Noncontrolling Interests on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]

Noncontrolling Interests on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements

Noncontrolling Interests on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements

Common Units of the Operating Partnership

The Company owned an approximate 97.2%, 98.1% and 98.0% common general partnership interest in the Operating Partnership as of March 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively. The remaining approximate 2.8%, 1.9% and 2.0% common limited partnership interest as of March 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively, was owned by non-affiliated investors and certain of our executive officers and directors in the form of noncontrolling common units. There were 2,631,276, 1,764,775 and 1,793,170common units outstanding held by these investors, executive officers and directors as of March 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively. The increase in the common units from December 31, 2015 to March 31, 2016 was attributable to 867,701 common units issued in connection with an acquisition (see Note 2) partially offset by a unit redemption.

The noncontrolling common units may be redeemed by unitholders for cash. Except under certain circumstances, we, at our option, may satisfy the cash redemption obligation with shares of the Company’s common stock on a one-for-one basis. If satisfied

in cash, the value for each noncontrolling common unit upon redemption is the amount equal to the average of the closing quoted price per share of the Company’s common stock, par value $.01 per share, as reported on the NYSE for the ten trading days immediately preceding the applicable redemption date. The aggregate value upon redemption of the then-outstanding noncontrolling common units was $158.8 million and $112.0 million as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively. This redemption value does not necessarily represent the amount that would be distributed with respect to each noncontrolling common unit in the event of our termination or liquidation. In the event of our termination or liquidation, it is expected in most cases that each common unit would be entitled to a liquidating distribution equal to the liquidating distribution payable in respect of each share of the Company’s common stock.