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Investment in Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Equity Method Investments And Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED REAL ESTATE VENTURES

4. INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED REAL ESTATE VENTURES

As of March 31, 2016, the Company held ownership interests in 16 unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures for an aggregate investment balance of $278.7 million. The Company formed or acquired interests in these Real Estate Ventures with unaffiliated third parties to develop or manage office, residential, and/or mixed-use properties or to acquire land in anticipation of possible development of office, residential and/or mixed-use properties. As of March 31, 2016, nine of the real estate ventures owned 88 office buildings that contain an aggregate of approximately 8.1 million net rentable square feet; two real estate ventures owned 4.3 acres of undeveloped parcels of land; three real estate ventures owned 2.2 acres of land under active development; one real estate venture owned a residential tower that contains 345 apartment units and one real estate venture owned an apartment complex that contains 398 units.

The Company accounts for its unconsolidated interests in the Real Estate Ventures using the equity method. The Company’s unconsolidated interests range from 20% to 70%, subject to specified priority allocations of distributable cash in certain of the Real Estate Ventures.

The Company earned management fees from its Real Estate Ventures of $1.5 million and $1.2 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015, respectively. The Company has outstanding accounts receivable balances from its Real Estate Ventures of $1.3 million and $1.7 million as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

The amounts reflected in the following tables (except for the Company’s share of equity and income) are based on the financial information of the individual Real Estate Ventures. The Company does not record operating losses of a Real Estate Venture in excess of its investment balance unless the Company is liable for the obligations of the Real Estate Venture or is otherwise committed to provide financial support to the Real Estate Venture.

The following is a summary of the financial position of the Real Estate Ventures as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (in thousands):

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

Net property

$

1,483,966

 

 

$

1,258,999

 

Other assets

 

237,710

 

 

 

158,672

 

Other liabilities

 

155,678

 

 

 

68,028

 

Debt, net

 

981,126

 

 

 

794,571

 

Equity

 

584,872

 

 

 

554,072

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company’s share of equity (Company’s basis) (a) (b)

$

278,659

 

 

$

241,004

 

(a)

This amount includes the effect of the basis difference between the Company's historical cost basis and the basis recorded at the Real Estate Venture level, which is typically amortized over the life of the related assets and liabilities. Basis differentials occur from the impairment of investments, purchases of third party interests in existing Real Estate Ventures and upon the transfer of assets that were previously owned by the Company into a Real Estate Venture. In addition, certain acquisition, transaction and other costs may not be reflected in the net assets at the Real Estate Venture level.

(b)

Does not include the negative investment balance in one real estate venture totaling $1.1 million as of December 31, 2015, which is included in other liabilities. There is no negative investment balance as of March 31, 2016 because the Company sold its entire remaining 50% interest in the applicable real estate venture (See “Coppell Associates” section below) during the three months ended March 31, 2016.

The following is a summary of results of operations of the Real Estate Ventures in which the Company had interests as of March 31, 2016 and 2015 (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Revenue

$

46,525

 

 

$

46,109

 

Operating expenses

 

(26,668

)

 

 

(18,533

)

Interest expense, net

 

(8,989

)

 

 

(9,846

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

(20,160

)

 

 

(19,124

)

Net loss (a)

$

(9,292

)

 

$

(1,394

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company’s share of income (loss) (Company’s basis)

$

(403

)

 

$

131

 

(a)

This amount includes $6.4 million of acquisition deal costs related to the formation of the MAP Venture during the first quarter of 2016.

evo at Cira Centre South Venture

On January 25, 2013, the Company formed HSRE-Campus Crest IX Real Estate Venture ("evo at Cira"), a joint venture among the Company and two unaffiliated third parties: Campus Crest Properties, LLC ("Campus Crest") and HSRE-Campus Crest IXA, LLC ("HSRE").  From formation through March 2, 2016, each of the Company and Campus Crest owned a 30% interest in evo at Cira and HSRE owned a 40% interest.  At formation, the Company contributed to evo at Cira its tenancy rights under a long-term ground lease of one acre of land located in the University City submarket of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, together with associated development rights, at an agreed-upon value of $8.5 million. During the third quarter of 2014, evo at Cira completed construction of a 33-story, 850-bed student housing tower on the contributed one-acre ground lease. As of December 31, 2014, the Company and other members of evo at Cira had funded 100% of their respective shares of committed equity contributions and the real estate venture had fully drawn on its $97.8 million construction facility.

In connection with the development of evo at Cira, each of the Company and Campus Crest provided to the lender under the construction financing, in addition to customary non-recourse carve-out guarantees, a completion guaranty and cost overrun guaranty, as well as a payment guaranty (with the Company's share of the payment guaranty being approximately $24.7 million).

On March 2, 2016, the Company paid $12.8 million of cash and HSRE paid $6.6 million of cash to evo at Cira to purchase Campus Crest’s entire 30% interest in evo at Cira and, as a result, each of the Company and HSRE owns a 50% interest in evo at Cira.  Subsequent to the transaction, the Company’s investment basis in evo at Cira is $28.3 million. In conjunction with the purchase, the Company and HSRE entered into an amended and restated operating agreement to govern their rights and obligations as sole members of evo at Cira.  Also in conjunction with the purchase, the Company became the sole guarantor under the completion and cost overrun guaranty and executed an amended payment guaranty covering up to $26.5 million of principal on the construction loan as well as interest and certain other impositions and expense items. In addition, the Company and HSRE have provided customary non-recourse carve-out guarantees for the benefit of the lender.

