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Related Party Transactions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Related Party Transactions [Text Block] | 3. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Vornado At December 31, 2012, Vornado owned 32.4% of our outstanding common stock. We are managed by, and our properties are leased and developed by, Vornado, pursuant to the agreements described below, which expire in March of each year and are automatically renewable. Steven Roth is the Chairman of our Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, the Managing General Partner of Interstate Properties (“Interstate”), a New Jersey general partnership, and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Vornado. At December 31, 2012, Mr. Roth, Interstate and its other two general partners, David Mandelbaum and Russell B. Wight, Jr. (who are also directors of the Company and trustees of Vornado) owned, in the aggregate, 26.3% of our outstanding com mon stock, in addition to the 2.1% they indirectly own through Vornado. Michael D. Fascitelli, our President and a member of our Board of Directors, is the President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Trustees of Vornado. Joseph Macnow, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, holds the same position with Vornado. Management and Development Agreements Effective December 1, 2012, as a result of the sale of the Kings Plaza Regional Shopping C enter (“Kings Plaza”) (see Note 4 – Discontinued Operations), the management and development agreement with Vornado was amended. Pursuant to the amended agreement, we pay Vornado an annual m anagement fee equal to the sum of (i) $2,800,000, (ii) 2% of gross revenue from the Rego Park II shopping c enter, (iii) $0.50 per square foot of the tenant-occupied office and retail space at 731 Lexington Avenue, and (i v) $2 64,000, escalating at 3% per annum, for managing the common area of 731 Lexington Avenue. In addition, Vornado is entitled to a development fee of 6% of development costs, as defined. Leasing Agreements Vornado also provides us with leasing services for a fee of 3% of rent for the first ten years of a lease term, 2% of rent for the eleventh through the twentieth year of a lease term, and 1% of rent for the twenty-first through thirtieth year of a lease term, subject to the payment of rents by tenants. In the event third-party real estate brokers are used, the fees to Vornado increase by 1% and Vornado is responsible for the fees to the third-party real estate brokers. Vornado is also entitled to a commission upon the sale of any of our assets equal to 3% of gross proceeds, as defined, for asset sales less than $50,000,000 and 1% of gross proceeds, as defined, for asset sales of $50,000,000 or more. The total of these amounts is payable in annual installments in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000, with interest on the unpaid balance at LIBOR plus 1% (2.13% at December 31, 2012). As a result of the sale of Kings Plaza (see Note 4 – Discontinued Operations), we accrued a $7,510,000 sales commission payable to Vornado, which is responsible for the fee to a third-party broker. Other Agreements We also have agreements with Building Maintenance Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vornado, to supervise (i) cleaning, engineering and security services at our Lexington Avenue property and (ii) security services at our Rego Park I and Rego Park II properties, for an annual fee of the cost for such services plus 6%. 3. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS – continued The following is a summary of fees to Vornado under the agreements discussed above, which includes property management and leasing fees related to Kings Plaza of $2,261,000, $3,385,000 and $1,758,000 in the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
|  |  | Year Ended December 31, |  |
(Amounts in thousands) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  |
Company management fees |  | $ | 2,983 |  | $ | 3,000 |  | $ | 3,000 |  |
Development fees |  |  | 438 |  |  | 750 |  |  | 727 |  |
Leasing fees |  |  | 2,217 |  |  | 4,472 |  |  | 4,267 |  |
Commission on sale of real estate |  |  | 7,510 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |
Property management fees and payments for cleaning, engineering |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| and security services |  |  | 5,103 |  |  | 4,648 |  |  | 4,342 |  |
|  |  | $ | 18,251 |  | $ | 12,870 |  | $ | 12,336 |  |
At December 31, 2012, we owed Vornado $45,803,000 for leasing fees (including the $7,510,000 Kings Plaza sales commission) and $642,000 for management, property management and cleaning fees.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39691-107864 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39622-107864 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 57 -Paragraph 1-4 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39603-107864 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39678-107864 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(k)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e23780-122690 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 04 -Paragraph b -Article 3A Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 08 -Paragraph k -Article 4 + Details
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