| Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Interim Information The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information (Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 270, Interim Reporting ) and Article 10 of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Regulation S-X. Accordingly, the Corporation has omitted certain footnote disclosures which would substantially duplicate those contained within the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, included in the Company’s 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2021. Therefore, the readers of this quarterly report should refer to those audited consolidated financial statements, specifically Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies , for further discussion of significant accounting policies and estimates. The Corporation believes all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation have been included in these interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (which include only normal recurring adjustments). Principles of Consolidation The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts and operations of the Company. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. To the extent the Corporation has a variable interest in entities that are not evaluated under the variable interest entity (“VIE”) model, the Corporation evaluates its interests using the voting interest entity model. The Corporation has complete responsibility for the day-to-day management of, authority to make decisions for, and control of the OP. Based on consolidation guidance, the Corporation has concluded that the OP is a VIE as the members in the OP do not possess kick-out rights or substantive participating rights. Accordingly, the Corporation consolidates its interest in the OP. However, because the Corporation holds the majority voting interest in the OP and certain other conditions are met, it qualifies for the exemption from providing certain disclosure requirements associated with investments in VIEs. The portion of the OP not owned by the Corporation is presented as non-controlling interests as of and during the periods presented. Basis of Accounting The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. Use of Estimates The preparation of Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates include, but are not limited to, the allocation of purchase price between tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, the value of long-lived assets and goodwill, the provision for impairment, the depreciable lives of rental property, the amortizable lives of intangible assets and liabilities, the provisions for uncollectible rent and credit losses, the fair value of the earnout liability, the fair value of assumed debt, the fair value of the Company’s interest rate swap agreements, and the determination of any uncertain tax positions. Accordingly, actual results may differ from those estimates. Long-lived Asset Impairment The Company reviews long-lived assets to be held and used for possible impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. If, and when, such events or changes in circumstances are present, an impairment exists to the extent the carrying value of the asset or asset group exceeds the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset or asset group and its eventual disposition. Such cash flows include expected future operating income, as adjusted for trends and prospects, as well as the effects of demand, competition, and other factors. An impairment loss is measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset or asset group exceeds its fair value. Significant judgment is made in determining if and when impairment should be taken. The Company’s assessment of impairment as of September 30, 2021 was based on the most current information available to the Company. Certain of the Company’s properties may have fair values less than their carrying amounts. However, based on the Company’s plans with respect to each of those properties, the Company believes that their carrying amounts are recoverable and therefore, no impairment charges were recognized other than those described below. If the operating conditions mentioned above deteriorate or if the Company’s expected holding period for assets changes, subsequent tests for impairments could result in additional impairment charges in the future. Inputs used in establishing fair value for real estate assets generally fall within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, which are characterized as requiring significant judgment as little or no current market activity may be available for validation. The main indicator used to establish the classification of the inputs is current market conditions, as derived through the use of published commercial real estate market information. The Company determines the valuation of impaired assets using generally accepted valuation techniques including discounted cash flow analysis, income capitalization, analysis of recent comparable sales transactions, actual sales negotiations, and bona fide purchase offers received from third parties. Management may consider a single valuation technique or multiple valuation techniques, as appropriate, when estimating the fair value of its real estate. The following table summarizes the Company's impairment charges, resulting primarily from changes in the Company's long-term hold strategy with respect to the individual properties:
For the Three Months Ended For the Nine Months Ended
(in thousands, except number of properties) 2021 2020 2021 2020
Number of properties 4 3 5 6
