CENTERSPACE - Quarter Report: 2014 October (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.

20549

Form 10-Q

Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For Quarter Ended October 31, 2014

Commission File Number 0-14851

INVESTORS REAL ESTATE TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(701) 837-4738

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name, former address, and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to the filing requirements for at least the past 90 days.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Registrant is a North Dakota Real Estate Investment Trust. As of November 20, 2014, it had 120,257,746 common shares of beneficial interest outstanding.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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	(in thousands, except share data)
	October 31, 2014		April 30, 2014
ASSETS
Real estate investments
Property owned	$	2,013,770	$	1,996,031
Less accumulated depreciation		(426,545)		(424,288)
		1,587,225		1,571,743
Development in progress		146,390		104,609
Unimproved land		24,947		22,864
Total real estate investments		1,758,562		1,699,216
Real estate held for sale		41,183		2,951
Cash and cash equivalents		52,999		47,267
Other investments		329		329
Receivable arising from straight-lining of rents, net of allowance of $669 and $796, respectively		27,425		27,096
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $425 and $248, respectively		3,719		10,206
Real estate deposits		4,924		145
Prepaid and other assets		2,263		4,639
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $24,153 and $24,071, respectively		29,745		32,639
Tax, insurance, and other escrow		16,338		20,880
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $1,270 and $2,041, respectively		1,598		1,681
Goodwill		1,940		1,100
Deferred charges and leasing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $20,677 and $21,068, respectively		20,445		21,072
TOTAL ASSETS	$	1,961,470	$	1,869,221
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	67,037	$	59,105
Revolving line of credit		40,500		22,500
Mortgages payable		1,013,161		997,689
Other		107,731		63,178
TOTAL LIABILITIES		1,228,429		1,142,472
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 6)
REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS – CONSOLIDATED REAL ESTATE ENTITIES		6,373		6,203
EQUITY
Investors Real Estate Trust shareholders' equity
Series A Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest (Cumulative redeemable preferred shares, no par value, 1,150,000 shares issued and outstanding at October 31, 2014 and April 30, 2014, aggregate liquidation preference of $28,750,000)		27,317		27,317
Series B Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest (Cumulative redeemable preferred shares, no par value, 4,600,000 shares issued and outstanding at October 31, 2014 and April 30, 2014, aggregate liquidation preference of $115,000,000)		111,357		111,357
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (Unlimited authorization, no par value, 119,808,974 shares issued and outstanding at October 31, 2014, and 109,019,341 shares issued and outstanding at April 30, 2014)		918,221		843,268
Accumulated distributions in excess of net income		(420,036)		(389,758)
Total Investors Real Estate Trust shareholders' equity		636,859		592,184
Noncontrolling interests – Operating Partnership (14,730,910 units at October 31, 2014 and 21,093,445 units at April 30, 2014)		63,207		105,724
Noncontrolling interests – consolidated real estate entities		26,602		22,638
Total equity		726,668		720,546
TOTAL LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS AND EQUITY	$	1,961,470	$	1,869,221

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INVESTORS REAL ESTATE TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (unaudited)

for the three and six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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INVESTORS REAL ESTATE TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY (unaudited)

for the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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INVESTORS REAL ESTATE TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (unaudited)

for the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013

(continued)

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INVESTORS REAL ESTATE TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (unaudited, continued)

for the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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INVESTORS REAL ESTATE TRUST AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

for the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013

NOTE 1 • ORGANIZATION

Investors Real Estate Trust ("IRET" or the "Company") is a self-advised real estate investment trust engaged in acquiring, owning and leasing multi-family and commercial real estate. IRET has elected to be taxed as a Real Estate Investment Trust ("REIT") under Sections 856-860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. As a REIT, we are subject to a number of organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement to distribute 90% of ordinary taxable income to shareholders, and, generally, are not subject to federal income tax on net income, except for taxes on undistributed REIT taxable income and taxes on the income generated by our taxable REIT subsidiary ("TRS"). Our TRS is subject to corporate federal and state income tax on its taxable income at regular statutory rates. We have considered estimated future taxable income and have determined that there were no material income tax provisions or material net deferred income tax items for our TRS for the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013. IRET's multi-family residential properties and commercial properties are located mainly in the states of North Dakota and Minnesota, but also in the states of Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. As of October 31, 2014, IRET owned 96 multi-family residential properties with 11,292 apartment units and 161 commercial properties, consisting of office, healthcare, industrial and retail properties, totaling 9.9 million net rentable square feet. IRET conducts a majority of its business activities through its consolidated operating partnership, IRET Properties, a North Dakota Limited Partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), as well as through a number of other consolidated subsidiary entities.

All references to IRET or the Company refer to Investors Real Estate Trust and its consolidated subsidiaries.

NOTE 2 • BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of IRET and all subsidiaries in which it maintains a controlling interest. All intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated in consolidation. The Company's fiscal year ends April 30th.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of IRET and its interest in the Operating Partnership. The Company's interest in the Operating Partnership was 89.1% of the common units of the Operating Partnership as of October 31, 2014 and 83.8% as of April 30, 2014. The limited partners in the Operating Partnership have a redemption option that they may exercise. Upon exercise of the redemption option by the limited partners, IRET has the choice of redeeming the limited partners' interests ("Units") for IRET common shares of beneficial interest, on a one-for-one basis, or making a cash payment to the unitholder. The redemption generally may be exercised by the limited partners at any time after the first anniversary of the date of the acquisition of the Units (provided, however, that in general not more than two redemptions by a limited partner may occur during each calendar year, and each limited partner may not exercise the redemption for less than 1,000 Units, or, if such limited partner holds less than 1,000 Units, for all of the Units held by such limited partner). The Operating Partnership and some limited partners have contractually agreed to a holding period of greater than one year and/or a greater number of redemptions during a calendar year.

