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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 0-50363
GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
MARYLAND   02-0681276
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200
MCLEAN, VIRGINIA 22102

(Address of principal executive office)
(703) 287-5800
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
     
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
   
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
  NASDAQ Global Market
7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share
  NASDAQ Global Market
7.50% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share
  NASDAQ Global Market
(Title of Each Class)
  (Name of exchange on which registered)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No þ.
Indicate by check if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 (d) of the Act. Yes o No þ.
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 such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o.
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Large Accelerated Filer o. Accelerated Filer þ Non-Accelerated Filer o.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ.
The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant on June 30, 2006, based on the closing price on that date of $18.76 on the Nasdaq National Market, was $142,680,078. For the purposes of calculating this amount only, all directors and executive officers of the registrant have been treated as affiliates.
The number of shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding as of February 23, 2007 was 8,565,264.
Documents Incorporated by Reference: Portions of the registrant’s Proxy Statement relating to the registrant’s 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Report.
 
 

 


 

GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORPORATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
    PAGE  
PART I
       
 
       
Item 1. Business
    4  
 
       
Item 1A. Risk Factors
    22  
 
       
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
    32  
 
       
Item 2. Properties
    33  
 
       
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
    35  
 
       
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
    35  
 
       
PART II
       
 
       
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
    36  
 
       
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
    37  
 
       
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
    39  
 
       
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
    60  
 
       
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
    61  
 
       
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
    96  
 
       
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
    96  
 
       
Item 9B. Other Information
    96  
 
       
PART III
       
 
       
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
    97  
 
       
Item 11. Executive Compensation
    97  
 
       
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
    97  
 
       
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
    97  
 
       
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
    97  
 
       
PART IV Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
    98  
 
       
SIGNATURES
       

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Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K constitute forward-looking statements under Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements made with respect to possible or assumed future results of our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations, plans and objectives. Such forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of the words “may,” “will,” “intend,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate” or similar expressions. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Statements regarding the following subjects are forward-looking by their nature:
    our business strategy;
 
    pending transactions;
 
    our projected operating results;
 
    our ability to obtain future financing arrangements;
 
    estimates relating to our future distributions;
 
    our understanding of our competition;
 
    market trends;
 
    estimates of our future operating expenses, including payments to our Adviser, Gladstone Management Corporation, under the terms of our advisory agreement;
 
    projected capital expenditures; and
 
    use of the proceeds of our credit facilities, mortgage notes payable, offerings of equity securities and other future capital resources, if any.
These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause results, levels of activity, growth, performance, tax consequences or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, growth, performance, tax consequences or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations of our future performance, taking into account all information currently available to us. Although we believe that these beliefs, assumptions and expectations are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, growth or achievements. These beliefs, assumptions and expectations can change as a result of many possible events or factors, not all of which are known to us. If a change occurs, our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations may vary materially from those expressed in or implied by our forward-looking statements. You should carefully consider these risks before you make an investment decision with respect to our common and preferred stock, along with the following factors and the risk factors set forth in Item 1A. below that could cause actual results to vary from our forward-looking statements:
    the loss of any of our key employees, such as Mr. David Gladstone, our chairman and chief executive officer, Mr. Terry Lee Brubaker, our president and chief operating officer, or Mr. George Stelljes III, our executive vice president and chief investment officer;
 
    general volatility of the capital markets and the market price of our securities;
 
    risks associated with negotiation and consummation of pending and future transactions;
 
    changes in our business strategy;
 
    availability, terms and deployment of capital, including the ability to maintain and borrow under our existing credit facility, arrange for long-term mortgages on our properties; secure one or more additional long-term credit facilities, and to raise equity capital;
 
    availability of qualified personnel;
 
    changes in our industry, interest rates, exchange rates or the general economy; and
 
    the degree and nature of our competition.
We are under no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this report to conform such statements to actual results.

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Item 1. Business
Overview
Gladstone Commercial Corporation (which we refer to as “we,” “us,” or the “Company,”) is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, that was incorporated under the General Corporation Laws of the State of Maryland on February 14, 2003 primarily for the purpose of investing in and owning net leased industrial and commercial real property and selectively making long-term industrial and commercial mortgage loans. Most of the portfolio of real estate we currently own is leased to a wide cross section of tenants ranging from small businesses to large public companies, many of which are corporations that do not have publicly rated debt. We have in the past entered into, and intend in the future to enter into, purchase agreements for real estate having triple net leases with terms of approximately 10 to 15 years and built in rental increases. We currently own a total of 40 properties and hold one mortgage loan, which is scheduled to mature in 11 years.
We conduct substantially all of our activities, including the ownership of all of our properties, through Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership formed on May 28, 2003 that we refer to as our Operating Partnership. We control our Operating Partnership through our ownership of GCLP Business Trust II, a Massachusetts business trust, which is the general partner of our Operating Partnership, and of GCLP Business Trust I, a Massachusetts business trust, which currently holds all of the limited partnership units of our Operating Partnership. We expect that our Operating Partnership may issue limited partnership units from time to time in exchange for industrial and commercial real property. Limited partners who hold limited partnership units in our Operating Partnership will be entitled to redeem these units for cash or, at our election, shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis at any time.
Our Operating Partnership is also the sole member of Gladstone Lending, LLC, which we refer to as Gladstone Lending. Gladstone Lending is a Delaware limited liability company that was formed on January 27, 2004 to hold all of our real estate mortgage loans.
Significant Recent Developments
Investments
On February 15, 2006, we acquired a 150,000 square foot industrial facility in South Hadley, Massachusetts for approximately $3.6 million, including transaction costs, which was funded using borrowings from our line of credit. At closing, we were assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately four years at the time of assignment, and the tenant has one option to extend the lease for additional period of five years. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $353,000 in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
On February 21, 2006, we acquired four office buildings located in the same business park in Champaign, Illinois from a single seller totaling 108,262 square feet. We acquired the four properties for approximately $15.1 million, including transaction costs, which was funded by a combination of borrowings from our line of credit, and the assumption of approximately $10.0 million of financing on the property. At closing, we were assigned the previously existing triple net leases with the sole tenant, which had remaining terms ranging from five to nine years at the time of assignment, and the tenant has options to extend each lease for additional periods of three years each. The leases provide for annual rents of approximately $1.3 million in 2007.

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On February 21, 2006, we acquired a 359,540 square foot office building in Roseville, Minnesota for approximately $30.0 million, including transaction costs, which was funded by a combination of borrowings from our line of credit, and the assumption of approximately $20.0 million of financing on the property. At closing, we were assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately seven years at the time of assignment, and the tenant has one option to extend the lease for an additional period of five years. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $2.4 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
On May 10, 2006, we acquired an 114,100 square foot office building in Burnsville, Minnesota for approximately $14.1 million, including transaction costs, which was funded using borrowings from our line of credit. At closing, we were assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately four years, and concurrently with the closing the tenant exercised its first renewal option for an additional five years to the original lease term. The tenant also has two remaining options to extend the lease for an additional period of five years each. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $1.2 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
On June 30, 2006, we acquired a 125,692 square foot office building in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin for approximately $8.0 million, including transaction costs, which was funded using borrowings from our line of credit. At closing, we extended a ten year triple net lease with the sole tenant, and the tenant has three options to extend the lease for additional periods of ten years each. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $0.7 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
On July 13, 2006, we acquired a 12,000 square foot office building in Baytown, Texas for approximately $2.8 million, including transaction costs, which was funded using borrowings from our line of credit. At closing, we were assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately seven years. The tenant has two options to extend the lease for additional periods of five years each. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $0.2 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
On September 29, 2006, we acquired three separate properties from a single seller: a 63,514 square foot industrial building in Birmingham, Alabama; a 29,472 square foot industrial building located in Montgomery, Alabama; and a 16,275 square foot industrial building located in Columbia, Missouri. These three properties were acquired for an aggregate cost of approximately $4.9 million, including transaction costs, and the purchase was funded using borrowings from our line of credit. Upon acquisition of the properties, we extended a ten year triple net lease with the tenant of each building, with four options to extend the lease for additional periods of five years each. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $0.4 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
On January 5, 2007, we acquired a 60,000 square foot office building in Mason, Ohio for approximately $7.9 million, including transaction costs, which was funded from cash on hand. At closing, we were assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately six years. The tenant has two options to extend the lease for additional periods of five years each. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $0.6 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
On February 16, 2007, we acquired a 115,500 square foot office building in Raleigh, North Carolina for approximately $7.8 million, including transaction costs, which was funded from cash on hand. At closing, we were assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately three years. The tenant has one option to extend the lease for an additional period of five years. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $0.6 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.

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Mortgage Loans
On February 21, 2006, we assumed approximately $10.0 million of indebtedness pursuant to a long-term note payable from Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in connection with our acquisition, on the same date, of a property located in Champaign, Illinois. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.91% per year, and we may not repay this note prior to the last 3 months of the term, or we would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note matures on December 1, 2013.
On February 21, 2006, we assumed approximately $20.0 million of indebtedness pursuant to a long-term note payable from Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc, in connection with our acquisition, on the same date, of a property located in Roseville, Minnesota. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.20% per year, and we may not repay this note prior to the last 3 months of the term, or we would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note matures on June 30, 2014.
On March 29, 2006, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, we borrowed $17.0 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from CIBC Inc. which is collateralized by security interests in our Big Flats, New York property, our Eatontown, New Jersey property, and our Franklin Township, New Jersey property in the amounts of approximately $5.6 million, $4.6 million and $6.8 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.92% per year, and we may not repay this note until after January 1, 2016, or we would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note has an anticipated maturity date of April 1, 2016, with a clause in which the lender has the option of extending the maturity date to April 1, 2036. We used the proceeds from the note to pay down our line of credit.
On April 27, 2006, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, we borrowed $14.9 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from IXIS Real Estate Capital Inc. which is collateralized by security interests in our Wichita, Kansas property, our Clintonville Wisconsin property, our Rock Falls, Illinois property and our Angola, Indiana properties in the amounts of approximately $9.0 million, $3.6 million, $0.7 million and $1.6 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 6.58% per year, and we may not repay this note until after February 5, 2016, or we would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note has a maturity date of May 5, 2016, and we used the proceeds from the note to pay down our line of credit.
On November 22, 2006, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, we borrowed approximately $14.3 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from CIBC, Inc. which is collateralized by security interests in our San Antonio, Texas property, our Arlington, Texas property, and our Lexington, North Carolina property in the amounts of approximately $7.2 million, $4.2 million, and $2.9 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.76% per year, and we may not repay this note until after September 1, 2016, or we would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note has a maturity date of December 1, 2016, and we used the proceeds from the note to pay down the remaining balance on our line of credit.
On December 22, 2006, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, we borrowed approximately $21.8 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from CIBC, Inc. which is collateralized by security interests in our Burnsville, Minnesota property, our Newburyport, Massachusetts property and our Toledo, Ohio property in the amounts of approximately $12.0 million, $6.8 million, and $3.0 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.79% per year, and we may not repay this note until after October 1, 2016, or we would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note has a maturity date of January 1, 2017, and we intend to use the proceeds from the note for future acquisitions.
On February 8, 2007, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, we borrowed approximately $13.8 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from KeyBank National Association which is collateralized by security interests in our Austin, Texas property, our Richmond, Virginia property and our Baytown, Texas property in the amounts of approximately $6.5 million, $5.3 million and $2.0 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 6.0% per year. The note has a maturity date of March 1, 2017, although we may repay this note with 60 days notice to KeyBank, but would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. We intend to use the proceeds from the note for future acquisitions.

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Preferred Stock Financings
On January 18, 2006, we completed a public offering of 1,000,000 shares of 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, or Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a price of $25.00 per share, under our shelf registration statement on Form S-3, and pursuant to the terms set forth in a prospectus dated October 24, 2005, as supplemented by a final prospectus supplement dated January 18, 2006. Net proceeds of the offering, after underwriting discounts and offering expenses, were approximately $23.7 million and were used to repay outstanding indebtedness under our line of credit. The Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed at a liquidation preference in the amount of $25.00 per share plus any unpaid dividends at our election on or after January 30, 2011. These securities have no stated maturity, sinking fund or mandatory redemption and are not convertible into any other securities. The closing of the offering took place on January 26, 2006, and the Series A Preferred Stock is traded on The Nasdaq Global Market under the trading symbol “GOODP.”
On October 18, 2006, we completed a public offering of 1,150,000 shares of 7.5% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, or Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a price of $25.00 per share, under our shelf registration statement on Form S-3, and pursuant to the terms set forth in a prospectus dated October 24, 2005, as supplemented by a final prospectus supplement dated October 18, 2006. The shares sold in the offering included the full exercise of a 150,000 share over-allotment option by the underwriters. Net proceeds of the offering, after underwriting discounts and offering expenses, were approximately $27.4 million and the net proceeds were used to repay outstanding indebtedness under our line of credit. The Series B Preferred Stock may be redeemed at a liquidation preference in the amount of $25.00 per share plus any unpaid dividends at our election on or after October 31, 2011. These securities have no stated maturity, sinking fund or mandatory redemption and are not convertible into any other securities. The closing of the offering occurred on October 25, 2006, and the Series B Preferred Stock is traded on The Nasdaq Global Market under the trading symbol “GOODO.”
Properties Sold
On July 21, 2006, we sold our two Canadian properties for approximately $6.9 million, for a gain on the sale of approximately $1.4 million. We paid approximately $315,000 in taxes related to the gain on the sale, although the actual amount of taxes due will not be finalized until 2006 tax returns are filed. We have been advised that the actual amount of taxes should be approximately $235,000, or $80,000 less than what was paid at closing, subject to final adjustments and federal (Canadian) tax return review. The mortgages associated with the Canadian properties were assumed by the buyer at closing.
Acquisition of Building in Satisfaction of Mortgage Loan
In August 2006, we ceased accruing revenues on our mortgage loan secured by an industrial property in Sterling Heights, Michigan due to non-payment. We also placed the borrower in default and began pursuing available remedies under its mortgage, including instituting foreclosure proceedings on the property. We obtained an independent appraisal on the security which indicated a fair value in excess of the outstanding principal balance and accrued, non-default interest due under the mortgage loan at the time of default. As a result of the fair value indicated in the appraisal, we determined that the loan was not impaired and a writedown was unnecessary. At the foreclosure sale on September 22, 2006, we were the successful bidder. We accounted for the asset received as if the asset had been acquired for cash and recorded the real estate asset at approximately $11.3 million on that date, which equaled the outstanding principal balance and accrued, non-default interest due under the mortgage loan to us. Under Michigan law, the borrower had six months from the date of foreclosure to redeem ownership of the property in exchange for payment of the bid amount plus certain other expenditures. As part of the resolution of our claims against the borrower and tenant, the borrower formally waived its right of redemption and permitted us to take immediate possession of the property so that it could be leased to a new tenant. On October 20, 2006, the original borrower with respect to the property waived its right of redemption to reacquire the property, confirming our ownership of the property. We simultaneously executed a ten year, triple net lease with the new tenant, with one option to extend the lease for an additional period of five years. The

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lease also has a provision whereby the new tenant may purchase the property from us within the first lease year for $11.3 million, or in the second lease year for $11.6 million. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $1.1 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter. We also pursued our claims against the borrower for the deficiency relating to default interest, expenses and prepayment fees of approximately $650,000. We also pursued such deficiency claims against the owner and its affiliated tenant who had filed bankruptcy and collected approximately $655,000 from the tenant and borrower, recovering all of our claims against the borrower in full.
Our Investment Objectives and Our Strategy
Our principal investment objectives are to generate income from rental properties and, to a lesser extent, mortgage loans, which we use to fund our continuing operations and to pay out monthly cash distributions to our stockholders. We will seek to grow the distribution to stockholders over time, and to increase the value of our common stock. Our primary strategy to achieve our investment objectives is to invest in and own a diversified portfolio of leased industrial, commercial and retail real estate that we believe will produce stable cash flow and increase in value. We expect to sell some of our real estate assets from time to time when our external adviser, Gladstone Management Corporation, which we refer to as our Adviser, determines that doing so would be advantageous to us and our stockholders. We also expect to occasionally make mortgage loans secured by income-producing commercial or industrial real estate, which loans may have some form of equity participation. Additionally, we may purchase mortgage-backed securities, including mortgage pass-through certificates, collateralized mortgage obligations and other securities representing interests in or obligations backed by pools of mortgage loans.
Our strategy includes the use of leverage so that we may make more investments than would otherwise be possible in order to maximize potential returns to stockholders. We are not limited with respect to the amount of leverage that we may use for the acquisition of any specific property. We intend to use non-recourse mortgage financing that will allow us to limit our loss exposure on any property to the amount of equity invested in such property. In December 2006, we entered into an agreement with a syndicate of banks for a short-term line of credit of $75 million.
Investment Policies and Policies with Respect to Certain Activities
Types of Investments
Overview
We intend that substantially all of our investments will be income-producing real property or, to a lesser extent, mortgage loans secured by real property. We expect that the vast majority of our investments will be structured as net leases, but if a net lease would have an adverse impact on a potential tenant, or would otherwise be inappropriate for us, we may structure our investment as a mortgage loan. Investments are not restricted as to geographical areas, but we expect that most of our investments in real estate will be made within the continental United States. Some of our investments may also be made through joint ventures that would permit us to own interests in large properties without restricting the diversity of our portfolio. Our stockholders are not afforded the opportunity to evaluate the economic merits of our investments or the terms of any dispositions of properties. See “Risk Factors—Our success depends on the performance of our Adviser and if our Adviser makes inadvisable investment or management decisions, our operations could be materially adversely impacted.”
We anticipate that we will make substantially all of our investments through our Operating Partnership and Gladstone Lending. Our Operating Partnership and Gladstone Lending may acquire interests in real property or mortgage loans in exchange for the issuance of limited partnership units, for cash or through a combination of both. Units issued by our Operating Partnership will be redeemable for cash or, at our election, shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis at any time. However, we may in the future also conduct some of our business and hold some of our interests in real properties or mortgage loans through one or more wholly owned subsidiaries, each classified as a qualified REIT subsidiary, or QRS.

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Property Acquisitions and Net Leasing
While we had originally anticipated that a majority of the properties we purchased would be acquired from companies that would simultaneously lease the properties back from us, to date a majority of our properties have been purchased from owners that have leased their properties to non-affiliated tenants. While we have engaged in some transactions with tenants who want to consummate sale-leaseback transactions, we do not anticipate that this will become the dominant portion of our portfolio. We expect that some of our sale-leaseback transactions will be in conjunction with acquisitions, recapitalizations or other corporate transactions affecting our tenants. In these transactions, we may act as one of several sources of financing for these transactions by purchasing one or more properties from the tenant and by net leasing it to the tenant or its successor in interest. For a discussion of the risks associated with leasing property to leveraged tenants, see “Risk Factors-Highly leveraged tenants or borrowers may be unable to pay rent or make mortgage payments, which could adversely affect our cash available to make distributions to our stockholders.”
In some circumstances, we have granted tenants an option to purchase the leased property, and we anticipate granting these options to select tenants in the future. In these cases, we generally seek to fix the option purchase price at the greater of our purchase price for the property and the fair market value of the property at the time the option is exercised.
Our portfolio consists primarily of single-tenant commercial and industrial real property, and we anticipate that this will be the case for the foreseeable future. Generally, we lease properties to tenants that our Adviser deems creditworthy under leases that will be full recourse obligations of our tenants or their affiliates. In most cases, our leases will be “triple net leases” that require the tenant to pay all the operating costs, costs of maintenance, insurance and real estate taxes on the property. We seek to obtain lease terms of approximately 10 to 15 years with built in rental increases.
Investments in Mortgage Loans
Although we expect such investments to be made sparingly, we may elect to structure our investment in a particular property as a mortgage loan secured by the property in situations where a standard net lease transaction would have an adverse impact on the seller of a property or would otherwise be inappropriate for us. We anticipate that most of our lending transactions will be loans secured by industrial or commercial property. Our Adviser will attempt to structure mortgage loans in a manner that would provide us with current income substantially similar to that which we could expect to receive had the investment been structured as a net lease transaction.
To the extent that we invest in mortgage loans, we will generally originate those loans. However, we may also purchase mortgage loans from other lenders if such transactions are consistent with our investment objectives. Our Adviser will service the mortgage loans in our portfolio by monitoring the collection of monthly principal and interest payments on our behalf. From time to time, we may sell mortgage loans that we hold to third parties.
Underwriting Criteria, Due Diligence Process and Negotiating Lease Provisions
We consider underwriting the real estate and the tenant for the property (or the borrower in the case of a mortgage loan) to be the most important aspects of making an investment. Evaluating the creditworthiness of the tenant or borrower and its ability to generate sufficient cash flow to make payments to us pursuant to the lease or the mortgage loan is the most important aspect of our underwriting procedures. In analyzing potential acquisitions of properties, our Adviser reviews all aspects of the potential transaction including tenant and real estate fundamentals, to determine whether potential acquisitions and leases can be structured to satisfy our acquisition criteria. The criteria listed below provide general guideposts that our Adviser may consider when underwriting leases and mortgage loans:

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    Credit Evaluation. Our Adviser evaluates each potential tenant for its creditworthiness, considering factors such as management experience, industry position and fundamentals, operating history and capital structure. A prospective tenant that is deemed creditworthy does not necessarily mean that we will consider the tenant’s property to be “investment grade.” Our Adviser will seek tenants that are small or medium-sized businesses that may be owned by private equity buyout funds. Our Adviser’s investment professionals have substantial experience in locating and financing these types of companies. By leasing properties to these tenants, we believe that we will generally be able to charge rent that is higher than the rent charged to tenants with unleveraged balance sheets and recognized credit, thereby enhancing current return from these properties as compared with properties leased to companies whose credit potential has already been recognized by the market. Furthermore, if a tenant’s credit does improve, the value of our lease or investment will likely increase (if all other factors affecting value remain unchanged). In evaluating a possible investment, we believe that the creditworthiness of a prospective tenant is normally a more significant factor than the unleased value of the property itself. While our Adviser selects tenants it believes to be creditworthy, tenants are not required to meet any minimum rating established by an independent credit rating agency. Our Adviser’s standards for determining whether a particular tenant is creditworthy vary in accordance with a variety of factors relating to specific prospective tenants. The creditworthiness of a tenant is determined on a tenant by tenant and case by case basis. Therefore, general standards for creditworthiness cannot be applied.
 
    Leases with Increasing Rent. Our Adviser seeks to include a clause in each lease that provides for annual rent escalations over the term of the lease. These increases will generally be fixed or tied to increases in indices such as the consumer price index.
 
    Diversification. Our Adviser attempts to diversify our portfolio to avoid dependence on any one particular tenant, facility type, geographic location or tenant industry. By diversifying our portfolio, our Adviser intends to reduce the adverse effect on our portfolio of a single under-performing investment or a downturn in any particular industry or geographic region.
 
    Property Valuation. The business prospects for the tenant and the financial strength of the tenant are an important aspect of the evaluation of any sale and leaseback of property, or acquisition of property subject to a net lease, particularly a property that is specifically suited to the needs of the tenant. We generally require quarterly unaudited and annual audited financial statements of the tenant in order to continuously monitor the financial performance of the property. On a quarterly basis we evaluate the financial capability of the tenant and its ability to perform per the terms of the lease. We may also examine the available operating results of prospective investment properties to determine whether or not projected rental levels are likely to be met. We then compute the value of the property based on historical and projected operating results. We generally limit our property acquisition cost or value to between $3 million and $30 million.
 
    Properties Important to Tenant Operations. Our Adviser generally seeks to acquire investment properties that are essential or important to the ongoing operations of the prospective tenant. We believe that these investment properties provide better protection in the event a tenant becomes bankrupt, since leases on properties essential or important to the operations of a bankrupt tenant are typically less likely to be rejected in the bankruptcy or otherwise terminated.
 
    Lease Provisions that Enhance and Protect Value. When appropriate, our Adviser attempts to include provisions in our leases that require our consent to specified tenant activity or require the tenant to satisfy specific operating tests. These provisions may include, for example, operational or financial covenants of the tenant, as well as indemnification of us by the tenant against environmental and other contingent liabilities. We believe that these provisions serve to protect our investments from changes in the operating and financial characteristics of a tenant that may impact its ability to satisfy its obligations to us or that could reduce the value of our properties. We generally also seek covenants requiring tenants to receive our consent prior to any change in control of the tenant.

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    Credit Enhancement. Our Adviser may also seek to enhance the likelihood of a tenant’s lease obligations being satisfied through a cross-default with other tenant obligations, a letter of credit or a guaranty of lease obligations from each tenant’s corporate parent. We believe that this type of credit enhancement, if obtained, provides us with additional financial security.
 
    Appraisals. Each property that we propose to purchase will be appraised by an independent appraiser. These appraisals may take into consideration, among other things, the terms and conditions of the particular lease transaction, the quality of the tenant’s credit and the conditions of the credit markets at the time the lease transaction is negotiated. The appraised value may be greater than the construction cost or the replacement cost of a property, and the actual sale price of a property, if we resell the property in the future, may be greater or less than its appraised value.
Underwriting of the Real Estate and Due Diligence Process
In addition to underwriting the tenant or borrower, we also underwrite the real estate to be acquired or secured by one of our mortgages. On our behalf, our Adviser performs a due diligence review with respect to each property, such as evaluating the physical condition of a property, zoning and site requirements to ensure the property is in conformance with all zoning regulations as well as and an environmental site assessment, in an attempt to determine potential environmental liabilities associated with a property prior to its acquisition, although there can be no assurance that hazardous substances or wastes (as defined by present or future federal or state laws or regulations) will not be discovered on the property after we acquire it. See “Risk Factors-Potential liability for environmental matters could adversely affect our financial condition.”
Our Adviser also reviews the structural soundness of the improvements on the property and may engage a structural engineer to review all aspects of the structures in order to determine the longevity of each building on the property. This review normally also includes the components of each building, such as the roof, the electrical wiring, the heating and air-conditioning system, the plumbing, parking lot, and various other aspects such as compliance with state and federal building codes.
Our Adviser also physically inspects the real estate and surrounding real estate as part of determining the value of the real estate. All of our Adviser’s due diligence is aimed at arriving at a valuation of the real estate under the assumption that it was not rented to the tenant we are considering. As part of this process, our Adviser may consider one or more of the following items:
    The comparable value of similar real estate in the same general area of the prospective property. In this regard, comparable property is hard to define since each piece of real estate has its own distinct characteristics. But to the extent possible, comparable property in the area that has sold or is for sale will be used to determine if the price being paid for the property is reasonable. The question of comparable properties’ sale prices is particularly relevant if a property might be sold by us at a later date.
 
    The comparable real estate rental rates for similar properties in the same area of the prospective property.
 
    Alternative property uses that may offer higher value.
 
    The cost of replacing the property if it were to be sold.
 
    The assessed value as determined by the local real estate taxing authority.

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In addition, our Adviser supplements its valuation with a real estate appraisal in connection with each investment that we consider. When appropriate, our Adviser may engage experts to undertake some or all of the due diligence efforts described above.
Additional Investment Considerations
Terms of Mortgage Loans
Some of the mortgage loans that we may make, purchase or otherwise acquire in the future, in addition to providing for base interest at a fixed or variable rate, may allow us to participate in the economic benefits of any increase in the value of the property securing repayment of the loan as though we were an equity owner of a portion of the property. In addition, it is possible that participation may take other forms where our Adviser deems participation available or otherwise appropriate, provided that such participation does not jeopardize our REIT tax status. The form and extent of our participation, if any, will vary with each transaction depending on factors such as credit support provided by the borrower, the interest rate on our mortgage loans and the anticipated and actual cash flow from the underlying real property. Our mortgage loans may include first mortgage loans, leasehold mortgage loans or conventional mortgage loans without equity enhancements.
Except as described below, any mortgage loan in our portfolio will generally be secured by real property with a demonstrable income-producing potential as well as a security interest in personal or mixed property connected with the real property.
In the event that we make or invest in a mortgage loan, we will generally require a mortgagee’s title insurance policy or commitment as to the lien priority of a mortgage or the condition of title in connection with each mortgage loan. We also may obtain an independent appraisal for underlying real property, that our Adviser may consider when determining whether or not to make or invest in a particular mortgage loan. In making mortgage loans that, when combined with existing loans that are on a parity with or senior to our mortgage loan, exceed 85% of the appraised value of any underlying real property, our Adviser considers additional underwriting criteria such as the net worth of the borrower, the borrower’s credit rating, if any, the anticipated cash flow of the borrower, any additional collateral or other credit enhancements provided by the borrower or its affiliates and other factors our Adviser deems appropriate. Where we think it is appropriate we may make mortgage loans that are subordinated to a first mortgage on a property. For example, if the property is subject to an economic development loan as a first mortgage at a particularly low interest rate, we may make a second mortgage loan on the property. However, we will not make a second mortgage loan on any property that we would not consider owning, subject to the existing senior financing, and leasing to the tenant.
From time to time, we may purchase mortgage loans, including loans being sold at a discount, from banks and other financial institutions if the subject property otherwise satisfies our underwriting criteria.
Other Investments
We may invest up to an aggregate of 10% of our net equity in unimproved or non-income-producing real property and in “equity interests.” “Equity interests” are defined generally to mean stock, warrants or other rights to purchase the stock of, or other equity interests in, a tenant of a property, an entity to which we lend money or a parent or controlling person of a borrower or tenant, and we will not acquire equity interests in any entity other than in connection with a lease or mortgage loan transaction. We anticipate that equity interests will not exceed 5% of our net equity in the aggregate, and we will not make any such investment in equity interests if such investment would adversely affect our qualification as a REIT for tax purposes. To the extent that we hold equity interests in tenants or borrowers, we anticipate that they will generally be “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933. Under this rule, we may be prohibited from reselling the equity securities without limitation until we have fully paid for and held any such securities for two years. The issuer of equity interests in which we invest may never register these interests under the federal securities laws, since any decision of an issuer to register its securities may depend on any number of factors, including the success of its operations.

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We will generally invest in unimproved or non-income-producing property only when our Adviser believes that such property will appreciate in value or will increase the value of an adjoining or neighboring property that we own.
We might use taxable REIT subsidiaries to acquire or hold property, including equity interests, that may not be deemed to be REIT-qualified assets. Taxable REIT subsidiaries are taxed as ordinary corporations and any taxes paid by such entity will reduce cash available to us for payment of distributions to our stockholders.
Temporary Investments
We may purchase interests in mortgage-backed securities, including mortgage pass-through certificates, collateralized mortgage obligations and other securities representing interests in, or obligations backed by, pools of mortgage loans. Mortgage-backed securities represent interests in cash flows from mortgage loans or interests in other mortgage-backed securities. The securities are often sold in tranches representing at least two rated securities which are usually “AAA” and “A,” and at least one unrated security. We may purchase either rated or unrated securities. To the extent we purchase mortgage-backed securities, we will attempt to use substantially the same investment guidelines as if we were purchasing the mortgage loans or real estate underlying these securities. That is, we will seek to generate net income for distribution to our stockholders from the spread between the interest income on mortgage-backed securities and the costs of borrowing to finance the acquisition of these securities.
If at any time the character of our investments would cause us to be deemed to be an “investment company” for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940, which we refer to as the 1940 Act, we will take the necessary action to ensure that we are not deemed to be an “investment company.” Our Adviser will continually review our investment activity and the composition of our portfolio to ensure that we do not come within the application of the 1940 Act. If we were to be deemed an investment company under the 1940 Act, it would result in penalties and substantial additional operating costs.
Our working capital and other reserves are invested in permitted temporary investments. Our Adviser evaluates the relative risks and rates of return, our cash needs and other appropriate considerations when making short-term investments on our behalf. The rates of return of permitted temporary investments may be less than or greater than would be obtainable from real estate investments.
Qualified REIT Subsidiaries
While we intend to conduct substantially all of our activities through our Operating Partnership and Gladstone Lending, we may also form one or more wholly-owned qualified REIT subsidiaries, or QRSs, to purchase properties. These QRSs would be formed for the sole purpose of acquiring a specific property or properties located in one or more states and would have organizational documents:
    that are substantially similar in all relevant ways to our organizational documents; and
 
    that comply with all applicable state securities laws and regulations.

