UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
[Mark One]
x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2013
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: 000-53195
Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Maryland |
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(State or other Jurisdiction of |
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Incorporation or Organization) |
| Identification No.) |
15601 Dallas Parkway, Suite 600, Addison, Texas 75001
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (ZIP Code)
(866) 655-3600
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
None
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
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. Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted 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 and post such files). Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x
As of April 30, 2013, the Registrant had 168,630,625 shares of common stock outstanding.
BEHRINGER HARVARD MULTIFAMILY REIT I, INC.
Quarter Ended March 31, 2013
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Item 1. | Financial Statements (unaudited) |
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| Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 | 3 |
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| Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 | 4 |
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| Consolidated Statements of Equity for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 | 5 |
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| Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 | 6 |
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 27 | |
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Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I, Inc.
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
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Assets |
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Real estate |
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Land |
| $ | 324,807 |
| $ | 327,946 |
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Buildings and improvements |
| 1,824,541 |
| 1,849,483 |
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| 2,149,348 |
| 2,177,429 |
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Less accumulated depreciation |
| (143,252 | ) | (123,360 | ) | ||
Net operating real estate |
| 2,006,096 |
| 2,054,069 |
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Construction in progress, including land ($96.6 million and $46.1 million related to VIEs as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively) |
| 226,354 |
| 151,605 |
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Total real estate, net |
| 2,232,450 |
| 2,205,674 |
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Investment in unconsolidated real estate joint venture |
| 4,662 |
| 3,030 |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
| 394,869 |
| 450,644 |
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Intangibles, net |
| 18,640 |
| 19,063 |
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Other assets, net |
| 71,451 |
| 66,282 |
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Total assets |
| $ | 2,722,072 |
| $ | 2,744,693 |
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Liabilities and equity |
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Liabilities |
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Mortgages and notes payable |
| $ | 958,987 |
| $ | 979,558 |
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Credit facility payable |
| 10,000 |
| 10,000 |
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Accounts payable and other liabilities ($8.8 million and $1.3 million related to VIEs as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively) |
| 39,325 |
| 32,212 |
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Deferred revenues, primarily lease revenues, net |
| 17,323 |
| 17,497 |
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Distributions payable |
| 5,055 |
| 4,980 |
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Tenant security deposits |
| 3,968 |
| 4,059 |
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Total liabilities |
| 1,034,658 |
| 1,048,306 |
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Commitments and contingencies |
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Redeemable noncontrolling interests ($9.1 million and $3.9 million related to VIEs as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively) |
| 14,785 |
| 8,585 |
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Equity |
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Preferred stock, $.0001 par value per share; 124,999,000 shares authorized, none outstanding |
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Non-participating, non-voting convertible stock, $.0001 par value per share; 1,000 shares authorized, 1,000 shares issued and outstanding |
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Common stock, $.0001 par value per share; 875,000,000 shares authorized, 168,354,585 and 167,542,108 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively |
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Additional paid-in capital |
| 1,531,324 |
| 1,523,646 |
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Cumulative distributions and net income (loss) |
| (211,274 | ) | (201,211 | ) | ||
Total equity attributable to common stockholders |
| 1,320,067 |
| 1,322,452 |
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Non-redeemable noncontrolling interests |
| 352,562 |
| 365,350 |
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Total equity |
| 1,672,629 |
| 1,687,802 |
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Total liabilities and equity |
| $ | 2,722,072 |
| $ | 2,744,693 |
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See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
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Rental revenues |
| $ | 49,271 |
| $ | 43,135 |
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Expenses |
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Property operating expenses |
| 13,058 |
| 11,967 |
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Real estate taxes |
| 6,350 |
| 5,806 |
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Asset management fees |
| 1,794 |
| 1,566 |
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General and administrative expenses |
| 2,402 |
| 1,522 |
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Acquisition expenses |
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| 482 |
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Interest expense |
| 6,808 |
| 8,421 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
| 22,252 |
| 31,777 |
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Total expenses |
| 52,664 |
| 61,541 |
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Interest income |
| 2,017 |
| 2,046 |
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Equity in income (loss) of investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures |
| 130 |
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Other income |
| 27 |
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Loss from continuing operations |
| (1,219 | ) | (16,917 | ) | ||
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Income (loss) from discontinued operations: |
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Loss from discontinued operations |
| (112 | ) | (43 | ) | ||
Gain on sale of real estate |
| 6,853 |
| 13,458 |
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Net income (loss) |
| 5,522 |
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Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests: |
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Redeemable noncontrolling interests in continuing operations |
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| 861 |
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Non-redeemable noncontrolling interests in continuing operations |
| 1,324 |
| 6,889 |
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Non-redeemable noncontrolling interests in discontinued operations |
| (2,402 | ) | 197 |
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Net income attributable to common stockholders |
| $ | 4,444 |
| $ | 4,445 |
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Weighted average number of common shares outstanding |
| 168,084 |
| 164,453 |
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Basic and diluted income (loss) per common share: |
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Continuing operations |
| $ | — |
| $ | (0.06 | ) |
Discontinued operations |
| 0.03 |
| 0.09 |
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Basic and diluted income per common share |
| $ | 0.03 |
| $ | 0.03 |
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Amounts attributable to common stockholders: |
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Continuing operations |
| $ | 105 |
| $ | (9,167 | ) |
Discontinued operations |
| 4,339 |
| 13,612 |
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Net income attributable to common stockholders |
| $ | 4,444 |
| $ | 4,445 |
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See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Equity
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)
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Balance at January 1, 2012 |
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| 165,087 |
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| $ | 1,502,010 |
| $ | 413,071 |
| $ | (110,090 | ) | $ | 1,805,008 |
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Net income (loss) |
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Redemptions of common stock |
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| (1,734 | ) | — |
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Acquisition of noncontrolling interest |
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| (2,661 | ) | 2,661 |
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Distributions: |
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Declared on common stock - regular |
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| (24,753 | ) | (24,753 | ) | ||||||
Declared on common stock - special |
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| (9,889 | ) | (9,889 | ) | ||||||
Noncontrolling interests |
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| (4,003 | ) | — |
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Stock issued pursuant to distribution reinvestment plan, net |
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| 1,464 |
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| 13,906 |
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Balance at March 31, 2012 |
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| 164,817 |
| $ | 17 |
| $ | 1,497,733 |
| $ | 404,643 |
| $ | (140,287 | ) | $ | 1,762,106 |
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Balance at January 1, 2013 |
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| 167,542 |
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| $ | 1,523,646 |
| $ | 365,350 |
| $ | (201,211 | ) | $ | 1,687,802 |
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Net income |
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| 1,078 |
| 4,444 |
| 5,522 |
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Contributions from noncontrolling interests |
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Distributions: |
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Declared on common stock - regular |
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Noncontrolling interests |
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Sale of noncontrolling interests |
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Stock issued pursuant to distribution reinvestment plan, net |
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| 813 |
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| 7,678 |
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Balance at March 31, 2013 |
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| 168,355 |
| $ | 17 |
| $ | 1,531,324 |
| $ | 352,562 |
| $ | (211,274 | ) | $ | 1,672,629 |
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See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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Cash flows from operating activities |
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Net income (loss) |
| $ | 5,522 |
| $ | (3,502 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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Gain on sale of real estate |
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Equity in (income) loss of investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures |
| (130 | ) | 557 |
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Distributions received from investment in unconsolidated real estate joint venture |
| 101 |
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Depreciation |
| 21,689 |
| 20,253 |
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Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt premium/discount |
| (308 | ) | (418 | ) | ||
Amortization of intangibles |
| 423 |
| 11,633 |
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Amortization of deferred revenues, primarily lease revenues, net |
| (354 | ) | (350 | ) | ||
Other, net |
| 305 |
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Accounts payable and other liabilities |
| (2,186 | ) | (3,377 | ) | ||
Other assets |
| 2,257 |
| 130 |
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Cash provided by operating activities |
| 20,466 |
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Cash flows from investing activities |
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Additions to real estate: |
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Acquisitions of real estate, net of cash acquired of $0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 |
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Additions to existing real estate |
| (1,270 | ) | (3,216 | ) | ||
Construction in progress, including land |
| (56,812 | ) | (22,018 | ) | ||
Proceeds from sale of real estate, net |
| 33,263 |
| 23,939 |
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Investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures |
| (1,609 | ) | — |
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Acquisitions of noncontrolling interests |
| (525 | ) | — |
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Advances on notes receivable |
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Escrow deposits |
| (942 | ) | 3,489 |
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Other, net |
| (156 | ) | (201 | ) | ||
Cash used in investing activities |
| (39,123 | ) | (23,183 | ) | ||
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Cash flows from financing activities |
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Mortgage proceeds |
| 4,056 |
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Mortgage principal payments |
| (23,873 | ) | (793 | ) | ||
Contributions from noncontrolling interests |
| 2,834 |
| 222 |
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Distributions paid on common stock - regular |
| (6,804 | ) | (10,860 | ) | ||
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests |
| (12,378 | ) | (4,226 | ) | ||
Redemptions of common stock |
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Other, net |
| (953 | ) | 165 |
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Cash used in financing activities |
| (37,118 | ) | (31,014 | ) | ||
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Net change in cash and cash equivalents |
| (55,775 | ) | (42,729 | ) | ||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
| 450,644 |
| 655,495 |
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
| $ | 394,869 |
| $ | 612,766 |
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See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
1. Organization and Business
Organization
Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I, Inc. (which, together with its subsidiaries as the context requires, may be referred to as the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) was organized in Maryland on August 4, 2006. We invest in, develop and operate high quality multifamily communities. These multifamily communities include conventional multifamily assets, such as mid-rise, high-rise, garden style, and age-restricted properties, typically requiring residents to be age 55 or older. Our targeted communities include existing “core” properties, which we define as properties that are already stabilized and producing rental income, as well as properties in various phases of development, redevelopment, lease up or repositioning which we intend to transition to core properties. Further, we may invest in other types of commercial real estate, real estate-related securities, and mortgage, bridge, mezzanine, land or other loans, or in entities that make investments similar to the foregoing. We completed our first investment in April 2007.
We invest in multifamily communities that may be wholly owned by us or held through joint venture arrangements with institutional or other real estate investors which we define as “Co-Investment Ventures.” These are predominately equity investments but also include debt investments, consisting of mezzanine and land loans. If a Co-Investment Venture makes an equity or debt investment in a separate entity with additional third parties, we refer to such a separate entity as a “Property Entity.”
We have investments in 52 multifamily communities as of March 31, 2013. We wholly own nine multifamily communities and three debt investments for a total of 12 wholly owned investments. Additionally, we have an ownership interest in 40 multifamily communities through 39 separate Co-Investment Ventures, including one unconsolidated multifamily community which holds only a debt investment. Of the 52 multifamily communities with equity and debt investments, 35 are stabilized operating properties, one is in lease up and 16 are in various stages of development.
Our Co-Investment Ventures are principally with Behringer Harvard Master Partnership I LP (the “BHMP Co-Investment Partner”) and Milky Way Partners, L.P. (the “MW Co-Investment Partner”). We refer to our Co-Investment Ventures with the BHMP Co-Investment Partner as “BHMP CO-JVs” and those with the MW Co-Investment Partner as “MW CO-JVs.” We also have other Co-Investment Ventures with other real estate developers/owners, primarily to develop multifamily communities. As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, all of our investments in Property Entities with an additional third party equity owner have been made through BHMP CO-JVs. If specifically referred to by its context, we will name the BHMP CO-JV, the MW CO-JV, other Co-Investment Ventures or the Property Entity.
The table below presents a summary of the number of each type of Co-Investment Venture and our effective ownership ranges based on our share of contributed capital directly or indirectly in the multifamily community. This effective ownership is indicative of, but may differ from, percentages for distributions, contributions or financing requirements for each respective Co-Investment Venture. Unless otherwise noted, all are reported on the consolidated basis of accounting.
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| 55% to 74% |
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| 1 |
| 55% |
| 1 |
| 55% |
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| 52% to 55% |
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| 51% to 55% |
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MW CO-JVs |
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| 55% |
| 15 |
| 55% |
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Other Co-Investment Ventures |
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| 80% to 100% (b) |
| 8 |
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(a) One of the BHMP CO-JVs, Renaissance, includes investments in two multifamily communities, one that is operating and one that is in development.
(b) All of the developer’s initial contributed capital has been returned to the developer, and we have 100% of the contributed capital in six and three of the Co-Investment Ventures as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.
We have no employees and are supported by related party service agreements. We are externally managed by Behringer Harvard Multifamily Advisors I, LLC (“Behringer Harvard Multifamily Advisors I” or the “Advisor”), a Texas limited liability company. The Advisor is responsible for managing our affairs on a day-to-day basis and for identifying and making real estate investments on our behalf. Property management services for our multifamily communities are provided by Behringer Harvard Multifamily Management Services, LLC and its affiliates (“BHM Management” or “Property Manager”). Substantially all of our business is conducted through our indirectly wholly owned operating partnership, Behringer Harvard Multifamily OP I LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Behringer Harvard Multifamily OP I”).
We have elected to be taxed, and currently qualify, as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, we generally are not subject to corporate-level income taxes. To maintain our REIT status, we are required, among other requirements, to distribute annually at least 90% of our “REIT taxable income,” as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), to our stockholders. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, we would be subject to federal income tax on our taxable income at regular corporate tax rates. As of March 31, 2013, we believe we are in compliance with all applicable REIT requirements.
Offerings of Our Common Stock
In December 2007, we completed a private offering (the “Private Offering”), in which we sold approximately 14.2 million shares of our common stock with gross offering proceeds of approximately $127.3 million. Net proceeds, after selling commissions, dealer manager fees, and other offering costs, were approximately $114.3 million.
On September 2, 2011, we terminated offering shares of common stock in the primary portion of our initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), in which we sold 146.4 million shares of our common stock with aggregate gross primary offering proceeds of approximately $1.46 billion. Net proceeds, after selling commissions, dealer manager fees, and other offering costs, were approximately $1.30 billion. Upon termination of our Initial Public Offering, we reallocated 50 million unsold shares remaining from our Initial Public Offering to our distribution reinvestment plan (“DRIP”). As a result, we are offering a maximum of 100 million total shares pursuant to our DRIP at a DRIP offering price set by our board of directors, which as of March 1, 2013 is $9.53 per share, based on approximately 95% of our estimated net asset value per share as of March 1, 2013. Prior to March 1, 2013, the DRIP offering price was $9.45 per share, based on approximately 95% of our previous estimated value per share. For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the DRIP offering price averaged $9.45 and $9.50, respectively, and as of March 31, 2013 is $9.53. As of March 31, 2013, we have sold approximately 13.6 million shares under our DRIP for gross proceeds of approximately $128.8 million. There are approximately 86.4 million shares remaining to be sold under the DRIP.
Per the terms of our DRIP, we currently expect to offer shares under the DRIP for the next five years, which would be the sixth anniversary of the termination of our Initial Public Offering although our board of directors has the discretion to extend the DRIP beyond that date, in which case we will notify participants of such extension. We may suspend or terminate the DRIP at any time by providing ten days’ prior written notice to participants, and we may amend or supplement the DRIP at any time by delivering notice to participants at least 30 days’ prior to the effective date of the amendment or supplement.
Our common stock is not currently listed on a national securities exchange. Depending upon then-prevailing market conditions, we intend to begin to consider the process of listing or liquidation within the next three to five years, which is unchanged from the four to six years after the date of the termination of our Initial Public Offering as disclosed in the related offering documents.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Interim Unaudited Financial Information
The accompanying consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 1, 2013. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted from this report.
The results for the interim periods shown in this report are not necessarily indicative of future financial results. The accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2013 and consolidated statements of operations, equity and cash flows for the periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 have not been audited by our independent registered public accounting firm. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include all adjustments necessary to present fairly our consolidated financial position as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and our consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. Such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature.
We have evaluated subsequent events for recognition or disclosure in our consolidated financial statements.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include our consolidated accounts and the accounts of our wholly owned subsidiaries. We also consolidate other entities in which we have a controlling financial interest or entities where we are determined to be the primary beneficiary. Variable interest entities (“VIEs”) are generally entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equity holders lack adequate decision making ability. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate a VIE for financial reporting purposes. The determination of the primary beneficiary requires management to make significant estimates and judgments about our rights, obligations, and economic interests in such entities as well as the same of the other owners. See Note 6, “Variable Interest Entities” for further information about our VIEs. For entities in which we have less than a controlling financial interest or entities with respect to which we are not deemed to be the primary beneficiary, the entities are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Accordingly, our share of the net earnings or losses of these entities is included in consolidated net income. See Note 5, “Investment in Unconsolidated Real Estate Joint Venture” for further information on our unconsolidated investments. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Real Estate and Other Related Intangibles
Acquisitions
For real estate properties acquired by us or our Co-Investment Ventures classified as business combinations, we determine the purchase price, after adjusting for contingent consideration and settlement of any pre-existing relationships. We record the acquired assets and liabilities based on their fair values, including tangible assets (consisting of land, any associated rights, buildings and improvements), identified intangible assets and liabilities, asset retirement obligations, assumed debt, other liabilities and noncontrolling interests. Identified intangible assets and liabilities primarily consist of the fair value of in-place leases and contractual rights. Goodwill is recognized as of the acquisition date and measured as the aggregate fair value of the consideration transferred and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree over the fair value of identifiable net assets acquired. Likewise, a bargain purchase gain is recognized in current earnings when the aggregate fair value of the consideration transferred and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree are less than the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired.
The fair value of any tangible assets acquired is determined by valuing the property as if it were vacant, and the “as-if-vacant” value is then allocated to land, buildings and improvements. Land values are derived from appraisals, and building values are calculated as replacement cost less depreciation or estimates of the relative fair value of these assets using discounted cash flow analyses or similar methods. When we acquire rights to use land or improvements through contractual rights rather than fee simple interests, we determine the value of the use of these assets based on the relative fair value of the assets after considering the contractual rights and the fair value of similar assets. Assets acquired under these contractual rights are classified as intangibles and amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the contractual term or the estimated useful life of the asset. Contractual rights related to land or air rights that are substantively separated from depreciating assets are amortized over the life of the contractual term or, if no term is provided, are classified as indefinite-lived intangibles. Intangible assets are evaluated at each reporting period to determine whether the indefinite and finite useful lives are appropriate.
We determine the value of in-place lease values and tenant relationships based on our evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease and our overall relationship with that respective tenant. The aggregate value of in-place leases and tenant relationships are determined by applying a fair value model. The estimates of fair value of in-place leases include an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease up periods for the respective leasable area considering current market conditions. In estimating fair value of in-place leases, we consider items such as real estate taxes, insurance, leasing commissions, tenant improvements and other operating expenses to execute similar deals as well as projected rental revenue and carrying costs during the expected lease up period. The estimate of the fair value of tenant relationships also includes our estimate of the likelihood of renewal.
We determine the value of above-market and below-market in-place leases for acquired properties based on the present value (using an interest rate that reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (1) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (2) estimates of current market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to (i) the remaining non-cancelable lease term for above-market leases, or (ii) the remaining non-cancelable lease term plus any fixed rate renewal options for below-market leases. We record the fair value of above-market and below-market leases as intangible assets or intangible liabilities, respectively, and amortize them as an adjustment to rental income over the above determined lease term. Given the short-term nature of multifamily leases, the value of above-market or below-market in-place leases are generally not material.
We amortize the value of in-place leases acquired to expense over the remaining term of the leases. The value of tenant relationship intangibles will be amortized to expense over the initial term and any anticipated renewal periods, but in no event will the amortization period for intangible assets exceed the remaining depreciable life of the building. Intangible lease assets are classified as intangibles and intangible lease liabilities are recorded within deferred revenues, primarily lease revenues, net.
We determine the fair value of assumed debt by calculating the net present value of the scheduled debt service payments using interest rates for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities that management believes we could obtain. Any difference between the fair value and stated value of the assumed debt is recorded as a discount or premium and amortized over the remaining life of the loan.
Initial valuations are subject to change until our information is finalized, which is no later than 12 months from the acquisition date. We have had no significant valuation changes for acquisitions prior to March 31, 2013.
Developments
We capitalize project costs related to the development and construction of real estate (including interest and related loan fees, property taxes, insurance, and other direct costs associated with the development) as a cost of the development. Indirect project costs that relate to several developments are capitalized and allocated to the developments to which they relate. Indirect costs, not clearly related to development and construction, are expensed as incurred. For each development, capitalization begins when we determine that the development is probable and significant development activities are underway. We suspend capitalization at such time as significant development activity ceases, but future development is still probable. We cease capitalization when the developments or other improvements, including any portion, are completed and ready for their intended use, or if the intended use changes such that capitalization is no longer appropriate. Developments or improvements are generally considered ready for intended use when the certificates of occupancy have been issued and the units become ready for occupancy.
Depreciation
Buildings are depreciated over their estimated useful lives ranging from 25 to 35 years using the straight-line method. Improvements are depreciated over their estimated useful lives ranging from 3 to 15 years using the straight-line method. Properties classified as held for sale are not depreciated. Depreciation of developments begins when the development is substantially completed and ready for its intended use.
Repairs and Maintenance
Expenditures for ordinary repairs and maintenance costs are charged to expense as incurred.
Impairment of Real Estate Related Assets and Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Joint Ventures
If events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the property may not be recoverable, we make an assessment of the property’s recoverability by comparing the carrying amount of the asset to our estimate of the undiscounted future operating cash flows expected to be generated over the holding period of the asset including its eventual disposition. If the carrying amount exceeds the aggregate undiscounted future operating cash flows, we recognize an impairment loss to the extent the carrying amount exceeds the estimated fair value of the property. In addition, we evaluate indefinite-lived intangible assets for possible impairment at least annually by comparing the fair values with the carrying values. The fair value of intangibles is generally estimated by valuation of similar assets.
For real estate we own through an investment in an unconsolidated real estate joint venture or other similar real estate investment structure, at each reporting date we compare the estimated fair value of our real estate investment to the carrying value. An impairment charge is recorded to the extent the fair value of our real estate investment is less than the carrying amount and the
decline in value is determined to be other than a temporary decline. We did not record any impairment losses for the three months ended March 31, 2013 or 2012.
Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations
Assuming we have no involvement after the sale of a multifamily community, the sale is considered a discontinued operation. In addition, multifamily communities classified as held for sale are also considered a discontinued operation. We generally consider assets to be held for sale when all significant contingencies surrounding the closing have been resolved, which generally corresponds with the actual closing date. Multifamily communities held for sale are reported at the lower of their carrying value or their estimated fair value less costs to sell.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
We consider investments in bank deposits, money market funds and highly-liquid cash investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, cash and cash equivalents consist of amounts held by the Company that are available for our general corporate purposes and $17.7 million and $19.0 million, respectively, held by individual Co-Investment Ventures that are available only for use in the business of the related Co-Investment Venture. Cash held by individual Co-Investment Ventures are not restricted to specific uses within those entities, however, the terms of the joint venture agreements limit the ability to distribute those funds to us or use them for our general corporate purposes. Cash held by individual Co-Investment Ventures is distributed from time to time to the Company and to the other Co-Investment Venture partners in accordance with their percentage interest. Cash distributions received by the Company from the individual Co-Investment Ventures are then available for our general corporate purposes.
Investment in Unconsolidated Real Estate Joint Venture
We or our Co-Investment Ventures account for certain investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures using the equity method of accounting because we exercise significant influence over, but do not control, these entities. These investments are initially recorded at cost, including any acquisition costs, and are adjusted for our share of equity in earnings and distributions. We report our share of income and losses based on our economic interests in the entities.
We capitalize interest expense to investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures for our share of qualified expenditures during their development phase.
We amortize any excess of the carrying value of our investments in joint ventures over the book value of the underlying equity over the estimated useful lives of the underlying operating property, which represents the assets to which the excess is most clearly related.
When we or our Co-Investment Ventures acquire a controlling interest in a previously noncontrolled investment, a gain or loss on revaluation of equity is recognized for the differences between the investment’s carrying value and fair value.
Noncontrolling Interests
Redeemable noncontrolling interests are comprised of our consolidated Co-Investment Venture partners’ interests in multifamily communities where we believe it is probable that we will be required to purchase the partner’s noncontrolling interest. We record obligations under the redeemable noncontrolling interest initially at a) fair value, increased or decreased for the noncontrolling interest’s share of net income or loss and equity contributions and distributions or b) the redemption value if redemption is probable. The redeemable noncontrolling interests are temporary equity not within our control, and presented in our consolidated balance sheet outside of permanent equity between debt and equity. The determination of the redeemable classification requires analysis of contractual provisions and judgments of redemption probabilities.