The condensed consolidated financial statements also reflect the ownership by the Operating Partnership of certain joint venture entities in which the Operating Partnership has a general partner or controlling interest. These entities are consolidated into IRET's other operations, with noncontrolling interests reflecting the noncontrolling partners' share of ownership and income and expenses.

UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements of IRET have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Accordingly, certain disclosures accompanying annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP") are omitted. The year-end balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods have been included.

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The current period's results of operations are not necessarily indicative of results which ultimately may be achieved for the year. The interim condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014, as filed with the SEC on June 30, 2014.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In April 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-08, Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) and Property, Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360):  Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity. Under this standard, a disposal (or classification as held for sale) of a component of an entity or a group of components of an entity is required to be reported in discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity's operations and financial results. Examples include a disposal of a major geographic area, a major line of business, or a major equity method investment. In addition, the new guidance requires expanded disclosures about the assets, liabilities, income and expenses of discontinued operations. The ASU is effective for all disposals (or classifications as held for sale) of components of an entity that occur within annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014, and interim periods within those years. Early adoption is permitted, but only for disposals (or classifications as held for sale) that have not been reported in financial statements previously issued or available for issuance. The Company adopted this update effective February 1, 2014 and determined that the adoption did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated results of operations or financial condition.

As a result of the adoption of ASU No. 2014-08, results of operations and gains or losses on sale for properties that are disposed or classified as held for sale in the ordinary course of business on or subsequent to February 1, 2014 would generally be included in continuing operations on the Company's consolidated statements of operations, to the extent such disposals did not meet the criteria for classification as a discontinued operation described above. During the quarter ended April 30, 2014, the Company applied the new standard to one property that was classified as held for sale.  The Company applied the new standard to seven property dispositions and ten properties classified as held for sale during the six months ended October 31, 2014.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The standard will eliminate the transaction- and industry-specific revenue recognition guidance under current U.S. GAAP and replace it with a principle based approach for determining revenue recognition. ASU No. 2014-09 does not apply to lease contracts accounted for under ASC 840, Leases. The ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The Company does not expect adoption of this update to have a material impact on the Company's operating results or financial position.

In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-12, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718):  Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period. ASU 2014-12 requires an entity to treat performance targets that can be met after the requisite service period of a share-based award has ended, as a performance condition that affects vesting. The ASU is effective for interim and annual reporting periods in fiscal years that begin after December 15, 2015. The Company does not expect the adoption of this update to have a material impact on the Company's operating results or financial position.

IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS

The Company periodically evaluates its long-lived assets, including its investments in real estate, for impairment indicators. The impairment evaluation is performed on assets by property such that assets for a property form an asset group. The judgments regarding the existence of impairment indicators are based on factors such as operational performance, market conditions, expected holding period of each asset group and legal and environmental concerns. If indicators exist, the Company compares the expected future undiscounted cash flows for the long-lived asset group against the carrying amount of that asset group. If the sum of the estimated undiscounted cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the asset group, an impairment loss is recorded for the difference between the estimated fair value and the carrying amount of the asset group. If our anticipated holding period for properties, the estimated fair value of properties or other factors change based on market conditions or otherwise, our evaluation of impairment charges may be different and such differences could be material to our consolidated financial statements. The evaluation of anticipated cash flows is subjective and is based, in part, on assumptions regarding future occupancy, rental rates and capital requirements that could differ materially from actual results. Plans to hold properties over longer periods decrease the likelihood of recording impairment losses.

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COMPENSATING BALANCES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS; HOLDBACKS

The Company maintains compensating balances, not restricted as to withdrawal, with several financial institutions in connection with financing received from those institutions and/or to ensure future credit availability. At October 31, 2014, the Company's compensating balances totaled $10.7 million and consisted of the following: First International Bank, Watford City, North Dakota, deposit of $6.1 million; Private Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota, deposit of $2.0 million; Associated Bank, Green Bay, Wisconsin, deposit of $600,000; American National Bank, Omaha, Nebraska, deposit of $400,000; Dacotah Bank, Minot, North Dakota, deposit of $350,000; United Community Bank, Minot, North Dakota, deposit of $275,000; Peoples State Bank of Velva, North Dakota, deposit of $225,000, Commerce Bank, a Minnesota Banking Corporation, deposit of $100,000, and Bremer Bank, Saint Paul, Minnesota, deposit of $650,000. The deposits at United Community Bank and a portion of the deposit at Dacotah Bank are held as certificates of deposit and comprise the approximately $329,000 in other investments on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The certificates of deposit have remaining terms of less than two years and the Company intends to hold them to maturity.

The Company has a number of mortgage loans under which the lender retains a portion of the loan proceeds or requires a deposit for the payment of construction costs or tenant improvements. The decrease of $4.8 million in holdbacks for improvements reflected in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended October 31, 2014 is due primarily to the release of loan proceeds to the Company upon completion of construction and tenant improvement projects, while the increase of approximately $621,000 represents additional amounts retained by lenders for new projects.

IDENTIFIED INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AND GOODWILL

Upon acquisition of real estate, the Company records the intangible assets and liabilities acquired (for example, if the leases in place for the real estate property acquired carry rents above the market rent, the difference is classified as an intangible asset) at their estimated fair value separate and apart from goodwill. The Company amortizes identified intangible assets and liabilities that are determined to have finite lives based on the period over which the assets and liabilities are expected to affect, directly or indirectly, the future cash flows of the real estate property acquired (generally the life of the lease). In the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, the Company added approximately $365,000 and $892,000 of new intangible assets and no new intangible liabilities. The weighted average lives of the intangible assets acquired in the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 are 0.5 years and 0.7 years, respectively. Amortization of intangibles related to above or below-market leases is recorded in real estate rentals in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Amortization of other intangibles is recorded in depreciation/amortization related to real estate investments in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Intangible assets subject to amortization

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are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized if the carrying amount of an intangible asset is not recoverable and its carrying amount exceeds its estimated fair value.

