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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities
As of December 31, 2017, the operating partnership has determined that two of its joint ventures met the definition of a VIE and are consolidated:
Property
 
Ownership interest

1455 Market
 
55.0
%
Hill7
 
55.0
%
Schedule of Costs Capitalized
The Company recognized the following capitalized costs:
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Capitalized personnel costs
 
$
10,853

 
$
9,347

 
$
7,349

Capitalized interest
 
10,655

 
11,307

 
6,516


Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment Useful Lives
The Company computes depreciation and amortization using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets as represented in the table below:
Asset Description
 
Estimated useful life (years)
Building and improvements
 
Shorter of the ground lease term or 39
Land improvements
 
15
Furniture and fixtures
 
5 to 7
Tenant improvements
 
Shorter of the estimated useful life or the lease term

Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning and end of the periods presented:
    
 
December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015(1)
Beginning of period:
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
83,015

 
$
53,551

 
$
17,753

Restricted cash
25,177

 
18,010

 
17,083

Total
$
108,192

 
$
71,561

 
$
34,836

 
 
 
 
 
 
End of period:
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
78,922

 
$
83,015

 
$
53,551

Restricted cash
22,358

 
25,177

 
18,010

Total
$
101,280

 
$
108,192

 
$
71,561


_____________ 
(1)
Includes restricted cash that was previously included in assets held for sale as of December 31, 2014.
Schedule of Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning and end of the periods presented:
    
 
December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015(1)
Beginning of period:
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
83,015

 
$
53,551

 
$
17,753

Restricted cash
25,177

 
18,010

 
17,083

Total
$
108,192

 
$
71,561

 
$
34,836

 
 
 
 
 
 
End of period:
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
78,922

 
$
83,015

 
$
53,551

Restricted cash
22,358

 
25,177

 
18,010

Total
$
101,280

 
$
108,192

 
$
71,561


_____________ 
(1)
Includes restricted cash that was previously included in assets held for sale as of December 31, 2014.
Included in restricted cash on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 are lockbox and reserve funds as follows:
Property
 
December 31, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
Rincon Center
 
$
14,220

 
$
16,291

Element LA
 
3,581

 
2,627

Hill7
 
2,392

 
1,643

10950 Washington
 
1,406

 
1,249

Pinnacle I
 

 
1,811

Pinnacle II
 

 
1,382

Total
 
$
21,599

 
$
25,003

Schedule of Accounts Receivable Net of Allowance for Uncollectible Tenant Receivables
The following table represents the Company’s accounts receivable, net as of:
 
 
December 31, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
Accounts receivable
 
$
6,835

 
$
8,834

Allowance for doubtful accounts
 
(2,472
)
 
(1,827
)
Accounts receivable, net(1)
 
$
4,363

 
$
7,007

_____________ 
(1)
Excludes balances related to properties that have been classified as held for sale.
The following table represents the Company’s straight-line rent receivables, net as of:
 
 
December 31, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
Straight-line rent receivables
 
$
109,457

 
$
79,345

Allowance for doubtful accounts
 

 
(136
)
Straight-line rent receivables, net(1)
 
$
109,457

 
$
79,209


_____________ 
(1)
Excludes balances related to properties that have been classified as held for sale.

Schedule of Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets, Net
The following table represents the Company’s prepaid expenses and other assets, net as of:
 
 
December 31, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
Investment in unconsolidated entities
 
$
14,240

 
$
37,228

Goodwill
 
8,754

 
8,754

Derivative assets
 
12,586

 
5,935

Other
 
25,558

 
25,297

Prepaid expenses and other assets, net(1)
 
$
61,138

 
$
77,214

_____________ 
(1)
Excludes balances related to properties that have been classified as held for sale.
Schedule of Security Deposits and Prepaid Rent
The following table represents the Company’s security deposits and prepaid rent as of:
 
 
December 31, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
Security deposits
 
$
36,458

 
$
29,837

Prepaid rent
 
27,573

 
37,041

Security deposits and prepaid rent(1)
 
$
64,031

 
$
66,878

_____________
(1) Excludes balances related to properties that have been classified as held for sale.
Schedule of Recently Issued Accounting Literature
Changes to GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“the FASB”) in the form of Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”). The following ASUs were issued from 2016 to 2017 and have been adopted by the Company:
Standard
 
Description
 
Effect on the Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters
ASU 2017-04, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment
 
This guidance removes step two from the goodwill impairment test. As a result, an entity should perform its annual, or interim, goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount and should recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value; however, the loss recognized should not exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit.
 
