EXCEL LEGACY CORP
S-11, 1998-06-01
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      AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 1, 1998
 
                                                      REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                   FORM S-11
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                            EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION
      (Exact name of registrant as specified in its governing instruments)
 
                         16955 VIA DEL CAMPO, SUITE 100
                          SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92127
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
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                                 GARY B. SABIN
                     PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                            EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION
                         16955 VIA DEL CAMPO, SUITE 100
                          SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92127
                    (Name and address of agent for service)
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                                   COPIES TO:
 
                              SCOTT N. WOLFE, ESQ.
                                Latham & Watkins
                           701 "B" Street, Suite 2100
                          San Diego, California 92101
                                 (619) 236-1234
 
    APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: At such
time or times after the registration statement becomes effective as the Selling
Holders (as hereinafter defined) may determine.
 
    If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act,
check the following box. /X/
 
    If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement of the same offering. / / ______
 
    If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. / / ______
 
    If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. / / ______
 
    If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. / /
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                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
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                                                               PROPOSED MAXIMUM      PROPOSED MAXIMUM
         TITLE OF SECURITIES               AMOUNT BEING       AGGREGATE OFFERING    AGGREGATE OFFERING        AMOUNT OF
          BEING REGISTERED                  REGISTERED        PRICE PER SHARE(1)          PRICE            REGISTRATION FEE
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Series A Preferred Stock, par value
  $0.01 per share....................       21,281,000            $5.00 (1)            $106,405,000            $31,390
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
  share..............................     21,281,000(2)              (2)                   (2)                   (2)
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
    pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
    ("Securities Act").
 
(2) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the shares of Common Stock
    being registered hereunder include the number of shares of Common Stock
    issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock plus such
    indeterminate number of additional shares as may become issuable upon
    conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock as a result of adjustments in the
    conversion price thereof. Pursuant to Rule 457(i) under the Securities Act,
    no registration fee is required for the Common Stock issuable upon
    conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock because no additional
    consideration will be required in connection with the issuance of such
    Common Stock.
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    THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A),
MAY DETERMINE.
 
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                             SUBJECT TO COMPLETION
                   PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS DATED JUNE 1, 1998
 
                            EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION
 
                 21,281,000 Shares of Series A Preferred Stock
                       21,281,000 Shares of Common Stock
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    This Prospectus relates to one or more offerings from time to time by the
Selling Holders (as hereinafter defined) of the Series A Liquidating Preference
Convertible Preferred Stock due 2005, par value $0.01 per share ("Series A
Preferred Stock"), of Excel Legacy Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Legacy"
or the "Company"), and the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share
("Common Stock"), of the Company issuable upon conversion of the Series A
Preferred Stock. The Series A Preferred Stock was issued and sold on March 31,
1998 to persons reasonably believed by the Company to be "qualified
institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act").
 
    The Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into Common Stock in the manner
described herein, at the option of the holder, at any time prior to the
redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock by the Company as provided by the
Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Relative, Participating, Optional
and Other Special Rights of Preferred Stock and Qualifications, Limitations and
Restrictions Thereof of the Series A Preferred Stock (the "Certificate of
Designation"). The Series A Preferred Stock also is convertible into Common
Stock by the Company if the closing price of the Common Stock on the OTC
Bulletin Board is equal to or greater than certain price milestones for 30
consecutive trading days. On May 18, 1998, pursuant to the Certificate of
Designation, the Company sent notice to the Selling Holders that it had
exercised its right to convert all of the outstanding shares of Series A
Preferred Stock into Common Stock. The Company has fixed August 18, 1998 as the
date on which all of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be
automatically converted into shares of the Company's Common Stock, at the rate
of one share of Common Stock for each outstanding share of Series A Preferred
Stock, subject to adjustment in accordance with standard anti-dilution
provisions set forth in the Certificate of Designation. All holders of record of
the Series A Preferred Stock on July 28, 1998 (the record date for such
mandatory conversion) will receive instructions from the Company's transfer
agent as to the procedure by which such holders shall return all certificates
representing shares of Series A Preferred Stock and receive from the Company
certificates representing shares of Common Stock. See "DESCRIPTION OF THE
COMPANY'S CAPITAL STOCK--Series A Preferred Stock--CONVERSION RIGHTS."
 
    The last reported sale price of the Common Stock, which is quoted under the
symbol "XLCY" on the OTC Bulletin Board, on May 22, 1998 was $5.15 per share.
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PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE MATTERS DISCUSSED UNDER
"RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 5 OF THIS PROSPECTUS, INCLUDING:
 
    - Risks related to the recent formation of the Company and its limited
      operating history.
 
    - Risks related to the Company's reliance on a limited number of major
      tenants and on the ability of such tenants to make rental payments.
 
    - Property management risks including nonrenewal of space or inability to
      relet space.
 
    - Real estate development risks including the failure to complete
      development projects and risks inherent in construction and development.
 
    - Risks affecting the real estate market generally, including economic and
      other conditions affecting the value of the Company's properties, the
      relative illiquidity of real estate and potential liabilities for unknown
      or future environmental and other problems.
 
    - Risks related to the Company's dependence on its executive officers and
      other key personnel, and the influence of such personnel over the Company.
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 THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
     EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION
         PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY
            REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY
OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES
EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE SECURITIES
IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR
TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.
 
              The date of the Prospectus is               , 1998.
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    The Series A Preferred Stock and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion
of the Series A Preferred Stock (collectively, the "Offered Securities") may be
offered and sold from time to time by the holders named herein or by their
transferees, pledgees, donees or their successors (collectively, the "Selling
Holders") pursuant to this Prospectus. The Offered Securities may be sold by the
Selling Holders from time to time directly to purchasers or through agents,
underwriters or dealers. See "SELLING HOLDERS" and "PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION." If
required, the names of any such agents or underwriters involved in the sale of
the Offered Securities and the applicable agent's commission, dealer's purchase
price or underwriter's discount, if any, will be set forth in an accompanying
supplement to this Prospectus (each, a "Prospectus Supplement"). The Selling
Holders will receive all of the net proceeds from the sale of the Offered
Securities and will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if
any, applicable to any such sale. No portion of the net proceeds of this
offering will be received by the Company. The Company is responsible for payment
of all other expenses incident to the offer and sale of the Offered Securities.
The Selling Holders and any broker-dealers, agents or underwriters which
participate in the distribution of the Offered Securities may be deemed to be
"underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any commission
received by them and any profit on the resale of the Offered Securities
purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts
under the Securities Act. See "PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION" for a description of
indemnification arrangements among the Company and the Selling Holders.
 
               SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
    THIS PROSPECTUS CONTAINS CERTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE
MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 WITH RESPECT TO
THE FINANCIAL CONDITION, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, STATEMENTS UNDER THE CAPTIONS "THE COMPANY,"
"POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES," "BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES" AND
"MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS." THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS INVOLVE CERTAIN RISKS AND
UNCERTAINTIES, AND AS SUCH MAY INVOLVE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES
AND OTHER FACTORS WHICH MAY CAUSE THE ACTUAL RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COMPANY TO BE MATERIALLY DIFFERENT FROM ANY FUTURE RESULTS,
PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS. SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE OF THIS
PROSPECTUS. THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY OBLIGATION OR UNDERTAKING TO
RELEASE PUBLICLY ANY UPDATES OR REVISIONS TO ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
CONTAINED HEREIN TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN THE COMPANY'S EXPECTATIONS WITH REGARD
THERETO OR ANY CHANGE IN EVENTS, CONDITIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES ON WHICH ANY SUCH
STATEMENT IS BASED. INFORMATION ON FACTORS THAT COULD AFFECT THE FINANCIAL
RESULTS OF THE COMPANY AND SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS IS INCLUDED IN THE
SECTION HEREIN ENTITLED "RISK FACTORS."
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION.................................................................           1
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY....................................................................           2
  The Company.........................................................................           2
  Recent Developments.................................................................           3
  The Offering........................................................................           5
RISK FACTORS..........................................................................           5
  Recently Formed Entity; Lack of Independent Operating History.......................           5
  Reliance on Major Tenants...........................................................           5
  Control by Executive Officers and Directors.........................................           5
  Difficulty of Locating Suitable Investments; Competition............................           5
  Acquisition, Development, Construction and Renovation Activities....................           5
  Operating Risks.....................................................................           6
  Dependence on Rental Income from Real Property......................................           7
  Potential Adverse Consequences of Debt Financing....................................           7
  Equity Investments in and with Third Parties`.......................................           8
  Illiquidity of Real Estate Investments..............................................           8
  No Public Market for Series A Preferred Stock; Limited Market for Common Stock......           8
  Disadvantages of Investments in Debt Instruments....................................           9
  Limited Remedies Upon Default of Mortgage Loans.....................................           9
  Disadvantages of Investments in Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities...............          10
  Limitations on Remedies Upon Default................................................          10
  Third-Party Bankruptcy Risks........................................................          10
  Costs of Compliance with the Investment Company Act.................................          11
  Uninsured Losses....................................................................          11
  Potential Environmental Liability Related to the Properties.........................          11
  Changes in Policies Without Stockholder Approval....................................          12
  Hedging Policies/Risks..............................................................          12
  Dividend Policy.....................................................................          12
  Certain Anti-Takeover Features Affecting a Change in Control of the Company.........          12
  Dependence on Key Personnel.........................................................          13
  Costs of Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Similar Laws.......          13
  Noncompliance with Other Laws.......................................................          13
  Possible Conflicts with Excel.......................................................          13
  Failure of Excel to Qualify as a REIT Would Allow Excel to Compete with the
    Company...........................................................................          14
  Absence of Future Funding Commitments; Need for Future Capital......................          15
  Dilution............................................................................          15
  Shares Eligible for Future Sale.....................................................          15
SELLING HOLDERS.......................................................................          17
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION..................................................................          18
USE OF PROCEEDS.......................................................................          18
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS.............          19
PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK...........................................................          19
DIVIDEND POLICY.......................................................................          19
THE COMPANY...........................................................................          20
  General.............................................................................          20
  Business Strategy...................................................................          21
POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES...........................................          22
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  Investment Policies.................................................................          22
  Proactive Asset Management..........................................................          24
  Financing Policies..................................................................          24
  Policies With Respect to Other Activities...........................................          25
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA...............................................................          26
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
  OPERATIONS..........................................................................          27
  Nature of Business..................................................................          27
  Liquidity...........................................................................          27
  Results of Operations...............................................................          27
  Capital Resources...................................................................          29
BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES...............................................................          30
  Properties..........................................................................          30
  Notes Receivable....................................................................          41
  Principal Tenants...................................................................          43
  Employees...........................................................................          44
  Corporate Headquarters..............................................................          44
  Legal Proceedings...................................................................          44
MANAGEMENT............................................................................          45
  Board of Directors..................................................................          45
  Committees of the Board of Directors................................................          46
  Compensation of the Board of Directors..............................................          46
  Executive Officers..................................................................          47
  Executive Officer Compensation......................................................          48
  Legacy Stock Option Plan............................................................          48
  Indemnification Agreements..........................................................          50
SECURITIES OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
  MANAGEMENT..........................................................................          51
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS........................................          53
  Interests Related to Excel..........................................................          53
  Private Placements..................................................................          53
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND EXCEL...........................................          54
  Distribution Agreement..............................................................          54
  Administrative Services Agreement...................................................          54
  Tax Sharing Agreement...............................................................          55
  Transitional Services Agreement.....................................................          55
  Intercompany Agreement..............................................................          55
  Policies and Procedures for Addressing Conflicts....................................          56
THE EXCEL MERGER......................................................................          57
DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY'S CAPITAL STOCK............................................          58
  General.............................................................................          58
  Common Stock........................................................................          58
  Series A Preferred Stock............................................................          59
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF DELAWARE LAW AND OF THE COMPANY'S CHARTER AND BYLAWS............          61
  Issuance of Additional Shares of Preferred Stock....................................          61
  Business Combinations...............................................................          61
  Limitation of Liability and Indemnification.........................................          61
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE.......................................................          63
CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS...............................          65
  Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock Generally.................................          65
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  Series A Preferred Stock............................................................          67
  Backup Withholding..................................................................          67
EXPERTS...............................................................................          68
LEGAL MATTERS.........................................................................          68
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.........................................................         F-1
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                             AVAILABLE INFORMATION
 
    The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and, in accordance
therewith, files reports and other information with the Commission. Reports,
proxy statements and other information filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act may be inspected
and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at
450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 and at the Commission's regional
offices located at Seven World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York, New York
10048 and at 500 West Madison, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661. Copies of
such materials also may be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the
Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed
rates. They are also available through the Commission's World Wide Web site
(http://www.sec.gov).
 
    The Company has filed with the Commission a Registration Statement (which
term shall encompass any amendments thereto) on Form S-11 under the Securities
Act with respect to the securities offered by this Prospectus (the "Registration
Statement"). This Prospectus, which constitutes part of the Registration
Statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the Registration
Statement, certain items of which are contained in exhibits to the Registration
Statement as permitted by the rules and regulations of the Commission. For
further information with respect to the Company and the securities offered by
this Prospectus, reference is made to the Registration Statement, including the
exhibits thereto, and the financial statements and notes thereto filed or
incorporated by reference as a part thereof, which are on file at the offices of
the Commission and may be obtained upon payment of the fee prescribed by the
Commission, or may be examined without charge at the offices of the Commission.
Statements made in this Prospectus concerning the contents of any document
referred to herein are not necessarily complete, and, in each such instance, are
qualified in all respects by reference to the applicable documents filed with
the Commission. The Registration Statement and the exhibits thereto filed by the
Company with the Commission may be inspected and copied at the locations
described above.
 
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                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
    THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY THE MORE DETAILED
INFORMATION AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (INCLUDING THE NOTES THERETO) APPEARING
ELSEWHERE IN THIS PROSPECTUS. ALL REFERENCES TO LEGACY OR THE COMPANY IN THIS
PROSPECTUS INCLUDE THE COMPANY AND THOSE ENTITIES OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY THE
COMPANY, UNLESS THE CONTEXT INDICATES OTHERWISE.
 
                                  THE COMPANY
 
    On March 31, 1998 (the "Spin-off Date"), Excel Realty Trust, Inc. ("Excel"),
a Maryland corporation and a self-administered, self-managed real estate
investment trust ("REIT"), effected a spin-off of the Company through a special
dividend to the holders of common stock of Excel of all of the outstanding
Common Stock of the Company held by Excel (the "Spin-off"). Excel acquires, owns
and manages neighborhood and community shopping centers and other retail and
commercial properties. The Board of Directors of Excel determined that it was in
the best interests of Excel and its stockholders to organize the Company to
pursue opportunities available to those investors that are not restricted by the
Federal income tax laws governing REITs or influenced by public market
perception with regard to REIT securities, to transfer to the Company certain
real properties, notes receivable and related assets and liabilities, and to
spin-off the Company to the Excel stockholders. See "THE COMPANY--General."
 
    In connection with the Spin-off, Excel transferred to the Company ten single
tenant properties, a property under development and a note receivable, and the
assets described below in exchange for a sufficient number of shares of Common
Stock of the Company to effect the Spin-off, a note payable from the Company to
Excel in the amount of approximately $26.4 million (which was repaid by the
Company in April 1998), and the assumption by the Company of indebtedness on the
properties in the amount of approximately $36.4 million. Also in connection with
the Spin-off, ERT Development Corporation ("EDV"), a Delaware corporation of
which Excel owns 100% of the outstanding preferred shares, transferred to the
Company four notes receivable, a leasehold interest in a parcel of land, an
office building and a single tenant property, in exchange for the cancellation
by Excel of approximately $38.1 million of EDV's outstanding indebtedness to
Excel. See "THE COMPANY--General"; "BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES--Properties" and
"BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES--Notes."
 
    The Company currently does not intend to qualify as a REIT under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). Consequently, the
Company has the flexibility to respond quickly to opportunities without the
structural limitations inherent in REITs and to operate, when deemed
advantageous by management, on a more highly leveraged basis than most REITs. By
not qualifying as a REIT under the Code (which would require the Company to
distribute each year at least 95.0% of its net taxable income, excluding capital
gains), the Company has the ability and currently intends to retain for
reinvestment its cash flow generated from operations and to sell properties
without the substantial income tax penalties which may be imposed on REITs in
such transactions. In addition, unlike investors in opportunity funds, the
Company's stockholders have voting rights and are expected to have enhanced
liquidity through their ability to sell or margin their stock. The Company also
hopes to attract a broader range of investors because there will be no
stipulated investment minimum. However, unlike REITs and opportunity funds, the
Company is subject to corporate level taxation.
 
    In addition to the properties it received through the Spin-off, the Company
intends to pursue a variety of real estate related activities, including (i)
developing long-term, mixed-use development/entertainment projects that have the
potential for substantial capital gains but which may take three to five years
to fully develop, (ii) acquiring single tenant properties that can be highly
leveraged with fixed rate debt that amortizes over the term of the property's
tenant leases, (iii) purchasing portfolios of properties on a wholesale basis,
then selling the properties individually on a retail basis, (iv) investing in
properties requiring significant restructuring or redevelopment in order to
create substantial value, such as changing the use, tenant mix or focus of a
property, and (v) acquiring debt or equity securities in real estate
 
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operating companies, including defaulted debt at a discount to the value of the
underlying asset securing the debt. Further, the Company will be able to manage
the timing of asset dispositions without regard to the minimum hold periods
required of REITs while also acquiring properties using substantial, yet
prudent, leverage to increase returns on what otherwise might be less attractive
investments. Subject to the provisions of the Intercompany Agreement (as
hereinafter defined), pursuant to which the Company must provide Excel with
rights to participate in certain transactions (see "RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
COMPANY AND EXCEL--Intercompany Agreement"), the Company does not intend to
limit its investments in the areas described above to certain sectors of the
real estate market or certain types of properties. See "POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO
CERTAIN ACTIVITIES."
 
                              RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
 
    On May 14, 1998, Excel entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
"Merger Agreement") with New Plan Realty Trust, a Massachusetts business trust
("New Plan"), pursuant to which a wholly-owned subsidiary of Excel will merge
(the "Excel Merger") with and into New Plan, with New Plan surviving as a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Excel. The Merger Agreement calls for Excel to
declare a 20% stock dividend prior to the Excel Merger and subsequently to issue
one share of its common stock for each outstanding share of New Plan. The Excel
Merger is subject to customary closing conditions including the approval of the
Excel Merger by the shareholders of Excel and New Plan. In connection with the
Excel Merger, the Company and Excel amended the Administrative Services
Agreement (as hereinafter defined) and the Intercompany Agreement entered into
by the Company and Excel in connection with the Spin-off. In addition, the
Company agreed, subject to the successful completion of the Excel Merger, to
make available for purchase by the surviving corporation in the Excel Merger at
its option, an amount of shares of Common Stock of the Company representing
between 5.0% and 9.8% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on a fully
diluted basis, at certain agreed upon terms. In the event the surviving
corporation elects to purchase such shares of Common Stock, the Company has
agreed to amend the Intercompany Agreement to require the Company to present any
proposed acquisition by the Company of apartments (other than multi-use projects
with residential component) to the surviving corporation in the same fashion as
it provides notice of proposed acquisitions of neighborhood and community
shopping centers, power centers, malls or other conventional retail properties.
See "RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND EXCEL--Intercompany Agreement." The
Company has also agreed that, subject to certain terms and conditions, the
surviving corporation in the Excel Merger shall have the right to designate a
nominee to the Board of Directors of the Company for so long as it owns 5.0% or
more of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company on a fully diluted basis and
shall have certain registration rights with respect to such shares of Common
Stock. See "RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND EXCEL" and "THE EXCEL MERGER."
 
                                  THE OFFERING
 
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Securities Offered..............  21,281,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock or the
                                  shares of Common Stock into which the Series A Preferred
                                  Stock is convertible.
 
Dividends.......................  Holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to
                                  receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of
                                  Directors, cumulative cash dividends payable in an amount
                                  per share equal to the cash dividends, if any, on the
                                  shares of Common Stock into which the Series A Preferred
                                  Stock is convertible.
 
Conversion Rights...............  Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock have the right,
                                  exercisable at any time and from time to time, to convert
                                  all or any of the Series A Preferred Stock into Common
                                  Stock, on a one-for-one
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                                  basis, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. The
                                  Series A Preferred Stock also is convertible into Common
                                  Stock by the Company if the closing price of the Common
                                  Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board is equal to or greater
                                  than certain price milestones for 30 consecutive trading
                                  days. Such price milestones were met for the requisite
                                  period in the third quarter of the Company's 1998 fiscal
                                  year. On May 18, 1998, the Company exercised its right to
                                  convert all of the outstanding shares of Series A
                                  Preferred Stock into Common Stock, which conversion will
                                  take place automatically on August 18, 1998. The Company
                                  has fixed July 28, 1998 as the record date for such
                                  mandatory conversion.
 
Liquidation Preference..........  $5.00 per share (the "Liquidation Preference"), plus a
                                  premium equivalent to a 7.0% annual total return on the
                                  Series A Preferred Stock from the date of issuance and any
                                  accrued and unpaid dividends.
 
Redemption......................  The Series A Preferred Stock may not be redeemed by the
                                  Company prior to March 31, 2005. On March 31, 2005, the
                                  Company would be required to redeem all outstanding shares
                                  of Series A Preferred Stock for cash at a per share price
                                  equal to the Liquidation Preference, plus any accrued and
                                  unpaid dividends to such date. However, as noted above,
                                  the Company has exercised its right to convert all of the
                                  outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock into
                                  Common Stock, which conversion will take place
                                  automatically on August 18, 1998.
 
Voting Rights...................  Except as otherwise required by law, the holders of the
                                  Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote with the
                                  Common Stock on all matters submitted for the approval of
                                  the stockholders of the Company. In addition, certain
                                  changes that would be materially adverse to the rights of
                                  holders of the Series A Preferred Stock cannot be made
                                  without the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the shares
                                  of the Series A Preferred Stock.
 
Ranking.........................  The Series A Preferred Stock ranks senior to the Common
                                  Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and amounts
                                  payable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
                                  Company. However, as noted above, the Company has
                                  exercised its right to convert all of the outstanding
                                  shares of the Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock,
                                  which conversion will take place automatically on August
                                  18, 1998.
 
Use of Proceeds.................  The Selling Holders will receive all of the proceeds from
                                  the sale of the Offered Securities.
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                                  RISK FACTORS
 
    Prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities should carefully consider
the following risk factors in addition to the other information contained in
this Prospectus.
 
RECENTLY FORMED ENTITY; LACK OF INDEPENDENT OPERATING HISTORY
 
    It should be noted that the Company is a recently-formed entity with no
prior operating history. There can be no assurance that the Company will not
encounter financial, managerial or other difficulties as a result of its lack of
operating history or inability to rely on the financial and other resources of
Excel. Currently the Company has no external source of financing and the Company
has not received any commitment with respect to any funds needed in the future.
The Company expects to be able to access capital markets or to seek other
financing, but there can be no assurance that it will be able to do so at all or
in amounts or on terms acceptable to the Company.
 
RELIANCE ON MAJOR TENANTS
 
    As of March 31, 1998, the Company's largest tenants were AMC Multi-Cinema,
Inc. ("AMC"), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ("Wal-Mart") and Lowe's Home Centers, Inc.
("Lowe's"), which accounted for approximately 45.2%, 34.2% and 11.1% of the
Company's total revenue as of such date, respectively. See "BUSINESS AND
PROPERTIES--Principal Tenants." The financial position of the Company may be
adversely affected by financial difficulties experienced by any of such tenants,
or any other major tenant of the Company, including a bankruptcy, insolvency or
general downturn in the business of any such tenant, or in the event any such
tenant does not renew its leases as they expire.
 
CONTROL BY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
 
    As of May 22, 1998, the executive officers and directors of the Company
beneficially owned or had the right to acquire an aggregate of 11,007,599
shares, or approximately 32.9%, of the outstanding Common Stock. See "SECURITIES
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT." Such persons have
substantial influence over the Company and on the outcome of matters submitted
to the Company's stockholders for approval. In addition, such ownership could
discourage acquisition of the Common Stock by potential investors, and could
have an anti-takeover effect, possibly depressing the trading price of the
Common Stock.
 
DIFFICULTY OF LOCATING SUITABLE INVESTMENTS; COMPETITION
 
    Identifying, completing and realizing on real estate investments has from
time to time been highly competitive, and involves a high degree of uncertainty.
The Company competes for investments with many public and private real estate
investment vehicles, including financial institutions (such as mortgage banks,
pension funds and REITs) and other institutional investors, as well as
individuals. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to locate
and complete investments which satisfy the Company's rate of return objective or
realize upon their value or that it will be able to fully invest its available
capital.
 
    Many of those with whom the Company competes for investments are far larger
than the Company, may have greater financial resources than the Company and may
have management personnel with more experience than the officers of the Company.
 
ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION ACTIVITIES
 
    ACQUIRED PROPERTIES MAY FAIL TO PERFORM AS EXPECTED AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
MAY EXCEED ESTIMATES.  The Company intends to acquire existing properties to the
extent that they can be acquired on advantageous terms and meet the Company's
investment criteria. Acquisitions of properties entail general investment risks
associated with any real estate investment, including the risk that investments
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expected, that estimates of the cost of improvements to bring an acquired
property up to standards established for the intended market position may prove
inaccurate and the occupancy rates and rents achieved may be less than
anticipated.
 
    UNCERTAINTY OF CASH FLOW FROM DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION
ACTIVITIES.  The Company also intends to pursue the selective development,
construction and renovation of properties for its own account or the account of,
or through, entities in which it owns an equity interest as opportunities arise,
including without limitation long-term, higher-risk, mixed-use retail
entertainment projects. Risks associated with the Company's development,
construction and renovation activities include the risks that: the Company may
abandon development opportunities after expending resources to determine
feasibility; construction and renovation costs of a project may exceed original
estimates; occupancy rates and rents at a newly completed property may not be
sufficient to make the property profitable; and development, construction,
renovation and lease-up may not be completed on schedule (including risks beyond
the control of the Company, such as weather or labor conditions or material
shortages) resulting in increased debt service expense and construction costs.
Development, construction and renovation activities also are subject to risks
relating to the inability to obtain, or delays in obtaining, all necessary
zoning, land-use, building, occupancy and other required governmental permits
and authorizations. These risks could result in substantial unanticipated delays
or expenses and, under certain circumstances, could prevent completion of
development, construction and renovation activities once undertaken, any of
which could adversely affect the financial condition and results of operations
of the Company. Properties under development or acquired for development may
generate little or no cash flow from the date of acquisition through the date of
completion of development and may experience operating deficits after the date
of completion. In addition, new development and renovation activities,
regardless of whether or not they are ultimately successful, typically require a
substantial portion of management's time and attention.
 
    Any properties developed and renovated by the Company will be subject to the
risks associated with the ownership and operation of real estate described
elsewhere in this section entitled "RISK FACTORS."
 
OPERATING RISKS
 
    POTENTIAL INCREASES IN OPERATING COSTS.  If the properties of the Company,
the properties of those entities in which it invests or the properties of those
entities to which it will lend (collectively, the "Properties") do not generate
revenue sufficient to meet operating expenses, including debt service and
capital expenditures, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company may be adversely affected. The Properties are subject to operating risks
common to the particular property type, any and all of which may adversely
affect occupancy or rental rates. Such properties are subject to increases in
operating expenses such as cleaning; electricity; heating, ventilation and
air-conditioning; elevator repair and maintenance; insurance and administrative
costs; and other general costs associated with security, landscaping, repairs
and maintenance.
 
    DEPENDENCE ON REAL ESTATE CONDITIONS.  The Company's financial condition and
results of operations also may be adversely affected by a number of other
factors, including international and domestic general economic climate and local
real estate conditions (such as oversupply of or reduced demand for space and
changes in market rental rates); the perceptions of prospective tenants of the
safety, convenience and attractiveness of the Properties; the ability of the
owner to provide adequate management, maintenance and insurance; energy and
supply shortages; the ability to collect on a timely basis all rent from tenants
and interest from borrowers; the expense of periodically renovating, repairing
and reletting spaces; and increasing operating costs (including real estate
taxes and utilities) which may not be passed through to tenants.
 
    FIXED COSTS DO NOT VARY WITH REVENUES.  Certain significant expenditures
associated with investments in real estate (such as mortgage payments, real
estate taxes, insurance and maintenance costs) are generally not reduced when
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commercial tenants are often obligated to pay a portion of these escalating
costs, there can be no assurance that they will agree to pay such costs or that
the portion that they agree to pay will fully cover such costs. If operating
expenses increase, the local rental market may limit the extent to which rents
may be increased to meet increased expenses without decreasing occupancy rates.
To the extent rents cannot be increased or costs controlled, the cash flow of
the Company and its financial condition may be adversely affected.
 
DEPENDENCE ON RENTAL INCOME FROM REAL PROPERTY
 
    The Company's cash flow, results of operations and value of its assets would
be adversely affected if a significant number of tenants of the Properties
failed to meet their lease obligations or if the Company or the owner of a
Property were unable to lease a significant amount of space on economically
favorable terms. In the event of a default by a lessee, the owner may experience
delays in enforcing its rights as lessor and may incur substantial costs in
protecting its investment. The bankruptcy or insolvency of a major tenant may
have an adverse effect on a property. At any time, a tenant also may seek
protection under the bankruptcy laws, which could result in rejection and
termination of such tenant's lease and thereby cause a reduction in the cash
flow of the property. If a tenant rejects its lease, the owner's claim for
breach of the lease would (absent collateral securing the claim) be treated as a
general unsecured claim. Generally, the amount of the claim would be capped at
the amount owed for unpaid pre-petition lease payments unrelated to the
rejection, plus the greater of one year's lease payments or 15.0% of the
remaining lease payments payable under the lease (but not to exceed the amount
of three years' lease payments). No assurance can be given that the Properties
will not experience significant tenant defaults in the future.
 
POTENTIAL ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES OF DEBT FINANCING
 
    USE OF LEVERAGE COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE COMPANY.  Some of the Company's
real estate equity investments may utilize a leveraged capital structure, in
which case a third party lender would be entitled to cash flow generated by such
investments prior to the Company receiving a return. As a result of such
leverage, the Company would be subject to the risks normally associated with
debt financing, including the risk that cash flow from operations and
investments will be insufficient to meet required payments of principal and
interest, the risk that existing debt (which in most cases will not have been
fully amortized at maturity) will not be able to be refinanced or that the terms
of such refinancings will not be as favorable to the Company, and the risk that
necessary capital expenditures for such purposes as renovations and other
improvements will not be able to be financed on favorable terms or at all. While
such leverage may increase returns or the funds available for investment by the
Company, it also will increase the risk of loss on a leveraged investment. If
the Company defaults on secured indebtedness, the lender may foreclose and the
Company could lose its entire investment in the security for such loan. Because
the Company may engage in portfolio financings where several investments are
cross-collateralized, multiple investments may be subject to the risk of loss.
As a result, the Company could lose its interests in performing investments in
the event such investments are cross-collateralized with poorly performing or
nonperforming investments. In addition, recourse debt, which the Company
reserves the right to obtain, may subject other assets of the Company to risk of
loss.
 
    INABILITY TO REPAY OR REFINANCE INDEBTEDNESS AT MATURITY; FORECLOSURES.  The
Company anticipates that only a portion of the principal of the Company's
indebtedness outstanding from time to time will be repaid prior to maturity.
However, the Company may not have sufficient funds to repay such indebtedness at
maturity; it may therefore be necessary for the Company to refinance debt
through additional debt financing or equity offerings. If the Company is unable
to refinance this indebtedness on acceptable terms, the Company may be forced to
dispose of properties or other assets upon disadvantageous terms, which could
result in losses to the Company and adversely affect the amount of cash
available for further investment.
 
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    RISING INTEREST RATES COULD INCREASE THE COMPANY'S INTEREST EXPENSE.  The
Company may incur indebtedness in the future that bears interest at a variable
rate or may be required to refinance its debt at higher rates. Accordingly,
increases in interest rates could increase the Company's interest expense and
adversely affect the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.
 
    RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE COMPANY'S
BORROWINGS.  Various credit facilities or other debt obligations may require the
Company to comply with a number of financial and other covenants on an ongoing
basis. Failure to comply with such covenants may limit the Company's ability to
borrow funds or may cause a default under its then-existing indebtedness.
 
    NO LIMITATION ON DEBT.  The organizational documents of the Company do not
contain any limitation on the amount of indebtedness the Company may incur. The
Company also has the ability to use a more highly leveraged business strategy
than typically used by REITs. Accordingly, the Company could become highly
leveraged, resulting in an increase in debt service that could increase the risk
of default on the Company's indebtedness.
 
EQUITY INVESTMENTS IN AND WITH THIRD PARTIES
 
    DEPENDENCE ON THIRD PARTIES.  The Company may invest in shares of REITs or
other entities that invest in real estate assets, including debt instruments and
equity interests. In such cases, the Company will be relying on the assets,
investments and management of the REIT or other entity in which it is investing.
Such entities and their properties will be subject to the other risks affecting
the ownership and operation of real estate and investment in debt set forth in
this section entitled "RISK FACTORS."
 
    POTENTIAL LACK OF CONTROL OF MANAGEMENT.  The Company also may co-invest
with third parties through partnerships, joint ventures or other entities,
acquiring non-controlling interests in or sharing responsibility for managing
the affairs of a property, partnership, joint venture or other entity and,
therefore, will not be in a position to exercise sole decision-making authority
regarding the property, partnership, joint venture or other entity.
 
    POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AND INCREASED BANKRUPTCY, LIABILITY AND OTHER
RISKS.  Investments in partnerships, joint ventures or other entities may, under
certain circumstances, involve risks not present were a third party not
involved, including the possibility that the Company's partners or co-venturers
might become bankrupt or otherwise fail to fund their share of required capital
contributions, that such partners or co-venturers might at any time have
economic or other business interests or goals which are inconsistent with the
business interests or goals of the Company, and that such partners or
co-venturers may be in a position to take action contrary to the instructions or
the requests of the Company and contrary to the Company's policies or
objectives. Such investments also may have the potential risk of impasse on
decisions, such as a sale, because neither the Company nor the partner or
co-venturer would have full control over the partnership or joint venture.
Consequently, actions by such partner or co-venturer might result in subjecting
properties owned by the partnership or joint venture to additional risk. In
addition, the Company may in certain circumstances be liable for the actions of
its third-party partners or co-venturers.
 
ILLIQUIDITY OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS
 
    Equity and debt investments in real estate may be relatively illiquid. Such
illiquidity limits the ability of the Company to modify its portfolio in
response to changes in economic or other conditions and may have a material
adverse effect on the Company. Illiquidity may result from the absence of an
established market for the investments as well as legal or contractual
restrictions on their resale by the Company.
 
