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Note 6 - Loans Payable
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Notes to Financial Statements  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

6.

Loans Payable

 

The Company secured a non-revolving credit line for up to $3,000,000 (the “Original Line”) with a bank, which closed on March 21, 2018. The original line included an interest only phase. On April 30, 2021, the loan converted to the Permanent Phase with an outstanding principal balance of $2,200,000. During the Permanent Phase, the Company is paying interest at a fixed rate of 3.85%, plus principal based on a 20-year amortization period. The loan will mature on April 30, 2028. The outstanding balance as of March 31, 2025 was $1,892,592.

 

To secure access to additional working capital through the final sale date of the Flowerfield industrial buildings, the Company secured a second loan evidenced by a non-revolving business line of credit agreement and promissory note with the Original Line bank for up to $3,000,000, which closed on January 24, 2019. This loan included an interest only phase. On May 20, 2021, the loan converted to the Permanent Phase with an outstanding principal balance of $3,000,000. During the Permanent Phase, the Company pays interest at a fixed rate of 3.85%, plus principal based on a 20-year amortization period. The loan will mature on May 20, 2028. The outstanding balance as of March 31, 2025 was $2,590,527.

 

Both lines are secured by approximately 31.8 acres of the Flowerfield Industrial Park including the related buildings and leases. As of September 30, 2024, the Company is in compliance with the loan covenants. The Company anticipates modifying the terms of the loans following the completion of the subdivision so that the loans remain secured by the two subdivided industrial park lots only.

 

 

On September 15, 2021, the Company, through its subsidiary GSD Cortlandt, LLC (“GSD Cortlandt”), secured a $4.95 million term loan (the “2021 Mortgage Loan”) with Signature Bank, the proceeds of which were used to pay off the previous GSD Cortlandt debt facility of which $1,050,000 was outstanding. The term of the 2021 Mortgage Loan is five years with an option to extend for an additional five years (the “Extension Period”). Until the initial maturity date (September 14, 2026), the 2021 Mortgage Loan bears interest at an annual rate equal to 3.75%. If the maturity date is extended for the Extension Period, the rate of interest on the 2021 Mortgage Loan will adjust and be fixed for the Extension Period to the greater of (i) 3.75% or (ii) 275 basis points in excess of the weekly average yield on United States Treasury Securities adjusted to a constant maturity of five years as most recently made available by the Federal Reserve Board as of thirty days prior to the first day of the Extension Period. The 2021 Mortgage Loan will be paid in monthly installments of principal and interest calculated on the basis of a thirty-year amortization schedule. If the maturity date is extended for the Extension Period, the amount of each monthly installment will be recalculated for the Extension Period based on the adjusted interest rate on the 2021 Mortgage Loan and an amortization schedule of twenty-five years. The lender has the right, but not the obligation, to decline to extend the term of the Mortgage Loan if the loan to value ratio of the property is greater than seventy percent (70%), or the property does not support a debt service coverage ratio (as calculated by the lender) of at least 1.3 to 1, in each case on the date the extension is exercised.

 

The Mortgage Loan may be prepaid in whole or in part, at any time, provided the borrower (GSD Cortlandt) pays the bank with each prepayment a prepayment fee equal to (i) during the first loan year and, if applicable, the first loan year of the Extension Period, five percent of the amount of such prepayment; (ii) during the second loan year and, if applicable, during the second loan year of the Extension Period, four percent of the amount of such prepayment; (iii) during the third loan year and, if applicable, during the third loan year of the Extension Period, three percent of the amount of such prepayment; (iv) during the fourth loan year and, if applicable, during the fourth loan year of the Extension Period, two percent of the amount of such prepayment; and (v) during the fifth loan year and, if applicable, during the fifth loan year of the Extension Period, one percent of the amount of such prepayment. There will be no prepayment fee for any prepayment made during the sixty-day period immediately preceding the initial maturity date or the last sixty days of the Extension Period. All prepayments must include accrued and unpaid interest through the date of prepayment. On December 14, 2023, the FDIC transferred the Mortgage Loan to SIG CRE 2023 Venture LLC, which is now the holder of the 2021 Mortgage Loan. The outstanding balance as of March 31, 2025 was $4,633,519.

 

The 2021 Mortgage Loan is secured by the Cortlandt Manor property located at 1985 Crompond Road (5.01 acres).

 

On December 27, 2023, the Company, through its subsidiaries GSD Cortlandt, LLC (“GSD Cortlandt”) and Buttonwood Acquisition, LLC (“Buttonwood”), secured a term mortgage loan (the “2023 Mortgage Loan”) in the principal amount of $1,500,000 with LLYR Resources, LLC. The net proceeds of the 2023 Mortgage Loan will be used for general working capital. The 2023 Mortgage Loan is unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Company. The term of the 2023 Mortgage Loan is two years. Until the maturity date, the 2023 Mortgage Loan bears interest at a floating interest rate of 1.5% per annum in excess of the Wall Street Prime Rate, with such interest only payable monthly, which may be prepaid, in whole or in part, at any time, without a prepayment fee.

 

The 2023 Mortgage Loan is secured by a first mortgage in the amount of $1,500,000 on the interests of GSD Cortlandt in 1989 Crompond Road and 1987 Crompond Road in Cortlandt Manor, New York, and the interests of Buttonwood in 206 Buttonwood Avenue and certain vacant land off of Buttonwood Road in Cortlandt Manor, New York.

 

On February 1, 2024, the Company entered into an agreement with one vendor which had previously agreed to defer 50% of payment until the closing of the first property lot sale that is the subject of either the Flowerfield or Cortlandt Manor subdivision. The agreement calls for a $200,000 payment on outstanding invoices plus an interest payment on such invoices, interest to accrue monthly on the outstanding balance, agreement to pay all future invoices in full, and conversion of the remaining outstanding balance of $477,829 (balance due after the $200,000 payment) to a loan payable within 15 days of the sale of one of the Company’s properties. The loan accrued interest at 0.75% per month through 2024 and is accruing interest at 1.0% per month starting January 2025.

 

The total debt payable matures as follows:

 

Years Ending March 31,        

2026

  $ 1,809,686  

2027

    5,222,235  

2028

    222,726  

2029

    3,839,819  

Total

  $ 11,094,466