The Company early adopted this guidance during the second quarter of 2017 and applied it prospectively. The adoption did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2017-03, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections (Topic 250) and Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323): Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to Staff Announcements at the September 22, 2016 and November 17, 2016 EITF Meetings (SEC Update)
 
The guidance in this ASU is based on two SEC staff announcements made at the September 2016 and November 2016 EITF meetings. In the September meeting, the SEC announced that a registrant should disclose the potential material effects of the ASUs related to revenues, leases and credit losses on financial instruments. As a result of the November meeting, the ASU conforms to ASC 323 to the guidance issued in ASU 2014-01 related to investments in qualified affordable housing projects.
 
The Company adopted this guidance during the first quarter of 2017 and applied it prospectively. With the adoption, the Company provided updates on its implementation of the ASUs related to revenue, leases and credit losses on financial instruments. Please refer to sections below for updates on the implementation of revenue and lease ASUs. The ASU related to credit losses on financial instruments could have a material impact on trade receivables and the Company is currently assessing the impact of this ASU on its consolidated financial statements and notes to the consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business
 
This update amends the guidance for determining whether a transaction involves the purchase or disposal of a business or an asset. The amendments clarify that when substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired or disposed of is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar assets, the set of assets and activities is not a business.
 
The Company early adopted the guidance in the fourth quarter of 2016. The adoption of this guidance changed the accounting for the transaction costs for acquisitions of operating properties treated as asset acquisitions such that transaction costs are capitalized as part of the purchase price of the acquisition instead of being expensed as transaction-related expenses.
Standard
 
Description
 
Effect on the Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters
ASU 2016-19, Technical Corrections and Improvements
 
The technical corrections make minor change to certain aspects of the FASB ASC, including changes to resolve differences between current and pre-Codification guidance, updates to wording, references to avoid misapplication and textual simplifications to increase the Codification’s utility and understandability and minor amendments to guidance that are not expected to have a significant effect on current accounting practice or create a significant administrative cost to most entities.
 
The Company adopted this guidance during the first quarter of 2017 and applied it prospectively. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force)
 
This guidance requires entities to include restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning of period and end of period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. 
 
The Company early adopted this guidance during the second quarter of 2017 and applied it retrospectively. Pursuant to the adoption, the Company revised the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows and disclosed the reconciliation to the related captions in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
ASU 2016-17, Consolidation (Topic 810): Interests Held through Related Parties That Are under Common Control
 
This guidance outlines how a single decisionmaker of a VIE should treat indirect interests held through other related parties that are under common control with the reporting entity when determining whether it is the primary beneficiary of that VIE.
 
The Company adopted this guidance during the first quarter of 2017 and applied it retrospectively. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and did not change the consolidation conclusion.
ASU 2016-15, Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments
 
This ASU clarifies how certain transactions should be classified in the statement of cash flows, including debt prepayment costs, contingent consideration payments made after a business combination and distributions received from equity method investments. The ASU provides two approaches to determine the classification of cash distributions received from equity method investments: (i) the “cumulative earnings” approach, under which distributions up to the amount of cumulative equity in earnings recognized will be classified as cash inflows from operating activities, and those in excess of that amount will be classified as cash inflows from investing activities and (ii) the “nature of the distribution” approach, under which distributions will be classified based on the nature of the underlying activity that generated cash distributions. The guidance requires a Company to elect either the “cumulative earnings” approach or the “nature of the distribution” approach at the time of adoption.
 