NO PUBLIC MARKET FOR SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK; LIMITED PUBLIC MARKET FOR COMMON
  STOCK
 
    There has been no public market for the Series A Preferred Stock and the
Company has no intention to create nor can any prediction be made as to the
future existence of a public market for the Series A
 
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Preferred Stock. The Company has exercised its right to convert all of the
outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock, which
conversion will take place automatically on August 18, 1998. The Common Stock
has traded on the OTC Bulletin Board only since the Spin-off and there can be no
assurance that an active trading market will be sustained. The Company currently
intends to apply for listing of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange,
although no assurances can be given that such listing will be obtained. In the
absence of a public trading market, an investor may be unable to liquidate his
investment in the Company. Prices at which the Series A Preferred Stock or the
Common Stock may trade cannot be predicted. The prices at which the Series A
Preferred Stock and the Common Stock trade will be determined by the marketplace
and may be influenced by many factors, including, among others, the success of
the Company's business, the depth and liquidity of the market for the Offered
Securities, investor perception of the Company and its assets, the Company's
dividend policy, and general economic and market conditions. Such prices also
may be affected by certain provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company (the "Company Certificate") and the Amended and
Restated Bylaws of the Company (the "Company Bylaws"), which may have an
anti-takeover effect. See "--Certain Anti-Takeover Features Affecting a Change
in Control of the Company" and "CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF DELAWARE LAW AND OF THE
COMPANY'S CHARTER AND BYLAWS."
 
DISADVANTAGES OF INVESTMENTS IN DEBT INSTRUMENTS
 
    DEPENDENCE ON BORROWERS TO PRESERVE VALUE OF COLLATERAL; POSSIBILITY OF
NONPAYMENT.  The Company may originate debt investments and may acquire
performing or nonperforming debt investments. In general, debt instruments carry
the risk that borrowers may not be able to make debt service payments or to pay
principal when due, the risk that the value of any collateral may be less than
the amounts owed, the risk that interest rates payable on the debt instruments
may be lower than the Company's cost of funds, and the risk that the collateral
may be mismanaged or otherwise decline in value during periods in which the
Company is seeking to obtain control of the underlying real estate. The Company
is also dependent on the ability of the borrowers to operate successfully their
properties. Such borrowers and their properties will be subject to the other
risks affecting the ownership and operation of real estate set forth in this
section entitled "RISK FACTORS." Some of the loans may be structured so that all
or a substantial portion of the principal will not be paid until maturity, which
increases the risk of default at that time.
 
    UNRATED DEBT INSTRUMENTS.  It is anticipated that a substantial portion of
the debt in which the Company invests will not be rated by any
nationally-recognized rating agency. Generally, the value of unrated classes is
more subject to fluctuation due to economic conditions than rated classes. The
Company's acquisition of credit supported classes of securitizations (which
generally are expected to be first loss classes) which are unrated at the time
of acquisition and which have lower ratings may increase the risk of nonpayment
or of a significant delay in payments on these classes. Should rated assets be
downgraded, it may adversely affect their value and may adversely affect the
Company.
 
LIMITED REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT OF MORTGAGE LOANS
 
    To the extent the Company invests in mortgage loans, such mortgage loans may
or may not be recourse obligations of the borrower and generally will not be
insured or guaranteed by governmental agencies or otherwise. In the event of a
default under such obligations, the Company may have to foreclose its mortgage
or protect its interest by acquiring title to a property and thereafter making
substantial improvements or repairs in order to maximize the property's
investment potential. Borrowers may contest enforcement of foreclosure or other
remedies, seek bankruptcy protection against such enforcement and/ or bring
claims for lender liability in response to actions to enforce mortgage
obligations. Relatively high "loan-to-value" ratios and declines in the value of
the property may prevent the Company from realizing an amount equal to its
mortgage loan upon foreclosure.
 
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    The Company may participate in loans originated by other financing
institutions. As a participant, the Company may not have the sole authority to
declare a default under the mortgage or to control the property or any
foreclosure.
 
    Any investments in junior mortgage loans which are subordinate to liens of
senior mortgages would involve additional risks, including the lack of control
over the collateral and any related foreclosure proceeding. In the event of a
default on a senior mortgage, the Company may make payments to prevent
foreclosure on the senior mortgage without necessarily improving the Company's
position with respect to the subject real property. In such event, the Company
would be entitled to share in the proceeds only after satisfaction of the
amounts due to the holder of the senior mortgage.
 
DISADVANTAGES OF INVESTMENTS IN COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
 
    INVESTMENTS IN COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES SUBJECT TO REAL ESTATE
RISKS APPLICABLE TO UNDERLYING PROPERTIES.  As noted above, the Company may seek
to invest in real estate-related debt instruments, which may include commercial
mortgage-backed securities. Many of the risks of investing in commercial
mortgage-backed securities reflect the risks of investing directly in the real
estate securing the underlying mortgage loans. This may be especially true in
the case of commercial mortgage securities secured by, or evidencing an interest
in, a single commercial mortgage loan or a relatively small or less diverse pool
of commercial mortgage loans. See "--Disadvantages of Investments in Debt
Instruments" and "--Limited Remedies Upon Default of Mortgage Loans."
 
    CREDIT SUPPORT FOR COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES MAY PROVE
INADEQUATE.  The risks of investing in commercial mortgage-backed securities
include risks that the existing credit support will prove to be inadequate,
either because of unanticipated levels of losses or, if such credit support is
provided by a third party, because of difficulties experienced by such provider.
Delays or difficulties encountered in servicing commercial mortgage-backed
securities may cause greater losses and, therefore, greater resort to credit
support than was originally anticipated, and may cause a rating agency to
downgrade a security.
 
    SUBORDINATED SECURITIES MAY NOT BE REPAID UPON DEFAULT.  The Company may
acquire subordinated tranches of commercial mortgage-backed securities
issuances. In general, subordinated tranches of commercial mortgage-backed
securities are entitled to receive repayment of principal only after all
principal payments have been made on more senior tranches and also have
subordinated rights as to receipt of interest distributions. In addition, an
active secondary market for such subordinated securities is not as well
developed as the market for certain other mortgage-backed securities.
Accordingly, such subordinated commercial mortgage-backed securities may have
limited marketability and there can be no assurance that a more efficient
secondary market will develop.
 
LIMITATIONS ON REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT
 
    Although the Company will have certain contractual remedies upon the default
by borrowers under certain debt instruments, such as foreclosing on the
underlying real estate or collecting rents generated therefrom, certain legal
requirements (including the risks of lender liability) may limit the ability of
the Company to effectively exercise such remedies.
 
    The right of a mortgage lender to convert its loan position into an equity
interest may be limited or prevented by certain common law or statutory
provisions.
 
THIRD-PARTY BANKRUPTCY RISKS
 
    Investments made in assets operating in workout modes or under Chapter 11 of
the Bankruptcy Code could be subordinated or disallowed, and the Company could
be liable to third parties in such circumstances. Furthermore, distributions
made to the Company in respect of such investments could be recovered if any
such distribution is found to be a fraudulent conveyance or preferential
payment.
 
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Bankruptcy laws, including the automatic stay imposed upon the filing of a
bankruptcy petition, may delay the ability of the Company to realize on
collateral for loan positions held by it or may adversely affect the priority of
such loans through doctrines such as equitable subordination or may result in a
restructure of the debt through principles such as the "cramdown" provisions of
the bankruptcy laws.
 
COSTS OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT
 
    The Company is currently not registered as an investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"), since
management believes that the Company either is not within the definition of
"investment company" thereunder or, alternatively, is excluded from regulation
under the Investment Company Act by one or more exemptions. In the future, the
Company will seek to continue to conduct its operations so as to avoid
registration under the Investment Company Act. Therefore, the assets that the
Company may acquire or sell may be limited by the provisions of the Investment
Company Act. If the Company were to become an investment company under the
Investment Company Act and if it failed to qualify for an exemption thereunder,
it would be unable to conduct its business as presently conducted which could
have a material adverse effect on the Company and the market price for the
Offered Securities.
 
UNINSURED LOSSES
 
    The Company carries comprehensive liability, fire, extended coverage and
rental loss insurance with respect to all of the properties that it owns, with
policy specifications, insured limits and deductibles customarily carried for
similar properties. There are, however, certain types of losses (such as losses
arising from acts of war or relating to pollution) that are not generally
insured because they are either uninsurable or not economically insurable.
Should an uninsured loss or a loss in excess of insured limits occur, the
Company could lose its capital invested in a property, as well as the
anticipated future revenue from such property and would continue to be obligated
on any mortgage indebtedness or other obligations related to the property. Any
such loss would adversely affect the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company.
 
    With respect to those properties in which the Company holds an interest
through a mortgage, as well as those properties owned by entities to whom the
Company makes unsecured loans, the borrowers will most likely be obligated to
maintain insurance on such properties and to arrange for the Company to be
covered as a named insured on such policies. The face amount and scope of such
insurance coverage may be less comprehensive than the Company would carry if it
held the fee interest in such property. Accordingly in such circumstances, or in
the event that the borrowers fail to maintain required coverage, uninsured or
underinsured losses may occur, which could have an adverse impact on the
Company's cash flow or financial condition.
 
POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY RELATED TO THE PROPERTIES
 
    Under various Federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations, an
owner or operator of real estate is liable for the costs of removal or
remediation of certain hazardous or toxic substances on or in such property.
These laws often impose such liability without regard to whether the owner or
operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of such hazardous or
toxic substances. The cost of any required remediation and the owner's liability
therefor as to any property is generally not limited under such enactments and
could exceed the value of the property and/or the aggregate assets of the owner.
The presence of such substances, or the failure to properly remediate such
substances, may adversely affect the owner's ability to sell or rent such
property or to borrow using such property as collateral. Persons who arrange for
the disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic substances also may be liable
for the costs of removal or remediation of such substances at a disposal or
treatment facility, whether or not such facility is owned or operated by such
persons. Certain environmental laws govern the removal, encapsulation or
disturbance of asbestos-containing materials ("ACMs") when such materials are in
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the event of renovation or demolition. Such laws impose liability for release of
ACMs into the air and third parties may seek recovery from owners or operators
of real properties for personal injury associated with ACMs. The operation and
subsequent removal of certain underground storage tanks also are regulated by
Federal and state laws. In connection with the ownership (direct or indirect),
operation, management and development of real properties, the Company may be
considered an owner or operator of such properties or as having arranged for the
disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic substances, and, therefore,
potentially liable for removal or remediation costs, as well as certain other
related costs, including governmental fines and injuries to persons and
property.
 
CHANGES IN POLICIES WITHOUT STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL
 
    The investment, financing, borrowing and distribution policies of the
Company and its policies with respect to all other activities, growth, debt,
capitalization and operations, will be determined by the Company's Board of
Directors. Although it has no present intention to do so, the Board of Directors
may amend or revise these policies at any time and from time to time at its
discretion without a vote of the stockholders of the Company. A change in these
policies could adversely affect the Company's financial condition, results of
operations and the market price of the Offered Securities.
 
HEDGING POLICIES/RISKS
 
    In connection with the financing of certain real estate investments, the
Company may employ hedging techniques designed to protect the Company against
adverse movements in currency and/or interest rates. While such transactions may
reduce certain risks, such transactions themselves may entail certain other
risks. Thus, while the Company may benefit from the use of these hedging
mechanisms generally, unanticipated changes in interest rates, securities
prices, or currency exchange rates may result in a poorer overall performance
for the Company than if it had not entered into such hedging transactions. See
"POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES--Financing Policies."
 
DIVIDEND POLICY
 
    The future payment of dividends by the Company will depend on decisions that
will be made by the Company's Board of Directors from time to time based on the
results of operations and financial condition of the Company and such other
business considerations as the Board of Directors considers relevant. The
Company presently anticipates that it will retain all available funds for use in
the operation and expansion of its business and does not anticipate paying any
dividends in the foreseeable future. See "DIVIDEND POLICY."
 
    In addition, the stock market has experienced extreme price and volume
fluctuations which have affected the market price of many companies and which
have at times been unrelated to the operating performance of the specific
companies whose stock is traded. Broad market fluctuations and general economic
conditions may adversely affect the market price of the Offered Securities.
 
CERTAIN ANTI-TAKEOVER FEATURES AFFECTING A CHANGE IN CONTROL OF THE COMPANY
 
    Certain provisions of the Company Certificate and the Company Bylaws, along
with certain provisions of Delaware statutory law, could discourage potential
acquisition proposals and could delay or prevent a change in control of the
Company. Such provisions include Article Fourth of the Company Certificate which
authorizes the Company's Board of Directors to issue additional shares of
preferred stock of the Company, in one or more series, and to establish the
rights and preferences (including the convertibility of such shares of preferred
stock into shares of Common Stock) of any series of preferred stock so issued.
Such provisions could diminish the opportunities for a stockholder to
participate in tender offers, including tender offers at a price above the then
current market value of the Common Stock. Such provisions also may inhibit
fluctuations in the market price of the Common Stock that could result from
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attempts. See "CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF DELAWARE LAW AND OF THE COMPANY'S CHARTER
AND BYLAWS--Issuance of Additional Shares of Preferred Stock."
 
DEPENDENCE ON KEY PERSONNEL
 
    The Company is dependent on the efforts of its executive officers and other
key personnel. While the Company believes that it could find replacements for
these persons, the loss of their services could have a temporary adverse effect
on the operations of the Company. None of the Company's executive officers or
other key personnel has an employment agreement with the Company. There can be
no assurance that the Company will be able to retain these persons or to attract
suitable replacements or additional personnel if required. The Company has not
obtained key-man insurance for any of its executive officers or other key
personnel.
 
COSTS OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND SIMILAR LAWS
 
    Under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1980 (the "ADA"), places of
public accommodations and commercial facilities are required to meet certain
Federal requirements related to access and use by disabled persons. Compliance
with ADA requirements could require both structural and non-structural changes
to the properties in which the Company invests and noncompliance could result in
the imposition of fines by the United States government or an award of damages
to private litigants. Although management of the Company believes that its
properties are substantially in compliance with present requirements of the ADA,
the Company may incur additional costs of compliance in the future. A number of
additional Federal, state and local laws exist which impose further burdens or
restrictions on owners with respect to access by disabled persons and may
require modifications to properties in which the Company invests, or restrict
certain further renovations thereof, with respect to access by disabled persons.
Final regulations under the ADA have not yet been promulgated and the ultimate
amount of the cost of compliance with the ADA or other such laws is not
currently ascertainable. While such costs are not expected to have a material
effect on the Company, they could be substantial. If required changes involve
greater expense than the Company currently anticipates, the Company's financial
condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
 
NONCOMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS
 
    Real estate properties also are subject to various Federal, state and local
regulatory requirements, such as state and local fire and life safety
requirements. Failure to comply with these requirements could result in the
imposition of fines by governmental authorities or awards of damages to private
litigants. The Company believes that its properties are currently in material
compliance with all such regulatory requirements. However, there can be no
assurance that these requirements will not be changed or that new requirements
will not be imposed which would require significant unanticipated expenditures
by the Company and could have an adverse effect on the Company's results of
operations.
 
POSSIBLE CONFLICTS WITH EXCEL
 
    The Company's Board of Directors consists of Gary B. Sabin, who is currently
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Excel and who serves in the
same positions with the Company, Richard B. Muir, who is currently Executive
Vice President and Secretary of Excel and who serves in the same positions with
the Company, Kelly D. Burt, who is currently Executive Vice
President--Development of the Company and who is not affiliated with Excel, John
H. Wilmot and Robert E. Parsons, Jr., who are currently directors of Excel, and
Richard J. Nordlund and Robert S. Talbott, who are not affiliated with Excel.
The executive officers of the Company include Mr. Sabin, Mr. Muir, Mr. Burt,
Graham R. Bullick, who is currently Senior Vice President--Capital Markets of
Excel and who serves in the same position with the Company, Ronald H. Sabin, who
is currently Senior Vice President--Asset Management of Excel and who serves in
the same position with the Company, David A. Lund, who is currently Chief
Financial
 
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Officer of Excel and who serves in the same position with the Company, S. Eric
Ottesen, who is currently Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant
Secretary of Excel and who serves in the same positions with the Company, and
Mark T. Burton, who is currently Senior Vice President--Acquisitions of Excel
and who serves in the same position with the Company. See "MANAGEMENT." Other
than Mr. Burt, none of the members of management of the Company is committed to
spending a particular amount of time on the Company's affairs, nor do any of
them devote his full time to the Company. As a result of these dual roles, there
is the potential for a lack of management attention to the Company which could
have an adverse effect on the Company. Other than Mr. Burt, the members of
senior management of the Company do not receive a salary from the Company, but
instead receive payment from Excel based upon the amount of time spent on
Company matters pursuant to the Transitional Services Agreement (as hereinafter
defined). See "RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND EXCEL--Transitional Services
Agreement."
 
    The Company and Excel have entered into certain agreements providing for (i)
the orderly separation of the Company and Excel, (ii) the sharing of certain
facilities and services, and (iii) the allocation of certain tax and other
liabilities. Because the management of both the Company and Excel are largely
the same, conflicts may arise with respect to the operation and effect of these
agreements and relationships which could have an adverse effect on the Company
if not properly resolved. More specifically, members of the boards of directors
and senior management of the Company and Excel may be presented with conflicts
of interest with respect to certain matters affecting the Company and Excel,
such as the determination of which company may take advantage of potential
business opportunities, decisions concerning the business focus of each company
(including decisions concerning the types of properties and geographic locations
in which such companies make investments), potential competition between the
business activities conducted, or sought to be conducted, by such companies
(including competition for properties and tenants), possible corporate
transactions (such as acquisitions), and other strategic decisions affecting the
future of such companies. Conflicts also may arise with respect to the
restriction on the Company's right to engage in certain activities or make
certain investments unless Excel was first offered the opportunity and declined
to pursue such activities or investments (as described below). In this regard,
the Company and Excel have adopted policies and procedures the Company believes
to be appropriate to be followed by the board of directors of each company to
address potential conflicts. Such procedures include requiring the persons
serving as directors of both companies to abstain from voting as directors with
respect to matters that present a significant conflict of interest between the
companies. In addition, the Company Certificate contains a specific purpose
clause which identifies at the outset which types of opportunities will be
pursued by the Company. This clause provides that the Company's purpose includes
performing the Intercompany Agreement, which prohibits the Company from engaging
in certain activities or making certain investments unless Excel was first
offered the opportunity and declined to pursue such activities or investments.
See "RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND EXCEL-- Intercompany Agreement";
"--Policies and Procedures for Addressing Conflicts" and "THE EXCEL MERGER."
 
FAILURE OF EXCEL TO QUALIFY AS A REIT WOULD ALLOW EXCEL TO COMPETE WITH THE
  COMPANY
 
    The Company and Excel have entered into the Intercompany Agreement to
provide each other with rights to participate in certain transactions. See
"RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND EXCEL--Intercompany Agreement." The
Intercompany Agreement prohibits the Company from engaging in certain activities
or making certain investments unless Excel was first offered the opportunity and
declined to pursue such activities and investments. As a REIT, Excel is required
to focus principally on investments in certain real estate assets and is
prevented from owning certain assets and conducting certain activities that
would be inconsistent with its status as a REIT. If Excel in the future should
fail to qualify as a REIT, it would thereafter have the ability to participate
in a broader range of investments and activities that are presented to it by the
Company under the Intercompany Agreement. As a result, Excel's ability to engage
in non-REIT activities could (i) significantly restrict the opportunities the
Company may pursue,
 
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and/or (ii) allow Excel to compete with the Company for non-REIT investments.
Accordingly, if Excel should fail to qualify as a REIT, that failure could have
a material adverse effect on the Company.
 
ABSENCE OF FUTURE FUNDING COMMITMENTS; NEED FOR FUTURE CAPITAL
 
    The success of the Company's business strategy is dependent upon being able
to obtain significant amounts of equity capital and proceeds from borrowings on
terms financially advantageous to the Company. Currently the Company has no
external source of financing and the Company has not received any commitment
with respect to any funds needed in the future. The Company expects to be able
to access capital markets or to seek other financing, but there can be no
assurance that it will be able to do so at all or in amounts or on terms
acceptable to the Company. Failure to obtain such financing could result in the
delay or abandonment of some or all of the Company's acquisition and development
plans and could have a material adverse effect on the Company. In the absence of
such financing, there can be no assurance that the Company will have sufficient
working capital to finance future acquisitions or to pursue additional
opportunities. Excel currently is not obligated to provide any additional funds
to the Company or to assist it in obtaining additional financing.
 
DILUTION
 
    The Company may from time to time raise additional capital from the issuance
and sale of equity securities. Any such issuances may significantly dilute the
interests of the existing holders of Company securities, including the Common
Stock and Series A Preferred Stock.
 
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
 
    The 23,412,580 shares of Common Stock of the Company distributed to Excel
stockholders in the Spin-off are freely transferable, except for the shares
distributed to persons who may be deemed to be "affiliates" of the Company under
the Securities Act. Such affiliates are permitted to sell their shares of Common
Stock pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act beginning 90 days after the
Spin-off, subject to certain volume limitations, manner of sale limitations,
notice requirements and the availability of current public information about the
Company. In addition, upon consummation of the Spin-off, (i) 9,195,224 shares of
Common Stock were purchased by certain of the Company's officers in a private
placement, (ii) 21,281,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock were purchased by
the Selling Holders, which shares are convertible, on a one-for-one basis, by
the holders thereof at any time and by the Company under certain circumstances
(which conversion right has been exercised and will take effect on August 18,
1998 as described herein) into shares of Common Stock, and (iii) options to
purchase 3,100,000 shares of Common Stock were granted to the Company's
executive officers under the 1998 Stock Option Plan of Excel Legacy Corporation
(the "Legacy Stock Option Plan"). In May 1998, the Company granted to Mr. Burt
options to purchase 300,000 shares of Common Stock under the Legacy Stock Option
Plan. See "MANAGEMENT--Legacy Stock Option Plan"; "CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND
RELATED TRANSACTIONS" and "DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY'S CAPITAL STOCK--Series A
Preferred Stock." In May 1998, the Company acquired TenantFirst Real Estate
Services, Inc., which was formed and operated by Mr. Burt. As part of the
consideration the Company issued to Mr. Burt 850,000 shares of Common Stock.
Shares of Common Stock issued to Mr. Burt and in the private placement to the
Company's officers described in clause (i) above may be sold only pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act or an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act, such as the exemption
afforded by Rule 144. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued in the private
placement described in clause (ii) above and the Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock will be freely transferable without
restriction immediately upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement of
which this Prospectus is a part, subject, in the case of sales by affiliates, to
compliance with Rule 144. Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of options
granted under the Legacy
 
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Stock Option Plan will be freely transferable without restriction, subject, in
the case of sales by affiliates, to compliance with Rule 144.
 
    The Company is unable to estimate the number of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock or Common Stock, as applicable, that may be sold in the future by its
stockholders or the effect, if any, that sales of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock or Common Stock by such stockholders will have on the market price of the
Series A Preferred Stock and/or Common Stock prevailing from time to time. Sales
of substantial amounts of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock, or the
prospect of such sales, could adversely affect the market price of the Series A
Preferred Stock and/or Common Stock.
 
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                                SELLING HOLDERS
 
    The Series A Preferred Stock was originally issued and sold by the Company
to four holders reasonably believed by the Company to be "qualified
institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The
Selling Holders may from time to time offer and sell pursuant to this Prospectus
any or all of the Series A Preferred Stock and shares of Common Stock issued
upon conversion thereof. The term "Selling Holder" includes the holders listed
below and the beneficial owners of the Series A Preferred Stock and their
transferees, pledgees, donees or other successors.
 
    The following table sets forth information with respect to the Selling
Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and the respective number of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock beneficially owned by each Selling Holder that may be
offered pursuant to this Prospectus. Such information has been obtained from the
Selling Holders and the Company's transfer agent.
 
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                                                                         NUMBER OF SHARES OF
                                                                          SERIES A PREFERRED
SELLING HOLDERS                                                                 STOCK
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<S>                                                                     <C>
Allstate Insurance Company............................................          2,000,000
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company........................          2,000,000
BancBoston Capital Inc................................................          2,681,000
Longleaf Partners Realty Fund.........................................         14,600,000
</TABLE>
 
    None of the Selling Holders has, or within the past three years has had, any
position, office or other material relationship with the Company or any of its
predecessors or affiliates, other than as set forth in "CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS
AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS--Private Placements." From time to time, certain
broker-dealers and their affiliates in the ordinary course of business may have
acquired or disposed of, or may in the future acquire or dispose of certain
securities of the Company or its affiliates, for their own accounts or for the
accounts of others. Because the Selling Holders may, pursuant to this
Prospectus, offer all or some portion of the Series A Preferred Stock or the
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, no
estimate can be given as to the amount of the Series A Preferred Stock or the
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock that will
be held by the Selling Holders upon termination of any such sale. See "PLAN OF
DISTRIBUTION."
 
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                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
 
    The Offered Securities may be sold from time to time to purchasers directly
by the Selling Holders. Alternatively, the Selling Holders may from time to time
offer the Offered Securities to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or
agents, which may receive compensation in the form of underwriting discounts,
concessions or commissions from the Selling Holders or the purchasers of such
securities for whom they may act as agents. The Selling Holders, and any
underwriters, broker-dealers or agents that participate in the distribution of
Offered Securities, may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the meaning of the
Securities Act, and any profit on the sale of such securities and any discounts,
commissions, concessions or other compensation received by any such underwriter,
broker-dealer or agent may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and
commissions under the Securities Act.
 
    The Offered Securities may be sold from time to time in one or more
transactions at fixed prices (which may be changed), at prevailing market prices
at the time of sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale or at
negotiated prices. The sale of the Offered Securities may be effected in
transactions (which may involve block transactions) (i) on any national
securities exchange or quotation service on which the Offered Securities may be
listed or quoted at the time of sale, (ii) in the over-the-counter market, (iii)
in transactions other than on such exchanges or in the over-the-counter market
or (iv) through the writing of options. At the time a particular offering of the
Offered Securities is made, a Prospectus Supplement, if required, will be
distributed which will set forth the aggregate amount and type of Offered
Securities being offered and the terms of the offering, including the name or
names of any underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions
and other terms constituting compensation from the Selling Holders and any
discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to broker-
dealers. In addition, any of the Offered Securities which qualify for sale under
Rule 144 may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 rather than pursuant to this
Prospectus.
 
    To comply with the securities laws of certain jurisdictions, if applicable,
the Offered Securities will be offered or sold in such jurisdictions only
through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in certain
jurisdictions the Offered Securities may not be offered or sold unless they have
been registered or qualified for sale in such jurisdictions or any exemption
from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.
 
    The Selling Holders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, which provisions may limit the
timing of purchases and sales of any of the Offered Securities by the Selling
Holders. The foregoing may affect the marketability of such securities.
 
    Pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement (the "Registration Rights
Agreement") dated as of March 31, 1998, by and among the Company and the Selling
Holders, the Company shall bear all reasonable fees and expenses customarily
borne by issuers in a non-underwritten offering by selling security holders or
in an underwritten offering, as the case may be, incurred in connection with the
performance of its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement;
provided, however, that the Selling Holders will pay all underwriting discounts
and selling commissions, if any. The Selling Holders and any underwriters,
broker-dealers or agents to or through whom the Offered Securities may be sold
will be indemnified by the Company against certain civil liabilities, including
certain liabilities under the Securities Act, or will be entitled to
contribution in connection therewith.
 
                                USE OF PROCEEDS
 
    The Selling Holders will receive all of the proceeds from any sale of the
Offered Securities. The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the
sale of the Offered Securities. See "SELLING HOLDERS" and "PLAN OF
DISTRIBUTION."
 
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                  RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES
                         AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
 
    The Company was recently formed and had no earnings for any periods prior to
January 31, 1998. Accordingly, the Company is unable to compute any ratios of
earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends. Fixed charges
were approximately $132,000 in the period ended January 31, 1998. There was no
preferred stock outstanding at January 31, 1998.
 
                          PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK
 
    The Common Stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol
"XLCY." The following table sets forth for the period indicated the high and low
reported sale prices per share for the Common Stock as reported by the OTC
Bulletin Board.
 
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<CAPTION>
                                                                                  HIGH        LOW
                                                                                ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                             <C>        <C>
FISCAL 1998
Third Quarter (commencing March 31, 1998).....................................       6.75      4.875
</TABLE>
 
    The number of stockholders of record of the Common Stock on May 22, 1998 was
1,405. On May 22, 1998, the last reported sale price of the Common Stock as
reported by the OTC Bulletin Board was $5.15 per share.
 
                                DIVIDEND POLICY
 
    The Company presently intends to retain future earnings to finance the
growth and development of its business; and, therefore, the Company does not
currently anticipate paying any cash dividends. Any future determination
relating to dividend policy will be made at the discretion of the Company's
Board of Directors. Such determinations will depend on a number of factors,
including the future earnings, capital requirements, financial condition and
prospects of the Company, possible loan or financing covenant restrictions, and
such other factors as the Board of Directors may deem relevant. See "RISK
FACTORS--Dividend Policy."
 
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                                  THE COMPANY
 
GENERAL
 
    On March 31, 1998, Excel effected a spin-off of the Company through a
special dividend to the holders of common stock of Excel of all of the
outstanding Common Stock of the Company held by Excel. The Board of Directors of
Excel determined that it was in the best interests of Excel and its stockholders
to organize the Company to pursue opportunities available to those investors
that are not restricted by the Federal income tax laws governing REITs or
influenced by public market perception with regard to REIT securities, to
transfer to the Company certain real properties, notes receivable and related
assets and liabilities, and to spin-off the Company to the Excel stockholders.
 
    To a large extent, public REITs, including Excel, manage their property
portfolios with consideration to both public market perceptions and tax laws.
Because investors are seeking a consistent and growing income stream from their
REIT investments, REITs are under constant pressure to (i) grow funds from
operations ("FFO"), and (ii) maintain a low leverage ratio (debt to total
capitalization, one measure used to determine the relative risk of that cash
flow stream, as rising interest rates can diminish FFO and impact dividends). As
a result, REITs have generally been hesitant to participate in long-term,
higher-risk development projects or to bring their leverage ratios to above
40.0%. In addition, the tax laws governing REITs include limitations on (i) the
types of assets that REITs may own and the time period that real estate may be
held, restricting REITs from investing in operating companies and equity and
debt securities, and participating in short-term trading opportunities, and (ii)
the ability of REITs to retain earnings, requiring REITs to distribute 95.0% of
net taxable income, excluding capital gains, each year. Further, because gains
on the sales of properties are not included in the calculation of FFO, REITs are
dissuaded from buying distressed assets which may have substantial long-term
appreciation potential but lack immediate cash flow.
 
    In connection with the Spin-off, Excel transferred to the Company ten single
tenant properties owned by Excel with a March 31, 1998 book value of
approximately $45.7 million, a property under development with a book value of
approximately $14.4 million and a note receivable in the amount of approximately
$1.1 million and certain assets of EDV described below in exchange for
23,412,580 shares of Common Stock of the Company in order to effect the
Spin-off, a note payable from the Company to Excel in the amount of
approximately $26.4 million (which was repaid by the Company in April 1998), and
the assumption by the Company of indebtedness on the transferred properties in
the amount of approximately $36.4 million. Also in connection with the Spin-off,
EDV transferred to the Company four notes receivable, a leasehold interest in a
parcel of land, an office building and a single tenant property, in exchange for
the cancellation by Excel of approximately $38.1 million of EDV's outstanding
indebtedness to Excel. See "BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES--Properties" and "BUSINESS
AND PROPERTIES-- Notes."
 
    The Company currently does not intend to qualify as a REIT under the Code.
Consequently, the Company has the flexibility to respond quickly to
opportunities without the structural limitations inherent in REITs and to
operate, when deemed advantageous by management, on a more highly leveraged
basis than most REITs. By not qualifying as a REIT under the Code (which would
require the Company to distribute each year at least 95.0% of its net taxable
income, excluding capital gains), the Company has the ability and currently
intends to retain for reinvestment its cash flow generated from operations and
to sell properties without the substantial income tax penalties which may be
imposed on REITs in such transactions. In addition, the Company differs from
real estate opportunity funds that are typically structured as private
partnerships. In that regard, the business of the Company is conducted without
the payment of acquisition, disposition or management fees to general partners
which should result in additional cash flow being available for reinvestment. In
addition, unlike investors in opportunity funds, the Company's stockholders have
voting rights and are expected to have enhanced liquidity through their ability
to sell or margin their stock. The Company also hopes to attract a broader range
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because there will be no stipulated investment minimum. However, unlike REITs
and opportunity funds, the Company is subject to corporate level taxation.
 
    In connection with the Spin-off, the Company and Excel entered into the
Intercompany Agreement to provide each other with rights to participate in
certain transactions. In addition, the Company Certificate contains a specific
purpose clause which identifies at the outset which types of opportunities will
be pursued by the Company. This clause provides that the Company's purpose
includes performing the Intercompany Agreement, which prohibits, for so long as
the Intercompany Agreement remains in effect, the Company from engaging in
certain activities or making certain investments unless Excel was first offered
the opportunity and declined to pursue such activities or investments. See "RISK
FACTORS-- Possible Conflicts with Excel"; "RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND
EXCEL-- Intercompany Agreement" and "THE EXCEL MERGER."
 
    The Company was incorporated under the laws of Delaware on November 17,
1997. The Company's executive offices are located at 16955 Via Del Campo, Suite
100, San Diego, California 92127, and its telephone number is (619) 485-9400.
 
BUSINESS STRATEGY
 
    In addition to the properties it received through the Spin-off, the Company
intends to pursue a variety of real estate related activities, including (i)
developing long-term, mixed-use development/entertainment projects that have the
potential for substantial capital gains but which may take three to five years
to fully develop, (ii) acquiring single tenant properties that can be highly
leveraged with fixed rate debt that amortizes over the term of the property's
tenant leases, (iii) purchasing portfolios of properties on a wholesale basis,
then selling the properties individually on a retail basis, (iv) investing in
properties requiring significant restructuring or redevelopment in order to
create substantial value, such as changing the use, tenant mix or focus of a
property, and (v) acquiring debt or equity securities in real estate operating
companies, including defaulted debt at a discount to the value of the underlying
asset securing the debt. Further, the Company will be able to manage the timing
of asset dispositions without regard to the minimum hold periods required of
REITs while also acquiring properties using substantial, yet prudent, leverage
to increase returns on what otherwise might be less attractive investments.
Subject to the provisions of the Intercompany Agreement, pursuant to which the
Company must provide Excel with rights to participate in certain transactions
(see "RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND EXCEL--Intercompany Agreement" and
"THE EXCEL MERGER--Effect of Excel Merger on the Company"), the Company does not
intend to limit its investments in the areas described above to certain sectors
of the real estate market or certain types of properties. See "POLICIES WITH
RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES."
 
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                  POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES
 
    The following is a discussion of certain investment, financing and other
policies of the Company. These polices have been determined by the Company's
Board of Directors and generally may be amended or revised from time to time by
the Board of Directors without a vote of the stockholders.
 
INVESTMENT POLICIES
 
INVESTMENTS IN REAL ESTATE
 
    The Company intends to acquire, develop, own and manage a variety of real
estate related assets that offer return opportunities that are not generally
available to publicly traded REITs. As opportunities emerge and in response to
changes in market, real estate and general economic conditions, the Company may
in the future retract from, discontinue or expand its real estate related
business and activities.
 
