Business Segments | NOTE 10. BUSINESS SEGMENTS Our current business strategy includes two operating segments: Real Estate Operations and Strategic Capital. We generate revenues, earnings, net operating income and cash flows through our segments, as follows: • Real Estate Operations. This operating segment represents the ownership and development of operating properties and is the largest component of our revenue and earnings. We collect rent from our customers through operating leases, including reimbursements for the majority of our property operating costs. Each operating property is considered to be an individual operating segment with similar economic characteristics; these properties are combined within the reportable business segment based on geographic location. Our Real Estate Operations segment also includes development activities that lead to rental operations, including land held for development and properties currently under development, and other real estate investments. Within this line of business, we utilize the following: (i) our land bank; (ii) the development and leasing expertise of our local teams; and (iii) our customer relationships. • Strategic Capital. This operating segment represents the management of unconsolidated co-investment ventures. We generate strategic capital revenues primarily from our unconsolidated co-investment ventures through asset management and property management services and we earn additional revenues by providing leasing, acquisition, construction, development, financing and disposition services. Depending on the structure of the venture and the returns provided to our partners, we also earn revenues through promotes periodically during the life of a venture or upon liquidation. Each unconsolidated co-investment venture we manage is considered to be an individual operating segment with similar economic characteristics; these ventures are combined within the reportable business segment based on geographic location. Reconciliations are presented below for: (i) each reportable business segment’s revenues from external customers to Total Revenues Operating Income Earnings Before Income Taxes Total Assets Total Revenues Operating Income Earnings Before Income Taxes Total Assets The following reconciliations are presented in thousands: Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 2021 Revenues: Real estate operations segment: U.S. $ 1,038,991 $ 975,083 Other Americas 22,191 23,893 Europe 12,008 18,856 Asia 12,013 10,523 Total real estate operations segment 1,085,203 1,028,355 Strategic capital segment: U.S. 50,635 33,983 Other Americas 11,653 10,663 Europe 46,196 43,429 Asia 25,441 31,886 Total strategic capital segment 133,925 119,961 Total revenues 1,219,128 1,148,316 Segment net operating income: Real estate operations segment: U.S. (1) 771,210 709,303 Other Americas 16,107 17,595 Europe 3,970 13,191 Asia 8,653 6,938 Total real estate operations segment 799,940 747,027 Strategic capital segment: U.S. (1) 27,677 8,302 Other Americas 7,374 7,906 Europe 32,463 32,171 Asia 14,600 22,132 Total strategic capital segment 82,114 70,511 Total segment net operating income 882,054 817,538 Reconciling items: General and administrative expenses (74,646 ) (78,032 ) Depreciation and amortization expenses (396,647 ) (397,575 ) Gains on dispositions of development properties and land, net 210,206 173,643 Gains on other dispositions of investments in real estate, net 584,835 16,623 Operating income 1,205,802 532,197 Earnings from unconsolidated entities, net 76,962 67,049 Interest expense (64,064 ) (71,281 ) Interest and other income, net 1,053 4,746 Foreign currency and derivative gains, net 47,356 80,152 Losses on early extinguishment of debt, net (18,165 ) (187,453 ) Earnings before income taxes $ 1,248,944 $ 425,410 March 31, 2022 December 31, 2021 Segment assets: Real estate operations segment: U.S. $ 44,170,370 $ 44,136,140 Other Americas 1,212,592 1,148,371 Europe 1,871,785 1,837,800 Asia 973,745 965,854 Total real estate operations segment 48,228,492 48,088,165 Strategic capital segment: (2) U.S. 11,666 11,984 Europe 25,280 25,280 Asia 277 299 Total strategic capital segment 37,223 37,563 Total segment assets 48,265,715 48,125,728 Reconciling items: Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities 8,679,011 8,610,958 Assets held for sale or contribution 373,664 669,688 Cash and cash equivalents 1,912,750 556,117 Other assets 548,731 523,729 Total reconciling items 11,514,156 10,360,492 Total assets $ 59,779,871 $ 58,486,220 (1) This includes compensation and personnel costs for employees who were located in the U.S. but also support other geographies. (2) Represents management contracts and goodwill recorded in connection with business combinations associated with the Strategic Capital segment. Goodwill was $25.3 million at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. |