Receivables, Prepaid Expenses, and Other Assets

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2020

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Receivables, Prepaid Expenses, and Other Assets

Receivables, prepaid expenses, and other assets at April 30, 2020 and October 31, 2019, consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):

	April 30, 2020		October 31, 2019
Expected recoveries from insurance carriers and others	$	86,914	$	114,162
Improvement cost receivable	106,280		100,864
Escrow cash held by our captive title company	36,465		32,863
Properties held for rental apartment and commercial development	532,436		367,072
Prepaid expenses	24,809		26,041
Right-of-use asset (1)	109,458		—
Other	86,732		74,439
	$	983,094	$	715,441

(1)  On November 1, 2019, we adopted ASU 2016-02 which resulted in the establishment of a right-of-use asset on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of January 31, 2020. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of October 31, 2019 does not reflect any changes resulting from the adoption of the new standard. See Note 1, “Significant Accounting Policies – Recent Accounting Pronouncements” for additional information regarding the adoption of ASU 2016-02.

See Note 7, “Accrued Expenses,” for additional information regarding the expected recoveries from insurance carriers and others.

As of April 30, 2020 and October 31, 2019, properties held for rental apartment and commercial development include $142.6 million and $145.8 million, respectively, of assets related to consolidated VIEs. See Note 4, “Investments in Unconsolidated Entities” for additional information regarding VIEs.