UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
x 
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31,September 30, 2019
OR
o 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from __________to__________
Commission File Number: 001-36523 (Urban Edge Properties)
Commission File Number: 333-212951-01 (Urban Edge Properties LP)
URBAN EDGE PROPERTIES
URBAN EDGE PROPERTIES LP
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland (Urban(Urban Edge Properties) 47-6311266
Delaware (Urban(Urban Edge Properties LP) 36-4791544
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
   
888 Seventh AvenueNew YorkNew York 10019
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number including area code:(212)(212) 956‑2556
  
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:   
Title of class of registered securitiesTrading symbolName of exchange on which registered
Common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share

UE
The New York Stock Exchange

_______________________________
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Urban Edge Properties    YES Yesx   NO oUrban Edge Properties LP     YES Yesx   NO o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  
Urban Edge Properties    YES Yesx   NO oUrban Edge Properties LP     YES Yesx   NO o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Urban Edge Properties:
Large Accelerated Filer
x
Accelerated Filer o
Accelerated Filer o
Non-Accelerated Filer o
Smaller Reporting Companyo
Emerging Growth Companyo
Urban Edge Properties LP:
Large Accelerated Filer o
Accelerated Filer o
Non-Accelerated Filerx
x
Smaller Reporting Companyo
Emerging Growth Companyo
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Urban Edge PropertiesoUrban Edge Properties LPo
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Urban Edge Properties    YES o NO xUrban Edge Properties LP     YES o  NO x
As of April 26,October 25, 2019, Urban Edge Properties had 120,405,524121,223,353 common shares outstanding.






URBAN EDGE PROPERTIES AND URBAN EDGE PROPERTIES LP
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31,SEPTEMBER 30, 2019


TABLE OF CONTENTS


    
     
 Financial Statements  
  Consolidated Financial Statements of Urban Edge Properties:  
  Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (unaudited) 
  Consolidated Statements of Income for the Three and Nine Months Ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited) 
  Consolidated StatementStatements of Changes in Equity for the Three and Nine Months Ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited) 
  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the ThreeNine Months Ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited) 
  Consolidated Financial Statements of Urban Edge Properties LP:  
  Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (unaudited) 
  Consolidated Statements of Income for the Three and Nine Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited)
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity for the Three Months Ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited) 
  Consolidated Statements of Cash FlowsChanges in Equity for the Three and Nine Months Ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited) 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited)
  Urban Edge Properties and Urban Edge Properties LP  
  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) 
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk 
Item 4. Controls and Procedures 
     
  PART II  
     
Item 1. Legal Proceedings 
Item 1A. Risk Factors 
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities 
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 
Item 5. Other Information 
Item 6. Exhibits 
  Signatures 
     












EXPLANATORY NOTE
This report combines the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31,September 30, 2019 of Urban Edge Properties and Urban Edge Properties LP. Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, references to “UE” and “Urban Edge” mean Urban Edge Properties, a Maryland real estate investment trust (“REIT”), and references to “UELP” and the “Operating Partnership” mean Urban Edge Properties LP, a Delaware limited partnership. References to the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” mean collectively UE, UELP and those entities/subsidiaries consolidated by UE.
UELP is the entity through which we conduct substantially all of our business and own, either directly or through subsidiaries, substantially all of our assets. UE is the sole general partner and also a limited partner of UELP. As the sole general partner of UELP, UE has exclusive control of UELP’s day-to-day management.
As of March 31,September 30, 2019, UE owned an approximate 94.4%95.4% ownership interest in UELP. The remaining approximate 5.6%4.6% interest is owned by limited partners. The other limited partners of UELP are members of management, our Board of Trustees and contributors of property interests acquired. Under the limited partnership agreement of UELP, unitholders may present their common units of UELP for redemption at any time (subject to restrictions agreed upon at the time of issuance of the units that may restrict such right for a period of time). Upon presentation of a common unit for redemption, UELP must redeem the unit for cash equal to the then value of a share of UE’s common shares, as defined by the limited partnership agreement. In lieu of cash redemption by UELP, however, UE may elect to acquire any common units so tendered by issuing common shares of UE in exchange for the common units. If UE so elects, its common shares will be exchanged for common units on a one-for-one basis. This one-for-one exchange ratio is subject to specified adjustments to prevent dilution. UE generally expects that it will elect to issue its common shares in connection with each such presentation for redemption rather than having UELP pay cash. With each such exchange or redemption, UE’s percentage ownership in UELP will increase. In addition, whenever UE issues common shares other than to acquire common units of UELP, UE must contribute any net proceeds it receives to UELP and UELP must issue to UE an equivalent number of common units of UELP. This structure is commonly referred to as an umbrella partnership REIT, or UPREIT.
The Company believes that combining the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q of UE and UELP into this single report provides the following benefits:
enhances investors’ understanding of UE and UELP by enabling investors to view the business as a whole in the same manner as management views and operates the business;
eliminates duplicative disclosure and provides a more streamlined and readable presentation because a substantial portion of the disclosure applies to both UE and UELP; and
creates time and cost efficiencies throughout the preparation of one combined report instead of two separate reports.
The Company believes it is important to understand the few differences between UE and UELP in the context of how UE and UELP operate as a consolidated company. The financial results of UELP are consolidated into the financial statements of UE. UE does not have any other significant assets, liabilities or operations, other than its investment in UELP, nor does it have employees of its own. UELP, not UE, generally executes all significant business relationships other than transactions involving the securities of UE. UELP holds substantially all of the assets of UE. UELP conducts the operations of the business and is structured as a partnership with no publicly traded equity. Except for the net proceeds from equity offerings by UE, which are contributed to the capital of UELP in exchange for units of limited partnership in UELP, as applicable, UELP generates all remaining capital required by the Company’s business. These sources may include working capital, net cash provided by operating activities, borrowings under the revolving credit agreement, the issuance of secured and unsecured debt and equity securities and proceeds received from the disposition of certain properties.
Shareholders’ equity, partners’ capital and noncontrolling interests are the main areas of difference between the consolidated financial statements of UE and UELP. The limited partners of UELP are accounted for as partners’ capital in UELP’s financial statements and as noncontrolling interests in UE’s financial statements. The noncontrolling interests in UELP’s financial statements include the interests of unaffiliated partners in consolidated entities. The noncontrolling interests in UE’s financial statements include the same noncontrolling interests at UELP’s level and limited partners of UELP. The differences between shareholders’ equity and partners’ capital result from differences in the equity issued at UE and UELP levels.
To help investors better understand the key differences between UE and UELP, certain information for UE and UELP in this report has been separated, as set forth below: Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited), which includes specific disclosures for UE and UELP, Note 14, Equity and Noncontrolling Interest and Note 16, Earnings Per Share and Unit.
This report also includes separate Part I, Item 4. Controls and Procedures sections and separate Exhibits 31 and 32 certifications for each of UE and UELP in order to establish that the requisite certifications have been made and that UE and UELP are compliant with Rule 13a-15 or Rule 15d-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. §1350.






PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION


ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
URBAN EDGE PROPERTIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
March 31, December 31,September 30, December 31,
2019 20182019 2018
ASSETS
  

  
Real estate, at cost: 
  
 
  
Land$525,027
 $525,819
$500,411
 $525,819
Buildings and improvements2,174,923
 2,156,113
2,169,835
 2,156,113
Construction in progress73,649
 80,385
43,671
 80,385
Furniture, fixtures and equipment6,790
 6,675
7,315
 6,675
Total2,780,389
 2,768,992
2,721,232
 2,768,992
Accumulated depreciation and amortization(661,435) (645,872)(662,713) (645,872)
Real estate, net2,118,954
 2,123,120
2,058,519
 2,123,120
Right-of-use assets96,466
 
83,523
 
Cash and cash equivalents416,668
 440,430
441,561
 440,430
Restricted cash32,120
 17,092
94,785
 17,092
Tenant and other receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $6,486 as of December 31, 201839,002
 28,563
27,240
 28,563
Receivable arising from the straight-lining of rents, net of $134 as of December 31, 201880,848
 84,903
Identified intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $29,582 and $39,526, respectively53,994
 68,422
Deferred leasing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $17,236 and $16,826, respectively21,558
 21,277
Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $3,020 and $2,764, respectively1,963
 2,219
Receivable arising from the straight-lining of rents, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $134 as of December 31, 201875,418
 84,903
Identified intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $30,214 and $39,526, respectively49,527
 68,422
Deferred leasing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $16,326 and $16,826, respectively20,263
 21,277
Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $3,543 and $2,764, respectively4,093
 2,219
Prepaid expenses and other assets12,854
 12,968
18,949
 12,968
Total assets$2,874,427
 $2,798,994
$2,873,878
 $2,798,994
      
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 
  
 
  
Liabilities:      
Mortgages payable, net$1,549,479
 $1,550,242
$1,547,486
 $1,550,242
Lease liabilities91,906
 
81,428
 
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities85,424
 98,517
80,161
 98,517
Identified intangible liabilities, net of accumulated amortization of $67,223 and $65,058, respectively141,526
 144,258
Identified intangible liabilities, net of accumulated amortization of $68,483 and $65,058, respectively129,090
 144,258
Total liabilities1,868,335
 1,793,017
1,838,165
 1,793,017
Commitments and contingencies

 



 


Shareholders’ equity:      
Common shares: $0.01 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized and 120,099,294 and 114,345,565 shares issued and outstanding, respectively1,201
 1,143
Common shares: $0.01 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized and 121,223,353 and 114,345,565 shares issued and outstanding, respectively1,212
 1,143
Additional paid-in capital1,005,129
 956,420
1,016,054
 956,420
Accumulated deficit(56,663) (52,857)(29,217) (52,857)
Noncontrolling interests:      
Operating partnership55,976
 100,822
47,239
 100,822
Consolidated subsidiaries449
 449
425
 449
Total equity1,006,092
 1,005,977
1,035,713
 1,005,977
Total liabilities and equity$2,874,427
 $2,798,994
$2,873,878
 $2,798,994


See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).




URBAN EDGE PROPERTIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
 
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2019 20182019 2018 2019 2018
REVENUE          
Rental revenue$97,308
 $98,394
$90,769
 $111,733
 $289,565
 $310,895
Management and development fees352
 342
280
 375
 940
 1,064
Other income72
 317
194
 106
 1,217
 1,278
Total revenue97,732
 99,053
91,243
 112,214
 291,722
 313,237
EXPENSES          
Depreciation and amortization21,830
 21,270
21,496
 21,833
 65,893
 73,544
Real estate taxes15,477
 15,775
14,490
 16,374
 45,188
 47,736
Property operating17,061
 17,903
14,075
 22,328
 45,552
 61,996
General and administrative10,580
 7,641
8,353
 9,702
 28,943
 25,579
Casualty and impairment loss (gain), net3,958
 (1,341)
Casualty and impairment loss (gain), net(1)

 58
 9,070
 (1,248)
Lease expense3,655
 2,736
3,486
 2,722
 11,037
 8,210
Total expenses72,561
 63,984
61,900
 73,017
 205,683
 215,817
Gain on sale of real estate16,953
 
39,716
 2,185
 68,219
 52,625
Gain on sale of lease1,849
 
 1,849
 
Interest income2,506
 1,524
2,706
 2,388
 7,670
 5,943
Interest and debt expense(16,536) (15,644)(16,861) (16,756) (49,869) (48,059)
Gain on extinguishment of debt
 2,524

 
 
 2,524
Income before income taxes28,094
 23,473
56,753
 27,014
 113,908
 110,453
Income tax expense(202) (434)(53) (115) (1,249) (741)
Net income27,892
 23,039
56,700
 26,899
 112,659
 109,712
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in:   
Less net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in:       
Operating partnership(2,355) (2,328)(2,662) (2,688) (6,535) (11,041)
Consolidated subsidiaries
 (11)2
 (11) 24
 (34)
Net income attributable to common shareholders$25,537
 $20,700
$54,040
 $24,200
 $106,148
 $98,637
          
Earnings per common share - Basic:$0.22
 $0.18
$0.45
 $0.21
 $0.89
 $0.87
Earnings per common share - Diluted:$0.22
 $0.18
$0.45
 $0.21
 $0.89
 $0.86
Weighted average shares outstanding - Basic116,274
 113,677
121,087
 113,890
 119,259
 113,769
Weighted average shares outstanding - Diluted126,504
 113,864
121,183
 114,156
 126,489
 114,236
(1) Refer to Note 2 to the unaudited consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).






URBAN EDGE PROPERTIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
 Common Shares     Noncontrolling Interests (“NCI”)  
 Shares Amount
 Additional
Paid-In Capital
 Accumulated Earnings
(Deficit)
 Operating Partnership Consolidated Subsidiaries Total Equity
Balance, June 30, 2018114,004,276
 $1,140
 $950,958
 $(33,307) $102,714
 $427
 $1,021,932
Net income attributable to common shareholders

 
 
 24,200
 
 
 24,200
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 
 
 
 2,688
 11
 2,699
Limited partnership interests:             
Units redeemed for common shares179,110
 1
 1,471
 
 
 
 1,472
Reallocation of noncontrolling interests
 
 (1,641) 
 169
 
 (1,472)
Common shares issued
(7,779) 
 29
 (38) 
 
 (9)
Dividends on common shares ($0.22 per share)
 
 
 (25,085) 
 
 (25,085)
Distributions to redeemable NCI ($0.22 per unit)
 
 
 
 (2,735) 
 (2,735)
Share-based compensation expense
 
 1,142
 9
 1,101
 
 2,252
Balance, September 30, 2018114,175,607
 $1,141
 $951,959
 $(34,221) $103,937
 $438
 $1,023,254

Common Shares     Noncontrolling Interests (“NCI”)  Common Shares     Noncontrolling Interests (“NCI”)  
Shares Amount
 Additional
Paid-In Capital
 Accumulated Earnings
(Deficit)
 Operating Partnership Consolidated Subsidiaries Total EquityShares Amount
 
Additional
Paid-In Capital
 
Accumulated Earnings
(Deficit)
 Operating Partnership Consolidated Subsidiaries Total Equity
Balance, December 31, 2017113,827,529
 $1,138
 $946,402
 $(57,621) $100,218
 $404
 $990,541
Balance, June 30, 2019121,171,003
 $1,212
 $1,015,470
 $(56,580) $49,157
 $427
 $1,009,686
Net income attributable to common shareholders

 
 
 20,700
 
 
 20,700

 
 
 54,040
 
 
 54,040
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 
 
 
 2,328
 11
 2,339
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 2,662
 (2) 2,660
Limited partnership interests:                          
Units redeemed for common shares10,000
 
 79
 
 
 
 79
50,000
 
 435
 
 (2,726) 
 (2,291)
Units redeemed for cash
 
 (3,422) 
 (2,556) 
 (5,978)
Reallocation of noncontrolling interests
 
 484
 
 (563) 
 (79)
 
 2,291
 
 
 
 2,291
Common shares issued
102,353
 1
 40
 (65) 
 
 (24)2,350
 
 (30) (31) 
 
 (61)
Dividends on common shares ($0.22 per share)
 
 
 (24,997) 
 
 (24,997)
Dividends to common shareholders ($0.22 per share)
 
 
 (26,646) 
 
 (26,646)
Distributions to redeemable NCI ($0.22 per unit)
 
 
 
 (2,786) 
 (2,786)
 
 
 
 (1,298) 
 (1,298)
Share-based compensation expense
 
 1,173
 8
 839
 
 2,020

 
 1,310
 
 2,000
 
 3,310
Share-based awards retained for taxes(16,158) 
 (363) 
 
 
 (363)
Balance, March 31, 2018113,923,724
 $1,139
 $947,815
 $(61,975) $100,036
 $415
 $987,430
Balance, September 30, 2019121,223,353
 $1,212
 $1,016,054
 $(29,217) $47,239
 $425
 $1,035,713

 Common Shares     Noncontrolling Interests (“NCI”)  
 Shares Amount
 
Additional
Paid-In Capital
 
Accumulated Earnings
(Deficit)
 Operating Partnership Consolidated Subsidiaries Total Equity
Balance, December 31, 2018114,345,565
 $1,143
 $956,420
 $(52,857) $100,822
 $449
 $1,005,977
Net income attributable to common shareholders
 
 
 25,537
 
 
 25,537
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 2,355
 
 2,355
Impact of ASC 842 adoption
 
 
 (2,918) 
 
 (2,918)
Limited partnership interests:             
Units redeemed for common shares5,762,184
 57
 46,090
 
 
 
 46,147
Reallocation of noncontrolling interests
 
 1,250
 
 (47,397) 
 (46,147)
Common shares issued20,657
 1
 69
 (35) 
 
 35
Dividends to common shareholders ($0.22 per share)
 
 
 (26,390) 
 
 (26,390)
Distributions to redeemable NCI ($0.22 per unit)
 
 
 
 (1,576) 
 (1,576)
Share-based compensation expense
 
 1,892
 
 1,772
 
 3,664
Share-based awards retained for taxes(29,112) 
 (592) 
 
 
 (592)
Balance, March 31, 2019120,099,294
 $1,201
 $1,005,129
 $(56,663) $55,976
 $449
 $1,006,092



See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).




