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SEGMENTS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
SEGMENTS  
SEGMENTS

 

 

NOTE 16                  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 segments 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. 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. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014 one commercial land sales buyer represented 15.1% of total revenues.

 

·         Operating Assets — includes retail, office and industrial properties, a multi-family property, The Woodlands Resort & 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 our condominium projects and all properties held for development which have no substantial operations.

 

Revenue recognition for individual units in a condominium project are accounted for under the percentage of completion method based on the ratio of total project costs incurred to total estimated costs when the following criteria are met: a) construction is beyond a preliminary stage; b) buyer is unable to require a refund of its deposit, except for non-delivery of the unit; c) sufficient units are sold to assure that it will not revert to a rental property; d) sales prices are collectible; and e) aggregate sales proceeds and costs can be reasonably estimated. Estimated revenue and costs are reviewed periodically, and any changes are applied prospectively.

 

The assets included in each segment as of September 30, 2014, are contained in the following chart:

 

Master Planned

 

 

Operating Assets

 

 

Strategic Developments

 

Communities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retail

Office / Other

Under Construction

 

 

· Bridgeland

· Cottonwood Square

· Arizona 2 Lease *

· Anaha Condominium Project

· Alameda Plaza

· Maryland Communities

· Landmark Mall

· 70 Columbia Corporate Center

· Creekside Village Green

· AllenTowne

· Summerlin

· Outlet Collection at Riverwalk

· Columbia Office Properties ****

· Downtown Summerlin (opened

· Bridges at Mint Hill

· The Woodlands

· Park West

· Golf Courses at Summerlin

   October 9, 2014)

· Century Plaza Mall

  - Hendricks parcel

· South Street Seaport (under construction)

  and TPC Las Vegas (participation interest)

· ExxonMobil

· Circle T Ranch and Power Center **

 

· Ward Village

· One Hughes Landing

· Hughes Landing Hotel (Embassy Suites)

· Cottonwood Mall

 

· 20/25 Waterway Avenue

· Two Hughes Landing *****

· Hughes Landing Retail

· Elk Grove Promenade

 

· Waterway Garage Retail

· 1701 Lake Robbins

· Three Hughes Landing

· 80% Interest in Fashion

 

 

· 2201 Lake Woodlands Drive

· ONE Ala Moana ***

  Show Air Rights

 

 

· Millennium Waterway Apartments

· One Lake's Edge

· Hawaii Whole Foods Market Project

 

 

· Millennium Woodlands Phase II, LLC ** / *****

· The Metropolitan Downtown

· Kendall Town Center

 

 

· 9303 New Trails Office

   Columbia Project **

· Kewalo Basin Harbor

 

 

· 110 N Wacker

· 3831 Technology Forest Drive

· Lakeland Village Center

 

 

· Stewart Title of Montgomery County, TX **

· Waiea Condominium Project

· Lakemoor (Volo) Land

 

 

· Summerlin Hospital Medical Center **

· Waterway Square Hotel (Westin)

· Maui Ranch Land

 

 

· Summerlin Las Vegas Baseball Club **

 

· Parcel C **

 

 

· The Club at Carlton Woods

 

· Summerlin Apartments, LLC **

 

 

· The Woodlands Resort &

 

· West Windsor

 

 

   Conference Center (under construction)

 

· Workforce Housing Project

 

 

· Waterway Square Garage

 

 

 

 

· 3 Waterway Square Office

 

 

 

 

· 4 Waterway Square Office

 

 

 

 

· Woodlands Sarofim #1 **

 

 

 

 

· 1400 Woodloch Forest

 

 

 

 

*

Note receivable

**

An equity or cost method investment

***

Asset consists of two equity method investments

****

Includes Columbia Regional Building which was opened in August 2014

*****

Asset was moved from Strategic Developments to Operating Assets during the quarter

 

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 properties.

