Reclassification, Comparability Adjustment [Policy Text Block]

Reclassifications -

Certain amounts in the prior period have been reclassified in order to conform to the current period’s presentation. For comparative purposes, the Company reclassified (i) $9.4 million of Marketable securities from Other assets on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2019 and (ii) $0.1 million and $1.6 million of Gain on marketable securities, net from Other income, net on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively.

New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]

New Accounting Pronouncements –

In April 2020, the FASB staff developed a question-and-answer document, Topic 842 and Topic 840: Accounting for Lease Concessions related to the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic, which focuses on the application of the lease guidance in Topic 842, Leases, and Topic 840, Leases (if Topic 842 has not yet been adopted) for lease concessions related to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The FASB staff has been made aware that, given the unprecedented and global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be exceedingly challenging for entities to determine whether existing contracts provide enforceable rights and obligations for lease concessions and, if so, whether those concessions are consistent with the terms of the contract or are modifications to a contract. As such, an entity can elect not to evaluate whether certain relief provided by a lessor in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is a lease modification. An entity that makes this election can then elect to apply the modification guidance to that relief or account for the concession as if it were contemplated as part of the existing contract. This election is available for concessions related to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic that do not result in a substantial increase in the rights of the lessor or the obligations of the lessee. For example, this election is available for concessions that result in the total payments required by the modified contract being substantially the same as or less than total payments required by the original contract.

Some concessions will provide a deferral of payments with no substantive changes to the consideration in the original contract. A deferral affects the timing of cash receipts, but the amount of the consideration is substantially the same as that required by the original contract. The FASB staff expects that there will be multiple ways to account for those deferrals, none of which the FASB staff believes are preferable to the others. Two of those methods are:

(i)

Account for the concessions as if no changes to the lease contract were made. Under that accounting, a lessor would increase its lease receivable, and a lessee would increase its accounts payable as receivables/payments accrue. In its income statement, a lessor would continue to recognize income, and a lessee would continue to recognize expense during the deferral period.

(ii)

Account for the deferred payments as variable lease payments.

The Company has elected to apply the modification relief as mentioned in (i) above to the lease concessions it has entered into during the six months ended June 30, 2020 related to the COVID-19 pandemic as a lessor related to rental income recognized.

The following table represents ASUs to the FASB’s ASC that, as of June 30, 2020, are not yet effective for the Company and for which the Company has not elected early adoption, where permitted:

ASU

Description

Effective

Date

Effect on the financial

statements or other significant

matters

ASU 2020-01, Investments – Equity Securities (Topic 321), Investments – Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815)—Clarifying the Interactions between Topic 321, Topic 323, and Topic 815 (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force)

The amendments clarify the interaction between the accounting for equity securities, equity method investments, and certain derivative instruments. This ASU, among other things, clarifies that an entity should consider observable transactions that require a company to either apply or discontinue the equity method of accounting under Topic 323 for the purposes of applying the measurement alternative in accordance with Topic 321 immediately before applying or upon discontinuing the equity method.

January 1, 2021; Early adoption permitted

The adoption of this ASU is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position and/or results of operations.

The following ASUs to the FASB’s ASC have been adopted by the Company as of the date listed:

ASU

Description

Adoption Date

Effect on the financial statements or other significant matters

ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) – Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting

This ASU is intended to provide temporary optional expedients and exceptions to the US GAAP guidance on contract modifications and hedge accounting to ease the financial reporting burdens related to the expected market transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other interbank offered rates to alternative reference rates.

This guidance is effective immediately, and the Company may elect to apply the amendments prospectively through December 31, 2022.

The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position and/or results of operations.

ASU 2020-03, Codification Improvements to Financial Instruments	This ASU improves and clarifies various financial instruments topics. The ASU includes seven different issues that describe the areas of improvement and the related amendments to GAAP, intended to make the standards easier to understand and apply by eliminating inconsistencies and providing clarifications.	The amendment is divided into issues 1 to 7 with different effective dates.	The Company adopted issues 1-7 of this ASU, the adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position and/or results of operations.
ASU 2018-17, Consolidation (Topic 810) – Targeted Improvements to Related Party Guidance for Variable Interest Entities	The amendment to Topic 810 clarifies the following areas: (i) Applying the variable interest entity (VIE) guidance to private companies under common control, and (ii) Considering indirect interests held through related parties under common control, for determining whether fees paid to decision makers and service providers are variable interests. This update improves the accounting for those areas, thereby improving general purpose financial reporting. Retrospective adoption is required.	January 1, 2020; Early adoption permitted	The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position and/or results of operations
ASU 2018-15, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement that is a Service Contract	The amendment aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software.	January 1, 2020; Early adoption permitted	The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position and/or results of operations
ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement	The amendment modifies the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements in Topic 820, based on the concepts in the FASB Concepts Statement, Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting – Chapter 8: Notes to Financial Statements, including the consideration of costs and benefits.	January 1, 2020; Early adoption permitted	The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position and/or results of operations.
ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments ASU 2018-19, Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses ASU 2019-05, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326), Targeted Transition Relief ASU 2019-11, Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses	The new guidance introduces a new model for estimating credit losses for certain types of financial instruments, including loans receivable, held-to-maturity debt securities, and net investments in direct financing leases, amongst other financial instruments. ASU 2016-13 also modifies the impairment model for available-for-sale debt securities and expands the disclosure requirements regarding an entity’s assumptions, models, and methods for estimating the allowance for losses. In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-19, which includes amendments to (i) clarify receivables arising from operating leases are within the scope of the new leasing standard (Topic 842) discussed below and (ii) align the implementation date for nonpublic entities’ annual financial statements with the implementation date for their interim financial statements. Early adoption is permitted as of the original effective date. In May 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-05, which amends ASU 2016-13 to allow companies to irrevocably elect, upon adoption of ASU 2016-13, the fair value option on financial instruments that (i) were previously recorded at amortized cost and (ii) are within the scope of ASC 326-203 if the instruments are eligible for the fair value option under ASC 825-10.4. The fair value option election does not apply to held-to-maturity debt securities. Entities are required to make this election on an instrument-by-instrument basis. These amendments should be applied on a modified-retrospective basis by means of a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings balance in the statement of financial position as of the date that an entity adopted the amendments in ASU 2016-13. Certain disclosures are required. The effective date will be the same as the effective date in ASU 2016-13. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-11, which clarifies treatment of certain credit losses and disclosure requirements.	January 1, 2020; Early adoption permitted	The Company adopted this standard using the modified retrospective method. While the Company’s mortgages and other financing receivables are impacted by this ASU, the adoption did not have a material impact to the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.