The Company's identified intangible assets and intangible liabilities at October 31, 2014 and April 30, 2014 were as follows:

The amortization of acquired below-market leases and acquired above-market leases reduced rental income by approximately $6,000 and $10,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and approximately $13,000 and $21,000 for the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The estimated annual amortization of acquired below-market leases, net of acquired above-market leases, for each of the five succeeding fiscal years is as follows:

Amortization of all other identified intangible assets (a component of depreciation and amortization expense) was $1.8 million for the three months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, and $3.2 million and $5.4 million for the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The estimated annual amortization of all other identified intangible assets for each of the five succeeding fiscal years is as follows:

The excess of the cost of an acquired business over the net of the amounts assigned to assets acquired (including identified intangible assets) and liabilities assumed is recorded as goodwill.  The Company's goodwill has an indeterminate life and is not amortized, but is tested for impairment on an annual basis, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. The book value of goodwill as of October 31, 2014 and April 30, 2014 was $1.9 million and $1.1 million, respectively. The annual review at April 30, 2014 indicated no impairment to goodwill and there was no indication of impairment at October 31, 2014.  During the six months ended October 31, 2014, the Company recognized approximately $852,000 of goodwill from the acquisition of the Homestead Garden residential property and disposed of one residential property to which goodwill had been assigned, and as a result, approximately $11,000 of goodwill was derecognized. During the six months ended October 31, 2013, the Company disposed of one commercial industrial property to which goodwill had been assigned, and as a result, approximately $7,000 of goodwill was derecognized.

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USE OF ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

RECLASSIFICATIONS

Certain previously reported amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current financial statement presentation. Prior to February 1, 2014, the Company reported, in discontinued operations, the results of operations and the related gains or losses of properties that had either been disposed of or classified as held for sale and otherwise met the classification of a discontinued operation. As a result of the adoption of ASU No. 2014-08, results of operations and gains or losses on sale for properties that are disposed or classified as held for sale in the ordinary course of business on or subsequent to February 1, 2014 would generally be included in continuing operations on the Company's consolidated statements of operations, to the extent such disposals did not meet the criteria for classification as a discontinued operation described above in Recent Accounting Pronouncements. As a result of discontinued operations recognized prior to February 1, 2014, retroactive reclassifications that change prior period numbers have been made. See Note 7 for additional information. During fiscal year 2014, the Company classified as discontinued operations two multi-family residential properties, three office properties, twelve industrial properties and three retail properties.

The Company also reclassified administrative expenses, advisory and trustee services and other expenses to general and administrative on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

REVISION

During fiscal year 2014 the Company identified an error pertaining to the reporting for a noncontrolling interest in a consolidated real estate joint venture formed in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 for which the holder of such interest has the right to require the Company to acquire the interest at fair value twelve months after the final certificate of occupancy is obtained for the joint venture's development project. Accounting guidance in ASC 480-10-S99:  Redeemable Preferred Stocks, requires that this noncontrolling interest be classified outside of permanent equity because it is redeemable at the option of the joint venture partner. This error resulted in an overstatement of noncontrolling interests and equity in the Company's consolidated statement of equity. This non-cash revision did not impact the Company's consolidated statements of operations or statements of cash flows for any period.

In accordance with accounting guidance found in ASC 250-10, Materiality, the Company assessed the materiality of the error and concluded that the error was not material to any of the Company's previously issued financial statements.  In accordance with accounting guidance found in ASC 250-10, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatement when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements, the Company revised its previously issued statement of equity to correct the effect of this error.

The following table presents the effect of this correction on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity for the period affected:

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INVOLUNTARY CONVERSION OF ASSETS

In June 2011, the Company's Chateau Apartments property, which at that time consisted of two 32-unit buildings, was extensively damaged by a flood. In February 2012, one of the buildings of the Chateau Apartments property, which had been undergoing restoration work following the flood, was completely destroyed by fire (the "2012 Fire"). During the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, the Company received $966,000 of insurance proceeds for the 2012 Fire.  The total insurance proceeds for redevelopment related to the 2012 Fire exceeded the basis in the assets requiring replacement, resulting in recognition of $966,000 in gain from involuntary conversion in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014.

In December 2013, 15-unit and 57-unit buildings at the Chateau Apartments property were destroyed by fire (the "2013 Fire"). Both buildings were under construction and were unoccupied. The Company is rebuilding both buildings, and currently expects them to be completed in the first quarter of fiscal year 2016. The Company received proceeds for the 2013 Fire claim of $1.0 million in fiscal year 2014, $2.0 million in the three months ended July 31, 2014 and $4.0 million in the three months ended October 31, 2014, which reduced to zero the accounts receivable recorded at the time of the fire for expected proceeds. No gain or loss on involuntary conversion was recorded due to the settlement of the claim.

PROCEEDS FROM FINANCING LIABILITY

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, the Company sold a non-core assisted living property in exchange for $7.9 million in cash and a $29.0 million contract for deed. The buyer leased the property back to the Company, and also granted an option to the Company to repurchase the property at a specified price at or prior to July 31, 2018. IRET accounted for the transaction as a financing due to the Company's continuing involvement with the property and recorded the $7.9 million in sales proceeds within other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  The balance of the liability as of October 31, 2014 is $7.9 million.

VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY

On November 27, 2012 the Company entered into a joint venture operating agreement with a real estate development company to construct an apartment project in Minot, North Dakota as IRET – Minot Apartments, LLC. The Company estimates total costs for the project at $52.2 million, with approximately 69% of the project financed with third-party debt and approximately 7% financed with debt from IRET to the joint venture entity. The first phase of the project, Landing at Southgate, was substantially completed in the second quarter of fiscal year 2014. The second phase of the project, Commons at Southgate, is expected to be completed in the third quarter of fiscal year 2015. See Development, Expansion and Renovation Projects in Note 6 for additional information on Commons at Southgate. As of October 31, 2014 IRET is the approximately 52.9% owner of the joint venture and will have management and leasing responsibilities when the project is completed; the real estate development company owns approximately 47.1% of the joint venture and is responsible for the development and construction of the property. The Company has determined that the joint venture is a variable interest entity ("VIE"), primarily based on the fact that the equity investment at risk is not sufficient to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support. The Company has also determined that IRET is the primary beneficiary of the VIE due to the fact that IRET is providing more than 50% of the equity contributions, the subordinated debt and a guarantee on the third party debt and has the power to direct the most significant activities that impact the entity's economic performance.

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NOTE 3 • EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. The Company has no outstanding options, warrants, convertible stock or other contractual obligations requiring issuance of additional shares that would result in dilution of earnings. Units can be exchanged for shares on a one-for-one basis after a minimum holding period of one year. The following table presents a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013:

NOTE 4 • EQUITY

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, on June 27, 2013, the Company filed a shelf registration statement with the SEC to enable the Company to offer and sell, from time to time, in one or more offerings, an indeterminate amount of its common and preferred shares of beneficial interest and debt securities. On October, 27, 2014, the Company filed a prospectus supplement under this registration statement, relating to 10 million common shares registered for purchase under the Company's Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan. On August 30, 2013, the Company entered into an ATM program with Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated as sales agent, pursuant to which the Company may from time to time offer and sell its common shares of beneficial interest having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $75.0 million, under this registration statement. Sales of common shares, if any, under the program will depend upon market conditions and other factors to be determined by the Company. The Company to date has issued no shares under the ATM program.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, the Company issued approximately 204,000 common shares, with a total grant-date value of approximately $1.9 million, under the Company's 2008 Incentive Award Plan, for executive officer and trustee share-based compensation for fiscal year 2014 performance. Of these shares, approximately 105,000 are restricted, and will vest on the one-year anniversary of the grant date (i.e., on April 30, 2015), provided the recipient is still employed with the Company, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Company's long-term incentive plan ("LTIP").   During the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, the Company issued approximately 13,000 common shares, with a total grant-date value of approximately $112,000, under the 2008 Incentive Award Plan, for trustee share-based compensation for fiscal year 2013 performance.

The Company has a Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan ("DRIP"). The DRIP provides common shareholders and UPREIT Unitholders of the Company an opportunity to invest their cash distributions in common shares of the Company, and purchase additional shares through voluntary cash contributions, at a discount (currently 3%) from the market price. The maximum

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monthly voluntary cash contribution permitted without prior Company approval is currently $10,000. The Company can issue waivers to DRIP participants to provide for investments in excess of the $10,000 maximum monthly investment. There were no waivers issued during the three months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013. During the six months ended October 31, 2014, the Company issued approximately 926,000 shares at an average price of $8.64 per share pursuant to such waivers, for total net proceeds to the Company of $8.0 million. During the six months ended October 31, 2013, the Company issued 1.4 million shares at an average price of $8.88 per share pursuant to such waivers, for total net proceeds to the Company of $12.0 million.

During the three months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, 1.8 million and 1.3 million common shares with a total value included in equity of $13.9 million and $10.3 million, and an average price per share after applicable discounts of $7.76 and $8.01, respectively, were issued under the DRIP plan. During the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, 4.2 million and 3.9 million common shares with a total value included in equity of $34.8 million and $33.0 million, and an average price per share after applicable discounts of $8.27 and $8.48, respectively, were issued under the DRIP plan.

During the three months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, 3.3 million Units and approximately 34,000 Units were converted to common shares, with a total value of $19.4 million and approximately $239,000 included in equity. During the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, 6.4 million Units and approximately 160,000 Units were converted to common shares, with a total value of $37.7 million and approximately $946,000 included in equity.

NOTE 5 • SEGMENT REPORTING

IRET reports its results in five reportable segments: multi-family residential, office, healthcare (including senior housing), industrial and retail properties. The Company's reportable segments are aggregations of similar properties.

IRET measures the performance of its segments based on net operating income ("NOI"), which the Company defines as total real estate revenues and gain on involuntary conversion less real estate expenses (which consist of utilities, maintenance, real estate taxes, insurance, property management expenses and other property expenses). IRET believes that NOI is an important supplemental measure of operating performance for a REIT's operating real estate because it provides a measure of core operations that is unaffected by depreciation, amortization, financing and general and administrative expense. NOI does not represent cash generated by operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered an alternative to net income, net income available for common shareholders or cash flow from operating activities as a measure of financial performance.

The revenues and net operating income for these reportable segments are summarized as follows for the three and six month periods ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, along with reconciliations to the condensed consolidated financial statements. Segment assets are also reconciled to total assets as reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Segment Assets and Accumulated Depreciation

Segment assets are summarized as follows as of October 31, 2014, and April 30, 2014, along with reconciliations to the condensed consolidated financial statements:

NOTE 6 • COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation.  The Company is not a party to any legal proceedings which are expected to have a material effect on the Company's liquidity, financial position, cash flows or results of operations. The Company is subject to a variety of legal actions for personal injury or property damage arising in the ordinary course of its business, most of which are covered by liability insurance. Various claims of resident discrimination are also periodically brought, most of which also are covered by insurance. While the resolution of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes that the final outcome of such legal proceedings and claims will not have a material effect on the Company's liquidity, financial position, cash flows or results of operations.

