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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

Acquisitions

2017 Acquisitions. On January 1, 2017, CoreCivic acquired the Arapahoe Community Treatment Center, a 135-bed residential reentry center in Englewood, Colorado, for $5.5 million in cash, excluding transaction-related expenses. The acquisition included a contract with Arapahoe County whereby CoreCivic provides residential reentry services for up to 135 residents.  

On February 10, 2017, CoreCivic acquired the Stockton Female Community Corrections Facility, a 100-bed residential reentry center in Stockton, California, in a real estate-only transaction for $1.6 million, excluding transaction-related expenses.  The 100-bed Stockton facility is leased to a third-party operator pursuant to a lease agreement that extends through April 2021 and includes one five-year lease extension option.  The lessee separately contracts with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide rehabilitative and reentry services to female residents at the leased facility.

On August 1, 2017, CoreCivic acquired New Beginnings Treatment Center, Inc. ("NBTC"), an Arizona-based community corrections company, along with the real estate used in the operation of NBTC's business from an affiliate of NBTC, for an aggregate purchase price of $6.4 million, excluding transaction related expenses.  In connection with the acquisition, CoreCivic assumed a contract with the BOP to provide reentry services to male and female adults at the 92-bed Oracle Transitional Center located in Tucson, Arizona.  

On September 15, 2017, CoreCivic acquired a portfolio of four properties for an aggregate purchase price of $8.7 million, excluding transaction related expenses. The acquisition included a 230-bed residential reentry center leased to the state of Georgia, and three properties in North Carolina and Georgia leased to the General Services Administration ("GSA"), an independent agency of the United States government, two of which are occupied by the Social Security Administration ("SSA"), and one of which is occupied by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS").

In allocating the purchase price of the four acquisitions in 2017, CoreCivic recorded $20.1 million of net tangible assets, $1.8 million of identifiable intangible assets, and $0.3 million of tenant improvements associated with one of the North Carolina leased properties which was recognized as a receivable and is being recovered by payments from the lessee.  CoreCivic acquired the properties as strategic investments that further expand the Company's network of residential reentry centers and further diversify the Company's cash flows through government-leased properties.

2018 Acquisitions. On January 19, 2018, CoreCivic acquired the 261,000 square-foot Capital Commerce Center, located in Tallahassee, Florida for a purchase price of $44.7 million, excluding transaction-related costs and certain closing credits.  Capital Commerce Center is 98% leased, including 87% leased to the state of Florida on behalf of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.  In allocating the purchase price of this transaction, CoreCivic recorded $40.6 million of net tangible assets and $3.2 million of identifiable intangible assets.  

On July 17, 2018, CoreCivic acquired a portfolio of twelve properties for $12.0 million, excluding transaction-related costs, 100% leased to the U.S. Federal Government through the GSA on behalf of the SSA, the Department of Homeland Security, and ICE. In allocating the purchase price of this transaction, CoreCivic recorded $11.1 million of net tangible assets and $1.9 million of identifiable intangible assets.  

On August 23, 2018, CoreCivic acquired a 541,000 square-foot SSA office building in Baltimore, Maryland ("SSA-Baltimore") for a purchase price of $242.0 million, excluding transaction-related costs and certain closing credits.  The office building was purpose built to SSA specifications in 2014 under a 20-year firm term lease expiring in January 2034, and is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Federal Government through the GSA.  In connection with the acquisition and as further described in Note 6, CoreCivic assumed $157.3 million of in-place financing that was used to fund the initial construction of the property in 2014.  In allocating the purchase price of this transaction, CoreCivic recorded $207.4 million of net tangible assets and $38.9 million of identifiable intangible assets.

On September 21, 2018, CoreCivic acquired a 217,000 square-foot, steel frame property in Dayton, Ohio for $6.9 million, excluding transaction-related costs and certain closing credits, that was built-to-suit for the National Archives and Records Administration ("NARA") in 2002.  The building is 100% leased to the GSA on behalf of NARA through January 2023 and includes two additional 10-year renewal options.  The building provides 1.2 million cubic feet of storage space, approximately 90% of which is dedicated to archives of the IRS. In allocating the purchase price of this transaction, CoreCivic recorded $6.9 million of net tangible assets and $0.7 million of identifiable intangible assets.

CoreCivic acquired the 15 properties in 2018 as strategic investments that further diversify the Company's cash flows through government-leased properties and broaden the solutions it provides to its government partners.

2019 Acquisitions.  On February 20, 2019, CoreCivic acquired the South Raleigh Reentry Center, a 60-bed residential reentry center in Raleigh, North Carolina, for $0.9 million, excluding transaction-related expenses. In connection with the acquisition, CoreCivic provides reentry services for both male and female residents under custody of the BOP.