Non-redeemable noncontrolling interests are comprised of our consolidated Co-Investment Venture partners’ interests in multifamily communities as well as Class A, preferred cumulative, non-voting membership units (“Preferred Units”) issued by subsidiary REITs. We record these noncontrolling interests at their initial fair value, adjusting the basis prospectively for their share of the respective consolidated investments’ net income or loss or equity contributions and distributions. These noncontrolling interests are not redeemable by the equity holders and are presented as part of permanent equity.
Income and losses are allocated to the noncontrolling interest holder based on its economic interests.
Transactions involving a partial sale of a controlling interest that does not result in a change of control are recorded at carrying value with no recognition of gain or loss. Any differences between the cash received and the change in noncontrolling interest is recorded as a direct charge to additional paid-in capital. Transactions involving a partial sale of a controlling interest resulting in a change in control are recorded at fair value with recognition of a gain or loss upon de-consolidation of the business.
Other Assets
Other assets primarily include deferred financing costs, notes receivable, accounts receivable, restricted cash, interest rate caps, prepaid assets and deposits. Deferred financing costs are recorded at cost and are amortized using a straight-line method that approximates the effective interest method over the life of the related debt. We evaluate whether notes receivable are loans, investments in joint ventures or acquisitions of real estate based on a review of any rights to participate in expected residual profits and other equity and loan characteristics. As of and for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, all of our notes receivable were appropriately accounted for as loans. We account for our derivative financial instruments, all of which are interest rate caps, at fair value. We use interest rate cap arrangements to manage our exposure to interest rate changes. We have not designated any of these derivatives as hedges for accounting purposes, and accordingly, changes in fair value are recognized in earnings.
Revenue Recognition
Rental income related to leases is recognized on an accrual basis when due from residents or commercial tenants, generally on a monthly basis. Rental revenues for leases with uneven payments and terms greater than one year are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Any deferred revenue is classified as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet and recognized on a straight-line basis as income over its contractual term.
Acquisition Costs
Acquisition costs for business combinations, which are expected to include most consolidated property acquisitions other than land acquisitions, are expensed when it is probable that the transaction will be accounted for as a business combination and the purchase will be consummated. Our acquisition costs related to investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures are capitalized as a part of our basis in the investment. Acquisition costs related to unimproved or non-operating land, primarily related to developments, are capitalized. Pursuant to our Advisory Management Agreement (as defined below), our Advisor is obligated to reimburse us for all investment-related expenses that the Company pursues but ultimately does not consummate. Prior to the determination of its status, amounts incurred are recorded in other assets. Acquisition costs and expenses include amounts incurred with our Advisor and with third parties.
Redemptions of Common Stock
We account for the possible redemption of our shares by classifying securities that are convertible for cash at the option of the holder outside of equity. We do not reclassify the shares to be redeemed from equity to a liability until such time as the redemption has been formally approved. The portion of the redeemed common stock in excess of the par value is charged to additional paid-in capital.
Income Taxes
We have elected to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code and have qualified as a REIT since the year ended December 31, 2007. To qualify as a REIT, we must meet a number of organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement that we distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income to our stockholders. As a REIT, we generally will not be subject to federal income tax at the corporate level. We are organized and operate in such a manner as to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the Code and intend to continue to operate in such a manner, but no assurance can be given that we will operate in a manner so as to remain qualified as a REIT.
We have evaluated the current and deferred income tax related to state taxes, with respect to which we do not have a REIT exemption, and we have no significant tax liability or benefit as of March 31, 2013 or December 31, 2012.
The carrying amounts of our assets and liabilities for financial statement purposes differ from our basis for federal income taxes due to tax accounting in Co-Investment Ventures, fair value accounting for business combinations, straight lining of lease and related agreements and differing depreciation methods. The primary asset and liability balance sheet accounts with differences are
real estate, assets and liabilities held for sale, intangibles, other assets, mortgages and notes payable and deferred revenues, primarily lease revenues, net.
We recognize the financial statement benefit of an uncertain tax position only after determining that the relevant tax authority would more likely than not sustain the position following an audit. As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, we had no significant uncertain tax positions.
Concentration of Credit Risk
We invest our cash and cash equivalents among several banking institutions and money market accounts in an attempt to minimize exposure to any one of these entities. As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, we had cash and cash equivalents deposited in certain financial institutions in excess of federally-insured levels. We regularly monitor the financial stability of these financial institutions and believe that we are not exposed to any significant credit risk in cash and cash equivalents.
Income (Loss) per Share
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net earnings available to common stockholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated similarly, except that during periods of income from continuing operations it includes the dilutive effect of the assumed exercise of securities, including the effect of shares issuable under our stock-based incentive plans. During periods of net loss, the assumed exercise of securities is anti-dilutive and is not included in the calculation of earnings per share.
The Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Incentive Award Plan (the “Incentive Award Plan”) authorizes the grant of non-qualified and incentive stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, dividend equivalents and other stock-based awards. A total of 10 million shares has been authorized and reserved for issuance under the Incentive Award Plan. As of March 31, 2013, no options have been issued. For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, 6,000 shares of the restricted stock have been included in the basic and dilutive earnings per share calculation.
As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, we had 1,000 shares of convertible stock issued and outstanding, no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding, and had no options to purchase shares of common stock outstanding. The convertible stock is not included in the dilutive earnings per share because the shares of convertible stock do not participate in earnings and would currently not be convertible into any common shares, if converted.
Reportable Segments
Our current business consists of investing in and operating multifamily communities. Substantially all of our consolidated net income (loss) is from investments in real estate properties that we wholly own or own through Co-Investment Ventures, the latter of which may be accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Our management evaluates operating performance on an individual investment level. However, as each of our investments has similar economic characteristics in our consolidated financial statements, the Company is managed on an enterprise-wide basis with one reportable segment.
Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts included in the financial statements and accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. These estimates include such items as: the purchase price allocations for real estate acquisitions; impairment of long-lived assets, notes receivable and equity-method real estate investments; fair value evaluations; earning recognition of note receivable interest income, noncontrolling interests and equity in earnings of investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures; depreciation and amortization; and allowance for doubtful accounts. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
3. Business Combinations
Acquisition of Real Estate
In February 2012, the Grand Reserve BHMP CO-JV settled a dispute concerning the enforceability of an option agreement with the Grand Reserve Property Entity to acquire the Grand Reserve, a 149 unit multifamily community located in Dallas, Texas. In
the settlement, the Grand Reserve BHMP CO-JV agreed to acquire the Grand Reserve multifamily community by repaying the outstanding $26.2 million construction loan, assuming the other existing standard operating liabilities and receiving $0.4 million in net cash and all other standard operating assets and liabilities. In connection with the closing, we contributed the full amount of the cash acquisition consideration in exchange for an additional 32.5% interest in the Grand Reserve BHMP CO-JV, increasing our stated, controlling ownership in the Grand Reserve BHMP CO-JV to 87.5%. Prior to this transaction, the Grand Reserve BHMP CO-JV had note receivables in the Grand Reserve Property Entity with a carrying value of $5.9 million. In conjunction with this transaction, the note receivables were canceled.
There were no business combinations for the three months ended March 31, 2013.
Business Combination Summary Information
The following tables present certain additional information regarding our 2012 business combination during the three months ended March 31, 2012.
The amounts recognized for major assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including a reconciliation to cash consideration as of the business combination date are as follows (in millions):
Land |
| $ | 3.0 |
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Buildings and improvements |
| 28.3 |
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Cash |
| 0.8 |
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In-place lease intangible |
| 0.4 |
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Other assets |
| 0.2 |
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Accrued liabilities |
| (0.6 | ) | |
Other consideration (a) |
| (5.9 | ) | |
Cash consideration |
| $ | 26.2 |
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(a) Other consideration represents the cancellation of the notes receivable in connection with the acquisition of the Grand Reserve.
The amounts recognized for revenues and net loss attributable to common stockholders from the business combination date to March 31, 2012 are as follows (in millions):
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| For the Three Months Ended |
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| March 31, 2012 |
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Revenues |
| $ | 0.4 |
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Acquisition expenses |
| $ | 0.5 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
| $ | 0.3 |
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Net loss attributable to common stockholders |
| $ | (0.5 | ) |
The following unaudited consolidated pro forma information is presented as if the acquisition was acquired on January 1, 2012. The information excludes activity that is non-recurring and not representative of our future activity, primarily acquisition expenses of $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. The information presented below is not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations would have been had we completed this transaction on January 1, 2012, nor does it purport to represent our future operations (amounts in millions, except per share):
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| Proforma |
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| For the Three Months Ended |
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| March 31, |
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| 2013 |
| 2012 |
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Revenues |
| $ | 49.3 |
| $ | 43.5 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
| $ | 22.3 |
| $ | 31.8 |
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Loss from continuing operations |
| $ | (1.2 | ) | $ | (16.3 | ) |
Loss from continuing operations per share |
| $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.10 | ) |
4. Real Estate Investments
Real Estate Investments and Intangibles and Related Depreciation and Amortization
As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, major components of our real estate investments and intangibles and related accumulated depreciation and amortization were as follows (in millions):
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| March 31, 2013 |
| December 31, 2012 |
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| Buildings |
| Intangibles |
| Buildings |
| Intangibles |
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| and |
| In-Place |
| Other |
| and |
| In-Place |
| Other |
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| Improvements |
| Leases |
| Contractual |
| Improvements |
| Leases |
| Contractual |
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Cost |
| $ | 1,824.5 |
| $ | 43.0 |
| $ | 16.4 |
| $ | 1,849.5 |
| $ | 43.6 |
| $ | 16.4 |
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Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization |
| (143.3 | ) | (39.9 | ) | (0.9 | ) | (123.4 | ) | (40.1 | ) | (0.8 | ) | ||||||
Net |
| $ | 1,681.2 |
| $ | 3.1 |
| $ | 15.5 |
| $ | 1,726.1 |
| $ | 3.5 |
| $ | 15.6 |
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Depreciation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was approximately $21.4 million and $19.9 million, respectively.
Cost of intangibles relates to the value of in-place leases and other contractual intangibles. These in-place leases are amortized over the remaining term of the in-place leases, approximately a six month term for multifamily in-place leases and terms ranging from three to 20 years for retail in-place leases. Amortization expense associated with our lease intangibles for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was approximately $0.4 million and $11.4 million, respectively.
Included in other contractual intangibles as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is $6.8 million related to the use rights of a parking garage and site improvements and $9.5 million of indefinite-lived contractual rights related to land air rights.
Anticipated amortization associated with in-place lease and other contractual intangibles for each of the following five years is as follows (in millions):
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| Anticipated Amortization |
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Year |
| of Lease Intangibles |
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April through December 2013 |
| $ | 0.5 |
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2014 |
| $ | 0.6 |
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2015 |
| $ | 0.6 |
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2016 |
| $ | 0.5 |
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2017 |
| $ | 0.5 |
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Sales of Real Estate and Discontinued Operations
In March 2013, the John’s Creek BHMP CO-JV and its Co-Investment Venture partner sold their interests in The Reserve at John’s Creek Walk (“Johns Creek”) for a combined purchase price of approximately $37.3 million, adjusted for standard operating working capital accounts and closing costs, receiving cash of $33.3 million, and recognizing a gain on sale of real estate of $6.9 million.
During March 2012, we sold Mariposa Lofts Apartments (“Mariposa”) for a contract price of $40.0 million, adjusted for standard working capital accounts and closing costs. The purchaser also assumed the $15.8 million mortgage loan payable. We received cash of $23.9 million and recognized a gain on sale of real estate of $13.3 million.
The table below includes the results of operations and gains on sale of real estate for both Johns Creek and Mariposa that have been classified as discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 (in millions):
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| For the Three Months Ended |
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| March 31, |
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| 2013 |
| 2012 |
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Rental revenue |
| $ | 0.8 |
| $ | 1.8 |
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Expenses |
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Property operating expenses |
| 0.2 |
| 0.5 |
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Real estate taxes |
| 0.1 |
| 0.2 |
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Interest expense |
| 0.3 |
| 0.5 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
| 0.3 |
| 0.6 |
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Total expenses |
| 0.9 |
| 1.8 |
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Loss from discontinued operations |
| (0.1 | ) | — |
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Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests |
| (2.4 | ) | 0.2 |
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Income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders |
| $ | (2.5 | ) | $ | 0.2 |
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Gain on sale of real estate |
| $ | 6.9 |
| $ | 13.5 |
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5. Investment in Unconsolidated Real Estate Joint Venture
Unconsolidated Real Estate Joint Venture Structure
As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, we have a $4.7 million and $3.0 million, respectively, investment in an unconsolidated joint venture with the BHMP Co-Investment Partner, the Custer BHMP CO-JV. In August 2012, the Custer BHMP CO-JV made a commitment to fund up to $14.1 million under a mezzanine loan to the Custer Property Entity, a development with an unaffiliated third party developer, to develop a 444 unit multifamily community in Allen, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, approximately $8.5 million and $5.6 million, respectively, has been advanced under the mezzanine loan, which has an interest rate of 14.5% and matures in 2015. The Custer BHMP CO-JV does not have an equity investment in the development. This BHMP CO-JV is a separate legal entity formed for the sole purpose of holding its respective joint venture investment with no other significant operations. Our effective ownership in the Custer BHMP CO-JV is 55%. Distributions are made pro rata in accordance with ownership interests.
Prior to July 31, 2012, we had one investment on the equity method of accounting, the Veritas Property Entity. Effective July 31, 2012, the Veritas BHMP CO-JV converted its notes receivable due from the Veritas Property Entity into an additional equity interest in the Veritas Property Entity and became the general partner of the Veritas Property Entity. As a result of these transactions, effective as of July 31, 2012, we account for our investment in the Veritas Property Entity on the consolidated basis of accounting, and recorded a gain on revaluation of equity of approximately $1.7 million in July 2012.
6. Variable Interest Entities
As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, we have concluded that we are the primary beneficiary of six and three VIEs, respectively. All of these VIEs are Co-Investment Ventures with separate unaffiliated multifamily developers to develop multifamily communities with a total combined 1,609 units, in Austin, Dallas, and Houston, Texas and Denver, Colorado. We entered into these Co-Investment Ventures in 2012. At inception, we had determined that none of the Co-Investment Ventures were VIEs and because we were the general partner of each Co-Investment Venture and had control of their operations and business affairs, we consolidated each Co-Investment Venture. After separate reconsideration events during 2012 and 2013, all of which were related to capital restructuring, we have concluded that all of these Co-Investment Ventures are now VIEs. Because these Co-Investment Ventures were previously consolidated, the VIE determination did not affect our financial position, financial operations or cash flows. Our ownership interest in each of the Co-Investment Ventures based upon contributed capital is 100%.
Any significant amounts of assets and liabilities related to our consolidated VIEs are identified parenthetically on our accompanying consolidated balance sheets. None of the VIEs had debt as of March 31, 2013 or December 31, 2012, although one VIE, which is developing a multifamily community, has closed a construction financing of $21.9 million which is expected to be drawn on during the construction of the development. See Note 9, “Mortgages and Notes Payable” for further information on the debt. The total assets of the VIEs are $99.3 million and $47.0 million as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, $96.6 million and $46.1 million of which is reflected in construction in progress. Thus far, the Co-Investment Ventures have been capitalized with only cash contributions.
7. Other Assets
The components of other assets are as follows (in millions):
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| March 31, |
| December 31, |
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| 2013 |
| 2012 |
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Notes receivable, net (a) |
| $ | 42.3 |
| $ | 36.0 |
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Escrows and restricted cash |
| 10.1 |
| 10.3 |
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Deferred financing costs, net |
| 8.9 |
| 8.5 |
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Resident, tenant and other receivables |
| 5.5 |
| 6.2 |
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Prepaid assets and deposits |
| 4.4 |
| 5.0 |
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Interest rate caps |
| 0.3 |
| 0.3 |
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Total other assets |
| $ | 71.5 |
| $ | 66.3 |
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(a) Notes receivable include mezzanine and land loans, primarily related to multifamily development projects. As of March 31, 2013, the weighted average interest rate is 14.5% and the remaining years to scheduled maturity is 2.3 years.
We enter into interest rate cap agreements for interest rate risk management purposes and not for trading or other speculative purposes. The following table provides a summary of our interest rate caps as of March 31, 2013 (in millions):
Notional amount |
| $ | 162.7 |
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Range of LIBOR cap rate |
| 2.0% to 4.0% |
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Range of maturity dates |
| 2016 to 2017 |
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Estimated fair value |
| $ | 0.3 |
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8. Leasing Activity
In addition to multifamily resident units, certain of our consolidated multifamily communities have retail areas, representing approximately 2% of total rentable area of our consolidated multifamily communities. Future minimum base rental payments due to us under these non-cancelable retail leases in effect as of March 31, 2013 are as follows (in millions):
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| Future Minimum |
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Year |
| Lease Payments |
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April through December 2013 |
| $ | 2.9 |
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2014 |
| 4.0 |
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2015 |
| 3.9 |
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2016 |
| 3.8 |
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2017 |
| 3.6 |
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Thereafter |
| 32.1 |
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Total |
| $ | 50.3 |
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9. Mortgages and Notes Payable
The following table summarizes the carrying amounts of the mortgages and notes payable classified by whether the obligation is ours or that of the applicable consolidated Co-Investment Venture as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (amounts in millions and monthly LIBOR at March 31, 2013 is 0.20%):
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| Maturity Dates |
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Fixed rate mortgage payable |
| $ | 30.3 |
| $ | 30.3 |
| 3.86% |
| 2018 |
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Variable rate mortgage payable |
| 24.0 |
| 24.0 |
| Monthly LIBOR + 2.45% |
| 2014 |
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Total Company Level |
| 54.3 |
| 54.3 |
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Fixed rate mortgages payable |
| 882.5 |
| 902.2 |
| 3.76% |
| 2015 to 2020 |
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Variable rate mortgage payable |
| 12.4 |
| 12.5 |
| Monthy LIBOR + 2.35% |
| 2017 |
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Construction loan payable (c) |
| — |
| — |
| Monthy LIBOR + 2.25% |
| 2016 |
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| 894.9 |
| 914.7 |
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Plus: unamortized adjustments from business combinations |
| 9.8 |
| 10.6 |
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Total Co-Investment Venture Level - Consolidated |
| 904.7 |
| 925.3 |
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Total consolidated mortgages and notes Payable |
| $ | 959.0 |
| $ | 979.6 |
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(a) Company level debt is defined as debt that is an obligation of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries.
(b) Co-Investment Venture level debt is defined as debt that is an obligation of the Co-Investment Venture and not an obligation or contingency for us.
(c) In February 2013, the West University Co-Investment Venture closed on a $21.9 million construction loan with a three year term with two one year extension options, and an interest rate of monthly LIBOR plus 2.25%. As of March 31, 2013, no draws had been made under this loan.
As of March 31, 2013, $1.7 billion of the net consolidated carrying value of real estate collateralized the mortgages payable. We believe we are in compliance with all financial covenants as of March 31, 2013.
As of March 31, 2013, contractual principal payments for our mortgages and notes payable for the five subsequent years and thereafter are as follows (in millions):
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| Total |
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| Company Level |
| Venture Level |
| Consolidated |
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April through December 2013 |
| $ | — |
| $ | 2.7 |
| $ | 2.7 |
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2014 |
| 24.0 |
| 5.6 |
| 29.6 |
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2015 |
| 0.2 |
| 84.0 |
| 84.2 |
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2016 |
| 0.6 |
| 168.1 |
| 168.7 |
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2017 |
| 0.6 |
| 235.2 |
| 235.8 |
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Thereafter |
| 28.9 |
| 399.3 |
| 428.2 |
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Total |
| $ | 54.3 |
| $ | 894.9 |
| 949.2 |
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Add: unamortized adjustments from business combinations |
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| 9.8 |
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Total mortgages and notes payable |
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| $ | 959.0 |
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10. Credit Facility Payable
The $150.0 million credit facility matures on April 1, 2017, when all unpaid principal and interest is due. Borrowing tranches under the credit facility bear interest at a “base rate” based on either the one-month or three-month LIBOR rate, selected at
our option, plus an applicable margin which adjusts based on the facility’s debt service requirements. As of March 31, 2013, the applicable margin was 2.08% and the base rate was 0.20% based on one-month LIBOR. The credit facility also provides for fees based on unutilized amounts and minimum usage. The unused facility fee is equal to 1% per annum of the total commitment less the greater of 75% of the total commitment or the actual amount outstanding. The minimum usage fee is equal to 75% of the total credit facility times the lowest applicable margin less the margin portion of interest paid during the calculation period. The loan requires minimum borrowing of $10.0 million and monthly interest-only payments and monthly or annual payment of fees. We may prepay borrowing tranches at the expiration of the LIBOR interest rate period without any penalty. Prepayments during a LIBOR interest rate period are subject to a prepayment penalty generally equal to the interest due for the remaining term of the LIBOR interest rate period.
Draws under the credit facility are secured by a pool of certain wholly owned multifamily communities. We have the ability to add and remove multifamily communities from the collateral pool, pursuant to the requirements under the credit facility agreement. We may also add multifamily communities in our discretion in order to increase amounts available for borrowing. As of March 31, 2013, $197.5 million of the net carrying value of real estate collateralized the credit facility. The aggregate borrowings under the credit facility are limited to 70% of the value of the collateral pool, which may be different than the carrying value for financial statement reporting. As of March 31, 2013, available but undrawn amounts under the credit facility are approximately $127.2 million.
The credit facility agreement contains customary provisions with respect to events of default, covenants and borrowing conditions. In particular, the credit facility agreement requires us to maintain a consolidated net worth of at least $150.0 million, liquidity of at least $15.0 million and net operating income of the collateral pool to be no less than 155% of the facility debt service cost. Certain prepayments may be required upon a breach of covenants or borrowing conditions. We believe we are in compliance with all provisions as of March 31, 2013.
11. Noncontrolling Interests
Non-redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
Non-redeemable noncontrolling interests for the Co-Investment Venture partners represent their proportionate share of the equity in consolidated real estate ventures. Income and losses are allocated to the noncontrolling interest holders based on their effective ownership percentage. This effective ownership is indicative of, but may differ from, percentages for distributions, contributions or financing requirements. The noncontrolling interest is not redeemable by the holder and, accordingly, is reported as equity. As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, non-redeemable noncontrolling interests consisted of the following, including the direct and non-direct noncontrolling interests (“NCI”) ownership ranges where applicable (in millions):
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| March 31, 2013 |
| December 31, 2012 |
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| Effective |
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| Effective |
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| Amount |
| NCI % (a) |
| Amount |
| NCI % (a) |
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BHMP Co-Investment Partner |
| $ | 160.5 |
| 26% to 45% |
| $ | 166.2 |
| 26% to 45% |
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MW Co-Investment Partner |
| 187.3 |
| 45% |
| 192.6 |
| 45% |
| ||
BHMP CO-JV Property Entities’ Partners |
| 3.3 |
| 0% to 7% |
| 5.1 |
| 0% to 20% |
| ||
Subsidiary preferred units |
| 1.5 |
| N/A |
| 1.5 |
| N/A |
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Total non-redeemable NCI |
| $ | 352.6 |
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| $ | 365.4 |
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(a) Effective noncontrolling percentage is based upon the noncontrolling interest’s share of contributed capital. This effective ownership is indicative of, but may differ from, percentages for distributions, contributions or financing requirements.
Each BHMP CO-JV and MW CO-JV is a separate legal entity formed for the sole purpose of holding its respective investment(s) and obtaining legally separated debt and equity financing. Each BHMP CO-JV and MW CO-JV is managed by us or a subsidiary of ours, where we have substantial operational control rights. BHMP CO-JV and MW CO-JV capital contributions and distributions are generally made pro rata in accordance with these ownership interests. Neither of these Co-Investment Venture partners have any rights to put or redeem their ownership interests. In certain circumstances the governing documents of the BHMP CO-JV or MW CO-JV may require a sale of the Co-Investment Venture or its subsidiary REIT rather than as an asset sale.
Property Entities, which all relate to investments made with the BHMP Co-Investment Partner, include noncontrolling interests in addition to the BHMP Co-Investment Partner. These other noncontrolling interests in the Property Entities are held by national and regional multifamily developers. As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the BHMP CO-JV was the managing partner or member with substantial operational control rights in each Property Entity. Cash flow is generally first distributed to the BHMP CO-JV until certain preferred returns are collected and in some cases until the BHMP CO-JV receives certain or all of its investment. Excess distributions may then be distributed to these Property Entities’ noncontrolling interests in excess of their share of contributed capital. These Property Entities’ noncontrolling interests generally have no obligation to make additional capital contributions.
