5. Archstone Acquisition

On February 27, 2013, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated November 26, 2012, by and among the Company, Equity Residential and its operating partnership, ERP Operating Limited Partnership (together, “Equity Residential”), Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (“Lehman”, which term is sometimes used in this report to refer to Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., and/or its relevant subsidiary or subsidiaries), and Archstone Enterprise LP (“Archstone,” which has since changed its name to Jupiter Enterprise LP), the Company, together with Equity Residential, acquired, directly or indirectly, all of Archstone’s assets, including all of the ownership interests in joint ventures and other entities owned by Archstone, and assumed Archstone’s liabilities, both known and unknown, with certain limited exceptions.

Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired approximately 40% of Archstone’s assets and liabilities and Equity Residential acquired approximately 60% of Archstone’s assets and liabilities (the “Archstone Acquisition”). The Company accounted for the acquisition as a business combination and recorded the purchase price to acquired tangible assets consisting primarily of direct and indirect interests in land and related improvements, buildings and improvements, construction in progress and identified intangible assets and liabilities, consisting primarily of the value of above and below market leases, and the value of in-places leases, at their fair values. The following table summarizes the Company’s preliminary purchase price allocation:

	Acquisition Date Preliminary Fair Value (dollars in thousands)
Land and land improvements	$	1,760,100
Buildings and improvements	3,729,422
FF&E	52,290
Construction-in-progress, including land and land held for development	404,765
In-place lease intangibles	182,467
Other assets	85,829
Total consolidated assets	$	6,214,873
Interest in unconsolidated real estate entities	256,454
Total assets	$	6,471,327
Fair value of assumed mortgage notes payable	3,732,980
Liability for preferred obligations	66,500
Other liabilities	34,100
Noncontrolling interest	13,262
Net Assets Acquired	2,624,485
Common shares issued	1,875,210
Cash consideration	$	749,275

The allocation of the fair values to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is subject to further adjustment due primarily to information not readily available at the acquisition date, additional market information and final purchase price settlement with the sellers and Equity Residential in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement. The Company’s assessment of the fair values and the allocation of the purchase price to the identified tangible and intangible assets and assumed liabilities is its current best estimate of fair value.

The Company engaged a third party valuation specialist to assist in the determination of the fair value of each of the component parts of the operating communities, consisting of land and land improvements, buildings and improvements, furniture, fixtures and equipment, above and below market leases and in-place lease-related intangibles.

Land valuation was based on a market approach, whereby recent sales of similar properties were used, adjusted for differences due to location, the state of entitlement as well as the shape and size of the parcel. Improvements to the land were valued using a replacement cost approach and considered the structures and amenities included for the communities. The approach applied industry standard replacement costs adjusted for geographic specific considerations, and reduced by estimated depreciation. The value for furniture, fixtures and equipment was also determined based on a replacement cost approach, adjusted for estimated depreciation. The FF&E value estimate considered both costs for items in the apartment homes, such as appliances and furnishings, and those for common areas such as exercise facilities and on site offices. The estimate of depreciation was made considering industry standard information and depreciation curves for the identified asset classes. The fair value of buildings acquired was estimated using the replacement cost approach, assuming the buildings were vacant at acquisition. The replacement cost approach considered the composition of structures in the acquired portfolio, adjusted for an estimate of depreciation. If the operating community is held in an unconsolidated joint venture, the Company valued its interest in the operating community based on its ownership interest.

The value of the acquired lease-related intangibles considered the estimated cost of leasing the apartment homes as if the acquired buildings were vacant, as well as the value of the current leases relative to market-rate leases. The in-place lease value was determined using an average total lease-up time, the number of apartment homes and net revenues generated during the lease-up time. The lease-up period for an apartment community was assumed to be 12 months to achieve stabilized occupancy. Net revenues were developed using market rent considering actual leasing and industry rental rate data. The value of current leases relative to a market-rate lease was based on market rents obtained for market comparables, and considered a market derived discount rate.

The Company is applying a weighted average depreciation period for the in-place lease intangibles of six months. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, the Company recognized $93,726,000 and $124,601,000, respectively, of depreciation expense for in-place lease intangibles, recorded as a component of Depreciation expense on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

The Company used an internal model to determine the fair value for the development land parcels acquired. The internal model applied a discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows for each land parcel as if the expected multifamily rental community is constructed. The cash flow analysis incorporated assumptions that market participants would make, including the application of (i) discount factors to the estimated future cash flows of the underlying asset, (ii) a compound annual growth rate for the revenue from the operating community, and (iii) an exit capitalization rate.

The Company valued the Development Communities under construction and/or in lease-up using either the invested capital basis, or an internal model, depending on the stage of construction completion. For Development Communities earlier in the construction process and not yet in lease-up, invested capital was the relevant metric and was considered reflective of the fair value of the community. For Development Communities that either had completed construction or that were substantially complete with construction and in lease-up, the Company used a capitalization rate model. The capitalization rate model considered the pro-forma NOI for the Development Community, relative to NOI for comparable operating communities, with adjustments for the location and/or quality of the community. A capitalization rate was applied to each Development Community’s NOI which was based on a relevant capitalization rate observed in comparable acquisition or disposition transactions, if available, as adjusted by the Company for differences in fundamentals between the Development Community and the referenced comparable transactions.