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Joint Ventures
In the future, we may enter into joint ventures, partnerships and other mutual arrangements with real estate developers, property owners and others for the purpose of obtaining an equity interest in a property in accordance with our investment policies. Joint venture investments could permit us to own interests in large properties without unduly restricting the diversity of our portfolio. We will not enter into a joint venture to make an investment that we would not otherwise be permitted to make on our own. We expect that in any joint venture the cost of structuring joint investments would be shared ratably by us and the other participating investors.
Use of Leverage
Non-recourse financing
Our current strategy is to use long-term borrowings as a financing mechanism in amounts that we believe will maximize the return to our stockholders. Currently, all of our long-term mortgage borrowings are structured as non-recourse to us, with limited exceptions that would trigger recourse to us only upon the occurrence of certain fraud, misconduct, environmental or bankruptcy events. The use of non-recourse financing allows us to limit our exposure to the amount of equity invested in the properties pledged as collateral for our borrowings. Non-recourse financing generally restricts a lender’s claim on the assets of the borrower and, as a result, the lender generally may look only to the property securing the debt for satisfaction of the debt. We believe that this financing strategy, to the extent available, protects our other assets. However, we can provide no assurance that non-recourse financing will be available on terms acceptable to us, or at all, and there may be circumstances where lenders have recourse to our other assets. There is no limitation on the amount we may borrow against any single investment property.
We believe that, by operating on a leveraged basis, we will have more funds available and, therefore, will make more investments than would otherwise be possible if we operated on a non-leveraged basis. We believe that this will result in a more diversified portfolio. We may refinance properties during the term of a loan when we believe it is advantageous.
Recourse financing
Borrowings under our short-term line of credit are recourse financing, which means that our lenders have a claim against our assets in addition to those properties securing the borrowings under the line of credit. We currently intend to use our existing line of credit as a warehouse line of credit whereby we borrow on a short-term basis until long-term financing can be arranged.
Securitization
In the future, we may use securitization as an additional method of borrowing. In a securitization, our Operating Partnership would contribute certain of our assets to a special purpose entity, or SPE, and the SPE would issue one or more series of security interests or tranches in the SPE. We would seek to have some or all of the tranches of investment certificates rated by nationally recognized securities ratings agencies and would offer and sell the investment certificates, primarily to institutional investors. Depending on the circumstances specific to any such transaction, these types of transactions may be accounted for as financings or sales. The funds received from the sale of investment certificates would be remitted back to our Operating Partnership to be used to acquire additional properties, to make additional mortgage loans or to repay existing debt. There can be no assurance that we will be able to utilize this financing technique in the future.

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Other Investment Policies
Working Capital Reserves
We may establish a working capital reserve, which we would anticipate to be sufficient to satisfy our liquidity requirements. Our liquidity could be adversely affected by unanticipated costs, greater-than-anticipated operating expenses or cash shortfalls in funding our distributions. To the extent that the working capital reserve is insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, additional funds may be produced from cash generated from operations or through short-term borrowings. In addition, subject to limitations described in this report, we may incur indebtedness in connection with:
  the acquisition of any property;
 
  the refinancing of the debt upon any property; or
 
  the leveraging of any previously unleveraged property.
For additional information regarding our borrowing strategy, see “Investment Policies and Policies with Respect to Certain Activities—Use of Leverage.”
Holding Period for and Sale of Investments; Reinvestment of Sale Proceeds
We intend to hold each property we acquire for an extended period. However, circumstances might arise which could result in the early sale of some properties if, in the judgment of our Adviser, the sale of the property is in the best interest of us and our stockholders.
The determination of whether a particular property should be sold or otherwise disposed of will be made after consideration of all relevant factors, including prevailing economic conditions, with a view to achieving maximum capital appreciation. The selling price of a property which is subject to a net lease will be determined in large part by the amount of rent payable under the lease, the remaining term of the lease, and the creditworthiness of the tenant. In connection with our sales of properties, we may lend the purchaser all or a portion of the purchase price. In these instances, our taxable income may exceed the cash received by us in connection with any such sale, which could cause us to delay required distributions to our stockholders.
The terms of any sale will be dictated by custom in the area in which the property being sold is located and the then-prevailing economic conditions. A decision to provide financing to any purchaser would be made only after an investigation into and consideration of the same factors regarding the purchaser, such as creditworthiness and likelihood of future financial stability, as are undertaken when we consider a net lease or mortgage loan transaction.
We may continually reinvest the proceeds of property sales in investments that either we or our Adviser believe will satisfy our investment policies.
Investment Limitations
There are numerous limitations on the manner in which we may invest our funds, which unless otherwise noted below, may be amended or waived by the Board of Directors at anytime. The Board of Directors has adopted a policy that we will not:
    invest in real property owned by our Adviser, any of its affiliates or any business in which our Adviser or any of its affiliates have invested except that we may lease property to existing and prospective portfolio companies of current or future affiliates, such as Gladstone Capital Corporation, or Gladstone Investment Corporation and entities advised by our Adviser so long as that entity does not control the portfolio company (this policy may not be changed without the approval of our stockholders);

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    invest in commodities or commodity futures contracts, with this limitation not being applicable to futures contracts when used solely for the purpose of hedging in connection with our ordinary business of investing in properties and making mortgage loans;
 
    invest in contracts for the sale of real estate unless the contract is appropriately recorded in the chain of title;
 
    invest in any individual property with a cost in excess of 20% of our total assets at the time of investment;
 
    make investments in unimproved property or indebtedness secured by a deed of trust or mortgage loans on unimproved property in excess of 10% of our total assets. “Unimproved real property” is property which has the following three characteristics:
    o   the property was not acquired for the purpose of producing rental or other operating income;
 
    o   no development or construction is in process on the property; and
 
    o   no development or construction on the property is planned in good faith to commence on the property within one year of   acquisition;
    issue equity securities on a deferred payment basis or other similar arrangement;
 
    issue debt securities in the absence of adequate cash flow to cover debt service;
 
    issue “redeemable securities” as defined in Section 2(a)(32) of the 1940 Act;
 
    grant warrants or options to purchase shares of our stock to our Adviser or its affiliates;
 
    engage in trading, as compared with investment activities, or engage in the business of underwriting, or the agency distribution of, securities issued by other persons;
 
    acquire securities in any company holding investments or engaging in activities prohibited in the foregoing clauses; or
 
    make or invest in mortgage loans that are subordinate to any mortgage or equity interest of any of our affiliates.
Conflict of Interest Policy
We have adopted policies to reduce potential conflicts of interest. In addition, our directors are subject to certain provisions of Maryland law that are designed to minimize conflicts. However, we cannot assure you that these policies or provisions of law will reduce or eliminate the influence of these conflicts.
Under our current conflict of interest policy, without the approval of a majority of our disinterested directors, we will not:
    acquire from or sell to any of our officers, directors or employees, or any entity in which any of our officers, directors or employees has an interest of more than 5%, any assets or other property;
 
    borrow from any of our directors, officers or employees, or any entity in which any of our officers, directors or employees has an interest of more than 5%; or

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    engage in any other transaction with any of our directors, officers or employees, or any entity in which any of our directors, officers or employees has an interest of more than 5% (except that our Adviser may lease office space in a building that we own, provided that the rental rate under the lease is determined by our independent directors to be at a fair market rate).
Our policy also prohibits us from purchasing any property owned by or co-investing with our Adviser, any of its affiliates or any business in which our Adviser or any of its affiliates have invested, except that we may lease property to existing and prospective portfolio companies of current or future affiliates, such as Gladstone Capital Corporation or Gladstone Investment Corporation and other entities advised by our Adviser, so long as that entity does not control the portfolio company. If we decide to change this policy on co-investments with our Adviser or its affiliates, we will seek our stockholders’ approval.
Future Revisions in Policies and Strategies
Our independent directors review our investment policies at least annually to evaluate whether they are in the best interest of us and our stockholders. Our investment policies also may vary as new investment techniques are developed. Our investment procedures, objectives and policies, except as otherwise provided in our bylaws or articles of incorporation, may be altered by a majority of our directors (including a majority of our independent directors) without the approval of our stockholders, to the extent that our board of directors determines that such modification is in the best interest of our stockholders. Among other factors, developments in the market which affect the policies and strategies described in this report or which change our assessment of the market may cause our board of directors to revise our investment policies and strategies.
Our Adviser and Administrator
Our business is managed by our Adviser, Gladstone Management Corporation. The officers, directors and employees of our Adviser have significant experience in making investments in and lending to businesses of all sizes, including investing in real estate and making mortgage loans. We have entered into an advisory agreement with our Adviser under which our Adviser is responsible for managing our assets and liabilities, for operating our business on a day-to-day basis and for identifying, evaluating, negotiating and consummating investment transactions consistent with our investment policies as determined by our Board of Directors from time to time. Prior to entering into the advisory agreement with us, our Adviser conducted only limited operations and had not engaged in any real estate investing activities. Our Adviser also has a wholly-owned subsidiary, Gladstone Administration, LLC, or the Administrator, which employs our chief financial officer, chief compliance officer, controller, treasurer and their respective staffs.
David Gladstone, our chairman and chief executive officer, is also the chairman, chief executive officer and the controlling stockholder of our Adviser. Terry Lee Brubaker, our president, secretary and chief operating officer and a member of our board of directors, also serves as vice chairman and chief operating officer of our Adviser. George Stelljes III, our executive vice president and chief investment officer, is a member of the board of directors of our Adviser and its president and chief investment officer. Harry Brill, our chief financial officer, serves in the same capacities for our Adviser.
Our Adviser maintains an investment committee that approves each of our investments. This investment committee is comprised of Messrs. Gladstone, Brubaker and Stelljes. We believe that our Adviser’s investment committee review process gives us a unique competitive advantage over other commercial and industrial REITs because of the substantial experience and perspective that the members possess in evaluating the blend of corporate credit, real estate and lease terms that combine to provide an acceptable risk for our investments.

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Our Adviser’s board of directors has empowered its investment committee to authorize and approve our investments, subject to the terms of the advisory agreement. Before we acquire any property, the transaction is reviewed by our Adviser’s investment committee to ensure that, in its view, the proposed transaction satisfies our investment criteria and is within our investment policies. Approval by our Adviser’s investment committee is generally the final step in the property acquisition approval process, although the separate approval of our board of directors is required in certain circumstances described below. For further detail on this process, please see – “ Underwriting Criteria, Due Diligence Process and Negotiating Lease Provisions.”
Our Adviser’s executive offices are located at 1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 200, McLean, Virginia 22102.
Investment Advisory and Administration Agreements
Many of the services performed by our Adviser and Administrator in managing our day-to-day activities are summarized below. This summary is provided to illustrate the material functions which our Adviser and Administrator perform for us pursuant to the terms of the advisory and administration agreements, respectively, but it is not intended to include all of the services which may be provided to us by third parties.
Investment Advisory Agreements
Since inception, we have been externally managed pursuant to a contractual investment advisory arrangement with our Adviser, under which our Adviser has directly employed all of our personnel and paid its payroll, benefits, and general expenses directly. Our initial investment advisory agreement with our Adviser was in place from February 13, 2003, inception, through December 31, 2006, which we refer to as the Initial Advisory Agreement. On January 1, 2007, we entered into an amended and restated investment advisory agreement with our Adviser, which we refer to as the Amended Advisory Agreement, and an administration agreement, which we refer to as the Administration Agreement, with our Administrator. Our Board of Directors proposed the Amended Advisory Agreement to stockholders in order to provide what it considers to be more appropriate incentives to reward fund management, and our stockholders approved each of these agreements on May 24, 2006. The management services and fees in effect under the Initial and Amended Advisory Agreements are described below.
Under the terms of the Initial Advisory Agreement and the new Amended Advisory Agreement, we are responsible for all expenses incurred for our direct benefit. Examples of these expenses include, legal, accounting, interest on our short-term debt and our mortgages, tax preparation, directors and officers insurance, stock transfer services, shareholder related fees, consulting and related fees. All of these charges are incurred directly by us rather than by our Adviser for our benefit. Accordingly, we did not make any reimbursements to our Adviser for these amounts.
In addition, we are also responsible for all fees charged by third parties that are directly related to our business, which may include real estate brokerage fees, mortgage placement fees, lease-up fees and transaction structuring fees (although we may be able to pass some or all of such fees on to our tenants and borrowers). In the event that any of these expenses are incurred on our behalf by our Adviser, we are required to reimburse our Adviser on a dollar-for-dollar basis for all such amounts. During the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, we passed all such fees along to our tenants, and accordingly we did not incur any such fees during these periods. Accordingly, we did not make any reimbursements to our Adviser for these amounts. The actual amount of such fees that we incur in the future will depend largely upon the aggregate costs of the properties we acquire, the aggregate amount of mortgage loans we make, and the extent to which we are able to shift the burden of such fees to our tenants and borrowers. Accordingly, the amount of these fees that we will pay in the future is not determinable at this time. We do not presently expect that our Adviser will incur any of these fees on our behalf.

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Management services and fees under the Initial Advisory Agreement
Pursuant to the Initial Advisory Agreement, the following sets forth the type and amounts paid to our Adviser in connection with its operation of our business. While we believed that these payments were no less favorable than we could have obtained from negotiating with an unaffiliated third party at arm’s-length, these payments have not been determined through arm’s-length bargaining.
We were required to reimburse our Adviser for our pro rata share of our Adviser’s payroll and benefits expenses on an employee-by-employee basis, based on the percentage of each employee’s time devoted to our matters.
We were also required to reimburse our Adviser for our pro rata portion of all other expenses of our Adviser not reimbursed under the arrangements described above, which we refer to as overhead expenses, equal to the total overhead expenses of our Adviser, multiplied by the ratio of hours worked by our Adviser’s employees on our projects to the total hours worked by our Adviser’s employees. However, we were only required to reimburse our Adviser for our portion of its overhead expenses if the amount of payroll and benefits we reimbursed to our Adviser was less than 2.0% of our average invested assets for the year. Additionally, we were only required to reimburse our Adviser for overhead expenses up to the point that reimbursed overhead expenses and payroll and benefits expenses, on a combined basis, equaled 2.0% of our average invested assets for the year. Our Adviser billed us on a monthly basis for these amounts. Our Adviser was required to reimburse us annually for the amount by which amounts billed to and paid by us exceed this 2.0% limit during a given year. The amounts never exceeded the 2.0% limit, and we never received reimbursement.
Management services and fees under the Amended Advisory Agreement
The Amended Advisory Agreement provides for an annual base management fee equal to 2.0% of our total stockholders equity, less the recorded value of any preferred stock, and an incentive fee based on funds from operations, or FFO. For purposes of calculating the incentive fee, FFO includes any realized capital gains and capital losses, less any dividends paid on preferred stock, but FFO does not include any unrealized capital gains or losses. The incentive fee would reward our Adviser if our quarterly FFO, before giving effect to any incentive fee, exceeds 1.75%, or 7% annualized, (the “hurdle rate”) of total stockholders’ equity, less the recorded value of any preferred stock. Our Adviser will receive 100% of the amount of the pre-incentive fee FFO that exceeds the hurdle rate, but is less than 2.1875% of our pre-incentive fee FFO. Our Adviser will also receive an incentive fee of 20% of the amount of our pre-incentive fee FFO that exceeds 2.1875%. Under the Administration Agreement, we will pay separately for our allocable portion of the Administrator’s overhead expenses in performing its obligations, including but not limited to rent, and our allocable portion of the salaries and benefits expenses of our chief financial officer, chief compliance officer, controller, treasurer and their respective staffs.
The incentive fee was put in effect in place of our 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, which we refer to as the 2003 Plan. In connection with the approval of the Amended Advisory and Administration Agreements, and pursuant to the approval of our Board of Directors on July 11, 2006, on July 12, 2006, we accelerated in full the vesting of all outstanding options under the 2003 Plan, resulting in the acceleration of 35,000 unvested options. Also on July 12, 2006, we filed a Schedule TO and related documentation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, which described an offer to all then outstanding option holders to accelerate the expiration date of all of their outstanding options under the 2003 Plan to December 31, 2006, or the Offer. The Offer was conditional upon its acceptance by all option holders on or before its expiration on August 31, 2006, and all option holders accepted the Offer prior to that date. All outstanding options under the 2003 Plan were amended to expire on December 31, 2006. Upon the effectiveness of the Amended Advisory Agreement and Administration Agreement on January 1, 2007, the Initial Advisory Agreement was terminated.

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Adviser Duties and Authority under the Advisory Agreement
Under the terms of the advisory agreement, our Adviser is required to use its best efforts to present to us investment opportunities consistent with our investment policies and objectives as adopted by our board of directors. In performing its duties, our Adviser, either directly or indirectly by engaging an affiliate:
    finds, evaluates, and enters into contracts to purchase real estate and make mortgage loans on our behalf in compliance with our investment procedures, objectives and policies, subject to approval of our board of directors, where required;
 
    provides advice to us and acts on our behalf with respect to the negotiation, acquisition, financing, refinancing, holding, leasing and disposition of real estate investments;
 
    takes the actions and obtains the services necessary to effect the negotiation, acquisition, financing, refinancing, holding, leasing and disposition of real estate investments; and
 
    provides day-to-day management of our business activities and other administrative services for us as requested by our board of directors.
Our board of directors has authorized our Adviser to make investments in any property on our behalf without the prior approval of our board if the following conditions are satisfied:
    our Adviser has obtained an independent appraisal for the property indicating that the total cost of the property does not exceed its appraised value; and
 
    our Adviser has provided us with a representation that the property, in conjunction with our other investments and proposed investments, is reasonably expected to fulfill our investment objectives and policies as established by our board of directors and then in effect.
The actual terms and conditions of transactions involving investments in properties and mortgage loans are determined in the sole discretion of our Adviser, subject at all times to compliance with the foregoing requirements. Some types of transactions, however, require the prior approval of our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, including the following:
  loans not secured or otherwise supported by real property;
 
  any acquisition or mortgage loan which at the time of investment would have a cost exceeding 20% of our total assets;
 
  transactions that involve conflicts of interest with our Adviser (other than reimbursement of expenses in accordance with the advisory agreement); and
 
  the lease of assets to our Adviser, its affiliates or any of our officers or directors.
Our Adviser and Administrator also engage in other business ventures and, as a result, their resources are not dedicated exclusively to our business. For example, our Adviser and Administrator also serve as the external adviser to Gladstone Capital Corporation and Gladstone Investment Corporation, both publicly traded business development companies affiliated with us, and Gladstone Land Corporation, a privately held company affiliated with David Gladstone, our chairman and chief executive officer. However, under the advisory agreement, our Adviser is required to devote sufficient resources to the administration of our affairs to discharge its obligations under the agreement. The advisory agreement is not assignable or transferable by either us or our Adviser without the consent of the other party, except that our Adviser may assign the advisory agreement to an affiliate for whom our Adviser agrees to guarantee its obligations to us. Either we or our Adviser may assign or transfer the advisory agreement to a successor entity.

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Employees
We do not currently have any employees and do not expect to have any employees in the foreseeable future. Currently, services necessary for our business are provided by individuals who are employees of our Adviser and our Administrator pursuant to the terms of the Amended Advisory Agreement and the Administration Agreement, respectively. Each of our executive officers is an employee or officer, or both, of our Adviser or our Administrator. No employee of our Adviser or our Administrator will dedicate all of his or her time to us. However, we expect that 25-30 full time employees of our Adviser or our Administrator will spend substantial time on our matters during calendar year 2007. We anticipate that the number of employees of our Adviser and our Administrator who devote time to our matters will increase as we acquire more investments.
Effective January 1, 2007, with our entrance into the Amended Advisory Agreement and Administration Agreements, accounting and compliance services are provided by the same individuals who previously provided these services to us, however, these individuals now provide these services to us through our Administrator pursuant to the Administration Agreement. All other services continue to be performed by the same individuals under the Amended Advisory Agreement.
As of December 31, 2006, our Adviser and our Administrator collectively had 45 full-time employees. A breakdown of these employees is summarized by functional area in the table below:
     
Number of    
Individuals   Functional Area
6
  Executive Management
 
   
31
  Investment Management, Portfolio Management and Due Diligence
 
   
8
  Administration, Accounting, Compliance, Human Resources and Treasury
Competition
We compete with a number of other real estate companies and traditional mortgage lenders, many of whom have greater marketing and financial resources than we do. Principal factors of competition in our primary business of investing in and owning leased industrial and commercial real property are the quality of properties, leasing terms, attractiveness and convenience of location. Additionally, our ability to compete depends upon, among other factors, trends of the national and local economies, investment alternatives, financial condition and operating results of current and prospective tenants and borrowers, availability and cost of capital, taxes and governmental regulations.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors
An investment in our securities involves a number of significant risks and other factors relating to our structure and investment objectives. As a result, we cannot assure you that we will achieve our investment objectives. You should consider carefully the following information before making an investment in our securities.
Real estate industry risks
We are subject to certain risks associated with real estate ownership and lending which could reduce the value of our investments.
Our investments include net leased industrial and commercial property and mortgage loans secured by industrial and commercial real estate. Our performance, and the value of our investments, is subject to risks incident to the ownership and operation of these types of properties, including:
    changes in the general economic climate;
 
    changes in local conditions such as an oversupply of space or reduction in demand for real estate;
 
    changes in interest rates and the availability of financing;
 
    competition from other available space; and
 
    changes in laws and governmental regulations, including those governing real estate usage, zoning and taxes.
Competition for the acquisition of real estate may impede our ability to make acquisitions or increase the cost of these acquisitions, which could adversely affect our operating results and financial condition.
We compete for the acquisition of properties with many other entities engaged in real estate investment activities, including financial institutions, institutional pension funds, other REITs, other public and private real estate companies and private real estate investors. These competitors may prevent us from acquiring desirable properties or may cause an increase in the price we must pay for real estate. Our competitors may have greater resources than we do, and may be willing to pay more for certain assets or may have a more compatible operating philosophy with our acquisition targets. In particular, larger REITs may enjoy significant competitive advantages that result from, among other things, a lower cost of capital and enhanced operating efficiencies. Our competitors may also adopt transaction structures similar to ours, which would decrease our competitive advantage in offering flexible transaction terms. In addition, the number of entities and the amount of funds competing for suitable investment properties may increase, resulting in increased demand and increased prices paid for these properties.
Risks related to our tenants, borrowers and properties
Highly leveraged tenants or borrowers may be unable to pay rent or make mortgage payments, which could adversely affect our cash available to make distributions to our stockholders.
Some of our tenants or borrowers may have been recently restructured using leverage or been acquired in a leveraged transaction. Tenants or borrowers that are subject to significant debt obligations may be unable to make their rent or mortgage payments if there are adverse changes to their businesses or economic conditions. Tenants that have experienced leveraged restructurings or acquisitions will generally have substantially greater debt and substantially lower net worth than they had prior to the leveraged transaction. In addition, the payment of rent and debt service may reduce the working capital available to leveraged entities and prevent them from devoting the resources necessary to remain competitive in their industries.

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In situations where management of the tenant or borrower will change after a transaction, it may be difficult for our Adviser to determine with certainty the likelihood of the tenant’s or borrower’s business success and of its ability to pay rent or make mortgage payments throughout the lease or loan term. These companies generally are more vulnerable to adverse economic and business conditions, and increases in interest rates.
Leveraged tenants and borrowers are more susceptible to bankruptcy than unleveraged tenants. Bankruptcy of a tenant or borrower could cause:
    the loss of lease or mortgage payments to us;
 
    an increase in the costs we incur to carry the property occupied by such tenant;
 
    a reduction in the value of our securities; or
 
    a decrease in distributions to our stockholders.
Under bankruptcy law, a tenant who is the subject of bankruptcy proceedings has the option of continuing or terminating any unexpired lease. If a bankrupt tenant terminates a lease with us, any claim we might have for breach of the lease (excluding a claim against collateral securing the claim) will be treated as a general unsecured claim. Our claim would likely be capped at the amount the tenant owed us for unpaid rent prior to the bankruptcy unrelated to the termination, plus the greater of one year’s lease payments or 15% of the remaining lease payments payable under the lease (but no more than three years’ lease payments). In addition, due to the long-term nature of our leases and terms providing for the repurchase of a property by the tenant, a bankruptcy court could re-characterize a net lease transaction as a secured lending transaction. If that were to occur, we would not be treated as the owner of the property, but might have additional rights as a secured creditor.
Net leases may not result in fair market lease rates over time.
We expect a large portion of our rental income to come from net leases and, net leases frequently provide the tenant greater discretion in using the leased property than ordinary property leases, such as the right to freely sublease the property, to make alterations in the leased premises and to terminate the lease prior to its expiration under specified circumstances. Further, net leases are typically for longer lease terms and, thus, there is an increased risk that contractual rental increases in future years will fail to result in fair market rental rates during those years. As a result, our income and distributions to our stockholders could be lower than it would otherwise be if we did not engage in net leases.
Many of our tenants are small and medium size businesses, which exposes us to additional risks unique to these entities.
Leasing real property or making mortgage loans to small and medium-sized businesses exposes us to a number of unique risks related to these entities, including the following:
    Small and medium-sized businesses may have limited financial resources and may not be able to make their lease or mortgage payments. A small or medium-sized tenant or borrower is more likely to have difficulty making its lease or mortgage payments when it experiences adverse events, such as the failure to meet its business plan, a downturn in its industry or negative economic conditions.
 
    Small and medium-sized businesses typically have narrower product lines and smaller market shares than large businesses. Because our target tenants and borrowers are smaller businesses, they will tend to be more vulnerable to competitors’ actions and market conditions, as well as general economic downturns. In addition, our target tenants and borrowers may face intense competition, including competition from companies with greater financial resources, more extensive development, manufacturing, marketing and other capabilities and a larger number of qualified managerial and technical personnel.

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    There is generally little or no publicly available information about our target tenants and borrowers. Many of our tenants and borrowers are likely to be privately owned businesses, about which there is generally little or no publicly available operating and financial information. As a result, we will rely on our Adviser to perform due diligence investigations of these tenants and borrowers, their operations and their prospects. We may not learn all of the material information we need to know regarding these businesses through our investigations.
 
    Small and medium-sized businesses generally have less predictable operating results. We expect that many of our tenants and borrowers may experience significant fluctuations in their operating results, may from time to time be parties to litigation, may be engaged in rapidly changing businesses with products subject to a substantial risk of obsolescence, may require substantial additional capital to support their operations, to finance expansion or to maintain their competitive positions, may otherwise have a weak financial position or may be adversely affected by changes in the business cycle. Our tenants and borrowers may not meet net income, cash flow and other coverage tests typically imposed by their senior lenders. The failure of a tenant or borrower to satisfy financial or operating covenants imposed by senior lenders could lead to defaults and, potentially, foreclosure on credit facilities, which could additionally trigger cross-defaults in other agreements. If this were to occur, it is possible that the ability of the tenant or borrower to make required payments to us would be jeopardized.
 
    Small and medium-sized businesses are more likely to be dependent on one or two persons. Typically, the success of a small or medium-sized business also depends on the management talents and efforts of one or two persons or a small group of persons. The death, disability or resignation of one or more of these persons could have a material adverse impact on our tenant or borrower and, in turn, on us.
 
    Small and medium-sized businesses may have limited operating histories. While we intend to target as tenants and borrowers stable companies with proven track records, we may lease properties or lend money to new companies that meet our other investment criteria. Tenants or borrowers with limited operating histories will be exposed to all of the operating risks that new businesses face and may be particularly susceptible to, among other risks, market downturns, competitive pressures and the departure of key executive officers.
We may not have funding for future tenant improvements.
When a tenant at one of our properties does not renew its lease or otherwise vacates its space in one of our buildings, it is likely that, in order to attract one or more new tenants, we will be required to expend substantial funds for tenant improvements and tenant refurbishments to the vacated space. We cannot assure you that we will have sufficient sources of funding available to us for such purposes in the future.
Our real estate investments may include special use and single or multi-tenant properties that may be difficult to sell or re-lease upon tenant defaults or early lease terminations.
We focus our investments on commercial, industrial and retail properties, a number of which include manufacturing facilities, special use storage or warehouse facilities and special use single or multi-tenant properties. These types of properties are relatively illiquid compared to other types of real estate and financial assets. This illiquidity will limit our ability to quickly change our portfolio in response to changes in economic or other conditions. With these properties, if the current lease is terminated or not renewed or, in the case of a mortgage loan, if we take such property in foreclosure, we may be required to renovate the property or to make rent concessions in order to lease the property to another tenant or sell the property. In addition, in the event we are forced to sell the property, we may have difficulty selling it to a party other than the tenant or borrower due to the special purpose for which the property may have been designed.

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These and other limitations may affect our ability to sell or re-lease properties without adversely affecting returns to our stockholders.
The inability of a tenant in a single tenant property to pay rent will reduce our revenues.
Since most of our properties are occupied by a single tenant, the success of our investments will be materially dependent on the financial stability of these tenants. Lease payment defaults by these tenants could adversely affect our cash flows and cause us to reduce the amount of distributions to stockholders. In the event of a default by a tenant, we may experience delays in enforcing our rights as landlord and may incur substantial costs in protecting our investment and re-leasing our property. If a lease is terminated, there is no assurance that we will be able to lease the property for the rent previously received or sell the property without incurring a loss.
Liability for uninsured losses could adversely affect our financial condition.
Losses from disaster-type occurrences (such as wars or earthquakes) may be either uninsurable or not insurable on economically viable terms. Should an uninsured loss occur, we could lose our capital investment or anticipated profits and cash flow from one or more properties.
Potential liability for environmental matters could adversely affect our financial condition.
Our purchase of industrial, commercial and retail properties subjects us to the risk of liabilities under federal, state and local environmental laws. Some of these laws could subject us to:
    responsibility and liability for the cost of removal or remediation of hazardous substances released on our properties, generally without regard to our knowledge of or responsibility for the presence of the contaminants;
 
    liability for the costs of removal or remediation of hazardous substances at disposal facilities for persons who arrange for the disposal or treatment of these substances; and
 
    potential liability for common law claims by third parties for damages resulting from environmental contaminants.
We generally include provisions in our leases making tenants responsible for all environmental liabilities and for compliance with environmental regulations, and requiring tenants to reimburse us for damages or costs for which we have been found liable. However, these provisions will not eliminate our statutory liability or preclude third party claims against us. Even if we were to have a legal claim against a tenant to enable us to recover any amounts we are required to pay, there are no assurances that we would be able to collect any money from the tenant. Our costs of investigation, remediation or removal of hazardous substances may be substantial. In addition, the presence of hazardous substances on one of our properties, or the failure to properly remediate a contaminated property, could adversely affect our ability to sell or lease the property or to borrow using the property as collateral.
We obtain environmental site assessments, or ESAs, on all of our properties at the time of acquisition. The ESAs are intended to identify potential environmental contamination. The ESAs include a historical review of the property, a review of certain public records, a preliminary investigation of the site and surrounding properties, screening for the presence of hazardous substances and underground storage tanks, and the preparation and issuance of a written report.
The ESAs that we have obtained have not revealed any environmental liability or compliance concerns that we believe would have a material adverse effect on our business, assets, results of operations or liquidity, nor are we aware of any such liability. Nevertheless, it is possible that these ESAs do not reveal all environmental liabilities or that there are material environmental liabilities or compliance concerns that we are not aware of. Moreover, we cannot assure you that (i) future laws, ordinances or regulations will not impose material environmental liability, or (ii) the current environmental condition of a property will not be affected by the condition of properties in the vicinity of the property (such as the presence of leaking underground storage tanks) or by third parties unrelated to us.

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Risks related to our Adviser
We are dependent upon our key management personnel, who are employed by our Adviser, for our future success, particularly David Gladstone, Terry Lee Brubaker and George Stelljes III.
We are dependent on our senior management and other key management members to carry out our business and investment strategies. Our future success depends to a significant extent on the continued service and coordination of our senior management team, particularly David Gladstone, our chairman and chief executive officer, Terry Lee Brubaker, our president and chief operating officer, and George Stelljes III, our executive vice president and chief investment officer, all of whom are subject to an employment agreement with our Advisor. The departure of any of our executive officers or key employees could have a material adverse effect on our ability to implement our business strategy and to achieve our investment objectives.
Our success depends on the performance of our Adviser and if our Adviser makes inadvisable investment or management decisions, our operations could be materially adversely impacted.
Our ability to achieve our investment objectives and to pay distributions to our stockholders is dependent upon the performance of our Adviser in evaluating potential investments, selecting and negotiating property purchases and dispositions and mortgage loans, selecting tenants and borrowers, setting lease or mortgage loan terms and determining financing arrangements. Accomplishing these objectives on a cost-effective basis is largely a function of our Adviser’s marketing capabilities, management of the investment process, ability to provide competent, attentive and efficient services and our access to financing sources on acceptable terms. Our stockholders have no opportunity to evaluate the terms of transactions or other economic or financial data concerning our investments and must rely entirely on the analytical and management abilities of our Adviser and the oversight of our board of directors. If our Adviser or our board of directors makes inadvisable investment or management decisions, our operations could be materially adversely impacted. As we grow, our Adviser may be required to hire, train, supervise and manage new employees. Our Adviser’s failure to effectively manage our future growth could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We may have conflicts of interest with our Adviser and other affiliates.
Our Adviser manages our business and locates, evaluates, recommends and negotiates the acquisition of our real estate investments. At the same time, our advisory agreement permits our Adviser to conduct other commercial activities and provide management and advisory services to other entities, including Gladstone Capital Corporation, Gladstone Investment Corporation and Gladstone Land Corporation, an entity affiliated with our chairman David Gladstone. Moreover, all of our officers and directors are also officers and directors of Gladstone Capital Corporation and Gladstone Investment Corporation, which actively make loans to and invest in small and medium-sized companies. As a result, we may from time to time have conflicts of interest with our Adviser in its management of our business and with Gladstone Capital and Gladstone Investment, which may arise primarily from the involvement of our Adviser, Gladstone Capital, Gladstone Investment, Gladstone Land and their affiliates in other activities that may conflict with our business. Examples of these potential conflicts include:
    our Adviser may realize substantial compensation on account of its activities on our behalf;
 
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    our Adviser may earn fee income from our borrowers or tenants; and
 
    our Adviser and other affiliates such as Gladstone Capital, Gladstone Investment and Gladstone Land could compete for the time and services of our officers and directors.
These and other conflicts of interest between us and our Adviser and other affiliates could have a material adverse effect on the operation of our business and the selection or management of our real estate investments.
We may be obligated to pay our Adviser incentive compensation even if we incur a loss.
On January 1, 2007, the Amended Advisory Agreement became effective and entitled our Adviser to incentive compensation based on our FFO, which rewards the Adviser if our quarterly FFO (before giving effect to any incentive fee) exceeds 1.75% (7% annualized) of our total stockholders’ equity (less the recorded value of any preferred stock). Our pre-incentive fee FFO for incentive compensation purposes excludes the effect of any unrealized gains, losses or other items that do not affect realized net income that we may incur in the fiscal quarter, even if such losses result in a net loss on our statement of operations for that quarter. Thus, we may be required to pay our Adviser incentive compensation for a fiscal quarter even if we incur a net loss for that quarter.
Financing Risks
Our business strategy relies heavily on external financing, which may expose us to risks associated with leverage such as restrictions on additional borrowing and payment of distributions, risks associated with balloon payments, and risk of loss of our equity upon foreclosure.
Our current business strategy involves the use of leverage so that we may make more investments than would otherwise be possible in order to maximize potential returns to stockholders. If the income generated by our properties and other assets fails to cover our debt service, we could be forced to reduce or eliminate distributions to our stockholders and may experience losses. We may borrow on a secured or unsecured basis.
Our ability to achieve our investment objectives will be affected by our ability to borrow money in sufficient amounts and on favorable terms. We expect that we will borrow money that will be secured by our properties and that these financing arrangements will contain customary covenants such as those that limit our ability, without the prior consent of the lender, to further mortgage the applicable property or to discontinue insurance coverage. In addition, our short-term line of credit contains, and any other credit facility we might enter into is likely to contain certain customary restrictions, requirements and other limitations on our ability to incur indebtedness, and will specify debt ratios that we will be required to maintain. Accordingly, we may be unable to obtain the degree of leverage we believe to be optimal, which may cause us to have less cash for distribution to stockholders than we would have with an optimal amount of leverage. Our use of leverage could also make us more vulnerable to a downturn in our business or the economy generally. There is also a risk that a significant increase in the ratio of our indebtedness to the measures of asset value used by financial analysts may have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.
Some of our debt financing arrangements may require us to make lump-sum or “balloon” payments at maturity. Our ability to make a balloon payment at maturity is uncertain and may depend upon our ability to obtain additional financing or to sell the financed property. At the time the balloon payment is due, we may not be able to refinance the balloon payment on terms as favorable as the original loan or sell the property at a price sufficient to make the balloon payment, which could adversely affect the amount of distributions to our stockholders.

