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DEBT OBLIGATIONS
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
DEBT OBLIGATIONS  
DEBT OBLIGATIONS

NOTE 6—DEBT OBLIGATIONS

Mortgages and Loan Payable

        At December 31, 2012, there were 45 outstanding mortgages payable, all of which are secured by first liens on individual real estate investments with an aggregate carrying value of $379,432,000 before accumulated depreciation of $49,560,000. After giving effect to the interest rate swap agreements (see Note 8) and excluding variable rate debt on one property, the mortgage payments bear interest at fixed rates ranging from 3.75% to 8.80%, and mature between 2013 and 2037. At December 31, 2012, the variable rate mortgage and loan on one property had an outstanding balance of $6,068,000, a floating interest rate of 3.21% and matures in 2022. The weighted average interest rate on all mortgage debt was 5.25% and 5.90% at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

        Scheduled principal repayments during the next five years and thereafter are as follows (amounts in thousands):

Year Ending December 31,
   
  

2013

   $ 8,039  

2014

     37,393  

2015

     13,216  

2016

     31,187  

2017

     43,089  

Thereafter

     93,047  
       

Total

   $ 225,971  
       

Line of Credit

        Effective as of July 31, 2012, the Company entered into an amendment of its credit facility with VNB New York Corp., Bank Leumi USA, Israel Discount Bank of New York and Manufacturer's & Trader's Trust Company, which, among other things, reduced the interest rate floor from 5.5% to 4.75%, increased the Company's borrowing capacity by $20,000,000 to $75,000,000, subject to compliance with the borrowing base, and extended the maturity of this facility by two years to March 31, 2015. In connection with the amendment, the Company incurred an aggregate of $800,000 in commitment and extension fees which is being amortized over the remaining term of the facility.

        The Company pays interest at the greater of (i) 90 day LIBOR plus 3% (3.31% at December 31, 2012), and (ii) 4.75% per annum, and there is an unused facility fee of .25% per annum. There was no balance outstanding under the facility at December 31, 2012 and March 13, 2013.

        The terms of the credit facility include certain restrictions and covenants which may limit, among other things, the incurrence of liens, and which require compliance with financial ratios relating to, among other things, minimum amount of tangible net worth, minimum amount of debt service coverage, minimum amount of fixed charge coverage, maximum amount of debt to value, minimum level of net income, certain investment limitations and minimum value of unencumbered properties and number of such properties. The Company was in compliance with all covenants at December 31, 2012.

        The facility is guaranteed by subsidiaries of the Company that own unencumbered properties and the Company pledged to the lenders the equity interests in the Company's subsidiaries and delivered to the lenders collateral mortgages with respect to certain unencumbered properties owned by the Company or its subsidiaries. The facility is available for the acquisition of commercial real estate, repayment of mortgage debt, property improvements and general working capital purposes; provided, that if used for property improvements and working capital purposes, such use will not exceed the lesser of $15 million and 15% of the borrowing base and if used for working capital purposes, will not exceed $10 million. Net proceeds received from the sale, financing or refinancing of properties are generally required to be used to repay amounts outstanding under the credit facility.