Noncontrolling interests also include between 121 to 125 preferred units issued by a subsidiary of each the BHMP CO-JVs and the MW CO-JVs in order for such subsidiaries to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. The preferred units pay an annual distribution of 12.5% on their face value of $500 and are senior in priority to all other members’ equity. The BHMP CO-JVs and MW CO-JVs may cause the subsidiary REIT, at their option, to redeem the preferred units in whole or in part, at any time for cash at a redemption price of $500 per unit, plus all accrued and unpaid distributions thereon to and including the date fixed for redemption, plus a premium per unit generally of $50 to $100 for the first year which declines in value between $-0- and $25 per unit each year until there is no redemption premium remaining. The preferred units are not redeemable by the unit holders and we have no current intent to exercise our redemption option. Accordingly, these noncontrolling interests are reported as equity.
For the three months ended March 31, 2013, we paid distributions to noncontrolling interests of $12.4 million of which $6.8 million was related to operating activity. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, we paid distributions to noncontrolling interests of $4.2 million all of which were related to operating activity.
As discussed in Note 3, “Business Combinations”, a BHMP CO-JV acquired the Grand Reserve multifamily community. We contributed $26.2 million to the Grand Reserve BHMP CO-JV which was used to pay off the outstanding construction loan at closing. This contribution increased our controlling financial interest from 55% to 87.5%. No gain or loss was recognized in recording the contributions, but a charge to additional paid-in capital of $2.7 million was recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2012 in adjusting the noncontrolling interests.
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
Redeemable noncontrolling interests include six ownership interests with other partners, generally national and regional multifamily developers, where we may have a requirement to purchase all or a portion of the noncontrolling interests.
As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, redeemable noncontrolling interests (“NCI”) consisted of the following (in millions):
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| March 31, 2013 |
| December 31, 2012 |
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| Effective |
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| Effective |
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| Amount |
| NCI % (a) |
| Amount |
| NCI % (a) |
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Other Co-Investment Venture Partners |
| $ | 14.8 |
| 0% to 20% (b) |
| $ | 8.6 |
| 0% to 20% (b) |
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(a) Effective noncontrolling interest percentage is based upon the noncontrolling interest’s share of contributed capital. This effective ownership is indicative of, but may differ from, percentages for distributions, contributions or financing requirements.
(b) All of the developer’s initial contributed capital has been returned to the developer, and we have 100% of the contributed capital in six and three of the Co-Investment Ventures as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.
Other Co-Investment Ventures included in redeemable noncontrolling interests represent ownership interests by regional or national multifamily developers, which may require that we pay or reimburse the partners upon certain events. These amounts include reimbursing partners once certain development milestones are achieved, generally related to entitlements, permits or final budgeted construction costs. These developers have a back end interest, generally only attributable to distributions related to a property sale. They also have put options, generally exercisable one year after completion of the development and thereafter, pursuant to which we would be required to acquire their ownership interest at a set price. These other Co-Investment Ventures also include buy/sell provisions, generally available after the seventh year after completion of the development. Each of these Co-Investment Ventures is
managed by a subsidiary of ours. As manager, we have substantial operational control rights. These Co-Investment Ventures generally provide that we have a preferred cash flow distribution until we receive certain returns on and of our investment. Any excess cash flow would then be distributed disproportionally to these noncontrolling interests. Generally, these noncontrolling interests have no obligation to make any additional capital contributions.
12. Stockholders’ Equity
Capitalization
As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, we had 168,354,585 and 167,542,108 shares of common stock outstanding, respectively, including 6,000 shares of stock issued to our independent directors for no cash, and 24,969 shares owned by Behringer Harvard Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of our Advisor, issued for cash of approximately $0.2 million.
As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, we had 1,000 shares of convertible stock owned by our Advisor issued for cash of $1,000. The convertible stock has no voting rights, other than for certain limited exceptions, and prior to conversion, does not participate in any earnings or distributions. The convertible stock generally is convertible into shares of common stock with a value equal to 15% of the amount by which (1) our enterprise value at the time of conversion, including the total amount of distributions paid to our stockholders, exceeds (2) the sum of the aggregate capital invested by our stockholders plus a 7% cumulative, non-compounded, annual return on such capital at the time of conversion, on a cash-on-cash basis. The convertible stock can be converted when the excess value described above is achieved and distributed to stockholders or our common stock is listed on a national securities exchange. The conversion may also be prorated in the event of a termination or non-renewal of the Advisory Management Agreement other than for cause. For further discussion of the Advisory Management Agreement, see Note 15, “Related Party Arrangements.” Management has determined that the requirements for conversion have not been met as of March 31, 2013. At issuance, management reviewed the terms of the underlying convertible stock and determined the fair value approximated the nominal value paid for the shares.
As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, we had no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding. Our board of directors has no present plans to issue preferred stock but may do so with terms established at its discretion and at any time in the future without stockholder approval.
Distributions
On March 29, 2012, our board of directors authorized a special cash distribution related to the sale of Mariposa (the “Mariposa Distribution”) in the amount of $0.06 per share of common stock payable to stockholders of record on July 6, 2012. The Mariposa Distribution was accrued during March 2012 and paid in cash on July 11, 2012.
Distributions, including those paid by issuing shares under the DRIP and the Mariposa Distribution for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows (amounts in millions):
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| 2013 |
| 2012 |
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| Paid (b) |
| Declared (a) |
| Paid (b) |
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First Quarter Distributions |
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Regular distributions |
| $ | 14.5 |
| $ | 14.5 |
| $ | 24.8 |
| $ | 24.8 |
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Special cash distribution |
| — |
| — |
| 9.9 |
| — |
| ||||
Total |
| $ | 14.5 |
| $ | 14.5 |
| $ | 34.7 |
| $ | 24.8 |
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(a) Represents distributions accruing during the period on a daily basis.
(b) The distributions that accrue each month are paid in the following month. Amounts paid include both distributions paid in cash and reinvested pursuant to our DRIP.
We calculate annualized rates as if the shares were outstanding for a full year based on a $10 per share purchase price.
The daily distribution amount from January 1, 2012 through the end of the first quarter of 2012 was $0.0016438 per share of
common stock, an annualized rate of 6%. On March 19, 2012, our board of directors authorized distributions at a daily amount of $0.000958904 per share of common stock, an annualized rate of 3.5%, beginning in the month of April 2012. Our board of directors has authorized the 3.5% annualized distribution rate through June 30, 2013.
Share Redemption Program
From the inception of our share redemption program (“SRP”) in 2008, all redemption requests properly submitted and approved through the first quarter of 2012 were fulfilled. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, approximately 1.7 million shares of common stock were redeemed at a total consideration of $15.5 million and a weighted average share price of $9.50. There were no unpaid redemptions as of March 31, 2012.
Effective from April 1, 2012 through February 28, 2013, our board of directors suspended our SRP. In connection with its determination of the estimated value of our shares effective March 1, 2013, our board of directors modified and reinstated our SRP, which permits our stockholders to sell their shares back to us subject to the significant conditions and limitations of the program. The modified and reinstated SRP is effective as of March 1, 2013 and the first time period redemptions will be considered under the modified and reinstated SRP will be at the end of the second quarter 2013 for all properly submitted redemption requests received (i) on or prior to May 31, 2012, and not satisfied or withdrawn since that time, and (ii) between March 1, 2013 and May 31, 2013.
As modified, for redemptions other than those sought upon a stockholder’s death, qualifying disability or confinement to a long-term care facility, the purchase price per share redeemed under our SRP will equal the lesser of (i) 85% of the current estimated share value pursuant to our valuation policy and (ii) the average price per share the original purchaser or purchasers of shares paid to us for all of their shares (as adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations, splits, recapitalizations and the like with respect to our common stock) (the “Original Share Price”) less the aggregate of any special distributions so designated by our board of directors, distributed to stockholders prior to the redemption date and declared from the date of first issue of such redeemed shares (the “Special Distributions”). For redemptions sought upon a stockholder’s death, qualifying disability or confinement to a long-term care facility, the purchase price per share redeemed under our SRP will equal the lesser of: (i) the current estimated share value pursuant to our valuation policy and (ii) the Original Share Price less any Special Distributions. A quarterly funding limit has been established of $7 million per quarter (which our board of directors may increase or decrease from time to time). Redemptions are also limited by our charter to no more than 5% of the weighted average of shares outstanding during the preceding twelve month period immediately prior to the date of redemption.
13. Commitments and Contingencies
All of our BHMP CO-JVs, MW CO-JVs, those Property Entities in which we have an equity interest, and our other Co-Investment Ventures include buy/sell provisions. Under most of these provisions and during specific periods, a partner could make an offer to purchase the interest of the other partner and the other partner would have the option to accept the offer or purchase the offering partner’s interest at that price. As of March 31, 2013, no such buy/sell offers are outstanding.
In the ordinary course of business, the multifamily communities in which we have investments may have commitments to provide affordable housing. Under these arrangements, we generally receive from the resident a below market rent, which is determined by a local or national authority. In certain arrangements, a local or national housing authority makes payments covering some or substantially all of the difference between the restricted rent paid by residents and market rents. In connection with our acquisition of The Gallery at NoHo Commons, we assumed an obligation to provide affordable housing through 2048. As partial reimbursement for this obligation, the California housing authority will make level annual payments of approximately $2.0 million through 2028 and no reimbursement for the remaining 20-year period. We may also be required to reimburse the California housing authority if certain operating results are achieved on a cumulative basis during the term of the agreement. At the acquisition, we recorded a liability of $14.0 million based on the fair value of the terms over the life of the agreement. In addition, we will record rental revenue from the California housing authority on a straight-line basis, deferring a portion of the collections as deferred lease revenues. As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, we have approximately $16.7 million and $17.5 million, respectively, of carrying value for deferred lease revenues related to The Gallery at NoHo Commons. We are currently evaluating the status of these arrangements in light of the California legislature’s termination of California’s redevelopment agencies effective in February 2012 due to state budget deficits. Since the termination, we did receive our scheduled annual payment per the terms of our agreement in October 2012 which relates to the annual period ended June 30, 2013. In November 2012, California passed constitutional amendments to increase income and sales tax rates. While there has not been any official notice of the reinstatement of redevelopment agencies or changes in status of the arrangements, our multifamily community is on a list of properties authorized for payment. If the State of California terminates or defaults on the arrangements, we believe we could lease the units without affordable housing support at higher rents, but could incur short term operating expenses and additional capital expenditures during the transition.
As of March 31, 2013, we have entered into construction and development contracts with $159.1 million remaining to be paid. These construction costs are expected to be paid during the completion of the development and construction period, generally within 24 months.
14. Fair Value of Derivatives and Financial Instruments
Fair value measurements are determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. As a basis for considering market participant assumptions in fair value measurements, a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs that are classified within Levels 1 and 2 of the hierarchy) and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions (unobservable inputs classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy) has been established.
Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that we have the ability to access. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as inputs that are observable for the asset or liability (other than quoted prices), such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability that are typically based on an entity’s own assumptions, as there is little, if any, related market activity. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.
In connection with our measurements of fair value related to many real estate assets, noncontrolling interests and financial instruments, there are generally not available observable market price inputs for substantially the same items. Accordingly, each of these are classified as Level 3, and we make assumptions and use various estimates and pricing models, including, but not limited to, the estimated cash flows, discount and interest rates used to determine present values, market capitalization rates, sales of comparable investments, rental rates, costs to lease properties, useful lives of the assets, the cost of replacing certain assets, and equity valuations. These estimates are from the perspective of market participants and will also be obtained from independent third-party appraisals. However, we are responsible for the source and use of these estimates. A change in these estimates and assumptions could be material to our results of operations and financial condition.
Financial Instruments Carried at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
We currently use interest rate cap arrangements with financial institutions to manage our exposure to interest rate changes for our loans that utilize floating interest rates. The fair value of these interest rate caps are determined using Level 2 inputs as defined above. These inputs include quoted prices for similar interest rate cap arrangements, including consideration of the remaining term, the current yield curve, and interest rate volatility. Because our interest rate caps are on standard, commercial terms with national financial institutions, credit issues are not considered significant. As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, we have $0.3 million of interest rate caps that are carried at fair value on a recurring basis. See further discussion of these interest rate caps in Note 7, “Other Assets.”
The following fair value hierarchy table presents information about our assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (in millions):
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| $ | 0.3 |
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| $ | 0.3 |
| $ | — |
| $ | 0.3 |
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(a) We had no interest rate caps as of March 31, 2012, thus, there was no gain or loss for the three months ended March 31, 2012.
Nonrecurring Basis — Fair Value Adjustments
For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, we had no fair value adjustments on a nonrecurring basis.
Financial Instruments Not Carried at Fair Value
Financial instruments held as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and not measured at fair value on a recurring basis include cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, notes receivable, credit facility payable and mortgages and notes payable. With the exception of our credit facility payable and mortgage loans payable, the financial statement carrying amounts of these items approximate their fair values due to their short-term nature. Because the credit facility payable bears interest at a variable rate and has a prepayment option, we believe its carrying amount approximates its fair value.
Estimated fair values for mortgages and notes payable have been determined using market pricing for similar mortgages payable, which are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. Carrying amounts and the related estimated fair value of our mortgages and notes payable as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows (in millions):
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| $ | 959.0 |
| $ | 965.9 |
| $ | 979.6 |
| $ | 991.8 |
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15. Related Party Arrangements
We have no employees and are supported by related party service agreements. We are dependent on our Advisor and our Property Manager and their affiliates for certain services that are essential to us, including, but not limited to, investment and disposition decisions, asset management, financing, property management and leasing services and other general administrative responsibilities. In the event that these companies become unable to provide us with the respective services, we would be required to obtain such services from other sources, potentially incurring one time transition costs and different recurring administrative expenses.
Certain of these services are provided through our advisory management agreement (the “Advisory Management Agreement”), as it has been amended and restated. The Advisory Management Agreement may be renewed for an unlimited number of successive one-year terms. The current term of the Advisory Management Agreement expires on July 1, 2013. Our board of directors has a duty to evaluate the performance of our Advisor annually before the parties can agree to renew the agreement.
Our Advisor and its affiliates receive acquisition and advisory fees of 1.75% of (1) the contract purchase price paid or allocated in respect of the development, construction or improvement of each asset acquired directly by us, including any debt attributable to these assets, or (2) when we make an investment indirectly through another entity, our pro rata share, based on our stated or back-end ownership percentage, of the gross asset value of real estate investments held by that entity. Fees due in connection with a development or improvements are based on amounts approved by our board of directors and reconciled to actual amounts at the completion of the development or improvement. Our Advisor and its affiliates also receive 1.75% of the funds advanced in respect of a loan or other investment.
Our Advisor receives a non-accountable acquisition expense reimbursement in the amount of 0.25% of (1) the funds paid for purchasing an asset, including any debt attributable to the asset, plus the funds budgeted for development, construction or improvement in the case of assets that we acquire and intend to develop, construct or improve, and (2) funds advanced in respect of a loan or other investment. We will also pay third parties, or reimburse the Advisor, for any investment-related expenses due to third parties in the case of a completed investment, including, but not limited to, legal fees and expenses, travel and communication expenses, costs of appraisals, accounting fees and expenses, third-party brokerage or finder’s fees, title insurance, premium expenses and other closing costs. In addition, to the extent our Advisor or its affiliates directly provide services formerly provided or usually provided by third parties, including, without limitation, accounting services related to the preparation of audits required by the SEC, property condition reports, title services, title insurance, insurance brokerage or environmental services related to the preparation of environmental assessments in connection with a completed investment, the direct employee costs and burden to our Advisor of providing these services are acquisition expenses for which we reimburse our Advisor. In addition, acquisition expenses for which we reimburse our Advisor include any payments made to (1) a prospective seller of an asset, (2) an agent of a prospective seller of an asset, or (3) a party that has the right to control the sale of an asset intended for investment by us that are not refundable and that are
not ultimately applied against the purchase price for such asset. Except as described above with respect to services customarily or previously provided by third parties, our Advisor is responsible for paying all of the expenses it incurs associated with persons employed by the Advisor to the extent dedicated to making investments for us, such as wages and benefits of the investment personnel. Our Advisor is also responsible for paying all of the investment-related expenses that we or our Advisor incur that are due to third parties or related to the additional services provided by our Advisor as described above with respect to investments we do not make, other than certain non-refundable payments made in connection with any acquisition.
For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, our Advisor earned acquisition and advisory fees, including the acquisition expense reimbursement, of approximately $3.4 million and $1.2 million, respectively, and capitalized approximately $3.4 million and $0.9 million, respectively, of such fees to our development projects as construction in progress. As of March 31, 2013, $7.7 million of acquisition and advisory fees related to developments, including the acquisition expense reimbursement, were subject to final reconciliation to actual amounts as described above.
Our Advisor receives debt financing fees of 1% of the amount available to us under debt financing which was originated, assumed or refinanced by or for us. Our Advisor may pay some or all of these fees to third parties with whom it subcontracts to coordinate financing for us. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, our Advisor has earned debt financing fees of approximately $0.3 million. No debt financing fees were incurred for the three months ended March 31, 2012.
Our Advisor receives a monthly asset management fee for each real estate related asset held by us. The amount of the fee is dependent upon our performance with respect to reaching a modified funds from operations or MFFO coverage amount per quarter of $0.15 per share of our common stock (equivalent to an annualized $0.60 per share). As modified, the asset management fee will be a monthly fee equal to one-twelfth of the Applicable Asset Management Fee Percentage (“the AAMF Percentage”) of the sum of the higher of the cost or value of our assets. Effective July 1, 2010, the AAMF Percentage was 0.50% (reduced from 0.75% prior to July 1, 2010). The percentage will increase to 0.75% following two consecutive fiscal quarters during which our MFFO for each such fiscal quarter equals or exceeds 80% of the MFFO coverage amount described above. Once the AAMF Percentage has increased to 0.75%, it will not decrease during the term of the agreement, regardless of our MFFO in any subsequent period. The percentage will increase further to 1.0% following two consecutive fiscal quarters during which our MFFO for each such fiscal quarter equals or exceeds 100% of such MFFO coverage amount. Finally, the percentage will return to 0.75% upon the first day following the fiscal quarter during which our Advisor has, since July 1, 2010, earned asset management fees equal to the amount of asset management fees our Advisor would have earned if the AAMF Percentage had been 0.75% every day since July 1, 2010. In no event will our Advisor receive more than the asset management fee at the annual 0.75% rate originally contracted for, but will be at risk for up to one-third of those fees and incentivized to grow our MFFO. Since July 1, 2010, the AAMF Percentage has been 0.50%.
For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, our Advisor earned asset management fees of approximately $1.8 million and $1.5 million, respectively.
We will pay a development fee to our Advisor in an amount that is usual and customary for comparable services rendered to similar projects in the geographic market of the project; provided, however, we will not pay a development fee to an affiliate of our Advisor if our Advisor or any of its affiliates elects to receive an acquisition and advisory fee based on the cost of such development. Our Advisor has earned no development fees since our inception.
For multifamily communities with respect to which we have control over the selection of the property manager and choose to hire BHM Management, property management services are provided by BHM Management and its affiliates through a property management agreement (the “Property Management Agreement”). In November 2012, the Property Management Agreement was amended to extend the term of the Property Management Agreement to June 30, 2013. In addition, at any time prior to June 30, 2013, we may terminate the Property Management Agreement with 60 days prior written notice.
Property management fees are equal to 3.75% of gross revenues. In the event that we contract directly with a non-affiliated third party property manager in respect to a property, we pay BHM Management or its affiliates an oversight fee equal to 0.5% of gross rental revenues of the property managed. In no event will we pay both a property management fee and an oversight fee to BHM Management or its affiliates with respect to a particular property. We reimburse the costs and expenses incurred by BHM Management on our behalf, including the wages and salaries and other employee-related expenses of all on-site employees of BHM Management and other out-of-pocket expenses that are directly related to the management of specific properties.
For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, BHM Management or its affiliates earned property management fees, net of expenses to third party property managers but including reimbursements to BHM Management, of $5.7 million and $4.8 million, respectively.
As part of our reimbursement of administrative expenses, we reimburse our Advisor for any direct expenses and costs of salaries and benefits of persons employed by our Advisor performing advisory services for us, provided, however, that we will not reimburse our Advisor for personnel employment costs incurred by our Advisor in performing services under the Advisory Management Agreement to the extent that the employees perform services for which the Advisor receives a separate fee other than with respect to acquisition services formerly provided or usually provided by third parties. We also do not reimburse our Advisor for the salary or other compensation of our executive officers.
For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, our Advisor was reimbursed approximately $0.4 million and $0.5 million, respectively.
As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, our payables to our Advisor and its affiliates were $4.0 million and $1.3 million, respectively.
16. Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information
Supplemental cash flow information is summarized below (amounts in millions):
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Interest paid, net of amounts capitalized of $1.7 million and $0.3 million in 2013 and 2012, respectively |
| $ | 8.8 |
| $ | 9.1 |
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Mortgage payable assumed by purchaser of asset held for sale |
| $ | — |
| $ | (15.8 | ) |
Notes receivable cancelled in connection with acquisition of real estate |
| $ | — |
| $ | 5.9 |
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Acquisition of a noncontrolling interest |
| $ | — |
| $ | 2.7 |
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Stock issued pursuant to our DRIP |
| $ | 5.0 |
| $ | 9.1 |
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Distributions payable - regular |
| $ | 5.0 |
| $ | 8.4 |
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Distributions payable - special |
| $ | — |
| $ | 9.9 |
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Accrued other investing |
| $ | 22.2 |
| $ | 3.9 |
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17. Subsequent Events
We have reviewed subsequent events through May 9, 2013 and noted no subsequent events that would require an adjustment to the consolidated financial statements or additional disclosures, other than the ones disclosed herein.
Distributions Paid
On April 1, 2013, we paid total distributions of approximately $5.0 million, of which $2.4 million was cash distributions and $2.6 million was funded by issuing shares pursuant to our DRIP, relating to distributions declared each day in the month of March 2013. On May 1, 2013, we paid total distributions of approximately $4.9 million, of which $2.3 million was cash distributions and $2.6 million was funded by issuing shares pursuant to our DRIP, relating to distributions declared each day in the month of April 2013.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These forward-looking statements include discussion and analysis of the financial condition of Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I, Inc. and its subsidiaries (which may be referred to herein as the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”), including, but not limited to, our ability to make accretive investments, our ability to generate cash flow to support cash distributions to our stockholders, our ability to obtain favorable debt financing, our ability to secure leases at favorable rental rates, our assessment of market rental rate trends, capital markets, and other matters. Words such as “may,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “would,” “could,” “should” and variations of these words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are not historical facts but reflect the intent, belief or current expectations of our management based on their knowledge and understanding of the business and industry, the economy and other future conditions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and we caution stockholders not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements due to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors, including but not limited to the factors listed and described under Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 1, 2013 and the factors described below:
· market and economic challenges experienced by the U.S. economy or real estate industry as a whole and the local economic conditions in the markets in which our properties are located;
· our ability to make accretive investments in a diversified portfolio of assets;
· future changes in market factors that could affect the ultimate performance of our development projects, including but not limited to construction costs, plan or design changes, schedule delays, availability of construction financing, performance of developers, contractors and consultants and growth in rental rates and operating costs;
· the availability of cash flow from operating activities for distributions;
· our level of debt and the terms and limitations imposed on us by our debt agreements;
· the availability of credit generally, and any failure to obtain debt financing at favorable terms or a failure to satisfy the conditions and requirements of that debt;
· our ability to secure resident leases at favorable rental rates;
· our ability to retain our executive officers and other key personnel of our advisor, our property manager and their affiliates;
· conflicts of interest arising out of our relationships with our advisor and its affiliates;
· unfavorable changes in laws or regulations impacting our business, our assets or our key relationships; and
· factors that could affect our ability to qualify as a real estate investment trust.
Forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q reflect our management’s view only as of the date of this Report, and may ultimately prove to be incorrect or false. We undertake no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results. We intend for these forward-looking statements to be covered by the applicable safe harbor provisions created by Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act.
Cautionary Note
The agreements filed as exhibits to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been included to provide security holders with information regarding their terms. They are not intended to provide via their terms any other factual information about us. The representations, warranties, and covenants made by us in any such agreement are made solely for the benefit of the parties to the agreement as of the specific dates, including, in some cases, for the purpose of allocating risk among the parties to the agreement, may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties and should not be deemed to be representations, warranties, or covenants to or with any other parties. Moreover, these representations, warranties, or covenants should not be relied upon as accurately describing or reflecting the current state of our affairs. Any mention or description of any document contained herein does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such agreements.