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We intend to acquire additional properties by using our $75 million short-term line of credit and by continuing to seek long-term financing, where we will borrow all or a portion of the purchase price of a potential acquisition and securing the loan with a mortgage on some or all of our existing real property. To date we have obtained approximately $168 million in long-term financing, which we have used to acquire additional properties. If we are unable to make our debt payments as required, a lender could foreclose on the property securing its loan. This could cause us to lose part or all of our investment in such property which in turn could cause the value of our securities or the amount of distributions to our stockholders to be reduced.
Failure to hedge effectively against interest rate changes may adversely affect our results of operations.
We may experience interest rate volatility in connection with mortgage loans on our properties or other variable-rate debt that we may obtain from time to time. We currently have one variable rate loan, certain of our leases contain escalations based on market interest rates, and the interest rate on our existing line of credit is variable. We mitigate this risk by structuring such provisions to contain a minimum interest rate or escalation rate, as applicable. We are also exposed to the effects of interest rate changes as a result of the holding of our cash and cash equivalents in short-term, interest-bearing investments. A significant change in interest rates could have an adverse impact on the results of our operations. To date we have not entered into any derivative contracts, however certain of our mortgage loans and properties have embedded derivatives in the form of interest rate floors and ceilings.
Risks of being a REIT
We may not qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, which would subject us to federal income tax on our taxable income at regular corporate rates, thereby reducing the amount of funds available for paying distributions to our stockholders.
We have historically operated and intend to continue to operate in a manner that will allow us to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. Our qualification as a REIT depends on our ability to meet various requirements set forth in the Internal Revenue Code concerning, among other things, the ownership of our outstanding common stock, the nature of our assets, the sources of our income and the amount of our distributions to our stockholders. The REIT qualification requirements are extremely complex, and interpretations of the federal income tax laws governing qualification as a REIT are limited. Accordingly, we cannot be certain that we will be successful in operating so as to qualify as a REIT. At any time new laws, interpretations or court decisions may change the federal tax laws relating to, or the federal income tax consequences of, qualification as a REIT. It is also possible that future economic, market, legal, tax or other considerations may cause our board of directors to revoke our REIT election, which it may do without stockholder approval.
If we lose or revoke our REIT status, we will face serious tax consequences that will substantially reduce the funds available for distribution to you because:
    we would not be allowed a deduction for distributions to stockholders in computing our taxable income, we would be subject to federal income tax at regular corporate rates and we might need to borrow money or sell assets in order to pay any such tax;
 
    we also could be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax and possibly increased state and local taxes; and
 
    unless we are entitled to relief under statutory provisions, we would be prevented from re-qualifying to be taxed as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year during which we ceased to qualify.

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In addition, if we fail to qualify as a REIT, all distributions to stockholders would be subject to tax to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits, provided, that the federal income tax rate on the taxable portion of such distributions is limited to 15% through 2008. If we were taxed as a regular corporation, corporate distributees might be eligible for the dividends received deduction, but we would not be required to make distributions to stockholders.
We have not sought a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that we qualify as a REIT, nor do we intend to do so in the future.
An IRS determination that we do not qualify as a REIT would deprive our stockholders of the tax benefits of our REIT status only if the IRS determination is upheld in court or otherwise becomes final. To the extent that we challenge an IRS determination that we do not qualify as a REIT, we may incur legal expenses that would reduce our funds available for distribution to our stockholders.
As a result of all these factors, our failure to qualify as a REIT could impair our ability to expand our business and raise capital, and would adversely affect the value of our common stock.
Failure to make required distributions or to satisfy certain income requirements would subject us to tax.
In order to qualify as a REIT, each year we must distribute to our stockholders at least 90% of our taxable income, other than any net capital gains. To the extent that we satisfy the distribution requirement but distribute less than 100% of our taxable income, we will be subject to federal corporate income tax on our undistributed income. In addition, we will incur a 4% nondeductible excise tax on the amount, if any, by which our distributions in any year are less than the sum of:
    85% of our ordinary income for that year;
 
    95% of our capital gain net income for that year; and
 
    100% of our undistributed taxable income from prior years.
In addition, each year at least 95% of our gross income must be derived from passive sources in real estate and securities, and at least 75% of our gross income must be derived from real estate sources. If we fail to satisfy either of these gross income tests, but nonetheless continue to qualify as a REIT because we meet certain other requirements, we will incur a tax of up to 100% on the greater of the excess of 95% of our gross income over the amount of our qualifying income, or the excess of 75% of our gross income over the amount of our qualifying income.
We intend to pay out our income to our stockholders in a manner intended to satisfy the distribution requirement applicable to REITs and to satisfy the foregoing gross income tests and, thus, avoid corporate income taxes and the 4% excise tax. Differences in timing between the recognition of income and the related cash receipts or the effect of required debt amortization payments could require us to borrow money or sell assets to pay out enough of our taxable income to satisfy the distribution requirement and to avoid corporate income tax and the 4% excise tax in a particular year. In the future, we may borrow funds to pay distributions to our stockholders and the limited partners of our Operating Partnership. Any funds that we borrow would subject us to interest rate and other market risks.
Because we must distribute a substantial portion of our net income to qualify as a REIT, we will be largely dependent on third-party sources of capital to fund our future capital needs.
To qualify as a REIT, we generally must distribute to our stockholders at least 90% of our taxable income each year, excluding capital gains. Because of this distribution requirement, it is not likely that we will be able to fund a significant portion of our future capital needs, including property acquisitions, from retained earnings. Therefore, we will likely rely on public and private debt and equity capital to fund our business. This capital may not be available on favorable terms or at all. Our access to additional capital depends on a number of things, including the market’s perception of our growth potential and our current and potential future earnings. Moreover, additional debt financings may substantially increase our leverage.

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Other Risks
We are subject to restrictions that may discourage a change of control. Certain provisions contained in our articles of incorporation and Maryland law may prohibit or restrict a change of control.
    Our articles of incorporation prohibit ownership of more than 9.8% of the outstanding shares of our capital stock by one person. This restriction may discourage a change of control and may deter individuals or entities from making tender offers for our capital stock, which offers might otherwise be financially attractive to our stockholders or which might cause a change in our management.
 
    Our board of directors are divided into three classes, with the term of the directors in each class expiring every third year. At each annual meeting of stockholders, the successors to the class of directors whose term expires at such meeting will be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders held in the third year following the year of their election. After election, a director may only be removed by our stockholders for cause. Election of directors for staggered terms with limited rights to remove directors makes it more difficult for a hostile bidder to acquire control of us. The existence of this provision may negatively impact the price of our securities and may discourage third-party bids to acquire our securities. This provision may reduce any premiums paid to stockholders in a change in control transaction.
 
    Certain provisions of Maryland law applicable to us prohibit business combinations with:
  o   any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power of our common stock, referred to as an “interested stockholder;”
 
  o   an affiliate of ours who, at any time within the two-year period prior to the date in question, was an interested stockholder; or
 
  o   an affiliate of an interested stockholder.
These prohibitions last for five years after the most recent date on which the interested stockholder became an interested stockholder. Thereafter, any business combination with the interested stockholder must be recommended by our board of directors and approved by the affirmative vote of at least 80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of our outstanding shares of common stock and two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of our common stock other than shares held by the interested stockholder. These requirements could have the effect of inhibiting a change in control even if a change in control were in our stockholders’ interest. These provisions of Maryland law do not apply, however, to business combinations that are approved or exempted by our board of directors prior to the time that someone becomes an interested stockholder.
Market conditions could adversely affect the market price and trading volume of our securities.
The market price of our common and preferred stock may be highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations and the trading volume in our common and preferred stock may fluctuate and cause significant price variations to occur. We cannot assure you that the market price of our common stock will not fluctuate or decline significantly in the future. Some market conditions that could negatively affect our share price or result in fluctuations in the price or trading volume of our securities include:
    price and volume fluctuations in the stock market from time to time, which are often unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies;
 
    significant volatility in the market price and trading volume of shares of REITs, real estate companies or other companies in our sector, which is not necessarily related to the performance of those companies;

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    price and volume fluctuations in the stock market as a result of terrorist attacks, or speculation regarding future terrorist attacks, in the United States or abroad;
 
    actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly operating results or distributions;
 
    changes in our funds from operations or earnings estimates or the publication of research reports about us or the real estate industry generally;
 
    actions by institutional stockholders;
 
    speculation in the press or investment community;
 
    changes in regulatory policies or tax guidelines, particularly with respect to REITs; and
 
    Investor confidence in the stock market;
Shares of common stock eligible for future sale may have adverse effects on our share price.
We cannot predict the effect, if any, of future sales of common stock, or the availability of shares for future sales, on the market price of our common stock. Sales of substantial amounts of common stock (including shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of units of our operating partnership that we may issue from time to time), or the perception that these sales could occur, may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock.
An increase in market interest rates may have an adverse effect on the market price of our securities.
One of the factors that investors may consider in deciding whether to buy or sell our common stock or preferred stock is our distribution rate as a percentage of our share price, relative to market interest rates. If market interest rates increase, prospective investors may desire a higher distribution yield on our securities or seek securities paying higher dividends or interest. The market price of our securities likely will be based primarily on the earnings that we derive from rental income with respect to our properties, interest earned on our mortgage loans and our related distributions to stockholders, and not from the underlying appraised value of the properties themselves. As a result, interest rate fluctuations and capital market conditions are likely to affect the market price of our securities, and such effects could be significant. For instance, if interest rates rise without a corresponding increase in our distribution rate, the market price of our common stock could decrease because potential investors may require a higher distribution yield on our common stock as market rates on interest-bearing securities, such as bonds, rise. Additionally, because both our Series A and Series B Preferred Stock is entitled to receive dividends at a fixed rate, any increase in interest rates is likely to result in a decrease in the market price of our Series A and Series B Preferred Stock.
Legislative or regulatory action could adversely affect investors.
In recent years, numerous legislative, judicial and administrative changes have been made in the provisions of the federal and state income tax laws applicable to investments in REIT shares. Additional changes to tax laws are likely to continue to occur in the future, and we cannot assure you that any such changes will not adversely affect the taxation of our stockholders. Any such changes could have an adverse effect on an investment in our shares or on the market value or the resale potential of our properties.
If our Operating Partnership fails to maintain its status as a partnership or other form of pass-through entity for federal income tax purposes, its income may be subject to taxation.

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As we hold all of the ownership interests in our Operating Partnership, it is currently disregarded for income tax purposes. We intend that it will qualify as a partnership for income tax purposes upon the admission of additional partners; however, if the IRS were to successfully challenge the status of our Operating Partnership as a partnership, it would be taxable as a corporation. In such event, this would reduce the amount of distributions that our Operating Partnership could make to us. This could also result in our losing REIT status and becoming subject to a corporate level tax on our own income. This would substantially reduce our cash available to pay distributions and the return on your investment. In addition, if any of the entities through which our Operating Partnership owns its properties, in whole or in part, loses its characterization as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, it would be subject to taxation as a corporation, thereby reducing distributions to our Operating Partnership. Such a recharacterization of an underlying property owner could also threaten our ability to maintain REIT status.
Our potential participation in joint ventures creates additional risk.
We may participate in joint ventures or purchase properties jointly with other unaffiliated entities. There are additional risks involved in these types of transactions. These risks include the potential of our joint venture partner becoming bankrupt or our economic or business interests diverging. These diverging interests could, among other things, expose us to liabilities of the joint venture in excess of our proportionate share of these liabilities. The partition rights of each owner in a jointly owned property could reduce the value of each portion of the divided property.
Available Information
Copies of our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments, if any, to those reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act are available free of charge through our website at www.GladstoneCommercial.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. A request for any of these reports may also be submitted to us by writing: Corporate Secretary, Gladstone Commercial Corporation, 1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 200, McLean, VA 22102.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.

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Item 2. Properties
As of December 31, 2006, we owned 38 properties of which the details are outlined in the table below:
                                                                 
                                            Total Annualized     Total Annualized        
                    Rentable             Total Rental Revenue     Rental Revenue for the     Rental Revenue     Year  
    Year Built/             Square             for the Year Ended     Year Ended     per Occupied     of Lease  
Property   Improvements     Date of Purchase     Feet     Occupancy     December 31,2006     December 31, 2006 (1)     Square Foot (2)     Expiration  
208 South Rogers Lane
                                                               
        (Raleigh NC)
    1997       12/23/2003       58,926       100 %   $ 558,505       558,505     $ 9.48       2010  
 
                                                               
3874 Highland Park NW
(Canton, OH)
    1994       1/30/2004       54,018       100 %   $ 399,449       399,449     $ 7.39       2014  
 
                                                               
260 Springside Drive
(Akron, OH)
    1968/1999       4/29/2004       83,891       100 %   $ 1,077,943       1,077,943     $ 12.85       2009/2015  
 
                                                               
5815 Westpark Drive
(Charlotte, NC)
    1984/1995       6/30/2004       64,500       100 %   $ 936,901       936,901     $ 14.53       2019  
 
                                                               
171 Great Oak Drive
(Canton, NC)
    1998       7/6/2004       228,000       100 %   $ 600,145       600,145     $ 2.63       2024  
 
                                                               
Rt. 219, Tax Parcel No. 33-251-0246, (Snyder Township, PA)
    1991       8/5/2004       290,000       100 %   $ 870,000       870,000     $ 3.00       2014  
 
                                                               
9698 Old US Hwy. 52
(Lexington, NC)
    1986       8/5/2004       154,000       100 %   $ 397,324       397,324     $ 2.58       2014  
 
                                                               
9100 Highway 290 East
(Austin, TX)
    2001       9/16/2004       51,933       100 %   $ 751,333       751,333     $ 14.47       2015  
 
                                                               
3701 E. Virginia Beach Blvd (Norfolk, VA)
    1967       10/15/2004       25,797       100 %   $ 103,501       103,501     $ 4.01       2021  
 
                                                               
13 Industrial Park Drive
(Mt. Pocono, PA)
    1995-1999       10/15/2004       223,275       100 %   $ 628,904       628,904     $ 2.82       2021  
 
                                                               
6550 First Park Ten Boulevard
(San Antonio, TX)
    1999       2/10/2005       60,245       100 %   $ 769,793       769,793     $ 12.78       2014  
 
                                                               
4630 Journal Street
(Columbus, OH)
    1995       2/10/2005       39,000       100 %   $ 308,105       308,105     $ 7.90       2015  
 
                                                               
199 Sing Sing Road
(Big Flats, NY)
    2001       4/15/2005       120,000       100 %   $ 644,252       644,252     $ 5.37       2013  
 
                                                               
2525 North Woodlawn Avenue (Wichita, KS)
    2000       5/18/2005       69,287       100 %   $ 1,109,217       1,109,217     $ 16.01       2012  
 
                                                               
725 & 737 Great Southwest Pkwy (Arlington, TX)
    1966       5/26/2005       64,000       100 %   $ 624,335       624,335     $ 9.76       2013  
 
                                                               
4032 Linden Avenue
(Dayton, OH)
    1956       6/30/2005       59,894       100 %   $ 264,865       264,865     $ 4.42       2018  
 
                                                               
81 Corbett Way
(Eatontown, NJ)
    1991       7/7/2005       30,268       100 %   $ 536,324       536,324     $ 17.72       2011  
 
                                                               
17 & 20 Veronica Avenue
(Franklin Township, NJ)
    1978       7/11/2005       183,000       100 %   $ 1,038,514       1,038,514     $ 5.67       2020  
 
                                                               
150 & 170 Ridgeview Center Drive (Duncan, SC)
    1984/2001       7/14/2005       278,020       100 %   $ 2,050,111       2,050,111     $ 7.37       2011  
 
                                                               
5656 Campus Parkway
(St Louis, MO)
    1977       8/5/2005       51,155       100 %   $ 289,928       289,928     $ 5.67       2012  
 
                                                               
914 Wohlert Street
(Angola, IN)
    1982       9/2/2005       52,080       100 %   $ 130,563       130,563     $ 2.51       2020  

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Item. Properties (Continued)
                                                                 
                                            Total Annualized     Total Annualized        
                    Rentable             Total Rental Revenue     Rental Revenue for the     Rental Revenue     Year of  
    Year Built/             Square             for the Year Ended     Year Ended     per Occupied     Lease  
Property   Improvements     Date of Purchase     Feet     Occupancy     December 31,2006     December 31, 2006 (1)     Square Foot (2)     Expiration  
800 Growth Parkway
(Angola, IN)
    1998       9/2/2005       50,000       100 %   $ 130,563       130,563     $ 2.61       2020  
 
                                                             
 
                                                               
802 East 11th Street
(Rock Falls, IL)
    1988       9/2/2005       52,000       100 %   $ 130,563       130,563     $ 2.51       2020  
 
                                                               
2 Opportunity Way
(Newburyport, MA)
    1994       10/17/2005       70,598       100 %   $ 704,095       704,095     $ 9.97       2012  
 
                                                               
255 Spring Street
(Clintonville, WI)
    1992       10/31/2005       291,142       100 %   $ 575,006       575,006     $ 1.98       2020  
 
                                                               
5700 Lee Road
(Maple Heights, OH)
    1974       12/21/2005       347,218       100 %   $ 1,152,443       1,152,443     $ 3.32       2015  
 
                                                               
7545 Midlothian Turnpike
(Richmond, VA)
    1972       12/30/2005       42,213       100 %   $ 722,866       722,866     $ 17.12       2010  
 
                                                               
3930 Sunforest Court
(Toledo, OH)
    1979       12/30/2005       23,368       100 %   $ 327,152       327,152     $ 14.00       2010  
 
                                                               
75 Canal Street
(South Hadley, Massachusetts)
    1978       2/15/2006       150,000       100 %   $ 310,144       354,450     $ 2.36       2010  
 
                                                               
2101, 2109, 2201, 2215, 2301 Fox Drive (Champaign, Illinois)
    1996       2/21/2006       108,262       100 %   $ 1,304,350       1,490,686     $ 13.77       2013  
 
                                                               
2470 Highcrest Road
(Roseville, Minnesota)
    1964       2/21/2006       359,540       100 %   $ 2,595,270       2,966,023     $ 8.25       2012  
 
                                                               
12000 Portland Avenue South (Burnsville, Minnesota)
    1984       5/10/2006       114,100       100 %   $ 793,268       1,269,229     $ 11.12       2015  
 
                                                               
14701 Anthony Avenue
(Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin)
    1986/2000       6/30/2006       125,692       100 %   $ 389,559       779,118     $ 6.20       2016  
 
                                                               
1025 Birdsong Drive
(Baytown, Texas)
    1997       7/11/2006       12,000       100 %   $ 118,180       257,847     $ 21.49       2013  
 
                                                               
42400 Merrill Road
(Sterling Heights, Michigan)
    1979/1989       9/22/2006       532,869       100 %   $ 501,356       1,845,482     $ 3.46       2016  
 
                                                               
2150, 2200 Pinson Valley Parkway (Birmingham, Alabama)
    1961/1980       9/29/2006       63,514       100 %   $ 39,736       158,944     $ 2.50       2016  
 
                                                               
2325 West Fairview Avenue (Montgomery, Alabama)
    1962/1989       9/29/2006       29,472       100 %   $ 39,736       158,944     $ 5.39       2016  
 
                                                               
5221 N Highway 763
(Columbia, Missouri)
    1978       9/29/2006       16,275       100 %   $ 39,736       158,944     $ 9.77       2016  
 
                                               
 
                                                               
Totals
                    4,629,552             $ 23,964,035     $ 27,272,367                  
 
                                                         
 
(1)   The amounts represented in total annualized rental revenue for year ended December 31, 2006 have been calculated by taking the 2006 base rent and annualizing the partial-year results for properties acquired during 2006. Total annualized rental revenue is a non-GAAP financial measure, that management believes is useful to the readers of this table so they are able to calculate the total annualized rental revenue per square foot.
 
(2)   The amounts represented in this column were calculated by taking the total annualized revenue and dividing by the total rentable square feet.
 
(3)   Two tenants occupy this building, each with separate leases ending in different years.

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Item 3. Legal Proceedings
We are not currently subject to any material legal proceedings, nor, to our knowledge, is any material legal proceeding threatened against us.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of the year ended December 31, 2006.

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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
Our common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “GOOD.” We completed our initial public offering in August 2003 at a price of $15 per share. Prior to such date there was no public market for our common stock.
The following table reflects, by quarter, the high and low closing prices per share of our common stock on The Nasdaq Global Market (The Nasdaq National market for periods prior to July 1, 2006) and the distributions per share for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005. Dividends are declared quarterly and paid monthly. Amounts presented represent the cumulative amount of the dividends declared for the months composing such quarter.
                         
                    Distributions
Quarter Ended   High   Low   Declared Per Share
3/31/2005
  $ 17.18     $ 16.30     $ 0.18  
6/30/2005
  $ 16.55     $ 15.16     $ 0.24  
9/30/2005
  $ 17.17     $ 15.72     $ 0.24  
12/31/2005
  $ 16.94     $ 15.98     $ 0.30  
3/31/2006
  $ 20.25     $ 16.46     $ 0.36  
6/30/2006
  $ 20.40     $ 17.68     $ 0.36  
9/30/2006
  $ 20.96     $ 18.18     $ 0.36  
12/31/2006
  $ 22.19     $ 19.80     $ 0.36  
In order to qualify as a REIT, we are required to make ordinary dividend distributions to our stockholders. The amount of these distributions must equal at least:
    the sum of (A) 90% of our “REIT taxable income” (computed without regard to the dividends paid deduction and capital gain) and (B) 90% of the net income (after tax), if any, from foreclosure property, less
 
    the sum of certain non-cash items.
For federal income tax purposes, distributions may consist of ordinary income, capital gains, nontaxable return of capital or a combination of those items. Distributions that exceed our current and accumulated earnings and profits (calculated for tax purposes) constitute a return of capital rather than a dividend, which reduces a stockholder’s basis in the shares of common stock and will not be taxable to the extent that the distribution equals or is less than the stockholder’s basis in the stock. To the extent a distribution exceeds both current and accumulated earnings and profits and the stockholder’s basis in the stock, that distribution will be treated as a gain from the sale or exchange of that stockholder’s shares. Every year, we notify stockholders of the taxability of distributions paid during the preceding year.
As of February 16, 2007, there were approximately 7,550 beneficial owners of our common stock.

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data
The following selected financial data for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, 2004 and for the period from February 14, 2003 (inception) through December 31, 2003 is derived from our audited consolidated financial statements. The data should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, included elsewhere in this report, and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in Item 7 of this report.
                                 
                            Period February 14,  
                            2003 (inception)  
    Year ended     Year ended     Year ended     through December  
    December 31, 2006     December 31, 2005     December 31, 2004     31, 2003  
Operating Data:
                               
Total operating revenue
  $ 25,945,546     $ 12,881,506     $ 4,191,329     $ 12,180  
Total operating expenses
    (14,067,096 )     (7,185,040 )     (3,276,735 )     (557,148 )
Other income (expense)
    (8,521,419 )     (2,185,509 )     614,659       304,097  
 
                       
Income (loss) from continuing operations
    3,357,031       3,510,957       1,529,253       (240,871 )
Discontinued operations
    1,015,797       90,988       94,675        
 
                       
Net income (loss)
  $ 4,372,828     $ 3,601,945     $ 1,623,928     $ (240,871 )
Dividends attributable to preferred stock
    (2,186,890 )                  
 
                       
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders
  $ 2,185,938     $ 3,601,945     $ 1,623,928     $ (240,871 )
 
                       
 
                               
Share and Per Share Data:
                               
Earnings per weighted average common share — basic
                               
Income from continuing operations (net of dividends attributable to preferred stock)
  $ 0.15     $ 0.46     $ 0.20     $ (0.07 )
Discontinued operations
    0.13       0.01       0.01        
 
                       
Net income available to common stockholders
  $ 0.28     $ 0.47     $ 0.21     $ (0.07 )
 
                       
 
                               
Earnings per weighted average common share — diluted
                               
Income from continuing operations (net of dividends attributable to preferred stock)
  $ 0.14     $ 0.46     $ 0.20     $ (0.07 )
Discontinued operations
    0.13       0.01       0.01        
 
                       
Net income available to common stockholders
  $ 0.27     $ 0.47     $ 0.21     $ (0.07 )
 
                       
 
                               
Weighted average shares outstanding — basic
    7,827,781       7,670,219       7,649,855       3,229,119  
Weighted average shares outstanding-diluted
    7,986,690       7,723,220       7,708,534       3,229,119  
Cash dividends declared per common share
  $ 1.44     $ 0.96     $ 0.48     $ 0.01  
 
                               
Supplemental Data:
                               
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders
  $ 2,185,938     $ 3,601,945     $ 1,623,928     $ (240,871 )
 
                               
Real estate depreciation and amortization, including discontinued operations
    8,349,474       3,651,119       973,345       5,827  
 
                               
Less: Gain on sale of real estate, net of taxes paid
    (1,106,590 )                  
 
                       
Funds from operations available to common stockholders (1)
    9,428,822       7,253,064       2,597,273       (235,044 )
 
                       
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred dividends (2)
    1.4 x     2.4 x     64.5 x      
 
                               
Balance Sheet Data:
                               
 
                               
Real estate, before accumulated depreciation
  $ 243,713,542     $ 165,043,639     $ 61,251,455     $ 5,440,772  
Total assets
  $ 315,766,022     $ 207,046,954     $ 105,585,094     $ 105,061,370  
Mortgage notes payable and borrowings under the line of credit
  $ 154,494,438     $ 105,118,961     $     $  
Total stockholders’ equity
  $ 152,224,176     $ 98,948,536     $ 102,692,693     $ 104,750,655  
Total common shares outstanding
    8,565,264       7,672,000       7,667,000       7,642,000  
 
(1) Funds from Operations (“FFO”) was developed by The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), as a relative non-GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States) supplemental measure of operating performance of an equity REIT in order to recognize that income-producing real estate historically has not depreciated on the basis determined under GAAP. FFO, as defined by NAREIT, is net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from sales of property, plus depreciation and amortization of real estate assets, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. FFO does not represent cash flows from operating activities in accordance with GAAP (which, unlike FFO, generally reflects all cash effects of transactions and other events in the determination of net income (loss)), and should not be considered an alternative to either net income (loss) as an indication of our performance or to cash flow from operations as a measure of liquidity or ability to make distributions. Comparison of FFO to similarly titled measures for other REITs may not necessarily be meaningful due to possible differences in the application of the NAREIT definition used by such REITs. For a more detailed description of FFO, including a reconciliation of FFO to net income and the reasons why we

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believe that the presentation of FFO provides useful information to our stockholders, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Funds from Operations.”
(2) The calculation of the ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred dividends is below. “Earnings” consist of net income (loss) from continuing operations before fixed charges. “Fixed charges” consist of interest expense, amortization of deferred financing fees and the portion of operating lease expense that represents interest.
                                 
                            For the period  
                            February 14, 2003  
    For the year ended     For the year ended     For the year ended     (inception) through  
    December 31, 2006     December 31, 2005     December 31, 2004     December 31, 2003  
Net income (loss)
  $ 4,372,828     $ 3,601,945     $ 1,623,928     $ (240,871 )
 
                               
Add fixed charges
    11,346,760       2,494,248       25,565       7,830  
 
                       
 
                               
Earnings
  $ 15,719,588     $ 6,096,193     $ 1,649,493     $ (233,041 )
 
                               
Fixed Charges:
                               
Interest expense
    7,905,185       2,187,588              
Amortization of Deferred Financing Fees
    1,199,709       260,099              
Estimated interest component of rent
    54,976       46,561       25,565       7,830  
 
                       
 
                               
Total fixed charges
    9,159,870       2,494,248       25,565       7,830  
 
                               
Total preferred dividends
    2,186,890                    
 
                       
 
                               
Total fixed charges and preferred dividends
    11,346,760       2,494,248       25,565       7,830  
 
                               
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred dividends
    1.4       2.4       64.5       (1)
 
(1)   Note for the period February 14, 2003 through December 31, 2003 earnings, as defined, were insufficent to cover fixed charges by $240,871.

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
Overview
We were incorporated under the General Corporation Laws of the State of Maryland on February 14, 2003 primarily for the purpose of investing in and owning net leased industrial and commercial real property and selectively making long-term industrial and commercial mortgage loans. Most of the portfolio of real estate we currently own is leased to a wide cross section of tenants ranging from small businesses to large public companies, many of which do not have publicly rated debt. We have in the past entered into, and intend in the future to enter into, purchase agreements for real estate having triple net leases with terms of approximately 10 to 15 years, with rental increases built into the leases. Under a triple net lease, the tenant is required to pay all operating, maintenance and insurance costs and real estate taxes with respect to the leased property. At December 31, 2006, we owned 38 properties, and had one mortgage loan outstanding. We are actively communicating with buyout funds, real estate brokers and other third parties to locate properties for potential acquisition or to provide mortgage financing in an effort to build our portfolio.
We conduct substantially all of our activities, including ownership of all of our properties, through Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership formed on May 28, 2003, which we refer to as our Operating Partnership. We control our Operating Partnership through our ownership of GCLP Business Trust II, a Massachusetts business trust, which is the general partner of our Operating Partnership, and through our ownership of GCLP Business Trust I, a Massachusetts business trust, which holds all of the limited partnership units of our Operating Partnership. We expect that our Operating Partnership may issue limited partnership units from time to time in exchange for industrial and commercial real property. By structuring our acquisitions in this manner, the sellers of the real estate will generally be able to defer the recognition of gains associated with the dispositions of their properties until they redeem the limited partnership units. Limited partners who hold limited partnership units in our Operating Partnership will be entitled to redeem their units for cash or, at our election, shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis at any time. Whenever we issue stock for cash, we are obligated to contribute the net proceeds we receive from the sale of the stock to our Operating Partnership, and our Operating Partnership is, in turn, obligated to issue an equivalent number of limited partnership units to us. Our Operating Partnership will distribute the income it generates from its operations to its partners, including GCLP Business Trust I and GCLP Business Trust II, both of which are beneficially owned by us, on a pro rata basis. We will, in turn, distribute the amounts we receive from our Operating Partnership to fund distributions to our stockholders in the form of monthly cash dividends. We have historically operated, and intend to continue to operate, so as to qualify as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes, thereby generally avoiding federal income taxes on the distributions we make to our stockholders.
Gladstone Management Corporation, a registered investment adviser and an affiliate of ours, serves as our external adviser, which we refer to as our Adviser. Our Adviser is responsible for managing our business on a day-to-day basis and for identifying and making acquisitions and dispositions in accordance with our investment criteria.
Recent Events
Investments
On February 15, 2006, we acquired a 150,000 square foot industrial facility in South Hadley, Massachusetts for approximately $3.6 million, including transaction costs, which was funded using borrowings from our line of credit. At closing, we were assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately four years at the time of assignment, and the tenant has one option to extend the lease for additional period of five years. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $353,000 in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.