 

REP EBT, as it relates to our business, is defined as net income (loss) excluding general and administrative expenses, other income, corporate interest income, corporate interest and depreciation expense, provision for income taxes, warrant liability gain or loss and the change in tax indemnity receivable. We present REP EBT because we use this measure, among others, internally to assess the 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 September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2014

 

2013

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

(In thousands)

 

Master Planned Communities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land sales

 

$

59,351

 

$

53,734

 

$

260,186

 

$

166,981

 

Builder price participation

 

5,311

 

2,002

 

13,251

 

5,703

 

Minimum rents

 

210

 

196

 

614

 

585

 

Other land revenues

 

4,103

 

3,579

 

9,296

 

10,211

 

Other rental and property revenues

 

198

 

 

373

 

 

Total revenues

 

69,173

 

59,511

 

283,720

 

183,480

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of sales - land

 

27,743

 

27,063

 

93,540

 

82,616

 

Land sales operations

 

8,068

 

7,393

 

24,629

 

22,705

 

Land sales real estate and business taxes

 

2,927

 

2,370

 

7,016

 

5,348

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

101

 

10

 

304

 

25

 

Interest income

 

(17

)

 

(96

)

(16

)

Interest expense (*)

 

(3,332

)

(3,689

)

(13,210

)

(13,295

)

Total expenses

 

35,490

 

33,147

 

112,183

 

97,383

 

MPC EBT

 

33,683

 

26,364

 

171,537

 

86,097

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum rents

 

24,035

 

21,160

 

65,853

 

59,427

 

Tenant recoveries

 

7,581

 

5,254

 

20,406

 

15,547

 

Resort and conference center revenues

 

8,150

 

8,169

 

27,198

 

30,543

 

Other rental and property revenues

 

6,076

 

4,493

 

17,756

 

14,538

 

Total revenues

 

45,842

 

39,076

 

131,213

 

120,055

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other property operating costs

 

14,116

 

17,640

 

42,782

 

48,436

 

Rental property real estate taxes

 

3,716

 

3,148

 

10,585

 

9,054

 

Rental property maintenance costs

 

2,154

 

1,906

 

5,962

 

5,594

 

Resort and conference center operations

 

8,910

 

7,381

 

22,833

 

22,537

 

Provision for doubtful accounts

 

103

 

201

 

277

 

907

 

Demolition costs

 

761

 

1,386

 

6,689

 

1,386

 

Development-related marketing costs

 

589

 

1,050

 

5,379

 

1,771

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

11,261

 

9,171

 

29,802

 

21,687

 

Interest income

 

(11

)

(32

)

(141

)

(122

)

Interest expense

 

4,917

 

4,017

 

10,889

 

14,715

 

Equity in Earnings from Real Estate and Other Affiliates

 

(202

)

(647

)

(2,774

)

(3,743

)

Total expenses

 

46,314

 

45,221

 

132,283

 

122,222

 

Operating Assets EBT

 

(472

)

(6,145

)

(1,070

)

(2,167

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strategic Developments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum rents

 

137

 

182

 

473

 

586

 

Tenant recoveries

 

18

 

38

 

92

 

135

 

Condominium rights and unit sales

 

4,032

 

810

 

11,516

 

31,191

 

Other land revenues

 

9

 

 

26

 

 

Other rental and property revenues

 

17

 

(2

)

472

 

18

 

Total revenues

 

4,213

 

1,028

 

12,579

 

31,930

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Condominium rights and unit cost of sales

 

2,026

 

406

 

5,788

 

15,678

 

Other property operating costs

 

1,083

 

2,691

 

2,821

 

3,692

 

Real estate taxes

 

843

 

549

 

1,955

 

1,759

 

Rental property maintenance costs

 

159

 

142

 

440

 

402

 

Provision for doubtful accounts

 

16

 

3

 

16

 

3

 

Demolition costs

 

(1

)

 

22

 

 

Development-related marketing costs

 

5,798

 

 

10,530

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

445

 

48

 

1,483

 

139

 

Other income

 

 

(2,652

)

(2,373

)

(3,609

)

Interest expense (*)

 

(3,198

)

(401

)

(9,828

)

(1,363

)

Equity in Earnings from Real Estate and Other Affiliates

 

(5,307

)

(2,947

)

(15,390

)

(8,291

)

Total expenses

 

1,864

 

(2,161

)

(4,536

)

8,410

 

Strategic Developments EBT

 

2,349

 

3,189

 

17,115

 

23,520

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REP EBT

 

$

35,560

 

$

23,408

 

$

187,582

 

$

107,450

 

 

(*) Negative interest expense amounts are due to interest capitalized in our Master Planned Communities and Strategic Developments segments related to Operating Assets segment debt and the Senior Notes.

