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Segment Reporting
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Reporting
Segment Reporting
We have four reportable operating segments at December 31, 2013, the first three of which consist of the ownership and rental of (i) industrial, (ii) office and (iii) medical office real estate investments. The operations of our industrial, office and medical office properties, along with our retail properties, are collectively referred to as "Rental Operations." Our retail properties, as well as any other properties not included in our reportable segments, do not by themselves meet the quantitative thresholds for separate presentation as a reportable segment. The fourth reportable segment consists of various real estate services such as property management, asset management, maintenance, leasing, development, general contracting and construction management to third-party property owners and joint ventures, and is collectively referred to as "Service Operations." Our reportable segments offer different products or services and are managed separately because each segment requires different operating strategies and management expertise.
We assess and measure the overall operating results of the General Partner and the Partnership based upon Funds From Operations ("FFO"), as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"). FFO is an industry performance measure that management believes is a useful indicator of consolidated operating performance. FFO is used by industry analysts and investors as a supplemental operating performance measure of a REIT. NAREIT created FFO as a non-GAAP supplemental measure of REIT operating performance. FFO, as defined by NAREIT, represents GAAP net income (loss), excluding extraordinary items as defined under GAAP, gains or losses from sales of previously depreciated real estate assets, impairment charges related to depreciable real estate assets, plus certain non-cash items such as real estate asset depreciation and amortization, and after similar adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. The most comparable GAAP measure is net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders or common unitholders. FFO attributable to common shareholders or common unitholders should not be considered as a substitute for net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders or common unitholders or any other measures derived in accordance with GAAP and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.
Historical cost accounting for real estate assets in accordance with GAAP implicitly assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. Since real estate values instead have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry analysts and investors have considered presentation of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient by themselves. Management believes that the use of FFO attributable to common shareholders or common unitholders, combined with net income (which remains the primary measure of performance), improves the understanding of operating results of REITs among the investing public and makes comparisons of REIT operating results more meaningful. Management believes that the use of FFO as a performance measure enables investors and analysts to readily identify the operating results of the long-term assets that form the core of a REIT's activity and assist them in comparing these operating results between periods or between different companies.
Other revenue consists of other operating revenues not identified with one of our operating segments. We do not allocate interest expense and certain other non-property specific revenues and expenses ("Non-Segment Items," as shown in the table below) to our individual operating segments in determining our performance measure. Thus, the operational performance measure presented here on a segment-level basis represents net earnings, excluding depreciation expense and the Non-Segment Items not allocated, and is not meant to present FFO as defined by NAREIT.
The following table shows (i) the revenues for each of the reportable segments and (ii) a reconciliation of FFO attributable to common shareholders or common unitholders to net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders or common unitholders for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
Rental Operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Industrial
$
481,902

 
$
429,660

 
$
366,365

Office
251,270

 
242,719

 
251,766

Medical Office
127,475

 
82,962

 
47,309

Non-reportable Rental Operations
7,206

 
7,246

 
7,631

Service Operations
206,596

 
275,071

 
521,796

Total segment revenues
1,074,449

 
1,037,658

 
1,194,867

Other revenue
5,564

 
7,421

 
11,544

Consolidated revenue from continuing operations
1,080,013

 
1,045,079

 
1,206,411

Discontinued operations
47,843

 
72,645

 
252,434

Consolidated revenue
$
1,127,856

 
$
1,117,724

 
$
1,458,845

Reconciliation of Funds From Operations
 
 
 
 
 
Net earnings excluding depreciation and Non-Segment Items:
 
 
 
 
 
Industrial
$
359,229

 
$
320,981

 
$
270,086

Office
146,712

 
141,116

 
148,736

Medical Office
85,295

 
55,410

 
29,024

Non-reportable Rental Operations
4,634

 
5,073

 
5,475

Service Operations
22,763

 
20,201

 
41,316

 
618,633

 
542,781

 
494,637

Non-Segment Items:
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense
(228,324
)
 