On May 6, 2019, CoreCivic acquired a 36,520-square foot office building in Detroit, Michigan, for $7.2 million, excluding transaction-related expenses, that was built-to-suit for the state of Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services ("MDHHS") in 2002.  The property is 100% leased to the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget ("MDTMB") on behalf of MDHHS through June 2028 and includes one six-year renewal option at the sole discretion of the MDTMB.

In allocating the purchase price of the acquisitions in 2019, CoreCivic recorded $7.4 million of net tangible assets and $0.8 million of identifiable intangible assets.  CoreCivic acquired the properties as strategic investments that further expand the Company's network of residential reentry centers and enable the continued delivery of critical services that help people reintegrate into the community, and also further diversify the Company's cash flows through the acquisition of a government-leased property.

Financing Leasing Transactions

On January 24, 2018, CoreCivic entered into a 20-year lease agreement with the KDOC for a 2,432-bed correctional facility to be constructed by the Company in Lansing, Kansas.  The new facility replaces the Lansing Correctional Facility, Kansas' largest correctional complex for adult male inmates, originally constructed in 1863.  CoreCivic will be responsible for facility maintenance throughout the 20-year term of the lease, at which time ownership will revert to the state of Kansas.  Construction of the facility commenced in the first quarter of 2018, and construction was completed in January 2020.  CoreCivic will account for the lease with the KDOC as a multiple element lease with a portion of the lease payments attributable to the capital lease.  In addition, portions of the lease payments will be attributable to maintenance services and capital maintenance, representing two separately valued non-lease components.  As of December 31, 2019, CoreCivic had capitalized $137.7 million associated with the construction of the project, recognized as a construction receivable in Other Assets on the consolidated balance sheet until commencement of the financing lease in 2020.  The cash payments associated with the construction of the project are recognized as expenditures for facility development and expansions on the consolidated statements of cash flows.

Idle Facilities

As of December 31, 2019, CoreCivic had five idled CoreCivic Safety correctional facilities that are currently available and being actively marketed as solutions to meet the needs of potential customers.  The following table summarizes each of the idled facilities and their respective carrying values, excluding equipment and other assets that could generally be transferred and used at other facilities CoreCivic owns without significant cost (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

Design

 

 

Date

 

Net Carrying Values at

December 31,

 

Facility

 

Capacity

 

 

Idled

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Prairie Correctional Facility

 

 

1,600

 

 

2010

 

$

14,863

 

 

$

15,278

 

Huerfano County Correctional Center

 

 

752

 

 

2010

 

 

16,266

 

 

 

16,660

 

Diamondback Correctional Facility

 

 

2,160

 

 

2010

 

 

39,729

 

 

 

40,962

 

Marion Adjustment Center

 

 

826

 

 

2013

 

 

11,351

 

 

 

11,770

 

Kit Carson Correctional Center

 

 

1,488

 

 

2016

 

 

54,041

 

 

 

55,507

 

 

 

 

6,826

 

 

 

 

$

136,250

 

 

$

140,177

 

 

As of December 31, 2019, CoreCivic also had two idled non-core facilities in its Safety segment containing 440 beds with an aggregate net book value of $3.8 million; two facilities in its Community segment that became idle during 2019, as further described hereafter, containing an aggregate of 381 beds with an aggregate net book value of $6.5 million; and three previously leased residential reentry centers in its Properties segment that became idle in 2019, as further described hereafter, containing an aggregate of 430 beds with an aggregate net book value of $9.3 million. CoreCivic incurred approximately $8.0 million, $8.2 million, and $8.9 million in operating expenses at these idled facilities for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, respectively.  

CoreCivic considers the cancellation of a contract or an expiration and non-renewal of a lease agreement in its CoreCivic Properties segment as an indicator of impairment and tested each of the idled properties for impairment when it was notified by the respective customers or tenants that they would no longer be utilizing such property.  CoreCivic updates the impairment analyses on an annual basis for each of the idled properties and evaluates on a quarterly basis market developments for the potential utilization of each of these properties in order to identify events that may cause CoreCivic to reconsider its most recent assumptions.  As a result of CoreCivic's analyses, CoreCivic determined each of the idled properties to have recoverable values in excess of the corresponding carrying values as of December 31, 2019.

During the second quarter of 2019, CoreCivic idled one residential reentry center in Oklahoma due to declining utilization from the state of Oklahoma and the consolidation of residents into the Company's other reentry facilities located in the state.  Further, the Company received notice during the second quarter of 2019 of the BOP's decision to award the rebid of a contract at one of the Company's residential reentry facilities in Arizona to another operator.  The residential reentry facility in Arizona was idled in the third quarter of 2019 upon expiration of its contract with the BOP on August 31, 2019.  As a result of these residential reentry centers becoming idle, CoreCivic tested the facilities for impairment during the second quarter of 2019.  CoreCivic concluded that the residential reentry facility in Oklahoma had a recoverable value in excess of the corresponding carrying value.  CoreCivic concluded that the residential reentry facility in Arizona would likely be marketed for use other than as a residential reentry facility, and therefore, recorded an asset impairment of $4.3 million in the second quarter of 2019 to reduce the carrying value of the facility to its estimated fair value as a commercial real estate property.  The fair value measurement for the Arizona residential reentry facility was estimated using unobservable Level 3 inputs, as defined in ASC 820, using market comparable data for similar properties in the local market.

