2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200
Dallas, Texas 75201-6776 Telephone: 214-740-8000 Fax: 214-740-8800 www.lockelord.com Kenneth L. Betts Direct Telephone: 214-740-8696 Direct Fax: 214-756-8696 kbetts@lockelord.com |
Re: | Plymouth Opportunity REIT, Inc. File No. 333-173048 |
1. | We note your reference to having significantly lower fees. It appears that your fees are generally consistent with other REITS. Please remove this statement or advise. | |
In response to the Staffs comment, the Company has removed the word significantly before the Lower Fees investment consideration. The Company also respectfully notes that the aggregate underwriting compensation payable in this offering is 5.4% of gross offering proceeds, while substantially all of the other offerings either in registration or recently completed have aggregate underwriting compensation of nearly 10%. |
2. | Please remove the reference to your affiliates being best in class or provide support for this statement and footnote disclosure regarding the source of this statement. | |
In response to the Staffs comment, the Company has removed the reference to best in class from the Investment Considerations. | ||
3. | We note that you have not commenced operations. Please clarify that the information in the fifth bullet point represents your intentions, but that you may not be able to achieve this goal. | |
In response to the Staffs comment, the Company has added a footnote providing the requested disclosure. |
4. | Please explain the term value-add engineering. | |
In response to the Staffs comment, the Company has removed the reference to value-add engineering. | ||
5. | In discussing the quarterly dividend distributions, please clarify if net operating cash flow from operations is the same as under GAAP. Also include disclosure that there is no guarantee that distributions will be paid. | |
In response to the Staffs comment, the Company has repositioned the footnote. | ||
6. | Please ensure that footnotes that contain pertinent disclosure for an investor as presented with equal prominence to the remainder of your disclosure. For example, please increase the font size of footnote 1 so that it equally prominent. Please make similar changes throughout your sales literature as appropriate. | |
In response to the Staffs comment, the Company has added the disclosure regarding no assurance as to the payment of dividends. |
7. | Please remove the reference to avoiding conflicts of interest. Please make similar changes throughout your sales literature as appropriate. | |
In response to the Staffs comment, the Company has removed the references to avoiding conflicts of interest. |
8. | Please explain the term public REIT since this term could include public REITs that are traded on exchanges which do not have a similar expense structure as non-traded REITs. | |
In response to the Staffs comment, the Company has revised the fourth sentence under Our Story to remove the reference to public REITs. |
Sincerely, |
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/s/ Kenneth L. Betts | ||||
Kenneth L. Betts | ||||
cc: | Stacie Gorman Jeffrey E. Witherell Bryan L. Goolsby, Esq. |