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On February 21, 2006, we acquired four office buildings located in the same business park in Champaign, Illinois from a single seller totaling 108,262 square feet. We acquired the four properties for approximately $15.1 million, including transaction costs, which was funded by a combination of borrowings from our line of credit, and the assumption of approximately $10.0 million of financing on the property. At closing, we were assigned the previously existing triple net leases with the sole tenant, which had remaining terms ranging from five to nine years at the time of assignment, and the tenant has options to extend each lease for additional periods of three years each. The leases provide for annual rents of approximately $1.3 million in 2007.
On February 21, 2006, we acquired a 359,540 square foot office building in Roseville, Minnesota for approximately $30.0 million, including transaction costs, which was funded by a combination of borrowings from our line of credit, and the assumption of approximately $20.0 million of financing on the property. At closing, we were assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately seven years at the time of assignment, and the tenant has one option to extend the lease for an additional period of five years. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $2.4 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
On May 10, 2006, we acquired an 114,100 square foot office building in Burnsville, Minnesota for approximately $14.1 million, including transaction costs, which was funded using borrowings from our line of credit. At closing, we were assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately four years, and concurrently with the closing the tenant exercised its first renewal option for an additional five years to the original lease term. The tenant also has two remaining options to extend the lease for an additional period of five years each. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $1.2 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
On June 30, 2006, we acquired a 125,692 square foot office building in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin for approximately $8.0 million, including transaction costs, which was funded using borrowings from our line of credit. At closing, we extended a ten year triple net lease with the sole tenant, and the tenant has three options to extend the lease for additional periods of ten years each. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $0.7 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
On July 13, 2006, we acquired a 12,000 square foot office building in Baytown, Texas for approximately $2.8 million, including transaction costs, which was funded using borrowings from our line of credit. At closing, we were assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately seven years. The tenant has two options to extend the lease for additional periods of five years each. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $0.2 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
On September 29, 2006, we acquired three separate properties from a single seller: a 63,514 square foot industrial building in Birmingham, Alabama; a 29,472 square foot industrial building located in Montgomery, Alabama; and a 16,275 square foot industrial building located in Columbia, Missouri. These three properties were acquired for an aggregate cost of approximately $4.9 million, including transaction costs, and the purchase was funded using borrowings from our line of credit. Upon acquisition of the properties, we extended a ten year triple net lease with the tenant of each building, with four options to extend the lease for additional periods of five years each. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $0.4 million in 2006, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
On January 5, 2007, we acquired a 60,000 square foot office building in Mason, Ohio for approximately $7.9 million, including transaction costs, which was funded from cash on hand. At closing, we were assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately six years. The tenant has two options to extend the lease for additional periods of five years each. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $0.6 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.

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On February 16, 2007, we acquired a 115,500 square foot office building in Raleigh, North Carolina for approximately $7.8 million, including transaction costs, which was funded from cash on hand. At closing, we were assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately three years. The tenant has one option to extend the lease for an additional period of five years. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $0.6 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
Mortgage Loans
On February 21, 2006, we assumed approximately $10.0 million of indebtedness pursuant to a long-term note payable from Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in connection with our acquisition, on the same date, of a property located in Champaign, Illinois. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.91% per year, and we may not repay this note prior to the last 3 months of the term, or we would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note matures on December 1, 2013.
On February 21, 2006, we assumed approximately $20.0 million of indebtedness pursuant to a long-term note payable from Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc, in connection with our acquisition, on the same date, of a property located in Roseville, Minnesota. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.20% per year, and we may not repay this note prior to the last 3 months of the term, or we would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note matures on June 30, 2014.
On March 29, 2006, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, we borrowed $17.0 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from CIBC Inc. which is collateralized by security interests in our Big Flats, New York property, our Eatontown, New Jersey property, and our Franklin Township, New Jersey property in the amounts of approximately $5.6 million, $4.6 million and $6.8 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.92% per year, and we may not repay this note until after January 1, 2016, or we would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note has an anticipated maturity date of April 1, 2016, with a clause in which the lender has the option of extending the maturity date to April 1, 2036. We used the proceeds from the note to pay down our line of credit.
On April 27, 2006, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, we borrowed $14.9 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from IXIS Real Estate Capital Inc. which is collateralized by security interests in our Wichita, Kansas property, our Clintonville Wisconsin property, our Rock Falls, Illinois property and our Angola, Indiana properties in the amounts of approximately $9.0 million, $3.6 million, $0.7 million and $1.6 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 6.58% per year, and we may not repay this note until after February 5, 2016, or we would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note has a maturity date of May 5, 2016, and we used the proceeds from the note to pay down our line of credit.
On November 22, 2006, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, we borrowed approximately $14.3 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from CIBC, Inc. which is collateralized by security interests in our San Antonio, Texas property, our Arlington, Texas property, and our Lexington, North Carolina property in the amounts of approximately $7.2 million, $4.2 million, and $2.9 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.76% per year, and we may not repay this note until after September 1, 2016, or we would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note has a maturity date of December 1, 2016, and we used the proceeds from the note to pay down the remaining balance on our line of credit.
On December 22, 2006, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, we borrowed approximately $21.8 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from CIBC, Inc. which is collateralized by security interests in our Burnsville, Minnesota property, our Newburyport, Massachusetts property, and our Toledo, Ohio property in the amounts of approximately $12.0 million, $6.8 million, and $3.0 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.79% per year, and we may not repay this note until after October 1, 2016, or we would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note has a maturity date of January 1, 2017, and we in tend to use the proceeds from the note for future acquisitions.

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On February 8, 2007, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, we borrowed approximately $13.8 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from KeyBank National Association which is collateralized by security interests in our Austin, Texas property, our Richmond, Virginia property and our Baytown, Texas property in the amounts of approximately $6.5 million, $5.3 million, and $2.0 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 6.00% per year. The note has a maturity date of March 1, 2017, although we may repay this note with 60 days notice to KeyBank, but would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. We intend to use the proceeds from the note for future acquisitions.
Preferred Stock Financings
On January 18, 2006, we completed a public offering of 1,000,000 shares of 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, or Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a price of $25.00 per share, under our shelf registration statement on Form S-3, and pursuant to the terms set forth in a prospectus dated October 24, 2005, as supplemented by a final prospectus supplement dated January 18, 2006. Net proceeds of the offering, after underwriting discounts and offering expenses, were approximately $23.7 million and were used to repay outstanding indebtedness under our line of credit. The Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed at a liquidation preference in the amount of $25.00 per share plus any unpaid dividends at our election on or after January 30, 2011. These securities have no stated maturity, sinking fund or mandatory redemption and are not convertible into any other securities. The closing of the offering took place on January 26, 2006, and the Series A Preferred Stock is traded on The Nasdaq Global Market under the trading symbol “GOODP.”
On October 18, 2006, we completed a public offering of 1,150,000 shares of 7.5% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, or the Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a price of $25.00 per share, under our shelf registration statement on Form S-3, and pursuant to the terms set forth in a prospectus dated October 24, 2005, as supplemented by a final prospectus supplement dated October 18, 2006. The shares sold in the offering included the full exercise of a 150,000 share over-allotment option by the underwriters. Net proceeds of the offering, after underwriting discounts and offering expenses, were approximately $27.4 million and the net proceeds were used to repay outstanding indebtedness under our line of credit. The Series B Preferred Stock may be redeemed at a liquidation preference in the amount of $25.00 per share plus any unpaid dividends at our election on or after October 31, 2011. These securities have no stated maturity, sinking fund or mandatory redemption and are not convertible into any other securities. The closing of the offering occurred on October 25, 2006, and the Series B Preferred Stock is traded on The Nasdaq Global Market under the trading symbol “GOODO.”
Properties Sold
On July 21, 2006, we sold our two Canadian properties for approximately $6.9 million, for a gain on the sale of approximately $1.4 million. We paid and fully accrued approximately $315,000 in taxes related to the gain on the sale, although the actual amount of taxes due will not be finalized until 2006 tax returns are filed. We have been advised that the actual amount of taxes should be approximately $235,000, or $80,000 less than what was paid at closing, subject to final adjustments and federal (Canadian) tax return review. The mortgages associated with the Canadian properties were assumed by the buyer at closing.
Acquisition of Building in Satisfaction of Mortgage Loan
In August 2006, we ceased accruing revenues on our mortgage loan secured by an industrial property in Sterling Heights, Michigan due to non-payment. We also placed the borrower in default and began pursuing available remedies under its mortgage, including instituting foreclosure proceedings on the property. We obtained an independent appraisal on the security which indicated a fair value in excess of the outstanding principal balance and accrued, non-default interest due under the mortgage loan at the time of default. As a result of the fair value indicated in the appraisal, we determined that the loan was not impaired and a writedown was not necessary. At the foreclosure sale on September 22, 2006, we were the successful bidder. We accounted for the asset received as if the asset had been acquired for cash and recorded the real estate asset at approximately $11.3 million on that date, which equaled the outstanding

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principal balance and accrued, non-default interest due under the mortgage loan to us. Under Michigan law, the borrower had six months from the date of foreclosure to redeem ownership of the property in exchange for payment of the bid amount plus certain other expenditures. As part of the resolution of our claims against the borrower and tenant, the borrower formally waived its right of redemption and permitted us to take immediate possession of the property so that it could be leased to a new tenant. On October 20, 2006, the original borrower with respect to the property waived its right of redemption to reacquire the property, confirming our ownership of the property. We simultaneously executed a ten year, triple net lease with the new tenant, with one option to extend the lease for an additional period of five years. The lease also has a provision whereby the new tenant may purchase the property from us within the first lease year for $11.3 million, or in the second lease year for $11.6 million. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $1.1 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter. The Company also pursued its claims against the borrower for the deficiency relating to default interest, expenses and prepayment fees of approximately $650,000. The Company pursued such deficiency claims against the owner and its affiliated tenant who had filed bankruptcy and collected approximately $655,000 from the tenant and borrower, recovering all of our claims against the borrower in full.
Investment Advisory and Administration Agreements
Since inception, we have been externally managed pursuant to a contractual investment advisory arrangement with our Adviser, under which our Adviser has directly employed all of our personnel and paid its payroll, benefits, and general expenses directly. Our initial investment advisory agreement with our Adviser was in place from February 13, 2003, inception, through December 31, 2006, which we refer to as the Initial Advisory Agreement. On January 1, 2007, we entered into an amended and restated investment advisory agreement with our Adviser, which we refer to as the Amended Advisory Agreement, and an administration agreement, which we refer to as the Administration Agreement, with Gladstone Administration, which we refer to as our Administrator. Our Board of Directors proposed the Amended Advisory Agreement to stockholders in order to provide what it considers to be more appropriate incentives to reward fund management, and our stockholders approved each of these agreements on May 24, 2006. The management services and fees in effect under the Initial and Amended Advisory Agreements are described below. In addition, we will continue to pay our direct expenses including, but not limited to, legal, accounting, interest, tax preparation, directors and officers insurance, stock transfer services, shareholder related fees, consulting and related fees under the Amended Advisory Agreement.
Under the terms of the Initial Advisory Agreement and the new Amended Advisory Agreement, we are responsible for all expenses incurred for our direct benefit. Examples of these expenses include, legal, accounting, interest on short-term debt and mortgages, tax preparation, directors and officers insurance, stock transfer services, shareholder related fees, consulting and related fees. During the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, the total amount of these expenses that we incurred was approximately $11,606,000, $4,024,000 and $1,142,000, respectively. All of these charges are incurred directly by us rather than by our Adviser for our benefit. Accordingly, we did not make any reimbursements to our Adviser for these amounts.
In addition, we are also responsible for all fees charged by third parties that are directly related to our business, which may include real estate brokerage fees, mortgage placement fees, lease-up fees and transaction structuring fees (although we may be able to pass some or all of such fees on to our tenants and borrowers). In the event that any of these expenses are incurred on our behalf by our Adviser, we are required to reimburse our Adviser on a dollar-for-dollar basis for all such amounts. During the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, we passed all such fees along to our tenants, and accordingly we did not incur any such fees during these periods. Accordingly, we did not make any reimbursements to our Adviser for these amounts. The actual amount of such fees that we incur in the future will depend largely upon the aggregate costs of the properties we acquire, the aggregate amount of mortgage loans we make, and the extent to which we are able to shift the burden of such fees to our tenants and borrowers. Accordingly, the amount of these fees that we will pay in the future is not determinable at this time. We do not presently expect that our Adviser will incur any of these fees on our behalf.

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Management services and fees under the Initial Advisory Agreement
We were required to reimburse our Adviser for our pro rata share of our Adviser’s payroll and benefits expenses on an employee-by-employee basis, based on the percentage of each employee’s time devoted to our matters. During the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, these expenses were approximately $2,266,000, $1,547,000, and $903,000, respectively.
We were also required to reimburse our Adviser for our pro rata portion of all other expenses of our Adviser not reimbursed under the arrangements described above, which we refer to as overhead expenses, equal to the total overhead expenses of our Adviser, multiplied by the ratio of hours worked by our Adviser’s employees on our projects to the total hours worked by our Adviser’s employees. However, we were only required to reimburse our Adviser for our portion of its overhead expenses if the amount of payroll and benefits we reimbursed to our Adviser was less than 2.0% of our average invested assets for the year. Additionally, we were only required to reimburse our Adviser for overhead expenses up to the point that reimbursed overhead expenses and payroll and benefits expenses, on a combined basis, equaled 2.0% of our average invested assets for the year. Our Adviser billed us on a monthly basis for these amounts. Our Adviser was required to reimburse us annually for the amount by which amounts billed to and paid by us exceed this 2.0% limit during a given year. The amounts never exceeded the 2.0% limit, and we never received reimbursement. During the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, we reimbursed to our Adviser approximately $636,000, $571,000, and $285,000, respectively, of overhead expenses.
Management services and fees under the Amended Advisory Agreement
The Amended Advisory Agreement provides for an annual base management fee equal to 2.0% of our total stockholders equity, less the recorded value of any preferred stock, and an incentive fee based on funds from operations, or FFO. For purposes of calculating the incentive fee, FFO includes any realized capital gains and capital losses, less any dividends paid on preferred stock, but FFO does not include any unrealized capital gains or losses. The incentive fee would reward our Adviser if our quarterly FFO, before giving effect to any incentive fee, exceeds 1.75%, or 7% annualized, (the “hurdle rate”) of total stockholders’ equity, less the recorded value of any preferred stock. Our Adviser will receive 100% of the amount of the pre-incentive fee FFO that exceeds the hurdle rate, but is less than 2.1875% of our pre-incentive fee FFO. Our Adviser will also receive an incentive fee of 20% of the amount of our pre-incentive fee FFO that exceeds 2.1875%. Under the Administration Agreement, we will pay separately for our allocable portion of the Administrator’s overhead expenses in performing its obligations, including rent, and our allocable portion of the salaries and benefits expenses of our chief financial officer, chief compliance officer, controller, treasurer and their respective staffs.
The Incentive fee was put in effect in place of our 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, which we refer to as the 2003 Plan. In connection with the approval of the Amended Advisory and Administration Agreements, and pursuant to the approval of our Board of Directors on July 11, 2006, on July 12, 2006, we accelerated in full the vesting of all outstanding options under the 2003 Plan, resulting in the acceleration of 35,000 unvested options. Also on July 12, 2006, we filed a Schedule TO and related documentation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, which described an offer to then outstanding option holders to accelerate the expiration date of all of their outstanding options under the 2003 Plan to December 31, 2006, which we refer to as the Offer. The Offer was conditional upon its acceptance by all option holders on or before its expiration on August 31, 2006, and all option holders accepted the Offer prior to that date. All outstanding options under the 2003 Plan were amended to expire on December 31, 2006. Upon the effectiveness of the Amended Advisory Agreement and Administration Agreement on January 1, 2007, the Initial Advisory Agreement terminated.

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Critical Accounting Policies
Management believes our most critical accounting policies are revenue recognition (including straight-line rent), investment accounting, purchase price allocation, accounting for our investments in real estate, provision for loan losses, the accounting for our derivative and hedging activities, if any, income taxes and stock based compensation. Each of these items involves estimates that require management to make judgments that are subjective in nature. Management relies on its experience, collects historical data and current market data, and analyzes these assumptions in order to arrive at what it believes to be reasonable estimates. Under different conditions or assumptions, materially different amounts could be reported related to the accounting policies described below. In addition, application of these accounting policies involves the exercise of judgments on the use of assumptions as to future uncertainties and, as a result, actual results could materially differ from these estimates.
Revenue Recognition
Rental income includes rents that each tenant pays in accordance with the terms of its respective lease reported on a straight-line basis over the initial term of the lease. Because a majority of our leases contain rental increases at specified intervals, straight-line basis accounting requires us to record as an asset, and include in revenues, deferred rent receivable that we will only receive if the tenant makes all rent payments required through the expiration of the initial term of the lease. Deferred rent receivable in the accompanying balance sheets includes the cumulative difference between rental revenue as recorded on a straight-line basis and rents received from the tenants in accordance with the lease terms, along with the capitalized above-market lease values of certain acquired properties. Accordingly, our management must determine, in its judgment, to what extent the deferred rent receivable applicable to each specific tenant is collectible. We review deferred rent receivable, as is it relates to straight line rents, on a quarterly basis and take into consideration the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located. In the event that the collectibility of deferred rent with respect to any given tenant is in doubt, we would record an increase in our allowance for uncollectible accounts or record a direct write-off of the specific rent receivable, which would have an adverse effect on our net income for the year in which the reserve is increased or the direct write-off is recorded and would decrease our total assets and stockholders’ equity.
Management considers its loans and other lending investments to be held-for-investment. We reflect held-for-investment investments at amortized cost less allowance for loan losses, acquisition premiums or discounts, deferred loan fees and undisbursed loan funds. On occasion, we may acquire loans at small premiums or discounts based on the credit characteristics of such loans. These premiums or discounts are recognized as yield adjustments over the lives of the related loans. Loan origination or exit fees, as well as direct loan origination costs, are also deferred and recognized over the lives of the related loans as yield adjustments. If loans with premiums, discounts, loan origination or exit fees are prepaid, we immediately recognize the unamortized portion as a decrease or increase in the prepayment gain or loss. Interest income is recognized using the effective interest method applied on a loan-by-loan basis. Prepayment penalties or yield maintenance payments from borrowers, if any, are recognized as additional income when received.
Purchase Price Allocation
We account for acquisitions of real estate in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, or SFAS, No. 141, “Business Combinations,which requires the purchase price of real estate to be allocated to the acquired tangible assets, consisting of land, building and tenant improvements, and identified intangible assets and liabilities, consisting of the value of above-market and below-market leases, the value of in-place leases, the value of unamortized lease origination costs and the value of tenant relationships, based in each case on their fair values.

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Management’s estimates of value are made using methods similar to those used by independent appraisers (e.g., discounted cash flow analysis). Factors considered by management in its analysis include an estimate of carrying costs during hypothetical expected lease-up periods considering current market conditions, and costs to execute similar leases. We also consider information obtained about each property as a result of our pre-acquisition due diligence, marketing and leasing activities in estimating the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired. In estimating carrying costs, management also includes real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the expected lease-up periods, which primarily range from nine to eighteen months, depending on specific local market conditions. Management also estimates costs to execute similar leases including leasing commissions, legal and other related expenses to the extent that such costs are not already incurred in connection with a new lease origination as part of the transaction.
The total amount of other intangible assets acquired are allocated to in-place lease values and customer relationship intangible values based on management’s evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease and our overall relationship with that respective tenant. Characteristics to be considered by management in allocating these values include the nature and extent of our existing business relationships with the tenant, growth prospects for developing new business with the tenant, the tenant’s credit quality and expectations of lease renewals (including those existing under the terms of the lease agreement), among other factors.
We amortize the value of in-place leases to expense over the initial term of the respective leases, which generally range from five to twenty years. The value of customer relationship intangibles are amortized to expense over the initial term and any renewal periods in the respective leases, but in no event will the amortization period for intangible assets exceed the remaining depreciable life of the building. Should a tenant terminate its lease, the unamortized portion of the in-place lease value and customer relationship intangibles would be charged to expense.
We record above-market and below-market in-place lease values for owned properties based on the present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (ii) management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. We amortize the capitalized above-market lease values, included in the accompanying balance sheet as part of deferred rent receivable, as a reduction of rental income over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the respective leases. We amortize the capitalized below-market lease values, included in the accompanying balance sheet as part of the deferred rent liability, as an increase to rental income over the initial term and any fixed-rate renewal periods in the respective leases.
We have determined that certain of our properties, which were originally not treated as business combinations under SFAS No. 141 because there was not an existing lease in place at the time of acquisition, should have been treated as business combinations when determining the purchase price of the real estate. These properties had leases that were put in place on the date of acquisition and thus were implicit in the purchase price and should have been considered as leases in place for purposes of determining if the acquisitions were business combinations. As a result, we reallocated approximately $1.2 million of land, building and tenant improvements to intangible assets and recognized additional amortization of $140,606, offset by increased rental revenue related to below market rents of approximately $28,000, for a net decrease in income of approximately $112,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2006. Of the additional $112,000 recognized in the quarter ended March 31, 2006, approximately $90,000 related to periods prior to 2006, and management has deemed the amount immaterial to those periods.
Investments in Real Estate
We record investments in real estate at cost, and we capitalize improvements and replacements when they extend the useful life or improve the efficiency of the asset. We expense costs of repairs and maintenance as incurred. We compute depreciation using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of 39 years for buildings and improvements, five to seven years for equipment and fixtures, and the shorter of the useful life or the remaining lease term for tenant improvements and leasehold interests.

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We are required to make subjective assessments as to the useful lives of our properties for purposes of determining the amount of depreciation to record on an annual basis with respect to our investments in real estate. These assessments have a direct impact on our net income because, if we were to shorten the expected useful lives of our investments in real estate, we would depreciate these investments over fewer years, resulting in more depreciation expense and lower net income on an annual basis.
We have adopted SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” which establishes a single accounting model for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets including discontinued operations. SFAS No. 144 requires that the operations related to properties that have been sold or that we intend to sell be presented as discontinued operations in the statement of operations for all periods presented, and properties we intend to sell be designated as “held for sale” on our balance sheet.
When circumstances such as adverse market conditions indicate a possible impairment of the value of a property, we review the recoverability of the property’s carrying value. The review of recoverability is based on our estimate of the future undiscounted cash flows, excluding interest charges, expected to result from the property’s use and eventual disposition. Our forecast of these cash flows considers factors such as expected future operating income, market and other applicable trends and residual value, as well as the effects of leasing demand and competition. If impairment exists due to the inability to recover the carrying value of a property, an impairment loss is recorded to the extent that the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the property. We are required to make subjective assessments as to whether there are impairments in the values of our investments in real estate.
Provision for Loan Losses
Our accounting policies require that we reflect in our financial statements an allowance for estimated credit losses with respect to mortgage loans we have made based upon our evaluation of known and inherent risks associated with our private lending assets. Management reflects provisions for loan losses on a portfolio basis based upon our assessment of general market conditions, our internal risk management policies and credit risk rating system, industry loss experience, our assessment of the likelihood of delinquencies or defaults, and the value of the collateral underlying our investments. Actual losses, if any, could ultimately differ materially from these estimates.
Income Taxes
Our financial results generally do not reflect provisions for current or deferred income taxes. Management believes that we have operated, and we intend to continue to operate, in a manner that will allow us to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, and, as a result, we do not expect to pay substantial corporate-level income taxes. Many of the requirements for REIT qualification, however, are highly technical and complex. If we were to fail to meet these requirements, we would be subject to federal income tax, which could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations and amounts available for distributions to our stockholders.
Stock Based Compensation
We adopted the fair value method to account for the issuance of stock options under our 2003 Plan in accordance with SFAS No. 123(R), “Share-Base Payment,” in January of 2006. In this regard, a substantial portion of these options were granted to individuals who are our officers and who qualify as leased employees under FASB Interpretation No. 44, “Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation, an Interpretation of APB Opinion No. 25.” We adopted SFAS No. 123(R) using the modified prospective approach, where stock-based compensation expense was recorded for the unvested portion of previously issued awards that remained outstanding at January 1, 2006 using the same estimate of the grant date fair value and the same attribution method used to determine the pro forma disclosure under SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.” SFAS No. 123(R) also requires that all share-based payments to employees after January 1, 2006, including employee stock options, be recognized in the financial statements as stock-based compensation expense based on the fair value on the date of grant.

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On May 24, 2006, our stockholders approved the Amended Advisory Agreement with our Adviser and the Administrative Agreement with our Administrator. In connection with the approval of the Amended Advisory Agreement, we ceased further option grants and terminated the 2003 Plan on December 31, 2006. On August 31, 2006, all the holders of currently outstanding stock options accepted our offer to amend their stock options and accelerate the expiration date of the outstanding options to December 31, 2006. We were required to record a one-time, non-cash expense as a result of the amendment of our option plan during the year ended December 31, 2006 of $314,593. As of December 31, 2006, there were no options outstanding.
In October of 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) released FASB Staff Position No. FAS 123(R)-2 (“FSP FAS 123(R)-2”), “Practical Accommodation to the Application of Grant Date as Defined in FASB Statement No. 123(R).” FSP FAS 123(R)-2 provides guidance on the application of grant date as defined in SFAS No. 123(R). The FASB addresses the notion of “mutual understanding,” specifically that a mutual understanding shall be presumed to exist at the date the award is approved in accordance with the relevant corporate governance requirements if the award is a unilateral grant and therefore the recipient does not have the ability to negotiate the terms and conditions of the award with the employer, and the key terms and conditions of the award are expected to be communicated to an individual recipient within a relatively short time period for the date of approval. We applied FSP FAS 123(R)-2 in conjunction with the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) on January 1, 2006.

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Results of Operations
Our weighted-average yield on the portfolio as of December 31, 2006 was approximately 9.5%. The weighted-average yield was calculated by taking the annualized straight line rent, reflected as rental income on our consolidated statements of operations, or mortgage interest payments, reflected as interest income from mortgage notes receivable on our consolidated statements of operations, of each acquisition or mortgage loan as a percentage of the acquisition or loan price.
A comparison of our operating results for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 is below:
                                 
    For the year ended  
    December 31, 2006     December 31, 2005     $ Change     % Change  
Operating revenues
                               
Rental income
  $ 23,964,035     $ 10,853,903     $ 13,110,132       121 %
Interest income from mortgage notes receivable
    1,845,231       1,915,795       (70,564 )     -4 %
Tenant recovery revenue
    136,280       111,808       24,472       22 %
 
                         
Total operating revenues
    25,945,546       12,881,506       13,064,040       101 %
 
                         
 
                               
Operating expenses
                               
Depreciation and amortization
    8,297,174       3,521,128       4,776,046       136 %
Management advisory fee
    2,902,053       2,118,040       784,013       37 %
Professional fees
    953,066       563,205       389,861       69 %
Taxes and licenses
    193,032       242,803       (49,771 )     -20 %
Insurance
    417,909       274,166       143,743       52 %
General and administrative
    469,260       249,791       219,469       88 %
Shareholder related expense
    311,049       215,907       95,142       44 %
Asset retirement obligation expense
    129,142             129,142       100 %
Stock option compensation expense
    394,411             394,411       100 %
 
                         
Total operating expenses
    14,067,096       7,185,040       6,882,056       96 %
 
                         
 
                               
Other income (expense)
                               
Interest income from temporary investments
    76,772       126,826       (50,054 )     -39 %
Interest income — employee loans
    125,788       21,041       104,747       498 %
Other income
    380,915             380,915       100 %
Interest expense
    (9,104,894 )     (2,333,376 )     (6,771,518 )     290 %
 
                         
Total other expense
    (8,521,419 )     (2,185,509 )     (6,335,910 )     290 %
 
                         
 
                               
Income from continuing operations
    3,357,031       3,510,957       (153,926 )     -4 %
 
                         
 
                               
Discontinued operations
                               
Income from discontinued operations
    112,145       309,545       (197,400 )     -64 %
Net realized loss from foreign currency transactions
    (202,938 )     (6,278 )     (196,660 )     3133 %
Net unrealized loss from foreign currency transactions
          (212,279 )     212,279       -100 %
Gain on sale of real estate
    1,422,026             1,422,026       100 %
Taxes on sale of real estate
    (315,436 )           (315,436 )     100 %
 
                         
Total discontinued operations
    1,015,797       90,988       924,809       1016 %
 
                         
 
                               
Net income
    4,372,828       3,601,945       770,883       21 %
 
                         
 
                               
Dividends attributable to preferred stock
    (2,186,890 )           (2,186,890 )     100 %
 
                         
 
                               
Net income available to common stockholders
  $ 2,185,938     $ 3,601,945     $ (1,416,007 )     -39 %
 
                         
Revenues
Rental income increased for the year ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2005, primarily due to the acquisition of 10 properties during 2006, and properties acquired during 2005 that were held for the full year in 2006.
Interest income from mortgage loans decreased for the year ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2005, due to the defaulted mortgage loan on the Sterling Heights, Michigan property and the resulting non-accrual of interest income beginning in August 2006 for that mortgage loan. We acquired the building in satisfaction of the mortgage loan in September of 2006. The decrease was partially offset by the mortgage loan acquired in 2005 on the McLean, Virginia property that was held for the full year in 2006.

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Tenant recovery revenue increased for the year ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2005, as a result of an increase in the number of tenants which reimburse us for insurance expense, partially offset by an over-accrual of franchise taxes in 2005, which resulted in a credit to tenant recovery revenue in 2006.
Expenses
Depreciation and amortization expenses increased in the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2005, as a result of the 10 property acquisitions during 2006, coupled with properties acquired during 2005 that were held for the full year in 2006, and the approximately $141,000 adjustment to depreciation discussed above under “Purchase Price Allocation.”
The management advisory fee for the year ended December 31, 2006 increased, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2005, primarily as a result of the increased number of our Adviser’s employees who spent time on our matters, coupled with an increase in overhead expenses incurred by our Adviser for our benefit. The management advisory fee consists of the reimbursement of expenses, including direct allocation of employee salaries and benefits, as well as general overhead expense, to our Adviser in accordance with the terms of the advisory agreement.
Professional fees, consisting primarily of legal and accounting fees, increased during the year ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2005, primarily as a result of an increase to the overall accounting fees including increased fees for the audit of the financial statements, the fees associated with the modification of our stock option plan, the accounting fees associated with the formation of GCLP Business Trust I and GCLP Business Trust II which is a business trust formed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and an increased number of tax returns filed as a result of the increased portfolio of investments. Legal fees also increased year over year as a result of the defaulted mortgage loan on the Sterling Heights, Michigan property, increased fees related to the filing of our proxy statement, and the fees surrounding the filing of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and the Schedule TO filed in connection with the offer to amend the terms of options outstanding under the 2003 plan.
Taxes and licenses decreased for the year ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2005, primarily because of a payment of approximately $100,000 of franchise taxes paid for doing business in certain states in the first quarter of 2005, which related to taxes incurred in 2004, coupled with reduced taxes in the states of Texas and Pennsylvania as a result of a restructuring of our entities that hold these properties, partially offset by the increase in franchise taxes due to the increase in our portfolio of investments.
Insurance expense increased for the year ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2005. The increase is primarily a result of an increase in premiums for directors and officers insurance from the prior year, coupled with an increased number of properties that required insurance.
General and administrative expenses increased for the year ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2005, as a result of approximately $134,000 in operating expenses that we were required to pay on behalf of a tenant under the terms of its lease for the year ended December 31, 2006, coupled with an increase in directors fees resulting from an increased number of committee meetings and the addition of a board member during 2006, partially offset by a decrease in the amount of due diligence expense written off during 2006.
Shareholder related expense increased for the year ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2005, as a result of costs associated with the annual report, the proxy statement, and the increased costs associated with the solicitation of the shareholder vote for the annual meeting.
Asset retirement obligation expense is the result of the adoption of FASB Interpretation No. 47 “Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations” (“FIN 47”). FIN 47 requires an entity to recognize a liability for a conditional asset retirement obligation when incurred if the liability can be reasonably estimated. FIN 47 clarifies that the term “Conditional Asset Retirement Obligation” refers to a

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legal obligation (pursuant to existing laws or by contract) to perform an asset retirement activity in which the timing and/or method of settlement are conditional on a future event that may or may not be within the control of the entity. FIN 47 also clarifies when an entity would have sufficient information to reasonably estimate the fair value of an asset retirement obligation. We have accrued a liability for disposal related to all properties constructed prior to 1985 that have, or may have, asbestos present in the building. The asset retirement obligation expense is the result of the accretion of the asset retirement obligation liability accrued on our books. There was no asset retirement obligation expense recorded for the year ended December 31, 2005.
Stock option compensation expense is the result of the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R). SFAS No. 123(R) replaces SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensationand supersedes Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees(“APB No. 25”). Under the modified prospective approach, stock-based compensation expense was recorded for the unvested portion of previously issued awards that remain outstanding at January 1, 2006 using the same estimate of the grant date fair value and the same attribution method used to determine the pro forma disclosure under SFAS No. 123. We were required to record a one-time, non-cash expense as a result of the amendment and acceleration of the options during the quarter ended September 30, 2006 of $314,593. There was no stock option compensation expense recorded for the year ended December 31, 2005. As of December 31, 2006, there were no options outstanding, and no further stock option expense will be recorded.
Interest income on cash and cash equivalents decreased during the year ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2005. The decrease is primarily a result of the increase in our portfolio of investments in real estate and mortgage loans, resulting in lower average cash balances invested.
During the year ended December 31, 2006, interest income on employee loans increased, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2005. This increase is a result of 12 employee loans that were originated during 2006, coupled with an employee loan that was originated during 2005, where interest was earned for the full year 2006.
Other income for the year ended December 31, 2006 consisted of income received from defaulted interest, expenses, and late penalties from the settlement on the defaulted mortgage loan on the Sterling Heights, Michigan property.
Interest expense increased for the year ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2005. This is primarily a result of an increase of approximately $5.35 million in interest expense and an increase of approximately $355,000 in amortization of deferred financing fees related to the long-term financings on 14 properties that closed in 2006, coupled with the write-off of approximately $590,000 in deferred financing fees related to our BB&T line of credit that was terminated in 2006, coupled with an increased amount outstanding on our line of credit during 2006 resulting in increased interest expense of approximately $473,000, partially offset by the assumption of the mortgage notes on the Canadian properties by the purchaser of the properties.
Foreign currency gains and losses
Net realized foreign currency gains and losses represents the gains and losses in connection with the translation of monthly rental payments, the valuation of cash and the payment of quarterly taxes denominated in Canadian dollars, and the previously unrealized foreign currency losses associated with the valuation of the deferred rent assets and mortgage notes payable that became a realized foreign currency loss as of the date of sale. The net unrealized gains and losses from foreign currency transactions represents the valuation of the deferred rent asset and the mortgage notes payable related to the two Canadian properties in 2005, prior to the date of sale. Increases and decreases related to foreign currency gains and losses are a result of the fluctuation of the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Canadian dollar, which arise from our two Canadian properties, which were sold in July of 2006.

