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SEGMENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
SEGMENTS  
SEGMENTS

NOTE 14                                    SEGMENTS

 

We have three business segments which offer different products and services. Our three segments are managed separately because each requires different operating strategies or management expertise and are reflective of management’s operating philosophies and methods. In addition, our segments or assets within such segment could change in the future as development of certain properties commences or other operational or management changes occur. We do not distinguish or group our combined operations on a geographic basis.  Furthermore, all operations are within the United States and no customer or tenant comprises more than 10% of revenues. Our reportable segments are as follows:

 

·  Master Planned Communities (“MPCs”) — includes the development and sale of land in large-scale, long-term community development projects in and around Las Vegas, Nevada; Houston, Texas; and Columbia, Maryland.

 

·      Operating Assets — includes retail and office properties, a multi-family property, The Woodlands Resort and Conference Center and other real estate investments. These assets are currently generating revenues, and we believe there is an opportunity to redevelop or reposition many of these assets to improve operating performance.

 

·      Strategic Developments — includes all properties held for development which have no substantial operations.

 

The assets included in each segment as of March 31, 2013, are contained in the following chart:

“[See the EDGAR filing for referenced graphic (or) image.]”

As our segments are managed separately, different operating measures are utilized to assess operating results and allocate resources among the segments. The one common operating measure used to assess operating results for the business segments is Real Estate Property Earnings Before Taxes (“REP EBT”), which represents the operating revenues of the properties less property operating expenses and adjustments for interest, as further described below. We believe REP EBT provides useful information about the operating performance for all of our assets, projects and properties.

 

REP EBT, as it relates to our business, is defined as net income (loss) excluding general and administrative expenses, corporate interest income, corporate interest and depreciation expense, provision for income taxes, warrant liability loss and the reduction in tax indemnity receivable. We present REP EBT because we use this measure, among others, internally to assess the core operating performance of our assets. We also present this measure because we believe certain investors use it as a measure of a company’s historical operating performance and its ability to service and incur debt. We believe that the inclusion of certain adjustments to net income (loss) to calculate REP EBT is appropriate to provide additional information to investors.

 

Segment operating results are as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Master Planned Communities

 

 

 

 

 

Land sales

 

$

47,226

 

$

36,089

 

Builder price participation

 

1,275

 

813

 

Minimum rents

 

195

 

132

 

Other land revenues

 

2,802

 

3,485

 

Other rental and property revenues

 

 

16

 

Total revenues

 

51,498

 

40,535

 

Cost of sales - land

 

25,699

 

18,679

 

Land sales operations

 

6,953

 

8,903

 

Land sales real estate and business taxes

 

1,543

 

2,085

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

7

 

2

 

Interest income

 

(15

)

(70

)

Interest expense (*)

 

(5,960

)

(3,414

)

Total expenses

 

28,227

 

26,185

 

MPC EBT

 

23,271

 

14,350

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum rents

 

18,511

 

18,522

 

Tenant recoveries

 

5,252

 

5,830

 

Resort and conference center revenues

 

11,104

 

9,657

 

Other rental and property revenues

 

3,433

 

4,726

 

Total revenues

 

38,300

 

38,735

 

Other property operating costs

 

14,965

 

13,804

 

Rental property real estate taxes

 

2,983

 

2,620

 

Rental property maintenance costs

 

1,656

 

1,840

 

Resort and conference center operations

 

7,476

 

7,414

 

Provision for doubtful accounts

 

429

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

6,118

 

4,857

 

Interest income

 

(46

)

(45

)

Interest expense

 

6,805

 

3,346

 

Equity in Earnings from Real Estate Affiliates

 

(2,733

)

(2,677

)

Total expenses

 

37,653

 

31,159

 

Operating Assets EBT

 

647

 

7,576

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strategic Developments

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum rents

 

220

 

243

 

Tenant recoveries

 

73

 

34

 

Overage rent revenue

 

 

52

 

Condominium unit sales

 

 

134

 

Other land revenues

 

 

32

 

Total revenues

 

293

 

495

 

Condominium unit cost of sales

 

 

59

 

Condominium sales operations

 

 

58

 

Other property operating costs

 

555

 

408

 

Real estate taxes

 

774

 

1,219

 

Rental property maintenance costs

 

149

 

115

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

43

 

59

 

Interest expense *

 

(287

)

74

 

Total expenses

 

1,234

 

1,992

 

Strategic Developments EBT

 

(941

)

(1,497

)

REP EBT

 

$

22,977

 

$

20,429

 

 

 

(*) Negative interest expense amounts relate to interest capitalized on debt assigned to our Operating Assets Segments.

 

The following reconciles REP EBT to GAAP-basis income (loss):

 

Reconciliation of REP EBT to GAAP-net 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

income (loss) 

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REP EBT

 

$

22,977

 

$

20,429

 

General and administrative

 

(11,171

)

(8,399

)

Corporate interest income, net

 

2,710

 

2,223

 

Warrant liability loss

 

(33,027

)

(121,851

)

Provision for income taxes

 

(2,479

)

(3,784

)

Reduction in tax indemnity receivable

 

(1,904

)

 

Corporate depreciation

 

(276

)

(140

)

Net loss

 

$

(23,170

)

$

(111,522

)

 

The following reconciles segment revenue to GAAP-basis consolidated revenues:

 

Reconciliation of Segment Basis Revenues to 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

GAAP Revenues 

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Master Planned Communities

 

$

51,498

 

$

40,535

 

Operating Assets

 

38,300

 

38,735

 

Strategic Developments

 

293

 

495

 

Total revenues - GAAP basis

 

$

90,091

 

$

79,765

 

 

The assets by segment and the reconciliation of total segment assets to the total assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Master Planned Communities

 

$

1,781,811

 

$

1,756,625

 

Operating Assets

 

967,088

 

944,562

 

Strategic Developments

 

321,012

 

288,287

 

Total segment assets

 

3,069,911

 

2,989,474

 

Corporate and other *

 

476,501

 

513,568

 

Total assets

 

$

3,546,412

 

$

3,503,042

 

 

 

* Assets included in Corporate and other consist primarily of the Tax indemnity receivable, including interest, and Cash and cash equivalents.

 

The increase in the Strategic Development segment’s asset balance as of March 31, 2013 of $32.7 million as compared to December 31, 2012 is primarily due to approximately $9.6 million of costs incurred related to our Woodlands development projects and the collection of an additional $13.7 million of pre-sale condominium deposits from our ONE Ala Moana project.  The balance of the increase is due to costs incurred related to our other development projects.