Note 9 - Leases

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Notes to Financial Statements

Lessee, Operating Leases [Text Block]

9. Leases

Lessor Leases

The Company’s primary source of revenues is derived from lease agreements, which includes rental income and expense reimbursement. The Company’s lease income is comprised of minimum base rent, expense reimbursements, percentage rent, lease termination fee income, ancillary income, amortization of above-market and below-market rent adjustments and straight-line rent adjustments.

The disaggregation of the Company’s lease income, which is included in Revenues from rental properties, net on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, as either fixed or variable lease income based on the criteria specified in ASC 842, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Lease income:
Fixed lease income (1)	$	340,990	$	283,911	$	1,009,358	$	720,174
Variable lease income (2)		83,689		65,985		248,650		181,980
Above-market and below-market leases amortization, net		3,107		2,982		10,088		11,915
Adjustments for potentially uncollectible revenues and disputed amounts (3)		1,256		11,816		6,873		15,228
Total lease income	$	429,042	$	364,694	$	1,274,969	$	929,297

(1) Includes minimum base rents, expense reimbursements, ancillary income and straight-line rent adjustments.

(2) Includes minimum base rents, expense reimbursements, percentage rent, lease termination fee income and ancillary income.

(3) The amounts represent adjustments associated with potentially uncollectible revenues and disputed amounts primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lessee Leases

The Company currently leases real estate space under non-cancelable operating lease agreements for ground leases and administrative office leases. The Company’s operating leases have remaining lease terms ranging from one to 63.3 years, some of which include options to extend the terms for up to an additional 75 years.

The weighted-average remaining non-cancelable lease term and weighted-average discount rates for the Company’s operating and finance leases as of September 30, 2022 were as follows:

	Operating Leases			Finance Leases
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)		24.7			1.3
Weighted-average discount rate		6.62	%		4.44	%

The components of the Company’s lease expense, which are included in interest expense, rent expense and general and administrative expense on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Lease cost:
Finance lease cost	$	398	$	263	$	974	$	263
Operating lease cost		3,222		2,938		9,473		8,562
Variable lease cost		825		1,188		3,421		2,520
Total lease cost	$	4,445	$	4,389	$	13,868	$	11,345