Insurance.  IRET carries insurance coverage on its properties in amounts and types that the Company believes are customarily obtained by owners of similar properties and are sufficient to achieve IRET's risk management objectives.

Purchase Options.  The Company has granted options to purchase certain IRET properties to tenants in these properties, under lease agreements. In general, the options grant the tenant the right to purchase the property at the greater of such property's appraised value or an annual compounded increase of a specified percentage of the initial cost of the property to IRET. As of October 31, 2014, the total property cost of the 15 properties subject to purchase options was $120.5 million, and the total gross rental revenue from these properties was $5.2 million for the six months ended October 31, 2014.  The tenant in the Company's Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital property has exercised its option to purchase the property. The Company and its tenant are currently engaged in an arbitration proceeding pursuant to the lease agreement to determine the purchase price. The Company currently can give no assurance that the sale of the property pursuant to the purchase option will be completed.

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Environmental Matters.  Under various federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations, a current or previous owner or operator of real estate may be liable for the costs of removal of, or remediation of, certain hazardous or toxic substances in, on, around or under the property. While IRET currently has no knowledge of any material violation of environmental laws, ordinances or regulations at any of its properties, there can be no assurance that areas of contamination will not be identified at any of the Company's properties, or that changes in environmental laws, regulations or cleanup requirements would not result in material costs to the Company.

Restrictions on Taxable Dispositions.  Approximately 97 of IRET's properties, consisting of 4.2 million square feet of the Company's combined commercial segments' properties and 4,963 apartment units, are subject to restrictions on taxable dispositions under agreements entered into with some of the sellers or contributors of the properties. The real estate investment amount of these properties (net of accumulated depreciation) was $728.4 million at October 31, 2014. The restrictions on taxable dispositions are effective for varying periods. The terms of these agreements generally prevent the Company from selling the properties in taxable transactions. The Company does not believe that the agreements materially affect the conduct of the Company's business or decisions whether to dispose of restricted properties during the restriction period because the Company generally holds these and the Company's other properties for investment purposes, rather than for sale. Historically, however, where IRET has deemed it to be in the shareholders' best interests to dispose of restricted properties, it has done so through transactions structured as tax-deferred transactions under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Redemption Value of UPREIT Units.  The limited partnership units ("UPREIT Units") of the Company's operating partnership, IRET Properties, are redeemable at the option of the holder for cash, or, at our option, for the Company's common shares of beneficial interest on a one-for-one basis, after a minimum one-year holding period.  All UPREIT Units receive the same cash distributions as those paid on common shares.  UPREIT Units are redeemable for an amount of cash per Unit equal to the average of the daily market price of an IRET common share for the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of valuation of the Unit.  As of October 31, 2014 and 2013, the aggregate redemption value of the then-outstanding UPREIT Units of the operating partnership owned by limited partners was approximately $119.8 million and $194.1 million, respectively.

Joint Venture Buy/Sell Options.  Certain of IRET's joint venture agreements contain buy/sell options in which each party under certain circumstances has the option to acquire the interest of the other party, but do not generally require that the Company buy its partners' interests. The Company currently has one joint venture, the Company's Southgate apartment project in Minot, North Dakota, in which the Company's joint venture partner can, for a four-year period beginning twelve months after the last certificate of occupancy is received for the project, compel the Company to acquire the partner's interest, for a price to be determined in accordance with the provisions of the joint venture agreement. The joint venture partner's interest is reflected as a redeemable noncontrolling interest on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Tenant Improvements. In entering into leases with tenants, IRET may commit itself to fund improvements or build-outs of the rented space to suit tenant requirements. These tenant improvements are typically funded at the beginning of the lease term, and IRET is accordingly exposed to some risk of loss if a tenant defaults prior to the expiration of the lease term, and the rental income that was expected to cover the cost of the tenant improvements is not received. As of October 31, 2014, the Company is committed to fund $9.1 million in tenant improvements, within approximately the next 12 months.

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Development, Expansion and Renovation Projects.  As of October 31, 2014, the Company had several development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed, the costs for which have been capitalized, as follows:

(1)	Includes costs related to development projects that are placed in service in phases (Commons at Southgate - $19.3 million, Red 20 - $11.6 million, Renaissance Heights I - $34.5 million).

(2)	The Company is currently an approximately 52.9% partner in the joint venture entity constructing this project; the anticipated total cost amount given is the total cost to the joint venture entity.

(3)	The Company is an approximately 86.1% partner in the joint venture entity constructing this project; the anticipated total cost amount given is the total cost to the joint venture entity.

(4)	The Company is an approximately 58.6% partner in the joint venture entity constructing this project; the anticipated total cost amount given is the total cost to the joint venture entity.

(5)	The Company is an approximately 70% partner in the joint venture entity constructing this project; the anticipated total cost amount given is the total cost to the joint venture entity.

(6)

The project will be constructed in three phases, and at the conclusion of construction of the third phase, the Company will have an approximately 52.6% interest in the joint venture entity constructing the project. The anticipated total cost amount given in the table above is the total cost to the joint venture entity of the project's first phase. The expected total project cost for all three phases is approximately $69.9 million for a total of approximately 241 residential units and approximately 21,772 square feet of retail space.

These development projects are subject to various contingencies, and no assurances can be given that they will be completed within the time frames or on the terms currently expected.

Construction interest capitalized for the three month periods ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, was $1.2 million and approximately $781,000 for development projects completed and in progress. Construction interest capitalized for the six month periods ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, was $2.2 million and $1.4 million for development projects completed and in progress.