During the third quarter of 2019, leases at three single-tenant residential reentry centers in the Company's CoreCivic Properties segment expired and were not renewed. The three properties located in Pennsylvania total approximately 54,000 square feet and contain an aggregate of 430 beds with an aggregate net book value of $9.3 million as of December 31, 2019.  The Company has begun to market the facilities to other potential customers to operate as a CoreCivic Community facility or for future lease as a CoreCivic Properties facility.  As a result of the expiration of the leases at the three properties located in Pennsylvania, CoreCivic tested the facilities for impairment during the third quarter of 2019.  CoreCivic concluded that each of the properties had a recoverable value in excess of the corresponding carrying value.

To illustrate CoreCivic's historical experience in securing new management contracts to utilize idle beds in its correctional facilities, the following are examples of new contracts the Company secured during 2019.

On May 1, 2019, the BOP announced that it elected not to renew the contract at the Company's Adams County Correctional Center in Adams County, Mississippi.  On June 28, 2019, the BOP executed an amendment to the existing contract to allow ICE to use up to 660 beds to care for adult male detainees.  On July 18, 2019, the BOP contract, which was originally scheduled to expire on July 31, 2019, was extended to August 30, 2019.  On September 3, 2019, the Company announced that it had entered into a new contract under an IGSA between Adams County, Mississippi and ICE for up to 2,348 adult detainees at the Adams facility.  The new management agreement commenced on August 31, 2019, and has an initial term of 60 months, with unlimited extension options thereafter upon mutual agreement.  Either party may terminate the contract with 120 days' written notice.  ICE began utilizing the additional capacity at the Adams facility under the new contract and, as of December 31, 2019, the Company cared for approximately 850 detainees from ICE at the facility.  As a result of the transition at this facility, CoreCivic performed an impairment analysis of the Adams facility, which had a net carrying value $96.5 million as of December 31, 2019, and concluded that this asset has a recoverable value in excess of the carrying value.

On May 16, 2019, CoreCivic announced that it had entered into a new contract under an IGSA between Torrance County, New Mexico and ICE to activate the Company's 910-bed Torrance County Detention Facility in Estancia, New Mexico.  The Torrance facility had previously been idle since 2017 and had a net carrying value of $34.0 million as of December 31, 2019.  The new management contract commenced on May 15, 2019, and has an initial term of 60 months, with unlimited extension options thereafter upon mutual agreement.  Either party may terminate the contract with 120 days' written notice.  CoreCivic began accepting ICE detainee populations into the Torrance facility in the third quarter of 2019 and, as of December 31, 2019, cared for approximately 300 detainees at the facility.

On May 23, 2019, CoreCivic announced that it had entered into a new contract under an IGSA between the City of Eden, Texas and the USMS to activate the Company's 1,422-bed Eden Detention Center in Eden, Texas.  The new agreement also permits ICE to utilize capacity at the facility at any time in the future.  The Eden facility had previously been idle since 2017 and had a net carrying value of $37.0 million as of December 31, 2019.  The new management contract commenced on June 1, 2019, and has an indefinite term.  Either party may terminate the contract with 30 days' written notice. CoreCivic began accepting populations into the Eden facility in the third quarter of 2019 and, as of December 31, 2019, cared for an aggregate of approximately 1,000 detainees at the facility.

On December 9, 2019, CoreCivic entered into a lease with the Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Corrections ("KYDOC") for its previously idled 656-bed Southeast Correctional Complex in Wheelwright, Kentucky, formerly known as the Southeast Kentucky Correctional Facility. The lease is expected to commence in mid-2020 and has an initial term of ten years and includes five two-year renewal options.  The KYDOC has the option to purchase the facility at its fair market value at any time during the term of the lease. The Southeast Correctional facility had previously been idle since 2012 and had a net carrying value of $20.3 million as of December 31, 2019.

Asset Dispositions

In the second quarter of 2018, CoreCivic entered into an agreement to sell its former corporate headquarters for $12.6 million. In connection with the agreement, the Company wrote-down the value of the property to its net realizable value, recognizing an asset impairment charge of $1.6 million in the second quarter of 2018. CoreCivic closed on the sale during the third quarter of 2018 and used the net proceeds from the sale to pay-down a portion of the amounts outstanding under the Company's revolving credit facility.

On June 24, 2019, CoreCivic sold a property which was leased to a third-party and located in Chester, Pennsylvania for $3.4 million. The property had a net carrying value of $3.1 million at the time of the sale, with the gain on the sale of $0.3 million recognized in the second quarter of 2019 and reflected in other (income) expense on the consolidated statement of operations.