REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Real Estate [Abstract]

REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY

NOTE 2. REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY

Below is a summary of the real estate owned as of September 30, 2018 (dollars in thousands):

Apartments		87,834
Apartments under construction		19,502
Commercial properties		203,329
Real estate held for sale		841,207
Land held for development		88,681
Land subject to sales contract		4,117
Total real estate	$	1,244,670
Less accumulated depreciation		(191,218	)
Total real estate, net of depreciation	$	1,053,452

The highlights of our significant real estate transactions for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, are listed below:

Purchases

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company purchased through one of its subsidiaries, three residential apartment communities. A multi-family 80 unit community located in Baton Rouge, LA for a total purchase price of $12 million, paid through a seller’s financing note of $1.9 million, issuance of note payable of $8.6 million, and exercising an option to purchase of $1.5 million paid in the previous year. A multi-family 99 unit residential apartment community located in Mansfield, TX for a total purchase price of $14.8 million, paid through a seller’s financing note of $2.3 million, and an issuance of a note payable of $11.0 million. A multi-family 200 unit residential apartment community located in Golf Shores, AL for a total purchase price of $18.1 million, paid through an issuance of a note payable of $11.5 million.

Sales

For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, TCI sold 62 acres of land to an independent third party for a total sales price of $3.0 million and recorded a gain of $1.3 million from the land sale. In the second quarter, a golf course comprising approximately 96.09 acres sold for an aggregate sales price of $2.3 million, out of which, $0.6 million was received in cash and $1.7 million in note receivables. In addition, during the first quarter, the Company sold six income-producing properties to a related party for an aggregate purchase price of $8.5 million, out of which, $2.1 million was received in cash and $6.4 million in note receivables. No gain or loss was recorded from the sale of income-producing properties.

Mercer Crossing

In addition to the real estate sales noted above the Company recorded sales from a development project known as Mercer Crossing.

At November 2015, our real estate land holdings at Mercer Crossing consisted of land developable into residential homes and commercial projects, located in Farmers Branch, Texas. In November 2015, the Company entered into a sales contract with an unrelated party.  The contract was for all of the developable land owned by the Company. In addition, IOR and ARL also sold land in this transaction. Total consideration for the sale was $75 million. The agreement among the parties to this transaction provides for TCI to hold the subordinated note from the buyer in the amount of $50 million. At the closing, due to the inadequate down payment from the buyer and the level of seller financing involved, the transaction was accounted for under the deposit method. Under the deposit method, no revenue is recognized and the asset sold remains on the books until the criteria for full revenue recognition are met.

During the third quarter of 2018, due to significant cumulative sales of real estate to unrelated third parties and cash received by TCI, the criteria for recording full accrual accounting had been met. Through the period ended August 21, 2018 approximately $28.1 million of the assets previously held by the Company were sold, resulting in a gain of $7.5 million.

On August 22, 2018 the Company reacquired all the unsold portions of the real estate from the November 2015 transaction for the amount that remained from the original sales price.

During the period August 23, 2018 through September 30, 2018 additional Mercer Crossing real estate was sold resulting in a net gain on sale of real estate of $4.8 million.

As of September 30, 2018, the Company has approximately 86 acres of land, at various locations that were sold to related parties in multiple transactions.  These transactions are treated as “subject to sales contract” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.  Due to the related party nature of the transactions TCI has deferred the recording of the sales in accordance with ASC 360-20.

We continue to invest in the development of apartment projects. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we have invested $81.4 million related to the construction or predevelopment of various apartment complexes and capitalized $6.6 million of interest costs.