    DEVELOPMENT.  The Company may from time to time undertake directly or
through joint venture financing long-term, large development projects that have
the potential for substantial gains but which may take three to five years to
fully develop, with particular emphasis on mixed-use retail entertainment
projects. To the extent the Company provides joint venture financing, the
developer will often bear the substantial portion of the economic risks
associated with the construction, development and initial rent-up of properties.
Under this financing method, the Company either may purchase the undeveloped
property and lease such property back to the developer or make a subordinated
loan to the developer and, upon completion, the Company would have the option to
purchase the development. The Company believes that these financing and
development activities will give the Company opportunities to purchase
properties at capitalization rates slightly above those which might otherwise be
available after completion of development. Since substantial value appreciation
from these investments is not immediately realized, many REITs substantially
limit their development activity. The Company believes that such investments
represent high return opportunities that are underutilized by REITs. For a
detailed discussion of the risks associated with these activities and
investments, see "RISK FACTORS--Acquisition, Development, Construction and
Renovation Activities."
 
    ACQUIRING SINGLE TENANT PROPERTIES.  The Company may from time to time seek
to acquire single tenant properties which can be highly leveraged with fixed
rate debt that amortizes over the term of the property's tenant leases, the
profits from which can be enhanced significantly when property-specific leverage
that carries an interest rate below the capitalization rate on the property is
utilized. Initially, the Company will seek to apply this business strategy to
retail and office properties. As opportunities arise, the Company may seek to
acquire other types of commercial properties, including industrial properties.
For a detailed discussion of the risks associated with these types of activities
and investments, see "RISK FACTORS--Potential Adverse Consequences of Debt
Financing."
 
    PURCHASING PORTFOLIOS OF PROPERTIES ON A WHOLESALE BASIS.  The Company may
from time to time seek to purchase portfolios of properties on a wholesale
basis, then sell such properties individually on a retail basis. The tax
regulations governing REITs discourage such short-term trading activity, causing
a REIT to lose its REIT status if it were to engage excessively in these
activities. Thus, the Company believes that there are abundant short-term
trading opportunities in the real estate markets that are not appropriate for
REITs and are therefore passed over by REITs in favor of other investments.
 
    RESTRUCTURING AND REDEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO CREATE SUBSTANTIAL VALUE.  The
Company may from time to time engage in selective restructuring and development
activities such as changing the use, tenant mix or focus of a property, as
opportunities arise and when justified by expected returns. The Company believes
that appropriate, well located properties which are currently underperforming
can be acquired on advantageous terms and repositioned through such selective
restructuring and development activities with the expectation of achieving
enhanced returns that are greater than returns which could be achieved by
acquiring a stabilized property. The Company also believes that these types of
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acquisition candidates for REITs because the properties have no or limited cash
flow as a result of required rehabilitation or not being substantially leased.
As a result, a REIT that is heavily dependent upon long-term restructuring or
redevelopment activities may have difficulty covering its mandatory dividends.
The Company also may acquire land for speculation, future development or
subdivision. For a detailed discussion of the risks associated with these
activities and investments, see "RISK FACTORS--Acquisition, Development,
Construction and Renovation Activities."
 
INVESTMENTS IN REAL ESTATE MORTGAGES
 
    While the Company will emphasize equity real estate investment in properties
and the restructure and redevelopment of real estate properties, the Company may
invest in mortgages and other types of real estate interests. The Company may
invest in first or junior mortgages that may or may not by insured by a
governmental agency. The Company also may invest in participating or convertible
mortgages if the Company concludes that it may benefit from the cash flow and/or
any appreciation in the value of the property. Such mortgages may be similar to
equity participations. In addition, the Company may make mortgage loans or
participate in such loans.
 
SECURITIES OF OR INTERESTS IN ENTITIES PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN REAL ESTATE
  ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ISSUERS
 
    The Company may from time to time acquire real estate related equity
securities or make loans that constitute, or invest in, real estate related
senior, junior or otherwise subordinated debt securities, which debt securities
may be unsecured or secured by liens on real estate or the economic benefits
thereof. Some of the entities in which the Company may invest may be start-up
companies or companies in need of additional capital. These investments may
contain options to acquire, or be convertible into the right to acquire, all or
a portion of the underlying real estate, or contain the right to participate in
the cash flow and economic return which may be derived from the real estate. In
determining whether to make a loan, the Company will consider whether the
borrower is willing to grant to the Company the right to acquire some or all of
the underlying real estate securing such loan, or the right to participate in
the cash flow and economic return which may be derived from such real estate.
Only if a borrower is willing to grant one or more such rights to the Company,
and the Company has satisfied itself after reasonable due diligence that the
risks associated with the proposed loan are acceptable, will the Company be
willing to make the loan.
 
    Debt investments may include debt that is acquired at a discount, mezzanine
financing, commercial mortgage-backed securities, secured and unsecured lines of
credit, distressed loans, and loans previously made by foreign and other
financial institutions. In some cases the Company may only acquire a
participating interest in a debt security. The Company believes that there are
opportunities to acquire real estate debt securities, especially in the low or
below investment grade tranches, at significant returns as a result of
inefficiencies in pricing, while utilizing management's real estate expertise to
analyze the underlying properties and thereby effectively minimizing risk. The
Company also may provide credit enhancement or guarantees of the obligations of
others involved in real estate related activities, and may invest in
participating or convertible mortgages if the Company concludes that it may
benefit from the cash flow and/or any appreciation in the value of the property.
Such mortgages may be similar to equity participations. In addition, the Company
may make mortgage loans or participate in such loans and contemporaneously or
otherwise obtain related property purchase options.
 
    Equity investments may include development projects directly or through
joint ventures (as described above), as well as the purchase of general or
limited partnership interests in limited partnerships, shares in publicly traded
or privately held corporations or interests in other entities that own real
estate, make real estate related loans, invest in real estate related debt
instruments or provide services or products to the real estate industry. The
Company intends to engage in active real estate businesses, which may include
land subdivisions, property sales and other businesses considered ineligible or
impractical investments for REITs. The Company also may hold real estate or
interests therein for investment. The Company may purchase substantially leased,
mostly unleased or vacant properties of any type or geographic location. The
 
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Company intends to renovate and re-lease the mostly unleased or vacant
properties. The Company also may purchase leasehold positions and sub-lease the
property.
 
    In addition, the Company may in the future invest in retail, residential,
hotel and other types of properties and manage and lease properties owned by it
or in which it has an equity or debt investment. The activities described above
often do not generate immediate cash flow, and cash flow generated may be
nonrecurring. These investments may be subject to existing debt financing and
any such financing will have a priority over the equity interests of the
Company. For a detailed discussion of the risks associated with these types of
activities and investments, see "RISK FACTORS--Disadvantages of Investments in
Debt Instruments"; "--Limited Remedies Upon Default of Mortgage Loans";
"--Disadvantages of Investments in Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities" and
"--Limitations on Remedies Upon Default."
 
PROACTIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT
 
    Using real estate information management systems, commercially available
databases and spreadsheets and analyses provided by outside vendors, all of
which are available on a wide area network, the Company's management will
regularly monitor and evaluate each portfolio asset to identify properties which
can be sold or exchanged for optimal sales prices (or exchange values) given
prevailing market conditions and the particular characteristics of each
property. Through this strategy, the Company will seek to continually update its
core property portfolio by disposing of properties which have limited
appreciation potential and redeploy capital into newer properties or properties
where its aggressive management techniques may maximize property values. The
Company may engage from time to time in like-kind property exchanges (I.E., Code
Section 1031 exchanges) which will allow the Company to dispose of properties
and redeploy proceeds in a tax efficient manner. In addition to value
enhancement, the Company also will focus on the efficient management of cash and
maintaining strong operational cost controls.
 
    The Company may utilize the experience of Excel and its nine regional
offices to provide property management for those assets acquired or developed.
By leveraging this franchise, the Company will have access to professional
management that emphasizes maintaining or creating high occupancy rates and
monitoring the physical condition of properties and the financial condition of
tenants.
 
FINANCING POLICIES
 
    The Company will seek to finance its investments through both public and
private secured and unsecured debt financings, as well as public and private
placements of its equity securities. The equity securities will include both
common and preferred equity issuances of the Company. The Company does not have
a policy limiting the number or amount of mortgages that may be placed on any
particular property, but mortgage financing instruments usually limit additional
indebtedness on such properties. There are currently no restrictions on the
amount of debt that the Company may incur. See "RISK FACTORS--Potential Adverse
Consequences of Debt Financing."
 
    The Company may seek variable rate financing from time to time if such
financing appears advantageous in light of then-prevailing market conditions. In
such case, the Company will consider hedging against interest rate risk through
interest rate protection agreements, interest rate swaps or other means. See
"RISK FACTORS--Hedging Policies/Risks."
 
    The Company does not plan to distribute dividends for the foreseeable
future, which will permit it to accumulate for reinvestment cash flow from
investments, disposition of investments and other business activities. See "RISK
FACTORS--Dividend Policy" and "DIVIDEND POLICY."
 
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POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO OTHER ACTIVITIES
 
    The Company does not intend to qualify as a REIT, but it may, from time to
time, invest in REITs and sell properties or entities to REITs for cash and/or
securities. Further, it may spin-off to its common stockholders shares of its
subsidiaries or shares of other entities it has acquired through the sale of its
properties, investments or otherwise. These spin-offs may involve the formation
of new entities and may be taxable or non-taxable, depending upon the facts and
circumstances.
 
    The Company has not engaged in trading, underwriting or agency distribution
or sale of securities for other issuers and does not intend to do so. The
Company has no intention to repurchase shares of its capital stock from the
Company's stockholders, although it may do so in the future.
 
    The Company is required to file reports and other information with the
Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act. In addition to applicable legal
requirements and the rules of the Commission, the Company will provide to its
stockholders annual reports containing audited financial statements with a
report thereon by the Company's independent certified public accountants.
 
    The Company's policies with respect to all of the above activities may be
reviewed and modified from time to time by the Company's directors without
notice to or vote of its stockholders. See "RISK FACTORS--Changes in Policies
Without Stockholder Approval."
 
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                            SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
    The following table sets forth selected financial data for the planned real
estate assets transferred from Excel and EDV to the Company (the "Excel Legacy
Corporation Asset Group") and should be read in conjunction with the Combined
Financial Statements of the Excel Legacy Corporation Asset Group included
elsewhere in this document. The financial data of the Excel Legacy Corporation
Asset Group as of and for the six months ended January 31, 1998 and 1997, in the
opinion of management, include all normal recurring adjustments for a fair
statement of the results for the interim periods. The financial data for the
each of the three years ended July 31, 1997, 1996 and 1995 and as of July 31,
1997 and 1996 are derived from the Excel Legacy Corporation Asset Group's
financial statements for similar periods, which are included elsewhere in this
Information Statement and have been audited by Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. All of
the other financial data is unaudited.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 SIX MONTHS
                                             ENDED JANUARY 31,                     YEAR ENDED JULY 31,
                                            --------------------  -----------------------------------------------------
<S>                                         <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
                                              1998       1997       1997       1996       1995       1994       1993
                                            ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
OPERATING DATA:
Total revenue.............................  $   4,136  $   2,762  $   6,395  $   5,032  $   5,897  $   5,348  $   2,064
Total operating expenses..................      2,361      2,417      4,565      4,513      4,603      4,034      1,806
Income before income taxes................      1,775        345      1,830        519      1,294      1,314        258
Provision for income taxes................        707        138        729        207        515        523        103
Net income................................      1,068        207      1,101        312        779        791        155
 
BALANCE SHEET DATA (AT END OF PERIOD):
Real estate after accumulated
  depreciation............................  $  71,798  $  60,514  $  60,350  $  61,048  $  56,184  $  57,191  $  43,466
Total assets..............................     96,522     78,526     83,687     62,169     59,388     59,012     43,466
Mortgages payable.........................     36,803     35,978     35,115     36,754     38,224     39,590     36,351
Total liabilities.........................     37,213     36,218     35,343     37,007     38,485     39,915     36,600
Investment by Excel Realty Trust, Inc.....     59,309     42,308     48,344     25,162     20,903     19,097      6,866
</TABLE>
 
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          MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
                           AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
NATURE OF BUSINESS
 
    The Company was only recently formed and has a limited operating history.
The Company was organized to create and realize value by identifying and making
opportunistic real estate investments through the direct acquisition,
rehabilitation, development, financing and management of real properties and/or
participation in these activities through the purchase of debt instruments or
equity interests of entities engaged in such real estate businesses.
 
LIQUIDITY
 
    In connection with the formation and capitalization of the Company, the
Company received approximately $11.1 million in cash and approximately $10.9
million in notes receivable from the sale of Common Stock to certain officers of
the Company. Such notes bear interest at the rate of 7.0% per annum, mature in
March 2003 and are recourse obligations of such officers. In addition, the
Company sold 21,281,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock for a total net
proceeds of approximately $104.0 million upon consummation of the Spin-off. See
"CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS."
 
    At March 31, 1998, the total debt of the Company consisted of the following:
(1) $26.1 million in mortgages on the eight Wal-Mart properties. These mortgages
are self-amortizing with the rent being paid by Wal-Mart directly to the
mortgage holders. The mortgages will be entirely repaid when the initial terms
of the leases with Wal-Mart expire. (2) $7.7 million in mortgages on the two
Lowe's properties. These mortgages are also self-amortizing over the term of the
leases with Lowe's. The current mortgage balance will be repaid when the leases
expire. (3) A $2.6 million mortgage securing the Scottsdale City Centre office
building. Monthly payments are $25,327 with a balloon payment in the year 2006.
(4) A current note payable to a bank secured by the AMC theaters in the amount
of $29.0 million of which $24.5 million had been advanced through March 31, 1998
to construct the buildings. This is a short-term note with the balance coming
due June 25, 1998. The Company repaid this note with the proceeds from the
Company's private placements of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock upon
consummation of the Spin-off (see "CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED
TRANSACTIONS"). An additional $7.1 million was borrowed in May 1998 and an
additional $7.6 million is expected to be borrowed by June 1998. (5) A note to
Excel in the amount of $26.4 million which was secured by the Scottsdale
Galleria property. The note was repaid by the Company in April 1998.
 
    The Company anticipates that cash flow from operations will be adequate to
meet its short-term liquidity requirements. The Company expects to meet its
long-term liquidity requirements, such as property acquisitions and development
and mortgage debt maturities, through the most advantageous sources of capital
available to the Company at the time, which may include the sale of common
stock, preferred stock or debt securities through public offerings or private
placements, the incurrence of indebtedness through secured or unsecured
borrowings and the reinvestment of proceeds from the disposition of assets.
 
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
    The results of operations for the Excel Legacy Corporation Asset Group are
set forth below. See Excel Legacy Corporation Asset Group financial statements
at pages F-7 through F-16.
 
COMPARISON OF THE YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 1997 TO THE YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 1996.
 
    There was no change in rental revenue between the years ended July 31, 1997
and 1996.
 
    INTEREST REVENUE for the year ended July 31, 1997 was approximately $1.5
million, an increase of 1435.0% over interest revenue of $95,000 for the year
ended July 31, 1996. The increase is primarily attributable to additional loans
made on the Los Arcos and First Street projects during the year.
 
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    INTEREST EXPENSE for the year ended July 31, 1997 was approximately $2.9
million, a decrease of 6.0% over interest expense of approximately $3.1 million
for the year ended July 31, 1996. The decrease is primarily attributable to
recurring principal payments on the mortgages on those properties occupied by
Wal-Mart and Lowe's.
 
    ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES for the year ended July 31, 1997 were $799,000, an
increase of 42.0% over administrative expenses of $563,000 for the year ended
July 31, 1996. The increase is primarily attributable to salary and wage
expense.
 
    THE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES for the year ended July 31, 1997 was
$729,000, an increase of 252.0% over income tax expense of $207,000 in the
comparable period in 1996. The increase is attributable to the increase in
income before taxes during the year.
 
COMPARISON OF THE YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 1996 TO THE YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 1995.
 
    RENTAL REVENUE for the year ended July 31, 1996 was approximately $4.9
million, a decrease of 16.0% over rental revenue of approximately $5.9 million
for the year ended July 31, 1995. The decrease is attributable to the
reclassification of the Scottsdale Galleria from real estate to real estate
under development. As a result of the reclassification, costs to develop the
property, net of incidental revenues earned, are capitalized to the basis of the
property rather than recognized as revenue and expense.
 
    INTEREST REVENUE for the year ended July 31, 1996 was $95,000, an increase
of 100.0% over interest revenue for the year ended July 31, 1995. The increase
is attributable to the initiation of the Los Arcos and First Street notes
receivable during the year.
 
    INTEREST EXPENSE for the year ended July 31, 1996 was approximately $3.1
million, a decrease of 3.0% over interest expense of approximately $3.2 million
for the year ended July 31, 1995. The decrease is primarily attributable to
recurring principal payments on the mortgages on those properties occupied by
Wal-Mart and Lowe's.
 
    ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES for the year ended July 31, 1996 were $563,000, an
increase of 3.0% over administrative expenses of $548,000 for the year ended
July 31, 1995. The increase is primarily attributable to salary and wage
expenses.
 
    THE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES for the year ended July 31, 1996 was
$207,000, a decrease of 60.0% over income tax expense of $515,000 in the
comparable period in 1995. The decrease is attributable to the decrease in
income before taxes during the year.
 
COMPARISON OF THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 31, 1998 TO THE SIX MONTHS ENDED
  JANUARY 31, 1997.
 
    RENTAL REVENUE for the six months ended January 31, 1998 was approximately
$2.8 million, an increase of 14.2% over rental revenue of approximately $2.5
million for the six months ended January 31, 1997. The increase relates to an
office building and land leased to a restaurant which were acquired in October
1997.
 
    INTEREST REVENUE for the six months ended January 31, 1998 was approximately
$1.3 million, an increase of 348.3% over interest revenue of $294,000 in the
comparable period in 1997. The increase was primarily attributable to additional
loans made on the Los Arcos and First Street projects during the corresponding
periods.
 
    INTEREST EXPENSE for the six months ended January 31, 1998 was approximately
$1.4 million, a decrease of 3.6% over interest expense of approximately $1.5
million in the comparable period in 1997. The decrease is attributable to
recurring principal payments on the mortgages on those properties occupied by
Wal-Mart and Lowe's.
 
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    ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES for the six months ended January 31, 1998 were
$340,000, a decrease of 29.6% over administrative expenses of $483,000 in the
comparable period in 1997. The decrease is primarily attributable to bonuses
paid in 1997.
 
    PROPERTY EXPENSES of $94,000 in the six months ended January 31, 1998
related to properties acquired in October 1997. Property expenses were $0 in the
six months ended January 31, 1997.
 
    THE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES for the six months ended January 31, 1998 was
$707,000, an increase of 412.3% over income tax expense of $138,000 in the
comparable period in 1997. The increase is attributable to the increase in
income before income taxes during the period.
 
VALUATION OF PROPERTIES
 
    Valuation of the single tenant properties of the Company was based upon an
estimate of the fair market value of the assets to be transferred. For these
properties the value was determined by applying a 9.5% capitalization rate to
the net operating income of such properties. For properties purchased by Excel
within the last six months and transferred to the Company in the Spin-off, the
property valuation was based on Excel's acquisition cost for the properties,
since Excel was acting as the nominee for the Company. In the opinion of the
Company's management, due to the short holding period of the property by Excel,
the value of properties purchased less than six months ago is not significantly
different from the original cost. The valuation of the Scottsdale Galleria was
determined based upon binding purchase offers made to the Company by willing
third-party, non-affiliated purchasers.
 
CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
    As of March 31, 1998, the Company owned approximately $130.2 million in real
estate that was encumbered with mortgages in the amount of $82.7 million. All
properties of the Company are encumbered with mortgages. As of March 31, 1998,
the Company also held $23.2 million in notes receivable that had been loaned on
various real estate development projects which are not collected until the
projects are completed. Also as of such date, the Company held recourse notes
receivable from various officers of the Company for approximately $10.9 million
stemming from their acquisition of Common Stock of the Company. These notes are
not expected to be repaid for several years and will likely not be repaid until,
and if, the price of the Common Stock increases sufficiently for the officers to
borrow the loan amounts from an outside source and repay the Company.
 
    As of March 31, 1998, the Company held approximately $117.4 million in cash
from the sale of 21,281,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and from the sale
of 9,195,224 shares of Common Stock. The Company has used certain of these
proceeds to repay the loan and letters of credit used to finance the purchase of
the Highlands Ranch and Westminster, Colorado properties, to repay the
outstanding indebtedness to Excel in connection with the Spin-off, to acquire
real estate, pay offering costs and for other corporate purposes.
 
    The Company purchased 11.1 acres of land in Rancho Bernardo, California for
$4.0 million in March, 1998. The Company intends to construct an approximately
100,000 square foot industrial office building on the land for an estimated
construction cost of $11.8 million. As of the date of this Prospectus, the
Company has no commitments to purchase any other assets or to make any material
capital expenditures in connection with the redevelopment of any of its
properties. The Company intends to operate its business as described herein,
however, and may purchase additional assets and make such capital expenditures
from time to time in the future. Any such expenditures will be contingent upon
securing adequate funding on terms acceptable to the Company. The Company is not
aware of any material unfavorable trends in either capital resources or the
outlook for long-term cash generation, nor does it expect any material changes
in the availability and relative cost of such capital resources.
 
    There are currently no material changes being considered in the objectives
and policies of the Company as set forth in this Prospectus.
 
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                            BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES
 
PROPERTIES
 
    The table below sets forth certain pertinent information regarding the
properties owned by the Company. All information is presented as of March 31,
1998, unless otherwise indicated.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                      TOTAL         BASE
                                                           YEAR        GLA         RENTAL       RENT PER      LEASE
                                              TENANT       BUILT     (SQ. FT)      INCOME       SQ. FT.    EXPIRATION
                                            -----------  ---------  ----------  -------------  ----------  -----------
<S>                                         <C>          <C>        <C>         <C>            <C>         <C>
Arizona
  Scottsdale Galleria.....................      (1)         (1)        (1)           (1)          (1)          (1)
  Scottsdale City Centre..................      (2)           1982      64,262  $   1,087,190   $   16.15      (3)
  Scottsdale Towers (4)...................      (4)         (4)        (4)           (4)          (4)
  Brio Land...............................     Brio           1975       3,700        104,314       28.19         2002
  Grand Canyon............................      (5)         (5)        (5)           (5)          (5)          (5)
California
  Desert Fashion Plaza....................      (6)           1967     290,000        110,355        2.63      (7)
  Rancho Bernardo.........................      (8)         (8)        (8)           (8)          (8)          (8)
  San Diego...............................      (9)         (9)        (9)           (9)          (9)          (9)
Colorado
  Brighton................................   Wal-Mart         1992      94,220        343,021        3.64         2008
  Highlands Ranch.........................      AMC           1998     110,000      2,413,000       21.94         2018
  Telluride...............................     (10)        (10)        (10)         (10)          (10)        (10)
  Westminster.............................      AMC           1998     110,000      2,520,000       22.91         2018
Illinois
  Orland Hills............................   Wal-Mart         1992     114,513        824,075        7.20         2009
Indiana
  Decatur.................................   Wal-Mart         1992      72,200        324,200        4.49         2009
  Terre Haute.............................    Lowe's          1993     104,259        557,786        5.36         2013
  Wabash..................................   Wal-Mart         1992      93,465        374,604        4.01         2008
Michigan
  Big Rapids..............................   Wal-Mart         1992      91,440        337,628        3.69         2008
Ohio
  Middletown..............................    Lowe's          1993     126,400        650,000        5.14         2013
Pennsylvania
  Wyomissing..............................   Wal-Mart         1992     115,092        679,668        5.91         2008
Texas
  Temple..................................   Wal-Mart         1992     110,580        629,771        5.70         2008
Wisconsin
  Berlin..................................   Wal-Mart         1992      59,097        218,017        3.69         2009
Winnipeg, Canada
  Newport Centre..........................     (11)           1970     156,884        936,000        5.96     (12)
                                                                    ----------  -------------  ----------
    Total.................................                           1,716,112  $  12,109,629   $    7.05
                                                                    ----------  -------------  ----------
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</TABLE>
 
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(1) Property is currently being redeveloped.
 
(2) Set forth below is a list of the tenants of the Scottsdale City Centre, in
    each case followed by their approximate annual rent and square footage of
    gross leasable area ("GLA"): Allied Waste Industries, Inc. ($96,000, 7,400
    sq. ft.); American Airlines ($800, 450 sq. ft.); American Nortel
    Communications ($1,800, 1,150 sq. ft.); Arizona Subway Development ($2,400,
    1,700 sq. ft.); BGNETLLC ($5,400, 3,500 sq. ft.); CIC Systems, Inc. ($1,700,
    1,100 sq. ft.); CLS International Travel ($1,800, 1,400 sq. ft.); Commerce
    International ($6,300, 4,300 sq. ft.); Designlin Advertising Ltd. ($1,700,
    1,500 sq. ft.); Duke Energy Trading & Marketing ($830, 480 sq. ft.); Grand
    Canyon Title Agency ($2,400, 1,700 sq. ft.); Greater Phoenix Enterprise
    ($4,400, 3,000 sq. ft.); Dr. Kevin Harris,
 
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    D.D.S. ($2,200, 1,500 sq. ft.); Idea Man, Inc. ($3,700, 2,700 sq. ft.);
    Intercell Corporation ($6,100, 4,000 sq. ft.); Margrave, Celmins & Verber
    ($4,900, 3,800 sq. ft.); MBA Insurance Agency of Arizona, Inc. ($5,000,
    3,300 sq. ft.); National Scientific Corporation ($3,300, 2,100 sq. ft.);
    Noranda Properties ($2,000, 1,500 sq. ft.); Powers Unlimited ($1,700, 950
    sq. ft.); RAS Management, Inc. ($96,000, 6,800 sq. ft.); Shurwest, Inc.
    ($4,000, 2,800 sq. ft.); Sports Tour Classics, Inc. ($4,700, 3,000 sq. ft.);
    Trust Realty Advisors, Inc. (1,000, 600 sq. ft.); and VR Business
    Brokers/Roth & Associates, Inc. ($2,300, 1,600 sq. ft.).
 
(3) Lease terms average two years. Eight leases expire in 1998, representing
    approximately 13,500 square feet of GLA and approximately $214,000 in annual
    rental income. Three leases expire in 1999, representing approximately
    13,500 square feet of GLA and approximately $190,000 in annual rental
    income. One lease expires in 2000, representing approximately 3,000 square
    feet of GLA and approximately $56,000 in annual rental income. Six leases
    expire in 2001, representing approximately 16,300 square feet of GLA and
    approximately $200,000 in annual rental income. One lease expires in 2002,
    representing approximately 3,300 square feet of GLA and approximately
    $60,000 in annual rental income. One lease expires in 2003, representing
    approximately 3,800 square feet of GLA and approximately $60,000 in annual
    rental income. As of March 31, 1998, 14,743 square feet of GLA representing
    20% of total GLA in Desert Fashion Plaza was vacant.
 
(4) Property consists of 3.6 acres of land and is currently being redeveloped.
 
(5) Property consists of 6.5 acres of land and is currently being redeveloped.
 
(6) Property was purchased in May, 1998 and information presented here is as of
    May 1998. Set forth below is a list of the tenants of Desert Fashion Plaza,
    in each case followed by their approximate annual rent and square footage of
    GLA: Saks Fifth Avenue ($167,400, 50,168 sq. ft.); The P'Nut Gallery
    ($12,000, 2,975 sq. ft.); Fun in the Sun Candy ($10,800, 671 sq. ft.); La
    Mariposa ($28,128, 1,172 sq. ft.); Ann Taylor ($52,563, 2,503 sq. ft.);
    Benjamin St. John ($6,000, 989 sq. ft.); Hyatt Regency Suites ($39,001,
    2,889 sq. ft.); Don Vicent's ($36,000, 3,100 sq. ft.); Avalon Bay ($6,000,
    984 sq. ft.); Hamburger Hamlet ($145,075, 8,273 sq. ft.); California Pizza
    Kitchen ($118,072, 7,095 sq. ft.); Aussie Outfitters ($30,000, 2,179 sq.
    ft.); Sharper Image ($61,848, 3,438 sq. ft.); Ted Land Shoes ($34,740, 3,600
    sq. ft.); Savvy Shoes ($30,000, 3,110 sq. ft.); Dani C. ($18,000, 763 sq.
    ft.); Metropolitan Theatres ($702,000, 42,543 sq. ft.); BBI ($15,700, 785
    sq. ft.); Victoria's Secret ($16,947, 4,998 sq. ft.) The Alley ($32,000,
    5,894 sq. ft.); and Trilussa Restaurant ($82,368, 9,564 sq. ft.).
 
(7) Lease terms average eleven years. Eight leases expire in 1998, representing
    approximately 19,256 square feet of GLA and approximately $193,500 in annual
    rental income. One lease expires in 1999, representing approximately 3,438
    square feet of GLA and approximately $61,848 in annual rental income. No
    leases expire in 2000. One lease expires in 2001, representing approximately
    1,172 square feet of GLA and approximately $28,128 in annual rental income.
    Two leases expire in 2002, representing approximately 6,710 square feet of
    GLA and approximately $64,740 in annual rental income. As of May 28, 1998,
    14,743 square feet of GLA representing 8% of total GLA in Desert Fashion
    Plaza was vacant.
 
(8) Property consists of 11.1 acres of land and is to be redeveloped commencing
    in September 1998.
 
(9) Property consists of two parcels of vacant land of 11.1 acres and 27,000
    square feet, respectively. The Company is currently exploring development
    plans for the property.
 
(10) Property consists of 0.25 acres of land and is currently being redeveloped.
 
(11) Property was purchased in May 1998 and information is presented as of May
    1998. Set forth below is a list of the tenants of Newport Centre, in each
    case followed by their approximate annual rent and square footage of GLA:
    Bank of Montreal ($102,509, 27,983 sq. ft.); Rich McJannet ($3,636, 606 sq.
    ft.); Guld Pullan ($1,362, 227 sq. ft.); Cantel ($95,241, 9,708 sq. ft.);
    Cadillac Fairview ($125,573, 5,581 sq. ft.); Telespectrum ($87,534, 10,943
    sq. ft.); Pullan, Guld Kamerloch ($28,359, 3,151 sq. ft.); Serge Radchuk
    ($3,934, 660 sq. ft.); Western Economic Diversity ($43,987, 5,526 sq. ft.);
    Viewcall ($30,000, 6,000 sq. ft.); MPIC ($90,868, 11,430 sq. ft.); Financial
    Collection ($25,541, 3,675 sq. ft.); Standard Life ($67,947, 6,177 sq. ft.);
    Enterprise Property Group ($49,406, 7,109 sq. ft.); Asia Pacific ($7,061,
    1,545 sq. ft.); Canadian Liver Foundation ($38,024, 4,753 sq. ft.); Winnipeg
    Downtown ($12,672, 2,112 sq. ft.); MB Society of Seniors ($23,634, 4,297 sq.
    ft.); Southport Law Group ($14,010, 2,335 sq. ft.); El Coredo ($12,796,
    1,551 sq. ft.); Aetna Health Management ($12,615, 1,682 sq. ft.); Dowhan &
    Dowhan ($10,568, 1,321 sq. ft.); Kravetsky, Hoeppner ($7,704, 994 sq. ft.);
    and Sunridge Storage ($2,925, 585 sq. ft.).
 
(12) Lease terms average four years. Nine leases expire in 1998, representing
    approximately 34,656 square feet of GLA and approximately $128,300 in annual
    rental income. Eight leases expire in 1999, representing approximately
    25,224 square feet of GLA and approximately $187,585 in annual rental
    income. Nine leases expire in 2000, representing approximately 20,708 square
    feet of GLA and approximately $154,466 in annual rental income. Five leases
    expire in 2001, representing approximately 11,723 square feet of GLA and
    approximately $42,615 in annual rental income. Two leases expire in 2002,
    representing approximately 7,682 square feet of GLA and approximately
    $42,615 in annual rental income. As of May 28, 1998, 22,732 square feet of
    GLA representing 15% of total GLA in Newport Center was vacant.
 
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SCOTTSDALE GALLERIA
 
    The Company acquired the Scottsdale Galleria (the "Scottsdale Galleria")
from Excel in connection with the Spin-off. The Scottsdale Galleria is situated
on approximately 6.3 acres and consists of (i) an enclosed shopping mall
contained in two separate buildings, and (ii) a multi-level parking garage. The
buildings and the parking garage are connected by a pedestrian bridge. The main
building (the "Atrium") is a four level building with a transparent glass roof
and has approximately 414,768 square feet of GLA. The smaller building contains
the "5th Avenue Shops" and has approximately 105,713 square feet of GLA.
 
    The Scottsdale Galleria is located in the designated Waterfront
Redevelopment District, a high priority project for the City of Scottsdale which
will utilize the Arizona Canal as the main focal point with landscaped banks,
benches, walkways, bridges and stores lining the canal banks similar to San
Antonio's "Riverwalk." Other major points of interest in the area include the
Center for Performing Arts, Scottsdale Civic Center, Scottsdale Memorial
Hospital, Stetson Square, Scottsdale Fashion Square, Camelview Plaza and
Scottsdale Stadium (spring training home to the San Francisco Giants and their
affiliated Triple A farm club). The area is typified by single family
residences, hotels, commercial and multi-family uses and is going through a
growth and renovation cycle, of which the Waterfront Redevelopment District is
an integral part, with the older retail uses being remodeled as well as new
growth in the retail and apartment segments of the market. The City of
Scottsdale has issued a request for proposals ("RFP") for the redevelopment of
this area. Excel was granted the RFP and the right to redevelop this area, which
was transferred to the Company along with the Scottsdale Galleria.
 
    Excel purchased the Scottsdale Galleria for approximately $11.0 million in
connection with a foreclosure of the property. The estimated fair market value
of the Scottsdale Galleria as of March 31, 1998 was approximately $25.0 million.
The Scottsdale Galleria has been the subject of various development plans since
the acquisition of the property, none of which has been financially feasible. In
connection with these previous development activities, most of the existing
tenant improvements and interior common area improvements were removed and sold.
Therefore, the majority of the Scottsdale Galleria's interior will need to be
re-improved in connection with any redevelopment of the property.
 
SCOTTSDALE CITY CENTRE
 
    The Company acquired the Scottsdale City Centre, a 64,262 square foot office
building situated on approximately 2.5 acres in Scottsdale, Arizona (the "City
Centre"), from EDV in connection with the Spin-off. The City Centre originally
was purchased as an expansion site for the RFP associated with the Waterfront
Redevelopment District and the Scottsdale Galleria.
 
    The purchase price for the City Centre was approximately $7.9 million of
which approximately $5.3 was paid in cash. The Company has assumed a loan with
approximately $2.6 million in outstanding principal (the "City Centre Loan").
The City Centre Loan bears interest at the rate of 8.125% per annum and matures
in February 2006. Any prepayment during the fourth through eighth years of the
City Centre Loan must be accompanied by a prepayment premium equal to a
percentage of the amount being prepaid, which percentage equals 5.0% in the
fourth year and decreases by 1.0% each year thereafter to a minimum 1.0%
prepayment premium. No prepayment premium must be paid during the final three
months of the loan. The Company also may prepay up to 10.0% (on a non-cumulative
basis) of the outstanding principal balance of the loan each year on the due
date of any monthly payment without incurring a prepayment premium. The City
Centre Loan must be repaid if the City Centre is sold.
 
    The City Centre Loan is non-recourse and repayment of the loan by the
Company is secured by a first mortgage on the City Centre and an assignment of
the Company's rights in the leases in effect for the tenants of the City Centre.
 