Pending Acquisitions. The Company currently has signed purchase agreements for the acquisition of the following properties. These pending acquisitions are subject to various closing conditions and contingencies, and no assurances can be given that the transactions will be completed on the terms currently proposed, or at all:

·	a 119-unit multi-family residential property in Bismarck, North Dakota, for a purchase price of $15.0 million, of which approximately $14.3 million is to be paid in cash with the remainder in limited partnership units of the Operating Partnership valued at approximately $700,000;

·	a 74-unit multi-family residential property in Grand Forks, North Dakota, for a purchase price of $9.3 million, of which approximately $8.9 million is to be paid in cash with the remainder in limited partnership units of the Operating Partnership valued at approximately $400,000;

·	an approximately 45,339-square foot office property in Minot, North Dakota, for a purchase price of $2.8 million, to be paid in cash; and

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·	an approximately 1,680-square foot office property in Minot, North Dakota, for a purchase price of $1.3 million, to be paid in cash.

Pending Dispositions. The Company currently has signed sales agreements for the disposition of the following properties. These pending dispositions are subject to various closing conditions and contingencies, and no assurances can be given that the transactions will be completed on the terms currently proposed, or at all:

·	an office property in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for a sales price of $7.1 million; and

·	a retail property and adjacent vacant land in Weston, Wisconsin, for a sales price of $5.3 million.

NOTE 7 • DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

Prior to February 1, 2014, the Company reported, in discontinued operations, the results of operations and the related gains or losses of properties that had either been disposed of or classified as held for sale and otherwise met the classification of a discontinued operation. As a result of the adoption of ASU No. 2014-08, results of operations and gains or losses on sale for properties that are disposed or classified as held for sale in the ordinary course of business on or subsequent to February 1, 2014 would generally be included in continuing operations on the Company's consolidated statements of operations, to the extent such disposals did not meet the criteria for classification as a discontinued operation described above. See Note 2 for additional information.

During the six months ended October 31, 2014, the Company applied ASU No. 2014-08 to the dispositions of seven properties and to the classification of ten properties as held for sale and did not record any discontinued operations.  During the first three quarters of fiscal year 2014, the Company disposed of two multi-family residential properties, three office properties, twelve industrial properties and three retail properties that were classified as discontinued operations. During the quarter ended April 30, 2014, the Company applied ASU No. 2014-08 to one property that was classified as held for sale and did not record any discontinued operations. The following information shows the effect on net income and the gains or losses from the sale of properties classified as discontinued operations for the three and six months ended October 31, 2013:

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NOTE 8 • ACQUISITIONS, DEVELOPMENTS PLACED IN SERVICE AND DISPOSITIONS

PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS

The Company added approximately $36.7 million of real estate properties to its portfolio through property acquisitions during the six months ended October 31, 2014, compared to $34.8 million in the six months ended October 31, 2013. The Company expensed approximately $104,000 and $161,000 of transaction costs related to the acquisitions in the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The Company's acquisitions during the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 are detailed below.

Six Months Ended October 31, 2014

(1)	Value of limited partnership units of the Operating Partnership at the acquisition date.

(2)	Consists of assumed debt (Homestead Garden I - $9.9 million, Silver Springs - $2.3 million) and value of land contributed by the joint venture partner (71 France - $1.4 million).

(3)	At acquisition the Company adjusted the assumed debt to fair value and recognized approximately $852,000 of goodwill.

(4)	Land is owned by a joint venture in which the Company will have an approximately 52.6% interest after the development project is completed. The joint venture is consolidated in IRET's financial statements.

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Six Months Ended October 31, 2013

(1)	Value of limited partnership units of the Operating Partnership at the acquisition date.

(2)	Value of land contributed by the joint venture partner.

(3)	Land is owned by a joint venture in which the Company has an approximately 58.6% interest. The joint venture is consolidated in IRET's financial statements.

Acquisitions in the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 are immaterial to our real estate portfolio both individually and in the aggregate, and consequently no proforma information is presented. The results of operations from acquired properties are included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as of their acquisition date. The revenue and net income of our acquisitions in the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, (excluding development projects placed in service) are detailed below.

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DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PLACED IN SERVICE

IRET Properties placed $10.3 million and $15.1 million of development projects in service during the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The development projects placed in service during the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 are detailed below.

Six Months Ended October 31, 2014

(1)

Development projects that are placed in service in phases are excluded from this table until the entire project has been placed in service. See Note 6 for additional information on the Renaissance Heights I project, which was partially placed in service during the fiscal year 2014 and the six months ended October 31, 2014 and the Commons at Southgate and Red 20 projects, which were partially placed in service during the three months ended October 31, 2014.

(2)	Development property placed in service July 15, 2014. Costs paid in fiscal year 2014 totaled $8.1 million, including the land acquired in fiscal year 2013. Additional costs paid in fiscal year 2015 totaled $2.2 million, for a total project cost at October 31, 2014 of $10.3 million.

Six Months Ended October 31, 2013

(1)

Development projects that are placed in service in phases are excluded from this table until the entire project has been placed in service. See Note 6 for additional information on the River Ridge and Cypress Court projects, which were partially placed in service during the three months ended October 31, 2013.

(2)

Development property placed in service September 4, 2013. Costs paid in fiscal year 2013 totaled $6.3 million. Costs paid in fiscal year 2014 totaled $8.8 million for a total project cost at October 31, 2013 of $15.1 million. The project is owned by a joint venture entity in which the Company has an approximately 52.9% interest.

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PROPERTY DISPOSITIONS

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2015, the Company sold one multi-family residential property, one office property and one retail property, along with the adjacent unimproved land for a total sales price of $10.9 million. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, the Company sold one office property and one industrial property for a total sales price of $6.7 million. The Company also demolished a building at a retail property in Weston, Wisconsin.