 

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

 

Reconciliation of REP EBT to GAAP-net

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

income (loss)

 

2014

 

2013

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

(In thousands)

 

REP EBT

 

$

35,560

 

$

23,408

 

$

187,582

 

$

107,450

 

General and administrative

 

(14,759

)

(11,914

)

(49,138

)

(34,310

)

Interest (expense)/income, net *

 

(14,938

)

1,955

 

(21,089

)

6,259

 

Warrant liability gain (loss)

 

24,690

 

(4,479

)

(139,120

)

(148,706

)

Provision for income taxes

 

(590

)

(5,172

)

(49,895

)

(21,012

)

Increase (reduction) in tax indemnity receivable

 

5,454

 

730

 

(5,473

)

(8,673

)

Other income, net *

 

11,409

 

3,662

 

25,095

 

8,118

 

Depreciation and amortization *

 

(1,211

)

(757

)

(3,411

)

(1,359

)

Net income (loss)

 

$

45,615

 

$

7,433

 

$

(55,449

)

$

(92,233

)

 

* Represents amounts not allocated to segments.

 

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

 

Reconciliation of Segment Basis Revenues to

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

GAAP Revenues

 

2014

 

2013

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

(In thousands)

 

Master Planned Communities

 

$

69,173

 

$

59,511

 

$

283,720

 

$

183,480

 

Operating Assets

 

45,842

 

39,076

 

131,213

 

120,055

 

Strategic Developments

 

4,213

 

1,028

 

12,579

 

31,930

 

Total revenues

 

$

119,228

 

$

99,615

 

$

427,512

 

$

335,465

 

 

The assets by segment and the reconciliation of total segment assets to the total assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

September 30,
2014

 

December 31,
2013

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Master Planned Communities

 

$

1,855,671

 

$

1,760,639

 

Operating Assets (a)

 

1,351,090

 

1,158,337

 

Strategic Developments

 

1,068,491

 

462,525

 

Total segment assets

 

4,275,252

 

3,381,501

 

Corporate and other (b)

 

1,035,917

 

1,186,367

 

Total assets

 

$

5,311,169

 

$

4,567,868

 

 

(a)     Certain assets included in our Operating Assets segment are in various stages of redevelopment and are included in Developments on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

(b)     Assets included in Corporate and other consist primarily of Cash and cash equivalents and the Tax Indemnity receivable, including accrued interest.

 

A portion of the tax indemnification asset in the amount of $185.7 million was incorrectly included in the Operating Assets segment at December 31, 2013 rather than the Corporate segment. The amounts in the table above at December 31, 2013 have been corrected to appropriately include the entire tax indemnification asset of $320.5 million in the Corporate segment.

 

The increase in the Strategic Developments segment’s asset balance as of September 30, 2014 of $605.9 million compared to December 31, 2013 is primarily due to development costs of $190.5 million for Downtown Summerlin, $125.0 million of deposits collected on the sale of condominium units for both our market rate towers at Ward Village, $60.4 million for the ExxonMobil office buildings, $41.3 million for Hughes Landing multi-family, $35.8 million for various other development projects at The Woodlands, $41.2 million for Ward Village, $21.4 million increase in the carrying value of our investment in the ONE Ala Moana project, $21.6 million in buildings and equipment from the completion of the transformation of the IBM building at Ward Village into an information center and sales gallery, $17.1 million for Hughes Landing retail, and $16.1 million in purchase deposits for a land parcel near the South Street Seaport.

 

The decrease in the Corporate segment’s asset balance as of September 30, 2014 of $150.5 million compared to December 31, 2013 is primarily due to cash used to fund development activities.