087,852

Haven46
 
2,770,706

 
58,000

 
(29,000
)
 
(68,965
)
 
2,701,741

 
2,891,067

Bishop Street
 
6,973,723

 
62,140

 
(31,070
)
 
(92,187
)
 
6,881,536

 
3,086,778

Dawson Marketplace
 
11,823,399

 
257,140

 
(128,570
)
 
(9,355
)
 
11,814,044

 
11,563,352

Madison Wade Green
 

 
62,500

 

 

 

 
6,225,304

Hidden River Lending
 

 
94,699

 
(47,350
)
 
(47,350
)
 
(47,350
)
 
(47,350
)
Hidden River Capital
 
3,416,961

 
107,600

 
(53,800
)
 
(46,649
)
 
3,370,312

 
2,619,808

Crescent Avenue
 
6,000,000

 
120,000

 
(60,000
)
 
(50,625
)
 
5,949,375

 

City Park Lending
 
108,006

 
67,296

 
(33,648
)
 
(32,968
)
 
75,038

 

City Park II Capital Lending
3,138,200

 
78,320

 
(39,160
)
 
(35,531
)
 
3,102,669

 

Haven Northgate
 
33,750,000

 
675,000

 
(337,500
)
 
(328,741
)
 
33,421,259

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
261,990,233

 
6,006,973

 
$
(2,972,238
)
 
$
(1,359,871
)
 
$
260,630,362

 
$
238,001,758

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1) 25% of the net amount collected by the Company as an acquisition fee was paid to the associated third party loan participant.

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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
March 31, 2016


The Company holds options, but not obligations, to purchase certain of the properties which are partially financed by its real estate loans, as shown in the table below. In the event the Company exercises the associated purchase option and acquires the property, any additional accrued interest, if not paid, will be treated as additional consideration for the acquired project. The option purchase prices are negotiated at the time of the loan closing.
 
 
Purchase option window
 
Purchase option price
 
Total units upon completion
 
Total beds (student housing communities)
Project/Property
 
Begin
 
End
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
City Vista
 
2/1/2017
 
5/31/2017
 
$
43,560,271

 
272

 

Haven West
 
8/1/2016
 
1/31/2017
 
$
26,138,466

 
160

 
568

Haven 12
 
9/1/2016
 
11/30/2016
 
(1) 

 
152

 
536

Founders' Village
 
2/1/2017
 
5/31/2017
 
$
44,266,000

 
247

 

Encore
 
1/8/2018
 
5/8/2018
 
(1) 

 
340

 

Palisades
 
3/1/2017
 
7/31/2017
 
(1) 

 
304

 

Fusion
 
1/1/2018
 
4/1/2018
 
(1) 

 
280

 

Green Park
 
11/1/2017
 
2/28/2018
 
(1) 

 
310

 

Stadium Village
 
9/1/2016
 
11/30/2016
 
(1) 

 
198

 
792

Summit Crossing III
 
8/1/2017
 
11/30/2017
 
(1) 

 
172

 

Overture
 
1/1/2018
 
5/1/2018
 
(1) 

 
180

 

Aldridge at Town Village
 
11/1/2017
 
2/28/2018
 
(1) 

 
300

 

18 Nineteen
 
10/1/2017
 
12/31/2017
 
(1) 

 
217

 
732

Haven South
 
10/1/2017
 
12/31/2017
 
(1) 

 
250

 
840

Haven46
 
11/1/2018
 
1/31/2019
 
(1) 

 
158

 
542

Bishop Street
 
10/1/2018
 
12/31/2018
 
(1) 

 
232

 

Dawson Marketplace
 
12/16/2017
 
12/15/2018
 
(1) 

 

 

Hidden River
 
9/1/2018
 
12/31/2018
 
(1) 

 
300

 

Crescent Avenue
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
N/A

 

 

City Park II
 
5/1/2018
 
8/31/2018
 
(1) 

 
200

 

Haven Northgate
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
N/A

 
427

 
808

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4,699

 
4,818

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1) The purchase price is to be calculated based upon market cap rates at the time of exercise of the purchase option, with discounts ranging from between 20 and 60 basis points, depending on the loan.

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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
March 31, 2016


At March 31, 2016, our portfolio of notes and lines of credit receivable consisted of:
Borrower
 
Date of loan
 
Maturity date
 
Total loan commitments
 
Outstanding balance as of:
 
Interest rate
 
 
 
 
 
3/31/2016

 
12/31/2015

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
360 Residential, LLC
 
3/20/2013
 
6/30/2016
 
$
2,000,000

 
$
1,396,151

 
$
1,304,999

 
12
%
(1) 
Preferred Capital Marketing Services, LLC (2)
 
1/24/2013
 
12/31/2016
 
1,500,000

 
1,228,849

 
1,305,550

 
10
%
 
Oxford Contracting LLC
 
8/27/2013
 
4/30/2017
 
1,500,000

 
1,475,000

 
1,475,000

 
8
%
(1) 
Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC (2,3)
 
8/21/2012
 
12/31/2016
 
15,000,000

 
13,543,883

 
12,793,440

 
8
%
 
Haven Campus Communities, LLC (2)
 
6/11/2014
 
12/31/2016
 
11,500,000

 
11,464,904

 
5,359,904

 
12
%
(1) 
Oxford Capital Partners, LLC (4)
 
6/27/2014
 
3/31/2017
 
13,400,000

 
7,486,627

 
10,502,626

 
12
%
 
Newport Development Partners, LLC
 
6/17/2014
 
6/30/2016
 
3,000,000

 

 
806,318

 
12
%
(1) 
360 Residential, LLC II
 
12/30/2015
 
12/31/2017
 
3,255,000

 
2,574,227

 
2,477,952

 
15
%
(1) 
Hendon Properties, LLC
 
12/8/2015
 
3/31/2017
 
2,000,000

 

 
2,000,000

 
12
%
 
Mulberry Development Group, LLC
 
3/31/2016
 
5/31/2017
 
500,000

 

 

 
12
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unamortized loan fees
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(123,457
)
 
(82,056
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
53,655,000

 
$
39,046,184

 
$
37,943,733

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1) The amounts payable under the terms of these revolving credit lines are collateralized by a personal guaranty of repayment by the principals of the borrower.
(2) See related party disclosure in note 7.
(3) The amounts payable under this revolving credit line were collateralized by an assignment of the Manager's rights to fees due under the fifth amended and restated management agreement, or Management Agreement, between the Company and the Manager.
(4) The amounts payable under the terms of this revolving credit line, up to the lesser of 25% of the loan balance or $2,000,000 are collateralized by a personal guaranty of repayment by the principals of the borrower.
The Company recorded interest income and other revenue from these instruments as follows:
 
 
Three months ended March 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
Real estate loans:
 
 
 
 
Current interest payments
 
$
5,092,670

 
$
3,383,875

Additional accrued interest
 
3,272,655

 
2,003,480

Deferred loan fee revenue
 
239,599

 
150,319

 
 
 
 
 
Total real estate loan revenue
 
8,604,924

 
5,537,674

Interest income on notes and lines of credit
 
1,115,175

 
695,954

 
 
 
 
 
Interest income on loans and notes receivable
 
$
9,720,099

 
$
6,233,628


The Company extends loans for purposes such as to partially finance the development of multifamily residential communities, to acquire land in anticipation of developing and constructing multifamily residential communities, and for other real estate or real estate related projects. Certain of these loans include characteristics such as exclusive options to purchase the project at a fixed price within a specific time window following project completion and stabilization, the rights to incremental exit fees over and above the amount of periodic interest paid during the life of the loans, or both. These characteristics can cause the loans to create variable interests to the Company and require further evaluation as to whether the variable interest creates a variable interest entity, or VIE, which could necessitate consolidation of the project. The Company considers the facts and circumstances pertinent to each entity borrowing under the loan, including the relative amount of financing the Company is contributing to the overall project cost, decision making rights or control held by the Company, guarantees provided by third parties, and rights to expected residual gains or obligations to absorb expected residual losses that could be significant from the project. If the Company is deemed to be the primary beneficiary of a VIE, consolidation treatment would be required.

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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
March 31, 2016


The Company has evaluated its real estate loans, where appropriate, for accounting treatment as loans versus real estate development projects, as required by ASC 310. For each loan, the characteristics and the facts and circumstances indicate that loan accounting treatment is appropriate.
The Company's real estate loans partially finance the development activities of the borrowers' associated legal entities. Each of these loans create variable interests in each of these entities, and according to the Company's analysis, are deemed to be VIEs, due to the combined factors of the sufficiency of the borrowers' investment at risk, the existence of payment and performance guaranties provided by the borrowers, as well as the limitations on the fixed-price purchase options on the City Vista, Haven West, and Founders' Village loans. The Company has concluded that it is not the primary beneficiary of the borrowing entities. It has no decision making authority or power to direct activity, except normal lender rights, which are subordinate to the senior loans on the projects. Therefore, since the Company has concluded it is not the primary beneficiary, it has not consolidated these entities in its consolidated financial statements. The Company's maximum exposure to loss from these loans is their drawn amount as of March 31, 2016 of approximately $32.8 million. The maximum aggregate amount of loans to be funded as of March 31, 2016 was approximately $33.4 million.
The Company is subject to a concentration of credit risk that could be considered significant with regard to the real estate investment loans, promissory note, and revolving line of credit as identified specifically by the two named principals of the borrowers, W. Daniel Faulk, Jr. and Richard A. Denny, and as evidenced by repayment guaranties offered in support of these loans. The drawn amount of these instruments total approximately $87.8 million (with a total commitment amount of $96.0 million) and in the event of a total failure to perform by the borrowers and guarantors, would subject the Company to a total possible loss of that amount. The Company generally requires secured interests in one or a combination of the membership interests of the borrowing entity or the entity holding the project, guaranties of loan repayment, and project completion performance guaranties as credit protection with regard to its real estate loans, as is customary in the real estate loan industry. The Company has performed assessments of the guaranties with regard to the obligors' ability to perform according to the terms of the guaranties if needed and has concluded that the guaranties reduce the Company's risk and exposure to the above-described credit risk in place as of March 31, 2016.

The Company is also subject to a geographic concentration of risk that could be considered significant with regard to real estate investment loans which are partially supporting proposed multifamily communities, student housing projects, and a retail shopping center in or near Atlanta, Georgia. The drawn amount of these loans as of March 31, 2016 totaled approximately $91.9 million (with a total commitment amount of approximately $104.3 million) and in the event of a total failure to perform by the borrowers and guarantors, would subject the Company to a total possible loss of that amount.

The borrowers and guarantors behind the real estate investment loans, the promissory note and the revolving line of credit to Oxford Capital Partners, LLC and other related entities collectively qualify as a major customer as defined in ASC 280-10-50, as the revenue recorded from this customer exceeded ten percent of the Company's total revenues. The Company recorded revenue from transactions with this major customer within its financing segment of approximately $3.1 million and $2.7 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016, and 2015.


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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
March 31, 2016


6. Redeemable Preferred Stock and Equity Offerings
The Company's Follow-on Offering is being offered by International Assets Advisory, LLC, or the Dealer Manager, on a "reasonable best efforts" basis. Each share of Preferred Stock ranks senior to Common Stock and carries a cumulative annual 6% dividend of the stated per share value of $1,000, payable monthly as declared by the Company’s board of directors. Dividends begin accruing on the date of issuance. On June 26, 2014, the Company amended the redemption schedule of the Preferred Stock to allow redemptions at the option of the holder from the date of issuance of the Preferred Stock through the first year subject to a 13% redemption fee. After year one, the redemption fee decreases to 10%, after year three it decreases to 5%, after year four it decreases to 3%, and after year five there is no redemption fee. Any redeemed shares of Preferred Stock are entitled to any accrued but unpaid dividends at the time of redemption and any redemptions may be in cash or Common Stock, at the Company’s discretion. The Warrant is exercisable by the holder at an exercise price of 120% of the current market price per share of the Common Stock on the date of issuance of such warrant with a minimum exercise price of $9.00 per share. The current market price per share is determined using the volume weighted average closing market price for the 20 trading days prior to the date of issuance of the Warrant. The Warrants are not exercisable until one year following the date of issuance and expire four years following the date of issuance.

As of March 31, 2016, offering costs specifically identifiable to Unit offering closing transactions, such as commissions, dealer manager fees, and other registration fees, totaled approximately $57.3 million. These costs are reflected as a reduction of stockholders' equity at the time of closing. In addition, the costs related to the offering not related to a specific closing transaction totaled approximately $11.6 million. As of March 31, 2016, the Company had issued 587,219 Units from which it realized net proceeds of approximately $529.5 million after commissions and other costs.  A total of 4,109 shares of Series A Preferred Stock were subsequently redeemed. The number of Units issued was approximately 59.4% of the maximum number of Units anticipated to be issued under the Primary Series A Offering and the Follow-On Offering. The Company cumulatively recognized approximately 59.4% of the approximate $11.6 million deferred to date, or approximately $6.9 million as a reduction of stockholders' equity.  The remaining balance of offering costs not yet reflected as a reduction of stockholder's equity, approximately $4.7 million, are reflected in the asset section of the consolidated balance sheet  as deferred offering costs at March 31, 2016.  The remainder of current and future deferred offering costs related to the Follow-on Offering will likewise be recognized as a reduction of stockholders' equity in the proportion of the number of Units issued to the maximum number of Units anticipated to be issued. Offering costs not related to a specific closing transaction are subject to an overall cap of 1.5% (discussed further below) of the total gross proceeds raised during the Unit offerings.

Aggregate offering expenses, including selling commissions and dealer manager fees, will be capped at 11.5% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the Primary Series A Offering and the Follow-On Offering, of which the Company will reimburse its Manager up to 1.5% of the gross proceeds of these offerings for all organization and offering expenses incurred, excluding selling commissions and dealer manager fees; however, upon approval by the conflicts committee of the board of directors, the Company may reimburse its Manager for any such expenses incurred above the 1.5% amount as permitted by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

On May 17, 2013, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-188677) for an offering up to $200 million of equity or debt securities, or Shelf Registration Statement, which was declared effective by the SEC on July 19, 2013. Deferred offering costs related to this Shelf Registration Statement totaled approximately $721,000 as of March 31, 2016, of which approximately $333,000 are reflected as deferred offering costs in the asset section of the consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2016. These costs will likewise be recognized as a reduction of stockholders' equity in the proportion of the proceeds from securities issued to the maximum amount of securities registered.
On February 28, 2014, the Company filed a prospectus supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement to issue and sell up to $100 million of Common Stock from time to time in an "at the market" offering, or the ATM Offering, through MLV & Co. LLC as sales agent. Through March 31, 2016, the Company sold approximately 6.5 million shares of Common Stock through the ATM offering and collected net proceeds of approximately $54.4 million.
7. Related Party Transactions
John A. Williams, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, and Leonard A. Silverstein, the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board, are also executive officers and directors of NELL Partners, Inc., which controls the Manager. Mr. Williams is the Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Silverstein is the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Manager.


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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
March 31, 2016


Mr. Williams, Mr. Silverstein and Michael J. Cronin, the Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer are executive officers of Williams Realty Advisors, LLC, or WRA, which is the manager of the day-to-day operations of Williams Opportunity Fund, LLC, or WOF, as well as Williams Realty Fund I, LLC, or WRF.

The Management Agreement entitles the Manager to receive compensation for various services it performs related to acquiring assets and managing properties on the Company's behalf. The following table details Manager fees recognized, net of deferrals, as described below.
 
 
 
 
Three months ended March 31,
Type of Compensation
 
Basis of Compensation
 
2016
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acquisition fees
 
1% of the gross purchase price of real estate assets acquired or loans advanced, or 1.6% of the purchase price at an assumed hypothetical 63% leverage, if the asset is purchased without debt financing
 
$
110,880

 
$
955,349

Loan coordination fees
 
1.6% of any assumed, new or supplemental debt incurred in connection with an acquired property
 
2,150,581

 

Asset management fees
 
Monthly fee equal to one-twelfth of 0.50% of the total book value of assets, as adjusted
 
1,761,004

 
664,305

Property management fees
 
Monthly fee equal to 4% of the monthly gross revenues of the properties managed
 
1,062,468

 
472,092

General and administrative expense fees
 
Monthly fee equal to 2% of the monthly gross revenues of the Company
 
744,101

 
348,585

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
5,829,034

 
$
2,440,331


The Management Agreement also entitles the Manager to receive compensation for services rendered in connection with the construction, development or landscaping of the properties (Construction Management Fees), including the supervision of any third party vendors engaged by the Manager to provide such services; such fee is an amount equal to the customary and competitive market rates in light of the size, type and location of the property. The Company paid construction management fees of $40,276 to the Manager for the three month period ended March 31, 2016, which were capitalized as part of the related capital improvements. There were no such amounts paid to the Manager for the three month period ended March 31, 2015.
The Manager may, in its discretion, defer some or all of the asset management, property management, or general and administrative expense fees for properties owned by the Company. Any contingent fees become due and payable to the extent that, in the event of any capital transaction, the net sale proceeds exceed the allocable capital contributions for the asset plus a 7% priority annual return on the asset. A total of $269,601 of combined asset management, general and administrative expense and property management fees related to certain properties and land loans during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and $2,407,424 cumulatively have been deferred by the Manager. The Company will recognize any contingent fees in future periods to the extent, if any, it determines that it is probable that the estimated net sale proceeds would exceed the hurdles listed above. As of March 31, 2016, the Company determined that there was insufficient evidence to support recognition of these contingent fees; therefore, the Company has not recognized any expense for these contingent amounts.

