ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
Wells Real Estate Fund XIV, L.P. (the "Partnership") is a Georgia public limited partnership with Leo F. Wells, III and Wells Capital, Inc. ("Wells Capital"), a Georgia corporation, serving as its general partners (collectively, the "General Partners"). Wells Capital is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Real Estate Funds, Inc. ("WREF"). Leo F. Wells, III is the president and sole director of Wells Capital and the president, sole director, and sole owner of WREF. The Partnership was formed on October 25, 2002 for the purpose of acquiring, developing, owning, operating, improving, leasing, and managing income-producing commercial properties for investment purposes. Upon subscription, limited partners elected to have their units treated as Cash Preferred Units or Tax Preferred Units. Thereafter, limited partners have the right to change their prior elections to have some or all of their units treated as Cash Preferred Units or Tax Preferred Units one time during each quarterly accounting period. Limited partners may vote to, among other things: (a) amend the partnership agreement, subject to certain limitations; (b) change the business purpose or investment objectives of the Partnership; (c) add or remove a general partner; (d) elect a new general partner; (e) dissolve the Partnership; (f) authorize a merger or a consolidation of the Partnership; and (g) approve a sale involving all or substantially all of the Partnership's assets, subject to certain limitations. A majority vote on any of the described matters will bind the Partnership, without the concurrence of the General Partners. Each limited partnership unit has equal voting rights, regardless of the class of the unit.
On May 14, 2003, the Partnership commenced a public offering of up to $45,000,000 of Cash Preferred or Tax Preferred limited partnership units ($10.00 per unit) pursuant to a Registration Statement filed on Form S-11 under the Securities Act. The offering was terminated on April 30, 2005, at which time the Partnership had sold approximately 2,531,031 Cash Preferred Units and 943,093 Tax Preferred Units representing total limited partner capital contributions of $34,741,238.
During the periods presented, the Partnership owned the following properties directly:
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1. 150 Apollo Drive(1) A three-story office building located in Chelmsford, Massachusetts |
2. 3675 Kennesaw Building(2) A one-story distribution warehouse building located in Kennesaw, Georgia |
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(1) | This property was sold in July 2011. |
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(2) | This property was sold in February 2012. |
During the periods presented, the Partnership owned interests in the following joint venture (the "Joint Venture") and property:
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Joint Venture | Joint Venture Partners | Ownership % | Property |
Fund XIII and Fund XIV Associates ("Fund XIII-XIV Associates" or the "Joint Venture") | • Wells Real Estate Fund XIII, L.P. • Wells Real Estate Fund XIV, L.P. | 47.3% 52.7% | Siemens – Orlando Building Two single-story office buildings located in Orlando, Florida |
Wells Real Estate Fund XIII, L.P. is affiliated with the Partnership through common general partners. Each of the properties described above was acquired on an all-cash basis. For further information regarding the Joint Venture and foregoing properties, refer to the Partnership's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.