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Leases
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract]  
Leases Leases
Lessor
Lexington’s lease portfolio as a lessor primarily includes general purpose, single-tenant net-leased real estate assets. Most of the Company’s leases require tenants to pay fixed annual rental payments that escalate on an annual basis and variable payments for other operating expenses, such as real estate taxes, insurance, common area maintenance ("CAM"), and utilities, that are based on the actual expenses incurred.
Certain leases allow for the tenant to renew the lease term upon expiration or earlier. Periods covered by a renewal option are included within the lease term only when renewals are deemed to be reasonably certain. Certain leases allow for the tenant to terminate the lease before the expiration of the lease term and certain leases provide the tenant with the right to purchase the leased property at fair market value or a stipulated price upon expiration of the lease term or before.
Accounting guidance under Topic 842 requires the Company to make certain assumptions and judgments in applying the guidance, including determining whether an arrangement includes a lease and determining the lease term when the contract has renewal, purchase or early termination provisions.
The Company analyzes its accounts receivable, customer creditworthiness and current economic trends when evaluating the adequacy of the collectability of the lessee's total accounts receivable balance on a lease by lease basis. In addition, tenants in bankruptcy are analyzed and considerations are made in connection with the expected pre-petition and post-petition claims. If a lessee's accounts receivable balance is considered uncollectable, the Company will write-off the receivable balances associated with the lease to rental revenue and cease to recognize lease income, including straight-line rent, unless cash is received. If the Company subsequently determines that it is probable it will collect substantially all of the lessee's remaining lease payments under the lease term; the Company will reinstate the straight-line balance adjusting for the amount related to the period when the lease was accounted for on a cash basis. In February 2020, the Company wrote off a deferred rent receivable balance of $615 as a reduction of rental revenue related to a tenant that dissolved and surrendered its leased premises in an industrial property located in the Columbus, Ohio market. During 2019, rental revenue was reduced by an aggregate of $352 for accounts receivable deemed uncollectable.
Certain tenants have been experiencing financial difficulties as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. During 2020, the Company wrote off or reserved aggregate deferred rent receivable balances of $1,383, as a reduction of rental revenue, related to certain tenants as the deferred rent receivable balances were deemed uncollectable. In addition, in 2020, the Company also wrote off or reserved an aggregate of $389 accounts receivable relating to certain tenants suffering from the current economic conditions.
The Company determined that the lease and non-lease components in its leases are a single lease component, which is, therefore, being recognized as rental revenue in its consolidated statements of operations. The primary non-lease service that is included within rental revenue is CAM services provided as part of the Company’s real estate leases. Topic 842 requires that the Company capitalize, as initial direct costs, only those costs that are incurred due to the execution of a lease. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred $67 and $191, respectively, of costs that were not incremental to the execution of leases, which are included in property operating expenses in its consolidated statements of operations.
The Company manages the risk associated with the residual value of its leased properties by including contract clauses that make tenants responsible for surrendering the space in good condition upon lease termination, holding a diversified portfolio, and other activities. The Company does not have residual value guarantees on specific properties.
The following table presents the Company’s classification of rental revenue for its operating leases for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:
Classification December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Fixed $293,457 $291,892 
Variable(1)
32,354 28,730 
Total $325,811 $320,622 
(1)    Primarily comprised of tenant reimbursements.
Future fixed rental receipts for leases, assuming no new or re-negotiated leases as of December 31, 2020 were as     follows:
Year ending December 31, Total
2021$272,621 
2022261,498 
2023262,632 
2024230,083 
2025202,362 
Thereafter1,102,089 
Total$2,331,285 
The above minimum lease payments do not include reimbursements to be received from tenants for certain operating expenses and real estate taxes and do not include early termination payments provided for in certain leases, if not reasonably assured.
Certain leases allow for the tenant to terminate the lease if the property is deemed obsolete, as defined, and upon payment of a termination fee to the landlord, as stipulated in the lease. In addition, certain leases provide the tenant with the right to purchase the leased property at fair market value or a stipulated price.
Lessee
The Company has ground leases, corporate leases for office space, and office equipment leases. All leases were classified as operating leases as of December 31, 2020. The leases have remaining lease terms of up to 42 years, some of which include options to extend the leases in 5 to 10-year increments for up to 52 years. Renewal periods are included in the lease term only when renewal is deemed to be reasonably certain. The lease term also includes periods covered by an option to terminate the lease if the Company is reasonably certain not to exercise the termination option. The Company measures its lease payments by including fixed rental payments and variable rental payments that tie to an index or a rate, such as CPI. Minimum lease payments for leases that commenced before the date of adoption of ASC 842 were determined based on previous leases guidance under ASC 840. The Company recognizes lease expense for its operating leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term and variable lease expense not included in the lease payment measurement as incurred.