Given the significance of unobservable inputs, the Company has classified the valuations of the real estate assets acquired as Level 3 prices under the fair value hierarchy.

Other assets acquired consisted primarily of working capital determined by the Company to be reflective of the fair value.

During the six months ended June 30, 2013, the Company recognized $77,939,000 in acquisition related expenses associated with the Archstone Acquisition, with $34,552,000 reported as a component of Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated entities, and the balance in Expensed acquisition, development, and other pursuit costs on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

Consideration

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and separate arrangements between the Company and Equity Residential governing the allocation of liabilities assumed under the Purchase Agreement, the Company’s portion of consideration under the Purchase Agreement, consisted of the following:

· the issuance of 14,889,706 shares of the Company’s common stock, valued at $1,875,210,000 as of the market’s close on February 27, 2013;

· a cash payment of approximately $749,000,000;

· the assumption of consolidated indebtedness with a fair value of approximately $3,732,979,000, consisting of $3,512,202,000 principal amount of consolidated indebtedness and $220,777,000 representing the amount by which fair value of the aforementioned debt exceeds the principal face value, $70,479,000 of which related to debt the Company repaid concurrent with the Archstone Acquisition;

· the acquisition with Equity Residential of interests in entities that have preferred units outstanding some of which may be presented for redemption from time to time. The Company’s 40% share of the fair value of the collective obligation, including accrued dividends on these outstanding Archstone preferred units as of the closing date of the Archstone Acquisition, is approximately $66,500,000; and

· the assumption with Equity Residential of all other liabilities, known or unknown, of Archstone, other than certain excluded liabilities. The Company shares approximately 40% of the responsibility for these liabilities.

The Company valued the assumed mortgage notes payable using a discounted cash flow analysis that incorporated assumptions that market participants would use. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the instrument, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves. The process also considered credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect the Company’s nonperformance risk. The Company has concluded that the value of the assumed mortgage notes payable are Level 2 prices as the majority of the inputs used to value its positions fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Company valued its obligation under the preferred units outstanding based on the current liquidation price of the respective preferred unit series, including accrued but unpaid dividends as appropriate. During the three months ended June 30, 2013, the Company paid approximately $32,100,000 to redeem its proportionate share of a portion of the preferred interest obligations assumed in conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition. The Company used the pricing for the settlement as the fair value at February 27, 2013.

The following table presents information for Archstone that is included in our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income from the acquisition date, February 27, 2013, through June 30, 2013 (in thousands).

	For the period including February 28, 2013 through June 30, 2013
Revenues	$	140,196
Loss attributable to common shareholders (1)	$	(91,137	)

(1) Amounts exclude acquisition costs for the Archstone Acquisition.

The following table presents the Company’s supplemental consolidated pro forma information as if the acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2012 (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	For the six months ended June 30, 2013		For the six months ended June 30, 2012
Revenues	$	771,547	$	695,464
Income (loss) from continuing operations	198,262		(24,486		)
Earnings (loss) per common share - diluted (from continuing operations)	$	1.53	$	(0.19	)

The unaudited proforma consolidated results are prepared for informational purposes only, and are based on assumptions and estimates considered appropriate by the Company’s management. However, they are not necessarily indicative of what the Company’s consolidated financial condition or results of operations actually would have been assuming the Archstone Acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2012, nor do they purport to represent the consolidated financial position or results of operations for future periods.

Investments in Archstone Consolidated Entities

In connection with the Archstone Acquisition, the Company entered into a limited liability company agreement with Equity Residential to acquire and own directly and indirectly certain Archstone entities (the “Archstone Legacy Entities”) which hold indirect interests in real estate assets, including 16 of the 60 of the consolidated communities acquired by the Company. As of June 30, 2013, the Archstone Legacy Entities have outstanding preferred interests held by unrelated third parties with an aggregate liquidation preference of approximately $90,000,000 (including accrued but unpaid distributions), which are generally subject to redemption at the election of the holders of such interests. One of the Archstone Legacy Entities previously entered into tax protection arrangements with the holders of certain of the preferred interests, which arrangements may limit for varying periods of time the Company’s and Equity Residential’s ability to dispose of the properties held indirectly by the Archstone Legacy Entities or to refinance certain related indebtedness, without making payments to the holders of such preferred interests. Pursuant to this LLC agreement, the Company has agreed to bear 40% of the economic cost of these preferred redemption obligations, and the tax protection payments that may arise from our disposition or refinancing of properties of the Archstone Legacy Entities that were contributed to a subsidiary that will be consolidated by the Company. The fair value of the Company’s proportionate share of preferred redemption obligations of approximately $36,000,000 is recorded as a component of Accrued expenses and other liabilities on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As part of the Archstone Acquisition, the Company and Equity Residential have agreed with Lehman and Archstone to require the acquired Archstone Legacy Entities to have sufficient funds available to honor their redemption obligations and to make any payments under its tax protection arrangements, when they may become due. The principal assets indirectly held by the limited liability company that acquired the Archstone Legacy Entities are interests in a subsidiary of the Company’s (the “AvalonBay Legacy Subsidiary”) and a subsidiary of Equity Residential, each of which subsidiaries acquired certain properties formerly owned by the Archstone Legacy Entities. The Company consolidates the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the AvalonBay Legacy Subsidiary.