In addition to property management fees, the Company incurred the following reimbursable on-site personnel salary and related benefits expenses at the properties, which are listed on the Consolidated Statements of Operations:
Three months ended March 31,
2016
 
2015
$
2,363,463

 
$
1,117,573



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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
March 31, 2016


The Manager utilizes its own and its affiliates' personnel to accomplish certain tasks related to raising capital that would typically be performed by third parties, including, but not limited to, legal and marketing functions. As permitted under the Management Agreement, the Manager was reimbursed $126,105 and $250,290 for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Preferred Capital Securities, LLC, a broker-dealer owned by NELL Partners, Inc., was reimbursed $253,767 for these same costs for the three-month period ended March 31, 2016. These costs are recorded as deferred offering costs until such time as additional closings occur on the Unit offerings or the Shelf Offering, at which time they are reclassified on a pro-rata basis as a reduction of offering proceeds within stockholders’ equity.

The Company's Haven West, Haven 12, Stadium Village, 18 Nineteen, Haven South, Haven46 and Haven Northgate real estate loans and the Haven Campus Communities' line of credit are supported in part by guaranties of repayment and performance by John A. Williams, Jr., our Chief Executive Officer's son, a principal of the borrowers and a related party of the Company under GAAP.

In addition to the fees described above, the Management Agreement also entitles the Manager to other potential fees, including disposition fees based on the lesser of (A) one-half of the commission that would be reasonable and customary; and (B) 1% of the sale price of the asset.

Furthermore, the Manager holds the special limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership, which entitles the Manager to distributions from the Operating Partnership equal to 15% of any net proceeds from the sale of a property that are remaining after the payment of (i) the capital and certain expenses related to all realized investments (including the sold asset), and (ii) a 7% priority annual return on such capital and expense; provided that all accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock have been paid in full.

The Company did not incur any of these other potential fees during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 or 2015.

The Company holds a promissory note in the amount of $1,228,849 due from Preferred Capital Marketing Services, LLC, or PCMS, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NELL Partners.

The Company has extended a revolving line of credit with a maximum borrowing amount of $15.0 million to its Manager.

8. Dividends and Distributions

The Company declares and pays monthly cash dividend distributions on its Series A Preferred Stock in the amount of $5.00 per share per month, prorated for partial months at issuance as necessary. The Company's cash distributions on its Series A Preferred Stock were:
2016
 
2015
Record date
 
Number of shares
 
Aggregate dividends declared
 
Record date
 
Number of shares
 
Aggregate dividends declared
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
January 30, 2016
 
482,774

 
$
2,481,086

 
January 30, 2015
 
192,607

 
$
984,217

February 27, 2016
 
516,017

 
2,630,601

 
February 27, 2015
 
206,007

 
1,047,189

March 31, 2016
 
544,129

 
2,770,048

 
March 31, 2015
 
223,699

 
1,141,491

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
7,881,735

 
 
 
Total
 
$
3,172,897


The Company's dividend activity on its Common Stock for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 was:
2016
 
2015
Record date
 
Number of shares
 
Dividend per share
 
Aggregate dividends paid
 
Record date
 
Number of shares
 
Dividend per share
 
Aggregate dividends paid
March 15, 2016
 
23,041,502

 
$
0.1925

 
$
4,435,489

 
March 13, 2015
 
22,004,309

 
$
0.175

 
$
3,850,754



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The holders of Class A Units of the Operating Partnership are entitled to equivalent distributions as those declared on the Common Stock. At March 31, 2016, the Company had 886,520 Class A Units outstanding, which are exchangeable on a one-for-one basis for shares of Common Stock or the equivalent amount of cash. Distribution activity by the Operating Partnership was:
2016
 
2015
Declaration date
 
Payment date
 
Aggregate distributions
 
Declaration date
 
Payment date
 
Aggregate distributions
March 15, 2016
 
April 15, 2016
 
$
117,395

 
February 5, 2015
 
April 22, 2015
 
$
49,063


9. Equity Compensation
Stock Incentive Plan
On February 25, 2011, the Company’s board of directors adopted, and the Company’s stockholders approved, the Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, or, as amended, the 2011 Plan, to incentivize, compensate and retain eligible officers, consultants, and non-employee directors. On May 7, 2015, the Company's stockholders approved the third amendment to the Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, or the 2011 Plan, which amendment increased the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the 2011 Plan from 1,317,500 to 2,617,500 and extended the expiration date of the 2011 Plan to December 31, 2019.

Equity compensation expense by award type for the Company was:
 
 
 
Three months ended March 31,
 
 Unamortized expense as of March 31,
 
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quarterly board member committee fee grants
 
$
24,009

 
$
17,909

 
$

Class B Unit awards:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Executive officers - 2014
 

 
3,825

 

Executive officers - 2015
 
5,236

 
488,083

 

Executive officers - 2016
 
501,178

 

 
1,570,358

Restricted stock grants:
 
 
 
 
 
 
2014
 
 

 
80,491

 

2015
 
 
80,002

 

 
26,668

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
 
$
610,425

 
$
590,308

 
$
1,597,026


Restricted Stock Grants

On May 8, 2014, the Company granted a total of 39,216 shares of restricted Common Stock to its independent board members, in payment of their annual retainer fees. The per-share fair value was $8.21 and total compensation cost in the amount of $321,963 was recognized on a straight-line basis over the period from the grant date to May 7, 2015.

On May 7, 2015, the Company granted a total of 30,133 shares of restricted Common Stock to its independent board members, in payment of their annual retainer fees. The per-share fair value was $10.62 and total compensation cost in the amount of $320,012 will be recognized over the four consecutive 90-day periods following the date of grant. The shares granted will vest on a pro-rata basis over these same four periods.


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Directors’ Stock Grants

The Company grants shares of Common Stock to its independent board members in payment of their meeting fees. The total compensation cost of these immediate-vesting awards was recorded in full at the grant dates and the fair values were based upon the closing prices of the Common Stock on the trading days immediately preceding the dates of grant. Details concerning these grants were:
Grant date
 
Total number of shares granted
 
Fair value per share
 
Total fair value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3/4/2016
 
474

 
$
12.68

 
$
6,010

2/4/2016
 
1,485

 
$
12.12

 
$
17,998

2/5/2015
 
1,782

 
$
10.05

 
$
17,909


Class B Units

On January 2, 2014, the Company granted 239,556 Class B Units for service to be rendered during 2014. On January 2, 2015, the Company granted 285,997 Class B Units for service to be rendered during 2015. On January 4, 2016, the Company granted 265,931 Class B Units for service to be rendered during 2016, 2017, and 2018.

Prior to January 4, 2016, the Class B Units became Vested Class B Units at the Initial Valuation Date, which was generally one year from the date of grant. Beginning with the 2016 grant, certain Class B Units vest in three equal consecutive one-year tranches from the date of grant. For each grant, on the Initial Valuation Date, the market capitalization of the number of shares of Common Stock at the date of grant is compared to the market capitalization of the same number of shares of Common Stock at the Initial Valuation Date. If the market capitalization measure results in an increase which exceeds the target market threshold, the Vested Class B Units become earned Class B Units and automatically convert into Class A Units of the Operating Partnership (as long as the capital accounts have achieved economic equivalence), which are henceforth entitled to distributions from the Operating Partnership and become exchangeable for Common Stock on a one-to-one basis at the option of the holder. Vested Class B Units may become Earned Class B Units on a pro-rata basis should the result of the market capitalization test be an increase of less than the target market threshold. Any Vested Class B Units that do not become Earned Class B Units on the Initial Valuation Date are subsequently remeasured on a quarterly basis until such time as all Vested Class B Units become Earned Class B Units or are forfeited due to termination of continuous service as an officer of the Company due to an event other than as a result of a qualified event, which is generally the death or disability of the holder. Continuous service through the final valuation date is required for the Vested Class B Units to qualify to become fully Earned Class B Units.

Because of the market condition vesting requirement that determines the transition of the Vested Class B Units to Earned Class B Units, a Monte Carlo simulation was utilized to calculate the total fair values, which will be amortized as compensation expense over the one-year periods beginning on the grant dates through the Initial Valuation Dates. On January 2, 2015, the 239,556 outstanding Class B Units for 2014 became fully vested and earned and automatically converted to Class A Units of the Operating Partnership. On January 2, 2016, the 285,997 outstanding Class B Units for 2015 became fully vested and earned and automatically converted to Class A Units of the Operating Partnership.


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The underlying valuation assumptions and results for the Class B Unit awards were:
Grant dates
 
1/4/2016
 
1/2/2015
Stock price
 
$
12.88

 
$
9.21

Dividend yield
 
5.98
%
 
7.60
%
Expected volatility
 
26.10
%
 
30.13
%
Risk-free interest rate
 
2.81
%
 
2.55
%
 
 
 
 
 
Number of Units granted:
 
 
 
 
One year vesting period
 
176,835

 
285,997

Three year vesting period
 
89,096

 
 
 
 
265,931

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Calculated fair value per Unit
 
$
10.03

 
$
6.81

 
 
 
 
 
Total fair value of Units
 
$
2,667,288

 
$
1,947,640

 
 
 
 
 
Target market threshold increase
 
$
3,549,000

 
$
2,629,000


The expected dividend yield assumptions were derived from the Company’s closing prices of the Common Stock on the grant dates and the projected future quarterly dividend payments per share of $0.1925 for the 2016 awards, $0.1925 for the 2015 awards and $0.16 for the 2014 awards.

Since the Company had a limited amount of operating history in the public equity market, the expected volatility assumptions for the 2014 and 2015 awards were derived from the observed historical volatility of the common stock prices of a select group of peer companies within the REIT industry that most closely approximated the Company’s size, capitalization, leverage, line of business and geographic focus markets. For the 2016 awards, the Company's own stock price volatility was utilized as the basis for deriving this assumption.

The risk-free rate assumptions were obtained from the Federal Reserve yield table and were calculated as the interpolated rate between the 20 and 30 year yield percentages on U. S. Treasury securities on the grant dates.

Since the Class B Units have no expiration date, a derived service period of one year was utilized, which equals the period of time from the grant date to the initial valuation date.
    
10. Indebtedness

Mortgage Notes Payable

The following table presents certain details regarding our mortgage notes payable:

 
 
 
Principal balance as of
 
 
 
 
 
Interest only through date (2)
 
Acquisition/
refinancing date
 
March 31, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
 
Maturity date
 
Interest rate (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trail Creek
6/25/2013
 
$
28,109,000

 
$
28,109,000

 
7/1/2020
 
4.22
%
 
7/1/2020
Stone Rise
7/3/2014
 
24,882,579

 
25,014,250

 
8/1/2019
 
2.89
%
 
8/31/2015
Summit Crossing
4/21/2011
 
20,283,961

 
20,366,748

 
5/1/2018
 
4.71
%
 
5/31/2014
Summit Crossing secondary financing
8/28/2014
 
5,123,476

 
5,145,250

 
9/1/2019
 
4.39
%
 
N/A
Summit II
3/20/2014
 
13,357,000

 
13,357,000

 
4/1/2021
 
4.49
%
 
4/30/2019
Ashford Park
1/24/2013
 
25,626,000

 
25,626,000

 
2/1/2020
 
3.13
%
 
2/28/2018
Ashford Park secondary financing
8/28/2014
 
6,491,653

 
6,520,564

 
2/1/2020
 
4.13
%
 
N/A
McNeil Ranch
1/24/2013
 
13,646,000

 
13,646,000

 
2/1/2020
 
3.13
%
 
2/28/2018
Lake Cameron
1/24/2013
 
19,773,000

 
19,773,000

 
2/1/2020
 
3.13
%
 
2/28/2018
Table continued on next page
 
 
 
 

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Principal balance as of
 
 
 
 
 
Interest only through date (2)
 
Acquisition/
refinancing date
 
March 31, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
 
Maturity date
 
Interest rate (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Continued from previous page
 
 
 
 
 
 
Enclave
9/26/2014
 
24,862,000

 
24,862,000

 
10/1/2021
 
3.68
%
 
10/31/2017
Sandstone
9/26/2014
 
31,391,844

 
31,556,664

 
10/1/2019
 
3.18
%
 
N/A
Stoneridge
9/26/2014
 
27,159,946

 
27,302,546

 
10/1/2019
 
3.18
%
 
N/A
Vineyards
9/26/2014
 
34,775,000

 
34,775,000

 
10/1/2021
 
3.68
%
 
10/31/2017
Spring Hill Plaza
9/5/2014
 
9,819,725

 
9,868,025

 
10/1/2019
 
3.36
%
 
10/31/2015
Parkway Town Centre
9/5/2014
 
7,141,618

 
7,176,745

 
10/1/2019
 
3.36
%
 
10/31/2015
Woodstock Crossing
8/8/2014
 
3,078,641

 
3,090,953

 
9/1/2021
 
4.71
%
 
N/A
Deltona Landings
9/30/2014
 
7,038,743

 
7,074,722

 
10/1/2019
 
3.48
%
 
N/A
Powder Springs
9/30/2014
 
7,427,087

 
7,465,051

 
10/1/2019
 
3.48
%
 
N/A
Kingwood Glen
9/30/2014
 
11,776,545

 
11,836,741

 
10/1/2019
 
3.48
%
 
N/A
Barclay Crossing
9/30/2014
 
6,621,273

 
6,655,117

 
10/1/2019
 
3.48
%
 
N/A
Sweetgrass Corner
9/30/2014
 
8,023,320

 
8,063,653

 
10/1/2019
 
3.58
%
 
N/A
Parkway Centre
9/30/2014
 
4,611,590

 
4,635,162

 
10/1/2019
 
3.48
%
 
N/A
Salem Cove
10/6/2014
 
9,600,000

 
9,600,000

 
11/1/2024
 
4.21
%
 
11/30/2016
Avenues at Cypress
2/13/2015
 
22,468,513

 
22,578,863

 
9/1/2022
 
3.43
%
 
N/A
Avenues at Northpointe
2/13/2015
 
27,878,000

 
27,878,000

 
3/1/2022
 
3.16
%
 
3/31/2017
Lakewood Ranch
5/21/2015
 
30,384,531

 
30,528,618

 
12/1/2022
 
3.55
%
 
N/A
Aster Lely
6/24/2015
 
33,592,250

 
33,746,379

 
7/5/2022
 
3.84
%
 
N/A
CityPark View
6/30/2015
 
21,815,730

 
21,924,060

 
7/1/2022
 
3.27
%
 
N/A
Avenues at Creekside
7/31/2015
 
41,625,000

 
41,625,000

 
8/1/2024
 
2.04
%
(3) 
8/31/2016
Citi Lakes
9/3/2015
 
44,036,622

 
44,282,826

 
4/1/2023
 
2.61
%
(4) 
N/A
Independence Square
8/27/2015
 
12,617,500

 
12,617,500

 
9/1/2022
 
3.93
%
 
9/30/2016
Royal Lakes Marketplace
9/4/2015
 
9,800,000

 
9,800,000

 
9/4/2020
 
2.94
%
(5) 
4/3/2017
Stone Creek
11/12/2015
 
16,720,149

 
16,792,850

 
10/1/2046
 
3.75
%
 
N/A
Lenox Village Town Center
12/21/2015
 
31,225,917

 
31,394,460

 
5/1/2019
 
3.82
%
 
N/A
Lenox Village III
12/21/2015
 
18,357,246

 
18,410,000

 
1/1/2023
 
4.04
%
 
N/A
Overlook at Hamilton Place
12/22/2015
 
20,941,406

 
21,000,000

 
1/1/2026
 
4.19
%
 
N/A
Summit Point
10/30/2015
 
12,792,770

 
12,846,544

 
11/1/2022
 
3.57
%
 
N/A
Overton Rise
2/1/2016
 
41,235,716

 

 
8/1/2026
 
3.98
%
 
N/A
Baldwin Park
1/5/2016
 
73,910,000

 

 
5/1/2019
 
2.34
%
(6) 
1/5/2019
Baldwin Park (second)
1/5/2016
 
3,890,000

 

 
5/1/2019
 
10.34
%
(7) 
1/5/2019
Crosstown Walk
1/15/2016
 
32,488,749

 

 
2/1/2023
 
3.90
%
 
N/A
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
 
$
846,400,100

 
$
696,945,291

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(2) Following the indicated interest only period (where applicable), monthly payments of accrued interest and principal are based on a 30-year amortization period through the maturity date.
(3)  The mortgage instrument was assumed as part of the sales transaction; It accrues interest at a variable rate which consists of the one-month London Interbank Offered Rate, or 1 Month LIBOR, plus 160 basis points. The 1 Month LIBOR index is capped at 5.0%.
(4)  Variable rate which consists of 1 Month LIBOR plus 217 basis points. The 1 Month LIBOR index is capped at 4.33%.
(5) Variable rate which consisted of 1 Month LIBOR plus 250 basis points.
(6) Variable rate which consisted of 1 Month LIBOR plus 190 basis points.
(7) Variable rate which consisted of 1 Month LIBOR plus 990 basis points.

The mortgage note secured by our Independence Square property is a seven year term with an anticipated repayment date of September 1, 2022. If the Company elects not to pay its principal balance at the anticipated repayment date, the term will be extended for an additional five years, maturing on September 1, 2027. The interest rate from September 1, 2022 to September 1, 2027 will be the greater of (i) the Initial Interest Rate of 3.93% plus 200 basis points or (ii) the yield on the seven year U.S. treasury security rate plus approximately 400 basis points.

The mortgage note secured by our Royal Lakes Marketplace property has a maximum commitment of $11,050,000. As of March 31, 2016, the Company has an outstanding principal balance of $9.8 million on this loan. Additional advances of the mortgage commitment will be drawn as the Company achieves incremental leasing benchmarks specified under the loan agreement. This mortgage has a variable interest of LIBOR plus 250 basis points, which was 2.94% as of March 31, 2016.

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The Company has placed interest rate caps on the variable rate mortgages on its Avenues at Creekside and Citi Lakes multifamily communities. Under guidance provided by ASC 815-10, these interest rate caps fall under the definition of derivatives, which are embedded in their debt hosts. Because these interest rate caps are deemed to be clearly and closely related to their debt hosts, bifurcation and fair value accounting treatment is not required.