(229,417
)
 
(206,244
)
Impairment charges on non-depreciable properties
(3,777
)
 

 
(12,931
)
Interest and other income, net
1,887

 
514

 
658

Other operating income (expenses)
470

 
(633
)
 
(1,237
)
General and administrative expenses
(42,673
)
 
(46,424
)
 
(43,107
)
Gain on land sales
9,547

 

 

Undeveloped land carrying costs
(8,614
)
 
(8,829
)
 
(8,934
)
Loss on debt extinguishment
(9,433
)
 

 

Acquisition-related activity
(3,093
)
 
(4,192
)
 
(1,188
)
Income tax benefit
5,080

 
103

 
194

Other non-segment income
1,029

 
3,728

 
6,131

Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests - consolidated entities not wholly owned by the Partnership
(3,863
)
 
(382
)
 
115

Joint venture items
34,129

 
37,469

 
38,161

Dividends on preferred shares/Preferred Units
(31,616
)
 
(46,438
)
 
(60,353
)
Adjustments for redemption/repurchase of preferred shares/Preferred Units
(5,932
)
 
(5,730
)
 
(3,796
)
Discontinued operations
18,330

 
27,435

 
80,013

FFO attributable to common unitholders of the Partnership
351,780

 
269,985

 
282,119

Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests - common limited partnership interests in the Partnership
(2,094
)
 
2,273

 
(859
)
Noncontrolling interest share of FFO adjustments
(2,645
)
 
(7,054
)
 
(6,644
)
FFO attributable to common shareholders of the General Partner
347,041

 
265,204

 
274,616

Depreciation and amortization on continuing operations
(392,627
)
 
(348,268
)
 
(304,310
)
Depreciation and amortization on discontinued operations
(16,423
)
 
(31,151
)
 
(81,369
)
Company's share of joint venture adjustments
(31,220
)
 
(34,702
)
 
(33,687
)
Earnings from depreciated property sales on continuing operations
59,179

 
344

 
68,549

Earnings from depreciated property sales on discontinued operations
133,242

 
13,467

 
100,882

Earnings from depreciated property sales - share of joint venture
51,207

 
1,907

 
91

Noncontrolling interest share of FFO adjustments
2,645

 
7,054

 
6,644

Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders of the General Partner
$
153,044

 
$
(126,145
)
 
$
31,416

Add back: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests - common limited partnership interests in the Partnership
2,094

 
(2,273
)
 
859

Net income (loss) attributable to common unitholders of the Partnership
$
155,138

 
$
(128,418
)
 
$
32,275






 The assets for each of the reportable segments at December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows (in thousands):
 
December 31, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
Assets
 
 
 
Rental Operations:
 
 
 
Industrial
$
4,414,740

 
$
3,836,721

Office
1,524,501

 
1,683,314

Medical Office
1,170,420

 
1,202,929

Non-reportable Rental Operations
81,056

 
175,197

Service Operations
145,222

 
162,219

Total segment assets
7,335,939

 
7,060,380

Non-segment assets
416,675

 
499,721

Consolidated assets
$
7,752,614

 
$
7,560,101


Tenant improvements and leasing costs to re-let rental space that we previously leased to tenants are referred to as second generation expenditures. Building improvements that are not specific to any tenant but serve to improve integral components of our real estate properties are also second generation expenditures. In addition to revenues and FFO, we also review our second generation capital expenditures in measuring the performance of our individual Rental Operations segments. We review these expenditures to determine the costs associated with re-leasing vacant space and maintaining the condition of our properties. Our second generation capital expenditures by segment are summarized as follows for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
Second Generation Capital Expenditures
 
 
 
 
 
Industrial
$
41,971

 
$
33,095

 
$
34,872

Office
46,600

 
30,092

 
63,933

Medical Office
3,106

 
641

 
410

Non-reportable Rental Operations segments
121

 
56

 
49

Total
$
91,798

 
$
63,884

 
$
99,264