Acadia Realty Trust Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Feb 28, 2011
Acadia Realty Trust (AKR, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2010-12-31.

Acadia Realty Trust has a market cap of $788.17 million; its shares were traded at around $19.58 with a P/E ratio of 17.33 and P/S ratio of 5.19. The dividend yield of Acadia Realty Trust stocks is 3.68%. Acadia Realty Trust had an annual average earning growth of 1.8% over the past 10 years.Hedge Fund Gurus that owns AKR: Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC. Mutual Fund and Other Gurus that owns AKR: Kenneth Fisher of Fisher Asset Management, LLC, Third Avenue Management.

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Following our success with Fund I, during June of 2004 we formed a second, larger Opportunity Fund, Fund II, and during August of 2004, formed Acadia Mervyn Investors II, LLC (Mervyns II), with the investors from Fund I as well as two additional institutional investors, whereby the investors, including the Operating Partnership, committed capital totaling $300.0 million. The Operating Partnership is the managing member with a 20% interest in Fund II and Mervyns II and can invest the committed equity on a discretionary basis within the parameters defined in the Fund II and Mervyns II operating agreements. The terms and structure of Fund II and Mervyns II are substantially the same as Fund I and Mervyns I with the exception that the Preferred Return is 8%. As of December 31, 2010, $265.2 million of Fund IIs and Mervyns IIs capital was invested and the balance of $34.8 million is expected to be utilized to complete development activities for existing Fund II investments.

During 2004, through Funds I and II or affiliates thereof, we entered into an association, known as the RCP Venture, with Klaff Realty, L.P. (Klaff) and Lubert-Adler Management, Inc. (Lubert-Adler) for the purpose of making investments in surplus or underutilized properties owned by retailers. The RCP Venture is neither a single entity nor a specific investment. Any member of this group has the option of participating, or not, in any individual investment and each individual investment has been made on a stand-alone basis through a separate limited liability company. These investments have been made through different investment vehicles with different affiliated and unaffiliated investors and different economics to us. The initial size of the RCP Venture was expected to be approximately $300.0 million in equity, of which our share would be $60.0 million. Based on the investment opportunities, the size of the RCP Venture could be and was expanded. Mervyns I and II and Fund II have invested a total of $62.2 million in the RCP Venture to date on a non-recourse basis. Investments under the RCP Venture are structured as separate joint ventures as there may be other investors participating in certain investments in addition to Klaff, Lubert-Adler and us. While we are not required to invest any additional capital into any of these investments, should additional capital be required and we elect not to contribute our share, our proportionate share in the investment will be reduced. Cash flow from any RCP Venture investment is distributed to the participants until they have received a 10% cumulative return on and a full return of all capital contributions. Thereafter, remaining cash flow is distributed 20% to Klaff (Klaffs Promote) and 80% to the partners (including Klaff). As the participants have received a return of all of their capital invested and their unpaid cumulative return, all cash flow is now distributed 20% to Klaff as Klaffs Promote and then 80% to the partners. The Operating Partnership may also earn market-rate fees for property management, leasing and construction services on behalf of the RCP Venture. While we are primarily a passive partner in the investments made through the RCP Venture, historically we have provided our services in reviewing potential acquisitions and operating and redevelopment assistance in areas where we have both a presence and expertise. We continue to seek to invest opportunistically with the RCP Venture primarily in any of the following four ways:

Following the success of Fund I and the full commitment of Fund II, Fund III was formed during 2007, with fourteen institutional investors, including a majority of the investors from Fund I and Fund II, whereby the investors, including the Operating Partnership, committed capital totaling $502.5 million. The Operating Partnerships share of the committed capital is $100.0 million and it is the sole managing member with a 19.9% interest in Fund III and can invest the committed equity on a discretionary basis within the parameters defined in the Fund III operating agreement. The terms and structure of Fund III are substantially the same as Fund I and Fund II with the exception that the Preferred Return is 6%. As of December 31, 2010, $96.5 million of Fund IIIs capital was invested. To date, Fund III has invested in 15 projects as discussed further in PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS below in this Item 1.

During December of 2006 and January of 2007, we issued $115.0 million of 3.75% unsecured Convertible Notes (the Notes). See Note 9 to our Consolidated Financial Statements, which begin on page F-1 of this Form 10-K for a discussion of the terms and conditions of the Notes. The $112.1 million in proceeds, net of related costs, were used to retire variable rate debt, provide for future Opportunity Fund capital commitments and for general working capital purposes. Through December 31, 2010, we purchased $65.2 million in principal amount of the Notes, all at an average discount of approximately 19%.

During June of 2006, the RCP Venture made its second investment as part of an investment consortium, acquiring Albertsons and Cub Foods, of which our share was $20.7 million. Through December 31, 2010, we have received distributions from this investment totaling $77.1 million, including $11.4 million received in 2010.

Through December 31, 2010, we, through Fund II, made investments of $1.1 million in Shopko, $0.7 million in Marsh, and $2.0 million in Add-On Investments in Marsh. As of December 31, 2010, we have received distributions totaling $1.7 million from our Shopko investment and $2.6 million from our Marsh and Marsh Add-On Investments.

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