The accounting guidance under Topic 842 requires the Company to make certain assumptions and judgments in applying the guidance, including determining whether an arrangement includes a lease, determining the term of a lease when the contract has renewal or termination provisions and determining the discount rate.
The Company determines whether an arrangement is or includes a lease at contract inception by evaluating whether the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. If the Company has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from and can direct the use of, the identified asset for a period of time, the Company accounts for the contract as a lease.
As the Company does not know the rate implicit in the respective leases, the Company used its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the transition date for such existing leases. The Company uses the information available at the lease commencement date to determine the discount rate for any new leases. The Company used a portfolio approach to determine its incremental borrowing rate. Lease contracts were grouped based on similar lease terms and economic environments in a manner in which the Company reasonably expects that the outcome from applying a portfolio approach does not differ materially from an individual lease approach. The Company estimated a collateralized discount rate for each portfolio of leases.
Supplemental information related to operating leases as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:
The Year Ended
December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Weighted-average remaining lease term
Operating leases (years)11.712.3
Weighted-average discount rate
Operating leases4.1 %4.1 %
The components of lease expense for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:
Income Statement Classification FixedVariableTotal
2020:
Property operating$3,969 $2 $3,971 
General and administrative$1,348 105 1,453 
Total$5,317 $107 $5,424 
2019:
Property operating$3,982 $— $3,982 
General and administrative1,343 112 1,455 
Total$5,325 $112 $5,437 
The Company recognized sublease income of $3,756 and $3,764 in 2020 and 2019, respectively.
The following table shows the Company's maturity analysis of its operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2020:
Operating Leases
2021$4,843 
20224,854 
20234,999 
20245,021 
20255,021 
Thereafter17,472 
Total lease payments
$42,210 
Less: Imputed interest(9,695)
Present value of lease liabilities
$32,515 
The Company leases its corporate headquarters. The lease expires in March 2026. The Company is responsible for its proportionate share of operating expenses and real estate taxes above a base year. In addition, the Company leases office space for its regional office. The minimum rent payments for the Company's offices are $1,325 for 2021, $1,335 for 2022, $1,304 for 2023, $1,304 for 2024 and $1,304 for 2025 and $326 thereafter, which are included in the table above. Rent expense for 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $1,305, $1,312 and $1,274, respectively.
Rent expense for the leasehold interests was $597 in 2018.
Leases Leases
Lessor
Lexington’s lease portfolio as a lessor primarily includes general purpose, single-tenant net-leased real estate assets. Most of the Company’s leases require tenants to pay fixed annual rental payments that escalate on an annual basis and variable payments for other operating expenses, such as real estate taxes, insurance, common area maintenance ("CAM"), and utilities, that are based on the actual expenses incurred.
Certain leases allow for the tenant to renew the lease term upon expiration or earlier. Periods covered by a renewal option are included within the lease term only when renewals are deemed to be reasonably certain. Certain leases allow for the tenant to terminate the lease before the expiration of the lease term and certain leases provide the tenant with the right to purchase the leased property at fair market value or a stipulated price upon expiration of the lease term or before.
Accounting guidance under Topic 842 requires the Company to make certain assumptions and judgments in applying the guidance, including determining whether an arrangement includes a lease and determining the lease term when the contract has renewal, purchase or early termination provisions.
The Company analyzes its accounts receivable, customer creditworthiness and current economic trends when evaluating the adequacy of the collectability of the lessee's total accounts receivable balance on a lease by lease basis. In addition, tenants in bankruptcy are analyzed and considerations are made in connection with the expected pre-petition and post-petition claims. If a lessee's accounts receivable balance is considered uncollectable, the Company will write-off the receivable balances associated with the lease to rental revenue and cease to recognize lease income, including straight-line rent, unless cash is received. If the Company subsequently determines that it is probable it will collect substantially all of the lessee's remaining lease payments under the lease term; the Company will reinstate the straight-line balance adjusting for the amount related to the period when the lease was accounted for on a cash basis. In February 2020, the Company wrote off a deferred rent receivable balance of $615 as a reduction of rental revenue related to a tenant that dissolved and surrendered its leased premises in an industrial property located in the Columbus, Ohio market. During 2019, rental revenue was reduced by an aggregate of $352 for accounts receivable deemed uncollectable.
Certain tenants have been experiencing financial difficulties as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. During 2020, the Company wrote off or reserved aggregate deferred rent receivable balances of $1,383, as a reduction of rental revenue, related to certain tenants as the deferred rent receivable balances were deemed uncollectable. In addition, in 2020, the Company also wrote off or reserved an aggregate of $389 accounts receivable relating to certain tenants suffering from the current economic conditions.
