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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS | NOTE 11 • SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Common and Preferred Share Distributions. On September 4, 2013, the Company's Board of Trustees declared a regular quarterly distribution of 13.00 cents per share and unit on the Company's common shares of beneficial interest and the limited partnership units of IRET Properties, payable October 1, 2013, to shareholders and unitholders of record on September 16, 2013. Also on September 4, 2013, the Company's Board of Trustees declared a distribution of 51.56 cents per share on the Company's Series A preferred shares of beneficial interest, payable September 30, 2013 to Series A preferred shareholders of record on September 16, 2013, and declared a distribution of 49.68 cents per share on the Company's Series B preferred shares of beneficial interest, payable September 30, 2013 to Series B preferred shareholders of record on September 16, 2013. Pending and Closed Acquisitions. Subsequent to the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, the Company signed purchase agreements to acquire the following properties:
· | an approximately 121-unit senior housing property in Sartell, Minnesota, for a purchase price of approximately $15.2 million, to be paid in cash;
· | an approximately 5.0 acre parcel of vacant land in Monticello, Minnesota, for a purchase price of approximately $656,000, to be paid in cash; and
· | approximately 5.2 and 5.6 acre parcels of vacant land in Rapid City, South Dakota, for a purchase price of approximately $657,000 and $707,000, respectively, to be paid in cash.
These pending acquisitions are subject to various closing conditions and contingencies, and no assurances can be given that any of these transactions will be completed on the terms currently proposed, or at all. On August 9, 2013, the Company closed on its acquisition of approximately 9.2 acres of vacant land in Jamestown, North Dakota, for a purchase price, paid in cash, of approximately $700,000. The purchase price accounting is incomplete for this acquisition that closed subsequent to the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2014. Pending Dispositions. Subsequent to the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, the Company signed agreements to sell the following properties. All of these pending dispositions are subject to various closing conditions and contingencies, and no assurances can be given that any or all of these transactions will be completed on the terms currently expected, or at all:
· | a commercial industrial property in Duluth, Minnesota for a sale price of $1.8 million;
· | a commercial retail property in Anoka, Minnesota for a sale price of $325,000;
· | a multi-family residential property in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for a sale price of $2.2 million; and
· | a multi-family residential property in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for a sale price of $1.3 million.
Development Projects. Subsequent to the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement to construct a 130-unit apartment building with approximately 10,000 square feet of commercial space in northeast Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Company owns approximately 58.6% of the joint venture entity, and will consolidate the joint venture's results in the Company's financial statements. The remaining approximately 41.4% of the joint venture entity is owned by entities formed by the Company's joint venture partner. The joint venture entity acquired the project site on August 20, 2013. Total costs for the project are currently estimated at approximately $29.0 million, including the purchase price of the land, and the project is currently expected to be completed in November 2014. The Company expects the joint venture entity to close on a construction loan of approximately $21.7 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2014. Subsequent to the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, the Company commenced construction of an approximately 251-unit multi-family residential project in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on land purchased by the Company for approximately $1.6 million in the 4th quarter of fiscal year 2013. The estimated total cost of the project is $39.0 million, including the cost of the land, with projected completion in the second quarter of fiscal year 2015. The Company is pursuing a construction loan for the project, and currently estimates that its cash equity in the project will be approximately $14.5 million. These projects are subject to various contingencies, and, accordingly, no assurances can be given that they will be completed in the time frames or on the terms currently proposed, or at all. ATM Program. On August 30, 2013, the Company entered into an at-the-market ("ATM") program with Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated as sales agent, pursuant to which the Company may from time to time offer and sell its common shares of beneficial interest having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $75.0 million. Sales of common shares, if any, under the program will depend upon market conditions and other factors to be determined by the Company. The Company to date has issued no shares under this program.

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