Organization, Formation, and Basis of Presentation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization, Formation, and Basis of Presentation

ORGANIZATION, FORMATION, AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Organization

Saul Centers, Inc. (“Saul Centers”) was incorporated under the Maryland General Corporation Law on June 10, 1993. Saul Centers operates as a real estate investment trust (a “REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Company is required to annually distribute at least 90% of its REIT taxable income (excluding net capital gains) to its stockholders and meet certain organizational and other requirements. Saul Centers has made and intends to continue to make regular quarterly distributions to its stockholders. Saul Centers, together with its wholly owned subsidiaries and the limited partnerships of which Saul Centers or one of its subsidiaries is the sole general partner, are referred to collectively as the “Company.” B. Francis Saul II serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Saul Centers.

Formation and Structure of Company

Saul Centers was formed to continue and expand the shopping center business previously owned and conducted by the B. F. Saul Real Estate Investment Trust (the "Trust"), the B. F. Saul Company and certain other affiliated entities, each of which is controlled by B. Francis Saul II and his family members (collectively, the “Saul Organization”). On August 26, 1993, members of the Saul Organization transferred to Saul Holdings Limited Partnership, a newly formed Maryland limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), and two newly formed subsidiary limited partnerships (the “Subsidiary Partnerships,” and collectively with the Operating Partnership, the “Partnerships”), shopping center and mixed-used properties, and the management functions related to the transferred properties. Since its formation, the Company has developed and purchased additional properties.

The following table lists the significant properties acquired, developed and/or disposed of by the Company since January 1, 2014.

Name of Property	Location	Type	Year of Acquisition/ Development/ Disposal
Acquisitions
1580 Rockville Pike	Rockville, Maryland	Shopping Center	January 2014
1582 Rockville Pike	Rockville, Maryland	Shopping Center	April 2014
750 N. Glebe Road*	Arlington, Virginia	Shopping Center	August 2014
730 N. Glebe Road*	Arlington, Virginia	Shopping Center	December 2014
1584 Rockville Pike	Rockville, Maryland	Shopping Center	December 2014
726 N. Glebe Road*	Arlington, Virginia	Shopping Center	September 2015
700 N. Glebe Road	Arlington, Virginia	Development	August 2016
Developments
Park Van Ness	Washington, DC	Mixed-Use	2013-2016
Dispositions
Giant Center	Milford Mill, Maryland	Shopping Center	April 2014
Crosstown Business Center	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Mixed-Use	December 2016

*As of August 2016, these properties were removed from operations and reclassified to development.

As of December 31, 2016, the Company’s properties (the “Current Portfolio Properties”) consisted of 49 shopping center properties (the “Shopping Centers”), six mixed-use properties, which are comprised of office, retail and multi-family residential uses (the “Mixed-Use Properties”) and three (non-operating) development properties.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying financial statements are presented on the historical cost basis of the Saul Organization because of affiliated ownership and common management and because the assets and liabilities were the subject of a business combination with the Operating Partnership, the Subsidiary Partnerships and Saul Centers, all newly formed entities with no prior operations.