 Common Shares     Noncontrolling Interests (“NCI”)  
 Shares Amount
 Additional
Paid-In Capital
 Accumulated Earnings
(Deficit)
 Operating Partnership Consolidated Subsidiaries Total Equity
Balance, December 31, 2017113,827,529
 $1,138
 $946,402
 $(57,621) $100,218
 $404
 $990,541
Net income attributable to common shareholders

 
 
 98,637
 
 
 98,637
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 
 
 
 11,041
 34
 11,075
Limited partnership interests:             
Units redeemed for common shares249,110
 2
 2,041
 
 
 
 2,043
Reallocation of noncontrolling interests
 
 (21) 
 (2,022) 
 (2,043)
Common shares issued
116,158
 2
 452
 (139) 
 
 315
Dividends to common shareholders ($0.66 per share)
 
 
 (75,122) 
 
 (75,122)
Distributions to redeemable NCI ($0.66 per unit)
 
 
 
 (8,301) 
 (8,301)
Share-based compensation expense
 
 3,469
 24
 3,001
 
 6,494
Share-based awards retained for taxes(17,190) (1) (384) 
 
 
 (385)
Balance, September 30, 2018114,175,607
 $1,141
 $951,959
 $(34,221) $103,937
 $438
 $1,023,254

 Common Shares     Noncontrolling Interests (“NCI”)  
 Shares Amount
 
Additional
Paid-In Capital
 
Accumulated Earnings
(Deficit)
 Operating Partnership Consolidated Subsidiaries Total Equity
Balance, December 31, 2018114,345,565
 $1,143
 $956,420
 $(52,857) $100,822
 $449
 $1,005,977
Net income attributable to common shareholders
 
 
 106,148
 
 
 106,148
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 6,535
 (24) 6,511
Impact of ASC 842 adoption
 
 
 (2,918) 
 
 (2,918)
Limited partnership interests:             
Units redeemed for common shares6,861,692
 68
 54,680
 
 (2,726) 
 52,022
Units redeemed for cash
 
 (3,422) 
 (2,556) 
 (5,978)
Reallocation of noncontrolling interests
 
 4,077
 
 (56,099) 
 (52,022)
Common shares issued47,372
 1
 353
 (101) 
 
 253
Dividends to common shareholders ($0.66 per share)
 
 
 (79,489) 
 
 (79,489)
Distributions to redeemable NCI ($0.66 per unit)
 
 
 
 (4,427) 
 (4,427)
Share-based compensation expense
 
 4,579
 
 5,690
 
 10,269
Share-based awards retained for taxes(31,276) 
 (633) 
 
 
 (633)
Balance, September 30, 2019121,223,353
 $1,212
 $1,016,054
 $(29,217) $47,239
 $425
 $1,035,713


See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).


URBAN EDGE PROPERTIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
 
Three Months Ended March 31,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2019 20182019 2018
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 
  
 
  
Net income$27,892
 $23,039
$112,659
 $109,712
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: 
  
 
  
Depreciation and amortization21,747
 21,430
65,645
 74,025
Casualty and impairment loss3,958
 
Casualty and impairment loss, net9,070
 
Gain on sale of real estate(16,953) 
(68,219) (52,625)
Gain on sale of lease(1,849) 
Gain on extinguishment of debt
 (2,524)
 (2,524)
Amortization of deferred financing costs720
 722
2,170
 2,159
Amortization of below market leases, net(2,360) (2,633)(13,933) (29,767)
Amortization of right-of-use assets2,014
 
6,329
 
Straight-lining of rent(22) 66
120
 (381)
Share-based compensation expense3,664
 2,020
10,269
 6,494
Provision for doubtful accounts
 1,236

 2,588
Change in operating assets and liabilities: 
  
 
  
Tenant and other receivables(10,379) (5,320)2,444
 (12,812)
Deferred leasing costs(1,201) (938)(3,239) (3,441)
Prepaid and other assets93
 1,295
(2,377) (1,359)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities254
 (4,392)(3,496) (3,947)
Net cash provided by operating activities29,427
 34,001
115,593
 88,122
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES 
  
 
  
Real estate development and capital improvements(26,696) (29,272)(71,005) (90,703)
Acquisition of real estate
 (3,965)
 (4,931)
Proceeds from sale of operating properties18,202
 
111,440
 57,593
Proceeds from sale of operating lease6,943
 
Insurance proceeds
 1,000
12,677
 1,300
Net cash used in investing activities(8,494) (32,237)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities60,055
 (36,741)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES 
  
 
  
Debt repayments(1,144) (844)(3,907) (3,153)
Debt issuance costs(2,643) 
Dividends to common shareholders(26,390) (24,997)(79,489) (75,122)
Distributions to redeemable noncontrolling interests(1,576) (2,786)(4,427) (8,301)
Taxes withheld for vested restricted shares(592) (363)(633) (385)
Proceeds (payments) related to the issuance of common shares35
 (24)
Proceeds related to the issuance of common shares253
 315
Payment for redemption of units(5,978) 
Net cash used in financing activities(29,667) (29,014)(96,824) (86,646)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash(8,734) (27,250)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash78,824
 (35,265)
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period457,522
 500,841
457,522
 500,841
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period$448,788
 $473,591
$536,346
 $465,576


See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).





Three Months Ended March 31,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2019 20182019 2018
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION      
Cash payment for interest net of amounts capitalized of $565 and $1,154, respectively$16,122
 $17,253
Cash payments for interest, net of amounts capitalized of $1,277 and $2,769, respectively$48,776
 $49,549
Cash payments for income taxes7
 618
1,589
 757
Cash payments for lease liabilities2,740
 
8,205
 
NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES      
Accrued capital expenditures included in accounts payable and accrued expenses15,559
 23,074
13,444
 24,100
Write-off of fully depreciated assets7,106
 689
Write-off of fully depreciated and impaired assets43,625
 10,407
Operating lease liabilities arising from obtaining right-of-use assets93,613
 
98,980
 
Mortgage debt forgiven in foreclosure
 11,537

 11,537
RECONCILIATION OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period$440,430
 $490,279
$440,430
 $490,279
Restricted cash at beginning of period17,092
 10,562
17,092
 10,562
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period$457,522
 $500,841
$457,522
 $500,841
      
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$416,668
 $462,774
$441,561
 $449,307
Restricted cash at end of period32,120
 10,817
94,785
 16,269
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period$448,788
 $473,591
$536,346
 $465,576


 See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).




URBAN EDGE PROPERTIES LP
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except unit and per unit amounts)
March 31, December 31,September 30, December 31,
2019 20182019 2018
ASSETS
  

  
Real estate, at cost: 
  
 
  
Land$525,027
 $525,819
$500,411
 $525,819
Buildings and improvements2,174,923
 2,156,113
2,169,835
 2,156,113
Construction in progress73,649
 80,385
43,671
 80,385
Furniture, fixtures and equipment6,790
 6,675
7,315
 6,675
Total2,780,389
 2,768,992
2,721,232
 2,768,992
Accumulated depreciation and amortization(661,435) (645,872)(662,713) (645,872)
Real estate, net2,118,954
 2,123,120
2,058,519
 2,123,120
Right-of-use assets96,466
 
83,523
 
Cash and cash equivalents416,668
 440,430
441,561
 440,430
Restricted cash32,120
 17,092
94,785
 17,092
Tenant and other receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $6,486 as of December 31, 201839,002
 28,563
27,240
 28,563
Receivable arising from the straight-lining of rents, net of $134 as of December 31, 201880,848
 84,903
Identified intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $29,582 and $39,526, respectively53,994
 68,422
Deferred leasing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $17,236 and $16,826, respectively21,558
 21,277
Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $3,020 and $2,764, respectively1,963
 2,219
Receivable arising from the straight-lining of rents, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $134 as of December 31, 201875,418
 84,903
Identified intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $30,214 and $39,526, respectively49,527
 68,422
Deferred leasing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $16,326 and $16,826, respectively20,263
 21,277
Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $3,543 and $2,764, respectively4,093
 2,219
Prepaid expenses and other assets12,854
 12,968
18,949
 12,968
Total assets$2,874,427
 $2,798,994
$2,873,878
 $2,798,994
      
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 
  
 
  
Liabilities:      
Mortgages payable, net$1,549,479
 $1,550,242
$1,547,486
 $1,550,242
Lease liabilities91,906
 
81,428
 
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities85,424
 98,517
80,161
 98,517
Identified intangible liabilities, net of accumulated amortization of $67,223 and $65,058, respectively141,526
 144,258
Identified intangible liabilities, net of accumulated amortization of $68,483 and $65,058, respectively129,090
 144,258
Total liabilities1,868,335
 1,793,017
1,838,165
 1,793,017
Commitments and contingencies

 



 


Equity:      
Partners’ capital:      
General partner: 120,099,294 and 114,345,565 units outstanding, respectively1,006,330
 957,563
Limited partners: 7,109,786 and 12,736,633 units outstanding, respectively59,822
 105,447
General partner: 121,223,353 and 114,345,565 units outstanding, respectively1,017,266
 957,563
Limited partners: 5,793,230 and 12,736,633 units outstanding, respectively49,756
 105,447
Accumulated deficit(60,509) (57,482)(31,734) (57,482)
Total partners’ capital1,005,643
 1,005,528
1,035,288
 1,005,528
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries449
 449
425
 449
Total equity1,006,092
 1,005,977
1,035,713
 1,005,977
Total liabilities and equity$2,874,427
 $2,798,994
$2,873,878
 $2,798,994


See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).






URBAN EDGE PROPERTIES LP
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except unit and per unit amounts)
 
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2019 20182019 2018 2019 2018
REVENUE          
Rental revenue$97,308
 $98,394
$90,769
 $111,733
 $289,565
 $310,895
Management and development fees352
 342
280
 375
 940
 1,064
Other income72
 317
194
 106
 1,217
 1,278
Total revenue97,732
 99,053
91,243
 112,214
 291,722
 313,237
EXPENSES          
Depreciation and amortization21,830
 21,270
21,496
 21,833
 65,893
 73,544
Real estate taxes15,477
 15,775
14,490
 16,374
 45,188
 47,736
Property operating17,061
 17,903
14,075
 22,328
 45,552
 61,996
General and administrative10,580
 7,641
8,353
 9,702
 28,943
 25,579
Casualty and impairment loss (gain), net3,958
 (1,341)
Casualty and impairment loss (gain), net(1)

 58
 9,070
 (1,248)
Lease expense3,655
 2,736
3,486
 2,722
 11,037
 8,210
Total expenses72,561
 63,984
61,900
 73,017
 205,683
 215,817
Gain on sale of real estate16,953
 
39,716
 2,185
 68,219
 52,625
Gain on sale of lease1,849
 
 1,849
 
Interest income2,506
 1,524
2,706
 2,388
 7,670
 5,943
Interest and debt expense(16,536) (15,644)(16,861) (16,756) (49,869) (48,059)
Gain on extinguishment of debt
 2,524

 
 
 2,524
Income before income taxes28,094
 23,473
56,753
 27,014
 113,908
 110,453
Income tax expense(202) (434)(53) (115) (1,249) (741)
Net income27,892
 23,039
56,700
 26,899
 112,659
 109,712
Less: net income attributable to NCI in consolidated subsidiaries
 (11)
Less: net (income) loss attributable to NCI in consolidated subsidiaries2
 (11) 24
 (34)
Net income attributable to unitholders$27,892
 $23,028
$56,702
 $26,888

$112,683

$109,678
          
Earnings per unit - Basic:$0.22
 $0.18
$0.45
 $0.21
 $0.89
 $0.87
Earnings per unit - Diluted:$0.22
 $0.18
$0.45
 $0.21
 $0.89
 $0.86
Weighted average units outstanding - Basic126,391
 126,123
126,277
 126,208
 126,387
 126,170
Weighted average units outstanding - Diluted126,505
 126,582
126,373
 126,693
 126,490
 126,636
(1) Refer to Note 2 to the unaudited consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).







URBAN EDGE PROPERTIES LP
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except unit and per unit amounts)

Total Shares General Partner  Total Units 
Limited Partners(1)
 Accumulated Earnings
(Deficit)
 NCI in Consolidated Subsidiaries Total EquityTotal Shares General Partner  Total Units 
Limited Partners(1)
 Accumulated Earnings
(Deficit)
 NCI in Consolidated Subsidiaries Total Equity
Balance, December 31, 2017113,827,529
 $947,540
 12,812,954
 $105,495
 $(62,898) $404
 $990,541
Balance, June 30, 2018114,004,276
 952,098
 12,738,907
 105,204
 (35,797) 427
 1,021,932
Net income attributable to unitholders
 
 
 
 23,028
 
 23,028

 
 
 
 26,888
 
 26,888
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 11
 11

 
 
 
 
 11
 11
Common units issued as a result of common shares issued by Urban Edge102,353
 41
 
 
 (65) 
 (24)(7,779) 29
 
 
 (38) 
 (9)
Equity redemption of OP units179,110
 1,472
 (179,110) 
 
 
 1,472
Limited partnership units issued, net10,000
 563
 27,810
 (563) 
 
 

 
 348,729
 
 
 
 
Reallocation of noncontrolling interests
 (1,641) 
 169
 
 
 (1,472)
Distributions to Partners ($0.22 per unit)
 
 
 
 (27,783) 
 (27,783)
 
 
 
 (27,820) 
 (27,820)
Share-based compensation expense
 1,173
 
 839
 8
 
 2,020

 1,142
 
 1,101
 9
 
 2,252
Share-based awards retained for taxes(16,158) (363) 
 
 
 
 (363)
Balance, March 31, 2018113,923,724
 $948,954
 12,840,764
 $105,771
 $(67,710) $415
 $987,430
Balance, September 30, 2018114,175,607
 $953,100
 12,908,526
 $106,474
 $(36,758) $438
 $1,023,254
(1) Limited partners have a 10.1%10.2% common limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership as of March 31,September 30, 2018 in the form of units of interest in the Operating Partnership (“OP Units”) and Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) units.


 Total Shares General Partner  Total Units 
Limited Partners(2)
 
Accumulated Earnings
(Deficit)
 NCI in Consolidated Subsidiaries Total Equity
Balance, December 31, 2018114,345,565
 $957,563
 12,736,633
 $105,447
 $(57,482) $449
 $1,005,977
Net income attributable to unitholders
 
 
 
 27,892
 
 27,892
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
Impact of ASC 842 adoption
 
 
 
 (2,918) 
 (2,918)
Common units issued as a result of common shares issued by Urban Edge20,657
 70
 
 
 (35) 
 35
Equity redemption of OP Units5,762,184
 46,147
 (5,762,184) 
 
 
 46,147
Limited partnership units issued, net
 
 135,337
 
 
 
 
Reallocation of noncontrolling interests
 1,250
 
 (47,397) 
 
 (46,147)
Distributions to Partners ($0.22 per unit)
 
 
 
 (27,966) 
 (27,966)
Share-based compensation expense
 1,892
 
 1,772
 
 
 3,664
Share-based awards retained for taxes(29,112) (592) 
 
 
 
 (592)
Balance, March 31, 2019120,099,294
 $1,006,330
 7,109,786
 $59,822
 $(60,509) $449
 $1,006,092
 Total Shares General Partner  Total Units 
Limited Partners(2)
 
Accumulated Earnings
(Deficit)
 NCI in Consolidated Subsidiaries Total Equity
Balance, June 30, 2019121,171,003
 $1,016,682
 6,201,228
 $53,038
 $(60,461) $427
 $1,009,686
Net income attributable to unitholders
 
 
 
 56,702
 
 56,702
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 (2) (2)
Common units issued as a result of common shares issued by Urban Edge2,350
 (30) 
 
 (31) 
 (61)
Equity redemption of OP units50,000
 435
 (50,000) (2,726) 
 
 (2,291)
Cash redemption of OP units
 (3,422) (357,998) (2,556) 
 
 (5,978)
Reallocation of noncontrolling interests
 2,291
 
 
 
 
 2,291
Distributions to Partners ($0.22 per unit)
 
 
 
 (27,944) 
 (27,944)
Share-based compensation expense
 1,310
 
 2,000
 
 
 3,310
Balance, September 30, 2019121,223,353
 $1,017,266
 5,793,230
 $49,756
 $(31,734) $425
 $1,035,713
(2) Limited partners have a 5.6%4.6% common limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership as of March 31,September 30, 2019 in the form of units of interest in the Operating Partnership (“OP Units”)Units and Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”)LTIP units.



See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).


 Total Shares General Partner  Total Units 
Limited Partners(1)
 Accumulated Earnings
(Deficit)
 NCI in Consolidated Subsidiaries Total Equity
Balance, December 31, 2017113,827,529
 $947,540
 12,812,954
 $105,495
 $(62,898) $404
 $990,541
Net income attributable to unitholders
 
 
 
 109,678
 
 109,678
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 34
 34
Common units issued as a result of common shares issued by Urban Edge116,158
 454
 
 
 (139) 
 315
Equity redemption of OP units249,110
 2,043
 (249,110) 
 
 
 2,043
Limited partnership units issued, net
 
 344,682
 
 
 
 
Reallocation of noncontrolling interests
 (21) 
 (2,022) 
 
 (2,043)
Distributions to Partners ($0.66 per unit)
 
 
 
 (83,423) 
 (83,423)
Share-based compensation expense
 3,469
 
 3,001
 24
 
 6,494
Share-based awards retained for taxes(17,190) (385) 
 
 
 
 (385)
Balance, September 30, 2018114,175,607
 $953,100
 12,908,526
 $106,474
 $(36,758) $438
 $1,023,254
(1) Limited partners have a 10.2% common limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership as of September 30, 2018 in the form of units of interest in the OP Units and LTIP units.
 Total Shares General Partner  Total Units 
Limited Partners(2)
 
Accumulated Earnings
(Deficit)
 NCI in Consolidated Subsidiaries Total Equity
Balance, December 31, 2018114,345,565
 $957,563
 12,736,633
 $105,447
 $(57,482) $449
 $1,005,977
Net income attributable to unitholders
 
 
 
 112,683
 
 112,683
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 (24) (24)
Impact of ASC 842 adoption
 
 
 
 (2,918) 
 (2,918)
Common units issued as a result of common shares issued by Urban Edge47,372
 354
 
 
 (101) 
 253
Equity redemption of OP units6,861,692
 54,748
 (6,861,692) (2,726) 
 
 52,022
Cash redemption of OP units
 (3,422) (357,998) (2,556) 
 
 (5,978)
Limited partnership units issued, net
 
 276,287
 
 
 
 
Reallocation of noncontrolling interests
 4,077
 
 (56,099) 
 
 (52,022)
Distributions to Partners ($0.66 per unit)
 
 
 
 (83,916) 
 (83,916)
Share-based compensation expense
 4,579
 
 5,690
 
 
 10,269
Share-based awards retained for taxes(31,276) (633) 
 
 
 
 (633)
Balance, September 30, 2019121,223,353
 $1,017,266
 5,793,230
 $49,756
 $(31,734) $425
 $1,035,713
(2) Limited partners have a 4.6% common limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership as of September 30, 2019 in the form of units of interest in the OP Units and LTIP units.

See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).





URBAN EDGE PROPERTIES LP
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
 
Three Months Ended March 31,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2019 20182019 2018
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 
  
 
  
Net income$27,892
 $23,039
$112,659
 $109,712
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: 
  
 
  
Depreciation and amortization21,747
 21,430
65,645
 74,025
Casualty and impairment loss3,958
 
Casualty and impairment loss, net9,070
 
Gain on sale of real estate(16,953) 
(68,219) (52,625)
Gain on sale of lease(1,849) 
Gain on extinguishment of debt
 (2,524)
 (2,524)
Amortization of deferred financing costs720
 722
2,170
 2,159
Amortization of below market leases, net(2,360) (2,633)(13,933) (29,767)
Amortization of right-of-use assets2,014
 
6,329
 
Straight-lining of rent(22) 66
120
 (381)
Share-based compensation expense3,664
 2,020
10,269
 6,494
Provision for doubtful accounts
 1,236

 2,588
Change in operating assets and liabilities: 
  
 
  
Tenant and other receivables(10,379) (5,320)2,444
 (12,812)
Deferred leasing costs(1,201) (938)(3,239) (3,441)
Prepaid and other assets93
 1,295
(2,377) (1,359)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities254
 (4,392)(3,496) (3,947)
Net cash provided by operating activities29,427
 34,001
115,593
 88,122
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES 
  
 
  
Real estate development and capital improvements(26,696) (29,272)(71,005) (90,703)
Acquisition of real estate
 (3,965)
 (4,931)
Proceeds from sale of operating properties18,202
 
111,440
 57,593
Proceeds from sale of operating lease6,943
 
Insurance proceeds
 1,000
12,677
 1,300
Net cash used in investing activities(8,494) (32,237)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities60,055
 (36,741)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES 
  
 
  
Debt repayments(1,144) (844)(3,907) (3,153)
Debt issuance costs(2,643) 
Distributions to partners(27,966) (27,783)(83,916) (83,423)
Taxes withheld for vested restricted units(592) (363)(633) (385)
Proceeds (payments) related to the issuance of common shares35
 (24)
Proceeds related to the issuance of common shares253
 315
Payment for redemption of units(5,978) 
Net cash used in financing activities(29,667) (29,014)(96,824) (86,646)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash(8,734) (27,250)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash78,824
 (35,265)
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period457,522
 500,841
457,522
 500,841
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period$448,788
 $473,591
$536,346
 $465,576


See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).





Three Months Ended March 31,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2019 20182019 2018
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION      
Cash payment for interest net of amounts capitalized of $565 and $1,154, respectively$16,122
 $17,253
Cash payments for interest, net of amounts capitalized of $1,277 and $2,769, respectively$48,776
 $49,549
Cash payments for income taxes7
 618
1,589
 757
Cash payments for lease liabilities2,740
 
8,205
 
NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES      
Accrued capital expenditures included in accounts payable and accrued expenses15,559
 23,074
13,444
 24,100
Write-off of fully depreciated assets7,106
 689
Write-off of fully depreciated and impaired assets43,625
 10,407
Operating lease liabilities arising from obtaining right-of-use assets93,613
 
98,980
 
Mortgage debt forgiven in foreclosure
 11,537

 11,537
RECONCILIATION OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period$440,430
 $490,279
$440,430
 $490,279
Restricted cash at beginning of period17,092
 10,562
17,092
 10,562
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period$457,522
 $500,841
$457,522
 $500,841
      
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$416,668
 $462,774
$441,561
 $449,307
Restricted cash at end of period32,120
 10,817
94,785
 16,269
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period$448,788
 $473,591
$536,346
 $465,576


 See notes to consolidated financial statements (unaudited).






URBAN EDGE PROPERTIES AND URBAN EDGE PROPERTIES LP
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


1.ORGANIZATION


Urban Edge Properties (“UE”, “Urban Edge” or the “Company”) (NYSE: UE) is a Maryland real estate investment trust focused on managing, developing, redeveloping, and acquiring retail real estate in urban communities, primarily in the New York metropolitan area. Urban Edge Properties LP (“UELP” or the “Operating Partnership”) is a Delaware limited partnership formed to serve as UE’s majority-owned partnership subsidiary and to own, through affiliates, all of ourthe Company’s real estate properties and other assets. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Urban Edge Properties and UELP and their consolidated entities/subsidiaries.
The Operating Partnership’s capital includes general and common limited partnership interests in the operating partnership (“OP Units”). As of March 31,September 30, 2019, Urban Edge owned approximately 94.4%95.4% of the outstanding common OP Units with the remaining limited OP Units held by members of management, ourUrban Edge’s Board of Trustees and contributors of property interests acquired. Urban Edge serves as the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. The third-party unitholders have limited rights over the Operating Partnership such that they do not have characteristics of a controlling financial interest. As such, the Operating Partnership is considered a variable interest entity (“VIE”), and the Company is the primary beneficiary which consolidates it. The Company’s only investment is the Operating Partnership. The VIE’s assets can be used for purposes other than the settlement of the VIE’s obligations and the Company’s partnership interest is considered a majority voting interest.


As of March 31,September 30, 2019, our portfolio consisted of 8273 shopping centers, four4 malls and a warehouse park, totaling approximately 16.115.0 million square feet (sf)(“sf”).
2.BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION
 
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions of Form 10-Q. Certain information and footnote disclosures included in our annual financial statements have been condensed or omitted. In the opinion of management, the consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company and the Operating Partnership and the results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. Operating results for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. Accordingly, these consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as filed with the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”).


The consolidated balance sheets as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 reflect the consolidation of wholly-owned subsidiaries and those entities in which we have a controlling financial interest. The consolidated statements of income for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018 include the consolidated accounts of the Company and the Operating Partnership. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.


In accordance with ASC 205 Presentation of Financial Statements, the Company reclassified Property rentals and Tenant reimbursement income to Rental revenue on its consolidated statements of income for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, as reflected in ourbeginning on Form 10-K.10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. Additionally, the Company includes credit losses related to operating lease receivables as a reduction to rental revenue in "Rental revenue" in the consolidated statements of income for the quarterthree and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 due to the adoption of (“ASU 2016-02”) ASC 842 Leases. ProvisionProvision for doubtful accounts are included in "Property operating expenses" for the quarterthree and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018.


The Company includes real estate impairment charges, and casualty losses (gains) resulting from natural disasters in Casualty and impairment loss (gain), net on its consolidated statements of income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, as reflected in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Refer to Note 9 and Note 10 to the unaudited consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for information regarding real estate impairment charges and casualty losses (gains), respectively.

Our primary business is the ownership, management, redevelopment, development and operation of retail shopping centers and malls. We do not distinguish our primary business or group our operations on a geographical basis for purposes of measuring


performance. The Company’s chief operating decision maker reviews operating and financial information for each property on an individual basis and therefore, each property represents an individual operating segment. None of our tenants accounted for more than 10% of our revenue or property operating income. We aggregate all of our properties into one1 reportable segment due to their similarities with regard to the nature and economics of the properties, tenants and operations, as well as long-term average financial performance.


3.     SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES


Recently Issued Accounting Literature — Effective for the fiscal period beginning January 1, 2019, we adopted (“ASU 2016-02”) ASC 842 Leases, which sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract (i.e. lessees and lessors). In connection with the adoption of ASU 2016-02, we also adopted (i) ASU 2019-01 Leases (ASC 842): Codification Improvements, (ii)ASU 2018-20 Leases (ASC 842): Narrow-Scope Improvements for Lessors,(iii) ASU 2018-11 Leases (ASC 842): Targeted Improvements,(iv) ASU 2018-10 Codification Improvements to ASC 842, Leases and (v)ASU 2018-01 Leases (ASC 842): Land Easement Practical Expedient for Transition to Topic 842.


We initially applied the standard at the beginning of the period of adoption through the transition method issued by ASU 2018-11 and have presented comparative periods under ASC 840 Leases. Due to the effects of applying ASC 842, the Company recognized a $2.9 million cumulative-effect adjustment to its accumulated deficit to adjust reserves on receivables from straight-line rents. The new standard requires lessees to apply a two-model approach, classifying leases as either finance or operating leases based on the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase by the lessee. This classification determines whether lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest method or on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. A lessee is also required to record a right-of-use ("ROU") asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term of greater than 12 months regardless of their classification. The Company has elected the short-term lease recognition exemption, and therefore, leases with a term of 12 months or less are not recognized on the balance sheet. The new standard requires lessors to account for leases using an approach that is substantially equivalent to guidance for sales-type leases, direct financing leases and operating leases under ASC 840. For purposes of transition, we did not elect the hindsight practical expedient but did elect the land easement practical expedient to not reassess whether existing land easements contain leases and the practical expedient package, which has been applied consistently to all of our leases. As a result of electing the practical expedient package, we did not (i) reassess whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases, (ii) reassess the lease classification for any expired or existing leases or (iii) reassess initial direct costs for any existing leases.


From a lessee perspective, the initial adoption on January 1, 2019 resulted in the recognition of operating lease ROU assets and lease liabilities for 24 operating leases with an aggregate balance of $98.5 million and $93.6 million, respectively. On January 1, 2019, we also reclassified $11.9 million of acquired below-market lease intangibles and $7.1 million of accrued rent and adjusted the carrying values of our ROU assets by the corresponding amounts. If a finance lease is commenced in the future, a finance lease ROU asset and finance lease liability will be recognized on the balance sheet. The Company will recognize amortization of the finance lease ROU asset and interest expense on the lease liability. As of March 31,September 30, 2019, our operating lease ROU assets and lease liabilities were $96.5$83.5 million and $91.9$81.4 million, respectively, as presented on our consolidated balance sheet. The standard's adoption has also impacted the presentation of our consolidated income statement beginning with the period ending March 31, 2019, due to accounting for the lease and non-lease components as a single lease component for all classes of underlying assets, presented as lease expense on the consolidated statement of income. Prior to the adoption of ASC 842, related lease and non-lease expense amounts were recognized within lease expense, real estate taxes, property operating expenses and general administrative expenses on the consolidated statement of income.


From a lessor perspective, the adoption resulted in additional general and administrative expenses, attributable to internal leasing department costs not meeting the definition of initial direct costs under ASC 842. Capitalized internal leasing costs were $0.5 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018. The standard's adoption has also impacted the presentation of our consolidated income statement due to accounting for lease and non-lease components as a single lease component, presented as rental revenue on the consolidated statement of income, however there has been no change in the timing of revenue recognition since adoption. Additionally, under the amendments issued in ASU 2018-20, the Company has accounted for common area maintenance expenses paid directly by tenants to third-parties as variable rental revenue and has reported the corresponding expense within property operating expenses, however realexpenses. Real estate taxes and insurance expenses paid directly by tenants have not been accounted for byrecognized as rental revenue, real estate taxes and property operating expenses on the Company.consolidated statements of income.


The adoption of this standard has also resulted in additional quantitative and qualitative footnote disclosures beginning with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2019 (refer to Note 8 Leases).


ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (ASC 326): Measurement of Credit Losses will become effective for the fiscal period beginning January 1, 2020. ASU 2016-13 introduces a new model for estimating credit losses for certain types of


financial instruments and also modifies the impairment model with new methodology for estimating credits losses. In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-19 Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses, which included amendments to clarify receivables arising from operating leases are within the scope ASC 842. Due to the adoption of ASC 842, the Company includes credit losses related to operating lease receivables as a reduction to rental revenue in "Rental revenue" in the consolidated statements of income. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2016-13 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13 Disclosure Framework-Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement to ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement. ASU 2018-13 modifies the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by removing, modifying, and/or adding certain disclosures. ASU 2018-13 is currently evaluating the impacteffective for interim and annual reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. We elected to early adopt ASU 2018-13 effective January 1, 2019. The adoption of this new standard.update did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.




Any other recently issued accounting standards or pronouncements not disclosed above have been excluded as they are not relevant to the Company or the Operating Partnership, or they are not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.


4.ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS


Acquisitions

During the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, no0 acquisitions were completed by the Company.
As of March 31,September 30, 2019, we were under contract to purchase an office building in Maywood, NJ, adjacent to our existing property, Bergen Town Center. The building is subject to a ground lease, in which the Company will acquire the lessee position of for a purchase price of $7.1 million. The transaction is scheduled to close by the end of 2019.

As of September 30, 2019, we were also under contract to purchase a retail outparcel in Paramus, NJ, adjacent to our existing property, Bergen Town Center, for a gross purchase price of $6.6 million. The transaction is scheduled to close by the end of 2019.
We are also under contract to purchase 1 property located in the Boston metropolitan area for a gross purchase price of $24.5 million.
The completion of these transactions are contingent on satisfying closing conditions. The Company’s pending acquisitions will serve as 1031 exchanges for the Company’s dispositions and the required equity will be funded using proceeds from dispositions.
Dispositions

On March 15,During the three months ended September 30, 2019, we completed the saledisposed of our property in Chicopee, MA for $18.26 properties and received proceeds of $77.6 million, net of selling costs, resulting in a $17.0$39.7 million net gain on sale of real estate recognized during estate. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we disposed of 8 properties and received proceeds of $111.4 million, net of selling costs, resulting in a $68.2 million net gain on sale of real estate.
During the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, the Company also sold its lessee position in 1 of its ground leases and received proceeds of $6.9 million, net of selling costs, and derecognized the lease’s ROU asset and corresponding lease liability. We recognized a gain on sale of lease of $1.8 million on our consolidated statements of income during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 as a result of the sale.
Real Estate Held for Sale
As of September 30, 2019, our property in Lawnside, NJ was classified as held for sale based on an executed contract of sale with a third-party buyer. The Company classifies properties as held for sale when executed contract contingencies have been satisfied, which signify that the sale is legally binding. The aggregate asset amount of this property was $3.5 million, and was included in prepaid expenses and other assets in our consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2019.

Subsequent to March 31, 2019, the Company executed a contract to sell its property in Glen Burnie, MD for $16.2 million. The sale is anticipated to close by the end of the second quarter of 2019.



5.     IDENTIFIED INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
 
Our identified intangible assets (acquired in-place and above-market leases) and liabilities (acquired below-market leases), net of accumulated amortization were $54.0$49.5 million and $141.5$129.1 million, respectively, as of March 31,September 30, 2019 respectively, and $68.4 million and $144.3 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2018, respectively.2018.


Amortization of acquired below-market leases, net of acquired above-market leases resulted in additional rental income of $2.4$2.1 million and $2.6$13.9 million for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, respectively, and 2018, respectively.$19.3 million and $29.8 million for the same periods in 2018.
 
Amortization of acquired in-place leases and customer relationships resulted in additional depreciation and amortization expense of $2.1$1.7 million and $2.8$5.7 million for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, respectively, and 2018, respectively.$2.7 million and $11.2 million for the same periods in 2018.


The following table sets forth the estimated annual amortization income and expense related to intangible assets and liabilities for the remainder of 2019 and the five succeeding years:
(Amounts in thousands) Below-Market Above-Market   Below-Market Above-Market  
Year Operating Lease Amortization Operating Lease Amortization In-Place Leases Operating Lease Amortization Operating Lease Amortization In-Place Leases
2019(1)
 $7,442
 $(917) $5,420
 $2,402
 $(282) $(1,701)
2020 9,810
 (1,014) 6,177
 9,547
 (996) (6,124)
2021 9,672
 (807) 4,965
 9,409
 (797) (4,934)
2022 9,596
 (433) 4,032
 9,332
 (433) (4,032)
2023 9,548
 (327) 3,702
 9,285
 (327) (3,702)
2024 9,301
 (266) 3,264
 9,038
 (266) (3,264)
(1)Remainder of 2019.






