Since the value of the furnishing and equipment is about $50,000, the purchase price would be approximately $50,100.

Sheridan will continue as an outside advisor to the company in connection with capital markets and real estate acquisitions.

Sheridan Realty Advisors, LLC has managed AmeriVest properties since January 2000. Effective Jan. 1, most of Sheridan's 24 employees will become employees of AmeriVest and will manage day-to-day operations of the company.

AmeriVest will no longer pay administrative, property management and accounting fees to Sheridan as of December 31.

Sheridan will continue to advise AmeriVest with respect to capital market activities, real estate acquisitions and dispositions and major capital projects and will continue to receive a capital project fee and advisory fee based on the value of all real property acquired or developed by AmeriVest during the term of the agreement.

"We are pleased that AmeriVest has grown to a size that enables it to bring property management, accounting and administrative functions in house," says William Atkins, chief executive officer of AmeriVest. "We recognize that most analysts and institutional investors prefer self-managed REITs. We are now large enough to absorb operating overhead within the company and expect that this change will be perceived positively by our shareholders and the investment community."

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.