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Subsequent Events
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events

Note 13 – Subsequent Events

 

Management’s Evaluation

 

Management has evaluated subsequent events to determine if events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date through the date the audited consolidated financial statements were issued require potential adjustment to or disclosure in the audited consolidated financial statements and has concluded that, except as set forth below, all such events or transactions that would require recognition or disclosure have been recognized or disclosed.

 

The Galinn Fund LLC

 

On December 5, 2024, the Galinn Fund LLC, a New York limited liability company (“Galinn”), filed a complaint in Connecticut State Superior Court naming CMC Storrs SPV, LLC (“CMC”), the holding company for our investment property located at 497-501 Middle Turnpike, Storrs, Connecticut (“497-501 Middle”), as a defendant, alongside Chen Ji, an individual (“Chen”), and two additional entities (the “Guarantors”).

 

In the complaint Galinn alleges, among other things, that on May 24, 2024, Chen, on behalf of CMC, executed a mortgage note (the “Note”) in the principal amount of $3.0 million (the “Loan”), which was secured in part by a mortgage against 497-501 Middle (the “Mortgage”). Galinn further alleges that CMC is in default under both the Note and Mortgage for failure to make payments when due. Galinn is seeking to foreclose on the Mortgage and damages against CMC and the Guarantors.

 

In March 2020, when we first acquired an equity interest in CMC, Chen was an affiliate of the entity, however, he thereafter exited the investment and is no longer in any way affiliated with or authorized to act on behalf of CMC. We maintain that the Loan was obtained as a result of Chen’s fraud and Galinn’s negligence, and had Galinn done adequate due diligence, or reviewed the publicly available filings on the State of Connecticut’s Business Records website, or even a basic Google search, Chen’s lack of authority would have been readily apparent prior to Galinn having made the Loan.

 

We dispute any liability in this litigation, believe we have substantial defenses to Galinn’s claims, and are vigorously defending the matter.