Overview
General
We were incorporated on August 4, 2006 as a Maryland corporation and operate as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes. We make investments in, develop and operate high quality multifamily communities that we believe have desirable locations, personalized amenities, and high quality construction. We began making investments in multifamily communities in April 2007. As of March 31, 2013, all of our investments have been in multifamily communities located in the top 50 Metropolitan Statistical Areas located in the United States (“MSA”). We invest in multifamily communities that may be wholly owned by us or held through joint venture arrangements with institutional or other real estate investors which we define as “Co-Investment Ventures.”
We have investments in 52 multifamily communities as of March 31, 2013. We wholly own nine multifamily communities and three debt investments, consisting of mezzanine and land loans, for a total of 12 wholly owned investments, and we have an ownership interest in 40 multifamily communities through 39 separate Co-Investment Ventures, including one unconsolidated multifamily community which holds only a debt investment. We have funded these investments and intend to fund future investments with a combination of sources, including the remaining proceeds from the primary portion of our initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), mortgage debt and unsecured or secured debt facilities. As discussed below, we have and will continue to utilize available Co-Investment Ventures when it is favorable for us.
Our investment strategy is designed to provide our stockholders with a diversified portfolio, and our management and board of directors have extensive experience in investing in numerous types of real estate, loans and other investments to execute this strategy. We intend to focus on acquiring and developing high quality multifamily communities that will produce increasing rental revenue and will appreciate in value within our targeted life. Our targeted communities include existing “core” properties, which we define as properties that are already stabilized and producing rental income, as well as properties in various phases of development, redevelopment, lease up or repositioning which we intend to transition to core properties. Further, we may invest in other types of commercial real estate, real estate-related securities and mortgage, bridge, mezzanine, land or other loans, or in entities that make investments similar to the foregoing. Although we intend to primarily invest in real estate assets located in the United States, in the future, we may make investments in real estate assets located outside the United States.
Our multifamily community investment strategy concentrates on multifamily communities located in the top 50 MSAs across the United States. The U.S. Census population estimates are used to determine the largest MSAs. Our top 50 MSA strategy focuses on acquiring communities and other real estate assets that provide us with broad geographic diversity. We believe these types of investments, particularly those in submarkets with significant barriers of entry, are in demand by institutional investors which can result in better exit pricing. We also believe that economic conditions in the major U.S. metropolitan markets will continue to provide adequate demand for properly positioned multifamily communities; such conditions include job and salary growth to support revenue growth, lifestyle trends that attract renters, as well as higher single-family home pricing and constrained credit which tends to increase the supply of renters.
Investments in multifamily communities have benefited from changing demographic and finance trends. These trends include the echo-boomer generation coming of age and entering the rental market, continued growth in non-traditional households, increased immigration and recently higher credit standards for home buyers. Demand for multifamily communities is also affected by tighter standards for single family financing where changes in underwriting have affected the cost, availability and affordability of single family homes. Consequently, single family home ownership has declined from peaks in the last decade. Accordingly, the multifamily sector has experienced increased rental rates and occupancy, particularly in the last two years. While rental rates may eventually hit affordability limits, we believe these trends will still be favorable for multifamily demand in the foreseeable future as the key
demographic population increases and single family housing options continue to be more restrictive. However, changes in these factors could affect the stability and magnitude of these trends and can significantly affect our strategy, both favorably and unfavorably. The supply of new multifamily communities coming into the market in the last few years has been less than historical averages. Supply trends have recently shown some signs of changing, particularly related to permit activity, which while still below historical averages, is increasing. Several local markets are approaching or even exceeding these historical averages. Because the period required to develop new multifamily communities is 18 to 36 months, we still expect there will continue to be an overall favorable supply position for the next two to three years.
We have and expect to continue to utilize Co-Investment Ventures in our investment strategy. Co-Investment Ventures’ equity allows us to expand the number and size of our investments, allowing us to obtain interests in multifamily communities we might otherwise not have access to. With a larger portfolio we believe we are also diversifying and managing our risk. Accordingly, we have used Co-Investment Ventures in many of our different types of investments, including stabilized and development communities and loan investments.
We currently have substantial uninvested proceeds raised from our Initial Public Offering, which we are seeking to invest on attractive terms. In the current acquisition environment, we believe that investing in multifamily developments may be more attractive than investing in stabilized multifamily communities. In particular, investing in developments is projected to allow ownership at a lower cost per unit and higher stabilized yield. Competition for new developments is increasing but our available liquidity may be a competitive advantage in sourcing new investments. Developments also provide an advantage due to updated amenities resulting in higher resident appeal and in fewer capital expenditures as compared to older multifamily communities.
In pursuing a development focus, we will generally partner with experienced developers and obtain guaranteed maximum construction contracts whenever possible, where we will provide all or substantially all of the equity capital. The developers will receive a promoted interest after we receive certain minimum annual returns. We have or generally expect to have substantial control over property operations, financing and all sale decisions, but the developers may have rights to sell their interests at a set price after a prescribed period, usually one or two years after substantial completion.
The decision to focus primarily on developments rather than acquisitions will affect our near-term operating cash flow. Developments require a period to entitle, permit, plan, construct and lease up before realizing cash flow from operations. We will attempt to minimize this period by selecting development projects that have already completed a portion of the early development stages; however, the time from investment to stabilized operations could be two to three years. During these periods, we may use portions of the remaining proceeds from our Initial Public Offering or other liquidity sources to fund our non-operating requirements, including a portion of distributions paid to our common stockholders. The use of these proceeds could reduce the amount available for other new investments.
We may also invest a portion of the remaining proceeds from our Initial Public Offering in multifamily-related debt investments. Because government-sponsored entities (“GSEs”) typically do not lend on development properties during construction and banks and other debt providers tend to limit financing to approximately 60% of total costs, we may have lending opportunities with creditworthy borrowers that would provide favorable short-term returns (one to five years). We will seek out these loan investments either as mezzanine or land loans. For mezzanine loans, we will provide financing that is subordinate to the developer’s senior construction loan but senior to the developer’s equity, which we expect to be in the range of 10% to 15% of the total development cost. The mezzanine loans are secured by a pledge, typically of ownership interests in the respective multifamily community development, and will carry interest rates ranging from 12% to 15% for a base term of three years. These loans generally require one to six months to fully fund the loan commitment with interest payments fully or partially deferred until operations have stabilized or the loan is paid off. For land loans, we will finance the developer’s acquisition of the land, usually for a period of approximately one to two years at rates ranging from 10% to 13% and require a first lien mortgage as collateral. Similar to mezzanine loans, we will also generally require 10% to 15% of developer equity for each land loan.
While the recent investing trends have positively benefited our multifamily valuations and operations, these trends have also led to increased competition for stabilized multifamily investments, particularly in the markets and with the quality and characteristics that we target. During these periods of capitalization rate compression, we will still continue to evaluate stabilized acquisitions and seek out properties and situations where our liquidity, financial strength and experience allow us to differentiate our offers from other buyers. Although we do not expect stabilized acquisitions to be our primary investment strategy, we will take advantage of such opportunities when they meet our targeted return objectives.
When appropriate, we may also incorporate into our investment portfolio value-added multifamily communities that have either been mismanaged or otherwise have not realized what we believe to be full appreciation and income-generation potential.
Generally, we will make capital improvements or seek to aesthetically improve the asset and its amenities, increase rents, and stabilize occupancy with the goal of adding an attractive increase in yield and improving total returns.
The demand for multifamily acquisitions may also provide opportunities to selectively monetize our existing portfolio and potentially make new investments in multifamily communities with greater total return prospects. We may evaluate total return prospects on an individual property basis, which would include specific property characteristics such as current market value, rental rate growth, operating costs or competition. We may also make an evaluation based on the sub-market or region, which would include factors related to macro-economic conditions, overall multifamily supply trends or investor demand. Because older properties have higher capital and maintenance requirements and may not attract higher rents, we will also monitor the overall age of our portfolio, selling certain communities to maintain targeted age characteristics. From 2011 through March 31, 2013, we have sold partial or entire interests in nine multifamily communities, generating cash proceeds of $185.4 million, recognizing gains of $147.8 million and increases to additional paid-in capital of $39.6 million.
Offerings of Our Common Stock
We terminated offering shares of common stock in our Initial Public Offering on September 2, 2011, having aggregate gross primary offering proceeds of approximately $1.46 billion. Upon termination of our Initial Public Offering, we reallocated 50 million unsold shares remaining from our Initial Public Offering to our distribution reinvestment plan (“DRIP”). As a result, we are offering a maximum of 100 million total shares pursuant to our DRIP at a DRIP offering price set by our board of directors, which as of March 1, 2013 is $9.53 per share, based on approximately 95% of our estimated net asset value per share as of March 1, 2013. Prior to March 1, 2013, the DRIP offering price was $9.45 per share, based on approximately 95% of our previous estimated value per share. For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the DRIP offering price averaged $9.45 and $9.50, respectively, and as of March 31, 2013 is $9.53. As of March 31, 2013, we have sold approximately 13.6 million shares under our DRIP for gross proceeds of approximately $128.8 million. There are approximately 86.4 million shares remaining to be sold under the DRIP.
Per the terms of the DRIP, we currently expect to offer shares for the next four years, which would be the sixth anniversary of the termination of our Initial Public Offering, although our board of directors has the discretion to extend the DRIP beyond that date, in which case we will notify participants of such extension. We may suspend or terminate the DRIP at any time by providing ten days’ prior written notice to participants, and we may amend or supplement the DRIP at any time by delivering notice to participants at least 30 days’ prior to the effective date of the amendment or supplement. Notice may be delivered by use of U.S. mail, electronic means or by including such information in a Current Report on Form 8-K or in our annual or quarterly reports, all of which are filed with the SEC.
Shares of our common stock are not currently listed on a national securities exchange. Depending upon then-prevailing market conditions, we intend to begin to consider the process of listing or liquidation within the next three to five years, which is unchanged from the four to six years after the date of the termination of our Initial Public Offering as disclosed in the related offering documents.
Distributions
Regular Distributions
Our board of directors, after considering the current and expected operations of the Company and other market and economic factors, authorized regular distributions payable to stockholders equal to an annual rate of 6.0% (based on a purchase price of $10.00 per share) for the period from September 1, 2010 to March 31, 2012 and 3.5% from April 1, 2012 through June 20, 2013. See further discussion under “Distribution Activity” below.
Special Cash Distribution
On March 29, 2012, our board of directors authorized a special cash distribution related to the sale of Mariposa Lofts Apartments (the “Mariposa Distribution”) in the amount of $0.06 per share of common stock payable to stockholders of record on July 6, 2012. The Mariposa Distribution of $10.0 million was paid in cash on July 11, 2012. Our board of directors has not authorized any other special distributions, although it may in future periods.
Co-Investment Ventures
Our Co-Investment Ventures are principally with Behringer Harvard Master Partnership I LP (the “BHMP Co-Investment Partner”) and Milky Way Partners, L.P. (the “MW Co-Investment Partner”). We refer to our Co-Investment Ventures with the BHMP
Co-Investment Partner as “BHMP CO-JVs” and those with the MW Co-Investment Partner as “MW CO-JVs.” We also have other Co-Investment Ventures with other real estate developers/owners, primarily to develop multifamily communities. As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, all of our investments in Property Entities with an additional third party equity owner have been made through BHMP CO-JVs. If specifically referred to by its context, we will name the BHMP CO-JV, the MW CO-JV, other Co-Investment Ventures or the Property Entity.
The BHMP Co-Investment Partner is a partnership between our sponsor, Behringer Harvard Holdings, LLC (“Behringer Harvard Holdings”) and Stichting Depositary PGGM Private Real Estate Fund, a Dutch foundation acting in its capacity as depositary of and for the account and risk of PGGM Private Real Estate Fund, an investment vehicle for Dutch pension funds (“PGGM”). PGGM is the 99% limited partner of the BHMP Co-Investment Partner and Behringer Harvard Holdings is indirectly the 1% general partner of the BHMP Co-Investment Partner.
The MW Co-Investment Partner is a partnership between Heitman LLC (“Heitman”) and Korea Exchange Bank, as Trustee for and on behalf of National Pension Service (acting for and on behalf of the National Pension Fund of the Republic of Korea Government) (“NPS”). NPS is the 99.9% limited partner and Heitman is the 0.1% general partner of the MW Co-Investment Partner, respectively.
The table below presents a summary of the number of each type of Co-Investment Venture and our effective ownership ranges based on our share of contributed capital directly or indirectly in the multifamily community. This effective ownership is indicative of, but may differ from, percentages for distributions, contributions or financing requirements. Unless otherwise noted, all are reported on the consolidated basis of accounting.
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With no other Co-Investment Partners |
| 9 |
| 55% to 74% |
| 9 |
| 55% to 74% |
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| 1 |
| 55% |
| 1 |
| 55% |
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| 4 |
| 52% to 55% |
| 5 |
| 51% to 55% |
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MW CO-JVs |
| 15 |
| 55% |
| 15 |
| 55% |
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| 10 |
| 80% to 100% (a) |
| 8 |
| 80% to 100% (a) |
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(a) All of the developer’s initial contributed capital has been returned to the developer, and we have 100% of the contributed capital in six and three of the Co-Investment Ventures as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.
Structure of Co-Investment Ventures
Each of our individual joint ventures with the BHMP Co-Investment Partner and the MW Co-Investment Partner owns a subsidiary entity, a REIT, through which substantially all of the joint venture’s business is conducted. Each subsidiary REIT also issues approximately $60,000 of non-voting preferred stock to unaffiliated holders as part of its qualification as a REIT for U.S. tax purposes. Accordingly, the BHMP CO-JVs and the MW CO-JVs own 100% of the voting equity interests and in excess of 99% of the economic interests in the underlying multifamily investment. Each BHMP CO-JV and MW CO-JV is a separate legal entity formed for the sole purpose of holding its respective investment and obtaining legally separated debt and equity financing. In certain circumstances the governing documents of the BHMP CO-JV and MW CO-JV may require the subsidiary REIT to be operated in a manner that preserves its REIT status, and the subsidiary REIT to be disposed of via a sale of its capital stock rather than as an asset sale by that subsidiary REIT. The governing documents also contain buy/sell provisions, which if exercised by us, may require us to acquire the respective Co-Investment Partner’s ownership interest or if exercised by our respective Co-Investment Partner, may require us to sell our ownership interest in a BHMP CO-JV or MW CO-JV. We have no ownership or other direct financial interests in either the BHMP Co-Investment Partner or the MW Co-Investment Partner.
Each BHMP CO-JV and MW CO-JV is managed by a subsidiary of ours. As the manager, we have control rights over operating plans. However, without the consent of all members of the BHMP CO-JV and MW CO-JV, we as the manager may not generally approve or disapprove on behalf of the BHMP CO-JV and MW CO-JV certain decisions affecting the BHMP CO-JV and MW CO-JV, such as (1) selling or otherwise disposing of the BHMP CO-JV’s or MW CO-JV’s investment or any other property having a value in excess of $100,000, (2) selling any additional interests in the BHMP CO-JV or MW CO-JV, or (3) incurring or materially modifying any indebtedness of the BHMP CO-JV or MW CO-JV in excess of $100,000 or causing the BHMP CO-JV and
MW CO-JV to become liable for any debt, obligation or undertaking of any other individual or entity in excess of $100,000 other than in accordance with the operating plans. Generally, if there are disagreements regarding these major decisions, then either member may exercise buy/sell rights. The BHMP Co-Investment Partner and the MW Co-Investment Partner, as applicable, may remove the manager for cause and appoint a successor.
Distributions of net cash flow from the BHMP CO-JVs and MW CO-JVs are distributed to the members no less than quarterly in accordance with the members’ ownership interests. BHMP CO-JV and MW CO-JV capital contributions and distributions are made pro rata in accordance with ownership interests.
Certain BHMP CO-JVs have made and may make equity and/or debt investments in Property Entities with third-party equity owners. These Property Entities own multifamily operating communities or development communities. Each Property Entity is a separate legal entity for the sole purpose of holding its respective operating property or development project and obtaining legally separated debt and equity financing. These Property Entities are specifically structured but generally have structures in which the BHMP CO-JV is the managing member or general partner and the other owners have certain approval rights over protective decisions, which effectively require all owners to agree before these actions can be taken. These decisions usually include actions pertaining to admittance or transfer of owners, sale of the property, and financing. The BHMP CO-JV generally provides the greater proportion of the equity capital, which generally ranges from 60% to 90%, but in some instances, can be 100% of the equity capital. The third party equity owners in Property Entities have buy/sell rights with respect to the ownership interest in the Property Entities.
Apart from investments with BHMP CO-JVs and MW CO-JVs, we have ten other Co-Investment Ventures directly with developers, and we expect that we may enter into similar arrangements with other developers. These other Co-Investment Ventures are or are expected to be specifically structured but generally will have structures in which we are the managing member or general partner with sole control over setting operating budgets, selecting property management, financing and disposition of the multifamily community. The other owners, who are typically providing development and general contractor services through affiliated entities, are expected to generally have very limited approval rights, usually related to protective rights concerning admittance or transfer of owners, changes in the business purpose of the Co-Investment Venture and bankruptcy. These developers will have initial capital contributions until certain milestones are achieved, at which point their initial capital contributions will be returned to them. These developers will have a back-end interest, generally only attributable to distributions related to a property sale. They will also have put options, generally one year after completion of the development, pursuant to which we would be required to acquire their ownership interest at a set price. These other Co-Investment Ventures will also include buy/sell provisions, generally available after the seventh year after completion of the development. We expect to generally provide the greater proportion of the equity capital, and for the eight current Co-Investment Ventures we ultimately expect that 100% of the equity capital will be provided by us.
Co-Investment Venture Partners
The 99% limited partner of our BHMP Co-Investment Partner is PGGM. PGGM is an investment vehicle for Dutch pension funds. According to the sponsor of PGGM’s website as of January 2013, the sponsor of PGGM currently manages approximately 133 billion euro (approximately $170 billion, based on exchange rates as of March 31, 2013) in pension assets for over 2.5 million people. We formed our first BHMP Co-Investment Venture with PGGM in 2007, and prior to December 1, 2011, PGGM was our only Co-Investment Partner. PGGM has committed to invest up to $300 million in co-investments with affiliates of investment programs of our sponsor. As of March 31, 2013, approximately $1.9 million of the $300 million commitment remains unfunded; however, in the event that certain investments are refinanced or new property debt is placed within two years from the date of acquisition, the amount of the unfunded commitment may be increased. The 1% general partner of our BHMP Co-Investment Partner is Behringer Harvard Institutional GP LP, an affiliate of Behringer Harvard Holdings.
The 99.9% limited partner of our MW Co-Investment Partner is NPS. NPS is one of the largest pension funds in the world, which generally covers all citizens of South Korea ages 18 to 59. NPS was established to provide pension benefits in contingency of old-age, disability or death of the primary income provider for a household with a view to contributing to the livelihood stabilization for the promotion of the welfare of South Korea. According to the NPS website, as of January 2013, the NPS fund estimated its total value at 395 trillion won (approximately $355 billion, based on exchange rates as of March 31, 2013), and counted over 3.15 million people in its beneficiary base. The 0.1% general partner of our MW Co-Investment Partner is Heitman, an international investment advisory firm. The MW Co-Investment Venture does not have a commitment for additional investments with us or our sponsor. We entered into Co-Investment Ventures with the MW Co-Investment Partner in December 2011. As of March 31, 2013, the MW Co-Investment Partner has invested $263.7 million in joint ventures with us.
For our Co-Investment Ventures with developers and the four Property Entities, the other equity owners are national or regional domestic developers.
As of March 31, 2013, we believe all of our Co-Investment Venture partners and Property Entity partners are in compliance with their contractual obligations, and we are not aware of factors that would indicate their inability to meet their obligations.
Market Outlook
While the first quarter of 2013 started with good economic momentum, by the end of the quarter the effects of increased payroll taxes and across the board U.S. government budget cuts began to take a toll. GDP growth for the first quarter was a respectable 2.5%, especially in light of the 0.4% from the fourth quarter 2012 report. However, given that it was driven by increased consumer service spending, including energy costs, and seasonal inventory restocking by businesses, there is concern over whether the growth can be sustained. Cutbacks in government spending, mainly related to defense spending, are having a significant effect on sustainable growth. The last two quarters have marked the largest contraction in government expenditures since the mid-1950’s. With that headwind, the U.S. economy saw weakness in retail sales and manufacturing activity. Job growth was 165,000 new jobs in April 2013 and averaged approximately 200,000 new jobs in the first quarter of 2013, about 10% more than the average for 2012, but still far less than what most economists are saying is necessary to significantly affect long term employment. On the positive side, the housing market continues to show improvement with most major markets reporting increased pricing and declining inventories. Also helping the U.S. economy are improvements, or at least stabilization, of global economic issues. The European debt crisis, which created uncertainty over sovereign defaults and departures from the Euro and European Union that were recurring drags on the U.S. economy for the last couple of years, has now reached a point where the worst of the scenarios appear less likely, although as recent events have demonstrated, the situation is still volatile.
Going into the second quarter, many analysts are concerned that the economy is repeating the cycle of the last couple of years, where after a good start to the year, there is a spring pull back. The current concerns are heightened with debates over the U.S. federal budget, spending and debt limits, which appear to be continuing for an extended period and may further disrupt economic growth. The federal government has not passed a budget in the last four years and appears to be in a prolonged debate over spending and tax levels. We believe that businesses and consumers tend to be very conservative when confronted with these kinds of issues, which could disrupt what could otherwise be a stronger recovery. On a net basis, we believe the U.S. economy can overcome a certain degree of these issues, and along with most analysts, we expect moderate, but uneven U.S. growth for the near term. However, these issues have the potential to significantly affect the economy.
Although a slower U.S. economy may provide some resistance, primarily with respect to overall job growth and personal disposable income, the multifamily sector continues to show strong growth and favorable demand/supply fundamentals should still support reasonable growth in the near term. The performance of the multifamily sector appears consistent with historical trends where real estate investments in the multifamily sector tend to perform better than real estate investments in other sectors during periods of economic recovery. Further, from a demand perspective, the demographics for the targeted multifamily renter, the age group from 20 to 34 years old, are still positive in the sector. This group is growing in size and while the other age segments have experienced employment declines, the 20 to 34 year old segment’s aggregate employment has increased. Further, while this age group in previous economic cycles experienced increasing single family home ownership, higher credit standards for single family mortgages and more reluctance to commit to home ownership are currently leading to more rental demand. Also affecting home ownership is a national trend toward delayed marriage. Since 1990, the average age for first time marriages has increased by over 2 years. Given that first time home ownership often follows marriage, this delay is also delaying home ownership. As a result, single family home ownership, which had peaked at 69.2% in late 2004, has now reduced to approximately 65% as of March 31, 2013. Historical home ownership figures from pre-1995 hovered around 64%. While improvements in the single family housing sector should eventually affect this trend, we believe the overall positive effects of such an important component of the economy will be a net benefit to the multifamily sector.
On the supply side, after a substantial decline in new developments of multifamily communities from about 2008, supply levels as measured by new starts have generally returned to historic averages, about 1.6% of existing stock. There were 392,000 seasonally adjusted annual new starts in March 2013, up over 50% from March 2012. Permits for new multifamily developments remained more in line with the 12 month average, indicating that new developments are starting to level off. We believe that the multifamily fundamentals noted above are leading to this increased development activity; however, this supply for the most part is only making up for lost activity coming out of the recession. Further, since high quality multifamily developments can take 18 to 36 months to entitle, permit and construct, we believe there is, even in the most aggressive outlook, a continued window of limited supply. We also believe that the new supply will affect certain markets, and sub markets, to a greater or lesser extent, where factors such as the strength of the local economy, population growth and absolute inventory level of units will allow certain markets to better absorb certain levels of new supply.
As a result of these factors, many analysts are still projecting continued multifamily rental growth, albeit at a slower pace. However, multifamily performance is highly correlated with job and income growth. Some analysts’ reports are already starting to indicate for certain markets that renting is starting to lose its cost advantage over home ownership and that rental increases will eventually hit limits in relation to disposable income. While the overall factors noted above should still position the multifamily
sector to perform better in a slow growth environment, eventually the multifamily sector will need stronger employment, disposable consumer income and household formation to maintain rental growth.