The Company determined that the lease and non-lease components in its leases are a single lease component, which is, therefore, being recognized as rental revenue in its consolidated statements of operations. The primary non-lease service that is included within rental revenue is CAM services provided as part of the Company’s real estate leases. Topic 842 requires that the Company capitalize, as initial direct costs, only those costs that are incurred due to the execution of a lease. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred $67 and $191, respectively, of costs that were not incremental to the execution of leases, which are included in property operating expenses in its consolidated statements of operations.
The Company manages the risk associated with the residual value of its leased properties by including contract clauses that make tenants responsible for surrendering the space in good condition upon lease termination, holding a diversified portfolio, and other activities. The Company does not have residual value guarantees on specific properties.
The following table presents the Company’s classification of rental revenue for its operating leases for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:
Classification December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Fixed $293,457 $291,892 
Variable(1)
32,354 28,730 
Total $325,811 $320,622 
(1)    Primarily comprised of tenant reimbursements.
Future fixed rental receipts for leases, assuming no new or re-negotiated leases as of December 31, 2020 were as     follows:
Year ending December 31, Total
2021$272,621 
2022261,498 
2023262,632 
2024230,083 
2025202,362 
Thereafter1,102,089 
Total$2,331,285 
The above minimum lease payments do not include reimbursements to be received from tenants for certain operating expenses and real estate taxes and do not include early termination payments provided for in certain leases, if not reasonably assured.
Certain leases allow for the tenant to terminate the lease if the property is deemed obsolete, as defined, and upon payment of a termination fee to the landlord, as stipulated in the lease. In addition, certain leases provide the tenant with the right to purchase the leased property at fair market value or a stipulated price.
Lessee
The Company has ground leases, corporate leases for office space, and office equipment leases. All leases were classified as operating leases as of December 31, 2020. The leases have remaining lease terms of up to 42 years, some of which include options to extend the leases in 5 to 10-year increments for up to 52 years. Renewal periods are included in the lease term only when renewal is deemed to be reasonably certain. The lease term also includes periods covered by an option to terminate the lease if the Company is reasonably certain not to exercise the termination option. The Company measures its lease payments by including fixed rental payments and variable rental payments that tie to an index or a rate, such as CPI. Minimum lease payments for leases that commenced before the date of adoption of ASC 842 were determined based on previous leases guidance under ASC 840. The Company recognizes lease expense for its operating leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term and variable lease expense not included in the lease payment measurement as incurred.
The accounting guidance under Topic 842 requires the Company to make certain assumptions and judgments in applying the guidance, including determining whether an arrangement includes a lease, determining the term of a lease when the contract has renewal or termination provisions and determining the discount rate.
The Company determines whether an arrangement is or includes a lease at contract inception by evaluating whether the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. If the Company has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from and can direct the use of, the identified asset for a period of time, the Company accounts for the contract as a lease.
As the Company does not know the rate implicit in the respective leases, the Company used its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the transition date for such existing leases. The Company uses the information available at the lease commencement date to determine the discount rate for any new leases. The Company used a portfolio approach to determine its incremental borrowing rate. Lease contracts were grouped based on similar lease terms and economic environments in a manner in which the Company reasonably expects that the outcome from applying a portfolio approach does not differ materially from an individual lease approach. The Company estimated a collateralized discount rate for each portfolio of leases.
Supplemental information related to operating leases as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:
The Year Ended
December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Weighted-average remaining lease term
Operating leases (years)11.712.3
Weighted-average discount rate
Operating leases4.1 %4.1 %
The components of lease expense for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:
Income Statement Classification FixedVariableTotal
2020:
Property operating$3,969 $2 $3,971 
General and administrative$1,348 105 1,453 
Total$5,317 $107 $5,424 
2019:
Property operating$3,982 $— $3,982 
General and administrative1,343 112 1,455 
Total$5,325 $112 $5,437 
The Company recognized sublease income of $3,756 and $3,764 in 2020 and 2019, respectively.
The following table shows the Company's maturity analysis of its operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2020:
Operating Leases
2021$4,843 
20224,854 
20234,999 
20245,021 
20255,021 
Thereafter17,472 
Total lease payments
$42,210 
Less: Imputed interest(9,695)
Present value of lease liabilities
$32,515 
The Company leases its corporate headquarters. The lease expires in March 2026. The Company is responsible for its proportionate share of operating expenses and real estate taxes above a base year. In addition, the Company leases office space for its regional office. The minimum rent payments for the Company's offices are $1,325 for 2021, $1,335 for 2022, $1,304 for 2023, $1,304 for 2024 and $1,304 for 2025 and $326 thereafter, which are included in the table above. Rent expense for 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $1,305, $1,312 and $1,274, respectively.
Rent expense for the leasehold interests was $597 in 2018.