Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

Basis of Presentation—The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10-01 of Regulation S-X for interim financial statements. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America ("GAAP") for complete financial statements. These unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (the "Annual Report").

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods presented. Such operating results may not be indicative of the expected results for any other interim periods or the entire year. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified in the Company's consolidated financial statements and the related notes to conform to the current period presentation.

Principles of Consolidation—The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company, its wholly owned subsidiaries, controlled partnerships and VIEs for which the Company is the primary beneficiary. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company's involvement with VIEs affects its financial performance and cash flows primarily through amounts recorded in "Operating lease income," "Interest income," "Earnings from equity method investments," "Real estate expense" and "Interest expense" in the Company's consolidated statements of operations. The Company has provided no financial support to those VIEs that it was not previously contractually required to provide.

Consolidated VIEs—The Company consolidates VIEs for which it is considered the primary beneficiary. The liabilities of these VIEs are non-recourse to the Company and can only be satisfied from each VIE's respective assets. The Company did not have any unfunded commitments related to consolidated VIEs as of March 31, 2020. The following table presents the assets and liabilities of the Company's consolidated VIEs as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):



	As of
	March 31, 2020			December 31, 2019
ASSETS
Real estate
Real estate, at cost	$	893,097		$	891,000
Less: accumulated depreciation	(43,617		)	(37,542		)
Real estate, net	849,480			853,458
Land and development, net	268,524			273,617
Other investments	44			45
Cash and cash equivalents	22,704			19,112
Accrued interest and operating lease income receivable, net	552			1,208
Deferred operating lease income receivable, net	22,064			19,547
Deferred expenses and other assets, net	133,556			134,117
Total assets	$	1,296,924		$	1,301,104
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	118,337		$	107,455
Debt obligations, net	487,445			482,918
Total liabilities	605,782			590,373

Unconsolidated VIEs—The Company has investments in VIEs where it is not the primary beneficiary and accordingly the VIEs have not been consolidated in the Company's consolidated financial statements. As of March 31, 2020, the Company's maximum exposure to loss from these investments does not exceed the sum of the $123.8 million carrying value of the investments, which are classified in "Other investments" on the Company's consolidated balance sheets, and $14.7 million of related unfunded commitments.