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SCOTTSDALE TOWERS
 
    The Company acquired approximately 3.6 acres of vacant land located in
Scottsdale, Arizona (the "Scottsdale Towers") from EDV in connection with the
Spin-off. EDV purchased the property in March 1998 for approximately $3.6
million as an expansion site for the RFP associated with the Waterfront
Redevelopment District and the Scottsdale Galleria. The Scottsdale Towers are
located in three sections, which are adjacent to the Scottsdale Galleria and the
Brio Land.
 
BRIO LAND
 
    The Company acquired approximately 0.5 acres of land located in Scottsdale,
Arizona (the "Brio Land") from EDV in connection with the Spin-off. EDV purchase
the Brio Land in November 1997 as an expansion site for the RFP associated with
the Waterfront Redevelopment District and the Scottsdale Galleria. The Brio Land
currently contains a 3,700 square foot building which is leased to the Brio
Restaurant. The Brio Restaurant's annual rent is approximately $104,000, under a
lease that expires in May 2002. The seller originally entered into a purchase
contract to sell the Brio Land to Emerald Equities, L.L.C. for approximately
$1.6 million. EDV subsequently acquired Emerald Equities' interest in the
purchase contract for $100,000. The total purchase price paid by EDV for the
Brio Land thus totaled approximately $1.6 million, all of which was paid in
cash.
 
GRAND CANYON PROPERTY
 
    The Company acquired a leasehold interest in approximately 6.5 acres of land
located in Tusayan, Arizona at the entrance to Grand Canyon National Park on the
South Rim (the "Grand Canyon Property") from Excel in connection with the
Spin-off. Excel acquired the leasehold interest in November 1997 for
approximately $1.8 million. The Grand Canyon Property currently contains a
building which will be demolished and is subject to a lease which will be
terminated and replaced with a new land lease (the "New Lease") with a term of
50 years and two ten year renewal options. The New Lease encompasses both the
Grand Canyon Property and an adjacent parcel consisting of approximately 3.5
acres currently owned by Red Feather Properties Limited Partnership. Red Feather
Properties Limited Partnership and the Company intend to form a joint venture to
enter into the New Lease.
 
DESERT FASHION PLAZA
 
    In May 1998, the Company acquired a 100% interest in Desert Fashion Plaza,
L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company which owns an urban mall located in
Palm Springs, California (the "Desert Fashion Plaza") for a total purchase price
of approximately $13.3 million. The Desert Fashion Plaza contains approximately
270,000 square feet of GLA and presently has two anchor tenant spaces, leased by
Saks Fifth Avenue and I. Magnin, and approximately 80 small shop tenant spaces.
The property was purchased as a redevelopment opportunity. The plans for the
Desert Fashion Plaza include demolishing an 18,000 square foot vacant building
on an outparcel and rebuilding a 12,000 square foot building which could be
leased to a restaurant operator. The I. Magnin space, which is currently vacant
(43,000 sq. ft.), will also be demolished and replaced with a movie theater. The
Company intends to remodel the remainder of the mall into an open air
entertainment/restaurant/retail center and expand it to approximately 315,000
square feet.
 
RANCHO BERNARDO, CALIFORNIA
 
    In March 1998, the Company purchased approximately 11.1 acres of land
located in the community of Rancho Bernardo in San Diego, California for
approximately $4.0 million. On approximately 8.0 acres of this site (which is
the final piece of undeveloped land zoned for such use within this community),
the Company intends to construct and develop a build-to-suit research and
development office complex for a single-user, hi-tech, electronics manufacturer.
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complex in September 1998. The complex is expected to include a single building
containing approximately 100,000 square feet and to be constructed for a cost of
approximately $11.8 million. The Company will retain the remaining approximately
3.0 acres for future development.
 
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
 
    The Company owns two parcels of vacant land located in San Diego, California
(together the "San Diego Land"). The Company acquired approximately 27,000
square feet of vacant land from EDV in connection with the Spin-off. EDV
purchased such property in February 1998 for approximately $1.8 million. In
March 1998 the Company also acquired approximately 1.4 acres of vacant land for
a total purchase price of $1.7 million. The Company is currently exploring
development plans for the San Diego Land.
 
BRIGHTON, COLORADO
 
    The Company acquired a 94,220 square foot building situated on approximately
12.8 acres in Brighton, Colorado (the "Brighton Property") from Excel in
connection with the Spin-off. Excel purchased the Brighton Property in December
1992.
 
    The Brighton Property is a single free-standing building occupied by
Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart's annual rent is approximately $343,000, under a lease that
expires in January 2008. Wal-Mart's lease is a triple net lease and all property
taxes on the Brighton Property are paid by Wal -Mart. Wal-Mart has an option to
extend the term of the lease for seven consecutive periods of five years each at
an annual rent of approximately $200,000. During the option terms, in addition
to the annual rent as described above, Wal-Mart will pay to the Company a
percentage rent equal to 1.0% of the amount by which Wal-Mart's gross sales at
the Brighton Property exceed $590 per square foot of the store building under
roof.
 
    Wal-Mart has a right of first refusal to purchase the Brighton Property from
the Company if the Company receives an "acceptable bona fide offer to buy" or if
the Company offers to sell the property on the terms of such offer.
 
    The purchase price for the Brighton Property was approximately $3.6 million.
Approximately $500,000 of the purchase price was paid in cash, and Excel assumed
a loan with approximately $3.0 million in outstanding principal (the "Brighton
Loan"), which was subsequently assumed by the Company. As part of the purchase
price, Excel also issued shares of its common stock with an aggregate value of
approximately $103,000. The Brighton Loan is self-amortizing, bears interest at
the rate of 7.1595% per annum and matures in January 2008. The Brighton Loan is
prepayable only in full and then only after April 10, 2000, and must be repaid
if the Brighton Property is sold. Under certain circumstances, prepayment of the
loan must be accompanied by a yield maintenance payment.
 
    The Brighton Loan is non-recourse and repayment of the loan by the Company
is secured by a first mortgage on the Brighton Property and an assignment of the
Company's rights in the Wal-Mart lease.
 
HIGHLANDS RANCH AND WESTMINSTER, COLORADO
 
    In January 1998, the Company acquired two properties currently under
construction situated on approximately 43.6 acres in Highlands Ranch and
Westminster, Colorado.
 
    The acquired properties consist of two 110,000 square foot 24 screen movie
theaters, which were completed in January 1998. The Highlands Ranch theater
contains 4,850 seats and the Westminster theater contains 5,100 seats. Both
properties are occupied by AMC. The leases are guaranteed by AMC's parent
corporation, AMC Entertainment, Inc. Each of the leases has a 20-year term. For
the first ten years of the lease terms, AMC's annual rent is approximately $2.4
million for the Highlands Ranch theater and $2.5 million for the Westminster
theater. For the eleventh through fifteenth years of the lease terms, AMC's
annual rent is approximately $2.7 million for the Highlands Ranch theater and
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Westminster theater. For the final five years of the lease terms, AMC's annual
rent is approximately $2.9 million for the Highlands Ranch theater and $3.0
million for the Westminster theater. The AMC leases are triple net leases and
all property taxes on the Highlands Ranch and Westminster properties are paid by
AMC. AMC has an option to extend the term of each lease for six consecutive
periods of five years. The annual rent will increase by approximately $300,000
to $400,000 for each option term from approximately $3.2 million during the
first option term to $5.2 million during the sixth option term for the Highlands
Ranch theater and from approximately $3.4 million during the first option term
to $5.4 million during the sixth option term for the Westminster theater.
 
    The aggregate purchase price and cost to complete construction of the
theaters was approximately $50.0 million, which consisted of approximately $24.5
million in cash paid from the proceeds of a loan that matures on June 25, 1998
and bears interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 1.2% per annum, and two letters of
credit posted by Excel with an aggregate face value of $25.5 million. AMC drew
for construction of the theaters from the letters of credit, which covered the
remaining construction allowance due to AMC from the seller of the properties.
 
TELLURIDE, COLORADO
 
    In January 1998, the Company acquired approximately 0.25 acres of land
located at the base of Telluride mountain in Telluride Mountain Village Ski
Resort in Telluride, Colorado for approximately $763,000. The Company intends to
develop a "ski-in" condominium development comprised of 23 units on the
property. The construction of the project will require a $6.0 million
construction loan and is expected to be completed during the summer of 1999.
 
ORLAND HILLS, ILLINOIS
 
    The Company acquired a 114,513 square foot building situated on
approximately 11.9 acres in Orland Hills, Illinois (the "Orland Hills Property")
from Excel in connection with the Spin-off. Excel purchased the Orland Hills
Property in March 1993.
 
    The Orland Hills Property is a single free-standing building occupied by
Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart's annual rent is approximately $824,000, under a lease that
expires in January 2009. Wal-Mart's lease is a triple net lease and all property
taxes on the Orland Hills Property are paid by Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart has an option
to extend the term of the lease for seven consecutive periods of five years each
at an annual rent of approximately $490,000. During the option terms, in
addition to the annual rent as described above, Wal-Mart will pay to the Company
a percentage rent equal to 1.0% of the amount by which Wal-Mart's gross sales at
the Orland Hills Property exceed $590 per square foot of the store building
under roof.
 
    Wal-Mart has a right of first refusal to purchase the Orland Hills Property
from the Company if the Company receives an "acceptable bona fide offer to buy"
or if the Company offers to sell the property on the terms of such offer.
 
    The purchase price for the Orland Hills Property was $8.8 million.
Approximately $1.2 million of the purchase price was paid in cash, and Excel
assumed approximately $7.3 million in existing bond financing which was obtained
through the sale of investment grade rated commercial mortgage pass-through
certificates in a real estate mortgage investment conduit ("REMIC") (the "Orland
Hills Loan"), which was subsequently assumed by the Company. As part of the
purchase price, Excel also issued shares of its common stock with an aggregate
value of approximately $300,000. The notes representing the Orland Hills Loan
bear interest at different rates that equate to a weighted average interest rate
of approximately 8.18% per annum. The Orland Hills Loan is self-amortizing and
matures in January 2009. The Orland Hills Loan is prepayable only in full and
must be repaid if the Orland Hills Property is sold. Under certain
circumstances, prepayment of the loan must be accompanied by a yield maintenance
payment, which will be no greater than 1.0% of the outstanding principal amount
of the Orland Hills Loan at the time of prepayment.
 
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    The Orland Hills Loan is non-recourse and repayment of the loan by the
Company is secured by a first mortgage on the Orland Hills Property and an
assignment of the Company's rights in the Wal-Mart lease.
 
DECATUR, INDIANA
 
    The Company acquired a 72,200 square foot building situated on approximately
11.4 acres in Decatur, Indiana (the "Decatur Property") from Excel in connection
with the Spin-off. Excel purchased the Decatur Property in December 1992.
 
    The Decatur Property is a single free-standing building occupied by
Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart's annual rent is approximately $324,000, under a lease that
expires in January 2009. Wal-Mart's lease is a triple net lease and all property
taxes on the Decatur Property are paid by Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart has an option to
extend the term of the lease for seven consecutive periods of five years each at
an annual rent of approximately $190,000. During the option terms, in addition
to the annual rent as described above, Wal-Mart will pay to the Company a
percentage rent equal to 1.0% of the amount by which Wal-Mart's gross sales at
the Decatur Property exceed $590 per square foot of the store building under
roof.
 
    Wal-Mart has a right of first refusal to purchase the Decatur Property from
the Company if the Company receives an "acceptable bona fide offer to buy" or if
the Company offers to sell the property on the terms of such offer.
 
    The purchase price for the Decatur Property was $3.4 million. Approximately
$400,000 of the purchase price was paid in cash, and Excel assumed approximately
$2.9 million in existing bond financing which was obtained through the sale of
investment grade rated commercial mortgage pass-through certificates in a REMIC
(the "Decatur Loan"), which was subsequently assumed by the Company. As part of
the purchase price, Excel also issued shares of its common stock with an
aggregate value of approximately $100,000. The notes representing the Decatur
Loan bear interest at different rates that equate to a weighted average interest
rate of approximately 8.18% per annum. The Decatur Loan is self-amortizing and
matures in January 2009. The Decatur Loan is prepayable only in full and must be
repaid if the Decatur Property is sold. Under certain circumstances, prepayment
of the loan must be accompanied by a yield maintenance payment, which will be no
greater than 1.0% of the outstanding principal amount of the Decatur Loan at the
time of prepayment.
 
    The Decatur Loan is non-recourse and repayment of the loan by the Company is
secured by a first mortgage on the Decatur Property and an assignment of the
Company's rights in the Wal-Mart lease.
 
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA
 
    The Company acquired a 104,259 square foot building situated on
approximately 10.8 acres in Terre Haute, Indiana (the "Terre Haute Property")
from Excel in connection with the Spin-off. Excel purchased the Terre Haute
Property in June 1993.
 
    The Terre Haute Property is a single free-standing building occupied by
Lowe's. Lowe's annual rent is approximately $557,000, under a lease that expires
in January 2013. Lowe's lease is a triple net lease and all property taxes on
the Terre Haute Property are paid by Lowe's. Lowe's has an option to extend the
term of the lease for six consecutive periods of five years each. During the
first two option terms, the annual rent will be approximately $586,000. During
the third and fourth option terms, the annual rent will be approximately
$615,000. During the final two option terms, the annual rent will be
approximately $646,000. During the option terms, in addition to the annual rent
as described above, Lowe's will pay to the Company a percentage rent equal to
1.0% of Lowe's gross sales at the Terre Haute Property between $55.8 million and
$65.8 million and 0.5% of Lowe's gross sales at the Terre Haute Property in
excess of $65.8 million. The percentages set forth above as well as the
thresholds are subject to upward adjustment in accordance with any increases in
rent during the option terms.
 
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    The purchase price for the Terre Haute Property was approximately $5.3
million. Approximately $1.0 million of the purchase price was paid in cash, and
Excel assumed a loan with approximately $4.0 million in outstanding principal
(the "Terre Haute Loan"), which was subsequently assumed by the Company. As part
of the purchase price, Excel also issued shares of its common stock with an
aggregate value of approximately $300,000. The Terre Haute Loan bears interest
at the rate of 8.75% per annum and matures in June 2003. The Terre Haute Loan
must be repaid if the Terre Haute Property is sold. Any prepayment during the
sixth through ninth years of the Terre Haute Loan must be accompanied by a
prepayment premium equal to a percentage of the amount being prepaid, which
percentage equals 5.0% in the sixth year and decreases by 1.0% each year
thereafter. No prepayment premium must be paid during the final three months of
the loan.
 
    The Terre Haute Loan is non-recourse and repayment of the loan by the
Company is secured by a first mortgage on the Terre Haute Property and an
assignment of the Company's rights in the Lowe's lease.
 
WABASH, INDIANA
 
    The Company acquired a 93,465 square foot building situated on approximately
10.9 acres in Wabash, Indiana (the "Wabash Property") from Excel in connection
with the Spin-off. Excel purchased the Wabash Property in December 1992.
 
    The Wabash Property is a single free-standing building occupied by Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart's annual rent is approximately $375,000, under a lease that expires in
January 2008. Wal-Mart's lease is a triple net lease and all property taxes on
the Wabash Property are paid by Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart has an option to extend the
term of the lease for seven consecutive periods of five years each at an annual
rent of approximately $220,000. During the option terms, in addition to the
annual rent as described above, Wal-Mart will pay to the Company a percentage
rent equal to 1.0% of the amount by which Wal-Mart's gross sales at the Wabash
Property exceed $590 per square foot of the store building under roof.
 
    Wal-Mart has a right of first refusal to purchase the Wabash Property from
the Company if the Company receives an "acceptable bona fide offer to buy" or if
the Company offers to sell the property on the terms of such offer.
 
    The purchase price for the Wabash Property was $3.9 million. Approximately
$200,000 of the purchase price was paid in cash, and Excel assumed a loan with
approximately $3.7 million in outstanding principal (the "Wabash Loan"), which
was subsequently assumed by the Company. The Wabash Loan bears interest at the
rate of 7.1595% per annum and matures in January 2008. The Wabash Loan is
prepayable only in full and then only after April 10, 2000, and must be repaid
if the Wabash Property is sold. Under certain circumstances, prepayment of the
loan must be accompanied by a yield maintenance payment.
 
    The Wabash Loan is non-recourse and repayment of the loan by the Company is
secured by a first mortgage on the Wabash Property and an assignment of the
Company's rights in the Wal-Mart lease.
 
BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
 
    The Company acquired a 91,440 square foot building situated on approximately
17.1 acres in Big Rapids, Michigan (the "Big Rapids Property") from Excel in
connection with the Spin-off. Excel purchased the Big Rapids Property in
December 1992.
 
    The Big Rapids Property is a single free-standing building occupied by
Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart's annual rent is approximately $338,000, under a lease that
expires in January 2008. Wal-Mart's lease is a triple net lease and all property
taxes on the Big Rapids Property are paid by Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart has an option to
extend the term of the lease for seven consecutive periods of five years each at
an annual rent of approximately $200,000. During the option terms, in addition
to the annual rent as described above, Wal-Mart will pay to the Company a
percentage rent equal to 1.0% of the amount by which Wal-Mart's gross sales at
the Big Rapids Property exceed $590 per square foot of the store building under
roof.
 
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    Wal-Mart has a right of first refusal to purchase the Big Rapids Property
from the Company if the Company receives an "acceptable bona fide offer to buy"
or if the Company offers to sell the property on the terms of such offer.
 
    The purchase price for the Big Rapids Property was approximately $3.5
million. The purchase price included no cash. Excel assumed a loan with
approximately $3.4 million in outstanding principal (the "Big Rapids Loan"),
which was subsequently assumed by the Company. As part of the purchase price,
Excel also issued shares of its common stock with an aggregate value of
approximately $100,000. The Big Rapids Loan bears interest at the rate of
7.1595% per annum and matures in January 2008. The Big Rapids Loan is prepayable
only in full and then only after April 10, 2000, and must be repaid if the Big
Rapids Property is sold. Under certain circumstances, prepayment of the loan
must be accompanied by a yield maintenance payment.
 
    The Big Rapids Loan is non-recourse and repayment of the loan by the Company
is secured by a first mortgage on the Big Rapids Property and an assignment of
the Company's rights in the Wal-Mart lease.
 
MIDDLETOWN, OHIO
 
    The Company acquired a 126,400 square foot building situated on
approximately 15.7 acres in Middletown, Ohio (the "Middletown Property") from
Excel in connection with the Spin-off. Excel purchased the Middletown Property
in February 1994.
 
    The Middletown Property is a single free-standing building occupied by
Lowe's. Lowe's annual rent is approximately $650,000, under a lease that expires
in January 2013. Lowe's lease is a triple net lease and all property taxes on
the Middletown Property are paid by Lowe's. Lowe's has an option to extend the
term of the lease for six consecutive periods of five years each. During the
first two option terms, the annual rent will be approximately $715,000. During
the third and fourth option terms, the annual rent will be approximately
$750,000. During the final two option terms, the annual rent will be
approximately $790,000. During the option terms, in addition to the annual rent
as described above, Lowe's will pay to the Company a percentage rent equal to
1.0% of Lowe's gross sales at the Middletown Property between $65.0 million and
$75.0 million and 0.5% of Lowe's gross sales at the Middletown Property in
excess of $75.0 million. The percentages set forth above as well as the
thresholds are subject to upward adjustment in accordance with any increases in
rent during the option terms.
 
    The purchase price for the Middletown Property was approximately $6.2
million. Approximately $1.5 million of the purchase price was paid in cash, and
Excel assumed a loan with approximately $4.4 million in outstanding principal
(the "Middletown Loan"), which was subsequently assumed by the Company. As part
of the purchase price, Excel also issued shares of its common stock with an
aggregate value of approximately $300,000. The Middletown Loan bears interest at
the rate of 7.625% per annum and matures in March 2014. The Middletown Loan is
prepayable only in full and then only after April 1, 1999, and must be repaid if
the Middletown Property is sold. Under certain circumstances, prepayment of the
loan must be accompanied by a yield maintenance payment, which will be no
greater than 1.0% of the outstanding principal amount of the Middletown Loan at
the time of prepayment. No prepayment premium must be paid after July 2013.
 
    The Middletown Loan is non-recourse and repayment of the loan by the Company
is secured by a first mortgage on the Middletown Property and an assignment of
the Company's rights in the Lowe's lease.
 
WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA
 
    The Company acquired a 115,092 square foot building situated on
approximately 3.5 acres in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania (the "Wyomissing Property")
from Excel in connection with the Spin-off. Excel purchased the Wyomissing
Property in December 1992.
 
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    The Wyomissing Property is a single free-standing building occupied by
Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart's annual rent is approximately $680,000, under a lease that
expires in January 2008. Wal-Mart's lease is a triple net lease and all property
taxes on the Wyomissing Property are paid by Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart has an option to
extend the term of the lease for seven consecutive periods of five years each at
an annual rent of approximately $400,000. During the option terms, in addition
to the annual rent as described above, Wal-Mart will pay to the Company a
percentage rent equal to 1.0% of the amount by which Wal-Mart's gross sales at
the Wyomissing Property exceed $590 per square foot of the store building under
roof.
 
    Wal-Mart has a right of first refusal to purchase the Wyomissing Property
from the Company if the Company receives an "acceptable bona fide offer to buy"
or if the Company offers to sell the property on the terms of such offer.
 
    The purchase price for the Wyomissing Property was approximately $7.1
million. Approximately $100,000 of the purchase price was paid in cash, and
Excel assumed a loan with approximately $6.8 million in outstanding principal
(the "Wyomissing Loan"), which was subsequently assumed by the Company. As part
of the purchase price, Excel also issued shares of its common stock with an
aggregate value of approximately $200,000. The Wyomissing Loan bears interest at
the rate of 7.9195% per annum and matures in January 2008. The Wyomissing Loan
is prepayable only in full and then only after April 10, 2000, and must be
repaid if the Wyomissing Property is sold. Under certain circumstances,
prepayment of the loan must be accompanied by a yield maintenance payment.
 
    The Wyomissing Loan is non-recourse and repayment of the loan by the Company
is secured by a first mortgage on the Wyomissing Property and an assignment of
the Company's rights in the Wal-Mart lease.
 
TEMPLE, TEXAS
 
    The Company acquired a 110,580 square foot building situated on
approximately 16.5 acres in Temple, Texas (the "Temple Property") from Excel in
connection with the Spin-off. Excel purchased the Temple Property in December
1992.
 
    The Temple Property is a single free-standing building occupied by Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart's annual rent is approximately $630,000, under a lease that expires in
January 2008. Wal-Mart's lease is a triple net lease and all property taxes on
the Temple Property are paid by Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart has an option to extend the
term of the lease for seven consecutive periods of five years each at an annual
rent of approximately $370,000. During the option terms, in addition to the
annual rent as described above, Wal-Mart will pay to the Company a percentage
rent equal to 1.0% of the amount by which Wal-Mart's gross sales at the Temple
Property exceed $590 per square foot of the store building under roof.
 
    Wal-Mart has a right of first refusal to purchase the Temple Property from
the Company if the Company receives an "acceptable bona fide offer to buy" or if
the Company offers to sell the property on the terms of such offer.
 
    The purchase price for the Temple Property was approximately $5.8 million.
None of the purchase price was paid in cash. Excel assumed a loan with
approximately $5.6 million in outstanding principal (the "Temple Loan"), which
was subsequently assumed by the Company. As part of the purchase price, Excel
also issued shares of its common stock with an aggregate value of approximately
$200,000. The Temple Loan bears interest at the rate of 7.1595% per annum and
matures in January 2008. The Temple Loan is prepayable only in full and then
only after April 10, 2000, and must be repaid if the Temple Property is sold.
Under certain circumstances, prepayment of the loan must be accompanied by a
yield maintenance payment.
 
    The Temple Loan is non-recourse and repayment of the loan by the Company is
secured by a first mortgage on the Temple Property and an assignment of the
Company's rights in the Wal-Mart lease.
 
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BERLIN, WISCONSIN
 
    The Company acquired a 59,097 square foot building situated on approximately
7.6 acres in Berlin, Wisconsin (the "Berlin Property") from Excel in connection
with the Spin-off. Excel purchased the Berlin Property in December 1992.
 
    The Berlin Property is a single free-standing building occupied by Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart's annual rent is approximately $220,000, under a lease that expires in
January 2009. Wal-Mart's lease is a triple net lease and all property taxes on
the Berlin property are paid by Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart has an option to extend the
term of the lease for seven consecutive periods of five years each at an annual
rent of approximately $130,000. During the option terms, in addition to the
annual rent as described above, Wal-Mart will pay to the Company a percentage
rent equal to 1.0% of the amount by which Wal-Mart's gross sales at the Berlin
Property exceed $590 per square foot of the store building under roof.
 
    Wal-Mart has a right of first refusal to purchase the Berlin Property from
the Company if the Company receives an "acceptable bona fide offer to buy" or if
the Company offers to sell the property on the terms of such offer.
 
    The purchase price for the Berlin Property was approximately $2.3 million.
None of the purchase price was paid in cash. Excel assumed approximately $2.2
million in existing bond financing which was obtained through the sale of
investment grade rated commercial mortgage pass-through certificates in a REMIC
(the "Berlin Loan"), which was subsequently assumed by the Company. As part of
the purchase price, Excel also issued shares of its common stock with an
aggregate value of approximately $100,000. The notes representing the Berlin
Loan bear interest at different rates that equate to a weighted average interest
rate of approximately 8.18% per annum. The Berlin Loan is self-amortizing and
matures in January 2009. The Berlin Loan is prepayable only in full and must be
repaid if the Berlin Property is sold. Under certain circumstances, prepayment
of the loan must be accompanied by a yield maintenance payment, which will be no
greater than 1.0% of the outstanding principal amount of the Berlin Loan at the
time of prepayment.
 
    The Berlin Loan is non-recourse and repayment of the loan by the Company is
secured by a first mortgage on the Berlin Property and an assignment of the
Company's rights in the Wal-Mart lease.
 
NEWPORT CENTRE
 
    In May 1998, the Company indirectly acquired a 50% interest in a 156,000
square foot, 17-story office building and a 2,500 square foot, two-story retail
building ("Newport Centre"). As of the date of this purchase, net income was
approximately $637,000 with a vacancy of approximately 18%. The Company believes
that certain of the leases in the Newport Centre are under market and that
re-leasing should be successful at higher rates. The strategy for Newport Centre
is to take advantage of the tightening real estate market in Winnipeg by
increasing rental rates, leasing the vacant space and eventually selling the
property.
 
    Newport Centre was purchased for approximately $6.2 million by 3017977 Nova
Scotia Company ("Nova Scotia Company"), a Nova Scotia unlimited liability
company of which the Company has a 50% ownership interest. In connection with
the purchase of the Newport Centre, the Company loaned $5.7 million to Nova
Scotia Company (the "Newport Centre Loan") as an interim funding mechanism until
the borrower obtains other financing. The Newport Centre Loan is non-recourse
and repayment of the loan is secured by a first priority lien on the Newport
Centre which the Company has agreed to subordinate to any acquisition financing
obtained by Nova Scotia Company. The Newport Centre Loan was originated in May
1998 and matures on May 13, 1999. The Newport Centre Loan may be prepaid in
whole or in part at any time. Until the maturity date, the borrower is to pay
interest at the rate of 12% per annum.
 
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    In connection with the Newport Centre Loan, Nova Scotia Company has provided
the Company with an indemnification against any and all claims arising out of
the presence of hazardous substances on the property.
 
NOTES RECEIVABLE
 
LOS ARCOS LOAN
 
    In connection with the Spin-off, the Company acquired from EDV a $22.8
million promissory note (the "Los Arcos Loan") payable by Los Arcos Development,
LLC, the owner of a 700,000 square foot indoor regional mall located in
Scottsdale, Arizona. The borrower intends to redevelop the property through the
acquisition of adjoining parcels and the construction of certain improvements.
The City of Scottsdale has issued an RFP for the redevelopment of this area. Los
Arcos Development, LLC was granted the RFP and the right to redevelop this area.
The note secures a three-year revolving line of credit. As of March 31, 1998,
approximately $16.2 million was outstanding under the Los Arcos Loan, plus
accrued interest of approximately $2.4 million. The Los Arcos Loan was
originated in December 1996 and matures on the earlier of (i) the sale of the
property and (ii) December 19, 2003. Interest on outstanding amounts under the
Los Arcos Loan accrues at the rate of 12.0% per annum until December 19, 1998.
From and after such date, all amounts outstanding and interest accrued thereon
will accrue and be compounded annually. Accrued interest on the Los Arcos Loan
becomes payable out of the property's net cash flow once the borrower's
development of the property is completed. Interest not paid out of current net
cash flow will continue to accrue.
 
    Until the maturity date, the Company is entitled to receive a "profits
participation" equal to 50.0% of the net proceeds of any sale of the borrower's
ownership interest in the property less any senior encumbrances, amounts due
under the Los Arcos Loan and other costs and expenses incidental to the
disposition of the property. Such proceeds will be adjusted upward for any net
income from operations and downward for any net loss from operations during the
term of the Los Arcos Loan.
 
    In connection with the Los Arcos Loan, the Company has the right of prior
approval with respect to (i) the decision to purchase any adjacent parcels, (ii)
leases in excess of 25,000 square feet, (iii) the final development plan for the
property, (iv) decisions concerning major project financing, (v) the form of any
subordination agreement affecting the Los Arcos Loan, and (vi) the development
agreement with the City of Scottsdale.
 
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    The Los Arcos Loan is non-recourse and repayment of the loan is secured by a
first mortgage on the property, which mortgage may be subordinated to future
lenders providing construction or interim financing in connection with the
redevelopment or operation of the property. The Los Arcos Loan may be prepaid in
whole or in part at any time and must be repaid if the property is sold.
 
    In connection with the Los Arcos Loan, the borrower has provided the Company
with an indemnification against any and all claims arising out of the presence
of hazardous substances on the property.
 
    The Company has an option to require the borrower to sell or refinance the
property at any time from December 19, 2001 through June 19, 2002, and to be
paid its profits participation out of the proceeds of such sale or refinancing.
 
FIRST STREET LOAN
 
    In connection with the Spin-off, the Company acquired from EDV a $4.8
million promissory note (the "First Street Loan") payable by First Street
Investments Limited Partnership, the owner of a 120,000 square foot, eight story
office building located in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. The note secures a three-
year revolving line of credit. As of March 31, 1998, approximately $5.5 million
was outstanding under the First Street Loan, including accrued interest of
approximately $136,000. The First Street Loan was originated in May 1997 and
matures on the earlier of (i) the sale of the property and (ii) May 28, 2004.
Until the maturity date, the borrower is to pay interest only on all amounts
outstanding under the First Street Loan at the rate of 11.0% per annum. Interest
not paid currently will accrue at the rate of 12.0% per annum until May 28,
1999. From and after such date, interest will accrue and be compounded annually.
 
    Until the maturity date, the Company is entitled to receive a "profits
participation" equal to 50.0% of the net proceeds of any sale of the borrower's
ownership interest in the property less any senior encumbrances, amounts due
under the First Street Loan and other costs and expenses incidental to the
disposition of the property. Such proceeds will be adjusted upward for any net
income from operations and downward for any net loss from operations during the
term of the First Street Loan.
 
    The First Street Loan is non-recourse and repayment of the loan is secured
by a subordinated mortgage on the property. The First Street Loan may be prepaid
in whole or in part at any time and must be repaid if the property is sold.
 
    In connection with the First Street Loan, the borrower has provided the
Company with an indemnification against any and all claims arising out of the
presence of hazardous substances on the property.
 
    The Company has an option to require the borrower to sell or refinance the
property at any time from May 28, 2002 through November 28, 2002, and to be paid
its profits participation out of the proceeds of such sale or refinancing.
 
GRAND CANYON LOAN
 
    In connection with the Spin-off, the Company acquired from EDV a $1.1
million promissory note (the "Grand Canyon Loan") payable by Fain Properties
Limited Partnership, the owner of approximately 17 acres of undeveloped land
located in Tusayan, Arizona on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. The
Grand Canyon Loan was originated in October 1995 and matures in September 1998.
Until the maturity date, the borrower is to pay interest only at the rate of
7.0% per annum. In addition, upon the maturity, prepayment or acceleration of
the Grand Canyon Loan, the borrower also must pay additional interest from
October 1995 on the principal amount of the Grand Canyon Loan at the rate of
3.0% per annum. The Grand Canyon Loan is non-recourse and repayment of the loan
is secured by a first mortgage on the property. The Grand Canyon Loan must be
repaid if the property is sold. The borrower intends to use the proceeds from
the Grand Canyon Loan to develop a hotel and a retail entertainment shopping
center on the property, in which the Company would have a percentage ownership
upon completion. As of March 31, 1998, accrued interest on the Grand Canyon Loan
was approximately $163,000.
 
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SEAPORT VILLAGE/HARBOR VENTURES LOAN
 
    In connection with the Spin-off, the Company acquired from EDV a $2.5
million promissory note (the "Seaport Village Loan") payable by Russell B.
Geyser securing a revolving line of credit. As of March 31, 1998, approximately
$266,000 was outstanding under the Seaport Village Loan. The Seaport Village
Loan was originated in June 1997 and matures in December 1998, subject to
extension at Mr. Geyser's option until June 1999, at which time the principal
amount and all interest accrued thereon at the rate of 12.0% per annum will be
due and payable. Until the maturity date, Mr. Geyser is not required to make any
payments to the Company with respect to the Seaport Village Loan. All amounts
advanced and outstanding under the Seaport Village Loan bear interest at the
rate of 12.0% per annum. On June 5, 1998, all accrued but unpaid interest will
be added to the principal amount outstanding under the loan as of that date.
 
    Funds drawn under the Seaport Village Loan may be used solely for earnest
money deposits and option payments on projects approved by the Company as being
of a type for which the Company would be willing to provide equity capital and
for pre-development expenses in connection with the expansion of Seaport
Village, a retail entertainment shopping center located on San Diego harbor in
downtown San Diego, California.
 
    Repayment of the Seaport Village Loan is secured by Mr. Geyser's entire
membership or partnership interest, as applicable, in certain joint venture
entities, including Harbor Ventures, LLC, the joint venture entity through which
Mr. Geyser is participating in the development of Seaport Village. Mr. Geyser
has agreed to provide the Company with a security interest in any future joint
venture entity in which Mr. Geyser has an interest where such entity receives
capital by way of loan, equity investment or land lease from the Company or its
affiliates. Mr. Geyser has agreed at all times to maintain combined fair market
value equity in each entity in which the Company has a security interest
equivalent to 1.5 dollars of equity for every one dollar advanced under the
Seaport Village Loan. In the event the foregoing test is not satisfied at any
time, Mr. Geyser must pledge additional collateral acceptable to the Company or
repay a portion of the principal outstanding in order to regain compliance.
 
OTHER INVESTMENTS
 
    In April 1998, the Company invested $6.0 million in EnterCitement, LLC
("EnterCitement"), a theme park development company. EnterCitement owns
approximately 510 acres of land in Indianapolis, Indiana, on which it plans to
develop a theme park. The Company holds a 12.5% ownership interest in
EnterCitement and an option to acquire an additional 55% ownership interest.
 
PRINCIPAL TENANTS
 
    As of March 31, 1998, AMC was the Company's largest tenant, representing
approximately 45.2% of the Company's total revenue (approximately 17.4% of its
GLA) as of such date. AMC's parent corporation, AMC Entertainment, Inc., has
guaranteed the leases on the Highlands Ranch and Westminster properties under
which AMC is the tenant, which guarantee will remain in place for the full term
of such leases. AMC Entertainment, Inc. is a motion picture exhibitor and
operates approximately 230 theaters (containing approximately 1,960 screens)
primarily in California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Texas.
AMC Entertainment, Inc. also owns theaters in Japan and Portugal. AMC
Entertainment, Inc. is listed on the American Stock Exchange.
 