Impairment charge $ 25,989 $ 14,732 $ 28,001 $ 17,399 During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company executed an early lease termination with an office tenant on two properties in exchange for a fee of $ 35,000 , and simultaneously sold the underlying properties to an unrelated third party for aggregate gross proceeds of $ 16,000 . As the sale of the underlying properties was to an unrelated third party, the Company accounted for the lease termination income and sale of properties as separate transactions in accordance with GAAP. The Company recognized the termination fee income, net of $ 1,496 write-off of accrued rental income associated with the lease as other income from real estate transactions, a component of Lease revenues, net, in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income (Loss). Refer to the Lease Termination Fee Income accounting policy below for additional information on the Company's accounting for lease terminations. As a result of the early lease termination, the Company accelerated the amortization of the remaining lease intangibles, recognizing $ 289 in Lease revenues, net and $ 4,047 in Depreciation and amortization in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income (Loss). The Company sold the underlying vacant properties for an aggregate sales price of $ 16,000 , and incurred sales expenses of $ 661 . The properties’ carrying value, net of the fully amortized lease intangibles, was $ 41,085 , resulting in a $ 25,746 loss on sale of the properties. As the lease termination income was recognized separate from the sale of the underlying properties, the $ 35,000 cash receipt was not able to be factored into the properties' future undiscounted cash flows, and the properties were immediately deemed impaired. As such, the Company recognized the loss as an impairment charge in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income (Loss). The following summarizes the impact of the above transactions, together with the corresponding financial statement line item:
(in thousands)
Lease revenues, net
Lease termination fee $ 35,000
Write-off of accrued rental income ( 1,496 )
Accelerated amortization of above-market and below-market lease intangibles 289
33,793
Depreciation and amortization
Accelerated amortization of in-place lease intangible ( 4,046 )
Provision for impairment of investment in rental properties
Loss on sale ( 25,746 )
Total impact to net income $ 4,001 The remaining impairments recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 were immaterial. Lease Termination Fee Income The Company recognizes lease termination fee income when all conditions of the termination agreement have been met, and collection of the lease termination fee is probable. If the tenant immediately vacates the property upon satisfying the conditions of the termination agreement, the Company recognizes the lease termination fee income net of accrued rental income associated with the lease immediately, as other income from real estate transactions, a component of Lease revenues, net, in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income (Loss). Restricted Cash Restricted cash includes escrow funds the Company maintains pursuant to the terms of certain mortgages, and lease agreements, and undistributed proceeds from the sale of properties under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and is reported within Prepaid expenses and other assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Restricted cash consisted of the following:
September 30, December 31,
(in thousands) 2021 2020
Escrow funds and other $ 3,895 $ 7,852
Undistributed 1031 proceeds — 2,390
$ 3,895 $ 10,242 Rent Received in Advance Rent received in advance represents tenant payments received prior to the contractual due date, and is included in Accounts payable and other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Rent received in advance consisted of the following:
(in thousands) September 30, December 31,
Rent received in advance $ 14,516 $ 13,651 Provision for Uncollectible Rent In accordance with ASC 842, Leases , provisions for uncollectible rent are recorded as an offset to Lease revenues, net on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income (Loss). The following table summarizes the changes in the provision for uncollectible rent:
For the Three Months Ended For the Nine Months Ended
(in thousands) 2021 2020 2021 2020
Beginning balance $ 400 $ 2,222 $ 201 $ —
Provision for uncollectible rent, net ( 150 ) ( 262 ) 49 1,961
Write-offs — ( 1,750 ) — ( 1,751 )
Ending balance $ 250 $ 210 $ 250 $ 210 Derivative Instruments The Company uses interest rate swap agreements to manage risks related to interest rate movements. The interest rate swap agreements, designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges, are reported at fair value. The Company early adopted ASU 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting and Hedging Activities , effective January 1, 2018 on a modified retrospective basis. ASU 2017-12 amended the designation and measurement guidance for qualifying hedging transactions and the presentation of hedge results in an entity’s financial statements. ASU 2017-12 removed the concept of separately measuring and reporting hedge ineffectiveness and requires a company to present the earnings effect of the hedging instrument in the same income statement line item in which the earnings effect of the hedged item is reported. In accordance with ASU 2017-12, the gain or loss on the qualifying hedges is initially included as a component of other comprehensive income or loss and is subsequently reclassified into earnings when interest payments (the forecasted transactions) on the related debt are incurred and as the swap net settlements occur. When an existing cash flow hedge is terminated, the Company determines the accounting treatment for the accumulated gain or loss recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive loss based on the probability of the hedged forecasted transaction occurring within the period the cash flow hedge was anticipated to affect earnings. If the Company determines that the hedged forecasted transaction is probable of occurring during the original period, the accumulated gain or loss is reclassified into earnings over the remaining life of the cash flow hedge using a straight-line method. If the Company determines that the hedged forecasted transaction is not probable of occurring during the original period, the entire amount of accumulated gain or loss is reclassified into earnings at such time. The Company documents its risk management strategy and hedge effectiveness