For the Company, these fundamentals have favorably impacted the Company’s 2013 operating performance. While national employment gains were less than expected, in our geographic markets, job growth for the most part was greater than the national average or was positive as compared to the prior year. Through February 2013, 13 of our 17 major markets had annual employment growth greater than the national average of 1.5%, and three markets had less growth than the national average. Of the top five markets with the highest absolute increase in job growth, we had investments in four: Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Atlanta.
These positive employment results for our markets have been favorable contributors to our revenue growth. The Company has equity interests in 32 communities that were stabilized and held for the comparable periods in 2013 and 2012. These 32 communities produced year over year total revenue increases of approximately 8.0%. Since March 31, 2012, we have increased our residential monthly rent per unit for these 32 stabilized communities by 5%. We have been able to achieve these results, while still increasing occupancy, as occupancy increased for these 32 communities from 94% at March 31, 2012 to 95% at March 31, 2013.
Current interest rates and the availability of multifamily financing are also very favorable factors in the multifamily sector. For the last three years for the period ended March 31, 2013, five and ten year treasury rates, key benchmarks for multifamily financings, have primarily ranged between 0.6% to 2.8% and 1.0% to 4.0%, respectively. As of March 31, 2013, five and ten year treasury rates were 0.77% and 1.87%, respectively, and trending down in April and May 2013. In addition to favorable, general interest rates, GSEs have been a core source for multifamily financing, providing a favorable base level of support for the sector. Further, the positive multifamily fundamentals, particularly in high quality, stabilized communities such as ours, has brought in other lending sources. In addition to GSEs, insurance companies and commercial banks have been aggressive lenders in our sector. The Company has taken advantage of these financing opportunities and in 2012 we closed five loans with an average fixed interest rate of 2.9% and in 2013, we closed one loan with a fixed interest rate of 3.2%. As of March 31, 2013, our weighted average fixed interest rate was 3.8%, compared to 3.9% at December 31, 2012.
Although the current outlook on these financing trends is favorable, there are risks. As discussed above, the U.S. political deadlock over the debt ceiling, tax policy and government spending levels could jeopardize the U.S. credit rating and the level of domestic interest rates. Although the European debt crisis has moderated, there is a risk that the higher-risk European countries, such as Italy, Greece and Spain, could face new pressures over proposed austerity measures or levels of sovereign borrowings or that new problem countries could surface, the latest being Cypress. Any of these domestic or global issues could slow growth or push the U.S. into a recession, which could affect the amount of capital available or the costs charged for financings. Specifically related to the multifamily sector, changes related to GSE’s distribution policy to the U.S. government and other regulatory restrictions could result in less multifamily debt capital and potentially higher borrowing costs.
In the event of changing financial market conditions, we believe the Company is reasonably positioned to execute our strategy. As of March 31, 2013, we held cash and cash equivalents of approximately $394.9 million and had borrowing capacity from our line of credit of $127.2 million. Our cash position is over 40% of our total debt balance and greater than all of our variable rate debt. Should there be an increase in interest rates, approximately 95% of our share of debt is at long-term, fixed rates. In addition, the Company owns $162.7 million of LIBOR based interest rate caps providing protection for the notional amount for LIBOR Rates in excess of 2.0% to 4.0% for approximately three more years. We believe these factors will give us flexibility to manage our interest rate exposure should interest rates in general increase, and our liquidity position may be a competitive advantage over other multifamily companies who are not so positioned. However, with the volatility in the world economy, and the consequences that these issues may have on the financial markets, there is no assurance that our liquidity position would maintain our competitive position in all circumstances. In addition, our development strategy is dependent on the availability of development financing at reasonable interest rates. While development financing is currently available, there is also no assurance such financing would be available in the future.
Property Portfolio
We invest in a geographically diversified equity and debt multifamily portfolio which includes operating and development investments. We define our geographic regions by state or by region as follows:
· Florida
· Georgia
· Mid-Atlantic includes the states of Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey. Our portfolio includes communities in Alexandria, Arlington and McLean, Virginia, Silver Spring, Maryland, and Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
· Mid-West includes the state of Illinois. Our portfolio includes a community in Chicago, Illinois.
· Mountain includes the states of Arizona, Colorado and Nevada. Our portfolio includes communities in Scottsdale, Arizona, Denver and Lakewood, Colorado and Clark County and Henderson, Nevada.
· New England includes the states of Connecticut and Massachusetts. Our portfolio includes communities in Orange, Connecticut and Cambridge, Mansfield, Marlborough, Pembroke and Wakefield, Massachusetts.
· Northern California includes communities in Concord, Santa Rosa, San Bruno and San Francisco in California.
· Northwest includes the state of Oregon. Our portfolio includes communities in Portland, Oregon.
· Southern California includes communities in Irvine, Marina del Rey, Costa Mesa, Los Angeles, and Laguna Woods.
· Texas
The table below presents physical occupancy and monthly rental rate per unit by geographic region for all of our consolidated and unconsolidated stabilized multifamily communities in which we have an equity investment as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:
|
| March 31, 2013 |
| Physical Occupancy Rates (a) |
| Monthly Rental Rate per Unit (b) |
| ||||||||
|
| Number of |
| Number of |
| March 31, |
| December 31, |
| March 31, |
| December 31, |
| ||
Geographic Region |
| Communities |
| Units |
| 2013 |
| 2012 |
| 2013 |
| 2012 |
| ||
Florida |
| 2 |
| 704 |
| 94 | % | 94 | % | $ | 1,498 |
| $ | 1,490 |
|
Georgia (c) |
| 1 |
| 283 |
| 95 | % | 98 | % | 1,258 |
| 1,241 |
| ||
Mid-Atlantic |
| 5 |
| 1,412 |
| 95 | % | 94 | % | 1,946 |
| 1,937 |
| ||
Mid-West |
| 1 |
| 298 |
| 97 | % | 95 | % | 2,175 |
| 2,161 |
| ||
Mountain |
| 5 |
| 1,594 |
| 95 | % | 93 | % | 1,326 |
| 1,312 |
| ||
New England |
| 4 |
| 940 |
| 93 | % | 92 | % | 1,508 |
| 1,514 |
| ||
Northern California |
| 4 |
| 751 |
| 96 | % | 94 | % | 2,216 |
| 2,188 |
| ||
Northwest |
| 2 |
| 540 |
| 96 | % | 94 | % | 1,340 |
| 1,331 |
| ||
Southern California |
| 4 |
| 889 |
| 95 | % | 96 | % | 1,974 |
| 1,946 |
| ||
Texas |
| 7 |
| 2,248 |
| 96 | % | 95 | % | 1,401 |
| 1,384 |
| ||
Totals |
| 35 |
| 9,659 |
| 95 | % | 94 | % | $ | 1,618 |
| $ | 1,604 |
|
(a) Physical occupancy is defined as the residential units occupied for stabilized properties as of March 31, 2013 or December 31, 2012 divided by the total number of residential units. Not considered in the physical occupancy rate is rental space designed for other than residential use, which is primarily retail space. As of March 31, 2013, the total gross leasable area of retail space for all of these communities is approximately 166,000 square feet, which is approximately 2% of total rentable area. As of March 31, 2013, all of the communities with retail space are stabilized, and approximately 80% of the 166,000 square feet of retail space was occupied. The calculation of physical occupancy rates by geographic region and total average physical occupancy rates are based upon weighted average number of residential units.
(b) Monthly rental revenue per unit has been calculated based on the leases in effect as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 for stabilized properties. Monthly rental revenue per unit only includes base rents for the occupied units, including affordable housing payments and subsidies, and does not include other charges for storage, parking, pets, cleaning, clubhouse or other miscellaneous amounts. For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, these other charges were approximately $4.1 million and $3.6 million, respectively, approximately 8% of total combined revenues for both periods. The monthly rental revenue per unit also does not include unleased units or non-residential rental areas, which are primarily related to retail space.
(c) Physical occupancy rates and monthly rental rate per unit as of December 31, 2012, exclude the results of The Reserve at John’s Creek Walk (“Johns Creek”) which was sold in March 2013.
The table below presents the number of communities and units by geographic region that are currently in development and in which we have an equity or debt investment, as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:
|
| March 31, 2013 |
| December 31, 2012 |
| ||||
|
| Number of |
| Number of |
| Number of |
| Number of |
|
Geographic Region |
| Communities |
| Units |
| Communities |
| Units |
|
Equity investments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Florida |
| 1 |
| 180 |
| 1 |
| 180 |
|
Mid-Atlantic |
| 1 |
| 461 |
| — |
| — |
|
Mountain |
| 1 |
| 212 |
| 1 |
| 212 |
|
New England |
| 2 |
| 578 |
| 2 |
| 578 |
|
Northern California |
| 1 |
| 180 |
| 1 |
| 180 |
|
Southern California |
| 1 |
| 113 |
| — |
| — |
|
Texas |
| 6 |
| 1,518 |
| 6 |
| 1,519 |
|
Total Equity investments |
| 13 |
| 3,242 |
| 11 |
| 2,669 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debt investments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Florida |
| 1 |
| 321 |
| — |
| — |
|
Mountain |
| 1 |
| 388 |
| 1 |
| 388 |
|
Southern California |
| — |
| — |
| 1 |
| 113 |
|
Texas (a) |
| 2 |
| 764 |
| 2 |
| 764 |
|
Total Debt investments |
| 4 |
| 1,473 |
| 4 |
| 1,265 |
|
Total Developments |
| 17 |
| 4,715 |
| 15 |
| 3,934 |
|
(a) Includes an unconsolidated loan investment as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012. The other loan investment is in a multifamily community completed in 2012 and currently in lease up as of March 31, 2013.
Results of Operations
Because of our investment of proceeds from our Initial Public Offering, we have experienced significant increases in our total investments since our inception. Also, as the status of our lease up and development communities have progressed, their totals have fluctuated over time, changing the proportion of our stabilized multifamily communities to our total investments.
These portfolio changes have contributed to significant increases or fluctuations in many of our financial results. A summary of our investments in multifamily communities as of March 31, 2013, December 31, 2012, and March 31, 2012 is as follows:
|
| March 31, |
| December 31, |
| March 31, |
|
|
| 2013 |
| 2012 |
| 2012 |
|
Reporting Classifications: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated communities |
| 51 |
| 50 |
| 42 |
|
Investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
|
Total investments |
| 52 |
| 51 |
| 43 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment Classifications: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stabilized communities |
| 35 |
| 36 |
| 35 |
|
Development |
| 13 |
| 11 |
| 5 |
|
Total equity investments |
| 48 |
| 47 |
| 40 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debt investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Land loans |
| — |
| 1 |
| 2 |
|
Mezzanine loans |
| 4 |
| 3 |
| 1 |
|
Total debt investments |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total investments |
| 52 |
| 51 |
| 43 |
|
In the following sections, where we compare one period to another, we may refer to these changes to explain significant fluctuations. These transactions have affected the comparability of our financial statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2013 as compared to the same period of 2012.
The three months ended March 31, 2013 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012
In our review of operations, we define net operating income (“NOI”) as consolidated rental revenue, less consolidated property operating expenses, real estate taxes and property management fees. We believe that NOI provides a supplemental measure of our operating performance because NOI reflects the operating performance of our properties and excludes items that are not associated with property operations of the Company, such as general and administrative expenses, asset management fees and interest expense. NOI also excludes revenues not associated with property operations, such as interest income and other non-property related revenues. In addition, we review our stabilized multifamily communities on a comparable basis between periods, referred to as “Same Store.” Our Same Store multifamily communities are defined as those that are stabilized and comparable for both the current and the prior reporting year. We consider a property to be stabilized upon the earlier of 90% occupancy or one year after completion.
The table below reflects number of communities and units as of March 31, 2013 and 2012 and rental revenues, property operating expenses and NOI for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 for our Same Store operating portfolio as well as other properties in continuing operations:
|
| Three Months Ended |
|
|
| |||||
|
| March 31, 2013 |
| March 31, 2012 |
| Change |
| |||
Rental revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
Same Store |
| $ | 46.1 |
| $ | 42.7 |
| $ | 3.4 |
|
2012 acquisitions |
| 3.2 |
| 0.4 |
| 2.8 |
| |||
Total rental revenue |
| 49.3 |
| 43.1 |
| 6.2 |
| |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
Property operating expenses, including real estate taxes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
Same Store |
| 18.0 |
| 17.6 |
| 0.4 |
| |||
2012 acquisitions |
| 1.4 |
| 0.2 |
| 1.2 |
| |||
Total property operating expenses, including real estate taxes |
| 19.4 |
| 17.8 |
| 1.6 |
| |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
NOI |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
Same Store |
| 28.1 |
| 25.1 |
| 3.0 |
| |||
2012 acquisitions |
| 1.8 |
| 0.2 |
| 1.6 |
| |||
Total NOI |
| $ | 29.9 |
| $ | 25.3 |
| $ | 4.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
Number of Communities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
Same Store |
| 32 |
| 32 |
| — |
| |||
2012 acquisitions |
| 3 |
| 1 |
| 2 |
| |||
Total Number of Communities |
| 35 |
| 33 |
| 2 |
| |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
Number of Units |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
Same Store |
| 8,840 |
| 8,840 |
| — |
| |||
2012 acquisitions |
| 819 |
| 149 |
| 670 |
| |||
Total Number of Units |
| 9,659 |
| 8,989 |
| 670 |
|
See reconciliation of NOI to income from continuing operations at “Non-GAAP Performance Financial Measures — NOI.”
Rental Revenues. Rental revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2013 were approximately $49.3 million compared to $43.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Same Store revenues, which accounted for approximately 94% of total rental revenues for 2013 increased approximately 8% or $3.4 million. A large portion of this increase related to an approximate 5% increase in monthly rental rates per units for our Same Store communities as of March 31, 2013 compared to March 31, 2012, adding approximately $2.6 million to Same Store rental revenue from the prior period in March 31, 2012. The remaining increase in Same Store revenues of approximately $0.8 million related to increased occupancy for the Same Store communities. Occupancy as of March 31, 2013 increased to 95% as compared to 94% as of March 31, 2012. The remaining increase of $2.8 million in total rental revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2013 as compared to comparable period of 2012 is attributable to our 2012 acquisitions which reported rental revenues for a full quarter in 2013.
Property Operating and Real Estate Tax Expenses. Property operating and real estate tax expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 were approximately $19.4 million and $17.8 million, respectively. Same Store property operating expenses and real estate taxes, which accounted for approximately 93% of total property operating expenses and real estate taxes for 2013, increased approximately $0.4 million. Increases in Same Store real estate taxes of approximately $0.2 million were driven by increased tax values on our multifamily communities. Other increases included Same Store property management fees of $0.2 million which are directly related to increased Same Store rental revenue. Our 2012 acquisitions which were held for a full quarter in 2013 accounted for $1.2 million of the increase in total property operating and real estate tax expenses.
General and Administrative Expenses. The increase in general and administrative expenses of $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to the same period of 2012 was principally due to an increase of $0.5 million in off-site personnel costs reimbursed to our property manager, Behringer Harvard Multifamily Services, LLC (“BHM Management”), a $0.1 million increase in director and officer insurance expenses and $0.1 million of consulting services related to our valuation of net asset value per share as of March 1, 2013.
Acquisition Expenses. Acquisition expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2012 were approximately $0.5 million and related to our acquisition of the Grand Reserve. The majority of the acquisition expenses were fees and expenses due to our
Advisor. We did not incur any acquisition expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2013. As we make additional consolidated investments, we expect acquisition expenses to increase and to have a significant effect on our operating results. See the section below entitled “Non-GAAP Performance Financial Measures — Funds from Operations and Modified Funds from Operations” for additional discussion.
Interest Expense. Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was approximately $6.8 million compared to $8.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. The decrease was principally due to a $1.4 million increase in capitalized interest, which effectively reduces interest expense in the 2013 period compared to the 2012 comparable period for our active development projects.
Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was approximately $22.3 million and $31.8 million, respectively. Depreciation and amortization primarily includes depreciation of our consolidated multifamily communities and amortization of acquired in-place leases. The decrease is principally the result of the $11.0 million decrease in lease intangible amortization expense, which due to its relatively short life (usually less than one year) was fully amortized in prior periods. The decrease was partially offset by increased depreciation expense related to new capital improvements placed in service subsequent to March 31, 2012. See the section below entitled “Non-GAAP Performance Financial Measures — Funds from Operations and Modified Funds from Operations” for additional discussion.
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations. The income (loss) from discontinued operations relates to the sale of Johns Creek in March 2013 and Mariposa Lofts Apartments (“Mariposa”) in March 2012. The operations of Johns Creek for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 and the operations of Mariposa for the three months ended March 31, 2012 have been reported as discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations. The gain of $6.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 represents the gain recognized from the sale of Johns Creek. The gain of $13.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 represents the gain recognized from the sale of Mariposa. Other income related to these communities during the applicable periods was not significant. There were no other property dispositions during the three months ended March 31, 2013 or 2012.
We review our investments for impairments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, we have not recorded any impairment losses. However, this conclusion could change in future periods based on changes in market conditions, primarily market rents, occupancy, the availability and terms of capital, investor demand for multifamily investments and U.S. economic trends.
Significant Balance Sheet Fluctuations
The discussion below relates to significant fluctuations in certain line items of our consolidated balance sheets from December 31, 2012 to March 31, 2013.
Total real estate, net increased approximately $26.8 million principally as a result of $74.7 million of expenditures related to our development portfolio. These increases were partially offset by the sale of Johns Creek, carried at a net book value of $28.0 million, in March 2013 and the depreciation expense of $21.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013.
Cash and cash equivalents decreased $55.8 million principally as a result of the cash portion of expenditures related to the development program discussed above. This decrease was partially offset by the receipt of proceeds of $33.3 million from the sale of Johns Creek in March 2013.
Mortgages and notes payable decreased approximately $20.6 million principally related to the sale of Johns Creek.
Cash Flow Analysis
Similar to our discussion above related to “Results of Operations,” many of our cash flow results are affected by our 2012 and 2013 acquisition activity and the transition of many of our multifamily communities from lease up to stabilized operations, along with changes in the number of our developments. We anticipate investing offering proceeds from our Initial Public Offering (which closed on September 2, 2011) in multifamily investments. We currently expect developments to constitute one of our primary investment focuses. Due to the longer periods required to deploy funds during a development and the timing of possible construction financing, we expect that the investment period could extend through parts of 2013 and 2014; however, once the offering proceeds are invested, we expect a decline in our acquisition and development activity. Accordingly, our sources and uses of funds may not be comparable in future periods.
For the three months ended March 31, 2013 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012
Cash flows provided by operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2013 were $20.5 million as compared to cash flows provided by operating activities of $11.5 million for the same period in 2012. The increase in cash provided by operating activities is partially due to the $4.6 million increase in NOI from both our Same Store operating properties and our 2012 acquisitions. The increase in NOI is primarily attributable to increased monthly rental revenue per unit and increased occupancy for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to the same period of 2012. Also, interest expense included in operating activities decreased approximately $1.4 million due to amounts capitalized in our development program. A substantial portion of our other GAAP expenses are due to non-cash charges, primarily related to depreciation and amortization. Our depreciation and amortization non-cash charges decreased by $9.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012. This significant decrease in depreciation and amortization is principally the result of the $11.2 million decrease in lease intangible amortization expense, which due to its relatively short life (usually less than one year) was fully amortized in prior periods. The decrease was partially offset by increased depreciation expense related to new capital improvements placed in service subsequent to March 31, 2012. The decrease in depreciation and amortization is partially offset by the decrease in gain on sale of real estate from $13.3 million related to the sale of Mariposa for the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $6.9 million related to the sale of Johns Creek for the comparable period of 2013. We expect that other non-cash charges will continue to be significant determinates for net cash provided by operating activities. We also expect that acquisition expenses will be a larger factor in our net cash flows provided by operating activities as we invest the remaining cash from our Initial Public Offering.
Cash flows used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2013 were $39.1 million compared to cash flow used by investing activities of $23.2 million during the comparable period of 2012. The increase in cash used in investing activities was principally due to an increase of $34.8 million in expenditures related to our development portfolio and $11.1 million of advances on notes receivable during the three months ended March 31, 2013 as compared to the same period of 2012. This increase in cash used in investing activities was partially offset by an increase of $9.3 million in proceeds from the sale of Johns Creek for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to the sale of Mariposa during the same period of 2012. Additionally, during the three months ended March 31, 2012, a consolidated BHMP CO-JV acquired the Grand Reserve multifamily community. We had no acquisitions of real estate for the three months ended March 31, 2013. We expect capital expenditures related to our development program to be a significant use of cash during 2013 and 2014.
Cash flows used in financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2013 were $37.1 million compared to cash flows used in financing activities of $31.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we repaid a mortgage payable of $23.0 million in preparation of the sale of Johns Creek and received mortgage proceeds of $4.1 million related to financing. There were no mortgage loan proceeds or repayments for the three months ended March 31, 2012. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we distributed $12.4 million to noncontrolling interests as compared to $4.2 million for the comparable period of 2012. Redemptions of $15.5 million were paid during the three months ended March 31, 2012. No redemptions were paid for the three months ended March 31, 2013.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
With the completion of our Initial Public Offering, the Company has cash and cash equivalents of $394.9 million as of March 31, 2013. We intend to deploy these funds for additional investments in multifamily communities, primarily development investments, to refinance existing mortgage and construction financings which may benefit from the lower interest environment and, to the extent necessary, for distributions to our common stockholders. We anticipate supplementing our investable cash with real estate financing, our credit facility, and possibly Co-Investment Ventures, other equity and debt offerings. Our investments may include wholly owned and joint venture equity interests in operating or development multifamily communities and loans secured directly or indirectly by multifamily communities. Once we have deployed these proceeds, we would expect a significant reduction in the use of funds for acquisitions, developments, other real estate and real estate-related investments.
Generally, operating cash needs, including any related acquisition and financing costs, include our operating expenses, general administrative expenses, and asset management fees. We expect to meet these requirements from our share of the operations of our existing investments and anticipated new investments. However, as we currently intend to focus on development investments, which require time to develop, permit, construct and lease up, there will be a delay before development investments are providing positive cash flows.
Based on our current distribution levels and anticipated redemptions of our common stock, our current operating cash flow, net of the cash requirements noted above, is insufficient to meet our total distributions and redemptions, and we will be dependent on our current cash balances and on the returns from our anticipated investments to increase our operating cash flow. There is no assurance that we will be able to achieve these required returns. During these periods, as we invest and attempt to produce stabilized cash flows, we may use portions of the remaining proceeds from our Initial Public Offering to fund redemptions and the distributions
paid to our common stockholders, which could reduce the amount available for new investments. During this period, we may also decide to temporarily invest any uninvested proceeds in investments at lower returns than our targeted investments in multifamily and real estate-related investments. These lower returns may affect our ability to make distributions or the amount actually disbursed. We may also refinance or dispose of our investments and use the proceeds to reinvest in new investments, re-lever debt, or use for other obligations, including distributions on our common stock.
We expect to utilize our cash balances, cash flow from operating activities and our credit facility predominantly for the uses described above. Accordingly, we expect our cash and cash equivalent balances to decrease as we execute our strategy.
Short-Term Liquidity
Currently, our primary indicators of short-term liquidity are our cash and cash equivalents and our credit facility. As of March 31, 2013, our cash and cash equivalents balance was $394.9 million, compared to $450.6 million as of December 31, 2012. The decrease is primarily due to the acquisitions and development expenditures made during the three months ended March 31, 2013 of $56.8 million, partially offset by $33.3 million of proceeds from the sale of Johns Creek.
Our consolidated cash and cash equivalent balance of $394.9 million as of March 31, 2013 includes approximately $17.7 million held by individual Co-Investment Ventures. These funds are held for the benefit of the individual Co-Investment Ventures, including amounts available for distributions to us and other owners.
Our cash and cash equivalents are invested in bank demand deposits and money market accounts and a high grade money market fund. We manage these credit exposures by diversifying our investments over several financial institutions. However, because of the degree of our cash balances, a substantial portion of our holdings are in excess of U.S. federal insured limits. Further, beginning in 2013, certain non-interest bearing deposits, which were fully federally insured, are now subject to the same $250,000 insurance limit as other deposits, further increasing the amount of our deposits that are in excess of U.S. federal insured limits and requiring us to rely more on the credit worthiness of our deposit holders and our diversification strategy.