    As of March 31, 1998, Wal-Mart was the Company's second largest tenant,
representing approximately 34.2% of the Company's total revenue (approximately
59.3% of its GLA) as of such date. Wal-Mart is the nation's largest retailer and
operates approximately 2,000 discount department stores and over 400 warehouse
clubs. Wal-Mart is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and, as of December
1997, had credit ratings of AA from Standard & Poor's Corporation ("Standard &
Poor's") and Aa1-Aa2 from Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's").
 
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    As of March 31, 1998, Lowe's was the Company's third largest tenant,
representing approximately 11.1% of the Company's total revenue (approximately
18.2% of its GLA) as of such date. Lowe's is owned by Lowe's Companies, Inc.,
the nation's second largest home improvement retailer with over 400 stores.
Lowe's Companies, Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and, as of
December 1997, had credit ratings of A and A2 from Standard & Poor's and
Moody's, respectively. See "RISK FACTORS--Reliance on Major Tenants."
 
    AMC Entertainment, Inc., Wal-Mart and Lowe's are publicly-traded companies
subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and financial and
other information regarding these companies is on file with the Commission.
 
EMPLOYEES
 
    As of March 31, 1998, the Company had approximately 17 employees,
approximately 15 of whom were shared with Excel. The shared employees are
compensated by the Company and Excel on a pro rata basis for time spent on their
respective affairs. The Company pays its pro rata share of such employees'
salaries to Excel and Excel pays the employees their regular salaries. See
"RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND EXCEL--Administrative Services Agreement."
The Company believes that its future prospects will depend, in part, on its
ability to continue to attract and retain skilled management personnel.
 
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
 
    The Company's principal corporate office is located at 16955 Via Del Campo,
Suite 100, San Diego, California 92127. The Company leases the space from Excel
at current market rates. The Company believes that these facilities are adequate
to meet its current needs and that suitable additional or alternative space will
be available on commercially reasonable terms as needed.
 
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
    The Company is not a party to any legal proceedings other than various
claims and lawsuits arising in the ordinary course of business which, in the
opinion of the Company's management, are not individually or in the aggregate
material to its business.
 
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                                   MANAGEMENT
 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
    The Company's Board of Directors is comprised of seven directors: Gary B.
Sabin, Richard B. Muir, Kelly D. Burt, John H. Wilmot, Robert E. Parsons, Jr.,
Richard J. Nordlund and Robert S. Talbott. Such directors will serve until the
next Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company and until their respective
successors have been duly elected and qualified.
 
    The table below indicates the name, position with the Company and age of
each director.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME                                           POSITION WITH THE COMPANY                      AGE
- -----------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------------      ---
<S>                            <C>                                                        <C>
Gary B. Sabin................  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer                    44
 
Richard B. Muir..............  Director, Executive Vice President and Secretary                   42
 
Kelly D. Burt................  Director, Executive Vice President--Development                    41
 
John H. Wilmot...............  Director                                                           55
 
Robert E. Parsons, Jr........  Director                                                           42
 
Richard J. Nordlund..........  Director                                                           53
 
Robert S. Talbott............  Director                                                           44
</TABLE>
 
    GARY B. SABIN has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President
and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since its formation. Mr. Sabin also
has served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Excel since
January 1989 and of EDV and Excel Interfinancial Corporation ("EIC") since their
formation. Mr. Sabin has served as Chief Executive Officer of various companies
since his founding of Excel's predecessor company and its affiliates starting in
1977. He has been active for 20 years in diverse aspects of the real estate
industry, including the evaluation and negotiation of real estate acquisitions,
management, financing and dispositions.
 
    RICHARD B. MUIR has served as Director, Executive Vice President and
Secretary of the Company since its formation and of Excel since January 1989.
Mr. Muir also has served as Executive Vice President of EDV since its formation.
Mr. Muir has served as an officer and director for various affiliates of Excel
since 1978, primarily in administrative and executive capacities, including
direct involvement in and supervision of asset acquisitions, management,
financing and dispositions.
 
    KELLY D. BURT has served as Director and Executive Vice
President--Development of the Company since May 1998. From 1992 to May 1998, Mr.
Burt was President and founder of TenantFirst Real Estate Services, Inc.
("TenantFirst"), a real estate development company in San Diego, California that
was acquired by the Company in May 1998. From 1984 to 1992, Mr. Burt was an
Industrial/Office Partner at the San Diego division of Trammel Crow Co., a real
estate development company headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
 
    JOHN H. WILMOT has served as a Director of the Company since its formation
and of Excel since 1989. Mr. Wilmot, individually and through his wholly-owned
corporations, develops and manages real property, primarily in the
Phoenix/Scottsdale area, and has been active in such business since prior to
1989.
 
    ROBERT E. PARSONS, JR. has served as a Director of the Company since its
formation and of Excel since January 1989. Mr. Parsons is presently Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Host Marriott Corporation, a
company he joined in 1981. He also serves as a Director and officer of several
Host Marriott subsidiaries, and as a Director of Merrill Financial Corporation,
a privately-held real estate company.
 
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    RICHARD J. NORDLUND has served as a Director of the Company since its
formation and as President of RJN Management, a real estate firm in Santa
Barbara, California, for the past 10 years. From 1978 through 1988, Mr. Nordlund
served as President of First Corporate Services, an investment banking firm in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is also associated with Miller & Schroeder Financial,
Inc. and is a Director of College Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Nordlund's business
experience includes 28 years in the investment banking and mortgage banking
industries.
 
    ROBERT S. TALBOTT has served as a Director of the Company since its
formation. Mr. Talbott is an attorney and has served as President of Holrob
Investments, LLC, a company engaged in the acquisition, development, management
and leasing of real property, since 1997. From 1985 through 1997, Mr. Talbott
served as General Counsel for Horne Properties, Inc., where he was involved in
the acquisition and development of over 100 shopping centers. He also serves as
a member of the Public Building Authority of Knoxville, Tennessee, as a member
of the Knoxville Industrial Development Board, as a Director of the Knoxville
Chamber of Commerce and as Chairman of the St. Mary's Foundation.
 
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
    AUDIT COMMITTEE.  The Audit Committee consists of Messrs. Nordlund, Parsons
and Talbott. The Audit Committee reviews the annual audits of the Company's
independent public accountants, reviews and evaluates internal accounting
controls, recommends the selection of the Company's independent public
accountants, reviews and passes upon (or ratifies) related party transactions,
and conducts such reviews and examinations as it deems necessary with respect to
the practices and policies of, and the relationship between, the Company and its
independent public accountants.
 
    COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.  The Compensation Committee consists of Messrs.
Nordlund, Talbott and Wilmot. The Compensation Committee reviews salaries,
bonuses and stock options of senior officers of the Company, and administers the
Company's executive compensation policies and stock option plans.
 
    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.  The Executive Committee consists of Messrs. Sabin,
Muir and Wilmot. The Executive Committee has all powers and rights necessary to
exercise the full authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the
business and affairs of the Company, except as provided in the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the "DGCL") or the Company Bylaws.
 
COMPENSATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
    Each non-employee director of the Company receives $6,000 per year for
serving on the Board of Directors and an additional $500 for each meeting
attended (other than committee meetings). An additional $4,000 is paid to any
non-employee director who serves on the Executive Committee. Each director is
eligible to receive stock options pursuant to the Legacy Stock Option Plan.
 
    Directors also receive reimbursement for travel expenses incurred in
connection with their duties as directors.
 
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
 
    Set forth below are the names, positions and ages of the executive officers
of the Company:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME                                                       POSITION WITH THE COMPANY                             AGE
- -----------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------------------      ---
<S>                                  <C>                                                                     <C>
Gary B. Sabin......................  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer                                 44
 
Richard B. Muir....................  Director, Executive Vice President and Secretary                                42
 
Kelly D. Burt......................  Director, Executive Vice President--Development                                 41
 
Graham R. Bullick, Ph.D............  Senior Vice President--Capital Markets                                          47
 
Ronald H. Sabin....................  Senior Vice President--Asset Management                                         47
 
David A. Lund......................  Chief Financial Officer                                                         46
 
S. Eric Ottesen....................  Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary                  42
 
Mark T. Burton.....................  Senior Vice President--Acquisitions                                             38
</TABLE>
 
    GARY B. SABIN has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President
and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since its formation. Mr. Sabin also
has served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Excel since
January 1989 and of EDV and EIC since their formation. For a more detailed
discussion of Mr. Sabin's business experience, see "--Board of Directors."
 
    RICHARD B. MUIR has served as Director, Executive Vice President and
Secretary of the Company since its formation and of Excel since January 1989.
For a more detailed discussion of Mr. Muir's business experience, see "--Board
of Directors."
 
    KELLY D. BURT has served as a Director and Executive Vice President of the
Company since May 1998. From 1992 to May 1998, Mr. Burt was President and
founder of TenantFirst. For a more detailed discussion of Mr. Burt's business
experience, see "--Board of Directors."
 
    GRAHAM R. BULLICK, PH.D. has served as Senior Vice President--Capital
Markets of the Company since its formation and of Excel since January 1991.
Previously, Dr. Bullick was associated with Excel as a Director from 1991 to
1992. From 1985 to 1991, Dr. Bullick served as Vice President and Chief
Operations Officer for a real estate investment firm, where his responsibilities
included acquisition and financing of investment real estate projects.
 
    RONALD H. SABIN has served as Senior Vice President--Asset Management of the
Company since its formation and of Excel since January 1989. Mr. Sabin has
served as an officer or otherwise been employed by affiliates of Excel since
1979, primarily providing property management services. Mr. Sabin has supervised
the management of Excel's properties for 15 years and is a licensed real estate
broker and a licensed property and casualty insurance agent. Ronald Sabin is the
brother of Gary Sabin.
 
    DAVID A. LUND has served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company since its
formation and of Excel since 1994 and as a Vice President of Excel since 1988.
Mr. Lund has served as an officer and director of certain affiliates of Excel
since 1983. Prior to 1983, Mr. Lund was a partner in a public accounting firm.
Mr. Lund is a Certified Public Accountant.
 
    S. ERIC OTTESEN has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Assistant Secretary of the Company since its formation and of Excel since
September 1996. Mr. Otteson has served as Senior Vice President of Excel since
October 1995 and as General Counsel of Excel since January 1995. From 1987 to
1995, Mr. Ottesen was a senior partner in a San Diego law firm.
 
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    MARK T. BURTON has served as Senior Vice President--Acquisitions of the
Company since its formation and of Excel since October 1995. Mr. Burton served
as a Vice President of Excel since January 1989 to October 1995. Mr. Burton has
been associated with Excel and its affiliates since 1983, primarily in the
evaluation and selection of property acquisitions.
 
EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION
 
    The Company was recently formed. Other than Mr. Burt, who is the only
executive officer of the Company not affiliated with Excel, none of the
Company's executive officers has received compensation (other than in the form
of option grants under the Legacy Stock Option Plan) from or on behalf of the
Company since its formation. The Company has no employment agreements with any
person and does not presently anticipate paying a salary or other compensation
to any executive officer (other than Mr. Burt) for his services in such
capacity, although options will be granted to the executive officers. See
"--Legacy Stock Option Plan." The Company may in the future consider paying a
salary or other compensation to executive officers who are shared with Excel on
the basis of an allocation of their salary from Excel. See "RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
LEGACY AND EXCEL--Administrative Services Agreement."
 
    OPTION GRANTS.  The following table provides certain information concerning
the stock options which the Company has granted to its executive officers. The
Company has not granted any stock appreciation rights.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                       POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
                                                                INDIVIDUAL GRANTS                            VALUE AT
                                             --------------------------------------------------------  ASSUMED ANNUAL RATES
                                              NUMBER OF                                                      OF STOCK
                                             SECURITIES    % OF TOTAL                                   PRICE APPRECIATION
                                             UNDERLYING      OPTIONS      EXERCISE OR                   FOR OPTION TERM(1)
                                               OPTIONS     GRANTED TO     BASE PRICE     EXPIRATION    ---------------------
NAME                                           GRANTED      EMPLOYEES      PER SHARE        DATE         5.0%       10.0%
- -------------------------------------------  -----------  -------------  -------------  -------------  ---------  ----------
<S>                                          <C>          <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>        <C>
Gary B. Sabin..............................     800,000          23.5%           (2)            (3)       --      $  480,913
Richard B. Muir............................     800,000          23.5            (2)            (3)       --         480,913
Kelly D. Burt..............................     300,000           8.8            (2)            (3)       --         180,342
Graham R. Bullick..........................     300,000           8.8            (2)            (3)       --         180,342
Ronald H. Sabin............................     300,000           8.8            (2)            (3)       --         180,342
David A. Lund..............................     300,000           8.8            (2)            (3)       --         180,342
S. Eric Ottesen............................     300,000           8.8            (2)            (3)       --         180,342
Mark T. Burton.............................     300,000           8.8            (2)            (3)       --         180,342
</TABLE>
 
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(1) These amounts represent assumed rates of appreciation in the price of the
    Common Stock during the terms of the options in accordance with rates
    specified in applicable federal securities regulations (assuming the per
    share market value as of the date of grant equaled the estimated book value
    per share of $2.39 as of such date). Actual gains, if any, on stock option
    exercises will depend on the future price of the Common Stock and overall
    stock market conditions. There is no representation that the rates of
    appreciation reflected in this table will be achieved.
 
(2) One-half of the options have an exercise price of $5.00 per share, and the
    other half of the options have an exercise price of $10.00 per share.
 
(3) The options will vest in five equal installments commencing on the first
    anniversary of the date of grant, and will expire on the tenth anniversary
    of the date of grant.
 
LEGACY STOCK OPTION PLAN
 
    In March 1998, the Company adopted the Legacy Stock Option Plan. The
principal purposes of the Legacy Stock Option Plan are to provide incentives for
officers, employees and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries through
the granting of options ("Options"), thereby stimulating their
 
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personal and active interest in the Company's development and financial success,
and inducing them to remain in the Company's employ. In addition to Options
granted to officers, employees and consultants, the Legacy Stock Option Plan
provides for formula grants of Options ("Director Options") to the Company's
directors.
 
    Under the Legacy Stock Option Plan, not more than 5,250,380 shares of Common
Stock (or the equivalent in other equity securities) will be authorized for
issuance upon the exercise of Options. Furthermore, the maximum number of shares
which may be subject to Options granted under the Legacy Stock Option Plan to
any individual in any calendar year may not exceed 525,000.
 
    The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Committee")
administers the Legacy Stock Option Plan with respect to grants to employees or
consultants of the Company and the full Board of Directors administers the
Legacy Stock Option Plan with respect to Director Options. The Committee
consists of at least two members of the Board of Directors, each of whom is a
"non-employee director" for purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act ("Rule
16b-3") and, with respect to Options which are intended to constitute
performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, an "outside
director" for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code. Subject to the terms and
conditions of the Legacy Stock Option Plan, the Board of Directors or the
Committee has the authority to select the persons to whom Options are to be
made, to determine the number of shares to be subject thereto and the terms and
conditions thereof, and to make all other determinations and to take all other
actions necessary or advisable for the administration of the Legacy Stock Option
Plan. Similarly, the Board of Directors has discretion to determine the terms
and conditions of Director Options and to interpret and administer the Legacy
Stock Option Plan with respect to Director Options. The Committee (and the Board
of Directors) are also authorized to adopt, amend and rescind rules relating to
the administration of the Legacy Stock Option Plan.
 
    Options under the Legacy Stock Option Plan may be granted to individuals who
are then officers or other employees of the Company or any of its present or
future subsidiaries. Such Options also may be granted to consultants of the
Company selected by the Board of Directors or the Committee for participation in
the Legacy Stock Option Plan. Non-employee directors of the Company will be
granted NQSOs (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to the formula grant provisions
of the Legacy Stock Option Plan.
 
    Nonqualified Stock Options ("NQSOs") granted under the Legacy Stock Option
Plan provide for the right to purchase Common Stock at a specified price which,
except with respect to NQSOs intended to qualify as performance-based
compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, may be less than fair market
value on the date of grant (but not less than par value), and usually will
become exercisable (in the discretion of the Board of Directors or the
Committee) in one or more installments after the grant date, subject to the
participant's continued employment with the Company and/or subject to the
satisfaction of individual or Company performance targets established by the
Board of Directors or the Committee. NQSOs may be granted for any term specified
by the Board of Directors or the Committee.
 
    Incentive Stock Options ("ISOs") granted under the Legacy Stock Option Plan
are designed to comply with the provisions of the Code and are subject to
certain restrictions contained in the Code. Among such restrictions, ISOs must
have an exercise price not less than the fair market value of a share of Common
Stock on the date of grant, may only be granted to employees, must expire within
a specified period of time following the optionee's termination of employment,
and must be exercised within ten years after the date of grant. ISOs may be
subsequently modified to disqualify them from treatment as ISOs. In the case of
an ISO granted to an individual who owns (or is deemed to own) at least 10.0% of
the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, the
Legacy Stock Option Plan provides that the exercise price must be at least
110.0% of the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant
and the ISO must expire upon the fifth anniversary of the date of grant.
 
    On March 31, 1998, the Company issued Options to acquire an aggregate of
3,100,000 shares of Common Stock to its executive officers (other than Mr. Burt,
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Legacy Stock Option Plan, 50.0% of which have an exercise price of $5.00 per
share and 50.0% of which have an exercise price of $10.00 per share. The Options
will become exercisable in five equal annual installments commencing on the
first anniversary of the date of grant. In May 1998, the Company issued options
to purchase 300,000 shares of Common Stock to Mr. Burt on the same terms.
 
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENTS
 
    The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors
and executive officers (each, an "Indemnified Person"). An Indemnified Person is
specifically indemnified and held harmless under such agreements for costs and
expenses, including without limitation, damages, judgments, amounts paid in
settlement, reasonable costs of investigation, reasonable attorneys' fees, costs
of investigative, judicial or administrative proceedings or appeals, costs or
attachment of similar bonds, fines, penalties, and excise taxes assessed with
respect to employee benefit plans actually and reasonably incurred in connection
with a threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit or proceeding by
reason of the fact that (i) he is or was a director, officer, employee and/or
agent of the Company, or (ii) he is or was serving as a director, officer,
employee, trustee and/or agent of another corporation or entity at the request
of the Company. To qualify for indemnification, the claim must not be (i) based
solely upon an Indemnified Person's gaining in fact any personal profit or
advantage to which he was not legally entitled, (ii) an accounting for profits
made from the purchase or sale of securities pursuant to Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act, or (iii) based solely upon knowingly fraudulent, deliberately
dishonest, or willful misconduct on the part of the Indemnified Person. The
Company will indemnify the Indemnified Person to the extent that (i) the
Indemnified Person gives the Company prompt written notice of any claim, (ii)
expenses have not been advanced pursuant to Article Eighth of the Company
Certificate, (iii) the Indemnified Person has not already received payment
pursuant to collectible insurance policies, and (iv) indemnification is not
unlawful.
 
    Under such indemnification agreements, the Company will advance costs and
expenses incurred by the Indemnified Person in advance of the final disposition
of an action, suit or proceeding if he undertakes to repay amounts advanced if
it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he is not
entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The Company will advance costs and
expenses related to defending or investigating an action, suit or proceeding
unless a determination is made that (i) the Indemnified Person did not act in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the Company, (ii) the Indemnified Person intentionally
breached his duty to the Company or its stockholders, or (iii) with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, the Indemnified Person had reasonable cause
to believe his conduct was unlawful. Such determination will be made by a
majority vote of a quorum of the Board of Directors consisting of directors not
a party to the suit, action or proceeding, by a written opinion of independent
legal counsel, by the stockholders or by a final, nonappealable adjudication in
a court of competent jurisdiction. If the Company advances costs and expenses of
any action, suit or proceeding, the Company reserves the right to assume the
defense of such action, suit or proceeding upon written notice to the
Indemnified Person of its intention to do so. After delivery of such notice, the
Company shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by the
Indemnified Person in retaining separate counsel unless (i) the employment of
separate counsel was previously authorized by the Company, (ii) the Indemnified
Person reasonably concludes that joint representation would entail a conflict of
interest, or (iii) the Company shall not, in fact, have employed counsel to
assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding. The indemnification
provisions and provisions for advancing expenses in such agreements are
expressly not exclusive of any other rights of indemnification or advancement of
expenses pursuant to the DGCL, the Company Certificate and the Company Bylaws.
See "CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF DELAWARE LAW AND OF THE COMPANY'S CHARTER AND
BYLAWS--Limitation of Liability and Indemnification."
 
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        SECURITIES OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
 
    The following table sets forth the number of shares of Common Stock and
Series A Preferred Stock (collectively, the "Voting Stock") beneficially owned
as of May 22, 1998 by (i) the executive officers and directors of the Company,
(ii) all of the Company's executive officers and directors as a group, and (iii)
all other stockholders known by the Company to beneficially own more than 5.0%
of the Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock. Except as otherwise indicated,
each individual named has a business address of 16955 Via Del Campo, Suite 100,
San Diego, California 92127, and has sole investment and voting power with
respect to the securities shown.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            NUMBER OF SHARES     NUMBER OF SHARES
                                             OF COMMON STOCK       OF SERIES A
                                              BENEFICIALLY       PREFERRED STOCK               PERCENT
NAME                                              OWNED         BENEFICIALLY OWNED        BENEFICIALLY OWNED
- ------------------------------------------  -----------------  --------------------  ----------------------------
<S>                                         <C>                <C>                   <C>
Gary B. Sabin(1)..........................        3,840,712             --             11.5% of Common Stock
                                                                                        7.0% of Voting Stock
Richard B. Muir...........................        1,086,081             --              3.2% of Common Stock
                                                                                        2.0% of Voting Stock
Ronald H. Sabin...........................        1,086,870             --              3.2% of Common Stock
                                                                                        2.0% of Voting Stock
David A. Lund.............................        1,021,750             --              3.1% of Common Stock
                                                                                        1.9% of Voting Stock
Mark T. Burton............................        1,018,300             --              3.0% of Common Stock
                                                                                        1.9% of Voting Stock
Graham R. Bullick.........................        1,006,605             --              3.0% of Common Stock
                                                                                        1.8% of Voting Stock
S. Eric Ottesen...........................        1,000,556             --              3.0% of Common Stock
                                                                                        1.8% of Voting Stock
Kelly D. Burt.............................          850,000             --              2.5% of Common Stock
                                                                                        1.6% of Voting Stock
John H. Wilmot(2).........................           91,929             --              0.3% of Common Stock
                                                                                        0.2% of Voting Stock
Robert E. Parsons, Jr.(3).................            4,796             --              0.0% of Common Stock
                                                                                        0.0% of Voting Stock
Richard J. Nordlund(4)....................         --                   --              0.0% of Common Stock
                                                                                        0.0% of Voting Stock
Robert S. Talbott(5)......................         --                   --              0.0% of Common Stock
                                                                                        0.0% of Voting Stock
Officers and Directors as a group
  (12 persons)............................       11,007,599             --             32.9% of Common Stock
                                                                                       20.1% of Voting Stock
Fidelity Management Company(6)............        2,715,790             --              8.1% of Common Stock
                                                                                        5.0% of Voting Stock
Longleaf Partners Realty Fund(7)..........         --                14,600,000         0.0% of Common Stock
                                                                                       27.5% of Voting Stock
BancBoston Capital Inc.(8)................         --                 2,681,000         0.0% of Common Stock
                                                                                        5.5% of Voting Stock
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
  Company(9)..............................         --                 2,000,000         0.0% of Common Stock
                                                                                        4.1% of Voting Stock
Allstate Insurance Company(10)............         --                 2,000,000         0.0% of Common Stock
                                                                                        4.1% of Voting Stock
</TABLE>
 
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(1) Includes shares of Common Stock held by EIC, of which Gary Sabin is the
    controlling stockholder.
 
(2) Mr. Wilmot's business address is 4455 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix, Arizona
    85018.
 
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(3) Mr. Parson's business address is Host Marriott Corporation, 10400 Fernwood
    Road, Washington, D.C. 20058.
 
(4) Mr. Nordlund's business address is 817 Hot Springs Road, Santa Barbara,
    California 93108-1108.
 
(5) Mr. Talbott's business address is 530 South Gay Street, Knoxville, Tennessee
    37902.
 
(6) Fidelity is a group of funds of which no single fund owns more than 5.0% of
    the Common Stock. Fidelity's business address is 82 Devonshire Street,
    Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
 
(7) Longleaf Partners Realty Fund's business address is c/o Southeastern Asset
    Management, Inc., 6410 Poplar Avenue, 9th Floor, Memphis, Tennessee 38119.
 
(8) BancBoston Capital Inc.'s business address is 100 Federal Street, Boston,
    Massachusetts 02110. For a discussion of the relationship between the
    Company and an affiliate of BancBoston Capital Inc., see "CERTAIN
    RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS--Private Placements."
 
(9) The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company's business address is 720
    East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202.
 
(10) Allstate Insurance Company's business address is Allstate Plaza, 3075
    Sanders Road, Suite G5B, Northbrook, Illinois 60062-7127.
 
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                 CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
 
INTERESTS RELATING TO EXCEL
 
    Excel was the sole stockholder of the Company prior to the Spin-off. In
connection with the Spin-off, Excel and EDV transferred to the Company certain
real properties, notes receivable and related assets and liabilities held by
Excel and EDV. As consideration for such asset transfers, the Company issued to
Excel (i) 23,412,580 shares of Common Stock in order to effect the Spin-off, and
(ii) a promissory note payable to Excel in the amount of approximately $26.4
million. Such note bore interest at the rate of 12.0% per annum, was scheduled
to mature in March 2003 and was a non-recourse obligation secured by a first
mortgage on the Scottsdale Galleria. The note was repaid by the Company in April
1998. In addition, in connection with such asset transfers, Excel canceled
certain indebtedness of EDV held by Excel in the amount of approximately $38.1
million.
 
    The Intercompany Agreement between the Company and Excel sets forth the
basis on which the Company and Excel provide each other with rights to
participate in certain transactions. See "RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND
EXCEL--Intercompany Agreement" and "THE EXCEL MERGER."
 
PRIVATE PLACEMENTS
 
    Upon consummation of the Spin-off, the Company sold (i) 9,195,224 shares of
Common Stock in a private placement to certain of the Company's officers at a
price per share of $2.39 (the estimated market value of the Common Stock as of
the Spin-off Date based upon the value of the assets transferred to the
Company), for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $22.0 million, and
(ii) 16,425,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock in a private placement to the
Selling Holders at a price per share of $5.00, for an aggregate purchase price
of approximately $82.1 million. The Company granted to certain Selling Holders,
in connection with their purchase of Series A Preferred Stock described above,
warrants to purchase 4,497,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock at an exercise
price of $5.00 per share. The warrants were exercised on the Spin-off Date. For
a list of the purchasers in the foregoing private placements and the respective
amounts of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock purchased, see "SECURITIES
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT." For a description of the
rights, preferences and privileges of the Series A Preferred Stock, see
"DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY'S CAPITAL STOCK--Series A Preferred Stock."
 
    The Company loaned to certain of its officers, in connection with their
purchase of Common Stock described above, approximately 50.0% of the purchase
price therefor (an aggregate amount of approximately $10.9 million). Such loans
bear interest at the rate of 7.0% per annum, mature in March 2003 and are
recourse obligations of such officers.
 
    The Company retained BancBoston Securities Inc. ("BSI"), an affiliate of
BankBoston, N.A., to act as placement agent in connection with the private
placement of Series A Preferred Stock described above. Pursuant to such
engagement, the Company paid to BSI a success fee of approximately $2.3 million
upon consummation of the private placement. As noted in "SECURITIES OWNERSHIP OF
CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT," BancBoston Capital Inc., an affiliate
of BSI, acquired 2,681,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock in the private
placement.
 
OTHER MATTERS
 
    In May 1998, the Company acquired TenantFirst, which was formed and operated
by Kelly D. Burt. As consideration the Company issued to Mr. Burt 850,000 shares
of Common Stock and $137,500. In connection with the acquisition of TenantFirst,
the Company hired Mr. Burt as a director and Executive Vice
President--Development of the Company.
 
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                   RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND EXCEL
 
    For the purpose of governing certain of the ongoing relationships between
the Company, Excel and EDV after the Spin-off and to provide mechanisms for an
orderly transition, the Company, Excel and EDV have entered into various
agreements, and have adopted various policies, as described in this section.
 
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
 
    The Company, Excel and EDV have entered into a Distribution Agreement (the
"Distribution Agreement"), which provides for, among other things, (i) the
division among the Company, Excel and EDV of certain assets and liabilities,
(ii) the Spin-off, and (iii) certain other agreements governing the relationship
between the Company, Excel and EDV following the Spin-off. Pursuant to the
Distribution Agreement, as consideration for the asset transfers (see "THE
COMPANY--General"), the Company issued to Excel (a) 23,412,580 shares of Common
Stock in order to effect the Spin-off, and (b) a promissory note payable to
Excel in the amount of approximately $26.4 million. Such note bore interest at
the rate of 12.0% per annum, was scheduled to mature in March 2003 and was a
non-recourse obligation secured by a first mortgage on the Scottsdale Galleria.
The note was repaid by the Company in April 1998. In addition, in connection
with the asset transfers, Excel canceled certain indebtedness of EDV held by
Excel in the amount of approximately $38.1 million.
 
    Subject to certain exceptions, the Distribution Agreement provides for,
among other things, assumptions of liabilities and cross-indemnities designed to
allocate to the Company, effective as of the Spin-off Date, financial
responsibility for the liabilities arising out of or in connection with the
assets transferred to the Company pursuant to the Distribution Agreement. The
agreements executed in connection with the Distribution Agreement set forth
certain specific allocations of liabilities between the Company, Excel and EDV.
See "--Administrative Services Agreement" and "--Tax Sharing Agreement."
 
    The Distribution Agreement also provides that each of the Company, Excel and
EDV will be granted access to certain records and information in the possession
of the others, and requires the retention by each of the Company, Excel and EDV
for a period of ten years following the Spin-off of all such information in its
possession, and thereafter requires that each party give the others prior notice
of its intention to dispose of such information. In addition, the Distribution
Agreement provides for the allocation of shared privileges with respect to
certain information and requires each of the Company, Excel and EDV to obtain
the consent of the others prior to waiving any shared privilege.
 
    The Distribution Agreement provides that, except as otherwise set forth
therein or in any related agreement, all costs and expenses in connection with
the Spin-off will be charged to the party for whose benefit the expenses are
incurred, with any expenses that cannot be allocated on such basis to be split
equally between the parties.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT
 
    The Company and Excel have entered into an Administrative Services Agreement
(the "Administrative Services Agreement") containing a number of provisions
relating to employees of Excel and the Company. The Administrative Services
Agreement generally provides that, after the Spin-off, Excel will provide
management and administrative services to the Company, including the ability to
use the services of Excel's employees in connection with the Company's business.
In exchange for those services, the Company is required to pay Excel on a
monthly basis 115.0% of the sum of (i) two-thirds of the aggregate amount of all
wages and salaries paid during the month to Excel employees who spend more than
50.0% of their working time performing services for the Company and are
designated in writing as "Legacy Individuals" for purposes of the Administrative
Services Agreement, and (ii) one-third of the aggregate amount of all wages and
salaries paid during the month to Excel employees that are not designated as
Legacy Individuals. Under the Administrative Services Agreement, Excel is
responsible for continuing to provide employee benefits (other than those
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employees and to Legacy Individuals. The Administrative Services Agreement may
be terminated either by Excel or the Company at any time upon 30 days' prior
written notice to the other party. Any individuals independently hired by the
Company after the Spin-off as separate employees of the Company are not subject
to the Administrative Services Agreement. The income Excel receives under the
Administrative Services Agreement will not be qualifying income for purposes of
the 75.0% REIT income test or the 95.0% REIT income test. For a discussion of
the amendments to the Administrative Services Agreement agreed to in connection
with the Excel Merger, see "THE EXCEL MERGER."
 
TAX SHARING AGREEMENT
 
    The Company and Excel have entered into a Tax Sharing Agreement defining the
parties' rights and obligations with respect to tax returns and tax liabilities,
including, in particular, Federal and state income tax returns and liabilities,
for taxable years and other taxable periods ending on or before the Spin-off
Date. In general, Excel is responsible for (i) filing all Federal and state
income tax returns of Excel, the Company and any of their subsidiaries for all
taxable years ending on or before the Spin-off Date, and (ii) paying the taxes
relating to such returns (including any deficiencies proposed by applicable
taxing authorities). For post-Spin-off periods, the Company and Excel will each
be responsible for filing its own returns and paying its own taxes relating to
such returns (including any deficiencies proposed by applicable taxing
authorities). The Company and Excel will cooperate with each other and share
information in preparing income tax returns and in dealing with other tax
matters.
 
TRANSITIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
 
    The Company and Excel have entered into a Transitional Services Agreement
(the "Transitional Services Agreement") pursuant to which Excel will provide
certain property acquisition, management and other services to the Company on a
transitional basis. The fees for such transitional services are based on hourly
rates or a percentage of revenues designed to reflect the actual costs
(including indirect costs) of providing such services. The Company is free to
procure such services from outside vendors or to develop in-house capabilities
in order to provide such services internally. The Transitional Services
Agreement will terminate on December 15, 1998 unless extended in writing by the
parties. The income Excel receives pursuant to the Transitional Services
Agreement will not be qualifying income for purposes of the 75.0% REIT income
test or the 95.0% REIT income test.
 
INTERCOMPANY AGREEMENT
 
    The Company and Excel have entered into an Intercompany Agreement (the
"Intercompany Agreement") to provide each other with rights to participate in
certain transactions. Pursuant to the Intercompany Agreement, during the term
thereof, the Company has agreed not to engage in activities or make investments
that involve neighborhood and community shopping centers, power centers, malls
or other conventional retail properties (including without limitation the
opportunity to provide services related to such real estate and to invest in
entities that invest primarily in or have a substantial portion of their assets
in such real estate), unless it has first provided written notice to Excel of
the material terms and conditions of such activities or investments, and Excel
has determined not to pursue such activities or investments either by providing
written notice to the Company rejecting the opportunity within ten days
following the date of receipt of notice of the opportunity or by allowing such
ten-day period to lapse. The Intercompany Agreement expressly permits the
Company to engage in activities or make investments that involve office and
industrial properties, single tenant retail properties,
entertainment/retail/mixed-use development projects, real estate mortgages, real
estate derivatives, or entities that invest primarily in or have a substantial
portion of their assets in such real estate assets.
 
    Pursuant to the Intercompany Agreement, during the term thereof, the Company
and Excel also will notify each other of, and make available to each other,
investment opportunities which they develop or of which they become aware but
are unable or unwilling to pursue. The term of the Intercompany Agreement
 
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commenced on March 31, 1998 and will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the tenth
anniversary of such date, or (ii) a change in control of either party. See "RISK
FACTORS--Possible Conflicts with Excel." For a discussion of the amendments to
the Intercompany Agreement agreed to in connection with the Excel Merger, see
"THE EXCEL MERGER."
 
