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ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS  
ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

NOTE 4  ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

On September 4, 2015, we sold The Club at Carlton Woods, its 36-hole golf and country club in The Woodlands, for net cash proceeds of $25.1 million, and purchaser’s assumption of net liabilities of $4.0 million, resulting in a pre-tax gain of $29.1 million. The property was comprised of total assets of $20.9 million and total liabilities of $24.9 million. Most of the lots have been sold, and the sale of this asset has allowed us to redeploy capital to our development activities.

In the first quarter 2015, we acquired a 58,000 square foot commercial building and air rights with total residential and commercial development rights of 196,133 square feet for $91.4 million. The acquisitions, when combined with adjacent property acquisitions of $136.7 million made in 2014, create a 42,694 square foot lot with 817,784 square feet of available development rights. These properties are collectively referred to as the Seaport District Assemblage and are located in close proximity to our South Street Seaport property.

On December 12, 2014, as part of the settlement with GGP relating to the Tax Matters Agreement, we acquired from GGP six unencumbered office buildings consisting of 699,884 square feet of space located in downtown Columbia, Maryland valued at $130.0 million. The fair value approximated the agreed upon value and was allocated $79.2 million to buildings, $23.4 million to land, and $27.4 million to intangible lease assets consisting of $25.2 million for in-place leases, $3.8 million for above-market leases and $1.6 million for below-market leases. We incurred $1.5 million in acquisition costs, and these costs were included in other property operating costs. The office buildings, titled 10-60 Columbia Corporate Center, are included in our Operating Assets segment.

In 2014, we acquired 2,055 acres of undeveloped land located in Conroe, Texas for $98.5 million, which is included in The Woodlands Hills MPC. 

In October 2014, we acquired 85 South Street, an eight story 60,000 square foot multi-family property located two blocks south of Pier 17 and within the Seaport District for $20.1 million. The purchase price approximated fair value and was allocated $8.1 million to the building, $15.9 million to the land, and $(3.9) million for below-market leases. This multi-family apartment building is included in our Operating Assets segment.

In July 2014, we acquired 1701 Lake Robbins, a 12,376 square foot retail building located in The Woodlands for $5.7 million. The purchase price included the assumption of a mortgage of $4.6 million. The purchase price approximated fair value and was allocated $3.7 million to the building, $1.7 million to the land, and $0.2 million of intangible lease assets consisting of $0.3 million for in-place leases and $(0.1) million for below-market leases. This retail building is included in our Operating Assets segment.

In July 2014, we acquired 100% of the fee simple interest in the land underlying our 110 N. Wacker office building located in downtown Chicago, Illinois for $12.3 million.

On September 30, 2013, we sold the Rio West Mall, a 521,194 square foot shopping center on 50 acres of land, located in Gallup, New Mexico for $12.0 million. The sale includes our ground lease interest, all buildings, structures and improvements, machinery, equipment and furnishings, and all leases and security deposits. The pre‑tax gain recognized on the sale was $0.6 million.