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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND PROPERTIES HELD FOR SALE
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND PROPERTIES HELD FOR SALE  
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND PROPERTIES HELD FOR SALE

NOTE 4—DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND PROPERTIES HELD FOR SALE

        Discontinued operations include real estate investments sold in 2011, 2010 and 2009, as well as real estate investments conveyed in July 2009 to a mortgagee by deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure. These operations were previously reclassified to discontinued operations in all periods presented. The related assets sold in 2011 were also previously reclassified to assets held for sale as of December 31, 2010.

        Real estate investments are classified as held for sale when management has determined that it has met the criteria established under GAAP. Real estate investments which are held for sale are not depreciated and their operations are included in a separate component of income on the consolidated statements of income under the caption Discontinued Operations.

Sales of Properties

        During 2011, the Company sold a property, leased to Office Depot and located in California, to an unrelated party for $11,544,000, net of closing costs, and realized a gain of approximately $932,000, which is included in net gain on sales in discontinued operations in the results of operations for 2011. The net book value of the property, including related assets of $808,000, was $10,678,000 at December 31, 2010 and is included in property held for sale on the accompanying balance sheet.

        During 2010, the Company sold to unrelated parties, two properties in separate transactions, for an aggregate of approximately $4,100,000, net of closing costs, and realized an aggregate gain of $235,000, which is included in net gain on sales in discontinued operations in the results of operations for 2010.

        In February 2009, the Company entered into a lease termination agreement with a retail tenant of a Texas property that had been paying its rent on a current basis, but had vacated the property in 2006. Pursuant to the agreement, the tenant paid the Company $400,000 as consideration for the lease termination. On March 5, 2009, the Company sold this property for $1,900,000 and recorded an impairment charge of $229,000 to recognize the loss. This is in addition to an impairment charge of $752,000 taken in 2008. The related property income and expenses, including the 2009 impairment charge and the lease termination fee, are included in discontinued operations.

        In October 2009, in unrelated transactions, the Company sold two properties for an aggregate of $31,788,000, resulting in gains totaling $5,757,000, which are included in net gain on sales in discontinued operations in the results of operations. The Company incurred a $492,000 fee for terminating the interest rate swap agreement relating to the mortgage debt on one of these properties.

        The following summarizes the components of income from discontinued operations (amounts in thousands):

 
   Year Ended December 31,  
 
   2011   2010   2009  

Rental income

   $ 342   $ 1,243   $ 4,530  
               

Depreciation and amortization

     63     225     805  

Real estate expenses

     2     8     288  

Interest expense

     —     125     1,555  
               

Total expenses

     65     358     2,648  
               

Income from operations

     277     885     1,882  

Impairment charge

     —     —     (229 )

Gain on troubled mortgage restructuring, as a result of conveyance to mortgagee(a)

     —     —     897  

Net gain on sales

     932     235     5,757  
               

Income from discontinued operations

   $ 1,209   $ 1,120   $ 8,307  
               
(a)
A retail tenant that previously leased five properties from the Company filed for protection under Federal bankruptcy law in November 2008. These five properties were secured by non-recourse cross-collateralized mortgages with an outstanding balance of $8,706. In July 2009, these properties were conveyed to the mortgagee by deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure and the Company was released from all obligations thereunder. The gain was based on the excess of the carrying amount of the mortgages over the fair value of the five properties transferred.