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2014, the Company sold three commercial office properties and five commercial industrial properties for a total sales price of $47.4 million. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, the Company sold four industrial properties and one retail property for a total sales price of $21.8 million. The following table details the Company's dispositions during the six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013:

Six Months Ended October 31, 2014

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NOTE 9 • MORTGAGES PAYABLE AND LINE OF CREDIT

Most of the properties owned by the Company serve as collateral for separate mortgage loans on single properties or groups of properties. The majority of these mortgages payable are non-recourse to the Company, other than for standard carve-out obligations such as fraud, waste, failure to insure, environmental conditions and failure to pay real estate taxes. As of October 31, 2014, the management of the Company believes there are no defaults or material compliance issues in regard to any mortgages payable. Interest rates on mortgages payable range from 2.40% to 8.25%, and the mortgages have varying maturity dates from the current fiscal year through July 1, 2036.

Of the mortgages payable, the balances of fixed rate mortgages totaled $949.0 million at October 31, 2014 and $977.2 million at April 30, 2014. The balances of variable rate mortgages totaled $64.2 million and $20.5 million as of October 31, 2014 and April 30, 2014, respectively. The Company does not utilize derivative financial instruments to mitigate its exposure to changes in market interest rates. Most of the fixed rate mortgages have substantial pre-payment penalties. As of October 31, 2014, the weighted average rate of interest on the Company's mortgage debt was 5.26%, compared to 5.37% on April 30, 2014. The aggregate amount of required future principal payments on mortgages payable as of October 31, 2014, is as follows:

In the table above, included in the approximately $215.3 million (as of October 31, 2014) of future principal payments on mortgages payable in fiscal year 2017 is a non-recourse $122.6 million CMBS loan, for which nine of the Company's office properties serve as collateral and under which a special-purpose subsidiary of the Company is the borrower. This loan matures in October 2016. Because the loan amount significantly exceeds the Company's current estimate of the fair value of this nine-property portfolio, the Company contacted the master servicer to initiate discussions on various alternatives with regard to the loan. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, the Company was notified that the loan has been transferred to the special servicer. The Company cannot predict the outcome of discussions with the special servicer regarding the loan. Cash flow from the portfolio currently covers debt service on the loan, and to date the borrower is current on all payments under the loan.

In addition to the individual first mortgage loans comprising the Company's $1.0 billion of mortgage indebtedness, the Company also has a revolving, multi-bank line of credit with First International Bank and Trust, Watford City, North Dakota, as lead bank, which had, as of October 31, 2014, lending commitments of $90.0 million. This facility is not included in the Company's mortgage indebtedness total. As of October 31, 2014, the line of credit was secured by mortgages on 15 properties; under the terms of the line of credit, properties may be added and removed from the collateral pool with the agreement of the lenders. Participants in this credit facility as of October 31, 2014 included, in addition to First International Bank, the following financial institutions: The Bank of North Dakota; First Western Bank and Trust; Dacotah Bank; MidCountry Bank; Highland Bank; American State Bank & Trust Company; Town & Country Credit Union and United Community Bank. As of October 31, 2014, the line of credit had an interest rate of 4.75% and a minimum outstanding principal balance requirement of $17.5 million, and as of October 31, 2014 and April 30, 2014, the Company had borrowed $40.5 million and $22.5 million, respectively. The facility includes covenants and restrictions requiring the Company to achieve on a fiscal and calendar quarter basis a debt service coverage ratio on borrowing base collateral of 1.25x in the aggregate and 1.00x on individual assets in the collateral pool, and the Company is also required to maintain minimum depository account(s) totaling $6.0 million with First International, of which $1.5 million is to be held in a non-interest bearing account. As of October 31, 2014, the Company believes it was in compliance with the facility covenants.

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NOTE 10 • FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures defines and establishes a framework for measuring fair value.  The objective of fair value is to determine the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (the exit price). ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used to measure fair value into three levels, as follows:

Level 1:  Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets

Level 2:  Significant other observable inputs

Level 3:  Significant unobservable inputs

Fair value estimates may be different than the amounts that may ultimately be realized upon sale or disposition of the assets and liabilities.

Fair Value Measurements on a Recurring Basis

The Company had no assets or liabilities recorded at fair value on a recurring basis at October 31, 2014 and April 30, 2014.

Fair Value Measurements on a Nonrecurring Basis

Non-financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis at October 31, 2014 consisted of real estate investments that were written-down to estimated fair value during the six months ended October 31, 2014. Non-financial assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis at April 30, 2014 consisted of real estate investments and real estate held for sale that was written-down to estimated fair value during fiscal year 2014. See Note 2 for additional information on impairment losses recognized during fiscal years 2014 and 2013. The aggregate fair value of these assets by their levels in the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

Financial Assets and Liabilities Not Measured at Fair Value

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial assets and liabilities. The fair values of our financial instruments approximate their carrying amount in our consolidated financial statements except for debt.

Cash and Cash Equivalents. The carrying amount approximates fair value because of the short maturity.

Other Investments. The carrying amount, or cost plus accrued interest, of the certificates of deposit approximates fair value.

Other Debt. For variable rate loans that re-price frequently, fair values are based on carrying values. The fair value of fixed rate loans is estimated based on the discounted cash flows of the loans using relevant treasury interest rates plus credit spreads (Level 2).

Lines of Credit.  The carrying amount approximates fair value because the variable rate debt re-prices frequently.

Mortgages Payable. For variable rate loans that re-price frequently, fair values are based on carrying values. The fair value of fixed rate loans is estimated based on the discounted cash flows of the loans using relevant treasury interest rates plus credit spreads (Level 2).