The Company has accounted for its investment in evo at Cira under the equity method of accounting. Based upon the reconsideration event caused by the purchase of Campus Crest’s entire 30% interest in evo at Cira and the entry into the amended and restated operating agreement, the Company reassessed its consolidation conclusion. The Company determined that this Real Estate Venture remains a VIE in accordance with the accounting standard for the consolidation of VIEs. As a result, the Company continues to use the variable interest model under the accounting standard for consolidation in order to determine whether to consolidate evo at Cira. Based upon each member's shared power over the activities that significantly impact the operations and revenues of evo at Cira under the operating agreement and related agreements, evo at Cira is not consolidated by the Company, and is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Through the acquisition of the additional equity interest in evo at Cira, the Company did not gain control of evo at Cira; therefore, it is not required to remeasure its previously held equity interest to fair value at the date that it acquired the additional equity interest.

The Company is a general partner in evo at Cira and it is obligated to fund the operating losses of evo at Cira. Accordingly, the Company can incur losses in excess of its investment basis.

MAP Venture

On February 4, 2016, Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P., together with subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership, entered into a series of related transactions (the “Och-Ziff Sale”) with affiliates of Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (“Och-Ziff”) that resulted in the disposition by the Company of 58 office properties that contain an aggregate of 3,924,783 square feet for an aggregate purchase price of $398.1 million. The 58 properties are located in the Pennsylvania Suburbs, New Jersey/Delaware, Metropolitan Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Virginia segments. The related transactions involved: (i) the sale by the Company to MAP Fee Owner LLC, an affiliate of Och-Ziff (the “O-Z Land Purchaser”), of 100% of the Company’s fee interests in the land parcels (the “Land Parcels”) underlying the 58 office properties, together with rights to be the lessor under long-term ground leases (the “Ground Leases”) covering the Land Parcels; (ii) the Company’s formation of MAP Ground Lease Venture LLC (the “MAP Venture”) with MAP Ground Lease Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Och-Ziff (the “O-Z Venture Partner”), (iii) the Company’s sale to MAP Venture of the office buildings and related improvements (the “Buildings”) situated on the Land Parcels; and (iv) the retention of a 50% non-controlling equity interest in the MAP Venture. 

The MAP Venture leases the Land Parcels from O-Z Land Purchaser through a ground lease that extends through February 2115.  Annual payments by the MAP Venture, as tenant under the Ground Leases, initially total $11.9 million and increase 2.5% annually through November 2025.

At closing on February 4, 2016, the MAP Venture obtained third party non-recourse debt financing of approximately $180.8 million secured by mortgages on the Buildings of the MAP Venture.

As a result of this transaction, the Company received $354.0 million in proceeds and maintains a 50% ownership interest in the MAP Venture valued as of February 4, 2016 at $25.2 million, which holds the leasehold interest in the Buildings. The MAP Venture was formed as a limited liability company in which the Company has been designated as the Managing Member. In addition, through an affiliate, the Company provides property management services at the Buildings on behalf of the MAP Venture for a market based management fee.

The Company has determined that the MAP Venture is a VIE in accordance with the accounting standard for consolidation of VIE’s. As a result, the Company used the VIE model under the accounting standard for consolidations to determine if it will consolidate the MAP Venture. Based on the provisions in the limited liability company agreement, the Company determined that it shares with O-Z Venture Partner the power to control the activities that most significantly impact the economics of the MAP Venture. Since control is shared, the Buildings were deconsolidated by the Company and accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

The Company is not required to fund the operating losses of the MAP Venture. Accordingly, it can only incur losses equal to its investment basis in MAP Venture.

The Company has determined that this transaction does not represent a significant shift in the Company’s operations that have a major impact on the Company’s economic performance. As a result, the properties are not classified as discontinued operations on the consolidated financial statements.

Coppell Associates

On January 29, 2016, the Company sold its entire 50% interest in an unconsolidated real estate venture known as Coppell Associates. The proceeds to the Company, net of closing costs and related debt payoff, were $4.6 million.  The carrying amount of the Company’s investment in Coppell Associates amounted to a $1.1 million liability at the sale date, resulting in a $5.7 million gain on sale of its interest in the real estate venture. The investment was in a liability position because the Company, as a general partner, was required to fund losses of Coppell Associates. The negative investment balance represented the Company’s share of unfunded cumulative losses incurred in excess of its investment basis as of the date of sale.

Guarantees

As of March 31, 2016, the Company had provided guarantees on behalf of certain real estate ventures, consisting of (i) a $26.5 million payment guarantee on the $97.8 million construction loan for evo at Cira; (ii) a $3.2 million payment guarantee on the $56.0 million construction loan for TB-BDN Plymouth Apartments; (iii) a several cost overrun guaranty on the $88.9 million construction loan for the development project being undertaken by 1919 Market Street LP; and (iv) a $0.5 million payment guarantee on a loan provided to PJP VII. In addition, during construction undertaken by real estate ventures, the Company has provided and expects to continue to provide cost overrun and completion guarantees, with rights of contribution among partners or members in the real estate ventures, as well as customary environmental indemnities and guarantees of customary exceptions to nonrecourse provisions in loan agreements. For additional information regarding these real estate ventures, see Note 4, "Investment in Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures," in the notes to the audited financial statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.