With the termination of our Initial Public Offering on September 2, 2011, we are now more dependent on our cash flow from operating activities and the other sources noted above. Cash flow from operating activities was $20.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to $11.5 million for the comparable period in 2012. The increase in cash flow from operating activities is principally due to the conversion from equity accounting for most of our Co-Investment Ventures to consolidated accounting. We now show our cash flow from operating activities gross, where equity accounting generally only includes distributions from investees as distributed. Included in our distributions to noncontrolling interests are discretionary distributions related to ordinary operations (i.e., excluding distributions related to capital activity, primarily debt financings). Distributions related to operating activities were $6.8 million and $4.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
With our positive cash flow from operating activities, we are able to fund operating costs of our multifamily communities, interest expense, general and administrative costs and asset management fees. Our residents generally pay rents monthly which generally coincides with the payment cycle for our operating interest and general and administrative expenses. Real estate taxes and insurance costs, the most significant exception to our 30 day payment cycle, are either paid from lender escrows, which are funded by us monthly, or from elective internal cash reserves. Further, we expect our share of operating cash flows to benefit from our recent acquisitions and anticipated lease up of our development properties. Accordingly, we do not expect to have to rely on other funding sources to meet our recurring operating, financing and administrative expenses.
Because we evaluate the performance and returns of our investments loaded for all acquisition costs, including acquisition fees paid to our Advisor, we have and expect to primarily fund acquisition expenses from the remaining proceeds of our Initial Public Offering and property related debt financing. However, acquisition costs are a use of operating cash, and in accordance with GAAP, acquisition expenses are a deduction to cash flow from operating activities. Accordingly, as our acquisition activity continues, we expect our GAAP reported cash flow from operating activities to be affected by the magnitude of our acquisitions.
During our Initial Public Offering, we experienced significant increases in the absolute amount of our regular distributions on our common stock. With the completion of our Initial Public Offering on September 2, 2011, we expect our total common stock outstanding to be more stabilized and thus our distributions to also be more stable. Further, our board of directors set our second quarter 2012 distribution rate to an annual rate of 3.5% and has since approved this rate for the second quarter of 2013, based on a purchase price of $10.00 per share, a reduction from the previous annual rate of 6%. This reduced distribution rate, if continued going forward, would reduce our distributions payable in 2013 as compared to 2012 and preserve cash for other uses, including investments in multifamily communities. We expect to fund distributions from multiple sources including (1) cash flow from our current investments and investments anticipated from the remaining proceeds of our Initial Public Offering, (2) the remaining proceeds of our
Initial Public Offering, (3) financings and (4) dispositions. In addition, to the extent that stockholders elect to reinvest their regular distributions under our DRIP, less cash is needed to fund distributions. During 2013 and 2012, the percentage of our regular distributions that has been reinvested has averaged approximately 53% and 55%, respectively.
Our board of directors has modified and reinstated our share redemption program (“SRP”) effective March 1, 2013. (See Item 2, “Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds” for a description of our SRP.) As further described above in “Cash Flow Analysis”, the SRP was suspended effective June 18, 2012, and we did not redeem any shares in the second, third and fourth quarters of 2012. Prior to the suspension, we fulfilled all redemption requests properly submitted and approved through the first quarter of 2012, paying out $15.5 million in redemptions during 2012 (through the suspension date).
We expect to begin funding share redemptions again near the beginning of the third quarter of 2013, and we expect to fund redemptions from our cash balances, cash flow from operating activities, and the other sources noted in our discussion of short-term and long-term liquidity. As we have yet to redeem any stockholders under the modified and reinstated SRP, we are currently uncertain as to the amount of redemptions that will be requested and, consequently, the liquidity required; however, the SRP currently provides a limit of $7 million of redemptions per quarter. At the funding limit, this amount generally corresponds to the average participation in our DRIP, substantially netting the cash requirement. There can be no assurance that either the redemption or DRIP amounts will continue in the future in this range. The liquidity required to meet the share redemption requests could affect amounts available for investment, or if borrowings are used to fund the redemptions, the amount and term of our debt financing.
We have a $150.0 million credit facility which we intend to use to provide greater flexibility in our cash management and to provide funding on an interim basis for our other short-term needs. The credit facility matures on April 1, 2017, when all unpaid principal and interest is due, and provides for fees based on unutilized amounts and minimum usage. The loan requires minimum borrowing of $10.0 million and monthly interest-only payments and monthly or annual payment of fees. Draws under the credit facility are secured by a pool of certain wholly owned multifamily communities, and we may add and remove multifamily communities from the collateral pool, pursuant to the requirements under the credit facility agreement. The aggregate borrowings under the credit facility are limited to 70% of the value of the collateral pool, which may be different than the carrying value for financial statement reporting. We may elect to add multifamily communities to the collateral pool in order to increase amounts available for borrowing. Conversely, dispositions of multifamily communities in the collateral pool that are not replaced would result in decreases in amounts available for borrowing or require repayment of outstanding draws to comply with borrowing limits.
The credit facility agreement contains customary provisions with respect to events of default, covenants and borrowing conditions. In particular, the credit facility agreement requires us to maintain a consolidated net worth of at least $150.0 million, liquidity of at least $15.0 million and net operating income of the collateral pool to be no less than 155% of the facility debt service cost. Certain prepayments may be required upon a breach of covenants or borrowing conditions. We believe we are in compliance with all provisions as of March 31, 2013.
If circumstances provide us with incentives to acquire investments in all-cash transactions, we may draw on the credit facility for the funding. We may also use the credit facility for interim construction financing, which could then be repaid from permanent financing at stabilization of each development. When we have excess cash, we have the option to pay down the facility, which we have done beginning in the second half of 2011. As required by most credit facility lenders, our credit facility provides for a minimum balance, which for our facility is $10.0 million. The total borrowings we are eligible to draw depend upon the value of the collateral we have pledged. As of March 31, 2013, we may make additional draws of approximately $127.2 million. Future borrowings under the credit facility are subject to periodic revaluations, either increasing or decreasing available borrowings.
The carrying amount of the credit facility and the average interest rate for different periods is summarized as follows (amounts in millions):
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As we utilize our cash balances as described in this section, we expect to use the credit facility more frequently.
Long-Term Liquidity, Acquisition and Property Financing
Our primary funding source for investments is the remaining proceeds we received from our Initial Public Offering, joint venture arrangements, debt financings and dispositions. Our Initial Public Offering terminated on September 2, 2011, with gross and net proceeds from our Initial Public Offering of $1.46 billion and $1.30 billion, respectively. Now that our Initial Public Offering is closed, we are dependent on the short-term and long-term liquidity sources discussed in this section.
As discussed above, we have $394.9 million of cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2013 and we expect to use a substantial portion of these funds for additional investments in multifamily communities, primarily developments, and to a lesser extent multifamily operating and debt investments. The actual amount invested will depend on the extent we are able to supplement these funds with other long-term sources as discussed below or the extent to which we utilize funds for distributions and redemptions related to our common stock or other uses. If our primary investments are developments, the time period to invest the funds and achieve a stabilized return could be longer. Accordingly, our cash requirements during this period may reduce the amounts otherwise available for investment.
We may make equity or debt investments in individual multifamily communities, portfolios or mergers with other real estate companies. The advantage of portfolio or merger acquisitions is that larger amounts of capital can be deployed more quickly.
We may also increase the number and diversity of our investments by entering into Co-Investment Ventures, as we have done with partners such as the BHMP Co-Investment Partner, the MW Co-Investment Partner or other Co-Investment Venture partners. As of March 31, 2013, approximately $1.9 million of PGGM’s $300 million commitment remains unfunded; however, in the event that certain investments are refinanced or new property debt is placed within two years from the date of the acquisition, the amount of unfunded commitment could potentially be increased by approximately $17.5 million. PGGM is an investment vehicle for Dutch pension funds. According to the sponsor of PGGM’s website, PGGM’s sponsor currently manages approximately 133 billion euro (approximately $170 billion, based on exchange rates as of March 31, 2013) in pension assets for over 2.5 million people as of October 2012. Accordingly, we believe PGGM has adequate financial resources to meet its funding commitments and its BHMP CO-JV obligations.
As of March 31, 2013, if the remaining BHMP Co-Investment Partner’s funding commitment is drawn on, our corresponding share of the BHMP CO-JVs would be approximately $2.3 million. We anticipate using the remaining proceeds of our Initial Public Offering and other sources described in this section to fund any amounts required.
As of March 31, 2013, we have ten other Co-Investment Ventures. These other Co-Investment Ventures were established for the development of multifamily communities, where the other Co-Investment Venture partners are providing development services for a fee and a back-end interest in the development but are not expected to be a significant source of capital. As of March 31, 2013, other than the developments described below, we do not have any firm commitments to fund any other Co-Investment Ventures.
The MW Co-Investment Partner does not have any commitment for any additional investments.
We make debt investments in multifamily developments for the interest earnings and/or to have options to participate in the equity returns of the development. As of March 31, 2013, we have three wholly owned debt investments and one unconsolidated debt investment through a BHMP CO-JV. There is $2.6 million remaining to be funded on the wholly owned debt investments and $5.6 million remaining to be funded on the unconsolidated debt investment, of which our share is $3.1 million. We believe each of the borrowers is in compliance with our debt agreements.
For each equity investment, we will also evaluate the use of new or existing debt, including our $150.0 million credit facility. Accordingly, depending on how the investment is structured, we may utilize financing at our company level (primarily related to our wholly owned investments), at the Co-Investment Venture level or at the Property Entity level, where both have third party partners. For wholly owned acquisitions, we may acquire communities with all cash and then once a sufficient portfolio of unsecured communities is in place, obtain unsecured financing. We may also use our credit facility to fully or partially fund development costs, which we may later finance with construction or permanent financing.
Company level debt is defined as debt that is an obligation of the Company. If property debt is used, we expect it to be secured by the property (either individually or pooled for the credit facility), including rents and leases. Co-Investment Venture level debt is defined as debt that is an obligation of the Co-Investment Venture and is not an obligation or contingency for us but does allow us to increase our access to capital. Lenders for these Co-Investment Venture mortgages and notes payable have no recourse to us
other than carve-out guarantees for certain matters such as environmental conditions, misuse of funds and material misrepresentations. As of March 31, 2013, all of our debt, other than borrowings under our credit facility, is individually secured property debt.
As of March 31, 2013, we and our BHMP Co-Investment Partner have four equity investments in Property Entities that include other unaffiliated third party owners. These unaffiliated third parties have contributed $7.2 million to Property Entities as of March 31, 2013. These Property Entities also have property debt and/or other joint venture obligations. As of March 31, 2013, these unaffiliated third parties are in compliance with these obligations. In the event that these parties are unable to meet their share of the joint venture’s obligations in the future, there could be adverse consequences to the operations of the respective multifamily community, and we and our BHMP Co-Investment Venture Partner may have to fund any deficiency. Our share of such deficiency could be significant, but we believe would be funded from the sources described in this section.
In relation to historical averages, favorable long-term, fixed rate financing terms are currently available for high quality multifamily communities. As of March 31, 2013, the weighted average interest rate on our company level and Co-Investment Venture level communities fixed interest rate financings was 3.86% and 3.76%, respectively. During 2013, we and Co-Investment Ventures closed a refinancing of $29.0 million at a weighted average interest rate of 3.17%. As of March 31, 2013, the remaining maturity term on our company level and Co-Investment Venture level fixed interest rate financings was approximately five years.
Based on current market conditions and our investment and borrowing policies, we would expect our share of operating property debt financing to be approximately 50% to 60% following the investment of the proceeds raised from the Initial Public Offering and upon stabilization and permanent financing of our portfolio. As part of the BHMP CO-JV and MW CO-JV governing agreements, the BHMP CO-JVs and MW CO-JVs shall not have individual or aggregate permanent financing leverage greater than 65% of the Co-Investment Venture’s property fair values unless the respective Co-Investment Partner approves a greater leverage rate. Our other Co-Investment Ventures also restrict overall leverage, ranging between 55% and 70%.
We also anticipate using construction financing for our developments as an additional source of capital. These financings may be structured as conventional construction loans or so-called construction to permanent loans. Conventional construction loans are usually floating rate with terms of three to four years, with extension options of one to two years. These loan amounts usually range between 50% and 70% of total costs. Construction to permanent loans are usually fixed rate and for a longer term of seven to ten years. Accordingly, these loans are best suited when we are looking to lock in long term financing rates. Both types of development financing require granting the lender a full security interest in the development property and may require that we provide recourse guarantees to the lender regarding the completion of the development within a specified time and cost and a repayment of all or a portion of the financing. As of March 31, 2013, we have closed one conventional construction loan and expect to close additional loans with different structures. See the development tables below for additional discussion of our existing development activity.
As of March 31, 2013, the total carrying amount of all of our debt and our approximate pro rata share is summarized as follows (amounts in millions; LIBOR at March 31, 2013 was 0.20%):
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(a) Our approximate share for Co-Investment Ventures and Property Entities is calculated based on our share of contributed capital, as applicable. These amounts are the contractual amounts and exclude unamortized adjustments from business combinations. This effective ownership is indicative of, but may differ from, percentages for distributions, contributions or financing requirements.
(b) Includes loan(s) with one or two-year extension options for a fee of generally 0.25% of outstanding principal.
(c) The construction loan relates to a single multifamily community development with a committed financing of $21.9 million and an estimated total cost of $43.8 million. As of March 31, 2013, no amounts have been drawn. Draws under the commitment are generally available after we have funded a certain amount of equity, approximately 45% of the total costs, and are limited to prescribed percentages of the final cost, approximately 55% of the total costs. As of March 31, 2013, no amounts have been drawn. See the section below for additional information on our development activity.
Certain of these debts contain covenants requiring the maintenance of certain operating performance levels. As of March 31, 2013, we believe the respective borrowers were in compliance with these covenants. The above table does not include debt of Property Entities in which a Co-Investment Venture has not made an equity investment.
As of March 31, 2013, contractual principal payments for our mortgages and notes payable for each of the five subsequent years and thereafter are as follows (in millions):
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| $ | 0.6 |
| $ | 168.1 |
| $ | 93.3 |
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| $ | 10.6 |
| $ | 235.2 |
| $ | 138.0 |
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| $ | 28.9 |
| $ | 399.3 |
| $ | 258.3 |
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We would expect to refinance these borrowings at or prior to their respective maturity dates. There is no assurance that at those times market terms would allow financings at comparable interest rates or leverage levels. In addition, we would anticipate that for some of these communities, lower leverage levels may be necessary or beneficial and may require additional equity or capital contributions from us or the Co-Investment Venture partners. We expect to use proceeds from our Initial Public Offering or other sources discussed in this section to fund any such additional capital contributions.
GSEs have been an important financing source for multifamily communities. The U.S. government continues to discuss potential restructurings of the GSEs including possible privatizations. As a possible first step to these actions, in August 2012 the U.S. government imposed minimum distribution requirements for the GSEs, generally equal to their reported net income. This will have the effect of limiting the growth of GSE operations by restricting the reinvestment of their retained earnings. With the newly elected U.S. Congress and re-elected President, additional restrictions may also be imposed in the future. Accordingly, we have and will continue to maintain other lending relationships. As of March 31, 2013, approximately 71% of all permanent financings currently outstanding by us, the Co-Investment Ventures and Property Entities were originated by GSEs. Recently, other loan providers, primarily insurance companies and to a lesser extent banks, have been a significant source for multifamily community financing, and we expect this trend to continue. Accordingly, if the GSEs are restructured, we believe there are or will be sufficient other lending sources to provide financing to the multifamily sector; however in such an event, the cost of financing could increase.
Additional sources of long-term liquidity may be increased leverage on our existing investments. As of March 31, 2013, the leverage on our portfolio, as measured by GAAP cost, was approximately 44%. Through refinancings, we may be able to generate additional liquidity by increasing this leverage to our target leverage of 50-60%. In addition, as of March 31, 2013, we have a wholly owned multifamily community and two of our Co-Investment Ventures have multifamily communities with combined total carrying values of approximately $113.5 million that are not encumbered by any secured debt.
We may use our credit facility to provide bridge or long-term financing for our wholly owned communities. Where the credit facility is used as bridge financing, we would use proceeds on a temporary basis until we could secure permanent financing. The proceeds of such permanent financing would then be available to repay borrowings under the credit facility. However, the credit facility may be used on a longer term basis, similar to permanent financing.
Other potential future sources of capital may include proceeds from arrangements with other joint venture partners, proceeds from the sale of our investments, if and when they are sold, and undistributed cash flow from operating activities. We may also sell our debt or equity securities. We anticipate that within four to six years after the termination of our Initial Public Offering we will begin the process of either listing our common stock on a national securities exchange or liquidating our assets, depending on the then current market conditions.
Dispositions may also be a source of capital which may be recycled into investments in multifamily communities with higher long-term growth potential or into other investments with more favorable earnings prospects. We may also use sales proceeds for other uses, including distributions on our common stock. Any such dispositions will be on a selective basis as opportunities present themselves, where we believe current investments have achieved attractive pricing and alternative multifamily investments may provide for higher total returns. Other selection factors may include the age of the community, where we would look to dispose of properties before major improvements are required, increasing risk of competition, changing sub-market fundamentals, and compliance with applicable federal REIT tax requirements. For all BHMP CO-JVs and MW CO-JVs, we need approval from the other partner to dispose of an investment. We completed our first dispositions during 2011, generating cash proceeds of $128.3 million, gains on sale of $5.7 million and increases to additional paid-in capital of $39.6 million. In March 2012, we completed the disposition of Mariposa, generating cash proceeds of $23.9 million and gain on sale of $13.3 million. In March 2013, we completed the disposition of Johns Creek, generating cash proceeds of $33.3 million and gain on sale of $6.9 million.
In March 2012, our board of directors declared a $0.06 per share special cash distribution related to the sale of Mariposa. (See “Distribution Activity — Special Cash Distribution” section below.) Special cash distributions are in the discretion of our board of directors and, accordingly, there is no assurance the board will declare any special distributions in the future.
Our development investment activity includes both equity and loan investments (including one unconsolidated loan investment through a BHMP CO-JV). Equity investments are structured on our own account or with Co-Investment Venture partners. Loan investments include mezzanine loans.
The following tables, which may be subject to finalization of budgets, permits and plans, summarize our equity and loan multifamily development investments as of March 31, 2013 (amounts in millions):
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Allegro Phase II |
| Addison, TX |
| Wholly Owned |
| 121 |
| $ | 12.0 |
| $ | 16.4 |
| $ | 16.4 |
| $ | — |
| 2nd Quarter 2013 |
| 100 | % |
The Franklin Delray |
| Delray Beach, FL |
| Wholly Owned |
| 180 |
| 25.7 |
| 33.1 |
| 33.1 |
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| 3rd Quarter 2013 |
| 100 | % | ||||
4110 Fairmount (c) |
| Dallas, TX |
| Co-Investment Venture |
| 299 |
| 17.4 |
| 47.8 |
| 47.8 |
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| 3rd Quarter 2014 |
| 100 | % | ||||
Arpeggio Victory Park (c) |
| Dallas, TX |
| Co-Investment Venture |
| 377 |
| 27.5 |
| 62.0 |
| 62.0 |
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| 3rd Quarter 2014 |
| 100 | % | ||||
21 Lawrence |
| Denver, CO |
| Co-Investment Venture |
| 212 |
| 11.8 |
| 50.8 |
| 50.8 |
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| 80 | % | ||||
Allusion West University (c) |
| Houston, TX |
| Co-Investment Venture |
| 231 |
| 17.9 |
| 43.8 |
| 43.8 |
| 21.9 |
| 4th Quarter 2014 |
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Pacific Gateway |
| Costa Mesa, CA |
| Co-Investment Venture |
| 113 |
| 11.4 |
| 38.6 |
| 38.6 |
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| 4th Quarter 2014 |
| 80 | % | ||||
Seven RIO (c) |
| Austin, TX |
| Co-Investment Venture |
| 220 |
| 11.3 |
| 60.7 |
| 60.7 |
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| 4th Quarter 2014 |
| 90 | % | ||||
Audubon |
| Wakefield, MA |
| Co-Investment Venture |
| 186 |
| 7.8 |
| 51.8 |
| 51.8 |
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| 1st Quarter 2015 |
| 80 | % | ||||
The Muse Museum District (c) |
| Houston, TX |
| Co-Investment Venture |
| 270 |
| 16.6 |
| 51.2 |
| 51.2 |
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| 2nd Quarter 2015 |
| 100 | % | ||||
Water Street |
| Cambridge, MA |
| Co-Investment Venture |
| 392 |
| 26.2 |
| 191.1 |
| 191.1 |
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| 3rd Quarter 2015 |
| 80 | % | ||||
Renaissance Phase II |
| Concord, CA |
| BHMP CO-JV |
| 180 |
| 8.9 |
| 50.7 |
| 27.9 |
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| 4th Quarter 2015 |
| 55 | % | ||||
Tysons Corner (c) |
| Tysons Corner, VA |
| Co-Investment Venture |
| 461 |
| 31.9 |
| 212.2 |
| 212.2 |
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| 2nd Quarter 2016 |
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| $ | 226.4 |
| $ | 910.2 |
| $ | 887.4 |
| $ | 21.9 |
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(b) Our effective ownership represents our share of contributed capital and may change over time as certain milestones related to budgets, plans and completion are achieved. This effective ownership is indicative of, but may differ from, percentages for distributions, contributions or financing requirements.
(c) If the development achieves certain milestones primarily related to approved budgets less than maximum amounts, we will reimburse the Co-Investment Venture partner for their equity ownership and we will be responsible for all of the
development costs. The Co-Investment Venture partner would then be entitled to back end interests based the development achieving certain total returns.
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The Domain |
| Houston, TX |
| Mezzanine loan |
| 320 |
| $ | 10.5 |
| $ | 10.0 |
| 14.0 | % | April 2014 (b) |
| 100 | % |
Jefferson at One Scottsdale |
| Scottsdale, AZ |
| Mezzanine loan |
| 388 |
| 22.7 |
| 22.7 |
| 14.5 | % | December 2015 (b) |
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Kendall Square |
| Miami Dade County, FL |
| Mezzanine loan |
| 321 |
| 12.3 |
| 9.7 |
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| Allen, TX |
| Mezzanine loan |
| 444 |
| 14.1 |
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(b) The maturity date may be extended for one year at the option of the borrower after meeting certain conditions, generally with the payment of an extension fee of 0.50% of the applicable loan balance.
As of March 31, 2013, we have 13 active development investments. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, we started two new developments, acquiring land and incurring pre-development costs of $43.3 million. These developments are estimated to include 574 units at total costs of $250.8 million. For the remaining 11 developments, we incurred $31.5 million of capitalized costs for the three months ended March 31, 2013.
We have commenced development activities for all of the developments in which we currently have an equity interest. As of March 31, 2013, we have entered into construction and development contracts with $159.1 million remaining to be paid. These construction costs are expected to be paid during the completion of the development and construction period, generally within 24 months. These construction contracts provide for guaranteed maximum pricing from the general contractor or cost overrun guarantees from the developer partners for a portion but not all of the construction and development costs, which will serve to provide some protection to us from pricing increases or cost overruns. We expect to enter into additional construction contracts on similar terms during the remainder of 2013 and into 2014.
Based on current market information, we believe construction financing is available for each of these current developments; however, with our liquidity position, we may elect to wait until the communities are stabilized to obtain financing, particularly for smaller developments. In February 2013, we obtained a $21.9 million, 30-day LIBOR plus 2.25%, three year term construction loan related to the Allusion West University development. We are currently in discussions with lenders on obtaining other construction financing. We believe other construction financings would be obtained at 50-60% of cost and at floating rates in the range of 200 basis points to 275 basis points over 30-day LIBOR. As of March 31, 2013, 30-day LIBOR was 0.20%. There is no assurance that any of these terms would still be available at the time of any future financing. We expect to utilize the liquidity sources noted above to fund the non-financed portions of the developments.
As of March 31, 2013, we have four loan investments, three wholly owned and one through a BHMP CO-JV. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, we closed on one new loan investment with a total commitment of $12.3 million, advancing $9.7 million. For the remaining three loan investments, there is a total commitment of $47.3 million, of which our share is $41.0 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, our share of these advances was $12.5 million. Our total share of remaining unadvanced commitment is $5.7 million and we expect to utilize the liquidity sources noted above to fund these commitments.
Due to their recent construction, recurring property capital expenditures for our multifamily communities are not expected to be significant in the near term. For recent stabilized acquisitions, we substantially funded our share of any deferred maintenance at the time of the acquisition. As of March 31, 2013, the remaining amounts of deferred maintenance for these recent acquisitions are not significant. For the remainder of our multifamily communities, we would expect recurring capital expenditures to be funded from the Co-Investment Ventures or our cash flow from operating activities. For non-recurring capital expenditures, we would look to the capital sources noted above. We currently expect our annual recurring and non-recurring non-development capital expenditures, based on our current stabilized multifamily communities, to be in the range of $6.0 million to $15.0 million for the next three to five years.
