Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities

The following tables set forth our investments in, and equity in earnings of, the Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities (amounts in thousands):


	Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities at
	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021

PSB	$	—	$	515,312
Shurgard	252,648		313,451
Total	$	252,648	$	828,763


	Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities for the
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021

PSB	$	3,586	$	27,110	$	80,596	$	62,494
Shurgard	4,594		5,750		19,533		18,888
Total	$	8,180	$	32,860	$	100,129	$	81,382

Investment in PSB

Prior to the sale of our equity investment in PSB in its entirety on July 20, 2022, we owned 7,158,354 shares of PSB’s common stock and 7,305,355 limited partnership units in an operating partnership controlled by PSB, representing a 41% common equity interest in PSB.

On April 24, 2022, PSB entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger whereby affiliates of Blackstone agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of PSB’s common stock for $187.50 per share in cash. On July 20, 2022, PSB announced that it completed the merger transaction with Blackstone. Each share of PSB common stock and each common unit of partnership interest we held in PSB were converted into the right to receive the merger consideration of $187.50 per share or unit, including a $5.25 closing cash dividend per share or unit, and a $0.22 prorated quarterly cash dividend per share or unit, for a total of $187.72 per share or unit. At the close of the merger transaction, we received a total of $2.7 billion of cash proceeds and recognized a gain of $2.1 billion, which was classified within gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc. in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

We classified the proceeds from the merger consideration of $2.6 billion or $182.25 per share or unit within cash flows from investing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, we received cash distributions from PSB totaling $109.5 million and $45.6 million, respectively, which were classified within cash flows from operating activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Investment in Shurgard

Throughout all periods presented, we effectively owned, directly and indirectly 31,268,459 Shurgard common shares, representing a 35% equity interest in Shurgard.

Based upon the closing price at September 30, 2022 (€41.60 per share of Shurgard common stock, at 0.980 exchange rate of U.S. Dollars to the Euro), the shares we owned had a market value of approximately $1.3 billion.

Our equity in earnings of Shurgard comprised our equity share of Shurgard’s net income, less amortization of the Shurgard Basis Differential (defined below). For each of the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, we received $2.6 million of trademark license fees that Shurgard pays to us for the use of the Shurgard® trademark. We eliminated $0.9 million of intra-entity profits and losses for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and

2021, representing our equity share of the trademark license fees. We classify the remaining license fees we receive from Shurgard as interest and other income on our income statement.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, we received cash dividends from Shurgard totaling $37.8 million and $21.5 million, respectively. Approximately $13.7 million and $8.8 million of total cash distributions from Shurgard during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, represented distributions in excess of cumulative equity in earnings from Shurgard, which was classified within cash flows from investing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

At September 30, 2022, our investment in Shurgard’s real estate assets exceeded our pro-rata share of the underlying amounts on Shurgard’s balance sheet by approximately $65.7 million ($74.7 million at December 31, 2021). This differential (the “Shurgard Basis Differential”) includes our basis adjustments in Shurgard’s real estate assets net of related deferred income taxes. The Shurgard Basis Differential is being amortized as a reduction to equity in earnings of the Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities. Such amortization totaled approximately $9.0 million and $7.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Shurgard is a publicly held entity trading on Euronext Brussels under the symbol “SHUR”.