6.     MORTGAGES PAYABLE
 
The following is a summary of mortgages payable as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.
   Interest Rate at March 31, December 31,   Interest Rate at September 30, December 31,
(Amounts in thousands) Maturity March 31, 2019 2019 2018 Maturity September 30, 2019 2019 2018
First mortgages secured by:        
        
Variable rate        
Cherry Hill (Plaza at Cherry Hill)(1)
 5/24/2022 4.09% $28,930
 $28,930
 5/24/2022 3.70% $28,930
 $28,930
Westfield (One Lincoln Plaza)(1)
 5/24/2022 4.09% 4,730
 4,730
 5/24/2022 3.70% 4,730
 4,730
Woodbridge (Plaza at Woodbridge)(1)
 5/25/2022 4.09% 55,340
 55,340
 5/25/2022 3.70% 55,340
 55,340
Jersey City (Hudson Commons)(2)
 11/15/2024 4.39% 29,000
 29,000
 11/15/2024 4.00% 29,000
 29,000
Watchung(2)
 11/15/2024 4.39% 27,000
 27,000
 11/15/2024 4.00% 27,000
 27,000
Bronx (1750-1780 Gun Hill Road)(2)
 12/1/2024 4.39% 24,500
 24,500
 12/1/2024 4.00% 24,500
 24,500
Total variable rate debt 169,500
 169,500
 169,500
 169,500
Fixed rate        
Montehiedra (senior loan) 7/6/2021 5.33% 84,476
 84,860
 7/6/2021 5.33% 83,484
 84,860
Montehiedra (junior loan) 7/6/2021 3.00% 30,000
 30,000
 7/6/2021 3.00% 30,000
 30,000
Bergen Town Center - West, Paramus 4/8/2023 3.56% 300,000
 300,000
 4/8/2023 3.56% 300,000
 300,000
Bronx (Shops at Bruckner) 5/1/2023 3.90% 11,432
 11,582
 5/1/2023 3.90% 11,132
 11,582
Jersey City (Hudson Mall)(4)
 12/1/2023 5.07% 24,149
 24,326
 12/1/2023 5.07% 23,803
 24,326
Yonkers Gateway Center(5)
 4/6/2024 4.16% 31,310
 31,704
 4/6/2024 4.16% 30,524
 31,704
Las Catalinas 8/6/2024 4.43% 130,000
 130,000
 8/6/2024 4.43% 129,843
 130,000
Brick 12/10/2024 3.87% 50,000
 50,000
 12/10/2024 3.87% 50,000
 50,000
North Plainfield 12/10/2025 3.99% 25,100
 25,100
 12/10/2025 3.99% 25,100
 25,100
Middletown 12/1/2026 3.78% 31,400
 31,400
 12/1/2026 3.78% 31,400
 31,400
Rockaway 12/1/2026 3.78% 27,800
 27,800
 12/1/2026 3.78% 27,800
 27,800
East Hanover (200 - 240 Route 10 West) 12/10/2026 4.03% 63,000
 63,000
 12/10/2026 4.03% 63,000
 63,000
North Bergen (Tonnelle Ave) 4/1/2027 4.18% 100,000
 100,000
 4/1/2027 4.18% 100,000
 100,000
Manchester 6/1/2027 4.32% 12,500
 12,500
 6/1/2027 4.32% 12,500
 12,500
Millburn 6/1/2027 3.97% 24,000
 24,000
 6/1/2027 3.97% 23,901
 24,000
Totowa 12/1/2027 4.33% 50,800
 50,800
 12/1/2027 4.33% 50,800
 50,800
Woodbridge (Woodbridge Commons) 12/1/2027 4.36% 22,100
 22,100
 12/1/2027 4.36% 22,100
 22,100
East Brunswick 12/6/2027 4.38% 63,000
 63,000
 12/6/2027 4.38% 63,000
 63,000
East Rutherford 1/6/2028 4.49% 23,000
 23,000
 1/6/2028 4.49% 23,000
 23,000
Hackensack 3/1/2028 4.36% 66,400
 66,400
 3/1/2028 4.36% 66,400
 66,400
Marlton 12/1/2028 3.86% 37,400
 37,400
 12/1/2028 3.86% 37,400
 37,400
East Hanover Warehouses 12/1/2028 4.09% 40,700
 40,700
 12/1/2028 4.09% 40,700
 40,700
Union (2445 Springfield Ave) 12/10/2028 4.01% 45,600
 45,600
 12/10/2028 4.01% 45,600
 45,600
Freeport (Freeport Commons) 12/10/2029 4.07% 43,100
 43,100
 12/10/2029 4.07% 43,100
 43,100
Garfield 12/1/2030 4.14% 40,300
 40,300
 12/1/2030 4.14% 40,300
 40,300
Mt Kisco(3)
 11/15/2034 6.40% 13,865
 13,987
 11/15/2034 6.40% 13,616
 13,987
Total fixed rate debt 1,391,432
 1,392,659
 1,388,503
 1,392,659
 Total mortgages payable 1,560,932
 1,562,159
 Total mortgages payable 1,558,003
 1,562,159
 Unamortized debt issuance costs (11,453) (11,917) Unamortized debt issuance costs (10,517) (11,917)
Total mortgages payable, net of unamortized debt issuance costs

Total mortgages payable, net of unamortized debt issuance costs

 $1,549,479
 $1,550,242
Total mortgages payable, net of unamortized debt issuance costs

 $1,547,486
 $1,550,242
(1) 
Bears interest at one month LIBOR plus 160 bps.
(2) 
Bears interest at one month LIBOR plus 190 bps.
(3) 
The mortgage payable balance on the loan secured by Mt Kisco includes $0.9 million and $1.0 million of unamortized debt discount as of both March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. The effective interest rate including amortization of the debt discount is 7.27%7.33% as of March 31,September 30, 2019.



(4) 
The mortgage payable balance on the loan secured by Hudson Mall includes $1.1 million and $1.2 million of unamortized debt premium as of both March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. The effective interest rate including amortization of the debt premium is 3.78%3.87% as of March 31,September 30, 2019.
(5) 
The mortgage payable balance on the loan secured by Yonkers Gateway Center includes $0.6 million and $0.7 million of unamortized debt premium as of both March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. The effective interest rate including amortization of the debt premium is 3.67%3.77% as of March 31,September 30, 2019.


The net carrying amount of real estate collateralizing the above indebtedness amounted to approximately $1.3$1.2 billion as of March 31,September 30, 2019. Our mortgage loans contain covenants that limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness on these properties and in certain circumstances require lender approval of tenant leases and/or yield maintenance upon repayment prior to maturity. As of March 31,September 30, 2019, we were in compliance with all debt covenants.


During 2017, our property in Englewood, NJ was transferred to a receiver. On January 31, 2018, our property in Englewood, NJ was sold at a foreclosure sale and on February 23, 2018, the court order was received approving the sale and discharging the receiver of all assets and liabilities related to the property. We recognized a gain on extinguishment of debt of $2.5 million as a result of the forgiveness of outstanding mortgage debt of $11.5 million, which is included in gain on extinguishment of debt in the consolidated statement of income for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018.


As of March 31,September 30, 2019, the principal repayments for the next five years and thereafter are as follows:
(Amounts in thousands)    
Year Ending December 31,    
2019(1)
 $3,396
 $1,472
2020 7,567
 7,515
2021 122,827
 122,645
2022 100,896
 99,976
2023 344,423
 344,368
2024 274,370
 274,316
Thereafter 707,453
 707,711
(1)Remainder of 2019.


On January 15, 2015, we entered into a $500 million Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Agreement”) with certain financial institutions. On March 7, 2017, we amended and extended the Agreement. The amendment increased the credit facility size by $100 million to $600 million and extended the maturity date to March 7, 2021 with two2 six-month extension options. BorrowingsOn July 29, 2019, we entered into a second amendment to the Agreement to extend the maturity date to January 29, 2024 with 2 six-month extension options. Company borrowings under the Agreement are subject to interest at LIBOR plus 1.10%1.05% to 1.55%1.50% and an annual facility fee of 15 to 3530 basis points. Both the spread over LIBOR and the facility fee are based on our current leverage ratio and are subject to increase if our leverage ratio increases above predefined thresholds. The Agreement contains customary financial covenants including a maximum leverage ratio of 60% and a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.5x. NoNaN amounts have been drawn to date under the Agreement. Financing fees associated with the Agreement of $2.0$4.1 million and $2.2 million as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, are included in deferred financing fees, net in the consolidated balance sheets.






7.INCOME TAXES


The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT under sections 856-860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), commencing with the filing of its 2015 tax return for its tax year ended December 31, 2015. With exception to the Company’s taxable REIT subsidiary (“TRS”), to the extent the Company meets certain requirements under the Code, the Company will not be taxed on its federal taxable income. If we fail to qualify as a REIT for any taxable year, we will be subject to federal income taxes at regular corporate rates (including any alternative minimum tax, which, for corporations, was repealed under the TCJA (defined below)Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017) and may not be able to qualify as a REIT for the four subsequent taxable years. In addition to its TRS, the Company is subject to certain foreign and state and local income taxes, including a 29% non-resident withholding tax on its two2 Puerto Rico malls, which are included in income tax expense in the consolidated statements of income. The Company is also subject to certain other taxes, including state and local franchise taxes which are included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income.


On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Act")TCJA was signed into law. The ActTCJA amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce tax rates and modify policies, credits, and deductions for individuals and businesses. Effective January 1, 2018, for businesses, the ActTCJA reduces the corporate tax rate from a maximum of 35% to a flat 21% rate. Since UE has elected to qualify as a REIT under sections 856-860 of the Internal Revenue Code with intent to distribute 100% of its taxable income and did not have any activities in a Taxable REIT Subsidiary (“TRS”) prior to January 1, 2018, there was no impact from the provisions of the TCJA to the Company’s financial statements.


On December 31, 2017, the Company elected, for tax purposes, to treat the wholly-owned limited partnership that held its Allentown property as a taxable REIT subsidiary (“TRS”).TRS. A TRS is a corporation, other than a REIT, in which we directly or indirectly hold stock, which has made a joint election with us to be treated as a TRS under Section 856(l) of the Code. A TRS is required to pay regular U.S. federal income tax, and state and local income tax where applicable, as a non-REIT “C” corporation. The Allentown legal entity restructuring resulted in a capital gain recognized for tax purposes in 2017 and a step up in tax basis to the Allentown property resulting in no capital gains recognized for tax purposes in 2018 upon the property’s sale on April 26, 2018. The Company’s consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018 reflect the TRS’ federal and state corporate income taxes associated with the operating activities at the TRS. The tax expense recorded in association with the operating activities of the TRS was $0.2 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018. As of December 31, 2018, the Allentown TRS has been dissolved and as such, the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 do not reflect any corporate income taxes associated with such TRS.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, certain non-real estate operating activities, non-qualifying for REIT purposes, commenced through the Company’s operating TRS and are subject to federal, state and local income taxes. These income taxes are included in the income tax expense in the consolidated statements of income.
Our two2 Puerto Rico malls are subject to a 29% non-resident withholding tax which is included in income tax expense in the consolidated statements of income. The Puerto Rico tax expense recorded was $0.2$0.1 million for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $1.2 million and $0.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Both properties are held in a special partnership for Puerto Rico tax reporting (the general partner being a qualified REIT subsidiary or “QRS”).


The REIT and the other minority members are partners in the Operating Partnership. As such, the partners are required to report their share of taxable income on their tax returns. We are also subject to certain other taxes, including state and local taxes and franchise taxes which are included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income.




8.LEASES


Leases — We have approximately 1,2001,100 operating leases at our retail shopping centers and malls, which generate rental income from tenants and operating cash flows for the Company. Our tenant leases are dependent on the Company, as lessor, agreeing to provide our tenants with the right to control the use of our real estate assets, as lessees. Our real estate assets are comprised of retail shopping centers and malls. Tenants agree to use and control their agreed upon space for their business purposes. Thus, our tenants obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of our shopping center space and have the right to direct how and for what purpose the real estate space is used throughout the period of use. Given these contractual terms, the Company has determined that all tenant contracts of this nature contain a lease. The Company assesses lease classification for each new and modified lease. All new and modified leases commenced in the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 have been assessed and classified as operating leases.

Contractual rent increases of renewal options are often fixed at the time of the initial lease agreement which may result in tenants being able to exercise their renewal options at amounts that are less than the fair value of the rent at the date of renewal. In addition


to fixed base rents, certain rental income derived from our tenant leases is variable and may be dependent on percentage rent or the Consumer Price Index ("CPI"). Variable lease payments from percentage rents are earned by the Company in the event the tenant's gross sales exceed certain amounts. Terms of percentage rent are agreed upon in the tenant's lease and will vary based on the tenant's sales. Variable lease payments dependent on the CPI, will change in accordance with the corresponding increase or decrease in CPI if negotiated and agreed upon in the tenant's lease. Variable lease payments dependent on percentage rent and the CPI were $0.6$0.9 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019. Variable lease payments also arise from tenant expense reimbursements, which provide for the recovery of all or a portion of the operating expenses, common area maintenance expenses, real estate taxes, insurance and capital improvements of the respective property and amounted to $28.3$78.2 million in the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019. The Company accounts for variable lease payments as "Rental revenue" on the consolidated statement of income in the period in which the changes in facts and circumstances on which the variable lease payments are based occur.


The Company also has 2119 properties in its portfolio either completely or partially on land or a building that are owned by third parties. These properties are leased or subleased to us pursuant to ground or building leases, with remaining terms ranging from less than one yeartwo years to over 80 years and provide us the right to operate each such property. We also lease or sublease real estate for our three3 corporate offices with remaining terms ranging from one to two years. ROU assets are recorded for these leases, which represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from these leases. ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the estimated present value of lease payments over the lease term. The initial measurement of a ROU asset may differ from the initial measurement of the lease liability due to initial direct costs, prepaid lease payments and lease incentives. As of March 31,September 30, 2019, no other contracts have been identified as leases. Our leases often offer renewal options, which we assess against relevant economic factors to determine whether the Company is reasonably certain of exercising or not exercising the option. Lease payments associated with renewal periods, for which the Company has determined are reasonably certain of being exercised, are included in the measurement of the corresponding lease liability and ROU asset. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company reassessed the lease term of one of its ground leases due to a change in circumstances in our election to renew the ground lease. As a result of this reassessment, the Company remeasured the lease liability by using revised inputs as of the reassessment date and recorded an additional ROU asset and lease liability of$5.0 million, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company sold its lessee position in 1 of its operating ground leases for $6.9 million, net of selling costs, and derecognized the lease’s ROU asset and corresponding lease liability. We recognized a gain on sale of lease of $1.8 million on our consolidated statements of income during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 as a result of the sale. Additionally, on July 31, 2019, the Company’s lessee position in 1 of its ground leases expired in accordance with the terms of the lease.


The discount rate applied to measure each ROU asset and lease liability is based on the incremental borrowing rate of the lease due to the rate implicit in the lease not being readily determinable. The Company initially considers the general economic environment and factors in various financing and asset specific secured borrowings so that the overall incremental borrowing rate is appropriate to the intended use of the lease. Certain expenses derived from these leases are variable and are not included in the measurement of the corresponding lease liability and ROU asset, but are recognized in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred. These variable lease payments consist of payments for real estate taxes and common area maintenance, which is dependent on projects and activities at each individual property under ground or building lease.


Accounts Receivable and Changes in Collectibility Assessment — Accounts receivable includes unpaid amounts billed to tenants, disputed enforceable charges and accrued revenues for future billings to tenants for property expenses. We periodically evaluate the collectibility of amounts due from tenants and disputed enforceable charges, resulting from the inability of tenants to make required payments under thetheir lease agreements. We recognize changes in the collectibility assessment of these operating leases as adjustments to rental revenue. We also assess changes in the collectibility of receivables arising from the straight-lining of rents and record these changes as adjustments to rental revenue. These receivables arise from earnings recognized in excess of amounts currently due under the lease agreements. Management exercises judgment in assessing collectibility and considers payment history and current credit status. Accounts receivable are written-off directly when they are deemed to be uncollectible.


Leases as lessor


We have approximately 1,2001,100 operating leases at our retail shopping centers and malls, which generate rental income from tenants and operating cash flows for the Company. Our tenant base comprises a diverse group of merchants including department stores,


supermarkets, discounters, entertainment offerings, health clubs, DIY stores, in-line specialty shops, restaurants and other food and beverage vendors and service providers. Tenant leases for under 10,000 sf generally have lease terms of five years or less. Tenant leases for 10,000 sf or more are considered anchor leases and generally have lease terms of 10 to 25 years, and are considered anchor leases with one or more renewal options available upon expiration of the initial lease term. Contractual rent increases for the renewal options are often fixed at the time of the initial lease agreement which may result in tenants being able to exercise their renewal options at amounts that are less than the fair value of the rent at the date of renewal.




The components of rental revenue for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 were as follows:
 (Amounts in thousands)
Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Rental Revenue   
Fixed lease revenue$66,478
 $209,858
Variable lease revenue24,291
 79,707
Total rental revenue$90,769
 $289,565

 (Amounts in thousands)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
Rental Revenue 
Fixed lease revenue$68,484
Variable lease revenue28,824
Total rental revenue$97,308


Maturity analysis of lease payments as lessor


The Company’s operating leases are disclosed in the aggregate due to their consistent nature as real estate leases. As of March 31,September 30, 2019, the undiscounted cash flows to be received from lease payments of our operating leases on an annual basis for the next five years and thereafter are as follows:
(Amounts in thousands)    
Year Ending December 31,    
2019(1)
 $218,367
 $65,142
2020 246,431
 253,409
2021 226,006
 234,944
2022 206,988
 217,097
2023 184,699
 193,934
2024 152,018
 160,771
Thereafter 895,260
 861,213
Total undiscounted cash flows
 $2,129,769
 $1,986,510
(1)Remainder of 2019.


As of December 31, 2018, future base rental revenue under non-cancelable operating leases, under ASC 840 as lessor, was as follows:
(Amounts in thousands)  
Year Ending December 31,  
2019 $256,598
2020 235,652
2021 216,247
2022 198,449
2023 176,282
Thereafter 986,865
These future minimum amounts do not include additional rents based on a percentage of tenants’ sales and tenant expense reimbursements. For the year ended December 31, 2018, rental revenue from percentage rent was $2.0 million. For the year ended December 31, 2018, rental revenue from tenant expense reimbursements was $108.7 million.


Property.Property, plant and equipment under operating leases as lessor
As of March 31,September 30, 2019, substantially all of the Company’s real estate assets are subject to operating leases.








Leases as lessee

As of March 31,September 30, 2019, the Company had 2119 properties in its portfolio either completely or partially on land or a building that was owned by third parties. These properties are leased or subleased to us pursuant to ground or building leases, with remaining terms ranging from less than one yeartwo years to over 80 years and provide us the right to operate the property. We also lease or sublease real estate for our three3 corporate offices with remaining terms ranging from one to two years.






The components of lease expense for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 were as follows:
(Amounts in thousands)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2019Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Lease expense    
Operating lease cost(1)
$2,981
$2,890
 $8,998
Variable lease cost674
596
 2,039
Total lease expense$3,655
$3,486
 $11,037
(1) The During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company is an intermediate lessor and recognized sublease income of $5.1$4.9 million and $15.1 million, respectively, included withinin rental revenue on the consolidated statement of income in relation to certain ground and building lease arrangements. Operating lease cost includes amortization of below-market ground lease intangibles and straight-line lease expense.


Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:
 March 31,September 30, 2019
Supplemental noncash information 
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases15.916.1 years

Weighted-average discount rates - operating leases4.013.97%



Maturity analysis of lease payments as lessee


The undiscounted cash flows to be paid on an annual basis for the next five years and thereafter are presented in the table below. The total amount of lease payments, on an undiscounted basis, are reconciled to the lease liability on the consolidated balance sheet by considering the present value discount.
(Amounts in thousands)    
Year Ending December 31,    
2019(1)
 $8,040
 $2,446
2020 9,708
 9,228
2021 9,051
 8,639
2022 9,077
 8,658
2023 8,875
 8,456
2024 8,881
 8,463
Thereafter 76,856
 68,956
Total undiscounted cash flows 130,488
 114,846
Present value discount (38,582) (33,418)
Discounted cash flows $91,906
 $81,428
(1)Remainder of 2019.


