Leases

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Leases [Abstract]

Leases

Leases

Operating Leases

We generally lease our office properties to lessees in exchange for fixed monthly payments that cover rent, property taxes, insurance and certain cost recoveries, primarily common area maintenance. Office properties owned by us that are under lease are primarily located in Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Richmond and Tampa and are leased to a wide variety of lessees across many industries. Our leases are operating leases and mostly range from three to 10 years. We recognized rental and other revenues related to operating lease payments of $192.3 million and $178.9 million during the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $554.6 million and $549.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Included in these amounts are variable lease payments of $13.7 million and $12.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $42.7 million during each of the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.

Acquired Finance Lease

In conjunction with the acquisition of real estate assets from PAC, we assumed the ground leasehold interest to land underneath a parking garage. Under the ground lease, we have an obligation to acquire fee simple title to the land at our discretion any time, but no later than October 31, 2029. We determined this lease to be a finance lease. As such, we recognized a lease liability (in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities) and a corresponding right of use asset (in prepaid expenses and other assets) of $5.3 million on our Consolidated Balance Sheet on the date of acquisition equal to the present value of the minimum lease payments required under the ground lease. Through October 31, 2029, the expected date at which we estimate we will satisfy the obligation and acquire fee simple title to the land, we will recognize interest expense equal to the lease liability times our incremental borrowing rate, which reflects the fixed rate at which we could borrow a similar amount for the same term and with similar collateral. We determined this rate to be approximately 2.6%. We also recorded an additional $3.1 million right of use asset (in prepaid expenses and other assets) to reflect favorable terms of the ground lease when compared with market terms. No amortization will be recorded for the right of use assets because they are comprised of land.