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Fair Value Measurements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
Fair Value Measurements

Note 8 – Fair Value Measurements

ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, defines fair value and establishes a framework for measuring fair value.  The objective of fair value is to determine the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (the exit price).  ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used to measure fair value into three levels:

Level 1 - quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities

Level 2 - observable prices based on inputs not quoted in active markets, but corroborated by market data

Level 3 - unobservable inputs used when little or no market data is available

The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs and the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs.  In determining fair value, the Company utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible as well as consider counterparty credit risk in its assessment of fair value.

Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring or Non-Recurring Basis

All derivative instruments are carried at fair value and are valued using Level 2 inputs.  The Company’s derivative instruments as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 included an interest rate cap.  The Company utilizes an independent third party and interest rate market pricing models to assist management in determining the fair value of this instrument.

The fair value of the Company’s interest rate cap at December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 was less than $0.1 million and approximately $0.7 million, respectively, and is included as a component of prepaid expenses, deferred expenses and other assets on the consolidated balance sheets.  The Company has elected not to utilize hedge accounting and therefore the change in fair value is included within change in fair value of interest rate cap in the consolidated statements of operations.  For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company recorded an unrealized loss of $0.7 million related to the change in fair value of the interest rate cap as compared to an unrealized loss of $1.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Financial Assets and Liabilities not Measured at Fair Value

Financial assets and liabilities that are not measured at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets include cash equivalents and mortgage loans payable.  The fair value of cash equivalents is classified as Level 1 and the fair value of mortgage loans payable is classified as Level 2.

Cash equivalents are carried at cost, which approximates fair value.  The fair value of mortgages payable is calculated by discounting the future contractual cash flows of these instruments using current risk-adjusted rates available to borrowers with similar credit ratings.  As of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the estimated fair value of the Company’s debt was $1.36 billion and $1.15 billion, respectively, which approximated the carrying value at such dates as the current risk-adjusted rate approximates the stated rates on the Company’s mortgage debt.