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Gain on sale of real estate
On July 21, 2006, we sold our two properties located in Canada for approximately $6.9 million dollars, for a gain on the sale of approximately $1.4 million. We paid approximately $315,000 in taxes related to the gain on the sale although; the actual amount of taxes due will not be finalized until 2006 tax returns are filed, however, we have been advised that the actual amount of taxes should be approximately $235,000, or $80,000 less than what was paid at closing, subject to final adjustments and federal (Canadian) tax return review. The mortgages associated with the Canadian properties were assumed by the buyer at closing.
Net income available to common stockholders
Net income available to common stockholders decreased for year ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2005. This decrease is primarily a result of the increased interest expense from the increased number of properties which have long-term financing, increased depreciation from the one time depreciation adjustment discussed above, stock option expense, asset retirement obligation expense and the preferred dividends paid, partially offset by the gain on sale of the two Canadian properties, the increase in our portfolio of investments in the past year and the corresponding increase in our revenues and the other events described above.
A comparison of our operating results for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 is below:
                                 
    December 31, 2005     December 31, 2004     $ Change     % Change  
Operating revenues
                               
Rental income
  $ 10,853,903     $ 3,210,142     $ 7,643,761       238 %
Interest income from mortgage notes receivable
    1,915,795       981,187       934,608       95 %
Tenant recovery revenue
    111,808             111,808       100 %
 
                         
Total operating revenues
    12,881,506       4,191,329       8,690,177       207 %
 
                         
 
                               
Operating expenses
                               
Depreciation and amortization
    3,521,128       946,971       2,574,157       272 %
Management advisory fee
    2,118,040       1,187,776       930,264       78 %
Professional fees
    563,205       448,969       114,236       25 %
Taxes and licenses
    242,803       13,603       229,200       1685 %
Insurance
    274,166       250,816       23,350       9 %
General and administrative
    249,791       276,192       (26,401 )     -10 %
Shareholder related expense
    215,907       152,408       63,499       42 %
 
                         
Total operating expenses
    7,185,040       3,276,735       3,908,305       119 %
 
                         
 
                               
Other income (expense)
                               
Interest income from temporary investments
    126,826       608,617       (481,791 )     -79 %
Interest income - employee loans
    21,041       6,042       14,999       248 %
Interest expense
    (2,333,376 )           (2,333,376 )     100 %
 
                         
Total other expense
    (2,185,509 )     614,659       (2,800,168 )     -456 %
 
                         
 
                               
Income from continuing operations
    3,510,957       1,529,253       1,981,704       130 %
 
                         
 
                               
Discontinued operations
                               
Income from discontinued operations
    309,545       94,675       214,870       227 %
Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency transactions
    (6,278 )           (6,278 )     100 %
Net unrealized (loss) gain from foreign currency transactions
    (212,279 )           (212,279 )     100 %
 
                         
Total discontinued operations
    90,988       94,675       (3,687 )     -4 %
 
                         
 
                               
Net income
  $ 3,601,945     $ 1,623,928     $ 1,978,017       122 %
 
                         

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Revenues
Rental income increased for the year ended December 31, 2005, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2004, primarily due to the acquisition of 18 properties between December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005, and properties acquired during 2004 that were held for the full year of 2005.
Interest income from the mortgage loans increased for the year ended December 31, 2005, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2004, partially due to a mortgage loan that was originated during the first quarter of 2004, and interest was only earned on this loan for a portion of the year ended December 31, 2004. The remaining increase was a result of an additional mortgage loan issued in April of 2005.
For the year ended December 31, 2005, we earned $111,808 of tenant recovery revenue. This tenant recovery revenue resulted from approximately $20,000 of franchise taxes we paid that were recovered for the 2004 tax year from the tenants of our Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania and Charlotte, North Carolina properties, and approximately $57,000 that will be recovered for the 2005 tax year from the tenants of our Canton, North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina and Mt, Pocono, Pennsylvania properties. It also includes approximately $9,000 of the management fee reimbursed by the tenant in our Charlotte, North Carolina property, and approximately $25,000 of insurance premiums reimbursed from our Austin, Texas; Big Flats, New York; and Eatontown, New Jersey properties.
Expenses
Depreciation and amortization expenses increased for the year ended December 31, 2005, as compared to year ended December 31, 2004, as a result of the 18 acquisitions completed between December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005, and properties acquired during 2004 that were held for the full year of 2005.
The management advisory fee for the year ended December 31, 2005 increased, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2004. The increase is primarily a result of the increased time that our Adviser’s employees spent on our company matters, coupled with an increase in overhead expenses incurred by our Adviser for our benefit. The management advisory fee consists of the reimbursement of expenses, including direct allocation of employee salaries and benefits, as well as general overhead expense, to our Adviser in accordance with the terms of the advisory agreement.
Professional fees, consisting primarily of legal and accounting fees, increased for the year ended December 31, 2005, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2004. The increase was primarily a result of the increased accounting fees related to the audit of our internal controls over financial reporting performed in order to comply with the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, coupled with fees incurred to research franchise tax issues in various states, along with fees to file tax returns for our properties located in Canada. The professional fees for the audit of the financial statements also increased, coupled with increased legal fees incurred from the increased portfolio of investments.
Taxes and licenses increased for the year ended December 31, 2005, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2004, which was primarily attributable to the payment of $206,000 of franchise taxes paid for doing business in certain states, of which approximately $77,000 is reimbursable from our tenants. Approximately $45,000 of these franchise taxes relate to taxes incurred in 2004; however management has determined that these expenses were immaterial to our 2004 earnings, and accordingly, they were subsequently expensed in the quarter ending March 31, 2005. The remainder of the expense resulted from state registration and annual fees incurred by various entities created to acquire our properties in separate states. We intend to attempt to reduce future incurrence of certain of these types of taxes next year by restructuring our entities in these specific states; however, we can not provide assurance that this restructuring will reduce the taxes in all states.
Insurance expense increased for the year ended December 31, 2005, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2004, primarily as a result of an increase in insurance premiums from the prior year, coupled with an increased number of properties that required insurance in 2005.

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Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2005 consisted of unused line of credit fees on the line of credit obtained in February 2005, interest expense from borrowings against the line of credit, interest expense on the mortgage notes payable, and amortization of deferred financing fees from long-term financings. We had no interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2004.
General and administrative expenses increased for the year ended December 31, 2005, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2004, and consisted mainly of directors’ fees, stockholder-related expenses, recruiting expense and external management fees. The increase was primarily a result of approximately $25,000 of fees that were written off related to a financing that did not close, coupled with increases in stockholder-related expenses from the prior year as a result of increased fees paid to our transfer agent, and larger fees paid for an increased number of press releases and SEC filings made during the year, partially offset by recruiting expense paid in 2004 and no recruiting expense paid in 2005, coupled with a decrease in the costs associated with printing our annual report.
Interest Income
Interest income on cash and cash equivalents decreased during the year ended December 31, 2005, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2004. The decrease is primarily a result of the increase in our portfolio of investments in real estate and mortgage loans, resulting in lower average cash balances invested. This interest represents the interest earned on the investment of the net proceeds from our initial public offering in short-term investment grade securities, primarily U.S. Treasury Bills.
During the year ended December 31, 2005, interest income on employee loans increased as compared to the year ended December 31, 2004. This increase is a result of an employee loan that was originated during the third quarter of 2004, and thus interest was only earned on this loan for a portion of the year ended December 31, 2004, and is also a result of our issuance of an additional employee loan in May of 2005.
Foreign Currency Loss
Net realized foreign currency transaction loss during the year ended December 31, 2005 represents the loss in connection with the translation of monthly rental payments, the valuation of cash and quarterly tax payments denominated in Canadian dollars. Net unrealized loss from foreign currency transactions includes the valuation of the deferred rent asset and the mortgage notes payable. The unrealized loss was primarily a result of the valuation of the mortgage notes payable because the value of the US dollar to the Canadian dollar decreased by approximately 5% between the date the notes were issued on July 19, 2005 and December 31, 2005. There was no foreign currency loss during the year ended December 31, 2004.
Net Income
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2005 increased as compared to the year ended December 31, 2004. This increase is primarily a result of the increase in our portfolio of investments in the past year and the corresponding increase in our revenues and the other events described above.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash and Cash Equivalents
At December 31, 2006, we had approximately $36.0 million in cash and cash equivalents. We have access to our existing line of credit and have obtained mortgages on 23 of our properties. We expect to obtain additional mortgages secured by some or all of our real property in the future. We anticipate continuing to borrow funds and issuing additional equity securities in order to obtain additional capital. To this end, and as described in greater detail below, we have completed two public offerings of preferred stock during 2006, the first of which was the public offering of 1,000,000 shares of 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a price of $25.00 per share, under our shelf registration statement on Form S-3. The second was the public offering of 1,150,000 shares of 7.5% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a price of $25.00 per share, under our shelf registration statement on Form S-3. We expect that the funds from our line of credit, additional mortgages and securities offerings will provide us with sufficient capital to make additional investments and to fund our continuing operations for the foreseeable future.
Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities during the year ended December 31, 2006, consisting primarily of the items described in “Results of Operations,” was approximately $12.0 million, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $7.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2005.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2006 was $47.7 million, which primarily consisted of the purchase of nine properties, as described in the “Investments” section above, partially offset by the proceeds from the sale of the two Canadian properties, as compared to net cash used in investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2005 of $128.9 million, which primarily consisted of the purchases of 18 properties and the extension of one mortgage loan.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2006 was approximately $69.9 million, which primarily consisted of the proceeds received from the long-term financing of 14 of our properties, the proceeds from borrowings under our line of credit, and the proceeds from the offering of our preferred stock, partially offset by repayments on the line of credit, the repayment of our two mortgage loans on the Canadian properties, payments for deferred financing costs and dividend payments. Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2005 was approximately $94.1 million, which consisted of the proceeds received from the long-term financing of 11 of our properties, the proceeds from borrowing under our line of credit, and principal repayments on employee loans, partially offset by principal repayments on the mortgage notes payable, repayments on the line of credit, dividend payments to our stockholders, and financing costs paid in connection with our line of credit and mortgage notes payable.
Future Capital Needs
We had purchase commitments for 2 properties at December 31, 2006 in the aggregate amount of approximately $15.7 million. One of the properties was acquired in January of 2007 for approximately $7.9 million, and the other property was acquired in February of 2007 for approximately $7.8 million.
As of December 31, 2006, we had investments in 38 real properties for a net value of approximately $259 million and one mortgage loan for $10.0 million. During 2007 and beyond, we expect to complete additional acquisitions of real estate and to extend additional mortgage notes. We intend to acquire additional properties by borrowing all or a portion of the purchase price and collateralizing the loan with mortgages secured by some or all of our real property, by borrowing against our existing line of credit, or by issuing additional equity securities. We may also use these funds for general corporate needs. If we are unable to make any required debt payments on any borrowings we make in the future, our lenders could foreclose on the properties collateralizing their loans, which could cause us to lose part or all of our investments in such properties.

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Preferred Stock Offerings
On January 18, 2006 we completed the public offering of 1,000,000 shares of 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a price of $25.00 per share, under our shelf registration statement on Form S-3, and pursuant to the terms set forth in a prospectus dated October 24, 2005, as supplemented by a final prospectus supplement dated January 18, 2006. The preferred stock may be redeemed at a liquidation preference in the amount of $25.00 per share plus any unpaid dividends at our election on or after January 30, 2011. These securities have no stated maturity, sinking fund or mandatory redemption and are not convertible into any other securities of the Company. The closing of the offering took place on January 26, 2006, and the stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the trading symbol “GOODP.” Net proceeds of the offering, after underwriting discounts and offering expenses, were approximately $23.7 million, and the net proceeds were used to repay outstanding indebtedness under our line of credit.
On October 18, 2006, we completed a public offering of 1,150,000 shares of 7.5% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), par value $0.001 per share, at a price of $25.00 per share, under our shelf registration statement on Form S-3, and pursuant to the terms set forth in a prospectus dated October 24, 2005, as supplemented by a final prospectus supplement dated October 18, 2006. The preferred stock may be redeemed at a liquidation preference in the amount of $25.00 per share plus any unpaid dividends at our election on or after October 31, 2011. These securities have no stated maturity, sinking fund or mandatory redemption and are not convertible into any other securities. The closing of the offering occurred on October 25, 2006, and the Series B Preferred Stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the trading symbol “GOODO.” Net proceeds of the offering, after underwriting discounts and offering expenses, were approximately $27.4 million and the net proceeds were used to repay outstanding indebtedness under our line of credit. We have up to an aggregate dollar amount of $21,250,000 in securities still available for issuance under our shelf registration statement.
Line of Credit
On December 29, 2006, we entered into a $75 million senior revolving credit agreement with a syndicate of banks led by KeyBank National Association, which matures on December 29, 2009 with an option to extend for an additional year. The new revolving credit facility replaces a previous facility led by Branch Banking and Trust, or BB&T, which was terminated upon the closing of the new line. Upon termination of the credit facility with BB&T, we wrote off approximately $590,000 in unamortized deferred financing fees. The interest rate charged on the advances under the facility is based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), the prime rate or the federal funds rate, depending on market conditions, and adjusts periodically. The unused portion of the line of credit is subject to a fee of 0.15% per year. Our ability to access this funding source is subject to us continuing to meet customary lending requirements such as compliance with financial and operating covenants and meeting certain lending limits. The maximum amount we may draw under this agreement is based on a percentage of the value of properties pledged as collateral to the banks, which must meet agreed upon eligibility standards. As we arrange for long-term mortgages for these pledged properties, the banks will release the properties from the line of credit and reduce the availability under the line of credit by the advanced amount of the removed property. Conversely, as we purchase new properties meeting the eligibility standards, we may pledge these new properties to obtain additional advances under this agreement. We may use the advances under the line of credit for both general corporate purposes and the acquisition of new investments. As of December 31, 2006, there was $0 outstanding under the line of credit.

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Mortgage Notes Payable
On February 21, 2006, we assumed approximately $10.0 million of indebtedness pursuant to a long-term note payable from Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in connection with our acquisition, on the same date, of a property located in Champaign, Illinois. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.91% per year, and we may not repay this note prior to the last 3 months of the term, or we would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note matures on December 1, 2013.
On February 21, 2006, we assumed approximately $20.0 million of indebtedness pursuant to a long-term note payable from Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc, in connection with our acquisition, on the same date, of a property located in Roseville, Minnesota. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.20% per year, and we may not repay this note prior to the last 3 months of the term, or we would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note matures on June 30, 2014.
On March 29, 2006, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, we borrowed $17.0 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from CIBC Inc. which is collateralized by security interests in our Big Flats, New York property, our Eatontown, New Jersey property, and our Franklin Township, New Jersey property in the amounts of approximately $5.6 million, $4.6 million and $6.8 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.92% per year, and we may not repay this note until after January 1, 2016, or we would be subject to a prepayment penalty. The note has an anticipated maturity date of April 1, 2016, with a clause in which the lender has the option of extending the maturity date to April 1, 2036. We used the proceeds from the note to pay down our line of credit.
On April 27, 2006, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, we borrowed $14.9 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from IXIS Real Estate Capital Inc. which is collateralized by security interests in our Wichita, Kansas property, our Clintonville, Wisconsin property, our Rock Falls, Illinois property and our Angola, Indiana properties in the amounts of approximately $9.0 million, $3.6 million, $0.7 million and $1.6 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 6.58% per year, and we may not repay this note until after February 5, 2016, or we would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note has a maturity date of May 5, 2016, and we used the proceeds from the note to pay down our line of credit.
On November 22, 2006, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, we borrowed approximately $14.3 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from CIBC, Inc. which is collateralized by security interests in our San Antonio, Texas property, our Arlington, Texas property, and our Lexington, North Carolina property in the amounts of approximately $7.2 million, $4.2 million, and $2.9 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.76% per year, and we may not repay this note until after September 1, 2016, or we would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note has a maturity date of December 1, 2016, and we used the proceeds from the note to pay down the remaining balance on our line of credit.
On December 22, 2006, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, we borrowed approximately $21.8 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from CIBC, Inc. which is collateralized by security interests in our Burnsville, Minnesota property, our Newburyport, Massachusetts property, and our Toledo, Ohio property in the amounts of approximately $12.0 million, $6.8 million, and $3.0 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.79% per year, and we may not repay this note until after October 1, 2016, or we would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note has a maturity date of January 1, 2017, and we invested the proceeds from the note in our money market account and plan to use the proceeds for future acquisitions.
On February 8, 2007, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, we borrowed approximately $13.8 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from KeyBank National Association which is collateralized by security interests in our Austin, Texas property, our Richmond, Virginia property, and our Baytown, Texas property in the amounts of approximately $6.5 million, $5.3 million, and $2.0 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 6.00% per year, and we may repay this note with 60 days notice to KeyBank, but would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note has a maturity date of March 1, 2017, and we invested the proceeds from the note in our money market account and plan to use the proceeds for future acquisitions.

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Contractual Obligations
The following table reflects our significant contractual obligations as of December 31, 2006:
                                         
Contractual Obligations   Total     Less than 1 Year     1-3 Years     3-5 Years     More than 5 Years  
Long-Term Debt Obligations (1)
  $ 154,494,438     $ 868,213     $ 3,389,289     $ 4,544,629     $ 145,692,307  
Interest on Long-Term Debt Obligations (2)
    76,658,992       8,901,464       17,599,624       17,108,930       33,048,974  
Capital Lease Obligations
                             
Operating Lease Obligations (3)
                             
Purchase Obligations (4)
    15,650,000       15,650,000                    
Other Long-Term Liabilities Reflected on the Registrant’s Balance Sheet under GAAP
                             
 
                             
Total
  $ 246,803,430     $ 25,419,677     $ 20,988,913     $ 21,653,559     $ 178,741,281  
 
                             
 
(1)   Long-term debt obligations represent both borrowings under our KeyBank line of credit and mortgage notes payble that were outstanding as of December 31, 2006. The line of credit matures in December of 2009.
 
(2)   Interest on long-term debt obligations does not include interest on our borrowings under our line of credit. The balance and interest rate on our line of credit is variable and, thus, the amount of interest can not be calculated for purposes of this table.
 
(3)   This does not include the portion of the operating lease on office space that is allocated to us by our Adviser in connection with our advisory agreement.
 
(4)   The purchase obligations reflected in the above table represents commitments outstanding at December 31, 2006 to purchase real estate, of which $7.9 million closed in January of 2007, and $7.8 million closed in February of 2007.
Funds from Operations
The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, developed funds from operations, or FFO, as a relative non-GAAP, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States, supplemental measure of operating performance of an equity REIT in order to recognize that income-producing real estate historically has not depreciated on the basis determined under GAAP. FFO, as defined by NAREIT, is net income (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains, or losses, from sales of property, plus depreciation and amortization of real estate assets, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures.
FFO does not represent cash flows from operating activities in accordance with GAAP, which, unlike FFO, generally reflects all cash effects of transactions and other events in the determination of net income, and should not be considered an alternative to net income as an indication of our performance or to cash flows from operations as a measure of liquidity or ability to make distributions. Comparison of FFO, using the NAREIT definition, to similarly titled measures for other REITs may not necessarily be meaningful due to possible differences in the application of the NAREIT definition used by such REITs.
FFO available to common stockholders is FFO adjusted to subtract preferred share dividends. We believe that net income available to common stockholders is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to FFO available to common stockholders.
Basic funds from operations per share, or Basic FFO per share, and diluted funds from operations per share, or Diluted FFO per share, is FFO available to common stockholders divided by weighted average common shares outstanding and FFO available to common stockholders divided by weighted average common shares outstanding on a diluted basis, respectively, during a period. We believe that FFO available to common stockholders, Basic FFO per share and Diluted FFO per share are useful to investors because they provide investors with a further context for evaluating our FFO results in the same manner that investors use net income and earnings per share, or EPS, in evaluating net income available to common shareholders. In addition, since most REITs provide FFO, Basic FFO and Diluted FFO per share information to the investment community, we believe FFO available to common stockholders, Basic FFO per share and Diluted FFO per share are useful supplemental measures for comparing us to other REITs. We believe that net income is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to FFO, Basic EPS is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to Basic FFO per share, and that diluted EPS is the most directly comparable GAAP measure to Diluted FFO per share.

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The following table provides a reconciliation of our FFO for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, net income, and a computation of basic and diluted FFO per weighed average common share and basic and diluted net income per weighted average common share:
                                 
                            Period February 14,  
                            2003 (inception)  
    For the year ended     For the year ended     For the year ended     through December  
    December 31, 2006     December 31, 2005     December 31, 2004     31, 2003  
 
                       
Net income
  $ 4,372,828     $ 3,601,945     $ 1,623,928     $ (240,871 )
Less: Dividends attributable to preferred stock
    (2,186,890 )                  
 
                       
Net income available to common stockholders
    2,185,938       3,601,945       1,623,928       (240,871 )
 
                               
Add: Real estate depreciation and amortization, including discontinued operations
    8,349,474       3,651,119       973,345       5,827  
Less: Gain on sale of real estate, net of taxes paid
    (1,106,590 )                  
 
                       
FFO available to common stockholders
  $ 9,428,822     $ 7,253,064     $ 2,597,273     $ (235,044 )
 
                               
Weighted average shares outstanding — basic
    7,827,781       7,670,219       7,649,855       3,229,119  
Weighted average shares outstanding — diluted
    7,986,690       7,723,220       7,708,534       3,229,119  
 
                               
Basic net income per weighted average common share
  $ 0.28     $ 0.47     $ 0.21     $ (0.07 )
 
                       
Diluted net income per weighted average common share
  $ 0.27     $ 0.47     $ 0.21     $ (0.07 )
 
                       
Basic FFO per weighted average common share
  $ 1.20     $ 0.95     $ 0.34     $ (0.07 )
 
                       
Diluted FFO per weighted average common share
  $ 1.18     $ 0.94     $ 0.34     $ (0.07 )
 
                       

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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk
Market risk includes risks that arise from changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity prices and other market changes that affect market sensitive instruments. The primary risk that we believe we will be exposed to is interest rate risk. We currently own one variable rate loan receivable, certain of our leases contain escalations based on market interest rates, and the interest rate on our existing line of credit is variable. We seek to mitigate this risk by structuring such provisions to contain a minimum interest rate or escalation rate, as applicable. We are also exposed to the effects of interest rate changes as a result of the holding of our cash and cash equivalents in short-term, interest-bearing investments.
To illustrate the potential impact of changes in interest rates on our net income, we have performed the following analysis, which assumes that our balance sheet remains constant and no further actions beyond a minimum interest rate or escalation rate are taken to alter our existing interest rate sensitivity.
Under this analysis, a hypothetical increase in the one month LIBOR rate by 1% would increase our interest and rental revenue by $36,500, or 1.7%, over the next twelve months, compared to net income for the latest twelve months ended December 31, 2006. A hypothetical decrease in the one month LIBOR by 1% would decrease our interest and rental revenue by $36,500, or 1.7%, over the next twelve months, compared to net income for the latest twelve months ended December 31, 2006. Although management believes that this analysis is indicative of our existing interest rate sensitivity, it does not adjust for potential changes in credit quality, size and composition of our loan and lease portfolio on the balance sheet and other business developments that could affect net income. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that actual results would not differ materially from the results under this hypothetical analysis.
As of December 31, 2006, our fixed rate debt outstanding was approximately $154.5 million. Interest rate fluctuations may affect the fair value of our fixed rate debt instruments. If interest rates on our fixed rate debt instruments, using rates at December 31, 2006, had been one percentage point higher or lower, the fair value of those debt instruments on that date would have decreased or increased, respectively, by approximately $10.2 million.
In the future, we may be exposed to additional effects of interest rate changes primarily as a result of our line of credit or long-term debt used to maintain liquidity and fund expansion of our real estate investment portfolio and operations. Our interest rate risk management objectives are to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower overall borrowing costs. To achieve this objective, we will borrow primarily at fixed rates or variable rates with the lowest margins available and, in some cases, with the ability to convert variable rates to fixed rates. We may also enter into derivative financial instruments such as interest rate swaps and caps in order to mitigate the interest rate risk on a related financial instrument. We will not enter into derivative or interest rate transactions for speculative purposes.
In addition to changes in interest rates, the value of our real estate is subject to fluctuations based on changes in local and regional economic conditions and changes in the creditworthiness of lessees, all of which may affect our ability to refinance debt if necessary.

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
Notes to Financial Statements
Schedule III — Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
Schedule IV — Mortgage Loans on Real Estate

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of
Gladstone Commercial Corporation:
We have completed integrated audits of Gladstone Commercial Corporation’s consolidated financial statements and of its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Our opinions, based on our audits, are presented below.
Consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements listed in the accompanying index present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Gladstone Commercial Corporation and its subsidiaries at December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In addition, in our opinion, the financial statement schedules listed in the accompanying index present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements. These financial statements and financial statement schedules are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial statement schedules based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit of financial statements includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Internal control over financial reporting
Also, in our opinion, management’s assessment, included in Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A, that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on those criteria. Furthermore, in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the COSO. The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express opinions on management’s assessment and on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We conducted our audit of internal control over financial reporting in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. An audit of internal control over financial reporting includes obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we consider necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinions.

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A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
McLean, VA
February 27, 2007

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GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                 
    December 31, 2006     December 31, 2005  
ASSETS
               
Real estate, net of accumulated depreciation of $8,595,419 and $3,408,878, respectively
  $ 235,118,123     $ 161,634,761  
Lease intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of $4,175,685 and $1,221,413, respectively
    23,416,696       13,947,484  
Mortgage notes receivable
    10,000,000       21,025,815  
Cash and cash equivalents
    36,005,686       1,740,159  
Restricted cash
    1,225,162       1,974,436  
Funds held in escrow
    1,635,819       1,041,292  
Interest receivable — mortgage note
          70,749  
Interest receivable — employees
    43,716        
Deferred rent receivable
    3,607,279       2,590,617  
Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $1,467,297 and $260,099, respectively
    3,713,004       1,811,017  
Prepaid expenses
    521,290       385,043  
Deposits on real estate
    300,000       600,000  
Accounts receivable
    179,247       225,581  
 
           
 
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 315,766,022     $ 207,046,954  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
 
               
LIABILITIES
               
Mortgage notes payable
  $ 154,494,438     $ 61,558,961  
Borrowings under line of credit
          43,560,000  
Deferred rent liability
    4,718,599        
Asset retirement obligation liability
    1,631,294        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
    673,410       493,002  
Due to adviser
    183,042       164,155  
Rent received in advance, security deposits and funds held in escrow
    1,841,063       2,322,300  
 
           
 
               
Total Liabilities
    163,541,846       108,098,418  
 
           
 
               
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Redeemable preferred stock, $0.001 par value; $25 liquidation preference;
               
2,300,000 shares authorized and 2,150,000 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2006
    2,150        
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 17,700,000 shares authorized and 8,565,264 and 7,672,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
    8,565       7,672  
Additional paid in capital
    170,640,979       105,502,544  
Notes receivable — employees
    (3,201,322 )     (432,282 )
Distributions in excess of accumulated earnings
    (15,226,196 )     (6,129,398 )
 
           
 
               
Total Stockholders’ Equity
    152,224,176       98,948,536  
 
           
 
               
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
  $ 315,766,022     $ 207,046,954  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                         
    For the year ended December 31,  
    2006     2005     2004  
Operating revenues
                       
Rental income
  $ 23,964,035     $ 10,853,903     $ 3,210,142  
Interest income from mortgage notes receivable
    1,845,231       1,915,795       981,187  
Tenant recovery revenue
    136,280       111,808        
 
                 
Total operating revenues
    25,945,546       12,881,506       4,191,329  
 
                 
 
                       
Operating expenses
                       
Depreciation and amortization
    8,297,174       3,521,128       946,971  
Management advisory fee
    2,902,053       2,118,040       1,187,776  
Professional fees
    953,066       563,205       448,969  
Taxes and licenses
    193,032       242,803       13,603  
Insurance
    417,909       274,166       250,816  
General and administrative
    469,260       249,791       276,192  
Shareholder related expenses
    311,049       215,907       152,408  
Asset retirement obligation expense
    129,142              
Stock option compensation expense
    394,411              
 
                 
Total operating expenses
    14,067,096       7,185,040       3,276,735  
 
                 
 
                       
Other income (expense)
                       
Interest income from temporary investments
    76,772       126,826       608,617  
Interest income — employee loans
    125,788       21,041       6,042  
Other income
    380,915              
Interest expense
    (9,104,894 )     (2,333,376 )      
 
                 
Total other income (expense)
    (8,521,419 )     (2,185,509 )     614,659  
 
                 
 
                       
Income from continuing operations
    3,357,031       3,510,957       1,529,253  
 
                 
Discontinued operations
                       
Income from discontinued operations
    112,145       309,545       94,675  
Net realized loss from foreign currency transactions
    (202,938 )     (6,278 )      
Net unrealized loss from foreign currency transactions
          (212,279 )      
Gain on sale of real estate
    1,422,026              
Taxes on sale of real estate
    (315,436 )            
 
                 
Total discontinued operations
    1,015,797       90,988       94,675  
 
                 
 
                       
Net income
    4,372,828       3,601,945       1,623,928  
 
                 
 
                       
Dividends attributable to preferred stock
    (2,186,890 )            
 
                 
 
                       
Net income available to common stockholders
  $ 2,185,938     $ 3,601,945     $ 1,623,928  
 
                 
 
                       
Earnings per weighted average common share — basic
                       
Income from continuing operations (net of dividends attributable to preferred stock)
  $ 0.15     $ 0.46     $ 0.20  
Discontinued operations
    0.13       0.01       0.01  
 
                 
 
                       
Net income available to common stockholders
  $ 0.28     $ 0.47     $ 0.21  
 
                 
 
                       
Earnings per weighted average common share — diluted
                       
Income from continuing operations (net of dividends attributable to preferred stock)
  $ 0.14     $ 0.46     $ 0.20  
Discontinued operations
    0.13       0.01       0.01  
 
                       
 
                 
Net income available to common stockholders
  $ 0.27     $ 0.47     $ 0.21  
 
                 
Weighted average shares outstanding
                       
Basic
    7,827,781       7,670,219       7,649,855  
 
                 
Diluted
    7,986,690       7,723,220       7,708,534  
 
                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                                                 
                            Notes     Distributions in        
                    Capital in     Receivable     Excess of     Total  
    Common     Preferred     Excess of     From Sale of     Accumulated     Stockholders’  
    Stock     Stock     Par Value     Common Stock     Earnings     Equity  
Balance at December 31, 2003
  $ 7,642     $     $ 105,060,304     $     $ (317,291 )   $ 104,750,655  
 
                                   
Issuance of Common Stock Under Stock Option Plan
    25             374,975       (375,000 )            
Public Offering Costs
                (7,730 )                 (7,730 )
Distributions Declared to Common Stockholders
                            (3,674,160 )     (3,674,160 )
Net income
                            1,623,928       1,623,928  
 
                                   
Balance at December 31, 2004
  $ 7,667     $     $ 105,427,549     $ (375,000 )   $ (2,367,523 )   $ 102,692,693  
 
                                   
Issuance of Common Stock Under Stock Option Plan
    5             74,995       (75,000 )            
Repayment of Principal on Notes Receivable
                      17,718             17,718  
Distributions Declared to Common Stockholders
                            (7,363,820 )     (7,363,820 )
Net income
                            3,601,945       3,601,945  
 
                                   
Balance at December 31, 2005
  $ 7,672     $     $ 105,502,544     $ (432,282 )   $ (6,129,398 )   $ 98,948,536  
 
                                   
Issuance of Common Stock Under Stock Option Plan
    893             13,650,453       (2,769,954 )           10,881,392  
Issuance of Preferred Stock
          2,150       53,747,850                   53,750,000  
Public Offering Costs
                (2,654,279 )                 (2,654,279 )
Stock Option Compensation Expense
                394,411                   394,411  
Repayment of Principal on Notes Receivable
                            914               914  
Distributions Declared to Common and Preferred Stockholders
                            (13,469,626 )     (13,469,626 )
Net income
                            4,372,828       4,372,828  
 
                                   
Balance at December 31, 2006
  $ 8,565     $ 2,150     $ 170,640,979     $ (3,201,322 )   $ (15,226,196 )   $ 152,224,176  
 