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR ADDRESSING CONFLICTS
 
    The Board of Directors of the Company consists of Gary B. Sabin, who is
currently Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Excel and who
serves in the same positions with the Company, Richard B. Muir, who is currently
Executive Vice President and Secretary of Excel and who serves in the same
positions with the Company, Kelly D. Burt, who is currently Executive Vice
President--Development of the Company and who is not affiliated with Excel, John
H. Wilmot and Robert E. Parsons, Jr., who are currently directors of Excel, and
Richard J. Nordlund and Robert S. Talbott, who are not affiliated with Excel.
The executive officers of the Company include Mr. Sabin, Mr. Muir, Mr. Burt,
Graham R. Bullick, who is currently Senior Vice President--Capital Markets of
Excel and who serves in the same position with the Company, Ronald H. Sabin, who
is currently Senior Vice President--Asset Management of Excel and who serves in
the same position with the Company, David A. Lund, who is currently Chief
Financial Officer of Excel and serves in the same position with the Company, S.
Eric Ottesen, who is currently Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Assistant Secretary of Excel and who serves in the same positions with the
Company, and Mark T. Burton, who is currently Senior Vice
President--Acquisitions of Excel and who serves in the same position with the
Company. See "MANAGEMENT."
 
    As of May 22, 1998, the executive officers and directors of the Company
beneficially owned or had the right to acquire an aggregate of 11,007,599
shares, or approximately 32.9%, of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company.
See "RISK FACTORS--Control by Executive Officers and Directors";
"MANAGEMENT--Legacy Stock Option Plan"; "CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED
TRANSACTIONS" and "SECURITIES OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT."
 
    The Company and Excel intend to pursue separate and distinct business
strategies to minimize potential conflicts of interest between the two
companies. Nonetheless, the on-going relationships between the Company and Excel
may present conflict situations for the persons who will serve as officers
and/or directors of both the Company and Excel, and who will own (or have
options or other rights to acquire) a significant number of shares of common
stock in both companies. Such persons may be presented with conflicts of
interest with respect to certain matters affecting the Company and Excel, such
as the determination of which company may take advantage of potential business
opportunities, decisions concerning the business focus of each company
(including decisions concerning the types of properties and geographic locations
in which such companies make investments), potential competition between the
business activities conducted, or sought to be conducted, by such companies
(including competition for properties and tenants), possible corporate
transactions (such as acquisitions), and other strategic decisions affecting the
future of such companies. Conflicts also may arise with respect to the
restriction on the Company's right to engage in certain activities or make
certain investments unless Excel was first offered the opportunity and declined
to pursue such activities or investments.
 
    The Company and Excel have adopted appropriate policies and procedures to be
followed by the board of directors of each company to limit the involvement of
such officers and directors in conflict situations. Such procedures include
requiring the persons serving as directors of both companies to abstain from
voting as directors with respect to matters that present a significant conflict
of interest between the companies. Whether or not a significant conflict of
interest situation exists will be determined on a case-by-case basis depending
on such factors as the dollar value of the matter, the degree of personal
interest of any officers or directors in the matter and the likelihood that
resolution of the matter has significant strategic, operational or financial
implications for the business of the Company and/or Excel. In addition, the
Company Certificate contains a specific purpose clause which identifies at the
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opportunities will be pursued by the Company. Such clause provides that the
Company's purpose includes performing the Intercompany Agreement, which
prohibits the Company from engaging in certain activities or making certain
investments unless Excel was first offered the opportunity and declined to
pursue such activities or investments. See "RISK FACTORS--Possible Conflicts
with Excel" and "--Intercompany Agreement."
 
                                THE EXCEL MERGER
 
    On May 14, 1998, Excel entered into the Merger Agreement with New Plan,
pursuant to which a wholly-owned subsidiary of Excel will merge with and into
New Plan, with New Plan surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Excel. The
Merger Agreement calls for Excel to declare a 20% stock dividend prior to the
Excel Merger and subsequently to issue one share of its common stock for each
outstanding share of New Plan. The Excel Merger is subject to customary closing
conditions including the approval of the shareholders of Excel and New Plan.
 
    In connection with the Excel Merger, the Company and Excel agreed to amend
the Administrative Services Agreement to provide, among other things, that the
Company is required to pay Excel on a monthly basis for the services of Excel's
employees in connection with the Company's business the sum of (i) the product
of 115.0% of the sum of (a) two-thirds of the aggregate amount of all wages and
salaries paid during the month to Excel employees who spend more than 50.0% of
their working time performing services for the Company and are designated in
writing as "Legacy Individuals" for purposes of the Administrative Services
Agreement, and (b) the sum of one-third of the aggregate amount of all wages and
salaries paid during the month to Excel employees that are not designated as
Legacy Individuals and two-thirds of the aggregate amount of all wages and
salaries paid to Legacy Individuals during the month, and (ii) 23.0% of the sum
of all current monthly salaries and one-twelfth of the most recent annual
bonuses for the senior executives of Excel. The Company and Excel also agreed to
amend the Intercompany Agreement to provide that the actions contemplated by the
Merger Agreement would not constitute a change of control for purposes of the
Intercompany Agreement. See "RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND
EXCEL--Intercompany Agreement."
 
    In addition to the amendments described above, the Company agreed, subject
to the successful completion of the Excel Merger, to make available for purchase
by the surviving corporation in the Excel Merger an amount of shares of Common
Stock of the Company representing between 5.0% and 9.8% of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock on a fully diluted basis (other than shares issuable upon
exercise of outstanding stock options) at a purchase price per share in cash
equal to the price at which the Common Stock is then trading on the OTC Bulletin
Board, but in no event less than $5.00 per share. The Company granted to the
surviving corporation registration rights with respect to any Common Stock
purchased as described above, which registration rights will be substantially
identical to those granted to the Selling Holders with respect to the Series A
Preferred Stock. Subject to the surviving corporation's purchase of shares of
Common Stock, the Company and Excel agreed to amend the Intercompany Agreement
to provide that the Company must present any proposed acquisition by the Company
of apartments (other than multi-use projects with a residential component) to
the surviving corporation in the same fashion as it provides notice of proposed
acquisitions of neighborhood and community shopping centers, power centers,
malls or other conventional retail properties. See "RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
COMPANY AND EXCEL--Intercompany Agreement."
 
    The Company also agreed that the surviving corporation in the Excel Merger
(the "Surviving Corporation") shall have the right to designate a director for
nomination to the Board of Directors of the Company if (i) New Plan elects to
purchase shares of Common Stock as described above; or (ii) the Surviving
Corporation acquires within one year of the closing of the Excel Merger at least
5.0% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company on a fully diluted
basis (other than shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options).
The Surviving Corporation's right to designate a director of the Company will
survive only so long as it continues to own at least 5.0% of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock (as calculated above).
 
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                   DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY'S CAPITAL STOCK
 
GENERAL
 
    The Company's authorized capital stock consists of 150,000,000 shares of
Common Stock and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share
(the "Preferred Stock"), of the Company. The Certificate of Designation
classifies 25,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, constituting 50.0% of the
authorized Preferred Stock of the Company, as Series A Preferred Stock. As of
May 22, 1998, there were issued and outstanding 33,455.411 shares of Common
Stock, which were held by approximately 1,405 stockholders of record, and
21,281,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, which were held by four
stockholders of record. On May 18, 1998, the Company exercised its rights to
convert the Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock, which conversion shall
take place automatically on August 18, 1998. As of May 22, 1998, 5,570,380
shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding
options.
 
    The Company Certificate states that the Company's Board of Directors is
authorized to provide for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock, from time
to time, in one or more series. Prior to the issuance of shares in each series,
the Board of Directors is required by the Company Certificate and the DGCL to
adopt resolutions and file a Certificate of Designation, Preferences and
Relative, Participating, Optional and Other Special Rights of Preferred Stock
and Qualifications, Limitations and Restrictions Thereof with the Secretary of
State of Delaware, fixing for each such series the designation, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other special rights applicable to the
shares to be included in any such series and any qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereon, including, but not limited to, dividend rights, dividend
rate or rates, conversion rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption
(including sinking fund provisions), the redemption price or prices, and the
liquidation preferences as are permitted by Delaware law.
 
COMMON STOCK
 
    VOTING RIGHTS.  Each holder of Common Stock is entitled to one vote for each
share registered in his name on the books of the Company on all matters
submitted to a vote of stockholders. Except as otherwise provided by law, the
holders of Common Stock vote as one class. The shares of Common Stock do not
have cumulative voting rights. As a result, subject to the voting rights, if
any, of the holders of any shares of Preferred Stock which may at the time be
outstanding, the holders of Common Stock entitled to exercise more than 50.0% of
the voting rights in an election of directors will be able to elect 100.0% of
the directors to be elected if they choose to do so. In such event, the holders
of the remaining shares of Common Stock voting for the election of directors
will not be able to elect any persons to the Board of Directors. The Company
Certificate and the Company Bylaws contain certain provisions that could have an
anti-takeover effect. See "RISK FACTORS--Certain Anti-Takeover Features
Affecting a Change in Control of the Company" and "CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF
DELAWARE LAW AND OF THE COMPANY'S CHARTER AND BYLAWS."
 
    DIVIDEND RIGHTS.  Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of
Preferred Stock which may at the time be outstanding, holders of the Common
Stock will be entitled to such dividends as the Board of Directors may declare
out of funds legally available therefor. Because portions of the operations of
the Company may be conducted through wholly-owned subsidiaries, the Company's
cash flow and consequent ability to pay dividends on the Common Stock may be
dependent to some degree upon the earnings of such subsidiaries and on dividends
and other payments therefrom.
 
    LIQUIDATION RIGHTS AND OTHER PROVISIONS.  Subject to the prior rights of
creditors and the holders of any Preferred Stock which may be outstanding from
time to time, the holders of Common Stock are entitled in the event of
liquidation, dissolution or winding up to share pro rata in the distribution of
all remaining assets.
 
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    The Common Stock is not liable for any calls or assessments and is not
convertible into any other securities. In addition, there are no redemption or
sinking fund provisions applicable to the Common Stock.
 
    The transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock and Series A Preferred
Stock is BankBoston, N.A.
 
SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK
 
    RANKING.  With respect to the right to receive dividends and to participate
in distributions or payments in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company, the Series A Preferred Stock ranks (i) junior to any
other Preferred Stock ranking, as to dividends and upon liquidation, prior to
the Series A Preferred Stock, (ii) on a parity with any other Preferred Stock
ranking, as to dividends and upon liquidation, on a parity with the Series A
Preferred Stock, and (iii) senior to the Common Stock and any other class or
series of shares of stock of the Company ranking, as to dividends and upon
liquidation, junior to the Series A Preferred Stock (collectively, the "Junior
Shares"). However, as noted below, the Company has exercised its right to
convert all of the outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock into
Common Stock, which conversion will take place automatically on August 18, 1998.
See "--Series A Preferred Stock--CONVERSION RIGHTS."
 
    DIVIDENDS.  The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to
receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds of the
Company legally available for payment thereof, cumulative cash dividends payable
in an amount per share equal to the cash dividends, if any, on the shares of
Common Stock (or portion thereof) into which a share of Series A Preferred Stock
is convertible. Such dividends would equal the number of shares of Common Stock,
or portion thereof, into which a share of Series A Preferred Stock is
convertible, multiplied by the most current quarterly dividend on the Common
Stock on or before the applicable dividend payment date. Dividends on the Series
A Preferred Stock are payable quarterly in arrears on the 15th day (or the next
succeeding business day) of January, April, July and October of each year. The
amount of any dividend payable on the Series A Preferred Stock for any period
less than a full dividend period would be computed pro rata on the basis of
twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year. As noted below, however, the Company
has exercised its right to convert all of the outstanding shares of the Series A
Preferred Stock into Common Stock, which conversion will take place
automatically on August 18, 1998. See "--Series A Preferred Stock--CONVERSION
RIGHTS."
 
    In the event the Company fails to pay any dividend on the Series A Preferred
Stock, the Company may not pay any dividends on any other capital stock of the
Company other than (i) pro rata with other securities of the Company ranking
PARI PASSU with the Series A Preferred Stock or (ii) with Junior Shares until
such dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock has been paid in full.
 
    DISTRIBUTIONS UPON LIQUIDATION, DISSOLUTION OR WINDING UP.  Upon the
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company,
the holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive
and to be paid out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to
its stockholders, before any payment or distribution is made on any Junior
Shares, the amount of $5.00 per share of the Series A Preferred Stock (the
"Liquidation Preference"), plus (i) a premium equivalent to a 7.0% annual total
return on the Series A Preferred Stock from the date of issuance and (ii) any
accrued and unpaid dividends. If, upon any dissolution, liquidation or winding
up of the Company, the amounts payable to the holders of shares of the Series A
Preferred Stock and holders of any other shares of stock of the Company ranking
as to any such distribution on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock are
not paid in full, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and of such other
shares will share ratably in such distribution of assets of the Company in
proportion to the full respective preference amounts to which they are entitled.
A sale, conveyance or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up for
purposes of payment of the Liquidation Preference. However, as noted below, the
Company has exercised its right to convert all of the outstanding
 
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shares of the Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock, which conversion will
take place automatically on August 18, 1998. See "--Series A Preferred
Stock--CONVERSION RIGHTS."
 
    REDEMPTION.  The Series A Preferred Stock may not be redeemed by the Company
prior to March 31, 2005. On March 31, 2005 (the "Redemption Date"), the Company
would be required to redeem all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock
for cash at a per share price equal to the Liquidation Preference, plus any
accrued and unpaid dividends to the Redemption Date. However, as noted below,
the Company has exercised its right to convert all of the outstanding shares of
the Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock, which conversion will take place
automatically on August 18, 1998. See "--Series A Preferred Stock--CONVERSION
RIGHTS."
 
    VOTING RIGHTS.  Except as otherwise required by law, the Series A Preferred
Stock, the Common Stock and any other capital stock of the Company entitled to
vote with the Common Stock will be deemed to be one class for the purpose of
voting, or giving written consent in lieu of voting, on all matters submitted
for the approval of the stockholders of the Company. Each person in whose name
shares of Series A Preferred Stock is registered on the record date for
determining the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock entitled to vote at any
meeting of stockholders (or adjournment thereof) or to consent to corporate
action in writing without a meeting will be entitled to, at such meeting or with
respect to such action, one vote for each share of Common Stock into which each
share of Series A Preferred Stock registered in the name of such person on such
record date could be converted (with any fractional share determined on an
aggregate conversion basis being rounded to the nearest whole share).
 
    So long as any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding,
the Company will not, without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least
two-thirds of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock outstanding at the
time, (i) authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of any shares
of any class or any security convertible into shares of any class ranking senior
to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends or the
distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or (ii)
amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Company Certificate or of the
Company Bylaws so as to adversely affect any right, preference, privilege or
voting power of the Series A Preferred Stock or the holders thereof; provided,
however, that any increase in the amount of the authorized or issued shares of
any class or security convertible into any shares ranking on a parity with or
junior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends
or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, shall
not be deemed to adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting
powers.
 
    CONVERSION RIGHTS.  Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock have the right,
exercisable at any time and from time to time, to convert all or any of the
Series A Preferred Stock into Common Stock, on a one-for-one basis, at a
conversion price of $5.00 per share of Common Stock (the "Conversion Price").
 
    In addition, in the event the closing price of the Common Stock on the OTC
Bulletin Board (or a successor quotation system or other principal exchange) is
equal to or greater than certain price milestones for 30 consecutive trading
days, the Company has the right to convert all of the outstanding shares of
Series A Preferred Stock into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
product of (i) the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted
multiplied by (ii) $5.00 divided by the Conversion Price then in effect. On May
18, 1998, pursuant to the Certificate of Designation, the Company exercised its
right to convert all of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock into
Common Stock, which conversion will take place automatically on August 18, 1998.
The Company has fixed July 28, 1998 as the record date for such mandatory
conversion.
 
    All shares of Series A Preferred Stock converted into shares of Common Stock
shall be retired and shall be restored to the status of authorized and unissued
shares of Preferred Stock, without designation as to series and may thereafter
be reissued as shares of any series of Preferred Stock.
 
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    CONVERSION PRICE ADJUSTMENTS.  The Conversion Price is subject to adjustment
upon certain events, including (i) dividends (and other distributions) payable
in Common Stock or any class of capital stock of the Company (but excluding
issuances of Common Stock pursuant to the Company's employee benefit plans),
(ii) the issuance to all holders of Common Stock of certain rights or warrants
entitling them to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock at a price per share
less than current market price per share of the Common Stock (but excluding
issuances of Common Stock pursuant to the Company's employee benefit plans),
(iii) subdivisions, combinations and reclassifications of the Common Stock, and
(iv) distributions to all holders of Common Stock of evidences of indebtedness
of the Company or of assets (including securities and cash, but excluding those
dividends, rights, warrants and distributions referred to in clause (i), (ii) or
(iii) above).
 
                     CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF DELAWARE LAW AND
                      OF THE COMPANY'S CHARTER AND BYLAWS
 
    The following summary of certain provisions of Delaware law and of the
Company Certificate and the Company Bylaws does not purport to be complete and
is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to Delaware law and to
the Company Certificate and the Company Bylaws, copies of which have been filed
with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement of which this
Prospectus is a part and are available from the Company upon request.
 
ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL SHARES OF PREFERRED STOCK
 
    Article Fourth of the Company Certificate authorizes the Company's Board of
Directors to issue additional shares of preferred stock of the Company, in one
or more series, and to establish the rights and preferences (including the
convertibility of such shares of preferred stock into shares of Common Stock) of
any series of preferred stock so issued. The issuance of preferred stock of the
Company may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of the
Company and could diminish the opportunities for a stockholder to participate in
tender offers, including tender offers at a price above the then current market
value of the Common Stock. Such provisions also may inhibit fluctuations in the
market price of the Common Stock that could result from takeover attempts.
 
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
 
    Section 203 of the DGCL prohibits a publicly-held Delaware corporation from
engaging in a "business combination" with an "interested stockholder" for a
period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person
became an interested stockholder, unless upon the closing of such transaction
the interested stockholder owned 85% of the voting stock of the corporation
outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, or unless the business
combination is, or the transaction in which such person became an interested
stockholder was, approved in a prescribed manner. A "business combination"
includes mergers, asset sales and other transactions resulting in a financial
benefit to the stockholder. An "interested stockholder" is a person who,
together with affiliates and associates, owns (or, in the case of affiliates and
associates of the issuer, did own within the last three years) 15% or more of
the corporation's voting stock.
 
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
 
    Articles Eighth and Ninth of the Company Certificate and Article VIII of the
Company Bylaws (the "Director Liability and Indemnification Provisions") limit
the personal liability of the Company's directors to the Company or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty. The Director
Liability and Indemnification Provisions define and clarify the rights of
certain individuals, including the Company's directors and officers, to
indemnification by the Company in the event of personal liability or expenses
incurred by them as a result of certain litigation against them. Such provisions
are consistent with Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, which is designed, among
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to serve as directors of Delaware corporations by permitting Delaware
corporations to include in their articles or certificates of incorporation a
provision limiting or eliminating directors' liability for monetary damages and
with other existing DGCL provisions permitting indemnification of certain
individuals, including directors and officers. The limitations of liability in
the Director Liability and Indemnification Provisions may not affect claims
arising under the Federal securities laws.
 
    In performing their duties, directors of a Delaware corporation are
obligated as fiduciaries to exercise their business judgment and act in what
they reasonably determine in good faith, after appropriate consideration, to be
in the best interests of the corporation and its stockholders. Decisions made on
that basis are protected by the "business judgment rule." The business judgment
rule is designed to protect directors from personal liability to the corporation
or its stockholders when business decisions are subsequently challenged.
However, the expense of defending lawsuits, the frequency with which unwarranted
litigation is brought against directors and the inevitable uncertainties with
respect to the outcome of applying the business judgment rule to particular
facts and circumstances mean that, as a practical matter, directors and officers
of a corporation rely on indemnity from, and insurance procured by, the
corporation they serve as a financial backstop in the event of such expenses or
unforeseen liability. The Delaware legislature has recognized that adequate
insurance and indemnity provisions are often a condition of an individual's
willingness to serve as director of a Delaware corporation. The DGCL has for
some time specifically permitted corporations to provide indemnity and procure
insurance for its directors and officers.
 
    Section 145 of the DGCL provides for the indemnification of officers,
directors, and other corporate agents in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify
such persons under certain circumstances for liabilities (including
reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.
 
    Set forth below is a description of the Director Liability and
Indemnification Provisions. Such description is intended as a summary only and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Company Certificate and the
Company Bylaws.
 
    ELIMINATION OF LIABILITY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.  Article Ninth of the
Company Certificate protects directors against monetary damages for breaches of
their fiduciary duty of care, except as set forth below. Under the DGCL, absent
Article Ninth, directors could generally be held liable for gross negligence for
decisions made in the performance of their duty of care but not for simple
negligence. Article Ninth eliminates director liability for negligence in the
performance of their duties, including gross negligence. Directors remain liable
for breaches of their duty of loyalty to the Company and its stockholders, as
well as acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law and transactions from which a director
derives improper personal benefit. Article Ninth does not eliminate director
liability under Section 174 of the DGCL, which makes directors personally liable
for unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions and
expressly sets forth a negligence standard with respect to such liability.
 
    While Article Ninth provides directors with protection from awards of
monetary damages for breaches of the duty of care, it does not eliminate the
directors' duty of care. Accordingly, Article Ninth will have no effect on the
availability of equitable remedies such as an injunction or rescission based
upon a director's breach of the duty of care. The provisions of Article Ninth
which eliminate liability as described above will apply to officers of the
Company only if they are directors of the Company and are acting in their
capacity as directors, and will not apply to officers of the Company who are not
directors. The elimination of liability of directors for monetary damages in the
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persons from bringing third-party or derivative actions against directors to the
extent such actions seek monetary damages.
 
    INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE.  Under Section 145 of the DGCL, directors and
officers as well as other employees and individuals may be indemnified against
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement in connection with specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of the corporation--a "derivative action") if they acted in good faith
and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar
standard of care is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that
indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in
connection with defense or settlement of such an action, and the DGCL requires
court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking
indemnification has been found liable to the Company.
 
    Article VIII of the Company Bylaws provides that all directors and officers
of the Company are entitled to indemnification as set forth in the Company
Certificate.
 
    Article Eighth of the Company Certificate provides that each person who was
or is made a party to, or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer or employee of the
Company will be indemnified by the Company against all expenses and liabilities,
including counsel fees, paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith
and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Article
Eighth also provides that the right of indemnification shall be in addition to
and not exclusive of all other rights to which such director, officer or
employee may be entitled.
 
                        SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
 
    As of May 22, 1998, there were 33,455,411 shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding and 21,281,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued and
outstanding. In addition, 5,250,350 shares of Common Stock were reserved for
issuance upon exercise of options under the Legacy Stock Option Plan and
21,281,000 shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon conversion of
the Series A Preferred Stock.
 
    The 23,412,580 shares of Common Stock of the Company distributed to Excel
stockholders in the Spin-off are freely transferable, except for the shares
distributed to persons who may be deemed to be "affiliates" of the Company under
the Securities Act. Such affiliates are permitted to sell their shares of Common
Stock pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act beginning 90 days after the
Spin-off, subject to certain volume limitations, manner of sale limitations,
notice requirements and the availability of current public information about the
Company.
 
    Upon consummation of the Spin-off, (i) 9,195,224 shares of Common Stock were
purchased by certain of the Company's officers in a private placement, (ii)
21,281,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock were purchased by the Selling
Holders, which shares are convertible, on a one-for-one basis, by the holders
thereof at any time and by the Company under certain circumstances (which
conversion right has been exercised and will take effect on by the Company
effective August 18, 1998 as described herein) into shares of Common Stock, and
(iii) options to purchase 3,100,000 shares of Common Stock were granted to the
Company's executive officers under the Legacy Stock Option Plan. In May 1998,
the Company granted to Mr. Burt options to purchase 300,000 shares of Common
Stock under the Legacy Stock Option Plan. See "RISK FACTORS--Shares Eligible for
Future Sale"; "MANAGEMENT--Legacy Stock Option Plan"; "CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND
RELATED TRANSACTIONS" and "DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY'S CAPITAL STOCK--Series A
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TenantFirst, which was formed and operated by Mr. Burt. As consideration the
Company issued to Mr. Burt 850,000 shares of Common Stock and $137,500 in cash.
In connection with the acquisition of TenantFirst, the Company hired Mr. Burt as
a director and Executive Vice President--Development of the Company. The shares
of Common Stock issued to Mr. Burt and issued in the private placement to the
Company's officers described in clause (i) above may be sold only pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act or an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act, such as the exemption
afforded by Rule 144. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued in the private
placement described in clause (ii) above and the Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock will be freely transferable without
restriction immediately upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement of
which this Prospectus is a part subject, in the case of sales by affiliates, to
compliance with Rule 144. Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of options
granted under the Legacy Stock Option Plan will be freely transferable without
restriction, subject, in the case of sales by affiliates, to compliance with
Rule 144.
 
    The Company is unable to estimate the number of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock or Common Stock, as applicable, that may be sold in the future by its
stockholders or the effect, if any, that sales of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock or Common Stock by such stockholders will have on the market price of the
Series A Preferred Stock and/or Common Stock prevailing from time to time. Sales
of substantial amounts of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock, or the
prospect of such sales, could adversely affect the market price of the Series A
Preferred Stock and/or Common Stock. As noted above, the Company has exercised
its right to convert all of the outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred
Stock into Common Stock, which conversion will take place automatically on
August 18, 1998. See "DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY'S CAPITAL STOCK--Series A
Preferred Stock--CONVERSION RIGHTS."
 
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            CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
 
    The following discussion is a summary of certain Federal income tax
considerations generally relevant to the receipt, ownership and disposition of
the Series A Preferred Stock and the Common Stock by individuals or entities
taxed as United States persons, and does not purport to be a complete analysis
of all the potential tax effects thereof. This summary is based on the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date of this Prospectus (the "Code"),
administrative pronouncements, judicial decisions and existing and proposed
Treasury Regulations, changes to any of which subsequent to the date of this
Prospectus may affect the tax consequences described herein and may be applied
retroactively in a manner that could have an adverse impact on a holder of the
Series A Preferred Stock or the Common Stock. It should be noted that this
summary addresses only holders of the Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock
who hold the same as capital assets within the meaning of section 1221 of the
Code. It does not discuss all of the tax consequences that may be relevant to a
holder in light of the holder's particular circumstances or to holders subject
to special rules, such as certain financial institutions, insurance companies,
dealers in securities, "S" corporations, expatriates, persons that are, for
Federal income tax purposes, non-resident alien individuals or foreign
corporations or who are subject to alternative minimum tax, and persons holding
the Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock as part of a "straddle," "hedge" or
"conversion transaction." Holders should consult their tax advisors with regard
to the application of the Federal income tax laws to their particular situations
as well as any tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or
foreign taxing jurisdiction or laws governing estate and gift tax
considerations.
 
    As used in the discussion below, the term "earnings and profits" refers to
the Company's current or accumulated earnings and profits as determined under
the Code. There is no assurance that the Company will have earnings and profits
for any particular taxable year.
 
COMMON STOCK AND SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK GENERALLY
 
    CASH DISTRIBUTIONS
 
    The amount of any cash distribution with respect to the Common Stock or
Series A Preferred Stock will be treated as a dividend, taxable as ordinary
income to the recipient thereof, to the extent of the Company's current or
accumulated earnings and profits as determined under Federal income tax
principles. To the extent that the amount of such distribution exceeds the
Company's current and accumulated earnings and profits, the excess first will be
treated as a return of capital that will reduce the holder's tax basis in the
Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock, as the case may be. Any remaining
amount after the holder's basis has been reduced to zero will be taxable as
capital gain.
 
    For purposes of the remainder of this discussion, the term "dividend" refers
to a distribution taxable as ordinary income as described above unless the
context indicates otherwise. Dividends received by corporate stockholders will
be eligible for the 70% dividends-received deduction under section 243 of the
Code, subject to certain exceptions and limitations contained in the Code. U.S.
corporate stockholders should note, however, that there can be no assurance that
distributions with respect to the Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock will
not exceed the amount of current or accumulated earnings and profits of the
Company in the future. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the
dividends-received deduction will apply to distributions on the Common Stock or
Series A Preferred Stock.
 
    In addition, as noted above, there are many exceptions and limitations
relating to the availability of a dividends-received deduction such as
restrictions relating to (i) the holding period of the stock on which the
dividends are received (including special rules under section 246(c) of the Code
which reduce the holding period for periods during which the taxpayer's risk of
loss is diminished), (ii) debt-financed portfolio stock, (iii) dividends treated
as "extraordinary dividends" for purposes of section 1059 of the Code (as
discussed below), and (iv) taxpayers that pay alternative minimum tax. Corporate
stockholders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the extent, if any,
to which such exceptions and restrictions (as amended by the Taxpayer Relief Act
of 1997) may apply to their particular factual situation.
 
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    Section 1059 of the Code requires a corporate stockholder to reduce its
basis (but not below zero) in the Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock by
the "nontaxed portion" or any "extraordinary dividend" if the holder has not
held its Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock for more than two years as of
the date the amount or payment of such dividend is agreed to, announced or
declared. Generally, the nontaxed portion of an extraordinary dividend is the
amount excluded from income under section 243 of the Code (relating to the
dividends-received deduction). An "extraordinary dividend" on the Common Stock
or Series A Preferred Stock would include a dividend that (i) equals or exceeds
(a) in the case of the Series A Preferred Stock, 5% of the holder's adjusted tax
basis in such stock, and (b) in the case of the Common Stock, 10% of the
holder's adjusted tax basis in such stock, treating all dividends having
ex-dividend dates within an 85-day period as one dividend, or (ii) exceeds 20%
of the holder's adjusted tax basis in the Common Stock or Series A Preferred
Stock, as the case may be, treating all dividends having ex-dividend dates
within a 365-day period as one dividend. In determining whether a dividend paid
is an extraordinary dividend, a holder may elect to use the fair market value of
the Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock, as the case may be, rather than
its basis, for purposes of applying the 5%/10% (or 20%) limitation if the
stockholder is able to establish to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the
Treasury such fair market value as of the day before the ex-dividend date. With
respect to the Series A Preferred Stock, an "extraordinary dividend" would also
include any amount treated as a dividend in the case of a redemption of the
Series A Preferred Stock that is non-pro rata as to all stockholders, without
regard to the period the holder held the stock. If any part of the nontaxed
portion of an extraordinary dividend exceeds the basis in the stock, the amount
of such excess will be treated as gain from the sale or exchange of stock for
the taxable year in which the extraordinary dividend is received.
 
    The extraordinary dividend rules do not apply with respect to "qualified
preferred dividends." A "qualified preferred dividend" is any fixed dividend
payable with respect to Series A Preferred Stock which (i) provides for fixed
preferred dividends payable no less often than annually, and (ii) is not in
arrears as to dividends when acquired, provided the actual rate of return on
such stock, as determined under section 1059(e)(3) of the Code, does not exceed
15%. Where a qualified preferred dividend exceeds the 5% (or 20%) threshold for
extraordinary dividend status described above, (i) the extraordinary dividend
rules will not apply if the taxpayer holds the stock for more than five years,
and (ii) if the taxpayer disposes of the stock before it has been held for more
than five years, the aggregate reduction in basis cannot exceed the excess of
the qualified preferred dividends paid on such stock during the period held by
the taxpayer over the qualified preferred dividends which would have been paid
during such period on the basis of the stated rate of return, as determined
under section 1059(c)(3) of the Code. The length of time that a taxpayer is
deemed to have held stock for purposes of section 1059 of the Code is determined
under principles similar to those contained in section 246(c) of the Code as
noted above under the discussion regarding general availability of the dividends
received deduction.
 
    CORPORATE STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS WITH
RESPECT TO THE POSSIBLE APPLICATION OF SECTION 1059 TO THE OWNERSHIP AND
DISPOSITION OF THEIR COMMON STOCK OR SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK.
 
    SALE OR DISPOSITION
 
    The Series A Preferred Stock will be automatically converted into Common
Stock on August 18, 1998 and therefore will not be subject to redemption by the
Company. A sale or other disposition of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock
(other than a conversion or exchange of the Series A Preferred Stock for Common
Stock as discussed below) will normally be a taxable event. Upon such a taxable
sale or other disposition, a stockholder will generally recognize capital gain
or loss equal to the difference between the amount of cash and the fair market
value of property received by the holder for the Series A Preferred Stock or
Common Stock and the holder's adjusted tax basis in those shares. In the case of
certain noncorporate taxpayers, including individuals, long-term capital gain
with respect to stock held for more than eighteen months is taxed at a maximum
20% Federal tax rate, and mid-term capital gain with respect
 
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to stock held more than twelve months but no more than eighteen months is taxed
at a maximum 28% Federal tax rate.
 
SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK
 
    CONVERSION OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK
 
    A holder of the Series A Preferred Stock will generally not recognize gain
or loss by reason of receiving solely Common Stock in exchange for the Series A
Preferred Stock upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, but gain or
loss will be recognized with respect to any cash received in lieu of fractional
shares of such Common Stock. The adjusted tax basis of Common Stock (including
fractional share interests) so acquired will be equal to the tax basis of the
shares of the Series A Preferred Stock exchanged therefor and the holding period
of the Common Stock received upon conversion will include the holding period of
the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock surrendered in the exchange,
 
    ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE
 
    If at any time the Company makes a distribution of cash or property to
holders of Common Stock that would be taxable to such stockholders as a dividend
for Federal income tax purposes and, in accordance with the terms of the Series
A Preferred Stock, the conversion price or conversion ratio of the Series A
Preferred Stock is adjusted, such adjustment will likely be deemed to be the
payment of a taxable dividend to holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, even
though they receive no cash. An adjustment to the conversion price made pursuant
to a BONA FIDE reasonable adjustment formula which has the effect of preventing
the dilution of the interest of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and
which is not made to compensate them for taxable distributions of cash or
property on any of the outstanding Common Stock (or any convertible securities),
generally will not result in constructive distribution of stock. For example, a
decrease in the conversion price in the event of distributions of indebtedness
or assets of the Company will generally result in a deemed distribution to
holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, but a decrease in the event of stock
dividends or the distribution of rights to subscribe for Common Stock ordinarily
would not.
 
BACKUP WITHHOLDING
 
    Under section 3406 of the Code and applicable Treasury regulations, a holder
of Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock may be subject to backup withholding
at the rate of 31% with respect to "reportable payments," which include
dividends paid on, or the proceeds of a sale or exchange of, Common Stock or
Series A Preferred Stock, as the case may be. The payor will be required to
deduct and withhold the prescribed amounts if (i) the payee fails to furnish a
taxpayer identification number ("TIN") to the payor in the manner required by
the Code and applicable Treasury regulations, (ii) the Internal Revenue Service
notifies the payor that the TIN furnished by the payee is incorrect, (iii) there
has been a "notified payee underreporting" described in section 3406(c) of the
Code or (iv) there has been a failure of the payee to certify under penalty of
perjury that the payee is not subject to withholding under section 3406(a)(1)(C)
of the Code. If any one of the events listed above occurs, the Company will be
required to withhold an amount equal to 31% from any dividend payment made with
respect to Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock to a holder. Amounts paid as
backup withholding do not constitute an additional tax and will be credited
against the holder's federal income tax liabilities, so long as the required
information is provided to the Internal Revenue Service. The Company will report
to the holders of Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock and to the Internal
Revenue Service the amount of any "reportable payments" for each calendar year
and the amount of tax withheld, if any, with respect to payment on the
securities. A holder of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock who does not
provide the Company with his or her correct taxpayer identification number may
be subject to penalties imposed by the Internal Revenue Service.
 