Distribution Policy
Distributions are authorized at the discretion of our board of directors based on its analysis of our prior performance, expectations of performance for future periods, including actual and anticipated operating cash flow, changes in market capitalization rates for investments suitable for our portfolio, capital expenditure needs, dispositions, general financial condition and other factors that our board of directors deems relevant. The board’s decision will be influenced, in part, by its obligation to ensure that we maintain our status as a REIT. Distributions may also be paid in anticipation of cash flow that we expect to receive during a later period as we invest the remaining proceeds from our Initial Public Offering.
Given the amount of our remaining proceeds from our Initial Public Offering and our focus on development investments, there may be an extended period to deploy these proceeds into investments and to receive the income from such investments. During this period, we may use portions of the remaining proceeds from our Initial Public Offering and other sources to fund a portion of the distributions paid to our common stockholders, which could reduce the amount available for new investments. There is no assurance that these future investments will achieve our targeted returns necessary to maintain our current level of distributions, particularly due to the compression in capitalization rates continuing to be experienced in the multifamily communities that we target. As development, lease up or redevelopment projects are completed and begin to generate income, we would expect to have additional funds available to distribute to our stockholders.
Accordingly, we cannot assure as to when we will consistently generate sufficient cash flow solely from operating activities to fully fund distributions. Many of the factors that can affect the availability and timing of cash distributions to stockholders are beyond our control, and a change in any one factor could adversely affect our ability to pay future distributions. There can be no assurance that future cash flow will support paying our currently established distributions or maintaining distributions at any particular level or at all.
During periods when our operating cash flow has not generated sufficient operating cash flow to fully fund the payment of distributions on our common stock, we have paid and may in the future pay some or all of our distributions from sources other than operating cash flow. As noted above, we may use portions of the remaining proceeds from our Initial Public Offering to fund a portion of the distributions paid to our common stockholders, which could reduce the amount available for new investments. We may also refinance or dispose of our investments and use the proceeds to fund distributions on our common stock or reinvest the proceeds in new investments to generate additional operating cash flow. In addition, from time to time, our Advisor has agreed to waive or defer all or certain fees, expenses or incentives due to it, which has made more cash available for distributions. Our Advisor may waive or defer such fees in the future. There is no assurance that these sources will be available in future periods, which could result in temporary or permanent adjustments to our distributions.
Distribution Activity
Special Cash Distribution
As discussed above under “Overview — Distributions — Special Cash Distribution,” in March 2012 our board of directors authorized a special cash distribution related to the sale of Mariposa in the amount of $0.06 per share of common stock payable to stockholders of record on July 6, 2012. The total special cash distribution of approximately $10.0 million was accrued during the three months ended March 31, 2012, and was paid on July 11, 2012. There were no special cash distributions during the three months ended March 31, 2013.
Regular Distributions
The following tables show the regular distributions paid and declared for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 and cash flow from operating activities over the same periods (in millions, except per share amounts):
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(a) Distributions accrue on a daily basis. Distributions that accrue each month are paid in the following month.
(b) Funds from operations (“FFO”) represents our net income (loss) adjusted for depreciation and amortization expense and excludes gains on sale of real estate. For a reconciliation of our net income (loss) to FFO, see “Non-GAAP Performance Financial Measures — Funds from Operations and Modified Funds from Operations” below.
(c) Represents distributions accruing during the period.
Cash flow from operating activities exceeded regular distributions by $6.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 while regular distributions exceeded cash flow from operating activities by $13.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. By reporting our investments on the consolidated method of accounting, our cash flow from operating activities includes not only our share of cash flow from operating activities but also the share related to noncontrolling interests. Accordingly, our reported cash flow from operating activities includes cash flow attributable to our consolidated joint venture investments. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we distributed an estimated $6.8 million of cash flow from operating activities to these noncontrolling interests, effectively reducing the share of cash flow from operating activities available to us to approximately $13.7 million, which was less than our regular distributions by $0.8 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, we distributed an estimated $4.2 million of cash flow from operating activities to noncontrolling interests, effectively reducing the share of cash flow from operating activities to approximately $7.3 million, which was less than our regular distributions by $17.5 million. Further, our regular distributions exceeded our funds from operations by $0.8 million and $15.7 million for the three month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The improvement in the difference between our cash flow from operating activities, both as reported and adjusted, and from our funds from operations are due to improved operations in our multifamily communities and the decrease in the regular distribution rate as discussed above. Our distribution rate was reduced from 6.0% to 3.5% (based on $10 per share) effective April 1, 2012.
During the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, our regular cash distributions in excess of our cash flow from operations, as adjusted, were funded from the DRIP and our available cash. The primary sources of our available cash were the remaining proceeds from our Initial Public Offering and dispositions. We terminated our Initial Public Offering in September 2011, raising net proceeds in 2011 of $539.6 million. As of December 31, 2011, December 31, 2012 and March 31, 2013 we had cash and cash equivalents balances of $655.5 million, $450.6 million and $394.9 million, respectively, a significant portion of which were remaining proceeds from the Initial Public Offering. In addition, related to dispositions, in May 2011, we sold our investment in the Waterford BHMP CO-JV, realizing cash proceeds of $27.6 million and a GAAP gain of $18.1 million. In December 2011, we sold partial interests in multifamily communities to the MW CO-JV, realizing cash proceeds of $100.6 million, a GAAP gain of $5.7 million and an increase in additional paid-in capital of $39.6 million. In March 2012, we sold Mariposa, realizing cash proceeds of $23.9 million and a GAAP gain of approximately $13.3 million. In March 2013, we sold our interest in the Johns Creek BHMP CO-JV, realizing cash proceeds of $33.3 million ($29.6 million net of distributions to noncontrolling interests) and a GAAP gain of $6.9 million.
Over the long-term, as we continue to invest the remaining proceeds from our Initial Public Offering in income producing multifamily communities and as our development investments are completed and leased up, we expect that more of our distributions (except with respect to distributions related to sales of our assets, which may include special distributions) will be paid from our share of cash flow from operating activities. However, operating performance and property dispositions cannot be accurately predicted due to numerous factors, including our ability to invest capital at favorable accretive yields, the financial performance of our investments, including our developments once operating, spreads between capitalization and financing rates, and the types and mix of assets available for investment. As a result, future distribution rates may change over time and future distributions declared and paid may continue to exceed cash flow from operating activities.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Our primary off-balance sheet arrangements relate to investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures by us or through consolidated Co-Investment Ventures. As of March 31, 2013, we had one investment of $4.7 million in an unconsolidated joint venture, TDI 121 Custer, which was made through the Custer BHMP CO-JV. In August 2012, the Custer BHMP CO-JV made a commitment to fund up to $14.1 million under a mezzanine loan to the Custer Property Entity, a development with an unaffiliated third party developer, to develop a 444 unit multifamily community in Allen, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The mezzanine loan has an interest rate of 14.5% and matures in 2015, subject to extension options by the borrower. As of March 31, 2013, approximately $8.5 million of the total commitment has been advanced under the mezzanine loan (of which our share was $4.6 million). The Custer BHMP CO-JV does not have an equity investment in the development. This BHMP CO-JV is a separate legal entity formed for the sole purpose of holding its respective joint venture investment with no other significant operations. Our effective ownership in the Custer BHMP CO-JV is 55 %. Distributions are made pro rata in accordance with ownership interests. The Custer BHMP CO-JV has no debt, and its sole operating asset is the mezzanine loan. We expect to fund our share of the mezzanine loan commitment from our cash.
We have no other off-balance sheet arrangements that are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
Contractual Obligations
All of our BHMP CO-JVs, MW CO-JVs and those Property Entities in which we have an equity investment include buy/sell provisions. Under most of these provisions and during specific periods, a partner could make an offer to purchase the interest of the other partner and the other partner would have the option to accept the offer or purchase the offering partner’s interest at that price. As of March 31, 2013, no buy/sell arrangements exist; however, we may need additional liquidity sources in order to meet our obligations under any future buy/sell arrangements.
All of our other Co-Investment Ventures include put provisions for the other Co-Investment Venture partner. The put provisions are available generally one year after substantial completion of the project for a specified purchase price which at March 31, 2013, have a contractual total of approximately $24.7 million for all of the Co-Investment Ventures. The put provisions are recorded as redeemable noncontrolling interests in our consolidated balance sheets at the point they become probable of redemption, and as of March 31, 2013, we have recorded approximately $7.6 million as redeemable noncontrolling interests. These other Co-Investment Ventures also include buy/sell provisions, generally available after the seventh year after completion of the development. Separate from put provisions, we have recorded in our March 31, 2013 consolidated balance sheets redeemable noncontrolling interests of $7.2 million which are probable of being redeemed at their stated amounts if the developments achieve certain milestones primarily related to approved budgets at less than the maximum amounts.
The multifamily communities in which we have investments may have commitments to provide affordable housing. Under these arrangements, we generally receive from the resident a below-market rent, which is determined by a local or national authority. In certain arrangements, a local or national housing authority makes payments covering some or substantially all of the difference between the restricted rent paid by residents and market rents. In connection with our acquisition of The Gallery at NoHo Commons, we assumed an obligation to provide affordable housing through 2048. As partial reimbursement for this obligation, the California housing authority will make level annual payments of approximately $2.0 million through 2028 and no reimbursement for the remaining 20-year period. We may also be required to reimburse the California housing authority if certain operating results are achieved on a cumulative basis during the term of the agreement. At the acquisition, we recorded a liability of $14.0 million based on the fair value of terms over the life of the agreement. We will record rental revenue from the California housing authority on a straight-line basis, deferring a portion of the collections as deferred lease revenues. As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, we have approximately $16.7 million and $17.5 million, respectively, of carrying value for deferred lease revenues related to The Gallery at NoHo Commons.
We are currently evaluating the status of these arrangements in light of the California legislature’s termination of California’s redevelopment agencies effective in February 2012 due to state budget deficits. Since the termination, we did receive our scheduled annual payment per the terms of our agreement in October 2012 which relates to the annual period ended June 30, 2013. In November 2012, California passed constitutional amendments to increase income and sales tax rates; however, there has not been any official notice of the reinstatement of redevelopment agencies or changes in the status of our arrangements. If California terminates or defaults on the arrangements, we believe we could lease the units without affordable housing support at higher rents, but could incur short term losses and additional capital expenditures during the transition.
Our board of directors has modified and reinstated our SRP effective March 1, 2013, and we expect to fund our first redemptions near the beginning of the third quarter of 2013. (See Part II, Item 2, “Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds” for a description of our SRP.) We expect to fund redemptions from our cash balances, cash flow from operating activities, and the other sources noted in our discussion of short-term and long-term liquidity. As the modified and reinstated SRP has not yet become effective, we are currently uncertain as to the amount of redemptions and consequently, the liquidity required. However, the SRP does currently provide a limit of $7 million of redemptions per quarter. This limit, which may be changed by the board of directors in future periods, provides an upper limit on the liquidity requirements. The liquidity required to meet the share redemptions could affect amounts available for investment, or if borrowings are used to fund the redemptions, the amount and term of our debt financing.
Estimated Per Share Value
On March 1, 2013, our board of directors established an estimated per share value of the Company’s common stock effective as of March 1, 2013 equal to $10.03 per share. See Item 5 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 1, 2013, for additional information on this estimated per share value. We plan for our board of directors to update the estimated per share value no later than 18 months from March 1, 2013 but do not anticipate updating the estimated per share value prior to the board of directors establishing such per share value. Prior to such updated estimated per share value, we provide the following cautions and limitations:
The estimated value of our shares was calculated as of a specific date. The estimated value of our shares is expected to fluctuate over time in response to, including but not limited to, changes in multifamily capitalization rates, rental and growth rates, progress and market conditions related to developments, financing interest rates, returns on competing investments, changes in administrative expenses and other costs affecting working capital, amounts of distributions on our common stock, redemptions of our common stock, changes in the amount of common shares outstanding and the proceeds obtained for any common stock transactions and local and national economic factors. Further, as we are still investing proceeds from our Initial Public Offering and completing our developments, the composition of our portfolio and the related multifamily fundamentals could change over time.
While the Company believes the methodologies utilized in calculating its estimated per share value were standard in the multifamily real estate sector to determine fair value, the estimated values may or may not represent fair value determined in accordance with GAAP. The estimated value should not be considered as an alternative to total stockholders’ equity calculated in accordance with GAAP.
As with any valuation methodology, the methodologies used to determine the estimated value per share are based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that may prove later to be inaccurate or incomplete. Further, different market participants using different assumptions and estimates could derive different estimated values or estimated values per share. The estimated value per share may also not represent the amount that our shares would trade at on a national exchange, the amount realized in the sale or liquidation of the Company or what a common stockholder would realize in a sale of shares.
There is no assurance that our methodologies used to estimate value per share would be acceptable to FINRA or in compliance with ERISA guidelines with respect to their reporting requirements.
Accordingly, stockholders and others are cautioned in the use of our estimated per share value in future periods; any such use should be reviewed in connection with other GAAP measurements presented subsequent to March 1, 2013.
Non-GAAP Performance Financial Measures
In addition to our net income (loss) which is presented in accordance with GAAP, we also present certain supplemental non-GAAP performance measurements. These measurements are not to be considered more relevant or accurate than the performance measurements presented in accordance with GAAP. In compliance with SEC requirements, our non-GAAP measurements are reconciled to net income, the most directly comparable GAAP performance measure. As with other non-GAAP performance measures, neither the SEC nor any other regulatory body has passed judgment on these non-GAAP performance measures.
Net Operating Income and Same Store Net Operating Income
We define NOI as consolidated rental revenue, less consolidated property operating expenses, real estate taxes and property management fees. We believe that NOI provides a supplemental measure of our operating performance because NOI reflects the operating performance of our properties and excludes items that are not associated with property operations of the Company, such as general and administrative expenses, asset management fees and interest expense. NOI also excludes revenues not associated with
property operations, such as interest income and other non-property related revenues. NOI may be helpful in evaluating all of our multifamily operations and providing comparability to other real estate companies.
We define Same Store NOI as NOI for our stabilized multifamily communities that are comparable between periods. We view Same Store NOI as an important measure of the operating performance of our properties because it allows us to compare operating results of properties owned for the entirety of the current and comparable periods and therefore eliminates variations caused by acquisitions or dispositions during the periods under review.
NOI and Same Store NOI should not be considered a replacement for GAAP net income as they exclude certain income and expenses that are material to our operations. Additionally, NOI and Same Store NOI may not be useful in evaluating net asset value or impairments as they also exclude certain GAAP income and expenses and non-comparable properties. Investors are cautioned that NOI and Same Store NOI should only be used to assess the operating performance trends for the properties included within the definition.
The following table presents a reconciliation of our income (loss) from continuing operations to NOI and Same Store NOI for our multifamily communities for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 (in millions):
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Loss from continuing operations |
| $ | (1.2 | ) | $ | (16.9 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile loss from continuing operations to NOI: |
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Asset management fees |
| 1.8 |
| 1.5 |
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General and administrative expenses |
| 2.4 |
| 1.5 |
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Acquisition expenses |
| — |
| 0.5 |
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Interest expense |
| 6.8 |
| 8.4 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
| 22.2 |
| 31.8 |
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Interest income |
| (2.0 | ) | (2.0 | ) | ||
Equity in income (loss) of investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures |
| (0.1 | ) | 0.5 |
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NOI |
| 29.9 |
| 25.3 |
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Revenue |
| (3.2 | ) | (0.4 | ) | ||
Operating expenses |
| 1.4 |
| 0.2 |
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Same Store NOI |
| $ | 28.1 |
| $ | 25.1 |
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Funds from Operations and Modified Funds from Operations
Funds from operations (“FFO”) is a non-GAAP performance financial measure that is widely recognized as a measure of REIT operating performance. We use FFO as currently defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”) to be net income (loss), computed in accordance with GAAP excluding extraordinary items, as defined by GAAP, and gains (or losses) from sales of property (including deemed sales and settlements of pre-existing relationships), plus depreciation and amortization on real estate assets, impairment write-downs of depreciable real estate or of investments in unconsolidated real estate partnerships, joint ventures and subsidiaries that are driven by measurable decreases in the fair value of depreciable real estate assets, and after related adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships, joint ventures and subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests. We believe that FFO is helpful to our investors and our management as a measure of operating performance because it excludes real estate-related depreciation and amortization, impairments of depreciable real estate, gains and losses from property dispositions, and extraordinary items, and as a result, when compared year to year, highlights the impact on operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, operating costs, development activities (including capitalized interest and other costs during the development period), general and administrative expenses, and interest costs, which may not be immediately apparent from net income. Historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP assumes that the value of real estate and intangibles diminishes predictably over time
independent of market conditions or the physical condition of the asset. Since real estate values have historically risen or fallen with market conditions (which includes property level factors such as rental rates, occupancy, capital improvements, status of developments and competition, as well as macro-economic factors such as economic growth, interest rates, demand and supply for real estate and inflation), many industry investors and analysts have considered the presentation of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting alone to be insufficient. As a result, our management believes that the use of FFO, together with the required GAAP presentations, is helpful for our investors in understanding our performance. Factors that impact FFO include start-up costs, fixed costs, delay in buying assets, acquisition expenses, lower yields on cash held in accounts, income from portfolio properties, operating costs during the lease up of developments, interest rates on acquisition financing and operating expenses. In addition, FFO will be affected by the types of investments in our and our Co-Investment Ventures’ portfolios, which include, but are not limited to, equity and mezzanine, mortgage and bridge loan investments in existing operating properties and properties in various stages of development and the accounting treatment of the investments in accordance with our accounting policies.
Since FFO was promulgated, GAAP has adopted several new accounting pronouncements, such that management, investors and analysts have considered the presentation of FFO alone to be insufficient. In addition, real estate companies that are experiencing significant acquisition activity, particularly during their initial life cycle, have not reached sustainable operations and are significantly affected by acquisition activity. While other start-up entities may also experience significant acquisition activity, other industries’ acquisitions tend to be more asset focused. Under GAAP, most acquisition costs related to acquisitions of a controlling interest in real estate are expensed, while asset acquisition costs or costs related to investments in noncontrolling interests are capitalized.
Accordingly, in addition to FFO, we use modified funds from operations (“Modified Funds from Operations” or “MFFO”) as currently defined by the Investment Program Association (“IPA”). The IPA’s Guideline 2010-01, “Supplemental Performance Measure for Publicly Registered, Non-Listed REITs: Modified Funds from Operations” defines MFFO as FFO further adjusted for the following items:
(1) acquisition fees and expenses;
(2) straight-line rent amounts, both income and expense;
(3) amortization of above or below market intangible lease assets and liabilities;
(4) amortization of discounts and premiums on debt investments;
(5) gains or losses from the early extinguishment of debt;
(6) gains or losses on the extinguishment or sales of hedges, foreign exchange, securities and other derivatives holdings except where the trading of such instruments is a fundamental attribute of our operations;
(7) gains or losses related to fair value adjustments for derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting, including interest rate and foreign exchange derivatives;
(8) gains or losses related to consolidation from, or deconsolidation to, equity accounting;
(9) gains or losses related to contingent purchase price adjustments; and
(10) adjustments related to the above items for unconsolidated entities in the application of equity accounting.
In October 2011, NAREIT clarified its definition of FFO to exclude impairment charges related to depreciable property and investments in unconsolidated real estate partnerships and joint ventures. Although IPA has not formally modified its definition of MFFO, with this clarification, we have deleted impairment charges as an adjustment to MFFO. As we have not recognized any impairment charges, this change in definition has not affected our historical reporting of FFO or MFFO.
We believe that MFFO is helpful in assisting management assess the sustainability of operating performance in future periods and, in particular, after our offering and acquisition stages are complete, primarily because it excludes acquisition expenses that affect property operations only in the period in which the property is acquired. Although MFFO includes other adjustments, the exclusion of acquisition expense and other adjustments related to business combinations are generally the most significant adjustments to us at the present time, as we are currently in our acquisition stage. Thus, MFFO provides helpful information relevant to evaluating our operating performance in periods in which there is no acquisition or business combination activity and to compare our operating performance to other real estate companies that are not incurring acquisition expenses.
As explained below, management’s evaluation of our operating performance excludes the items considered in the calculation based on the following economic considerations:
· Acquisition expenses. In evaluating investments in real estate, including both business combinations and investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting, management’s investment models and analyses differentiate costs to acquire the investment from the operations derived from the investment. Both of these acquisition costs have been and are expected to be funded from the proceeds of the primary portion of our Initial Public Offering and other financing
sources and not from operations. We believe by excluding expensed acquisition costs, MFFO provides useful supplemental information that is comparable for each type of our real estate investments and is consistent with management’s analysis of the investing and operating performance of our properties. Acquisition expenses include those paid to our Advisor or third parties.
· Gains or losses related to fair value adjustments for derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting and gains or losses related to contingent purchase price adjustments. Each of these items relates to a fair value adjustment, which is based on the impact of current market fluctuations and underlying assessments of general market conditions and specific performance of the holding, which may not be directly attributable to our current operating performance. As these gains or losses relate to underlying long-term assets and liabilities, where we are not speculating or trading assets, management believes MFFO provides useful supplemental information by focusing on the changes in our core operating fundamentals rather than changes that may reflect anticipated gains or losses.
· Adjustments for amortization of above or below market intangible lease assets. Similar to depreciation and amortization of other real estate related assets that are excluded from FFO, GAAP implicitly assumes that the value of intangibles diminishes predictably over time and that these charges be recognized currently in revenue. Since real estate values and market lease rates in the aggregate have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, management believes that by excluding these charges, MFFO provides useful supplemental information on the realized economics of the real estate.
· Adjustments for straight-line rents and amortization of discounts and premiums on debt investments. In the proper application of GAAP, rental receipts and discounts and premiums on debt investments are allocated to periods using various systematic methodologies. This application will result in income recognition that could be significantly different than underlying contract terms. By adjusting for these items, MFFO provides useful supplemental information on the realized economic impact of lease terms and debt investments and aligns results with management’s analysis of operating performance.
· Adjustment for gains or losses related to early extinguishment of hedges, debt, consolidation or deconsolidation and contingent purchase price. Similar to extraordinary items excluded from FFO, these adjustments are not related to our continuing operations. By excluding these items, management believes that MFFO provides supplemental information related to sustainable operations that will be more comparable between other reporting periods and to other real estate operators.
Many of these adjustments are similar to adjustments required by SEC rules for the presentation of proforma business combination disclosures, particularly acquisition expenses, gains or losses recognized in business combinations and other activity not representative of future activities. However, investors are cautioned that neither FFO nor MFFO is a pro forma measurement.
By providing MFFO, we believe we are presenting useful information that also assists investors and analysts to better assess the sustainability of our operating performance after our acquisition stage is completed. We also believe MFFO is a recognized measure of sustainable operating performance by the real estate industry. MFFO is useful in comparing the sustainability of our operating performance after our acquisition stage is completed with the sustainability of the operating performance of other real estate companies that are not as involved in acquisition activities or as affected by other MFFO adjustments. However, investors are cautioned that MFFO should only be used to assess the sustainability of our operating performance after our acquisition stage is completed, as it excludes acquisition costs that have a negative effect on our operating performance and the reported book value of our common stock and stockholders’ equity during the periods in which properties are acquired.
FFO or MFFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss), nor as an indication of our liquidity, nor are they indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to fund distributions. In particular, as we are currently in the acquisition phase of our life cycle, acquisition costs and other adjustments which are increases to MFFO are, and may continue to be, a significant use of cash, an expense in the determination of our GAAP net income, and a use of our cash flow from operating activities. FFO and MFFO are also not useful measures in evaluating net asset value because impairments are taken into account in determining net asset value but not in determining FFO and MFFO. Although the Company has not historically incurred any impairment charges, investors are cautioned that we may not recover any impairment charges in the future. MFFO also excludes rental revenue adjustments and unrealized gains and losses related to certain other fair value adjustments. Although the related holdings are not held for sale or used in trading activities, if the holdings were sold currently, it could affect our operating results and any fair value losses may not be recoverable from future operations. Accordingly, both FFO and MFFO should be reviewed in connection with other GAAP measurements. Our FFO and MFFO as presented may not be comparable to amounts calculated by other REITs.
