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Note 9 - Notes and Mortgages Payable
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
9.
Notes
and Mortgages
Payable
 
Notes Payable -
 
In
February 2017,
the Company closed on a
$2.25
billion unsecured revolving credit facility
(the “Credit Facility”) with a group of banks, which is scheduled to expire in
March 2021,
with
two
additional
six
month options to extend the maturity date, at the Company’s discretion, to
March 2022.
This Credit Facility, which accrues interest at a rate of LIBOR plus
87.5
basis points (
2.10%
as of
September 30, 2017),
can be increased to
$2.75
billion through an accordion feature. The Credit Facility replaced the Company’s
$1.75
billion unsecured revolving credit facility that was scheduled to mature in
March 2018.
In addition, the Credit Facility includes a
$500.0
million sub-limit which provides the company the opportunity to borrow in alternative currencies including Canadian Dollars, British Pounds Sterling, Japanese Yen or Euros. Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Facility, the Company, among other things, is subject to covenants requiring the maintenance of (i) maximum leverage ratios on both unsecured and secured debt and (ii) minimum interest and fixed coverage ratios. As of
September 30, 2017,
the Credit Facility had a balance of
$25.0
million outstanding and
$0.5
million appropriated for letters of credit.
 
During the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2017,
the Company issued the following Senior Unsecured Notes (amounts in millions):
 
 
Date
Issued
 
Maturity Date
 
Amount Issued
   
Interest Rate
 
Mar-17
 
Apr-27
  $
400.0
     
3.80
%
Aug-17
 
Feb-25
  $
500.0
     
3.30
%
Aug-17
 
Sept-47
  $
350.0
     
4.45
%
 
During the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2017,
the Company repaid the following notes (amounts in millions):
 
Type
 
Date
Paid
 
Amount Repaid
   
Interest Rate
 
Maturity Date
Term Loan
 
Jan-17
  $
250.0
   
(a)
 
Jan-17
Medium Term
Notes (“MTN”) (b)
 
Aug-17
  $
211.0
     
4.30%
 
Feb-18
 
 
(a)
 
Interest rate was equal to LIBOR +
0.95%.
 
(b)
On
August 1, 2017,
the Company made a tender offer to purchase any and all of these MTN notes outstanding. As a result, the Company accepted the tender of 
$211.0
million of its
$300.0
million outstanding MTN notes on
August 10, 2017.
In connection with this tender offer, the Company recorded a tender premium of
$1.8
million resulting from the partial repayment of the MTN notes. Subsequently, in
October 2017,
the Company announced its intention to redeem the remaining
$89.0
million outstanding on
November 1, 2017.
 
Mortgages Payable -
 
During the
nine
months ended
September 30, 2017,
the Company (i) consolidated
$212.2
million of individual non-recourse mortgage debt (including a fair market value adjustment of
$6.2
million) relating to a joint venture operating property which the Company now controls, (ii) paid off
$684.6
million of maturing mortgage debt (including fair market value adjustments of
$5.7
million) that encumbered
25
operating properties and (iii)
obtained a
$206.0
million non-recourse mortgage relating to
one
operating property.