As of March 31, 2016, the weighted-average remaining life of deferred loan costs related to the Company's mortgage indebtedness was approximately 5.5 years.
Credit Facility
The Company has a credit facility, or Credit Facility, with Key Bank National Association, or Key Bank, which defines a revolving line of credit, or Revolving Line of Credit, which is used to fund investments, capital expenditures, dividends (with consent of Key Bank), working capital and other general corporate purposes on an as needed basis. The maximum borrowing capacity on the Revolving Line of Credit was $40.0 million until the amendment of the loan agreement pursuant to the Third Modification Agreement, which became effective July 1, 2014.
The Third Modification Agreement increased the Company's borrowing capacity on the Revolving Line of Credit from $40.0 million to $45.0 million and extended the maturity date to July 1, 2015. Once the Company's operating real estate assets exceeded $300.0 million, the borrowing capacity was increased to $50.0 million. On February 12, 2015, the Company extended the maturity of its Revolving Line of Credit to February 12, 2016 and amended the interest rate to LIBOR plus 3.25% per annum. On August 28, 2015, we entered into the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, under which our borrowing capacity on the Revolving Line of Credit was increased to $70.0 million and the maturity date was extended to August 27, 2018.
Also on February 12, 2015, the Company entered into a $32.0 million term loan with Key Bank National Association under the Credit Facility, or the Term Loan, to partially finance the acquisition of two multifamily communities in Houston, Texas. The Term Loan accrued interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 4.0% per annum until it was repaid in full on May 12, 2015.

On January 5, 2016, the Company entered into a $35.0 million term loan with Key Bank National Association under the Credit Facility, or the 2016 Term Loan, to partially finance the acquisition of the Baldwin Park multifamily community. The Term Loan accrues interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 3.75% per annum.
The Amended and Restated Credit Facility contains certain affirmative and negative covenants, including negative covenants that limit or restrict secured and unsecured indebtedness, mergers and fundamental changes, investments and acquisitions, liens and encumbrances, dividends, transactions with affiliates, burdensome agreements, changes in fiscal year and other matters customarily restricted in such agreements. The amount of dividends that may be paid out by the Company is restricted to a maximum of 95% of AFFO for the trailing rolling four quarters without the lender's consent; solely for purposes of this covenant, AFFO is calculated as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization expense, plus reserves for capital expenditures, less normally recurring capital expenditures, less consolidated interest expense.
As of March 31, 2016, the Company was in compliance with all covenants related to the Credit Facility, as shown in the following table:
Covenant (1)
 
Requirement
 
Result
Net worth
 
Minimum $360,000,000
(2) 
$605,825,861
Debt yield
 
Minimum 8.0%
 
9.1%
Payout ratio
 
Maximum 95%
(3) 
76.9%
Total leverage ratio
 
Maximum 62.5%
 
56.2%
Debt service coverage ratio
 
Minimum 1.50x
 
2.48x

(1) All covenants are as defined in the credit agreement for the Credit Facility.
(2) Minimum $360 million plus 75% of the net proceeds of any equity offering, which totaled approximately $430 million as of March 31, 2016.
(3)Calculated on a trailing four-quarter basis. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2016, the maximum dividends and distributions allowed under this covenant was approximately $50.0 million.

Loan fees and closing costs for the establishment and subsequent amendments of the Revolving Line of Credit, the Term Loan, as well as the mortgage debt on the Company's multifamily communities, are amortized using the straight-line method, which

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approximates the effective interest method over the lives of the loans. At March 31, 2016, aggregate unamortized loan costs for the Revolving Line of Credit were $443,654, which will be amortized over the remaining life of the Revolving Line of Credit. The weighted average interest rate for the Credit Facility was approximately 3.96% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2016. The Revolving Line of Credit also bears a commitment fee on the average daily unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility of 0.20% or 0.30% per annum, based on the amount borrowed as a percentage of the total commitment.
    
Future Principal Payments
The Company’s estimated future principal payments due on its debt instruments as of March 31, 2016 were:
                
Period
 
Future principal payments
2016
 
$
54,672,986

2017
 
12,124,108

2018
 
33,874,123

2019
 
259,961,381

2020
 
109,920,408

thereafter
 
422,847,094

 
 
 
Total
 
$
893,400,100

    
11. Income Taxes

The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT effective with its tax year ended December 31, 2011, and therefore, the Company generally will not be subject to federal and state income taxes after this effective date, so long as it distributes 100% of the Company's annual REIT taxable income to its shareholders. For the period preceding this election date, the Company's operations resulted in a tax loss. As of December 31, 2010, the Company had deferred federal and state tax assets totaling approximately $298,100, none of which were based upon tax positions deemed to be uncertain. These deferred tax assets will most likely not be used since the Company elected REIT status; therefore, management has determined that a 100% valuation allowance is appropriate for the three- month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.

12. Commitments and Contingencies

On March 28, 2014, the Company entered into a payment guaranty in support of its Manager's new eleven-year office lease, which began on October 9, 2014. At March 31, 2016, the amount guarantied by the Company was $6.4 million. The amount of the guaranty is reduced by $555,000 per lease year over the term of the lease.
Certain officers and employees of the Manager have been assigned company credit cards. The Company has guarantied up to $405,000 on these credit cards.
A total of approximately $2.4 million of combined asset management and general and administrative expense fees related to the acquired properties as of March 31, 2016 have been deferred by the Manager. The Company will recognize any contingent fees in future periods to the extent, if any, it determines that it is probable that the estimated net sale proceeds would exceed the hurdles listed above.

At March 31, 2016, the Company had unfunded balances on its real estate loan portfolio of approximately $50.2 million.

The Company is otherwise currently subject to neither any known material commitments or contingencies from its business operations, nor any material known or threatened litigation.


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13. Segment Information

The Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker, or CODM, evaluates the performance of the Company's business operations and allocates financial and other resources by assessing the financial results and outlook for future performance across three distinct segments: multifamily communities, real estate related financing, and retail.

Multifamily Communities - consists of the Company's portfolio of owned residential multifamily communities.

Financing - consists of the Company's investment portfolio of real estate loans, bridge loans, and other instruments deployed by the Company to partially finance the development, construction, and prestabilization carrying costs of new multifamily communities and other real estate and real estate related assets.

Retail - consists of the Company's portfolio of owned grocery-anchored shopping centers.

The CODM monitors net operating income (“NOI”) on a segment and a consolidated basis as a key performance measure for its operating segments. NOI is defined as rental and other property revenue from real estate assets plus interest income from its loan portfolio less total property operating and maintenance expenses, property management fees, real estate taxes, property insurance, and general and administrative expenses. The CODM uses NOI as a measure of operating performance because it provides a measure of the core operations, rather than factoring in depreciation and amortization, financing costs, acquisition expenses, and other expenses generally incurred at the corporate level.  

The following tables present the Company's assets, revenues, and NOI results by reportable segment, as well as a reconciliation from NOI to net income (loss). The assets attributable to 'Other' primarily consist of  deferred offering costs recorded but not yet reclassified as reductions of stockholders' equity and cash balances at the Company and Operating Partnership levels.

 
 
March 31, 2016

 
December 31, 2015

 
 
 
 
 
Assets:
 
 
 
 
Multifamily communities
 
$
989,198,854

 
$
781,224,019

Financing
 
313,190,086

 
290,268,921

Retail
 
225,480,001

 
211,647,262

Other
 
8,966,506

 
12,388,831

Consolidated assets
 
$
1,536,835,447

 
$
1,295,529,033

 
Total capitalized expenditures of $1,293,507 and $441,329 (excluding the purchase price of acquisitions and including construction in progress) were recorded for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, attributable to the Company’s multifamily communities segment. Total capitalized expenditures of $676,883 and $137,722 attributable to the retail segment were recorded for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 
 
Three months ended March 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Multifamily communities
 
$
26,982,042

 
$
12,134,492

Financing
 
9,720,099

 
6,233,628

Retail
 
5,033,640

 
2,976,395

 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated revenues
 
$
41,735,781

 
$
21,344,515



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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
March 31, 2016



 
 
 
Three months ended March 31,
 
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
Segment net operating income (Segment NOI)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Multifamily communities
 
 
$
14,287,754

 
$
6,645,239

Financing
 
 
9,720,099

 
6,233,628

Retail
 
 
3,648,311

 
2,069,329

 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated segment net operating income
27,656,164

 
14,948,196

 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense:
 
 
 
Multifamily communities
 
 
6,369,125

 
2,871,898

Retail
 
 
1,327,198

 
774,492

Financing
 
 
1,198,507

 
730,725

Depreciation and amortization:
 
 
 
Multifamily communities
12,655,184

 
6,373,642

Retail
2,691,542

 
1,571,786

Professional fees
668,791

 
378,799

Management fees, net of deferrals
2,496,485

 
1,004,930

Acquisition costs:
 
 
 
 
 
Multifamily communities
2,279,847

 
1,169,386

Retail
422,736

 
14,506

Student housing
61,003

 

Equity compensation to directors and executives
610,425

 
590,308

Other
 
 
264,811

 
232,653

 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss
$
(3,389,490
)
 
$
(764,929
)


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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
March 31, 2016


14. Income (Loss) Per Share

The following is a reconciliation of weighted average basic and diluted shares outstanding used in the calculation of income (loss) per share of Common Stock:
 
 
 
Three months ended March 31,
 
 
 
2016
 
2015
Numerator:
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss
 
$
(3,389,490
)
 
$
(764,929
)
 
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests
88,561

 
9,699

 
Net loss attributable to the Company
(3,300,929
)
 
(755,230
)
 
Dividends declared to Series A preferred stockholders (A)
(7,881,735
)
 
(3,172,897
)
 
Earnings attributable to unvested restricted stock (B)
(1,451
)
 
(6,863
)
 
Net loss available to common stockholders
$
(11,184,115
)
 
$
(3,934,990
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Denominator:
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average number of shares of Common Stock - basic
22,983,741

 
21,813,974

 
Effect of dilutive securities: (C)
 
 
 
 
 
Warrants
 

 

 
Class B Units
 

 

 
Unvested restricted stock
 

 

 
Weighted average number of shares of Common Stock - diluted
22,983,741

 
21,813,974

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss per share of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
available to common stockholders:
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
$
(0.49
)
 
$
(0.18
)
 
Diluted
 
$
(0.49
)
 
$
(0.18
)

(A) The Company’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding accrue dividends at an annual rate of 6% of the stated value of $1,000 per share, payable monthly. The Company had 583,110 and 243,887 outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock at March 31, 2016, and 2015, respectively.

(B) The Company's outstanding unvested restricted share awards (7,536 and 39,216 shares of Common Stock at March 31, 2016, and 2015, respectively) contain non-forfeitable rights to distributions or distribution equivalents. The impact of the unvested restricted share awards on earnings per share has been calculated using the two-class method whereby earnings are allocated to the unvested restricted share awards based on dividends declared and the unvested restricted shares' participation rights in undistributed earnings. Given the Company incurred net losses attributable to common stockholders for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, the dividends declared for that period are adjusted in determining the calculation of loss per share of Common Stock since the unvested restricted share awards are defined as participating securities.

(C) Potential dilution from warrants outstanding at March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015 from issuances of Units that are potentially exercisable into 10,957,500 and 4,856,600 shares of Common Stock respectively, are excluded from the diluted shares calculations because the effect was antidilutive. Class A Units were excluded from the denominator because earnings were allocated to non-controlling interests in the calculation of the numerator.


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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
March 31, 2016


15. Pro Forma Financial Information (unaudited)

The Company’s condensed pro forma financial results assume the following acquisitions were hypothetically completed on the following dates, as shown below:
 
Hypothetical acquisition date
Lenox Portfolio
1/1/2014
Stone Creek
1/1/2014
Citi Lakes
12/1/2014
Avenues at Creekside
1/1/2014
CityPark View
1/1/2014
Aster at Lely
1/1/2014
Venue at Lakewood Ranch
9/1/2014
Houston Portfolio
2/1/2014
Overlook at Hamilton Place
1/1/2014
Summit Point
1/1/2014
Royal Lakes Marketplace
1/1/2014
Independence Square
1/1/2014
Overton Rise
1/1/2015
Baldwin Park
1/1/2015
Crosstown Walk
1/1/2015
Wade Green Village
1/1/2015

 
 
 
 
Three months ended March 31,
 
 
 
 
2016
 
2015
Pro forma:
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
$
42,504,380

 
$
34,841,423

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
535,199

 
$
(8,207,240
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss) attributable to the Company
 
$
521,216

 
$
(8,103,023
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
 
$
(7,361,970
)
 
$
(11,282,783
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss per share of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
attributable to common stockholders,
 
 
 
 
 
Basic and diluted
 
$
(0.32
)
 
$
(0.52
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average number of shares of Common Stock
 
 
 
 
outstanding, basic and diluted
 
22,983,741

 
21,813,974


These pro forma results are not necessarily indicative of what historical performance would have been had these business combinations been effective as of the hypothetical acquisition dates listed above, nor should they be interpreted as expectations of future results.

16. Fair Values of Financial Instruments

Fair value is defined as the price at which an asset or liability is exchanged between market participants in an orderly transaction at the reporting date. The Company’s cash equivalents, notes receivable, accounts receivable and payables and accrued expenses all approximate fair value due to their short term nature. The Company's Irvine loan was measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2014; it was converted to a real estate loan on July 1, 2015.

The following tables provide estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments. The carrying values of the Company's real estate loans include accrued interest receivable from additional interest or exit fee provisions and are presented net of deferred loan fee revenue, where applicable.


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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
March 31, 2016


 
As of 3/31/2016
 
Carrying value
 
 
 
Fair value measurements
using fair value hierarchy
 
 
Fair Value
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
Financial assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real estate loans (1)
$
273,849,553

 
$
288,346,401

 
$

 
$

 
$
288,346,401

Notes and line of credit receivable
39,046,184

 
39,046,184

 

 

 
39,046,184

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
312,895,737

 
$
327,392,585

 
$

 
$

 
$
327,392,585

Financial liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage notes payable (2)
$
846,400,100

 
$
854,582,149

 
$

 
$

 
$
854,582,149

Revolving credit facility
17,000,000

 
17,000,000

 

 

 
17,000,000

Term loan
30,000,000

 
30,000,000

 

 

 
30,000,000

Loan participation obligations
13,769,962

 
14,227,130

 

 

 
14,227,130

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
907,170,062

 
$
915,809,279

 
$

 
$

 
$
915,809,279

 
As of December 31, 2015
 
Carrying value
 
 
 
Fair value measurements
using fair value hierarchy
 
 
Fair Value
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
Financial assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real estate loans (1)
$
252,296,406

 
$
267,383,427

 
$

 
$

 
$
267,383,427

Notes and line of credit receivable
37,943,733

 
37,943,733

 

 

 
37,943,733

 
$
290,240,139

 
$
305,327,160

 
$

 
$

 
$
305,327,160

Financial liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage notes payable (2)
$
696,945,291

 
692,008,640

 
$

 
$

 
$
692,008,640

Revolving credit facility
34,500,000

 
34,500,000

 

 

 
34,500,000

Loan participation obligations
13,544,160

 
14,061,190

 

 

 
14,061,190

 
$
744,989,451

 
$
740,569,830

 
$

 
$

 
$
740,569,830


(1) The carrying value of real estate assets includes the Company's balance of the Founders' Village, Palisades, Green Park, and Stadium Village real estate loans, as well as the amounts funded by unrelated participants. The loan participation obligations are the amounts due the participants under these arrangements. The carrying value of real estate loans includes accrued interest of approximately $13.2 million and $14.3 million as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

(2) The carrying value of mortgage notes payable consists of the principal amounts due reduced by any unamortized deferred loan issuance costs.

The fair value of the real estate loans within the level 3 hierarchy are comprised of estimates of the fair value of the notes, which were developed utilizing a discounted cash flow model over the remaining terms of the notes until their maturity dates and utilizing discount rates believed to approximate the market risk factor for notes of similar type and duration. The fair values also contain a separately-calculated estimate of any applicable exit fee or additional interest payment due the Company at the maturity date of the loan, based on the outstanding loan balances at March 31, 2016, discounted to the reporting date utilizing a discount rate believed to be appropriate for multifamily development projects.

The fair values of the fixed rate mortgages on the Company’s properties were developed using market quotes of the fixed rate yield index and spread for four, five, seven and 30 year notes as of the reporting date. The present values of the cash flows were calculated using the original interest rate in place on the fixed rate mortgages and again at the current market rate. The difference between the two results was applied as a fair market adjustment to the carrying value of the mortgages.


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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – (continued)
March 31, 2016


17. Subsequent Events

Between April 1, 2016 and April 29, 2016, the Company issued 35,548 Units and collected net proceeds of approximately $32.0 million after commissions and fees under its Follow-on Offering.

On April 20, 2016, the Company closed on a real estate investment loan of up to approximately $9.4 million in support of a proposed second phase of a 140-unit, 556-bed student housing project adjacent to the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.
 
On April 29, 2016, the Company acquired a portfolio of six grocery-anchored shopping centers, with an aggregate of 535,252 square feet of gross leasable area, located in various southeastern U. S. markets. The total purchase price was approximately $68.7 million and the consideration transferred included approximately $25.0 million of mortgage financing. The allocation of the fair value of the acquired assets and liabilities was incomplete at the date of filing.

On May 5, 2016, the Company granted 30,990 shares of restricted Common Stock to its independent board members, as annual compensation for service on its board of directors. The aggregate fair value of this award, which vests on a straight-line basis over four consecutive quarterly tranches, was $409,998, which was based on the closing price of the Common Stock on the prior business day.

