Nature of Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Nature of Operations

Nature of Operations

The St. Joe Company together with its consolidated subsidiaries (“St. Joe” or the “Company”) is a real estate development, asset management and operating company with real estate assets and operations currently concentrated primarily between Tallahassee and Destin, Florida.

The Company conducts primarily all of its business in the following four reportable operating segments: 1) residential real estate, 2) resorts and leisure, 3) commercial leasing and sales and 4) forestry.

In prior periods, the Company’s reportable operating segments were 1) residential real estate, 2) commercial real estate, 3) resorts and leisure 4) leasing operations and 5) forestry. Commencing in the fourth quarter of 2017, the Company’s commercial real estate segment and leasing operations segment were combined into a new segment titled “commercial leasing and sales”. This change is consistent with the Company’s belief that the decision making and management of the assets in these segments are being made as one group. Prior to the fourth quarter of 2017, commercial real estate and leasing operations were treated as individual operating segments. All prior years’ segment information has been reclassified to conform to the 2017 presentation. The change in reporting segments has no effect on the consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations, statements of comprehensive income (loss) or statements of cash flows for the periods presented. See Note 19.Segment Information.