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The estimated fair values of the Company's financial instruments as of October 31, 2014 and April 30, 2014, are as follows:

NOTE 11 • REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

Redeemable noncontrolling interests on our Consolidated Balance Sheets represent the noncontrolling interest in a joint venture of the Company in which the Company's unaffiliated partner, at its election, could require the Company to buy its interest at a purchase price to be determined by an appraisal conducted in accordance with the terms of the agreement, or at a negotiated price. Redeemable noncontrolling interests are presented at the greater of their carrying amount or redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Changes in the value from period to period are charged to common shares of beneficial interest on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. During fiscal year 2014 the Company identified an error pertaining to the reporting for a noncontrolling interest in a consolidated real estate joint venture formed in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 for which the holder of such interest has the right to require the Company to acquire the interest at fair value twelve months after the final certificate of occupancy is obtained for the joint venture's development project. This error resulted in an overstatement of equity and offsetting understatement of the line entitled "redeemable noncontrolling interests – consolidated real estate entities" in the mezzanine section of the Company's consolidated balance sheet of $6.0 million as of October 31, 2013. The Company revised its previously issued statement of equity to correct the effect of this error.  See Note 2 for additional information.

As of October 31, 2014 and 2013, the estimated redemption value of the redeemable noncontrolling interests was $6.4 million and $6.0 million, respectively. Below is a table reflecting the activity of the redeemable noncontrolling interests.

NOTE 12 • SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Common and Preferred Share Distributions. On December 4, 2014, the Company's Board of Trustees declared the following distributions:

Completed Dispositions. On November 18, 2014, the Company sold the Fargo Express Community, a retail property in Fargo, North Dakota, for a sale price of $2.8 million. On December 1, 2014, the Company sold Northgate I, an office property in Maple Grove, Minnesota, for a sale price of $7.2 million.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION

AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report, as well as the Company's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014, which are included in the Company's Form 10-K filed with the SEC on June 30, 2014.

Forward Looking Statements. Certain matters included in this discussion are forward looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the following statements are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that the expectations expressed will actually be achieved. Many factors may cause actual results to differ materially from our current expectations, including general economic conditions, local real estate conditions, the general level of interest rates and the availability of financing and various other economic risks inherent in the business of owning and operating investment real estate.

Overview

IRET is a self-advised equity REIT engaged in owning and operating income-producing real estate properties. Our investments include multi-family residential properties and commercial properties located primarily in the upper Midwest states of Minnesota and North Dakota. Our properties are diversified by type and location. As of October 31, 2014, our real estate portfolio consisted of 96 multi-family residential properties containing 11,292 apartment units and having a total real estate investment amount net of accumulated depreciation of $681.0 million, and 161 commercial properties containing approximately 9.9 million square feet of leasable space and having a total real estate investment amount net of accumulated depreciation of $906.2 million.

Our primary source of income and cash is rents associated with multi-family residential and commercial leases. Our business objective is to increase shareholder value by employing a disciplined investment strategy. This strategy is focused on growing assets in desired geographical markets, achieving diversification by property type and location, and adhering to targeted returns in acquiring properties. We have paid quarterly distributions continuously since our first distribution in 1971.

Critical Accounting Policies

In preparing the condensed consolidated financial statements management has made estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. A summary of the Company's critical accounting policies is included in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014, filed with the SEC on June 30, 2014, in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. There have been no significant changes to those policies during the three months ended October 31, 2014.

Significant Events and Transactions during the Three Months Ended October 31, 2014 and 2013

Summarized below are the Company's significant transactions and events during the second quarters of fiscal years 2015 and 2014:

Three Months Ended October 31, 2014

·	An increase in the commitment amount under the Company's secured line of credit with First International Bank and Trust as lead bank and lender, from $75.0 million to $90.0 million.

·	The acquisition of a 68-unit multi-family residential property in Bismarck, North Dakota for a purchase price of $8.5 million, and a parcel of vacant land in Monticello, Minnesota, for a purchase price of $1.6 million.

·	The disposition of an office property in Golden Valley, Minnesota; a retail property in Kalispell, Montana; and an apartment property in St. Cloud, Minnesota, for sales prices totaling $10.9 million.

Three Months Ended October 31, 2013

·	The acquisition of a multi-family residential property in Sartell, Minnesota, for approximately $2.8 million, adding 24 units to the Company's multi-family residential portfolio.

·	The acquisition of a senior housing property with and associated parcel of unimproved land in Sartell, Minnesota, for approximately $12.4 million.

·	The acquisition of a multi-family residential property in Grand Forks, North Dakota, for approximately $10.6 million, adding 96 units to the Company's multi-family residential portfolio.

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·	The disposition of three office properties and five industrial properties for a total sales price of approximately $47.4 million.

·	The commencement of construction of the Company's 165-unit Arcata Apartments project in Golden Valley, Minnesota.

·	The commencement of construction of the RED 20 project in northeast Minneapolis, Minnesota, with 130 apartment units and approximately 10,000 square feet of commercial space, of which project the Company owns approximately 58.6%, with the remainder owned by the Company's joint venture partner.

·	The commencement of construction of the Company's 251-unit Cardinal Point Apartments project in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

·	The execution of a Sales Agreement with Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, under which the Company may from time to time offer and sell its common shares of beneficial interest having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $75.0 million, pursuant to an at-the-market (ATM) program.

Market Conditions and Outlook

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While there are judgments to be made regarding changes in designation, we typically remove properties from same-store to non-same-store when redevelopment has or is expected to have a significant impact on property net operating income within the fiscal year. Acquisitions are moved to same-store once we have owned the property for the entirety of comparable periods and the property is not under significant redevelopment or expansion. Our development projects in progress are not included in our non-same-store properties category until they are placed in-service, which occurs upon the substantial completion of a commercial property, and upon receipt of a certificate of occupancy, in the case of a multi-family residential development project. They are then subsequently moved from non-same-store to same-store when the property has been in-service for the entirety of both periods being compared and has reached the target level of occupancy specified above.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The discussion that follows is based on our consolidated results of operations for the three and six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013.