On May 5, 2016, the Company declared a Common Stock dividend of $0.2025 per share for the second quarter 2016, which is payable on July 15, 2016, to common stockholders of record on June 15, 2016.

On May 5, 2016, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-211178) for an offering up to $300 million of equity or debt securities, including an at-the-market offering of Common Stock of up to $150 million.









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Item 2.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Significant Developments

During the first quarter 2016, we acquired three multifamily communities located in Orlando, Florida, Tampa, Florida, and Atlanta, Georgia, representing 1,164 units, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $217.7 million. We now own 22 multifamily communities with 7,300 units.

Also during the first quarter 2016, we acquired one grocery-anchored shopping center located in the Atlanta, Georgia market, with approximately 75,000 square feet of gross leasable area for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $11.0 million. We now own 15 centers with an approximate aggregate of 1,354,000 square feet of gross leasable area.

During the first quarter 2016, we converted two bridge loans to real estate loans with an aggregate loan commitment amount of approximately $22.5 million to partially finance a planned multifamily community to be located in Atlanta, Georgia and a student housing project located adjacent to the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. We also originated a new real estate investment loan and a member loan with an aggregate loan commitment amount of approximately $7.3 million in support of a planned second phase of our CityPark View multifamily community in Charlotte, North Carolina. Also during the first quarter 2016, we originated a bridge loan of up to approximately $33.8 million in support of a student housing project adjacent to Texas A&M University and another $6.0 million land acquisition loan in support of a mixed use project in Atlanta, Georgia. As of March 31, 2016, our real estate loan portfolio consisted of 15 real estate loans and four bridge loans supporting twelve planned multifamily communities, six student housing projects and one planned retail center, with an aggregate commitment amount of approximately $312.2 million. There can be no assurance that we will acquire any of the assets under construction.
    
During the first quarter 2016, we issued 101,037 Units and collected net proceeds of approximately $90.9 million from our Follow-On Offering.

Forward-looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, including, without limitation, statements containing the words "believes," "anticipates," "intends," "expects," "assumes," "goals," "guidance," "trends" and similar expressions, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based upon our current plans, expectations and projections about future events. However, such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the following:

•     our business and investment strategy;
•     our projected operating results;
actions and initiatives of the U.S. Government and changes to U.S. Government policies and the execution and impact of these actions, initiatives and policies;
•     the state of the U.S. economy generally or in specific geographic areas;
•     economic trends and economic recoveries;
our ability to obtain and maintain financing arrangements, including through the Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae, and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or Freddie Mac;
•     financing and advance rates for our target assets;
•     our expected leverage;
•     changes in the values of our assets;
•     our expected portfolio of assets;
•     our expected investments;
•     interest rate mismatches between our target assets and our borrowings used to fund such investments;
•     changes in interest rates and the market value of our target assets;
•     changes in prepayment rates on our target assets;
•     effects of hedging instruments on our target assets;
•     rates of default or decreased recovery rates on our target assets;
•     the degree to which our hedging strategies may or may not protect us from interest rate volatility;
•     impact of and changes in governmental regulations, tax law and rates, accounting guidance and similar matters;
•     our ability to maintain our qualification as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
•     our ability to maintain our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
•     availability of investment opportunities in mortgage-related and real estate-related investments and securities;

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•     availability of qualified personnel;
•     estimates relating to our ability to make distributions to our stockholders in the future;
•     our understanding of our competition;
•     market trends in our industry, interest rates, real estate values, the debt securities markets or the general economy;
weakness in the national, regional and local economies, which could adversely impact consumer spending and retail sales and in turn tenant demand for space and could lead to increased store closings;
changes in market rental rates;
changes in demographics (including the number of households and average household income) surrounding our shopping centers;
adverse financial conditions for grocery anchors and other retail, service, medical or restaurant tenants;
continued consolidation in the retail and grocery sector;
excess amount of retail space in our markets;
reduction in the demand by tenants to occupy our shopping centers as a result of reduced consumer demand for certain retail formats;
the growth of super-centers and warehouse club retailers, such as those operated by Wal-Mart and Costco, and their adverse effect on traditional grocery chains;
our ability to aggregate a critical mass of grocery-anchored shopping centers or to spin-off, sell or distribute them;
the impact of an increase in energy costs on consumers and its consequential effect on the number of shopping visits to our centers; and
consequences of any armed conflict involving, or terrorist attack against, the United States.

Forward-looking statements are found throughout "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. The reader should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Except as required under the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, we do not have any intention or obligation to publicly release any revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect unforeseen or other events after the date of this report. The forward-looking statements should be read in light of the risk factors indicated in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in section 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and as may be supplemented by any amendments to our risk factors in our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other reports filed with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
General
The following discussion and analysis provides information that we believe is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our results of operations and financial position. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Overview

We are an externally managed Maryland corporation formed primarily to acquire and operate multifamily properties in select targeted markets throughout the United States. As part of our business strategy, we may enter into forward purchase contracts or purchase options for to-be-built multifamily communities and we may make bridge and mezzanine loans, provide deposit arrangements, or provide performance assurances, as may be necessary or appropriate, in connection with the construction of multifamily communities and other properties. As a secondary strategy, we may acquire or originate senior mortgage loans, subordinate loans or mezzanine debt secured by interests in multifamily properties, membership or partnership interests in multifamily properties and other multifamily related assets and invest not more than 20% of our assets in other real estate related investments such as grocery-anchored shopping centers, senior mortgage loans, subordinate loans or mezzanine debt secured by interests in grocery-anchored related assets, membership or partnership interests in grocery-anchored shopping centers and other grocery-anchored related assets as determined by our Manager as appropriate for us.

We seek to generate returns for our stockholders by taking advantage of the current environment in the real estate market and the United States economy by acquiring multifamily assets and shopping centers in our targeted markets.  The current economic environment still provides many challenges for new development, which provides opportunity for current multifamily product to potentially enjoy stable occupancy rates and rising rental rates as the overall economy continues to grow.  As the real estate market and economy stabilize, we intend to employ efficient management techniques to grow income and create asset value.

As market conditions change over time, we intend to adjust our investment strategy to adapt to such changes as appropriate. We continue to believe there are abundant opportunities among our target assets that currently present attractive risk-return profiles. However, in order to capitalize on the investment opportunities that may be present in the various other points of an economic cycle, we may expand or change our investment strategy and target assets. We believe that the diversification of the portfolio of

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assets that we intend to acquire, our ability to acquire and manage our target assets, and the flexibility of our strategy will position us to generate attractive total returns for our stockholders in a variety of market conditions.

We elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Code effective with our tax year ended December 31, 2011. We also intend to operate our business in a manner that will permit us to maintain our status as a REIT and our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act. We have and will continue to conduct substantially all of our operations through our Operating Partnership in which we owned an approximate 96.3% interest as of March 31, 2016. New Market Properties, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, owns and conducts the business of our grocery-anchored shopping center properties.

Properties

At March 31, 2016, we were the sole owner of the following 22 multifamily communities, which comprise our multifamily segment:
Property Name
 
Location
 
Year constructed
 
Number of units
 
Average Unit Size (sq. ft.)
 
Average Occupancy
 
Average Rent per Unit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ashford Park
 
Atlanta, GA
 
1992
 
408

 
1,008

 
97.7
%
 
$
1,159

Lake Cameron
 
Raleigh, NC
 
1997
 
328

 
940

 
92.6
%
 
$
888

McNeil Ranch
 
Austin, TX
 
1999
 
192

 
1,071

 
94.4
%
 
$
1,224

Stone Rise
 
Philadelphia, PA
 
2008
 
216

 
1,079

 
92.2
%
 
$
1,415

Enclave at Vista Ridge
 
Dallas, TX
 
2003
 
300

 
1,079

 
94.7
%
 
$
1,121

Stoneridge Farms
 
Nashville, TN
 
2002
 
364

 
1,153

 
95.2
%
 
$
1,005

Vineyards
 
Houston, TX
 
2003
 
369

 
1,122

 
92.2
%
 
$
1,111

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total/Average Same Store
 
 
 
 
 
2,177

 
 
 
94.3
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trail Creek
 
Hampton, VA
 
2007
 
300

 
1,084

 
%
 
$
1,171

Summit Crossing 
 
Atlanta, GA
 
2007
 
485

 
1,053

 
%
 
$
1,203

Sandstone Creek
 
Kansas City, KS
 
2000
 
364

 
1,135

 
%
 
$
1,014

Aster at Lely Resort
 
Naples, FL
 
2015
 
308

 
979

 
97.6
%
 
$
1,330

CityPark View
 
Charlotte, NC
 
2014
 
284

 
948

 
91.1
%
 
$
1,059

Avenues at Cypress
 
Houston, TX
 
2014
 
240

 
1,166

 
90.9
%
 
$
1,373

Venue at Lakewood Ranch
 
Sarasota, FL
 
2015
 
237

 
1,001

 
97.3
%
 
$
1,576

Avenues at Creekside
 
San Antonio, TX
 
2014
 
395

 
974

 
89.4
%
 
$
1,132

Citi Lakes
 
Orlando, FL
 
2014
 
346

 
984

 
%
 
$
1,335

Avenues at Northpointe
 
Houston, TX
 
2013
 
280

 
1,154

 
93.4
%
 
$
1,380

Lenox Portfolio
 
Nashville, TN
 
2009-2015
 
474

 
886

 
97.1
%
 
$
1,135

Stone Creek
 
Houston, TX
 
2009
 
246

 
852

 
%
 
$
1,016

Overton Rise
 
Atlanta, GA
 
 
 
294

 
1,018

 
%
 
$

Baldwin Park
 
Orlando, FL
 
 
 
528

 
1,069

 
%
 
$

Crosstown Walk
 
Tampa, FL
 
 
 
342

 
980

 
%
 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Non-Same Store
 
 
 
 
 
5,123

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
7,300

 
 
 
94.2
%
 
 

For the three-month period ended March 31, 2016, our average occupancy was 94.2%. We define average occupancy as market rent reduced by vacancy losses. All of our multifamily properties are included in this calculation except for properties which are held for sale (Trail Creek), properties which are not yet stabilized, which we define as properties having first achieved 93% physical occupancy (Citi Lakes was not yet stabilized at the beginning of the first quarter), properties which are owned for less than the entire reporting period (Overton Rise, Baldwin Park, and Crosstown Walk), and properties which are undergoing significant capital projects or are adding additional phases (Summit Crossing, Stone Creek and Sandstone Creek).

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At March 31, 2016, we were the sole owner of the following 15 grocery-anchored shopping centers, which comprise our retail segment:
Property name
 
Metropolitan area
 
Year built
 
GLA (1)
 
Percent leased (2)
 
Anchor tenant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Woodstock Crossing
 
Atlanta, GA
 
1994
 
66,122

 
92.6
%
 
 Kroger
Parkway Centre
 
Columbus, GA
 
1999
 
53,088

 
97.4
%
 
 Publix
Powder Springs
 
Atlanta, GA
 
1999
 
77,853

 
92.8
%
 
 Publix
Royal Lakes Marketplace
 
Atlanta, GA
 
2008
 
119,493

 
84.4
%
 
 Kroger
Summit Point
 
Atlanta, GA
 
2004
 
111,970

 
83.1
%
 
 Publix
Wade Green Village
 
Atlanta, GA
 
1993
 
74,978

 
93.2
%
 
 Publix
Parkway Town Centre
 
Nashville, TN
 
2005
 
65,587

 
92.4
%
 
 Publix
Spring Hill Plaza
 
Nashville, TN
 
2005
 
61,570

 
100.0
%
 
 Publix
Salem Cove
 
Nashville, TN
 
2010
 
62,356

 
97.8
%
 
 Publix
The Overlook at Hamilton Place
 
Chattanooga, TN
 
1992
 
213,095

 
98.6
%
 
The Fresh Market
Barclay Crossing
 
Tampa, FL
 
1998
 
54,958

 
100.0
%
 
 Publix
Deltona Landings
 
Orlando, FL
 
1999
 
59,966

 
95.5
%
 
 Publix
Kingwood Glen
 
Houston, TX
 
1998
 
103,397

 
100.0
%
 
 Kroger
Independence Square
 
Dallas, TX
 
1977
 
140,218

 
94.6
%
 
Tom Thumb
Sweetgrass Corner
 
Charleston, SC
 
1999
 
89,124

 
96.2
%
 
 Bi-Lo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,353,775

 
 
 
 
(1) Gross leasable area, or GLA, represents the total amount of property square footage that can be leased to tenants.
(2) Percent leased represents the percentage of GLA that is leased, including lease agreements that have been signed which have not yet commenced.
Industry Outlook

We believe continued, albeit potentially sporadic, improvement in the United States' economy will continue for 2016, with continued job growth and improvements in consumer confidence.  We believe a growing economy, improved job market and increased consumer confidence should help create favorable conditions for the multifamily sector.   If the economy continues to improve, we expect current occupancy rates generally to remain stable, on an annual basis, as the current level of occupancy nationwide will be difficult to measurably improve upon.  The pipeline of new multifamily construction, although increasing, has been relatively measured in most of our markets.  Nationally, new multifamily construction is currently at or slightly above average historical levels in most markets.  Even with the increase in new supply of multifamily properties, recent job growth and demographic trends have led to good levels of absorption levels in most of our markets, which in many of our markets has offset or exceeded the new supply coming online.  The absorption rate has led to stable or modestly increasing occupancy rates with concurrent increases in rental rates in our markets.  We believe the supply of new multifamily construction will not increase dramatically as the constraints in the market (including availability of quality sites and the difficult permitting and entitlement process) will contain increases in multifamily supply.

                We believe that the grocery-anchored shopping center sector benefits from many of the same improving metrics as the multifamily sector, namely improved economy and job and wage growth. More specifically, the types of centers we own and plan to acquire are primarily occupied by grocery stores, service uses, medical providers and restaurants. We believe that these businesses are significantly less impacted by e-commerce than some other retail businesses, and that grocery anchors typically generate repeat trips to the center. We expect that improving macroeconomic conditions, coupled with continued population growth in the suburban markets where our retail properties are located, will create favorable conditions for grocery shopping and other uses provided by grocery-anchored shopping centers. With moderate supply growth following a period of historically low retail construction starts, we believe our centers that are all generally located in Sun Belt and Texas markets are well-positioned to have solid operating fundamentals.

                Favorable U.S. Treasury yields and competitive lender spreads have created a generally favorable borrowing environment for multifamily owners and developers.  Given the uncertainty around the world's financial markets, investors have been willing to accept lower yields on U.S. government backed securities, providing Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (the GSEs) with excellent access to investor capital.  Even with the recent volatility in U.S. Treasury rates, we expect the market to continue to remain favorable for financing multifamily communities, as the equity and debt markets have generally continued to view the U.S. multifamily sector as a desirable investment.  Lending by GSEs could be limited by caps imposed by the Federal Housing and

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Finance Association (FHFA), which could lead to higher lending costs, although we expect such higher costs to be offset by increased lending activity by other market participants; however, such other market participants may have increased costs and stricter underwriting criteria.
        
                We believe the combination of continued high construction mortgage underwriting standards as compared to before the financial crisis, coupled with continued hesitance and reluctance among many prospective homebuyers to believe the net benefits of home ownership are greater than the benefit of the flexibility offered through renting will continue to work in the existing multifamily sector's favor, resulting in gradual increases in market rents, lower concessions and opportunities for increases in ancillary fee income.  We also believe there will be a continued increase in demand for multifamily rental housing due to the ongoing entry of the domestic echo-boomer generation, the sons and daughters of the baby-boom generation, into the workforce  resulting in an increase in demand for rental housing.   Finally, we believe a continuation of the current declining homeownership rate trend in the United States would also result in increased demand for multifamily rental housing.

Critical Accounting Policies
Below is a discussion of the accounting policies that management believes are critical. We consider these policies critical because they involve significant management judgments, assumptions and estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain and because they are important for understanding and evaluating our reported financial results. These judgments affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and our disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. With different estimates or assumptions, materially different amounts could be reported in our financial statements. Additionally, other companies may utilize different estimates that may impact the comparability of our results of operations to those of companies in similar businesses.
Real Estate
Cost Capitalization. Investments in real estate properties are carried at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of 30 to 40 years for buildings, 5 to 10 years for building and land improvements and 5 to 10 years for computers, furniture, fixtures and equipment. Acquisition costs are generally expensed as incurred for transactions that are deemed to be business combinations. Repairs, maintenance and resident turnover costs are charged to expense as incurred and significant replacements and betterments are capitalized and depreciated over the items' estimated useful lives. Repairs, maintenance and resident turnover costs include all costs that do not extend the useful life of the real estate property. We consider the period of future benefit of an asset to determine its appropriate useful life.
Real Estate Acquisition Valuation. We generally record the acquisition of income-producing real estate as a business combination. All assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured at their acquisition-date fair values.
We assess the acquisition-date fair values of all tangible assets, identifiable intangibles and assumed liabilities using methods similar to those used by independent appraisers (e.g., discounted cash flow analysis) and that utilize appropriate discount and/or capitalization rates and available market information. Estimates of future cash flows are based on a number of factors, including historical operating results, known and anticipated trends and market and economic conditions. The fair value of tangible assets of an acquired property considers the value of the property as if it were vacant.
We record above-market and below-market in-place lease values for acquired properties based on the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (ii) management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining average non-cancelable term of the leases. We amortize any recorded above-market or below-market lease values as a reduction or increase, respectively, to rental income over the remaining average non-cancelable term of the respective leases.
Intangible assets include the value of in-place leases, which represents the estimated value of the net cash flows of the in-place leases to be realized, as compared to the net cash flows that would have occurred had the property been vacant at the time of acquisition and subject to lease-up. These estimates include estimated carrying costs, such as real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the hypothetical expected lease-up periods. Acquired in-place lease values are amortized to operating expense over the average remaining non-cancelable term of the respective in-place leases.
The fair values of in-place leases for retail shopping centers represent the value of direct costs associated with leasing, including opportunity costs associated with lost rentals that are avoided by acquiring in-place leases. Direct costs associated with obtaining a new tenant include commissions, legal and marketing costs, incentives such as tenant improvement allowances and other direct costs. Such direct costs are estimated based on our consideration of current market costs to execute a similar lease.