                                   
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                         
    For the year ended December 31,  
    2006     2005     2004  
Cash flows from operating activities:
                       
Net income
  $ 4,372,828     $ 3,601,945     $ 1,623,928  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                       
Depreciation and amortization, including discontinued operations
    8,349,474       3,651,119       973,345  
Amortization of deferred financing costs, including discontinued operations
    1,207,198       260,099        
Amortization of deferred rent asset
    253,496       178,070        
Amortization of deferred rent liability
    (696,261 )            
Asset retirement obligation expense, including discontinued operations
    139,074              
Increase in deferred rent receivable
    (1,270,159 )     (562,133 )     (210,846 )
Stock compensation
    394,411              
Increase in mortgage notes payable due to change in value of foreign currency
    202,066       209,395        
Value of building acquired in excess of mortgage note satisfied, applied to interest income
    (335,701 )            
Gain on sale of real estate
    (1,422,026 )            
Decrease (increase) in mortgage interest receivable
    70,749       (5,954 )     (64,795 )
(Increase) decrease in employee interest receivable
    (43,716 )     4,792       (4,792 )
Increase in prepaid expenses and other assets
    (89,913 )     (425,120 )     5,928  
Increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses, and amount due adviser
    196,294       359,537       63,325  
Increase in rent received in advance and security deposits
    695,988       488,913       214,066  
 
                 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    12,023,802       7,760,663       2,600,159  
 
                 
 
                       
Cash flows from investing activities:
                       
Real estate investments
    (48,339,307 )     (117,531,731 )     (58,875,648 )
Proceeds from sales of real estate
    2,102,567              
Issuance of mortgage note receivable
          (10,000,000 )     (11,170,000 )
Principal repayments on mortgage notes receivable
    44,742       81,902       62,283  
Net payments to lenders for reserves held in escrow
    (3,346,216 )     (1,041,292 )      
Increase in reserves from tenants
    1,574,464       158,646        
Deposits on future acquisitions
    (900,000 )     (2,686,000 )     (775,000 )
Deposits applied against real estate investments
    1,200,000       1,986,000       725,000  
Refunds of deposits on real estate
          150,000        
 
                 
Net cash used in investing activities
    (47,663,750 )     (128,882,475 )     (70,033,365 )
 
                 
 
                       
Cash flows from financing activities:
                       
Proceeds from share issuance
    65,089,026              
Redemption of shares for payment of taxes
    (457,634 )            
Offering costs
    (2,654,279 )           (7,730 )
Borrowings under mortgage notes payable
    68,055,000       61,419,179        
Principal repayments on mortgage notes payable
    (604,318 )     (70,479 )      
Borrowings from line of credit
    71,400,400       85,460,000        
Repayments on line of credit
    (114,960,400 )     (41,900,000 )      
Increase (decrease) in restricted cash
    749,274       (513,761 )      
Principal repayments on employee loans
    914       17,718        
Payments for deferred financing costs
    (3,242,881 )     (2,021,115 )     (50,000 )
Dividends paid for common and preferred
    (13,469,627 )     (8,283,860 )     (2,830,540 )
 
                 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    69,905,475       94,107,682       (2,888,270 )
 
                 
 
                       
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    34,265,527       (27,014,130 )     (70,321,476 )
 
                       
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    1,740,159       28,754,289       99,075,765  
 
                 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 36,005,686     $ 1,740,159     $ 28,754,289  
 
                 
 
                       
Cash paid during period for interest
  $ 8,045,342     $ 2,014,236     $  
 
                 
 
                       
NON-CASH INVESTING ACTIVITIES
                       
Increase in asset retirement obligation
  $ 1,631,294     $     $  
 
                 
NON-CASH FINANCING ACTIVITIES
                       
Fixed rate debt assumed in connection with acquisitions
  $ 30,129,654     $     $  
 
                 
Assumption of mortgage notes payable by buyer
  $ 4,846,925     $     $  
 
                 
Notes receivable issued in exchange for common stock associated with the exercise of employee stock options
  $ 2,769,954     $ 75,000     $ 375,000  
 
                 
Acquisition of building in satisfaction of mortgage note receivable
  $ 11,316,774     $     $  
 
                 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies
Gladstone Commercial Corporation (the “Company”) is a Maryland corporation that operates in a manner so as to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes and was incorporated on February 14, 2003 under the General Corporation Law of Maryland for the purpose of engaging in the business of investing in real estate properties net leased to creditworthy entities and making mortgage loans to creditworthy entities. Subject to certain restrictions and limitations, the business of the Company is managed by Gladstone Management Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Adviser”).
Subsidiaries
The Company conducts substantially all of its operations through a subsidiary, Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, (the “Operating Partnership”). As the Company currently owns all of the general and limited partnership interests of the Operating Partnership through GCLP Business Trust I and II as disclosed below, the financial position and results of operations of the Operating Partnership are consolidated with those of the Company.
Gladstone Commercial Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Commercial Partners”) and a subsidiary of the Company, was organized to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be organized in Delaware. Commercial Partners has the power to make and perform all contracts and to engage in all activities to carry out the purposes of the Company, and all other powers available to it as a limited liability company. As the Company currently owns all of the membership interests of Commercial Partners, the financial position and results of operations of Commercial Partners are consolidated with those of the Company.
Gladstone Lending, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Gladstone Lending”), and a subsidiary of the Company, was created to conduct all operations related to real estate mortgage loans of the Company. As the Operating Partnership currently owns all of the membership interests of Gladstone Lending, the financial position and results of operations of Gladstone Lending are consolidated with those of the Company.
Gladstone Commercial Advisers, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Commercial Advisers”) and a subsidiary of the Company, is a taxable REIT subsidiary (“TRS”), which was created to collect all non-qualifying income related to the Company’s real estate portfolio. It is currently anticipated that this income will predominately consist of fees received by the Company related to the leasing of real estate. There have been no such fees earned to date. Since the Company owns 100% of the voting securities of Commercial Advisers, the financial position and results of operations of Commercial Advisers are consolidated with those of the Company.
On December 28, 2005, GCLP Business Trust I and GCLP Business Trust II, each a business trust formed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, were established by the Company. On December 31, 2005, the Company transferred its 99% limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership to GCLP Business Trust I in exchange for 100 trust shares. Also on December 31, 2005, Gladstone Commercial Partners, LLC transferred its 1% general partnership interest in the Operating Partnership to GCLP Business Trust II in exchange for 100 trust shares.

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Investments in real estate
The Company records investments in real estate at cost and capitalizes improvements and replacements when they extend the useful life or improve the efficiency of the asset. The Company expenses costs of repairs and maintenance as incurred. The Company computes depreciation using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of 39 years for buildings and improvements, five to seven years for equipment and fixtures and the shorter of the useful life or the remaining lease term for tenant improvements and leasehold interests.
The Company accounts for its acquisitions of real estate in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141, “Business Combinations”, which requires the purchase price of real estate to be allocated to the acquired tangible assets and liabilities, consisting of land, building, tenant improvements, long-term debt and identified intangible assets and liabilities, consisting of the value of above-market and below-market leases, the value of in-place leases, the value of unamortized lease origination costs and the value of tenant relationships, based in each case on their fair values.
Management’s estimates of value are made using methods similar to those used by independent appraisers (e.g., discounted cash flow analysis). Factors considered by management in its analysis include an estimate of carrying costs during hypothetical expected lease-up periods considering current market conditions, and costs to execute similar leases. The Company also considers information obtained about each property as a result of its pre-acquisition due diligence, marketing and leasing activities in estimating the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired. In estimating carrying costs, management also includes real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the expected lease-up periods, which primarily range from nine to eighteen months, depending on specific local market conditions. Management also estimates costs to execute similar leases including leasing commissions, legal and other related expenses to the extent that such costs are not already incurred in connection with a new lease origination as part of the transaction.
The Company allocates purchase price to the fair value of the tangible assets of an acquired property by valuing the property as if it were vacant. The “as-if-vacant” value is allocated to land, building, and tenant improvements based on management’s determination of the relative fair values of these assets. Real estate depreciation expense on these tangible assets, including discontinued operations, was $5,351,412, $2,623,753, and $780,506 for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004 respectively.
Above-market and below-market in-place lease values for owned properties are recorded based on the present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (ii) management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. The capitalized above-market lease values, included in the accompanying balance sheet as part of deferred rent receivable, are amortized as a reduction of rental income over the remaining non-cancelable terms of the respective leases. The value of these above-market leases as of December 31, 2006 was $1,563,275. Total amortization related to above-market lease values was $253,496 and $178,070 for the years ended December 31, 2006, and 2005 respectively. There was no amortization related to above-market leases values in 2004. The capitalized below-market lease values, included in the accompanying balance sheet as deferred rent liability, are amortized as an increase to rental income over the initial term and any fixed-rate renewal periods in the respective leases. The value of these below-market leases as of December 31, 2006 was $4,718,599 and total amortization related to below-market lease values was $696,261 for the year ended December 31, 2006. There were no below-market lease values recorded for the years ended December 31, 2005, and 2004.
The Company has determined that certain of its properties, which were originally not treated as business combinations under SFAS No. 141 because there was not an existing lease in place at the time of acquisition, should have been treated as business combinations when determining the purchase price of the real estate. These properties had leases that were put in place on the date of acquisition and thus were implicitly included in the purchase price and should have been considered as leases in place for purposes of

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determining if the acquisitions were business combinations. As a result, the Company reallocated approximately $1.2 million of land, building and tenant improvements to intangible assets and recognized additional amortization of $140,606, offset by increased rental revenue related to below market rents of approximately $28,000, for a net decrease in income of approximately $112,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 2006. Of the additional $112,000 recognized in the quarter ended March 31, 2006, approximately $90,000 relates to periods prior to 2006, and management has deemed the amount immaterial to those periods.
The total amount of the remaining intangible assets acquired, which consist of in-place lease values, unamortized lease origination costs, and customer relationship intangible values, are allocated based on management’s evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease and the Company’s overall relationship with that respective tenant. Characteristics to be considered by management in allocating these values include the nature and extent of our existing business relationships with the tenant, growth prospects for developing new business with the tenant, the tenant’s credit quality and expectations of lease renewals (including those existing under the terms of the lease agreement), among other factors.
The value of in-place leases and unamortized lease origination costs are amortized to expense over the remaining term of the respective leases, which range from five to twenty years. The value of customer relationship intangibles, which is the benefit to the Company resulting from the likelihood of an existing tenant renewing its lease, are amortized to expense over the remaining term and any renewal periods in the respective leases, but in no event does the amortization period for intangible assets exceed the remaining depreciable life of the building. Should a tenant terminate its lease, the unamortized portion of the in-place lease value and customer relationship intangibles will be charged to expense. Total amortization expense related to these intangible assets, including discontinued operations, was $2,998,062, $1,027,367 and $192,839 for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004 respectively.
The following table summarizes the net value of other intangible assets and the accumulated amortization for each intangible asset class:
                                 
    December 31, 2006     December 31, 2005  
            Accumulated             Accumulated  
    Lease Intangibles     Amortization     Lease Intangibles     Amortization  
In-place leases
  $ 10,738,319     $ (1,907,668 )   $ 5,625,736     $ (558,997 )
Leasing costs
    5,891,099       (1,267,829 )     5,047,033       (505,078 )
Customer relationships
    10,962,963       (1,000,188 )     4,496,128       (157,338 )
 
                       
 
  $ 27,592,381     $ (4,175,685 )   $ 15,168,897     $ (1,221,413 )
 
                       

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The estimated aggregate amortization expense for the current and each of the four succeeding fiscal years is as follows:
         
    Estimated Amortization
Year   Expense
2007
  $ 3,209,386  
2008
    3,209,386  
2009
    3,081,746  
2010
    2,972,663  
2011
    2,532,889  
Impairment
Investments in Real Estate
The Company accounts for the impairment of real estate in accordance with SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” which requires that the Company periodically review the carrying value of each property to determine if circumstances that indicate impairment in the carrying value of the investment exist or that depreciation periods should be modified. If circumstances support the possibility of impairment, the Company prepares a projection of the undiscounted future cash flows, without interest charges, of the specific property and determines if the investment in such property is recoverable. If impairment is indicated, the carrying value of the property would be written down to its estimated fair value based on the Company’s best estimate of the property’s discounted future cash flows. There have been no impairments recognized on the Company’s real estate assets at December 31, 2006.
Provision for Loan Losses
The Company’s accounting policies require that it reflect in its financial statements an allowance for estimated credit losses with respect to mortgage loans it has made based upon its evaluation of known and inherent risks associated with its private lending assets. Management reflects provisions for loan losses based upon its assessment of general market conditions, its internal risk management policies and credit risk rating system, industry loss experience, its assessment of the likelihood of delinquencies or defaults, and the value of the collateral underlying its investments. Actual losses, if any, could ultimately differ from these estimates. There have been no provisions for loan losses at December 31, 2006.
Cash and cash equivalents
The Company considers all short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to cash and have a maturity of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents; except that any such investments purchased with funds held in escrow or similar accounts are classified as restricted cash. Items classified as cash equivalents include commercial paper and money-market funds. All of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2006 were held in the custody of two financial institutions, and the Company’s balance at times may exceed federally insurable limits. The Company mitigates this risk by depositing funds with major financial institutions.
Restricted cash
Restricted cash consists of security deposits and funds held in escrow for certain tenants. The funds held in escrow are for capital improvements, taxes, insurance and other replacement reserves for certain of our tenants. These funds will be released to the tenants upon completion of agreed upon tasks as specified in the lease agreements, mainly consisting of maintenance and repairs on the buildings, and when evidence of insurance and tax payments has been submitted to the Company.

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Funds held in escrow
Funds held in escrow consist of funds held by certain of the Company’s lenders for properties held as collateral by these lenders. These funds consist of replacement reserves for capital improvements, repairs and maintenance, insurance and taxes. These funds will be released to the Company upon completion of agreed upon tasks as specified in the mortgage agreements, mainly consisting of maintenance and repairs on the buildings, and when evidence of insurance and tax payments has been submitted to the lenders.
Deferred financing costs
Deferred financing costs consist of costs incurred to obtain long-term financing, including, legal fees, origination fees, and administrative fees. The costs are deferred and amortized using the straight-line method, which approximates the effective interest method, over the term of the financing secured. Total amortization expense related to deferred financing costs, including discontinued operations, was $1,207,198 and $260,099 for the years ended December 31, 2006, and 2005 respectively. Approximately $590,000 of the deferred financing costs incurred for the year ended December 31, 2006 related to the write off of the unamortized deferred financing fees from the termination of the line of credit with Branch Banking and Trust in December 2006. There were no deferred financing costs recorded in 2004. Deferred financing costs are included in the interest expense line item in the consolidated financial statements.
Revenue recognition
Rental revenues include rents that each tenant pays in accordance with the terms of its respective lease reported on a straight-line basis over the non-cancelable term of the lease. Certain of the Company’s leases currently contain rental increases at specified intervals, and straight-line basis accounting requires the Company to record an asset, and include in revenues, deferred rent receivable that will be received if the tenant makes all rent payments required through the expiration of the initial term of the lease. Deferred rent receivable in the accompanying balance sheet includes the cumulative difference between rental revenue as recorded on a straight line basis and rents received from the tenants in accordance with the lease terms, along with the capitalized above-market lease values of certain acquired properties. Accordingly, the Company determines, in its judgment, to what extent the deferred rent receivable applicable to each specific tenant is collectible. The Company reviews deferred rent receivable, as it relates to straight line rents, on a quarterly basis and takes into consideration the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located. In the event that the collectibility of deferred rent with respect to any given tenant is in doubt, the Company records an increase in the allowance for uncollectible accounts or records a direct write-off of the specific rent receivable, which would have an adverse effect on the net income for the year in which the reserve is increased or the direct write-off is recorded and would decrease total assets and stockholders’ equity. No such reserves have been recorded as of December 31, 2006.
Rental payments for two of the Company’s leases, where the rental payments under the leases were based on annual increases in the CPI index, with a provision that required minimum annual rental increases and maximum annual rental increases, were not originally straight lined at the time the leases were put into place. Upon further review of SFAS No. 13, “Accounting for Leases,” it was determined that since the rents will increase by a minimum amount per year, that the rental income should be straight lined over the life of the leases assuming the minimum increase pursuant to SFAS 13. The Company made a cumulative adjusting entry in June of 2006 of approximately $179,000, approximately $123,000 of which related to 2005, which management has deemed immaterial to the year ended December 31, 2005.
Management considers its loans and other lending investments to be held-for-investment. The Company reflects held-for-investment investments at amortized cost less allowance for loan losses, acquisition premiums or discounts, deferred loan fees and undisbursed loan funds. On occasion, the Company may acquire loans at small premiums or discounts based on the credit characteristics of such loans. These premiums or discounts are recognized as yield adjustments over the lives of the related loans. Loan origination or exit fees, as well as direct loan origination costs, are also deferred and recognized over the lives of the related loans as yield adjustments. If loans with premiums, discounts, loan origination or exit fees are prepaid, the Company immediately recognizes the unamortized portion as a decrease or increase in the prepayment gain or loss. Interest income is recognized using the effective interest method applied on a loan-by-loan basis. Prepayment penalties or yield maintenance payments from borrowers are recognized as additional income when received.

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Stock based compensation
In December of 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) approved the revision of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, and issued the revised SFAS No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment.” In April of 2005, the effective date of adoption was changed from interim periods ending after June 15, 2005 to annual periods beginning after June 15, 2005. SFAS No. 123(R) effectively replaces SFAS No. 123, and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25. The new standard was effective for awards that are granted, modified, or settled in cash for annual periods beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company adopted SFAS No. 123(R) on January 1, 2006 using the modified prospective approach. Under the modified prospective approach, stock-based compensation expense was recorded for the unvested portion of previously issued awards that remained outstanding at January 1, 2006 using the same estimate of the grant date fair value and the same attribution method used to determine the pro forma disclosure under SFAS No. 123. SFAS No. 123(R) also requires that all share-based payments to employees after January 1, 2006, including employee stock options, be recognized in the financial statements as stock-based compensation expense based on the fair value on the date of grant. The Company recorded total stock option compensation expense of $394,411 for the year ended December 31, 2006. As of December 31, 2006, there were no options outstanding.
In October of 2005, the FASB released FASB Staff Position No. FAS 123(R)-2 (“FSP FAS No. 123(R)-2”), “Practical Accommodation to the Application of Grant Date as Defined in FASB Statement No. 123(R).” FSP FAS No. 123(R)-2 provides guidance on the application of grant date as defined in SFAS No. 123(R). The FASB addresses the notion of “mutual understanding,” specifically that a mutual understanding shall be presumed to exist at the date the award is approved in accordance with the relevant corporate governance requirements if the award is a unilateral grant and therefore the recipient does not have the ability to negotiate the terms and conditions of the award with the employer and the key terms and conditions of the award are expected to be communicated to an individual recipient within a relatively short time period for the date of approval. The Company applied FSP FAS No. 123(R)-2 in conjunction with the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) on January 1, 2006.
Income taxes
The Company has operated and intends to continue to operate in a manner that will allow it to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and accordingly will not be subject to Federal income taxes on amounts distributed to stockholders (except income from foreclosure property), provided it distributes at least 90% of its real estate investment trust taxable income to its stockholders and meets certain other conditions. To the extent that the Company satisfies the distribution requirement but distributes less than 100% of its taxable income, the Company will be subject to federal corporate income tax on its undistributed income. Because the Company is not able to deduct any of its unrealized losses on the translation of assets and liabilities in a foreign currency for tax purposes, the Company must distribute these amounts to its stockholders or the Company would be subject to federal and state corporate income tax on the amounts of these losses.
Commercial Advisers is a wholly-owned TRS that is subject to federal and state income taxes. The Company accounts for such income taxes in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” Under SFAS No. 109, the Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases.

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In July of 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation (“FIN”) No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes-an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109.” This Interpretation provides guidance for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken on a tax return, and provides guidance on recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition of tax positions. This Interpretation is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company will adopt FIN No. 48 effective for the year beginning January 1, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that the adoption of FIN No. 48 will have on its consolidated results of operations and financial condition and is not yet in a position to determine such effects.
Segment information
SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information” provides standards for public companies relating to the reporting of financial and descriptive information about their operating segments in financial statements. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available and is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker or decision making group in determining how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. Company management is the chief decision making group. As discussed in Note 10, the Company’s operations are derived from two operating segments, one segment purchases real estate (land, buildings and other improvements), which is simultaneously leased to existing users and the other segment originates mortgage loans and collects principal and interest payments.
Foreign Currency Transactions
The Company purchased two properties in Canada in October of 2004. These properties were classified as held for sale as of June 30, 2006, and were sold in July of 2006. All gains and losses from foreign currency transactions are reflected in discontinued operations in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. Rental payments from these properties were received in Canadian dollars. In accordance with SFAS No. 52 “Foreign Currency Translation,” the rental revenue received was recorded using the exchange rate as of the transaction date, which is the first day of each month. If the rental payment was received on a date other than the transaction date, then a realized foreign currency gain or loss was recorded on the financial statements. Straight line rent and any deferred rent asset or liability recorded in connection with monthly rental payments were also recorded using the exchange rate as of the transaction date. The Company was also required to remit quarterly tax payments to Canada from amounts withheld from the tenants in the Canadian properties. Since these payments were received from the tenants on dates different than the remittance date to Canada, the tax payments also resulted in realized foreign currency gains and losses on the income statement. In addition to rental payments that were denominated in Canadian dollars, the Company also had a bank account in Canada and the long-term financings on the two Canadian properties were also issued in Canadian dollars. All cash, deferred rent assets and mortgage notes payable related to the Canadian properties were re-valued at each balance sheet date to reflect the current exchange rate. The gains or losses from the valuation of the cash were recorded on the income statement as a realized gain or loss, and the valuation of the deferred rent assets and mortgage notes payable was recorded on the income statement as unrealized gains or losses on the translation of assets and liabilities. These unrealized losses became realized when the Canadian properties were sold in July 2006. A realized gain of $1,422,026 related to the sale of the Canadian properties was recognized for the year ended December 31, 2006. Realized foreign currency losses of $202,938 and $6,278 were recorded for the years ended December 31, 2006, and 2005 respectively, from the valuation of cash, tax payments made to the Canadian government, and the previously unrealized foreign currency losses associated with the valuation of the deferred rent assets and mortgage notes payable that became a realized foreign currency loss as of the date of sale. There were no realized foreign currency losses during 2004. An unrealized foreign currency loss of $212,279 was recorded for the year ended December 31, 2005. There were no unrealized foreign currency losses during 2006 or 2004.

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Asset retirement obligations
In March of 2005, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 47 “Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations (“FIN 47”). FIN 47 requires an entity to recognize a liability for a conditional asset retirement obligation when incurred if the liability can be reasonably estimated. FIN 47 clarifies that the term “Conditional Asset Retirement Obligation” refers to a legal obligation (pursuant to existing laws or by contract) to perform an asset retirement activity in which the timing and/or method of settlement are conditional on a future event that may or may not be within the control of the entity. FIN 47 also clarifies when an entity would have sufficient information to reasonably estimate the fair value of an asset retirement obligation. The Company has accrued a liability and corresponding increase to the cost of the related properties of $1,631,294, approximately $728,000 of which related to properties acquired prior to 2006, for disposal related to all properties constructed prior to 1985 that have, or may have, asbestos present in the building. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company recorded $139,074 of expense, including discontinued operations, related to the cumulative accretion of the obligation from the Company’s acquisition of the related properties through December 31, 2006. The Company adopted FIN 47 as of December 31, 2005, but did not record the liability and the related cumulative effect as of December 31, 2005 because the Company deemed the impact of its initial estimates immaterial and worked to further refine these estimates.
Real estate held for sale and discontinued operations
SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” requires that the results of operations of any properties which have been sold, or are held for sale, be presented as discontinued operations in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements in both current and prior periods presented. Income items related to held for sale properties are listed separately on the Company’s Consolidated Income Statement. Real estate assets held for sale are measured at the lower of the carrying amount or the fair value less the cost to sell, and are listed separately on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet for the current period. Once properties are listed as held for sale, no further depreciation is recorded.
Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with 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 amounts from prior years’ financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on previously reported net income or stockholders’ equity.
2. Management Advisory Fee
Since inception, the Company has been externally managed pursuant to a contractual investment advisory arrangement with its Adviser, under which its Adviser has directly employed all of the Company’s personnel and paid its payroll, benefits, and general expenses directly. The Company’s initial investment advisory agreement with its Adviser was in place from February 13, 2003, inception, through December 31, 2006 (the “Initial Advisory Agreement”). On January 1, 2007, the Company entered into an amended and restated investment advisory agreement with its Adviser (the “Amended Advisory Agreement”) and an administration agreement (the “Administration Agreement”) with Gladstone Administration (the “Administrator”). The management services and fees in effect under the Initial and Amended Advisory Agreements are described below. In addition, the Company will continue to pay its direct expenses including, but not limited to, legal, accounting, interest, tax preparation, directors and officers insurance, stock transfer services, shareholder related fees, consulting and related fees under the Amended Advisory Agreement.

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Under the terms of the Initial Advisory Agreement and the new Amended Advisory Agreement, the Company is responsible for all expenses incurred for its direct benefit. Examples of these expenses include, legal, accounting, interest, tax preparation, directors and officers insurance, stock transfer services, shareholder related fees, consulting and related fees. During the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, the total amount of these expenses that the Company incurred was approximately $11,606,000, $4,024,000 and $1,142,000, respectively. All of these charges are incurred directly by the Company rather than by its Adviser for the Company’s benefit. Accordingly, the Company did not make any reimbursements to its Adviser for these amounts.
In addition, the Company is also responsible for all fees charged by third parties that are directly related to its business, which may include real estate brokerage fees, mortgage placement fees, lease-up fees and transaction structuring fees (although the Company may be able to pass some or all of such fees on to its tenants and borrowers). In the event that any of these expenses are incurred on the Company’s behalf by its Adviser, the Company is required to reimburse its Adviser on a dollar-for-dollar basis for all such amounts. During the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, the Company passed all such fees along to its tenants, and accordingly the Company did not incur any such fees during these periods. Accordingly, the Company did not make any reimbursements to its Adviser for these amounts.
Under the Initial Advisory Agreement, the Company was required to reimburse its Adviser for its pro rata share of its Adviser’s payroll and benefits expenses on an employee-by-employee basis, based on the percentage of each employee’s time devoted to the Company’s matters. During the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, these expenses were approximately $2,266,000, $1,547,000, and $903,000, respectively.
The Company was also required to reimburse its Adviser for its pro rata portion of all other expenses of its Adviser not reimbursed under the arrangements described above (“overhead expenses”), equal to the total overhead expenses of its Adviser, multiplied by the ratio of hours worked by its Adviser’s employees on the Company’s projects to the total hours worked by its Adviser’s employees. However, the Company was only required to reimburse its Adviser for its portion of its overhead expenses if the amount of payroll and benefits the Company reimbursed to its Adviser was less than 2.0% of the Company’s average invested assets for the year. Additionally, the Company was only required to reimburse its Adviser for overhead expenses up to the point that reimbursed overhead expenses and payroll and benefits expenses, on a combined basis, equaled 2.0% of the Company’s average invested assets for the year. The Company’s Adviser billed the Company on a monthly basis for these amounts. The Company’s Adviser was required to reimburse the Company annually for the amount by which amounts billed to and paid by the Company exceed this 2.0% limit during a given year. The amounts never exceeded the 2.0% limit, and the Company never received reimbursement. During the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, the Company reimbursed to its Adviser approximately $636,000, $571,000, and $285,000, respectively, of overhead expenses.

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The following table shows the breakdown of the management advisory fee for years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004:
                                                                         
    For the Year Ended December 31, 2006     For the Year Ended December 31, 2005     For the Year Ended December 31, 2004  
            Total             Total                     Total     Total        
    Total Allocated     Allocated     Total     Allocated     Total Allocated     Total     Allocated     Allocated     Total  
    Payroll and     Overhead     Management     Payroll and     Overhead     Management     Payroll and     Overhead     Management  
Period   Benefits     Expenses     Advisory Fee     Benefits     Expenses     Advisory Fee     Benefits     Expenses     Advisory Fee  
Quarter ended
March 31
    467,719       185,023       652,742       347,314       124,547       471,861       165,838       63,577       229,415  
 
                                                                       
Quarter ended June 30
    561,316       158,076       719,392       349,801       149,231       499,032       215,414       64,708       280,122  
 
                                                                       
Quarter ended
September 30
    513,220       143,696       656,916       458,814       162,546       621,360       265,887       67,937       333,824  
 
                                                                       
Quarter ended
December 31
    723,839       149,164       873,003       390,614       135,173       525,787       256,063       88,352       344,415  
 
                                                     
Total
  $ 2,266,094     $ 635,959     $ 2,902,053     $ 1,546,543     $ 571,497     $ 2,118,040     $ 903,202     $ 284,574     $ 1,187,776  
 
                                                     
The Amended Advisory Agreement provides for an annual base management fee equal to 2% of the Company’s total stockholders equity, less the recorded value of any preferred stock, and an incentive fee based on funds from operations, (“FFO”). For purposes of calculating the incentive fee, FFO includes any realized capital gains and capital losses, less any dividends paid on preferred stock, but FFO does not include any unrealized capital gains or losses. The incentive fee would reward the Company’s Adviser if the Company’s quarterly FFO, before giving effect to any incentive fee, exceeds 1.75%, or 7% annualized, (the “hurdle rate”) of total stockholders’ equity, less the recorded value of any preferred stock. The Company’s Adviser will receive 100% of the amount of the pre-incentive fee FFO that exceeds the hurdle rate, but is less than 2.1875% of the Company’s pre-incentive fee FFO. The Company’s Adviser will also receive an incentive fee of 20% of the amount of the Company’s pre-incentive fee FFO that exceeds 2.1875%. Under the Administration Agreement, the Company will pay separately for its allocable portion of the Administrator’s overhead expenses in performing its obligations, including rent, and its allocable portion of the salaries and benefits expenses of its chief financial officer, chief compliance officer, controller, treasurer and their respective staffs.
The Incentive fee was put in effect in place of the Company’s 2003 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2003 Plan”). In connection with the approval of the Amended Advisory and Administration Agreements, and pursuant to the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors on July 11, 2006, on July 12, 2006, the Company accelerated in full the vesting of all outstanding options under the 2003 Plan, resulting in the acceleration of 35,000 unvested options. Also on July 12, 2006, the Company filed a Schedule TO and related documentation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which described an offer to all executive officers and directors and the employees of the Adviser who held stock options to accelerate the expiration date of all of their outstanding options under the 2003 Plan to December 31, 2006 (as amended, the “Offer”). The Offer was conditional upon its acceptance by all option holders on or before its expiration on August 31, 2006, and all option holders accepted the Offer prior to that date. All outstanding options under the 2003 Plan were amended to expire on December 31, 2006. Upon the effectiveness of the Amended Advisory Agreement and Administration Agreement on January 1, 2007, the Initial Advisory Agreement was terminated.
3. Stock Options
Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the provisions of FASB Statement No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment,” for its stock-based compensation plans. The Company previously accounted for these plans under the recognition and measurement principles of APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and related interpretations and disclosure requirements established by SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.” In this regard, these options have been granted to individuals who are the Company’s officers, and who would qualify as leased employees under FASB Interpretation No. 44 (“FIN 44”), “Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation, an Interpretation of APB Opinion No. 25.”

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Under APB 25, no expense was recorded in the income statement for the Company’s stock options. The pro forma effects on income for stock options were instead disclosed in a footnote to the financial statements. Under SFAS No. 123(R), all share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award, and is recognized as an expense in the income statement over an employee’s requisite service period.
The Company adopted SFAS No. 123(R) using the modified prospective method. Under this transition method, compensation cost recognized during the year ended December 31, 2006 includes the cost for all stock-based payments granted prior to, but not yet vested, as of January 1, 2006. This cost was based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the original provisions of SFAS No. 123.
The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share as if the Company had applied the fair-value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123 to stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance units and restricted stock units for periods prior to adoption of SFAS No. 123(R).
                 
