Organization and Principles of Consolidation Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Accounting Changes And Error Corrections [Abstract]

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, 2020		December 31, 2019
Assets
Net real estate investments⁽¹⁾	$	136,017		325,464
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash⁽¹⁾		4,055		57,269
Liabilities
Notes payable		15,557		17,740
Equity
Limited partners’ interests in consolidated partnerships		30,436		30,655

Revenues and Other Receivables

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

		Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands)	Timing of satisfaction of performance obligations	2020		2019
Other property income	Point in time	$	2,305		1,982
Management, transaction and other fees
Property management services	Over time		3,879		3,764
Asset management services	Over time		1,838		1,777
Leasing services	Point in time		710		758
Other transaction fees	Point in time		389		673
Total management, transaction, and other fees		$	6,816		6,972

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles

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


Standard	Description	Date of adoption	Effect on the financial statements or other significant matters
Recently adopted:

Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-13, June 2016, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments	This ASU replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. This ASU applies to how the Company evaluates impairments of any available-for-sale debt securities and any non-operating lease receivables, including lease receivables arising from leases classified as sales-type or direct finance leases.	January 2020	The Company has completed its evaluation and adoption of this standard, which resulted in changes in evaluating impairment of its available-for-sale debt securities. Declines in fair value below amortized cost resulting from credit related factors will be reflected in earnings, within Net investment income in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. Changes in value from market related factors continue to be recognized in Other comprehensive income (“OCI”). The Company’s investments in available-for-sale debt securities are invested in investment grade quality holdings or U.S. government backed securities, and are well diversified. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company did not recognize any allowance for credit loss. Additionally, the Company’s non-operating lease receivables experienced no credit losses during the three months ended March 31, 2020, and the Company has no other financial instruments, such as lease receivables arising from sales-type or direct finance leases, subject to this ASU.

ASU 2018-19, November 2018: Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses	This ASU clarifies that receivables arising from operating leases are not within the scope of Subtopic 326-20. Instead, impairment of receivables arising from operating leases should be accounted for in accordance with Topic 842, Leases.	January 2020	The Company has completed its evaluation and adoption of this standard with no additional changes in its accounting for operating leases and related receivables.

ASU 2018-13, August 2018, Fair Value Measurements (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement	This ASU modifies the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements within the scope of Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements, including the removal and modification of certain existing disclosures, and the addition of new disclosures.	January 2020	The Company has completed its evaluation and adoption of this new standard. The Company does not have any assets or liabilities measured to fair value using Level 3 measurements at March 31, 2020.


Standard	Description	Date of adoption	Effect on the financial statements or other significant matters

ASU 2018-15, August 2018, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer's Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That is a Service Contract.	The amendments in this ASU align the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software (and hosting arrangements that include an internal-use software license). The ASU provides further clarification of the appropriate presentation of capitalized costs, the period over which to recognize the expense, the presentation within the Statements of Operations and Statements of Cash Flows, and disclosure requirements.	January 2020	The Company has completed its evaluation and adoption of this standard. Qualifying implementation costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract are no longer expensed as incurred but rather are deferred within Other assets and amortized to earnings, within General and administrative expense in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations, over the term of the arrangement. Cash flows attributable to the service arrangements, including implementation thereof, are reflected as Operating cash flows within the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

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 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.	March 2020 through December 31, 2022	The Company has elected to apply the hedge accounting expedients related to probability and the assessments of effectiveness for future LIBOR-indexed cash flows to assume that the index upon which future hedged transactions will be based matches the index on the corresponding derivatives. Application of these expedients preserves the presentation of derivatives consistent with past presentation. As additional index changes in the market occur, the Company will evaluate the impact of the guidance and may apply other elections as applicable.

Not yet adopted:

ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes	The amendments in this update simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740, Income Taxes, and also improve consistent application of and simplify GAAP for other areas of Topic 740 by clarifying and amending existing guidance. Notable changes of potential impact include income-based franchise taxes and interim period recognition of enacted changes in tax laws or rates.	January 2021	The Company is evaluating this update and does not expect it to have a material impact to its financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or related footnote disclosures.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the significant judgments and assumptions made in determining whether a variable interest (as defined) held by the entity requires the variable interest entity (VIE) (as defined) to be consolidated and (or) disclose information about its involvement with the VIE, individually or in aggregate (as applicable); the nature of restrictions, if any, on the consolidated VIE's assets and on the settlement of its liabilities reported by an entity in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets and liabilities; the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with involvement in the VIE; how involvement with the VIE affects the entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; the lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of the consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary (if applicable); the terms of arrangements, giving consideration to both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests, if any, that could require the entity to provide financial support to the VIE, including events or circumstances that could expose the entity to a loss; the methodology used by the entity for determining whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity; the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance are shared (as defined); the carrying amounts and classification of assets and liabilities of the VIE included in the statement of financial position; the entity's maximum exposure to loss, if any, as a result of its involvement with the VIE, including how the maximum exposure is determined and significant sources of the entity's exposure to the VIE; a comparison of the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities and the entity's maximum exposure to loss; information about any liquidity arrangements, guarantees, and (or) other commitments by third parties that may affect the fair value or risk of the entity's variable interest in the VIE; whether or not the entity has provided financial support or other support (explicitly or implicitly) to the VIE that it was not previously contractually required to provide or whether the entity intends to provide that support, including the type and amount of the support and the primary reasons for providing the support; and supplemental information the entity determines necessary to provide.

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