Equity and Capital

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Equity and Capital [Abstract]

Equity and Capital

Equity and Capital

Preferred Stock of the Parent Company

Redemption:

The Parent Company redeemed all of the issued and outstanding shares of its $250 million6.625% Series 6 cumulative redeemable preferred stock on February 16, 2017. The redemption price of $25.21 per share includes accrued and unpaid dividends, resulting in an aggregate amount being paid of $252.0 million. The funds used to redeem the Series 6 preferred stock were provided by the $300 million30 year senior unsecured debt offering completed in January 2017 as discussed in note 4.

Common Stock of the Parent Company

Issuances:

At the Market ("ATM") Program

The Company's ATM equity offering program, which expired on March 4, 2017, authorized the Parent Company to sell up to $200 million of common stock at prices determined by the market at the time of sale. As of March 31, 2017, the Company has not reinstituted an ATM equity offering program.

There were no shares issued under the ATM equity program during the three months ended March 31, 2017. The following table presents the shares that were issued under the ATM equity program during the three months ended March 31, 2016:

	Three months ended March 31,
(dollar amounts are in thousands, except price per share data)		2016
Shares issued (1)		182,787
Weighted average price per share		68.85
Gross proceeds		12,584
Commissions		157
(1) Reflects shares traded in December and settled in January.

Forward Equity Offering

In March 2016, the Parent Company entered into a forward sale agreement (the "Forward Equity Offering") to issue 3.10 million shares of its common stock at an offering price of $75.25 per share before any underwriting discount and offering expenses.

In June 2016, the Parent Company partially settled its forward equity offering by delivering 1.85 million shares of newly issued common stock thereby receiving $137.5 million of net proceeds which were used to repay the Line. The remaining 1.25 million shares must be settled under the forward sale agreement prior to June 23, 2017.

Equity One merger

On March 1, 2017, Regency completed its merger with Equity One, Inc., whereby Equity One merged with and into Regency, with Regency continuing as the surviving public company. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, each Equity One stockholder received 0.45 of a newly issued share of Regency common stock for each share of Equity One common stock that they owned immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger resulting in approximately 65.5 million shares being issued to effect the merger.

Common Units of the Operating Partnership

Issuances:

Common units were issued to the Parent Company in relation to the Parent Company's issuance of common stock, as discussed above.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following tables present changes in the balances of each component of AOCI:

	Controlling Interest							Noncontrolling Interest					Total
(in thousands)	Cash Flow Hedges			Unrealized gain (loss) on Available-For-Sale Securities		AOCI		Cash Flow Hedges		Unrealized gain (loss) on Available-For-Sale Securities	AOCI		AOCI
Balance as of December 31, 2015	$	(58,650	)	(43	)	(58,693	)	(785	)	—	(785	)	(59,478	)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	(16,581		)	(36	)	(16,617	)	(204	)	—	(204	)	(16,821	)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	2,417			—		2,417		36		—	36		2,453
Current period other comprehensive income, net	(14,164		)	(36	)	(14,200	)	(168	)	—	(168	)	(14,368	)
Balance as of March 31, 2016	$	(72,814	)	(79	)	(72,893	)	(953	)	—	(953	)	(73,846	)
	Controlling Interest							Noncontrolling Interest					Total
(in thousands)	Cash Flow Hedges			Unrealized gain (loss) on Available-For-Sale Securities		AOCI		Cash Flow Hedges		Unrealized gain (loss) on Available-For-Sale Securities	AOCI		AOCI
Balance as of December 31, 2016	$	(18,327	)	(19	)	(18,346	)	(301	)	—	(301	)	(18,647	)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	(88		)	32		(56	)	21		—	21		(35	)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	2,610			—		2,610		44		—	44		2,654
Current period other comprehensive income, net	2,522			32		2,554		65		—	65		2,619
Balance as of March 31, 2017	$	(15,805	)	13		(15,792	)	(236	)	—	(236	)	(16,028	)

The following represents amounts reclassified out of AOCI into income:

AOCI Component	Amount Reclassified from AOCI into income			Affected Line Item(s) Where Net Income is Presented
	Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2017		2016
Interest rate swaps	$	2,654	2,453	Interest expense and Loss on derivative instruments