    For the year ended  
    December 31, 2005     December 31, 2004  
Net income, as reported
  $ 3,601,945     $ 1,623,928  
 
               
Less: Stock-based compensation expense determined using the fair value based method
    (187,483 )     (325,815 )
 
           
 
               
Net income, pro-forma
  $ 3,414,462     $ 1,298,113  
 
               
Basic, as reported
  $ 0.47     $ 0.21  
 
           
Basic, pro-forma
  $ 0.45     $ 0.17  
 
           
 
               
Diluted, as reported
  $ 0.47     $ 0.21  
 
           
Diluted, pro-forma
  $ 0.44     $ 0.17  
 
           
The stock-based compensation expense under the fair value method, as reported in the above table, was computed using an estimated weighted average fair value of $1.26 using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, based on options issued from date of inception forward, and the following weighted-average assumptions: dividend yield of 5.07%, risk-free interest rate of 2.61%, expected volatility factor of 18.15%, and expected lives of 3 years.
The Company was required to record a one-time, non-cash expense as a result of the amendment of the options during the year ended December 31, 2006 of $314,593. For the year ended December 31, 2006 the Company recorded total stock option compensation expense of $394,411. As of December 31, 2006, there was no additional unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock-based compensation awards granted, as a result of the acceleration of all options on July 11, 2006, and no options remained outstanding.
A summary of the status of the Company’s 2003 Plan from February 14, 2003 (inception) through December 31, 2006 is as follows:

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            Weighted Average  
    Shares     Exercise Price  
Options outstanding at February 14, 2003
             
Granted
    629,000     $ 15.00  
Exercised
             
 
             
 
               
Options outstanding at December 31, 2003, of which 629,000 shares were exercisable
    629,000     $ 15.00  
 
             
 
               
Granted
    280,000     $ 16.22  
Exercised
    (25,000 )   $ 15.00  
Forfeited
    (15,000 )   $ 15.73  
 
             
Options outstanding at December 31, 2004, of which 599,000 shares are exercisable
    869,000     $ 15.39  
 
             
 
               
Granted
    64,500     $ 15.47  
Exercised
    (5,000 )   $ 15.00  
Forfeited
    (12,500 )   $ 15.48  
 
             
Options outstanding at December 31, 2005, of which 744,250 shares were exercisable
    916,000     $ 15.39  
 
             
 
               
Granted
        $  
Exercised
    (916,000 )   $ 15.40  
Forfeited
        $  
 
             
Options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2006
        $  
 
             
The following table is a summary of all notes issued to employees of the Adviser for the exercise of stock options:
                                                 
                            Outstanding                
    Number of     Strike Price of     Amount of     Balance of                
    Options     Options     Promissory Note     Employee Loans             Interest Rate  
Date Issued   Exercised     Exercised     Issued to Employees     at 12/31/06     Term of Note     on Note  
Sep-04
    25,000     $ 15.00     $ 375,000     $ 374,155     9 years     5.00 %
May-05
    5,000     $ 15.00     $ 75,000     $ 57,808     9 years     6.00 %
Apr-06
    25,000     $ 15.00     $ 375,000     $ 375,000     5 years     7.77 %
Apr-06
    12,422     $ 16.10     $ 199,994     $ 199,994     9 years     7.77 %
May-06
    50,000     $ 16.85     $ 842,500     $ 842,500     10 years     7.87 %
May-06
    15,000     $ 16.10     $ 241,500     $ 241,500     10 years     7.87 %
May-06
    2,500     $ 16.01     $ 40,000     $ 39,405     10 years     7.87 %
May-06
    2,000     $ 16.10     $ 32,200     $ 32,200     10 years     7.87 %
May-06
    2,000     $ 16.10     $ 32,200     $ 32,200     10 years     7.87 %
May-06
    2,000     $ 16.68     $ 33,360     $ 33,360     10 years     7.87 %
May-06
    2,000     $ 15.00     $ 30,000     $ 30,000     10 years     7.87 %
Oct-06
    12,000     $ 16.10     $ 193,200     $ 193,200     9 years     8.17 %
Nov-06
    25,000     $ 15.00     $ 375,000     $ 375,000     9 years     8.15 %
Dec-06
    25,000     $ 15.00     $ 375,000     $ 375,000     10 years     8.12 %
 
                                         
 
    204,922             $ 3,219,954     $ 3,201,322                  
 
                                         
These notes were recorded as loans to employees and are included in the equity section of the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2006, approximately $3.2 million of indebtedness was owed by current employees to the Company, and no current or former directors or executive officers had any loans outstanding.

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On May 24, 2006, the Company’s stockholders approved the Amended Advisory Agreement with its Adviser and the Administrative Agreement with its Administrator. In connection with the approval of the Amended Advisory Agreement, the Company ceased further option grants and terminated the 2003 Plan on December 31, 2006.
On August 31, 2006, all the holders of currently outstanding stock options accepted the Company’s offer to amend their stock options and accelerate the expiration date of the outstanding options to December 31, 2006. Upon termination of the 2003 Plan, the Company implemented the Amended Advisory Agreement between the Company and the Adviser effective January 1, 2007, as discussed in Note 2.
4. Earnings per Common Share
The following tables set forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004:
                         
    For the year ended  
    December 31, 2006     December 31, 2005     December 31, 2004  
Net income available to common stockholders
  $ 2,185,938     $ 3,601,945     $ 1,623,928  
 
                       
Denominator for basic weighted average shares
    7,827,781       7,670,219       7,649,855  
Dilutive effect of stock options
    158,909       53,001       58,679  
 
                 
Denominator for diluted weighted average shares
    7,986,690       7,723,220       7,708,534  
 
                 
 
                       
Basic earnings per common share
  $ 0.28     $ 0.47     $ 0.21  
 
                 
Diluted earnings per common share
  $ 0.27     $ 0.47     $ 0.21  
 
                 

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5. Real Estate
A summary of the 38 properties held by the Company as of December 31, 2006 is as follows:
                 
Date Acquired   Location   Square Footage   Property Description   Net Real Estate
Dec-03  
Raleigh, North Carolina
  58,926   Office   $  4,812,630
Jan-04  
Canton, Ohio
  54,018   Office and Warehouse   3,011,989
Apr-04  
Akron, Ohio
  83,891   Office and Laboratory   8,282,137
Jun-04  
Charlotte, North Carolina
  64,500   Office   8,672,068
Jul-04  
Canton, North Carolina
  228,000   Commercial and Manufacturing   4,879,067
Aug-04  
Snyder Township, Pennsylvania
  290,000   Commercial and Warehouse   6,271,841
Aug-04  
Lexington, North Carolina
  154,000   Commercial and Warehouse   2,832,572
Sep-04  
Austin, Texas
  51,933   Flexible Office   6,973,555
Oct-04  
Norfolk, Virginia
  25,797   Commercial and Manufacturing   904,857
Oct-04  
Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania
  223,275   Commercial and Manufacturing   5,851,742
Feb-05  
San Antonio, Texas
  60,245   Flexible Office   7,892,557
Feb-05  
Columbus, Ohio
  39,000   Industrial   2,677,223
Apr-05  
Big Flats, New York
  120,000   Industrial   6,476,632
May-05  
Wichita, Kansas
  69,287   Office   10,840,568
May-05  
Arlington, Texas
  64,000   Warehouse and Bakery   3,952,990
Jun-05  
Dayton, Ohio
  59,894   Office   2,390,966
Jul-05  
Eatontown, New Jersey
  30,268   Office   4,715,079
Jul-05  
Franklin Township, New Jersey
  183,000   Office and Warehouse   7,600,373
Jul-05  
Duncan, South Carolina
  278,020   Office and Manufacturing   14,975,010
Aug-05  
Hazelwood, Missouri
  51,155   Office and Warehouse   3,013,447
Sep-05  
Angola, Indiana
  52,080   Industrial   1,145,851
Sep-05  
Angola, Indiana
  50,000   Industrial   1,145,852
Sep-05  
Rock Falls, Illinois
  52,000   Industrial   1,145,852
Oct-05  
Newburyport, Massachusetts
  70,598   Industrial   6,966,136
Oct-05  
Clintonville, Wisconsin
  291,142   Industrial   4,626,528
Dec-05  
Maple Heights, Ohio
  347,218   Industrial   11,394,039
Dec-05  
Richmond, Virginia
  42,213   Office   5,958,713
Dec-05  
Toledo, Ohio
  23,368   Office   3,026,974
Feb-06  
South Hadley, Massachusetts
  150,000   Industrial   3,173,873
Feb-06  
Champaign, Illinois
  108,262   Office   14,191,527
Feb-06  
Roseville, Minnesota
  359,540   Office   27,199,265
May-06  
Burnsville, Minnesota
  114,100   Office   12,065,762
Jun-06  
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
  125,692   Industrial   7,445,274
Jul-06  
Baytown, Texas
  12,000   Office   2,630,964
Sep-06  
Sterling Heights, Michigan
  532,869   Industrial   11,280,432
Sep-06  
Birmingham, Alabama
  63,514   Industrial   1,564,592
Sep-06  
Montgomery, Alabama
  29,472   Industrial   1,564,593
Sep-06  
Columbia, Missouri
  16,275   Industrial   1,564,593
   
 
       
   
Total real estate, net
  4,629,552       $235,118,123
   
 
       
The following table sets forth the components of the Company’s investments in real estate:
                 
    December 31, 2006     December 31, 2005  
Real estate:
               
Land
  $ 33,764,113     $ 20,329,568  
Building
    204,115,481       141,660,553  
Tenant improvements
    5,833,948       3,053,518  
Accumulated depreciation
    (8,595,419 )     (3,408,878 )
 
           
Real estate, net
  $ 235,118,123     $ 161,634,761  
 
           
On February 15, 2006, the Company acquired a 150,000 square foot industrial facility in South Hadley, Massachusetts for $3.6 million, including transaction costs, and the purchase was funded using borrowings from the Company’s line of credit. Upon acquisition of the property, the Company was assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately four years at the time of assignment, and the tenant has one option to extend the lease for additional period of five years. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $353,000 in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.

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On February 21, 2006, the Company acquired four office buildings located in the same business park in Champaign, Illinois, from a single seller totaling 108,262 square feet. The Company acquired the four properties for approximately $15.1 million, including transaction costs, which was funded by a combination of borrowings from the existing line of credit, and the assumption of approximately $10.0 million of financing on the property. At closing, the Company was assigned the previously existing triple net leases with the sole tenant, which had remaining terms ranging from five to nine years at the time of assignment, and the tenant has options to extend each lease for additional periods of three years each. The leases provide for annual rents of approximately $1.3 million in 2007.
On February 21, 2006, the Company acquired a 359,540 square foot office building in Roseville, Minnesota for approximately $30.0 million, including transaction costs, which was funded by a combination of borrowings from the existing line of credit, and the assumption of approximately $20.0 million of financing on the property. At closing, the Company was assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately seven years at the time of assignment, and the tenant has one option to extend the lease for an additional period of five years. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $2.4 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
On May 10, 2006, the Company acquired a 114,100 square foot office building in Burnsville, Minnesota for approximately $14.1 million, including transaction costs, which was funded using borrowings from the Company’s line of credit. At closing, the Company was assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately four years, and concurrently with the closing the tenant exercised its first renewal option for an additional five years to the original lease term. The tenant also has two remaining options to extend the lease for an additional period of five years each. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $1.2 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
On June 30, 2006, the Company acquired a 125,692 square foot office building in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin for approximately $8.0 million, including transaction costs, which was funded using borrowings from the Company’s line of credit. At closing, the Company extended a ten year triple net lease with the sole tenant, and the tenant has three options to extend the lease for additional periods of ten years each. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $0.7 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
On July 13, 2006, the Company acquired a 12,000 square foot office building in Baytown, Texas for approximately $2.8 million, including transaction costs, which was funded using borrowings from the Company’s line of credit. At closing, the Company was assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately seven years. The tenant has two options to extend the lease for additional periods of five years each. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $0.2 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
On September 22, 2006, the Company conducted a foreclosure sale and was the successful bidder at such sale on a 532,869 square foot office and industrial building in Sterling Heights, Michigan. When the Company was determined to be the highest bidder, the mortgage loan was deemed to be satisfied to the extent of such bid. The Company obtained an independent appraisal on the security which indicated a fair value in excess of the outstanding principal balance and accrued, non-default interest due under the mortgage loan at the time of default. As a result of the fair value indicated in the appraisal, the Company determined that the loan was not impaired and a writedown was not necessary. The Company accounted for the asset received as if the assets had been acquired for cash and recorded the real estate asset at approximately $11.3 million, which equaled the outstanding principal balance of $10.9 million and accrued, non-default interest due under the mortgage loan of $0.4 million to the Company at that time. Under Michigan law, the borrower had six months from the date of foreclosure to redeem ownership of the property in exchange for payment of the bid amount plus certain other expenditures. As part of the resolution of the Company’s claims against the borrower and tenant, the borrower formally waived its right of redemption and permitted the Company to take immediate control of the property so that it could be re-rented.

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On September 29, 2006, the Company acquired three separate properties from a single seller: a 63,514 square foot industrial building in Birmingham, Alabama; a 29,472 square foot industrial building located in Montgomery, Alabama; and a 16,275 square foot industrial building located in Columbia, Missouri. These three properties were acquired for an aggregate cost to the Company of approximately $4.9 million, including transaction costs, and the purchase was funded using borrowings from the Company’s line of credit. Upon acquisition of the properties, the Company extended a ten year triple net lease with the tenant of each building, with four options to extend the lease for additional periods of five years each. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $0.4 million in 2006, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
In accordance with SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations,” the Company allocated the purchase price of the properties acquired during the year ended December 31, 2006 as follows:
                                                                 
                    Tenant                     Customer     Below Market     Total Purchase  
    Land     Building     Improvements     In-place leases     Leasing Costs     relationships     Rents     Price  
South Hadley, Massachusetts
  $ 470,636     $ 2,543,800     $     $ 225,959     $ 46,710     $ 183,052     $     $ 3,470,157  
Champaign, Illinois
    3,645,770       10,589,003       225,367       838,387       165,893       869,041       (1,223,286 )     15,110,175  
Roseville, Minnesota
    2,587,757       23,623,407       1,182,263       2,448,286       491,342       2,881,122       (3,473,624 )     29,740,553  
Burnsville, Minnesota
    3,510,711       7,827,812       863,658       463,237       316,043       1,126,538             14,107,999  
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
    624,700       6,870,586       40,030       138,320       1,154       379,284             8,054,074  
Baytown, Texas
    221,314       2,362,986       80,483             54,277       100,949             2,820,009  
Sterling Heights, Michigan
    2,734,887       8,606,190                                               11,341,077  
Birmingham, Alabama;
                                                               
Montgomery Alabama;
                                                               
Columbia, Missouri
    1,005,450       3,633,086       39,268       74,985       2,900       209,165             4,964,854  
 
                                               
 
  $ 14,801,225     $ 66,056,870     $ 2,431,069     $ 4,189,174     $ 1,078,319     $ 5,749,151     $ (4,696,910 )   $ 89,608,898  
 
                                               
The weighted average amortization period, for properties acquired during the year ended December 31, 2006, for in-place leases is approximately 8.3 years, for leasing costs is approximately 8.1 years, for customer relationships is approximately 13.8 years, for below market rents is 6.2 years and for all intangible assets is approximately 9.9 years.
Future operating lease payments under non-cancelable leases, excluding customer reimbursement of expenses in effect at December 31, 2006, are as follows:
         
Year   Lease Payments
2007
    23,723,608  
2008
    24,121,101  
2009
    23,427,686  
2010
    22,704,678  
2011
    20,772,193  
Thereafter
    75,539,650  
In accordance with the lease terms, substantially all tenant expenses are required to be paid by the tenant, however, the Company would be required to pay property taxes on the respective property in the event the tenant fails to pay them. The total annualized property taxes for all properties outstanding as of December 31, 2006 is approximately $4.3 million.

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6. Discontinued Operations
On July 21, 2006, the Company sold its two Canadian properties for approximately $6.9 million, for a gain on the sale of approximately $1.4 million. The Company paid and fully accrued approximately $315,000 in taxes related to the gain on the sale, although the actual amount of taxes due will not be finalized until 2006 tax returns are filed. The Company has been advised that the actual amount of taxes should be approximately $235,000, or $80,000 less than what was paid at closing, subject to final adjustments and federal (Canadian) tax return review. The mortgages associated with the Canadian properties were assumed by the buyer at closing.
The Company has classified its two Canadian properties as discontinued operations, in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 144, which requires that the results of operations of any properties which have been sold, or are held for sale, be presented as discontinued operations in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements in both current and prior periods presented. The table below summarizes the components of income from discontinued operations:
                         
            For the year ended        
 
                 
    December 31, 2006     December 31, 2005     December 31, 2004  
 
                 
Operating revenue
  $ 342,629     $ 583,830     $ 121,073  
Operating expense
    (22,732 )     (23,537 )     (24 )
Taxes & Licenses
    (11,736 )     (6,448 )      
Interest expense
    (143,716 )     (114,309 )      
Depreciation expense
    (52,300 )     (129,991 )     (26,374 )
Gain on sale of real estate
    1,106,590              
Realized and unrealized losses on foregin currency transactions
    (202,938 )     (218,557 )      
 
                 
Income from discontinued operations
  $ 1,015,797     $ 90,988     $ 94,675  
 
                 
7. Mortgage Note Receivable
On April 15, 2005, the Company originated a mortgage loan in the amount of $10.0 million collateralized by an office building in McLean, Virginia, where the Company’s Adviser is one of the subtenants in the building. The loan was funded using a portion of the net proceeds from the Company’s initial public offering. This 12 year mortgage loan accrues interest at the greater of 7.5% per year or the one month LIBOR rate plus 6.0% per year, with a ceiling of 10.0%. The mortgage loan is interest only for the first nine years of the term, with payments of principal commencing after the initial period. The balance of the principal and all interest remaining is due at the end of the 12 year term.
In August 2006, the Company ceased accruing revenues on its mortgage loan secured by an industrial property in Sterling Heights, Michigan due to non-payment. The Company placed the borrower in default and began pursuing available remedies under its mortgage, including instituting foreclosure proceedings on the property. The Company obtained an independent appraisal on the security which indicated a fair value in excess of the outstanding principal balance and accrued, non-default interest due under the mortgage loan at the time of default. As a result of the fair value indicated in the appraisal, the Company determined that the loan was not impaired and a write down was not necessary. At the foreclosure sale on September 22, 2006, the Company was the successful bidder. When the Company was determined to be the highest bidder, the mortgage loan was deemed to be satisfied to the extent of the Company’s bid. The Company accounted for the asset received as if the asset had been acquired for cash and recorded the real estate asset at approximately $11.3 million, which equaled the outstanding principal balance and accrued, non-default

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interest due under the mortgage loan to the Company at that time. Under Michigan law, the borrower had six months from the date of foreclosure to redeem ownership of the property in exchange for payment of the bid amount plus certain other expenditures. As part of the resolution of the Company’s claims against the borrower and tenant, the borrower formally waived its right of redemption and permitted the Company to take immediate possession of the property so that it could be leased to a new tenant. The Company also pursued its claims against the borrower for the deficiency relating to default interest, expenses and prepayment fees of approximately $650,000. The Company pursued such deficiency claims against the owner and its affiliated tenant who had filed bankruptcy and collected approximately $655,000 from the tenant and borrower, recovering all of its claims against the borrower in full.
8. Mortgage Notes Payable
As of December 31, 2006 the Company had 10 fixed-rate mortgage notes payable collateralized by a total of 23 properties. The weighted-average interest rate on the mortgage notes payable as of December 31, 2006 was approximately 5.7%. A summary of the mortgage notes payable as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 are as follows:
                                         
    Date of Issuance     Principal Maturity             Balance Outstanding  
    of Note     Date     Interest Rate     December 31, 2006     December 31, 2005  
 
    3/16/2005       4/1/2030       6.3300 %   $ 3,060,093     $ 3,113,102  
 
    7/19/2005       8/1/2015       5.2200 %           4,644,859  
 
    8/25/2005       9/1/2015       5.3310 %     21,757,000       21,757,000  
 
    9/12/2005       9/1/2015       5.2100 %     12,588,000       12,588,000  
 
    12/21/2005       12/8/2015       5.7107 %     19,456,000       19,456,000  
 
    2/21/2006       12/1/2013       5.9100 %     9,620,050        
 
    2/21/2006       6/30/2014       5.2000 %     20,104,716        
 
    3/29/2006       4/1/2016       5.9200 %     17,000,000        
 
    4/27/2006       5/5/2016       6.5800 %     14,753,579        
 
    11/22/2006       12/1/2016       5.7600 %     14,309,000        
 
    12/22/2006       1/1/2017       5.7900 %     21,846,000          
 
                                   
 
                          $ 154,494,438     $ 61,558,961  
 
                                   
The fair market value of all fixed-rate debt outstanding as of December 31, 2006 is approximately $153,000,000, as compared to the carrying value stated above of approximately $154,000,000.
Scheduled principal payments of mortgage notes payable are as follows:
         
    Scheduled
    principal
Year   payments
2007
    868,213  
2008
    1,371,558  
2009
    2,017,730  
2010
    2,137,220  
2011
    2,407,409  
Thereafter
    145,692,308  
On February 21, 2006, the Company assumed approximately $10.0 million of indebtedness pursuant to a long-term note payable from Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in connection with the Company’s acquisition, on the same date, of a property located in Champaign, Illinois. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.91% per year, and the Company may not repay this note prior to the last 3 months of the term, or the Company would be subject to a prepayment penalty. The note matures on December 1, 2013.

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On February 21, 2006, the Company assumed approximately $20.0 million of indebtedness pursuant to a long-term note payable from Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc, in connection with the Company’s acquisition, on the same date, of a property located in Roseville, Minnesota. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.20% per year, and the Company may not repay this note prior to the last 3 months of the term, or the Company would be subject to a prepayment penalty. The note matures on June 30, 2014.
On March 29, 2006, the Company, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, borrowed $17.0 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from CIBC Inc. which is collateralized by security interests in its Big Flats, New York property, its Eatontown, New Jersey property, and its Franklin Township, New Jersey property in the amounts of approximately $5.6 million, $4.6 million and $6.8 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.92% per year, and the Company may not repay this note until after January 1, 2016, or the Company would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note has an anticipated maturity date of April 1, 2016, with a clause in which the lender has the option of extending the maturity date to April 1, 2036. The Company used the proceeds from the note to pay down its line of credit.
On April 27, 2006, the Company, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, borrowed $14.9 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from IXIS Real Estate Capital Inc. which is collateralized by security interests in its Wichita, Kansas property, its Clintonville Wisconsin property, its Rock Falls, Illinois property and its Angola, Indiana properties in the amounts of approximately $9.0 million, $3.6 million, $0.7 million and $1.6 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 6.58% per year, and the Company may not repay this note until after February 5, 2016, or the Company would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note has a maturity date of May 5, 2016, and the Company used the proceeds from the note to pay down its line of credit.
On November 22, 2006, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, the Company borrowed approximately $14.3 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from CIBC, Inc. which is collateralized by security interests in its San Antonio, Texas property, its Arlington, Texas property, and its Lexington, North Carolina property in the amounts of approximately $7.2 million, $4.2 million, and $2.9 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.76% per year, and the Company may not repay this note until after September 1, 2016, or the Company would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note has a maturity date of December 1, 2016, and the Company used the proceeds from the note to pay down the remaining balance on its line of credit.
On December 22, 2006, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, the Company borrowed approximately $21.8 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from CIBC, Inc. which is collateralized by security interests in its Burnsville, Minnesota property, its Newburyport, Massachusetts property, and its Toledo, Ohio property in the amounts of approximately $12.0 million, $6.8 million, and $3.0 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 5.79% per year, and the Company may not repay this note until after October 1, 2016, or the Company would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The note has a maturity date of January 1, 2017, and the Company intends to use the proceeds for future acquisitions.
9. Stockholders’ Equity
On January 18, 2006, the Company completed the public offering of 1,000,000 shares of 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), par value $0.001 per share, at a price of $25.00 per share, under the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3, and pursuant to the terms set forth in a prospectus dated October 24, 2005, as supplemented by a final prospectus supplement dated January 18, 2006. The Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed at a liquidation preference in the amount of $25.00 per share plus any unpaid dividends at the election of the Company on or after January 30, 2011. These securities have no stated maturity, sinking fund or mandatory redemption and are not convertible into any other securities of the Company. The closing of the offering occurred on January 26, 2006, and the Series A Preferred Stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the trading symbol “GOODP.” Net proceeds of the offering, after underwriting discounts and offering expenses, were approximately $23.7 million, and the net proceeds were used to repay outstanding indebtedness under the Company’s line of credit.

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On October 18, 2006, the Company completed the public offering of 1,150,000 shares of 7.5% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), par value $0.001 per share, at a price of $25.00 per share, under the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3, and pursuant to the terms set forth in a prospectus dated October 24, 2005, as supplemented by a final prospectus supplement dated October 18, 2006. The shares sold in the offering included the full exercise of a 150,000 share over-allotment option by the underwriters. The Series B Preferred Stock may be redeemed at a liquidation preference in the amount of $25.00 per share plus any unpaid dividends at the election of the Company on or after October 31, 2011. These securities have no stated maturity, sinking fund or mandatory redemption and are not convertible into any other securities of the Company. The closing of the offering occurred on October 25, 2006, and the Series B Preferred Stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the trading symbol “GOODO.” Net proceeds of the offering, after underwriting discounts and offering expenses, were approximately $27.4 million and the net proceeds were used to repay outstanding indebtedness under the Company’s line of credit.
Dividends paid per common share for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 were $1.44, $0.96 and $0.48 per share, respectively. Dividends paid per share of Series A Preferred Stock for the year ended December 31, 2006 was approximately $1.79 per share. Dividends paid per share of Series B Preferred Stock for the year ended December 31, 2006 was approximately $0.34. The tax status of the distributions is reflected in the table below:
                         
                    Long-Term
    Ordinary Income   Return of Capital   Capital Gains
Common Stock
                       
For the year ended December 31, 2004
    68.97050 %     31.02945 %     0.00000 %
For the year ended December 31, 2005
    50.44580 %     49.55420 %     0.00000 %
For the year ended December 31, 2006
    2.06500 %     95.60560 %     2.32940 %
 
                       
Series A Preferred Stock
                       
For the year ended December 31, 2006
    46.99260 %     0.00000 %     53.00740 %
 
                       
Series B Preferred Stock
                       
For the year ended December 31, 2006
    46.99260 %     0.00000 %     53.00740 %

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10. Segment Information
As of December 31, 2006, the Company’s operations are derived from two operating segments. One segment purchases real estate (land, buildings and other improvements), which is simultaneously leased to existing users and the other segment extends mortgage loans and collects principal and interest payments. The following table summarizes the Company’s consolidated operating results and total assets by segment as of and for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004:
                                 
    As of and for the year ended December 31, 2006  
            Real Estate              
    Real Estate Leasing     Lending     Other     Total  
Operating revenues
  $ 24,100,315     $ 1,845,231     $     $ 25,945,546  
Operating expenses
    (8,619,348 )           (5,447,748 )     (14,067,096 )
Other loss
                (8,521,419 )     (8,521,419 )
Discontinued operations
    1,015,797                   1,015,797  
 
                       
Net income (loss)
  $ 16,496,764     $ 1,845,231     $ (13,969,167 )   $ 4,372,828  
 
                       
 
                               
 
                       
Total Assets
  $ 264,511,627     $ 10,000,000     $ 41,254,395     $ 315,766,022  
 
                       
                                 
    As of and for the year ended December 31, 2005  
            Real Estate              
    Real Estate Leasing     Lending     Other     Total  
Operating revenues
  $ 10,965,711     $ 1,915,795     $     $ 12,881,506  
Operating expenses
    (3,763,931 )           (3,421,109 )     (7,185,040 )
Other loss
                (2,185,509 )     (2,185,509 )
Discontinued operations
    90,988                   90,988  
 
                       
Net income (loss)
  $ 7,292,768     $ 1,915,795     $ (5,606,618 )   $ 3,601,945  
 
                       
 
                               
 
                       
Total Assets
  $ 179,848,595     $ 21,096,564     $ 6,101,795     $ 207,046,954  
 
                       
                                 
    As of and for the year ended December 31, 2004  
            Real Estate              
    Real Estate Leasing     Lending     Other     Total  
Operating revenues
  $ 3,210,142     $ 981,187     $     $ 4,191,329  
Operating expenses
    (960,574 )           (2,316,161 )     (3,276,735 )
Other income
                614,659       614,659  
Discontinued operations
    94,675                   94,675  
 
                       
Net income (loss)
  $ 2,344,243     $ 981,187     $ (1,701,502 )   $ 1,623,928  
 
                       
 
                               
 
                       
Total Assets
  $ 64,889,448     $ 11,301,364     $ 29,394,282     $ 105,585,094  
 
                       
The amounts included under other income or loss in the tables above includes interest income, interest expense and any other miscellaneous income earned that was not specifically derived from either operating segment.
11. Line of Credit
On December 29, 2006, the Company entered into a $75 million senior revolving credit agreement with a syndicate of banks led by KeyBank National Association, which matures on December 29, 2009 with an option to extend for an additional year. The new revolving credit facility replaces a previous facility led by BB&T, which was terminated upon the closing of the new line. Upon termination of the credit facility with BB&T, the Company wrote off approximately $590,000 in unamortized deferred financing fees. The interest rate charged on the advances under the facility is based on the London Interbank Offered Rate

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(“LIBOR”), the prime rate or the federal funds rate, depending on market conditions, and adjusts periodically. The unused portion of the line of credit is subject to a fee of 0.15% per year. The Company’s ability to access this funding source is subject to us continuing to meet customary lending requirements such as compliance with financial and operating covenants and meeting certain lending limits. The maximum amount the Company may draw under this agreement is based on a percentage of the value of properties pledged as collateral to the banks, which must meet agreed upon eligibility standards. As the Company arranges for long-term mortgages for these pledged properties, the banks will release the properties from the line of credit and reduce the availability under the line of credit by the advanced amount of the removed property. Conversely, as the Company purchases new properties meeting the eligibility standards, the Company may pledge these new properties to obtain additional advances under this agreement. The Company may use the advances under the line of credit for both general corporate purposes and the acquisition of new investments. As of December 31, 2006, there was $0 outstanding under the line of credit.
12. Pro Forma Financial Information (unaudited)
The following table reflects financial information as if our 2006 acquisitions and dispositions, and our 2005 acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of the respective periods:
                 
    For the year ended     For the year ended  
    December 31, 2006     December 31, 2005  
Operating Data:
               
Total operating revenue
  $ 29,063,963     $ 18,525,558  
Total operating expenses
    (15,061,821 )     (10,556,172 )
Other expense
    (8,521,419 )     (2,185,509 )
 
           
Net income
  $ 5,480,723     $ 5,783,877  
 
           
Dividends attributable to preferred stock
    (2,186,890 )      
 
           
Net income available to common stockholders
  $ 3,293,833     $ 5,783,877  
 
           
 
               
Share and Per Share Data:
               
Basic net income
  $ 0.42     $ 0.75  
Diluted net income
  $ 0.41     $ 0.75  
Weighted average shares outstanding-basic
    7,827,781       7,670,219  
Weighted average shares outstanding-diluted
    7,986,690       7,723,220  
These pro-forma consolidated income statements are not necessarily indicative of what actual results would have been had the Company acquired the specified properties as of the beginning of the periods presented.

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13. Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited)
The following table represents the quarterly results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, certain amounts from prior quarters’ financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the below presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on previously reported net income.
                                 
    Year ended December 31, 2006  
    Quarter ended     Quarter ended     Quarter ended     Quarter ended  
    March 31, 2006     June 30, 2006     September 30, 2006     December 31, 2006  
Operating revenues
  $ 5,425,607     $ 6,630,062     $ 6,735,976     $ 7,153,901  
Operating expenses
    3,022,999       3,523,818       3,620,149       3,900,130  
Other expense
    (1,605,649 )     (2,112,922 )     (2,450,869 )     (2,351,979 )
 
                       
Income from continuing operations
    796,959       993,322       664,958       901,792  
Discontinued operations
    49,837       (140,557 )     1,112,461       (5,944 )
 
                       
Net income
    846,796       852,765       1,777,419       895,848  
Dividends attributable to preferred stock
    (344,444 )     (484,375 )     (484,375 )     (873,696 )
 
                       
Net income available to common stockholders
    502,352       368,390       1,293,044       22,152  
 
                               
Net income available to common stockholders — basic
  $ 0.07     $ 0.05     $ 0.16     $ 0.00  
Net income available to common stockholders — diluted
    0.06       0.05       0.16       0.00  
 
                               
Weighted average shares outstanding — basic
    7,672,000       7,762,503       7,820,376       8,052,148  
Weighted average shares outstanding — diluted
    7,821,658       7,911,871       7,981,071       8,196,605  
                                 
    Year ended December 31, 2005  
    Quarter ended     Quarter ended     Quarter ended     Quarter ended  
    March 31, 2005     June 30, 2005     September 30, 2005     December 31, 2005  
Operating revenues
  $ 2,003,479     $ 2,631,176     $ 3,889,935     $ 4,356,916  
Operating expenses
    1,638,505       1,346,344       2,018,877       2,181,314  
Other income (expense)
    62,989       (236,375 )     (849,582 )     (1,162,541 )
 
                       
Income from continuing operations
    427,963       1,048,457       1,021,476       1,013,061  
Discontinued operations
    107,221       101,074       (154,065 )     36,758  
 
                       
Net income
    535,184       1,149,531       867,411       1,049,819  
Dividends attributable to preferred stock
                       
 
                       
Net income available to common stockholders
    535,184       1,149,531       867,411       1,049,819  
 
                               
Net income available to common stockholders — basic
  $ 0.07     $ 0.15     $ 0.11     $ 0.14  
Net income available to common stockholders — diluted
    0.07       0.15       0.11       0.14  
 
                               
Weighted average shares outstanding — basic
    7,667,000       7,669,802       7,672,000       7,672,000  
Weighted average shares outstanding — diluted
    7,733,335       7,692,639       7,725,667       7,737,297  

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14. Subsequent Events
On January 1, 2007, the Company entered into the Amended Advisory Agreement with its Adviser, and the Administration Agreement with its Administrator, as described in footnote two.
On January 5, 2007, the Company acquired a 60,000 square foot office building in Mason, Ohio for approximately $7.9 million, including transaction costs, which was funded from cash on hand. At closing, the Company was assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately six years. The tenant has two options to extend the lease for additional periods of five years each. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $0.6 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.
On January 9, 2007, the Board of Directors declared cash dividends of $0.12 per common share for each of the months of January, February and March of 2007. Monthly dividends will be payable on January 31, 2007, February 28, 2007 and March 30, 2007, to those shareholders of record for those dates on January 23, 2007, February 20, 2007 and March 22, 2007, respectively.
On January 9, 2007, the Board of Directors declared cash dividends of $0.1614583 per share on the Series A preferred stock for each of the months of January, February and March of 2007. Monthly dividends will be payable on January 31, 2007, February 28, 2007 and March 30, 2007, to those shareholders of record for those dates on January 23, 2007, February 20, 2007 and March 22, 2007, respectively.
On January 9, 2007, the Board of Directors declared cash dividends of $0.15625 per share on the Series B preferred stock for each of the months of January, February and March of 2007. Monthly dividends will be payable on January 31, 2007, February 28, 2007 and March 30, 2007, to those shareholders of record for those dates on January 23, 2007, February 20, 2007 and March 22, 2007, respectively.
On February 8, 2007, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, the Company borrowed approximately $13.8 million pursuant to a long-term note payable from KeyBank National Association which is collateralized by security interests in its Austin, Texas property, its Richmond, Virginia property and its Baytown, Texas property in the amounts of approximately $6.5 million, $5.3 million, and $2.0 million, respectively. The note accrues interest at a rate of 6.00% per year. The note has a maturity date of March 1, 2017, although the Company may repay this note with 60 days notice to KeyBank, but would be subject to a substantial prepayment penalty. The Company intends to use the proceeds from the note for future acquisitions.
On February 16, 2007, the Company acquired a 115,500 square foot office building in Raleigh, North Carolina for approximately $7.8 million, including transaction costs, which was funded from cash on hand. At closing, the Company was assigned the previously existing triple net lease with the sole tenant, which had a remaining term of approximately three years. The tenant has one option to extend the lease for an additional period of five years. The lease provides for annual rents of approximately $0.6 million in 2007, with prescribed escalations thereafter.