As of December 31, 2018, future lease payments under operating lease agreements, including extension options if reasonably assured of being exercised, under ASC 840 as lessee, were as follows:
(Amounts in thousands)  
Year Ending December 31,  
2019 $10,640
2020 9,614
2021 8,957
2022 8,982
2023 8,850
Thereafter 85,535


(Amounts in thousands)  
Year Ending December 31,  
2019 $10,640
2020 9,614
2021 8,957
2022 8,982
2023 8,850
Thereafter 85,535



9.     FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
 
ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures defines fair value and establishes a framework for measuring fair value. The objective of fair value is to determine the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (the exit price). ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used to measure fair value into three levels: Level 1 - quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities; Level 2 - observable prices based on inputs not quoted in active markets, but corroborated by market data; and Level 3 - unobservable inputs used when little or no market data is available. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs and the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs. In determining fair value, we utilize valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible as well as consider counterparty credit risk in our assessment of fair value.
 
Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring or Non-Recurring Basis


There were no financial assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring or non-recurring basis as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.


Financial Assets and Liabilities not Measured at Fair Value
 
Financial assets and liabilities that are not measured at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets include cash and cash equivalents and mortgages payable. Cash and cash equivalents are carried at cost, which approximates fair value. The fair value of mortgages payable is calculated by discounting the future contractual cash flows of these instruments using current risk-adjusted rates available to borrowers with similar credit ratings, which are provided by a third-party specialist. The fair value of cash and cash equivalents is classified as Level 1 and the fair value of mortgages payable is classified as Level 2. The table below summarizes the carrying amounts and fair value of these financial instruments as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.
  As of September 30, 2019 As of December 31, 2018
(Amounts in thousands) Carrying Amount Fair Value Carrying Amount Fair Value
Assets:  
  
  
  
Cash and cash equivalents $441,561
 $441,561
 $440,430
 $440,430
Liabilities:  
  
  
  
Mortgages payable(1)
 $1,558,003
 $1,599,896
 $1,562,159
 $1,543,963

  As of March 31, 2019 As of December 31, 2018
(Amounts in thousands) Carrying Amount Fair Value Carrying Amount Fair Value
Assets:  
  
  
  
Cash and cash equivalents $416,668
 $416,668
 $440,430
 $440,430
Liabilities:  
  
  
  
Mortgages payable(1)
 $1,560,932
 $1,565,563
 $1,562,159
 $1,543,963
(1)Carrying amounts exclude unamortized debt issuance costs of $11.5$10.5 million and $11.9 million as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

The following market spreads were used by the Company to estimate the fair value of mortgages payable:
 March 31, 2019 December 31, 2018
 Low High Low High
Mortgages payable1.7% 1.9% 1.7% 1.9%


Nonfinancial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis
We assess the carrying value of our properties for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable.
During the three months ended March 31,June 30, 2019, wethe Company recognized impairment charges of $18.7 million on 2 retail properties that the Company intends to market and sell within the next two years. The impairment loss was calculated as the difference between the assets’ individual carrying values and the estimated aggregated fair values of $28.5 million, less estimated selling costs. We also recognized a $4.0 million impairment charge on ouran additional property in Westfield, NJduring the three months ended March 31, 2019 as a result of the loss of a significant tenant at the property. The valuation of our property in Westfield, NJ wasthese properties were based on comparable propertysale transactions in the property’sproperties’ surrounding area.areas. The Company believes the inputs utilized to measure the fair value wasvalues were reasonable in the context of applicable market conditions, however due to the significance of the unobservable inputs in the overall fair value measures, including market conditions and expectations for growth, the Company determined that such fair value measurement ismeasurements are classified as Level 3. TheAggregate impairment charge ischarges of $22.7 million are included as an expense underwithin casualty and impairment loss (gain), net on our consolidated statementstatements of income for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019.





10.     COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
 
There are various legal actions against us in the ordinary course of business. After consultation with legal counsel, the outcome of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Redevelopment
As of March 31,September 30, 2019, we had approximately $121.2$42.5 million of active development, redevelopment and anchor repositioning projects underway, of which $34.8$8.3 million remains to be funded. Based on current plans and estimates, we anticipate the remaining amounts will be expended over the next two years.
Insurance
The Company maintains (i) general liability insurance with limits of $200 million for properties in the U.S. and Puerto Rico and (ii) all-risk property insurance with limits of $500 million per occurrence and in the aggregate for properties in the U.S. and $139 million for properties in Puerto Rico, subject to the terms, conditions, exclusions, deductibles and sub-limits when applicable for certain perils such as floods and earthquakes and (iii) numerous other insurance policies including trustees’ and officers’ insurance, workers’ compensation and automobile-related liabilities insurance. The Company’s insurance includes coverage for acts of terrorism but excludes coverage for nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological terrorism events as defined by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, which expires in December 2020. In addition, the Company maintains coverage for certain cybersecurity losses with limits of $5 million per occurrence and in the aggregate providing first and third-party coverage including network interruption, event management, cyber extortion and claims for media content, security and privacy liability. Insurance premiums are typically charged directly to each of the retail properties and warehouses but not all of the cost of such premiums are recovered. The Company is responsible for deductibles, losses in excess of insurance coverage, and the portion of premiums not reimbursable by tenants at our properties, which could be material.
We continue to monitor the state of the insurance market and the scope and costs of coverage for acts of terrorism. However, weavailable coverage. We cannot anticipate what coverage will be available on commercially reasonable terms in the future and expect premiums across most property coverage lines to increase in light of recent events. The incurrence of uninsured losses, costs or uncovered premiums could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Certain of our loans and other agreements contain customary covenants requiring the maintenance of insurance coverage. Although we believe that we currently have adequate insurance coverage for purposes of these agreements, we may not be able to obtain an equivalent amount of coverage at reasonable costs in the future. If lenders or other counterparties insist on greater coverage than we are able to obtain, such requirement could materially and adversely affect our ability to finance our properties and expand our portfolio.


Tornado-Related Charges
On June 13, 2018, a tornado hit our shopping center in Wilkes-Barre, PA, damaging approximately 13% of the property’s gross leasable area. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company settled the related insurance claim with its carrier for $5.5 million. Of this amount, the Company recognized $4.8 million as a casualty gain in the nine months ended September 30, 2019. As part of the settlement, the Company recognized $0.3 million as business interruption proceeds within rental revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Hurricane-Related Charges
On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall, damaging our two2 properties in Puerto Rico. During the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018, the Company received $1.5 million in casualty insurance proceeds, which were partially offset by $0.2$0.3 million of hurricane related costs, resulting in net casualty gains of $1.3$1.2 million included in casualty and impairment loss (gain), net on the accompanying consolidated statements of income.


During the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018, the Company recognized $0.8a $0.1 million net casualty gain and $0.4 million of business interruption losses. Losseslosses, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, losses of $0.6$0.8 million pertained to rent abatements due to tenants that had not reopened since the hurricane, recorded as a reduction of rental revenue, and $0.2offset by a $0.4 million was recorded as areversal within property operating expenses to provision for doubtful accounts within property operating expenses, for unpaid rents.payments received from tenants on rents previously reserved.


TheIn June 2019, the Company is in active dialoguereached a settlement agreement with its carrier regarding theits final insurance claimrecovery related to Hurricane Maria for $14.3 million, of which is still open, and no determination has been made$3.3 million was previously received, subject to deductibles of $2.3 million. We recognized an $8.7 million casualty gain in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 as toa result of the amount or timing of additionalremaining insurance proceeds if any, that may be received.from the settlement agreement for our two malls in Puerto Rico.



Environmental Matters
Each of our properties has been subjected to varying degrees of environmental assessment at various times. Based on these assessments, we have accrued costs of $1.6 million and $1.7 million on our consolidated balance sheets as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, for remediation costs for environmental contamination at certain properties. While this accrual reflects our best estimates of the potential costs of remediation at these properties, there can be no assurance that the actual costs will not exceed these amounts. During the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018, the Company recognized $0.3$0.6 million of environmental remediation costs within property operating expenses on the consolidated statements of income. Although we are not aware of any other material environmental contamination, there can be no assurance that the identification of new areas of contamination, changes in the extent or known scope of contamination, the discovery of additional sites, or changes in cleanup requirements would not result in significant costs to us.




Bankruptcies
Although our rental revenue is supported by long-term leases, leases may be rejected in a bankruptcy proceeding and the related tenant stores may permanently vacate prior to lease expiration. In the event a tenant with a significant number of leases or square footage in our shopping centers files for bankruptcy and rejects its leases with us, we could experience a reduction in our revenues. We monitor the operating performance and rent collections of all tenants in our shopping centers, especially those tenants in arrears or operating retail formats that are experiencing significant changes in competition, business practice, or store closings in other locations.


Sears Holdings Corporation (“Sears”), the parent company of Kmart, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on October 15, 2018. The Company has fourhad 4 Kmart leases with Sears comprising approximately 547,000 sf, which generategenerated $8.5 million in annual rental revenue. In January 2019, Sears announced the acquisition of its assets by ESL Investments (“ESL”) for approximately $5.2 billion. Kmart closed its stores at Las Catalinas in Puerto Rico and in Huntington, NY at the end of January 2019; however, propertyProperty rents have beenwere paid on all four4 Kmart locations through April 2019. As ofIn April 30, 2019, our Kmart leaseleases at Las Catalinas was rejected. It is not clear whetherand Huntington, NY were rejected and we recognized a $7.4 million write-off of the below-market intangible liability connected with the lease in Huntington, NY (classified within rental revenues). ESL will attempt to assume or rejectassumed the Company’s remaining leases.2 Kmart leases at Montehiedra and at Bruckner Commons. The Company is monitoring the proceedings and considering its alternatives.


During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company received $0.1 million and $1.2 million of bankruptcy settlement income in connection with the bankruptcy proceedings of Toys "R" Us Inc. (“Toys “R” Us”). The settlement proceeds were used to offset outstanding credit losses and the remaining proceeds were recorded to other income. Prior to liquidation in 2018, the Company had leases with Toys “R” Us at 9 locations with annual gross rents of $7.6 million. No determination has been made as to the amount or timing of additional bankruptcy settlement proceeds, if any, that may be received.

11.     PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER ASSETS


The following is a summary of the composition of the prepaid expenses and other assets in the consolidated balance sheets:
Balance atBalance at
(Amounts in thousands)March 31, 2019 December 31, 2018September 30, 2019 December 31, 2018
Assets held for sale$3,453
 $
Other assets$2,914
 $2,765
4,289
 2,765
Prepaid expenses:      
Real estate taxes5,168
 6,911
6,513
 6,911
Insurance3,787
 2,509
3,165
 2,509
Licenses/fees985
 783
1,529
 783
Total Prepaid expenses and other assets$12,854
 $12,968
$18,949
 $12,968




12.     ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER LIABILITIES


The following is a summary of the composition of accounts payable, accrued expenses other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets:
Balance atBalance at
(Amounts in thousands)March 31, 2019 December 31, 2018September 30, 2019 December 31, 2018
Deferred tenant revenue$28,384
 $28,697
$27,305
 $28,697
Accrued capital expenditures and leasing costs22,943
 29,754
17,669
 29,754
Accrued interest payable9,292
 8,950
9,398
 8,950
Security deposits5,827
 5,396
Deferred tax liability, net4,685
 5,532
5,279
 5,532
Security deposits5,458
 5,396
Accrued payroll expenses2,453
 5,747
4,941
 5,747
Other liabilities and accrued expenses12,209
 7,371
9,742
 7,371
Accrued rent(1)

 7,070

 7,070
Total accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities$85,424
 $98,517
$80,161
 $98,517
(1) In connection with the adoption of ASC 842 on January 1, 2019, we reclassified $7.1 million of accrued rent and adjusted the carrying values of our ROU assets by the corresponding amount.




13.     INTEREST AND DEBT EXPENSE
 
The following table sets forth the details of interest and debt expense in the consolidated statements of income:
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Amounts in thousands)2019 2018 2019 2018
Interest expense$16,131
 $16,036
 $47,699
 $45,900
Amortization of deferred financing costs730
 720
 2,170
 2,159
Total Interest and debt expense$16,861
 $16,756
 $49,869

$48,059

 Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in thousands)2019 2018
Interest expense$15,816
 $14,922
Amortization of deferred financing costs720
 722
Total Interest and debt expense$16,536
 $15,644


14.     EQUITY AND NONCONTROLLING INTEREST


At-The-Market Program
In 2016, the Company established an at-the-market (“ATM”) equity program, pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell from time to time its common shares, par value $0.01 per share, with an aggregate gross sales price of up to $250.0 million through a consortium of broker dealers acting as sales agents. As of March 31,During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 $241.3 million ofand 2018, respectively, 0 common shares remained available for issuance under this ATM equity program and there were no common shares issued under the ATM equity program. The Company’s ATM program during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Actual future sales will depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, market conditions, the trading price of our common shares and our capital needs.expired in August 2019. We have nohad 0 obligation to sell the remaining shares available under the active ATM equity program.
Dividends and Distributions
During the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, the Company declared dividends on our common shares and OP unit distributions of $0.22 per share/unit. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, the Company declared dividends on our common shares and OP unit distributions of $0.66 per share/unit in the aggregate.
Noncontrolling Interests in Operating Partnership
Redeemable noncontrolling interests reflected on the consolidated balance sheets of the Company are comprised of OP units and limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership in the form of LTIP unit awards. LTIP unit awards were granted to certain executives pursuant to our 2015 Omnibus Share Plan (the “Omnibus Share Plan”) and our 2018 Inducement Equity Plan (the “Inducement Plan”). OP units were issued to contributors in exchange for their property interests in connection with the Company’s property acquisitions in 2017.
The total of the OP units and LTIP units represent a 4.7% and 6.2% weighted-average interest in the Operating Partnership for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Holders of outstanding vested LTIP units may, from and after two years from the date of issuance, redeem their LTIP units for cash, or for the Company’s common shares on a 1-for-one basis, solely at our election. Holders of outstanding OP units may redeem their units for cash or the Company’s common shares on a 1-for-one basis, solely at our election. On August 5, 2019, the Company received requests from certain holders of OP units to


redeem 357,998 units. The Company elected to satisfy the redemption requests by repurchasing the units at a price of $16.70 per unit, for total cash consideration of $6.0 million.
In connection with the separation from Vornado Realty L.P. (“VRLP”), the Company issued 5.7 million OP units, which represented a 5.4% interest in the Operating Partnership, to VRLP in exchange for interests in VRLP properties contributed by VRLP. On February 28, 2019, the Company issued 5.7 million common shares to VLRP,VRLP, in exchange for an equal number of LTIPOP units after receiving a notice of redemption from VLRP.VRLP. The issuance is exempt from registration in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis that no public offering was made.
LTIP unit awards were granted to certain executives pursuant to our 2015 Omnibus Share Plan (the “Omnibus Share Plan”) and our 2018 Inducement Equity Plan (the “Inducement Plan”). OP units were issued to contributors in exchange for their property interests in connection with the Company’s property acquisitions in 2017. The total of the OP units and LTIP units represent an 8.4% weighted-average interest in the Operating Partnership for the three months ended March 31, 2019. Holders of outstanding vested LTIP units may, from and after two years from the date of issuance, redeem their LTIP units for cash, or for the Company’s common shares on a one-for-one basis, solely at our election. Holders of outstanding OP units may, at a determinable date, redeem their units for cash or the Company’s common shares on a one-for-one basis, solely at our election.
Noncontrolling Interest in Consolidated Subsidiaries
The noncontrolling interest relates to the 5% interest held by others in our property in Walnut Creek, CA (Mount Diablo). The net income attributable to noncontrolling interest is presented separately in our consolidated statements of income.




15.     SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION


Share-Based Compensation Expense
Share-based compensation expense, which is included in general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of income, is summarized as follows:
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Amounts in thousands)2019 2018 2019 2018
Share-based compensation expense components:      
Restricted share expense$297
 $525
 $1,384
 $1,726
Stock option expense992
 546
 3,062
 1,650
LTIP expense1,171
 285
 3,374
 659
Outperformance Plan (“OPP”) expense828
 825
 2,315
 2,365
Deferred share unit (“DSU”) expense22
 71
 134
 94
Total Share-based compensation expense$3,310
 $2,252
 $10,269
 $6,494

 Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in thousands)2019 2018
Share-based compensation expense components:  
Restricted share expense$751
 $587
Stock option expense1,071
 585
LTIP expense1,208
 166
Outperformance Plan (“OPP”) expense564
 682
Deferred share unit (“DSU”) expense70
 
Total Share-based compensation expense$3,664
 $2,020


Equity award activity during the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 included: (i) 276,482 LTIP units granted, (ii) 180,213 stock options granted, (ii) 22,186(iii) 34,638 restricted shares granted, (iii) 135,532 LTIP units granted, (iv) 661,551693,441 stock options vested, (v) 88,81396,378 restricted shares vested and (vi) 31,61780,681 LTIP units vested.


Subsequent to March 31,2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan

On April 4, 2019, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Company approved the Company’s 2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“2019 LTI Plan”). The Plan is a multi-year, equity compensation program under which participants, including our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, have the opportunity to earn awards in the form of LTIP units that vest based on the passage of time (1/3rd(one-third of the program) and performance goals tied to our relative and absolute total shareholder return (“TSR”) during the three-year performance period following their grant (2/3rds(two-thirds of the program).

For the performance-based awards under the 2019 LTI Plan, participants, have the opportunity to earn awards in the form of LTIP Units if, and only if, Urban Edge’s absolute and relative TSR meets certain criteria over the three-year performance measurement period (the “Performance Period”) beginning on February 27, 2019 and ending on February 26, 2022. The Company issued 489,319 LTIP Units under the 2019 LTI Plan.

