NOTE 3: REAL ESTATE SALES AND ASSETS HELD FOR SALE

Real Estate Assets Held for Sale—Real estate assets held for sale in the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets consisted of the following (in thousands):



	June 30, 2017		December 31, 2016
Real estate	$	54,282	$	17,176

As of June 30, 2017, the Company had three real estate properties held for sale. The Company recorded charges of $7 million in the three months ended June 30, 2016 and $1 million and $15 million in the six months ended June 30, 2017 and June 30, 2016, respectively, to write down certain properties to their estimated fair value, less the expected selling costs, which were determined based on certain assumptions and judgments that are Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy. These charges are included in selling, general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) in the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Sales of Real Estate—In the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company sold six properties for net pretax proceeds totaling $60 million, as further described below. The Company defines net proceeds as pretax cash proceeds on the sale of properties, net of associated selling costs.

On January 26, 2017, the Company sold its Denver, CO property for net proceeds of $23 million, which approximated the carrying value, and entered into a lease for the property. On January 31, 2017, the Company sold one of its Chicago, IL properties for net proceeds of $22 million and entered into a lease with a term of 10 years, subject to renewal, retaining the use of more than a minor portion of the property. The Company recorded a deferred pretax gain of $13 million on the sale, which will be amortized over the life of the lease in accordance with sale-leaseback accounting guidance.

On April 21, 2017, the Company sold two of its Chicago, IL properties for net proceeds of less than $1 million. On May 22, 2017, the Company sold two of its Baltimore, MD properties for net proceeds of $15 million. The net proceeds on the sales of these properties approximated their respective carrying values.

On August 4, 2017, the Company sold its Williamsburg, VA property for net proceeds of $1 million.

As of August 9, 2017, the Company has agreements for the sales of certain properties located in Costa Mesa, CA and Fort Lauderdale, FL. These transactions are expected to close during the second half of 2017. However, the closing of these transactions is subject to certain adjustments and customary closing conditions and there can be no assurance that these sales will be completed in a timely manner or at all.

On June 2, 2016, the Company sold its Allentown, PA property for net proceeds of $8 million and on May 2, 2016, the Company sold its Deerfield Beach, FL property for net proceeds of $24 million. In the second quarter of 2016, the Company recorded a net loss of less than $1 million on the sale of these properties that is included in SG&A.