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The value of opportunity costs is estimated using the estimated market lease rates and the estimated absorption period of the space. These direct costs and opportunity costs are included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as acquired intangible assets and are amortized to expense over the remaining term of the respective leases. The fair values of above-market and below-market in-place leases for retail shopping centers are recorded based on the present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (ii) our estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining term of the leases, taking into consideration the probability of renewals for any below-market leases. The capitalized above-market leases and in place leases are included in the acquired intangible assets line of the consolidated balance sheets. Both above-market and below-market lease values are amortized as adjustments to rental revenue over the remaining term of the respective leases, plus any below market probable renewal options.
Intangible assets also include the value of customer relationships, which represent the value inherent in the relationships with existing lessees, quantified by management's estimate of the average likelihood of lease renewal. Customer relationships are amortized over the average remaining non-cancelable term of in place leases, plus an estimated renewal period.
Estimating the fair values of the tangible assets, identifiable intangibles and assumed liabilities requires us to make significant assumptions to estimate market lease rates, property-operating expenses, carrying costs during lease-up periods, discount rates, market absorption periods, the number of years the property will be held for investment and market interest rates. The use of different assumptions would result in variations of the values of our acquired tangible assets, identifiable intangibles and assumed liabilities, which would impact their subsequent amortization and ultimately our net income.
Impairment of Real Estate and Related Intangible Assets. We monitor events and changes in circumstances that could indicate that the carrying amounts of our real estate and related intangible assets may not be recoverable or realized. When conditions suggest that an asset group may be impaired, we compare its carrying value to its estimated undiscounted future cash flows, including proceeds from its eventual disposition. If, based on this analysis, we do not believe that we will be able to recover the carrying value of an asset group, we record an impairment to the extent that the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the asset group. Fair market value is determined based on a discounted cash flow analysis. This analysis requires us to use future estimates of net operating income, expected hold period, capitalization rates and discount rates. The use of different assumptions would result in variations of the values of the assets which could impact the amount of our net income and our assets on our balance sheet.

Real Estate Loans

We extend loans for purposes such as to provide partial financing for the development of multifamily residential communities, to acquire land in anticipation of developing and constructing multifamily residential communities and for other real estate or real estate related projects. Certain of these loans we extend include characteristics such as exclusive options to purchase the project within a specific time window following expected project completion and stabilization, the rights to incremental exit fees over and above the amount of periodic interest paid during the life of the loans, or both. These characteristics can cause the loans to fall under the definition of a variable interest entity, or VIE, and thus trigger consolidation consideration. We consider the facts and circumstances pertinent to each loan, including the relative amount of financing we are contributing to the overall project cost, decision making rights or control we hold and our rights to expected residual gains or our obligations to absorb expected residual losses from the project. If we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary of a VIE due to holding a controlling financial interest, the majority of decision making control, or by other means, consolidation of the VIE would be required. Arriving at these conclusions requires us to make significant assumptions and judgments concerning each project, especially with regard to our estimates of future market capitalization rates and property net operating income projections. Additionally, we analyze each loan arrangement and utilize these same assumptions and judgments for consideration of whether the loan qualifies for accounting as a loan or as an investment in a real estate development project.

Impairment of Loans and Notes Receivable. We monitor the progress of underlying real estate development projects which are partially financed by our real estate loans and certain of our notes receivable. Draws of interest included in these loans and notes are monitored versus the budgeted amounts, and the progress of projects are monitored versus the estimates in the project timeline. Changes in circumstances could indicate that the carrying amounts of our loans and notes receivable may not be recoverable or realized. When conditions suggest that an impairment condition may exist, we compare its carrying value to its estimated undiscounted future cash flows, including proceeds from its eventual disposition. If, based on this analysis, we do not believe that we will be able to recover the carrying value of a loan or note, we record a valuation allowance to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its estimated fair value. Fair market value is determined based on a discounted cash flow analysis and is substantiated by an independent appraisal if necessary. This analysis requires us to use future estimates of progress of a project versus its budget, local and national economic conditions and discount rates. The use of different assumptions would result in variations of the values of the loans and notes which could impact the amount of our net income and our assets on our consolidated balance sheets.

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Revenue Recognition

We generally lease apartment units under leases with terms of thirteen months or less. We generally lease retail properties for rental terms of several years. Rental revenue, net of concessions, is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Differences from the straight-line method, which recognize the effect of any up-front concessions and other adjustments ratably over the lease term, are recorded in the appropriate period, to the extent that adjustments to the straight-line method are material.

Revenue from reimbursements of retail tenants' share of real estate taxes, insurance and common area maintenance, or CAM, costs are recognized as the respective costs are incurred in accordance with the lease agreements. We estimate the collectability of the receivable related to rental and reimbursement billings due from tenants and straight-line rent receivables, which represent the cumulative amount of future adjustments necessary to present rental income on a straight-line basis, by taking into consideration our historical write-off experience, tenant credit-worthiness, current economic trends, and remaining lease terms.

We recognize gains on sales of real estate either in total or deferred for a period of time, depending on whether a sale has been consummated, the extent of the buyer’s investment in the property being sold, whether our receivable, if any, is subject to future subordination, and the degree of our continuing involvement with the property after the sale, if any. If the criteria for profit recognition under the full-accrual method are not met, we defer gain recognition and account for the continued operations of the property by applying the reduced profit, deposit, installment or cost recovery method, as appropriate, until the appropriate criteria are met.

Other income, including interest earned on our cash, is recognized as it is earned. We recognize interest income on real estate loans on an accrual basis over the life of the loan using the effective interest method. Direct loan origination fees and origination or acquisition costs, are amortized over the life of the loan as an adjustment to interest income. We stop accruing interest on loans when circumstances indicate that it is probable that the ultimate collection of all principal and interest due according to the loan agreement will not be realized, which is generally a delinquency of 30 days in required payments of interest or principal. Any payments received on such non-accrual loans are recorded as interest income when the payments are received. Interest accrual on real estate loan investments is resumed once interest and principal payments become current.

Promotional fees received from service providers at our properties are deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the agreement.

Equity Compensation

We calculate the fair value of equity compensation instruments such as warrants and stock options based upon estimates of their expected term, the expected volatility of and dividend yield on our Common Stock over this expected term period and the market risk-free rate of return. The compensation expense is accrued over the vesting period(s).

New Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 ("ASU 2014-09"), Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). ASU 2014-09 provides a single comprehensive revenue recognition model for contracts with customers (excluding certain contracts, such as lease contracts) to improve comparability within industries. ASU 2014-09 requires an entity to recognize revenue to reflect the transfer of goods or services to customers at an amount the entity expects to be paid in exchange for those goods and services and provide enhanced disclosures, all to provide more comprehensive guidance for transactions such as service revenue and contract modifications. ASU 2014-09 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. ASU 2014-09 may be applied using either a full retrospective or a modified approach upon adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this standard may have on its financial statements.

In February 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-02 ("ASU 2015-02"), Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis. This new guidance specifically eliminates the presumption in the current voting model that a general partner controls a limited partnership or similar entity unless that presumption can be overcome. Generally, only a single limited partner that is able to exercise substantive kick-out rights will be required to consolidate the limited partnership. ASU 2015-02 is effective on January 1, 2016 and early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The new standard must be applied using a modified retrospective approach by recording a cumulative-effect adjustment to equity/capital

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as of the beginning of the period of adoption or retrospectively to each period presented. The Company's adoption of ASU 2015-02 had no impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In January 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-01 ("ASU 2016-01"), Financial Instruments—Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and measurement of Financial Assets and Liabilities. The new standard's applicable provisions to the Company include an elimination of the disclosure requirement of the significant inputs and assumptions underlying the fair value calculations of its financial instruments which are carried at amortized cost. The standard is effective on January 1, 2018, and early adoption is not permitted for the applicable provision. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2016-01 to impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements. 

In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 ("ASU 2016-02"), Leases (ASC 842), which sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract (i.e. lessees and lessors). The new standard requires lessors to account for leases using an approach that is substantially equivalent to existing guidance for sales-type leases, direct financing leases and operating leases. ASC 842 supersedes the previous leases standard, ASC 840 Leases. The standard is effective on January 1, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance but does not expected its adoption to materially impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements. 

In March 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-09 ("ASU 2016-09"), Compensation—Stock Compensation
(Topic 178): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. The new standard's applicable provisions to the Company include allowing the entity to make an accounting policy election to either estimate the number of awards that are expected to vest or account for forfeitures of equity compensation awards when they occur. Previous guidance required entities to estimate the number of awards that are expected to vest. The standard is effective on January 1, 2017, and the Company adopted ASU 2016-09 on January 1, 2016 pursuant to the allowed early adoption provision. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2016-09 to materially impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements. 

Results of Operations

The highlights of our first quarter 2016 operating results included:

Normalized Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders, or NFFO, was $7,012,574, or $0.30 per share for the first quarter 2016, an increase of 25.0% on a per share basis from our NFFO result of $5,202,103, or $0.24 per share for the first quarter 2015. (1) 

Adjusted Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders, or AFFO, was $8,935,867, or $0.38 per share for the first quarter 2016, an increase of 72.7% on a per share basis from our AFFO result of $4,940,346, or $0.22 per share for the first quarter 2015. AFFO is calculated after deductions for all preferred dividends. (1) 

As of March 31, 2016, our total assets were approximately $1.5 billion, an increase of approximately $0.7 billion, or 94.8% compared to our total assets of approximately $0.8 billion at March 31, 2015.

Total revenues for the first quarter 2016 were approximately $41.7 million, an increase of approximately $20.4 million, or 95.5%, compared to approximately $21.3 million for the first quarter 2015.

Cash flow from operations for the first quarter 2016 was approximately $13.4 million, an increase of approximately $5.7 million, or 73.1%, compared to approximately $7.7 million for the first quarter 2015.

Our Common Stock dividend of $0.1925 per share for the first quarter 2016 represents a growth rate of 10.0% from our first quarter 2015 dividend of $0.175 per share and a growth rate of approximately 11.5% on an annualized basis since June 30, 2011, the first quarter end following our initial public offering in April 2011.

At March 31, 2016, our leverage, as measured by the ratio of our debt to the undepreciated book value of our total assets, was approximately 56.6%.

For the first quarter 2016, our average occupancy was 94.2%. As of March 31, 2016, our retail portfolio was 94.3% leased.

For the first quarter 2016, our NFFO payout ratio to our Common Stockholders and Unitholders was approximately 64.9% and our AFFO payout ratio to Common Stockholders and Unitholders was approximately 51.0%. (2) 

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For the first quarter 2016, our NFFO payout ratio (before the deduction of preferred dividends) to our Series A Preferred Stockholders was approximately 52.9% and our AFFO payout ratio (before the deduction of preferred dividends) to our Series A Preferred Stockholders was approximately 46.9%. (2) 

As of February 24, 2016, we held a nonrefundable deposit from a prospective purchaser of our Trail Creek multifamily community located in Hampton, Virginia and as of that date, reclassified the assets and mortgage note from held and used to held for sale. We expect the sale of Trail Creek to close in May 2016.

During the first quarter 2016, we converted two existing bridge loans to real estate investment loans and added one new real estate investment loan, two new bridge loans and a member loan with an aggregate commitment amount of up to approximately $69.5 million, to partially finance two planned multifamily community projects and two student housing projects. The loans pay current monthly interest ranging from 8.5% to 11.0% per annum and all but one of the loans accrue deferred interest ranging from 3.0% to 5.0% per annum.

During the first quarter 2016, we acquired three multifamily communities, located in each of Tampa, Florida, Orlando, Florida, and Atlanta, Georgia, consisting of an aggregate of 1,164 multifamily units. We also acquired one grocery-anchored shopping center in the Atlanta, Georgia market comprising approximately 75,000 aggregate square feet of gross leasable area.

With the closing of the acquisitions referenced above, we owned as of year-end 22 multifamily communities consisting of an aggregate of 7,300 units and 15 grocery-anchored shopping centers comprising an aggregate of approximately 1,354,000 square feet of gross leasable area. Upon completion of all the projects partially financed by our real estate loan portfolio and if we were to acquire all the underlying properties, we would own 19 additional multifamily communities, comprising an aggregate of 4,699 additional units, and including seven additional student housing communities with 4,818 beds and one retail shopping center.

On April 20, 2016, we closed on a real estate investment loan of up to approximately $9.4 million in support of a proposed 140-unit, 556-bed second phase of a student housing project adjacent to the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. We also received a purchase option to acquire the property upon stabilization.

On April 29, 2016, we closed on a portfolio of six grocery-anchored shopping centers, with an aggregate of 535,252 square feet of gross leasable area, located in various southeastern U. S. markets. The total purchase price was approximately $68.7 million.



(1) “Per share” refers to per basic weighted average share of Common Stock and Class A Unit outstanding for the periods indicated. See Definitions of Non-GAAP and Other Measures later within this "Results of Operations" section.

(2) We calculate the NFFO and AFFO payout ratios to Common Stockholders and Unitholders as the ratio of Common Stock dividends and distributions to Unitholders to NFFO or AFFO, respectively. We calculate the NFFO and AFFO payout ratios to Series A Preferred Stockholders as the ratio of Preferred Stock dividends to the sum of Preferred Stock dividends and NFFO or AFFO, respectively. See Definitions of Non-GAAP and Other Measures later within this "Results of Operations" section.

During the three months ended March 31, 2016, we acquired the following real estate assets:
Acquisition date
 
Multifamily communities
 
Location
 
Units
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2/1/2016
 
Overton Rise
 
Atlanta, GA
 
294

1/15/2016
 
Crosstown Walk
 
Tampa, FL
 
342

1/5/2016
 
Baldwin Park
 
Orlando, FL
 
528

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,164

Acquisition date
 
Grocery anchored shopping centers
 
Market
 
Gross leasable area (square feet)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2/29/2016
 
Wade Green Village
 
Atlanta, GA
 
74,978


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Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 compared to 2015

The following discussion and tabular presentations highlight the major drivers behind the line item changes in our results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016 versus 2015, as summarized in the tables below:
 
Three months ended March 31,
 
Change inc (dec)
 
2016
 
2015
 
Amount
 
Percentage
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rental revenues
$
28,255,599

 
$
13,141,120

 
$
15,114,479

 
115.0
 %
Other property revenues
3,760,083

 
1,969,767

 
1,790,316

 
90.9
 %
Interest income on loans and notes receivable
6,942,159

 
4,875,086

 
2,067,073

 
42.4
 %
Interest income from related parties
2,777,940

 
1,358,542

 
1,419,398

 
104.5
 %
Total revenues
41,735,781

 
21,344,515

 
20,391,266

 
95.5
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Property operating and maintenance
4,021,362

 
2,079,359

 
1,942,003

 
93.4
 %
Property salary and benefits reimbursement to related party
2,363,463

 
1,117,573

 
1,245,890

 
111.5
 %
Property management fees to related parties
1,228,021

 
570,406

 
657,615

 
115.3
 %
Real estate taxes
5,173,441

 
2,076,677

 
3,096,764

 
149.1
 %
General and administrative
919,952

 
458,204

 
461,748

 
100.8
 %
Equity compensation to directors and executives
610,425

 
590,308

 
20,117

 
3.4
 %
Depreciation and amortization
15,346,726

 
7,945,428

 
7,401,298

 
93.2
 %
Acquisition and pursuit costs
2,652,705

 
423,592

 
2,229,113

 
526.2
 %
Acquisition fees to related parties
110,880

 
760,300

 
(649,420
)
 
(85.4
)%
Asset management fees to related parties
2,766,086

 
1,350,890

 
1,415,196

 
104.8
 %
Insurance, professional fees and other
1,306,981

 
705,552

 
601,429

 
85.2
 %
Total operating expenses
36,500,042

 
18,078,289

 
18,421,753

 
101.9
 %
Contingent asset management and general and administrative
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
expense fees
(269,601
)
 
(345,960
)
 
76,359

 
 %
Net operating expenses
36,230,441

 
17,732,329

 
18,498,112

 
104.3
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating income
5,505,340

 
3,612,186

 
1,893,154

 
 %
Less interest expense
8,894,830

 
4,377,115

 
4,517,715

 
103.2
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss
$
(3,389,490
)
 
$
(764,929
)
 
$
(2,624,561
)
 
 %

Rental and other property revenues and expenses for the three-month period ended March 31, 2016 included activity for the Baldwin Park, Crosstown Walk, and Overton Rise multifamily communities and the Wade Green Village grocery-anchored shopping center acquired during the first quarter 2016 only from their respective dates of acquisition. In addition, the 2016 period includes a full quarter of activity for the seven multifamily communities and four grocery-anchored shopping centers acquired during the second, third and fourth quarters of 2015. Rental and other property revenues and expenses for the three-month period ended March 31, 2015 include activity for the two multifamily communities acquired during the first quarter 2015 only from their respective dates of acquisition.


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Revenues

Rental revenues increased for the three months ended March 31, 2016 from the comparable 2015 periods primarily due to acquisitions shown in the following table which closed during the last three quarters of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016:
 
Three months ended
 
March 31, 2016 versus 2015
 
Increase
 
Amount (rounded to 000s):
 
Percent of increase
Rental revenues:
 
 
 
Baldwin Park, Crosstown Walk, and Overton Rise
$
4,001,000

 
26.5
%
Lakewood Ranch, Aster at Lely, and CityPark View
3,080,000

 
20.4
%
Avenues at Creekside and Citi Lakes
2,272,000

 
15.0
%
Stone Creek and Lenox multifamily revenues
2,260,000

 
15.0
%
Four grocery-anchored shopping centers acquired during 2015
1,582,000

 
10.5
%
Other
1,919,000

 
12.6
%
 
 
 
 
Total
$
15,114,000

 
100.0
%

Rental revenues are directly impacted by occupancy levels. Our average occupancy was 94.2% for both the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015. We define average occupancy as market rent reduced by vacancy losses within our multifamily communities segment.