Under the Absolute TSR component, 40% of the LTIP Units will be earned if the Company’s TSR over the Performance Period is equal to 18%, 100% of the LTIP Units will be earned if the Company’s TSR over the Performance Period is equal to 27%, and 165% of the LTIP Units will be earned if the Company’s TSR over the Performance Period is equal to or greater than 36%. The Relative TSR component is based on the Company’s performance compared to a peer group comprised of 14 companies. Under the Relative TSR Component, 40% of the LTIP Units will be earned if the Company’s TSR over the Performance Period is equal to the 35th percentile of the peer group, 100% of the LTIP Units will be earned if the Company’s TSR over the Performance Period is equal to the 55th percentile of the peer group, and 165% of the LTIP Units will be earned if the Company’s TSR over the Performance Period is equal to or above the 75th percentile of the peer group, with earning determined using linear interpolation if between such relative and absolute TSR thresholds. The fair value of the performance-based award portion of the 2019 LTI Plan on the date of grant was $4.3 million.million using a Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the fair value through a risk-neutral premise.



The time-based awards under the 2019 LTI Plan, also granted in the form of LTIP Units, vest ratably over three years except in the case of our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, where the vesting is ratably over four years. As of September 30, 2019, the Company granted time-based awards under the 2019 LTI Plan that represent 112,910 LTIP units with a grant date fair value of $2.0 million.

Units Granted to Trustees

On May 9, 2019, certain trustees elected to receive a portion of their compensation in deferred share units and an aggregate of 5,608 shares were granted to those trustees based on the weighted average grant date fair value of $15.60. In addition, certain trustees elected to receive a portion of their compensation in LTIP units and an aggregate of 28,040 LTIP units, were granted to those trustees based on the weighted average grant date fair value of $14.98.



16.     EARNINGS PER SHARE AND UNIT


Urban Edge Earnings per Share
We have calculated earnings per share (“EPS”) under the two-class method. The two-class method is an earnings allocation methodology whereby EPS for each class of Urban Edge common shares and participating securities is calculated according to dividends declared and participating rights in undistributed earnings. Restricted shares issued pursuant to our share-based compensation program are considered participating securities, and as such have non-forfeitable rights to receive dividends.
The following table sets forth the computation of our basic and diluted earnings per share:
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)2019 20182019 2018 2019 2018
Numerator:          
Net income attributable to common shareholders$25,537
 $20,700
$54,040
 $24,200
 $106,148
 $98,637
Less: Earnings allocated to unvested participating securities(23) (48)(43) (44) (89) (177)
Net income available for common shareholders - basic$25,514
 $20,652
$53,997
 $24,156

$106,059

$98,460
Impact of assumed conversions:          
OP and LTIP units2,245
 

 
 5,883
 200
Net income available for common shareholders - dilutive$27,759
 $20,652
$53,997
 $24,156

$111,942

$98,660
          
Denominator:          
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic116,274
 113,677
121,087
 113,890
 119,259
 113,769
Effect of dilutive securities(1):
          
Stock options using the treasury stock method
 

 78
 
 36
Restricted share awards114
 187
96
 188
 102
 194
Assumed conversion of OP and LTIP units10,116
 

 
 7,128
 237
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted126,504
 113,864
121,183
 114,156
 126,489
 114,236
          
Earnings per share available to common shareholders:          
Earnings per common share - Basic$0.22
 $0.18
$0.45
 $0.21
 $0.89
 $0.87
Earnings per common share - Diluted$0.22
 $0.18
$0.45
 $0.21
 $0.89
 $0.86
(1) (1) For the quarterthree months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018, the effect of the redemption of OP and LTIP units for Urban Edge common shares would have an anti-dilutive effect on the calculation of diluted EPS. Accordingly, the impact of such redemption has not been included in the determination of diluted EPS for this period.these periods.




















Operating Partnership Earnings per Unit
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per unit:
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Amounts in thousands, except per unit amounts)2019 2018 2019 2018
Numerator:       
Net income attributable to unitholders$56,702
 $26,888
 $112,683
 $109,678
Less: net income attributable to participating securities(43) (46) (89) (190)
Net income available for unitholders$56,659

$26,842

$112,594

$109,488
        
Denominator:       
Weighted average units outstanding - basic126,277
 126,208
 126,387
 126,170
Effect of dilutive securities issued by Urban Edge96
 267
 102
 229
Unvested LTIP units
 218
 1
 237
Weighted average units outstanding - diluted126,373
 126,693
 126,490
 126,636
        
Earnings per unit available to unitholders:       
Earnings per unit - Basic$0.45
 $0.21
 $0.89
 $0.87
Earnings per unit - Diluted$0.45
 $0.21
 $0.89
 $0.86



 Three Months Ended March 31,
(Amounts in thousands, except per unit amounts)2019 2018
Numerator:   
Net income attributable to unitholders$27,892
 $23,028
Less: net income attributable to participating securities(25) (48)
Net income available for unitholders$27,867

$22,980
    
Denominator:   
Weighted average units outstanding - basic126,391
 126,123
Effect of dilutive securities issued by Urban Edge114
 187
Unvested LTIP units
 272
Weighted average units outstanding - diluted126,505
 126,582
    
Earnings per unit available to unitholders:   
Earnings per unit - Basic$0.22
 $0.18
Earnings per unit - Diluted$0.22
 $0.18




ITEM 2.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


Certain statements contained herein constitute forward-looking statements as such term is defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. They represent our intentions, plans, expectations and beliefs and are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Our future results, financial condition and business may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. You can find many of these statements by looking for words such as “approximates,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “would,” “may” or other similar expressions in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Many of the factors that will determine the outcome of these and our other forward-looking statements are beyond our ability to control or predict; theseThese factors include, among others, the estimated remediation and repair costs related to natural disasters at the affected properties andimpact of e-commerce; the loss of or bankruptcy of a major tenanttenants; general economic conditions and changes in the impactreal estate market in particular; adverse economic conditions in the areas in which our properties are located; natural disasters; potentially higher costs related to our development, redevelopment and anchor repositioning projects, and our ability to lease these projects at projected rates; competition for acquisitions; the loss of any such event.key personnel; the availability of financing and changes in, and compliance with, tax law and REIT qualifications. For further discussion of factors that could materially affect the outcome of our forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A, of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and the other documents filed by the Company with the SEC, including the information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
For these statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. We do not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.


Overview


Urban Edge Properties (“UE”, “Urban Edge” or the “Company”) (NYSE: UE) is a Maryland real estate investment trust that manages, develops, redevelops, and acquires retail real estate, primarily in the New York metropolitan area. Urban Edge Properties LP (“UELP” or the “Operating Partnership”) is a Delaware limited partnership formed to serve as UE’s majority-owned partnership subsidiary and to own, through affiliates, all of ourthe Company’s real estate properties and other assets. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Urban Edge Properties and UELP and their consolidated entities/subsidiaries.
The Operating Partnership’s capital includes general and common limited partnership interests in the operating partnership (“OP Units”). As of March 31,September 30, 2019, Urban Edge owned approximately 94.4%95.4% of the outstanding common OP Units with the remaining limited OP Units held by members of management, ourUrban Edge’s Board of Trustees and contributors of property interests acquired. Urban Edge serves as the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership.


As of March 31,September 30, 2019, our portfolio consisted of 8273 shopping centers, four malls and a warehouse park, totaling approximately 16.115.0 million square feet.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates


The Company’s 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 contains a description of our critical accounting policies, including accounting for real estate and revenue recognition. For the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, there were no material changes to these policies, other than the adoption of ASU 2016-02 and updates to the Company’s policies on leases, accounts receivable and changes in collectibility assessment described in Note 3 and Note 8 to the unaudited consolidated financial statements in Part 1, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.


Recent Accounting Pronouncements


Refer to Note 3 to the unaudited consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for information regarding recent accounting pronouncements that may affect us.
 







Results of Operations
We derive substantially all of our revenue from rents received from tenants under existing leases on each of our properties. This revenue includes fixed base rents, recoveries of expenses that we have incurred and that we pass through to the individual tenants and percentage rents that are based on specified percentages of tenants’ revenue, in each case as provided in the respective leases.
Our primary cash expenditures consist of our property operating and capital costs, general and administrative expenses, and interest and debt expense. Property operating expenses include: real estate taxes, repairs and maintenance, management expenses, insurance and utilities; general and administrative expenses include payroll, professional fees, information technology, office expenses and other administrative expenses; and interest and debt expense is primarily consist of interest on our mortgage debt. In addition, we incur substantial non-cash charges for depreciation and amortization on our properties. We also capitalize certain expenses, such as taxes, interest and salaries related to properties under development or redevelopment until the property is ready for its intended use.
Our consolidated results of operations often are not comparable from period to period due to the impact of property acquisitions, dispositions, developments, redevelopments and changes in accounting policies. The results of operations of any acquired properties are included in our financial statements as of the date of acquisition.
The following provides an overview of our key financial metrics based on our consolidated results of operations (refer to cash Net Operating Income (“NOI”), same-property cash NOI and Funds From Operations applicable to diluted common shareholders (“FFO”) described later in this section):
Quarter Ended March 31,Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Amounts in thousands)2019 20182019 2018 2019 2018
Net income$27,892
 $23,039
$56,700
 $26,899
 $112,659
 $109,712
FFO applicable to diluted common shareholders(1)
36,520
 44,100
38,248
 46,342
 132,350
 130,022
Cash NOI(2)
59,343
 59,931
57,373
 50,855
 176,851
 165,517
Same-property cash NOI(2)
53,207
 54,385
52,144
 53,585
 150,886
 153,739
(1) Refer to page 3338 for a reconciliation to the nearest generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) measure.
(2) Refer to page 3237 for a reconciliation to the nearest GAAP measure.


Development/Redevelopment Activity


The Company has 14eight active development, redevelopment or anchor repositioning projects with total estimated costs of $121.2$42.5 million, of which $86.4$34.2 million (or 71%80%) has been incurred as of March 31,September 30, 2019.During the first quarter, the

The Company completed threefive redevelopment projects totaling $86.1with total estimated costs of $80.4 million at Bruckner Commons induring the Bronx, NY, Yonkers Gateway Center in Yonkers, NY and third quarter:
Bergen Town Center in Paramus, NJ. - expanded center with the addition of Burlington and added new restaurants including Ruth's Chris, Cava Grill, Sticky's Finger Joint and Chopt

West Branch Commons in Union, NJ - Burlington replaced former Toys “R” Us
Amherst Commons in Amherst, NY - Burlington replaced former Toys “R” Us
Briarcliff Commons in Morris Plains, NJ - Renovated façade and added Chick-fil-A and First Watch

Acquisition/Disposition Activity


On March 15,During the three months ended September 30, 2019, we completed the saledisposed of our property in Chicopee, MA for $18.2six properties and received proceeds of $77.6 million, net of selling costs. Ascosts, resulting in a result of this transaction, we recognized a $17.0$39.7 million gain on sale of real estate during estate. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we disposed of eight properties and received proceeds of $111.4 million, net of selling costs, resulting in a $68.2 million gain on sale of real estate. During the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019.

Subsequent to March 31,September 30, 2019, the Company executedalso sold its lessee position in one of its ground leases and received proceeds of $6.9 million, net of selling costs, resulting in a contract to sell its property in Glen Burnie, MD for $16.2 million. The$1.8 million gain on sale is anticipated to close by the end of the second quarter of 2019.

lease.
As of March 31,September 30, 2019, we were under contract to purchase an office building in Maywood, NJ, adjacent to our existing property, Bergen Town Center. The building is subject to a ground lease, in which the Company will acquire the lessee position of for a purchase price of $7.1 million. The transaction is scheduled to close by the end of 2019.
As of September 30, 2019, we were also under contract to purchase a retail outparcel in Paramus, NJ, adjacent to our existing property, Bergen Town Center, for a gross purchase price of $6.6 million. The transaction is scheduled to close by the end of 2019.


We are also under contract to purchase one property located in the Boston metropolitan area for a gross purchase price of $24.5 million.
The completion of these transactions are contingent on satisfying closing conditions. The Company’s pending acquisitions will serve as 1031 exchanges for the Company’s dispositions and the required equity will be funded using proceeds from dispositions.
Equity Activity


Equity award activity during the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 included: (i) 276,482 LTIP units granted, (ii) 180,213 stock options granted, (ii) 22,186(iii) 34,638 restricted shares granted, (iii) 135,532 LTIP units granted, (iv) 661,551693,441 stock options vested, (v) 88,81396,378 restricted shares vested and (vi) 31,61780,681 LTIP units vested. Refer to Note 15 to the unaudited consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information regarding the Company’s equity award activity.

In August, the Company received requests from certain OP unitholders to redeem 357,998 units. The Company elected to satisfy the redemption requests by repurchasing the units at a price of $16.70 per unit, for total cash consideration of $6.0 million.



Subsequent to March 31,On April 4, 2019, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Company approved the Company’s 2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“2019 LTI Plan”). The 2019 LTI Plan is a multi-year, equity compensation program under which participants, including our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, have the opportunity to earn awards in the form of LTIP units that vest based on the passage of time (1/3rd(one-third of the program) and performance goals tied to our relative and absolute total shareholder return (“TSR”) during the three-year performance period following their grant (2/3rds(two-thirds of the program). The fair value ofDuring the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company issued 489,319 performance-based award portion ofLTIP units and 112,910 time-based LTIP units, respectively, in connection with the 2019 LTI PlanPlan. Refer to Note 15 to the unaudited consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information regarding the date of grant was $4.3 million.2019 LTI Plan.

























Comparison of the Three Months Ended March 31,September 30, 2019 to March 31,September 30, 2018
Net income for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 was $27.9$56.7 million, compared to net income of $23.0$26.9 million for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2018. The following table summarizes certain line items from our consolidated statements of income that we believe are important in understanding our operations and/or those items which significantly changed in the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 as compared to the same period of 2018:
For the Three Months Ended March 31,  Three Months Ended September 30,  
(Amounts in thousands)2019 2018 $ Change2019 2018 Change
Total revenue$97,732
 $99,053
 (1,321)$91,243
 $112,214
 $(20,971)
Real estate taxes14,490
 16,374
 (1,884)
Property operating expenses17,061
 17,903
 (842)14,075
 22,328
 (8,253)
General and administrative10,580
 7,641
 2,939
8,353
 9,702
 (1,349)
Casualty and impairment loss (gain), net3,958
 (1,341) 5,299
Lease expense3,655
 2,736
 919
3,486
 2,722
 764
Gain on sale of real estate16,953
 
 16,953
39,716
 2,185
 37,531
Interest income2,506
 1,524
 982
Interest and debt expense16,536
 15,644
 892
Gain on extinguishment of debt
 2,524
 (2,524)
Gain on sale of lease1,849
 
 1,849
Total revenue decreased by $1.3$21.0 million to $97.7$91.2 million in the firstthird quarter of 2019 from $99.1$112.2 million in the firstthird quarter of 2018. The decrease is primarily attributable to:
$1.716.5 million decreaseas a result of the write-off of below-market lease intangible liabilities related to the recaptured Toys “R” Us leases in the third quarter of 2018;
$2.8 million as a result of property dispositions netsince the third quarter of acquisitions;2018;
$0.51.9 million decrease in property rentals due to lease terminations and modifications, offset by rent commencements and contractual rent increases since the third quarter of 2018; and
$0.3 million due to credit losses related to operating lease receivables recognized against rental income in the third quarter of 2019 in accordance with the new lease accounting standard, ASC 842, effective January 1, 2019; and
$0.2 million decreaseas compared to being included in tenant bankruptcy settlement income,property operating expenses in the third quarter of 2018, partially offset by
$0.60.3 million increase in lease termination income; and
$0.2 million increase due to rent abatements reflected as a reduction of rental revenue in the firstthird quarter of 2018 recognized at our two malls in Puerto Rico and at our property in Wilkes-Barre, PA as a result of Hurricane Maria; andnatural disasters.
$0.5 million increase in property rentals due to rent commencements, lease modifications and contractual rent increases.
Property operating expensesReal estate taxes decreased by $0.8$1.9 million to $17.1$14.5 million in the firstthird quarter of 2019 from $17.9$16.4 million in the firstthird quarter of 2018. The decrease is primarily attributable to:
$1.21.3 million due to provision for doubtful accounts recognized in property operating expenses in the first quarter of 2018lower assessed values and rental revenue in the first quarter of 2019;
$0.3 million of environmental remediation costs accrued in the first quarter of 2018;tax refunds; and
$0.20.6 million decrease as a result of property dispositions netdispositions.
Property operating expenses decreased by $8.3 million to $14.1 million in the third quarter of acquisitions,2019 from $22.3 million in the third quarter of 2018. The decrease is primarily attributable to:
$9.5 million lease termination payment to acquire the Toys “R” Us lease at Bruckner Commons in the Bronx, NY in the third quarter of 2018, partially offset by
$0.7 million of common area maintenance expenses recognized on a gross basis at tenant-maintained centers in accordance with the new lease accounting standard, ASC 842;standard; and
$0.20.5 million increase in cleanup and repair costs for vacant spaces.
General and administrative expenses increaseddecreased by $2.9$1.3 million to $10.6$8.4 million in the firstthird quarter of 2019 from $7.6$9.7 million in the firstthird quarter of 2018. The increasedecrease is primarily attributable to:
$1.31.9 million decrease due to executive transition costs incurred in the third quarter of 2018; and
$0.4 million decrease in transaction costs, partially offset by
$1.0 million increase in share-based compensation expense due to additional equity awards granted since the first quarter of 2018;
$0.9 million increase in professional fees for consulting and legal services;
$0.4 million of accelerated amortization of unvested equity awards associated with the retirement of the Company’s Chief Operating Officer; and
$0.3 million increase in transaction costs.


