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Basis of Preparation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Note 2 - Basis of Preparation

The accompanying interim unaudited consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2012 and for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 reflect all normal recurring adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for such interim periods. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year.

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts and operations of OLP, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and a property owned by a joint venture in which the Company, as defined, has a controlling interest. OLP and its subsidiaries are hereinafter referred to as the “Company”. Material intercompany items and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

With respect to its consolidated joint venture which owns a property located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and in which the Company has a 90% interest, the Company has determined that (i) such venture is not a variable interest entity and (ii) the Company exercises substantial operating control and accordingly, such venture is consolidated for financial statement purposes.

In February 2012, the Company entered into a joint venture (see Note 4) and contributed its property located in Plano, Texas in exchange for a 90% equity interest therein. Current accounting guidance provides a framework for determining whether an entity is a variable interest entity (“VIE”) and if consolidation of an entity in which it owns an interest is appropriate. The Company has determined that this joint venture is a VIE; however, the Company is not the primary beneficiary since it does not have the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance due to shared power of the parties to the VIE. Accordingly, the Company accounts for its investment in this joint venture under the equity method from the date of contribution.

The Company accounts for its investments in its five other unconsolidated joint ventures under the equity method of accounting. All investments in these five joint ventures have sufficient equity at risk to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support and, as a group, the holders of the equity at risk have power through voting rights to direct the activities of these ventures. As a result, none of these five joint ventures are variable interest entities. In addition, although the Company is the managing member, it does not exercise substantial operating control over these entities, and therefore the entities are not consolidated. These investments are recorded initially at cost, as investments in unconsolidated joint ventures, and subsequently adjusted for their share of equity in earnings, cash contributions and distributions. None of the joint venture debt is recourse to the Company, subject to standard carve-outs.

Certain amounts reported in previous consolidated financial statements have been reclassified in the accompanying consolidated financial statements to conform to the current period’s presentation, primarily to reclassify the operations of a property which was sold in May 2011 to discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2011. In addition, the net book value of the Plano, Texas property that was contributed to a joint venture in February 2012 was reclassified from real estate investments to property contributed to joint venture at December 31, 2011. The accounting treatment presentation on the accompanying consolidated statements of income is to reflect the results of the property’s operations prospectively following its transfer to the joint venture as “equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures” with no reclassification adjustments for discontinued operations.

Property management costs of $150,000 incurred under the compensation and services agreement were reclassified from general and administrative expenses to real estate operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2011. Such amount had been included as a component of general and administrative expense in the three months ended March 31, 2011.

These statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.