Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

General

Regency Centers Corporation (the "Parent Company") began its operations as a REIT in 1993 and is the general partner of Regency Centers, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"). The Parent Company primarily engages in the ownership, management, leasing, acquisition, development, and redevelopment of shopping centers through the Operating Partnership, and has no other assets other than through its investment in the Operating Partnership, and its only liabilities are $200 million of unsecured private placement notes, which are co-issued and guaranteed by the Operating Partnership. The Parent Company guarantees all of the unsecured debt of the Operating Partnership.

As of March 31, 2023, the Parent Company, the Operating Partnership, and their controlled subsidiaries on a consolidated basis owned 308 properties and held partial interests in an additional 96 properties through unconsolidated Investments in real estate partnerships (also referred to as "joint ventures" or "investment partnerships").

The consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly state the results for the interim periods presented. These adjustments are considered to be of a normal recurring nature.

Risks and Uncertainties

The success of the Company's tenants in operating their businesses and their corresponding ability to pay rent continue to be significantly influenced by current economic challenges, which impact their cost of doing business, including but not limited to the impact of inflation, the cost and availability of labor, supply chain constraints, increasing energy prices and interest rates, and access to credit. Additionally, macroeconomic and geopolitical risks create challenges that may exacerbate current market conditions in the United States of America ("U.S.", "USA" or "United States"). The policies implemented by the U.S. government to address these issues, including raising interest rates, could result in adverse impacts on the U.S. economy, including a slowing of growth and potentially a recession, thereby impacting consumer spending, tenants' businesses, and/or decreasing future demand for space in shopping centers. The potential impact of current economic challenges on the Company's financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows is subject to change and continues to depend on the extent and duration of these risks and uncertainties.

Consolidation

The Company consolidates properties that are wholly-owned and properties where it owns less than 100%, but has control over the activities most important to the overall success of the partnership. Control is determined using an evaluation based on accounting standards related to the consolidation of Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") and voting interest entities.

Ownership of the Operating Partnership

The Operating Partnership's capital includes general and limited common Partnership Units. As of March 31, 2023, the Parent Company owned approximately 99.6% of the outstanding common Partnership Units of the Operating Partnership, with the remaining limited common Partnership Units held by third parties ("Exchangeable operating partnership units" or "EOP units"). Each EOP unit is exchangeable for cash or one share of common stock of the Parent Company, at the discretion of the Parent Company, and the unit holder cannot require redemption in cash or other assets (i.e. registered shares of the Parent). The Parent Company has evaluated the conditions as specified under Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, as it relates to EOP units outstanding and concluded that the Parent Company has the right to satisfy the redemption requirements of the units by delivering shares of unregistered common stock. Accordingly, the Parent Company classifies EOP units as permanent equity in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated Statements of Equity and Comprehensive Income. The Parent Company serves as general partner of the Operating Partnership. The EOP unit holders have limited rights over the Operating Partnership such that they do not have the power to direct the activities of the Operating Partnership. As such, the Operating Partnership is considered a VIE, and the Parent Company, which consolidates it, is the primary beneficiary. The Parent Company's only investment is the Operating Partnership. Net income and distributions of the Operating Partnership are allocable to the general and limited common Partnership Units in accordance with their ownership percentages.

Real Estate Partnerships

As of March 31, 2023, Regency had a partial ownership interest in 107 properties through partnerships, of which 11 are consolidated. Regency's partners include institutional investors and other real estate developers and/or operators (the "Partners" or "Limited Partners"). Regency has a variable interest in these entities through its equity interests, with Regency the primary beneficiary in certain of these real estate partnerships. As such, Regency consolidates the partnerships into its financial statements for which it is the primary beneficiary and reports the limited partners' interests as noncontrolling interests. For those partnerships which Regency is not the primary beneficiary and does not control, but has significant influence, Regency recognizes its investment in them using the equity method of accounting.

The assets of these partnerships are restricted to the use of the partnerships and cannot be used by general creditors of the Company. Similarly, the obligations of the partnerships can only be settled by the assets of these partnerships or additional contributions by the partners.

The major classes of assets, liabilities, and non-controlling equity interests held by the Company's consolidated VIEs, exclusive of the Operating Partnership, are as follows:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Assets
Net real estate investments	$	106,916		107,725
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		2,487		2,420
Liabilities
Notes payable		3,695		4,188
Equity
Limited partners' interests in consolidated partnerships		24,337		24,364

Revenues and Other Receivables

Other property income includes parking fees and other incidental income from the properties and is generally recognized at the point in time that the performance obligation is met. Income within Management, transaction, and other fees on the Consolidated Statements of Operations is primarily from contracts with the Company's real estate partnerships. The primary components of these revenue streams, the timing of satisfying the performance obligations, and amounts are as follows:

		Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands)	Timing of satisfaction of performance obligations	2023		2022
Management, transaction, and other fees:
Property management services	Over time	$	3,458		3,618
Asset management services	Over time		1,629		1,755
Leasing services	Point in time		718		996
Other transaction fees	Point in time		233		315
Total management, transaction, and other fees		$	6,038		6,684

The accounts receivable for management services, which are included within Tenant and other receivables in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets, are $16.8 million and $16.4 million, as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The following table provides a brief description of recently adopted accounting pronouncements and impact on our financial statements:

Standard	Description	Date of adoption	Effect on the financial statements or other significant matters
Recently adopted:
ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting	In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848). ASU 2020-04 contains practical expedients for reference rate reform related to activities that impact debt, leases, derivatives, and other contracts. The guidance in ASU 2020-04 is optional and may be elected over time as reference rate reform activities occur. The amendments in this update provide exceptions to the guidance in Topic 815 related to changes to the critical terms of a hedging relationship due to reference rate reform, which if criteria are met, provide such changes should not result in the dedesignation and redesignation of the hedging relationship.	March 2020 through March 31, 2023	The Company has elected to apply the hedge accounting expedients and exceptions related to changes to the reference rate from LIBOR to SOFR in the Company's interest rate swaps, which it completed during the three months ended March 31, 2023. Application of these exceptions preserves the hedge designation of interest rate swaps and the related accounting and presentation consistent with past presentation.