at the inception of, and during the term of, each hedge. The Company’s interest rate risk management strategy is intended to stabilize cash flow requirements by maintaining interest rate swap agreements to convert certain variable-rate debt to a fixed rate. Fair Value Measurements Recurring Fair Value Measurements Earnout Liability – In connection with the Internalization, the Company recognized an earnout liability that was due and payable to the former owners of BRE once certain milestones were achieved during specified periods of time following the closing of the Internalization (the “Earnout Periods”). Under the terms of the agreement, the milestones related to either (a) the 40-day dollar volume-weighted average price of a share of the Company’s common stock (“VWAP per REIT Share”), following the completion of an IPO of the Company’s common stock, or (b) the Company’s AFFO per share, prior to the completion of an IPO. The Company utilized third-party valuation experts to assist in estimating the fair value of the earnout liability, and developed estimates by considering weighted-average probabilities of likely outcomes, and using a Monte Carlo simulation and discounted cash flow analysis. These estimates required the Company to make various assumptions about share price volatility and, prior to the IPO, about the timing of an IPO and net asset prices, each of which are unobservable and considered Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. A change in these inputs to a different amount could have resulted in a significantly higher or lower fair value measurement at the reporting date. Specifically, advancements in the estimated IPO date assumption increased the earnout liability’s fair value given the earnout’s fixed time horizon. Peer share price volatilities were used to estimate the Company’s expected share price volatility, and the Company’s corresponding ability to achieve the earnout targets. Increases in the volatility assumption would increase the earnout liability’s fair value. Increases in net asset values would also increase the earnout liability’s fair value. The Company achieved all four VWAP milestones applicable to the earnout as of September 30, 2021, and therefore no remaining earnout liability was recorded at September 30, 2021. The table below provides a summary of the significant unobservable inputs used to estimate the fair value of the earnout liability as of September 30, 2020:
Significant Unobservable Inputs Weighted Average Range
Peer stock price volatility 40.0 % 26.11 % - 56.85 % The table below provides a summary of the significant unobservable inputs used to estimate the fair value of the earnout liability as of February 7, 2020, which was the date of the Internalization:
Significant Unobservable Inputs Weighted Average Range
Expected IPO date April 15, 2020 March 2020 through May 2020
Peer stock price volatility 20.0 % 16.22 % to 23.09 %
Company's net asset value per diluted share $ 21.30 (a) (a) The Company’s net asset value per diluted share was primarily based on the fair value of its real estate investment portfolio, together with the fair value of its other assets and liabilities. The fair value of the Company's real estate investment portfolio as of the measurement date was determined using market capitalization rates that ranged between 6.05 % and 7.09 %. The following table presents a reconciliation of the change in the earnout liability:
For the Three Months Ended For the Nine Months Ended
(in thousands) 2021 2020 2021 2020
Beginning balance $ 10,063 $ 37,975 $ 7,509 $ —
Allocation of Internalization purchase price at — — — 40,119
Change in fair value subsequent to Internalization 1,059 (b) ( 6,362 ) 5,539 ( 8,506 )
Reclassification as a component of additional paid-in — ( 18,436 ) — ( 18,436 )
Payout of tranches earned ( 11,122 ) — ( 13,048 ) —
Ending balance $ — $ 13,177 $ — $ 13,177 (b) The $ 1,059 change in fair value during the three months ended September 30, 2021, represented the difference between the actual cash payments subsequent to June 30, 2021, and the earnout liability's fair value at June 30, 2021. The balances of financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis are as follows:
September 30, 2021
(in thousands) Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Interest rate swap, liabilities ( 36,196 ) — ( 36,196 ) —
December 31, 2020
(in thousands) Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Interest rate swap, liabilities $ ( 72,103 ) $ — $ ( 72,103 ) $ —
Earnout liability ( 7,509 ) — — ( 7,509 ) Long-term Debt – The fair value of the Company’s debt was estimated using Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 inputs based on recent secondary market trades of the Company's 2031 Senior Unsecured Public Notes (defined below), recent financing transactions, estimates of the fair value of the property that serves as collateral for such debt, historical risk premiums for loans of comparable quality, current London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), U.S. Treasury obligation interest rates, and discounted estimated future cash payments to be made on such debt. The discount rates estimated reflect the Company’s judgment as to the approximate current lending rates for loans or groups of loans with similar maturities and assumes that the debt is outstanding through maturity. Market information, as available, or present value techniques were utilized to estimate the amounts required to be disclosed. Since such amounts are estimates that are based on limited available market information for similar transactions and do not acknowledge transfer or other repayment restrictions that may exist on specific loans, it is unlikely that the estimated fair value of any such debt could be realized by immediate settlement of the obligation. The following table summarizes the carrying amount reported on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and the Company’s estimate of the fair value of the Unsecured revolving credit facility, Mortgages, net, Unsecured term loans, net and Senior unsecured notes, net, which reflects the fair value of interest rate swaps:
(in thousands) September 30, December 31,
Carrying amount $ 1,597,868 $ 1,547,667
Fair value 1,710,238 1,679,188 Non-recurring Fair Value Measurements The Company’s non-recurring fair value measurements at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 consisted of the fair value of impaired real estate assets that were determined using Level 3 inputs. Right-of-Use Assets and Lease Liabilities The Company is a lessee under non-cancelable operating leases associated with its corporate headquarters and other office spaces as well as with leases of land (“ground leases”). The Company records right-of-use assets and lease liabilities associated with these leases. The lease liability is equal to the net present value of the future payments to be made under the lease, discounted using estimates based on observable market factors. The right-of-use asset is generally equal to the lease liability plus initial direct costs associated with the leases. The Company includes in the recognition of the right-of-use asset and lease liability those renewal periods that are reasonably certain to be exercised, based on the facts and circumstances that exist at lease inception. Amounts associated with percentage rent provisions are considered variable lease costs and are not included in the initial measurement of the right-of-use asset or lease liability. The Company has made an accounting policy election, applicable to all asset types, not to separate lease from nonlease components when allocating contract consideration related to operating leases. Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities associated with operating leases were included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as follows:
September 30, December 31,
(in thousands) Financial Statement Presentation 2021 2020
Right-of-use assets Prepaid expenses and other assets $ 3,250 $ 3,075
Lease liabilities Accounts payable and other liabilities 2,714 2,659 Stock-Based Compensation The Company has issued restricted stock awards (“RSAs”) and performance-based restricted stock units (“PRSUs”) under its 2020 Omnibus Equity and Incentive Plan (the “Equity Incentive Plan”). The Company accounts for stock-based incentives in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation , which requires that such compensation be recognized in the financial statements based on the award’s estimated grant date fair value. The value of such awards is recognized as compensation expense in General and administrative expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income (Loss) over the appropriate vesting period on a straight-line basis or at the cumulative amount vested at each balance sheet date, if greater. The Company records forfeitures during the period in which they occur by reversing all previously recorded stock compensation expense associated with the forfeited shares. Dividends declared on RSAs issued under the Equity Incentive Plan are recorded as Cumulative distributions in excess of retained earnings on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Accumulated dividends related to forfeited RSAs will be reversed through compensation expense in the period the forfeiture occurs. Dividends accrued on the PRSUs are recorded as Cumulative distributions in excess of retained earnings on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Accumulated dividends accrued related to forfeited PRSUs are reversed in the period the forfeiture occurs. Recently Adopted Accounting Standards In January 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2021-01, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Scope , which refines the scope of ASC 848, to include all derivative contracts subject to a transition for discounting cash flows, for computing variation margin settlements, and for calculating price alignment interest (PAI) as a result of reference rate reform (the “discounting transition”). ASU 2021-01 gives market participants the ability to apply certain aspects of the contract modification and hedge accounting expedients to derivative contracts affected by a discounting transition. ASU 2021-01 permits an entity to elect certain hedging relief if it has designated a derivative as a hedging instrument in a hedging relationship and the terms of the derivative have changed as a result of the discounting transition. The Company will apply the amendments in ASU 2021-01 related to contract modifications and hedging relationships prospectively. Other Recently Issued Accounting Standards In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity . The guidance in ASU 2020-06 simplifies the accounting for convertible debt and convertible preferred stock by removing the requirements to separately present certain conversion features in equity. In addition, the amendments in ASU 2020-06 also simplify the guidance in ASC Subtopic 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging: Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity , by removing certain criteria that must be satisfied in order to classify a contract as equity, which is expected to decrease the number of freestanding instruments and embedded derivatives accounted for as assets or liabilities. Finally, the amendments revise the guidance on calculating earnings per share, requiring use of the if-converted method for all convertible instruments and rescinding an entity’s ability to rebut the presumption of share settlement for instruments that may be settled in cash or other assets. The amendments in ASU 2020-06 are effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. The guidance must be adopted as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance. Reclassifications The Company reclassified $ 961,330 of Unsecured term notes, net at December 31, 2020 to Unsecured term loans, net at September 30, 2021 and $ 472,466 of Unsecured term notes, net at December 31, 2020 to Senior unsecured notes, net at September 30, 2021 on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, to conform with the current period presentation. The reclassifications are changes from one acceptable presentation to another acceptable presentation. |