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    EACH PROSPECTIVE HOLDER OF COMMON STOCK OR SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK SHOULD
CONSULT HIS OWN TAX ADVISOR AS TO THE PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES TO HIM OF THE
COMMON STOCK OR PREFERRED STOCK INCLUDING THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF ANY
STATE, LOCAL, OR FOREIGN INCOME TAX LAWS, AND ANY RECENT OR PROSPECTIVE CHANGES
IN APPLICABLE TAX LAWS.
 
                                    EXPERTS
 
    The balance sheet of the Company as of November 17, 1997, and the balance
sheets of the Excel Legacy Corporation Asset Group as of July 31, 1997 and 1996,
and the related statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for
each of the three years in the period ended July 31, 1997 included in this
Prospectus have been included herein in reliance on the reports of Coopers &
Lybrand L.L.P., independent accountants, given on the authority of that firm as
experts in accounting and auditing.
 
                                 LEGAL MATTERS
 
    Certain legal matters with respect to the validity of the shares of Series A
Preferred Stock and shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Series A Preferred Stock offered hereby will be passed upon for the Company by
Latham & Watkins, San Diego, California.
 
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                         INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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<S>                                                                                                          <C>
EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION BALANCE SHEET:
 
  Report of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., Independent Accountants..............................................        F-2
 
  Balance Sheets as of January 31, 1998 (unaudited) and November 17, 1997..................................        F-3
 
  Notes to Balance Sheets..................................................................................        F-4
 
EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION ASSET GROUP FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
 
  Report of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., Independent Accountants..............................................        F-6
 
  Combined Balance Sheets as of January 31, 1998 (unaudited), July 31, 1997 and July 31,
    1996...................................................................................................        F-7
 
  Combined Statements of Operations for each of the three years in the period ended July 31, 1997 and the
    six months ended January 31, 1998 (unaudited) and January 31, 1997 (unaudited).........................        F-8
 
  Combined Statements of Changes in Investment by Excel Realty Trust, Inc. for each of the three years in
    the period ended July 31, 1997 and the six months ended January 31, 1998 (unaudited) and January 31,
    1997 (unaudited).......................................................................................        F-9
 
  Combined Statements of Cash Flows for each of the three years in the period ended July 31, 1997 and the
    six months ended January 31, 1998 (unaudited) and January 31, 1997 (unaudited).........................       F-10
 
  Notes to Combined Financial Statements...................................................................       F-11
</TABLE>
 
                                      F-1
<PAGE>
                       REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
  of Excel Legacy Corporation
 
    We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Excel Legacy Corporation
(the "Company") as of November 17, 1997. This balance sheet is the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on this balance sheet based on our audit.
 
    We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statement is free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
    In our opinion, the balance sheet referred to above presents fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of Excel Legacy Corporation as of
November 17, 1997, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
                                                        COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
 
San Diego, California
November 24, 1997
 
                                      F-2
<PAGE>
                            EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION
 
                                 BALANCE SHEETS
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       NOVEMBER 17,   JANUARY 31,
                                                                           1997          1998
                                                                       -------------  -----------
                                                                                      (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                                                    <C>            <C>
                                             ASSETS
Real Estate:
  Land...............................................................    $  --         $  15,738
  Building under construction........................................       --             9,482
                                                                             -----    -----------
    Total real estate................................................       --            25,220
Cash.................................................................            1            34
Accounts receivable..................................................       --               106
Interest receivable..................................................       --                 2
                                                                             -----    -----------
      Total assets...................................................    $       1     $  25,362
                                                                             -----    -----------
                                                                             -----    -----------
 
                              LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
 
Liabilities:
  Notes payable:
    Affiliates.......................................................    $  --         $     763
    Other............................................................       --            24,452
  Accounts payable...................................................       --                14
  Interest payable...................................................       --               132
                                                                             -----    -----------
      Total liabilities..............................................       --            25,361
 
Stockholder's Equity:
  Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, none
    outstanding......................................................       --            --
  Common stock, $.01 par value, 150,000,000 shares authorized, 100
    shares issued and outstanding....................................       --            --
  Additional paid-in capital.........................................            1             1
  Retained earnings..................................................       --            --
                                                                             -----    -----------
      Total stockholder's equity.....................................            1             1
                                                                             -----    -----------
      Total liabilities and stockholder's equity.....................    $       1     $  25,362
                                                                             -----    -----------
                                                                             -----    -----------
</TABLE>
 
       The accompanying notes are an integral part of the balance sheets.
 
                                      F-3
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                            EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION
 
                            NOTES TO BALANCE SHEETS
 
1. FORMATION OF THE COMPANY:
 
    Excel Legacy Corporation (the "Company"), a Delaware Corporation, was formed
on November 17, 1997 to own, operate and/or develop real estate. Certain real
estate assets ("Excel Legacy Corporation Asset Group") are planned to be
transferred from Excel Realty Trust, Inc. ("Excel") and ERT Development
Corporation ("EDV"), an unconsolidated affiliate of Excel, to the Company. In
September 1997, Excel's Board of Directors approved in principle, a plan for the
distribution (the "Distribution") of Company stock to holders of Excel common
stock. Excel is the sole stockholder of the Company and the Company is currently
considered a qualified REIT subsidiary of Excel.
 
    The following assets are scheduled to be transferred to the Company:
 
    - Eleven single tenant free-standing buildings with a book value of $47.6
      million and encumbered by mortgages of $34.2 million at January 31, 1998.
 
    - A 670,000 square foot shopping mall located in Scottsdale, Arizona which
      is substantially vacant. The Company intends to redevelop this property.
      The book value is $14.7 million at January 31, 1998.
 
    - An office building containing 64,000 square feet located in Scottsdale,
      Arizona. This building was acquired in October 1997, has a book value of
      approximately $7.9 million at January 31, 1998 and is encumbered by a
      mortgage of $2.6 million.
 
    - A leasehold interest in 6.5 acres of land located in Tusayan, Arizona. The
      leasehold interest was acquired in November 1997 for approximately $1.8
      million and will have a term of 50 years with two 10-year renewal options.
 
    - Four notes receivable related to development projects located in Arizona
      (3) and California. The principal amount of the notes at January 31, 1998
      is $22.1 million.
 
    As consideration for the transfers, the Company will (a) issue to Excel a
significant number of shares of Company Common Stock to effect the Distribution,
and (b) execute a $21.4 million note payable to Excel. Other assets may be
transferred to the Company as the Boards of the Company and Excel deem
appropriate prior to the Distribution.
 
    The Company has had relatively no operations since inception. Total revenues
and expenses have been less than $500, therefore, no income statement, statement
of changes in stockholder's equity or statement of cash flows has been
presented. Revenue and expenses associated with the construction of the
properties mentioned below have been capitalized.
 
2. REAL ESTATE (UNAUDITED):
 
    On January 13, 1998 the Company purchased two properties currently under
construction in Highlands Ranch and Westminster, Colorado. The Company has paid
$24.4 million to date to construct the buildings with an estimated total
construction cost of $50.0 million. The buildings will be occupied by AMC
Multi-Cinema, Inc. and rent under the leases commenced March 15, 1998. On
January 29, 1998, the Company purchased a parcel of land in Telluride, Colorado
for approximately $763,000.
 
                                      F-4
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                            EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION
 
                      NOTES TO BALANCE SHEETS (CONTINUED)
 
3. NOTES PAYABLE (UNAUDITED):
 
    The Company has borrowed $24.5 million from a bank. The loan is secured by
the AMC theater buildings. Monthly interest only payments at LIBOR plus 1.2% are
due until the loan matures on March 25, 1998. The Company has also borrowed
approximately $800,000 from its parent company, Excel Realty Trust, Inc. There
is no stated interest rate and the note is due on demand.
 
    The Company has committed to lend an additional $25.5 million to finish the
AMC theater construction. The funds have been arranged through a letter of
credit from a bank.
 
4. COMMITMENTS TO ISSUE PREFERRED AND COMMON STOCK (UNAUDITED):
 
    The Company has obtained commitments to buy, effective upon consummation of
the Distribution, 9,195,224 shares of Company Common Stock in a private
placement to certain of the Company's officers at a price per share of $2.39 for
an aggregate purchase price of $22.0 million. The Company intends to lend 50.0%
of the amount of the purchase price or $11.0 million at a 7.0% interest rate.
 
    The Company has obtained commitments to buy, effective upon consummation of
the Distribution, 16,425,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock at $5.00 per
share in a private placement to certain qualified institutional buyers ("QIBs")
(as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended), which shares will be convertible at any time into shares of Company
Common Stock on a one-for-one basis. The aggregate purchase price will be $80.1
million, less a 2.5% selling cost. As part of the preferred stock issuance, the
Company will issue warrants to purchase 4,497,000 shares of Series A Preferred
Stock at an exercise price of $5.00 per share to two QIBs.
 
                                      F-5
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                       REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
  of Excel Legacy Corporation
 
    We have audited the accompanying combined balance sheets of Excel Legacy
Corporation Asset Group (the "Portfolio"), as defined in Note 1, as of July 31,
1997 and 1996 and the related combined statements of operations, changes in
investment by Excel Realty Trust, Inc. and cash flows for each of the three
years in the period ended July 31, 1997. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Portfolio's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
 
    We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. 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 includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
    In our opinion, the combined financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the combined financial position of Excel
Legacy Corporation Asset Group as of July 31, 1997 and 1996 and the combined
results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in
the period ended July 31, 1997, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
 
    As more fully described in Note 1, certain general and administrative
expenses were paid by Excel Realty Trust, Inc. and allocated to the Portfolio
principally based on Excel Realty Trust, Inc.'s specific identification of
individual cost items based upon estimated levels of effort devoted by its
corporate administrative departments. We have reviewed the methods and
documentation used in allocating such amounts and, in the circumstances, we
believe the methods used are reasonable and the documentation appropriate.
However, if the Portfolio had operated as a separate entity, actual expenses
might have been different.
 
                                                        COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
 
San Diego, California
 
November 24, 1997
 
                                      F-6
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                      EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION ASSET GROUP
 
                            COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                JULY 31,   JULY 31,
                                                                                  1996       1997
                                                                                ---------  ---------  JANUARY 31,
                                                                                                          1998
                                                                                                      ------------
                                                                                                      (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                                                             <C>        <C>        <C>
                                                      ASSETS
 
Real estate:
  Land........................................................................  $  15,324  $  15,324   $   18,647
  Buildings...................................................................     34,789     34,789       40,960
  Real estate under development...............................................     13,888     14,060       14,702
  Leasehold interest..........................................................     --         --            1,790
  Accumulated depreciation....................................................     (2,953)    (3,823)      (4,301)
                                                                                ---------  ---------  ------------
    Net real estate...........................................................     61,048     60,350       71,798
 
Notes receivable..............................................................      1,050     21,958       22,089
Interest receivable...........................................................         71      1,379        2,604
Other assets..................................................................     --         --               31
                                                                                ---------  ---------  ------------
                                                                                $  62,169  $  83,687   $   96,522
                                                                                ---------  ---------  ------------
                                                                                ---------  ---------  ------------
 
                              LIABILITIES AND INVESTMENT BY EXCEL REALTY TRUST, INC.
 
Liabilities:
  Mortgages payable...........................................................  $  36,754  $  35,115   $   36,803
  Interest payable............................................................        253        228          242
  Other liabilities...........................................................     --         --              168
                                                                                ---------  ---------  ------------
    Total liabilities.........................................................     37,007     35,343       37,213
 
Commitments and contingencies.................................................     --         --           --
 
Investment by Excel Realty Trust, Inc.........................................     25,162     48,344       59,309
                                                                                ---------  ---------  ------------
                                                                                $  62,169  $  83,687   $   96,522
                                                                                ---------  ---------  ------------
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</TABLE>
 
    The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
                                      F-7
<PAGE>
                      EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION ASSET GROUP
 
                       COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                      SIX MONTHS ENDED
                                                                        YEARS ENDED JULY 31,            JANUARY 31,
                                                                   -------------------------------  --------------------
                                                                     1995       1996       1997       1997       1998
                                                                   ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                                                        (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                                                <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
Revenue:
  Rental revenue.................................................  $   5,897  $   4,937  $   4,937  $   2,468  $   2,818
  Interest.......................................................     --             95      1,458        294      1,318
                                                                   ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
    Total revenue................................................      5,897      5,032      6,395      2,762      4,136
                                                                   ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Operating expenses:
  Interest.......................................................      3,185      3,080      2,896      1,499      1,445
  Depreciation and amortization..................................        870        870        870        435        482
  Administrative expenses........................................        548        563        799        483        340
  Property expenses..............................................     --         --         --         --             94
                                                                   ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
    Total operating expenses.....................................      4,603      4,513      4,565      2,417      2,361
                                                                   ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Income before income taxes.......................................      1,294        519      1,830        345      1,775
Provision for income taxes.......................................        515        207        729        138        707
                                                                   ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
  Net income.....................................................  $     779  $     312  $   1,101  $     207  $   1,068
                                                                   ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                   ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
                                      F-8
<PAGE>
                      EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION ASSET GROUP
 
                COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN INVESTMENT BY
                            EXCEL REALTY TRUST, INC.
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                                                                      <C>
Investment by Excel Realty Trust, Inc. at August 1, 1994...............................................  $  17,441
  Net income for the year ended July 31, 1995..........................................................        779
  Net return to Excel Realty Trust, Inc................................................................       (276)
                                                                                                         ---------
Investment by Excel Realty Trust, Inc. at July 31, 1995................................................     17,944
  Net income for the year ended July 31, 1996..........................................................        312
  Net investment by Excel Realty Trust, Inc............................................................      6,906
                                                                                                         ---------
Investment by Excel Realty Trust, Inc. at July 31, 1996................................................     25,162
  Net income for the year ended July 31, 1997..........................................................      1,101
  Net investment by Excel Realty Trust, Inc............................................................     22,081
                                                                                                         ---------
Investment by Excel Realty Trust, Inc. at July 31, 1997................................................     48,344
  Net income for the six months ended January 31, 1998 (unaudited).....................................      1,068
  Net investment by Excel Realty Trust, Inc. (unaudited)...............................................      9,897
                                                                                                         ---------
Investment by Excel Realty Trust, Inc. at January 31, 1998 (unaudited).................................  $  59,309
                                                                                                         ---------
                                                                                                         ---------
</TABLE>
 
    The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
                                      F-9
<PAGE>
                      EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION ASSET GROUP
 
                       COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                          SIX MONTHS ENDED
                                                            YEARS ENDED JULY 31,             JANUARY 31,
                                                      --------------------------------  ---------------------
                                                        1995       1996        1997        1997       1998
                                                      ---------  ---------  ----------  ----------  ---------
                                                                                             (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                                   <C>        <C>        <C>         <C>         <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net income........................................  $     779  $     312  $    1,101  $      207  $   1,068
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
    used in operating activities:
    Depreciation and amortization...................        870        870         870         435        482
    Change in interest receivable and other
      assets........................................     --            (71)     (1,308)       (298)    (1,257)
    Change in interest payable and other
      liabilities...................................         (8)        (9)        (24)        (12)       180
                                                      ---------  ---------  ----------  ----------  ---------
  Net cash provided by operating activities.........      1,641      1,102         639         332        473
                                                      ---------  ---------  ----------  ----------  ---------
Cash flows from investing activities:
  Net costs paid on real estate held for
    development.....................................     --         (5,488)       (171)         99       (643)
  Cash paid for real estate acquired................     --         --          --          --         (6,601)
  Cash paid for leasehold interest..................     --         --          --          --         (1,790)
  Advances for notes receivable.....................     --         (1,050)    (20,908)    (16,593)      (131)
                                                      ---------  ---------  ----------  ----------  ---------
  Net cash used in investing activities.............     --         (6,538)    (21,079)    (16,494)    (9,165)
                                                      ---------  ---------  ----------  ----------  ---------
Cash flows from financing activities:
  Principal payments of mortgages payable...........     (1,365)    (1,470)     (1,641)       (776)    (1,205)
  Net investment by Excel Realty Trust, Inc.........       (276)     6,906      22,081      16,938      9,897
                                                      ---------  ---------  ----------  ----------  ---------
  Net cash provided by (used in) financing
    activities......................................     (1,641)     5,436      20,440      16,162      8,692
                                                      ---------  ---------  ----------  ----------  ---------
Net increase in cash................................     --         --          --          --         --
Cash at beginning of period.........................     --         --          --          --         --
                                                      ---------  ---------  ----------  ----------  ---------
Cash at end of period...............................  $  --      $  --      $   --      $   --      $  --
                                                      ---------  ---------  ----------  ----------  ---------
                                                      ---------  ---------  ----------  ----------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
                                      F-10
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                      EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION ASSET GROUP
 
                     NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
1. ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION:
 
    FORMATION OF THE COMPANY
 
    Excel Legacy Corporation (the "Company"), a Delaware Corporation, was formed
on November 17, 1997 to own, operate and/or develop real estate. Certain real
estate assets ("Excel Legacy Corporation Asset Group") are planned to be
transferred from Excel Realty Trust, Inc. ("Excel") and ERT Development
Corporation ("EDV"), an unconsolidated affiliate of Excel, to the Company. In
September 1997, Excel's Board of Directors approved in principle, a plan for the
distribution (the "Distribution") of Company stock to holders of Excel common
stock. Excel is the sole stockholder of the Company and the Company is currently
considered a qualified REIT subsidiary of Excel.
 
    The following assets were acquired prior to July 31, 1997 and are scheduled
to be transferred to the Company:
 
    - Ten single tenant free-standing buildings with a book value of $45.8
      million and encumbered by mortgages of $34.2 million at January 31, 1998.
 
    - A 670,000 square foot shopping mall located in Scottsdale, Arizona which
      is substantially vacant. The Company intends to redevelop this property.
      The book value is $14.7 million at January 31, 1998.
 
    - Four notes receivable related to development projects located in Arizona
      (3) and California. The principal amount of the notes at January 31, 1998
      is $22.1 million.
 
    The following additional assets were acquired subsequent to July 31, 1997
and are scheduled to be transferred to the Company:
 
    - A single-tenant free-standing building with a book value of $1.6 million
      and unencumbered at January 31, 1998.
 
    - An office building containing 64,000 square feet located in Scottsdale,
      Arizona. This building was acquired in October 1997 for $7.9 million. At
      January 31, 1998 the property has a book value of approximately $7.9
      million and is encumbered by a mortgage of $2.6 million.
 
    - A leasehold interest in 6.5 acres of land located in Tusayan, Arizona. The
      leasehold interest was acquired in November 1997 for approximately $1.8
      million and has a term of 50 years with two 10-year renewal options.
 
    Other assets may be transferred to the Company as the Boards of the Company
and Excel deem appropriate. The Company's authorized stock consists of
150,000,000 shares of $.01 par value common stock and 50,000,000 shares of $.01
par value preferred stock.
 
    BASIS OF PRESENTATION
 
    These financial statements present the financial position, results of
operations, and cash flows for the Excel Legacy Corporation Asset Group,
hereafter referred to as the Company, as if it were a separate entity of Excel
for all periods presented. Excel and EDV's historical basis in the assets and
liabilities has been carried over. Changes in investment by Excel represent the
net income of the Company plus the net change in cash and non-cash items
transferred between the Company and Excel.
 
    The combined financial statements include assets, liabilities and operations
to be transferred to the Company in connection with the acquisition of assets
from Excel and EDV. All significant intercompany
 
                                      F-11
<PAGE>
                      EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION ASSET GROUP
 
               NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
1. ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION: (CONTINUED)
accounts have been eliminated. Certain general and administrative expenses were
paid by Excel and allocated to the Company, principally based on Excel's
specific identification of individual cost items based upon estimated levels of
effort devoted by its corporate administrative departments. Expense amounts
allocated to administrative expenses were $799,000, $563,000 and $548,000 for
each of the years ended July 31, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively, and $340,000
and $483,000 for each of the six month periods ended January 31, 1998 and 1997,
respectively. In the opinion of management, the methods for allocating corporate
administrative expenses are reasonable.
 
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
 
    REAL ESTATE
 
    Land, buildings and real estate under development are recorded at cost.
Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over estimated useful
lives of 40 years for buildings. The leasehold interest is being amortized over
the initial lease term of 50 years using the straight-line method. Expenditures
for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred and significant
renovations are capitalized. Direct costs incurred for properties under
development or redevelopment are capitalized and depreciation is not charged to
the property until the project is completed.
 
    The Company assesses whether there has been a permanent impairment in the
value of its real estate by considering factors such as expected future
operating income, trends and prospects, as well as the effects of demand,
competition and other economic factors. Such factors include a lessee's ability
to pay rent under the terms of the lease. If these factors indicate that there
has been a permanent impairment in the value of its real estate, the Company
estimates the future cash flows expected to result from the operations of the
property and its eventual disposition. If the sum of the expected future cash
flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) is less than the carrying
amount of the property, the Company will recognize a permanent impairment loss,
equal to the amount by which the carrying amount of the property exceeds the
fair value of the property.
 
    INCOME TAXES
 
    The Company's income tax provision is determined as if the Company had paid
income tax on taxable income on a separate company basis. Taxes payable are
charged directly against the investment by Excel. The Company's income tax
provision, all of which is current, is based on income before taxes. Deferred
income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of
differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities of their financial
reporting amounts at each year end based on enacted laws and statutory tax rates
applicable to the years in which the differences are expected to affect taxable
income. There are no significant timing differences between financial reporting
and taxable income and as such, the Company has not recorded any deferred income
tax assets or liabilities.
 
    REVENUE RECOGNITION
 
    Base rental revenue is recognized on the straight-line basis, which averages
annual minimum rents over the terms of the leases. The leases also provide that
the tenant directly pay all of the common area maintenance and other operating
expenses.
 
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                      EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION ASSET GROUP
 
               NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES: (CONTINUED)
    USE OF ESTIMATES
 
    The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the
date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
    CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK
 
    As of January 31, 1998, eight of the 12 operating properties held by the
Company are leased to Wal-Mart. Rents from these stores account for
approximately 65.0% of the Company's scheduled rental revenue. Two of the
operating properties, which account for 20.0% of scheduled rental revenue, are
leased to Lowe's. While the financial position of the Company may be adversely
affected by financial difficulties experienced by Wal-Mart, the Company has not
experienced any such events. Wal-Mart and Lowe's are publicly-traded companies,
and financial and other information regarding these companies is on file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
    Additionally, two of the Company's notes receivable which account for 95.0%
of the Company's scheduled interest revenue at January 31, 1998 are with the
same developer. EDV is committed to provide up to approximately $9,000,000 in
additional advances related to these notes.
 
    INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
    The accompanying financial statements as of January 31, 1998 and for the six
months ended January 31, 1998 and 1997 are unaudited but include all adjustments
(consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) which the Company considers
necessary for a fair statement of the financial position and the operating
results and cash flows of such periods. Interim results are not necessarily
indicative of results for the entire year or future periods.
 
3. REAL ESTATE:
 
    The financial statements include 11 single tenant free-standing buildings
which are located in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana (3), Michigan, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin and an office building in Arizona. Eight of
the buildings are leased by Wal-Mart and two of the buildings are leased by
Lowe's. The financial statements also include a leasehold interest in land
located in Arizona.
 
    REAL ESTATE UNDER DEVELOPMENT
 
    The financial statements include a property located in Scottsdale, Arizona
that is under redevelopment. The shopping center is substantially vacant with
large amounts of demolition having occurred. Depreciation expense is no longer
being charged to the property and costs incurred during redevelopment are being
capitalized.
 
4. NOTES RECEIVABLE:
 
    The Company holds a $16,593,000 mortgage loan receivable from a developer
and owner of a shopping center located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The borrower
intends to redevelop the property through the acquisition of adjoining parcels
and the construction of certain improvements. The loan was originated
 
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                      EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION ASSET GROUP
 
               NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
4. NOTES RECEIVABLE: (CONTINUED)
in December 1996, and matures upon the sale of the property and bears interest
at the rate of 12.0%. In addition, the borrower must pay the Company a "profits
participation" equal to 50.0% of the profits generated by the property. The loan
is non-recourse and repayment of the loan is collateralized by a first mortgage
on the property. Interest receivable at January 31, 1998, July 31, 1997 and July
31, 1996 is $2,156,000, $1,193,000 and $0, respectively.
 
    Summarized unaudited financial statements as of and for the twelve months
ended December 31, 1997 for the shopping center are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                                              <C>
BALANCE SHEET:
 
  Real estate, net of depreciation.............................  $15,445,000
  Other assets.................................................   1,741,000
                                                                 ----------
                                                                 $17,186,000
                                                                 ----------
                                                                 ----------
 
  Notes payable to the Company.................................  $16,593,000
  Other liabilities............................................   2,365,000
                                                                 ----------
                                                                 18,958,000
  Partners' deficit............................................  (1,772,000)
                                                                 ----------
                                                                 $17,186,000
                                                                 ----------
                                                                 ----------
 
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS:
 
  Total revenues...............................................  $3,293,000
  Operating expenses:
    Property...................................................  (1,737,000)
    Interest...................................................  (1,945,000)
    Depreciation...............................................    (322,000)
    Amortization...............................................    (251,000)
                                                                 ----------
      Net operating loss.......................................  $ (962,000)
                                                                 ----------
                                                                 ----------
</TABLE>
 
    The Company holds a $4,290,000 promissory note receivable from a developer
and owner of an eight story office building in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. The
loan was originated in May 1997 and matures upon the sale of the property by the
borrower. Until maturity, the loan bears interest at 11.0% per annum. In
addition, the borrower must pay the Company a "profits participation" equal to
50.0% of the profits generated by the property. The loan is non-recourse and
repayment of the loan is collateralized by a first mortgage on the property.
Interest receivable was $216,000, $84,000 and $0 at January 31, 1998, July 31,
1997 and July 31, 1996, respectively.
 
    The Company holds a $1,050,000 promissory note receivable from an owner of a
land parcel located in Arizona. The loan originated in October 1995 and matures
in September 1998. Until the maturity date, the borrower is to pay interest at
the rate of 7.0% per annum. In addition, upon maturity, prepayment or
acceleration of the note, the borrower must pay additional interest from October
1995 on the principal amount of the note at the rate of 3.0% per annum. The note
is non-recourse and repayment of the loan is collateralized by a first mortgage
on the property.
 
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                      EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION ASSET GROUP
 
               NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
4. NOTES RECEIVABLE: (CONTINUED)
    At January 31, 1998, the Company has approximately $156,000 in notes
receivable from a developer relating to predevelopment expenses of a property
located in San Diego, California. The outstanding amounts related to these
advances bear interest at the rate of 12.0%. EDV is committed to provide up to
$2,500,000 in total advances related to this project.
 
5. MORTGAGES PAYABLE:
 
    Ten of the Company's single free-standing buildings are encumbered by
mortgages. The Company's office building is encumbered by a 8.125% mortgage due
in 2006. Interest rates on the properties range from 7.625% to 8.75% and mature
on various dates to 2014. Monthly payments at January 31, 1998 total $405,000.
The loans are non-recourse and repayment of the loans by the Company is
collateralized by a first mortgage on the properties.
 
    The principal payments required to be made on mortgages payable are as
follows (in thousands):
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                  <C>
1998, remaining six months:........................................................  $   1,013
1999...............................................................................      2,182
2000...............................................................................      2,353
2001...............................................................................      2,538
2002...............................................................................      2,743
Thereafter.........................................................................     25,974
                                                                                     ---------
                                                                                     $  36,803
                                                                                     ---------
                                                                                     ---------
</TABLE>
 
6. MINIMUM FUTURE RENTALS:
 
    The Company leases its properties to tenants under noncancelable operating
leases generally requiring the tenant to pay a minimum rent. The leases
generally either (i) require the tenant to pay all expenses of operating the
property such as insurance, property taxes, and structural repairs and
maintenance, or (ii) require the tenant to reimburse the Company for the
tenant's share of real estate taxes and other common area maintenance expenses.
Minimum future rental revenue for the next five years is as follows (in
thousands):
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                  <C>
1998, remaining six months:........................................................  $   4,129
1999...............................................................................      5,519
2000...............................................................................      5,411
2001...............................................................................      5,268
2002...............................................................................      5,070
Thereafter.........................................................................     36,842
                                                                                     ---------
                                                                                     $  62,239
                                                                                     ---------
                                                                                     ---------
</TABLE>
 
7. STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS--SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE:
 
    The amounts paid for interest during the years ended July 31, 1997, 1996 and
1995 were $2,920,000, $3,089,000, and $3,193,000, respectively. For the six
months ended January 31, 1998 and 1997, interest of
 
                                      F-15
<PAGE>
                      EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION ASSET GROUP
 
               NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
7. STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS--SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE: (CONTINUED)
$1,503,000 and $1,449,000 was paid, respectively. For the six months ended
January 31, 1997, the Company assumed mortgages payable of $2,893,000 in
conjunction with an office building acquired in Scottsdale, Arizona.
 
8. NEW PRONOUNCEMENTS:
 
    In 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 128, Earnings per Share and SFAS No.
129, Disclosure of Information about Capital Structure, which become effective
for periods after December 15, 1997 and SFAS No. 131, Disclosures about Segments
in an Enterprise and Related Information and SFAS No. 130, Comprehensive Income,
which become effective in 1998. The Company has determined that the adoption of
these SFASs will not have a material effect on the consolidated financial
statements.
 
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                                    PART II
                   INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
 
ITEM 31. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
 
    The following is an itemized statement of expenses incurred in connection
with this Registration Statement. All such expenses will be paid by the Company.
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                                                 <C>
Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee...............  $  31,390
Legal fees and expenses...........................................     50,000
Accounting fees and expenses......................................     25,000
Printing and engraving expenses...................................     25,000
Blue Sky fees and expenses........................................      5,000
Transfer agent and registrar fees.................................      5,000
Miscellaneous.....................................................      8,610
                                                                    ---------
    TOTAL.........................................................    150,000
                                                                    ---------
                                                                    ---------
</TABLE>
 
- ------------------------
 
All of the above items are estimates, except the Securities and Exchange
Commission registration fee.
 
ITEM 32. SALES TO SPECIAL PARTIES.
 
    See Item 33.
 
ITEM 33. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.
 
    In connection with the Spin-off, Excel and EDV transferred to the Company
certain real properties, notes receivable and related assets and liabilities
held by Excel and EDV. As consideration for such asset transfers, the Company
issued to Excel (i) 23,412,580 shares of Common Stock in order to effect the
Spin-off, and (ii) a promissory note payable to Excel in the amount of
approximately $26.4 million. The note was repaid by the Company in April 1998.
See "THE COMPANY--General" and "BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES."
 
    Upon consummation of the Spin-off, the Company sold (i) 9,195,224 shares of
Common Stock in a private placement to certain of the Company's officers at a
price per share of $2.39 (the estimated market value of the Common Stock as of
the Spin-off Date based upon the value of the assets transferred to the
Company), for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $22.0 million, and
(ii) 16,425,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock in a private placement to the
Selling Holders at a price per share of $5.00, for an aggregate purchase price
of approximately $82.1 million. The Company granted to certain Selling Holders,
in connection with their purchase of Series A Preferred Stock described above,
warrants to purchase 4,497,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock at an exercise
price of $5.00 per share. The warrants were exercised on the Spin-off Date. For
a list of the purchasers in the foregoing private placements and the respective
amounts of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock purchased, see "SECURITIES
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT." For a description of the
rights, preferences and privileges of the Series A Preferred Stock, see
"DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY'S CAPITAL STOCK--Series A Preferred Stock."
 
    In May 1998, the Company acquired TenantFirst, which was formed and operated
by Kelly D. Burt. As consideration the Company issued to Mr. Burt 850,000 shares
of Common Stock and $137,500 in cash. In connection with the acquisition of
TenantFirst, the Company hired Mr. Burt as a director and Executive Vice
President--Development of the Company.
 
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<PAGE>
    The Company loaned to certain of its officers, in connection with their
purchase of Common Stock described above, approximately 50.0% of the purchase
price therefor (an aggregate amount of approximately $10.9 million). Such loans
bear interest at the rate of 7.0% per annum, mature in March 2003 and are
recourse obligations of such officers.
 
ITEM 34. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
 
    Articles Eighth and Ninth of the Company Certificate and Article VIII of the
Company Bylaws (the "Director Liability and Indemnification Provisions") limit
the personal liability of the Company's directors to the Company or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty. The Director
Liability and Indemnification Provisions define and clarify the rights of
certain individuals, including the Company's directors and officers, to
indemnification by the Company in the event of personal liability or expenses
incurred by them as a result of certain litigation against them. Such provisions
are consistent with Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, which is designed, among
other things, to encourage qualified individuals to serve as directors of
Delaware corporations by permitting Delaware corporations to include in their
articles or certificates of incorporation a provision limiting or eliminating
directors' liability for monetary damages and with other existing DGCL
provisions permitting indemnification of certain individuals, including
directors and officers. The limitations of liability in the Director Liability
and Indemnification Provisions may not affect claims arising under the Federal
securities laws.
 
    In performing their duties, directors of a Delaware corporation are
obligated as fiduciaries to exercise their business judgment and act in what
they reasonably determine in good faith, after appropriate consideration, to be
in the best interests of the corporation and its stockholders. Decisions made on
that basis are protected by the "business judgment rule." The business judgment
rule is designed to protect directors from personal liability to the corporation
or its stockholders when business decisions are subsequently challenged.
However, the expense of defending lawsuits, the frequency with which unwarranted
litigation is brought against directors and the inevitable uncertainties with
respect to the outcome of applying the business judgment rule to particular
facts and circumstances mean that, as a practical matter, directors and officers
of a corporation rely on indemnity from, and insurance procured by, the
corporation they serve as a financial backstop in the event of such expenses or
unforeseen liability. The Delaware legislature has recognized that adequate
insurance and indemnity provisions are often a condition of an individual's
willingness to serve as director of a Delaware corporation. The DGCL has for
some time specifically permitted corporations to provide indemnity and procure
insurance for its directors and officers.
 
    Article Ninth of the Company Certificate protects directors against monetary
damages for breaches of their fiduciary duty of care, except as set forth below.
Under the DGCL, absent Article Ninth, directors could generally be held liable
for gross negligence for decisions made in the performance of their duty of care
but not for simple negligence. Article Ninth eliminates director liability for
negligence in the performance of their duties, including gross negligence.
Directors remain liable for breaches of their duty of loyalty to the Company and
its stockholders, as well as acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law and transactions
from which a director derives improper personal benefit. Article Ninth does not
eliminate director liability under Section 174 of the DGCL, which makes
directors personally liable for unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases
or redemptions and expressly sets forth a negligence standard with respect to
such liability.
 
    While Article Ninth provides directors with protection from awards of
monetary damages for breaches of the duty of care, it does not eliminate the
directors' duty of care. Accordingly, Article Ninth will have no effect on the
availability of equitable remedies such as an injunction or rescission based
upon a director's breach of the duty of care. The provisions of Article Ninth
which eliminate liability as described above will apply to officers of the
Company only if they are directors of the Company and are acting in their
capacity as directors, and will not apply to officers of the Company who are not
directors. The elimination of liability of directors for monetary damages in the
circumstances described above may deter
 
                                      II-2
<PAGE>
persons from bringing third-party or derivative actions against directors to the
extent such actions seek monetary damages.
 