The following table presents our calculation of FFO and MFFO and provides additional information related to our operations (in millions, except per share amounts):
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Net income attributable to common stockholders |
| $ | 4.4 |
| $ | 4.4 |
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Real estate depreciation and amortization, net of NCI (a) |
| 13.7 |
| 18.2 |
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Gain on sale of real estate, net of NCI |
| (4.4 | ) | (13.5 | ) | ||
FFO attributable to common stockholders |
| 13.7 |
| 9.1 |
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Acquisition expenses, net of NCI (b) |
| — |
| 0.5 |
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Straight-line rents, net of NCI |
| 0.1 |
| 0.1 |
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Amortization of premium on debt investment, net of NCI |
| — |
| (0.1 | ) | ||
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MFFO attributable to common stockholders |
| $ | 13.8 |
| $ | 9.6 |
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GAAP weighted average common shares |
| 168.1 |
| 164.5 |
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Net income per common share |
| $ | 0.03 |
| $ | 0.03 |
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FFO per common share |
| $ | 0.08 |
| $ | 0.06 |
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MFFO per common share |
| $ | 0.08 |
| $ | 0.06 |
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(a) The real estate depreciation and amortization amount includes our share of consolidated real estate-related depreciation and amortization of intangibles, less amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests, and our similar estimated share of unconsolidated Co-Investment Venture depreciation and amortization, which is included in earnings of unconsolidated real estate joint venture investments.
(b) Acquisition expenses include our share of expenses incurred by us, less amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests, and our unconsolidated investments in real estate joint ventures, including amounts incurred with our Advisor. Acquisition expenses also include operating expenses that were identified or given credit by the seller in the acquisition but are expensed in accordance with GAAP.
The following additional information is presented in evaluating the presentation of net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders in accordance with GAAP and our calculations of FFO and MFFO:
· During the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, we capitalized interest of $1.7 million and $0.3 million, respectively, on our real estate developments. These amounts are included as an addition in presenting net income (loss), FFO and MFFO attributable to common stockholders.
As noted above, we believe FFO is helpful to investors as measures of operating performance and MFFO is useful to investors to assess the sustainability of our operating performance after our acquisition stage is completed. FFO and MFFO are not indicative of our cash available to fund distributions since other uses of cash, such as capital expenditures and principal payment of debt related to investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures, are not deducted when calculating FFO and MFFO.
We believe the current definition of MFFO is consistent with industry standards for our operations and provides useful information to investors and management, subject to the limitations described above. However, MFFO is not a replacement for financial information presented in conformity with GAAP and should be reviewed in connection with other GAAP measurements.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The following critical accounting policies and estimates apply to both us and our Co-Investment Ventures.
Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires our management to make judgments, assumptions and estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We evaluate these judgments, assumptions and estimates for changes which would affect the reported amounts. These estimates are based on management’s historical industry experience and on various other judgments and assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these judgments, assumptions and estimates. Our significant judgments, assumptions and estimates include the evaluation and consolidation of variable interest entities (“VIEs”), the allocation of the purchase price of acquired properties, income recognition for investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures, the evaluation of our real estate-related investments for impairment, the classification and income recognition for noncontrolling interests and the determination of fair value.
Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation
Our consolidated financial statements include our consolidated accounts and the accounts of our wholly owned subsidiaries. We also consolidate other entities in which we have a controlling financial interest or entities where we are determined to be the primary beneficiary. VIEs are generally entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equity holders lack adequate decision making ability. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate a VIE for financial reporting purposes. The determination of the primary beneficiary requires management to make significant estimates and judgments about our rights, obligations, and economic interests in such entities as well as the same of the other owners. For entities in which we have less than a controlling financial interest or entities with respect to which we are not deemed to be the primary beneficiary, the entities are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Accordingly, our share of the net earnings or losses of these entities is included in consolidated net income. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Real Estate and Other Related Intangibles
Acquisitions
For real estate properties acquired by us or our Co-Investment Ventures classified as business combinations, we determine the purchase price, after adjusting for contingent consideration and settlement of any pre-existing relationships. We record the tangible assets acquired, consisting of land, inclusive of associated rights, and buildings, any assumed debt, identified intangible assets and liabilities, asset retirement obligations and noncontrolling interests based on their fair values. Identified intangible assets and liabilities primarily consist of the fair value of in-place leases and contractual rights. Goodwill is recognized as of the acquisition date and measured as the aggregate fair value of the consideration transferred and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree over the fair value of identifiable net assets acquired. Likewise, a bargain purchase gain is recognized in current earnings when the aggregate fair value of the consideration transferred and any NCI in the acquiree are less than the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired.
The fair value of any tangible assets acquired, expected to consist of land and buildings, is determined by valuing the property as if it were vacant, and the “as-if-vacant” value is then allocated to land, buildings and improvements. Land values are derived from appraisals, and building values are calculated as replacement cost less depreciation or estimates of the relative fair value of these assets using discounted cash flow analyses or similar methods. When we acquire rights to use land or improvements through contractual rights rather than fee simple interests, we determine the value of the use of these assets based on the relative fair value of the assets after considering the contractual rights and the fair value of similar assets. Assets acquired under these contractual rights are classified as intangibles and amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the contractual term or the estimated useful life of the asset. Contractual rights related to land or air rights that are substantively separated from depreciating assets are amortized over the life of the contractual term or, if no term is provided, are classified as indefinite-lived intangibles. Intangible assets are evaluated at each reporting period to determine whether the indefinite and finite useful lives are appropriate.
We determine the value of in-place lease values and tenant relationships based on our evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease and our overall relationship with that respective tenant. The aggregate value of in-place leases and tenant relationships are determined by applying a fair value model. The estimates of fair value of in-place leases include an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease up periods for the respective leasable area considering current market conditions. In estimating fair value of in-place leases, we consider items such as real estate taxes, insurance, leasing commissions, tenant improvements and other operating expenses to execute similar deals as well as projected rental revenue and carrying costs during the expected lease up period. The estimate of the fair value of tenant relationships also includes our estimate of the likelihood of renewal.
We determine the value of above-market and below-market in-place leases for acquired properties based on the present value (using an interest rate that reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (1) the contractual amounts
to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (2) estimates of current market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to (i) the remaining non-cancelable lease term for above-market leases, or (ii) the remaining non-cancelable lease term plus any fixed rate renewal options for below-market leases. We record the fair value of above-market and below-market leases as intangible assets or intangible liabilities, respectively, and amortize them as an adjustment to rental income over the above determined lease term.
We amortize the value of in-place leases acquired to expense over the remaining term of the leases. The value of tenant relationship intangibles will be amortized to expense over the initial term and any anticipated renewal periods, but in no event will the amortization period for intangible assets exceed the remaining depreciable life of the building. Intangible lease assets are classified as intangibles and intangible lease liabilities are recorded within deferred revenue, primarily lease revenues, net.
We determine the fair value of assumed debt by calculating the net present value of the scheduled debt service payments using interest rates for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities that management believes we could obtain. Any difference between the fair value and stated value of the assumed debt is recorded as a discount or premium and amortized over the remaining life of the loan.
Developments
We capitalize project costs related to the development and construction of real estate (including interest and related loan fees, property taxes, insurance, and other direct costs associated with the development) as a cost of the development. Indirect project costs that relate to several developments are capitalized and allocated to the developments to which they relate. Indirect costs, not clearly related to development and construction, are expensed as incurred. For each development, capitalization begins when we determine that the development is probable and significant development activities are underway. We suspend capitalization at such time as significant development activity ceases, but future development is still probable. We cease capitalization when the developments or other improvements, including any portion, are completed and ready for their intended use, or if the intended use changes such that capitalization is no longer appropriate. Developments or improvements are generally considered ready for intended use when the certificates of occupancy have been issued and the units become ready for occupancy.
Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Joint Ventures
We or our Co-Investment Ventures account for certain investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures using the equity method of accounting because we exercise significant influence over, but do not control, these entities. These investments are initially recorded at cost, including any acquisition costs, and are adjusted for our share of equity in earnings and distributions. We report our share of income and losses based on our economic interests in the entities.
When we or our Co-Investment Ventures acquire a controlling interest in a previously noncontrolled investment, a gain or loss is recognized for the differences between the investment’s carrying value and fair value.
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Noncontrolling Interests
Redeemable noncontrolling interests are comprised of our consolidated Co-Investment Venture partners’ interests in multifamily communities where we believe it is probable that we will be required to purchase the partner’s noncontrolling interest. We record obligations under the redeemable noncontrolling interests initially at a) fair value, increased or decreased for the noncontrolling interest’s share of net income or loss and equity contributions and distributions or b) the redemption value if redemption is probable. The redeemable noncontrolling interests are temporary equity not within our control, and presented in our consolidated balance sheet outside of permanent equity between debt and equity. The determination of the redeemable classification requires analysis of contractual provisions and judgments of redemption probabilities.
The calculation of the noncontrolling interest’s share of net income or loss is based on the economic interests held by all of the owners.
Investment Impairments
If events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the property may not be recoverable, we make an assessment of the property’s recoverability by comparing the carrying amount of the asset to our estimate of the undiscounted future operating cash flows, expected to be generated over the life of the asset including its eventual disposition. If the carrying amount exceeds the aggregate undiscounted future operating cash flows, we recognize an impairment loss to the extent the carrying amount exceeds the
estimated fair value of the property. In addition, we evaluate indefinite-lived intangible assets for possible impairment at least annually by comparing the fair values with the carrying values. Fair value is generally estimated by valuation of similar assets.
For real estate we own through an investment in an unconsolidated real estate joint venture or other similar real estate investment structure, at each reporting date we compare the estimated fair value of our real estate investment to the carrying value. An impairment charge is recorded to the extent the fair value of our real estate investment is less than the carrying amount and the decline in value is determined to be other than a temporary decline. We did not record any impairment losses for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.
Fair Value
In connection with our GAAP assessments and determinations of fair value for many real estate assets and liabilities, noncontrolling interests and financial instruments, there are generally not available observable market price inputs for substantially the same items. Accordingly, we make assumptions and use various estimates and pricing models, including, but not limited to, estimated cash flows, costs to lease properties, useful lives of the assets, costs of replacing certain assets, discount and interest rates used to determine present values, market capitalization rates, sales of comparable investments, rental rates, and equity valuations. Many of these estimates are from the perspective of market participants and will also be obtained from independent third-party appraisals. However, we are responsible for the source and use of these estimates. A change in these estimates and assumptions could be material to our results of operations and financial condition.
Inflation
The real estate market has not been affected significantly by inflation in the past several years due to a relatively low inflation rate. The majority of our fixed-lease terms are less than 12 months and reset to market if renewed. The majority of our leases also contain protection provisions applicable to reimbursement billings for utilities. Should inflation return, due to the short-term nature of our leases, multifamily investments are considered good inflation hedges.
Inflation may affect the costs of developments we invest in, primarily related to construction commodity prices, primarily lumber, steel and concrete. Inflation for these materials has also recently been low due to lower overall construction as a result of the effects of the U.S. and global recessions. However, inflation could be become an issue due to current U.S. monetary policies or accelerated growth in American, Chinese or other global construction activities. We intend to mitigate these inflation consequences through guaranteed maximum construction contracts, developer cost overrun guarantees and pre-buying materials when reasonable to do so. Increases in construction prices could lower our return on the developments and reduce amounts available for other investments.
REIT Tax Election
We have elected to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code and have qualified as a REIT since the year ended December 31, 2007. To qualify as a REIT, we must meet a number of organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement that we distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income to our stockholders. As a REIT, we generally will not be subject to federal income tax at the corporate level. We are organized and operate in such a manner as to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the Code, and we intend to continue to operate in such a manner, but no assurance can be given that we will operate in a manner so as to remain qualified as a REIT.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Our interest rate risk management objectives are to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower overall borrowing costs. To achieve the financing objectives, we borrow primarily at fixed rates or variable rates with what we believe are the lowest margins available and in some cases, the ability to convert variable rates to fixed rates either directly or through interest rate hedges. With regard to variable rate financing, we manage interest rate cash flow risk by continually identifying and monitoring changes in interest rate exposures that may adversely impact expected future cash flows and by evaluating hedging opportunities, which to date have included interest rate caps.
As of March 31, 2013, we had approximately $912.8 million of outstanding consolidated mortgage debt at a weighted average fixed interest rate of approximately 3.8%, $36.4 million of variable rate consolidated mortgage debt at a variable interest rate
of monthly LIBOR plus 2.4%, and the outstanding amount under our credit facility was $10.0 million with a weighted average of monthly LIBOR plus 2.08%. As of March 31, 2013, we have three consolidated notes receivable with a carrying value of approximately $42.3 million, a weighted average fixed interest rate of 14.5%, and a weighted average remaining maturity of 2.3 years.
Interest rate fluctuations will generally not affect our future earnings or cash flows on our fixed rate debt or fixed rate real estate notes receivable unless such instruments are traded or are otherwise terminated prior to maturity. However, interest rate changes will affect the fair value of our fixed rate instruments. As we do not expect to trade or sell our fixed rate debt instruments prior to maturity and the amounts due under such instruments would be limited to the outstanding principal balance and any accrued and unpaid interest, we do not expect that fluctuations in interest rates, and the resulting change in fair value of our fixed rate instruments, would have a significant impact on our operations.
Conversely, movements in interest rates on variable rate debt, loans receivable and real estate-related securities would change our future earnings and cash flows, but not significantly affect the fair value of those instruments. As of March 31, 2013, we did not have any loans receivable or real estate-related securities with variable interest rates. We are exposed to interest rate changes primarily as a result of our variable rate debt used to acquire or hold our consolidated multifamily communities and our consolidated cash investments. We quantify our exposure to interest rate risk based on how changes in interest rates affect our net income. We consider changes in the 30-day LIBOR rate to be most indicative of our interest rate exposure as it is a function of the base rate for our credit facility and is reasonably correlated to changes in our earnings rate on our cash investments. We consider increases of 0.5% to 2.0% in the 30-day LIBOR rate to be reflective of reasonable changes we may experience in the current interest rate environment. The table below reflects the annual effect of an increase in the 30-day LIBOR to our net income related to our significant variable interest rate exposures for our wholly owned assets and liabilities as of March 31, 2013 (amounts in millions, where positive amounts reflect an increase in income and bracketed amounts reflect a decrease in income):
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| 2.0% |
| 1.5% |
| 1.0% |
| 0.5% |
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Variable rate mortgage debt and credit facility interest expense |
| $ | (0.9 | ) | $ | (0.7 | ) | $ | (0.5 | ) | $ | (0.2 | ) |
Interest rate caps |
| 0.1 |
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| — |
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Cash investments |
| 7.9 |
| 5.9 |
| 3.9 |
| 2.0 |
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Total |
| $ | 7.1 |
| $ | 5.2 |
| $ | 3.4 |
| $ | 1.8 |
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There is no assurance that we would realize such income or expense as such changes in interest rates could alter our asset or liability positions or strategies in response to such changes. The table also does not reflect changes in operations related to any unconsolidated investments in real estate joint ventures, where we may not have control over financing matters and substantial portions of variable rate debt related to multifamily development projects where interest is capitalized.
As of March 31, 2013, we have four separate interest rate caps with a total notional amount of $162.7 million. Each of these interest rate caps has a single 30 day LIBOR cap rate. If during its term future market LIBOR interest rates exceed the 30 day LIBOR cap rate, we will be due a payment equal to the excess LIBOR rate over the cap rate multiplied by the notional amount. In no event will we owe any future amounts in connection with the interest rate caps. Accordingly, interest rate caps can be an effective instrument to mitigate increases in short-term interest rates without incurring additional costs while interest rates are below the cap rate. Although not specifically identified to any specific interest rate exposure, we plan to use these instruments related to our developments, credit facility and variable rate mortgage debt. Because the counterparties providing the interest rate cap agreements are major financial institutions which have investment grade ratings by the Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, we do not believe there is exposure at this time to a default by a counterparty provider. A summary of our interest rate caps as of March 31, 2013 is as follows (amounts in millions):
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$ | 50.0 |
| 2.5 | % | April 2016 |
| $ | 0.1 |
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50.0 |
| 2.5 | % | April 2016 |
| 0.1 |
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50.0 |
| 2.0 | % | April 2016 |
| 0.1 |
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12.7 |
| 4.0 | % | March 2017 |
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$ | 162.7 |
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| $ | 0.3 |
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We do not have any foreign operations and thus we are not exposed to foreign currency fluctuations as of March 31, 2013.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As required by Rule 13a-15(b) and Rule 15d-15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated, as of March 31, 2013, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e). Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2013 to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the rules and forms of the Exchange Act and is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
We believe, however, that a controls system, no matter how well designed and operated, cannot provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the controls system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud or error, if any, within a company have been detected.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2013 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
We are not party to, and none of our communities are subject to, any material pending legal proceeding nor are we aware of any such legal or regulatory proceedings contemplated by governmental authorities.
There have been no material changes to the risk factors contained in Part I, Item 1A set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 1, 2013.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities
On September 2, 2008, our Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-148414), covering our Initial Public Offering of up to 200 million shares of common stock, was declared effective under the Securities Act. Our Initial Public Offering commenced on September 5, 2008 and was terminated on September 2, 2011. We offered a maximum of 200 million shares in our Initial Public Offering at an aggregate offering price of up to $2 billion, or $10.00 per share, with discounts available to certain categories of purchasers. Behringer Securities LP, an affiliate of our Advisor, was the dealer manager of the Initial Public Offering. We sold approximately 146.4 million shares of our common stock in our Initial Public Offering on a best efforts basis pursuant to the offering for gross offering proceeds of approximately $1.46 billion.
We incurred expenses of approximately $157.1 million in connection with the issuance and distribution of the registered securities pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, all of which was paid to our Advisor and its affiliates, and includes commissions and dealer manager fees paid to Behringer Securities which reallowed all of the commissions and a portion of the dealer manager fees to soliciting dealers.
The net offering proceeds to us from the Initial Public Offering, after deducting the total expenses incurred described above, were $1.30 billion. From the commencement of the Initial Public Offering through March 31, 2013, we had used approximately $922.9 million of such net proceeds to invest in real estate and real estate-related investments, net of related debt. Of the amount used for these investments, approximately $35.1 million was paid to our Advisor as acquisition and advisory fees and acquisition expense reimbursements. Not included in our amount invested are commitments related to our developments which as of March 31, 2013 had not yet been incurred.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
During the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we did not sell any equity securities that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933.
Share Redemption Program
As we previously announced in the periodic report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 22, 2012 in connection with the Company’s consideration of a strategic review, the Company came into possession of material non-public information. Based on the advice of outside legal counsel, our board of directors decided that suspending our share redemption program (“SRP”) was in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. Accordingly, effective as of June 18, 2012, our board of directors indefinitely suspended our SRP effective for redemptions being sought for the second quarter of 2012. However, in connection with its determination of the estimated value of our shares, our board of directors modified and reinstated our SRP, which permits our stockholders to sell their shares back to us subject to the significant conditions and limitations of the program. The modified and reinstated SRP is effective as of March 1, 2013 and the first time period redemptions will be considered under the modified and reinstated SRP will be at the
end of the second quarter 2013 for all properly submitted redemption requests received (i) on or prior to May 31, 2012, and not satisfied or withdrawn since that time, and (ii) between March 1, 2013 and May 31, 2013.
The following is a summary of the significant terms of the SRP:
· For redemptions sought upon a stockholder’s death, qualifying disability or confinement to a long-term care facility (“Exceptional Redemptions”), the purchase price per share redeemed under our SRP will equal the lesser of: (i) the current estimated share value pursuant to our valuation policy and (ii) the average price per share the original purchaser or purchasers of shares paid to us for all of their shares (as adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations, splits, recapitalizations and the like with respect to our common stock) (the “Original Share Price”) less the aggregate of any special distributions so designated by our board of directors, distributed to stockholders prior to the redemption date and declared from the date of first issue of such redeemed shares (the “Special Distributions”). Exceptional Redemptions will generally have priority over Ordinary Redemptions (as defined below).
· For redemptions other than those sought upon a stockholder’s death, qualifying disability or confinement to a long-term care facility (“Ordinary Redemptions”), the purchase price per share redeemed under our SRP will equal the lesser of (i) 85% of the current estimated share value pursuant to our valuation policy and (ii) the Original Share Price less any Special Distributions.
· A quarterly funding limit has been established of $7 million per quarter (which our board of directors may increase or decrease from time to time).
· If we do not redeem all shares presented for redemption during any period in which we are redeeming shares, then all shares will generally be redeemed on a pro rata basis during the relevant period. With respect to any pro rata treatment, requests for Exceptional Redemptions will be considered first, as a group, with any remaining available funds allocated pro rata among requests for Ordinary Redemptions. Generally, no outstanding requests for Ordinary Redemptions will be satisfied until all outstanding requests for Exceptional Redemptions are satisfied in full.
· There is now no time limitation for those seeking an Exceptional Redemption.
· The effective date of any redemption will be the fifth business day following the date the board of directors approves the redemption.
Other significant terms of the SRP are summarized below:
Notwithstanding the redemption prices established above, our board of directors may determine, whether pursuant to formulae or processes approved by our board of directors or otherwise set by our board of directors, the redemption price of the shares, which may differ between Ordinary Redemptions and Exceptional Redemptions; provided, however, that we must provide at least 30 days’ notice to stockholders before applying the new price.
The SRP is generally available only for stockholders who have held their shares for at least one year. Any shares approved for redemption will be redeemed on a periodic basis as determined from time to time by our board of directors, and no less frequently than annually. In addition to the $7 million per quarter funding limit discussed above, we will not redeem, during any twelve-month period, more than 5% of the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the twelve-month period immediately prior to the date of redemption.
Our board of directors reserves the right in its sole discretion at any time and from time to time to (1) waive the one-year holding requirement in the event of other exigent circumstances such as bankruptcy, a mandatory distribution requirement under a stockholder’s IRA or with respect to shares purchased under or through our DRIP, (2) reject any request for redemption, (3) change the purchase price for redemptions, (4) limit the funds to be used for redemptions hereunder or otherwise change the redemption limitations or (5) amend, suspend (in whole or in part) or terminate the SRP. If we suspend our SRP (in whole or in part), except as otherwise provided by the board of directors, until the suspension is lifted, we will not accept any requests for redemption in respect of shares to which such suspension applies in subsequent periods and any such requests and all pending requests that are subject to the suspension will not be honored or retained, but will be returned to the requestor. Our Advisor and its affiliates will defer their own redemption requests, if any, until all other requests for redemption have been satisfied in any particular period. If a request for an Exceptional Redemption is made, we will waive the one-year holding requirement (1) upon the request of the estate, heir or beneficiary of a deceased stockholder or (2) upon the qualifying disability of a stockholder or upon a stockholder’s confinement to a
long-term care facility, provided that the condition causing such disability or need for long-term care was not preexisting on the date that such person became a stockholder.
During the first quarter ended March 31, 2013, the SRP was suspended and we did not redeem any shares.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable
Letter Agreement with Advisor
On May 7, 2013, we entered into a letter agreement with our Advisor pursuant to which our Advisor waived the difference between asset management fees calculated on the basis of appraised value (not estimated per share value) of our investments and asset management fees calculated on the basis of cost of our investments for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, resulting in a waiver of approximately $166,000.
The information set forth above with respect to the letter agreement related to the Advisory Management Agreement does not purport to be complete in scope and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the letter agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and is incorporated into this report by reference.
Exhibit |
| Description |
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3.1 |
| Articles of Restatement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on September 8, 2008 |
3.2 |
| Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on March 1, 2010 |
4.1 |
| Third Amended and Restated Distribution Reinvestment Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on March 29, 2012 |
4.2 |
| Second Amended and Restated Share Redemption Program, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on March 29, 2012 |
4.3 |
| Statement regarding Restrictions on Transferability of Shares of Common Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11/A filed on May 9, 2008 |
4.4 |
| Third Amended and Restated Share Redemption Program, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on March 1, 2013 |
10.1 |
| Letter Agreement, dated February 22, 2013, between Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I, Inc. and Behringer Harvard Multifamily Advisors I, LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on March 1, 2013 |
10.2* |
| Letter Agreement, dated May 7, 2013, between Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I, Inc. and Behringer Harvard Multifamily Advisors I, LLC |
31.1* |
| Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
31.2* |
| Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
32.1* |
| Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002** |
99.1 |
| Second Amended and Restated Policy for Estimation of Common Stock Value, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on March 29, 2012 |
101* |
| The following information from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets; (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations; (iii) Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows |
* Filed or furnished herewith
** In accordance with Item 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.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| BEHRINGER HARVARD MULTIFAMILY REIT I, INC. | |
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Dated: May 9, 2013 |
| /s/ Howard S. Garfield |
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| Howard S. Garfield |
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| Chief Financial Officer |
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| (Principal Financial Officer) |