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SCHEDULE III — REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
DECEMBER 31, 2006
                                                                                 
            Initial Cost           Total Cost            
                            Costs Capitalized                                
                    Buildings &   Subsequent to           Buildings &           Accumulated        
Location of Property   Encumbrances   Land   Improvements   Acquisition   Land   Improvements   Total   Depreciation (1)   Net Real Estate   Date Acquired
Raleigh, North Carolina, Office Building
  $     $ 960,000     $ 4,480,772     $     $ 960,000     $ 4,480,772     $ 5,440,772     $ 628,142     $ 4,812,630       12/23/2003  
 
                                                                               
Canton, Ohio, Office & Warehouse Building
    2,950,000       186,739       3,082,007             186,739       3,082,007       3,268,746       256,757       3,011,989       1/30/2004  
 
                                                                               
Akron, Ohio, Office & Laboratory Building
    7,560,000       1,974,000       6,769,565       19,782       1,974,000       6,789,347       8,763,347       481,210       8,282,137       4/29/2004  
Charlotte, North Carolina, Office Building
    7,125,000       741,296       8,423,389       59,190       741,296       8,482,579       9,223,875       551,807       8,672,068       6/30/2004  
 
                                                                               
Canton, North Carolina, Commercial & Manufacturing Building
    3,060,094       150,000       5,050,000             150,000       5,050,000       5,200,000       320,933       4,879,067       7/6/2004  
Snyder Township, Pennsylvania, Commercial & Warehouse Building
    5,760,000       100,000       6,573,902       6,907       100,000       6,580,809       6,680,809       408,968       6,271,841       8/5/2004  
Lexington, North Carolina, Commercial & Warehouse Building
    2,881,000       850,000       2,106,845       6,637       850,000       2,113,482       2,963,482       130,910       2,832,572       8/5/2004  
Austin, Texas, Office Building
          1,000,000       6,295,794       46,095       1,000,000       6,341,889       7,341,889       368,334       6,973,555       9/16/2004  
 
                                                                               
Norfolk, Virginia, Commercial & Manufacturing Building
          190,000       739,521       18,190       190,000       757,711       947,711       42,854       904,857       10/15/2004  
Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania, Commercial & Manufacturing Building
          350,000       5,818,703       18,430       350,000       5,837,133       6,187,133       335,391       5,851,742       10/15/2004  
San Antonio, Texas, Flexible Office Building
    7,260,000       843,000       7,513,750       22,673       843,000       7,536,423       8,379,423       486,866       7,892,557       2/10/2005  
Columbus, Ohio, Industrial Building
    2,800,000       410,000       2,385,108             410,000       2,385,108       2,795,108       117,885       2,677,223       2/10/2005  
Big Flats, New York, Industrial Building
    5,630,000       275,000       6,459,318       33,666       275,000       6,492,984       6,767,984       291,352       6,476,632       4/15/2005  
Wichita, Kansas, Office Building
    8,943,520       1,525,000       9,702,731       51,453       1,525,000       9,754,184       11,279,184       438,616       10,840,568       5/18/2005  
Arlington, Texas, Warehouse & Bakery Building
    4,168,000       635,964       3,431,307       37,604       635,964       3,468,911       4,104,875       151,885       3,952,990       5/26/2005  
Dayton, Ohio, Office Building
    2,078,000       525,000       1,877,727       96,697       525,000       1,974,424       2,499,424       108,459       2,390,966       6/30/2005  
Eatontown, New Jersey, Office Building
    4,580,000       1,350,630       3,520,062       6,681       1,350,630       3,526,743       4,877,373       162,294       4,715,079       7/7/2005  
Frankling Township, New Jersey, Office & Warehouse Building
    6,790,000       1,631,534       6,199,849             1,631,534       6,199,849       7,831,383       231,010       7,600,373       7/11/2005  
Duncan, South Carolina, Office & Manufacturing Building
    14,632,000       977,898       14,516,825       39,935       977,898       14,556,760       15,534,658       559,648       14,975,010       7/14/2005  
Hazelwood, Missouri, Office & Warehouse Building
          763,178       2,309,058       29,962       763,178       2,339,020       3,102,198       88,751       3,013,447       8/5/2005  

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SCHEDULE III — REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION (Continued)
DECEMBER 31, 2006
                                                                                 
            Initial Cost             Total Cost                    
                            Costs Capitalized                                          
                    Buildings &     Subsequent to             Buildings &             Accumulated              
Location of Property   Encumbrances     Land     Improvements     Acquisition     Land     Improvements     Total     Depreciation (1)     Net Real Estate     Date Acquired  
Angola, Indiana, Industrial Building
    739,926       65,780       1,074,758             65,780       1,074,758       1,140,538       37,613       1,145,851       9/2/2005  
Angola, Indiana, Industrial Building
    739,927       131,559       1,129,874             131,559       1,129,874       1,261,433       37,613       1,145,852       9/2/2005  
Rock Falls, Illinois, Industrial Building
    739,927       35,082       1,113,340             35,082       1,113,340       1,148,422       37,613       1,145,852       9/2/2005  
Newburyport, Massachusetts, Industrial Building
    6,846,000       628,690       6,504,056       42,895       628,690       6,546,951       7,175,641       209,505       6,966,136       10/17/2005  
Clintonville, Wisconsin, Industrial Manufacturing Building
    3,590,278       54,674       4,717,090             54,674       4,717,090       4,771,764       145,236       4,626,528       10/31/2005  
Maple Heights, Ohio, Industrial Building
    10,896,000       1,608,976       10,065,475       37,869       1,608,976       10,103,344       11,712,320       318,281       11,394,039       12/21/2005  
Richmond, Virginia Industrial Building
          735,820       5,335,863       36,437       735,820       5,372,300       6,108,120       149,407       5,958,713       12/30/2005  
Toledo, Oho Industrial Building
    3,000,000       263,068       2,811,801       39,916       263,068       2,851,717       3,114,785       87,811       3,026,974       12/30/2005  
South Hadley, Massachusetts Industrial Building
          470,636       2,765,376             470,636       2,765,376       3,236,012       62,139       3,173,873       2/15/2006  
Champaign, Illinois Office Building
    9,620,050       3,645,770       10,803,824       10,546       3,645,770       10,814,370       14,460,140       268,613       14,191,527       2/21/2006  
Roseville, Minnesota Office Building
    20,104,716       2,587,757       25,290,127             2,587,757       25,290,127       27,877,884       678,618       27,199,265       2/21/2006  
Burnsville, Minnesota Office Building
    12,000,000       3,510,711       8,746,407             3,510,711       8,746,407       12,257,118       191,356       12,065,762       5/10/2006  
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin Industrial Building
          624,700       6,910,616             624,700       6,910,616       7,535,316       90,042       7,445,274       6/30/2006  
Baytown, Texas Office Building
          221,314       2,443,469             221,314       2,443,469       2,664,783       33,819       2,630,964       7/11/2006  
Sterling Heights, Michigan Industrial Building
          2,734,887       8,606,190             2,734,887       8,606,190       11,341,077       60,645       11,280,432       9/22/2006  
Birmingham, Alabama Industrial Building
          335,150       1,237,789             335,150       1,237,789       1,572,939       8,345       1,564,592       9/29/2006  
Montgomery, Alabama Industrial Building
          335,150       1,237,788             335,150       1,237,788       1,572,938       8,345       1,564,593       9/29/2006  
Columbia, Missouri Industrial Building
          335,150       1,237,788             335,150       1,237,788       1,572,938       8,345       1,564,593       9/29/2006  
 
                                                             
 
  $ 154,494,438     $ 33,764,113     $ 209,287,864     $ 661,565     $ 33,764,113     $ 209,949,429     $ 243,713,542     $ 8,595,419     $ 235,118,123          
 
                                                             
 
(1)   Depreciable life of all buildings is 39 years. Depreciable life of all improvements is the life of the respective leases on each building, which range from 5-20 years.

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The following table reconciles the change in the balance of real estate during the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, respectively:
                         
    2006     2005     2004  
Balance at beginning of period
  $ 165,043,640     $ 61,251,455     $ 5,440,772  
 
Additions during period
    83,649,860       103,792,185       55,810,683  
 
Dispositions during period
    (4,979,958 )            
 
                 
 
Balance at end of period
  $ 243,713,542     $ 165,043,640     $ 61,251,455  
 
                 
The following table reconciles the change in the balance of accumulated depreciation during the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, respectively:
Accumulated Depreciation
                         
    2006     2005     2004  
Balance at beginning of period
  $ 3,408,879     $ 785,125     $ 4,619  
 
Additions during period
    5,351,414       2,623,754       780,506  
 
Dispositions during period
    (164,874 )            
 
                 
 
Balance at end of period
  $ 8,595,419     $ 3,408,879     $ 785,125  
 
                 

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GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORPORATION
SCHEDULE IV – MORTGAGE LOANS ON REAL ESTATE
DECEMBER 31, 2006
                                         
            Final                   Carrying   Principal Amount of Loans
            Maturity           Face Amount   Amount of   Subject to Delinquent
Location of Real Estate   Type of Loan   Interest Rate   Date   Periodic Payment Term   Prior Lien   of Mortgage   Mortgage   Principal or Interest
McLean, Virginia
  First Mortgage   1 month LIBOR +6%; Floor of 7.5%, Ceiling of 10%   5/30/2017   Monthly payment based upon a 24 year amortization term, which variates based on LIBOR, with a floor of 7.5% and a ceiling of 10%. Balloon payment at maturity is $8,488,577.88.     $ 10,000,000     $ 10,000,000     $       —
 
                                       
 
                      $ 10,000,000     $ 10,000,000      
 
                                       
The following table reconciles the change in the balance of mortgage loans on real estate during the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, respectively:
                         
    December 31, 2006     December 31, 2005     December 31, 2004  
Balance at beginning of period
  $ 21,025,815     $ 11,107,717     $  
 
New mortgage loans
          10,000,000       11,170,000  
 
Collections of principal
    (44,742 )     (81,902 )     (62,283 )
 
Satisfaction of mortgage loan receivable
    (10,981,073 )            
 
                 
 
Balance at end of period
  $ 10,000,000     $ 21,025,815     $ 11,107,717  
 
                 

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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of December 31, 2006, our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2006 in providing a reasonable level of assurance that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in applicable SEC rules and forms, including providing a reasonable level of assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in such reports is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. However, in evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated can provide only reasonable assurance of necessarily achieving the desired control objectives, and management was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
b) Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on our evaluation under the framework in Internal Control — Integrated Framework, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2006.
Management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in its report which is included in Item 8 of this Form 10-K.
c) Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm
Refer to the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm located in Item 8 of this Form 10K.
d) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2006 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information
Not applicable.

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PART III
We will file a definitive Proxy Statement for our 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2007 Proxy Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to Regulation 14A, not later than 120 days after the end of our fiscal year. Accordingly, certain information required by Part III has been omitted under General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K. Only those sections of the 2007 Proxy Statement that specifically address the items set forth herein are incorporated by reference.
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
The information required by Item 10 is hereby incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this Form 10-K with respect to the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information required by Item 11 is hereby incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this Form 10-K with respect to the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The information required by Item 12 is hereby incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this Form 10-K with respect to the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
The information required by Item 13 is hereby incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this Form 10-K with respect to the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The information required by Item 14 is hereby incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this Form 10-K with respect to the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
a.   DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THIS REPORT
  1.   The following financial statements are filed herewith:
 
      Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
      Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005
 
      Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
 
      Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
 
      Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
 
      Notes to Financial Statements
 
  2.   Financial statement schedules
 
      Schedule III – Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation is filed herewith.
 
      Schedule IV – Mortgage Loans on Real Estate is filed herewith.
 
      All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable, or because the required information is included in the financial statements or notes thereto.
 
  3.   Exhibits
 
      The following exhibits are filed as part of this report or hereby incorporated by reference to exhibits previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission:

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Exhibit Index
     
Exhibit   Description of Document
3 .1†
  Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S -11 (File No. 333-106024), filed September 11, 2003.
 
   
3 .2†
  Bylaws, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-106024), filed September 11, 2003.
 
   
3.3†
  Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of the 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of Form 8-A (File No. 000-50363), filed January 19, 2006.
 
   
3.4†
  Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of the 7.5% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of Form 8-A (File No. 000-50363), filed October 19, 2006.
 
   
4.1†
  Form of Certificate for 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of Gladstone Commercial Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Form 8-A (File No. 000-50363), filed January 19, 2006.
 
   
4.2†
  Form of Certificate for 7.5% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of Gladstone Commercial Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of Form 8-A (File No. 000-50363), filed October 19, 2006.
 
   
10.1†
  Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement between Gladstone Commercial Corporation and Gladstone Management Corporation, dated August 7, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-106024), filed August 8, 2003.
 
   
10.2*
  2003 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-106024), filed July 22, 2003.
 
   
10.3†
  Agreement of Limited Partnership of Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, dated July 17, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Pre -Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S -11 (File No. 333-106024), filed July 22, 2003.
 
   
10.4†
  Real Property Purchase and Sale Agreement between 3058348 Nova Scotia Company, 3058349 Nova Scotia Company and Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, dated August 11, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Form 10-K (File No. 000-50363), filed March 8, 2005.
 
   
10.5†
  Real Property Purchase and Sale Agreement between PBC – Pocono, L.L.C., PBC– Norfolk, L.L.C. and Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, dated August 11, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Form 10-K (File No. 000-50363), filed March 8, 2005.
 
   
10.6†
  Trademark License Agreement, dated December 20, 2004, between Gladstone Commercial Corporation and Gladstone Management Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Form 10-K (File No. 000-50363), filed March 8, 2005.

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Exhibit   Description of Document
10.7†
  Amendment No. 2 to the 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Form 10-K (File No. 000-50363), filed March 8, 2005.
 
   
10.8†
  First Amendment to Agreement of Limited Partnership of Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, dated September 1, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Form 10-K (File No. 000-50363), filed March 8, 2005.
 
   
10.9†
  Credit Agreement by and among Gladstone Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, Branch Banking and Trust Company and certain other parties, dated as of February 28, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed March 1, 2005.
 
   
10.10†
  Promissory Note between Key Bank National Association and CMI04 Canton NC LLC, dated March 14, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 (File No. 000-50363), filed May 4, 2005.
 
   
10.11†
  First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Waiver by and among Gladstone Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, Branch Banking and Trust Company and certain other parties, dated as of April 21, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 (File No. 000-50363), filed May 4, 2005.
 
   
10.12†
  Second Amendment to Credit Agreement and Loan Documents by and among Gladstone Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, Branch Banking and Trust Company, and certain other parties, dated as of July 6, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 (File No. 000-50363), filed August 2, 2005.
 
   
10.13†
  Loan Agreement between AFL05 Duncan SC LLC and Little Arch Charlotte NC LLC and Bank of America, N.A., dated as of August 25, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed August 29, 2005.
 
   
10.14†
  Promissory Note between AFL05 Duncan SC LLC and Little Arch Charlotte NC LLC and Bank of America, N.A., dated as of August 25, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed August 29, 2005.
 
   
10.15†
  Mortgage and Security Agreement between 260 Springside Drive, Akron OH LLC and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., dated as of September 12, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed September 13, 2005.
 
   
10.16†
  Fixed Rate Note between 260 Springside Drive, Akron OH LLC and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., dated as of September 12, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed September 13, 2005.
 
   
10.17†
  Loan Agreement between PZ05 Maple Heights OH LLC, WMI05 Columbus OH LLC, and OB Crenshaw GCC, LP, and Countrywide Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., dated as of December 21, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed December 22, 2005.
 
   
10.18†
  Promissory Note between PZ05 Maple Heights OH LLC, WMI05 Columbus OH LLC, and OB Crenshaw GCC, LP, and Countrywide Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., dated as of December 21, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed December 22, 2005.

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Exhibit   Description of Document
10.19†
  First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 1, 2006.
 
   
10.20†
  Loan agreement between Stonewater Dox Funding LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated as of November 21, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 24, 2006.
 
   
10.21†
  Assumption agreement between Stonewater Dox Funding LLC, ACI06 Champaign IL LLC, Gladstone Commercial Corporation and LaSalle Bank National Association, dated as of February 21, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 24, 2006.
 
   
10.22†
  Promissory note between Stonewater Dox Funding LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated as of November 21, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 24, 2006.
 
   
10.23†
  Purchase agreement between Stonewater UIS Funding LLC and Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, dated as of November 23, 2005, as the same has been modified by that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2005, that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated December 30, 2005, that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated January 6, 2006, that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated January 13, 2006, that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated January 17, 2006 and that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated January 20, 2006., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 24, 2006.
 
   
10.24†
  Loan agreement between Stonewater Dox Funding LLC and Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc, dated as of May 12, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 24, 2006.
 
   
10.25†
  Loan assumption agreement between Stonewater UIS Funding LLC, and UC06 Roseville MN LLC, Gladstone Commercial Corporation and LaSalle Bank National Association, dated as of February 21, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 24, 2006.
 
   
10.26†
  Promissory note between Stonewater UIS Funding LLC and Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc, dated as of May 12, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 24, 2006.
 
   
10.27†
  Purchase agreement between Stonewater UIS Funding LLC and Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, dated as of November 23, 2005, as the same has been modified by that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2005, that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated December 30, 2005, that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated January 6, 2006, that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated January 13, 2006, that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated January 17, 2006 and that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated January 20, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 24, 2006.
 
   
10.28†
  Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among Gladstone Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, Branch Banking and Trust Company, and certain other parties, dated as of March 17, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed March 22, 2006.

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Exhibit   Description of Document
10.29†
  Loan agreement between IXIS Real Estate Capital Inc. and 2525 N Woodlawn Vstrm Wichita KS, LLC, CI05 Clintonville WI LLC and MSI05-3 LLC, dated as of April 27, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-50363), filed May 2, 2006.
 
   
10.30†
  Promissory note between IXIS Real Estate Capital Inc. and 2525 N Woodlawn Vstrm Wichita KS, LLC, CI05 Clintonville WI LLC and MSI05-3 LLC, dated as of April 27, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-50363), filed May 2, 2006.
 
   
10.31†
  First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement by and among Gladstone Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, Branch Banking and Trust Company, and certain other parties, dated as of June 29, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed June 30, 2006.
 
   
10.32*
  Joint Directors Nonqualified Excess Plan of Gladstone Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Capital Corporation and Gladstone Investment Corporations, dated as of July 11, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed July 12, 2006.
 
   
10.33†
  Custodial Agreement between Branch Banking and Trust Company of Virginia, as Custodian, and Gladstone Commercial Company, dated as of May 1, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-50363), filed May 2, 2006.
 
   
10.34†
  Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement between First Park Ten COCO San Antonio, L.P. and CIBC Inc., dated as of November 22, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed November 28, 2006.
 
   
10.35†
  Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement between SLEE Grand Prairie, L.P. and CIBC Inc., dated as of November 22, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed November 28, 2006.
 
   
10.36†
  Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement between OB Midway NC Gladstone Commercial LLC, and CIBC Inc., dated as of November 22, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed November 28, 2006.
 
   
10.37†
  Promissory Note First Park Ten COCO San Antonio, L.P., SLEE Grand Prairie, L.P. and OB Midway NC Gladstone Commercial LLC and CIBC Inc., N.A., dated as of November 22, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed November 28, 2006.
 
   
10.38†
  Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement between HMBF05 Newburyport MA LLC and CIBC Inc., dated as of December 22, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed December 28, 2006.
 
   
10.39†
  Open-end Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement between SVMMC05 Toledo OH LLC and CIBC Inc., dated as of December 22, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed December 28, 2006.
 
   
10.40†
  Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement between TCI06 Burnsville MC LLC and CIBC Inc., dated as of December 22, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed December 28, 2006.

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Exhibit   Description of Document
10.41†
  Promissory Note between HMBF05 Newburyport MA LLC, SVMMC05 Toledo OH LLC and TCI06 Burnsville MC LLC and CIBC Inc., dated as of December 22, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed December 28, 2006.
 
   
10.42†
  Credit Agreement dated as of December 29, 2006 among Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership as Borrower and Gladstone Commercial Corporation as Guarantor, the Initial Guarantors Listed Therein, the Banks Listed Therein and KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed January 3, 2007.
 
   
10.43†
  Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement between Gladstone Commercial Corporation and Gladstone Management Corporation, dated January 1, 2007 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed January 3, 2007.
 
   
10.44†
  Administration Agreement between Gladstone Commercial Corporation and Gladstone Administration, LLC, dated January 1, 2007 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed January 3, 2007.
 
   
11
  Computation of Per Share Earnings from Operations (included in the notes to the audited financial statements contained in this report)
 
   
14†
  Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, dated October 11, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed October 12, 2005.
 
   
21
  Subsidiaries of Gladstone Commercial Corporation.
 
   
23
  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
 
   
31.1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
31 .2
  Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
32 .1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
32 .2
  Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
  Incorporated by reference.
 
*   Denotes management contract, compensation plan, contract or other arrangement.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
  Gladstone Commercial Corporation
 
 
Date: February 27, 2007  By:   /s/ Harry Brill    
    Harry Brill   
    Chief Financial Officer   
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacity and on the dates indicated.
         
     
Date: February 27, 2007  By:   /s/ David Gladstone    
    David Gladstone   
    Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors
(principal executive officer) 
 
 
     
Date: February 27, 2007  By:   /s/ Terry Lee Brubaker    
    Terry Lee Brubaker   
    President, Chief Operating Officer and Director   
 
     
Date: February 27, 2007  By:   /s/ Harry Brill    
    Harry Brill   
    Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and accounting officer) 
 
 
     
Date: February 27, 2007  By:   /s/ David A.R. Dullum    
    David A.R. Dullum   
    Director   
 
     
Date: February 27, 2007  By:   /s/ Anthony W. Parker    
    Anthony W. Parker   
    Director   
 
     
Date: February 27, 2007  By:   /s/ Michela A. English    
    Michela A. English   
    Director   

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Date: February 27, 2007  By:   /s/ Paul Adelgren    
    Paul Adelgren   
    Director   
 
     
Date: February 27, 2007  By:   /s/ Maurice Coulon    
    Maurice Coulon   
    Director   
 
     
Date: February 27, 2007  By:   /s/ John Outland    
    John Outland   
    Director   
 
     
Date: February 27, 2007  By:   /s/ Gerard Mead    
    Gerard Mead   
    Director   
 

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Exhibit Index
     
Exhibit   Description of Document
3 .1†
  Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S -11 (File No. 333-106024), filed September 11, 2003.
 
   
3 .2†
  Bylaws, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-106024), filed September 11, 2003.
 
   
3.3†
  Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of the 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of Form 8-A (File No. 000-50363), filed January 19, 2006.
 
   
3.4†
  Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of the 7.5% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of Form 8-A (File No. 000-50363), filed October 19, 2006.
 
   
4.1†
  Form of Certificate for 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of Gladstone Commercial Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Form 8-A (File No. 000-50363), filed January 19, 2006.
 
   
4.2†
  Form of Certificate for 7.5% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of Gladstone Commercial Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of Form 8-A (File No. 000-50363), filed October 19, 2006.
 
   
10.1†
  Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement between Gladstone Commercial Corporation and Gladstone Management Corporation, dated August 7, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-106024), filed August 8, 2003.
 
   
10.2*
  2003 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-106024), filed July 22, 2003.
 
   
10.3†
  Agreement of Limited Partnership of Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, dated July 17, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Pre -Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S -11 (File No. 333-106024), filed July 22, 2003.
 
   
10.4†
  Real Property Purchase and Sale Agreement between 3058348 Nova Scotia Company, 3058349 Nova Scotia Company and Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, dated August 11, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Form 10-K (File No. 000-50363), filed March 8, 2005.
 
   
10.5†
  Real Property Purchase and Sale Agreement between PBC – Pocono, L.L.C., PBC– Norfolk, L.L.C. and Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, dated August 11, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Form 10-K (File No. 000-50363), filed March 8, 2005.
 
   
10.6†
  Trademark License Agreement, dated December 20, 2004, between Gladstone Commercial Corporation and Gladstone Management Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Form 10-K (File No. 000-50363), filed March 8, 2005.

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Exhibit   Description of Document
10.7†
  Amendment No. 2 to the 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Form 10-K (File No. 000-50363), filed March 8, 2005.
 
   
10.8†
  First Amendment to Agreement of Limited Partnership of Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, dated September 1, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Form 10-K (File No. 000-50363), filed March 8, 2005.
 
   
10.9†
  Credit Agreement by and among Gladstone Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, Branch Banking and Trust Company and certain other parties, dated as of February 28, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed March 1, 2005.
 
   
10.10†
  Promissory Note between Key Bank National Association and CMI04 Canton NC LLC, dated March 14, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 (File No. 000-50363), filed May 4, 2005.
 
   
10.11†
  First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Waiver by and among Gladstone Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, Branch Banking and Trust Company and certain other parties, dated as of April 21, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 (File No. 000-50363), filed May 4, 2005.
 
   
10.12†
  Second Amendment to Credit Agreement and Loan Documents by and among Gladstone Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, Branch Banking and Trust Company, and certain other parties, dated as of July 6, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 (File No. 000-50363), filed August 2, 2005.
 
   
10.13†
  Loan Agreement between AFL05 Duncan SC LLC and Little Arch Charlotte NC LLC and Bank of America, N.A., dated as of August 25, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed August 29, 2005.
 
   
10.14†
  Promissory Note between AFL05 Duncan SC LLC and Little Arch Charlotte NC LLC and Bank of America, N.A., dated as of August 25, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed August 29, 2005.
 
   
10.15†
  Mortgage and Security Agreement between 260 Springside Drive, Akron OH LLC and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., dated as of September 12, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed September 13, 2005.
 
   
10.16†
  Fixed Rate Note between 260 Springside Drive, Akron OH LLC and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., dated as of September 12, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed September 13, 2005.
 
   
10.17†
  Loan Agreement between PZ05 Maple Heights OH LLC, WMI05 Columbus OH LLC, and OB Crenshaw GCC, LP, and Countrywide Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., dated as of December 21, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed December 22, 2005.
 
   
10.18†
  Promissory Note between PZ05 Maple Heights OH LLC, WMI05 Columbus OH LLC, and OB Crenshaw GCC, LP, and Countrywide Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., dated as of December 21, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed December 22, 2005.
 
   
10.19†
  First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 1, 2006.

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Exhibit   Description of Document
10.20†
  Loan agreement between Stonewater Dox Funding LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated as of November 21, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 24, 2006.
 
   
10.21†
  Assumption agreement between Stonewater Dox Funding LLC, ACI06 Champaign IL LLC, Gladstone Commercial Corporation and LaSalle Bank National Association, dated as of February 21, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 24, 2006.
 
   
10.22†
  Promissory note between Stonewater Dox Funding LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated as of November 21, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 24, 2006.
 
   
10.23†
  Purchase agreement between Stonewater UIS Funding LLC and Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, dated as of November 23, 2005, as the same has been modified by that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2005, that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated December 30, 2005, that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated January 6, 2006, that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated January 13, 2006, that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated January 17, 2006 and that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated January 20, 2006., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 24, 2006.
 
   
10.24†
  Loan agreement between Stonewater Dox Funding LLC and Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc, dated as of May 12, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 24, 2006.
 
   
10.25†
  Loan assumption agreement between Stonewater UIS Funding LLC, and UC06 Roseville MN LLC, Gladstone Commercial Corporation and LaSalle Bank National Association, dated as of February 21, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 24, 2006.
 
   
10.26†
  Promissory note between Stonewater UIS Funding LLC and Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc, dated as of May 12, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 24, 2006.
 
   
10.27†
  Purchase agreement between Stonewater UIS Funding LLC and Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, dated as of November 23, 2005, as the same has been modified by that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2005, that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated December 30, 2005, that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated January 6, 2006, that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated January 13, 2006, that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated January 17, 2006 and that certain Amendment to Purchase Agreement dated January 20, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed February 24, 2006.
 
   
10.28†
  Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among Gladstone Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, Branch Banking and Trust Company, and certain other parties, dated as of March 17, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed March 22, 2006.
 
   
10.29†
  Loan agreement between IXIS Real Estate Capital Inc. and 2525 N Woodlawn Vstrm Wichita KS, LLC, CI05 Clintonville WI LLC and MSI05-3 LLC, dated as of April 27, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-50363), filed May 2, 2006.

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Exhibit   Description of Document
10.30†
  Promissory note between IXIS Real Estate Capital Inc. and 2525 N Woodlawn Vstrm Wichita KS, LLC, CI05 Clintonville WI LLC and MSI05-3 LLC, dated as of April 27, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-50363), filed May 2, 2006.
 
   
10.31†
  First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement by and among Gladstone Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership, Branch Banking and Trust Company, and certain other parties, dated as of June 29, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed June 30, 2006.
 
   
10.32*
  Joint Directors Nonqualified Excess Plan of Gladstone Commercial Corporation, Gladstone Capital Corporation and Gladstone Investment Corporations, dated as of July 11, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed July 12, 2006.
 
   
10.33†
  Custodial Agreement between Branch Banking and Trust Company of Virginia, as Custodian, and Gladstone Commercial Company, dated as of May 1, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-50363), filed May 2, 2006.
 
   
10.34†
  Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement between First Park Ten COCO San Antonio, L.P. and CIBC Inc., dated as of November 22, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed November 28, 2006.
 
   
10.35†
  Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement between SLEE Grand Prairie, L.P. and CIBC Inc., dated as of November 22, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed November 28, 2006.
 
   
10.36†
  Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement between OB Midway NC Gladstone Commercial LLC, and CIBC Inc., dated as of November 22, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed November 28, 2006.
 
   
10.37†
  Promissory Note First Park Ten COCO San Antonio, L.P., SLEE Grand Prairie, L.P. and OB Midway NC Gladstone Commercial LLC and CIBC Inc., N.A., dated as of November 22, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed November 28, 2006.
 
   
10.38†
  Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement between HMBF05 Newburyport MA LLC and CIBC Inc., dated as of December 22, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed December 28, 2006.
 
   
10.39†
  Open-end Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement between SVMMC05 Toledo OH LLC and CIBC Inc., dated as of December 22, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed December 28, 2006.
 
   
10.40†
  Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement between TCI06 Burnsville MC LLC and CIBC Inc., dated as of December 22, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed December 28, 2006.

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Exhibit   Description of Document
10.41†
  Promissory Note between HMBF05 Newburyport MA LLC, SVMMC05 Toledo OH LLC and TCI06 Burnsville MC LLC and CIBC Inc., dated as of December 22, 2006, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed December 28, 2006.
 
   
10.42†
  Credit Agreement dated as of December 29, 2006 among Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership as Borrower and Gladstone Commercial Corporation as Guarantor, the Initial Guarantors Listed Therein, the Banks Listed Therein and KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed January 3, 2007.
 
   
10.43†
  Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement between Gladstone Commercial Corporation and Gladstone Management Corporation, dated January 1, 2007 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed January 3, 2007.
 
   
10.44†
  Administration Agreement between Gladstone Commercial Corporation and Gladstone Administration, LLC, dated January 1, 2007 incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed January 3, 2007.
 
   
11
  Computation of Per Share Earnings from Operations (included in the notes to the audited financial statements contained in this report)
 
   
14†
  Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, dated October 11, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50363), filed October 12, 2005.
 
   
21
  Subsidiaries of Gladstone Commercial Corporation.
 
   
23
  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
 
   
31.1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
31 .2
  Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
32 .1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
32 .2
  Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
  Incorporated by reference.
 
*   Denotes management contract, compensation plan, contract or other arrangement.

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