A casualty and impairment loss of $4.0 million was recognized in the in the first quarter of 2019 as a result of a real estate impairment charge recognized on our property in Westfield, NJ attributable to the vacancy of a significant tenant.
We recognized a $1.3 million casualty and impairment gain in the first quarter of 2018 comprised of a $1.5 million insurance gain net of $0.2 million hurricane-related expenses incurred as a result of Hurricane Maria.granted.
Lease expense increased by $0.9$0.8 million to $3.7$3.5 million in the firstthird quarter of 2019 from $2.7 million in the firstthird quarter of 2018. The increase is primarily attributable to the recognition of common area maintenance and real estate taxes associated with ground or building leases within lease expense in accordance with the new lease accounting standard, ASC 842, effective January 1, 2019.
We recognized a gain on sale of real estate of $17.0$39.7 million in the firstthird quarter of 2019 due to the sale of six operating properties. A gain on sale of real estate of $2.2 million was recognized in the third quarter of 2018 on the sale of a 5.7 acre land parcel at our property, Cherry Hill Commons, in Cherry Hill, NJ.
We recognized a gain of $1.8 million in the third quarter of 2019 due to the sale of our propertyground lease in Chicopee, MA on March 15, 2019.Tysons Corner, VA.
Interest

Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 to September 30, 2018
Net income increasedfor the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $112.7 million, compared to net income of $109.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The following table summarizes certain line items from our consolidated statements of income that we believe are important in understanding our operations and/or those items which significantly changed in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 as compared to the same period of 2018:
 Nine Months Ended September 30,  
(Amounts in thousands)2019 2018 Change
Total revenue$291,722
 $313,237
 $(21,515)
Depreciation and amortization65,893
 73,544
 (7,651)
Real estate taxes45,188
 47,736
 (2,548)
Property operating expenses45,552
 61,996
 (16,444)
General and administrative28,943
 25,579
 3,364
Casualty and impairment (loss) gain, net(9,070) 1,248
 (10,318)
Lease expense11,037
 8,210
 2,827
Gain on sale of real estate68,219
 52,625
 15,594
Gain on sale of lease1,849
 
 1,849
Interest income7,670
 5,943
 1,727
Interest and debt expense49,869
 48,059
 1,810
Gain on extinguishment of debt
 2,524
 (2,524)
Income tax expense1,249
 741
 508
Total revenue decreased by $1.0$21.5 million to $2.5$291.7 million in the first quarter ofnine months ended September 30, 2019 from $1.5$313.2 million in the first quarter ofnine months ended September 30, 2018. The increasedecrease is primarily attributable to:
$14.2 million decrease in write-offs of below-market lease intangible liabilities related to recaptured leases;
$5.8 million as a result of property dispositions;
$2.0 million decrease in property rentals due to lease terminations and modifications, offset by rent commencements and contractual rent increases; and
$1.1 million due to credit losses related to operating lease receivables recognized against rental income in 2019 in accordance with the new lease accounting standard, effective January 1, 2019, as compared to being included in property operating expenses in 2018, partially offset by;
$1.0 million increase due to rent abatements in the nine months ended September 30, 2018, recognized at our two malls in Puerto Rico and at our property in Wilkes-Barre, PA as a result of natural disasters; and
$0.6 million due to an increase in interest rates.tenant bankruptcy settlement income.
InterestDepreciation and debt expense increasedamortization expenses decreased by $0.9$7.7 million to $16.5$65.9 million in the first quarter ofnine months ended September 30, 2019 from $15.6$73.5 million in the first quarternine months ended September 30, 2018. The decrease is primarily attributable to:
$8.4 million decrease in depreciation and amortization as a result of write-offs of existing tenant improvements and intangible assets related to recaptured leases in the nine months ended September 30, 2018; and
$0.3 million decrease as a result of property dispositions, partially offset by
$1.0 million increase from development projects and tenant improvements placed into service.
Real estate taxes decreased by $2.5 million to $45.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from $47.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The decrease is primarily attributable to:
$1.4 million decrease due to lower assessed values and tax refunds; and
$1.1 million decrease as a result of dispositions.
Property operating expenses decreased by $16.4 million to $45.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from $62.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The decrease is primarily attributable to:
$15.5 million due to lease termination payments to acquire the Toys “R” Us leases at Bruckner Commons in the Bronx, NY and Hudson Mall in Jersey City, NJ in the nine months ended September 30, 2018;
$2.5 million due to credit losses recognized in property operating expenses in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and rental revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2019;
$1.1 million due to lower common area maintenance expenses incurred for snow removal in 2019; and


$0.6 million of environmental remediation costs accrued in the nine months ended September 30, 2018, partially offset by
$2.2 million of common area maintenance expenses recognized on a gross basis at tenant-maintained centers in accordance with the new lease accounting standard; and
$1.1 million increase in repair costs for vacant spaces.
General and administrative expenses increased by $3.4 million to $28.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from $25.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase is primarily attributable to:
$0.63.4 million increase in share-based compensation expense due to additional equity awards granted;
$1.1 million increase in professional fees for consulting, recruitment and legal services, partially offset by
$1.1 million net decrease in executive transition costs, severance and other expenses.
A casualty and impairment loss, net of $9.1 million was recognized in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 attributable to:
$22.7 million of real estate impairment charges recognized against the carrying values of three properties, partially offset by
$13.6 million from insurance settlements for Hurricane Maria at our two malls in Puerto Rico and for tornado damage at our shopping center in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
We recognized a $1.2 million casualty and impairment gain in the nine months ended September 30, 2018, comprised of $1.5 million of insurance proceeds, offset by $0.3 million of expenses incurred as a result of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
Lease expense increased by $2.8 million to $11.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from $8.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase is primarily attributable to the recognition of common area maintenance and real estate taxes associated with ground or building leases within lease expense in accordance with the new lease accounting standard, effective January 1, 2019.
We recognized a gain on sale of real estate of $68.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 due to the sale of eight operating properties. A gain on sale of real estate of $52.6 million was recognized in the nine months ended September 30, 2018, comprised of $50.4 million as a result of the sale of our property in Allentown, PA and $2.2 million as a result of the sale of a 5.7 acre land parcel at our property, Cherry Hill Commons, in Cherry Hill, NJ.
We recognized a gain of $1.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 due to the sale of our ground lease in Tysons Corner, VA.
Interest income increased by $1.7 million to $7.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from $5.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase is attributable to an increase in interest rates and higher invested cash balances.
Interest and debt expense increased by $1.8 million to $49.9 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from $48.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase is primarily attributable to:
$1.5 million decrease in interest capitalized relateddue to the completion of development projects; and
$0.30.6 million increase resulting from higher interest rates on variable rate date.debt, partially offset by
$0.3 million decrease due to lower principal balances from monthly payments on fixed rate debt.
We recognized a $2.5 million gain on extinguishment of debt in the first quarter ofnine months ended September 30, 2018 as a result of the foreclosure sale and forgiveness of the $11.5 million mortgage debt secured by our property in Englewood, NJ.

Income tax expense increased by $0.5 million to $1.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 from $0.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 primarily attributable to the tax impact from the insurance settlement for our two malls in Puerto Rico related to Hurricane Maria.






















































Non-GAAP Financial Measures


Throughout this section, we have provided certain information on a “same-property” cash basis which includes the results of operations that were owned and operated for the entirety of the reporting periods being compared totaling 8373 properties for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018. and72 properties for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018. Information provided on a same-property basis excludes properties that were under development, redevelopment or that involve anchor repositioning where a substantial portion of the gross leasable area is taken out of service and also excludes properties acquired or sold during the periods being compared. While there is judgment surrounding changes in designations, a property is removed from the same-property pool when a property is considered to be a redevelopment property because it is undergoing significant renovation or retenanting pursuant to a formal plan and is expected to have a significant impact on property operating income based on the retenanting that is occurring. A development or redevelopment property is moved back to the same-property pool once a substantial portion of the NOI growth expected from the development or redevelopment is reflected in both the current and comparable prior year period, generally one year after at least 80% of the expected NOI from the project is realized on a cash basis. Acquisitions are moved into the same-property pool once we have owned the property for the entirety of the comparable periods and the property is not under significant development or redevelopment.


We calculate same-property cash NOI using net income as defined by GAAP reflecting only those income and expense items that are reflected in cash NOI, adjusted for the following items: lease termination fees, bankruptcy settlement income, and income and expenses that we do not believe are representative of ongoing operating results, if any.


The most directly comparable GAAP financial measure to cash NOI is net income. Cash NOI excludes certain components from net income in order to provide results that are more closely related to a property’s results of operations. We calculate cash NOI by adjusting net income to add back depreciation and amortization expense, general and administrative expenses, casualty and real estate impairment losses and non-cash lease expense, and deduct non-cash rental income resulting from the straight-lining of rents and amortization of acquired below market leases net of above market leases.


We use cash NOI internally to make investment and capital allocation decisions and to compare the unlevered performance of our properties to our peers. Further, we believe cash NOI is useful to investors as a performance measure because, when compared across periods, cash NOI reflects the impact on operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, operating costs and acquisition and disposition activity on an unleveraged basis, providing perspective not immediately apparent from net income. As such, cash NOI assists in eliminating disparities in net income due to the development, redevelopment, acquisition or disposition of properties during the periods presented, and thus provides a more consistent performance measure for the comparison of the operating performance of the Company’s properties. Cash NOI and same-property cash NOI should not be considered substitutes for net income and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by others.
Same-property cash NOI decreased by $1.2$1.4 million, or (2.2)(2.7)%, for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 as compared to the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2018 and decreased by $2.9 million, or (1.9)%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2018.












































The following table reconciles net income to cash NOI and same-property cash NOI for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018.2018, respectively.
Quarter Ended March 31,Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Amounts in thousands)2019 20182019 2018 2019 2018
Net income$27,892
 $23,039
$56,700
 $26,899
 $112,659
 $109,712
Management and development fee income from non-owned properties(352) (342)(280) (375) (940) (1,064)
Other expense (income)230
 (77)251
 (46) 799
 (119)
Depreciation and amortization21,830
 21,270
21,496
 21,833
 65,893
 73,544
General and administrative expense10,580
 7,641
8,353
 9,702
 28,943
 25,579
Casualty and impairment loss (gain), net(1)
3,958
 (1,341)
 58
 9,070
 (1,248)
Gain on sale of real estate(16,953) 
(39,716) (2,185) (68,219) (52,625)
Gain on sale of lease(1,849) 
 (1,849) 
Interest income(2,506) (1,524)(2,706) (2,388) (7,670) (5,943)
Interest and debt expense16,536
 15,644
16,861
 16,756
 49,869
 48,059
Gain on extinguishment of debt
 (2,524)
 
 
 (2,524)
Income tax expense202
 434
53
 115
 1,249
 741
Non-cash revenue and expenses(2,074) (2,289)(1,790) (19,514) (12,953) (28,595)
Cash NOI59,343
 59,931
57,373
 50,855
 176,851
 165,517
Adjustments:          
Non-same property cash NOI(2)
(6,109) (5,938)(4,855) (6,901) (24,412) (27,194)
Tenant bankruptcy settlement income(27) (164)
Tenant bankruptcy settlement income and lease termination income(374) (27) (1,553) (1,004)
Lease termination payment
 9,500
 
 15,500
Natural disaster related operating loss
 306

 (6) 
 172
Construction rental abatement
 164
 
 164
Environmental remediation costs
 250

 
 
 584
Same-property cash NOI$53,207

$54,385
$52,144

$53,585

$150,886

$153,739
Cash NOI related to properties being redeveloped5,857
 4,891
3,415
 2,992
 17,041
 15,162
Same-property cash NOI including properties in redevelopment$59,064
 $59,276
$55,559
 $56,577

$167,927

$168,901
(1) The threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 reflect a real estate impairment charge recognized onlosses, offset by insurance proceeds for Hurricane Maria at our propertytwo malls in Westfield, NJ.Puerto Rico and for tornado damage at our shopping center in Wilkes-Barre, PA. The threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018 reflect hurricane-related insurance proceeds net of expenses.
(2) Non-same property cash NOI includes cash NOI related to properties being redeveloped and properties acquired or disposed.







































Funds From Operations
FFO for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 was $36.5$38.2 million compared to $44.1$46.3 million for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2018 and $132.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared to $130.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.
We calculate FFO in accordance with the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts’ (‘‘Nareit’’) definition. Nareit defines FFO as net income (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from sales of depreciable real estate and land when connected to the main business of a REIT, impairments on depreciable real estate or land related to a REIT's main business, and rental property depreciation and amortization expense. We believe FFO is a meaningful non-GAAP financial measure useful in comparing our levered operating performance from period to period both internally and among our peers because this non-GAAP measure excludes net gains on sales of depreciable real estate, real estate impairment losses, rental property depreciation and amortization expense which implicitly assumes that the value of real estate diminishes predictably over time rather than fluctuating based on market conditions. FFO does not represent cash flows from operating activities in accordance with GAAP, should not be considered an alternative to net income as an indication of our performance, and is not indicative of cash flow as a measure of liquidity or our ability to make cash distributions. FFO may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by others.
Quarter Ended March 31,Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Amounts in thousands)2019 20182019 2018 2019 2018
Net income$27,892
 $23,039
$56,700
 $26,899
 $112,659
 $109,712
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in:   
Less net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in:       
Operating partnership(2,355) (2,328)(2,662) (2,688) (6,535) (11,041)
Consolidated subsidiaries
 (11)2
 (11) 24
 (34)
Net income attributable to common shareholders25,537
 20,700
54,040
 24,200
 106,148
 98,637
Adjustments:          
Rental property depreciation and amortization21,623
 21,072
21,262
 21,639
 65,233
 72,969
Gain on sale of real estate(16,953) 
(39,716) (2,185) (68,219) (52,625)
Real estate impairment loss3,958
 

 
 22,653
 
Limited partnership interests in operating partnership(1)
2,355
 2,328
2,662
 2,688
 6,535
 11,041
FFO applicable to diluted common shareholders$36,520
 $44,100
$38,248
 $46,342

$132,350

$130,022
(1) Represents earnings allocated to LTIP and OP unitholders for unissued common shares which have been excluded for purposes of calculating earnings per diluted share for the periods presented.












Liquidity and Capital Resources


Due to the nature of our business, the cash generated from operations is primarily paid to our shareholders and unitholders of the Operating Partnership in the form of distributions. Our status as a REIT requires that we distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income each year. Our Board of Trustees declared a quarterly dividend of $0.22 per common share and OP unit for each of the first quarterthree quarters of 2019, or an annual rate of $0.88. We expect to pay regular cash dividends; however, the timing, declaration, amount and payment of distributions to shareholders and unitholders of the Operating Partnership fall within the discretion of our Board of Trustees. Our Board of Trustees’ decisions regarding the payment of dividends depends on many factors, such as maintaining our REIT tax status, our financial condition, earnings, capital requirements, debt service obligations, limitations under our financing arrangements, industry practice, legal requirements, regulatory constraints, and other factors.


Property rental income is our primary source of cash flow and is dependent on a number of factors, including our occupancy level and rental rates, as well as our tenants’ ability to pay rent. Our properties provide us with a relatively consistent stream of cash flow that enables us to pay operating expenses, debt service and recurring capital expenditures. Other sources of liquidity to fund cash requirements include proceeds from financings, equity offerings and asset sales.


Our short-term liquidity requirements consist of normal recurring operating expenses, lease obligations, regular debt service requirements, recurring expenditures (general & administrative expenses), expenditures related to leasing activity and distributions to shareholders and unitholders of the Operating Partnership. Our long-term capital requirements consist primarily of maturities under our long-term debt agreements, development and redevelopment costs and potential acquisitions.


At March 31,September 30, 2019, we had cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, of $448.8$536.3 million and no amounts drawn on our line of credit. In addition, we had the following sources of capital available:
(Amounts in thousands)March 31, 2019September 30, 2019
ATM equity program(1)
 
Original offering amount$250,000
Available capacity$241,300
 
Revolving credit agreement(2)
 
Revolving credit agreement(1)
 
Total commitment amount$600,000
$600,000
Available capacity$600,000
$600,000
MaturityMarch 7, 2021
January 29, 2024
(1) Refer to Note 14 to the unaudited consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
(2) Refer to Note 6 to the unaudited consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.


We have no debt scheduled to mature in 2019.2019 or 2020. We currently believe that cash flows from operations over the next 12 months, together with cash on hand, our ATM equity program, our revolving credit agreement and our general ability to access the capital markets will be sufficient to finance our operations and fund our debt service requirements and capital expenditures.


Summary of Cash Flows
Cash and cash equivalents including restricted cash was $448.8$536.3 million at March 31,September 30, 2019, compared to $457.5 million as of December 31, 2018 and $473.6$465.6 million as of March 31,September 30, 2018, a decreasean increase of $8.7$78.8 million and $24.8$70.8 million, respectively. Our cash flow activities are summarized as follows:
 Three Months Ended March 31,  
(Amounts in thousands)2019 2018 Increase (Decrease)
Net cash provided by operating activities$29,427
 $34,001
 $(4,574)
Net cash used in investing activities(8,494) (32,237) 23,743
Net cash used in financing activities(29,667) (29,014) (653)






 Nine Months Ended September 30,  
(Amounts in thousands)2019 2018 Increase (Decrease)
Net cash provided by operating activities$115,593
 $88,122
 $27,471
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities60,055
 (36,741) 96,796
Net cash used in financing activities(96,824) (86,646) (10,178)
Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities primarily consists of cash inflows from rental revenue and cash outflows for property operating expenses, general and administrative expenses and interest and debt expense.
Net cash provided by operating activities of $29.4$115.6 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 decreasedincreased by $4.6$27.5 million from $34.0$88.1 million as of March 31,September 30, 2018, driven by $15.5 million of lease termination payments to acquire the Toys “R” Us leases at Bruckner Commons in the Bronx, NY and Hudson Mall in Jersey City, NJ during the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The remaining increase in cash is due to timing of cash receipts and payments related to changes in operating assets and liabilities.tenant collections including the impact of recovery income.



