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Real Estate Sales
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Real Estate Sales
Real Estate Sales
AgReserves Sale
On March 5, 2014, the Company completed its previously announced AgReserves Sale for $562 million and recorded pre-tax income of $511.1 million for the AgReserves Sale, which includes $1.2 million of severance costs recorded in Other operating expenses, during the three months ended March 31, 2014. As a result of certain adjustments to the purchase price, consideration received for the AgReserves Sale was (1) $358.5 million in cash, (2) a $200 million fifteen year installment note (the “Timber Note”) issued by Panama City Timber Finance Company, LLC, a buyer-sponsored special purpose entity (the “Buyer SPE”), and (3) an Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit issued by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Letter of Credit”) at the request of the Buyer SPE, in favor of the Company.
The Buyer SPE was funded by AgReserves with financial instruments with an aggregate principal balance of $203.5 million that secure the Letter of Credit. The Company has determined that it is the primary beneficiary of the Buyer SPE, and therefore, the Buyer SPE's assets and liabilities are consolidated in the Company's financial statements as of March 31, 2014.    
The consolidated financial investments of the Buyer SPE consist of a $200 million time deposit that subsequent to April 2, 2014 pays interest at 4.006% and matures in March 2029, $2.7 million of U.S. Treasury securities and $0.8 million of cash. The financial investments of the Buyer SPE will be used to pay the interest accrued on the Timber Note and the operating expenses of the Buyer SPE over the fifteen year period. The Company has classified the U.S. Treasury securities as held-to-maturity based on its intent and ability to hold these securities to maturity. Accordingly, the debt securities, which mature at various dates over the fifteen year period are recorded at amortized cost, which approximates fair value as of March 31, 2014. The U.S. Treasuries mature over the fifteen year period or $0.2 million within one year, $0.9 million after one year through five years, $0.9 million after five years through ten years and $0.7 million after ten years. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, there was less than $0.1 million in interest income and expenses in the Buyer SPE.
In April 2014, the Company contributed the Timber Note and assigned its rights as a beneficiary under the Letter of Credit to Northwest Florida Timber Finance, LLC, a bankruptcy-remote, qualified special purpose entity wholly owned by the Company (“NFTF”). NFTF monetized the Timber Note by issuing $180 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the “Senior Notes”) at an issue price of 98.483% of the face value to third party investors. The Senior Notes are payable solely by the property of NFTF, which consists solely of (i) the Timber Note, (ii) the Letter of Credit, (iii) any cash, securities and other property in certain NFTF accounts, (iv) the rights of NFTF under the contribution agreement with the Company (which was solely to contribute the Timber Note and the Letter of Credit), and (v) any proceeds relating to the property listed in (i) through (iv) above. The investors holding the Senior Notes of NFTF have no recourse against the Company for payment of the Senior Notes or the related interest expense.
The Company received $165.0 million in cash, net of $15 million in costs, from the monetization and expects to receive the remaining $20 million in fifteen years upon maturity of the Timber Note and after payment of the Senior Notes and any other liabilities of NFTF. The Company has determined that it is the primary beneficiary of NFTF and will consolidate the assets and liabilities of NFTF in the second quarter of 2014. Therefore, the Senior Notes issued by NFTF will be recorded as a liability on the Company's consolidated financial statements in the second quarter of 2014. The $15 million of costs from the monetization include (1) costs for the issuance of the Senior Notes, which will be amortized over the term of the Senior Notes, (2) U.S. Treasury securities held by NFTF to be used for interest and operating expenses over the fifteen year period and (3) costs directly related to the monetization, which will be expensed in the second quarter of 2014.
    
The Company has an equity interest in NFTF, but no equity interest in the Buyer SPE. Both the Buyer SPE and NFTF are distinct legal entities and the assets of the Buyer SPE and NFTF are not available to satisfy the Company's liabilities or obligations and the liabilities of the Buyer SPE and NFTF are not the Company's liabilities or obligations. In the event that proceeds from the financial instruments are insufficient to settle all of the liabilities of the Buyer SPE or NFTF, the Company is not obligated to contribute any funds to either the Buyer SPE or NFTF.
    
RiverTown Sale
On April 2, 2014, the Company completed its previously announced sale to an affiliate of Mattamy (Jacksonville) Partnership d/b/a Mattamy Homes (Mattamy), of approximately 4,057 acres of real property, which constitutes the RiverTown community in St. Johns County, Florida, along with all of the Company’s related development or developer rights, founder’s rights and certain tangible and intangible personal property in exchange for (1) $24.0 million in cash, (2) $19.6 million in the form of a purchase money note (the “RiverTown Note”), (3) the assumption, at closing, of the Company’s Rivers Edge Community Development District (“Rivers Edge CDD”) obligations ($11.0 million as of the date of closing) and (4) the post-closing obligation to purchase certain RiverTown community related impact fee credits from the Company as the RiverTown community is developed (the “RiverTown Sale”).
The RiverTown Note bears interest at 5.25% per annum, matures on June 30, 2015, and is payable as follows: (i) accrued interest on September 30, 2014, (ii) accrued interest plus $1.0 million of principal on March 30, 2015, and (iii) all accrued interest and remaining principal on June 30, 2015. The RiverTown Note is secured by a mortgage imposing a first priority security lien on the real property included the RiverTown Sale.
Based on Mattamy’s current development plans and St. Johns County’s current costs for impact fees, the Company estimates that it may receive $20 million to $26 million for the impact fees over the five-year period following the closing (most of which, the Company expects to receive at the end of that five-year period). However, the actual additional consideration received for the impact fees, will be based on Mattamy’s actual development of the RiverTown Community, the timing of Mattamy’s development of the RiverTown Community and the impact fee rates at the time of such development (as determined by St. Johns County’s then current impact fee rate schedule), which are all factors beyond the Company's control. The Company cannot provide any assurance as to the amount or timing of any payments it may receive for the impact fees.

The assets and liabilities included in the RiverTown Sale are classified as held for sale on the Company Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2014 and include the following:
 
March 31, 2014
Investment in real estate, net
$
22,369

Other assets
202

Total assets held for sale
22,571

 
 
Debt (1)
5,391

Accrued liabilities and deferred credits
317

Total liabilities held for sale
5,708

Net carrying value
$
16,863

(1
)
Only Rivers Edge CDD assessments for platted property have been recorded as a liability. The Company's total outstanding Rivers Edge CDD assessments at March 31, 2014 were $11.0 million.

The Company will record earnings of approximately $26.0 million before income taxes for the RiverTown Sale during the second quarter of 2014.