    Under Section 145 of the DGCL, directors and officers as well as other
employees and individuals may be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection
with specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation--a "derivative action") if they acted in good faith and in a manner
they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard of
care is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that
indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in
connection with defense or settlement of such an action, and the DGCL requires
court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking
indemnification has been found liable to the Company.
 
    Article VIII of the Company Bylaws provides that all directors and officers
of the Company are entitled to indemnification as set forth in the Company
Certificate.
 
    Article Eighth of the Company Certificate provides that each person who was
or is made a party to, or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer or employee of the
Company will be indemnified by the Company against all expenses and liabilities,
including counsel fees, paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith
and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Article
Eighth also provides that the right of indemnification shall be in addition to
and not exclusive of all other rights to which such director, officer or
employee may be entitled.
 
    In addition to the provisions of the Company Certificate and the Company
Bylaws summarized above, the Company has entered into agreements with its
directors and executive officers that will require the Company, among other
things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason
of their status or service as directors or officers to the fullest extent
permitted by law. See "MANAGEMENT--Indemnification Agreements."
 
ITEM 35. TREATMENT OF PROCEEDS FROM STOCK BEING REGISTERED.
 
    Not applicable.
 
ITEM 36. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
 
    (a) Financial Statements. All required Financial Statements are included in
        the Prospectus.
 
    (b) Exhibits.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
      EXHIBIT
      NUMBERS                                                DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
- --------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<C>        <S>        <C>
      2.1  (4)        Distribution Agreement, dated as of March 31, 1998, by and among Excel Realty Trust, Inc., Excel
                      Legacy Corporation and ERT Development Corporation.
 
      3.1  (1)        Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Excel Legacy Corporation
 
      3.2  (1)        Amended and Restated Bylaws of Excel Legacy Corporation
 
      4.1  (3)        Form of Common Stock Certificate
 
      4.2  (4)        Certificate of Designations of the Series A Preferred Stock of Excel Legacy Corporation.
</TABLE>
 
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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
      EXHIBIT
      NUMBERS                                                DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
- --------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<C>        <S>        <C>
      4.3  (4)        Warrant to Purchase Shares of Series A Preferred Stock, dated as of March 31, 1998, issued by Excel
                      Legacy Corporation to BancBoston Capital Inc.
 
      4.4  (4)        Warrant to Purchase Shares of Series A Preferred Stock, dated as of March 31, 1998, issued by Excel
                      Legacy Corporation to Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.
 
      5.1  (2)        Opinion of Latham & Watkins.
 
     10.1  (3)        1998 Stock Option Plan of Excel Legacy Corporation.
 
     10.2  (4)        Administrative Services Agreement, dated as of March 31, 1998, by and between Excel Realty Trust,
                      Inc. and Excel Legacy Corporation.
 
     10.3  (4)        Intercompany Agreement, dated as of March 31, 1998, by and between Excel Realty Trust, Inc. and
                      Excel Legacy Corporation.
 
     10.4  (4)        Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of March 31, 1998, by and between Excel Realty Trust, Inc. and Excel
                      Legacy Corporation.
 
     10.5  (4)        Transitional Services Agreement, dated as of March 31, 1998, by and between Excel Realty Trust, Inc.
                      and Excel Legacy Corporation.
 
     10.6  (4)        Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 31, 1998, by and among Excel Legacy Corporation and the
                      purchasers named therein.
 
     10.7  (4)        Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 31, 1998, by and among Excel Legacy Corporation and
                      the purchasers named therein.
 
     10.8  (4)        Form of Indemnity Agreement, between Excel Legacy Corporation and its directors and executive
                      officers.
 
     10.9  (5)        Lease dated as of March 26, 1997, between MBK Southern California/MBK Mountain States Ventures and
                      American-Cinema, Inc. (including Assignment and Assumption of AMC lease dated as of December 31,
                      1997, between MBK Southern California/MBK Mountain States Ventures and Excel Legacy Corporation).
 
    10.10  (5)        Lease dated as of March 26, 1997, between MBK Southern California/MBK Mountain States Ventures and
                      American Multi-Cinema, Inc. (including Assignment and Assumption of AMC lease dated as of December
                      31, 1997, between MBK Southern California/MBK Mountain States Ventures and Excel Legacy
                      Corporation).
 
     21.1  (1)        Subsidiaries of Excel Legacy Corporation.
 
     23.1  (1)        Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
 
     23.2  (2)        Consent of Latham & Watkins (included in Exhibit 5.1)
 
     24.1  (1)        Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
 
     27.1  (1)        Financial Data Schedule.
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(1) Filed herewith.
 
(2) To be filed by amendment.
 
(3) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10
    (File No. 0-23503) filed with the Commission on December 12, 1998.
 
(4) Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registrant
    Statement on Form 10 (File No. 0-23503) filed with the Commission on
    February 10, 1998.
 
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(5) Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration
    Statement on Form 10 (File No. 0-23503) filed with the Commission on March
    12, 1998.
 
(6) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (File
    No. 0-23503) filed with the Commission on April 2, 1998.
 
ITEM 37. UNDERTAKINGS.
 
    (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
 
        (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
    a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
 
           (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a) (3) of the
       Securities Act of 1933;
 
           (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
       the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
       post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
       aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
       the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
       or decrease in volume of the securities offered (if the total dollar
       value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
       and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
       offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
       Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
       volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the
       maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
       Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
 
           (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
       distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
       any material change to such information in the registration statement;
 
        (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
    Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
    to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
    therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
    be the initial BONA FIDE offering thereof.
 
        (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
    any of the securities which remain unsold at the termination of the
    offering.
 
    (b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
 
    (c) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
 
        (1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
    of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part
    of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a
    form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4)
    or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this
    registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
 
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        (2) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
    of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus
    shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
    securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
    shall be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering thereof.
 
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                                   SIGNATURES
 
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-11 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunder duly
authorized, in the City of San Diego, State of California, on the 1st day of
June, 1998.
 
                                EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION
 
                                BY:              /S/ GARY B. SABIN
                                     -----------------------------------------
                                                   Gary B. Sabin,
                                       President And Chief Executive Officer
 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
    KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Gary B. Sabin and Richard B. Muir, and
each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign any and all amendments including post-effective
amendments and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under
the Securities Act of 1933 to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes, each acting alone, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
 
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
          SIGNATURE                        TITLE                    DATE
- ------------------------------  ---------------------------  -------------------
                                Chairman, President and
      /s/ GARY B. SABIN           Chief Executive Officer
- ------------------------------    (Principal Executive              June 1, 1998
        Gary B. Sabin             Officer)
 
     /s/ RICHARD B. MUIR        Director, Executive Vice
- ------------------------------    President and Secretary           June 1, 1998
       Richard B. Muir
 
      /s/ DAVID A. LUND         Chief Financial Officer
- ------------------------------    (Principal Financial and          June 1, 1998
        David A. Lund             Accounting Officer)
 
      /s/ JOHN H. WILMOT        Director
- ------------------------------                                      June 1, 1998
        John H. Wilmot
 
  /s/ ROBERT E. PARSONS, JR.    Director
- ------------------------------                                      June 1, 1998
    Robert E. Parsons, Jr.
 
   /s/ RICHARD J. NORDLUND      Director
- ------------------------------                                      June 1, 1998
     Richard J. Nordlund
 
    /s/ ROBERT S. TALBOTT       Director
- ------------------------------                                      June 1, 1998
      Robert S. Talbott
 
      /s/ KELLY D. BURT         Director and Executive Vice
- ------------------------------    President--Development            June 1, 1998
        Kelly D. Burt
 
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                                 AMENDED AND RESTATED
                             CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                          OF
                               EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION


          EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing 
under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware 
(the "Corporation"), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

          1.   The Corporation's original Certificate of Incorporation was 
filed on November 17, 1997.

          2.   That by action taken by unanimous written consent of the Board 
of Directors on March 24, 1998, resolutions were duly adopted setting forth a 
proposed amendment and restatement of the Certificate of Incorporation of the 
Corporation, declaring said amendment and restatement to be advisable and 
directing its officers to submit said amendment and restatement to the sole 
stockholder of the Corporation for consideration thereof.  The resolution 
setting forth the proposed amendment and restatement is as follows:
          
          "RESOLVED, that the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation 
     is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows, subject to the 
     required consent of the sole stockholder of the corporation:

          FIRST:  The name of the Corporation is Excel Legacy Corporation
     (hereinafter the "Corporation").

          SECOND:  The address of the registered office of the Corporation in
     the State of Delaware is 1013 Centre Road, in the City of Wilmington,
     County of New Castle.  The name of its registered agent at that address is
     The Prentice-Hall Corporation System, Inc.

          THIRD:  The purpose of the Corporation is (i) to perform an agreement
     (the "Intercompany Agreement") to be entered into by and between the
     Corporation and Excel Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("Excel"),
     pursuant to which the Corporation and Excel will provide each other with
     rights to participate in certain transactions for so long as the
     Intercompany Agreement remains in effect, and (ii) subject to the terms and
     conditions set forth in the Intercompany Agreement, to engage in any lawful
     act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General
     Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "GCL").

          FOURTH:  The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation
     shall have the authority to issue is 200,000,000, which shall consist of
     150,000,000 shares of Common Stock, 

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     each having a par value of $.01 (the "Common Stock"), and 50,000,000     
     shares of Preferred Stock, each having a par value of $.01 (the      
     "Preferred Stock").

          The Board of Directors is hereby authorized from time to time to
     provide by resolution for the issuance of shares of preferred stock in one
     of more series not exceeding in the aggregate the number of shares of
     Preferred Stock authorized by this Certificate of Incorporation, as amended
     from time to time; and to determine with respect to each such series the
     voting powers, if any (which voting powers, if granted, may be full or
     limited), designations, preference and relative, participating, optional or
     other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions
     relating thereto, including without limiting the generality of the
     foregoing, the voting rights relating to shares of Preferred Stock of any
     series (which may be one of more votes per share or a fraction of a vote
     per share, which may vary over time and which may be applicable generally
     or only upon the happening and continuance of stated events or conditions),
     the rate of dividend to which holders of Preferred Stock of any series may
     be entitled (which may be cumulative or noncumulative), the rights of
     holders of Preferred Stock of any series in the event of liquidation,
     dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, the rights, if
     any, of holders of Preferred Stock of any series to convert or exchange
     such shares of Preferred Stock of such series for shares of any other class
     or series of capital stock or for any other securities, property or assets
     of the Corporation or any subsidiary (including the determination of the
     price or prices or the rate or rates applicable to such rights to convert
     or exchange and the adjustment thereof, the time or times during which the
     right to convert or exchange shall be applicable and the time or times
     during which a particular price or rate shall be applicable), whether or
     not the shares of that series shall be redeemable, and, if so, the terms
     and conditions of such redemption, including the date or dates upon or
     after which they shall be redeemable, and the amount per share payable in
     case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at
     different redemption dates, and whether any shares of that series shall be
     redeemed pursuant to a retirement or sinking fund or otherwise and the
     terms and conditions of such obligation.

          Before the Corporation shall issue any shares of Preferred Stock of
     any series, a certificate setting forth a copy of the resolution or
     resolutions of the Board of Directors, fixing the voting powers,
     designations, preferences, the relative, participating, optional or other
     rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions, if
     any, relating to the shares of Preferred Stock of such series, and the
     number of shares of Preferred Stock of such series authorized by the Board
     of Directors to be issued shall be made under seal of the Corporation and
     signed by and shall be filed and a copy thereof recorded in the manner
     prescribed by the GCL.  The Board of Directors is further authorized to
     increase or decrease (but not below the number of such shares of such
     series then outstanding) the number of shares of any series subsequent to
     the issuance of shares of that series.

          FIFTH:  The following provisions are inserted for the management of
     the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for
     further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the
     Corporation and of its directors and stockholders:

               (a)  The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed
     by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

               (b)  The directors shall have concurrent power with the
     stockholders to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the Bylaws of
     the Corporation.

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               (c)  The number of directors of the Corporation shall be as from
     time to time fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws of the
     Corporation.  The election of directors need not be by written ballot
     unless the Bylaws so provide.

               (d)  In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore or by
     statute expressly conferred upon them, the directors are hereby empowered
     to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be
     exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the
     provisions of the GCL, this Certificate of Incorporation, and any Bylaws
     adopted by the stockholders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Bylaws hereafter
     adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the directors
     which would have been valid if such Bylaws had not been adopted.

          SIXTH:  Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the
     State of Delaware, as the Bylaws may provide.  The books of the Corporation
     may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the GCL) outside the
     State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to
     time by the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

          SEVENTH:  The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change
     or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Corporation in the
     manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred
     upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

          EIGHTH:  (a) Subject to Article EIGHTH (c), the Corporation shall
     indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
     party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
     whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an
     action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he
     is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at
     the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
     another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit
     plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
     judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
     incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he
     acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
     opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any
     criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his
     conduct was unlawful.  The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by
     judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere
     or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the
     person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably
     believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation,
     and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable
     cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

               (b)  Subject to Article EIGHTH (c), the Corporation shall
     indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
     party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the
     right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of
     the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is
     or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
     employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
     trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against expenses
     (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
     connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he
     acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
     opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except that no
     indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as
     to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
     Corporation unless and only to the extent that the 

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     Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought 
     shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of 
     liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person 
     is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which 
     the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

               (c)  Any indemnification under this Article EIGHTH (unless
     ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in
     the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director
     or officer is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable
     standard of conduct set forth in Article EIGHTH (a) or Article EIGHTH (b),
     as the case may be.  Such determination shall be made (i) by the Board of
     Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were
     not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (ii) if such a quorum is
     not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors
     so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii) by
     the stockholders.  To the extent, however, that a present or former
     director or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or
     otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in
     Article EIGHTH (a) or Article EIGHTH (b), or in defense of any claim, issue
     or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including
     attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
     therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.

               (d)  Notwithstanding any contrary determination in the specific
     case under Article EIGHTH (c), and notwithstanding the absence of any
     determination thereunder, any present or former director or officer of the
     Corporation may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction in the State
     of Delaware for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible under
     Article EIGHTH (a) and Article EIGHTH (b).  The basis of such
     indemnification by a court shall be a determination by such court that
     indemnification of such person is proper in the circumstances because he
     has met the applicable standards of conduct set forth in Article EIGHTH (a)
     or Article EIGHTH (b), as the case may be.  Neither a contrary
     determination in the specific case under Article EIGHTH (c) nor the absence
     of any determination thereunder shall be a defense to such application or
     create a presumption that such person seeking indemnification has not met
     any applicable standard of conduct.  Notice of any application for
     indemnification pursuant to this Article EIGHTH (d) shall be given to the
     Corporation promptly upon the filing of such application.  If successful,
     in whole or in part, such person seeking indemnification shall also be
     entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such application.

               (e)  Expenses incurred by a person who is or was a director or
     officer of the Corporation in defending or investigating a threatened or
     pending action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in
     advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon
     receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such
     amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be
     indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article EIGHTH.

               (f)  The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by
     or granted pursuant to this Article EIGHTH shall not be deemed exclusive of
     any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of
     expenses may be entitled under any Bylaw, agreement, contract, vote of
     stockholders or disinterested directors or pursuant to the direction
     (howsoever embodied) of any court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise,
     both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another
     capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the Corporation
     that indemnification of the persons specified in Article EIGHTH (a) and
     Article EIGHTH (b) shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law. 
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     Article EIGHTH shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of 
     any person who is not specified in Article EIGHTH (a) or Article EIGHTH 
     (b) but whom the Corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify 
     under the provisions of the GCL, or otherwise.

               (g)  The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on
     behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the
     Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
     director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
     joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any
     liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or
     arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would
     have the power or the obligation to indemnify him against such liability
     under the provisions of this Article EIGHTH or Section 145 of the GCL.

               (h)  For purposes of this Article EIGHTH, references to "the
     Corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any
     constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent)
     absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had
     continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors or
     officers, so that any person who is or was a director or officer of such
     constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such
     constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
     another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit
     plan or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the
     provisions of this Article EIGHTH with respect to the resulting or
     surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent
     corporation if its separate existence had continued.  For purposes of this
     Article EIGHTH, references to "fines" shall include any excise taxes
     assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and
     references to "serving at the request of the Corporation" shall include any
     service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which
     imposes duties on, or involves services by, such person with respect to an
     employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who
     acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the
     interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan
     shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best
     interests of the Corporation" as referred to in this Article EIGHTH.  For
     purposes of any determination under Article EIGHTH (c), a person shall be
     deemed to have acted in good faith in a manner he reasonably believed to be
     in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with
     respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable
     cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, if his action is based on the
     records or books of account of the Corporation or another enterprise, or on
     information supplied to him by the officers of the Corporation or another
     enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel
     for the Corporation or another enterprise or on information or records
     given or reports made to the Corporation or another enterprise by an
     independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert
     selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or another enterprise. 
     The term "another enterprise" is used in this Article EIGHTH (h) shall mean
     any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
     benefit plan or other enterprise of which such person is or was serving at
     the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent. 
     The provisions of this Article EIGHTH (h) shall not be deemed to be
     exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be
     deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Article
     EIGHTH (a) or (b), as the case may be.

               (i)  The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by,
     or granted pursuant to, this Article EIGHTH shall, unless otherwise
     provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has
     ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to
     the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

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               (j)  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article EIGHTH to
     the contrary, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification
     (which shall be governed by Article EIGHTH (d)), the Corporation shall not
     be obligated to indemnify any person in connection with a proceeding (or
     part, thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part
     thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors of the
     Corporation.

               (k)  The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to
     time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to
     the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation
     similar to those conferred in this Article EIGHTH to directors and officers
     of the Corporation.

          NINTH:  No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or
     any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty
     as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's
     duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or
     omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
     knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the GCL, or (iv)
     for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
     benefit.  Any repeal or modification of this Article NINTH by the
     stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or
     protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such
     repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to
     such repeal or modification."

          3.   That thereafter, by consent of the sole stockholder of all of the
issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation in accordance with
Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, all of the
shares of the Corporation were voted in favor of the amendment.

          4.   That said Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was
duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION has caused this
Certificate to be signed by Gary B. Sabin, its President and Richard B. Muir,
its Secretary, this 26th day of March, 1998.


                                   EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION,
                                   a Delaware corporation


                                   By:  
                                       ------------------------------
                                       Name: Gary B. Sabin
                                       Title: President



ATTEST



- -----------------------------
Name: Richard B. Muir
Title: Secretary

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                                 AMENDED AND RESTATED
                                        BYLAWS
                                          OF
                               EXCEL LEGACY CORPORATION
                        (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "CORPORATION")

                                      ARTICLE I

                                       OFFICES

     SECTION 1.  REGISTERED OFFICE.  The registered office of the Corporation 
shall be established and maintained in the City of Wilmington, County of New 
Castle, State of Delaware.

     SECTION 2.  OTHER OFFICES.  The Corporation may also have offices at 
such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board 
of Directors may from time to time determine.

                                      ARTICLE II

                               MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

     SECTION 1.  PLACE OF MEETINGS.  Meetings of the stockholders for the 
election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time and 
place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated 
from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the 
meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

     SECTION 2.  ANNUAL MEETINGS.  The Annual Meetings of Stockholders shall 
be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to 
time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at 
which meeting the stockholders shall elect Directors in the manner provided 
in the Certificate of Incorporation and in the Bylaws, and transact such 
other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.  Written notice 
of the Annual Meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall 
be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than 
ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting.

     SECTION 3.  SPECIAL MEETINGS.  Unless otherwise prescribed by law or by 
the Certificate of Incorporation, Special Meetings of Stockholders, for any 
purpose or purposes may be called by either (i) the Chairman, (ii) the Vice 
Chairman, (iii) the President, (iv) any Vice President, (v) the Secretary or 
(vi) any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, and shall be called by any 
such officer at the request in writing by a majority of the entire Board of 
Directors, or at the request in writing of stockholders owning a majority of 
the capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to 
vote.  Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed 
meeting.  Written notice of a Special Meeting stating the place, date and 
hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is 
called shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the 
date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.

     SECTION 4.  QUORUM.  Except as otherwise provided by law or by the 
Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the capital stock 
issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or 
represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the 
stockholders for the transaction of business.  A quorum, once established, 
shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a 
quorum and the votes present may continue to transact business until 
adjournment.  If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at 
any meeting 

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of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in 
person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from 
time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a 
quorum shall be present or represented.  At such adjourned meeting at which a 
quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which 
might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.  If the 
adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new 
record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned 
meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting.

     SECTION 5.  VOTING.  Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate 
of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any question brought before any meeting of 
stockholders shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the 
stock represented and entitled to vote thereat.  Each stockholder represented 
at a meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to cast one vote for each 
share of the capital stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder. 
Such votes may be cast in person or by proxy but no proxy shall be voted on 
or after three years from its date, unless such proxy provides for a longer 
period.  The Board of Directors, in its discretion, or the officer of the 
Corporation presiding at a meeting of stockholders, in his discretion, may 
require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.

     SECTION 6.  CONSENT OF STOCKHOLDERS IN LIEU OF MEETING.  Unless 
otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required 
or permitted to be taken at any Annual or Special Meeting of Stockholders of 
the Corporation, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and 
without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, 
shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the 
minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such 
action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present 
and voted.  Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a 
meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those 
stockholders who have not consented in writing.

     SECTION 7.  LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE.  The officer of the 
Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall 
prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a 
complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged 
in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the 
number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder.  Such list shall 
be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the 
meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days 
prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is 
to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, 
if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.  The list 
shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during 
the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder of the 
Corporation who is present.

     SECTION 8.  STOCK LEDGER.  The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be 
the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the 
stock ledger, the list required by Section 7 of this Article II or the books 
of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of 
stockholders.

                                     ARTICLE III

                                      DIRECTORS

     SECTION 1.  NUMBER AND ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.  The Board of Directors 
shall consist of three or more members, the exact number of which shall be 
fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.  Except as provided in 
Section 2 of this Article, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the 
votes cast

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at Annual Meetings of Stockholders, and each director so elected shall hold 
office until the Annual Meeting in which his term expires and until his 
successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or 
removal.  Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the 
Corporation.  Directors need not be stockholders.

     SECTION 2.  VACANCIES.  Vacancies, and newly created directorships 
resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors, may be 
filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a 
quorum, or by a sole remaining director.  The directors so chosen shall hold 
office until the next annual election of directors and until their successors 
are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or 
removal.  If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors 
may be held in the manner provided by statute.

     SECTION 3.  DUTIES AND POWERS.  The business of the Corporation shall be 
managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors which may 
exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and 
things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by 
these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

     SECTION 4.  MEETINGS.  The Board of Directors of the Corporation may 
hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State 
of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without 
notice at such time and at such place as may from time to time be determined 
by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be 
called by the Chairman, the Vice Chairman, the President, or any director.  
Notice thereof stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given 
to each director either by mail, telephone, facsimile or telegram not less 
than forty-eight (48) hours before the date of the meeting.

     SECTION 5.  QUORUM.  Except as may be otherwise specifically provided by 
law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at all meetings of the 
Board of Directors a majority of the entire Board of Directors shall 
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  The act of a majority 
of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be 
the act of the Board of Directors.  If a quorum shall not be present at any 
meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn 
the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the 
meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

     SECTION 6.  ACTIONS OF BOARD.  Unless otherwise provided by the 
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or 
permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any 
committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all the members of the 
Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in 
writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of 
proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.

     SECTION 7.  MEETINGS BY MEANS OF CONFERENCE TELEPHONE.  Unless otherwise 
provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the 
Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee designated by the 
Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or 
such committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications 
equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear 
each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 7 shall 
constitute presence in person at such meeting.

     SECTION 8.  COMMITTEES.  The Board of Directors may, by resolution 
passed by a majority of the entire Board of Directors, designate one or more 
committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the Directors of the 
Corporation.  The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as 
alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or 
disqualified member at any

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meeting of any such committee.  Any committee, to the extent allowed by law 
and provided in these Bylaws or the resolution establishing such committee, 
shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of 
Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation; 
but no committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending 
the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or 
consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange 
of all or substantially all of the Corporation's property and assets, 
recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a 
revocation of a dissolution, or amending the Bylaws of the Corporation; and, 
unless the resolution or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so 
provides, no committee shall have the power or authority to declare a 
dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock.  Each committee shall keep 
regular minutes and report to the Board of Directors when required.

     SECTION 9.  COMPENSATION.  The directors may be paid their expenses, if 
any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid 
a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a 
stated salary as director.  No such payment shall preclude any director from 
serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation 
therefor.  Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like 
compensation for attending committee meetings.

     SECTION 10.  INTERESTED DIRECTORS.  No contract or transaction between 
the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the 
Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other 
organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors 
or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely 
for that reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or 
participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof 
which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their 
votes are counted for such purpose if (i) the material facts as to his or 
their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are 
disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the 
Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or 
transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested 
directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or 
(ii) the material facts as to his or their relationship or interest and as to 
the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders 
entitled to vote thereon and the contract or transaction is specifically 
approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (iii) the contract or 
transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, 
approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the 
stockholders.  Common or interested directors may be counted in determining 
the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a 
committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.  Any such contract or 
transaction shall be made on commercially reasonable terms substantially 
equivalent to terms available from third parties in an arm's-length 
transaction in the competitive marketplace.

                                      ARTICLE IV

                                       OFFICERS

     SECTION 1.  GENERAL.  The executive officers of the Corporation shall be 
chosen by the Board of Directors and shall include a Chairman of the Board of 
Directors, a President and Chief Executive Officer, a Secretary and a Chief 
Financial Officer.  The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may also 
choose one or more Executive Vice Presidents (each of whom shall also be an 
executive officer), a Treasurer (who shall also be an executive officer) and 
Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other 
officers.  Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless 
otherwise prohibited by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these 
Bylaws.  The officers of the Corporation need not be stockholders of the 
Corporation nor, except in the case of the Chairman of the Board of Directors 
and the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, need such officers be 
directors of the Corporation.

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     SECTION 2.  ELECTION.  The Board of Directors at its first meeting held 
after each Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall elect the officers of the 
Corporation who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise 
such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time 
by the Board of Directors; and all officers of the Corporation shall hold 
office until their successors are chosen and qualified, or until their 
earlier resignation or removal.  Any officer elected by the Board of 
Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of 
the entire Board of Directors.  Any vacancy occurring in any office of the 
Corporation shall be filled by a majority of the entire Board of Directors. 
The salaries of all executive officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by 
the Board of Directors.

     SECTION 3.  CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.  The Chairman of the 
Board of Directors shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of 
the Board of Directors.  Except where by law the signature of the President 
is required, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall possess the same 
power as the President to sign all contracts, certificates and other 
instruments of the Corporation which may be authorized by the Board of 
Directors.  During the absence or disability of the President, the Chairman 
of the Board of Directors shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the 
duties of the President.  The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also 
perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to 
time may be assigned to him by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors.  
The Chairman of the Board of Directors may only be appointed or removed by a 
majority of the entire Board of Directors.

     SECTION 4.  VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.  The Vice Chairman 
of the Board of Directors shall, in the absence or disability of the Chairman 
of the Board of Directors, preside at meetings of the stockholders and the 
Board of Directors. The Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also 
perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to 
time may be assigned to him by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors.

     SECTION 5.  PRESIDENT.  The President shall, subject to the control of 
the Board of Directors, have general supervision of the business of the 
Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of 
Directors are carried into effect.  He shall execute all bonds, mortgages, 
contracts and other instruments of the Corporation requiring a seal, under 
the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be 
otherwise signed and executed and except that the other officers of the 
Corporation may sign and execute documents when so authorized by these 
Bylaws, the Board of Directors or the President.  In the absence or 
disability of the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Vice Chairman of 
the Board of Directors, or if there be none, the President shall preside at 
all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors.  The President 
shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as 
from time to time may be assigned to him by these Bylaws or by the Board of 
Directors.  The President may only be appointed or removed by a majority of 
the entire Board of Directors.

     SECTION 6.  EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS.  At the 
request of the President or in his absence or in the event of his inability 
or refusal to act (and if there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors), 
the Senior Executive Vice President, and then the Executive Vice President or 
the Executive Vice Presidents if there is more than one (in the order 
designated by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties of the 
President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to 
all the restrictions upon the President.  Each Vice President (including 
Senior Executive and Executive Vice Presidents) shall perform such other 
duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors from time to time 
may prescribe.  If there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors and no Vice 
President, the Board of Directors shall designate the officer of the 
Corporation who, in the absence of the President or in the event of the 
inability or refusal of the President to act, shall perform the duties 

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of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be 
subject to all the restrictions upon the President.

     SECTION 7.  SECRETARY.  The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the 
Board of Directors and all meetings of stockholders and record all the 
proceedings thereat in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; the 
Secretary shall also perform like duties for the standing committees when 
required.  The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all 
meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, 
and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of 
Directors or President, under whose supervision he or she shall be.  If the 
Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given notice of all 
meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, 
and if there be no Assistant Secretary, then either the Board of Directors or 
the President may choose another officer to cause such notice to be given.  
The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the 
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority 
to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may 
be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any such 
Assistant Secretary.  The Board of Directors may give general authority to 
any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the 
affixing by his signature.  The Secretary shall see that all books, reports, 
statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to 
be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.

     SECTION 8.  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.  The Chief Financial Officer shall 
also serve as the Treasurer unless Treasurer shall be separately appointed by 
the Board of Directors and shall have the custody of the corporate funds and 
securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and 
disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all 
moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the 
Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of 
Directors.  The Chief Financial Officer shall disburse the funds of the 
Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper 
vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and the 
Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors 
so requires, an account of all his transactions as Chief Financial Officer 
and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

     SECTION 9.  ASSISTANT SECRETARIES.  Except as may be otherwise provided 
in these Bylaws, Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such 
duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by 
the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, if there be one, 
or the Secretary, and in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of his 
disability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Secretary, and 
when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the 
restrictions upon the Secretary.

     SECTION 10.  ASSISTANT TREASURERS.  Assistant Treasurers, if there be 
any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may 
be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice 
President if there be one, or the Treasurer, and in the absence of the 
Treasurer or in the event of his disability or refusal to act, shall perform 
the duties of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of 
and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer.

     SECTION 11.  OTHER OFFICERS.  Such other officers as the Board of 
Directors may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from 
time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors.  The Board of 
Directors may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to 
choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and 
powers.

                                      ARTICLE V

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                                        STOCK

     SECTION 1.  FORM OF CERTIFICATES.  Every holder of stock in the 
Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed, in the name of 
the Corporation (i) by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of 
Directors, or the President or a Vice President and (ii) by the Treasurer or 
an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the 
Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Corporation. 
If the Corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock 
or more than one series of any class, the designations, preferences and 
relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of 
stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions 
of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on 
the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to 
represent such class or series of stock, provided that, except as otherwise 
provided in section 202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in lieu 
of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of 
the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or 
series of stock, a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge 
to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and 
relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of 
stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions 
of such preferences and/or rights.

     SECTION 2.  SIGNATURES.  Where a certificate is countersigned by (i) a 
transfer agent other than the Corporation or its employee, or (ii) a 
registrar other than the Corporation or its employee, any other signature on 
the certificate may be a facsimile.  In case any officer, transfer agent or 
registrar who has signed, or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a 
certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar 
before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with 
the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at 
the date of issue.

     SECTION 3.  LOST CERTIFICATES.  The Board of Directors may direct a new 
certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by 
the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the 
making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of 
stock to be lost stolen or destroyed (unless otherwise authorized by the 
Board).  When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of 
Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance 
thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or 
his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board 
of Directors shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum 
as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the 
Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen 
or destroyed.

     SECTION 4.  TRANSFERS.  Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable 
in the manner prescribed by law and in these Bylaws.  Transfers of stock 
shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named in the 
certificate or by his attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the 
surrender of the certificate therefor, which shall be cancelled before a new 
certificate shall be issued.

     SECTION 5.  RECORD DATE.  In order that the Corporation may determine 
the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of 
stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to express consent to 
corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment 
of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled 
to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of 
stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors 
may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty days 
nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty 
days prior to any other action.  A determination of stockholders of record 
entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to 
any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of 
Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

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     SECTION 6.  BENEFICIAL OWNERS.  The Corporation shall be entitled to 
recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the 
owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold 
liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the 
owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other 
claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, 
whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as 
otherwise provided by law.

                                      ARTICLE VI

                                       NOTICES

     SECTION 1.  NOTICES.  Whenever written notice is required by law, the 
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to be given to any director, 
member of a committee or stockholder, such notice may be given by mail, 
addressed to such director, member of a committee or stockholder, at his 
address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon 
prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the 
same shall be deposited in the United States mail.  Written notice may also 
be given personally or by telegram, telex, facsimile or cable, in which event 
notice shall be deemed given upon receipt.

     SECTION 2.  WAIVERS OF NOTICE.  Whenever any notice is required by law, 
the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to be given to any 
director, member of a committee or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, 
signed, by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or 
after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.  Neither 
the business transacted or to be transacted at, nor the purpose of any 
meeting need be specified in any written waiver of notice thereof.

                                     ARTICLE VII

                                  GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SECTION 1.  DIVIDENDS.  Dividends upon the capital stock of the 
Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, 
if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special 
meeting, and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital 
stock.  Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any 
funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the 
Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deems 
proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing 
dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, 
or for any proper purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish 
any such reserve.

     SECTION 2.  DISBURSEMENTS.  All checks or demands for money and notes of 
the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other 
person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

     SECTION 3.  FISCAL YEAR.  The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be 
fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

     SECTION 4.  CORPORATE SEAL.  The corporate seal shall have inscribed 
thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the 
words "Corporate Seal, Delaware."  The seal may be used by causing it or a 
facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

                                     ARTICLE VIII

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                                   INDEMNIFICATION

     The power, right and obligation of the Corporation to indemnify any 
director or officer of the Corporation and employees and agents of the 
Corporation shall be as set forth in Article EIGHTH of the Certificate of 
Incorporation.  All directors and officers of the Corporation shall be 
entitled to indemnification as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.

                                      ARTICLE IX

                                      AMENDMENTS

     SECTION 1.  These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole 
or in part, or new Bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board 
of Directors; provided, however, that notice of such alteration, amendment, 
repeal or adoption of new Bylaws be contained in the notice of such meeting 
of stockholders or Board of Directors as the case may be.  All such 
amendments must be approved by either the holders of a majority of the 
outstanding capital stock entitled to vote thereon or by a majority of the 
entire Board of Directors.

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                                                                    Exhibit 21.1

                            List of Subsidiaries
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NAME                                    JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION
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Excel Westminster AMC, Inc.             Delaware

Excel Highlands Ranch AMC, Inc.         Delaware
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<PAGE>
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
    We consent to the inclusion in this Form S-11 of our report dated November
24, 1997 on our audits of the balance sheet of Excel Legacy Corporation as of
November 17, 1997 and the combined financial statements of Excel Legacy
Corporation Asset Group as of July 31, 1997 and 1996, and for the years ended
July 31, 1997, 1996 and 1995. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under
the caption "Experts."
 
                                          COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
 
San Diego, California
June 1, 1998

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