As of March 31, 2016, our retail portfolio was 94.3% leased. We define percent leased as the percentage of gross leasable area that is leased, including lease agreements that have been signed which have not yet commenced.

Factors which we believe affect market rents include vacant unit inventory in local markets, local and national economic growth and resultant employment stability, income levels and growth, the ease of obtaining credit for home purchases, and changes in demand due to consumer confidence in the above factors.

We also collect revenue from residents for items such as utilities, application fees, lease termination fees, and late charges. Other revenues from our grocery-anchored shopping centers includes tenant reimbursements to us for common area maintenance, or CAM, costs and utility reimbursements. The increase in other property revenues for the three-month period ended March 31, 2016 versus 2015 was also due primarily to the acquisitions listed above.

Interest income from our real estate loans increased substantially for the three-month period ended March 31, 2016 versus 2015, primarily due to the addition of 12 real estate loans and bridge loans since March 31, 2015, partially offset by the repayment or settlement of five loans in connection with the acquisition of the underlying properties. Also contributing to the increases in interest income were higher loan balances on real estate loans, from accumulating draws and loan balances as the underlying projects progressed toward completion. The principal amount outstanding on our portfolio of real estate investment loans, bridge loans, and lines of credit receivable was approximately $301.2 million at March 31, 2016 and $198.5 million at March 31, 2015.

 
Three months ended March 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
Amounts (rounded to 000s):
Real estate loan investments:
 
 
 
Current interest payments
$
5,092,670

 
$
3,383,875

Additional accrued interest received
3,272,655

 
2,003,480

Deferred loan fee revenue
239,599

 
150,319

Total real estate loan investment revenue
8,604,924

 
5,537,674

Interest income on notes and lines of credit
1,115,175

 
695,954

 
 
 
 
Interest income on loans and notes receivable
$
9,720,099

 
$
6,233,628



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Property operating and maintenance expense

As shown in the following table, expenses for the operations and maintenance of our multifamily communities and retail assets rose primarily due to the incremental costs brought on by the multifamily and retail properties which were acquired since March 31, 2015. The primary components of operating and maintenance expense are utilities, property repairs, and landscaping costs. The expenses incurred for property repairs and, to a lesser extent, utilities could generally be expected to increase gradually over time as the buildings and properties age. Utility costs may generally be expected to increase in future periods as rate increases from providing carriers are passed on to our residents and tenants.
 
Three months ended
 
March 31, 2016 versus 2015
 
Increase
 
Amount (rounded to 000s):
 
Percent of increase
Property operations and maintenance:
 
 
 
Baldwin Park, Crosstown Walk, and Overton Rise
$
512,000

 
26.4
%
Lakewood, Aster, CityPark
383,000

 
19.7
%
Creekside, Citi Lakes
356,000

 
18.3
%
Stone Creek and Lenox Portfolio
282,000

 
14.5
%
Houston Portfolio
195,000

 
10.0
%
Four grocery-anchored shopping centers acquired during 2015
182,000

 
9.4
%
Other
32,000

 
1.7
%
 
 
 
 
Total
$
1,942,000

 
100.0
%

Property Salary and Benefits Reimbursement to Related Party

We recorded expense reimbursements to our multifamily property manager for the salary and benefits expense for individuals who handle the on-site management, operations and maintenance of our multifamily communities. These costs increased primarily due to the incremental costs brought on by the multifamily properties acquired since March 31, 2015, as shown in the following table. The number of employees assigned by our property manager to our 22 multifamily communities at March 31, 2016 is not expected to change materially over the foreseeable future.
 
Three months ended
 
March 31, 2016 versus 2015
 
Increase
 
Amount (rounded to 000s):
 
Percent of increase
Salary and benefits reimbursements:
 
 
 
Baldwin Park, Crosstown Walk, and Overton Rise
$
327,000

 
26.2
%
Lakewood Ranch, Aster at Lely, and CityPark View
270,000

 
21.7
%
Avenues at Creekside, Citi Lakes
263,000

 
21.1
%
Stone Creek and Lenox Portfolio
271,000

 
21.7
%
Other
115,000

 
9.3
%
 

 


Total
$
1,246,000

 
100.0
%

Property management fees

We pay a fee for property management services to our Manager in an amount of 4% of gross property revenues as compensation for services such as rental, leasing, operation and management of our multifamily communities and the supervision of any subcontractors; for retail assets, property management fees are generally 4% of gross property revenues, of which generally 3.5% is paid to a third party management company. The increases were primarily due to properties acquired since March 31, 2015, as shown in the following table:

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Three months ended
 
March 31, 2016 versus 2015
 
Increase
 
Amount (rounded to 000s):
 
Percent of increase
Property management fees:
 
 
 
Baldwin Park, Crosstown Walk, and Overton Rise
$
121,000

 
18.4
%
Lakewood Ranch, Aster at Lely, and CityPark View
103,000

 
15.7
%
Avenues at Creekside and Citi Lakes
78,000

 
11.9
%
Stone Creek and Lenox Portfolio
74,000

 
11.2
%
Four grocery-anchored shopping centers acquired during 2015
53,000

 
8.1
%
Other
229,000

 
34.7
%
 

 


Total
$
658,000

 
100.0
%

Real estate taxes

We are liable for property taxes due to the various counties and municipalities that levy such taxes on real property for each of our multifamily communities and retail assets. Real estate taxes rose primarily due to the incremental costs brought on by acquisitions made since March 31, 2015, as shown in the following table:
 
Three months ended
 
March 31, 2016 versus 2015
 
Increase
 
Amount (rounded to 000s):
 
Percent of increase
Real estate taxes:
 
 
 
Baldwin Park, Crosstown Walk, and Overton Rise
$
827,000

 
26.7
%
Avenues at Creekside and Citi Lakes
581,000

 
18.8
%
Stone Creek and Lenox Portfolio
432,000

 
13.9
%
Lakewood Ranch, Aster at Lely, and CityPark View
380,000

 
12.3
%
Four grocery-anchored shopping centers acquired during 2015
237,000

 
7.7
%
Other
640,000

 
20.6
%
 
 
 
 
Total
$
3,097,000

 
100.0
%

We generally expect the assessed values of our multifamily communities and retail assets to rise over time, owing to our expectation of improving market conditions and the value of our multifamily communities and retail assets, as well as pressure on municipalities to raise revenues.  


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General and Administrative

The increases in general and administrative expenses were primarily due to higher franchise and net worth taxes, and administrative expenses related to the properties acquired since March 31, 2015, as shown in the following table:
 
Three months ended
 
March 31, 2016 versus 2015
 
Increase
 
Amount (rounded to 000s):
 
Percent of increase
General and administrative expenses:
 
 
 
Lakewood Ranch, Aster at Lely, and CityPark View
$
119,000

 
25.8
%
Baldwin Park, Crosstown Walk, and Overton Rise
106,000

 
22.9
%
Lenox Portfolio and Stone Creek
74,000

 
16.0
%
Avenues at Creekside, Citi Lakes
48,000

 
10.4
%
Four grocery-anchored shopping centers acquired during 2015
19,000

 
4.1
%
Net worth/franchise taxes, licenses & fees
21,000

 
4.5
%
Other
75,000

 
16.3
%
 
 
 
 
Total
$
462,000

 
100.0
%

Equity compensation to directors and executives

Equity compensation expense by grant was as follows in the table below:
 
 
Three months ended March 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
Quarterly board member committee fee grants
$
24,009

 
$
17,909

Class B Unit awards:
 
 
 
Executive officers - 2014

 
3,825

Executive officers - 2015
5,236

 
488,083

Executive officers - 2016
501,178

 

Restricted stock grants:
 
 
 
2014
 

 
80,491

2015
 
80,002

 

 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
610,425

 
$
590,308

        

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Depreciation and amortization

The net increases in depreciation and amortization were driven primarily by the additional depreciable assets from the acquisitions made since March 31, 2015, as shown below:
 
Three months ended
 
March 31, 2016 versus 2015
 
Amount (rounded to 000s):
Lenox Portfolio and Stone Creek
 
 
 
Depreciation
$
1,190,000

 
$

Amortization of intangible assets
922,000

 

Avenues at Creekside, Citi Lakes
 
 
 
Depreciation
1,213,000

 

Amortization of intangible assets
464,000

 

Baldwin Park, Crosstown Walk, and Overton Rise
 
 
 
Depreciation
1,461,000

 

Amortization of intangible assets
1,538,000

 

Lakewood Ranch, Aster at Lely, and CityPark View
 
 
 
Depreciation
1,351,000

 

Amortization of intangible assets
1,000

 

Houston Portfolio
 
 
 
Depreciation
873,000

 
432,000

Amortization of intangible assets

 
393,000

Four grocery-anchored shopping centers acquired during 2015
 
 
 
Depreciation
694,000

 

Amortization of intangible assets
517,000

 

Dunbar Portfolio
 
 
 
Depreciation
1,809,000

 
1,759,000

Amortization of intangible assets
1,000

 
1,485,000

Other properties
3,313,000

 
3,876,000

 
 
 
 
Total
$
15,347,000

 
$
7,945,000


Acquisition and pursuit costs and fees to related parties

The changes in acquisition and pursuit costs and acquisition fees consisted of:

 
Three months ended March 31, 2016
Amount (rounded to 000s):
Acquisition fees
 
Other acquisition costs
 
Total acquisition costs
Baldwin Park, Crosstown Walk, and Overton Rise
$

 
$
2,231,000

 
$
2,231,000

Wade Green Village
111,000

 
175,000

 
286,000

Other

 
247,000

 
247,000

 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
$
111,000

 
$
2,653,000

 
$
2,764,000


 
Three months ended March 31, 2015
Amount (rounded to 000s):
Acquisition fees
 
Other acquisition costs
 
Total acquisition costs
Houston Portfolio
$
760,000

 
$
339,000

 
$
1,099,000

Other

 
85,000

 
85,000

 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
$
760,000

 
$
424,000

 
$
1,184,000



Beginning January 1, 2016, the Company replaced the acquisition fees which were paid to the Manager upon the closing of a property with loan coordination fees. Loan coordination fees are calculated as 1.6% of any assumed, new or supplemental debt incurred in connection with an acquired property, or of 63.0% of the purchase price, if the asset is not leveraged and are

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governed by the Management Agreement. These deferred loan costs are amortized over the lives of the loans and are included in the interest expense line on the consolidated statements of operations. Acquisition fees paid to our Manager were calculated as 1% of the gross purchase price of the multifamily community, the retail asset, or of the principal amount of the real estate loan. These costs also include similar expenditures for services provided by third parties.

Asset management fees and general and administrative fees to related party

Asset management fees are equal to one-twelfth of 0.50% of the total value of assets, as adjusted. The general and administrative expense fee is equal to 2% of the monthly gross revenues of the Company. Both are calculated as prescribed by the Management Agreement and are paid monthly to our Manager. These fees rose primarily due to the incremental assets and revenues brought on by acquisitions made since March 31, 2015, as shown in the following table:

 
Three months ended
 
March 31, 2016 versus 2015
 
Increase
 
Amount (rounded to 000s):
 
Percent of increase
Revenues:
 
 
 
Baldwin Park, Crosstown Walk, and Overton Rise
$
4,001,000

 
26.5
%
Lakewood Ranch, Aster at Lely, and CityPark View
3,080,000

 
20.4
%
Stone Creek and Lenox Portfolio
2,466,000

 
16.3
%
Creekside and Citilakes
2,272,000

 
15.0
%
Four grocery-anchored shopping centers acquired during 2015
1,582,000

 
10.5
%
Other
1,713,000

 
11.3
%
 
 
 
 
Total
$
15,114,000

 
100.0
%

 
As of
 
March 31, 2016 versus 2015
 
Increase
 
Amount (rounded to 000s):
 
Percent of increase
Gross real estate assets:
 
 
 
Baldwin Park, Crosstown Walk, and Overton Rise
$
212,118,000

 
32.1
%
Lakewood Ranch, Aster at Lely, and CityPark View
130,392,000

 
19.8
%
Stone Creek and Lenox Portfolio
100,889,000

 
15.3
%
Creekside and Citilakes
117,735,000

 
17.8
%
Four grocery-anchored shopping centers acquired during 2015
84,087,000

 
12.7
%
Wade Green Village
10,251,000

 
1.6
%
Other
4,478,000

 
0.7
%
 
 
 
 
Total
$
659,950,000

 
100.0
%


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Insurance, professional fees and other expenses

The increases consisted of:
 
Three months ended
 
March 31, 2016 versus 2015
 
Increase
 
Amount (rounded to 000s):
 
Percent of increase
 
 
 
 
Audit and tax fees
$
95,000

 
15.8
%
Insurance premiums
358,000

 
59.6
%
Legal fees
147,000

 
24.5
%
Other
1,000

 
0.1
%
 
 
 
 
Total
$
601,000

 
100.0
%

Contingent asset management and general and administrative expense fees deferred

The Manager may, in its discretion, defer some or all of the asset management, property management, or general and administrative expense fees for properties owned by us. Any deferred fees become due and payable to the extent that, in the event of any capital transaction, the net sale proceeds exceed the allocable capital contributions for the asset plus a 7% priority annual return on the asset. A total of $269,601 of combined asset management, general and administrative expense and property management fees attributable to the three-month period ended March 31, 2016 and $2,407,424 cumulatively have been deferred by the Manager. We will recognize any deferred fees in future periods to the extent, if any, we determine that it is probable that the estimated net sale proceeds would exceed the hurdles listed above. As of March 31, 2016, there was insufficient evidence to support recognition of these deferred fees; therefore, we have not recognized any expense for the amounts deferred.
    
Interest expense

The increases consisted of:
 
Three months ended
 
March 31, 2016 versus 2015
 
Increase
 
Amount (rounded to 000s):
 
Percent of increase
Interest expense:
 
 
 
Baldwin Park, Crosstown Walk, and Overton Rise
$
1,218,000

 
27.0
%
Lakewood Ranch, Aster at Lely, and CityPark View
817,000

 
18.1
%
Lenox Portfolio and Stone Creek
693,000

 
15.3
%
Avenues at Creekside, Citi Lakes
534,000

 
11.8
%
Four grocery-anchored shopping centers acquired during 2015
562,000

 
12.4
%
Other
694,000

 
15.4
%
 
 
 
 
Total
$
4,518,000

 
100.0
%

Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders (“FFO”)

Analysts, managers and investors have, since the first real estate investment trusts were created, made certain adjustments to reported net income amounts under U.S. GAAP in order to better assess these vehicles’ liquidity and cash flows. FFO is one of the most commonly utilized Non-GAAP measures currently in practice. In its 2002 “White Paper on Funds From Operations,” which was most recently revised in 2012, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, standardized the definition of how Net income/loss should be adjusted to arrive at FFO, in the interests of uniformity and comparability.

The NAREIT definition of FFO (and the one reported by the Company) is:
Net income/loss:
excluding impairment charges on and gains/losses from sales of depreciable property;
plus depreciation and amortization of real estate assets and deferred leasing costs; and

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after adjustments for the Company's proportionate share of unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures.

Not all companies necessarily utilize the standardized NAREIT definition of FFO, so caution should be taken in comparing the Company’s reported FFO results to those of other companies. The Company’s FFO results are comparable to the FFO results of other companies that follow the NAREIT definition of FFO and report these figures on that basis. The Company believes FFO is useful to investors as a supplemental gauge of our operating and cash-generating results. FFO is a non-GAAP measure that is reconciled to its most comparable GAAP measure, net income/loss available to common stockholders.

Normalized Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders (“NFFO”)

Normalized FFO makes certain adjustments to FFO, which are either not likely to occur on a regular basis or are otherwise not representative of the Company’s ongoing operating performance. For example, since the Company is acquiring properties on a regular basis, it incurred substantial costs related to such acquisitions, which are required under GAAP to be recognized as expenses when they are incurred. The Company adds back any such acquisition and pursuit costs, including costs incurred in connection with obtaining short term debt financing for acquisitions and beginning January 1, 2016, amortization of loan coordination fees to FFO in its calculation of NFFO since such costs are not representative of our fund generating results on an ongoing basis. The Company also adds back any costs incurred related to the negotiations of extensions of our management agreement with our Manager, realized losses on debt extinguishment and any non-cash dividends in this calculation. NFFO figures reported by us may not be comparable to those NFFO figures reported by other companies.

We utilize NFFO as a measure of the operating performance of our portfolio of real estate assets. We believe NFFO is useful to investors as a supplemental gauge of our operating performance and is useful in comparing our operating performance with other real estate companies that are not as involved in ongoing acquisition activities. NFFO is a non-GAAP measure that is reconciled to its most comparable GAAP measure, net income/loss available to common stockholders.

Adjusted Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders (“AFFO”)

AFFO makes further adjustments to NFFO results in order to arrive at a more refined measure of operating and financial performance. There is no industry standard definition of AFFO and practice is divergent across the industry. The Company calculates AFFO as:

NFFO, plus:
• non-cash equity compensation to directors and executives;
• amortization of loan closing costs, excluding costs incurred in connection with obtaining short term financing related to acquisitions;
• depreciation and amortization of non-real estate assets;
• net loan fees received; and
• deferred interest income received;

Less:
• non-cash loan interest income;
• cash paid for pursuit costs on abandoned acquisitions;
• cash paid for loan closing costs;
• amortization of acquired real estate intangible liabilities; and
• normally-recurring capital expenditures and capitalized retail direct leasing costs.