Investing Activities
Net cash flow provided by or used in investing activities is impacted by the timing and extent of our real estate development, capital improvements, and acquisition and disposition activities during the period.
Net cash provided by investing activities of $60.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, increased by $96.8 million compared to net cash used in investing activities of $8.5$36.7 million for the threenine months ended March 31, 2019, decreased by $23.7 million from $32.2 million as of March 31,September 30, 2018 due to (i) $18.2$53.8 million ofincrease in cash provided by the sale of our property in Chicopee, MA,properties, (ii) $4.0 million decrease in cash used for acquisitions, (iii) $2.6$19.7 million decrease in cash used for real estate development and capital improvements at existing properties, partially offset by (iv) $1.0(iii) $11.4 million ofincrease in cash from insurance proceeds for physical property damages providedreceived in the threenine months ended March 31, 2018.September 30, 2019, (iv) $6.9 million increase due to the sale of an operating lease and (v) $4.9 million decrease in cash used for acquisitions.
Financing Activities
Net cash flow used in financing activities is impacted by the timing and extent of issuances of debt and equity securities, distributions paid to common shareholders and unitholders of the Operating Partnership as well as principal and other payments associated with our outstanding indebtedness.
Net cash used in financing activities of $29.7$96.8 million for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, increased by $0.7$10.2 million from $29.0$86.6 million as of March 31,for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 due to (i) $0.3$6.0 million paid to redeem units in 2019, (ii) $2.6 million of cash used to amend our revolving credit agreement in 2019, (iii) $0.8 million increase in debt repayments, (ii) $0.2(iv) $0.5 million increase in distributions to partnersshareholders and (iii)unitholders and (v) $0.2 million increase in tax withholdings on vested restricted stock.
Financing Activities and Contractual Obligations
Below is a summary of our outstanding debt and weighted average interest rate as of March 31, September 30, 2019.
(Amounts in thousands) Principal balance at March 31, 2019 Weighted Average Interest Rate at March 31, 2019 Principal balance at September 30, 2019 Weighted Average Interest Rate at September 30, 2019
Mortgages payable:      
Fixed rate debt $1,391,432
 4.12% $1,388,503
 4.12%
Variable rate debt(1)
 169,500
 4.23% 169,500
 3.84%
Total mortgages payable 1,560,932
 4.13% 1,558,003
 4.09%
Unamortized debt issuance costs (11,453)  (10,517) 
Total mortgages payable, net of unamortized debt issuance costs $1,549,479
  $1,547,486
 
(1) As of March 31,September 30, 2019, $80.5 million of our variable rate debt bears interest at one month LIBOR plus 190 bps and $89 million of our variable rate debt bears interest at one month LIBOR plus 160 bps.


The net carrying amount of real estate collateralizing the above indebtedness amounted to approximately $1.3$1.2 billion as of March 31,September 30, 2019. Our mortgage loans contain covenants that limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness on these properties and in certain circumstances, require lender approval of tenant leases and/or yield maintenance upon repayment prior to maturity. As of March 31,September 30, 2019, we were in compliance with all debt covenants.


On January 15, 2015, we entered into a $500 million Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Agreement”) with certain financial institutions. On March 7, 2017, we amended and extended the Agreement. The amendment increased the credit facility size by $100 million to $600 million and extended the maturity date to March 7, 2021 with two six-month extension options. BorrowingsOn July 29, 2019, we entered into a second amendment to the Agreement to extend the maturity date to January 29, 2024 with two six-month extension options. Company borrowings under the Agreement are subject to interest at LIBOR plus an applicable margin of 1.10%1.05% to 1.55%1.50% and an annual facility fee of 15 to 3530 basis points. Both the spread over LIBOR and the facility fee are based on our current leverage ratio and are subject to increase if our leverage ratio increases above predefined thresholds. The Agreement contains customary financial covenants, including a maximum leverage ratio of 60% and a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.5x. No amounts have been drawn to date under the Agreement.


In the event that LIBOR is discontinued, the interest rates for our debt following such event will be based on either alternate base rates or agreed upon replacement rates. Such an event would not affect our ability to borrow or maintain already outstanding borrowings, although it could result in higher interest rates.








Capital Expenditures
The following summarizes capital expenditures presented on a cash basis for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 and 2018:
 Three Months Ended March 31, Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Amounts in thousands) 2019 2018 2019 2018
Capital expenditures:   
   
Development and redevelopment costs(1) $23,438
 $26,579
 $55,640
 $71,830
Capital improvements(1) 767
 643
 10,736
 14,704
Tenant improvements and allowances 2,413
 894
 4,629
 2,388
Total capital expenditures $26,618

$28,116
 $71,005

$88,922

(1)Amounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 have been reclassified to conform with current period presentation.

As of March 31,September 30, 2019, we had approximately $121.2$42.5 million of active redevelopment, development and anchor repositioning projects at various stages of completion, and $126.9 million of completed projects, a decrease of $2.5$154.0 million from $250.6$196.5 million of projects as of December 31, 2018. We have advanced these projects $6.2and incurred $18.5 million of additional spend since December 31, 2018 and2018. We anticipate that these projects will require an additional $42.8$8.3 million over the next two years to complete. We expect to fund these projects using cash on hand, proceeds from dispositions, secured debt, or proceeds from issuing equity.


Commitments and Contingencies
Insurance
The Company maintains (i) general liability insurance with limits of $200 million for properties in the U.S. and Puerto Rico and (ii) all-risk property insurance with limits of $500 million per occurrence and in the aggregate for properties in the U.S. and $139 million for properties in Puerto Rico, subject to the terms, conditions, exclusions, deductibles and sub-limits when applicable for certain perils such as floods and earthquakes and (iii) numerous other insurance policies including trustees’ and officers’ insurance, workers’ compensation and automobile-related liabilities insurance. The Company’s insurance includes coverage for acts of terrorism but excludes coverage for nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological terrorism events as defined by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, which expires in December 2020. In addition, the Company maintains coverage for certain cybersecurity losses with limits of $5 million per occurrence and in the aggregate providing first and third-party coverage including network interruption, event management, cyber extortion and claims for media content, security and privacy liability. Insurance premiums are typically charged directly to each of the retail properties and warehouses but not all of the cost of such premiums are recovered. The Company is responsible for deductibles, losses in excess of insurance coverage, and the portion of premiums not reimbursable by tenants at our properties, which could be material.
We continue to monitor the state of the insurance market and the scope and costs of coverage for acts of terrorism. However, weavailable coverage. We cannot anticipate what coverage will be available on commercially reasonable terms in the future and expect premiums across most property coverage lines to increase in light of recent events. The incurrence of uninsured losses, costs or uncovered premiums could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Certain of our loans and other agreements contain customary covenants requiring the maintenance of insurance coverage. Although we believe that we currently have adequate insurance coverage for purposes of these agreements, we may not be able to obtain an equivalent amount of coverage at reasonable costs in the future. If lenders or other counterparties insist on greater coverage than we are able to obtain, such requirement could materially and adversely affect our ability to finance our properties and expand our portfolio.


Tornado-Related Charges 
On June 13, 2018, a tornado hit our shopping center in Wilkes-Barre, PA, damaging approximately 13% of the property’s gross leasable area. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company settled the related insurance claim with its carrier for $5.5 million. Of this amount, the Company recognized $4.8 million as a casualty gain in the nine months ended September 30, 2019. As part of the settlement, the Company recognized $0.3 million as business interruption proceeds within rental revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Hurricane-Related Charges
On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall, damaging our two properties in Puerto Rico. During the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018, the Company received $1.5 million in casualty insurance proceeds, which were partially offset by $0.2$0.3 million of hurricane related costs, resulting in net casualty gains of $1.3$1.2 million included in casualty and impairment loss (gain), net on the accompanying consolidated statements of income.



During the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018, the Company recognized $0.8a $0.1 million net casualty gain and $0.4 million of business interruption losses. Losseslosses, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, losses of $0.6$0.8 million pertained to rent abatements due to tenants that had not reopened since the hurricane, recorded as a reduction of rental revenue, and $0.2offset by a $0.4 million was recorded as areversal within property operating expenses to provision for doubtful accounts within property operating expenses, for unpaid rents.payments received from tenants on rents previously reserved.


TheIn June 2019, the Company is in active dialoguereached a settlement agreement with its carrier regarding theits final insurance claimrecovery related to Hurricane Maria for $14.3 million, of which is still open, and no determination has been made$3.3 million was previously received, subject to deductibles of $2.3 million. We recognized an $8.7 million casualty gain as a result of the settlement agreement related to the amount or timing of additional insurance proceeds, if any, that may be received.our two malls in Puerto Rico.




Environmental Matters
Each of our properties has been subjected to varying degrees of environmental assessment at various times. Based on these assessments, we have accrued costs of $1.6 million and $1.7 million on our consolidated balance sheets as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, for remediation costs for environmental contamination at certain properties. While this accrual reflects our best estimates of the potential costs of remediation at these properties, there can be no assurance that the actual costs will not exceed these amounts. During the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2018, the Company recognized $0.3$0.6 million of environmental remediation costs within property operating expenses on the consolidated statements of income. Although we are not aware of any other material environmental contamination, there can be no assurance that the identification of new areas of contamination, changes in the extent or known scope of contamination, the discovery of additional sites, or changes in cleanup requirements would not result in significant costs to us.


Bankruptcies
Although our rental revenue is supported by long-term leases, leases may be rejected in a bankruptcy proceeding and the related tenant stores may permanently vacate prior to lease expiration. In the event a tenant with a significant number of leases or square footage in our shopping centers files for bankruptcy and rejects its leases with us, we could experience a reduction in our revenues. We monitor the operating performance and rent collections of all tenants in our shopping centers, especially those tenants in arrears or operating retail formats that are experiencing significant changes in competition, business practice, or store closings in other locations.


Sears, the parent company of Kmart, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on October 15, 2018. The Company hashad four Kmart leases with Sears comprising approximately 547,000 sf, which generategenerated $8.5 million in annual rental revenue. In January 2019, Sears announced the acquisition of its assets by ESL for approximately $5.2 billion. Kmart closed its stores at Las Catalinas in Puerto Rico and in Huntington, NY at the end of January 2019; however, propertyProperty rents have beenwere paid on all four Kmart locations through April 2019. As ofIn April 30, 2019, our Kmart leaseleases at Las Catalinas was rejected. It is not clear whetherand Huntington, NY were rejected and we recognized a $7.4 million write-off of the below-market intangible liability connected with the lease in Huntington, NY (classified within rental revenues). ESL will attempt to assume or rejectassumed the Company’s remaining leases.two Kmart leases at Montehiedra and at Bruckner Commons. The Company is monitoring the proceedings and considering its alternatives.


We are not awareDuring the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company received $0.1 million and $1.2 million of bankruptcy settlement income in connection with the bankruptcy proceedings of Toys “R” Us. The settlement proceeds were used to offset outstanding credit losses and the remaining proceeds were recorded to other income. Prior to liquidation in 2018, the Company had leases with Toys “R” Us at nine locations with annual rental revenue of $7.6 million. No determination has been made as to the amount or timing of additional bankruptcy settlement proceeds, if any, additional bankruptcies or announced store closings by any tenants in our shopping centers that would individually cause a material reduction in our revenues.may be received.


Inflation and Economic Condition Considerations
Most of our leases contain provisions designed to partially mitigate the impact of inflation. Although inflation has been low in recent periods and has had a minimal impact on the performance of our shopping centers, it is very possible that inflation will increase in future years. Most of our leases require tenants to pay their share of operating expenses, including common area maintenance, real estate taxes and insurance, thereby reducing our exposure to increases in costs and operating expenses resulting from inflation, although some larger tenants have capped the amount of these operating expenses they are responsible for under the lease. A small number of our leases also include percentage rent clauses enabling us to receive additional rent based on tenant sales above a predetermined level, which sales generally increase as prices rise and are typically related to increases in the Consumer Price Index or similar inflation indices.


Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31,September 30, 2019 or December 31, 2018.






ITEM 3.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK


Interest Rate Risk


We have exposure to fluctuations in interest rates, which are sensitive to many factors that are beyond our control. The following table discusses our exposure to hypothetical changes in market rates of interest on interest expense for our variable rate debt and fixed-rate debt. Interest rate risk amounts were determined by considering the impact of hypothetical interest rates on our debt. This analysis does not take into account all of the factors that may affect our debt, such as the effect that a changing interest rate environment could have on the overall level of economic activity or the action that our management might take to reduce our exposure to the change. This analysis assumes no change in our financial structure. Our exposure to a change in interest rates is summarized in the table below.
2019 20182019 2018
(Amounts in thousands)March 31, Balance Weighted Average Interest Rate Effect of 1% Change in Base Rates December 31, Balance Weighted Average Interest RateSeptember 30, Balance Weighted Average Interest Rate Effect of 1% Change in Base Rates December 31, Balance Weighted Average Interest Rate
  
Variable Rate$169,500
 4.23% $1,695
 $169,500
 4.09%$169,500
 3.84% $1,695
 $169,500
 4.09%
Fixed Rate1,391,432
 4.12% 
(2) 
1,392,659
 4.12%1,388,503
 4.12% 
(2) 
1,392,659
 4.12%
$1,560,932
(1) 
 $1,695
 $1,562,159
(1) 
 $1,558,003
(1) 
 $1,695
 $1,562,159
(1) 
 
(1)Excludes unamortized debt issuance costs of $11.5$10.5 million and $11.9 million as of March 31,September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.
(2) If the weighted average interest rate of our fixed rate debt increased by 1% (i.e. due to refinancing at higher rates), annualized interest expense would have increased by approximately $13.9 million based on outstanding balances as of March 31,September 30, 2019.


We may utilize various financial instruments to mitigate the impact of interest rate fluctuations on our cash flows and earnings, including hedging strategies, depending on our analysis of the interest rate environment and the costs and risks of such strategies. As of March 31,September 30, 2019, we did not have any hedging instruments in place.


Fair Value of Debt


The estimated fair value of our consolidated debt is calculated based on current market prices and discounted cash flows at the current rate at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings for the remaining term of such debt. As of March 31,September 30, 2019, the estimated fair value of our consolidated debt was $1.6 billion.


Other Market Risks


As of March 31,September 30, 2019, we had no material exposure to any other market risks (including foreign currency exchange risk or commodity price risk).


In making this determination and for purposes of the SEC’s market risk disclosure requirements, we have estimated the fair value of our financial instruments at March 31,September 30, 2019 based on pertinent information available to management as of that date. Although management is not aware of any factors that would significantly affect the estimated amounts as of March 31,September 30, 2019, future estimates of fair value and the amounts which may be paid or realized in the future may differ significantly from amounts presented.






ITEM 4.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES


Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures (Urban Edge Properties)
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Because of inherent limitations, disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of disclosure controls and procedures are met.
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
There have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f)) that occurred during the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures (Urban Edge Properties LP)
The Operating Partnership’s management maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of our general partner, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Because of inherent limitations, disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of disclosure controls and procedures are met.
The Operating Partnership’s management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of our general partner, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of our general partner concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
There have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f)) that occurred during the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION


ITEM 1.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are party to various legal actions that arise in the ordinary course of business. In our opinion, after consultation with legal counsel, the outcome of such matters is not expected to have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
ITEM 1A.RISK FACTORS
Except to the extent additional factual information disclosed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relates to such risk factors (including, without limitation, the matters discussed in Part I, “Item 2-Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”), there were no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed with the SEC on February 13, 2019.  




ITEM 2.UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Urban Edge Properties
(a) RecentRegistered Sales of Unregistered Shares.
Securities: During the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2019, we issued 5,762,18450,000 shares of common shares in exchange for 5,762,18450,000 OP Units that were held by certain limited partners of our Operating Partnership in connection with certain of our prior acquisitions and our separation from VRLP.acquisitions. OP Units are generally redeemable for cash or, at our discretion, exchangeable into shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis. The cash redemption amount per OP Unit is based on the market price of a sharesshare of our common stock at the time of redemption. These shares of common stock were issued in reliance on an exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We relied on the exemption under Section 4(a)(2) based upon factual representations received from the limited partners who received the shares of common stock.
(b) Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities: Not applicable.
(c) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.Securities: Not applicable.

Period 
(a)
Total Number of Shares Purchased
 
(b)
Average Price Paid per Share
 
(c)
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs
 
(d)
Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares that May Yet to be Purchased Under the Plan or Program
January 1, 2019 - January 31, 2019 11,191
(1) 
$23.58
 N/A N/A
February 1, 2019 - February 28, 2019 17,921
(1) 
24.38
 N/A N/A
March 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019 
 
 N/A N/A
  29,112
 $24.07
 N/A N/A
(1) Represents common shares surrendered by employees to us to satisfy such employees’ tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted common shares.


Urban Edge Properties LP
(a) Registered Sales of Unregistered Securities: Not applicable.
(b) Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities: Not applicable.
(c) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.Securities: Not applicable.
Period 
(a)
Total Number of Units Purchased
 
(b)
Average Price Paid per Unit
 
(c)
Total Number of Units Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs
 
(d)
Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Units that May Yet to be Purchased Under the Plan or Program
January 1, 2019 - January 31, 2019 11,191
(1) 
$23.58
 N/A N/A
February 1, 2019 - February 28, 2019 17,921
(1) 
24.38
 N/A N/A
March 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019 
 
 N/A N/A
  29,112
 $24.07
 N/A N/A
(1) Represents common units of the Operating Partnership previously held by Urban Edge Properties that were redeemed in connection with the surrender of restricted common shares of Urban Edge Properties by employees to Urban Edge Properties to satisfy such employees’ tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted common shares.


ITEM 3.DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM 4.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.




ITEM 5.OTHER INFORMATION
None.

ITEM 6.EXHIBITS


The exhibits listed below are included in, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.


INDEX TO EXHIBITS


The following exhibits are included as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:
Exhibit Number Exhibit Description
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.INSXBRL Instance Document
101.SCH Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CAL Inline XBRL Extension Calculation Linkbase
101.LAB Inline XBRL Extension Labels Linkbase
101.PRE Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
101.DEF Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101.*)

* Filed herewith
** In accordance with Item 601 (b)601(b)(32) of Regulation S-K, this Exhibit is not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Such certifications will not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.




PART IV


SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act, of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


 URBAN EDGE PROPERTIES
 (Registrant)
  
 /s/ Mark Langer
 Mark Langer, Chief Financial Officer
  
 Date: May 1,October 30, 2019
  
 URBAN EDGE PROPERTIES LP
 By: Urban Edge Properties, General Partner
  
 /s/ Mark Langer
 Mark Langer, Chief Financial Officer
  
 Date: May 1,October 30, 2019
  










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