Consolidated Tomoka Announces Disposition of Non-Core Income Properties for $9 Million
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. (NYSE MKT: CTO) (the “Company”) today announced the disposition of two of its income properties, both leased to a subsidiary of CVS, located in Clermont, Florida and Sanford, Florida. Sold in separate transactions, the proceeds from both sales totaled approximately $9.0 million. The Company intends to use the proceeds from these sales as part of a Section 1031 like-kind exchange for the recently-acquired 245 Riverside Avenue office property located in Jacksonville, Florida. The Company’s estimated gain on the property sales is approximately $2.3 million.
The Company has completed four dispositions of non-core income properties in the nine months ended September 30, 2015 for total proceeds of approximately $15.2 million and net aggregate gains of approximately $2.0 million.
John P. Albright, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company stated, “We are pleased to complete these dispositions enabling us to unlock value within our single-tenant portfolio at accretive cap rates while at the same time improving the overall quality of our income property portfolio through the acquisition of the 245 Riverside property in July.” Mr. Albright also noted, “Both dispositions were sold at prices well below the lower end of our cap rate guidance which we believe reflects the continued strength in the single-tenant retail market.”
About Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co.
Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. is a Florida-based publicly traded real estate company, which owns a portfolio of income investments in diversified markets in the United States including more than 1.2 million square feet of income properties, as well as over 10,500 acres of land in the Daytona Beach area. Visit our website at www.ctlc.com.
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Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co.
Mark E. Patten, 386-944-5643, Facsimile: 386-274-1223
Sr. Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
mpatten@ctlc.com
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