AFFO figures reported by us may not be comparable to those AFFO figures reported by other companies. We utilize AFFO as another measure of the operating performance of our portfolio of real estate assets. We believe AFFO is useful to investors as a supplemental gauge of our operating performance and is useful in comparing our operating performance with other real estate companies. AFFO is a non-GAAP measure that is reconciled to its most comparable GAAP measure, net income/loss available to common stockholders.

FFO, NFFO, and AFFO are not considered measures of liquidity and are not alternatives to measures calculated under GAAP.

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Reconciliation of Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders,
 
Normalized Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders, and
 
Adjusted Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders
 
to Net (Loss) Income Attributable to Common Stockholders (A)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three months ended March 31,
 
 
 
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss attributable to common stockholders (See note 1)
$
(11,184,115
)
 
$
(3,934,990
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Add:
Loss attributable to non-controlling interests (See note 2)
(88,561
)
 
(9,699
)
 
 
Depreciation of real estate assets
11,083,625

 
5,308,610

 
 
Amortization of acquired real estate intangible assets and deferred leasing costs
4,138,750

 
2,603,813

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Funds from operations attributable to common stockholders and Unitholders
3,949,699

 
3,967,734

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Add:
Acquisition and pursuit costs
 
2,763,585

 
1,183,892

 
 
Loan cost amortization on acquisition term note (See note 3)
79,833

 
50,477

 
 
Amortization of loan coordination fees paid to the Manager (See note 4)
107,844

 

 
 
Costs incurred from extension of management agreement with advisor (See note 6)
111,613

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Normalized funds from operations attributable to common stockholders and Unitholders
7,012,574

 
5,202,103

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-cash equity compensation to directors and executives
610,425

 
590,308

 
 
Amortization of loan closing costs (See note 5)
503,530

 
297,061

 
 
Depreciation/amortization of non-real estate assets
124,351

 
33,005

 
 
Net loan fees received (See note 7)
701,369

 
195,049

 
 
Deferred interest income received (See note 8)
4,208,906

 
1,040,879

 
Less:
Non-cash loan interest income (See note 7)
(3,238,910
)
 
(1,909,220
)
 
 
Cash paid for loan closing costs
(4,234
)
 
(96,658
)
 
 
Amortization of acquired real estate intangible liabilities (See note 9)
(494,232
)
 
(206,028
)
 
 
Normally recurring capital expenditures and leasing costs (See note 10)
(487,912
)
 
(206,153
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted funds from operations attributable to common stockholders and Unitholders
$
8,935,867

 
$
4,940,346

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common Stock dividends and distributions to Unitholders declared:
 
 
 
 
 
Common Stock dividends
 
$
4,435,489

 
$
3,850,754

 
 
Distributions to Unitholders (See note 2)
117,395

 
49,063

 
 
Total
 
 
$
4,552,884

 
$
3,899,817

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common Stock dividends and Unitholder distributions per share
$
0.1925

 
$
0.175

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FFO per weighted average basic share of Common Stock and Unit Outstanding
$
0.17

 
$
0.18

 
NFFO per weighted average basic share of Common Stock and Unit Outstanding
$
0.30

 
$
0.24

 
AFFO per weighted average basic share of Common Stock and Unit Outstanding
$
0.38

 
$
0.22

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average shares of Common Stock and Units outstanding: (A)
 
 
 
 
 
Basic:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common Stock
 
22,983,741

 
21,813,974

 
 
Class A Units
 
 
616,632

 
280,100

 
 
Common Stock and Class A Units
23,600,373

 
22,094,074

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted: (B)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common Stock and Class A Units
24,192,250

 
22,314,081

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual shares of Common Stock outstanding, including 7,536 and 39,216 unvested shares
 
 
 
 
 of restricted Common Stock at March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively
23,070,562

 
22,170,406

 
Actual Class A Units outstanding
886,520

 
280,360

 
 
Total
 
 
23,957,082

 
22,450,766

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(A) Units and Unitholders refer to Class A Units in our Operating Partnership, or Class A Units, and holders of Class A Units, respectively. Unitholders include recipients of awards of Class B Units in our Operating Partnership, or Class B Units, for annual service which became vested and earned and automatically converted to Class A Units. Unitholders also include the entity that contributed the Wade Green Village grocery-anchored shopping center. The Class A Units collectively represent an approximate 2.6% weighted average non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership for the three-month period ended March 31, 2016.
(B) Since our NFFO and AFFO results are positive for the periods reflected above, we are presenting recalculated diluted weighted average shares of Common Stock and Class A Units for these periods for purposes of this table, which includes the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents from grants of the Class B Units, warrants included in units of Series A Preferred Stock issued, as well as annual grants of restricted Common Stock. The weighted average shares of Common Stock outstanding presented on the Consolidated Statements of Operations are the same for basic and diluted for any period for which we recorded a net loss available to common stockholders.



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Notes to Reconciliation of Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders, Normalized Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders, and Adjusted Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders to Net Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders


1)
Rental and other property revenues and expenses for the three-month period ended March 31, 2016 include activity for the three multifamily communities and one grocery-anchored shopping center acquired during 2016 only from their respective dates of acquisition. In addition, the 2016 period includes a full quarter of activity for the seven multifamily communities and four grocery-anchored shopping centers acquired during the second, third and fourth quarters of 2015. Rental and other property revenues and expenses for the three-month period ended March 31, 2015 include activity for the two multifamily communities acquired during the first quarter 2015 only from their respective dates of acquisition.

2)
Non-controlling interests in our Operating Partnership consisted of a total of 886,520 Class A Units as of March 31, 2016. Included in this total are 419,228 Class A Units which were granted as partial consideration to the seller in conjunction with the seller's contribution to us on February 29, 2016 of the Wade Green Village grocery-anchored shopping center. The remaining Class A units were awarded primarily to our key executive officers. The Class A Units are apportioned a percentage of our financial results as non-controlling interests. The weighted average ownership percentage of these holders of Class A Units was calculated to be 2.61% and 1.27% for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

3)
We incurred loan closing costs for the acquisition of the Village at Baldwin Park multifamily community during the first quarter 2016 on our $35 million acquisition term loan facility with Key Bank National Association, or 2016 Term Loan. These costs were deferred and are being amortized over the life of the 2016 Term Loan. We also incurred loan closing costs for the acquisition of the Avenues at Northpointe and Avenues at Cypress multifamily communities in 2015 on our $32 million acquisition term loan facility with Key Bank National Association, or 2015 Term Loan. These costs were deferred and were amortized over the life of the 2015 Term Loan until it was repaid in full on May 12, 2015. Since the amortization expense of these deferred costs is similar in character to acquisition costs, they are therefore an additive adjustment in the calculation of NFFO.

4)
We pay loan coordination fees to Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC, our Manager, related to obtaining mortgage financing for acquired properties. These loan coordination fees are amortized over the lives of the respective mortgage loans, and this non-cash amortization expense is an addition to FFO in the calculation of NFFO.

5)
We incur loan closing costs on our existing mortgage loans, which are secured on a property-by-property basis by each of our acquired multifamily communities and retail assets, and also for occasional amendments to our $70 million revolving line of credit with Key Bank National Association, or our Revolving Line of Credit. These loan closing costs are also amortized over the lives of the respective loans and the Revolving Line of Credit, and this non-cash amortization expense is an addition to NFFO in the calculation of AFFO. Neither we nor the Operating Partnership have any recourse liability in connection with any of the mortgage loans, nor do we have any cross-collateralization arrangements with respect to the assets securing the mortgage loans, other than security interests in 49% of the equity interests of the subsidiaries owning such assets, granted in connection with our Revolving Line of Credit, which provides for full recourse liability. At March 31, 2016, aggregate unamortized loan costs were approximately $11.1 million, which will be amortized over a weighted average remaining loan life of approximately 5.5 years.

6)
We incurred legal costs pertaining to the current negotiation of an extension of our management agreement with our Manager. Such costs are an additive adjustment to FFO in our calculation of NFFO.

7)
We receive loan fees in conjunction with the origination of certain real estate loans. These fees are then recognized as revenue over the lives of the applicable loans as adjustments of yield using the effective interest method. The total fees received in excess of amortization income, after the payment of acquisition fees to our Manager are additive adjustments in the calculation of AFFO. Correspondingly, the non-cash income recognized under the effective interest method is a deduction in the calculation of AFFO. We also accrue over the lives of certain loans additional interest amounts that become due to us at the time of repayment of the loan or refinancing of the property, or when the property is sold to a third party. This non-cash income is deducted from NFFO in the calculation of AFFO.

8)
The Company records deferred interest revenue on certain of its real estate loans. These adjustments reflect the receipt during the periods presented of interest income which was earned and accrued prior to those periods presented on various real estate loans.

9)
This adjustment reflects straight-line rent adjustments and the reversal of the non-cash amortization of below-market and above-market lease intangibles, which were recognized in conjunction with the Company’s acquisitions and which are amortized over the estimated average remaining lease terms from the acquisition date for multifamily communities and over the remaining lease terms for retail assets. At March 31, 2016, the balance of unamortized below-market lease intangibles was approximately $8.9 million, which will be recognized over a weighted average remaining lease period of approximately 8.2 years.
        
10)
We deduct from NFFO normally recurring capital expenditures that are necessary to maintain our assets’ revenue streams in the calculation of AFFO. No adjustment is made in the calculation of AFFO for nonrecurring capital expenditures, which totaled $1,593,847 and $109,925 for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. This adjustment also deducts from NFFO capitalized amounts for third party costs during the period to originate or renew leases in our grocery-anchored shopping centers.


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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Short-Term Liquidity

We believe our principal short-term liquidity needs are to fund:

operating expenses directly related to our portfolio of multifamily communities and grocery-anchored shopping centers (including regular maintenance items);
capital expenditures incurred to lease our multifamily communities and grocery-anchored shopping centers;
interest expense on our outstanding property level debt;
amounts due on our Credit Facility;
distributions that we pay to our preferred stockholders, common stockholders, and unitholders;
cash redemptions that we may pay to our preferred stockholders, and
committed investments.

We have a credit facility, or Credit Facility, with Key Bank National Association, or Key Bank, which defines a revolving line of credit, or Revolving Line of Credit, which is used to fund investments, capital expenditures, dividends (with consent of Key Bank), working capital and other general corporate purposes on an as needed basis. The maximum borrowing capacity on the Revolving Line of Credit was $70.0 million pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, which became effective August 28, 2015 and matures on August 27, 2018. The Revolving Line of Credit accrues interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 3.25% per annum.
On January 5, 2016, we entered into a $35.0 million term loan with Key Bank National Association under the Credit Facility, or the 2016 Term Loan, to partially finance the acquisition of the Baldwin Park multifamily community. The Term Loan accrued interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 3.75% per annum.
The Credit Facility contains certain affirmative and negative covenants including negative covenants that limit or restrict secured and unsecured indebtedness, mergers and fundamental changes, investments and acquisitions, liens and encumbrances, dividends, transactions with affiliates, burdensome agreements, changes in fiscal year and other matters customarily restricted in such agreements. The material financial covenants include minimum net worth and debt service coverage ratios and maximum leverage and dividend payout ratios. As of March 31, 2016, we were in compliance with all covenants related to the Credit Facility, as shown in the table below.
Covenant (1)
 
Requirement
 
Result
Net worth
 
Minimum $360,000,000
(2) 
$605,825,861
Debt yield
 
Minimum 8.0%
 
9.1%
Payout ratio
 
Maximum 95%
(3) 
76.9%
Total leverage ratio
 
Maximum 62.5%
 
56.2%
Debt service coverage ratio
 
Minimum 1.50x
 
2.48x

(1) All covenants are as defined in the credit agreement for the Credit Facility.
(2) Minimum $360 million, plus 75% of the net proceeds of any equity offering, which totaled $430 million as of March 31, 2016.
(3)Calculated on a trailing four-quarter basis. For the twelve-month period ended March 31, 2016, the maximum dividends and distributions allowed under this covenant was $50.0 million.

Interest expense for the Credit Facility was approximately $0.7 million (including deferred loan cost amortization of approximately $0.1 million) and the weighted average interest rate was 3.96% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2016.

Our net cash provided by operating activities for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 was approximately $13.4 million and $7.7 million, respectively. The increase in net cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to the incremental cash generated by property income provided by the twelve multifamily communities and five grocery-anchored shopping centers we acquired since March 31, 2015, and an increase in cash collections of interest income from our larger portfolio of real estate loans, which grew from an aggregate carrying value of approximately $172.3 million at March 31, 2015 to approximately $260.6 million at March 31, 2016.


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The majority of our revenue is derived from residents and tenants under existing leases at our multifamily communities and retail shopping centers. Therefore, our operating cash flow is principally dependent on: (1) the number of multifamily communities and retail shopping centers in our portfolio; (2) rental rates; (3) occupancy rates; (4) operating expenses associated with these multifamily communities and retail projects; and (5) the ability of our residents and tenants to make their rental payments. We believe we are well positioned to take advantage of the recent improvements in real estate fundamentals, such as higher occupancy rates, positive new and renewal rates over expiring leases, a declining home ownership rate and a decline in turnover, which we believe are all positive developments in the real estate industry.

We also earn interest revenue from the issuance of real estate-related loans and may receive fees at the inception of these loans for committing and originating them. Interest revenue we receive on these loans is influenced by (1) market interest rates on similar loans; (2) the availability of credit from alternative financing sources; (3) the desire of borrowers to finance new real estate projects; and (4) unique characteristics attached to these loans, such as exclusive purchase options.

Our net cash used in investing activities was approximately $253.0 million and $92.9 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Disbursements for property acquisitions rose from approximately $76.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 to approximately $220.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2016. Net deployments of cash for real estate loans and notes receivable were approximately $30.5 million in 2016, versus net disbursements for loans and notes receivable in the 2015 period of approximately $16.2 million.

Cash used in investing activities is primarily driven by acquisitions and dispositions of multifamily properties and retail shopping centers and acquisitions and maturities or other dispositions of real estate loans and other real estate and real estate-related assets, and secondarily by capital expenditures related to our owned properties. We will seek to acquire more multifamily communities and retail shopping centers at costs that we expect will be accretive to our financial results. Capital expenditures may be nonrecurring and discretionary, as part of a strategic plan intended to increase a property’s value and corresponding revenue-generating power, or may be normally recurring and necessary to maintain the income streams and present value of a property. Certain capital expenditures may be budgeted and reserved for upon acquiring a property as initial expenditures necessary to bring a property up to our standards or to add features or amenities that we believe make the property a compelling value to prospective residents or tenants in its individual market. These budgeted nonrecurring capital expenditures in connection with acquisitions are funded from the capital sources for the acquisitions and are not dependent upon subsequent property operational cash flows for funding.

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For the three-month period ended March 31, 2016, our capital expenditures, not including changes in related payables were:
 
Nonrecurring capital expenditures
 
Recurring capital expenditures
 
 
 
Budgeted at acquisition
 
Other
 
Total
 
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Multifamily:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Summit Crossing
$

 
$
46,736

 
$
46,736

 
$
31,021

 
$
77,757

Trail Creek

 
10,110

 
10,110

 
23,587

 
33,697

Stone Rise

 
37,987

 
37,987

 
9,404

 
47,391

Ashford Park

 
1,258

 
1,258

 
33,127

 
34,385

McNeil Ranch

 
7,000

 
7,000

 
13,001

 
20,001

Lake Cameron

 
72,133

 
72,133

 
19,174

 
91,307

Stoneridge
75,104

 
10,322

 
85,426

 
33,567

 
118,993

Vineyards
45,222

 
12,735

 
57,957

 
31,277

 
89,234

Enclave
159,576

 
5,069

 
164,645

 
27,182

 
191,827

Sandstone
89,857

 
2,677

 
92,534

 
36,142

 
128,676

Cypress
77,666

 

 
77,666

 
9,056

 
86,722

Northpointe
25,121

 
2,000

 
27,121

 
6,087

 
33,208

Lakewood Ranch
94,869

 
2,881

 
97,750

 
5,822

 
103,572

Aster at Lely

 
3,000

 
3,000

 
14,965

 
17,965

CityPark View

 

 

 
2,754

 
2,754

Mansions at Creekside
15,000

 

 
15,000

 
36,904

 
51,904

Citilakes
23,120

 

 
23,120

 
10,447

 
33,567

Stone Creek
51,570

 

 
51,570

 
15,411

 
66,981

Lenox Portfolio
21,200

 

 
21,200

 
26,888

 
48,088

Village at Baldwin Park
24,751

 

 
24,751

 
33,665

 
58,416

Crosstown Walk

 

 

 
4,331

 
4,331

Overton Rise

 

 

 
1,745

 
1,745

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
703,056

 
213,908

 
916,964

 
425,557

 
1,342,521

Retail:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Woodstock Crossing

 
6,250

 
6,250

 
185

 
6,435

Parkway Town Centre

 

 

 
9,385

 
9,385

Barclay Crossing
198,123

 

 
198,123

 

 
198,123

Deltona Landings

 

 

 
1,963

 
1,963

Kingwood Glen

 
4,689

 
4,689

 

 
4,689

Parkway Centre

 
25,032

 
25,032

 
31,183

 
56,215

Powder Springs

 

 

 
3,600

 
3,600

Salem Cove

 

 

 
4,574

 
4,574

Independence Square
437,539

 

 
437,539

 
7,227

 
444,766

Royal Lakes Marketplace

 

 

 
4,238

 
4,238

Summit Point

 
5,250

 
5,250

 

 
5,250

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
635,662

 
41,221

 
676,883

 
62,355

 
739,238

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
1,338,718

 
$
255,129

 
$
1,593,847

 
$
487,912

 
$
2,081,759



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For the three-month period ended March 31, 2015, our capital expenditures, not including changes in related payables were:
 
Nonrecurring capital expenditures
 
Recurring capital expenditures
 
 
 
Budgeted at acquisition
 
Other
 
Total
 
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Summit Crossing
$

 
$
12,896

 
$
12,896

 
$
22,062

 
$
34,958

Trail Creek

 
68,802

 
68,802

 
17,919

 
86,721

Stone Rise

 
949

 
949

 
13,835

 
14,784

Ashford Park

 
14,864

 
14,864

 
34,355

 
49,219

McNeil Ranch

 

 

 
14,240

 
14,240

Lake Cameron

 
4,900

 
4,900

 
23,934

 
28,834

Stoneridge

 
1,323

 
1,323

 
24,070

 
25,393

Vineyards

 

 

 
14,609

 
14,609

Enclave

 
6,191

 
6,191

 
15,790

 
21,981

Sandstone

 

 

 
24,279

 
24,279

Cypress

 

 

 
1,060

 
1,060

Northpointe

 

 

 

 

Retail

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
$

 
$
109,925

 
$
109,925

 
$
206,153

 
$
316,078

 
Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $241.8 million and $89.6 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Net proceeds from our Follow-on Offering rose from approximately $44.3 million to $90.1 million in 2016. Our receipts of funds from mortgage financing transactions of asset acquisitions were approximately $151.6 million in the three-month period ended March 31, 2016 related to the acquisitions of Overton Rise, Crosstown Walk, and Baldwin Park, and the subsequent leveraging of the Wade Green Village grocery-anchored shopping center, versus approximately $50.8 million from the mortgage financing of the Houston Portfolio during the 2015 period. We collected net proceeds from the sales of Units of approximately $90.1 million and $5.5 million from the exercise of Warrants for the three-month period ended March 31, 2016, versus net proceeds from the sales of Units of approximately $44.3 million and $54,000 from the exercise of Warrants for the three-month period ended March 31, 2015. We also collected net proceeds from our ATM Offering of approximately $5.4 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2015.