The Company early adopted this guidance during the second quarter of 2017 and applied it retrospectively. Pursuant to the adoption, the Company elected the “nature of the distribution” approach related to the distributions received from its equity method investments. The adoption did not have an impact on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
ASU 2016-07, Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), Simplifying the Transition to the Equity Method of Accounting
 
The guidance eliminates the requirement that an investor retrospectively apply equity method accounting when an investment that it had accounted for by another method initially qualifies for use of the equity method. The guidance also requires an investor that has an available-for-sale security that subsequently qualifies for the equity method to recognize in net income the unrealized holding gains or losses in accumulated other comprehensive income related to that security when it begins applying the equity method. It is required to apply this guidance prospectively.
 
The Company adopted this guidance during the first quarter of 2017 and applied it prospectively. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2016-06, Investments—Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), Contingent Put and Call Options in Debt Instruments
 
The guidance requires a four-step decision sequence when assessing whether an embedded contingent put or call option is clearly and closely related to the debt host instrument.
 
The Company adopted this guidance during the first quarter of 2017 and applied it prospectively. The adoption did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2016-05, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), Effect of Derivative Contract Novations on Existing Hedge Accounting Relationships
 
The guidance states that the novation of a derivative contract (e.g., a change in the counterparty) in a hedge accounting relationship does not, in and of itself, require de-designation of that hedge accounting relationship. The hedge accounting relationship could continue uninterrupted if all of the other hedge accounting criteria are met, including the expectation that the hedge will be highly effective when the creditworthiness of the new counterparty to the derivative contract is considered. Either a prospective or a modified retrospective approach can be applied.
 
The Company adopted this guidance during the first quarter of 2017 and applied it prospectively. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Standard
 
Description
 
Effective Date
 
Effect on the Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters
ASU 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities
 
The guidance eliminates the requirement to separately measure and report hedge ineffectiveness and generally requires the entire change in the fair value of a hedging instrument to be presented in the same income statement line as the hedged item. Therefore, a cumulative effect adjustment related to elimination of ineffectiveness measurement is required to be recorded to the opening balance of accumulated deficit as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption for cash flow hedges. The guidance also eases certain documentation and assessment requirements and modifies the accounting for components excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness. This guidance must be applied using a modified retrospective approach.
 
Effective for annual reporting periods (including interim periods) beginning after December 15, 2018
 
The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements and notes to the consolidated financial statements. The Company expects that the adoption would impact derivative instruments that have portions of ineffectiveness. The Company plans to early adopt this guidance during the first quarter in 2018 and apply it using the modified retrospective approach.
ASU 2017-09, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting
 
The guidance clarifies when changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award must be accounted for as modifications. This guidance must be applied prospectively.
 
Effective for annual reporting periods (including interim periods) beginning after December 15, 2017
 
The Company does not currently expect a material impact of this ASU on its consolidated financial statements and notes to the consolidated financial statements. The Company plans to adopt this guidance during the first quarter in 2018.
ASU 2017-05, Other Income—Gains and Losses from the Derecognition of Nonfinancial Assets (Subtopic 610-20): Clarifying the Scope of Asset Derecognition Guidance and Accounting for Partial Sales of Nonfinancial Assets
 
The guidance updates the definition of an in substance nonfinancial asset and clarifies the scope of ASC 610-20 on the sale or transfer of nonfinancial assets to noncustomers, including partial sales. It also clarifies the derecognition guidance for nonfinancial assets to conform with the new revenue recognition standard. Either a full or modified retrospective approach can be applied.
 
Effective for annual reporting periods (including interim periods) beginning after December 15, 2017
 
The Company currently expects that the adoption of this ASU could have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements; however, such impact will not be known until the Company disposes of any of its investments in real estate properties, which would all be sales of nonfinancial assets. The Company plans to adopt this guidance during the first quarter in 2018 and apply it using the modified retrospective approach.
ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses
 
This guidance sets forth a new impairment model for financial instruments, the current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model, which is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses. Under the CECL model, an entity recognizes as an allowance its estimate of expected credit losses.
 
Effective for annual reporting periods (including interim periods) beginning after December 15, 2019
 
The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard.
ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments—Overall (Subtopic 825-10), Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.
 
This guidance provides a new measurement alternative for equity investments that do not have readily determinable fair values and do not qualify for the net asset value practical expedient. Under this alternative, these investments can be measured at cost, less any impairment, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer.
 
Effective for annual reporting periods (including interim periods) beginning after December 15, 2017
 
The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard.