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Investments in Real Estate
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Real Estate [Abstract]  
Investments in Real Estate Investments in Real Estate
We acquire land, buildings and improvements necessary for the successful operations of commercial clients.
A.    Acquisitions During the Years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021
Below is a summary of our acquisitions for the year ended December 31, 2022 (unaudited):
Number of
Properties
Leasable
Square Feet
(in thousands, unaudited)
Investment
($ in millions)
Weighted
Average
Lease Term
(Years)
Initial
Weighted
Average Cash
Lease Yield (1)
Year ended December 31, 2022 (2)
Acquisitions - U.S. 990 15,774 $5,746.4 19.36.0 %
Acquisitions - Europe
94 11,179 2,441.3 8.96.0 %
Total acquisitions1,084 26,953 $8,187.7 16.36.0 %
Properties under development (3)
217 5,500 807.6 15.05.3 %
Total (4)
1,301 32,453 $8,995.3 16.25.9 %
(1)The initial weighted average cash lease yield for a property is generally computed as estimated contractual first year cash net operating income, which, in the case of a net leased property, is equal to the aggregate cash base rent for the first full year of each lease, divided by the total cost of the property. Since it is possible that a client could default on the payment of contractual rent, we cannot provide assurance that the actual return on the funds invested will remain at the percentages listed above. Contractual net operating income used in the calculation of initial weighted average cash yield includes approximately $10.5 million received as settlement credits as reimbursement of free rent periods for the year ended December 31, 2022.
In the case of a property under development or expansion, the contractual lease rate is generally fixed such that rent varies based on the actual total investment in order to provide a fixed rate of return. When the lease does not provide for a fixed rate of return on a property under development or expansion, the initial weighted average cash lease yield is computed as follows: estimated cash net operating income (determined by the lease) for the first full year of each lease, divided by our projected total investment in the property, including land, construction and capitalized interest costs.
(2)None of our investments during the year ended December 31, 2022 caused any one client to be 10% or more of our total assets at December 31, 2022.
(3)Includes five U.K. development properties that represent an investment of £40.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2022, converted at the applicable exchange rate on the funding date.
(4)Our clients occupying the new properties are 71.4% retail, 19.1% gaming, 6.5% industrial and 3.0% other property types (including 2.7% agricultural and 0.3% office) based on rental revenue. Approximately 23% of the rental revenue generated from acquisitions during the year ended December 31, 2022 is from our investment grade rated clients, their subsidiaries or affiliated companies.
The acquisitions during the year ended December 31, 2022, which had no associated contingent consideration, were allocated as follows (in millions):
Year ended December 31, 2022
Acquisitions - USD (1)
Acquisitions - SterlingAcquisitions - Euro
Land (2)
$1,568.6 £640.5 118.0 
Buildings and improvements3,853.6 663.0 156.8 
Lease intangible assets (3)
458.6 247.8 51.1 
Other assets (4)
634.1 203.0 5.4 
Lease intangible liabilities (5)
(94.9)(60.1)— 
Other liabilities (6)
(46.0)(4.9)— 
$6,374.0 £1,689.3 331.3 
(1)Included in USD-denominated acquisitions was an investment of $1.7 billion into a single property in the gaming industry. The acquisition was allocated as (i) $419.5 million to land, (ii) $1.28 billion to buildings and improvements, (iii) $13.2 million of right-of-use assets accounted for as operating leases included in 'Other assets' and (iv) $9.3 million of lease liabilities under operating leases included in 'Other liabilities'.
(2)Sterling-denominated land includes £42.5 million of right of use assets under long-term ground leases.
(3)The weighted average amortization period for acquired lease intangible assets is 11.6 years.
(4)USD-denominated other assets consists of $585.7 million of financing receivables with above-market terms and $32.8 million of right-of-use assets accounted for as finance leases, and $15.6 million of right of use assets under ground leases. Sterling-denominated other assets consists of £12.2 million of financing receivables with above-market terms, £188.4 million of right-of-use assets accounted for as finance leases and £2.4 million of right-of-use assets accounted for as operating leases. Euro-denominated other assets consists entirely of financing receivables with above-market terms.
(5)The weighted average amortization period for acquired lease intangible liabilities is 14.2 years.
(6)USD-denominated other liabilities consists of $28.0 million of deferred rent on certain below-market leases, $11.5 million of lease liabilities under ground leases, and $8.6 million of lease liabilities under financing leases. Sterling-denominated other liabilities consists of £2.4 million of lease liabilities under operating leases and £2.5 million of deferred rent on certain below-market leases.
The properties acquired during the year ended December 31, 2022 generated total revenues of $211.3 million and net income of $79.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2022.
Below is a summary of our acquisitions for the year ended December 31, 2021 (information is unaudited and excludes properties assumed on November 1, 2021 in conjunction with our merger with VEREIT):
Number of
Properties
Leasable
Square Feet
(in thousands, unaudited)
Investment
($ in millions)
Weighted
Average
Lease Term
(Years)
Initial Weighted Average Cash Lease Yield (1)
Year ended December 31, 2021 (2)
Acquisitions - U.S.714 14,727 $3,608.6 14.15.5 %
Acquisitions - Europe
129 9,196 2,558.9 11.65.5 %
Total acquisitions843 23,923 $6,167.5 13.15.5 %
Properties under development (3)
68 2,682 243.3 15.76.0 %
Total (4)
911 26,605 $6,410.8 13.25.5 %
(1)Contractual net operating income used in the calculation of initial weighted average cash yield includes approximately $8.5 million received as settlement credits as reimbursement of free rent periods for the year ended December 31, 2021.
(2)None of our investments during the year ended December 31, 2021 caused any one client to be 10% or more of our total assets at December 31, 2021.
(3)Includes one U.K. development property that represents an investment of £7.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2021, converted at the applicable exchange rate on the funding date.
(4) Our clients occupying the new properties are 83.6% retail and 16.4% industrial, based on rental revenue. Approximately 40% of the rental revenue generated from acquisitions during the year ended December 31, 2021, was from investment grade rated clients, their subsidiaries or affiliated companies.
The acquisitions during the year ended December 31, 2021, which had no associated contingent consideration, were allocated as follows (in millions):
Year ended December 31, 2021
Acquisitions - USDAcquisitions - SterlingAcquisitions - Euro
Land (1)
$1,054.4 £438.9 106.2 
Buildings and improvements1,802.6 888.0 173.4 
Lease intangible assets (2)
547.8 248.9 34.9 
Other assets (3)
530.2 40.4 21.9 
Lease intangible liabilities (4)
(91.6)(7.1)— 
Other liabilities (5)
(127.6)(0.3)(16.0)
$3,715.8 £1,608.9 320.4 
(1) Sterling-denominated land includes £8.2 million of right of use assets under long-term ground leases.
(2) The weighted average amortization period for acquired lease intangible assets is 12.7 years.
(3) USD-denominated other assets consists of $179.7 million of financing receivables with above-market terms, $85.0 million of right-of-use assets accounted for as finance leases, $5.8 million in investments in sales-type leases, and $259.7 million of right of use assets under ground leases. Sterling-denominated other assets consists of £7.2 million of financing receivables with above-market terms and £33.2 million of right-of-use assets accounted for as finance leases. Euro-denominated other assets consists entirely of financing receivables with above-market terms.
(4) The weighted average amortization period for acquired lease intangible liabilities is 15.9 years.
(5) USD-denominated other liabilities consists of $26.9 million of deferred rent on certain below-market leases, $67.4 million of lease liabilities under ground leases and $33.3 million of lease liabilities under financing leases. Sterling-denominated other liabilities consists entirely of a mortgage premium. Euro-denominated other liabilities consists entirely of deferred rent on certain below-market leases.
The properties acquired during the year ended December 31, 2021, which were all accounted for as asset acquisitions, generated total revenues of $136.6 million and net income of $25.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2021.
B.    Investments in Existing Properties
During the year ended December 31, 2022, we capitalized costs of $96.7 million on existing properties in our portfolio, consisting of $88.3 million for non-recurring building improvements, $5.2 million for re-leasing costs, and $3.2 million for recurring capital expenditures. In comparison, during the year ended December 31, 2021, we capitalized costs of $21.9 million on existing properties in our portfolio, consisting of $14.6 million for non-recurring building improvements, $6.3 million for re-leasing costs, and $1.0 million for recurring capital expenditures.
C.    Properties with Existing Leases
The value of the in-place and above-market leases is recorded to 'Lease intangible assets, net' on our consolidated balance sheets, and the value of the below-market leases is recorded to 'Lease intangible assets, net' on our consolidated balance sheets.
The values of the in-place leases are amortized as depreciation and amortization expense. The amounts amortized to expense for all of our in-place leases, for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 were $634.9 million, $247.5 million, and $134.6 million, respectively.
The values of the above-market and below-market leases are amortized over the term of the respective leases, including any bargain renewal options, as an adjustment to rental revenue in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income. The amounts amortized as a net decrease to rental revenue for capitalized above-market and below-market leases for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 were $111.7 million, $54.6 million, and $30.9 million, respectively. If a lease was to be terminated prior to its stated expiration, all unamortized amounts relating to that lease would be recorded to revenue or expense, as appropriate.
The following table presents the estimated impact during the next five years and thereafter related to the amortization of the above-market and below-market lease intangibles and the amortization of the in-place lease intangibles at December 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):
Net
increase
(decrease) to
rental revenue
Increase to
amortization
expense
2023$(56,782)$589,541 
2024(50,525)522,895 
2025(43,963)451,177 
2026(36,100)402,028 
2027(27,926)348,289 
Thereafter341,053 1,600,757 
Totals$125,757 $3,914,687 
D.    Gain on Sales of Real Estate
The following table summarizes our properties sold during the periods indicated below, excluding our proportionate share of net proceeds from the disposition of properties by our unconsolidated industrial partnerships for 2022 and 2021 and the properties disposed from the spin-off of office properties to Orion in November 2021 (dollars in millions):
Years ended December 31,
202220212020
Number of properties168 154 126 
Net sales proceeds$434.9 $250.3 $262.5 
Gain on sales of real estate$102.7 $55.8 $76.2 
These property sales do not represent a strategic shift that will have a major effect on our operations and financial results, and therefore do not require presentation as discontinued operations.
E.    Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
The following is a summary of our investments in unconsolidated entities as of December 31, 2022 (in thousands):
Ownership % (1)
Number of PropertiesCarrying Amount of Investment as of
Equity in income and impairment of investment in unconsolidated entities for the year ended(2)
Investment(2)
As of December 31, 2022
December 31, 2022
December 31, 2021December 31, 2022December 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Industrial Partnerships20 %$— $140,967 $(6,448)$1,106 $— 
(1) Our ownership interest reflects legal ownership interest. Legal ownership may, at times, not equal our economic interest in the listed properties because of various provisions in certain entity agreements regarding capital contributions, distributions of cash flow based on capital account balances, allocations of profits and losses and payments of preferred returns. As a result, our actual economic interest (as distinct from its legal ownership interest) in certain of the properties could fluctuate from time to time and may not wholly align with legal ownership interests.
(2) All seven assets held by our industrial partnerships were sold during the year ended December 31, 2022. As the portion of the net proceeds applied to our investment basis that we expected to receive at closing was less than our $121.4 million carrying amount of investment in unconsolidated entities, we recognized an other than temporary impairment of $8.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2022. The other than temporary impairments are included in 'Equity in income and impairment of investment in unconsolidated entities' in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the periods presented.

As a result of the merger with VEREIT, we assumed a preferred equity interest in the development of one distribution center for which we were entitled to receive a cumulative preferred return of 9% per year on the initial contribution of $22.8 million along with a share in the profit earned in the event of the sale of the property to a third party. Under the acquisition method of accounting, this preferred equity interest was adjusted to its fair value of $38.1 million at the time of the merger. During December 2021, the distribution center was sold to a third party and we received proceeds of $38.3 million and recorded a $0.2 million gain on disposition.

The aggregate debt outstanding for unconsolidated entities was $431.8 million as of December 31, 2021, all of which was non-recourse to us with limited customary exceptions that varied from loan to loan. There was no aggregate debt outstanding as of December 31, 2022, as all seven properties owned by our industrial partnerships were sold during the year ended December 31, 2022, and the debt underlying each of the seven properties was either defeased or prepaid in connection with the sales.

Each of us and our unconsolidated entity partners were subject to the provisions of the applicable entity agreements for our unconsolidated partnerships, which included provisions for when additional contributions might be required to fund certain cash shortfalls.