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Real Estate
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Real Estate [Abstract]  
Real Estate
3. Real Estate

Investments in real estate properties are presented at cost, and consisted of the following (square feet and dollars in thousands):

 

     Square Feet / Acres (1)      No. of Buildings (1)      Investment Balance  
     September 30,
2014
     December 31,
2013
     September 30,
2014
     December 31,
2013
     September 30,
2014
     December 31,
2013
 

Industrial operating properties:

                 

Improved land

     --           --           --           --         $ 3,641,571       $ 4,074,647   

Buildings and improvements

     241,104         267,097         1,415         1,610         12,514,097         13,726,417   

Development portfolio, including land costs:

                 

Pre-stabilized

     5,105         4,491         15         11         391,055         204,022   

Properties under development

     21,158         18,587         51         46         925,415         816,995   

Land

     9,226         9,747         --           --           1,533,590         1,516,166   

Other real estate investments (2)

     --           --           --           --           460,854         486,230   
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments in real estate properties

                 19,466,582         20,824,477   

Less accumulated depreciation

                 2,695,745         2,568,998   
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investments in real estate properties

               $ 16,770,837       $ 18,255,479   
              

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Items indicated by ‘--‘ are not applicable.
(2) Included in other real estate investments are: (i) certain non-industrial real estate; (ii) our corporate office buildings; (iii) land parcels that are ground leased to third parties; (iv) certain infrastructure costs related to projects we are developing on behalf of others; (v) costs related to future development projects, including purchase options on land; and (vi) earnest money deposits associated with potential acquisitions.

At September 30, 2014, we owned real estate assets in the Americas (Canada, Mexico and the United States), Europe (Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom) and Asia (China, Japan and Singapore).

Real estate acquisition activity for the nine months ended September 30, was as follows (square feet and dollars in thousands):

 

     2014      2013  

Acquisitions of properties from unconsolidated co-investment ventures

     

Number of properties

     —          32   

Square feet

     —          9,958   

Real estate acquisition value

   $ —        $ 731,644   

Net gains

   $ —        $ 35,886   

Building acquisitions from third parties

     

Number of properties

     8         4   

Square feet

     1,004         1,134   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Real estate acquisition value

   $ 78,314       $ 48,922   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Dispositions

Real estate disposition activity for the nine months ended September 30, was as follows (square feet and dollars in thousands):

 

     2014      2013  

Continuing Operations

     

Contributions to co-investment ventures

     

Number of properties

     115         221   

Square feet

     22,806         62,213   

Net proceeds

   $ 1,627,424       $ 5,205,322   

Net gains on contributions

   $ 156,746       $ 407,788   

Dispositions to third parties

     

Number of properties

     106         —    

Square feet

     14,663         —    

Net proceeds (1)

   $ 955,240       $ 84,518   

Net gains on dispositions (1)

   $ 180,949       $ 2,280   

Discontinued Operations

     

Number of properties

     —          39   

Square feet

     —          4,802   

Net proceeds from dispositions

   $ —        $ 297,465   

Net gains from dispositions, including taxes

   $ —        $ 59,598   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Dispositions to third parties include land sales.

In June 2014, we launched the initial public offering for FIBRA Prologis (“FIBRA”), a Mexican real estate investment trust, on the Mexican Stock Exchange. In connection with the offering, FIBRA purchased 177 properties aggregating 29.7 million square feet (12.6 million square feet from our wholly-owned portfolio, 7.6 million square feet from our consolidated co-investment venture Mexico Fondo Logistico (“AFORES”) and 9.5 million square feet from our unconsolidated co-investment venture Prologis Mexico Industrial Fund). We received 287.3 million equity units of FIBRA (priced at Ps 27.00 ($2.09)) in exchange for our combined investments and have a 45% ownership interest that we account for under the equity method. The closing price of the equity units on the Mexican Stock Exchange was Ps 28.10 ($2.08) per unit on September 30, 2014. Based on this transaction, we recognized a gain on disposition of investments in real estate of $52.5 million; current tax expense of $32.4 million; deferred tax benefit of $55.5 million; and earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest of $61.0 million, which represented the third party investors’ portion of this transaction.