SEC Comment Letter for CRT PROPERTIES INC (CIK 0000835664) — Aug 4, 2005
CRT PROPERTIES INC (CIK 0000835664)
Date: Aug. 4, 2005 · CIK: 0000835664 · Accession: 0000000000-05-040206
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Mail Stop 4561
August 4, 2005
Terence D. McNally
Chief Financial Officer
CRT Properties, Inc.
225 NE Mizner Blvd., Suite 200
Boca Raton, FL 33432
Re: CRT Properties, Inc.
Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Form 10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2005
File No. 1-09997
Dear Mr. Martin:
We have reviewed your filings and have the following
comments.
We have limited our review to only the issues addressed below and
will make no further review of your documents. In our comment, we
ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand
your disclosure. After reviewing this information, we may raise
additional comments.
Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or on any other
aspect
of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers
listed
at the end of this letter.
Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates,
page 43
Cost of Real Estate Acquired, page 45
1. We note you present the amounts allocated to above or below
market
leases on a net basis in other assets on the balance sheet.
Please
tell us the amounts assigned to the above and below market leases
and
explain to us why these amounts are not presented separately on
the
balance sheet. Refer to Fin 39.
2. You state that above and below market leases are amortized to
rental income over the average remaining term of the respective
leases. Tell us if any below market leases contain fixed rate
renewals and if so, clarify why the below market lease value is
not
amortized over the remaining lease term plus the fixed rate
renewal
periods.
Note 2 - Transactions with Related Parties, page 50
3. Please tell us how you accounted for the shares purchased by
the
related parties for non-recourse and limited recourse notes and
the
amount of expense that was recognized. Clarify whether you
accounted
for these issuances under variable plan accounting and if not,
tell
us the basis for that determination.
Please respond to these comments within 10 business days or
tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please file
your
response on Edgar.
We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosure in the filings to be certain that the
filings include all information required under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and that they have provided all information
investors require for an informed investment decision. Since the
company and its management are in possession of all facts relating
to
a company`s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosures they have made.
In connection with responding to our comments, please
provide,
in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that
* the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filings;
* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with
respect to the filings; and
* the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.
In addition, please be advised that the Division of
Enforcement
has access to all information you provide to the staff of the
Division of Corporation Finance in our review of your filings or
in
response to our comments on your filings.
You may contact Thomas Flinn, Staff Accountant, at (202)
551-
3469 or the undersigned at (202) 551-3498 if you have questions.
Sincerely,
Linda Van Doorn
Senior Assistant Chief Accountant
Mr. Terence D. McNally
CRT Properties, Inc.
August 4, 2005
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