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General | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
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Business. Prologis, Inc. (the “REIT”) commenced operations as a fully integrated real estate company in 1997, elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Internal Revenue Code”), and believes the current organization and method of operation will enable the REIT to maintain its status as a real estate investment trust. The REIT is the general partner of Prologis, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”). Through the controlling interest in the Operating Partnership, we are engaged in the ownership, acquisition, development and operation of industrial properties in global and regional markets throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Our current business strategy includes two reportable business segments: Real Estate Operations and Strategic Capital (formerly Investment Management). Our Real Estate Operations segment represents the long-term ownership of industrial properties. Our Strategic Capital segment represents the long-term management of co-investment ventures, both private and public. See Note 13 for further discussion of our business segments. Unless otherwise indicated, the notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements apply to both the REIT and the Operating Partnership. The terms “the Company,” “Prologis,” “we,” “our” or “us” means the REIT and Operating Partnership collectively. For each share of common stock or preferred stock the REIT issues, the Operating Partnership issues a corresponding common or preferred partnership unit, as applicable, to the REIT in exchange for the contribution of the proceeds from the stock issuance. As of September 30, 2014, the REIT owned an approximate 99.63% common general partnership interest in the Operating Partnership, and 100% of the preferred units. The remaining approximate 0.37% common limited partnership interests are owned by non-affiliated investors and certain current and former directors and officers of the REIT. As the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, the REIT has full, exclusive and complete responsibility and discretion in the day-to-day management and control of the Operating Partnership. We operate the REIT and the Operating Partnership as one enterprise. The management of the REIT consists of the same members as the management of the Operating Partnership. These members are officers of the REIT and employees of the Operating Partnership or one of its subsidiaries. As general partner with control of the Operating Partnership, the REIT consolidates the Operating Partnership for financial reporting purposes. The REIT’s only significant asset is its investment in the Operating Partnership and therefore, the assets and liabilities of the REIT and the Operating Partnership are the same on their respective financial statements. Basis of Presentation. The accompanying consolidated financial statements, presented in the U.S. dollar, are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Our actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions. All material intercompany transactions with consolidated entities have been eliminated. The accompanying unaudited interim financial information has been prepared according to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted in accordance with such rules and regulations. Our management believes that the disclosures presented in these financial statements are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. In our opinion, all adjustments and eliminations, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the financial position and results of operations for both the REIT and the Operating Partnership for the reported periods have been included. The results of operations for such interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year. The accompanying unaudited interim financial information should be read in conjunction with the December 31, 2013, Consolidated Financial Statements of Prologis, as previously filed with the SEC on Form 10-K and other public information. Certain amounts included in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements for 2013, have been reclassified to conform to the 2014 financial statement presentation. Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an accounting standard update that will use a five step model to recognize revenue from customer contracts in an effort to increase consistency and comparability throughout global capital markets and across industries. Under the model, a company will identify the contract, identify any separate performance obligations in the contract, determine the transaction price, allocate the transaction price and recognize revenue when the performance obligation is satisfied. The new standard will replace most existing revenue recognition in GAAP when it becomes effective for us on January 1, 2017. We have not yet selected a transition method nor have we determined the effect of the standard on our ongoing financial reporting. In April 2014, the FASB issued an accounting standard update that changed the criteria for classifying and reporting discontinued operations while enhancing disclosures. Under the new guidance, only disposals of a component of an entity, or a group of components of an entity, representing a strategic shift in operations should be presented as discontinued operations. Those strategic shifts should have, or will have, a major effect on the organization’s operations and financial results. Examples of disposals that may meet the new criteria include a disposal of a major geographic area, a major line of business, or a major equity method investment. In addition, the new guidance requires additional disclosures about discontinued operations and the disposal of an individually significant component of an entity that does not meet the criteria for discontinued operations. We early adopted this standard prospectively for all disposals subsequent to January 1, 2014. Prior to adoption, the results of operations for real estate properties sold or held for sale during the reported periods were shown under Discontinued Operations on the Consolidated Statements of Operations (see Note 10). Going forward, we expect the majority of our property dispositions will not qualify as discontinued operations and the results will be presented in Income from Continuing Operations. See Notes 3 and 4 for additional discussion. In March 2013, the FASB issued an accounting standard update on the accounting for currency translation adjustment (“CTA”) when a parent sells or transfers part of its ownership interest in a foreign entity. When a company sells a subsidiary or group of assets that constitute a business while maintaining ownership of the foreign entity in which those assets or subsidiary reside, a complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity is required in order for a parent entity to release CTA to earnings. However, for a company that sells all or part of its ownership interest in a foreign entity, CTA is released upon the loss of a controlling financial interest in a consolidated foreign entity or partial sale of an equity method investment in a foreign entity. For step acquisitions, the CTA associated with the previous equity-method investment is fully released when control is obtained and consolidation occurs. We adopted this standard as of January 1, 2014, and it did not have, nor do we expect it to have, a material impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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