We believe that our short-term liquidity needs are and will continue to be adequately funded.

Distributions

In order to maintain our status as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we must comply with a number of organizational and operating requirements, including a requirement to distribute 90% of our annual REIT taxable income to our stockholders. As a REIT, we generally will not be subject to federal income taxes on the taxable income we distribute to our stockholders. Generally, our objective is to meet our short-term liquidity requirement of funding the payment of our quarterly Common Stock dividends, as well as monthly dividends to holders of our Series A Preferred Stock, through net cash generated from operating results. In addition, our Series A Preferred Stock is redeemable by the holder at stated value commencing on the date of issuance, subject to a declining redemption fee.  Redemptions may be satisfied in cash or Common Stock, at our discretion. In the event we choose to redeem for cash but do not have available funds to do so, we intend to satisfy the request with shares of our Common Stock.

For the three-month period ended March 31, 2016, our aggregate dividends and distributions paid totaled approximately $12.4 million and our cash flows from operating activities of approximately $13.4 million were more than sufficient to fund our cash dividend distributions for the three months ended March 31, 2016. We expect our cash flow from operations for future periods to be sufficient to fund our quarterly Common Stock dividends and distributions to Class A Unitholders, as well as our monthly Preferred Stock dividends, with the possible exceptions of periods in which we incur significant acquisition costs, or periods of significant debt extinguishment charges.

At March 31, 2016, we had 23,063,026 issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, an additional 7,536 shares of unvested restricted stock, and 886,520 outstanding Class A Units in our Operating Partnership, all of which are entitled to quarterly dividends or distributions, when and if declared by our board of directors. Our first quarter dividend declaration of $0.1925 per share represents a 10.0% increase from the dividend of $0.175 for the first quarter 2015. The annualized rate of growth from our

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first dividend of $0.125 per share following our initial public offering in April 2011 to the first quarter 2016 was approximately 11.5%.
 
Our board of directors reviews the Series A Preferred Stock dividend monthly to determine whether we have funds legally available for payment of such dividends in cash. There can be no assurance that the Series A Preferred Stock dividends will consistently be paid in cash and dividends may be paid as a combination of cash and stock in order to satisfy the annual distribution requirements applicable to REITs. We expect the aggregate dollar amount of monthly Series A Preferred Stock dividend payments to increase at a rate that approximates the rate at which we issue new Units from our Follow-On Offering. At March 31, 2016, we had 583,110 outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, which receive a monthly dividend of $5.00 per share.

Long-Term Liquidity Needs

We believe our principal long-term liquidity needs are to fund:

the principal amount of our long-term debt as it becomes due or matures;
capital expenditures needed for our multifamily communities and retail shopping centers;
costs associated with current and future capital raising activities;
costs to acquire additional multifamily communities, retail assets or other real estate and enter into new and fund existing lending opportunities; and
our minimum distributions necessary to maintain our REIT status.

We intend to finance our future investments with the net proceeds from additional issuances of our securities, including our Follow-on Offering, Common Stock, and units of limited partnership interest in our Operating Partnership, and/or borrowings. The success of our acquisition strategy may depend, in part, on our ability to access further capital through issuances of additional securities, especially our Follow-on Offering. If we are unsuccessful in raising additional funds, we may not be able to obtain any assets in addition to those we have acquired.

On October 11, 2013, the SEC declared effective our Follow-On Offering Registration Statement for an offering of up to 900,000 Units to be offered from time to time on a “reasonable best efforts” basis. Except as described in the prospectus for the Follow-On Offering, the terms of the Follow-On Offering are substantially similar to the terms of the Primary Series A Offering. As of March 31, 2016, we had issued an aggregate of 587,219 Units from both our Primary Series A Offering which expired on December 31, 2013 and our Follow-On Offering. At March 31, 2016, we had 402,189 Units remaining available to be issued from our Follow-on Offering. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2016, 196,720 shares of Common Stock were issued from the exercise of Warrants, which resulted in cash proceeds to us of approximately $2.0 million.

Aggregate offering expenses, including selling commissions and dealer manager fees, were approximately $68.9 million at March 31, 2016. These expenses will be capped at 11.5% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the Primary Series A Offering and the Follow-On Offering. We will reimburse our Manager up to 1.5% of the gross proceeds of these offerings for all organization and offering expenses incurred, excluding selling commissions and dealer manager fees; however, upon approval by the conflicts committee of our board of directors, we may reimburse our Manager for any such expenses incurred above the 1.5% amount as permitted by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. To clarify the prospectus for our Follow-On Offering, we will not pay selling commissions, but will pay dealer manager fees, in connection with the sale of Units through any participating broker-dealer that agrees to waive any or all of the selling commissions for such sale. The amount of selling commission not paid will equal the amount of the selling commission waived by the participating broker-dealer. The net proceeds to us will not be affected by reducing the commissions payable in connection with such sales.

On July 19, 2013 the SEC declared effective our Shelf Registration Statement, which allows us to offer equity or debt securities in an amount of up to $200 million. On February 28, 2014, we filed a prospectus supplement to our Shelf Registration Statement to issue and sell up to $100 million of our Common Stock from time to time pursuant to the ATM Offering. We issued no shares of Common Stock under our ATM Offering during the three-month period ended March 31, 2016.

Our ability to raise funds through the issuance of our securities is dependent on, among other things, general market conditions for REIT's, market perceptions about us, and the current trading price of our Common Stock. We will continue to analyze which source of capital is most advantageous to us at any particular point in time, but the equity and credit markets may not consistently be available on terms that are attractive to us or at all.


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The sources to fulfill our long-term liquidity in the future may include borrowings from a number of sources, including repurchase agreements, securitizations, resecuritizations, warehouse facilities and credit facilities (including term loans and revolving facilities), in addition to our Credit Facility. We have utilized, and we intend to continue to utilize, leverage in making our investments in multifamily communities and retail shopping centers. The number of different multifamily communities, retail shopping centers and other investments we will acquire will be affected by numerous factors, including the amount of funds available to us. By operating on a leveraged basis, we will have more funds available for our investments. This will allow us to make more investments than would otherwise be possible, resulting in a larger and more diversified portfolio.

We intend to target leverage levels (secured and unsecured) between 50% and 65% of the fair market value of our tangible assets (including our real estate assets, real estate loans, notes receivable, accounts receivable and cash and cash equivalents) on a portfolio basis. As of March 31, 2016, our outstanding debt (both secured and unsecured) was approximately 51.9% of the value of our tangible assets on a portfolio basis based on our estimates of fair market value at March 31, 2016. Neither our charter nor our by-laws contain any limitation on the amount of leverage we may use. Our investment guidelines, which can be amended by our board without stockholder approval, limit our borrowings (secured and unsecured) to 75% of the cost of our tangible assets at the time of any new borrowing. These targets, however, will not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. The amount of leverage we will place on particular investments will depend on our Manager's assessment of a variety of factors which may include the anticipated liquidity and price volatility of the assets in our investment portfolio, the potential for losses and extension risk in the portfolio, the availability and cost of financing the asset, our opinion of the creditworthiness of our financing counterparties, the health of the U.S. economy and the health of the commercial real estate market in general. In addition, factors such as our outlook on interest rates, changes in the yield curve slope, the level and volatility of interest rates and their associated credit spreads, the underlying collateral of our assets and our outlook on credit spreads relative to our outlook on interest rate and economic performance could all impact our decision and strategy for financing the target assets. At the date of acquisition of each asset, we anticipate that the investment cost for such asset will be substantially similar to its fair market value. However, subsequent events, including changes in the fair market value of our assets, could result in our exceeding these limits. Finally, we intend to acquire all our real estate assets through separate single purpose entities and we intend to finance each of these assets using debt financing techniques for that asset alone without any cross-collateralization to our other real estate assets or any guarantees by us or our Operating Partnership. We intend to have no long-term unsecured debt at the Company or Operating Partnership levels, except for our Credit Facility.
Our secured and unsecured aggregate borrowings are intended by us to be reasonable in relation to our tangible assets and will be reviewed by our board of directors at least quarterly. In determining whether our borrowings are reasonable in relation to our tangible assets, we expect that our board of directors will consider many factors, including without limitation the lending standards of government-sponsored enterprises, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, for loans in connection with the financing of multifamily properties, the leverage ratios of publicly traded and non-traded REITs with similar investment strategies, and general market conditions. There is no limitation on the amount that we may borrow for any single investment.

Our ability to incur additional debt is dependent on a number of factors, including our credit ratings (if any), the value of our assets, our degree of leverage and borrowing restrictions imposed by lenders. We will continue to monitor the debt markets, including Fannie Mae and/or Freddie Mac (from both of whom we have obtained single asset secured financing on all of our multifamily communities), and as market conditions permit, access borrowings that are advantageous to us.

If we are unable to obtain financing on favorable terms or at all, we may have to curtail our investment activities, including acquisitions and improvements to real properties, which could limit our growth prospects. This, in turn, could reduce cash available for distribution to our stockholders and may hinder our ability to raise capital by issuing more securities or borrowing more money. We may be forced to dispose of assets at inopportune times in order to maintain our REIT qualification and Investment Company Act exemption. Our ability to generate cash from asset sales is limited by market conditions and certain rules applicable to REITs. We may not be able to sell a property or properties as quickly as we would like or on terms as favorable as we would like.

Furthermore, if interest rates or other factors at the time of financing result in higher costs of financing, then the interest expense relating to that financed indebtedness would be higher. Higher interest rates on newly incurred debt may negatively impact us as well. If interest rates increase, our interest costs and overall costs of capital will increase, which could adversely affect our transaction and development activity, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, our ability to pay principal and interest on our debt and our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders. Finally, sellers may be less inclined to offer to sell to us if they believe we may be unable to obtain financing.

As of March 31, 2016, we had long term mortgage indebtedness of approximately $846.4 million, all of which was incurred by us in connection with the acquisition or refinancing of our multifamily communities and grocery-anchored shopping

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centers. In addition, we held loan participation obligations of approximately $13.8 million and a principal amount owed on the 2016 Term Loan of $30.0 million at March 31, 2016.

As of March 31, 2016, we had approximately $4.7 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents available to meet our short-term and long-term liquidity needs. We believe that our long-term liquidity needs are and will continue to be adequately funded through the sources discussed above.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of March 31, 2016, we had outstanding 547,875 Warrants from our sales of Units. The Warrants are exercisable by the holder at an exercise price of 120% of the current market price per share of the Common Stock on the date of issuance of such Warrant with a minimum exercise price of $9.00 per share. The current market price per share is determined using the volume weighted average closing market price for the 20 trading days prior to the date of issuance of the Warrant. The Warrants are not exercisable until one year following the date of issuance and expire four years following the date of issuance. As of March 31, 2016, a total of 38,959 Warrants had been exercised for the purchase of 779,180 shares of Common Stock and 385 Warrants had expired. A remaining total of 205,468 Warrants had passed the initial exercise date and so became potentially exercisable into a total of 4,109,360 shares of Common Stock. The remainder of the Warrants outstanding at March 31, 2016 become potentially exercisable between April 14, 2016 and March 30, 2017 and have exercise prices that range between $12.29 and $15.43 per share. If all the Warrants outstanding at March 31, 2016 became exercisable and were exercised, gross proceeds to us would be approximately $136.9 million and we would as a result issue an additional 10,957,500 shares of Common Stock.

Contractual Obligations

As of March 31, 2016, our contractual obligations consisted of the mortgage notes secured by our acquired properties. At March 31, 2016, our estimated future required payments on these instruments were:
 
 
Total
 
Less than one year
 
1-3 years
 
3-5 years
 
More than five years
Mortgage debt obligations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest
 
$
160,916,033

 
$
29,117,182

 
$
56,283,757

 
$
37,551,586

 
$
37,963,508

Principal
 
893,400,100

 
57,543,551

 
46,846,299

 
368,638,214

 
420,372,036

 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
1,054,316,133

 
$
86,660,733

 
$
103,130,056

 
$
406,189,800

 
$
458,335,544


The principal amounts payable in the above chart include the principal amount due in less than one year of $17.0 million which was outstanding on our revolving Line of Credit at March 31, 2016, as well as $30.0 million principal amount outstanding on our Term Loan. In addition to the amounts in the above table, we had unfunded real estate loan commitment amounts totaling approximately $50.2 million, including unfunded real estate loan participation obligations of approximately $0.7 million at March 31, 2016.

Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
    
Our primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk. All our floating-rate debt is tied to the 30-day LIBOR. As of March 31, 2016, we have five variable rate mortgages, on our Avenues at Creekside, Citi Lakes, Royal Lakes and Baldwin Park (which has two mortgages) multifamily communities, with an aggregate principal amount of approximately $173.3 million. Two of these mortgages have LIBOR effectively capped at 5.0% and 4.33% (all-in rates of 6.6% and 6.5%) under Freddie Mac's capped adjustable-rate mortgage program. Our Revolving Line of Credit accrued interest at a spread over LIBOR of 3.25% as of March 31, 2016; this combined rate is uncapped. Because of the short term nature of this instrument, we believe our interest rate risk is minimal. We have no business operations which subject us to trading risk.
    
We have and will continue to manage interest rate risk as follows:

maintain a reasonable ratio of fixed-rate, long-term debt to total debt so that floating-rate exposure is kept at an acceptable level;
place interest rate caps on floating-rate debt where appropriate; and
take advantage of favorable market conditions for long-term debt and/or equity financings.

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We use various financial models and advisors to achieve our objectives.

If interest rates under our floating-rate LIBOR-based indebtedness fluctuated by 100 basis points, our interest costs, based on outstanding borrowings at March 31, 2016, would increase by approximately $1.75 million on an annualized basis, or decrease by approximately $762,000 on an annualized basis. The difference between the interest expense amounts related to an increase or decrease in our floating-rate interest cost is because LIBOR was 0.43% at March 31, 2016, therefore we have limited the estimate of how much our interest costs may decrease because we use a floor of 0% for LIBOR.

Item  4.
Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.
Management of the Company evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in the Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) as of March 31, 2016, the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer have concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of such period to provide reasonable assurance that that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms and such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting.

As required by the Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(d), the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer evaluated the Company's internal control over financial reporting to determine whether any change occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2016 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Based on that evaluation, there has been no such change during such period.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
At the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we and our subsidiaries were not a party currently subject to any material pending legal proceedings.

Item 1A.
Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to our potential risks and uncertainties presented in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015 that was filed with the SEC on March 14, 2016.

Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.    

Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5.
Other Information

None.

Item  6.
Exhibits

See Exhibit Index.


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SIGNATURES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PREFERRED APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: May 9, 2016
 
By: 
 /s/ John A. Williams
 
 
 
 
 
John A. Williams
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: May 9, 2016
 
By: 
 /s/ Michael J. Cronin
 
 
 
 
 
Michael J. Cronin
 
 
 
 
 
Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
 

Description
10.1
(1)
Amendment No. 1 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Management Agreement, effective as of January 1, 2016 and entered into as of February 22, 2016, among Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P. and Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC
10.2
(2)
Capital On Demand Sales AgreementTM dated May 4, 2016 between Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. and JonesTrading Institutional Services, LLC


10.3
(2)
Capital On Demand Sales AgreementTM dated May 4, 2016 between Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. and FBR Capital Markets & Co.
10.4
(2)
Capital On Demand Sales AgreementTM dated May 4, 2016 between Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. and Canaccord Genuity Inc.
12.1
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Statements Re Computations of Ratios
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31.1
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Certification of John A. Williams, Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2
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Certification of Michael J. Cronin, Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1
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Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2
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Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101
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XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language). The following materials from Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2016, formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, (ii) consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, (iii) consolidated statement of stockholders' equity, (iv) consolidated statement of cash flows and (v) notes to consolidated financial statements. As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information is furnished and not filed for purpose of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
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Filed herewith
 
(1)
Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2016
 
(2)
Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2016


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