Investments in Archstone Unconsolidated Entities

In conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition, the Company acquired interests in the following entities:

· Archstone Multifamily Partners AC LP (the “Archstone U.S. Fund”) — The Archstone U.S. Fund was formed in July 2011 and is fully invested. As of June 30, 2013, the Archstone U.S. Fund owns nine communities containing 1,728 apartment communities, one of which includes a marina containing 229 boat slips. Through subsidiaries the Company owns the general partner of the fund and holds a 28.6% interest in the fund.

Subsidiaries of the Archstone U.S. Fund have eight loans secured by individual assets with amounts outstanding in the aggregate of $330,516,000 with varying maturity dates, ranging from 2019 to 2022. The mortgage loans are payable by the subsidiaries of the Archstone U.S. Fund with operating cash flow or disposition proceeds from the underlying real estate. The Company has not guaranteed the debt of the Archstone U.S. Fund, nor does it have any obligation to fund this debt should the Archstone U.S. Fund be unable to do so.

· Archstone Multifamily Partners AC JV LP (“the AC JV”) — The AC JV is a joint venture in which the Company assumed Archstone’s 20% ownership interest. The AC JV was formed in 2011 and as of June 30, 2013 owned two apartment communities containing 818 apartment homes in Cambridge, MA and Herndon, VA. The AC JV partnership agreement contains provisions that require the Company to provide a right of first offer (“ROFO”) to the AC JV in connection with additional opportunities to acquire or develop additional interests in multifamily real estate assets within a specified geographic radius of the two existing assets, generally one mile or less. The Company owns two land parcels for the development of 444 apartment homes, classified as Development Rights in Cambridge, MA, acquired as part of the Archstone Acquisition that are subject to ROFO restrictions. The ROFO restrictions expire in 2019.

As of June 30, 2013, subsidiaries of the AC JV have eight unsecured loans outstanding in the aggregate of $162,300,000 which mature in July 2021, and which were made by the investors in the venture, including us, in proportion to the investors’ respective equity ownership interest. The unsecured loans are payable by the subsidiaries of the AC JV with operating cash flow from the venture. The Company has not guaranteed the debt of the AC JV, nor does it have any obligation to fund this debt should the AC JV be unable to do so.

· Brandywine Apartments of Maryland, LLC (“Brandywine”) — Brandywine owns a 305 apartment home community located in Washington, DC. The community is managed by a third party. Brandywine is comprised of five members who hold various interests in the joint venture. In conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition, the Company assumed a 26.1% equity interest in the venture, and subsequently purchased an additional 2.6% interest such that as of June 30, 2013, the Company now holds a 28.7% equity interest in the venture.

Brandywine has an outstanding $25,000,000 fixed rate mortgage loan that is payable by the venture. The Company has not guaranteed the debt of Brandywine, nor does the Company have any obligation to fund this debt should Brandywine be unable to do so.

· Additionally, through subsidiaries the Company and Equity Residential entered into three limited liability company agreements (collectively, the “Residual JV”) through which the Company and Equity Residential acquired (i) certain assets of Archstone that the Company and Equity Residential plan to divest (to third parties or to the Company or Equity Residential) over time (the “Residual Assets”), and (ii) various liabilities of Archstone that the Company and Equity Residential agreed to assume in conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition (the “Residual Liabilities”). The Residual Assets include interests in apartment communities in Germany (including through a fund which Archstone managed), a 20.0% interest in a joint venture which owns and manages six apartment communities with 1,902 apartment homes in the United States, two land parcels, and various licenses, insurance policies, contracts, office leases and other miscellaneous assets. The Residual Liabilities generally include most existing or future litigation and claims related to Archstone’s operations for periods before the close of the Archstone Acquisition, except for (i) claims that principally relate to the physical condition of the assets acquired directly by the Company or Equity Residential, which generally remain the sole responsibility of the Company or Equity Residential, as applicable, and (ii) certain tax and other litigation between Archstone and various equity holders in Archstone related to periods before the close of the Archstone Acquisition, and claims which may arise due to changes in the capital structure of Archstone that occurred prior to closing, for which Lehman has agreed to indemnify the Company and Equity Residential. The Company and Equity Residential jointly control the Residual JV and the Company holds a 40% economic interest in the assets and liabilities of the Residual JV.